黄石2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、In the forest, sound is the best means of communication over distance ________ in comparison with light, it won't be blocked by trees when travelling.

A. while   B. because

C. when   D. though

2、Some experts think, ________ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice home environment.

A．instead of

B．except for

C．apart from

D．far from

3、---I can’t find Mr. Smith. Where did you meet him this morning?

---It was in his office ____ he worked.

A．where

B．which

C．that

D．the one

4、Mr. Brown thought it would be a good idea to have ________ from his workers to improve his plan.

A．summaries

B．admissions

C．comments

D．connections

5、I guess there's little chance that we can manage to change the present situation worldwide_____, it is important that we try our best.

A.Furthermore B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.Nevertheless

6、---What kind of apartment do you need?

--- ________ with two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen.

A．The one

B．That

C．One

D．It

7、_______ the website of the Fire Department in your city, and you will learn a lot about Firefighting.

A．Having searched

B．To search

C．Searching

D．Search

8、---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but I couldn’t understand it.

---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.

A. Don’t fly off the handle

B. You got me there

C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

D. More haste, less speed

9、We packed all the hooks in wooden boxes so that they   damaged.

A. don’t get   B. won’t get

C. didn’t get   D. wouldn’t get

10、Wedidn’tget a hotel room because we ______ in advance.

A. hadn’t booked   B. haven’t booked

C. weren’t booking   D. wouldn’t book

11、News of the world was gone, shut down after ______ in the biggest newspaper scandal ever to hit Britain.

A. catching  B. caught

C. being caught    D. having caught

12、－That must have been a terrible experience.

－Yeah. I________ in the damaged car, unable to move.

A. was stuck   B. have been stuck

C. am stuck   D. had been stuck

13、The reason____ Spielberg could not go to the Film Academy was   his grades were too low.

A. that; that     B. why; that

C. why; because D. that; because

14、It came as a great ________ to the parents that their son finally came back safe and sound.

A. relief B. sense

C. relaxion D. favor

15、I used to quarrel a lot with my parents，but now we________fine.

A.look out B.stay up

C.carry on D.get along

16、There will be an endless power of youth supporting the Chinese nation’s rejuvenation_______ the younger generation of the country has ideals , pursuits and shoulders.

A. as far as B. so long as

C. even if D. as if

17、It was a nice house, but _______ too small for a family of live.

A.rarely B.fairly C.rather D.pretty

18、---- I’ve had a bad cough recently.

----Me too. I’ve never experienced ______ of air pollution in cities before.

A. an acute problem B. a more acute problem

C. a most acute problem   D. the most acute problem

19、The government's strong action demonstrated its _____to crush the rebellion.

A.energy B.resistance C.courage D.determination

20、Why! I have nothing to explain.        you want me to say?

A．What is it that

B．What it is that

C．How is it that

D．How it is that

21、   Many people have become accustomed to saying “bless you” or “gesundheit” when someone sneezes. No one says anything when someone coughs, blows their noses or burps (打嗝), so why do sneezes get special treatment? What do those phrases actually mean, anyway?

Wishing someone well after he sneezes probably originated thousands of years ago. The Romans would say “Jupiter preserve you!” or “Salve!” which meant “good health to you” and the Greeks would wish each other “long life”. The phrase “God bless you” is due to Pope Gregory the great, who spoke it out in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic (黑死病) (sneezing is an obvious symptom of one form of the plague).

The alternative term “gesundheit” comes from Germany, and it literally means “health”. The idea is that a sneeze typically comes ahead of illness. It entered the English language in the early 20th century, brought to the United States by German-speaking immigrants.

Actually every country around the globe has its own way of wishing sneezers well. People in Arabic countries say “Alhamdulillah!” which means “praise be to God”. Hindus say “Livel” or “Live well!”. Some countries have special sneezing responses for children. In Russia, after children are given the traditional response, “bud zdorov (be healthy)”, they are also told “rosti Bolshoi (grow big)”. When a child sneezes in China, he or she will hear “bai sui” which means “may you live 100 years.”

For the most part, the various sneeze responses originated from ancient superstitions (迷信). Some people believed that a sneeze caused the soul to escape the body through the nose, Saying “bless you” would stop the devil from claiming the person’s freed soul. However, some people believed that those evil spirits used the sneeze as an opportunity to enter a person’s body. There was also the misconception that the heart temporarily stopped during a sneeze (it doesn’t), and that saying “bless you” was a way of welcoming the person back to life.

【1】What’s the purpose of paragraph 1?

A.To lead in the topic of the text. B.To explain the definition of blessing.

C.To introduce the evidence of the text. D.To tell the cause of saying “bless you”.

【2】Why do people say “bless you” to sneezers?

A.To avoid illness. B.To wish them health.

C.To comfort their family. D.To get a get-well card from others.

【3】How does the author state people’s ideas in the last paragraph?

A.By raising questions. B.By analyzing data.

C.By making comparisons. D.By listing causes.

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A.How “bless you” is introduced into English.

B.Why we wish sneezers health in various ways.

C.How people from various countries avoid sneezers.

D.Why people say the blessing when someone sneezes.

22、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

【1】What’s worrying Tom?

A. Her friend keeps telling lies.

B. Her friend are always leaving him out.

C. Her friend does not believe her.

D. Her friend reads her terrible stories.

【2】Dani suggests that Tom _____.

A. leave his two friends

B. tell his friends his thoughts

C. go on an outing with one of his friends

D. invite another to join his group of friends

【3】Whose friend has a big mouth?

A. Tom. B. Mary.   C. Daisy.   D. Dani

【4】The underlined word “teasing” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A.  making fun of   B. hating

C.avoiding   D. taking pity on

23、   SkyDrive Inc. conducted a successful test drive of its new flying car on August 25 at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car company’s development base. The car, named SD-03, manned with a pilot and powered by electricity, took off and circled the field for about four minutes. It was the first public demonstration(演示) of a flying car in Japanese history.

“We are extremely excited to have achieved the manned flight of a flying car in the two years since we founded SkyDrive...with the goal of commercializing such aircraft,” CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said. “We want to realize a society where flying cars are an accessible and convenient means of transport in the sky and people are able to experience a safe, secure, and comfortable new way of life.

The SD-03 is the world's smallest vertical take-off and landing vehicle and takes up the space of about two parked cars, according to the company. It has eight motors to ensure “safety in emergency situation”.“In designing an unexplored, new type of transportation known as the flying car in our country, we chose the key word ‘progressive’ for inspiration,” Design director Takumi Yamamot said.“We wanted this vehicle to be futuristic, appealing and desirable for all future customers, while fully including the high technology of SkyDrive.”

 The company hopes to make the flying car part of normal life and not just a product. More test flights will occur in the future under different conditions to make sure the safety and technology of the vehicle meet industry standards. The success of this flight means that it is likely that the car will be tested outside of Toyota Test field by the end of the year. The company will continue to develop technologies to safely and securely launch the flying car in 2023. However, no price has been announced so far.

【1】What’s the feature of SD-03?

A．Smart and modern.

B．High-tech and electric.

C．Costly and unmanned.

D．Energy-saving and secure.

【2】What do Takumi Yamamot’s words imply?

A．They pioneer flying cars in Japan.

B．Flying cars will set a new trend in society.

C．Flying cars will be commercialized.

D．They drew inspiration from futuristic articles.

【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Flying cars fail to reach industry standards.

B．Flying cars will be sold at affordable prices.

C．Tests for the flying cars are now limited to the Toyota Test Field.

D．The safety of flying cars needs strengthening.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A．Flying cars will come on the market by 2023.

B．SkyDrive demonstrates its first piloted flying car.

C．SkyDrive’s SD-03 is the flying car of tomorrow.

D．Flying cars no longer just exist in a fantasy world.

24、In a world first, scientists have cloned a rare, endangered Przewalski's horse named Kurt at San Diego zoo in the US. Little Kurt looks like any other baby horse as he plays happily in his pen(围栏).

He isn't afraid to kick or head butt anyone who gets in his way and when he's hungry, dashes over to his mother for milk.

Scientists have cloned nearly two dozen kinds of mammals. The first was Dolly the sheep in the UK in 1996. Other species include dogs, cats, pigs, cows and polo ponies and, in China in 2018, a monkey.

The zoo sees Kurt's birth as a milestone in efforts to restore the population of the horse also known as the Asiatic Wild Horse or Mongolian Wild Horse. The small animals ( they stand only about 1.2m to 1.5m tall) are believed extinct in the wild and number only about 2,000 in zoos and wildlife habitats. Their limited gene pool puts them at a reproductive disadvantage.

“This horse is expected to be one of the most genetically important individuals of his species,” Bob Wiese, chief life sciences officer at San Diego Zoo Global, which operates the zoo, said in a statement. “We are hopeful that he will bring back genetic variation important for the future of the Przewalski's horse population. ”

Although only 2 months old Kurt's birth was made possible in 1980 when cells were taken from a 5-year-old male horse and put in deep freeze at San Diego's Frozen Zoo facility. His father died in 1998.

Kurt was named for Kurt Benirschke, who played a key role in founding the Frozen Zoo.

“A central belief of the Frozen Zoo, when it was established by Dr Benirschke, was that it would be used for purposes not possible at the time. ” said Oliver Ryder, director of genetics at San Diego Zoo Global.

Kurt was born at a veterinary(兽医的) facility in Texas,US,where he'll continue to live with his mother for most likely another year. Eventually he'll become part of the zoo's Przewalski's horse population, where it's hoped someday he'll become a father himself.

【1】According to the passage, many mammals have been cloned except______.

A．Przewalski's horses

B．polar bears

C．monkeys

D．sheep

【2】Why does the zoo see Kurt's birth as a milestone?

A．Because it will be the first one to live in the wild.

B．Because it is the only cloned one close to extinction.

C．Because it's expected to become the lead horse.

