丹东2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、A huge amount of environmental damage has been                    by the destruction of the rainforests.

A.brought about B.brought up C.brought out D.brought in

2、The instruments and musicians ________ different functions: sustaining, modifying (修饰), synthesizing (合成) and innovating, paired into two key types of roles — supporting and leading.

A．take out

B．take away

C．take on

D．take up

3、Because of his failure to keep his promise, he was supported by only a ________ of voters.

A．variety

B．diversity

C．property

D．minority

4、When they lived in different cities, they kept ________ touch with each other through the Internet ________ time to time.

A．over; with

B．by; at

C．on; in

D．in; from

5、We’d better _____ some sports because sports can give us a perfect build and protect us from getting illness easily.

A．take up

B．make up

C．pick up

D．build up

6、The education reform is being carried out in China. It’s certain that a completely new situation will _________ when the new examination system comes into existence.

A. clarify B. transform

C. arise   D. guarantee

7、Mrs. White lives in the flat alone and the dog has been her ______ in the past ten years.

A．combination

B．companion

C．connection

D．consideration

8、I was about ______ the classroom ______ the head teacher stopped me.

A.leaving；when B.leave；while C.to leave；when D.to leaving；while

9、Only by increasing the number of doctors by 50 percent properly in this hospital.

A．can be the patients treated

B．can the patients be treated

C．the patients can be treated

D．treated can be the patients

10、His handling of the situation was ________, which was spoken highly of later by everyone present.

A. respectable   B. admirable

C. believable   D. responsible

11、There is a general   among teachers about the need for greater security in schools.

A. consensus   B. criterion

C. restriction   D. deadline

12、_______ carefully before you hand in your paper please.

A. Checking    B. Check

C. To check D. Checked

13、The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were ________ upon corn.

A．founded

B．found

C．flowed

D．fueled

14、________ the examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather than________ creatively.

A．Though; to think

B．As; thinking

C．Though; thinking

D．As; to think

15、________ by his brothers, he could continue his study in the university.

A. Supporting     B. Supported

C. To support   D. Be supported

16、We took it for granted ______ they would accept the proposal, so we think it no use ______ them eagerly.

A．if; convincing

B．that; to convince

C．that; convincing

D．if; to convince

17、I'd like to buy a house — modern, comfortable, and ____ in a quiet neighborhood.

A. above all   B. in all   C. after all   D. at all

18、When you state your plan to improve the service of the hotel at the meeting, remember not to_____ any important details.

A. bring out B. let out

C. squeeze out D. leave out

19、With many troublesome problems, such as unemployment and crime, 　　　　, the new mayor seems to be at a loss.

A. remained to solve   B. remaining to be solved

C. remained to be solved   D. remaining to solve

20、_______form the top of the tower, the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees

A. seen   B. seeing

C. having seen   D. to seen

21、It's only after going through ups and downs ________ you can truly understand the meaning of life.

A．who

B．which

C．when

D．that

22、----What did he do last week as a press man?

---- He __________ the Ethiopian famine for CCTV news.

A. assisted B. approved C. assessed D. covered

23、 －I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food after the trip to Mexico.

－I can imagine. _________________.

A. Don’t meet trouble half-way

B. All’s well that ends well

C. Honesty is the best policy

D. East or west, home is the best

24、Nowadays the ________ of travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.

A．autonomy

B．barrier

C．prospect

D．priority

25、Their use was limited by laws, the first of ________ dates back to the fourteenth century.

A．where

B．which

C．that

D．when

26、Donald had his own difficulties in sleeping that night. Not just because of the bright lights of the shelter or people’s constant voices, it was the happening repeatedly nightmare that caused him to stay awake, to fear sleep. Donald was back in his small house. He did his best to ignore the howling winds outside his window. Yet he could not turn out the fearful whimpers (呜咽) of his little dog, or the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door, unable to sleep through the storm despite her insistence they would be all right.

Donald did not want his mother to be upset, but on some level, he was glad to hear she was awake. It meant he was not alone in the dark. Though he was 12, until recently it was impossible for Donald to fall asleep unless his mother lay down by his side.

