巴中2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Whenever I'm in trouble, I hear a voice ________ in my head “You can do it”．

A. to ring   B. ringing

C. rung   D. having rung

2、 —I’m afraid the project may be several days behind schedule due to bad weather.

—Don’t worry. Three more assistants will be _______ in no time at all.

A. at your convenience B. at your command

C. at your risk D. at your request

3、As is well known, our success in life depends on our determination to grasp opportunities that ________ to us.

A.present B.are presenting C.are presented D.have presented

4、－The zookeeper was really annoyed with me.

－How could he have been if you ____ stones at the animals?

A. didn’t throw   B. don’t throw

C. hadn’t thrown   D. haven’t thrown

5、He expressed his hope ___ he would visit China again the next year, and this was the very hope ___ he expressed as soon as he arrived in the country.

A. that; that   B. which; which

C. that; which  D. which; that

6、 I will stay at home to play chess on the computer _____ it snows tomorrow.

A. if   B. unless   C. before   D. after

7、The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.

A. until   B. though   C. because D. Unless

8、I still remember the accident and the troubles ______ has caused to me.

A. which   B. what

C. it   D. that

9、It is ______ that men and women should share the equal responsibility both at home and in the society.

A. in black and white   B. child’s play

C. as easy as pie D. as plain as day

10、The satellite image shows more rain______in the area over the next 24 hours.

A．is forecasting

B．will forecast

C．is forecast

D．forecasts

11、When asked about their opinions about the schoolmaster, many teachers would prefer to see him step aside ________ younger men.

A. in terms of  B. in need of

C. in favor of  D. in praise of

12、I hope I will not be called on in class as I’m not yet _______ prepared.

A．attentively

B．attractively

C．actively

D．adequately

13、He says French people are _____ about the future of their country, so it’s not absurd to discuss how to deal with the subject.

A.anxious B.ashamed C.weak D.patient

14、- _______ do you study English text?

-By making vocabulary lists.

A．What

B．When

C．How

D．Who

15、He was left out when they ______ choosing a new manager, which came as a complete surprise to him.

A. set out   B. set about

C. set off   D. set up

16、—Have you received a reply to your job application?

—No．I ________.

A．waited      B．am waiting

C．have waited     D．had been waiting

17、Mr. Wang ________ have thought the car was worth the money paid, or he would not have spent so much money on such an expensive sports car.

A．could

B．shall

C．can

D．must

18、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

19、— ?

—I need some music CDs.

A．What’s wrong

B．Can I help you

C．How much are the CDs

D．Are you all right

20、It’s an art to be parents. With children, if you say “no”, you have to mean_____.

A. that   B. this

C. it   D. one

21、I had a teacher who used to wake up in class by shouting: “The early bird gets the worm!” I say “let him have the worm”. I hate food that doesn’t stay still, and avoid Japanese restaurants for that very reason. Anyway, I stopped eating worms at the age of three, switching to regular breakfasts of cereal(谷物), to which I would add extra sugar.

Recently I was thinking about early birds and the competitive spirit after receiving a letter from a reader in Malaysia: ”My son deliberately throws away marks because he doesn’t like to be top of the class. What shall I do?” Give him a round of “applause” for being smart! Actually many children in Asia tend to be the focus by performing better.

Placed into a very competitive class when I was 11, I quickly learned the ideal position was second to last. The top three performers and the very last person are highlighted; the second-to-last contestant is INVISIBLE. And it’s an easy position to get—just deliberately underperform at every test. I could do that. I once came second to last in eight straight sports day races. No one suspected anything. I was so invisible that I could have robbed a bank in my street and no one would have noticed.

At the London Olympics a few months ago, badminton pairs from three Asian countries deliberately tried to lost matches to draw good lots in later rounds. It was funny to watch, but they were all thrown out for poor sportsmanship. What they really needed were acting lessons, their moves were so unconvincing. “Oops, I hit the ball in entirely the wrong direction.”

The other day, I took the children out and they raced for the car. “I’m first,” said one. The second said: “First is worst, second is best.” Together they sang at the last one: “And third’s the one with a hairy chest.”

It struck me that the organizers of sports matches could use this song when people deliberately lost matches. “I lost,” the delighted loser will say. The judges could still declare them winners, pointing to a new, optional regulation: “First is worst, second is best, third’s the one with a hairy chest.”

【1】Why did the author dislike Japanese restaurant?

A．Its food was served raw.

B．Its food contained worms.

C．He was tempted by cereal.

D．He was affected by the saying.

【2】How did the author manage to be invisible in a competitive class?

A．He highlighted the top three students.

B．He came to second in sports races.

C．He hid himself in a bank skillfully.

D．He intentionally underperformed.

【3】What can be learned from the passage?

A．The judge is encouraged to eliminate the dishonest players.

B．Players disqualified from Olympic doubles for using drugs.

C．Children’s song praises the dramatic acting skills of athletes.

D．players purposefully failed for easier lots in the following rounds.

【4】Which saying might the author possibly support?

A．Great minds think alike.

B．God favors those who are prepared.

C．Honesty is the best policy.

D．A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

22、People such as singers, public speakers and teachers run the risk of injuring their vocal cords (声带) through overuse. An experimental wearable system is designed to help keep that from happening, by warning users as they approach their vocal threshold (阈值).

The setup is being developed by a team of materials scientists, biomedical engineers, opera singers and a speech-language pathologist, led by Northwestern University’s Prof. John A. Rogers. It incorporates two devices: a sensor that is stuck to the skin over the wearer’s breastbone, and a haptic (触觉的) feedback unit which is worn on their wrists. Both are wirelessly linked via bluetooth to an app on the user’s smartphone.

The sensor continuously detects the shaking movements of the wearer’s vocal cords — but not any outside noises — sending its readings to the app. If the app determines that the person is getting dangerously close to the specific threshold which they previously set for themselves, it warns them by causing the haptic feedback unit to shake. The user then knows to shut up for a while — or at least quiet down a bit — in order to give their vocal cords a rest. Even a break of just 15 to 20 minutes may be sufficient.

A display on the app provides more information on the user’s vocal activity, along with recommendations for resting appropriately. And importantly for the privacy-conscious, the system does not record what the user is saying.

“It’s easy for people to forget how much they use their voice,” said Theresa Brancaccio, a Northwestern lecturer and voice expert who co-led the study. “Experienced classical singers tend to be more aware of their vocal usage because they have lived and learned. But some people often don’t realize how much they are pushing it. We want to give them greater awareness to help prevent injury.”

【1】What’s the purpose of the experimental wearable system?

A．To make users keep up with the times.

B．To help examine users’ skin and wrists.

C．To prevent users harming their vocal cords.

D．To facilitate the teachers’ teaching activities.

【2】What does the underlined word “incorporates” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Defeats.

B．Advertises.

C．Balances.

D．Includes.

【3】What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the system?

A．Its working process.

B．Its purpose of design.

C．Its economic advantages.

D．Its key components.

【4】What do we know about the system?

A．It records what the users are saying.

B．It takes the privacy of the users seriously.

C．It shows information on the users’ weight.

D．It reminds the users of dangers on the road.

23、Google has been hit with a class-action lawsuit claiming discrimination against conservative-minded white men, in a legal case that threatens a fresh round of the culture wars that swept across the internet company last summer.

The suit has been brought by James Damore, an engineer who was dismissed in August after his questioning of Google policies to increase the hiring of women and minorities caused an outcry inside the company. It also names a second engineer, David Gudeman, who has also claimed wrongful termination after leaving the company in 2016. The company did not immediately have a response to the suit.

Since leaving Google, Mr Damore has spoken out widely against the company, attacking it for what he calls “group-think” over gender and other diversity issues. His case became a rallying (召集) point for conservatives last year at a time when cultural battles stirred by President Donald Trump were intensifying nationally.

The class action lawsuit, filed in superior court in California on Monday, was brought on behalf of all employees whom Google is claimed to have discriminated against either because of “their perceived conservative political views... their male gender... [or] their Caucasian race (白色人种).”

The lawsuit claims that there is “open hostility for conservative thought” at the company and that people who differ from the mainstream are singled out for expressing views on subjects such as diversity hiring policies, prejudice sensitivity and social justice.

Employees are “abandoned, belittled and punished for their heterodox (异端的) political views, and for the added guilt of their birth circumstances of being Caucasians and/or males”, according to the lawsuit. It accuses Google of being an “ideological echo chamber (意识形态回音室)” that is hostile to some workers, and of maintaining illegal hiring ratios for women and minorities. The suit will move forward only if a judge certifies it as a valid action on behalf of an entire class of workers.

Mr Damore was dismissed by Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, after writing an internal memo questioning the company’s diversity policies. His paper was widely circulated and aroused a backlash inside Google. But his treatment brought an outcry from conservatives who saw Mr Pichai’s reaction as an attack on open discussion of an important social issue.

Among the allegations (指控), the lawsuit claims that “the presence of Caucasians and males was laughed at with ‘boos’ during company-wide weekly meetings” at Google.

【1】James Damore was fired by Google because ______.

A．Google is intolerant of different viewpoints of employees

B．it was hard for him to adapt to the corporate culture of Google

C．he embraced the vision that women were underemployed in Google

D．he challenged the company’s policies about the diversity of its employees

【2】Which of the following sentences is correct?

A．Google considers women more suited that men to engineering

B．The code of conduct and basic values of Google are in everyone’s interest.

C．Google is trying to wipe out some kind of discrimination in the company.

D．White people are underrated for their conservative political opinions in Google.

【3】What does the underlined word “backlash” probably mean?

A．Resistance.

B．Sympathy.

C．Passion.

D．Caution.

【4】The passage is chiefly concerned with a dismissed Google employee ______.

A．arguing against a reversed discrimination in the company

B．advocating the same treatment to employees in the company

C．exploring solutions to inequality among employees in the company

D．warning that the company’s values are affecting the employees negatively

24、With around 100 students scheduled to be in that 9:00 am Monday morning lecture, it is no surprise that almost 20 people actually make it to the class and only 10 of them are still awake after the first 15 minutes; it is not even a surprise that most of them are still in their pajama’s(睡衣). Obviously, students are terrible at adjusting their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.

All human beings possess a body clock. Along with other alerting systems, this governs the sleep/wake cycle and is therefore one of the main processes which govern sleep behaviour. Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed in adolescents, which leads to many students not feeling sleepy until much later in the evenings. This typical sleep pattern is usually referred to as the “night owl” schedule of sleep.

This is opposed to the “early bird” schedule, and is a kind of disorder where the individual tends to stay up much past midnight. Such a person has great difficulty in waking up in the mornings. Research suggests that night owls feel most alert and function best in the evenings and at night. Research findings have shown that about 20 percent of people can be classified as “night owls” and only 10 percent can be classified as “early birds” ------ the other 70 percent are in the middle. Although this is clearly not true for all students, for the ones who are true night owls, this gives them an excellent excuse for missing their lectures which unfortunately fall before midday.

【1】What does the author stress in Paragraph 1?

A. Many students are absent from class.

B. Students are very tired on Monday mornings.

C. Students do not adjust their sleep patterns well.

D. Students are not well prepared for class on Mondays.

【2】Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

A. Most students prefer to get up late in the morning.

B. Students don’t sleep well because of alerting systems.

C. One’s body clock governs the sleep/wake cycle independently.

D. Adolescents’ delayed sleep/wake cycle isn’t the preferred pattern.

【3】Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “classified”?

A. Criticized   B. Grouped   C. Organized   D. Named

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A. Functions of the body clock.

B. The “night owl” phenomenon.

C. Human beings’ sleep behaviour.

D. The school schedule of “early birds”.

25、When you get a less than desirable gift, people like to say, "It's the thought that counts." But with my mother's gifts, you've really got to wonder, What______was that, exactly?

Still, my mother's presents are never given with malice (恶意)or mischief; they are always presented with wide -eyed,______ excitement. “Do you like it?" she always asks with ______. Over the years, her Christmas presents have generated amusement, confusion, and sometimes even ______.

Several years ago, my mother spent days ______ handmade clay sculptures for my brother, my sister, and me: lovingly crafted, strange interpretations of our heads. "Keep it on your ______ counter. ”

I took the head home and placed it in my bathroom as instructed. I soon discovered that few things ______ a two-year-old child more than a small, odd version of his mother's clay head ______ him while he poops.

My son used the downstairs bathroom more and more instead, and he even ______ to take a bath if the head was in the room. We both ______ its presence until one day, as I was doing dishes, I heard a series of bumps, followed by a large crash. I walked over to the stairs, and there, at the bottom, was the ______, broken into a dozen pieces, At the top of the stairs stood my son, triumphant(洋洋得意的).

Still, the clueless, endless, and enthusiastic love shown in my mother's ______ presents is the same love with which she raised me and my brothers and sisters. She has always loved us for our boring, reserved personalities ______, and we-- with all our eye rolls and sighs around the Christmas tree -- love her unconditionally as well. Maybe there is no ______ gift to give children than the knowledge that they can be weird or awkward and still feel ______ just the way they are.

【1】

A．gift

B．thought

C．surprise

D．story

【2】

A．innocent

B．confusing

C．artificial

D．awkward

【3】

A．curiosity

B．sympathy

C．doubt

D．expectation

【4】

A．tragedies

B．pleasures

C．pities

D．horrors

【5】

A．looking for

B．working on

C．thinking of

D．holding up

【6】

A．kitchen

B．study

C．bedroom

D．bathroom

【7】

A．fascinate

B．attract

C．frighten

D．puzzle

【8】

A．aiming at

B．staring at

C．screaming at

D．nodding at

【9】

A．preferred

B．refused

C．regretted

D．agreed

【10】

A．imagined

B．ignored

C．tolerated

D．appreciated

【11】

A．counter

B．tree

C．head

D．dish

【12】

A．strange

B．precious

C．ordinary

D．decent

【13】

A．madly

B．secretly

C．desperately

D．unconditionally

【14】

A．cheaper

B．worse

C．better

D．purer

【15】

A．loved

B．cheated

C．betrayed

D．trusted

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 Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten, he began noticing that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. But he had only one.

It started when one boy teased him. Jayce was in a bad mood. He'd return home in Des Moines, Iowa, with questions: Why am I different? Why me? Why? "He actually told us that he was mad at looking so different from others," said his mother, Cortney Lewis. "That really hurt him." Lewis admitted she didn't know what to do at that point. How could she provide answers to her son's questions when she had never found those answers herself?

A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and turned on the TV to a news story about Trashaun Willis, an eighth grader from Washington middle school, Iowa. The boy, then 14, had become an Internetstar after posting videos of his slam dunk(扣篮) , and, like Jayce, he was missing most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He was shocked, staring at one dunk after another.

At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce—he'd see a shining role model with a seemingly similar born disability. And had it stayed just that, Lewis would have been happy. But little did she know that a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register, asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to encourage Jayce and build his confidence.

Paragraph 1:

A few days later, the good news that Trashaun accepted the invitation to meet Jayce came.

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Paragraph 2 :

After the meeting, Jayce learned to accept his disability.

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