新疆伊犁州2025届高二英语下册一月考试题

1、Whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, _______ which will be like trying to turn the clock back.

A.going against B.going beyond

C.going off D.going through

2、Some wild mushrooms are poisonous but________.

A．some don’t have

B．some are not

C．are poisonous

D．some are poisonous

3、________ you can sleep well for one or two nights, you will lose the ability to focus, plan and stay motivated.

A．Once

B．Unless

C．If

D．When

4、Smoking is__________ in the building.

A.balanced B.based C.blamed D.banned

5、The stormy and treacherous weather   difficulty and uncertainty in the search for the missing passengers.

A.added to B.added up to C.added up D.added

6、Hawking owned a brilliant intellect with a deep ____ for humanity, which enabled him to overcome his terrible disease and become a famous scientist.

A.aid B.concern C.glory D.basis

7、—Can you tell us your ________ for happiness and a long life?

—Living every day to the full, definitely.

A.recipe B.record C.range D.reflection

8、Only one of the students who ______ present _____ to speak at the meeting.

A.is, is B.are, are C.are, is D.is, are

9、Our government’s plan to fight against air pollution will focus on _____ information and handling PM2.5.

A. expressing   B. representing

C. gathering    D. acknowledging

10、Common ___________ of diabetes are weight loss and fatigue.

A. diagnosis B. prescription C. symbols D. symptoms

11、William Shakespeare is generally believed ______ all plays himself.

A.to write B.to have written C.writing D.writing

12、The construction work is progressing properly. ________, the bridge across the river will be open to traffic in ten months.

A. Thankfully B. Fortunately C. Gradually D. Hopefully

13、We can guess when the play takes place, telling by the colorful ______ on the stage.

A．scenery

B．sight

C．scene

D．view

14、_______ matters most in learning languages is enough practice.

A.What B.Why C.As D.Which

15、—I’m afraid that I will be fired for the mistake I made in my work.

—______! It can’t be as bad as all that.

A．Good luck

B．No wonder

C．Cheer up

D．No comment

16、The _______ boy was last seen _______ near the East Lake.

A．missing; playing

B．missing; play

C．missed; played

D．missed; to play

17、Luna is a girl of great ______ for she takes a great interest in whatever she sees.

A.curiosity B.belief C.concern D.strength

18、All the parents________to attend students' graduation ceremony, the school successfully made the event emotional and educational

A．had been invited

B．being invited

C．inviting

D．having been invited

19、All the factories ________great importance to the car exhibition and the price was very low, so a lot of cars were sold during exhibition.

A．attached

B．afforded

C．attracted

D．affected

20、We can ______ the two islands with a bridge.

A.unite B.connect C.relate D.combine

21、Dr.Smith,along with his wife and daughters,____visit the Metropolitan Museum in New York City this summer.

A.is going to B.are going to C.was going to D.were going to

22、When confronted with the audience’s suspicions, the spokesman found himself _______ for words.

A.lose B.lost C.to lose D.having lost

23、It remains a puzzle for scientists ______ pleasant smells do not reduce pain in men.

A. what B. why

C. how D. whether

24、The price has been _________ from $10 to $8.

A.increased B.increasing C.reduced D.reducing

25、—Why don’t you join us in the game?

—Because my homework _____ yet.

A.didn’t finish B.hasn’t finished C.wasn’t finished D.hasn’t been finished

26、   The world’s first hydrogen-powered (氢动力的) trains have begun running in Germany. They began carrying passengers on Monday in Germany’s northern Lower Saxony state. The new trains will run 100-kilometre trips and can travel up to 140 kilometers per hour.

A French railroad company called Alstom built the two trains. Teams in Germany and France worked together on the project, which was supported by the German government. The new train model, called the Coradia iLint, signals the beginning of efforts in Germany and other nations to move away from pollution-producing diesel (柴油) trains.

The Coradia iLint is designed to run on non-electrified train lines with low levels of noise. It uses a process that combines hydrogen with oxygen to produce electrical power. If the system produces more energy than the train needs at that time, it can store the extra energy in batteries. The only emissions (排放物) are water and steam.

Hydrogen-powered trains cost more than diesel trains to build. But Alstom officials say the operating costs are much lower. The company plans to provide another 14 Coradia iLint trains to Lower Saxony by 2021.

The head of railroad operations in the area, Carmen Schwabl, praised replacing diesel trains with hydrogen-powered trains. She said the move was an important first step in using clean-burning technologies to reach climate protection goals.

