阿坝州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、-I have got a bad cold.

-No wonder you _______these days.

A. have coughed   B. coughed

C. have been coughing D. are coughing

2、 In today’s fiercely competitive society,； people only care about what achievements you _______, not your efforts.

A. had made   B. will make

C. would make   D. have made

3、The subway was delayed for quite a while,  ____________ for a whole quarter of an hour.

A.other than B.or rather C.apart from D.instead of

4、The whole class applauded wildly at the end of the speech, ______ greatly encouraged Bob.

A. what   B. where C. which D. when

5、At first Robert wouldn't let his daughter go diving, but eventually he ____as she was so confidence about her skills.

A.gave in B.let off C.got away D.let out

6、---I wonder if I could use your mobile phone.

---No problem._________ .

A．Good idea

B．You’ve got it

C．It is your turn

D．Go ahead

7、This kind of cake looks ________, smells ________.

A．well; well

B．good; well

C．good; good

D．well; good

8、The doctor asked him___________ the amount of salt in his diet.

A. to reduce   B. reduce   C. reduced   D. reducing

9、Look at the price of that bike! It is practically the same as ______of a new motorcycle.

A．one

B．that

C．it

D．this

10、In our class there are 50 students，half ___________ wear glasses．

A. in whom   B. in them

C. of whom   D. of them

11、Workers have been working through the night ________ the bridge safe.

A. made   B. to make

C. being made   D. having made

12、Mary clapped her hand over her mouth _____ she realized her words hurt little Tom.

A. ever since B.  as if

C. so that D. as soon as

13、In this article , you need to back up general statements with __________ examples.

A.permanent B.abstract C.specific D.universal

14、In ________ eyes of children, playing on the Internet can only bring them ________ great fun.

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

15、Bob ________ hard. Otherwise, he ________to be admitted to the key university.

A. can’t work; wouldn’t have failed   B. can’t have worked; wouldn’t have failed

C. mustn’t have worked; wouldn’t fail   D. mustn’t work; would fail

16、If we want students to become effective in multicultural settings, one thing is clear: there is no ________ for practice.

A. prescription   B. substitute

C. appetite   D. suspension

17、The door was open, from ______he could see everything outside.

A. which B. after which   C. behind it D. where

18、According to the newly passed Road Traffic Safety Law, there are now tougher ________ for drunken drivers．

A． principles   B． penalties

C． proposals     D． prejudices

19、 Remember that ______ is better than cure, so brush your teeth at least twice a day and visit your dentist for regular check-ups.

A. priority B. privilege

C. principle   D. prevention

20、 The acting is so ________ that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals that he has ever tasted.

A. enthusiastic   B. fundamental

C. convincing   D. optimistic

21、Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study Places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

【1】Library computers on the ground floor .

A. help students with their field experiments

B. contain software essential for schoolwork

C. are for those who want to access the wi-fi

D. are mostly used for filling out application forms

【2】A student can rent a locker in the library if he .

A. can afford the rental fee

B. attends certain courses

C. has nowhere to put his books

D. has earned the required credits

【3】What should NOT be brought into the library?

A. Mobile phones. B. Orange juice.

C. Candy.  D. Sandwiches.

22、Do you know how Uncle Sam became the popular symbol of the United States?

Some historians believe that he is based on a real person，Samuel Wilson．During the War of 1812，Wilson sold meat to American troops. Wilson labeled

the meat barrels（桶）US．This meant that it was for the army．At that time，US was not used to mean“United States”．An officer asked what the US on the barrels meant．A soldier replied，“United States”，meaning Samuel Wilson．

The Uncle Sam image（形象）today shows a man with a beard，a stars and stripes（星条旗）top hat，and a suit．Thomas Nast created this image in about 1838．It represented the government in Nast's political cartoons．Some people believe that Nast based his image on Dan Rice，a popular entertainer．Rice performed while wearing a top hat and suit．

Others think it was James M．Flagg that drew the most famous image of Uncle Sam in 1917， during World War I．It shows a serious man pointing a finger at the viewer and says“United States”．Flagg drew thisenduringimage to encourage Americans to join the U.S．Army．It has been used for this purpose ever since．

Today, Uncle Sam is a symbol of the United States that is recognized around the world．

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Uncle Sam was a character created by the government of the United States．

B. Samuel Wilson，a businessman，sold meat to American troops during the War of 1812．

C. Uncle Sam was based on an entertainer to show Americans were popular people．

D. The image of Uncle Sam has been used to urge Americans to join the army since 1838．

【2】The underlined word“enduring”in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to“________”.

