咸宁2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Hurry up! We need to get to the top of the mountain before the sun ____ in the west.

A. is sinking B. sank C. will sink D. sinks

2、As is acknowledged to us all, climate change is _____ many people their lives, especially in many African countries.  

A.taking B.claiming C.killing D.costing

3、In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.

A. performing to; to   B. performing; with

C. to perform; to   D. to perform; by

4、--- Excuse me, are these seats ________?

--- Sorry sir．The seats are reserved.

A．accessible B．available

C．affordable D．artificial

5、Nowadays it’s easier for students to gain ______ to good learning resources online.

A.privilege B.preference C.access D.permission

6、All the photos in the report are provided by the Students ’ Union, unless otherwise______.

A. noted       B. being noted

C. to be noted      D. having been noted

7、Hearing the loud noise outside, Chris ________ his book to check what was happening.

A．took over

B．laid aside

C．brought out

D．made out

8、 ______ economic, political and cultural difference, China and America have decided to cooperate in dealing with global issues.

A. In spite of B. In favour of

C. On account of   D. In terms of

9、No supportive words could ever_____ for the pain of being separated from her children for 10 years.

A．compensate

B．compromise

C．commence

D．compliment

10、—May I smoke here?

—Choose a seat in the smoking section, if you ________.

A．should B．must   C．can   D．may

11、The book is of great value. ______ can be enjoyed unless you digest it.

A. Nothing B. Something

C. Everything D. Anything

12、By applying the theory to the problem, we can brush away the details and ______ simple patterns.

A. release   B. reject   C. reveal     D. replace

13、Most people like the__________of using Alipay and WeChatPay to buy things.

A.convenience B.tradition C.cooperation D.leisure

14、--- Catherine, will you visit us this weekend?

--- I planned to, but something unexpected _____.

A. has come up  B. was coming up

C. had come up  D. would come up

15、He was a good student and scored________average in most subjects.

A．below

B．of

C．on

D．above

16、Nowadays, basic health care services are _________ to almost all the Chinese people. This accounts for the fact that the average life expectancy of the Chinese has already risen to 75.

A．alternative

B．abundant

C．accessible

D．creative

17、---- Who ________ the whole thing, Mary or Lucy?

---- Neither. I learned it from John.

A．gave out

B．gave off

C．gave up

D．gave away

18、“Only if we give them a high rating online, ________ a refund”, some customers complained.

A．we can get

B．can we get

C．we had got

D．had we got

19、We all consider ______ significant that we should cancel the order immediately.

A. how   B. which      C. this    D. it

20、The small boat was almost sunk by the dinosaurs which suddenly ________ to the surface，fighting each other，but fortunately the three men ________  get away.

A． rose；could

B． rose；were able to

C． arose；could have been able to

D． raised；could have

21、When Amanda Gorman gifted us with her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," I was sitting on our basement couch, sandwiched between my 2-year-old and my 5-year-old. I think kids benefit when parents and caregivers help them experience the world through poetry.

"The poet's role is to tell the truth. She told the truth," says Bridgette Bianca, a poet from South Central Los Angeles and an assistant professor at Santa Monica College who cites poetry's way of expressing complex ideas, often in a short, simple format, as a benefit for kids.

Expressive arts, including poetry, are important for a child's social-emotional development, according to clinical psychologist Dianne Jandrasits. Adults can create a secure attachment with kids by actively reading with them, especially between the ages of 0 and 5, and the sound of poetry can make the process fun.

Poetry, Jandrasits says, can help a child learn to take a perspective and to understand someone else's feelings. For a young child, she says, "it all starts with someone understanding your feelings. And that's where parents and caregivers come in."

Okay, but what is poetry? Ask five poets and you'll likely get five definitions. Dave Lucas, a lecturer at Case Western Reserve University and the former poet laureate of Ohio, says: "Poetry is that place where language is pleasure and not just communication. It's not just a hammer; it's a hammer that we also love to look at and we love to use."It's pretty simple. Poetry is music. It's about playing with language and sound. And kids love to play.

The problem, though, is that as kids get older, they lose that interest in playing with words. "I think we teach it out of them for the most part," Lucas says. Author and poet Kate Baer agrees. "What I think happens is that kids get to school and have some negative experience with poetry. Either because it's inaccessible or boring, or it's labeled in a way that has negative connotations. Like it's weird, or too artsy. "Kids want to laugh," adds Baer, who is also a mom of four. "That's a lot of what they want out of literature, especially at a young age.

