2025届甘肃省兰州五十一中高三下学期第四次联考英语试题含解析.doc

2025届甘肃省兰州五十一中高三下学期第四次联考英语试题注意事项1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．— The room looks bigger!— We ______ the furniture.A．have changed B．had changedC．changed D．are changing2．Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _______ escaped drowning.A．nearly B．slightly C．narrowly D．hardly3．-Are you ready for the history test tomorrow?-No,I wish I_____the clock back.A．had turned B．could turnC．will turn D．would have turned4．—Did you pass your driving test?—Yes, otherwise I ________ to the picnic next month.A．couldn't drive B．couldn't have drivenC．won't drive D．wouldn't have driven5．—Would you like me the radio a bit?—No, it’s all right. I’m used with the radio .A．to turn down; to work; on B．turning down; to working; onC．turning down; to working; off D．to turn down; to working; on6．The worse working conditions we are looking forward to ______ must have attracted the local government’s attention.A．see improved B．seeing improvedC．see improving D．seeing to improve7．To work from home, which one could hardly imagine, has been made with the development of computer technology.A．possible B．it possible C．possibly D．to be possible8．It was in the remote mountain areas ______ I spent the gap year ______ I learned how to work with a group of strangers and how to look after myself.A．where; that B．when; thatC．where; when D．that; where9．—Why can’t you give me another chance?—________, but I don’t think you are good at management.A．No offence B．No worries C．No need D．No wonder10．Not until I went up further ________ that under the tree ________, obviously sound asleep.A．that I saw; did a boy lie B．I saw; lay a boyC．did I see; did a boy lie D．did I see; lay a boy11．Those   have six or more close friends are described as "very happy".A．whose B．whoC．which D．when12．Please call my secretary to arrange a meeting this afternoon，or____________ it is convenient to you.A．wherever B．howeverC．whichever D．whenever13．––You seem to be familiar with this city.—I ______ here for three years. It’s so great to be back.A．lived B．had livedC．have lived D．live14．Only after he was brought to the police station did the boy ________ he had stolen some purses from other passengers.A．participate B．acknowledgeC．realize D．summarize15．— Do you like the book you father bought you?— Very much. It’s exactly______I wanted.A．which B．thatC．what D．how16．---May! How is your plan? I heard you started it last Sunday.---Oh! I for it, but I haven’t decided where to start it.A．have prepared B．had prepared C．have been preparing D．was preparing17．We’d better discuss everything ______before we work out the plan.A．in detail B．in general C．on purpose D．on time18．— He made an apology be blamed what he had done.— It's really wise of him.A．so as to not; of B．in order to not; forC．so as not to; for D．in order not to; of19．I ordered a drink while I______ for my friends to come.A．will wait B．am waitingC．would wait D．was waiting20．—Next week I will go to a job interview. will you give me some suggestions?—Smiling is a great way to make yourself ________.A．stand out B．turn outC．work out D．pick out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）Predictions about higher education’s future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and universities. In one camp: those who paint a rosy picture of an economy that will continue to demand higher levels of education for an increasing share of the workforce. In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll（入学）in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.“We are living in an age for learning, when there’s so much knowledge available, that one would think that this is good news for higher education,” Bryan Alexander told me recently. Alexander writes often about the future of higher education and is finishing a book on the subject for Johns Hopkins University Press. “Yet we’ve seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years.”Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time. “We’re going to see many different ways through higher education in the future,” Alexander said, “from closer ties between secondary and postsecondary（中学后）schools to new options for adults. The question is, which institutions adopt new models and which try desperately to hang on to what they have.”“The fact is that to maintain affordability, accessibility and excellence, something needs to change,” Rafael Bras, Georgia Tech’s provost (院长), told 。