广东省湛江市2025-2026学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题

2026年湛江市普通高考调研测试

英语试题

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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 National Teen Book Fairs across the US will bring amazing author meetups, book-themed activities, and the latest young adult reads — perfect for every book fan.

Picking the Best Fair for You

East Coast fairs are known for hosting popular young adult authors, where you can chat and get books signed. West Coast fairs focus on interactive workshops, such as short story writing or book cover design. Check dates first: Some last just 3 days, others a whole week. Think about what matters most to you — meeting authors, trying workshops, or discovering new books — before you decide.

Tickets and Costs

Buy tickets early: Fairs offer discounts for advance purchases. If you want to visit more than once, get multi-day passes — they’re cheaper than buying single-day tickets each time. Some fairs have preview night tickets (more expensive, but let you enter early to avoid crowds and grab limited-edition books). Many also include free small workshops (like poetry writing) in the entry price — no extra cost

Travel Tips

If you’re flying to a fair in another city, take time to compare prices at different airports nearby. For example,

a fair in Chicago might be easy to reach from both O’ Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport, and one could have cheaper flights than the other. Renting a car can be helpful too, since it lets you go to the fair whenever you want and even explore the city’s local bookstores after. But remember: Parking at the fair venues can be hard to find, so arrive early to get a spot, or ask if the fair offers free shuttle buses from nearby subway stations.

1. How should one choose a book fair according to the text?

A. By comparing ticket prices. B. By evaluating personal needs.

C. By considering travel distance. D. By checking author popularity.

2. What is the advantage of early ticket purchase?

A. Obtaining price reductions. B. Entering the fair before others.

C. Getting limited-edition books. D. Guaranteeing more workshops.

3. What can we say about fair transportation?

A. It involves costly shuttles. B. It always proves convenient.

C. It ignores airport choices. D. It demands advance planning.

B

Students at Purdue University have created a robot Purdubik’s Cube, which can solve a Rubik’s Cube (魔方) faster than any robot ever.

The Rubik’s Cube was invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik. It rapidly became a popular puzzle worldwide. At first, people just wanted to solve the puzzle. But soon, one group of users had a new goal — to solve the cube as quickly as possible. These people are known as “speedcubers”

Human speedcubers can solve a Rubik’s Cube in seconds, with the fastest time around 3.05 seconds. But robots, powered by computers and fast-moving parts, do even better. In 2020, MIT students set a record with a robot that solved it in 0.380 seconds. That made an impression on Matthew Patrohay, who was in high school at the time. “I thought, ‘That’s a really cool project. I’d love to try and beat it someday,’” said Patrohay. Now Patrohay and three other Purdue students have built a robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube far faster. Their “Purdubik’s Cube” robot can solve a cube in 0.103 seconds— roughly one-tenth of a second.

Last year, a group of professional engineers working for Mitsubishi set the previous world record with a robot that solved the cube in 0.305 seconds. Patrohay, Aden Hurd, Junpei Ota, and Alex Berta’s robot is nearly three times faster — earning it a Guinness World Record. They met through a program for real-world work experience, in which they built needed skills for a senior project and got financial support from a company.

Purdubik’s Cube uses cameras and “computer vision” to detect each square’s color quickly. Its program uses

special strategies to solve the puzzle fast, with precise motion control. To operate this quickly, it uses a special cube that sits at the center of the robot’s “arms” — letting it turn the cube’s sides. But ordinary cubes fall apart at such speeds, so students made a stronger one. Patrohay says the robot is so fast that “before you even realize it’s moving, we’ve solved it”

4. What do we know about the Rubik’s Cube?

A. It gained global popularity early. B. It was inspired by school speedcubers.

C. It was first solved by MIT students. D. It remains unchanged since its creation.

5. Which can best describe Patrohay?

A. Caring. B. Helpful. C. Competitive. D. Demanding.

6. What contributed to Patrohay and his team’s Purdubik’s Cube?

A. Mitsubishi’s previous world record. B. The Guinness World Record recognition.

C. An initiative building hands-on skills. D. Support from professional speedcubers.

7. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The strengthened cube design. B. The factors behind its record-breaking rate.

C. The cube’s color detection. D. The speed-solving prediction.

C

Scientists have reported on an unusual hybrid (杂交) bird spotted in Texas — a cross between a blue jay and a green jay.

Brian Stokes is a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin, focusing on green jays — common birds in Central America and Mexico. To track where green jays appear, he monitored social media posts about birds. In 2023, he saw a photo of a unique bird there: It was blue, similar to the blue jay (common in Eastern North America), but had different colors. Unlike blue jays, which have white faces, this bird had a black facial mark.

Stokes went to see the bird for himself. Fortunately, he was able to catch the bird. Quickly, he got a few pictures, and took a blood sample. Working with a biology professor at the university, Stokes confirmed that the bird was a hybrid. The father was a blue jay and the mother was a green jay. Such a hybrid is very surprising. Long, long ago, both kinds of jays developed from the same kind of bird. But for seven million years, their species have been completely separate.

In general, animal hybrids happen when animals begin turning up in places where they don’t normally exist. For example, as the Arctic has warmed up because of climate change, polar bears have been travelling farther south in search of food. This has brought them in contact with grizzly bears, which has resulted in hybrids of the two