2025-2026学年陕西安康高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、—Millie, how long have you ________ this book?

—For over a week.

A．kept

B．had

C．borrowed

D．lent

2、Sam ______ advanced literature next term.

A．take

B．is taking

C．took

D．has taken

3、Michael’s new house is like a huge palace, ______ with his old one.

A. impressed B. supplied C. occupied D. compared

4、- Which book can I take, Mr. Black?

- You may take whichever you like and leave the others for comes late.

A. whomever   B. whom   C. whoever   D. who

5、The president ______ health system after he came into power.

A．was committed to reform

B．committed himself to reform

C．committed himself to reforming

D．was committing to reform

6、Mary said in her letter that she would appreciate ______ to the opening ceremony of the theatre.

A．inviting

B．to invite

C．being invited

D．invited

7、As a result of the farmers’ hardworking, they harvested the wheat this year _____ as they did the year before.

A. twice as much  B. as twice much

C. as much twice  D. twice so much

8、I remembered _____ the door before I left the office, but forgot to turn off the lights.

A. locking   B. to lock   C. having locked   D. to have locked

9、I will give you some articles which you can _______ when you write the report.

A.refer to B.answer to C.lead to D.talk to

10、Alice didn’t know ____________ made her lose her patience and shout at her brother at that time.

A. what was it that B. what it was that

C. why was it that   D. why it was that

11、I'm very tired. Please give me a chair________.

A．to sit

B．for sit in

C．sitting

D．to sit on

12、I have to leave early in the morning or I _____ stuck in the traffic jam.

A. got

B. get

C. will get

D. am getting

13、A new stadium ______ at present in our city. Work on it ______ in another two months.

A.is built; will complete B.is being built; will complete

C.is being built; will be completed D.is building; will be completed

14、When she graduated from school, she went to Shanghai,   _____she made great progress and became a manager in a company.

A.which B.when C.that D.where

15、You’ve hurt Jim’s feelings deeply by saying those mean words. So you are supposed to _____ to him.

A．apologize

B．connect

C．prove

D．prefer

16、The work calls for great care and patience, so you ________ to do it.

A．can be too careful

B．can't be too careful

C．can be too careless

D．can’t be careful

17、I’m sorry, sir. Your recorder isn’t ready yet. It __ in the factory

A. is repaired   B. is being repaired

C. has been repaired   D. hasn’t repaired

18、He lay there with his hands________.

A．raised

B．raising

C．to raise

D．was raised

19、So far, no agreement ________ by the two sides.

A．has been reached

B．was reached

C．will reach

D．will have reached

20、Parents advised me to communicate with my head teacher about the problem ________.

A. in public   B. in person C. in half

21、I thought that they were unhappy at the party when they got nothing to eat, ______?

A.didn’t I B.do I C.were they D.weren’t they

22、The secretary arranged a _____ time and place for the applicants to have an interview.

A.convenient

B.public

C.poisonous

D.creative

23、Mr. Turner looked ________he had completed the task by himself. But in fact, he had little contribution to the achievement.

A．even though

B．in that

C．now that

D．as if

24、_______ it is to have a cold drink on such a hot day.

A. What a fun   B. How fun

C. What fun   D. How a fun

25、I prefer ______ books ______ TV, because TV programs waste me a lot of time.

A.to read; to watch B.read; than watch

C.reading; than to watch D.reading; to watching

26、Ben Francis didn’t become wealthy through a family inheritance (遗产). Instead, the CEO and co-founder of Gymshark used his earnings as a Pizza Hut delivery guy to buy a sewing machine and start his fitness apparel (服饰) company at 19.

Eleven years later, his effort paid off. Francis, 30, who has a reported net worth of $1.3 billion, joined Forbes’ billionaires list. He’s in rare company: the list’s average age is 65 years old.

Originally, Francis and co-founder Lewis Morgan launched Gymshark as a website selling fitness products. But after getting bored with his ill-fitting clothes, Francis suggested pivoting the company.

Francis and Morgan bought a sewing machine. The pair brought Gymshark to a bodybuilding exhibition in 2013, but didn’t have any money to spend on advertising. On a whim (一时兴起), they decided to give popular fitness YouTubers free products. “My heroes were on YouTube,” Francis said. “So it would be so cool if my heroes could come to be with Gymshark at this event. I didn’t really think that much about it.” Some of those influencers went on to wear the clothes on their channels, bringing Gymshark’s sales to $45,000 per day, up from just $450.

Francis quit the CEO role in 2017. “CEO was not the right role for me when I was in my early 20s,” Francis said. “That I’d started a business which had grown very quickly didn’t mean I have the full ability to be a good leader.” He spent the next four years supporting leadership roles within Gymshark---including chief product officer and chief marketing officer – to learn more about the ins and outs of the business, before returning as CEO in 2021.

That year, the company was valued at $1.45 billion. Still, the company’s billion-dollar valuation is a small percentage of the market value of competitors like Nike and Lululemon. “I really think Gymshark can be the UK’s answer to those brands,” Francis said. “But that’s not saying that the UK is where it starts and ends for us. We also want to be a truly global brand.”

