2025-2026学年吉林四平高三(上)期末试卷英语

1、It is ________ for students to feel nervous before an exam.

A．necessary

B．original

C．incredible

D．normal

2、We run after happiness, thinking one day we will find it. But it by looking for it.

A.rarely will we find B.rarely we will find C.rarely will find we D.rarely find we will

3、The pace ______ comfortable, so I decided to stay where I was, with Mimno just ahead of me.

A．was felt

B．felt

C．was feeling

D．had felt

4、Could you tell me how long ______ the navy?

A. you have joined   B. have you joined

C. you have been in   D. have you been in

5、The small car can’t ______ a large family inside.

A.suit B.press C.collect D.fit

6、Young people who report ________ in life and thus have developed a slack attitude towards life are called the generation of “lying flat”.

A．to feel sticking

B．feeling sticking

C．feeling stuck

D．to feel stuck

7、Common sense demands _______ both sides of the problem.

A．he examine

B．him to examine

C．him examining

D．he examines

8、Madame Curie, for ____ life had once been very hard, was successful later.

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

9、—Can you guess who will be the first to cross the finish line?

—Sandy. Jane didn’t run so fast ________ she did last time.

A．than

B．so

C．that

D．as

10、— We have to stop talking here outside. Listen, _________!

— Hurry up, or we'll be late.

A．There goes the bell

B．There does the bell go

C．There the bell goes

D．Goes the bell there

11、In the past few years, he________in English.

A．has made a great progress

B．has made progress

C．made a progress

D．made progress

12、With so many things   ,I had to work late into the night.

A. to deal with   B. to be dealt with

C. dealing with   D. being dealt with

13、Roy thinks he works as ________ as his friend, Dan.

A．hardly

B．harder

C．hard

D．more hardly

14、The coming New Year also signals the approach of spring_________grass and tree leaves start to produce new shoots.

A．which

B．where

C．when

D．that

15、I got them a grand piano because they like when I come home and play for them．

A. one   B. it

C. this   D. that

16、He said the sun ________ in the east and ________ in the west.

A．rose, set

B．rises,sets

C．rises,set

D．rise, sets

17、One unfortunate accident in 1994 ______ an above-the-knee amputation(截肢) of Amy Palmiero-Winters’ left leg, leaving the passionate runner learning how to walk again.

A．came after

B．cracked down

C．resulted in

D．took over

18、I will have to study harder ________ a senior high school student.

A．than

B．and

C．as

D．but

19、It’s 8 o’clock? The show’s been on already! How I wish I ________ there right now!

A．had been

B．be

C．could be

D．am being

20、The shuttle Columbia was heading home when tragedy struck, _________ America and the world _________ what went wrong.

A．to leave, to wonder

B．leaving, wondering

C．leaving, to wonder

D．to leave, wondering

21、Some of the people ________ to the party can’t come.

A．inviting

B．having invited

C．invited

D．to invite

22、The pictures remind us ______ the days ______ we spent in Beijing.

A．/; that

B．/; when

C．of; that

D．of; when

23、_________ is known to all is that the earth is smaller than the sun.

A. As   B. What

C. It   D. Which

24、—I’ve just got a Harry Potter VII.

—________? Will you lend it to me after you finish it?

A．How are you doing

B．So what

C．Oh really

D．How come

25、I’ve been trying to read this book all day, but somehow I cannot ________ to it properly.

A．give in

B．settle down

C．look forward

D．live up

26、I was in the middle of the Amazon with my wife, who was there as a medical researcher.

We flew on a small plane to a faraway village. We did not speak the local language, did not know the customs, and more often than not, did not entirely recognize the food. We could not have felt more foreign.

We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity. It was easy for us to go to sleep at the end of the day, feeling a little misunderstood.

Then one perfect Amazonian evening, with monkeys calling from beyond the village green, we played soccer. I am not good at soccer, but that evening it was wonderful. Everyone knew the rules. We all spoke the same language of passes and shots. We understood one another perfectly. As darkness came over the field and the match ended, the goal keeper, Juan, walked over to me and said in a matter-of-fact way, “In your home, do you have a moon too?” I was surprised.

After I explained to Juan that yes, we did have a moon and yes, it was very similar to his, I felt a sort of awe (敬畏) at the possibilities that existed in his world. In Juan’s world, each village could have its own moon. In Juan’s world, the unknown and undiscovered was vast and marvelous. Anything was possible.

In our society, we know that Earth has only one moon. We have looked at our planet from every angle and found all of the wildest things left to find. I can, from my computer at home, pull up satellite images of Juan’s village. There are no more continents and no more moons to search for, little left to discover. At least it seems that way.

Yet, as I thought about Juan’s question, I was not sure how much more we could really rule out. I am, in part, an ant biologist, so my thoughts turned to what we know about insect life and I knew that much in the world of insects remains unknown. How much, though? How ignorant are we? The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me.

I began collecting newspaper articles about new species, new monkey, new spider…, and on and on they appear. My drawer quickly filled. I began a second drawer for more general discoveries: new cave system discovered with dozens of nameless species, four hundred species of bacteria found in the human stomach. The second drawer began to fill and as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries. It fills more slowly, but all the same, it fills.

In looking into the stories of biological discovery, I also began to find something else, a collection of scientists, usually brilliant occasionally half-mad, who made the discoveries.

Those scientists very often see the same things that other scientists see, but they pay more attention to them, and they focus on them to the point of exhaustion, and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers. In looking for the stories of discovery, I found the stories of these people and how their lives changed our view of the world.

We are repeatedly willing to imagine we have found most of what is left to discover. We used to think that insects were the smallest organisms and that nothing lived deeper than six hundred meters. Yet, when something new turns up, more often than not, we do not even know its name.

【1】What made that Amazonian evening wonderful?

A．He learned more about the local language.

B．They had a nice conversation with each other.

C．They understood each other while playing.

D．He won the soccer game with the goal keeper.

【2】Why was the author surprised at Juan’s question about the moon?

A．The question was too straightforward.

B．Juan knew so little about the world.

C．The author didn’t know how to answer.

D．The author didn’t think Juan was sincere.

【3】What was the author’s initial purpose of collecting newspaper articles?

A．To sort out what we have known.

B．To deepen his research into Amazonians.

C．To improve his reputation as a biologist.

D．To learn more about local cultures.

【4】How did those brilliant scientists make great discoveries?

A．They shifted their viewpoints frequently.

B．They followed other scientists closely.

C．They often criticized their fellow scientists.

D．They conducted in-depth and close studies.

【5】What could be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．The Possible and the Impossible.

B．The Known and the Unknown.

C．The Civilized and the Uncivilized.

D．The Ignorant and the Intelligent.

27、In 1892, the Sierra Club was formed. In 1908, an area of coastal redwood trees north of San Francisco was established as Muir Woods National Monument. In the Sierra Nevada mountains, a walking trail from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney was dedicated in 1938. It is called John Muir Trail.

John Muir was born in 1838 in Scotland. His family name means moor, which is a meadow full of flowers and animals. John loved nature from the time he was small. He also became interested in climbing rocky cliffs and walls.

When John was eleven, his family moved to the United States and settled in Wisconsin. John was good with tools and soon became an inventor. He first invented a model of a sawmill(大型锯机). Later he invented an alarm clock that would cause the sleeping person to be tipped out of bed when the timer sounded.

Muir left home at an early age. He took a thousand-mile walk south to the Gulf of Mexico in 1867 and 1868. Then he sailed for San Francisco. The city was too noisy and crowded for Muir, so he headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.

When Muir discovered the Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevada, it was as if he had come home. He loved the mountains, the wildlife, and the trees. He climbed the mountains and even climbed trees during thunderstorms in order to get closer to the wind. He put forth the theory in the late 1860s that the Yosemite Valley had been formed through the action of glaciers(冰川). People ridiculed him. Not until 1930 was Muir’s theory proven correct.

Muir began to write articles about the Yosemite Valley to tell readers about its beauty. His writing also warned people that Yosemite was in danger from timber mining and sheep farming interests. In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became the President of the United States. He was interested in conservation. Muir took the President through Yosemite, and Roosevelt helped get legislation passed to create Yosemite National Park in 1906.

Although Muir won many conservation battles, he lost a major one. He fought to save the Hetch Valley, which people wanted to dam(筑坝) in order to provide water for San Francisco. In the late 1913, a bill was signed to dam the valley. Muir died in 1914. Some people say losing the fight to protect the valley killed Muir.

【1】Which time order of the events related to Muir is correct?

a. The Sierra Club was formed.

b. Muir Woods National Monument was created.

c. John Muir learned to climb rocky cliffs.

d. John Muir walked to the Gulf of Mexico.

e. The Muir family moved to the United States.

A．abced

B．abbad

C．ceabd

D．cedab

【2】When did Muir invent a unique form of the alarm clock?

A．While his family lived in Wisconsin.

B．While his family still lived in Scotland.

C．After he sailed to San Francisco.

D．After he travelled in Yosemite.

【3】What did John Muir do soon after he arrived in San Francisco?

A．He wrote short stories for the local newspaper.

B．He put forth a theory about how Yosemite was formed.

C．He headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.

D．He began to write articles about the Sierra Nevadas.

【4】What is NOT the deed Muir do to promote the conservation of the Yosemite Valley?

A．He proved the valley had been formed through the action of glaciers.

B．He tried to tell his readers about the Valley’s beauty.

C．He warned Yosemite was in danger from timber mining and sheep farming.

D．He won the president’s support to create Yosemite National Park.

28、七选五填空（共5小题；

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意：若你选择的答案为E，请在机读卡上填涂AB；答案为F，填涂AC；答案为G，填涂AD，多涂或少涂均不得分

We all face quantities of stresses in day-to-day living, whether at work, in the home, or anywhere in between.【1】Here’s how stress can help us on an everyday basis.

◆ Sharpen your memory.

Did you ever notice that sometimes when you are stressed, your memory seems to improve? Remember that test you passed where the answers seemed to come out of nowhere?【2】It's because of stress hormones（荷尔蒙）that increase your alertness(机敏) when it’s most needed.

◆【3】

Successful employees turn stress into motivation. Have you ever noticed that you get the least amount of work done when you have the fewest deadlines? Too little stress can affect how much you actually get done. When you take risks and choose to get over the difficulty, it improves your mental toughness and self-confidence.

◆ Helping you resist the attack of illness.

【4】Believe it or not, the right kind of stress can help your body’s defenses against illness. When you get sick, stress causes you to make hormones that battle threats to your health. That burst of stress is helpful to your immune system when your body faces a threat.

◆ Making your life more interesting.

Think about some stressful situations that we consciously put ourselves in to make life more interesting and enjoyable, like asking someone out on a first date, conquering a known fear, or learning something new. These may not immediately come to mind when you think of stress because of the positive outcomes.【5】

A．Helping you get an advantage at work.

B．Helping you get through difficult times.

C．This will happen whenever you are stressed.

D．That’s one way your brain responds to stress.

E．You need a healthy immune system to help fight off diseases.

F．But they’re the types that can help you achieve fulfillment and happiness.

G．But handled properly, stress can have many benefits for the body and mind.

29、Could a cave be the place of buried treasure in a small village in Marajgushu, near Navasha, Kenya? A rumor of treasure has some villagers dreaming of wealth, while ohters see it as a cheat. It’s said that in the 1800s a white man left treasure inside the caves.

This system of caves has become the center of excitement in the village. It is unclear where the rumor came from, but some local people believe white settlers hid gold and other precious metals in the cave before leavign the area, many years ago.

Local villager Edward Maina says the rumors have brought a lot of treasure hunters flooding into town to dig in the caves. Villages say original treasure seekers entered the cave nearly two months ago before being arrested by police. Local governmetns closed up the entrance, but they broke back in.

While neither gold nor silver has been found yet, the cave does guard another important resource: water. Many depend on a natural spring coming from the cave and local officials, among them Ward Councilor Gaka Mwaniki, worry the digging could affect or dirty the supply.

“There’s nothing. We’ve seen ourselves there’s nothing in those caves. The cave is natural. It’s the water table that they’re affecting” says Mwaniki.

Local resident James Mbugua Njenga wants the situation brought under control. “If at all there’s treasure inside there, let the government come and dig and protect the water table,”says Njenga.

It might be true. It might be a cheat. Whatever the case, treasure hunters continue to be attracted to the mystery of the caves.

【1】What did the treasure hunters do after the cave was closed up?

A. They entered the cave again   B. They gave up seeking treasusre

C. They fought again the police   D. They looked for anohter cave

【2】What does the underlined word “supply” refer to?

A. The treasure   B. The water

C. The cave   D. The villagers

【3】Mwaniki worries about the digging because of _________.

A. the loss of the treasure   B. the damage to the cave

C. the pollution to the water   D. the flood in the village

【4】Njenga thinks that ____________.

A. there is no treasure in the cave

B. the story about treasure must be a cheat

C. treasure seekers should be arrested

D. the government should protect the cave

【5】What is the text mainly about?

A. The seeking of hidden treasure in central Kenya

B. A great finding of a cave in central Kenya

C. The life of the villagers in central Kenya

D. The worry about pollution in central Kenya

30、I was in a foreign country in a winter. I took a midnight train from the capital to the city where I lived. I was so tired that I fell asleep. When I_________my eyes, the train had_________the station where I wanted to arrive. I went and_________to the controllers. One of them told me to_________at the next station and wait for the train to my city. It would not leave until 4 in the morning.

