贺州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 'll wear a red jacket________ you can see me easily.

A. in case   B. so that   C. now that   D. if only

2、Patience is a good virtue and that’s ______ it takes to do anything well.

A.where B.which C.what D.how

3、---Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy action comedy film. Wants to come with me?

---I’d love to, but my best friend is getting married, and I won’t _______ it for anything.

A. overlook   B. trade   C. miss   D. forget

4、With the help of curriculum reform, students enjoy a variety of after-school activities, ______ up to half are aimed at strengthening their physical strength and building up their confidence.

A. to which   B. of which

C. from which   D. in which

5、I still remember ________ one occasion, we were sitting ________ the shade of a big tree playing and chatting happily.

A．on; in B．at; under

C．in; under    D．at; in

6、At that time I was very worried about ____ I would become out of work.

A. whether   B. if   C./   D. why

7、A teacher, together with four students, ________ sent to help with this research the next week .

A．was

B．has

C．were

D．are

8、 -- How many people are expected to come to your party tomorrow afternoon?

-- I send out thirty invitations but one third _____.

A. didn’t show up   B. won’t show up

C. hadn’t showed up   D. doesn’t show up

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

A.To face B.Faced C.Face D.facing

10、  If  Susan ______  for  ten more minutes  at  the  party  last  night,  she might  have met  Johnny  Depp,  the  famous  Hollywood  star.

A.  stayed B.  would  stay

C.  had  stayed   D.  would  have  stayed

11、The recent financial crisis       into account, the Japanese boss       back on the number of employees working for him.

A. taking; cuts   B. was taken; cut

C. taken; cut   D. to take; cutting

12、The cooling wind swept through our bedroom windows, ______ air conditioning unnecessary.

A．to make

B．making

C．made

D．having made

13、The country's bad security situation doesn't seem to be ______ tourists who still flood in.

A.putting away B.putting on C.putting down D.putting off

14、We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $ 30, half of________ it used to charge.

A．that

B．which

C．how

D．what

15、_______ I’m willing to help, I don’t have much time available.

A．As

B．While

C．As though

D．Since

16、I have bought the same dress ________ she is wearing.

A. as  B. that  C. which    D. than

17、Why don’t you _______ an   English language club to practice speaking English.

A．go

B．join

C．take part in

D．start

18、As young men，we should learn to stand up_________we fell．

A． when B． where

C． unless D． if

19、Ever since Ming furniture went on exhibit in Beijing, there large crowds at the World Art Museum every day.

A. was   B. have been   C. has been   D. were

20、_____ it is true that a student’s most important goal is to do well in her or his studies, it doesn’t need to be the only goal.

A．As

B．While

C．When

D．Since

21、The one American industry unaffected by the general depression of trade is beauty industry. American women continue to spend on their faces and bodies as much as they spent before—about three million pounds a week. These facts and figures are official and significant. To what is it due? In part, I suppose, to the increase in wealth. But this is, clearly, not the whole story. The cult of beauty must therefore be symptomatic of changes that have taken place outside the economic field. Of what changes? Of the changes, I suggest, in the social position of women; of the changes in our attitude towards “the merely physical”.

Women, it is obvious, are freer than in the past. Freer not only to perform the social functions reserved to the male, but also freer to exercise the right of being more attractive. They have the right, if not to be less virtuous(有品德的) than their grandmothers, at any rate to look less virtuous. The British housewife, a creature of severe and even terrifying aspect not long since, now does her best to achieve and preserve the appearance, which was strongly opposed to in the previous time. For we have now come to admit that the body has its rights. It has, for example, a right to do the best it can for itself in the way of strength and beauty. We demand justice for the body as well for the soul.

What are the practical results of this modern cult of beauty? Are women more beautiful than they were? Do they get something for the enormous amount of energy, time and money demanded of them by the beauty-cult? These are questions which are difficult to answer, for the facts seem to be in conflict. The campaign for more physical beauty seems to be both a great success and a terrifying failure. It depends on how you look at the results.

It is a success as more women keep their youthful appearance to a greater age than in the past. This desirable consummation will be due in part to skin foods, facial surgery, and paints, in part to improved health, due in its turn to a more reasonable way of life. Ugliness is one of the symptoms of disease, beauty of health. In so far as the campaign for more beauty is also a campaign for more health, it is, up to a point, really successful. When that happy moment comes, will every woman beautiful—as beautiful as the natural shape of her futures, with or without surgical and chemical aid, permits?

