2025-2026学年陕西咸阳高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、Exercise has a ______ part to play in preventing disease.

A.major B.urgent C.ancient D.violent

2、Mark said that he was unfit for the job, so he decided to _____ from the company.

A.suffer B.resign C.retire D.escape

3、I still remember the town________ we worked ten years ago.

A.where B.there C.which D.what

4、I have no doubt _______ he’ll come to our help if we call him.

A．whether

B．if

C．that

D．when

5、We _______ have bought so much food now that Suzie won’t be with us.

A.may not B.can’t C.mustn’t D.needn’t

6、There is not much difference between the two, I really don't know _____.

A．which should I choose

B．what I should choose

C．which I should choose

D．what should I choose

7、My friend lives in Tianjin, ________ is about an hour’s ride from his office.

A. which B. that

C. where D. who

8、All the policemen have been trained to ________ themselves against the sudden attacks.

A. fight B. dress C. defend D. balance

9、Deliberately push yourself out of your ________. Try things that you do not normally try.

A.origin B.budget C.routine D.identity

10、It is considered a terrible mistake to think ________ you know ________ in fact you don’t know.

A．that; what

B．that; what

C．what; that

D．what; that

11、Don’t be _______ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.

A. taken off   B. taken out

C. taken away   D. taken in

12、Chinese people traditionally   firecrackers during the Spring Festival, in the belief that this helps scare off the Nian monster and brings good fortune.

A.set aside B.set off C.set down D.set up

13、This statue was put up _________ Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

A.in the name of B.by the name of C.in place of D.in memory of

14、The old peasant preferred _______ in the field to _______ at home in his free time.

A.to walk around; staying B.walking around; staying

C.walking around; stay D.to walk around; stay

15、—Will you please sing for the sick at the city hospital to cheer them up?

—_____.

A．What about you?

B．It's very kind of you.

C．Certainly. I'll be glad to.

D．I'm sorry to hear that.

16、–Tack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.

--Sorry, sir, but I was ______ in the traffic congestion for 15 minutes.

A. held out B. held on C. held up D. held off

17、William Shakespeare is generally believed ______ all plays himself.

A.to write B.to have written C.writing D.writing

18、Obviously, the book is _________ for  children aged between three and six.

A.specialized B.supported C.determined D.intended

19、——Dad, I feel like quitting Chinese; it's so hard.

——Never give up halfway. ____________, you know.

A. All that ends well is well

B. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time

C. A man becomes learned by asking questions

D. All things are difficult before they are easy

20、It is what you do rather than what you say __________ matters.

A.that B.what

C.which D.this

21、All of her time _______ to carrying out a further study on the cause of Alzheimer’s disease

since she left school.

A. has been devoted   B. devoted

C. has devoted   D. was devoted

22、Practice ________ every day, and you’ll develop a good language sense.

A.to read B.read C.reading D.being read

23、One of the advantages of living on the top of a high rise is to get a good .

A.sign B.view C.scene D.scenery

24、Tom is very good at science, ________ his brother is fond of literature.

A．when

B．while

C．as

D．once

25、He began to run ______ restaurant after he was out of ______ work.

A.a; the B.a; / C./; / D.the; the

26、If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak；when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame（受责备）, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.

Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories？This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things；they cannot write down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people practice remembering.

【1】The main reason for one's poor memory is that _________

A．he does not use his arms or legs for some time

B．his father or mother may have a poor memory

C．his memory is not often used

D．he can't read or write

【2】If you do not use your arms or legs for some time _________

A．they become weak and won't become strong until you use them again

B．they will become stronger

C．they will become neither stronger nor weaker

D．you can't use them any more

【3】The passage is mainly developed by _________

A．analyzing causes

B．making comparisions

C．following the time order

D．examining differences

【4】Which is the main idea of this passage？

A．Don't stop using your arms or legs.

B．People need to learn from others.

C．It's about strong arms and good memories.

D．Learn how to have a good memory.

27、When Amanda Lemay heard the story about a baker and her husband who were traveling around the United States in a van (厢式货车), learning from expert bakers, she wanted to do something similar. So she got rid of most of her possessions and made an old ambulance with her dad into a lovely home on wheels.

Lemay’s ambulance is actually a former emergency response vehicle for the US Navy, built on a 2006 Ford E350 Cutaway. Renovations (翻新) were done by her and her dad. Now the dark blue vehicle has a lot of built-in cabinets on all sides, offering a lot of storage space, while the roof top has 400-watts of solar power panels and a small roof deck where Lemay practices Yoga. The inside is tastefully done to suit Lemay’s work and hobbies.

