宿迁2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、The competition attracted over 500 players ____________8 different countries.

A.to represent B.represented C.representing D.who represents

2、These mistakes are very ______ among students, so we’re not surprised if you do wrong.

A.ordinary B.common C.usual D.normal

3、Tom will go to Shanghai, ________ he plans to stay for one week.

A．when

B．that

C．which

D．where

4、________ sharing economy can make use of resources more convenient and cost-efficient, the approach has become popular in society.

A．Whether

B．As

C．If

D．Although

5、The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune____.

A.is made B.would make C.would be made D.had made

6、The trips usually start on Friday night and end on Saturday night, ____ them practical for students and workers.

A.make B.made C.making D.to make

7、Small kindness,if______，can make a big difference to shape a better world.

A.exchanged B.simplified C.multiplied D.advertised

8、Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. result from  B. contribute to

C. attend to   D. devote to

9、Would you please give him this message the moment he________？

A.arrives B.arrived

C.will arrive D.will be arriving

10、Pigeons are the ________ of peace, which make me love them more, because I love peace.

A．mark

B．logo

C．sign

D．symbol

11、________ has been done to develop the habit of reading aloud in the morning, his pronunciation remains a serious problem.

A.In spite of that B.Despite what

C.Although he D.Though what

12、The news reporter hurried to the airport, only_________ the film stars had left .

A．to tell

B．to be told

C．telling

D．told

13、It's an inspirational story, and the well-researched facts really bring the story and characters_______.

A.alive B.living C.lively D.live

14、He promised to come to my birthday party, but he hasn’t ________ yet.

A．turned to

B．turned up

C．turned out

D．turned on

15、This statue was put up _________ Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

A.in the name of B.by the name of C.in place of D.in memory of

16、The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because the merchant, thinking that sales wouldn't amount to much, had offered the boy a high commission rate. He had __________ he would soon return to his sheep.

A. resumed B. assumed

C. accomplished D. acknowledged

17、______she has earned her Ph D, she wants to find a job with higher pay.

A.As if B.In case C.Even though D.Now that

18、Jack is late again. It is typical __________ him to keep others waiting.

A．of

B．for

C．to

D．with

19、Sandy could do nothing but ______ to his teacher that he was wrong.

A.to admit B.admitted C.admit D.admitting

20、This midterm examination paper __________ two parts was so hard that few students could pass it.

A. made out of   B. made from

C. made up of     D. made in

21、Behind a successful man there is,______, a woman who makes this success possible.

A. more often than not B. hardly ever

C. almost never D. nowhere near

22、The course normally attracts about 100 students per year, up to half will be from abroad.

A．who

B．of which

C．when

D．of whom

23、I work in a business ______________ almost everyone is waiting for a great chance.

A．how

B．which

C．where

D．that

24、After around Cape Horn, Chichester sent the message of victory to London.

A.succeeding in sailing B.successfully sailed

C.succeeded in sailing D.being successfully sailed

25、Unless ________ to speak, most college students here prefer remaining silent in class.

A．having invited

B．inviting

C．invited

D．being invited

26、   Ninety­five percent of American families are now online, with adults spending averagely five hours a day at home on the computer, which greatly influences their life, according to a new study. Yes, we’re connecting more with friends, but we’re also having dinner quickly so we can update our Facebook status. Does your life suffer from too much time spent online, and do you properly protect your family’s identity when you share their information online? Here’s how to take control of them.

According to Sherry Turkle, professor of psychology at MIT, many people use their computers to avoid the messiness of real life. It’s difficult to refuse a friend, but it’s easy to send out an e­mail to do that. When you find yourself hiding behind your screen, make an effort to reconnect with people face to face. “It’s not because the technology is bad,” says Turkle. “It’s a matter of figuring out its place.”

Proud parents can’t help posting photos of their kids. But publicly sharing your kids’ information, such as your child’s full name, birth date, and place of residence could put him in danger. To avoid the risk, invite the people you know well to view the photos on password­protected (加密的) websites such as Flickr and Snapfish. If you use Facebook, create a group of your inner circle specially for sharing photos and news of your kids.

Need a handy way to measure your family’s online habits? Check out the family plan on rescuetime. com. It tracks how each member of your family spends time online, and it shows the data by hour, day, and week. The website, which also offers personal plans, even allows you to block distracting (分心的) websites from your loved ones and yourself.

If reaching for your phone to check for messages and e­mails has become an uncontrollable habit, try this trick. Keep your devices on but turn off every message reminding, vibration (振动), and so on. Check for updates only when you finish a task.

【1】Sherry Turkle probably agrees that ________.

A.Internet is just a tool for people

B.people have to know their social status

C.technology can help improve friendship

D.going online helps people lead a happier life

【2】How are family members’ online habits tracked by rescuetime.com?

A.By offering plans and blocking unsafe websites.

B.By blocking unwanted contact and information.

C.By tracking their online time and sorting out data.

D.By making plans and storing collected data.

【3】What can be the best title for the text?

A.Important Tips on Protecting Online Information

B.How to Take Control of Families’ Technology Time

C.Key Advice on How to Avoid Unsafe Websites

D.How to Break Away from Bad Online Habits

27、   Many of us spend part of each day surrounded by strangers, whether on our daily commute (上下班往返), or sitting in park or cafe. But most of them remain just that-strangers. However, new evidence has shown that plucking up (鼓起) the courage to strike up conversation might be good for our health.

Nicholas Epley from the University of Chicago and Juliana Schroeder from the University of California are behavioural scientists. They wanted to know whether solitude is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers, or if people misunderstand the consequences of distant social connections. They found that many people feel uncomfortable and frightened talking to others and their research suggested that when we make an initial conversation “we consistently underestimate (低估) how much a new person likes us.” It seems we think that all the things could go wrong and why someone wouldn’t want to talk with us.

Their research involved an experiment with a group of Chicago commuters and found that “every participant in our experiment who actually tried to talk to a stranger found the person sitting next to them was happy to chat.” From this and other research, the conclusion is that connecting with strangers is surprisingly pleasant and it has a positive impact on our wellbeing. It’s true that talking can make you feel happier and happiness can lead to better mental health.

However, if you’re’ an introvert (性格内向者), the thought of speaking to someone new might make you anxious. But the American research found “both extroverts (性格外向者) and introverts are happier when they are asked to behave in an extroverted manner.” So maybe, if you’re a loner, it’s time to come out of your shell and make some small talk with a stranger-it could be the beginning of a new friendship.

【1】What does the underlined word“solitude”in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Being calm. B.Being pleasant. C.Being alone. D.Being healthy.

【2】Why might we not want to speak to a stranger?

A.Because we don’t trust a new person.

B.Because we can’t find a common topic.

C.Because we like distant social connections.

D.Because we carry a negative voice in our head.

【3】What could help start a new friendship?

A.Making a small talk. B.Sitting next to a stranger.

C.Sharing personal details. D.Behaving in polite manner.

【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A.How to be an extrovert. B.Talking to strangers.

C.How to speak to strangers. D.Making new friends.

28、   The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.

David Tilman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized(工业化), the population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.

The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tilman says overweight people are at greater risk of non-infectious diseases like diabetes(糖尿病) and heart disease.

Unfortunately when people adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one per cent to 10 per cent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.

And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical(热带的) areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gases in the future from agriculture than those coming out of all forms of transportation right now.

Mr Tilman calls the link between the diet, the environment and human health “a trilemma”: a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.

【1】We can infer from the passage that   .

A.Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases

B.overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases

C.the examined information comes from developing countries

D.industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet

【2】According to the passage, more greenhouse gases might be given off in the future from   .

A.transportation B.developing countries C.agriculture D.developed countries

【3】David Tilman believes that   .

A.the diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B.the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

C.people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease

D.traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

【4】What's the main purpose of writing the passage?

A.To call on us to protect the environment.

B.To warn us of the danger of the Western diet.

C.To remind us of the importance of health.

D.To advise us to have a balanced diet.

29、Interactions between people and elephants have a long history. Elephants have been trained and used by human beings for thousands of years, for everything from transportation to construction to logging to war.

In more recent times, Asian elephants have been used in entertainment and as a living 'machine' to help move logs through the jungle as part of the logging industry. The latter changed in Thailand in 1989, when the Thai government banned the use of elephants in the logging industry. Owners of elephants had very little choice but to turn to tourism to earn enough to care for themselves and their elephants by offering elephant riding to tourists.

Mahouts (象夫) are the elephant handlers who you will see riding or managing the elephants at any camp you visit. The traditional mahout life isn't easy. They are bonded to their elephant and they rarely have time off or time for family.

These years, younger mahouts in Thailand have been more likely to leave the mahout life to find jobs in the city, resulting in elephants having to get used to multiple mahouts. This can lead to additional stress on the elephant, or result in abuse by a mahout trying to manage an elephant that hasn’t built any level of trust with him.

Opponents of elephant riding may suggest that elephant rides be illegal. My worry is that an immediate ban could lead to another massive change in how elephants are treated, similar to ending elephant logging in 1989. How will mahouts that are currently making a living and supporting their elephants through rides be able to continue to do so? The average lifespan of an elephant is 60 years. Any solution needs to take into account the long-term effects on the elephants currently employed giving rides.

【1】What happened in 1989 in Thailand?

A．Elephants lost their jobs.

B．Elephants joined in tourism.

C．Entertainment was forbidden.

D．The government banned logging.

【2】What will cause the ill treatment of some elephants?

A．The great stress to make money.

B．The former masters’ leaving them.

C．The heavy load on the elephants.

D．The owners' mistrust of the elephants.

【3】What's the best title for the passage?

A．Will You Go to Thailand?

B．Why are Elephants Trained?

C．How do Mahouts Train Elephants?

D．Should You Ride Elephants in Thailand?

【4】Why does the author write this passage?

A．To present a problem.

B．To criticize mahouts.

C．To introduce Thailand.

D．To record his experience.

30、   A modern phone can put the world at the user's fingers. But sometimes, these_________are of little practical use. Leku's 63-year-old mother_________in the Yi language(彝语). She can't read Chinese or speak Mandarin and is_______ to read numbers. Therefore, a_________function of any modern phone can prove to be difficult for her. Whenever she wants to_________her son, she has to ask someone to help her to dial his_________.

Leku, 25, a university student of the Yi ethnic group,_________,wanted to help. So he_________ an app(应用程序) that responds to his mother's_________to 'call any son' in the Yi language. Once this is said, the__________will automatically (自动地) dial his number. The app is called Yayou. It________ to be a wonderful aid for his mother and has also__________ many other Yi people in China.

'With the app, I wanted to help my__________, as well as other Yi people,' says Luku. 'Besides my mother's problem, I've also__________some villagers, who left to make a living as migrant workers in cities, __________ misunderstanding or losses of money due to the________ in communication.'

The dream is becoming________ -after more than two years'__________, Leku and his partner Mise Achang are ready to release an updated version of their app in July. The 2.0 version of Yayou will have several new functions,__________news and entertainment content, as well as online shopping__________, in both the Yi and Chinese languages.

【1】A.worlds B.users C.fingers D.phones

【2】A.uses B.speaks C.understands D.communicates

【3】A.unable B.unwilling C.unhappy D.unlucky

【4】A.new B.simple C.hard D.good

【5】A.find B.read C.call D.write

【6】A.phone B.number C.mother D.friend

【7】A.naturally B.gradually C.finally D.successfully

【8】A.planned B.created C.suggested D.produced

【9】A.help B.problem C.request D.suggestion

【10】A.app B.signal C.button D.screen

【11】A.puts out B.sets out C.leaves out D.turns out

【12】A.called B.provided C.benefited D.encouraged

【13】A.mom B.partner C.user D.villagers

【14】A.helped B.witnessed C.understood D.talked

【15】A.getting B.making C.suffering D.finding

【16】A.uselessness B.carelessness C.abilities D.difficulties

【17】A.smaller B.bigger C.more D.less

【18】A.movement B.management C.achievement D.development

【19】A.making B.reading C.providing D.producing

【20】A.services B.centers C.lists D.experiences

31、根据课文内容填空

The most 【1】 and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. 【2】 the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may 【3】children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year 【4】 .Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals,【5】 take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, 【6】 in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful 【7】 of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for 【8】around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival 【9】 a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though 【10】is covered with pink snow.

32、假设你是李华，你在美国的笔友Jack写信告诉你他对中国的传统节日端午节很感兴趣。请给你的笔友Jack写一封信介绍端午节。信的具体内容包括：

1. 端午节的时间：农历5月5日；

2. 端午节纪念的对象的是爱国诗人屈原；

3. 现在人们吃粽子、划龙舟庆祝节日；

4. 你对端午节的看法

参考词汇：端午节-Dragon Boat Festival 农历 Lunar Year 粽子 zongzi

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