2025-2026年广东广州高三上册期末英语试卷(解析版)

1、My office wasn't far from Chinatown, ________I found some very good Chinese restaurants．

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

2、 The manager was satisfied to see many new products ______ after great effort.

A. having developed  B. to develop

C. developed  D. develop

3、________ the suggestions will help to achieve your goal of a job in the medical profession.

A. Followed  B. To follow  C. Following  D. Being followed

4、There ______ be any difficulty about winning the speech contest now that you’re well prepared for it.

A. mustn’t   B. shan’t

C. shouldn’t   D. needn’t

5、Whenever I made mistakes, the teacher pointed them out with _____.

A. curiosity  B. satisfaction  C. envy D. Patience

6、__________most people come here for skiing, there are plenty of other things to do．

A. Although   B. Once

C. Since   D. If

7、Please tell me how the accident _______．I am still in the dark．

A．came up B．came out

C．came to D．came about

8、China's development can't continue without lawmakers, nor _____ move forward without scientists .

A.it can B.can it C.can't it D.it can't

9、The book is of great value. ______ can be enjoyed unless you digest it.

A. Nothing B. Something

C. Everything D. Anything

10、-- Do you mind my opening the window? It's a bit hot in here.

---___________, actually.

A. Go ahead.   B. Yes, my pleasure

C. I would rather you didn't   D. Come on

11、—How was the televised debate last night?

—Super! Rarely ________ so much media attention.

A. a debate attracted

B. did a debate attract

C. a debate did attract

D. attracted a debate

12、As the train was pulling out, the boy waved his hands to his parents on board ,with tears________down his cheek.

A．having rolled

B．rolled

C．to roll

D．rolling

13、Michelle Wu is the first woman and the first person of color________mayor in Boston.

A．to elect

B．electing

C．to be elected

D．having been elected

14、— I feel it necessary that everything   by the time our manager arrives.

— Yes, to make sure the conference is held on schedule.

A. is ready   B. will be ready

C. be ready   D. has been ready

15、She was asked back for ________ third interview because she was considered to have ________good understanding of the company culture.

A．the; the

B．a; the

C．/; a

D．a; a

16、To battle world hunger, the great scientist once traveled to many places where populations _______ faster than crop production at that time.

A. expanded   B. were expanding

C. has expanded   D. would expand

17、She may have missed the train, _______ she won’t arrive for another hour.

A. in which   B. when

C. in which case D. in that case

18、The computer centre, ______ last year, is very popular among the students in this school.

A．open

B．opening

C．having opened

D．opened

19、I can’t thank you _____much, because without your help I _____ have won the first place.

A. too; wouldn’t   B. very; shouldn’t

C. that; might not   D. so; couldn’t

20、The cost of living ________ by ten percent before the government took any action.

A.was going B.went up C.has gone up D.had gone up

21、Why do we like somebody else? One factor(因素) may be intelligence. It could be assumed that people generally like other people better if they’re smarter, as they might be more interesting to talk to. 【1】 If someone is too smart, somebody with lower intelligence may not like them as they might feel that they look worse in comparison. In contrast, a really smart person might feel that somebody with lower intelligence is less likable.

【2】 In the study, researcher Maria Flakus and her team analyzed data gathered from Polish high school students. The results of the study indicated that being intelligent influenced both being liked and liking others. Interestingly, it did so in opposite ways. 【3】 However, they tended to like fewer people than less intelligent students. Specifically, smart students had a tendency to only like others that were as smart as themselves.

Importantly, the effect of liking others due to their intelligence was strongest during the first test and became weaker over time. Thus, over time, the importance of intelligence in building social relationships decreases. 【4】 The researchers suggest that over time, knowing about the shared interests of others may be a more important factor in liking than knowing they’re smart.

In contrast, the effect of smart students only liking others that were equally intelligent remained significant over the course of the year, although it became a bit weaker. The researchers warn that this may lead to intelligent students being seen as isolated(孤立的) by others. This may become problematic if the smart students are viewed as too proud. 【5】

A．Instead, other factors become more important.

B．Smart people in the study tended to like nobody.

C．Intelligent students were liked better by their classmates.

D．The relationship between intelligence and being liked is complex.

E．A recent study looked into the link between intelligence and being liked,

F．But this association may also be a function of the intelligence of both people.

