2026届天津市宁河区芦台第一中学英语高三上期末质量检测试题.doc

2026届天津市宁河区芦台第一中学英语高三上期末质量检测试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．In spring, the scene on the top of the hill is so appealing that it is ________ my words.
A．above B．over
C．beyond D．off
2．This semester our school offers many optional courses for the students, _______ appeals to many students.
A．each of which B．all of whom
C．each of whom D．all of which
3．The crazy fans ________ patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.
A．were waiting B．had been waiting
C．had waited D．would wait
4．________ a bike, she cycled home.
A．Bought B．To buy C．Being bought D．Having bought
5．How could I lie to her she lived for the truth，whether it was found in music or people?
A．unless B．when
C．while D．though
6．---Will you be_____________ this evening，Mary？
---That depends. I am afraid I will be with my manager，discussing a plan.
A．convenient B．suitable
C．available D．efficient
7．Although values may be ____, it’s helpful to share them with your partner for additional support.
A．terminal B．personal
C．crucial D．practical
8．There is ________ as a free dinner in this world. As the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”
A．no such a good thing B．such no good thing
C．no such good thing D．not so a good thing
9．He was elected______ president of the company, and _____news came ,in fact, as ______surprise.
A．a; the ;X B．X; the ; a C．a; X; the D．the; the; a
10．---Turn off the TV, Jack. Your homework now?
---Mum, just ten more minutes, please.
A．Should you be doing
B．Couldn’t you be doing
C．Shouldn’t you be doing
D．Will you be doing
11．She doesn’t speak our language, she seems to understand what we say.
A．yet B．and
C．or D．so
12．Facing the global financial crisis, the Chinese government has taken many measures ________ people's life to deal with it.
A．related B．related to
C．relating D．relating to
13．Mary nearly missed the flight doing too much shopping.
A．in need of B．on top of
C．in front of D．as a result of
14．With Mother's Day around the corner，I have taken some money out of the bank_____________ presents for my mother.
A．buy B．to buy
C．buying D．having bought
15．–My TV set doesn’t work, the water tap is dripping and my car is still under repair!
–You sure ________ bad luck these days.
A．had B．will have C．had had D．are having
16．He was offered a position at the local church school, _____ he went to the Cambridge.
A．after when B．since which
C．after which D．since when
17．She is a strong-willed woman and not once _______ in to any difficulty in her life.
A．she has given B．did she give C．she gave D．has she given
18．—You ought to have made an apology to Tom yesterday evening．
—Yes, I know I __ __．
A．ought to have B．have to C．should D．must have
19．It is reported that the ______ in Libya is hotting up.
A．strength B．violence C．power D．activity
20．Don’t take it seriously，Alice．I wasn’t making _____ fun of you — it’s nothing but _____ joke．
A．/; the B．the; the
C．the; a D．/; a
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21．（6分） When old people live with children and other relatives the relationship is not always a happy one. Even old parents and adult children who live separately can have difficulties. Here the generation gap becomes most visible as the needs and interests of the middle-aged and old diverge. Some middle-aged children are so annoyed by the demands of their parents that they make such comments as “Why don’t the old fools die?”
Although such ugly comments exist, a survey conducted by the American Association of Retired Persons reflects a positive attitude by American population towards the old. That survey showed that 69% adult children have weekly contact with their mothers and 20% have daily contact with their mothers. Other surveys have shown that 40% of adults have face-to face contact with their parents once a week.
The 2014 National Survey of Family and Household (NSFH) showed that 78% of adults view their relationship with their mother and father as excellent. Only 0.03% of those surveyed viewed that relationship as “bad”. The remainders were ambivalent in their perception of their parents. This finding is confirmed by much older studies of the same phenomenon also conducted by the National Survey of Families and Households.
Of those surveyed, 66% contacted their parents once a week or more and only 10% did not contact their parents at all. In part, this is a product of the distance at which adult children live from their parents. The 2014 survey showed that 67% of adult children live within 100 miles of their parents and that 38% live within ten miles of their parents. However, a full 20% of those surveyed live 1,000 miles or more away from their parents.
1、According to the passage, the relationship between most American old people and their adult children is
______.
A．terrible and distant B．annoying and difficult
C．great and close D．neither good nor bad
2、Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “diverge” in paragraph 1?
A．differ B．meet C．exist D．transfer
3、From the passage, we learn that ______.
A．generation gap becomes invisible if old parents and adult children live separately
B．relationship between parents and children has become much better than before
C．some old parents would rather die because their children are annoyed at them
D．living far away may lead to people’s less or no contact with their parents
22．（8分）I was nervous, no doubt about it, but I felt pretty fearfully sitting there unmoving on top of the horse, so I picked up my canter（使马慢跑）. I went a few times around the stadium, saying I was warming up my horse. But really, I was taking some time to collect my thoughts and prepare myself before I jumped. Or to put it in a more simple and realistic tone, I was delaying.
Finally the time came when I had to just suck it up and jump the horse. I swallowed, turned, and began heading straight for the jump. My palms began to sweat and I tightened myself. There was no turning back from this now.
I sat up in my jumping position as my horse picked up his speed to jump. Fear rushed through me as well as a sense of excitement. Before I knew it, I was up in the air, flying over the jump. As scared was, I was determined not to mess this up. My horse landed with a small beat on the other side of jump and continued cantering around the field like nothing had ever happened. Miraculously, I was seated firmly on the horse, unharmed. Surprised, I slowed down to a smooth running to process that I hadn't just been thrown off a leaping animal.
My riding instructor congratulated me, proud that I got through it. I admit that I was proud as well. I'm not usually the kind of person that faces their fears. Instead, I usually run away from them.
1、What is the author's real purpose to go around the stadium several times?
A．To warm his horse up. B．To judge the distance.
C．To make sure to succeed. D．To calm himself down.
2、How did the author feel before the horse landed?
a.interested b.excited c.frightened d.proud
A．a; b B．b; c C．c; d D．a; d
3、What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The instructor used to be proud of the author.
B．The author used to stay away from challenges.
C．The author feared nothing much from then on.
D．The instructor believed the author could succeed.
23．（8分）Bus Tours in Washington DC
The Blossoms Tour In Washington DC
Duration: 3 hours $56.22
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The Lights Night Tour in Washington DC
Duration: 3 hours $56.33
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The Best Minibus Tour in Washington DC
Duration: 3 hours $ 46.22
See all the key atractions DC has to offer in a 3-hour format. You will learn all about the history and trivia (琐事) that surrounds Washington and visit the major monuments and attractions DC has to offer.
Please Note: Rates for this tour vary by day of the week. When you choose your specific date on the availability calendar, the rates for that date will be displayed.
Best Mount Vernon & Arlington Cemetery Tour from Washington DC
Duration: 6 hours $ 71.26
See Arlington Cemetery, Old Town Alexandria and George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate on this small group bus tour from Washington DC．Your tour guide will accompany you through Mount Vernon, telling you about all of the atractions there and the history of George Washington’s home on the Potomac River.
1、Which date suits The Blossoms Tour most?
A．July 4. B．August 15.
C．March 27. D．October 1.
2、What is special about The Best Minibus Tour?
A．Its price is not fixed. B．The best time to take it is at night.
C．The tour guide accompanies you. D．You can get great photos of cherry.
3、Which tour would offer you a chance to learn about George Washington’s home?
A．The Blossoms Tour. B．The Lights Night Tour.
C．Tbe Best Minibus Tour. D．Best Mount Vermon & Arlington Cemetery Tour.
24．（8分）The orderly came back in a few minutes with a rifle（步枪）and some Burmans. He told us that the elephant was in the rice fields below, only a few hundred yards away. As I started forward practically the whole population of the quarter flocked out of the houses and followed me. They had seen the rifle and were all shouting that I was going to shoot the elephant. It was fun to them, as it would be to an English crowd; besides, they wanted the meat. It made me a little uneasy. I had no intention of shooting the elephant—I had merely sent for the rifle to defend myself—and it is always uneasy to have a crowd following you. I marched down the hill, looking and feeling a fool, with the rifle over my shoulder and an ever-growing army of people knocking and pushing at my heels. Beyond the huts there was a rice field a thousand yards across, muddy from the first rains. The elephant was standing eight yards from the road. He took not the slightest notice of the crowd. He was tearing up bunches of grass, beating them against his knees to clean them and feeding them into his mouth.
As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him. It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant — it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery. There, peacefully eating, the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow. I thought then and I think now that his attack of “must” was already passing off, in which case he would merely wander harmlessly about. Moreover, I did not in the least want to shoot him.
But at that moment I glanced round at the crowd that had followed me. It was an immense crowd, two thousand at the least and growing every minute. I looked at the sea of the faces above the colorful clothes—faces all happy and excited over this bit of fun, all certain that the elephant was going to be shot. They were watching me as they would watch a magician about to perform a trick. They did not like me. But with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching. And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I had got to do it; I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward. And it was at this moment that I first felt the hollowness, the uselessness of the white man's control in the East. Here was I, standing in front of the unarmed crowd—seemingly the leading actor; but in reality only a puppet (傀儡). I understood in this moment that when the white man turns ruler of complete power it is his own freedom that he destroys.
1、The people were glad to think the elephant was to be shot mainly because ______.
A．it had damaged their homes and crops
B．it would provide them with meat
C．it would make them feel entertained
D．it was spoiling their rice fields
2、When the writer saw the elephant he felt .
A．foolish B．afraid C．pitiful D．confident
3、The writer realized that he had to shoot the elephant because .
A．shooting elephants is a serious problem
B．everybody expected it of him
C．he did not wish to disappoint the rulers
D．he had to show how guns are fired
4、What does the writer intend to tells us when he tells the story?
A．Leading actors are sometimes foolish puppets.
B．Government for white people are useless.
C．Power can sometimes turn people imprisoned.
D．Unarmed crowds are in control of everything.
25．（10分）As countless unmade beds and unfinished homework assignments prove, kids need rules. Yet how parents make demands can powerfully influence a child’s social skills, psychologists at the University of Virginia recently found after the conclusion of a study investigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Initially 184 13-year-olds filled out multiple surveys, including one to assess how often their parents employed psychologically controlling strategies, such as inducing guilt or threatening to withdraw affection. The kids rated, for example, how typical it would be for Dad to suggest that “if I really cared for him, I would not do things that caused him to worry”or for Mom to become “less friendly when I did not see things her way. ”
The researchers followed up with the subjects at ages 18 and 21, asking the young adults to bring along a close friend and, later, a romantic partner if they had one. These pairs were asked to answer hypothetical (假设的) questions that were purposefully written to inspire a difference of opinion. “We wanted to see whether they could navigate a disagreement in a healthy way, ” says study leader Barbara Oudekerk, now at the U. S. Department of Justice’s bureau of statistics.
In the October issue of Child Development, Oudekerk and her colleagues report that the 13-year-olds who had highly controlling parents struggled in friendly disagreements at age 18. They had difficulty stating their opinions in a confident, reasoned manner in comparison to the kids without controlling parents. And when they did speak up, they often failed to express themselves in warm and productive ways.
The researchers suspect that pushy parents ruin their child’s ability to learn how to argue his or h