博州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、The exhibition _____ such endangered animals as the giant panda and the Siberian tiger and describes the work being done to protect them．

A． exploits       B． features

C． demonstrates   D． inspects

2、Tom looked at Jenny, with tears   his eyes, and shouted out the words   in his heart for years.

A.filling; hiding B.filled; hidden C.filling; hidden D.filled; hiding

3、—How come Tom picked a quarrel with his wife?

—______? We also have the occasional argument.

A．What’s on

B．Guess what

C．For what

D．Who doesn’t

4、After school, we went to the reading room to do some reading, only _________ that it was being decorated.

A.told B.to be told C.telling D.to tell

5、The old town is so attractive, the character of which is well ________.

A．preserved

B．qualified

C．occupied

D．relieved

6、In Lebanon, they say, a 50% increase in the price of cigarettes would lead to many people smoking in poorer households as wealthy families.

A.as twice; quitting B.twice as; to quit C.as twice; to quit D.twice as; quitting

7、The helpless single mother had to resort to the law court because her heartless ex-husband ________ her access to her new born baby twins.

A.denied B.discouraged C.disposed D.destructed

8、Modern science has found that _______ one is using chopsticks, over 30 joints and over 50 muscles are used, which is a favorable stimulation to the brain.

A. since B. although C. unless   D. while

9、When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer ______.

A．obviously

B．incredibly

C．immediately

D．accidentally

10、The factory produced many famous cars, none of ____ shipped to foreign countries.

A. that   B. what   C. which D. Them

11、English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, __________ uses it differently.

A. all of which   B. each of which

C. all of them   D. each of them

12、The famous star _____ in New York ever since she moved there in 1987.

A. lived     B. is living

C. has been living   D. had lived

13、The best student of the year shared his experience of 　　　　he had managed to achieve excellence in his preparation for the college entrance examination.

A. if   B. how

C. what   D. that

14、The building has been made _____ to disabled people.

A.accessible B.relative C.acceptable D.sensitive

15、China’s new era will be an era of building on past successes to further   the cause of the CPC and the country.

A. announce   B. accompany

C. advance   D. accumulate

16、. ___________ the extreme levels of air pollution, city authorities have started to take measures to quickly reduce pollution levels and protect city dwellers.

A. In spite of   B. As well as

C. In response to   D. By means of

17、He was born in an extended family. His family,   is richer than mine.

A.if so B.if anything C.if ever D.if not

18、Time magazine has chosen “The Guardians”，a group of journalists who____ for their work, as Person of the Year, for taking great risks in pursuit of greater truths.

A. will target   B. have targeted

C. will be targeted   D. have been targeted

19、Mom,  don’t  you  think  it’s  OK  to  play  once  in  a  while    it  doesn’t  affect  my  studies?

A.  even  if B.  unless

C.  so  that D.  as  long  as

20、If you are sick with the flu，you’11 have to stay home to prevent it______ to others．

A. spread   B. to spread

C. Spreading   D. to have spread

21、As we know，many teen celebrities(名人) feel and think that having a slimmer figure can do great good to them．But，does size really matter？Are teenage fans trying hard to become like their celebrity idols(偶像)？Do celebrities really have the power to influence people，especially teenagers？

For the longest time，many parents blame teen idols for influencing the way their kids act．Have you noticed how teens idolize the celebrities these days？Even，their personal affairs are being followed by kids these days．Take for example the case of Lindsay Lohan of Mary Kate Ashley．They are definitely famous teen stars．But，since they are trying to project an image to satisfy a lot of people in show business，their health and body suffer．Many kids are aware of this problem．But they are easily influenced by these celebrities to exercise and eat less．

It is a fact that the media，and especially famous teen celebrities，can influence people powerfully．But teenagers are easily influenced because teenage years are the period when our personality and identity developments take place．Teens watching TV shows and reading magazines are easily pulled into the dieting and harmful eating habits because the media have some ways to pull these acts．They use thin models and celebrities to endorse(做广告宣传) products or to star in an up-and –coming shows or movies．With fierce competition，celebrities are forced to eat less and do extreme exercise routines to get the roles or offers that come their way．