G．Thus, smart people may wish to be careful to take care of their social relationships.

22、A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful  Antarctic voyage back to life.

Frank Hurley's  pictures would  be outstanding—undoubtedly first­rate photo­journalism—if they had been made last week.In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian­built three­master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all，to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent.The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well­researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scott's last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton, a onetime British merchant­navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.

【1】What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?

A. They were made last week.

B. They showed undersea sceneries.

C. They were found by a cameraman.

D. They recorded a disastrous adventure.

【2】Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?

A. Frank Hurley.

B. Ernest Shackleton.

C. Robert Falcon Scott.

D. Caroline Alexander.

【3】What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?

A. Artistic creation.   B. Scientific research.

C. Money making.   D. Treasure hunting.

23、Mercy Baggs is reflecting on her future. “Should I live to 95, I would do another parachute jump, ”she says. She first jumped when she was 77 in honor of her achievements as mayor of the Wiltshire town of Calne. Then she jumped again last March, a day before her 90th birthday, to raise funds for Wiltshire air ambulance.

“This is the thrill of it, ”she says. “You go up, and then that door opens and the wind starts to come through. You free-fall for a long time. ”She has always enjoyed risks since she was a child, when people used to look down on her. But nobody does now.

As a child, she lived in poverty and also went through ups and downs, “I am very sensitive to people who are more unfortunate, ”Baggs says. As a young adult, she joined the British Transport Commission police, but dealing with children who couldn’t find their parents was too much to bear. “I knew what they were going through. I like kids. I really do. ”Later she left the police and worked in Wiltshire council. But no doubt her childhood fed into her actions as a councillor, and later mayor in Calne, where she helped to set up a drop-in centre for young people. The drop-in was one of the causes she raised money for with that first leap out of the plane.

But why a parachute jump? At the time, her late husband, John, was ill with bowel cancer. He said, “I do wish you wouldn’t do it. ”She said, “John, it’s life. I’ve got to do something. ”

Baggs has never been fazed by ageing. She says that she wanted to show that you don’t have to sit on your backside knitting or watching television all the time. There’s a world out there. There’s a life out there. She hopes for at least one more skydive, maybe a go on a 100mph zip wire and “a peaceful end” .

【1】Why did Mercy Baggs make her first parachute jump?

A．To celebrate her 90h birthday.

B．To make others look up to her.

C．To raise funds for an air ambulance.

D．To mark her term of office as mayor.

【2】What impact did her childhood experiences make on her career?

A．She did parachute jumps as a part-time job.

B．She showed great concern for unlucky children.

C．She found it very tough to work with young people.

D．She left the drop-in centre and prepared a run for mayor.

【3】What does the underlined word“fazed”mean in the last paragraph?

A．Disturbed.

B．Abandoned.

C．Witnessed.

D．Embarrassed.

【4】What does Baggs intend to convey with one more jump?

A．It is never too old to learn.

B．Enjoy life with her family.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Be brave to face challenges in life.

24、Cornwall Council apologised to the public after a citizen complained that one of its buildings was lit up “like a Christmas tree” at midnight during an energy crisis.

On Saturday, a dog walker, Stuart, discovered a brightly-lighted Chy Trevail building in Bodmin, which accommodates more than 600 staff. The witness said, “How can the council explain for leaving all the lights and TVs on? We’re constantly told there is an energy crisis. They put our council tax up. For what reason? Because they employed staff that forget how to use a light switch?”

There were complaints about a similar issue last summer when Lys Kernow, formerly the New County Hall in Truro was pictured with all the lights on past midnight both inside and outside.

A council spokesman admitted it was an error. “Following an investigation, we can confirm some lights at Chy Trevail were left switched on accidentally,” he said, “Training will be given to the workers who made the mistake to ensure this is not to happen again. Cornwall Council is committed to reducing its energy use and has taken many steps to do so, including the installation (安装) of solar panels at both County Hall in Truro and at Chy Trevail. A new lighting control system has also been installed in Truro to ensure the amount of time lights are left switched on is minimised.“

Chy Trevail includes a central hall for the main reception and public facilities, as well as open- plan flexible workspaces over three floors. The building has “a special design driven by a challenging display energy certificate rating and includes 200kw photovoltaics (太阳能光伏) to generate on-site renewable energy, low energy LED lighting, improved insulation, air-tightness and measures to reduce water consumption.

Cornwall Council previously declared a climate emergency and hopes to be carbon neutral by 2030.The local authority has invested in LED lighting at Lys Kernow and uses renewably-sourced energy to power the building, including solar energy from panels installed on the roof.

【1】What did Stuart see on Saturday night?

A．Over 600 staff working overtime.

B．A Christmas tree being decorated.

C．Bright lights burning in a council building.

D．Council workers turning on office lights.

【2】How will the workers involved be dealt with by the council?

A．They will be educated.

B．They will be fired.

C．They will be blamed.

D．They will be fined.

【3】Which word can properly describe the Chy Trevail building?

A．Peaceful.

B．Convenient.

C．Low-cost.

D．Energy-efficient.

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Council staff learn a lesson from leaving lights on.

B．Cornwall Council is accused of wasting tax money.

C．A council building is equipped with high technology.

D．A dog-walker made a complaint about an energy crisis.

25、On Dec.26, 2022, Gelinne, a former Navy commander, aged 60, was gazing out the windows of his house in Edgewater. That’s when his daughter, Aimee, ________ a small aircraft and cried “Look!”

Gelinne looked up in time to see the aircraft a few hundred yards away, losing ________. As the plane disappeared behind the trees, he ________ it was going to land in the frozen creek (河湾). Without ________, Gelinne ran down to the waterfront. The plane had slid to a stop on the frozen creek, far from shore. It was ________. The pilot was standing on the wing.

Knowing from his Navy training that even a few minutes in the icy water could kill the pilot, Gelinne tested the ice with his foot ________ . He figured, if a kayak (皮艇) could float on the water, it could slide on the ice. ________, he pulled his kayak out and tried using shovels to push the boat along. His first attempts left it spinning in circles, but he made progress with strength. It was ________ work.

When Gelinne ________ to reach the plane, only its tail was visible. The pilot’s chest surrounded by water, he was standing on a tail wing, seized by ________. Gelinne pushed his boat off the ice and into the water, trying to keep the pilot calm. The pilot grabbed the bow (船舷) of the boat and now the two men were ________together. What Gelinne _______ to do at the very moment was getting the pilot up onto an unbroken ice shelf before the man lost too much body heat. But each time Gelinne tried to land ________the ice shelf, the kayak broke through.

Fortunately, a police officer arrived and radioed for help. Then, another boat arrived just in time to ________the pilot, Steve Couchman, 71, and helped Gelinne to shore. Exhausted, still, Gelinne was ________ with what he’d done that day.

【1】

A．spotted

B．quit

C．ignored

D．refused

【2】

A．significance

B．confidence

C．altitude

D．attitude

【3】

A．decided

B．guaranteed

C．explained

D．realized

【4】

A．determination

B．hesitation

C．appreciation

D．commitment

【5】

A．rising

B．sinking

C．sailing

D．flying

【6】

A．in vain

B．in an instant

C．on occasions

D．in despair

【7】

A．Additionally

B．Thus

C．However

D．Nevertheless

【8】

A．exhausting

B．appropriate

C．convincing

D．appealing

【9】

A．failed

B．attempted

C．managed

D．succeeded

【10】

A．panic

B．confusion

C．annoyance

D．passion

【11】

A．fighting

B．complaining

C．floating

D．competing

【12】

A．resisted

B．scared

C．hated

D．desired

【13】

A．beneath

B．under

C．around

D．onto

【14】

A．see off

B．make out

C．pop up

D．pick up

【15】

A．angry

B．disappointed

C．satisfied

D．patient

26、感恩，是我们生活中永恒的话题。假设你校正在举行一场有关“感恩”的演讲比赛，请你在“父母、老师、朋友” 中选择一个感恩对象，写一篇英语演讲稿参加比赛。

内容要点如下：

1. 为何感恩；

2. 如何感恩。

注意：

1．词数120左右；

2．演讲稿中不能出现与本人相关的信息；

3．演讲稿的开头与结尾已为你拟好，不计入总词数。

Good afternoon, everyone! it’s a great honor to have the opportunity to be with you today. The topic of my speech is “Thank you, …”