2025-2026学年四川省宜宾市南溪区第二中学校英语高三第一学期期末质量检测试题.doc

2025-2026学年四川省宜宾市南溪区第二中学校英语高三第一学期期末质量检测试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The couple was initially looking forward to having an overseas wedding but had to drop the idea after facing ________ from parents.
A．recognition B．toleration
C．opposition D．proportion
2．U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sunday night, November 15th2009, ______a state visit to China.
A．starting B．started C．to start D．having started
3．If you want to improve your figure and health, the most effective thing to do is to show up at the gym every time you ________ be there.
A．can B．will
C．may D．shall
4．Every classroom in this modern school is ________ with a new TV set on the wall and a computer on the teacher's desk.
A．equipped B．decorated
C．fixed D．placed
5．I am sure that the girl you are going to meet is more beautiful_______ than in her pictures.
A．in nature B．in movement C．in the flesh D．in the mood
6．— Tony, you seem in high spirits.
—________ We won the match 4-1.
A．Guess what? B．Oh, come on!
C．So what? D．No wonder.
7．In some countries, people eat with chopsticks, while in ________, knives and forks.
A．another B．other
C．others D．the other
8．I wanted some more cold meat but there was _____ left.
A．none B．no one C．any D．some
9．They’ve seen many famous scholars in the conference. How I wish I ______ it!
A．have attended B．will attend
C．would attend D．had attended
10．——Your argument is .I will not let you pass.
--Are you kidding?
A．sound B．rational
C．liberal D．plain
11．—Have you heard of yesterday's gas explosion?
—Yes. Only two of the 35 miners at the scene ________ to have made it out safely.
A．have thought B．are thought
C．had thought D．were thought
12．________ some leaders and scientists have praised China’s achievement in space technology, others regard China’s progress as a threat.
A．Unless B．Once
C．Even though D．Now that
13．______ you are supposed to do ______ you don't like a thing is ______ it. Don'tcomplain.
A．That; what; change B．When; that; to change
C．What; when; change D．What; that; changing
14．—Jenny，how did your math exam go?
—I thought I ________，but in fact I came in the top 10% in the class.
A．might have failed B．couldn’t have failed C．should have failed D．mustn’t have failed
15．I ______ football since I left university.
A．didn’t play B．don’t play
C．won’t play D．haven’t played
16．While we were listening to the speech attentively, a voice _____ to announce the result of the election.
A．broke in B．broke up C．broke off D．broke down
17．—My computer is out of function again.
—You need to go to the customer service center and have it ________.
A．to repair B．repair
C．repairing D．repaired
18．In the past few years, we’ve seen works by Chinese sci-fi writers winning international ______.
A．conclusion B．standard
C．potential D．recognition
19．_______ with all sorts of affairs, the manager had little time to have a good sleep.
A．Occupying B．Being occupied
C．Occupied D．Having occupied
20．Despite the knowledge he has accumulated, He Jiang continues to be troubled by the question of the unequal_______ of scientific knowledge throughout the world.
A．advocate B．distribution
C．allocation D．division
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）People who have red hair and people who are losing their hair could finally get their own emoji(表情符号). The Emojipedia website has shown new emojis following demands that they should be more diverse. If its ideas are approved, the new emojis could be added in 2018, alongside new characters that have grey, curly or Afro hair.
“New styles focus on appearances that aren’t currently supported in the informal skin tone and hair color pairings(组合) used on many cellphones,” showed one page on the website. The page gave Jessica Chastain and Ed Sheeran as examples of people with red hair. Sinead O’Connor and Samuel L Kackson were given as examples of people with no hair or a shaven head.
The emojis could be released in 2018 if chosen by the Unicode Consortium which met in January, 2017 following a number of complaints about lack of diversity. “Non-naturally occurring features, such as blue hair and tattoos, are not included in this project,” the website added.
At the end of 2016, Apple published its iOS 10.2 software update which included 72 new emojis such as firefighters, astronauts, rockstars and so on. But people who have red hair were notably absent, causing a global protest.