A. long-lasting   B. short-lived

C. painful   D. scary

【3】It can be inferred from the passage that___________.

A. Uncle Sam is an officer from the American army

B. Uncle Sam’s top hat and suit reflect the American flag

C. Tile Uncle Sam symbol is the best of all American symbols

D. Opinions differ about how Uncle Sam became a national symbol

【4】Which of the following can best sum up the passage?

A. The name Uncle Sam was invented during the War of 1821．

B. There are many symbols of the United States，including Uncle Sam．

C. Over time，the image of Uncle Sam came to represent the United States．

D. Uncle Sam is a national symbol that is recognized around the United States．

23、We know that hugs make us feel easy inside. And this feeling, it turns out, could actually ward off stress and protect r the immune (免疫) system, according to a new research from Carnegie Mellon University.

It’s a well-known fact that stress can weaken the immune system. In this study, the researchers sought to determine whether hugs----like social support more broadly ----could protect individuals from the increased sensitivity to illness brought on by the particular stress that come with interpersonal conflict.

“We know that people experiencing ongoing conflicts with others are less able to fight off cold viruses. We also know that people who report having social support are partly protected from the effects of stress on psychological states, such as depression and anxiety, “the study’s lead author, psychologist Dr. Sheldon Cohen , said in a statement. “We tested whether awareness of social support is equally effective in protecting us from sensitivity to infection caused by stress and also whether receiving hugs might partially account for those feeling of support and thus protect a person against infection.”

In the experiment , over 400 healthy adults filled out a questionnaire about their perceived (感知) social support and also participated in a nightly phone interview for two weeks . They were asked the frequency they engaged in interpersonal conflicts and received bugs that day.

Then, the researchers exposed the participants to a common cold virus, and monitored them to assess signs of infection. They found that both perceived social support and more frequent hugs reduced the risk of infection associated with experiencing interpersonal conflict. Regardless of whether or not they experienced social conflicts, infected participants with greater perceived social support and more frequent hugs had less severe illness symptoms.

“This suggests that being hugged by a trusted person may act as an effective means of conveying support and that increasing the frequency of hugs might be an effective means of reducing the effects of stress,” Cohen said. “The apparent protective effect of hugs may result from the physical contact itself or hugging being a behavioral indicator of support and closeness. Either way, those who receive more hugs are somewhat more protected from infection.”

If you need any more reason to go wrap your arms around someone special, consider this: hugs also lower blood pressure, reduce fearsome around death and dying, improve heart health and decrease feeling of loneliness.

【1】In Paragraph 1, the underlined words “ward off “can be replaced by ____.

A. produce B. increase

C. prevent D. support

【2】Dr. Sheldon Cohen’s experiment shows that ____.

A. hugs can hide serious illness symptoms

B. social conflicts can monitor signs of infection

C. social support can reduce the risk of having a cold

D. depression and anxiety result from less social support

【3】The passage aims to convey that ____.

A. hugs can have protective effects

B. social support can sure diseases

C. interpersonal conflicts cause infections

D. stress can weaken our immune system

【4】The passage is most likely to be found in ____.

A. a social science magazine

B. a commercial brochure

C. a medical report

D. an academic essay

24、Making predictions gets in the way of the brain's ability to remember the present moment, new research suggests. The hippocampus, a brain structure usually associated with remembering events, also uses experiences to make forecasts (neuroscientists call this “statistical learning”). But scientists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA have now demonstrated that the latter function can influence the former.

Researchers showed participants a series of photographs on a screen without telling them that some image categories always followed others: mountains always came immediately after beaches, for example. They were intended to subconsciously learn these associations and begin to expect these pairings. Later, the participants were shown the same photos again, mixed in with new examples, and were asked if they had spotted any of them before. They accurately recalled seeing random images at a much better rate than the predictive ones (like the beach pictures).

The scientists repeated this process while scanning participants' brains with fMRI (功能性核磁共振). Each image category caused a distinct neural (神经的) activity pattern, and the patterns for predictable categories were seen in the hippocampus when the corresponding predictive category was displayed. Moreover, this effect's strength in fMRI corresponded inversely with participants' memory task scores. “The more evidence for prediction we saw, the worse their memory was for those predictive items,” such as a particular beach scene, says study lead author and Yale University cognitive (认知) neuroscientist Brynn Sherman. This suggests that predictive images caused the hippocampus to shift toward prediction—and away from encoding (编码) a new memory.

