2025-2026学年新疆阿克苏地区沙雅县第二中学英语高三上期末经典试题.doc

2025-2026学年新疆阿克苏地区沙雅县第二中学英语高三上期末经典试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．Advertising often functions as an indicator for ______ society considers to be socially acceptable and desirable at the time.
A．what B．whether
C．how D．which
2．Don’t 　　　to spring-clean the whole house just because my mother is coming — there’s no need to do that.
A．undertake B．attempt
C．bother D．hesitate
3．________ your blog, I would have written back two days ago.
A．If I read B．Should I read
C．Had I read D．If I could have read
4．________enough money, the young man was unable to buy his girlfriend expensive jewelry.
A．Not to save B．Not saving
C．Not having saved D．Not saved
5．I’m not sure of the reason for the dog’s illness, but it ____ by eating too much.
A．may have been caused B．need have been caused
C．should have been caused D．must have been caused
6．Never turn down a job because you think it’s too small. You don’t know _____ it can lead.
A．how B．where
C．whether D．what
7．Hard work，along with dedicated revolutionary spirit is the fundamental guarantee of success，which is ________ we should learn from the pioneers participating in the Long March.
A．that B．what
C．where D．how
8．After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on all the people who had helped in her career.
A．to thank B．thanking
C．having thanked D．to have thanked
9．Although everything seems to have been taken into consideration, ________ accident can happen when the astronauts walk in ________ space.
A．/; the B．an; the C．the; the D．an; /
10．When caught _____ in the exam, he begged for the teacher’s pardon and tried ______ punishment.
A．cheating; escaping B．to be cheating; to escape
C．cheating; to escape D．to be cheating; escaping
11．During the 2008 financial crisis，the French president Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to provide millions of emergency fund aid to help unemployment．
A．release B．resemble C．relieve D．recommend
12．The reds and golds _____ into each other as the sun sank. What a beautiful sight!
A．bumped B．pressed
C．melted D．turned
13．Tourists love Beijing, offers an infinite collection of delights ranging from 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites to food from every corner of China and beyond.
A．that B．where
C．which D．who
14．The majority of new businesses fail because, ________ they have a product or service that fills a gap in the market, they usually lack the skills in sales, marketing, and administration.
A．now that B．even if
C．as long as D．as though
15．Whether to favor urban development or the preservation of historical sites is especially controversial in China, where there exists rich history, diversified tradition and cultural ________.
A．surplus B．deposits C．accounts D．receipts
16．U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sunday night, November 15th2009, ______a state visit to China.
A．starting B．started C．to start D．having started
17．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
18．Youth is a period of our life we see no limit to our hopes and wishes.
A．where B．that
C．what D．when
19．Right now, lots of people search for products on the Internet but still buy them at stores. Internet shopping will really ____ when people are sure that it is safe.
A．set up B．set off C．take off D．take up
20．Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _______ of 10 percent on all sales made?
A．deposit B．receipt
C．pension D．commission
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 was the last time you sent a postcard? The UK’s family-owned oldest postcard firm,which has been publishing postcards and calendars since 1880, will close this December. The reason? It says instead of penning a card,people are putting photos up on Facebook or Instagram or using WhatsApp to show friends arid family at home just how much fun they’re having.
If you get a postcard from someone who’s away somewhere, it’s as much the thought that they’ve gone through the hassle(麻烦)of choosing a postcard, working out where to get a stamp from,finding a postbox and then the postcard making that journey through to you. That’s the value of the postcard．But that time has gone．
Brothers Charles and Harry Salmon, the fifth generation of the family to run the firm, said the popularity of social media had had a huge impact on the business. People are also tending to take shorter holidays, meaning they are likely to have arrived home long before their postcards. As a result the business was no longer viable.
“Increasingly challenging trading conditions and changes to the nature and size of the market for its publications have resulted in uncertainty over the future of its trade,” the brothers wrote in a letter to suppliers and newsagents.
As a result they were announcing a proposal to withdraw from publishing. The number of postcards sold each year is reported to have seen a sharp decline to about five million from 20 million just 25 years ago. But the firm said that as well as the drop in the number of postcards sent. “we have also had to consider that there are no more members of the family who wish to join the business."
1、What is the best title of the text?
A．UK’s oldest postcard firm set to close
B．Postcard industry booming in the future
C．UK's postcard firm through a tough time
D．Postcard industry needing support to survive
2、What’s the value of sending a postcard?
A．It’s a journey of love
B．It’s a symbol of sympathy
C．It’s an act of patience
D．It’s a way of passing time
3、What does the underlined word “viable" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Worth of praise
B．Possible to change
C．Short of money
D．likely to exist
4、Where does this text probably come from?
A．A business column
B．A finance report
C．A hi-tech advertisement
D．A book review
22．（8分）When Sabrina Vega was 5 years old, a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Sabrina discovered that she loved doing gymnastics.
A few nights after the party, Sabrina had a dream. She told her mother, Jahira, about the dream. Jahira said, “Sabrina said that in her dream she went to the Olympics. She described everything at this international competition. At first I did not take her story seriously.”
But Sabrina kept talking about her dream. She told it to her father, David. So Jahira and David decided to pay for Sabrina to learn gymnastics.
So Sabrina started to train at a special and competitive gym. Though only 7 years old, she was already training to compete at a high level. The years passed quickly. Sabrina got better and better. By the time she was 12 years old, Sabrina was training so many hours each day that she did not have time to do things that many other Americans of an age did.
When Sabrina was 13, she had a chance to compete in a national gymnastics event. If she did well, the event would give her the chance to join the national team — the team that trains for the Olympics.
But the family was out of money. Jahira had to tell Sabrina that she could not go. Jahira said, “Tears came to her eyes, and she said, ‘I understand’.”
A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Sabrina’s gym unexpectedly. They watched Sabrina train. Then they asked to talk to her mother. The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed!
Eventually, Sabrina Vega competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials. She finished 10th in the all-round.
1、Sabrina Vega had a dream to .
A．go to the party
B．do gymnastics
C．take part in the Olympics
D．attend a national competition
2、From the passage, we can infer .
A．Sabrina’s parents were tired of her talking
B．Sabrina’s parents loved her and were moved by her
C．Sabrina’s parents supported her dream even at the beginning
D．Sabrina became a national team player at the age of twelve
3、What does the author want to tell us?
A．All roads lead to Rome.
B．Early birds catch worms.
C．Practice makes perfect.
D．God bless the determined and hard-working.
4、Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．A talented girl B．The caring parents
C．An Olympic dream D．A helping hand
23．（8分）In creating A．J. Fikry’s ordinary-yet-extraordinary life, the author Gabielle Zevin has thrown every clichés(老生常谈) into the mix. The hero, A．J. Fikry, lost his beloved wife Nic in a road accident. The sales of his bookstore have been decreasing. The enthusiastic new sales representative Amelia won’t stop annoying him with new books. His rare and very valuable first edition has gone missing. But the unexpected arrival of Maya left in his care brings about a series of events with love and hope to his life.
There are few real surprises in the plot and attentive readers will be able to tell where the story is headed. But that is not the point; the clichés and the predictable plot take nothing away from Zevin’s work The Storied Life of A．J. Fikry because it’s how she tells the story that first charms the readers, then holds their attention, making them read the whole book in a single sitting and finally give the book a long hug when they are finished. This book is a love letter to the joys of reading.
Each chapter begins with the title of a short story or a book and a note from A．J. Fikry describing what he likes about it, essentially introducing each character by what they read. The characters are so realistic that it’s hard not to fall in love with all of them: Maya, “the fantastic book-worm,” Amelia, “the giantess” with questionable taste in fashion, Lambiase, the adorable police chief, and A．J. Fikry, the reluctant hero who hates electronic reading devices that will “send centuries of a lively culture into what will surely be a rapid decline.”
The passage of time, race issues, and the bureaucratic argument of children’s services are all put aside in the telling of this story, not because there’s anything to hide or because reality is not allowed to interfere, but because the author chooses to focus on the important stuff. For example, it focuses on Lambiase who organizes a reading club for policemen at the book store. His original intention is to help promote business, but over the years he becomes a genuine book-lover, one who tends to always have simple advice for his cynical(愤世嫉俗的) friend, A．J. Fikry. “Bad timing,” Lambiase claims, “I’ve been a police officer for twenty years now and I’ll tell you pretty much every bad thing in life is a result of bad timing, and every good thing is the result of good timing.”
More than anything else, this novel is not only about the selling of them or the reading of them, but how books and stories become part of our lives, how we find ourselves within what we read and how we carry books with us. It is also about the power of unexpected happiness and always believing that something wonderful is just around the corner. The Late Bloomer is the book within a book which brings together A．J. Fikry and Amelia. It reminds them that life doesn’t follow a set script, things happen when they are meant to happen, and there is no such thing as “too late” for anything. Life is the big picture. Always look at the big picture. Enjoy it. Don’t get too concentrated on the details, because it will all be over before you know it. In the long run nobody, not even you, will remember the ordinary details because they are, in the end, quite irrelevant.
A．J. Fikry’s final words of wisdom to teen-aged Maya convey the same feelings in literary terms: “We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works. We have read enough to know there are no collections where each story is perfect. Some of us hit. Some miss.”
1、The author’s attitude towards Zevin’s book is _________.
A．supportive B．critical
C．objective D．indifferent
2、How many characters of the novel are mentioned in the passage?
A．Four. B．Five.
C．Six. D．Seven.
3、The police chief organizing a reading club is mentioned to prove _________ in the novel.
A．there is really nothing to hide B．reality is not allowed to interfere
C．important stuff has been focused on D．everything is a result of timing
4、What can be implied in Paragraph 5?
A．The novel underlines happiness will always be around.
B．The novel mainly talks about the marketing of the book.
C．It is The Late Bloomer that brings A．J and Amelia together.
D．It is important to do things on the basis of overall situation.
5、The underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably means _________.
A．our life is full of ups and downs B．we should collect works all our life
C．our life is closely connected with books D．we should read books all our life
6、The passage is mainly about _________.
A．the extraordinary life of A．J. Fikry B．the moral lesson of no “too late” in life
C．a comment on The Later Bloomer D．a review of The Storied Life of A．J. Fikry
24．（8分） If you buy a washing machine, a fridge or a television in Europe, it comes with a sticker. Thanks to a 1992 EU rule, all appliances must be labelled (贴标签) with their energy efficiency. So why has our food system-which threatens 10,000 species with extinction, produces about 30% of greenhouse gases, and drives 800/o of our air pollution-only ever had voluntary eco-labels?
The appliances ruling had a huge impact; initially, 75% of fridges and freezers were rated G to D(low efficiency) , but today 98% are classed A++ or A+++. Worldwide, the energy efficiency of labelled appliances has increased three times faster than appliances without labels. Introducing an equal system for food could have an even bigger impact.
Mandatory environmental labels would change how we produce and consume in far-reaching ways. First, producers would have to measure their impacts in a uniform way and be accountable for the results. This would not be expensive: it is free to monitor environmental impacts using digital tools such as Field print and the Cool Farm Tool. Second, they support sustainable consumption. Our research found that products that look, taste and cost the same can have dramatically different environmental impacts. High-impact beef producers use 5,400% more land and create l,000% more greenhouse gases than low-impact producers. Labels would allow consumers to tell these products apart.
They would highlight both high-and low-impact producers, in the same way, across multiple products. This would encourage more people to think about their choices by exposing them to the facts every time they are in the shops. We can also use labels to turn smaller consumer changes into large environmental b