随州2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、________ the time________, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in London.

A．Worrying about; accessible

B．Worried about; available

C．Worrying about; available

D．Worried about; accessible

2、The machine has been used for man years. It’s no wonder that it doesn’t work well __________.

A. regularly   B. constantly

C. frequently     D. occasionally

3、Competed in 1891, in ________ was known as The Gilded Age, the five­story mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A. that B. what C. which D. it

4、—I dropped by at 6:00pm yesterday but failed to see you at your house.

—I ______ in a gym at that time.

A. was exercising   B. am exercising   C. have exercised   D. had exercised

5、Through comparison,he found that the location of the 117 known Maya cities ________to the positions of the stars.

A．correspond

B．appeal

C．subscribe

D．belong

6、By the end of 2020, as is clearly stated, poverty relief work ________ across the country.

A.will have accomplished B.has been accomplished

C.has accomplished D.will have been accomplished

7、Mr. Wilson is a man of patience and kindness, and his good temper never ______ him.

A．fails

B．disappoints

C．controls

D．worries

8、We are living in an age   most of things are done on cell phones.

A. which   B. that

C. whose   D. when

9、Experts believe   people can waste less food by shopping only when it is necessary.

A. why   B. where   C. that   D. what

10、________ your symptoms. If they get worse, get medical help right away.

A．Catch sight of

B．Make use of

C．Take care of

D．Keep track of

11、Chance favors only the prepared mind.That is telling us to be prepared until the opportunity presents ______ .

A. one   B. itself

C. you   D. this

12、The ancient historic site is extremely expensive to________, but the local government spends some money repairing it every three years.

A．preserve

B．deserve

C．appreciate

D．celebrate

13、Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only

planet _______ life has developed gradually.

A. that   B. where   C. which D. whose

14、People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria.

A．appropriate

B．conscious

C．arbitrary

D．controversial

15、______ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.

A．Translating

B．Translated

C．To translate

D．Having translated

16、My brother ________ you more help, but he was fully occupied at that time.

A. gave   B. had given

C. could give   D. could have given

17、The tea-picking opera _____ developed from the tea-growing regions in Jiangxi where the tea pickers would sing songs while working.

A．luckily

B．skillfully

C．originally

D．rapidly

18、 was most important to her, she told me, was her family.

A．It

B．This

C．What

D．As

19、It’s generally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.

A. such a successful example

B. so successful an example

C. as a successful example

D. as successful an example

20、Look at this year's sales figures________ last year's；they're much better.

A．between

B．from

C．with

D．against

21、At the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Halfway in the women’s slalom(障碍滑雪)race, 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin took a commanding lead over the greatest women’s slalom skiers in the world. On her final run, she burst from the start house at a breakneck speed, snaking around the poles in crazy rhythm.

Skiing has always been a significant part of Mikaela’s life. Her mom raced and coached skiing and her dad ski raced all through college. The Shiffrins taught Mikaela and her brother, Taylor, to ski at a very young age. At the age of two and a half, Mikaela made her first ski run on plastic skis. From ages 8 to 11, she worked hard, practicing hundreds of training runs on small hills repeatedly to develop the correct techniques of slalom skiing.

When Mikaela was 11, she attended the Burke Mountain Academy, a Vermont boarding school for skiers. She took classes, studied, and practiced her skiing crazily. According to Kirk Dwyer, Burke Mountain Academy headmaster, “It was the degree of Mikaela’s effort to be the best that distinguished her from others. Her commitment to conditioning, having proper sleep, eating correctly, doing the drills, and watching video was unusual for an 11 to 13-year-old. Mikaela practiced more than anyone and believed in herself then and now.”

By the time she was 17, she had already won her first World Cup race.

Working hard is a full-time job for Mikaela. Even her off-season is work time. In the summer, when Mikaela is off the ski slopes and in the gym, her daily training consists of six to seven hours of weight lifting, swimming, and biking to improve her core strength and flexibility. She does all of this so that she can dash down slopes at speeds topping 50 miles per hour while cutting back and forth around gates with astonishing precision.

“If you have passion for your targets, whatever they are,” she says, “the sky is the limit. Give it your all!”

【1】What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．Mikaela came from a skiing family.

B．Mikaela’s mother taught her to ski first.

C．Mikaela trained harder than her brother.

D．Mikaela’s father coached skiing in colleges.

【2】Why were headmaster Kirk Dwyer’s words cited?

A．To stress Mikaela was a crazy teen.

B．To show Mikaela’s distinct personality.

C．To praise the good students in his school.

D．To highlight Mikaela’s great devotion to training.

【3】Which of the following words can best describe Mikaela?

A．Competent and wise.

B．Creative and determined.

C．Aggressive and brave.

D．Committed and self-disciplined.

【4】What does Mikaela Shiffrin’s story convey?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．Not to advance is to go back.

C．He who laughs last laughs best.

D．Actions speak louder than words.

22、   I was 11 years old when I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010. We were in the economic decline. She said a polite “no”.

That didn’t stop me. I Googled the measurements for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would click notes on an online keyboard and “play” them back on my paper one-keeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without touching a real piano. Once my mom saw that I was serious, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.

I still remember the first one. I was struck by how real the sound of the piano was. I sat my grade one after eight lessons. Once I started secondary school, we couldn’t afford lessons again. I passed grade three, then grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.

One evening, when I was about 13, my mom said she had a surprise for me; it was an electronic keyboard, bought with more borrowed money. It was the first time I’d played for her. She was in shock.

My school didn’t offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. But I had to pass a difficult test. Some of the questions involved an evaluation of the composer or when some piece was written. I felt overwhelmed. To my amazement, I was offered a place.

At Purcell, I spent two years working as hard as I could. I performed to raise money and saved enough to buy my first piano.

When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize and senior academic music prize. I am now at the Guildhall School in London. I feel proud: it’s been 10 years since I drew my paper piano, and I’m at one of the world’s leading music schools.

The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano-what we call mental practice. The paper piano helped arouse my curiosity about how music works, the building blocks that form the pieces.

【1】Why did the author’s mom buy him lessons at last?

A.She was shocked by his first performance.

B.She had no doubt of his talent for piano.

C.She realized he meant what he said.

D.She suddenly made a fortune.

【2】Which of the following can best describe the author?

A.Honest. B.Determined.

C.Humorous. D.Optimistic.

【3】The underlined word “irony” in the last paragraph shows that the author felt  .

A.surprised B.proud

C.satisfied D.disappointed

【4】What’s the author’s main purpose of writing this article?

A.To introduce the method of mental practice.

B.To share how he convinced his mom to buy a piano.

C.To describe how costly it is to learn an instrument.

D.To encourage people to stick to their dreams.

23、   For famous photojournalist Sir Don McCullin, the landscape has changed since the days when dozens of printed pages were devoted to his photo stories, leading him to declare, “Photojournalism is dying.” According to Sir Don McCullin, newspapers and magazines are much more interested in the wealthy, the glamorous and celebrities. They don’t want suffering people in their newspapers. Photojournalism hasn’t lost its way but it’s been conveniently pushed aside. Shrinking editorial budgets, increasing competition and mistrust of the Press are just some of the factors impacting photojournalism. But the power of photography endures and technology is allowing photographers more creative freedom than ever before. The world is hungry for visual storytelling, but will photojournalism survive?

We spoke to photojournalists working in this industry about the state of affairs today, and asked their opinions about photojournalism in the digital age.

Ilvy Njiokiktjien

“Assignments have changed, so people don’t need to go somewhere for months to work on one project. When Don McCullin’s pictures were making it into the newspaper, his images would be the news. Now if I take a picture at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, for instance, there are 300 other photographers there. There are so many images that you are never going to really shoot an iconic image. You’re not the only one there — there are your colleagues and there are people with cellphones. I don’t think a single image will ever lose its power. Single images, to me, are so strong — I can look at a single image and never forget it. But there are new ways of storytelling — with cellphones, with interactive online experiences and virtual reality. Therefore, it’s important to see what matches the story.”

