1、2024届北京市丰台区重点中学英语高三第一学期期末复习检测试题注意事项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- How did you like the concert last night? - I enjoyed it very much, but the dancers _ a better job.Acould have doneBcouldnt have
2、 doneCcould doDhad done2Chinas Change 4 robotic probe entered lunar orbit on Wednesday, _ a major step in its mission to make a soft landing on the moons far side.AmarkingBto markChaving markedDmarked3She was in a _ condition after the heart transplant operation when her body rejected the foreign or
3、gan.AskepticalBcriticalCtheoreticalDpractical4Your donation greatly appreciated and the money will be used to help the students from poor families.Ahas been BisCwas Dhad been5Vivien, you look blue. Whats wrong?There are so many papers _. Im really busy recently.Afinish Bto finishCfinishing Dfinished
4、6The laptops made by our company sell best, but nobody could have guessed the place in the market that they _ 20 years ago.Ahad hadBhadCwere havingDwere to have7Please remind your grandpa to take medicine on time, for a man of his age _be very forgetfulAneedBmustCshallDcan8 I am gaining weight. I ne
5、ed to see a doctor. But I think you eat too much. _.ANeglect of health is doctors wealthBLaugh at your ills, and save doctors billsCDiet cures more than the doctorDAn apple a day keeps the doctor away9_ every year, many people do not hold a high opinion of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, it has becom
6、e a somewhat necessary part of the festival. AAs BTherefore CWhile DSince 10I believe it is the only solution to this problem.Thats debatable, I think. I can five other solutions as good as that.Acome up withBmake up withClive up withDkeep up with11Im going to spend the summer holiday in Hainan,_ li
7、ves my uncle.AwhereBwhoCwhichDwhen12Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of our government, Id like to _ a sincere welcome and heartfelt gratitude.Aexploit BexposeCexpand Dextend13It was the natural disaster, rather than human errors, that _ for the death of so many innocent people.Aare blamedBwas to bla
8、meCwas blamedDwere to blame14The incomes of skilled workers went up. , unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.AMoreoverBThereforeCMeanwhileDOtherwise15I _ to help you to do homework but I couldnt spare any time. I _ a composition last night and Ill finish it tomorrow.Awanted；wroteBhad wanted；was
9、writingChad wanted；wroteDwanted；have been writing16Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _ their education that causes misunderstanding. Alike Bas Cor Dbut17The conference aims to develop business and let people think about _ they can have a positive influence on the planet.Awhy Bt
10、hatCwhat Dhow18What does the sign over there read?No person_ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this areaAshallBmayCmustDWill19Dad, you should have taken me to the football match this morning.I had intended to, but I couldnt spare any time, I _ a report.Ahad written BwroteCwas writ
11、ing Dwould write20The Lushan Mountain, occupying an area of 302 square kilometers, possesses rich cultural and geological _.AattractionsBamusementsCentertainmentsDpresentations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）October 31, 2009, CaliforniaTsien Hsue-shen, PhD39, one of the founde
12、rs of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, died on October 31, He was 98.Tsien, bom in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, graduated from the National Qinghua University in 1934 and in August of 1935 he left China to study at the Massachusetts Institute Technology. In 1936 he went to the California Inst
13、itute of Technology to commence graduate studies. Tsien obtained his doctor degree in 1939 and would remain at Caltech for 20 years, becoming the Goddard Professor and establishing a reputation as one of the leading rocket scientists in the United States.In 1943, Tsien and two others in the Caltech
14、rocketry group drafted the first document to use the name Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During the Second World War, he was amongst the other scientists participated the Manhattan Project. After World War II he served as a consultant to the United States Army Air Force. During this time, Conlonel Tsien
15、 worked on designing an intercontinental space plane. His work would inspire the X20Dyna-Soar which would later be the inspiration for the Space Shuttle. In 1945 Tsien Hsue-shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Jiang Bailione of the Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kaishens leading military stra
16、tegists. But in 1950, the Chinese-born scientist was accused of harboring Communist sympathies and stripped of his security clearance.In September 1955 he was permitted to leave for China, where Tsien resumed his research, founded the Institute of Mechanics, and went on to become the father of China
17、s missile program, a trusted member of the government and Partys inner circle, and the nations most honored scientist, Tsien retired in 1991 and has maintained a low public profile in Beijing, China. The PRC government launched its manned space program in 1992 and used Tsiens research as the basis f
18、or the Long March rocket which successfully launched the Shenzhou V mission in October of 2003. The elderly Tsien was able to watch Chinas first manned space mission on television from his hospital bed.In his late years, since the 1980s, Tsien devoted himself to spirituality research, and advocated
19、scientific investigation of traditional Chinese medicine, Qigong and special human body functions.1、The underlined word commence in this passage probably means _.Amake upBgetCbeginDpromise2、Tsien Hsue-shen got married at the age of _.A45B28C24D343、What is the right order of the events related to Tsi
20、en Hsue-shen?a. his later life b. return to Chinac. career in the U. S. A d. his early life and educationAa-b-c-dBd-c-b-aCd-b-c-aDc-b-d-a4、Which of the following statements is NOT true?ATsien Hsue-shen got a doctors degree in 1939.BTsien Hsue-shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Chinese national
21、ist leader Chiang Kai-shen.CTsien Hsue-shen has made a contribution to the Space Shuttle.DTsien Hsue-shen was interested in traditional Chinese medicine, qigong and special human body funcitions in his later life.22（8分）Encouraging life to bloom(兴旺) in the middle of a desert is no easy task. But one
22、company in the United Arab Emirates has come up with a plan to provide drinking water for the states citizens. The company intends to drag icebergs from Antarctica to the gulf coast in order to harvest its freshwater.The company plans to source the massive blocks of ice from Heard Island, around 600
23、 miles off the coast of mainland Antarctica. It will then transport them around 5,500 miles to Fujarirah, one part of the UAE. One iceberg could provide enough water for one million people over five years, according to the company.The companys director says they have already travelled the transporta
24、tion route and checked the possibility of the scheme, according to reports in Gulf News. Speaking to the site about what he is calling the UAE Iceberg Project, Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi said, “We have made the technical and financial plan. We will start the project at the beginning of 2018
25、. We want it mainly for the water. It could also be good for tourism and the weather.”The UAE is one of the driest countries in the world, due to its extremely arid climate, which receives less than four inches of rainfall per year. Despite that, it consumes more water than double the global nationa
26、l average, putting the country at severe risk of droughts over the next 25 years.An average iceberg contains more than 20 billion gallons of water, according to the company. The iceberg takes a long time to melt as 80 percent of it is underwater, while the white ice above reflects sunlight and defle
27、cts(使转向) its heat. Blocks of ice will be placed in giant tanks, before being processed. “This is the purest water in the world.” Mr. Al Shehi added.1、What can we learn about the UAE project?AIt will help the UAE harvest freshwater.BIt will encourage life to boom in Antarctica.CIt will put the UAE at
28、 severe risk of droughts.DIt will completely change the climate in the UAE.2、Where could the block of ice come from?AThe Atlantic Ocean. BFujariah.CThe Gulf. DHeard Island.3、Which of the following may NOT benefit from the project?AThe local people. BAntarctica.CThe weather. DTourism.4、The author men
29、tions the nature of ice in the last paragraph to show _.Athe process of the project Bthe possibility of the planCthe purpose of the company Dthe comments on the scheme23（8分）Since 2013, Torobo, a robotic arm designed to test the limits of artificial intelligence. has had one ambitionto be admitted to
30、 the University of Tokyo. However, it has repeatedly failed. This year was no exception.In early November Torobo took an exam to prepare for an all-important standardized test. While Torobos total score of 525 out of 950 was 14 points higher than in 2015，its standard score of 57.1% was slightly lowe
31、r, because human students did better in the 2016 test.Though the score，which is higher than the national average, is enough to get the robot admitted to many other famous Japanese universities, it falls short of the minimum required for the University of Tokyo.A closer analysis of the results showed
32、 that Torobos newly programmed ability to solve complex physics problems helped increase its year-over-year physics score from 46. 5% to 59%. The robot also dug deep into its database of information from textbooks and websites to obtain an impressive 66.3% in world history. The average 60% scores ac
33、quired in the two math sections, were not too shabby either.But，while Torobo is able to handle knowledge-based questions and ones involving complex mathematical calculations, it has a hard time thinking independently. As a result, the robot is unable to fully understand multiple sentences and phrase
34、s to arrive at the logical conclusions required in the English language tests. This weakness was reflected in the weak oral and writing scores, which came in at 36.2% and 50.5% , respectively.Fortunately, after four tiring years, the robots creators have decided to free Torobo from its annual test-t
35、aking suffering, the research team will instead focus on improving the robots ability to pick out specific answers from massive sets of dataa skill that led to its excellent history scores. They believe the expertise(专业技术）will help Torobo succeed as an industrial robot.1、What is the disadvantage of
36、Torobo?AIt has much difficulty searching for facts.BIt doesnt own language skills.CIt has weak independent thinking ability.DIt couldnt get through the exams.2、What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?Athe score BToroboCthe University of Tokyo Dthe national average3、What di
37、d the exam results show?ATorobos score didnt reach the national average.BTorobos programmed ability improved its math score.CTorobo was admitted to a university.DTorobo did well in the history exam.4、What is the text mainly about?ASubjects a robot are good at.BA robots performances in exams.CMajors
38、that are suitable for a robot.DA robots ways to deal with exams.24（8分） A gaming company in New Zealand is luring employees. from around the world by offering unlimited paid annual leave, a share in the companys profits and no set work hours.Dean Hall became famous in international gaming circles for
39、 being the lead designer on popular video game DayZ. After searching the world for a location for his new gaming studio, Rocketwerkz, New Zealander Hall settled on the small university town of Dunedin on the south islands east coast, where land is cheap and creative start-ups have become an importan
40、t pan of the citys identity.Rocketwerkzs flexible work culture is now drawing talent from around the globe, with Hall receiving 300 messages of inquiry since a local newspaper wrote about his studio last week.Last year, when the company was still in its infancy(婴儿期), baby cats would also make a regu
41、lar appearance in the office as a form of fighting stress, and Friday afternoons are generally reserved for sports and games to end the week on a playful note.“The first time I heard about the idea of unlimited paid leave in places like Silicon Valley it was about the problems it caused. A culture h
42、ad appeared where employees took no leave,” said Hall.“So to address that, our staff are issued the standard New Zealand annual leave of four weeks, but they can also take unlimited leave in addition to that.”Emily Lampitt, from Britain, is a 3D junior artist who has been with the company for a year
43、 and a half. She says the flexible work culture was a huge factor in her decision to move to New Zealand.“The flexibility here has made me feel much more relaxed” she says. I “That internal stress I used to feel in a traditional work environment has gone, so when I am at work now it is because I wan
44、t to be, because I am passionate(有激情的), not because I am afraid of my boss or watching the clock.”1、The underlined word “luring” in Paragraph I is closest in meaning to .AcheatingBdisturbingCinspiringDattracting2、Why are baby cats mentioned in Paragraph 4?ATo show the company focuses on pressure rel
45、ief.BTo explain how the company motivates its staff.CTo stress the significance of harmony in workplaces.DTo introduce a new way to promote creativity3、According to the passage, unlimited paid leave in Silicon Valley .Aset a good example to Rochetwerkz.Bdidnt work out as expected.Chelped develop the
46、 local culture.Dsolved the problem of unemployment.4、What is the writing purpose of the above text?ATo encourage companies to be more flexible.BTo describe what a creative company should be like.CTo give a report on the flexible management of a company.DTo discuss how to make a traditional company m
47、ore competitive.25（10分）Have you ever been to the following places?If not,try to find a chance to visit them.Fez,MoroccoFez,about 240 miles northeast from Marrakech,a wonderful scene is taking root slowly.It started with immigrants building castles,and continues as hotels and restaurants.The biggest new
