2025届广东省汕头市金山中学高三11月期中考-英语试题（含答案）.docx

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022 级高三第一学期期中考试
英语试卷
命题人：杨葵 郑佳成 黄宝荧
审题人：许志军
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满分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟。）
第一部分 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)
阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。
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Fine Arts Students Deliver Magical Performances
As the winter holidays approach, Brookhaven School students presented an array of extraordinary
performances showcasing immense talent within our fine arts community. From the band concert to the
choral concerts, each event highlighted the dedication and exceptional gifts of our students.
The December 12 Eagles Band Concert filled Woodruff Auditorium with melodies that captured
the festive spirit. On December 14, the Foundations Christmas Choral Concert featured spirited
performances by our 7th graders. The finale of seasonal fine arts showcases occurred on December 18
in Brady Theater with the Senior Chior Concert, spotlighting high school singers.
A highly anticipated tradition, the school-wide Holiday Assembly on December 19, hosted by
esteemed Fine Arts Department Chair Mr. Kaminer, embodied the true essence of the holiday season.
Angelic songs filled Young Gym, followed by joyous laughter and cheers as the “best costume”
winners received their awards. Even the youngest War Eagles, the children in the Brookhaven Early
Learning Center, attended the celebrations. Following the event, students merrily left school for the
holiday break.
Looking toward 2024, anticipation builds for the Brookhaven theater spring productions.

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Something Rotten!” promises high-energy comedic performances by theater students, while “Tuck
Everlasting” assures a moving portrayal by talented Foundations students. Furthermore, the Brookhaven
Dance Company will hold their showcase April 11-12 in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets will soon be
available for purchase.
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1. What did the students at Brookhaven School do before the winter holidays?
A. They performed magic tricks.
C. They gave holiday concerts.
B. They participated in community service.
D. They presented new theatre productions.
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2. What can we learn about Holiday Assembly on December 19?
A. It was a large celebration within the school.
B. It was an award presentation for best students.
C. It featured various fun music and sports events.
D. It was held on the first day of the winter holiday.
3. What is the text?
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A. A fine arts brochure.
C. A school newsletter.
B. A school announcement.
D. A concert advertisement.
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B
When I was a child, I was terrified of storms, especially those violent ones that occurred in summer.
Once, I was out shopping with my parents, when suddenly there was a loud noise coming from the
direction of the Apennine Mountains.
As the storm got closer, lightning fell a few hundred meters from us, and hail (冰雹) whitened the
streets in minutes. This was a totally new experience for me, and I ran into my father’s arms in terror. I
was afraid. But I was also in awe. Like the pull of a horror movie, my fear developed into fascination as
I grew older. When a thunder storm broke out at night, I would rush to my window to witness a brilliant
show in the night sky. I would wait in eager anticipation, equipped with my parents’ camera, ready to
try and capture a flashing moment.
An interest in storm photography arose from these youthful attempts. What once frightened me
now gave me a strong rush, especially the first time lightning struck just a few meters away from me, an
experience which resulted in me capturing a splendid photo of the moment. From that moment on, I
realized that I absolutely had to chase storms throughout southern Italy.
The truth is that storm chasing is quite dangerous, especially to those who set out to chase storms
without acknowledging the risks involved or respecting nature. Most accidents caused by lightning
occur outdoors. You are most at risk in the mountains, but all large and exposed places such as a lawn
or a soccer field can also be a dangerous place during a storm, especially anywhere in the presence of
water, such as the sea, beaches or outdoor pools.
One day soon I will set off to expand my storm chasing journey beyond Italy’s horizons. I would
love to go to Venezuela where electrical storms are guaranteed almost all year round on the Catatumbo
River and Lake Maracaibo. Maybe that will be the day that my parents finally accept the choice of my
career.
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4. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The author’s reaction during a storm.
B. The author’ s most impressive memory.
C. How the author got over his fear of storms.
D. How the author developed interest in chasing storm.
5. Which of the following places is the safest in a storm in the author’s opinion?
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A. A room in a shopping center.
C. The lawn with open water.
B. The beach near the sea.
D. A path in the mountains.
6. Why will the author go to Venezuela in the future?
A. To enjoy the splendid scenery.
C. To join a team that chases storms.
B. To seek a working opportunity.
D. To capture the frequent electrical storms.
7. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. My Fear of Storms
B. My Dream to Chase Storms
C. An Opportunity to Respect Nature
D. A Destination of My Life
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What are pillows really stuffed with? Not physically, but symbolically? The question occurred to
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me with the photos in the news and social media from the 50 cities around the world that staged public
celebrations for International Pillow Fight Day. Armed with nothing more than bring-our-own
sacrificial cushions, strangers struck heavily each other in playful feather from Amsterdam to Atlanta,
Warsaw to Washington DC. But why? Is there anything more to this delightful celebration?
As a cultural sign, the pillow is deceptively soft. Since at least the 16th Century, the humble pillow
has been given unexpected meanings. The Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu tells a famous story about a
wise man who meets a depressed young scholar at an inn and offers him a magic pillow filled with the
most vivid dreams of a seemingly more fulfilling life. When the young man awakens to discover that his
happy 50-year dream has in fact come and gone in the short space of an afternoon’s nap, our impression
of the pillow’s power shifts from wonder to terror.
Subsequent writers have likewise seized upon the pillow. When the 19th-Century English novelist
Charlotte Bronte poetically observed “a ruffled (不平的) mind makes a restless pillow”, she didn’t just
change the expected order of the adjectives and nouns, but instead she made unclear the boundaries
between mind and matter — the thing resting and the thing rested upon.
It’s a trick perhaps Bronte learned from the Renaissance philosopher Montaigne, who once insisted
that “ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head”. On Montaigne’s thinking,
intelligence and happiness confront each other forever in a pillow fight that only one can win.
With the words of Tang. Bronte, and Montaigne, we can perhaps more easily measure the
attraction of the global pillow fight. Like a ritual of release, the annual international pillow fight
amounts to a kind of cleansing, a brushing off of daily worries: an emptying of the world’s collective
mind. Rather than a launch-pad for weightless rest, the pillow is a symbol of heavy thought: an anchor
that drags the world’s soul down — one that must be lightened.
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8. The example of Tang Xianzu is used to illustrate that ________.
A. pillows give people satisfactory dreams
B. dreams are always wonderful while the real world is cruel
C. people’s impression of pillows changes from wonder to terror
D. pillows symbolically convey the meaning in contrast to their soft appearance
9. From the passage, we can learn that Charlotte Bronte ________.
A. wrote poems about pillows
B. regarded pillows as reflections of our minds
C. shared the same viewpoint as Tang Xianzu on pillows
D. was likely to have been influenced by the thoughts of the Renaissance
0. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 “ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can
rest his head” most probably means ________.
A. pillows give us comfort
B. pillows make people more intelligent
C. people with too many thoughts have less inner peace
D. people can easily fall asleep when they know nothing
1. According to the author, why is Pillow Fight Day so popular around the world?
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A. Because it is a ritual of release.
B. Because it makes life delightful.
C. Because it comforts restless minds.
D. Because it contains a profound meaning of life.
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Is forgiveness against our human nature? To answer our question, we need to ask a further
question: What is the essence of our humanity? For the sake of simplicity, people consider two
distinctly different views of humanity. The first view involves dominance and power. In an early paper
on the psychology of forgiveness, Droll (1984) made the interesting claim that humans’ essential nature
is more aggressive than forgiving allows. Those who forgive are against their basic nature, much to
their harm. In his opinion, forgivers are compromising their well-being as they offer mercy to others,
who might then take advantage of them.
The second view involves the theme of cooperation, mutual respect, and even love as the basis of
who we are as humans. Researchers find that to fully grow as human beings, we need both to receive
love from and offer love to others. Without love, our connections with a wide range of individuals in
our lives can fall apart. Even common sense strongly suggests that the will to power over others does
not make for harmonious interactions. For example, how well has slavery worked as a mode of social
harmony?
From this second viewpoint of who we are as humans, forgiveness plays a key role in the
biological and psychological integrity of both individuals and communities because one of the
outcomes of forgiveness, shown through scientific studies, is the decreasing of hatred and the
restoration of harmony. Forgiveness can break the cycle of anger. At least to the extent the people from
whom you are estranged accept your love and forgiveness and are prepared to make the required
adjustments. Forgiveness can heal relationships and reconnect people.
As an important note, when we take a Classical philosophical perspective, that of Aristotle, we see
the distinction between potentiality and actuality. We are not necessarily born with the capacity to
forgive, but instead with the potential to learn about it and to grow in our ability to forgive. The
actuality of forgiving, its actual appropriation in conflict situations, develops with practice.
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2. What is Droll’s idea about forgiveness?
A. People should offer mercy to others.
B. Aggressive people should learn to forgive.
C. Forgiveness depends on the nature of humanity.
D. People who forgive can have their own welfare affected.
3. What does the example in paragraph 2 illustrate?
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A. To forgive is to love.
B. To dominate is to harm.
C. To fight is to grow.
D. To give is to receive.
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4. What is the writer’s attitude toward forgiveness?
A. Favorable.
B. Reserved.
C. Objective.
D. Skeptical.
5. What is message of the last paragraph?
A. Forgiveness is in our nature
B. Forgiveness grows with time.
C. It takes practice to forgive.
D. Actuality is based on potentiality.
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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。
Pursue Your Dreams Today, Not Tomorrow
Have you caught yourself daydreaming about your dreams? We often postpone our dreams,
trapped in a cycle of delay. But why wait?
step. You can take minute steps toward a brighter future. And start right now.
If you never try, you’re going to be weighed down by your regrets. You’re always
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You don’t have to take a huge, life-changing
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going to wonder how your life would have turned out if you actually took a chance on yourself. Don’t
let your future self be disappointed by your present self.
It doesn’t matter how old you are or how many people have warned you that you’re never going to
succeed. Even the most successful people have had their hesitations about whether they had what it took
to make it in their field.
within your reach.
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Embrace a mindset of determination, knowing that success is
At the end of the day, you need to carve out a path for yourself that will lead to the most
satisfaction. If you allow your fear to get the best of you, you’re never going to forgive yourself.
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. It’ s what you would encourage your friends to do, so why aren’t you giving yourself that
same push?
Sometimes, following your passion means spending a lot of your time each day. It may require
making slight adjustments to your schedule, but you don’t have to sacrifice everything to follow your
hearts. Try to strike a balance between your current life and your dreams.
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Pursue your dreams now, even though that means you might need to break out of your comfort
zone, and even though it means entering the unknown.
A. Ask yourself what would be worse.
B. Starting small is completely acceptable.
C. You owe it to yourself to go after your dreams.
D. New opportunities may lead to personal growth.
E. If things go well, you can gradually make further shifts.
F. You need to move past your insecurities and explore your full potential.
G. Hard as it is, it’ s crucial to wave off the doubts in the back of your mind.
第二部分
语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (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。
Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so excited! Finally,
he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball
Chuck Hart. Although Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous 42
a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’ s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s
on the side of the box. The first indication that something was wrong came as he tore away
the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann,
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, he was
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who was
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for his amazing work in the community.
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Travis’ s hands
what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be
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; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but
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by the other players. When he
looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he couldn’t tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really
hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they
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in front of his destination,
Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
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Hey, Travis, wait a