三沙2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、The young member made several proposals, none of ______considered practical or acceptable.

A. which   B. what

C. it   D. them

2、________ it many times, I still can’t make Tom understand what I said.

A．Explaining

B．Having explained

C．Explained

D．To explain

3、____, the shower water is no longer usable until the chemicals and wastes are removed from it.

A. Considering to be polluted

B. Considering to be polluting

C. Considering to have been polluted

D. Considering to have polluted

4、It is clearly stated that regulations __________ everyone in the community, without exception.

A. adjust to

B. adapt to

C. attach to

D. apply to

5、People of Shennongjia living and working in harmony with nature highlights _____ understanding, awareness and hardwork have contributed towards protecting natural world.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．what

6、— Don’t you think the new job is a real challenge for Jack?

—Well, ______ difficulties he meets, I believe he will never lose heart.

A. whenever   B. however

C. whichever D. whatever

7、If you use too much force, you’ll _______ the key, bending it out of shape.

A. break   B. seize

C. twist   D. split

8、When I got there, they________ the old people clean the house.

A．helped

B．are helping

C．were helping

D．was helping

9、---Would you like to go the football game tonight?

---Oh, sorry. I _______ to see the film So Young.

A. arranged   B. have arranged

C. had arranged   D. would arrange

10、Most of the taxi-drivers say what they earn every day actually can hardly ____ the cost of their life.

A. cover B. afford C. include D. contain

11、Do you often have trouble ______ a comfortable position in bed?

A.finding B.found C.to find D.find

12、Only when _____ in the afternoon _____ able to leave.

A．the match was over; they were

B．was the match over; were they

C．was the match over; they were

D．the match was over; were they

13、You have scolded her for her failure. After all, she had tried her best.

A．must

B．should

C．mustn’t

D．shouldn’t

14、—Waiter! Is the table by the window available?

—I’m sorry, sir. But that table has been ____.

A. broken B. sold C. reserved D. repaired

15、Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues with her stories.

A．amused

B．amusing

C．to amuse

D．to be amused

16、I tried to telephone Mary last night, but I couldn’t ________ after trying again and again．

A．get through B．get off

C．get into D．get down

17、Walking home the other evening, I saw that reconstruction work _______ on the old market, causing divided opinions among the bystanders there.

A．was to be done

B．was being done

C．would be done

D．done

18、He had ______ to go, but on second thoughts, he gave up the idea.

A．intended

B．managed

C．tried

D．pretended

19、The new law will __________ us all, directly or indirectly

A.assume B.affect C.adore D.abandon

20、At this time next year, I hope, I ______ my bicycle on the way to Beijing with you!

A．will ride

B．have been riding

C．am riding

D．will be riding

21、Every year _____ money are spent on environment protection．

A．large quantities of   B．a large number of

C．a large quantity of   D．a plenty of

22、Emily Dickinson is generally _________ as one of the finest women poets in history.

A．restricted

B．acknowledged

C．designed

D．employed

23、Some theories believe ____ quality input ensures quality output in English learning.

A. how

B. that

C. why

D. what

24、Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away _____.

A. fleeing the thief   B. was fleeing the thief

C. the thief was fleeing   D. fled the thief

25、To improve learning efficiency, students must spend more time focusing on _________ they are weak in.

A．what

B．where

C．when

D．which

26、WHERE TO STAY IN SYDNEY

Whether you want to stay in a converted beer factory, a luxury hotel on the harbour or an advanced loft-style room, Sydney has a huge range of top-quality hotels.

1. THE OLD CLARE HOTEL

Located in the heart of Sydney’s Central Park district, The Old Clare Hotel, providing luxurious (豪华的) rooms and facilities, takes up a historic Chippendale pub and the nearby former beer factory site. This hotel has been lovingly restored by Peng Loh, a Singaporean businessman with a passion for redecorating heritage properties.

