2025-2026年广东云浮高三上册期末英语试卷及答案

1、If you don’t grasp this chance, it may be years ______ you get another one.

A.before B.since C.until D.unless

2、The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it seems as if the sun ______ round the earth.

A．circles

B．be circling

C．is circling

D．were circling

3、—You speak very good French!

—Thanks. I ________ French in Sichuan University for four years.

A. studied       B. study

C. was studying D. had studied

4、Recent pressure at work may ____his abnormal behavior.

A. push for   B. exchange for

C. account for   D. head for

5、One-third of the country _____ covered with trees and the majority of the citizens _____ black people.

A.is; are B.is; is

C.are; are D.are; is

6、She looked in the direction of the window, but there was nothing in front ______ the deep darkness.

A. other than B. rather than

C. more than D. less than

7、_____he said in the lecture has a great effect on me.

A. What B. Which   C. That   D. How

8、Before leaving America, she _____ much of her furniture to friends and enjoyed letting them have the piece they had liked.

A.picked up B.gave away C.put down D.set aside

9、— I want to do business via online platforms like Alibaba.

— _____ it work out, I am sure, your products may go all over the world.

A.Could B.Shall C.Would D.Should

10、This is the boy without________ help I couldn’t have passed that difficult exam.

A．who

B．whom

C．whose

D．that

11、A strange girl entered the room and told me a story of her own, _____ I suspected the truth．

A. that   B. which   C. of which   D. at which

12、The advanced entire production process is paperless and much faster than that of ______ factories.

A.profitable   B.comparable

C.conventional D.flexible

13、 It’s kind ____ you to have given me so much help. Thank you ____ the bottom of my heart.

A. of；in  B. for；in  C. for；from D. of；from

14、The children's excitement   as Christmas drew near．

A． grows   B．tried   C．trying   D． had grown

15、We need to _________ public awareness to the environmental issue.

A.raise B.rise C.arise D.rose

16、We _______ home now if you hadn’t taken the wrong turning.

A. would be   B. are

C. were   D. will be

17、It is wise to have some money ________ for old age.

A. put aside  B. kept up C. given away  D. laid up

18、Studies have explored how dogs categorize and _______ between different images.

A. illustrate B. discriminate

C. circulate D. demonstrate

19、—I worked on your car the whole night. How is it running?

— It is running great! _____________. You were such a big help!

A．It’s a pity

B．I couldn’t agree more

C．Forget it

D．I can hardly thank you enough

20、He stood up and looked forward to _______ what has happened over there and found there was a cinema around ______ he could see a film being shown.

A. seeing; which   B. see; where

C. see; which   D. seeing; that

21、   For 38-year-old Justin Herald, the journey to wealth began one Sunday morning at a church in Sydney, when he had a quarrel with one of the churchgoers.

“You have an attitude problem,” she told him.

The accusation sparked something in him, and the then-25-year-old borrowed $ 50 from his brother to have four T-shirts printed with the slogans: “I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem" and “When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you”.

“It was the best $ 50 I ever spent,” laughs Herald. By the end of the morning he'd sold three of the four T-shirts. With the money, he had another six printed, then 12, then 24. “That first year the turnover was $ 980,000," he says.

His business, Attitude Inc, is now a multi-million dollar concern with a wide range of products selling in 3,500 stores across Australia. His success was due to clever marketing—the public loved the slogans—but also, he admits, luck. In those days there was very little competition in his sector of the clothing industry, and he was in the right place at the right time.

The media spotlight also helped, with people picking up on Herald's likeable personality and infectious passion for his business: the night of one TV appearance, 187 stores rang to get his products into their shops.

“The consumer liked the person behind the product. They really did support me as an individual as well as the brand,” he says.

Herald sold the business three years ago, by which time it was turning over $ 30 million a year, and now spends his time as a motivational speaker. His message: anyone can be financially successful if they set their mind to it. “You have to have a lot of stick ability——not everything is going to work the way you plan it.”

Money has meant he has been able to enjoy his other passion—fast cars—but essentially he says he's the same person he's always been. “Time and freedom and choice are more valuable than having a lot of money in the bank,” he says.

【1】Why did Herald have the slogans printed on the T-shirt?

A.To fight back the woman. B.To encourage himself.

C.To try a form of marketing. D.To show himself off.

【2】What happened to Herald after his appearance on TV?

A.He opened 187 branches. B.He became a public figure.

C.He sold his business. D.He received more orders.

【3】Why did Herald give up his business three years ago?

A.He wanted to change his lifestyle. B.His business expected to lose money.

C.He feared to fall into the trap of wealth D.He wanted to be a professional speaker.

【4】What can we learn from Herald's story?

A.Time is money. B.Mindfulness pays off.

C.Passion is based on money. D.Luck is the key to success.

22、The 1930s and early 1940s were a good time to fish for sardines (沙丁鱼) off California. Centered on Monterey Bay, catches increased dramatically and supported the state’s economy. But the situation began to change in 1946, and sardine catches eventually fell from an average of 234,000 tons to just 24,000 tons. The industry went belly-up.

Scientists have guessed for decades about what caused this phenomenon, but they lacked data to test their theories. Now researchers have finally found one apparent cause: cycles of ocean upwelling, a defining feature of the West Coast sea environment in which deep, nutrient-rich water rises to the nutrient-poor surface and restores the food supply there. The key that unlocked this phenomenon turned out to be old seaweed specimens (标本) gathered around the U. S.

“Plants are just sitting there, recording data about the state of the ocean,” says Kyle Van Houtan, chief scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and senior author of the new study. Van Houtan and others had suspected the impact of upwelling, but scientists only started measuring the process in Monterey Bay in 1946. Historic seaweed specimens, Van Houtan realized, might fill in the blanks for earlier years—similar to the way ice cores can help reconstruct CO2 levels from times before researchers started collecting real-time measurements.

For the new study, the scientists relied on the fact that deeper water near Monterey typically hosts more of a particular nitrogen isotope (氮同位素). Looking at modern upwelling data and recently collected seaweed, they found that higher levels of this nitrogen in the plants’ cells corresponded with periods of more upwelling. Next they measured the isotope levels in 70 historic specimens of the red seaweed Gelidium, gathered from Monterey as far back as 1878. The results suggested a gradual increase in upwelling and then a dramatic decrease, which lined up with the sardine population’s growth and decline.

“This paper is an excellent example of the creative detective work of historical ecology,” says Loren McClenachan, a marine ecologist at Colby College, who was not involved in the research. “There are thousands and thousands of similar specimens in collections around the world, and applying similar methods could teach us a great deal about long-term ocean change.”

【1】What does the underlined part “went belly-up” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Sprang up.

B．Caught on.

C．Crashed.

D．Participated.

【2】What does the author want to show by mentioning ice cores?

A．The significance of historic specimens.

B．The severity of global climate change.

C．The effectiveness of real-time measurements.

D．The necessity of sea level reconstruct ion.

【3】How did the scientists carry out the new study?

A．By comparing different kinds of seaweed.

B．By analyzing historic and current data.

C．By recording the upwelling process.

D．By measuring the CO2 levels.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Rise and Fall of Red Seaweed Gelidium

B．Sardines Have Been Hard Hit by Overfishing

C．The Hidden History of Fisheries in the West Coast

D．Old Seaweed Reveals Secret of Monterey Sardine History

23、   Why is the world’s population growing? 【1】The reason for the explosion is not that people have been reproducing like rabbits, but that people have stopped dropping dead like flies. In 1900, people died at the average age of 30. By 2000 the average age was 65. But while increasing health was a typical feature of the 20th century, declining birth rate could be a defining one of the 21st.

Statistics show that the average number of births per woman has fallen from 4.9 in the early 1960s to 2.5 nowadays. Furthermore, around 50% of the world’s population live in regions where the figure is now below the replacement level（i.e.2.1 births per woman）and almost all developed nations are experiencing sub-replacement birth rate.【2】But you’d be wrong, declining birth rate is a major problem in many developing regions too, which might cause catastrophic global shortages of work force within a few decades.

