张家口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 was told that   flight would take us to Shanghai in time to reach  Fudan University．

A.the; / B.the; a C.a; the D./; the

2、We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly --- what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

A.confuses B.guides C.affects D.effects

3、19．_____ your advice, I’m sure to consider it and give you reply in time.

A.In spite of B.But for C.Because of D.As for

4、Training of the employees was suggested as one _____ to dealing with the problem of low efficiency.

A.method B.way

C.approach D.means

5、Vertical farms have the potential to reduce or eliminate the need to create additional farmland, for it is estimated that by the year 2050, the world's population __________ by 30 billion and close to 80% will live in urban areas.

A. will be increasing B. will increase

C. will have increased D. has increased

6、By the time Mr Wang returned home from Beijing, his son’s wedding _______.

A.ended B.has ended C.had been ending D.had ended

7、Dogs have a very good ______ of smell and are often used to search for survivors in an earthquake.

A. sense   B. view   C. means   D. idea

8、The new car there ______ to my sister.

A.belongs B.is belonging

C.is belonged D.was belonged

9、When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _____ and the disk in it with the important documents gone.

A. stolen   B. missing

C. lost      D. picked

10、Nowadays people become more practical and buy only _______ they need.

A. where B. which

C. when D. what

11、Nowadays Christmas seems to have become a worldwide festival _________ by an increasing number of people all over the world.

A.supported B.spent C.followed D.observed

12、——I called you last night, but no one answered.

——Sorry, I____________ sleeping.

A.need have been B.would have been C.must have been D.should have been

13、He dyed his beard to avoid____________ .

A.to be recognized B.being recognized C.recognition D.recognize

14、Who spoke to Mr. Craven in his dream?

A.Mary B.his son C.his young wife D.Susan Sowerby

15、Eventually, the butterfly manages to reach the place____________ it will spend the winter.

A．which

B．when

C．that

D．where

16、Do your best, ________ you will succeed.

A.or B.and C./ D.but

17、I still remember the town________ we worked ten years ago.

A.where B.there C.which D.what

18、Festivals ____ celebrate important time of year.

A.mean to B.are meant to C.are meaning to D.meant to

19、The bad weather after the earthquake _______ the difficulties in helping the homeless.

A．added up to

B．added up

C．added to

D．added in

20、The purpose of the research project has a more different meaning for them than _________.

A.that for us B.it has for us C.it did for us D.it did for ours

21、_____, I could not memorize the text.

A. However hard did I try B. However hard I tried

C. However I tried hard D. However I had tried hard

22、He promised that he would come, but he hasn’t   yet.

A.turned up B.turned down C.turned out D.turned over

23、 fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.

A.Would you be B.Could you be C.Should you be D.Might you be

24、The little girl was determined to become a doctor and her persistence eventually .

A. paid back B. paid for

C. paid in D. paid off

25、John works in a high school in Shanghai now, but he once ________ in Nankai Univeristy for 4 years.

A．has studied

B．studied

C．had studied

D．studies

26、   I watched the two of them, both one year old, on the floor, surrounded by candy. He crawled on his hands while she sat there looking at birthday dress. The colourful fishier pinata(彩罐)had just been broken and the candy littered the ground. Both of their kids were too young to realise that they were sitting, and crawling around in a collection of wrapped sugar goodies. They were surrounded with edible(可食用的)goodies but had no clue!

Suddenly I saw the life metaphor(比喻). If we are the “babies” and the candy is “opportunity”, often we don’t recognise it because the opportunity comes wrapped as hard work. We may not give the wrapper the time of day, unless we realise that inside there’s a piece of delicious candy.

Every tree starts as a seed. Every person who becomes well-known was once someone nobody “knew”. So what changed for these people? Did the world suddenly wake up and find they have the potential to succeed? Of course not. These people worked for long periods of time before they saw any payoff.

It can be disheartening when you’re starting out. There’s a huge learning curve for almost everything. Just when you feel like you’re making rapid progress, you realise there’s more to learn. Every new door opens to a brand-new room, with another door at the end.

When I was in recovery from my eating disorder, there were many opportunities that I didn’t recognise as candy. At first, I didn’t see therapy(治疗)leading anywhere. It was only by going to therapy every week for a year that I was finally able to realise the opportunities. I had the opportunities to examine and adjust my thinking, and to challenge the negative mindsets I had about my life.

When I look back, I find that many of the opportunities that allowed positive growth didn’t always appear easy or fun. They often appeared as something that looked like hard work. But when we focus, consistently show up, and put in hard work, it will result in candy.

【1】Why do many people miss their opportunities according to the author?

A.Their hard work fails to pay off.

B.They don’t work hard consistently.

C.They haven’t realised their potential.

D.They don’t value their opportunities.

【2】What does the author think of the learning process according to Paragraph 4?

A.It is often interesting for most people.

B.It is often long and hard for most people.

C.You can speed it up with the help of others.

D.You can predict your progress from its start.

【3】How did the author’s eating disorder affect emotionally?

A.She lacked hope for her life sometimes.

B.She was unwilling to do therapy at first.

C.She refused to change her eating habits.

D.She liked eating candy very much.

【4】What would be the best title for the text?

A.Power of Positive Thinking

B.Candy and Achievements

C.Hard Work Leads to Success

D.Opportunities Come Candy-wrapped

27、Sewing can be fun and creative. But have you ever thought that a sewing machine can also mean the world to many people around the globe that use it as their main source of income?

When Margaret Jankowski discovered this, she decided to found The Sewing Machine Project, an organization that collects donated used machines and redistributes them in remote places like Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Guam, and Kosovo. It also aims to help those in Detroit and New Orleans.

In 2004,when a tsunami (海啸) hit Sri Lanka, Margaret was deeply touched by the story of a particular woman. After the village she lived in was destroyed by the natural disaster, she lost everything, including her sewing machine, her approach to future earnings. This story made Margaret decide to collect used sewing machines and send them to Sri Lanka. After attending a local news program where she presented her idea, she started receiving scores of sewing machines.

The Sewing Machine Project covers a basic yet necessary need of many impoverished people around the world. For them, sewing can be a tool for survival. Whether in a factory or at home, a sewing machine can be the door to brighter financial opportunities. A sewing machine can also enable many to preserve their cultural identity. After Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005, a community of New Orleans that wears skillfully-made suits for their own traditional festival lost many of their sewing machines. Since then, the non-profit organization has distributed hundreds of machines among the creators of the costumes, helping them maintain their tradition as well as their income.

【1】Why does the author raise the question in the first paragraph?

A．To call up readers’ memories.

B．To lead up to the project.

C．To stress the role of sewing.

D．To introduce sewing machines.

【2】What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Destruction of the 2004 tsunami.

B．The experience of Margaret in 2004.

C．The story of a woman in Sri Lanka.

D．Inspiration for the project.

【3】What does the underlined word “impoverished” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Disabled.

B．Exhausted.

C．Poor.

D．Pessimistic.

【4】Why is the community in New Orleans mentioned in the end?

A．To highlight its cultural identity.

B．To prove the importance of keeping traditions.

C．To explain the project’s achievement.

D．To show the project’s contribution to traditions.

28、   When you think of a robot, what do you see? A machine that looks a bit like you and me?

【1】 They don’t need to look like humans — in fact, most don’t.

What a robot looks like depends on its purpose. Cleaning robots often look like little vacuums. 【2】 Robots that are meant to interact with people often have a face, eyes, or a mouth — just like we do!

Whether they look like us or not, most robots have three essential parts that make them a robot: sensors, actuators and programs.

Together, these parts are what make a robot different from other gadgets you might have around your house, like your computer or your washing machine.

【3】 Just like we have eyes to sense light, ears to sense sound, robots have light sensors and cameras so they can “see,” microphones so they can “hear”.

Second, a robot has actuators that allow it to move around. 【4】 And we might use our hands to pick up an orange and peel it. A robot might use actuators such as motors and wheels to drive to places, and finger-like grippers (机器人手爪) to grasp objects and control them or turn them around.

Third, a robot needs a program that lets it act on its own based on what it is sensing.【5】 When a robot is autonomous, it’s not quite the same as a person being autonomous, because a person still has to write the computer program that tells the robot what to do.

A.Flying robots might have wings like birds.

B.The past robots were not artificially intelligent.

C.We might use our legs and feet to walk and run.

D.This ability to act on one’s own is called autonomy.

E.First, a robot has sensors that allow it to “see” the world.

F.We would need some actuators so that the robot could move.

G.The reality is that robots can have different shapes and sizes.

29、Hidden gardens in London

From nature reserves to community spaces, we’ve dug up some of London’s most secret gardens, where you’ll find pockets of splendid nature and forget about all your worries.

Queen’s Wood

Across the road from the better-known Highgate Wood, there is something more magical and quiet about Queen’s Wood— witness its hilly pathways through the mountain ash and cherry trees. It might be only a few hundred metres from Highgate tube station, but native bluebells and countless species of small animals make this a wonderful retreat.

Phoenix Garden

Behind Charing Cross Road, this is a super spot for a leafy lunchtime break. Look out for frogs and sparrows, which are thriving thanks to an enthusiastic conservation initiative. The garden closed last autumn for redevelopment work but has reopened in time to take advantage of our long-awaited spell of improved weather.

