2025年大连育明高级中学高三英语第一学期期末经典模拟试题.doc

2025年大连育明高级中学高三英语第一学期期末经典模拟试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．Much to my ______, my vocabulary has expanded a great deal.
A．delighting B．delighted C．delight
2．It is not surprising that she was elected ______ monitor ;she is ______ very smart girl who has the ability to organize the class well.
A．/; the B．/; a
C．a;a D．the;/
3．At that time, my mind was a complete _______ ; I couldn't think of a single answer.
A．blank B．bonus
C．blow D．bottom
4．Why do you turn to me for help ______ you can easily work out the problem independently?
A．until B．when
C．after D．unless
5．Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity ________ sight matters more than hearing.
A．when B．whose C．which D．where
6．I don’t mind her criticizing me,but___is how she does it that I object to.
A．it B．that
C．this D．which
7．It is said that the only survivor in the car crash was badly injured. However, somehow the doctors managed to help him ______.
A．pull through B．put through C．look through D．break through
8．He’s as a “bellyacher”—he’s always complaining about something.
A．who is known B．whom is known
C．what is known D．which is known
9．______ for the fire at Notre Dame de Paris, a church famous for its large collection of art treasures, I would be there for a visit this summer vacation.
A．Had it not been B．Should it not be
C．Were it not be D．If had it not been
10．The book is now out of print, ______ it can easily be borrowed from libraries.
A．and B．for
C．so D．but
11．Maria is constantly making efforts, she deserves the goal of entering the key university.
A．achieving B．to achieve C．being achieved D．to be achieve
12．The waitress at the restaurant was usually very considerate, but on this occasion she seemed to ________ the diners.
A．ignore B．identify C．applaud D．satisfy
13．Try to be independent, for your parents can't do ________ for you all your life.
A．something B．nothing
C．everything D．anything
14．—What does the sign over there read?
—"No person_______ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area．"
A．shall B．may C．must D．Will
15．he law is equally applied to everyone. No one _______ be above it.
A．shall B．must
C．may D．need
16．The boy stood his head down, listening to his mother scolding him for breaking the windows.
A．for B．of C．with D．around
17．What you said doesn’t ________ what the police have told us, so we have to find more evidence.
A．agree with B．make up
C．contribute to D．show off
18．The picture looks good ____ the white wall.
A．with B．to C．against D．beyond
19．---I don’t understand why Catherine stopped short _____ she ought to have continued.
---It’s obvious that she lacked self-confidence.
A．when B．while
C．if D．as
20．If ________ in the elevator, please press the emergency button immediately.
A． trapped B． trapping
C． having trapped D． to be trapped
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）Tracking Shots: This Week in Film
The Incomparable Rose Hartman
Quad Cinema
Saturday to Sunday
It is a gorgeously shot, sharply edited portrait of photographer Hartman, who in the 1970s and 1980s haunted Studio 54. Hartman made a career of capturing fashion designers, models, musicians, and movie stars in half-guarded moments, somewhere between unaware and aping for the lens.
Churchill
Angelika Film Center
Monday to Tuesday
Twentieth century’s most awesome leader, a man whose history includes two world wars! But what happens when the story being told feels emotionally false and factually bogus? Churchill, a new drama starring the great Brian Cox, is so full of movie cliches that it’s sometimes hard not to giggle—and oneshould never laugh at the prime minister.
Handsome Devil
Cinema Village
Thursday to Friday
The Ireland of the teen film Handsome Devil is a place where young boys are encouraged to do only one thing: play rugby. If rugby isn’t your thing, or if you dig things that aren’t rugby-related, you’re immediately dismissed as gay. That’s unfortunately the case for the main character—ginger-haired Ned. Indeed, it’s more like a coming of age film than a comedy.
Past Life
Landmark Sunshine
Wednesday
Although Past Life is based on real events, Avi Nesher’s latest film plays unapologetically like melodrama(情节剧)—a bit too much at times. Its insistence that guilt-ridden Baruch Milch can recite to his daughters, more than thirty years later, every single word he wrote in a notebook while hiding from the Nazis in Poland during World War II strains credulity.
1、Which film may interest people who like taking pictures?
A．Churchill
B．Past Life
C．Handsome Devil
D．The Incomparable Rose Hartman
2、Where can the audience go to enjoy a comedy this week?
A．Quad Cinema
B．Angelika Film Center
C．Cinema Village
D．Landmark Sunshine
3、What do we know about the film Past life?
A．It is fictional.
B．It was shown on weekend.
C．Avi Nesher was the main character.
D．It was concerned with the life of Jewish.
22．（8分） More and more people in America are celebrating the Indian holiday Diwali. Diwali is Hindi for“row of lights". It is the most important holiday in India.
Many people around the world are beginning to celebrate it as well. The United States is one of the places where the festival is becoming more common. Diwali celebrations can now be found at American landmarks like Disneyland in California and New York City's Times Square. They are also held in many parks and museums.
Neeta Bhasin created the Times Square event. She said Indian immigrants have found great success in America. But, she said, many Americans still do not know much about India.So, she decided to act.“I felt it's about time that we should take India to mainstream America and show India's rich culture, heritage, arts and variety to the world," she said, “and I couldn't find a better place than Times Square.”
Bhasin came to the United States from India 40 years ago. She is president of ASB Communications, the marketing firm behind Diwali at Times Square. Tens of thousands of people attend the event, now in its fourth year.
In India, Diwali is a five-day harvest festival held just before the Hindu New Year. The exact dates change from year to year but Diwali is always in the fall. Celebrations include lighting oil lamps or candles called “diyas".
