襄阳2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Can you make sure ______ the gold ring?

A. where Alice had put   B. where did Alice put

C. where Alice has put   D. where has Alice put

2、For many years, we have been trying to ________ to such people the fact that language is slightly different in expressions.

A．wind up

B．get across

C．go all out

D．look forward

3、Unjust ________ the punishment was, he accepted it without any complaint.

A. while

B. as

C. although

D. when

4、She is one of the most helpful, ______ and reliable people I have ever had the pleasure to know.

A. apparent   B. passive   C. doubtful   D. considerate

5、The number of people present at the concert was ________ than expected; There are many tickets left

A．much smaller

B．much more

C．much larger

D．many more

6、 I don’t think we are facing a communication problem. _________ , we are communicating more smoothly than ever.

A. In other words   B. On the other hand

C. On the contrary D. At the same time

7、—Was it still there _______ you were away to answer the phone?

—There is no doubt about it.

A． that   B． which   C． where   D． while

8、— Experts wonder ________ the us government is not taking strong action against COVID - 19 in this country.

— I think it's all politics

A．why

B．when

C．that

D．where

9、Tony couldn’t remember ______he had turned off the computer before he left the office．

A．that B．where

C．when D．whether

10、Children, if well ________, are not likely to make any trouble in public places.

A. having educated   B. educating

C. to be educated   D. educated

11、Only when our project has been approved of by the committee ______ to carry it out.

A. did we start   B. we started

C. can we start   D. we start

12、Life is full of ups and downs. ________ that we are optimistic and take a positive attitude, we will be more likely to enjoy our life to the fullest.

A. Concerned  B. Provided  C. Considering  D. Concerning

13、We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ___ time of new discoveries and great changes.

A. the , the   B. /; the   C. /; a   D. the; a

14、When I was pushed onto the stage, I felt all the eyes in the hall _________ me.

A．through   B．across

C．into   D．on

15、— What do you do as a volunteer in Africa?

— ______ ! There are many poor people there, who need a lot of help.

A. Little B. Everything

C. None   D. Something

16、_______the virtual world of RealCine, 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

17、________ the lack of scientific evidence for link between color and suit physics, lots of research showed that color could affect performance from a purely psychological standpoint.

A．As a consequence of

B．Because of

C．In addition to

D．In spite of

18、When people talk about the ________ of something, they are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.

A. conclusion   B. accommodation

C. composition   D. evaluation

19、The International Monetary Fund has received both criticism and   for its efforts to promote financial stability, prevent crises, facilitate trade, and reduce poverty.

A. worship   B. credit

C. argument   D. privilege

20、--- When did you last see your first teacher?

--- On ______ Friday last June, at ______ celebration of her 40th year of teaching.

A．a; the B．a; a   C．/; a   D．/; the

21、 I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs．

The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house.” It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.”

That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch．He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch．”

He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class.”

【1】Why can the writer use Roberts's house to raise money for youth at risk programs?

A. Because they are good friends.

B. Because the youth has the same dream as Monty Roberts.

C.Because Monty Roberts has a poor childhood.

D. Because Monty Roberts like to help youth．

【2】What do you think of Monty Koberts' goal of a horse ranch at that time?

A. romantic B. real

C. dream D. false

【3】What would happen after the teacher gave a note "See me after class.”?

A. Monty Roberts got very angry at this.

B. The teacher would criticize him.

C. The teacher wanted to tell him that his dream would come true．

D. The teacher would encourage him.

22、Tech giants Apple and Google are teaming up to create a system that would let smart phone users know when they've come into contact with someone who has COVID-19.

The technology would rely on the Bluetooth signals that smart phones can both send out and receive. If a person tests positive（阳性）for COVID-19，they could inform public health authorities through an app. Those public health apps would then alert anyone whose smart phones had come near the infected person's phone in the prior 14 days. The technology could be used on both Google Android phones and Apple iPhones.

