2025-2026学年湖南邵阳高三(上)期末试卷英语_2025-2026学年湖南邵阳高三(上)期末试卷英语下载-掌乐网试卷

1、Time is fair to everyone, and no one has _____ the of possessing one more minute than anyone else.
A.commitment B.reservation C.security D.privilege
2、Sped skating is a competitive form of ice skating________ the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.
A．in which
B．from which
C．on which
D．at which
3、President Xi has made it clear that the key points in future arc to remove the bottleneck caused by the urban and rural dual systems in order to ______ the systematic obstacles.
A.take away B.smooth away C.fade away D.give away
4、– Where did you find the wallet I lost yesterday?
-- It was on the playground ______ we played basketball.
A. that B. where C. which D. when
5、—Where would you like to sit? In the corner or near the platform?
—______．I would like to sit by the piano so that I can watch the musician play．
A． Either B． Neither
C． None D． Both
6、We won’t start the work until all the preparations ___________.
A．are being made
B．will be made
C．have been made
D．had been made
7、The long lasting cold current has brought ________ winter in my memory to the east coast of the United States.
A. the longer B. the longest
C. a longer D. a long
8、Writers often coupled narration with other techniques to develop ideas and support opinions that otherwise________ abstract, unclear, or unconvincing.
A．may remain
B．could remain
C．must have remained
D．might have remained
9、Zhuzhou offers visitors outstanding natural beauty coupled with excellent customer service, _________ makes for an unforgettable experience.
A. what B. which C. that D. whom
10、In 2001, she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in Literature, one of Spain’s most important distinctions, for her brilliant works ________ freedom and Third World causes.
A．in celebration of B．in face of
C．in memory of D．in defense of
11、The news________ Ning Zetao won the gold medal in the swimming competition excited Chinese People.
A. which B. that C. what D. if
12、All Mary’s hard work __________ in the end, and she finally passed the exam.
A．gave away
B．made up
C．paid off
D．left out
13、______ you hear from me to the contrary, expect me on Friday at about 6 pm.
A. Unless B. Until
C. While D. Although
14、The school had promised to keep parents fully _____ about the conditions of their children at school.
A. inform B. informing
C. informed D. being informed
15、Since we have been friends for many years, no more of this fancy playing with words – I want some ________ talk here.
A. straight B. informal
C. fluent D. concrete
16、The entertainment park________by the end of 2023 will attract visitors at home and abroad.
A．accomplished
B．being accomplished
C．to be accomplished
D．having been accomplished
17、______ you have set your mind on the goal, you must try your best to achieve it.
A．Though
B．Unless
C．Once
D．While
18、True happiness does not lie in the ________ of money，but the joy of achievement.
A. possession B. profession
C. permission D. persuasion
19、Exercising every day is a good ________. It can keep us healthy.
A.ability B.custom C.example D.habit
20、I like the cartoon ______has a happy ending and makes me________ .
A.which; to laugh B.that; to laugh C.what; laugh D.that; laugh

21、When Nancy Lublin got $5,000 from her grandpa in 1996, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans .Instead, the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about helping low-income women get better jobs．"If a woman goes for a job interview poorly dressed, she won't get the job." Lublin says．“ But without a job, she can't afford suitable clothes."
So with the money Lublin founded "Dress for Success” and began collecting women's clothes which were still in good condition but which their owners no longer needed．"So many women have clothes lying around that they will never wear again," one of Lublin's assistants says "Nancy's idea is so simple and yet so important to women."
Many women come to Lublin's office before going to a job interview． Here, they receive a suit, shoes and any other things they need, Since it was set up, more than 1,000 women have turned to "Dress for Success" for help． Many of them have won jobs． Some have round jobs after being out of work for many years． Jenny, a 32-year-old woman who was recently hired as a law-firm office manager says, "I made a good impression because of “Dress for Success”
【1】What can we learn from the text?
A． Nancy's grandfather lent her the money to set up the office.
B． Nancy set up "Dress for Success" to make money
C． Low-income women can get jobs at "Dress for Success"
D． Nancy's office gathers used clothes from women
【2】"Dress for Success" attracts many women because they_______
A． need to look smart when looking for a job
B． like the design of the dresses
C． prefer buying clothes at a low price
D． like to wear different clothes.
【3】From what Jenny says, we know that ______.
A． clothes from Nancy's office helped to get her a job.
B． she is working happily at her present job
C． she got a lot of good ideas from Nancy
D． "Dress for Success" has a good business relation with her firm.
【4】What would be a good title for the text?
A． Keep Your Old Clothes
B． A Successful Clothing Business
C． Nancy: A Successful Law Student.
D． A Helping Hand for Women
22、People typically wash their hands seven times a day in the United States, but they do it at a far higher temperature than is necessary to kill germs (病菌) , a new study says. The energy waste is equivalent to the fuel use of a small country.
Amanda R. Carrico, a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment in Tennessee, told National Geographic that hand washing is often “a case where people act in ways that they think are in their best interest, but they in fact have inaccurate beliefs or outdated perceptions.”
Carrico said, “It’s certainly true that heat kills bacteria, but if you were going to use hot water to kill them it would have to be way too hot for you to tolerate.”
Carrico said that after a review of the scientific literature, her team found “no evidence that using hot water that a person could stand would have any benefit in killing bacteria.” Even water as cold as 40°F (4.4°C) appeared to reduce bacteria as well as hotter water, if hands were scrubbed, rinsed（冲洗）and dried properly.
Using hot water to wash hands is therefore unnecessary, as well as wasteful, Carrico said, particularly when it comes to the environment. According to her research, people use warm or hot water 64 percent of the time when they wash their hands. Using that number, Carrico’s team calculated a significant impact on the planet.
“Although the choice of water temperature during a single hand wash may appear unimportant, when multiplied by the nearly 800 billion hand washes performed by Americans each year, this practice results in more than 6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions annually,” she said.
The researchers published their results in the July 2013 issue of International Journal of Consumer Studies. They recommended washing with water that is at a “comfortable” temperature, which they noted may be warmer in cold months and cooler in hot ones.
【1】What’s the meaning of what Carrico told National Geographic in the second paragraph?
A. People are more concerned about their health and begin to wash their hands.
B. It’s important for people to wash their hands to keep healthy.
C. Generally, people’s hand washing behaviors and perceptions are not correct.
D. People like washing their hands very much.
【2】The figures in the sixth paragraph are used to show that __________.
A. using hot water to wash hands has a bad influence on our planet.
B. air pollution has become more and more serious.
C. using hot water to wash hands is a waste of energy.
D. people should pay more attention to the environment around us.
【3】This passage is organized in the pattern of __________.
A. fact and opinion B. cause and effect
C. definition and classification D. time and events
【4】What can we learn from the passage?
A. It’s necessary and useful for people to wash their hands frequently every day.
B. We can wash our hands with water that is at a “comfortable” temperature.
C. Using cold water to wash hands is necessary and much healthier.
D. Hot water can’t kill germs.
23、My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material．It wasn’t forced on us either．He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o’clock in the morning．The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor．The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions（典故）and irony andhilarious moments．I learned more from him than from any other teacher．
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh．Some students found him to be wonderfully funny．Many others did not．He assigned journals over a six week period, to be written in every day．At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on．Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals．Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way．He saw it fit to make joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage．” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark．It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since．
So what makes the difference？Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have．It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart．It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating．
【1】The passage mainly discusses _____．
A． teaching B． literature
C． humor D． knowledge
【2】The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____．
A． funny B． tiring
C． inspiring D ．brilliant
【3】With his favorite English teacher, the writer found it most amazing that _____．
A． his teacher was very learned
B． his teacher was very humorous
C． the works by Johnson and Addison were very humorous
D． few were able to find humor in works by Johnson and others
【4】The English teacher the writer disliked most _____．
A． was not able to make students laugh
B． hurt his students’ feelings
C． didn’t let his students do the grading
D． had no sense of humor
24、This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a bad one. The new type of flu virus is more severe than most. In addition many people find the vaccine this year to be less effective, and others are wondering if they should still get a flu shot. The answer is yes.
Each summer, scientists try to make a best guess on which variants (变体) are going to be more common in the coming year. They look at data from other countries, and then they make the shot to match.
Sometimes a vaccine doesn’t work well because some variants change too much. That’s why in any year, even when you’re vaccinated, you can get the flu. The shot is about reducing your risk, not getting rid of it.
“Less” and “more” effective are relative terms, so we need to focus more on absolute risks. In 2010, researchers published an in-depth analysis of all flu shot studies. They showed that when a vaccine was considered effective, 1.2% of vaccinated people had the flu, while 3.9% of unvaccinated people had the flu. That’s an absolute risk reduction (ARR) of 2.7 percentage points. In studies in which the flu shot was considered ineffective, 1.1% of vaccinated people had the flu compared with 2.4% of unvaccinated people. The ARR was 1.3% points.
