2025-2026年广东茂名高三上册期末英语试卷(含答案)

1、— Alan seems a lot taller than when I last saw him.

— He ________. He’s grown a foot since you saw him in Shanghai.

A. is B. will be   C. has been D. Was

2、Extra boiling water should be kept at hand just ______ it is needed.

A. as   B. because

C. in case  D. as if

3、—Tom, how are you doing with the job hunting?

—To be frank. I’m still hesitating whether to accept the position I _______ at the job fair.

A．had been offered

B．was offered

C．offered

D．had offered

4、Frequent smoggy weather has set the alarm ringing; by no means can we develop economy _____ the environment.

A. under the name of   B. for the sake of

C. at the cost of   D. in the light of

5、It worried her a bit _________ her hair was turning grey.

A. while B. that C. if   D. For

6、________ seems to have been great difficulty in turning out excellent graduates.

A. That B. What   C. It D. There

7、It’s hard to ________ the green beans from the red ones, because there are too many of them.

A．work out

B．watch out

C．sort out

D．set out

8、The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse people’s _______ in the Chinese language．

A．response B．enthusiasm

C．significance D．consequence

9、______the morning train，he would not have been late for the meeting．

A．Did he catch B．Should he catch

C．Had he caught D．Has he caught

10、The land is known for a historic site with beautifully colored walls, ______are painted the events of the past.

A. of which B. from where C. on which D. about where

11、The doctor advised her to eat more bean products ________ meat which might be harmful to her heart disease.

A. for lack of       B. by means of

C. as a substitute for     D. in favor of

12、–Mo Yan’s novels have attracted public attention．

–Yeah．Now there are his books _____ in every bookstore．

A． affordable B． acceptable

C． vailable     D． Valuable

13、---With his leg _______ in the game, I’m afraid Tony can’t take part in the next match.

---I _______ his home the other day, and his mum said he was still in hospital.

A. injuring; have contacted   B. being injured; have contacted

C. to be injured; contacted   D. injured; contacted

14、Eco-environment Tayshaun has endeavored not to ________ on environmental protection during industrial development.

A.concentrate B.compromise

C.proceed   D.complain

15、Emails are efficient and convenient, but the best way to ____________ a message is still to talk it out in person.

A. attend to   B. break through

C. result from   D. get cross

16、—How long _______in that company before you work with us?

— For eight years．

A．were you employed  B．have you been employed

C．had you employed  D．will you be employed

17、The charity sale our school organizes every year has taught us much that we would never have ________ learned in class.

A.therefore B.meanwhile C.otherwise D.instead

18、The manager should take_______ action if safety standards are not being met．

A．awkward B．average

C．appropriate D．automatic

19、This problem is _   for us; therefore, we must take it into serious consideration．

A．ready B．familiar

C．suitable D．vital

20、 good service, the restaurant offers different kinds of traditional Tianjin dishes.

A．Instead of

B．Apart from

C．Far from

D．Regardless of

21、   When we learn to drive, we need to learn basic skills such as how to switch on the engine, turn on the wipers, operate the brakes, etc. before we actually take to the road. Once the lower order operations and skills listed above have been automatized or at least routinized to the extent that we do not have to pay attention to them (by-pass Working Memory's attentional systems), we can actually be safe in the assumption that we can wholly focus on the higher order skills which will allow us to take the split seconds decisions that will prevent us from getting lost, clash with other cars, break the traffic laws while dealing with our children messing about in the back seats.

This is what the brain does, too, when learning languages. Because Working Memory has a very limited space available when performing any task, the brain has learnt to automatize lower order skills so that, by being performed “subconsciously' they free up cognitive(认知）space.So, for instance, if I am an advanced speaker who has routinized accurate pronunciation, grammar and syntax to a fairly high degree, I will be able to devote more conscious attention (Working Memory space) to the message I want to put across. On the other hand, if I still struggle with pronunciation, word order, irregular verb forms and tenses most of my attention will be taken up by the mechanics of what I want to say, rather than the meaning; this will slow me down and limit my ability to think through what I want to say due to cognitive overload.

In language teaching this important principle translates as follows: in order to enable our students to focus on the higher order skills involved in comprehension and production we need to ensure that the lower-order ones have been acquired or performance will be reduced.

【1】What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

A.We should improve our driving skills on the road.

B.Our basic driving will be better as time goes on and on.

C.Only by mastering driving skills can we drive safely.

D.We must operate automatically when driving on the roads.

【2】Why does the author use driving as an example in expressing his points?

A.Learning languages has specific characters.

B.Skillful driving benefits language learning.

C.Driving safely is harder than language learning.

D.Driving and language learning share similar skills.

【3】What does the underlined word"this"in paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The meaning we want to express.

B.Struggle with language learning problems.

C.Spending more time on the topic.

D.Devoting more conscious attention.

【4】What conclusion can we draw from the text?

A.Well begun,half done.

B.It is never too old to learn.

C.Practice makes perfect.

D.Learn to walk before you run.

22、Water shortage is one of the world’s biggest challenges. The World Health Organization (WHO) thinks one in three people globally do not have easy access to clean water. Desalinating (给……脱盐) ocean water could help. But currently-available desalination units typically require high-pressure pumps (泵) to push water through filters (过滤器), which makes it difficult to reduce their size without influencing the energy-efficiency of the device. Meanwhile, they are too expensive to set up widely.

Now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a convenient desalination machine. Unlike traditional desalination units that need replaceable filters, the MIT machine uses electricity to remove the salt and other small things from the ocean water. More importantly, the suitcase-sized device needs less power to run than a cell phone charger. It can also be powered by a small solar panel that costs less than $50. The lack of filters and the low electricity requirements make the machine extremely cheap to set up. “Even a kindergarten student can carry and use the desalination unit,” said one researcher. “Ease of use was one of the main motivations for creating the device.”

After running lab experiments using water with different salinity and turbidity (cloudiness) levels, they field-tested the device at Boston’s Carson Beach. The researchers set the box near the shore and put the feed tube into the water. In about half an hour, the device had filled a plastic drinking cup with clear, drinkable water.

The researchers believe their invention can deliver drinking water meeting WHO quality standards with a push of a button. Meanwhile, a smartphone app allows the user to control the unit wirelessly and receive real-time data on power consumption and water salinity. It also sends out information when the water is drinkable.

The MIT team is now exploring ways to bring their portable machine to market. They believe it will benefit residents of small islands or those running away from natural disasters. It could also be very useful for sailors on cargo ships and small groups of soldiers on long-term military missions.

【1】What do we know about the current desalination units?

A．They cannot work efficiently.

B．They are usually large in size.

C．They were developed by MIT researchers.

D．They cannot stand high-pressure conditions.

【2】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The working process of the new desalination device.

B．The major components of the new desalination device.

C．The original aim of the new desalination device.

D．The advantages of the new desalination device.

【3】What makes the researchers confident in their invention?

A．That it is user-friendly and effective.

B．That it can provide lots of real-time data.

C．That it can be supported by several smartphone apps.

D．That it has successfully passed many lab experiments.

【4】What does the last paragraph tell us about the new desalination device?

A．Its influence on different people.

B．Its future development plan.

C．Its time to enter the market.

D．Its intended uses.

23、Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it comes to education for their young ones. Choices include private school, charter school, public school or homeschooling.

Fortunately for parents, there are a variety of different strategies that a parent can take in order to increase their child's skills and overall intelligence. According to Ross A. Thompson, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, a child's brain will actually reach 90% of its full size by the time they start kindergarten.

Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago concluded that playing a musical instrument directly affected the brain stem, the lower section of the brain. Moreover, children that learn an instrument at an early age tend to continue it when they are older. And numerous studies show that a well balanced meal is essential for a child's mental and physical health. It is recommended that parents teach their children two languages at once. Research suggests that a second language should be taught when children are in preschool. Other studies state that three to four years of age is the perfect time. Clearly, any age under four would work perfectly fine for a child.

The average child will learn how to read between kindergarten and second grade. Many parents can give their children a jump start by teaching them to read before they start school. Children could have an adequate background of the alphabet and sounds of words before attending school. This can be done by simply reading to them whenever you want. The more comfortable they get, the easier the process will be.

【1】From the first paragraph, we can infer that ________.

A. parents find it hard to satisfy their kids' various demands

B. parents meet a new challenge when raising their kids

C. parents have more choices in offering education to their kids

D. parents get actively involved in the process of their kids' growth

【2】What suggestion may the researchers in the passage make?

A. To train kids as early as possible.

B. To try as many means as possible.

C. To help kids develop as fully as possible.

D. To use as many available resources as possible.

【3】What does the third paragraph mainly discuss about?

A. The proper time to teach children to learn languages.

B. The effective ways to help develop children's brains.

C. The vital factors to have a great effect on children's health.

D. The practical steps to arouse children’s interest in study.

【4】We can replace the words “jump start” in the last paragraph with ________.

A. inspiration  B. introduction  C. suggestion  D. promotion

24、Lam Hon-ming, director of the State Key Laboratory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is a top expert in soybean (大豆) research. Since 1998, Lam’s team has been cooperating with scientists in Chinese mainland. In 2010, he came across Zhang Guohong, an agricultural expert from Gansu, China, at a national soybean conference. With the same major, they hit it off and decided to improve farmers’ lives and promote local agriculture.

Farmers in Gansu depend largely on the weather for their livelihood, mainly on rainfall, which is also a cause of severe poorness in the area. In 2016, they developed three new soybean varieties suited to salty soil and rare rainfall of Northwest China. All received official government approval.

As the land in Northwest China is not suitable for the growth of common varieties of soybeans, local farmers never planted soybeans, and it became a major problem for spreading new soybeans. Lam and Zhang increased communication with farmers through various ways. To ensure farmers’ income, Lam struck a partnership with a Hong Kong food company that will purchase all soybeans at market price when they are harvested.

