新竹2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person's character；however，they are not always _____.

A. available   B. practical  C. permanent  D. beneficial

2、You can get   you want as a gift for your fantastic performance in the final examination for you and your friends.

A.whoever B.whichever C.however D.whatever

3、So far this year we ______ a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.

A.saw B.see C.had seen D.have seen

4、In 2012, Sun Yang became the first Chinese man _____ an Olympic gold medal in swimming.

A. winning B. to win

C. having won D. being won

5、Tomorrow we'll pay a visit to a museum, next to _______ is a nice restaurant where we can have Italian food．

A. that   B. this   C. it D. which

6、This was returned because the person ________ this letter was addressed had died three years ago.

A．to whom

B．to which

C．which

D．whom

7、This book is said to be the special one, which ________ many events that cannot be found in other history books.

A. covers B. writes

C. prints D. reads

8、We packed all the hooks in wooden boxes so that they   damaged.

A. don’t get   B. won’t get

C. didn’t get   D. wouldn’t get

9、I can’t thank you ____ much for the kindness, because without your help I couldn’t have succeeded in the exam.

A.so B.too C.such D.that

10、There can be no doubt____________teachers love hardworking students.

A.where B.that C.which D.whether

11、_______ me when you get it through and I’ll pick you up at your work place．

A．Calling B．Call

C．Called D．To call

12、---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

13、She's jogging around the park every morning in a（n）______________ to have a good figure.

A.contribution B.effort

C.honour D.purpose

14、________ your symptoms. If they get worse, get medical help right away.

A．Catch sight of

B．Make use of

C．Take care of

D．Keep track of

15、I had been betrayed by those who I trusted several times, ______ in a suspicious attitude towards everything and everyone.

A. resulted B. having resulted C. resulting D. to result

16、Graduates are inspired to think outside the box and innovate，breaking free from _______ methods.

A.conventional B.confidential C.contradictory D.comprehensive

17、—Why did you leave the water running in the sink?

—Heavens! I guess I ________ to turn it off.

A．forgot

B．have forgotten

C．will forget

D．had forgotten

18、   the reality，concrete instructions of this machine should be made to   larger speeds and feeds.

A.Concerning；cater for

B.Concerning；allow for

C.Considering；apply for

D.Considering；allow for

19、Since we haven’t gone very far, we might just __________ well turn around to get the map.

A.for B.with C.in D.as

20、The number of Hutongs in Beijing is decreasing, ______ they still attract tourists from all over the world.

A．or

B．and

C．but

D．so

21、   The Cassini-Huygens space probe, which reached Saturn last week has sent back amazing photographs of the planet's famous rings viewed in ultraviolet light. 【1】 The different colors show exactly what the rings are. The red means the ring contains tiny pieces of rock and the blue and green is likely to be a mixture of water and frozen gases. 【2】 That's why it is so light and it could float on water—if a big enough ocean could be found!

【3】 It aims to explore the planet and its rings and moons. It was launched in 1997 and its mission was to explore the “gas giant” planet, which is the furthest planet to be seen from the Earth without a telescope.

Scientists say the spacecrafts four-year tour of Saturn may tell them how the rings are formed. 【4】

The probe has sent back pictures of some of Saturn's moons, including Phoebe and Titan. Phoebe has a strange shape. 【5】 Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, is believed to be the only body in the solar system other than the Earth with liquid on the surface. The images of Phoebe and Titan look strangely like photos of the Earth and our own moon, taken decades ago by the earliest space missions.

A．Saturn itself is made of gases.

B．The pictures are hard to take in space.

C．The probe is an international space project.

D．They will discover more secrets about the spacecraft.

E．The pictures show them in shades of blue, green and red.

F．It will also study the planet's atmosphere and magnetic field.

G．Unlike other planets and their moons, it is not perfectly round.

22、If a single word can describe our daily life during those first three years, it is “scrounge”(讨要). Every waking moment we were concentrating on how the hell we would be able to save up enough coins to do whatever it was we had to do. Even the simplest decision must be inspected by the ever alert budget committee of your mind.

“Hey, Oliver, let’s go to see Becket tonight.”

“Listen, it’s three bucks.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean a buck fifty for you and a buck fifty for me.”

“Does that mean yes or no?”

“Neither. It just means three bucks.”

Our honeymoon was spent on a yacht and with twenty-one children. That is, I sailed from 7 o’clock in the morning till whenever my passengers had enough, and Jenny was a children’s counselor. It was a place called the Pequod Boat Club in Dennis Port——an establishment that included a large hotel, a marina and several dozen houses for rent. In one of the tinier bungalows (平房), I have nailed an imaginary plaque (匾牌): “Oliver and Jenny slept here”. I think it’s a tribute (致敬) to us both that after a long day of being kind to our customers, for we were largely dependent on their tips for our income, Jenny and I were nonetheless kind to each other: I simply say “kind”, because I lack the vocabulary to describe what loving and being loved by Jennifer Cavilleri is like. Sorry, I mean Jennifer Barrett.

Before leaving for the Cape, we found a cheap apartment in North Cambridge, which was, as Jenny described it, “in the state of disrepair”. It had originally been a two-family structure, now changed into four apartments, overpriced even at its “cheap” rental. But what the hell can graduate students do? It’s a seller’s market.

【1】What can we learn from the conversation between Oliver and Jenny?

A．Neither of them wanted to see Becket.

B．They didn’t have three bucks.

C．Jenny was wasting money.

D．Oliver was an economical man.

【2】Why were Oliver and Jenny friendly to customers?

A．They were both counselors for children.

B．They needed to get tips from customers.

C．They didn’t have enough room to live in.

D．That was the rule on the yacht.

【3】What does Jennifer imply about their apartment by saying “in the state of disrepair”?

A．It was not cheap.

B．It was not distant.

C．It was not decent.

D．It was not luxurious.

【4】Which might be the best title of the passage?

A．A couple’s debt repayment process

B．A couple’s miserable life

C．A couple’s honeymoon trip

D．A couple’s holiday on a yacht

23、（题文）There have been claims that warming on Mars and Pluto is proof that the recent warming on Earth is caused by an increase in solar activity, and not by greenhouse gases. But we can say with certainty that, even if Mars, Pluto or any other planet has warmed in recent years, it is not due to changes in solar activity.

The Sun’s energy output has not increased since direct measurements began in 1978. If increased solar output really was responsible, we should be seeing warming on all the planets and their moons, not just Mars and Pluto.

Our solar system has eight planets, three dwarf planets and quite a few moons with at least a thin atmosphere, and thus a climate of sorts. Their climates will be affected by local factors such as orbital variations, changes in reflectance and even volcanic eruptions, so it would not be surprising if several planets and moons turn out to be warming at any one time.

One theory is that winds have recently swept some areas of Mars clean of dust, darkening the surface, warming the Red Planet and leading to further increases in windiness--a positive feedback effect.

Observations of the thickness of Pluto’s atmosphere in 2002 suggested the dwarf planet was warming even as its orbit took it further from the Sun. The finding confused astronomers at the time, and the cause had yet to be determined.

It has since been suggested that this is due to a greenhouse effect: As it gets closer to the Sun, Pluto may warm enough for some of the methane ice on its surface to turn into a gas. This would cause further warming, which would continue for a while even after Pluto’s orbit starts to take it away from the Sun.

【1】（小题1）What cause(s)the warming of some planets?

A. The solar system.   B. Their local factors.

C. Volcanic mountains.   D. The thin atmosphere.

【2】（小题2）What is the outcome of the recent winds on Mars?

A. They’ve cooled the planet.   B. They’ve left a clear sky.

C. They’ve caused more winds.   D. They’ve helped clean the planet.

【3】（小题3）What do we know about the thickness of Pluto’s atmosphere?

A. It remains mysterious.   B. It troubled astronauts.

C. It has become thinner.   D. It contributes to the warming.

【4】（小题4）Which of the following might lead to the warming on Earth according to the writer?

A. Solar activity.   B. Mars and Pluto.

C. Greenhouse gases.   D. The Sun’s energy output.

24、   The team, led by Michael T. Tolley, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, details its findings in the Feb 17, 2021 issue of the journal Science Robotics.

“This work represents a fundamental yet significant step towards fully-autonomous, electronics-free walking robots,” said Dylan Drotman, a Ph. D. student in Tolley’s research group and the paper’s first author.

Applications include low-cost robots for entertainment, such as toys, and robots that can operate in environments where electronics cannot function, such as MRI machines. Soft robots are of particular interest because they easily adapt to their environment and operate safely near humans.

Most soft robots are powered by air and are controlled by electronic circuits. But this approach requires complex components like circuit boards, valves (阀门) and pumps -often outside the robot’s body. These components, which make up the robot’s brains and nervous system, are typically large and expensive. By contrast, the UC San Diego robot is controlled by a light-weight, low-cost system of air-powered circuits, made up of tubes and soft valves, onboard the robot itself. The robot can walk on command or in response to signals it senses from the environment.

“With our approach, you could make a very complex robotic brain,” said Tolley, the study’s senior author. “Our focus here was to make the simplest air-powered nervous system needed to control walking.”

