桂林2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、— Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday?

— Sorry, honey, I _________ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in Argentina. There are  remains of what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth.

A. was working   B. work

C. will be working   D. worked

2、— 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

3、—Hurry up！There’s a bus coming！

—Why run？There will be_____one in two or three minutes．

A．another B．other

C．the other D．any other

4、Hosting the Winter Olympic Games can ________ the friendship and mutual understanding between Chinese people and people from other countries.

A．strengthen

B．symbolize

C．evaluate

D．regulate

5、 Two people in South Korea survived ________ by a sinkhole suddenly occurring in their courtyard.

A. swallowing B. being swallowed

C. to swallowed D. swallowed

6、Last night's TV news said that by then the death of the missing people     yet.

A.isn't proved B.haven't been proved

C.had not been proved D.wasn’t proved

7、I can’t imagine how he finished the relay race, ________his foot wounded so seriously.

A. as B. for C. with D. because of

8、The Romany prefer to move and stay in small groups________ they can protect and preserve their culture and freedom.

A. even though B. as if

C. as soon as   D. so that

9、Facebook has recently _____ a string of Facebook groups committed to illegally  sharing copyrighted music.

A. cracked down on   B. fallen back on

C. kept up with   D. got away with

10、The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him  with the performance.

A. by accident   B. at random C. at risk D. on average

11、The coat ________ thin but ________.

A. has worn; has dried easy

B. is worn;. is dried easy

C. wears; dries easily

D. wears; dries easy

12、Why do you turn to me for help ______ you can easily work out the problem independently?

A. until   B. when

C. after   D. unless

13、She must have finished her homework yesterday, ?

A. mustn`t she  B. hasn`t she

C. didn`t she   D. doesn`t she

14、More highways have been built in China, ________ it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.

A．make

B．made

C．to make

D．making

15、We lost in the quarterfinal mainly because our two key player______hurt in the first five minutes of the game.

A.boomed B.drafted C.retired D.wrestled

16、It ___ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _____I found we are very different people．

A． was until; when       B． was until; that

C． wasn’t until; when   D． wasn’t until; that

17、—When are you going to return my notebook?

—Don't worry. You ________ have it soon, I promise.

A．may

B．should

C．shall

D．must

18、My father helps arrange a Sunday brunch at the community center ________ the senior citizens can get together with their friends.

A. in that   B. in case

C. so that   D. for that

19、I think it's unwise of you to build up your business ________ your health.

A．in search of

B．in control of

C．at the end of

D．at the expense of

20、_____ interest in studying abroad is rising, more Chinese students who study abroad are also returning home upon completing their degrees.

A.Once B.Since C.While D.Until

21、Scientists may have evidence that our personality plays into our eating habits. People who are open and extroverted (外向的) eat more fruits and vegetables than others, according to new research.

The new report, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, analyzed the eating habits of more than 1,000 young adults ages 17 to 25. Researchers gave participants a test to measure for the “Big Five” personalities: openness to experience, conscientiousness (尽责性), extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (神经质). Then they asked some participants to keep a food diary for 21 days and others for 13 days, in hopes of encouraging more people to complete the task.

Participants who scored higher than average for openness ate about 4.5 more servings of combined fruits and vegetables per week than those less open ones. They also consumed less unhealthy food, such as potato chips or fries. Extroversion also had a positive effect on fruits and vegetable consumption, though not as strongly as openness did, while conscientiousness was a weak predictor of produce consumption.

Of course, the study only found an association between the characteristic and eating habits, rather than a direct causation. It’s likely that people who are open to new experiences take those same attitudes toward food, study author Tamlin Conner, a professor at the University of Otago, told The Huffington Post. Their personality may make them more eager to try new fruits and vegetables. But it’s also possible that eating healthy foods can cause anyone to feel more like an extrovert: Another of Conner’s studies found that in the short term, eating more fruits and vegetables resulted in more feelings of motivation, which she says are key characteristics of extroversion.

So, you want to eat better? Start eating like an open, extroverted person. “Try to take an attitude of openness, especially toward unusual healthy foods,” Conner said. “Go to the store, and pick something new. Practice behaving like an open person.”

【1】What does the new research focus on?

A．Food and health.

B．Personality and health.

C．Eating habits and health.

D．Eating habits and personality.

【2】What do we know about the experiment?

A．It asked participants to share their food diaries.

B．It was carried out among old people.

C．It involved five personalities.

D．It lasted for a month.

【3】Which of the following would lead you to eat more fruits and vegetables?

A．Openness to experience.

B．Extroversion.

C．Conscientiousness.

D．Agreeableness.

【4】What does Conner suggest?

A．Consulting an extrovert about foods.

B．Making friends with open people.

C．Going on a balanced diet.

D．Trying new healthy foods.

22、

So you’re thinking about breaking up with me. But before doing that, make sure you have examined its short-term and long-term environmental effects.