By 2020, the planting area of the three approved soybeans in Gansu had gone beyond 2.4 million square kilometers, covering 46 of the province’s 80-plus counties, and the output had reached 7.71 million kilograms, adding about 30 million yuan to local farmers’ income.

Zhang said that Professor Lam’s contribution has greatly pushed the poorness relief and agricultural research in Northwest China. “It is hard to keep doing agricultural research with less funding. And it is more difficult to travel from Hong Kong to the poor areas of the Northwest to do agricultural research,” he added. In the future, Lan will continue to work with mainland scientists and lead more “Hong Kong power” into the development of the country’s Northwest.

【1】What can we know about the two scientists from Paragraph 1?

A．They are friends since 1998.

B．They both major in agriculture.

C．They once served in the same lab.

D．They met by chance in Hong Kong.

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

A．Rainfall is not enough.

B．The locals lived a poor life.

C．Little land is rich in nutrition.

D．The farmers never planted soybeans.

【3】What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A．More work needs to be done.

B．All farmers become better-off.

C．The two scientists are successful.

D．Soybeans grow throughout Gansu.

【4】Which of the following can best describe Lam Hon-ming?

A．Dependent.

B．Honest.

C．Open-minded.

D．Devoted.

25、I teach in a low-income, urban high school. After I began _________ , I wanted to start a Culture Club at my school.

About eleven years ago, a reporter came to my school to _________ me. A few days after the resulting article _________ , I got an email from a woman named Jeanne. She said she _________ the work

I was doing at my school, and asked me if I _________ funding for an extracurricular activity or club.

I have always seen the _________ of extracurricular activities, so I decided to give Jeanne a call. I told Jeanne about my _________ in a Culture Club. It turned out Jeanne was _________ .

Less than three days later, I received a check for $ 5, 000 to start the _________. She later connected me with a grant (资助金) that has since __________ the club for the past eleven years. To say I'm __________, particularly for the doors this has opened for my students, would be an understatement.

My Culture Club members have since __________ plays, ballets, operas, dance performances, and museums. They write essays that are __________ all over the US, and their art is featured in projects both local and national. We engage in community __________ , taking part in local beautification projects and raising funds for great causes. All those extracurricular activities give students a chance to show their intelligence and students have __________ strong bonds with one another.

I have __________ first - hand the impact extracurricular activities have on students. __________ a Culture Club at your school is a great place to start. Even if you don't __________ a benefactor (捐助者) like Jeanne the way I did, you can still find plenty of events and activities that are __________ or low - cost. It is definitely __________ it.

【1】

A．writing

B．teaching

C．travelling

D．learning

【2】

A．question

B．greet

C．interview

D．invite

【3】

A．came out

B．paid off

C．went on

D．started off

【4】

A．finished

B．promoted

C．described

D．liked

【5】

A．included

B．received

C．needed

D．offered

【6】

A．change

B．number

C．list

D．value

【7】

A．success

B．interest

C．progress

D．future

【8】

A．humorous

B．silent

C．serious

D．common

【9】

A．club

B．discussion

C．research

D．match

【10】

A．joined

B．funded

C．controlled

D．celebrated

【11】

A．grateful

B．suitable

C．responsible

D．desperate

【12】

A．reported

B．sponsored

C．reserved

D．attended

【13】

A．doubted

B．published

C．contained

D．signed

【14】

A．service

B．exploration

C．safety

D．education

【15】

A．replaced

B．compared

C．formed

D．shared

【16】

A．predicted

B．reduced

C．explained

D．seen

【17】

A．Creating

B．Imagining

C．Choosing

D．Visiting

【18】

A．recognize

B．challenge

C．reject

D．land

【19】

A．hard

B．free

C．complete

D．secret

【20】

A．within

B．against

C．worth

D．behind

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。

Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it’s true. I would be a different person if my mom hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory(配件) into a life lesson I carry with me today.

We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table. My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house. Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds (no one left the house until that was done) and picked up after ourselves. We had to keep track of our belongings, and if something was lost, it was not replaced.

It was summer and, one day, my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed — and there it was in the window. White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers, the basket winked at me and I knew — I knew — I had to have it.

“It’s beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her. “What a neat basket.”

I tried to hold off at first. I played it cool for a short while. But then I guess I couldn’t stand it any longer: “Mom, please can I please, please get it? I’ll do extra chores for as long as you say. I’ll do anything, but I need that basket. I love that basket. Please, Mom. Please?”

I was desperate.

“You know,” she said, gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believed was the coolest thing ever, “If you save up you could buy this yourself.”

“By the time I make enough it’ll be gone!”

“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,” she smiled at Roger, the bike guy.

“He can’t hold it for that long, Mom. Someone else will buy it. Please, Mom, please?”

“There might be another way,” she said.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

And so our paying plan unfolded.

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Paragraph 2:

A few days later, A neighborhood girl appeared with the exact same basket.

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