舟山2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测四年级英语

1、Not until I had watched the football match between Brazil and Germany _________ to bed last night.

A. I went B. I had gone

C. did I go D. had I gone

2、Considering the convenience _______ the cost, young people tend to order food through their cellphone App.

A.in preference to B.in response to

C.in addition to D.in regard to

3、—These apples look really tasty.

—They ______! See the price $5.99 a pound. Very expensive, aren't they!

A.should B.might C.could D.would

4、No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone _______ you wishing they were that high.

A.getting rid of B.getting along with

C.looking up to D.looking down upon

5、—Michelle, have you got your admission to the Pennsylvania State University as a state-financed student?

—I hope so, but I’m not so lucky. I have to ______ my pocket to pay for my further study.

A.turn to B.dip into C.refer to D.see to

6、Why ______________ to go abroad to study, when there are so many good universities at home?

A. imagines B. bother

C. consider D. prevent

7、Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will give up the name “royal” ____ they withdraw from official duties and embrace new lives, the couple confirmed on Friday.

A.unless B.while C.as D.although

8、Their team _____first prize in the 4×100 relay race, but the last runner fell down half way.

A.could get B.must have got

C.must get D.could have got

9、________by the teacher to leave the classroom made him feel ashamed.

A．Asked

B．Being asked

C．Having asked

D．To have asked

10、The man ________ the fake news that 18 firefighters lost their lives in the explosion was arrested.

A. having circulating B. to circulate

C. circulating D. to have circulated

11、It’s __________ him to be late; he is usually on time.

A.typical B.unlike C.universal D.unlikely

12、I still can’t believe my eyes when I remember the scene ______ the best player should miss the pass.

A.that B.when C.where D.how

13、—We want to sit at the table near the window.

— I’m sorry, but it ________ already.

A．has taken

B．took

C．was taken

D．has been taken

14、It's an either-or situation-you can take on-line classes at home or have classes in the school, but you can't do_________.

A.others B.both C.another D.either

15、Bob was trying to ________ that he knew the famous singer who would perform in our city.

A. let out B. lay out

C. figure out D. make out

16、If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.

A. do devote B. to devote

C. devoting D. devoted

17、— What do you suggest he do to get rid of the financial trouble?

— As is often the case in the business world, he should ______ the dangerous situation he is in now.

A. look up to   B. wake up to   C. live up to   D. stand up to

18、By the end of 2020, as is clearly stated, poverty relief work ________ across the country.

A.will have accomplished B.has been accomplished

C.has accomplished D.will have been accomplished

19、My sister met him in the street yesterday afternoon, so he ______ your lecture.

A.shouldn’t have attended B.couldn’t have attended

C.mustn’t have attended D.needn’t have attended

20、Since its start, WeChat ______into the most popular messaging communication service in China.

A. has developed   B. developed

C. develops   D. was developing

21、   The world is literally a greener place than it was 20 years ago, and data from NASA satellites has revealed a source for much of this new greening phenomenon: China and India. This new insight was made possible by a nearly 20­year­long data record from a NASA instrument orbiting the Earth on two satellites.

Taken all together, the greening of the planet over the last two decades represents an increase in leaf area on plants and trees equal to the area covered by all the Amazon rainforests. There are now more than two million square miles of extra green leaf area per year, compared to the early 2000s—a 5% increase.

“China and India account for one­third of the greening, but contain only 9% of the planet's land area covered in vegetation—a surprising finding, considering the common phenomenon of land degradation in populous countries from overuse, ” said Chi Chen, lead author of the study.

“This long­term data lets us dig deeper, ” said Rama Nemani, a co­author of the new work. “When the greening of the Earth was first observed, we thought it was due to a warmer, wetter climate and fertilisation from the added carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere, leading to more leaf growth in northern forests. Now, with the data that lets us understand the phenomenon at really small scales, we see that humans are also contributing.”

China's outsized contribution to the global greening trend comes in large part(42%) from programmes to conserve and expand forests. These were developed in an effort to reduce the effects of soil erosion, air pollution and climate change. Another 32% there—82% of the greening seen in India—comes from intensive growing of food crops. How the greening trend may change in the future depends on numerous factors, both on a global scale and the local human level. For example, increased food production in India is promoted by groundwater irrigation. If the groundwater is running out, this trend may change.

The researchers point out that the gain in greenness seen around the world and led by India and China does not offset the damage from loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions, such as Brazil and Indonesia. The consequences for sustainability and biodiversity in those ecosystems remain.

