广州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Many students in US choose to take a gap year after high school and before college.

A．间隔

B．隔阂

C．漏洞

D．分歧

2、To find out more about our complete range of products, do not hesitate to sign up online and get our digital ________.

A．feature

B．reward

C．brochure

D．prize

3、Since it first debut on the airwaves in 2007, "The Big Bang Theory”________ the ratings and won numerous victories at the Emmy, Golden Globe and People's Choice awards.

A.topped B.has topped C.was topped D.had been topping

4、________ in the library regulations that any book borrowed should be returned by due time, or the borrower will be fined.

A．What is required

B．It is required

C．What requires

D．It requires

5、The project ______ possible had the relations of the two countries not reached their current level.

A.weren’t B.weren’t to be C.shouldn’t be D.wouldn’t have been

6、She's jogging around the park every morning in a（n）______________ to have a good figure.

A.contribution B.effort

C.honour D.purpose

7、With age ____ experience. As you pass through life, you go through many trials.

A. coming   B. comes

C. will come   D. has come

8、______ that I was in trouble, Tom came to my aid without delay.

A. Learn   B. Learning  C. Learned  D. To learn

9、The girl _______ beautifully to my small crisis, but she actually wasn’t the only one.

A.responded B.respected C.recognized D.rejected

10、If we ________ a table earlier, we wouldn’t be standing here in a queue.

A. have booked   B. booked   C. book      D. had booked

11、Raising ______ retirement age in progressive steps is in line with China’s labor market realities, ______ official said on Tuesday.

A. / ; the   B. the; the

C. the; an   D. / ; an

12、His primary concern is not with his own ________ , but he focuses on how much more he can help others, revealing (展现) a fine character.

A．independence

B．manner

C．entertainment

D．welfare

13、Tea is the main evening meal, traditionally eaten at 5 o'clock in the evening, ________ the diners are not drinking tea.

A. even if   B. in case   C. as though   D. so that

14、________ offensive nicknames are seen as a form of bullying at school, next time you want to call someone by its nickname, weigh it before you do.

A．Since

B．Unless

C．Although

D．Before

15、Fortunately, we have a good GPS map, without ________ we will get lost in the forest.

A．it

B．what

C．that

D．which

16、Seeing the policemen coming, away   immediately, leaving the things they’d just stolen.

A. the thieves ran   B. did the thieves run

C. the thieves run   D. ran the thieves

17、—You’re in a hurry. Where are you going?

— To the cinema. Sue ___ for me outside.

A. waits B. waited   C. is waiting

18、When you finish reading this book, you will have_______ better understanding of_______ life.

A. a; the   B. the ; a

C. /; the   D. a ; /

19、It ________me  that I had forgotten his birthday.

A. occurred B. beat

C. hit D. knocked

20、The poor man, ________, ran out of the dark cave.

A．tiring and frightened

B．tired and frightened

C．tired and frightening

D．tiring and frightening

21、   Scientists are trying to save Puerto Rico’s endangered Amazon parrots after Hurricane Maria destroyed the birds’ habitats and food sources(来源).

El Yunque is a large national forest on the eastern part of Puerto Rico. Just two of the 56 wild parrots that once lived there survived Maria, the Category-4 storm that struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. Scientists report other forests have seen great drops in parrot populations as well.

In the 1800s, there were more than a million of the bright green parrots living in the wild in Puerto Rico. By the 1970s, the number was down to just 13 birds after years of forest clearing.

A special program was started in 1972 to help increase the parrot population, which led to the creation of three breeding(繁殖) centers. Just weeks before Hurricane Maria hit, scientists counted 56 wild parrots at El Yunque. That was the highest number in the program’s history. Scientists say that even though several parrots have been born in captivity(笼养) and in the wild since Maria, the species is still in danger.

The Puerto Rican Amazon is the island’s only remaining native parrot. More than 460 of the birds are kept inside the breeding centers at El Yunque and the Rio Abajo forest. Scientists have not released(释放) any of the birds since Hurricane Maria. A third breeding center, in a forest in the western area of Maricao, has not been in operation since the storm.

Scientists are considering whether to catch some of the remaining wild parrots and put them in the same cage as the birds that are set to be released. This way, the captive birds can learn from the wild birds how to survive in the forests. Another consideration is to release some captive parrots in Maricao, which was not as heavily damaged by Maria.

【1】Why has the parrot population greatly decreased in the past 200 years?

A. Because of Hurricane Maria.

B. Because of too much hunting.

C. Because of the loss of forests.

D. Because of lack of breeding centers.

【2】Which of the following is true about Hurricane Maria?

A. It killed 56 wild parrots at El Yunque.

B. It greatly affected parrots in captivity.

C. It reduced the number of wild parrots.

D. It led to the creation of three breeding centers.

【3】What can we infer about Amazon parrots in captivity?

