2025-2026学年甘肃兰州高一(上)期末试卷英语

1、The main street is lined with small stands and shops _____ sell almost anything you can imagine.

A. what B. where   C. who   D. which

2、We can`t expect our children to do anything their ability.

A. without   B. beyond C.within D. cover

3、Life is full of ups and downs. ________ that we are optimistic and take a positive attitude, we will be more likely to enjoy our life to the fullest.

A. Concerned  B. Provided  C. Considering  D. Concerning

4、Many young people volunteer to get involved in causes and devote themselves.

A．worthwhile

B．worthless

C．priceless

D．valueless

5、—Have the workers got our roof repaired?

—I don’t know. But it ____when I called them yesterday.

A.was repairing B.was repaired C.had repaired D.was being repaired

6、“If," Johnson added," enough time, we would certainly have done the job much better.

A. to give   B. given   C. I was given   D. to be given

7、Nearby, ______ Mrs. White, stretching out cautiously to collect her costly jewels.

A.standing on a wooden box was B.was standing on a wooden box

C.on a wooden box was standing D.was on a wooden box standing

8、Participating this speech serves as a fabulous opportunity to acquire a thorough and comprehensive understanding of profound history behind every character _______ merely learning to write.

A．in terms of

B．by turn

C．due to

D．rather than

9、-Where can we get Mo Yan's new novel? -I'm sorry, it   and will come out next week．

A. has been printed

B. will be printed

C. is being printed

D. is printed

10、All over the city, history and modernity come together to make _______ an essential place for tourists to discover.

A. each   B. this   C. one   D. it

11、—Why are you so upset?

—There is always someone ________ my kindness.

A．takes advantage of

B．taking advantage of

C．to take the advantage of

D．took the advantage of

12、In the Olympic Games, swimming is ______ second ______ importance only to track and field event.

A. the; to B. /; to C. the; in D. /; in

13、—Will Bob help me look after my pet dog when I'm away.

—Of course. He won't________ your request. He loves animals a lot.

A．put down

B．write down.

C．turn down

D．take down

14、Listening to audio books is extremely convenient, because we can take them with us ________ we go.

A．whenever

B．wherever

C．however

D．whatever

15、A survey indicates the _____ of men to women in the population has changed in recent years.

A. proportion   B. proposal   C. promotion   D. Property

16、His food ______, the man had to come out of his hiding place.

A.run out B.was run out

C.running out D.using up

17、What the doctors really doubt is________ my mother will recover from the serious illness soon.

A．when   B．how C．whether D.why

18、The government required that every effort ____to bring down house prices.

A.should make B.would be made C.be made D.must be made

19、Most countries of the world have records of the great natural catastrophes that   before.

A. had occurred  B. have occurred

C. occurs D. would occur

20、How did it come about ________ a quiet person should appear so wild today?

A. whether   B. that   C. if   D. what

21、Is any economist so dull as to criticize Christmas? At first glance, the holiday season in western economies seems a treat for those concerned with such vagaries(奇思遐想)as GDP growth. After all, everyone is spending; in America, retailers make 25% of their yearly sales and 60% of their profits between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even so, economists find something to worry about in the nature of the purchases being made.

Much of the holiday spending is on gifts for others. At the simplest level, giving gifts involves the giver thinking of something that the recipient would like--he tries to guess her preferences, as economists say--and then buying the gift and delivering it. Yet this guessing of preferences is not easy; indeed, it is often done badly. Every year, ties go unworn and books unread. And even if a gift is enjoyed, it may not be what the recipient would have bought if they had spent the money themselves.

Interested in this mismatch between wants and gifts, in 1993 Joel Waldfogel, then an economist at Yale University, sought to estimate the difference in dollar terms. In a study, he asked students two questions at the end of a holiday season: first, estimate the total amount paid(by the givers) for all the holiday gifts you received; second, apart from the sentimental value of the items, if you did not have them, how much would you be willing to pay to get them? His results were gloomy: on average, a gift was valued by the recipient well below the price paid by the giver.

In addition, recipients may not know their own preferences very well. Some of the best gifts, after all, are unexpected items that you would never have thought of buying, but which turn out to be especially well picked. And preferences can change. So by giving a jazz CD, for example, the giver may be encouraging the recipient to enjoy something that was ignored before. This, a desire to build skills, is possibly the hope held by many parents who ignore their children’s desires for video games and buy them books instead.

Finally, there are items that a recipient would like to receive but not purchase. If someone else buys them, however, they can be enjoyed guilt-free. This might explain the volume of chocolate that changes over the holidays. Thus, the lesson for gift-givers is that you should try hard to guess the preference of each person on your list and then choose a gift that will have high sentimental value.

【1】The word “sentimental” in Paragraph 3 is close to “________”.

A. intelligent   B. emotional   C. social   D. practical

【2】According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Price is nothing but the factor when you give gifts.

B. Chocolate will be blamed when people receive them as gifts.

C. The receivers often overestimate the values of gifts.

D. Gifts do not always correspond to needs in gift-giving.

【3】Which of the following statements can be inferred from the text?

A. The gift-giver tries to neglect the actual needs of the receiver.

B. The best gifts are well picked by the givers.

C. In gift-giving, guessing preferences is often a failure, so it’s the thought that counts.

D. You have to take money into consideration when giving a gift.

【4】The text is most likely taken from a ________.

A. users’ handbook   B. medical journal   C. travel magazine   D. consumer-related report

22、Too much stress can make it more likely for a person to get sick, and so scientists are trying to think of ways to keep people from being overly stressed. In this experiment, scientists studied the effect of music on stress.

Scientists asked women to either listen to relaxing music, nature sounds, or to nothing. Following the music session, they had the women stand in front of an audience and perform two tasks. First, each woman had to give a speech. Second, each woman had to do complex math in her head. These two tasks make up the Trier Social Stress Task, a method scientists use as a sure-fire way to make people feel stressed.

Scientists know that the body responds to stress by releasing cortisol (皮质醇), and so they used it to measure stress. Scientists compared cortisol levels after listening to music and at various times after doing the Trier Social Stress Task. The scientists also measured an enzyme (酶) called alpha-amylase. Alpha-amylase is important to your body as it kills unwanted bacteria and it helps break down the food that you eat. Alpha-amylase is also released by the nervous system in response to stress.

The scientists tested how classical music and nature sounds affect levels of cortisol and alpha-amylase. The alpha-amylase levels of people who listened to classical music went back to normal more quickly compared to the people listening to nature sounds.

The people listening to relaxing music showed a stress response that was shorter compared to the other groups. The shorter response helps to prevent the body from getting worn out. This means that listening to relaxing music might help to improve the stress response and health.

The results of this study were a bit mixed. Scientists still have a lot of work to do to see if listening to music can reduce stress by lowering cortisol levels in the body. Until we know more, maybe play some tunes or listen to some nature sounds when you feel stressed. Even if it doesn't directly help your stress level, it's still nice to hear a good song.

【1】Why were the participants asked to do make speeches and do math?

A．To attract more audience.

B．To let them create music.

C．To explore their brains.

D．To get them stressed.

【2】What did the scientists do to the participants?

A．They broke down the food they ate.

B．They measured their cortisol levels.

C．They helped them kill body bacteria.

D．They calmed them down with music.

【3】What is a finding of the study?

A．Classical music helps to prohibit alpha-amylase.

B．Nature sounds prevent the body getting worn out.

C．Relaxing music helps the body clam down faster.

D．Listening to nature sounds gets cortisol levels higher.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．Does Listening to Music Reduce Stress?

B．What Should We Do to Become Relaxed?

C．Can Classical Music Beat Nature Sounds?

D．Why Can Music Influence People's Health?

23、COMPETITION

Draw a sea creature for our ocean poster

Are you a gifted artist? Do you think you can draw a prize-winning dolphin or shark? In celebration of World Ocean Day on 8 June, The Week Junior is running a competition to create an awesome poster featuring some of the world’s coolest sea creatures, and your artwork could be part of it!

How to enter

Draw a picture of your favorite sea creature and send your picture by email to competitions@theweekjunior.com with OCEAN POSTER as the subject line by 10 April 2022. Make sure you’ve included your name, age, chosen sea creature, the address and phone number of your parent or guardian.

Once the competition has closed, our judges will pick 10 of the best animal drawings. They will be looking for the most creative and colorful drawings, so don’t be afraid to go big!

What you could win

The winning pictures will be shown on a The Week Junior ocean poster.

Each winner will also receive a paint brush set worth over £80, which will be delivered to you.

Terms and conditions

The Week Junior will not share your personal details with third parties. The Week Junior will only use personal details to contact the competition winners.

No responsibility can be accepted for entries that have been lost or damaged in transit( 运送 ), any technical failure or any event that may cause the competition to stop. Entries must be received before 11:59 pm on 10 April 2022.

All winners will be informed accordingly 4–6 weeks after the competition closes. By entering the competition all participants give permission for their artwork to be published online. Entries cannot be returned to senders.

【1】The drawing competition is held to ________.

A．celebrate World Ocean Day

B．help the talented artists

C．advertise The Week Junior

D．protect dolphins and sharks

【2】Winners of the competition will ________.

A．meet the judges

B．get prize money

C．accept delivery of prizes

D．receive an ocean poster

【3】What will The Week Junior be responsible for?

A．The privacy of the participants.

B．The damage or loss of pictures.

C．The return of the artwork to the senders.

D．The computer problems in sending emails.

24、Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms—football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skills year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

【1】What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?

A. Soccer and golf.  B. Skiing and skating.

C. Cycling and hockey. D. Mountaineering.

【2】The underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _ _____.

A. strong emotion B. good way

C. better feeling   D. enough affection

【3】Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because_______.

A. it has man-made rules

B. it is too dangerous for climbers

C. it is free for climbers to use their own methods

D. it can’t bring people joy or leisure

【4】We know from the passage that _______.

A. mountaineering has no appeal for people

B. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers

C. a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirty

D. it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps

【5】What is the best title for the passage?

A. Sports in winter   B. Team work in climbing

C. Mountaineering   D. The quality for mountaineering

25、Brady has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. It has been _________ for his family and his students. He was _________ not only because he was a rising star, but also because he had recently _________ the highest honors for young researchers at the White House.

We truly _________ him — as someone put it, “He always has a smile and a kind word for everyone.” It is very _________ to find someone who is extremely intelligent should be so nice.

Last week, I bought a simple card, reading, “Healing thoughts and wishes are coming your way. We are all _________ for your recovery”. I met and made all his students, who have worked pretty closely with him, sign and add a _________ on it.

He is still undergoing intense treatment, trying his best to stay _________ and hopeful. He didn’t show any trace of self-pity or sadness when I met him. _________, he paid attention to every word of my presentation and asked me several questions __________ to my work, though being in great __________. I saw an expression of joy and hope on his face as he opened the card. He said he was __________ to see the messages from the students. Then he __________, “I am trying to focus on staying positive, hoping to be back this summer.”

Despite being too sick to teach classes, my professor has managed to continue being a great teacher, introducing his last __________ messages to us. It is so important to tell people how much they __________ to us before it is too late.

【1】

A．disappointing

B．challenging

C．heartbreaking

D．confusing

【2】

A．normal

B．responsible

C．ordinary

D．outstanding

【3】

A．collected

B．awarded

C．delivered

D．chosen

【4】

A．admit

B．admire

C．inspire

D．cure

【5】

A．hard

B．natural

C．practical

D．simple

【6】

A．seeking

B．searching

C．praying

D．competing

【7】

A．text

B．message

C．comment

D．wish

【8】

A．anxious

B．thoughtful

C．curious

D．optimistic

【9】

A．Therefore

B．Instead

C．Particularly

D．Besides

【10】

A．related

B．devoted

C．committed

D．applied

【11】

A．relief

B．power

C．pain

D．vain

【12】

A．motivated

B．frightened

C．interested

D．touched

【13】

A．added

B．considered

C．wandered

D．hesitated

【14】

A．personal

B．precious

C．professional

D．inaccurate

【15】

A．offer

B．convey

C．sacrifice

D．mean

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

In a small town called Meadowville, there was a beloved playground that had brought joy to generations of children. 11-year-old Emma and her best friends, Alice and Leo, were among those who idled away their after-school time and weekends there all year round. It was a place where imaginations soared, friendships blossomed, and laughter echoed through the air.

One afternoon, rushing out the school gate, Emma shouted, “Let’s go down to the playground!” The three of them got there soon, but it was locked up. The fence was broken and the swings had tape around them.

Shocked, they stared into each other’s eyes, not knowing why. A man approached them, explaining that it was unsafe and the council had decided to shut it down.

“Will they fix it?” asked Alice.

“No. it will cost a lot, at least ten thousand dollars.” the man shook his head, walking away. Leo looked desperate, gazing at the playground and then hanging his head, as if bidding farewell. “We need to get some help!” Emma dragged Alice towards her home.

On stepping into the house, Emma exclaimed, “Dad! We need ten thousand dollars...” Her dad, who was drinking coffee, turned his head around, “What?” Alice then revealed the truth. Hearing this heart-breaking news, Emma’s parents were more than surprised, for their childhood was closely connected with that playground as well. They spread the news to other families.

Instead of providing the money, they suggested the children take matters into their own hands while parents offered assistance.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Emma sprang to her feet, “Let’s hold a bake sale to raise funds!”

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Their hard work paid off.

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