吴忠2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、— Actually,you hurt Mary yesterday.

— Sorry,I didn't mean to be so___________.

A.ambitious B.abrupt C.awkward D.allergic

2、—What will things be like in the year 2080?

—I don’t know, but it was the question________last Tuesday by Brian Solis, a noted futurist from Sweden.

A.acknowledged B.approved C.alarmed D.addressed

3、When I was talking, Mrs. Southern listened keenly, ______ breaking in with relevant questions.

A．eventually

B．repeatedly

C．occasionally

D．immediately

4、When everyone came into the house, he was found ________ on the floor.

A．lain

B．lying

C．being lain

D．lie

5、You may not have noticed that problem, but you could never withdraw it ______ regretful about your decision.

A.should you feel B.you should feel

C.had you left D.you had left

6、Every life has its ups and downs, but having a(n) ________ attitude to life has been found to be very important.

A.convenient B.optimistic C.impressive D.negative

7、The purpose of the article is to draw public attention ______ the traffic problem.

A. to B. on C. in D. for

8、Try to buy less______unnecessary shopping could become another source of pressure to the environment.

A.though B.unless C.because D.before

9、It was this experience ________ made me realize how difficult it was for the disabled to live in this world.

A. that   B. which

C. what   D. who

10、 The farmers’ living conditions have improved _______ ever since the policy of supporting agriculture was introduced.

A. differently B. roughly

C. approximately D. significantly

11、— I usually go to Beijing by train.

— Why not try __________ there by plane for a change?

A.goes B.went C.going D.to go

12、—What happened to the young trees we planted last week?

—The trees ________ well, but I didn’t water them.

A. might grow B. needn’t have grown

C. would have grown D. would grow

13、The color of red, _____meaning is good luck and happiness, is important in Chinese culture.

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

14、－ There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow_______?

－ No, I'd rather buy ________ in the bookstore.

A. one; one   B. it; one

C. one; it   D. it; it

15、—Is it all right if I leave a bit earlier?

——_________ . I can finish the report on my own.

A．Sure thing

B．Help yourself

C．Forget it

D．That depends

16、—Where was I?

—You ________ you didn’t like your job.

A. had said   B. said

C. were saying   D. has said

17、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.

A. Entering; covering; fallen

B. Having entered; covered; falling

C. Entering; covering; falling

D. Entering; covered; fallen

18、The 1919 Addison Act was a revolution, which required that a survey of housing needs __________ by all local authorities.

A.would conduct B.conduct C.must be conducted D.be conducted

19、Spending on universities is usually ______ by the belief --- the increase in earnings that graduates enjoy over non-graduates.

A.confirmed B.justified C.convinced D.recognized

20、No matter how________, it is not necessarily lifeless.

A.dry may a desert be B.a desert may be dry

C.may a desert be dry D.dry a desert may be

21、

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【1】With ATEM devices, you can________.

A．exchange video sources with others

B．take pictures and turn them into videos

C．livestream on social media platforms

D．compete with a professional broadcaster

【2】According to the passage, ATEM Mini Pro________.

A．has more user-friendly buttons

B．features more HDMI video inputs

C．can change the background of a picture

D．can display several views on a single screen

【3】Where does the passage most probably come from?

A．A book review.

B．A travel journal.

C．A science magazine.

D．A research report.

22、

【1】The website welldoing.org mainly aims to _____.

A．guide people to find suitable experts to improve welfare

B．help people find out their own personalised requirements

C．offer people good approaches to dealing with family issues

D．provide information on how to enhance health and wellbeing

【2】The website provides _____ options for people to choose from to get what they need.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

【3】What can be learned about the personalised matching service?

A．You need to pay 66 pounds to the tailored therapist for the service.

B．You can claim a refund if you fail to find a satisfying match after 5 attempts.

C．The matches are arranged by certificated professionals to your special needs.

D．The result of your assessment will be kept secret from the matched therapist.

23、   If you’re reading this, it’s safe to assume you arrived by internet.

Maybe you caught the headline as it raced by on Twitter. Or you might be taking a break from watching a boring movie on Netflix.

It doesn’t matter. Because according to a new study, it all adds up to the same thing: one distraction（分心的事情）after another.

And the thing is, they’re welcome distractions. Because, as the research — published this week in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology — notes, people will do just about anything to avoid being left to their own thoughts.

For their study, researchers designed a sample test for more than 2,557 participants in 11 countries. They divided their test subjects into two groups. In the first group, people were asked to spend 10 to 15 minutes “entertaining themselves with their thoughts as best they could.”

Just sit back and think about things. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Well, not really. The second group — the one where people were told to surf the Net, play a video game, or even read a book — reported having much more fun. They scored more highly on entertainment and lower on boredom. And the preference for distraction seemed to be a global phenomenon, which may come as a surprise to Italians who are famously brilliant at doing nothing.

“The preference for doing external（外部的）activities such as reading, watching TV, or surfing the internet rather than ‘just thinking’ appears to be strong throughout the world,” the researchers note in the study.

But there does seem to be an important thing that hasn’t been included in the study. Shouldn’t the quality of thoughts matter? If you’ve got something positive to think about — say, how you’re going to spend your vacation or the great screenplay you’ve already half-written in your head — why are you reading this?

On the other hand, if you are always bothered by negative thoughts — a sad or painful experience, perhaps — by all means, keep scrolling（翻网页）.

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to take up much of your time here; it’s a short study that gets to the point in a hurry. Don’t worry though. There’s a whole world of distractions out there. Say, have you seen that ship teetering at the brink of Niagara Falls? And how about those charming cows? Bet you didn’t know they could smell you from six miles away.

And that’s something to think about.

【1】Why would the Italians be surprised at the phenomenon?

A.They prefer reading books to surfing the Net.

B.They’re convinced that thinking is significant.

C.They are used to being left to their own thoughts.

D.They seldom entertain themselves by surfing the Net.

【2】How was the study conducted?

A.By reference research. B.By comparative study.

C.By theoretical analysis. D.By experimental study.

【3】What seems to have been ignored in the study?

A.The quality of thoughts. B.The cause of the phenomenon.

C.The solution to the problem. D.The kinds of distractions.

【4】What’s the tone of the passage?

A.Worried. B.Disappointed.

C.Serious. D.Humorous.

24、Some people like to listen to the Beatles．while others prefer Gregorian chants．When it comes to music , scientists find that nurture can overpower nature．

A study shows musical preferences seem to be mainly shaped by a person’s cultural upbringing and experiences rather than biological factors．“Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference in the way people respond to consonant(和谐的)and dissonant(不和谐的)sounds，and this suggests that other cultures hear the world differently,” says Josh McDermott．a scientist in Cambridge．

Some scientists believe that the way people respond to music has a biological basis and that this would overpower any cultural shaping of musical preferences , effectively making them a universal phenomenon．Some musicians．by contrast , think that such preferences are more a product of one’s culture．If a person’s upbringing shapes their preferences，then they are not a universal phenomenon．

The trick to working out where musical preferences come from was to find and test people who hadn’t had much contact with Western music．McDermott and his team travelled by aeroplane，car and canoe to reach the remote villages of the Tsimane’ people，who are largely isolated from Western culture．

In their experiments，McDermott and his colleagues investigated responses to Western music by playing combinations of notes to three groups of people：the Tsimane’ and two other groups of Bolivians that had experienced increasing levels of exposure to Western music．The researchers recorded whether each group regarded the notes as pleasant or unpleasant．

The Tsimane’ are just as good at making acoustic(声响的)distinctions as the groups with more experience of other types of music，the scientists find．Most people prefer consonant tones，but the Tsimane’ have no preference between them．“This pretty convincingly rules out that the preferences are things we’re born with，’’ McDermott argues．

“Culture plays a role．We like the music we grew up with，”agrees Dale Purves，a scientist at Duke University．“Nature versus nurture is always a fool’s errand．’’It’s almost always a combination，he adds．

【1】Why does the author mention Beatles in the first paragraph?