Jérôme Sessini

“I think now we are freer than before because of technology. Besides, we don’t care about the newspapers like people did before. We get free from the newspapers, so we are able to tell stories in the way we want to tell them. In my opinion, pictures can express emotions — I believe more in emotions than in rationality. I don’t want to tell people, ‘this is like this’, or ‘like that’. I want them to first feel something from the pictures, and then ask some questions. They will have to find the answers by themselves.”

Magnus Wennman

“When I started, press photography was a pretty old-school profession, but today it’s completely different. It’s not about the technique any more. It’s about telling stories, and you have endless opportunities to tell stories by means of pictures. If you are engaging in storytelling, I would say your future is very bright. Photojournalism is more democratic. As a matter of fact, nowadays we can see people shooting with their cellphones anywhere. Photojournalism is no longer the privilege of those working at newspapers. The new generation of photojournalists should work in a completely different way. As you see everywhere, visual storytelling is getting more and more important. If you’re good at that, you’re going to survive.”

Daniel Etter

“A lot of people have been declaring that photojournalism is dead and, somehow, it’s still around. It’s still alive, and it’s still kicking — maybe not quite as hard as in Don McCullin’s days, but it’s still important. It doesn’t have the impact it once had, and it will never have that impact again. I always believe photography plays a role, but if there are better ways of telling visual stories, I’m fine with that. The biggest problem we are running into now is how to make others believe us. Look at how really basic facts are in question nowadays. To make our work a reliable source of information is our biggest challenge. I haven’t figured out a way to make news more trustworthy — the only thing we can do is do good work. That means doing research and trying to represent events in a fair way.”

【1】What does Ilvy want to say with the example of Nelson Mandela’s funeral?

A.Great news like this is always attractive.

B.Taking a satisfying picture is really difficult.

C.Too many people take up photojournalism.

D.Popularity of cellphones threatens photojournalism.

【2】What idea do Sessini and Wennman share?

A.Good pictures are worth all the hard work.

B.It’s better to let the picture itself tell stories.

C.Technology is photographers’ greatest enemy.

D.Photojournalism will be the first to be kicked out.

【3】What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Photojournalism enjoys great popularity nowadays.

B.Photojournalism is really a promising career in the future.

C.Everyone can report news stories using photos taken by themselves.

D.Photojournalism has lost its appeal for those working at newspapers.

【4】What does Etter say about photojournalism?

A.It is not as influential as in Don McCullin’s days.

B.It almost died in Don McCullin’s days.

C.It may have an even better future.

D.It actually exists in name only.

【5】What can we learn about Etter?

A.His talent was once questioned.

B.He is optimistic about his future career.

C.He will resign from his job sooner or later.

D.He is seeking suitable ways to tell visual stories.

24、Daxing International Airport

Regulations for certificates

1. If your name on the passport is English, but on the ticket it is Chinese, you cannot take a domestic flight.

2. The name and other information on the boarding pass must be consistent with the information in the boarding document. If not, the security check will not allow the release.

3. The identity document held by the passenger must be the same as the identity document used the time of booking. If the ID number is inconsistent the security check is not allowed.

4. Foreign passengers can be released through security check if there is no space or backslash in their surname and first name. It is recommended that passengers and airlines confirm whether boarding passes can be changed.

Regulations for shipping luggage

1. Domestic flight

Normally, 20kg for economy class, 30kg for business class and 40kg for first class passengers with adult or child tickets.

2. International flight

In general, the free shipped luggage limit for economy class passengers is 20kg, and 30kg for economy class passengers with student passports. The allowance of free shipped luggage in business class is 30kg and 40kg for first class.

