德阳2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测四年级英语

1、The bottle is quite difficult to open; the _________ is to pour hot water on it first.

A．focus

B．target

C．function

D．trick

2、---Shall we go and see the museum?

---No, ________.

A．don’t mention it

B．not at all

C．never mind

D．it’s not worth it

3、Zhurong is the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology,________echoes with the Chinese name of the red planet, Huoxing.

A．which

B．that

C．when

D．where

4、New York is the fashion capital of the world, says a new study on Feb 4. 2014 by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), Pairs ____ second, with Shanghai ______10th while Hongkong 20th.

A. coming, ranks   B. come, ranked   C. comes, ranking   D. coming, ranking

5、— Do you know anything about British history?

—______________. I have no interest in it.

A. Take it easy!   B. Please don’t bother.

C. It’s up to you.   D. No. It’s beyond me.

6、---Let’s go to the cinema this Sunday morning.

---I’d love to, but I ________ as a volunteer in my community then.

A. will work   B. have worked

C. will be working D. was working

7、For the next two hours she _______ the film, which turned out to be as good as she had hoped.

A．took up

B．was absorbed in

C．accounted for

D．was cleared off

8、Jack wasn’t saying anything, but the teacher smiled at him ________he had done something very clever.

A.as if B.in case

C.while D.though

9、I ______ for over 40 minutes, but my food still isn’t ready.

A．am waiting

B．have been waiting

C．was waiting

D．had waited

10、Dad and mom are busier than before; we're eating out more often than we _________.

A.use to B.used to C.were used to D.are used to

11、We   the last bus and didn’t have any money for taxi, so we had to walk home.

A.reached B.lost C.missed D.caught

12、The train ________ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about nine o’clock tonight.

A．will be going

B．has been going

C．goes

D．went

13、The artist ________the judge gave a prize is the teacher________ I have been taught for three years.

A．to whom; who

B．from who; who

C．to whom; by whom

D．from whom; by whom

14、In order to make full use of the energy, many water power stations are built ______ there are big waterfalls.

A．unless

B．so that

C．where

D．whether

15、—What did he say about being late for the meeting?

—He gave some excuse about missing the bus, but sounds a bit ______.

A. responsible   B. impressive   C. lame   D. severe

16、The mother never criticized her children, but used praise to________their best.

A.put out B.give out C.pick out D.bring out

17、Kenny still remembers the class discussion________the teacher asked students to share what they wanted to be when they grew up.

A．why

B．which

C．that

D．where

18、The government intends to ________ a new law about wearing safety belts in cars.

A．bring up

B．bring on

C．bring in

D．bring off

19、Thanks to her determination and perseverance on the piano lesson, she has a ______ grasp of the subject.

A. comprehensive B. confidential

C. conservative D. compulsory

20、Giving up my job to go back to full-time education was a big __________, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.

A.project B.commitment C.competition D.ambition

21、   Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s easy to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, and the store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. “If anything,” he looked more pitiable, “Charge it to me,” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft, safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed, either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

【1】The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits________.

A．promised to obey the store rules

B．forgot to take any money with him

C．hoped to have the food first and pay later

D．could not afford anything more expensive

【2】Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky

B．poor and lonely

C．friendly and helpful

D．wise and disappointed

【3】The writer followed the store rules because________.

A．he wanted to keep his present job

B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C．he considered the old gentleman dishonest

D．he expected someone else to pay for the old gentleman

【4】What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else.

B．Helping others is easier said than done.

C．Experience is better gained through practice.

D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

22、   A Wisconsin mom makes mini-me toys as unique as the children who embrace them.

As a social worker using play therapy in the 1990s to help children through their cancer treatment, Amy Jandrisevits wished she could comfort her patients with dolls that bore their all-too-familiar hair loss and surgery scars. “I would clear up Goodwill for bald Cabbage Patch Kids because that was the closest thing I could find. ”she says. “I thought these kids need something that looks like they do. ”The idea stuck with Jandrisevits after she left social work in 2001 to start a family. Then in 2015, a mom whose daughter lost a leg to amputation(截肢) asked Jandrisevits, handy with a sewing machine, if she could craft a mini-me doll for the girl.

