2025-2026学年广东广州市增城区英语高三上期末达标检测模拟试题.doc

2025-2026学年广东广州市增城区英语高三上期末达标检测模拟试题
考生须知：
1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。
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3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。

第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．—Are you doing your homework？
—No, I’m writing a short play．It _____ at the Christmas party．
A．will be put on B．will put on
C．puts on D．is put on
2．Was it at the beginning _____ you made the promise ____ you would do all to help make it?
A．that; that B．when; that
C．that; when D．when; when
3．John had planned to make a compromise, but he changed his mind at the last minute.
A．anyhow B．otherwise
C．therefore D．somehow
4．______ he was 12, Einstein had learned advanced mathematics by himself.
A．The first time B．At the time
C．By the time D．During the time
5．—Can I have a day off tomorrow? I need to visit my grandma in the hospital.
—__________. I can manage without you.
A．Forget it B．Of course
C．It depends D．I’m afraid not
6．Take the note as a reminder ______ you forgot to buy some sweets for the kids while shopping there.
A．how B．that
C．in case D．even if
7．Watching basketball games on TV at home is one thing, going to watch them ________ live is quite another.
A．perform B．performing C．to perform D．being performed
8．So popular _____ in his adopted hometown that he has been named honorary citizen of Beijing.
A．Stephon Marbury is
B．Stephon Marbury will be
C．is Stephon Marbury
D．will Stephon Marbury be
9．---Alan seems a lot taller than when I last saw him.
---He . He’s grown a foot since you saw him in Shanghai.
A．is B．will be
C．has been D．was
10．It’s impossible for all the people to get jobs because ______of them is not fit for them.
A．every one B．all
C．not all D．none
11．_______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.
A．Anything B．Nothing
C．Everything D．Something
12．We have brought in a good grain harvest for three years_________.
A．on purpose B．on end C．on duty D．on watch
13．________ competence in acquiring English today comes from the ability to express oneself rather than in simply passing exams.
A．Due B．Raw
C．Core D．Keen
14．— Is it enough to finish the form for a passport, Madam?
— Your passport application form should be ________ by two recent photos.
A．updated B．accompanied
C．established D．identified
15．She doesn’t speak our language, _____ she seems to understand what we say．
A．for B．and C．yet D．or
16．—You mean the position is still vacant?
—Yes, but you must know our job is very demanding.
—_______.
A．With pleasure B．I don’t mind C．Don’t mention it D．That’s all right
17．________ makes our school famous is ______ more than 90% of the students have been admitted to universities.
A．What; that B．That; because
C．That; what D．What; because
18．By the time we ________ from our school, we have been close friends for more than ten years.
A．graduated B．will graduate
C．are graduating D．graduate
19． F/ friendships fade away if there isn’t ___good balance between the give and the take．
A．The;/ B．/;a C．The; a D．/;the
20．After class, the teacher couldn’t leave, by the students.
A．surrounded B．to surround
C．was surrounded D．surrounding
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40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。
21．（6分）OSCAR THEATRE
BOOKING
- in person
The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 am-8 pm.
- by post
Stating the performance and choice of seats, enclosing a cheque, postal order, or your credit card details to Oscar Theatre Box Office, PO Box 220, Main street. All cheques should be made payable to Oscar Theatre.
- by telephone
Ring 0844 847 2484 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card (Visa, MasterCard accepted).
- on-line
Complete the on-line booking form at .
DISCOUNTS
Saver: $2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday inclusive, and for all matinees(下午场). Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.
Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until one hour before the show (subject to availability).
Standby: best available seats are on sale for $6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible(有资格的) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.
Group Bookings: there is a ten per cent discount for parties of twelve or more.
Schools: school parties of ten or more can book $9 tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.
Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
1、How can you pay for a ticket when you book by post?
A．By visiting the website of a post office.
B．By going to you local bank in person.
C．By enclosing your MasterCard in an envelope.
D．By providing your credit card information.
2、What benefit can bookers enjoy according to the text?
A．A group of ten adults going to a performance can claim a discount.
B．A school party of 15 persons that book in advance pay $135 in total for a performance.
C．Someone accompanying a wheelchair user to a performance receives a discount.
D．An 18-year-old teenager is eligible for Saver discounts.
3、According to the text, who can get Standby tickets?
A．Full-time students buying tickets 45 minutes before a performance begins.
B．65-year-olds buying tickets an hour and a half before a performance begins.
C．Theatre-goers who are unexpectedly unable to be present at a performance.
D．Anyone who buys tickets an hour before a performance begins.
22．（8分）Shiny things absorb less heat when left in the sun. This means that if the Earth could be made a little shinier it would be less likely to suffer global warming. Ways to brighten it, such as adding nanoscale specks（纳米级） of salt to low clouds, making them whiter, or putting a thin haze of particles into the stratosphere（平流层）, are the field of “geoengineering”（地球工程）. A small band of scientists which have mostly been using computer models to study the subject. Some of them are now proposing outdoor experiments—using seawater-fed sprayers to churn out particles of the exact size needed to brighten clouds, or scattering sulphur particles（硫粒子） from underneath a large balloon 20km up in the sky.
The scientists hope to understand some of the processes on which these technologies depend, as a way of both measuring their possibility (can you reliably make the proper amount of sea salt brighten clouds?) and assessing their risks (how much damage to the ozone layer might a stratospheric haze do, and how might such damage be minimized?). The experiments would be far too small to have any climatic effects. The amount of sulphur put into the stratosphere by the experimental balloon would be 2% of what a passenger jet crossing the Atlantic emits in an hour.
However, many scientists doubt whether geoengineering experiments have any effects. And some environmentalists say that such experiments reflect the hubris（傲慢）of humans, who believe they can toy with nature.
Geoengineering is not an alternative to relieving climate change by cutting carbon emissions. Even if emissions do start to fall, the cuts will lake decades to have any effect so temperatures are likely to go on rising for some time. The planet is not getting cooler and the pressures on the climate are unlikely to go away. It is therefore not too hard to imagine a world, decades from now, in which emissions are falling but temperatures are rising steeply and the ability to adapt to them has been stretched too far. An additional way to stabilize temperatures might then seem appropriate. Geoengineering offers that possibility.
1、The aim of the outdoor experiments in paragraph 1 is .
A．to relieve the global warming B．to brighten the clouds
C．to test the computer models D．to study geoengineering
2、The geoengineering climate experiment would hardly take any climate effect because .
A．scientists aren't sure whether sea salt can brighten clouds
B．geoengineering would minimize the damage to the ozone layer
C．the amount of sulphur emitted by a balloon is very small
D．a passenger jet emits much more sulphur than a balloon does
3、Even if carbon emission is reduced right away, .
A．global warming will be relieved B．climatic pressure will be removed
C．the temperature will remain stable D．global warming will last for years
4、We can infer from the passage that .
A．passenger jets are a major cause of global warming
B．scientists don’t show due respect for the environment
C．geoengineering is better than cutting carbon emissions
D．cutting emissions isn't enough to relieve climate change
23．（8分）Korea
While many Koreans prefer Western-style weddings in which the bride wears a while wedding dress, some couples are still carrying out the “Pyebaek” – a Korean wedding custom.
The Pyebaek is held after the official ceremony, and is when the bride pays respects to her parents-in-law for the first time. The new couple bow deeply before the parents, and they exchange jujube(枣) and chestnuts(栗子) — symbols for children and good fortune.
—Sujean Park, HuffPost Korea
Japan
For Japanese weddings, it’s customary for guests to bring cash as a gift for the new couples. The amount depends on the guest’s relationship to the couple — on average, friends would give $300, and family members may give up to $ 1,000.
The bills should be unfolded, freshly printed. They’re typically put in a special envelops signed by the guest. Guests leave the envelopes at a reception desk at the ceremony and receive wedding favors in return.
—Ryan Takeshita, HuffPost Japan
Brazil
In Brazilian weddings, the best man cuts the groom’s tie into several pieces and sells them to the wedding guests at whatever price they choose to pay for it. The money that’s collected usually goes toward the couple’s honeymoon.
Brazilian weddings wouldn’t be complete without pastries called “bem-casados”, or “happily married”. These are tiny sweet cakes with a condensed milk (炼乳) filling that are meant to bring good luck to the new couples.
—Andrea Martinelli, HuffPost Brazil
1、In Korean weddings, ________.
A．only western-style weddings are favored B．the couple must both wear a white dress
C．the bride shows respects to her parents D．some couples still observe their traditions
2、When attending a Japanese friend’s wedding, you’d better ___
A．fold the new bills in an envelope B．contain $300 in a special envelope
C．carry an envelope with a letter as a gift D．give more than $1,000 to the new couple
3、Why do people make pastries in Brazilian weddings?
A．To share the new couples’ stories.
B．To raise money for the new couples.
C．To show their excellent cooking skills
D．To express good wishes to the new couples
4、What’s the purpose of writing this text?
A．To share some wedding customs round the world.
B．To advise people how to make preparations for weddings.
C．To show the different customs between different countries.
D．To check how much you know about wedding customs.
24．（8分）It was Groundhog Day. A winter storm had hit overnight too. I tried to open my backdoor only to find six inches of wet, heavy snow piled up against it. I knew I had quite a job of shoveling out ahead of me, so I reached over to grab my snow shovel. It looked a lot more ready to work than I did. I sighed and pulled on my boots, gloves, and heavy coat.
The wind chill was below zero and cut into my face as I slowly shoveled off my deck. After that I stayed my way over to my daughter’s house shoveling the path as I walked. It took a while to get her driveway clear and I knew I still had a lot to do. Next came the paths down the hill to my own cars covered in snow. I had grabbed the broom to sweep them off as well. I winced when the breeze blew the swept snow back into my face. Then I started to shovel out my driveways. My back was aching as I worked. I wished I could be building a snowman instead of shoveling. Winter sure had seemed a lot more fun when I was a boy.
When I was done I examined my work. It didn’t look half bad. I smiled and looked at the woods covered in white. They were such a special sight. I leaned on my shovel and took it all in. Then I started up the hill with the snow shovel in one hand and the broom in the other. Suddenly, an urge came over me and I dropped them both. I spread my arms, fed back into the blanket of white and happily moved my arms and legs to make an angel in the snow.
As you go through the seasons of this life take joy in your work. Take joy in your life. Remember that the course of your days rests in your own hands.
1、What’s the theme of the text?
A．Enjoy winter work. B．Take things seriously.
C．Take joy in your life. D．Fight against cold.
2、Which is the correct order of what the author shoveled?
A．his deck-his daughter’s driveway-his cars-his driveway
B．his cars-his deck-his daughter’s driveway-his driveway
C．his daughter’s driveway-his deck-his driveway-his cars
D．his driveway-his daughter’s driveway-his cars-his deck
3、What can we conclude about the author from Paragraph 3?
A．He was not satisfied with his work.
B．He was absorbed in the snow sight.
C．He was fond of making snowmen.
D．He was in low spirits after work.
25．（10分）Fitness bands like the Apple Watch and the Fitbit aim to track something like heart rate.
But early models weren’t all that accurate. We thought of them a little bit like random number generators(生成器). They really didn’t seem to be providing anything that bore any relationship to heart rate.
Euan Ashley, a cardiologist(心脏病专家), studies wearables at Stanford University. He and his colleagues have now tested seven newer fitness bands, from brands like Apple, Fitbit and others and he says those heart rate statistics have gotten much better. "Yeah we were pleasantly surprised actually by how good the accuracy of the heart rate monitoring was."
For most of the devices, the error rate was less than 5%, which is good enough for your doctor. But where all the devices failed to measure up was estimating calories burned. Even the most accurate devices were off by 30%, compared to lab measurements of energy consumption. One device was off by more than 90%.
If you think about going to the gym and working out for an hour and maybe that’s around 400 calories, then in reality that could be anything from 200 to 800. And that’s a big difference if you’re thinking about somebody who’s incorporating those estimates into their lifestyle and particular thinking about what to eat that evening bas