新北2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、The firm has been taking measures to cut costs to keep its _________up, including purchasing cheaper raw materials and reducing its workforce.

A．expenditure

B．profits

C．salaries

D．rank

2、You are most ________ to ________ taking over this company if you play your cards right.

A. possible; end with      B. perhaps; end of

C. probable; end in       D. likely; end up

3、The water _____ cool when I jumped into the pool for morning exercise.

A. was felt   B. is felt C. felt   D. feels

4、A recent study suggests that teenagers who switch off the TV and sit down to family meals are less _______ to suffer eating disorders.

A. likely B. possible C. probable   D. sure

5、Although this product is     environmental protection, few people show interest in it because of its high price.

A. in terms of   B. in favor of

C. on account of   D. in response to

6、It’s a pity that the great writer die with his works ________.

A．to finish

B．unfinishing

C．finished

D．unfinished

7、Look! Some boys are playing football________ some girls are relaxing themselves by playing the game of cat and mouse on the playground.

A．otherwise

B．since

C．while

D．however

8、They said the greatest virtues in a politician were ________, correctness and honesty.

A．concept

B．deposit

C．evolution

D．integrity

9、Jerry has promised to keep the secret, so he won't tell anyone even though 　　　　.

A. asking to   B. to be asked

C. to ask   D. asked to

10、________ the learning is slow and painful, the result is wonderful.

A．As

B．Unless

C．Even though

D．Since

11、—The cars give off a great deal of waste gas in the streets.

—Yes. But I'm sure something will be done to 　　　　air pollution.

A. reduce   B. remove

C. collect   D. warn

12、____your own needs and styles of communication is as important as learning to convey your affection and emotions.

A. Understanding B. To be understood

C. Being understood D. Having understood

13、The ________ of these tests should tell us whether or not you need an operation.

A．growth

B．price

C．outcome

D．start

14、They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to__________ more familiar with them.

A．much

B．be

C．have

D．became

15、The sea policemen ________ the difficulties such as strong winds, high waves, as well as cold weather, and finally succeeded in saving 32 sailors.

A．confused

B．overcame

C．reduced

D．expanded

16、Most parents are not ________ the danger of their babies’ eating jelly, which causes most unfortunate incidents to happen.

A．aware to

B．aware in

C．aware that

D．aware of

17、Michael made it when he tried out for the freshman basketball team in high school, ________.

A. so Jack did       B. so did Jack

C. as did Jack       D. and as Jack did

18、With drink and food ________, the prisoner had to walk out of the cave where he was hiding．

A. run out   B. run out of

C. use up   D. using up

19、Try to accept your mistakes, through ________ you can learn a lot.

A．it

B．which

C．where

D．that

20、 --- Where did you get to know him?

--- I think it was in the factory______ I worked ten years ago.

A. where   B. that   C. /   D. when

21、In the competition, all the competitors have to_______ all the items before the time_____according to the rules.

A. use up; runs out of B. use up; runs out

C. run out; runs out D.run out of; use up

22、He has contributed a number of articles ______ solving the problem.

A．about

B．to

C．in

D．with

23、Hearing how others react to the book you have just read ______ an added pleasure.

A．creates

B．to create

C．creating

D．created

24、The close relationship among defense contractors, the Pentagon (美国五角大楼) and politicians has become a US monster ________seeks unceasing war over peaceful coexistence.

A．who

B．that

C．for which

D．whose

25、My friend told me that many factories in his city to close down because of serious pollution.

A．have been forced

B．had been forced

C．have forced

D．had forced

26、Just as with any other subject, people who learn sign language are learning a new skill and using their brains to do this, thus expanding their minds in a new field.

A research has been carried out which proves that deaf children who learn sign language at an early age are more likely to do well academically. This is partly due to their increased ability to communicate with those around them. However, it is also because sign language is not, as many people mistakenly think, a system of gestures representing words, but a complicated language system, just as the English which is used in this article. Thus, children who learn sign language have already learn about the way language works and is made up, which will help in future studies especially if they decide to learn to speak English, or any other spoken language.

A deaf child who can use sign language develops a sense of identity. This will lead to a happier and more confident child because they know their place in the world is secure.

Again, for non-deaf children and adults who learn sign language, the academic advantages spread into social and cultural ones. Learning a language gives rise to greater confidence for those people, as they are able to communicate with someone whose peers may struggle to do so. And the skills of language learning are easily transferable into learning other languages but also into other academic pursuits.

There can be no doubt that learning sigh languages is a useful attempt for anyone — whether they are deaf or non-deaf. The social and cultural advantages should not be taken lightly. And, especially with children, learning a language which helps people with a disadvantage may encourage them in the future to do more volunteering and other such work. They can be taught to hug all people regardless of their differences.

【1】What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．Academic advantages of deaf kids learning sign language.

B．Causes of deaf children learning sign language.

C．Approaches to helping deaf children recover.

D．Difficulties that deaf children meet in their language study.

【2】Why does learning sign language make a deaf child happier?

A．It makes a deaf child more humorous.

B．It provides a deaf child with a life without danger.

C．It helps a deaf child perform well in building up their body.

D．It gives a deaf child a sense of belonging.

【3】What will a child learning sign language be like in the future?

A．Extremely intelligent.

B．Slightly imperfect.

C．Socially responsible.

D．Financially successful.

【4】What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To discuss the different purposes for people to learn sign language.

B．To show it is important for both deaf children and non-deaf children to learn sign language.

C．To call on non-deaf children to learn sign language.

D．To attract deaf children to communicate with non-deaf children.

27、For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages. Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet plane fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.

Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest (征服) of time and distance.________________________The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow window of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.

Then there is the time spent being “processed” at a modern airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move again to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being “processed” at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.

Man, however, is now a world traveler and can not turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days, relaxing in the sun. Speed controls people’s lives; time saved, in work or play, is the important thing—or so we are told. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.

【1】What does the writer try to express in Paragraph1?

A. Travel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages．

B. The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short．

C. The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams．

D. Man has been fond of travelling rather than staying in one place．

【2】How does the writer support the underlined statement in Paragraph2?

A. By giving instructions.

B. By analyzing cause and effect.

C. By following the order of time.

D. By giving examples.

【3】According to Paragraph 3, passengers are turning back to modern high-speed trains because______．

A. they pay less for the tickets

B. they feel safer during the travel

C. they can enjoy higher speed of travel

D. they don’t have to be “processed”

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Air travel benefits people and industries．

B. Train Travel has some advantages over air travel．

C. Great changes have taken place in modern travel.

D. The high speed of air travel is gained at a cost.

28、The thought of low material need and being unwilling to work, marry and have children, is described as a “lying down” lifestyle recently. It creates an emotional reaction among many young Chinese who are eager to take pause to breathe in this fast-paced and highly competitive society.

Many young people complained to the Global Times that duties, including work stress, family argument and financial pressure, have pushed them “against the wall”. They said they hate the “involution (内卷)”, joking that they would rather give up some of what they have than get stuck in an endless competition against peers(同龄人).

“Instead of always following the ‘good quality’ of struggle and sacrifice to bear the stresses, they prefer a temporary(暂时的) lying down as release and adjustment,” said an expert. “It is no wonder that some young people, under the growing pressures from child-raising to paying the mortgage (按揭) today, would try to live in a simple way and leave the worries behind.”

Interestingly, the majority of young people, who claim to be big fans of the lying down philosophy, admit that they only accept a temporary lying down as a short rest. It is true that with the great improvement of living conditions, some Chinese youth have partially lost the spirit of hardship and are not willing to bear too much hard work. But in fact, lying down is not entirely comfortable. Young people who lie down always feel ashamed about their constant loss of morale (士气).

“Young people have both ambition and confusion about their future, but most of us have refused to waste opportunities and challenges,” a postgraduate student told the Global Times. “It’s no use running away. I have to ‘stand up’ and face the reality sooner or later.”

