钦州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测四年级英语

1、Women are so accustomed to decades of ______ and to ______ histories of women whose contributions went unnoticed that they assume these conditions still exist today.

A. being ignored,be heard   B. ignoring,be heard

C. ignored,hearing   D. being ignored,hearing

2、Mary __________ up the toy car and let it run across the room.

A.worked B.walked C.washed D.wound

3、The national park has a large collection of wildlife, ________ from butterflies to elephants.

A. to range B. range

C. ranging D. ranged

4、The professor _____about how to protect the endangered animal in the conference at this time tomorrow.

A. talked   B. talks   C. has been talking   D. will be talking

5、______ unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.

A. Where   B. Before   C. Until   D. Unless

6、________ the doors were closed, and ________ all the lights were off, the boy opened the door to his bedroom.

A.Having checked; that B.Having checked; /

C.Checking; where D.To check; that

7、After three months of hard work, I'd like to go to a nice small town for my holiday, especially ________with a sea view.

A.it B.one C.the one D.that

8、The pandemic has fundamentally altered consumer behavior and enterprise operations, ________ digital adoption and transformation a necessity.

A．to make

B．making

C．having made

D．made

9、Ted couldn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but he knew it was   Sunday because everybody was at   church.

A. /, the   B. a, /

C. /, a   D. the, /

10、－ There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow_______?

－ No, I'd rather buy ________ in the bookstore.

A. one; one   B. it; one

C. one; it   D. it; it

11、Nearly all educators believe that a challenging situation can often ______ the best qualities of a person.

A. cheer up B. take over

C. bring out D. put away

12、—Do you have any idea why Jenny left the firm?

—Probably, she _______ for a pay rise, but was turned down.

A. has held out   B. has been holding out

C. held out  D. holds out

13、I would love _____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.

A．to go

B．to have gone

C．going

D．having gone

14、— Let’s go swimming this afternoon, shall we?

— Good idea. Nothing is more ________ than swimming in such a hot day.

A.friendly B.enjoyable C.hopeful D.difficult

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、It is thought police had been called to the scene following a report of a collision involving her vehicle and ________ of another motorist.

A. one    B. those    C. some        D. that

17、______ we’ll do is to leave a note for Mum to tell her we won’t be back till late.

A．That

B．Which

C．What

D．How

18、A painting by Vincent Van Gogh was stolen on _______ would have been the Dutch master’s 167th birthday.

A．that

B．when

C．what

D．which

19、--- Don’t forget to have this machine fixed this afternoon., Darling.

--- Oh, you reminded me of what I otherwise   .

A. may have forgotten   B. must have forgotten   C. had forgotten   D. would have forgotten

20、My sister met him in the street yesterday afternoon, so he ______ your lecture.

A.shouldn’t have attended B.couldn’t have attended

C.mustn’t have attended D.needn’t have attended

21、The National Portrait Gallery is a well-known gallery in the very heart of London. It was founded in 1856 and it holds one of the largest collections of portraits in the world. Throughout the year it is home to exhibitions covering all forms of portrait art, celebrating the lives and achievements of those who have influenced British history, culture and identity. Whether you would like to see the permanent exhibitions or one of the temporary ones, there is something for art lovers at the National Portrait Gallery.

Permanent collections

The permanent collections have been split by room into the following categories:

● Tudor and Elizabethan

● Stuart and Civil War

● Georgian

● Regency

● Victorian and Elizabethan

● Twentieth century

● Contemporary displays

Opening times

Ticket prices

In general, entrance to the National Portrait Gallery is free. However, if you wish to see a particular exhibition that is not part of the permanent collection you will need to buy a ticket. For details of the prices for the different collections it is best to check the official National Portrait Gallery website: https://www.npg.org.uk.

Audio Guides

You can obtain audio guides at the entrance. They are small handheld units with small screens showing an interactive map. You can listen to up to five themed tours: Highlights, Royalty, Scientists, Celebrities and Writers. The audio guides are available in six languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese.

Places to eat in the gallery

There are two options of places to eat in the National Portrait Gallery. There is a café where you can grab something quick and affordable. Alternatively there is a restaurant on the top floor of the gallery overlooking the city.

Address and contact details

National Portrait Gallery

Saint Martin’s Place

London

WC2H 0HE

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7306 0055

【1】How long can you stay at most in the gallery if you visit on Friday?

A．Nearly 3 hours.

B．Nearly 11 hours.

C．Nearly 8 hours.

D．Nearly 5 hours.

【2】What can you do in the gallery according to the text?

A．You can visit permanent exhibitions on Regency.

B．You can see all the temporary exhibitions for free.

C．You can give a speech about art in the entrance hall.

D．You can rent an audio guide in the language of Chinese.

【3】What is the purpose of the text?

A．To introduce the exhibitions of the gallery.

B．To describe what the gallery looks like.

C．To explain why the gallery is popular.

D．To provide a visitor’s guide to the gallery.

22、Since 1936, many female space explorers have followed Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova. Let’s look at the missions（任务）of four important female astronauts to find out what astronauts do in space.

In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American women in space. Her team carried out scientific experiments in space and put two communications satellites in space. Satellites make it possible for us to communicate instantly with each other across the world through TV, radio, and telephones.

In 1984, Kathryn Sullivan became the first American women to walk in space. During her mission, she discovered important information about the sun’s energy and how it affects the climate in very hot and very cold places on Earth. She also took photographs of Earth and measured air pollution.

In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American in space. During her mission, she did scientific experiments using the weightless atmosphere. In space, there is no gravity, so everything floats! Dr. Jemison’s experiments gave important information about the human body to produce better medicines and healthcare.

In 2012, Liu Yang became the first Chinese women in space. She did experiments in space medicine, which look at how astronauts can survive and stay healthy in space. The conditions in space are very hard on the body and space medicine helps astronauts work safely.

【1】Who collected important information about air pollution?

A. Valentina Tereshkova. B. Sally Ride.

C. Kathryn Sullivan. D. Mae Jemison

【2】What did Dr. Jemison’s experiments focus on?

A. Human body.

B. Space satellites.

C. Climate on earth.

D. Energy from the sun.

【3】Liu Yang’s mission aimed at ________.

A. providing information about environment

B. protecting astronauts’ health in space

C. improving communication on Earth

D. testing the weightless atmosphere

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Great Walking in Space

B. Conditions in Space

C. Healthcare in Space

D. Women in Space

23、   A freshly baked roll is as delightful as a soft，light cloud on a summer's day.What gives bread much of its appealing texture is gluten，a group of proteins found in wheat.But in people with celiac disease(乳糜泻)，gluten damages the small intestine(肠).Many others may have milder gluten intolerance and avoid foods that contain it.

Most gluten-free bread is made from alternative flours such as rice or potato，so it tastes and feels different from wheat bread.Now，however，researchers say that they have found a way to genetically engineer wheat that contains far less of the most troublesome type of gluten—but still has other proteins that give bread its characteristic taste and springiness.

Genetically modified crops are the subject of fierce debate around the world.The biggest concern involves the practice of inserting DNA from one species into another，says Francisco Barro，a plant biotechnologist.To avoid this genetic crossover，Barro and his colleagues used the gene-editing technique CRISPR／Cas9 to cut selected genes from a wheat genome(基因组).

Their study zeroed in on alpha-gliadins(α-胶质蛋白)，gluten proteins believed to be wheat’s major troublemakers in the immune system.The researchers designed bits of genetic material that directed the scissor-like Cas9 protein to cut out 35 of the 45 alpha—gliadin genes.When the modified wheat was tested in a Petri dish，it produced an 85 percent weaker immune response，the team reported online last September in Plant Biotechnology Journal.

Wendy Harwood，a crop geneticist at the John Innes Center in England，who was not part of the study，notes that the engineered wheat has a long way to go before it can be turned into anything marketable.“I don’t think it's the end of the story.”she says.“This is just a really important step in maybe producing something that is going to be incredibly useful.”To develop a completely safe strain of wheat for celiac patients，the researchers may need to target more of the gluten genes.Barro says his team is working on that.

【1】What’s the text mainly about?

A. Making gluten—free bread.

B. Advantages of gluten-free wheat.

C. Debate about genetically modified crops.

D. Developing genetically engineered wheat.

【2】Why is bread mentioned in paragraph 1?

A. To advertise a new study.

B. To raise the topic to be written about.

C. To provide some advice for the readers.

D. To popularize some information about medicine.

【3】What concerns people most according to paragraph 3?

A. Genetic crossover.   B. Gene-editing technique.

C. The practice of using DNA.   D. The subject of fierce debate.

【4】What’s Wendy Harwood’s attitude towards engineered wheat?

A. A little alarmed.   B. Mildly surprised.

C. Somewhat opposed.   D. Cautiously optimistic.

24、In the African bush in southern Kenya, Lucy King watched an elephant rest under a big tree, seemingly bothered by an overhead beehive. It was 2007, and King had just published a behavioral study confirming a belief, widely held by local communities for thousands of years, that elephants are frightened by bees.

King, a zoologist at the nonprofit organization Save the Elephants (STE), asked her research assistant to throw a stone at the hive. “And then suddenly, the bees just erupted,” King says, “the elephants just fled.” That moment led King to a novel design for using live beehives as “fences” to protect farm crops from hungry elephants.

An elephant can eat a farm’s entire harvest in one day, seriously threatening a family’s income and food security. To protect their livelihoods, some farmers have taken to shooting elephants. In an attempt to find a nonlethal solution, nearly 10,000 bee fences like those in King’s initial design are now built into sites in 20 African and Asian countries, she estimates. STE team members focus on providing bee-fence kits to farmers in areas of serious human-elephant conflicts.

In a 2017 field study, King documented that bee fences installed at 10 farms near a national park in Kenya deterred elephants 80 percent of the time. Meanwhile, bee fences have provided some farmers with new income. As part of the STE program, they are taught beekeeping and provided with protective gear such as suits, smokers, rubber boots and gloves.

Farms with bee fences and healthy hives have also inspired another type of enterprise. Mavis Nduchwa started a honey-collecting business in Botswana — a country that has a farm-based economy and is also home to the world’s largest elephant population. The company offers beekeeping training to women at farms with bee fences and helps them sell the resulting honey through her business. The benefits go beyond extra income, she says. “We have seen a decline in the number of gender-based violence cases as women are more empowered and have jobs,” says Nduchwa, who employs more than 1,500 female farmers. “It might sound crazy, but a jar of honey saves elephants and feeds more families.”

【1】Why did King design bee fences?

A．To obtain live beehives.

B．To test the function of STE.

C．To protect crops.

D．To provide jobs for women.

【2】How does King’s design work?

A．It trains farmers to watch over crops.

B．It makes bees provide more honey.

C．It frightens elephants away.

D．It uses kits to reduce conflict.

【3】The author develops the last paragraph mainly by __________.

A．cause and effect

B．example

C．process

D．comparison and contrast

【4】Which word best describe the author’s attitude to bee fences?

A．Skeptical.

B．Tolerant.

C．Worried.

D．Positive.

25、   It was in my first year of work as a doctor. My mouth was_______and my palms sweaty. The only thing that kept me _______ was the thought that things were so_______ worse for the family I was talking to.

A young girl had been rushed up to theatre (手术室) after a road traffic accident. I had spent some time in between _______in theatre talking to the family as they waited for news. The surgeons had been _______ to save her life. Ashen-faced, the consultant (会诊医师) told them the news. I sat with them for some time as they_______quietly and when I emerged from the room the consultant was standing outside. “I think it would be nice if it came from you,” he said.

I_______ blankly. “What?” I asked.“About organ donation,” he replied. I swallowed hard. Surely this would be the _______thing they’d want to talk about. It felt acutely_______ and ill-timed to be considering this kind of conversation while they were being engulfed in________. But the problem with organ donation is that every minute ________. I opened the door and sat opposite them, ________ that I was only going to make things worse for them.

“It’s what she’d have wanted,” the mother said________ I’d even finished.

The father nodded. While I had________ they might be angry with me for bringing up such a ________ subject in their moment of grief,__________they seemed pleased.“She was always so ________ ,” her father added. As I left them, it ________ to me that I’d been wrong in thinking it would be an awkward conversation. Nothing could take away the pain of having lost their daughter. Yet this last, final act had ________ them and helped them feel that the ________ of their daughter lived on in this act of generosity.

Strangely, it was one of the most heart-warming conversations I have ever had.

【1】A.wet B.dry C.bitter D.pale

【2】A.focused B.informed C.attracted D.excited

【3】A.clearly B.probably C.much D.largely

【4】A.resulting B.assisting C.settling D.occupying

【5】A.unable B.sure C.surprised D.hard

【6】A.cried B.chatted C.sobbed D.swore

【7】A.shook B.glanced C.glared D.stared

【8】A.cruel B.guilty C.very D.last

【9】A.awkward B.disappointing C.urgent D.dangerous

【10】A.frustration B.grief C.horror D.pressure

【11】A.races B.works C.passes D.counts

【12】A.puzzled B.convinced C.scared D.cautious

【13】A.until B.after C.before D.since

【14】A.imagined B.suspected C.accepted D.prepared

【15】A.complex B.formal C.dull D.delicate

【16】A.in turn B.in brief C.in particular D.in fact

【17】A.brave B.generous C.responsible D.innocent

【18】A.seemed B.appealed C.occurred D.happened

【19】A.comforted B.reminded C.inspired D.promised

【20】A.soul B.mind C.spirit D.recall

26、假定你是李华，随着“祝融号”探测器（Zhurong rover）成功着陆火星，你校决定举行关于火星的科技讲座。请给来自新西兰的留学生朋友John写一封邮件。内容包括：

1.讲座的时间和地点；

2.讲座的目的和主要内容；

3.发出邀请。

注意：

1.写作词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear John,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hope to see you on the big day.

Your sincerely,

Li HUa