晋中2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Qingdao is an ______ city ______ the eastern coast of China.

A.attract; locating on B.attracting; lying in

C.attractive; located on D.attracted; lay in

2、It matters little ______ a man dies, but _____ matters much is ______ he lives.

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

3、At first, Alice didn’t study well in our class, but she ________ topping in our class with great efforts.

A. picked up B. gave up C. ended up D. went up

4、The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at _____ was a dangerous speed.

A.as B.what C.which D.that

5、— Hi, Grace, how are you getting on with your preparation work for the trip?

— I _______ what to take with me.

A．will have decided

B．will decide

C．am deciding

D．had decided

6、She tried to hide her feelings in front of the children, but the tears in her eyes gave her ________.

A. out B. away

C. off D. up

7、Some pre-school children go to a day care center, __________ they learn simple games and songs.

A．then

B．there

C．while

D．where

8、Katy Perry is famous ________ a singer ________ her charming voice.

A. as；with B. for；as C. as；for D. to；for

9、His promise___________ he would give away half of the year's income to the disabled turned out a lie, _________  made the public feel cheated．

A．which； what

B．that； which

C．what； which

D．which； that

10、--- Guess what! I have got an “A ” for my term paper.

--- ________!You must have put a lot of work into it.

A．You are so proud

B．Congratulations

C．That’s a piece of cake

D．Ok

11、He had unraveled the truths behind important questions, but his studies had taken him to a point beyond which he could not seem to go. He had tried__________ to establish a relationship with an alchemist. But the alchemists were strange people, who thought only about themselves,and almost always refused to help him.

A. in vain B. in a flash

C. in return D. in possession

12、I'll need to ________ to have any chance of finishing this paper before class tomorrow morning.

A.burn the midnight oil B.pour oil on the flame

C.have butterflies in the stomach D.do my homework

13、Experts have shared their opinions on how to _____ the changes in the digital age.

A.gain B.escape C.approach D.witness

14、Mark said that he was unfit for the job, so he decided to _____ from the company.

A.suffer B.resign C.retire D.escape

15、From time to time Bruno saw Pavel ________ a glance ________ the direction of his knee.

A. give; in B. give; to C. throw; in D. throw; to

16、You need to ________ here, for the ground is wet and soft on either side of the path.

A. watch out B. stand out C. figure out D. work out

17、________ is even more important is ________ as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.

A．When; that

B．What; whether

C．What; that

D．It; whether

18、Who spoke to Mr. Craven in his dream?

A.Mary B.his son C.his young wife D.Susan Sowerby

19、People in China are becoming more and more _________ about the air pollution.

A.involved B.interested C.concerned D.embarrassed

20、Last month, an earthquake ____ six on Richter scale (里氏震级) happened in the northern part of Japan.

A.measured B.to measure C.to be measured D.measuring

21、I wonder ________ that brought the Olympics back to life.

A.who it was B.who was it C.it was who D.was it who

22、---I don’t like to go there by train. ---Why not ________there by plane?

A．trying going

B．try going

C．trying go

D．try to go

23、Helen had to shout ______ above the sound of the music.

A.making her heard B.to make her hear

C.making herself heard D.to make herself heard

24、_____ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Faced B. Face

C. Facing D. To face

25、Generally speaking , almost all the kids are ______about how everything around them works.

A. curious   B. careful

C. anxious    D. excited

26、   Like their ancient toga-wearing counterparts, modern philosophers continue to disagree on the nature of freewill. Do we really have any control over the choices we make and the things we desire, and if so, to what degree?

Theories of freewill vary, but the ancient words of Plato still line up with our modern perceptions(概念) of temptation and willpower. The respected Greek philosopher argued that the human experience is one of constant struggle between the intellect and the body, between rationality and desire. Along these lines, true freedom is only achievable when willpower unchains us from bodily, emotional, instinctual slavery.

You can find similar thoughts throughout world religions, most of which offer a particular and often difficult path to rise above our darker natures.

