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 A novel design approach to gardening has been gaining in popularity worldwide. Referred to as matrix planting, this approach aims for nature to do a lot more of the heavy lifting in the garden, and even some of the designing. Eschewing fertilizers (化肥) and power tools, it’s based on an elegantly simple principle: to garden more like nature does. The concept was born when German city planners sought to plant large areas of parkland after World War II in a reproducible way that would need minimal maintenance. Planners created planting mixes that could be used modularly (模块化). In a matrix garden, plants with similar cultural needs are grouped so that they will grow together above and below ground, forming a cooperative ecosystem that conserves water and discourages weeds. Dutch plantsman and designer Piet Oudolf’s gardens popularized this style, adding artistic flavors to the planting mixes while playing with color and form, including four-season interest and serving the needs of wildlife. Beautiful year-round, they invite you to enjoy the smallest detail, from the sound of grasses in the gentle wind to the sculpture of odd-looking seed heads. It takes a lot of thought to look this natural. While matrix gardens appear wild, they are carefully planned, with cultural needs the first consideration. Led by the concept of “right plant, right place,” they match plants that enjoy the same soil, sun and weather conditions, and arrange them according to their patterns of growth. The benefits are substantial for both gardener and planet. With human inputs dramatically reduced, the garden’s ecology can develop well. Established matrix gardens should not need the life support we give most gardens: fertilizer, dividing, regular watering. Compared to traditional garden plots, they increase carbon absorption, reduce stormwater runoff and boost habitat and biodiversity significantly. 8. What does the underlined word “Eschewing” in the first paragraph mean? A. Running out of. B. Keeping away from. C. Putting up with. D. Taking advantage of. 9. Why was the idea of matrix planting introduced? A. To control weeds in large gardens. B. To bring in foreign species of plants. C. To conserve soil and water resources. D. To develop low-maintenance parkland. 10. Which of the following best describes Piet Oudolf’s gardens? A. Traditional. B. Odd-looking. C. Tasteful. D. Well-protected. 11. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text? A. The future of gardening is WILD. B. Nature treats all lives as EQUALS. C. Matrix gardens need more CARE. D. Old garden plots work WONDERS. D Consider the possibility that all human technology started with a mistake — or at least a lack of hand-eye coordination. In a new study published on Friday in Science Advances, Lydia Luncz and Tomos Proffitt, both at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, argue that mistakenly created flakes (薄片) may have been our ancient ancestors’ or other now-extinct early human relatives “first step toward creating the sharp-edged tools that they used to butcher animals and cut edible plants. To do their research, Luncz and Proffitt traveled to an abandoned oil palm plantation near Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay and collected more than 1, 100 pieces of nut-cracking stones used by a troop of long-tailed macaques (猕猴). Macaques crack open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking their shell with another stone. These monkeys often miss the nut and accidentally break the stones, producing sharp flakes. Luncz and Proffitt analyzed these stones, which revealed a surprising fact: The flakes that the macaques unintentionally produced looked a lot like the oldest stone tools that were intentionally made by hominins (古人类). Macaques don’t use the sharp flakes they create for anything, Luncz adds, noting that the monkeys have sharp teeth and don’t need cutting tools. The similar ancient stone tools collected from some of the earliest known sites, however, show evidence of being used for cutting tasks. For example, in Oldowan, a site dating between 3.3 million and 1.5 million years ago, researchers analyzed use-wear patterns on the tools and found that some of the flakes showed damage along their edges, indicating that they had been used for cutting. Cut marks on some fossils revealed that hominins had used stone tools for butchering the animals, making it clear that the sharp stone tools were anything but unintentional by-products of other pounding activities. Despite the findings, to reveal the mechanism for the emergence of flake technology, researchers still need to learn how hominins made the leap from accidentally producing sharp flakes to picking them up and using them. Luncz and Proffitt hope to find the missing link in further studies. 12. What can we learn from paragraph 2? A. The two researchers went to Thailand and collected 1, 100 flakes. B. Long-tailed macaques used the flakes to crack open oil palm nuts. C Macaques deliberately produced flakes for cutting by breaking stones. D. The flakes produced by macaques were similar to hominins’ stone tools. 13. Why does the author mention the Oldowan site in paragraph 3? A. To provide specific proof. B. To clarify a complex concept. C. To present an interesting fact. D. To make a detailed comparison. 14. What will Luncz and Proffitt probably focus on in their future study? A. Why macaques create flakes. B. Why hominins used stone tools. C. How macaques cut food with flakes. D. How hominins began using flakes. 15. What is the best title of the passage? A. A mistake: the origin of human technology. B. Flake technology: from macaques to hominins. C. Pounding activities: on human evolutionary course. D A missing link: long-tailed macaques create flakes. 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 The Malaysian night market is based on a concept of open-air shopping where streel vendors (小贩) take over a designated street to set up stalls (货摊). The night market is the place where you can hang around the stalls, enjoy the smell of local foods and maybe pick up some items. Each night market comprises a different combination of stalls. ____16____ There is always something new and exciting to look forward to at each visit. The night markets are typically from 5 p.m. till 10:30 p.m. You can get anything from night markets, be it groceries, clothing, good local food, hot snacks, household items, fresh produce, and even the latest styles. By around 6 p.m., the market is in full swing as the first groups of people sweep in. For those who cook, there is stall upon stall selling fresh seafood, meat products, and a limitless variety of vegetables. ____17____. It is no secret that all-night markets share a common treasure — tasty street cuisine. ____18____ The ever-popular soybean drink and sugarcane juice are a permanent feature here. ____19____ Therefore, it is not a place for the faint-hearted or the gentle. To many, they are fun and thrilling places to explore. You can even be addicted to discoveries of the antique kind which can be found in some night markets. Some places are 24-hour markets, which are livelier at night when traders set up numerous stalls selling unusual local food, exotic tropical (热带的) fruits, cheap clothes, second-hand goods as well as fresh produce. The night market is truly an exciting experience and a feast for the eyes on a tropical night out. The atmosphere is almost festive. ____20____. A. Your curiosity will be satisfied here. B. There is so much to see, buy and eat. C. People would complain about the noises here. D Noisy crowds are the hallmark of the night market. E. It would be a regret not to try on mouth-watering local dishes. F. New items are constantly being added on in line with current trends and market demand. G. Dried and preserved items such as dried beef and salted eggs are easily available here too. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I woke up without much enthusiasm, rolled out of bed and ____21____ there not wanting to believe I had to go to work again. This must just be a bad dream that never seemed to ____22____ with the same old being done over and over again. I picked myself up to a standing position and ____23____ slowly around back towards my comfortable and warm bed and had to use the very last ounce of strength not to head back into its hug. What a ____24____ it was to get dressed and head out of the door! Off I went to work arriving just in time. Then, ____25____, my boss said there was a(n) ____26____ job to do right now. I knew that anybody could do this job and that ____27____ else would have to do it if I waited long enough. But, nobody else ____28____ up to the job and this left me with a sinking feeling. That’s the same problem with your life. Many people use up a lifetime trying to ____29____ somebody else to do all the hard work to improve their life. There is a lot of discomfort with actually _____30_____ your very own life while it is much _____31_____ to let others do it. The real problem, however, is that it takes a lot of _____32_____ to find somebody who will do anything for you. Your life won’t change _____33_____ you are willing to grab hold of your life and accept that nobody else will ever create the life you want. So, stop _____34_____ anybody to do something for you. _____35_____, get your own body going and get it done now. 21. A. sat B. stood C. lay D. went 22. A. begin B. end C. make D. share 23. A. glared B. talked C. glanced D. walked 24. A. struggle B. surprise C. shock D. mess 25. A. as a result B. in either case C. what was worse D. in the end 26. A. good B. first C. special D. urgent 27. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody 28. A. lived B. stayed C. looked D. stepped 29. A. refuse B. trust C. search D. find 30 A. getting rid of B. taking charge of C. looking forward to D. thinking much of 31. A. harder B. longer C. earlier D. easier 32. A. effort B. courage C. advantage D. action 33. A. if B. unless C. because D. while 34. A. staring at B. looking for C. attending to D. caring about 35. A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Otherwise 第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The history of incense (香) in China dates back to the Spring and Autumn Period (770—476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475—221 BC), ____36____ it was used for ceremonial and religious purposes. The Song Dynasty (960—1279) saw incense evolve into an elegant art form ____37____ (know) as xiangdao, or “the way of incense”, which ____38____ (involve) making and enjoying incense in a mindful manner then. A growing number of Chinese youths are being drawn to the ____39____ (spirit) and healing aspects of Chinese incense, which they see as a way to relieve the stress of modern life. Wang Siran, who works and lives in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, values incense burning for its aesthetics (美学). “The floating ____40____ (trail) of smoke, along with the delicate, minimalistic incense burners, make incense ____41____ visually pleasing addition to my home, introducing an element of traditional Chinese culture,” she said. Wang learned about the use of Chinese incense from social media platforms, where influential bloggers share images and videos of their incense ceremonies, ____42____ (detail) the types of incense they use, traditions around burning it, ____43____ its benefits for mental well-being. Wang said Xi’an’s ancient attractions draw Sinophiles (喜爱中国者) to the city, ____44____ coffee shops, bookstores and restaurants using Chinese incense to attract customers. Just like hanfu, which is popular among young Chinese, the use of incense represents a bridge between the past and present, allowing them _____45_____ (slow) down, find calm and reconnect with a piece of their heritage. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 46. 假如你是李华。近日，你所在的学习小组参加学校“走进中国传统文化”视频作品评选活动，获得一等奖。你的英国朋友Robert来信向你表示祝贺，并想了解你们小组的视频制作过程。请你写一封回信，内容包括： 1. 小组制作视频作品的过程； 2. 你参加活动感受。 注意： 1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Robert, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节(满分25分) 47. 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。 Eva spent the first week of high school trying to keep her head above water. One of the major headaches for her was finding her way in the huge school building. It was a six-story building. On each floor, hallways stretched in four directions, learning to classrooms, laboratories and teachers’ offices. Somewhere in the building, there was also a library, a cafeteria and a gym. Having a poor sense of direction, Eva found it impossible to get around in such a huge building. All the different hallways and rooms were too much to think about, let alone commit to memory. She decided that she would memorize where her classes were and then pretend that the rest of the place didn’t exist. In her first PE class, Eva was shocked when Coach Pitt announced that everyone had to run one mile around the track outside. She searched the faces of her classmates for signs of panic. There was nothing she feared more than having to run a whole mile. To Eva, “a mile” was used to describe long distances. It was ten miles from her home to her grandfather’s, and that always seemed like a long way, even in a car! When Coach Pitt blew his whistle (哨子), Eva figured she would be left in the dust. However, while some of her classmates edged ahead, others actually fell behind. “It’s just the beginning,” she thought. “I’ll come in last for sure.” Soon Eva began to breathe hard, with her heart pounding and legs shaking. Feeling desperate, Eva started using a mind trick on herself. She stopped thinking about the word “mile”. Instead, she focused on reaching the shadow cast on the track by an oak tree up ahead. Then she concentrated on jogging to the spot where the track curved (拐弯). After that, she tried to see if she could complete her first lap. One lap turned into two, then three, then four. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150个左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 When Coach Pitt said “Nice work!” to her at the finish line, Eva was surprised. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Eva decided to use the same trick to deal with the school building. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. B 5. D 6. C 7. B C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. D 13. A 14. D 15. B 第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. F 17. G 18. E 19. D 20. B 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. B 34. B 35. C 第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. when 37. known 38. involved 39. spiritual 40. trails 41. a 42. detailing 43. and 44. with 45. to slow 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 【46题答案】 【答案】Possible version: Dear Robert, Thank you for your congratulations on our first prize in the “Exploring Traditional Chinese Culture” video competition. I’m thrilled to share with you the process behind creating our award-winning video. To begin with, we carefully selected the topic of traditional Chinese calligraphy, after which we assigned specific tasks among our group members. Two of us focused on extensive research and script writing, while the rest took charge of capturing captivating footage and skillfully editing the video. Throughout the entire process, we maintained close collaboration and provided valuable feedback to one another. From this experience, not only have I gained a more profound insight into traditional culture, but we also have showcased our creativity and outstanding teamwork skills. We are immensely grateful that our efforts eventually paid off. We hope to share our video with you soon. Yours, Li Hua 第二节(满分25分) 【47题答案】 【答案】参考范文 When Coach Pitt said “Nice work!” to her at the finish line, Eva was surprised. Never in her wildest dream had she imagined that she could achieve such an eye-catching score! Conquering this one mile was a milestone in her running career! Amazingly, Coach Pitts’ positive recognition installed an enormous sense of achievement into her heart. Enthusiastic cheers and thunderous applauses from her classmates kept her on the top of the world. Breathless and exhausted, she realized that overcoming seemingly the toughest challenges just needed a smart strategy like her mind trick. Her initial self-doubt gave way to self-confidence. Being a freshman, she tended to get lost in the 6-story maze, leaving her so helpless. Staring at the towering teaching building, Eva came up with a good idea, with a smile blooming across her face. Eva decided to use the same trick to deal with the school building. No sooner had she returned to the confusing maze than she set out to explore the first floor. Convinced that her mind trick would locate her in the school as soon as possible, she came to a gym, which was well-equipped with various workout facilities. Next to the gym was a cafeteria, which provided a wide range of foods and drinks. As Eva walked back to her classroom, she noticed that she felt less overwhelmed by this huge complex. Time ticking away, Eva eventually got familiar with the vast maze in the way she finished the one-mile run. One lap at a time did work! So did one floor a week! It dawned on her that goals are easier to achieve in small steps. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $