湖北省鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟2025年英语高三上期末复习检测试题.doc

湖北省鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟2025年英语高三上期末复习检测试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The Oxford English Dictionary is necessary for learning English, so you'd better buy ___.
A．this B．that C．it D．one
2．The post office is closed ______ Saturday afternoon.
A．on B．in C．of D．at
3．It was warm and nice that evening. I stayed awake until eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.
A．on average B．on purpose
C．on business D．on time
4．He ________ whether to set aside the minor differences，then he did．
A．debated B．predicted
C．plotted D．calculated
5．Have you ever been in a situation ______ you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him?
A．where B．which C．that D．as
6．— I’m terribly sorry. I’m late because ….
— That’s OK. You are here and that’s what _____.
A．does B．works C．functions D．counts
7．— What happened to the young trees we planted last week?
— The trees __________ well, but I didn’t water them.
A．might grow B．would have grown
C．needn’t have grown D．would grow
8．Comparison may make something appear more beautiful than it is when _____ alone．
A．seen B．seeing C．see D．to see
9．Police have found ________ appears to be the lost ancient statue.
A．which B．where C．how D．what
10．Many people complained about the stones lying on a road, but _______ did anything about getting the stones out of the way.
A．both B．no one C．none D．all
11．-- What about the two of us going downtown?
-- ___________ . I hate spending time hanging around.
A．That suits me fine B．Why not
C．It depends on the weather D．Well, that's the last thing I will do
12．The researchers who study jokes want to find out _______ people from different nations and cultures find funny.
A．why B．that
C．what D．whether
13． students English well, the teacher tries to speak English in class very often.
A．Teaching B．Taught
C．To teach D．Teach
14．________ the concert to raise money for hunger relief and to make the public aware of the problem, Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it.
A．Intended B．Intending C．Having intended D．To intend
15．Sally was excited to meet Susan at the party last night．They _____ each other since they graduated from Oxford University in 2010．
A．haven’t seen B．hadn’t seen
C．didn’t see D．don’t see
16．Mary_______ to writing classes every night since June and the course will end this week.
A．had gone B．has been going
C．is going D．went
17．— Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday?
— Sorry, honey, I _________ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in Argentina．There are remains of what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth.
A．was working B．work
C．will be working D．worked
18．––What did the doctor say about your injury?
––She said I should avoid doing too much exercise ______ it feels better.
A．until B．since
C．if D．while
19． “Could we put off the meeting？” she asked.
“________.” He answered politely. “This is the only day everyone is available.”
A．Not likely B．Not exactly
C．Not nearly D．Not really
20．—How long do you think it will be________the Stock Market returns to normal?
—At least one year, I guess.
A．when B．before C．until D．that
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）Senses That Work Together
When we think about how our senses work, we usually imagine them operating separately: you sniff a flower, and the smell is delivered uninterrupted from nose to brain. However, it’ s more complex than that. Most evidence for cross-modal perception (知觉) comes from studies into sound and vision (视觉).
But research that shows other senses crossing over is coming out all the time, and it seems that even sound and smell sometimes form an unlikely pairing.
When New York researchers, Daniel Wesson and Donald Wilson, tried to find out the truth about a “ mysterious” area of the brain called the olfactory tubercle, they had to deal with this fact. Originally,they only intended to measure how olfactory tubercle cells in mice responded to smell. But during testing,
Wesson noticed that every time he put his coffee cup down, the mouse cells jumped in activity. In fact,the olfactory tubercle is well-placed to receive both smell and sound information from the outside world.
Later they found that among separate cells, most responded to a smell but a significant number were also active when a sound was made. Some cells even behaved differently when smell and sound were presented together, by increasing or decreasing their activity.
Of course, mice aren’ t people, so research team has been carrying out further experiments. They pulled together a group of people and gave them various drinks to smell. Participants were asked to sniff the drinks, and then match them to appropriate musical instruments and produce the notes at different levels. The results were interesting: piano was regularly paired with fruity fragrances; strong smells sounded like the instruments that are made of metal.
Further research found that listening to different sounds can change your perceptions. Studying taste this time, the team ordered some special toffee (太妃糖) and put together “ soundscapes” corresponding to bitterness and sweetness. Participants tasted similar pieces of toffee while listening to each soundscape, and found the toffee more bitter or sweeter, depending on which soundtrack they were listening to.
Studies like this are helping scientists correctly describe our understanding of the senses, and how the brain combines them with its advantage. The consequences are worth considering. Could we see musicians work together with chefs to produce sound-improved food and drink? Will you be ordering a coffee with a soundtrack to bring out your favorite smell? Come to think of it, that could be one thing you hope coffee shop chains don’ t get round to.
1、What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．A lot of research focuses on the senses.
B．Sound and vision are relatively easy to study.
C．There can be a link between sound and smell.
D．Evidence about the way senses work is hard to obtain.
2、In Wesson and Wilson’ s research, ______.
A．the mice were affected more significantly by sound
B．the result confirmed what the researchers had suspected
C．the mice seemed to be afraid of certain sounds or smells
D．the connection between sound and smell was found by chance
3、What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
A．Participants took an active part in the experiments.
B．The purpose of the further experiments was totally different.
C．The result failed to support what was found in previous experiments.
D．Experiments showed that links between sound and smell were consistent.
4、How does the author feel about the effect of the research?
A．She is excited about the creative chances.
B．She is surprised at the recent developments.
C．She is convinced that the findings will be used soon.
D．She is worried about how the knowledge can be applied.
22．（8分）I was first introduced to Puppies Behind Bars (PBB) when I watched a special on Animal Planet. This non-profit organization is the brainchild of Gloria Gilbert Stoga, a kind-hearted woman from New York PBB is a program in which specially-selected prisoners from prisons are trained in the preparation of puppies to become service dogs for the handicapped(残疾人), or police dogs to serve police forces.
My wife and I were so moved when we watched the program. It is a win-win situation at all points. First, it makes a prisoner, who may never have the chance to be released, go back to the community by joining in this program and offering every minute of every day working, loving, and training a puppy for future service. It is difficult for them, but they realize the importance of this program. In addition, most of them have the chance ( for the first time in their lives) to experience warm love through an animal.
Second, the program saves tens of thousands of dollars that it would cost to train these dogs through traditional ways. All donations to the program are used to buy dog food, training supplies, and veterinary care.
Finally, our society benefits from service dogs which can protect people from danger, search and rescue humans after a serious disaster, or become the lifeline for a handicapped person. The last of these goes far beyond the fact that dogs can open.
Fridges, answer the phone or do a dozen other daily tasks. They give a sense of freedom back to a person who has had it taken away by illness, accident, or warfare.
Because of this we have given a lot of monetary support of this meaningful program.
1、What does the underlined word "brainchild" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A．Founder.
B．Idea.
C．Pain.
D．Wealth.
2、In Puppies Behind Bars we can find dogs that_______.
A．are being trained for the government
B．will be adopted by prisoners
C．will serve the disabled and police
D．can play games with children
3、The donations of this program will _______.
A．be for policemen and prisoners
B．be spent on things for dogs
C．be used to train dogs in traditional ways
D．be handed out to the disabled
4、What is the author's purpose of writing the text?
A．To ask people to support the police.
B．To indicate the significance of PBB．
C．To call on people to care for dogs.
D．To praise Gloria and her workmates.
23．（8分）Happy Birthday to Me (and My Mom)
Forty-three years ago my mother went into labour for the second time. It was either very late New Year’s Day or very early on the second day of 1969 depending on how you looked at it but either way, it was a full week past her due date when my mom woke up knowing it was time to wake my dad up, get dressed, pack up the car and head to the hospital. Her regular doctor was on vacation and when they reached the hospital they planned to deliver in were told that the doctor was on his way to another hospital so they should head there, in a neighbouring city. Most surprising to me now is that she felt well enough to attend a New Year’s party the previous night and stayed long enough to toast in the new year!
My mom and her family had immigrated to the United States just twenty years earlier from El Salvador. And that was a lucky thing for me. Not only did my mom gain access to a better education and career options here in the US for herself, each of her three daughters would also enjoy her access to quality maternity (孕产妇的) care. While the US is hardly the world leader in maternal health or birth outcomes, these days a woman faces a 1 in 2,100 risk of dying during her life and in El Salvador, it’s 1 in 350-6 times worse. In 1969, that difference was even greater.
However, I was pregnant with my second child in El Salvador six years ago when I realized how very different my life might have turned out if I’d lived there when I delivered my first child. I travelled down there with CARE, the humanitarian relief organization, whose efforts my mom had long supported, to see some of their principal programmes in action. Among them was one in particular that remains with me today. It was a water project where pregnant women, many of whom had walked miles to access this clean water, receive some basic care before or after childbirth. Here these women were, facing the exact same physical challenges as me but still carrying the full work load of the family and with little to no resources for information, care, transportation or comfort during or after their pregnancies.
By this time, I was all too aware of what a challenge childbirth could be. After delivering my daughter in 2003, I survived a hemorrhage (大出血), the leading childbirth-related complication that takes the lives of thousands of other mothers all over the world. One girl or woman dies every 90 seconds in pregnancy or childbirth from what is in most cases a preventable death. I was as shocked as you are when I discovered this fact but I was also grateful. Grateful because I had been in the care of a team of health workers when I needed them most.
I thought of my mother’s life. While she had been born in a good hospital in San Salvador in the 1930’s, at that time pregnancy-related deaths were common even in the US. My great grandmother also hemorrhaged, only after delivering her fifth child and she died. Her husband, my mom’s grandfather was a physician at the time. He would give up practising medicine forever when he couldn’t save her.
But it wasn’t only my mom and her family that I thought of as I considered my own fate and good fortune, it was all those women I’d spent the day with in the rural community I’d visited with CARE. We’d made a connection that day, we mothers, as women. These women did not have access to the simple interventions (介入) that could insure their survival and that’s what concerned me. It did more than concern me, it woke me up and begged this question, why should any one life be of different value than any other?
And so, I made the commitment right there and then to do all I could to improve maternal health and reduce the number of maternal deaths around the globe.
1、The underlined phrase “went into labour” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.
A．suffered from a disease B．gave birth to a baby
C．took up an offer of work D．tidied up the house
2、According to the passage, the writer felt fortunate enough ________.
A．to enjoy the best maternity care in the world
B．to attend better schools in the United States
C．to live in a developed country permanently
D．to have a better sense of maternal security
3、When she returned to her motherland six years ago, the writer ________.
A．regretted not delivering her first child there
B．was very surprised at the great changes there
C．offered special care to women in need there
D．researched into the medical conditions there
4、The writer realized the vital importance of maternity care ________
A．through her own experience
B．with the help of health workers
C．during her stay in El Salvador
D．upon the death of some women
5、The writer is obviously determined to ________.
A．be a physician different from her great grandfather
B．change the situation in the field of maternal health
C．request more people to care about maternity care
D．volunteer care during or after women’s pregnancies
6、What conclusion does the passage lead you to?
A．Pregnancy-related deaths can hardly be kept from happening.
B．Birth and death went hand in hand with each other very often.
C．Physicians failed to save patients from various curable diseases.
D．Women would rather have no children for tear of a hemorrhage.
24．（8分） Khotyn Fortress
Built in the 13th-14th century, it lies on the right bank of the Dniester River in Khotyn, of western Ukraine. It is also in the historical northern Bessarabia region which was split in 1940 between Ukraine and Moldova. And it is near to the Old K