宿迁2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Before becoming world-wide famous, J.K. Rowling had spent years ________ on little money.

A．surviving

B．to survive

C．survive

D．survived

2、Several species of giant tortoise ______ the Galapago Islands.

A．are native to

B．is native to

C．is home to

D．are home to

3、These measures include better administration of areas that are likely to turn into desert, and ____ people in how to use water without wasting it.

A.train B.to train C.training D.trained

4、________energy under the earth must give off in one form or another，for example，an earthquake.

A. Gathering   B. Collected

C. Accumulated   D. Assembled

5、_____ about his financial position that he can’t sleep at night.

A. Such does he worry    B. So much he worries

C. So much does he worry D. Much does he worry

6、What is known to all is that up to now China has made a great ________ to preserving the peace.

A. conclusion   B. comment   C. campaign  D. contribution

7、________ in thought, he didn’t notice his teacher coming into the classroom at all.

A．Losing

B．Having lost

C．Lost

D．To lose

8、People prefer to shop in supermarkets, where you have _____ goods to choose from.

A．a range of

B．a kind of

C．a variety of

D．a plenty of

9、—Must you play the guitar so loudly?

—I can’t _____ my attention on my work.

A．fill

B．pay

C．connect

D．concentrate

10、 We _________ the difficulty together, but why didn’t you tell me?

A.should face B.might face C.must have faced D.could have faced

11、Some people who don’t like to talk much are not necessarily shy; they __________ just be quiet people.

A. must   B. might

C. should   D. would

12、The telephone rang and Tom went to answer the phone. ________, his wife started to prepare lunch.

A.However B.Nevertheless C.Besides D.Meanwhile

13、The ______, I think, he drew from his simple experiment is not scientific．

A.conclusion   B.charge

C.promise D.Relation

14、My uncle knows several foreign languages, ________ English, French and Japanese.

A．for example   B．for instance   C．such as       D．that is

15、They made efforts to provide timely and ________ weather forecasts during the Olympic Games.

A．eager

B．accurate

C．skeptical

D．guilty

16、The song writer and music composer _______ to show up at the press conference next week.

A.are going B.is going C.will be D.are

17、Advanced technology makes ___________ possible that millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of the world-famous painting.

A．it

B．this

C．that

D．one

18、—I don’t think ______ possible for little Julia to walk around without any assistance.

—But she made it.

A．this

B．she

C．that

D．it

19、Just to his surprise, he had never expected a woman calling herself his birth mother 20 years after his birth.

A.there to be B.there being C.there is D.there have been

20、I feel tired and was in no ______ to listen to the lesson, and my attention began to ______.

A.mind; wander B.mood; wander C.interest; switch D.feeling; set

21、The great success of this project has been largely _______ the support given by the 30 local businessmen.

A. instead of B. thanks to

C. due to     D. as a consequence.

22、We didn't know you were in trouble at that time, ________ we would have given you a hand.

A．therefore   B．however

C．otherwise   D．though

23、What we need ________ good textbooks.

A．is

B．are

C．have

D．has

24、A couple of people voiced objections ______________ the patient, as it might cost more than expected．

A.to operate on B.to the doctor's operating on

C.for the doctor to operate on D.operating on

25、His family were grateful _______ the support they _________ from their friends.

A.to; received B.for; have received C.with; had received D.for; had received

26、Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park is located entirely in northern Arizona, which takes up 277 miles of the Colorado River and nearby uplands. It became a National Park on Feb 26, 1919 and was made a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Grand Canyon Hotels, Lodging and Camping

The South Rim (边缘) has quite a collection of lodges and hotels in the Park and there is also a large campground at the Mather Campground (open year-round) and the Desert View Campground, (open from mid-May through mid-October). In the town of Tusayan, just outside the south entrance station, are the Grand Canyon Squire Inn, the Grand Hotel, etc. On the North

Rim, the Grand Canyon Lodge is the only lodging inside the Grand Canyon National Park. The North Rim also closes in winter when snows block the roads. The North Rim Campground is open from mid-May to mid-October.

Activities and Park Use in the Grand Canyon

The canyon may be viewed from the rim at a number of overlooks along Desert View Drive and Hermit Road (closed to private vehicles during shuttle bus season, when it may be accessed by free park shuttles). Visitors may also hike along the rim on the Rim Trail or below the rim on a number of inner canyon trails. All hiking at Grand Canyon needs great effort and energy. The park offers a variety of activities at the Grand Canyon including helicopter tours, jeep tours, train rides and plane flights throughout the year.

Climate of Grand Canyon National Park

The South Rim is 7000 feet above sea level, which means snow in winter and cool nights even in summer. Summer temperatures along the Colorado River at the canyon bottom can reach  120 F. The North Rim is 8000 feet above sea level and can receive snow throughout most of the year. The weather is particularly changeable in the spring and fall; visitors should be prepared for a variety of climates.

