宜昌2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Our headmaster forbids ________   during stay in the school.

A．to smoke

B．smoke

C．smoking

D．to smoking

2、_______I experienced that day has become one of the most unforgettable memories.

A．When

B．That

C．Whether

D．What

3、The smelly water has been found_______ and no longer usable until the chemicals and wastes are removed from it.

A. to be polluted   B. having polluted

C. polluting   D. polluted

4、She will never allow personal problems her performance at work.

A.affect B.affecting C.to affect D.affected

5、The committee ______ten members.

A.is consisted of B.makes up C.is made of D.consists of

6、You have to be a fairly good speaker to ______ listeners’ interest for over an hour.

A. hold B. make

C. improve   D. receive

7、They are building the bridge in ______ with another company.

A．construction

B．comparison

C．contrast

D．association

8、There is no doubt that climate all over the world ______ greatly in recent years.

A. had changed B. is changing

C. changed D. has been changing

9、The famous director, as well as the main actors in the film, _________to a TV program to have a face-to-face talk with the audience last Saturday.

A．have been invited

B．has been invited

C．was invited

D．were invited

10、I hurried to the station, _______the train had left.

A．finding

B．only to find

C．found

D．having found

11、There _____________. And here ________________ .

A.goes the phone; she comes. B.is the phone going; is she

C.does the phone go; does she come D.the phone goes; come she

12、If we ________ a table earlier, we wouldn’t be standing here in a queue.

A.have booked B.booked C.book D.had booked

13、When the European settlers arrived in _________ is now the United States, they brought their holidays like Christmas.

A．that

B．which

C．when

D．what

14、Around 1. 2 million tones of water polluted by radioactive substances from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster will be dumped in the Pacific Ocean, and the amount is growing daily as rainfall and groundwater ________ the site continue to be polluted.

A．entered

B．having entered

C．to enter

D．entering

15、It is certain that I will try what I can ________ you.

A．helping

B．helps

C．to help

D．help

16、None of the naughty boys would escape _________ by Mr. Jacob if they didn’t obey his orders.

A.to punished B.punishing

C.to be punished D.being punished

17、Tu Youyou is a scientist, ________research led to the discovery of artemisinin.

A．whose

B．whom

C．which

D．who

18、Finally they arrived at a place _______ sold cigarettes and other small articles.

A. which   B. where

C. who   D. what

19、The man______is standing on the playground is my maths teacher．

A．when B．which C．who D．where

20、—Did you get to work on time?

—Sure. The city center wasn't as crowded this morning as it usually________.

A．is

B．was

C．has been

D．had been

21、   Kajal moved to the United States in February 2017. Having previously volunteered for two years as an assistant yoga teacher in her home country, Kajal was enthusiastic about volunteering and began looking for volunteer opportunities that match her interests on VolunteerMatch. “I enjoy volunteering and it’s a way to make an impact in my new community,” says Kajal.

Kajal was drawn to a volunteer opportunity with the Meridian International Center to review applications on behalf of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI). Kajal had previous experience, and the position also afforded her the opportunity to work remotely. After connecting with the opportunity on VolunteerMatch and successfully completing the application process, Kajal got to work. Her role involved reviewing applications from potential candidates for a four-week fellowship in the U.S. She was responsible for describing the business ideas presented by these candidates, assessing the social impact of their businesses, and determining the strength of candidates to carry out their plans.

With almost 4,000 applicants in 2017, Meridian International Center considers volunteers like Kajal to be integral (必要的) members of the team. With help from volunteers, 250 candidates have now been selected to take part in the program and will travel to the U.S. this fall.

Kajal says that this volunteer opportunity super-charged her existing skills, while helping her build new ones such as time management, business analysis, decision-making, planning, and presenting.

She is now looking for her next volunteer opportunity and reflects positively on her experience with Meridian International Center, “A new country brings in a lot of new experiences and volunteering helped me to settle into a new environment,” adds Kajal. “By helping others, I felt needed in society. Not only did it improve my self-esteem (自尊), other people benefited too. Volunteering is a great opportunity to improve yourself, others, and the whole society”.

【1】Why did Kajal look for a volunteering opportunity in the U.S.?

A.She wanted to do something for her new community.

B.She needed a chance to meet new people.

C.She wanted to remember her yoga class.

D.She needed to improve her social skills.

【2】One of Kajal’s jobs in YLAI is ________.

A.raising the candidates’ self-esteem

B.building the candidates’ existing skills

C.helping the candidates do some volunteer work

D.judging the social impact of candidates’ businesses

【3】How does Kajal feel about her experience with Meridian International Center?

A.Rewarding. B.Tiring. C.Relaxing. D.Challenging.

22、Could the next Ernest Hemingway or Jane Austen be a well-engineered AI software program? It’s a question becoming increasingly pressing as machine language-learning software continues to evolve.

Much of this is just nerves. Today’s AI creative writing programs are not yet at a stage of development where they pose a serious threat to Colleen Hoover or Charles Dickens. But while attention continues to focus on the possibility of a blanket takeover of human literature by AI, far less consideration has been given to the prospect of AI co-working with humans.

Earlier this month, American sci-fi writer Ken Liu, who had been awarded Hugo and Nebula to his name, joined 12 other professional authors for a writing workshop on Google’s Wordcraft. This AI tool, a language generating model, is not yet publicly available but is advertised as an AI-powered writing assistant that can, when given the right instruction from the writer, provide helpful descriptions, create lists of objects or emotional states, and even brainstorm ideas.

The writers at the workshop, however, emerged with mixed reports. “Wordcraft is too sensible. Wow!” Robin Sloan wrote. “But ‘sensible’ is another word for predictable, overused and boring. My intention here is to produce something unexpected.”

I’m unconvinced that writers awarded the Nobel Prize have much to fear from AI. Their work, and that of countless other novelists, short story writers, dramatists and poets, is too particular, too beautifully unique. Even if a model learned what they had done in the past, it would not be able to predict where their creativity might take them in the future. But for authors who write following a pattern, AI might step in, first as assistants before some day to authorship.

Production-line novels are nothing new. In the 1970s, Barbara Cartland, who wrote more than 723 books in her lifetime, many of which are romance bestsellers, would read her novels for her secretary to type up at the remarkable rate of roughly seven chapters a week. But already machine has replaced the secretary’s role. Perhaps creative writing software isn’t that far from replacing the Mrs. Cartlands of today.

【1】Which aspect of AI calls for more attention?

A．Its damage to our nerves.

B．Its progress in literary studies.

C．Its cooperation with humans.

D．Its influence on human literature.

【2】What can we learn about Wordcraft from the text?

A．It generates novels automatically.

B．It outperforms professional writers.

C．Its works receive praises from the public.

D．Its works bear similarity to existing ones.

【3】What can writers do to avoid the threat from AI?

A．Increase writing speed.

B．Use diverse resources.

C．Produce creative works.

D．Follow the latest patterns.

【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Will AI Replace Human Writers?

B．AI Warns Mrs. Cartlands of Today

C．Is Writing Running into a New Era?

D．Word craft Lies at the Center of Debate

23、   For students of all ages, final exams can cause anxiety. The key to easing that anxiety is to plan ahead and to use proper learning techniques in the weeks ahead of the exams. 【1】

Underline key terms and concepts in notes and textbooks and then consider putting them into thinking maps. 【2】 But the practice of writing the information will help you remember them.

【3】 Studying in a small group can allow the members to compare notes and share learning strategies. And quizzing each other can be a fun way to cover course information. Belonging to a study group will also help you to get explanations of concepts that you do not understand.

Study independently the night before the exam. 【4】 By preparing for  the exam weeks in advance, the final night should be devoted to going over the learning tips and other notes. It should be a time of refreshing your mind, not trying to understand information.

Get a good night’s sleep and have a healthy breakfast on the morning of the exam. Try doing some relaxation activities. 【5】 This will help you start the exam with a calm, focused mind.

A.It may seem like spending a lot of time.

B.Form a study group with fellow students.

C.Share notes in small groups before exams.

D.Actually, it is not difficult to get rid of anxiety.

E.This is not the time to make efforts at the last moment.

F.These could be deep breaths, yoga or listening to music.

G.The following steps will help you prepare for the exams.

24、   An 8-year-old southeast Kansas girl is being praised for her quick, calm thinking. She grabbed the steering wheel(方向盘) and drove the family’s SUV when her mother fell unconscious on their highway ride to school.

Abby Porter and her mom, Shelly, were heading for her school in Riverton when Shelly had a medical emergency. She passed out(昏倒) behind the wheel.

Abby is a second-grader whose father sometimes lets her drive their tractor. With her mother falling down heavily, Abby leaned over and took the wheel. At some point, Abby even successfully performed a U-turn on the four-lane highway, because she was going home to her daddy, according to Galena Police Chief Larry Delmont.

“That was at 8:37 in the morning, and there was a lot of traffic,” Delmont said. Officer Jimmy Hamilton noticed the SUV going about 20 mph and weaving a bit between the two lanes. He suspected someone was driving under the influence. As he got closer, he noticed the woman fell over in the driver’s seat and saw Abby at the wheel.

Hamilton tried to get in front of Abby’s car to slow her down, but she kept switching lanes to avoid bumping into his car. Hamilton got alongside her and told Abby to stop the vehicle, but she didn’t know how. He then told her she needed to bump into him to stop the car, but Abby said she didn’t want to because she was afraid. He convinced Abby bumping into his car was OK.

‘‘I never saw her cry,” Hamilton said. “From just the expression on her face and the tone of her voice, you could tell she was scared. But she stayed with it.”

Emergency crews got Abby’s mother to the hospital, but Delmont said he didn’t know what caused her to lose consciousness.

The police department in Galena, a town of about 3,000 residents about 150 miles south of Kansas City, planned to present Abby with a plaque(匾牌) for “outstanding bravery in a life-threatening situation”.

【1】People praise Abby Porter mainly because at such a young age, she can ______.

A.drive an SUV

B.go to school regularly

C.take good care of her mother

D.react quickly and calmly in an emergency

【2】What is the right time order of the following events?

a. Abby leaned over and took the wheel.

b. Shelly fell over in the driver’s seat.

c. Abby bumped into Hamilton’s car.

d. Hamilton noticed the SUV.

e. Shelly drove Abby to school.

A.b, a, d, e, c B.c, b, a, d, e

C.e, a, b, c, d D.e, b, a, d, c

【3】Why was Abby able to drive her family’s car at that time?

A.Jimmy Hamilton was telling her what to do．

B.She had learned to drive her father’s tractor before.

C.Her mother had told her how to drive a car before.

D.She was clever enough to do some unexpected things.

25、There are all kinds of enemies, and some never meant to be.

Years ago, I brought my little girls home from South America and put them in________. They talked a very________language that was neither English nor Spanish, and their classmates gave them a/an________time, especially Gina.

Pat and Peggy came home________almost every day so I decided to cheer them up. Then I had one of my rare________. “Let’s have a________,”I said.

“We haven’t got any friends but enemies,” Pat sobbed.

“Let’s invite all your________—and we’ll fill them up with ice cream and cake.”

Pat and Peggy hesitated and exchanged________looks.

It turned out that the Enemy Party was a big________, and the best time was had by the biggest enemy, Gina who rolled on the floor and screamed________.

Pat and Peggy never came home with________from school anymore. Their biggest enemy had turned into their devoted champion.

One day Gina’s father dropped in. “Thank you for your________. Nobody ever asked her to a party before,” he said.

Are people________because they are enemies or do they become enemies because they are left out? Love your enemies, pray for them that________you, and do good to them that hate you. It does________!

【1】

A．comfort

B．room

C．trouble

D．school

【2】

A．beautiful

B．fluent

C．odd

D．ancient

【3】

A．unforgettable

B．hard

C．wonderful

D．new

【4】

A．laughing

B．excited

C．tired

D．crying

【5】

A．inspirations

B．wishes

C．purposes

D．worries

【6】

A．try

B．talk

C．start

D．party

【7】

A．teachers

B．classmates

C．enemies

D．friends

【8】

A．doubtful

B．interested

C．satisfied

D．curious

【9】

A．experiment

B．success

C．honor

D．event

【10】

A．painfully

B．strangely

C．cheerfully

D．surprisingly

【11】

A．happiness

B．danger

C．homework

D．tears

【12】

A．encouragement

B．kindness

C．gift

D．joke

【13】

A．left out

B．cut out

C．brought up

D．held up

【14】

A．invite

B．hurt

C．beat

D．aid

【15】

A．match

B．occur

C．work

D．play

26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150 左右。

Henry Coulton sat on the bus and watched the miles go past. He was still hundreds of miles away from his destination and from the person who needed him. His wife, Delia, was in Los Angeles visiting her mother when she fell ill.

At first, Delia just told him that she had a stomachache. However, two days later, Henry became worried because he noticed that Delia was paler and thinner. ”You need to go to see a doctor now!”Henry insisted.

Later Delia went to the hospital and was informed that there was something wrong with her left lung. When Henry heard the bad news, he felt shocked because his wife never smoked. Although he didn’t understand the medical terms, all he remembered was the words “a sizeable tumor(肿瘤)”.

The doctors didn’t want to wait. The longer they waited, the higher the risk. They were operating immediately, so Henry left for Los Angeles hurriedly. He knew he wasn’t going to be there to hold Delia’s hand and that was what was hurting him the most. He looked out of the window so the other passengers wouldn’t see the tears pouring down his cheeks.   

Suddenly, Henry’s phone rang. “Henry?” he heard Delia’s voice. “Baby, I’m going into the OR in a little while, so I want to hear your voice. . . ” Henry said, “I wish I were there, holding your hand. ”“I wish you were here, singing my favorite song, ” Delia replied. “But I can sing it now if you like. . . You’re going to sing a song on the bus?” “Yes, I am!” Henry took a deep breath. Then he got to his feet and held the phone up so the other passengers could see it. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry to interrupt your peace and quiet. Please be patient. My wife, Delia, is in the hospital and she’s about to go into surgery (手术), so I’m going to sing her favorite song. ” Then Henry started singing, “When you’re down and troubled, and you need some loving care. . . ”

Paragraph 1:

He kept singing, and then he had a huge surprise!

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Paragraph 2:

Four hours later, Henry’s phone rang again.

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