One of the_________left work and got off with me as he lived there. He told me he would not feel okay if he left me there_________. He asked me to get into his car because it was_________outside. He looked like a really good person,_________, very gentle and pure. I got in the_________and we started talking.

“Have you ever been here?"

“Well, I have always ____________the station, but never stepped into the city."

“You____________about our nightlife? It is great! Would you like to see it while having a short____________in the car?"

I was____________ but I did not feel anything negative. Actually I found it very nice. He had no further expectations: he seriously wanted me to see the____________.

We had a short ride around the city and it was great. To this day I've always remembered that guy with deep____________and respect.

【1】

A．covered

B．opened

C．cleaned

D．wiped

【2】

A．answered

B．watched

C．reached

D．left

【3】

A．talked

B．replied

C．agreed

D．apologized

【4】

A．get off

B．settle down

C．turn out

D．look back

【5】

A．tourists

B．passengers

C．guests

D．controllers

【6】

A．away

B．out

C．alone

D．nearby

【7】

A．warm

B．hot

C．cold

D．cool

【8】

A．cold-blooded

B．strong-willed

C．absent-minded

D．warm-hearted

【9】

A．car

B．hotel

C．house

D．station

【10】

A．learned

B．passed

C．visited

D．loved

【11】

A．looked

B．cared

C．wrote

D．heard

【12】

A．sleep

B．ride

C．schedule

D．wait

【13】

A．annoyed

B．unhappy

C．surprised

D．sick

【14】

A．nightlife

B．work

C．school

D．duty

【15】

A．curiosity

B．preference

C．gratefulness

D．attraction

31、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.

There’s a Museum for Everyone

What comes to mind when you think of a museum? Perhaps you 【1】 an imposing building in a rather conventional（传统的）design made of high-quality stone? Perhaps you imagine a classic 【2】, such as the museum of natural history, the museum of fine art, or the national museum -- its exhibits displayed in a time - 【3】 style and falling in line with tradition.

Some people might consider these customary institutions the best way to 【4】 the future of typical educational topics. A museum of old breadboards, they may say, does not make up an orthodox（正统的）exhibition. But according to the Museum Association, a museum is defined as a place enabling “... people to 【5】 collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment.” And so of the 2500 estimated museum in the UK, a few are bound to be considered a little unconventional.

What about Neil Cole’s Adventures in Science Fiction? This odd museum of classic science fiction was opened by the 【6】 Neil Cole. “Science fiction has become more mainstream so I thought people might want to see this,” says Mr Cole.

If clocks are more to your 【7】, why not visit the Cuckoo-land Museum? Set up by brothers Roman and Maz Piekarski, this collection of over 600 cuckoo（布谷鸟）clocks is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world -- and all from the Black Forest region in Germany.

Finally, you could visit the Victor Wynd Museum of Curiosities in London. This 【8】 institution reverses the trend of educating visitors through 【9】 explanations alongside its exhibits. Instead, it displays all of its 【10】 treasures, which include dodo bones, shrunken heads and a collection of McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, with no explanation at all.

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

It is the rainy season all over India. In the news we have seen heavy rain hit many parts of the country，which are already flooded(被淹没)．We have got used to floods.Children really enjoy the rain and the floods.They love playing with water.Sometimes they jump in the water and are always happy to do it.

However，this year it turned from bad to worse.All schools were closed，and it was announced a holiday by the government the previous day.We stayed indoors and watched life through our windows.Water entered the flats on the ground floor. All the neighbors helped people living there move their belongings and stayed with them.My friends were also staying with me.I was happy，because my parents usually don't allow me to stay in a friend's place.But our neighbors were really sad.They had to bear the loss(损失)that the rain brought.

The traffic was cut off by the terrible weather as well.In the morning，the railway system and bus services almost came to a stop.People had to wait for quite a long time at the railway stations and bus stops.My mother，who went by train，arrived three hours late.And finally when she reached her office，it was also announced a holiday.Later，to make the things worse，many trains were cancelled，because the railways were full of water.My mother had to wait in the station for about three hours.Afterwards she decided to go to a friend's house a block away from her office that day，as there was hardly any transportation available to our home.She called to tell us about it.She told me that she walked all the way to her friend's house because she could not get on a bus，and that she was wet thoroughly when she finally got there.On the phone she sounded very tired.

Paragraph 1：

That night was so different without my mother at home.

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Paragraph 2：

The next day the rain did not stop.

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