Postman’s Park

A short walk from St Paul’s Cathedral lies one of London’s most touching monuments: George Frederic Watts’s Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice. Within the quiet Postman’s Park, nestled beneath a roof, are just over 50 ceramic plaques（牌匾）, each honoring the memory of an ordinary person who lost their life trying to save others.

Red Cross Garden

Originally intended to give Southwark children a space to play, this Victorian garden has been restored to its original design, complete with pond, cottage, bandstand and formal borders. While relaxing in the restored bandstand, it’s hard to imagine the view back in 1887 when it was surrounded by workhouses and factories.

【1】Which garden is close to a subway station?

A．Queen’s Wood.

B．Phoenix Garden.

C．Postman’s Park.

D．Red Cross Garden.

【2】What can you do in Postman’s Park?

A．Take photos of old workhouses.

B．Swim in the pond.

C．Learn stories about selflessness.

D．Enjoy a band show.

【3】What do Phoenix Garden and Red Cross Garden have in common?

A．They have got some repair work.

B．They were surrounded by factories.

C．They will be temporarily closed.

D．They have the same original design.

30、   “This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge, ” said our science teacher, Mr. baker. “You can work alone or with a partner. ”

My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects _____.

The______of the challenge was simple---to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when _____the stadium wall.

I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie.____the butter-cream gave me an idea.

“I have a brilliant design for our______container!” I said when Cassie arrived. “We can _____the egg with some butter-cream. ”

“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute (降落伞)_____?” Cassie rolled her eyes. “The parachute is better than that stupid idea. ”

I couldn’t believe it. Of course, we’d had our little _____in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “______” before.

“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”

____words had been out, our friendship was challenged.

When Friday finally arrived, I had to____Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good. ______, my Egg--cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived ____three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.

After four rounds, only Cassie and I were ____. I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the ____. The side walk was dotted with egg shells from those_____drops. Finally I found my little Egg--cellent Egg Cream.

“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My_______raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket. _____.

“My egg bounced(弹起) _____, ”she explained, pointing to a broken shell.

“A tie, ”Mr. Baker said.

Cassie looked at me, and her glare _____. I laughed. She smiled…

【1】A. patiently B. silently C. together D. alone

【2】A. function B. goal C. reason D. result

【3】A. rolled down B. pushed against C. thrown at D. dropped over

【4】A. Spreading B. Boiling C. Baking D. Holding

【5】A. butter B. sandwich C. cream D. egg

【6】A. protect B. replace C. carry D. mix

【7】A. followed B. covered C. attached D. supported

【8】A. ideas B. fights C. worries D. challenges

【9】A. wrong B. stupid C. brilliant D. scientific

【10】A. Since B. While C. But D. And

【11】A. explain B. deny C. admit D. prove

【12】A. Therefore B. Anyway C. Otherwise D. Besides

【13】A. paced down B. turned around C. walked up D. went back

【14】A. left B. wanted C. chosen D. discovered

【15】A. steps B. way C. wall D. sidewalk

【16】A. intended B. unexpected C. failed D. desired

【17】A. eyes B. hands C. feet D. heart

【18】A. Lost B. Dirty C. Broken D. Empty

【19】A. around B. out C. in D. down

【20】A. returned B. remained C. increased D. softened

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.

Scientists have proved what students have long suspected: Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain.

Regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical 【1】 were activated in those fearful of maths when they were presented with a tough equation, researchers have found. The higher a person’s anxiety of a maths task, the more it 【2】 activity in regions of their brain associated with visceral (内脏的) threat detection, and often the experience of pain itself.

However, the researchers say their study examines the pain response associated with anticipating an anxiety-provoking event, rather than the pain associated with a 【3】 event itself. A maths task itself is not painful but 【4】 the thought of it is highly unpleasant to certain people.

“Maths can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMAs), math is associated with tension, apprehension (忧虑) and fear,” the researchers said in their paper titled. When Math Hurts. “【5】, this relation was not seen during math performance, 【6】 that it is not that math itself hurts, rather, the anticipation of math is painful. These results may also provide a potential neural mechanism to explain why (people with) HMAs tend to 【7】 math and math-related situations, which in turn can bias (使有偏见) (those with) high levels of mathematics-anxiety away from taking math classes or even entire math-related 【8】 paths. We provide the first neural 【9】 indicating the nature of the subjective experience of math-anxiety.

Other forms of psychological stress, such as social 【10】 or a traumatic break-up, can also elicit feeling of physical pain.”

32、假定你是李华，你所在的中学正面向学生征集意见，询问学生是否赞成开设iPad课堂(iPad classrooms). 请给校长写一封建议信，表达你赞同开设iPad课堂的观点。要点 如下：

1. 网上教学资源丰富；

2. 提高课堂效率；

3. iPad课堂利于环保；

4. 其他理由。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Headmaster,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua