《2025年普通高中学业水平考试合格考英语》

(一)
　　The Chinese space agency says its Mars rover has begun its　　1　(explore)of the red planet 2　　the vehicle driving down a ramp from its landing capsule.
　　Its Mars mission　　3　　(consist)of an orbiter,a lander and a rover　　4　　(launch)in July last year.The rover is called Zhurong after Chinese god of fire.
　　It will look for signs of life,　　5　　(include)water,ice and gas on the planet　　6　　(know)in
Chinese as the fire star.
　　The Chinese launched the spacecraft last July.The mission is called Tianwen,　　7　　(mean)
quest for　　8　　(heaven)truth.
　　It's only　　9　　second country after the United States to operate a rover on the red planet and the first one　　10　　(achieve)this feat on an inaugural mission.
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答案： 1. exploration；2. with；3. consisting；4. was launched；5. including；6. known；7. meaning；8. heavenly；9. the；10. to achieve

(二)
　　The world's glaciers are melting quickly.
　　Scientists from the magazine Nature looked at 20 years of satellite data of the world's 220,000 mountain glaciers.They found that since 2015,glaciers　　1　(lose)298 billion metric tons of ice and snow per year.
　　Scientists say the melting is caused by climate change.The thinning rate of glaciers is twice　2　high as it was 20 years ago.Alaska's melt rates are among the highest on the planet.
　　Even glaciers that used to be solid　　3　　(melt)now,such as ones in Tibet.The melting “mirrors"the worldwide increase　　4　　temperature and is from the burning of coal,oil,and gas.Some smaller glaciers are　　5　　(total)lost.
　　Shrinking glaciers are a problem for millions of people　　6　　use regular glacial melt for　　7　(drink)water.Very fast melting can also cause　　8　(dead)floods in places like India.
　　
But the biggest threat to the world is rising sea levels.The world's oceans are already rising from climate change because water expands　　9　　it gets warmer.
　　Glaciers are responsible for 21 percent of sea level rise.We are at a point　　10　　we are trying to keep as much ice as possible and slow that rate of loss.
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答案： 1. have lost；2. as；3. are melting；4. in；5. totally；6. who/that；7. drinking；8. deadly；9. when；10. where

(三)
　　One sentence from the news in Washington has remained in my mind since a trip last summer:“When you see people run against the crowd escaping　　1　　the danger,they are　　2　(probable)
firefighters,police or journalists."
　　I think this is most true for the firefighters.Whenever and wherever　3　(disaster)happen,it is always the firefighters　　4　　take the lead to run to the very centre,saving lives by　　5　(risk)their own.I cried today near the explosion site(爆炸点),not because of the smoke from the fire　　6
because of a short message a firefighter sent to a reliable friend online.It reads,“If I cannot make it,my father is　　7　(you)father;and please remember　8　(visit)my mother's grave.”I was excited later to learn that he did make it.
　　“Everyone knows it's　　9　(danger)to be a firefighter.But he always likes the job and has done it for 12 years,”his father said.“He survived this time,but no one　　10　(know)what will happen next time."
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答案： 1. from；2. probably；3. disasters；4. that/who；5. risking；6. but；7. your；8. to visit；9. dangerous；10. knows