2025-2026学年河南郑州高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、Jack was working in the lab __________ the power cut occurred.

A.suddenly B.which C.while D.when

2、—You are late for the morning assembly again!

—I’m terribly sorry. I _______a contract almost the whole night.

A．was drafting

B．have been drafting

C．have drafted

D．had drafted

3、Nowadays people are more likely to go to ______ mall than visit the tailor when shopping for clothes, so tailors have adapted to _________ new reality.

A. the; a   B. /; the C. the; the   D. a; a

4、With several problems _____to be solved, we still need to hold another meeting as soon as possible.

A. remained   B. remaining

C. remain    D. having remained

5、It’s __________ him to be late; he is usually on time.

A.typical B.unlike C.universal D.unlikely

6、Taking years________, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome the most difficult engineering challenges.

A．completing

B．having been completed

C．to complete

D．completed

7、After several days of heavy rain the roof ______ with a loud noise, crashing onto the ground.

A. came out   B. came down   C. came on   D. came up

8、I writing the paper as scheduled, but my mother’s illness interfered. I hope you will excuse me.

A. am to have finished   B. was to have finished

C. was to finish   D. ought to finish

9、______ his love, Chris sent his mom a thank-you note on Mother’s Day.

A. Expressing   B. Expressed   C. To express   D. Having expressed

10、As a command of the instructor，the children called out their names   .

A.in turn B.in return C.at times D.in time

11、—Can he get the first prize for running in this sports meeting?

—Impossible now. He _____ to do so, but he has just hurt his leg.

A.is expected B.had been expected C.was expected D.would expect

12、Trump said he believes North Korea will ________ its promise to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit with Kim Jong Un.

A. take to   B. make up

C. stand by   D. hold out

13、Those ______ achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off.

A．what

B．who

C．which

D．whom

14、I am sorry that I can not meet you at the airport. I ________ Tianjin by the time you come back from abroad.

A．am leaving

B．will leave

C．will have left

D．have left

15、--- Has your wife come back from Africa?

---Yes, but she _____here for only one month before she went on another expedition to Cuba

A. has been B. was   C. will be   D. would be

16、These theories have been put into practice， according to   offenders should be punished out of respect for the victims they have harmed.

A.which B.whose C.who D.what

17、You________so slowly. I just needed a few seconds to get used to your voice.

A．shouldn’t speak

B．couldn’t have spoken

C．don’t have to

D．needn’t have spoken

18、Readers are required to _________ the rules of the library and mind their manners.

A. observe   B. confirm

C. review D. appreciate

19、Tom tried hard to ______ his book, but his thoughts kept flying back to the movie.

A．concentrate on

B．settle for

C．give up

D．take down

20、—It’s said that the film HI, MOM is well worth watching. Let’s go to see it this Sunday.

—________! I have to prepare for the coming competition.

A．It couldn’t be better

B．What a shame

C．Go for it

D．No way

21、   Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the French explorer, once pointed out, “Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.” Many experts are calling the growing problem of global waste a worldwide health crisis in that pollution from trash is not only harming the world’s oceans, air and soil but also endangering people’s health as well as the livelihood of all living creatures.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Such a dilemma raises the question, is there a more responsible way of dealing with trash? Fortunately, there is. Living a zero-waste lifestyle is the way to go. One example of this is what’s often called the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle. Reducing the use of plastic containers as well as reusing and recycling bottles and cans decreases the amount of garbage being sent to landfills. As a result, less money is spent on waste management, and countries’ financial burdens are significantly relieved. Such positive effects on an economy is known as a circular economy.

Circular economy

Traditionally, manufacturers would make a product to be used and disposed of by consumers. This linear model of production offered no help in the fight against global waste. Alternatively, a circular economy was introduced. Once a product’s value is exhausted, the materials are recycled and returned to manufacturers. The outcome is less waste. One large-scale example of this is happening on the island of Taiwan.

4-in-1 Recycling Program

In 1997, Taiwan established its signature 4-in-1 Recycling Program, consisting of communities, recycling companies, government cleaning teams and the Recycling Fund. Residents separate their recyclable waste. The local government collection teams collect it. Recycling companies buy waste materials from them to make profits. Importers and manufacturers who are responsible for the recyclable products pay a fee into the Recycling Fund. The Recycling Fund is an essential aspect of the program used to subsidize(补贴) the recycling disposal system, support education and research and development as well as finance recycling efforts in the future.

