肇庆2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Mr. Black’s memory is getting ________. As a result, he often leaves his keys at home.

A.older B.poorer C.greater D.better

2、Alice's mother has ________ views about the style of dressing, so she was unhappy when Alice wears a miniskirt.

A．blank

B．conventional

C．rational

D．subjective

3、Let's keep the surface     dirty by putting a cover over it.

A.free from B.far from C.apart from D.away from

4、I’ll vote for those people ________ opinion about education is right.

A．that

B．whom

C．who

D．whose

5、It is unbelievable that Mr. Green leads a simple life, ________ his great wealth(财富).

A．beside

B．except

C．over

D．despite

6、__________ both stylists and clients to determine a new look, the facial technology can retrieve past styles and allow them to make an assessment.

A.Inspiring B.Inspire C.Inspired D.To inspire

7、As long as you know what you really want, you can choose kind of life you like.

A.however B.whatever C.whenever D.which

8、—If I hadn’t been caught in the heavy rain, I could have been back by 7 o’clock.

—What a pity！Stella _______ here to see you.

A. is   B. was

C. would be   D. has been

9、While she was in Paris, she developed a _____ for fine art.

A．way

B．relation

C．taste

D．habit

10、Certainly I posted your letter — I remember ________ it.

A．posting

B．to post

C．to be posting

D．have posted

11、When we are acting as leaders, the act of apology is carried out not only at the level of the individual but also at the level of the institution, a performance ______ every expression matters and every word becomes part of a record.

A.which B.that C.where D.what

12、She doesn’t speak our language, _____ she seems to understand what we say．

A．for   B．and   C．yet   D．or

13、It is the very factory ______ I once worked.

A. where   B. that

C. as     D. which

14、____ regular exercise is very important, it’s never a good idea to exercise too close to bedtime.

A.It   B. As C.Although   D.Unless

15、Nurseries are the areas where plants are grown to be sold or ______ in other places.

A.being planted B.to plant C.plant D.planted

16、—The speech he gave in the hall was a great success. Don’t you think so?

—Well, I agree with you ____.

A. in a way   B. on the way

C. by the way   D. in the way

17、The long hot summer has _____ serious water shortage.

A．belonged to

B．led to

C．caught up

D．picked up

18、 into English , the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.

A. Translating B. Translated

C. To translate D. Having translated

19、—Did you pay $ 1,000 for the computer?

—No. I paid ______ for it.

A．twice so many

B．twice so much

C．twice as many

D．twice as much

20、—Do you know our town at all?

— No, this is the first time I ______ here.

A．was

B．have been

C．came

D．are coming

21、Right in the heart of America — in Smith Center, Kansas, to be exact — high school football coach Roger Barta glanced at his notes as he stood among the sea of players gathered before him.

It was 6:30 a.m. on August 18, 2008, the first day of practice for this edition of the Redmen and the 31st opening day of the season for Barta, longtime coach and former math teacher at Smith Center High School. Barta wore a red T-shirt covering a ball-shaped belly(腹部).

Barta began with basic instructions: Drink lots of water. Fine advice. But what Coach Barta laid out next was the essential game plan — life lessons that many people consider his greatest strength. “Someone here is the best, and someone is the worst,” he said. “It’s time to forget about that. Let’s respect each other. Thus, we’ll like each other and then love each other. That’s when, together, we’ll become champions.”

He paused for a moment. When he continued, he spoke with even more fervor (热诚) to the 56 young men sitting before him. “One more thing, guys. We don’t talk about winning and losing. We talk about getting a little better every day, about being the best we can be, about being a team. And when we do that, winning and losing take care of themselves.”

Over the next four months, the Redman went on to beat each competitor, winning another perfect season. As their coach, Barta has created a 289-58 record, eight Kansas state championships, and 67 victories. In high school football, it’s the longest win in the nation. Through it all, Coach Barta kept his word: Not once did he ever say that a game was do-or-die.

“None of this is really about football,” he had explained to me back in 2007, convincingly (令人信服地)enough to force me to move to Smith Center from New York City with my wife, Mary, and three-year-old son, Jack, so I could write about him for a year. “What I hope we’re doing is sending kids into life who know that every day means something.”

【1】 According to the passage, we learn that Barta______.

A. was once a teacher

B. is a basketball coach

C. works in the university

D. has been a coach for 40 years

【2】In the third paragraph, Barta stressed the importance of______.

A. health       B. competition

C. combination D. success

【3】In Barta’s opinion, which is important for a player?

A. Winning the game.

B. Learning from failure.

C. Trying his or her best.

D. Caring about the result.

【4】The fifth paragraph mainly talks about______.

A. Barta’s motto

B. Barta’s training methods

C. Barta’s attitude towards life

D. Barta and the Redmen’s achievements

22、   There are some things only adults can do to prevent and stop fires, such as using smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, but there are also many fire safety rules everyone should learn to help prevent fires and to know what to do if one does start. Here are some safety rules for kids.

★If a child notices that an electrical appliance is giving off a strange smell, they should ask an adult to turn it off, and it should be fixed before it's used again.

★Children should have an adult with them if they cook food. They should never leave food by itself and make sure handles of pots and pans on the stove are turned inward. They should also be aware that anything made of metal should never be put in a microwave.

★The family should work together to plan an escape route in case there's a fire, including finding at least two ways out of every room. Kids should practice this with their parents two to three times a year and learn to test doors with their hands before opening them.

★If your clothing catches fire, running will make the flames bigger. Kids should practice the proper technique of stopping where they are, dropping to the ground and rolling to put out the flames.

★Burns should be treated by an adult—the injured area should be put in cold water for 10—15 minutes to relieve the pain. Ice should never be used, as it can cause further injury. If a child has a serious burn that blisters, they should be taken to a doctor or the emergency room.

【1】How often should parents practice a fire escape route with their children?

A．Once every two weeks.

B．Once every month.

C．Three times every six months.

D．Two or three times every year.

【2】What should people do if their clothes are on fire, according to the text?

A．Roll on the ground.

B．Run as fast as they can.

C．Try to take off their clothes.

D．Use a fire extinguisher immediately.

【3】What is the first thing to do with a mild burn?

A．Put it in cool water.

B．Put an ice pack on it.

C．Use anti-burn cream.

D．Call a doctor for help.

23、   The market for ride sharing is starting to look like a pie-eating competition where the prize is…… more pie.

Lyft went public on March 29,and the stock (股票) almost immediately went into a quick drop as money-providers noticed that the company hadn’t made any money yet and didn’t h pave any clear plans to do so.

On April 11, Uber went public in the stock market too. The company said it commands more than 50 percent of the ride-hailing(叫车服务) market in America and Europe----and had an operating loss of $3 billion last year, about three times as much as Lyft lost.

Think about that: those two companies lost nearly $4 billion in a single year transporting people.

What’s happening in the ride-sharing market is special in a number of ways.

First, it offers what is called “network effects”: The more riders you have, the easier it is to attract and send drivers, and the more drivers you have, the more riders you will attract. Markets that display network effects prefer to benefit a few players, and possibly only one.

Second, ride sharing has no changing costs. It’s simple to get both apps on your phones, and many riders and drivers do just that, which means fierce competition over every single ride.

There are only two ways that the price war can end. Either Uber or Lyft come to some sort of agreement to stop selling their services below cost, or at least one of the companies may need to die.

And so the pie-eating competition may continue forever, until everyone bursts. There may finally be no route to money for these companies, no payoff for money-providers. The number of major ride-riding companies may not be two, or even one, but none.

【1】What do we know about “network effects”?

A.More riders will attract more drivers. B.More players will crowd the market.

C.More drivers will give up the use of apps. D.More network companies will survive.

【2】What do Uber and Lyft have in common?

A.Entering for the pie-making company. B.Going public in stock market.

C.Benefiting the money-providers. D.Enjoying a financially bright future.

【3】What is one way out to end the price war?

A.Putting more money into the market. B.Selling services below cost.

C.Arriving at a win-win agreement. D.Having free access to either company.

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

A.Riding-hailing market, we’re coming B.Locked in a price war, only two ways out

C.Uber or Lyft, who cares? D.The prize for a pie-eating competition.

