广东揭阳市三校联考2025-2026学年高三下学期开学英语试题

2026年2月高三级综合训练

英语

第二部分 阅读理解(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

Carry-on Bag Rules

Due to limited cabin space, to ensure the safety of you and our crew, please follow our simple bag rules.

•    Each passenger is allowed to bring one bag onto the plane.

•    Weight limit: Each carry-on bag may weigh up to 10 kilos.

•    Size limit: Each carry-on bag can be up to 110cm long, 60cm tall and 30cm wide.

Additional bags and oversized/ overweight bags may be allowed on the plane if there is enough room. There will be a fee for such bags (see the table below). Please note that if your bag breaks more than one rule, then you must pay a fee for each rule broken.

Bag Fees

Rule		Fee
Overweight*	Bags heavier than 10 kilos	¥100 per kilo over limit
Oversized**	Bags larger than 110cm×60cm×30cm	¥250 per bag
Extra bags		¥400 per extra bag

* No bag over 15 kilos will be allowed on the plane.

** No bag over 150cm long or 80cm high may be taken on the plane. Passengers must check in such bags before boarding the plane.

Safety Rules

For the safety of our passengers, the following items must not be taken onto the plane:

-Bottles containing gas (e.g., cigarette lighters)

-Bottles containing any cream, oil or other liquid that are over 100ml.

Note:

If you have any liquid medicines over 100ml that you must use during your flight, please contact our customer

service manager at 34533566 to make arrangements at least 24 hours before your departure. You will need to have a doctor’s letter explaining why you need the medicine.

1. What is not allowed to be taken onto the plane by a passenger?

A. A 130ml bottle of medicine. B. A 90ml bottle of oxygen.

C. A bag measuring 120cm in length. D. A bag weighing 10 kilos.

2. How much will a passenger pay for a carry-on bag that measures 100cm×50cm×35cm and weighs 12 kilos?

A. ¥100. B. ¥350. C. ¥450. D. ¥750.

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A. An airport announcement. B. A travel brochure.

C. An airline security manual. D. An airline website.

B

John Arrillaga Sr, the pioneering Silicon Valley developer, was one of Stanford’s greatest benefactors (捐助者), leaving a legacy literally built into every corner of campus.

Over decades, Arrillaga’s generous donations and hands-on efforts reshaped Stanford’s campus. Though best known for athletic facilities, his true impact extended far beyond. As his longtime friend John Etchemendy noted, “Hundreds of projects bear his mark, yet rarely his name.” Nowhere was this quiet dedication clearer than in the reconstruction of Stanford Stadium. He personally funded and oversaw every detail — from selecting palm trees to designing seats to mapping walkways — yet refused to put his name on it.

Born into a working-class family, young Arrillaga couldn’t afford a proper suit for his high school graduation, having to borrow an ill-fitting jacket with sleeves that barely reached his wrists. He unexpectedly attended Stanford on a basketball scholarship, working multiple campus jobs to make ends meet. After playing professionally in Spain, he returned to develop Silicon Valley offices during the tech boom, becoming a millionaire. True to his humble beginnings, he started repaying Stanford almost immediately after graduation — beginning with modest athletic department gifts that grew into historic donations exceeding $250 million. Through his scholarship programs, he’s helped over 300 students facing similar financial challenges.

One day, a young donor moved by Arrillaga’s generosity shared how witnessing the selfless giving had profoundly shaped his devotion to charitable work. Realizing the ripple (涟漪) effect of his actions through others, Arrillaga months later made a rare exception: he permitted his name to appear on just one building — not for personal distinction, but as a nod to the power of leading by example.

While his benefaction helped communities across Silicon Valley through donations to police stations, libraries,

and other public spaces, his strongest ties always remained with Stanford University.

4. What was Arrillaga’s key role in the stadium reconstruction?

A. A full-project supporter. B. A stadium co-investor.

C. A landscape designer. D. A building material producer.

5. What motivated Arrillaga’s lifelong commitment to Stanford?

A. The millionaire lifestyle experience. B. The desire for public recognition.

C. The fate-changing scholarship. D. The business investment strategies.

6. Why did Arrillaga finally allow his name to appear on one building?

A. To accept praise from the public. B. To show the ripple effect of athletics.

C. To fulfill a request from his university. D. To inspire more charitable actions.

7. What does Arrillaga’s experience show?

A. Wealth necessitates public display. B. Silent impact outweighs visible recognition.

C. Humble beginnings can lead to fortunes. D. Athletic excellence drives social change.

C

When it comes to cooling the planet, tropical forests serve as “carbon sinks” — their trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. Now, a new study finds one Australian rainforest is doing the opposite.

The research, published in Nature, analyzed data from wet tropical rainforests in Australia, which scientists had tracked for nearly 50 years. By examining woody biomass from the rainforest, which typically holds a large amount of carbon, researchers found the forest is releasing more carbon than it absorbs, and this switch happened about 25 years ago.

Since trees release stored carbon back into the atmosphere when they die and break down, this shift indicates that trees in this Australian rainforest are dying faster than they were decades ago, said lead author Hannah Carle, a forest ecosystem researcher at Western Sydney University. Drier air, higher temperatures and water shortages might all play a role. This is the first rainforest recorded as switching from a carbon sink to a carbon source, and Carle added the phenomenon could reflect a declining ecosystem in Australian wet rainforests overall.

“The wet tropics in Australia occupy a bit of a warmer, drier climate space than tropical forests on other continents, thus potentially serving as an analog for what tropical forests will experience in other parts of the world,” said Carle. Previous research suggested that tropical rainforests increase their capacity for carbon storage in response to consistently increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. This half-century of data challenges that.

Raphael Trouve, who researches forest dynamics at the University of Melbourne in Australia and was not