襄阳2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、With several problems _____to be solved, we still need to hold another meeting as soon as possible.

A. remained   B. remaining

C. remain    D. having remained

2、______, a small advertisement held my attention, which read “Easy job．Good wages．No experience necessary．”

A．Looking through the newspaper

B．While I was looking through the newspaper

C．To look through the newspaper

D．I was looking through the newspaper

3、----I have been watching “I am a singer” and Gloria Tang (邓紫棋) is my favorite star.

----- Me, too. Her new album is said to be ______ next month. By then, we , fans, will buy some.

A. relieved   B. delivered   C. produced   D. released

4、The meal itself was not so good—______ was boringly brown including vegetables.

A. nothing   B. everything

C. anything   D. something

5、The man ________ the fake news that 18 firefighters lost their lives in the explosion was arrested.

A. having circulating B. to circulate

C. circulating D. to have circulated

6、Look at this year's sales figures________ last year's；they're much better.

A．between

B．from

C．with

D．against

7、Hot   the night air was,we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.

A. although   B. while   C. as   D. however

8、After a day of activities, you should be ________ a good meal.

A．in the mood for

B．at the point of

C．on the edge of

D．with the help of

9、Knowledge is of no value ______ you put it into practice.

A．if

B．until

C．although

D．unless

10、There was a long wait at the reception desk, ______ everyone was checking in.

A．why

B．which

C．whom

D．where

11、Parents should keep their children company as much as possible because children feel _______ if they don’t see their parents regularly.

A.rejected B.offended C.interrupted D.mistaken

12、When I returned to my high school in town, I found it ______ completely.

A．changed

B．to be changed

C．having changed

D．changing

13、—Simon will listen to music every time he comes across a maths problem.

—You know, music is the source of ______ in life.

A. inspiration B. identification

C. reaction  D. recreation

14、It’s generally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.

A. such a successful example

B. so successful an example

C. as a successful example

D. as successful an example

15、In contrast with the liberal social climate of the present, traditions in the past were relatively ______.

A. competitive   B. comprehensive

C. creative   D. conservative

16、President Xi Jinping’s speech at the opening ceremony of the First China International Import Expo was ________ welcomed by participants at the event.

A.quietly B.frequently C.widely D.gradually

17、—What about your self-drive trip yesterday?

—Tiring! The road was being widened, and we ________ a rough ride.

A．had

B．have

C．would have

D．have had

18、—Ouch, mum! A fish bone has stuck in my teeth!

—______, Lucy. I am coming.

A. Take your time   B. Help yourself

C. Don’t bother   D. Take it easy

19、______ in the United States, St Louis has now become the 4th largest city.

A.It is the 24th biggest city B.It was the 24th biggest city

C.Once the 24th biggest city D.Before the 24th biggest city

20、The trade imbalance is likely to rise again in 2017._______ a new policy will be required soon.

A. Hence   B. For

C. Though   D. As

21、   I once was a follower of cancel culture, enough for it still influences the media I consume today. I don’t listen to my former favorite bands like Pinegrove and Summer Salt anymore and I refuse to watch anything with Louis C.K, and I always look up which Franco brother was accused every time I go to watch something with one of them in it.

These were easy people to “cancel”, because I didn’t have much attachment to them and I could find replacements. But what happens when someone close with you has done something “cancel-worthy”? Something that you would cancel anyone else for, if you had more distance between you?

This dilemma presents two choices.

In the first choice, you could continue your relationship with the “cancelled” person, and live with the guilt. You know they did something that you wouldn’t typically forgive, but you’ve decided to give them a “get out of jail free” card. You continue to be friends with this person, but always feel uneasy because you know somewhere inside that your friend did something bad.

Or there’s option number two: You could completely cut off the person who you once called a friend. You abandon a relationship that you had worked so hard to develop, and you decide to ignore that person. Eventually, you become complete strangers with someone you were once so close with.

No matter what choice you make, you will face significant consequences. This isn’t a black or white issue. This is just one example of the challenges of life that doesn’t have a clear answer. The truth is, this is a lose-lose situation and you’re the loser. You can continue to trust someone who did something bad and live with the guilt. Or, you can stop speaking to them, but still deal with the fact that you once trusted someone who did a very bad thing, and that you had let them into your life. Either way, you end up losing something you didn’t want to.

【1】What does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A.Franco brothers. B.Louis C.K and Franco.

C.Franco’s movies. D.Pinegrove and Summer Salt.

【2】Why does the author stop listening to his favorite bands?

A.He has found better replacements. B.He is no longer attached to them.

C.They did something he can’t forgive. D.They don’t release good works anymore.

【3】How would you feel when you keep your relationship with a “cancelled” person?

A.Relaxed. B.Guilty.

C.Awkward. D.Refreshed.

【4】What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 4?

A.You don’t care what they did at all.

B.You continue your relationship with them.

C.You hope they could be set free from the prison.

D.You don’t think they should receive a punishment.

22、Of all the weird and wonderful creatures living under the sea, perhaps the strangest are jellyfish—those rubbery, cone-shaped creatures found floating in the water, their long tentacles trailing behind.

Some jellyfish species have a bad reputation for scaring away tourists, clogging up fishing nets, and even blocking power station pipes. But with more and more plastic rubbish ending up in the sea, these days you’re as likely to swim into a plastic bag as a jellyfish. Now scientific research is discovering that these rubbery sea creatures might provide an answer—a sticky solution to the problem of plastic pollution.

In recent years, tiny pieces of plastic called microplastic have been a significant problem for the world’s seas and oceans. These plastics are not visible to the eye and aren’t caught by seawater treatment plants due to their small size, so they enter our system and harm our health. They’ve been found in many places—in Arctic ice, at the bottom of the sea and even inside animals. Slovenian scientist, Dr Ana Rotter, heads GoJelly, a European research team of jellyfish ecologists looking into the problem.

Microplastics, plastics in general, are becoming an increasing problem. Dr Ana Rotter says when she was a child, people were more environmentally friendly—not harmful to the environment or having the least possible impact on it. At that time, there were very few single-use plastics—plastic items, like spoons and forks, designed to be used just once, then thrown away. The situation since then has changed dramatically. In fact, there’s been such an increase in microplastics that today the UN lists plastic pollution as one of the world’s top environmental threats.

But how do jellyfish fit into the story? Well, it’s the ‘jelly’ part of jellyfish, and specifically their sticky, jelly-like mucus that is key. Jellyfish produce a thick, sticky liquid called mucus. Dr Ana Rotter has discovered that this mucus has strong absorptive capabilities—it can absorb, take in liquids and other substances. One of the substances jellyfish mucus absorbs are the particles that make up microplastics.

Dr Rotter’s research is still in the early stages, but it’s hoped that jellyfish mucus could hold the key to a future free of microplastic polluted oceans. Scientists are hoping that the mucus’s absorptive properties—its abilities to absorb liquids and other substances and hold them, will allow it to trap particles of plastic floating in the sea. By trapping these, the mucus acts like a magnet—an object that attracts certain materials, like metal, but in this case, microplastic waste.

【1】Paragraph 3 mainly talks about ________.

A．where microplastics can be found

B．why microplastics can harm our health

C．what problems the seas and oceans are facing

D．how the research was carried out by the scientist

【2】What can we learn from this passage?

A．Jellyfish species cause a great threat to the sea.

B．Jellyfish species like to swim and live in plastic bags.

C．Jellyfish mucus can attract metals and break them down.

D．Jellyfish mucus can absorb liquids and some other substances.

【3】What does the underlined word “properties” in Paragraph 6 most probably mean?

A．Qualities.

B．Substances.

C．Choices.

D．Materials.

【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To show the harm that sea and ocean pollution brings to human beings.

B．To introduce the living habits of the weird and wonderful creatures in the sea.

C．To provide a new method for collecting data on environmental threats in the sea.

