2025-2026学年浙江宁波高二(上)期末试卷英语

1、Some passers-by witnessed the car accident ______ five passengers were killed, a baby included．

A．where B．which C．that D．when

2、Literally, overcapacity (产能过剩) pressured operating margins (利润), impacting players that lack scale or management ________to reduce costs.

A．stability

B．fluency

C．persistence

D．expertise

3、— That’s the third time he’s won the award in this field.

— Yes. He ______ his maximum potential in the past decade.

A. explored   B. is exploring   C. has been exploring   D. has explored

4、Yesterday Mr. Smith spoke at the meeting in place of the manager, who________ a more important meeting.

A．had attended

B．will be attending

C．has attended

D．was attending

5、Winter _________， but children can’t wait to go skiing.

A．won’t arrive   B．didn’t arrive

C．hadn’t arrived  D．hasn’t arrived

6、We can advise the manager, but in the end, it is he who has the     say.

A.fair B.final C.fond D.full

7、We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $ 30, half of________ it used to charge.

A．that

B．which

C．how

D．what

8、Zhuzhou offers visitors outstanding natural beauty coupled with excellent customer service, _________ makes for an unforgettable experience.

A. what   B. which   C. that   D. whom

9、On average, the footprints discovered are 14 to 18 inches long, 5-9 inches wide and much larger than ____ of a human.

A. that B. ones C. those D. one

10、Oh！I can feel something _____ up my leg！It must be an insect．

A．to climb B．climbing

C．climb   D．climbed

11、If you have your kid _____ so badly, he may not get along well with others．

A. to behave   B. behaves

C. Behaving   D. behaved

12、—The governor made only a passing ________ to the problem of unemployment.

—Yes, he mentioned it quickly.

A.difference B.reference C.opposition D.adaptation

13、The old rules have to be ______ because they only applied to the circumstances that existed when they were made a hundred years ago.

A. developed B. established

C. observed D. revised

14、Only when our project has been approved of by the committee ______ to carry it out.

A. did we start   B. we started

C. can we start   D. we start

15、—I’m worried about the sports meet. Do you think it will be postponed?

—If it ______ rain tomorrow, but actually the weather forecast has removed our worry.

A. could   B. would

C. might   D. Should

16、 ___________a large group, your tone should be clear and loud.

A. When addressed B. While addressing

C. When you address D. On addressing

17、Poland is somewhat a new destination for Chinese tourists, and Warsaw, the capital city, is an important business center with _____ night life and elegant dining.

A．sophisticated

B．controversial

C．homogeneous

D．solitary

18、This sweater fits me, but I can’t afford to buy . I have to choose which is cheap enough for me.

A. it; that   B. that; it

C. it; one   D. that; the one

19、--- Why didn’t you ring me up when Sue arrived?

---sorry, I ______ my essay that was to be handed in by noon.

A. had written   B. wrote

C. have been writing   D. was writing

20、The opening province which ________ thirteen counties and three coastal cities will quicken its paces of economic development.

A． consists of   B． makes up

C． is included   D． is contained

21、Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather well known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes.  But a half - dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for them. These same men can be found there day after day, and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community. If material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it seemed to me, something very important was missing, else-there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through scotch and soda. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased(停止). When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man.

What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was looking through my Bible. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind._________________________

To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest recollections (memories). In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

【1】Which of the following is indicated in the first paragraph?

A. Wealth results from honest effort.

B. The men seated at tables in the locker room are lost in the significance of life.

C. For some people, no way can be found to escape the realities of life other than scotch and soda.

D. The men acquire wealth by planting fruit trees.

【2】The underlined sentence "In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread " means  ____.

A. Bread tastes delicious when sweat pours off your face

B. No pains, no gains

C. Failure is the mother of success

D. Bread comes from the sweat on your face

【3】We learn from the passage that the author_______.

A. was a wealthy person in the community

B. held a positive attitude towards an active life

C. was fond of associating with celebrities (名人)

D. kept a secret of the reason why he was so impressed

【4】What is implied in the passage by the writer?

A. To use wealth properly, eat, drink and be merry.

B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. As life is but like a dream, a man is like a fruit tree.

D. If you cease to struggle, you cease to live.

22、Day of the Dead Celebration 2020

Online activities: Join us for an afternoon of community and joyful remembrance 3:00-5:00 pm

Date: Nov 01, 2020,3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Location: Free Online Event via Zoom

Write an online message of love, watch a master craftsman, create Mexican paper-cutting, listen to Mariachi Veritas songs, make a cempasuchil flower（万寿菊）for the dead, and learn a Mexican folk dance.

