2025-2026学年宁夏银川市宁夏大学附中英语高三上期末考试试题.doc

2025-2026学年宁夏银川市宁夏大学附中英语高三上期末考试试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．Check your paper carefully to see ________ you have made any mistakes.
A．what B．which C．whether D．that
2．_____ to manage time wisely, and you can make the most out of each day.
A．Learning B．To learn
C．Learned D．Learn
3．The new hotel is reported to be built it used to be a wasteland.
A．which B．where
C．in which D．what
4．--- Dad, have you seen my Christmas card?
--- ______ you painted last night? I’m afraid I haven’t seen ______.
A．One ; one B．The one ; it
C．One ; it D．The one ; that
5．—Bob says he will draw lessons from his failure and continue to try.
—I’m delighted that he ________ take that view.
A．will B．may C．should D．could
6．She said her ________ is enough to support her in later years and that her only hope is that her son can visit regularly. After all she had not much time left.
A．pension B．benefit C．allowance D．bonus
7．But for your instruction, I ______ such great progress in so short a time. Thanks a lot.
A．wouldn’t make B．hadn’t made
C．won’t make D．wouldn’t have made
8．In Beijing, more than 21,100 people ________ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.
A．have applied B．had applied
C．would have applied D．applied
9．Acceptance is not about liking a situation. It is about acknowledging all that has been lost and ________ to live with that loss.
A．learning B．learned
C．to learn D．having learned
10．If these new measures don’t work, we’ll have to _______ our old system.
A．make up for B．come up with
C．break away from D．fall back on
11．To make a breakthrough in his scientific research, the scientist has been making a(n) _____amount of effort.
A．modest B．miserable
C．optional D．tremendous
12．Since we can do nothing about it, we _________ as well consult Mr. Smith about the matter.
A．can B．must
C．need D．may
13．The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally .
A．pulled out B．pulled through C．pulled up D．pulled over
14．The reign of the next Japanese emperor will be known as “Reiwa” (令和) era, in ________ name the character for “harmony” is included.
A．which B．what
C．whose D．as
15．This January will be very precious for us by which time we ________ reviewing Senior Book I.
A．will finish B．will have finished
C．have finished D．will be finished
16．--The weather is too cold ___ March this year.
-- It was still ___ when I came here years ago.
A．for; colder B．in; cold
C．in; hot D．for; hotter
17．Just as the famous man _____it, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make____real.”
A．says, it B．put, / C．says, / D．put, them
18．While watching television, ____.
A．the doorbell rang B．we heard the doorbell ring
C．there was someone knocking at the door D．the doorbell was ringing
19．— Helen,are you going Io the airport to pick up Jack the day after tomorrow?
— ________ tomorrow night.I would go.
A．Were he to come back B．If he was about to come back
C．Had he come back D．If he would come back
20．Your letter will get attention! They know you’re expecting the answer.
A．careful B．common C．instant D．general
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 Wildernessby McKay Coppins (Little Brown, non-fiction, on sale now) The explosive story of the Republican Party’s painstaking efforts to find its way back to unity and national dominance. After the 2012 election, the GOP(大佬党) was in the wilderness. McKay Coppins has had unique access to Republican presidential candidates, power brokers, lawmakers, and Tea Party leaders.

Blood, Salt, Water by Denise Mina (Little Brown, fiction, on sale now) In the latest Alex Morrow story, a wealthy businesswoman disappears from her Glasgow home without a trace. Salt water lifts blood. Only salt water. Loch Lomond is a mile deep but the woman’s body surfaced anyway. “Set in Glasgow, still midnight falls within this umbrella of Tartan Noir with the flawed detective hero, Alex Morrow.”

Time and Time Again by Ben Elton (Thomas Dunne, fiction, on sale Jan. 29) In this time-traveling adventure which begins in 1914, ex-soldier Hugh Stanton goes attempts to prevent World War I. “A fun, smart, adventurous book, a work of science-fiction as big on ideas as action,” says The Sydney Morning Herald.

A Gift From Bob by James Bowen (Thomas Dunne, non-fiction, on sale now) London street musician James Bowen tells the story of how his cat Bob helped him overcome bad childhood memories of Christmas. Bowen and the real Bob are acting in the 2016 film version of Bowen’s best seller A Street Cat Named Bob, which stars Joanne Froggatt of Downton Abbey fame.

Beatrice and Benedick by Marina Fiorato (St. Martin’s Press, fiction, on sale now) A fresh take on the lovers from Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing imagines Beatrice and Benedick’s back story. “Full of passion, myth, and wit…a delight,” says Booklist.

1、Which of the books is not available for the time being?
A．The Wilderness B．Blood, Salt, Water
C．Time and Time Again D．A Gift From Bob
2、Who wrote a book based on a real story?
A．Denise Mina B．Ben Elton
C．Marina Fiorato D．James Bowen
3、It can be known from the passage that _____.
A．McKay Coppins used to be a political figure
B．Alex Morrow also appeared in other detective stories
C．Bowen and the real Bob are the most popular characters
D．Marina Fiorato interprets Shakespeare’s comedy differently
22．（8分）The National Postal Museum is divided into galleries that explore America's postal history. Visitors will have a full picture of the creation and fantastic varieties of postage stamps.
World of Stamps
Video images bring stamps to life and attract visitors who explore the surrounding displays. Visitors encounter the world’s first postage stamp — the 1840 Penny Black and learn how it revolutionized communication. Stamp images, including Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech and the stamp that helped raise almost $72 million dollars for breast cancer research, explain how stamps have shaped history and honored people and places worldwide.
Gems of American Philately
Visitors have the opportunity of examining 13 of the most rare and highly valued stamps in the world of the stamp collection, including the most famous American stamp of all, the 1918 Inverted Jenny. A video explains why the Inverted Jenny and other stamps displayed here are the most valuable. The treasures in this area are rarely available for public viewing. Each tells a story about an important event in US history.
Mail Marks History
The markings on mail provide valuable clues to the surprising ways mail has been transported over time, including challenges and even disasters encountered along the way. You will understand these markings by following the journeys of three historic letters.
Connect with US Stamps
Visitors explore their own connections with stamps. At three touch screen tables, they create their own stamp collection based on the topics that interest them most. They can also create their own stamp designs. Visitors have the chance to view videos in which stamp designers talk about their craft, stamp collectors explain what they collect and why, and footage(片段) shows the process of making stamps.
1、What can you do at World of Stamps?
A．Photograph some nice stamps on display.
B．Learn more about the great importance of stamps.
C．Donate money to cancer research.
D．Listen to a speech by Martin Luther King on video
2、What can you see at Gems of American Philately?
A．Some famous designers in the US.
B．Some newly released stamps in the US.
C．Some of the most valuable US stamps.
D．Some important public reviews of stamps.
3、Where can you see how stamps are created?
A．Connect with US Stamps B．Gems of American Philately
C．Mail Marks History D．World of Stamps
4、Where does this text come from?
A．An official report. B．An exhibition guide.
C．An announcement. D．An art show review.
23．（8分） I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language一the way it can evoke(唤起）an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”， as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used，“limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad，as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother's “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English rejected the quality of what she had to say. That is because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的）language，and for that I sought lo preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
1、By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that .
A．she uses English in foreign trade
B．she is fascinated by languages
C．she works as a translator
D．she is a writer by profession
2、The author used to think of her mother’s English as .
A．impolite B．amusing
C．imperfect D．practical
3、Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A．Americans do not understand broken English.
B．The author's mother was not respected sometimes.
C．The author’s mother had positive influence on her
D．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
4、The author gradually realizes her mother's English is .
A．well structured B．in the old style
C．easy to translate D．rich in meaning
5、What is the passage mainly about?
A．The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.
B．The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.
C．The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.
D．The author’s experiences of using broken English.
24．（8分）At your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to measure how long it lasts.
Among English speakers, chances are that it will be a second or two at most. But while this pattern may be universal, our awareness of silence differs dramatically across cultures.
What one culture considers a confusing or awkward pause may be seen by others as a valuable moment of reflection and sign of respect for what the last speaker has said. Research in Dutch and also in English found that when a silence in conversation stretches to four seconds, people start to feel uneasy. In contrast, a separate study of business meetings found that Japanese people are happy with silences of 8.2 seconds — nearly twice as long as in Americans’ meetings.
In Japan, it is recognized that the best communication is when you don’t speak at all. It’s already a failure to understand each other by speaking because you’re repairing that failure by using words.
In the US, it may originate from the history of colonial (殖民地) America as a crossroads of many different races. When you have a complex of difference, it’s hard to establish common understanding unless you talk and there’s understandably a kind of anxiety unless people are verbally engaged to establish a common life. This applies also to some extent to London.
In contrast, when there’s more homogeneity, perhaps it’s easier for some kinds of silence to appear. For example, among your closest friends and family it’s easier to sit in silence than with people you’re less well acquainted with.
1、Which of the following people might have the longest silence in conversation?
A．The Dutch. B．Americans.
C．The English. D．The Japanese.
2、What might the Japanese agree with in a conversation?
A．Speaking more gives the upper hand.
B．Speak out what you have in your mind.
C．Great minds think alike without words.
D．The shorter talking silence, the better.
3、What can we learn from the text?
A．A four second silence in conversation is universal.
B．It’s hard for Americans to reach a common agreement.
C．English speakers are more talkative than Japanese speakers.
D．The closer we and our family are, the easier the silence appears.
4、What does the underlined word “homogeneity” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Similarity. B．Contradiction.
C．Diversity. D．Misunderstanding.
25．（10分）Travel is one of the most exciting experiences a human being can have. Imagine how Italian traveler Marco Polo must have felt when he found himself on Chinese soil, seeing a way of life quite different from anything he’d seen before.
And how marvelous must it have been to listen to Zhang Qian when he returned to China from his journey through Central Asia and West Asia? His brain must have been packed with everything he’d seen and heard, leading to the founding of the Silk Road.
Some people have traveled all over the world, and travel is a way of life to them. They perhaps know what to expect before they travel. That’s why the best travel is when it’s for the first time. Imagine a person who has always wanted to travel to the United States. Of course, they’ve probably seen the Statue of Liberty a thousand times on TV, and the White House, and all the other famous sights. But none of that would compare to the thrill of looking out of the cabin window as the plane lands, watching the cities and streets of the real America come into view.
Although travel is often just for recreation, it’s also educational. We may not know that we are getting an education, but we still are.
We’re learning every day: new words in a new language, new people, and new ways of life. But this learning takes place in the school of the world, not the classroom. One of the lessons we learn is undoubtedly a moral one. As we get to know foreign places, we come to understand that there are many different ways to