芜湖2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、—Did you catch what I said?

—Sorry. I ________ a text message just now.

A. had answered   B. have answered   C. would answer   D. was answering

2、He doesn’t think that the plan is practical, _____?

A．does he

B．doesn’t he

C．is it

D．isn’t it

3、How long do you think it is ______ the National Football Team of china can play in the World Cup Finals.

A.when B.before

C.since D.until

4、— Do you know anything about British history?

—______________. I have no interest in it.

A. Take it easy!   B. Please don’t bother.

C. It’s up to you.   D. No. It’s beyond me.

5、Difficulties strengthen the mind, ______labor does the body.

A. as   B. whether

C. since D. because

6、_____ I make a promise to help others, I will manage to complete it.

A. Although   B. Once   C. Unless   D. Before

7、The power of Charlie Chaplin’s works is not only in his acting, but also in the stories and characters he________.

A．had created

B．has created

C．created

D．creates

8、This is a demanding job and a small mistake can ________.

A．make a difference

B．make an appointment

C．make sense

D．make up

9、But for the rescue team’s efforts, more lives ________ in the wreck accident.

A.would be claimed B.should have claimed

C.would have claimed D.could have been claimed

10、Go for a walk in the countryside, you can enjoy the beautiful views and a peaceful atmosphere.

A．when

B．which

C．where

D．what

11、The 19th Party Congress was a milestone in that it _____ not just for five or ten years which party congresses traditionally do, but potentially for more than thirty years to mid-century.

A. set the agenda   B. set alarm bells   C. set the trend   D. set the limit

12、Experts believe   people can waste less food by shopping only when it is necessary.

A. why   B. where   C. that   D. what

13、—Have you accepted the job, Aaron?

—Yes. But my ____ reaction was to decline the offer.

A.fierce B.initial C.rigid D.allergic

14、Their team is so powerful that we have very________chance to win, but we will try our best.

A．thin

B．light

C．rare

D．slim

15、It’s nearly four years since I worked in that firm. I ________ a band with other fellows.

A. operated         B. had been operating

C. was operating       D. am operating

16、Her shoes ________ her dress; they look very well together.

A．suit

B．fit

C．compare

D．match

17、 _____ for the fact that she got hit by a car and broke her leg on her way to school, she might have passed the exam.

A. Had it not been B. Were it not

C. Was it not  D. Hadn’t it been

18、He wrote a letter ________ he explained what had happened in the accident.

A. that B. which

C. where D. what

19、Towards ___ evening after school, ___ icy rain began to fall and the road became slippery.

A. the; an B. /; an  C. an; an D. an; the

20、—Do you think I should get a good guide book?

—Yes, of course. ______, you also need a good camera and comfortable shoes.

A.In other words B.What’s more C.As a result D.All in all

21、   The light from the campfire brightened the darkness, but it could not prevent the damp cold of Dennis’s Swamp (沼泽地) creeping into their bones. It was a strange place. Martin and Tom wished that they had not accepted Jack’s dare. They liked camping, but not near this swamp.

“So,” Martin asked as they sat watching the hot coals. “How did this place get its name? ”

“Are you sure you want to hear it? It’s a scary story,” warned Jack.

“Of course!” cried out Tom. “If there were anything to be scared of, you wouldn’t have chosen this place!”

“Ok, but don’t say I didn’t warn you,” said Jack, and he began this tale.

“Way back in time, a man called Dennis tried to start a farm here. He built that cottage over there to live in. In those days, the area looked quite different — it was covered with tall trees and the swamp was a crystal-clear river. After three hard years, Dennis had cleared several fields and planted crops. He was so proud of his success that he refused to listen to advice.

“You are clearing too much land,” warned one old man. “The land is a living thing. It will hit back at you if you abuse it.”

“Silly fool,” said Dennis to himself. “If I clear more land, I can grow more crops. I’ll become wealthier. He’s just jealous!”

“Dennis continued to chop down trees. Small animals that relied on them for food and shelter were destroyed. He was so eager to expand his farm that he did not notice the river flowing slowly towards his door. He did not notice salt seeping (渗透) to the surface of the land. He did not notice swamp plants choking all the native plants.”

“What happened?” Martin asked. It was growing colder. He trembled, twisting his body closer to the fire.

“The land hit back — just as the old man warned,” Jack shrugged. “Dennis disappeared. Old folks around here believe that swamp plants moved up from the river and dragged him underwater. His body was never found.”

“What a stupid story,” laughed Tom. “Plants can’t…” Before he had finished speaking, he screamed and fainted. The other two boys jumped up with fright, staring at Tom. Suddenly, they burst out laughing. Some green swamp ivy (常春藤) had covered Tom’s face. It was a while before Tom could appreciate the joke.

