北京市东城区市级名校2025年英语高三上期末经典试题含解析.doc

北京市东城区市级名校2025年英语高三上期末经典试题考生请注意：1．答题前请将考场、试室号、座位号、考生号、姓名写在试卷密封线内，不得在试卷上作任何标记2．第一部分选择题每小题选出答案后，需将答案写在试卷指定的括号内，第二部分非选择题答案写在试卷题目指定的位置上3．考生必须保证答题卡的整洁考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．When the girl did ________ the courage to tell her parents what had happened, unfortunately her own family didn't believe her.A．work out B．work up C．work at D．work on2．Taking drugs has become part of every sport _________ athletes seek to achieve beyond their natural limits.A．which B．that C．who D．where3．I ________ able to catch the first flight home, but my watch betrayed me.A．were B．had beenC．would be D．would have been4．We strongly advise you ______ eating your meal so late. It’s not healthy.A．on B．against C．from D．over5．Someone who lacks staying power and perseverance is unlikely to ______ a good researcher.A．make B．turnC．get D．grow6．They came back from their long walk and went into bed, .A．tiredly but relaxing B．tired but relaxingC．tiredly but relaxed D．tired but relaxed7．Hearing the news, she rushed out, ________ the book ________ on the table and disappeared into the distance.A．left; lain open B．left; lay openedC．leaving; lie opened D．leaving; lying open8．You won’t find paper cutting difficult _____you keep practicing it.A．even if B．as long as C．as if D．ever since9．—Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of promotion.—She’s a woman of ________.A．ambition B．attentionC．expectation D．reputation10．Since the middle of the last year, the bike-sharing market _____in Beijing.A．boomed B．was booming C．will boom D．has boomed11．Allen followed his customer across the yard and stood on the step of the house, two shopping bags.A．lifted B．having lifted C．to lift D．lifting12．The bus would not have run into the river ________ for the bad tempered lady.A．if it were not B．had it not beenC．if it would not be D．should it not be13．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 horse14．I was telling a joke and Sam just interrupted me to tell a different one. He always _____!A．bites his tongue B．saves his skinC．steals my thunder D．pulls my leg15．Michelle Obama wears clothes that anyone can buy in a mall and ________ she may have a larger effect on consumers than ordinary models.A．furthermore B．otherwise C．nevertheless D．therefore16．Although she did not know Boston well, she made her way ________ to the Home Circle Building.A．easy enough B．enough easyC．easily enough D．enough easily17．—What about asking these new graduates to take on the task?—I m afraid not．While they are energetic and ambitious, _____ of them seems to be suitable for this demanding job．A．no one B．everyone C．none D．few18．Teachers in primary schools ______ influence the kids fall under should be role models.A．whose B．whoC．where D．which19．Despite the obvious privacy concerns, the use of facial-recognition technology is ________ at some public places.A．out of danger B．on the run C．out of sight D．on the rise20．Some pre-school children go to a day care center, __________ they learn simple games and songs.A．then B．there C．while D．where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） The death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe's colonial conquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century.The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to eliminate minority languages.This process of linguistic standardization has been boosted by industrialization and scientific progress, which have imposed new methods of communication that are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal.More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalization have intensified the threat to “small” languages. A language not on the Internet is a language that “no longer exists'' in the modern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are evident. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same language, 。