The study is among the first to demonstrate how making predictions affects human memory. Scientists previously suspected that the hippocampus had a role in statistical learning but did not know how it interacts with memory formation. “This paper is a really nice demonstration of the balance where the hippocampus is doing both these things,” says University of Virginia cognitive neuroscientist Nicole Long.

The team says this compromise occurs because remembering and predicting both use some of the same biological pathways. In the paper, the authors compare it with using one's right foot to operate both the brake (刹车) and gas pedals (油门) in a car…but not both at the same time. “This system could prevent memory redundancies (冗余) and thus conserve brainpower,” Sherman says.

“We still need further research,” Long says. “For instance, how much repetition is needed before the hippocampus shifts from recording to predicting and whether it is possible to train the structure to improve both modes at the same time.”

【1】We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．predictive images stimulated memory formation

B．the hippocampus has nothing to do with predicting

C．researchers revealed how to balance predicting and remembering

D．the participants remembered random images more quickly and accurately

【2】What does the underlined word “inversely” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．In an opposite way.

B．Exactly.

C．In the same direction.

D．Closely.

【3】Why does the author mention the brake and gas pedals?

A．To present an accurate picture of how to drive a car.

B．To illustrate that predicting interacts with remembering.

C．To stress the difficulties of operating them at the same time.

D．To show the importance of using the same biological pathways.

【4】Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．The Role of the Hippocampus within Memory

B．Predicting a Situation Benefits Memory Formation

C．Forecast or Remember: The Brain Must Choose One

D．Forecast and Remember: The Brain Can Do Both at the Same Time

25、On July 24, 1916, a natural gas explosion trapped 32 men working in a tunnel 250 feet below Lake Erie. The first rescuers who entered the tunnel were _________ by gas, and for hours no one else dared to enter the suffocating (窒息的), _________ deathtrap.

Then, late that night, someone had an idea: _________ Garrett Morgan and his new invention. Garrett Morgan was a successful factory owner in Cleveland. The son of freed slaves and the seventh of 11 children, mechanically minded Morgan had opened his own sewing machine shop, which he soon _________ to a tailoring factory with 32 employees.

In the early 1900s, factory buildings were crowded and untidy. They were often made of wood, with no fire escapes. Fire could cause serious _________. Concerned about his employees, Morgan _________ with a “safety hood” (头罩) that would allow the wearer to _________ despite a fire’s poisonous smoke.

Morgan knew smoke rises during a fire. Therefore, he created a heat-resistant hood with a long tube reaching to the floor. Wearing Morgan’s hood, a firefighter could breathe the _________ air near the ground. Morgan lined the breathing tube with a sponge-like material that was wetted before use to ___________ the air. A second tube was designed to __________ exhaled (呼出的) air.

Called to the scene on the night of the tunnel explosion, Garrett arrived with samples of his safety hood. Still in their nightwear, he and his brother Frank put on the hoods and bravely entered the tunnel. It was a dangerous __________ of the invention, but they saved two lives and __________ four bodies before officials closed the __________. Morgan knew that more lives might have been saved if he had been called sooner.

The daring __________ made Morgan famous and brought requests for safety hoods from fire departments around the country. But his greatest __________ was knowing that his invention would now save more people.

【1】

A．lit

B．powered

C．overcome

D．overheated

【2】

A．changeable

B．remarkable

C．cautious

D．poisonous

【3】

A．show off

B．send for

C．ring off

D．call for

【4】

A．declined

B．decided

C．expanded

D．exported

【5】

A．business

B．damage

C．illness

D．doubts

【6】

A．experimented

B．associated

C．equipped

D．struggled

【7】

A．exist

B．communicate

C．breathe

D．listen

【8】

A．cleaner

B．thicker

C．colder

D．warmer

【9】

A．feel

B．trap

C．cool

D．heat

【10】

A．take away

B．get off

C．pollute

D．release

【11】

A．task

B．test

C．game

D．part

【12】

A．overlooked

B．identified

C．recovered

D．buried

【13】

A．gap

B．case

C．deal

D．site

【14】

A．rescue

B．attempt

C．reform

D．escape

【15】

A．fortune

B．comfort

C．achievement

D．reward

26、假如你叫李明，即将高中毕业，准备到英国读大学。现在你有一些关于雅思考试（International English Language Testing System,简称 IELTS ）的问题需要咨询，请你写一封信向你的英国笔友David 请教你所关注的以下问题：

雅思考试的时间和主要内容。

应该如何准备阅读、写作等考试内容。

希望David 给出一些建议及推荐复习用书

向David 表示感谢，期待回信。

注意：1.词数 100 左右。

开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear David,

How are you ?  

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Ming