铜陵2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、The man was sentenced to prison for five years because he had _____ some national secrets to the enemy.

A.given in B.given away C.given out D.given off

2、________John will win the competition remains a secret till next month．

A.When B.That C.Whether D.What

3、The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at _____ was a dangerous speed.

A.as B.what C.which D.that

4、It seems that number sense is something we have ________ with many animals in the world.

A.in common B.in turn C.in charge D.in return

5、Bob has never ________ and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness.

A．let off steam

B．taken a breath

C．pulled his weight

D．settled down

6、I go to the sports club and _____ once a week.

A.work out B.point out C.turn out D.come out

7、You could not have all of a sudden ________ a cold — I assume that you just do not want to attend.

A.run out of B.come down with C.hung on to D.broken away from

8、Which one of the items are NOT included in the Westinghouse Time Capsule?

A.a tape measure B.newsreel C.an alarm clock D.a memory stick

9、When faced with danger, don’t panic, ______ you will find a solution.

A. or B. but C. so D. and

10、There were over 20000 people____________ my blog.

A.read B.reading C.to read D.being read

11、All their hard work has  !The project is finished at last.

A. paid off B. paid back

C. paid for  D. paid out

12、Believe it or not, it ________great courage to tell the truth.

A.pays B.takes C.costs D.spends

13、—In spring, hens start laying eggs again, bringing a welcome source of protein.

—It is ____ that lots of cultures celebrate spring by honoring the egg!

A.no doubt B.no surprise

C.no way D.no need

14、As he waited, a priest climbed to the top of a nearby tower and began his chant; everyone in the market fell to their knees, touched their foreheads to the ground, and__________ the chant. Then, like a colony of worker ants, they dismantled their stalls and left.

A. picked up B. looked forward to

C. aimed at D. took up

15、The manager’s order was that the names______ to in his report _______ to Mr Brown immediately.

A.referred; be e-mailed B.referring; should be e-mailed

C.referred; were e-mailed D.was referred; must be e-mailed

16、The speaker _________ from his seat and _________ his voice, looking excited.

A.raised; raised B.rose; raised C.rose; rose D.raised; rose

17、Our department usually begins a new week after reviewing the ______ week’s work.

A.previous B.regular C.formal D.original

18、They launched an online activity _______ their lost colleague.

A.in charge of B.in term of

C.in place of D.in memory of

19、A good idea ________ on the general engineer that it could solve the traffic problem to build another highway.

A. crowded in B. gave in C. joined in D. resulted in

20、____, Su Daqiang, played by Ni Dahong, is more popular than the TV drama itself as the Internet has gone wild with the memes(表情包) from him.

A.As it turns out B.It turns out C.As it is turned out that D.It is turned out that

21、There is no need to panic. After all, the most important measure ______ has been taken.

A.which needs to be taken B.that needs to take

C.which needs taking D.that needs taking

22、My father doesn’t mean to sign any agreement without ________ his lawyer.

A．discussing

B．advising

C．deciding

D．consulting

23、---I don’t like to go there by train. ---Why not ________there by plane?

A．trying going

B．try going

C．trying go

D．try to go

24、My brother is really ____. He often works in his office far into the night.

A．open-minded

B．hard-working

C．self-confident

D．warm-hearted

25、The company ___ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

A．has been promising

B．has promised

C．promised

D．promises

26、   It is well-known that twins are closer to each other than most brothers and sisters -- after all, they probably spend more time with each other. Parents of twins often notice that they develop special ways of communicating: they invent their own words and one can often finish the other's sentence. In exceptional(例外) circumstances(情况), this closeness becomes more extreme: they invent a whole language of their own, as in the case of Grace and Virginia Kennedy from Georgia in the USA, who communicated so successfully in their own special language that they did not speak any English at all until after they started school.

However, these special relationships are the result of lives spent almost entirely in each other's company. What happens when twins do not grow up together, when they are separated at birth for some reason? Are they just like any other strangers, or are there still special similarities between them? Professor Tom Bouchard of the University of Minnesota set out to find the answer to this question. He traced(追踪) sixteen pairs of twins, who were adopted by different families when they were babies, and often brought up in very different circumstances. Each twin was then interviewed about every small detail of their life.

The results of this research make a surprising reading. Many of the twins were found to have the same hobbies, many have suffered the same illnesses, and some have even had the same type of accident at the same point in their lives. One pair of middle-aged women arrived for their first meeting in similar dresses, another pair were wearing similar jewellery. The most incredible (unbelievable) similarities are to be found in the case of Jim Springer and Jim Lewis from Ohio in the USA. The story of the 'Jim Twins' made headline news across USA. Born to an immigrant woman in 1939, and adopted by different families at birth, both babies were named Jim by their new parents.

But what can be the explanation for these remarkable similarities? Is it all pure coincidence, or is the explanation in some way genetic? Research into the lives of twins is forcing some experts to admit that our personalities may be at least partly due to 'nature'. On the other hand, analysts are also anxious to emphasis(强调) that incredible coincidences do happen all the time, not just in the lives of twins.

【1】The case of Grace and Virginia Kennedy (Para. 1) is to show that ______.