Living in today’s time and generation is a bit disturbing to a lot of parents．Media，especially as well as the celebrities，have a very powerful influence to drive teenagers to good or bad． It’s good that we can control ourselves to avoid bad things from happening．If not，parents should really be aware and guide their teens to determine what’s in ad what’s out．

【1】From the passage we can find Lindsay Lohan_________．

A． lives an unhealthy lifestyle

B． lives a rich and happy life

C． doesn’t get any exercise

D． sets a good example for teenagers

【2】According to the writer，why are teenagers easily influenced by some TV shows？

A． They are tired of school．

B． Their celebrity idols appear in many TV shows．

C． They’re in their development period．

D． They have nothing to do in their spare time

【3】Many celebrities have to be on diet__________．

A． to keep healthy to face competition

B． to survive under pressure

C． to keep a slim size

D． to satisfy their teenage fans

【4】What’s the title of the passage？

A． Parents’ responsibilities

B． Advice on self-control

C． Bad influences of celebrities

D． Media’s bad influences

22、For recreation league athletes, there's nothing worse than when one of your teammates drops out at the last minute. When a recreation league ice hockey（冰上曲棍球）team in Edmonton needed a goalie（守门员）,they got a save from an unlikely hero.

Nelson Rego, who is 100% blind, plays blind ice hockey for the Edmonton “SeeHawks" and accidentally met another goalie, John Hunter, who was inquiring online about a chest protector. Later Hunter got injured, and trying to help his team find a goalie for a league game, he reached out on the Edmonton Goalies Facebook page.

“Nelson calls me, and he starts out with, 'Hey, how's the chest protector going?’" Hunter later shared about the remarkable story. "Then Nelson continues, 'By the way, I'm not sure if this is a good idea but I've learned that you're looking for a goalie substitute for your- league game tonight. What do you think about me playing?’"

The team was “all in”, so Rego got ready for his first-ever sighted league match.

According to the players, they didn't tell the referee until the puck（冰球）drop that their goalie was blind- information with which he didn't really know what to do.

In an interview with CTV Edmonton , Rego explains he keeps himself centered in the goal by measuring the distance between the posts with his stick and his glove. After he uses sound to key into where the puck is and if it's being challenged, all the while he follows verbal instructions from his loving wife Emelinda, in the stands telling the action.

The game was by no means a washout for Rego, because even though Rego's team lost, he hung in there and earned the respect and admiration of the team.

This remarkable night is just one step in Rego's hockey career and he wants to go further. Rego says, "If it's something you want to do, just do it. It's amazing to watch hockey, but it's even better to play it. ”

【1】Why did Nelson Rego make a call to John Hunter?

A．To apply to be a goalie substitute.

B．To send him a nice chest protector.

C．To invite him to an ice hockey game.

D．To ask him to look for a sighted goalie.

【2】What does Nelson Rego mainly explain in paragraph 6?

A．His wife's devotion to his job.

B．How he plays as a blind goalie.

C．His deep love for ice hockey.

D．Why he dropped a puck in a game.

【3】What does the underlined word “washout" in paragraph 7 probably mean?

A．Gift.

B．Fight.

C．Change.

D．Failure.

【4】Which of the following can best describe Nelson Rego?

A．Helpful and modest.

B．Polite and generous.

C．Ambitious and active.

D．Talented and hardworking.

23、Farming is destroying the planet, but there could be a much more environmentally friendly way to feed ourselves: using renewable energy to turn carbon dioxide into food. “This is becoming a reality,” says Pasi Vainikka at Solar Foods, a company that is building the first commercial-scale factory that will be able to make food directly from CO2.

There can be no doubt that immediate attention to find greener ways to grow food is required. Conventional agriculture, including organic farming, causes damage to the environment in many ways. It requires a lot of land, leading to habitat loss and deforestation. It is also the source of a third of all greenhouse gas emissions and releases other pollutants. It isn’t very efficient, either. Crops typically transform less than 1 percent of light energy into usable biomass (生物量).

Instead, Solar Foods plans to avoid photosynthesis (光合作用) altogether, and grow bacteria that use hydrogen as their source of energy. At the factory, renewable electricity will be used to split water to produce hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen will be added to large containers, where the bacteria grow, along with CO2 and ammonia (氨气). The end result will be a yellow powder called Solein.

Solein is made of bacterial cells and is up to 70 percent protein. It can be used as an ingredient in all kinds of foods. “We are aiming at replacing animal-sourced proteins, which we think have the highest environmental impact,” says Vainikka.

Compared with plant crops, Solein will use 100 times less water per kilogram of protein produced, 20 times less land and emit a fifth as much CO2, according to Solar Foods. There are other benefits, too: factories could be situated anywhere in the world and production won’t be affected by weather conditions.

“With Solar Foods and other companies scaling up their systems, this is truly beginning a new era of agriculture,” says Dorian Leger at Connectomix Bio in Germany. “I think these trends are exciting and will help bend the carbon curve as well as lead to improved global food supply security.”

【1】What is the author’s purpose in mentioning conventional agriculture in paragraph 2?

A．To demonstrate its influence on crops.

B．To compare different farming methods.

C．To highlight the urgent need for alternatives.

D．To provide an example of agricultural types.

【2】What is mainly presented in paragraph 3 concerning Solein?

A．Its production process.

B．Its storage condition.

C．Its ingredient materials.

D．Its investment potential.

【3】What is one of the features of Solein?

A．It is low in protein.

B．Its production is weather sensitive.

C．It is resource-limited.

D．Its production is location-independent.

【4】Which statement would Dorian Leger probably agree with?

A．The use of Solein may help reduce carbon emissions.

B．Solein will dominate the agricultural development.

C．Solein can help achieve global food safety.

D．The prospect of Solein remains to be seen.

24、Research has shown that behavioral signaling is largely universal — not only across cultures, but across species. Based on this knowledge, Cogito Corp has created an artificial intelligence (AI) technology to analyze behavioral and vocal cues to provide in-the-moment guidance during conversations, making individuals more emotionally intelligent.

“Artificial intelligence continues to have a transformational effect across industries. One area we see specific accelerated advancement in with this technology, is machine learning,” said Dr. John Kane of Cogito. “Much of the advancement in machine learning is due to the fact that it’s not far removed from our daily lives. Take Amazon’s Alexa as a household example: Alexa can recognize and respond to whispered speech for voice commands, made possible through machine learning advancement,”Kane continued. He also pointed out that “media has built unrealistic expectations in the minds of the general public when it comes to AI, where in fact, machine learning algorithms are still generally developed for narrowly defined purposes.”

Cogito was founded with the mission of helping humans communicate with more emotional intelligence. Presently, it helps individuals across enterprise-level organizations, mainly in the insurance, healthcare and financial service industries, create stronger customer service outcomes with the help of the Cogito AI coach. “Our goal is to provide in-the-moment guidance to individuals within enterprise call centers so they can adjust their behavior and improve customer experiences,” Kane said.

Cogito’s AI technology aims to offer a win-win-win model for companies — improving agent performance so that employees are more occupied with their work, customers are more satisfied and the company is more productive. Cogito’s in-the-moment guidance identifies patterns and cues that may be easily overlooked, giving consistent recommendations to agents in real time. This focused level of analysis helps managers coach high-performing agents to be more consistent and low-performing agents to identify areas for improvement — positively impacting companies.

Looking to the future, Cogito’s CEO and co-founder, Joshua Feast, sees an opportunity to own the AI coaching space. AI coaches guide humans to improve their individual and team performance, resulting in a more productive, emotionally intelligent and successful workforce.

