仙桃2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、________the best in a science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $21,000.

A．To be judged

B．Judged

C．Having judged

D．Judging

2、Our monitor’s breaking the record at the sports meeting was an exciting moment, ________ all of us will always treasure.

A. that   B. it   C. one   D. what

3、Nowadays when travelling, travelers usually use the We-chat to share their feelings about their trips with descriptions of their experiences, offering viewers a(n) 　　　　for the imagination of reality.

A. feast   B. account

C. landscape   D. principle

4、 In his speech, he said that it was his primary school teachers that he was fond of ________ influenced his whole life.

A.what B.which C.as D.who

5、—Hi, Albert, I can’t find my reference book!

—Sorry, I ________ it and I guess I put it on the top shelf with my things.

A．use   B．had used    C．am using     D．used

6、—Did you go to the party last night?

—Yes, but I’d rather ________. It was so ________.

A. not go; tiresome   B. not have gone; exciting

C. not have gone; tiring   D. go; interesting

7、________ is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.

A. Prejudice   B. Dimension

C. Compliment   D. Symptom

8、Lucy pretended to be cheerful，____________ nothing about the argument．

A．says   B．said   C．to say  D．saying

9、Little Tom admitted ________ in the examination, promising that he wouldn't do that in the future.

A. having cheated   B. cheat   C. cheated   D. to cheat

10、Only applicants with the proper _____ will be considered by the company.

A. professions   B. qualifications

C. requirements   D. recommendations

11、Actress Fan & actor Li, who hogged the headline for their reel-to-real romance lately, made another high-profile appearance in Tibet to ________ a charity event.

A.upgrade B.enhance C.dedicate D.promote

12、The man in prison insisted that he _______ nothing wrong and _______ set free.

A．should do, should be

B．had done, should be

C．had done, had been

D．should do, had been

13、We’re trying to ______ a few hundred dollars every month for our vacation.

A. put off   B. put aside

C. put out   D. put down

14、—— What was wrong? Why didn’t you go to the picnic as scheduled?

—— I’m sorry. I _________ a seriously-injured old man to the hospital.

A. would deliver   B. delivered

C. had delivered   D. was delivering

15、Scientists say it may be a few months ____vaccination(疫苗接种) for the epidemic of COVID-19 is widespread throughout the country.

A.until B.after C.before D.since

16、Languages across the world are becoming extinct______ endangered mammals and four times endangered birds.

A. at twice the rate of   B. as twice fast as

C. twice faster as   D. twice at the rate of

17、Moving to Canada for higher education has been exciting. On the first day of term, there were crowds of people in the dormitory, all where they should go.

A. looked for   B. looking for   C. were looking for   D. had been looking for

18、I felt very happy to get a one-month break from work last year I could travel with my family to Paris.

A．where

B．when

C．which

D．that

19、She fell asleep while she ________ newspapers.

A. was about to read   B. was reading   C. had read   D. was to read

20、——I went to Hu’guang Guild Hall this National holiday．

——Ah，amazing! That is   I’ve been dreaming to go．

A．why   B．when

C．where   D．which

21、   President Coolidge’s statement, “The business of America is business,” still points to an important truth today-that business institutions have more prestige（威望） in American society than any other kind of organization,including the government.

Why do business institutions possess this great prestige?

One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society.Since competition is seen as the. major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are respected.Competition is not only good in itself. it is the means (by) which other basic American value such as individual freedom,equality of opportunity and hard work are protected.

Competition protects the freedom of the individual ensuring that there is no monopoly（垄断）of power. In contrast to one all-powerful government，many businesses compete against each other for profits Theoretically, if one business tries to. take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business which treats its customers more fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers’ dollars, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.

A contrast often made between business,which is competitive,and government, which is a monopoly, Because business is competitive,many Americans believe that it is more supportive of freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the people and business leaders are not. Many Americans believe,then,that competition is as important, or even more important, than democracy（民主）in preserving freedom.

Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the ideal of equality of opportunity. Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest person regardless of his or her social class background. Business is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic(贵族的)ideal of inherited privilege.

【1】The statement “The business of America is business” probably means ________.

A．America is a great power in world business

B．Business is of primary concern to Americans

C．The business institutions in America are concerned with commerce

D．Business problems are of great importance to the American government

【2】Americans believe that they can realize their personal values only ________.

A．by protecting their individual freedom

B．when given equality of opportunity

C．by way of competition

D．through doing business

【3】Who can benefit from business competition?

A．People with ideals of equality and freedom.

B．Both business institutions and government.

C．Honest business

D．Both businessmen and their customers.

【4】It can be inferred from countries that the author believes ________.

