海北州2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、________ hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.

A．However

B．Whatever

C．Whichever

D．Whenever

2、My sister is really ______. She often works in her office far into the night.

A．open-minded

B．hard-working

C．warm-hearted

D．self-confident

3、Jack took music than any boy in his class and held a concert successfully.

A. serious   B. seriously

C. more serious   D. more seriously

4、 The government’s ________attitude was a block to further talks.

A. sensible   B. sensitive

C. stubborn D. convincing

5、The basketball coach, as well as his team, ________ interviewed shortly after the match for their outstanding performance.

A. were   B. was

C. is   D. are

6、Whenever I feel lonely or upset, I always do some reading, which ______ me well.

A.serves B.equips C.prepares D.informs

7、According to the author, those __________ enjoy reading will never feel lonely.

A. when   B. who

C. where   D. which

8、I remember ___ for the job , but I forgot the exact amount .

A.to pay B.paying C.to have paid D.being paid

9、 –There are only two days to go way from my test. I’m so ______ about it!

-- Take it easy. Good luck!

A. serious B. curious

C. cautious D. nervous

10、 ________struck me most in the movie was the father's  deep love for  his son.

A．That     B．It

C．What   D．Which

11、It is said that living ________ nature may help people live longer.

A. came to   B. far from

C. close   D. closely

12、 Life is harder for Senior Three students throughout China．Hardly _____ endless exercises or tests．

A．does everyday go by with

B．any day goes by with

C．everyday goes by without

D．does any day go by without

13、The first time I ____ Todd, he ____ to some students at the English corner.

A. had seen; was talked  B. saw; talked

C. had seen; talked   D. saw; was talking

14、People in this country who have no job can get money from ________, but it isn't much to live on.

A．welfare

B．price

C．prize

D．salary

15、Is this the reason _______she explained in the report for her success in the job?

A. what   B. that

C. how   D. why

16、The study surveyed 500 families and found that the main ________ problem people suffered was tiredness, followed by loneliness and anxiety.

A．domestic

B．public

C．psychological

D．biological

17、They were having an English class _____ the earthquake happened.

A. as   B. after

C. before   D. when

18、—How many nights do you plan to stay with us?

—Three. I’ll be______Friday morning.

A.turned in B.leaving out C.checking out D.kept out

19、People ________one another in their ability to deal with stress.

A．differ from

B．differ with

C．vary with

D．vary in

20、For many students, math is not something that comes _________. It takes effort.

A. regularly B. possibly

C. automatically D. secretly

21、When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London to try his fortune in that great city, and a very interesting place was the London of his day.

There was the famous London Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral, and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops.

Then, too, there were the daily crowds where people from all over the world could be seen. Knights，scholars and the highwayman (拦路强盗）or thief，who had been infamous for his clever robberies, passed by each other. Here, also, were noblemen dressed in gold, from Italy and Spain and France; slaves from Spanish America, sea captains and ministers, soldiers and servants—all held by chance or interest within the gray walls which circled London, and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the world.

Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare, quick to see and eager to learn. And before long all these strange sights were as familiar to him as the faces of his own town’s residents. Each one told its story to him so plainly that, as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods, so now he learned men and men’s interests that make up the great world.

And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays, he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since; for it is the use of this knowledge of the world, combined with his own genius, that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.

【1】Which of the following best describes Shakespeare?

A．Shakespeare got inspiration to write from his hometown, London.

B．Shakespeare was eager to make friends with the noblemen in London.

C．Shakespeare became the greatest dramatist owing to his own genius.

D．Shakespeare was good at observing and learning from the daily life.

【2】What does the word “one” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．Face. B．Sight.   C． Crowd. D．Resident

【3】The passage probably comes from______．

A．an announcement B．an advertisement

C．a textbook.   D. a poster

22、   Does reading depressing information online get you down? Put the phone away for an hour. Or, better yet, make it 24 hours--you might just get $2, 400 out of it.

RVW, a company that tests home services and products, is holding a 24-hour digital detox (脱瘾) challenge. They’ll pay their chosen challengers, who are “definitely into tech”, over ＄2000 to survive a whole day without screens.

The challenge is not as easy as it sounds. Those selected for the challenge will not only have to swear off their phones for the day, but television, gaming, computers, smart watches and smart home devices are also off-limits. However, the company clarifies, microwaves are still okay.

The challengers will receive safes to store their electronics in for the 24 hours, along with a $200 supermarket gift card to purchase a tech-free “survival kit,” the company wrote. Some survival kit suggestions from the company include a typewriter to replace computers, writing paper to replace texts, and paints and brushes to replace the fine art of the selfie. Challengers will have to review the survival kit and give feedback (反馈) on the experience after completing the challenge.

Screen time is a growing health risk. The company's challenge comes at a time when “screen time” has taken on new meaning. Nowadays, many people are forced to work remotely and students to study online, making screens more of a necessity than ever before. According to a 2019 report, US teens were spending an average of more than seven hours per day on screen media for entertainment alone. “We have a feeling someone out there needs a break,” the company wrote.

To apply, the company requests a bit of personal information and a 100-word question about why you're right for the challenge. Applications will be open until June 26 and winners will be announced on the company's website on June 29.

【1】According to the company, who will be chosen as the ideal challenger?

A．Thomas, who is an expert in home services.

B．Julie, who is a fan of printed newspaper.

C．Jackson, who is heavily in debt.

D．Antonia, who is addicted to online games.

【2】The underlined words “off-limits” can be replaced by ________.

A．broken

B．forbidden

C．limitless

D．useless

【3】What can be inferred about the survival kit?

A．It is one of the company's products.

B．It doesn't involve electronics.

C．It is specially designed for artists.

D．It is used to review the experience.

【4】Why did the company hold the challenge?

A．To advocate spending less time on screens.

B．To pay people to work or study offline forever.

C．To make people realize the necessity of screens.

D．To draw people’s attention to health risks.

23、Welcome to Glass of Venice, the number one importer and retailer of authentic Murano Glass in the US and one of the top names among Murano Glass retailers worldwide. We work directly with artisans (工匠) from Murano, Italy to bring you the unique centuries old art rooted in tradition and skill. Every item is handcrafted with passion using ancient techniques that made Murano glassmakers world-famous since the 8th century. Now you needn’t make a trip to Murano to own an authentic piece of art as beautiful as Venice itself.

At the time of mass-produced products that carry no special meaning, Murano Glass gives you an opportunity to express your individuality. Every piece is unique.

Murano Glass is 100% handcrafted in Venice. Be a part of the centuries-old Venetian tradition!

A piece of the artisan’s heart and soul is captured in every Murano Glass creation. Crafting Murano Glass jewelry, vases, sculptures and other functional and decorative pieces is a complicated process from silica, minerals, water, and fire. Venetian artisans create masterpieces. The techniques they use are centuries old, and artisans have been trained for many years in their fathers’ and grandfathers, workshops before they can attain a revered status of the true master of the craft.

Murano Glass masters are not just artisans; they are artists. Ever since Murano glassmakers guild (公会) was established on this Venetian island in 1291, they have been innovating, seeking new methods of creating glass, and pushing forward to express new philosophies and artistic visions through glass. This made Murano Glass get its own art form, and it has been recognized at international expositions and top art museums and galleries worldwide. Today the famous glass masters working on Murano Island are first and foremost artists, and Glass of Venice is proud to offer artistic masterpieces from top Murano glass workshops.

【1】What can be inferred about Murano Glass?

A. It is made by using modern machines.

B. Every piece is made in the US.

C. Every piece has a special style.

D. It was designed in the 8th century.

【2】The underlined word “revered” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “________”.

A. considerate   B. relieved

C. complex   D. respected

【3】What were Murano Glass masters devoted to doing according to the text?

A. Exploring ways to develop the creation of glass.

B. Exporting Murano Glass to many foreign countries.

C. Building art museums to show the beauty of Murano Glass.

D. Creating a special art form to express their philosophies of life.

【4】What is the author’s attitude to Murano Glass masters’ works?

A. Critical.   B. Admirable.

C. Cautious.   D. Aggressive.

24、   Loneliness hurts. It is psychologically distressing and so physically unhealthy that being lonely increases the likelihood of an earlier death by 26 percent. But psychologists think it hurts so much because, like hunger and thirst, loneliness acts as a biological alarm bell.

On March 26, just as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted a report on bioRxiv. It is the first study in humans to show that both loneliness and hunger share signals deep in a part of the brain that governs very basic impulses for reward and motivation. So, our need to connect is apparently as fundamental as our need to eat.

The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare brain responses to loneliness and hunger. 40 adult participants underwent a 10-hour session depriving (剥夺) them of food and another 10-hour session denying them social contact. Both sessions served as a control (对照) condition for each other.

The social-isolation condition was challenging to arrange. Some people are lonely in a crowd, while others enjoy solitude To induce(l t)not just objective isolation but subjective feelings of loneliness, the researchers had the participants spend their time from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. in a room at the laboratory without phones, laptops or even novels in case fictional characters provided some social support. Puzzles were allowed, as was preapproved nonfiction reading or writing.

Researchers then focused on a midbrain region called “the substantia nigra”, a center of dopamine (多巴胺) release involved with motivation and desire. The dopaminergic response shows a strong wanting. In the scanner, participants saw images of their preferred forms of social interaction and of their favorite foods, as well as a control image of flowers. It was then found that the substantia nigra responded only to cues of what they had been deprived of. The magnitude of the response correlated with the subjects’ self-reports of how hungry or lonely they were, though the feelings of hunger were consistently stronger.

Finally, the researchers used machine learning to confirm their findings. A software classifier trained to recognize neural patterns during fasting (斋戒) proved able to recognize similar neural patterns from the social-isolation condition even though it had never “seen” them. So there seems to be an underlying shared neural signature between the two states.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, an obvious next question for the work was whether different forms of social media could satisfy the need for social connection. Those researchers were never able to get funding for such a study. But now it seems they will.

【1】The report posted on March 26 ________.

A.is based on the social-isolation condition during the pandemic

B.is the first study on the effect of loneliness on human beings

C.reflects the similarity between loneliness and hunger

D.shows human need for reward and motivation

【2】What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A.Why inducing feelings of loneliness was challenging

B.How loneliness was created among participants

C.Why participants were denied access to phones

D.How researchers compared brain responses

【3】We can infer that participants’ substantia nigra showed ________ response(s) to the image of flowers.

A.little B.various

C.strong D.consistent

【4】What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A.The neural signature. B.Fasting.

C.Machine learning. D.The classifier.

25、On the first day of my high school, I ran into my new English teacher, Ms. Kirschmann, and almost knocked her over.

As I began to _______, she started “shouting” at me. But soon I realized that she was, _______, saying hello and welcoming me to her class in a very _______ voice. I realized that I had just met my new English teacher a moment ago. she had a _______ and fascinating character. Her hair color, fashion sense and energy _______ the entire room. You know, there was a big drum in the classroom. Every time we read the word “thunder” in the text, she would hit _______ on the drum, making a loud noise!

During group discussions, Kirsch often told us to sit in a _______ on the floor. We _______, while she just sat in a corner and took notes of what we said. Doing so made us feel independent and _______ ourselves more with critical thinking. It is the strangest __________ the most entertaining class I have ever had.

Kirsch is really a “social butterfly”. She smiles, laughs and tells jokes wherever she goes. But I found out about another __________ of her the other day.

After school that day, I was walking by my English classroom __________ I saw Ms. Kirschmann with her son. She was trying to __________ him to put on his jacket in a low voice. She spoke in such a gentle manner that I was quite __________. I __________ she was energetic, calm, intelligent and caring all at once. All I know was that I couldn’t wait for the next day of her English class.

【1】

A．sigh

B．settle

C．panic

D．apologize

【2】

A．actually

B．typically

C．additionally

D．voluntarily

【3】

A．slim

B．odd

C．loud

D．soft

【4】

A．negative

B．professional

C．creative

D．formal

【5】

A．make up

B．take up

C．break up

D．turn up

【6】

A．sharply

B．heavily

C．hardly

D．curiously

【7】

A．gap

B．line

C．court

D．circle

【8】

A．exchanged

B．focused

C．assumed

D．cheered

【9】

A．shape

B．reflect

C．improve

D．respect

【10】

A．though

B．yet

C．so

D．or

【11】

A．aspect

B．detail

C．behavior

D．selection

【12】

A．when

B．while

C．as

D．after

【13】

A．approach

B．persuade

C．force

D．challenge

【14】

A．confused

B．disappointed

C．frightened

D．amazed

【15】

A．admitted

B．admired

C．appreciated

D．recognized

26、2018年10月28日，重庆万州一辆公交车因车上乘客和司机发生肢体冲突，造成公交车失控与一辆小轿车相撞后坠入江中，造成重大人员伤亡。该事件很快成为全社会关注的焦点。Youth 杂志Safety专栏正在开展征文活动:希望青少年学生不仅要遵纪守法，维护公共安全，也要特别注意自身安全(生命安全，财产安全，网络信息安全等)，假设你叫李华，对此话题很感兴趣，你将以信件的方式从某个方面或者多个方面谈谈安全问题，以提醒更多年轻人重视。

注意:1.词数100左右， 开头与结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；

2.可适当增加细节， 以使行文连贯；

3.可能用到的词汇:网络network/cyber， 账户account，财产property，密码password

Dear Editor,

As teenagers, we all should obey laws and care about public safety and I also hope that

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Best wishes.

Yours，

Li Hua