泰州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、 Hurry up! The train ______. You know it ______ at 8:30 am.

A. leaves; leaves   B. is leaving; leaves

C. leaves; is leaving   D. is leaving; is leaving

2、Jenny was fined, because she was driving ________ she couldn’t stop at the red light.

A.too fast that B.so fast that

C.such fast that D.as fast as that

3、His writing is so confusing that it’s difficult to ________ what he is trying to express.

A．make up

B．make out

C．make it

D．make of

4、It is entirely true __________ children learn more from people they like. $o, try to be friends with them.

A. what   B. that

C. why   D. how

5、—I don't know ________ to do with this maths problem. It's too hard.

—You can ask your classmates or teachers for help.

A．which

B．how

C．what

D．when

6、—I’m sorry that I dropped some coffee on your coat just now.

—________. I will wash it tomorrow.

A．No kidding

B．Forget it

C．You are welcome

D．I’m afraid not

7、Mike didn't play football yesterday because he had ________his leg.

A. damaged   B. hurt

C. hit   D. struck

8、It doesn't matter much. I wish you had told me, _______.

A.though B.but C.however D.so

9、In 2011, of the 16 cyclist deaths in London, nine ________lorries, of which seven were construction vehicles.

A．involving

B．involved

C．involves

D．had involved

10、—What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the party.

—_ _. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.

A. It just depends   B. It’s up to you

C. All right   D.Glad to hear that

11、China’s image is improving steadily, with more countries _________ its role in international affairs..

A．being recognized

B．recognizing

C．to be recognized

D．recognized

12、--- Could you tell me where you’re working now, Tony?

--- In the new development zone. But I ________ in a computer company for five years.

A．have worked

B．had worked

C．was working

D．worked

13、I _______ to your party, but I was prevented by the heavy rain.

A．had meant to come B．was about coming

C．have meant to come   D．meant coming

14、   It was in Beihai Park _____ they made a date for the first time ______ the old couple told us their love story.

A．where; that

B．that; that

C．where; when

D．that; when

15、For this year’s New Year Charity Fair, an admission fee will be charged, but all of the revenue will go to the Shanghai Rende Foundation to __________ medical bills of children with cardiac diseases.

A．cover

B．finish

C．sign

D．support

16、The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, ______ the quality of life is probably one of the highest.

A.since B.when C.as D.while

17、If you cheat in the exam, you’ll never __________.

A. get in with   B. get along with

C. get away with   D. get through

18、Do   in case of fire and find the safe way out.

A. keep cool   B. keeping cool   C. not stay calm   D. staying calm

19、Another important question _______ at the international meeting.

A. came up   B. was came up

C. came about   D. came out

20、Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.

A.one B.the one

C.that D.those

21、How beautiful! The sun ________ off the snow-covered mountains.

A．reflects

B．reminds

C．recognizes

D．recommends

22、—May I speak to Kate, please?

—Kate? You _____ have dialed the wrong number. We’ve got no Kate here.

A.would B.might C.should D.must

23、WeChat(微信), as well as telephones ________ an important part in our daily communication.

A．are playing

B．is playing

C．have played

D．play

24、Is any possibility the majority of the labour force will work at home in the next few decades?

A. it; that   B. there; whether

C. it; whether   D. there; that

25、China’s education reforms aim to better develop students’ ability to think ______.

A. independently   B. obviously

C. regularly   D. fluently

26、Recordings (录音) of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窝) either recorded or real may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer’s crops.

Years ago, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might stop elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmers to set up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would frighten elephants away.

Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next, Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a tree close to each family.

From a distance, Lucy turned on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group didn’t react to the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.

Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn’t tested enough groups yet to know and she has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.

【1】Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?

A．To record the sound of angry bees.

B．To make a video of elephants.

C．To see if elephants would run away.

D．To find out more about the behavior of bees.

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Groups of elephants will make bees angry.

B．Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.

C．Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.

D．Young elephants ignore African honeybees.

【3】According to the passage, Lucy ________.

A．works by herself in Africa

B．needs to test more elephant groups

C．has stopped elephants eating crops

D．has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms

【4】What can be the title of the passage?

A．Bees are the King of the Forest

B．How to Keep Elephants Away

C．Don’t Get Close to Angry Bees

D．Angry Bees Frighten Big Elephants Away

27、Smartphones, tablets and smart watches are banned (禁止) at school for all children under 15 in France. Under the ban students are not able to use their phones at all during school hours, including meal breaks.

“I think it’s a good thing. School is not about being on your phone,” Paris mum Marie-Caroline Madeleine told AFP. “It’s hard with kids. You can’t control what they see and that’s one of the things that worry me as a parent.”

There is no law like this in Australia, but some Australian schools have banned phones.

