大理州2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、The concept of sharing is so deep-rooted in Chinese culture that people share their belongings________ even being aware of it.

A．without

B．about

C．at

D．by

2、The school decided to ________ new methods of teaching foreign language.

A.adjust B.adapt C.admit D.adopt

3、There are many dictionaries here, but which one ________you?

A．is belonging to

B．is belonged to

C．belongs to

D．belong to

4、He explained ______ for his father's birthday party.

A.why was he late B.why is he late

C.why he is late D.why he was late

5、The bike-sharing model has not only made life more convenient for people but also eased the pressure ________ public transport including buses and subways.

A．in

B．of

C．about

D．on

6、_____several times, but unfortunately，the boy still couldn't solve the problem on his own.

A.Having been explained

B.The problem having been explained

C.The problem had been explained

D.Although the problem had been explained

7、_________I saw him, I knew he was the man the police were looking for.

A.The place B.The week C.The day D.The instant

8、The boy ________ on the ground ________ that he has seen a cock________ an egg.

A．laying; lay; lay

B．lying; lei; lie

C．lying; lies; lay

D．lay; lying; lay

9、It is too cold outside, so we decided to watch television at home ______ go for a walk.

A.other than B.more than C.rather than D.or rather

10、______ money, his parents managed to send him to university.

A.Lacked B.Lacking of C.Though lacking D.Lacked in

11、— Would you like to help look after the children _____ I do the shopping?

— I’d love to!

A.since B.as C.while D.for

12、They will fly to South Africa, ______ they plan to stay for half a month.

A.when B.where C.there D.which

13、China,a country with a strong sense of duty,never hesitates to_______to help other countries.

A.reach out B.turn out C.work out D.come out

14、______ makes mistakes must correct them.

A. Who B. Anyone

C. Whoever D. Anybody

15、The manager’s order was that the names______ to in his report _______ to Mr Brown immediately.

A.referred; be e-mailed B.referring; should be e-mailed

C.referred; were e-mailed D.was referred; must be e-mailed

16、She tried to be brave, but her courage ________ her.

A. conquered B. urged C. failed D. encouraged

17、I don’t think ________ a good decision to give him the job since he has no experience at all.

A.it B.that C.this D.these

18、In my opinion，what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn't make any ________.

A．idea   B．meaning   C．sense   D．point

19、When _______ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.

A.comparing B.compare C.compared D.being compared

20、—Shall I ________ the raincoat?

—No hurry. Leave it ________ it is. It looks like rain.

A.put away; in the place B.put away; where

C.put on; where D.put on; there

21、—What do you think of your boss?

—He is easy-going most of the time, but sometimes he ________ be hard on us.

A. should B. might C. can D. must

22、What surprised me was not what he said but the way _______ he said it.

A.that B.in that

C.what D.where

23、What “wandering Earth” wants to ________ viewers is the faith in man’s strong will power to make the impossible possible.

A.communicate with B.consider about

C.share with D.interpret about

24、As for how to promote public education, Professor Li gave us a lot of suggestions which ________ reasonable and practical.

A.appeared B.sounded C.looked D.listened

25、Please choose the WRONG sentences ______．

A.It is so fine a day that many citizens of Nanchong go outing for relaxation beside the Jialing River.

B.It is such a fine day that many citizens of Nanchong go outing for relaxation beside the Jialing River.

C.It is such fine weather that many citizens of Nanchong go outing for relaxation beside the Jialing River.

D.It is so fine a weather that many citizens of Nanchong go outing for relaxation beside the Jialing River.

26、There have always been a lot of commonly believed but false ideas about being fat and doing exercise. Some people believe that they can' t help putting on weight as they get older while others hold that if they stop exercising, their muscles will turn into fat. 【1】

I’ ll never lose weight — I come from a fat family

Wrong. While we can'tchange the body type we are born with, we can't blame our genes for making us fat. There' s plenty of evidence that fatness runs in families, and the main reason is that they share the same habits of eating too much and exercising too little.

【2】

Wrong! Fatness is not caused by a slow metabolism (新陈代谢). In fact, although fat people consume more energy than slim people, they also fail to realize how much they eat! Keeping a diary can help you work out your daily food intake more accurately

Exercising is boring

Wrong! 【3】 The key is to develop a balanced and varied program that' s fun as well as progressive. If you enjoy a Sunday walk, take a different route. If you do yoga, try a tai chi class. If you like swimming, set yourself a distance or time challenge.

No pain, no gain

Wrong!【4】Indeed, pain is your body telling you something' s wrong, and continuing to exercise could lead to serious injury. You may experience mild discomfort as you begin to exercise regularly, but this is your body adapting to the positive changes in your lifestyle and the aches should disappear relatively quickly.【5】

A．Anything can be boring if you do it repetitively.

B．Exercise should be stopped if continuous pain is felt.

C．If you don' t, rest and seek medical advice.

D．Exercise is not meant to hurt.

E．Here are more myths (false ideas).

F．People are fat because they consume too little energy.

G．I am fat because I burn calories slowly.

27、   If your parents were to surprise you with a present on your birthday, which one would you prefer, a trip to the amusement park or a new pair of shoes?

According to Science Daily, about one-third of the people are likely to prefer shoes to a fun trip. These people are called "materialists", namely, those who value material goods more than experiences. But which of the two choices makes people happier?

Back in 2009, Ryan Howell, a professor at San Francisco State University, found that in the long run, experiences make people happier than possessions. This is because the joy of receiving a new object fades over time as you get used to seeing it every day. Experiences, on the other hand, can continue to bring you joy in the future through happy memories.

But materialists should at least be happy when they first buy something, shouldn't they?

To figure it out, Howell did another study. He classified a group of adults according to their personality types, ranging from less materialistic to more materialistic. Each person was asked different questions to see how they felt about spending money on material goods versus spending money on experiences.

As expected, the more materialistic participants got less happiness from purchases than the less materialistic, because such purchases didn't fit with their personalities and values. But to Howell's surprise, he found that materialists weren't any happier even if they spent money on material items.

This is because materialists worry that others may criticize or look clown on their choices. "There are certain value systems that are rejected by society," said Howell. "When we find out someone is materialistic, we think less of them, and that drives their happiness down.”

Another reason is that materialistic people always focus on what they don't have instead of what they have now. This makes them feel less satisfied and grateful.

If you happen to be a materialistic person, there's something you can try. "If materialists make more accurate purchases, rather than trying to impress others, they will be happier, “Howell said.

You should also remember what an ancient Greek philosopher once said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

【1】What did Ryan Howell find in his studies?

A.Material goods bring people less happiness than experiences.

B.About one-third of the people prefer material goods to experiences.

C.Materialists have more fun spending money on goods than on experiences.

D.Receiving a new object brings lasting joy while the joy of an experience fades soon.

【2】What did Ryan Howell want to find out by doing another study?

A.How to judge whether a person is a materialist.

B.Why materialists are not happy with their purchases.

C.How materialists feel when they spend money on goods.

D.Whether materialists are happy when they first make purchases.

【3】Why does the author use the ancient Greek philosopher's words in the last paragraph?

A.To advise materialistic people not to try to impress others.

B.To persuade people to be satisfied with what they have.

C.To prove it's unwise to be materialistic and desire too much.

D.To tell readers what they desire now might one day become theirs.

【4】What can be the best title for the passage?

A.Are You a Materialist?

B.How To Acquire Happiness?

C.The Best Present For the Birthday

D.Which Can Make People Happier?

28、   When the first women to be admitted to Y ale arrived on campus 50 years ago,it had little idea how to support them at a place that was the oldest all-male college in the country.

Sixty-five percent of them had a class in which they were the only woman,according to an unpublished survey,conducted this year,of nearly half of the 575 female freshmen who entered Yale in 1969.Women weren’t permitted to have lunch at Mory’s,a dining club where important meetings took place.They were kept from most after-class activities.

Yale had been set up to educate“1,000 male leaders”and male students were selected on the basis of their future leadership.But women weren’t expected to be leaders.Instead,they were mainly evaluated（评估）on grit.

“It is a kind of determination,a pioneer quality,”Henry Chauncey,one of the Yale teachers,told The New York Times in 1969,“How to find the gritty women?Admit those who were raised with brothers—the more the better!”

“We had grit.But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t challenging because Yale wasn’t entirely prepared for us,”said Sally Birdsall,who was the only female in the economy class.She remembers that a professor warned her that he did not want to hear knitting needles（织针）in his class.

“I was upset,not because I had a knitting needle,but I was more scared,”she said.“It just gave me a very unwelcome feeling.”

In their post-college achievements,they were unusual among American women of their age,and faced challenges that have become familiar to highly educated women today:how to achieve educational,job and family goals when they’re all running on the same clock with men.

Eighty-two percent of the surveyed women had children,and their average age of first birth was 33.The national average at the time was 21.

Their experiences show how much has changed in 50 years—and how much has not.

【1】Which of the following can replace the underlined word“gritty”in paragraph 4？

A.Pretty. B.Determined. C.Talented. D.Happy.

【2】Female students with______were more likely to be selected by Henry Chauncey.

A.better study records B.greater ability to lead

C.more brothers D.richer parents

【3】Why was Sally Birdsall upset in her class?

A.She felt she was not welcomed by the teacher.

B.She was the only female student in the class.

C.She was forbidden to use knitting needles.

D.She found the examinations too difficult.

【4】What can we learn about the first female students from the text?

A.They had to attend classes in separated rooms.

B.They could not have meals with male students.

C.They were expected to achieve higher goals.

D.They suffered unfair treatment in the university.

29、   Selena Gomez and I were scheduled to meet at a low-key coffee shop in Encino. Not wanting to keep the superstar waiting, I arrived at nine, 20 minutes early. As I was catching up on e-mails, Selena quietly scooted into the seat next to me. No bodyguard. Not even a drop of makeup. She was ten minutes early and so inconspicuous that no one else in the restaurant looked up so much. Selena was wearing Bebe shorts. She had a baby face and ordered a hot chocolate.

After making small talk about what she wore for the shoot, she dived into the subject of her career. Selena declared 2012 the year of movies. She filmed three: Spring Breakers, a drama; The Getaway, an action flick; and Hotel Transylvania, a comedy. Each is a marked move away from the teen style that made her a household name.

Now that her Disney days are behind her, Selena is at that unstable point in a child star's career where she is trying to grow up-both as a person (she turned 20 in July) and as an artist. “Being part of the Disney Channel was a blessing, and I'm super happy with what my show accomplished, but acting is something I would like to take on more seriously.” She continued, “I don't necessarily feel accomplished. I want to create a whole different persona when it comes to acting.”

Selena has been working full time since she was seven years old and scored a role on Barney & Friends. In 2007, when she was offered the lead in Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena, her mother, and her stepfather uprooted from Grand Prairie, Texas, to LA, where they are settling now.

【1】When did Selena arrive at the low-key coffee shop?

A.At 10:00.

B.At 9:10.

C.At 8:50.

D.At 9:30.

【2】The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means   .

A.unconcerned

B.graceful

C.not easily seen

D.always thinking of others

【3】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that   .

A.three famous films made in 2012 have shown her teen style

B.Selena went into her film career as soon as we met in the coffee shop

C.each of the three films marks Selena's move away from her teen style

D.the film Hotel Transylvania is an action flick made in 2012

【4】What did Selena think of Disney days which were behind her?

A.She thought of playing in Disney as an unstable point in her career.

B.She considered her being part of the Disney Channel a blessing.

C.She didn't feel very satisfied with her show in Disney.

D.She found herself not accomplished in her performance in Disney.

30、One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting . I was expecting a quiet____of the splendid artwork.

A young____viewing the paintings ahead of me____nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s____for putting up with her____stream of words____by their noise, I moved on.

I met them several times as I moved____the various rooms of art, Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away____.

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a____when the couple approached the____. Before they left, the man____into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He____it into a long sick and then____his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

“He′s a____man.” The clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age, During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in____there is a new art show.”

“But what does he get out of the art?”I asked .“He can’t see.”

“Can’t see? You’re____. He sees a lot, More than you and I do,” the clerk said, “His wife____each painting so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience,____and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without____and the courage of a husband who would not____blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.

【1】A.view B.touch C.wander D.scenery

【2】A.lady B.man C.couple D.clerk

【3】A.yelled B.argued C.screamed D.chatted

【4】A.attempt B.patience C.wisdom D.independence

【5】A.vivid B.constant C.casual D.exciting

【6】A.Adopted B.Adapted C.Conducted D.Disturbed

【7】A.towards B.to C.through D.from

【8】A.anxiously B.slowly C.quickly D.sensibly

【9】A.comment B.decision C.purchase D.profit

【10】A.entrance B.queue C.front D.exit

【11】A.plugged B.reached C.held D.bent

【12】A.lengthened B.made C.brought D.broadened

【13】A.led B.found C.forced D.tapped

【14】A.brave B.rough C.smart D.generous

【15】A.wherever B.whatever C.whenever D.whichever

【16】A.wrong B.silly C.equal D.unique

【17】A.describes B.draws C.shows D.decorates

【18】A.kindness B.courage C.enthusiasm D.pride

【19】A.support B.expectation C.sight D.confidence

【20】A.allow B.hope C.get D.Cause

31、课文填空

The three men built a small boat and set sail. All of a sudden, two dinosaurs rose to the surface and began to fight each other. The small boat was almost 【1】by the dinosaurs before they were able to get away

They sailed to shore and explored the forest. They came across huge insects and many strange creatures. As they were 【2】 around, they noticed a man sitting【3】a tree in the distance-he was at least four meters tall. The men became afraid, and ran back to the boat.

They set sail again, and saw what looked like an exit, but it was【4】by rocks which had fallen down from the ceiling. They made a bomb to blow up the rocks. After the bomb exploded, their boat rushed 【5】forward into a large hole. The boat floated down with the water. It was too fast for them to escape, They could only hold on to the boat in terror.

32、假定你是李华，在报纸上得知Shelly-Ann下周会来到中国，她是有史以来最伟大的女子短跑运动员之一。请你给她写一封邮件，邀请她近期到你校做一次演讲。内容包括：

l.说明邀请她的原因；

2.告知演讲的时间和地点；

3 询问对方能否前来。

注意：1.词数 100词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结束语已为你写好.

参考词汇:短跑运动员 sprinter

Dear Miss Shelly-Ann,

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