Turning garbage into gold

By following a circular system, more products than ever are being manufactured using recycled materials. Environmentally-friendly decisions like these help to conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, save landfill space and even create new job opportunities. Recycling can truly turn garbage into gold.

【1】According to the passage, the biggest challenge facing the world today is________ .

A.the rapid growth of population B.the overdeveloped manufacture

C.the world’s large amount of trash D.inappropriate use of plastic products

【2】What is the aim of bringing in circular economy?

A.To save land and create wealth.

B.To minimize waste and restore used materials.

C.To support research and speed development.

D.To rid poor habits and encourage a new lifestyle.

【3】Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A.Zero-Waste, Full Recycle B.Circular Economy In Action

C.The World’s Recycling Companies D.A Worldsize Environmental Crisis

22、Many of the Science News staff’s favorite books of the year challenge how we understand the world, from rethinking human history to reimagining the toilet. For a satisfying read, you can’t go wrong with any of these books.

【1】By which publishing house was the priciest book produced?

A．Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

B．Knopf.

C．Basic Books.

D．MIT Press.

【2】What do we know about Suzanne Simard?

A．She works as an associate news editor.

B．She is interested in the origin of the universe.

C．She records her personal experience in the book.

D．She challenges conventional wisdom about history.

【3】Which book presents different scientific opinions?

A．The Dawn of Everything.

B．Finding the Mother Tree.

C．Flashes of Creation.

D．Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond.

23、Thousands of years of domestication have left dogs with a remarkable capacity to comprehend human speech, and new research reveals that the brains of our four-legged friends are even able to differentiate between languages. Appearing in the journal Neuroimage, the new study is the first to detect such an ability in any non-human animal.

To conduct their research, the study authors trained 18 pet dogs to lie motionless inside a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner so that their brain activity could be recorded while they listened to audio recordings of human speech. Two of the dogs involved in the study came from homes that spoke Spanish, while the remaining 16 belonged to Hungarian-speaking families.

While in the scanner, each dog listened to an excerpt (节选) from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince in both Spanish and Hungarian. They also heard scrambled (杂乱的) versions of these recordings that made no sense and sounded completely unnatural.

When examining the responses of the dogs’ brains to these recordings, the researchers noted that activity patterns within the animals’ primary auditory cortex (听觉皮层) differed depending on whether they heard actual speech or scrambled nonsense. This suggests that dogs are indeed able to tell the difference between speech and non-speech, regardless of the language spoken.

The researchers also found that this response to language was more pronounced in older dogs, leading them to conclude that longer exposure to human speech enables pet dogs to improve their language recognition skills.

In a statement, study author Attila Andie explained these findings indicate that “the capacity to learn about the regularities of a language is not uniquely human.” However, it remains to be seen “whether this capacity is dogs’ specialty, or general among non-human species.”

“Indeed, it is possible that the brain changes from the tens of thousands of years that dogs have been living with humans have made them better language listeners, but this is not necessarily the case.”

【1】What is the requirement for the dogs in the study?

A．They must be smart.

B．They can study languages.

C．They must keep still.

D．They can train their partners.

【2】How did the researchers get their findings?

A．By consulting language experts.

B．By collecting clinical data.

C．By observing the dogs’ body movements.

D．By analyzing the dogs’ brain activity.

【3】What can we infer about the findings from Attila Andie’s explanation?

A．They have proved his assumption.

B．They need further confirming.

C．They are in line with the former ones.

D．They apply to non-human species.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Older Dogs Can Learn New Tricks

B．Dogs Are Good Language Learners

C．Older Dogs Are Humans’ Perfect Partners

D．Dogs Can Distinguish Different Languages

24、   Seventeen-year-old Sariah Estrada didn't expect to receive anything in return when she saved a drowning man on Marianne Beach in Blanchisseuse earlier this year.

However，for her random act of kindness，Estrada was awarded the Hummingbird Medal-Bronze for her bravery，loyalty and devotion to Trinidad and Tobago on Monday，September 24，when the country celebrated its 42nd year as a republic. President Paula-Mae Weekes presented the national award to her.

In July of this year，Estrada along with two friends went to the Marianne Beach to relax. Upon leaving the beach，Estrada and her friends noticed a man struggling in the water. Immediately，she and her friends sprang into action. The teens borrowed a body board from some people on the beach and swam to the man's rescue.

