2025-2026学年湖北随州高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、________their son’s response letter, the concerned parents wrote another one and had it delivered at once.

A．Having not received

B．Not having received

C．Not receiving

D．Not received

2、— I’m calling to _______ our lunch appointment. It’s tomorrow at twelve o’clock, right?

— Absolutely.

A. confirmB. acknowledgeC. attain D. advocate

3、I was about to go out _______ the telephone rang yesterday．

A．when B．after   C．before   D．Since

4、The reason ______he is so upset is ________ his father is coming to school for the teacher-parent meeting today.

A. why; because    B. for what; that

C. for what; because D. why; that

5、It’s unwise to ______ you understand something when you don’t.

A. speak up   B. find out

C. make out   D. make up

6、When walking down the street, I came across David, whom I ________ for years.

A．haven’t seen

B．hadn’t seen

C．saw

D．have seen

7、There's no simple solution________this problem.

A.of B.for C.to D.about

8、The Smiths ________ their breakfast when the morning post came.

A. had     B. has been having

C. are having D. were having

9、---He’s made _________progress that his parents must be pleased with him.

--- __________________. And he also takes great pride in himself.

A. so great; So he has   B. such great; So has he

C. so much; So he has   D. so much; So has he.

10、As soon as the invention was finished, Sissa Ben gave it to the king, who was glad and asked him ________ he would like to have in return.

A．that

B．what

C．whether

D．how

11、—Look! The poster My Country, My Parents. That is_________ movie I've told you several times.

—Great! I am looking forward to seeing this movie.

A．the

B．a

C．an

D．/

12、Progress so far has been very good. ______, we are sure that the project will be completed on time.

A. Therefore B. Otherwise

C. However     D. Besides

13、______ his work in physics, he spent much time working for human rights and _____.

A. Besides; progresses   B. Except; progresses

C. Besides; progress   D. Except; progress

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、On the stage   a number of famous singers,   songs welcomed by the majority of young people.

A. is; their   B. are; whose   C. is; whose   D. are; their

16、 --- Where did you get to know him?

--- I think it was in the factory______ I worked ten years ago.

A. where   B. that   C. /   D. when

17、From news on education in Yunnan，we can sense that the problem of lacking resources is particularly __________ in rural areas.

A. advanced   B. promoted

C. mistaken   D. acute

18、Hurry up, ________ you will miss the bus.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

19、The cruel reality was ________ for him, so he decided to go on a beach vacation to relax and think about what he should do next．

A．unbearable B．unforgettable

C．unavoidable D．unbelievable

20、________ in the grade basketball contest for three times recently, Steve looked exhausted.

A. To play   B. Played

C. To be playing   D. Having played

21、All men are created equal and every child has the equal right to receive education _______ their financial background.

A. in terms of   B. on behalf of

C. regardless of   D. in view of

22、When entering the office, _____.

A．Winifred was found sitting at a desk

B．Winifred was found sat at a desk

C．we found Winifred seated at a desk

D．we found Winifred seating at a desk

23、Price of daily goods ________ online can be lower than that in store.

A．are searched

B．searched

C．is searched

D．searching

24、We may be going skiing at Christmas, but it’s still all up _________.We’ll probably make the decision the day after tomorrow.

A．in the wild

B．in the distance

C．in the air

D．in the long run

25、 When Peter speaks in public, he always has trouble   the right things to say.

A. thinking of  B. to think of

C. thought of  D. think of

26、What were you doing before you started reading this? Were you fully focused on another article? Or eating breakfast? Organizing your day? Or were you staring out of the window, feeling restless and bored?

It is likely to have been the latter. Brief moments of boredom are universal, and are frequently what drives us to stop what we are doing and move to something that we hope will be more exciting.

 But although boredom is common, it is neither unimportant nor favorable, according to Dr John Eastwood, a psychologist at York University, Toronto. Eastwood is the joint author of The Unengaged Mind, a major new paper on the theory of boredom.

 Boredom, he points out in the paper, has been connected with overeating, depression, anxiety, and an increased risk of making mistakes. Mistakes at work might not be a matter of life and death for most of us, but if you are an air traffic controller, pilot or nuclear power plant operator, they most certainly can be.

 Commercial polo Sami Franks confirms that boredom can make pilots lose attention. “When you fly a lengthy distance, there are two pilots, one of whom is monitoring all the screens while the other does the paperwork, talks to air traffic control and so on. You need to be alert(警觉的) for landing and takeoff, but once you’re 500 ft above the runway, the plane’s on autopilot(自动驾驶仪) and it can be very quiet and boring. In a study I saw of pilots who woke up after a short sleep. 30% of them reported seeing the other pilot asleep too,” said Franks.

However, Dr Esther Priyadharshini, a senior lecturer in education at the university of East Anglia, has studied boredom and says it can be seen in a positive light. “We can’t prevent boredom—it’s an unavoidable human emotion. We have to accept it and find ways to control it. We all need downtime. There’s no need to be fully busy with work at all times.” she says.

Children who complain that they have nothing to do on rainy holidays may try to find other things to focus on. The artist Grayson Perry has reportedly spoken of how long periods of boredom in childhood may have improved his creativity.

 “We all need vacant time to mull(深思熟虑) things over,” says Priyadharshini.

【1】We can learn from Eastwood that _______.

A. boredom can be potentially (潜在地) dangerous

B. air traffic controllers usually feel bored

C. brief moments of boredom are not common

D. making mistakes is a major cause of boredom

【2】The study mentioned by Franks shows that ______.

A. pilots need to be alert for landing and takeoff

B. pilots must work well together when flying

C. boredom can make pilots lose attention

D. flying a plane is generally quite fun

【3】Which of the following might be Perry’s opinion on boredom?

A. It often leads to failure.

B. It has a beneficial effect.

C. It is more likely to happen to children.

D. It makes children lose interest in learning.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A. Why am I so bored?

B. Is boredom bad for you?

C. Can I have your attention?

D. How can I get rid of boredom?

27、When you walk on a sandy beach, it takes more energy than walking down a sidewalk—because the weight of your body pushes into the sand. It turns out that the same thing is true for vehicles driving on roads.

“The weight of the vehicles creates a very shallow indentation in the pavement—and it makes it such that it's continuously driving up a very shallow hill,” said Jeremy Gregory, a scientist at M. I. T...He modeled with his teammates how much energy could be saved-and greenhouse gases avoided—by simply hardening the nation's roads and highways.

And they found that hardening 10 percent of the nation's roads every year could prevent emissions equal to 440 megatons of carbon dioxide over the next 5 decades—that amount is equal to how much CO, you'd spare the planet by keeping a billion barrels of oil in the ground or by growing 7 billion trees for a decade. It reduces 0.5% of projected transportation emissions over that time period.

As for how to harden roads, Gregory says you could combine small amounts of certain fiber with high technology into paving materials. Or you could pave with specially-made concrete, which is harder than ordinary construction materials.

This system could also be a way to shave carbon emissions without some of the usual barriers. “Usually, when it comes to reducing emissions in the transportation department, you're talking about changing policies related to vehicles and also driver behavior, which involves millions and millions of people—as opposed to changing the way we design and preserve our pavements. That's just on the order of thousands of people who are working in transportation agencies.” And when it comes to improving our streets and highways-those agencies are where you might say the rubber meets the road.

【1】How does the author develop Paragraph 3?

A．By giving examples.

B．By making classification.

C．By listing figures

D．By analyzing causes.

【2】What does Gregory suggest for hardening roads?

A．Mixing fiber with special concrete.

B．Changing regular paving materials.

C．Creating hi-tech computer models.

D．Using ordinary building materials.

【3】What is an advantage of the road-hardening system?

A．It reduces construction costs.

B．It profits transportation agencies.

C．It regulates driver behavior.

D．It avoids involving too many people.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Walking Down Beaches or Sidewalks?

B．Hardening Roads Helps Save Energy.

C．How to Cut Down Carbon Emissions

D．A System of Hardening Roads.

28、Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. But life tends to throw barriers in the way. Her mother remarried several times. By the time she was a senior in high school, Steph had lived in 25 places. Her stepfather died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a modest income. Paying for college became out of the question.

One afternoon, Dorothy Clark, her English teacher, walked into the classroom, handing out a paper sheet titled “Mrs. Clark’s Book List”, and said, “Some of you might not go on to higher education, but you can continue to learn.” She created a list of 153 fiction and nonfiction books, covering science, history, economics, politics, and literature. It would, she believed, form the equivalent (等同) of two years at a liberal arts college.

So she began in 1970. Starting at the top, Steph would read every book in the order they appeared. Each of those books fueled her passion to learn more about the person, subject matter, or time in history. Unlike many people who open a book in bed before it’s time to sleep, Steph prefers to read while sitting in a chair with a cup of coffee by her side. She doesn’t race through a book, as she wants to savor the experience.

Now Steph is 70 and she never did get to college. But she has only four books left to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2023.

In Madame Curie, the author, Eve Curie, writes, “Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.” The way Steph sees it, Mrs. Clark felt it was her particular duty to help young students. Steph wishes she could thank Mrs. Clark and share with her how reading the works on her list has changed her life. “It was never just a list I got from some teacher in school. It’s always been Mrs. Clark’s Book List,” says Steph.

【1】What prevented Steph going to college?

A．Her family’s frequent move.

B．Her stepfather’s death.

C．Her mother’s remarriage.

D．Her family’s financial conditions.

【2】Why did Mrs. Clark create the book list?

A．To prepare students for college.

B．To encourage students to continue learning.

C．To serve as a reading task for students.

D．To share her favorite books with students.

【3】What does Steph think of “Mrs. Clark’s Book List”?

A．Informative.

B．Heavy going.

C．Humorous.

D．Mind-twisting.

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

A．A good reading habit counts

B．An influential reading list makes a difference

C．An impressive English teacher does wonder

D．A wonderful university experience matters

29、You have a backache; your legs are painful after a basketball match—what better than a relaxing massage (按摩)?

Scientists now say they have figured out the reason why a massage brings comfort. They say a massage changes how some of your proteins (蛋白质) act.This makes your muscles less inflamed (发炎的), according to the Los Angeles Times.

The leader of the study, Professor Mark Tarnopolsky at McMaster University, Canada, chose several healthy young men for the experiment.He asked them to do very tiring exercise. Then he looked at how the cells changed in their legs.After this, the men were given a massage on only one leg and Tarnopolsky recorded any cell changes again.

Tarnopolsky and his team found that massaging made the inflammation caused by exercise get better because it weakened the activity of a protein called NF­kB.

Scientists also noticed that massaging helped cells recover from exercise damage.When muscles were being massaged, the amount of another protein called PGC­lalpha increased. This kind of protein can stimulate (促进) the growth of a tiny part inside cells called mitochondria (线粒体)．

People used to think that massaging eases pain by clearing away the lactic acid (乳酸) which built up after exercise. However, Tarnopolsky and his team didn't see any changes to lactic acid.

Thomas Birk is a professor at Wayne State University, US. He said that the study was the first he had seen to analyze massage in such depth.  He said they wanted to start research 10 years ago, but technology was not yet good enough.

One day massages could be used to treat injuries and muscle disease. They may even be able to replace some anti­inflammatory medicines, said Birk. But, he said, more research is needed for masseurs (按摩师) to figure out the best massages for different diseases.

【1】What is the article mainly about?

A. A new way to massage.

B. The best way to relax after doing sports.

C. New research into massages.

D. The advantages of a massage.

【2】How can a massage bring comfort according to the article?

A. It weakens the activity of the protein NF­kB.

B. It helps protein recover from exercise damage.

C. It can clear away the mitochondria in muscles.

D. It can prevent inflammation in muscles.

【3】What does the underlined word “eases” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. makes easier   B. reduces

C. puts up with   D. stops

【4】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. It was believed that massages cleared away lactic acid.

