深圳2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、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

2、—Do you feel much better now?

—Yes. The medicine does work ______ emotional and mental health.

A．in case of

B．because of

C．as a result of

D．in terms of

3、His strong sense of humor was make everyone in the room burst out laughing.

A．so as to

B．such as to

C．so that

D．such that

4、As I opened my eyes, in ______ direction I looked, I could see smiling, peaceful, calm and content faces.

A. whatever B. however C. whichever D. wherever

5、It’s one thing to say we have a goal; it’s quite________ to actually act on it.

A．another

B．others

C．the other

D．other

6、—Where was I?

—You ________ you didn’t like your job.

A. had said   B. said

C. were saying   D. has said

7、Kenny still remembers the class discussion________the teacher asked students to share what they wanted to be when they grew up.

A．why

B．which

C．that

D．where

8、Around this point ______, which is humorous and full of a strong local flavor.

A. the story develops B. does the story develop

C. develops the story D. the story developed

9、The newspaper gave an accurate ________ of what happened the night before last.

A．example

B．display

C．signal

D．account

10、In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a __________ for everyone to stand up.

A．signal

B．chance

C．mark

D．measure

11、The beautiful girl chose to teach in a village school, though she ______ in a big city for an easier life.

A．could stay

B．could have stayed

C．must have stayed

D．must stay

12、My friend came around for a cup of tea and we________ having a big meal together.

A．put up

B．ended up

C．took up

D．brought up

13、The public were expecting the _______ of further details about the accident until thorough investigation.

A.receipt B.release

C.request D.reference

14、________'eat more if you're losing weight' really means is that if you eat 5 to 6 small, healthy meals throughout the day, you will lose weight over time.

A.Which B.That C.What D.Whether

15、Nowadays, more and more young ladies,   figures most are fine enough, are going on a diet.

A. who   B. whose

C. of whose   D. of whom

16、No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone _______ you wishing they were that high.

A.getting rid of B.getting along with

C.looking up to D.looking down upon

17、—I have no idea what made the students so excited and crazy.

—______ it have been their team’s victory in the finals?

A. Must   B. Could

C. Would   D. Should

18、Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition in ancient Olympic Games, at a separate festival _______ Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus.

A．in favor of

B．in honor of

C．in charge of

D．in search of

19、You’d better exercise at least three times a week_______you can keep fit.

A．so that

B．only if

C．as though

D．in case

20、China is a shining example for the global community to follow _________developing green industry to fight climate change.

A．in addition to

B．in return for

C．in terms of

D．in agreement with

21、       Time to load up some popular games: new research indicates pigs possess the mental capability to play video games. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, tested the ability of four pigs (Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory) to play a simple joystick game with their noses, moving a cursor (光标) to four targets on the screen. Although the animals didn’t demonstrate the skills to win a round any time, they did show an understanding of some elementary games. Performing well above chance, the pigs appeared to recognize the movement of the cursor was controlled by the joystick. The fact that they did so well despite a lack of flexible fingers is “extraordinary”, according to the researchers.

“It is no small achievement for an animal to grasp the concept that the behaviour they are performing is having an effect elsewhere. That pigs can do this to any degree should give us pause as to what else they are capable of learning and how such learning may impact them,” said Purdue University’s Dr Candace Croney, the study’s lead author.

Researchers also noted that while the pigs could be taught to play the game using food as positive motivation, they also responded well to social interaction. In fact, when the game was made more challenging and the pigs became unwilling to participate in it, “only oral encouragement by the experimenter” would see training continue.

These findings are the latest to highlight the intelligence of pigs. Not only have they been shown to use mirrors to find hidden food, but studies have also demonstrated how pigs can be taught to “come” and “sit” after oral commands.

As with any sentient (有感觉力的) beings, how we interact with pigs and what we do to them impacts and matters to them. We therefore have a moral duty to understand how pigs acquire information, and what they are capable of learning and remembering, because it ultimately offers the potential for how they understand their interactions with us and their environments.

【1】What can be learned from Paragraph 1?

A．The pigs sometimes won the video games.

B．The pigs operated joysticks with their noses.

C．The pigs competed with each other in the games.

D．The pigs sometimes performed well accidentally.

【2】What does the underlined phrase “give us pause” refer to?

A．Stop us from advancing.

B．Affect us in learning.

C．Make us think seriously.

D．Force us to train pigs better.

【3】What made researchers believe pigs socially interacted well?

A．Their being inspired by human words.

B．Their being driven by food.

C．Their being willing to keep trying.

D．Their being motivated by challenges.

【4】Which of the following could be the best title?

A．Smart pigs: good players

B．Flexible noses: fun games

C．Oral commands: pig learners

D．Pig players: learning potential

22、   Kleon Papadimitriou, a Greek student, had been stuck in Scotland, where he studies, with no way to return to Athens while flights were shut down. So he decided to take a bike.

He began researching what it would take to make the trip on two wheels. He once competed in a race in 2019 and was briefly trained for several weeks — but that was about all the biking experience he carried with him.

Initially, he thought the idea was more of a “dream”— an absolutely hard long journey. But soon he began purchasing the equipment he'd need. He purchased a bike, and told the news to his parents and friends.

Papadimiriou travelled anywhere between 35 and 75 miles per day, crossing initially through England and then onto the Netherlands. He biked along the Rhine in Germany for several days, passed through Austria and cycled down along the eastern coast of Italy before he took a boat to the Greek port of Patras.

Throughout his trip, he set up camp in fields and forests. He spent the last few moments of each day writing down his progress, tracking the next day's path and checking in with family and friends.

“It's just now dawning on me how big of an achievement this was.” Papadimitriou says of his 48-day journey. “And I did learn a lot of things about myself, about my limits, my strengths and my weaknesses. I really hope that the trip can inspire at least one more person to go out of their comfort zone and try something new, something big.”

【1】What can we infer about Kleon Papadimitriou?

A.He was forced to leave for Scotland on bike. B.He had a few biking experience before.

C.He was a famous cyclist in his hometown. D.He cycled to the Greek port of Patras.

【2】Why did Kleon Papadimitriou consider his idea as a dream at first?

A.Because it seemed challenging to complete the journey.

B.Because he had no riding experience at all before.

C.Because his parents and friends didn't support his plan.

D.Because purchasing the equipment would cost too much.

【3】According to the text, how many countries has Kleon Papadimiriou been to during the trip?

A.2. B.4. C.6. D.8.

【4】What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A.Kleon Papadimitriou hardly communicated with his friends during the trip.

B.It took Kleon Papadimitriou 48 days to return to Greece.

C.Kleon Papadimitriou learned a lot of things about nature from the trip.

D.Many people have been inspired by Kleon Papadimiriou's story.

23、The Fallas Festival (法雅节) in Spain

It is sometimes strange how world-famous festivals are started. 【1】 It takes place every March in Valencia of Spain.

Centuries ago, the city’s carpenters would empty their houses of all the old wood they had saved over the winter and burn it all in the local square. Over time, the carpenters began to use their old wood to carve different images. 【2】 Everyone would come to take a look and everything would be burnt.

The Fallas Festival is now one of the most popular festivals in Spain. 【3】 Today, 350 communities that make up Valencia work together to design and make two sculptures. These larger-than-life sculptures, often several meters high, are still made of wood, but also include cardboard. On the 15th of March, the sculptures are paraded around the city.

【4】 These will not be burnt at the end of the festival. They are instead, saved and placed in the local museum, which is open throughout the year. During the festival, there are lots of different community activities. Every activity ends with fireworks being let off during both the day and night.

The Fallas Festival always bring communities together. On the final night, all the sculptures are collected and put on a bonfire (大火堆) in the main Valencia square. The fire is lit and all the year's hard work comes to an end in towers of flames. 【5】

A．The Fallas Festival is an exception.

B．Everyone would participate in carving.

C．This is especially true with the Fallas Festival.

D．A competition is run where the best sculptures are chosen.

E．It also attracts people from the world to watch and take part.

F．Sometimes they would create funny images of famous people.

G．Everyone watching says goodbye to winter and welcome to spring.

24、In 1992, when Xi Jinping worked in Fuzhou, he came across a newspaper report about “My Guling,” written by a Chinese student studying in the United States.

The report described an American couple who tried in vain to revisit a southern Chinese town called Guling, where the husband, Milton Gardner, had spent 10 years of his childhood before moving back to the United States in 1911.

Gardner, who later became a professor of physics at the University of California, had been longing to revisit Guling since 1979 when the diplomatic ties between China and the US were set up. But he had never made the trip due to his failing health.

According to the newspaper, Gardner kept uttering (叨念) “Kuling, Kuling” in the final hours of his life.

After he passed away, his wife Elizabeth Gardner decided to carry out the dying wish of her husband and since then made several trips to China in an attempt to find the small town that her husband had so much affection about. Her efforts ended in vain as she had few clues (线索) about the exact spot of the town. But a Chinese student lodging (寄宿) at the Gardners’ recognized the small town as Guling near Fuzhou City from postmarks on some old mails of late Mr. Gardner. The student wrote an article about Gardners’ story and sent it to the People’s Daily, one of the major newspapers in China.

“After I read the story, I immediately contacted Mrs. Gardner through the departments concerned and invited her to visit Guling,” Xi told the media. Thanks to Xi’s arrangement, Mrs. Gardner finally arrived at Guling in August 1992. She met there with nine childhood friends of her husband, all of whom were over 90 years old at that time.

It was a happy occasion for Mrs. Gardner, who was later awarded the honorary citizenship of Fuzhou City, Xi recalled.

“She said that she would value this bond (纽带) of friendship between her husband and the people of China, because after seeing for herself the beautiful Guling and the warmth and goodwill of the Chinese people, she now understood why her husband had been so deeply attached to China.”

“I believe there are many such touching stories between our two peoples,” said Xi.

【1】What can we infer from the passage?

A．Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were brought up in a southern Chinese town.

B．The name of the town changed shortly after Milton Gardner left.

C．Guling might have originally been pronounced as Kuling in English.

D．Mrs. Gardner knew exactly where the small town lay in south China.

【2】According to the passage, Mr. Gardner_________.

A．lived and worked in Guling for ten years

B．had few memories about the small Chinese town

C．kept in touch with his childhood playmates until he passed away

D．was deeply impressed by Guling’s people and environment

【3】What played the most important part in making Milton Gardner’s wish come true?

A．The help from newspapers.

B．Mrs. Gardner’s hard efforts.

C．Mr. Xi’s concern and arrangement.

D．The Chinese student’s letter to Mr.Xi.

【4】From the passage we can learn that_____.

A．the Gardners’ story is a moving one with a happy ending

B．the Chinese student studying in the US must be from Fuzhou

C．the mails which became clues of Guling were sent by Gardner

D．the American couple revisited China trying to find Guling but in vain

25、   Kindness can really make you pause and be thankful during a stressful time.

Cassandra Warren was in a_________and was feeling a little overwhelmed(使应接不暇)by work and planning her wedding. After she got her wedding invitations ready one day, she hurriedly_________one to her aunt and uncle. A week later, the invitation came back. She had written down the_________address. A handwritten note was_________the returned envelop, which read, “I wish I_________you—this is going to be an enjoyable experience. Congratulations—go to have dinner_________me. I’ve been married for 40 years—It gets better with age.” A $20 bill was inside.

Cassandra was at a bit of a professional crossroads and had been having a_________day. In fact, she’d nearly broken down, telling her_________to her husband-to-be Jesse Jones just as she opened the_________envelop. Then she read the note. “It was kind of perfect timing,” said Cassandra Warren. “We are____________who the mysterious note writer is. But I really____________it.”

Cassandra and Jesse____________with a friend who was going overseas the following night. They happily put the $20 towards their____________. Then Cassandra stopped by a store and bought a thank-you card. She____________wrote her aunt’s address on the envelop again—this time____________ —and addressed it to “Kind Stranger” ____________ by the following words inside，“Thank you for the____________and taking____________ to send it. Not so many people would have done that. It was a big____________ after the day I was having. I am____________people like you still being in the world.”

【1】A.rush B.flash C.sense D.race

【2】A.showed B.posted C.took D.presented

【3】A.incomplete B.unreadable C.unrecorded D.incorrect

【4】A.pointed to B.adapted to C.attached to D.contributed to

【5】A.blamed B.comforted C.welcomed D.knew

【6】A.for B.on C.except D.beyond

【7】A.tough B.busy C.relaxing D.nice

【8】A.doubt B.fortune C.depression D.embarrassment

【9】A.mismatched B.misplaced C.misjudged D.misdirected

【10】A.convinced of B.unaware of C.sceptical of D.fond of

【11】A.appreciated B.permitted C.selected D.recognized

【12】A.worked out B.dined out C.broke out D.set out

【13】A.shelf B.chair C.plate D.bill

【14】A.accurately B.calmly C.mistakenly D.casually

【15】A.as usual B.in return C.on purpose D.in advance

【16】A.accompanied B.clarified C.confirmed D.simplified

【17】A.picture B.photo C.card D.note

【18】A.courage B.care C.responsibility D.time

【19】A.favour B.deal C.ceremony D.decision

【20】A.anxious about B.grateful for C.ready for D.concerned about

26、假定你是李华，将在校报上推荐一部经典原版英语文学作品。请你给美国朋友Tom写一封电子邮件，征求其意见，内容包括：

1.询问近况；

2.求助意图；

3.表示感谢。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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