张掖2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、There are so many viruses on the Internet. If ______ accidentally, the viruses may make your computer break down.

A. downloading    B. to be downloaded

C. downloaded   D. being downloaded

2、The mountain looks more beautiful ________ the blue sky.

A．against

B．under

C．for

D．about

3、Teenagers should communicate more with their parents, and be allowed to make their own ________.

A．decisions

B．memories

C．guests

D．challenges

E．fairness

4、All the drivers had a______ expression because of the policeman’s ______ traffic directions.

A．confused; confusing

B．confusing; confusing

C．confused; confused

D．confusing; confused

5、I was still sleeping when the fire ________, and then it spread quickly.

A. broke out     B. put out

C. came out   D. got out

6、Life is always full of   but joy as well.

A. happiness   B. pain

C. success   D. glory

7、—Will you accept it if you ______ this job?

—Of course, it is a wonderful job and I will do it well.

A．offer

B．will offer

C．are offered

D．will be offered

8、______ the influence of alcohol, he couldn’t ______ his son was lying to him.

A.With; risk B.With; distinguish C.Under; tell D.Under; ensure

9、Because he _____himself to _____his research, he spared no time to spend to weekend with us.

A. was devoted; doing   B. devoted; do

C. was devoted; do   D. devoted; doing

10、Be sure to read the ______ in the guidebook before you begin to use the new computer.

A.instructions B.solution C.descriptions D.message

11、Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said he was delighted to see businesses again after being severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic the past two years.

A．upcoming

B．balancing

C．occurring

D．flourishing

12、In the last few years, China ____ great achievements in environmental protection.

A. had made   B. has made

C. was making   D. is making

13、Do you think he is _______ to come here?

A. probable   B. likely

C. possible   D. certainly

14、The hotel wanted to charge $150 for the room service, but we couldn't ____________ to live in such an expensive hotel.

A.pay B.afford C.charge D.pay for

15、This is one of the tallest buildings ________ been rebuilt since last year.

A．which have

B．that has

C．which has

D．that have

16、Shady Side leaves an indelible mark on each young student ________ an academic adventure here.

A. looking   B. starting   C. getting onto      D. exposing

17、 Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. Even the youngest children in the class were   by the story.

A. surprised   B. annoyed

C. puzzled   D. attracted

18、__________ you let out the news to the public?

A．Be able to

B．Have to

C．Had better

D．Dare

19、 As a matter of fact, I dislike this plan; I hope you can ________ a better one.

A. care about     B. come up with

C. go through D. set up

20、All visitors to this village _________ with kindness.

A．treat

B．are treated

C．are treating

D．had been treated

21、Our country ______ to achieve healthy economic development despite the impact of COVID-19 in the past few years.

A．manage

B．managed

C．is managing

D．has managed

22、I know he hasn’t finished his homework, but_______ , he has done his best．

A. at all   B. in all

C. after all   D. above all

23、The __________ to the house caused by the storm took a couple of days to repair.

A. ruin   B. destruction C. damage D. harm

24、There is still an _______ of excitement and joy in the city.

A.atmosphere B.appointment C.advance D.assumption

25、—Tom looks discouraged.____?

—It’s hard to tell what has happened.

A. Do you think what is the matter with him   B. What do you think the matter is with him

C. What do you think is the matter with him   D. What do you think he is with the matter

26、When it comes to work, workers, and jobs, much of the concern of the modern age boils down to the fear that we’re witnessing the final stage of the game, and that there will be nowhere for humans to withdraw (撤退) as machines take over the last few tasks. The most recent example comes from the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Is there no area of human experience that can’t be replaced by AI? And if not, what is left for humans to do except the tasks involved in taking care of the machines?

At the heart of this concern is our desire for good jobs — jobs that make the most of workers’ natural abilities and where the work provides the worker with motivation and work-life balance. More importantly, good jobs support workers in learning by doing — and, in so doing, deliver benefits on three levels: to the worker, who gains in personal development and job satisfaction; to the organization, which improves as employees find new problems to solve and opportunities to pursue; and to the community as a whole, which harvests the economic benefits of hosting positive organizations and workers. This is what makes good jobs productive for the organization, as well as engaging and fulfilling for the worker.

Does the ongoing advance of AI threaten to get rid of all the learning, creativity, and meaning that make a job a good job? Certainly, some have blamed technology for just such a result. Headlines today often express concern over technological innovation (革新) resulting in bad jobs for humans, or even the complete disappearance of certain professions. Some fear that further technology advancement in the workplace will result in jobs where employees are being asked to work in split times or for longer periods over more days.

The problem here isn’t the technology; rather, it’s the way the technology is used — and, more than that, the way people think about using it.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．How to take care of the AI machines.

B．The relations among work, workers, and jobs.

C．The human’s fears in the age of AI.

D．Human experiences were replaced by AI.

【2】What jobs are supposed to be good according to the passage?

A．Those that mainly have the economic benefits.

B．The ones that offer chances to progress professionally.

C．Those that make full use of workers’ motivation.

D．The ones that don’t bring new problems to workers.

【3】How do news media respond to the development of AI?

A．Negative.

B．Supportive.

C．Objective.

D．Indifferent.

【4】What will the author probably talk about next?

A．The future jobs humans will do.

B．The possible application of AI in the future.

C．The ways that humans do jobs.

D．The proper attitude towards AI.

27、William Kamkwamba lives in Malawi, Africa, where most people have to grow their own food and have no electricity or running water. In 2001, when he was 14 years old, there was a terrible drought(干旱) and most families, including William’s, couldn’t grow enough food.

Because of the drought, William’s family couldn’t afford to send him to school anymore. So one day, William went to the library near his home to study. He found a science book called Using Energy, which included instructions for building a windmill(风车). Windmills are good sources of electricity, and they can bring water up from underground. William didn’t know much English, and he wasn’t able to understand most of the book, but it was full of pictures. Looking at the pictures, William thought he could build a windmill for his family.

When William started building his windmill, a lot of people laughed at him, including his mother. But William saw the photo of the windmill in the book. That meant someone else was able to build it, so he knew he could build it, too. He didn’t have the parts and equipment that he saw in the book’s pictures. So he looked for parts in junkyards to build his machine.

William changed his design little by little. First, the windmill powered only one light bulb(灯泡). Finally, it powered four lights. Then there was enough electricity for four lights and a radio. No one laughed at William after that, and people in his town started to come to his house to get power for their cell phones. Later, William built a second windmill. This one brought water up from underground. After that, William began to teach other people how to build windmills.

Now he uses his website, movingwindmills.org, to educate and give hope to people. His main message is this: “To the Africans and the poor who are striving for your dreams, trust yourself and believe. Whatever happens, don’t give up.”

【1】What was William’s primary purpose of building a windmill?

A．To set up a family business.

B．To bring electricity to his family.

C．To realize his childhood dream.

D．To do a science experiment.

【2】Which of the following can best describe William?

A．Strong-minded.

B．Courageous.

C．Honest.

D．Humorous.

【3】What can we learn about William’s first windmill?

A．It was sold at a high price.

B．It was made of thrown-away things.

C．It could bring water up from underground.

D．It looked the same as the photo in using Energy.

【4】Which word can replace the underlined word “striving” in the last Paragraph 2?

A．hoping.

B．weeping.

C．struggling.

D．cheering

28、When Cath Pirret and her husband Iain took their daughters Jessie, 10, and Holly, 7, to Britain earlier this year, it was a trip that was all about showing the girls where their parents grew up. But there were also some key sightseeing opportunities, such as Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall and Tate Modern, before heading to Paris to see the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo.

So, what did the couple from Melbourne hope their girls would get from the trip? "A greater understanding that travel is not a difficult thing to do," Cath says."Some of the highlights are to meet new people and adapt to lots of different situations."

Cath believes that children, in order to truly benefit from travel, need to be old enough to understand and appreciate the experience. Sydney-based ABC Radio broadcaster and film critic C.J. Johnson travelled a lot with his parents as a child. His father was "really into rivers" and decided he was going to make it the "family mission" to see the "seven great rivers of the world".

