锦州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、One factor _______ my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and of course, eating.

A. turning out   B. accounting for

C. resulting from   D. putting on

2、―Well, my daughters take great interest in most of the food on the menu.

―Thanks. _________?

―Salad, fried fish, chips and orange juice, please.

A. Shall I take your order    B. At your service

C. What to follow   D. Can I help you

3、The fire was finally _______ with the firefighter’s efforts.

A. put forward   B. put up   C. put off   D. put out

4、We _____ the sunshine in Sanya now if it were not for the delay of our flight.

A. were enjoying    B. would have enjoyed

C. would be enjoying  D. will enjoy

5、It is always difficult to stay in a foreign country, ________ if you don’t know the culture of the country.

A．extremely

B．naturally

C．basically

D．especially

6、All Mary’s hard work __________ in the end, and she finally passed the exam.

A．gave away

B．made up

C．paid off

D．left out

7、Last Monday, I was chatting online ______, before I knew it, our manager came in and stood behind me.

A．until

B．as

C．when

D．while

8、As had been expected, Smith wasn’t appointed chairman of the committee, ______ not very popular with its members.

A. considered   B. considering   C. having considered   D. to be considered

9、Experts have pointed out that the _______ of severe punishment plays a major role in the growing food safety problem.

A．absence

B．presence

C．existence

D．evidence

10、The wildlife researcher had just ______ supplies at a feeding spot when he became aware of a bear standing just about 20 meters away.

near the riverbank.

A.paid off B.showed off C.dropped off D.put off

11、Many education experts stressed in the meeting that scores should not be viewed as the only ____ of success in one's study．

A． instruction    B．criterion

C．proportion   D． trick

12、—Why are you going to the court?

—________! I’ve been charged with parking my car in the wrong place.

A．It’s ridiculous B．You don’t say

C．Tell me about it D．Leave me alone

13、— Your windows are still open? It’s so cold!

— Oh, sorry．They_______ ．

A．aren’t closing   B．won’t close

C．won’t be closed D．aren’t closed

14、—Have you received a reply to your job application?

—No．I ________.

A．waited      B．am waiting

C．have waited     D．had been waiting

15、It is necessary to ask your parents or teachers for some advice ________ you make the final decision.

A．because

B．unless

C．before

D．after

16、All scientists _______ to the view that the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels.

A.submit B.preserve C.subscribe D.deserve

17、Claire's car wasn't there, so she ______ have gone to her mother's.

A. would   B. should

C. can   D. must

18、You are to meet with frustration in the pursuit of success and through greater effort and hard work your dream will definitely come true. Put it ______ , “No pains, no gains.”

A. frequently   B. firmly

C. openly       D. simply

19、   ，but he still could not understand it．

A．Tommy had been told many times

B．Having been told many times

C, Told many times

D．Although he had been told many times

20、 ---People often don’t appreciate what they have, do they? ---No, _______ they lose it.

A. if B. after   C. until D. when

21、The new high-speed railway line between Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, has cut train travel time by half to less than 12 hours.

The dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival.

"For the first time, I feel home is not that far away after all," said Liang Shaofu as he boarded a high-speed train in Urumqi with six members of his family.

The 35-year-old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago, and he has now settled in Urumqi.

The 1,776-km line, which passes through Qinghai province and is the country's first high-speed railway to be built in a high-altitude region, came into service on Dec 26.

"We normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season," Liang said. "Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes, so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip.

More than 600,000 passengers traveled on the line during its first month, and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high-speed services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak season.

The existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiang's development. All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link, leaving the old one to be used for goods. As a result, Xinjiang's annual goods ability could reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million.

The line passes through areas that experience high winds, and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the bone-dry sands of the Gobi Desert.

The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abroad, said Ma Xizhang, director of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway project's management department in Xinjiang.

【1】How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before?

A. about 12 hours.  B. About 6 hours.

C. About 18 hours.  D. About 24 hours.

【2】What’s the main advantage of the new high-speed railway?

