防城港2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、To survive in the world, we have to act _______ others, but to survive as ourselves, we have to act alone.

A. in honor of   B. in concert with

C. in light of   D. in contact with

2、Many left-behind children, when ______ formal education, will probably show their talent in many aspects.

A．receive

B．received

C．to receive

D．receiving

3、Almost every teenager will experience a period in their life _____ they aren’t content with their parents．

A．when   B．where   C．that   D．which

4、TV show provides women a stage__________they show their natural talent, rather than their looks.

A.that B.what C.where D.when

5、This happens _____________ the children are in two-parent or one-parent families.

A. no matter   B. either

C. if   D. whether

6、A strange girl entered the room and told me a story of her own, _____ I suspected the truth．

A．that B．which C．of which D．at which

7、When Madam Curie did the science experiment again, she was more careful ________ she had made a mistake.

A．what   B．when C．which   D．where

8、 --- Jerry, do remember to take the medicine three times a day and stay in bed for two days.

--- ______, Doctor. I will do it as told.

A.Got it B. That’s right

C. That’s OK D. I think so

9、One main reason comes from the Chinese tradition _______ the mother of the young woman usually requires her future son-in-law to prepare a house for their marriage, which brings financial pressure to the young man and his family.

A. what B. that C. which   D. When

10、--How many of you passed the physical test at the first attempt?

-Sadly, ___ It was too hard.

A.no one B.none C.all D.everyone

11、-Can we sit at the table by the window?   -I'm sorry, but it_______ already

A. has taken   B. has been taken

C. was taken   D. took

12、Learning another language is like stepping out of a door, through which I can ________ and see more clearly my own language.

A. take back  B. look back  C. turn back  D. get back

13、The man showed us so heavy a stone _____ no man can lift.

A. as   B. that

C. which   D. and

14、His father’s trust removed his fear of failing his parents.

A．disappointing

B．weakening

C．disabling

D．losing

15、Don’t worry. The hard work that you do now _____ later in life.

A．will be repaid

B．was being repaid

C．has been repaid

D．was repaid

16、______ David says sounds right to Helen. That’s why she has made up her mind to leave with him ______ happens.

A. Whatever; no matter what   B. No matter what; whatever

C. No matter what; no matter what   D. Whatever; however

17、---I don’t know when _____ tomorrow.

---I will call you as soon as he_____.

A. will he come; arrives   B. he will come; arrives

C. he will come; will arrive   D. will he come; will come

18、You ________ worry about their safety. They are old enough to take care of themselves.

A．mustn’t

B．needn’t

C．can’t

D．wouldn’t

19、The enquiry   new facts, the judge had to postpone the trial again.

A. to develop   B. developed

C. having developed   D. being developed

20、The output of this year is three times ______ it was in 2015.

A.as B.than C.what D.that

21、A new study of parental attitudes, Growing up Digital, by the UNSW Gonski Institute of Education found that 83 percent of carers, parents and grandparents thought their children were negatively distracted by their devices.

Parents are worried that being on a screen stops their children doing other activities, such as being physically active and playing outside, being creative or pending time connecting with friends or family. Many are concerned about the dangers of cyber-bullying and the effect of social media on their children’s mental and physical health.

Over the family dinner table, the most common argument is increasingly about use of mobile phones. Three-quarters of parents say it is hard to control their children’s use of their digital devices and two-thirds say the topic is a source of conflict in the home. Teachers are saying the same things about behaviour in classrooms.

While the digital world is not without its dangers and challenges, some experts warn parents against demonizing smartphones or social media.

The more extreme fears about the impact of the digital world on the current generation of children will likely sound as outdated in a few decades as when their great-grandparents inveighed against the evils of television or rock’n’ roll music.

Many previously sceptical parents have seen the positive human value of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic because it allowed their children to connect with friends and family through lockdowns and social distancing. Children could keep up their education remotely.

Rather than railing against the digital world, parents need to think of strategies to help their children get the best from their devices.

Parents should talk to their children about how to use their devices more productively and safely. They should accept that the online world can be creative and a source of inspiration and connection as well. They should give children positive reasons to limit their usage rather than simply telling them to put them phones away.

It is not possible to turn back time and stop children using their devices. Parents and teachers must help children get the best out of them.

【1】What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about digital devices?

A．Their target users

B．Their wide popularity.

C．Their major functions.

D．Their potential harm.

【2】What effect would digital devices have on children?

A．Calming.

B．Disturbing.

C．Refreshing.

D．Challenging.

【3】What does the underlined word “demonizing” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A．Criticizing casually.

B．Controlling completely.

C．Denying totally

D．Ignoring purposefully.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude to digital devices?

A．Objective.

B．Critical.

C．Favorable.

D．Intolerant

22、When we hear of dangerous diseases, cancer and heart disease are often what first comes to mind． Recently, a virus (病毒) called Ebola has reappeared in Guinea (a country in West Africa), killing 62 people so far． It leads to viral hemorrhagic fever, which is characterized by high fever and internal bleeding etc, Ebola can kill 90% of those infected, especially in underdeveloped societies like those in Africa.

Ebola is named after the Ebola River, where it was first discovered in 1976．There are five different types of the Ebola virus, each named after where they first happened: Sudan, Ivory Coast, Restoon, Bundibugyo, and Zaire．The deadliest of the five, Zaire, was responsible for the 2012 outbreak, and is believed to be attacking Guinea.

Ebola is naturally found in fruit bats (果蝠), which pass on the virus to other animals by biting or sucking on (吮吸) their blood．Humans who are suffering from the Ebola infection might have touched the bodily fluids (液体) of the infected animals．Once infected, a human becomes a carrier of the deadly virus.

Since we live in an interconnected world, where the situation in one country can affect us all, the influences of Ebola are huge: damaging trade relations, affecting foreign visitors, and weakening entire countries．Already the Guinea virus is spreading fast with a few cases spotted in Conakry — the capital of Guinea, far away from the origin of the virus．It is feared that the disease may have already reached neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, too.

Unfortunately, there are no disease-specific treatments for Ebola．Healthcare workers only supply the infected people with water to keep them in good condition．Since there have been many cases of nurses catching the disease from patients, they are forced to wear strict protective clothes, and in some cases, not even allowed to get close to the affected．The fact that there is no cure for the Ebola virus is what makes the outbreak a challenging one to control.

【1】The news of Ebola in Guinea is mentioned to ________.

A. make a brief summary

B. introduce the topic of the text

C. compare Ebola with cancer

D. show the latest study of viruses

【2】What can we learn about Ebola?

A. It is a newly discovered virus.

B. It is the most dangerous virus in the world.

C. It was named after where it first happened.

D. It could cause immediate death for anyone infected.

【3】What is mainly described in Paragraph 3?

A. What the Ebola virus is.

B. The influences of Ebola.

C. The treatments for Ebola.

D. How the Ebola virus spreads.

【4】Which of the following does the author probably agree with?

A. Ebola is a highly infectious virus.

B. Ebola is now very common in Guinea.

C. Those with a fever must be infected by Ebola.

D. Females are more easily to be infected by Ebola.

23、Our supposedly shrinking attention spans are a hot topic these days—as you may have seen on TV or heard on a podcast or read on Twitter or glimpsed on your watch. A 2018 Microsoft report claimed the average human attention span had shrunk from 12 seconds in 2008 to eight seconds in 2018 (even shorter than the nine seconds of focus maintained by the easily distracted goldfish), most likely on its way to zero.

Yes, this sort of warning is as old as the hills. An 1897 article in The American Electrician worried that a growing dependence on the telephone would turn us all into “transparent heaps of jelly”. But while the idea of addiction to smartphones is controversial, numerous studies have found that compulsive phone use can lead to separation anxiety, chronic fear of missing out and a painful thumb condition.

Yet blaming smart phones for our distraction feels too easy—human attention has always been fleeting. A study conducted several years before the first iPhone was released found that workers spent an average of just two minutes using a particular tool or document before switching to another. Moreover, interruptions may have an advantage. Many workers who prevented themselves from distraction by website-blocking software became more aware of time’s passage and were able to work for longer stretches—but also reported higher stress levels as a result of their sustained focus.

For those seeking to exercise greater control over their attention span, science has some suggestions. A 2016 study found that mindfulness meditation (正念冥想) led to short-term improvements in attention, and that the long-term benefits of frequent mindfulness were significantly large among heavy multimedia multitaskers.

Ultimately, it’s worth asking: How long do we really want our attention span to be? A little mindfulness can be beneficial, while too much sustained focus can elevate our stress levels. What’s lacking these days, then, may not be attention so much as self-control in the face of countless distractions that are inviting and diverting (有趣的). In the end, it seems like our only hope as a people, as a civilization, really, is to... to, um—sorry. Lost my train of thought.

【1】What does the author want to tell us by referring to The American Electrician?