B. Research into massages started 10 years ago.

C. Massages are used to treat muscle diseases in hospitals.

D. Massages will reduce the amount of protein PGC­lalpha.

30、   I have always been a stickler(非常看重……的人) for equality. Therefore, I was______of the sort of friendship where you give with nothing in______, and the other person feels much bigger than you are. I don't know______exactly it started, but for as long as I remember, I have felt self-conscious about the______within my

friendships. I constantly worry that I______my friends more than they do. When the scale(秤) tips to one side in my relationships, I feel myself start to fall over too, like a branch hanging off the edge of a cliff.

When I entered high school, I made friends who gave______and willingly: advice, knowledge, and______. Even if they gave more than they received, they did so with a ______. I slowly began to realize that some people were worth the inequality, and that some things could be______in other ways or at a later time. Kindness is a(n)______that you receive back from the ones you give it to. My friend Alicia always______to help others with their work and assignments, which made me and all the other______of her kindness______to help her if she ever need anything in the future. It wasn't an exactly equal way of repaying her, but it was our own small way of saying thank you.

Today，I still______maintaining(维持) equality in my life. However, I have learned that it's okay to give more than you receive, if you are giving to the______person and that it's okay to let some debts go unpaid.

【1】A.proud B.fond C.afraid D.confident

【2】A.sight B.place C.vain D.return

【3】A.how B.why C.when D.where

【4】A.strength B.balance C.envy D.affection

【5】A.attract B.value C.hit D.embarrass

【6】A.generously B.directly C.financially D.wisely

【7】A.status B.help C.salaries D.greetings

【8】A.smile B.sigh C.nod D.wave

【9】A.made up B.turned down C.tested out D.paid back

【10】A.punishment B.request C.aim D.gift

【11】A.offered B.refused C.failed D.agreed

【12】A.victims B.users C.receivers D.contributors

【13】A.unable B.determined C.ambitious D.ashamed

【14】A.struggle with B.object to C.get tired of D.take pride in

【15】A.wise B.right C.perfect D.best

31、阅读短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用所给词的正确形式填空。

The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, both Chinese sneaker brands (品牌), suddenly gained international attention. Their products 【1】(see) on models all over the world then. Last year, Chinese sportswear brand LI-NING was at the New York, Fashion Week in September with new designs decorated with Chinese 【2】(character). Now the Chinese brands are impressive and ambitious and can go head to head with foreign brands. And this ambition may be due to the fact that China's young people are now more 【3】 about their own culture.

32、阅读下面短文, 根据所给情节进行续写, 使之构成一个完整的故事。

Jennifer, a senior high school student, was driving the old blue sedan(轿车) owned by her father. She lived on a farm about ten miles away from downtown and used the car back and forth every day.

Jennifer had driven into town that night to see a basketball game between Rockets and Warriors. Now she was on her way home, thinking about the game-winning shot by Harden. As she pulled away from the stadium, she noticed a red pick-up truck follow her out of the parking lot. A few minutes later the truck was still behind her.

“I guess we're going in the same direction,” she whispered to herself. Anxious and suspicious, she began to watch the truck in her mirror. When she changed her speed, the driver of the truck changed his speed too! When she passed a car, so he did.

Then he turned on his high beams, flooding her car with light. He left them on for almost a minute. “He probably wants to pass me,” she tried to comfort herself. But this time she was becoming uneasy. Usually, Jennifer drove home over a back road. It was a narrow and bumpy country road with no few lights, so not too many people went that way. But when she turned onto that road, so did the truck.

“I’ve got to get away from him,” she was seized with sudden trembling and became deathly pale, feeling cold sweat flowing down her back, and without a second thought, Jennifer began to slam on the gas and picked up her speed. Then he turned his high beams on again. After a minute, he turned them off. Then he turned them on again and off again.

She changed gears(档位) and drove even faster, but the truck driver stayed right behind her. Then he turned his high beams on again. Once more her car was ablaze(明亮的)with light. “What is he doing?” she wondered. “What does he want?” Then he turned them off again. But a minute later he had them on again, and he left them on.

注意：

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后, 请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

At last Jennifer pulled into her driveway, and the truck pulled right behind her.

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The driver of the truck explained that the man slipped into the girl’s car just before she left the parking lot.

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