2025届湖南省湘潭县一中、双峰一中、邵东一中、永州四中高三下第一次测试英语试题含解析

2025届湖南省湘潭县一中、双峰一中、邵东一中、永州四中高三下第一次测试英语试题考生请注意：
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第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．The boss_________the employees a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has occurred yet.
A．promised B．had promised C．would promise D．promises
2．There a slight decrease in his weight but he eats too much.
A．was B．could have been
C．had been D．could be
3．From my point of view, there’s little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation.
________, it is important that we try our best.
A．Meanwhile B．Otherwise
C．Therefore D．Nevertheless
4．So far, more than 1300 hotels in Europe, Africa, Middle East region have committed to _________ in the event, with many more ________ to join the effort.
A．participating; expecting B．participate; to expect
C．participating; expected D．participate; to be expected
5．Those have six or more close friends are described as "very happy".
A．whose B．who
C．which D．when
6．Pandas are _____ to the mountains of central China and only about 1,000 remain in the wild.
A. native B．sensitive C．relate D．familiar
7．“Made in China 2025” aims to transform China from a product-making factory into a product-making power,
______________ driven by innovation and emphasizing quality over quantity.
A．the one that B．one that
C．one D．the one
8．---Tom has failed again in the math exam. I am really let down.
---______ He has already done his best.
A．Don’t push him. B．No kidding.
C．He should be to blame. D．No wonder.
9．I hope that we will be able to make it through the tough times and back to the business of working together ________
our common goals.
A．on behalf of B．in honor of C．on top of D．in search of
10．This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it, ________.
A．however much it may cost B．no matter how it may cost
C．how much may it cost D．however many it may cost
11．When in trouble，remember to stay calm，and everything will well．
A．turn back B．turn up C．turn down D．turn out
12．Speaking a foreign language allows you to ________ time in a negotiation, for you can act like you have not understood to come up with your answer.
A．save B．afford C．buy D．spend
13．Thanks to Mrs Smit h, the father and the son eventually ______after ten years’ cold relationship between them. A．took up B．picked up C．made up D．turned up
14．________ they choose Chinese company is that China has the most advanced technology of high speed railway in the world.
A．When B．That
C．Where D．Why
15．All children should get access to a high-quality education ________ their race, zip code or family income. A．depending on B．regardless of
C．due to D．apart from
16．—Congratulations！I hear you’ve won the first prize in the s inging competition．—You _____ be mistaken．I’m in the dance class．
A．must B．may C．should D．could
17．Since it was getting late, we decided to find a small inn to _______ for the night.
A．put off B．put out C．put away . D．put up
18．—Don’t make a special journe y to pick up the laundry for me.
—It’s OK. I ________ to the shop anyway.
A．was going B．will have gone
C．have gone D．will be going
19．Tourists love Beijing, offers an infinite collection of delights ranging from 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites to food from every corner of China and beyond.
A．that B．where
C．which D．who
20．Video games can be a poor influence if ________ in the wrong hands.
A．to leave B．leaving C．leave D．left
第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21．（6分）Most of us struggle through the time it takes to get a cup of coffee to our lips once our alarms go off. Luckily, this coffee-brewing alarm clock could make those few struggling minutes practically disappear.
An alarm clock that brews a fresh pot of coffee as soon as you wake up actually exists, and you can buy it right now. Thanks to the Barisieur, your morning time will never be the same.
Here’s how it works: Before you go to bed, fill the glass container with water and pour ground coffee into the filter (过滤器). Not a black coffee drinker?
Not to worry --- special drawers keep your cream cold and store your sugar, too.
Then, just set your alarm and go to sleep. This machine will take care of the rest.
A few minutes before your alarm goes off next morning, the Barisieur will begin to brew your coffee. And voila! A hot cup of coffee is waiting for you when your alarm rings and you open your eyes. You won’t even have to leave your bed.
London designer Joshua Renouf designed this invention himself, raising over $500,000 through donations on IndieGoGo. Coffee lovers should act fast and put in a pre-order on the website now, paying just $300. Otherwise, you have to wait until it hits stores and pay $420.
Owning one of these clocks will be totally worth it. Nothing says “seize the day” quite like waking up to a pot of freshly brewed coffee, after all. Also, the machine isn’t limited to making coffee only in the morning. You can go out and return home with a hot cup of coffee waiting for you.
1、Why does the author mention the struggle?
A．To show making coffee is challenging.
B．To show coffee can make us feel better.
C．To show the coffee-brewing alarm clock is great.
D．To show it is difficult to get up early in the morning.
2、What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer t o?
A．The Barisieur. B．The morning time.
C．A hot cup of coffee. D．The glass container.
3、What’s the benefit of pre-ordering the clock on the website now?
A．Y ou can get one much earlier.
B．Y ou can get one at a great discount.
C．Y ou can get donations from its designer.
D．Y ou may have a chance to meet Joshua Renouf.
4、What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A．To tell us how to make coffee easily.
B．To advertise a new product in a store.
C．To recommend a special kind of alarm clock.
D．To compare traditional alarm clocks and new ones.
22．（8分）Over the course of his long and amazing career, W. Somerset Maugham( 1874-1965) achieved great success as a novelist and a playwright. Not happy with just being a writer, Maugham was also a spy. But this was less of a success than his writing.
Dec 15, 2016 marked 51 years since his death, and Maugham’s works have never been out of print. Of Human Bondage(1915) was his masterpiece. The title comes from the great 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. The ph ilosopher thought that human beings were slaves to what they wanted and needed. That’s exactly what Philip Carey, the hero of the novel, experiences.