【3】What does it imply？First, China needs to undergo rapid economic development before a population decline hits the country. Second, if other factors such as technology remain constant, economic growth and material expectations will fall well below recent standards and this could invite trouble.

Russia is another country with population problems that could break its economic promise. Since 1992 the number of people dying has been bigger than that of those being born by a massive 50%, Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.【4】Nobody is quite sure, but poor diet an above all long-time alcoholism have much to do with it. If current trends don’t bend. Russia’s population will be about the size of Yemen’s by the year 2050.

【5】As for the USA, it is almost unique among developed nations in having a population that is expected to grow by 20% from 2010-2030. Moreover, the USA has a track record of successfully accepting immigrants. As a result it’s likely to see a rise in the size of its working-age population and to witness strong economic growth over the longer term.

A.Why is this occurring?

B.How to solve this problem?

C.The answer is not what you might think.

D.You might think that developing nations would make up the loss.

E.One solution is obviously to import foreign workers via immigration.

F.A great decline in young work force is likely to occur in China, for instance.

G.In 2030,a sixth of the country’s potential work force could be tally uneducated.

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25、It was reading test day, and Barbara knew she would fail, again. Why did it take her so much ________ than everyone else? She ________ to go to school. She would rather stay at home.

“________ , Barbara,” said her mum. “I know it’s test day, but just do your best, and don’t feel embarrassed if you don’t get a good ________ . After all, you always ________ on top in the maths tests. Just keep a(n) ________ attitude!”

The next day, Barbara’s mum said they had an ________ with a special reading teacher. Barbara groaned (抱怨). “Just try,” said her mum. “I think you’ll be ________ .”

The teacher was old and looked strict. “We’ll start with a little activity,” she said, and Barbara’s heart ________ . “She means a test,” she thought, “and I’ll ________ as usual. But it is OK!” At first, it was hard, but then it was even fun, and best of all, there were no time ________ and no marks.

After the test, the teacher said, “Well, I think I understand your problem. You have dyslexia (诵读困难)，which means you have ________ with reading because of a slight disorder of your brain. But we can develop ________ to help this! It will be hard, and there is no ________ of success, but I think we can improve your reading speed, that’s the ________ , really. It’s just that you can’t go ________ enough in the tests, isn’t it? Let’s see if we can get you a better outcome, shall we?”

The weeks ________ in a blur (模糊的记忆). At first, the exercises were hard, and Barbara’s head ached. But she persevered and ________ she got faster. And then, it all started to snowball!

In November Barbara got her final report of Grade 4 reading - 71%.

“You did it!” said her mum. “I am so ________ of you.” And Barbara was proud of herself, too.

“Working hard and not quitting do ________ in the end,” she said.

【1】

A．more

B．longer

C．higher

D．farther

【2】

A．longed

B．needed

C．wanted

D．hated

【3】

A．Go on

B．Move on

C．Come on

D．Walk on

【4】

A．mark

B．remark

C．mask

D．track

【5】

A．come into

B．come out

C．come off

D．come about

【6】

A．negative

B．positive

C．passive

D．active

【7】

A．appointment

B．anouncement

C．activity

D．agreement

【8】

A．annoyed

B．disappointed

C．frustrated

D．surprised

【9】

A．beat

B．struck

C．sank

D．broke

【10】

A．overcome

B．succeed

C．fail

D．pass

【11】

A．orders

B．limits

C．management

D．permission

【12】

A．difference

B．possibility

C．relation

D．difficulty

【13】

A．strategies

B．technologies

C．drugs

D．abilities

【14】

A．appearance

B．guarantee

C．confirmation

D．guidance

【15】

A．issue

B．question

C．excuse

D．problem

【16】

A．fast

B．vast

C．past

D．last

【17】

A．took place

B．turned up

C．went by

D．came over

【18】

A．suddenly

B．accidentally

C．gradually

D．excitingly

【19】

A．ashamed

B．pleased

C．tired

D．proud

【20】

A．pay off

B．take off

C．get around

D．cut off

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