【1】Which of the following is NOT a “lying down” lifestyle according to the passage?

A．Being uninterested in material enjoyment and refusing to shoulder duties.

B．Being involved in various social activities.

C．Stopping to breathe in a stressful life.

D．Giving up struggle and sacrifice.

【2】What might have caused the “lying down” lifestyle among the young?

A．Poor health from working so hard.

B．Increasing material wealth from families.

C．Growing pressure from family and social life.

D．Temporary adjustment to failure in competitions.

【3】What’s the expert’s attitude toward the “lying down” group?

A．Understanding.

B．opposed

C．Supportive.

D．Unclear.

【4】What can be inferred about the young generation from the text?

A．They would rather escape than take challenges.

B．They really enjoy the “lying down” lifestyle.

C．They find their dreams far beyond their reach.

D．They never really drop their responsibilities.

29、Most people are told to drink 8 glasses of water daily, However, how much water you should drink each day can depend on how big you are. 【1】 For example, if you weigh 150 pounds, you should drink 75 ounces of water daily. Besides, other factors can also affect how much water you should drink daily.

【2】 If you are active in sports or the weather is warm where you live, you should drink more water. This is because your body will lose fluids as you sweat. Drinking sufficient amounts of water will top up the fluid level in your body.

People who are suffering from some illnesses and those with special needs typically should drink more water daily. Increasing water intake not only tops up the body's fluids, but it also helps the body flush（冲走）out unwanted substances. 【3】 Drinking more water daily will help remove them.

【4】 It is often said that a person needs to drink less water daily if he or she consumes watery foods, such as soups or melons. Others believe that drinking other beverages（饮料）will reduce the amount of water that a person needs to drink daily.

It is possible to overdose（过量）on water. 【5】 Drinking too much water can cause many types of symptoms like headaches and confusion. Therefore, we should drink the proper amount of water based on our physical condition.

A．Sometimes, drinking too much water can harm our health.

B．Water with lemons may help a person consume more water.

C．How much water a person should drink daily depends on many factors.

D．Other types of fluids can be included in a person's daily intake of water.

E．For example, burning fat to lose weight creates some waste products in the body.

F．Some health experts recommend drinking half an ounce per 1 pound of body weight.

G．Your level of physical activity and the climate of the place where you live are important factors.

30、Imagine, it's Saturday at a busy shopping centre. People are doing all the things you'd _________ expect—chatting on phones, looking in shop windows and so on. Then suddenly, the _________ in front of you stop moving. They're completely _________, frozen in the middle of whatever they were doing. You look around you. There are _________ of these people—perhaps a hundred or so. Other shoppers look just as _________ as you are. Several minutes go by and the frozen shoppers _________ in exactly the same positions. Then as suddenly as they _________, they begin moving again, as if nothing had happened. You've _________ experienced a flash mob!

The definition of a flash mob is “a group of people who meet suddenly in a _________ place, perform an unusual act for a brief __________, then quickly leave”. An American, Bill Wasik,__________ the idea. One afternoon, he emailed 60 friends,__________ them to meet at a small local shop at exactly 7:24 pm. They shouldn't __________ anything to the assistants or each other. They just had to browse (随意观看) for __________ seven minutes and then leave. It would have been the __________ of world's first flash mob. However, someone had warned the police and when Bill and his friends arrived, they were __________.

Bill wasn't __________ by this failure and started planning the next event. Over the next three months, he __________ seven successful flash mobs in shops, hotels, parks and stations all around New York. Before long, stories and videos of these __________ appeared online. Wasik's idea led to creative types of flash mobs everywhere. The flash mob had become part of modern urban culture and the phrase was even __________ to the Oxford English Dictionary.

【1】

A．hardly

B．finally

C．normally

D．repeatedly

【2】

A．screens

B．people

C．toys

D．robots

【3】

A．shocked

B．wrong

C．lost

D．still

【4】

A．more

B．few

C．enough

D．some

【5】

A．innocent

B．constant

C．confused

D．disappointed

【6】

A．remain

B．match

C．feel

D．work

【7】

A．smiled

B．stopped

C．finished

D．decided

【8】

A．ever

B．still

C．yet

D．just

【9】

A．private

B．traditional

C．public

D．official

【10】

A．visit

B．time

C．flight

D．chat

【11】

A．ended up with

B．fed up with

C．put up with

D．came up with

【12】

A．inviting

B．forcing

C．teaching

D．allowing

【13】

A．mention

B．overhear

C．supply

D．commit

【14】

A．roughly

B．narrowly

C．accurately

D．identically

【15】

A．attachment

B．appearance

C．disturbance

D．preference

【16】

A．passing

B．waiting

C．improving

D．performing

【17】

A．run off

B．taken off

C．called off

D．put off

【18】

A．organized

B．permitted

C．watched

D．compared

【19】

A．accidents

B．affairs

C．incidents

D．events

【20】

A．appealed

B．stuck

C．added

D．addicted

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in. the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. homebound B. movements C. developed D. available

E. isolated F. images G. tough H. activities

I. hooked J. equipped K. supposed

A small robot may help children who are recovering from a long-term illness in the hospital or at home.

These children may feel【1】from their friends and classmates. The robot takes their place ‘ at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends.

Norwegian researchers have【2】a clever way to keep children recovering from long-term illness connected to their friends and their education. Now, these children may have a high-tech friend.-a robot.

The robot is called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is【3】while recovering from a long-term illness. And the child’s school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk.

A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. Karen Dolva was one of the co-founders. She explains how the robot AV1 works. From home, the child uses a tablet’ or phone to start the robot. Then they use the same device to control the robot’s【4】. At school, the robot becomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child.

The student can take part in classroom【5】from wherever they are recovering, whether at home or from a hospital bed. The robot is【6】with speakers, microphones and cameras that make communicating easy.

The robot was designed to be 【7】. It is water resistant and can take a fall from a desk without damage. Inside AV1, there is a small computer connected to a 4G network A small camera【8】up to a small computer could do the job. But that would not be the same.

AV1 is large and looks like a human for a reason. Dolva says this is important because the robot is【9】to be a friend to the children. And robots are, quite simply, cool. The robot just became【10】to the public. Hopefully AV1 will help some children feel less lonely while they are absent from class.

32、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。续写的词数应为150左右。

Anybody passing by the school’s football grounds wouldn’t miss noticing Jake Harvey and his teammates talking about soccer. They always made sure they only selected skilled players to join their team. One day, Jake was talking with his friends about choosing a new goalkeeper as the previous one had moved to another city with his parents. At that moment, a newcomer in their class Sam Thompson, walked over with a big smile on his face, saying he was ready to play. Jake’s team paused and turned in disbelief, staring at the boy’s artificial leg.

“We only need the best of the best... you get what I mean?” Jake said.

Sam’s smile faded away (逐渐消失) while his eyes filled with tears, but he didn’t want his tears to weaken him in front of the boys. “It’s your team, and you know who fits... I respect your decision.” Sam turned around and left, wiping away his tears.

Meanwhile, Mr. Jones, the school, s physical trainer, saw what happened from his office window.

After the practice session, he walked over to Jake and took him aside. “Well, I saw what happened, and if I’m not wrong, you sent away that newcomer, right?” Mr. Jones asked Jake. “Do you have any idea who he is?” Jake was shocked as Mr. Jones revealed Sam’s background.

As it turned out, Sam was captain of the soccer team in his previous school. He was also an excellent goalkeeper who had won several gold medals for his team. Unfortunately, one day, Sam’s family met with a car accident on their way home from a vacation. The car was set ablaze (着火), and though Sam got out safely, he realized his little sister was still in the car. He risked his own life and rushed to save her. As a result, his left leg was severely injured and had to be cut off later. Jack was shocked by Sam’s bravery.

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。

Mr. Jones said it was wrong to judge someone’s talents just from their appearance.

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The next morning, Jake came into the class and made an announcement.

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