2025-2026学年甘肃武威高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、 — Excuse me, could you please turn down the music a little? It’s too loud.

—___.

A. Oh, it’s my honor to do so

B. Never mind. I like music

C. Sorry. I didn’t know your were studying

D. Thank you. It’s kind of you

2、 My flight was delayed, so I read a book ________ time.

A. kill   B. killing

C. to kill   D. having killed

3、____visa change made by China and the US will witness _____increase in economy, tourism and education.

A. A; the B. The; ／ C. A;／ D. The; an

4、English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, each of ________ uses it somewhat differently.

A.which B.what C.them D.those

5、—I was told that you had your stomach examined last week?

—Yes. But I hope that I shall never again have to ________ such unpleasant experience.

A. undergo   B. undertake   C. undercharge   D. underline

6、When you visit our town next August, a modern sports center ________, for the National Games are to be held then.

A. will be constructing   B. will have been constructed

C. has been constructing   D. is being constructed

7、The procedure appealed to the staff a lot________it was introduced to them in January.

A．since

B．until

C．when

D．though

8、1 have one regret about the time I spent in high school: I _______ more advanced classes that are really helpful in college.

A．couldn't have taken

B．should have taken

C．needn't have taken

D．must have taken

9、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.

A．priority

B．potential

C．preference

D．prejudice

10、The girl conquered her fear and ___ the enormous spider in sight of it last night.

A. took up   B. picked up

C. put up     D. set up

11、See things in a negative light and you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really _______.

A.none B.no one C.something D.nothing

12、Scientists are making every effort to go beneath the surface of the data to   the hidden possibilities.

A.release B.reveal C.reflect D.record

13、There is no doubt that climate all over the world ______ greatly in recent years.

A. had changed B. is changing

C. changed D. has been changing

14、While most of western festivals enjoy great popularity worldwide, Halloween is something of a ________ festival in England as camps are divided as its appeal.

A. confidential   B. controversial

C. conservative   D. conventional

15、As a command of the instructor，the children called out their names   .

A.in turn B.in return C.at times D.in time

16、His comprehensive surveys have provided the most________statements of how, and on what basis, data are collected.

A.explicit B.ambiguous C.fundamental D.arbitrary

17、“China, with 56.6 million people living in the Internet connected homes, is now _____second only to the US”, _____leading online rating service reported Monday.

A. the; a   B./; a C./; the D.a; the

18、The building of an ecological civilization has entered a critical period, _________that requires more quality products to meet people’s demand.

A.it B.that C.one D.the one

19、The most exciting moment during the Spring Festival is_____ the family enjoy the big dinner together.

A．what

B．why

C．which

D．When

20、—That important document is nowhere to be seen.

—Don't worry! You ___________ it somewhere. Calm down and think it over.

A．might leave

B．might have left

C．should leave

D．should have left

21、   The stories we share with one another are important. They show wisdom and provide inspiration. They are important to our development. But sometimes people choose not to tell.

Consider the negative effects of not sharing a story in the news: People are wondering if public health officials are holding back too much information about the recent outbreak of Ebola.

There is a danger in holding back stories that ought to be told. Bobette Buster said it was like this, “The fact is, history has shown us that stories not told can become like a dangerous genie (妖怪) left in a bottle. When they are finally uncorked , their power to destroy is set free.”

There are a number of reasons why we hide parts of our story: they often show our weaknesses or expose our disadvantages; they require courage and strength to share, and of course, there are some stories that should be kept secret—especially those that embarrass someone else.

Most of us have two selves: the one we display on the outside and the one we actually are on the inside. And the better we get at hiding the stories that show our true selves, the more damage we may be causing to ourselves and to others.

Honesty and openness is important. It proves we are trustworthy. It displays we are human. We are not perfect or better. It highlights the importance of hard work and personal development. Hard work may not allow us to overcome our disadvantages completely. But with hard work, we do not have to be restricted to our mistakes.

Does this mean we admit every weakness, every disadvantage, and every secret regret to everybody we meet? No, of course not. There is a time and a place and a certain level of relationship necessary for some stories to be told in an appropriate manner.

【1】What’s the function of the example in Paragraph 2?

A.It reflects that people are concerned about the spread of Ebola.

B.It proves not sharing a story can cause trouble.

C.It concludes that one should share a story at a proper time.

D.It shows the bad effect caused by sharing a story.

【2】One of the reasons why people are unwilling to share experiences is that _______.

A.people sometimes have no courage to share their stories

B.story-sharing highlights the importance of hard work

C.people are used to exposing their weaknesses

D.some stories make people feel sad

【3】Which is close in meaning to the underlined word “uncorked” in Paragraph 3?

A.unfolded B.freed C.broken D.untouched

【4】The writer aims to convince us to _______.

A.realize the importance of being honest when making friends

B.be open to people close to you by sharing some secrets

C.remove the dangers that can be caused by untold stories

D.share stories appropriately for the good of others and ourselves

22、   Before the age of the smartphone, photographers had to learn how to use high-tech cameras and photographic techniques. Today, with the huge range of camera apps on our smartphones, we’re all good amateur photographers, since the quality of smartphone images now nearly equals that of digital cameras.

The new ease of photography has given us a tremendous appetite for capturing the magical and the ordinary. We are obsessed with documenting everyday moments, whether it’s a shot of our breakfast, our cat or the cat’s breakfast. Even photo journalists are experimenting with mobile phones because their near invisibility makes it easier to capture unguarded moments.

In the past, magazines published unforgettable photos of important people and global events that captured our imaginations. These photos had the power to change public opinion and even the course of history. But if there are fewer memorable images today, it’s not because there are fewer good images. It’s because there are so many, and no one image gets to be special for long.

As people everywhere embrace photography and the media make use of citizen journalists, professional standards appear to be shifting. Before digital images, most people trusted photographs to accurately reflect reality. Today, images can be altered in ways the naked eye might never notice. Photojournalists are trained to accurately represent what they witness. Yet any image can be altered to create an “improved” picture of reality. The average viewer is left with no way to assess the accuracy of an image except through trust in a news organization or photographer.

The question of the accuracy of images gets even trickier when photojournalists start experimenting with camera apps-- like Hipstamatic or Instagram --- which encourage the use of filters （滤镜）. Images can be colored, brightened, faded, and scratched to make photographs more artistic, or to give them an antique look. Photographers using camera apps to cover wars and conflicts have created powerful images--- but also controversy. Critics worry that antique-looking photographs romanticize war, while distancing us from those who fight in them.

Yet photography has always been more subjective than we assume. Each picture is a result of a series of decisions-- where to stand, what lens to use, what to leave in and what to leave out of the frame. Does altering photographs with camera app filters make them less true? There’s something powerful and exciting about the experiment the digital age has forced upon us. These new tools make it easier to tell our own stories--- and they give others the power to do the same. Many members of the media get stuck on the same stories, focusing on elections, governments, wars, and disasters, and in the process, miss out on the less dramatic images of daily life that can be as revealing.

Who knows? Our obsession with documentation and constantly being connected could lead to a dramatic change in our way of being. Perhaps we are witnessing the development of a universal visual language, one that could change the way we relate to each other and the world. Of course, as with any language, there will be those who produce poetry and those who make shopping lists.

【1】According to the author, there are fewer memorable photographs today because_________.

A.the quality of many images is still poor

B.there are so many good images these days

C.traditional media refuse to allow amateur photos

D.most images are not appealing to a global audience

【2】The author put the word “ improved” in quotation marks in order to _________.

A.indicate it’s a word cited from another source

B.stress that the picture of reality is greatly improved

C.draw audience attention to a word worth considering

D.show it’s arguable whether the picture is truly improved

【3】Which of the statements does the author most likely agree with?

A.The daily life pictures are very expressive themselves.

B.Photographs of the digital age are more subjective than before.

C.Photos altered by filters of camera apps are too subjective to be true.

D.Many members of the media value daily life images over major social events.

【4】What may be the best title for the passage?

A.Camera Apps Bury Authenticity

B.Photography Redefined: A Visual Language

C.Smartphone: Killer of Professional Photography

D.The Shifting Standards of Professional Photography

23、   In 2016, the world’s population cast aside 49 million tons of electronic waste, known as e-waste. It has been calculated that this number will grow to more than 60 million tons by 2021.

What is causing the upsurge (激增) in e-waste? Technology is becoming more and more widespread, covering almost every aspect of our lives. Meanwhile, the lifespan of devices is getting shorter - many products will be thrown away once their batteries die, to be replaced by new devices. Companies intentionally plan the obsolescence(废弃)of their goods by updating the design or software and discontinuing support for older models, so that now it is usually cheaper and easier to buy a new product than to repair an old one. Since prices are falling, electronic devices are in demand around the world.

As more people buy electronic equipment, manufacturers (制造商) are beginning to face shortages of the raw materials needed to make their products, so recycling and reusing materials from discarded products and waste makes economic and environmental sense.

Recycling e-waste is practiced both formally and informally. Proper or formal e-waste recycling usually involves taking apart the electronics, separating and sorting through the materials and cleaning them. Companies must obey health and safety rules to reduce the health and environmental hazards of handling e-waste by using pollution-control technologies. All this makes formal recycling expensive. Informal recycling is typically unlicensed and uncontrolled. At informal recycling workshops, men and women recover valuable materials by burning devices to melt away non-valuable materials. Usually they do not wear protective equipment and lack any awareness that they are handling dangerous materials.

With the amount of e-waste growing around the world, recycling alone will not be enough to solve the problem. In order to reduce e-waste, manufacturers need to design electronics that are safer, and more durable, repairable and recyclable. The best thing you can do is resist buying a new device until you really need it. Try to get your old product repaired if possible and, if it can’t be fixed, resell or recycle it responsibly. Before you recycle your device, put any broken parts in separate containers and close these tightly to prevent chemicals from leaking. Wear latex gloves and a mask if you’re handling something that’s broken.

【1】What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The reasons for e-waste’s sharp increasing.

B．The causes of devices’ price dropping.

C．The methods of recycling e-waste.

D．The results of updating devices.

【2】What makes recycling e-waste meaningful according to the text?

A．To improve the poor quality of e-devices.

B．To lower the costs of technology innovation.

C．To relieve companies’ lacking raw materials.

D．To increase the variety of electronic products.

【3】Which of the following best explains the underlined word “hazards” in paragraph 4?

A．Waste.

B．Harm.

C．Limits.

D．Costs.

【4】What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?

A．Everyone should take action to reduce e-waste.

B．Companies should be mainly responsible for reducing e-waste.

C．Fixing a device could cause more pollution than buying a new one.

D．E-waste could be broken down by burying it underground for a long time.

24、   For famous photojournalist Sir Don McCullin, the landscape has changed since the days when dozens of printed pages were devoted to his photo stories, leading him to declare, “Photojournalism is dying.” According to Sir Don McCullin, newspapers and magazines are much more interested in the wealthy, the glamorous and celebrities. They don’t want suffering people in their newspapers. Photojournalism hasn’t lost its way but it’s been conveniently pushed aside. Shrinking editorial budgets, increasing competition and mistrust of the Press are just some of the factors impacting photojournalism. But the power of photography endures and technology is allowing photographers more creative freedom than ever before. The world is hungry for visual storytelling, but will photojournalism survive?

We spoke to photojournalists working in this industry about the state of affairs today, and asked their opinions about photojournalism in the digital age.

Ilvy Njiokiktjien

“Assignments have changed, so people don’t need to go somewhere for months to work on one project. When Don McCullin’s pictures were making it into the newspaper, his images would be the news. Now if I take a picture at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, for instance, there are 300 other photographers there. There are so many images that you are never going to really shoot an iconic image. You’re not the only one there — there are your colleagues and there are people with cellphones. I don’t think a single image will ever lose its power. Single images, to me, are so strong — I can look at a single image and never forget it. But there are new ways of storytelling — with cellphones, with interactive online experiences and virtual reality. Therefore, it’s important to see what matches the story.”

Jérôme Sessini

“I think now we are freer than before because of technology. Besides, we don’t care about the newspapers like people did before. We get free from the newspapers, so we are able to tell stories in the way we want to tell them. In my opinion, pictures can express emotions — I believe more in emotions than in rationality. I don’t want to tell people, ‘this is like this’, or ‘like that’. I want them to first feel something from the pictures, and then ask some questions. They will have to find the answers by themselves.”

Magnus Wennman

“When I started, press photography was a pretty old-school profession, but today it’s completely different. It’s not about the technique any more. It’s about telling stories, and you have endless opportunities to tell stories by means of pictures. If you are engaging in storytelling, I would say your future is very bright. Photojournalism is more democratic. As a matter of fact, nowadays we can see people shooting with their cellphones anywhere. Photojournalism is no longer the privilege of those working at newspapers. The new generation of photojournalists should work in a completely different way. As you see everywhere, visual storytelling is getting more and more important. If you’re good at that, you’re going to survive.”

Daniel Etter

“A lot of people have been declaring that photojournalism is dead and, somehow, it’s still around. It’s still alive, and it’s still kicking — maybe not quite as hard as in Don McCullin’s days, but it’s still important. It doesn’t have the impact it once had, and it will never have that impact again. I always believe photography plays a role, but if there are better ways of telling visual stories, I’m fine with that. The biggest problem we are running into now is how to make others believe us. Look at how really basic facts are in question nowadays. To make our work a reliable source of information is our biggest challenge. I haven’t figured out a way to make news more trustworthy — the only thing we can do is do good work. That means doing research and trying to represent events in a fair way.”

【1】What does Ilvy want to say with the example of Nelson Mandela’s funeral?

A.Great news like this is always attractive.

B.Taking a satisfying picture is really difficult.

C.Too many people take up photojournalism.

D.Popularity of cellphones threatens photojournalism.

【2】What idea do Sessini and Wennman share?

A.Good pictures are worth all the hard work.

B.It’s better to let the picture itself tell stories.

C.Technology is photographers’ greatest enemy.

D.Photojournalism will be the first to be kicked out.

【3】What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Photojournalism enjoys great popularity nowadays.

B.Photojournalism is really a promising career in the future.

C.Everyone can report news stories using photos taken by themselves.

D.Photojournalism has lost its appeal for those working at newspapers.

【4】What does Etter say about photojournalism?

A.It is not as influential as in Don McCullin’s days.

B.It almost died in Don McCullin’s days.

C.It may have an even better future.

D.It actually exists in name only.

【5】What can we learn about Etter?

A.His talent was once questioned.

B.He is optimistic about his future career.

C.He will resign from his job sooner or later.

D.He is seeking suitable ways to tell visual stories.

25、   My 14- year- old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. The coat had a black velvet(丝绒) collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an)_______ price of merely $28. We looked at each other, saying nothing, but John's eyes_______. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with teenagers. John put the coat on and

_______ it. He turned from side to side, _________ himself in the mirror with a serious, studied_______ that soon changed into a smile. It’s a perfect_______

John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. 'How did the kids like your coat? ' I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully _______ it on the chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, the_______came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion_______ argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to

________. 'Good dinner, Mum, ' he would say every evening. One day when I __________ that he start on homework before dinner, John said, 'You are right, and I guess I will.'

When I __________ this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know what caused the changes, she said with laughter, 'It must be his coat! '

John and I both know we should never________ a person's clothes for the real person within them. But it is meaningful to __________ a standard of excellence for the world to see, to practice a standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and to ____________ what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

【1】A.special B.reasonable C.unbelievable D.cheap

【2】A.closed B.shone C.opened D.lowered

【3】A.touched B.buttoned C.held D.obtained

【4】A.feeling B.looking C.glancing D.eyeing

【5】A.gesture B.expression C.attitude D.feeling

【6】A.colour B.price C.fit D.style

【7】A.pressing B.taking C.throwing D.folding

【8】A.happiness B.satisfaction C.change D.generosity

【9】A.replaced B.made C.took D.transformed

【10】A.please B.understand C.admire D.apologize

【11】A.insisted B.suggested C.asked D.commanded

【12】A.wrote B.reported C.mentioned D.explained

【13】A.watch B.judge C.mistake D.consider

【14】A.do B.show C.speak D.wear

【15】A.compare B.connect C.mix D.match

26、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。

On a mid-September afternoon, Sista and Rafi were racing each other on the mountainside. The .girls laughed wildly and stopped for a rest in the shade of a tree.

“Now, I’m hungry,” Sista said. “Yeah. I could really go for a jobo. I love the sweet-and-sour taste!” Rafi said, licking her lips. “I know where there’s a great jobo tree,” Sista said. “It belongs to that lady who lives in the little house by the hill. I heard she’s severe, but sometimes she gives fruit in return for an errand (差事).” They decided to give it a shot.

Raf’s heart pounded as Sista knocked on the door. An elderly woman answered. “Yes?” the lady asked, squinting (眯着眼看) at the girls. Rafi gasped, unable to speak. “We heard ...” said Sista, her voice shaky, “that you give jobos in payment for running an errand.” The lady raised one eyebrow. “Ah, yes. Payment.” She clicked her tongue. “Nothing is free, eh?”

The lady led the girls into kitchen, where the smell of warm bread filled the air. She grabbed two baskets, one large and one small, “Go fill these with jobos. Come right back.”

The girls raced up the hill to the tree and picked the ripest jobos. The moment they returned to the house, the lady handed them a bag filled with warm bread. “Take this bag and the large basket of jobos to the Gomez family. Do you know them?” The girls nodded. “Good. And ask them for the payment. Mrs. Gomez will place it in a large envelope,” the lady added, warning that if they returned without the envelope of payment, they wouldn’t get the jobos.

Wrestling with the heavy bag and basket along the way, the girls finally arrived at the Gomez home, sweating. Mrs. Gomez answered the door. Walking inside, Rafi saw colorful drawings lying everywhere. The three little Gomez kids were still busy with more pictures, pure smiles on their cute faces. “This is from the lady with the jobo tree,” Sista held up the food. Mrs. Gomez cried, “Thank you. My husband is still sick in bed. Times are hard.”

注意：

1.续写词数应为150词左右;

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“But she said to ask you for the payment too,” Rafi said with her eyes dropped.

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Back at the farmhouse, the girls handed the lady the large sealed envelope.

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