梅州2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、Recently, to maintain national balance, the Chinese government has _____a policy of encouraging college graduates to take positions in rural areas.

A. adopted   B. admired

C. adapted   D. admitted

2、There are ________ number of books in the library and ________ number of them is increasing.

A．a, a

B．the, a

C．a, the

D．the, the

3、I   use a clock to wake me up because at six o'clock each morning the train comes by my house.

A.couldn't B.mustn't

C.shouldn't D.needn't

4、—She looks very happy. She ______ have passed the exam.

—I guess so. It’s not difficult after all.

A. should   B. could

C. must   D. might

5、---Does tiredness or inadequate sleep cause dark circles under eyes?

---Lack of sleep will _______ making your skin look pale , and this will make your circles look darker.

A. come up   B. show up   C. end up   D. take up

6、I hope I will not be called on in class as I’m not yet ________ prepared.

A．attentively

B．readily

C．actively

D．adequately

7、Of those who are married,in more than 80 percent of cases,the wives' education background is equal or higher than   of their husbands.

A. it   B. one   C. that   D. the one

8、The Changjiang River is more than six thousand kilometers _________.

A．high

B．long

C．strong

D．small

9、The education reform is being carried out in China. It’s certain that a completely new situation will _________ when the new examination system comes into existence.

A. clarify B. transform

C. arise   D. guarantee

10、– I’m still repairing my car.

- Oh, you’ll be late for the meeting. Time is   .

A. running out   B. going out

C. giving out    D. losing out

11、The Lei family took careful notes and made models of their projects, ________ have survived to this day and are registered as part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme.

A．which

B．whom

C．some of which

D．many of whom

12、I get to school ________ bus every morning.

A．by

B．in

C．on

D．at

13、Laura pretends ______ carefully, but in fact she is thinking about the coming holiday.

A．to be listening

B．having listened

C．to listen

D．listening

14、Deng Jiaxian and Yu Min thought outside the box and ________, leading to the breakthrough of the hydrogen bomb.

A．sought no fame

B．won his acclaim

C．broke new ground

D．shunned the spotlight

15、They may sometimes ________ and you will have to spend time mending them.

A．break out

B．break down

C．break up

D．break in

16、The singer’s flight was _____ due to bad weather, resulting in the show _____.

A. put out; to be canceled

B. put aside; to be canceled

C. put off; being canceled

D. put away; being canceled

17、Tom   ___________ in the library every night over the last three months.

A．has been working

B．has been worked

C．is working

D．works

18、Many Chinese designers just ________ slogans like renaissance and add so-called Chinese elements into their design, while they may not have a good ________ of Chinese culture.

A．stress; inspiration

B．rumble; impression

C．honk; understanding

D．chant; knowledge

19、Reading her biography, I was lost in admiration for__________Doris Lessing had achieved in literature.

A.what B.which C.that D.how

20、 -----I’d like a wake-up call at 7:a.m.,please!

----- OK, _____.

A. help yourself

B. you’ll certainly make it

C. just do what you like

D. I’ll make sure you get one

21、Internet users have for far too long existed in an ignorant malaise (难以描述的问题) about cybercrime and must now be ________if they truly value personal data.

A．waken

B．awaken

C．awoke

D．awoken

22、—I hear Tom ________ playing games recently.

—________ no wonder he is easy to feel sleepy in class.

A．is addicted to; There is

B．addicts; There is

C．addicts; It is

D．is addicted to; It is

23、The sound of footsteps ________ around the hall.

A．skipped

B．splashed

C．echoed

D．reddened

24、Mr. Reed made up his mind to devote all his savings to _________ some schools for poor areas.

A. set up   B. having set up

C. have set up D. setting up

25、Having graduated from university, he is appointed ____ an assistant in the physics department.

A．as

B．with

C．be

D．to

26、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

UK education is all about giving you inspiration to develop your knowledge and skills, freedom to be creative, and support to help you achieve your best.

On a UK course you will benefit from excellent teaching and facilities. In order to accept students, UK education centres must meet strict quality standards set by the UK government and education bodies.

With such a good reputation for research and education, universities and colleges in the UK attract some of the world's leading academics and professionals. You will be encouraged to express your own ideas and think for yourself.

The attention to quality is reflected in the UK's excellent results:

Four of the top six universities in the world are in the UK.

The UK is a world-leading research nation. 54% of the research conducted by UK universities and colleges is classed as either “world-leading” or “internationally excellent”.

At the most recent inspection, 97% of further education colleges were judged satisfactory or better, for their overall effectiveness.

In the recent BIS Tracking International Graduate Outcomes survey, more than 88% of international higher education graduates said they were satisfied with their UK learning experience.

Likewise, in the Higher Education Academy Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey of UK postgraduate students, 93% rated the quality of teaching positively.

For English language students, you'll find the UK has long been at the forefront of language teaching, and pioneered many of the techniques now used around the world. The emphasis is on learning the language through fun and participation: Instead of just listening to your teacher, your classes will involve games, problem-solving and discussions. You might also listen to songs, watch television or read magazines to practise your comprehension skills.

The UK’s boarding schools also offer excellent teaching, facilities and support. At UK independent schools (most boarding schools are independent), a teacher has just 9.4 pupils on average, so teachers have more time to give you individual support. This is reflected in the results: 91% of students from UK independent schools go on to higher education.

【1】What do the education centres do to accept students?

A. To develop knowledge and skills.

B. To help achieve your best.

C. To meet strict quality standards.

D. To benefit from excellent teaching.

【2】How many foreign students are said to be satisfied with their learning in the UK?

A. About 97%. B. Below 54%.

C. 93% or so. D. Over 88%.

【3】How do the students learn English in the UK?

A. By listening to the teacher.

B. By working in the class.

C. By teacher's support.

D. By playing and discussing.

【4】What's the purpose of the author to write this passage?

A. To introduce the education in the UK.

B. To make their students love the UK.

C. To attract foreign students.

D. To show his pride in the UK.

27、Walk Through History

It’s no surprise to anyone who’s been to Charleston that it is among the best US cities to visit. “It can feel like you’re in a dream sometimes, like you’ve stepped back 200 years,” says Brian Sim ms, the owner of Charleston Sole Walking Tours. These are Sim ms’s must-sees.

African-American Heritage(遗产)Tour

“People don’t realize how much African culture is here.” says Sim ms. He recommends learning about the African-A merican heritage that shaped the city, region and country to fully understand Charleston.

Gullah Tours offers a two-hour bus tour for $ 18.www.gullahtours.com

Battery and White Point Gardens

A large public park and garden with walking paths and artifacts (人工制品)—all shaded by beautiful trees.

Free admission. Simms provides two- hour guided tours for $10 to $20. www.charlestonsole.com

Middleton Place

Middleton Placeis a historic plantation(种植园) with vivid exhibits and a working table. It provides an all-around view of what was going on with the history of the families that ran the plantation.

$ 28 / adult; $ 15 / student 14 and older; $ 10 / child 6-13; free / under age 6.www.middleton place.org

Fort Summer National Monument

Marking the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, this historic place includes several sites around Charleston Harbor and an education center at Gadsden’s Wharf. The best time of yearto visitis spring—when the azaleas(杜鹃花) are flowering—or fall.

Admission is free； boat ride is $ 19.5 / adult, $ 12 / child. www.nps.gov/fosu

【1】Where can you book a tour to learn about African A merica culture?

A．On www.nps.gov / fosu.

B．On www.gullahtours.com.

C．On www.charlestonsole.com.

D．On www. middletonplace.org.

【2】What can we do at Middleton Place?

A．Visit an education center.

B．Appreciate the beauty of azaleas.

C．Learn about the history of American familes.

D．Learn about the operation of a historic plantations

【3】How much should a young couple pay for a boat ride around Charleston Harbor?

A．$20.

B．$36.

C．$39.

D．$56.

28、I am Henry Jekyll. I was born in the 1800s. I inherited(继承) a large fortune, a healthy body and an excellent mind. I was naturally hard-working and soon I was very successful in my job. So the outside world saw a serious, hard-working, successful doctor. Behind this quiet character, however, was a wild, fun-loving, irresponsible young man. Both of them were me. They lived together in the same body.

“Was it possible,” I wondered, “to find a drug that could give each side of my character its own separate face and body?”

After much thought and careful study I believed I had found the answer. I had read many scientific books and spent many hours in my laboratory, searching for the right mixture of chemicals to make my drug. At last I got everything ready.

Late one night, I mixed everything together and prepared my drug. I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as its color changed from red to purple and at last to green. Then, bravely, I drank every bitter drop.I felt a violent sickness in my stomach and a terrible pain in all my bones. The room seemed to turn round and round and I trembled with fear. Then the fear and pain disappeared and a strange, sweet feeling took its place. Wild thoughts danced through my mind—the wild passions of an evil and cruel stranger. But inside myself I felt younger, lighter, more carefree than ever before. “If this is pure evil,” I thought, “I like it.”

I stood there, enjoying these strange new thoughts and passions and suddenly realized that I was shorter. So I decided to go to my bedroom in my new body and take a look at myself in the mirror there. As I came into my room, I saw Edward Hyde for the first time.

At that time, the good side of my character was stronger than the evil side. Henry Jekyll had his faults, but he was mostly a good, kind man. I believe that is the reason why Edward Hyde was so much smaller than Henry Jekyll. But that was not the only difference between the two men. Henry Jekyll had a kind, open, honest face. But pure evil stared out of Edward Hyde’s eyes. I felt no dislike, however. Indeed, I welcomed him. Edward Hyde was me, young and strong and full of life.

【1】In others’ eyes, the writer was ______.

A．wild and successful

B．fun-loving and responsible

C．quiet and irresponsible

D．serious and hard-working

【2】The writer wanted to find a drug to ______.

A．discover the right mixture of chemicals

B．create separate bodies for both sides

C．observe the change of the chemicals

D．make himself smaller but stronger

【3】From the passage we can learn that the writer ______.

A．felt quite delighted right after taking the drug

B．preferred kind Henry to pure evil Edward

C．was very sick of the shorter Edward Hyde

D．was satisfied with both of his bodies

29、When It’s Time to Give Up I’m sure you have been told that in order to become successful, you must persevere (坚持), fight, stand up whenever you fall, and march forward until the end. I say those things to people all the time, so why am I telling you now that sometimes it is actually better to quit? The reason is that in certain cases, you could only go forward if you go back.

Sometimes you will be putting a lot of time and effort in achieving a goal to find out one day that your strategy is totally wrong. You could be achieving the same results in half the time had you been focusing on doing the more important things.

Let’s say your goal was to lose weight. You then set a goal to do 1000 sit-ups a day. After about 1 month of doing this, you realize that you have been disciplined enough to hit your goal of 1000 sit-ups a day, however, you aren’t getting any closer to your main goal of losing weight. This is called focusing on a secondary goal, which sometimes is the wrong strategy.

We sometimes get so focused on a secondary goal that we lose focus on the primary goal. I see this with sales people all the time. Their main goal is to make money but they often find their focus on hitting some new position within the sales department and when that doesn’t happen, they feel like a big failure. The goal never was to hit some position; the goal was to make money whether with this company or another company.

Would it make sense, in this case, for a sales person to quit the job if his goal of making a certain amount of money just wasn’t happening? His managers would probably call him a quitter, but his goal is to make money. If he can obtain that goal through a different source, then quitting would actually be the smart thing to do.

So when is it time to give up? When what you are doing no longer makes sense in respects to achieving your main goal. Sometimes it will make more sense to give up what you are doing and start on a different path towards the same goal.

Some people will spend their entire lives on a path to a certain goal only to find out in the end that the path they took was the wrong one. There is no shame in giving up on a path you are taking to your goal as long as you always aim to reach your goal. There’s no point in staying on a path that will lead you to nowhere.

【1】Why does the author advocate giving up?

A. Because giving up halfway will save half the time.

B. Because perseverance does not work in most cases.

C. Because sometimes people adopt wrong strategies.

D. Because no one can achieve success without hard work.

【2】Which of the following is a secondary goal in the case of sales people?

A. To gain recognition from their boss.

B. To make money in the present company.

C. To work for other better companies.

D. To get promoted in the sales department.

【3】What is the author’s attitude towards giving up?

A. One should devote his whole life to one goal rather than give up.

B. One should not regret giving up if he finds he is on a wrong path.

C. One always needs to stick to the same strategy to achieve his goal.

D. One should focus on primary and secondary goals before he quits.

30、Kate’s unique and infectious smile can brighten anyone’s day. It’s a _________ she’s always had and, coupled with her optimistic outlook, it has helped Kate bravely face many _________ in life.

Born with the rare genetic disorder Crouzon syndrome. Kate has_________138 operations to date. She was once in such a _________ condition that her doctor even refused to conduct further treatment on her. However, instead of being _________ to despair, Kate rose the challenges, for the thought of _________ school had always been encouraging her will to live. “School has been important to keep me going and to help me with my _________,” she tells. “Through school, I found my abilities and talents, like writing and drama. I’ve also_________ how to be enthusiastic and passionate.” As Kate turned 20, the_________of the operations she needed had been done, so she could focus on her future. “The surgeries are getting fewer and now I can just focus on living a life outside of the __________ world.”

Her determination __________. Now 22, Kate has just graduated with a degree in the creative arts and media from Edgewater College. “__________ all of the adversities (逆境) in my life is like my superpower,” she says __________. “Going through the hard challenges makes everything __________ because it makes all of the good things __________!”

【1】

A．gift

B．trouble

C．hobby

D．situation

【2】

A．puzzles

B．challenges

C．alternatives

D．solutions

【3】

A．experienced

B．conducted

C．scheduled

D．organized

【4】

A．favorable

B．critical

C．different

D．normal

【5】

A．opposed

B．addicted

C．reduced

D．devoted

【6】

A．establishing

B．understanding

C．transforming

D．attending

【7】

A．relationship

B．plan

C．operation

D．confidence

【8】

A．witnessed

B．valued

C．learned

D．tried

【9】

A．rest

B．majority

C．improvements

D．types

【10】

A．violent

B．imaginary

C．medical

D．spiritual

【11】

A．paid off

B．came into being

C．took a backseat

D．gave in

【12】

A．Facing

B．Recognizing

C．Overcoming

D．Comparing

【13】

A．enthusiastically

B．eventually

C．cautiously

D．accidentally

【14】

A．contradictory

B．worthwhile

C．influential

D．unforgettable

【15】

A．unexpected

B．widespread

C．awkward

D．wonderful

31、课本原文填空。

I have been captain of my school table tennis team for two year, so I know how to lead and 【1】.

【2】 in Chinese calligraphy, I could also 【3】 for your visitors to help them learn more about this 【4】 of Chinese culture.

The prospect of welcoming exchange students to our country is very exciting, and I 【5】 use my skills to give them a warm welcome and an experience they will always remember.

32、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to stop at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don't worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I Have a Dream”, you may notice that he stumbles (结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-though-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free you mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

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