辽宁沈阳市东北育才学校2026-2027学年高三上学期英语学科第二次周练试卷

高三年级英语周练（第二次）2026.11.4

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

To celebrate the 2026 Chinese New Year, several international luxury brands have launched exclusive collections inspired by the horse. Here are the highlights:

Bvlgari

To celebrate Chinese New Year, the fine jewelry house Bvlgari introduces a festive capsule collection of jewelry, watches, and accessories. Among the highlights are horse-shaped brooches (胸针) crafted in either 18K rose gold or 18K yellow gold, each set with rubies, onyx and diamonds. Radiating timeless brilliance, the pieces convey wishes for the New Year — to move forward with the courage of a galloping horse and to embrace a  life force that surges endlessly onward.

Prada

Prada celebrates Chinese New Year 2026 with the “Prada Triangle Fire Horse”, inspired by the Year of theFire Horse, which occurs once every 60 years. Symbolizing energy, courage and independence, the fire horse is reinvented through Prada’s iconic triangle logo. The campaign stars Prada ambassadors Yang Mi, one of China’s most influential actresses, and Ma Long, a legendary Olympic and World Champion table tennis player.

Tiffany

Tiffany & Co. has released its 2026 Chinese New Year advertisement, featuring the Pegasus design and the brand’s most representative collections. Uniting mythic symbolism with timeless design, the new collections signal the arrival of a year filled with joy and new possibilities. At the heart of the campaign is aPegasus design inspired by a brooch, offering a poetic expression of hope and the idea of moving forward in the new year.

Guerlain

Guerlain has launched a special-edition product for Chinese New Year. This special bottle was in collaboration with Truscelli Creations jewelry workshop. It is a new version of the brand’s famous bee bottle, inspired by the 2026lunar zodiac animal. The bottle is bright red, a color that stands for success and good luck. Decorated with handmade gold jewelry and Swarovski crystals, the bottle captures the energetic spirit of the horse.

21. What is Tiffany’s design to celebrate the new year?

A. A red bottle.    B. A Pegasus design.   C. Triangle Fire Horse.   D. Horse-shaped brooches.

22. Which of the following employs brand celebrities?

A. Tiffany.              B. Bvlgari.             C. Prada.              D. Guerlain.

23. What do the four brands have in common in their 2026 Chinese New Year collections?

A. Their designs originate from myths and legends.

B. Their designs are characterized by festive colors.

C. Their designs are in cooperation with other workshops.

D. Their designs express new year’s wishes with creativity.

B

For former Chinese women’s soccer player Zhao Lina, her story began not under stadium lights but in the dusty schoolyard of Jinshajiang Road Primary School in Shanghai. Impressed by her height, the coach decided she should be a goalkeeper. At first, skipping evening study sessions to train on the field felt “incredibly cool” to her. Yet, she soon realized that every day began with repetitive running laps.

A decade later, she stood on the world stage at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She then felt the pure joy of playing — the thunderous cheers from the packed stadium were unforgettable. “When the stadium roared, it felt like the crowd lit something inside me,” she says. One of her most unforgettable matches came in 2022, when China made a stunning 3-2 comeback against South Korea to reclaim the AFC Women’s Asian Cup after 16 years.A year later, Zhao announced her retirement, closing an 18-year career.

But she never truly walked away from soccer, as she started a charity project to help young players achieve their dreams, through which Zhao plans to visit 100 remote schools, build pitches, donate equipment, organize leagues and train local physical education teachers to coach. “Soccer has been a training ground for so many of my best qualities,” she says. “Soccer can become a lifelong companion for children in the countryside.”

Alongside her charity work, Zhao has also stepped into journalism. During the 2023 FIFA Women’s WorldCup in Australia and New Zealand, she reported and interviewed former teammates and coaches — a symbolic reunion from a new perspective.

“Life isn’t a straight line,” she reflects. “Even athletes have peaks and declines. But when the next rise comes — if you’ve prepared enough and give your all — you’ll surpass your last peak. That’s what life and soccer have taught me.”

24. How did Zhao find her daily soccer training as a beginner?

A. Extremely joyful.                            B. Incredibly impressive.

C. Unbelievably cool.                         D. Far less exciting than she had expected.

25. What inspired her enthusiasm for soccer according to Paragraph 2?

A. The joy of playing on the world stage.        B. The passionate support from the audience.

C. The recognition she gained after retirement.    D. The unforgettable comeback victory in 2022.

26. What was Zhao’s intention to launch the soccer charity programme?

A. To pave her way into journalism.              B. To coach local physical education teachers.

C. To continue shape her positive qualities.  D. To pass the power of soccer to more children.

27. What can we infer from Zhao Lina’s words in the last paragraph?

A. Time heals all wounds.                             B. Fortune favours the prepared.

C. Strike while the iron is hot.                      D. Actions speak louder than words.

C

Facing high employee turnover(人员流动率) and an aging population, nursing homes have increasingly turned to robots to complete a variety of care tasks, but few researchers have

explored how these technologies impact workers and the quality of care. A new study from a University of Notre Dame expert on the future of work finds that robot use is associated with increased employee retention (保留) and a higher quality of care.

Researchers drew on surveys of Japanese nursing homes taken in 2020 and 2022. “Our research focused on Japan because it is a super-aging society that provides a good example of what the future would be like elsewhere a declining population, a growing share of senior citizens and a declining share of working-age people,” said Yong Suk Lee, one of the researchers. “We need to be ready for this new reality.”

“We’ve found that robot adoption reduces quit rates by assisting care workers,” Lee said. “This is important because turnover is a big concern in nursing homes. Workers typically experience a great deal of physical pain, particularly in their knees and back. The work is hard and the pay is low. So robot use was associated with employee retention.”

Patients also benefited in facilities that used robots, according to the study. The nursing homes that Lee’s team studied reported a decrease in the use of patient restraints (束缚) and in the bedsores that nursing home residents commonly suffer, largely because of a lack of mobility.

“By removing the physical pressure associated with certain tasks, robots may have made room for care workers to focus on tasks better suited for human beings, such as those involving human touch,” Lee said. “Ultimately, robots can help workers provide a higher level of patient care.”

This research provides critical insights into how societies can successfully address the challenges of caring for aging populations. It will help inform the work of the long-term care industry and help us better understand how technologies impact workers and patients.

28．What made the researchers focus on Japan?

A．Its harmonious society.   B．Its stable employment.

C．Its varied types of robots.   D．Its large aging population.

29．Which of the following shows Lee’s opinion?

A．Care workers’ salaries will increase significantly.

B．Robots can cooperate very well with care workers.

C．The use of patient restraints should be multiplied.

D．Robot use isn’t associated with employee retention.

30．What does the author say about the new research?

A．It is valuable.      B．It needs improving.

C．It isn’t a pioneering study.   D．It challenges the care industry.

31．In which section of a newspaper is this text most likely to be found?

A．Culture.  B．Sports.  C．Politics.  D．Technology.

D

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