杭州2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、His casual clothes were not______for such a formal occasion.

A. ready B. accurate  C. appropriate  D. special

2、Having heard the story of this ________ hero, we are ________ to finish the task in advance.

A．inspiring; inspired

B．inspiring; inspiring

C．inspired; inspiring

D．inspired; inspired

3、The poetry of the Romantic Movement often focuses on concepts like freedom and beauty, and tends to use imagination and ______strong feelings.

A. warm up   B. spring up

C. call on   D. touch on

4、If man continued to waste natural resources with no thought for the future, the later ______ would be in danger.

A．representatives

B．operators

C．generations

D．candidates

5、The World Bank is reported _____ a new president last week.

A. to elect   B. electing

C. to have elected D. to be elected

6、Being tired of the long boring speech, some of the students present started to________ to each other.

A．grin

B．demonstrate

C．whisper

D．conclude

7、______ by the superior every day made him really frustrated.

A．Having criticized

B．Criticized

C．Criticizing

D．Being criticized

8、We are confident that we we can manage to solve the problems __________ from the disagreement.

A．raising

B．arising

C．tending

D．detecting

9、I hurried ________ I wouldn’t be late for class.

A. since B. as if

C. so that D. unless

10、The Rainbow Bookstore, ______ 50 years ago, was closing, ______ made me heartbroken.

A．dated back to; which

B．dating back to; which

C．dating from; when

D．dates from; when

11、There are many flights to Dalian, and the city has connections with most large cities in China,  but you need to make a(an) ________ in advance.

A. adaptation B. appointment

C. reservation   D. Assumption

12、The little girl is walking along the beach, _________, occasionally bending down to pick up a beautiful seashell.

A.happily and joyfully B.happily and joyful

C.happy and joyful D.happy and joyfully

13、The weather was terrible but we carried on _____.

A. directly   B. instantly   C. alike   D. regardless

14、I walked as fast as I could, ________to catch the 930 train.

A. hoping   B. to hope   C. hope   D. hoped

15、Only _________ he would succeed in the end.

A．believing his wife

B．his wife believed

C．believed his wife

D．did his wife believe

16、Thanks to their ________ effort, the iconic building was not pulled down.

A．political

B．joint

C．hazy

D．rigid

17、Whether for a special   such as an engagement or a wedding or simply as a gift, diamond rings make the ideal choice.

A. opportunity B. adjustment

C. occasion D. convenience

18、It is in the factory ______ you’re going to pay a visit to ______ this kind of computer is made.

A. that; which   B. where; that   C. / ; that   D. / ; where

19、 —Sorry, I forgot to call Jack to tell him about our plan tomorrow.

—Never mind. You ____________ anyway. I called him yesterday.

A. shouldn’t call him

B. needn’t have called him

C. shouldn’t have called him

D. didn’t need to call him

20、The village is far away from here indeed. It’s _________ walk.

A．a four hour

B．a four hour’s

C．a four-hours

D．a four hours’

21、There was no light in the room and it took me a few seconds to the darkness.

A．lead to

B．tend to

C．adjust to

D．appeal to

22、She felt   about wearing the improper garment at the party.

A.embarrassing  B.embarrass

C.to embarrass   D.embarrassed

23、I was surprised that he just sat there and ________ all their remarks which were ________ too harsh and unfair.

A．arranged; far

B．handled; more

C．meditated; way

D．swallowed; much

24、The glass of water is too hot. I prefer some cold ________ water.

A.to boil B.having boiled C.boiled D.boiling

25、The boy seldom helps his parents with the housework; ________.

A．nor does his sister

B．so his sister does

C．neither his sister does

D．so does his sister

26、People of every culture tell each other fairy tales and the same story often takes a variety of forms in different parts of the world. The universal appeal of these fantastical tales is frequently owed to the idea that they contain warning messages: in the case of Little Red Riding Hood, to listen to your mother, not wander away from the path, and avoid talking to strangers. “It might be what we find interesting about this story is that it's got this survival-relevant information in it,” says anthropologist Jamie Tehrani at Durham University in the UK. But his research suggests otherwise. By exploring how fairy tales have changed and evolved as they spread between cultures, he believes he has discovered what truly makes them appealing.