To join the celebration, you will need to download the free Zoom app in advance. If you already have Zoom, you do not need to download it again, but advance registration is required. For details on how to improve your Zoom experience, visit the How to Attend an HMSC Program webpage.

Online Schedule

Opening

• Mariachi Veritas songs

• Mexican paper-cutting demonstration with Eloy Ortega, Mexico

• Mariachi Veritas songs

• Mexican dancing and interview with Massachusetts-based Grupo Quetzalli

• Messages of love postings

• Cempasuchil flower displays

Outdoor Candle Lighting 5:30-7:00 pm

The Outdoor Candle Lighting has been canceled due to weather. However, you can stop by the Peabody Museum anytime from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, for a short moment of remembrance of those we have lost. The front steps of the museum will be set up as an outdoor altar（祭台）. Upon arrival, visitors will be given lighted candles. The museum respectfully requests that visitors limit their stay to one minute so everyone can safely follow social distancing practice.

【1】What should you do if you want to take part in the online celebration?

A.Register in advance. B.Buy a cempasuchil flower.

C.Download Zoom once more. D.Create Mexican paper-cutting.

【2】Which online activity will repeat according to the schedule?

A.Pest messages of love. B.Learn a Mexican folk dance.

C.Show Cempasuchil flowers. D.Listen to Mariachi Veritas songs.

【3】What is requested when you honor the dead at the Peabody Museum?

A.Arriving at the altar after 7:00 pm. B.Keeping a certain distance in the line.

C.Bringing your own candle to the museum. D.Standing in silence for one and a half hours.

23、On a clear night, the sky is a wonderful thing. Is there life out there somewhere? Is there another place like Earth where life might exist? If so, where is it? And how far away is it?

Recently, the Kepler spacecraft found “22b”, a planet about six hundred light years away. It is the first planet in a “habitable zone” outside the solar system. That means the planet orbits(环绕) a star like our sun, but it is not too close to it, nor too far away. Because of this position, Kepler-22b might have water, one of the main things needed for life. The newly-discovered planet is about two and a half times larger than the Earth. It is closer to its star than we are to the Sun, but 22b’s sun is smaller than ours, and doesn’t produce as much heat. Scientific instruments show the new planet could be made of gases, rocks or some kinds of liquids.

The Kepler spacecraft was named in honor of Johannes Kepler, the seventeenth century German astronomer. It was designed to examine a small part of the Milky Way galaxy(星系)and search for places like the Earth. It was made to inspect over 150,000 stars and measure how bright they are. It looks to see if a star’s brightness gets less over a short time.

If a planet passes between Kepler and the star, it blocks out part of the light. That is what suggested to scientists that there is at least one planet orbiting the star. The instruments on Kepler show the new planet as a small, black dot moving across its sun. An important part of the Kepler experiment is on the Earth. After the spacecraft gathers information, scientists use the telescopes on the ground.

Scientists have found over 2,300 new planets since Kepler was launched. Most are much larger, but it is the new planet’s distance from its star that is important. For life to possibly exist there, the planet’s temperature must not be too hot or too cold.

【1】What can we learn about Kepler-22b?

A. Water must have existed on it.

B. It takes humans about 600 years to get there.

C. It is made of gases, rocks and plenty of liquids.

D. It is the first planet in outer space where life may survive

【2】The Kepler spacecraft was sent into space to

A. show honor to Johannes Kepler

B. observe the changes of a star’s brightness

C. look for Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy

D. measure the brightest star among 150.000 stars

【3】In Paragraph 4 the author mainly tells us

A. how the Kepler system works

B. if the Kepler system sees a new planet

C. how the Kepler system shows a new planet

D. why an important part of the Kepler system remains on the Earth

【4】What can we infer from the passage?

A. Life may exist on the new planet in another form.

B. It is colder on the new planet because its sun is smaller.

C. Life can’t exist on planets which are much larger than the Earth.

D. The new planet’s distance from its star decides on the possibility of life existence.

24、 Death is natural, but do you have any idea of the process of dying? Modern scientists divide the process of dying into two phases --- clinical or temporary death and biological death. Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heart or lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活). Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissues. Death is then unchangeable and final.

Scientists have been seeking a way to prolong the period of clinical death so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best method developed so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic sleep. By slowing down the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays the processes leading to biological death.

To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining blood from an artery. The monkey’s blood pressure decreased and an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twenty minutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathing. After two minutes Keta’s heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe and ran with it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.

【1】For a person who suffers from the clinical death

A. his most important organs are damaged.

B. he still has the possibility of getting back to life.

C. he can not avoid final death.

D. he is still very much alive

【2】Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to

A. slow down the body’s metabolism.

B. bring vital cells and tissues back to active life.

C. cool the organism.

D. delay the coming of biological death.

【3】 How did the scientists put Keta into clinical death?

A. By putting her to sleep, lowering her temperature and draining her blood.

B. By surrounding her body with ice-bags and draining her blood.

C. By lowing her blood pressure and stopping her heart from beating.

D. By draining her blood, lowering her blood pressure and stopping her breathing.

【4】 All of the following indicate that the monkey has almost restored to her original physical state except the fact that

A. her heart beat again.

B. she regained her normal breath.

C. she rejected a penicillin injection.

D. she acted as lively as a healthy monkey.

25、A tree-planting initiative led by young people in Kenya has seen over 30,000 tree seedlings (小苗) being planted. The Green Generation Initiative is a charity that has been planting trees and ________ deforestation (毁林) and climate change since 2016.

Founded by climate activist Elizabeth when she was twenty-one years old, the initiative’s primary ________ is on training young climate activists through ________ education in schools and addressing ________ insecurity in the region through planting fruit trees. Since its foundation, thousands of schoolchildren have not just planted trees but learned the ________ of acting as a guardian over the ________ of the environment.

The trees have recorded a ________ rate of over 98 percent, ________ they are taken good care of from seedling to maturity. Speaking to world leaders at the recent United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, Elizabeth issued a ________ on the threat of climate change: “Over two million of Kenyans are ________ climate related starvation. In 2025, half of the world’s population will be facing water ________.”

She added, “________ by the great environmentalist Wangari Maathai, I founded a tree growing initiative that ________ food security for young Kenyans. So far, we have grown 30,000 fruit trees to maturity, providing desperately needed ________ for thousands of children. It is our ________ to ensure that the children have food and water.”

【1】

A．resisting

B．protecting

C．increasing

D．keeping

【2】

A．need

B．result

C．effect

D．focus

【3】

A．advanced

B．environmental

C．moral

D．strict

【4】

A．personal

B．food

C．property

D．public

【5】

A．importance

B．method

C．difficulty

D．culture

【6】

A．problems

B．beauty

C．health

D．issue

【7】

A．decline

B．planting

C．survival

D．success

【8】

A．when

B．but

C．or

D．as

【9】

A．warning

B．letter

C．suggestion

D．hope

【10】

A．afraid of

B．fighting for

C．suffering from

D．leading to

【11】

A．shortage

B．waste

C．pollution

D．damage

【12】

A．Forced

B．Noticed

C．Inspired

D．Discouraged

【13】

A．encourages

B．enhances

C．monitors

D．controls

【14】

A．profit

B．shelter

C．nutrition

D．solution

【15】

A．worry

B．responsibility

C．right

D．luck

26、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。续写的词数应为150左右。

The Rude Boy

James Selton was one of the rudest boys in the village where he lived. If a person in the street was well dressed, he would cry out, “Dandy(花花公子)!” If a person’s clothes were dirty or torn, he would throw stones at him, and annoy him in every way.

One afternoon, just as the school was dismissed, a stranger passed through the village. His dress was plain and somewhat old, but neat and clean. He carried a cane(手杖) in his hand, on the end of which was a bag and he wore a broad-brimmed(宽边的) hat.

No sooner had James seen the stranger than he winked to his playmates, and said, “Now for some fun!” He then silently went toward the stranger from behind, and, knocking off his hat, ran away.

The man turned and saw him, but James was out of hearing before he could speak. The stranger put on his hat, and went on his way. Again did James approach, but this time, the man caught him by the arm, and held him tightly. However, he contented himself with looking at James a moment in the face, and then pushed him from him. No sooner had the naughty boy found himself free again than he began to pelt(连读投掷) the stranger with dirt and stones.

But James was very frightened when the man was struck on the head by a brick, and badly hurt. All the boys ran away, and James skulked(偷偷摸摸走动) across the fields to his home.

As he drew near his house, his sister Caroline came out to meet him, holding up a beautiful gold chain and some new books for him to see. She told James, as fast as she could talk, that their uncle, who had been away several years, had come home, and was now in the house; that he had brought beautiful presents for the whole family; that he had left his carriage at the tavern(客栈),a mile or two off, and walked on foot, so as to surprise his brother, their father.

注意：1.续写的词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

She said while he was coming through the village, some wicked boys threw stones at him. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

His uncle went up to him, but stopped suddenly when seeing his face.

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