Visitor Totals to the Grand Canyon

There are over five million visitors per year. Peak season runs from April through October; winter holiday weekends are crowded. Summers are extremely crowded.

【1】Which place will people choose if they want to spend a night inside the Park in December?

A.Mather Campground. B.The Grand Hotel.

C.The Grand Canyon Squire Inn. D.The North Rim Campground.

【2】What would you do if you want to challenge yourself?

A.Drive in the canyon. B.Hike along the rim.

C.Make helicopter tours. D.Take train rides.

【3】From the passage we learn that   .

A.winter presents the best view for visitors

B.free park shuttles are accessible all year round

C.avoiding visiting the Park in summer in case of big crowds

D.each season in the Grand Canyon Park seems like spring.

27、

【1】According to the text, the Guardian________.

A．favors important events

B．provides trustworthy reports

C．finances readers in 180countries

D．receives CA$1.5 million annually

【2】What does the underlined word"this"in Paragraph4 refer to?

A．Making readers well-informed.

B．Inspiring readers to take action.

C．Fighting for information equality.

D．Keeping the Guardian easily accessible.

【3】What is the purpose of the text?

A．To advertise the Guardian.

B．To review achievements.

C．To encourage donations.

D．To inspire new ambitions.

28、Do you want a job with a successful multinational (跨国公司)? You will face lots of competitions. Two years ago Goldman Sachs received a quarter of a million applications from students and graduates. Those are not just discouraging odds for job hunters; they are a practical problem for companies. If a team of five Goldman human-resources staff, working 12 hours every day, they would take nearly a year to complete the task of sifting through the pile.

There is little wonder that most large firms use a computer program, or algorithm, when it comes to screening candidates seeking junior jobs. And that means applicants would benefit from knowing exactly what the algorithms are looking for.

Victoria McLean is a former banking headhunter and recruitment manager who set up a business called City CV, which helps job candidates with applications. She says the applicant-tracking systems (ATS) reject up to 75% of CVs, or résumés, before a human sees them. Such systems are hunting for keywords that meet the employer’s criteria. One tip is to study the language used in the job advertisement; if the initials PM are used for project management, then make sure PM appears in your CV.

Passing the ATS stage may not be the job hunter’s only technological barrier. Many companies, including Vodafone and Intel, use a video-interview service called HireVue, Candidates are quizzed while an artificial-intelligence (Al) program analyses their facial expressions (maintaining eye contact with the camera is advisable) and language patterns (sounding confident is the trick). People who passionately wave their arms about or passively slouch in their seat are likely to fail. Only if they pass that test will the applicants meet some humans.

You might expect Al programs to be able to avoid some of the biases of conventional recruitment methods-particularly the tendency for interviewers to favour candidates who resemble the interviewer. Yet discrimination can show up in an unexpected way.

There may be an arms race as candidates learn how to adjust their CVs to pass the initial Al test, and algorithms adapt to screen out more candidates. This creates scope for potential bias: candidates from better-off households (and from particular groups) may be quicker to update their CVs. In turn, this may require companies to adjust their algorithms to avoid discrimination.The price of artificial intelligence seems likely to be eternal vigilance (警惕).

【1】Victoria sets up City CV to ________.

A．hunt for keywords that meet the employer’s criteria

B．study the language used in the job advertisement

C．benefit candidates by helping them with applications

D．sift through applications before a human sees them

【2】What does the underlined word “slouch” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．look lazy

B．look funny

C．look rude

D．look crazy

【3】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Interviewers’ preference creates potential bias in Al programs.

B．Al programs may prefer quicker candidates to slower ones.

C．An arms race results in algorithms selecting more candidates.

D．Companies should be alert to the cost produced by Al recruitment.

29、Just 50 years ago Manx seemed to be on the point of disappearing. "If you spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, it was considered provocative(挑衅的) and you were likely to find yourself in a fight," recalls Brian Stowell, a 76-year-old islander who has written a Manx-language novel, The Vampire Murders, and presents a radio show on Manx Radio spreading the language every Sunday.

The language itself is similar to the Gaelic tongues spoken in the island's neighbours, Ireland and Scotland. A century ago, "Moghrey mie" would have been commonly heard instead of good morning on the island.

"In the 1860s there were thousands of Manx people who couldn't speak English," says Stowell. "But only a century later it was considered to be so backwards to speak the language that there were stories of Manx speakers getting stones thrown at them in the towns. "I learnt it myself from one of the last surviving native speakers back in the 1950s."

Recession(经济衰退 ) in the mid 19th Century forced many Manx residents to leave the island to seek work in England. And parents were not willing to pass the language down through the generations, with many believing that to have Manx as a first language would affect job opportunities overseas.

There was a fall in the language. By the early 1960s there were perhaps as few as 200 who spoke the tongue. The last native speaker, Ned Maddrell, died in 1974. Unesco(联合国教科文组织) pronounced the language died out in the 1990s.

Now there is even a Manx language primary school in which all subjects are taught in the language, with more than 60 pupils attending. Manx is also taught in other schools across the island.

【1】What does “Moghrey mie” mean according to the passage?

A. All the best.   B. Congratulations.

C. Never mind. D. Good morning.

【2】Many Manx people went to England to ________.

A. learn Manx   B. teach English

C. look for jobs D. attend college

【3】What is the passage mainly about?

A. The Manx language.    B. The life of Manx people

C. The Manx island.   D. The Manx language school

30、   Brandon Steiner created the bagel (百吉饼) business at the age of 12._________, the business wasn’t great. Meanwhile, he delivered papers every morning.

What his mother said gave Steiner great _________. When delivering papers then, he started _________each customer a bagel. Within a month he was making his deliveries in a small shopping cart_________ 250 papers each day were too much for his bike. Later, the improvement of his business _________ his replacing the small cart with a large one. Steiner made $5.50 an hour by starting _________ at 4:30 am and it was a pretty high income for a kid in the 1970s. This experience is one of his invaluable life_________, which shows his remarkable business_________.

He_________as an incredibly successful entrepreneur who revolutionized the sports memorabilia (纪念品) ____________, turning a small firm with “$4,000, a computer and a worker” into Steiner Sports, helping other small related companies to ____________ their business. Steiner Sports has spent 25 years building a ____________with more than 2,000 athletes. Steiner Sports is also the ____________ producer of collectibles (收藏品) from athletic stars like Derek Jeter and Peyton Manning. Steiner has ____________countless baseballs and football helmets, and signed sports shirts.

As one might guess, there are a lot of stories ____________ to Steiner. He sold his Steiner Sports to Omnicom Group for a reported $25 million. ____________ selling it, Steiner still offers advice to help run the company that was ____________ by himself. He has also written some books on his ____________. The kid from Brooklyn, who now lives in Scarsdale, NY, ____________ so much when growing from a newspaper delivery boy to a(n) ____________ entrepreneur and writer.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Anyway

A．ambition

B．adaptation

C．conclusion

D．inspiration

A．bringing

B．finding

C．buying

D．passing

A．though

B．if

C．since

D．but

A．contributed to

B．relied on

C．figured out

D．wrestled with

A．studying

B．cooking

C．exercising

D．working

A．goals

B．lessons

C．dreams

D．activities

A．interest

B．determination

C．talent

D．qualification

A．ended up

B．resulted in

C．broke out

D．took on

A．culture

B．competition

C．education

D．industry

A．mind

B．practise

C．expand

D．manage

A．scholarship

B．ownership

C．membership

D．relationship

A．leading

B．private

C．efficient

D．foreign

A．received

B．exported

C．marketed

D．purchased

A．equal

B．relative

C．true

D．similar

A．On behalf of

B．In consequence of

C．On account of

D．In spite of

A．motivated

B．deserved

C．established

D．remembered

A．importance

B．experiences

C．perfection

D．differences

A．struggled

B．required

C．donated

D．shared

A．well-known

B．easy-going

C．broad-minded

D．kind-hearted

31、根据提示完成下列语段。

上周日，我所在的志愿者小组到汽车站(介词短语)参加了一次服务活动。一到车站，我们就受到了热烈的欢迎(名词短语)；有的同学打扫候车室(动词短语)，有的为旅客提供信息、搬运行李(动词短语)等；虽然很累，但是我们感到很开心(形容词短语)。最为重要的是(副词短语)，我们能够为他人做些事情。

Last Sunday, our volunteer group took part in a voluntary activity【1】(介词短语). On arriving there, we were given【2】(名词短语). Some students【3】(动词短语) while the others offered the passengers the information they needed and【4】(动词短语) for them. Although we were tired, we felt【5】(形容词短语).【6】(副词短语), we can do something for others.

32、假设你是Linda ，你现在正感到生活不快乐，不健康，有压力，可又不知道如何改变自己的生活方式，于是写信给你的一个好朋友，请求他/她提些建议。下面是你的朋友提的几点建议(advice)，请你按照以下内容给Linda回一封信（约100词左右）

1．要有足够的睡眠(sleep)，至少8小时，这样才能精力充沛（energetic）。

2．多锻炼是非常重要的。

3．多吃水果和蔬菜，禁止吃垃圾食品(junk food)。

4．学习之余听听音乐可以减轻压力。

5．尽可能地微笑，它会帮助你快乐、忘记烦恼。

Dear Linda ,

If you want to be healthy and happy，you need to have a healthy lifestyle. I have some advice for you and I hope you will follow (听从)all of it.

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