张掖2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、－ Can I pay the bill by check?

－ Sorry, sir. But it is the rules of our hotel that payment _______ be made in cash.

A. can   B. will

C. shall   D. need

2、You can’t imagine how excited we were ________ that our schoolmates had won the first place in National Robot Competition.

A.learning B.having learned

C.to be learning D.to learn

3、The Dutch government has announced it will stop using the name Holland _______ its official name the Netherlands.

A.in favor of B.regardless of C.in spite of D.instead of

4、—Do you think I really ________ the bad handwriting in your composition at yesterday’s meeting?

—Sure. Why ________ you always pick holes in everything I write?

A. wouldn’t have mentioned; can

B. mustn’t mention; should

C. shouldn’t have mentioned; must

D. couldn’t mention; would

5、Because of the tight schedule and heavy workload of Grade 12, many students________ their lunch break to finish homework.

A．make fun of

B．take advantage of

C．keep pace with

D．keep an eye on

6、The coach, together with his players, __________ to the party held last Friday night, aiming to celebrate their win in the match.

A.was invited B.were invited C.has been invited D.have been invited

7、________'eat more if you're losing weight' really means is that if you eat 5 to 6 small, healthy meals throughout the day, you will lose weight over time.

A.Which B.That C.What D.Whether

8、—The washing machine isn’t working.

—I used it this morning. It ______ fine then.

A. is working  B. was working C. works   D. has worked

9、Nowadays, the Internet is a popular ________ for the public to access information and voice their opinions.

A. track B. trend

C. channel D. lane

10、The old lady looked wonderful at the wedding，proudly ______next to her granddaughter, the bride.

A.talking B.gesturing

C.posing D.behaving

11、Though his plan was a total ______from established practices, the result was satisfying.

A.substitute B.prohibition C.departure D.judgment

12、As a new diplomat, he often thinks of ______ he can react more appropriately on such occasions.

A.what B.which C.that D.how

13、—Why are you all ________ me? I did not steal the computer!

—I’m sorry, but you were the only one who had access to it.

A.calling on B.taking on C.turning on D.putting on

14、Nowadays people are more likely to go to ______ mall than visit the tailor when shopping for clothes, so tailors have adapted to _________ new reality.

A. the; a   B. /; the C. the; the   D. a; a

15、— I’m sure Tom will win the first prize in the final.

— I can’t agree more. He ______ for it for months.

A．is preparing

B．had been preparing

C．was preparing

D．has been preparing

16、I am sorry that I can not meet you at the airport. I ________ Tianjin by the time you come back from abroad.

A．am leaving

B．will leave

C．will have left

D．have left

17、In the face of unfair phenomenon, we should not________ from defending social justice.

A．swallow

B．swell

C．shrink

D．stroke

18、—Will the color________ if the dress is washed?

—No, it won`t.

A．drop

B．walk

C．run

D．pass

19、Do you remember a certain occasion ________ you were in trouble and at that moment I gave you a hand?

A．which

B．that

C．when

D．where

20、 — Excuse me, could you please turn down the music a little? It’s too loud.

—___.

A. Oh, it’s my honor to do so

B. Never mind. I like music

C. Sorry. I didn’t know your were studying

D. Thank you. It’s kind of you

21、One late winter day in Manchester, UK, as I step inside the University of Salford’s latest research building, the cold 3°C air bites immediately. In fact, it’s a giant climate- controlled room, designed to test how homes built today will cope with the wilder weather climate change could bring.

Inside the £16-million room, researchers can create any weather they want with the touch of a button, from —20°C cold to 40°C heatwaves, alongside strong winds, snow and ice. KAnywhere people live, we can recreate those conditions,,, says Fitton, who leads the Energy House 2.0 project for the university.

Inside the building are two new-build homes, complete with brickwork and pot plants. Both are equipped with cutting-edge green technology) like electric vehicle charging points, and will act as test beds to build greener homes in the UK. In 2025, the Future Homes Standard(FHS) will require all new homes to be built without gas central heating and with other green measures. Homes built to the FHS must deliver a 75% to 80% reduction in carbon emissions compared with homes built today.

That is why Bellway, partnering with the project, has built the rooms from its Coppersmith range of homes inside the Energy House 2.0. Yet clearly this is no ordinary new-build. For one thing, packed inside are three different heating systems： two air source heat pumps? plus panel heaters dotted around the walls and ceilings. There’s also a solar power input, a battery and a smart hot water tank that heats water using solar generation.

Over the coming months, Bellway will test different combinations of these technologies to find the most cost-effective way of meeting the FHS regulations.

Financially, things are promising： Based on energy-performance calculations, Bellway says its Future Home could have energy bills of just £11 a year.

Energy House 2.0 will let researchers see how houses perform in the UK’s future climate. “We can cycle through the climate change predictions 50 years into the future and see if we have any problems says Fitton.”

【1】What’s the aim of building the £16-million room?

A．To predict the extreme weather humans will face.

B．To test how long a house stands in extreme weather.

C．To find a way for homes to deal with climate change.

D．To explore the most habitable homes for humans.

【2】Why does Bellway cooperate with the project?

A．To design green houses to meet the standards of FHS.

B．To explore the household use of advanced technology.

C．To sponsor the Energy House 2.0 for market profit.

D．To popularize its Coppersmith range of future homes.

【3】Where will Energy House 2.0 research go?

A．It’ll explore the use of cutting-edge technology.

B．It’ll find how houses tackle future climate changes.

C．It’ll make future houses have zero carbon emission.

D．It5ll spread Coppersmith range all over the country.

【4】What is a suitable title for the text?

A．Energy-Saving House Designs Put to the Test

B．The Expensive Room Holding Future Hopes

C．The Leading Place of the UK in Home Designs

D．Research into Homes for Future Climate Change

22、Savannah Family Vacation Package

Bring your whole family to Savannah for a vacation adventure that combines sightseeing with a show at Savannah’s most historic theatre and three nights’ lodging in the exciting Savannah Family Vacation Package!

Prices Starting at:

Ages 19 and Up: $150.00

Ages 13—19: $50.00

Ages 4—12: $20.00

Ages 0—3: Free

Historical Attractions in Savannah

Savannah is a beautiful city, as well as one of the most historic in the United States, Here, visitors will enjoy Southern history and culture. Head out on any one of the remarkable activities offered to experience some fun. Plus, the city is full of historic sites to explore.

About the Included Savannah Theatre Musical Production

Savannah Theatre has brilliant architecture and is known for being a top theater with a state-of-the-art sound and light system and talented performers. At this theater you can experience a high-energy and interesting musical or a two-hour variety show in an unforgettable performance! The possibilities are endless with the Historic Savannah Theatre, as the show changes throughout the year. During November and December, guests will get to experience the Christmas production.

About the Included Savannah Old Town Trolley Tour

Guests will also be able to board upon the Savannah Old Town Trolley Tour. The trolley tour gives guests a comfortable and fun way to see the city in style. Though the guided tour lasts approximately 90 minutes, guests will be able to hop on or hop off at a mass of locations including the City Market, Sorrel-Weed House, and Massie Heritage Museum. With transportation taken care of, guests can simply focus on seeing the best that Savannah has to offer.

【1】How much should a couple with their five-year-old twins pay for this tour?

A．$170.00.

B．$190.00.

C．$340.00.

D．$400.00.

【2】What contributes most to the reputation of Savannah Theatre Musical Production?

A．Its sound and light system.

B．Its high-quality musical.

C．Its changeable show.

D．Its Christmas production.

【3】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A historical book.

B．A travel website.

C．A guide to Savannah.

D．A fashion magazine.

23、David Frank started working for tips when he was 11 years old, delighting restaurant diners in New York with his magic tricks. As a teenager he would make an average of $60-70 in an evening—not bad, but he wanted more. So he started reading research on tipping, and found a study showing that servers who left a sweet at the end of the meal could up their pay. He tried handing customers a playing card at the end of his act, which he hoped would persuade them to part with more cash. It worked.

Mr. Frank's findings confirmed the notion of the tip as a sort of reward for outstanding service. For a start, economists are puzzled by the fact that so many people give tips, voluntarily handing out cash for a routine service, when it is assumed that customers generally want to pay as little as possible for what they buy. But fuzzier factors also seem to matter, like the feelings of gratitude that Mr. Frank inspired. A Survey in 2010 by Ofer Azar of Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found that 85% of American tippers claimed to be following a social pattern, while 60% said they tipped to avoid guilt.

During the pandemic these fuzzy factors appear to have strengthened. Mr. Lynn observed that people have been tipping more generously even while ordering take-away food.

The presence of a pandemic or of a magician performing at one's table are just two of many factors that may affect the size of a tip. A tipper may simply be touched by the server. If a waiter squats down beside you at the table as he or she takes your order, that often brings a higher tip. Good weather may encourage generosity too. Race can be an uglier factor. A study of tips for cab drivers found that black drivers were tipped on average at a rate of 13%, while white drivers got 20%.

【1】Why did David Frank hand customers a card?

A．To delight the customers.

B．To provide the best service.

C．To satisfy their needs.

D．To increase his income.

【2】What do we know about the tipping fact?

A．Customers want to pay as few tips as possible.

B．Most tippers in America tip because others tip.

C．Tipping is the best way to show gratitude.

D．Tipping is usually included in the bill.

【3】Why does the author mention "take-away food"?

A．To indicate take- away food is more popular during pandemic.

B．To persuade readers to order take-away food in pandemic.

C．To emphasize that people tend to give more tips in pandemic.

D．To explain there's no need to tip in terms of take-away food.

【4】What can we infer from last paragraph?

A．The pandemic makes tips unaffordable.

B．The customers' mood influences their tipping.

C．Tipping has nothing to do with weather.

D．There are more white drivers than black ones.

24、   Scientists often complain that people are not rational (理性的) in their opposition to technologies such as nuclear power and genetically modified (GM) crops. From a statistical perspective, these are very safe, and so peopled fear can be explained only by emotion, strengthened by ignorance. Electricity from nuclear power has led to far fewer direct deaths than has coalfired power, yet many people are afraid of it, and hardly anyone is afraid of coal plants. Similar arguments can be made about GM crops, which studies have shown are generally safe for most people to eat.

Scientific illiteracy (无知) may be part of the problem. Most of us are afraid of things we don’t understand, and studies have shown that scientists tend to be more accepting of potentially risky technologies than laypeople. This suggests that when people know a lot about such technologies, they are usually reassured.

But there’s more to the issue than meets the eye. It is true that many of us fear the unknown, but it is also true that we don’t care enough about routine risks. Part of the explanation is complacency: we tend not to fear the familiar, and thus familiarity can lead us to underestimate risk. The investigation into the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill (原油泄漏) in 2010 showed that complacency—among executives, among engineers and among government officials-was a major cause of that disaster. So the fact that experts are unworried about a threat is not necessarily reassuring.

Scientists also make a mistake when they assume that public concerns are wholly or even mostly about safety. Some people object to GM crops because these crops facilitate the increased use of chemicals. Others have a problem with the social impacts that switching to GM organisms can have on traditional farming communities or with the political implications of leaving a large share of the food supply in the hands of a few corporations.

Geoengineering (地球工程学) to lessen the impacts of climate change is another example. Laypeople as well as scientists are more concerned about oversight (监管) than safety. Who will decide whether this is a good way to deal with climate change? If we undertake the project of setting the global temperature by controlling how much sunlight reaches Earth’s surface, who will be included in that “we” and by what process will the “right” global temperature be chosen?

Can we say which group’s view is closer to an accurate assessment?

【1】The underlined word “complacency” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A.overconfidence B.prediction

C.underestimation D.carelessness

【2】The example of geoengineering is used to argue that ________.

A.safety is not the whole concern of the public

B.geoengineering is highly recognized by scientists

C.the public are unnecessarily troubled by climate change

D.lessening the impacts of climate change is a great challenge

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Scientific illiteracy is a major cause of disasters.

B.The safety of technologies can be accurately assessed.

C.Scientists misjudge people’s opposition to technologies.

D.People are unworried about risks with proper oversight.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Ignorance or Safety

B.Who Is Rational About Risk

C.Why Can’t People Trust Technology

D.Should Scientists Have a Say in Risk

25、There once was an ordinary street in the suburbs where no one cared much for their gardens. The lawns were overgrown, the weeds were ___________ and the hedges (树篱) desperately needed to be cut back. It looked very ___________. But when the neighbors saw their ___________, they just looked at each other and laughed.

It seemed too hard to ___________ all the gardens and no one could be bothered to make them better because everyone's garden was ___________ terrible. No one felt it was urgent to ___________ anything. Then a gardener named Bill moved in. Bill was a ___________, hard-working and patient man who started working in the garden as soon as he ___________ in the street. He took his lawn mower (割草机) out to cut back the grass and pulled out all of the weeds. Finally, he took up his gardening and started ___________ his hedges, making them look like flowers, plants, stones, balls, etc.

Attracted by the ____________, the neighbors walked by and admired the newly manicured (修整的) garden. Over some time, something interesting happened. One by one, the neighbors started to put in more ____________ in their own gardens and the sounds of lawn mowers could be heard again. After a few months, the street was ____________ from a dirty, unappealing collection of houses to a beautiful avenue that wouldn't be out of place in a stylish magazine.

One person's action showed everyone what could be achieved with a little ____________ work. It's easy for us to ____________ the environment around us because no one else cares about it. Remember what you positively do not only ____________ yourself, but also results in a change to the whole world.

【1】

A．taking over

B．dying out

C．giving

D．falling off

【2】

A．tidy

B．delicate

C．familiar

D．awful

【3】

A．gardens

B．doors

C．roofs

D．farms

【4】

A．purchase

B．guard

C．clear

D．build

【5】

A．scarcely

B．invisibly

C．slightly

D．equally

【6】

A．keep

B．change

C．reach

D．defeat

【7】

A．proud

B．casual

C．neat

D．selfless

【8】

A．settled

B．stepped

C．performed

D．stood

【9】

A．planting

B．picking

C．watering

D．shaping

【10】

A．office clerk

B．fashion designer

C．landscape gardener

D．street cleaner

【11】

A．furniture

B．staff

C．effort

D．heat

【12】

A．transformed

B．moved

C．enlarged

D．passed

【13】

A．mental

B．hard

C．corporate

D．optional

【14】

A．observe

B．mind

C．overlook

D．pollute

【15】

A．traps

B．benefits

C．defends

D．admires

26、假设你是校学生会主席李华，你校拟开展“光盘行动”号召同学们节约粮食，请你以学生会的名义写一则倡议书。要点如下：

1. 活动目的；

2. 活动内容；

3. 号召同学积极参加。

注意：1.词数80到100之间；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：光盘行动Clear Your Plate

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