2025-2026学年湖南株洲高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、The recent cold weather has prevented residents from going out, which may ________ the decline in customer flows at the shopping mall.

A. account for   B. change for   C. apply for   D. stand for

2、What parents do will cast a ____ for the children and help them to see what they will be and what they will do in the future.

A.glance B.doubt C.vision D.shadow

3、The father as well as his three children _____________ skating on the frozen river every Sunday afternoon in winter.

A.is going B.go

C.goes D.are going

4、Today impressionist paintings are accepted at the beginning of ____ we call “modern art”.

A. what B. which C. that D. how

5、Just as Oprah Winfrey puts it,_____thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more.

A. be

B. being

C. to be

D. having been

6、Recently many students in China focus too much on their academic learning rather than play and communicate, which ___ influences their character development.

A. occasionally  B. finally

C. dramatically  D. Consequently

7、China will _____ AI courses to be offered at primary and secondary schools to let children keep pace with the times.

A.compensate for B.hunt for C.make for D.push for

8、—Will you have a second child?

— Haven’t decided yet. We ______ about it the whole year.

A. have thought  B. had thought

C. thought D. have been thinking

9、 —It will take me at least three hours to finish the job.

— Oh, _________ ! I can finish it in only an hour.

A. you are right    B. that’s a good point

C. sounds great D. come on

10、Can you tell me ______ that the 29th Olympic Games will take place?

A. it is when   B. when is it   C. when is   D. when it is

11、_________ on September 25, 2020, Leap, which focuses on the story of Chinese Women Volleyball Team, soon became a great hit.

A.Releasing B.Being released C.To release D.Released

12、____ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.

A. Basing B. To base   C. Based   D. Base

13、It wasn’t a recorded show. It was ________.

A.live B.alive C.living D.lively

14、— Did you remember to give Jack the book?

—Yes, I gave it to him ______ I saw him.

A. while   B. immediately

C. once D. suddenly

15、Lily didn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but she knew it was ________Sunday, because she was at _____ church.

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

16、The house, which _____ last night, ____ my aunt but she doesn’t live there any more.

A. was broken into; is belonged to   B. broke into; is belonged to

C. broke into; belonging to   D. was broken into; belongs to

17、I like the city, but I like the country better   I have more friends there.

A.in which B.for which C.in that D.at that

18、The gold medal will be awarded to ______ wins the first place in the game.

A．whoever

B．whomever

C．no matter who

D．no matter whom

19、The disease is a huge blow for the farmers. Hundreds of them ______ their animals, livelihood and hopes destroyed and many others fear they _____ the same fate.

A. have seen; will suffer   B. saw; suffered

C. had seen; was to suffer   D. see; suffer

20、A recent survey shows some students tend to just make unrealistic plans rather than _____ them.

A.submit to B.stick to C.cater to D.apply to

21、   My 11-year-old daughter has been awarded an academic scholarship to a private schoo1. It’s only a small discount, but the scholarship means she’ll skip the waiting list provided my husband and I can cover$20, 000 a year.

Should we pay the private school fees, or choose free education instead?

I always assumed my children would go to a private school, like I did. Not because my family is wealthy, but because I believe that the best education is private.

It took years for me to make peace with the fact that my two children attended our local public primary schoo1.

They’ll go to a private high school, I told myself. Yet here we are. My eldest is now in her last year of primary school, and my husband and I will struggle to afford private schoo1.

If we’re to send our girl to private school, I could increase my work hours. My law degree was supposed to be my ticket to a good job and a solid income, but that’s not quite how it turned out.

The guilt and expectations are mine alone. I’m terrified that my daughter’s potential will be wasted at the public schoo1. And yet, I know that working more hours will make me break down.

During many sleepless nights, I felt troubled by the decision. Although I want the best for my daughter, I have my own dreams too. I can’t sacrifice everything for my precious girl. I explain that I want to be a positive role model for my daughter, and an unhappy parent is terrible strain on a family. I point out not even the privilege of private school will protect my children from disappointment or struggle.

And ultimately, it’s decided. My daughter is going to the public school behind our home. She couldn’t be more pleased.

It’s taken me a little longer, but now I’m content. More than my fancy private school education, it’s my family that shaped me. With high school now 25 years in the past, I can no longer remember the mathematical problems and Shakespearean quotes I once knew so perfectly. The lessons from my childhood home, however, have proved impossible to forget.

【1】Why did the author want her daughter to go to a private school at first?

A.Her daughter earned an academic scholarship.

B.She wanted her daughter to receive the best education.

C.She wanted her daughter to skip the waiting list.

D.Her daughter’s potential was wasted at the public primary schoo1.

【2】The author finally let her daughter go to a public school mainly because she realized that______________.

A.private school doesn’t guarantee a solid income

B.she didn’t want her daughter to struggle in private school

C.however hard she worked, she couldn’t afford private school

D.public school is the most balanced choice for her family

【3】When the decision was made, ___________.

A.the author’s daughter was disappointed

B.the author felt sorry and guilty about it

C.both the author and her daughter were satisfied with the result

D.the author inspired her daughter to be a positive role model at school

【4】What is the main message the author intends to convey in the last paragraph?

A.Family influences a child’s growth more than school education.

B.The lessons learned during our childhood will stay with us forever.

C.It always takes people a long time to make a fight decision.

D.Private school education is not as good as people expect.

22、When I was a kid I was a bit of a scaredy-cat. The "adventurer" in my family has always been my big brother. Still, I'm always trying to shake up the scaredy-cat inside me. And I've always known how important it is for girls to feel brave. However, girls, at large, experience so much hesitancy and a drop in confidence as they grow up.

One way to stop losing heart is to encourage a sense of adventure in girls before they are teenagers. Such adventures don't have to be big. Research from Angelia Ruskin University shows that even just going for a walk or a run outside leaves people feeling more confident and better about their bodies. After all nature doesn't care how we look. It doesn't care who our friends are or what grades we get. It is a place where we can really be ourselves.

That's why I teamed up with Amy Blackwell, the award-winning illustrator, to create a middle-grade book containing real-life women's adventures from around the world, from 2,000 years ago to today. The Girl Who Rode a Shark and Other Stories of Daring Women has been receiving star reviews in lots of places.

It is all of those amazing women that make the book a hit. While reading, they can trace the ocean-soaring flights of pilot Amelia Earhart, follow Isabella Bird's exploration up the Yangtze River and meet Kimi Werner, the freediving chef who met with a great white shark. That's why kids just can't get enough of those stories. I hope these stories can help so many kids feel confident and excited when they walk into the world.

As for me? While I still feel a little nervous to begin an adventure up a big mountain or across a frozen river, I feel I have more courage than I did as a kid. I now have a lot of role models to help me.

【1】What does the underlined part in the first paragraph probably mean?

A．The author wants to keep a pet cat.

B．The author makes effort to overcome her fear.

C．The author wishes to beat her brother in the game.

D．The author plans to experience an adventure on her own.

【2】According to Paragraph 2, what may be helpful in increasing girls' confidence?

A．Playing outdoor sports.

B．Having a long-term hobby.

C．Making friends with strangers.

D．Improving their school performance.

【3】What do we know about the stories in the author's book?

A．They are all travel diaries.

B．They are based on true stories.

C．They teach girls how to succeed.

D．They are designed for preschool kids.

【4】Why does the author list some stories from her book?

A．To express her pride in her career.

B．To attract more readers to writing.

C．To present the trouble of creating her stories.

D．To explain the reason for the book's popularity.

23、I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans.” I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain. The more original their ideas, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presented plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.

My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state-owned enterprises and global companies. They were without talent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Review. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.

In China, every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well-developed marketing and management minds have been raised that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.

With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then there's the “thousand talent scheme.” this new government program is intended to improve technological modernization by attracting top foreign-trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about China's research environment. It's hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.

At last, for China, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnership with top western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. It's about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. It's not that simple.

【1】Why does the writer feel disappointed at his students?

A．Because there is one group presenting a catering service.

B．Because the six groups did not cooperate well in the brainstorm.

C．Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic.

D．Because the students' ideas were lacking in creativeness.

【2】Which of the following scenes is NOT considered as lack of creation?

A．Papers were often downloaded from the Internet.

B．Students often said that copying is a preferable business strategy.

C．Students combine knowledge and critical thoughts to solve a problem.

D．Case study debates were written up as well as recited.

【3】We can infer form the passage that ________.

A．China can make and sell any product all over the world from its own creation.

B．high pay may not solve the problem of China's research environment.

C．cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brand.

D．the new government program is aimed at encouraging imagination.

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Look for a new way of learning

B．Reward creative thinking

C．How to become a creator

D．Establish a technical environment

24、Madison Williams was studying in her bedroom when the door burst open．It was her mother，Leigh williams，with a frightening and incredible story，“A little boy fell into a septic tank(化粪池)，and no one can reach him．”Then she made this request of her 13-year-o1d daughter，“Can you help?”

Madison and Leigh ran to a neighbor’s yard，where they found the boy’s anxious mother and other adults surrounding a septic tank opening．The opening was only slightly wider than a basketball．The boy，who was only two years o1d，had slipped in and was drowning in four feet of waste water inside the tank．

Madison quickly surveyed the situation．She was the only one who could fit through the small ho1e．Without hesitation，she got on her stomach next to the opening，placed her arms out in front of her，and told the adults，“Lower me in．”

Leigh and others held her waist and legs．“I wiggled(扭动)my arms and shoulders until I got through the opening，”Madison said．Inside，the tank was dark，and the air disgusting．Madison jammed her left wrist against a pole，injuring the muscles in her wrist and arm so severely that the hand seemed useless．Madison shot her good hand out and grasped the boy’s foot tightly．“Pull me up!”she shouted to the others above．

As they were pulled to the surface，the boy’s free foot got stuck under the inside lip of the opening．“Lower me down!”she yelled．“I had to wiggle his foot until it was free，”she told Reader’s Digest．Then，ten minutes after Madison had entered the tank，she and the boy were lifted out．

“Madison’s a hero，”Holley，one of her neighbors said “What other teenage girl is going to voluntarily go into a septic tank?”

【1】Madison was asked to help the boy because________．

A. she was brave enough to help the boy

B. she knew how to survey the situation

C. she could fit through the small hole to get the boy

D. she was willing to help others in trouble

【2】According to the text，we can learn that__________．

A. the boy’s mother was too scared to rescue her son

B. a boy was trapped when reaching for his basketball

C. Madison Williams was choked in the disgusting air

D. the two kids got out of danger with the aid of the adults

【3】Which might be the main idea of the passage?

A. A boy fell into a septic tank．

B. A mother requested her daughter to save a boy．

C. A neighbor helped a girl out of trouble．

D. A girl rescued a little boy from a septic tank．

25、One day, 75-year-old Delores Bushong returned home and couldn’t find her cat Hank. After calling his name in the neighborhood, she finally spotted him _________ up a tree. She believed Hank was frightened by some dogs.

Bushong was _________ about how he would get down. She called the fire department and even construction companies but none were able to _________. Bushong felt extremely helpless, but her neighbors showed her that she was not alone.

Ed Baptiste, whose tree Hank had climbed, let Bushong sit in his backyard and call to Hank. Another neighbor _________ a can of sardines, hoping it might make the hungry cat _________. Nearby dog owners took their pets on walks instead of letting them out in their yards to avoid further_________ Hank. One neighbor suggested Bushong call a local business, which had a tall _________. She did, and the owner told her she was welcome to it. _________, the 42-foot ladder proved too short.

By day five, despite the _________ of these neighbors, nothing had __________. That’s when another neighbor told Bushong how her friends __________ their cat from a tree. They looped (使绕城圈) some rope around a tall branch and pulled a __________ up to where the cat was sitting. The cat then jumped in and returned to __________.

Bushong filled a small basket with some of Hank’s favorite things. With the help of volunteers from Casey Trees, a local tree company, they shot a beanbag attached to a __________ high into the tree. They got __________ on the first try, as the rope caught a branch directly above Hank. Pulling on the other end of the rope, they __________ the basket just beneath him. To their great __________, he jumped in, and they lowered him.

Hank’s __________ taught his grateful owner a lesson about __________ helping neighbors and small acts of kindness. __________, Hank could only go outside with his owner.

【1】

A．tied

B．stuck

C．climbing

D．resting

【2】

A．shocked

B．confused

C．worried

D．annoyed

【3】

A．answer

B．decide

C．appear

D．help

【4】

A．collected

B．donated

C．sold

D．borrowed

【5】

A．come down

B．slow down

C．look down

D．calm down

【6】

A．hurting

B．disturbing

C．scaring

D．interrupting

【7】

A．employee

B．shelf

C．truck

D．ladder

【8】

A．Undoubtedly

B．Unfortunately

C．Unexpectedly

D．Unusually

【9】

A．kindness

B．patience

C．interest

D．confidence

【10】

A．happened

B．arrived

C．worked

D．mattered

【11】

A．prevented

B．distracted

C．attracted

D．rescued

【12】

A．basket

B．box

C．bottle

D．beanbag

【13】

A．normal

B．health

C．safety

D．strength

【14】

A．wire

B．stick

C．branch

D．rope

【15】

A．careful

B．lucky

C．upset

D．anxious

【16】

A．positioned

B．pressed

C．threw

D．shook

【17】

A．surprise

B．disappointment

C．delight

D．pride

【18】

A．performance

B．conflict

C．challenge

D．adventure

【19】

A．strangers

B．neighbors

C．friends

D．volunteers

【20】

A．By chance

B．In that case

C．From then on

D．By the way

26、假定你是李华，想邀请外教David一起参观中国春联（couplet）作品展。请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1. 展览的时间、地点；

2. 展览作品来源；

3. 春联简介。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。