中山2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、The hotels launched new services to cater ____ the growing number of Chinese visitors to the region.

A. to   B. in

C. on   D. for

2、Miss Yang tries her best to create a relaxing atmosphere in her classes, ________students can study happily.

A．when

B．which

C．where

D．that

3、I should very much like to have gone to the party but I .

A. hadn’t been invited B. wasn’t invited

C. wouldn’t be invited D. am not invited

4、The detective, ______ to be reading a newspaper, glanced at the man_____ next to a woman.

A．pretending; seated

B．pretended; seated

C．pretending; seat

D．pretended; seating

5、—I didn’t go to Mary’s party last night because my car broke down.

—You could have borrowed mine. I ________ it.

A．didn’t use

B．hadn’t used

C．wasn’t using

D．wouldn’t use

6、The river ________ at least 50 meters in width, but the ten-year-old boy can swim across it within minutes.

A. is measured   B. measures

C. is measuring   D. is being measured

7、_______ from the moon, the earth looks like a colorful ball.

A．Seeing

B．Seen

C．Having seen

D．Having been seen

8、_______ is said that he has been to many places in the United States.

A．This

B．He

C．It

D．That

9、How can you say you don’t like something ________ you’ve never even tried it!

A. while   B. when

C. whenever   D. though

10、It is obvious that nobody wants to make friends with the poor boy money.

A．suspecting to have stolen

B．suspecting to steal

C．suspected having stolen

D．suspected of having stolen

11、—I will go to Kunming for my holiday tomorrow.

—________!

A．What a pity

B．Never mind

C．Have a good time

D．Not at all

12、We should improve our ability to ______ international communication so as to tell China’s story well and make the voice of China heard.

A．adapt to

B．engage in

C．consist of

D．subscribe to

13、-Shall we go out for a walk?

-I'm afraid not. We can't go out________our work is being done.

A．before

B．until

C．as                           `

D．after

14、To tell you the truth, I think it is you, ________ Tim, ________ to blame.

A. more than; who is   B. rather than; that are

C. other than; that is   D. less than; which are

15、（题文）The tiger, once a ____ animal to humans, is now ____ of disappearing on the earth.

A. dangerous, danger   B. dangerous, in danger

C. in danger, in danger   D. danger, in danger

16、_________both sides accept the agreement will a lasting peace appear in this region.

A.Unless B.As long as C.If only D.Only if

17、Have you determined ______ you should buy, an Apple or Nokia cell phone?

A. which B. what C. that D. when

18、Everything ________into consideration，they ought to have another chance.

A. to take   B. taken

C. to be taken   D. taking

19、The athlete’s years of hard training ________ when she finally won the Olympic gold medal.

A．went on

B．ended up

C．got through

D．paid off

20、The new product which was developed  ____the customer demand will come into the market next month.

A. in response to   B. in addition to   C. in honor of   D. in charge of

21、Imitating others’ actions in TikTok ______be very dangerous, so you ______be too careful.

A．should; oughtn’t to

B．can; can’t

C．might; mustn’t

D．could; shouldn’t

22、There will be a 15-minute _________ after the first act of the play.

A.interval B.tournament C.penalty D.possession

23、–Tom, you are late for school again!

–I am sorry, but you cannot imagine _________ difficulty I had _________ up this morning.

A．which; getting

B．which; got

C．what; getting

D．what; got

24、My wife had a long talk with Sally, ________ why she didn’t want the children to play together.

A．explained

B．explaining

C．to explain

D．having explained

25、One day while he was working as a lorry driver he had a close ________ with death.

A．confusing

B．combination

C．criticize

D．encounter

26、In Southeast Ohio, countless orange-stained streams are colored by the iron oxide(氧化铁)pollution from abandoned coal mines. Although rivers can be cleaned up by neutralizing the acidity of acid mine drainage(AMD)(矿山酸性废水), it’s an expensive process. However, two professors at Ohio University have come up with a way to help with the clean-up by collecting the iron oxide from polluted rivers to make pigments(颜料)for artists.

Coal was once an important part of Ohio’s economy, and the state produced approximately 2.35 billion tons from its underground mines between 1800 and 2010. But before 1977, when the US introduced the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, mines that were no longer needed were often simply abandoned. As a result, many of the mines have become polluters, with AMD affecting 1300 miles of Ohio streams.

Guy Riefler and John Sabraw from Ohio University partnered to take their idea from an interesting little science project to something bigger. In 2018, alongside local non-profit Rural Action, they partnered with a paint company Gamblin to create a limited run of 500 oil paints. Named the “Reclaimed Earth Colors” set, the paints were popular among artists, allowing them to present an environmentally conscious aspect in their work. Through their social enterprise, True Pigments, they are now putting their clean-up model to the test by building their first full-scale treatment facility.

Once the treatment facility is operational, True Pigments aims to collect approximately 2 million pounds of iron oxide annually and clean up seven miles of stream. A previous project that neutralized the acidity of stream water on the west branch of Sunday Creek saw 17 species of native fish return after two years. True Pigments is confident that its facility will lead to a similar outcome.

True Pigments has received funding from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). By funding True Pigments, the ODNR hopes that the facility can help address an environmental issue and recover and improve water quality and provide jobs for the local community and create a supply of iron oxide for other uses.

【1】How do professors from Ohio University help clean polluted rivers?

A．By removing plastic waste from streams.

B．By reducing the acidity of polluted rivers.

C．By making paints with the iron oxide from the rivers.

D．By organizing people to join in the clean-up activities.

【2】What does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?

A．Summarize the previous paragraph.

B．Add some background information.

C．Provide some advice for the readers.

D．Introduce a new topic for discussion.

【3】What do we know about Guy Riefler and John Sabraw’s project?

A．It is well received by artists.

B．It saves the production cost of oil paints.

C．It aims to introduce their clean-up model.

D．It prevents factories from polluting rivers.

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

A．Reclaiming Earth Pigments.

B．Turning Waste into Treasure.

C．Painting a Greener Future.

D．Removing Iron Oxide for Rivers.

27、The first newspaper were handwritten sheets which were posted in pubic places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rom in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved(雕刻的) wooden blocks and sent out among the citizens. Europe didn’t have a regularly(定期的) published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The fist regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant, which didn’t appear until March 1702.

In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But the local(当地的) government soon stopped its publication. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston News-letter, the first newspaper to be published daily in America. By 1760, the whole America had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1800 daily papers in the United States.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation(发行量) in the world. The largest circulation for a newspaper, however, is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which sells over eleven million copies every day.

【1】The first English newspaper printed and sold every day appeared _________.

A. in 1620

B. at the beginning of the 18 th century.

C. at the end of the 17 th century

D. in 1609

【2】As suggested by the article, which of the following newspapers have the largest umber of readers in the world?

A. Italian language newspapers.

B. German language newspapers.

C. English language newspapers.

D. Japanese language newspapers.

【3】Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. The World’s First Newspaper.

B. The First Daily Newspaper in American.

C. History of Newspaper.

D. A Remarkable Man-Benjamin Harris.

28、I always experienced guilt when I passed by without giving a coin or two to a beggar.

My conscience was pricked again on a tour of Venice in 2010. I had taken refuge from the crowds in a quiet canal-side café. Outside the café was an old woman kneeling on the ancient cobbled stones, begging. Steady streams of tourists were walking past her. A lone young back-packer stood away from the crowds drinking something, but I noticed he was also observing the woman.

A tourist group glanced at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived and, again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the sight of the backpacker stepping forward and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this rather ostentatiously（炫耀地）, just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched as the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and added more coins to the woman’s cup.

The young backpacker repeated this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once again, the subtle peer （同伴）pressure worked on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar woman, patted her shoulder and said, “I hope that helps a bit.”

I don’t know if the woman understood his English or realized what had just happened, but I did. I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels, light-hearted after witnessing such an act of caring.

【1】The backpacker placed some money in the woman’s cup rather ostentatiously because______.

A. he wanted to stop the tourists by doing this

B. he wanted people to know that he was rich and kind

C. he wanted to help the woman by himself

D. he wanted the tourist group to follow him

【2】The author went to a quiet canal-side cafe to_______ .

A. avoid meeting the beggar

B. get away from the crowds

C. take a rest

D. watch the woman beggar

【3】We can infer from the passage that ________ .

A. tourists can be cheated by beggars

B. people usually have pity on an old beggar

C. tourists are willing to help beggars

D. people can do kind acts due to peer pressure

【4】Before the backpacker dropped some money in the woman’s cup, the tourists ______ .

A. all showed pity for the woman

B. didn’t notice the woman

C. walked by without giving any money

D. gave a little money to the woman

29、Android phones will be used to sense earthquakes around the world and may one day be able to provide global warnings, with the first mass alert system coming into use on August 11 in California, a search engine company announced.

The company, which helped develop Android, worked with California and the United States Geological Survey to build the quake alerts into all phones that run the common mobile operating system. Android users who have enabled location services and are near a quake of magnitude 4.5 or greater will receive a full-screen earthquake warning telling them to seek cover. The screen also will provide estimates of the quake’s magnitude and distance from the user. Depending on their distance from a quake, people could get several seconds or perhaps a minute of warning.

Users won’t need to download California’s MyShake app in order to receive the alerts. That application, developed by the University of California, Berkeley and launched last year, has been downloaded by only about 1 million of California’s 40 million residents. By contrast, many millions of people own Android phones.

“This announcement means that California’s world-class earthquake early warning system will be a standard function on every Android phone — giving millions of people precious seconds to seek cover and hold on when the big one hits,” Gov.Gavin Newsom said in a statement. The iPhone users won’t receive the alerts through Apple’s operating system, but they can download the MyShake app.

Also, the company announced that Android phones would begin detecting earthquakes from around the world through their motion-sensing accelerometers. “Your Android phone can be a mini-seismometer, joining millions of other Android phones out there to form the world’s largest earthquake detection network,” according to a blog post of the company. More than 2 billion devices run the Android operating system. Hundreds of millions of people live in earthquake-prone areas. But many countries lack the resources to build detection and alert systems, the company said. The information will be used at first to provide fast and accurate information on the search engine. But the company said it could begin sending out earthquake alerts next year.

【1】If an earthquake hits the US, who won’t receive the earthquake warning?

A．Android users who haven’t downloaded the MyShake app.

B．The iPhone users who have downloaded the MyShake app.

C．The iPhone users who haven’t downloaded the MyShake app.

D．Android users who have downloaded the MyShake app.

【2】What can we learn from the text?

A．Millions of people have downloaded the MyShake app.

B．The earthquake early warning system will be of great help.

C．The search engine company has already sent out earthquake alerts since last year.

D．Over 2 billion devices run the Apple operating system.

【3】What will globalize the search engine company’s earthquake detection network?

A．New technology developed by the company.

B．The large number of Android phone users.

C．Motion-sensing accelerometers.

D．The newly developed MyShake app.

【4】What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To share a new MyShake app.

B．To promote Android phones.

C．To make a search engine company known to the world.

D．To introduce a new function of Android phones.

30、On a warm November day, as a skydiving instructor, I arrived at Perth’s Jandakot Airport at 7.30am. I’d been really busy teaching students to ________. I hadn’t taken much notice of Christopher Jones, ________ this was my first jump with him.

Christopher was ________ to have the opportunity to do three jumps in one day. Students can get stressed, when there are long ________ between their jumps. I think the more jumps you do in a day, the easier it is.

I have been skydiving for 25 years and I still love it. It’s a very dynamic sport and there are a lot of ________. I still learn something ________ every day.

Christopher was going to do his third jump. He climbed out of the plane ________ and did a reasonable exit. He started a left-hand turn—but then he ________ stopped. Maybe he’s misunderstood the ________ for doing turns?

I didn’t know what he was up to. For the next 30 seconds or so, Christopher was free-falling at speeds up to 200 km an hour. I ________ down but I was moving downwards too last. I was worried about coming in ________ the top of him, as he might have pulled the rip cord (升降绳)and then I would be falling into an open parachute (降落伞). ________, at 4,500 feet I caught hold of him and pulled on his harness with one hand and rolled him sideways to angle his body so the parachute could ________ properly. The parachute rushed out and swung him round. Now I believed everything would be fine.

A few months later, Christopher ________ the training video taken from my helmet camera to YouTube In December last year, the Royal Life Saving Society awarded me a Gold Cross for my ________.

【1】

A．jump

B．drive

C．swing

D．bounce

【2】

A．since

B．when

C．though

D．unless

【3】

A．lucky

B．unwilling

C．discouraged

D．innocent

【4】

A．leaps

B．gaps

C．distances

D．queues

【5】

A．regulations

B．footholds

C．drills

D．challenges

【6】

A．alike

B．new

C．useful

D．subjective

【7】

A．fine

B．tired

C．nervous

D．refreshed

【8】

A．quietly

B．steadily

C．gradually

D．suddenly

【9】

A．principle

B．objective

C．technique

D．difficulty

【10】

A．dived

B．lay

C．went

D．slowed

【11】

A．under

B．over

C．behind

D．beside

【12】

A．Fortunately

B．Naturally

C．Randomly

D．Deliberately

【13】

A．fold

B．rise

C．fall

D．open

【14】

A．uploaded

B．downloaded

C．recorded

D．edited

【15】

A．patience

B．guidance

C．courage

D．knowledge

31、根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

       Now halfway through her exchange year, Xie Lei feels much more at home in the UK. 【1】 seemed strange before now appears quite normal to her. “【2】 in British culture has helped,” she said. “As well as studying hard, I’ve been 【3】 in social activities. British people are 【4】 by our culture and eager to learn more about it, so I’m keen to share my culture with them. While I’m learning about business I’m also acting as a 【5】 messenger building a bridge between us.”

32、假设你叫李华，是一所外语特色高中的学生会主席。最近，你校部分同学要去澳大利亚参加为期两周的国际交流活动。请你用英语为该活动专栏写一则通知，告知同学们一些注意事项。内容包括：

1. 保存好护照(passport)和钱包；

2. 不要独自外出活动；

3. 带换洗衣服和常用药品；

4. 注意文明礼貌，维护祖国的形象。

注意：1. 词数120左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear friends,

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Yours,

Li Hua