Alstom says several other European countries have also expressed interest in developing hydrogen train systems. France have already said it wants its first hydrogen train to be on the rails by 2022.

【1】Why did Germany build the new trains?

A.To replace diesel trains.

B.To carry more passengers.

C.To make traveling much faster.

D.To improve the relationship with France.

【2】What is one advantage (优势) of hydrogen-powered trains over diesel trains?

A.They are cheaper to build.

B.They cost much less to run.

C.They don’t use electrical power.

D.They run without making any noise.

【3】What can we know about hydrogen trains?

A.They are widely used nowadays.

B.They are environmentally friendly.

C.They can contribute to air pollution.

D.They can produce water and oxygen.

【4】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A.Saving Natural Resources

B.Efforts to Reduce Emissions

C.A New Way to Make Electricity

D.The World’s First Hydrogen Trains

27、Tragedy at the Circus

In yesterday’s circus(马戏团)show, a tiger suddenly attacked its trainer and had to be shot dead.As the circus packed up and left, circus officials said the show would go on, even without tigers.

However, the officials can’t simply turn a blind eye to the ethical problems left behind.Even before this tragedy (悲剧), animal rights activists protested against keeping wild animals in unnatural conditions and forcing them to suffer for the profit of circus organizers.

It is now time for us to take effective steps to make sure that circus animals are treated properly.

Circus Safe for Animals

Our circus recently suffered a most tragic event in its history.While we are thankful for the pity from the public, we are also astonished by the opinion expressed in “Tragedy at the Circus.”

First, our performing animals are not taken from the wild.As to the ethical problems, we always believe humans and animals can—and should —live together nicely.To us, the performing animals are representatives of their species(物种),and our circus is one of the only places left willing to support this special role of performing animals in the existence of the species.Those who argue that circus life is harmful to animals show little knowledge of these facts.Life in the “wild” is unsafe, but a continuous struggle for existence.To overlook these realities is the greatest fault against the animal kingdom.

This circus has proven that animals are stronger and smarter than we could imagine.Within the circus is a joyful atmosphere for both animals and humans: people are educated, and species saved.

【1】What is the main purpose of the first passage?

A．To show pity for the performing animals.

B．To express worries about animal trainers’ safety.

C．To call for action to protect circus animals.

D．To deal with the difficult situations of the circus.

【2】What will the circus most probably do?

A．Continue its performances.

B．Take no notice of the tragedy.

C．Use fewer wild animals.

D．Limit its profit.

【3】What does the circus think of its performing animals?

A．They are as clever as human beings.

B．They struggle continuously with human beings for existence.

C．They have equally natural living conditions as wild animals.

D．They are helpful in saving their species.

【4】What is the most probable relationship between the two passages?

A．A public request and a newspaper report.

B．A newspaper article and a reply to it.

C．Two parts of a newspaper article.

D．Two newspaper reports.

28、Training the Brain

People who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize names of dozens of strangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.

A study in the journal Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone else’s or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put the MAs and control subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what part of the brain was used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.

MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures of what needs to be recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is made memorable, it has to be repeated. Until relatively recently, people read only a few books intensively (细致地) again and again, usually aloud. Today we read extensively, usually only once and without continuous focus.

So the great difference is the ability to create impressive pictures in mind and to do it quickly. Using memory palaces, MAs create memorized pictures. For example, recombine the pictures to form unforgettable scenes such as the ways through a town. One competitor used his own body parts to help him memorize a 57,000-word dictionary.

Anyone who wishes to train the mind needs first to create fantastical palaces in the imagination. Then they should cut each building into cubbyholes for memories. In a short amount of time, they will notice improvement with remembering things. To keep the skill sharp, MAs deliberately empty their palaces after competitions, so they can reuse them and they recommend that beginners do the same.

【1】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that a mental athlete ________.

A．owns a brain that is larger in size

B．shows a gift in mental ability tests

C．uses the memorizing technique better

D．depends less on the areas that control spatial memory

【2】Why does the author mention “speed reading” in Paragraph 3?

A．To discuss the memorizing technique in the fifth century.

B．To give the reason why people read only a few books carefully.

C．To explain the text fourteenth century scholars had to remember.

D．To compare the type of reading nowadays with that of earlier times.

【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．There is a variety of unforgettable scenes.

B．Memory palaces can be quickly forgotten.

C．Impressive pictures are in actual buildings.

D．One person probably has 57,000 body parts.

【4】What does the underlined word “cubbyholes” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Small spaces.

B．Blacks holes.

C．Technical skills.

D．Different numbers.

