白山2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、It was not until the entire river was covered with rotten fish which died from acid rain that ____ how serious the pollution was.

A.did the villagers realize B.made the villagers realize

C.the villagers realized D.realized the villagers.

2、Traditionally, colleges hold a graduation ceremony to encourage their graduations before they ________on their life journey.

A．go off

B．set off

C．take off

D．put off

3、Without the Internet, they found themselves ______ from the outside world.

A．cut off

B．cutting off

C．cut up

D．cutting up

4、Success often conies to those have a clear goal and a strong will!

A. that   B. which

C. whom   D. who

5、Elephants usually won’t attack a person ________ one becomes a danger to them.

A.until B.although C.unless D.when

6、People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, _______ through old magazines, all of _______ have been read hundreds of times previously.

A．look; that

B．looking; which

C．looking; whom

D．looking; that

7、Since 1978, the amount of money ______ to buy books has fallen by 17%.

A．typical

B．convenient

C．available

D．ideal

8、With China’s traditional tea-making added to UNESCO cultural heritage list, 43 items _____ the intangible cultural heritage list in the past few decades.

A．entered

B．have entered

C．enter

D．are entering

9、It took Mr. Li several weeks to ________ himself to living alone after his son went to Wuhan to work.

A．adopt

B．adjust

C．admit

D．inspire

10、We often think of the days___we spent together on the island.

A.when B.which C.in which D.during which

11、It suddenly ______ me how we could improve the situation.

A. realized   B. happened

C. occurred   D. struck

12、When _________ the sad story, all of us burst _______

A．hearing; into tears

B．heard; out crying

C．having heard; out crying

D．heard; into tears

13、Elephants have their own way to tell the shape of an object and __________ it is rough or smooth.

A. that   B. how

C. whether   D. what

14、—Ouch! You hurt me.

—I'm sorry. But I ________ any harm. I ________ to drive a rat out.

A.don't mean; am trying

B.didn't mean; tried

C.haven't meant; tried

D.didn't mean; was trying

15、—What a mistake!

--Yes. I his doing it another way, but without success.

A. was suggesting B.will suggest

C. would suggest    D. had suggested

16、In many commercials, smart homes are the future that we___________: every bit of entertainment and home control at our fingertips regardless of _______ we are.

A.have promised；who B.are promised；where

C.have promised；when D.are promised；how

17、The poor children are looking forward to _____ a Christmas present that day.

A. give   B. be given   C. giving   D. being given

18、Jack spent so much time practising driving, but _____, he failed the driving test three times.

A.however B.somehow C.besides D.sometimes

19、Let’s say that hospitals are losing money. ___________, if people are healthy, don’t think of it as losing money; think of it as saving lives.

A．For another

B．As a result

C．In other words

D．On the other hand

20、Don’t ________ about that vacation. Recollect the time you two laughed so hard you cried.

A．vary

B．select

C．stage

D．reminisce

21、Mr. Smith, _____ of the ______ speech, started to read a novel.

A. tired; boring B. tiring; bored

C. tired; bored   D. tiring; boring

22、—Take a taxi, you won't get the airport in time.

—OK,I will.See you!

A. instead   B. thus

C. otherwise   D. meanwhile

23、A number of children ________ parents had died in the quake were sent to live with families in other cities.

A. who    B. whom    C. that        D. whose

24、As many as nine tourist attractions are visited free on National Day, and you can choose _________ suits you best.

A. whatever  B. whichever  C. whenever  D. wherever

25、I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, these donation draw tickets from you.

A.buy B.buying

C.buys D.to buy

26、Schools across Britain are being asked to take part in a research project known as Teensleep to stagger (错开) their start times to suit the different biological clocks of children, with 10-year-olds starting at 9 am and 15-year-olds starting at 10 am. Scientists believe that the body’s circadian rhythm (生理节律), which determines sleep-wake patterns over 24-hour periods, varies with a child’s age and that an earlier school start time for all students is not in the best interests of older children. “The research project will sign up 100 schools as part of the biggest study yet into the role that school start times play in the health of students,” said Paul Kelley of the University of Oxford.

“The natural change in the biological clock to later in the 24-hour cycle is particularly obvious in the 14 to 24 age group. The change in the biological clock continues in later middle age, when people usually go back to the naturally earlier start time they felt comfortable with when they were 10-year-old children,” Dr Kelley said.

“By the time you are 18, 19 or 20 you are suffering on average two hours of sleep loss a day and that is increasing so that at the end of the week you have suffered 10 hours of sleep loss. It has a hugely damaging impact on the body,” Dr Kelley told the Seience Festival in Bradford.

