益阳2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.

A．priority

B．potential

C．preference

D．prejudice

2、（2014·重庆）A smile costs _______, but gives much.

A.anything B.something

C.nothing D.everything

3、Human life is regarded as part of nature and the only way for us to survive is to live ______ nature.

A.in honor of B.in need of C.in touch with D.in harmony with

4、_____ how to get along with others is very important in success.

A. Know   B. Known   C. Having known   D. Knowing

5、Can you make yourself __________ in English?

A.to understand B.understand C.understanding D.understood

6、Please ________ your ashes before it fails on the carpet.

A. cut off B. knock off

C. get off D. drop off

7、The girl conquered her fear and ___ the enormous spider in sight of it last night.

A. took up   B. picked up

C. put up     D. set up

8、—I dropped by at 6:00pm yesterday but failed to see you at your house.

—I ______ in a gym at that time.

A. was exercising   B. am exercising   C. have exercised   D. had exercised

9、Don't you know ________? Whether they're late or early, looking out of the window won't bring them here any quicker.

A. a little pot is soon hot

B. a watched pot never boils

C. cheerful company shortens the miles

D. forgive and forget

10、She doesn’t speak our language,   she seems to understand what we say.

A. yet   B. and

C. or   D. so

11、There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds ______ they are not objectively true, and that giants, witches, two-headed dragons etc do not exist.

A. that B. what C. which D. when

12、Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only

planet _______ life has developed gradually.

A. that   B. where   C. which D. whose

13、It is very important for English teachers to have a knowledge of the theories of language_______.

A.fluency B.accuracy C.acquisition D.punctuation

14、— Why didn’t you tell him about the meeting?

— He rushed out of the room _____ I could say a word.

A. when   B. after C. before D. until

15、—Mum, where`s my bag?

—How________ I know where you have left your bag?

A．need

B．would

C．should

D．might

16、______me tomorrow and I’ll let you know the lab result.

A.Calling B.Call C.To call D.Having called

17、The three parties will meet next month to ______remaining differences.

A．carry out

B．pull through

C．get out

D．work out

18、—Can we make it to the concert with such heavy traffic?

—Absolutely not.The pianist_______for about half an hour when we arrive.

A.will be playing B.has played C.will have played D.has been playing

19、The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities________ steadily since 1997.

A．is rising

B．are rising

C．has been rising

D．have been rising

20、Competition for entry to these programs is keen, and applicants need above-average grades to gain___________.

A.ambition B.preference C.admission D.competence

21、Paula

8: 45 AM.

Hi ladies. We have a new client that just called this morning. Are either of you free to take the job?

Athena

8: 46 AM.

What's the location of the job? And what is the client expecting?

Paula

8: 47 AM.

Mrs. Hunter lives at the intersection of Maple Street and Givers Rd. She has a fairly large 3500 square foot house, and would like someone to come for 5— 6 hours each week, preferably on a Monday, to clean it.

Athena

8: 48 AM.

Sorry, that's too far for me to go. And I already have a regular client in the afternoons on Mondays.

Julie

8: 49 AM.

I can probably do it. I don't have any clients on Mondays at the moment.

Athena

8: 50 AM.

Make sure you negotiate the hours with her. Or let her know how much you can physically clean in 5. 6 hours.

Julie

8: 51 AM

I think it'd be fine. I'm sure she's not expecting one person to clean the entire house in those hours.

Paula

8: 52 AM

I can call her back to get some more details. It's always better to make sure both parties have the same expectations.

Julie

8: 53 AM

OK. Both of you have way more experience than me so I'll definitely listen to your advice.

Paula

8: 54 AM

Julie, I'll let you know when I've talked to her. You might have to call her yourself later, too.

【1】What could the name of this company be?

A．Drivers for Hire

B．Maid Service Plus

C．Accountants R Us

D．Toys Toys Toys

【2】What advice does Athena give Julie?

A．Let the client know her age.

B．Clarify workload and working hours.

C．Give the client a piece of her mind.

D．Have an honest conversation with the client.

【3】What is likely Paula's role?

A．She's the organizer.

B．She's the new hire.

C．She's in the marketing department.

D．She's in the technology department.

22、   While weather forecasters can make fairly accurate predictions, there's always the risk you'll be caught out while driving in the rain. But the days of having to quickly close your sunroof could soon be a thing of the past thanks to Jaguar Land Rovefs latest technology.The firm is developing cars that can adapt automatically by closing windows and roofs or starting the heater if they detect bad weather is on the way. The weather forecasting system uses a set of air pressure, humidity（湿度）and light sensors（传感器）to help its vehicles predict changes in conditions and adapt to them. Cars equipped with the system could make slight changes to the air conditioning if it finds the weather is getting warmer during a journey or increase the cabin temperature if it will get colder.

The forecast may indicate there is a possibility of one or more weather conditions, such as rain, within a period of time, such as five minutes. The vehicle may then adapt to the local weather conditions. In particular, it may close one or more windows, or close a roof of the vehicle in response to a forecast being a sign of rain. Similarly windows could be darkened using electrochromic (电致变色的) glass to improve visibility if bright sunshine is forecast.

Although its unclear whether this technology will make its way to a production vehicle anytime soon, such a system would be advantageous on autonomous vehicles. Since there's no human driver present, the system will allow the vehicle to make it comfortable for its passengers, based on current weather conditions. It can also make the vehicle safer if it knows rain or snow is coming.

【1】How will Jaguar Land Rovefs latest technology benefit drivers?

A. Vehicles can automatically drive themselves.

B. Vehicles can find positions and routes themselves,

C. Vehicles can act as mobile weather forecasting stations.

D. Vehicles can open windows and sunroofs automatically.

【2】What is the feature of the glass of a vehicle with the new technology?

A. It can help adjust the temperature.

B. It can still be clear in rainy days.

C. It is too strong to break into pieces.

D. Its colour can change with the sunshine.

【3】What can we know about the weather forecasting system from the text?

A. It is intellige nt enough to stop raining.

B. It makes the driver more comfortable.

C. It can't predict the weather accurately.

D. It makes autonomous cars safer in bad weather.

【4】Where might the text be taken from?

A. A book review. B. A science report.

C. A science fiction. D. A travel brochure.

23、   Most groups of plants and animals are richer in species and more plentiful near the equator. In the ocean, that holds true for cold-blooded predators(掠食者). But warm-blooded predators are more diverse toward the poles and noticeably missing from several warm hot spots. Why?

John Grady, an ecologist, and his team considered the possibility—warm-blooded animals need a lot to fuel their metabolism(新陈代谢). Perhaps colder waters are just richer in small fish? But they found that at higher, colder places, there isn’t actually much more food around. It’s more that warm-blooded animals are eating a much bigger share of it than their cold-blooded competitors.

The real explanation is simple. An animal’s speed, swiftness, and intelligence depend on its metabolism, which in turn depends on its temperature. Since birds and mammals can keep heating their bodies in icy conditions, they remain fast and attentive. By contrast, the fish they hunt become slower and duller. At some tipping point of temperature, seals, dolphins, and penguins start outswimming their prey(猎物). They become more likely to come upon targets and outpace the cold-blooded predators of their own.

In Grady’s words, “Warm-bodied predators are favoured where preys are slow, stupid and cold.” That’s why sharks and other predatory fish dominate near the equator, but colder waters are the kingdom of whales and seals. By keeping food to themselves in the poles, these creatures can then specialize on specific types of prey, which makes them more likely to split into separate species. The killer whales of the North Pacific, for example, include mammal-eating transients and fish-eating, year-round residents.

But the world is changing. It’s likely that the surface of the oceans will warm by 2 to 3℃ within this century. Grady’s team estimates that every time the ocean’s surface warms by 1℃, populations of sea mammals will fall by 12%, and populations of seals and sea lions will fall by 24%.

But “predictions are hard,” Donna Hauser from the University of Alaska Fairbanks notes. “Polar bears are losers of a warming world, but some populations are still doing well. Some groups of whales have changed the timing of their migrations; others are hunting in deeper, colder waters. These changes might make sea mammals more adaptable to changing climates. Maybe they just need to find the places where fish remain slow, stupid and cold.”

【1】Why are there more types of warm-blooded predators near the poles?

A. Because there is more food.

B. Because there are fewer enemies.

C. Because they are faster and wiser.

D. Because they consume less energy.

【2】The author mentions the killer whales to show ______.

A. the benefit of biological evolution

B. food preference of different sea mammals

C. the distinction of specific types of predators

D. the advantage of constant body temperature

【3】What is Donna Hauser’s attitude towards the future of the sea mammals?

A. Positive. B. Negative.

C. Neutral. D. Sceptical.

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Are the Poles Heaven for Sea Predators?

B. How Do Sea Mammals Track Their Prey?

C. Why Do the Warm-Blooded Like Food Cold?

D. Is the World Too Hot for the Warm-Blooded?

24、Russ Gremel, now 98 years old, decided it was time to donate $2 million to the Illinois Audubon Society, a charity to purchase nearly 400 acres of land for wildlife protection. Gremel was able to make this amazing donation because he purchased $1,000 worth of Walgreens stock seven decades ago whose value has grown recently.

“A single man with no kids, Gremel has lived in the same Chicago house for 95 years, and has always lived simply”, neighbor Patrick Falso told TODAY. Falso said he heard Gremel say many times the “money wasn’t mine to begin with” and that he always intended to give it away.

The Gremel Wildlife shelter was founded on June 4. Illinois Audubon Society president Jim Herkert said Gremel’s donation was extremely generous. “It’s allowing us to protect a really valuable and important possession and realize one of Gremel’s wishes that we could find a place where people could come out and experience nature the way he did as a kid,” Herkert told TODAY.

After doing all this, this past weekend, Gremel adopted an old Chihuahua（吉娃娃犬）. Winnie the dog was picked up as a homeless dog several months ago. She suffered from a kind of cancer, which was treated—and all she needed was a loving home, which Colleen Collins, the founder of Perfect Pooches Adoption Agency, was determined to find.

Gremel had lost his own beloved Chihuahua earlier this year. When he reached out to Collins about Winnie, she felt this could be a good match. That feeling grew when she brought Winnie to his house for a meet and greet, and Winnie was introduced not only to Gremel but also some of his friends and neighbors. One had brought over a lot of fresh strawberries; all said they’d be there to help out in any way needed.

【1】Patrick Falso is mentioned in the text mainly to explain _________.

A．how Gremel earned the money

B．what kind of person Gremel is

C．why Gremel made the donation

D．where Gremel has been living

【2】What can we learn about Russ Gremel from the text?

A．He raised many pet dogs in his life.

B．He bought Walgreens stock at age 28.

C．He adopted a young Chihuahua recently.

D．He volunteered in wildlife shelters regularly.

【3】What can we infer about Gremel’s neighbors from the text?

A．They live in harmony with animals.

B．They are impressed with dog Winnie.

C．They lead a healthy and wealthy life.

D．They are caring and kind to each other.

25、In the 1960s, Douglas McGregor, one of the key thinkers in the art of management, developed the now famous Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X is the idea that people instinctively _____ work and will do anything to avoid it. Theory Y is the view that everyone has the potential to find satisfaction in work.

In any case, despite so much evidence to the _____, many managers still agree to Theory X. They believe, ___________, that their employees need constant supervision if they are to work effectively, or that decisions must be imposed from _____ without consultation. This, of course, makes for authoritarian (专制的) managers.

Different cultures have different ways of _____ people. Unlike authoritarian management, some cultures, particularly in Asia, are well known for the consultative nature of decision-making — all members of the department or work group are asked to _____ to this process. This is management by the collective opinion. Many western companies have tried to imitate such Asian ways of doing things, which are based on general _____. Some experts say that women will become more effective managers than men because they have the power to reach common goals in a way that traditional _____ managers cannot.

A recent trend has been to encourage employees to use their own initiative, to make decisions on their own without _____ managers first. This empowerment (授权) has been part of the trend towards downsizing:_____ the number of management layers in companies. After de-layering in this way, a company may be ______ with just a top level of senior managers, front-line managers and employees with direct contact with the public. Empowerment takes the idea of delegation (委托) much further than has ______ been the case. Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to ______ that the overall business plan is being followed, and that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

Another trend is off-site or ______ management, where teams of people linked by e-mail and the Internet work on projects from their own houses. Project managers evaluate the ______ of the team members in terms of what they produce for projects, rather than the amount of time they spend on them.

【1】A. desire   B. seek   C. lose   D. dislike

【2】A. contrary   B. expectation   C. degree   D. extreme

【3】A. vice versa   B. for example   C. however   D. otherwise

【4】A. outside   B. inside   C. below   D. above

【5】A. replacing   B. assessing   C. managing   D. encouraging

【6】A. refer   B. contribute   C. object   D. apply

【7】A. agreement   B. practice   C. election   D. impression

【8】A. bossy   B. experienced   C. western   D. male

【9】A. asking   B. training   C. warning   D. firing

【10】A. doubling   B. maintaining   C. reducing   D. estimating

【11】A. honored   B. left   C. crowded   D. compared

【12】A. economically   B. traditionally   C. inadequately   D. occasionally

【13】A. deny   B. admit   C. assume   D. ensure

【14】A. virtual   B. ineffective   C. day-to-day   D. on-the-scene

【15】A. opinion   B. risk   C. performance   D. attractiveness

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Having worked at a small food store for two years, I thought I had become successful at what our manager called “customer relations”. I firmly believed that a friendly smile and an automatic “sir”, “madam”, “thank you” and “sorry” would see me through any situation. But on a Christmas night an old woman shook my belief that such a glib (油嘴滑舌的) response could smooth over any difficulty while dealing with other human beings.

The moment she entered the store, the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny store with its bright lighting and neatly arranged shelves. Walking as if each step were painful, she slowly pushed open the glass door. On such a zero-degree night, she was wearing only a faded print dress, a thin sweater too small to button, and black slippers with the backs cut out to expose heels. There were no stockings or socks on her blue-veined (青筋的) legs.

After walking around the store for several minutes, the old woman stopped in front of the rows of canned vegetables. She looked at the row of cans, finally picked up a can of corn and stared at the label. At that point, I decided to be a good and polite employee and asked her if she needed help. As I stood close to her, my smile became harder to maintain. An unpleasant smell of sweat rose from her torn clothing.

“I need some food,” she muttered in reply to my bright “Madam, can I help you?”

“Are you looking for corn, madam?”

“I need some food,” she repeated, looking down at the can in her hand, “Any kind.”

“Well, the can of corn is ninety-five cents, madam.” I said in my most helpful voice. “Or if you like, we have a special on bread today.”

After a short pause, she lifted her head and said, “But I can’t pay.”

For a second, it was on the tip of my tongue to tell her that she could take the corn. Then the employee rules flooded into my mind: remain polite but do not let the customers take advantage of you.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

At the thought of that, I managed a friendly smile.

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Instantly I rushed out of the door with the can of corn and stopped the old woman.

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