D．Because it may help recover the genetic variation.

【3】What can we learn about Kurt from the text?

A．He behaved differently from others when he was young.

B．He doesn't have a father as a cloned one in the laboratory.

C．The cells for cloning have been preserved for over 40 years.

D．Its name comes from the discoverer of the Przewalski's horse.

【4】What was the Frozen Zoo set up for?

A．Protecting endangered animals that may be hard to save for the moment.

B．Providing necessary facilities to help people clone endangered animals.

C．Encouraging people to insist on their purposes that may hard to achieve.

D．Forming a central belief that it would be useful someday in the near future.

25、Why do young adult children become independent so much later than they did in 1970，when the average age of independent living was____? Why have reduced class sizes and increased per-pupil expenditures (花销）not____higher academic achievement levels? Why is the mental health of today’s kids so poor when____with that of children in the 1960s and before? Why do today’s____become defensive when told by teachers that their children have misbehaved in school?

The answer in two words: parental____Those two words best summarize the____between “old” child raising and new, post-1960s parenting. Then, the overall philosophy was that parents were not to be____involved with their kids. They were available____crisis, but they stood a (an)____distance from their kids and allowed them to experience the benefits of the trial-and-error process. It was the child’s____, back then, to keep his or her parents from getting involved. That was____children learned to be responsible and determined.

Today’s parents help their kids with almost everything. These are parents who are____when it comes to an understanding of their purpose in their kids’ lives. Their involvement leads them to personalize everything that happens to their kids;____, the defensiveness. But given that schools and mental health professionals have been pushing parent involvement for nearly four decades, the confusion and defensiveness are____.

University researchers analyzed three decades of data relating to parent participation in children’s academics. Their conclusions____what I’ve been saying since the 1980s: parental help with homework____a child’s academic achievement and is not reflected on standardized tests.

Parents who manage a child’s social life interfere with the____of good social skills. Parents who manage a child’s after-school activities grow kids who don’t know how to____their own free time. Parents who get involved in their kids,____with peers grow kids who don’t know how to avoid much less trouble.

These kids have anxieties and fears of all sorts and don’t want to leave their____And their parents, when the time comes, don’t know how to____being parents. You can imagine what will become of their fu ture.

【1】A.counted on B.resulted in C.touched on D.taken in

【2】A.associated B.linked C.compared D.matched

【3】A.parents B.adolescents C.psychologists D.youths

【4】A.assistance B.protection C.involvement D.preference

【5】A.differences B.similarities C.choices D.relations

【6】A.slightly B.passively C.highly D.fairly

【7】A.in case of B.in spite of C.in view of D.in fear of

【8】A.equal B.safe C.long D.short

【9】A.fault B.turn C.job D.attitude

【10】A.when B.how C.why D.what

【11】A.confused B.disappointed C.amazed D.satisfied

【12】A.however B.still C.yet D.thus

【13】A.unreasonable B.changeable C.understandable D.avoidable

【14】A.confirmed B.convinced C.realized D.reflected

【15】A.decides B.lowers C.helps D.stimulates

【16】A.appearance B.performance C.establishment D.development

【17】A.value B.devote C.fill D.save

【18】A.communication B.conflicts C.cooperation D.competitions

【19】A.start B.ignore C.consider D.stop

【20】A.home B.school C.career D.profession

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My baby Reese started screaming and I struggled to hold him in my arms as we pushed our way through the crowd to the side of the taekwondo (跆拳道) studio, where I would send my boy for the training.

I looked up, and that is when I saw the photo on a poster, a woman with a bright white smile surrounded by her daughters. “OUR MOM NEEDS A KIDNEY (肾脏),” it said above the photo. “My name is Vonchelle Knight, and I have polycystic kidney disease,” it said below. “I am a single mother of two girls and have been on the transplant waitlist for eight years.”

As I continued to read, I thought about how desperately this momma needed a kidney. And then the idea struck me. I wanted to donate my kidney to the woman whom I had never met.

On the drive home, I told my husband I wanted to donate my kidney to a stranger. By the look on his face, he clearly thought I had lost my mind. I was a busy mom of two boys working a full-time job as a sales account manager. I had a calendar filled with sporting events, group fitness and volunteer church hours.

“Where is this coming from?” he asked. I was excited and slightly terrified as I explained the poster. I told him I wanted to at least call Vonchelle’s nurse and get more information.

Several weeks later, the results were in. We were a perfect match! The nervous excitement filled my body. Thoughts swirled in my head as I realized I had the ability to give this momma a new lease on life. Vonchelle had already waited eight years and obviously didn’t have any family members who could donate.

I told my husband that the doctor could do the transplant on January twenty-fifth. His eyes filled with tears as he stared at me and nodded. Vonchelle’s daughter worked at my son’s taekwondo studio, so I shared the news with her.

One day before the donation, the doctors scheduled me to meet Vonchelle.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

As she walked through the door of the meeting room, I walked up to her, my heart beating wildly.

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After the successful transplant, Vonchelle was recovering well.

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