The companies insist that they will preserve smart phone users' privacy and their technology will be used only by public health authorities to trace the spread of COVID-19. Smart phone users can choose to use it. The software will not collect data on users' physical locations or their personally identifiable information. People who test positive would remain unknown to the public, both to the people who came in contact with them and to Apple and Google. "Privacy is of greatest importance in this effort," the companies said in a joint statement.

The American Civil Liberties Union has warned that using cellphone data to handle the pandemic carries risks of "destruction of privacy". In a statement on Friday, ACLU cyber security counsel Jennifer Granick said," The system also can't work well if people don't trust it". She said that the joint Apple and Google project "appears to reduce the worst privacy risks, but there is still room for improvement." She added that the contact tracing app should be used only for public health purposes and only for the duration of this pandemic.

Public health officials say the contact tracing -finding people who have been in contact with an infected person will be a key step in lifting shelter in-place restrictions.

It would allow people who are known to have been exposed to the virus to isolate themselves, while letting others recover normal activities.

【1】What is the main purpose of the passage？

A．to advertise for public health.

B．to introduce a contact tracing system.

C．to warn the public of risks of COVID-19.

D．to raise people's awareness of privacy protection.

【2】What do the companies promise to do in particular？

A．warn people who test positive.

B．protect infected people's private information.

C．work with public health authorities.

D．collect data on users’ physical locations.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to Jennifer Granick？

A．Public health issues are traced accurately.

B．Only people's trust influences the system.

C．The worst privacy risks has been reduced.

D．Jennifer thinks the system should be better.

【4】The system is mainly designed to ______.

A．ensure infected people's recovery

B．guarantee people's normal activities

C．help prevent the spread of COVID-19

D．encourage all the people to isolate themselves

23、   Self-driving cars may sound like something from a futuristic sci-fi novel. However, with advanced trials expected from 2021, they are a lot closer to reality than you may think. The introduction of self-driving cars could have a major impact on how older adults go about their daily lives. It is hoped these cars will help reduce the social isolation and loneliness we often experience as we get older.

Connected and automated vehicles （also known as CAVs）, are vehicles that can perform many of the functions of today's human drivers in the future. Vehicles can connect to the internet to provide drivers with information on road, traffic and weather conditions. They can also take over limited parts of the driving task, for example, using advanced emergency braking to help avoid crashes and adaptive cruise control（自适应巡航控制）to increase fuel efficiency and reduce driving tiredness.

Aware of the potential benefits of the technology—from improving road safety and reducing traffic jams, to enabling greater travel independence, the UK government has been playing an active role in encouraging the technology. Indeed, it has committed to spending over £200 million on research and development and testing infrastructure（基础设施）to accelerate the delivery of safe and secure automated vehicles. The government is also taking big steps towards establishing how our laws and regulations might need to change to support the safe use of self-driving cars.

Meanwhile, insurance isn't as big a problem as it may first seem. Last year the government created new insurance rules for self-driving cars. The driver of an automated vehicle must get insurance that covers them when they are in control and when they hand control to their self-driving car. The insurer would pay compensation（赔偿）if the automated vehicle caused a crash, and then recover costs from whoever was responsible-and that could include the vehicle maker.

【1】According to the passage, by using CAV technology people can decrease.

A.speed limit

B.fuel efficiency

C.traffic accidents

D.travel independence

【2】In order to encourage and develop CAVs, the UK government has   .

A.sped up car delivery

B.made some commitments

C.tom down some city infrastructure

D.passed some new laws and regulations

【3】What does the last paragraph say about the insurance of self-driving cars?

A.Car owners can choose whether to get insurance or not.

B.The CAVs makers may have to pay compensation as well.

C.Insurance is so complex that no one can solve this problem.

D.The insurer will refuse to pay when a crash is caused by CAVs.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A.CAVs Are on the Way

B.Good News for the Old

C.UK, the First Country to Develop CAVs

D.Self-driving Cars, a Revolutionary Invention

24、Dogs may have earned the title of our best friends through their interactions with humans, but now researchers say these social skills could, be present shortly after birth rather than being learned.

To better understand the role of biology in dogs’ abilities to communicate with humans, the researchers studied 375 eight-week-old service dogs. They looked at how these dogs performed in a series of tasks designed to measure their communication skills. The puppies were still living with their littermates (同窝出生者) and had not been sent to live with a volunteer puppy raiser, making it unlikely that they had learned about his or her behavior.

In the first task, a person hid a treat beneath one of two overturned cups and pointed to it to see if the puppy could follow the gesture. Since dogs are good at using noses to find things a treat was also taped to the insides of, both cups. In the second task, puppies watched as the researchers placed a yellow, block next to the correct cup, instead of pointing to indicate where the puppy should look for the food.

The third task was designed to observe puppies’ tendency to look at human faces. The researchers spoke to the puppy in a voice people sometimes use when talking to a baby. They then measured how long the puppy fixed a stare on the human.

In the last task, researchers sealed a treat inside a closed container and presented it to the puppy. They then measured how often the puppy looked to the human for help in opening the container.

The study found that while many of the puppies were responsive to humans’ physical and verbal cues, very few looked to humans for help with the unsolvable task. Researchers said, “This suggests that while puppies may be born knowing how to respond to human-initiated communication, the ability to initiate communication on their own may come later.” The next step will be to see if specific genes that may contribute to dogs’ abilities to communicate with humans can be identified.

【1】Why were eight-week-old service dogs chosen for the study?

A．They were the best age to learn.

B．They were cute and safe to deal with.

C．They were unlikely influenced by their mates.

D．They had had little contact with humans before.

【2】What is the researchers’ purpose in taping food to both cups?

A．To provide clues for the puppies’ final decisions.

B．To make comparisons between different conditions.

C．To prevent the puppies from making use of their smell.

D．To check the puppies’ preference for a particular color.

【3】What can we know from the study?

A．Puppies can understand our body language.

B．Puppies are good at asking humans for help.

C．Puppies are born to arouse communication with humans.

D．Puppies need specific genes to communicate with humans.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．Dogs—talented performers

B．Dogs—humans’ best friends

C．Dogs—born to be able to learn

D．Dogs—born to understand humans

25、   Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are ______ —a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and ______ language, and throw new light on an old scientific ______: whether language, ______ with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a ______ behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the ______ work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D. C., the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf people.

When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something ______; among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher.

Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural ______, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the “hand ______” his students used looked richer. He wondered: Might deaf people actually have a genuine language? And could that language be ______ any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people ___________ their signing as “substandard”. Stokoe’s idea was academic heresy – a belief contrary to what was generally accepted.

It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a(n) ______. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages ______ English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of ______. “What I said,” Stokoe explains, “is that language is not mouth stuff(素材)—it’s ______ stuff.”

【1】A.unique B.neutral C.inexact D.vague

【2】A.varies B.applies C.interrelates D.understands

【3】A.argument B.definition C.conclusion D.statement

【4】A.familiar B.complete C.changeable D.comparative

【5】A.adopted B.inherited C.introduced D.learned

【6】A.pioneering B.concluding C.proceeding D.imitating

【7】A.casual B.odd C.witty D.tricky

【8】A.clue B.file C.code D.digit

【9】A.talk B.gossip C.clap D.shake

【10】A.characteristic of B.different from C.equal to D.worthy of

【11】A.contributed B.signified C.justified D.dismissed

【12】A.evolution B.procedure C.revolution D.presentation

【13】A.with B.among C.as D.like

【14】A.space B.rhythm C.volume D.rate

【15】A.culture B.brain C.muscle D.heart

26、现在，越来越多的年轻人喜欢在网上点餐或打电话叫外卖，不愿意自己做饭，就这一现象结合下面的提示写一篇100词左右的短文。

1. 陈述现象；

2. 此现象的原因（至少2点）；

3. 你个人的看法和选择。

注意： 1．词数100左右；

2．行文连贯，语篇完整；

3．文中不得透露个人真实信息。

参考词汇：take-out restaurant 外卖店，外卖餐馆

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