2025-2026学年陕西汉中高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、It is fortunate that the man has escaped _______ in the heavy rain.

A.to catch B.to be caught

C.catching D.being caught

2、—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

3、The thought of going back home was ________ kept him happy while he was working abroad.

A. that B. all that C. all what D. which

4、It is generally believed _______ improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous(繁荣的) economy.

A.as B.that C.this D.what

5、We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly --- what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

A.confuses B.guides C.affects D.effects

6、The company ___ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A．has been promising

B．has promised

C．promised

D．promises

7、The Dragon Boat Festival is _______ a Chinese poet, Qu Yuan.

A.in memory of B.in favour of C.in charge of D.in case of

8、Since global climate change is obvious, the home use of ________ energy like clean wind and solar power systems is increasing.

A.primary B.alternative C.instant D.urban

9、The city of Harbin is developing fast and the subway is currently   .

A. under building B. under attack

C. under discussion D. under construction

10、The reason ________ he failed to make himself understood was ________ he was not good at speech.

A. for which, because B. that, that

C. which, because D. why, that

11、If ______   in class, you will have to clean the classroom for a week as a punishment.

A．to catch to sleep

B．caught to sleep

C．catching sleeping

D．caught sleeping

12、__ Sally , our monitor , was late for class this morning .

__ _________ ? As far as I know , she never came late for class.

A. How come   B. what for

C. So what   D. Why not

13、John ________ before he got word that the college he chose had accepted him.

A. held his breath B. drew a breath

C. took a breath D. got his breath

14、Great changes ________ in our school since 2016. A lot of progress ________.

A．have taken the place; have been made

B．had taken place; have been made

C．were taken place; has made

D．have taken place; has been made

15、When the police came, the thief was ____.

A.nowhere to hide B.nowhere to be hiding C.nowhere to be hidden D.nowhere hide

16、We don’t doubt _____ he will succeed in the research work.

A. that B. whether

C. how D. what

17、The expert advised the boy,who always fails to remember the new words, to an effective way of learning vocabulary.

A.adapt B.admire C.adopt D.admit

18、_______ on QQ，some people often use “88” for “good-bye”.

A.When chat B.When chatting C.When chatted D.When to chat

19、You could not have all of a sudden ________ a cold — I assume that you just do not want to attend.

A.run out of B.come down with C.hung on to D.broken away from

20、After a heated discussion, they still don’t know at all _______.

A. what is he working out B. what he is working on

C. what did he work on D. what he is working out

21、_____ he came to study in the university, he has made much progress in the study of English.

A.While B.When C.Since D.After

22、—Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree?

— Of course, I have. It was in our village _____it was made.

A. that     B. where

C. when   D. which

23、At the news that her house was ,the old woman tears.

A.broken out; burst into B.broken down; burst out

C.broken up; burst out D.broken into; burst into

24、______ by the Youth League, she has made much progress this term.

A. To be educated B. Educating C. Being educated D. Educated

25、The old man had one son and two daughters,    treated him well,   made him very sad.

A. neither of whom; that

B. neither of them; which

C. none of whom; which

D. none of them; which

26、   Amazon.com has received a patent(专利) right to send its products to customers by drone planes. The company is the largest US-based online seller of products. It delivers those products to customers by mail and other services. Now, the company has received a patent for its planned drone delivery system.

In March, federal officials allowed Amazon to test its drone delivery plan. But even with a patent and the ability of drones to make deliveries, it does not appear that the company will put its new delivery system in place any time soon.

The US Patent Office published the document. It describes Amazon’s plans to use GPS to deliver products to homes and to wherever people are. The drone will use a customer’s mobile device — usually a smartphone — to avoid hitting people or buildings and to find a secure area to land. The company wants to deliver products within 30 minutes after people ordering them on its website.

However, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is worried about the safety. Although it allowed Amazon to test the system, the agency said the operators must be able to see the planes. That greatly limits(限制) the delivery area.

Loretta Alkalay is a professor at the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York. Although Amazon is not yet offering drone delivery, Professor Alkalay says it will not be long before it does. She says there are worries that the drones will hit buildings or people, or that the products and drones will be stolen or damaged by people on purpose. But she says that is because many people believe the drones would only deliver the products to the front door of a house. “However, it is possible that homes will one day have special areas on their roofs designed to receive product deliveries,” she adds.

【1】What is special about the new delivery system?

A. It can deliver heavy products by plane.

B. It uses planes without operators in them.

C. It can deliver a lot of products at a time.

D. It is much safer than other delivery ways.

【2】The underlined word “secure” in Paragraph 3 means “__________”.

A. safe B. large

C. special D. clean

【3】After reading the passage, we can infer that FAA __________.

A. doesn’t really like Amazon

B. totally supports the drone delivery system

C. doesn’t think Amazon should get the patent

D. doubts about the drone delivery system

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A. Amazon’s plan for the future.

B. A patent Amazon received recently.

C. Amazon’s new popular way of delivering.

D. People’s attitude towards drone delivery.

27、   The three phases of life are increasingly a thing of the past.Where once working lives fitted neatly into the model of education,employment and then retirement,the simplicity of that division is being challenged by changing standards of the workforce.

Increasing numbers of workers,nearing their long-imagined transition(过渡)into retirement,seem to be actively putting off the moment at which they down tools.Newly released figures from the Office for National Statistics(ONS)have shown that there are over a million more over 50s in part-time work than a decade ago.And with nine out of 10 employers reporting difficulties hiring workers,there’s likely to be a growing market for their talents as bosses extend their searches to older people,including those who are willing to take on part-time responsibilities.

The ending of the three phases of working life isn’t simply down to people living longer or financial necessity-though those are certainly important factors-but also to an increasing desire to maintain a purposeful life. One survey of British retirees over 50 found that 85 per cent of them felt they’d retired too young—stopping working had left a void that they regretted afterwards.

The 2015 film The Intern conveyed this human need to have value.In it,Robert De Niro plays a 70-year-old widower who finds himself a fish out of water when he joins a trendy internet start-up.In the end,not only does he find the sense of belonging that he desires but his colleagues come to rely on his experience and different perspective.It’s a plot we can increasingly expect to happen in real-life offices over the decades to come as people live ever longer.

Already,we are seeing people in their 50s and 60s looking ahead to a retirement lasting 30 years,choosing instead to build second careers that they can maintain into their 70s or beyond. Freed from the financial burden of young children,they can prioritize flexibility,shorter working hours or more rewarding jobs in areas such as charity work or teaching.Many do it for no money at all,volunteering behind the till in charity shops or showing people round National Trust properties.

However,it’s the next generation where the effect of living longer will really be felt,and the financial necessity will start to bite.In the West,more than half of the children born in 2016 have a life expectancy of more than 100 years.In their book,The 100-Year Life,London Business School professors Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott suggest that acquiring sufficient funds to see oneself through a 40-or 50-year retirement will likely be beyond all but the highest earners.

Then there’s the oft-repeated claim that young people today are the first generation to be poorer than their parents.Certainly property prices are changing the way they plan for the future. In the mid-Nineties,the average home cost less than three times the average wage;last year, ONS stats placed that ratio at eight times wages.

The overall effect of these trends is that young people recognize that they will likely have to postpone dreams of retirement and instead strap on(绑住)more debt spread over longer spans.It’s why 44 per cent of under 30s say they expect to be working well into their 70s and why data this year from the Bank of England show that 16 per cent of UK mortgages(按揭贷款)now have terms of 35 years or more-a figure that has tripled in the past decade.

All of these factors look set to contribute to a workforce that has a significantly wider range of ages in the future.In an ra of work when we’ve all learned to be more inclusive,only eight per cent of firms with a diversity programme have adapted it to go beyond gender,race and sexuality and into age.Incorporating older employees into the workforce is set to be the next big thing at the office.

If Robert De Niro has anything to teach us,it’s that this can be an enormous force permanently for both employees and businesses.

