黔南州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、_____ creative looks like a good way to add years to your life.

A. Being B. Been   C. Having been  D. Be

2、— So, shall we sign the contract now?

—________. I haven’t agreed to that yet.

A．You bet

B．By all means

C．Go ahead

D．Hold your horse

3、Country life gives me peace and quiet，which is_____I can’t enjoy while living in a big city.

A．what

B．where

C．why

D．that

4、In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.

A. performing to; to   B. performing; with

C. to perform; to   D. to perform; by

5、On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that the number of people killed by Ebola has now risen to over five thousand, with more than fourteen thousand ______.

A. having infected  B. to infect

C. infected   D. infecting

6、---Why was it ______ you were so angry？

---Because we failed to take part in the basketball match.

A. which B. that  C. how D. when

7、We should place   emphasis on development and security, and develop nuclear energy on the base of security.

A. equal B. central

C. superior   D. maximum

8、When I came in, John was sitting in the corner with his hands ________ on his head, ________ nervously for the final result.

A．crossed, waited

B．crossed, waiting

C．crossing, waited

D．crossing, waiting

9、The method seemed to work, as I gained the respect of my ________, peers, and subordinates.

A．alumni

B．interns

C．colleagues

D．seniors

10、It’s natural for there ________ a generation gap between parents and their children.

A. being   B. having been   C. to be      D. to have been

11、I have done everything possible to prevent him from running the risk but ______.

A. in time B. in case   C. in vain   D. in need

12、________ both sides accept the agreement ________ a lasting peace be established in this region.

A. Only if; will   B. If only; would

C. Should; will    D. Unless; would

13、This exhibition is to _____ the traditional images and show that there are no limits to what you are capable of.

A．hand down

B．break down

C．calm down

D．lay down

14、—I’d like to have one more look round.By myself this time.

—Of course.   .

A. Be my guest   B. Drop me a line

C. Count me out   D. Allow me

15、If you completely ____ foods and drinks that you love， you'll only set yourself up to go on a large amount of those items later．

A．take out B．cut out C．give out D．put out

16、The disease is a huge blow for the farmers. Hundreds of them ______ their animals, livelihood and hopes destroyed and many others fear they _____ the same fate.

A. have seen; will suffer   B. saw; suffered

C. had seen; was to suffer   D. see; suffer

17、While I’m watching my weight, I occasionally like to   myself ______a big chocolate bar.

A.treat; to B.absorb; in C.adapt; to D.throw; into

18、What___ it is to have a cold drink after an _____ game!

A. fun, exciting   B. a fun, exciting

C. funs, excited   D. fun, excited

19、Public service ads, also PSAs, often _________ for free, _________ to educate people about health, safety or any other problem that affects public welfare.

A．run; meant B．are run; are meant

C．are run; mean   D．run; are meant

20、—Can you give me some advice on how to deal with that tough customer?

—I ______ to her instead of trying to explain over the phone if in your shoes.

A.will write B.would write

C.were to write D.would have written

21、When researching New Year’s resolutions in the 1980s, the psychologist John Norcross found over 50% of Americans made resolution. After 6 months, only 40% had stuck with it. Two years later, the number had dropped to 19%. Still, we keep telling ourselves we can lose weight, save money, and go to the gym.

It turns out that timing is important in determining whether we succeed. In May, 2012, the behavioral economist Katherine Milkman, at a social science gathering, found herself in a discussion about “turning points”. She said, “I had a strong instinct that turning points are effective moments that feel like a new beginning.”

So she teamed up with two colleagues, Jason Riis and Hengchen Dai, to see if the “turning points” idea held any merit. In follow-up studies, they found fresh starts do push us to change our behavior. With those, researchers suspect, comes a sense of optimism, the promise of “a new me,” as Milkman put it. To test that theory, her team looked at daily Google searches for the term “diet” over 9 years, finding a predictable cycle: they topped at the start of any given week, month, or year, then gradually declined. The largest increase — 82% above the baseline — occurred immediately after New Year’s.

