遂宁2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、About an hour after sunrise，I rode across the countryside____birds were singing．

A． where B． which C． that D． when

2、In  Beijing,  more  than 21,100 people ________ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.

A. have applied   B. had applied

C. would have applied   D. applied

3、“________, but Jim made the same mistakes again,” complained his mother.

A．Although he was told many times

B．Having been told many times

C．As he was told many times

D．He had been told many times

4、Whenever I feel lonely or upset, I always do some reading, which _________ me well.

A. serves   B. suits   C. favors   D. motivates

5、--- Why do you think he is feeling spiritless?

--- Because staying up late makes him at his worst ___________ physical situation．

A．in terms of B．in addition to  C．on account of  D．regardless of

6、Bungee Jumping is very popular among young adults, ________ courage matters more than strength.

A．whose

B．that

C．where

D．of which

7、—I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days.

—Recent pressure at work may 　　 　　 his behavior.

A．account for

B．call for

C．change for

D．stand for

8、Idioms are an important part of language, and are used in _______ from literature to films and newspapers.

A. anything

B. somewhat

C. everything

D. whatever

9、— Do you know Russian?

— Yes, I ________ it for two years when I lived in Harbin.

A．had been learning

B．have learned

C．was learning

D．learned

10、Is it with its charming scenery and a unique culture ________ Lugu Lake impresses people from all over the world?

A. where   B. which

C. that   D. why

11、Mary worked here as a _______ secretary and ended up getting a full-time job with the company.

A.contradictory B.contemporary C.permanent D.temporary

12、It is important for people to have the __________ that care and sympathy for people with AIDS/HIV makes a difference to the quality of their lives.

A. remark   B. awareness

C. assumption D. compromise

13、John was usually so careful, this time he made a small mistake.

A. still     B. yet

C. thus  D. even

14、Look out！Don’t get too close to the house ________ roof is under repair．

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

15、The whole world must spare no effort to ________ the problems caused by global warming.

A.choose B.ignore C.solve D.mention

16、The shopkeeper wanted to sell me the dress for 30 dollars, and I wanted to pay 20 dollars for it, so we ________ on 25 dollars.

A.communicated B.compromised C.bargained D.concentrated

17、The vote of the government does not have an overall ____compared with that of all the other parties added together.

A.major B.majority C.maximum D.matter

18、China on Monday delivered to Pakistan the largest and most advanced warship________China has ever exported.

A．when

B．where

C．which

D．that

19、A mother recognizes the feel of her child’s skin when blindfolded. _________, she can instantly identify her baby’s cry.

A. Similarly   B. Meanwhile

C. Nevertheless   D. Accordingly

20、A total of 19 Golden Rooster Awards ______, The Wandering Earth took home the award the Best Picture.

A.to present B.having presented C.being presented D.presented

21、   Most of the wind available on land is too gentle to push commercial wind turbine（涡轮机），but now researchers in China have designed a kind of "tiny wind turbine,, that can use wind energy from breezes as little as those created by a quick walk. The new device is not technically a turbine. It is a nanogenerator made of two plastic strips in a tube that clap together when there is airflow. Like rubbing a balloon to your hair, the two plastics become electrically charged after being separated from contact, a phenomenon called the triboelectric effect. But instead of making your hair stand up like Einstein's, the electricity generated by the two plastic strips is captured and stored.

"Our intention isn't to replace existing wind power generation technology. "Our goal is to solve the issues that the traditional wind turbines can't solve?" says Ya Yang, a researcher from Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems. "Unlike wind turbines that use coils and magnets （磁石） where the costs are fixed, we can pick and choose low-cost materials for our device. Our device can also be safely applied to nature reserves or cities because it doesn't have the rotating （旋转）structures.

Yang says he has a small vision and a big vision for the project's next steps. In the past, Yang and his colleagues have designed a nanogenerator as small as a coin, but he wants to make it even tinier and more compact with higher efficiency. Yang is also looking to make the device bigger and more powerful. "I'm hoping to scale up the device to produce 1,000 watts. We can place these devices where traditional wind turbines can't reach. We can put it in the mountains or on the top of buildings for sustainable energy.