D．To inform a promising scientific finding for dealing with plastic pollution in the sea.

23、   Sometimes just when we need the power of miracles to change our beliefs, they materialize in the places we’d least expect. They can come to us as a great change in our physical reality or as a simple coincidence in our lives. Sometimes they’re big and can’t be missed. Other times they’re so subtle that if we aren’t aware, we may miss them altogether. They can come from the lips of a stranger we suddenly and mysteriously meet at just the right instant. If we listen carefully, we’ll always hear the right words, at the right time, to dazzle (目眩) us into a realization of something that we may have failed to notice only moments before.

On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt’s Mt. Horeb. I’d spent the day at St. Catherine’s Monastery and wanted to get to the peak by sunset to see the valley below. As I was winding up the narrow path, I’d occasionally see other hikers who were coming down from a day on the mountain. While they would generally pass with simply a nod or a greeting in another language, there was one man that day who did neither.

I saw him coming from the last switchback on the trail that led to the backside of the mountain. As he got closer, I could see that he was dressed differently from the other hikers I’d seen. Rather than the high-tech fabrics and styles that had been the norm, this man was wearing traditional Egyptian clothing. He wore a tattered, rust-colored galabia and obviously old and thick-soled sandals that were covered in dust. What made his appearance so odd, though, was that the man didn’t even appear to be Egyptian! He was a small-framed Asian man, had very little hair, and was wearing round, wire-rimmed glasses.

As we neared one another, I was the first to speak, “Hello,” I said, stopping on the trail for a moment to catch my breath. Not a sound came from the man as he walked closer. I thought that maybe he hadn’t heard me or the wind had carried my voice away from him in another direction. Suddenly he stopped directly in front of me on the high side of the trail, looked up from the ground, and spoke a single sentence to me in English, “Sometimes you don’t know what you have lost until you’ve lost it.” As I took in what I had just heard, he simply stepped around me and continued his going down the trail.

That moment in my life was a small miracle. The reason is less about what the man said and more about the timing and the context. The year was 1989, and the Cold War was drawing to a close. what the man on the trail couldn’t have known is that it was during my Egyptian pilgrimage (朝圣), and specifically during my hike to the top of Moses’s mountain, that I’d set the time aside to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and, ultimately, my life.

I had to ask myself what the chances were of an Asian man dressed in an Egyptian galabia coming down from the top of this historic mountain just when I was walking up, stopping before me, and offering his wisdom, seemingly from out of nowhere. My answer to my own question was easy: the odds were slim to none! In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that’s a miracle.

I suspect that we all experience small miracles in our lives every day. Sometimes we have the wisdom and the courage to recognize them for what they are In the moments when we don’t, that’s okay as well. It seems that our miracles have a way of coming back to us again and again. And each time they do, they become a little less subtle, until we can’t possibly miss the message that they bring to our lives!

The key is that they’re everywhere and occur every day for different reasons, in response to the different needs that we may have in the moment. Our job may be less about questioning the extraordinary things that happen in our daily lives and more about accepting the gifts they bring.

【1】Why did the author make a pilgrimage to Mt Horeb in Egypt?

A. He was in search of a miracle in his life.

B. It was a holy place for a religious person to head for.

C. He intended to make arrangements for his life in the future.

D. He waited patiently in expectation of meeting a wise person.

【2】What does the underlined part “my own question” refer to in paragraph 6?

A. For what reason did the man stop before me?

B. Why did the Asian man go to the mountain?

C. What change would I make within a matter of days?

D. What was the probability that others told us the right words?

【3】Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “subtle” in paragraph 7?

A. Apparent. B. Delicate.

C. Precise. D. Sufficient.

【4】The author viewed the meet with the Asian man as a miracle in his life in that ________.

A. the Asian man’s appearance had a deciding effect on his future life

B. his words were in perfect response to the need he had at that moment

C. what the Asian man said was abundant in the philosophy of life

D. the Asian man impressed on him the worth of what he had possessed

【5】What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Can you recognize a miracle? B. Is a miracle significant to us?

C. When might a miracle occur? D. Why do we need a miracle?

【6】After the encounter of the Asian man, what will the writer probably do immediately?

A. Continue walking up to the top of the mountain.

B. Have a rest to refresh himself.

C. Try to have a heart-to-heart conversation with the Asian man.

D. Come down the mountain.

24、The Best Way to Nap

A study published in the journal Heart found a link between healthy napping (打盹) and a lowered risk of heart disease. The American Psychological Association points out that naps can improve memory,learning capacity and mood. Sara Med nick,PhD,a neuroscience at the University of California explains that when you fall asleep, your body moves through stages that each play a role in health. Ideal napping times are based around this four-stage cycle.

Not a regular napper? That’s OK. “Everyone needs to rest, but not everyone necessarily needs to nap,” says Med nick.

【1】During which phase may you have a dream?

A．Stage1.

B．Stage2.

C．Stage3.

D．Stage 4.

【2】How long may the first 3 stages last?

A．A quarter.

B．One hour.

C．Half an hour.

D．One and a half hours.

【3】Which section is the text probably taken from in a newspaper?

A．News

B．Education.

C．Lifestyle.

D．Health.

25、   As I look back on my life, I cannot help but wonder: why me?

At birth, I weighed less than one pound and I ______ . I ask: why me? Based on all the statistics, I ______ have made it out of the gang (帮派) ridden streets of Upstate New York, without at least some type of ______ record attached to my name. ______ , I did.Why me? After graduating from college, I ______ to join the U.S. Air Force and it got my mother's permission. I ______ for 4 years and chose to ______ the military with an honorable discharged.

With a young family to support, very little money and even less ______, I applied for an entry-level position at a Wall Street investment firm. ______ , the big firm, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, ______ me. After all, there were more seemingly qualified ______. I worked continually for two years, earning a ______ wage, with the only hope of one day becoming a stockbroker, so I stayed. Sure enough, when someone decided to give me a(an) ______ , I grabbed it with both hands. Again, I asked: why me?

My first year in the work, I was considered the most ______ rookie (新手) in my training class. Later I was ______ by the president of the firm and offered an executive-level position. My efforts impressed people around me. Now______ I've approached 40, when I have had a firm myself, I find I am ______ the question: why me? However, as a result of my own ______ lessons, I have come to realize the answer to that question.

It all boils down to one simple fact — How many people have you helped ______ the way? Once you make that your life's ______ you'll never have to ask yourself “why me” again! And indeed, I have helped many people, which pays off.

A．survived

B．upset

C．saved

D．struggled

A．shouldn't

B．mustn't

C．couldn't

D．needn't

A．schooling

B．official

C．academic

D．criminal

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Moreover

A．decided

B．managed

C．agreed

D．promised

A．worked

B．studied

C．served

D．travelled

A．join

B．leave

C．continue

D．support

A．education

B．experience

C．income

D．energy

A．Unexpectedly

B．Unsurprisingly

C．Naturally

D．Sadly

A．knew

B．ignored

C．assisted

D．selected

A．candidates

B．employers

C．players

D．clerks

A．regular

B．standard

C．minimum

D．satisfying

A．gift

B．sign

C．opportunity

D．bet

A．hard-working

B．talented

C．successful

D．honest

A．proved

B．misunderstood

C．recognized

D．forgiven

A．in case

B．even though

C．only if

D．as though

A．understanding

B．receiving

C．repeating

D．hating

A．school

B．military

C．work

D．life

A．by

B．in

C．beside

D．along

A．experience

B．task

C．difficulty

D．secret

26、假如你是校英文报编辑李华，你报拟举行以三牛精神为主题的征文活动。请用英语为本活动写一份征稿启事，内容如下：

1. 活动目的；

2. 稿件要求；

3. 截稿日期及投稿方式。

注意：

1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇：三牛精神the spirit of the ox: diligence / innovation / hard work without complaints

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April 3, 2021