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、 She is ____ honest girl, and she never tells lies.

A. a   B. an

C. /   D. the

2、It has been ________that the discovered vase was made five hundred years ago from the date marked on it.

A．confirmed

B．concluded

C．consulted

D．concerned

3、Much disappointed as he was________in the job interview, he still had great confidence in his abilities.

A．to have failed

B．to fail

C．having failed

D．failing

4、However, once the ability to record sound was invented, music players_____ underwent a series of rapid changes.

A. passed   B. conducted   C. experienced   D. recommend

5、It is well-known that ________ year 2020 saw many developments in ________ science and technology, with those in the field of space science being particularly notable.

A．/; /

B．/; the

C．the; the

D．the; /

6、---- Have you heard that Tom, as well as his parents, _____ moved to Beijing?

---- Really? No _____ I haven’t seen him for a long time.

A.have; doubt B.has; wonder

C.have; wonder D.has; choice

7、He showed us a magazine an article about him was printed along with his photograph.

A. when   B. in whom

C. in which   D. which

8、To be honest, I’m not confident of completing the task________by the manager on time.

A．assigned

B．assigning

C．to assign

D．having been assigned

9、The reason ________ he gave for his absence from the meeting was ________ he was caught in a traffic jam.

A. Why; because   B. What; how

C. That; that D. What; if

10、—I wish I ________ the meeting.

—But you didn't.

A. attended  B. would attend  C. have attended  D. had attended

11、—Instead of lending a hand, Jim just stood by, laughing at us in trouble.

—Oh, it’s _____ of him to be so cold-hearted.

A. conventional B. typical

C. ridiculous D. aggressive

12、The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a(n) _______ of courage and power.

A. signal   B. sign

C. symptom   D. symbol

13、A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, _____all four people on board.

A．killed

B．killing

C．kills

D．to kill

14、Race is an extremely sensitive topic, so always think carefully before you open your mouth and _____ someone.

A.offend B.assist C.consult D.impress

15、All of us were so excited at the news ____we’ll go abroad for holidays ___we jumped with joy.

A.that; that B.what; and then C.what; that D.which; so

16、The problem is _________ we can find him.

A．what

B．that

C．how

D．why

17、— I feel tired out.

— Why don’t you bring ______ to his attention that you are too tired to go on working?

A. one   B. that   C. it   D. this

18、In the reading room, we found her ________ at a desk, with her attention ________ on a book.

A．sitting; to be fixed

B．to sit; fixed

C．seating; fixing

D．seated; fixed

19、—Mr. Johnson has been promoted in the past five years.

—_________.And _________.

A.So he has; so you have B.So he has ; so have you

C.So has he ;so have you D.So he has ; so you have

20、Helen had to shout ________ above the sound of the music.

A．getting herself hear

B．to get herself hear

C．getting herself heard

D．to get herself heard

21、The dish _____Sichuan province, China _____hot but tasty.

A.originating from; is tasted B.originating from; tastes

C.originated from; is tasted D.originated from; tastes

22、The police have put up posters with photos of the man they ________ in connection with the killing of two customers inside an ATM cabinet.

A. seek   B. are seeking

C. have sought   D. were seeking

23、It’s difficult to be_____when we’re stuck in a traffic jam, but we have to be.

A．energetic

B．patient

C．impressive

D．relaxing

24、This problem is far from ________, so it has to be discussed again at tomorrow’s meeting.

A．settled

B．settling

C．being settled

D．being settling

25、It is difficult to command a new skill, but once ________, it will benefit you for the rest of your life.

A．obtaining

B．obtained

C．to obtain

D．is obtained

26、Drive through any suburb in the US today, and it’s hard to miss the bins that have become companions to America’s trash cans. Recycling has become commonplace, as people recognize the need to care for the environment. Yet most people’s recycling consciousness extends only as far as paper, bottles, and cans. People seldom find themselves facing the growing problem of e-waste.

E-waste rapidly increases as the techno-fashionable frequently upgrade to the most advanced device and the majority of them end up in landfills(垃圾填埋地). Some people who track such waste say that users throw away nearly 2 million tons of TVs, VCRs, computers, cell phones, and other electronics every day. Unless we can find a safe replacement, this e-waste may get into the ground and poison the water with dangerous toxins(毒素), such as lead, mercury, and arsenic. Burning the waste also dangerously contaminates the air.

However, e-waste often contains reusable silver, gold, and other electrical materials. Recycling these materials reduces environmental problems by reducing both landfill waste and the need to look for such metals, which can destroy ecosystems.

A growing number of states have adopted laws to ban dumping(倾倒)e-waste. Still, less than a quarter of this waste will reach lawful recycling programs. Some companies advertising safe disposal(处置)in fact merely ship the waste to some developing countries, where it still ends up in landfills. These organizations prevent progress by unsafely disposing of waste in an out-of-sight, out-of-mind location.

However, the small but growing number of cities and corporations that do handle e-waste responsibly represents progress toward making the world a cleaner, better place for us all.

