2025-2026年贵州铜仁高二上册期末英语试卷含解析

1、Tony couldn’t remember ______he had turned off the computer before he left the office．

A．that B．where

C．when D．whether

2、It is a rule that the students are banned ______ computer games in our school.

A. to play   B. from playing

C. of playing   D. on playing

3、To make it more convenient for people to visit Taiwan, several _____air services from the mainland have come into use.

A. reliable   B. Permanent

C. regular   D. constant

4、There are now signs, following the decline in house prices in many small and medium-sized cities, ________ house prices in major cities may also be set for a slide.

A. that   B. where

C. which   D. what

5、All rights reserved. The content above shall not be reprinted _____ without permission, thanks.

A. arbitrarily   B. barely

C. offensively   D. optionally

6、It was at midnight ________ we arrived at the airport, resulting from the heavy fog.

A. that   B. before   C. since   D. now that

7、China's exchanges and cooperation with other developing countries reached a new level. China's relations with other major countries   grew through interaction.

A. stiffly   B. steadily

C. virtually   D. entirely

8、I’ll lend you the money only on ______you can pay ______on time.

A. condition that; it back B. condition that ; for it

C. conditions that; for it D. conditions that ; it back

9、With no shortage of gamers, China’s e-sports industry ______ needs to fill positions in roles such as management, coaching and broadcasting.

A.frequently B.deliberately C.desperately D.fundamentally

10、The e-commerce_____ production and consumption, and is promoting the development of the service sector.

A.has influenced B.influenced C.is   influencing D.is influenced

11、It is a great evening, and definitely _____________ all the hard work.

A. worthy   B. worth

C. worthwhile   D. worthless

12、The two movie stars are _________ friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift.

A.nothing but B.anything but C.more than D.no less

13、The students have been working hard on their lessons and their efforts _____ with success in the end.

A．rewarded

B．were rewarded

C．will reward

D．will be rewarded

14、We’d better discuss everything ______before we work out the plan.

A.in detail B.in general C.on purpose D.on time

15、How excited they are! It seems that they   each other for years.

A.don't see B.didn't see C.haven't seen D.hadn't seen

16、I’m going to spend the summer vacation in Shanghai, _______ lives my grandmother and some other close relatives.

A. which   B. when   C. that   D. where

17、Picky eaters are ___unwilling to try new foods, which experts think, can be the result of your DNA and your upbringing.

A. vaguely   B. typically   C. literally   D. smartly

18、—You rang me up at about 10:00 last night, didn't you?

—No, I didn't phone you. It   someone else.

A.must have been B.could be C.must be D.could have been

19、－So you gave Mary your dictionary？

－______．She said she'd return it to me when she could afford her own．

A． Not exactly   B． My pleasure

C． No doubt     D． Good idea

20、The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. In fact, their capacity __________ the time they can spend away from their offices is very limited.

A. in favour of  B. in search of

C. in terms of   D. in view of

21、Study shows that blue spaces are naturally calming.

Being in green spaces and connecting with nature is good for your physical and mental health. In Japan, forest bathing has been used to decrease stress, anxiety, and even to treat mild depression.

Now, scientists have discovered that blue spaces—natural waterways—are also connected to better mental health. A population-based study published in Scientific Reports looked at the effect of urban waterways on mental health and found that proximity to water increased positive feelings of well-being.

“If you are in a body of water, your internal state just becomes calm,” Dr Natalie Azar, NBC News medical contributor, told TODAY. “It’s something that I think we’ve all experienced, but we’ve never really been intentional about.”

Just being near water could augment mental health. Being near water gives people a sense of awe, reported TODAY, because it gives people a consciousness of something greater than themselves. The sounds and movement of water gets people to focus their attention—like meditation—and this invites calm.

“You do not have to go to the coast to experience this well-being,” said Azar,“but any waterway will do, including lakes, rivers, canals, or ponds. Even a flowing fountain will work.”

A new study conducted by King’s College London also proved that spending time near urban canals and rivers is linked to feeling happy and healthy. The researchers used Urban Mind, a smartphone app, to collect real-time data about the participants’ location and well-being.

