2025-2026学年湖北黄冈高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、— The final examination is around the corner. I couldn't go out and play football with you.

— Come on. .  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A.Be all ears B.It’s a piece of cake

C.Don’t be a wet blanket D.Don’t pull my leg

2、Does this book___________ Dan?

A.bring up B.break out C.borrow from D.belong to

3、In Britain today, women__________44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

A.take up B.make up

C.pick up D.give up

4、Some people believe that with joint efforts we can ________ all the diseases from the world and life expectancy will become limitless.

A.execute B.exaggerate C.erect D.eradicate

5、It is difficult to ____ one’s balance on an icy pavement.

A.lose B.break C.have D.keep

6、Cats ________ be quite friendly towards humans, but they live mysterious lives of their own.

A.need B.must C.shall D.can

7、Jim will go on a trip to Sichuan, ________ his parents used to live.

A. where B. which

C. when D. that

8、Each time I ________ a good essay when reading newspaper , I cut it out and keep it.

A. work out    B. come across

C. care about  D. put down

9、I prefer ______ at home all night to make up the lost time rather than ______ TV programs.

A.stay; to watch B.staying; watching C.to stay; watch D.staying; watch

10、Open the map and you will find Chengdu is ______.

A.twice the size of Shanghai B.twice as bigger as Shanghai

C.twice more than Shanghai D.more twice bigger than Shanghai

11、People do not now believe in the _______ of ghosts.

A.existence B.occurrence C.evidence D.birth

12、He explained ______ for his father's birthday party.

A.why was he late B.why is he late

C.why he is late D.why he was late

13、——I called you last night, but no one answered.

——Sorry, I____________ sleeping.

A.need have been B.would have been C.must have been D.should have been

14、―Whose textbook is this？Is it yours?

―No,it isn’t.______is over there.

A.Me B.I C.My D.Mine

15、She has great pressure at work recently and that may ________ her abnormal behavior.

A.account for B.call for C.stand for D.exchange for

16、---Alice had an accident on her way to school yesterday．

---   ? She is always careful．

A. How come   B. Why not   C. So what   D. What for

17、—Hi, I’m Peter. Are you new here? I haven’t seen you around.

—Hello, Peter. I’m Bob. I just _______ on Monday.

A.start B.have started C.started D.had started

18、We can never forget the days we worked together and the days________ we spent together.

A.when; which B.which; when

C.what; that D.on which; when

19、Don't you hate _____when somebody shows up at a party wearing the same dress as you?

A.him B.that

C.it D.them

20、Free film tickets will be sent to _______ are interested in film.

A.whomever B.whoever C.no matter who D.whichever

21、A large number of volunteers ________in the battle against the novel coronavirus since the end of last year.

A．was involved

B．had been involved

C．is involved

D．have been involved

22、He was living in France when the war _________.

A.broke off B.broke into C.broke out D.broke through

23、_________ from the top of the mountain, the river ____over 250 meters broad looked splendid.

A.Seeing ; measuring B.Seeing; measured C.Seen; measuring D.Seen ; measured

24、Intelligence does not ________ mean success. You need diligence as well.

A. honestly B. formally C. simply D. necessarily

25、_____, he has a lot of knowledge about computer.

A. A child as he is B. As he is a child

C. Child as he is D. Child as is he

26、   My poor mother would be the first to tell you that having a food scientist for a daughter was not always easy.

One weekend visit home,I stood in her kitchen and surveyed her food preparation techniques.

“You know,”I said,“there’s no nutrition left when you overcook the vegetables like that.”

She smiled at me patiently and said,“Oh my!It’s a miracle(奇迹)that after all these years,my kid even survived at all!”

Survive we did.Mom’s meals were simple but well-balanced.My sisters and I grew up with a variety of food on our family table.When it came to vegetables,we ate almost everything—from green chilies to turnip greens.

On school mornings,Mom switched on our bedroom light to silently tell us it was time to get up.Then she’d rush to the kitchen to make a nourishing(有营养的)breakfast we’d eat before heading out the door.

In the summer,Mom always had fresh tomatoes and plenty of zucchini in her garden and on the dinner table.And I learned to love green beans from visits to our cousins.My aunt would sit me on the back porch(门廊)and have me take the ends off fresh beans.Years later I would learn that kids are more likely to accept foods when they are involved with them in some way.

One thing surprised me at the time but became very clear after I had a child myself.My mother LOVED it when I took the initiative(主动)to prepare a meal.She went back to work when I was in high school,so I was often the first one home.One day,after I’d finished homework and taken care of the dogs and horses,I decided to try a recipe from one of Mom’s cookbooks.

It wasn’t a perfect meal.But when she got home and saw the table set and dinner ready,she was so happy.That was an enjoyable moment for me.

Now I understand that food is only one way we receive nutrition.We also need soul food,and my mom did a good job with that.She taught me humility(谦逊),thankfulness and unconditional love.

I hope I could cook a meal for her this year.I’d even try not to overcook the vegetables.

【1】What can we know about the author’s mother?

A.She didn’t get on well with the author.

B.She paid great attention to nutrition.

C.She was a patient and loving mother.

D.She often asked the author to help her cook.

【2】What does the underlined word“that”refer to?

A.Seeing her mother was happy.

B.Being able to cook on her own.

C.Finishing her homework early.

D.Taking care of the dogs and horses.

【3】What does the author say in the second-to-last paragraph?

A.She doesn’t care about nutrition anymore.

B.She is grateful for her mom’s teaching and love.

C.She thinks soul food is more important than real food.

D.She is sorry for criticizing her mom’s cooking.

【4】What is the main purpose of this article?

A.To encourage readers to cook their families a meal.

B.To teach readers how to cook nutritious food.

C.To stress the importance of having meals with our families.

D.To share the author’s thoughts about her mom’s cooking.

27、   Penguins (企鹅) are birds that “fly” underwater. By flapping (拍打) their wings the same way birds do in the air, penguins can move through the water well.

【1】Most birds have hollow (中空的) bones that help make flying easier. But the penguin’s bones are heavy. This helps them stay underwater.

【2】They feed on many different kinds of fish.

【3】Some live in Antarctic, one of the coldest places on Earth. Others live on the Galapagos Islands, a very hot place. 【4】People and penguins eat some of the same foods. The more fish people take out of the sea, the fewer there are for the penguins to eat. 【5】

A.Penguins are very tough (坚强的) birds.

B.Penguins find it hard to adjust.

C.All penguins hunt for food underwater.

D.Penguins are different from other birds.

E.Ocean pollution is a real problem for penguins.

F.People, though, are the penguin’s biggest problem.

G.Also, penguins sometimes get caught up in fishing nets and die.

28、   The term "dark tourism" is far newer than the practice, which long existed before Pompeii became a dark attraction. Dr. Philip Stone, perhaps the world’s leading expert on dark tourism, considers the Roman Colosseum as one of the first dark tourist sites, where people travelled long distances to watch death as sport. Later, until the late 18th century, the appeal was crueler still in central London, where people paid money to watch mass hangings. Pies would be sold at the site, which was where Marble Arch（大理石拱门）stands today.

It was only in 1996 that "dark tourism"entered the scholarly vocabulary when two professors in Glasgow applied it while looking at sites related to the murder of John F. Kennedy. Those who study dark tourism give plenty of reasons for the growing phenomenon（现象）, including raised awareness of it as a recognizable thing. Access to sites has also improved with the arrival of cheap air travel. It is hard to imagine that the Auschwitz-Birkenau memoir and museum would now welcome more than two million visitors a year without its nearness to Krakow’s international airport. Peter Hohenhaus, a widely travelled dark tourist based in Vienna, also points to the sharp rise in off-the-beaten-track tourism, beyond the territory of popular guidebooks. "A lot of people don't want mainstream（主流） tourism and that often means visiting places that have a more recent history than, say, a Roman ruin." he says. You go to Sarajevo and most people remember the war being in the news, so it feels closer to one’s own biography(传记).’

Hohenhaus is also a fan of "beauty in decay(腐朽)," the current cultural movement in which urban ruins have become subject matter for expensive coffee-table books and a thousand Instagram accounts. The combination with death is clear. "I have always been drawn to ruined thing," the 54-year-old says. But while, like any tourism, dark tourism at its best is educational, the example of Grenfell Tower( a London tower block, destroyed by a fire in 2017 with 71 deaths) suggests the unease felt at some sites. "I remember the Lonely Planet Bluelist book had a chapter about dark tourism a while ago and one of the rules was ‘don't go back to early."Hohenhaus says." I will be interested to see Grenfell Tower up close. I can see the attraction. But I would not stand in the street taking a selfie merrily."

【1】"Dark tourism"is tourism involving travelling to places ______________.

A.difficult to reach in ancient times

B.with a history before human civilization

C.historically related to death and sad events

D.famous for cruel but exciting sports in Europe

【2】Which is one of the reasons for the development of dark tourism?

A.More scholars have begun to study it as a subject.

B.People have become rich enough to afford to travel around.

C.Lots of people are more satisfied with ordinary tourist destinations.

D.People have realized the significance of environmentally-friendly tourism.

【3】The underlined word "unease" in Paragraph 3 implies that tourist may feel _____ at dark tourism sites.

A.uncomfortable B.relaxed

C.dissatisfied D.happy

【4】Which of the following best serves as the tile of this passage?

A.Features of dark tourism B.Proper attitudes to dark tourism

C.List of dark tourism sites D.Growing popularity of dark tourism

29、   Clowns (丑角) have been around for a long time. They not only make us laugh at the circus (马戏团) but they used to make the king and his followers laugh in court. The earliest of these fun-makers are called “fools”. In Greek and Roman times these fools dressed up like clowns do today with painted faces and funny costumes (戏服). They danced around the stage and did things to make people laugh as clowns do in circuses today. By medieval times (中世纪) every court had its fools. Fools wore bright colours and had bells (大肚子) on their shoes and their hats.

They were not really meant to be foolish and often they would say wise and sensible things to the king which nobody else was brave enough to say. The king never got cross with the fool as this was his job. He was meant to be both wise and foolish and try to make the situation in court less serious.

Of course people wanted to have their own kind of fool and shows developed in the 1500s in which fools (or Zanies) performed to make the crowd laugh. This kind of entertainment became so popular that it started a special kind of drama in Italy called Commedia dell´arte, which gradually turned into our comedy programmes today. When you watch the antics (滑稽剧) of Charlie Chaplin or Rowan Atkinson, you are watching a kind of comedy that is directly originated from the fools of ancient Rome and Greece.

【1】How do clowns entertain people?

A.By their amusing talk and body language.

B.By their amusing voices and body langauge.

C.By their clothes, songs and the way they talk.

D.By their clothes, make-up and the way they act.

【2】Where did fools first give performances?

A.In different towns in Europe.

B.In shows in ancient Greece and Rome.

C.At fairs or market where there were a lot of people.

D.in the building where law cases could be heard and judged.

【3】When did the Commedia dell´arte begin to develop?

A.Before the fifth century.

B.Around the tenth century.

C.During the Middle Ages.

D.In the sixteenth century.

【4】What does the underlined “got cross” in the second paragraph mean?

A.got satisfied B.got through

C.got angry D.got delighted

30、   A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the ______ was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of ______ as a result of exhausted battery (电池). Nothing could be done but ______ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the _____ of the rescue (救援).

It is almost ______ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his ______: “First of all I checked up my ______ conditions and found myself not in fatal (致命的) danger. As there was no ______ to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from ______. In this way I dozed (打盹) off.”

His story put an end to my regret for the ______ of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men ______ to explore a mountain cave and got lost.   ____ to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of ______. Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the ______ people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the ______ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to ______ themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering (闪烁) not far away.

Don’t you think that you can compare it with ______ itself? When you meet with obstacles in life and work, you are lost in darkness. Mind you (请你注意) it’s ______ yet and you needn’t put up struggle ______. It seems to be a negative attitude; ______ a person who can afford to do so must have foresight (预见) as well as great courage in the first place.

【1】A.hopeless B.worst C.more D.best

【2】A.place B.way C.order D.work

【3】A.cry B.lie C.wait D.sleep

【4】A.delay B.success C.team D.arrival

【5】A.untrue B.unimaginable C.true D.useless

【6】A.plan B.decision C.explanation D.excuse

【7】A.physical B.mental C.working D.medical

【8】A.method B.way C.alternative D.strength

【9】A.rotting B.spreading C.hurting D.bleeding

【10】A.loss B.failure C.disappointment D.sadness

【11】A.had B.managed C.tried D.planned

【12】A.Willing B.Unable C.Determined D.Deciding

【13】A.hearing B.sight C.feeling D.direction

【14】A.rescue B.village C.local D.brave

【15】A.end B.top C.opening D.side

【16】A.save B.help C.stop D.calm

【17】A.adventure B.work C.life D.man

【18】A.unclear B.unacceptable C.unnecessary D.unable

【19】A.really B.immediately C.carefully D.hopefully

【20】A.and B.so C.but D.while

31、根据课文内容填空

The most 【1】 and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. 【2】 the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may 【3】children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year 【4】 .Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,【5】 take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, 【6】 in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful 【7】 of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for 【8】around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival 【9】 a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though 【10】is covered with pink snow.

32、假设你是李华。你的两位朋友Tom与 Peter几天前产生了误会。Tom的生日即将来临, Peter想送他一个礼物来缓和关系，修复友情，特地发来邮件寻求你的建议。请你根据以下要点给Peter回一封邮件。

1、礼物选择；2、你的理由；3、其他建议。

注意：1.词数100左右。2.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

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Yours,

Li Hua