南投2025届高三毕业班第二次质量检测英语试题

1、I consider________ no use ________ with him about it.

A．it; quarrelling

B．that; to quarrel

C．it; to quarrel

D．that; quarreling

2、—At lunch time I’d like to have a chat with you.

— ________. Have what with me?

A. I apologize.   B. Pardon?

C. I see.   D. Forgive me.

3、My schedule is very ___ right now, but I’ll try to fit you in.

A. tight   B. short C. regular   D. flexible

4、Nearly all educators believe that a challenging situation can often________ the best qualities of a person.

A．send out

B．pass out

C．carry out

D．bring out

5、He was willing to say______ others were afraid to say, and to dream of what others were afraid to dream about

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．who

6、Jack is a great talker. It’s high time that __________ something instead of just talking.

A．will do

B．has done

C．do

D．did

7、The mother is ________ for the spoiled child.

A．blame to

B．to blamed

C．to blame

D．blame

8、______ the influence of alcohol, he couldn’t ______ his son was lying to him.

A．With; risk

B．With; tell

C．Under; distinguish

D．Under; ensure

9、Some computer games encourage________ behavior in young children, which must be banned.

A．violent

B．domestic

C．artificial

D．relevant

10、________ with depression, eating disorders and alcohol abuse for years, he now understands how important  being healthy is.

A. Struggling   B. Having struggled

C. Struggled   D. Having been struggled

11、Thank you for your timely help; otherwise we   in great trouble now.

A. must have been   B. would have been

C. would be   D. must be

12、Tired from his work, the father seemed to be in no ______ to look at my school report.

A．mood

B．attitude

C．feeling

D．mind

13、They lost their way in the forest, and ________ made matters worse was that night began to fall.

A．that

B．it

C．what

D．which

14、After school we went to the reading room to do some reading, only to be told that it________.

A．is painted

B．was painted

C．was painting

D．was being painted

15、It upsets me to think of her all alone in that big house.

A.makes sb. feel sick after eating or drinking

B.makes something fall over by hitting it by accident

C.makes a plan, situation. etc. go wrong.

D.makes sb. feel unhappy, anxious or annoyed

16、Fears of a flu ________ are growing following the appearance of a number of cases in the city.

A．victim

B．trial

C．intake

D．outbreak

17、Celebrating Valentine’s Day came into __________ fashion many years ago in China, and flower shops can sell dozens of roses __________.

A. a; at a time B. /; at a time

C. /; at one time D. the; at times

18、---How do you find my composition, Mr John?

---Good, ________ too many spelling mistakes. You can't imagine what great difficulties I had ________ them.

A．except; correct

B．except for; to correct

C．except; correcting

D．except for; correcting

19、Miss Lee didn’t notice little Tom slide out of the classroom; she ________ something on the blackboard.

A. was writing  B. wrote  C. had written  D. has written

20、—David, can you tell me where I will _______ a good second-hand bike at a low price?

—You should turn to George, for he is a well-informed man.

A. make up B. hold up C. pick up D. take up

21、Rowling had spent years surviving _______ very little money before she became famous.

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．by

22、—Is it convenient if I come to see you at 3: 00 this afternoon?

—I’m afraid not. I _________ a meeting then. How about 4: 30?

A．have

B．am having

C．would have

D．will be having

23、—Must I return the book next Monday?

—No, you________.

A．must

B．mustn’t

C．needn’t

D．haven’t

24、The pain is beginning to lift, and I am beginning to feel a peace ________.

A．descend upon me

B．probe into me

C．tell me off

D．throw light on me

25、________ the Games will be held in Beijing is not known.

A．Whenever

B．If

C．Whether

D．That

26、I woke up with drool (口水) on my pillow this morning. I wouldn’t have minded except it wasn’t mine. The alarm clock rang, and I reached over to turn it off. As I laid my face back down on the pillow, I felt the wet drool on my pillow case. I opened my eyes and saw a smiling, furry face gazing down at me. I tried to get up, but she was too fast. My face was suddenly covered in kisses with one going straight up my nose and another right in my ear. I laughed, reached out and picked up the eight-pound love machine and held her away from my wet face. It was just another morning in a life with dogs.

