2025-2026学年湖北天门高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、For those who live in a fast food fantasy world, eating it every day, believing that it is fast, convenient and inexpensive, it can be catastrophic.

A. ideal   B. fair

C. acceptable   D. terrible

2、He felt confident that he had passed the test, only _______ that he failed it.

A．telling

B．told

C．to be told

D．to tell

3、Two ___________ died in the fire.

A. scores of people     B. score of people

C. scores of peoples    D. score of peoples

4、Though ________ up in a big city, the boy preferred to live in the countryside.

A．was brought

B．brought

C．bringing

D．having brought

5、He moved to the USA in the late 1630s and left a(n)   of his reason for his leaving.

A. variety   B. evidence   C. quantity   D. account

6、The rich shouldn't ________their wealth. Instead, they should contribute more money to the poor.

A.show off B.take off C.put off D.give off

7、The house is old, but it is_____ great emotional value to my father who spent all his childhood here.

A. for   B. of

C. with   D. by

8、I wonder if the book is_____worth_____.Can you tell me?

A.very;reading B.well;to read

C.well;reading D.very;to read

9、Once made out, the plan must be carried out ___ any difficulty.

A.instead of B.in need of C.because of D.regardless of

10、In the past four decades China has_______improved the living standards of the ordinary people.

A．mutually

B．urgently

C．dramatically

D．objectively

11、All the tables by the window _________ by telephone when I got to the restaurant.

A.are booked B.had been booked

C.were booked D.have been booked

12、The manager put forward a suggestion ________ we should have an assistant . There is too much time on it.

A．whether

B．that

C．which

D．what

13、In the long term, I hope that 20 years from today, I________as a judge.

A．will have worked

B．will work

C．will be working

D．am working

14、---Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday?

---Yes. __________, I’m going to visit some homes for the old in the city.

A. If ever B. If busy C. If so D. If possible

15、The remote village, which ________ distinctive economy for decades, seeks cooperation with big retailers（零售商）online.

A．will be developing

B．has been developing

C．is developing

D．had been developing

16、The statue, a landmark building, was named 　　　　Deng Xiaoping, the general designer of reform and development.

A. in honour of   B. instead of

C. in favour of   D. by means of

17、We remained _____ in the traffic jam until midnight due to a serious accident.

A.sticking B.stuck C.to be stuck D.to have stuck

18、Lisa had to have her car repaired in a garage because it _______ seriously .

A．damaged

B．had been damaged

C．was being damaged

D．had damaged

19、It is impossible for him to change his mind once he has ________ doing something.

A. depended on   B. debated on

C. relied on   D. decided on

20、________ the examination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically rather than________ creatively.

A．Though; to think

B．As; thinking

C．Though; thinking

D．As; to think

21、If the country is fully employed, its boom industries cannot grow ______ other industries shrink.

A．if

B．unless

C．lest

D．for

22、He had his right leg broken while playing football, because of _______ he couldn't attend school.

A.that B.whom C.what D.which

23、The discovery of new evidence led to   ．

A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief

C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught

24、— Why was it so noisy over there?

— The Twins were surrounded by their fans ____ they stepped out of the hall.

A．until

B．the moment

C．in case

D．so that

25、The program has made great progress _____ little support from the government.

A. due to B. because of

C. instead of   D. in spite of

26、How to protect your privacy when you travel

It hasn't been an easy year for the privacy of travelers，at least so far．Data leaks，surveillance（监视）worries and those troublesome cameras in airplane seatbacks and hotel rooms are enough to make passengers anxious． 【1】 Fortunately，there are ways to safeguard your privacy on land and in the air．These tips can help you deal with these troubles．

【2】 "It's not clever to declare on Facebook that you're traveling to somewhere，reminding a wide range of people that your property is sitting empty，"says Danny McLoughlin．"That puts your security at risk．"Wait until you return to start posting vacation photos．

Some homeowners renting their residences may install security cameras．Travelers should find out if the hosts are required to disclose the presence of surveillance devices．If the rental comes with cameras，ensure they aren't in a sensitive area by conducting a careful sweep 【3】

Although you can't control how a hotel or airline handles-or mishandles-your data，you can take reasonable steps to ensure the information it has won't get you into trouble．【4】

But some of the worst data leaks happen when you're staying at a hotel．For example，a hotel clerk sometimes asks for your name and then announces your room number after you've checked in．You're better off handing the employee your ID when he or she asks for your name and asking the employee to write your room number on a piece of paper．Why？【5】 Just to be sure，never leave the customer copy behind．You can destroy it later，but keep it under your contro1．

A．It's never been better．

B．Perhaps they should be．

C．Travelers say they're taking privacy seriously．

D．Never broadcast your journey on social media．

E．There are other people on the other side of the wall．

F．Some travelers only offer the bare minimum，such as a P．O．box instead of a home address．

G．Report anything doubtful to the host immediately-and if you don't like what you hear， leave．

27、Writing goes back to the earliest humans. It is a way of communicating using markings or signs that we can see to read.

