运城2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、John is very           , if he promises to do something he'll do it.

A．independent

B．confident

C．reliable

D．flexible

2、The car ________ beside me and the driver asked me the way to the Great Wall.

A．pulled down

B．pulled off

C．pulled up

D．pulled out

3、_____ girls can be_____they would like to be, whether it is a pilot or an astronaut, is being accepted all around the world.

A．What; whomever

B．That; whatever

C．If; whoever

D．不填; whatever

4、After being for days, the water supply returns to normal today.

A.cut off   B. cut down   C. cut out   D. cut up

5、________leaves the classroom last should turn off the lights.

A．Which

B．Who

C．Whichever

D．Whoever

6、He looked into her eyes and his voice ________ a more serious tone.

A.took off B.took on C.took in D.took up

7、Students are sure to benefit from every minute _______ the best use of to study their lessons.

A.which makes B.what they make C.that is made D.when is made

8、---I saw your uncle ______ a taxi to the airport. Why didn’t you drive him there?

--- I would have, but my car _______.

A. took; was fixed B. taking; had been fixed

C. take; was being fixed D. took; had fixed

9、I’m not used to the way you speak to me. _______, I don’t want to continue the conversation.

A. In word   B. At all

C. In other words   D. In another word

10、I wish to thank Professor Smith, without _______help I would never have gone that far.

A.who B.whom C.whose D.which

11、Your composition is superior ______ his ______ handwriting.

A．to; in

B．with; in

C．to; with

D．of; on

12、It's getting dark， but there still are several boys basketball on the playground．

A.playing B.played

C.to play D.having played

13、The teacher wrote an example on the blackboard to _____ the point.

A．clarify

B．suggest

C．express

D．recognize

14、The first thing I do every morning is_________exercise.

A．taking

B．to take

C．took

D．to have taken

15、The teacher didn’t feel like ________them on the spot.

A．correcting

B．correct

C．to correct

D．corrected

16、Don’t worry. Tonight’s football match will be broadcast____and we can enjoy it together.

A.alive B.lively C.live D.living

17、You should put yourself _________ you will be while bathing the baby and make sure that everything is easy to reach.

A．at which

B．in place that

C．where

D．from where

18、I’d rather ________ rudely to her yesterday. How regretful I am!

A. I not speak   B. my not speaking   C. I didn’t speak   D. I hadn’t spoken

19、We are confident that the environment ______ by our further efforts to reduce pollution.

A．had been improved

B．will be improved

C．is improved

D．was improved

20、A rescue worker risked his life saving two tourists who ________ in the mountains for two days.

A．had been trapped

B．has been trapped

C．been trapped

D．were trapped

21、Old ________ Professor Sinistra is, she often works diligently with us from morning till night.

A．although

B．even though

C．as if

D．as

22、Plastic bags won’t be allowed to be used for free in the supermarkets. They can’t ______ easily, which does great harm to our environment.

A．break off

B．break in

C．break down

D．break out

23、They put an__________ in a newspaper looking for rock musicians.

A．map

B．advertise

C．information

D．advertisement

24、George would certainly have attended the meetings, ________.

A. has he not had a flat tyre

B. if he hadn’t a flat tyre

C. had he not had a flat tyre

D. if he hasn’t had a flat tyre

25、Although a gorilla won’t talk, ________ it can use body language to answer back and forth. It is the same with the way the other animals communicate.

A. moreover   B. nevertheless   C. somehow   D. therefore

26、Many people have felt isolated and afraid during the pandemic this year, and the Weber family is no different. But 11-year-old Emerson Weber has a hobby that has turned into a remarkable antidote. Emerson writes letters — lots of letters. One day last spring, she even wrote to Doug, her mail carrier. “I want to thank you for taking my letters and delivering them,” she said. “You are very important to me.”

In no time at all, Emerson’s simple thank-you note was shared around the United States Postal Service (USPS). Many of the workers who read it wrote her back. Her father was so moved by the response that he took to Twitter to share his appreciation for the outpouring of love.

“Emerson, my 11-year-old, is on a bit of a wild ride with the USPS and our local mail carrier, Doug.” The next day after Emerson gave Doug the letter, a package arrived with two letters. Doug had shared Emerson’s letter with his supervisor, Sara, and they both wanted to share how touched they were.

The next week, they got a letter addressed to “Mr. and Mrs. Weber”. It seemed that Sara had shared Emerson’s note as a “Token of Thanks” in the internal USPS newsletter, and there were postal folks that wanted to thank her.

That day, the family saw Doug getting out of the truck with two BOXES of letters from around the country. These letters were so deeply human. They were filled with family, pets, hobbies, community, and an overwhelming sense of kindness.

But there was something more in these letters. People felt seen — some for the first time in a long time. “I work alone in a small rural post office ...” “My kids all live far away ...” “Not a lot of people think about how hard we work ...”

One wrote, “I can’t tell you how much it means to read your letter ...”

With dozens of new pen pals, Emerson did what she does best.

She wrote.

She acknowledged that there WERE a lot of letters, but she read them all.

“I’m not sharing this because I’m a proud dad,” her father wrote on Twitter. “I’m sharing it because it is relatively easy, if we take the time, to give others the one thing they need to be well — human connection. Emerson does this boldly. Her lesson to me was simple: It’s the small things that matter most.”

Send a letter. Make a call. Take a step of boldness. For yourself or for others.

【1】Mr. Weber shared Emerson’s story on Twitter because ________.

A．he was moved by the readers’ response

B．he wanted more people to read the letter

C．he took great pride in being Emerson’s father

D．he was thankful to Doug for delivering letters

【2】What do the letters in the passage symbolize?

A．A sense of community.

B．The company of family.

C．A bond between people.

D．The outpouring of courage.

【3】Which of the following words can best describe Emerson?

A．Selfless and patient.

B．Smart and mature.

C．Determined and proud.

D．Loving and grateful.

27、Have you ever watched a silent television show and tried to predict how the characters were feeling according to their body language? The ability to understand people’s body language is a skill that’s almost born inside of us. 【1】. This skill develops as we grow older, which is called non-verbal communication.

Body language helps us communicate what we’re feeling without saying much at all. Think about a time when you were very angry. Did you clench (咬紧) your teeth? Did your palms get sweaty when you were anxious? In most cultures, these cues (线索) that reveal emotional states are quite common. But gestures have specific meanings across different cultures. Take touch for example. 【2】. In India, however, the ideal way to greet someone is by touching their feet, not by shaking their hand.

In some places, gestures meaning hellos and goodbyes and touches indicating friendship and love are all the same. But the problem arises because some gestures have vastly different meanings in different cultures. For example, the “OK” symbol is used as a superb symbol in India, but in Turkey, this symbol is considered offensive (冒犯性的). 【3】.

So, what should we do? Should we not use gestures at all? Of course not. 【4】. No matter how much we try to stop ourselves, we will end up communicating non-verbally in some way or another.

【5】, you’d better make a quick Google search or turn to a comprehensive book to better interact with the locals, and avoid offending them during your stay!

A．It was a very kind and thoughtful gesture.

B．So, the next time you decide to travel to another country

C．When you flash the “OK” sign there, you’re asking for a fight.

D．They also use a system of sounds and body language to communicate.

E．Even the smallest children can figure out when their mothers are mad.

F．Gestures are something that comes with the language of communication.

G．A general way of saying “Hello” in western culture is a brief handshake.

28、I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

【1】The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ______.

A．she might be recognized

B．being found blind was embarrassing

C．she was normal and independent

D．asking for help looked silly

【2】After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ______.

A．began to run

B．hit a person as usual

C．was caught by something

D．hit a lamppost by accident

【3】What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

A．Other vehicles also stopped there.

B．More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

C．It was unreliable for making judgments.

D．It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.

29、By becoming the first city in the nation to ban natural gas in new low-rise buildings and homes, Berkeley did something great in mid-July. It signaled the beginning of the end of the natural gas era.

California has set a climate mandate of 100% clean, renewable energy by 2045. It won’t reach that goal unless it gets rid of natural gas. Burning natural gas emits carbon dioxide and other pollutants. In many cities, including Berkeley, buildings are the second leading greenhouse gas-emitting sector, after transportation. Now that regulations aimed at the 2045 mandate are in place for cars, trucks and coal-fired power, natural gas has to be next.

The popular image of gas cooking and heating—clean, cheap and reliable, a “bridge fuel” from coal to renewables—needs to be changed. Natural gas has produced more greenhouse gas emissions overall in the US than coal since 2015. Now natural gas emissions from the state’s 12 million buildings account for 12% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

What’s more, natural gas is combustible, a common reason for fires and explosions. An underground gas pipe explosion in the Bay Area city in 2010 killed eight people and destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes. Gas leaks can cause not only indoor pollution but also deaths.

The case for making new buildings all-electric is overwhelming. It costs less to set up just one kind of energy—electricity—in new constructions, instead of laying gas pipes too. And the latest technologies work well: Electric heat pumps both cool and heat homes.

At least 50 other California cities will encourage all-electric new constructions in the coming months. They may not ban gas altogether in new constructions, but the aim is the same. The Berkeley measure is the beginning of an equally essential but more difficult task: re-equipping all existing buildings so that they, too, become all-electric.

【1】What are emitting the largest amount of greenhouse gas now in Berkeley?

A．Heat pumps.

B．Power plants.

C．Motor vehicles.

D．New buildings.

【2】What does the author think of gas cooking and heating?

A．It is clean, cheap and reliable.

B．It should be used in a small range.

C．It should be used as a “bridge fuel”.

D．It is more harmful than commonly thought.

【3】What does the underlined word “combustible” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Widely used.

B．Spoken highly of.

C．Able to burn easily.

D．Affordable for most families.

【4】According to Paragraph 5, making new buildings all-electric .

A．is practical

B．is a difficult choice

C．has a long way to go

D．deserves further research

30、When I was asked a question who touched my life most, I would always say it was my mother. I believe in my mother. My________began when I was just a kid.

My mother was a waitress. Through her work, she learned that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they________watching television. She commanded that my brother and I________only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books________from the Detroit Public Library and________book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later, we realized her marks were a________, as she received no education at all.

When I entered high school, I was an A-student,________not for long. I wanted the________clothes. I wanted to go out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from finishing her________jobs and I talked about not having enough expensive Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I'll give you all the money________I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills.________everything left over you can have all the Italian knit shirt you want. I was very________with that plan since it was the first time that I________the chance to manage my own money. But once I went through spending the money, there was________left. I________my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a roof________our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me________. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student again, and________I realized my dream of being a doctor.

My story is really my mother's story—a woman with no formal education or property________ used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe.There is________such job more important than parenting. This is what I believe.

【1】

A．belief

B．motto

C．achievement

D．decision

【2】

A．cost

B．paid

C．took

D．did

【3】

A．should

B．could

C．must

D．need

【4】

A．borrow

B．borrowing

C．to borrow

D．borrowed

【5】

A．hand in

B．hand down

C．hand out

D．hand over

【6】

A．track

B．tip

C．trap

D．trick

【7】

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

【8】

A．clean

B．different

C．fancy

D．rare

【9】

A．various

B．amazing

C．interesting

D．familiar

【10】

A．which

B．that

C．as

D．what

【11】

A．After

B．By

C．With

D．As

【12】

A．shocked

B．pleased

C．rewarded

D．willing

【13】

A．got

B．get

C．have got

D．had got

【14】

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

【15】

A．recognized

B．doubted

C．realized

D．believed

【16】

A．beyond

B．over

C．on

D．for

【17】

A．wherever

B．nowhere

C．anywhere

D．somewhere

【18】

A．finally

B．frequently

C．obviously

D．luckily

【19】

A．how

B．which

C．who

D．what

【20】

A．not

B．no

C．so

D．as

31、课文知识回顾(注意形式）

A boy 【1】(fall) ill . His 【2】(organ） were damaged by the radiation of an infrared ray stove. But before the ambulance arrived, a number of other【3】(injure） happened to this unlucky boy over and over again. First, he was choked by some 【4】(poison） liquid from the kettle on the cupboard. Then his wrist skin was burnt by electric shock. Finally, his ankle was cut by a pan.

Fortunately, the boy’s nurse gave him proper temporary treatments according to his complex symptoms. She 【5】(mild)squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throat and put bandages firmly in place to apply pressure 【6】 the ankle wound to stop bleeding. As for the burn, she used scissors to remove his sleeve, 【7】(pour) a basin of cold water over the burn to cool it and put her hands on a damp blouse to cover his swollen tissue tightly. She also inspired his【8】(brave） to fight against the 【9】(bear) pain. Her first aid made a vital difference in saving his life. A ceremony 【10】(hold) to honour the nurse who overcame a variety of barriers to save the boy.

32、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

THE TEENAGE BRAIN

Parents, teachers, and anyone who regularly deals with teenagers knows how difficult the adolescent years can be. Adolescents have always been known to do wild — even dangerous — things. This was thought to be due to the foolishness of youth. Now, brain-imaging technology allows scientists to study the physical development of the brain in more detail than ever before. Their discoveries have led to a new theory of why teens act the way they do.

Recently, scientists discovered that though our brains are almost at their full size by the age of six, they are far from fully developed. Only during adolescence do our brains truly “grow up”. During this time, they go through great changes, like a computer system being upgraded. This “upgrade” was once thought to be finished by about age 12. Now, scientists have concluded that our brains continue to change until age 25. Such changes make us better at balancing our impulses with the need to follow rules. However, a still-developing brain does this clumsily. The result, scientists claim, is the unpredictable behavior seen in teenagers.

The studies confirm that teens are more likely to take risks and behave in extreme ways. Fortunately, the news isn’t all negative. As brain scientist B.J. Casey points out, the teen brain inspires such behavior in order to help teenagers prepare for adult life.

One way the brain does this is by changing the way teens measure risk and reward. Researchers found that when teens think about rewards, their brains release more of the chemicals that create pleasure than an adult brain would. Researchers believe this makes the rewards seem more important than the risks, and makes teens feel the excitement of new experiences more keenly than adults do.

Research into the structure of the teen brain also found that it makes social connections seem especially rewarding. As such, teens have an intense need to meet new people.

Scientists suggest this is because as teens, we begin to realize that our peers may one day control the world we live in. Because it is still developing, a teen brain can change to deal with new situations. It therefore connects social rewards with even more pleasure. In this way, the brain encourages teens to have a wide circle of friends, which is believed to make us more successful in life.

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