The answer is definitely: No. The beauty of a porcelain(陶瓷) jar is a matter of shape, of color of surface texturing. The jar may be empty or tenanted by spiders, full of honey or stinking slime—it makes no different to its beauty or ugliness. But a woman is alive, and her beauty is therefore not skin keep. For real beauty is as much an affair of the inner as of the outer self. The women’s beauty is therefore more than skin deep. The surface of a human is affected by the nature of its spiritual contents. I have seen women who were truly lovely. Their shape, their color, their surface were perfect. And yet they were not beautiful for spiritual emptiness or ugliness shows through. But on the contrary, there is an inside light that can change forms that are regarded imperfect or ugly. Most importantly, the cult of beauty is supposed to touch the deepest source of beauty --- the experiencing soul. It is not by improving skin goods, by cheapening health equipment and electrical hair-removers, that the human race will be made beautiful; it is not even by improving health. All men and women will be beautiful only when the social arrangements give to every one of them an opportunity to live completely and harmoniously.

【1】The most significant reason for women’s cult of beauty is _____________.

A. the changes in their status and attitude to physical beauty

B. the build-up of wealth in the economic field

C. the decrease of other fields influenced by the general depression

D. the new privilege in fulfilling social functions

【2】From paragraph 3-4 we can learn that ____________________.

A. the beauty industry deserves energy and money

B. the surgical and chemical aid free women from aging

C. the healthier way of life leads to women’s staying young

D. the beauty campaign has achieved great success

【3】The example of the porcelain jar illustrates __________________.

A. the importance of shape and surface

B. the gap between appearance and contents

C. the connection between inner and outer self

D. the ugliness of appearance and spirits

【4】According to the author, the cult of beauty should focus on ________________.

A. giving people a good knowledge of health and disease

B. increasing people’s awareness of health problems

C. promoting the development of the body and the soul

D. encouraging people to live in harmony with nature

【5】What is the real concern of the writer of this article?

A. The promising future of beauty industry

B. The praise of beauty-cult as a success

C. The understanding of physical beauty

D. The importance of inner qualities

22、Five Skills for Qualified Employees in 21st Century

Technical and technological skills will take on greater importance. 【1】 Qualified employees are expected to understand and fix systems from computer systems to product distribution systems to plumbing systems.

【2】 The ability to gather and absorb seemingly unrelated information, and then use that knowledge, understanding, and perspective to guide the organization’s development in the long run, will be vital.

Numbers and measurement will be important, of course, but smoothing the flow from month to month, from quarter to quarter will be essential for highly profitable long-term performance. Practically every company will have to move away from today’s obsession with looking ahead only as far as the next financial reporting period.

Ability to organize will definitely be important in the corporation of the future. 【3】 Like resources, workflow, marketing mix, financial opportunities, and much more, all will demand high levels of organization and reorganization.

Communication skills—careful listening, clear writing, close reading, plain speaking, and accurate description will be invaluable. In tomorrow’s fast-paced business environment there will be precious little time to correct any misunderstandings. 【4】

The top employees of the coming century will be flexible, creative and motivated. They will seek balance, growth and fulfillment in both their work and home environments. 【5】 Otherwise they will find themselves barriered by lack of qualified people to accomplish the organization’s work.

A．Long-term vision will be in demand.

B．There will be a growing need for these.

C．Persuasive skills will be used in many ways.

D．Removing misunderstanding is a piece of cake.

E．Everywhere there will be a need to put things in order.

F．The corporations of the future must respond to these needs and desire.

G．Communication breakdowns may well become a deadly corporate disease.

23、Nice news! Job offered!

Driver

40 hours per week, term time and 15 days.

We are looking for a bus driver to provide a driving support service for the teachers living outside the school. Applications are to be received no later than 10th August 2019.

Receptionist Administration

Full time

A receptionist is required from 1st August 2019 at Dartford Science & Technology College. The position is only from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Friday, with an hour's break for lunch every day. The successful applicant must have a good telephone manner, good interpersonal skills and IT skills.

Health & Social Care Teacher

Our client, an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school in Ealing, West London, is currently seeking a teacher for Health & Social Care. The position will be a full-time post until July 2020. We require an energetic teacher to develop the learning potential of students. We are seeking someone with excellent subject knowledge who can combine academic strictness and achievement with enjoyment of teaching Health & Social Care.

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【1】The receptionist to be employed will work__________.

A.20 hours a week B.34. 5 hours a week

C.37 hours a week D.39. 5 hours a week

【2】_________ is needed in a school in Ealing, West London.

A.A full-time science teacher

B.A teacher with the ability to get along with people

C.A driver who can provide a driving support service

D.A teacher with excellent knowledge about Health &Social Care

【3】The text is likely to appear__________.

A.in a magazine B.in a novel

C.on the Internet D.in a newspaper

24、(A)

When I was growing up, my family kept chickens. We always had about a dozen of them at any given time and whenever one died off – taken away by hawk or fox or by some unknown chicken illness – my father would replace the lost hen.

He’d drive to a nearby chicken farm and return with a new chicken in a sack. The thing is, you must be very careful when introducing a new chicken to the general flock. You can’t just toss it in there with the old chickens, or they will see it as an invader. What you must do instead is to slip the new bird into the chicken farm in the middle of the night while the others are asleep. Place her beside the flock and tiptoe away. In the morning, when the chickens wake up, they don’t notice the newcomer, thinking only, “She must have been here all the time since I didn’t see her arrive.” And awaking within this flock, the newcomer herself doesn’t even remember that she’s a newcomer, thinking only, “I must have been here the whole time…”

My arrival in India does likewise. My plane lands in Mumbai on December 30. I find my luggage, and then find the taxi that will take me hours and hours out of the city to the destination, located in a remote rural village. I doze on the drive through streets, sometimes waking to look out the window, where I can see strange haunted shapes of thin women walking alongside the road with bundles of firewood on their heads. Buses with no headlights pass us, and we pass oxcarts. The banyan trees spread their elegant roots throughout the ditches.

【1】What do we know from the first paragraph?

A．The author was good at keeping chickens.

B．The author’s father could treat chickens’ diseases.

C．Chickens were more valuable than hens.

D．The number of the chickens was kept steady.

【2】When did the writer probably arrive in India?

A．8:00 P.M.

B．1:00 A.M.

C．7:00 A.M.

D．3:00 P.M.

【3】What does the underlined word “flock” in the second paragraph mean?

A．The chicken farm.

B．The group of chickens.

C．The nearby chickens.

D．The new chickens.

【4】The writer wrote the passage to _________.

A．tell the readers how he quickly got integrated into Mumbai

B．describe how a newcomer usually feels on a new land

C．persuade the readers to get accustomed to the new environment quickly

D．reflect upon his childhood and his eventful travel to Mumbai

25、A Welcome Gift

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them_______side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud _______filled the room and made them feel very happy.

The next morning, _______ , their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a _______under their door during the night. One of their neighbor had written to complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all _______ people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their _______ and apologize for their playing.

“Maybe we could go and _______ everyone in person.” his mother said.

“What if we invited them to come here for a _______ instead?” Dario asked.

They both loved the_______. Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts________their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.

Finally, the day of the party________ . Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to ________. One woman, Mrs. Gilbert, ________ Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

“I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I ________ that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.”

Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we________you an apology.” she said. “I didn’t ________how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.

“You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night.” She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such________music.”

“These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be________to play them in the evening.”

“And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to________ the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of________and made him feel that they were home at last.

A．stood

B．lay

C．walked

D．sat

A．ring

B．music

C．cry

D．voice

A．however

B．otherwise

C．instead

D．therefore

A．poster

B．bill

C．report

D．note

A．rich

B．lucky

C．nice

D．proud

A．friends

B．relatives

C．audiences

D．neighbors.

A．instruct

B．question

C．visit

D．blame

A．concert

B．show

C．play

D．party

A．idea

B．performance

C．action

D．experience

A．with

B．for

C．from

D．to

A．arrived

B．passed

C．finished

D．continued

A．sell

B．share

C．advertise

D．order

A．presented

B．helped

C．served

D．treated

A．admitted

B．agreed

C．worried

D．promised

A．send

B．offer

C．owe

D．give

A．remember

B．understand

C．accept

D．realize

A．strange

B．funny

C．loud

D．sweet

A．sorry

B．happy

C．afraid

D．brave

A．practicing

B．recording

C．writing

D．changing

A．freedom

B．warmth

C．sympathy

D．equality

26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

目前，教育部办公厅印发了《关于加强中小学生手机管理工作的通知》。通知明确：学生不得将手机带入校园，若确有将手机带入校园需求的，须经学生家长同意、书面提出申请。申请一旦获批，学生进校后应将手机交由学校统一保管，禁止带入课堂。

请你谈一谈这一通知的颁布反映了怎样的社会现状，以及这一规定将起到怎样的作用。

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