A. They have the highest number in the history.

B. They have been released since Hurricane Maria.

C. They are used to living in the wild.

D. They are larger in number than those in the wild.

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

A. Scientists Work to Save Puerto Rican Parrots.

B. Amazon Parrots are in Danger of Disappearing.

C. A Special Program Helps Increase the Parrot Population.

D. Hurricane Maria Reduced the Number of Amazon Parrots.

22、Insurance companies are starting to use smartbox technology, so good drivers can benefit from cheap insurance rates.

The smartbox, similar to a black box for airplanes, records details about how your car is driven, which can result in cheap car insurance for responsible drivers. The device is connected to the electronics in your car and collects a wide criterion of information such as time, speed, braking, cornering, acceleration and location. It’s like having an insurance agent sitting beside you while driving.

The smartbox data is wireless transferred in real time to the insurance company and provides a profile of when, where and how you drive. This profile is then used to compare insurance rates and to reward low-risk driving behavior with cheap insurance rates.

Drivers are high-risk when they drive irresponsibly such as speeding, frequent lane changing, driving in high-risk locations or at high-risk times such as in heavy traffic or late at night.

These new electronic inventions are intended to replace the standard practice of categorizing drivers into group behavior to determine insurance coverage and premium (保费) payments. For example, young drivers are more likely to drive fast, drive at night and use a cell phone while driving. Statistically, young drivers are more likely to cause an accident, so insurance companies charge them higher rates to cover the costs of accident claims. So even if you’re a young, responsible driver, you will pay high insurance rates because of group behavior.

This technology allows you to provide proof that your driving behavior doesn’t fit the pattern of your demographic (统计) group.

All the information collected about your driving can be viewed online — including what you’re doing well and what could be improved. Your insurance premium is then calculated according to your driving profile.

【1】What will a good driver benefit from the smartbox?

A．Fewer traffic accidents.

B．Better traffic order.

C．Lower insurance payment.

D．Less petrol used in driving.

【2】How does the insurance company monitor the driving?

A．By checking the device in the car.

B．By sitting beside the driver.

C．By watching the traffic on the roads.

D．By collecting the driving data online.

【3】What will the use of smartboxes bring about?

A．Better service for cars.

B．Lower prices of petrol.

C．More convenient transport.

D．More reasonable insurance charge.

【4】What can we infer about the smartbox from the text?

A．It requires better driving habits.

B．It saves the drivers a lot of time.

C．It helps the drivers use less energy.

D．It takes the place of the traffic police.

23、A few years ago, Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, published the results of something called the Great Elephant Census, which counted all the savanna elephants in Africa. What it found rocked the conservation world: In the seven years between 2007 and 2014, Africa’s savanna elephant population decreased by about a third and was on track to disappear completely from some African countries in as few as 10 years.

To change that trend, researchers landed on a technology that is rewriting the rules for everything from our daily appliances to our cars: artificial intelligence. “AI can process huge amounts of information to tell us where the elephants are, how many there are,” said Cornell University researcher Peter Wrege. “And possibly tell us what they are doing.”

There are two kinds of elephants in Africa: savanna elephants, which were counted by Allen’s census, and forest elephants, which the census couldn’t account for because that elephant lives in thick rainforest. In the forest, Wrege says, losing a forest elephant is easy to do. “Sometimes you see them, let’s say, 15 meters away from you and then they move 5 meters into the forest and you can’t see them,” he said. “Somehow they just disappear.”

Wrege’s use of artificial intelligence in the rainforest has been less remarkable, but no less important. The networks on which his forest elephant count depends are still training, so he doesn’t have a precise forest elephant count yet. He has found that trying to count forest elephants depends on various factors. But the AI has uncovered some unexpected things. For example, it appears that elephants don’t go to some parts of the forest during specific times of the year. That’s important to know because it can inform the way conservation park managers position their forces. “You can say,” Wrege said. “OK, we know that elephants are not using this huge part of this park for these seven months. No poachers are going to find an elephant anyway. So we don’t need to send any anti-poaching teams there.”

【1】What does the underlined part “that trend” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The use of Al in the forest.

B．The dependence on Microsoft.

C．The decrease of elephant population.

D．The progress of the conservation world.

【2】Why is it hard to count forest elephants?

A．The thick forest affects the normal use of AI.

B．It’s easy for them to disappear into the forest.

C．Conservation workers often get lost in the forest.

D．They move to different forests in different seasons.

【3】What can be learned about the AI?

A．It is taken advantage of by poachers.

B．It will be used to count other animals.

C．It has already made some useful discoveries.

D．It can count the exact number of forest animals.

【4】In what way can forest elephants benefit from AI now?

