南阳2025届高三毕业班第一次质量检测英语试题

1、When reading a novel, be sure to consider the political and cultural context ________ the novel is created.

A.why B.that C.which D.where

2、Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to ______ human workers to reduce their labor costs.

A. compensate   B. substitute

C. symbolize   D. discriminate

3、This winter, there was a heavy snow in our province; the farmers say that it___ to be a good harvest.

A. supposes   B. expects C. proposes D. promises

4、--How do you usually go to work? –– I usually drive, but if it is fine, I ______ by bike.

A. will go B. would go C. have gone D. had gone

5、I wonder whether his hearing is okay ______ he has turned the television up very loud.

A. unless B. although C. until  D. because

6、—Will you take my previous experience into________ when you fix my salary?

—You bet. We always do for senior-level positions.

A．mind

B．thought

C．reference

D．account

7、The law of market shows _______ a product becomes rare to reach, its price will certainly rocket.

A.unless B.once C.though D.since

8、— Can I pay a visit to you this Friday afternoon, manager?

— Sorry, I ________ some business partners from Huawei Company the whole afternoon.

A．have met

B．have been meeting

C．will be meeting

D．will have met

9、It’s nearly four years since I worked in that firm. I ________ a band with other fellows.

A. operated         B. had been operating

C. was operating       D. am operating

10、“______, we believe the overall policy stand to support a two-way opening of the Chinese capital marked and it will continue this year.” he added.

A. As some bottlenecks are difficult to be broken

B. As some bottlenecks are difficult to break

C. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to be broken

D. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to break

11、______ is willing to volunteer in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is welcome to join us.

A. Whatever   B. Whoever   C. Whenever   D. Wherever

12、The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.

A. until B. because

C. though D. unless

13、-- No one ________ be compared with Li Na in playing tennis.

--- Oh, you are really her big fan.

A. can   B. need C. must   D. might

14、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person's character；however，they are not always _____.

A. available   B. practical  C. permanent  D. beneficial

15、Nowadays the roles of husband and wife are not as defined as before, especially when both partners work and earn money for the family.

A.clear B.clearer C.clearly D.more clearly

16、________ in a tiny cabinet were four Mother’s Day poems I’d written for her in the 1960s.

A.Hidden B.Hiding C.Being hidden D.To be hidden

17、The expert points out the phenomenon that cream goes bad faster than butter______ its structure rather than its chemical composition.

A. lives up to B. gets down to

C. comes down to D. stands up to

18、 In the early days, Beijing Opera ______ on open-air stages or in teahouses.

A. performed     B. was performed

C. performs   D. is performed

19、Don’t __ that all those who get good grades in the entrance examination will prove to be most successful.

A．take as granted

B．take this for granted

C．take that for granted

D．take it for granted

20、________ online payment is safe, people will be more likely to link their bank cards to WeChat.

A. Even though B. As though

C. Ever since  D. As long as

21、A new computerized study analyzed more than 6, 000 songs from 1951 to 2016, finding that songs were more joyful, optimistic and positive in the 1950s in America, and angrier, more fearful and sadder with each passing decade. It is especially obvious when it comes to the changes in pop music lyrics (歌词). “In general, the results show a clear trend towards a more negative tone in pop music lyrics, with a more significant change around the early 1990s,” stated researcher Kathleen Napier at Lawrence Technological University in Michigan.

My initial reaction to the result is that music from the 1950s was more relaxing and less reflective of daily reality in America than the music of later period, especially compared with much of today’s music, which can reflect our society under unpleasant criticism, with grittier (更坚忍不拔的) topics.

Though this lyrical transition (转变) can come with a chorus of negativity, I think, music, like art, should honestly reflect the emotional mood or political climate of a certain time period, not merely romanticism and optimism of it.

“Music is what we cry to... it’s what we march to... it’s what we react to...” said singer Alicia Keys at the Grammy Awards ceremony earlier this month. “It’s our shared global language, and if you really want to say something, you say it with a song.” I thought she revealed it, so I wrote down her remarks during that show.

I don’t doubt the study’s conclusions. Yet I haven’t noticed if my musical play list through the years meets the study’s conclusions, with my favorite songs getting sadder or angrier. But I’m now paying more attention to what I’m listening to and why. If you begin doing the same thing, I’ll leave you with these lyrics from Semisonic: “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

【1】What does the new computerized study mainly focus on?

A．The trend of music themes in the past several decades.

B．The popularity of pop music in different times.

C．The topics of music lyrics in recent years.

D．The feature of pop music in the 1990s.

【2】What can we know about recent years’ music?

A．Music sales are declining.

B．It becomes more relaxing.

C．It’s more closely related to the reality.

D．Pop music has become more and more popular.

【3】What is the author’s attitude towards the lyrical transition?

A．Doubtful.

B．Supportive.

C．Unconcerned.

D．Disapproving.

【4】What does the last paragraph suggest?

A．We should avoid listening to sad music.

B．The existence of some new things is unreasonable.

C．The process of lyrical transition is influenced by human beings.

D．We should adapt ourselves to the changing situation with pleasure.

22、Science fiction television has done a lot to shape how we view the meals of the future, from an evening dinner in pill form to machines giving us any meal we desire, on demand. 【1】 However, while these ideas for food creation are more than fifty years old, the way we produce and consume food has not changed very much. Even though there is enough food available today to feed the world, more than 870 million people do not have enough to eat. 【2】

With the global population expected to grow to more than nine billion by 2050, demand for food will only increase. No pills or machines have solved our food problems yet.

However, agricultural science has been responsible for saving huge numbers of lives. Science and technology helped us out of starvation during the 1960s and 70s when the world’s population exploded. 【3】 The result of this panic was the “green revolution”, which saw the introduction to farming of high production grains, improved irrigation systems and hybrid seeds, saving over one billion people from starvation

【4】 Having enough food is only the first step. There are complications with natural disasters, conflict, poverty and environmental problems. All these can mean that the food supply is put at risk 【5】 Many people are concerned about “playing around with nature”, adjusting how food looks and tastes and smells, and other human interferences(干预), all of which are widespread.

Anyhow, the world has not been completely saved from starvation, but we are on the way to get there.

A．Agricultural science was quite a success.

B．There are many complexities when dealing with food.

C．Modern science and technology of food contributes a lot.

D．Nobody would ever starve if food were this easy to obtain.

E．And it is unbelievable that hunger kills more people than disease does.

F．Then there are the issues we face when it comes to food experimentation.

G．At that time scientists were genuinely worried that we would run out of food.

23、   Grab an ice cube from the freezer and place it on a table. Watch closely enough and you will see, well, not much at all. The ice cube is absorbing heat, but it is still an ice cube. Before it melts, it will draw heat from the environment to change from solid to liquid. Only then will it begin to slip and slide in a puddle of its own making.

And so to A World Without Ice by Henry Pollack, retired professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shared the 2007 Nobel peace prize with AI Gore.

The book gets off to a slow start. You may have to work a little before being rewarded. But given time. Pollack’s account warms up and really takes off. The story he has to tell is fascinating, frightening and important.

Despite the title, this is not a book about the world without ice. Much is given over to the impact of ice in Earth’s long history, as an important force that shaped our planet’s landscape, controlled migrations and influenced cultures. Pollack takes us through Antarctic and Arctic explorations, the natural cycles that bring us ice ages and milder periods without extremes of heat or cold and the rise of climate science which, among other achievements, can recreate a history of the temperature on Earth from kilometers of ice core drilled from the polar caps.

Pollack’s intellectual power and clarity of phrase are invaluable in describing the scientific evidence for global warming, the ways in which it will affect the world, and the all-too-probable consequences. Pollack is not one to brush awkward issues under the carpel. There is serious discussion about uncertainties in climate science, and in particular the computer models used to forecast future warming. For its forensic analysis (取证分析) and strong destruction of climate sceptic (怀疑论者) arguments alone, A World Without Ice is worth keeping on a nearby shelf.

Some readers may hind Pollack’s US-centric approach occasionally grating (刺耳的). He tells of intense irrigation in southwestern Kansas, IPCC reports as big as several New York City phone directories and school-day stories from Omaha. But this is forgivable. The US is uniquely placed to act on climate change but faces a significant barrier in the shape of the outdated. influential, oil-funded anti-climate change lobby (游说议员的团体).

Thoughtful throughout, Pollack occasionally delivers paragraphs that stay with you long after closing the book. On the subject of the book itself, he writes: “Nature’s best thermometer (温度计), perhaps its most sensitive and unambiguous indicator of climate change, is ice, When ice gets sufficiently warm, it melts. Ice asks no questions, presents no arguments, reads no newspapers, listens to no debates. It is not burdened by ideology and carries no political baggage as it crosses the threshold (门槛) from solid to liquid. It just melts.”

A World Without Ice is a call to arms. Debates about which mitigation (减缓) strategies might give us the best chances of reducing our emissions miss the point, Pollack says. If we want to avoid the worst that climate change may bring, we need “every horse in the stable pulling together, and as hard and as fast as possible”.

Pollack’s argument is attractive, persuasive and deeply upsetting, no matter the climate change tiredness that unavoidably sets in as a consequence of endless media coverage of global warming. The author’s final warning comes from Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher: “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

Pollack leaves us in no doubt as to where that is.

【1】A World Without Ice mainly focuses on_______.

A.the adventures to the freezing Poles

B.the impact of ice on human and nature

C.the role of climate science in drilling ice

D.the process of ice cube turning into water

【2】We can learn that A World Without Ice________.

A.brings us to the core of the issue at the very beginning

B.convinces sceptics of the truth about climate change

C.gives an in-depth analysis of global warming

D.gets funded by anti-climate change lobby

【3】Why does Henry Pollack think ice is nature’s best thermometer?

A.Ice is a reminder of peaceful co-existence.

B.Ice is a common topic of the media coverage.

C.Ice is a controversial issue in political debates.

D.Ice is a clear indicator sensitive to climate change.

【4】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 8 probably means the book＿____.

A.urges us to make joint efforts to fight climate change

B.advocates addressing climate change by armed forces

C.recommends debating on strategies to reduce emission

D.calls for separate and tough actions in a timely manner

【5】What does the underlined word that in the last paragraph refer to?

A.Warning from Lao Tzu. B.Destination of a journey.

C.Effect of global warming. D.Argument on climate change.

【6】What is the author’s attitude to A World Without Ice?

A.Ambiguous. B.Cautious. C.Positive. D.Skeptical.

24、   An advance in electronic publishing could make the e-book you are reading seem as dated as a silent film. Publishers hope to explore the growing success of e-books by releasing versions with added soundtracks(电影配音) and musical accompaniments.

The noises in the first multimedia books — released in Britain on Friday — include rain hitting a window in a Sherlock Holmes tale. When the plot of a book reaches the most exciting part, background scores will create tension.

Supporters argue that sound effects are the next logical development for e-books and will add excitement for younger readers. Critics, however, will argue that the noise will ruin the simple pleasure of having the imagination stimulated by reading.

Caroline Michel, chief executive of the literary agency, said the new generation of computer- literate readers was used to multiple sensory input. She said, “Young people have split computer screens where they may be watching television and replying to an email at the same time. If that‟s what the market wants then we should respond to the market.”

Book track‟s sound effects work by estimating the user‟s reading speed. Each time you turn a page, the software reassesses where you have reached in the text and times the sounds to switch on accordingly. If the soundtrack becomes out of synch (同步), a click on any word will reset it.

Some authors fear that a soundtrack could destroy the peace and quiet of libraries and ruin the pleasure, of reading. David Nicholls, author of Our Day, the bestseller now released as a film, said, “This sounds like the opposite of reading. I have enough trouble reading an e-book because I‟m constantly distracted by emails.”

Stuart Mat Bride, the crime writer whose novel Shatter the Bones was an e-book bestseller, sells 18% of his books as electronic downloads. He said, “If I‟m reading, I will do the noise in my head. I don‟t need someone to tell me what tea cups clinking sounds like. That would irritate(激怒) me.”

【1】What does the underlined word “dated” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．interesting

B．new

C．beautiful

D．old-fashioned

【2】What do publishers expect an e-book soundtrack to do?

A．Help to release an e-book as a film.

B．Help readers improve reading speed.

C．Add tension at a book's exciting point.

D．Get readers familiar with the background.

【3】Who is in favour of added soundtracks for e-books?

A．Mr. Darcy.

B．Caroline Michel.

C．David Nicholls.

D．Stuart MacBride.

【4】What's the main idea of the passage?

A．Opinions about e-books with soundtracks.

B．Response to the need of the book market.

C．Reasons for traditional e-books becoming outdated.

D．Suggestions on encouraging readers' imagination.

25、   Some kids dream of being superheroes that can save our planet from evil but believe it or not, even a small kid like YOU can help save our planet.

When I was a _________ , my mom and dad would push me in a baby jogger. We would pick up soda cans while my mom and dad ran. Before I could _________, whenever I saw a can I would point to it. It was fun picking up cans. We ran a lot miles and _________ up many cans.

When I was five, I went _________ with my mom, dad, and a friend at Bastrop State Park. The first night we went for a bike ride. I _________ on my dad's bike. There was so much _________ that the road did not look pretty. The second day, when we went for a _________ along the same road, we picked up all the cans—about one hundred of them. The road looked much _________ when we went home.

I am now too _________ for the baby jogger. But I still pick up cans wherever we go, and my mom and dad still bring back cans from their walks. We ____________ the cans behind and inside our garage. When I was very young, we would ____________ the cans to a can cruncher in a store park. It was fun____________ all the cans crunching(压碎), but it was untidy.

Now we store the cans ____________ we get a lot of them, then we take them on our friend's big truck to the recycling place. One time, I sold 410 pounds ____________.

I have sold over 1, 000 pounds of cans, and I am only nine years old. I ____________ the world by making the roads, the lakes, and the trails prettier, and because all my cans are recycled.

A．baby

B．student

C．son

D．boy

A．move

B．run

C．talk

D．cry

A．picked

B．gave

C．looked

D．took

A．camping

B．shopping

C．fishing

D．swimming

A．insisted

B．rode

C．stood

D．turned

A．grass

B．plastic

C．noise

D．waste

A．visit

B．rest

C．walk

D．product

A．farther

B．prettier

C．wider

D．longer

A．big

B．tired

C．fat

D．dangerous

A．hide

B．make

C．recycle

D．store

A．throw

B．deliver

C．take

D．send

A．feeling

B．keeping

C．hearing

D．preventing

A．before

B．after

C．unless

D．until

A．right away

B．at once

C．right now

D．once again

A．arrange

B．love

C．help

D．clear

26、假设你是红星中学校学生李华。校运会将于下周五举行，学生会需要向全校招募30名志愿者。请你给国际部好友Jim写封电子邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括：

1. 对志愿者的要求；

2. 志愿者工作内容；

3. 报名时间和地点。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

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Yours,

Li Hua