After Jandrisevits posted a photo of the legless doll on Facebook, orders poured in for likeness with everything from albinism(白化病) to birthmarks. “Differences make kids feel isolated and judged, ”she says, “with a doll, a child sees I am not the only one who looks this way. . . and beautiful enough to be a doll.” Jandrisevits, 46, has since crafted nearly 400 custom dolls with her New Berlin, Wis, dining room table, with donors often covering the $ 100 cost through Jandrisevits’s nonprofit A Doll Like Me. The mom of three insisted on making each doll herself with help from her mother and a friend.

For Keagan Cameron, 2, whose rare skin condition has him covered in birthmarks, Jandrisevits matched the doll’s spot exactly. “That was the most amazing thing,” says Keagan’s mom, Joy.

Brian Grassi of Coventry, R. I. , says she wept like a baby when a doll came in the mail for his daughter Emma, born three months later in October without her lower left arm. “Seeing my daughter with her doll, it makes me think about her future, not her limitations.”

【1】What inspired Jandrisevits to make Mini-me toys?

A.Her own family condition. B.Her hair loss and surgery scars.

C.Her daughter's losing a leg to amputation. D.Her working experience as a social worker.

【2】According to the passage, we can infer that   .

A.making Mini-me toys cost a lot.

B.mini-me toys have won great popularity.

C.Jandrisevits made the Mini-me toys all by herself.

D.A Doll Like Me is an organization to raise fund for children in need.

【3】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Mini-me toys comfort kids. B.Dolls make kids happy.

C.Children enjoy dolls’ company. D.A mom likes making mini-me toys.

【4】 How would you describe Jandrisevits?

A.Helpful and cautious. B.Responsible and grateful.

C.Warmhearted and determined. D.Ambitious and tough.

23、   We’ve all been there, running for a ls or train on a cold morning only to find that our nose is also running! Grab some tissues and learn the science behind the phenomenon known as “skier’s nose.”

A nose like a running tap in winter is business as usual for many people. People call it “skier’s nose". In a study, researchers found that 96 percent of people surveyed reported experiencing some degree of the condition.

Apparently, getting a runny nose in cold weather is a bodily defense reaction. That' s because the nose has two main purposes: 1) to filter bacteria so they don’t reach our lungs, and 2)to warm and humidify(加湿) the air before it reaches our lungs. Our airways are lined with tiny hairs known as cilia In the nose, these cilia wave back and forth to remove our mucus (黏液)so that bacteria can be blocked out. In cold weather the cilia are slowed. When cilia slow, bacteria remain in place and multiply, and this is why people get sick in winter. Not that the nose isn't trying to keep you healthy. All that running nose experience is the nose working overtime to produce more liquid to help move bacteria along. To help it out, experts say that you can try physically warming your nose: Rub your hands together, and then breathe into cupped hands or draw in steam from hot green tea and drink it, as green tea helps accelerate the growth and functioning of cilia.

Our nose runs in winter for one more purpose, which is to fight against the drier outside (and inside) air. In winter, or when it’s cold outside, the air is much drier than in summer. Our noses respond by producing more liquid to help humidify the air to a level our bodies need, and that’s when it starts to run out of the end of our nose.

【1】What does the underlined word “filter” probably mean in the third paragraph?

A.Kill. B.Prevent.

C.Defend. D.Trap.

【2】What can we know about “cilia”?

A.They only exist in the nose. B.They stop working in winter.

C.They can sweep away mucus. D.They help break down bacteria.

【3】Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A.When Do You Have A Running Nose?

B.What Are the Purposes of Your nose?

C.How Can You Deal With “skier’s nose”

D.Why Does, Your Nose Run When It's Cold?