“Students lose more sleep than doctors working a 24-hour shift during every school or university week... Schools are starting at any time they choose. There is no justification and no study suggesting that starting earlier is better,” he said. “Most people wake up to alarms because they don’t naturally wake up at the time they go to work, so we are a sleep-deprived (睡眠不足) society and this age group, 14 to 24, is more deprived than any other group of society,” he added.

【1】What’s the aim of the research project?

A．To determine the sleep hours of children.

B．To suit the different biological clocks of children.

C．To change the start times of the schools across Britain.

D．To study the influence of school times on students’ health.

【2】Which of the following statements might Dr. Kelley agree with?

A．24-year-olds start school the latest.

B．The older students are, the later they start school.

C．The change in the biological clock doesn’t happen in later middle age.

D．An earlier start time suits both the later middle age group and 10-year-olds.

【3】What has a great bad influence on the body?

A．Work on weekends.

B．The pressure of study.

C．More and more sleep loss.

D．The earlier school start time.

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Schools always start earlier.

B．Students are most sleep-deprived.

C．Students are more stressed than doctors.

D．Sleep deprivation has become a worldwide problem.

27、This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts(花生), while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”

Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?

Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.

【1】The task I received was to find information about ________.

A．uses for peanuts

B．American War of Independence

C．George Washington

D．my headmaster Miss Lancelot

【2】People in the class acted strangely because ________.

A．I was too proud of my homework

B．I mistook what the homework was about

C．the whole world suddenly became quiet

D．the teacher’s face turned to a stone

【3】We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.

A．the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all

B．the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake

C．the writer knew little about American history

D．the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man

【4】Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story?

A．Seeing is believing.

B．Where there is a will, there is a way.

C．One is never too old to learn.

D．A friend in need is a friend indeed.

28、As you probably know, learning a foreign language is sometimes challenging. But it can also be fun. We spend hundreds of hours at school trying to get our tongues round different vocabulary and grammar in order to earn a qualification. But learning to speak a second language is more than just passing an exam-it opens doors to new opportunities, helps you to communicate with others and makes travelling overseas more satisfactory.

It might come as a surprise that the number of teenagers learning foreign languages in UK secondary schools has dropped by 45% since the turn of the millennium. German and French have fallen the most-these languages from two of the UK’s closest trading partners have declined at GCSE level. Another survey of secondary schools suggests a third of students have dropped at least one language from their GCSE exam options. There are some reasons for this, including many students’ opinion that languages are difficult. Others have questioned the need for a second language when translation technology is advancing.

Matthew Fell, chief UK policy director for business group the CBI, believes that “The decline in language learning in schools must be reversed, or else the UK will be less competitive globally and young people less prepared for the modern world.” But even for those who are eager to study another language, the opportunity is being reduced. In Scotland, for example, foreign language subjects are being pressed out of many secondary school timetables with some head teachers blaming pressure on the curriculum.

However, some native English speakers have admitted the benefits of speaking another tongue. Cassandra Scott, from Edinburgh, studied three languages in her final year at school. She is now a freelance translator in Edinburgh, and says “Learning languages at school really set the course for my career.”

【1】How does the author show the fact that fewer people have learned foreign languages?

A．By offering background information.

B．By giving specific examples.

C．By analyzing underlying reasons.

D．By showing personal research.

【2】What does the underlined word “reversed” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Developed rapidly.

B．Pushed quickly.

C．Changed completely.

D．Maintained properly.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A．A fulfilling overseas travel requires another foreign language.

B．Learning languages at school may contribute to one’s future career.

C．Native English speakers benefit more from speaking another tongue.

D．With the translation technology, there’s no need to learn foreign languages.

【4】What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To criticize people’s ignorance of foreign languages.

B．To stress the significance of learning foreign languages.

C．To state the result of dropping learning foreign languages.

D．To raise people’s awareness of protecting native languages.

29、One of the problems damaging our planet is the number of things we throw away. Rubbish of all kinds is piling up in landfills and polluting our rivers and oceans. A more recent addition to the list of things we chuck away is e-waste--electronic items that are broken and not recycled. Now solutions are being found to give this stuff a new life.

Many millions of tons of televisions, phones, and other electronic equipment are discarded each year, partly because it's cheaper to replace them than fix them, but also because we lack the skills to repair them. A UN report claims the 50 million tons of e-waste generated every year will more than double to 110 million tons by 2050, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the world.

However, there's a growing trend for repair events and clubs which could be part of a solution to the growing amount of electrical and electronic junk. The BBC visited a Restart Project in London, which is one of many found around the world. One o£ its volunteers, Francesco Calo, said, “This project allows you to reduce waste, extend the life of objects, and it helps people who cannot afford to get rid of items that have developed a fault. ”

As many electrical items contain valuable metals, another idea is e-waste mining. An experiment at the University of New South Wales involves extracting these materials from electronic gadgets. It's thought that doing this could be more profitable than traditional mining. With phones typically containing as many as 60 elements, this could be part of the solution to our appetite for new technology.

At present, in countries where there is no legislation, much of it just gets dumped. However, the European Union, for example, is trying to tackle the problem by insisting manufacturers make appliances longer-lasting and supply spare parts for machines for up 10 years.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The Restart Project founded to get rid of e-waste.

B．The phenomenon of the sharp rise of electronic junk.

C．The damage caused by quantities of things we throw away.

D．Possible solutions to the growing amount of electronic waste.

【2】Which word can replace the underlined word “discarded” in paragraph 2?

A．Produced.

B．Promoted.

C．Recycled.

D．Abandoned.

【3】What do we know about the Restart Project according to the text?

A．It aims to reduce e-waste by providing repair service.

B．It offers poor people new devices to replace old ones.

C．It is a project recycling electrical and electronic junk.

D．It intends to make great profits by e-waste mining.

【4】From which is the text probably taken?

A．A science textbook.

B．An environmental magazine.

C．A research paper.

D．An economic journal.

30、From the moment my husband brought home three chicks, our nine-year-old Sophie hasn't let them out of her sight. She lovingly _________ them Trixie, Bearty and Captain Flint.

Sophie has done _________ things with them. One hot day, she wanted to take Captain Flint to the _________. I wasn't so sure about it: Could chickens swim? Sophie _________ a stick on her swimming ring for Captain Flint to sit on, and the two floated down the stream.

_________ Sophie dressed as a chicken for Halloween and _________ to persuade us to let Trixie come along. The neighbors’ _________ were extremely funny. “Wait, is that a real chicken you're holding?” Trixie cooed (咕咕叫) the whole time.

The chickens are teaching us about love as well as _________ and grief (悲伤). Sadly, Captain Flint _________ an untimely death after a hawk attack. We ____________ her. Before the accident, the chickens weren't ____________ in the house. To cheer Sophie up, we've permitted one chicken inside at a time if Sophie immediately ____________ after the visit. The chickens brought a flash of ____________ back to our lives. In a few short months, they have, taught us to ____________ what we can't change and find joy where we can, for which I am so ____________.

【1】

A．told

B．taught

C．offered

D．named

【2】

A．annoying

B．beneficial

C．unbelievable

D．impossible

【3】

A．stream

B．school

C．party

D．woods

【4】

A．painted

B．threw

C．sharpened

D．balanced

【5】

A．Naturally

B．Suddenly

C．Eventually

D．Fortunately

【6】

A．hesitated

B．managed

C．continued

D．attempted

【7】

A．reactions

B．presentations

C．explanations

D．answers

【8】

A．failure

B．pressure

C．loss

D．risk

【9】

A．cheated

B．escaped

C．chose

D．faced

【10】

A．ignored

B．buried

C．forgot

D．hid

【11】

A．trained

B．allowed

C．ordered

D．greeted

【12】

A．works out

B．cleans up

C．checks out

D．turns up

【13】

A．pleasure

B．attention

C．courage

D．forgiveness

【14】

A．explore

B．create

C．accept

D．describe

【15】

A．sad

B．sorry

C．grateful

D．responsible

31、课本原文填空。

But hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were 【1】 and to 【2】 the dead. More than 10, 000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care. Workers built 【3】for survivors 【4】 homes had been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. Water and food were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane. Slowly, the city began to 【5】again.

Tangshan started to 【6】 itself and get back up on its feet. With strong support from the government and the tireless 【7】 of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. The new city has become a 【8】 to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation, industry, and environment. Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster, people must 【9】 and show the 【10】 to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.

32、书面表达

假设你是李华，你们全家人在除夕夜都会收看中央电视台春节联欢晚会，但都觉得该节目需要改革。请你代表家人给中央电视台提以下建议：

1. 让更多有才华的新人在春节联欢晚会这个大舞台上展现其艺术天赋，这样春晚才能保持生命力；

2. 建议春节联欢晚会应该像奥运会那样，各个城市轮流来举办，这样可以让全国人民每年都欣赏到不同地区的具有不同特色的文艺节目。

要求：1. 词数：100个左右。

2. 参考词汇：春节联欢晚会the Spring Festival Gala