Let’s start simple: consider the great number of gallons of clean, drinkable water that would be wasted by my crying in the shower. Scientists don’t have a precise estimate of how much water might be lost, but, considering the length of my listening to the recent two sad albums during the shower, the amount is sure to be catastrophic.

Make no mistake: running from my sweet hug leaves a set of carbon footprints. Your leaving me will start a swift chain of events that results in me at a bar, drunkenly cursing at you with my friends.

At the end of the night, I will be forced to take a taxi home instead of the subway. Those extra carbon dioxide releases are a breakup by-product, as are the single-use plastic bottles of Glacier Freeze-flavor Gatorade I’ll surely buy the next morning.

Some effects are more hidden. Should you kick me to the roadside, you must anticipate that I am going to sit there eating ice cream. I will eat ice cream a lot every day, because I have seen sad women do this in movies. This, of course, causes ecological disaster. Not only do dairy cows produce greenhouse gas, but industrial dairy farming can cause the destruction of prairies (北美草原) forests, and other ecosystems. You might meet other interesting women in your life, but good luck is replacing North America’s wetlands!

Breaking up with me is a very personal choice, and no one can make it for you. I only hope that you have gained a helpful new way of thinking, one broad enough to deal with the world that waits for you in your single-hood. There might be “other fish in the sea,” but will there be actual fish in the real sea? It doesn’t look good. Alternatively, we could stay together and preserve this beautiful blue sea for our grandchildren. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and I eagerly wait for your decision.

【1】What can we learn from the passage?

A.The North America’s wetlands are expected to disappear.

B.The writer will cry much during the shower for the breakup.

C.Eating ice cream has a direct connection with deforestation.

D.An international organization is waiting for the man’s reply.

【2】According to the passage, a breakup might cause the following results except _____.

A.wasting water

B.global warming

C.white pollution

D.illegal fishing

【3】What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To remind her boyfriend to care for the environment.

B.To state the short-term and long-term environmental effects.

C.To persuade her boyfriend not to break up with her.

D.To reveal her disappointment and sorrow after the breakup.

23、Most people are familiar with hoarding (囤积) and the psychological issues associated with it. Hoarding leads to messy homes and difficulty parting with items that you don’t use and don’t even need. But hoarding can also occur in the digital world.

Digital hoarding, also known as e-hoarding, is too much acquisition and reluctance (不情愿) to delete electronic material no longer valuable to the user. Most computer users save digital files to some extent, and that’s expected. With digital hoarding, however, the act of saving the files becomes an uncontrollable urge. Digital hoarders may collect emails, photos, articles; podcasts, or any type of computer files they believe they may want to revisit in the future, and ultimately, in most cases, they rarely get to actually use it or listen to it or read it.

Digital hoarding also occurs when someone is too attached to the data even to consider getting rid of it. This can include chats and photos of an old partner, texts sent by a long-lost friend, or even screenshots collected several years ago.

Researchers have categorized digital hoarders into 4 different types, according to their characteristics. “Collectors” are organized, systematic and in control of their data. “Accidental hoarders” are disorganized, don’t know what they have, and don’t have control over it. The “compliant hoarder” keeps data on behalf of their company. Finally, “anxious hoarders” have strong emotional ties to their data-and are worried about deleting it.

The problem has only gotten worse since we have more access to digital storage than ever. In addition, cloud storage makes it incredibly easy to purchase more storage as needed. With infinite cloud space, it’s logical when network users don’t think twice about saving files.

However, studies found that digital hoarders experience increased levels of stress and now researchers are observing that the negative consequences of digital hoarding may be similar to those physical hoarding. Therefore, it’s important to set time aside to have a good clear-out in the same way we do in the physical world. By organizing and getting rid of useless files in a regular way, people with this problem can ease some of their distress and clear their own mind as well.

【1】A digital hoarder tends to _____________.

A．have psychological problems

B．be unwilling to remove e-documents

C．revisit what they’ve stored frequently

D．have an urge to dispose of the data

【2】Which of the following belongs to an accidental hoarder?

A．Mike arranges all work and business-related data scientifically.

B．Tom is resistant to deleting anything about his ex-girlfriend.

C．Antony keeps the financial data of his company orderly.

D．Lauren’s camera roll is largely taken up by throwaway selfies.

【3】What contributes to a network user saving more e-material?

A．Easy access to limitless cloud storage.

B．Decreasing cost of digital storage.

C．Increasing stress from the loss of data.

D．Difficulty in recovering data.

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

A．Stress can’t be avoided for a digital hoarder.

B．It’s unnecessary to part with useless items at home.

C．Time should be set aside to clean rooms regularly.

D．E-files had better be cleared out on a regular basis.

24、Students usually have two long holidays a year, but have you heard elephants have holidays?

The Indian elephants from a temple are sent on a north-long holiday with massages(按摩) and baths to relax. The 64 elephants will be fed with a lot of food, enough for them to put on 700~800 pounds.

A temple veterinarian said that those Indian elephants would be treated after spending a month walking on roads, living on leaves and bananas and giving shows during lots of temple festivals. Their daily diet includes special rice and other special food, which are very nutritious and can make them healthy and strong. All of these are made by professional people.

This treatment will also calm them down ahead of a busy work schedule in upcoming events later in the year where they are the main attractions. The special holiday has cost the temple about￡12,500, but extra money is ready for being used to treat the animals.

Indians believe that doing something good to elephants can help them get wisdom and power. Having elephants is a traditional symbol of honor for temples across southern India. All temples, however, never buy their elephants. The elephants were donated by people.

【1】 The Indian elephants can have a __________ holiday.

A. day’s   B. week’s    C. month’s     D. year’s

【2】The elephants can do the following during their holiday EXCEPT_____.

A. eating delicious food

B. giving performances

C. taking a shower

D. having a massage

【3】 What does the underlined word “nutritious” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 大量的   B. 有营养的  C. 昂贵的 D. 美味的

【4】 People give these elephants a special holiday in order to ______.

A. save a lot of money

B. make friends with them

C. make their temples famous

D. make them get ready for the coming work.

25、Do you shop for groceries online and have them delivered to your door? Well, this might be just the start of a digital revolution in food. How about tattooed(刺花的) fruit, ice cubes which send text messages, and wine from the bottom of the ocean? All these things are on the ____ according to global innovation research firm Stylus.

They say stickers and wasteful packaging on fruit could be ____ by eatable tattos. These would be ____ “directly to the skin of the fruit without ____ damaging skin cells, “according to Stylus’s senior vice-president of content, Tessa Mansfield.

Our ____ are changing rapidly too, and some companies are cooking up menu of technological advances. ____, there’s a smart knife which can ____ the freshness of food and any bacteria present as it is being used.

Innovative ways to ____ what we consume are always being ____. Mandy Saven, Stylus’s head of food, beverage and hospitality says new digital ice cubes send a text message to a friend if you drink too much alcohol.

Indeed, some companies are helping consumers stay ____ and make environmentally-friendly choices. Dutch firm Bilder and De Clerca sells food organized by recipe, which helps customers avoiding ____ by buying too much.

This makes the retailer more than just a supplier of food—it becomes “kind of food ____ to a shopper.” says Tessa Mansfield.

For the discerning(有眼力的) drinker, the future holds another new experience. How would you like to try “ocean-aged wine”? This is wine which has been sunk to the bottom of the ocean to help it ____ before you enjoy it.

I find all these ____ exciting. What about you? Are you happy to ____ the new frontier of food?

【1】

A．rise

B．contrary

C．horizon

D．whole

【2】

A．replaced

B．exchanged

C．covered

D．understood

【3】

A．connected

B．contributed

C．imported

D．applied

【4】

A．heavily

B．actually

C．purposefully

D．weakly

【5】

A．situations

B．groceries

C．services

D．kitchens

【6】

A．In short

B．At first

C．For instance

D．After all

【7】

A．enhance

B．add

C．analyze

D．locate

【8】

A．search

B．monitor

C．elect

D．limit

【9】

A．developed

B．tracked

C．tempted

D．followed

【10】

A．comfortable

B．smart

C．holy

D．healthy

【11】

A．consumption

B．waste

C．cost

D．bargain

【12】

A．consultant

B．customer

C．designer

D．guard

【13】

A．delicate

B．dizzy

C．mature

D．delicious

【14】

A．innovations

B．goals

C．behaviors

D．consumers

【15】

A．move about

B．step across

C．join in

D．get on

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。

Mei Mei frowned (皱眉) as she helped her mother and father set out the cooking supplies in the shiny steel kitchen. Her family had just moved here from San Francisco, having bought a small restaurant, which was set to open in the next few days.

“Moving here was a stupid idea. I have lost all my friends in San Francisco. What should I do now?” Mei Mei grumbled(抱怨), mostly to herself.

“What’s that?” Her mother asked, opening a box and lifting out several pots and a wok(炒锅).

“Nothing.” Mei Mei said. The girl had been complaining about the move, but her parents had made the decision and were now too busy getting ready for the grand opening to listen to her complaints.

The first few days at her new school hadn't been easy, either. She found it hard to talk to people she didn’t know, and it seemed like the students hadn’t even noticed her. Mei Mei sighed and got back to washing dishes.

On the day of the grand opening, Mei Mei’s parents were all smiles, welcoming customers into the restaurant, brightly decorated in gold and red. Even Mei Mei was in a good mood as she rushed around, seating guests, handing out menus, and pouring tall glasses of water. This was a big day for her family.

At one of the tables sat a family with two daughters who were about Mei Mei’s age. As she filled their glasses, Mei Mei realized the twins were in her class. Mei Mei lowered her head so her long hair covered her face, and she turned away from the table.

Mei Mei’s mother found her soon after, in the kitchen loading the dishwasher.

“Honey, what are you doing back here? We need you out front with the customers.”

Paragraph 1:

“Mom. I don’t want to be out there!”

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Paragraph 2:

Mei Mei put a handful of cookies into a small plate and left the kitchen.

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