云南省丘北二中2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末预测试题含解析.doc

1、云南省丘北二中2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末预测试题注意事项:1答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。2答题时请按要求用笔。3请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。4作图可先使用铅笔画出，确定后必须用黑色字迹的签字笔描黑。5保持卡面清洁，不要折暴、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1It is the bus driver who should _ the safety of the passengers.Aans

2、wer for Bsearch for Cstand for Dgo for2Iris is always kind and _ to the suffering of others.No wonder she chooses to be a relief worker.Aallergic BimmuneCrelevant Dsensitive3I think it a great honor _ to visit your country.Ato inviteBinvitingChaving invitedDto be invited4-It is really fun to hike an

3、d I often go hiking in the forest.-But hiking alone in the forest _ be very dangerous.AcanBmustCshallDwill5Since you are my daughters classmate, wed like to _ you _ tonight.Aput ; downBput ; inCput ; offDput ; up6They are determined to go into the dark cave, _ my warning of danger.Aregardless of Bbe

4、cause ofCapart from Dinstead of7More competitive high-tech enterprises are investing in Nantong Central Innovation District, which will result in _ economic growth.AsustainableBadaptableCrecyclableDchangeable8Their products enjoy 30 percent _ of the market in this country because both the quality an

5、d their service are fine.Afeatures Bshares Cinterests Dsales9The shocking news made me realize _ terrible problems we would face.AthatBhowCwhyDwhat10Mum, I am worrying about my pet dog while we are away.Boy, you _. Our neighbor has offered to help us.Acant Bwouldnt Cneednt Dmustnt11The government sp

6、okesman has to _ his words before responding to reporters.ApassBweighCcoverDexpress12-I went to see The Wandering Earth last night. It was fantastic!-You were so lucky! How I wish I _ the ticket too.AgetBgotChad gotDwould get13 What happened to the young trees we planted last week? The trees _ well,

7、 but I didnt water them.Amight growBwould have grownCneednt have grownDwould grow14 Who recommended Nancy for the post? It was James _ admiration for her was obvious.AwhoBthatCwhoseDwhom15_enough money, the young man was unable to buy his girlfriend expensive jewelry.ANot to saveBNot savingCNot havi

8、ng savedDNot saved16He had a great dearie to have a home of his own, _ he had always lived with his grandmother.AorBandCsoDfor17-Will you be_ this evening，Mary？-That depends. I am afraid I will be with my manager，discussing a plan.AconvenientBsuitableCavailableDefficient18-I saw no more than one mot

9、orcar in the shop. Will you go and buy ?-No, Id rather find in other shops.Ait; oneBone; itCit; the oneDthe one; it19The statement of One Foundation helps you _ where your money is goingAkeep track ofBput up withCcome up withDfit in with20She runs on average about 15 miles a day every day, _ the cir

10、cumstances.AwhateverBwhereverCwhicheverDhowever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 tornado came without any signthe sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first alert my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some scrolling text on the TV Jimmy was wat

11、ching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. Pink insulation（绝缘材料） flew into the room fr

12、om a trapdoor to the attic, and the wind began to roar through the house. We had three flights of steps to navigate to get to the relative safety of the first floor. Because the closet down there is wedged （塞进） underneath a brick staircase, it seemed like the sturdiest(坚固的) place in our town house t

13、o wait things out.I didnt know how or if we would make it down the steps. It felt as if there were no floor underneath me as the wind lifted me off my feet. I gripped the banister(楼梯扶手) and tried to move forward, but this intense pressure held me in place. In those seconds of stillness, I could hear

14、 everything around me rattling.As we reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Shards of glass that looked like broken ice flew everywhere. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch whipped through the doorframe. It flew over our heads, missing us by inches. Had we been one step up, i

15、t would have impaled us. The back wall of the house followed suit and tore off into the darkness outside.Instantly I reached the closet, Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldnt get inside himself because of the wind. I gripped Jimmys arm as the tornado sucked the door open and tried