She said when they reached the man，he was already unconscious and they dragged him out of the water on the body board. Estrada remembered what she learned during a life-saving course the week before and quickly started pumping the man's chest. After several attempts，she was successful and the young man's life was saved.

"In an interview with LoopTT，the teenager said while she is grateful for the award，she wasn't expecting anything in return.

“This award was never expected because I thought of helping someone as an act of humanity and never looked for anything in return，but the award is well appreciated. As I reflect on the action I took，I felt as though I could help this person as I have the proper training. The week before the incident I participated in a basic life support-training course offered by the North Central Regional Health Authority. "Estrada explained. She said she intends to continue assisting people.

The national award receiver also had this message for the youths of Trinidad and Tobago.

“I would like to encourage the young people of Trinidad and Tobago to strive for excellence，never sell yourself short by believing that you cannot do what you desire，all things are possible and hard work surely brings success.

【1】It can be learned from the passage that Estrada____________.

A.saved the man by simply dragging him out of the water

B.shared the award with her friends for their heroic deed

C.was motivated to save the drowning man by reputation

D.owed the successful rescue to her proper training

【2】What do the underlined words "sell yourself short' in paragraph 8 probably mean?

A.Think too highly of yourself.

B.Accept yourself with pleasure.

C.Recognize your strength and weakness.

D.Have a low evaluation of your competence.

【3】What is the message mainly conveyed in the passage？

A.Random acts of kindness make all the difference in our life.

B.Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

C.Dreams and desires make the impossible possible. .

D.Success is based on the team not the individual.

25、   Eleven years ago, the world I was familiar with ended. My _______ was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the course of seven months, Bill went from_______ me at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

It was the_______ time of my life. Maybe not_______. But it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I _______ that a flat tire or the small complaints of a child with the sniffles (抽鼻子)_______ in comparison with the beauty of sudden laughter, the night sky, the _______ of a bakery. I found I could _______ myself to see more beauty.

In the days after Bill’s diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver _______ me to find clinical trials and talk to different oncologists, which gave me a sense of________. In the later days, it meant being fully present for almost every moment. During his last weekend, a relative________ him. I noticed that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of thought I’d ________ keep to myself. Just then, Bill ________ exactly what I’d been thinking, in that ruthlessly (鲁莽地) truthful way he had, and I found myself________ out loud.

“I could live with this man forever, even________ as much care as he does,” I thought. However, he would be dead in four________!

Eleven years later, I still try to be the ________  I became during those seven months. I try to be a little more ________ and generous, a little more grateful for the small __________ in life. It was my husband’s last, best __________ to me.

【1】A.child B.husband C.father D.brother

【2】A.teaching B.encouraging C.beating D.hugging

【3】A.best B.worst C.hardest D.longest

【4】A.correctly B.exactly C.fortunately D.fluently

【5】A.discovered B.figured C.confirmed D.hoped

【6】A.changed B.expanded C.appeared D.faded

【7】A.tastes B.sales C.smells D.noises

【8】A.persuade B.force C.command D.train

【9】A.allowed B.required C.requested D.forbade

【10】A.security B.dignity C.purpose D.humor

【11】A.comforted B.visited C.inspected D.invited

【12】A.regularly B.currently C.usually D.occasionally

【13】A.announced B.repeated C.yelled D.voiced

【14】A.laughing B.smiling C.crying D.breaking

【15】A.declining B.accepting C.claiming D.needing

【16】A.days B.weeks C.months D.years

【17】A.caregiver B.person C.advisor D.nurse

【18】A.demanding B.promising C.forgiving D.living

【19】A.complaints B.points C.talks D.moments

【20】A.gift B.lesson C.memory D.information

26、假设你是晨光中学的李津。为配合学校的“读书月”活动，你校英语社团的微信 公众号开展以“Let’s Read”为题的征文活动。要求同学们根据个人的阅读体会，从 所读过的书籍中选定一种类型，推荐给其他同学。现请你投稿，文章内容应包括：

（1）推荐书籍的类型及特点；

（2）推荐的理由。 参考词汇：

科幻小说 science fiction 侦探小说 detective novel 魔幻小说 fantasy

传记文学 biography 科普读物 popular science

注意：

（1）词数不少于 100；

（2）所选书籍类型不限于参考词汇给出的范围；

（3）内容充实、行文连贯；

（4）题目已给出，不计入总词数。

March 22, 2019

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By Li Jin