石家庄2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.68℃ ______ the average.

A.below B.above C.about D.on

2、She was too nervous to speak with so many eyes ______ on her.

A.fixing B.fixed C.being fixed D.to fix

3、The study shows that smoking may generate long-term stress, even if people feel it offers them ______ relief from tough situations.

A. temporary   B. original

C. primary   D. appropriate

4、There he was,standing still where I had left him and opening his mouth as if some-thing.

A.to say B.saying

C.to be saying  D.having said

5、If you are in trouble, you can _______ the police _______help.

A．ask;for

B．want;for

C．ask;to

D．call;with

6、None of the servants were _______ when Mr. Smith wanted to send a message.

A.available B.attainable C.approachable D.acceptable

7、I decided to do something to regain my good name as a kindly aunt. My ____, Frost, had never forgiven me for the dictionary I had bought him as a birthday present last year.

A.grandson B.cousin C.niece D.nephew

8、So easy was the maths problem that it didn’t take much time for the students to ________ the correct answer.

A. make out  B. bring out  C. figure out  D. carry out

9、My key isn’t in my backpack. Where on earth________ I have put it?

A．can

B．would

C．should

D．must

10、My lecture, ________ I have devoted a great deal of time, was very popular with audience.

A．in which

B．for which

C．to which

D．on which

11、—What do you do, Rita？

—I’m a clerk in a foreign company now．But I _____ English in a high school for 10 years．

A．teach   B．have taught

C．taught D．am teaching

12、People _______ about what our future will look like for thousands of years .

A.have been wondering B.wonder C.wondered D.will wonder

13、He _______after a few day’s treatment in hospital．

A．picked up B．made up C．took up D．looked up

14、________ well for my job interview, I really had butterflies in my stomach on my way to the company I had applied to.

A. Having not prepared   B. Not having prepared

C. Not to have prepared   D. To have not prepared

15、Daylight saving time begins at 2: 00 a. m. local time on the second Sunday in March, ________clocks spring forward an hour, typically ________observers to lose an hour of sleep.

A．which, caused

B．when, causing

C．which, causing

D．when, caused

16、Advances in computer technology will make __________ now seems like science fiction part of our everyday life.

A. what   B. that C. which D. when

17、In ________ emergencies, first aid may prevent a victim’s condition from worsening and provide relief from pain.

A．minor

B．severe

C．unique

D．certain

18、 After winning the singing competition, she thought herself ______ in her neighborhood.

A. none      B. anyone

C. everyone  D. someone

19、As is estimated, more than 20 million shared bikes ______ into operation nationwide by 2025.

A.will have been put B.will have put C.have been put D.will be putting

20、It was annoying; I ________ get access to the data bank you had recommended.

A．wouldn’t

B．couldn’t

C．needn’t

D．shouldn’t

21、 People in several American states may be surprised to see cars on city streets without a driver. Experimental driverless vehicles now are legal in Florida, Nevada and California. They are pointing the way to a future that is not far down the road. The high-tech company Google has a number of self-driving cars, which had covered 480,000 kilometers by August. Volvo is among the companies doing road tests and says it plans to sell driverless cars by 2020.

In September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed an act to allow autonomous vehicles on the roads of his state. “Today we’re looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality-the driverless car. ” The technology for these cars includes cameras, radar and motion sensors. The systems have been improved through competitions sponsored by the U. S. government agency DARPA. Engineer Richard Mason of the Rand Corporation helped design driverless vehicles for DARPA challenge races.

Cars have become much more fuel-efficient, and new electronic features are' making Hondas safer, said Angie Nucci of Honda America.  “A camera on the passenger-side mirror actually engaged on your guiding screen so you can safely change lanes. ” Other safety features include warning systems on the front and the sides of the cars.  These systems help drivers , but don’t replace them. Curator Leslie Kendall of the Petersen Automotive Museum said autonomous cars will make the high ways safer．

“By taking out drivers, you also remove most risks of an accident, ”Kendall said. He said , “Consumers, however, may be unwilling to lose control. It may take them time to come to realize that the technology is indeed reliable, but it will have to prove itself first. ”

Mason said the technology already works and the biggest challenge now is getting down the cost for driverless vehicles from hundreds of thousands of dollars to something more affordable. He said this will happen as the technology is improved.

【1】According to the passage, California Governor Jerry Brown ______________.

A. is for the idea of having driverless cars

B. sponsored the DARPA competition to improve the driverless system

C. has already bought a new autonomous car

D. thinks that driving safety is the most important issue in his state

【2】 What is the role of the systems mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A. They can help cars run much faster.

B. They can take the place of drivers now.

C. They can make cars run without fuel.

D. They can help people drive more safely.

【3】In Kendall’s opinion, who probably don’t rely on the driverless cars at first?

A. managers in the high-tech company Google

B. officers from the U. S. government agency DARPA

C. car consumers

D. vehicle designers

【4】According to Richard Mason, what is the biggest challenge for driverless cars?

A. They need to have more comfortable seats .

B. They are now too expensive for consumers.

C. They are travelling at a low speed.

D. They are not favored by car racers

22、   With homework loads increasing and the piano, foreign languages and the International Mathematical Olympiad taking over the rest of their time, children today have very little opportunity to simply play.

According to experts, free play, unconstrained by time and not structured by adults, is crucial to a child’s development. It helps children strengthen social bonds, build emotional maturity, develop cognitive skills, and shore up their physical health. And it prepares children’s brain for life, love and even schoolwork.

Nowadays, a growing number of parents think that children should be allowed to play, or explore, every waking hour. Instead of sending their kids to a formal school with classes, teachers and schedules, they leave them to their own devices to learn about the world. It is a controversial yet increasingly popular method of education called “unschooling.”

Mr. Hewitt, the father of two unschooled boys, is the author of a new book on the method. His boys spend their days in a true Huckleberry Finn fashion, exploring in the woods and helping out on the family farm. They both learned how to read and write essentially with zero instruction around age eight. They can add, subtract, multiply and divide. They can also catch fishes, start a fire and cook them on a hot stone.

Unlike in traditional home-schooling, where children follow a curriculum under a parent’s supervision, unschooled children have the freedom to decide what and when to learn, be it reading, art, math or distinguishing between insect species.

Unschooling is not a new phenomenon. The movement started in the 1970s, popularized by educator John Holt, and became an alternative to the largely religiously motivated home-schooling. However, the United States Department of Education does not distinguish between home-schooled and unschooled children, so there are no official statistics on the movement. But according to Mr. Hewitt, it is generally accepted that the number of unschoolers is around 10 percent of all home-schooled children, which now make up three percent of all students.

Critics still worry, however, about both the children’s socialization and their academic performance. “There is no empirical evidence to suggest that unschooling is beneficial to learners, especially when it comes to reading,” Sandra Martin-Chang, a researcher at Concordia University, says. “We have done lots of research on guided learning, scaffolding, expert vs. non-expert teaching and all of it points to the fact that learning by doing is great, but learning by doing with an expert is better.”

Curious about how these children have lived in the structured world, Peter Gray, a psychology professor at Boston College, conducted a survey of grown unschoolers. Many of them enter into higher education and succeed, being highly motivated and self-directed from the very beginning of their education.

They may have a hard time adjusting to schedules, but because it was their decision to attend college, they are often more diligent than their peers, Mr. Gray says. He adds that because during childhood they interacted with children of all ages, they report a better social life, though they are discouraged by the others’ lax attitude, the partying and the drinking.

Of the grown unschoolers surveyed, 78 percent are financially self-sufficient, Mr. Gray says, choosing careers that are extensions of their childhood interests, and are enjoyable and meaningful, rather than lucrative. Many of them pursue careers in the arts, and a high percentage are entrepreneurs or enter science and technology careers. Few go into middle management.

But while unschooling seems to produce successful adults, it is not exactly a method that facilitates equal opportunity. Though Mr. Gray says unschooling is the right solution for any child, unless they suffer from a severe developmental disorder such as autism, many families simply would not be able to afford it. The parents tend to come from educated backgrounds, but “if you home-school or unschool, you are cutting out some of your income,” the home-schooling advocate Patrick Farenga says.

“Everyone we know who unschools, in fact, has chosen autonomy over affluence,” Mr. Hewitt says. “Some years we are barely above the poverty line. But the truth is, unschooling is not merely an educational choice. It is a lifestyle choice.”

【1】Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of free play to children?

A.Making preparations for schoolwork.

B.Developing cognitive skills.

C.Building emotional bonds.

D.Keeping their body healthy.

【2】What does “a Huckleberry Finn fashion” mentioned in paragraph 4 most probably refer to?

A.A popular method of education.

B.A lifestyle full of adventures.

C.A way to learn mathematics.

D.A skill of catching and cooking fishes.

【3】According to paragraphs 5&6, which of the following statements is TRUE about unschooling?

A.Unschooling, starting in the 1970s, was popularized by educator John Holt and later became an alternative to the school education.

B.There are no official statistics of unschooling because unschoolers are counted together with home-schooled children.

C.It is generally accepted that the number of unschooled and home-schooled children make up three percent of all students.

D.Unschooling gives children the freedom to choose what and when to learn like home-schooling.

【4】Sandra Martin-Chang’s attitude towards unschooling is ________.

A.unschooling has a lot of benefits to learners

B.unschooling is better than learning with experts

C.unschooling improves children’s academic performance

D.unschooling is not as good as expert teaching

【5】What can we learn from Peter Gray’s survey of grown unschoolers’ life in the structured world?

① They enter into higher education and succeed.

② They feel easy to adjust to schedules.

③ They are more diligent and sociable than their peers.

④ They choose careers in the field of management.

A.①② B.②③ C.①③ D.③④

【6】It can be inferred from the sentence “… has chosen autonomy over affluence” in the last paragraph that ________.

A.unschoolers choose a free lifestyle over wealth

B.most families are not able to afford unschooling

C.unschooling makes many unschoolers live in poverty

D.money is not as important as education

23、Soot (煤) pollution is speeding up climate-driven melting in Antarctica, a new study suggests, raising questions about how to protect the delicate continent from the increasing number of humans who want to visit.

“It really makes us question, is our presence really needed?” says Alia Khan, one of the authors of the new study. “We have quite a large black carbon footprint in Antarctica, which is enhancing snow and ice melt.”

Black carbon is the leftover thing from burning plants or fossil fuels. Soot in Antarctica comes primarily from waste gases of cruise ships (游轮), vehicles and airplanes, although some pollution travels on the wind from other parts of the globe. The dark particles (微粒) coat white snow and absorb heat from the sun the way a black T-shirt does on a warm day. The blanket of dark bits speeds up melting that was already happening more quickly because of global warming.

When snow and ice are uncovered, they reflect an enormous amount of sunlight before it can turn into heat. “These are the mirrors on our planet,” says Sonia Nagorski, a scientist at the University of Alaska Southeast. “When those mirrors are covered in a film of dark bits, they don’t send back that much light and heat. That means more heat is trapped on Earth, speeding up melting and contributing to global warming.”

As a scientist who personally visits Antarctica every year, Khan says she is troubled by her own research results. On the one hand, she goes to Antarctica to collect crucial data about how quickly the snow and ice there are disappearing. “But then when we come to conclusions like this it really does make us think twice about how frequently we need to visit the continent,” she says, “and what kind of regulations should be placed on tourism as well.” That could mean requiring that cruise ships and vehicles be electric, for example, or limiting the number of visitors each year.

【1】What is Khan’s attitude towards human actions in Antarctica according to paragraph 2?

A．Angry and abusive.

B．Cold and uninterested.

C．Doubtful and anxious.

D．Admiring and delighted.

【2】What is the main cause of soot pollution in Antarctica?

A．The quick melting of ice and snow.

B．The emission from virous transport.

C．The remaining parts of burning plants.

D．The floating gases from other continents.

【3】What do we know from Nagorski?

A．The covered ice is less reflective.

B．The melting speed of ice is slower than before.

C．The dark blanket serves as a big mirror.

D．The sunlight gets increasingly stronger recently.

【4】Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．What made our planet so polluted?

B．Who is to blame for air pollution?

C．Can electric vehicles save tourism?

D．Are we welcome to the South Pole?

24、   Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially stressful. Pressure to learn people’s names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, .but privacy experts recommend going on with caution.

The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition. potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions.“It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meting somebody,” says Bany Sandrew, who Created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 10000 people.

After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies(自拍) and sign in via social median At the event, the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee’s face, the app identifies the individual, displays the person’s name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the app’s creators say it automatically deletes users' data after an event.

Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app’s creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you.”

The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or“face blindness”, a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. To use this app, a person first acquires an image of someone’s face, from either the smartphone’s camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user’s phone, according to the team behind the app.

【1】SocialRecall is designed to________.

A.invite attendees B.identifying people

C.break barriers D.introduce strangers

【2】What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.Why the app was created. B.How to sign in the app.

C.How the app works. D.What information the app provides.

【3】Ann Cavoukian warns the user of the app that_______.

A.it has caused unintended consequences. B.it can prevent communication disorders.

C.it may put people’s privacy at risk. D.its protective measures prove useless.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.New App Shares Personal Information B.New App Gets Rid of Face Blindness

C.New App Endangers Privacy D.New App Helps Recognize Faces

25、I was getting ready to head to my daughter’s college to bring her home for Christmas. The  _____ was falling heavily and the land was silvered. I knew it wasn’t going to be an easy drive.

Usually a three-hour round  ____ , but I knew it was going to be a lot ______ today as I slowed my car to  _____ the slippery roads. Once I was on the road, _____, conditioh9 only worsened. I  _____ slowed down but four-wheel trucks sped past me  _____ huge showers of slush (融雪) onto my windshield. During the last twenty miles I suddenly found myself behind a very  ______winter driver. _____ driving slow and adjusting, when he hit a slippery spot he braked hard and turned sharply all over the road. 1 had to  _____ hard myself to keep from hitting him but unfortunately slid into a ditch (沟).

I tried pulling out again and again but could only hear  _____ tires. I was half-way out in the road and a truck sped by me, missing the car by inches. I looked about the car  ____  and miraculously the car started to move,  ___  it was almost being pushed out of the ditch. From the driving mirror I spotted a  _____, covered with snow, ____  my car as hard as possible. When I   ____ my hand to greet him with gratitude, he  _____ signed me good luck, getting on his car.

Just as a famous writer Henry  ____  it, “He who walks in love may wander far. Yet God will bring him  _____ the blessed are.” Wherever you go then and however  _____ your journeys may be, always remember that you are watched over by people with a love more powerful and more beautiful than you can ever imagine.

【1】A. snow   B. rain   C. fog   D. shower

【2】A. rescue   B. flight   C. search   D. trip

【3】A. shorter   B. faster   C. longer   D. easier

【4】A. clear   B. match   C. consider   D. find

【5】A. though   B. meanwhile   C. anyhow   D. therefore

【6】A. even   B. further   C. finally   D. immediately

【7】A. moving   B. causing   C. throwing   D. holding

【8】A. untrustworthy   B. unfriendly   C. impatient   D. inexperienced

【9】A. Other than   B. Except for   C. Instead of   D. Regardless of

【10】A. stop   B. brake   C. work   D. hit

【11】A. spinning   B. running   C. flat   D. broken

【12】A. curiously   B. hopefully   C. helplessly   D. surprisedly

【13】A. even if   B. as if   C. in case   D. in that

【14】A. lady   B. truck   C. car   D. figure

【15】A. tapping   B. driving   C. pushing   D. pulling

【16】A. stuck out   B. gave out   C. put up   D. kept up

【17】A. suddenly   B. surely   C. eventually   D. simply

【18】A. makes   B. puts   C. helps   D. says

【19】A. what   B. that   C. where   D. which

【20】A. safe   B. different   C. pleasant   D. dangerous

26、书面表达

假定你是重庆第一中学校学生会主席李华，你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛，希望重庆大学外籍教师Brown女士来做评委。请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。

注意： 1. 可适当增加细节，使结构完整  2. 词数120左右

词汇：学生会主席 president of Students’ Union