衡水2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

一、单项选择（共25题，共 125分）

1、You can't imagine how happy we were! The exciting moment we had been looking forward to _______ at last.

A.come B.having come C.came D.coming

2、—Guess what? I took part in an interview on TV last Sunday.

—Oh, ________ unforgettable experience it must be!

A．what

B．what an

C．how

3、—Can we have a break?

—Oh, pardon?

—I asked ______ have a break.

A．if we could

B．could we

C．whether could we

D．if could we

4、——What about ________ job?

——It’s too difficult ________ job for me.

A．the; a B．the; the C．a; the D．a; a

5、The phonetic transcription of the word “houses" is ________.

A．[ hausiz]

B．[ hauziz]

C．[ hauzis]

D．[ hausis]

6、You should focus more _______your career while you are young.

A．in

B．at

C．on

D．with

7、The ________ expression on her face suggested that she _________ the _________ physics problem.

A．puzzling；was puzzled by；puzzled

B．puzzling；be puzzled over；puzzled

C．puzzled；be puzzled by；puzzling

D．puzzled；was puzzling over；puzzling

8、What you have said are old rules and they don't the students nowadays any more.

A. tum to B. apply to

C. occur to D. agree to

9、In the police station I saw the man from ________ room the thief had stolen the TV set.

A. whom B. which C. that D. whose

10、— What do you think of the present economic situation?

— When big firms reduce their expenses, we ______ know that times are really hard.

A. shall B. could

C. must D. need

11、The heavy rain has lasted for several days and the river has____________ by 30 centimeters.

A．risen

B．raised

C．arisen

D．lifted

12、Many students in US choose to take a gap year after high school and before college.

A．间隔

B．隔阂

C．漏洞

D．分歧

13、It is my honor to ________our school to make a speech here.

A．represent

B．respect

C．relate

D．refer

14、The basketball match was so ________ that all the students were cheering for the players on the playground.

A．thrilling

B．designated

C．pressured

15、When you're always wanting more and always looking forward to a time you'll be "happy", you'll never be really happy.

A. that B. which

C. when D. what

16、The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and ____less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.

A．being weighed

B．to weigh

C．weighed

D．weighing

17、______ serious a problem you may have, you should show your courage to face the challenge.

A．Whatever

B．Wherever

C．However

D．Whenever

18、Great changes have taken place in our city in the past ten years.Everything_______comes into sight is so new to me.

A．which

B．whom

C．that

D．as

19、He was presented with a TV set in__________for his kindness.

A.award B.return C.prize D.result

20、Our teacher told us that we shouldn’t be addicted to ________ computer games as a teenager.

A．play

B．plays

C．playing

D．played

21、John is a man of ____ and he had a lot of interesting ____ in his life.

A.experience; experience B.experiences; experience

C.experience; experiences D.experiences; experiences

22、Our school was moved to Xiangjiang New District in 2014, and the new campus is _________ the old one.

A. three times as the size of B. more larger three times than

C. three times larger than that of D. three times as large as

23、—You've dropped ________ “s” in the word “necessary”.

—Oh, ________ letter “s” is doubled.

A．/; a

B．a; the

C．an; the

24、His advantage lies in his ability to ________ with foreigners in English

A．debate

B．fight

C．communicate

D．begin

25、A new library in our school. They hope to finish it next month.

A. will be built B. is built

C. has been built D. is being built

二、阅读理解（共4题，共 20分）

26、There are so many benefits of volunteering. It connects us with people who may come from different life experiences. 【1】 Volunteer opportunities can provide teens with valuable skills and life experience. Why not help your teen discover opportunities to use his or her passions to serve others?

Animal lovers

【2】 Check with your local animal shelter. Most animal shelters are happy to have teens volunteer to walk dogs, play with kitties, and do some cleaning. If you're willing, your teen may even be able to sign up to foster (领养) pets.

Caretakers

Many teens are quite gifted in working with young children. 【3】 They can volunteer as a mother’s helper for another homeschool mom or read to children at local schools or day cares.

Artists

Depending on teens’ skill level, perhaps your teen artist could volunteer to teach classes at a local community center. Check with local recreation or child care centers to see if they need volunteers to lead some art lessons or simply create with children.

Bakers

Is your kid a chef or baker? Prepare a meal or bake a treat for your local police officers, fire fighters. You might also consider taking a meal to your local hospital. 【4】

Encourage teens to use their gifts and talents to serve others is a win-win situation. They’re doing something they enjoy. 【5】 What a beautiful cycle!

A．It is not easy to cook every day.

B．Do you have an animal-loving teen?

C．There are many volunteer opportunities for them.

D．It helps us feel a part of something larger than ourselves.

E．Are your children interested in volunteering after school?

F．They can bring enjoyment to others, which brings them joy, too.

G．In our area, there are groups who regularly deliver meals to poor families.

27、Columbia Dining concentrates on providing more attractive foods, which is obvious throughout each detail of its operation and every delicious meal it serves. Come on in and taste for yourself!

● Blue Java Cafe

Time: Monday — Thursday 8:00 a.m. — 12:00 a.m.;

Friday — Sunday 8:00 a.m. — 9:00 p.m.

Four convenient locations on campus offering fresh, fair trade, and organic coffee, along with a variety of sandwiches, salads, and desserts.

Location: on the ground floor of Butler Library.

● JJ’s Place

Time: Sunday — Thursday 12:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.;

Friday — Saturday 12:00 p.m. —12:00 a.m.

JJ’s Place is the casual and comfortable weekend and late-night destination, featuring Angus steak burgers and other specialty sandwiches plus fries, wings, smoothies, and more.

Location: on the lower level of John Jay Hall.

● John Jay Dining Hall

Time: Sunday — Thursday 9:30 a.m. — 9:00 p.m.

It is just like home food favorites which are made fresh daily. There are more specialty food locations, offering more grilled and baked dishes and less deep fried food.

Location: in John Jay on the first floor.

● Lenfest Cafe

Time: Monday — Thursday 8:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m.; Friday 9:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.

It is a coffee bar and quick grab-and-go dining option offering packaged deli sandwiches, flatbread pizzas, chef-prepared sushi, and daily specials for lunch.

Location: on the second floor of Columbia Law School, in Jerome Greene Hall.

【1】What do we know about Blue Java Café?

A．It is next to Butler Library.

B．It features chef-prepared sushi.

C．It runs from 8:00 a.m. — 9:00 p.m. each day.

D．There are three other branches on campus.

【2】Where can people buy Angus steak burgers?

A．At Blue Java Cafe.

B．At JJ’s Place.

C．At John Jay Dining Hall.

D．At Lenfest Cafe.

【3】Which location should people not go to on Sunday?

A．Blue Java Cafe.

B．JJ’s Place.

C．John Jay Dining Hall.

D．Lenfest Cafe.

28、In 1840, Chicago was a small town of forty-five hundred souls. It ranked 92nd in population in the United States. Yet, only three decades later, by 1870 — just a year before the great fire — Chicago was closing in on a population of 300,000, making it the fifth-biggest city in America and the fastest-growing city in the world.

What led to all this rapid growth? In three words: location, location, location.

“Chicago was near the center of the country, and near where the waterways and railways met,” city historian Tim Samuelson notes. “It was a perfect place for anything and anyone to get anywhere...”

Timing had a lot to do with it, too. America was moving from a rural to an industrial power. Chicago was right in the middle of the action. Ironically, its rapid growth was almost its undoing. “Chicago had to build, and build quickly, and so they built it out of wood,” explained Sarah Marcus of the Chicago History Museum. “It was quick, it was easy, and it was cheap.”

And, as it turned out, very “easy” to catch fire.

By most accounts, the fire started on the city’s West Side, near the De Koven Street barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. No one is sure of the cause, but it could have been anything, from vandals (故意) to a drunken neighbor to that clumsy cow of urban legend.

Within minutes, the fire got out of control, tearing through Chicago’s business district. The fire was so hot, it created its own tornado of flame. By 3:30 a.m., all hope of saving large parts of the city was gone. Nearly 30 hours later, the fire finally died. The reason? There was nothing left to burn.

