仙桃2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、We should respect the people ________ devote themselves to fighting against COVID-19.

A.which B.who C.whom D.whose

2、The Nuclear Security Summit is an initiative of Mr. Obama, considers nuclear terrorism to be one of the greatest threats to international security．

A．which B．what C．who D．Whom

3、“What you can’t imagine is how terrible life will be ________ you get addicted to drugs,” our teachers often warn us.

A．unless

B．because

C．until

D．once

4、. ___________ the extreme levels of air pollution, city authorities have started to take measures to quickly reduce pollution levels and protect city dwellers.

A. In spite of   B. As well as

C. In response to   D. By means of

5、The girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training center with her sister ______ she would stay for an hour.

A. where   B. which   C. who   D. what

6、To my great disappointment, my best friend left the city   I could have a word with her.

A. before B. after

C. while D. until

7、In order to lose weight, the young lady prefers to ______ regularly rather than take expensive weight-losing pills.

A. hang out   B. leave out

C. work out   D. figure out

8、Last month, part of Britain was struck by snowstorms, from   effects most passengers in Heathrow were suffering a lot, especially those with children.

A. which.   B. what

C. that   D. whose

9、____ Britain has agreed to join the China-led international development bank - Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), German and Italy will follow suit(跟风，学样).

A. Now that   B. In case

C. Even if   D. As if

10、____ the movie star has always been the focus of much media attention, he tries to lead a normal life．

A．When B．While   C．Unless D．Since

11、The government has taken some measures to reduce the smog, but it may be some time _____ the situation improves.

A. since   B. when

C. unless   D. before

12、Her question was so difficult that I could hardly make any ____ of it at all.

A. explanation   B. meaning   C. sense   D. idea

13、Using traditional Chinese medical records, Youyou Tu rediscovered an ancient plant-based treatment for malaria that worked ________ modern therapies failed.

A. until B. unless   C. although D. where

14、To get the most of each achievement, you owe______ to yourself to pause and reflect on the experience before you move on to the next one.

A.something B.nothing C.it D.that

15、________online courses can produce good results remains to be seen．

A. That   B. Whether

C. Who   D. Where

16、The two passengers occupying seats were reported   from taking trains for 180 days.

A. to be banned   B. having been banned

C. being banned   D. to have been banned

17、----Just a moment. I haven’t finished packing my suitcase.

---- . It’s high time we left for the airport.

A．Go ahead

B．Take it easy

C．Hurry up

D．That’s fine

18、We still have the question of ________ they have discovered the trade secret.

A. what    B. why    C. how       D. that

19、_______the virtual world of Real Cine， the headsets even have small openings _______ smells to match the environment.

A. Adding to；give out   B. Added to；give off

C. To be added to；giving off   D. To add to；giving out

20、—Do you know what is on recently?

—Sorry, I don’t know, but I’ll go and ________.

A. find out   B. take out   C. figure out     D. watch out

21、Why not create new memories to share with your children? Remember as a kid how thrilled you were to spend quality time outdoors with your family? Together in the fresh air, playing catch, fishing on a boat or building sand castles, you hoped that these loving, fun-filled moments would last forever. Here are 4 ways to create memorable experiences with your kids this summer.

Hit the beach

Pack your bathing suits, sun cream and towels — a beach bound adventure offers warm memories for all family members. Remember swimming in warm water at the shoreline, playing among the sands, and diving into the refreshing surf after a game of beach volleyball? You can recreate these happy experiences.

Play Street Hockey(曲棍球)

The best thing about summer street hockey is that loved ones of all skill levels can join in for an afternoon of physical activity, outdoor fun and competition. Channel your inner Sidney Crosby or Hayley Wickenheiser and see who can score the most goals.

Camp

Sleep under the stars, cook on a campfire and swim in a stream — camping in the great outdoors is a sure way to have wonderful family memories. Some campsites offer equipment such as full bathrooms, showers and sleeping bags. For more information visit Parks Canada’s website.