A. It takes more time to go to Urumqi to Lanzhou.

B. It will be more convenient for people all over the country to Xinjiang.

C. All the people in Lanzhou can return home on festivals.

D. It helps to improve Xinjiang’s development.

【3】 From the passage we can learn _______.

A. Xinjiang’s annual goods ability can increase nearly four times

B. the new railway technology may help more railway lines to be built abroad

C. the high-speed railway lines can’t be built across the bone-dry sands

D. the old railway lines can only carry goods now

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

A. The new high-speed railway line is good for all people to go home.

B. The new high-speed railway line benefits businessmen to carry goods.

C. Taking the new train is safer than driving home from Urumqi to Lanzhou.

D. Businessmen seldom went home for Spring Festival before.

22、   Happy, angry, amazed – these are some of the emotions we like to express these days when we're sending a message on our smartphones! Many of us now add little pictures to our texts to brighten up someone’s mobile screen. 【1】. Emojis have become a vital tool for communication.

The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the word 'emoji' comes from the Japanese words for 'picture' and 'character'. 【2】Now we have a picture for every mood or situation.

So now we have the option to give this new creation the visual 'thumbs-up' but have you thought (puzzled face) why we've become so addicted to using emojis? 【3】. Emojis are a sort of substitute for the visual or non- verbal signals we normally give when we speak to someone face-to-face.

Another advantage of emojis is that they are an international language – they don't use words but tell a message in pictorial form so they can be easily interpreted whatever your native language. However, the emojis you send need some thought. 【4】– if a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer, you may think he is angry when he is saying he has hurt himself or he is clumsy!

Emojis are a good way for showing empathy—they are a virtual hug or a loving pat. But as linguist Neil Cohn says, "【5】; to others, they are posing a threat to our language." It does show there is a lot more to our communication than words alone but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?

A.They can sometimes be misinterpreted

B.They are widely adopted in people’s daily communication

C.To many, emoji are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate

D.The number of different images has dramatically increased since then

E.We're also using them as a quick way of telling someone how we're feeling

F.They really do enable us to express our emotional selves much more effectively

G.To many, emojis are taking over conventional face-to-face communication

23、At one time it was the dream for many little girls to become a nurse．Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2, 000, 000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten（= say that you will hurt somebody if they don't do what you want）the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.

What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options （职业选择）. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status（地位）. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered（劝 导）away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.

Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long drawn - out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.

【1】Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?

A. Because the demand of nurses has been doubled.

B. Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.

C. Because women have been provided with many different jobs.

D. Because women no longer choose to be nurses.

【2】The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for________.

A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US

B. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students

C. not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment

D. persuading the students not to be nurses

【3】The author wrote this passage in order to________.

A. describe the unequal treatment of women in the US

B. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem

C. tell us women’s free choice of jobs today

D. call on women not to be nurses

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

A. High school students think themselves too bright to be nurses．

B. Women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries.

C. Of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed.

D. Nursing used to be a popular job among women.

24、Since last year, city streets around China have seen colorful shared bikes, which people can rent with a smartphone app and then park wherever they choose. To reduce traffic jams and air pollution, many cities have offered bike-sharing. But sometimes, dreams can turn sour.

As shared bikes become more popular, problems keep showing up. According to news reports, shared bikes are badly treated by users. When people are using the bike, some of them just throw it onto streets and even into ditches (水沟). Some bikes are stolen. Recently, man in Shanghai was fined (罚款) 1,000 yuan for stealing a shared bike.

Besides, the damage to the QR codes on the bikes has brought huge losses to bike-sharing companies, like Mobike. If the QR code is damaged, the bike cannot be used any more. It can take several hundred yuan for the company workers to find a lost bike and get it repaired.

Mobike has 100 credit (信用) scores for each user. Penalty (惩罚) points will be taken in case of users’ bad behaviors. Once the score drops to below 80, bike rental will go up to five yuan per 30 minutes.

However, punishment may not be the best way to stop shared bikes from being stolen or damaged. Bike-sharing services will work well only if people follow the rules and show respect for the bikes and other users.

【1】Why do many cities have offered bike-sharing?

A．To provide convenience to travelers.

B．To reduce traffic jams and air pollution.

C．To make money for the company by renting.

D．To encourage more people to excise by riding.

【2】If Mr. Li credit scores is 80, he should pay for ________ his one hour’s riding shared Mobike.

A．five Yuan

B．eighty Yuan

C．ten Yuan

D．fifteen Yuan

【3】The underlined word “loss” may means ________.

A．损失

B．利益

C．回报

D．深思

【4】Which of following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．People can rent the shared bikes with a smartphone app.

B．If someone steals a shared bike, he will be fined.

C．If the QR code is damaged, the shared bike can’t be used any more.

D．Punishment is the best way to stop shared bikes from being damaged.

【5】The author mainly wants to tell us ________ in this passage.

A．shared bikes are popular in the cities

B．China’s bike-sharing dreams turn sour

C．credit scores of Mobike are important for every users

D．bike-sharing companies are facing serious problem

25、Last year we were stuck in a little restaurant in France on Christmas Eve. My wife ______ for us in French. Somehow, the waiter brought us the wrong meal, so I scolded her angrily. She began to cry and I felt even______. Everything had gone wrong. There was no Christmas ______ in our hearts.

Suddenly, in came an old flower woman who went from table to table but no one ______ any. Tiredly she sat down at a table where a young sailor finished his meal. He stood up and ______ two corsages (小花束), smiling, “How much are they?”   “Two francs, Monsieur.” He then _______ the woman a 20-franc note, leaning over and ______ her ancient cheek.   “My Christmas present to you.” Then, ______, he came to our table, gave my wife a corsage, ______ us a Merry Christmas, and departed.

Everyone had stopped eating. Everyone was silent. A few seconds later, Christmas ______ throughout the restaurant like a bomb. The flower woman jumped up, waving the 20-franc ______, and did a merry dance. She was so _____ and appeared 20 years younger. My wife waved her corsage in time with the rhythm and the______ had left her eyes.

______ the Christmas spirit in his soul, the young sailor released the ______ and joy hidden by anger within us. He gave us Christmas!

【1】

A．ordered

B．prayed

C．waited

D．interpreted

【2】

A．more concerned

B．worse

C．guiltier

D．more scary

【3】

A．holiday

B．service

C．spirit

D．gift

【4】

A．admired

B．accepted

C．paid

D．bought

【5】

A．checked out

B．picked out

C．brought out

D．carried out

【6】

A．dropped

B．handed

C．sent

D．wrote

【7】

A．observing

B．touching

C．kissing

D．stroking

【8】

A．unexpectedly

B．unfortunately

C．uncomfortably

D．unwillingly

【9】

A．sang

B．told

C．gave

D．wished

【10】

A．arrived

B．floated

C．happened

D．exploded

【11】

A．cheque

B．bill

C．receipt

D．debt

【12】

A．quick

B．surprised

C．happy

D．moved

【13】

A．excitement

B．fear

C．sadness

D．regret

【14】

A．Because of

B．Instead of

C．Apart from

D．As for

【15】

A．romance

B．energy

C．life

D．love

26、假如你是六安中学高三的一名学生会干部，请以校学生会的名义写一封倡议书。

倡议书：为了更好地利用学习资料，我们倡议髙三同学在毕业之际捐出用过的书报杂志等学习资料，赠送给低年级的同学。

活动意义：增进友爱，鼓励节约，保护环境，深受师生赞扬和支持；

活动地点：校图书馆一楼

活动时间：6月11—21日

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提示词：增进promote   学生会  Students Union   4 月 29 日 April 29th

Dear schoolmates,

I'm a student of Senior Three in Lu’an Middle School.

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Students Union

April 29th