包头2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、—Have you heard about Huawei P30?   

—Sure. It is very hot these days. I’m thinking about getting ________.

A．one

B．them

C．that

D．it

2、Before we come to a decision,  we must make  sure  we have ______ all  the  relevant facts.

A.set foot on B.set fire to

C.made way for D.taken account of

3、Mike is one of those people who just can’t save money. Every time he gets paid, _____.

A. he has ants in his pants   B. he tightens his belt

C. he wears his heart on his sleeve   D. the money burns a hole in his pocket

4、It is generally agreed that new contents should be added to a good dictionary at regular________.

A．gaps

B．intervals

C．length

D．distance

5、You are being such a busybody. How I choose to conduct my private life is my own _______!

A.experience B.agenda C.business D.problem

6、---We'd better go downstairs  right  now  for  lunch.

--- _______________ They serve food 24 hours a day.

A. Hurry up!   B. Take your time.

C. No way!   D. It doesn’t matter.

7、Parents should keep their children company as much as possible because children feel _______ if they don’t see their parents regularly.

A.rejected B.offended C.interrupted D.mistaken

8、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.

A. Entering; covering; fallen

B. Having entered; covered; falling

C. Entering; covering; falling

D. Entering; covered; fallen

9、— What do you suggest he do to get rid of the financial trouble?

— As is often the case in the business world, he should ______ the dangerous situation he is in now.

A. look up to   B. wake up to   C. live up to   D. stand up to

10、This year’s Spring Festival Gala was a fine performance that ________ attention from first to last.

A.deposited B.accumulated C.commanded D.illustrated

11、He may have missed the train, ________ he won’t arrive in another hour.

A．in which case

B．in that case

C．under which condition

D．on that occasion

12、--- How do you find this kind of rice?

--- Pretty good, It ______more quickly than that kind.

A. is cooking   B. is cooked

C. cooks   D. is being cooked

13、As is often the case, there are always some obstacles in the way，something ________ before we realize the real goal of education.

A. to be got through B. got through

C. getting through D. having been got through

14、—Where was I?

—You ________ you didn’t like your job.

A. had said   B. said

C. were saying   D. has said

15、Mr. Wilson is a man of patience and kindness, and his good temper never ______ him.

A．fails

B．disappoints

C．controls

D．worries

16、______ we’ll do is to leave a note for Mum to tell her we won’t be back till late.

A．That

B．Which

C．What

D．How

17、—What happened to the young trees we planted last week?

—The trees ________ well, but I didn’t water them.

A. might grow B. needn’t have grown

C. would have grown D. would grow

18、See things in a negative light and you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really _______.

A.none B.no one C.something D.nothing

19、These remarkable findings suggest the elephants have ________ a memory capacity to make distinctions between human voices.

A. built up   B. packed up   C. brought up     D. took up

20、The characterization of this rule's impact is   ，to say the least,the critical point for present purposes is put forward.

A.controversial B.consistent

C.contemporary D.conservative

21、A four-year-old boy discovers that compassion (同情) for the 1ess fortunate can produce amazing results. Our hero’ s origin story started this past February. Austin and his father, TJ Perine, went to the Firehouse Ministries, a local shelter that provides housing, food, and other services for homeless men. As they drove by the redbrick building, they saw a group of 25 homeless men standing on the street corner. “Dad, they look sad,” Austin said. “Can we take them some food and make them smile?”

That day, Austin used his allowance to buy each man a Burger King sandwich and handed the food out himself. Seeing what their presence meant to the men at the ministry, Austin and TJ returned the next week. Austin again dipped into his piggy bank to buy sandwiches, which he banded out along with his new catchphrase, “Don’t forget to show love?”

After he returned every week for five weeks, word of Austin’s acts of kindness spread through social media and national news outlets. Burger King jumped aboard, agreeing to donate $1,000 a month for an entire year toward the cause. Soon, churches and shelters across the country began inviting Austin to come distribute food in other poverty-prone areas. Whereas before Austin and TJ could feed 25 to 50 people at a time, now, thanks to corporate and community support, they can feed 800 to 2,000 people at once.

Austin’s passion has now become his family’s calling. His mother Audrey established the Show Love Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting homelessness. She now serves as president, and TJ left his job to oversee public relations for the foundation full time. He’s in talks with the city of Birmingham to secure the redbrick building where it all started—Firehouse Ministries is moving- -as the site of their own shelter, which will offer medical and mental care as preventive steps against homelessness.

As for Austin, he continues to give out food, smiles, and his inspirational message of love. “It makes me feel like I’m saving the day.”

【1】What did Austin do with his pocket money?

A．Travel across the country.

B．Build a shelter for the poor.

C．Improve the life of his family.

D．Buy some food for the homeless.

【2】Why did the author mention Burger King in paragraph 3?

A．To make an advertisement for it.

B．To show the effect of Austin’s act.

C．To praise its kindness and support.

D．To seek its help for the less fortunate.

【3】What can we learn about the Show Love Foundation?

A．It is highly profitable.

B．It was set up by Austin.

C．It will provide health care.

D．It’s funded by the government.

【4】Which word can best describe Austin and his parents?

A．Warm-hearted.

B．Peace-loving.

C．Hard-working.

D．Quick-minded.

22、   As recently as 15 years ago, if you wanted to catch up on the news, you could look at a handful of publications or a few nightly programs. And if you wanted to listen to music, you could turn on MTV or fiddle with your radio. People in major cities had more options, because a large population can support specialty shops. 【1】.

Today, as we all know, access to information has exploded. One consequence, according to Toure, a cultural critic writing in Salon, is that the ability of pop culture to unify us-- he refers to the massive interest in Michael Jackson’s Thriller, or Nirvana’s Nevermind--has been eroded, probably forever. Steven Hyden, also writing in Salon, counters that whatever the advantages and disadvantages of a centralized pop-culture authority, the monoculture never actually existed.

【2】 Even when it supposedly existed, its content largely depended on other characteristics of your little corner of the world. In the 1992-1993 school year, I was a student at a multiracial and relatively urban junior high school in California’s central valley. We listened to Salt-n-Pepa, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Kris Kross, with the latter having inspired a trend in which kids wore their clothes backwards. The next year I was enrolled in a mostly white junior high  school in leafy Chiago suburb. One of the houses was famous for having appeared in the 1990 film “Home Alone”; the popular bands were Nirvana, Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins; and the biggest pop-cultural event of the school year was Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

But Toure’s point is about the virtues of common cultural experience. It seems he is recalling centralized media only in so far as it’s a distribution system that fostered ( 促进) that outcome.

【3】 It doesn’t matter whether a record is released by an important label or an indie ( 独立制片人); if it’s online, people can usually find, forward, share and promote it. But what’s interesting and perhaps surprising, given that both Toure and Mr Hyden seem to agree that the old distribution favored big media, is that we still have widely shared cultural experiences. Just think of Barack Obama doing the little hand gesture from Beyonce’s “Single Ladies ” video.

【4】. It’s safe to say that the monoculture never really existed, and that some artists still reach a wide audience, whether we like it or not.

A.That suggests that we like pop culture partly because it’s a shared experience, regardless of quality.

B.However, in vast areas of the world you had to work to get outside the mainstream.

C.Whether you like it or not, “monoculture” is here with us.

D.I think Mr Hyden is correct that the concept of a “monoculture” is a bit of a myth.

E.They see globalization as being the spread of a monoculture, based on western values, which is killing the cultural diversity of the world.

F.And it’s true that the ways we now consume pop culture to some extent level the playing field.

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【1】The NJBG membership dollars can be used to .

A. Offer further education

B. Update online payment

C. Provide better service

D. Protect the environment

【2】To join the NJBG membership, you can call its office at.

A. (201) 327-3156

B. (201)652-7540

C. (973) 962-9534

D. (973)638-7613

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A. ＄50 B.＄60   C.＄80 D. ＄100

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A. Was officially named in 1996

B. Was designed by John Russell Pope

C. Invites members to organize activities

D. Gives members discounts for their purchase

24、   Technology is changing the way we get our news. Many people get a lot of their news on electronic devices instead of traditional media. They turn to social media for information. Recently, China's news agency Xinhua launched computer-created news readers, the world's first artificial intelligence, or Al news presenters.

I he news readers - created by machine learning technology - are based on two real-life Chinese newsmen. One is able to present newscasts in English; the other, in Mandarin Chinese. Machine teaming was used to examine video images and sounds of the two newsmen. The system then created the Al robotic presenters, which look and sound like real people.

The AI presenters will be a great improvement to the news team because they can work 24 hours a day on its website and on social media. One of the presenters even promised to work tirelessly to keep people informed The Al newsmen were able to read the news as naturally as a human presenter

Some machine learning experts said the system showed off China's latest progress in voice recognition, text-to-speech technology and data analysis. But several experts suggested that the term Al does not correctly describe abilities of the robotic news readers. On social media, many Chinese noted that the Al presenters did not seem real. People criticized them for not being more lifelike. On Weibo, several users wrote that the news readers have no soul.

Some people argued that only low-level jobs requiring heavy labor will he easily replaced by robots. Others praised the technology as a way for companies to make money from low-cost labor machines,

A writer for the MIT Technology Review declared Xinhua's news reader announcement as fake news. China's news presenter isn't intelligent at all. the report said. MIT Technology Review said the presenter itself is little more than a digital puppet that reads. It added. “The 'AI' in this case is the software that learns what makes a convincing-looking face and voice." While the demonstration was clearly evidence of improved technology it was a very narrow example of machine learning, the report said. Some businesses have experimented with similar technology for possible use in news operations.

【1】What advantage does the Al presenter have over real newsmen?

A．The AI presenter reads news more fluently.

B．The AI presenters can work around the clock.

C．I he AI presenters can speak multi languages.

D．The AI presenter has an unusual voice.

【2】Why do some netizens dislike the robotic news readers?

A．Because their pronunciation sounds confusing.

B．Because they perform without passion.

C．Because they convey wrong messages,

D．Because their accents arc funny.

【3】What might be talked about in the following paragraph?

A．The examples of businesses with similar technology.

B．The introduction of specific operating methods4

C．The benefits of improved technology.

D．The ways of Al news broadcasting.

【4】What could be the best title of the passage?

A．Al newsmen are changing the world.

B．Robots will take the place of human.

C．Win the robot control the labor market?

D．Will robot readers take over the future of news?

25、   Recently while driving, I heard poet Robert Pinsky on the radio. He was talking,______, about poetry and said something that ______ the way I had always thought about the ______. The idea was so ______ that I was almost embarrassed to admit it. It was something ______this: when we look at a painting, we don’t expect ourselves to ______ its literal meaning, or any meaning at all, right away. No, we enjoy ______because we like it, and we don’t know why. We generally ______ this as aesthetics (美学), a word that ______ the most “un-artsy” recognize and willingly accept.

Yet, when words on a page come into play, our brains ______, and we start trying to ______ and understand word structure. If we can’t assign a meaning within the first few ______, then our brains, ______ since childhood in the task of “reading comprehension”, may start to panic at our ______. The information becomes difficult, maybe even unknowable and therefore ______. This can happen to even a great____, a lover of literature — for poetry is a different animal.

However, as Pinsky______ that day, if we can recognize this, let it go, and ______ourselves to read poetry as we would look at a painting, with no ______of “translation”, then we may decide if we like it — or maybe even ______ it. Once we fall in love, a true passion is awakened.

A．at least

B．of course

C．by accident

D．in vain

A．approached

B．changed

C．proved

D．repeated

A．talent

B．lesson

C．subject

D．example

A．strong

B．special

C．simple

D．stupid

A．similar to

B．familiar to

C．useful for

D．famous for

A．hide

B．limit

C．remember

D．understand

A．art

B．culture

C．literature

D．history

A．write

B．accept

C．memorize

D．report

A．yet

B．seldom

C．even

D．again

A．pause

B．recall

C．return

D．switch

A．organize

B．miss

C．recommend

D．believe

A．goals

B．offers

C．rules

D．lines

A．trusted

B．worried

C．trained

D．sharpened

A．failure

B．illness

C．regret

D．carelessness

A．unarguable

B．unappealing

C．unavoidable

D．undemanding

A．speaker

B．adviser

C．performer

D．reader

A．showed up

B．handed out

C．pointed out

D．took up

A．allow

B．inspire

C．warn

D．forbid

A．loss

B．expectation

C．evidence

D．suggestions

A．create

B．see

C．hear

D．love

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写 词数应为150左右。

My wife, Megan, and I went out to dinner with an old friend who we had not seen in a while. There had been some talk of COVID-19 （新型冠状病毒）on the news, but it was early in the outbreak and people were still going about their daily routines. Even though everyone in our group felt perfectly fine, we took precautions（预防）：We washed our hands with soap , did not share food and had no significantly close contact.

A few days later, our friend called and told us that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. She had felt some mild symptoms（症状）for a day or so after that dinner and was able to be tested because she is a doctor. On the following day, started to feel a little tired and my head was a bit cloudy. I decided to stay in the master bedroom away from the rest of my family. The next morning. I woke up with a 39-degree fever. That was when we realized that I might have caught the virus from our friend.

At once, Megan called our state's coronavirus hotline, who then called in our primary care doctor and the head of our local hospital system's coronavirus team. We explained that we had been in contact with someone who had been tested positive, and I was having symptoms. They quickly approved me to receive a test at an urgent care center located five minutes' drive from my house. The result made my heart sank — I was also tested positive, and the local hospital wasn't equipped with the facilities to treat my disease. As a mild case, I was recommended to stay at home and quarantine （隔离）myself.

Following the doctor's advice, Megan and I quarantined ourselves and our children. With my developed symptoms , I started isolation in the bedroom, and the only interaction I had with Megan was when she brought in food. Megan slept on a small couch in our home office away from the kids' rooms. She also minimized her contact with our kids in case she was carrying the virus.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

We decided to call everyone we had been in contact with over the course of the past week.

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Though worried about the seriousness of the virus ,I knew I had to be brave.

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