The losses were shocking: The fire took away nearly 300 lives, destroyed over 17,000 buildings covering almost 3.5 square miles, and caused damage of over $200 million—about 3.8 billion today. Roughly a third of the city lay in ruins, and one out every three people living in Chicago — nearly 100,000 residents — became homeless overnight.

【1】Which paragraph describes the rapid growth of Chicago?

A．paragraph 1.

B．paragraph 2.

C．paragraph 4.

D．paragraph 5.

【2】What were the reasons of Chicago’s rapid growth?

① Chicago was built out of wood.

② Chicago had good transportation.

③ Timing was perfect.

④ Wood was cheap.

A．①③

B．②④

C．①④

D．②③

【3】While saying the underlined sentence, the author must feel_______.

A．happy

B．sad

C．nervous

D．hopeful

【4】Which information about the 1840 Chicago fire is right?

A．The cause of the fire was clear.

B．The fire was put out by firefighters.

C．The fire caused great damage to Chicago.

D．Lage parts of the city was saved.

29、Li Bingyin is now studying law at the Stern School of Business at New York University. She wrote this letter just before hurricane Sandy destroyed the East Coast.

Dear readers,

The storm will really take a toll on the city! Right now I am sitting in my dormitory（寝室）, waiting for the blackout（停电）to come any second, and listening to the wind howl outside my windows. Hurricane Sandy is supposed to hit the East Coast hard today. Due to the bad weather, most schools and universities have canceled classes for Monday and Tuesday.

Luckily, the university has taken steps to prepare for this storm. University officials sent out e-mails with explanation in the case of a blackout, evacuation（撤离）, or other emergency. Just recently, I received several text messages from the school about power off in certain dormitories. They advised us to prepare a bag with essentials（生活必需品）, in case we needed to leave the building and move to a safer place.

Yesterday I went out to buy a flashlight(手电筒), but all of the nearby stores were sold out. Everyone was storing water, food and other supplies for the storm.

Right now the city is unusually quiet. On any other day, there would be the sounds of cars, people chatting, and street artists performing. Tonight, there’s just the wind and rain hitting the window. The subway system has been closed since last night, and there is nobody on the streets. Hopefully Hurricane Sandy will soon pass without leaving much damage

Sincerely,

Li Bingyin

【1】 From the passage we can know that___.

A. Storm Sandy has already caused great damage to New York.

B. Most people haven’t been prepared for the coming of Storm Sandy.

C. The author went out to buy a flashlight but failed.

D. Most schools and universities have canceled classes for 3 days.

【2】What does the underlined word “take a toll” means?

A. cause a loss B. destroy C. flood D. burry

【3】 What steps has the university taken to prepare for the storm?

A. The university has asked students to leave the school at once.

B. The university has asked students to close all the windows and doors.

C. The university has sent text messages to students about what time the storm will come.

D. The university has asked students to prepare necessary things in case of evacuation.

【4】 What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. New York is a quiet city at other times.

B. New York is a busy city at other times.

C. Storm sandy has already come.

D. The airport system has been closed since last night.

三、完形填空（共1题，共 5分）

30、On a hilltop in southeast Brazil, 4,500 feet above the surrounding landscape, is a coffee plantation with a history of more than 150 years—five generations. The owner is Ellen Fontana, a woman ________ to both her land and her family. A respect ________ nature contributes to her business; she employs sustainable (可持续的) practices to ________ water, avoid pesticides and ________ greenhouse gas emissions (排放). Her devotion and attention helped her ________ award-winning specialty coffee and a successful coffee business, which she hopes will ________ through future generations.

But in the past few years, her vision of the future has been ________. The planet is changing ________ and whether coffee production will continue in her area in 20 or 50 years is naturally a ________. “I heard from my grandparents that it used to rain a lot in January, and the dry and rainy seasons were more clearly ________,” Fontana says. “But now, for a few years, we have noticed ________ rainfall, high temperature and hail (冰雹).”

In 2014, Fontana’s home experienced its worst ________ in nearly a century, resulting in a rare water crisis. And February 2020 was the rainiest month in the region’s ________ history, causing floods.

________ Fontana has earned more than many, thanks to her hilltop location and an important area of natural forest that she and her family have ________ on their land. She says, “We are in a micro-region with a lot of well-preserved forest, and we have a lot of coffee. This microclimate ________ a lot in the balance of crops. I think that living in a balance between coffee production and the environment that we live in provides a ________ not only for our family but for all the other people who will ________ these resources. I think this ________ is good for the business, good for the ________ and good for our soul.”

【1】

A．related

B．addicted

C．devoted

D．used

【2】

A．with

B．for

C．about

D．in

【3】

A．make the best of

B．make sense of

C．keep track of

D．keep out of

【4】

A．reserve

B．remove

C．reduce

D．recover

【5】

A．design

B．invent

C．harvest

D．create

【6】

A．stop

B．return

C．appear

D．continue

【7】

A．improved

B．shaken

C．recognized

D．cleared

【8】

A．frequently

B．rapidly

C．gradually

D．definitely

【9】

A．concern

B．factor

C．threat

D．guideline

【10】

A．conducted

B．listed

C．announced

D．defined

【11】

A．irregular

B．increasing

C．decreasing

D．average

【12】

A．drought

B．sandstorm

C．flood

D．earthquake

【13】

A．hidden

B．recorded

C．short

D．chief

【14】

A．Plus

B．Also

C．Thus

D．But

【15】

A．cut

B．covered

C．preserved

D．produced

【16】

A．harms

B．changes

C．punishes

D．helps

【17】

A．benefit

B．career

C．freedom

D．convenience

【18】

A．process

B．enjoy

C．waste

D．observe

【19】

A．access

B．approach

C．balance

D．behavior

【20】

A．climate

B．landscape

C．creature

D．family

四、短文填空（共1题，共 5分）

31、阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，从方框中选择恰当的词填空，其中有两项为多余选项。

Spring Festival is highly valued by every Chinese family. Preparations begin a week before the festival. First, the house is 【1】 from top to bottom. People say it is to sweep away the dirt of the past year and get ready for the new year.

Next, the Chinese 【2】 Fu is attached upside down to the front door. It is believed that when Fu is put upside down, happiness arrives.

The greatest excitement begins the night before Spring Festival. Fireworks are let off 【3】 the city, suddenly lighting up the night sky. Children will 【4】 their ears but with an expectant look on their faces. It is 【5】 to scare away the monster Nian. Then people sit together to enjoy Jiaozi. They are a sign of our wishes for 【6】 and happiness in the coming year.

This is Spring Festival—the joy of a family gathering.

五、书面表达（共1题，共 5分）

32、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。

Hillary Harris lived with her husband and daughter in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. However, she was thinking of moving. Not because she didn’t like the house or the neighborhood, but because of the house next door. First of all, she hated that her family had to share the driveway with the neighbors, while she also disliked the fact that tenants(租户) came and went to that house all the time. And when a couple in their 50s moved next door, it wasn’t any different. Hillary felt that she had had enough, so she didn’t even try to be warm towards them.

“Here we go again,”she thought. “Now what?” As she admitted, she was “turned off” by the woman next door and that they were cold to each other.

“She would not accept me anyhow, ”Dawn Johnson, the new neighbor recalled. “I would come to get my mail, shut it and watch her walk into the house. ” But everything was about to change in an unbelievable way.

Hillary knew she had been adopted(收养)when she was a baby, as well as she knew she had several halfsiblings (兄弟姐妹). In fact, she had already managed to reunite with three of them through the Internet. But there was still one half-sibling that she couldn’t track down. All she knew was that her name was Dawn Johnson. She had found three other half- siblings on the Internet, but she was having no luck with Dawn. She was beginning to think that she’d never find her.

When she realized her new neighbor’s name was Dawn, she kind of had a feeling that she just might be her sister. She learned that the woman’s first name was Dawn and that she was from Greenwood-the same town where Dawn Johnson had lived according to what she had learned from her father, Wayne Clouse. She told her husband, “Her name is Dawn-what if she’s my sister?” They both laughed and said, “No way! No way could that be. ”

注意:

1. 续写词数应为150左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

However, she couldn’t help thinking about it.

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So, when Johnson went out of town, Hillary texted her, asking about her father’s name.