湖南益阳2025届高三英语下册二月考试题

1、Arriving too early to a dinner party could appear slightly rude if the host ________ their preparations.

A.completes B.is completing C.completed D.has completed

2、We planned to meet at the school gate at 8 in the morning, but John failed to ______

A.give up B.put up

C.turn up D.make up

3、—I dropped by at 6:00pm yesterday but failed to see you at your house.

—I ______ in a gym at that time.

A. was exercising   B. am exercising   C. have exercised   D. had exercised

4、I ordered a drink while I______ for my friends to come.

A. will wait   B. am waiting

C. would wait   D. was waiting

5、I've made some really good friends at the gym. Talking to people as you ______ is a good way to get to know them.

A.get down B.stand by

C.hang out D.work out

6、This year’s Spring Festival Gala was a fine performance that ________ attention from first to last.

A.deposited B.accumulated C.commanded D.illustrated

7、Women are so accustomed to decades of ______ and to ______ histories of women whose contributions went unnoticed that they assume these conditions still exist today.

A. being ignored,be heard   B. ignoring,be heard

C. ignored,hearing   D. being ignored,hearing

8、The boy, though   up in the countryside, soon adapted himself to the way of life in this big city.

A.bringing B.having brought C.brought D.being brought

9、The author’s description is vivid and thorough, and this ________ a very good read.

A.enters for B.falls for C.makes for D.calls for

10、We work during the week，but weekends and evenings are usually ________．

A. vacant B. casual C. empty D. clear

11、In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _____ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.

A.less than B.better than C.other than D.rather than

12、In modern society, punctuality is a necessary __________.

A.variation B.virtue C.version D.vision

13、David is so excited because it is the first time that he ________ the Great Wall.

A.visited B.had visited C.has visited D.visits

14、–What would you like, beer or juice?

–______. Give me some Cola please.

A. Either  B. Neither  C.Both  D. None

15、---You look very tired. What's wrong with you?

---How bad luck today is! By the time I arrived at the airport, the plane________.

A．left

B．was leaving

C．has left

D．had left

16、All his attention________ on what the teacher was saying, so he even didn't notice what was happening outside the classroom.

A．fixed

B．was fixed

C．was fixing

D．has been fixed

17、She doesn’t speak our language,   she seems to understand what we say.

A. yet   B. and

C. or   D. so

18、________ the mistake in the beginning, the problem could have been prevented at its source.

A.Had not the company ignored B.If the companydidn't ignore

C.Had the company not ignored D.Would the companynot ignore

19、You may not have noticed that problem, but you could never withdraw it ______ regretful about your decision.

A.should you feel B.you should feel

C.had you left D.you had left

20、_______the strong winds continue, part of the highway would still be temporarily closed.

A. Could B. Would   C. Should   D. Might

21、Songbirds and coffee farms in Central America. Ladybugs and soybean fields in the Midwest. These are well-known, win-win stories of how conserving natural habitat can benefit farmers.

But an international team of scientists found that natural habitat surrounding farm fields is not always an effective pest-control tool for farmers worldwide. Their analysis, led by researchers at UC Davis, appears in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Among the dozens of scientists who contributed their field research databases to the analysis are two UC Santa Cruz professors of environmental studies: Stacy Philpott and Deborah Letourneau.

“【1】 When you have more natural habitat around farm fields you get more enemies of the crop pests, and these enemies will control the pests and provide a benefit to growers,” said lead author Daniel Karp, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology.

【2】 Together, they compiled the largest pest-control dataset of its kind, including132 studies from more than 6,700 sites in 31 countries worldwide — from California farmlands to tropical cacao plantations and European wheat fields.

Surprisingly, the results were highly variable across the globe. While many of the studies showed surrounding natural habitat does indeed help farmers control pests, just as many showed negative effects on crop yields. 【3】

“This paper isn’t telling farmers to clear habitat by any means,” Karp said. “There may be a lot of other benefits from natural habitat, such as pollination or carbon sequestration. But we need to be forthright about knowing when habitat conservation will be advantageous in terms of pests and when other means of pest control are needed.”

【4】 Karp and his team of 153 co-authors have made it publicly available, opening the door for further scientific insights.

       “This shows the power of collaboration in scientific research,” noted Philpott. “Many of us were surprised by the findings. Now, we will be able to continue the investigation, learn more, and hopefully be able to predict when surrounding habitat helps control pests and when it doesn’t.”

A．To test that assumption, Karp organized an international team of ecologists, economists and practitioners.

B．The strength of the findings is rooted in part in the size of the pest-control database.

C．Ecologists consider maintaining noncrop habitat to be a win–win for farmers and for conservation.

D．The analysis indicates that there are no one-size-fits-all recommendations for growers about natural habitat and pests.

E．A widespread assumption existed among ecologists.

F．We hope to move toward more sustainable land and pest management.

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【1】How much should you pay if you are ordering 500 subscriptions for a whole year ?

A.$1600 B.$1780

C.$3200 D.$ 3560

【2】Subscribers of TIME for Kids will get the following EXCEPT______.

A.key and select articles B.teachers' guides

C.digital materials D.school funds

【3】This passage is most likely intended for ___________.

A.teachers B.parents

C.students D.children

23、When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to their new home. Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing, developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances, and the French quadrille(四对方舞).

In the American version of square dancing, four couples form a square and dance to music. An American addition to square dancing is the caller. What do you think a caller does?

The callers---someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music--- was a completely American invention. At first dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance, but eventually the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues (提示) so that dancers didn’t have to remember so many steps. The caller didn’t just call out “do-se-do your partner”; a good caller also came up with colorful sayings or witty lines that he said in between the cues such as “Don’t be shy and don’t be afraid. Swing on the corner in a waltz promenade (步伐).” A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines.

Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive（复苏）interest in it. Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the dance programme run by a man named Benjamin Lovett. Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances, but Lovett said he couldn’t because he had a contract with the inn. Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovett’s contract. He took Lovett back to Detroit, where together they established a programme for teaching squares and rounds. Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country.

【1】What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Different Steps of Square Dancing

B. The Origin and Development of Square Dancing

C. Who Was the Inventor of Square Dancing?

D. Why Did Square Dancing Go Out of Style?

【2】What does the underlined part “their new home” refer to?

A. The United Kingdom. B. France.

C. Africa.   D. America.

【3】Why did the caller call out the steps for the dancers?

A. Because the dance was invented by the caller.

B. Because the dancers didn’t know the names of the steps.

C. Because the steps were very particular.

D. Because it was hard for the dancers to remember all the steps.

【4】What can we learn about Henry Ford in the last paragraph?

A. He was the man who made the first car.

B. He was very fond of dancing.

C. He helped make square dancing popular again.

D. He taught people how to dance.

24、Bruce is a manager who had a team of around 40 people. Most of them were bright, enthusiastic, and hardworking young fellows. This helps to promote their independence. 【1】 But as a team, they are not so good, which is crucial for the organization.

【2】He invited everyone to a hall for a game consisting of 3 rounds. For the first round, he told everyone to blow a balloon kept on the table and then write their name on it without bursting it, and each of them did it. Then they took a break outside for the second round. Soon after he called them back in, with more balloons scattered around without names on them. He declared that they had 15 minutes to find the balloon with their name written on it. 【3】

For the next round, Bruce told them if any team member found a balloon with a name on it, he or she had to give it to the owner of the name. All started searching, and within a couple of minutes everyone had their own balloon with their name on it. Bruce went to the dais and said, “You see, in the second round, no one was able to find their balloons as they were working on individual targets. But in the final round. within a couple of minutes, everyone had the balloon with them. 【4】”

Most of the time, people hide information, avoid collaboration, and distance themselves from their team members.【5】And it also, in the long run, affects the individual. So, everyone in the team should share and work effectively for greater ambition for the team.

A．Consequently, no one got their balloons.

B．However, he found he was not successful.

C．That’s the power of teamwork and sharing.

D．So he considered taking his group on a trip.

E．Individually, everyone on the team is outstanding.

F．This sort of mindset forms obstacles for team growth.

G．He decided to address the issue by launching a team activity.

25、Forgiving My Father

I grew up on a small farm. My father worked in the city as a welder (焊工). He was quiet, distant. He was a man made of leather and chewing tobacco who tried to teach me useful things, including respect. He also had a _______. I did not like him very much.

One day I came home from school. Once inside, I was told by my mother that he didn't feel well. His back hurt. Multiple myeloma, I _______, is a type of blood cancer. For the last year of my father's life, his entire day consisted of rising from his hospital bed in the living room and walking to his _______to sit and think. He was _______in that chair when I came home one day during the ninth grade. I do not remember where my mother and brother were, but the two of us were alone. He asked me to sit down.

What followed still _______me these decades later. He told me about his _______: his family growing up, what it was like in the Pacific during World War II, his loves, his heartbreaks. It was as if a pipe had _______, his inner self rushing out to me in a great flood. He had been speaking for maybe an hour or more when I realized that he was doing more than _______. He was asking to be _______. All it took was understanding that that was what he________, and I forgave everything, immediately.

When he died, I didn't ________to school for a few days. My biggest ________going back was gym class. It was poorly ________, and bullies ran the show. On my first day, I was standing there when a (an) ________voice yelled, 'Lensch! ' It was a guy who had given many of us a few lumps (包，肿块) over the years. I turned to face him and said, 'What do you want? ' The other boys didn’t say a word as they waited for the ________.

'I heard your dad died, ' he said. 'Is that true? '

I quietly replied, 'Yes. '

He didn't ________me. He didn't even move. Instead, he said, 'I'm sorry. '

I was________. I'm sure I cried. Those two words are how I have remembered that kid ever since. What do you do when your 'enemies' reveal that they are also ________? I think you either forgive and move ________or hold on to resentment (怨恨)and live in the past. I'm certainly not glad that my father got________, but at the same time, I realize that if he hadn't, I might never have come to love him.

【1】A.temper B.taste C.fame D.nerve

【2】A.meant B.doubted C.learned D.felt

【3】A.bench B.chair C.bedroom D.balcony

【4】A.predictably B.acceptably C.hopefully D.surprisingly

【5】A.touches B.annoys C.educates D.encourages

【6】A.life B.career C.youth D.achievement

【7】A.burst B.leaked C.moved D.frozen

【8】A.teaching B.telling C.supporting D.complaining

【9】A.known B.forgiven C.mistaken D.forgotten

【10】A.found B.received C.needed D.escaped

【11】A.contribute B.adapt C.head D.return

【12】A.relief B.favor C.lesson D.fear

【13】A.understood B.prepared C.regulated D.attracted

【14】A.angry B.warning C.pitying D.familiar

【15】A.defeat B.quarrel C.miracle D.fight

【16】A.punish B.beat C.disappoint D.scold

【17】A.frustrated B.shocked C.thrilled D.frightened

【18】A.classmates B.friends C.humans D.families

【19】A.backward B.away C.around D.forward

【20】A.depressed B.hurt C.sick D.lost

26、假定某英语报正在以“我的英语学习习惯”为主题向中学生开展征文活动。请你用英语写一篇征文，向该报社投稿，内容包括：

1.简述你的主要学习习惯；

2.这些习惯给你带来的影响。

注意：1.词数100左右；2.题目已为你写好。

My English Learning Habits

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