2025-2026学年广东广州市荔湾区荔湾区真光中学高三上学期期末考试英语试题（含答案）

2025-2026学年广东广州市荔湾区荔湾区真光中学高三上学期期末考试英语试题 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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Major Causes of Road Traffic Accidents Road traffic accidents are caused by a number of factors which can be grouped into three categories: human factors, vehicle factors and road environment factors. Table l explains such factors and gives examples. Table 1: Factors involved in road traffic accidents Factor Description Example Human Things people do or don’t do Speeding, not obeying traffic rules, using phones while driving Vehicle Things that are wrong with the vehicle Weak brakes, no seat belts in car, old tyres Road environment Things outside the vehicle that affect driving Condition of road, time of day, weather conditions, road repairs One factor alone or several factors together can cause an accident. However, human actions are by far the greatest causes of car accidents. Diagram 1 shows that human factors are involved in 95% of all car accidents. Although other factors are also involved in 28% of these accidents, in 67% of cases, human factors alone are the cause of the accident. Although behavior such as not paying attention to the road, turning suddenly to avoid an animal and eating while driving causes accidents, most road deaths are caused by speeding, driving after drinking alcohol, driving when tired and not wearing seat belts. As shown in Diagram 2, speeding is involved in more deaths than any other behavior in both city (50%) and country accidents (32%). Drivers and/ or passengers not wearing seat belts is the second most common cause of road deaths. It is important to note that the statistics in Diagram 2 add up to more than 100%. This is because two or more factors are often combined to cause an accident. 1. Which belongs to the second highest causes of road accidents A. People not wearing seat belts. B. Lights not functioning in roads. C. Drivers not obeying traffic rules. D. Things not going well with the car. 2. What can be learned from Diagram 2 A. Country drivers are less likely to get tired. B. Drunk driving causes more deaths in cities. C. City drivers tend to drive faster than country drivers. D. Speeding causes more deaths in cities than in countries. 3. What will probably be discussed in the following paragraphs A How to design a safer vehicle. B. The dangers of driving a car. C. How to prevent deaths on roads. D. The effect of alcohol on driving. B Bonnie Blumberg had always known her mother, Janice Goldstein, was creative and kind. Goldstein spent countless hours sewing costumes for her daughter’s school plays — and even for the entire class, a dedication Blumberg took for granted. Everything changed in 2017 when Goldstein suffered multiple strokes, losing the use of her right side and eventually needing a wheelchair. Two years ago, while helping her mother move to a smaller ho ... ...