茂名2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

一、单项选择（共20题，共 100分）

1、Ever since the new park was opened to the public last month, I ______ a walk in it every morning.

A. am taking B. take

C. have taken D. have been taking

2、My brother’s plans are very ______; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is 10.

A. arbitrary B. aggressive C. ambitious D. abundant

3、As Queen Elizabeth in her New Year Speech of 2018 puts it, for many, the idea of “home” reaches _______ a physical building to a hometown, a city or a nation.

A. against B. with C. beyond D. through

4、— Did you remember to pay the telephone bill?

— The telephone bill? _____.

A．I mean it.

B．That isn’t due yet.

C．My telephone is out of order.

D．Please remember the amount.

5、A myth is an account of the deeds of a god or supernatural beings, usually expressed in terms of ______ thought.

A. primary B. capital C. initial D. primitive

6、Protesters calling for a higher minimum wage gather on Tuesday in Miami, Florida, as part of ________ organizers called a “day of action” nationwide to improve the salaries of fast food workers in the United states ________ are badly paid.

A. which; who B. what; that C. what; how D. how; which

7、—What happened to the young trees we planted last week?

—The trees ________ well, but I didn’t water them.

A. might grow B. needn’t have grown

C. would have grown D. would grow

8、Mr.White works with a chemical import-export company,but he________for this industrial exhibition, since he is on leave.

A.has worked B.works C.has been working D.is working

9、Bruce ________ in the office every night over the last two weeks.

A．works

B．worked

C．has been working

D．had been working

10、Job interviews are carried out ___ face to face in four cities including Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Shaoxing in Zhejiang province every year.

A. slightly B. officially

C. extremely D. completely

11、_________ you are old enough to make your own judgement, you should start to pursue your career.

A．Even if

B．As though

C．Ever since

D．Now that

12、Take the note as a reminder ______ you forgot to buy some sweets for the kids while shopping there.

A. how B. that

C. in case D. even if

13、I've been looking forward for a long time ______ a chance to have a job interview.

A.getting B.to get C.of getting D.to getting

14、I could speak their language and ________ with their problems because I had been there.

A.interfere B.interpret C.identify D.interact

15、 Before you quit your job, ______how your family would feel about your decision.

A. consider B. considering

C. to consider D. considered

16、______ is important in study is diligence rather than intelligence.

A. Which B. What

C. Who D. When

17、--- How do you find this kind of rice?

--- Pretty good, It ______more quickly than that kind.

A. is cooking B. is cooked

C. cooks D. is being cooked

18、Paris has some great museums _____ visitors can see fine works of impressionist painters.

A. that B. which C. when D. where

19、When you visit our town next August, a modern sports center ________, for the National Games are to be held then.

A. will be constructing B. will have been constructed

C. has been constructing D. is being constructed

20、---Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?

---I went to Ningxia and ________ there for one year, teaching as a volunteer.

A. has stayed B. had stayed

C. stayed D. am staying

二、阅读理解（共4题，共 20分）

21、Just last month，AI-generated art arrived on the auction (拍卖) stage of Christie’s, proving that artificial intelligence can not only be creative but also produce world-class works of art — another significant AI milestone blurring the line between human and machine.

Naturally, the news sparked off debates about whether the work produced by Paris-based art collective Obvious could really be called art at all. Popular opinion among creatives is that art is a process by which human beings express some ideas or emotions, filter them through personal experience and set them against a broader cultural context. The story raised additional questions about ownership. In this circumstance，who can really be named as the author? The algorithm (算法) itself or the team behind it?

At GumGum, an AI company that focuses on computer vision, we wanted to explore the intersection of AI and art by devising a Turing Test of our own in association with Rutgers University’s Art and Artificial Intelligence Lab and Cloudpainter, an artificially intelligent painting robot. We were keen to see whether AI can，in fact, replicate (复制) the intent and imagination of traditional artists, and we wanted to explore the potential impact of AI on the creative sector.

To do this，we enlisted a broad collection of diverse artists from traditional pain-on-canvas artists to 3-D rendering and modeling artists alongside Pindar Van Arman — a classically trained artist who has been coding art robots for 15 years. Van Arman was tasked with using his Cloudpainter machine to create pieces of art based on the same data set as the more traditional artists. This data set was a collection of art by 20th century American Abstract Expressionists. Then, we asked them to document the process, showing us their preferred tools and telling us how they came to their final work.

Amazingly, while at face value the AI artwork was indistinguishable from that of the more traditional artists, the test revealed that the creative spark and ultimate agency behind creating a work of art is still very much human. Even though the Cloudpainter machine has evolved over time to become a highly intelligent system capable of making creative decisions of its own, the final piece of work could only be described as a collaboration (合作) between human and machine. Van Arman served as more of an “art director for the painting”.

As AI becomes an unstoppable force, it raises some difficult questions about the future role of humans in an increasingly automated world. Instead of worrying about AI’s threat to human creative supremacy, the future will be about accepting new technologies and the possibilities it brings for speeding up the process. It’s better to think of AI as your next creative assistant; beautiful pieces of work can be produced in collaboration with it.

【1】According to popular opinion, the AI-generated work_______.

A．should have been based on personal experience

B．was set against a broader cultural context

C．couldn’t be considered art at all

D．expresses no idea or emotion

【2】What did the experiment at GumGum show?

A．AI artworks could be easily identified

B．AI artworks could show human emotions.

C．AI had trouble making sensible decisions.

D．AI couldn’t complete a work independently.

【3】Which of the following statements would the author agree with?

A．Beautiful pieces cannot be works of AI.

B．AI could be an advanced tool for artists.

C．AI could challenge the supremacy of humans.

D．New technologies can pose a danger to humans.

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

A．Can AI Create True Art?

B．Can AI Threaten Humans?

C．Will Human Art Disappear?

D．Are AI Artworks Distinguishable?

22、 When you look up and around, you are likely to be surrounded by architecture. Unique among creative and artistic professions, architecture always reflects the age and culture that produced it. Designing and building architecture takes time, money and cooperation. Architects work with dozens to shape their buildings, and along this chain, a deeper and richer set of values are transmitted — ones that define exactly how cultures see their world and how people see each other.

Beyond providing shelter, architecture becomes the stage set for our life. It’s the reason we feel empowered on the roof deck of an 80-story building that is connected with a busy public square. Communities form within architecture and take on their buildings’ characteristics. Architecture connects to economics and the sciences, and the people that practice it can both be careful technicians and poets of space and form.

Defining architecture only in terms of other professions does harm to it, and there is a lot of knowledge within architecture that is separated from the practical concerns of building. Looking at the built world critically, instead of considering it a set of established traditions, shows that architecture is an entirely human creation, which can take nearly any shape we want it to. Patterns we see everywhere don’t spring from wisdom about how things should look. They are actually the result of special accumulations of cultural values, the materials available, economics, geographic location and climate. Most of these factors are changeable, so while architecture changes slowly compared to other artistic mediums, it still develops.

Architecture is futurism. Each time it offers a critique (评论) that suggests new ways to live, work or play, it becomes a feat of world-building that makes it hard to distinguish from science fiction. Architecture is interested in the future, and architects are trained to imagine the world not as it is, but as it could be.

【1】What’s special about architecture?

A．It helps people live at ease.

B．It’s aimed at showing values.

C．It can reflect the culture clearly.

D．It shows man’s wisdom directly.

【2】What can we infer about architecture from Paragraph 2?

A．It makes us feel powerful.

B．It’s a great project for humans.

C．It’s connected with many aspects in life.

D．It provides a stage for other art forms.

【3】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The world.

B．The architecture.

C．The creation.

D．The tradition.

【4】What’s the text mainly about?

A．Why architecture is important.

B．How architecture affects the future.

C．How architecture reflects man’s talent.

D．Who regards architecture as a special art form.

23、 We know that choosing a college major can be stressful.【1】! Here’s what you need to know about college majors before you commit.

Career preparation

Choose a major because it will prepare you for a specific career path or advanced study. Maybe you already know that you want to be a nurse, a physical therapist, or a web developer.【2】. Make sure you’re ready for the coursework required for the career of your dreams．

Earning potential

Future earning potential is worth considering. After all, college is such a big investment. The majors that lead to the highest salaries include just about any type of engineering, mathematics, computer science, and economics.【3】. That six figure salary may not be worth it if you're not happy at the office．

【4】

Some students choose a major simply because they love the subject matter. If your love is philosophy, don’t write it off just because you're not sure about what the job market holds for philosophers. Many liberal arts majors provide students with critical thinking skills and writing abilities that are highly valued by employers.

Explore your interests

If you truly have no idea what you want to study, that's okay.【5】. That gives you four semesters to play the field． Make the most of any required general education courses—choose ones that interest you. Exploring your interests will help you find your best fit major—and maybe even your ideal career.

A．Many schools don't require students to declare a major until the second year

B．The most exciting aspects of college life is that it fosters new passions

C．A double major provides you with an understanding of two academic fields

D．However, keep your quality of life in mind, too

E．But have no fear

F．Before you decide, check out the curricula

G．Subjects you love

24、 Students should be able to show what they know. Many folks take this as a self-evident truth. But I think it demands closer examination.

Possessing a skill or piece of knowledge is not the same thing as being able to show it. This is why many smart young people hate school. Understanding, figuring out, and getting a handle on a piece of knowledge is really exciting, but having to prove to somebody else that you understand is a big fat pain in the neck.

Finding proof of student learning is a huge part of the teacher's job, and whether it is done poorly or not makes all the difference in that teacher's effectiveness. There is a huge difference between “How do I figure out if this student understands” and “How do I make this student prove to me he gets it.” The first is a valuable approach; the second is the first step on the road toward wasting everybody's time.

And there's the problem. If we start with the assumption（假定）that a student who knows must be able to show his knowledge to our satisfaction, we will be traveling down the wrong road. The more we demand that students prove to us that they know the stuff, the more we will design artificial tasks that demand a set of skills and knowledge entirely different from the skills and knowledge we really want to measure.

As a classroom teacher, I have to remember that the burden is on me to find a way to see what my students know; the burden is not on them to put on whatever trained monkey show I design for my own ease and convenience.

It may not be the worst thing ever to say “Students should be able to show what they know.” But I think it's far more useful to say, “Teachers should be able to discover what students know.”

【1】What does the underlined phrase in the second paragraph mean?

A.Very dangerous. B.Very annoying.

C.Very difficult. D.Very frequent.

【2】According to the third paragraph, a teacher should have the ability to .

A.discover whether his students know

B.avoid wasting the precious time in class

C.apply various approaches while teaching

D.give students the chance to prove themselves

【3】What does the author think of the artificial tasks designed to test students' learning?

A.They should be limited in number.

B.They are a huge burden on teachers.

C.They should mainly focus on effectiveness.

D.They slide away from their original purpose.

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

A.Students should be able to show what they know.

B.There are many ways to find proof of student learning.

C.Teachers should be able to discover what students know.

D.There should be better understanding between teachers and students.

三、完形填空（共1题，共 5分）

25、At 17, I didn’t have enough money for college. My mom’s boss, Mr. Overstreet, often made generous ______ for various charity purposes. On the ______ that Mr. Overstreet would agree to help me, Mom suggested that I ask if his company would ______ helping me pay for my college.

I ______ walked into his large office, and told Mr. Overstreet with all my ______ that I wanted a college education badly. He told me that he would refer my ______ to the board of directors.

Later, as ______, I went to his office. Mr. Overstreet ______ me that if his corporation paid for my education, they would have to do it for all the ______.

I thanked Mr. Overstreet and then, ______ started to run down my face. It hit me that in no case would my chance of going to college ______.

Then, full of ______, Mr. Overstreet said, “Son, the company couldn’t pay for your college, but I could.” With that, Mr. Overstreet produced a ______ from his desk and sent me to college.

Four years later, I had the ______ of keeping my promise to Mr. Overstreet. I graduated first in my class and went on to Vanderbilt Law School, and Mr. Overstreet lived just long enough to see me ______. Eight years later, I was elected to the US Congress. In my ______ speech that night on stage, I ______ Mr. Overstreet looking down from heaven.

______, as Chairman of the Higher Education Committee, I managed to increase college ______ aid for low-income students by 62%. Mr. Overstreet’s single act of ______ to one poor kid ended up helping more students from low-income families go to college.

【1】

A．suggestions

B．introductions

C．instructions

D．contributions

【2】

A．basis

B．data

C．assumption

D．choice

【3】

A．consider

B．admire

C．brush

D．withdraw

【4】

A．similarly

B．nervously

C．secretly

D．normally

【5】

A．knowledge

B．curiosity

C．ambition

D．passion

【6】

A．demand

B．request

C．concern

D．procedure

【7】

A．admitted

B．advanced

C．opposed

D．scheduled

【8】

A．directed

B．confirmed

C．informed

D．texted

【9】

A．employees

B．bosses

C．seniors

D．trainees

【10】

A．sweat

B．disappointment

C．outbreaks

D．tears

【11】

A．collapse

B．conflict

C．cooperate

D．emerge

【12】

A．satisfaction

B．bitterness

C．sympathy

D．attention

【13】

A．report

B．map

C．check

D．paper

【14】

A．sense

B．honor

C．appointment

D．identity

【15】

A．graduate

B．marry

C．distribute

D．survive

【16】

A．victory

B．trend

C．consequence

D．bonus

【17】

A．forecasted

B．imagined

C．remembered

D．enjoyed

【18】

A．Temporarily

B．Apparently

C．Eventually

D．Frequently

【19】

A．academic

B．financial

C．social

D．fundamental

【20】

A．kindness

B．optimism

C．honesty

D．dignity

四、书面表达（共1题，共 5分）

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

During summer vacation when I was twelve, a sawmill (锯木厂) was operating in the woods near our farm. Early each morning, I’d watch the men cut down big trees and saw them into logs. Then they were dragged by two horses named Jack and Billy to the mill. They were gentle, and I petted them every chance I got.

One day, Mr. Davis, the mill owner, said he would pay me 15 cents a day to bring fresh water to the men. I said yes!

One afternoon when Jack and Billy were pulling a log up to the mill, a stick became wedged (塞入) in Jack’s right front foot. After Mr. Davis removed the stick, the horse driver said that the foot should be doctored. But Mr. Davis said he didn’t have time for that. He said if the horse couldn’t work, he’d get one that could.

I felt sick inside. Jack and Billy were my best friends! I couldn’t stop thinking about Jack’s foot and what Mr. Davis had said. For the rest of the day the horses pulled logs from the woods. By nightfall Jack was limping (跛行) badly. Mr. Davis told his crew that the mil would be closed for three days. He offered to pay me a dollar to feed and water the horses while he was gone. I quickly agreed.

The next morning, I rode my bike to Mr. Davis’s mill. I fed the horses their grain and led them to a stream for water, I was sad to see that Jack was still limping. After I led the horses back, I wanted to look at Jack’s foot. I reached down and grabbed the hair on the back of his leg, Jack lifted up his foot so I could see. The part inside of the big iron shoe looked red and swollen. When I put the foot down, Jack let only the front of it rest lightly on the ground.

I knew if Jack couldn’t work with that injured foot, Mr. Davis would get rid of him. I just couldn’t let that happen. But what could I do? I didn’t know anything about medicine, and Mr. Davis said he wouldn’t pay for a doctor.

As I slowly rode my bike home, my mind raced. I needed to find a way to help my big friend. At my house, I saw our neighbor, Mr. Sherman. It occurred to me that he raised horses and knew how to care for them.

注意：

1.写作词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I told Mr. Sherman all about Jack anxiously.

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The morning that Mr. Davis returned, I woke up early.