2025年湖南衡阳高考三模试卷英语

1、Never ask a child ________ he likes or dislikes a food and just take it for granted that he likes everything and he probably ________.

A．that… will

B．that … can

C．whether … will

D．whether … can

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

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

3、Do you think ________ true that ________is hard work that leads to success?

A．it; it

B．it; what

C．that; it

D．what; which

4、As he was not allowed to________ her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.

A．sympathy

B．satisfy

C．accompany

D．alarm

5、The lake has been there for many years. No one knows exactly how and when it ________.

A．came into power

B．came into being

C．came into view

D．came into fashion

6、No one knows exactly when the first wheel ________ or what it was used for.

A.was come into being B.came in existence

C.came into existence D.was existed

7、Time is fair to everyone, and no one has _____ the of possessing one more minute than anyone else.

A.commitment B.reservation C.security D.privilege

8、 In the United States, there is always ____ flow of people to areas of ______ country where more jobs can be found.

A．a; the

B．the; a

C．the; the

D．a; a

9、Getting rid of a bad habit is ________ forming a good one.

A.an effort much as B.much an effort as

C.as an effort much as D.as much an effort as

10、I remembered _____ the door before I left the office, but forgot to turn off the lights.

A. locking   B. to lock   C. having locked   D. to have locked

11、Hong Kong Disneyland is well worth ______. I’m looking forward to going there.

A．to visit

B．being visited

C．visiting

D．visit

12、The books on the desk, covers are shiny, are prizes for us.

A．which

B．what

C．whose

D．that

13、With his seat belt ________, Larry has been fully prepared to drive to ________ the new city on his own.

A.fastened; explore B.fastening; explode

C.to be fastened; exploit D.being fastening; explore

14、Nowadays many old people raise dogs as pets to keep ________company so that they will no longer feel lonely.

A．them

B．themselves

C．it

D．itself

15、We were ________ to find the temple still in its original condition after several years’ war.

A.astonished B.discouraged C.dissatisfied D.impressed

16、It is the third time that she has won the race, ________ has surprised us all.

A．that

B．where

C．which

D．what

17、—Is Robert coming by coach?

—He should, but he ___________ not. He likes driving his car.

A.may B.could C.need D.must

18、All the guests _____________ about the noise because they couldn’t sleep at night.

A．complained

B．debated

C．argued

D．learned

19、—Jim, what’s the result of the final?

—Believe it or not, China _______ beat its strong opponent France.

A.narrowly B.casually C.manually D.typically

20、How excited I am now! You know, it is the second time that I _____ the first prize in the 400-meter race.

A.wins

B.won

C.have won

D.is winning

21、In December 2017, I attended a conference. Five successful women delivered speeches on the topic   “Bouncing   Back   after   Setbacks.”   As   I   sat   there   listening   to   their   many   personal   and professional mistakes and setbacks, I felt fortunate that I hadn’t made that many mistakes in my own life.

Those women had lost thousands in investments, started companies but failed, sold companies that later ended up being worth millions, and lost partners in the name of business. Despite knowing that they had, in fact, bounced back and were again doing very well, I was starting to feel sorry for them.

Then, as if someone whispered in my ear, I heard the words: “Don’t be so proud of yourself. You haven’t made any mistakes because you haven’t lived at all. Look how boring your life is.” Whose voice was this, and how dare it speak to me like that?

I think, for the first time, I heard my own heart speak. It shook me to my core, and it took all I had to keep from crying. I started thinking of the mistakes I had made. The voice was right. There weren’t many at all. I had followed a straight path for 38 years. I went to school, earned bachelor’s and   master’s   degrees   with   honors,   and   stayed   at   every   job   I’d   had   far   longer   than   it   was professionally beneficial for me to do so. In fact, at 38, I had only had three jobs. “The devil(魔鬼) you know is better than the one you don’t ” was my motto.

A quick review of my life made me realize that it was the actions I hadn’t taken that I was suddenly regretting. I hadn’t studied abroad. I hadn’t risked love. In fact, I was perpetually single. I hadn’t started a business. I hadn’t traveled enough. I had said “no” far more than “yes”.