【1】What makes Ben Francis special on Forbes’ billionaires list?

A．His age.

B．His wealth.

C．His talent.

D．His company.

【2】What does the underlined word in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Taking control of.

B．Making the best of.

C．Making changes to.

D．Attaching importance to.

【3】Why did Francis and Morgan offer popular fitness YouTubers free products?

A．To win the support of popular YouTubers.

B．To advertise their products in a cheap way.

C．To build a good relationship with YouTube.

D．To get the chance to meet their heroes on YouTube.

【4】Which can be the best title for the text?

A．Gymshark: From a website to a big company

B．Gymshark: Taking the lead in fitness clothing

C．Francis: Starting the UK’s fastest-growing company

D．Francis: From a Pizza Hut delivery guy to a billionaire

27、“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and joy to life and to everything,” the ancient Greek philosopher Plato said.

This is one of Don Spencer’s favorite mottos that he firmly believes. “We know that music brings joy and comfort, and makes us feel happy,” Spencer says, “But research has also discovered music plays a powerful role in the mental development of children. Music inspires creativity, imagination and self-expression. It also builds self-respect and is good for memory skills.”

The power of music

Much research supports both Spencer and Plato. A Stanford University study found that musical training improves the way the brain processes the spoken word.

Research from Canada found that children aged four to six years old who had music lessons had better memories, as well as higher ability to read and write and math’s levels.

Not in the curriculum

Research from Australia shows it’s not that smart kids play music; it’s that music makes kids smarter. It supports Spencer’s call for music to be a standard part of the school curriculum, like English and Math.

“Music is everywhere, but not at 75 percent of public schools around Australia who don't have a devoted music teacher,” Spencer says. “It's sad that many children don’t have access to formal musical education, particularly when it has such an effect on a child’s development.”

Ideally, Spencer would like every child to learn an instrument. “Kids can access cheap instruments like a ukulele, recorder or harmonica,” Spencer says. He says the Internet has a lot of free videos which teach you how to play instruments.

“I can't stress enough how important music is,” he says. “It builds relationships, unites people and, most importantly, it is fun.”

【1】Plato’s words are mentioned at the beginning of the text to show that ________.

A．music was important in ancient time

B．everything is based on music

C．Spencer admires Plato

D．music has magic power

【2】From the research from Australia mentioned in the passage, we can learn ________.

A．music can make children smarter

B．children aged four to six have better memories

C．there are no professional music teachers in Australia

D．music is a standard part of the school curriculum in most schools

【3】What might be the best title for the passage?

A．When Music is taught

B．Why Music Matters

C．Why We Learn Instruments

D．How Children Learn Music

28、Is there a need to rebuild the Old Summer Palace? In reply to such a proposal from a national lawmaker, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said there was no such need.

The Summer palace on the outskirts of China’s capital is a tranquil park with canals, bridges, pagodas, ginkgo tone ruins, and a few traditional buildings. Despite still covering a large area, the site today represents only a shadow of what stood before.The ruins have long been a potent symbol of China's"humiliation"at the hands of foreign powers.

In 1860, British and French troops looted and burned the Summer Palace in response to the killings of 20 European emissaries during the Second Opium War: Forty years later, it was further damaged by a coalition of foreign nations. Historian Bernard Brizay described these acts of cultural destruction as equivalent to invaders blowing up the Palace of Versaille (凡尔赛宫), looting thousands' of priceless artworks from the Louvre((卢浮宫), and burning France's national library to the ground。

Since rebuilding the Old Summer Palace was first proposed in 1980, there has been an ongoing public debate about whether its ruins should be left to stand as a permanent reminder of China's dark history. The state-run newspaper Guangming Daily called the remains of the Summer Palace "the most realistic teaching materials" for instilling a patriotic education. "Though humiliating, they cause people to think, "an author wrote. “They use a cruei reality to tell all Chinese people: Those who fall behind are struck down, while the strong rise and prosper.”

Those in the rebuild camp want to recapture old glory, but they don't understand the importance of cultural relics. A ruin like Yuan Ming Yuan is a historical record. In this case the history includes its destruction by fire. If you rebuild, you erase the record.

【1】What does the underlined word"shadow"mean in paragraph 2?

A．The dark shape that the palace made on the ground

B．The strong and bad influence of the palace

C．The shame that the palace suffered from its history

D．The inseparable follower of the palace

【2】Why are the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre mentioned in paragraph 3?

A．To imply that they are also cultural heritage

B．To contrast Chinese palace with French palace

C．To report these palaces were destroyed severely

D．To indicate the damage to the Summer Palace was unbearable

【3】Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the passage?

A．The authorities have made specific comments on the lawmaker's proposal.

B．The European troops destroyed the palace in revenge for their loss of emissaries.

C．The palace is a living textbook as a negative example.

D．The disgrace of what the palace experienced shakes people' love for the country.

【4】What is the author most likely to agree with?

A．Rebuilding palace won't hide scars.

B．Reproducing the palace history is humiliating.

C．Bringing back the palace's glory can be expected.

D．Whether the palace should be rebuilt remains to be seen.

29、Time is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing to live more with less—and liking it.

Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B&B hotel. Four years later, the couple dishes out banana pancake breakfast, cleans toilets and serves homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B&B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colourful sunsets.

“Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the stress? No,” says Ms. Giddens, “This is a phenomenon that’s fairly widespread. A lot of people are revaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do. If their base is being damaged, what’s the payoff?”

Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living closer to work, avoiding shopping malls, borrowing books from the library instead of buying them, and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job.

Vicki Robin, a writer, lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make. “You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is,” Ms. Robin says, “You tend not to use things up. You cook at home rather than eat out…”

Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks. “It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids,” she says, “Simplicity is not just about saving money; it’s about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”

Mrs. Luhrs now edits a magazine, Simple Living, which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes, organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions, and generally how to consume less.

Mrs. Luhrs explains, “It’s not about poverty. It’s about conscious living and creating the life you want. The less stuff you buy, the less money goes out of the door, and the less money you have to earn.”

【1】Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to ______.

A. pay off the debt

B. start a private hotel

C. cut down expenses

D. buy living necessities

【2】Simple living includes ______.

A. building a home library

B. living in the countryside

C. enjoying a colourful night life

D. sharing housing with others

【3】It can be learned from the passage that now Janet Luhrs ______.

A. spends more time with her kids

B. has an interest in classical music

C. works as a reporter of a magazine

D. helps people buy recycled clothes

30、   Many people pass by the Mega shopping center every day. They have been used to the sweater-wearing dog calmly _________ for someone on the cold road. The clean sweater the dog wears shows that he isn’t lost. To make sure people don’t _________ him away and are friendly to him, his _________, a woman named Svetlana, always _________a hand-written “home” next to the dog. It's aimed to explain that he is _________ waiting for her to get off work to go home together. It’s said that the dog howls (犬吠) from morning till night if left alone in his owner’s _________. So Svetlana _________ to take him out by car in the morning and pick him up in the evening. She _________ him outside the Mega shopping center, where he waits like a _________ boy.

Svetlana said that she would spend her lunch break __________ him and taking him for a walk. She added they would __________ back home together after work.

“We __________ in a rented public apartment. I can’t leave him alone because the __________ say that he howls without me all the time. There is a seven-month-old child and a grandmother living next door to us. If he howls，we will be kicked out and __________ go, Svetlana said. “Luckily, we’ve found a way and he feels quite __________ now.”

【1】A.caring B.looking C.waiting D.calling

【2】A.watch B.drive C.give D.put

【3】A.baby B.father C.partner D.owner

【4】A.hangs B.chooses C.breaks D.changes

【5】A.hardly B.exactly C.gratefully D.unwillingly

【6】A.car B.office C.apartment D.store

【7】A.fails B.refuses C.pretends D.prefers

【8】A.leaves B.recognizes C.beats D.protects

【9】A.dishonest B.good C.terrible D.straight

【10】A.feeding B.blaming C.watching D.teaching

【11】A.walk B.cycle C.stay D.head

【12】A.work B.play C.settle D.quarrel

【13】A.neighbors B.relatives C.strangers D.workmates

【14】A.disagree to B.used to C.have got to D.would like to

【15】A.silly B.comfortable C.angry D.concerned

31、课本原文填空。

As human 【1】grow, animal habitats often begin to 【2】. The good news is that in many places around the world, areas are now being set aside just for animal use. These wildlife 【3】allow animals to live in their natural or wild habitats.

32、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

One day in a hot summer, we couldn’t stand the heat, so it seemed like a good idea to go to the beach. My oldest brother, Black, agreed to drive my younger sister, Mary and me to the beach for the day.

We drove with the windows down, and the radio playing. I sat in the front, and the wind saved me from the heat as it blew through my hair. We parked near a beach we had never been to, but it didn’t matter because I love the beach — any beach.

As soon as we carried all our things down to the sand, I ran to the water and stood there, letting the waves wash over my feet. Then I dove in and swam while the water rushed over my body. It felt icy cold at first, but it didn’t matter because the sun was so hot.

The waves were big and powerful that day. I wasn’t the best swimmer and didn’t know how to tread water because I had taught myself to swim, but I thought I could swim pretty well. Soon Black and Mary joined me, and we had a lot of fun together. When Black got out of water, Mary and I continued to jump into the waves, and slowly we drifted further away from the beach.

Suddenly, it got hard to swim back toward the shore. As I began to struggle, I saw Mary’s face just above the water. The waves were crashing over her head, and she was shouting when she wasn’t swallowing water. I tried to swim quickly to her, knowing that I had to be my fastest or she could die. Finally, I got close enough to grab her. I stopped swimming and tried to put my feet down, but I couldn’t reach the bottom. That was when I really began to feel fear.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

When Mary grabbed onto me with all her life, I began to see that I couldn’t support her because I didn’t know how to tread water, let alone be a lifeguard.

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Paragraph 2:

When we made it back onto the beach, Mary began coughing up water.

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