广东省执信中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期末考试英语试题

2024学年第一学期英语学科高三期末考试

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共10页，满分为130分。考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内的相应位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。

2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案超出指定区域的答案无效;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答卷无效。

第一部分 满分65分

第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

The Lion’s Den

Lakeway Middle School now has its own school store!

Stop by the Lion’s Den before or after school or during lunch to check out the wide variety of goods available at our new school store. Here you can find school supplies, gym uniforms, used books, and gifts. Choir students, under the supervision of Mrs Simmons, the music director, manage the store and are ready to serve you. Shop at the Lion’s Den and support the school choir. Money raised from sales will help purchase new music, costumes, and sound equipment for the choir. There’s no better way to show your Lakeway school spirit than to shop at the Lion’s Den.

Location: Room 225B, next to the chorus hall

Hours: Monday — Friday

7:30 — 8:00 am, 11:30 am — 1:30 pm, and 3:30 — 4:15 pm

Everything you need for school is available at the Lion’s Den. Come in today to see for yourself.

Used Book Donations

Donations of used books are welcome and rewarded. Drop off your used book donations in the choir room or at the school store. For every five books donated, receive a Lions Reward Coin good for 25 cents off your next purchase at the Lion’s Den.

Clip, Save, and Win

Clip the attached coupons and bring them in when you visit the Lion’s Den. You can save 20% off your first purchase, receive a free pen or pencil, and enter your name in a drawing to win a T-shirt. Scan the QR code, and you can get more discount information.

1. The Lion’s Den raises money to ________.

A. buy books B. build a new school

C. support the poor D. help school choir

2. If you donate five used books, you can get ________.

A. an immediate 25% off B. a discount for the next purchase

C. More bargain information D. a free pencil or pen

3. We can probably read this passage from ________.

A. a school website B. a travel guide

C. a science magazine D. a textbook

B

In 2013, Deegan was trying to take control of her life after winning the fight against drinking. She did quit, but she was having difficulty reconnecting with people. Even looking someone in the eyes proved to be difficult. “I was sort of like a shell of a person and just didn’t really have many life skills or self-confidence,” Deegan said.

However, baking was something that always brought her joy as a child. One day while helping out in the neighborhood, Deegan picked up a handheld mixer and started baking. “My life was just out of control, but baking is such a controlled thing, where if you take the right steps and follow the directions, you’ll get a pretty exact result,” she said.

Deegan started bringing her homemade baked cookies to people’s homes, which helped her reconnect with people. “Feeding people is such a universal love language,” she said. However, she was still trying to figure out how to find a career at 27 years old. She had no real work experience and she couldn’t put ‘quit drinking’ ” on her resume.

Deegan’s life shifted in 2015. Encouraged by her friends, she challenged herself to see if she could sell just

one pie. She sold dozens! She began baking out of her tiny apartment and eventually launched an official business in 2017. She spent four years developing a pie crust cookie recipe, which has since become the bread and butter of her business. “People have been walking, running and lining up to get cookies, and it’s just been so magical seeing that,” she said.

When she needs more help, Deegan says she looks for anyone who is just excited to work, even if they don’t have any experience. After her own struggle, she realized that the desire to work was better than having a certain skill set. And she became a second-chance employer, hiring women out of prison or the shelter system. “You just have to walk through the door and be ready, willing and able and excited to show up and work and you’ve got a job,” Deegan told the reporter.

4. What was Deegan mainly struggling with in 2013?

A. Emotion management.

B. Interpersonal relationship.

C. Work-life balance.

D. Alcohol addiction.

5. What prepared Deegan for her bakery business?

A. Working previously in the baking industry. B. Seeing people running to get cookies.

C. Wanting desperately to gain total control. D. Offering baked food out of goodwill.

6. According to paragraph 4 and 5, what is special about Deegan and her business?

A. She achieved success through baking.

B. She was ambitious about her business.

C. She has an open-door employment policy.

D. She only hired inexperienced workers.

7. Which of the following best describes Deegan?

A. Creative and smart.

B. Persistent and receptive.

C. Honest and optimistic.

D. Kind and easy-going.

C

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