Take a Road Trip

Traveling along the highway with the windows down, wind rushing through your hair and the radio turned up loud enough for you to sing along. Who didn’t love a summertime journey in the backseat of their parents’ car as a kid? This summer, give your kids a taste of what you enjoyed at their age. Take a family road trip exploring together.

【1】Who is the text intended for?

A. Teachers.   B. Coaches.   C. Parents.     D. Players.

【2】“Hit the Beach” can help you do the following things except ________.

A. swimming in the deep sea

B. building sand castles

C. diving into the refreshing surf

D. playing beach volleyball

【3】If you enjoy sleeping under the stars with your kids, ________ is your best choice.

A. "Play Street Hockey"

B. "Take a Road Trip"

C. "Camp"

D. "Hit the Beach"

【4】What does the author suggest doing for taking the road trip?

A. Taking along enough food.

B. Bringing sleeping bags.

C. Packing your sun cream.

D. Sing along to music.

22、Pet owners just like to express their love for their furry family members. Pet hotels and pet birthday cakes are just a couple of examples. The latest trend is the pet photography business to capture moments of furry friends in action.

Jessica Zhang is among the growing number of pet photographers in China. During the past few years, Zhang has taken photos of hundreds of pet dogs and cats in Beijing.

“Previously, most of my clients only asked me to photograph their pets on big days such as birthdays and anniversaries,” Zhang said. “Today, pet owners see it as a regular way to openly express their love for the family’s four-legged members. They will schedule a pet photoshoot whenever they prefer to do so.” Zhang offers both in-home and outdoor pet photoshoot services, sometimes charging over 1, 000 yuan ($155) to nearly 2,000 yuan per session.

“Fueled by the booming pet market in China, I’ve got more clients than a few years ago,” Zhang said. “Most are females born in the 1990s. I’ve taken photos of more than 30 pet cats for Christmas last year.”

A 2020 white paper from pet industry analytical company Pethadoop showed over 100 million pet dogs and cats lived in China’s urban areas in 2020, up 1.7 percent from the previous year. The pet market for dogs and cats was also worth 206.5 billion yuan in 2020.

According to the report, more than 70 percent of pet dog and cat owners were born in the 1980s and 1990s.

Such demand has spurred new business opportunities for many young portrait photography startups such as Elefoto and Naive Blue.

“The demand for pet photography is increasing,” said Chong Xiaojie, founder of Elefoto. “Unlike older generations, many young pet owners have higher standards for general quality of life. They are willing to spend money on pets and treat them as family members or close friends. Elefoto now offers pet photo services as well as family portraits with pets. Prices vary from 499 yuan to 2, 994 yuan.

【1】What does Zhang think makes her have more clients?

A．Her friends’ recommendation.

B．The lower prices she charges.

C．The fast development of the pet market.

D．Large numbers of advertisements she has posted online.

【2】What does the underlined word “spurred” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A．Inspired.

B．Missed.

C．Hidden.

D．Discovered.

【3】What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Older pet owners pursue a higher quality of life.

B．Chong Xiaojie is a pet photographer employed by Elefoto.

C．Family portraits with pets are included in Elefoto’s service.

D．People can spend 399 yuan ordering professional photos from Elefoto.

【4】Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Pet hotels gain more popularity among pet owners

B．New company Elefoto is famous for pet photography

C．Pethadoop releases white paper on pet industry analysis

D．2,000 yuan per shoot —pet photography shows love beats money

23、   The COVID-19 pandemic has spread far and wide. Because of this, countries around the world have carried out measures to help stop the virus in its tracks. As more people stay inside to stay safe, the outside world seems to have become much quieter. In fact, scientists have seen this change in their research.

Seismologists - scientists who study earthquakes - have heard a lot less seismic（地震的） noise recently.

Seismic noise is made from vibrations (continuous shaking movements) in the ground that are caused by things like ocean waves and human activity, such as construction work and traffic. This noise makes it difficult for scientists to pick up seismic activity that is made at the same frequency.

