兰州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、I _______ travel by train, but now by car.

A．used to

B．got used to

C．was used to

D．am used to

2、He commanded that all the gates __________.

A. should shut   B. would be shut

C. shut   D. be shut

3、Everyone present certainly thinks there ______ be a total ban on cigarette advertising.

A. would B. could C. should D. might

4、Since Mrs. Wang got angry today, I think Bob will see to it that he ________ in his report on time this time.

A．would hand

B．has handed

C．hands

D．will hand

5、He told me about the________ news in a________ voice.

A．amazing; surprising

B．amazed; surprising

C．amazing; surprised

D．amazed; surprised

6、The threat of malaria around the world saw a ________ reduction.

A．substantial

B．surrounding

C．sincere

D．swollen

7、Yellowstone is famous for the________of its wildlife, but it’s probably best known for its bears.

A．variety

B．quality

C．charity

D．facility

8、_____ air pollution is no doubt one of the great challenges of our time. Everyone should do their bit for the environment.

A.Struggling for B.Fighting against C.Giving up D.Working out

9、—I must be off now.

—Why don't you stay here and________?

A．keep Emma company

B．keep company in Emma

C．company Emma

D．company with Emma

10、Sometimes, ______ a patient a get-well card is better than visiting him.

A. to be sent   B. being sent

C. having sent D. sending

11、The room is three meters long and two meters ________.

A. broad   B. board

C. abroad   D. width

12、________ he is mistaken is that liberal arts degrees are nowhere near as useless as he made them out to be.

A．What

B．Whether

C．Where

D．That

13、—It is said that Mr. White will have to stay in hospital for a good while.

—Don't worry. His son, Henry, will________ his duties.

A. take over B. take up C. take off D. take in

14、Barack Obama and Xi Jinping will meet from 7-8 June, a US statement said. It is believed that this meeting is important to the long-term and steady development of China-US relations, ______ regional and international peace, stability and prosperity.

A. as far as   B. as well as

C. as long as   D. as good as

15、The pregnant woman worker tried to   to the manager that laying her off was unfair.

A. point out   B. point

C. point to   D. point at

16、—Look at the clouds in the sky! Please take a raincoat.

— .

A. Yes, take it easy   B. Well, it just depends

C. OK, just in case   D. All right, you are welcome

17、20% of the students of Nan Shan Senior High   the school colorful clubs so far.

A．has joined     B．has been joined

C．have joined   D．have been joined

18、It was almost midnight when a big fire _____ in the neighborhood.

A. blocked out  B. turned out

C. broke out  D. died out

19、Vancouver is very international. You can find neighborhoods ________ Greeks, East Indians, Italians, and Chinese celebrate their cultures.

A．where

B．which

C．whose

D．for whose

20、I was about to go back to sleep I heard a strange noise.

A.while B.as C.when D.then

21、Recently a professor of philosophy(哲学)in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day to day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he has asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value(重视)in life．

The professor says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined(明确)when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money．If he does，it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Otherwise it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t． Since money is so important to us, we consider those who are rich to be very important. The professor interviews some rich people in his research for his book．

Question:  What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich?

Answer :  The most surprising thing is why people give me so much respect(尊重). I am nothing．I don’t know much．All I am is rich．

People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much money do I need for any given purpose in my life? In his book，the professor uncovered an important need in modern society：to bring back the idea that money is a tool rather than the end．Money plays an important role in the material world，but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

【1】The students are asked to keep a record of every penny they spend to______.

A. learn how to spend money

B. learn how to make more money

C. know what to write in a record

D. know what is important in life

【2】In the second paragraph, the professor mainly tells us ________.

A. never to borrow money from a friend

B. friendship disappears when it comes to money

C. money can influence friendship

D. money can weaken friendship

【3】Through his book，the professor seems to tell us   ．

A. money is very important in the material world

B. the purpose of our life is to make money

C. money does not surely mean happiness

D. we should value money in our life

【4】Which of the following might the author disagree?

A. Money is important in modern society.

B. The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

C. Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.

D. Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

22、Summer's here and it won't be long before school-aged kids across America start complaining that they're tired of riding their bikes, playing at the park, swimming in the pool...and all the other awesome activities their parents hoped would keep them pleasant for the next 10 weeks. Well, if it's any comfort, such rapid boredom could suggest that the kids have amazing powers of memory. A new study shows that the better your short-term memory is, the faster you fed sated (过饱的）and decide you've had enough.

"Though satiation can be physical, like when you feel full after eating too much, we were interested in the psychological (心理学的）side of satiation. Like when you’re just tired of something," Noelle Nelson, assistant professor of marketing and consumer behavior. She and her colleague Joseph Redden at the University of Minnesota tried to think outside the lunch box." Something that was interesting to me is that some people get tired of same things at very different speeds. So if you think about pop songs on the radio, some people must still be enjoying them and requesting them even after hearing them a lot. But a lot of other people are really sick of those same songs."