24、Primary school students in China started using new editions of their textbooks last September, with new illustrations(插图)to go with classic Chinese poems.

With the 110 classic poems for primary school students from Grade One to Six come one hundred illustrations painted by artist Huang Guoxiang of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. The old version of Chinese was in use for more than 10 years. “Our aesthetic(美学的)tastes have changed. The illustrations in textbooks should keep up with that,” said Huang.

“An editor from People’s Education Press called me last September and asked whether I was interested –to create illustrations for three poems: Ode to Goose, Min Nong and Spring Dawn. I made it. After about 20 days, the publisher called me again and asked me to do all of them,” Huang said.

Huang also said he referred to the Chinese textbooks his son used previously before working on a new painting.

But he did not just create any ink paintings; Huang changed his style of painting a little bit for his young readers. Primary school students may not necessarily be attracted to traditional Chinese ink painting, as the stokes(笔画)tend to be thick and the colors dark. So he mixed ink painting with watercolor to make the pictures visually appealing to the young readers while fully expressing the meanings of classic poems.

“It’s not that difficult to illustrate a single poem. The hard part is: sometimes there are three poems on one page and the contents of these poems may change greatly, so it was difficult for me to express the feelings of all of them with one illustration. Sometimes I had to think with a bigger picture and create something that fits it all,” added Huang.

【1】The new illustrations in primary school textbooks were created to .

A. make more money

B. keep up with the times

C. cut the cost

D. attract high school students

【2】What does the underlined word “appealing” probably mean in the fifth paragraph?

A. Attractive.

B. Active.

C. Entertaining.

D. Influential.

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

A. Huang found it easy to complete the creation.

B. Huang created no more than three paintings.

C. Huang changed his painting style to suit school students.

D. The Chinese textbooks Huang’s son had used before were useless.

【4】What is the best title of this passage?

A. A Great Painter

B. Chinese Ink Paintings

C. Chinese Classic Poems

D. New Textbook, New Illustration

25、   As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ________ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from  ________ young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ________ . On Christmas Eve, young children find the ________ almost unbearable. They are torn by the wish to ________ up late so that they will not miss the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ________ in bed for a long time, hoping to get a short ________ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I ________ managed to hide a few large presents in the store room. I ________ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where the new bike had come from, but ________ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been early ________ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ________ stockings. Then I ________ the bike for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew that we would not get much ________ that night, for the children were sure to get up early. At about 5 o'clock the next morning, we were ________ by loud sounds coming from the children's room — they shouted excitedly! ________ I had time to get out of bed, Jimmy came ________ into our bedroom on his new bike, and his sister, May, ________ close behind, pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved on his ________ and knees into the room bringing a large balloon behind him. Suddenly, it burst. That woke us up ________. The day had really begun with a bang.

A．faced

B．covered

C．pleased

D．filled

A．sad

B．curious

C．worried

D．quiet

A．question

B．matter

C．problem

D．business

A．interest

B．excitement

C．parents

D．presents

A．stay

B．wake

C．get

D．stand

A．asleep

B．still

C．sick

D．awake

A．stare

B．glare

C．look

D．watch

A．hopefully

B．busily

C．hurriedly

D．successfully

A．feared

B．liked

C．hated

D．expected

A．possibly

B．unluckily

C．fortunately

D．sadly

A．morning

B．midnight

C．daybreak

D．evening

A．filling

B．mending

C．sewing

D．wearing

A．pulled

B．dragged

C．pushed

D．rode

A．work

B．sleep

C．money

D．talk

A．woken

B．frightened

C．shocked

D．troubled

A．When

B．After

C．Until

D．Before

A．running

B．laughing

C．riding

D．jumping

A．ran

B．followed

C．jumped

D．moved

A．hands

B．legs

C．feet

D．head

A．suddenly

B．completely

C．happily

D．nearly

26、假定你是李华，在美国旅游时，不小心把护照遗落在出租车上。司机William发现后在互联网上发布了消息，最后与你取得联系。请你用英语给他写一封感谢信。内容包括：

1. 简述事件经过；

2. 表达谢意。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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