McKinnon Secondary School in Victoria introduced a total ban in February and Principal Pitsa Binnion said this has been a success.

McKinnon students still have a Chromebook to use in every class for day-to-day learning but they’re not allowed to use social media. Ms Binnion said at first “teachers cheered and students moaned (抱怨) ,” but now they’re seeing the advantages. “They come to school and they’re not allowed to use phones at all during the school day, including lunch breaks,” she said.

“It’s been wonderful in terms of students communicating with each other at lunchtime and not looking at their screen,” she said.

Ms Binnion also leads by example and doesn’t use her mobile phone in school. “I think anyone can do it if we’ve done it.”

Not everyone agrees with the bans. Western Sydney University technology researcher Dr Joanne Orlando wrote in online magazine The Conversation earlier this year that Australia should not ban phones in schools because it’s important to educate kids to live in the age they are raised in.

“A good education for students today is knowing how to use technology to learn, communicate and work with ideas,” she wrote. “Banning students from using smartphones is a 1950s response to a 2018 state-of-play.”

【1】Why did Madeleine welcome the ban?

A．School is for studying.

B．Kids behave badly nowadays.

C．Teachers find it hard to control kids.

D．Her kids depend too much on phones.

【2】What can we learn about the ban in McKinnon Secondary School?

A．Some teachers were against it at first.

B．Students can now see the good of the ban.

C．Students can use their phones at lunch beaks.

D．Teachers have stopped using phones at school as well.

【3】What does the underlined word “Chromebook” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to?

A．A book.

B．A notebook.

C．A learning website.

D．A kind of computer.

【4】What does Dr Joanne Orlando think of banning phones in schools?

A．It will disconnect parents and kids.

B．It will cause kids to communicate less.

C．It will prevent kids being tech-minded.

D．It will make education go back 60 years.

28、For most people, life has become a burden on their shoulders, and its weight is growing heavier and heavier, until one day they can’t carry it anymore. So how can we design a life that is less complex and more meaningful? With minimalism (极简主义). 【1】 The following ways will assist you in your journey to living a simper yet fuller life.

【2】 Most people’s living space is filled with things that are never used and don’t contribute to their well-being. Separate the ones you do need from the ones you don’t, and throw the latter right into the dustin — or better, give them away to people who might actually benefit from them.

Appreciate all the amazing things you already have. We constantly compare ourselves to others who seem happier, more beautiful and more important than us. We try our best to imitate those we envy. 【3】 We need to stop comparing and accept ourselves for who we are, with all our imperfections. Take a moment to appreciate what you have.

Do one thing at a time. Minimalist living actually means making the most out of each and every moment. We’re usually carrying out different tasks at the same time. So whatever we are doing, our mind is partly wondering somewhere else. 【4】

Develop mindfulness. 【5】 Thus you need to develop mindfulness. Mindfulness means fully attending to what’s happening in the present. There are many ways one can do so. Perhaps the most common way is to sit for about 30 minutes somewhere comfortably with your upper back straight and pay full attention to your breath as it’s coming in and out through your nose. In this way, you won’t be distracted by your thoughts.

A．It is about enjoying life more with less.

B．Stop consuming products you don’t need.

C．Yet no matter how much we try, we always fail.

D．Get rid of things that don’t serve your happiness.

E．minimalist living requires a calm and undisturbed mind.

F．Stop multitasking and concentrate on a single thing at a time.

G．Unfortunately, our minds are filled with worries in our busy lives.

29、The notice was posted next to the guests' mailboxes in the apartment building I'd just moved into in Brooklyn, New York. “A Mitzvah for Mrs. Green,” it read. “ Sign up to drive Mrs. G in 3B home from her chemotherapy treatments twice a month.”

Since I wasn't a driver, I couldn't add my name, but the word mitzvah stayed in my thoughts after I went upstairs. It's a Hebrew word that means “to do a good deed” .

And according to my grandmother, it also had another meaning. This was the one she was always pointing out to me because she'd noticed how shy I was about letting people do things for me. Linda, it's a blessing to do a mitzvah for someone else, but sometimes it's a blessing to let another person do something for you.”

Grandma would be shaking her head at me right now. Several of my friends had offered to help me settle in after the moving men left, but I'd said I could manage. Letting them help would have interfered with my image of myself as a capable and independent woman of 21.

Snowflakes had been falling past my window for several hours when it came time to leave for class. I put on two sweaters, a coat, a wool hat and boots, making for the bus stop. In this December storm it was a hard journey. As I tied around my neck the blue scarf that Grandma had knitted for me, I could almost hear her voice: “Why don't you see if you can find a lift? “

A thousand reasons came into my mind: I don’t know, my neighbors; I don't like to disturb others; I feel funny asking for favors. Pride would not let me knock on a door and say, "It's a 10-minute ride by car but a long wait for the bus, and it’s a 30-minute bus ride, so could you possibly give me a lift to school ?

I labored to the bus stop, reaching it just as a bus went by.

Three weeks later, on the night of my final exam, the snow was falling steadily. I made my way to the bus slop. For an hour, I stretched my neck, praying desperately that a bus would come. Then I gave up. The wind at my back pushed me toward home, and I prayed, "Dear God, how can I get to school? What should I do?

As I pulled Grandma's scarf more tightly around my neck, again I seemed to hear that whisper:   Ask someone for a lift! It could be a mitzvah.

That idea had never really made sense to me. And even if I wanted to ask someone for a good deed, which I did not, there wasn't a soul on the street.

But as I pashed the door of my apartment building open, I found myself face to face with a woman at the mailbox. She was wearing a brown coal and had a set of keys in her hand. Obviously she had a car, and just as obviously, she was going out. In that split second, desperation overcame pride, I blurted, “Could you possibly give me a   lift? I hurriedly explained,  “ I never ask anybody for a lift, but...”

An odd look crossed the woman's face, and I added, "Oh! I live in 4R. I moved in recently. ”

“I know, she said. “I’ve seen you through the window.” Then, without hesitation, “Of course, I’ll give you a lift. Let me get my car key.”

“Your car key?” I repeated. “ Isn't that it in your hand?”

She looked down. “No, no, I was just going to get my mail. I'll be right back.” And she disappeared upstairs, ignoring my “Ma'am! Please! I don't mean to put you out!” I was terribly embarrassed.

But when she came back, she spoke so warmly that I stopped feeling uncomfortable. “You know the way better than I,” she said. "Why don't you drive?”

“ I can’t,” I said. Now I felt uneasy again.

She just laughed and patted me on the hand, saying, “It’s not so important,” and then I laughed, too.

“ You remind me of my grandmother,” I said.

At that, a slight smile crossed her lips. “Just call me Grandma Alice. My grandchildren do.”

When she dropped me off, I thanked her again and again and stood there waving as she drove away. My final exam was a piece of cake compared with the difficult experience I'd gone through to get to it, and asking Grandma Alice for help had relaxed me so that after class I was able to ask easily, “ Is anyone going my way? ” It turned out that while I'd been waiting for a bus every night, three fellow students passed my apartment house. "Why didn't you say something before?" they chorused.

Back home as I walked up the stairs. I passed Grandma Alice leaving her neighbor’s apartment. “ Good night, Mrs. Green. See you tomorrow,” the neighbor was saying.

Mrs. Green, the woman with cancer. “Grandma Alice “ was Mrs. Green.

I stood on the stairs, my hand covering my mouth: I had asked a person struggling with cancer to go out in a snowstorm to give me a lift to school. “Oh, Mrs. Green, I stammered, “ I didn't realize who you were. Please forgive me.”

I forced my legs to move me up the stairs. In my apartment, I stood still, not taking my coat off. How could I have been so insensitive? In a few seconds, someone tapped on my door. Mrs. Green stood there.

“May I tell you something?" she asked. I nodded slowly, motioning her toward a chair, sinking down onto my couch. “I used to be so strong.” she said. She was crying. “I used to be able to do things for other people . Now everybody keeps doing things for me, giving me things, cooking my meals and taking me to places where I want to go. It's not that I don't appreciate it, but I don't have chances. Tonight before I went out to get my mail, I prayed to God to let me feel like part of the human race again. Then you came along ...”

【1】What does the word 'Mitzvah' mean in the first paragraph?

A. Asking for help   B. Refusing help

C. Helping others   D. Thanks for others’ help

【2】The author didn't let her friends help her settle in because   .

A. her friends were very busy

B. it would have an effect on her image of being capable and independent

C. it would bring her friends much trouble

D. her grandmother didn't agree to it

【3】What does the underlined sentence suggest?

A. the author decided to ask for help without any ideas

B. the author would no longer have his own pride

C. the author would be desperate for ever

D. the author wouldn't be proud for a short time

【4】After final exam, the author found that     .

A. the exam was difficult

B. the exam wasn't easier than going through the difficult experience

C. her classmates were more friendly to her

D. it was easy for her to ask for help

【5】Knowing Grandma Alice was Mrs. Green, the author felt   .

A. Proud   B. Encouraged

C. Embarrassed   D. Pleased

【6】The main idea of this passage is   .