A．To arouse reader’s interest．

B．To stress the importance of music．

C．To introduce the topic to be discussed．

D．To encourage readers to listen to their music．

【2】McDermott would most probably agree that __________．

A．people’s music preference is a universal phenomenon

B．Chinese and Japanese have different music preferences

C．the way people respond to music is biologically decided

D．parents have nothing to do with children’s music preference

【3】What do we know about the Tsimane’ in the experiment?

A．They prefer consonant tones．

B．They are born with excellent music talent．

C．They do well in telling acoustic distinctions．

D．They have never had contact with Western music．

【4】What does the underlined phrase “a fool’s errand” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Something meaningless．  B．Something significant．

C．Something reliable． D．Something sensitive．

25、Ten years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One night at 2 : 30 a. m. , when I arrived at a building to collect a passenger, it was _____ except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute", answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long ________, the door opened. A small woman in her 80's stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was _____ with cloth. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to ______ the woman. She took my arm and we walked ______ toward the cab.

When we got in the cab, she gave me an address? and then asked, “Could you drive ____ downtown?" she said, m in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice(临终安养院). The doctor says I don't have very ______ I want to keep the city in mind.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once____as an elevator operator. We drove through the____where she and her husband had lived.

As the first hint of sun was____from the horizon, we drove in silence to the address she had given me—a low building. “How much should I _____ you?" she asked? reaching into her purse. “Nothing," I said. She kept thanking me for my kindness. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a _____ and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the ______ of a life.

I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove _____, lost in thought.

What if that woman had gotten a(n)______ driver? On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

【1】

A．dark

B．bright

C．modern

D．lively

【2】

A．conversation

B．shout

C．argument

D．pause

【3】

A．filled

B．covered

C．connected

D．provided

【4】

A．convince

B．encourage

C．assist

D．remind

【5】

A．firmly

B．slowly

C．quickly

D．gracefully

【6】

A．through

B．over

C．for

D．with

【7】

A．rich

B．ill

C．long

D．young

【8】

A．worked

B．expressed

C．insisted

D．promoted

【9】

A．office

B．square

C．community

D．shelter

【10】

A．wandering

B．rising

C．setting

D．falling

【11】

A．charge

B．save

C．credit

D．pay

【12】

A．smile

B．hug

C．hand

D．greeting

【13】

A．challenge

B．beginning

C．closing

D．decrease

【14】

A．aimlessly

B．carefully

C．excitedly

D．proudly

【15】

A．generous

B．enthusiastic

C．cautious

D．impatient

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。

When I was in high school in the 1980s, Jane Fonda’s workout tapes were so popular. But in those days, I was far from a workout participant.

My lack of athleticism finally caught up with me after I quit smoking and put on a lot of weight. By the time I was forty-five, I was 252 pounds. Even at six feet tall, that was way too much weight for my body. I also felt like life was passing me by, but I didn’t know what was next for me. So when I had the opportunity to enter a contest to meet Jane Fonda through a SiriusXM Town Hall event, I crossed my fingers and entered the lucky draw.

To my great surprise, I was one of the winners. I thought this was a sign that my luck was changing. I had always enjoyed Fonda’s movies and was thrilled to have the chance to meet her. So I made up as much as I could, put on my best dress, and brought my best friend Jon along to meet Jane Fonda.

Fonda was seventy-five then and looked great in person, wearing all black and looking decades younger. Not only that, but she was so kind and friendly. She really made me feel special as we discussed a film I had recently seen her in called Peace, Love &Misunderstanding. We posed for a picture together, and I even got the opportunity to ask her a question at the event.

One of the radio network’s organizers promised to send me the photo of us, so I was thrilled when I received an e-mail from her the next day with the Jane Fonda picture. But my excitement turned into embarrassment and disgust when I got a good look at the photo.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

That picture gnawed at me.

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I made up my mind to lose weight and get in shape.

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