【1】What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．Most of America’s trash cans are made of recycled material.

B．E-waste cannot be put into trash cans in the US.

C．Most Americans have realized the dangers of e-waste.

D．Many Americans now have access to recycling bins.

【2】Which word can best replace the underlined word   “contaminate ” in Paragraph 2?

A．reduce.

B．heat.

C．absorb.

D．pollute.

【3】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Progress is being made in handling e-waste.

B．A growing number of states ship the e-waste to developing countries.

C．A large number of cities have begun to handle e-waste responsibly.

D．The world will become cleaner by disposing of waste in an out-of-sight location.

【4】What’s the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A．To tell us how to recycle e-waste.

B．To talk about the future of e-waste.

C．To encourage us to deal with e-waste properly,

D．To discuss if it’s necessary to recycle e-waste.

27、Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. 【1】The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. 【2】 You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. 【3】 In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition.

After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill.  【4】 Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.   【5】 After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

A．The people of Australia are very hard-working.

B．Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.

C．Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.

D．Australia is big, but its population is not large.

E．Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.

F．The sky is blue and the water is clean.

G．It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.

28、Apple is to open a research lab in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, according to Tim Cook, its chief executive, as it seeks to boost sales in the country and improve ties with the authorities.

Beijing has been encouraging foreign technology companies to carry out more high-end work on the mainland as part of efforts to revitalize local industry.

It will be Apple’s second facility in China. It already has a new research and development facility in Beijing.

The two R&D centers were “aimed at strengthening relationships with local partners and universities as we work to support talent development across the country”, Apple said in a statement.

A closer relationship with the Chinese authorities has been a priority following setbacks for the US technology company this year.

The iPhone has been losing market share to high-end handsets made by local competitors including Huawei, Vivo and Oppo, which topped the rankings in the second quarter, while Apple languished in fifth place, according to Canalys data.

Analysts said the announcement of the R&D centre was Mr. Cook’s latest attempt to gain favour with Beijing, following the US group’s $1billion investment in Didi Chuxing, the Chinese car-hailing company, in May.

Apple has had to change its approach in China as it faces rising nationalism and high-quality local competition, according to Ge Jia, a tech blogger, who wrote yesterday: “It’s time for Apple to cast aside their pride.” “Their previous strategy of only selling devices to China without leaving anything behind is not working any more and they are starting their process of localisation in China through the Shenzhen lab.”

【1】Apple is going to open a research lab in Shenzhen to _____________.

A. promote Shenzhen’s economy

B. promote its sales in China

C. get help of Chinese experts

D. join in local competition

【2】Which of the following is true?

A. There is only one research facility in China.

B. Apple has always been in good relationship with Chinese authorities.

C. Huawei has ranked to No.1 in the second sales quarter.

D. Apple is changing its strategy in order to boost sales.

【3】What caused Apple’s sales in China to fall?

A. Its bad quality and high price.

B. Nationalism and high-quality local competition.

C. Out-of-date design and false advertisement.

D. Chinese government’s ban on purchase.

【4】According to Ge Jia, what is Apple’s previous sales approach in China?

A. taking part in high-quality local competition.

B. choosing certain customers in China.

C. only selling devices.

D. selling devices as well as technology.

29、   Global warming is the process of earth's atmosphere heating up. Over the last 100 years, the average temperature of earth's atmosphere has gone up 1 Fahrenheit. The weather has not changed exactly the same way in every area of the planet. But scientists think that the rise in average temperature is already affecting the earth, s climate.

Many scientists now believe that global warming is caused by cutting down trees, producing more trash, and polluting the environment are some of the that the temperature has gone up. Many scientists believe that the biggest causes of global warming are new human technologies that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

The greenhouse effect is not new. Certain gases in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane, prevent heat energy from escaping back into space. In the past, the climate didn’t change much because nature produced just the right amount of greenhouse gases to deal with it.

Today, most scientists are pretty sure that the rising temperature can,, t be blamed on nature. Ever since the industrial revolution in the 1700s, humans have relied on machines for daily life. And many of those machines give off a lot of greenhouse gases. An increase in the release of greenhouse gases from human activities is throwing nature off balance.

The climate is a very complicated thing, but many scientists agree that the rising atmospheric temperature has already damaged the environment. Sheets of ice, called glaciers, are melting in Antarctica and other parts of the globe. As glaciers break off and melt into the oceans, they are adding warm water to the oceans and causing the sea level to rise.

Over the past last 100 years, the sea level has risen 6-8 inches around the world. That means land along the coasts is beginning to disappear under water. Bigger and warmer oceans are also adding to other weather problems caused by pollution in the atmosphere. Some places have received more rain, others have had bigger storms and a few areas in the world have experienced unusual droughts.

【1】What is mainly talked about in this passage?

A.The melting of glaciers. B.Global warming.

C.The world's weather. D.The earth's temperature.

【2】What causes global warming according to scientists?

A.Human activities B.The nature itself

C.The earth's atmosphere D.New discoveries

【3】From passage we can see that global warming will bring about________.

A.the pollution in the atmosphere. B.the rise of glaciers.

C.noisy pollution. D.natural disasters.

30、Madison Williams was studying in her bedroom in Dublin, Ohio, in August 2016 when the door burst open. It was her mother Leigh Williams, with a(an) _________ story: A little boy fell into a drain and no one can _________ him. Then she made this _________ of her 13-year-old daughter: “Can you help?”

Madison and Leigh ran to a neighbor’s yard, where they found the boy’s _________ mother and other adults _________ a manhole cover (下水道井盖). Its diameter was _________ wider than a basketball. The boy, aged only two, had _________ the drain and was drowning in the water.

Madison quickly examined the situation. She was the only one who could _________ through the small hole. Without _________, she told the adults to lower her in. Leigh and others held her waist and __________. Madison shook her arms and shoulders __________ she got through the hole into the dark and smelly drain. In the process her left wrist was __________. Rather than tend to her injury, Madison __________ the surface of the water, hoping to __________ the boy. Every once in a while, she could see his little __________ but failed to grasp his foot. Minutes ticked by before she saw the outline of his foot again. Madison shot her good hand out and grabbed the foot __________. Then both of them were lifted out.

But the boy wasn’t out of trouble. He had been short of oxygen that he wasn’t __________. Lying on the ground unconscious, he was in urgent need of first aid. After calling for emergency services, an adult cleared his airway and placed him on his side, and another adult __________ him firmly on his back until the boy coughed up fluids. Then they were rushed to the hospital.

It took Madison longer to recover than the boy, who returned home soon. She __________, stayed there for her injury, experiencing months of physical treatment for her wrist. “Madison’s a heroine,” the boy’s mother said. “What other teenage girls will __________ to go into a drain?”

【1】

A．amazing

B．frustrating

C．embarrassing

D．frightening

【2】

A．reach

B．find

C．defend

D．hold

【3】

A．determination

B．request

C．recommendation

D．order

【4】

A．cautious

B．curious

C．anxious

D．courageous

【5】

A．digging

B．surrounding

C．blocking

D．shifting

【6】

A．closely

B．slightly

C．mildly

D．specially

【7】

A．slipped into

B．taken over

C．broken up

D．run across

【8】

A．jump

B．shelter

C．fit

D．suit

【9】

A．argument

B．hesitation

C．doubt

D．comment

【10】

A．ankle

B．hands

C．fist

D．throat

【11】

A．after

B．before

C．until

D．since

【12】

A．sprained

B．treated

C．wrapped

D．lost

【13】

A．traced

B．scanned

C．exposed

D．stared

【14】

A．discover

B．observe

C．follow

D．spot

【15】

A．shoes

B．finger

C．hair

D．toes

【16】

A．strangely

B．carefully

C．tightly

D．clearly

【17】

A．bleeding

B．screaming

C．breathing

D．choking

【18】

A．hit

B．slapped

C．supported

D．pushed

【19】

A．meanwhile

B．however

C．otherwise

D．therefore

【20】

A．emerge

B．pretend

C．volunteer

D．guarantee

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Although many companies offer tuition repayment, most companies only repay employees for classes that are 【1】 to their position. This is a very limiting policy. A company that repays employees for all college credit courses—whether job related or not—offers a service not only to the employees, but to the entire company.

One good reason for giving employees 【2】 tuition repayment is that it shows the company’s commitment to its employees. In today’s economy, where job security is a thing of the past and employees feel more and more expendable, it is important for a company to 【3】 to its employees that it cares. The best way to do this is with concrete 【4】 in them. In turn, this commitment to the betterment of company employees will create greater employee 【5】. A company that puts out funds to pay for the education of its employees will get its money 【6】 by having employees stay with the company longer. It will reduce employee turnover, because even employees who don’t take advantage of the tuition repayment program will be more loyal to their company just knowing that their company cares 【7】 to pay for their education. Most importantly, the company that has an unrestricted tuition repayment program will have higher quality employees. Although these companies do indeed run the risk of losing money on employees who go on to another job in a different company as soon as they get their 【8】, more often than not, the employee will stay with the company.

And even if employees do leave after graduation, it generally takes several years to complete any degree program. Thus, even if the employee leaves upon graduating, throughout those years, the employer will have a more sophisticated, more intelligent, and therefore more valuable and productive employee. And, if the employee stays, that education will 【9】 benefit the company: Not only is the employee more educated, but now that employee can be 【10】 so the company doesn’t have to fill a high-level vacancy from the outside. Open positions can be filled by people who already know the company well. Though unconditional tuition repayment requires a significant investment on the employer’s part, it is perhaps one of the wisest investments a company can make.

32、假定你是李华，正在美国某大学参加为期一年的交流生(exchange student)项目，但是由于特定原因，想提前回国。根据规定，你需向校方提交书面申请，请按以下要点写一封信：

1. 本人简介；

2. 回国原因(不适应这里的生活；所学专业和预期的不一样……)；

3. 希望获准。