A．Humans will be reduced to be heaps of jelly.

B．Smartphone is the contributor to mental diseases.

C．Anxiety over electronic devices has existed long before.

D．New media create a serious disturbance to people’s attention.

【2】What does the underlined word “fleeting” refer to?

A．Easily-blocked.

B．Hard-bitten.

C．Short-lived.

D．Long-lasting.

【3】Which of the following may extend our attention span?

A．Heavy multitasks on websites.

B．Regular mindfulness practice.

C．Greater control over meditation.

D．Short-term improvements in focus.

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

A．Short-term mindfulness is more practical.

B．Great self-control is essential in modern life.

C．Sustained focus results from higher stress levels.

D．He was very sorry for losing his train of thought.

24、A series of surveys have shown most students fail to use proven methods of learning effectively, instead wasting their time on ineffective methods.

【1】, the potential pitfalls, and the ways that they can use them more effectively.

Strategy 1 : Rereading

Learning new vocabulary? 【2】 Unfortunately, psychologists believe that it is too passive, meaning that most of the information fails to leave an impression.

Strategy 2 : 【3】

Like rereading, this study technique is nearly ubiquitous (无所不在的). The idea makes sense: the process of underlining key words and phrases should help you to engage more with the information, and it makes it easier to identify the most important passages later on. But although it can bemore effective than passive rereading, underlining and highlighting often fails to work, with most students mindlessly marking up almost every paragraph without much discernment.

Strategy 3 : Note-taking

【4】, and you will find students carefully copying the most important facts into their notebooks. Like underlining and highlighting, the problems come when you fail to be judicious about the material you are including.

Strategy 4 : Outlining

Many teachers encourage their students to take a ‘bird’s eye ’ view of the course they are studying, presenting an overview of the key points to be learned in a structured, logical manner. 【5】. But they may also encourage the student to do it for themselves.

A．Underlining and highlighting

B．Visit any lecture theatre or library

C．Underlining key words and taking notes

D．The best strategy is to read more effectively

E．Sometimes these outlines are created by the instructor themselves

F．The most common strategy is to read the words and their meanings until they stick

G．Fortunately, a new paper has examined misconceptions, with a list of the four most popular study strategies

25、One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries when Mr. Jordan came______outside all of a sudden.

“What are you boys doing out here?“ he yelled as my friends ran off in all______. He attempted to catch one or two as they rushed past him, but they were too______for the older gentleman to catch. Within seconds, the boys______into the dark of the summer night. All except me.

However, speed was never my______. I took the tongue-lashing(痛骂) that Mr. Jordan gave me as he marched me down the block to my house, where my mother took over and scolded me ______. My friends said they could hear every ______word she spoke from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to celebrate their______and to observe my capture.

They teased me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how______it was that I was the only one who had to pay the price. After about a week of this, I complained to my father about the inequality of the situation. Dad said, “You took raspberries without______, and you get exactly the punishment you deserved.”

“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”

“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t ______what happens to others. You can only______what happens to you. You made a bad choice that night, and you were punished for it.”

For the duration of the following years, I come to realize there is no______that life will treat us fairly. That’s why we can’t______comparing our lives with the lives of others. Like Dad said that isn’t our______ .

【1】

A．charging

B．arising

C．following

D．advancing

【2】

A．efforts

B．directions

C．harvests

D．alarms

【3】

A．smart

B．foxy

C．swift

D．rabbity

【4】

A．hid

B．marched

C．hurried

D．disappeared

【5】

A．option

B．power

C．intention

D．strength

【6】

A．cruelly

B．mercilessly

C．bitterly

D．pitifully

【7】

A．offensive

B．colorful

C．violent

D．creative

【8】

A．escape

B．success

C．victory

D．strategy

【9】

A．unjust

B．unfair

C．discouraging

D．frustrating

【10】

A．planning

B．coworking

C．asking

D．guarding

【11】

A．control

B．predict

C．calculate

D．swap

【12】

A．make up with

B．get away with

C．go through with

D．put up with

【13】

A．conclusion

B．guarantee

C．confirmation

D．definiteness

【14】

A．be buried in

B．get engaged in

C．be involved in

D．get stuck in

【15】

A．concern

B．complaint

C．problem

D．choice

26、假设你是李华，明年要去英国留学，想通过一家英国留学机构寻找寄宿家庭。请你写一封信给代理人Alex, 说明你的要求，内容包括：

1. 住宿条件；

2.对房东的期待。

注意：1. 词数80左右：

2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

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