Thomas Lecocq, a scientist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, located in Brussels, was the first to notice this phenomenon. According to Lecocq, the amount of seismic noise in Brussels has been reduced by about 30 to 50 percent since mid-March. Interestingly enough, this is around the same time Belgium started its measures. Because of this reduction in background noise, scientists like Lecocq have been able to pick up on smaller earthquakes that some seismic stations - like the one in Brussels - wouldn’t have been able to before.

This phenomenon isn’t unique to Brussels, though. Once Lecocq shared his findings online, seismologists from all over the world echoed similar findings. Celeste Labedz, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, mentioned in a tweet that Los Angeles also experienced less background noise. “The drop is seriously wild,” she wrote.

Researchers from the UK, France and New Zealand also noted a decrease in background noise since measures were put in place.

These global efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus have helped to shed light on seismic activity that may have gone unnoticed. It also shows that people are listening to health officials and following lockdown rules. “From the seismological point of view, we can motivate people to say, ‘You feel like you’re alone at home, but we can tell you that everyone is home. Everyone is respecting the rules,’” Lecocq told CNN.

【1】What did seismologists find out recently?

A.Reduced seismic vibration makes the Earth quieter.

B.More smaller earthquakes are more likely to happen.

C.Many seismic activities have been detected recently.

D.Seismic noise is caused by vibrations underground.

【2】What can we infer from the text?

A.More seismic noise is being picked up.

B.More data on smaller earthquakes is being collected.

C.Scientists will shift their focus to smaller earthquakes.

D.Future big earthquakes must be more accurately predicted.

【3】The underlined word “echoed” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “__________”.

A.repeated B.demanded C.explored D.questioned

【4】Which of the following statements does Lecocq mostly probably agree?

A.The drop in seismic noise is unique to Europe.

B.Seismic noise is mainly caused by human activity.

C.Many seismologists wanted tighter restrictions for their research.

D.The phenomenon proved that people are practicing social lockdown rules.

24、While working in Southeast Asia in the mid 1990’s, I became a branch manager in a factory. At the beginning, I used human relations principles, such as putting myself into the others place to help gain trust. After a few months, I was told that the factory team members liked and trusted me.

Then the owner, seeing how everyone thought well of me, believed that I could become an instrument of change to carry out his several unpopular programs. The factory members resisted and eventually saw me as a puppet controlled by the owner. The more I insisted that they ‘follow orders’ the more they found ways to weaken the new changes.

Finally, I was replaced by a manager who knew enough to please both masters. Even though the owner did not like the fact that his new changes were not immediately applied, the new manager gained his power by the support received from his team together with an intention to find a way. What I learned was that your team must always see you as supportive of their needs, even to the extent that the owner may not be pleased that you are unable to follow their wishes. At the end of the day, if your people do not follow you then you are no longer in charge and will be replaced.

At first I blamed my boss for putting me in such a position. Then in honest reflection, I began to realize that he had probably hoped that I would have found some middle ground. What I could have done was to first obtain their advice about why they did not wish to follow the new policy changes, and then I should have used my influence with both the owner and team members to find a better way.

Though, in fact it is a painful lesson for me, it has served me well along my career path!

【1】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Obeying is the best quality.

B. Giving is always a pleasure.

C. Appreciating others will benefit a lot.

D. Dealing with relationship is important.

【2】The underlined word “puppet” has the similar meaning to .

A. instrument   B. assistant

C. wretch   D. winner

【3】Which is the right order according to the passage?

a. He was removed from his position.

b. He got on poorly with the coworkers.

c. He carried out the orders of the owner.

d. He became a branch manager.

f. He was believed in not only by coworkers but leaders.

A. a, b, d, c, f     B. f, d, c, b, a

C. d, f, c, b, a     D. d, c, f, b, a

【4】From the third paragraph we can infer that .

A. the new manager carried out the programs at once

B. the new manager got on badly with workers

C. workers need to be recognized and supported

D. you should make full use of your power

25、Brooke Ochoa was going to enter a restaurant for lunch when she saw an elderly lady approaching. The thirty-year-old woman _______to keep the door open for her. She thought she was just doing something _______. She didn’t know, however, that a remark that a lady would make a few seconds later would _______a chain of events that would cause her to get countless likes on her post and _______on social media suddenly. As Brooke entered the restaurant, she _______the elderly lady asking for “a table for one”. Then she decided to do one more act of _______. Brooke walked up to the lady’s _______and asked, “I also_______alone, would you like to have lunch together?”

The lady, named Dolores, not only accepted Brooke’s_______, but she was very pleased to have________. The two________up an instant friendship during their meal.

Dolores told Brooke that she’d been having a ________time. “She spent the last decade living with her mom, who recently passed away,” Brooke wrote in a late post about the encounter. “She just kept smiling and saying ‘thank you for listening to me’, which made me ________too!” Brooke and Dolores enjoyed their conversation so much that they ________to have lunch with each other every Thursday from that point on. In a later________, not long after their first meeting, Brooke was________that Dolores had passed away.

If nothing else, this chance ________is evidence that the smallest ________of good will can quite exactly change a life. Neither of the two women knew that Dolores’s days on earth were so ________, but they found ________in each other, and that’s what matters.

【1】

A．hesitated

B．waited

C．competed

D．pretended

【2】

A．polite

B．honest

C．wise

D．foolish

【3】

A．ignore

B．report

C．remove

D．produce

【4】

A．take off

B．set off

C．leave off

D．cut off

【5】

A．realized

B．felt

C．insisted

D．overheard

【6】

A．weakness

B．kindness

C．friendship

D．encouragement

【7】

A．car

B．counter

C．door

D．table

【8】

A．struggle

B．defend

C．eat

D．post

【9】

A．bow

B．care

C．effort

D．offer

【10】

A．company

B．friction

C．adjustment

D．permission

【11】

A．turned

B．built

C．threw

D．put

【12】

A．pleasant

B．short

C．tough

D．lucky

【13】

A．sob

B．panic

C．listen

D．smile

【14】

A．seemed

B．refused

C．agreed

D．remained

【15】

A．update

B．purchased

C．absence

D．praise

【16】

A．approved

B．told

C．analyzed

D．committed

【17】

A．complaint

B．argument

C．conversation

D．appointment

【18】

A．strength

B．act

C．competence

D．fault

【19】

A．limited

B．rich

C．long

D．poor

【20】

A．success

B．reality

C．comfort

D．equality

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。

For two years, Mika and I were hunting for a cheap, cosy cottage by a stream. Then, late one night, something appeared online. A log cabin(木屋)on four acres, with a dirt road to the Susquehanna River and protected farmland on all sides. Perfect!

Except......

“You know where it is, riiiight?” the realtor(房地产经纪人)warned when I called the next morning. Only two houses were down there. Everything else, for hundreds of acres, was open farmland. No police, no local government, not even a grocery store. The only place within fifteen miles to buy food was a one-room shop in the back of an Amish farm. If we moved out there, he warned, we'd be completely our own.

Whatever. It had to be better than our apartment here, right?

We pulled into the dirt drive way to find horses eating grass along the fence, flowers blooming in the streams, and an Amish farmer rumbling(轰隆隆)past in a steel-wheeled truck. Unbelievable! We threw open the car doors, excitedly talking about the wonderful view. Pulling the realtor aside, we couldn't wait to make an offer. And a few weeks later, we left Philly for our dream home.

Solitude(独处)was going to be our biggest problem — or so I thought, until I heard Mika scream. I dropped the box I was unpacking and came running. I found her on the back door, holding two-year-old Maya in her arms, moving away from a six-foot black snake winding at her feet. She had been watering a row of plants and when she stepped from one to the next, the snake dropped from the roof and felt down right where Mika had been standing a second earlier.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式作答。

I grabbed a shovel(铲子).

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I walked to our nearest neighbor for help.

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