2025-2026学年湖北咸宁高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、Being a popular actor or model, a so-called glamorous job, can be a quite hard life, with a lot of travelling ________ heavy schedules.

A.on account of B.on behalf of C.in regard to D.in relation to

2、The art historians tried to figure out how the temple ______ when built around 15 B.C.

A. might look   B. might have looked

C. must look   D. must have looked

3、Her shoes ________ her dress; they look very well together.

A．suit

B．fit

C．compare

D．match

4、Helen borrowed my book the other day, promising__________it soon.

A.to return B.returned C.returning D.having returned

5、––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

6、Afraid __________? This type of anxiety can deeply disturb people’s enjoyment of social relationships.

A. of laughing at     B. to be laughed at

C. of being laughed at D. to laugh at

7、We did have a quarrel about money last night，but now we have already_____________.

A.taken up B.put up

C.made up D.brought up

8、He used to _________ in the sun, but now he is used to __________ in the library.

A.read; read B.reading; reading C.reading; read D.read; reading

9、People always _______education with exam success, which forces students to keep improving their academic abilities.

A.involve B.combine C.equate D.compare

10、Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition in ancient Olympic Games, at a separate festival _______ Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus.

A．in favor of

B．in honor of

C．in charge of

D．in search of

11、My skating teacher was really great and ______ I knew it, I was able to skate!

A.before B.since

C.until D.after

12、If ________ in the elevator, please press the emergency button immediately.

A. trapped B. trapping

C. having trapped D. to be trapped

13、A heavy sandstorm is going to envelop our city. It is unwise to have your car   .

A. wash   B. washed

C. washing   D. to wash

14、—Didn’t you go fishing with your friends last Sunday?

—No. I ______ to the nursing home as usual.

A. went B. go C. have gone   D. had gone

15、—Tu Youyou proves with hardships _______ great honor.

—Sure. Opportunities favour the prepared mind.

A. comes   B. will come   C. is coming   D. are coming

16、Though the twin brothers _______ each other in appearance, they are quite different in characters.

A.evaluate B.distinguish C.appreciate D.resemble

17、The free trade port needs to______ the possibility of sharpening the competitive edge of the island worldwide.

A.exploit B.explode C.explore D.export

18、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.

A. Entering; covering; fallen

B. Having entered; covered; falling

C. Entering; covering; falling

D. Entering; covered; fallen

19、The artist ________the judge gave a prize is the teacher________ I have been taught for three years.

A．to whom; who

B．from who; who

C．to whom; by whom

D．from whom; by whom

20、We are hoping for support from Mr. Webster, without _____ support we can’t make it.

A. which   B. whose C. what   D. that

21、   Calories are a way of keeping track of the body's energy budget. A healthy balance occurs when we put in about as much energy as we lose. If we consistently put more energy into our bodies than we bum, the excess will gradually be stored as fat in our cells, and well gain weight. If we bum off more energy than we replenish, well lose weight. But how many calories do we actually need? Calorie is just the unit we use to measure the energy we take in or bum.

Calories are used in three ways: about 10% enables digestion, about 20% fuels physical activity, and the biggest part, around 70%, supports the basic functions of our organs. That third usage corresponds to your basal metabolic rate (基础代谢率), a number of calories you would need to survive if you weren't eating or moving around.

According to the official guidelines, average person requires each day 2000 calories for women and 2500 for men. Those estimates are based on factors like average weight, physical activity and muscle mass. So does that mean everyone should take in around 2000 calories? Not necessarily. If you're doing an energy consuming activity, like cycling the Tour de France, your body could use up to 9000 calories per day Pregnancy requires slightly more calories than usual, and elderly people typically have a slower metabolic rate, energy is burned more gradually, so less is needed.

And one thing you should also know. The calorie counts on nutrition labels measure how much energy the food contains, not how much energy you can actually get out of it, Fibrous (纤维的) foods like celery and whole wheat take more energy to digest, so you'd actually absorb less energy from 100 calorie serving of celery than a 100 calorie serving of potato chips. Not to mention the fact that some foods offer nutrients like protein and vitamins, while others provide far less nutritional value. Eating too many of those foods could leave you overweight and malnourished. And even with the exact same food, different people might not get the same number of calories.

So a calorie is a useful energy measure, but to work out exactly how many of them each of us requires, we need to factor in things like exercise, food type, and our body's ability to process energy.

【1】What is Calorie according to the passage?

A．A unit of measurement to the energy people get or consume.

B．The food people eat and digest.

C．The unit for people to count weight.

D．The way people to measure nutrition.

【2】One can lose weight, if________.

A．less food is eaten than before

B．doing exercise every day

C．more energy is fueled than taken in

D．one keeps energy balanced

【3】Which fact is true according to the passage?

A．The excess of calories will gradually turn into cells.