【1】What do we know about the new device in paragraph 1?

A.It is called tiny wind turbine.

B.It can help you walk quickly.

C.It consists of a tube and two plastic strips.

D.It is a turbine used to store the electricity.

【2】What advantage does the new device have?

A.Its cost is fixed because of materials used in it;

B.It has solved the problems the old device can't.

C.It creates a cheap and secure way of making electricity.

D.It can take the place of the present wind generators.

【3】What does Yang mean by saying he has a big vision for the project's next steps?

A.He intends to make the device much smaller.

B.He plans to apply the device to nature reserves and cities.

C.He means to make the device more powerful and widely used.

D.He wants to make the device the biggest one in the country.

【4】In which section of a website can you find this text?

A.Science. B.Culture. C.Fashion. D.Business.

22、There are 67 counties in the state of Alabama. Each county is rich with history and its own unique stories. Colbert County, located in the northwest corner of the state, has its share of exciting stories and claims to statewide fame. The county was created on February 6, 1867, and Tuscumbia became the county seat (the town in which the offices of the county government are located).

One of the most famous residents of Tuscumbia was Helen Keller. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880. Her home was a white frame cottage built by her grandparents. Since ivy (常春藤) grew everywhere, the house was called Ivy Green. It was here, at the water pump in the backyard, that Keller learned the word “w-a-t-e-r” with the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan. Visitors to Ivy Green can walk under boxwood trees that are 150 years old. The home has furniture that the Keller family used. It also has Keller’s Braille (盲文) books and her original Braille typewriter.

Spring Park is Tuscumbia’s most popular park and favorite tourist attraction. This park has the world’s largest manufactured waterfall called Coldwater Falls. The Spring Park Light and Water Show is an amazing sight to see. It takes place every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at sundown. The water appears to dance to music and colored lights. The music played during the show is recorded by singers and musicians from Alabama.

Fame Recording Studios is in the city of Muscle Shoals in Colbert County. The studio is the first successful recording studio in Alabama. It is best known for creating “Southern rock,” “Southern soul,” and “county soul.” Well-known performers like Aretha Franklin and musical groups such as Alabama and Lynyrd have made recordings at this studio.

Visitors can continue to explore music in Alabama by visiting the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia. Built in 1990, this site recognizes the musical talents of more than 500 Alabama residents in a wide variety of musical styles, including country and rhythm and blues.

Truly, Colbert County has a lot of wonderful locations to visit. Guests will not be disappointed in a visit to this delightful place.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE about Alabama and music?

A. Alabama musicians have established exhibits for visitors.

B. There are a great many talented musicians in Alabama.

C. Music is the most important industry in Alabama.

D. Alabama residents enjoy listening to music.

【2】 How many locations related to music in Colbert County are mentioned in the text?

A. 1.   B. 2.   C. 3.   D. 4.

【3】The author writes the text mainly to persuade the reader __________.

A. to learn from Helen Keller

B. to visit businesses in Alabama

C. to stop for a visit in Colbert County

D. to listen to Southern styles of music

【4】The text is most probably taken from __________.

A. a story book B. a book review

C. a personal diary D. a travel magazine

23、People talk about energy everywhere. Green energy, for example. Then, energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession(经济衰退).

"Energy independence" and its rhetorical(修辞的) companion "energy security" are, however, unreliable concepts that are rarely thought through. What is it that we want independence from, exactly?

Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that oil from elsewhere.

The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle(涓涓细流) of biofuel(生物燃料) available, and more may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.

Second, Americans have basically decided that they don’t really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to tolerate the environmental influence of domestic(国内的) energy production in order to cut back imports?

Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don’t read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.

There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to keep its economy stable. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices. At the same time, we get massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.

【1】What does the author say about energy independence for America?