A．in many countries success often depends on one’s social status

B．businesses in other countries are not as competitive as those in America

C．American businesses are more democratic than those in other countries

D．Americans are more ambitious than people in other countries

22、What Is Self-tracking All about

Have you ever monitored something about yourself? Perhaps you’ve tracked how many kilometers you’ve run, how many hours you’ve slept or how many calories you’ve eaten in a day.

If so, you’ve taken part in a movement called the “Quantified Self Movement.” Individuals gather information about their daily activities in this popular movement, also called self-tracking. This may sound difficult, but technology is making the process easier.

Perhaps you’ve wanted to change a bad habit but couldn’t. Self-tracking may be your answer. The idea is to take information about your everyday activities and analyze them to help form a healthier lifestyle.

Recently, tools such as smartphones, journals and apps, along with newly published wearable things, are making self-tracking extremely easy. Today, one can use Fitbit, the Jawbone Up, Google Glass or a smart watch to record personal data including sleeping hours, stress levels, heart rate and mood.

So why does a person self-track? Someone may be trying to lose weight or improve their sleep patterns. Another person feels tired after eating. Self-tracking could help him to know what foods make him sleepy and watch his diet.

Monitoring daily activities isn’t a new concept. In years past, athletes and their coaches kept notes detailing nutrition, training and sleep patterns in order to achieve an athletic goal. Similarly, doctors have also helped patients to record parts of their lifestyles and eating habits to help fight allergies, headaches and other health problems. However, it wasn’t until 2007 that magazine editors Gary Wolf and Kim Kelly, who started tracking every move they made, coined the term “Quantified Self.” Wolf says that the new tools will change our sense of self with the purpose of making us more effective in the world.

Although self-tracking has many advantages, Dennis Nash, president of Data Speaks Health Solutions, says self-tracking has its drawbacks. Once people start tracking their daily activities, it can become an addition people like to do often. Also, they might begin to worry too much about their health.

While self-tracking doesn’t guarantee that one’s quality of life will improve, it can highlight the importance of eating well and exercising daily. After all, the Quantified Self Movement’s focus is motivating people to apply enough energy to make healthier choices.

【1】People choose self-tracking because _______.

A. it collects personal data and leads to self-improvements

B. it records how many hours you sleep a day

C. it watches your eating habits

D. it increases your movement

【2】The writer mentions tools such as smartphones and apps in Paragraph 4 to show _______.

A. we depend too much on them

B. it is easier to do self-tracking

C. they do harm to people’s health

D. equipment is necessary to do self-tracking

【3】Self-tracking was firstly put forward by _______.

A. scientists of Data Speaks Health Solutions

B. athletes and their coaches

C. doctors and their patients

D. two magazine editors

【4】You can find this article in the part of _______.

A. Education B. Entertainment C. Health   D. News

23、We’ve long been taught that helping others helps ourselves. As Charles Dickens wrote, “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

Science has shown that unselfish behaviors actually do improve our health. 【1】 It can reduce the risk for cognitive impairment(认知障碍). It can even help us live longer.

【2】 A 2017 study found pain sufferers who volunteered reported decreased pain along with an improved sense of purpose. A new series of studies may have found one reason. Regions of the brain that react to painful stimulation seem to instantly disappear by the experience of giving.

In another study, the researchers employed cancer patients living with pain and asked them to cook and clean for themselves or for the benefit of others at their treatment center.

【3】 When they did the work for their own personal benefit, the pain-relieving effect was reduced by over 62%.

In addition, the study found it was the meaning people gave to their good deeds that predicted how much pain the brain would perceive. Researchers believe the medicine should consider using unselfish “supplement therapies(补充疗法)to treat pain.” 【4】 A reduced sense of pain combined with feel-good chemicals—it seems our brains reward us for helping others even when we’re not expecting anything in return. 【5】 It is a good way to improve your health and others.

A．It is true for volunteers.

B．Helping others helps ourselves.

C．However, more research is needed about the idea.

D．It also appears that giving can help us cope with pain.

E．When they were helping others, their pain levels dropped.

F．Volunteering, for example, has been shown to reduce stress and improve depression.

G．Sounds like a great reason to put volunteering and other giving behaviors on your to-do list.

24、According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the U.K. has about 7.7 million families with dependent children, of which 3.7 million have just one child, compared to 3 million with two and 1.1 million with three children or more. The number of families today with just one dependent child is now 47 percent and will likely rise to more than 50 percent in a decade. As the ONS confirms, “It appears that families are getting smaller.”

One obvious reason for this could be that women are putting off having children until they have established careers when they miss the best time to be a mother. But it could just as well be a matter of choice. Parents must consider the rising cost of living, combined with economic uncertainty and an increasingly difficult job market. And this trend may continue growing as having an only child becomes more normal, which seems to be the mood on the mothers’ online forum Mumsnet, where one member announced that she “just wanted to start a positive thread(t帖子) about how good it is to have an only child”.

She had received 231 replies, overwhelmingly in the same high spirits. Parents of only children insist there are plenty of benefits. Nicola Kelly, a writer and lecturer who grew up as an only child and is now a married mother of one, says her 15-year-old son seems more grown-up in many ways than his classmates.

Not all products of single-child families are as keen to repeat the experience. In a moving recent account journalist Janice Turner wrote about her own keenness to “squeeze out two sons just 22 months apart” as a reaction to her only-child upbringing(抚养).

She was placed on a high position by her doting(溺爱的) parents, whom she punished with an “impolite, willful” rejection of everything they stood for. Desperate for a close friend she was repeatedly hurt by rejection and refers to her childhood as being “misery”.

Writer and doctor Dr. Dorothy Rowe, a member of the British Psychological Society, says that we all interpret events in our own individual way and there are some children who no matter what their circumstances feel slighted, while other children see the advantages of their situation.

However, the one part of life that is unlikely to get any easier for only children is when they grow up and find themselves looking after their own parents as they become older.

【1】According to the passage, how many families in the U.K. have an only child?

A. 7.7million B. 3.7 million

C.3 million  D. 1.1 million

【2】The passage is written with the purpose of ________.

A. illustrating the strength and weakness of having an only child

B. analyzing the reasons why having an only child becomes popular

C. presenting us with different opinions about having an only child

D. guiding people to look at the same issue from different perspectives

【3】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Nearly half of families intend to have just one child.

B. All people don’t stand for the idea of having an only child.

C. Some people fail to recognize the advantage of having an only child.

D. People brought up in an only child family resist downsizing the family.

【4】From what Dr. Dorothy Rowe said, we know that ________.

A. journalist Janice Turner experienced a miserable childhood

B. she has a positive attitude towards Janice Turner’s reaction

C. it’s necessary for us to look at the event from our own angle

D. some children are unable to make an objective assessment of their conditions

【5】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. It’s normal to see the imperfection in character in only children.

B. Mumsnet is an online forum which promotes having an only child.

C. Economic development plays a determining role in the family size.

D. Only children will have difficulty in attending to their parents.

25、You are travelling on an ocean ship when suddenly a giant wave causes the ship to overturn. Hundreds of people die____,but you and several others____in the ballroom. Would you stay there and____for help? Or would you try,____the danger, to find your way out of the ship?

This is the____faced by the characters in the film “Poseidon”.

Trapped in the ballroom of the overturned ship, the____orders the surviving guests to wait for help. A small group of people____to accept this fate. They try to escape, knowing that there will be no way back____the captain locks the doors behind them.

At the time of the disaster, each of the characters is trying to overcome personal problems in their own lives. All must face their____and make life and death decisions.

Architect Richard Nelson is preparing to kill himself when the wave hits. He feels depressed over the____of his relationship with his partner. But he is forced to fight____his life, and learns to want to live again. He realizes he must____the past and not think too much about the bad.

Robert Ramsey, a fireman, decides to____his own life so that his daughter, Jen,____live. He swims to the ship’s control room____he must press a switch to change the direction of the ship.

He knows he will likely____in the process, but just as surely, he knows that it’s the only way his friends can escape. His actions give the others a chance to reach____.They escape from the ship just before it____,killing all those waiting inside and Jen’s father as well. All the characters who survive feel____to be alive, but they are also aware that their own____,bravery and determination saved their own lives.

【1】A. gradually   B. individually   C. finally   D. immediately

【2】A. stay   B. dance   C. survive   D. live

【3】A. ask   B. wait   C. cry   D. demand

【4】A. despite   B. in   C. with   D. except

【5】A. position   B. scene   C. danger   D. dilemma

【6】A. director   B. captain   C. sailor   D. passenger

【7】A. refuse   B. agree   C. hesitate   D. dislike

【8】A. unless   B. until   C. once   D. when

【9】A. death   B. survival   C. courage   D. fears

【10】A. end   B. departure   C. failure   D. difficulty

【11】A. against   B. for   C. with   D. over

【12】A. let alone   B. let go of   C. let out   D. let down

【13】A. give up   B. give away   C. give in   D. give out

【14】A. might   B. can   C. would   D. must

【15】A. which   B. there   C. where   D. then

【16】A. succeed   B. fail   C. survive   D. drown

【17】A. safety   B. home   C. success   D. destination

【18】A. breaks   B. explodes   C. sinks   D. overturns

【19】A. relieved   B. relaxed   C. lucky   D. happy

【20】A. calmness   B. choices   C. fortune   D. confidence

26、假定你是李华，你校英文报正在开展“The Sports I Like”征文比赛。请用英语写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：

1.喜爱的体育运动；

2.喜爱的原因；

3.运动的收获。

注意：词数80左右；

The Sports I Like

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