There’s no doubt, thanks to a richer society and the greater ease and access to all forms of travel, that few — if any — generations of parents and children have ever had the ability to journey together as far, as wide and as deep as the present one.Travel brings history to life, builds children’s independence and opens their minds. A child’s view also helps adults to see the world through new eyes.

For Keith Bellows, the award-winning editor-in-chief of the American National Geographic Traveler magazine says the world is simply"the greatest classroom we have". He’s convinced, like Spicer, that any parent willing and financially able to give the gift of travel offers a gift that keeps on giving.

"Children who learn to travel will travel to learn," he says. "And they will do it all their lives."

With that in mind, Bellows, a father of three, wrote a book, 100 Places that Can Change Your Child’s Life.

【1】Why did the couple take their daughters to Britain?

A.To prove their parents grew up in a rich country.

B.To meet the friends and relatives in Britain.

C.To help them enjoy their wonderful holidays.

D.To assist them to get benefit from travelling.

【2】The couple and their kids .

A.went to see the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo first

B.visited Hadrian’s Wall and Tate Modern in France

C.first stayed in Britain and then went to France

D.only preferred to have the key sightseeing trips

【3】When Johnson was a child, .

A.he made a decision to see the greatest rivers

B.he fully understood his family mission

C.he was forced to keep his father company

D.he learned a lot and developed a broad outlook

【4】Now many children can travel around the world .

A.because they are lucky to have good parents

B.because they were just born in rich families

C.because they are living in a prosperous society

D.because they are longing for new knowledge

【5】We can learn from the passage that .

A.children who learn to travel will travel to learn

B.Keith Bellows objects to taking children to travel

C.children will purchase gifts for their parents

D.Keith Bellows is managing a famous TV show

29、When was the last time you did something that gave you a genuine sense of achievement?

For me it was last week, when I hung a picture on the wall. I know, it sounds a little crazy. But it was an easy project that I’d put off for too long.

As accomplishments go, this wasn’t up there with achieving world peace, curing the incurable or running a marathon. Yet that feeling of genuine accomplishment is something that I fear we’re beginning to lose today. Now more than ever, we live in a world of instant gratitude, aided by ever-present digital devices that only feed the desire. News headlines, sports scores and the latest gossip are all a finger-swipe away on our smartphones. In this digital parallel universe, our sense of achievement has become defined by the number of positive reactions we get from posting a cool picture or making a brief comment.

Just to be clear, I don’t have a problem with digital devices, apps or social media; I use them every day. Together they’ve helped us connect with others, solve problems and get things done in ways almost no one could have ever imagined. But the problem is: they aren’t very personally fulfilling.

So how do we arrive at that genuine sense of achievement, whether it’s at work or our personal life? Daniel Pink, a noted author on work, management and behavioral science, has an interesting theory. When it comes to anything but the most basic tasks, we aren’t very motivated by the “traditional” motivators of fear, money or rewards. Instead, the factors include autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Autonomy represents our desire to be self-directed –to do what we want to do, when and how we want to do it; mastery refers to an essential urge to better our skills and derive satisfaction from doing so; and purpose is our desire to do something that is important and has true meaning, either to ourselves or to others.

By tapping into these internal motivators, even unconsciously, we can accomplish great things, like exploring new hobbies or dreams; becoming passionate about our work; and deriving satisfaction from what we do and wanting to do more.

We don’t need to achieve world peace or run a marathon to feel a sense of personal achievement. Anything will do—even hanging a few pictures on the wall. But it needs to start by putting our devices aside, at least for a little while.

【1】According to the passage, the reason why we are beginning to lose the sense of accomplishment is that _________.

A．it’s easy for the masses to make a quick and positive comment

B．most people fear they can hardly make any accomplishment

C．people tend to express their instant and artificial gratitude through the Internet

D．the digital age has influenced our definition of the sense of achievement

【2】What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The author is used to putting off a project for too long.

B．Though not personally satisfactory, digital devices are somewhat helpful.

C．The author objected to addressing issues with digital devices, apps or social media.

D．Achieving world peace or curing the incurable goes beyond what we call achievement.

【3】The “internal motivators” in paragraph 6 refer to _________.

A．fear, money and rewards

B．hobbies, dreams and passion

C．autonomy, mastery and purpose

D．work, management and behavioral science

【4】What’s the author’s opinion on the sense of personal achievement?

A．With digital devices, it is easy to obtain the sense of personal achievement

B．Without social media, it is impossible to obtain the sense of personal achievement.

C．With Internet, personal achievement can only be obtained through great success.

D．Without digital devices, the sense of personal achievement can be obtained in daily tasks.

30、One day many years ago, a friend surprised me by using Spanish —"Como estas?"—instead of the English "How are you?" She told me ______ that she was learning Spanish at the University of Hawaii. It was the first time I had heard about the Senior Citizen Visitor Program(SCVP), which was free to those ______ .

Immediately, I rushed back home and found out everything about the SCVP online. The next day, I called the SCVP office at UH. My ______ course(课程)was the Life-long Study for Hawaii Elders. However, he ______ me: I had to be at least 60 years old to take part. At that moment, I really hated to be so ______ ! But no choice—so I started waiting to get older.

At the end of 2018, after my 60th birthday, I telephoned the SCVP office again. In the spring ______ of 2019, I became the ______ student appearing in these two classes: Ballroom dance and Introduction to Interpretation.

No matter how old I was, once both my body and spirit ______ in the classroom, sitting among young people, listening to and writing down what the ______ taught made me forget my age.

Of course, I used them to ______ that the moving of the brain may get ______ but it's still enough to learn ______ . Second, for aged people, returning to school helps them to seemingly ______ their real age, especially when they get the same ______ as younger classmates do. And third, we aged people are useful ones who have rich ______ , including knowing why, what and how to keep improving.

【1】

A．unexpectedly

B．excitedly

C．worriedly

D．angrily

【2】

A．suitable

B．creative

C．responsible

D．ready

【3】

A．reasonable

B．positive

C．favourite

D．curious

【4】

A．persuaded

B．reminded

C．encouraged

D．inspired

【5】

A．weak

B．lazy

C．unique

D．young

【6】

A．vacation

B．term

C．season

D．months

【7】

A．strangest

B．busiest

C．hardest

D．oldest

【8】

A．recovered

B．postponed

C．settled

D．talked

【9】

A．reporters

B．professors

C．translators

D．editors

【10】

A．prove

B．decide

C．repeat

D．replace

【11】

A．aware

B．calm

C．slow

D．familiar

【12】

A．typically

B．slightly

C．definitely

D．normally

【13】

A．reduce

B．approach

C．acquire

D．memorize

【14】

A．respect

B．grades

C．attention

D．support

【15】

A．imagination

B．impact

C．features

D．experiences

31、阅读下面短文，根据首字母或中文提示填入恰当的单词，每空一词，并将答案写在答题纸上相应的题号的横线上。注意：答题时请写出包含首字母的完整单词。

When I was a freshman I joined Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education 【1】 (社团) at my college. Trying to help injured or sick creatures can be heartbreaking, for 【2】 (存活) is never certain. However, when it works, it surely b【3】 the creatures and us.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Mutton town. She had found a young owl on the ground by a【4】. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to-3-week-old owl. I soon examined the chick and it seemed fine with only 【5】 (不严重的) injury on its wing. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree. A basket was found. I put some pine branches m【6】 with grass into the basket to make this nest comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

Now what the chick needed was 【7】 (情感的) company. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. It was i【8】 to attract the chick’s parents and encourage our chick to start calling as well.

Much to my r【9】, the homeowner called next day, saying that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and what i【10】 me most was an active chick accompanied by its lunch in the nest. The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

32、假设你是李华，高中入学在即，父母都要求你住校，而你却喜欢走读。请根据下面内容，用英语给某英文报纸写信，请求给予帮助。

注意：

1. 信的开头已写好，不计入总词数；

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Dear Editor,

I’m a student of Senior one.

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Yours,

Li Hua