2025年河北省衡水中学滁州分校英语高三上期末统考试题.doc

2025年河北省衡水中学滁州分校英语高三上期末统考试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The old woman who ________ in the deserted house alone for ten years has been settled in a nursing home now.
A．lived B．has lived
C．had lived D．has been living
2．More expressways in Sichuan soon to promote the local economy.
A．are being built B．will be built
C．have been built D．had been built
3．While his approach was a complete ________ from established practices, the result was satisfactory.
A．separation B．prohibition C．departure D．judgment
4．– She will finish the project within three days!
-- ______________! I could do it in three hours.
A．You are right. B．I’m stuck. C．Oh, come on D．Don’t mention it.
5．I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a ______ in my arrangement.
A．contract B．contrast C．connection D．conflict
6．He asked ______ for the computer.
A．did I pay how much
B．I paid how much
C．how much did I pay
D．how much I paid
7．—It______________to plant trees and grass on the hillside.
—Yes. They help stop soil from being washed away.
A．makes sense B．makes money
C．makes a living D．makes a mistakes
8．Distinguished guests and friends, welcome to our school, _____the ceremony of the 50th Anniversary this morning are our alumni （校友） from home and abroad.
A．Attend B．To attend C．Attending D．Having attended
9．If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.
A．do devote B．to devote
C．devoting D．devoted
10．People who drink and drive are ________ danger both to themselves and to others. They are in ________ danger of losing their lives.
A．the; the B．a; a C．a; / D．/; /
11．Top graduates from universities are ________ by major companies.
A．chased B．registered
C．offered D．compromised
12．—I keep on meeting with difficulties in the experiment. I can hardly go on.
—Where there are difficulties, there are ways to get over them. ________
A．Suit yourself. B．Good for you
C．Pull yourself together! D．What’s the deal?
13．— Let’s have a game of tennis; the loser has to treat the other to an ice-cream.
— ________.
A．I’m afraid so B．It’s a deal C．You’ve got a point D．I suppose not
14．I am a better reader this year than I was last year because I ________ to hundreds of new concepts and ideas.
A．have exposed B．had been exposed C．have been exposed D．was exposed
15．______me tomorrow and I’ll let you know the lab result.
A．Calling B．Call C．To call D．Having called
16．Though the story of Li Yunlong in the TV drama “Bright Sword” is a fiction, much of __________happened is historically true.
A．that B．what C．which D．it
17．The Games are known as the friendly games because of their ________ on kindness and mutual respect.
A．lacks B．focuses
C．challenges D．researches
18．—I am searching one online shopping site after another for a computer.
—So __________I before I decided to buy a new camera.
A．had B．have C．am D．would
19．Michelle Obama wears clothes that anyone can buy in a mall and ________ she may have a larger effect on consumers than ordinary models.
A．furthermore B．otherwise C．nevertheless D．therefore
20． for years of hard training, she would not be standing on the stage, receiving huge cheers and applause.
A．It were not B．It had not been
C．Were it not D．Had it not been.
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）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists（人类学家）. Descriptions like “Paleolithic(旧石器时代) Man”, “Neolithic(新石器时代) Man”, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twenty-first century, they will surely choose the label “Legless Man”. Histories of the time will go something like this: “In the twenty-first century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. And the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were ruined by the presence of large car parks.”
The future history books might also record that we lost the right of using our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train, the unclear picture of the countryside constantly slides over the window. When you mention the most impressive place-names in the world, the typical 21st century traveler always says “I’ve been there.”—meaning “I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.”
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you skip all experience. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.
1、Anthropologists name man nowadays “Legless Man” because _________.
A．people prefer cars, buses and trains
B．people travel without using legs
C．lifts prevent people from walking
D．people use their legs less and less
2、According to the passage, what might make people lose the right of using their eyes?
A．The modern means of transportation. B．A bird’s-eye view of the world.
C．The unclear sight from the vehicles. D．The fast-paced life style.
3、From the passage, we know traveling at high speeds means _________.
A．appreciating beautiful scenery B．experiencing life skills
C．focusing on the next destination D．feeling physical tiredness
4、What does the author intend to tell us?
A．Modern transportation devices have replaced legs.
B．Traveling makes the world a small place.
C．Human’s history develops very fast.
D．The best way to travel is on foot.
22．（8分）Are you a true “cheapskate” (吝啬鬼)? You are if you do this when traveling: You always use a carry-on to avoid the checked-bag fee. You pack a lunch from home so you don’t pay for airline meals. True “cheapskates” also fly on the three cheapest days of the week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays).
◇ For U. S. domestic travel, everyone wants to fly Fridays and Sundays and those are usually the most expensive days to fly.
﹡ The fares for Los Angeles-to-New York flights in September:
• Friday & Sunday: $ 365
• Tuesday & Wednesday: $ 288
﹡ The fares for Houston-to-New York flights in September:
• Friday & Sunday: $ 302
• Tuesday & Wednesday: $ 226
◇ For transatlantic flights, the difference can be more startling and the rules a little looser.
﹡ Boston-to-Dublin fares from United Airlines:
• Friday & Sunday: $ 581
• Tuesday & Wednesday: $ 457
﹡ The fares for Washington-to-London flights in a week:
• Friday & Sunday: $ 896
• Tuesday & Wednesday: $ 732
﹡ It’s time for some Saturday fares now. This example features Chicago-to-Atlanta routes.
• Friday & Sunday: $ 207
• Saturday: $ 89
﹡ There were cheaper fares for this trip,but only if the Sunday flight departed at 5 am or earlier. Is the rule on the “cheapest three days to fly” etched in stone? No. It is usually true but not always. So you should be flexible. After all it can save much money. And isn’t that what being a “cheapskate” is all about?
1、According to Para. 1, what does a true “cheapskate” really do?
A．Choose a luxury hotel to live in.
B．Save money in every way during the trip.
C．Fly on Fridays when traveling.
D．Have their lunch on the plane.
2、How much should you pay for a flight to New York from Houston on Tuesday?
A．$ 226. B．$ 288.
C．$ 302. D．$ 365.
3、What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A．To recommend some cheap trips. B．To call on us to fly on Sundays.
C．To introduce another topic. D．To explain a special case.
23．（8分）Nowadays, especially in China, everything seems to favor social intercourse(社交) , such as gatherings of friends, KTV, group travel, dining tighter, playing cards and Mahjong, plus the Chinese-style " street-crossing group. " Back home, discussions can still be boisterously carried on within the " circle of friends" of WeChat.
However, these scenes cannot always ease a sense of loneliness. Zhu Ziqing, a well-known professor of Tsinghua University, signed with emotion: "My loneliness increases as scene becomes much busier. " One popular song today is also called " A lonely man in crowds. " Actually, engaging in social intercourse requires ability, while being alone involves the whole character.
These days, it is not easy to calm down totally and return to one' s true self. Willpower, intellect and discipline are required. Einstein said: "It is not your working time but your spare time that determines the possibility of whether you will be successful or not. " The "spare time" he referred to could be taken as " spending time by yourself. "
Lonely life could be either dull, boring and tasteless or abundant, interesting and colorful, depending on one' s quality, ambition and inspiration.
Just as the body constantly requires energy, the mind and soul also demand never stopping inputs. However,information, processed and integrated (融入) into knowledge, thoughts and feelings, instead of bustle (忙碌) seems to be the right condition. Successful careers m all walks of life worldwide have proved that "the soul grows in peace and talent is nurtured in loneliness". In a sense, it may be reasonable to say that " Happiness tends to be shallow while loneliness involves depth".
Man, in fact, needs loneliness more than happy time, and only abundant loneliness can produce quality happiness.
1、Which of the following can replace the underlined the word "boisterously" in paragraph l?
A．surprisingly B．sadly
C．busily D．peacefully
2、What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A．Being alone marks people depressed.
B．Social intercourse improves our happiness.
C．One may feel lonely even when surrounded by people.
D．We should attend social intercourse to decrease our loneliness.
3、What can we know from Einstein's words?
A．You should be successful if you spend all your time by yourself.
B．You should exercise more if you want to keep your minds healthy.
C．You will not become successful if you join in more social intercourse.
D．You will be more successful if you can make your lonely time meaningful.
4、Which may be the best title for this passage?
A．Live on Your Own B．Happiness and Loneliness
C．The Secret of Success D．Practice Your Social Ability
24．（8分） Over the past five years, researchers in artificial intelligence have become the rock stars of the technology world. A branch of AI known as deep learning, has proven so useful that skilled operators can command six-figure salaries to build software for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. The top names can earn over $1 million a year.
The traditional way to get these jobs has been a Doctor’s degree in computer science from one of America’s top universities. Earning one takes years and requires a person who can be devoted to study, which is rare among normal people. Moreover, graduate students are regularly attracted away from their studies by various high-paid jobs.
That is changing. Last month Fast.ai, an education non-profit based in San Francisco, kicked off the third year of its course in deep learning. Since its beginning it has attracted more than 100,000 students from India to Nigeria. The course comes with a simple idea: there is no need to spend years obtaining a Doctor’s degree in order to practise deep learning. Fast.ai’s course can be completed in just seven weeks.
For example, a graduate from Fast.ai’s first year, Sara Hooker, was hired into Google’s highly competitive AI residency programme after finishing the course, having never worked on deep learning before. She is now a founding member of Google’s new AI research office in Accra, Ghana, the firm’s first in Africa.
To make it accessible to anyone who wants to learn how to build AI software, Jeremy Howard, who founded Fast.ai with Rachel Thomas, a mathematician, says middle school mathematics is enough. Fast.ai is not the only A．I. programme. AI4ALL, another non-profit organization, founded by leading technologists including Dr. Fei-Fei Li, works to bring AI education to schoolchildren that would otherwise not have access to it.
Howard’s ambitions run deeper than just dealing with the shortage in the AI labour market. His aim is to spread deep learning into many hands, so that it may be applied in as many fields as possible. The ambition, says Mr Howard, is for AI training software to become as easy to use and common as sending an email on a smart phone.
1、What’s Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The way to get a Doctor’s degree.
B．The difficulties to get a Doctor’s degree.
C．The importance to get a Doctor’s degree.
D．The necessity to get a Doctor’s degree.
2、What can we learn about Fast.ai?
A．It aims to produce AI graduates in a fast way.
B．It aims to collect money for poor students.
C．It charges a high free for offering courses.
D．It becomes popular only in India and Nigeria.
3、Where does Sara Hooker work according to the passage?
A．India. B．Nigeria.
C．Ghana. D．America.
4、What do Fast.ai and AI4ALL have in common?
A．They are both meant for children.
B．They require advanced math.
C．They have the same founder.
D．They are both non-profit.
5、What’s Howard’s attitude to AI training software in the future?
A．Anxious. B．Disappointed.
C．Optimistic. D．Surprised.
25．（10分）The philosopher Robert Nozick used the idea of an “experience machine” to refute the view that good experiences are all we want from life. He thought that most of us would not choose the machine and prefer reality. “But why?” he encouraged us to ask.
There was no such thing as virtual（虚拟的）reality (VR) when he was writing. But now we can give ourselves computer generated experiences that are like the real thing. The question raised by Nozick has become a real issue. Why should you prefer the trouble and expense of actually visiting Angkor Wat or Niagara Falls when you can get all the experiences of being there by putting on goggles and a body suit?
One ans