连云港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 so surprised at _______ that he did not try to escape or defend himself.

A.discovered B.discovering C.to be discovered D.being discovered

2、From time to time I look at the photo as a reminder to show respect to all animals. It is _____ we who are the visitors to their world.

A.of all B.at all C.in all D.after all

3、Try to_____ at least an hour each day for learning English and you’ll make progress.

A. set about B. set against

C. set aside D. set apart

4、With the majority of attempts to climb Qomolangma _______ either in total success or failure, is there also a scientific reason behind this risk-taking?

A．to result

B．results

C．resulting

D．resulted

5、As long as you devote yourself to your study, you are sure to make ______ progress.

A．a

B．the

C．an

D．/

6、When we got back from the cinema, we found the lamp ________ but the door ________.

A．being on; shut

B．burning; shutting

C．burning; shut

D．on; shutting

7、—Daddy, can you buy me a new MP3 when you go to Beijing?

—You ______ get one if you are admitted to a key middle school.

A.could B.shall C.may D.can

8、First, gradually increase a gentle walk to 20 minutes. This can be done every day or _____.

A. every another day

B. every other day

C. every other days

D. every the other day

9、My pen ________. Have you got a spare one which I may borrow?

A．won’t be written

B．is not writing

C．doesn’t work

D．won’t work

10、After the Tsunami passed away, all the villages and towns were ________. And no being was seen.

A. in ruin   B. in ruins

C. at ruins   D. for ruins

11、He is ________ to go home to see his parents.

A．determine

B．determined

C．determining

D．to determine

12、They planted roses the former Olympic champion who passed away last year．

A. in sight of   B. in favor of

C. in support of   D. in memory of

13、Experts say it is a worldwide trend to ________ PM2.5 to check air quality.

A．adapt

B．attach

C．adopt

D．adjust

14、 The businessman is always encouraging his employees to ______ water-based sports, hoping to develop an amateur racing team in his own company.

A.build up   B. set up   C. keep up D. take up

15、---Would you like to help me?

---______, Andy.

A.Never mind B.Not at all C.My pleasure D.With pleasure

16、The student made great progress _________the help of his teachers and classmates.

A．rather than

B．thanks to

C．with the hope of

D．in addition

17、I found ________ impossible for _______ to work out the math problem.

A. it; him   B. it; he

C. that; him   D. that; he

18、 Was it in the village _____ we used to live in _____ the accident happened?

A. where; that  B. which; that  C. that; where      D. where; which

19、With online shopping increasingly popular, the Internet is seen as a(n）________ way of reaching target customers.

A．energetic

B．equal

C．generous

D．efficient

20、We are confident that the environment ________ by our further efforts to reduce production.

A.had improved B.is improved C.will be improved D.improved

21、The eyes of the elephant seal ________ to darkness more quickly than any other animal, thus allowing it to hunt in deep water.

A．contribute

B．adapt

C．take

D．lead

22、We all Chinese people are called on to learn from Lei Feng, __________ qualities are well worth learning.

A．which

B．as

C．who

D．whose

23、It was reported that ________ the houses were destroyed in the earthquake.

A. a great deal of

B. the great number of

C. a large amount of

D. a great many

24、A film will be made _______ these brave firefighters who lost their lives to protect people.

A．in terms of

B．in need of

C．in favor of

D．in memory of

25、It was at the school gate _______ I met an old friend of mine after class.

A. why   B. which   C. where   D. that

26、

In the course of working my way through school, I took many jobs I would rather forget. But none of these jobs was as dreadful as my job in an apple plant. The work was hard, the pay was poor; What’s more, the working conditions were terrible.

First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength. For ten hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck. Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night.

I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor. I was paid the lowest wage of that time—two dollars an hour. Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible. I usually worked twelve hours a night but did receive a low pay.

But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy was the working conditions. During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch. Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures. The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone. And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor.

I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked. By the time I left, I was determined never to go back there again.

【1】Why did the writer have to take many jobs at the time?

A.to pay for his schooling B.to save for his future

C.to contribute to charities D.to gain some experience

【2】The following facts describe the terrible working conditions of the plant EXCEPT ________.

A.loading boxes in the freezing cold B.having limited time for breaks

C.working and studying at the same time D.getting no pay for lunch time

【3】What is the subject discussed in the text?

A.The writer’s unhappy school life.

B.The writer’s eagerness to earn money.

C.The writer’s experience as a full-time worker.

D.The writer’s hard work in an apple plant.

【4】How is the text organized?

A.Topic-Argument-Explanation

B.Opinion-Discussion-Description

C.Main idea-Comparison-Supporting examples

D.Introduction-Supporting examples-Conclusion

27、   Whenever we see a button, we are eager to press it because we know something will happen. This is true in most cases, for example on a doorbell and on the "on/off" button on the TV. But some buttons are actually fake , like the “close” button on a lift.

Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they don't have the patience to wait for the lift doors to shut. But lifts “close” buttons are a complete trick, at least in the US-the doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press.

It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in the US, making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter. Only US firefighters and repairmen can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys.

But to normal lift riders, the buttons aren't completely useless. According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control. "Perceived (能够感知的)control is very important. It reduces stress and increases well-being," Ellen J. Langer, a psychology professor, said, “Having a lack of control is connected with depression (抑郁).”

Experts have expressed that a lot of buttons that don't do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose. For example, many offices in the US have fake thermostats (温度调节器)because people tend to feel better when they think they can control the temperature in their workspace.

But Psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little “white lies”, they still continue to push fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort.

“That habit is here to stay,” John Kounios, a psychology professor, said, “Even though I have real doubts about the traffic light buttons, I always press them. After all, I've got nothing else to do while waiting. So why not press the button in the hope that this one will work?”

【1】What was the author's main purpose in writing the article?

A．To describe some different kinds of fake buttons.

B．To explore people's different habits when it comes to pushing buttons.

C．To tell the uses of fake buttons.

D．To explain the advantages and disadvantages of fake buttons.

【2】Which may be the best title for the passage?

A．Buttons in the USA.

B．Buttons Always Lie.

C．Buttons May not Work.

D．"Close" Buttons on lifts.

【3】According to John Kounios, people who press fake buttons____.

A．don't know that what they press is fake.

B．should give up this habit.

C．consider what they do to be meaningless.

D．probably do so to kill time.

【4】In America, the “close” buttons on lifts____ .

A．were specially designed to give people a sense of control.

B．are fake for the convenience of disabled people.

C．work only when people press them hard for a while.

D．cannot speed up the process of closing the door in any case.

28、What a day! I started at my new school this morning and had the best time. I made lots of new friends and really liked my teachers. I was nervous the night before,but I had no reason to be. Everyone was so friendly and polite. They made me feel at ease. It was like I’d been at the school for a hundred years!

The day started very early at 7∶00 a.m. had my breakfast downstairs with my mom. She could tell that I was very nervous. Mom kept asking me what was wrong. She told me I had nothing to worry about and that everyone was going to love me. If they didn’t love me，Mom said to send them her way for a good talking to. I couldn’t stop laughing.

My mom dropped me off at the school gates about five minutes before the bell. A little blonde(金发的) girl got dropped off at the same time and started waving(招手) at me. She ran over and told me her name was Abigail. She was very nice and we became close straight away. We spent all morning together and began to talk to another girl called Stacey. The three of us sat together in class all day and we even made our way home together! It went so quickly. Our teacher told us that tomorrow we would really start learning and developing new skills.

I cannot wait until tomorrow and feel as though I am really going to enjoy my time at my new school. I only hope that my new friends feel the same way too.

【1】How did the author feel the night before her new school?

A．Tired.

B．Excited.

C．Worried.

D．Relaxed.

【2】What did the author think of her mother’s advice?

A．Clear.

B．Funny.

C．Reasonable.

D．Excellent.

【3】What happened on the author’s first day of school?

A．She met many nice people.

B．She had a hurried breakfast.

C．She learned some new skills.

D．She arrived at school very early.

【4】What can we infer about Abigail?

A．She disliked Stacey.

B．She was shy and quiet.

C．She got on well with the author.

D．She was an old friend of the author.

29、More women are graduating from colleges than men.The situation is causing some people to worry about the future.The trend could cause social problems，according to a report on July 8 by the Washington Post.

Women received about 57 percent of the bachelor’s degrees awarded this year from colleges and universities in the United States.The figure of 57 percent has been the highest since World War Ⅱ ended in 1945.During the war，many men were in the military.

The gap between men and women is greater among African Americans and Hispanics.Two African­American women receive a degree for every African­American man.Only 40 percent of Hispanics who get a degree are males.

The USA Department of Education estimates 698,000 females received bachelor’s degree this year.The number of male graduates was 529,000.The trend toward more female graduates began in the mid­1980s.Nobody seems to know why.However，many theories exist.

Researchers say the trend could lead to social problems.They also say this may indicate two things.It may reflect the increasing success of women.But it also may show the educational problems affecting men.

High school graduation rates are slightly lower for men than for women.Males also make up the vast majority of students in special education classes.

The Business Roundtable is studying the trend.The group is an organization of chief executives of some of the nation’s largest corporations.Susan Traiman is the director of the group’s education policy.Traiman said the nation couldn’t afford to let half its population fail to develop skills needed for the future.

【1】Some people worry about the future because ________.

A．there are many social problems in America

B．more and more men don’t like the life in college

C．more African­American women receive a degree

D．fewer and fewer men receive a degree than women in America

【2】Which one of the following statements is right according to this passage?

A．There must be something wrong with the education system.

B．40% of the Hispanics get a degree in America.

C．Nobody knows the reason why more women get a degree than men.

D．More than half of the men received bachelor’s degrees this year.

【3】The underlined word “estimates” in the fourth paragraph means ________.

A．guesses B．explains   C．introduces    D．discovers

【4】What Susan Traiman said means that ________.

A．the nation should prevent the women from receiving further education

B．the nation would be too poor to develop its education

C．the nation didn’t have enough money for women’s further education

D．the nation should encourage men to develop skills for the future

【5】What is the main subject discussed in the text?

A．Women are more successful in America than men.

B．More women than men are graduating from college.

C．Men are more successful in America than women.

D．There are two kinds of social problems in America.

30、No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _________.

I learned this lesson from a(n) _________ many years ago. I took the head _________ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the _________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _________ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. Thinking hard about it, I came to _________ I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most importantly, I began to treat them like _________. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their _________, we met every day and _________ passing and kicking the football.

After six months we won our first game and our second, and continued to __________. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it didn’t __________ even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest __________ of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can __________ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and __________ them. I helped them to see themselves __________, and they built themselves into winners. Winners are made, but born.

【1】

A．luck

B．tests

C．efforts

D．nature

【2】

A．experiment

B．experience

C．visit

D．show

【3】

A．operating

B．editing

C．leading

D．coaching

【4】

A．successful

B．excellent

C．strong

D．new

【5】

A．cheer for

B．prepare for

C．help with

D．finish with

【6】

A．realize

B．claim

C．permit

D．demand

【7】

A．leaders

B．partners

C．winners

D．learners

【8】

A．rewards

B．vacations

C．health

D．honor

【9】

A．risked

B．missed

C．considered

D．practiced

【10】

A．relax

B．improve

C．increase

D．defend

【11】

A．matter

B．mind

C．happen

D．quit

【12】

A．chance

B．excitement

C．concern

D．offer

【13】

A．surprise

B．serve

C．influence

D．interest

【14】

A．encouraged

B．observed

C．protected

D．impressed

【15】

A．honestly

B．individually

C．calmly

D．differently

31、根据所学课文，写出正确的单词，每空一词。

You enter a strange middle ground-no longer a small child but not quite an adult. You have both a new desire for 【1】 and a 【2】 need for your parent’s love and support. You feel ready to be ready to be more 【3】 and make decisions on your own.

32、假设你是李华，亚洲青年运动会将于2021年在汕头举办，现正在招募英文志愿者，你希望成为其中一员。请按要求用英文给组委会写一封信。内容包括：

1.申请原因；

2.个人优势。

注意：1. 词数不少于100；

2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇: the Asia Youth Games亚青会

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