16、 to bring Jimmy with it. My knees and scalp were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out and into the bay. “Hold on! Hold on!” he yelled. But there was nothing in this closet to hold on to.All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like pe

17、ople in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldnt believe it was over. Jimmy said hed go outside to check. “No,” I said. “Dont leave me.”Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time,

18、 four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.1、Paragraph 24 mainly tell us_.Athe tornado was on top of usBthe tornado caused great damageCthe coverage of the tornado beca

19、me a realityDthe tornado was so strong that it lifted the author off her feet2、The underlined words “this intense pressure” in Paragraph 3 refer to_.Athe authors nervousness about the tornadoBthe force from the tornado on the authorCthe stress the author felt from her lifeDthe pressure the banister

20、gave the author3、From the passage we can know that _.ANeither the author nor her husband was injured.Bthe authors house was completely destroyed.Cthey were aware of the tornado before it came.Dit became dark outside when the tornado hit the town4、The author wrote the passage to _.Ashare with us her

21、experience of surviving a tornadoBwarn us of the danger caused by tornadosCshow us how to fight against a tornadoDtell us tornados are dangerous and how to protect us from them22（8分）Many people have bought insurance, either life or property (财产), commercial or compulsory. Yet some people know little

22、 about it and some even misunderstand its nature and function.Insurance is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone is exposed to a risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his property can be damaged by fire; the ship-owner knows that his ships may be lost at sea; the breadwinner kn

23、ows that he may die at an early age and leave his family poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire nor every ship is lost at sea. If these persons each put a small amount of money into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer losses. In other words,

24、 the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contribution are known as the insured and those who manage the pool of contributions as insurers.The legal basis of all insurance is the policy. This is a printed form of contract on

25、a piece of paper in best quality. It states that every year the insured shall pay an amount of money, which is called the premium; in return, the insurer will pay an amount of money or compensation for losses if the risk or event insured against actually happens.The premium for insurance naturally d

26、epends upon how likely the risk is to happen, as suggested by past experience. If companies fix their premiums too high, there will be more competition in their area of insurance and they may lose business. On the other hand, if they make the premium too low, they will lose money and may even have t

27、o drop out of business. So the ordinary forces of supply and demand keep premiums at a level, satisfactory to both the insurer and the insured.1、The underlined phrase in Para. 2 most probably means .Amoney paid by the insurers Beach premiumCmoney paid by all those insured Dthe cost of administering

28、insurance2、Insurance premiums do not become too high because .Anot many people insure themselvesBpremiums depend on the risk of lossesCinsurers have to be more competitiveDinsurance companies can never lose money3、According to the passage, insurance business gains profit because .Amore and more peop

29、le buy insurance Bthe firms have sound managementCthe premium is increased year by year Donly a few of those insured suffer losses4、The purpose of the passage is to .Aexplain an insurance policy Bintroduce insurance businessCpersuade people to be insured Dwarn people of possible losses23（8分） You may

30、 not be aware, but digital currency (货币) is a big part of the Internet world. QQ Coins can buy you accessories (配饰) for your QQ images. More importantly, a new digital currency, Bitcoin, is bringing the worlds commerce online.If youre traveling, you can spend Bitcoins at restaurants and hotels liste

31、d at BitcoinT. In China, Bitcoins can be used to buy goods at about 134 online shops on Taobao. And at a caf named 2ndPlace in Beijing, you can even buy fresh coffee with Bitcoins.So what makes Bitcoin so attractive to investors?First of all, the Bitcoin system is not controlled by anyone. One centr

32、al authority cannot make policies to change the value of Bitcoins. The fixed amount of Bitcoins also means they cannot lose value through inflation(通货膨胀), as all forms of paper money have done over time.In addition, accounts in the Bitcoin system are anonymous and transparent. Users can set up an ac

33、count easily and track every Bitcoin. All of these features seem to make Bitcoins immune(有免疫力的) from loss, but that is not entirely true.“The value of Bitcoins can vary wildly as no central government makes the price of them steady. If the value drops suddenly, investors cannot get any compensation(

34、赔偿),” Zhao Qingming, a senior researcher at China Construction Bank, told China Economic Weekly. And Bitcoins, unlike company shares, are not backed by any tangible assets（有形资产）, which also adds to their risk.While China will not recognize the digital currency anytime soon, Xinhua said, lawmakers an

35、d officials at a hearing on Nov. 18 in the US made positive comments about Bitcoin.Ben Bernanke, outgoing chairman of the Federal Reserve, told the Washington Post that “these types of creations, such as Bitcoin may hold long-term promise, particularly if its system promote a faster, more secure and

36、 more efficient payment system.”1、Bitcoin is _.Aactually exactly like QQ CoinsBonly used onlineCa new currency used both online and in real lifeDa countrys new digital currency.2、We can use Bitcoin to buy the following things except _.Aonline goodsBgoods at 134 online shops on TaobaoCbooks in physic

37、al shopsDcoffee at a caf named 2nd Place3、What is the disadvantage of Bitcoin?Athe value of it can rise and fall wildly.BIt cannot lose value through inflation.CEvery bitcoin in your account can be followed.DIt can even be used at some specific restaurants and hotels.24（8分） Russian police have start

38、ed a new attempt to get drivers to slow down at zebra crossings by having painted horses as zebras walk across on the busiest streets in some of the big cities in an attempt to improve road safety and raise awareness among Russias notoriously (臭名昭著地) careless drivers.The light grey horses, painted w

39、ith black stripes, carried signs on their backs reading: “Careful, children are on their way to school.” The police sent the “zebras” to several different locations in the Russian capital, where officials in orange vests walked them over zebra crossings and handed out leaflets (传单) to passing driver

40、s.Some held up rainbow-coloured umbrellas over the painted animals to protect them from the rain. Russian roads are notoriously dangerous and drivers still rarely take the initiative (主动采取措施) to avoid pedestrians. Nearly half of all traffic accidents in the countrys big cities are caused by cars hit

41、ting pedestrians, and a third of those occur on crossings, according to traffic police figures published last month.In the first six months of this year, 378 people were killed and more than 6, 600 injured on pedestrian crossings in Russia, according to police. In Moscow alone, 43 people were killed

42、, including two children.Though police officials said that only safe paint would be used on the animals, animal rights activists still disagreed with the idea, accusing the police of “treating animals like garbage”.“Children understand that paints are bad for animals,” the Interfax news agency quote

43、d president of Vita animal rights group Irina Novozhilova as saying.Lets hope this part of the campaign is over and animals are left out of future attempts to raise pedestrians awareness.1、Why do Moscow police have “zebras” walk across on the busiest streets?ATo make a call on protecting animals.BTo

44、 remind people zebras are in danger of extinction.CTo tell people it is dangerous to cross streets.DTo raise drivers awareness of road safety.2、What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?AThe zebras.BThe horses.CThe policemen.DThe drivers.3、From the text we can learn that _.Amost R

45、ussian drivers have realized the seriousness of the problemBRussian drivers often ignore traffic lightsCRussian drivers seldom give way to pedestriansDthe driving skills of Russian drivers are bad4、What do animal rights activists think of the new attempt?ADrivers must slow down at pedestrian crossin

46、gs.BThese animals are ill-treated by the police.CThe paints used on the horses are safe.DRoad safety should be improved.5、Which word can best describe the authors attitude towards the campaign?ACritical.BReserved.CDoubtful.DPositive.25（10分） They hide in trees, hang from helicopters, even follow peop

47、le down on motorcyclesall so that they can snap a shot of a celebrity. They are paparazziphotographers who make a living by taking pictures of the rich and famous.This September, California, a state with plenty of celebrities, passed a law aimed at taking action against paparazzi. The law forbids photographers from enter