The voice that whispered to me continued to the New Year. It was like it laughed at me. The thought of turning forty frightened me. It’s one thing to be unhappy and unsettled in your twenties, and perhaps even in one’s thirties. But was I going to start a new decade with the same boredom? I needed something to pick me up, some activity I could look forward to.

【1】How did the author feel when first hearing stories from the 5 speakers?

A．Regretful.

B．Surprised.

C．Lucky.

D．Guilty.

【2】The author felt like crying during the conference because she realized .

A．she hadn’t lived her life to the fullest

B．she was deeply touched by the women

C．she had nothing to be proud of in her life

D．she had made a lot of mistakes in her life

【3】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．The familiar devil is more frightening.

B．Saying “no” is better than saying “yes”.

C．It’s better to stay within the comfort zone.

D．You’d better change your job more frequently.

【4】From the passage, we can learn that the author .

A．felt afraid of ageing

B．traveled abroad a lot

C．was married in her thirties

D．decided to do something new

22、   Leo has always been my closest and constant companion these past five years. In fact, he is very friendly to me especially when I take care of other furry friends in our shelter.

There have been a lot of forest fires during the summer season. Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this hot summer. Leo rushed towards the forest where flames send out a terrible heat. There’s no longer any hope at the moment to wait for Leo to come back to the shelter. In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce me his death in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman burst into my office and informed me that my dog Leo succeeded in saving four cats which were trapped by the flames. Leo seized the kittens, one by one moving them to a safe place.

I immediately accompanied the fireman to the forest to pick up the rescued kittens, but Leo was not there. Then we heard the sound of a dog came from the forest barking furiously. The firemen followed the tracks of the dog until they found him barking loudly by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground.

That day, I was very proud of Leo for his two heroic actions. I paid a visit to the fireman accompanied with my adorable Leo. What a memorable scene when the fireman hugged Leo tightly to his chest! “One thousand thanks, Leo, for saving my life,” the fireman said.

This true story of love shows us that pets are kind, loving, and caring. We should love and protect them. Don’t belittle them. Little animals can make enormous things for humans.

【1】In the author’s first opinion, what had happened to Leo?

A. Leo was afraid of big fire. B. Leo was killed by the big fire.

C. Leo was able to save all the people. D. Leo ran away from the shelter for ever.

【2】The underlined word “belittle” in the last paragraph probably means .

A. look down upon. B. live up to.

C. think highly of. D. make things small.

【3】The author’s purpose in writing the passage is   .

A. To call attention to the danger of big fire.

B. To persuade people to keep pets.

C. To share a story of love and care from pets with us.

D. To stress the role of pets in people life.

23、Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere wall away from your college．

King’s Art Centre

A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere．This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists．

You could attend a class teaching you how to ‘learn from the masters’ or get more creative with paint – free of charge．

The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee．

the Botanic Garden

The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University．

The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive．The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss．

Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals．

The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts．Look for grass snakes in the lake．A snake called ‘Hissing Sid’ is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun．

Byron’s Pool

Many stories surround Lord Byron’s time as a student of Cambridge University．Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”．However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough．I’m not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms．He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.

It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byron’s Pool．A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields．The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea．If you don’t trust me, then perhaps you’ll take it from Virginia Woolf – over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool．

【1】As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge for ____．

A．attending the masters’ class

B．working with local artists

C．seeing an exhibition

D．learning life drawing

【2】“Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are ____．

A．impressive plants B．common insects

C．rarely-seen snakes   D．wildlife-enthusiasts

【3】We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed ____．

A．to like walking

B．to fear pet bears

C．to be a heavy drinker

D．to finish university in 1805

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Some places for weekend break．

B．A way to become creative in art．

C．The colourful life in the countryside．

D．Unknown stories of Cambridge University.

24、The middle-aged woman with the black sweater around her shoulders had assumed an accurately adjusted posture: feet shoulder-width apart, arms slightly bent, fists loosely tightened, muscles relaxed yet alert.

She was not preparing for a tae kwon do match, but performing her personal version of the underground battle engaged in daily by millions of New Yorkers: reading, attentively, on a sardine-can D train heading swiftly toward Brooklyn in the evening rush.

“I am a New Yorker,” the woman, Robin Kornhaber, 54, told me as if those five crisp words explained everything. “I can do anything on the subway.”

Reading on the subway is a New York custom, for the masters of the intricately (错综复杂地) folded newspaper like Ms. Kornhaber, who lives in Park Slope and works on the Upper East Side, as well as for teenage girls thumbing through magazines, aspiring actors memorizing lines and immigrants taking comfort in paragraphs in a familiar tongue. These days, among the worn covers may be the occasional Kindle, but since most trains are still devoid of Internet access, the subway ride remains a rare low-tech interlude (插曲) in a city of multitasking workaholics. And so, we read.

Even without a seat, even while pressed with strangers into human panini, even as someone plays a keyboard harmonica and makes a loud noise with a cup of change, even when stumbling home after a party.

There are those whose commutes are carefully timed to the length of a Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker, those who systematically page their way through the classics, and those who always carry a second novel in case they unexpectedly make it to the end of the first on a slow F train. There is a lawyer from Brooklyn who for the past two months has catalogued what she and other commuters are reading on a blog, “The Subway Book Club,” and a student at the New School who spent the summer passing out 600 donated books to subway riders to spread her passion for reading.

And then there are those reading the readers, imagining their story lines. That man in a suit studying “Rosetta Stone Level 3 Italian” on the No.2 train must be preparing to meet his fiancée’s family in Tuscany. The woman reading a young-adult novel at 81st Street is probably a teacher preparing for class.

【1】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．New York Rush

B．Reading Underground

C．Underground Battle

D．Subway Escape

【2】The first three paragraphs tell us that ________.

A．Robin Kornhaber is a little bit nervous on the train

B．Robin Kornhaber is physically prepared for train ride

C．Robin Kornhaber is a typical New York train rider and reader

D．Robin Kornhaber stands for New Yorkers who rely heavily on subway

【3】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．It is a culture for New Yorkers to read underground.

B．Some people will make guesses at those reading on the train.

C．People have no Internet access on most underground trains in New York.

D．People must make a careful schedule if they are to read underground.

【4】The following may stand for the ill environment for readers on the train EXCEPT ________.

A．sardine-can D train

B．human panini

C．tae kwon do match

D．keyboard harmonica

25、   The other day, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression, “Nothing is _______" Yesterday, as I tried to complete my day's work, I_________to notice a bee on the skylight （天窗）. The skylight was particularly high up, but I thought_______ the bee would take a few minutes. An hour later, the bee _______ remained. All that had changed was that the living room was _______ and that I was dizzy from looking up into the _______ I did not expect to waste an hour on it, but I understood that expression.

We often imagine what can work in our _______ , but we seldom think of all the negative things. However, it is important to remember your day or year might not go_________, which is normal. It is acceptable to feel _______-- even at a task you thought simple - because that is part of __________ .

If you can __________ nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly more__________ . In middle school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the________I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule suited for myself. ________each time, I was wrong. After accepting school wouldn't be easy, I ________ myself with a more positive attitude and improved results.

【1】A.perfect B.common C.easy D.certain

【2】A.attempted B.pretended C.seemed D.happened

【3】A.watching B.removing C.feeding D.approaching

【4】A.ever B.even. C.still D.always

【5】A.messy B.orderly C.empty D.dangerous

【6】A.skylight B.sunlight C.bee D.living room

【7】A.charge B.interest C.favor D.path

【8】A.as planned B.as viewed C.as usual D.as well

【9】A.silly B.strange C.challenged D.excited

【10】A.work B.management C.routine D.life

【11】A.agree B.accept C.state D.believe

【12】A.comfortable B.tough C.manageable D.available

【13】A.school B.books C.classes D.activities

【14】A.Still B.Instead C.So D.Yet

【15】A.taught B.found C.inspired D.helped

26、近日，湖北襄阳一小学将广场舞作为课间操并纳入学校的校本课程。此事在你校学生中引起广泛讨论。请你结合下表用英语写一篇150词左右的短文。

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广场舞: square dancing 大妈：Dama

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