Let’s say this year’s flu vaccine is even worse than we think. Maybe the ARR will be as low as 1 percentage point. That’s still not that bad. Given the millions who are likely to suffer from flu and the thousands of deaths each year, this is a big payoff in public health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that 9 million to 36 million people become ill with the flu each year in the United States. Somewhere between 140,000 and 710,000 of them require hospitalization, and 12,000 to 56,000 die each year.
No vaccine is perfectly protective in any year. But to minimize your chances of illness, yes, you should still get the flu shot this year, and any year.
【1】What is the paragraph2 mainly about?
A．Why some vaccines are ineffective.
B．Why people should get vaccines.
C．How a new vaccine is developed.
D．How people survive flu in summer.
【2】What can the ARR tell us according to the text?
A．How dangerous flu could be.
B．The risk of a vaccine.
C．How flu spreads.
D．The effectiveness of a flu vaccine.
【3】Why does the author provide the CDC’s figures?
A．To show many people suffer from serious diseases each year.
B．To show flu vaccines are sometimes ineffective.
C．To show flu is a major cause of human death.
D．To show vaccines can still save many people.
【4】What is the main purpose of the text?
A．To report a threatening type of flu virus.
B．To persuade people to receive flu vaccines.
C．To explain the spread of flu viruses.
D．To give an introduction to this year’s vaccine.

25、This summer, 14 students from the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University went on a social practice trip to Nihegou village, Yulin, in Shaanxi Province. They walked across the countryside,________the land on foot and engaged in a series of activities. As their journey________, the students handed villagers a special and________gift—portrait(肖像) photos of each villager before their leaving.
The students________those portrait photos in a makeshift photo studio they had________in the village committee(村委会) building.________, with a basket of red dates(红枣), a freshly-picked watermelon, or a farming tool in hand, smiling,________their plain yet rich lives in front of the cameras. Some________next to their wives or husbands, or their grandchildren, posing for a warm and________family photo.
“Taking portrait photos for the________in the village is what we had thought about doing since our team was________,” wrote Zhang Yunling, a graduate student from the School of Journalism and Communication, “and we________that while we were in the village we could do something________for the villagers.”
Nihegou is a typical “senior village” where almost all________were above 60, and without a single photo studio, the villagers hardly had any________of taking photos, Zhang explained, adding, “We hoped to take this opportunity to shoot some ‘formal’ photos for them and to________these aging, hard-working people.”
“Throughout the day of the________, I had been________affected by their emotions and in their smiling faces I could read their pure________and the passion they had for life.” Zhang said. “Never before had I felt the________of photography.”
【1】
A．surveyed
B．measured
C．owned
D．developed
【2】
A．came into force
B．became a reality
C．drew to a close
D．made a big difference
【3】
A．expensive
B．memorable
C．magical
D．traditional.
【4】
A．showed
B．sold
C．collected
D．took
【5】
A．handed over
B．put up
C．taken down
D．given back
【6】
A．Students
B．Villagers
C．Journalists
D．Builders
【7】
A．presented
B．dreamed
C．described
D．lived
【8】
A．slept
B．argued
C．sat
D．lay
【9】
A．artificial
B．complete
C．classical
D．loving
【10】
A．rich
B．poor
C．disabled
D．elderly
【11】
A．formed
B．dismissed
C．assessed
D．enlarged
【12】
A．imagined
B．explained
C．hoped
D．answered
【13】
A．reasonable
B．meaningful
C．efficient
D．important
【14】
A．residents
B．officers
C．ladies
D．neighbors
【15】
A．awareness
B．chance
C．money
D．skill
【16】
A．praise
B．change
C．record
D．attract
【17】
A．research
B．observation
C．visit
D．shoot
【18】
A．barely
B．possibly
C．constantly
D．occasionally
【19】
A．kindness
B．generosity
C．luck
D．bravery
【20】
A．cycle
B．history
C．goal
D．power

26、英国某同学打算邀请中国学生开展“手拉手”活动(The Hand-in-Hand Program)，正在站招募参加者。假如你是李华，你对该活动很感兴趣，现请你给活动负责人Mr. Smith写一封申请信，包括以下要点：
1.个人意向；2.个人优势；3.个人作用。
注意：1.词数100左右(开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Smith，
I react about your Hand-in-Hand Program on your website just now.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua