2025-2026学年台湾台中高一(上)期末试卷英语

1、Better _________ than never.

A．later

B．late

C．latter

D．latest

2、--The weather is too cold ___ March this year.

-- It was still ___ when I came here years ago.

A. for; colder   B. in; cold

C. in; hot   D. for; hotter

3、Dozens of people were waiting with a camera for ______ seemed like hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the US First Lady, Michelle Obama.

A. that B. when C. which   D. what

4、—Tom and I will go hiking this Sunday. Do you want to come along?

—______. I may stay at home to have a rest.

A．No problem

B．Not likely

C．No way

D．Not really

5、The recent cold weather has prevented residents from going out, which may ________ the decline in customer flows at the shopping mall.

A.make up B.account for C.apply for D.take up

6、——I’m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ______.

——So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.

A. broken up

B. finished up

C. divided up

D. closed up

7、The general at last got a chance to visit the village_____ he used to fight, he had been dreaming of for years.

A．that/which

B．where/that

C．in which/what

D．where/in which

8、Nowadays mobile internet devices are pushing up demands for online education, which makes people see it as one of the most____ new market.

A. demanding B. confidential  C. promising  D. controversial

9、When____to danger and conflict, men tend to increase blood pressure, ____nervous or anxious.

A．exposed; felt

B．exposed; feeling

C．exposing; feeling

D．exposing; felt

10、I went to the classroom as usual. But there, next to my desk, ______ I had never seen before．

A．a girl did sit

B．a girl sat

C．did a girl sit

D．sat a girl

11、Once plastic pollution ______in most public areas, it is hard______.

A. rises; dealing with   B. arises; to be dealt with

C. raises; dealt with   D. arises; to deal with

12、Have you seen the boys _______  “Little Apple”？That’s such a beautiful scene that I dare not have my eye _____ on it.

A. dancing; fixing   B. dance; fixing

C. dance; fixed   D. to dance; fixed

13、As a green hand in this position, ______ matters most is to develop your abilities as well as confidence.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．how

14、Jack is a man of his words. He always ________ what he says

A. puts   B. makes   C. means     D. gets

15、It is never easy for graduates to find their ideal jobs, where in addition to ________ necessary knowledge, they are required to have some related experience.

A. be equipped with      B. being equipped with

C. equip with       D. equipping with

16、But for the fact that I_ an unexpected visitor, I _____to the lecture．

A．had had/would go

B．had/must go

C．had/would have gone

D．had had/must have gone

17、Some diseases ________ quickly from one person to another.

A.move B.catch C.spread D.expand

18、So excellent is the young man in this company that his ______ is just a matter of time.

A．ambition

B．admiration

C．promotion

D．appreciation

19、Our efforts will ________ sooner or later as long as we stick to our plan and never give up.

A．show off

B．set off

C．go off

D．pay off

20、As is known to us all, success usually results from diligence while laziness and copying others _____ can lead to losses and failure.

A. blindly     B. automatically

C. awfully     D. annually

21、There is such a group of singers in the western musical circle at present, who enter the business as online celebrities(名人)and then become top idols and giant stars globally.They become popular for their videos online and then they are discovered by talent agents and gradually cause huge storms in the musical circle.For example, Troye Sivan, a singer who is nicknamed “chuoye”, became popular on You tube from an early age.

As a popular video sharing website, You Tube has given rise to plenty of stars, creating a new celebrity culture.Providing a platform where anyone can post videos, You tube presents the opportunity for anyone to achieve fame by simply uploading a short video.Sivan has been making you tube videos since he was 12 to show his singing talent.In the digital age, Sivan has already developed large devoted audience online and his sensitive video blogs have earned him extreme popularity.

A.survey has showed that US teenagers are more attracted with You Tube stars, which is a surprising result.You Tube stars are judged to be more attractive, outstanding and related than traditional stars.Looking at the survey comments and feedback, teens enjoy a close and real experience with You Tube celebrities, who aren't carefully directed by design.Teens also say they appreciate YouTube stars sense of humor and risk-taking spirit, which are often limited by Hollywood stars.As a result, singers who make their first show in the traditional way no longer have a complete advantage in front of the audience.Online platforms open up a lot of doors for people.They become the best place to be discovered.

【1】How do online celebrities become popular?

A．By acting in Hollywood.

B．By writing blogs on the website.

C．By posting their videos online and gain recognition.

D．By meeting audience across the country.

【2】Why does the writer mention Troye Sivan in Paragraph I and Paragraph 2?

A．To give an example of becoming successful by working hard.

B．To give an example of becoming a well-known singer with the help of the website.

C．To give an example of holding a successful concert.

D．To give an example of sticking to great determination.

【3】What can we infer about Hollywood stars according to the last paragraph?

A．They never give performances online.

B．They are more outstanding than YouTube stars.

C．They write less sensitive video blogs than YouTube stars.

D．They are less humorous and risk-taking than YouTube stars.

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards online platforms like You Tube?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Uncaring.

D．Doubtful.

22、Eddie McKay, a once-forgotten pilot, is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada.

It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, found McKay’s name in a footnote in a book about university history. McKay was included in a list of university alumni (校友) who had served during the First World War, but his name was unfamiliar to Broad, a specialist in military history. Out of curiosity, Broad spent hours at the local archives(档案馆) in a fruitless search for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged, he finally gave up. On his way out, Broad’s glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture, he experienced a thrilling realization. “After looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said Broad. Excited by the find, Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually, a picture came into view.

Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy planes, outlived his entire squadron (中队)as a WWI flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in England, then returned to the front, where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in December 1917. But there’s more to his story. “For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke, the most famous German pilot at the time.” Yet, in a letter home, McKay refused to take credit, saying that Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.

McKay’s war records were destroyed during a World War II air bombing on London—an explanation for why he was all but forgotten.

But now, thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students, a marker in McKay’s memory was placed on the university grounds in November 2007. “I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word ‘deceased’ (阵亡) next to his name,” said Corey Everrett, a student who found a picture of Mckay in his uniform. “This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead of finishing his time at Western, he chose to fight and die for his country.”

【1】What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay?

A．A uniform of McKay.

B．A footnote about McKay.

C．A book on McKay.

D．A picture of McKay.

【2】What did the students find out about McKay?

A．He trained pilots for some time.

B．He lived longer than other pilots.

C．He died in the Second World War.

D．He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.

【3】McKay’s flying documents were destroyed in .

A．Belgium

B．Germany

C．Canada

D．England

【4】We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay .

A．preferred fight to his study

B．went to war before graduation

C．left a picture for Corey Everrett

D．set an example for his fellow students

【5】What is the text mainly about?

A．The research into war history.

B．The finding of a forgotten hero.

C．The pilots of the two world wars.

D．The importance of military studies.

23、   The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. Think about how we greet people. 【1】 In some cultures we greet people by shaking hands or with another gesture to show that we are not carrying weapons – that we come in peace. And there are certain symbols that people in very different cultures recognize as representing peace. Let’s look at the origins of a few of them.

The dove

The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a dove carrying a sword symbolized the end of war. 【2】

The rainbow

The rainbow is another ancient and universal symbol, often representing the connection between human beings and their gods. In Scandinavian mythology the rainbow was a bridge between the gods and the earth. In Chinese tradition, the rainbow is a common symbol for marriage because the colors represent the union of yin and yang.【3】

The olive branch

【4】 In Greek mythology, the goddess Athene gave the olive tree to the people of Athens, who showed their gratitude by naming the city after her. 【5】Whatever the history, the olive branch is a part of many modern flags symbolizing peace and unity.

A.But it was Pablo Picasso who made it a modern symbol of peace.

B.The olive tree has always been a valuable source of food and oil.

C.In some languages, the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace.

D.Nowadays the rainbow is used by many popular movements for peace and the environment.

E.People always greet one another in peaceful ways.

F.Now we use the rainbow to represent the possibility of a better world.

G.But no one knows for sure when or why it began to symbolize peace.

24、The chimp didn’t feel well. She fell over, ignoring the other wild chimps. Finally, the sick chimp crawled over to a bush, picked some leaves and swallowed them. By the next afternoon, the chimp was as good as new!

Biologists watching the chimp were surprised. Somehow, the plant had cured the chimp! Did the chimp know the plant would make her feel better? Or was it just a lucky accident?

