忻州2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、We study in a school ____ fame is known nationwide and it is a school _______ we can fully develop our potential.

A. which; where  B. whose; which

C. who; that  D. whose; in which

2、______full preparations, they thought it better to put off the conference till next week.

A. Not to have made   B. Not having made

C. Not making   D. Having not made

3、_______ you talk to someone or write a message, you show your skills to others.

A. At time     B. Some time

C. Every time   D. The time

4、However, at times this balance in nature is _________, resulting in a number of possible unforeseen effects.

A．troubled

B．disturbed

C．stricken

D．confused

5、He became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people ________ to cholera.

A. expose   B. exposed

C. exposing   D. to expose

6、It is said that the café being built near the post office ________mainly to the workers from the factory across the road.

A. caters   B. serves

C. contributes   D. supplies

7、Now, when people ____________ England, you find Wales ____________ as well.

A.link to; including B.refer to; included

C.look around; included D.consist of; including.

8、He said in a few days’ time he __________ out of the school gates forever.

A. will walk   B. walked

C. was walking   D. would be walking

9、The parents felt helpless when they found their son had ____ drug for long.

A.addicted B.addicted to C.addicted himself D.been addicted to

10、He was ________ the edge of success when the unexpected accident happened.

A．at

B．in

C．from

D．on

11、 ---What do you think of ________ gifted chemist from London?

---Well, sometimes his behavior is beyond ________ comprehension.

A. a,  the B. the  / C. the the D. a  /

12、Over the years I’ve been trying to figure out________prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.

A．what it is that

B．that it is what

C．it is what

D．what is it that

13、—Did you look up the time of trains to Shanghai?

—Yes，the early train is ________ to leave at 5：30 am.

A．likely

B．about

C．possible

D．due

14、In the restaurant I found him ________ in the corner, with his whole attention ________ on the man next to him.

A．sitting; fixing

B．sat; fixed

C．seated; fixing

D．seated; fixed

15、Jenny entered her house.On the sofa______she had never seen before.

A.a beautiful lady did sit B.a beautiful lady sat

C.did a beautiful lady sit D.sat a beautiful lady

16、Lily regretted ______ to Mary’s birthday party last Sunday.

A. not to go   B. not having been going

C. not going   D. not to be going

17、______ a running log of your time spent volunteering, you would have received a certificate showing the good you’ve done.

A．If you hadn’t kept

B．Had you kept

C．If you kept

D．Not did you keep

18、       , the disease will produce a powder poison that will kill the patient.

A.If it untreated B.If is untreated

C.If being untreated D.If untreated

19、When it comes to sports passion, nothing _______the craziness in fans more than football.

A. picks out   B. makes out

C. brings out   D. figures out

20、Completely ________ in her new novel, the young writer kept thinking and writing for a dozen hours.

A．absorbing

B．being absorbed

C．absorbed

D．to absorb

21、No one had told Smith about __________ a lecture the following day．

A. there be   B. there would be

C. there was D. there being

22、The professor has the habit of _____ his lecture by wishing everybody a nice day at the end of it.

A．explaining

B．concluding

C．preparing

D．disturbing

23、On the doctor’s advice, the old lady decided to live __________ the climate is mild.

A.that B.in where C.in which D.where

24、He failed in the driving test again. He_____________.

A.must have disappointed B.must have been disappointed

C.might be disappointed D.couldn’t be disappointed

25、One day, when Helen was playing with a doll, Miss Sullivan gave her another doll and spelt d-o-l-l into her hand, trying to make her understand that d-o-l-l ________ to both.

A．assessed

B．applied

C．accessed

D．announced

26、My interest in conquering the Seven Summits first began after I climbed Kilimanjaro in 1999. Back then at the age of 18, I never saw climbing all the Seven Summits as a realistic goal, but I certainly thought it would be fun to try to do some of the easier ones.

Four years later, I got a new job and I found myself considering Mt. Elbrus. What inspired me about this trip was not necessarily Mt. Elbrus itself, but that the Caucasus region had several tiny countries that I could easily backpack in a single trip. To me, Elbrus would simply be an added bonus. Since the climb would only take a week, it left me with plenty of exploring time for other countries. In the summer of 2006, I was able to get the time I needed off and had a successful climb of Mt. Elbrus.

A year later in 2007, I noticed that I began to think about Cerro Aconcagua a lot, and even dream about it. My desire to try another one of the Seven Summits began to get so strong that I worried I might start losing sleep at night. Finally I talked to my boss Tom who was surprisingly supportive and helped give me the time off I would need for Aconcagua.

In February 2008, I had a successful experience and climbed the second highest of the Seven Summits. I somehow devoted myself to training several days a week, and took climbing courses. In June 2009, I climbed what I once thought was impossible, Denali, the second hardest of the Seven Summits. In 2011, I continued towards my dream by reaching the top of Oceania after conquering Carstensz Pyramid. At this point, there is no doubt that I am able to climb Mt. Vinson Massif so my only unknown is Mt. Everest. I’d like to try Vinson Massif next.

【1】When did the author climb Kilimanjaro successfully?

A．In 1999.

B．In 2003.

C．In 2006.

D．In 2007.

【2】Which mountain is the second highest of the Seven Summits?

A．Kilimanjaro.

B．Mt. Elbrus.

C．Cerro Aconcagua.

D．Denali.

【3】Which of the following can best describe the author?

A．Devoted and humorous.

B．Talented and clever.

C．Stubborn and demanding.

D．Brave and successful.

【4】What does the author want to tell us?

A．The early bird catches the worm.

B．Difficult the first time, easy the second.

C．Nothing is impossible to a determined heart.

D．Preparedness ensures success, unpreparedness spells failure.

27、   When I had my first baby, after battling being unable to produce babies for three years, I received a gift at the hospital with a note: “To Jonathan-we're so glad you're here.” I've always remembered that note-and the person who sent it. My heartache and fear that I'd never have a child had been swept away and I felt a great joy. That little note made me feel that someone else understood my happiness, Oddly enough, she was not a close friend. But at that moment, we shared a special bond.

I learned that day that there's nothing like a personal note. In this age of impersonal technology, of computers and recorded voices on telephones, the hand-written note makes a human connection. And not just to the receiver, but to the writer as well. It feels good to express your sincere thoughts. When you put pen to paper, very important feelings slip out, feelings that you might ordinarily keep to yourself. This is especially true with emotions such as, “I love you,” or “You're important to me,” that may seem embarrassing to actually say.

Some of the best notes are written by children, precisely because kids are so open and honest. They're able to express powerful emotions in simple ways, as my young son did one Valentine's Day: “This comes from the heart, not from the store,” he wrote on his homemade card, anxious lest I mistake it for one mere money can buy. On another occasion, he scrawled, “Happy birthday—I'm glad you're my Mom!”

Notes from youngsters are very special, especially if the receiver is seriously ill. When a70-year-old man suffered a heart attack, his eight-year-old grandson wrote, “Please get well, Grandpa. Who else will play cards with me? Who will tell me stories? I love you, Grandpa.” Did this note help his Grandpa recover in record time? Doctors might not think so, but I do.

【1】“A special bond” (in paragraph1) is brought about by ________.

A．the author's first baby

B．the author's battling unproductiveness

C．the person working in the hospital

D．the note the author received

【2】Which of the following is true about the author's attitude according to the passage?

A．Children's notes are better than any of others due to their openness and honesty.

B．Notes from youngsters are especially memorable to their parents and grandparents.

C．To mark the special times of a life, nothing can take the place of a heartfelt note.

D．It feels powerful to voice your genuine ideas by recorded voices on telephones.

【3】The word “scrawled” (in paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ________.

A．signed

B．wrote

C．answered

D．exchanged

【4】It can be concluded from the passage that the author intends to ________.