【1】The underlined word “dare” in Paragraph 1 is closed in meaning to ________.

A.courage B.assistance

C.instruction D.challenge

【2】Why did Tom scream and faint?

A.He saw Dennis’s shadow. B.He was scared by a plant.

C.His friends played a joke on him. D.The weather became extremely cold.

【3】What lesson can we learn from the story of Dennis?

A.Grasp all, lose all.

B.No sweat, no sweet.

C.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

D.It is no use crying over spilt milk.

22、It’s a cruel fact of life, as we age, gravity takes over. 【1】 We dread taking a fall, so we find ourselves walking less and less and that only makes matters worse. Well, cheer up! There’s finally a product designed to enable us all to walk properly and stay on the go.【2】

Traditional rollators and walkers simply aren’t designed well. 【3】 This puts pressure on your back, neck, wrists and hands. Over time, this makes walking uncomfortable and can result in a variety of health issues. That’s all changed with the Perfect Walker. Its upright design and padded elbow rests enable you to distribute your weight across your arms and shoulders, not your hands and wrists, which helps reduce back, neck and wrist pain and discomfort. 【4】 The height can be easily adjusted with the push of a button to fit anyone with different height. Once you’ve reached your destination you can use the hand brakes to gently slow down, and there’s even a handy seat with a storage compartment. Plus the Perfect Walker includes Stand Assist handles which make standing from a sitting position simple and easy.

【5】   Call now, and find out how you can try out a Perfect Walker for yourself and start feeling better each and everyday in your own home.

A．Its perfect design makes it easy to use indoors and outdoors.

B．It’s called the Perfect Walker, and it can truly change your life.

C．Why spend another day arching your back and dragging along?

D．They haven t well satisfied the physical needs of those with walking problems.

E．They require you to arch your back and shuffle (拖着) your feet when you walk.

F．Its unique frame gives you plenty of room to step, and the oversized wheels help you glide across the floor.

G．Our muscles droop, our bodies sink and the weight of the world seems to be planted squarely on our shoulders.

23、   In 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly made himself a guinea pig for NASA's "twins study," designed to see what spaceflight does to the human body. It was for all the people who dream of human journeys to Mars and other destinations in space. Kelly rode a rocket into space and spent nearly a year on the International Space Station in low Earth orbit, while his identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, served as the comparison subject and stayed on Earth's surface.

The full results, published Thursday in the journal Science, showed that Scott Kelly experienced numerous physiological and chromosomal（染色体的）changes during his long stay in orbit, including changes in gene expression. His immune system went on high alert, both when he went to space and upon returning to Earth. His body acted as if it were under attack.

One of the most dramatic findings concerned epigenetics（实验胚胎学） — how genes are turned on or off to produce proteins. Gene expression changed in both Kellys during the study but in significantly different ways. The study found that more than 90 percent of Scott Kelly's gene expression changes returned to normal when he landed on the surface. His telomeres（染色体端粒）, structures which break over time as part of the natural aging process, lengthened in space. But that didn't necessarily mean being younger, the study found, because most telomeres shortened dramatically when he returned to Earth.

Months later, tests showed that slight changes in telomeres length still remained and left some influence on Scott Kelly, which means he and his brother are no longer identical twins. "He might be at some increased risk for cardiovascular disease or some types of cancer," said Susan Bailey, a biologist at Colorado State University who led one of the investigations in the study.

However, the researchers, echoing what NASA has suggested previously, said the twins study turned up no showstoppers — no shocking health consequences that would surely prevent a human mission to Mars or similar long-duration mission.

【1】What does the underlined expression "a guinea pig" in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.a person who is strong enough to become an astronaut.

B.a person who is a leader of space exploration.

C.a person who is picked out for a scientific experiment.

D.a person who is faced with the harsh effects of space flight.

【2】What happens to an astronaut's body during a space flight?

A.The permanent changes in gene expression. B.The aging of cells.

C.The lengthened telomeres. D.The failure in immune system.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Scott Kelly will appear younger because his telomeres lengthened in space.

B.A long-duration spaceflight will be banned because of the damage to health.

C.Scott Kelly's gene expression changes were normal when he returned to the surface.

D.Scott Kelly might be more likely to develop cardiovascular disease or some types of cancer.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Gene expression: Physiological Change of Proteins.

B.Space Experiment: Changes in Both Kellys.

C.Mars Exploration: an Unstoppable Human Mission.

D.Shortened Telomeres: the Killer of Astronauts.

24、   It's 10 o'clock at night, and we've been walking along behind him and his wife, Maria, on the beach in complete darkness for half an hour, hoping that every shadowy form is a green sea turtle that has appeared from the Caribbean to lay her eggs on Tortuguero Beach.