Many scientists don’t think it has anything to do with luck. They’re discovering that some animals seem to use plants to cure themselves. And these animals are leading scientists to new plants that could cure humans!

Dr. Richard Wrangham, an anthropologist at Harvard University, agrees that animals may know something we don’t know about forest plants.

Wrangham got to know chimps and their diets while studying them for three years in Tanzania. “You must know a lot about an animal’s feeding habits to know what it doesn’t consider food,” Wrangham explains. Every morning, he saw that most chimps ate fruit near their nests. Later on, they ate on leaves.

When he noticed chimps eating the leaves of a plant they usually ignored, Wrangham thought something interesting was going on---especially when he saw that they’d sometimes walk for 20 minutes to find the plant. Another strange thing that caught his eye was how they ate the bitter leaves.

“They swallowed the leaves whole,” explains Wrangham, noting that chimps usually chew their food well. “They seemed to rub（摩擦）the leaves around the roofs of their mouths. They closed their eyes, wrinkled their noses and swallowed slowly. ”

Wrangham wondered what could be so good about something tasting so bad. He had a chemist analyze the leaves. He discovered that the leaves contain a red oil that kills different viruses（病毒）. Later tests showed that the oil might even fight cancer and the AIDS virus!

Why don’t the chimps chew the leaves? “Rubbing the leaves between the tongue and the inside of the mouth might allow the chemicals to enter the bloodstream directly,” he suggests, “instead of going to the stomach, where they might get destroyed by acids. The chimps seem to know what they’re doing.”

【1】We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. chemicals in plants help cure animals

B. chimps cure themselves by chewing plants

C. scientists live with chimps to study their diets

D. Dr. Wrangham knows a lot about forest plants

【2】How can Dr. Wrangham tell which plants are medicine for chimps?

A. By talking with the biologists.

B. By analyzing the chimps’ favorite food.

C. By studying the chimps’ feeding habits.

D. By comparing other scientists’ discoveries.

【3】The author wrote the passage to ___________.

A. present a finding   B. test a theory

C. provide a solution   D. describe an experiment

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Forest plants. B. Animal doctors.

C. Chimp’s diets. D. A cure for cancer.

25、I think I will never forget the special day in November. It was hotter than normal. This was the ______ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come ______ me. I saw worry and ______ on my father’s face. Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles, I felt ______. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled ______ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the ______required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races，I didn’t ______ out in the front. I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning，my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I ______ see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into ______ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them ______ weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me. ______ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed, I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the ______ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both ______ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep ______ until the very end.

The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to ______ to. I whispered, “I’ m so sorry, Dad, I'm so sorry I ______ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just ______. All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so ______. What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don’ t you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn’t long before my running shoes were back on, marking a ______ path for my journey. I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a ______. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

【1】A. dream   B. day   C. result   D. weather

【2】A. across   B. to   C. for   D. over

【3】A. excitement   B. astonishment   C. coldness   D. amusement

【4】A. proud   B. afraid   C. nervous   D. great

【5】A. programs   B. practices   C. instructions   D. studies

【6】A. patience   B. potential   C. sacrifice   D. attention

【7】A. start   B. move   C. look   D. come

【8】A. should   B. need   C. must   D. could

【9】A. relief   B. glory   C. pleasure   D. spirit

【10】A. give   B. feel   C. hold   D. add

【11】A. Although   B. Because   C. If   D. Where

【12】A. trust   B. emotion   C. confidence   D. strength

【13】A. loud   B. soft   C. foreign   D. firm

【14】A. running   B. going   C. fighting   D. training

【15】A. talk   B. refer   C. listen   D. agree

【16】A. frightened   B. disturbed   C. bored   D. disappointed

【17】A. develop   B. change   C. happen   D. follow

【18】A. late   B. quickly   C. closely   D. hard

【19】A. near   B. new   C. rough   D. narrow

【20】A. race   B. duty   C. rank   D. wish

26、假如你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim发邮件告诉你，最近他参加一次学校电视主持人的面试，但是失败了，心情很沮丧。请你给Jim回信，内容包括：

1. 给与安慰和鼓励；

2. 提出一些建议。

注意： 1. 词数不少于50;

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：电视主持人  TV host

Dear Jim,

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Yours,

Li Hua