His analysis focused on Little Red Riding Hood in its many guises (变体), which include another Western fairy tale known as The Wolf and the Kids. Exploring academic collections for variants of these two tales and similar stories from Africa, East Asia and other regions, he ended up with 58 stories recorded from oral traditions.

First he tested some assumptions about which aspects of the story change least as it evolves, indicating their importance. Folklorists believe that events are more central to the story than characters; however, Tehrani found no significant difference in the rate of evolution of events compared with that of characters. “Certain events are very stable because we recognize them as being crucial to the story but there are lots of other details that can evolve quite freely,” he says.

Neither did his analysis support the theory that the middle section of a story is the most conserved part. He found no significant difference in the flexibility of events at the beginning, middle and end. But the really big surprise came when he looked at the warning elements of the story. In his analysis, such elements were just as flexible as seemingly unimportant details. What, then, is important enough to be reproduced from generation to generation?

The answer, it would appear, is horror: horrifying aspects of the story turned out to be the best preserved of all. In many European versions, for example, the wolf feeds Red Riding Hood a meal made from the remains of her grandmother. “There’s this brilliant Italian one where the wolf says there’s some tortellini (意式饺子), but of course those are her grandmother's ears,” says Tehrani. In East Asian variants, a group of sisters spend the night in bed with a tiger and awake to hear it eating the bones of the youngest one. “Those kinds of features are very common in lots of versions of the story,” says Tehrani.

Why are these details treated with such respect by generations of storytellers, when other features are readily substituted? Tehrani has an idea: “In an oral context, a story won't survive because of one great teller. It also needs to be interesting when it's told by someone who's not necessarily a great storyteller.” Maybe dining on the remains of a relative is so fascinating that it helps the story remain popular, no matter how badly it's told.

【1】What did Teherani's analysis focus on?

A．A series of fairy tales related to each other.

B．Fairy tales that have been studied before.

C．Fairy tales assumed to be informative.

D．A series of fairy tales that come in various forms.

【2】What can be learned about Little Red Riding Hood?

A．In its different versions, events stay the same but characters don't.

B．All of its different editions have the same middle part.

C．It is most famous for its survival-related information.

D．There is always something scary in its variants.

【3】According to Tehrani's explanation in the last paragraph, what can be inferred?

A．Whether a story can survive depends on whether the story teller is interesting or not.

B．If a story itself were not attractive enough, it could hardly be passed on orally.

C．Dining on the remains of a relative is the commonest plot in fairy tales.

D．Good storytellers can make up for the story that is not well written.

【4】The passage is mainly concerned with __________.

A．why some assumptions about fairy tales are acceptable

B．which fairy tales have stood the test of time

C．what is behind the enduring appeal of fairy tales

D．how anthropologists have been studying fairy tales

27、Alibaba Cloud and the Hangzhou city government announced the launch of ET City Brain 2.0, a cloud-powered and AI-driven urban traffic-management system that aims to increase the city’s efficiency.

After over two years of testing in Alibaba’s home base, ET City Brain has become the new infrastructure (基础设施) for Hangzhou, with a total coverage of 420 square kilometers in area, including over 1,300 traffic lights. Over 200 traffic officers are connected via mobile phones, enabling them to receive real-time alerts on any traffic-related emergencies.

In version 2.0, the system will optimize the city’s firefighting abilities by providing key information to firefighters, such as water pressure, the number and position of fire hydrants (消防栓) in a given area, the location of gas pipes and other details they need to know. The information is instant, making the entire firefighting process faster, safer and more accurate.

City Brain gives meaning to data. By using AI and advanced algorithms (计算程序), City Brain is able to analyze a large amount of data and turn them into useful information in real-time speed.

As a result of City Brain’s ability to predict traffic flow, detect accidents and provide instant feedback, Hangzhou has dropped from 5th to the 57th on the list of China’s most congested cities. Hangzhou is probably the only city that can tell you how many cars are on the street at any given time.

In the case of medical emergencies, City Brain is able to change traffic lights, so emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire trucks can head to the scene without interruption, accelerating their arrival time by 49%.

Dr. Wang Jian, head of Alibaba’s Technology Steering Committee who invented the term “City Brain”，said the system is designed to empower a city to act quickly and directly. It is more than just about traffic management. It’s really about how to make city more livable at a time of shrinking natural resources around the globe. “It is a matter of sustainability, while using as little natural resources as possible,” Wang said, “This is just the beginning.”

【1】What benefit will ET City Brain bring?

A．Less traffic jam.

B．Lower crime rates.

C．Efficient government.

D．Improved medical care.

【2】Which of the following functions of the City Brain is NOT mentioned in the text?

A．Predicting traffic flow.

B．Giving quick feedback.

C．Changing traffic lights.

D．Handling traffic accidents.

【3】Which of the following best explains the underlined word “optimize” in Paragraph 3?

A．Practise.

B．Better.

C．Operate.

D．Emphasize.

【4】What can we conclude from the last paragraph?

A．ET City Brain 2.0 is a mature version.

B．Alibaba targets environment-friendly development.

C．The government is devoted to improving the system.

D．The system can solve the problem of lack of resources.

28、   I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before.

I had seen Mikey himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. If I were to deal with them, I'd be busy 24 hours a day.

The forged excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull:“Peter was late because the alarm clock didn't go off."

Isn't it remarkable, I thought, how the students complained and said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject? But when they produced excuse notes, they were brilliant.

So one day I typed out a dozen excuse notes and gave them to my classes. I said,“They're supposed to be written by parents, but actually they are not.True, Mikey?" The students looked at me nervously.

“Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note- the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You're so lucky to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a subject worthy of study.”

Everyone smiled as I went on,“You used your imaginations. So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam to God' or ‘An Excuse Note from Eve to God'.”

Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. For the first time ever I saw students so careful in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.

The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed.The headmaster entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said, “I'd like you to see me in my office."

When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said,“I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you.”

【1】What did the author do with the students found dishonest?

A.He reported them to the headmaster. B.He lectured them hard on honesty.

C.He had them take notes before lunch. D.He helped improve their writing skills.

【2】The underlined word "forged" in the third paragraph means“_________”.

A.former B.copied C.false D.honest

【3】The author found that compared with the true excuse notes, the produced ones by the students were usually

A.less imaginative B.more impressive C.worse written D.less convincing

【4】The author had the students practice writing excuse notes so the students could learn

A.the importance of being honest B.how to write excuse notes skillfully

C.the value of creative writing D.how to be creative in writing

【5】What did the headmaster think of the author's way of teaching?

A.Effective. B.Difficult. C.Misleading. D.Reasonable.

29、For as long as she can remember, 13-year-old Lila Hoffa has struggled to express herself in writing. Her handwriting is sometimes messy and disorganized, and she used to have trouble holding a pen. In her first years at school, her teachers didn’t notice that anything was wrong. But that changed when she met her third-grade teacher, Valerie Holmgren.

“She realized that there was something more going on than just typical writing problems,” Lila said. Lila was diagnosed with dysgraphia (被诊断为书写困难) which destroys her ability to write clearly. So her teachers and her parents held a meeting to figure out what to do next.

“We were all sitting around a long table,” Lila recalled.“And Mrs. Holmgren pulled out a computer and opened it to Google Docs, and said that there was this cool thing that she wanted to show me.” Holmgren opened up a speech-to-text program that instantly converts (转换) spoken words into typed text.

For Lila, a creative student and passionate storyteller, it felt like a eureka moment. “This was just an amazing moment for me because I realized all of the stories and the ideas that I had stuck in my head — there was an easy way to get them down onto paper,” Lila said.“And I just threw my head back and said,’I could write a thousand stories.’”

Lila now uses speech-to-text software every day to type up emails, write essays in class, and of course, write stories. The first story she wrote with the program was called “The Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Reading — AKA Me!”.

If Holmgren were standing in front of her today, this is what Lila would say: “Thank you for noticing my potential and noticing that there was so much more to me. You knew that there was so much inside my head that needed to get out.”

【1】What is the problem with Lila?

A．She dresses messily.

B．She has a writing disorder.

C．She has trouble completing her homework.

D．She feels embarrassed to express herself in public.

【2】How did Holmgren react to Lila’s behavior?

A．She ignored her problems.

B．She complained to the school.

C．She found a voice recognition solution for Lila.

D．She required Lila’s parents to take her to a special school.

【3】What does the underlined part “a eureka moment” in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．A bittersweet moment.

B．A challenging moment.

C．A moment of severe crisis.

D．A moment of sudden understanding.

【4】What do we know about Lila’s current situation?

A．She has unlocked her creativity.

B．She has published some stories.

C．She has helped others realize their potential.

D．She has difficulty using the typing software.

30、In high school Norman Greenstein was a productive doodler (涂鸦手), and created lots of paintings. When he ________ his works to his teacher, the teacher responded, “The problem with modern art is that you can ________ on a canvas (画布) and call it art.” Norman felt so disappointed, but he ________ parted with art over the years.

After his ________, Norman spared no efforts to ________ his wife and three children with devotion. Although life was sometimes hard for him, it didn’t ruin his ________ for creative expression. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the 65-year-old social worker, decided to turn his ________ diagnosis into a positive opportunity to ________ a lifelong dream.

With the help of his son, Norman was able to start a ________ involving his whole family , in order to make his own works ________ by all people around him, as well as his ________ experience of fighting against Parkinson’s disease.

In 2021, an online ________ was launched to feature the colorful canvases and he also ________ a memoir (回忆录) called Spit on a Canvas: the Journey of the Parkinson’s Painter. Meanwhile, Norman began selling his first paintings, with galleries exhibiting his works. The team is also________ releasing Norman’s first digital NFT art collection. 20% of the ________ has been donated to two Parkinson’s research foundations.

【1】

A．assigned

B．offered

C．conveyed

D．showed

【2】

A．set

B．spit

C．sneeze

D．skip

【3】

A．still

B．occasionally

C．never

D．frequently

【4】

A．retirement

B．exhibition

C．graduation

D．marriage

【5】

A．support

B．respect

C．provide

D．share

【6】

A．calling

B．praying

C．longing

D．waiting

【7】

A．unbelievable

B．dark

C．embarrassing

D．unsolved

【8】

A．release

B．refresh

C．realize

D．restore

【9】

A．project

B．request

C．competition

D．reform

【10】

A．spotted

B．recommended

C．developed

D．regarded

【11】

A．thorough

B．tough

C．upset

D．stressful

【12】

A．drama

B．contest

C．programme

D．gallery

【13】

A．published

B．copied

C．revised

D．examined

【14】

A．ending with

B．working on

C．relying on

D．paying for

【15】

A．salary

B．reward

C．sale

D．allowance

31、课本原文填空。

In g【1】, doctors in those days had two c【2】theories to explain how cholera spread. One theory was that bad air caused the disease. Another was that cholera was caused by an i【3】from germs in food or water. Snow s【4】to the second theory. It was correct, but he still needed p【5】. Consequently, when an o【6】of cholera hit London in 1854, Snow began to investigate. He discovered that in two particular streets the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why.

32、书面表达

感恩，是我们生活中永恒的话题。学会感恩，学会热爱生活，我们将会感受到更多快乐。假设你将参加主题为“感恩”的演讲比赛，请你根据以下要点写一篇英语演讲稿。要点：

1.感恩对象(父母、老师、朋友…)；

2.为何感恩；

3.如何感恩。

注意：

1.只能选择一个感恩对象；

2.词数120左右。开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Good morning, everyone,

It’s a great honor to have the opportunity to be with you today. The topic of my speech is “Thank you,

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Thank you for listening.