2025-2026学年江西省新余市第四中学三联考英语高三第一学期期末考试模拟试题.doc

2025-2026学年江西省新余市第四中学三联考英语高三第一学期期末考试模拟试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．—To apply for a short-term study visa in the UK, I have to be able to speak some English, but I want to go there just to learn English.
—Oh, it’s really____.
A．a confidential source B．a catch-22 situation
C．a Pandora’s box D．a Herculean task
2．The accident which left 15 people on board dead ________ if both the angry female passenger and the bus driver had kept calm.
A．should have avoided B．should be avoided
C．could have avoided D．could have been avoided
3．Only after talking to two students that having strong motivation is one of the biggest factors in reaching goals.
A．I did discover B．did I discover
C．I discovered D．discovered
4．The Palace of Versailles, France’s national treasure, has ________ many changes in its century-long history while keeping its beauty.
A．gone through B．taken on
C．led to D．showed off
5．Hawking believes the earth is unlikely to be the only planet _____ life has developed gradually.
A．that B．why
C．where D．whose
6．A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help ________ you year ahead.
A．sharpen B．switch
C．stretch D．shape
7．His dream was ________ a photo studio that could transport people back to the past.
A．opening B．opened
C．to open D．open
8．_____ here, come and have a cup of tea.
A．Passing B．To pass C．Pass D．Having passed
9．—What did she want to know, Tom?
—She wondered we could complete the experiment
A．when was it that B．it was when that
C．it was when D．when it was that
10．If he ____hard, he would have passed the exam.
A． were to work B． had worked
C． should work D． was to work
11．--Hello，________________
--Oh，sorry. I've got the wrong number.
A．Dr. Brown's office. B．Who's that speaking？
C．Can I help you？ D．Is that Dr. Brown？
12．．What I like about Harvard is there’s the old classical look—there are parks and traditional buildings.
A．why B．where C．that D．how
13．Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while.
A．will finish B．finishes
C．has finished D．had finished
14．For the Chinese dream ______ at an earlier date, we must accelerate the pace of reform and opening up.
A．being realized B．to realize
C．realizing D．to be realized
15．---Are you satisfied with his school report?
---Not at all. It couldn’t have been ______.
A．worse B．so bad
C．better D．the worst
16．What a pity! ________joined in the party, I would have met my old friend．
A．lf I have B．Had I C．I had D．Have I
17．The maple trees turn a brilliant red in autumn, adding another to the colors in the harvest season.
A．theme B．version
C．category D．dimension
18．When ________ questions in class, one should answer them as clearly as possible.
A．asking B．to ask C．to be asked D．asked
19．In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack ______ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.
A．less than B．more than
C．other than D．rather than
20．-----Good evening. Huangshan Hotel.
-----Good evening. ______________?
A．Do you still have a room for tonight B．What would you like, please
C．Is there anything I can do for you D．Who is that speaking, please
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）As I went down the wooden snowy steps, I held the rough railing (栏杆) with one hand, held my crying daughter Kelly with the other and made my way into the yard. I knew everything would be okay if I located my mother.
Instead of a smile, she greeted me with concern. I knew she had read my face as I’d approached. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
I held the baby out. “I can’t take care of this baby,” I said simply. My mother didn’t take her from my arms as I expected. She smiled slightly, and then replied firmly, “You have to take care of that baby.” This was not the response I wanted. Couldn’t she hear the baby crying? I wanted her to fix this problem. Instead, she took off her gloves and asked me in for some coffee.
Mom held Kelly while I held the coffee cup. At that moment the baby finally stopped crying. I glanced over at Kelly, content in my mother’s arms. Her tiny blue eyes were fixed on me, as if to ask, “What’s the problem here, Mama?” Her sweet, familiar breath eased the stress in the air. I looked at my mother, feeling foolish but relieved. She stood and placed an arm around my shoulders. “By the time you came along, things were quite the opposite for me. But with my first child, you can bet that I often felt helpless.”
