2025-2026学年广西贺州高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、The popularity of government posts has dropped in recent years, though the civil service jobs are still favored by the Chinese as they offer a _______ stable career.

A. relatively B. regularly

C. roughly D. rigidly

2、I think he's just going to deal with this problem______________ day.

A.next B.other

C.following D.another

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A. to feel   B. feeling

C. feel   D. felt

4、______ his love, Chris sent his mom a thank-you note on Mother’s Day.

A. Expressing   B. Expressed   C. To express   D. Having expressed

5、Unlike compulsions and addictions, which are acted out uncontrollably, habits are actions that are repeated regularly and ___________.

A.automatically B.typically C.tentatively D.positively

6、Since people are fond of humor, it is as welcome in conversation as ________ else.

A. anything B. something

C. anywhere D. somewhere

7、Shortly after the earthquake, many people hurried to the hospital to_______ their blood.

A. donate   B. share C. exchange D. promote

8、Currently car insurance is not _______ in the annual inspection; all the vehicles are required to register insurance covering safety and property.

A. temporary   B. optional   C. arbitrary   D. confidential

9、________by many negative reports, some people wrongly regard teenagers as lacking a sense of responsibility and concern for others.

A．Influenced

B．To be influenced

C．Having influenced

D．Being influenced

10、—That important document is nowhere to be seen.

—Don't worry! You ___________ it somewhere. Calm down and think it over.

A．might leave

B．might have left

C．should leave

D．should have left

11、—What did he say about being late for the meeting?

—He gave some excuse about missing the bus, but sounds a bit ______.

A. responsible   B. impressive   C. lame   D. severe

12、The possibility of employing more staff is still _____ discussion.

A.up B.with C.at D.under

13、We are determined that our raining should ______the current development in education.

A. keep pace with B. take possession of

C. make room for D. give birth to

14、There is no doubt that your tiredness is a(n) ________ of great stress and lack of sleep; you need to have a good rest.

A．assumption

B．consequence

C．consumption

D．convenience

15、The terrible situation required that the manager ________ present.

A.be B.was C.would be D.shall be

16、A broad smile spread_____ Jack’s face when he eventually gained a scholarship.

A. across   B. through C. at D. in

17、China is a shining example for the global community to follow _________developing green industry to fight climate change.

A．in addition to

B．in return for

C．in terms of

D．in agreement with

18、________ the time________, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in London.

A．Worrying about; accessible

B．Worried about; available

C．Worrying about; available

D．Worried about; accessible

19、________ all this put under debate is whether they need to move their cattle to another field for nutrition purpose.

A．How

B．Why

C．What

D．That

20、“China, with 56.6 million people living in the Internet connected homes, is now _____second only to the US”, _____leading online rating service reported Monday.

A. the; a   B./; a C./; the D.a; the

21、   After a Blockbuster store in Australia closes on March 31, the American city of Bend, Oregon will have the only one left on Earth.

For years, Blockbuster was a big name in the video rental business. The company had thousands of stores in the United States and around the world. But Blockbuster began to lose money during the 2000s. By 2014, all company-owned stores had closed. Since then, locally owned Blockbusters have closed, one by one.

Operating the last Blockbuster Video on Earth is not easy. The computer system uses old disks that only the store’s general manager knows how to use. The video rentals are recorded on a kind of aging tape. The tape cannot be replaced because Radio Shack, another once famous store, went out of business.

Sandi Harding has worked at the Blockbuster in Bend for over 15 years and is the store’s general manager. She says “stubbornness” is part of the reason the store is still open. “We did everything we could to cut costs and keep ourselves relevant,” she said.

Zeke Kamm lives in Bend. He is making a documentary about the store with his friend. He notes that many people who rented videos over the years want to share memories of their experiences Kamm explained how Blockbuste were once an important part of small town in America. The Blockbuster was the only place that was open past nine at night, and a lot of them stayed open much later.

Recently, Harding has noticed that more children are coming to the store, brought in by their parents who like remembering the past. Jerry Gilless and his wife, Elizabeth, on a trip to Oregon, recently brought their two children, aged 3 and 5, to the store in Bend. They watched with a smile as their children walked from row to row, looking at movies. “How could we not stop? It’s the last one,” said Gilless. “They need to see that not everything’s on the iPad.”

【1】What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.The popularity of the video rental business. B.The special computer system of the last store.

C.The value of the last Blockbuster on Earth. D.The difficulties of running the last Blockbuster.

【2】Why is the Blockbuster store in Bend still open?

A.It has a long history in all Blockbuster stores. B.Its employees try their best to keep it running

C.Its general manager is very stubborn woman. D.It is a place where people can watch old movies.

【3】What is the documentary of Zeke Kamm probably about?

A.People’s experiences of sharing their own memories.

B.Zeke Kamm’s work with his friend in the Blockbuster.

C.People’s memories of renting videos in the Blockbuster.

D.Blockbusters’important role in a small town of America.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A.Oregon Will Have the Last Blockbuster on Earth B.Different Opinions About the Last Blockbuster

C.People Are Interested in the Last Blockbuster D.A Documentary About the Last Blockbuster

22、   During a conversation with someone, you've probably had to compete for their attention with a technological device and lost. Maybe the person in front of you diverted their attention to their latest 'urgent" notifications. They' ve probably even interrupted your conversation to answer a call, answer a text message, or check their social media.

Clinical psychologist and sociologist Sherry Turkle has conducted extensive research on the subject that she shared in her book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age(2015). In this book, she stated that teenagers have reduced their empathetic capacity by 40%，as well as their ability to engage in deep conversation, and that cell phones are to blame.

Nowadays, a large part of social and work related interactions occur through electronic means, such as computers, phones, and tablets. Face- to-face conversations have been relegated to the background, and some people even see them as a waste of time. If you have to solve a business problem, you send an email. If you want to ask for forgiveness, you write a text message.

Since facing conflict or emotional situations can generate anxiety, new technologies offer the possibility of reducing some of it. Young people justify using new forms of communication as an easier and faster way to express their thoughts. They say that mobile devices allow them to rewrite what they want to say, correct mistakes, or avoid tense situations that they wouldn't know how to solve in person.

The problem is that screens don't allow us to enjoy one of the most enriching part of conversation: non-verbal language. We miss out on gestures, intonation, looks, and real emotions. This is quite worrying because, according to experts, 70% of communication is non-verbal.

Human interaction has been replaced with “memes" or emoticons. It's even hard for people to maintain deep conversations for extended periods of time. As a result, humans now have a lot of difficulties in managing their emotions, facing difficulties, and carrying out responsibilities. If you don't share content on the Internet, it's like you don't exist. If you don't share your vacation on social media, people may believe that you didn't actually take it or that you didn't enjoy it, Therefore, what you share is a reflection of who you claim to be, but not who you really are.

Under these circumstances, it's harder to empathize with others and put yourself in their shoes to try to understand their emotions and thoughts. The world is becoming purely visual and superficial.

People build and reinforce their connections during face to-face conversations. This is because you can see how the other person feels and listen to their ideas and concerns. You can empathize with them because you can see their joy or suffering with your own eyes.

Deep, personal conversations awaken emotions inside you. They give you a space to open up and vent, to be heard and respected.

【1】We can infer from Para.2 that the book.

A.stresses the importance of face to-face conversation

B.explains teenagers' ability to engage in deep conversation

C.analyzes the reasons for competing for others' attention

D.regards face to-face conversation as a waste of time

【2】The underlined word 'non—verbal" in Para. 5 probably means

A.foreign B.spoken C.written D.sign

【3】The author would agree that social media platforms.

A.promote deep personal conversations

B.help to put yourself in others' shoes

C.don't necessarily show people's true emotions

D.build connections because you can see joys and sorrows of others

23、   A few plants in the cabbage and mustard (芥菜) family pay a dramatic price to fight off hungry caterpillars (毛毛虫): they kill off patches of their own leaves where butterflies have laid eggs. Without a living anchor, the eggs wrinkle and die. These plants’ egg-killing abilities have been documented since at least the 1980s, but a new study shows they appear in just a few closely related plants in this family — and they are triggered only by certain butterfly species.

Nina Fatouros of Wageningen University in the Netherlands and her colleagues investigated 31 plant species in the target family. First, they dabbed the plants’ leaves with liquid that had been exposed to egg material from a butterfly species known to lay eggs on them. Four closely related plant species reliably killed off the treated leaf patches. Further tests confirmed that the species with the most distinct response only reacted strongly when the egg material came from one group of butterflies, Pieris, which lays eggs on these plants in the wild. This is “clear evidence” that specific butterfly species could have stimulated the evolution of the necrosis (坏死) defense, Fatouros says. The researchers also tracked eggs laid by wild butterflies to confirm the defense mechanism. The work was detailed in New Phytologist.

“It’s very unlikely that you find this by coincidence,” says University of Sheffield molecular plant biologist Jurriaan Ton, who was not involved in the study. He adds that the plants’ relatedness, coupled with their exaggerated reaction to these butterflies, suggests a heated evolutionary “arms race” took place between the plants and insects.

