湘西2025届高三毕业班第三次质量检测英语试题

1、______, it will make a difference to the life of the people in the earthquake – stricken area.

A.However the contribution is small B.No matter small the contribution is

C.However small the contribution is D.No matter how the contribution is small

2、________ for almost a month, Susan finally went to see the doctor ________ patience and skillfulness greatly comforted her.

A．Being ill; which

B．Having been ill; where

C．Being ill; whose

D．Having been ill; whose

3、The nurse treated the naughty boy very kindly, but her patience _________at last.

A.went down B.used up C.got away D.gave out

4、We ________ take clean drinking water for granted. One day we may run out of it.

A.needn't B.can't

C.won't D.shouldn't

5、The son of the renowned martial arts star was arrested on drug charges and tested _________ for marijuana.

A.passive B.positive C.active D.negative

6、—Have you heard that he was admitted into Beijing University?

—Is that true?　I’m glad that his efforts at last _______.

A.worked out B.paid off C.turned out D.paid for

7、We’ve had three weeks of ________ rain, which nearly causes a big flood.

A. immense   B. irregular

C. routine   D. continuous

8、He always goes to see his grandmother ___________.

A. every other days   B. every few day

C. each few days   D. every few days

9、On hearing the news, she rushed out without hesitation, ________ her handbag ________ on the sofa and ________ in the distance.

A．left; lied; disappeared

B．leaving; lying; disappeared

C．leaving; laying; disappeared

D．left; lying; disappearing

10、Faust still has a vague ______ of Helen in his mind as he gazes about at the mountains where he finds himself.

A．image

B．play

C．shape

D．lie

11、________ on their last legs, the enemies still thought they were unconquerable．

A． As though   B． Even though

C． In case   D． As soon as

12、— Because they were all team players, the task was fulfilled.

— Well, ________.

A．a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

B．a good beginning is half done

C．where there is a will, there is a way

D．many hands make light work

13、The President's absence from the international conference has__________guesses about his health.

A.gained admission to B.given rise to

C.taken advantage of D.kept track of

14、We’d better discuss everything ______before we work out the plan.

A.in detail B.in general C.on purpose D.on time

15、While police suspected ______ he had some connection with the robbery, they couldn’t find solid evidence.

A.whether B.that C.what D.how

16、 Can you write about a challenging situation ______ you once faced in your life and how you dealt with it?

A．where   B．when   C．which  D．there

17、_______ beyond words, the businessman agreed to donate some money to help the sick.

A. Moving B. Moved

C. Being Moved   D. To moved

18、—You must be tired out after the long climbing.

—Oh, ________. I felt too tired to move.

A.not a bit B.not a little C.not at all D.not nearly

19、 , I believe, and you will find Tom is outgoing.

A．Having a talk with the student

B．One talk with the student

C．Given a talk with the student

D．If you have a talk with the student

20、-Mum，I always feel everything is unfair to me．

--Complaints in life ________ no sense，for things will be what they should be．

A． make B． have made

C． will make   D． are making

21、Everyone has done experiments in high school laboratories，but have you ever thought about designing a satellite to explore space？

On Nov．19，a team of students from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in the US awed peers and even scientists by successfully launching a satellite．

The first satellite designed and built by high school students was sent up into space along with a record   setting．28 other small ones on a rocket were sent from a NASA center in Virginia，CNN reported． It took the students seven years to build．

The students call their tiny satellite TJ3Sat，which is named after their school．It is just 10x10x12 centimeters and weighs only 0．89 kilograms，according to Orbital Sciences，a company which developed the rocket and supported the students’ project．It can be controlled with a smartphone．

Like most satellites，TJ3Sat can send and receive datA． The small spacecraft is equipped with a voice synthesizer (合成器)，which can switch text to voice and transmit those sounds back to Earth over radio waves，said Orbital officials．In this case，anyone can give it a try via the project’s website (school website) by submitting (提交) a text．The texts that get approved will be sent to the satellite，changed to voice and then broadcast back to Earth via radio waves．

“I can say ‘Go Colonials’on our ground station and when it is on the other side of the world，in India，someone can hear‘Go Colonials’over the radio，”the team explains on the website．

The satellite will stay in space for at least three months．

School principal Evan Glazer told The Washington Post that the project started in 2006 as an activity in the spare time．Later it became a research project for a select group of seniors．

At a time when American students are busy with SATs，the launch of the satellite shows what diligent teenagers can achieve when allowed to pursue their own curiosities，Glazer said．

“It used to be that kids growing up wanted to be an astronaut,” Andrew Petro，program executive (主管) for small spacecraft technology at NASA，said in a statement．“I think we might be seeing kids saying what they want to do is build a spacecraft．The idea here is that they really can do that．”

【1】The underlined word “awed” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____．

A. influenced

B. amazed

C. delighted

D. inspired

【2】Which of the following statements about TJ3Sat is TRUE according to the article？