A website in Scotland demanding ginger emojis got 20,000 signatures. The main issue is that there is one organization, known as Unicode Consortium, who controls emojis on iPhone.
In March, a new list of emojis was published by Emojipedia which might be released later this year. However, the emojis need to be approved by the Unicode Technical Committee before people can use them.
In 2015, ginger emojis were published on the Google Play Store for Android. But up until now, the Unicode Consortium has not been willing to give in to ginger campaigners.
1、Which of the following emojis could be included in 2018?
A．Characters with black hair. B．Characters with white skin.
C．Characters with shaven heads. D．Characters with smiling faces.
2、Tattoos are rejected by the Unicode Consortium because ________.
A．there is no demand for them B．people dislike such emojis
C．they are out of fashion D．they are not natural identity
3、What is the Unicode Consortium’s attitude to ginger emojis?
A．Favorable. B．Ambiguous.
C．Disapproving. D．Uncaring.
4、What is the best title for the text?
A．New Emojis to BE Added in 2018
B．Complaints about the Present Emojis
C．Demands for New and Informal Emojis
D．Global Protests against the Lack of Diversity
22．（8分）When Sabrina Vega was 5 years old, a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Sabrina discovered that she loved doing gymnastics.
A few nights after the party, Sabrina had a dream. She told her mother, Jahira, about the dream. Jahira said, “Sabrina said that in her dream she went to the Olympics. She described everything at this international competition. At first I did not take her story seriously.”
But Sabrina kept talking about her dream. She told it to her father, David. So Jahira and David decided to pay for Sabrina to learn gymnastics.
So Sabrina started to train at a special and competitive gym. Though only 7 years old, she was already training to compete at a high level. The years passed quickly. Sabrina got better and better. By the time she was 12 years old, Sabrina was training so many hours each day that she did not have time to do things that many other Americans of an age did.
When Sabrina was 13, she had a chance to compete in a national gymnastics event. If she did well, the event would give her the chance to join the national team — the team that trains for the Olympics.
But the family was out of money. Jahira had to tell Sabrina that she could not go. Jahira said, “Tears came to her eyes, and she said, ‘I understand’.”
A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Sabrina’s gym unexpectedly. They watched Sabrina train. Then they asked to talk to her mother. The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed!
Eventually, Sabrina Vega competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials. She finished 10th in the all-round.
1、Sabrina Vega had a dream to .
A．go to the party
B．do gymnastics
C．take part in the Olympics
D．attend a national competition
2、From the passage, we can infer .
A．Sabrina’s parents were tired of her talking
B．Sabrina’s parents loved her and were moved by her
C．Sabrina’s parents supported her dream even at the beginning
D．Sabrina became a national team player at the age of twelve
3、What does the author want to tell us?
A．All roads lead to Rome.
B．Early birds catch worms.
C．Practice makes perfect.
D．God bless the determined and hard-working.
4、Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．A talented girl B．The caring parents
C．An Olympic dream D．A helping hand
23．（8分）“Educational researchers, political scientists and economists are increasingly interested in the characteristics and skills that parents, teachers and schools should foster in children to increase chances of success later in life,” said lead author Marion Spengler, PhD of the University of Tubingen.” Our research found that specific behaviors in high school have long-lasting effects for one’s later life.”
Spengler and her co-authors analyzed data collected by the American Institutes for Research from 346, 660 U. S. high school students in 1960, along with follow-up data from 81,912 of those students 11 years later and 1,952 of them 50 years later. The initial high school phase measured a variety of student behaviors and attitudes as well as personality characteristics, cognitive abilities, parental socioeconomic status and demographic(人口统计的)factors. The follow-up surveys measured overall educational attainment, income and occupational prestige(声望)
Being a responsible student, showing an interest in school and having fewer problems with reading and writing were all significantly associated with greater educational attainment and finding a more prestigious job both 11 years and 50 years after high school. These factors were also all associated with higher income at the 50-year mark. Most effects remained even when researchers controlled parental socioeconomic status, cognitive aibility and other broad personality characteristics such as conscientiousness.
