2025-2026年湖南邵阳高三上册期末英语试卷(解析版)

1、______ the pictures on the screen more clearly, they moved to the front row.

A. To watch   B. Watching

C. Watched   D. Having watched

2、China's exchanges and cooperation with other developing countries reached a new level. China's relations with other major countries   grew through interaction.

A. stiffly   B. steadily

C. virtually   D. entirely

3、I’d like to use reference book, but the book I want to make use of is intended for beginners only.

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

4、My best friend who saved the two drowning boys from the freezing river is a kind and brave person, _______ that is worth respecting for ever.

A. that B. one   C. it D. what

5、The pipes have oil or water, which is heated and sent to the storage tank until   to produce electricity.

A. needed   B. needing

C. to need   D. having needed

6、The information on the Internet gets around more rapidly than ____ in the newspaper.

A. it   B. one   C. that   D. those

7、On a wagon _____ for the market, there is a calf with mournful eyes, and high above him is a swallow, _______ swiftly through the sky.

A. bound; flying.   B. bounding; flying.   C. bounded; flew.   D. bound; flew.

8、_____sufficient historical and legal grounds, China’s position on the South China Sea has been consistent and clear.

A．Associated with

B．Based on

C．Centered around

D．Assessed by

9、Nowadays, there still exist a lot of challenges facing some developing countries, the greatest is hunger.

A.that B.of which C.whose D.to which

10、Prevention of Aids should be taught routinely in universities because of the effects ______ can have on keeping students from being infected with Aids.

A.it B.that C.which D.one

11、Either you or one of your students________ to attend the meeting that is due tomorrow.

A.are B.is C.have D.be

12、It’s easy to __________ a small detail like that.

A.overhead B.overlook C.overtake D.overwhelm

13、China will ______ greater international responsibilities. This not only meets the expectations of the international community, but also serves China’s own interests.

A. guarantee B. sponsor

C. concentrate D. undertake

14、The crazy fans______ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till Ang Lee,the winner of best-director Ocar arrived.

A. were waiting   B. had been waiting

C. had waited   D. would wait

15、It's strange that some fundamental professions in our society rarely receive the respect or acknowledgement they ________.

A. match   B. accept   C. reserve     D. deserve

16、We feel our duty to make our country a better place.

A．it

B．this

C．that

D．one

17、It is good manners to eat up ______ is left in your plate．

A．that B．what C．which D．all

18、Watching violence on TV is one of the major causes of _________behavior and crime in society.

A.agent B.allergic C.aggressive D.annoyed

19、Passers-by rescued a motorcycle driver ______ under a burning car．

A． was trapped       B． trapping

C． having trapped   D． trapped

20、Although the long sentence and difficult structures in this novel have been ______, it still keeps much of the charm and favor of the original.

A. occupied   B. polished

C. simplified   D. recited

21、After analyzing 14.5 billion words used in daily news coverage in 2021, The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen “vax” as the Word of the Year.

Oxford Languages, the publisher of the dictionary, reported that “Vax”, the shortened term for “vaccine”, has injected itself into the bloodstream of the English language, and is a catchy and punchy word for 2021.

A contributing factor to its rise in 2021— aside from its obvious relation to the COVID vaccine drive— is its adaptability, according to Fiona McPherson, a senior editor of The Oxford English Dictionary. It can mean either vaccine or vaccination as a noun and vaccinate as a verb, and it is the root of many other phrases such as “vax cards”, “vax passports”, and “getting vaxxied”. The word has also been changed into other inventive words like vaxxie, a selfie taken during or immediately before or after one’s vaccination. “It has made the most striking impact,” said Fiona MePherson.

Vax and vaxx are both accepted spellings, but the form with one x is more common. It was first recorded in English in 1799, while its derivatives (衍生词) “vaccinate” and “vaccination” both first appeared in 1800. All of these words ultimately came from the Latin word “vacca”, which means “cow”. According to The Oxford English Dictionary, this is due to English physician and scientist Edward Jenner’s pioneering work on vaccination against smallpox in the late 1790s and early 1800s.

“The word’s highest frequency in usage caught our attention first. Then we ran the analysis and a story started to emerge, revealing how ‘vax’ sat at the centre of our preoccupations this year,” Casper Grathwohl, the president of Oxford Languages, said in an interview. “No word better captures the atmosphere of the year than ‘vax’”

【1】Which of the following best describes the word vax?

A．Fixed.

B．Complex.

C．Adaptable.

D．Boring.

【2】What is the origin of the word vax?

A．Edward Jenner’s pioneering work.

B．The Latin word vacca.

C．The Latin word cow.

D．The Oxford English Dictionary.

【3】Why is vax chosen as the Word of the Year?

A．It is from The Oxford English Dictionary.

B．It is accepted by Oxford Languages.

C．It appears most frequently in news.

D．It is reporters’ favorite word.

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Choosing vax as the Word of 2021.

B．Making vax changeable.

C．Researching the origin of vax.

D．Analyzing vax in The Oxford English Dictionary.

22、Welcome to Adventureland！

Everyone loves Adventureland ！The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore(探索)，enjoy，and admire their wonders．Every visit will be an unforgettable experience．You will go away enriched，longing to come back．What are you going to do this time？

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before，and experience different ways of life．Visit the Amazon jungle(丛林)village，the Turkish market，the Tai floating market，the Berber mountain house and others．Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives，and things they make．You can try making a carpet，making nets，fishing…

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives．It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then．Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator(模拟装置)for the Journey to Mars！

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several．In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers：see lions，giraffes，elephants in the wild．Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales．And then there is still the Aviary to see…

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland．Run out of film，need some postcards and stamps？For all these things and many more，visit our underground shopping center．Come here for information and ideas too．

【1】The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors _______．

A．realize the importance of travelling

B．become familiar with mountain countries

C．learn how to make things such as fishing nets

D．learn something about different places in the world

【2】If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be，you may visit

_______．

A．the Travel Pavilion

B．the Future Tower

C．the Safari Park

D．the Pyramid

【3】If you want to get a toy lion to take home，where will you most likely go？

A．The Pyramid．

B．The Nature Park．

C．The Future Tower．

D．The Travel Pavilion．

23、Are you preparing for a big test? If so, you may want to go play some basketball in between hitting the books. Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and Science University, studies brain development. According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels (血管), including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed. Dr. Cameron claims this allows people who exercise to concentrate better. As she says, “while we already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise can really cause physical changes in the brain.”

The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies. Babies who do activities that require a lot of movement and physical activity show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active. With babies, even a little movement can show big results. Margaret Barnes, a doctor, also believes in the importance of exercise. She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in elementary school or high school can be traced back to a lack of movement as babies. “Babies need movement that encourages and excites their five senses. They need to establish a connection between motion and memory. In this way, as they get older, children will begin to connect physical activity with higher learning,” says Margaret.

Older people can develop their brains as well. Columbia University studied a group of seniors who have a short-term memory of up to 40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult, but it does have to increase the heart rate. Also, just like the motion for babies, exercise for older people should not be too simple. Learning some new skills or actions, such as with yoga or tai-chi, helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time. For most people, any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful. The main goal is to increase the brain’s flow of blood. And your brain can benefit from as little as two to three hours of exercise a week.

【1】What is the main idea of this reading?

A．How to exercise.

B．How exercise helps the brain.

C．How to get good scores on a test.

D．How the brain can change.

【2】According to the reading, what is the connection between exercise and brain development?

A．Exercise helps make our blood vessels.

B．The brain needs special mental exercise.

C．The more exercise, the bigger the brain is.

D．Physical exercise helps us think better.

【3】The smallest amount of exercise required to gain any benefit is .

A．three hours per week

B．40 hours per week

C．three hours per day

D．40 hours per month

【4】Why is yoga recommended for seniors?

A．It is easy to remember.

B．It can be done in groups.

C．It does not increase the heart rate.

D．It includes learning new motions.

24、Dear daughter,

As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.

I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed in the last few years. You have become a talented and accomplished young woman.

College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. You often question "what good is this course". I encourage you to be inquisitive, but I also want to tell you: "Education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten." What I mean by that is the materials taught isn't as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about – this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn't critical for your life, the skills of learning will be something you cherish forever.

Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. In his great speech given at Stanford commencement, he gave the great example where he took calligraphy, and a decade later, it became the basis of the beautiful Macintosh fonts, which later ignited desktop publishing, and brought wonderful tools like Microsoft Word to our lives. His expedition into calligraphy was a dot, and the Macintosh became the connecting line. Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots of yourself .

Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding experience.

So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny, evolve yourself into a bi-cultural talent, be bold to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.

When I faced the greatest challenge and opportunity in my life in 2005, you gave me a big hug and said "bonne chance", which means "good luck" and "good courage". Now I do the same for you. Bonne chance, my angel and princess. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.

Love,

Dad (& Mom)

【1】What can we learn from the passage?

A. The daughter is a well-rounded college student.

B. The father faced the greatest challenge in 2006.

C. The daughter is a freshman in college.

D. Steve Jobs gave the great example where he took calligraphy at Columbia commencement.

【2】The father may agree that _____.

A. you will be well-educated if you forget all is taught

B. there are only master-inspired students in college

C. the daughter will be thinner if she goes on a diet

D. the skills of learning is very important for his daughter’s life

【3】The example of Steve Jobs in Paragraph 4 is to show _____.

A. how Steve Jobs invented the basis of the Macintosh fonts

B. it is important for the daughter to follow her passion in college

C. Steve Jobs made great contributions to Microsoft Word

D. the father wishes his daughter to be as successful as Steve Jobs

【4】College friends are often the best to you because_____.

A. your family are far away while college friends are around you within an easy reach

B. they are closer to you psychologically than to your family

C. they are better than your family

D. going through independence and adulthood is unusual bonding experience

25、It’s not a sight happening every day: an 18-year-old supermarket employee took off his shoes and gave them to a homeless stranger. A customer witnessed the kind act while _________ some household items at the store.

The _________, Powell, had a similar experience, for it wasn’t long ago that he was wandering on the _________. Powell currently worked to _________ himself. When he saw a(n) _________ man walk into the store, Powell, delivering leaflets at the entrance, _________ that the man had come to buy shoes. But when the man _________ barefoot, with only a loaf of bread in hand, Powell didn’t think _________ before removing his shoes and _________ them away. “I have another pair. He doesn’t,” Powell __________.

Later that day, Powell’s boss noticed his employee’s bare feet. After knowing what happened, he took Powell to the store’s shoe __________ to pick out any pair of shoes he wanted. __________, the teen chose a pair of slippers worth 5 dollars.

“I learned a lesson from this selfless act today”, the boss wrote on his blog. “Good __________, Powell.”

“Having been living here for many years, I’ve never experienced such an act of __________ like that before,” the man who received shoes said. “It gives me hope that there’s still __________ in the world.”

【1】

A．taking in

B．breaking down

C．picking up

D．digging out

【2】

A．customer

B．teenager

C．merchant

D．manager

【3】

A．way

B．list

C．stage

D．street

【4】

A．provide for

B．count on

C．bring out

D．approve of

【5】

A．elderly

B．hungry

C．disabled

D．barefoot

【6】

A．assumed

B．noticed

C．guaranteed

D．recalled

【7】

A．came

B．skipped

C．left

D．disappeared

【8】

A．back

B．fast

C．twice

D．aloud

【9】

A．putting

B．throwing

C．carrying

D．giving

【10】

A．explained

B．complained

C．questioned

D．hesitated

【11】

A．advertisement

B．department

C．equipment

D．experiment

【12】

A．Incidentally

B．Secretly

C．Eventually

D．Fortunately

【13】

A．chance

B．job

C．luck

D．show

【14】

A．justice

B．devotion

C．forgiveness

D．kindness

【15】

A．faith

B．good

C．joy

D．rescue

26、近来，共享单车(shared bikes)成为中国时尚，它因方便、环保而广受好评，然而共享单车也出现了许多弊病，例如乱停放、人为破坏、非法占有等。假如你是光明中学的学生李华，请你将有关情况反映给政府相关部门并阐述你的看法。内容要点包括：

1. 共享单车的问题；

2. 出现问题的原因；

3. 解决问题的意见或建议。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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Yours,

Li Hua