A. It took a group of students about a decade to build the satellite．

B. Besides TJ3Sat，28 other small satellites were built by the students．

C. TJ3Sat can receive text messages that the students send into space，which can be changed to voice messages and broadcast back to Earth．

D. TJ3Sat is expected to stay in orbit for the next year，sending out messages together with information about its position in space．

【3】According to the article，the launch of the satellite _______．

A. is evidence of the advance of spacecraft technology

B. proves that hard working teenagers can achieve a lot

C. shows the importance of extracurricular activities at school

D. has inspired many people to take an interest in space travel

22、Most children have heard their parents at one time or another yell “sit up straight!” or “don’t slouch!” In the past, this was usually heard at the dinner table as children ate dinner. But these days, it is also heard around another activity – video games.

Ten-year old Owaish Batliwala, from Mumbai, India, admits he spends three to four hours each day playing games on his tablet computer. His mother Mehzabin became concerned when her son started saying that his neck hurt. She said, "My son started having neck problems around June or July. The pain slowly spread to his hand and his back. He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. This is what has caused the problem."

Sadia Vanjara is a physical therapist. She says the number of young children with chronic pain in their necks, arms and shoulders is on the rise. Dr. Vanjara says the pain is not from aging, accidents or disease. It is from poor posture, or body position, while playing video games.

This is a problem in many parts of the world. But there are more smartphone users in India than anywhere else in the world, except China. Networking equipment company Cisco estimates that the number of smartphone users in India will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by 2020.

19-year old student Nida Jameel says she feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smartphone most of the day. She says she uses her smartphone 24/7. This means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or all the time.

Dr. Vanjara says the best treatments for the pain are daily exercises. Experts advise taking breaks from using a computer or other device often. Stand up. Stretch your legs, back, shoulders and arms. And when your work or school work is done, unplug and exercise.

【1】 What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Too Much Gaming is a Pain in the Neck

B. The Influence of Too Much Gaming on People’s Health

C. How To Avoid the Pain in the Neck

D. How To Be More Fit

【2】In paragraph 1, the underlined word “slouch” means _____

A. stopping working

B. bending one’s head or shoulders forward

C. being much too calm about something

D. being enthusiastic about the things that are not related with study

【3】 In which part of a website can we read the passage?

A. School and Education   B. Entertainment

C. Health and Lifestyle   D. Food and Recipes

23、Today is National Superhero Day, according to the Marvel universe. But the everyday heroes covered by Newsweek don’t wear capes(斗篷)or feature in Marvel films.

National Superhero Day is so popular after the Twitter page for Vought International posted an image of the Soldier Boy character in a World War II uniform. According to the fictional story, a 1945 order was drafted to make April 28 “Soldier Boy Day”, but the character humbly changed it to “National Superhero Day”.

In reality, the annual occasion was created by Marvel Comics employees in 1995 to celebrate real heroes. Newsweek has covered all manner of everyday heroes over the years, with many of them on the small screen.

In October 2021, dash-cam footage(行车记录仪)captured a Florida policeman saving a 1-year-old girl. The girl was choking and unresponsive when her parents turned to Reginald Mathieu, who happened to be nearby. He raced to the girl’s rescue and performed repeated back blows until she regained consciousness.

One month earlier, five U.S. Marines came to the aid of a woman whose vehicle got stuck in floodwater in Washington, D.C. The men happened to be driving by after a Marine funeral. With the physical strength, they jumped into the knee-high water in clean and clear clothes and pushed the lady’s car out of the flood. “This is so cool. I should say they are superheroes in uniforms,” the woman said in her TikTok video of the rescue.

Humans are not the only everyday superheroes—dogs have also pulled off remarkable lifesaving moments. Mali, a British special-forces dog, was awarded the Britain’s Victoria Cross in 2017.

【1】Why was a 1945 order drafted according to the fictional story?

A．To celebrate real heroes.

B．To advertise the Marvel Comics.

C．To make April 28 a Soldier Boy day

D．To introduce the National Superhero Day.

【2】How long has the National Superhero Day existed?

A．At least 26 years.

B．Exact 22 years.

C．Only 28 years.

D．More than 76 years.

【3】What does “This” underlined in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．The Marine funeral.

B．The girl’s rescue.

C．The clean and clear car.

D．The help from the Marines.

【4】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A news report.

B．A book review.

C．A hero’s story.

D．A diary entry.

24、A new study published in the journal Reading and Writing shows that reading is closely related to language skills. The piece was written by Sandra Martin, professor of education, and PhD student Stephanie Kozak. They found that people who enjoyed reading fiction for leisure and who saw themselves as readers scored higher on language tests, while those who read to access specific information scored more poorly on the same tests.

