丽水2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、_____________ you are trying to lose weight to please yourself, it’s going to be tough to keep your motivation level high.

A. If   B. When

C. Because   D. Unless

2、It is a different world but one ______ offers huge challenges to ambitious young people interested in ______ our Universe works.

A. which; what   B. which; why   C. that; how   D. that; that

3、—I’ve just finished my interview. I’m pretty hopeful.

—______. I hope it works out for you.

A. It’s all right   B. Good idea

C. All the best   D. That sounds great

4、She advised young people should be realistic and seek guidance from expert consultants before ______.

A．rushing into things

B．bursting out laughing

C．falling into ruins

D．striking a chord

5、Nearly a century later，extensive observations_______that elephants indeed remember injuries and hold hates against their abusers．

A．confirmed B．have confirmed

C．will confirm D．had confirmed

6、   says that school years are the best time of one’s life is probably an adult - one who’s forgotten the hard work of being at school.

A. Whatever   B. Whichever

C. Whomever   D. Whoever

7、For students who don't intend to improve themselves in study and always participate in various social activities, college is______ a social center.

A.at lowest B.at best C.at least D.at worst

8、I'll be out for some time. ______ anything important happens, call me up immediately.

A. In case   B. As if

C. Even though D. Now that

9、The two neighbouring countries reached a（an） ______ on their boundary problem eventually.

A.Accumulation. B.compensation C.accommodation D.ambition

10、Most of the characters in Aesop’s stories are animals, the qualities ______Aesop used to reflect human traits and wisdom.

A．of which

B．with which

C．from whom

D．of whom

11、--Our company had a hard time last year.

--But we managed ______. Now everything is progressing steadily.

A. moreover   B. meanwhile

C. somehow   D. therefore

12、Much to their delight, their new project _____ at the conference, the excited scholars decided to have a barbecue in honour of the fantastic moment.

A. to approve   B. being approved

C. having approved   D. having been approved

13、 I recently read that it’s good to walk a lot; ______, I’m getting off the bus a few stops early and walking the rest of the way.

A. however B. therefore C. instead   D. Otherwise

14、Throughout the history of movie-making, Shakespeare’s plays     for films more than the works of any other writer.

A. were being adapted   B. would be adapted

C. have been adapted   D. are adapted

15、How long do you think it will be ______ another e-commerce giant comes out to exceed Alibaba?

A. when   B. before   C. since D. until

16、— Can we play basketball in the school gym?

— No, it ______ during the summer holidays.

A. is repaired   B. is being repaired

C. was repaired   D. has been repaired

17、Two blocks beyond the school is a field ______ we often played football during childhood.

A. who   B. which

C. when   D. where

18、I’d like to use reference book, but the book I want to make use of is intended for beginners only.

A.a; the B./; the C.the; a D.a; /

19、Ning Zetao, who won four golds at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, ______ himself as a new swim star.

A. considered  B. developed

C. distinguished  D. represented

20、Many young people volunteer to get involved in causes and devote themselves.

A．worthwhile

B．worthless

C．priceless

D．valueless

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【1】This advertisement aims at calling on people to ________.

A. attend full-time universities

B. work part time to further their education

C. improve their education at home to get better jobs

D. earn their degrees in different ways that suit them

【2】Which of the following is NOT clearly mentioned in this advertisement?

A. The way how you will get your degree.

B. Tuition price.

C. The hot fields you will be preparing yourself for.

D. The length of time it will take you to get a degree.

【3】What does the writer of this ad intend to say by naming General Electric, IBM, Ford, etc.?

A. To show that their training is widely used in the country.

B. To show that the training program is fully supported by famous companies in the U. S.

C. To prove the value of their training in every area.

D. To show the importance of getting recognized by the most famous companies.

【4】It seems to the writer that the greatest attraction for people to take their training is ________.

A. its convenience

B. the degree’s nation-wide recognition

C. the economic benefit it will bring about

D. the hot fields the training will help people to enter

22、Chinese scientists have created the world's first light-based quantum(量子) computer, called Jiuzhang, opening a new era of quantum computation. It's a breakthrough in the field after Google completed its quantum computer last year.

Compared with today's best supercomputers, Jiuzhang can calculate 100,000 billion times faster. For example, it takes Jiuzhang 200 seconds to perform Gaussian boson sampling(高斯玻色取样问题), an extremely challenging calculation, while the fastest classical supercomputer, Fugaku, would need about 600 million years to complete the same task.

Quantum computers can take computational shortcuts (捷径) when simulating (模拟) extremely complex scenarios(场景), whereas conventional computers have to find a solution step by step, taking significantly more time in the process.

Quantum machines' amazing computing power arises from their basic building blocks, called quantum bits, or qubits, according to the University of Science and Technology of China. Usually, classical computers handle data in binary (二进制的) bits, presenting data as either 0s or ls. However, quantum computers process data using qubits, which can be identified as 0s, 1s or everything in between. As a result, as the number of qubits increases, the computing ability of quantum computers increases too.

With advantages over traditional computers, quantum computers have a wide range of applications. The calculations carried out by Jiuzhang can potentially be applied to machine learning, quantum chemistry and graph theory, according to Pan Jianwei, a key researcher behind Jiuzhang.

According to Pan, quantum computing has already become a fierce competition ground among the United States, Europe, and other developed regions. “The feat(壮举) cements(巩固) China's position in the first echelon( 梯队)of nations in quantum computing,” the university said in a news release.

Jiuzhang is currently only programmed to do boson sampling. “In the near future, scientists may increase Jiuzhang's possible output states- a key indicator of computing power,” Lu Chaoyang, another key researcher behind Jjuzhang, told China Daily.

【1】What can we learn about Jiuzhang?

A．It is the first to take advantage of quantum computation.

B．It calculates 100,000 times faster than Fugaku.

C．It is the fastest to perform Gaussian boson sampling.

D．It took Chinese scientists a year to create the computer.

【2】What makes Jiuzhan's computing power superior to classical computers?

A．The way it deals with data.

B．The number of bits it uses.

C．The common materials it uses.

D．The conventional solution.

【3】What do paragraphs 5 and 6 mainly talk about?

A．The current situation of quantum computing.

B．The significance of the creation of Jiuzhang.

C．Future research on quantum computing.

D．What needs to be improved with Jiuzhang.

【4】What is the main purpose of the article?

A．To inform readers of a new invention.

B．To explain how quantum computers work.

C．To compare different supercomputers.

D．To introduce the development of computers.

23、Most people today think of sleep as one continuous period of downtime．This is not the way people used to sleep．According to researchers，in earlier times，people divided sleep by first sleeping a few hours，waking up，then going back to sleep．In the first period，you would typically sleep until midnight or shortly afterwards．Halfway through the night，you came out of first sleep，you would stay in bed and relax quietly．It was called the watching period．Then you would start to feel sleepy．so would return to bed and tall asleep again for your second sleep．This period would continue until early morning when daylight arrived．With no artificial lighting in homes，people naturally woke up early to take advantage of sunlight．

Before the 18th century, people had no gas or electricity in their homes．Fire，candles，or oil lamps were the common forms of lighting．This lack of artificial lighting in homes contributed to people’s sleep patterns．It made sense for people to go to bed early．

Today，human may consider divided sleep a strange habit，but sleep researchers say that it is actually a more natural sleep pattern．Dr．Thomas Wehr of the U．S．National Institute of Mental Health has studied human sleep．He thinks that modern sleep problems occur because the older, natural way of sleep is breaking through the more recent continuous sleep pattern．Wehr and other scientists believe that artificial lighting has altered the way people sleep．In a research study，he asked 15 adults to rest and sleep in darkness for 14 hours(from 6：00 P．M．to 8：00 A．M．)．At first，the subjects took a few hours to get to sleep，and then slept 11 hours a night．Then overtime，they switched to divided sleep．They fell asleep for about three to five hours in the evening，stay awake for an hour or two，and then slept again for four hours till early morning．

We modern humans generally do not practice divided sleep．However, many of us have the experience of waking up in the middle of the night．We usually consider this a sleeping“problem”．but perhaps we should look at it as natural behavior．Divided sleep may be the way we should all be sleeping．A first sleep followed by a relaxation period and a second period of sleep could help all of us to beat the stress of our fast-paced lives．

【1】According to the first paragraph，we know the people in the past ____________．

A．did not sleep as well as people today

B．divided their sleep into two parts

C．woke up and went out during the night

D．fell asleep easily because of hard work

【2】In Paragraph 3，what does the research study suggest?

A．Divided sleep is a strange way to sleep．

B．Divided sleep means sleeping 11 hours in one period．

C．Divided sleep is a natural sleep pattern for humans．

D．Divided sleep occurs when people sleep with artificial lights．

【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A．People had a divided sleep pattern only in the 18th century．

B．It may be natural to wake up in the middle of the night．

C．Scientists agree that artificial lighting has changed the way people sleep．

D．Some of the people today are not familiar with the practice of divided sleep．

【4】What conclusion does the author make about divided sleep?

A．It is one type of sleeping problems．

B．It is not the best sleep pattern for everyone．

C．It shouldn’t be accepted by modern humans．

D．It could be helpful for people to handle daily stress．

24、The Nobel Prize Winners in Literature

Rabindranath Tagore( 1913)

Prize motivation: "because of his deep sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry, with perfect skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"

William Faulkner (1949)

Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"

Ernest Miller Hemingway(1954)

Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea"

John Steinbeck (1962)

Prize motivation: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1953)

Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant speech skills in defending noble human values"

Claude Simon (1985)

Prize motivation: "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the description of the human condition"

Mo Yan (2012)

Prize motivation: “he, with dreamlike realism, combines folk tales, history and the contemporary".

Bob Dylan (2016)

Prize motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"

【1】Which writer won Nobel Prize for his poetry?

A. William Faulkner.   B. Bob Dylan.

C. Rabindranath Tagore. D. Claude Simon.

【2】Which writer won Noble Prize for his specific work instead of his lifelong achievements?

A. Ernest Hemingway.    B. John Steinbeck.

C. William Faulkner.   D. Winston Churchill.

【3】Whose works will you turn to if you are interested in a song writing Nobel Prize winner?

A. Mo Yan’s.   B. Bob Dylun’s.

C. Claude Simon’s. D. Rabindranath Tagore’s.

【4】Who described real life experience in his historic works?

A. John Steinbeck.  B. Mo Yan.

C. Ernest Hemingway.   D. Winston Churchill.

25、Young Mister Smith had an idea---saving money for the company by increasing prices. At the same time, Mister Smith suggested that the company sell goods of less value.

If his ___________ liked the idea, Mister Smith might be given more pay. Perhaps he might ___________ get a better job with the company.

Business had been very slow. So Mister Smith's employer thought a few minutes about the ___________. But then she shook her head. “I am ___________, Smith,” his employer said. “It just will not wash.”

Now, the ___________ of these English words should be, “It will not get clean.” Yet Mister Smith's idea did not have anything to do with making something ___________, So why did his employer say, “It will not ___________?”

Most word experts agree that “it will not wash” ___________ it will not work. Eric Partridge wrote that the saying ___________ developed in Britain in the 1800s. In nineteenth century England, the expression came to mean an undependable statement. It was ____________ mainly to describe an idea. But sometimes it was used about a(n) ____________ .

A critic once said of the ____________ Robert Browning, “He won't wash.” The critic did not mean that the poet was not a clean person. He meant that Browning's poems could not be ____________ to last.

Today, we know that judgment was ____________. Robert Browning still is considered a major poet.

Happily for the young employee Mister Smith, his employer wanted him to do well in the company. ____________ the employer “talked turkey” to him. She said, “Your idea would be unfair to our buyers. Think of another way to save money.”

A century ago, to talk turkey meant to talk pleasantly. In recent years, the saying has come to mean an attempt to teach something important.

Mister Smith thought of a better idea after his employer talked turkey to him. He was given an increase in pay. So if your idea “will not wash,” try “talking turkey” to yourself and come up with a better idea.

【1】

A．father

B．employer

C．colleague

D．banker

【2】

A．yet

B．ever

C．even

D．either

【3】

A．conclusion

B．contract

C．agreement

D．idea

【4】

A．sorry

B．surprised

C．satisfied

D．interested

【5】

A．meaning

B．concept

C．theme

D．origin

【6】

A．nice

B．tidy

C．clean

D．proper

【7】

A．decide

B．watch

C．move

D．wash

【8】

A．applies

B．works

C．explains

D．means

【9】

A．surely

B．probably

C．absolutely

D．sadly

【10】

A．used

B．realized

C．organized

D．launched

【11】

A．word

B．person

C．sentence

D．animal

【12】

A．novelist

B．writer

C．poet

D．actor

【13】

A．lived on

B．kept on

C．taken on

D．depended on

【14】

A．active

B．correct

C．wrong

D．negative

【15】

A．But

B．So

C．Unless

D．While

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