2025年河北辛集中学英语高三第一学期期末考试模拟试题.doc

2025年河北辛集中学英语高三第一学期期末考试模拟试题
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1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．While interacting with people in India, I was ________ to a way of life completely different from my own.
A．reduced B．exposed C．committed D．transferred
2．－I _______ in the same position too long. My legs have fallen asleep.
－Shake it a little before you get up.
A．will sit B．have sat
C．am sitting D．have been stting
3．— There are no relative articles on the Internet.What shall we do?
— My God！There are always not any useful articles when you want .
A．one B．it C．that D．any
4．— Hi! John, would you like to play football with us?
— Oh，I can’t. I ___ my lesson all the morning and still need half an hour.
A．am reviewing B．have been reviewing
C．have reviewed D．reviewed
5．He’s as a “bellyacher”—he’s always complaining about something.
A．who is known B．whom is known
C．what is known D．which is known
6．________ is willing to volunteer in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is welcome to join us.
A．Whatever B．Whoever
C．Whenever D．Wherever
7．—I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days．
—Recent pressure at work may ____ his behavior．
A．account for B．call for C．change for D．stand for
8．With the development of agriculture, the people_____ village I taught arenow living a happy life.
A．in whose B．whose C．in which D．which
9．Hard work and lack of sleep have _____ her beauty and youth in recent years.
A．worn out B．tried out
C．made out D．sent out
10．I could not ________my tears when I saw the picture of my father working at the quake zone.
A．bring In B．turn up
C．take off D．hold back
11．As a(n) ________ and effective method, expressway noise barrier is a primary measure used to reduce traffic noise.
A．correctional B．flexible C．economical D．investigative
12．The cost of living in big cities ________ steadily for many years，and it has led some youths to drop out of the big city race.
A．is climbing B．is being climbed
C．has been climbing D．has been climbed
13．I _____up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled.
A．have made B．had made
C．was making D．would make
14．I’m sorry you have been waiting so long, but it will still be some time ________ you can get your passport.
A．since B．till
C．after D．before
15．One is expected to behave _________ on some special occasions.
A．accurately B．precisely C．appropriately D．rightly
16．During each NBA season, basketball fans cheer on their favorite teams to make _______ through.
A．it B．them
C．that D．those
17．He is such an unselfish man. You cannot help but ________ him.
A．respect B．to respect C．neglect D．to neglect
18．––Is this tea good cold as well?
––______ with ice, this tea is especially delicious.
A．Served B．Serving C．Having served D．To be served
19．Once he makes up his mind to do something, seldom ______ give it up.
A．he will B．does he
C．would he D．will he
20．He was greatly shocked at Donald Trump’s taking office. Never did he expect that the voters _______ be so unreasonable.
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）This message is to inform all the children that Santa’s post office in Himmelpfort, Germany, is open to receive your holiday wishes. That means you can mail your letters to Santa about 6 weeks sooner than that last year. Santa knows you’ve been good and wants to make sure he and his helpers receive your wish list earlier.
Eight post offices are organized across Germany to answer all the letters children send. This year they plan to receive over 250,000 letters. Though the letters fly from over 80 different countries, Santa and his helpers can understand and make sure to answer all the letters.
In 1984, two children from Berlin sent their wish lists to Himmelpfort after spending their vacation there. Their letters were answered by postal employees and later Himmelpfort increased its helpers to meet the needs of increased mail traffic. Year after year, Santa and his crew use an eco-friendly powered vehicle to collect the thousands of letters they receive from young boys and girls. The great news for this year is that if you come to the beautiful town of Himmelpfort, you can drop off your letter and visit Santa in person, from Tuesdays to Thursdays until Christmas Eve.
Santa does not currently have an e-mail, Twitter or a Facebook account. He believes in old-fashioned communication. So get out your paper and write your wish list. Just make sure your letter is clear so you can receive an official response. Send your letters to
Santa
Christmas Post Office
Himmelpfort Germany 298
1、This year Santa and his helpers .
A．are eager to receive more wishes
B．keep traveling around 80 countries
C．are able to receive kids’ letters earlier
D．answer most of the letters for kids
2、From the 3rd paragraph, we know that .
A．children from Berlin like spending holidays in Himmelpfort
B．post offices send kids all the presents they ask for
C．Santa uses a powered vehicle because of the heavy mail traffic
D．children can visit Santa in the flesh before Christmas Eve this year
3、Santa doesn’t have social communications online probably because he .
A．is not sure about the online security
B．trusts traditional ways of communication
C．prefers official and formal letters
D．thinks written letters are clearer than e-mails
4、This text is intended for .
A．tourists coming to Himmelpfort
B．teenagers preferring writing letters
C．parents preparing for Christmas
D．children planning to write to Santa
22．（8分）That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the 4Tirst-nighf, effect. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.
Dr. Sasaki knew the first-night effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved.
The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators (捕食者). This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing. To take a closer look, her team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the university’s Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants’ brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres (半球) of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did.
Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps (蜂鸣声) of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying alert to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found.
1、What do we learn about Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research?
A．She found birds and dolphins remain alert while asleep.
B．She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.
C．She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins
D．She conducted studies on birds’ and dolphins’ sleeping patterns.
2、What did Dr. Sasaki do when she first did her experiment?
A．She monitored the brain activity of participants sleeping in a new environment.
B．She recruited (招募) 35 participants from her Department of Psychological Sciences.
C．She studied the differences between the two sides of participants’ brains.
D．She tested her findings about birds and dolphins on human subjects.
3、What did Dr. Sasaki do when re-running her experiment?
A．She analyzed the negative effect of irregular tones on brains.
B．She recorded participants’ adaptation to changed environment.
C．She exposed her participants to two different stimuli (刺激物).
D．She compared the responses of different participants.
4、What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment?
A．They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.
B．They tended to recognize irregular beeps as a threat.
C．They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.
D．They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones
23．（8分） Peter Skyllberg, a Swedish man, was trapped in his car for two months, with temperatures reaching -30oC, with no food or water, and yet he survived. The best explanation was that his vehicle created an “igloo (snow house) effect” and protected him from the extremely low temperatures and that his body would hibernate(冬眠) during this time.
Can humans get into a low-energy consumption state like a bear by reserving energy, and reducing body temperature? Chinese scientists are looking for the key to regulating body temperature.
Scientists have found the hypothalamus (下丘脑), an area in the central lower part of the brain, is responsible for regulating body temperature. Wang Hong, a brain scientist at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led her team to mark the neurons (神经元) responsible for regulating body temperature in mice by means of a cutting-edge genetic biology technique. In the experiments, they injected (注射) drug into mice to make the body temperatures of the mice drop rom 37C to 27 in two hours. The team found the change in body temperature caused no harm to the health of the mice. “We don’t know if we can develop a drug that can control human body temperature. We still need a lot of study.” Wang said.
Chinese scientists are not alone in such research. Body-cooling techniques are being used in pioneering hospitals around the world. Dutch doctors are now using low temperatures for patients who have suffered brain injuries in accidents, According to doctors working in Florence, it may even help to save the brains of babies who are born suffering from severe epileptic fits (癫痫病发作).
1、Why does the author mention Peter Skyllberg?
A．To tell an amazing story. B．To introduce the topic.
C．To teach survival skills. D．To explain “igloo effect”.
2、What did Wang Hong’s team find in the experiment?
A．Genetic biology technique helped a lot.
B．A drug could control human body temperature.
C．The mice’s health wasn’t damaged by the change of body temperature.
D．Hypothalamus was responsible for regulating body temperature.
3、How can body-cooling techniques help people?
A．Brain injuries may be treated properly
B．People trapped in snow can survive.
C．Patients with epileptic fits will be cured.
D．Medical accidents can be avoided.
4、The text is probably taken from .
A．a biology textbook B．a science fiction
C．a survival brochure D．a medical magazine
24．（8分）Welcome to Inspire 21!
Our aim is to provide ”Inspiring words for the 21st century”. So, here we offer a unique collection of inspiring short stories, motivational short stories, and humorous short stories for you to read and share.
If you do care to share, click the “SHARE”button in the bottom left corner of each page. And thanks for telling others about Inspire 21.
The inspiring stories that are labeled(标记)“TRUE”are done so to the best of our knowledge, but we do not have full proof in some cases. However, all of these stories and messages are provided because of their uplifting content, whether true or not. Many books we’ve read and movies we’ve watched were totally untrue, but we enjoyed the inspiration they gave us—especially if they had a happy ending.
So, please read and share these stories at your own discretion(判断力). Thank you for your understanding!
Also, many of the inspiring stories used here are used with permission from the author. However, we cannot grant(授予) permission to reuse any of these inspirational stories, as the majority of them are not ours.
Lastly, many inspiring stories(emailed to us or we came across online )are listed as “Author Unknown” If you happen to know the author’s name, to whom credit should be given, please contact us with that information so we can keep our inspiring story collection accurate. Thank you again! !
1、What does Inspire 21do?
A．It encourages people to use inspiring words.
B．It offers books and movies with a happy ending.
C．It collects both true stories and untrue messages.
D．It provides short stories for people to read and share.
2、Which of the following words has the closest meaning to“inspiring”?
A．Uplifting.
B．Unique.
C．Accurate.
D．Humorous.
3、What are the readers expected to do in the last paragraph?
A．Reuse inspiring stories.
B．Write more true stories.
C．Help to give credit to unknown authors.
D．Keep the inspiring stories more accurate.
25．（10分）Singapore Swimming Lessons
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