A．They’re safe in all parts of the forest.

B．Poachers can be recognized by networks.

C．Protecting force can be better positioned in the park.

D．Park managers are training them to adapt to new conditions.

24、   Fans of art believe that its main purpose is to make us look at life from many different angles. When it comes to Cubism, however, the artists of this era wanted us to look at life from every angle.

The father of Cubism, Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is among the art world's most famous names. Like many other great names before him, he felt restrained by the rules of his teachers and decided to do something: break them.

Early in his painting career, Picasso realized something important about how people view and remember scenes of beauty. When we look at a subject, we don’t just see it from one angle, as many paintings appear. Instead, we study the subject from a number of different angles, heights and viewpoints. This is the aim of Cubism: It portrays subjects from a wide range of angles; it doesn’t force us to see things as the artist viewed them at the time he or she painted them. To bring his visions to life, Picasso and other Cubists took the most basic components of a subject and rearranged them in a way which let us see it in full detail.

“By breaking objects and figures down into distinct areas, Picasso aimed to show different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space,” in the words of the Tate Institution. Or as Lithuanian-born Cubist Jacques Lipchitz once put it: “Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different.”

Cubism stood out as it was an art movement which didn't just rely on the artist to share their vision by painting what they saw. As cubist paintings mainly show their subjects in a deconstructed form, this means that viewers must use their imaginations to find the missing pieces for themselves. As Guardian art critic Johnathan Jones noted, this is part of the beauty of enjoying Picasso’s works. “If you can relax your gaze enough and just enjoy the painting long enough, something really amazing happens. Your mind produces a solid feeling of the things Picasso was looking at the world is revealed in its majesty,” he wrote.

【1】What is a main features of cubist works?

A.They are simple pictures. B.They break things down into parts.

C.They are mainly in black and white. D.They present scenes of life to viewers.

【2】Why are Jacques Lipchitz’s words quoted?

A.To point out the origin of cubism.

B.To compare cubism with other schools of art.

C.To show his understanding of what cubism was.

D.To show that mountains were a common subject in cubism.

【3】Which word would Jonathan Jones probably use to describe cubist works?

A.Imaginative. B.Traditional. C.Colorful. D.Life-like.

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A.Seeing Every Side. B.The History of Cubism.

C.The Beauty of Enjoying. D.Pablo Picasso: A Great Cubist.

25、When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant _______ Miller King, who was the best _______ at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for _______.

Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from _______. He looked very _______, but he didn’t cry.

That season, I _______ all of Miller’s records while he _______ the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,_______ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s _______.

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller __________ going over a fence—which wasn’t __________ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept __________ from. But even that challenge he accepted. I __________ him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally __________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did __________ .Thank you for filling in for __________.”

His words freed me from my bad __________. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was __________ ahead of me. I was right to have __________ him. From that day on, I grew __________ and a little more real.

【1】

A．cheering for

B．beating out

C．relying on

D．staying with

【2】

A．coach

B．student

C．teacher

D．player

【3】

A．practice

B．show

C．comfort

D．pleasure

【4】

A．school

B．vacation

C．hospital

D．training

【5】

A．pale

B．calm

C．relaxed

D．ashamed

【6】

A．held

B．broke

C．set

D．tried

【7】

A．reported

B．judged

C．organized

D．watched

【8】

A．and

B．then

C．but

D．thus

【9】

A．decision

B．mistake

C．accident

D．sacrifice

【10】

A．stuck

B．hurt

C．tired

D．lost

【11】

A．steady

B．hard

C．fun

D．fit

【12】

A．praise

B．advice

C．assistance

D．apology

【13】

A．let

B．helped

C．had

D．noticed

【14】

A．dropped

B．ready

C．trapped

D．safe

【15】

A．fine

B．wrong

C．quickly

D．normally

【16】

A．us

B．yourself

C．me

D．them

【17】

A．memories

B．ideas

C．attitudes

D．dreams

【18】

A．still

B．also

C．yet

D．just

【19】

A．challenged

B．cured

C．invited

D．admired

【20】

A．healthier

B．bigger

C．cleverer

D．cooler

26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Once upon a time, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the top of the tree, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow He loved the tree and the tree also enjoyed playing with him.

As time went by, the little boy grew up and he no longer played around the tree.

One day, the boy came back to the tree, appearing sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy gently. “I am no longer a kid; I won’t play around trees anymore,” the boy replied, “I want toys. I need money to buy them.”

“Sorry, but I don't have money. However, you can pick all my apples and sell them. Then, you will have money.” The boy was so excited that he picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn't come back after that.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!” the tree requested. “I am sad and becoming old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.

Paragraph1:

Many years later, the boy finally returned.

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Paragraph 2:

The apple tree is our mother.

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