2. HILTON SYDNEY

This is luxury accommodation right in the centre of Sydney, with world-class restaurants, one of the city’s best bars. Just upstairs sits Glass, the award-winning small restaurant by celebrity chef Luke Mangan. Downstairs lies The Marble Bar, a Sydney hotspot for decades and heritage listed due to its extensive use of marble, dating back to 1893. Rooms are simply fashionable.

3. THE LANGHAM

Grand harborside luxury can be expected at The Langham, located in the Sydney centre. The hotel makes the most of its impressive harbour views with a marble-decorated hall that takes your breath away. Don’t forget to check out the art, with a collection of Australia’s most famous painter. Try their famous high tea menu, and be sure to check out the incredible underground swimming pool available to guests only.

4. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL SYDNEY

Another luxury stay with amazing harbour views, the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney sits on the edge of Sydney’s historic Rocks district. A Deluxe Harbour Room will give you a breath-taking view, with dark wood and silk inside in calming colours. Downstairs is Grain, one of the best-known whisky bars in the city.

【1】Which of the following hotels houses a restaurant by a famous chef?

A．The Langham.

B．Hilton Sydney.

C．The Old Clare Hotel.

D．The Four Seasons Hotel Sydney.

【2】What privilege can guests enjoy in The Langham?

A．A taste of the famous high tea for free.

B．Access to the underground swimming pool.

C．A rest in the impressive marble-decorated hall.

D．A good look at the collection of famous paintings.

【3】What do all the hotels have in common?

A．Famous bars.

B．Harbour views.

C．Heritage properties.

D．Luxurious facilities.

27、As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let’s look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have negative meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive actions. For example, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day” means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The word “dog-tired” means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel. There are many other examples of how “cat” is used differently as well.

The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose stands for love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.

The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.

【1】“Every dog has its day” means “__________”.

A. Everybody in the world is lucky.

B. Each person lives his own way of life.

C. If one works hard, he’s sure to succeed.

D. Everybody has a time in life to be lucky.

【2】Western people usually use “cat” to refer to “_____________”.

A. a tired person   B. a brave man

C. a homeless person D. an unkind woman

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

A. Words show differences in culture.

B. Chinese people prefer dogs to cats.

C. Western people think cats to be good friends.

D. Rose is the national flower of all western countries.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Negative and Positive Words.

B. Different Countries Have Different Culture.

C. Rose Means the Same in Chinese and English.

D. What Dog and Cat Mean in English and Chinese.

28、What defines who we are? Our habits? Our tastes? Our memories? I would say it must be my deep-seated sense of right and wrong.

And yet, like many other people who speak more than one language, I often have the sense that I'm a slightly different person in each of my languages-more confident in English, more relaxed in French. Is it possible that my moral compass also points in somewhat different directions depending on the language I'm using?

Several recent psychological studies suggest that when people are faced with moral dilemmas, they do respond differently when considering them in their native and foreign tongue.

In a 2014 paper led by Albert Costa, volunteers were presented with a moral dilemma known as the "trolley problem": imagine that a runaway trolley is dashing toward a group of five people standing on the tracks, unable to move. You are next to a switch that can shift the trolley to a different set of tracks, thereby sparing the five people, but resulting in the death of one who is standing on the side tracks. Do you pull the switch?

Most people agree that they would. But what if the only way to stop the trolley is by pushing a large stranger off a footbridge into its path? People tend to be very reluctant(不情愿的) to say they would do this. But Costa and his colleagues found that posing the dilemma in a language that volunteers had learned as a foreign tongue dramatically increased their willingness, from fewer than 20%o of respondents working in their native language to about 50% of those using the foreign one.

Why does it matter whether we judge morality in our native language or a foreign one? According to one explanation, such judgments involve two separate and competing modes of thinking—one of these, a quick, gut-level "feeling," and the other, careful deliberation about the greatest good for the greatest number. When we use a foreign language, we unconsciously sink into the more deliberate mode simply because the effort of operating in our non-native language cues our cognitive (认知) system to prepare for strenuous(费力的)activity. An alternative explanation is because our childhood languages change with greater emotional intensity than do those learned in more academic settings. As a result, moral judgments made in a foreign language are less burdened with the emotional reactions.

What then, s a multilingual(多语言的) person' s true" moral self? Is it my moral memories? Or is it the reasoning i'm able to apply when free of such unconscious restrictions? Or perhaps, as the research implies, regardless of how many languages we speak: that our moral compass is a combination of the earliest forces that have shaped us and the ways in which we escape them.

【1】In the author's opinion, it is your_____that defines who you are.

A. habit

B. taste

C. memory

D. morality

【2】In the "trolley problem" study,_______.

A. most volunteers agree to pull the switch

B. most volunteers attempt to push a stranger off a footbridge

C. 20% of the volunteers choose to shift the tracks of the trolley

D. 50% of the volunteers are reluctant to kill the five people on the tracks

【3】Researchers find that when faced with a moral dilemma, people______.

A. make decisions unconsciously in a foreign language

B. take more time to make decisions in a foreign language

C. learn a lot about academic settings in their native language

D. are more likely to be influenced by emotions in their native language

【4】Which of the following would he the best title for the passage?

A. What is Our True Moral Self

B. How Languages Shape People's Personality

C. What is the Key Factor in Decision Making

D. How Morality Changes in a Foreign Language

29、In London's art gallery six or seven men, mostly in their 30s, are busy painting the walls with new designs in colorful lettering and clever tricks. Tins of spray paint and beer stand on the ground. The atmosphere is not unlike that of a golf course: a mix of concentration and relaxation.

Graffiti(涂鸦) painting is traditionally a daring hobby. Teenagers avoid security guards to put their names on trains and buses. But over the past decade that has almost disappeared from Britain's cities. Between 2007 and 2017 the number of incidents of graffiti recorded by the British Transport Police fell by 63%. A survey by the environment ministry shows that fewer places are damaged by tags(绘名) than ever. Graffiti are increasingly limited to only a few walls. In time the practice may die out entirely.

The most obvious reason for the decline in tagging and train-painting is better policing, says Keegan Webb, who runs The London Vandal, a graffiti blog (博客). Numerous cameras mean it is harder to get away with painting illegally. And punishments are more severe. A generational change is apparent, too. Now teenagers prefer to play with iPads and video games. Those who do get involved tend to prefer street art to graffiti. And the internet helps painters win far more attention by posting pictures online than they can by breaking into a railway yard.

Taggers and graffiti artists mostly grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. Those men are now older and less willing to take risks. "We can't run away from the police any more," says Ben Eine, who turned from tagging to street art. The hip-hop culture that inspired graffiti in the first place has faded. Video games and comic books provide more inspiration than music.

Graffiti may eventually disappear. But for now the hobby is almost respectable. Mr Eine says he has lots of friends who used to paint trains. Now with wives and children, they paint abandoned houses at the weekend. It has become something to do on a Sunday afternoon—a slightly healthier alternative to sitting watching the football.

【1】How do the painters feel while painting graffiti according to the first paragraph?

A. Free but stressed.   B. Free and focused.

C. Particular and respected.   D. Nervous but satisfied.

【2】Why is graffiti painting traditionally considered as a daring hobby?

A. It's at the risk of being caught.

B. It takes much hard training.

C. It's dangerous to paint in trains.

D. It needs a great deal of knowledge.

【3】hat does the underlined word “decline” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. Ban of government.   B. Reduction of graffiti.

C. Disappearance of graffiti.   D. Better policing of government.

【4】What conclusion can we draw from the fourth paragraph?

A. The early graffiti had something to do with music.

B. Graffiti artists like to be the focuses in public.

C. Graffiti artists regret over what they did in the past.

D. Painting is much healthier than watching football.

30、   Paul looked out of the window of the classroom and sighed. The driveway was still ________ and it was getting dark. His father had said that he would ________ him up by 5:30, but it was almost 7:29 and Paul hadn’t heard a word from him. Paul ________ to do some of his reading homework. ________, he couldn’t help thinking of his father. He knew that his father had a job and a ________ life, but he couldn’t understand why he was always breaking his ________.

The next day at school, Paul didn’t ________ his math homework. Paul’s teacher noticed his unusually ________ performance and asked him why, but Paul didn’t want to ________ him. He knew that if he started talking a flood of ________ would pour out. He just wanted to be alone with his ________ anyway, so he just sat in the classroom _________, not even looking at his teacher. “Well, Paul, you can’t have this thing ________ you up. The sooner you get it off your ________, the sooner you can heal.”

As Paul walked home from school, he ________ the things that his teacher had told him. Paul knew that he hadn’t been himself recently. Maybe he stopped doing his work ________ he was looking for ________ from his father. He realized that he was not just letting his father ________ his plans, but he was letting his father spoil his _________. Eventually, he decided to accept his teacher’s ________.

【1】A.dusty B.empty C.noisy D.available

【2】A.pick B.wake C.call D.turn

【3】A.failed B.managed C.tried D.pretended

【4】A.Unusually B.However C.Actually D.Therefore

【5】A.happy B.daily C.flexible D.busy

【6】A.records B.promises C.habits D.rules

【7】A.concentrate on B.check up C.hand in D.deal with

【8】A.excellent B.steady C.strong D.poor

【9】A.tell B.embarrass C.cheat D.hurt

【10】A.homework B.emotions C.bravery D.defeats

【11】A.pressure B.responsibility C.guilt D.pain

【12】A.angrily B.nervously C.quietly D.negatively

【13】A.put B.send C.cheer D.eat

【14】A.trouble B.plan C.heart D.sadness

【15】A.left out B.thought over C.heard of D.took up

【16】A.because B.when C.unless D.before

【17】A.kindness B.expectation C.attention D.support

【18】A.ruin B.develop C.oppose D.change

【19】A.character B.reputation C.study D.life

【20】A.judgement B.demand C.understanding D.suggestion

31、Directions：Fill in the blanks according to the text. One word for each blank only.

I 【1】 a string around the diaper box and mailed it without a 【2】 stamped envelope and without making a copy of the 【3】. A month later I received a contract, an advance on royalties, and a 【4】 to start working on another book.

32、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之成为一篇完整的短文。

One Good Deed Deserves Another

When I was young, I lived in a small village in Melaka. The spirit of neighborliness was very strong then. The village had a variety of trades to serve the needs of the villagers. There was a barber, a tailor, a coffee shop owner, a grocer (食品杂货商), and so on. All of us were quite poor but we got by. However, one family which could be considered as living a marginal existence was the Lim family living in the bicycle shop opposite our dwelling.

Mr. Lim, the bicycle mechanic, had a large brood of children — six to be exact. My mother was a kind-hearted soul. Often, she would remark that his children were dressed in ragged (破旧的) clothes and looked malnourished (营养不良的). My family was relatively better off so my parents would take over whatever food we could spare to the Lim family.

I remember one particular year when times were very hard. Even my family had to make do with just two meals a day, so we stopped giving food to Mr. Lim. One day, I noticed my mother looking troubled. She had learned that the Lim family had not been eating for the past two days. She decided to sacrifice a portion of our meals to the family, despite the protests from my brothers that were too hungry. Fortunately, the lean spell did not last long, and the children started to get our three meals a day again.

As time went by, the number of customers using Lim’s shop increased rapidly, which was delightful. Business took off like a rocket because Japanese bikes were very useful and popular for transport. The Lim family was much better off than before.

It was at this time that my father’s health started to get worse. We were confused by the mysterious illness he was suffering from. He paid less attention to his shop and business got worse. My father had to sell our family car to pay off the mounting bills. My brothers and I had to stop schooling because we could not afford the fees.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

They say that one good deed deserves another.

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With the help of Mr. Lim, the situation in my family took a turn for the better.

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