"You don't need to be intimidated by the form of poetry," says writer Pamela K. Santos. "The thing I love about younger minds, is that their imagination is so elastic. The form is just a way to give a container to it." Santos, who is also a mother, recommends showing kids many different types of poetry, especially those that don't rhyme, and asking them what they notice. How many lines does the poem have? Does it repeat a word? Is the ending surprising?

【1】What can kids benefit from reading poetry?

A．telling the truth

B．identifying with others’ feeling

C．bonding with kids actively

D．making the reading process fun

【2】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Children’s growing up by reading poetry has little to do with parents.

B．Five poets can at most offer five definitions of poetry.

C．Poetry contains pleasant language including a hammer.

D．Poetry conveys complicated meanings in a short and simple format.

【3】What may pull older children off reading poetry, in the author's eye?

A．the burden caused by studies

B．other peer classmates’ comments

C．having a tough time understanding poetry

D．losing interest in reading

【4】Which can be the similar meaning to the underlined word in the last paragraph?

A．Attracted

B．Frightened

C．Cleared

D．Destroyed

22、   Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear (鞋类) in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits (展品) from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

Room 1

The celebrity (名人) footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s, there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.

Room 2

Most of our visitors are amazed and shocked by the collection of "special purpose" shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!

Room 3

As well as shoes and boots, the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that like legs!

The Footwear Library

People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.

【1】What can you find in Room 1? ______

A.Chinese special purpose shoes.

B.Queens' boots.

C.Metal lamps.

D.Bottles of Greek wine.

【2】What can we know about Room 2? ______

A.It is the most visited place in the museum.

B.It has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

C.It has the oldest exhibits than the other two.

D.It mainly exhibits shoes that have some special purposes.

【3】Where can you find some data that have something to do with the subject of footwear? ______

A.In the Footwear Library. B.In Room 1

C.In Room 2 D.In Room 3

23、The clock is ticking. David Brunelli has just swallowed a huge burger. The crowd cheers excitedly as he downs fistfuls of fries.

Welcome to the world of competitive eating.

Brunelli is part of a select group who compete to eat massive quantities of food as quickly as possible. Eating contests may seem like harmless fun, but they have a dark side and some critics are saying it’s time for them to stop.

Pouring crazy amounts of food down our throats is nothing new. Gorging banquets (狼吞虎咽会) was a regular part of ancient Roman culture. In the 1800s, some New York City politicians settled bets through eating challenges. Pie-eating contests have been a Fourth of July tradition for more than a century.

For supporters like Brunelli, though, eating contests are more than a custom. They are a path to fortune.

But prize money does nothing to reduce the health risks of competitive eating. Competitive eating can even be life-threatening. In 1991, a man in Virginia suffered a stroke (中风) after eating 38 eggs in 29 seconds; In Florida, in 2012, a man died shortly after winning an eating contest leading a group of doctors to call for a ban on eating contests.

In any event, the risk to competitors is only part of the story. Nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight, and competitive eating sets a terrible example by encouraging overeating. And in a world where 805 million people go hungry every day, downing ridiculous quantities of food for entertainment seems not just wasteful but also cruel.

For now, though, it seems eating contests are here to stay. Last year, more than three million viewers watched Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on TV. This year, Matt Stonie ate 182 pieces of bacon in 5 minutes, breaking the world record.

What record will be broken next? Do you really want to find out?

【1】What does the author try to express in Paragraph 4?

A．Competitive eating is a tradition.

B．It’s great to learn from ancient people.

C．Competitive eating should be accepted.

D．It’s exciting to challenge others to eat.

【2】Why does Brunelli take part in the eating contest?

A．For food.

B．For fun.

C．For honor.

D．For money.

【3】The examples given in Paragraph 6 are used to show eating contests ________.

A．use unhealthy food

B．waste too much food

C．put competitors at risk

D．set a bad example to kids

【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The author hopes to break the record.

B．The author is eager to know the result.

C．The author wants readers to find out the result.

D．The author disapproves of competitive eating.

24、Fossils are well preserved remains, impressions, or traces (痕迹) of animals and plants that lived long ago. Paleontologists (古生物学家) divide fossils into two main groups. Some fossils, called body fossils, show the structure of the plant or the animal. They form directly from the remains of plants and animals. Other fossils, called trace fossils. They record signs of animal or plant activities, such as walking, feeding, scratching, or even resting.