A. It sounds very attractive.

B. It ensures national security.

C. It will bring oil prices down.

D. It will protect the environment.

【2】Why does America rely heavily on oil imports?

A. It wants to expand its storage of raw oil.

B. Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.

C. Its own oil production falls short of demand.

D. It wants to keep its own environment untouched.

【3】What does the author say about oil trade?

A. It improves economic efficiency.

B. It makes for economic recession.

C. It brings benefit only to the sellers.

D. It saves the cost of oil exploration.

【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A. To explain the increase of international oil trade.

B. To raise Americans' awareness of the energy crisis.

C. To argue for America’s dependence on oil imports.

D. To stress the importance of energy protection.

24、Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior. One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.

They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players. Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded the least. And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. The study appeared last month in the journal Science.

The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse(虐待). Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not.

The study says the IQs of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points. The more they are spanked, the slower their mental development.

【1】What do we know about the second study?

A．Children's IQs have much to do with physical punishment.

B．The study is about violence and cooperation of children.

C．The children tested were divided into groups of four.

D．Children's mental development only relies on their IQs.

【2】What does the underlined word “spanked” refer to?

A．punished

B．blamed

C．tested

D．praised

【3】What might be the best title for the text?

A．The Best Way to Correct Misbehavior

B．Punishment Is the Best Way of Education

C．Cooperation Is the Most Successful Behavior

D．Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Punishment is the best way to influence bad behaviors.

B．The participants in the first study have the right to reward or punish others in the group.

C．the younger children have a higher IQ because of their parents’ educational level.

D．Adults are much more cooperative than children.

25、My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such a(n) ________.

She ________ a small shop at a flea market and collected old clothes and other things to sell for the money we needed. Once during elementary school, my mom came. I was so embarrassed and ________ how she could do this to me. I ________ her a hateful look and ran out.

I told myself that I would become ________ in the future, so I studied very hard. Later I was ________ into the Seoul University. I left my mother and came to Seoul to study. I bought a house of my own. I was living ________ as a successful man.

Then, I got married. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the ________. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't ________ meet her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over ________. I screamed at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!”

And to this, my mother quietly answered, “Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong ________.” and she disappeared out of sight.

One day, a letter ________a school reunion came to my house. I went back to participate in the ________. After that, I went down to the old ________ house where we used to live, just out of curiosity. There I found my mom ________on the cold ground, with a piece of paper in her hand. It was a letter to me.

My son,

I think my life has been ________enough now, and I won't visit Seoul anymore. But I miss you so much.

You see, when you were very little, you got into an ________and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't ________watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. I was never ________at you for anything you did.

Don't ________ for me because of my death. I love you so much.

【1】

A．surprise

B．shock

C．embarrassment

D．pity

【2】

A．sold

B．bought

C．entered

D．ran

【3】

A．wondered

B．imagined

C．thought

D．doubted

【4】

A．got

B．took

C．left

D．threw

【5】

A．merciful

B．wonderful

C．successful

D．ambitious

【6】

A．allowed

B．admitted

C．welcomed

D．permitted

【7】

A．sadly

B．excitedly

C．happily

D．gratefully

【8】

A．conveniences

B．comforts

C．wonders

D．misfortunes

【9】

A．even

B．still

C．ever

D．rather

【10】

A．unnoticed

B．untouched

C．unexplained

D．uninvited

【11】

A．address

B．name

C．letter

D．house

【12】

A．regarding

B．including

C．supposing

D．considering

【13】

A．party

B．celebration

C．activity

D．reunion

【14】

A．furnished

B．equipped

C．shabby

D．splendid

【15】

A．laying

B．lying

C．sitting

D．standing

【16】

A．short

B．hard

C．easy

D．long

【17】

A．accident

B．affair

C．event

D．matter

【18】

A．ignore

B．stand

C．enjoy

D．help

【19】

A．excited

B．amazed

C．upset

D．fulfilled

【20】

A．cry

B．blame

C．scold

D．honor

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