2026届河北省保定市定州中学英语高三第一学期期末监测模拟试题.doc

2026届河北省保定市定州中学英语高三第一学期期末监测模拟试题
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The car accident happened _____ his car was out of order ___ I can’t drive.
A．not that; but that B．not only; but also
C．not because; but because D．not because; but as
2．I ______ have worried before I came to the new school, for my classmates here are very friendly to me.
A．mightn’t B．mustn’t
C．needn’t D．couldn’t
3．It came as a great ________ to the parents that their son finally came back safe and sound.
A．relief B．sense
C．relaxion D．favor
4．________ who are able to work through the struggle are the ________ who are going to be successful.
A．Someone; one B．Anyone; one
C．He; ones D．Those; ones
5．Advertising is different from other forms of communication in that the advertiser pays for the message .
A．to deliver B．delivered C．to be delivered D．delivering
6．If they throw stones at you，don’t throw back.Use them to build your own foundation ________.
A．somehow B．anyway
C．instead D．nevertheless
7．—Could you give me a reminder at 9 tomorrow morning?
—I'm sorry,but I a meeting then.
A．attend B．will attend C．will be attending D．am attending
8．—What is your impression of your former colleague Nick?
—He’s helpful, and he ________ give us a hand at work.
A．must B．would
C．may D．should
9．The science competition is a good opportunity to show students _____ creativity can add new value to their school life.
A．where B．whether C．how D．when
10．The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
A．abandoned B．focused C．absorbed D．centered
11．— you play the piano at this time of the day ? I need a good rest for tomorrow’s test.
— Sorry.
A．Must B．Shall C．Can D．May
12．If you’d written earlier, I’d have known when you to go on holiday.
A．want B．have wanted C．wanted D．will want
13．The Japanese suffering from the worst natural disasters .
A．are; ever since B．are; of all time
C．is; ever since D．is; of all time
14．— Did you go to last night’s concert?
— Yes. And the girl playing the violin at the concert _______ all the people present with her excellent ability.
A. impressed B．compared C．conveyed D．observed
15．—Did you have difficulty finding Ann'house?
—Not really.She___us clear directions and we were able to find it.easily?
A．was to give B．had given
C．was giving D．would give
16．---_____ should we look down upon the poor.
---I’m with you on that.
A．By all means B．By any means C．By means of D．By no means
17．As its economy is maturing，China’s _________a greater role in critical issues like climate and development.
A．defining B．assuming C．guaranteeing D．assuring
18．Why do you turn to me for help ______ you can easily work out the problem independently?
A．until B．when
C．after D．unless
19．We live in this society now ________ literally someone is always helping.
A．when B．where
C．that D．what
20．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
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）I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes-anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽)or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)
There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization." "More than anything else in my life, "the professor told the reporter with finality," these books have made me all that I am." That was the kind of words I couldn't ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信)of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by me time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.
1、On heating the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought .
A．one must read as many books as possible
B．a student should not have a complicated idea
C．it was impossible for one to read two thousand books
D．students ought to make a list of the books they had read
2、The underlined phrase "with finality" probably means .
A．firmly B．clearly
C．proudly D．pleasantly
3、The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to .
A．explain why it was included in the list
B．describe why he seriously crossed it off the list
C．show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand
D．prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word
4、The writer provides two book lists to .
A．show how he developed his point of view
B．tell his reading experience at high school
C．introduce the two persons' reading methods
D．explain that he read many books at high school
22．（8分）LONDON (Reuters)——Organic fruit, delivered right to the doorstep. That is what Gabriel Gold prefers, and he is willing to pay for it. If this is not possible, the 26-year-old computer technician will spend the extra money at the supermarket to buy organic food.
“Organic produce is always better,” Gold said, “The food is free of pesticides (农药), and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms. And more often than not, it is locally grown and seasonal, so it is more tasty. ” Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business. But how many shoppers really know what they are getting, and why are they willing to pay a higher price for organic produce? Market research shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences—but their knowledge of organic food is far from complete. For example, small amounts of pesticides can be used on organic products. And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imported to meet growing demand. “The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year, so it is a very fast-growing market." said Sue Flock, a specialist in this line of business.
1、More and more people in Britain are buying organic food because ________.
A．they consider the food free of pollution
B．they can get the food anywhere
C．they are getting richer
D．they like home-grown fruit
2、Which of the following statements is TRUE to the facts about most organic produce sold in Britain?
A．It grows indoors all year round. B．It is grown on family farms.
C．It is produced outside Britain. D．It is produced on large farms.
3、What is the meaning of the underlined words “the organic trend” in Paragraph2?
A．Higher prices of organic food. B．Better quality of organic food.
C．Rising market of organic food. D．Growing interest in organic food.
23．（8分） Sometimes you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act on your impulse (冲动), but let it pass instead. You know that to take the action is wrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over the years, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.
One of the newest taboos is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that people talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The “in” look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, slim manager to sell their image as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor, and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-discipline and self-respect. After all, how can people permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society, thin is ‘‘in”, fat is “out”.
It’s not surprising that millions of people have become obsessed (着迷) with staying slim and “in shape”. The pursuit of a youthful physical appearance is not, however, the only reason for people’s obsession with diet and exercise. Recent research has shown the importance of diet and exercise for personal health. As in most technologically developed nations, the life-style of people has changed since last century. Modern machines do all the physical labor. Cars and buses transport us quickly from point to point. As a result of inactivity and disuse, people’s bodies can easily become weak. In an effort to avoid such a fate (命运), millions of people are spending more of their time exercising. Parks are filled with joggers and bicyclists, and many companies are providing special exercise equipment for their employees to use during the work day.
1、What does the word “taboo’’ refer to in the passage?
A．A crime committed on impulse.
B．An unfavorable impression left on other people.
C．A strong desire to do something strange or terrible.
D．Behavior considered unacceptable to the society.
2、What does the underlined phrase “in” look probably mean?
A．The fashionable look. B．The hidden look.
C．The usual look. D．The inside look.
3、According to the passage, the common belief is that .
A．fat people are full of energy
B．thin people are more successful
C．fat people prefer to have fat bosses
D．thin people are less image-conscious
4、People pay more attention to diet and exercise because of .
A．their need to kill time B．their love for sports
C．their concern for health D．their belief in hard work
24．（8分） A new study has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect on combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.
Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.
The idea for the human intervention（干预）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.
By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.
“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”
1、What made the research so different?
A．Adopting a way of meaningful talk.
B．Combining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.
C．Treating depression with special medicine.
D．Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.
2、The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.
A．fighting B．identifying
C．distinguishing D．examining
3、What did the participants do in the research?
A．They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.
B．They thought quietly and then took exercise.
C．They took exercise longer than they thought.
D．They took exercise while thinking quietly.
4、What is Shors’ main purpose of her studies?
A．To find out certain brain cells of humans.
B．To study the production of new brain cells.
C．To offer people a new method to treat stress.
D．To decide the links between stress and exercise.
25．（10分）Wearing a red nose for a day may seem like a strange way to raise money for charity. However, it seems to work in Britain. Red Nose Day (RND) is a well-known event in the UK. The aim of the day is to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief which helps people in need in Africa and in the UK.
Comic Relief was started in 1985 by Richard Curtis. He wrote the series “Blackadder” as well as the famous films “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill’’. Richard’s idea to start Comic Relief was as a response to the severe lack of food in Ethiopia. It’s called Red Nose Day as on this day many people buy a plastic red nose to wear! The money made from selling red noses goes to the charity.
Red Nose Day takes place every two years in the spring and is now so well developed that many people cons