The baby showed no signs of our afternoon struggle, while my own hair remained damp and messy from sweat and worry. “Crying is the only way babies have to communicate. Try to listen to her cries and hear them as language. She’s not crying to annoy you; she’s trying to convey a message with the only voice she has.”
Once again, her gentle guidance had supported me through a storm and back into clear skies. As I headed back to my own home, Mom reminded me, “It won’t always be so hard. Children grow fast. Before you know it, you’ll have an empty nest and you’ll miss her.”
1、Why did the author visit her mother in the rough weather?
A．She was concerned about her mother’s safety.
B．She was helpless and needed her mother’s help.
C．She wanted everything to be OK with her family.
D．She wanted to learn to care for babies from her.
2、How did the author’s mother feel when bringing her up?
A．Experienced and confident.
B．Inexperienced but patient.
C．Thoughtless and unconcerned.
D．Considerate but impatient.
3、What did the author’s mother think about babies’ crying?
A．It’s babies9 way of expressing discomfort or hunger.
B．It’s babies9 main way to exercise and grow healthy.
C．It’s babies, only way of communication with people.
D．It’s babies’ fight for love and care from the world.
4、What can we infer about the author’s mother?
A．She likes to raise small children and give advice.
B．She lives a lonely life without her children.
C．She used to sail out to the sea with the author.
D．She often gives advice to the author in trouble.
22．（8分） On a cool morning, Wilson Kasaine walks along a dirt path in southern Kenya. Actually, Kasaine is tracking lions. Particularly, he is tracking one lion called Marti.
Tracking lions on foot may sound dangerous, but Kasaine has been doing it for most of his life. Born in a traditional Maasai family, he understood the beauty and risk of the wildlife. Living with big game forces him to develop a good sense of where animals have been and where they might be going. During his 12-kilometer walks to and from school, he learned how to tell the paw prints of a lion from those of other animals.
Growing up, Kasaine knew that improving his tracking abilities would help him avoid other dangerous animals. But maybe Kasaine didn’t know that, years later, he would be tracking lions specifically to encounter them and to protect them. Today he leads a small group of wide-eyed tourists over a red sandy path in the reserve, searching for the lion that has left upon it his unmistakable prints.
Each year, tens of thousands of tourists come to Kenya’s national parks to try to visit the “big five”: elephants, rhinoceros, leopards, buffaloes, and lions. The attraction of these animals to people all over the world means that the nation’s economy is tied to the protection of its wildlife. If Kenya’s wildlife disappears, so does its second-largest source of income.
Considering the rapid urban development in Kenya, this isn’t unimaginable. In 2016, a study shows that many of the nation’s most treasured species have fallen to less than one-third of their population counting from just 40 years ago. The number of lions fell too. In 1998, the nation was home to over 15,000; only about 2,000 remain today. Several experts have predicted they could disappear entirely from the country in the next two decades.
Wildlife protection efforts in Kenya must be at the sacrifice of other things. People were forced to leave their land and into smaller surrounding regions. Communities like Kasaine’s are now finding it increasingly difficult to maintain a traditional Maasai lifestyle. But they are glad that their sacrifice really makes a difference.
1、What did Kasaine learn on his way to school and back home?
A．The beauty and risk of the wildlife.
B．The method of telling different plants.
C．The skills of telling different paw prints.
D．The lifestyle of a traditional Maasai family.
2、What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The lion. B．The path.
C．The reserve. D．The group.
3、Why is Kenya making efforts to protect wildlife?
A．To improve the nation’s economy.
B．To offer more jobs to the local people.
C．To show the importance of the “big five”.
D．To set a good example to other countries.
4、What do we know from the fifth paragraph?
A．The lions in Kenya are in danger of dying out.
B．The number of species declined seriously in 2016.
C．The nation’s economy is experiencing a very hard period.
D．Species in Kenya decreased every year in the recent ten years.
5、How does Kasaine feel about his sacrifice?
A．Unpleasant. B．Hopeful.
C．Doubtful. D．Worthwhile.
