2025-2026年甘肃陇南高二上册期末英语试卷(含答案)

1、John is very           , if he promises to do something he'll do it.

A．independent

B．confident

C．reliable

D．flexible

2、___________ we can arrive there on time depends on the traffic.

A．If

B．What

C．That

D．Whether

3、Some endangered species are disappearing from the countryside at a/an ________ speed.

A．essential

B．alarming

C．ethical

D．diligent

4、The________ gained from this experience has invested my life with new meaning.

A．departure

B．insight

C．proof

D．setting

5、—She looks very happy. She ______ have passed the exam.

—I guess so. It’s not difficult after all.

A. should   B. could

C. must   D. might

6、He complained ________ us ________ the fact that this printer didn’t work at all.

A．to; with

B．to; about

C．with; about

D．to; for

7、________ the heavy rain, we went shopping yesterday.

A．Although

B．Though

C．In spite of

D．But

8、In the middle of the woods a deep lake, you can find various fishes.

A．lie, where

B．lies, which

C．lie, which

D．lies, where

9、-- How do you think I should respond to his words?

--- You can do it ______ you like.

A. no matter how     B. however

C. no matter what   D. whatever

10、Around two o'clock every night, Sue will start talking in her dream. It somewhat________us.

A. bothers   B. had bothered

C. would bother   D. bothered

11、—How could you________my sister so easily in the crowd?

—Because she stood out in her bright red dress.

A．pick up B．pick out

C．take up D．take out

12、My family go to the old lady’s home to help them do some housework and some gardening work whenever _________.

A．possible

B．is possible

C．being possible

D．possibly

13、Tony and Jack are twins, but they have little in________ except their appearance.

A．common

B．total

C．general

D．particular

14、________ to a colorful campus culture, students should draw a line between what is their major concern and what is of ________ importance.

A.Exposing…the least B.Having exposed...least

C.Having been exposed…the less D.Exposed...less

15、The actor’s absurd behavior put an end to the last traces of  ______ his fans had for him.

A. appreciation    B. motivation

C. affection D. expectation

16、We shouldn’t take for granted that we still have a lot of time before the College Entrance Examination.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．such

17、I hate _______ when people eat with their mouths full.

A．that

B．these

C．it

D．them

18、At about 7 pm, I finally arrived at my subway station, ______ and aching.

A.tiring B.being tired C.tired D.having been tired

19、He's such a remarkable tennis player ______________ seems to get the credit he deserves．

A.that B.as C.which D.whom

20、Once he had calmed down he ________ to tell us what had happened.

A．exceeded

B．processed

C．proceeded

D．succeeded.

21、Many advertisements usually______ customers into purchasing something that they don't necessarily need.

A．emphasize

B．relieve

C．tempt

D．distract

22、The film you referred to ________ us interested.

A. making   B. having made   C. has made      D. make

23、As she sat in the classroom and listened to the math teacher, she kept playing a(n) ______ piano on her knees, ______ the coming piano competition.

A.imaginary; in preparation for B.imaginable; in preparation of

C.imaginative; in preparation for D.imagination; in preparation of

24、The task won’t be so _________ if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.

A．optimistic

B．outstanding

C．overall

D．overwhelming

25、I didn’t feel that this was an __________ time to mention the subject of money.

A.ambiguous B.appropriate C.adequate D.aggressive

26、Do you enjoy reading poems? Rabindranath Tagore (泰戈尔) was an Indian writer and poet, who was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Composed of 326 short verses, Stray Birds (飞鸟集) is a collection of short verses translated from Bengali into English by the poet himself, where Tagore spiritualizes nature into the experiences of human existence while demonstrating his love for nature and simplicity through poetic words.

Now read the following verses taken from Stray Birds (1916) and try to answer the questions.

•Man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it. (verse 52)

•The cloud stood humbly (谦逊的) in a corner of the sky.

The morning crowned it with splendor (光辉). (verse 100)

•Man is worse than an animal when he is an animal. (verse 248)

•Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave.

The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him. (verse 127)

•The stream of truth flows through its channels of mistakes. (verse 243)

•Let him only see the thorns who has eyes to see the rose. (verse 230)

•Set bird’s wings with gold and it will never again soar in the sky. (verse 231)

•Men are cruel, but Man is kind. (verse 219)

•Let me not put myself wrongly to my world and set it against me. (verse 206)

•Wrong cannot afford defeat but right can. (verse 68)

•“I give my whole water in joy,” sings the waterfall. “though little of it is enough for the thirsty.” (verse 69)

•The woodcutter’s axe(斧头) begged for its handle from the tree.

The tree gave it. (verse 71)

•Thank the flame for its light, but do not forget the lampholder standing in the shade with constancy of patience. (verse 64)

【1】Which of the verses sing praise for those who are ready to sacrifice (奉献) themselves without asking anything in return?

A. verse 248 &69  B. verse 71 & 100 C. verse 69 & 71 D. verse 100& 52

【2】Which of the verse makes strong comparison and contrast between two opposite types of persons?

A. verse 68  B. verse 248 C. verse 127  D. verse 243

【3】Which of the verses might be most suitable said to parents, telling them not to spoil their children with wealth?

A. verse 231  B. verse 71 C. verse 127  D. verse 100

27、Politicians and the public tend to worry about carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放) but neglect the effects of cutting methane (甲烷). Actually, dealing with the gas would have a large effect rapidly and at relatively low cost.

Human activity emits far less methane than carbon dioxide, but methane has a heavier impact. Over the course of 20 years, a ton of the gas will warm the atmosphere about 86 times more than a ton of CO2. As a result, methane is responsible for 23% of the rise in temperatures since preindustrial times. Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, but unless methane emissions are limited, there is little hope of controlling the climate.

By how much do methane emissions need to fall? Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for centuries, making it hard to reduce its atmospheric concentrations (浓度). By contrast, methane has a half-life of roughly ten years, which means that it degrades quickly. If new emissions can be cut to below the rate at which old emissions reduce, the concentration of methane in the atmosphere will soon fall, slowing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that, to keep temperatures between 1.5℃ and 2℃ above preindustrial levels, human methane emissions must drop to 35% below where they stood in 2010 by midcentury.

That is entirely possible. A big step would be to stop millions of tons of methane from leaking out of fossil-fuel infrastructure each year, through pipes with holes, leaky valves and carelessness. The International Energy Agency, a global forecaster, estimates that 40% of methane emissions from fossil fuels, equal to 9% of all human methane emissions, can be got rid of at no net cost for firms. The harder task is to reduce emissions from agriculture, but even here farmers can make use of new ideas, including developing new forms of food for farm animals, and changing how rice is watered.

【1】What does the underlined word “neglect” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Ignore.

B．Blame.

C．Value.

D．Delay.

【2】What does the author intend to communicate in paragraph 2?

A．A less serious threat to global warming.

B．The little hope of controlling the climate.

C．People’s more attention on carbon dioxide.

D．The urgent need to reduce methane emissions.

【3】Why does the author call attention to methane emissions?

A．They are the only hope of controlling the climate.

B．Their atmospheric concentrations are hard to reduce.

C．Their impact on the climate is huge but manageable.

D．They stay in the atmosphere longer than carbon dioxide.

【4】Which source of methane emissions is more difficult to reduce according to the text?

A．Coal mining.

B．Rice farming.

C．Fuel burning.

D．Oil leaking.

28、In today’s world of fast-paced games and short videos, people are spending less and less time on things. For example, research has shown that the average visitor spends just 15 seconds on a website before moving on to other things. But the Internet is a huge and busy place, with millions of sites to choose from. You might expect people to slow down a bit more when they’re in museums full of great works of art. But you’d be wrong.

Several studies have shown that the amount of time for people to spend looking at a piece of art is ten seconds. Many people may spend more time, but not much more — the average is about 28 seconds. At the Tate Modern Museum in London, it’s even worse. People there spend an average of just eight seconds on each artwork. And in that short period of time, the visitors are also managing to do another important thing — take selfies!

In recent years museums have been working to change this behavior. Today, over 170 museums around the world are celebrating “Slow Art Day”. They are asking their visitors to spend at least 5-10 minutes looking at just one work of art. Slow Art supporters believe that when visitors spend more time looking at and studying the work of art, they admire it more. Studying a work of art for more time can also help people get a better understanding of the artist’s ideas and what the artist went through to create the work.

Most of the museums taking part in Slow Art Day are choosing just a few works for their visitors to see. Some of the museums are offering chances for visitors to talk about the artworks and share their ideas.

【1】Generally speaking, people spend ________ on each piece of art in a museum.

A．8 seconds

B．10 seconds

C．15 seconds

D．28 seconds

【2】What do the underlined words “this behavior” refer to?

A．Taking selfies in museums busily.

B．Looking at each artwork hurriedly.

C．Admiring each artwork thoroughly.

D．Celebrating “Slow Art Day” widely.

【3】Why is “Slow Art Day” created?

A．To stop visitors from taking selfies inside.

B．To attract more people to visit the museums.

C．To make people spend more time on each artwork.

D．To give visitors an opportunity to relax themselves.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．Slow Art Day: a Fruit of Museums!

B．Museums on the Rocks: Please Advise!

C．Museums: Slow down to Admire more!

D．Museums: an Escape from the Fast-paced Life!

29、This month, Germany’s transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, proposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles. They would define the driver’s role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes where lives might be lost.

The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the “death valley” of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.

Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes between humans based on age or race; and that if a human removes his or her hands from the driving wheel — to check email, say — the car’s maker is responsible if there is a crash.

“The change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving,” says Dobrindt. It will put fully driverless cars on an equal legal footing to human drivers, he says.

Who is responsible for the operation of such vehicles is not clear among car makers, consumers and lawyers. “The liability (责任) issue is the biggest one of them all,” says Natasha Merat at the University of Leeds, UK.

An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduced earlier this year, insists that a human “be watchful and monitoring the road” at every moment.

But that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverless cars. “When you say ‘driverless cars’, people expect driverless cars,” Merat says. “You know — no driver.”

Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without human operation.

Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That is happening in the UK and Singapore, where government-provided driverless vehicles are being launched.

That would go down poorly in the US, however. “The idea that the government would take over driverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here,” says Calo.

【1】What does the phrase “death valley” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A place where cars often break down.

B．A case where passing a law is impossible.

C．An area where no driving is permitted.

D．A situation where drivers’ role is not clear.

【2】The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to 　　　.

A．stop people from breaking traffic rules

B．help promote fully automatic driving

C．protect drivers of all ages and races

D．prevent serious property damage

【3】Driverless vehicles in public transport see no bright future in 　　　.

A．Singapore

B．the UK

C．the US

D．Germany

【4】What could be the best title for the passage?

A．Autonomous driving: Whose liability?

B．Fully automatic cars: A new breakthrough

C．Autonomous vehicles: Driver removed!

D．Driverless cars: Root of road accidents

30、When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being ________ with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I ________ all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but ________ all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of the ________ I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the ________ of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation（烦恼）. Thinking about the matter gave me more ________ than the whistle gave me pleasure.

_____, this was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued ________ my mind, so that often, when I was ________ to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Don’t give too much for the whistle,” and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and ________ the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who “gave too much for the whistle.”

If I knew a miser（守财奴）who ________ every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of friendship, ________ gathering and keeping wealth “________ man,” said I, “you pay too dear for your whistle.” When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to improve his mind or his fortune but ________ devoted himself to having a good time, perhaps ________ his health, “Mistaken man, you are providing ________ for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle.” If I saw someone fond of ________ who has fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine earrings, all above his ________, and for which he had run into debt, and ended his career in a prison. “Also,” said I, “he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.” ________, the miseries of mankind are largely due to their puffing a(n) ________ value on things — to giving “too much for their whistle.”

【1】A. faced   B. charmed   C. sympathized   D. provided

【2】A. set aside   B. put up   C. handed over   D. took over

【3】A. disturbing   B. attracting   C. entertaining   D. confusing

【4】A. trouble   B. attempt   C. choice   D. bargain

【5】A. rest   B. value   C. majority   D. part

【6】A. satisfaction   B. relief   C. annoyance   D. stress

【7】A. Moreover   B. Therefore   C. However   D. Indeed

【8】A. out of   B. on   C. to   D. from

【9】A. tempted   B. determined   C. forced   D. persuaded

【10】A. took   B. observed   C. admired   D. followed

【11】A. turned against   B. gave up   C. cared about   D. relied on

【12】A. in case of   B. instead of   C. for the sake of   D. in terms of

【13】A. Wealthy   B. Poor   C. Wise   D. Innocent

【14】A. merely   B. similarly   C. strangely   D. positively

【15】A. cherishing   B. enjoying   C. benefiting   D. neglecting

【16】A. inconvenience   B. burden   C. frustration   D. pain

【17】A. appearance   B. wealth   C. comforts   D. necessities

【18】A. demand   B. fortune   C. standard   D. value

【19】A. As a result   B. By contrast   C. On average   D. In short

【20】A. unexpected   B. great   C. false   D. extra

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

In a society, such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious and cultural differences, people 【1】 value individualism--the differences among people. Teachers place a lot of importance on the 【2】 that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values. Students do not memorize information. Instead, they work 【3】 and find answers by themselves.There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions.

In most Asia societies, on the contrary, the people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the Orient 【4】 society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments. In the classroom, the teaching 【5】 are often very formal. The teacher lectures, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students recite rules or information that have memorized.

There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these 【6】 of education. For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science than American students by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is difficult, but it 【7】students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an 【8】 learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information they have memorized.

The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 【9】 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from school, they haven’t 【10】 as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have.

32、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

After filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer. I took what I could get a teaching job in what I considered a distant wild area; western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen—teaching English.

School started I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth grade class-seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love for the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs (纸团) and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.

In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seem reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my task master (监工), known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.

My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each otherwhile the girls filed (锉) their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn't happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes. I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him.

注意：

1．续写词数应为150左右；

2．请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

After class, I walked to his of fice, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

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Inspired by his advice, I walked towards the classroom, determined to make a change.

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