A．advise readers to use the hand-written note for human connection

B．give readers some tips on how to choose words on hand-written notes

C．encourage senior people to pay attention to kids' hand-written notes

D．persuade readers to take pen in hand and express their happiness

28、Now, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has approved two drugs that may slow the cognitive decline destroying the lives of millions of Alzheimer’s patients.

But both approvals are highly controversial. They were only based on the drugs’ ability to remove plaques (斑块), which were thought to be the underlying cause of the disease. Also, the drugs are expensive, can cause adverse side effects, and may have modest benefits. Some experts argue that the treatment benefits don’t clearly outweigh the risks.

For years, getting rid of plaques has been the primary focus of researches and drug development. But the approvals have aroused a debate over whether this is the best way to attack the disease. Many scientists note that the result so far is just two drugs with limited efficiency, and they have called for far more funding to look for other theories.

The drug the FDA approved last week, known as Lecanemab, is the first to show evidence of slowing cognitive decline in clinical trials. The other drug, known as Aducanumab, was shown to remove plaques, but was not proven to arrest the loss of cognitive ability. But Lecanemab’s promise has been clouded by the death of three patients in an extension of the study.

Matthew Schrag, a neurologist, thinks that the benefits are modest at best. The researchers used an 18-point clinical dementia rating scale to assess a patient’s memory and problem solving skills among other aspects of cognitive and functional performance; the higher the score, the worse the dementia. Those on Lecanemab scored 1.21 whereas those taking the placebo(安慰剂) averaged 1.66, which shows that those taking the drug experienced 27 percent less cognitive decline.

“The question is whether the average patient in a clinic would notice that benefit,” Schrag says. “I don’t think they would.” More importantly, it’s the drug’s safety that concerns him. “I think we’re just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg with the risks.” Schrag and others are not convinced they are central to delaying or arresting disease progression.

【1】What can make the approvals controversial?

A．The drugs’ low price.

B．The drugs’ benefits of improving cognition.

C．The drugs’ effects.

D．The drugs’ ability to cause plaques.

【2】What can be inferred from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4?

A．Lecanemab’s future is promising.

B．The two drugs are beneficial to Alzheimer.

C．Few money are needed to seek alternative theories.

D．Aducanumab can arrest the loss of cognitive ability.

【3】Which of the following statements may Matthew Schrag agree with?

A．A large quantity of risks is waiting for us to explore.

B．Average patients can notice the benefits unquestionably.

C．Scientists are central to delaying the disease progression.

D．Patients receiving Lecanemab lost 27 percent of their cognitive ability.

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The limited efficiency of two new drugs.

B．Researches conducted to test two new drugs.

C．The potential dangers Alzheimer’s patients face.

D．Matthew Schrag’s distinctive insight of the Alzheimer.

29、For hundreds of years, scientists learned about the brain by observing people recovering from injuries. Many with an injury on the left side of the brain had problems understanding or using words. From this, doctors reasoned that the left brain must manage speech and language. They didn’t know, though, if speech and language centers were on this side in everyone. The finding of a new study may be able to tell the answer.

In the new study, researchers used fMRI (功能性磁共振成像) to watch brains in action as 39 children and 14 adults tried to understand sentences. Each fMRI scan (扫描) produced many pictures of the brain. Patches of color in each image highlighted which parts of the brain were getting the most blood. This is a sign that they were turned on and active.

To the researchers’ surprise, the left side of the brain was not the only part that was turned on in the children. Both sides became active when they tried to understand a sentence. That activity in the right brain started to fall in children who were older. By age 19, no activity showed up on the right. All speech-and-language processing now was taking place only on the left. The move from two-sided to one-sided language processing takes place gradually. It starts around the time we learn to talk.

Elissa Newport, who led the study, finds it exciting that children have speech centers on both sides of their brains. “If both sides of their brains can pitch in, this may also explain why left-brain injuries often are not as damaging in young children as in adults,” said she.

Children process language like “mental switch-hitters”. So, the next time you think your parents or older siblings (兄弟姐妹) don’t understand you, give them a break. They could be using just a smaller part of their brains.

【1】What used to confuse the scientists according to Paragraph 1?

A．Where the speech and language center is.

B．What is the main reason for brain injuries.

C．How to help a child master speech and language.

D．Whether everyone’s left brain is in charge of speech and language.

【2】How did the researchers conduct the study?

A．By drawing pictures of brains.

B．By highlighting different signs.

C．By reading examination results.

D．By studying the blood samples.

【3】What did the new study find?

A．Younger children need less time to understand a sentence.

B．Children use both sides of the brain for language processing.

C．The right side of the brain is less important than the left side.

D．The right side of the brain gradually becomes inactive after birth.

【4】What does the underlined part “pitch in” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Get involved.

B．Get damaged.

C．Be examined.

D．Be recognized.

30、I sat and waited for Kathleen to speak. “Annie, ” she said, “A food bank that serves the elderly is asking for ________ . I’d like you to organize the event”. “Well, errr....sure.” As I stuttered through my ________ , all I could think was, “What? Why me?”

I walked back to my office wondering where to ________ . This was a time when the economy was ________ . The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to ________ to survive. How could I ask them for more?

That evening I drove home with negativity. Then I remembered a time when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to ________ any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the   ________ and left four liters of milk. He wrote his message, which read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery ________ as usual and Jim never collected a cent ________ us.

The memory of Jim’s kindness ________ my enthusiasm. Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise.

The next morning I ________ signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign said, “Food drive to support the poor elderly! ________ of non - perishable (不易腐的) foods are greatly needed.”

Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to ________ the massive number of contributions we had   ________ . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other ________ . Though over sixty, she pushed our food trolley around with the ________ of a woman half her age.

I asked her where she got all the enthusiasm. She said, “With the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can’t think of a better way to be ________ for keeping our jobs when so many have ________ theirs. Sure money is   ________ . But when isn’t it? People need food.”

As I listened to Maggie, the milkman’s words ________ in my ears, “Kids need milk.”

【1】

A．advice

B．help

C．pity

D．medicine

【2】

A．response

B．comment

C．explanation

D．complaint

【3】

A．sit

B．stay

C．begin

D．work

【4】

A．growing

B．fading

C．recovering

D．booming

【5】

A．drive

B．attempt

C．refuse

D．struggle

【6】

A．s pare

B．drink

C．deliver

D．sell

【7】

A．keys

B．kids

C．cents

D．empties

【8】

A．returned

B．continued

C．stopped

D．delayed

【9】

A．for

B．to

C．with

D．from

【10】

A．guided

B．fired

C．moved

D．used

【11】

A．designed

B．noticed

C．marked

D．posted

【12】

A．Bargains

B．Demands

C．Donations

D．Purchases

【13】

A．check

B．store

C．separate

D．clear

【14】

A．collected

B．bought

C．found

D．selected

【15】

A．clothes

B．books

C．foods

D．gifts

【16】

A．satisfaction

B．quality

C．energy

D．motivation

【17】

A．lucky

B．proud

C．delighted

D．grateful

【18】

A．lost

B．deserved

C．abandoned

D．wanted

【19】

A．available,

B．tight

C．enough

D．powerful

【20】

A．rang

B．disappeared

C．hid

D．fell

31、课本原文填空

We use both words and body language to e【1】our thoughts and opinions in our interactions with other people. We can learn a lot about what people are thinking by w【2】 their body language. Words are i【3】, but the way people stand, hold their arms, and move their hands can also give us information about their f【4】.

Just like spoken language, body language v【5】 from culture to culture. The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is a【6】 to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact—looking into someone’s eyes—in some countries is a way to d【7】 interest. In other countries, by contrast, eye contact is not always a【8】 of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially p【9】 to make eye contact. In Japan, it may d【10】 respect to look down when talking to an older person.

32、请结合材料，按要求用英文写作，词数不少于60。

China is considered the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer. Smoking remains a common scene in some public places.

要求：(1)就此材料发表你的感想； (2)应紧扣材料、有明确的观点； (3)在答题卡上作答。