Wheelchair service for special passengers

You can ask for wheelchair service in the ground garage, and the personnel will accompany you to enter the terminal.

A．He will not be allowed to board the plane.

B．He has to change the information on his boarding pass.

C．He can pass the security check.

D．He has to provide his ID number.

【2】What does the underlined word "inconsistent" refer to?

A．not likely

B．not identical

C．not accepted

D．not similar

【3】If a couple want to fly to Hawaii from Daxing International Airport, they can take luggage for free at most      .

A．80kg

B．60kg

C．40kg

D．70kg

【4】How long will it take from Beijing to Changsha?

A．About two hours.

B．About three hours.

C．About four hours.

D．About three and a half hours.

25、   Last month, 7-month-old Ruth and 2-year-old Idgie were abandoned by a gated community in Florida.

When the pair were found, the little black and white ____ Ruth's two back legs were ____ injured and she could hardly walk. Idgie, a dachshund (腊肠狗), was covered in ants while she stood guard over her little _____.

The animals' rescuers were not able to ____ what had happened to Ruth's legs. “We think the cat may have been born with a disability,” said a rescuer. “It was a really ____ situation. On the one hand, both of them were found in relatively ____ shape, not dirty or starved, so it seems as though they probably had a ____ at some point. But on the other hand, no one came to  ___ them, and how could the cat get very far without a(an) ____ taking care of her?”

Both Ruth and Idgie were ____ by Jacqueline Borum later. She noticed the ____ between the dog and kitten, which is why she named them Ruth and Idgie ____ the characters in Fried Green Tomatoes who shared a strong friendship.

“Their ____ from beginning to end is something right out of a Disney movie,” Jacqueline said.

The two share a close bond to this day, and Idgie seems to be ____ to protect Ruth all the time.

“When Idgie gets a new toy, she ____ takes it over to the cat, Ruth, and they pretty much ____ everything,” Jacqueline said. “Besides, there's no doubt Idgie would have laid down her life to protect her best friend.”

The bond between the cat and dog ____ Jacqueline to create Project Paws, a nonprofit organization that helps shelters to ____ veterinary(兽医的) costs. She immediately made Ruth and Idgie the group's mascots.

“They are and will continue to fight for other animals in ____ need of help,” she said. “Their friendship has so much to teach us as humans about love, loyalty, and the ability to look ____ our differences.”

【1】A.dog B.cow C.cat D.rabbit

【2】A.seriously B.slightly C.suddenly D.accidently

【3】A.master B.friend C.neighbor D.pet

【4】A.figure out B.get through C.let out D.believe in

【5】A.similar B.dangerous C.strange D.tricky

【6】A.serious B.pitiful C.attractive D.good

【7】A.garden B.palace C.home D.studio

【8】A.carry B.claim C.accompany D.help

【9】A.owner B.friend C.adult D.dog

【10】A.bought B.adopted C.reported D.treated

【11】A.conflict B.similarity C.cooperation D.bond

【12】A.for B.by C.after D.with

【13】A.message B.trip C.response D.story

【14】A.frightened B.determined C.curious D.cautious

【15】A.always B.already C.indeed D.seldom

【16】A.handle B.learn C.remember D.share

【17】A.advised B.inspired C.requested D.forced

【18】A.cover B.increase C.create D.relieve

【19】A.clear B.endless C.gradual D.desperate

【20】A.after B.into C.beyond D.for

26、假设你是晨光中学高三学生李津。高中生活即将结束，学校要为高三学子准备一场毕业典礼，现拟选拔几名学生策划代表，届时将与老师们合作完成这次有意义的活动。你希望参加此活动， 请根据以下提示，用英语给校评选组写一封申请信：

1.对此活动的认识(如对本人、同学及学校的益处等)

2.个人优势(如性格、语言沟通能力、活动策划能力等)

3.你的活动创意且活动要有意义(至少两条)

注意：

1 .词数不少于100；

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