Suddenly there was a crash.Their living room window was shattered (打碎) by 125 miles an hour winds. Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother, and she had to comfort him. Soon water was seeping (渗入) into the single floor house. Quickly it rose from ankle level to leg level. At Donald’s insistence, they pushed their way through the water --- now chest high --- toward the front door. When they fought their way into the living room, water rose to their chins.

It was a struggle for the boy and the mother to stay afloat. In a total panic, desperate to hold on to something, Troy caught a curtain rod. She was breathing hard, shouting that she couldn’t swim.

Donald cried out, “Mom! Hold on!” Just then Donald also caught a floatable wood board.

【1】The passage is mainly about_____________.

A．how a storm happened and caused damage

B．how a mother and son experienced a storm

C．how a mother and son survived a storm

D．how a son helped his mother in a storm

【2】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the story?

A．The rising water.

B．The broken window.

C．The lucky dog.

D．The noisy environment.

【3】What will the author most probably talk about next?

A．How the other people struggled in the storm

B．Why the rainstorm happened

C．What damage the rainstorm caused

D．How Donald and Troy struggled to save themselves

27、Heat might explain why we lost our fur and now strike an upright and slim pose(姿势).

If our ancestors lived somewhere really hot, the theory goes, it would have made sense for us to lose body hair, start sweating more, become slender(修长的) and even walk upright—to create distance between our bodies and the hot ground.

A new study supports the theory that heat helped drive human evolution(进化), by showing that a key source of human evolution in East Africa has indeed been really hot for at least four million years.

“It’s something that’s been hard to get at,” said Ben Passey, a geochemist(地球化学家) at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. “It’s nice to say that these body features would be advantageous to live in hot and open environments. But was it actually hot and open?”

To find out, Passey and his colleagues analyzed dated soil examples from the Turkana Basin, a well-studied region in Kenya and Ethiopia that contains lots of fossils(化石) from our human and pre-human ancestors. In particular, they looked at weighted carbon and oxygen atoms, called isotopes(同位素).

Their results, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that dirt in the Turkana Basin has remained above about 85 degrees Fahrenheit with spikes(尖状物) above 95 degrees Fahrenheit over the past four million years. Since soil absorbs heat from the air, it means that the region has been really hot for a really long time.

“There is no question that the results are fascinating,” said Harvard anthropologist(人类学家), Daniel Lieberman, who studies how and why the human body looks the way it does.

For one thing, at some point we developed a unique ability to control our body temperature while running, which might have helped people catch prey(猎物) in hot and dry conditions. “The hotter it is, the more humans have an advantage over other mammals, especially when running.”

“No one knows for sure when we lost our fur,” he added. “But this paper provides strong evidence that the right climatic conditions were present for a long time.”

【1】What is the main idea of the text?

A. Heat made humans lose their fur.   B. Heat caused humans to walk upright.

C. Heat helped the evolution of humans.   D. Heat affected the height of our ancestors.

【2】The main aim of Passey’s study is to find out__________.

A. why Africa is suitable for humans to live in

B. how many types of fossils there are in the Turkana Basin

C. what the climatic conditions were like four million years ago

D. whether East Africa is the key source of human evolution

【3】According to Daniel Lieberman, ___________.

A. the result of Passey’s study is not satisfactory

B. controlling the body temperature helped catch prey

C. a hot climate was not helpful for human evolution

D. humans ran faster than other animals in winter

【4】Which of the following statements about East Africa is TRUE?

A. The high temperature in this area has been stable for a long time.

B. It was one of the toughest places for human ancestors to bear.

C. Few people studied the Tukana Basin before Passey.

D. The soil has remained over 95 degrees F for a long time.

28、For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic”. People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize musical notes(音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two-songs. Amusic can only hear the difference between two notes if they are far apart on the music scale(音阶).

As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hitting each other. Life can be hard for amusics. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margaret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.

Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.

Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed(诊断). For years. Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. “When people invite me to a concert I just say, ‘No thanks. I'm amusie’,” says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”

【1】Which of the following is true of amusics?

A．Listening to music is not enjoyable for them.

B．They can easily tell two different songs apart.

C．Their situation is well understood by musicians.

D．They love places where they are likely to hear music.

【2】According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who .

A．dislikes listening to speeches

B．can hear anything musical

C．has a hearing problem

D．lacks a complex hearing system

【3】What does Margaret want to express in the last paragraph?

A．Her problem with music should have been diagnosed earlier.

B．She were seventeen years old rather than seventy.

C．Her problem could be easily explained.

D．She were able to meet other amusics.

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Amusics’ strange behaviours.

B．Some people’s inability to enjoy music.

C．Musical talent and brain structure.

D．Identification and treatment of amusics.

29、   Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. 【1】 With each passing day we learn to handle various situations.

1. Love

Love plays a key role on our life. 【2】 In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who shower us with unconditional love and care, they teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad. But we always tend to take this for granted. It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings.

2. Happiness and Sorrow

Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others' face gives a certain level of fulfillment. Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. 【3】 We realize the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair.

3. Failure and Success

【4】 It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder.

4. Hope and Despair

Hope is what keeps life going. Parents always hope their children will do well. Hope makes us dream. Hope builds in patience. 【5】 Because after every night there is a day. Nothing remains the same.

A．Failure is the path to success.

B．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour.

C．Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday.

D．Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person.

E．No mind is happy without peace.

F．Without love a person could become fierce and cruel.

G．The only choice is work hard today so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

30、   When our daughter was born, the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (向内).“Left ________, it would be a problem,” he told us.

We ________ to do anything we could do to help our baby. ________ she was growing, I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast (重塑). ________ the casting was finished and it was time for corrective ________. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she ________ to walk. Those first, awkward steps made us so ________. By the time she entered preschool, her steps appeared quite ________. Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help strengthen her ________ body.

As it turned out, she loved the ________! When she turned six, we helped her join in skating lessons and soon she was skating ________ a swan (天鹅). She kept working hard at every new ________, and her efforts ________. At fifteen, she competed in both pairs-skating and the ladies’ singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, winning both ________!

I thought back to the early years of ________ for Kristi — the years of fear for us as her parents, and the same years of frustration (挫折) for her as a child who ________ wanted to walk. During those years, we didn’t expect gold medals and a good professional career ________ her. We admired Kristi, ________ her strength and efforts, and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had ________ been bound (束缚) in heavy casts. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked with the ________ of a true champion.

【1】A.uncorrected B.undecided C.unconsidered D.undoubted

【2】A.aimed B.promised C.stopped D.refused

【3】A.So B.If C.As D.But

【4】A.Hopelessly B.Immediately C.Usually D.Eventually

【5】A.shoes B.books C.bags D.hats

【6】A.failed B.struggled C.wanted D.continued

【7】A.lucky B.upset C.proud D.helpless

【8】A.hard B.special C.common D.normal

【9】A.lower B.healthy C.strong D.small

【10】A.school B.ice C.toys D.animals

【11】A.around B.with C.like D.after

【12】A.subject B.game C.text D.movement

【13】A.ended in failure B.paid off C.were praised D.broke down

【14】A.events B.practices C.chances D.tasks

【15】A.happiness B.hope C.challenge D.misunderstanding

【16】A.seldom B.almost C.easily D.simply

【17】A.in need of B.in spite of C.ahead of D.instead of

【18】A.doubting B.respecting C.limiting D.controlling

【19】A.once B.still C.never D.seldom

【20】A.appearance B.job C.interest D.grace

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As the neighbors complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him press his paw on the latch to let himself in. 【1】. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking 【2】. Since then, he has developed another bad habit. As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes into the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately 【3】. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.

32、假定你是李华。得知你的美国交换生朋友John对中国传统文化感兴趣，想邀请他这周末一起去观看京剧（Peking Opera）表演。请你给他写封邮件。内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.简要介绍京剧；

3.请求告知是否有空。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。