As Lemay mentions, not only did her father help, but also the rest of her family. Lemay’s mother helped sew the decorations on the removable cushions, and her sister crafted the leather pulls. It was truly a family affair.

Her current nomadic (流浪式的) lifestyle fits well with her work doing audio books, voiceovers, and publishing work. In the end, this unexpected path has Lemay rethinking what it means to be truly sustainable (可持续的), now that van life has gotten her to become minutely aware of the water, electricity, and other daily resources that she uses. But all these day-to-day concerns are balanced with a greater sense of freedom.

“It’s almost mind-blowing, it feels like a completely different life because I’m doing the work online, and I can do things on my own schedule. Most of my days are mine — so by living in the van. I can be where I want to be, and do the things I want to do, and spend time outside.”

【1】Why is the story of a baker and her husband mentioned in paragraph 1?

A．It shows a creative way of learning.

B．It was spoken highly of by expert bakers.

C．It’s an example of strong determination.

D．It’s where Amanda Lemay got her inspiration.

【2】Why was the renovation a family affair?

A．All family members contributed to it.

B．Its cost was shared by family members.

C．It was made to suit the life of the family.

D．The whole family gathered to celebrate it.

【3】What has Lemay learned from her nomadic lifestyle?

A．To value every minute of her life.

B．To make full use of what she has.

C．To keep a balance between work and life.

D．To be aware of the real meaning of family.

【4】What does Lemay like about living in a van?

A．Reflecting on life.

B．Forgetting all about work.

C．Living at her own pace.

D．Being free from day-to-day concerns.

28、What defines (定义) a generation? Often, experts say, members of a generation are defined by the events that shaped their lives as young adults.

“World events like wars, pandemics (大流行病) and racial unrest can be especially formative,” says Meg Jay, a psychologist and author of “The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — and How to Make the Most of Them Now”. Because our 20s are often when we have our first jobs and first relationships and first moves and first real-world experiences, these big events become important parts of our life stories.

In 2020, it was a pandemic.

For the last three months of 2020, the Monitor followed twelve 2l-year-olds from around the world. We wanted to understand how this global health crisis is encoding itself in the cultural DNA of a generation coming of age in its shadow. Their lives and circumstances as they rolled into 2021 varied wildly. But the lives of the 2l-year-olds we met had many obvious similarities. Separately, for instance, the internet was their collective lifeline to the world. In Mexico, an art student isolating in her family home posted a daily piece of art to Instagram to remind herself that time had not stopped altogether. In Germany, a labor organizer negotiated contracts and planned strikes via Zoom.

By the end of 2020, many of the world’s 21-year-olds had lost jobs; others wondered if they’d ever find one. In the U. S, youth unemployment doubled between July 2019 and July 2020. Also, the pandemic opened fault lines, and stressed old ones. In India, Jordan, and South Africa, our 21-year-olds wondered how they’d collect enough money for mobile data for online studies. In Mexico, Canada, and Germany, 21-year-olds reflected on loneliness as a privilege — that they were alone because they could isolate, their lives not dependent on doing otherwise.

We found a generation suspended (悬停) between the world they’d grown up in and uncertain arrival of their future.

【1】According to Meg Jay, what determines the future of the people in their twenties?

A．Their fundamental changes of working circumstances.

B．Their great efforts of coping with uncertainties in life.

C．Their first experiences of the major events then.

D．Their deep reflections on the attitudes to life.

【2】What does the underlined words “fault lines” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Significant employment challenges.

B．Potential social problems.

C．Special individual privileges.

D．Global health crises.

【3】What’s the writer’s attitude towards today’s 20s?

A．Approving.

B．Negative.

C．Critical.

D．Concerned.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．The World Children Have Grown up in Defines a Generation

B．A Young Generation Was Suspended But Ready to Start

C．A Great Pandemic Has Brought Various Global Crises

D．World Events Changed the Lives of Young Adults

29、   Editors note: Whether people are overworked recently made headlines when several internet company bosses said the only way for employees to achieve success is through harder work and longer hours. Forum readers share their opinions.

Cecilia

Working too many hours only means you arc time-wasting and inefficient(低效的).This means it takes you longer to produce something than someone else.

A good manager knows how to encourage his employees to work in their full ability instead of expecting them to work late even if they don't have something to do. People who stay in their office until late hate their jobs and it affects their performance, as well as other ways of their life.

Rosemary

Overworking is just modem slavery. In many countries, overworking would be attacked because it shows poor work performance, and the boss would prefer you work in a better way 7 hours and then go back home than 8 hours with poor performance.

Nervy  Nowadays, it’s hard for a young person to build a good future, for pressures are on his or her shoulders: housing, children, parents, themselves, etc. But everyone must keep working hard to have them on the way to the good future, which is not certain. What’s sure is that if you're lazy and don’t work hard, no good future will come.

Sunny

I don't think anyone wants to work overtime The fact is the competition is so extreme if you don’t work hard someone will easily and willingly replace you, especially in the IT industry. Employees are told they need to work longer hours or they won't get raised. It is time to give up the culture of overworking.

【1】What will happen if Cecilia is forced to overwork?

A.She will perform to her full ability.

B.She will feel unhappy to do it.

C.She will ask the employer to do it.

D.She will encourage other workers to do it.

【2】Whose idea is a little bit different from the others?

A.Cecilia. B.Rosemary.

C.Nervy D.Sunny.

【3】In which part of the newspaper can you find the passage?

A.Culture. B.Business.

C.Lifestyle. D.Opinion.

30、   Jeremy Locke, 25, has his own roofing company in Bridgeport, Nova Scotia. For a couple of years before he began his_________, he would drive past the home of Jeanette MacDonald, noticing the_________state of her roof. He was_________—not just for the elderly woman but also for the children living with her. So Locke_________to lend a helping hand.

The young man knocked on MacDonald's door and_________to fix her roof for nothing, "I didn't know who the woman was, but I wanted to_________this for her and her grandchildren," he explained to The Chronicle Herald. However, despite his kind_________, the woman politely turned him down.

MacDonald and her_________left an impression on Locke. He saw_________between the woman and his own grandmother, and couldn't bear to see her in this__________. He had also grown up without much and felt that he should use his skills to__________.

A year after Locke set up his own roofing company, seeing that the roof was__________in a state of disrepair, Locke returned to MacDonald's home and asked MacDonald if she wanted to enter a raffle (抽奖) his company was doing for a__________roof. The 70-year-old woman__________the chance, but little did she know that there was no__________.

MacDonald's relief__________Locke's kindness is immeasurable, "I could win $1 million but it wouldn't make me as__________as knowing I'm getting a new roof on. Jeremy is__________something. He's a guardian angel (守护天使) sent from God."

The__________should cost about $ 9,000 in terms of materials and manpower. However, the only thing Locke wants in return is a home-cooked meal for his staff from the woman who__________him of his grandmother.

【1】A.journey B.business C.research D.life

【2】A.average B.unexpected C.special D.terrible

【3】A.frightened B.embarrassed C.concerned D.disappointed

【4】A.decided B.appeared C.agreed D.happened

【5】A.declined B.offered C.managed D.pretended

【6】A.catch up with B.take care of C.get rid of D.put up with

【7】A.application B.reaction C.theory D.intention

【8】A.hesitation B.shame C.regret D.difficulty

【9】A.symbols B.conditions C.similarities D.beliefs

【10】A.situation B.occupation C.incident D.direction

【11】A.respond B.give C.help D.develop

【12】A.still B.even C.already D.just

【13】A.temporary B.delicate C.random D.free

【14】A.went over B.jumped at C.laughed off D.looked into

【15】A.competition B.cheating C.dilemma D.chance

【16】A.comparing B.withdrawing C.following D.contradicting

【17】A.strong B.lucky C.happy D.rich

【18】A.partly B.possibly C.generally D.really

【19】A.room B.job C.meal D.decoration

【20】A.reminds B.warns C.convinces D.informs

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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would【1】the end of cold weather, planting in spring and【2】in autumn.  Sometimes  celebrations would be  held after【3】had caught animals. Today’s festivals have many origins, some 【4】, some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to 【5】the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The most【6】 and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.  【7】the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children  【8】money in red paper. People love to get together to eat, drink and have 【9】 with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our 【10】and forget our work for a little while.

32、假定你是李华，你所在的国际学校要完善校园公众号，现向全校师生征集意见，请你根 据以下内容，给负责人 Mr. Brown 写封信。要点如下：

1. 增加名校友专栏；

2. 展示学生优秀作品；

3. 提供生涯规划指导；

4. ……（至少一条）

注意：1.词数 100 左右，开头与结尾已写好不计入总词数； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：校友专栏 alumni column；生涯规划 career development

Dear Mr. Brown,

Knowing that WeChat public account of our school asks for advice on its improvement .

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Yours,

Li Hua