“This is the first study to my knowledge where they really looked at the appearance of this trait within a particular plant family,” says ecologist Julia Koricheva, who was also not involved in the work.

Future research could explore how recently the trait evolved, Fatouros says. She notes that arms races rarely end—and evidence suggests the butterflies may be fighting back. Some prefer to lay their eggs in tightly grouped clusters(丛), making them less likely to be influenced by the plants’ strategy.

【1】What is special about Nina Fatouros’ study?

A．It found the plants’ egg-killing abilities for the first time.

B．It pointed out the price plants paid to defend themselves.

C．It discovered a new species of egg-killing plants.

D．It narrowed down the range of the plant-butterfly interaction.

【2】Why was the special liquid mentioned in paragraph 2 applied to the plants’ leaves?

A．To see whether they would sacrifice their leaves.

B．To stimulate their defense mechanism.

C．To find out which species reacted most strongly to the liquid.

D．To track eggs laid by wild butterflies.

【3】What was Jurriaan Ton’s attitude towards the new study?

A．Indifferent.

B．Approving.

C．Disapproving.

D．Skeptical.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．Survival strategies of plants

B．Evolution of plants against hungry caterpillars

C．Killer leaves emerge from plant-butterfly arms race

D．The relatedness of plants and butterflies

24、Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street？Perhaps they were busy talking，texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new“species”of human has kept rising. They have been given a new name－phubbers (低头族)．

Recently，a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film，phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die，a pretty woman takes selfie in front of a car accident site，and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated the damage phubbing can bring is real.

Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it.“Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck，”Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying，“the neck is like a rope that breaks after long­term stretching.”Also，staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually，according to the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends，many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere，Beijing Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death，suffered accidents，and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

【1】For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Para.2?

A. To advertise the cartoon made by students.

B. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.

C．To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.

D．To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.

【2】Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?

A．His social skills could be affected.

B．His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.

C．He might get separated from his friends and family.

D．He will cause the destruction of the world.

【3】Which of the following may be the author’s attitude towards phubbing?

A．Supportive. B. Optimistic.

C.Opposed.    D. Objective.

【4】What may the passage talk about next?

A．Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing.

B．People addicted to phubbing.

C．Definition of phubbers.

D．Consequences of phubbing.

25、On March 25, 2011, Kate and David Ogg were terribly upset because their son was born 14 weeks earlier, weighing just over one kilogram. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no _______. The couple were told that the _______ would have just a few moments to live.

“We resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to _______ him. But we were not going to _______ easily,” Kate recalled five years later. “So I asked to hold my _______ baby. I wanted him to know me. I wanted to make the most of those last, _______   moments.”

Kate _______ took the baby, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and asked David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time _______ wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the _______ touch would improve his condition.

They also ________ to him. “We explained his name to him. We promise that he might have a lovely little sister to play with him in a year,” Kate added. “We tried our best to beg him to ________.”

Then something ________ happened. Jamie started to breathe more and more ________. Finally, the couple’s boy has ________ it.

“We’re the luckiest couple in the world,” David said. Ten years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and   ________.

【1】

A．treatment

B．evidence

C．improvement

D．growth

【2】

A．newborn

B．sick

C．poor

D．wounded

【3】

A．abandon

B．lose

C．forgive

D．blame

【4】

A．turn down

B．come along

C．check in

D．give up

【5】

A．tiny

B．strong

C．energetic

D．dead

【6】

A．long

B．exciting

C．precious

D．relaxing

【7】

A．impatiently

B．gently

C．awkwardly

D．generously

【8】

A．nurses

B．visitors

C．sisters

D．parents

【9】

A．skin-to-skin

B．door-to-door

C．back-to-back

D．mouth-to-mouth

【10】

A．sang

B．lied

C．listened

D．talked

【11】

A．smile

B．stay

C．play

D．stop

【12】

A．sad

B．funny

C．unexpected

D．frightening

【13】

A．silently

B．smoothly

C．weakly

D．violently

【14】

A．made

B．recognized

C．heard

D．missed

【15】

A．rich

B．talented

C．healthy

D．troublesome

26、假如你是李华，应邀参加中美高中生论坛，将作以“China-Five years of Accomplishments”为主题的发言，请用英语写一篇发言稿。内容包括以下要点：

1. 五年来身边的变化；

2. 自己的感受；

3. 对中美友谊的美好祝福。

注意：1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2. 词数：100词左右；

3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

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