A.twins communicate with each other in an unusual way.

B.twins are more likely to suffer from speaking problems.

C.most twins have exceptional abilities to invent a new language.

D.twins won’t have an effective communication until they go to school.

【2】The purpose of Tom Bouchard’s study is to find ______.

A.what will happen if twins spend lives entirely in the same company.

B.why the 16 pairs of twins have been adopted by different families.

C.whether separated growing up has effect on twins’ special similarities.

D.when the special similarities come into being during their growing up.

【3】What does the word “reading” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A.Book. B.Explanation.

C.Literature. D.Measurement.

【4】According to Tom Bouchard’s research, the special similarities between twins ______.

A.depend on what the twins enjoy and suffer from.

B.can not be proved or accepted by all the experts.

C.result from the twins’ growing up and development.

D.are not closely linked with where the twins are raised.

27、You can remember the face, but can't put a name to it. Many of us have been caught in this embarrassing situation. But researchers say it is often easier to remember someone's name than what they look like.

Twenty-four volunteers were shown 40 pictures of strangers, paired with random(随机的) names. They were given time to memorize the faces and names before being tested on which they thought they had seen before.

The participants could remember up to 85 percent of the names but only 73 percent of the faces. When they were shown a different picture of the same person, the participants could recall only 64 percent of faces, according to the study, led by the University of York.

That may be because faces are only recognized visually(视觉地), while names can be both spoken and written down so appear in our visual and audio memory. When people were shown famous people, they also remembered their names more accurately than their photographs. Co-author Dr Rob Jenkins, from the university’s psychology department, said, 'Our study suggests that, while many people may be bad at remembering names, they are likely to be even worse at remembering faces. This will surprise many people as it is against our initial understanding. Our life experiences with names and faces have misled us about how our minds work. ' Remembering names gets harder with age, leading to many uncomfortable moments for middle-aged people when they run into people they know.

But to study whether names are harder to recall than faces, the researchers, whose findings are published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, used a 'fair test' where the participants were presented with strangers' names and faces.

【1】What can we know according to the research in Paragraph 3?

A．It is certain that names are harder to recall than faces.

B．Remembering names is more easily than remembering faces.

C．Most participants can remember the face not the name to it.

D．The participants can recall 73% faces of the same person.

【2】Which of the following will the author agree with?

A．Age will weaken the ability to remember names.

B．Unlike faces, names are only recognized visually.

C．Faces can appear in our visual and audio memory.

D．Rob Jenkins has proved people can remember faces better.

【3】What does the underlined word 'initial' in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Clear.

B．first.

C．Unusual.

D．Creative.

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．People can't remember strangers’ names and faces.

B．Recalling names is more difficult than remembering faces.

C．The researcher uses the same method to study another problem.

D．Whether names are harder to recall than faces is further proved.

28、Gretchen Altman is smiling, leaning back casually, a cup of coffee in hand — Hills Bros. Coffee, to be precise. It looks like a casual shot, but if you hit like, leave a comment, and tag a friend, you can get three different cups of coffee, for free.

Altman is part of a growing trend of "micro-influencers". She has a small following — around 6,000 on Instagram(社交平台). Her going rate is $300 to $800 to promote something. She does some posts in exchange for free goods, as long as it’s stuff she believes in.

As a micro-influencer she has a much closer relationship with her followers than a big social media star. "I’m just living a normal life and people relate to that," she says. "They just feel like I’m a friend of theirs."

But it worries consumer rights groups. Several recent studies have found that young audiences are largely unable to understand when something is sponsored content.

In some cases, it’s clear. When a big star takes to a social media to advertise Coca-Cola, for example, the assumption is that he or she’s probably getting paid to do so. And the posts are clearly labeled as ads, with the caption "advertisement" or "sponsored content".

But what happens when an everyday person with just a couple thousand followers takes to social media to extol(颂扬) the virtues of a product? The motivations are not so clear cut. The problem with these social media posts is that you don’t know whether it’s an ad or not.

Altman is diligent about using those hashtags(标签). She loves what she does and sees it as a business, but she doesn’t necessarily want to be a social media celebrity.

"With social media being so integrated into our everyday lives, we have this unique opportunity that I don’t think anyone has ever had before where we can each be our own brand," Altman says.

【1】What does a micro-influencer do according to the passage?

A．Give enough likes.

B．Post to promote sales.

C．Recommend some comments.

D．Design advertisements.

【2】What makes consumer rights groups feel worried?

A．Sponsored ads content.

B．Ads with caption on posts.

C．The unclear motivations of the posts.

D．The increasingly growing number of audiences.

【3】How does Gretchen Altman feel about being a micro-influencer?

A．Annoyed.

B．Delighted.

C．Ambitious.

D．Depressed.

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

A．Instagram Advertising: Do You Know It, When You See It

B．To be a Micro-influencer or to be a Big Star

C．We Can Each Be Our Own Top Brand

D．Hills Bros. Coffee, Your Coffee

29、Being deaf in a hearing world can lead to painful feelings of isolation (孤独).

Waitress Kelsey recently shared an experience on a social media sharing site that   quickly zoomed (陡直上升) to the top of the “ front page of the Internet”. In her brief post, Kelsey explained that she waits tables at a bar during the evenings, and one night she noticed a deaf man sitting alone in her section (区域).

When Kelsey isn’t working at the bar she makes a good hourly pay doing sign language interpretation (翻译), so she sensed an opportunity to use her skill to make this customer feel a little less alone in the world. She approached his table and began chatting with him in sign language.

When the table next to his noticed their silent conversation they asked Kelsey how long she’d been signing. They had a brief conversation about her goal of becoming certified (合格的) to interpret sign language in a medical or mental health setting.She didn’t think much about the whole exchange until the customers had left the restaurant and she was tidying up the tables. There, on the table of the customers who’d seen her American sign language conversation with the deaf man, was a handwritten note on the receipt.

“Thank you for what you do; it absolutely matters!” the note said. “Good luck with finishing your degree!” Not only that, but they’d left her a $100 tip.

Kelsey was moved by the kind note, especially because she wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary. To her, she was just conversing with someone in a language that only they understood. Yet to the deaf man and the people seated next to him she’d bridged a gap and helped someone who probably feels lonely a lot of the time.

Kelsey shared the note on the Internet to spread more love and light in the world.

【1】What do we know about Kelsey’s work at the bar？

A．It is her part-time job.

B．It goes beyond her ability.

C．It requires her to work all day long.

D．It offers her a chance to learn sign language.

【2】What can we infer about the deaf man?

A．He left Kelsey $100 as a tip.

B．He could use sign language.

C．He found it hard to communicate with Kelsey.

D．He was a friend of the customers at the next table.

【3】What did the people at the table next to the deaf man think of Kelsey?

A．She is wasting time working as a waitress.

B．She needs to study further for a degree.

C．She should use the Internet as a tool.

D．She is so kind to serve those in need.

【4】What lesson can we learn from Kelsey’s experience?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．It is never too late to learn.

C．Kindness is repaid with kindness.

D．When in Rome, do as Romans do.

30、Man has______ways of showing his love to nature. He says he loves it, although he often______its beauty. While walking through the woods, how many times have we picked flowers, planted roots and all? Then later, as the______wither(枯萎), we throw them away. That’s one of the reasons ____many kinds of plants and flowers have become rare. Or have you______wondered where all the thousands of New Year trees come from and_____ happens to them once the______are over?

Man destroys nature by polluting the air. That’s probably the greatest danger_____our lives. The smoke from factories and______from cars and trucks do not harm only the surrounding vegetation(植被), it ____our health, too.Man pollutes rivers, seas and oceans. Just think of the______fish that die by the thousands because of polluted waters.

Biologists have______that all kinds of wild life are______in the areas where they live. Even the wolf, which we______dangerous and “bad”, plays an important role in nature. Here is an interesting example. There is a large______in one of the Great Lakes between Canada and the US. Early in this century many wild deer invaded(涌入) the island. Nobody knows how they______there.

The deer multiplied(繁殖) until there were as many as 40,000 on the island. They destroyed ____of the vegetation on it. Finally as they couldn’t find enough______they began to starve and die. Then came the wolf:_______knows how wolves got to the island, but they______. The wolves killed those deer that were easiest to catch—the sick, the weak and the old. So only the strong and the healthy animals were left. The island become green once again and there was enough food for the deer that were left.

【1】

A．lovely

B．strange

C．many

D．much

【2】

A．harms

B．breaks

C．injury

D．destroys

【3】

A．stems

B．branches

C．leaves

D．flowers

【4】

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．when

【5】

A．still

B．ever

C．even

D．quite

【6】

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．how

【7】

A．years

B．meetings

C．parties

D．holidays

【8】

A．to

B．of

C．about

D．for

【9】

A．waters

B．smells

C．gases

D．whistles

【10】

A．effects on

B．efforts for

C．reasons for

D．causes of

【11】

A．poor

B．weak

C．strong

D．ill

【12】

A．studied

B．developed

C．invented

D．discovered

【13】

A．valuable

B．need

C．necessary

D．helped

【14】

A．consider

B．think it

C．regard

D．sound

【15】

A．field

B．land

C．mountain

D．island

【16】

A．left

B．got

C．reached to

D．arrived in

【17】

A．a whole

B．most

C．more

D．more much

【18】

A．plants

B．rice

C．vegetation

D．food

【19】

A．Nobody

B．Anybody

C．Somebody

D．Everybody

【20】

A．got

B．went

C．arrive

D．did

31、根据课文内容填空

The most 【1】 and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. 【2】 the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may 【3】children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year 【4】 .Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,【5】 take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, 【6】 in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful 【7】 of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for 【8】around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival 【9】 a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though 【10】is covered with pink snow.

32、假如你是李华，你们学校将在下周二晚举办五月艺术文化节晚会(Art and Culture Evening)。请给你的留学生朋友Eric写封信邀请他参加。内容包括：

1. 发出邀请

2. 晚会时间，地点；

3. 校长讲话及节目表演等活动内容。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。