湖南省张家界市2025年高考真题（2）英语试卷含解析

1、________ by the beauty of the piano music, the audience almost forgot to applaud when the pianist finally finished it.

A．Attract

B．To attract

C．Attracting

D．Attracted

2、Intelligence does not ________ mean success. You need diligence as well.

A. honestly B. formally C. simply D. necessarily

3、Miss Green often said “God helps those who help themselves”, intending to _______ on us the significance of being independent.

A. base     B. impress

C. focus       D. rely

4、Because society ________ so rapidly during the last few years, the gap between the generations has become larger.

A．changed

B．had changed

C．has been changing

D．was changed

5、Being a good listener is a kind a quality and that's ________ it takes to keep friendship.

A．which

B．what

C．how

D．where

6、—I think Lisa sang ______ than Nelly.

—Yes, I agree with you.

A.clear B.clearly C.more clearly D.clearer

7、If you cheat in the exam, you’ll never __________.

A. get in with   B. get along with

C. get away with   D. get through

8、—So you gave her your phone?

— . She said she'd return it to me when she could afford her own.

A．My pleasure  B．Not exactly

C．No doubt     D．No wonder

9、I was going to do some shopping in Golden Eagle，but________watching TV at home because of tiredness.

A. ended up   B. took up

C. got down   D. settled down

10、The 60th anniversary celebrations of the PRC   many different departments and classes of people.

A. involved in   B. involving in

C. was involved   D. involved

11、People believe that the tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu can make eyes clear and ________ bad luck.

A．drive away

B．fight against

C．break down

D．miss out

12、The organization was founded for the ________ of poor children.

A. benefit B. interest C. advantage D. value

13、—Mom, the teacher praised me for my spoken English this morning.

—_____ you have done very well, but you still have a long way to go.

A. No wonder   B. No problem

C. No matter   D. No doubt

14、 you eat the correct foods be able to keep fit and stay healthy.

A．Only if … will you

B．Onlyif… you will

C．Only if… can you

D．Only if…you can

15、Some experts believe that the students, once ______ to computer games, will probably lose opportunities of progressing.

A．addicting

B．addicted

C．having addicted

D．being addicted

16、SEOUL - Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, said Thursday that it has sold more than 10 million units of Galaxy S4, in ______ a month since its debut (首次亮相).

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

17、The economy in big cities has continued to rise thanks to the local governments to increase ______.

A. that   B. them

C. it   D. those

18、The school advisers help you talk through your problems but they don’t give you any direct ______.

A．solution

B．target

C．measure

D．function

19、—May we get off the bus now?

—No, you   . You to leave until the bus stops.

A. can’t; aren’t allowed B. mustn’t; are allowed

C. needn’t; are allowed D. needn’t; aren't allowed

20、Wherever you study after graduating from high school, _________ regular contacts with your family.

A. keep   B. to keep   C. keeping   D. kept

21、You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you’ve been away, has this country changed for the better—or for the worse?

If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.

So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.

Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的). The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.

Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.

Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.

To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.

But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.

【1】After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.

A．notice small changes

B．expect small changes

C．welcome small changes

D．exaggerate small changes

【2】How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?

A．Cautiously.

B．Positively.

C．Sceptically.

D．Critically.

【3】When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by _______.

A．the relaxed policemen

B．the messy arrivals hall

C．the tight security

D．the bank robbers

【4】Which might be the best title for the passage?

A．Life in Britain.

B．Back in Britain.

C．Britain in Future.

D．Britain in Memory.

22、Cruising (乘船游览) the Rhine; a family trip

Create family memories during our popular Rhine River cruise!

Days 1& 2 — Leave for Zurich, Switzerland

Depart from the US on a flight to Zurich and transfer to Basel to get on MS Amadeus Queens, where each adult and child will receive a special Welcome Package with general information about the cruise. The travel director will be on board to offer suggestions on independent activities. Then the ship will depart from Basel for Strasbourg and the passengers will gather for a welcome party and dinner on the ship.

Day 3 — Strasbourg

Choice 1— Strasbourg Panoramic Tour

This tour shows the most important city of France’s Alsace Region and the capital of the European Union. After the tour, you can enjoy a guided walk through Strasbourg’s historic center and visit Notre Dame Cathedral.

Choice 2 — Culinary Strasbourg

It offers insight into the city’s culinary heritage. Strasbourg is famous for its cooking throughout France. In “Winstubs”, small wine bars, typical of Strasbourg, traditional dishes can be enjoyed.

Day 4 — Speyer/Heidelberg

Choice 1—Technic Museum in Speyer

Explore inside an original huge plane and study the inner workings of a sea rescue boat. You’ll find the largest space flight exhibition in Europe, showing the Russian spacecraft Buran, a real moonstone, spacesuits as well as classic cars, fire trucks, motorcycles, and other exhibits.

Choice 2 — Heidelberg Castle and Town

Explore historic Heidelberg and visit the red-walled castle. See beautiful views of the Neckar Valley and the city below.

Choice 3 — Hike Heidelberg’s Philosopher’s Way

Hike the famous “Philosopher’s Way” for impressive views of Heidelberg Castle and the old town. Take a rest in Philosopher’s Garden while enjoying the view along with snacks and drinks.

【1】What does the Welcome Package provide?

A．Tips on independent activities.

B．A guide to MS Amadeus Queens.

C．The introduction to the river cruise.

D．Information about the welcome party.

【2】Which route may a food lover enjoy most?

A．Culinary Strasbourg.

B．Strasbourg Panoramic Tour.

C．Technic Museum in Speyer.

D．Heidelberg Castle and Town.

【3】What can tourists do during the tour of Speyer?

A．Travel in classic motor vehicles.

B．Get some knowledge of space.

C．Go hiking on a well-known path.

D．Explore the historic castle and town.

23、One of the classic science-fiction treatments of the end of civilization was The Death of Grass, by John Christopher, in which a mysterious sickness struck down all the grasses on which most of the world's agriculture is based, from rice to wheat. Tn the end, politics among the survivors of disease, war and famine were reduced to bitter fratricidal struggle over a defensible potato patch. Like most of the so-called 'comfortable disaster" novels, this could be criticized for optimism. Depressing as a future of famine and the war of all against all might seem, the consequences were largely limited to humans.

However, the threatened extinction of insect populations around the world raises the prospect of a much less general disaster, which would involve plants, birds, fish, small mammals, and everything else depending on insects. That's just the start. Other species, and we ourselves, depend on the animals and plants that need insects. When they go, we go. This is not just a greater disaster. It's a much more reasonable one. The most recent study has concluded that insect biomass is decreasing around the world at a rate of 2.5% a year. At that rate, half the insects in the world will be gone in 50 years' time, and all of them in a century — though no one will be keeping track of centuries then.

The chief driver of this disaster is unchecked human greed. I spite our individual and even collective cleverness, we behave as a species with as little foresight as a colony of nematode worms that will consume everything that it can reach until all is gone and it dies off naturally. The challenge of behaving more intelligently than creatures that have no brain at all will not be easy. But unlike the nematodes, we know what to do. The UN convention on biodiversity was signed in 1992, alongside the convention on climate change. Giving it the strength to hold back our appetites is now urgent. Biodiversity is not an optional extra. It is the web that holds all life, including human life.

The two main expressions of greed that speed this apocalypse are global warming and industrial agriculture. It appears that most of the damage is being done in the developed world by farming practices. The use of giant fields, lack of shelter for insects of any sort at all, whether they are harmful to human interests or not, and where the plants are drenched in long-lasting pesticides, is fatal for uncounted billions of insects. The effects of this kind of forming reach beyond the fields immediately affected, too. There has been a huge loss of aquatic insect species from the rivers into which the products of industrial agriculture arc flushed by rain. Even in German nature reserves, which arc by definition protected from the use of pesticides, there have been sleep falls in insect populations because so many of the most widely used ones are persistent and prevent breeding.

【1】Which of the following statements about The Death of Grass is true?

A．It holds an optimistic attitude towards famine in the future.

B．It understates the severity of the disaster facing the world.

C．It gives a vivid account of the most serious famine in history.

D．It demonstrates how evil human nature turns out to be.

【2】In paragraph 2, the writer mentions the most recent study in order to________.

A．prove that the prediction about the great disaster makes sense

B．show how soon the insects worldwide will go extinct

C．argue for the necessity to protect insect populations

D．suggest a possible approach to increasing insect biomass

【3】What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Humans are similar to nematode in that both of them lack foresight.

B．We haven't done enough about maintaining biodiversity.

C．Modem farming is to blame for the threatened extinction of insects.

D．Germany sets a good example by minimizing the use of pesticides.

【4】What will the author probably discuss after the last paragraph?

A．How industrial agriculture brings about apocalypse.

B．What influence pesticides may have on people's lives.

C．Why insect populations in Germany are on the decline.

D．Where unchecked human greed can also by spotted.

24、If you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turn. Yes, we humans are very sensitive to others’ mistakes. And the same is true for other animals. Animals mess up all the time. They might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey(猎物) slip away. By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival.

Scientists suspected that one part of the brain helps animals process information about others’ errors. Cells in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistake. But researchers didn’t know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in detecting errors.

To investigate the brain’s response to errors in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey. One monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watched. If the first monkey pressed the right button, the team gave both animals a treat. Every couple of rounds, the two monkeys switched roles. Meanwhile, the scientists monitored individual cells in the animal’s brains.

When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button, a group of cells in the second monkey’s brain fired. But if the second monkey also made the wrong choice during its turn, some of the cells in that group didn’t respond. Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkey’s own mistakes.

Scientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about another’s errors. “You start to think about this other person and see things from his angle.” Ellen de Bruijn told Science News. She studies the brain at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.

【1】According to Paragraph l, animals’ ability to learn from others’ mistakes .

A. used to be ignored by humans

B. helps them to survive better

C. is being lost because of humans

D. ensures that they will never fail

【2】The underlined word “detecting” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.

A. correcting B. making   C. drawing D. sensing

【3】From the game the scientists taught to two macaques, we can see .

A. animals can avoid the same mistakes

B. which part of the brain is more active

C. how the brain responds to mistakes

D. how the brain processes information

【4】In the experiment mentioned, those unresponsive cells are only sensitive to .

A. others’ mistakes B. the same buttons

C. one’s own mistakes D. the monkey’s brain

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Animals can learn from mistakes like human beings.

B. An interesting experiment by scientists surprised us.

C. Monkeys can avoid making mistakes by learning from us.

D. The brain cells are always sensitive to others’ information.

25、Elizabeth Revis has been diagnosed with cancer. Her illness is _______ and cancer has now spread to her lungs. As she began to _______ her hair because of chemo (化疗), Revis _______ to have a “shave party” for her hair _______ waiting for the rest of it to fall out. The morning of the so - called party, her 9-year-old daughter Leila asked if she could _______ one-third of her hair, too. Revis learned she _______ the idea all on her own.

“I was shocked,” Revis said. “ _______ should you do that? Baby, you don’t have to do that.”

“Mother, don’t be _______ and I’ll stand by you forever,” the daughter said.

After Revis had her head shaved, Leila had part of hers shaved as well. Leila said the daughter was so _______ of herself and liked her new look.

“She combed the remaining the next day for school so she could show it off,” Revis said. “She couldn’t ________ to tell everyone about the party and my hair.” Revis said her daughter is known for her ________ gestures.”She’s so in tune with others’ feelings,” Revis said about her daughter. “It’s amazing.”

Revis added the rest of her family and her community have also played a vital role in ________ her during her cancer journey. She’s been moved by the ________ surrounding her. “You know I would never wish this cancer or uncertainty on anyone,” she said. “But, without this ________, I would have never experienced such love. It’s pretty powerful stuff and I would never ________ it.”

【1】

A．better

B．worse

C．slight

D．stable

【2】

A．wash

B．grow

C．lose

D．polish

【3】

A．chose

B．refused

C．failed

D．hesitated

【4】

A．by means of

B．in spite of

C．as a result of

D．instead of

【5】

A．color

B．brush

C．reserve

D．shave

【6】

A．put forward

B．carried out

C．gave up

D．spread about

【7】

A．Why

B．When

C．How

D．Where

【8】

A．happy

B．tearful

C．greedy

D．grateful

【9】

A．guilty

B．critical

C．proud

D．ashamed

【10】

A．offer

B．wait

C．agree

D．manage

【11】

A．generous

B．strange

C．selfless

D．enthusiastic

【12】

A．blaming

B．serving

C．supporting

D．opposing

【13】

A．action

B．belief

C．coldness

D．kindness

【14】

A．low

B．high

C．treatment

D．case

【15】

A．purchase

B．change

C．accept

D．trade

26、根据下面材料，用英语写一篇50词左右的小短文

五一劳动节，我收拾（pack）了一些衣服去北京旅游。一到北京，我径直去了颐和园，它被认为（recognize）是中国最大、保存最好的皇家公园。那儿的风景极其（extremely）漂亮，因此我不愿意离开。然而，天黑了，我必须寻找住处（accommodation）。

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