In the future, researchers want to improve the robot’s ways to walk so it can walk on natural field and uneven surfaces. This would allow the robot to navigate over a variety of obstacles (障碍). This would require a more complicated network of sensors and as a result a more complex air-powered system. The team will also look at how the technology could be used to create robots, which are in part controlled by air-powered circuits for some functions, such as walking.

【1】What is the achievement of the team’s study?

A．Their robots can walk a huge step.

B．Their robots work following commands.

C．Their study gets their electronics for free.

D．They find a new technique in walking robots.

【2】What can the team’s robots be applied to from the passage?

A．Toy companies’ products.

B．Environmental protection.

C．Human safety.

D．Factories without workers.

【3】What will the researchers probably do?

A．Change the way of power.

B．Help robots walk as human.

C．Improve robots to avoid obstacles.

D．Build a network to control robots.

【4】What is the passage mainly talking about?

A．The introduction to electronics-free walking robots.

B．The functions of newly-developed robots.

C．The applications of soft walking robots.

D．The ways to improve traditional robots.

25、In January 2023, I was commuting (通勤) from Brooklyn to New Jersey. With two little kids and a busy business, a quiet train ride felt like a mini_________ . Yet I found myself spending that _________ time scrolling (浏览) through social media feeds.

One day, I _________my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had _________to a money-raiser I had organized. Getting off the train, I was in a noticeably _________ mood. The next day, I wrote more _________ and felt the same. Something _________ . What if I kept it up?

I decided to write one thank-you note for every day. I had no shortage of people I was _________ to. I picked out a different _________ for each month. January was charity. February would be neighbors, and I thought of a dozen names immediately. I remembered when the owners of our __________ bookstore let me and my son, Henry, __________before the store opened and __________to play his favorite soundtrack. I __________when our babysitter dropped off some board games for our __________.

Writing the notes wasn’t that __________: Each was two or three sentences long, taking just a few minutes. I __________ on the person I was writing to and what I wanted to say, and the words came fairly __________ . That focus felt refreshing.

I eventually __________ why this task was the perfect cure to my social feeds. Scrolling through Instagram, I was admiring others’ __________ . However, writing thank-you notes was an act of __________and honoring my own life.

【1】

A．journey

B．program

C．vacation

D．hall

【2】

A．precious

B．busy

C．short

D．mean

【3】

A．break up

B．turned over

C．reached out

D．put down

【4】

A．flowed

B．contributed

C．led

D．linked

【5】

A．better

B．bluer

C．friendlier

D．guiltier

【6】

A．words

B．papers

C．post-cards

D．thank-you notes

【7】

A．clicked

B．occurred

C．came

D．froze

【8】

A．sorry

B．angry

C．grateful

D．available

【9】

A．piece

B．step

C．signal

D．theme

【10】

A．special

B．local

C．famous

D．public

【11】

A．out

B．in

C．away

D．on

【12】

A．continued

B．refused

C．added

D．offered

【13】

A．appreciated

B．rejected

C．recalled

D．memorized

【14】

A．parents

B．kids

C．drivers

D．poets

【15】

A．time-consuming

B．consumer-friendly

C．energy-saving

D．trouble-making

【16】

A．reflected

B．concentrated

C．congratulated

D．stepped

【17】

A．flexibly

B．soundly

C．easily

D．skillfully

【18】

A．recognized

B．accepted

C．acknowledged

D．realized

【19】

A．lives

B．kindness

C．career

D．neighbors

【20】

A．protecting

B．adopting

C．noticing

D．controlling

26、书面表达

请阅读下列短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Following a four-day meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing, the central government announces that China allows two children for every couple.

The People's Congress at provincial level or its standing committee has revised local regulations or made new ones, with the support and guidance of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Jiang said.

"The number of new births will definitely increase in the coming years and we estimate that the peak will be over 20 million newborn babies," said Wang Pei'an, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

At present, about 60 percent of China's child-bearing women are over 35 years old, which means an increase of 'elderly' mothers will be witnessed in China in the next few years, Wang said in a news release on Friday.

"It's safe to say that the two-child policy won't bring huge pressure on food security and basic public services, such as health, education and employment," Wang said. He estimated that another 30 million working people aged between 15 and 59 will be added by 2050. "It will benefit economic growth in the long term," Wang added.

【写作内容】

1. 有约30个单词写出上文概要；

2. 有约120个单词就“二胎政策”这一话题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

（1）你同意你父母亲生二胎吗？表明你的态度并说明理由（至少2点）；

（2）试分析中国实行二胎政策的好处。（至少两点）

参考词汇：兄弟姐妹：sibling

【写作要求】

1. 在作文中可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能直接引用文中原句。

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

3. 不必写标题。

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