毕节2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Villagers here depend on the fishing industry, ________ there won’t be much work.

A．where

B．beyond which

C．by which

D．without which

2、- Why not tell her the truth?

- I meant ________, but I was too busy.

A．to do

B．doing

C．to doing

D．to

3、There are plenty of jobs __________in the western part of the country.

A. predictable   B. available   C. considerable   D. flexible

4、Don’t _____ too much work — the extra salary isn’t worth it.

A.take down B.take in C.take up D.take on

5、I am considering ______ a nurse after I leave school, which is considered ______ “ an angel in white”.

A. becoming; being B. becoming; to be

C. to become; to be  D. to become; being

6、Taking exercise is the key ______ your health.

A. to improve   B. to improving

C. in improving   D. of improving

7、My father told me that he didn’t ________ school this year.

A．approve my leaving

B．approve me to leave

C．approve of my leaving

D．approve of me to leave

8、The true value of life is not in ________ but ________.

A．how you get… that you give

B．which you got…what you give

C．what you get…what you give

D．what do you get…what do you give

9、“America will fulfill the commitments that we have made: cutting our emission in the _______ of 17 percent by 2020”, said Obama.

A.form B.state

C.range D.need

10、—So kind of you to give a ride to the station.

—_______.

A. It doesn’t matter   B. Never mind

C. Don’t mention it   D. My pleasure

11、Do you know how many parts this machine __________?

A. consists in B. consists of

C. is consisted of D. consists with

12、Bring an extra pencil with you _____ something goes wrong with this one during the exam.

A.in case B.in spite of C.so that D.in order that

13、There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too ________future.

A．distant

B．distinct

C．primitive

D．previous

14、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person's character; however, they are not always________．

A. practical   B. avoidable

C. permanent   D. beneficial

15、Strict measures have to be ______ to protect______ children from family abuses.

A.adapted; adopted B.adopted; adopted

C.adjusted; adjusted D.adjusted; adopted

16、Sometimes to get out of difficulty, one must change his way of thinking, or simply change his  ____ towards a problem.

A. emotion B. approach  C. purpose D. sense

17、 The gentleman __________ to the beautiful lady was trying to persuade her into acting in his new film.

A. whisper   B. whispered   C. to whisper D. whispering

18、In the coming year, we'll see events postponed from 2020, sporting and arts events now ______________ right on top of one another, and new, entirely digital versions of previously face-to-face affairs．

A.scheduling B.scheduled C.to schedule D.having been scheduled

19、Children dream of being sporting superstars   doctors and lawyers when they grow up.

A. other than   B. rather than

C. more than   D. less than

20、________ the students’ real life, the movie is said to be fantastic.

A.Based by B.Basing by

C.Based on D.Basing on

21、Randy’s imagination was always hard to ________ and he felt the urge to splash his thoughts in his head onto the bedroom walls.

A．regulate

B．contain

C．evaluate

D．launch

22、— I will have a math test tomorrow.

— ________

A. Good luck!   B. Thank you!

C. Well done!   D. The same to you!

23、During Qing Dynasty, performances________ in the theaters, restaurants, and even on temporary stages.

A．watched

B．are watched

C．were watched

D．had been watched

24、   the house on fire, he dialed 119.

A. To see B. Seeing

C. Having seen D. Being seen

25、_____ a nice man _____ that we all believed him.

A.So; did he seem B.So; he seemed C.Such; he seemed D.Such; did he seem

26、Several days ago, a Beijing - based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift - the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”.

The book - a bestseller in the US - is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca- Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes.

Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood - our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.

With China’s official entry into WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges. So what should we do once this “cheese” on which we are so dependent is moved?

“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book.

Professor Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”

“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese. ”Zhang smiled confidently.

【1】The whole passage is about________.

A. a bestseller in the US

B. what people think about China’s entry into the WTO

C. people’s attitude toward changes and challenges

D. how a book influences the Chinese workers

【2】The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of “Who Moved My Cheese” in order to________.

A. be more competitive with foreign firms

B. find an excuse for their job cuts

C. let the workers make a living on their own

D. encourage the fired workers

【3】The word “cheese”in the passage can refer to________.

A. something we depend on for a living

B. a most important kind of food

C. change or challenge

D. way of life

【4】From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that________.

A. they have different opinions on changes and challenges

B. people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies

C. the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges

D. they are both greatly encouraged by the book

27、Reflexology is a natural treatment dating back to ancient times. It is based on the idea that there are zones, or areas, in the feet and hands that are related to other parts and systems of the body. For example, the tips of the toes and fingers are related to the head and neck, and the ball of the foot is related to the heart and chest. A reflexologist applies pressure to specific areas in a patient’s feet and hands to relieve symptoms or pain in other related areas.

This type of treatment does not cure or diagnose specific health problems, and it does not involve any medicine or drugs. Yet many patients find that it successfully relieves symptoms of stress and disease. Reflexology is effective for pain, headaches, and sleeping difficulties, among other ilnesses. Applying pressure to the feet and hands relieves tension, improves blood circulation, and relaxes muscles. It promotes the natural, healthy functions and well-being of the entire body. Reflexology is often used along with other types of treatments, including conventional medicine.

This gentle therapy is safe and simple. A reflexologist’s only tools are his or her hands. Pressure is strong, but not uncomfortable. It’s not uncommon for patients to fall asleep during treatments.

A typical treatment session lasts one hour. Treatment is usually focused on the feet for most of the session. A patient is asked to remove his or her shoes and socks, to sit in a comfortable reclining chair, and then to relax as the reflexologist warms the patient’s feet with his or her hands and applies pressure to the appropriate parts of the foot. The last ten minutes of the session are dedicated to the hands.

After relieving specific problems, many patients continue a regular program of treatment to maintain good health. Some reflexologists suggest building at least a five- minute reflexology session into every day for long-term relief of stress and pain.

【1】What is a reflexologist?

A．a scientist who studies reflexology practice.

B．a patient who receives reflexology treatment.

C．a person who provides reflexology treatment.

D．a person who supports the reflexology theory.

【2】Which of the following is true about reflexology according to the article?

A．It can deal with problems with the feet.

B．It works wonderfully with some diseases.

C．It is often combined with other treatments.

D．Many people do it at least five minutes daily.

【3】In a typical session of reflexology, about how much time is spent on the feet?

A．One hour.

B．Fifty minutes.

C．Ten minutes.

D．Half the time.

【4】In ideas, which of the following is similar to reflexology?

A．Chinese herbal therapy.

B．Spiritual healing method.

C．Traditional western medicine.

D．Chinese acupuncture (针灸).

28、Pioneers of the research that led to one of the first COVID-19 vaccines (疫苗) say breakthroughs obtained in their studies could point the way toward developing a potential vaccine against cancer before the end of the decade.

Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, co-founders of BioNTech said technology they had developed could aid the immune (免疫) system respond to cancer cells. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine stimulates cells to generate spike proteins, which warn the body’s immune system about things to look out for and to attack.

It is hoped that this could be reworked using proteins found in cancer tumor (肿瘤) cells, causing a similar bodily defensive action.

BioNTech was founded in 2008 specifically to work on cancer treatments. “Our focus has always been on achieving the full potential of the body’s immune system to successfully help handle cancer and infectious diseases,” says the company website.

Some of those earlier cancer vaccine developments have reached the clinical trial stage. “As scientists we are always hesitant to say we will have a cure for cancer,” said Tureci. “We have gained a mass of breakthroughs and we will continue to work on them. . . this will definitely quicken also our cancer vaccine.”

Luke O’Neill, professor of biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin, said that such a breakthrough would be “the Holy Grail” of cancer research, He added that it enabled the body to recognize a cancer tumor as a foreign element, in the same way it had done with COVID-19, and to respond accordingly, so that the immune system could be “trained” to “hunt down” the abnormal presence.

What made the potential breakthrough even more inspiring, he said, was that any treatment could be personalized to work on an individual cancer patient’s specific circumstances. “You can take someone who’s got cancer, take their own tumor and make an RNA vaccine out of that and improve their own immune system specifically against their own tumor. That’s a really awesome thing to see,” he added.

【1】What has been BioNTech’s mission since its establishment?

A．To develop the COVID-19 vaccine.

B．To understand the immune system.

C．To explore treatments for cancer.

D．To detect the tumour cells.

【2】Which of the following options can best describe Ozlem Tureci?

A．Cautious and committed.

B．Gifted and ambitious.

C．Passionate and critical.

D．Brave and competitive.

【3】What can be learnt about Luke O’Neill?

A．He developed an effective COVID-19 vaccine.

B．He held a positive attitude to BioNTech’s study.