B．Most of the calories will help people with digestion.

C．When staying still no calorie will be needed.

D．The biggest amount of energy will go to support body organs.

【4】The author may agree that________.

A．potato chips are hard to digest

B．the food with more fibers can help keeping slim

C．the foods with protein and vitamins could leave you overweight and malnourished

D．old people's energy is gradually burning fast

【5】The best title of this passage should be?

A．Calories and Diet

B．Many Factors Contribute to Calorie Count

C．The Relevancy between Calorie Burning and Age

D．Different People, Different Calorie Burning Rate

22、We need as table source of income to provide for our needs. We need to keep our jobs. But despite this, there are still a lot of good employees that quit. Why? Some people immediately assume that the need for a bigger salary is the main reason for employees leaving their jobs.【1】.

Being over worked. One of the top reasons why good or even the best employees leave is too much workload dumped on them.【2】.Usually, more and more similar work would be assigned to them. The result? Burnout. So, giving the employees room to breathe is a good way to prevent these employees from leaving.

Lack of growth opportunities. Employers wish their staff can better work for them.【3】As employees, they hope to look for growth opportunities. Offering courses and training that would improve and enhance their skills can help them to see growth in the company.

Lack of appreciation. Even a little child would really show more enthusiasm if their efforts are rewarded and appreciated. Raises and bonuses are good, but giving a salary increase or monetary rewards aren’t the only ways to show recognition or appreciation.【4】.Even a bit of appreciation can help in making an employee feel more valued.

【5】.When an employee has been with the company for a long time, doing the same tasks every day, they may lose interest because the work becomes monotonous(单调乏味的)for them. Engaging the employees in another type of work in the office can regain their interest and help them learn new skills, too.

A．Lack of tasks

B．Lack of challenges

C．However, it’s not always about the money

D．Employees may show how good they are at something

E．Employees have been doing the same thing for a long time

F．Sometimes, a simple “Great job!” or “Good work!” will do

G．Meanwhile, employees wish to improve themselves in the company

23、   In recent years, the amount of reading materials pouring off the international presses is large. Not only do we have to handle information in the printed form but we also have to deal with it in the digital form. At the same time, it's becoming increasingly necessary for us to read for study and work. The conclusion: something needs to be done to meet this rising flood.

Speed reading is one of the techniques put forward as a possible solution to the problem. Speed reading grew from information developed by the US Air Force. Air Force technicians had noticed that while in flight, some pilots were unable to recognize planes seen at a distance. During war, this could mean the difference between life and death. So they developed a machine called a tachistoscope(速示器)to help with this disability.

The tachistoscope is simply a machine that flashes pictures for different periods of time onto a large screen. They started by flashing large pictures of friendly and enemy planes slowly and then gradually shortened the flash of time while decreasing the size of the picture seen. Surprisingly, they found that with training, the average person was able to tell tiny pictures of different planes when the pictures had been flashed on the screen for only one five- hundredth of a second.

They later decided to apply this discovery to reading. Using the same machine and process, they first flashed one large word at a time for as long as five seconds on a screen, gradually reducing the size of the word and shortening the time of the flash until they were flashing four words simultaneously on a screen for one five-hundredth of a second, and were still able to obtain recognition. Speed reading was thus born and to this day, many courses teaching it still have some contents of tachistoscopic training.

With regular tachistoscopic training, almost all readers can increase their reading speed from an average of 200 words per minute to an average of 400 words per minute. However, when they stopped the training, most of these fast-readers disappointingly returned to their previous levels within only a few weeks.

Reading fast is pointless unless you understand what you read. However, research shows reading far below your normal speed is similarly harmful, for at such slow speeds, one tends to think a lot about the individual words and misses the general meaning altogether.

【1】What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

A.The need for speed reading.

B.The quality of reading materials.

C.The development of digital technology.

D.The characteristics of the Information Age.

【2】Why was the tachistoscope developed?

A.To help people born with reading disabilities.

B.To help pilots send information more accurately.

C.To help pilots recognize planes quickly in the sky.

D.To improve the health of pilots with physical disabilities.

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

A.With great care. B.One after another.

C.All of a sudden. D.At the same time.

【4】What can we infer from the text?

A.People need constant tachistoscopic training to remain fast-readers.

B.The more slowly you read, the better understanding you can achieve.

C.Tachistoscopic training can help everyone double their reading speed.

D.Speed reading courses today are almost the same as tachistoscopic training.

24、   Researchers studied data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, organised by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the United States and looked at the relationship between coupe of coffee drunk per day, and both total body fat percentage and abdominal or ‘trunk’ fat.

They found that women aged 20- 44 who drank two or three cups of coffee per day had the lowest levels of obesity, 3.4% lower than people who did not consume coffee. Among women aged between 45-69. those who drank four a more cups had an obesity percentage 4.1% lover.