Why do we welcome them into our homes and our hearts? We know that we are most likely going to outlive them and have our hearts broken when they age quickly and pass away after ten to fifteen years. We know that there will be vet (兽医) bills, flea baths and enough fur to make a vacuum(真空的) cleaner cry. We know that our ears will ring from the barking, that we will be picking up poop (大便) every single day and that we will never get to finish a full sandwich again.

Yet, when we are feeling down or blue, there will always be a soft head on our lap needing to be pet. When we get home after a long day’s work, there will be a happy face at the door waiting for us. Our lives will be full of balls to throw and love and loyalty that will warm our hearts and uplift our souls.

For thousands of years, dogs have been our best friends. They remain one of the greatest gifts life has ever given us. Even if they can’t love us for the rest of our lives, they will always love us for all of theirs.

【1】How does the author probably feel about his dog every morning?

A．Awful.

B．Impatient.

C．Delighted.

D．Thrilled.

【2】What figure of speech is used in the underlined part in Paragraph 2?

A．Irony(反语).

B．Contrast.

C．Repetition.

D．Personification(拟人).

【3】What is the function of Paragraph 2 ?

A．Exploring why we love dogs.

B．Showing how dogs can be a burden.

C．Giving examples of dogs’ bad behavior.

D．Describing how dogs can be charming.

【4】Why did the writer write this article?

A．To give the good and bad points of raising dogs.

B．To share how much joy his dog has brought him.

C．To say that having a dog is worth all the trouble.

D．To tell the importance of a dog’s company.

27、It was a history-making moment at Miller & Miller’s Canadian & Discoveries Arts auction(拍卖)when the hammer finally came down for a rare Maud Lewis painting for $ 350,000.

Lewis was a Canadian artist who painted brightly colored scenes. She sold her paintings by the side of the road for $2 to $3. Painting wasn’t easy, since she suffered from a physical challenge that made moving painful. After reading an article about her, John Kinnear, also an artist mailed her boxes of painting supplies. At the time, Lewis lived in a one-room house with no electricity, using simple house paint to create. After receiving the supplies, Lewis wrote back insisting on repaying him with some of her paintings.

Kinnear sold some of them, sending part of the money back to Lewis and using the remainder to buy her more paint. Gradually, the two artists developed long-lasting friendship.

Kinnear was friends with Irene and Tony Demas, who owned a restaurant where he ate lunch every day. One day, Kinnear told them he had some paintings by an artist and wondered if they might consider buying one of them. “When we saw the paintings, our jaw almost dropped,” recalls Irene. “We had never seen anything like them. They were so childlike, with cats and cows.” They ended up agreeing to the trade, choosing a painting called Black Trunk.

Over 50 years later, they’re long retired and now considering travelling more. They hoped to sell the painting. In the years since Lewis died, her paintings have become famous. But it was recent scare that really urged them into action. After having non-glare glass added to the painting, the business street where the framer(装裱师)lived burned to the ground just days after they picked up their painting. “We saw that Miller &Miller’s had sold one not long ago. We trusted the Miller brothers.” says Irene.

【1】Why did John Kinnear send Lewis boxes of painting supplies?

A．To exchange for her paintings.

B．To offer her assistance.

C．To teach her painting techniques.

D．To befriend with her.

【2】How did Irene and Tony Demas feel when they first saw Lewis’s paintings?

A．Confused.

B．Panicked.

C．Shocked.

D．Embarrassed.

【3】What was the real reason for the Demas’ selling Black Truck?

A．They were eventually persuaded by the framer.

B．They were afraid the painting would lose value.

C．They fear something unexpected would happen.

D．They were in desperate need of money to travel.

【4】What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To recommend an auction house.

B．To introduce a painting artist.

C．To explain a trend in art collecting.

D．To tell the story of a painting.

28、Household chores might seem a drag, but researchers have suggested tasks like dusting, scrubbing floors and washing the windows might help adults to stay healthy into old age.

Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a Singapore-based team of researchers said regular physical activity “improves physical and mental health, mitigates the risks and effects of chronic diseases, and reduces falls, immobility, dependency and mortality (死亡率) among older adults”. The team randomly recruited (征召) adults from the town of Yishun in Singapore, and asked them to complete cognitive function tests as well as activities to assess their physical capabilities, such as standing up from a chair as quickly as they could. Participants were also quizzed on their levels of physical activity, including the amount of light housework (such as dusting) and heavy housework (such as floor-scrubbing) they did, and were assessed for their risk of having a fall based on measures such as knee extension strength.

The study involved 249 participants aged 21-64 and 240 participants aged 65-90. Most of those who reported doing high levels of heavy or light housework were women. After taking into account factors including age and sex, the team found cognitive scores and attention scores were 8% and 14% higher respectively for older adults doing high amounts of heavy housework—on average 131 minutes a week compared with low levels, which appeared to amount to none at all.

Sit-to-stand times were lower for older adults reporting high amounts of heavy housework compared with low amounts, while they were also assessed asbeing at lower risk of having a fall. The team also found cognitive scores were 5% higher for older adults who reported high levels of light housework — on average doing 902 minutes a week — and memory scores were also higher, comparedwiththoseundertakinglowlevelsofsuchtasks,averaging89minutesaweek.

Gill Livingston, professor of psychiatry of older people at University College London, who was not involved in the work, said the study was interesting but had little meaning as people who are not so well may be expected to do less housework. “I think the advice would be that housework can be good exercise, which is good for your heart and brain. We cannot draw any conclusions from this study that it is specifically protective,” she said.

Charlie Foster, professor of physical activity and public health at the University of Bristol, also urged caution, noting the study relied on self-reported levels of household chores, which may be inaccurate, and did not fully take into account other factors which may influence the results.

【1】What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell people the more housework the better.

B．To stress the importance of health.

C．To propose a way to reduce mortality among older people.

D．To show us the benefits of doing housework for the old.

【2】What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A．Women are more diligent than men.

B．Cognitive and attention scores were 8％and 14% higher for old adults doing more heavy housework.

C．The study is reasonable to some extent.

D．No other factors influence the result of the research.

【3】What can we know from the passage?

A．The study was carried out among old people.

B．Olderadultsreportinghighamountsofheavyhouseworkareathigherriskofhavingafall.

C．Housework is good exercise specifically protective for older adults.

D．Levels of high housework have an influence on cognitive and memory scores.

【4】What is Gill Livingston’s attitude to the result of the study?

A．Indifferent.

B．Supportive.

C．Objective.

D．Favourable.

29、There is plenty of complaints about how social media—texting in particular—may be harming children’s social and intellectual development. But a new study suggests that constant instant messaging (lM’ing) and texting among teens may also provide benefits, particularly for those who are introverted (内向的).

British researchers studied instant messages exchanged by 231 teens, aged 14 to 18. All of the participants were “regular” or “extensive” IM’ers. In the U.S. two thirds of teens use instant messaging services regularly, with a full third messaging at least once every day.

The researchers analyzed 150 conversations in the study, and reported the results in the journal Computers in Human Behavior. In 100 of these chats, the study participant began IM’ing while in a negative emotional state such as sadness, distress or anger. The rest were conversations begun when the participant was feeling good or neutral. After the chat, participants reported about a 20% reduction in their distress—not enough to completely eliminate it, but enough to leave them feeling better than they had before reaching out.

“Our findings suggest that IM’ing between distressed adolescents and their peers may provide emotional relief and consequently contribute to their well-being,” the authors write, noting that prior research has shown that people assigned to talk to a stranger either in real life or online improved their mood in both settings, but even more with IM. And people who talk with their real-life friends online also report feeling closer to them than those who just communicate face-to-face, implying a strengthening of their bond.

Why would digital communication do better than human contact？The reasons are complex, but may have something to do with the fact that users can control expression of sadness and other emotions via IM without exposing emotional elements like tears that some may consider as embarrassing or sources of discomfort. Studies also show that the anonymity (匿名) of writing on a device blankets the users in a sense of safety that may cause people to feel more comfortable in sharing and discussing their deepest and most authentic feelings. The research has shown that expressive writing itself can vent the stress and provide a sense of relief—and doing so, knowing that your words are reaching a sympathetic friend, may provide even more comfort and potentially be therapeutic (治愈的). Researchers also found that introverted participants reported more relief from IM conversations when they were distressed than extroverts did. Susan Cain, author of Quiet wrote recently for TIME：Introverts are often overfilled with thoughts and care deeply for their friends, family and colleagues. But even the most socially skilled introverts sometimes long for a free base from socializing or talking on the phone. This is what the Internet offers：the chance to connect—but in measured doses and from behind a screen.

【1】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？

A．Chat via instant messaging services makes most participants feel good or calm.

B．Instant messaging can help completely remove teens’ negative emotions.

C．Constant instant messaging can help teens control their negative emotions.

D．Teens are more likely to send instant messages when feeling distressed.

【2】According to the passage, what does the digital communication enable users to do？

A．Find more sympathetic friends.

B．Avoid embarrassment and discomfort.

C．Produce more expressive writings.

D．Share and discuss more information.

【3】The underlined word “vent” in paragraph 5 most probably means_______.

A．control

B．maintain

C．increase

D．reduce

【4】What can be concluded from the new study by British researchers？

A．Teens feeling bad often feel closer to real-life friends than to the net friends.

B．American teens aged 14 to 18 are extensive instant messaging users.

C．Introverted teens may benefit from constant instant messaging.

D．Instant messaging will prevent children’s social and intellectual development.

30、   Last year, I attended a class and discussed the topic of "paper books or e-books" with my classmates. The discussion was lively, but was left_________because of several pros and cons（利弊）of both types of books and the personal_________of different students.

According to an article from LA Times, a study discovered that 92% of 300 college students in America and other three countries_________physical paper books. Many participants reported they had headaches for long screen time and are easily_________when sliding colorful pages.

I_________that the 92 percentage is true, not just because it is the result of a study. Paper books can_________another perspective（感受）to your reading experience through the_________smell of the book, the feel of the _________between your fingertips and the sense of progress being made throughout your reading.

However, pleasure comes at a_________. Physical books aren't cheap and__________much room. As a person who moves often and loves written words, it can be a big__________to move my mini library from one place to another, not to mention the money to buy those books.__________, besides taking up less space, e-books are more__________than traditional books. Yet those__________didn't keep my interest for long. Nothing__________the comforting feeling of curling up（蜷缩）with a hot cup of tea and a book.

【1】A.unheard B.untouched C.unsolved D.unexplained

【2】A.decisions B.suggestions C.worries D.preferences

【3】A.refused B.favoured C.disliked D.trusted

【4】A.carried away B.taken in C.worn out D.fed up

【5】A.doubt B.believe C.assess D.confirm

【6】A.ruin B.compare C.block D.bring

【7】A.unique B.bad C.common D.strange

【8】A.stories B.pages C.characters D.bookmarks

【9】A.price B.loss C.speed D.time

【10】A.occupy B.create C.waste D.make

【11】A.relief B.reward C.headache D.mistake

【12】A.In other words B.As a result C.In addition D.On the other hand

【13】A.available B.costly C.affordable D.reliable

【14】A.disadvantages B.benefits C.thoughts D.challenges

【15】A.involves B.deserves C.beats D.expresses

31、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Today, the events 【1】 in realistic-looking or-sounding video and audio recordings need never have happened. They can instead be 【2】 automatically, by powerful computers and machine-learning software. The catch-all term for these computational productions is “deepfakes”.

The term first appeared on Reddit, a messaging board, as the username for an account which was producing 【3】 videos. An entire community 【4】 up around the creation of these videos, writing software tools that let anyone automatically 【5】 one person’s face onto the body of another. Reddit shut the community down, but the technology was out there. Soon it was being applied to political 【6】 and actors.

Tools for editing media 【7】 have existed for decades—think Photoshop. The power and peril of deepfakes is that they make fakery cheaper than ever before. Before deepfakes, a powerful computer and a good chunk of a university degree were needed to produce a realistic fake video of someone. Now some photos and an Internet connection are all that is required.

The consequences of cheap, widespread fakery are likely to be 【8】, albeit slow to unfold. Plenty worry about the possible impact that believable, fake footage of politicians might have on civil society—from a further loss of trust in media to the 【9】 for electoral distortions. These technologies could also be deployed against softer targets: it might be used, for instance, to bully classmates by creating imagery of them in embarrassing situations. In a world that was already saturated with 【10】 imagery, deepfakes make it plausible to push that even further.

32、假设你是李华，你校将于11月举办110周年校庆，请你代表学校给外教Steven写一封信，希望他推荐一位学生在开幕式上英文致辞。信的内容包括：

1.   写信目的；  2.推荐条件（至少2个）；  3.表示感谢。

注意：1.词数80左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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