C．He contributed significantly to BioNTech’s research.

D．He trained the immune system to hunt the abnormal presence.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A．BioNTech suceeds in developing cancer vaccines.

B．COVID-19 research brings hope for cancer treatment.

C．COVID-19 vaccines help bodies respond to cancer cells.

D．BioNTech makes breakthroughs in COVID-19 vaccines.

29、Toothpaste tubes with remaining contents have been a headache for many of us. But not, perhaps, for much longer.

In 2012, Kripa Varanasi, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Dave Smith, his PhD student, set up a company called LiquiGlide to produce toothpaste tubes with super-smooth surfaces that promise to deliver every last bit of their contents.

Mibelle Group, a Swiss producer of pricey health-care and beauty products, is the first company to employ the technology to lessen the amount of material left stuck to the insides of containers in its factories when it is time for a clean-up. Now Colgate-Palmolive, an American company, has used LiquiGlide’s technology for its new toothpaste, called Elixir, which has gone on sale in Europe, though no decision has yet been made about whether it will be applied to other cheaper products.

To produce their slippery containers, Dr. Varanasi and Dr. Smith first carved special patterns and then applied a special liquid to fill the gaps and create super slippery surfaces on the inner surfaces.

Besides pleasing customers who like to get their money’s worth, the new and slippery toothpaste tubes can help with recycling. Existing tubes are rarely recycled, not only because they have toothpaste left inside them but also because they are usually made from plastic and aluminum (铝) film. Mixed materials of this sort are hard to recycle, and therefore end up being dumped in landfill, or burned.

Despite their latest success with toothpaste, Dr. Varanasi and Dr. Smith have not given up on food products such as yogurt and cheese which usually come in plastic containers. So far, cheaper consumer product makers have not accepted the idea. But the health and beauty industry, where products tend to be pricier, is interested.

【1】What can be inferred about Elixir?

A．It is relatively expensive.

B．It cannot be held in normal tubes.

C．It will be on sale in China soon.

D．It can effectively beautify kids' teeth.

【2】What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．The problems with the new design.

B．The advantages of the new container.

C．How to make the inside surface slippery.

D．How to get all the contents out of the tube.

【3】Which is LiquiGlide’s latest marketing success?

A．Beauty industry.

B．Fast food industry.

C．Bottled water industry.

D．Toothpaste industry.

【4】What should be done to help the tube enter more consumer product markets?

A．Lowering the costs.

B．Improving its recyclability.

C．Increasing quantity.

D．Spending more on advertisements.

30、My old friend Judy who worked at our local Wal-fart, had been down a pretty rough road. However, she somehow had maintained her _____________ and cheerful outlook on life.

Every time I ________________ other, I felt a pull in my heart to do _______________ to help. I just couldn’t figure out what it was that I was _____________ to do.

Christmas was coming. This morning I was ________________ by and turned in. I had Christmas cards in my car from work. I pulled one out and ______________ it to her. I placed a gift of cash inside the card – more cash than I had ever given anyone but the _____________ in my heart said, “Yes! Do it!”

I went up to customer service and said to the clerk _____________ there, “I’m looking for my friend, Judy.” He said, “OK, she is here. I’ll _____________ her for you.”

When my friend _____________ I said with a smile “Here is a card for you.” She asked, “Should I ______________ it here?”

“Sure,” I ______________ . She opened it and tears came to her eyes. She burst out a cry of ______________ “Oh, thank you! I wasn’t going to be able to give my girls Christmas gifts at all this year.”

It was ______________ for me to see her happiness and it was also good to know I had finally ______________ how I was supposed to help her. ______________ she did next made me know I had done the right thing. She called me later to thank me again, ______________ “It was too much, so I shared it ______________ two other women at work who were not going to have Christmas gifts for their children _____________. I hope you don’t mind.”

My heart swelled with joy knowing I had done something that was passed on right ______________ it was meant to go.

【1】

A．negative

B．uncertain

C．positive

D．objective

【2】

A．thought

B．talked

C．learnt

D．accused

【3】

A．everything

B．nothing

C．anything

D．something

【4】

A．persuaded

B．required

C．supposed

D．advised

【5】

A．driving

B．walking

C．running

D．standing

【6】

A．presented

B．addressed

C．copied

D．passed

【7】

A．push

B．press

C．dream

D．pull

【8】

A．speaking

B．working

C．wandering

D．lying

【9】

A．call

B．sign

C．inform

D．remind

【10】

A．showed up

B．turned around

C．looked out

D．settled in

【11】

A．seal

B．fold

C．open

D．wrote

【12】

A．ordered

B．answered

C．demanded

D．suggested

【13】

A．shock

B．doubt

C．delight

D．shame

【14】

A．regretful

B．unbelievable

C．shocking

D．wonderful

【15】

A．put out

B．figure out

C．take out

D．bring out

【16】

A．As

B．That

C．What

D．Which

【17】

A．saying

B．requesting

C．announcing

D．confirming

【18】

A．for

B．to

C．on

D．with

【19】

A．too

B．also

C．either

D．still

【20】

A．how

B．why

C．where

D．when

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Here is a lesson that we’re going to be taught again and again in the coming years: Most animals are not just animals. They’re also 【1】 of microbes (微生物). If you really want to understand the animal, you also have to understand the world of microbes inside them. In other words, zoology is ecology.

Consider the western corn rootworm---- a beetle that’s a serious pest of corn in the US. The adults have strong preferences for laying eggs in corn fields, so that their underground larvae (幼虫) hatch into a 【2】 of corn roots. This life cycle depends on a continuous year-on-year supply of corn. Farmers can use this dependency against the rootworm, by planting soybean and corn in alternate years. These rotations (轮流) mean that rootworms lay eggs into corn fields but their larvae hatch among soybean, and die.

But the rootworms have 【3】 to this strategy by reducing their strong 【4】 for laying eggs in corn. These “rotation-resistant” females might lay among soybean fields, so their larvae hatch into a crop of corn.

There are almost certainly genetic differences that separate the rotation-resistant rootworms from their normal 【5】. Researchers at the University of Illinois began to study the genes of the bacteria in its gut (肠) and found some answers, after focusing on the rootworm’s own genes and found that the results were mostly inconclusive.

“The bad guy in the story----the western corn rootworm---was actually part of a multi-species plot,” says Joe Spencer, who was part of the study. “No wonder it was hard to figure out what was happening. We were only looking at the most obvious 【6】 of the story.”

If you really want to understand the animal, you also have to understand the microbes. The rootworm’s gut bacteria are effectively another one of its organs, but an 【7】 flexible on that can change dramatically when 【8】 to a new food source. This allows the insects to adapt very quickly to environmental challenges, far more quickly than if they could only rely on mutations (突变) in their own genes.

Spencer says, “Modern agriculture has always underestimated the ability of pests to avoid pest control, and I think the 【9】 that pest insects are not alone in their efforts should give us some 【10】. There is a brand new tiny world out there inside every creature, and we need to start thinking seriously about it.”

32、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。

"What's this? Mateo said, pointing at a wooden box on the sidewalk. The sign on it said little Free Library. I’ve heard of those, "Mateo’s older sister, Luisa, said. "People build them and put books inside. Other people take the books they want and add ones they’ve already read."

"I want to make something like that, "said Mateo." For kids to trade books. "

"What if it doesn’t work? " Luisa said.

"Why wouldn’t it work? " asked Mateo.

Luisa shrugged（耸肩）."Maybe kids won't notice it，or maybe they won't want to share their books." "I'd like to try anyway，"Mateo said." Will you help me build one?""Sure，"said Luisa. “I’ll ask Papa if we can use his tools."

Mateo ran inside to collect books while Luisa talked to Papa. With Papa's help, they built a wooden box. They put a door on it and attached the box to a post. Then they dug a hole in their front yard and lifted the post into the hole.

Mateo arranged the books inside the box and closed the door. "Now I just have to wait," he said.

Mateo ran outside three times that day to check. But each time, his books were the only ones inside. For the next few days, Mateo kept checking the box. but his books were still there. "I guess you were right, Luisa, “Mateo said.” No kids want to trade books. "He kicked at the rock.

"I know you really want your idea to work, Mateo, “Luisa said. “I’m sorry it didn't."

The next two days, Mateo didn't check the box. “Aren’t you going to check your little library, Mateo? “Luisa asked." Why bother? "he asked. Luisa shrugged." Maybe someone decided to trade after all. You should look." Mateo walked to the box. He opened the door. His books were gone and new books filled the box.

注意：

1．续写词数应为150左右

2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“It worked！”Mateo cried loudly.

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Mateo looked back at Luisa，who was smiling at him.

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