宜昌2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、With the ever-serious pollution, many species, including endangered ones, are known ________ by ocean plastics in the past decades.

A．to have been affected

B．to have affected

C．having been affected

D．having affected

2、The university is saving $ 300,000 per year by its energy ______ efforts.

A. consumption B. conservation

C. suspension  D. prohibition

3、We will gather for the community service at the school gate at 8 tomorrow morning unless ___.

A．otherwise informing B．otherwise being informed

C．otherwise informed   D．having otherwise informed

4、______ dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive.

A．Although

B．Whatever

C．As

D．However

5、Tom _______ to go upstairs to his room and rest awhile, but his aunt urged him to finish his homework first.

A. should plan  B. has planned

C. would plan D. had planned

6、 —It will take me at least three hours to finish the job.

— Oh, _________ ! I can finish it in only an hour.

A. you are right    B. that’s a good point

C. sounds great D. come on

7、There was snow everywhere ______ the shapes of things were difficult to identify.

A.so that B.now that

C.for fear that D.on condition that

8、－Might I lend your bicycle to Zhou Lan, Jim?

－_______ Anyhow I need to stay at home, helping my sister with her maths.

A. Yes, you might.   B. Forget it!

C. What for?   D. By all means.

9、Tom is so creative a person that he always has lots of ________ ideas in his mind, and sometimes we don’t even know what he is thinking about.

A. novel   B. complex C. messy   D. absurd

10、The research results seem to _________a connection between poor housing conditions and bad health, but more work must be done to test it.

A.indicate B.analyze C.identify D.prove

11、He tried hard to keep calm in face of the policemen but the sweat on his forehead  __ him _____.

A.gave; away B.turned; down C.showed; out D.shut; off

12、This car is environmentally friendly because it uses electricity instead of gas.   , it is less expensive.

A. Besides   B. However

C. Instead   D. Meanwhile

13、--How do you usually go to work? –– I usually drive, but if it is fine, I ______ by bike.

A. will go   B. would go   C. have gone   D. had gone

14、The two parties have reached a ________agreement to solve this dispute. A long-term solution hasn’t been found.

A. sensitive   B. tentative

C. active   D. creative

15、The needle treatment ______ the ancient times has cured many diseases.

A．dated back to

B．dated from

C．that dated back to

D．that dates from

16、The hard part in our life is not making the decision but living with_________．

A． one B． that

C． the one D． it

17、________ its suicide rate double in less than a decade, the country will also set up more counseling centers and try to increase awareness of the risks of depression.

A. Having seen   B. Seeing

C. To see   D. Seen

18、There’re so many ________ terms in the article that few people can read it.

A. sacred   B. professional

C. precious   D. broad

19、I reached into my wallet _________ I don’t usually have cash and pulled out all.

A．which

B．where

C．when

D．who

20、If you ________ to his speech attentively, you should have known that his achievement was not all from good luck.

A. listened        B. would listen

C. had listened       D. would have listened

21、Your Summer Holiday Guide to Beijing’s Best Exhibitions

Chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-06-19 15:19

The Divine Michelangelo Art Exhibition

The exhibition includes 105 items, demonstrating Michelangelo’s artistic achievements in drawing, sculpture, architecture, and poetry. It features several of his famous statues, including one of the only three life-size reproductions of David in the world. Using VR technology, the exhibit recreates the medieval scene from hundreds of years ago allowing visitors to feel as if they were in the Sistine Chapel looking at The Genesis and The Last Judgment.

If you go: 10 am — 9 pm, through October 10. Bird’s Nest Culture Center, No. I National Stadium South Road, Chaoyang district, 010-64553358. Adult 30 yuan; children 15 yuan.

Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection

It is a must-see world-class exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing. The exhibition features 11 Rembrandts, the only privately owned painting by Johan Vermeer, and works by five generations of Dutch artists. The Leiden Collection exhibition makes history by presenting the largest collection of Dutch Golden Age paintings ever to visit China.

If you go: 9 am — 5 pm, closed on Mondays, through September 3. No. 16 East Chang’an Avenue, Dongcheng district, Beijing, 010-65116400. Adult 35 yuan; children free.

Universe Manual Wisdom

This exhibition, based on the Internet documentary The Great Shokunin, displays fine lacquerwares, Sichuan brocade, and traditional Han clothing by 12 manual masters. Makers will showcase their craftsmanship on site and share their experience with visitors.

If you go: 10 am — 5 pm，July 16 — August 4. Beijing Museum of Visual Art, No. 32 Beijigesantiao, Dongdan, Dongcheng district. 010-65285856. 20 yuan per person; for groups of 5 people or more, 15 yuan per person.

Picasso’s Handmade Silver Plates

We all know Pablo Picasso’s distinctive abstract paintings, but the Spanish artist also created many sculptures and pottery in his later years. The exhibition displays 23 silver plates, 20 pottery plates, as well as ceramics and ceramic engravings. Among the exhibits, the silver plates all have the creator’s autograph and serial numbers, without one reproduction.

If you go: July 13 — August 31. The China Millennium Monument, Jia No. 9 Fuxing Road, Haidian district. 010-84187900. Adult 25 yuan; children 15 yuan; family (2+1) 50 yuan .

【1】What can you see if you are free on October 1st?

A．Picasso’s Handmade Silver Plates.

B．Universe Manual Wisdom.

C．The Divine Michelangelo Art Exhibition.

D．Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection.

【2】Where can visitors go if they want to interact with the artists?

A．Bird’s Nest Culture Center.

B．Beijing Museum of Visual Art.

C．The China Millennium Monument.

D．The National Museum of China.

【3】What’s the lowest cost of an exhibition trip for a couple with two kids?

A．80 yuan.

B．70 yuan.

C．65 yuan.

D．60 yuan.

22、The idea of turning recycled plastic bottles into clothing is not new.During the last five years, a large number of clothing companies, businesses and environmental organizations have started turning plastics into fabric to deal with plastic pollution.But there's a problem with this method.Research now shows that microfibers could be the biggest source of plastic in the sea.

Dr.Mark Browne in Santa Barbara, California, has been studying plastic pollution and micro-fibers for 10 years now.He explains that every time synthetic (合成的) clothes go into a washing machine, a large number of plastic fibers fall off.Most washing machines can't collect these microfibers.So every time the water gets out of a washing machine, microfibers are entering the sewers and finally end up in the sea.

In 2011, Browne wrote a paper stating that a single piece of synthetic clothing can produce more than l, 900 fibers per wash.Browne collected samples from seawater and freshwater sites around the world, and used a special way to examine each sample.He discovered that every single water sample contained microfibers.

This is bad news for a number of reasons.Plastic can cause harm to sea life when eaten.Studies have also shown that plastic can absorb other pollutants.

Based on this evidence, it may seem surprising that companies and organizations have chosen to turn plastic waste into clothing as an environmental “solution”.Even though the science has been around for a while, Browne explains that he's had a difficult time getting companies to listen.When he asked well-known clothing companies to support Benign by Design—his research project that seeks to get clothes that have a bad effect on humans and the environment out of the market, Browne didn't get a satisfying answer.Only one women's clothing company, Eileen Fisher, offered Browne funding.

【1】What has happened during the past five years?

A．Fabric has become much stronger.

B．Plastic pollution has been less serious.

C．Microfibers have been greatly improved.

D．Many plastic bottles have been reused.

【2】What does Browne think of washing synthetic clothes?

A．It is worsening environmental problems.

B．It is adding microfibers to the clothes.

C．It is making synthetic clothes last longer.

D．It is doing great damage to washing machines.

【3】What can be inferred about Browne's Benign by Design research project?

A．It has achieved great success.

B．It hasn't got anything done.

C．It is facing some difficulties.

D．It is known to very few people.

【4】Where is the text most likely from?

A．A novel.

B．A magazine.

C．A diary.

D．A guidebook.

23、I  learned a  long  time ago  that hair has meanings—plenty of meanings. Growing up  in  the 1960s, my friends and I struggled without parents’ control over the length and style of our hair.

At  the  time,  hair  represented  our  need  to  break  free  from  adults  in  our  lives.  Long  hair represented our freed inner selves.

My clients are often surprised when I asked them questions about their hairstyle—why they choose it, how else they’ve worn their hair, how they feel about it, and so on. However, while it may  seem  to  be  a  simple  topic,  even  today  our  hairstyles  still  have many  psychological  and emotional meanings. Understanding some of those meanings can lead to understanding of many different aspects of a person’s mind. How we view our hair,  for example, can show something about how we view ourselves.

Our  hair  can  show  physical  and  emotional well­being,  desirability,  and  even  social  and financial  status. When  it  becomes  dull  or  fragile,  it  can  communicate  emotional  and  physical diseases. But hair can also show unrecognized and often unspoken daydreams about oneself and one’s world. One woman—a successful professional—wore her long hair in a thick bun(发髻).

But  one  day  she  showed me  that  tangled(缠结的) hair was kept  in  the bun. She  said  that  she never brushed out the tangles because the hair showed her secret image of herself as a helpless, disturbed woman, like Ophelia in the play Hamlet.

Another woman came to therapy in a huge shirt and huge pants that she believed they could hide the weight she had put on since the birth of her child. She talked about how much she hated her  body  and  how  helpless  she  felt  about  doing  anything  about  it.  But  her  hair  was  always beautifully  coloured  and  decorated. When  I  pointed  out  that  she  seemed  to  have  a  different relationship with her hair  from she did with her body, she said  that her hair had been  thinning and  that she was  trying  to make  it  look as good as she  could.  I pointed out  that what she was doing  with  her  hair  and  her  body  was  kind  of  contradictory,  and  wondered  if  she  had  any thoughts about that.

She was surprised. But as we talked about her contradictory attitudes towards different parts of her physical self, we began to open up all sorts of other thoughts and ideas about her inner self.

And interestingly, as we continued opening those internal doors, changes started to happen. She started eating differently and exercising  regularly. One day some months  later, she appeared  in my  office  in  skinny  jeans  and  a  tight  sweater,  and  her  hair was  pulled  back  in  a  ponytail.  “I decided to see what would happen if I stopped trying to hide myself, ” she said with a big smile.

“And…?  ”  I  asked.  “People  keep  smiling  at  me  in  the  street. My  husband  hugged  me  this morning for the first time in ages. And I feel good! ”

Besides, self­respect in both men and women can be damaged by thinning hair；they may feel  alone  even  though  they  are  really  not. Given  our  cultural  focus  on  physical  appearance, youth, and health, hair loss can be unpleasant for both men and women. The market is filled with hair­enhancing  treatments, but  there  are  those who  have decided  to be  against  the  system  and change to the “bald is beautiful” position. But it is much harder for women to take the “bald is beautiful” approach to hair loss. We tend to try to hide it in one way or another.

But no matter what approach you use, it is important to remember that the thickness of your hair  has  nothing  to  do with  your  value  in  the world. Remember  that  you  have  nothing  to  be ashamed of if you have thinning hair. Thinning hair may not be something you can change, but it doesn’t have to control how you represent the person who lives underneath it.

【1】In the 1960s, long hair represented___________.

A. fashion  B. honesty C. peace   D. freedom

【2】Why does the author ask clients questions about their hairstyle?

A. Because this topic can reduce clients’ pain.

B. Because the hairstyle can reflect one’s inner self.

C. Because it’s a simple topic to start a conversation.

D. Because this is a topic most people are interested in.

【3】The author mentioned stories of two women in order to___________.

A. prove her idea

B. introduce the topic

C. make comparisons

D. stress the importance of good hair

【4】What can we know about the woman wearing her long hair in a thick bun?

A. She had long but thinning hair.

B. She was helpless and disturbed.

C. She was too busy to brush her hair.

D. She loved the play Hamlet very much.

【5】What does the author advise us to do in the last two paragraphs?

A. Not to be affected by thinning hair.

B. To take the “bald is beautiful” position.

C. To find suitable treatments for thinning hair.

D. Not to pay too much attention to our physical appearance.

24、

【1】How did Daniel get to New York?

A.By train. B.By plane. C.By car. D.By sea.

【2】What is Daniel’s flat like?

A.It’s far away from his office. B.It’s quite cheap

C.It’s very big. D.It’s very nice.

【3】What does Daniel NOT tell us?

A.Whether he has visited New York before. B.Where he stayed before he found a flat.

C.Why he had a party on April Fool’s Day. D.What his workmates and new neighbors are like.

【4】What is the yearly price of Daniel’s perfect flat?

A.$11,000 B.$1,000 C.$3,000 D.$12,000

【5】Which is the best title of the passage?

A.Daniel’s new life in New York. B.Daniel’s travel plan.

C.Daniel’s perfect flat. D.April Fool’s Day’s trick.

25、I never imagined my graduate experience would be so heavily affected by a personal crisis. During the second year of my PhD program, COVID-19 caused the _______ chapter of my life. My university shut down, and I lost my older brother. In all, within two months, my life had become _______ .

I felt that my world had _______. My friends and family suggested I take a leave of absence from my PhD program. But I thought I should _______ to my science program as usual. Through trial and error, I found side _______ unrelated to my scientific _______ gave me a sense of moving forward. I sat down and _______ some essays. I took an online course that taught me how to learn more _______ . In the beginning, it was difficult for me.

The effect of learning was very obvious _______ . I could not only finish the small projects, but also finish my essays despite some errors. When I thought about diving back into my study, I was once filled with ________. However, the small projects made me ________ that fear and believe I was capable of setting and achieving goals.

Nearly 4 months have passed since my brother died, and I am still ________ at certain reminders of him. Yet, with the help of my work, I am getting through the ________ of his passing and my other losses.

During the crisis, it can be difficult to________what you think you need from what you actually need. But I’ve distinguished them well. My personal crisis has taught me that goal   setting and task completion are forms ot self-care. I’m ________ for the crisis because it has enabled me to have a chance to find my own way forward.

【1】

A．funniest

B．luckiest

C．toughest

D．riskiest

【2】

A．awful

B．public

C．secure

D．fortunate

【3】

A．gone ahead

B．fallen apart

C．taken off

D．come up

【4】

A．admit

B．object

C．refer

D．stick

【5】

A．projects

B．dishes

C．effects

D．issues

【6】

A．ability

B．strength

C．research

D．determination

【7】

A．abandoned

B．created

C．selected

D．deleted

【8】

A．regularly

B．modestly

C．curiously

D．effectively

【9】

A．after all

B．all along

C．at first

D．at once

【10】

A．confusion

B．panic

C．admiration

D．pleasure

【11】

A．express

B．form

C．overcome

D．expose

【12】

A．peaceful

B．patient

C．mindless

D．heartsick

【13】

A．disease

B．sorrow

C．violence

D．relief

【14】

A．tell

B．prevent

C．draw

D．borrow

【15】

A．anxious

B．regretful

C．grateful

D．famous

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2．阅读周设立的目的和活动安排．

3．邀请他参加．

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