《2025年高考冲刺优秀模拟试卷汇编45套英语通用版》

A
Rich in culture and rooted in tradition, winter in Budapest here not only feels like a fairy tale, it looks like one, too. Here are four top things to do in Budapest during the winter.
● City Park Ice Rink(溜冰场)
Budapest's City Park Ice Rink is by far the most famous skating destination in the region. Skaters flood to the rink each winter between late November and mid-February. First opened in 1870, this ice rink is one of the oldest and largest in Europe. It's filled up with water during the summer months. It serves as a boating lake for tourists hoping to bike around while bathed in the sun.
● Spas and thermal baths
Budapest is quite rightly nicknamed the “City of Spas”. The baths here are astonishingly beautiful, which are famous for their relaxing and medicinal benefits. Taking a dip in the famous baths during winter is an experience like no other. Jumping from one indoor pool to the outside bathing area is a memorable and pleasurable experience.
● Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House is closed for renovations(翻新). However, visitors can still see parts of it via (通过 ) guided tours. The Hungarian State Opera House, which was completed in 1884, remains exactly the same as that when it was constructed. Each year thousands of visitors arrived in Budapest to take in the sheer(十足的)beauty of the opera house, while the lucky ones are able to secure a ticket for a show.
● Andrassy Avenue and Fashion Street
Shopping in Budapest during winter is a magical experience. Andrassy Avenue and Fashion Street are two of its most popular tourist destinations at any time of year. Covered with thousands of lights, the tree-lined avenue comes to life during the winter months, offering many attractions. The shops here are usually open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the winter months.
21. What does the City Park Ice Rink act as in summer?
A. A relaxing pool. B. A boating lake.
C. A thermal bath. D. A fashion street.
22. What can visitors do in the Hungarian State Opera House if they have a ticket?
A. Enjoy a show. B. Take a swim.
C. Have a guided tour. D. Perform an opera.
23. What brings life to the tree-lined avenue during the winter months?
A. Tourist centers. B. Opera houses.
C. Lights. D. Shops.

答案： 21. B 22. A 23. C

B
ByteDance's Douyin has been trialing a food delivery service since December as it looks to expand its business beyond advertising. It potentially competes against major e-commerce companies like Alibaba and Meituan. And the company is now considering extending the service beyond the trial.
A Douyin spokesperson says that the company has been “testing a feature in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu that enables merchants(商人) to promote and sell ‘group-buying' packages to Douyin users in these selected cities and have them delivered”. Restaurant owners often livestream on Douyin to market their business. While doing this, they can offer discounts and coupons(优惠券) for their food to users watching the videos. Multiple users can then purchase that offer mainly and choose a time within two days for the food to arrive. The model is very different from Meituan and Alibaba's Ele. me which are both on-demand food delivery services.
The digital giant has approached restaurant owners and food enterprises in the three cities to promote their dishes on the app. Douyin states that the success of the trial run will determine whether the in-app meal delivery service will be expanded to other cities. “We would consider expanding the feature to more cities in the future depending on the testing results. There is no detailed timeline yet,” a Douyin spokesperson says.
China's food delivery industry is dominated by Meituan and Ele. me. Douyin has fewer food buying options than Meituan and Ele. me. But ByteDance's tentative(暂定的) steps into the market suggest it wants a slice of the market. Major e-commerce platforms are getting into the food delivery business.
One Weibo post reads, “More platforms could be advantageous for both food business owners and regular consumers.” Users think the competition will help registered vendors (销售商 ) and users because customers will have more options and food business owners can use the platform that charges the lowest service fee.
24. What does Douyin want to do?
A. Expand its market in tested cities.
B. Get into the food delivery industry.
C. Gain control over Meituan and Ele. me.
D. Livestream to sell group-buying packages.
25. What may most attract users to buy food from Douyin according to the text?
A. Fast and on-demand delivery time.
B. Excellent after-sales service.
C. The wonderful and effective live stream.
D. Shop owners' discounts and coupons.
26. What can we learn from the text?
A. Ele. me has fewer food choices than Douyin.
B. Douyin is expecting to occupy its share in the market.
C. The detailed timeline has been made by the digital company.
D. Ordered food can be delivered by Meituan within a week.
27. What's people's attitude towards Douyin in the last paragraph?
A. Supportive. B. Demanding.
C. Intolerant. D. Concerned.

答案： 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. A

C
For the rapidly decreasing number of Americans who've never heard of pickleball, the little-known paddleball game is one of America's fastest-growing sports.
Invented in 1965 by three middle-aged fathers in Washington State, pickleball is an odd cross among tennis, ping-pong and badminton, played with a paddle and a perforated(穿孔的) plastic ball. The founders are said to have named the game after a family dog called Pickles.
Most of pickleball's core players — those who play more than eight times per year — are over age 65, but the game is getting younger, with the strongest growth among players under 55, according to USA Pickleball. But with so many new players, the US is struggling to keep up with the demand for courts. The country has only about 10,000 places to play, by USA Pickleball's count, but that continues to grow by several dozen every month.
Pickleball is also fast becoming a spectator sport (观赏性体育运动). Its first professional tournament, the Professional Pickleball Association ( PPA ) Tour, was formed in 2018 and the professional players are being able to really become celebrities and spotlights. Traditional broadcasters' interest in the sport is growing. So far, pickleball fans can watch amateur and professional matches on sports or social channels, mostly online.
“The ability for a sport to find an audience quickly via social media is unprecedented(前所未有的),” says Ben Shields, who lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management and studies the sports industry. Shields adds that pickleball still needs a famous star to draw in wider audiences, who has been the key to success for other sports leagues — that also started with grassroots and unusual names. “I think if pickleball, in its own humble way, can continue to grow its participation and find ways to make the sport an appealing fan product, who knows, 10 or 20 years later, it could be a big competitor in the global sports industry.”
28. What do we know about the pickleball game from the text?
A. It was named after a dog.
B. It was popular among young kids.
C. It's a cross between tennis and volleyball.
D. It was invented by three ordinary women.
29. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The playing time.
B. The form of matches.
C. The number of courts.
D. The participation rate.
30. Which best describes “a famous star” to pickleball according to Ben Shields?
A. Humble. B. Inflexible.
C. Harmful. D. Influential.
31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. The History of Pickleball
B. The Growing Popularity of Pickleball
C. The Rise and Fall of Pickleball
D. The Rules of Playing Pickleball

答案： 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. B

D
Nothing earns attention like rarity. In the natural world, rarity is most clearly represented by the last members of a declining species. These scarce(稀少的) plants and animals are extremely valuable; they represent the final hope for preventing extinction. The efforts toward conserving rare species have made an enormous difference. In the past few decades, declines of many endangered plants and animals have been reversed(逆转). But the attention to scarcity could come at the expense of overlooking the ordinary.
If we are to conserve nature, we must maintain our focus on the familiar. Increasingly, conservation is turning its sights in this direction — to safeguard what is common, not just what is rare.
There are good reasons to consider the common. A study of North American birds uncovered that we have lost three billion birds on this continent within the past two generations.
These declines include species once considered widespread and secure, like the common redpoll, whose numbers are down by 29 million and the common nighthawk, down by 26 million. The shocking losses are a reminder that the mark of a species in trouble is not rarity, but the rate of decline.
Notably, the shifts in abundance of common species can translate into sizeable shifts in ecosystem functioning. One caribou herd(驯鹿群), numbering among the hundreds of thousands, removes millions of kilograms of food for animals every year and returns nutrients to the soil in the form of millions of kilograms of animal wastes.
The value of common species is not just ecological and economic, but psychological. Study after study demonstrates that encounters with the natural world improve our mental state. Losing familiar species — whether birds in our backyard or butterflies on our doorstep — is likely to shrink(缩小) such opportunities for engagement.
Rarity will always occupy a significant place in conservation. But in our pursuit for a sustainable and biodiverse future, we must avoid “the extinction of commonness”.
32. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To make a survey.
B. To offer a suggestion.
C. To introduce the topic.
D. To provide an example.
33. What does the example of the bird study suggest according to the text?
A. Species losses balance the ecosystem.
B. Birds produce many nutrients to the soil.
C. Species' rate of decline arouses people's concern.
D. Birds are described as widespread and secure animals.
34. What can we conclude from the text?
A. Rarity matters most in conservation.
B. Familiar species shouldn't be ignored.
C. Biodiversity results in the extinction of commonness.
D. People's physical state worsens for the sustainable development.
35. Where is this text most probably taken from?
A. A news report.
B. A health column.
C. A biology magazine.
D. A travel brochure.

答案： 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. C