阿盟2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、The people, _______ had been damaged by the flood, were given help by the Red Cross.

A. all their homes  B. all whose homes

C. all of their homes  D. all of whose homes

2、You may have noticed how busy tree squirrels are in fall, ________ for every last seed and nut that can be found and stocking their tree homes with enough food ________ them through winter.

A．to search; to be gotten

B．searching; to get

C．having searched; gotten

D．search; getting

3、James was enjoying the art show, _________ his wife wanted to go home.

A.or B.for

C.so D.but

4、Though Eric is a boy, he writes ________ I do.

A. careful as   B. more carefully than   C. as careful as   D. carefully than

5、Unlikely ______, what I’m telling you is true.

A.as it may sound B.it may sound though

C.as may sound it D.may sound it though

6、There are hundreds of scenes in English novels _______ characters walk through a landscape of fallen leaves _________ mirrors the feelings of the characters.

A.where; that

B.that; when

C.which; where

D.when; which

7、It ________ my teacher who suggested that I ________ to work out what major I would like to choose.

A．is; had started

B．was; start

C．is; start

D．was; had started

8、My neck was very stiff and my feet after sitting in front of my work desk for a long time.

A．hurt

B．was hurt

C．injured

D．was injured

9、We were swimming in the lake _____ suddenly the storm started.

A．when

B．while

C．until

D．before

10、There’s no doubt ______ hard work is the key to _____ your result.

A. whether; improving   B. that; improving

C. whether; improve   D. that; improve

11、The police are investigating the company, three of ________ managers have already been arrested.

A. whose B. that

C. which D. where

12、—I have not heard from Mark for a long time. I'm quite worried about him.

—OK. I ___________ you know the minute I hear anything.

A.have let B.let C.would let D.will let

13、As he was not allowed to________ her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.

A．sympathy

B．satisfy

C．accompany

D．alarm

14、With the popularity of the Internet banking, it is becoming more convenient to ________ a business credit card for personal use online.

A. apply for    B. look for

C. pay for   D. search for

15、---So you gave Mary your dictionary?

---_______．She said she’d return it to me when she could afford her own.

A． You bet   B． My pleasure

C． No doubt D． Not exactly

16、______ at the paper full of crosses, he was shocked and speechless.

A．Staring

B．Stared

C．Having stared

D．To Stare

17、From her knowledge of Douglas's habits，she feels sure that the attacker last night ___________Douglas.

A. mustn't have been B. can't have been

C. shouldn't have been D. wouldn't have been

18、When he finally raised the money for the violin, he returned to buy it but learned that it ________ to a collector.

A．was sold

B．have been sold

C．had been sold

D．will have been sold

19、During his stay in China, Mr. Smith took part in some traditional cultural activities to fully ________ himself to Chinese culture.

A．express

B．present

C．expose

D．limit

20、_______I want to know is   I can master English in the shortest time.

A. What; how B. How; what C. Which; what D. What; what

21、A symbol of a booming children’s book market is a self-styled “kaleidoscope (万花筒) of creative genius for kids”, the magazine Scoop, a startup based in Dalston, east London, which the author Neil Gaiman has described as “the kind of magazine I wish we’d had when I was eight.”

Scoop is the idea of the publisher Clementine Macmillan-Scott. A year ago, hers looked like an impossible venture. But against the odds for little magazines, Scoop has survived. Macmillan-Scott said, “I really wasn’t certain we would get to this point, but we are now approaching our first birthday.” She links the magazine’s fortunes to a prosperous market and reports that “through the hundreds of children, parents and teachers we speak to at our workshops, we know that children are greedy for storytelling.”

Inspired by an Edwardian model, Arthur Mee’s Children’s Newspaperr, Scoop is a mix of innovation and creativity. Establishment heavyweights such as the playwright Tom Stoppard, plus children’s writers such as Raymond Briggs, author of Fungus the Bogeyman, have adopted its cause. The magazine has also given space to 10-year-old writers and pays all contributors, high and low, the same rate — 10p a word.

