2025-2026学年河北承德高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I _____ the book from which it was made.

A. have read  B. had read

C. should have read D. are reading

2、Have you ever had a case ________ someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?

A．which

B．where

C．what

D．when

3、Better _______ between teacher and students can promote the effectiveness of the class to an extent.

A．criticism

B．expectation

C．interaction

D．contribution

4、All the scientists on the meeting believed that there was no doubt ______ a cure for SARS would be found.

A.which B.that C.what D.whether

5、Hearing the funny speech given by the famous professor, all of us burst into ________.

A．laughed

B．laughter

C．laughing

D．laugh

6、—How can I wake up so early? —Set the alarm at 5：00 a．m., ________ you will make it.

A．and   B．but C．or D．so

7、The ________ also preserves the bodies of 100 cats and dogs and other pets whose owners hope they may one day return to life.

A．institute

B．instance

C．intensity

D．intention

8、________ wins the election is going to have a tough job getting the economy back on its feet.

A．Whoever

B．No matter who

C．Anyone

D．Who

9、_______ the fact that she failed to win the Best Female Athlete Award, Li Na was presented with Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award, _______ her achievements in the court.

A. Due to; confirming   B. In terms of; confirmed

C. Apart from; confirmed D. In spite of; confirming

10、The author couldn’t _________it _________, so I can’t make out what the article says.

A. get; across   B. get; over

C. give; away   D. give; out

11、(1)Having adopted a new method, they worked________.

(2) The teacher praised him for his working________in organizing the conference.

A．efficient;efficiency

B．efficiently;efficiency;

C．efficiently;efficient

D．efficient;efficient

12、More works require_____ to achieve our final success.

A. being done   B. to do   C. doing   D. done

13、Jack often does things foolishly, so he _______ sometimes ________ by others.

A．is; laughed

B．is; laughed at

C．was; laughed

D．has; been laughed at

14、You would be unlucky to see sharks, but these are no problem if you don't ________ them.

A．disappoint

B．disturb

C．discourage

D．discover

15、Those who rely on dollars now need to keep ________ on their wallets and realize they might not be able to live so comfortably.

A．a close eye

B．a green finger

C．a keen ear

D．a long face

16、We should be explicit _______ the functions and benefits of the Internet, one of which is that we can also correspond _______ people in distant places.

A. about; with   B. in; to

C. over; to     D. with; with

17、People of Shennongjia living and working in harmony with nature highlights _____ understanding, awareness and hardwork have contributed towards protecting natural world.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．what

18、Having a walk after supper is certainly good for the old people, but it remains ________ whether they will enjoy it.

A．to see

B．to be seen

C．seeing

D．seen

19、—I’d like to join your club.

—That’s great. We _______ new members who share our interest and hobbies.

A．take in

B．set in

C．turn in

D．drop in

20、He __________present at the meeting this morning; he is on a business trip this week.

A. can’t have been

B. mightn’t have been

C. mustn’t have been

D. needn’t have been

21、Many students feel ________(stress) out with so much homework every day.

A．stressing

B．stressful

C．stressed

D．to stress

22、I thought I could continue to work here, but________I shall have to look for another job.

A. in fact   B. as it is

C. as usual   D. as is the case

23、____________everything that's not necessary, and you will get a more meaningful story.

A. Cut in B. Cut down C. Cut up   D. Cut out

24、After he became conscious, he remembered ________ and ________ on the head with a rod.

A. to attack, hit     B. to be attacked; to be hit

C. attacking; be hit D. having been attacked; hit

25、Gone ______ the days ______ we sang and danced happily.

A．have; when

B．were; which

C．are; when

D．are; that

26、Given that breathtaking views await around every green comer, it’s no surprise that the UK is home to a treasure of great journeys.

Route No. 1

This has been the world’s shortest flight——just 53 seconds. For this journey, on board there is only room for the pilot and eight passenger seats. If it is busy, you may end up in the co-pilot seat up front. The experience of this great journey is a short, but dramatic one. You zoom off the runway and almost instantly the plane starts to land.

Route No. 2

The Caledonian Sleeper, a train with a mission to sweep you from London all the way to the Scottish Highlands, just as everyone else is going to bed, has all the drama of a great journey. The experience begins with a relaxing drink. The Caledonian Sleeper includes options for double beds and shower rooms, plus the Club Bar——open to anyone with a room rather than a seat. In the morning, guests can either have breakfast delivered to their cabin, or enjoy a cooked Highlands breakfast.

Route No. 3

The UK’s another overnight sleeper train, from London to Cornwall, operates six nights a week, and is best enjoyed in a twin or single sleeper compartment (隔间). The journey takes you from London at night, delivering you to the very edge of the UK by morning, where you’ll be served a bacon roll shortly after waking. The first sleeper train on this route ran in 1877. In 2018, the train was refurnished with buffet counters.

Route No. 4

The Snowdon Mountain Railway bills itself as an “unforgettable adventure”, soaring you off towards the summit of the highest mountain in Wales. The journey takes you past surging waterfalls to look out for the world’s fastest bird. By the way, the summit station and visitor centre are currently being refurnished and will be open to service in 2023.

【1】What is one distinctive feature of Route No. 1?

A．Big seats.

B．High speed.

C．Short duration.

D．Experienced pilots.

【2】Which route is mostly recommended for wildlife enthusiasts?

A．Route No. 1.

B．Route No. 2.

C．Route No. 3.

D．Route No. 4.

【3】In which column of a magazine is this text probably from?

A．Leisure.

B．Transport.

C．Health.

D．Education.

27、   If there is one thing I'm sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people, a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.

The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives-and the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It's already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do-as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.

It's quite possible that in the next century, newspapers will be transmitted electronically from the Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I'm pretty sure that is how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read-say, sport and international news.

I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresee that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn't happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it's never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.

【1】What is the best title for the passage?

A.The Best Way to Get News B.The Changes of Media

C.Make Your All Newspaper, D.The Future of Newspaper

【2】In the writer's opinion, in the future   .

A.newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer

B.more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news

C.newspapers will cover more scientific research

D.more and more people will read newspapers

【3】From the passage, we can infer   .

A.newspapers will win the competition among the different media

B.newspapers will stay with us together with the other media

C.television will take the place of newspapers

D.the writer believes the media will die out

【4】The underlined words "feed off" in the last paragraph means .

A.depend on B.live on C.fight with D.kill off

28、Environmentalists said our planet was bound to die. Now one man says they are wrong. “Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape,” thundered a magazine article last year. “Species are being driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.”

But there’s growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: Things are actually getting better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world’s environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting better.

The total amount of forests in the world is not declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the “bad news” culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.

Now the attacks are increasingly coming from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups — with profits of hundreds of millions of pounds a year — are using scare tactics (战术) to gain donations. Lomborg’s book doesn’t deny global warming — probably the biggest environmental threat — but destroys almost every other environmental claim with many official statistics.

The Worldwatch Institute claims that deforestation(采伐森林) has been speeding over the last 30 years. Buy Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about 20% of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest area’s depleting has come to a stop. According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30% of total land area, since 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, UK and Canada have actually been expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by about 15%.

Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50% of all species will have died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08% of species are dying out each year. Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the endangered list.

Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of their campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, “There are important examples, such as acid rain and ozone, where things weren’t as bad as predicted, and that’s because our behavior changed.”

【1】What is Lomborg’s main argument in The Skeptical Environmentalist?

A. Our planet is in bad shape.

B. The world’s environment is improving.

C. The total amount of forests is declining.

D. Conservation efforts have been successful.

【2】What is Lomborg’s main accusation of environmentalists?

A. They changed their behavior toward the environment.

B. They only told people bad news about the environment.

C. They scared people into making donations.

D. They overturned our basic assumption about the world’s environment.

【3】The underlined word “depleting” is close in meaning to “_______”.

A. speeding   B. limiting

C. expanding   D. reducing

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Are all species dying out?   B. Isn’t conservation powerful?

C. Is Our Planet Bound to Die?   D. Aren’t environmentalists wrong?

29、Night fell. A policeman was patrolling(巡逻) in his block when he noticed a man leaning against the doorway of a restaurant. “It’s all right here, officer, I’m waiting for a friend. 20 years ago tonight, I dined here with Jimmy Wells, my best buddy. I was to leave for the West the next day. We agreed to meet here again 20 years later.” said the man, striking a match to light his cigar. “Hope your friend comes around.” said the policeman, passing on along his beat.

20 minutes later a tall man in a long overcoat went directly to the waiting man. “Is that you, Bob?” he asked doubtfully. “Is that you, Jimmy Wells?” cried the man. “Oh!” exclaimed the new arrival. “It’s Bob! How has the West treated you, old sport?” “It’s given me everything. You’ve changed lots — so tall by two or three inches.” “I grew a bit.” “Doing well here?” “Moderately. Come on, let s go to my place and have a good talk. ”

The two hit the road, arm in arm, with one boasting his career in the West. At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this glare, each of them stared at the others’ face.

The man from the West stopped and released his arm, “You’re not Jimy Wells. 20 years is not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a pug.”

“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one,” said the tall man. “You’ve been under arrest for ten minutes, ‘Silky’ Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat with you. Before going to the station, here’s a note to you from Patrol man Wells.”

The man unfolded the note, reading:

“Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match, I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. JIMMY.”

【1】Why did Bob show up at the doorway of the restaurant?

A．Because he wanted to avoid being caught by the policeman.

B．Because he expected to taste the best food again in his hometown.

C．Because he tried to keep the appointment with his old friend.

D．Because he attempted to bring back the old memories in the restaurant.

【2】How did Bob find out that the tall man was not the real Jimmy Wells?

A．By his height.

B．By his accent.

C．By his character.

D．By his nose.

【3】According to the last three paragraphs, it can be inferred that__________.

A．Bob failed to recognize the false Jimmy Wells from start to finish.

B．Bob was likely to have committed a crime in the West.

C．Jimmy Wells did not turn up to meet Bob as appointed.

D．Jimmy Wells thought friendship with Bob mattered most.

【4】What can be best used to describe Jimmy Wells?

A．Ambitious and considerate.

B．Hardworking and iron-minded.

C．Responsible and patient.

D．Straight and fair-minded.

30、I took up the violin at 8 and have continued playing since. My experience shows music could really ________ me to connect with people.

I used to ________ going to the teen group in our church. Being shy, I didn't have the courage to meet new people there. So I was never involved in any ________ . This was why the teen group always ________ me. But my parents asked me to go there.

Mark Bowen, the group leader, wanted to found a band within the group. He asked me to ________ .At first, I wanted to ________ , thinking being part of a band would make my life ________ at the group. Finally with my parents' encouragement, I changed my ________ and became a band member as a solo violinist.

________ I had tons of experience in performing with my school orchestra, I ________ played alone before. ________ , this made me nervous. But I was ________ after I found my violin going well with the other instruments. After several performances, I made friends with other ________ . We shared music and told jokes.

What was ________ was a visit from a famous musician. One day during the training, a lady walked in. After we ________ , she walked towards me and said, " I heard a violin playing! So I followed the ________ . " This was Charis a Rouse, the violinist I admired most. The thought of meeting her always made me ________ because she was so talented. And now she was ________ me. How amazing! She gave me many tips. And she told me though it's fun to play the violin, I should take the ________ seriously, as playing for the church is a huge responsibility.

Looking back, joining the band made me ________ , and improved my musical ability. I really appreciate it for helping me grow up.

【1】

A．inspire

B．save

C．spare

D．cost

【2】

A．keep

B．consider

C．hate

D．enjoy

【3】

A．conversation

B．celebration

C．comment

D．statement

【4】

A．confused

B．delighted

C．surprised

D．depressed

【5】

A．teach

B．join

C．react

D．leave

【6】

A．agree

B．attend

C．refuse

D．quit

【7】

A．happier

B．worse

C．busier

D．shorter

【8】

A．face

B．job

C．plan

D．mind

【9】

A．Though

B．Because

C．If

D．Before

【10】

A．always

B．often

C．never

D．still

【11】

A．Additionally

B．Naturally

C．Strangely

D．Similarly

【12】

A．accepted

B．allowed

C．relieved

D．praised

【13】

A．coaches

B．learners

C．classmates

D．players

【14】

A．undoubted

B．unexpected

C．required

D．judged

【15】

A．finished

B．started

C．arrived

D．agreed

【16】

A．show

B．song

C．step

D．sound

【17】

A．calm

B．excited

C．active

D．sensitive

【18】

A．standing for

B．searching for

C．turning to

D．speaking to

【19】

A．performance

B．result

C．application

D．advice

【20】

A．famous

B．gentle

C．sociable

D．reliable

31、根据新概念原文填入正确的单词或短语,每空填一个单词或短语。

So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy 【1】 butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I 【2】 the voice of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. I had 【3】 got back to the kitchen 【4】 the door-bell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

32、假如你的名字叫王平，再过几天就是圣诞节了（ Christmas Day, 12月 25日）。昨天你在美国的朋友Jack寄来一本  Christmas in America。这是他给你的圣诞礼物。去年圣诞期间你和 Jack一起度过。你们一起去看电影，听音乐会，看足球赛等，过得很愉快。Jack还给你讲了许多有趣的故事，使你对美国这个国家有了更多的了解。看到这本书，会使你想起许多令人难忘的时刻。请按以上内容给Jack写封信。（100个词左右）