Counting sticks is probably the oldest way of making markings to record something. Shepherds(牧羊人) would count their sheep and then make a mark on a stick for each sheep. Some cultures tied knots(结) in strings for the same reason. Some even made the strings different colours so that they could remember what each piece was for.

Rock drawings are also a very old way of communication. Pictures were drawn on rocks showing animals, hunting scenes and feasting scenes. Some of the drawings are quite colorful. The ancient people had found a way of mixing colours from the soil, leaves and berries(浆果) of their surroundings. The earliest known rock paintings in Southern Africa date back to 27,000 years ago. We have been able to learn a lot about early man from these rock paintings.

Old Indian drawings are called ideographs(表意文字). This is also known as picture writing. It was one of the most important steps in the development of writing. Each drawing communicated an idea rather than a word. The drawings did not only have meanings for people who spoke the Indian languages. Any person from any language group could understand them. This way of communicating ideas rather than words is called ideography.

After this, man learned that he could communicate ideas using certain signs that stood for his words in his language. This type of writing is called logography. Sumerian writing and Egyptian hieroglyphics are both a form of this. A simple example is that the written word ‘eye’ would be a drawing of an eye.

It was Chinese who first developed word writing. Each character in writing Chinese communicates a complete idea. There may be as many as 50,000 word signs in Chinese. Slowly, the way of writing became simpler. The signs for words became fewer and fewer. People began using signs for a letter instead of an idea or word. The Japanese worked out the first type of letter system, borrowing many of the word symbols from the Chinese. The alphabet was the next step. The Greeks were the first people to use an alphabet to write with.

【1】Why did some ancient people tie knots in the strings?

A．To make marks for their sheep.

B．To remember the numbers of their sheep.

C．To make strings colourful.

D．To make markings to record something.

【2】From rock drawings we can learn________ in the ancient time.

A．the way to raise animals

B．the way to hunt animals

C．the way to mix colours

D．the way early man lived

【3】The underlined word “logography” in paragraph5 means ________.

A．drawings

B．ideographs

C．hieroglyphics

D．alphabets

【4】Who first developed the way of writing to exchange an idea?

A．The Egyptians

B．The Chinese

C．The Japanese

D．The Greeks

28、Over 70 percent of American teens and adults are on Facebook with the average person spending over 90 minutes a day on all social media platforms. 【1】 Many of us use social media to get a sense of belonging, self-expression, or a wish to connect. Apps like Facebook and Twitter allow us to stay in touch with family members and friends and communicate with people with common interests.

But researchers have found the negative sides of social media. Facebook “addiction” is similar to drug addictions. Facebook can also make people more jealous (嫉妒的). 【2】 People tend to negatively compare themselves with others when they see others’ carefully designed images. A study shows that the more time young adults spent on Facebook, the worse off they felt.

【3】 One idea is to stay away from Facebook completely and take that “hard break.” Researchers found that after taking a one-week break from Facebook, people had higher life satisfaction and positive emotions compared to people who used Facebook regularly.

We should ask ourselves how social media makes us feel and behave, and decide whether we need to improve our social media environment. We’d better limit the number of people that we keep in close touch with. 【4】 It’s also a good choice to “like” only reputable (有信誉的) news, information, and entertainment sources.

We each have to make wise decisions about social media use, weighing the good and bad. As researchers put it, “online social interactions can’t completely take the place of the real thing,” and that in-person, healthy real relationships are truly important to our happiness. 【5】

A．There are many benefits from social media use.

B．Never put all our eggs in the social media basket.

C．Social media pull us to view each other’s “highlight life”.

D．So, how can we deal with the negative sides of social media?

E．We can hide everyone except our closest friends, for example.

F．We should be clear about how social media affects our well-being.

G．Being green-eyed often turns friendship into unhealthy comparison.

29、Fifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 100,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck North China's Hebei Province.

The quake, measuring 6. 2 on the Richter scale (里氏6 .2级) , hit the area 220km northwest of Beijing at 11: 50 a. m. on January 10, 1998.

Scientists made a report of the recent quake. They said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) were most easily attacked by earthquakes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.

However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the correct altitude (纬度).

Experts say that in the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have taken place in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5.

Tens of thousands of people died or were injured. Loss valued over 10 billion yuan.

【1】When the earthquake attacked the area, most people there were unlikely to ____.

A. sleep in bed     B. work in the fields

C. walk in the streets  D. stay at home

【2】The report shows that about nine earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over ____ on the Richter scale.

A. 7   B.5 C.9 D.6

【3】It can be inferred from the report that the damage caused by the earthquakes could be much less heavy if ____.

A. all the people stayed outside

B. the earthquake happened at midnight

C. the people had been warned earlier

D. the earthquake scale was lower than 6. 2 only

【4】Which of the following can be reasonable except ____.

A. We can not stop earthquakes

B. Scientists are working hard at the researches on earthquakes

C. We can do our best to have fewer damages than ever

D. Nothing can be done on earthquakes

30、   My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert today. She played so _______ that I could not help cheering her. The very _________ reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing.

When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great_______, she began  learning it. However, when she was no longer _______, she became sick of it. _______, it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine (常规) of_______.

When her first teacher left, my friend_______ me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some_______ comments, and then point out what should be_______. Every time she came, ________ beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some________. She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the ________of playing, but more importantly, to ________ the music and love it.”

After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons. Sometimes she ________would like to________ a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level.

Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was________ that you didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel________ when you are on the way. When you look ________from where you are, you will realize that you have been making________. But if you________, you’ll never take one more step.” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her.

【1】A.regularly B.smoothly C.carefully D.happily

【2】A.music B.scene C.arrangement D.praise

【3】A.excitement B.pressure C.regret D.unwillingness

【4】A.young B.free C.curious D.cautious

【5】A.After all B.Above all C.In all D.First of all

【6】A.cost B.practice C.education D.show

【7】A.led B.sent C.directed D.introduced

【8】A.usual B.interesting C.good D.humorous

【9】A.explained B.changed C.stopped D.improved

【10】A.as well B.instead of C.except for D.thanks to

【11】A.music B.jokes C.games D.sports

【12】A.levels B.skills C.training D.secrets

【13】A.create B.follow C.feel D.read

【14】A.once B.then C.still D.even

【15】A.make up B.look back C.show off D.give away

【16】A.nervous B.lucky C.afraid D.astonished

【17】A.tired B.easy C.embarrassed D.excited

【18】A.ahead B.up C.down D.over

【19】A.mistakes B.choices C.progress D.time

【20】A.stop B.continue C.do D.move

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. float B. planned C. flow D. resistance

E. estimated F. specially G. entirely H. powered

I. pressure J. speeding K. developing

In the United States, a company is working on a project that could change the way we think about public transportation. Its【1】system would move people around in steel tubes. Those passengers would be traveling at speeds of up to 1, 200 kilometers per hour.

The futuristic steel tube transportation system is called Hyperloop. Workers plan to test the system next year in a 【2】built community called Quay Valley. The town will be powered.【3】by energy from the sun.

The Hyperloop transport system is the idea of businessman Elon Musk. Dirk Ahlborn is head of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. He says his company has taken Mr. Musk's idea and is【4】a system that will be safe, environmentally friendly and fast.

“It's 100 percent solar【5】. We're not going to get up to 760 miles per hour, but we believe we can actually break the records that exist right now.”

This means that a four-hour drive from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, could someday take only 30 minutes by Hyperloop.

The system involves a series of capsules that【6】inside a long tube. These containers would not need to travel along a pathway or track. . The system-has been designed to operate above or below ground.

“Inside the tube you create a low【7】environment very similar to an airplane that's at high altitudes. So now the capsule travelling inside the tube doesn't meet with as much【8】, and therefore can travel really fast with very little energy.”

Dirk Ahlborn and his company will use an eight-kilometer track in Quay Valley to find the best way to set up passenger traffic and repair capsules. A larger system will cost a(n)【9】six to $10 billion to build.

If Mr. Ahlborn and his company succeed, we may one day see these very fast Hyperloop capsules 【10】through tubes around the world.

32、假设你叫李华，你有一个英国的同学Peter，他曾在中国学习过，现已回国。最近他听说你校开设了急救课，他来信想询问一些情况，并向你请教一些关于烫伤的急救知识。请根据以下要点给他写一封回信：

1. 开设急救课的原因；

2. 烫伤急救知识；

3. 邀请Peter再到中国学习。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 信的开头和结尾已经给出, 不计入总数;

3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

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Best Wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua