周口2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、She lived in two rooms over a teashop, ________ was convenient, since she could send for cakes if she had visitors.

A．where

B．in which

C．which

D．that

2、A number of high buildings have arisen ________there was nothing a year ago but ruins.

A.when B.where

C.before D.until

3、Currently AI is used mostly in the tech industry, ________ it has created efficiencies and produced new products and services.

A.when B.about which C.where D.of which

4、Do you think ________ true that ________is hard work that leads to success?

A．it; it

B．it; what

C．that; it

D．what; which

5、—How do you find the health club?

—I would rather I ______ it. I feel its management is going from bad to worse.

A.haven’t joined B.hadn’t joined

C.didn’t join D.had joined

6、Lady Wang _______ as a secretary for five years in the insurance company before she joined us.

A.has worked B.has been working C.had worked D.would be working

7、My skating teacher was really great and ______ I knew it, I was able to skate!

A.before B.since

C.until D.after

8、When I was twenty, I had to________ before graduation and work in a clothes shop to help support my family.

A. come out B. stay out

C. leave out D. drop out

9、I’m not sure whether I’ll succeed in persuading her to join us. ______, I’ll try my best to make it.

A.Besides B.Anyhow C.Generally D.Therefore

10、A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help ________ you year ahead.

A. sharpen B. switch

C. stretch D. shape

11、Cost ________as follows: food and drink 100 yuan, studying material 150 yuan, accommodation fee 300 yuan.

A．breaks down

B．breaks off

C．breaks in

D．breaks out

12、________exhausted he was, the firefighter still kept rescuing the villagers trapped in the flood.

A．However

B．How

C．Whatever

D．What

13、David didn’t attend his daughter’s graduation ceremony, but he does wish he   there.

A. should be   B. would be

C. had been   D. were

14、Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to ______.

A. give out B. give in

C. give away D. give off

15、The workers ________ the glasses and marked on each box “This Side UP”.

A.carried B.delivered C.pressed D.packed

16、I was wondering _____you could come to join us to be the volunteers in the Winter Olympic Games.

A. what   B. that   C. whether   D. why

17、Wait a moment. The director _____ her assistant pick up some sandwiches for the meeting.

A. has  B. has had C. had had D. was having

18、______, a small advertisement held my attention, which read “Easy job．Good wages．No experience necessary．”

A．Looking through the newspaper

B．While I was looking through the newspaper

C．To look through the newspaper

D．I was looking through the newspaper

19、Florida is blessed with ______ warm climate, which makes it _____ suitable place for old people to live in.

A. a; 不填 B. 不填; the C. a; a D. the; a

20、After class, the teacher couldn’t leave,   by the students.

A. surrounded   B. to surround

C. was surrounded   D. surrounding

21、Fou Ts'ong, a Chinese-born pianist known for his sensitive interpretations of Chopin, Debussy and Mozart.died on Monday at a hospital in London, where he had lived for many years. He was 86.

A lover of classical music from a young age, Mr. Fou began taking piano lessons when he was 7. Mr. Fou made his first stage appearance in 1952. The concert caught the attention of officials in Beijing, who selected him to compete and tour in Eastern Europe. Mr. Fou soon moved to Poland, where he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory(音乐学校)on a scholarship. To prepare for the fifth Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955.he practiced so diligently that he hurt his fingers and was nearly cut from the first round of the competition.

Mr. Fou was one of the first Chinese pianists to achieve global prominence when he took the third place in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955. He also won a special prize for his performance of Chopin's mazurkas(马祖卜舞曲). Almost overnight, he became a national hero. To China, Mr. Fou's recognition in a well-known international competition was proof that the country could stand on its own artistically in the West. Chinese reporters flocked to interview Mr. Fou, while many others sought out his father, Fu Lei, for advice on child-rearing.

In 1981, a volume of letters written by his father, primarily to Mr. Fou, was published in China. Full of advice, encouragement, life teachings and strict paternal love, the book Fu Lei's Family, Letters became a best-seller in China. Besides influencing a generation of Chinese, Mr. Fu's words resonated(共鸣)long after his death with the person for whom they were intended.

"My father had a saying that 'First you must be a person, then an artist, and then a musician, and only then can you be a pianist.'" Mr. Fou once recalled in an interview. "Even now, I believe in this order-that it should be this way and that I am this way."

【1】What can be learned from Paragraph 2?

A．Fou Ts'ong competed and toured in Beijing.

B．Fou Ts'ong first performed on the stage at 7.

C．Fou Ts'ong made great efforts for competitions.

D．Fou Ts'ong started learning music in Eastern Europe.

【2】Why does Fou Ts'ong's global recognition mean a lot to China?

A．It earns Chinese art a place in the West.

B．It promotes the spread of Chinese culture.

C．It proves Chinese people's talent for music.

D．It enables Chinese art education to be recognized.

【3】What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Mr. Fu's words.

B．Young Chinese.

C．Fou Ts'ong and his family.

D．Readers of Fu Lei's Family Letters.

【4】Which of the following agrees with Fu Lei's ideas in the last paragraph?

A．Pursuing art is a long and painful process.

B．It requires various qualities to be a pianist.

C．Everyone should develop an interest in art.

D．Talent is of the greatest importance for a pianist.

22、   “Buzz. Buzz. The queen is that way,” said one honey bee to another. “Pass it on.” Honey bees can’t speak, of course, but scientists have found that the insects combine teamwork and chemicals to relay the queen’s location to the rest of the community, revealing an extraordinary means of long distance, mass communication.

Individual honey bees communicate with the chemical called pheromones, which scientists have long known. But just how these individual signals work together to gather tens of thousands of bees around a queen has remained a mystery.

In the new study, Dieu My Nguyen, a scientist at the University of Colorado, and his colleagues focused on a colony of western honey bees, the most common honey bee species in the world. The researchers set up a flat, pizza box–size arena with a transparent ceiling, in which the bees could walk around, but not fly. They put the queen bee into a cage on one side and released the worker honey bees on the other. The scientists then recorded the insects’ movements from above with a camera and an AI software tracking bees that were releasing pheromones.

Once the first worker honey bees located the queen, they began to gather chains of evenly spaced bees that extended outward from the queen, with each bee sending out pheromones to its neighbor down the line. The findings are the first direct observations of this collective communication in honey bees. Like smelly bread crumbs, the branching communication lines guided far-off honey bees back to the queen’s location — a feat no single bee could achieve alone.

Mark Carroll, an insect biologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cautions that the work was done in a closed, practically 2D space. In reality, he notes, honey bee colonies are 3D, and they often have to fight with elements like wind and rain, which make communicating more complicated. “The next step will be to observe natural honey bee swarms and see if they’re actually doing this.” he says.

【1】What is the focus of the new study?

A．Why worker bees gather around a queen bee.

B．How pheromones function in a bee’s body.

C．Why insects’ mass communication is limited to short distances.

D．How the queen’s location is passed on to the rest of the colony.

【2】What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?

A．The process of the experiment.

B．The equipment required for the experiment.

C．The technique used in the experiment.

D．The species chosen for the experiment.

【3】What does the underlined word “feat” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Direction.

B．Movement.

C．Location.

D．Relay.

【4】What’s Mark Carroll’s attitude to the study?

A．Doubtful.

B．Reliable.

C．Realistic.

D．Influential.

23、   Research shows that poor sleep has immediate negative effects on your hormones, exercise performance, and brain function. Here are 5 evidence-based tips to sleep better at night.

1. Increase bright light exposure during the day.

Your body has a natural time—keeping clock known as your circadian rhythm. Natural sunlight or bright light during the day helps keep your circadian rhythm healthy. 【1】 It also reduces the time it takes to fall asleep by 83%.

2.【2】

Exposure to light during the day is beneficial but nighttime light exposure has the opposite effect. Again, this is due to its effect on your circadian rhythm, tricking your brain into thinking it’s still daytime. This reduces hormones like melatonin, which help you relax and get deep sleep. Blue light—which electronic devices like smartphones and computers emit in large amounts—is the worst in this regard.

3. Don’t consume caffeine late in the day.

Caffeine has numerous benefits and is consumed by 90% of the US population. 【3】 However, consuming caffeine up to 6 hours before bed significantly worsens sleep quality.

4. Try to sleep and wake at consistent times.

Your body’s circadian rhythm functions in agreement with sunrise and sunset. Being consistent with your sleep and waking times can aid long-term sleep quality. If you struggle with sleep, try to get in the habit of waking up and going to bed at similar times. 【4】

5. Optimize（优化）your bedroom environment.

Many people believe that the bedroom environment and its setup are key factors in getting a good night’s sleep. These factors include temperature, noise, external lights, and furniture arrangement. To optimize your bedroom environment, try to minimize external noise, light, and artificial lights from devices like alarm clocks. 【5】

A．Set your bedroom temperature.

B．Reduce blue light exposure in the evening.

C．Avoid irregular or long naps during daytime.

D．After several weeks, you may not even need an alarm.

E．A single dose can enhance focus, energy, and sports performance.

F．Make sure your bedroom is a quiet, relaxing clean, and enjoyable place.

G．This improves daytime energy, as well as nighttime sleep quality and duration.

24、   In quiet neighborhoods, you find quiet people going about their lives, doing good things. Harold is one of those people. A quiet man by nature, he finds himself happiest while changing the brake pads on an old truck or replacing a water heater.

As a mechanic, Harold runs a workshop after retiring. His wife Jeannette teaches English at the local high school. With their own kids grown, they don’t need a lot or want a lot, so Harold and Jeannette live a simple life. And while his wife is in the classroom. Harold often walks around in the neighborhood. There’s always a widow who needs a lamp fixed or a teenager who needs a tire changed.

Each day, Harold pulls on his coveralls (工作服) and goes to work. His wife teaches students to speak, while Harold economizes language. “Yep, you got a leak. I’ll get my toolbox.” That’s about as much as you’ll get out of Harold. Even when you thank him, he’ll just wave.

In a world of social media, massive information floods our screens, with various ways to communicate. But if you want to talk to Harold, you have to go to his workshop and knock on the door. It’s reassuring to know that there’s Harold, willing to fix the mechanical things that stress us out. He always works slowly and methodically, removing the old pipe, pulling it to his truck, and cutting a new pipe. He’s done this hundreds of times. There’s no frustration, no hurry, only an ease and satisfaction, like a gardener taking care of his beloved flowers.

Shortly after Jeannette retired, Harold passed away from a rare disease. Harold saved his words, but his friends and family didn’t. A flood of appreciation came pouring out. “He was there when I needed a hand,” many said. What a valuable thing in these days! After all, the purpose in life is not to get the most likes, but to like most what you do.

【1】Why does Harold walk around in the neighborhood?

A．To keep fit.

B．To lend a hand.

C．To look for a job.

D．To pick up his wife.

【2】What will Harold do when you get a leak?

A．Go to fix it willingly.

B．Wave a refusal directly.

C．Work out the costs first.

D．Check the toolbox slowly.

【3】Which words can best describe Harold?

A．Hard-working and modest.

B．Easy-going and efficient.

C．Well-educated and generous.

D．Good-hearted and skillful.

【4】What can we learn from Harold’s life?

A．Silence is gold.

B．Kindness will be rewarded.

C．Like what you do.

D．Live slowly in a fast world.

25、In Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography These Happy Golden Years, Laura spends her weekdays boarding with a poor family while teaching in a school. On the _________, she goes home to Ma and Pa. In one scene, she identifies a major _________ between the two homes: her own family says good morning while the other doesn’t. “Laura had never _________ before that saying ‘good morning’ made the morning good,” she writes in her book.

_________ I live more than 130 years later after the book was published, here’s the thing: it’s still _________!

Many years ago, when I went _________ in the Grand Canyon, I realized it’s hikers’ etiquette (礼节) to say good morning to every person you _________. It’s such a cheerful thing to do: on this entire planet, you and I _________ to find ourselves together at this one spot. So I brought the _________ home with me. When I ran in the park, whoever passed in the __________ direction got a “good morning”. People were __________ at first, but after a few weeks, they started __________. In fact, I saw one guy on my street so __________ that I sometimes said good morning to him when it was dawn. He __________ said good morning back to me, and we __________. Because that’s what __________ do!

A few weeks ago, while we were walking our dog, my daughter __________ that anyone we passed on our block got a “good morning”, and when we turned onto an avenue the greeting continued but __________ a brief “hi”. I didn’t realize that, but I was __________ she did. And I hope she takes the habit of greeting with her __________ she goes.

【1】

A．streets

B．phone

C．journey

D．weekends

【2】

A．conflict

B．contest

C．boundary

D．difference

【3】

A．noticed

B．admitted

C．believed

D．mentioned

【4】

A．until

B．since

C．while

D．because

【5】

A．easy

B．true

C．strange

D．simple

【6】

A．hiking

B．diving

C．camping

D．hunting

【7】

A．follow

B．encounter

C．consult

D．interview

【8】

A．hesitate

B．pretend

C．happen

D．desire

【9】

A．practice

B．memory

C．trouble

D．wealth

【10】

A．exact

B．wrong

C．opposite

D．original

【11】

A．excited

B．surprised

C．relieved

D．disappointed

【12】

A．competing

B．appearing

C．interrupting

D．responding

【13】

A．often

B．soon

C．long

D．well

【14】

A．fortunately

B．honestly

C．delightedly

D．precisely

【15】

A．cheered

B．argued

C．sighed

D．smiled

【16】

A．neighbors

B．friends

C．relatives

D．customers

【17】

A．imagined

B．read out

C．expected

D．pointed out

【18】

A．added to

B．switched to

C．returned to

D．looked to

【19】

A．sorry

B．confident

C．glad

D．sure

【20】

A．whatever

B．wherever

C．whichever

D．whenever

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段话，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The e-mail request came in to Ekiben restaurant in Baltimore late on a Thursday afternoon in March: tempura broccoli(天妇罗花椰菜). The man who sent the e-mail didn't actually want the food itself. He was writing on behalf of his mother-in-law, who adored the dish. He went on to explain that she was now in the final stages of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and that he was hoping to get the recipe to make it for her there.

Steve Chu, one of the Asian restaurant's co-owners, read the e-mail and quickly replied with an alternative suggestion. "Thanks for reaching out." he wrote. "We'd like to meet you in Vermont and make it fresh for you."

Brandon Jones, the son-in-law, was shocked. He e-mailed back, saying, "You do know that this is Vermont we're talking about, right?" said Brandon. But Steve responded, "No problem. You tell us the date, time, and location and we'll be there."

For the past six years, every time Brandon's mother-in-law visited Baltimore, the first place she wanted to go was Ekiben so she could have that broccoli. "I really wanted her to have it one more time," Brandon said.

"She had always told us, 'When I'm on my deathbed, I want to have that broccoli,'" recalled Brandon's wife. Rina Jones.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150词左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:

That Friday after work, a day after receiving Brandon's e-mail, Chu and his team were ready to set off. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

As soon as the door was opened, the mother recognized the amazing smell as well as Chu and his coworkers.   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________