And science? Well, science mostly agrees with all of this. Willpower is all about overcoming your natural desires to eat cupcakes, skip your morning workout, play games on mobile phone, hit the snooze alarm and check your e-mail during a funeral.

Your willpower, however, is limited. If life were a video game, you'd see a glowing "willpower" or "ego"(自我) meter at the top of the screen next to your "life" meter. Successfully resist one temptation, and the meter drains a little. The next temptation drains the "willpower" meter even more, until there's nothing left at all.

Our modern scientific understanding of willpower in large part stems from a 1996 research experiment involving chocolate and radishes(小红萝卜). Psychologist Roy Baumeister led a study in which 67 test subjects were presented with tempting chocolate chip cookies and other chocolate-flavored treats before a persistence-testing puzzle. Here's the catch: The researchers asked some of the participants to withdraw from sweets and snack on radishes instead.

Baumeister's results told a fascinating story. The test subjects who resisted the sweet stuff in favor of radishes performed poorly on the persistence test. They simply didn't have the willpower left to resist slacking off(松懈).

The research inspired more than a thousand additional studies discussing everything from the influence of positive messages to the ego-sapping power of daily decisions.

Studies also show that cognitive capacity also affects our ability to hold out against temptation. Cognitive capacity is essentially your working memory, which you employ when resisting a temptation ... or holding a string of numbers in your head. A 1999 study from the University of Iowa professor Baba Shiv found that people tasked with remembering a two-digit number held out better than people remembering a seven-digit number when tempted with chocolate cake.

【1】What do you understand by ‘freewill’?

A.The control we have over the choices.

B.The choices we make and the things we desire.

C.The choices that philosophers force us to make.

D.Our perception of temptation.

【2】According to Plato, when is true freedom available?

A.Willpower to realize one’s own ego. B.Our ability to overcome temptation.

C.Our ability to remember things. D.The desire to give in to temptation.

【3】What is meant by ‘cognitive capacity’?

A.When there is a struggle between the intellect and the body.

B.When our willpower helps us to overcome our basic instincts.

C.When we desire that which we cannot achieve.

D.When we have no control over our ego.

27、   Leap days（闰日）play an important role in keeping our calendars on track. It's all thanks to Julius Caesar.

Most years, the calendar is made up of 365 days. However, the Earth's turning around the sun is actually a little longer than that. It's about 365 1/4 days. This makes the calendar year a bit shorter than a solar year. If you're trying to set up an exact system for measuring the passing of time and changing seasons, this throws small trouble in the work. That was back in 46 B. C. when Julius Caesar was developing what came to be known as the Julian Calendar. He decided that every four years an extra day would be added to the calendar on the advice of an astronomer, Sosigenes.

At first, Caesar's way seems simple and direct. You “bank” those extra quarter days for a few years, and then spend them on a leap day. But as the centuries went on, people began to notice something was wrong—it was speeding ahead of the solar year. By the end of the 16th century, the calendar year had been as much as 10 days ahead. The solar year is actually a little shorter than Caesar and Sosigenes thought. “It's not exactly a quarter of an extra day. It's a little less,” says physicist Judah Levine. “So adding one day every four years was too much.”

Astronomers now know that a solar year is actually 365. 24219 days long. This may not seem like much under the Julian Calendar, but that little mistake led to about 11 minutes off a year. So in 1582, Pope Gregory decided to reset the calendar. He came up with something called “the century rule”. If the number of years is a multiple（倍数）of 100 and is divisible（可整除的）by 400, and if the number of years is not a multiple of 100 and is divisible by 4, an extra day is added. Pope Gregory was also responsible for setting leap day as February 29.

The calendar won't skip（跳跃）another leap year until 2100. That little setup has kept our calendars fairly accurate（精确的）for over 400 years.

【1】Who first came up with the idea of leap days?

A．Sosigenes.

B．Julius Caesar.

C．Pope Gregory.

D．Judah Levine.

【2】What is the purpose of setting up leap days?

A．To add one extra day to every year.

B．To make the Julian Calendar unique.

C．To teach people a method of saving time.

D．To make the calendar year equal to the solar year.

【3】What's wrong with the Julian Calendar?

A．It couldn't direct people in actual life.

B．It didn't completely agree with the solar year.

C．The calendar year was late more than 10 days.

D．It's not enough to add a leap day every 4 years.

【4】What year is a leap year?

A．1900.

B．1986.

C．2024.

D．2038.

28、   Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. They buy pork, beef, chicken, fruits and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food — “dumplings”. It means “ come together ”. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring Festival Eve (除夕), all the family members come back to their hometown. This is a happy moment. Some sing and dance, some play cards and others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.

【1】Which is the most important festival in China?

A.The Mid-Autumn Festival. B.The Spring Festival.

C.Children’s Day. D.Dragon Boat Day.

【2】When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated?

A.In March or April. B.In May or June.

C.In January or February. D.In July or August

【3】   is the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China.

A.Chicken B.Dumpling C.Fish D.Beef

【4】What’s the meaning of the food “dumplings” for Chinese people in the Spring Festival?

A.Look up. B.Help yourself. C.Be happy D.Come together.

【5】The family when they are having dinner together on the Spring Festival Eve.

A.give each other the best wishes B.buy each other presents

C.sing, dance and play cards D.get together

29、   US cosmologist (宇宙学家) Carl Sagan once said: “Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.”

For centuries, human beings have dreamed of traveling into space, orbiting (围绕......运行) our little blue planet, and appreciating incredible views of sunrises and sunsets. And soon, it seems that our dream will finally come true, as US startup Orion Span announced on April 6 that it planned to launch the first hotel in space in 2021. It will be ready to welcome guests the following year.

The space hotel, Aurora Station, will orbit 320 kilometers above Earth, circling it every 90 minutes. It’s capable of housing two crew members and four guests. The crew members will likely be former NASA astronauts who worked on the International Space Station. However, there’s a catch: Each guest must pay at least $9.5 million (60 million yuan) for a 12-day stay at the hotel.

Once aboard the Aurora Station, guests will find many exciting things to do. According to Orion Span, guests can enjoy the excitement of zero-gravity as they fly throughout the space hotel. They can watch 16 sunrises and sunsets every day and view the northern and southern auroras (极光) through the many windows. They can take part in research experiments like growing food, and even take it home as a souvenir. And they can stay in touch with their families and friends via a high-speed internet connection.

But most importantly, the trip will offer a real sense of what it’s like to live in space. “The premise (前提) of Aurora Station is for guests to live, feel, and [breathe] what it’s like to be an astronaut,” Frank Bunger, founder of Orion Span, told the Robb Report. “The food and drinks are freeze-dried products. It’s not going to be five-star dining … Fire and gas don’t work the same way in space as they do on Earth.”

To better prepare guests for space travel, the company will require a health screening and provide a three-month training program that helps guests understand basic spaceflight, orbital mechanics (轨道力学) and life in the pressurized environment of space.

Some may have doubts about the project, but the company even has plans to turn part of Aurora Station into private apartments. “Future Aurora owners can live in, visit, or sublease (转租) their space [apartment],” Bunger said in a news release. “This is an exciting frontier (待开发的领域) and Orion Span is proud to pave the way.”

【1】What can we learn about Aurora Station?

A.It will be open to guests in 2021. B.It can only serve four guests at a time.

C.It costs every guest $9.5 million a week. D.It will invite NASA to train the guests.

【2】What can guests do on Aurora Station?

A.View beautiful auroras. B.Fly outside the space hotel.

C.Buy various souvenirs. D.Enjoy five-star meals.

【3】According to Bunger, what is the main purpose of Aurora Station?

A.To help people learn more about space.

B.To offer comfortable space travel experiences.

C.To provide real experiences of living in space.

D.To prepare people for future space exploration.

【4】What can be inferred about Aurora Station from the last two paragraphs?

A.It’s ready for guests to book their first trip.

B.Few people are optimistic about its future.

C.Its guests must have a basic knowledge of space travel.

D.Private apartments are the most popular choice among its guests.

30、   Fujian puppetry(木偶戏) has a thousand-year history. It is one of the _______ of Chinese performing art to the world’s culture and has_________a set of characteristic techniques of performance and puppet making, as well as a repertoire (全部剧目) of plays and music.

No _______ has yet been reached on the_________and development of Chinese puppetry. _______ the Shang dynasty (16th-11th century B.C.), pottery figurines (陶俑) used as burial objects (随葬品) have been discovered at the Yin Ruins. Wooden figurines _______during the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Periods (770-221 B.C.). In a Western Han tomb at Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan province, an army of wooden figurines of singers, dancers and musicians have been discovered. These were a great _______ on those from previous dynasties _______craftsmanship, variety and modeling, which represent the _______Chinese puppets. Over time, figurines as burial objects ________ into puppets for entertainment during holiday__________. ________, just like many other traditional forms of art, Fujian puppetry has fallen out of favour with the younger generations. The number of young people learning puppetry has ________ due to socioeconomic changes ________their lifestyles and the long period of training ________to master the sophisticated (复杂的) performing techniques.

In response, ________ communities, groups and bearers (传授者) worked out the 2008-2020 Strategy for the Training of Coming Generations of Fujian Puppetry Practitioners. The key ________ are to safeguard the spread of Fujian Puppetry and provide professional ________to raise a new generation of puppetry practitioners.

In 2012, the strategy was selected by the UNESCO to be part of the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. With the wide ________ of practitioners, local people and education institutions, Fujian Puppetry can__________ a brighter future.

【1】A.incidents B.judgments C.contributions D.attempts

【2】A.accepted B.developed C.appreciated D.recognized

【3】A.introduction B.conservation C.conclusion D.presentation

【4】A.origins B.compositions C.techniques D.functions

【5】A.Differing from B.Arising from C.Coming from D.Dating from

【6】A.survived B.jumped C.appeared D.applied

【7】A.improvement B.decoration C.disappointment D.impression

【8】A.in preference to B.in regard to C.in answer to D.in reply to

【9】A.lively B.early C.natural D.precious

【10】A.struggled B.modified C.flooded D.evolved

【11】A.conditions B.celebrations C.instructions D.invitations

【12】A.Previously B.Particularly C.Eventually D.Unfortunately

【13】A.increased B.reduced C.remained D.climbed

【14】A.expressing B.consuming C.transforming D.confirming

【15】A.devoted B.spent C.required D.cost

【16】A.concerned B.concrete C.confident D.convenient

【17】A.chance B.interest C.goal D.problem

【18】A.learning B.spreading C.performing D.training

【19】A.comprehension B.participation C.companion D.organization

【20】A.produce B.expect C.select D.observe

31、阅读短文，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入1个适当单词的正确形式。

Last week, I attended a lecture on lost 【1】(文明). It was about Pompeii and Loulan, both of which were busy and w【2】about 2,000 years ago. F【3】in the 8th century, Pompeii was d【4】by a volcano, a natural 【5】(灾难) that buried the whole city alive.【6】(与……不同) Pompeii, Loulan disappeared mainly because of the damage humans did to the environment. Once a 【7】(商业的) city on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West, Loulan was covered with huge trees. But the trees were cut down and the city was 【8】 (逐渐地) covered over by sand. T【9】 we ought to a【10】great importance to environment protection.

32、假设你是李华，你所在的学校最近要组织一次英语演讲比赛，主题为“和谐校园”（A harmonious campus）。你将代表全班同学参加。请你根据此话题写一篇英语演讲稿。

要点如下：1. 你的理解；

2. 你的建议；

3. 你的号召。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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