2025-2026学年甘肃金昌高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、Several days after the air crash, hopes began to ________ that any of the passengers or crew members still missing might be found alive.

A．flash

B．float

C．fade

D．faint

2、The book __________ into thirty languages since it __________ on the market in 1973.

A．has translated, came

B．was translated, has come

C．has been translated, came

D．has been translated, has come

3、When he came to himself, he found himself ________ (lock) in the room.

A．lock

B．locking

C．locked

D．to lock

4、We are so disappointed that he always turns a deaf ear to our warnings ________ we remind him not to drive after getting drunk.

A. by the time   B. every time   C. the first time   D. for the first time

5、Stick to your plan and you ________ the task on time.

A．finished

B．finishing

C．has finished

D．will finish

6、We should do all ________ is useful to people.

A．who

B．that

C．it

D．which

7、We ________ the national flag when the sun ________ in the east every morning.

A. raise; raises   B. rise; rises

C. raise; rises    D. rise; raise

8、He is ________ a lovely boy that everyone likes him.

A. so   B. very   C. such   D. quite

9、A group of soldiers with water and food were sent to _________the miners.

A. recover B. organize   C. rescue   D. view

10、Now, reduced energy supplies have led to more________ in the technology of new energy vehicles.

A．advances

B．traditions

C．behaviors

D．examples

11、There is a great ________ of information that points to him as being the person planning the accident.

A．application

B．recreation

C．abundance

12、It is my suggestion that the visit again.

A．will be arranged

B．to be arranged

C．should arrange

D．be arranged

13、Even on a cold day he prefers ______ out to play football ______at home．

A．going;rather stay

B．going;to staying

C．to go;rather than staying

D．to do;rather than to stay

14、Jack has coffee with breakfast,________ ?

A．hasn’t Jack

B．doesn’t Jack

C．hasn’t he

D．doesn’t he

15、They lived underground, ________ they kept machines ________ so that the Eloi would be happy and well fed.

A. where; running   B. which; to run

C. when; to run   D. what; running

16、The official confirmed that the paintings were ________ and worth as much as $50 million.

A．copies

B．originals

C．models

D．presents

17、I like these English songs and they ________ many times on the radio.

A．taught

B．have taught

C．are taught

D．have been taught

18、A real friend is someone_____support we can count on.

A．whose

B．which

C．what

D．who

19、—Excuse me, is there a shop near here where I can buy some clothes?

—Sorry.   . I’m new here.

A. It depends   B. Forget it

C. I have no idea   D. Just a minute

20、Last year, hundreds of people spent good money on an experience that they knew ________ crowds, discomfort and danger.

A．would include

B．include

C．has included

D．will include

21、—Can you give an example to show how useful a computer is?

—Sure. ___________ people get ___________ information from it every day.

A. A large number of; plenty of

B. The number of; a lot of

C. Lots of; a lot

D. Many a; a great deal of

22、His parents told him ________ too much about what others said.

A. don’t care  B. not care

C. to not care D. not to care

23、He found another evidence, of great importance to the case.

A.Which I think is B.which I think it is C.which I think it D.I think which is

24、Nowhere else _______ a place as beautiful as Guilin, where the mountains are unique.

A. you will find B. are you finding

C. will you find   D. you have found

25、Susan advised me not to buy the vase, but I bought it _____.

A. anyhow B. however C. though D. Totally

26、   We have to admit that reading is not a pleasant thing at school. Reading is not based on a child's interests, but to cope with tests. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are reading. This means that when they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

One day, I said to them, "Now, I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for fun. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not to ask you what words mean. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that's enough for me."

The children sat shocked and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, "Mr. Holt, do you really mean that?" I said just as seriously, "I mean every word of it."

Later, she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought she was reading Moby Dick(白鲸).I said, "Don't you find parts of it rather heavy going?" She answered, "Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part.”

This is exactly what reading should be. Let the students make their own decisions, find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it and go on to something else.

【1】What did the teacher tell his students to read for?

A.For pleasure. B.For knowledge.

C.For a larger vocabulary. D.For higher scores in exams.

【2】On hearing the teacher's talk, how did the children probably feel?

A.Stupid. B.Unreasonable.

C.Understandable. D.Too good to be true.

【3】What can we learn from the girl?

A.She skipped over those easy parts while reading.

B.She turned out to be a top student through reading.

C.She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.

D.She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.

【4】What is the teacher's point of view in the passage?

A.Reading requires teachers' guidance.

B.Reading helps students do well in school.

C.Children should be left to decide what to read.

D.Children can not tell good parts from bad ones.