Carey is a slave to his emotional needs. He doesn’t get much love when he is a child, so he looks for love later. After losing both his parents early in his life, Carey is raised by a paternal uncle who is emotionally cold. In his adult life, he goes from woman to woman and job to job, as he finds it a struggle to find either personal happiness or the right job for his talents. Not wanting to become a lawyer, he is eventually trained and qualified as a physician.
But true love is much harder to find. He finds that he attracts women he has no feelings for and falls in love with those who have no interest in him or, worse, try to take advantage of him. He is torn apart by the pain of his helpless love of a waitress and not being able to return the love of a young artist.
Although Maugham tried to hide it, the book is about his own life. Carey’s loveless childhood and romantic troubles were Maugham’s own. However, he managed to turn these painful details into a story that would interest readers who share his characters’ feeling.
Maugham does not just write about his life in the novel. He writes about deeply personal things in a way that speaks to everyone about their wants and needs.
1、In which field did Maugham achieve great success?
A．Politics. B．Writing.
C．Sport. D．Philosophy.
2、What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A．Maugham’s works may never appear in print.
B．Mau gham’s works become a big hit overnight.
C．Maugham’s works don’t top the best-seller list.
D．Maugham’s works are still popular among readers.
3、The hero, Carey, in Of Human Bondage _________.
A．is the master of his own emotions
B．thinks it’s much easier to find true love
C．has strong emotional needs for lack of love
D．rescues himself from being a slave to his needs
4、What is the article mainly about?
A．Maugham’s masterpiece.B．Maugham’s beliefs.
C．Maugham’s love for writing.D．Maugham’s popularity.
23．（8分）Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
“Predicting species, reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researchers of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance—for both leafing and flowering—that results from temperature increase,” the study said.
The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.
Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the world’s average temperature has risen by about 0.8℃ since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979.
So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century—a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which
weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.
1、What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A．Plants’ reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.
B．The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’ expectation.
C．Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
D．Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.
2、We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that .
A．plants’ flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing
B．there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents
C．scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D．the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change
3、Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because .
A．they can prove the climate change clearly
B．they are very important in the food chains
C．they play a leading role in reducing global warming
D．they are growing and flowering much faster than before
4、What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature?
A．It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.
B．Its change will lead to weather extremes.
C．It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1900.
D．It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979.
（8分）Y ou may think that the story of Pygmalion (《卖花女》, 1913)---in which people are judged by the way they 24．
talk --- is something that only existed in the days of British high society. But thanks to etiquette (礼仪) expert and author William Hanson, we realize that little has changed during the past 100 years.
In a BBC radio program, Hanson released a list of common words used in British English that could reveal whether a person is “common” or “fashionable”.
And yet here comes the interesting part: While some of us might go through life using fancy words, dressing in ways that make us appear more well-off than we really are, there are wealthy people in the world who try to hide their riches because they want to be seen as “normal” instead of “showy”.
Beatrice, for example, is a New Yorker who inherited (继承) millions of dollars. She told The New Y ork Times that she has a habit of removing the price tags from her clothes so her house staff don’t see them and feel uncomfortable.
“We don’t want that ‘Wow’.” said Scott, also a New Yorker, who had just inherited over $3 million. “We’re just not the type of people who wear it o n our sleeve.”
1、What does William Hanson find?
A．People failed to judge others’ manner.
B．People meet impolite persons frequently.
C．People tend to use more polite words.
D．People judge others by their way of talking.
2、What do rich people prefer to do?
A．To earn more money.
B．To hide their riches.
C．To think highly of their wealth.
D．To judge others by their wealth.
3、Why did Beatrice remove the price tags on her clothes?
A．To show off her fashion sense.
B．To avoid making people around her uncomfortable.
4、What does the underlined word “it” in the last sentence mean?
A．The Times magazine. B．The brand label.
C．The inheritance contract. D．The price tag.
25．（10分）October 31, 2009, California
Tsien Hsue-shen, PhD’39, one of the founders of the Jet Propuls ion Laboratory, died on October 31, He was 98.
Tsien, bom in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, graduated from the National Qinghua University in 1934 and in August of 1935 he left China to study at the Massachusetts Institute Technology. In 1936 he went to the California Institute of Technology to commence graduate studies. Tsien obtained his doctor degree in 1939 and would remain at Caltech for 20 years, becoming the Goddard Professor and establishing a reputation as one of the leading rocket scientists in the United States.
In 1943, Tsien and two others in the Caltech rocketry group drafted the first document to use the name Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During the Second World War, he was amongst the other scientists participated the "Manhattan Project". After World War II he served as a consultant to the United States Army Air Force. During this time, Conlonel Tsien worked on designing an intercontinental space plane. His work would inspire the X—20Dyna-Soar which would later be the inspiration for the Space Shuttle. In 1945 Tsien Hsue-shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Jiang Baili——one of the Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai—shen’s leading military strategists. But in 1950, the
Chinese-born scientist was accused of harboring Communist sympathies and stripped of his security clearance.
In September 1955 he was permitted to leave for China, where Tsien resumed his research, founded the Institute of Mechanics, and went on to become the father of China’s missile program, a trusted member of the gov ernment and Party’s inner circle, and the nation’s most honored scientist, Tsien retired in 1991 and has maintained a low public profile in Beijing, China. The PRC government launched its manned space program in 1992 and used Tsien’s research as the basis for the Long March rocket which successfully launched the Shenzhou V mission in October of 2003. The elderly Tsien was able to watch China’s first manned space mission on television from his hospital bed.
In his late years, since the 1980s, Tsien devoted himself to spirituality research, and advocated scientific investigation of traditional Chinese medicine, Qigong and ""special human body functions".
1、The underlined word "commence" in this passage probably means ________.
A．make up B．get
C．begin D．promise
2、Tsien Hsue-shen got married at the age of ________.
A．45 B．28
C．24 D．34
3、What is the right order of the events related to Tsien Hsue-shen?
a. his later life
b. return to China
c. career in the U. S. A
d. his early life and education
A．a-b-c-d B．d-c-b-a
C．d-b-c-a D．c-b-d-a
4、Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Tsien Hsue-shen got a doctor’s degree in 1939.
B．Tsien Hsue-shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shen.
C．Tsien Hsue-shen has made a contribution to the Space Shuttle.
D．Tsien Hsue-shen was interested in traditional Chinese medicine, qigong and "special human body funcitions" in his later life.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26．（30分）An important part of any business relationship is informal conversation. Before you start a discussion, 1 , make sure you understand which topics are 2 and which are considered taboo (禁忌) in a
3 culture. Latin Americans enjoy
4 information about their local history, art, and customs.
5 questions about your family, and be sure to show pictures of your children. You may feel free to ask
6 questions of your Latin American friends. The French think of conversation as an art
7 , and they enjoy the value of lively discussions as well as
8 . For them, arguments can be interesting — and they can
9 pretty much or any topic—10 they occur in a respectful and intelligent manner.
In the United States, business people like to discuss a 11 range of topics, including opinions about work, family, hobbies, and politics. In Japan, China, and Korea, however, people are much more private. They do not talk much about 12 thoughts, feelings, or emotions because they feel that doing so might take away the harmonious business relationship they’re trying to 13 . Middle Easterners are also private about their personal lives and family 14 . It is considered 15 , for example, to ask a businessman from Saudi Arabia about his wife or children.
As a general 16 , it’s best not to talk about politics or religion with your business friends. This 17
get you into trouble, 18 in the United States, where people hold different views. In addition, discus sing one’s salary is usually considered unsuitable. Sports is 19 a friendly subject in most parts of the world, although be careful not to 20 a national sport. Instead, be friendly and praise your host’s team.
1、A．therefore B．however C．thus D．then
2、A．enjoyable B．respectable C．available D．suitable
3、A．particular B．special C．especial D．usual
4、A．requiring B．requesting C．speaking D．sharing
5、A．Prepare B．Collect C．Expect D．Imagine
6、A．similar B．strange C．interesting D．favorable
7、A．lesson B．show C．form D．exhibition
8、A．agreements B．equipment C．disagreements D．instruments
9、A．say B．cover C．make D．hold
10、A．as far as B．even though C．as long as D．for fear that
11、A．long B．various C．wide D．small
12、A．other B．our C．your D．their
13、A．instruct B．direct C．control D．build
14、A．history B．matters C．tree D．pictures
15、A．rude B．polite C．curious D．dangerous
16、A．idea B．rule C．regulation D．direction
17、A．can B．must C．need D．should
18、A．even B．still C．never D．not
19、A．hardly B．instantly C．nearly D．typically
20、A．beat B．criticize C．strike D．organize
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27．（15分）Last summer, my family took a trip to Shanghai City from Hong Kong. It was my 1．(one) visit to the city.
What I saw in Shanghai City was 2．(extreme) impressive. All the cars were in a hurry and everyone in the streets was walking rapidly. There were many more ways than my hometown for one to get to 3．from one place. Everywhere people were driving, riding shared bikes, waiting for buses, 4．rushing underground to the subway stations.
In 5．(add) to the people and transportation, I found the buildings were also 6．(amaze). Each street was filled with buildings that 7．(build) side by side and a number of skyscrapers were present throughout the city 8．well. Standing on the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower, I could hold almost the entire city from this view. Some stores were also as large or even larger than the ones in my hometown.
My visit to Shanghai City was like discovering a new of life. I expect 9．(move) to such a great city. My first trip to Shanghai City was one of the most unforgettable 10．(experience) of my life and it is also the one I will always treasure. 第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28．（10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共10处语言错误，每句最多有两处。

每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

With the development of modern technology, there are a plenty of ways for us to contact people、WeChat is probably our favorite, mainly because of its convenient、We can keep in contact with friends whenever it is and wherever we are as long as Wi-Fi is available、Another advantage is it is a relative cheap and quick way of communication、As messages get send and received instantly, the cost of making phone calls is cut down、Besides, music as well as pictures and videos are often downloaded through WeChat, but it is now a useful entertainment tool、However, problems exist at the meanwhile、For example, your identity can be easily revealed, so we should pay attention to protect our personal information、
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29．（25分）Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
你是王华，临近寒假，你的好朋友刘伟写信向你咨询他的寒假计划。

目前有三个备选方案:去美国某高中参加冬令营(winter camp)；应征某历史博物馆临时讲解员(docent)；提前学习下学期的高中课程。

请给刘伟写回信，谈谈你的看法。

信中必须包括:
1. 你建议的方案;
2. 你如此建议的理由;
3. 你对于执行此方案的建议。

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参考答案
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1、A
2、D
3、D
4、C
5、B
6、A
7、C
8、A
9、A
10、A
11、D
12、C
13、C
14、D
15、B
16、A
17、D
18、D
19、C
20、D
第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

21、1、C
2、A
3、B
4、C
22、1、B
2、D
3、C
4、A
23、1、B
2、C
3、B
4、A
24、1、D
2、B
3、B
4、D
25、1、C
2、D
3、B
4、B
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节）第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．
26、1、B
2、D
3、A
4、D
5、C
6、A
7、C
8、C
9、B
10、C
11、C
12、D
13、D
14、B
15、A
16、B
17、A
18、A
19、D
20、B
第二节（每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

27、1．first
2．extremely
3．another
4．or
5．addition
6．amazing
7．were built
8．as
9．to move
10．experiences
第四部分写作（共两节）第一节短文改错（满分10分）
28、1、去掉plenty of前a
2、convenient改为convenience
3、advantage is 后加上that
4、relative改为relatively
5、send改为sent
6、videos后are改为is
7、but改为so/and
8、at the meanwhile改为in the meanwhile
9、your改为our
10、protect改为protecting
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
29、Dear Liuwei,
In your last letter, you asked me for advice on your winter vacation plan. Here I have three suggestions for you: you can attend the winter camp held by a foreign high school, volunteer to work in a local history museum as a temporary docent, or preview the next semester's courses to make preparations for the next semester's study. If I were you, I would choose to attend the winter camp, because after a semester's intense study, we all need to relax, and the winter camp is one of the best ways to relax ourselves. In the winter camp, we can not only participate in the colorful activities held by it, but also make friends with foreign students. More importantly, we can experience foreign culture in person, which is very interesting and has great benefits for our oral English. In view of the above reasons, I suggest that you attend the winter camp. And you'd better know the customs of the country you want to visit in advance.
Wish you a happy winter vacation!
Yours sincerely,
Wanghua。