A Diwali celebration will light up Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim this year.Visitors can watch performances of traditional Indian dances and take part in a Bollywood dance party. The event is part of a Festival of Holidays program at the theme park to show cultural traditions from around the world. The program takes place on November 10th through January 7th.
San Antonio, Texas, also holds a Diwali celebration. And it is one of the nation's largest celebrations, with more than 15 ,000 people in attendance each year. Visitors can enjoy Indian dance，food and fireworks. Organizers also plan to float hundreds of lighted candles in the San Antonio River, along the city's famous River Walk.
1、Which is the main symbol in the Indian holiday Diwali?
A．Dances. B．Lamps.
C．Food. D．Clothes.
2、Why did Neeta Bhasin set up the Times Square event?
A．To make the American culture richer.
B．To create a new business for the firm.
C．To make Indian culture better known in the US.
D．To show the achievements of Indian immigrants.
3、What do we know about Diwali?
A．It is held in autumn in India.
B．It lasts five days in America.
C．It has been held for 40 years in America.
D．It happens from November 10th to January 7th in India.
4、What is the main idea of the text?
A．Diwali is mainly celebrated in Disney Parks.
B．Many American cities compete to hold Diwali.
C．Indian Holiday Diwali lights up America, too.
D．Diwali has become the most important holiday in India.
23．（8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 strong and healthy under sunlight, and require frequent re-check and lots of relatively fixed setups,” said Xiaoyi Zhang, a researcher at Microsoft who developed the technology.
“To ease the drawbacks…we created GazeSpeak, an eye-gesture communication system that runs on a smartphone, and is designed to be low-cost, stable, hand-held 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 (格) the letters they want belong to. The artificial intelligence computational procedure is then able to predict the word or sentence they are trying to say.
Zhang’s research, Smartphone-Based Gaze Gesture Communication for People with Motor Disabilities, is set to be presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in May.
1、Who will benefit from the newly-developed App?
A．ALS victims.
B．people with eye disabilities.
C．smartphone addicts.
D．technology researchers.
2、What are not the basic elements used in the App?
A．Artificial intelligence.
B．A smart phone’s camera.
C．User’s eye movements.
D．Hand-written letters.
3、What did the researchers do to improve the current eye-tracking input systems?
A．To check the eye signals twice to make it fixed.
B．To create a stable and convenient eye-gesture communication system.
C．To point the smartphone at the speaker.
D．To look up, down, left or right.
24．（8分）Super-storm Sandy slammed into the eastern United States three years ago. The wind-driven water caused a lot of flooding, especially in the region’s subway system. Now two teens have invented a device that could help prevent future subway floods.
In New York City alone, Super-storm Sandy caused an estimated $ 19 billion in damage. Much of the flood-waters entered the subway system through its ventilation grates (通风栅). Those metal grills usually lie at ground level. When the system is shut down ahead of a flood, engineers try to cover those grates with plywood (胶合板) and sandbags. But the flooding often washes away those measures, which allows water to flow into the tunnels. Raising those grates even a tiny bit above ground level would cost a lot of money. Other ideas have included building tall chimneys around the holes. That would raise the grates and cost a lot of money, too.
Kyle and Raymond came up with a different, less expensive idea. They designed a metal grate with a built-in, adjustable cover. When trains are running, one part of the grate slides open to bring in fresh air. But when the system is shut down, that part can be slid shut lo completely block the grate.
Their grate is the same size as the grates used now. So, it would be simple, they say, to lift out the old grate and drop in a replacement. Their design includes tamper-proof features, which can prevent from operation mistakes. They make sure that people don’t intentionally shut off air flow during normal conditions. For people with the proper key, it would only take a minute or two to close the grate ahead of a flood.
1、What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
A．The steps to operate grates.
B．The measures to prevent flood.
C．The function of plywood and sandbags.
D．The disadvantage of present subway system.
2、Which of the following words best describes the two teens’ new invention?
A．Costly. B．Time-saving.
C．Practical. D．Conventional.
3、What’s the purpose of designing the tamper-proof feature?
A．To replace the old grate correctly.
B．To close the grate ahead of a flood.
C．To ensure air flow in normal conditions.
D．To stop the train speeding up unexpectedly.
4、Where does the text most probably come from?
A．A news report. B．An adventurous story.
C．An introduction to new equipment. D．A guidebook of making grates.
25．（10分） Throughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.
Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist, was very smart, but that didn’t stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing how light passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to see what would happen. Luckily, nothing long-lasting did. On another occasion he stared at the sun for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight. Again he escaped suffering permanent damage, though he had to spend some days in a darkened room before his eyes recovered.
In the 1750s the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷). He in fact discovered eight more chemical elements including chlorine (氯), though he didn’t get any praise for them. He was a very clever scientist, but his one failing was a curious habit of tasting a little of every substance he worked with. This risky practice finally caught up with him, and in 1786 he was found dead in his laboratory surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.
Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist. He spent a large part of his life studying craters (火山口) on the moon, and how they were formed, and later did research into the comets of the planet Jupiter. In 1997 he and his wife were in the Australian desert where they went every year to search for places where comets might have hit the earth. While driving in the Tanami desert, normally one of the emptiest places in the world, another vehicle crashed into them and Shoemaker was killed on the spot. Some of his ashes (骨灰) were sent to the moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft and left there — he is the only person who has had this honor.
1、What does the underlined word “permanent” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Brief. B．Slight.
C．Lasting. D．Ordinary.
2、What did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments?
A．Tasting chemicals. B．Staying in the empty lab.
C．Experimenting in darkness. D．Working together with others.
3、What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death?
A．He was buried