【1】What’s the main reason for machine learning’s advancement?

A．Its connections with our daily lives.

B．Its being a basic area of AI technology.

C．An increasing demand for the technology.

D．Media’s efforts to promote the technology.

【2】What do you know about AI from Kane’s words?

A．It has wider uses than expected.

B．What it can do now may be overestimated.

C．It is far from familiar to the public.

D．Most advanced AI technologies remain unknown to the public.

【3】Why was Cogito established?

A．To bring greater advancement in machine learning.

B．To reveal the behavioral differences between humans.

C．To make humans more emotionally intelligent in conversations.

D．To help companies monitor and measure employees’ work performance.

【4】Where is Cogito’s AI technology mainly applied?

A．In small companies.

B．In educational agencies.

C．In international trading.

D．In the service industry.

【5】What can be inferred about Cogito’s AI technology?

A．It faces a lot of challenges.

B．It seems to have a bright future.

C．It may replace the human workforce sooner or later.

D．It is disadvantageous to low-performing employees.

25、On my first day at the Skip Barber Racing School, I grabbed a suit and helmet and headed into the classroom. Standing in the front, I introduced myself to the class, “Hello, I’m Eddie, and I want to be a better _________.”

That day, after a quick _________ to basics, like turning points and braking, we jumped into a race car. Not knowing what to _________, I was very scared. Worse still, it was _________ heavily outside. When it was my turn, I was sweating despite it being cold in the shower, because I was so _________. When the instructor let me drive onto the course, I tried, but _________ the car. I tried again, but without _________. Finally, with great efforts I got it.

In the afternoon, the instructor told us where to turn, downshift (换低挡) and brake. To my surprise, I quickly _________ the driving skills and got faster and faster. _________ we were ready to head onto the full track. I couldn’t __________ I had actually driven a race car around the world’s most famous road course.

The next day the drills became even more __________. It was very terrifying the first few times, but as the day went by, I continued to get more and more __________ and comfortable with the race car’s capabilities. The final day was __________ the most fun day. I __________ everything and drove the car as aggressively as possible.

The days at the racing school gave me the most fun __________ of my life and I’ve become a much better driver. I look forward to doing more racing in the future.

【1】

A．friend

B．driver

C．teacher

D．instructor

【2】

A．introduction

B．arrangement

C．participation

D．encouragement

【3】

A．deliver

B．attend

C．expect

D．say

【4】

A．flooding

B．blowing

C．snowing

D．raining

【5】

A．excited

B．nervous

C．awkward

D．disappointed

【6】

A．abandoned

B．damaged

C．operated

D．stopped

【7】

A．luck

B．choice

C．delay

D．hesitation

【8】

A．reviewed

B．checked

C．grasped

D．forgot

【9】

A．By the way

B．In no time

C．On the whole

D．On the contrary

【10】

A．resist

B．notice

C．believe

D．confirm

【11】

A．boring

B．challenging

C．practical

D．academic

【12】

A．ambitious

B．cautious

C．grateful

D．confident

【13】

A．typically

B．likely

C．absolutely

D．necessarily

【14】

A．let out

B．gave up

C．set down

D．put off

【15】

A．process

B．test

C．evidence

D．experience

26、假如你是李华。最近针对司机开车时玩手机的现象做了一次调查。请你根据调查结果用英语为报社的Peter写一篇文章描述调查结果并表明自己的观点。

80.8%发现司机开车玩手机是普遍现象。

45.5%认为司机开车玩手机是因为对自己的开车技术过于自信。

70.8%建议提高对开车玩手机行为的惩处力度。

主要内容包括：

1.描述调查情况以及表格内容。

2.表明你的观点。

注意：1. 词数不少于100；2. 可以适当增加细节使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

  With the development of the modern society and improvement of living standards, smart phones have brought great convenience to ordinary people. However,