2025-2026学年湖南省嘉禾一中、临武一中英语高三第一学期期末预测试题.doc

2025-2026学年湖南省嘉禾一中、临武一中英语高三第一学期期末预测试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．Considered to be a less dangerous to tobacco, "e-cigs" are taking over the West as more and more people switch over when trying to kick the habit.
A．adjustment B．alternative
C．advertisement D．amusement
2．— Don't look down upon Bob. He has his own advantages.
—Oh, yes others are weak, he is strong.
A．Before B．When
C．Where D．Though
3．Della turned all of her pockets inside out only to find $ 1.87 buy Jim a present for Christmas.
A．with what to B．with that she can C．in which to D．with which to
4．He worked in a car factory for four years, ______ he founded his own company in his hometown.
A．after which B．after when
C．after that D．after it
5．________ challenges in Chinas car-sharing economy, shared mobility still has a promising future.
A．Despite B．Besides
C．Concerning D．Regarding
6．—Is Peter coming?
—No, he____ his mind after a phone call at the last minute.
A．changes B．changed
C．was changing D．had changed
7．When she was in trouble, I did what I could to help her．__________ my help, she wrote me a letter of thanks．
A．In honor of B．In case of C．In terms of D．In return for
8．You _____ read a book in the sun—it'll do harm to your eyes．
A．couldn't B．wouldn't C．needn't D．mustn't
9．How come? I can’t find my key. I just left it ________ it had been.
A．where B．which
C．when D．how
10．Time is pressing．You cannot start your task _____ soon．
A．too B．very C．so D．as
11．Rosa _____ this washing machine for more than ten years. She is thinking about buying a new one.
A．is using B．used
C．had used D．has been using
12．To be an expert, a beginner needs to go through a series of _____ stages.
A．intermediate B．liberal
C．overall D．demanding
13．Young couples will be happy to see their babies _______ with good health and intelligence when they are born.
A．to bless B．blessing
C．blessed D．being blessed
14．I will go to Beijing on business tomorrow, do you have anything ____ to your son studying in Peking University?
A．to be taken B．to take C．taken D．being taken
15．—Do you feel like going to the cinema tonight?
—Sorry, I ’ m so tired．I ____an early night．
A．have B．am having C．have had D．had
16．Some analysts suspected that the rebellion was _______ and financed by a western country.
A．launched B．backed C．evaluated D．crushed
17．They do have a different to the problem of overpopulation．
A．solution B．opinion
C．decision D．conclusion
18．---How did she lose so much weight as expected？
----_____________ eating less，she jogged for several miles every day.
A．In addition to B．In spite of
C．Instead of D．Thanks to
19．—Dad, you should have taken me to the football match this morning.
—I had intended to, but I couldn’t spare any time, I _____ a report.
A．had written B．wrote
C．was writing D．would write
20．Ann said whenever her father was unhappy he ________ go out and buy something, usually something large and useless.
A．should B．could
C．would D．might
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）The morning she left for Camp Kanawa, Maria awoke with an ache in her stomach. She had gone on plenty of parties. She ’ d even spent a whole weekend at Aunt Jolie and Uncle Ed ’ s. So what happened to her?
No breakfast today, she thought, imagining the ache turning into throwing up and a horrible road trip after a full meal. As usual, Maria felt hungry as soon as the room smelled of French toast. On the other hand, maybe a good breakfast was exactly what she needed.
“There’ s my big camper!’’ said her mom. Then, she walked to the stove, placed two pieces of French toast on a plate and powdered sugar snowing down. “Just like you like it. ’’ At the meanwhile, Maria was already in position, armed with knife, fork, napkin and full glass of milk.
‘‘Get started while it ’ s hot. Your father ’ s coming down in a minute. I told him to shave. Don’t want the bear—I mean, the bushy black beard.，?
“Okay，okay，” Maria’s dad said with a smile. “Clean as a whistle. Just like you ordered. ”
“ Really?” Maria ’ s mom shrugged (耸肩）•
“ I think it ’ s fashionable，” Maria said，dipping a bite in some syrup (糖楽）.
“Well，your old man is fashionable，，’ her dad said, moving his head the way he did when he wanted to look like a cool surfer man but looked more like an Egyptian robot. “ In fact，I was the most popular kid at my camp.，’
“For the record，it was a science camp，，’ Maria’s mother reminded her, looking her straight in the eyes. “In all seriousness, Maria, popularity is not important and finding the people who like you for you—that ’ s what matters. ”
“Your mom speaks the truth, Sugar,” said Maria’ s dad，wiping his thick beard with a napkin. “Just be yourself. You’ 11 definitely enjoy it.
1、What probably led to Maria’s hesitation to eat breakfast?
A．The lack of adequate nutrition.
B．The concern about feeling sick.
C．The inviting smell of French toast.
D．The worry about getting overweight.
2、What is Maria’s attitude towards her father’s beard?
A．Favorable. B．Disapproving.
C．Concerned. D．Uncaring.
3、Why did Maria* s mother remind her that her father went to a science camp?
A．To advise Maria not to focus on popularity.
B．To share her similar experience with Maria.
C．To emphasize the importance of science to Maria.
D．To persuade Maria not to discuss subjects except science.
4、What is the best title for the text?
A．Father ’ s beard B．A wonderful breakfast
C．Family talk about a camp D．Maria ’ s dream to be a big camper
22．（8分）How many girls in this world fall behind? The answer is hard—too many to count. This is why the phrase “Go Get It Girl” popped up in my head one day. This would be my project. Thus begins the journey of my Cold Award project, the largest and most important step of Girl Scouts (女童子军).
“Go Get It Girl” is a girl’s self-empowerment (自我授权) project centered on a website called gogetitgirl.org. It focuses on areas including education, health, and financial literacy. The education section includes information on applying to college and, maintaining good grades. The health section contains information on basic health and self-respect. Lastly, the financial literacy section has all the information a girl needs to manage her money properly.
As part of my project, I was able to work one-on-one with girls in elementary, middle, and high school. I gave a speech at a local high school’s College Night. I spoke to Hispanic girls and their parents about applying to college. In addition, I worked with an organization called Cool Girls, Inc. Cool Girls is an organization focused on the advancement of girls in all aspects of their development. I worked at the afterschool program, Cool Girls Club. The girls I worked with were primarily minorities, and Cool Girls truly helps them to rise above any current difficulties in their lives.
To provide inspiration for the girls who visit gogetitgirl.org, I interviewed successful women in my community, including a doctor and business owner.
The project has been a lot of work, arid it’s not over yet. It will never be over, hopefully, because I will always look for ways to help girls.
1、102．What does the underlined phrase “popped up” in Paragraph to) refer to?
A．took root. B．gained popularity. C．made its way. D．appeared all of a sudden.
2、104．What does the writer mainly tell us in the first paragraph?
A．Why the writer started “Go Get It Girl’. B．Why many girls fall behind.
C．How Girl Scouts is founded. D．What Girl Scouts refers to.
3、106．What can help a girl learn how to make both ends meet?
A．Education. B．Cool Girls Club. C．Financial literacy. D．College Night.
4、108．Why did the writer interview successful women in the community?
A．To finish the Gold Award project as soon as possible.
B．To offer good ideas to girls visiting gogetitgirl.org.
C．To promote the local community construction.
D．To seek financial support for the project
23．（8分） Boomerang children who return to live with their parents after university can be good for families, leading to closer, more supportive relationships and increased contact between the generations, a study has found.

The findings contradict research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant decline in their parents’ quality of life and wellbeing.
The young adults taking part in the study were “more positive than might have been expected about moving back home—the shame is reduced as so many of their peers are in the same position, and they acknowledged the benefits of their parents’ financial and emotional support. Daughters were happier than sons, often slipping back easily into teenage patterns of behaviour, the study found.
Parents on the whole were more uncertain, expressing concern about the likely duration of the arrangement and how to manage it. But they acknowledged that things were different for graduates today, who leave university with huge debts and fewer job opportunities.
The families featured in the study were middle-class and tended to view the achievement of adult independence for their children as a “family project”. Parents accepted that their children required support as university students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable them to move out and get on the housing ladder.
“However”, the study says, “day-to-day tensions about the prospects of achieving different dimensions of independence, which in a few extreme cases came close to conflict, characterised the experience of a majority of parents and a little over half the graduates”.
Areas of disagreement included chores, money and social life. While parents were keen to help, they also wanted different relationships from those they had with their own parents, and continuing to support their adult children allowed them to remain close.
1、What is the finding of the previous research?
A．Boomerang children made their parents happier.
B．The parents were looking forward to their children’s return.
C．The parents’ quality of life became worse than before.
D．Boomerang children never did any housework.
2、The underlined word “trigger” in Paragraph 2 may be best replaced by ________.
A．cause B．defeat
C．arise D．allow
3、What is the attitude of the college graduates towards returning home?
A．They are ashamed of turning to their parents for help.
B．They are glad that they could come back.
C．They are doubtful about whether they should return.
D．They are proud to be independent from the family.
4、What can be inferred as the reason for the “boomerang children” phenomenon?
A．The children want to keep in closer touch with their parents.
B．The parents are willing to provide support to their children.
C．It is harder for the children to secure a satisfying job.
D．There is more house work needed to be done by the children.
5、What is the side effect of the boomerang children phenomenon?
A．Both parents and children enjoy a more harmonious relationship.
B．Neither parents nor children want to do the chores at home.
C．Not only parents but also children want to be independent.
D．There are occasional quarrels between parents and children.
24．（8分）I’m 47 years old. Two days ago, you sent me an email, which I did not answer. I didn’t answer it, in part, because I am 47 years old.
I almost answered your email after bedtime, which is when I have often answered emails. My laptop was put on my bedside table. My husband sat on his side of the bed, and he leaned back and asked me if I’d given any thought to whether the chickens would need to be kept away from the apple trees after he sprayed them with something to keep the bugs away.
We moved on to the children’s math grades, then to the way they just take their socks off and leave them, inside out, no matter where they are. I looked at the clock and saw that it was not as early as I’d thought, not for a lot of things, and so we turned off the light, and I did not answer your email.
Your email sat among emails from bosses and editors and orthodontists all through the next workday. My children were at school, and I had not yet managed to write 300 words nine more times. I thought about answering your email in the afternoon, while my older daughter and I waited outside the school for her sister to finish a piano lesson. My daughter probably would not have minded. She is almost 13, and sometimes, when she sits in the house texting while I try to talk to her, I sprayed her with the bottle I keep on the counter to spray the cats when they start scratching the back of the sofa. I could have answered your email then. I admit it. We could have sat there, in peaceful silence, each staring at our phone. I had time to answer your email, and I did not.
I snuggled(依偎) my youngest son at bedtime that night, because he asked. I snuggled him even though your email was calling, and some part of me wanted to pull away from the tedium of bedtime and reply. Replying would have felt fresh and new, while bedtime felt old and stale. I would like to say I snuggled my son and did not give your email one single thought, but that would not be true, and it would also be rude, even though it is a state of mind to which many of us aspire. Instead, I hovered(悬停) somewhere between presence in the bedtime moment and awareness of your email and many others. I spend a lot of time in that gap, sometimes drafting mental responses to emails, which I am later surprised and sad to find I have not actually sent.
It is possible that I will answer your email later, in a few hours, or in a few years, maybe when I am 57, and I will be so happy to have your email. We will trade words, and those words will again seem so real to me, a whole world in my laptop, where I live, sometimes, because there is so much that is attractive in there, where time moves fast and yet never moves at all. I will take my laptop outside and I will sit among the trees, listening for the voices of children who are no longer home, and I will answer your email.
It is also possible that I will not — that I, in fact, will never answer your email. If that is the case, if the people and the places and the things around me still press upon me with more urgency than your email and so many others, I hope that you will forgive me. I have already forgiven myself.
1、Why does the author mention chickens and the children’s math grades?
A．Because daily routines took up most of her time.
B．Because she was troubled by many unimportant things.
C．Because she was more concerned about her family.
D．Because she often put off answering email till bedtime.
2、What can be l