It’s a winning formula. Macmillan-Scott reports “a quarterly sales increase of roughly 150% every issue”, but is cautious about her good fortune. “It’s all too clear to us that these children are hungry for print.”

Scoop focuses on the most profitable part of the children’s market, Britain’s eight to 12-year-old readers. In literary culture, this is the crucial bridge between toddlers (儿童) and adolescents and its publisher knows it. Macmillan-Scott is committed to listening to readers aged eight to 12, who have an editorial board where they can express their ideas about the magazine. “If we don’t get these children reading,” she says, “we will lose out on adult readers. To be fully literate, you have to start as a child.”

Macmillan-Scott argues against the suggestion that reading is in decline. “If you look at our figures,” she objects, “you’ll find that children do read and that Scoop is part of a craze for reading hardback books. Kids love paper and print. They might play games on a digital device, but they prefer not to read on a Kindle. The real market for e-books is among young adult readers.” Some of her evidence is anecdotal, but her sales figures and readership surveys support a picture of eight to 12-year-olds absorbed in books.

“What our research shows beyond question,” she says, “is that children have a love for reading that’s not seriously threatened by other kinds of entertainment. Reading for pleasure is a very real thing at this age, and the worries that some adults have about children losing interest in reading are simply not grounded in reality.”

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

A．is aimed at teenagers in Britain

B．has taken a year to publish its first issue

C．has got its name from Arthur Mee’s newspaper

D．pays as much to young writers as to famous ones

【2】The word “anecdotal” (in Para 6) is closet in meaning to ________.

A．conclusive

B．undeniable

C．defensive

D．unconvincing

【3】What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Children would rather listen to stories than tell stories by themselves.

B．Magazines for children aged under 8 are not very common in Britain.

C．Scoop illustrates the power of printed books in the face of digital revolution.

D．Research carried out by Scoop has been questioned by those writing for children.

【4】Macmillan-Scott is most likely to agree that _______.

A．the market for children’s e-books remains to be explored

B．a child who dislikes reading won’t love reading when grown up

C．other kinds of entertainment have influenced children’s reading habits

D．it is necessary for adults to worry about children’s lack of interest in reading

22、One October morning, in a protest(抗议) led by Bike Grid Now, a Chicago-based group of cyclists, three dozen cyclists gathered outside Chicago’s downtown, before cycling together to City Hall. They spread across all three lanes, before pausing outside the entrance to block car traffic. After a police officer on a bicycle appeared, they rang their bells and headed for bike lanes, and then went to their jobs in the nearby offices.

Such protests now happen in Chicago almost weekly, demanding more safety for cyclists. In September, on “World Car Free Day”, several hundred cyclists blocked an eight-lane highway running alongside Lake Michigan. Similar protests have been held in many other American cities.

Bike activism is hardly new, yet the pace has accelerated, largely thanks to trends caused by COVID-19. Since the pandemic(疫情), more cyclists are on America’s roads than ever. Bicycle sales have risen—electric bikes outsold electric cars last year and cycle hire plans in American cities recorded more users than ever this past summer.

As more people are getting on bikes, they realize how unsafe many American streets are. Though bike lanes are proliferating in many cities, they aren’t protected. In 2020, 1,260 people nationwide were killed in crashes on bikes, a 44% increase on a decade before, according to the National Safety Council, a non-profit group. Some of that increase may be because more bikes are on the roads, but it also seems that people are driving more dangerously, too. Last year almost 43,000 people were killed in car crashes of all sorts, the highest figure since 2005.

Christina set up a website, Bike Lane Uprising, to report people who park in Chicago’s bike lanes. She says the site has been filled with such reports, but cyclists are making an effort to force changes. The city has, for example, put concrete barriers in some bike lanes to stop drivers from entering them. She says officials did this in response to protests. “There are so many bikers who are becoming single-issue voters,” she says. They may be starting a virtuous cycle.

【1】What impression do we get about the protesters in paragraph 1?

A．They were in great anger.

B．They were office leaders.

C．They disobeyed the police.

D．They were well organized.

【2】What effect does the pandemic have on cyclists?

A．It worsens the road conditions for cyclists.

B．It sees an increase in the number of cyclists.

C．It brings about strict traffic rules on cyclists.

D．It brings forth rules to restrict their travels.

【3】What does the underlined word “proliferating” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Decreasing.

B．Popularizing.

C．Increasing.

D．Separating.

【4】Why did Christina set up the website?

A．To get more people interested in cycling.

B．To urge officials to protect the rights of cyclists.

C．To show the government’s concerns for cyclists.

D．To present the virtue the cyclist protesters show.

23、A few days ago, my husband, Russ, and I lost our house of 28 years to a California wild fire.

On that night, we had to leave our house and sleep in the back seat of our Ford. The next morning, we had to drive three and a half hours to find a hotel that had an available room. Only later, in the local newspaper, did we see photographs of the destruction. Our house had been consumed by the fire along with most of our neighborhood.

How are we going to rebuild after this? I thought, rounding a corner in the sidewalk on my walk back to the hotel. Is it even possible?

I noticed something up ahead—a pair of nickels, shining like precious jewels. They were just nickels, but they somehow felt special. I bent down and picked them up. If these were lucky coins, I could use all the luck I could get.

A few days later, I made a trip to the store to buy essentials. The enormous task of replacing everything we’d lost put a heavy weight on me. I was about to leave when I felt the urge to stop and turn my head to the right. I could hardly believe it—there on nickela shelf, was a nickel! Okay, maybe this is more than luck, I thought and put the nickel in my pocket.

I told myself that I had found the nickels just by chance. Then I found one next to my plate at a restaurant—on Thanksgiving, no less, when I was missing our house more than ever. It seemed that a nickel appeared whenever my spirits plummeted.

Whenever I reached my breaking point, I’d find another nickel. In the grass at the park, or near the tire of my car in a parking lot. Once, my change for a quick lunch was given entirely in nickels. “I’m sorry,” the cashier said. “It’s all we have.”

It’s all I needed!

One day, I was sitting at the desk when my phone rang. It was a real-estate agent I’d been working with.

“I have a new listing,” she said.

“When can we see it?”

A few hours later, Russ and I were following the agent down the driveway toward the house.

I didn’t think long. Because there, in the driveway, …

【1】After the wild fire, the couple ________.

A．lived in their car for one night

B．took some photos of the destruction

C．could hardly afford their Thanksgiving dinner

D．saved precious items from the burned down house

【2】What does the underlined word “plummeted” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Remained.

B．Changed.

C．Strengthened.

D．Sank.

【3】What did the found nickels mean to the author?

A．Luck for the foreseeable future.

B．Hope during challenging times.

C．Signs of a huge fortune to come.

D．Reminders of what had happened.

【4】Which would be the best ending for the passage?

A．I spotted a flash of silver in the sun, two nickels, both heads up.

B．I found an old nickel, which seemed to tell a story from the past.

C．I saw a mysterious locked box, and thought perhaps it was full of nickels.

D．I looked up and imagined something on a cloud, a giant nickel, just for me.

24、Before we even realize it’s happening, slowly but surely, we start losing confidence in who we are, what we do, and pretty much everything we ever thought we knew. You’re not alone.【1】 Below are simple steps that it offers to help you restore confidence quickly.

Figure Out the Root Cause. Knowing why you’re losing confidence is key to reversing that downward spiral. Not only will it get your confidence back but also it will strengthen it in the process. So, take the time to become aware of your environment, your thoughts, your behaviors, and your relationships.【2】

Strike a Pose. Simply put you stand straight, take up some space, put one hand on each hip, chin tilted upward, breathe in, and be present. Hold this pose for a few minutes. 【3】Our attitudes often follow our behaviors, her research suggests, meaning that assuming the body language of a powerful person can make anyone who does it feel more confident.

【4】Losing confidence means you’ve given your power away. And one of the fastest ways to take back your power is to utter a tiny two-letter word: NO, Practice saying “no” at least once a day. It can be to your own judgy voices of doubt, or it can be to the external factors you’ve identified that have caused you to lose confidence. It, along with these other suggestions: are very powerful steps in restoring your confidence.

Losing confidence in ourselves happens.【5】I bet if you ask the people closest to you in your life, they’ll shrug and nod, letting you know that they’ve experienced self-doubt and a loss of confidence, too. It’s part of being human and part of living this thing that we call life.

A．Just Say “No”.

B．You will benefit from it in the long term.

C．They may help you find out your mistakes.

D．It’s happened to me on more than one occasion.

E．It’s one of the power poses suggested by social psychologist Amy Cuddy.

F．In that case, you can identify the negative influences that need to be addressed.

G．According to the online therapy platform Better Health, everyone lacks confidence occasionally.

25、   There was once a bridge which crossed a large river. During most of the_______ the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to_______through freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge would be turned sideways across the river, allowing a train to cross it.

A switchman sat in a small house on one side of the river where he_______the controls to turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train crossed. One evening_______the switchman was waiting for the last train of the day to come, he looked off into the distance and_______sight of the trainlights. He stepped to the control and_______until the train was within a prescribed(规定的) distance to turn the bridge into_______,but, to his horror, he found the locking control did not_______. If the bridge was not securely in position it would wobble(摇晃) back and forth at the ends, causing the train to jump the_______and go crashing into the river. This would be a passenger train with many people aboard. He____________across the bridge to the other side of the river where he would have to hold the lever(控制杆) back____________as the train crossed. He could hear the rumble(隆隆声) of the train now, and he took hold of the lever and____________backward to apply his____________to it, locking the bridge. He kept applying the pressure to keep the mechanism locked. Many lives depended on this man's strength.

Then, he heard a sound that made his blood run cold. “Daddy, where are you?” His four-year-old son was crossing the bridge to____________him. The man almost left his lever to run and seize his son and carry him to ____________ But he realized that he could not get back to the lever. Either the people on the train or his little son must die. He took a____________to make his decision.

The train sped safely and swiftly on its way, and no one aboard was even____________of the tiny broken body, thrown mercilessly into the river by the onrushing train. Nor did they notice the____________figure of the sobbing man, still holding tightly the locking lever____________after the train had passed. They did not see him walking home more slowly than he had ever walked: to tell his wife____________their son had brutally died.

【1】A.times B.day C.year D.sides

【2】A.run B.lift C.cover D.pass

【3】A.kept B.collected C.held D.operated

【4】A.as B.since C.if D.before

【5】A.adjusted B.detected C.caught D.witnessed

【6】A.greeted B.waited C.repaired D.locked

【7】A.position B.quality C.gesture D.charge

【8】A.fill B.move C.work D.request

【9】A.river B.threat C.prediction D.track

【10】A.flew B.hurried C.went D.crossed

【11】A.instantly B.bitterly C.firmly D.impatiently

【12】A.leaned B.lay C.sipped D.scratched

【13】A.hand B.leg C.body D.weight

【14】A.put off B.look for C.come across D.take up

【15】A.safety B.home C.schedule D.attention

【16】A.sniff B.content C.moment D.fright

【17】A.known B.fond C.concerned D.aware

【18】A.tired B.sorrowful C.merciful D.annoyed

【19】A.long B.shortly C.just D.immediately

【20】A.what B.when C.how D.who

26、假设你是校图书馆馆长的学生助理李华，图书馆要进行网络系统升级，请在阅览室向在场的留学生口头通知相关事宜，并请他们转告其他留学生。

1．时间：2015年5月1日至5月10日。

2．在此期间，关闭阅览室、暂停电子阅览。

3．仅周二和周五可以借、还图书。

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