Overall, the average total body fat percentage was 2.8% lower among women of all ages who drank two or three cups of coffee per day.

The findings were consistent whether the coffee consumed was caffeinated or decaffeinated and among smoker/non-smokers and those suffering from chronic diseases when compared to those in good health.

In men, the relationship was less significant although men aged 20-44 who drank two or three cups per day had 1.39% less total fat and 1.8% less trunk fat than those who did not consume coffee.

Around 7 million tons of coffee is consumed globally every year. Dr Lee Smith, Reader in Public Heath at Anglia Ruskin University and senior author of the study, said: “Our research suggests that there may be active compounds in coffee other than caffeine that manage weigh and which could potentially be used as anti-obesity compounds.”

“It could Le possible that coffee, or its effective ingredients could be integrated into a healthy diet strategy to reduce the burden of chronic conditions related to the obesity,” Dr Lee Smith added, “I is important o interpret the finding of this study in light of its limitations-the study was at a specific point in time so trends cannot be established. However, we don't believe that someone’s weight is likely to influence their coffee consumption.”

【1】What in coffee mainly influences body fat according to Dr Lee Smith?

A.The caffeine. B.The decaffeinated.

C.The effective compound. D.The rich nutrition.

【2】What can be inferred from the text?

A.Coffee has less effect on men than women in fat according to the finding.

B.The women aged 20-44 like to drink two or three cups of coffee per day.

C.The researchers found that the coffee consumers preferred caffeinated coffee.

D.Trends will be established to limit people's weights by their coffee consumption.

【3】Where is this text most likely from?

A.A diary. B.A guidebook. C.A novel. D.A magazine.

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

A.Chronic Diseases Related to the Obesity B.Coffee Linked to Lower Body Fat

C.Coffee Related to Heart Disease D.Study Discloses the Benefits of Coffee

25、The Road Less Travelled

Pennsylvania is one of the oldest states in America, and it’s full of mysterious (神秘的) places! One of those places has been _______for decades. My dad loves _______, and he learned that it was _______ to the public. So, when I was 14, we took a bike trip to_______ this historic road!

My dad chose a 16-mile section of the road for us to ride. Part of it included an_______ tunnel (隧道) called the Sideling Hill Tunnel which is over a mile long! To _______, we checked our tires and made sure our bike lights had batteries. In the morning, we_______our bikes into the trunk of the car. Then we set off.

After a two-hour drive, we reached the road. It was a _______afternoon in early fall. I didn’t think we would sweat too much. But our trip started with a_______ uphill climb!

As we approached the Sideling Hill Tunnel, I felt ____________ as it was black inside! But my dad____________ me. He said he would be right beside me. He reminded me to stay ____________ all the way and keep my ____________on!

When we entered the tunnel, the sound of our bikes spread through the____________.I shined my flashlight around and saw____________ covered in graffiti (涂鸦). I was pretty scared, but____________following my dad helped me relax. That gave me ____________ to keep going. And I was so happy to ride out into the bright afternoon!

Whenever I am____________hardships in life, I remember this ____________. It reminds me that my dad is always beside me. He turns on the light of ____________ in my heart. And he gives me courage to keep riding through life’s dark tunnels.

【1】A.occupied B.abandoned C.ruined D.founded

【2】A.nature B.fun C.history D.action

【3】A.familiar B.dangerous C.strange D.open

【4】A.explore B.challenge C.follow D.track

【5】A.old B.empty C.ugly D.ordinary

【6】A.start B.prepare C.compete D.arrive

【7】A.turned B.moved C.loaded D.lifted

【8】A.wet B.short C.hot D.cool

【9】A.long B.steady C.unique D.rapid

【10】A.content B.nervous C.comfortable D.curious

【11】A.persuaded B.believed C.encouraged D.forced

【12】A.active B.energetic C.silent D.cautious

【13】A.light B.cellphone C.camera D.music

【14】A.cave B.darkness C.direction D.atmosphere

【15】A.rocks B.roofs C.walls D.bases

【16】A.appealing to B.insisting on C.waiting for D.focusing on

【17】A.courage B.pressure C.expectation D.honor

【18】A.accounting for B.going through C.testing out D.carrying on

【19】A.accident B.past C.story D.trip

【20】A.hope B.appreciation C.interest D.trust

26、假定你是李华。上周英语课，你班以“Would you rather have an immediate reward or not?”为主题，就“付出需要马上得到回报吗”进行了讨论。有人赞成，有人反对。请你根据讨论结果，写一篇100词左右的文章谈谈你对这一话题的看法。

注意：1．标题和开头已为你写出，不计入总数；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Would you rather have an immediate reward or not?

Last week. we had a discussion on“Would you rather have an immediate reward or not".

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