2025-2026学年新疆乌鲁木齐高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、—Life ____ be very hard for people living in the north of Canada as it is very cold there in winter.

—Yes, the weather there _____ be as low as 60℃ below zero.

A.must; can B.shall; must C.will; should D.has to; can

2、Words _______ me when I wanted to express my thanks to him for having saved my son from the burning house.

A．failed

B．left

C．discouraged

D．disappointed

3、Technology makes________possible that millions more people have been able to experience a digital version of the world-famous painting.

A．it

B．this

C．that

D．one

4、______ many times, he has already known how to do it.

A. He had been told   B. Having been told

C. Though he had been told   D. Having told

5、______ in 1931, the Empire State Building, the highest skyscraper until 1954, inspired the imagination of the world.

A．Completing

B．To complete

C．To be completed

D．Completed

6、Don’t scold him. He was just trying to do a good _________.

A．thing

B．act

C．manner

D．deed

7、When he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds ______ the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears.

A．surrounding

B．to surround

C．to be surrounded

D．surrounded

8、It is generally believed that constant reading and comprehending can ________ our mental ability of comprehension while physical exercise can help build up our body.

A．stress

B．effect

C．strengthen

D．decide

9、The poor young man is ready to accept _______ help he can get.

A．whichever

B．however

C．whatever

D．whenever

10、The president and his team of administration promised to try every means possible to _________ jobs and _________ the goal of recovering its economy as soon as possible.

A.create, accomplish B.invent, achieve C.discover, win D.attract, finish

11、It seems that talent alone isn’t enough to _______ success.

A．persevere

B．guarantee

C．elect

D．upset

12、With some infrastructure (基础设施) in Hong Kong __________ due to the riot (骚乱) of some people in the past few months, it has caused inconvenience for average people.

A.having damaged B.to be damaged C.damaged D.damaging

13、These old buildings possibly _________ the Ming Dynasty.

A. date back to   B. dated back to

C. dated from   D. date in

14、__________ a part-time job at the weekend does not necessarily mean not working on weekdays.

A. To take   B. To be taking

C. Taking   D. Having taken

15、As we all know, one unfortunate outcome of Internet use is that it damages people’s ability _______ normal lives.

A. living   B. to live

C. lived   D. to be lived

16、The measure has saved many rare animals which would ______ have died out.

A. therefore B. anyhow   C. furthermore D. otherwise

17、Candidates and exam staff must use hand sanitizer (消毒杀菌剂) to ________ or wash their hands before entering the exam rooms each time.

A．distinguish

B．distribute

C．dismiss

D．disinfect

18、It has been announced that some funds will be used to ________ the market and to increase the investment in technology companies.

A．expose

B．expand

C．engage

D．endure

19、Jean chose ______ for rescue on the roof to avoid ______ away by the flood.

A．waiting; washing

B．to wait; being washed

C．waiting; to wash

D．to wait; to be washed

20、______ was known to all, William had broken his promise ______ he would give us a rise.

A．As; which

B．It; which

C．It; that

D．As; that

21、In the dark forests _______, some large enough to hole several English towns.

A.many lakes lie B.many lakes stand

C.stand many lakes D.lie many lakes

22、A ________identification card is required when you purchase foreign money from Bank of China.

A．beneficial

B．effective

C．valid

D．flexible

23、We had no idea that he was such a ________ person who loved money more than anything else.

A．admirable

B．eager

C．enthusiastic

D．greedy

24、She had a strong and supportive sister who constantly ________ her ______ to study hard.

A．sized…up

B．let…slip

C．urged…on

D．took…off guard

25、The boys were about to go out to play football   suddenly it began to rain.

A. when   B. as   C. while   D. then

26、   In a recent survey of 2000 Americans, housecleaning was shown to have some mood-boosting effects — but that doesn't mean everybody is willing to do it.

The majority of respondents (受访者) said cleaning gave them a sense of accomplishment (65%) and helped them clear their mind (63%). Half of these adults said they are most often motivated to clean when they're happy. In fact, 63% of those surveyed find the experience of cleaning to be relaxing - even more so than getting fresh air (61%).

But that's not the only reason people clean. A big 70% admitted that tidying their home was a way of putting off having to do other things, with the average procrastinator (拖延者) using that trick four times a week. The survey showed that 86% of respondents do feel on top of their housework, but the last deep clean of their kitchen happened over a week and a half ago. That's no surprise because the kitchen is most terrible of all.

Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of DishFish, the survey investigated people's attitudes toward dirty dishes and how they get through tricky task. More than two-thirds of people (69%) let their dishes pile up between washings with 20% saying “always” letting them be placed in the sink, which left them feeling stressed. More than any other room, the kitchen was rated as “very difficult” to cope with. And most people enjoy cleaning their toilet or taking out the garbage more than washing dishes by hand.

How do they get through it? 66% listen to music while they clean. 72% have a best-loved song that they sounded while tidying up their home, with “Uptown Funk,”“Read All About It” and “Work” being the three favorite tunes on America's cleaning playlist.

【1】What is the result of the survey?

A．Housecleaning may contribute to a good mood to some extent.

B．Housecleaning may strengthen people's willingness to volunteer.

C．Housecleaning may cause anxiety and concern for some people.

D．Housecleaning may improve people's motivation to other housework.

【2】What is the top reason why people undertake housecleaning?

A．They can entertain themselves.

B．They can take in fresh air.

C．They get a sense of achievement.

D．They can delay other things.

【3】What are respondents' attitudes to dirty dishes?

A．Many would rather wash dishes than throw out the rubbish.

B．Half are under pressure with dirty dishes lying in the sink.

C．A quarter will let dirty dishes pile up after their meals.

D．Most prefer cleaning their toilet to washing dishes by hand.

【4】What column does the text belong to?

A．Feature Story.

B．Family Life.

C．Scientific Hotspot.

D．Finance Focus.

27、City people usually think they are a lot smarter than country people. They often laugh at simple country ways. But people do not laugh at country music. It is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today.

Perhaps it is so popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events—love, sadness, good times and bad times, it tells real life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more and more complicated(复杂的), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play the guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.

At first city people said country music was low-class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War Ⅱ, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned to like country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is popular everywhere in the United States and Canada, in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. People sing it in their languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor farmers is now popular all over the world.

【1】People enjoy country music because______.

A. it is about ordinary people   B. it is easy to learn

C. it is free of charge   D. it is very exciting

【2】The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.

A. why people love country music in the United States

B. when people began to enjoy country music

C. how country music became more and more popular

D. where country music was most popular

【3】From the last paragraph we can see that______.

A. all people enjoy country music all over the world

B. country music is well received all over the world

C. rich people love country music best of all

D. black people enjoy country music best of all

【4】Which of the following can be used as the best title for this passage?

A. American Country Music

B. Life in the American Country

C. American Cowboys

D. American Radio Stations

28、Your friends might be in England or may be just next-door neighbors, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed a lot for millions of young people who like to make friends online around the world. Whether you use chat room, QQ, MSN or OICQ, you are in this group.

“I don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my friends on QQ,” said Tears in Hand, an online name used by a girl student in China.

QQ is the biggest messaging service in China now. A report from the company which developed QQ says that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October. And probably Tears in Hand was one of them. “I log in on Friday nights, Saturdays or Sundays, when I feel bored. I usually spend about ten hours chatting online every week,” she said. “But I never talk with strangers, especially boys or men.” Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online because she knows that she shouldn’t believe in the strangers online easily.

Many people like to meet online when they feel they have got to know someone very well. Tears in Hand once met one online friend face to face and they went to a football match together.

A boy named Blue Sky dislikes QQ users, “I used to chat on QQ, but I found most people are talking about foolish things. Now I only chat in English in MSN with my Japanese or American friends because I want to learn more about foreign cultures. So he spends very little time chatting on QQ and he thinks it’s a waste of time and money. He said, “If you are addicted to it, you can’t concentrate on your lessons. We should know that friends in our real life are more important than those online ones.

【1】From the first paragraph, we know “…they are all just a few clicks away” means “_____”.

A．it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking

B．it is impossible to make friend online

C．it is easy and fast to get in touch with your friends

D．it is popular to live much closer to your friends

【2】Tears in Hand thinks QQ is ___________.

A．the biggest messaging service in China

B．a good place to spend her boring time

C．a safe place to chat with strangers

D．the best place to make friends

【3】Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the last paragraph?

A．All the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.

B．Chatting online is helpful and interesting.

C．We can’t believe boys or men online.

D．We should think more of our friends in real life.

29、Scientists today are making greater effort to study ocean currents (洋流) . Most do it using satellites and other high-tech equipment. However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special way — by studying movements of random floating garbage. A scientist with many years’ experience, he started this type of research in the early 1990s when he heard about hundreds of athletic shoes washing up on the shores of the northwest coast of the United States. There were so many shoes that people were setting up swap meets to try and match left and right shoes to sell or wear.

Ebbesmeyer found out in his researches that the shoes — about 60,000 in total — fell into the ocean in a shipping accident. He phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes back. As expected, the company told him that they didn't. Ebbesmeyer realized this could be a great experiment. If he learned when and where the shoes went into the water and tracked where they landed, he could learn a lot about the patterns of ocean currents.

The Pacific Northwest is one of the world's best areas for beachcombing (海滩搜寻) because winds and currents join here, and as a result, there is a group of serious beachcombers in the area. Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed. In a year he collected reliable information on 1, 600 shoes. With this data, he and a colleague were able to test and improve a computer program designed to model ocean currents, and publish the findings of their study.

As the result of his work, Ebbesmeyer has become known as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean. He has even started an association of beachcombers and ocean experts, with 500 subscribers from West Africa to New Zealand. They have recorded all lost objects ranging from potatoes to golf gloves.

【1】Ebbesmeyer phoned the shoe company to find out _____________.

A．what caused the shipping accident

B．when and where the shoes went missing

C．whether it was all right to use their shoes

D．how much they lost in the shipping accident

【2】How did Ebbesmeyer prove his assumption?

A．By collecting information from beachcombers.

B．By studying the shoes found by beachcomber.

C．By searching the web for ocean currents models.

D．By researching ocean currents data in the library.

【3】Ebbesmeyer is most famous for ___________________.

A．traveling widely the coastal cities of the world

B．making records for any lost objects on the sea

C．running a global currents research association

D．phoning about any doubtful objects on the sea

【4】What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

A．To call people's attention to ocean pollution.

B．To warn people of shipping safety in the ocean.

C．To explain a unique way of studying ocean currents.

D．To give tips on how to search for lost objects on the beach.

30、My niece Jessica was six. One day she came home from school _________. It had finally been her turn at her class’ weekly Show and Tell, but her teacher’s _________ to her presentation brought her to tears. “I talked about Uncle Steve,” Jessica said sadly. “When I showed his picture to the class, Mrs. Yates _________ it.”

Being only three years old, Steve was more like a _________ to Jessica than an uncle. Truly her best partner, Uncle Steve was a favorite topic of Jessica’s. It was no surprise that she’d make him the _________ of her Show and Tell. What was a little strange was why Mrs. Yates would find his picture _________ enough to upset Jessica.

Several days later, my sister _________ Mrs. Yates in the shopping centre. After _________ Jessica’s progress with Mrs. Yates, my sister mentioned her daughter’s presentation. _________, the teacher broke into laughter.

“Oh, Mrs. DeDeo,” she laughed. “I had no idea Jessica was so unhappy, __________ I must explain my reaction. Every Monday when Jessica comes into school, she talks about her weekends spent with her grandmother and Uncle Steve. She tells other students how he sometimes __________ her, takes her toys and steals her cookies. I was planning to call you to ask if you were __________ of the situation. When she __________ a picture of Uncle Steve with the class, I was __________ to find a bully (霸凌者) of a man. What I saw was a __________ three-year-old boy. I couldn’t help but laugh!”

【1】

A．excited

B．nervous

C．shocked

D．upset

【2】

A．attention

B．reaction

C．response

D．preference

【3】

A．laughed at

B．complained about

C．subscribed to

D．disagreed on

【4】

A．stranger

B．brother

C．classmate

D．student

【5】

A．director

B．performer

C．focus

D．symbol

【6】

A．disappointing

B．surprising

C．annoying

D．amusing

【7】

A．encountered

B．called

C．contacted

D．persuaded

【8】

A．revealing

B．observing

C．predicting

D．discussing

【9】

A．In return

B．As usual

C．Once again

D．In fact

【10】

A．so

B．but

C．though

D．and

【11】

A．protects

B．blesses

C．hits

D．helps

【12】

A．proud

B．sure

C．afraid

D．aware

【13】

A．shared

B．enjoyed

C．decorated

D．switched

【14】

A．waiting

B．expecting

C．preparing

D．pretending

【15】

A．brave

B．patient

C．sweet

D．wise

31、

The term “culture shock” describes the emotional upheaval many people experience when they move to a country with a different culture from what they are used to. Here is how culture shock can 【1】.

When you first arrives in a foreign country, you will probably be excited about living in a new place, meeting new people and starting your new course or job. Everything will seem fresh and 【2】.

After this initial 【3】 wears off, all the new experiences may begin to overwhelm you. Things that you found exciting at first may now seem strange and a little 【4】. Even minor differences such a being unable to buy your usual kind of soap, can 【5】 to the sense of strangeness. You may experience sudden 【6】 changes and strong reactions, feeling lost, disoriented, and even irritated and resentful.

Above all, you may wish you were back among the 【7】 people and places at home.

All international students or workers can experience culture shock in some 【8】--even those coming from countries with very similar lifestyles.

So it is important to understand that this reaction of “culture shock” is entirely normal and that it will 【9】. Don’t worry too much and try to look at everything different in a 【10】 way. Take it easy and then you will enjoy the new environment soon.

32、假定你是李华，是一名在英国学习的留学生。一周前(2017年10月26日)你在一家手机专营店(mobile phone store)购买了一台手机，但使用几天后经常会出现白屏、自动关机等现象。请给商家写一封e-mail说明情况，并附上购机票据要求换机。

注意：1. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

2. 词数100左右。

3. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入词数。

Dear Sir,

I am Li Hua, an international student in England. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours Sincerely,

Li Hua