The study also found that there were continuous improvements to mental well-being for up to hours after visiting urban waterways. This is all good news for urban citizens. The availability of spaces in nature—both green and blue—will help calm their anxiety, stress, and help boost mental health.

【1】What is mentioned as a method of reducing stress and anxiety in Japan?

A．Painting walls green.

B．Staying in the forest.

C．Looking up at the sky.

D．Swimming in the ocean.

【2】What does the underlined word “augment” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Restrict.

B．Endanger.

C．Improve.

D．Require.

【3】What does Azar advise people to do?

A．Visit any waterway.

B．Live in blue and green spaces.

C．Work near a flowing fountain.

D．Go to the coast.

【4】What is the author’s purpose in mentioning Urban Mind in the text?

A．To advertise a smartphone app.

B．To prove the app is popular.

C．To show off the measuring method.

D．To stress the findings are trustworthy.

22、

Good news for giant panda lovers: The cute and cuddly creature has just been brought back from the brink of extinction.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded the species from “endangered” to “vulnerable” as the union released its updated Red List on Sept 4 at Hawaii.

The downgrade came after IUCN data suggested that there were 1,864 giant pandas in the wild in China in 2014 — their population has grown by 17 percent in the decade leading up to 2014.

Chinese conservation efforts, including forest protection and reforestation, are considered to be the driving force behind the animal’s resurgence.

“It’s all about restoring the habitats,” Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the IUCN Red List, told the BBC.

The number of panda reserves in China has also jumped to 67, from 13 in 1992. Nearly two-thirds of all wild pandas live in these reserves, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

“Just by restoring the panda’s habitat, that’s given them back their space and made food available to them,” Hilton-Taylor said.

A loss of habitats, on the contrary, was what caused the number of pandas to drop to just over 1,200 in the 1980s, Hilton-Taylor added.

Apart from giant pandas, the Tibetan Antelope has also moved from “endangered” to “near threatened”. According to a statement from IUCN, the animal’s numbers dwindled severely — dropping from around 1 million to an estimated 65,000-72,500 in the 1980s and early 1990s — due to commercial poaching. Rigorous(严格的) protection has since been enforced to protect the beasts and the population is now likely to be between 100,000 and 150,000.

Despite the improved statuses, wild animals like the giant panda and the Tibetan Antelope still face great challenges. The IUCN warned, for example, that ongoing threats from climate change could eliminate more than 35 percent of the panda’s bamboo habitat in the next 80 years, which would reverse the species recent gains.

【1】What does the underlined word in pagagraph 1 mean?

A. dangerous and threatened.   B. safe and sound.

C. weak and easily hurt.    D. normal and common.

【2】Which of the following can account for pandas’ living improvement?

A. Better climate.      B. More built reserves.

C. Well restored habitats.    D. Aroused public awareness.

【3】The passage is written in order to ________.

A. convince   B. inform   C. argue     D advocate

【4】What does the last paragraph imply?

A. The climate will influence the threatened species.

B. We humans still have a long way to go to protect the endangered species.

C. Pandas will go extinct for lack of abundant food.

D. Habitats for giant pandas will decrease sharply.

23、Antibiotics, which can destroy or prevent the growth of bacteria and cure infections, are vital to modern medicine. Their ability to kill bacteria without harming the patient has saved billions of lives and made surgical procedures much safer. But after decades of overuse, their powers are fading. Some bacteria have evolved resistance, creating a growing army of superbugs, against which there is little effective treatment. Antimicrobial (抗菌的) resistance, expected to kill 10 million people a year by 2050 up from around 1 million in 2019, has been seen as a crisis by many.

It would be unwise to rely on new antibiotics to solve the problem. The rate at which resistance emerges is increasing. Some new drugs last only two years before bacteria develop resistance. When new antibiotics do arrive, doctors often store them, using them only reluctantly and for short periods when faced with the most persistent infections. That limits sales, making new antibiotics an unappealing idea for most drug firms.

Governments have been trying to fix the problem by channeling cash into research in drug firms. That has produced only limited improvements. But there is a phenomenon worth a look. Microbiologists have known for decades that disease-causing bacteria can suffer from illnesses of their own. They are supersensitive to attacks by phages, specialized viruses that infect bacteria and often kill them. Phages are considered a promising alternative to antibiotics.

Using one disease-causing virus to fight bacteria has several advantages. Like antibiotics, phages only tend to choose particular targets, leaving human cells alone as they infect and destroy bacterial ones. Unlike antibiotics, phages can evolve just as readily as bacteria can, meaning that even if bacteria do develop resistance, phages may be able to evolve around them in turn.

That, at least, is the theory. The trouble with phages is that comparatively little is known about them. After the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928, they were largely ignored in the West. Given the severity of the antibiotic-resistance problem, it would be a good idea to find out more about them.

The first step is to run more clinical trials. Interest from Western firms is growing. But it is being held back by the fact that phages are an even less appealing investment than antibiotics. Since they are natural living things, there may be trouble patenting them, making it hard to recover any investment.

Governments can help fun d basic research into phage treatment and clarify the law around exactly what is and is not patentable. In time they can set up phage banks so as to make production cheaper. And they can spread awareness of the risks of overusing antibiotics, and the potential benefits of phages.

【1】We can learn from paragraphs 1 and 2 that .

A．doctors tend to use new antibiotics when the patients ask for them

B．antimicrobial resistance is developing more rapidly than predicted

C．new antibiotics fail to attract drug firms due to limited use of them

D．previous antibiotics are effective in solving modern health problems

【2】What is phages’ advantage over antibiotics?

A．They can increase human cells when fighting bacteria.

B．They are not particular about which cells to infect and kill.

C．They can evolve accordingly when bacteria develop resistance.

D．They are too sensitive to be infected by disease-causing bacteria.

【3】According to the passage, the obstacle to phage treatment is that .

A．there is little chance of patenting phages in the future

B．governments provide financial support for other research

C．the emergence of superbugs holds back drug firms’ interest

D．over-dependence on antibiotics distracts attention from phages

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Governments fail to stop the use of antibiotics.

B．Phages could help prevent an antibiotics crisis.

C．Development of antibiotics is limited by phages.

D．Antimicrobial resistance calls for new antibiotics.

24、The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the woman to sit on the high court, felt like a personal loss to generations of American women, as well as young girls.

“For women, she was the most important legal advocate in American history. She changed the way the law sees gender,” said Abbe Gluck, a Yale Law School professor and former clerk of Justice Ginsburg. “The United States Supreme Court did not even recognize that the constitution prohibits discrimination based on gender until 1971-and that’s Justice Ginsburg’s case.” Young Ginsburg spoke out loud her dissent (异议) in the face of all the honorable judges in the court, “The court takes away women’s right to make an autonomous choice, even at the expense of their safety. This way of thinking reflects ancient ideas about women’s place in the family and under the constitution.”

In the 1950s, Ginsburg went to Harvard Law School, where she was one of nine women in a class of 500 students. There she became the first female member of the Harvard Law Review. Despite finishing top of her class when she graduated, she struggled to find employment. Eventually, in 1963, she became a law professor at Rutgers Law School, where she turned her attention to gender discrimination.

In the 1970s, the young Ginsburg convinced the entire nation, through her arguments at the Supreme Court, to adopt the view of gender equality where equal means the same--not special accommodations for either gender. She argued six cases before the Supreme Court as a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, winning five.

Gluck said, “Ginsburg cared deeply about our work lives and our personal lives. She got to know our children. She taught me what it means to lead a life committed to the causes of social justice. She demanded a lot from us, but she demands more from herself. I think it is absolutely extraordinary that Justice Ginsburg was both a hero to the women of the 1970s and then an icon to the little girls of today.”

【1】What probably turned Ginsburg’s focus to unfair gender treatment?

A．Her own experience in seeking a job.

B．Her knowledge acquired in law classes.

C．Her work as a lawyer in Supreme Court.

D．Her struggle in learning in Harvard Law School.

【2】What did Ginsburg voice fur in the 1970s?

A．Social stability.

B．Gender difference.

C．Better quality of life.

D．Equal rights for women.

【3】Which of the following can best describe Ginsburg?

A．Generous and modest.

B．Brave and demanding.

C．Ambitious and tolerant.

D．Considerate and humorous.

【4】What is the suitable title for the text?

A．The Most Important Legal Advocate

B．Ruth Bader Ginsburg: An Influential Figure

C．Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Hero for Gender Equality

D．An Outstanding Graduate From Harvard Law School

25、This past April I visited my parents on the farm I’d grown up on. I ________ outside to drink in the feel of “home”, a ______ I really needed right then. The cold but fresh early-morning air chilled my nose, ears and bare hands.

Suddenly an _______ sweet smell of lilacs (丁香花) called to me. The lilacs in the distance were indeed in glorious bloom! Hurrying over, I pulled a bunch to my face and ______ the intoxicating (令人陶醉的) scent, as I had done every springtime throughout my childhood. A warm delight flowed through my _______ bones.

Walking back home, the symptoms of springtime – warmth, _________ and beauty – journeyed right along with me. At home, my father sat at the kitchen table, absorbed in the morning market reports.

I __________ announced, “It’s spring! The lilacs are in bloom !”

“Lilacs in blossom or not, it isn’t spring until winter is gone,” he contradicted. “We’ll still get a bit of __________ weather.”

But my heart refused to let that _______ the lilacs had brought to me disappear. Immediately, I ________ the card my mother had sent me just that past week – one that had inspired this trip home. Knowing I was feeling down, she sent a card with a photo of a single flower coming from the crack of rock. Printed on the card were the ________ words, “In the midst of winter, I found within me an everlasting spring,” ________ by my mother’s words, “Spring has always been your favorite time of year. As always, it’s ________.”

These are words that my mother, the optimist, lives by. Even during winter, she ________ spring. I love her sense of joy and her willingness to ________ it.

【1】

A．fled

B．hid

C．wandered

D．glanced

【2】

A．landscape

B．shadow

C．figure

D．comfort

【3】

A．unexpected

B．unfamiliar

C．authentic

D．ordinary

【4】

A．cared for

B．let out

C．held on

D．breathed in

【5】

A．nervous

B．chilly

C．rough

D．strong

【6】

A．love

B．loss

C．renewal

D．harvest

【7】

A．calmly

B．delightedly

C．anxiously

D．informally

【8】

A．wet

B．cold

C．warm

D．fine

【9】

A．courage

B．image

C．memory

D．pleasure

【10】

A．received

B．reviewed

C．recalled

D．reminded

【11】

A．uplifting

B．enthusiastic

C．challenging

D．subjective

【12】

A．explained

B．followed

C．suggested

D．clarified

【13】

A．outside

B．there

C．within

D．outdoors

【14】

A．finds

B．admires

C．misses

D．creates

【15】

A．predict

B．apply

C．notice

D．share

26、阅读下面短文，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。

He was there every morning, sitting motionless on the front stops of his house. His bright blue eyes seemed so distant and sad. Every morning, I walked this route with my daughter to her kindergarten. We were new to the neighbourhood, so I didn’t know many of my neighbours. On one beautiful morning, as we passed his house, my daughter piped up and called out to him, “Hi, Mr. Man!”She was an outgoing girl, and I wasn't surprised at her cheerfulness, but her enthusiasm soon faded when the man didn’t look at her or say ‘Hi’ back.

As we continued on our walk to school, my daughter asked why the man didn’t want to say hi to her. Stumbling for words, because I didn’t have the answer, I said simply, “Maybe he is having a bad day.”

Once back home, I tackled the breakfast dishes, and I thought about Mr. Man.What was his story? Why did he seem so sad?1 wanted to do something to cheer him up. I thought of a few ways to make his day a bit brighter, but nothing seemed special cnough.

The next morning, after dropping my daughter off at school, I saw one of my other neighbours tending her front garden. After I introduced myself, she invited me in for a chat.   She was a long-time resident of the neighbourhood, who knew everyone and everything. She was a bubbly personality, but when I asked her about the man who lived nearby, she grew serious. Bob recently lost his wife in a car accident. He hasn’t been the same since.

The following week seemed to fly by. I had talked to my daughter about what we could do to make Mr. Man smile.

Paragraph 1: With every suggestion l made, she simply said “No, not that.”

Parsgraph 2: Inside, in perfect calligraphy, it simply read, “Thank you, from Mr, Man.”