29、   As a child, Emily Blunt had a stutter(结巴) that made it difficult for her to even say her own name. “I started noticing it at 6 or 7,” the London-born actress says. “My grandfather, my uncle and my cousin all stutter. It feels like you’ve got this pretender living in your body.” After a teacher noticed her stutter disappeared whenever she would start to play energetically, he suggested she try performing for the school play. She found that the more she lost herself in characters, the less uncomfortably nervous she felt and the less she would stutter.

Now the star aims to help kids going through the same thing by working with the American Institute for Stuttering. “They understand that how these kids relate to their stutter is usually the issue,” says Blunt. “You’ve got to fall in love with the fact that you’ve got a stutter to accept it. But it’s not all of you. Everyone’s got something－and this is just your thing.”

Blunt’s personal experience has inspired her to help girls everywhere, regardless of the trouble they may face. The A Quiet Place Part II and Jungle Cruise star also supports Malala Fund, created by Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to break down the barriers preventing more than 130 million girls worldwide from receiving an education. “She’s the most moving, impressive person I’ve ever met,” Blunt says. “What she says is true: When women are given more power in communities, those communities develop quickly and successfully. I want to support Malala until the day I die.”

Giving back is a quality Blunt and husband John Krasinski also hope to pass on to their daughters Hazel, 6, and Violet, 3. “Empathy is highly thought of in our house,” Blunt says. “We tell them all the time, ‘Be brave, be kind.’ ”

【1】What challenge did Emily Blunt have to take when young?

A.Learning at school. B.Performing in a play.

C.Speaking fluently. D.Working with others.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.People need to accept who they are. B.Everyone’s got something in the body.

C.It’s a fact that many kids have got a stutter. D.Blunt admitted the fact that she had a stutter.

【3】Why did Blunt aim to help girls worldwide?

A.She starred in two films successfully. B.Her husband inspired her to give back.

C.Her daughter suffered from the same disease. D.Her own experience encouraged her to do so.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A.A London-born Actress B.Passing on the Tradition

C.Giving Girls a Voice D.Living with a Stutter

30、   Five years ago, famous writer Mike became very ill. His body ached and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even move around. His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and _______ die from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance of survival.

Despite the diagnosis (诊断), Mike was _______ to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in medicine and had read a book, which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative _______. The book made Mike think about the possible _______ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence, and the _______ to live have positive treatment value?”

He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would _______ positive emotions. “Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He _______ time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out _______ emotions. Within eight days of starting his “laugh therapy” program his pain began to _______ and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months’ time and actually __________ complete recovery after a few years.

【1】A.hurriedly B.eventually C.gradually D.suddenly

【2】A.able B.determined C.willing D.positive

【3】A.attitudes B.beliefs C.goals D.positions

【4】A.shortcoming B.benefit C.honor D.interest

【5】A.emotion B.pain C.fear D.will

【6】A.bring about B.set about C.put up D.make up

【7】A.afforded B.appointed C.offered D.arranged

【8】A.positive B.approving C.strong D.mixed

【9】A.escape B.decrease C.shrink D.end

【10】A.covered B.situated C.wanted D.reached

31、Directions: Complete the following paragraphs by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

Note that there is one word more than you need.

A Bad Idea

Think you can walk, dive, take phone calls, e-mail and listen to music at the same time? Well, New York's new law says you can't. And you'll be 【1】 $S100 if you do it on a New York City street.

The law went into force last month, following research and a(n) 【2】number of accidents that involved people using electronic gadgets when crossing the street.

Who's to【3】 ? Scientists say that our multitasking abilities are limited.

"We are under the impression that our brain can do more than it often can," says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist in Tennessee. “But a major limitation is the inability to【4】on two things at once".

The young people are often considered the great multitaskers. However, an Oxford University research suggests this idea is open to question. A group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35-to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to translate【5】into numbers, using a simple code. The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted. But when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or a(n) 【6】message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and 【7】.

It is difficult to measure the productivity【8】by multitaskers. But it is probably a lot. Jonathan Spire, chief analyst at Basex. a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year.

The【9】is based on surveys with office workers. The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers' time was spent on interruptions and【10】time before they returned to their main tasks.

32、假定你是李华，你的留学生同学Smith对中国传统文化很感兴趣，想要了解端午节。请你写信向他介绍中国的传统节日——端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)。包括以下要点:

(1)端午节的时间及起源(农历五月初五)；

(2)端午节的习俗；

(3)邀请他端午节那天和你一起过节。

注意:(1)词数100左右；(2)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Smith,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua