2025-2026年广东梅州高三上册期末英语试卷带答案

1、Many students think geography is_________ math.

A. as difficult a subject as

B. as a difficult subject as

C. the same difficult subject as

D. a subject the same difficult as

2、The world today different without the amazing discoveries produced by great scientists.

A. were     B. had been

C. would have been     D. would be

3、We ______ have watered these flowers yesterday. Today’s rain will be too much for them.

A.can’t B.shouldn’t C.may not D.mustn’t

4、It’s unclear________ the tiny computer will be released, but it will come onto the market sooner or later.

A．when

B．what

C．how

D．whether

5、______ in the early 20th century, the school keeps on inspiring children’s love of art.

A.Found B.Having founded

C.Founded D.Founding

6、 Cheer up! Everyone may have periods in their lives everything seems tough.

A．which

B．where

C．when

D．that

7、People who do not smoke have less ______of suffering from lung cancer than those who do so．

A．potential B．pattern

C．preference D．prejudice

8、China’s rich civilization ________ the world with a happy surprise at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games.

A. showed   B. attracted   C. presented   D. performed

9、Science and technology have ______ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.

A.attached B.assisted C.contributed D.committed

10、Word came that free souvenirs would be given to ________ comes first.

A．whomever

B．whichever

C．whatever

D．whoever

11、I can’t imagine what air we would be breathing in if we __________ anything to stop air pollution.

A. hadn’t done   B. didn’t do

C. haven’t done   D. don’t do

12、One should accomplish tasks ______ instead of always turning to others for help.

A．skillfully

B．actively

C．independently

D．voluntarily

13、— Would you please lend me some money?

—_______. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

A . No problem   B. Out of question

C. Without question D. No way

14、It is always difficult to stay in a foreign country, ________ if you don’t know the culture of the country.

A．extremely

B．naturally

C．basically

D．especially

15、He seemed ________the sad news as he looked really upset.

A．to know

B．to be knowing

C．to have known

D．to knew

16、So excellent is the young man in this company that his ______ is just a matter of time.

A．ambition

B．admiration

C．promotion

D．appreciation

17、Don’t hesitate to make a decision, ________ you’ll let such a golden opportunity slip through your fingers.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

18、China will safeguard energy security by resource protection,_____ green lifestyles and consumer culture.

A.to advocate B.advocated C.advocating D.having been advocated

19、 The vegetable looking fresh in his field ______well. It’s often sold out immediately it appears in the market.

A. has sold   B. has been sold

C. is sold D. sells

20、—Are you going on a holiday after the exam?

—Well, I haven’t decided yet. I ________ find some other choices.

A.would B.might C.must D.should

21、   A prisoner picked up 1,000 yuan in the course of building the road outside the prison. He handed it out without hesitation. However, someone who was in charge of the prison said to him in contempt, "Stop cheating! With your own money, play such a trick to bribe me; what you want to gain back is the reduced sentence; people of your sort are not honest."

In total despair, the prisoner believed that no one in the world would trust him any more. So he escaped from prison that night.

On his way to flight, he robbed money and values without restraint(无拘无束地). After robbing enough money, he took a train bound for the border. The carriages were so crowded that he had to stand close to a water closet. At this moment, a quite beautiful girl walked into the closet, and found that the latch was broken when she closed the door. She stepped out and whispered to him, "Sir, could you guard the door for me?"

In a daze for a second, he, looking into the pure eyes of the girl, nodded his head. The girl went into the closet with a blush; and he guarded the door tightly like a' loyal guard.

At that very moment, he changed his mind suddenly. At the next stop he got off the train, and went to give himself up to the police at the train station.

Trust is the most precious thing in this world. It cannot be bought, or gained by lure or force. It comes deep from one's soul, and lives in the clear spring of the soul. It can redeem(拯救) the soul and make the soul and make the heart full of purity and confidence.

【1】Why did the prisoner escaped from the prison?

A.In order to get freedom.

B.He wanted to reduce sentence.

C.He planned to make more money by stealing.

D.Because he thought no one in the world would trust him any more.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph mean?

A.He wanted to hunt for a job at the train station.

B.He was going to hand in the money to the police.

C.He was determined to mend his ways and turn over a new leaf.

D.He went to the police station to tell the police what happened on the train.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The girl thought the prisoner was a bad man.

B.The prisoner was set free because of his honesty.

C.The prisoner finally decided to help the girl because of trust.

D.The man escaped from the prison to reduce sentence.

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Trust is the most valuable thing in this world.

B.It is certain that honesty is important at any time.

C.Anyone who helps others in time is well worth praising.

D.There is no doubt that we should believe in ourselves all the time.

22、American View On Business

Henry Ford, a famous American inventor and carmaker, once said: American business is business. What he meant by this is that the American way of life is based on the values of the business world.

Few would argue with Ford’s statement. A brief look at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United States think about business. For example, nearly every newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects, finances and management, stock prices and labor problems of corporations are reported daily.

In addition, business news can appear in every other section. Most national news has an important financial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Moreover, business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts and entertainment is often referred to as “the entertainment industry” or “show business.”

The positive side of Henry Ford’s statement can be seen in the wealth that business has brought to U.S. life. One of the most important reasons why so many people from all over the world come to live in the United States is the dream of a better job. Many jobs are produced because the U.S. economic system is driven by competition. People believe that this system creates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially better way of life.

The negative side of Henry Ford’s statement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean big business. And the term big business — referring to the biggest companies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working people have had to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions, and the fight to form unions. Today, many of the old labor arguments are over, but there is still some employee anxiety. The laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high creates feelings of insecurity for many.

【1】According to the passage, the United States is a typical country ___________.

A.which encourages free trade at home and abroad

B.which normally works according to the federal budget

C.where all businesses are managed scientifically

D.where people’s chief concern is how to make money

【2】Why do immigrants choose to settle in the United States according to the passage?Because they think that ____________.

A.they can start profitable businesses there

B.they can find more and better ways to make a living

C.they will make a fortune overnight there

D.they can be more competitive in business

【3】Why can Henry Ford’s statement be taken negatively according to the passage?

A.Because working people are discouraged to fight for their fights.

B.Because public services are not run by the federal government.

C.Because there are many industries controlled by a few big capitalists.

D.Because there is a conflicting relationship between big corporations and labor.

【4】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.In the big business there are fewer arguments between labor and management.

B.The negative effects of business news will increase employment opportunities.

C.Keeping lower costs and higher profits could leave many unemployed.

D.In the world of arts and entertainment there is always a rise in workers’ wages.

23、Ask a group of elderly people what it was about their lives that made them happiest overall, and they’ll probably mention some warm relationships with family and friends. If you’re satisfied with your social life, according to psychologists, you tend to be satisfied with life in general.

From the point of my 50s, I’d say that sounds about right. Some of my happiest moments are the ones I spend with my husband, a few close relatives, and a handful of very good friends who know me well and like me anyway. But the more I read about how social media are interfering with (干扰) good old-fashioned friendship, creating virtual bonds that can’t quite take the place of real ones, the more I wonder just how today’s 20-somethings will look back on their own lives when they’re my age.

After all, much crucial relationship building work is done in the 20s. According to research by the late Bernice Neugarten of the University of Chicago, who helped launch the academic study of human development, people choose most of their adult relationships, both friends and lovers, between the ages of 22 and 28. The friends we make in our 20s are not only best friends forever; they’re also our first truly chosen friends. And choosing how to commit to these friendships is an essential psychological task of the 20s.

But with so much of friendship in this age group now being developed online, an essential question is what the effect of that interaction is. A study, conducted in 2010 by Craig Watkins and Erin Lee of the University of Texas at Austin, investigated the Facebook habits of 776 young people between the ages of 18 and 35. “Whether it is a wall post, a comment, or a photo,” they wrote, “young people’s engagement with Facebook is driven, primarily, by a desire to stay connected to and involved in the lives of friends who live close by, far away, or have just entered into their lives.”

This kind of constant contact can be efficient, but it can also be upsetting. For one thing, it adds a new layer of concern to a young person’s already-heightened awareness of social ranking, giving appearance-conscious young people yet another thing to worry about. “I see other 20-somethings feeling pressured to constantly keep up a public image, especially a public image online,” wrote Ariana Allensworth on the group blog. “Folks are always keeping the world informed one way or another about what they’re up to, where they’re at, what projects they’re working on. It can be a bit much at times.” Not the most fertile ground for real-world friendship.

【1】According to the passage, the 20s is an age for people to _____.

A. have a good public image

B. keep themselves informed

C. look back on their own lives

D. develop critical relationships

【2】Which of the following is a disadvantage of making friends online?

A. It makes people pay less attention to social ranking.

B. It robs people of the happy moments spent with friends.

C. It keeps people away from their family and close relatives.

D. It prevents people from keeping in contact with their friends.

【3】What was the aim of the study conducted by Craig Watkins and Erin Lee?

A. To know about the 776 young people’s Facebook habits.

B. To find out how social media affect real-world social life.

C. To help young people stay connected to the lives of friends.

D. To investigate what kind of people prefer online interactions.

【4】The author may agree that _____.

A. old-fashioned friendship can help create virtual bonds

B. there’s no need for young people to make online friends

C. real-world friendship is a better choice for young people

D. online friendship is an inevitable trend in the modern world

24、Jamin Crow waited silently for the bull moose (麋鹿) to turn and face him. In the cold, the teen stood with his gun resting on a branch. He waited and waited. Then the moose turned, and his brother started to yell, "Shoot!” If Crow didn't shoot, his brother would. So Crow took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. "I look at my brother and he's giving me the happiest look I've ever seen," he says.

Crow lives in Bethel, in the remote region of Alaska. For generations, his family has practiced subsistence (生存) hunting to get food on the table. The process hasn't changed much. The Crows use motor boats and snowmobiles to get to their moose camp which serves as a home base while they're on hunting trips. "Food is very expensive here. You have to ship everything up," Crow says. "We don't go out just for the antlers (鹿角).We're not looking for prize. We're not hunting for something big. We're looking for meat to feed our families. "

Crow is one of three Alaska Native students-along with Kaylee King and Ethan Lincoln — who recorded their hunting tradition before they graduated last spring. Their record was chosen as a finalist in this year's NPR Student Record Challenge. The three students say hunting helped them get through the isolation of the pandemic, when their schools and many other activities like sports were shut down because of COVIE-19. The students explain that, as time goes by, fewer and fewer people are practicing hunting.

"It makes me really sad because the way we used to do things is so different from how we do them now," Crow says. "Even our language is slowly fading away." For the students, the practice of hunting allows them to connect with older generations. "Whenever I go out hunting with my granny, I'm always hearing past stories about when my dad was a kid and he went hunting or my late grandpa how he would just take the family up." Crow says.

【1】What is the function of the first paragraph?

A．To reach a conclusion.

B．To summarize the essay.

C．To provide background information.

D．To introduce the major character in the essay.

【2】What can be inferred from the hunting tradition?

A．It is popular with the youth.

B．It is hard to give up the tradition.

C．It is tough to keep this tradition alive.

D．It is vital to share the tradition with friends.

【3】Which word can best describe Crow?

A．Sympathetic.

B．Tolerant.

C．Conservative.

D．Ambitious.

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

A．Hunting in the wild is banned

B．Students do hunting for fun

C．Schools were shut down

D．Students went traditional hunting

25、Like many people. I’m on an ongoing quest to learn to procrastinate (拖延) less. One of my main issues is when I anticipate that a task is going to feel _________, I don’t want to start it, as I don’t want to induce that pain.

I’ve found that an unlikely but effective way to _________ this is to use ideas from calculus (微积分). This is an important field of mathematics that was developed for the thorough study of things that are continuously _________. To understand something that changes over time, we need to think about not just the quantity at any given moment but the rate at which the quantity is changing, the rate at which that rate is changing and so on.

_________, to understand the trajectory (轨迹) of an airplane moving through the sky, we need to think not just about where it is now but the rate at which it’s moving, otherwise known as speed, and the rate at which the speed itself is changing, otherwise known as acceleration. Finding the rate at which something changes is called differentiation.

Another important principle in calculus involves finding a total of something over time. If a plane is flying at a _________ speed, it’s quite easy to work out how far it will go in a given time, but if the speed keeps changing, it’s _________ to calculate the total distance. In calculus this is called integration.

Calculus is at the root of almost every aspect of modem life, not least because it’s fundamental to understanding electricity. Calculations in engineering and medicine _________ require calculus as well, since nothing going on in those fields is static. But I’ve realized that it _________ my procrastination problem too.

The problem, as I now see it. is that I was thinking about my current pain level _________ rather than my total pain over time. If I think about the total pain that will accumulate until I finish an unpleasant task, the amount isn’t increased by starting, though it can feel that way. __________ the total pain is increased by procrastinating, since the stress of not having done the task hangs over me. The only way to __________ the total remaining pain is to start working at the task, so that some of the pain is in the past.

You might have noticed that I’ve considered a total (integration) and also a rate of change (differentiation). The “fundamental theorem (定理) of calculus” essentially tells us that integration and differentiation are inverse (相反的)__________. In terms of procrastination, this means that the amount of future pain decreases by my current pain level. Thinking about it this way allows me to see __________ as a good tiling, since it’s being taken away from the future total. Part of the helpful process for me is first imagining the __________ of all the remaining pain and then imagining it decreasing — that is, both the integration and the differentiation steps.

Math sometimes seems to complicate things, but the aim in the end is to __________ them. And I honestly haven’t encountered another approach that helps me as much as this for tackling procrastination.

【1】

A．exciting

B．painful

C．rewarding

D．satisfactory

【2】

A．get over

B．make off

C．pull over

D．take over

【3】

A．changing

B．increasing

C．shrinking

D．spinning

【4】

A．In addition

B．In fact

C．For instance

D．For starters

【5】

A．constant

B．low

C．normal

D．rapid

【6】

A．easier

B．impossible

C．trickier

D．useless

【7】

A．rarely

B．typically

C．unbelievably

D．widely

【8】

A．applies to

B．conflicts with

C．replaces with

D．replies to

【9】

A．in isolation

B．in peace

C．in order

D．in total

【10】

A．At the bottom line

B．At the same time

C．On the other hand

D．On the contrary

【11】

A．avoid

B．decrease

C．ignore

D．maintain

【12】

A．calculations

B．directions

C．processes

D．routes

【13】

A．current pain

B．current tasks

C．future pain

D．future tasks

【14】

A．benefit

B．degree

C．effect

D．sum

【15】

A．activate

B．double

C．improve

D．simplify

26、假如你是李华，你的笔友是美国明尼苏达州明尼唐卡中学的学生Tom，你将代表你们学校将招募他们学校的一批学生到中国进行游学活动。请用英语给他写一封邀请信，信的内容如下：

1．写信的目的

2．准备的一些游学活动：

（1）参加天安门公众演讲；

（2）专访清华北大学子；

（3）去游览长城；

（4）进行一些城市任务。

3．游学活动结束后到你家做客，进一步体验中国的生活方式。

4．希望通过游学活动增进对中国的了解

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．参考词汇：游学活动the study tour   招募recruit;