襄阳2025届高三毕业班第三次质量检测英语试题

1、Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005, laid ______ America’s class divide, as better-off residents escaped the city while poor blacks suffered in the stinky sports arena.

A．raw

B．bare

C．complicated

D．racial

2、Some parents can’t afford enough time with their children ______they want to.

A. as if   B. even if   C. because   D. before

3、Most of the students Harvard ____________ stand out in a certain way compared to others.

A.exposes B.admits C.underestimates

4、I bought a new shirt for John, _____ he didn’t like it.

A.becuase B.and C.but

5、With the rumor that he was once sentenced into prison for five years__________ , he found he couldn’t live in this city any longer.

A.getting across B.getting around C.getting through D.getting over

6、—I don‘t think I can afford an iphone 6． It‘s expensive．

—__________ You‘re rich．

A． Who cares?  B． So what?

C． No doubt．  D． Come on．

7、The suspect was declared innocent for____of convincing evidence.

A.lack B.absence C.confusion D.unawareness

8、Tony couldn’t remember ______he had turned off the computer before he left the office．

A. that   B. where

C. when   D. whether

9、English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, ______ using it differently.

A．all of which

B．every of them

C．each of them

D．all of whom

10、How are the things in your village?

Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are ________ now than before.

A. well off   B. better off C. badly off   D. worse off

11、During the long summer holidays, it is a _______ for American children to spend several weeks at summer camps.

A. costume B. custom C. customer   D.feast

12、The interviewee was delighted at the news that the he had made on the interviewers was quite favorable.

A. expression   B. permission

C. impression D. satisfaction

13、The trick to marketing is to find out your customers and take steps to ______ their needs.

A. have   B. give

C. feel   D. meet

14、I won’t believe it until I _______ it with my own eyes.

A.see B.has seen C.saw D.will see

15、—I’m so annoyed! And I just don’t understand why Mike is constantly speaking ill of me.

—Don’t take it ______.He treats everyone the same

A.thoroughly B.individually C.accurately D.personally

16、In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.

A. performing to; to   B. performing; with

C. to perform; to   D. to perform; by

17、—It seems that the manager is unhappy.

—Surely he is. Steve left the company with his work ______.

A．leaving unfinished

B．left unfinished

C．leaving to finish

D．left finishing

18、He was about to leave the office for home________someone knocked the door and asked for some help.

A.until B.when C.as D.while

19、Had they known what was coming next, they _________second thoughts.

A. may have   B. could have

C. must have had D. might have had

20、The letter ________ Tommy received from his company yesterday is very important.

A. who   B. where   C. what   D. that

21、My son Leon’s passion (热爱) for surfing began at the age of 13. Before and after school each day, he put on his wet suit, picked up his equipment, swam out beyond the surf line and waited to be challenged by his friends.

One afternoon, the lifeguard reported over the phone to my husband Wilson that Leon’s eye was badly injured by his board. Wilson rushed him to the emergency room, where he received 26 stitches (缝线) from the comer of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I was on an airplane flying home from a meeting while Leons’ eye was being stitched. Wilson drove directly to the airport after they left the doctor’s office. He greeted me at the gate and                    told me Leon was waiting in the car.

“Leon?” I questioned. I remember thinking the waves must have been bad that day. “He’s been in an accident, but he’s going to be fine,” said my husband.

A traveling working mother’s worst nightmare (恶梦) had come true. I ran to the car so fast the heel of my shoe broke off. I swung open the door, to see that my youngest son had a patch (眼罩) over his eye and was leaning toward me crying, “Oh, Ma, I’m so glad you’re home.” I cried in his arms, telling him how awful I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called. “Its OK, Mom,” he comforted me. “You don’t know how to surf anyway.”

“What?” I asked, confused by his logic. “I’ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in 8 days,” said my son.

I wanted to tell him he wasn’t allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but instead I bit my tongue and hoped he would forget about surfing. For the next 7 days he kept pressing me to let him surf again. One day after I had repeated “No” to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game. “Mom, you taught us never to give up what we love,” he said. And I gave in.

Back then Leon was just a boy with a passion for surfing. Now he is a man with a responsibility. He ranks among the top 25 professional surfers in the world. Passionate people stick to what they love and never give up.

【1】How did the author feel when she knew Leon was at the airport?

A．Delighted.

B．Angry.

C．Excited.

D．Surprised.

【2】What did Leon do after being injured?

A．He still held onto his dream firmly.

B．He decided to follow his mom’s advice.

C．He felt like the accident was a nightmare.

D．He felt disappointed for being unable to surf for long.

【3】Which of the following words can best describe Leon?

A．Brave and creative.

B．Optimistic and reliable.

C．Responsible and humorous.

D．Enthusiastic and determined.

【4】What does the author mainly want to tell us through the passage?

A．Hard work will always pay off.

B．It’s dangerous for beginners to surf.

C．We should stick to our passions whatever happens.

D．Parents can’t care about children’s safety too much

22、For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions．People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer．For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer．He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing．

Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.

The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．

A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone．Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．

Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．

【1】When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “____”．

A. I give him the cold shoulder

B. I think he is a cold-blooded man

C. I think he is a cold fish

D. I’m likely to get cold feet

【2】 If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________．

A. she is a cold-blooded killer B. she gets cold feet

C. she is a cold fish D. she is out in the cold

【3】We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy．

A. cold-blooded   B. cold shoulder

C. cold feet   D. cold-hearted

【4】 The topic of this passage is about _________．

A. the relationship between cold and our body

B. some expressions about friendship

C. some expressions connected with cold

D. how cold weather comes into being

23、   Walls blanketed in moss(苔鲜)are popping up in major cities, along with promises that they can reduce air pollution—but can a few square metres of plant matter really deal with the smog?

A Berlin-based firm, Green City Solutions, believes so. Its moss walls, called the CityTree, are roughly 4 square metres in size. Armed with Wi-Fi sensors to monitor the health of moss, a City Tree functions autonomously and requires very little maintenance(维护). The wall collects rainwater, which is pumped through a built-in irrigation system to the plants, powered by solar energy. As a result, the firm says each CityTree is able to “eat” around 250 grams of particulate(颗粒) matter a day (nearly 90 kgs a year) and removes about 240 metric tons of CO2 annually. It also cools the surrounding air.

Aware that getting the surrounding air in contact with the moss wall is crucial for the CityTree to be effective, the inventors ensure that the location of each installation (安装) is chosen carefully. Spots where pollution is heavy due to traffic and where air flow is limited are picked. The importance of this step is explained by the fact that the waste gas from a car generally goes vertically a few kilometres into the air.

But this doesn’t mean moss walls will necessarily protect people from pollution. In the Netherlands, researchers found that eight walls installed in Amsterdam failed to reduce the concentration of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (N02). Their report concluded that even doubling the number of moss walls would do little to improve their effectiveness.

The CityTree is not meant for parks or to substitute for street trees, but to add greenery to concrete-heavy spaces where planting is not an option. It’s important to remember that street trees provide a whole host of other benefits, including shelter and habitat for urban wildlife, shade and cooling for people on the street, and reduction of urban heat islands.

【1】What do we know about the CityTree?

A.It can absorb some air pollutants. B.It can irrigate other street plants.

C.It produces electricity to cool water. D.It is aimed at saving water in cities.

【2】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.The importance of CityTree.

B.The function of CityTree.

C.How to operate CityTree.

D.Where to place CityTree.

【3】Why is the example of Amsterdam mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.To show that CityTree can’t always work well.

B.To prove that CityTree can reduce air pollutants.

C.To emphasize the necessity of building moss walls.

D.To analyze the reasons for the failure of the program.

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards replacing street trees with moss walls?

A.Ambiguous. B.Disapproving.

C.Supportive. D.Cautious.

24、Libraries are the temple for book lovers, the main source of knowledge and wisdom. Here are the biggest libraries in the world.

The Library of Congress

The Library of Congress in the US is the biggest library in the world, whose collections are from all around the world. The library has a collection of 32 million cataloged books. It receives 22,000 copies per day from the publication produced in the US. Some of the major works stored in the library are Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, the world’s most famous architectural designs and so on.

The British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is the second biggest library in the world. It holds 150 million items from different countries. It receives 8,000 copies per day from the publication produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its collection includes 14 million books. Every year over 3 million items are added to the library. The major highlights of the library collection are Diamond Sutra and Alice’s Adventures under Ground.

Library and Archives (档案馆) Canada (LAC)

Canada has the third biggest library in the world. The library holds 20 million books, 24 million photographs and a lot of digital works. Its collection includes The Proclamation of the Canadian Constitution Act, the British North America Act and many more precious works.

The New York Public Library (NYPL)

It is the fourth largest library in the world. It is the public library having 87 branches. The library has a collection of 53 million items. It also has four research libraries which are open to the general public. You can ask and discover about anything on the official website of NYPL.

【1】Which of the following works is stored in the Library of Congress?

A．The British North America Act.

B．Alice’s Adventures under Ground.

C．Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence.

D．The Proclamation of the Canadian Constitution Act.

【2】How many new items does the British Library receive every year?

A．About 22,000.

B．More than 8,000.

C．About 14 million.

D．More than 3 million.

【3】Which library owns an official website where you can search for all information?

A．Library and Archives Canada.

B．The Library of Congress.

C．The New York Public Library.

D．The British Library.

25、   I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of _______ must be the most _________ thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother _________ different things for my sister and brother. “But the _________”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.

I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she _______ me, she showed it in action. But _________ a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks _________ mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. _________ she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in _________ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did __________ me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. ________ came. My hope turned to __________, then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ________ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could __________ trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the __________ of her desk told me, as she’d __________ been able to, that she was __________ that writing was my chosen work. I __________ the desk carefully and found some papers __________---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.

“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the ________ that speaks louder than words.

【1】A.speaking B.writing C.looking D.listening

【2】A.wonderful B.tiring C.funny D.productive

【3】A.bought B.gave C.designed D.kept

【4】A.pen B.paper C.chair D.desk

【5】A.loved B.disliked C.appreciated D.sympathized

【6】A.like B.as C.be D.unlike

【7】A.with B.among C.beside D.between

【8】A.So B.And C.But D.Or

【9】A.careful B.active C.thankful D.serious

【10】A.ignore B.accept C.forgive D.dislike

【11】A.No one B.None C.Something D.Neither

【12】A.surprise B.joy C.disappointment D.happiness

【13】A.ideas B.information C.news D.letter

【14】A.stand B.stop C.continue D.practice

【15】A.present B.appearance C.shape D.sight

【16】A.always B.ever C.never D.often

【17】A.sorry B.encouraged C.regretful D.pleased

【18】A.moved B.cleaned C.fixed D.emptied

【19】A.inside B.outside C.below D.above

【20】A.gesture B.method C.action D.way

26、假如你是李华。你的英国朋友Jim所在的学校要组织学生来中国旅行，有两条路线可以选择：“长江之行”或“泰山之旅”。Jim来信希望你能给些建议。请你给他回信，内容包括：

1.你建议的路线；

2.你的理由；

3.你的祝愿。

可能用到的词汇：the Yangtze River 长江 Mount Tai泰山

注意：1.词数120左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim.

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Yours,

Li Hua