A. giving help not getting help

B. giving help is better than getting help

C. that a person who gets help is to blame

D. both giving help and getting help can reflect the warmth of the world

30、I had nothing for breakfast that morning. I was so_______that I could hear my stomach growling when Mr. Katter was giving a report on Asia history. So, when the bell rang, I rushed to the dining hall at once. Minutes later, I _________ of the counter, holding a tray(托盘) full of food. “Three dollars,” the lunch lady told me. I reached my hand into_______schoolbag …and felt nothing. The schoolbag was empty. I searched again. Still nothing. I was___________certain I had put three bills in its last night. I put the schoolbag on the floor to_________the money again. As I finally realized the money wasn’t there, I could feel the worry and fear washing over me.

Feeling quite_______, I didn’t notice that another person had stepped up to the counter. When I finally looked up to tell the lunch lady my_______, in the corner of my eye, a boy walks_______fast. I paid no attention to him, and I opened my mouth to speak. “I’m sorry. I don’t have any money _______me.” “Honey, he paid for your lunch. You’re good.” the lunch lady said as she pointed to the ________the boy had gone. I looked in the direction she pointed to, yet I could not find the boy. I missed the chance to__________him. He was nameless to me. He didn’t even know me. But he paid for my lunch. Although it was only three dollars, I couldn’t remember anyone doing something so________for me.

A month later, on my way home, I saw an elderly woman__________heavy bags. I suddenly thought of the nameless boy who __________ me lunch.

“Excuse me, ma’am, do you need help?”

I’ll never forget her________ as I rushed forward to give her a hand. It’s the very prize for my act of kindness.

【1】

A．worried

B．hungry

C．patient

D．tired

【2】

A．danced

B．explained

C．appeared

D．laughed

【3】

A．her

B．his

C．your

D．my

【4】

A．quite

B．seldom

C．never

D．hardly

【5】

A．search for

B．prepare for

C．look after

D．take after

【6】

A．lonely

B．nervous

C．excited

D．weak

【7】

A．situation

B．joke

C．promise

D．suggestion

【8】

A．slowly

B．proudly

C．exactly

D．quickly

【9】

A．for

B．with

C．from

D．beside

【10】

A．sky

B．address

C．direction

D．traffic

【11】

A．treat

B．interview

C．thank

D．question

【12】

A．nice

B．funny

C．boring

D．correct

【13】

A．turning into

B．running into

C．arguing with

D．dealing with

【14】

A．made

B．handed

C．ordered

D．offered

【15】

A．silence

B．smile

C．fear

D．pride

31、根据课文内容填空，每空一词，首字母已给出。

It was the final part of the 2016 World Triathlon Series in Mexico. W【1】 just 700 metres to go, Alistair Brownlee was in the third place and his younger brother, Johnny, was in the l【2】 . Alistair pushed himself towards the finish line in the burning heat, but as he came round the corner, he saw his brother a【3】 to fall onto the t【4】. Alistair had to choose—brotherly love, or a chance to win the race?

For Alistair, the choice was clear. His brother was in trouble. He had to help. Alistair ran towards Johnny, caught him and started pulling him towards the finish line. Alistair then p【5】 his brother over the line. The move put Johnny in second place and Alistair himself in third. It was an u【6】 end to the race, but Alistair did not want to discuss it with the m【7】 . He just wanted to see his younger brother, who had been rushed to the m【8】 area.

The Brownlee brothers have been doing triathlons since they were children. “O【9】 , when your older brother is doing it, you think it's a cool thing to do," says Johnny. Alistair says that they encourage each other as much as they can when they train. D【10】 arguments over “stupid things" now and then, Alistair agrees that having a brother is an a【11】. “Throughout my e【12】 life, I've had my brother trying to beat me at everything I do. It has been an e【13】. positive force."

Watched by millions, the ending to the race has d【14】 opinions: should the brothers have been disqualified or highly praised for their actions? But for Alistair, this decision was easy to explain: “Mum wouldn't have been happy if I'd left Johnny behind.” At that moment, he was no longer an athlete a【15】 for a medal—he was just a brother.

32、阅读下面短文，根据所给内容续写一段文字，使之构成一个完整的故事。开头已给出。.

Friday nights were usually fine.

The window was open. Outside, in the garden, the flowers were at their best thanks to Grandfather’s care and patience.

In the living room, Grandfather and Father were playing chess when Dean came up hesitantly saying that he decided to play in a band rather than go to university.

Raising his eyes, Father turned around and laughed. “You can’t be serious, my son! Is making music a job? What about your future career as a lawyer?”

Dean stood longer and firmly replied it was music that he was really interested in and he would never leave it behind.

Father sighed, trying hard to hold back his anger. He repeated his usual ideas that his son should take advantage of what he had achieved as a successful and respectable lawyer.

Then Grandfather rose, stepped between Father and Dean, but failed to calm them down.

Dean froze with watery eyes. Then he rushed into his own rom, leaving the topic to the other two.

注意：

1.续写词数应为80左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

After a while, Dean heard a knock at his door.

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