Nemani is pretty excited about the findings, and not just because the greener, the better. “Once people realise there's a problem, they tend to fix it, ” he said. “In the 70s and 80s in India and China, the situation around vegetation loss wasn't good; in the 90s, people realised it; and today things have improved. Humans are incredibly adaptable.”

【1】The Earth is getting greener mainly because of ________.

A．the expanding of leaf area in tropical countries

B．the determined efforts to preserve Amazon rainforests

C．the tree­planting programmes and intensive agriculture

D．a favourable climate and increased CO2 in the atmosphere

【2】Which of the following statements may the researchers agree with?

A．The greening trend in India will continue to go upwards.

B．More “greening” means better control of climate change.

C．Land overuse threatens the success in the greening on the Earth.

D．The sustainability in global ecosystems will be greatly improved.

【3】What does the underlined word “offset” in the last but one paragraph probably mean?

A．Prevent.

B．Survive.

C．Interrupt.

D．Balance.

【4】How does Nemani feel about the findings?

A．They are a positive indicator of overall human nature.

B．Their accuracy and reliability need to be further proved.

C．They undervalue humans' contribution to the environment.

D．Their significance for future research cannot be overemphasised.

22、Forgotten Password? Never Again!

Passwords should be complex and varied enough to be secure, yet still memorable. 【1】 No wonder so many people use the same password over and over again or simply write them all down!

A much better idea is to follow a system. 【2】 It’s good exercise for your brain and a valuable way to protect your identity online.

The following system uses letters, numbers and symbols, so it will please even the strictest website. First, choose a short quotation, one that no one would have any reason to associate with you. Pick out the initial letters——creating the first “building block” for your passwords. 【3】.

Next, choose a meaningful date again, one that can’t be guessed or easily researched. Maybe the year of a favourite holiday, 86 say. Then add a random element by picking any two keyboard symbols: for example, & and £.

Finally, organise these building blocks in any order you like. And strengthen the code further by making some of the letters lower case, and some upper: maybe 86&£PiAs. 【4】 And then add two or three extra letters each time, a few initials or abbreviations (缩写形式) to remind you of what this particular password is for. For example, you might use BT for your phone account, or CC for the camera club forum. So the final password for your BBC account could be: BBC86&£PiAs.

【5】 But each password ends up being complex and unique, helping to protect your identity and giving your memory a cracking workout every time.

A．Start using it as the basis for every new password you set.

B．With a system like this, you’ve got a basic method to follow.

C．But with so many to keep track of, this can be hard to achieve.

D．So, if you chose, “Play it again, Sam”, you’d have the letters PIAS.

E．Spend a little time getting to know how to remember your passwords.

F．It is not difficult to memorize your passwords once you get the hang of it.

G．You save time at the setting stage, and have a clear pattern for your memory to follow.

23、   For years, I have advocated the importance of hard work, determination, persistence, and practice as key ingredients of success. Malcolm Gladwell, who has written The Story of Success, seems to support my theory. He says it takes about 10,000 hours of practice to attain true expertise.

“The people at the very top don’t just work harder than everyone else,” Gladwell writes. “They work much, much harder.” Achievement, he says, is talent plus preparation. Preparation seems to play a bigger role.

For example, he describes the Beatles: They had been together seven years before their famous arrival in America. They spent a lot of time playing in clubs, sometimes for as long as eight hours a night. Overnight success? Not exactly. Estimates are that the band performed 1,200 times before their big success in 1964. By comparison, most bands don’t perform 1,200 times in their careers.

Neurologist Daniel Levitin has studied the formula for success extensively and shares this finding: “The emerging picture from such studies is that 10,000 hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert in anything. In study after study of composers, basketball players, fiction writers, ice skaters, concert pianists, chess players, the number comes up again and again. Of course, this doesn’t address why some people get more out of their practice sessions than others do. But no one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems it takes the brain a long time to digest all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery.”

Two computer giants, Bill Joy, who co-founded Sun Microsystems, and Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, also were proof of the 10,000-hour theory.

The abilities these people possessed were far-ranging, yet the formula for success was the same: hard work and lots of it. Some people just make it look easy. Of course, you probably didn’t see the first 9,999 hours of hard work.

【1】According to the passage, what made Beatles different from most other bands?

A.Their great talent. B.Their persistent effort.

C.Their charming looks. D.Their outstanding achievements.

【2】How does the author support the theme of the text?

A.By stating arguments. B.By giving examples.

C.By providing statistical data. D.By making comparisons.

【3】According to the passage, the opinions that Malcolm Gladwell may agree with include the following EXCEPT that____ .

A.life is full of ups and downs

B.work transforms talent into genius

C.success takes hard work and devotion

D.the way to learn to do things is to do things

24、   In the atmosphere， carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun's rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.

According to a weather expert's prediction， the atmosphere wilbe3C warmer in the year 2050thanitis today， if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate.If this warming up took place， the icecaps in the poles would begin to melt thus raising sea level several meters and severely flooding coastal cities.Also， the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere(半球) ， possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth's chief food-growing zones.

In the past， concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet.But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic， which maybe affected by only a few degrees of warming：in other words， by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.

Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing.The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place.This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.

However， most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere， where temperatures seem to be falling Scientists conclude，therefore，that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man.The question is：Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?

One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun.Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and“cold”spots(that is， the relatively less hot spots) on the sun.As the sun rotates(旋转) ， every 27.5 days it presents hotter or“colder”faces to the earth， and different aspects to different parts of the earth.This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth's atmospheric pressure， and consequently on wind circulation.The sun is also variable over along term：its heat output goes up and down in cycles， the latest trend being downward.

Scientists are now finding mutual relations between models of solar-weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years， including the last Ice Age.The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not.One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia(惯性) of the earth's climate.If this is right，the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful counter-balance to the sun's diminishing(减少) heat.

【1】Why is the fuel consumption greater in then or them hemisphere， but temperatures there seem to be falling?

A.Mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising.

B.Possibly because the output of solar energy varies.

C.Because the inertia of the earth's climate take effect.

D.Possibly because the icecaps in the poles are melting

【2】On the basis of their models， scientists are of the opinion that

A.the climate of the world should be becoming cooler

B.the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect

C.the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects

D.it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth's climate to take effect

【3】If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct， .

A.the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels

B.ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere

C.the increased levels of carbon dioxide would warm up the earth quickly

D.the greenhouse effect could work to the advantage of the earth

【4】The purpose of the article is to explain .

A.the greenhouse effect

B.the solar effects on the earth

C.the models of solar-weather interactions

D.the causes affecting weather

25、   The movie Forrest Gump follows the life events of a man who shares the name as the  title of the film.Gump faces many _______throughout his life, _______ he never lets any of them influence his happiness.From_______leg braces(支架）,to having a below average IQ and even being shot,Gump continues to _______that good things will happen and_______ his dream.While several_______ things occur during Gump's life,he_______ to turn setbacks(挫折）into something_______for him,such as when he finally gets his braces off, he discovers that he is _______to run faster than most other people.This__________allows Gump not only to__________being bullied(欺凌）while he is a child,but also to gain a football scholarship,__________ many soldiers’ lives and become famous.

While Gump __________ achieves the majority of the things he hoped to,it proves a much more difficult __________ to win the heart of his life-long friend Jenny Curran.The movie __________Forrest Gump and the incidents that occur during his life,but during each period in his lifetime he thinks back of Jenny and __________how important she is to him.Although the two characters grew up together and shared a very __________relationship,they grow apart as the movie progresses.This__________Gump who cares dearly for the girl.Even though Gump is the main __________of the film,it __________ tells the story of Curran and the hardships she faces.

【1】A.choices B.dangers C.prejudices D.hardships

【2】A.so B.as C.but D.or

【3】A.wearing B.carrying C.making D.using

【4】A.believe B.remember C.pretend D.complain

【5】A.gives up B.goes after C.breaks down D.shows off

【6】A.unfortunate B.unexpected C.uncertain D.unbelievable

【7】A.offers B.refuses C.manages D.fails

【8】A.awful B.good C.risky D.funny

【9】A.eager B.willing C.afraid D.able

【10】A.condition B.ability C.function D.performance

【11】A.escape B.admit C.delay D.hate

【12】A.spare B.risk C.save D.take

【13】A.easily B.strangely C.shortly D.eventually

【14】A.task B.decision C.choice D.time

【15】A.depends on B.centers on C.checks on D.comments on

【16】A.suggests B.realizes C.denies D.forgets

【17】A.casual B.poor C.hard D.close

【18】A.moves B.delights C.upsets D.bores

【19】A.victim B.winner C.director D.character

【20】A.totally B.exactly C.similarly D.simply

26、假如你是李华。消防救援局(Fire and Rescue Department) 将在你校组织为期一周的消防和急救知识培训。请你给英国交换生 Tom 写一封邮件，邀请他一同报名参加。内容包括：

1. 培训时间和地点；

2. 培训内容；

3. 期待回复。

注意：1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours,

Li Hua