【1】The following may account for the ending of the three phases of working life EXCEPT_____.

A.a longer life

B.financial needs

C.delayed retirement policy

D.a meaningful life

【2】What do the underlined words”is down to”in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.is caused by

B.results in

C.is responsible for

D.gives birth to

【3】What trend will the next generation face?

A.They can live within their means.

B.Their life expectancy will be longer.

C.They will be richer than their parents.

D.They will fail to pay off their mortgage.

【4】The author introduces the details of the film The Intern in order to_____.

A.tell us Robert De Niro is a helpful retiree

B.indicate that retirees can also benefit society

C.share Robert De Niro’s second career with us

D.illustrate that retirees desire to live meaningfully

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The new standards of the workplace.

B.Age being no hurdle in the modern world of work.

C.Financial issues facing both old people and young people.

D.Different attitudes to retirement between the young and old.

28、   This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in US homes. They will attend US schools, meet US teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange(交流/交换) in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. In turn, George's son Mike spent a year in Fred's home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully (尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father's words were the law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”

At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评) American schools," he says. "It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”

【1】This year _______ teenagers will take part in the exchange program between America and other countries.

A.twenty-three hundred B.thirteen hundred

C.over three thousand D.less than two thousand

【2】The whole exchange program is mainly to _______.

A.help teenagers in other countries know the real America

B.send students in America to travel in Germany

C.let students learn something about other countries

D.have teenagers learn science

【3】What is particular in American schools is that _______.

A.there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings

B.there are a lot of outside activities

C.students usually take fourteen subjects in all

D.students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car

【4】After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought _______.

A.a better education should include something good from both America and Germany

B.German schools trained students to be better citizens

C.American schools were not as good as German schools

D.the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students

29、In the last 100 years, the global temperature has gone up by around 0. 75’℃. This may not sound like much, but an increase of 2 ℃ in global temperatures could result in extinction for 30% of the world’s land species.

On account of the changing climate, the world’s ecosystems are also changing faster. More than one-third of the world’s mangroves (红树林)and around 20％ of the world’s coral reefs(珊瑚礁)have been destroyed in the last few decades. Due to the higher temperatures and higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, plants are producing more pollen(花 粉), which could lead to more cases of asthma,   a medical condition which makes it hard to breathe.

What is causing climate change? It seems that the main cause is the huge amount of greenhouse gases, such as CH4 and CO2, but the real reason for this is that the world’s population increases and more land is needed to provide food and energy. Burning fossil fuels for heating, lighting, transport, electricity or manufacturing produces CO2. By cutting down trees, we are increasing the amount of Co2 and reducing the amount of oxygen. As a result of human activities, CO2 levels are now at their highest in 800, 000 years.

The biggest challenge we all face is to prevent further environmental disasters. We must do something before it is too late. We need to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. We need to stop burning fossil fuels and start using renewable energy. We can get enough energy from renewable fuels, such as solar energy or wind power to stop using fossil fuels completely.

【1】What is the author’s main purpose in writing this article?

A．To predict the effects of global warming.

B．To describe the changes in nature.

C．To urge the use of renewable energy.

D．To warn people of natural disasters.

【2】What’s the result of the climate change?

A．Ecology is badly affected.

B．30% of species will die out.

C．The amount of CO: is growing.

D．More people die of asthma.

【3】What’s the real cause of the changing climate?

A．Cutting down trees.

B．Increasing population

C．Burning fossil fuels.

D．Greenhouse gases.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards further environmental disasters?

A．What’s done can not be undone.

B．Man will surely defeat nature.

C．Humans are nothing in face of nature.

D．Actions are needed to resolve problems.

30、   I have always had a love for the mystery novel, because the novels make me think how to solve the mystery. I have loved______ jigsaw puzzles(七巧板游戏) since I was a little girl，______ my love for mysteries.

Some of my friends enjoyed reading Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, so I decided to ______ one of her other novels: A Holiday for Murder. After reading the first page, I couldn't ______ until I finished reading it. I had not only discovered a new ______, but also a new idol---Ms. Christie. Her excellent skill in combining suspense(悬念) and clues inspired me to ______ my own novels. I hoped someday I could inspire others with the ______ of reading and writing through one of my own works. I find writing my ______ is the best way to express my feelings and ideas at any time. I also love being able to ______ a new world of characters and events, simply through words.

My love for writing truly began with Ms. Christie and I would like nothing more than to ______that love on to more children by filling in them the love of books. ______ for me have always been gateways to another world where I can do anything I desire ---even being a ______ in one of Ms. Christie's many mysteries. I dream of one day walking into a bookstore and seeing my ______ on the shelf, and then a little girl picks up the book, eager to imagine herself in the world I have______, just like I did so many times when ______ Ms. Christie's stories.

【1】A.forgiving B.reducing C.producing D.playing

【2】A.increasing B.testing C.locking D.changing

【3】A.try B.observe C.doubt D.return

【4】A.focus B.continue C.enjoy D.stop

【5】A.accent B.fan C.interest D.method

【6】A.collect B.write C.copy D.donate

【7】A.need B.disappearance C.love D.success

【8】A.stories B.dreams C.suggestions D.requests

【9】A.wipe B.paint C.govern D.damage

【10】A.avoid B.pass C.turn D.admire

【11】A.Awards B.Balances C.Lives D.Books

【12】A.scene B.plot C.character D.world

【13】A.prize B.novel C.gift D.picture

【14】A.created B.suggested C.hated D.desired

【15】A.receiving B.showing C.reading D.selling

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The view that the spirit of adventure no longer has any scope for its enterprise seems, at first glance, depressingly true. The highest mountains have been scaled; the deepest seas plumbed. Maps today no longer contain huge blanks marked "Unknown Territory", nor do they make random guesses at the shapes of 【1】 land-masses. All major journeys of exploration to 【2】 the true shape and nature of the globe have been made in the past. It was left to us to fill in the details with 【3】 which once would have been considered impossible. The gaps have been 【4】. What next?

The obvious answer, of course, is that man is now looking upwards into space. Discoveries are being made at such a tremendous rate that even authors of science-fiction are finding it difficult to keep up with them and have to tax their imagination to invent bigger and better space-craft. Satellites sending signals as they swing round our globe have become 【5】.

Astronauts have successfully landed on the moon and its entire surface has been photographed. The information that satellites may provide fueling stations for manned rockets no longer strikes us as preposterous. If thirty years ago, a scientist has urged that we send messages into outer space in the hope of receiving an answer, he would have been regarded as either irresponsible or mad. Now, anything seems 【6】.

From dreams like these, we return to earth with a bump. Trips into space are all very well, but they are not for us; we must 【7】 ourselves with our own, much-traveled world. The earth itself is the training-ground for adventurous spirits, for "adventure" need not mean the seeking out of something new. A person can be called adventurous when he finds out something for himself, and it does not matter how many times the discovery has been made before. No one would say that men who set out now to cross the forbidding Antarctic are less enterprising than their predecessors who tried to do the same thing. The little boy who climbs the small hill that 【8】 his town, or even he who tries to climbs and fails, has precisely the same spirit that led Hillary to climb Everest. For the bold spirit and inquiring mind, there are inexhaustible possibilities. So long as there are people willing to 【9】 places that are well-known, there will be those who will, one day, set foot on remote and 【10】 shores.

32、假如你是李华, 得知你的澳大利亚朋友Tom对园艺花卉感兴趣, 恰逢4月28日将在南阳月季博览园及其他月季主题公园举办洲际月季大会。请给Tom写一封信, 诚邀请他前来参观。要点如下：

1. 简要介绍南阳(位置、气候等);

2. 月季大会的时间与地点;

3. 期盼他的回复。

注意：

1.字数100个左右;；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇

南阳月季博览园   Nanyang Rose Garden

主题公园   theme park

洲际月季大会   the WFRS Regional Convention

Dear Tom,

How is everything going with you?

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua