巴州2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、The minister refused for reasons of _______ rather than religion to sign a new law legalizing abortion.

A. comprehension   B. conscience   C. consequence   D. conservation

2、WeChat(微信), first released in 2011, provides great paying convenience for the users _________ a text and voice messaging communication service.

A. rather than B. on account of

C. in addition to      D. as a consequence of

3、It’s raining heavily outside. Tell him the window.

A. not open   B. don’t open

C. to not open   D. not to open

4、John wants to_________with us to the movie.

A．come along

B．come out

C．come across

D．come up

5、A 7.0 magnitude Earthquake hit Lushan County of Sichuan Province on April 20 _____ more than 200 people.

A. to kill   B. killing   C. killed   D. having killed

6、–Have you got the results of the final exam?

--Not yet. It will be a few days ______ we know the full results.

A. since   B. after C. before   D. that

7、The flood last month in the east was a real disaster, ______ 19 people dead and 78 missing.

A．having left

B．to leave

C．left

D．leaving

8、Public service ads，also PSAs，often _________ for free，_________ to educate people about health，safety or any other problem that affects public welfare.

A. run；meant   B. are run；are meant

C. are run；mean   D. run；are meant

9、Police are sent to the site of the accident to ________ order.

A．prove

B．maintain

C．correspond

D．observe

10、   says that school years are the best time of one’s life is probably an adult - one who’s forgotten the hard work of being at school.

A. Whatever   B. Whichever

C. Whomever   D. Whoever

11、A good listener takes part in the conversation, offering ideas and ______ questions to keep the talk flowing．

A． raising   B． understanding

C． copying   D． solving

12、_______ in the leg made it impossible for him to walk to school every day.

A. Being injured  B. Injured

C. Having injured D. Injuring

13、_________in Avebury, England, the monument is so large that it can only be seen from the sky.

A．Located

B．Locating

C．Being located

D．To locate

14、I think his words don’t ________ at all so I can’t understand why his words have ________ to all of you.

A．make a sense; made a difference

B．make a sense; made difference

C．make sense; made a difference

D．make sense; made differences

15、 --- I am still preparing for tomorrow’s speech.

--- Oh. Time is _________, so you need to speed up.

A. losing out B. giving out C. going out D. running out

16、Those who _________ false news should be blamed.

A．circulate

B．stage

C．stress

D．extend

17、What do you ________the film called Avengers: Endgame?

A. think up B. think over

C. think highly of D. think of

18、He gave him a new name to hide his _______ when he went to carry out the secret task.

A.emotion B.talent C.identity D.devotion

19、Do you think he is _______ to come here?

A．probable

B．possible

C．likely

D．certainly

20、______ he sees me, he gives me a friendly smile, which makes me comfortable.

A．However

B．Whenever

C．Whatever

D．Whichever

21、In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and preparing for the worst, Australian adventurer Peter Seiter wrote a farewell note to his family, put it in a bottle and threw it overboard. With a sense of bad feeling he wrote: “The ocean has a personality of its own. The place can be such a peaceful environment to be in, yet it can be frightfully violent. I’ve experienced both.” Fearing he wouldn’t make it home, he placed the note -- dated June 11, 1998 -- in a wine bottle and covered the bottle.

“I included my geographical coordinates, so if anything happened to me, they’d know my last place when I threw the bottle into the ocean,” says Peter, who was then sailing from the Azores in Portugal to New York and knew the Atlantic could be dangerous. He also included some money with his message, asking whoever found it to use the money to post the letter to his family.

Seventeen days later he reached his destination, having survived the dangerous seas, but he assumed his message in the bottle had not -- until it was found on shore, 11 years later!

Recently, American woman Katherine Ginn and her friend came across the bottle on a deserted beach in the Bahamas. “Alongside it they’d found a life jacket and, assuming the worst, opened the bottle and spent 24 hours drying it out so they could read my story and write to my family as I requested,” says Peter, 44. “I couldn’t believe it -- that after all these years my bottle had turned up with its contents, still undamaged.”

Overjoyed, he wrote to the pair, saying he was alive and living in Australia with his family.

Katherine posted him his letter, money and some broken glass of his bottle placed in a tiny box as a special souvenir. These special items now share pride of place among photos of Peter’s Atlantic voyage. “I can’t express what this old letter means to me,” Peter says. “It gives me a sense of hope and belief. It’s something special to share with my children as they grow up.”

【1】Why did Peter have the idea of a message bottle?

A. He missed his family very much then.

B. He hoped to share his experience with his family.

C. He regretted taking a risk on the ocean.

D. He thought he might lose his life on the voyage.

【2】As for the survival of the message bottle, Peter ________.

A. felt very certain about it

B. thought it had little chance of reaching land

C. took a long time to search for it

D. wrote a letter to Katherine

【3】What can be inferred about the message bottle according to Paragraph 3 and 4?

A. Katherine found it by chance on a crowded beach.

B. It was 11 years before they came across it at sea.

C. Perhaps there was water in it when Katherine found it.

D. Peter couldn’t believe more that it was not damaged.

【4】From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A. this was Peter’s first voyage in the Atlantic

B. Peter spent eleven days in the Atlantic

C. without the life jacket, the bottle wouldn’t have survived

D. Katherine was a caring and careful person

22、This may be sad to hear, but the number of Britain’s famous red telephone boxes has been falling for decades. The phone box is iconic (标志性的) to foreign fans of Britain and visitors to the country. There are still many left to enjoy, however.

There is deep feeling for the bright red iron-and-glass boxes with the Queen’s coat of arms. The places that still have the red box are mostly small and in the countryside. In these places, the phone box may be a symbol of community, as well as a landmark.

But there are still several cities, including London, that still have original red phone boxes in place.

For tourists, they probably make the perfect background for a selfie (自拍照). Visit London any day in the summer and you’ll see people with their smart phones taking photos with the red box behind them. People who receive the photo will have no trouble guessing where the selfie was taken.

Ever since mobile phones became more widespread, there has been less and less point in public phones. But although the red boxes are no longer popular places to make a call from, new uses are being found for them all the time. The famous design created by Giles Gilbert Scott back in 1924 lives on, but in ways the British architect would never have imagined.

Some of the new ways the phone boxes are being used are quite unusual. For example, some have been changed into tiny coffee shops. Others are hat stores. In one remote area of the country, a red box that had not been used for a long time has been turned into a small lending library.

Even back in their heyday in the last century, phone boxes were put to other uses. Some people even used them as toilets in an emergency.

But for many, they were a safe place to hide if you were caught up in the rain. Britain’s weather is unpredictable: sun one moment, heavy rain the next. So if you are planning to visit the UK and want the perfect British selfie, standing inside a red telephone box in a rainstorm may be your best bet.

【1】According to the author, the red phone boxes in Britain are special because   .

A. they can be put into different kinds of use

B. they are only found in the British countryside

C. they hold great meaning to some British communities

D. they have a deep connection with the royal family

【2】We can learn from the article that British red phone boxes   .

A. are mostly made of wood and glass

B. first appeared in big cities such as London

C. were designed by a British architect in the 1930s

D. are not used much for phone calls these days

【3】The underlined word “heyday” in the second to last paragraph probably means   .

A. a popular time   B. a bad time

C. an unusual time   D. a happy time

【4】The purpose of the last paragraph is to   .

A. explain how to deal with Britain’s changeable weather

B. describe a common way of making use of a red phone box in the UK

C. advise visitors to take a selfie standing inside a red telephone box

D. show how to use a red phone box in the case of an emergency

23、Everything You Need to Know About Coronavirus

The spread of China’s coronavirus may have started with something simple — a person buying food for dinner at an outdoor market.

The potency and movement of the virus has rallied the cooperation of various agencies, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization, 【1】.

What is the Wuhan coronavirus?

The infection numbers are startling: Since Jan. 20, cases worldwide have surged from 282 to 9,925. The death toll stands at 213, according to Chinese officials.

The current coronavirus doesn’t have an official name yet. 【2】.

【3】?

Outbreaks like this have happened before, most notably with SARS in 2003 and MERS in 2015. 【4】. In all, 8,098 SARS cases were recorded, with a death toll of 774. That’s a fatality rate of 9.6%. MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, originated in Saudi Arabia and resulted in 2,499 cases and 861 deaths, giving it a higher fatality rate of 34.5%.

With current numbers, the fatality rate for 2019-nCoV is 2.4%. The WHO said most coronavirus cases reported to date “have been milder, with about 20% of those infected experiencing severe illness.”

Are people quarantined (隔离)?

【5】. An estimated 56 million people in the country are affected by lock-downs.

Wuhan has been the hardest hit. Airports and railway stations are closed and public transportation halted. Private vehicles are banned. Residents wear face masks to protect against infection. While a new, 1,000-bed hospital is under construction, there are shortages of medicine, protective masks and other supplies.