After traveling a long way here to witness the event at the end of the nesting season, we walk behind Castor in dutiful silence, thinking about the impact we could have on a turtle's nesting decision. Although they can't hear well, green sea turtles have a powerful sense of smell. Lights can also disturb them. And if the female feels threatened, she'll likely return to the sea to give up all 100 to 120 of her eggs-a huge sacrifice for an endangered creature.

Earlier that day we read up on threats to the turtles-poisonous waste, plastic bags and fishing hooks among other things. These threats apply, however, only if the baby turtles even make it to the sea in the first place.

"She is there," Castor reports, "making her nest now." A female turtle turns herself around and around in a circle until the top of her shell is nearly even with the sand. Employing her back flippers (鳍肢), she then reaches beneath herself to dig a neat, deep hole for the hundred or more eggs she will lay his evening.

We sit silently on a big piece of driftwood, waiting patiently like family members outside the birthing room. "Come closer!" Castor says, and we bend towards the soft red glow of his flashlight. His right hand holds the massive turtle's left back flipper aside so that the light shines directly into the hole, which is already filled with eggs. Her tail lifts as a soft, slippery egg slides through and goes into the hole, followed by another and another. After laying the eggs, her tail flipper begin to remove sand from the "walls" around her, dragging it over the top of the eggs.

Then Castor signals us to another spot where a nest is hatching (孵化) at the very moment. Dozens of baby turtles desperately move to the surface, trying to drag themselves up out and to the sea. However, a huge driftwood lying in the sand parallel to the sea blocks their passage down the beach. Castor shines his beam toward the water and Maria picks the newborns up and places them on the other side of the wood. If we weren't there at the moment, most of them would have wandered aimlessly toward the jungle and death.

On the way back to the village, I recall my mixed feelings about human impact on the environment, Now I'm home joyous that my presence has helped an entire nest of baby turtles survive the first challenge of their lives.

【1】According to the passage, green sea turtles _________.

A．will sacrifice anything to protect their babies

B．are very sensitive to sounds, smells and lights

C．are endangered mainly due to water pollution

D．face great challenges the minute they are born

【2】The author comes to the Tortuguero Beach mainly to _________.

A．observe green sea turtles lay eggs.

B．learn about the threats sea turtles face

C．enjoy the quiet nesting season in October

D．help baby turtles make their first step to the sea

【3】What happens to the newly hatched turtles?

A．Tourists help show them the way to the jungle.

B．A barrier stops them from reaching the sea.

C．All of them get trapped in the sand.

D．Most of them wander off and die.

25、   The phrase “One Person Can Make a Difference” is one of those sayings that we teach youngsters. We use it to ______ them to do something kind, to help another person. As ________ , do we really believe this? Or is it a(n) _______  just for young people?

Almost 15 years ago while driving across town, I was listening to a radio interview and heard a story of ________ and commitment that was inspiring. A woman had ________  ten winter coats on the Thanksgiving weekend to  donate  them at the One Warm Coat Drive. She knew the city had many homeless people and families in ________  . She knew her _________  coats could make a difference between cold and ________ for ten people that winter.

She was only one person, ________  it was her action that ________  me that there would always be a need for more coats. Nearly 15 years later, One Warm Coat has______ inspired the donation — over 4 million coats across the country. As the national founder, I feel my heart is full and ________ , knowing that we, each one of us, can make a real difference in the lives of thousands each fall and winter. That's the ripple（涟漪）effect of _________.

So when you step forward to donate your time, or _______ an item, or help your neighbor, perhaps wondering “Will my effort really ______ ?” I can tell you that it will!

A．force

B．encourage

C．prefer

D．invite

A．citizens

B．victims

C．adults

D．amateurs

A．lesson

B．trap

C．excuse

D．obstacle

A．bravery

B．curiosity

C．selflessness

D．sadness

A．tailored

B．designed

C．spared

D．purchased

A．need

B．vain

C．return

D．control

A．extra

B．worn

C．casual

D．smart

A．fortune

B．comfort

C．confidence

D．gratitude

A．and

B．so

C．or

D．yet

A．pressed

B．frightened

C．convinced

D．shocked

A．hardly

B．greatly

C．occasionally

D．narrowly

A．anxious

B．warm

C．concerned

D．disappointed

A．kindness

B．loyalty

C．cooperation

D．wisdom

A．put away

B．take in

C．give away

D．hand in

A．change

B．respond

C．improve

D．matter

26、新华中学近期组织了校园劳动周（Campus Labor Week）活动。假定你是学校英语报记者，请写一篇简短的英文报道。内容包括：

1. 活动的时间与地点；

2. 活动的过程；

3. 你的评论。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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