博州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、— Jim ________ what I said annoying though he didn’t say anything.

— So you mean you will have to apologize to him?

A.must find B.might find C.should have found D.must have found

2、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.

A．priority

B．potential

C．preference

D．prejudice

3、Nowadays the roles of husband and wife are not as defined as before, especially when both partners work and earn money for the family.

A.clear B.clearer C.clearly D.more clearly

4、Her membership will not be renewed ________ she pays the dues.

A. as B. unless   C. because   D. if

5、They’ve finally decided to put an end to the long and bitter ________ between them and make peace.

A. survey   B. conflict   C. concern D. request

6、All children should get access to a high-quality education ________ their race, zip code or family income.

A. depending on B. regardless of

C. due to D. apart from

7、Children, in my opinion,____creative ability is unbelievably rich, should be trained in that area.

A.which B.what C.who D.whose

8、Mary was pleased to see that the seeds she ______ in the garden were growing.

A. was planting   B. has planted   C. would plant   D. had planted

9、If a person has not had enough sleep, his actions will give him ___ during the day.

A.away B.up C.in D.back

10、The young man had floated in the river for nearly two hours before he was ________ by the fisherman.

A. put up   B. made up

C. picked up   D. brought up

11、Robert went to Shanghai in his 20s, ______ several years later, he became a manager.

A.when B.where

C.which D.who

12、______ makes our school famous is ______ more than 90% of the students have been admitted to universities.

A．What; that

B．Which; because

C．That; what

D．What; because

13、Tom was so angry____ he heard his friend betrayed him____ he tore the letter into two immediately.

A．that; when

B．that; that

C．when; what

D．when; that

14、In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a __________ for everyone to stand up.

A．signal

B．chance

C．mark

D．measure

15、There are nearly one hundred foreign students in our university, most of________ are from America and Australia.

A.which B.them C.whom D.those

16、We still haven’t got the sponsor________ the fact that we’ve written to dozens of companies.

A．regardless of

B．in view of

C．in spite of

D．on account of

17、The teaching of Confucius________ ancient Chinese wisdom, influencing Chinese life and thought for centuries to come.

A．respects

B．rescues

C．replaces

D．represents

18、It is thought police had been called to the scene following a report of a collision involving her vehicle and ________ of another motorist.

A. one    B. those    C. some        D. that

19、We can gain valuable wisdom from mistakes which __________ to prevent them from

happening again.

A. should be avoided   B. might be avoided

C. must have been avoided   D. could have been avoided

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

A. nothing   B. everything

C. anything   D. something

21、   A company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into women’s shoes.

Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products.

A San Francisco start-up company called Rothy's, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Roth Martin is the company’s co-founder. He explains how ihey turn plastic into soft material for women’s feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press them through a device that makes soft fibers. Those fibers arc then combined together. This is done by a 3D machine. It is designed to reduce waste while making the shoes. The knitted stuff and the inner part of the shoe arc then attached to the shoe’s outer part, called the sole (鞋底).This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly  material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber.

Rolhy’s shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded or pointed toe. They come in different colors and designs. They cost either $ 125 or $ 145 per pair, depending on the design. After American actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew. Martin says there is no shortage of material to fill that demand. “We’re not going to run out of water bottles any time soon. So we have a limitless supply of material, and I think that is a good sign for our future." When the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses the recycled material to make other products.

For now, the shoes are only available to be shipped in the United States. However, the company says it will add international shipping in the near future.

【1】How are used plastic bottles usually dealt with?

A. They are used to make shoes.

B. They are buried or burned.

C. They are changed into soft materials.

D. They are returned to factories for reuse.

【2】What does the underlined word “knitted” in the third paragraph mean?

A. Combined. B. Fixed.

C. Spotted. D. Repaired.

【3】Which of the following directly helped to increase the sales of Rothy’s shoes?

A. The design and color.

B. The reasonable price.

C. The star power of Gwyneth Paltrow.

D. The company's advertisement.

【4】What is the purpose of the text?

A. To advertise a new kind of shoes.

B. To describe the process of making shoes.

C. To introduce a new way of recycling plastic waste.

D. To stress the importance of environmental protection.

22、Every 40 days a language dies. This “catastrophic” loss is being intensified by the climate crisis; according to linguists. If nothing is done, conservative estimates suggest that half of all the 7000 languages currently spoken will be extinct by the end of the century.

Speakers of minority languages have experienced a long history of persecution (迫害) , with the result that by the 1920s half of all indigenous (土著的) languages in Australia, the US, South Africa and Argentina were extinct. The climate crisis is now considered the “final nail in the coffin” for many indigenous languages and the knowledge they represent.

“Languages are already endangered,” says Anastasia Richl, director of the Strathy language unit at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Huge factors are globalization and migration, as communities move to regions where their language is not spoken or valued, according to Richl. “It seems particularly cruel,” she says, “that most of the world’s languages are in parts of the world that are growing unpleasant to people.” Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation measuring 12,189km2, has 110 languages, the highest density (密度) of languages on the planet. It is also one of the countries most at risk of sea level rise, she says. “Many small language communities are on islands and coastlines easily subject to hurricanes and sea level rise.” Others live on lands where rising temperature threatens traditional farming and fishing practices, leading to migration.

In response to the crisis, the UN launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages in 2022. Promoting and conserving languages of indigenous communities is “not only important for them, but for all humanity”, said Csaba Korosi, the UN general assembly president, urging countries to allow access to education in indigenous languages.

【1】What is the writer mainly concerned about?

A．The disappearance of languages.

B．The challenge of climate change.

C．The reaction to the language crisis.

D．The trend of the speedy globalization.

【2】Why is Vanuatu mentioned in paragraph 3?

A．To explain the main reason for language density.

B．To show the common features of endangered languages.

C．To stress the impact of geographical position on migration.

D．To illustrate the situation of minority language communities.

【3】What does the International Decade of Indigenous Languages aim to do?

A．Support migrants to access local education.

B．Discourage people from massive migration.

C．Improve the living conditions of minority groups.

D．Preserve the languages of indigenous communities.

【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Faced with Disasters: Communities Have to Leave

B．Lost for Words: Rising Seas Bring Threat of Catastrophe

C．Upset at Extinction: UN Urges International Cooperation

D．Involved in Action: Experts Seek Solutions to Climate Crisis

23、   Alysa Liu is an ice skater. In 2016, the then 10-year-old girl became the youngest intermediate figure skating （花样滑冰）champion in U.S. history. In 2018, Liu became the youngest to compete in and win the U.S. junior championships.

In January, 2019, she made history again at the Geico U.S. Women's Figure Skating Championships. At the championships, things were initially going well for the defending U.S. champion Bradie Tennell. But later Tennell had a falling in her performance. Meanwhile, Liu became the first and youngest U.S. woman to land three triple axels （三周半跳）in competition.

Though Liu made them look, easy, triple axels are extremely challenging. The skater has to jump from the outside edge of one skate, turning in the air. "Double" or “triple" refers to the number of rotations （旋转）the skater completes before landing. The term is a little misleading given that the skater has to do an extra half rotation, meaning that for a triple, the skater is actually completing 3.5 rotations. To be successful, the skater has to have both incredible body strength and control.

When asked about her great performance, Liu thought it was not worth showing off. And she was enthusiastic about preparing for bigger games. But Liu was ineligible to compete at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships in Japan due to the minimum age requirement of 15. However, that didn't bother her.

Liu fell in love with ice skating during her first lesson at a center. She showed such talent that Laura Lipetsky, who was teaching the group lessons, asked her father to let her receive private lessons. Lipetsky said, “She wanted to learn, and I wanted to guide." The two have been inseparable since then. In 2017 Laura sent Liu to the University of Delaware for a certain analysis that researchers have created to help outstanding American skaters improve their jump techniques.

Liu has been homeschooled since the age of 10. She gets her homework done between daily practices, and usually eats dinner in the car on her way home. Though that might appear to be a lot for someone so young, Liu takes it happily.

【1】What achievement did Alysa make at the age of 13?

A．She won the U.S. junior championships.

B．She was allowed to compete in the 2019 championships in Japan.

C．She became an intermediate figure skating champion.

D．She defeated the defending U.S. champion Bradie Tennell.

【2】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The requirements for figure skating.

B．The difficulty of carrying out triple axels.

C．The skills needed in skating rotations.

D．The differences between double axels and triple axels.

【3】What does the underlined word "ineligible" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Lacking time.

B．Lacking confidence.

C．Having no qualification.

D．Showing little enthusiasm.

【4】What can we learn about Laura Lipetsky?

A．She was good at teaching group lessons.

B．She instructed Liu's father in figure skating.

C．She made a contribution in Liu's progress in sports.

D．She obtained great support from Liu and her father.

24、   Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, and Earth Day 2020 occurs on Wednesday, April 22—the holiday’s 50th anniversary. The holiday is now a global celebration that’s sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green living.

By the early 1960s, Americans were becoming aware of the effects of pollution on the environment. Rachael Carson’s 1962 bestseller Silent Spring pointed out the dangerous effects of pesticides(杀虫剂) on the American countryside. Later in the decade, a 1969 fire on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River shed light on the problem of chemical waste disposal. Until that time, protecting the planet’s natural resources was not part of the national political plan. Only a small portion of the American population was familiar with environmental issues—let alone practiced-recycling.

Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, Senator(参议员) Gaylord Nelson was determined to convince the federal government that the planet was at risk. In the fall of 1969, Nelson, considered one of the leaders of the modern environmental movement, announced the Earth Day concept at a conference in Seattle and invited the entire nation to get involved. He later recalled: “The response was electric. Telegrams, letters and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had an opportunity to express their concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes and air.”

The first Earth Day was effective at raising awareness about environmental issues and changing public attitudes. According to the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), “Public opinions polls(投票) indicate that in May 1971, 25 percent of the U.S. public declared protecting the environment to be an important goal, a 2,500 percent increase over 1969.”

Earth Day kicked off the “environmental decade with a bang,” as Senator Nelson later put it. During the 1970s, a number of important environmental laws were passed, among them the Clean Air Act, the Water Quality Improvement Act and the Endangered Species Act, etc. Another key development was the establishment of the EPA in December 1970, which was tasked with protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment—air, water and land.

【1】What do we learn about the circumstances in America before Earth Day was founded?

A.The overuse of pesticides had little impact on the American countryside.

B.The fire on Cuyahoga River was caused by improper chemical waste disposal.

C.The government highly valued protecting the natural resources on this planet.

D.Only a few Americans were familiar with environmental issues and practiced-recycling.

【2】It can be inferred from the third paragraph that ________.

A.Nelson convinced the federal government that the planet was at risk.

B.Nelson organized the modern environmental movement all by himself.

C.The Earth Day successfully aroused the public’s interest in environmental issues.

D.The electric power supply had been cut off due to numerous telephone inquiries poured in.

【3】The EPA was set up to_______.

A.collect public opinions. B.kick off the environmental decade.

C.change public attitudes. D.protect human beings and nature.

【4】What do you think the author will talk about later?

A.Earth Day celebrations have grown and spread around the globe.

B.EPA protect human health and our natural environment.

C.The environmental laws come into effect.

D.Senator Nelson’s remarkable achievements.

25、   Off goes your alarm clock!  Your eyes snap open!  What is the first thing on your __________? Do you calculate how long you can hit snooze (回笼觉)? Are you already going over the day's to-do list? __________ checking your phone?

You are definitely not __________ if any or all of these morning habits sound familiar. __________, 60 percent of people check their phones immediately when they __________, according to a 2015 survey. You stop using your smartphone in bed seriously - these mind-numbing routines are among what you will __________ most in life. So why not take a __________ approach?

At the graduation ceremony in Stanford University in 2005, Steve Jobs made a speech, advising his __________ to start each morning with one specific sentence. Doing so, he said, will __________ the way we deal with our day-to-day lives.

Jobs got the idea after reading a quote about __________ when he was 17. From then on, he started each morning by looking in the __________ and asking, "If today were the last day of my __________, would I want to do what I'm about to do today?"

Now,__________ it for yourself. Asking yourself this powerful question every day requires you to deeply __________ what you do on a daily basis - and if you find satisfaction in it. It can also help you __________ your tasks to the fundamental ones. __________ wasting time with mindless activities like surfing the internet, you'll start filling your days with more satisfying things, such as spending time with family and friends. __________, you'll stop worrying about what other people think of you; your energy and focus should be __________, like improving yourself, reaching your goals and making an impact on the world.

__________ you have made a habit of asking this one simple question every morning, congratulations! You are __________ finding the secret to living a meaningful life.

【1】A. side   B. mind   C. phone   D. level

【2】A. Seriously   B. Happily   C. Mindlessly   D. Hopelessly

【3】A. aware   B. afraid   C. alone   D. alive

【4】A. In fact   B. In brief   C. In particular   D. In addition

【5】A. stay up   B. make up   C. pull up   D. wake up

【6】A. forget   B. value   C. regret   D. enjoy

【7】A. different   B. similar   C. specific   D. familiar

【8】A. consumers   B. audience   C. friends   D. staff

【9】A. develop   B. change   C. promote   D. choose

【10】A. strength   B. weakness   C. birth   D. death

【11】A. mirror   B. window   C. diary   D. paper

【12】A. travel   B. work   C. holiday   D. life

【13】A. get   B. make   C. forget   D. try.

【14】A. expect   B. consider   C. doubt   D. ignore

【15】A. narrow down   B. put aside   C. clear away   D. take on

【16】A. Instead of   B. Regardless of   C. In spite of   D. In case of

【17】A. Yet   B. Therefore   C. Besides   D. Otherwise

【18】A. nowhere   B. elsewhere   C. anywhere   D. somewhere

【19】A. Even if   B. Only if   C. As long as   D. Now that

【20】A. open to   B. devoted to   C. close to   D. accustomed to

26、假定你是李华, 你的美国笔友Tom得知你校上月举办了首届校园科技节活动, 发邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回复邮件。内容包括：

1. 活动的目的；

2. 活动的形式, 如智能校园创客(maker)大赛, 科创成果展等；

3. 你的感受。

注意：1. 词数80左右, 开头已给出, 不计入总词数；

2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

I am excited to tell you that the first Science and Technology Festival was held in our school last month,

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