A．which closed a city of 11 million, leaped across continents and raised pandemic fears

B．which declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” on Thursday

C．How does coronavirus compare to SARS, MERS and the common flu

D．Is the virus just a problem for China

E．As infection numbers rise, China has ordered residents in nearly a dozen cities to stay where they are

F．SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is commonly used as a reference in coronavirus coverage, since both originated in China and share characteristics

G．The current designation is “2019-nCoV”, with “2019” for year of discovery, “n” for novel (meaning new) and “CoV” for coronavirus

24、Why Pursuing (追求) Happiness Will Make You End up Being Unhappy

When we talk about happiness, we think about staying happy all the time. We try to pursue this constant state of “happiness” as our goal. 【1】 No one has a perfect life. Pursuing happiness makes us end up being unhappy. There are several ways to avoid it.

Stop trying to be happy. It’s natural to want to be happy as often as possible. So what can you do? Throw away the belief that a perfect life means happiness. It’s from experiencing the pains of lifelong challenges that drive us to care for others when they are experiencing the same tracks. If life were perfect, you wouldn’t be able to comprehend. 【2】

Understand the importance of gratitude. Instead of focusing on the unpleasant moment right now, flash back your memory to when you had or didn’t have something. I like to think about my career, for example. 【3】 But when I found my purpose and started my company, I was deeply happy, even before I realized I would be successful! This memory keeps me going when there are tough spots. It takes the darkness to make us grateful for the light.

【4】 Your life will be filled with beautiful, happy and incredible moments. But your life will also be filled with rain and storms that don’t ever seem to pass when you’re going through them. 【5】 Don’t try to avoid “sad” or “negative” experiences, and blindly chase being “happy”. Being able to create growth and meaning out of both positive and negative events—that is the true meaning of “happiness”.

A．Find the right motivation.

B．If life were perfect, you wouldn’t grow.

C．Remember happiness and sadness exist together.

D．When I didn’t have a career, I felt lost and hopeless.

E．Treasure the happy moments and pass through the sad ones.

F．However, in reality, there is always something missing or unpleasant.

G．The secret to happiness is to keep setting yourself new challenges.

25、   Ten cats and six dogs in W-Underdogs are safe thanks to the quick thinking of Keith Walker; a homeless man in Atlanta. Seeing a home ________ , he called the fire department, and then ________ to save the dogs and cats.

Founded about six years ago, W-Underdogs is a community group ________ dogs and cats. Volunteers in the group ________ dog food to people who can't always afford to buy it, ________ pets without owners, and provide ________ at times. Walker, 53, has been homeless for 40 years. He ________ the group with odd jobs, but since news of his brave ________ has surfaced, the group has received large quantities of ________ about how they can help. Go Fund Me ________ have been set up to financially support Walker and W-Underdogs, which ________ so much in the fire.

“________. they're all safe now and lots of volunteers are walking them and loving them,” says dog trainer Victoria. "It's a small but ________ job. We do the work in communities that is very ________. But people have been so unbelievably generous with their time and ________ blankets and helping us with W-Underdogs."

Dozens of people left ________ online, but one summed everything up so well:

“I ________ about Keith's heroism and it was possibly the best story for me. We all have problems, troubles and difficulties fitting in. But the pure ________ of this man is undeniable. ________ and people need someone like him to simply exist because his love matters. Thank you for ________ the light in the world.”

A．shining

B．standing

C．burning

D．shaking

A．hesitated

B．rushed

C．happened

D．continued

A．caring for

B．searching for

C．calling for

D．standing for

A．return

B．recommend

C．sell

D．deliver

A．take in

B．put aside

C．hide away

D．pick out

A．information

B．transport

C．shelter

D．equipment

A．helps

B．provides

C．rewards

D．connects

A．rescue

B．operation

C．escape

D．defence

A．orders

B．notices

C．messages

D．doubts

A．clubs

B．accounts

C．systems

D．committees

A．sought

B．achieved

C．lost

D．wasted

A．Hopefully

B．Frankly

C．Unexpectedly

D．Fortunately

A．ordinary

B．worthwhile

C．interesting

D．creative

A．annoying

B．dangerous

C．tiring

D．tough

A．exchanging

B．donating

C．designing

D．selecting

A．impressions

B．requests

C．concerns

D．comments

A．wrote

B．spoke

C．read

D．thought

A．goodness

B．honesty

C．carefulness

D．curiosity

A．Nature

B．Friendship .

C．Resources

D．Animals

A．cutting off

B．adding to

C．turning down

D．running after

26、假设你是李华，你在美国夏令营时住在Smith夫妇家里，他们写信告诉你下周将来宁波游玩，请按照下列要点给他们写一封回信。

1．表示欢迎；

2．告知他们下周的大致安排；

3．希望告知行程航班信息以便接机。

注意：1．词数80左右;

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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