2024届河南省平顶山市、许昌市、汝州英语高三第一学期期末质量检测试题含解析

2024届河南省平顶山市、许昌市、汝州英语高三第一学期期末质
量检测试题
注意事项
1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。

2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。

3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。

第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．It’s supposed to be the end of the paperback(简装书) and the __________ of digital media, but some bookstores are surviving the Internet Age with surprising success. A．deadline B．dawn
C．dusk D．departure
2．The book is now out of print, ______ it can easily be borrowed from libraries. A．and B．for
C．so D．but
3．Although she did not know Boston well, she made her way ________ to the Home Circle Building.
A．easy enough B．enough easy
C．easily enough D．enough easily
4．Some experts fear that too-early ________ to computers will have harmful consequences for children’s development.
A．exposure B．extension
C．exhibition D．expansion
5．--- Where is your new home now?
--- In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years.
A．lived B．had lived
C．have lived D．was living
6．There are lots of examples of English idioms ________ animals are used.
A．which B．when
C．whose D．where
7．The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _______ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.
A．to B．that C．as to D．as that
8．The problem _______he will have his college education at home or abroad remains untouched.
A．how B．whether C．that D．when
9．I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child __________ make such a foolish mistake.
A．shall B．must
C．can D．should
10．—Mike, it’s really impossible for us to get to the railway station in time!
—How I wish I could stop the train ________ it.
A．catch B．to catch C．catching D．caught
11．--- Dad, have you seen my Christmas card?
--- ______ you painted last night? I’m afraid I haven’t seen ______.
A．One ; one B．The one ; it
C．One ; it D．The one ; that
12．—Will it cost a lot to be an exchange student?
—________, but you can apply for scholarship and student loan.
A．I would imagine so B．Y ou’ve got me there
C．By all means D．I’m with you on that
13．They have leading experts in this field，and that's __________ they've made important progress．
A．where B．why
C．whether D．who
14．One hundred and fifteen Chinese companies hit the newly released Fortune 500 list for 2017, ______ an increase for the 14th straight year, domestic website reported on Thursday.
A．to realize B．realized
C．realizing D．having realized
15．．What I like about Harvard is there’s the old classical look—there are parks and traditional buildings.
A．why B．where C．that D．how
16．Some analysts suspected that the rebellion was _______ and financed by a western country.
A．launched B．backed C．evaluated D．crushed
17．Don’t be so discouraged. If you ________such feelings, you will do better next time. A．carry on B．get back C．break down D．put away
18．As things didn’t work out the way we ________, we found ourselves trying to force them and struggling to finish them.
A．plan B．are planning C．had planned D．will be planning
19．As to the long-term effects of global warming some believe that the damage has been done, ______________________.
A．otherwise we take steps to make up now
B．now that we take steps to make up
C．whether we take steps to make up now or not
D．unless we take steps to make up now
20．— Who recommended Nancy for the post?
— It was James ______ admiration for her was obvious.
A．who B．that C．whose D．whom
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）Most parents fear getting letters home from their chil dren’s school. They are usually informing them that their child is in big trouble. But ahead of the SATs exams next week, one school decided to send a letter of a different type.
Bosses at Buckton Vale Primary School in Stalybridge sent letter to all pupils in the sixth grade to tell them how special and unique they are. The letter highlights all the natural skills and abilities the pupils have and everything that makes them “smart’’ individuals.
They are told how their laughter can brighten the darkest day and that the examiners do not know the pupils are kind, trustworthy and thoughtful.
The letter, signed by the headmaster and two other teachers, has been put on the school’s Facebook page and shared more than 9.000 times with more than 7,000 likes.
The le tter reads, “Next week you will sit your SATs tests for maths, reading, spelling, grammar and punctuation. We know how hard you have worked, but there is something very important you must know. The SATs test does not assess all that makes each of you special and unique. The people who create these tests and score them do not know each of you in the way that we do and certainly not in the way your families do.”
The letter goes on to say that the tests are not the most important thing in life, adding, “The sc ores you will get from this test will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything. There are many ways of being smart. You are smart!”
The letter has been welcomed by many parents on Facebook. Lynn McPherson wrote, “That’s great instilling (逐步灌输) hope, faith and belief.” And Mary Tilling said, “Every child school receive one of these. Brilliant.”
1、What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A．Parent. B．Children.
C．Teachers. D．Letters.
2、What’s the purpose of the letter sent before the SATs exams?
A．To stress the importance of the exams.
B．To help the students pass the exams.
C．To help the students to build confidence.
3、What message does the letter want to convey?
A．Everyone can realize his dream.
B．Everyone has his unique value.
C．Exams are meaningless in our life.
D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
4、The author gives two examples in the last paragraph to show .
A．the letter was well received
B．the letter was a total failure
C．the parents are easy to please
D．the parents support their children
22．（8分）There are many programs for high school students today that help lonely teenagers deal with loneliness. However, loneliness is not only an issue for teens but also an important and rarely acknowledged one in the elderly.
In Britain, Tracey Crouch was appointed to be the first Minister of Loneliness in order to address the issues caused by loneliness. This is the first time such a position has been created.
In Britain, there are around 9 million people who say they are lonely frequently. In Germany, a study conducted by Ruhr University Bochum found that 20 percent of people over the age of 85 felt lonely, and 14 percent of those between age 45 and 65 felt socially lonely. In the United States, more than 25 percent of the population lives alone, more than 50 percent are unmarried.
Loneliness is generally associated with heart disease, overweight, and anxiety. Additionally, the stress from loneliness can cause your cells to change on a molecular(分子)level that reduces its abilities to defend your body against diseases. In fact, doctors believe having feelings of loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day in
regard to its effect on health!
In Britain, the new Minister of Loneliness will help introduce government policies on the issue and fund a charity—an organization for helping people in need, to devote their efforts towards aiding loneliness. There are charities that link lonely seniors to high school students in order to give them a line of communication whenever they feel lonely!
The possibilities for the new Minister of Loneliness are endless. For example, she can provide education services to household businesses so that they can identify lonely customers if they see one. Loneliness fits into the category of being a social issue that must be monitored by the entire community in order to help those in need. Therefore, government involvement in medical services and care for seniors and others is vital for happy seniors.
1、How does the author develop Paragraph 3?
A．By listing some statistics.
B．By giving examples of lonely people.
C．By pointing out similarities and differences.
D．By comparing different cultures in different countries.
2、What does the underlined word “equivalent” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A．Relevant. B．Similar.
C．Opposite. D．Superior.
3、What will the Minister of Loneliness do?
A．Do housework for lonely people.
B．Develop friendships with the elderly.
C．Help fund charities to aid lonely people.
D．Communicate with anxious school students.
4、What is the main idea of the text?
A．UK becomes the capital of loneliness. B．Loneliness affects old people’s life worldwide.
C．Many teenagers suffer from loneliness. D．UK’s Minister of Loneliness settles loneliness.
23．（8分）Vehicles often come into conflict with other vehicles and pedestrians when their intended courses of travel intersect (交叉), and end up being in each other，s
way. The general principle that establishes who has the right to go first is called “right of way”, or “priority”. It determines who has the right to use the conflicting part of the road and who has to wait. Signs, signals, markings and other features are often used to make priority clear.
A driver must yield (让) the right of way to other drivers:
● When approaching a YIELD sign. Slow down or stop to avoid a crash.
● Even after the light turns green when there are vehicles in the intersection.
● When approaching emergency vehicles using sounding or flashing sirens.
● After coming to a complete stop at an intersection where there is a stop sign or a flashing red signal. If there is no stop line, stop before the crosswalk.
● When making a left turn on a red light after a stop from a one-way street to another one-way street with traffic moving to the left. (See Figure A．)
● When two vehicles on different roadways arrive at a four-way stop intersection at the same time, the vehicle should yield to the vehicle on its right. (See Figure B．)
● When coming out of an alley, building, private road or driveway a fter coming to a complete stop. (See Figure C．)
● When crossing traffic at the end of a “T” road with no traffic control signs or signals. (See Figure D．)
1、What’s the purpose of the text?
A．To explain the law of right of way.
B．To illustrate traffic signs and signals.
C．To inform drivers of general traffic rules.
D．To introduce traffic rules to pedestrians.
2、Which is the right behavior according to the text?
A．Drive on once the light turns green.
B．Keep driving if there is no stop line.
C．Yield to emergency vehicles at any time.
D．Slow down when approaching a YIELD sign.
3、Which of the following description is TRUE according to the figures?
A．Figure A: B should yield to A．
B．Figure B: A should yield to B．
C．Figure C: A should yield to B．
D．Figure D: A should yield to B．
24．（8分）Spider monkeys have long, thin arms with hook-like hands that allow them to swing through the trees. They do not have opposable thumbs (对生拇指).
The brown-headed spider monkey has a prehensile (缠绕性的) tail, which means it can grasp and can be used like a fifth leg to grab trees. During the day, the spider monkey searches for fruits, which make up the main part of its diet. They will also eat flowers, seeds，leaves, and small insects during the dry season when fruits aren’t available. They spend most of the daylight hours climbing and swinging through the high branches of trees.
The brown-headed spider monkey lives in a large community of about 20 to 100 male and female monkeys. They split into smaller groups for feeding. Females usually give birth to only a single baby each year or two. Young monkeys are carried on their mothers’ stomachs until about 16 weeks old. Then they are strong enough to ride on their mothers, backs. All brown-headed spider monkey babies are born with pink faces and ears.
Spider monkeys hug each other and wrap their tails around each other. They are very intelligent and have strong memories. They were named spider monkeys because they look like spiders as they hang upside down from their tails with their arms and legs swinging. Their genus (属) name is Ateles, which means “imperfect”. This refers to the fact that they don’t have thumbs.
Hunting the brown-headed spider monkey is now barred in Ecuador, a country in northwestern South America, but humans have killed them for their meat for hundreds of years.
1、Spider monkeys live mostly on .
A．insects B．fruits
C．flowers D．leaves
2、What can we learn about spider monkeys?
A．They have five legs.
B．They live in small groups.
C．Their tails can take their weight.
D．Their genus is the same as spiders.
3、What does the underlined word “barred” in the last paragraph refer to? A．Permitted. B．Forbidden.
C．Encouraged. D．Ignored.
4、Where do newly-born spider monkeys stay?
A．In a large community.
B．In trees with high branches.
C．On their mothers’ backs.
D．On their mothers’ stomachs.
25．（10分）New research in monkeys may provide a clue about how the brain manages vast amounts of information and remembers what it needs.
The researchers found that when monkeys were taught to remember computer clip art pictures, their brains reduced the level of detail by sorting the pictures into categories for recall, such as images that contained "people," "buildings," "flowers," and "animals." The categorizing cells were found in the hippocampus, an area of the brain that processes sensory information into memory. In the experiment each monkey was shown one clip art picture, and after a delay of one to 30 seconds, picked the original out of two to six different images to get a juice reward.
By recording cell activity during hundreds of these trials in which the pictures were all different, the researchers noticed that certain cells were more active when the pictures contained similar features, such as images of people – but not other objects. They found that different cells coded images that fit different categories. The category cells grouped images based on common features – a strategy to improve memory. For example, the same cell responded to both tulips and daisies because they are both flowers."
“While such categorization is a highly efficient memory process, it may also have a downside,” said Deadwyler Ph.D．, “ when the trials included more than one picture with people in it, instead of different images, the monkeys often confused the image with
a picture of other people." So learning more about how the brain remembers could have far-reaching benefits. "If we can understand in advance how the brain works when decisions are made, we can predict when the brain will make a mistake, and correct it," said Tim Pons, Ph.D．, "This finding about how large amounts of information are processed by the brain will help us to ultimately achieve that goal."
1、The purpose of the experiments on monkeys is to find out _________.
A．how the brain processes amounts of information into memory
B．the area of the brain that processes sensory information into memory
C．how the monkeys respond to different things
D．what is the monkeys most likely to remember
2、The research indicates numerous information can be remembered more easily by
________.
A．remembering the details
B．separating it into categories
C．showing a lot of pictures
D．remembering all features
3、According to the research, which of the following images may confuse the monkeys? A．Books, toys and cars
B．Plants, animals and people
C．Tulips, daisies and roses
D．People, buildings and flowers
4、What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Further study on how the brain remembers has more benefits
B．Categorization is the best way to improve memory
C．We can predict when the brain will make a mistake
D．How the brain remembers has been found out
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．26．（30分）When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didn’t 1 . At twelve, she asked our parents if she could 2 a full-time music school.They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister 3 talent.
I was better at my 4 . My teacher had told my parents that I had great
5 . So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to
6 me. But the only time he was
7 was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m.. Back then, I was
8 about the British TV show The Avengers, which was
9 every Saturday at 3 p.m..
I let nothing take up my The Avengers hour. So I 10 this amazing opportunity.Today, I don’t even have a 11 in my house.
My sister became an engineer, but she 12 stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched her 13 . She went back to college, got a(n) 14
in music education, and became a music teacher. She started kids off on their first instrument and gave them all the encouragement and support she never 15 .
Recently, she and a pianist pal (朋友) put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family 16 for her. As she played, I looked around at the 17 . Everyone was 18 enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person that remembered that a 7 -year--old kid making those perfectly 19 sounds and knew how far she had come, despite 20 .
Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.
1、A．advance B．quit C．reflect D．listen
2、A．inspect B．open C．attend D．visit
3、A．lacked B．spotted C．possessed D．admired
4、A．major B．project C．composition D．instrument
5、A．patience B．enthusiasm C．potential D．ambition
6、A．train B．examine C．correct D．challenge
7、A．punctual B．skillful C．occupied D．available
8、A．sensitive B．crazy C．serious D．particular
9、A．filmed B．designed C．aired D．commented
10、A．jumped at B．turned down C．waited for D．opened up
11、A．tutor B．violin C．musician D．piano
12、A．never B．once C．already D．even
13、A．attitude B．career C．plan D．position
14、A．scholarship B．sponsor C．degree D．assistant
15、A．provided B．imagined C．received D．expected
16、A．voted B．feared C．stayed up D．turned up
17、A．students B．audience C．spotlights D．platform
18、A．obviously B．desperately C．appropriately D．anxiously
19、A．booming B．pleasing C．awful D．powerful
20、A．everything B．something C．everybody D．somebody
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27．（15分）The World Wide Web1．(invent) in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee built his first computer while he was studying at university with2．old television! He came up3．the idea of the World Wide Web in 199 while he was working in Switzerland.
Berners-Lee made4．possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just universities and the army. He designed the first “web browser”, 5．allowed computer users6．(access) documents from other computers. From that moment on, the web and the Internet grew. Within five years, the number of Internet users7．(rise) from 600,000 to 40,000,000.
The Internet has created thousands of8．(millionaire), but Berners-Lee is not one of them. Everyone in the world can access the Internet9．(use) his World Wide Web system. He works as a10．(lecture) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston now.
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Today, I had a very had luck、I was fighting for fun with some classmates after physical education、I wave my arm with such great strong that my watch got loose and flew off my wrist! Just then, som e girls were passing by and a flying watch hit one girl’s mouth exactly, these two teeth were knocked off、My mother was called in to deal the matter、We made an apology to the girl but took her to hospital to treat my wound、
I was teaching a great lesson in this incident、I shouldn’t have been made sudden and strong actions、From now on, I’ll take care to do anything, acting quiet and carefully!第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）假如你是李华，你发现共享单车，共享汽车，共享雨伞……越来越多的共享商品进入我们的生活。

共享经济给生活带来了很多便利的同时，许多问题也随之而来：缺乏监管（supervision n.）的市场，诚信不够的商家，恶意毁坏物品的用户等等。

请你给校报写封信，发表你对于共享经济的看法。

注意：1.词数100左右，信的开头己经给出，不计入总词数。

2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

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参考答案
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、B
2、D
3、C
4、A
5、A
6、D
7、C
8、B
9、D
10、B
11、B
12、A
13、B
14、C
15、C
16、B
17、D
18、C
19、C
20、C
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、1、D
2、C
3、B
4、A
22、1、A
2、B
3、C
4、D
23、1、A
2、D
3、B
24、1、B
2、C
3、B
4、D
25、1、A
2、B
3、C
4、A
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．26、1、 B
2、 C
3、 A
4、 D
5、 C
6、 A
7、 D
8、 B
9、 C
10、 B
11、 D
12、 A
13、 B
14、 C
15、 C
16、 D
17、 B
18、 A
19、 C
20、 A
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27、1．was invented
2．an
3．with
4．it
5．which
6．to access
7．rose
8．millionaires
9．using
10．lecturer
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear editors,
I’m writing to share my views on sharing economy. Nowadays, a range of products including shared bikes, cars and umbrellas can be rented if you need. The sharing economy has brought us convenience in our life.
However, problems brought by the sharing economy have become increasingly worse, such as the lack of market supervision, dishonest merchants and bad users.
Therefore, the sharing economy should be taken very seriously. Firstly, more strict policies and laws should be made. Secondly, companies should do more surveys about the market to improve the products or services. Besides, more cooperation and discussion should be carried out among the government, the merchants and the users. Yours sincerely,
Li Hua。