While the findings weren’t necessarily surprising, Spengler noted how reliably specific behaviors people showed in school were able to predict later success.
Further analysis of the data suggested that much of the effect could be explained by overall educational achievements, according to Spengler.
“Student characteristics and behaviors were rewarded in high school and led to higher educational attainment, which in turn was related to greater occupational prestige and income later in life,” she said. “This study highlights the possibility that certain behaviors at crucial periods could have long-term consequences for a person’s life.”
1、What’s the finding of Marion Spengler’s research?
A．Teachers play a decisive role in students’ later success
B．Personality characteristics are more important than academic performances
C．Higher educational attainment has little to do with occupational prestige
D．Behaviors in the high school should be highly stressed.
2、Which is TRUE about the research?
A．The research was conducted among totally different people during different periods
B．The research was based on the data collected from 1960 to 2010
C．More people were involved in the follow-up surveys
D．The initial high school phase measured attitudes only
3、What is likely to contribute to later success according to the research?
A．Parental socioeconomic status
B．Overall educational achievements
C．Cognitive ability
D．Hard work
4、Why did the researchers control some factors like parental socioeconomic status?
A．To avoid the previous mistakes
B．To highlight the effects of certain specific behaviors
C．To draw an immediate conclusion
D．To hid some negative findings
24．（8分） New York City is a world capital in every sense of the word—it's a cultural and economic powerhouse, and arguably the most influential city on the planet. But it wasn't always this way, as the following cities once dominated the world around them.
Djenne­Djenno
In the flood lands of the Niger delta people have been building houses and other structures with clay for centuries. The town of Djenne­Djenno is made entirely out of clay. It was inhabited as far back as 250 BC, and became an important link in the trans­Saharan gold trade(跨撒哈拉黄金交易). Constructed on hills called “toguere”， the city managed to escape the marshy(沼泽的) landscape and annual floods produced by the rainy season. Djenne­Djenno is believed to be one of the earliest settlements in the sub­Saharan region, and is considered by some to be “the typical African City”.
Archeological evidence shows us a continuous human presence in the area up until the 14th century AD, when people moved to the nearby town of Djenne, founded in the 11th century. Further evidence points out that even before the city's construction, the Bozo people were growing wild rice in the region. In the 13th century AD, with King Koumboro's conversion to Islam, its palace transformed into a mosque.
Carthage
Legend has it that Carthage was founded by Queen Dido of the Phoenicians. She fled the city of Tyre located in present­day Lebanon in order to escape the hatred of her brother Pygmalion, who was her rival to the throne. Along with a group of settlers, she traveled a great distance by sea and landed in North Africa, where she met King Iarbas. He offered to give them land in order to build a settlement, but no bigger than the surface covered by the hide(牛皮) of an ox. They cleverly cut the hide into thin strips and were able to enclose a fairly large area of land. On this land, the mighty city of Carthage was built.
These stories are most likely just that, but the fact that the Phoenicians built the city around 760 BC is true. Located in such a good position—in the middle of the Mediterranean, close to Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, and a pretty good distance from Egypt—helped make Carthage a leading trade center and military power. The population soon reached half a million citizens and, in order to house them all, buildings were all built five or six stories tall. Carthage was the first city in ancient times to have a centralized sewage system, linking all buildings within the city walls. The most notable of structures among the ruins was the “Thophet”， which is believed to be an altar(圣坛) for child sacrifice.
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Aztec Empire. It was built on an island surrounded by Lake Texcoco deep inside the jungles of Central America. By the time the Spanish conquerors were aware of its existence, the population was around 200，000. This was a city very different from what the Europeans were used to. Founded in 1325 AD, the Aztec capital was joined to the mainland by three causeways(堤道). It was laid out in straight street grids and had enormous pyramids at its center, which were surrounded by the skulls of the dead and ceremonial sculptures.
1、What do we know about the ancient cities?
A．Tenochtitlan was the first city to link all buildings within the city walls using a centralized sewage system.
B．Carthage was considered to have played an important role in the trans­Saharan gold trade.
C．There was no doubt that Carthage was founded by