23．（8分）Ask people in the UK what the words “Sunday roast” mean to them, and they’ll probably take you back to their grandmothers’ dining rooms --– maybe with a few stories of “the greatest puddings” and “the best ever steak”. But now the traditional Sunday roast seems to have been left back in the old days. According to the Daily Mail, just one in 50 British families sits down to this weekly meal together.
There are many reasons why the roast is becoming less popular. In the busy modern world, where breakfast is a slice of toast eaten on the way to work or school and lunch is a quick sandwich in front of the computer screen, people just don’t seem to have the time or patience to make a roast.
And Sunday was once a day when people could easily go to the kitchen to cook. Nowadays, people are often out shopping or at the cinema until it’s far too late to start thinking about heating the oven(烤箱) up.
However, a recent article from The Telegraph warned against being carried away by our tight schedules: “It would be a shame to let this fine old tradition disappear.”
The Guardian further explained that the eating of the big meal is only the half of it. The Sunday roast also makes for relaxed morning activities in the kitchen, and the table becomes the perfect place to share good food and chat with family and friends. “For busy moms and dads, even if you can manage to turn off your mobile phone and the TV only once a week and turn the Sunday roast into a real family event, children can have fun cooking the food and clearing up together.”
1、The best title for the passage is probably _____.
A．Sunday—Best Time for Family
B．Sunday Roast Dying Out
C．It’s the Perfect Time for Us
D．Let’s Sit Down Together
2、Why do people pay less attention to Sunday roast?
A．They have a busy lifestyle.
B．They have no interest in cooking.
C．They don’t think it worthwhile.
D．They are living in the modern society.
3、What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．A recent article.
B．A traditional kitchen.
C．The fine old tradition.
D．Sunday morning activity.
4、How does the author feel towards Sunday roast’s dying out?
A．Doubtful. B．Positive.
C．Sorry. D．Uncertain.
24．（8分） Canada is a bilingual country with "co-official " languages. English and French enjoy equal status as the official languages of all government agencies in Canada. This means that the public has the right to communicate with and receive services from government in either English or French. Government employees have the right to work in the official language of their choice in certain bilingual regions.
Like the United States, Canada started as a colony. Beginning in the 1500s it was part of New France but later became a British colony after the Seven Years’ War. As a result, the Canadian government recognized the languages of both colonizers: France and England. The Constitution (宪法)Act of 1867 admitted the use of both languages in federal courts. Years later, Canada strengthened its commitment to bilingualism when it passed the Official Languages Act of 1969, which reconfirmed the constitutional origins of its co official languages.
Recognition of both English and French protects the rights of all Canadians. Among other benefits, the 1969 Act recognized the Canadian citizens should be able to access federal laws and government documents, whether their native language was French or English. The general law also requires that consumer products feature bilingual packaging throughout the country.
The Canadian government is committed to advancing the equality and the use of English and French and provides support to the development of English and French minority communities. However, the reality is that most Canadians speak English, and of course, many Canadians speak another language entirely.
Although the federal government theoretically guarantees bilingual services in all areas, there are many regions where English is the clear majority language so the government does not offer services in French in those regions. Canadians use the phrase "where numbers justify "to indicate whether a local populations language requires bilingual services from the government.
While many Canadians are bilingual in English and French, Statistics. Canada finds that over 200 other languages were reported as a language spoken by its people. About two-thirds of the respondents who spoke one of these languages also spoke either English or French
1、Why are two official languages accepted in Canada?
A．The language-using tradition caused by Canada's colonial history
B．The theoretical commitment made by Canadian courts in the past
C．The welcome attitude towards people coming from all over the world
D．The mastery of two languages of Canadians because of school education
2、What is the current situation of official languages in Canada?
A．People speaking English are superior because of their access to federal laws
B．Federal governments have to provide bilingual services to all citizens in Canada
C．French minority communities are given more support due to their language-using history
D．There are more people speaking English than French in some parts of Canada
3、What can we infer from the passage?
A．The legal court usage of French and English was established in Canada in 1969.
B．Some Canadians in certain districts might speak neither English nor French
C．Either French or English should be used on products in Canada according to the law