2025年云南省昆明市师范大学附属中学英语高三第一学期期末考试试题注意事项1．考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回．2．答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用0．5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置．3．请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符．4．作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案．作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效．5．如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗．第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．— Can you do me a favour, Mr. Smith? My car ______ start.— No problem. You can count on it.A．won’t B．mustn’tC．needn’t D．shouldn’t2．When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his ___ and had a bad fall.A．balance B．chanceC．memory D．place3．For some time the discussion went with no one saying word. Alice finally broke. Silence.A．a; the B．the;a C．a; 不填 D．the; 不填4．I' ve heard that preparations______for the coming festival. Let's give them a hand.A．are being made B．have been madeC．are making D．have made5．She was so angry and spoke so fast that none of us understood ______ he said meant．A．that B．what C．that that D．what what6．The two brothers look so much alike that it is difficult to ______.A．tell them from B．tell from themC．tell apart them D．tell them apart7．The college examination is ________________ easier this year than I have expected.A．fairly B．quiteC．rather D．very8．Jack’s fellow workers often turn to him for help when trapped in trouble because he is a _____of ideas.A．fountain B．sessionC．diagram D．resource9．Father made a promise______________ I did well in the entrance exam, he would take me to Hong Kong in the summer vacation.A．if that B．ifC．that if D．that10．If you want to lead a happy life, you’d better learn to accept life ______ it is.A．as B．thatC．which D．where11．Varieties of solutions have been provided for us to solve the problem. We can choose________ to start with.A．it B．that C．each D．one12．He always keeps an eye on shortcomings of his brother’s _________ refusing to admit his own mistakes.A．but B．whileC．although D．though13．—________! Somebody has broken the vase!—Don’t look at me.A．Come on B．Hi,thereC．Thank goodness D．Dear me14．Though winters in Britain are cold and there is usually snow, there are ________ places for skiing.A．some B．many C．few D．a few15．_______ that I wouldn’t support myself at that moment.A．I was weak enough B．I was too weakC．So weak was I D．Such weak was I16．He doesn't spend any more money on clothing than I do,but________he manages to look so stylish.A．therefore B．somehowC．furthermore D．otherwise17．—He is so delighted to make friends with Johnson.—Oh, I see. That’s _______ they have much in common.A．where B．how C．what D．because18．Keeping a regular sleep schedule is important for setting a baby's body clock,_______researchers note should be in place by about 4 months of age.A．whose B．which C．when D．where19．We are living in an age________ QR codes(二维码)are becoming more and more popular in our daily life.A．why B．thatC．whose D．when20．The book ______ through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud.A．got B．pushed C．sailed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）Whenever we see a button, we want to press it because we know that something will happen. This is true in most cases, for example, on a doorbell. But some buttons are actually fake (假的), like the “close” button on a lift.Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they don’t have the patience to wait for the lift doors to shut. But lifts’ “close” buttons are a complete trick, at least in the US — the doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press.It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in the US, making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter. Only US firefighters and repairmen can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys.But to normal lift riders, the buttons aren’t completely useless. According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control.“A sense of control is very important. It reduces stress and increases well-being,” said Ellen J. Langer, a psychology professor at Harvard University. Experts also added that a lot of buttons that don’t do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose.For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons don’t live up to their names either. Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change faster, but that was before computer controlled traffic signals were introduced.But psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little “white lies’’, they still continue to push fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort.1、What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A．To analyze the functions of fake buttons. B．To describe different fake buttons.C．To ex。