2025年福建省泉州市晋江四校英语高三第一学期期末联考试题.doc

2025年福建省泉州市晋江四校英语高三第一学期期末联考试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．____ the player I came across in the stadium spoke, I hadn’t realized she was foreign.
A．Until B．Unless C．Since D．Although
2．________ some teenagers don’t realize is ________ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.
A．That; how B．Which; what a
C．What; what D．What; how
3．The debate here will be limited in two main respects，________ the time available.
A．in view of B．in return for
C．in addition to D．in comparison with
4．If you see things in a negative light, you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really ________．
A．none B．some
C．many D．nothing
5．______ is important in study is diligence rather than intelligence.
A．Which B．What
C．Who D．When
6．—I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.
—________？ Mary is interested.
A．Why bother B．Why not
C．So what D．What for
7．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
8．As to the “996 work schedule”, ______ employees work from 9 am to 9 pm, 6 days a week, People’s Daily commented that valuing hard work does not mean forcing employees to work overtime.
A．that B．which C．where D．when
9．So absorbed ________ in her yoga exercises that she took no notice of the heavy rain outside.
A．Mary was B．Mary has been
C．was Mary D．has Mary been
10．－Did Tom go back late last night?
—No. It was just nine o'clock he arrived home.
A．when B．after C．until D．that
11．It was in that small house ________ was built with stones by his father ________ he spent his childhood.
A．that; where B．which; that
C．which; which D．that; which
12．--Hello，________________
--Oh，sorry. I've got the wrong number.
A．Dr. Brown's office. B．Who's that speaking？
C．Can I help you？ D．Is that Dr. Brown？
13．Having pictures to color will keep children ______for hours.
A．amused B．amusing
C．amuse D．to amuse
14．My teacher often says that success in making money is not always a good ______ of success in life.
A．belief B．element C．criterion D．instance
15．—Sometimes I am even sleepy in class.
—It’s terrible. You _____ as well go to bed earlier.
A．should B．will
C．might D．can
16．If you go to buy the top best-selling CD, please get ______ for me.
A．one B．it
C．this D．that
17．If you have any question, please ______ free to contact me at sue_smith@.
A．to feel B．feeling C．feel D．felt
18．I had been betrayed by those who I trusted several times, ______ in a suspicious attitude towards everything and everyone.
A．resulted B．having resulted C．resulting D．to result
19．语音知识(共5小题；每小题l分，满分5分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的
选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
20．This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, ________.
A．however much it may cost B．no matter how it may cost
C．how much may it cost D．however many it may cost
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） A Russian spacecraft traveling to the International Space Station Thursday had to make an emergency landing when a rocket engine failed to fire. It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the Russian space program, which is also used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.
United States astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely about 20 kilometers from Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The city is about 450 kilometers from the Russia’s Baikonur space center, which Russia operates through an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Both the U.S. space agency NASA and Russia’s Roscosmos reported that the two were quickly recovered from the landing area by rescue crews. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Thank God the crew is alive” after they had landed safely.
About two minutes after launching, the three-stage Soyuz booster rocket suffered an unspecified failure of its second stage. Russia’s TASS news agency said the capsule carrying the two men separated from the troubled rocket safely. This caused the capsule to drop very sharply into the Earth’s atmosphere. Parachutes（降落伞）helped slow the returning capsule. Search and rescue teams were sent to recover the crew.
Russia’s RIA news agency reported that Russia has immediately put off all manned space launches after the failure. Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said he had ordered a state commission to carry out an investigation into what went wrong. He said Russia will share all relevant information with the U.S.
The TASS news agency said that the ISS crew has enough supplies and that the failed launch will not affect operations.
The U.S. and other nations have depended on Russia to carry astronauts to the ISS since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. In coming years, American aerospace companies SpaceX, with its Dragon 2, and Boeing, with its Starliner, are expected to return to space.
1、What can be the best title of the text?
A．The Rescue of Two Astronauts
B．The Launch of Russian Spacecraft
C．Cooperation between Russia and America
D．Emergency Landing in Failed Space Launch
2、What caused the failure of the launch?
A．The problem of the engine. B．The terrible weather.
C．The drop of the capsule. D．The wrong operation.
3、What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?
A．SpaceX is sure to go back to space soon.
B．America carried astronauts to the ISS by itself before 2011.
C．Now only Russia can carry astronauts to space.
D．the ISS crew lives a very good life in the space station.
4、What can we learn about the launch?
A．The capsule landed safely in Dzhezkazgan, Russia.
B．Russia had never failed in the space launch before this failure.
C．The failed launch will have a serious effect on the operations.
D．At first the capsule dropped very rapidly into the Earth’s atmosphere.
22．（8分） How far would you go for your kids education? That 's a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑闻)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country， including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here’ s how far I went. In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn’t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn't what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education.
I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a comfort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn't happen in times of comfort; those valuable lessons come when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn’t have
While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That's how far I went for my kid s education. And I dare say she is wiser and better off for it.
1、What do the parents involved in the college cheating scandal have in common?
A．They are well –known B．They are aggressive
C．They are very rich D．They are conservative.
2、The writer made the decision to pull Casey out of school__________
A．for lack of money B．because of her illness
C．as a result of cheatings D．due to her bad behaviour
3、What does the writer think of her daughter’s volunteering in South Africa for a year?
A．It’ s meaningless. B．It is well worth it.
C．It is a waste of time D．It is a wrong decision.
4、The writer advises parents to____.
A．create a comfort zone for their kids B．do whatever they can for their kids
C．help their kids have a better education D．let their kids experience disappointment
23．（8分） Researchers at the University of York in England published their findings on facial recognition that, on average, people can remember as many as 5,000 faces.
There have been many studies recently on facial recognition technology. But the authors of this study say theirs is the first time that scientists have been able to put a number to the abilities of humans to recognize faces. Rob Jenkins, leader of the research, said the researchers’ study centered on “the number of faces people actually know.” and were not able to discover whether there is a “limit on how many faces the brain can handle.”
Jenkins said the ability to tell individual people apart is clearly important.” In today’s modern world of big cities, we meet and deal with thousands of people. The study suggests our facial recognition abilities help us to deal with the many different faces we see on the screens, as well as those we know. The results of the study give a baseline for comparing the “facial vocabulary” of humans with facial recognition software.
Today, facial recognition technology is used in many ways, including by law enforcement agencies to prevent crime and violence. Governments use it to keep secret areas secure and, in extreme cases, control populations. Some governments use the software to watch people and find out where they go and what they do. Even Facebook uses facial recognition. For example, when you name a friend, Facebook technology may recognize the person’s face from a different picture you had shared before.
For the human study, people spent one hour writing down as many faces from their personal lives as possible. At first, they found it easy to come up with many faces. But by the end of the hour, they found it harder to think of new ones. Their change in speed let the researchers estimate when they would have run out of faces completely. 1,000 to 10,000 faces remembered. People who took part in the study were also shown thousands of photographs of famous people. Researchers asked them which ones they recognized. To make sure they knew these people, researchers required them to recognize two different photos of each famous person. The results showed that the participants knew between 1,000 and 10,000 faces.
How do they explain such a wide range? Jenkins said one explanation may be that some people have a natural ability for remembering faces. “There are differences in how much attention people pay to faces and how well they process the information.” Also it could be because of different social environments. Some people may have grown up in more populated places. So, they may have had more social contact throughout their lives.
Researchers think age may be an interesting area for further research. “It would be interesting to see whether there is a peak age for the number of faces we know”, Jenkins said. He said it is possible that we gather more faces throughout our lifetime. But, he added, there also may be an age at which we start to find it harder to remember all of those faces.
1、What can we learn from the research?
A．People can remember up to 5,000 faces averagely.
B．People can write down up to 10,000 faces quickly.
C．There is a limit to the number of faces a person can remember.
D．There is a peak age for the number of faces a person can remember.
2、The scientists carried out the research aiming to ______.
A．be the first to number the faces people can remember
B．help people recognize many different faces
C．improve people’s facial vocabulary
D．develop facial recognition software
3、Facial recognition technology is used by governments to ________.
A．predict and prevent crime B．track and monitor people
C．name a friend on Facebook D．control populations in secret areas
4、In Jenkins’ opinion, what may contribute to people’s different facial vocabulary?
A．Growing conditions. B．Natural environment.
C．Personal experience. D．Information technology.
24．（8分）New Year' s resolutions(决心)have been around long enough that we all scent to stick to the same ones--hit the gym, lay off the candy, read more books, call your mother-regardless of whether we follow through with our intentions.
While January 1st seems like the perfect time to have a new start again, exactly when people developed that mindset(思维模式)isn’t common knowledge. It turns out that the modern belief of' a New Year’s resolution isn’t as old as you thought. According to many historians, the ancient Babylonians were the first group of people to make New Year’s resolutions. However, instead of making a commitment to self improvement, they made a commitment to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed.
An ancient Roman tradition from 46 B．C, bears even more likeness to modern resolutions. Emperor Julius Caesar declared January the month of Janus. Romans believed Janus looked backwards into the previous year and ahead into the future. In his honor, they made sacrifices to the god and promises of good behavior for the coining year.
But the modern New Year's resolution didn’t fully form until centuries later. The practice was common enough by the early 1800s. An article in 1802 states, "Statesmen have sworn to have no other objet in view than the good of their country.. the physicians have determined to advise the use of medicine no more than is necessary, and to he very reasonable in their fees.”
The first time “New Year's resolution" appeared as a phrase was in the January 1st issue of a Boston newspaper in 1813. “I believe there are a lot of people," the article goes, “with a serious determination of beginning the New Year with new resolutions and new behavior, and with the full belief that they shall accept punishment for all their former
faults and wipe them away
So as you make (and possibly fail at) your New year's resolutions, know that you're in good company.
1、Whose New Years resolutions were most different from the present common practice?
A．Ancient Babylonians’ B．Ancient Romans’
C．Statesmen's in the 1800s. D．Boston people's in 1813
2、According to Paragraph 4, the physicians focused their resolutions on_______
A．annual incomes B．personal ambitions
C．professional honesty D．academic improvement
3、What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A．To encourage people to make New year's resolutions
B．To give advice on h