27、Consider what goes through your mind after you’ve taken your seat on an airplane. You’ve not seen the captain, but his or her voice comes over the air. “Hello, this is your captain speaking.” Are you about to fly the friendly skies? What you probably don’ realize is that you do make quick judgments (判断) based on very few factors the moment you hear “hello”.

Experts have discovered that “hello” carries enough information for listeners to draw judgments about the speakers personality, such as how reliable (可信赖的) he or she is. They recorded 64 students reading a telephone conversation. The word “hello” was then picked from each recording, and 320 different students listened to that word through a computer. The students were asked to score the voices according to personality, including attractiveness and warmth, giving them points from l to 10. Although every voice was played in one third a second, the students formed an opinion quickly.

It is amazing that from such short voices of speech they can get such an obvious impression of a person. And whether it is correct, their impressions are mostly the same as what the other listeners get. The research also suggests that people’ impressions are based on the tone (语调) of voice. Men and women who present the strength of their voices are regarded as more reliable.

The speed with which the students made their judgments makes much sense. Deciding who to trust can be important to your survival. There’s no point in listening to someone talk for 5 minutes to decide if they’re reliable or not — you could be dead already. The discovery may help improve computer-made voice technologies, experts say.

【1】Why does the author mention “the captain” in paragraph 1?

A．To present a fact.

B．To make a prediction.

C．To introduce a new research.

D．To explain the rule on a plane.

【2】How did the students tell the speakers’ personality?

A．Making telephone calls.

B．Playing voices at high speeds.

C．Picking “hello” from conversations.

D．Listening to and scoring the records of “hello”.

【3】What can we do to leave a good first impression?

A．Make a long speech.

B．Give powerful voice.

C．Follow other listeners.

D．Speak as fast as possible.

【4】What will probably be talked about in the following paragraph?

A．The secret to tallying for 5 minutes.

B．The different ways you say “hello”.

C．The application in voice technologies.

D．The method of listening with attention.

28、My daughter is a middle school student who still plays with her American Girl dolls. Dolls have been a huge part of her life ever since she was a baby. When she got her first doll at the age of 5 she spent hours brushing its hair and changing its clothes. Some people think my daughter should stop doing that as a teenager. But I think quite differently.

Considering the less attractive activities that are out there and what else she could be doing, I find playing with dolls seems like a nice choice. It’s better than playing computer games or something alike. I’ve also noticed it doesn’t make any difference to her social life. She has her friends and spends time with them.

Playing with dolls is helpful for my daughter. “When I play with them,” my daughter told me, “it makes me feel that I can express problems going on in my life and that I’m not the only one who has those problems. They’re in their lives, too, and they have to live with them.” I’m glad she finds a safe place to stay when she faces school tests, changeable social groups, and a changing body in middle school.

Moreover, the girl dolls can be hortatory. Most come with an amazing back story. For instance, Luciana becomes interested in science and technology and wants to become an astronaut because of them. How cool it is to set an example for kids!

【1】What does the author say about her daughter?

A．She has a lasting interest in dolls.

B．She likes collecting some special dolls.

C．She has got bored with her childhood dolls as a teenager.

D．She spends too much time with dolls instead of her friends.

【2】According to Paragraph 2, what does the author think her daughter’s behavior means?

A．Developing her social skills.

B．Doing poorly in school exams.

C．Missing other amazing activities.

D．Avoiding some harmful activities.

【3】What did the daughter’s words in Paragraph 3 suggest?

A．Playing with dolls gives her a sense of responsibility.

B．Playing with dolls helps reduce her stress in life.

C．She has problems different from other teenagers.

D．She has been worried about her school life.

【4】What does the underlined word “hortatory” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Funny.

B．Normal.

C．Encouraging.

D．Confusing.

29、   Larks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying.

But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have the upper hand, researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning.

Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late proved the kind of intelligence associated with honored jobs and higher incomes. “Larks” or “morning people”, however, often acquired better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep in later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance and inductive（归纳的）intelligence, or problem solving, were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account. The results showed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductive reasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence and a strong indicator of academic performance. They also had a greater capacity to think conceptually as well as analytically. Such abilities have been linked to innovative（创新的） thinking, more admired occupations and better incomes.

Famous night owls include President Trump, Obama, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley. George W. Bush, who is regularly in bed by 10 p.m., Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Condoleezza Rice, who wakes at 4:30 a.m., and Ernest Hemingway are among those known as larks. Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Lough borough University, said, “Evening types tend to be the more active and creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are the deducers（推断者）, as are often seen with civil servants and accountants.” A previous study of US Air Force recruits found that evening types were much better at thinking to solve problems than larks.

【1】What does the word “lark” mean in the text?

A.A bird of prey that flies in the morning.

B.A bird of prey that is a symbol of wisdom.

C.A kind of person who goes to bed early and wakes up early.

D.A kind of person who has honored jobs and higher incomes.

【2】What characteristics do night owls have?

A.Night owls are much healthier, wealthier and wiser.

B.Night owls are not good at inductive reasoning.

C.Night owls stay up late and wake up early in the morning.

D.Night owls are expert in analyzing and innovative thinking

【3】What’s the author’s attitude towards night owls?

A.Doubtful. B.Objective.

C.Subjective. D.Negative.

【4】From the passage, we can infer that ______________.

A.The early bird will catch the worm.

B.Morning types have a tendency to do some creative jobs.

C.Night owls can do better in the examinations if lessons are held in the right time.

D.President Trump, Winston Churchill and George W. Bush are models of night owls.

【5】According to the writer, what kind of job is an evening type likely to do in the future?

A.A fashion designer B.A social worker

C.An accountant D.A government employee

30、I often watched her from my kitchen window, she seemed so _________ as she played basketball with a group of tall boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often _________ the kids as they played after school.

I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. And I began to notice her at other times, basketball _________, playing alone. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to _________. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship (奖学金). I like basketball. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”Then she _________ and ran towards the playground happily to practice over and over again.

Well, I had to give it to her—she was _________. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her basketball team to success.

One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass _________. I walked towards her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft _________. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5´5" she would _________ never get to play for a top team—not to speak of offering a scholarship—so she should __________ dreaming about college. She told me that her father said those coaches were __________. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that nothing could stop her except one thing—her own __________. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was __________ by a college recruiter (招生人员). She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division 1, NCAA women’s basketball team. She was going to get the college education that she had __________and worked toward for all those years.

It’s __________: If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

【1】

A．beautiful

B．thin

C．short

D．tall

【2】

A．look

B．see

C．stare

D．watch

【3】

A．by hand

B．at hand

C．in hand

D．on hand

【4】

A．college

B．school

C．bed

D．work

【5】

A．cried

B．smiled

C．drove

D．flied

【6】

A．calm

B．shy

C．honest

D．determined

【7】

A．angrily

B．happily

C．sadly

D．terribly

【8】

A．reply

B．shout

C．question

D．call

【9】

A．simply

B．probably

C．immediately

D．illegally

【10】

A．throw

B．take

C．stop

D．hold

【11】

A．right

B．true

C．creative

D．wrong

【12】

A．attitude

B．view

C．means

D．personality

【13】

A．taken

B．attacked

C．observed

D．seen

【14】

A．dreamed of

B．concentrated on

C．gave in

D．gave up

【15】

A．wrong

B．true

C．effective

D．addicted

31、Complete the two paragraphs taken from Eye Contact in the More Reading section of Unit one.

In many Asian cultures, 【1】 shows respect. It is done when talking with anyone 【2】 or with anyone older.

Habits like this can 【3】 when people do not understand them. 【4】, an Asian might close his eyes 【5】 or look down while listening to a speaker. A Western speaker might think the man is not interested.

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。

Mother had just taken her temperature —and it’s over 38℃. She’d got the illness that’s going around.

It’s right after lunch. The older children were at school, and the baby was sleeping. There’s no reason why Mother could not go to bed. But she had a few things to do first. Mix the meat loaf for dinner. Leave a note for the cleaners. Find someone to serve coffee for her at the meeting tonight. Put in the next load of washing. Carry out the garbage.

At last, she sank into bed. Ah-h-h-h-! Her aching legs felt comfortable from the cool sheets. Her burning eyes closed. She felt asleep fast!

Then, suddenly the front door banged open as the children burst home from school. “Mum! Mum! Where are you?” Mother tried to answer but their cries drowned out her weak calls. Soon they found her in bed.

“Didn’t you even get up yet?” cried the younger girl.

“How am I going to get to Bill’s?” asked the little boy.

“What about dinner? We’ve got to eat,” said the older girl.

Mother understood. She knew that the children were not used to a mother in bed. “I’m sick,” she said. “I can’t do anything. I’ll just have to leave it all to you. She sighed. “Cook the potatoes ... take care of the baby ... set the table.”

The children ignored her words and dashed off like soldiers going into battle. For a time Mother was left to the quiet of her room and the ache in her head.

Then Father came home. He came into the bedroom, dropped heavily on the side of the bed and reached for her hand. “What’s wrong with you, Darling?” Father asked. He looked tired. Mother started worrying about him. “It’s nothing—just this illness that’s going around,” she said. “I can get up and do dinner and...”

Father shook his head. “You stay right here. Don’t worry about anything. The kids and I will take over.”

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。

Mother’s room was quiet again.

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The children appeared with food in their hands.

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