巴州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测四年级英语

1、People have difficulty accepting that their pictures were webcast live to millions of viewers, ______ the fact that some of them were not so graceful.

A．no doubt

B．no denying

C．nothing like

D．not to mention

2、Some restaurants are happy to provide a free cake if you let them know in advance that you ________a group for a birthday party.

A．will be bringing

B．have brought

C．have been bringing

D．were bringing

3、The CEO of the company is a position ____ many abilities are required to deal with all types of problems.

A. which   B. that C. when   D. where

4、—It’s said that the film HI, MOM is well worth watching. Let’s go to see it this Sunday.

—________! I have to prepare for the coming competition.

A．It couldn’t be better

B．What a shame

C．Go for it

D．No way

5、You can choose not to forgive. ________ you can also choose to let it go.

A. Absolutely B. Consequently

C. Subsequently D. Alternatively

6、Our government has taken measures to   the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable.

A.take down B.bring down

C.hand down D.tear down

7、______ made the dining room extra special is its polished wooden floor.

A. What B.That C.Who D. Which

8、_____by the English teacher for the high grade, I felt my effort finally paid off.

A. Praise   B. Praised   C. To praise   D. Praising

9、You'd better check the train schedule______ .we have to take a train to Chengdu.

A. even if B. as if

C. incase D. as long as

10、What a terrible experience! _______, you’re safe now---that’s the main thing.

A．Anyway

B．Besides

C．Otherwise

D．Therefore

11、There is more to good health than the mere ________ of disease. Mental health is equally important.

A.presence B.absence C.experience D.evidence

12、The writer always carries a notebook along with him, _____he is seized by sudden inspiration.

A.even though B.the moment C.in case D.now that

13、We ______ him that he ought to make the bar more attractive with various methods. He finally sees the light.

A.told B.would tell C.have been telling D.had told

14、The paper was due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night.

A.a, the B.the, / C.a, a D./, the

15、We always keep  spare paper, in case we run out.

A.too much B.a number of C.plenty of D.a good many

16、All the photographs in this book, __________ stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.

A.if B.when C.which D.unless

17、He keeps himself._____of the current events by reading three newspapers a day.

A. informing B. to inform

C. informed   D. to be informed

18、The famous book Frankenstein, ________ by British novelist Mary Shelley, is the first work of science fiction.

A. writing B. having written

C. written D. was written

19、Beijing’s new international airport   into operation in 2019 will serve 72 million passengers annually.

A. being put   B. to be put

C. put   D. to put

20、________ the numbers in employment, the hotel industry was the second largest industry in this country last year.

A．In spite of

B．In case of

C．In terms of

D．In praise of

21、Some people like to listen to the Beatles．while others prefer Gregorian chants．When it comes to music , scientists find that nurture can overpower nature．

A study shows musical preferences seem to be mainly shaped by a person’s cultural upbringing and experiences rather than biological factors．“Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference in the way people respond to consonant(和谐的)and dissonant(不和谐的)sounds，and this suggests that other cultures hear the world differently,” says Josh McDermott．a scientist in Cambridge．

Some scientists believe that the way people respond to music has a biological basis and that this would overpower any cultural shaping of musical preferences , effectively making them a universal phenomenon．Some musicians．by contrast , think that such preferences are more a product of one’s culture．If a person’s upbringing shapes their preferences，then they are not a universal phenomenon．

The trick to working out where musical preferences come from was to find and test people who hadn’t had much contact with Western music．McDermott and his team travelled by aeroplane，car and canoe to reach the remote villages of the Tsimane’ people，who are largely isolated from Western culture．

In their experiments，McDermott and his colleagues investigated responses to Western music by playing combinations of notes to three groups of people：the Tsimane’ and two other groups of Bolivians that had experienced increasing levels of exposure to Western music．The researchers recorded whether each group regarded the notes as pleasant or unpleasant．

The Tsimane’ are just as good at making acoustic(声响的)distinctions as the groups with more experience of other types of music，the scientists find．Most people prefer consonant tones，but the Tsimane’ have no preference between them．“This pretty convincingly rules out that the preferences are things we’re born with，’’ McDermott argues．

“Culture plays a role．We like the music we grew up with，”agrees Dale Purves，a scientist at Duke University．“Nature versus nurture is always a fool’s errand．’’It’s almost always a combination，he adds．

【1】Why does the author mention Beatles in the first paragraph?

A．To arouse reader’s interest．

B．To stress the importance of music．

C．To introduce the topic to be discussed．

D．To encourage readers to listen to their music．

【2】McDermott would most probably agree that __________．

A．people’s music preference is a universal phenomenon

B．Chinese and Japanese have different music preferences

C．the way people respond to music is biologically decided

D．parents have nothing to do with children’s music preference

【3】What do we know about the Tsimane’ in the experiment?

A．They prefer consonant tones．

B．They are born with excellent music talent．

C．They do well in telling acoustic distinctions．

D．They have never had contact with Western music．

【4】What does the underlined phrase “a fool’s errand” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Something meaningless．  B．Something significant．

C．Something reliable． D．Something sensitive．

22、Young children from poor families are more likely to consume junk food and fizzy drinks(汽水) than their richer companions. A study of 1,800 four- and five-year-olds found more than half of those from poor backgrounds drank at least one a week, compared to just four in ten oofy kids. They also drank less milk and consumed more fruit juice which is also linked to child obesity (肥胖) caused by high sugar intake(摄取量).

The phenomenon also relates to children who spend more than two hours a day in front of a TV or playing computer games—whatever their social circumstances. A companion study also found children from poor families were more likely to eat chips, sweets and chocolate. Professor Kate Storey said, “when you are looking at that age group, and such a large percentage of very young kids in the study are consuming a large amount of soda(苏打汽水)，it is quite concerning. ”

The researchers carried out the study by surveying the parents of their participants to find out their dietary habits. Professor Storey said, “If you are drinking a lot of soda and fruit juice, they can displace(取代)consumption of water and milk, which are important not just for ending thirst, but for developing healthy bones and teeth, and health and wellness in general.”

Co-researcher Dr John Spence said, “Dietary behavior and intake patterns are influenced heavily by what happens in the first few years with children, and they maintain those patterns throughout childhood and into adolescence(青少年时期).” In addition to basic health education, this study identifies a need in how we are dealing with poverty and recognizing there is more to poverty than simply the number of dollars people have.

Professor Storey said that shows how education can make a difference and lead to healthier eating habits, regardless of what is happening at home. “Many families live in places that might not be very healthy for them and, as a result, they make unhealthy food choices. You can start making a difference in different places. It calls for action in multiple settings, schools and communities, for example. That light-bulb moment can happen in a variety of places,” Professor Storey added.

【1】What does the underlined word “oofy” mean in Para.1?

A. Wealthy.  B. Healthy.    C. Fat    D. Weak.

【2】According to the passage, Professor Storey thinks it helpful for children ______.

A. to drink more coffee  B. to drink more milk

C. to drink more soda   D. to drink more fruit juice

【3】 According to Dr John Spence, children’s habits in the early stage of life can even affect _____.

A. their attitude towards life

B. their living patterns of youth

C. health in their old age

D. living quality of all their life

【4】Professor Storey considers that healthier eating habits can be _____.

A. finally determined by parents’ life habits

B. gently changed by parents’ life habits

C. suddenly changed by family situation

D. gradually changed by education

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Young people like eating junk food.

B. Junk food is bad for both young children and adults.

C. Children from poor families are more likely to eat junk food.

D. Junk food causes more and more children to become overweight.

23、In the 1970’s, people who managed ponds had a problem with plants and snails in the water. To control the pests, the managers brought four species of carp, a type of fish, from Asia. But some of the fish escaped into rivers and other waterways. Soon, there were lots of fish. And they became troublesome invasive species. These non-native fish can bully ecosystems, quickly taking over. Growing fast and big, they ate lots of the food on which the native fish would normally depend. Bighead carp are an invasive species in the United States. Binbin Wang is using a combination of computer modeling and field experiments to study how the eggs of these and other invasive carp could be transported in the Missouri River.

Today, the descendants (后代) of those carp remain a big problem. And as the fish spawn (产卵), their eggs have been drifting (漂流) far and wide. Anticipating where something will drift can be a challenge. But finding answers may handle the crisis.

At the University of Missouri in Columbia, civil and environmental engineer Binbin Wang is working to figure out where eggs of the invasive fish are spreading in the Missouri River. If science can get ahead of the problem, there’s hope that people may figure out how to stop it. But if science is too slow to answer this question, legions of carp eggs will grow into adults that out-compete their neighbors. Stopping their spread would help reduce the overall damage they cause.

Drifting may seem somewhat random, but scientists are doing researches to make useful predictions possible. Some of these drift detectives want to know if large icebergs threaten offshore oil platforms. Others hope to track the polluted air or water-and determine where they’re coming from. The work is challenging. It also can be very rewarding. Most importantly, their findings may point toward solutions for some important environmental threats.

【1】The scientists track the drifting of carp eggs in order to ________ .

A．ensure the quality of their eggs

B．protect the native fish

C．stop them from polluting the water

D．make it easier to transport them

【2】What does the underlined word “crisis” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The carp’s spawning.

B．The direction of eggs’ drifting.

C．The extinction of the invasive fish.

D．The spread of the invasive fish.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Where carp eggs are drifting is still a barrier to the research.

B．Researches have already found ways to stop the drifting of eggs.

C．It’s easy to predict the direction of the drifting of invasive fish eggs.

D．Cleaning the polluted water is the best solutions to environmental treats.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards the drift detection?

A．Indifferent.

B．Unclear.

C．Positive.

D．Doubtful.

24、A new study found evidence that dos developed in physical ways to present “lovely dog eyes” as a way to connect with humans.

The study compared the facial muscles (肌肉) of dogs and wolves, which share ancestral history. Dogs broke off from wolves after being domesticated (驯化) about 33,0000 years ago. During that time dogs changed physically and behaviorally to fit life with humans.

The researchers examined the heads of six dogs and two wolves for comparison. They found the facial structure of both animals was mostly very similar. But one major difference was found above the eyes. The dogs were found to have two well-formed muscles around the eye that were not present in the wolves. These small muscles permit dogs to raise their inner eyebrows, the study found.

Juliane Kaminski, a comparative psychologist from the research suggests this eyebrow-rising movement causes “a warm” feelings in humans because it makes the dogs’ eyes appear larger. This expressions also makes the dog lo more like a human baby. The eye movement is similar to that which humans make when they are sad.

“The evidence is very obvious that dogs developed a muscle to raise the inner eyebrows after they were domesticated from wolves,” Kaminski said.

In a separate part of the study, the researchers observed how 27 dogs and nine wolves interacted with a human. “We also studied dogs’ and wolves’ behavior. And when exposed to a human for two minutes, dogs raised their inner eyebrows more and higher than wolves,” Kaminski said.

The researchers suggest that the eye movements developed over time as a way for dogs to get humans to do things for them, such as giving then food, care or attention.

The only dog species in the study that did not have the muscles was the Siberian husky, which is an ancient kind of dog. The husky could be the best living example of what the link between dogs and wolves looked like.

Kaminski said the main limitation of the study was the small number of dogs and wolves used. This means further study will be required and should include other ancient dog species. The work could also be extended 10 other animals with which humans have developed close relationships, including horses and cats.

【1】What is the difference found between dogs and wolves?

A．Dogs have bigger eyes.

B．They have different ancestors.

C．They have easily distinguishable faces.

D．Dogs have additional muscles around the eyes.

【2】What dos Juliane Kaminski most probably suggest in paragraph 4?

A．Dogs have developed in order to get along with humans.

B．Dogs have learned facial expressions from human babies.

C．Dogs are intentionally raising their eyebrows to please humans.

D．Dogs have changed their behaviors to get food from humans.

【3】What can we say about a Siberian husky?

A．It has lovelier eyes than the other dogs.

B．It seems much more like a wolf than a dog.

C．It can raise its eyebrows higher than most dogs do.

D．It is better at linking with humans than an ordinary dog.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A．The evolution of the wolves.

B．Dogs’ ability to connect with humans.

C．The similarities between dogs and wolves.

D．Changes in dogs caused by domestication.

25、   Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. “The only thing that I love is dance,” she told CBS News. That ambition nearly _______ one night in 2010.

Hill, then a 17-year-old high school senior, was in a car accident that put her in the hospital for 51 days and that _______ her paralyzed from the waist down. For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the _______ . Far from being a（n） _______ , her wheelchair encouraged her. “I wanted to _______ to my community and to myself that I was still ‘normal’.” Whatever normal meant, normal for her meant _______ . so Hill did it in her wheelchair right alongside her _______ high school dance team. “Half of my body was _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” “It ________ took a lot of learning and patience.”

After graduation, Hill wanted to ________ her dance network to include women like her. She met people online who had suffered various spinal cord injuries and shared her ________ , and she invited them to dance with her. “It was such a（n） ________ experience.” Hoping to ________ more people in a larger city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes, a ________ to the Rockettes, a famous dancing team. “I want to ________ the prejudice of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re ________ ,” she said to CBS News. Hill has attained what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She’s a dancer. But the Rollettes have helped her find something ________ . She calls it the Rollettes Experience, and in 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended it. For many, it was the first time they’d felt they ________ . “It was the most unimaginable thing when I rolled into a room and everyone was at ________ level.” Hill told CBS News.

【1】A.escaped B.ended C.passed D.arose

【2】A.prevented B.avoided C.left D.protected

【3】A.built B.disappointed C.motivated D.destroyed

【4】A.beginning B.result C.incident D.experience

【5】A.effect B.object C.gift D.barrier

【6】A.announce B.explain C.prove D.advocate

【7】A.dancing B.living C.continuing D.performing

【8】A.considerate B.nondisabled C.disabled D.energetic

【9】A.cut off B.brought out C.left over D.taken away

【10】A.barely B.definitely C.probably D.merely

【11】A.expose B.explore C.expand D.expect

【12】A.experience B.determination C.comment D.adventure

【13】A.embarrassing B.tiring C.regrettable D.amazing

【14】A.reach B.evaluate C.appreciate D.observe

【15】A.kick B.shake C.nod D.pat

【16】A.give in to B.pick up C.look into D.break down

【17】A.rolling B.standing C.sitting D.lying

【18】A.sympathetic B.significant C.sufficient D.serious

【19】A.succeeded B.benefited C.belonged D.won

【20】A.eye B.head C.nose D.arm

26、假定你是高中三年级学生李华，你向你的英国朋友Peter咨询在短时间内提高英语水平。请你根据下列要求写信。

要求：

1.英语学习现状（主要问题，至少两点）；

2.寻求帮助。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头语已写好，不算入字数。

Dear Peter,

Yours,

Li Hua