The college gym attendance is no exception: shooting up in January and decreasing in the following months. Smaller spikes occurred at the beginning of each week, each month, and each term.

Finally, the researchers investigated commitments on the website stick, which allows you to set a goal and contractually determine the consequences for failing to attain it. Tracking 43,000 people over 2.5 years, they found the greatest number of contracts were signed at the start of the new year. Throughout the year, each week and each month had a mini-cycle of its own, with the beginning of the week corresponding to a 63% increase. “Every week brings a new opportunity,” Riis says. “And people take advantage of that whether or not they know it.”

【1】Why was John Norcross’s research mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．To make a comparison.

B．To indicate a conclusion.

C．To analyze the data.

D．To introduce the topic.

【2】Why does a turning point matter?

A．It is instinctive.

B．It guarantees a new start.

C．It follows a cycle.

D．It determines the result.

【3】What does the underlined word “spikes” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Peaks.

B．Sharp points.

C．Changes.

D．Accidents.

【4】In which section of the newspaper may this text appear?

A．Entertainment.

B．Education.

C．Lifestyle.

D．News.

22、In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social-progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: "I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try." What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistake belief that—one's self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

【1】What does this text mainly talk about?

A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B. People hold different opinions about competition.

C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D. Failures are necessary experience in competition.

【2】Some people favor competition because they think it ________.

A. pushes society forward

B. builds up a sense of pride

C. improves social abilities

D. develops people's relationship

【3】The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 refers to those who ________.

A. try their best to win

B. highly value competition

C. are strongly against competition

D. mostly rely on others for success

【4】Which viewpoint does the author agree to?

A. Self-worth relys on winning.

B. Competition leads to unfriendly relationship.

C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.

D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

23、Many people have heard bee populations are declining due to such threats as pesticides(杀虫剂). And many understand bees are important to plant pollination(授粉). Yet, according to a study led by Utah State University ecologist Joseph Wilson, few are aware of the wide diversity of bees and other pollinators beyond such species as honeybees.

“The U.S. Postal Service recently put out its Protect Pollinator series, which features only the European honeybee and the monarch butterfly,” says Wilson, assistant professor of biology at USU’s Tooele campus. “A social media commenter observed that using these two species on a campaign to protect pollinators is similar to focusing on chickens to save birds. It’s a pretty good comparison, actually.”

Wilson, with colleagues Matthew Forister of the University of Nevada-Reno, published findings in the Sept. 5, 2017, online edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

“In our recent survey, 99 percent of our respondents said bees are important, yet only 14 percent were able to guess within 1,000, the actual number of bee species in the United States,” he says. “Most people guessed around 50 species of bees, while the correct number is about 4,000 known species.” Further, when shown images of varied insects, many people were unable to distinguish bees from non-bees.

“A challenge with lack of knowledge about bees is you can’t protect what you’re now aware of,” Wilson says. “We could be losing species or causing decline and not even know it.”

Public education is key to encouraging conservation efforts, he says. “Because conservation efforts require substantial public support, it’s important that the public understand bees and what needs to be done to protect these species,” Wilson says. “Education is the key to understanding bee declines and protecting our pollinators.”

【1】According to the text, bees function as __________.

A. honey-makers

B. pest-killers

C. producers

D. pollinators

【2】What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A. Wilson is in support of the Protect Pollinator series.

B. The commenter observed honeybees and butterflies.

C. People neglect many other pollinators.

D. Protecting chicken can help save birds.

【3】What does the underlined word “substantial” in the last paragraph mean?

A. legal.

B. large.

C. minimum.

D. slim.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A. Not Only Honeybees

B. Protection of Honeybees

C. Growing Threats to Bees

D. Newly Discovered Bee Species

24、I recently heard a wonderful new parenting phrase that I suspect is going to become a regular addition to my vocabulary. The phrase is “benign neglect”, and it refers to leaving one’s children free to make their own decisions, control their own time, and generally act like adults.

Jeni Marinucci, who first introduced me to this phrase, described how she treats her children almost as if they were hearty houseplants: “They should be watered abundantly and you should ensure they get plenty of sunshine. But otherwise, just let them be.” From a young age, her children have been making their own hair and other appointments (after she showed them how to do it). Similarly, their time is their own to use as they wish. On a lazy Saturday, it’s up to them to figure out a ride to the movies and how to make breakfast and lunch for themselves.

The “benign neglect approach” may sound extreme to some readers. Indeed, one commenter on Marinucci’s article accused her of neglecting to raise her children at all, which seems a bit uncomfortable. It’s true that her approach would not work for everyone, but at the very least she recognizes what so many parents these days fail to acknowledge — that our beloved children will spend a far greater percentage of their lives as adults than they will as children, so we parents neglect a fundamental requirement of our job if we fail to prepare them for that independence.

I like that “benign neglect” pays attention to the parental side of parenting, and does not focus entirely on the children. However, miracles will only happen if I hand over responsibilities to my growing children. It’s like the old proverb: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．Making decisions.

B．Controlling one’s time.

C．The author’s vocabulary.

D．A new parenting phrase.

【2】How did Marinucci introduce “benign neglect”?

A．By giving examples.

B．By analyzing the data.

C．By giving a statement.

D．By making comparisons.

【3】What are the parents advised to do in raising kids?

A．Give them a good education.

B．Instruct them to be independent.

C．Meet their reasonable demands.

D．Love them unconditionally.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Focus Your Kids Entirely

B．Learn to Say No to Your Kids

C．“Benign Neglect” Isn’t a Bad Thing for Kids

D．“Benign Neglect” Doesn’t Work for Everyone

25、   When Susan woke up at five thirty a. m., the first thing she did was check her work e-mail at her kitchen table. She would spend a good forty-five minutes over coffee responding to questions. Then she ______ off on an hour-long journey to put in a ten-hour day as a key manager for a large company. Her job was ______ —conflicts to be negotiated and fires to be put out. By six p. m., she was already exhausted, __________ she usually felt it her duty to stay late or go out for or drinks with coworkers. Susan wanted to start her own __________, and was taking steps to __________ herself financially and professionally. However, most evenings she was too __________ to make much progress on her own business plan, and she __________ that she’d be stuck in her present job forever.

When Susan analyzed how she was spending her willpower, it was obvious that her __________ was getting a hundred percent. The kitchen-table e-mail session was a(n) __________ habit from when she was new to the job and eager to exceed expectations. But now, there was no good reason those e-mails couldn’t __________ until she got to the office at eight a. m. Susan decided that the only time of day she was likely to have the mental energy to pursue her own goals was __________ her workday. She made it her new __________ to spend the first hour of the day building her business, not __________ everyone else’s needs.

This was a smart move for Susan. It also __________ an important willpower rule: if you never seem to haw the time and energy for your “I will” challenge, schedule it for when you have the most __________.

【1】A.took B.got C.showed D.headed

【2】A.comforting B.demanding C.convincing D.rewarding

【3】A.for B.so C.or D.but

【4】A.email B.ship C.business D.fire

【5】A.free B.protect C.express D.prepare

【6】A.nervous B.sad C.excited D.tired

【7】A.confirmed B.predicted C.feared D.suggested

【8】A.job B.negotiation C.plan D.question

【9】A.bad B.good C.new D.old

【10】A.wait B.stop C.appear D.work

【11】A.after B.before C.during D.beyond

【12】A.belief B.routine C.topic D.dream

【13】A.taking advantage of B.taking away from C.taking care of D.taking pride in

【14】A.demonstrates B.Changes C.establishes D.breaks

【15】A.strength B.interest C.influence D.progress

26、假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华，针对校园内一些不文明现象，你班开展了主题活动，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，为校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，记述你和同学参与活动的全过程。

注意：1. 词数不少于60；

2. 短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Recently, I noticed something unpleasent in our school.

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