2025届河南省郑州市106中高三英语第一学期期末考试试题含解析.doc

2025届河南省郑州市106中高三英语第一学期期末考试试题注意事项1．考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回．2．答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用0．5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置．3．请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符．4．作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案．作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效．5．如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗．第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．There are various things on sale, so you can choose ______ interests you.A．whoever B．no matter whoC．whatever D．no matter what2．I hope that we will be able to make it through the tough times and back to the business of working together ________ our common goals.A．on behalf of B．in honor of C．on top of D．in search of3．--When will you come home for dinner? I’ll prepare it for you. --Don’t ________ it. I’ll eat out with my friends.A．care about B．worry about C．bother about D．talk about4．Although the used car seems in good ______, it cannot run fast.A．state B．situationC．condition D．occasion5．---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa!A．Must B．Can C．Need D．Should6．—Listening to language recording in bed seems like an easy way to _______ some new vocabulary.—But does this learning method actually work?A．polish up B．make upC．pick up D．build up7．Any information of the oral test paper are regarded as strictly ______ before it is open.A．conventional B．analyticalC．controversial D．confidential8．The engineer is thought to be capable and modest, so his promotion to manager is a popular _____.A．achievement B．appointment C．commitment D．employment9．Mr. Smith didn’t understand _____ made his son so upset that evening. A．what was it B．why it was this C．how that was D．what it was that10．The 114 colorful clay Warriors ____ at No. 1 pit, ______ in height from 1.8m to 2m, have black hair, green, white or pink faces, and black or brown eyes.A．unearthed; ranging B．unearthing; rangingC．unearthed; ranged D．are unearthed; are ranging11．The flat is good value for money because not only did they sell it to me at a cheap price, but they threw in some old furniture _________.A．at their command B．for good measureC．beyond my reach D．beneath their dignity12．Some experts think, ________ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice home environment.A．instead of B．except forC．apart from D．far from13．－I _______ in the same position too long. My legs have fallen asleep.－Shake it a little before you get up.A．will sit B．have satC．am sitting D．have been stting14．August 8th，2008 is a special day，________________，I think，that will be remembered by the Chinese forever .A．one B．whatC．which D．the one15．－Do you really mean it when you say he will a good president?A．judge B．duit C．turn D．Serve16．We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map．A．are B．wereC．would be D．will be17．Dave was a ________. Because of his misconduct in class, the whole class had to stay after school.A．wet blanket B．leading lightC．black sheep D．dark horse18．—That's the third time you've done that!—Yeah, _____?A．what of it B．what’s onC．what about D．what for19．The matches of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be played in 2019 all around France, whose men’s team _____ the 2018 World Cup.A．wins B．wonC．has won D．had won20．While working in Kunming, he checked the weather each morning for months ________he realized it would be the same every day.A．when B．afterC．before D．since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） During the period from 1660 through 1800, Great Britain became the world’s leader. Language itself became submitted to rules during this period. This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Guides to the English language had been in existence before Johnson began his project in 1746. These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words. When definitions of common words were supplied, they were often unhelpful. For example, a “horse” was defined in an early dictionary as “a beast well known”.Johnson changed all that, but the task was not an easy one. Renting a house at 17 Gough Square, Johnson began working in the worst of conditions. Supported only by his publisher, Johnson worked on the Dictionary with five assistants. Compared to the French Academy’s dictionary, which took forty workers fifty-five years to complete (1639-1694), Johnson’s dictionary was completed by very few people very quickly.Balanced on a chair with only three legs, Johnson sat against a wall in a room filled with books. Johnson would read widely from these books, mark passages illustrating the use of a particular word, and give the books to his assistants so that they could copy the passages on slips of paper. These slips were then stuck to eighty large notebooks under the key words t。