福建省福州市福建师大附中2025年高三英语第一学期期末学业质量监测试题.doc

福建省福州市福建师大附中2025年高三英语第一学期期末学业质量监测试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．---Sorry! I’m afraid that I can’t go to the magic show by David Copperfield with you.
--- .
A．It doesn’t matter.
B．Do as you like.
C．What a shame.
D．Take it easy.
2．Keeping a regular sleep schedule is important for setting a baby's body clock,_______researchers note should be in place by about 4 months of age.
A．whose B．which C．when D．where
3．I will go to Beijing on business tomorrow, do you have anything ____ to your son studying in Peking University?
A．to be taken B．to take C．taken D．being taken
4．This morning I picked up wallet in surprise on my way to school.
A．A;a B．the;a C．a;\ D．\;the
5．In the early morning all of us stood at the top of the mountain ___________ east of the city, watching __________burning sun rising.
A．/; a B．the; a
C．the; the D．/; the
6．It is obvious to the students _____________they should get well prepared for their future.
A．as B．that
C．which D．whether
7．The conference aims to develop business and let people think about _______ they can have a positive influence on the planet.
A．why B．that
C．what D．how
8．______ he was 12, Einstein had learned advanced mathematics by himself.
A．The first time B．At the time
C．By the time D．During the time
9．She must have ranked her birthday presents in order of _because the top one is her favorite．
A．value B．time C．interest D．preference
10．It was not until she got home____Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.
A．when B．that
C．where D．before
11．Since it was getting late, we decided to find a small inn to _______ for the night.
A．put off B．put out C．put away . D．put up
12．I’m most awfully grateful to you. I can’t think what I ________ without you.
A．could do B．would do
C．should have done D．must have done
13．____ up early in the morning to have a walk, I am sure, you are likely to feel active all day．
A．Get B．Having got C．Getting D．To get
14．I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being _______ blind and deaf for a few days at some time in his life.
A．has been stricken B．were stricken
C．had been D．would be
15．My mother opened the drawer to ______ the knives and spoons.
A．put away B．put up C．put on D．put together
16．Peterson, a great archaeologist, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we were led to believe that the ministry was ________ this problem, but we feel that we can't wait any longer.”
A．looking out B．bringing out C．carrying out D．sorting out
17．Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of our government, I'd like to ________ a sincere welcome and heartfelt gratitude.
A．exploit B．expose
C．expand D．extend
18．The U.S. official said North Korea --- and Iran --- should follow in the steps of Libya, which last December said it would work__________ to allow international weapons inspectors to do their work.
A．unconditionally B．unwillingly C．unfortunately D．uncomfortably
19．The use of computers has made ______ possible for more people to work at home.
A．it B．that C．which D．what
20．—I have something important to tell John. But I can’t find him.
—His cell phone is here, so he ________ have gone too far.
A．mustn’t B．needn’t
C．wouldn’t D．can’t
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21．（6分）Microsoft has developed a new smartphone app that interprets eye signals and translates them into letters, allowing people with motor neurone disease to communicate with others from a phone.
The GazeSpeak app combines a smartphone’s camera with artificial intelligence to recognize eye movements in real time and convert them into letters, words and sentences.
For people suffering from ALS（渐冻症）, also known as motor neurone disease, eye movement can be the only way they are able to communicate.
“Current eye-tracking input systems for people with ALS or other motor impairments are expensive, not robust under sunlight, and require frequent re-calibration (重新校对) and substantial, relatively immobile setups,” said Xiaoyi Zhang, a researcher at Microsoft who developed the technology.
“To mitigate the drawback，we created GazeSpeak, an eye-gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, robust, portable and easy to learn.”
The app is used by the listener by pointing their smartphone at the speaker. A chart that can be stuck to the back of the smartphone is then used by the speaker to determine which eye movements to make in order to communicate.
The sticker shows four grids of letters, which each correspond to a different eye movement. By looking up, down, left or right, the speaker selects which grids the letters they want belong to. The artificial intelligence algorithm（计算程序） is then able to predict the word or sentence they are trying to say.
1、Who is the smartphone app designed for?
A．People with motor eye disease.
B．People suffering from eye communication.
C．People with problems in intelligence.
D．People suffering from motor neurone disease.
2、The underlined word “mitigate” in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.
A．relieve B．get rid of
C．remove D．find
3、According to the text, ________.
A．for people suffering from ALS, eye movement is one of the best ways to communicate.
B．a new communication system that runs on a smartphone is designed to be immobile.
C．the speaker could use the app by pointing their smartphone at the listener.
D．the artificial intelligence algorithm will translate sentences for speakers.
22．（8分） This week, a mammoth (猛犸象) possibly killed by humans 10,000 to 15,000 years ago was found in soy fields about 2 miles west of Detroit. It was found by farmer James Bristle and his neighbor Trent Satterthwaite, who were reportedly digging in the field. At first, they couldn’t figure out what they were seeing.
“It was probably a rib bone that came up,” Bristle tells Ann Arbor News. “We thought it was a bent fence post.” Upon closer inspection, however, it became clear even to untrained eyes this was no fence post. “We knew it was something special.” Then they sped up the dig.
After finding the bones Monday night, Bristle called the University of Michigan Tuesday morning to report his find. Scientist Daniel Fisher arrived to inspect it Wednesday, and by Thursday morning he had confirmed it’s a woolly mammoth. He concludes the animal was about 40 years old when it died. It was hunted by humans, he says, who killed it arid stored the remains in a pond as a way of preserving the meat for future use. It’s still too early to tell exactly how it died, Fisher tells Detroit’s WWJ-TV, “but the skeleton showed signs of human’s butchering.”
The bones are being temporarily stored nearby, according to the Free Press, and it remains unclear where they’ll eventually end up. Their research value will be determined once they’ve been cleaned and dried.
Woolly mammoths once lived in Eurasia and North America, and most disappeared by 10,000 years ago—a demise (终止) that has been linked not only to humans, but also to changing climate. It’s now believed that warming weather weakened their populations before humans dealt the final blows.
1、How did James Bristle and his neighbor find what they found at first?
A．It’s delicate. B．It’s old.
C．It’s unique. D．It’s worthless.
2、What can we know about the mammoth according to the text?
A．It might die in its 40s. B．It was native to Eurasia.
C．It preferred walking in the fields. D．It mainly died from climate change.
3、Which is Daniel Fisher’s opinion?
A．The bones are well worth studying.
B．The mammoth was killed by a butcher.
C．The newfound site has evidence of human activity.
D．It’s unclear whether the bones were a mammoth’s.
4、What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A．Dried their bones. B．Took their lives.
C．Destroyed their home. D．Preserved their meat.
23．（8分）The times are changing. On Thursday October 13th, singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, marking the first time the highly-eyed-on literary award has gone to someone who is mainly seen as a musician, and giving rise to heated discussions.
The 75-year-old won the prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”, the Swedish Academy said.
“For 54 years he has been at it, reinventing himself,” said Sara Danius, the academy’s permanent secretary. “Bob Dylan writes poetry for the car. But it’s perfectly fine to read his works as poetry.”
And while many Dylan’s fans have found great delight at the news, others online and in the literary community are cross with the Committee, saying the award has skipped over fiction writers for the second year.
New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul said it was good news but pointed out how many “deserving” novelists there are.
Director Martin Scorsese put out a statement saying he was “overjoyed” that Dylan was awarded the prize.
“Dylan’s poetry, his musical genius, has meant so much to me personally and to generations of people around the world,” Scorsese said. “His work has influenced and shaped culture, and he has never stopped exploring and growing as an artist. The Nobel Committee has given Dylan a form of recognition that fits his role in our culture—in world culture.”
Dylan won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his “great influence on popular music and American culture”. He’s the first American to win the literary Nobel since Toni Morrison in 1993.
1、Why does Bob Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize cause healed discussions?
A．He created poetic expressions. B．He is known as a musician.
C．He reinvents himself. D．He is 75 years old.
2、Which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in Paragraph 4?
A．are thankful to B．are satisfied with
C．are angry with D．are worried about
3、What can we know about Dylan according to Martin Scorsese?
A．Dylan influences Martin a lot.
B．Dylan is happy with the award.
C．Dylan is a poet rather than a musician.
D．Dylan benefits a lot from world culture.
4、What is the passage mainly about?
A．A brief introduction to Bob Dylan.
B．The reason for Bob Dylan’s success.
C．Bob Dylan’s influence on American culture.
D．Different views on Bob Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize.
24．（8分）Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code (基因编码) mapped at birth, the head of the worlds’ leading genome sequencing (基因图谱) company has predicted.
A complete DNA read – out for every newborn will be technically possible and affordable in less than five years, promising a revolution in healthcare, says Jay Flatley, the chief executive of Illumina. Only social and legal problems are likely to delay the age of “genome sequences,” or genetic profiles. By 2019 it will have become routine to map infants’ genes when they are born, Dr Flatly told The Times.
This will open a new approach to medicine, by which conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease can be predicted and prevented and drugs used more safely and effectively.
A baby’s genome can be discovered at birth by a blood test. By examining a person’s genome, it is possible to identify raised risks of developing diseases such as cancers. Those at high risk can then he screened more regularly, or given drugs or dietary advice to lower their chances of becoming ill.
Personal genomes could also he used to ensure that patients get the medicine that is most likely to work for them and least likely to have side – effects.
The development, however, will raise legal concerns about privacy and access to individuals’ genetic records.
“Bad things can be done with the genome. It could predict something about someone – and you could possibly hand the information to their employer or their insurance company.” said Dr Flatley.
“People have to recognize that this horse is out of the barn, and that your genome probably can’t be protected, because everywhere you go you leave your genome behind. Complete genetic privacy, however, is unlikely to be possible”, he added.
As the benefits become clearer, however, he believes that most people will want their genomes read and interpreted. The risk is nothing compared with the gain.
1、In the first two paragraphs, the author mainly wants to tell us about______.
A．the significant progress in medicine
B．the promise of a leading company
C．the information of babies’ genes
D．the research of medical scientists
2、Which of the following is a problem caused by this approach?
A．The delaying in discovering DNA．
B．The risk of developing diseases at birth.
C．The side – effects of medicine on patients.
D．The letting out of personal genetic information.
3、What does the underlined sentence “… this horse is out of the barn” mean?
A．Genetic mapping technique has been widely used.
B．Genetic mapping technique is too horrible to control.
C．People are eager to improve genetic mapping technique.
D．people can’t stop genetic mapping technique advancing.
4、What’s Dr Flatley’s attitude towards the technology?
A．Tolerant. B．Conservative. C．Positive. D．Doubtful.
25．（10分） Have you ever spent an afternoon in the backyard, maybe grilling or enjoying a basketball game, when suddenly you notice that everything goes quiet? There is an old phrase “calm before the storm”， often used in a situation—a quiet period just before a great activity or excitement. According to our own experience, we know there is actually calm before the storm. But what causes this calm? And is it always calm before the storm? Let's hear what scientists have to say.
A period of calm happens in a particular kind of storm, the simplest kind of storm—a single－cell thunderstorm. In this type of thunderstorm, there is usually only one main updraft, which is warm, damp air and drawn from places near the ground. Storms need warm and damp air as fuel, so they typically draw that air in from surrounding environment. Storms can draw in the air that fit their need from all directions—even from the direction in which the storm is traveling.
As the warm, damp air is pulled into a storm system, it leaves a low－pressure vacuum(真空) coming after. The rising air meets the cold dry air that has already existed in the storm clouds, thus the temperature of the warm, damp air drops, and the water vapour(水蒸汽) in it changes into tiny drops that are a precondition of rain. These drops accumulate and build on larger particles like dust, until they grow large enough to form raindrops.
This warm, damp air keeps moving upwards, but it becomes cooler and drier during its trip through cloud. When it reaches the top of the cloud, the air gets spit out(被挤出) at the top. This air is sent rolling out over the big thunderclouds. From there, the air goes down. Warm and dry air is relatively s