2025届广东省深圳市高三下学期第二次调研考试英语试题

2025年深圳市高三年级第二次调研考试

英语

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试卷共8页，卷面满分120分，折算成130分计入总分。考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。

2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。

3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。

4.考试结束后，留存试卷，交回答题卡。

第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。

A

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1. What can you find in New Scientist?

A. Latest science fiction. B. Beginner-friendly science articles.

C. Academic writing guide. D. In-depth scientific research papers.

2. What is an advantage of being a subscriber?

A. Staying informed of updates. B. Taking discounted science tours.

C. Getting free reading devices. D. Attending lectures in universities.

3. How much is the annual subscription for print and digital access after the 10-week trial?

A. $99. B. $109. C. $199. D. $2

B

I started walking backward for no apparent reason. I was simply waving goodbye to my daughters when it hit

me to take a few steps backward. Since I’d already started, I thought I could walk all the way home that way. After all, the contradiction of moving forward by going backward seemed engaging and worth exploring.

The first problem was practical. Snow is a pain even for regular walking, so my pace slowed down considerably. At this different pace, life itself felt rushed in comparison. How silly it is that we’re always in such a hurry to get somewhere. For example, I often arrive at places long after my body gets there. Sometimes I reach my daughters’ school, but my mind is still at home, wondering whether I unplugged my wife’s hair dryer. Walking backward, however, forced me to adjust the pace of my body to my mind.

The next thing had to do with vision. In regular walking, the path ahead is always visible. Here, you use other senses: you hear the car approaching, you sense the unevenness of the ground, and you notice the change in the firmness of the snow. You activate an entire set of skills we usually don’t use because of our dependence on sight. This way, the familiar path I walked every day suddenly felt like a grand adventure, a discovery I hadn’t anticipated.

Because of my addiction to foolish ideas, I decided to continue my backward walking for the rest of the day. And I quickly realized something obvious: the path I enjoyed most was the one I had already travelled. And it struck me that this was the right way to look at life: moving toward a destination without ever forgetting where you’ve been, or how far you’ve come. Looking back is always good for self-value. There’s no way to look at yesterday and not feel better: for the illness that didn’t kill you, or the happy childhood days that still make you smile.

4. What interested the author in the first paragraph?

A. Finding a new route back home.

B. Engaging himself in deep thinking.

C. Moving forward in a different manner.

D. Seeing his daughters off every morning.

5. What did the author realize on the way back home?

A. We need to stay focused at work.

B. We don’t need to live a rushed life.

C. We should spend more time with family.

D. We shouldn’t compare ourselves to others.

6. How did the author overcome the vision problem?

A. He studied a set of new skills. B. He depended on his memory.