The difference, the researchers thought, might have to do with memories of past experiences. For example, studies show that people push away from the dinner table sooner when they're asked to describe in detail what they ate earlier for lunch.

So the researchers tested the memory capacity (能力）of college students, The students then viewed a repeating series of three classic paintings...like The Starry Night, American Gothic, and The Scream...or listened and re-listened to a series of three pop songs...or three pieces of classical music. Throughout the test, the students were asked to rate（定等级）their experience from zero to tan. And the better a participant scored in the memory test, the faster they got bored." We found that people with larger capacities remembered more about the music or art, which led to them getting tired of the music or art more quickly. So remembering more details actually made the students feel like they'd experienced the music or art more often."

The findings suggest that marketers could control our desire for their products by figuring out ways to keep us from fully remembering our experiences. We could also trick ourselves into eating less junk food by putting ourselves in the memory of a previous (之前的）snack. As for kids easily bored, just tell them to forget about it—it might help them have more fun.

【1】According to the new study, kids get tired of some activities quickly because of   .

A. too many activities   B. good short-term memory

C. fast satiation   D. physical tiredness

【2】The researchers did a test on college students and found that   .

A. lower capacities could help them remember more about the music or art

B. these students got tired of things at the same speed

C. they remembered the three classic paintings better than the songs

D. students with larger memory capacity would get bored faster

【3】The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to   .

A. the past memory   B. the past capacity

C. the past boredom   D. the past complaints

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. School-aged kids tend to have good short-term memory in summer.

B. Bad short-term memory is more likely to make us lose interest in something easily.

C. The quality of your short-term memory affects the speed you feel bored.

D. It is important to develop the memory capacity of college students.

23、Olivia Ries was just seven years old when she and her eight-year-old brother Carter adopted a cheetah(猎豹) in South Africa.

'When my sister and I first learned back in 2009 that species like the cheetah may be extinct in the wild by the time we have kids, it scared us. We knew we had to do something to help them, ' says Carter. 'There are so many people (young and old alike) who just don’t know what is happening to so many species, just like we didn't. Olivia and I want to make sure we reach as many people around the world as possible and help them to understand how serious the situation really is. '

To do that, the kids started One More Generation (OMG), an organization with the motto: 'Preserving endangered species for one more generation and beyond. '

Now, ten years later, Olivia and Carter have traveled all over the world spreading their message. They've been interviewed on national television, participated in marches and fundraisers and won awards for their work. In 2015, they were invited to Vietnam by the United States Embassy to participate in a program to save rhinos. All that they've accomplished for animals and the environment is much too long to list!

'Our number one message to everyone we meet is 'Remember, anyone can make a difference... if we can, you can too, ' says Olivia. 'We want all people to understand that what Carter and I are doing is not necessarily something special; it is something that we all should be doing. You can start small by simply adopting an animal. Do some research on the species you are interested in, and find a good organization offering adoptions. My brother and I take our birthday money and allowance money and adopt animals all the time. '

【1】How did Olivia and Carter feel when learning cheetahs faced extinction?

A．Angry and guilty.

B．Shocked and concerned.

C．Anxious and helpless.

D．Hopeful and determined.

【2】What does the underlined 'that' refer to in Paragraph 3?

A．Helping endangered species survive.

B．Telling people the situation cheetahs face.

C．Making the situation of dying species known.

D．Calling on people to adopt endangered species.

【3】What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell about Olivia and Carter?

A．They organized activities to raise money.

B．They took measures to save rhinos.

C．They made efforts to list extinct species.

D．They contributed a lot to dying species.

【4】What do Olivia's words suggest?

A．Anyone can help by starting small.

B．Anyone can do something special.

C．Anyone should do research on species.

D．Anyone should donate to adoption organizations.

【5】If you're to offer Olivia a gift, which might she expect most?

A．'Adopting a panda in name of both her and me. '

B．'Making her a furry dog with my own hands. '

C．'Buying her a doll of the latest style. '

D．'Mailing her a handmade postcard. '

24、Moving home can be an extremely stressful time for everyone in your family. 【1】. That may include from packing to rebuild your new habits. To ensure that your move is successful and that every aspect goes like clockwork, read on for a list of the top tips.

Start packing early

In order to avoid being in a hurry in the last minute, which could lead to you leaving possessions behind or breaking items that you love, you should make sure that you start packing as soon as possible. In addition, you should try to label every box and create a system to know where everything is. 【2】.

Send pets on vacation

Moving house can be incredibly stressful for your beloved pets. 【3】. Then, you should consider sending them on vacation or asking a friend to look after them until you are settled in your new home.

Research the area

【4】. Then, you should research the area beforehand and try to explore it as soon as possible. This will enable you to know what to expect during the first couple of days of moving to your home. You should look into what kind of facilities and entertainment is around, as well as information about the local community.

【5】

To prevent yourself from still thinking of your old house as a home for a long time and to help yourself settle in, you need to set up new routines as soon as possible. This will allow you to start to build up a new life for yourself and your kids and will ensure that you can create habits that will allow you to stop thinking about your old home.

A．Establish new routines

B．Create a moving schedule

C．It can cause them to become scared

D．That can make unpacking at the other end less stressful

E．This ensures that you manage to complete every task on time

F．There are a lot of different elements that you need to think about

G．There is nothing worse than getting to a new area without knowing a single fact about it

25、   Once there was a little boy who enjoyed reading books, especially comic-strips (连环漫画). His uncle called him “Sparky", after a comic-strip horse named Spark Plug. But it was _______ for Sparky to feel happy at school because he failed every subject in the eighth grade. Though he did manage to enter the school's golf team and tried very hard, he still _______ the only important match of the season.

Throughout his youth, Sparky was shy and felt _______with strangers. It wasn’t that the other students disliked him. It’s just that no one really _______all that much. In fact, Sparky was _______ if a classmate said hello to him after class. Sparky was a loser. His classmates knew it, so he learned to _______ it.

But Sparky was fond of drawing. He was _______ of his artwork. No one else appreciated it. But that didn’t seem to _______ to him. In his high school, he sent some cartoons to the yearbook. The editors _______ his ideas. Despite that, Sparky was ________ of his ability. He even decided to become a(n) ________.

So, after completing high school, Sparky wrote to Walt Disney Studios. Despite ________preparation, it wasn’t accepted, which ________ that he was a loser again.

But Sparky still didn’t ________; he decided to tell his own life in cartoons. The main character was a little boy who always lost and failed. Because Sparky’s cartoon character went on to become a kind of cultural phenomenon, people ________ identified with(认同) this “lovable loser”. He ________ people of the painful and ________ moments to walk from their own past, of their pain and their shared humanity. The character soon became famous worldwide. And Sparky, the boy whose many ________ never kept him from trying, whose work was not accepted again and again, is the highly ________ cartoonist Charles Schultz. His cartoon strip Peanuts continues to ________ us, even the losers, to find a way in our life.

【1】A.uncertain B.imperfect C.impossible D.unnecessary

【2】A.attended B.lost C.watched D.covered

【3】A.patient B.selfish C.innocent D.nervous

【4】A.cared B.needed C.paid D.understood

【5】A.motivated B.guilty C.astonished D.curious

【6】A.live with B.learn about C.depend on D.find out

【7】A.afraid B.proud C.tired D.confident

【8】A.happen B.belong C.occur D.matter

【9】A.accepted B.ignored C.rejected D.changed

【10】A.sure B.aware C.ashamed D.tired

【11】A.scientist B.artist C.editor D.headmaster

【12】A.special B.busy C.hurried D.careful

【13】A.seemed B.grew C.proved D.designed

【14】A.give up B.turn up C.show off D.worry about

【15】A.cautiously B.willingly C.suddenly D.hopelessly

【16】A.warned B.promised C.informed D.reminded

【17】A.exciting B.surprising C.embarrassing D.amusing

【18】A.failures B.experiences C.sufferings D.chances

【19】A.cheerful B.successful C.powerful D.thoughtful

【20】A.please B.disturb C.satisfy D.inspire

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。

It was a freezing January night. Lydia Chen was struggling home from school. How she hated the heavy snow and everything else about Vancouver, Canada. How she missed China!" I hate it here! I want to fly back to my homeland! “Lydia thought.

Arriving home, Lydia opened her Email-box. There was an invitation to Maggie’s birthday party this coming weekend. However, Lydia didn’t want to go. She felt embarrassed at the thought of being at a party with a bunch of boys and girls she barely knew. She closed her eyes and pictured her hometown at this time of the year, the red Spring Festival couplets, the red lanterns, window decorations and paper-cuttings every here and there. In the stands along the streets, various Spring Festival goods were on display. What happy days!

Lydia Chen sighed deeply and entered the kitchen to find her mother. She was busy cooking. “Maybe I should go just once for Mum. She is so worried that it’s difficult for me to make friends in my new school.” Lydia went over and tied an apron around her waist. As she was washing dishes, she told her mother that she had been invited to a birthday party on weekend. Mum smiled, saying that she would be happier in their new home here. Lydia nodded, thinking Vancouver could never be her home Mum drove Lydia to the birthday party on Saturday evening. Maggie welcomed her at the door and led her into the dining room. To her surprise, over twenty students from her class were seated around the table waiting for her. They were drinking, laughing and chatting loudly after a simple greeting to Lydia. Wow, she loved being ignored since she could be herself. She decided to silently give the birthday gift to Maggie without being noticed. As she was taking out the Chinese paper-cutting she prepared with the help of her Mum, Maggie yelled out “Amazing! How did you make it?” The others joined, staring at Lydia with admiration. Lydia’s face was shining with excitement. “Maybe I could fit in here-a little.” she thought.

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With the party going on, the talk turned to the coming holidays.

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Noticing their admiring eyes, Lydia was filled with a feeling of belongingness.

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