承德2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、It has been warned that to the surroundings with people infected by Covid-19 without any protection can lead to a severe result.

A．being exposed

B．exposed

C．having exposed

D．to expose

2、As he wasn’t at the scene, the policeman couldn’t decide for a moment who ________ for the serious traffic accident.

A. blamed   B. would blame

C. to blame   D. was blamed

3、My friend told me that many factories in his city to close down because of serious pollution.

A．have been forced

B．had been forced

C．have forced

D．had forced

4、 All the task ____ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.

A.had been finished   B.were finished

C.having been finished D.been finished

5、High school students are learning to have a ______ and responsible attitude towards everything in their life.

A．doubtful

B．professional

C．mature

D．passive

6、A number of graduates prefer to work in big cities, where there are a lot of ________, like convenient transportation, more opportunities and better equipment.

A. amusements  B. attractions   C. challenges  D. achievements

7、In Chinese class, our teacher often creates an environment we are given the opportunity to solve problems ourselves.

A．where

B．when

C．which

D．whom

8、George _________ too far. His coffee is still warm.

A．must have gone

B．might have gone

C．can’t have gone

D．needn’t have gone

9、--- It’s a good idea. But who’s going to ______the plan?

---I think Tom and Greg will.

A．set aside

B．carry out

C．take in

D．get through

10、_________ with a difficult situation, Teddy determined to ask his boss for advice.

A. Faced     B. Having faced

C. To face D. Facing

11、- What do you learn about Britons ________ toilet paper?

- They are very ________ about its quality.

A.concerned ... peculiar B.concerned ... particular

C.concerning ... peculiar D.concerning ... particular

12、We all see Zhao Wei’s performance skills, yet little _____attention to her singing talent.

A.do we pay B.we paid C.had we paid D.we have paid

13、—How do you come to work?

— ______. Usually by bike, but I take a bus in bad weather.

A．Don’t mention it

B．Cheer up

C．It depends

D．You can’t be serious

14、He never ________ to help others in trouble because he is a kind-hearted man.

A．handled

B．hurried

C．hesitated

D．happened

15、—Hi, John. Are you busy?

—________

A．Yes. I do agree.

B．Yes. That would be nice.

C．No. Are you sure?

D．Not at all. What's up?

16、They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to__________ more familiar with them.

A．much

B．be

C．have

D．became

17、I won't go out tonight, you know; I'm going to watch the _____football match on TV.

A.alive B.living C.live D.life

18、At the sight of her mother, the surprise on her face was ______ by joy.

A. taken place B. replaced

C. in place of D. instead of

19、When people cut down big trees, new trees should be planted. ,they will have no trees to cut down in the future.

A.If not B.If so C.If no so D.If don’t

20、All the facts in California’s record-breaking heatwave suggest that the wildfires   to the brutally hot temperature, so it’s suggested that people with health problem   carefully.

A.were linked; are taken care of B.be linked; be taken care of

C.should be linked; are attended to D.were linked; be attended to

21、—Hi, Tracy, you look pale.

—I am tired. I ________all day.

A．painted

B．had painted

C．have been painting

D．have painted

22、______ for her college education, she spent two years working as a cleaner for a rich family in her neighborhood.

A.Paying B.Paid C.To pay D.Being paid

23、—Do you mind choosing Peter to be the new chairman?

—________.

A. Of course. He is the best choice

B. Certainly not. We can’t find a better one

C. Yes, I do. He is the most suitable person

D. No, I don’t. I don’t think he is the suitable person

24、The police were ____ that they search for the 12-year-old girl thief immediately.

A. expected B. reported

C. demanded D. suspected

25、He ________ for ten years but still doesn’t want to leave office.

A．has been in power

B．has come to power

C．took office

D．come into power

26、   A British woman who once weighed some 322 pounds said breaking a roller coaster seat during an amusement park outing was her motivation for working toward a healthier weight.

Four years ago, Danielle Wright, 27, went to the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England, with her sister. She wanted to avoid roller coasters, fearing that she was too heavy for them. But she was convinced to give it a try and boarded one of the rides.

"Fitting in the seat was bad enough, but when it came to pulling down the safety bar, my stomach stopped it from working," she recalled. "One of the employees came over and had to put his foot against the ride and push the bar hard to make it click into place."

She was worried throughout the ride that “the bar was going to pop open and I was going to be thrown off the tracks”. When the ride ended, the bar sprang up and made a huge noise. Shortly after, she heard an announcement over the loudspeaker saying the ride was temporarily closed due to a broken seat.

Though it was embarrassing, the incident presented a silver lining. "It's what I needed to motivate me to lose pounds," Danielle said. She totally changed her diet, cutting back on carbohydrate and replacing food like chocolate with healthier choices such as apples and yogurt. Meanwhile, she also began participating in workout classes.

In November 2016, Danielle found out she was pregnant. But as tempted as she was, she didn't allow herself to eat unhealthy food while pregnant and stuck to her new diet.

Now Danielle weighs some 140 pounds. "Being able to run and play with my little boy is, he best part of it all. I couldn't have asked for a better reward," she said.

【1】Why did Danielle want to avoid roller coasters at first?

A.She was afraid of heights. B.She couldn't afford a ride.

C.She didn't want to lose face. D.She thought she was overweight.

【2】What happened when Danielle's ride ended?

A.The bar pop opened. B.She was slightly injured.

C.An employee helped her. D.Everything went smoothly.

【3】What does the underlined part “a silver lining” probably mean?

A.A basic fact. B.Á positive side.

C.A serious problem. D.An unexpected experience.

【4】Which of the following can best describe Danielle?

A.Ambitious. B.Sensitive. C.Patient. D.Determined.

27、When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn't take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note—"Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery"—and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically（魔术般）appear.

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn't freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.

Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories, I took it home and planted it on the back porch（门廊）. Every so often my son's friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

【1】Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer to____________.

A．show his magical power

B．pay for the delivery

C．satisfy his curiosity

D．please his mother

【2】What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy's house?

A．He wanted to have tea there.

B．He was a respectable person.

C．He was treated as a family member.

D．He was fully trusted by the family.

【3】Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now.

B．It has been driven out of the market.

C．Its service is getting poor.

D．It is not allowed by law.

【4】Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

A．He missed the good old days.

B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.

C．He needed it for his milk bottles.

D．He planted flowers in it.

28、▪️ Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg, who was born around the year 1400 in Germany, is widely regarded as the inventor of the modern printing press. Before about 1450, most books were written or copied by hand. This made them extremely time-consuming to produce and expensive to buy. But in 1455 Gutenberg developed a machine which could print multiple copies of the same book. These printed books were sold for 30 florins each, and although this represented three years’ wages for an average office worker at the time, it was still considerably cheaper than a handwritten book. Gutenberg did not achieve financial success as a result of his breakthrough — the rich at that time regarded printed books as inferior and preferred handwritten works — but his invention helped to spread knowledge across Europe and was a major factor in the Renaissance.

▪️ Louis Braille

Born in France in 1809, Louis Braille became blind at the age of three after an accident in his father’s workshop. When he was ten, he earned a place at a special school for blind children in Paris one of the first institutions of its kind in the world. Although this saved Louis from the normal fate of the blind at that time — begging for money on the streets — life at the school was not easy or comfortable. In 1821, Charles Barbiera, former soldier visited the school and talked about a code that he’d invented which allowed soldiers to share information on the battlefield without speaking. The code used dots that could felt with the fingertips. Impressed by this idea, Louis worked on his own code to help the blind read using one of his father’s tools to make the dots — the same kind of tool that had caused him to lose his sight twenty years earlier. The code that Louis invented has become standard throughout the world.

▪️ Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse, born in 1791 in Massachusetts, USA, started his career not as an inventor but as an artist. He had great artistic talent and soon became well known for his portraits, but he also had a passion for new technology. In 1832, while travelling home by sea from Europe, he overheard a conversation about electromagnetism, and this gave him the idea for a new form of communication the electric telegraph. Although other inventors had developed similar machine, Morse’s worked better and he applied for and got the patent in 1837.

▪️ Alexander Graham Bell

A pioneer in the field of telecommunications, Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Canada and then to the United States settling in Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. Perhaps because of his mother’s hearing problems, Bell had a particular interest in the education of deaf people. This led him to invent the microphone, and, in1876, his ‘electrical speech machine’ which we now call a telephone. Bell was not the only inventor working in this field, but his lawyer managed to secure the all-important patent which gave Bell ownership of the idea.

【1】According to the passage, what do the four people have in common?

A．All of them had several failures before their success.

B．All of them had a miserable life at the beginning.

C．All of them are pioneers in their own areas.

D．All of them made a big fortune in life.

【2】________ had another career before starting to invent.

A．Johannes Gutenberg

B．Louis Braille

C．Samuel Morse

D．Alexander Graham Bell

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

A．Louis Braille was inspired by a military invention.

B．Johannes Gutenberg had a difficult time during his education.

C．Samuel Morse helped to educate people in many countries.

D．Alexander Graham Bell suffered a terrible injury at a young age.

29、   John Fendrick is the owner of the farm.He inspects the progress of the animals by looking at a computer screen.“The door of the milk opens up and they walk in and they get milked.The door opens up and they walk out.”The robot does all the work.The robot also tests the milk for possible contamination(污染).If it finds a problem,it rejects the milk.When the amount of milk coming out of the cow slows,the machine knows to stop,and sends the cow on its way.

Milking robots are becoming popular among dairy(乳品的)farmers in the US.John Fendrick says the robots have changed the life on a dairy farm.

Most dairy farmers must milk their cows twice a day.But Mr.Fendrick’s cows do not follow such schedule;they stay in the field until they want to be milked by the robot.Some of them come to be milked in the middle of the night.Mr.Fendrick doesn’t even need to be there to watch them.He can watch from his telephone.He can learn when each cow was milked and how much she produced.He can also learn if a cow has not been milked for a long time.

The milking robot is not low-cost technology.Mr.Fendrick paid more than$150,000 for it.But the notes paying someone to milk the cows is also costly.

“In three years,I will have paid off the difference with this,and I don’t have to be the person who’s always on call to milk.The fact is that we have a life,and our cows are able to function without us—to us,it’s well worth the money.”

【1】How does the author feel towards“milking robots”?

A.Positive. B.Negative. C.Disappointed. D.Worried.

【2】According to the passage,milking robots may__________.

A.help cows produce more milk B.have cows stand in the way

C.accept any kind of milk D.open the door to let cows in and out

【3】The reason why Mr.Fendrick doesn’t even have to be on the farm is that______.

A.he can watch and learn from his telephone B.robots will tell him all by telephone

C.he has completely been replaced by robots D.he is not the person on call to milk

【4】The best title of the passage may be______.

A.The Latest Invention B.Modern Robots

C.Robot Milkers D.Dairy Farms

30、The management of a software company decided to teach its employees (雇员) about finding real ________ to solve problems. When called to play a ________ in a hall, the team of 30 employees was quite ________. As they entered the hall, they found a huge box of balloons (气球) at the centre. They were ________ to pick a balloon and blow it up. And the team leader asked them to ________ their names on their balloons. All tried to do that, but not everyone ________ it. A few balloons burst (爆裂) due to pressure and yet they were given another chance. Those who ________ even after the second chance were ruled out of the game. In all, 25 employees were left for the next ________. All the balloons were collected and the team leader asked the employees to ________ the balloon with their names marked. Also, he told them no balloon should be ________. It was almost 15 minutes and no one was able to find his own balloon.

Now it was the third and final level. The employees were asked to pick any balloon in the room and give it to the person ________ on the balloon. Within a couple of minutes all the balloons reached ________ employee.

The team leader said that this was the real way to solve problems. Often everyone is crazily ________ ways to solve problems without recognizing the ________ way. Most of the time, ________ and helping others can give you the tools you need to deal with all problems.

【1】

A．suggestions

B．reasons

C．ways

D．rules

【2】

A．game

B．match

C．card

D．part

【3】

A．frightened

B．satisfied

C．tired

D．surprised

【4】

A．persuaded

B．allowed

C．trained

D．required

【5】

A．write

B．change

C．explain

D．hide

【6】

A．knew

B．made

C．found

D．showed

【7】

A．tried

B．finished

C．failed

D．escaped

【8】

A．place

B．top

C．floor

D．level

【9】

A．prepare

B．blow

C．cover

D．get

【10】

A．thrown

B．collected

C．damaged

D．painted

【11】

A．named

B．remembered

C．impressed

D．described

【12】

A．one

B．that

C．every

D．any

【13】

A．looking for

B．dealing with

C．waiting for

D．pointing to

【14】

A．shortest

B．latest

C．strangest

D．best

【15】

A．concentrating

B．sharing

C．discovering

D．fighting

31、短文填空, 每空一词。

Once upon a time, there lived a young boy named Hans Christian Andersen. He was very poor and had a long, ugly nose. All the other children t【1】 him. But when little Hans grew up, he became an i【2】 recognized writer. All over the world people of v【3】 ages and backgrounds know his classic fairy tales.

Nearly 200 years ago, Hans was born in Odense, Denmark. His father was poor but he loved literature and the theater. He often took Hans to the theater with him.

When Hans was only 11 years old, his father died. Hans had to q【4】 school and work in a tailor’s shop to support his family.

Hans was a very lonely child. He did not play with the other children. When he wasn’t working, he stayed at home, reading books and writing his own stories and plays.

When he was 14 years old, Hans moved to Copenhagen to try to begin a c【5】 as a singer or actor. The next three years p【6】 to be very painful and unbearable. He nearly starved to death trying to make a living.

At age 17, he met Jonas Collin, director of the Royal Theater. Collin read one of Hans’ plays and recognized his t【7】 in spite of Hans’ poor spelling. He helped Hans by o【8】 a scholarship from the king to continue the boy’s schooling.

When he was 23 years old, Hans began his university studies. In 1835, he began writing his famous fairy tales. A【9】 from the “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, there were still a lot more. His stories are often surprisingly clever and contain deep moral teachings, therefore making him a s【10】storyteller all over the world.

32、阅读下面短文, 根据所给情节进行续写, 使之构成一个完整的故事。

I was born in London, England, and lived there with my mother until I was about eight years old. To find a better life, she went to Chicago and left me with friends in London until she got settled enough to send for me.

Meanwhile, back in England, I was getting into trouble. I had always felt like an outsider, different from the other kids. They didn’t want to play with me. That made me mad, so I got into fights and ended up getting expelled (开除) for being a danger to the other kids at my school. The people I was staying with were upset with me and felt they couldn’t manage me. So, they sent me to a home for kids — kind of a boarding school. I felt alone and bored, the food was terrible, and I really missed my mother. Finally, she sent for me.

The weather was different, my school was different, the country was different, but some things were still the same—I was still getting into fights. Kids picked on me about my accent, the color of my skin, my grades or whatever. I was different, still left out. It didn’t matter; I hated getting picked on, and I let them know it — with my fists. All through grades seven and eight, I was sent to the principal’s office so often that he and I became friends. Instead of punishing me, he advised me that I should be better off using the energy I had in more positive ways and encouraged me to play football and basketball after school. He also suggested that I check out boxing — maybe I could learn to use my fists in a meaningful way instead of being on the destructive path I seemed to be headed for.

注意：

1.续写的短文词数应为150左右；

2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。

One day, I happened to go in a boxing gym downtown.

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From that day on, boxing became the sport that I liked the most.

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