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2024-2025学年2024级高一下学期期末考试押题卷(三)
英语试卷
一、阅读理解
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个正确答案。
A
It can be hard to keep kids busy sometimes, especially when school is out. Whether your kid is in pre-school or high school, there are fun, educational, and even some free apps on this list for them.

is available both as an app and a website. It uses fun storyline-based videos, quizzes, and activities — there’s even a virtual map outlining your child’s learning path to keep kids engaged.
Ages: 4-8
Cost: One-month free trial, then $ 10 /month subscription (订阅).
EPIC!
Epic! is an app for kids with an e-book library that contains over 35,000 children’s books. This app is a perfect way to take reading wherever your device goes, and it’s great for families with kids of various ages.
Ages: 2-12
Cost: one-month free trial, then $ 8 /month.
QUIDK MATH
Kids know that math can be boring, but this app transforms numbers into something more creative and interactive (互动的). Quick Math Jr. is an app for kids with 12 different math games that feature fundamental math skills and concepts.
Ages: 4 - 8
Cost: free
BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week
For 20 years, BrainPOP has been providing kids all over the world with in-depth, yet easy to understand educational videos on everything ranging from Mozart to food allergies. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is an app that helps younger kids get these videos, plus short quizzes on them.
Ages: 6-9
Cost: free, optional subscription (订阅) is $ 6. 99 /month
1. How much is it if you want to use EPIC! for half a year
A．$56. B．$36. C．$40. D．$48.
2. Which app will be suitable if a child wants to watch educational videos of different topics
A．QUICK Math
B．EPIC!
C．
D．BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week
3. What do the four apps have in common
A．They are educational.
B．They are interactive.
C．Players have quizzes.
D．They are free of charge.
B
Barbara McClintock was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. She made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes(染色体).
Barbara McClintock was born in 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her family moved to the Brooklyn area of New York City in 1908. Barbara was an active child with interests in sports and music. She also developed an interest in science.
She studied science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Barbara was among a small number of undergraduate students to receive training in genetics in 1921. Years later, she noted that few college students wanted to study genetics.
Barbara McClintock decided to study botany, the scientific study of plants, at Cornell University. She completed her undergraduate studies in 1923. McClintock decided to continue her education at Cornell. She completed the master’s degree in 1925. Two years later, she finished all her requirements for the doctorate degree.
McClintock stayed at Cornell after she completed her education. She taught students botany. The 1930s was not a good time to be a young scientist in the United States. The country was in the middle of the great economic depression. Millions of Americans were unemployed. Male scientists were offered jobs. But female geneticists were not much in demand.
An old friend from Cornell, Marcus Rhoades, invited McClintock to spend the summer of 1941 working at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. It is a research center on Long Island, near New York City. McClintock started a temporary job with the genetics department. A short time later, she accepted a perpetual position in the laboratory and got continual incomes. This gave her the freedom to continue her research without repeatedly asking for financial aid.
By the 1970s, her discoveries had had an effect on everything from genetic engineering to cancer research. McClintock won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discovery of the ability of genes to change positions on chromosomes. She was the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize.
4. When did McClintock get a doctorate degree
A．In 1921. B．In 1923. C．In 1925. D．In 1927
5. In the middle of the great economic depression in the US, ________.
A．male scientists were in great demand
B．male scientists were out of work
C．female geneticists were not in demand at all
D．young female scientists might have trouble finding a job
6. Which of the following jobs was beneficial to McClintock’s research
A．A permanent position in the laboratory.
B．A temporary job in the genetics department.
C．A job as a botany teacher.
D．A job to research cancer.
7. Why was McClintock awarded a Nobel Prize
A．Because she received a degree in genes and chromosomes.
B．Because she contributed to genetic engineering and cancer research.
C．Because she made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes.
D．Because she was the first American woman who studied genes and chromosomes.
C
On the side of a busy road leading into Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, the blades (叶片) of a small wind turbine (涡轮机) move in the wind of passing cars and trucks. It is charging a battery that is below the ground. This is an invention by Sanwal Muneer, a young engineer from Pakistan.
Muneer was inspired to create the turbine as he stood on the side of a racetrack several years ago. “At first, the light wind from the cars was just a welcome relief from the heat,” he says. “Then I started to think about how we could use that energy.”
The turbine stands two-and-a-half metres tall. Made of recyclable carbon fibre, it weighs just nine kilogrammes, making it easy to transport and set up. The fully-charged battery can hold a kilowatt of electricity, enough to run two lamps and a fan for around 40 hours. The idea is that this could be a source of electricity for rural communities in developing countries, or could power traffic lights or road signs in urban areas.
Dundee City Council is the first local authority to allow Muneer’s company, Capture Mobility, to test the turbine beside its roads. “We want to help engineers create something inventive which is also beneficial to the city.” says Neil Gellatly, head of roads and transportation for Dundee City Council. Capture Mobility moved to Scotland from Pakistan in 2015. The Scottish government is investing (投资) in cleaner-energy technologies. Wind is also strong and plentiful all year round here. This made it a good location for Muneer’s company.
Production costs remain the company’s biggest challenge. The turbines must be affordable in developing countries, but achieving this will depend on commercial (商业的) scale (规模). Capture Mobility is now analysing data from the turbine. Later this year, the company plans to send the next stage of the design to the producers. “I am passionate about engineering,” Muneer says. “But engineering is only a success if it improves lives.”
8. How does the author introduce the topic of the text
A．By sharing opinions about turbines.
B．By offering the definition of turbines.
C．By introducing the inventor’s experience.
D．By describing the scene of a turbine at work.
9. What can we learn about Muneer’s turbine
A．It is fixed to the ground.
B．It turns traffic into energy.
C．It has been used to power traffic lights.
D．It is inspired by a rechargeable fan.
10. Why did Capture Mobility move to Scotland
A．To make full use of its wind with the Scottish government’s permission.
B．To work with its inventive engineers.
C．To help solve its energy shortage.
D．To answer its government’s invitation.
11. What might Capture Mobility do in the future
A．Make the turbine out of recyclable materials.
B．Invest in cleaner-energy technologies.
C．Test the turbine in Dundee.
D．Mass-produce the turbine.
D
Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour. Aircraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have danger according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.
However, what do we do with the time we have saved Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world.
There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.
12. The new products become more and more time-saving because_________.
A．our love on speed seems never-ending
B．time is limited
C．the prices are increasingly high
D．the manufacturers boast a lot
13. What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to
A．Imaginary life.
B．Simple life in the past.
C．Times of inventions.
D．Time for constant activity.
14. What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology
A．Critical.
B．Objective.
C．Optimistic.
D．Negative.
15. What does the passage mainly discuss
A．The present and past times.
B．Machinery and human beings.
C．Imaginations and inventions.
D．Modern technology and its influence.
七选五
How to become a scientist
Be curious. Scientists choose to become scientists because they are curious about the world around them and how the things in it work. This curiosity leads them to investigate the how and why behind what they see.
____16____. Becoming a scientist takes a long time. There are very few careers that take longer than this one. Even when you’re doing with your education, you still have to get research under your belt. If you’re an instant-gratification(即时满足) type of person, this may not be the right career for you,
Be diligent and persevere. It’s been said that jobs in science are the lowest paid in the US. What this is getting at is that because of the long path to success, for a while you won’t be living lavishly(丰富地). ____17____
Have the need to always keep learning. ____18____ Whether it’s reading peer-reviewed journals, attending seminars, or working toward getting yourself published, you’ll always be learning.
____19____. In those years of waiting for results, you need to constantly be looking for the smallest changes in what you expect to see. Your eye needs to be focused and ready at all times.
Think differently. Think back to Newton’s apple falling on his head or Archimedes’ jumping into his tub and displacing water. Most people would think nothing of these events, but these men saw something else, something no one else was seeing at the time. ____20____
A．Observation skills are also necessary.
B．Be patient in climbing the career ladder.
C．Things are going to be tough for a while.
D．Then you’re probably made of the right stuff.
E．As the saying goes, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
F．Actually what every scientist does is seek out knowledge.
G．To make progress in human knowledge, you have to think differently.
二、完形填空
Martha and Sandy have been running a tech charity — pass IT on — for 15 years. Pass IT on is a charity that repurposes old tech, such as computers and tablets, for people with ____21____ who cannot access public computers.
Sandy and Martha ____22____ that no matter what your health, social or financial circumstances, everyone should be treated ____23____ and participate in society. Today, that means making computers ____24____.
Their charity, pass IT on, ____25____ computers and IT equipment to disabled people in Edinburgh. Each computer is ____26____ to the requirements of the individual and the team help with ____27____ an Internet connection and installing the equipment in the client’s home free of charge.
One of their clients, Callum, is 12 years old and has autism (孤独症). After Callum ____28____ a free adapted computer, his father ____29____ to pass IT on saying that his son’s “manual skillfulness has ____30____ and his communication skills are much better”. Callum is just one of the many people whose lives have been ____31____ by Martha, Sandy and pass IT on.
To thank Martha and Sandy for their ____32____, their local communities have come together to ____33____ a surprise party. Former trustee Allan Wilson said, “I can’t think of more deserving people for this surprise party than Martha and Sandy.” Another ____34____, “It’s lovely to be able to do something like this for them.” The pair were described as “____35____ heroes.”
21. A．potentials B．disabilities C．responsibilities D．requests
22. A．believe B．promise C．comment D．advertise
23. A．coolly B．seriously C．differently D．equally
24. A．accessible B．personal C．avoidable D．beneficial
25. A．removed B．restarted C．donated D．accessed
26. A．compared B．committed C．changed D．connected
27. A．calling for B．taking off C．bringing up D．setting up
28. A．damaged B．received C．appreciated D．discovered
29. A．wrote B．explained C．reported D．announced
30. A．worsened B．varied C．kept D．improved
31. A．encouraged B．affected C．recognized D．guided
32. A．appreciation B．ambition C．generosity D．curiosity
33. A．find B．signal C．select D．throw
34. A．added B．ordered C．attempted D．reflected
35. A．unsung B．unlikely C．forgotten D．fallen
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Most Chinese people are familiar with shadow puppetry (皮影戏). Thinking about shadow puppetry, they are reminded of the experience of watching shadow plays in some fairs ____36____ they were little. But now, one can enjoy a whole shadow show just by ____37____ (put) on a virtual reality (VR) headset. “We’ve been looking for a connection between traditional art ____38____ modern technology, ” said the VR game ____39____ (design) Zhang Qing. Shadow puppetry is a Chinese folk art ____40____ (know) for its unique storytelling techniques, which dates from 2,000 years ago. However, since films and TV series ____41____ (be) major entertainment options nowadays, shadow plays are becoming weaker. ____42____ (bring) the ancient art back to life via VR, Zhang visited puppeteers at Houma in north China’s Shanxi Province where shadow puppetry once boomed (繁荣). A puppeteer Zhu Chao says that he only gets to perform five or six times a year and the art is far ____43____ its peak (顶峰). Zhu hopes the combination of shadow puppetry and VR technology can attract ____44____ (many) young people and pass down this ancient art as it is ____45____ (gradual) fading away.
四、书信写作
46. 假设你是李华，你校英语俱乐部正在开展“Beat Plastic Pollution 塑战速决”环保宣传活动，以保护环境。请你代表俱乐部用英文写一封倡议书。内容包括：1. 活动意义；2. 发出倡议。
注意：（1）100词左右；（2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
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The English Club
五、书面表达
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。词数150左右。
I still remember the day when we decorated the house, I was ten and it was two weeks before Christmas. I was looking forward to my presents. Since I’m the youngest in the family, all of the family members would give me a gift one way or another. Sometimes it was a cookie or a hug but it was always there. I was the only center of attention and it was feeling good.
My uncles usually would ask me what I wanted before Christmas and that year I knew what I wanted. It was the spaceship I saw in the ads. I was dreaming of opening a big gift box, and it was there. But that year it came in a way that I wasn’t expecting.
It was two weeks before Christmas. Just two weeks. She couldn’t wait. My dear mother told my father that it was time, and then we went to the hospital. After an hour, they told me that I had a sister now. But I didn’t want a sister. I wanted a spaceship. The next few days went so fast. No one was caring about me. Everyone was talking about her and I knew that my life is never going to be the same ever again. I wasn’t ready to grow up, to be a big brother. But it just happened in an instant.
On the day before Christmas, everyone was in our home, talking only about my newborn sister. My family was becoming hers. Even my uncles didn’t ask me anything about the gift. She stole everything I’d ever had, my life and my presents. Thinking about this, I cried to sleep. I had a nightmare (噩梦) and woke up at the middle of the night. Shadows were all around me, and I was defenseless and so weak. I ran into my parents’ bedroom but couldn’t wake up my poor parents who were just too worn out. I was standing near their bed, trying not to cry when I saw her. She was awake and looking at me with her big eyes in her small bed.
Suddenly a long shadow came into the bedroom and she started crying.
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After having comforted her, something slowly changed inside me.
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参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.D 2.D 3.A
4.D 5.D 6.A 7.C
8.D 9.B 10.A 11.D
12.A 13.B 14.B 15.D
七选五：16.B 17.C 18.F 19.A 20.G
二、完形填空
21.B 22.A 23.D 24.A 25.C 26.C 27.D 28.B 29.A 30.D 31.B 32.C 33.D 34.A 35.A
三、语法填空
36.when 37.putting 38.and 39.designer 40.known
41.are 42.To bring 43.below 44.more 45.gradually
四、书信范文
Dear fellow students,
To raise our awareness of environmental protection, our school English Club is holding the activity "Beat Plastic Pollution".
Plastic waste seriously pollutes soil and water and endangers living creatures. It’s high time we took action. First, try to use reusable cloth bags instead of plastic ones. Second, sort plastic garbage and recycle it properly. Third, avoid buying products packed with excessive plastic.
Small efforts can make a big difference. Let’s work together to cut plastic waste and protect our earth.
The English Club
五、读后续写范文
Suddenly a long shadow came into the bedroom and she started crying. I panicked and had no idea what to do. I hesitated for a moment and gently picked up my little sister. I rocked her softly in my arms and hummed a quiet tune I’d heard my mom sing before. Her big eyes stared at me without blinking, and her sobs gradually died down. I held her tightly, forgetting all my unhappiness about the spaceship gift for a while.
After having comforted her, something slowly changed inside me. Looking at my tiny, fragile sister, I realized she was such a lovely new member of our family. All my jealousy faded away. I understood that being an elder brother meant caring for her. The next morning, I happily shared my favorite candy with her. Though I didn’t get the spaceship I wanted, I gained the most precious sister and a new sense of responsibility.

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