Martin and Kozak used a scale called the Predictors of Leisure Reading (PoLR) to investigate reading behavior. They then examined how well the PoLR predicted the language skills of 200 undergraduate students. The researchers note that the age range of the subjects in the study is of key interest. In early adulthood, reading becomes self-directed rather than compelled by others, which means people can choose to read any book they like. So this is a key time for developing one’s own reading habits. But there is a general lack of research on this population, with most existing research mainly focusing on children.

The researchers administered (执行) a series of measures. First, the participants completed the 48-question PoLR scale measuring various reading factors, including motivations, obstacles, attitudes and interests. They were then given language tests similar to those found in the SAT and a measure of reading habits called the Author Recognition Test. This test asks participants to select the names of real fiction and non-fiction authors they are familiar with from a long list of real and fake names. Scores on this test are related to both actual reading behavior and verbal abilities: those who scored higher read more and have better verbal abilities than those who scored lower.

After analyzing the data, the researchers concluded that reading enjoyment, positive attitudes and deeply established interests predicted better verbal abilities and that they were more strongly associated with exposure to fiction than non-fiction.

The many benefits of reading have long been established. Besides having better verbal abilities, lifelong readers are known to be more understanding of others, to attain higher socioeconomic status and even to live longer, healthier lives than non-readers. The findings of the study can give teachers and parents some enlightenment (启发). They can promote a love of reading by letting young people read what they want, without guilt or shame.

【1】What plays a key role in improving people’s language skills according to the study?

A．Their reading speeds.

B．Their reading frequencies.

C．Their motivations for reading.

D．Their understanding of the content.

【2】What does the underlined word “compelled” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Forced.

B．Admired.

C．Evaluated.

D．Followed.

【3】What distinguishes Martin and Kozak’s study from most existing research?

A．Its research method.

B．Its scoring criterion.

C．Its large sample size.

D．Its selection of subjects.

【4】How did the researchers learn about the participants’ actual reading habits?

A．By analyzing their performance in reading and comprehending a given article.

B．By asking them to introduce their favorite writers and books in detail.

C．By letting them choose their familiar authors from a partly real list.

D．By requesting them to do some SAT language tests.

【5】What’s the inspiration for teachers and parents while educating kids?

A．Setting an example for kids in reading.

B．Allowing kids to read their favorite books.

C．Asking kids to make friends with lifelong readers.

D．Encouraging kids to start reading as early as possible.

25、   Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight when a flight attendant asked a(n) ______question over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time ______ the call button. The flight attendant came by and ______ the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s ______ and deaf.” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he couldn’t ______ his message.

Clara ______ to have been studying ASL for the past year and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she ______ her seat belt and walked toward the seat of Tim Cook, then 64.

____ taking his hand, she ______, “Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third ______, she stopped and stayed a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to ______.” Clara says.

So for the next hour, that’s what they did. She talked about her plans for the future. Cook told Clara______ he had gradually become blind over time and ______ stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked ______ at his face with such kindness,” a passenger reported, “We can see she smiled with happiness, ______ she made a difference in someone’s life.”

“Clara was amazing.” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very ______ to have someone he could speak to, and she was such a(n) ______.”

Cook’s ______, “Best trip I’ve ever had.”

Life is a continuous learning experience. As for Clara, she said, “I’ve also learned a lot. The best thing for ______ is to learn something. Learning is the only thing that never ______.

【1】A.puzzling B.urgent C.awkward D.delicate

【2】A.rewound B.lifted C.tied D.pressed

【3】A.analyzed B.faced C.explained D.observed

【4】A.ill B.blind C.homesick D.thirsty

【5】A.get across B.get through C.get into D.get off

【6】A.intended B.pretended C.happened D.attempted

【7】A.unwrapped B.unfastened C.unfolded D.unpacked

【8】A.Cautiously B.Secretly C.Gently D.Seriously

【9】A.whispered B.signed C.asked D.repeated

【10】A.turn B.ride C.journey D.visit

【11】A.talk B.relax C.sleep D.cheer

【12】A.what B.why C.how D.when

【13】A.invented B.conveyed C.created D.shared

【14】A.attentively B.surprisingly C.crazily D.anxiously

【15】A.if B.because C.so D.but

【16】A.terrified B.ashamed C.excited D.touched

【17】A.angel B.honor C.sponsor D.interpreter

【18】A.recreation B.relief C.reference D.reaction

【19】A.amazement B.equality C.appreciation D.freedom

【20】A.benefits B.discourages C.inspires D.fails

26、假设你是Li Hua，昨天是你18岁的生日，请根据下列要点，用英语写一篇日记。

要点：

1．简要描述庆祝生日的时间、地点、方式和参加对象；

2．描述让你最感动的一个场景；

3．最后写出你的感受。

注意：

1．内容积极向上，语意连贯，结构完整。词数120左右；

2．不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用具体的人名和地名；

3．开头已给出，不计入总词数。

March 20, 2014 Fine

Yesterday was my 18th birthday．_______________________________________________