Most animals and plants don’t become fossils after they die. They break down into little bits or may be eaten by other animals. But some remains get buried too fast, avoiding those things happening. An animal might die near a body of water and sink to the bottom, where its remains get covered in sediment (沉积物). As sediment builds up, mineral-rich water seeps into the remains, leaving minerals in the tiny spaces of the bones and even replacing the original bones. The new minerals react with those in the animal’s remains and then harden into fossils.

Most fossils are buried deep in the Earth. As the Earth’s surface changes, scientists can dig up new fossils and learn more about past life and the Earth’s history. In rock that formed before a certain time, roughly 2.8 million years ago, scientists will not find human fossils.

Fossils are our keys to understanding prehistoric life and the Earth’s history. By studying fossils, we learn about a great variety of plants and animals that lived in the past. We can know what they looked like, how and where they moved and what they ate. By comparing fossils from different time periods, we can track the evolution of a species, see how it adapted to changes in its environment, and understand more about the climate and environment where the fossils were buried.

【1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．Fossils are remains of plants and animals.

B．Trace fossils only tell us the activities of animals.

C．Trace fossils form directly from the remains of creatures.

D．Body fossils show almost the original structure of creatures.

【2】What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A．Where we can find fossils.

B．How animals and plants become fossils.

C．Different fossils have different features.

D．Which methods are used to study fossils.

【3】What does the underlined phrase “seeps into” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Engages in.

B．Succeeds in.

C．Delights in.

D．Sinks in.

【4】What does the author think of the research of fossils?

A．Ridiculous.

B．Complex.

C．Significant.

D．Inspiring.

25、When people find out my son Sam is a competitive mathlete，they usually ask if my husband and I are "math people". The answer is definitely not. But sometimes I ________I was a math person so I could help him or at least give him better advice.

Ninth grade was ________for Sam. He left the world of middle school math，where he was kind of a big fish，and started swimming with the high school kids. To ________a competition，he took multiple practice tests，which he didn't do as well as he had hoped. Ultimately，he was ________by a math camp he'd applied to. He looked somewhat depressed and ________，murmuring to me，"I just feel like the whole year has been a waste.

I may not know a lot about math，but I know how Sam feels. As a writer，how many days even months have I “________” writing the same scene over and over again？Writing a ________sometimes feels like two steps forward，one step back. ________I gradually learn to face and accept the repetition in writing. Whatever the ________，enjoying the process is enough for me.

"You may currently be ________and frustrated with your failure，but it's not going to stay like this forever，that is，unless you don't accept or do nothing to change it，I said.

He seemed to have understood a little，but shrugged，I feel like everyone else did better than me. " I walked up to him and ________him on the shoulder affectionately. “It's normal that we can't ________the outcome and devoting time and energy to something with no guarantee of its success is risky and terrifying. "

I was trying to teach Sam something that had taken me a lifetime to learn：how to ________difficulty，disappointment and rejection，how to commit yourself to something because it's worth your while，not because you're certain you'll ________. Advanced mathematics，a novel--maybe they are not that different ________.

And you don't need to be a math person to know that.

【1】

A．think

B．wish

C．claim

D．admit

【2】

A．smooth

B．tough

C．fascinating

D．normal

【3】

A．fight for

B．search for

C．prepare for

D．allow for

【4】

A．accepted

B．rejected

C．convinced

D．estimated

【5】

A．disappointed

B．bored

C．awkward

D．confused

【6】

A．contributed

B．paid

C．employed

D．wasted

【7】

A．poem

B．song

C．comment

D．novel

【8】

A．Instead

B．But

C．Thus

D．And

【9】

A．result

B．condition

C．benefit

D．expense

【10】

A．insisting

B．attempting

C．struggling

D．proving

【11】

A．shook

B．patted

C．struck

D．grasped

【12】

A．control

B．offer

C．search

D．challenge

【13】

A．give away

B．make up

C．push through

D．put out

【14】

A．fail

B．occupy

C．change

D．succeed

【15】

A．after all

B．in all

C．above all

D．of all

26、书面表达

假定你是李华，诺丁汉大学（The University of Nottingham）2016年计划在中国招收一批优秀高中毕业生，你准备报名。请你向该校招生负责人Dr Dan发一封电子邮件，包括以下内容：

1. 简要说明你的意向及个人情况；

2. 适当咨询申请入学的准备工作（如：笔试、面试的时间以及考查重点、学费等）；

3. 具体询问学校的课程安排以及学生的在校学习、课外活动、业余生活、住宿等情况。

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