潜江2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is   we finally die.

A. what   B. how

C. when   D. where

2、Although he was poor, he was quite ________ to his needy friends.

A．typical

B．generous

C．adequate

D．identical

3、—What about going abroad for further study?

—Great, but I never expected ______ a chance for me before.

A. there to be   B. there being

C. it to be   D. it being

4、The average income of Tianjin, though still well below ______ of Beijing, has been on the increase and now is three times ______ it was ten years ago.

A．that: that

B．the one; what

C．that; what

D．the one; that

5、Little did the teacher imagine that a student good at maths _____ have failed in the exam．

A. might   B. should   C. need   D. would

6、—Where would you like to sit? In the corner or near the platform?

—______．I would like to sit by the piano so that I can watch the musician play．

A． Either   B． Neither

C． None     D． Both

7、Before the sales start, I make a list of my kids will need for the coming season．

A．why B．how   C．what D．which

8、 Luggage may not be brought into the building ________ a guard has checked it first.

A. when B. because C. after   D. unless

9、Molly is an impressive photographer, _______ pictures have appeared in many magazines.

A. who B. which   C. whose   D. what

10、On two occasions he was accused of stealing money from the company，but in neither case ______ any evidence to support the claims．

A．was there B．there was

C．had there been   D．there had been

11、—Are you ready for Spain?

—Yes，I want the girls to experience that________they are young.

A.while B.until

C.if D.before

12、I want to buy that kind of cloth because I_____the cloth_____well.

A.have told;washed B.have been told;washes

C.have been told;washed D.was told;washes

13、 Little Jim   to my home after he broke my mobile phone by accident.

A. dared not to come   B. dared not coming

C. dared not come  D. didn’t dare coming

14、U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid honor to health care workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, calling them “heroes”_________ to be applauded rather than discouraged.

A. reserving B. deserving

C. observing D. preserving

15、The librarian insists that John ________ no more books from the library before he returns all the books he borrowed.

A.will take B.took C.take D.takes

16、I 'll wear a red jacket________ you can see me easily.

A. in case B. so that C. now that  D．if only

17、33. He hasn’t decided _____ he will go abroad next year.

A. whether   B. when

C. where       D. why

18、I should not have laughed if I ______ you were serious.

A. thought B. would think

C. had thought   D. have thought

19、A long road tests a horse’s strength and a long-term task ________ a man’s heart.

A. proves  B. will prove  C. is proving  D. has proved

20、--- Do you often feel anxious and uncomfortable?

--- No, but I __________.

A. didn’t B. used to be

C. used to     D. wasn’t

21、I recently heard a wonderful new parenting phrase that I suspect is going to become a regular addition to my vocabulary. The phrase is “benign neglect”, and it refers to leaving one’s children free to make their own decisions, control their own time, and generally act like adults.

Jeni Marinucci, who first introduced me to this phrase, described how she treats her children almost as if they were hearty houseplants: “They should be watered abundantly and you should ensure they get plenty of sunshine. But otherwise, just let them be.” From a young age, her children have been making their own hair and other appointments (after she showed them how to do it). Similarly, their time is their own to use as they wish. On a lazy Saturday, it’s up to them to figure out a ride to the movies and how to make breakfast and lunch for themselves.

The “benign neglect approach” may sound extreme to some readers. Indeed, one commenter on Marinucci’s article accused her of neglecting to raise her children at all, which seems a bit uncomfortable. It’s true that her approach would not work for everyone, but at the very least she recognizes what so many parents these days fail to acknowledge — that our beloved children will spend a far greater percentage of their lives as adults than they will as children, so we parents neglect a fundamental requirement of our job if we fail to prepare them for that independence.

I like that “benign neglect” pays attention to the parental side of parenting, and does not focus entirely on the children. However, miracles will only happen if I hand over responsibilities to my growing children. It’s like the old proverb: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．Making decisions.

B．Controlling one’s time.

C．The author’s vocabulary.

D．A new parenting phrase.

【2】How did Marinucci introduce “benign neglect”?

A．By giving examples.

B．By analyzing the data.

C．By giving a statement.

D．By making comparisons.

【3】What are the parents advised to do in raising kids?

A．Give them a good education.

B．Instruct them to be independent.

C．Meet their reasonable demands.

D．Love them unconditionally.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Focus Your Kids Entirely

B．Learn to Say No to Your Kids

C．“Benign Neglect” Isn’t a Bad Thing for Kids

D．“Benign Neglect” Doesn’t Work for Everyone

22、   For better or worse, many of us never forget those typical British school days and with a website that now brings together over 32, 200 schools, colleges and universities as well as a growing number of users, you won’t have to.

SchoolMates is a networking platform, which helps people find friends from their past. Subscribers（订阅者） simply need to enter their name, email and password and then the school name as well as the years attended. Users then receive an email to inform them when other students from their year sign up.

The easy-to-use website makes it possible for users to share conversations, jokes, stories, memories and photographs. “The website is an extension of social media, but simpler, catering for (为…提供所需) those who don’t want to get swaddled, but still want to feel part of the community,” explains founder and CEO Chris Goodwin. “It enables users to move away from annoying updates and ‘photoshopped lives’ and get straight to reconnecting with friends from the past.”

According to experts, there are several reasons people should reconnect with their roots and reach out to those who once were fundamental part of their lives. Life seems to become more complex and more difficult with age. Reconnecting with past friends can go a long way to helping people accept life as it is now by allowing them to reflect on paths not taken. People often rely only on their own angles, and reconnecting with past friends allows people to see the world in a new light. Not surprisingly, building healthy social connections promotes changes in life.

With booming updates, social media form an interactive online community, but meanwhile, they often affect people in a bad way. “SchooMates is the answer for people expecting a simpler, less competitive way of keeping in touch with old friends,” concludes Chris.

【1】SchoolMates is a website for people to _____.

A.record old school days    B.reconnect with former friends

C.learn about educational institutes D.describe learning experiences

【2】What does the underlined part “get swaddled” in paragraph 3 mean?

A.Share stories with others. B.reconnect with their old friends.

C.Move away from ‘photoshopped lives’. D.Be disturbed by updates.

【3】What benefit can users get from SchoolMates according to experts?

A.Changing their life attitudes in a way.

B.Finding a new way of making friends.

C.Developing an interest in social media.

D.Confirming their previous world views.

23、E-cigarettes began as a way to stop people from smoking tobacco. But a new study among teens suggests a scary effect: E-cigarettes are now appealing to non-smokers as well. In a survey of over 2 ,000 California high school juniors and seniors, researchers from the University of Southern California discovered that over 40 percent of teen e-cigarette smokers have never smoked traditional cigarettes.

The National Youth Tobacco Survey reports a nearly 9 percent increase in the number of high school students using e-cigarettes from 2013 to 2014,more than enough to stifle (掩盖) the 3. 5 percent decrease in teen cigarette use, as recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While 9 percent may not sound like a ton, the amount of middle and high school students using e-cigarettes has actually tripled(增至三倍) .

How, despite decades of anti-smoking advocacy efforts, have e-cigarettes gained such massive popularity in such a short time? Scientists say that the “renormalization” of teen smoking may not be entirely self-inflicted(自己造成的) .A study found that 34 percent of adolescent e-smokers are exposed to electronic cigarettes via a member of their family or friend groups.

Advertising also makes e-cigarettes look cool. E-cigarettes, which are not very expensive, are marketed as a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes, and teens are buying the message. In a recent study in North Carolina, high schoolers easily made a list of the dangers of smoking tobacco, but when asked to do the same with regard to e-cigarettes, the teens were unsure whether the devices could be considered safe. Some weren't even aware that e-cigarettes contain nicotine. But e-cigarettes do contain nicotine. It is highly addictive, which is why some consider e-cigarettes a gateway drug.

If stressing the dangers of tobacco helped make cigarettes uncool, we can do the same to destroy e-cigarettes.

【1】From 2013 to 2014 student e-cigarette smokers in high school increased by about ____.

A. 3. 5%   B. 9%   C. 27%   D. 40%

【2】About one third of teen e-smokers use e-cigarettes because of ____ .

A. e-cigarettes’ low prices   B. cool designs of e-cigarettes

C. the influence of people around them.   D. their dislike of traditional cigarettes

【3】What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A. E-cigarettes are different from drugs.

B. Teens are unsure whether e-cigarettes can be considered safe.

C. E-cigarettes are safer than traditional cigarettes.

D. Teens are misled by e-cigarette advertisements.

【4】What is the author’s attitude to e-cigarettes?

A. favorable   B. objective   C. opposed   D. indifferent

24、Hours before the sun rises over Van, a city in the far east of Turkey, preparations are already underway for the most important meal of the day. By 5 a.m., the scent of oven-hot flatbread and fresh Turkish tea has been wafting (飘荡) across Kahvaltıcılar Çarşısı-Van’s famous “Breakfast Street”.

“There is nothing except breakfast during the day here,” says Kenan Coskun, who, along with his brother, runs Sütçi Kenan,one of the oldest breakfast joints in the city. The breakfast can contain up to 30 different dishes, and often has a heavy emphasis on the prized dairy produce from nearby livestock.

The origins of Van’s breakfast culture are the subject of debate. According to Aylin Oney Tan, one of Turkey’s leading food writers, it emerged in the mid-20th century as farmers from the nearby villages would bring their produce to the city’s bus stations early in the morning for sale. Others point to Van’s location on the Silk Road, an ancient trade route linking the Western world with the Middle East and Asia that would have supplied a constant flow of hungry travelers.

But locals say the more modern history of Van breakfast can certainly be linked to the development of so-called “milk houses”—which would serve early morning meals of milk, cheese and bread to those doing physical work nearby—in the 1940s. Sütçü Kenan, which translates in Turkish as “Milkman Kenan”, was itself opened by Coskun’s great-grandfather Kenan as a milk house in 1946.

Away from Breakfast Street, Bak Hele Bak, which was founded in 1975, is another restaurant in the old tradition of milk houses. “Ours is a place coming from milk house culture,” says Yusuf Konak, the talkative 67-year-old owner. “We have all kinds of customers from ages 7 to 70. Is Van the breakfast capital of the world? Definitely!”

That might seem like a lofty (高傲的) claim, but Van has its place in the record books to back up the statement. In 2014, more than 50,000 people gathered at rows and rows of tables in front of the Van Fortress, which was built in the 9th century, to break the Guinness World Record for the “largest full breakfast attendance”.

【1】How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

A．By telling a story.

B．By describing a scene.

C．By answering a question.

D．By explaining a phenomenon.

【2】What is still uncertain according to the text?

A．When Sütçü Kenan was opened.

B．Whether Van had a lot of milk houses.

C．When Van’s breakfast culture was started.

D．Whether Van was situated on the Silk Road.

【3】Whom did Sütçü Kenan mainly serve at the very beginning?

A．Nearby laborers.

B．Wealthy businessmen.

C．Foreign travelers.

D．Local milkmen.

【4】What does the phrase “back up” underlined in the last paragraph mean?

A．Support.

B．Challenge.

C．Replace.

D．Benefit.

25、   From a young age, Michael Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He remembered statistics about income inequality and children hunger. But he also ____afternoons at his computer in his Bowie home, awestruck by YouTube bakers who transformed a base of eggs, flour and water ____edible (可食用的) works of art.

Michael saw a way to____his twin passions. At age 11, he founded a bakery that operates on the Toms one-for-one model: For every cupcake, cake or cookie Michael ____, he donates another to the homeless and ____. Michael, now 13,said he ____enjoys handing out cupcakes to kids.

Sometimes Michael bakes to____money for hunger-fighting nonprofit groups, too. He spent a morning last weekend teaching a baking class to raise money for No Kid Hungry.

He can keep up with his baking in part because he is homeschooled by his mother, who quit her job to_____Michael full time. Michael ____from public school-and his mother from job-after his epilepsy (癫痫) was diagnosed in sixth grade. His epilepsy became too ____ and too frequent to allow him to sit in a classroom, his mother explained.

“It was a very, very ____time, “ she said of the period after the diagnosis, during which Michael had to ____ his physical activity. “He had to stop everything he ____:Gymnastics, climbing trees, diving. So that’s when he kind of threw himself into baking,” she said. Baking, Michael said, makes him feel ____ .

But when he started the bakery, he knew from the beginning that he wanted his ____ to do more than make money. Michael hopes his cupcakes spread awareness of the past and ____others to work for social equality.

Sometimes, Michael ____ , he grows tired of being in the kitchen. Then he remembers the ____ boy he met once while ____cupcakes. A couple of days afterward, the boy’s father messaged Michael on Facebook to say that his son, encouraged by Michael’s example, now aspired (向往) to ____ a baker, “That inspired me,” Michael said.

【1】A.spent B.cost C.wasted D.took

【2】A.about B.with C.from D.into

【3】A.separate B.connect C.hold D.achieve

【4】A.throws B.burns C.sells D.eats

【5】A.thirsty B.hungry C.black D.foolish

【6】A.gradually B.generally C.especially D.only

【7】A.save B.pick C.get D.invest

【8】A.attend to B.lead to C.turn to D.respond to

【9】A.withdrew B.graduated C.heard D.escaped

【10】A.real B.normal C.exciting D.severe

【11】A.pleasant B.significant C.inadequate D.rough

【12】A.limit B.clear C.practice D.exchange

【13】A.forgot B.adored C.appreciated D.explored

【14】A.sad B.calm C.amazed D.wealthy

【15】A.attitude B.skill C.business D.explanation

【16】A.adapt B.follow C.inspire D.inform

【17】A.believes B.refuses C.imagines D.admits

【18】A.poor B.diligent C.anxious D.lovely

【19】A.picking out B.giving out C.making out D.working out

【20】A.teach B.employ C.convince D.become

26、书面表达

假如你是李华, 上周在外教Mr. Jackson 的口语课上使用手机被老师发现, 手机被收走。 请给外教写一封道歉信, 内容应包括以下要点：

1． 表示歉意；

2． 解释上课使用手机的原因；

3． 提出自己的请求并适当表态。

注意：1. 可适当添加细节使文章连贯；字数100左右;

2. 信的开头和结尾已给出,  不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Jackson,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua