随州2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、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

2、It’s difficult to ___ all tastes .One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

A.adapt to B.cater to C.appeal to D.adjust to

3、—Why not get in my car to the swimming pool instead of walking?

—No, thanks. ______.

A．I’m used to

B．I’m able to

C．I’m about to

D．I’m sorry to

4、Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize, ________ is considered one of the highest international honours a person can receive.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．where

5、When he ______ the bill in the restaurant, he suddenly realized that he had left his wallet in the car.

A.paid B.would be paying

C.was to pay D.had paid

6、Mark needs to learn Chinese ________ his company is opening a branch in Tianjin.

A．unless

B．although

C．until

D．since

7、I______ about what you’ve said and I’ve decided to take your advice.

A.thought B.was thinking C.have been thinking D.had thought

8、It could be ________ for Jackson who seldom puts his hearts into his studies to be admitted into a key university.

A. a good Samaritan   B. a Herculean task

C. a dark horse   D. a bit of Scrooge

9、Making your new business successful requires luck, patience and ______, so you should work with great attention and effort.

A.regulation B.application C.adaptation D.identification

10、After several days of heavy rain the roof ______ with a loud noise, crashing onto the ground.

A. came out   B. came down   C. came on   D. came up

11、 — I am so glad that I caught you at home. I need your help!

— ____, John?

A. What else B. So what

C. How come   D. What’s up

12、To celebrate her birthday, she invited over 500 people ______ her beautiful ship.

A. board   B. broad   C. abroad   D. aboard

13、—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.

—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.

A. arbitrary   B. artificial

C. compulsory   D. conventional

14、Though________ to see us, the professor gave us a warm welcome.

A．surprising

B．to surprise

C．being surprised

D．surprised

15、—We didn’t find Ju Xiaopeng attending the English Class online.

—No one ________ him about ________ a lecture even on Saturday.

A.told; there to be B.had told; there to be

C.told; there was D.had told; there being

16、Try to buy less______unnecessary shopping could become another source of pressure to the environment.

A.though B.unless C.because D.before

17、The reign of the next Japanese emperor will be known as “Reiwa” (令和) era, in ________ name the character for “harmony” is included.

A. which B. what

C. whose D. as

18、John thinks it won’t be long ______he is ready for his new job .

A．when

B．after

C．before

D．since

19、Still, poverty ________ people in Africa. However, there are small victories indicating a good start towards a better future because they are taught how to fish.

A. kills   B. is killing

C. has killed   D. killed

20、The government agrees that it will provide medicine injections   emergencies to children experiencing severe allergic reactions.

A.in salute to B.in case of

C.in care for D.in return for

21、Even though vaccination (接种疫苗) is a powerful defense against disease, some voices are against it. In a recent letter, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged big social media including Amazon, Facebook and Google to take action to defend medical science on their platforms.

It said that vaccine-preventable diseases that do harm to the public health like measles (麻疹) are on the rise. Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30% in 2017 compared to 2016, with the largest increases seen among nations in the Americas, Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing largely because many people are unwilling to get vaccinated. And some of these people even encourage others to refuse vaccination. So this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the anti-vaccination movement a top-10 health threat.

“Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease — it currently prevents 2-3 million deaths a year, and a further 15 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved,” WHO said.

A research article published in 1998 in a medical journal suggested a link between a vaccine and the development of autism (自闭症) in young children. Although the research has been suspected and many other studies have proved that vaccinations do not cause autism, the article is still impressing people strongly today. Another reason for the growth in the anti-vaccination movement is widespread misinformation on social media, which can turn people against vaccination. If a concerned parent consistently sees information in their Newsfeed that casts doubt on the safety of vaccines, it could cause them to disregard the advice of their children’s physicians and public health experts and refuse to follow the recommended vaccination schedule. So access to true information about vaccine safety is badly needed.

【1】What does the AMA require social media to do on their platforms?

A．Join hands to develop new vaccines.

B．Introduce life-threatening diseases.

C．Give up the anti-vaccination movement.

D．Spread the positive effects of vaccination.

【2】Why does the author mention the measles cases in paragraph 2?

A．To stress the danger of measles.

B．To show the result of anti-vaccination.

C．To prove vaccination doesn’t work well.

D．To explain the reason for anti-vaccination.

【3】Which of the following leads to the anti-vaccination phenomenon?

A．Parents’ concerns over vaccine safety.

B．The high cost of vaccination.

C．A research relating vaccination to high death rate.

D．Experts’ advice spread on social media.

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards vaccination?

A．Doubtful.

B．Ambiguous.

C．Positive.

D．Negative.

22、   Scientists often compare coral reefs (珊瑚礁) to underwater rainforests, yet unlike the leafy plant base of a forest, corals are animals. The soft creatures are naturally half-transparent and get their brilliant color from algae (藻类) living inside them. When corals experience stress from hot temperatures or pollution, they halt the interdependent relationship with algae, typically pushing them out and turning white. Corals are still alive when they are white, but they’re at risk and many eventually die, turning dark brown.

Scientists around the world are looking for means to protect and maybe increase corals. One common option is to create more protected areas — essentially national parks in the ocean. Beyond nature preserves, some conservationists are looking for more hands-on methods. One research center in the Florida Keys is exploring a form of natural selection to keep corals remaining. The reef system in the Keys has been hit hard by climate change and pollution, which is especially tough, because corals there help support fisheries worth $ 100 million every year.

To keep the wild ecosystem alive, Erinn Muller, the center’s director, and her team are harvesting samples of the corals that survived the environmental stress naturally, keeping them to make them reproduce, and then reattaching them to the reef. They have 46,000 corals on plastic frames under the sea. So far, the center has regrown over 70,000 corals from five different species on damaged reefs.

In the Bahamas, Ross Cunning, a research biologist at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, focuses on corals with genes that could make them natural candidates for restoration projects. He published a study of two Bahamian reefs, one that survived an extreme 2015 heat wave, and one that didn’t. “We think their ability to deal with these higher temperatures is built into their genes,” says Cunning. There’s evidence of corals evolving more quickly to resist rapidly warming climate. The big question scientists need to investigate, adds Gunning, is how much more heat corals can adapt to.

【1】What does the underlined word “halt” in the first paragraph mean?

A．Weaken.

B．Develop.

C．Strengthen.

D．End.

【2】What do Muller and her team do to save corals?

A．Restore the damaged reefs.

B．Grow corals underwater.

C．Create more protected areas.

D．Move corals to unpolluted areas.

【3】What do Cunning’s words suggest?

A．Many corals have been genetically improved.

B．Cooling down the waters is the key to rescuing corals.

C．The highest temperature corals can survive is unclear.

D．Reasons for corals surviving heat waves need investigation.

【4】Which is the text mainly about?

A．The efforts made to save corals.

B．The impact of climate warming on corals.

C．The survival crisis faced by coral reefs.

D．The relationship between corals and algae.

23、Mystery of Evolution

Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia(NCP), also named COVID-19 by WHO, there is a general fear of the unknown virus as its full effects remain to be seen. Fever, coughing, sore throat, difficulty breathing-the NCP's symptoms are similar to the common cold or the flu. but it's potentially more dangerous.

Viruses could be deadly, like HIV and Ebola (埃博拉) . But what are viruses? How can they cause so much trouble? Viruses are non-living organisms (有机体) approximately one-millionth of an inch long. Unlike human cells or bacteria, they can't reproduce on their own. 【1】 

Viruses can infect every living thing-from plants and animals down to the smallest bacteria. For this reason, they always have the potential to be dangerous to human life. Sometimes a virus can cause a disease so serious that it is fatal. Other viral infections cause no noticeable reaction. Viruses lie around our environment all of the time, waiting for a host cell to come along. They can eater our bodies by the nose, mouth, eyes or breaks in the skin. 【2】For example, HIV, which causes AIDS. attacks the T-cells of the immune system.

But the basic question is, where did viruses first come from?【3】"Tracing the origins of viruses is difficult. " Ed Rybicki, a virologist at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, told Scientific American, "because viruses don't leave fossils (化石) and because of the tricks they use to make copies of themselves within the cells they've invaded." 【4】First, viruses started as independent organisms, then became parasites (寄生者) . Second. viruses evolved from pieces of DNA or RNA that "escaped" from larger organisms. Third, viruses co-evolved with their host cells, which means they existed alongside these cells.

For the time being, these are only theories. The technology and evidence we have today cannot be used to test these theories and identify the most plausible explanation. 【5】 Or future studies may reveal that the answer is even murkier (含糊不清的)  than it now appears.

A.Once inside, they try to find a host cell to infect.

B.Until now, no clear explanation for their origin exists.

C.Continuing studies may provide us with clearer answers.

D.There's pretty strong evidence that this is a bat origin coronavirus.

E.However, there are three main hypotheses (假说) to explain the origin of viruses.

F.Instead, they invade the cells of living organisms to reproduce, spread and take over.

G.Bat is a flying mammal with a long lifespan, whose temperature is high, similar to a fever.

24、It’s a cruel fact of life, as we age, gravity takes over. 【1】 We dread taking a fall, so we find ourselves walking less and less and that only makes matters worse. Well, cheer up! There’s finally a product designed to enable us all to walk properly and stay on the go.【2】

Traditional rollators and walkers simply aren’t designed well. 【3】 This puts pressure on your back, neck, wrists and hands. Over time, this makes walking uncomfortable and can result in a variety of health issues. That’s all changed with the Perfect Walker. Its upright design and padded elbow rests enable you to distribute your weight across your arms and shoulders, not your hands and wrists, which helps reduce back, neck and wrist pain and discomfort. 【4】 The height can be easily adjusted with the push of a button to fit anyone with different height. Once you’ve reached your destination you can use the hand brakes to gently slow down, and there’s even a handy seat with a storage compartment. Plus the Perfect Walker includes Stand Assist handles which make standing from a sitting position simple and easy.

【5】   Call now, and find out how you can try out a Perfect Walker for yourself and start feeling better each and everyday in your own home.

A．Its perfect design makes it easy to use indoors and outdoors.

B．It’s called the Perfect Walker, and it can truly change your life.

C．Why spend another day arching your back and dragging along?

D．They haven t well satisfied the physical needs of those with walking problems.

E．They require you to arch your back and shuffle (拖着) your feet when you walk.

F．Its unique frame gives you plenty of room to step, and the oversized wheels help you glide across the floor.

G．Our muscles droop, our bodies sink and the weight of the world seems to be planted squarely on our shoulders.

25、The triathlon (铁人三项) is being held. Natalie dives into the pool. Cold water _______ her, and it’s hard to catch her breath. ______her arms through the water, Natalie begins her first of eight laps. She wants to______the triathlon.

Natalie______with cold as she gets out of the pool. Along with three hundred other children and adults, she______into the one-mile run, followed by a four-and-a-half-mile bike ride. The temperature is ______on the late-October morning. But seeing her father’s warm ______makes Natalie forget about the cold.

Natalie feels______to have her father here today. Three years ago, doctors discovered that he had skin cancer. His______made him feel tired and sick, but he______he was going to get better. Natalie says, “Courage is something that all people have inside, and they use it to make the world a ______and happy place. My dad showed great ______when he got cancer.”

Natalie asked a lot of questions about her father’s illness. Her mom says,“We had a family discussion and gave her all the facts. We talked about what cancer is and how money is raised for______and research.”

Natalie made a______to herself and to her family that she would compete in the triathlon to______money to help cancer patients. She trained______for three months, swimming, running and biking several times a week. She then sent out 150 letters asking for______ . Her dad matched the money and Natalie______$7,000 to the American Cancer Society.

Natalie says she was______on the day of the race. “My stomach felt weak, and the water was cold.” But Natalie completed the race and______her promise to help fight cancer.

【1】

A．hits

B．drowns

C．frightens

D．follows

【2】

A．Throwing

B．Twisting

C．Raising

D．Pulling

【3】

A．quit

B．start

C．accept

D．complete

【4】

A．slides

B．shakes

C．falls

D．jumps

【5】

A．heads

B．puts

C．breaks

D．changes

【6】

A．normal

B．cool

C．freezing

D．mild

【7】

A．hug

B．smile

C．shadow

D．back

【8】

A．curious

B．ready

C．embarrassed

D．lucky

【9】

A．identities

B．treatments

C．emotions

D．discoveries

【10】

A．found

B．predicted

C．believed

D．doubted

【11】

A．peaceful

B．free

C．popular

D．brave

【12】

A．independence

B．respect

C．courage

D．sympathy

【13】

A．aid

B．honor

C．influence

D．trust

【14】

A．proposal

B．request

C．promise

D．plan

【15】

A．raise

B．borrow

C．return

D．invest

【16】

A．quietly

B．hard

C．patiently

D．casually

【17】

A．suggestions

B．reference

C．permission

D．donations

【18】

A．lent

B．paid

C．gave

D．exposed

【19】

A．nervous

B．inspired

C．shocked

D．calm

【20】

A．came up with

B．lived up to

C．got down to

D．looked forward to

26、请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150 词左右的文章。

Li Jiang  

When I was in the primary school, I often met with problems which I could not work out on my own, especially in English and arithmetic. So I downloaded an online educational app named Zuoyebang. Since then, I have been using several kinds of such software, for example, Xuebajun and Haofenshu. Whenever I have a problem, I will turn to them. As a result, my study has been progressing steadily. I will strongly recommend these apps to my friends.

Su Hua  

After entering the senior high, I found I had more and more difficulty learning maths and English. As many online learning products are quite popular among other students, my parents subscribed to one for me too. After that, however, I feel as if I were going to two schools, one real-world school and one online school. Every day I have endless exercises to do and feel very tired. Worse still, I feel I have lost interest in my study now. What shall I do?

（写作内容）

1. 用约30个词概括上述利用在线教育app学习的现象；

2. 你是支持还是反对利用在线教育app学习？请谈谈你的看法，并用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。

（写作要求）

1. 作文中可以利用了解到的经历，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

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