24、   Marketing research can give a business a picture of what kinds of new products and services may bring a profit. 【1】 By researching the answers to specific questions, small-business owners can learn whether they need to change their package design or adjust their delivery methods. 【2】

Failure to do market research before you begin a business venture or during its operation is like driving a car from Texas to New York without a map or street signs. You have to know which direction to travel and how fast to go. 【3】 It will also tell you when they are most likely and willing to purchase your goods or use your services.

When you conduct marketing research, you can use the results either to create a business and marketing plan or to measure the success of your current plan. That’s why it’s important to ask the right questions, in the right way, of the right people. 【4】

The goal of primary research is to gather data from analyzing current sales and the effectiveness of current practices. Primary research also takes competitors’ plans into account, giving you information about your competition.

【5】 With secondary data, you can identify competitors, establish benchmarks (标准) and identify targets. Your targets are the people who fall into your targeted population: people who live a certain lifestyle, exhibit particular behavioral patterns or fall into a predetermined age group.

A．Research, done poorly, can lead a business in the wrong direction.

B．No small business can succeed without understanding its customers.

C．Sometimes they even consider offering additional services accordingly.

D．A market research plan is like a map indicating where your customers are.

E．Relying on the published work of others doesn’t give you the full picture.

F．It can also tell companies whether they are meeting their customers’ needs.

G．The goal of secondary research is to analyze data that has already been published.

25、   An unexpected allergic reaction on Christmas night 2009 resulted in a stop at a Long Island Hospital for then 4-year-old Emily Meyer.

The next morning, staff at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip,gave the child a bag _______with board games and dolls.“It _______ my mind off being sick and I'm sure it gave some _______to my parents. They were able to see my smile."

The unexpected_______motivated Emily to launch "Emily's Awesome Toy Drive" in 2010 with the help of her grandfather.Since then,her efforts have produced countless _______on the faces of sick children at Long Island hospitals.

Emily's operation started from _______a few dozen donated gifts and delivering them to Good Samaritan Hospital over the holidays. Now it has grown into a better-planned attempt that includes a Facebook page,an Instagram account and a(n) _______to many Long Island hospitals and charitable organizations.

_______Good Samaritan,Emily's Awesome Toy Drive is also cooperating with Cohen Children's Medical Center,Stony Brook University Hospital and so on. The school system has also _______ donation boxes at some schools.

Since age 5,Emily has helped ________thousands of donated gifts to hospitalized children. ________the donated gifts,they are given to the children on holidays, graduations, or as ________ when patients are experiencing difficult treatments.

Children who are dealing with ________ circumstances, such as a death in the family, are given donated stuffed animals so they “have something to hug and________.”

“I enjoy this,” she said. “It's important for me to bring joy to the kids who ________it the most.”

【1】A.decorated B.filled C.wrapped D.equipped

【2】A.discouraged B.prevented C.took D.escaped

【3】A.sorrow B.relief C.horror D.shock

【4】A.ending B.accident C.illness D.experience

【5】A.tears B.smiles C.wrinkles D.sweat

【6】A.collecting B.fetching C.acquiring D.demanding

【7】A.key B.service C.link D.application

【8】A.In spite of B.In addition to C.On account of D.Regardless of

【9】A.picked up B.looked up C.made up D.set up

【10】A.deliver B.display C.release D.reveal

【11】A.Instead of B.But for C.As for D.Because of

【12】A.awards B.rewards C.bonuses D.benefits

【13】A.tough B.rough C.annoying D.embarrassing

【14】A.split off from B.break away from C.hold on to D.catch up on

【15】A.treat B.count C.touch D.need

26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

日前，某寄宿制中学（boarding school）明文禁止学生叫外卖（order take-away food），学生中议论纷纷。假设你是学生会主席李明，请代表全校同学给校长写一封信，信中内容包括：

1）向校方反馈同学们对此规定的看法。

2）向校方提出的意见和建议。

（文中不得出现考生姓名、学校等任何真实信息）