曲靖2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、President Xi Jinping’s speech at the opening ceremony of the First China International Import Expo was ________ welcomed by participants at the event.

A.quietly B.frequently C.widely D.gradually

2、The information tells me that the way of education in Canada is quite different from _____ in China.

A.one B.it C.that D.those

3、_______ me when you get it through and I’ll pick you up at your work place.

A. Calling B. Call   C. Called D. To call

4、—Have you heard about Huawei P30?   

—Sure. It is very hot these days. I’m thinking about getting ________.

A．one

B．them

C．that

D．it

5、________ back in his chair, the man began to tell us his adventures in the forests.

A. Sit B. Sitting C. To sit D. Sat

6、— Many drugs have been forbidden recently.

— Actually. But the scientists say that before a new drug ___ on humans, plenty of studies___.

A. can be tested; are needed

B. can test; are needed

C. can be tested; need

D. can test; need

7、The law of market shows _______ a product becomes rare to reach, its price will certainly rocket.

A.unless B.once C.though D.since

8、 As was known to all, John had broken his promise ___ he would stay with us for some time .

A. when      B. which

C. that     D. what

9、Having pictures to color will keep children ______for hours.

A．amused

B．amusing

C．amuse

D．to amuse

10、Having a hobby does do good to you. It doesn’t matter what it is ______ it drives you to move forward.

A. if only B. in case

C. as long as   D. in order that

11、 Before you quit your job, ______how your family would feel about your decision.

A. consider B. considering

C. to consider   D. considered

12、Professional skills are tools like a knife or a hammer. You need ______ to complete the things you want to do.

A.it B.that C.them D.ones

13、The police are investigating the company, three of ________ managers have already been arrested.

A. whose B. that

C. which D. where

14、You ______ worry about me. I’ve decided to join a local health club.

A. mustn’t  B. can’t  C. needn’t  D. daren’t

15、________ all this put under debate is whether they need to move their cattle to another field for nutrition purpose.

A．How

B．Why

C．What

D．That

16、The fireman told us the troubles they had ________the fire________ .

A．getting; controlled

B．got; controlled

C．got; to control

D．getting; to control

17、Reading is a good way _____ a child’s imagination at an early age.

A. to develop   B. developing

C. develop   D. developed

18、Difficulties strengthen the mind, ______labor does the body.

A. as   B. whether

C. since D. because

19、Some experts think, ________ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice home environment.

A．instead of

B．except for

C．apart from

D．far from

20、In fighting with enemies, the economy dropped greatly, ______, many lives were claimed.

A. on top of that   B. in contrast

C. for another thing     D. above all

21、The immense and forbidding Southern Ocean is famous for howling winds and strange waves that have tested mariners for centuries.

But its true strength lies beneath the waves.

The ocean’s dominant feature, extending up to two miles deep and as much as 1.200 miles wide, is the Antarctic Circumpolar (极地附近的) Current, by far the largest current in the world.

It is the world’s climate engine, and it has kept the world from warming even more by drawing deep water from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, much of which has been in the deep ocean for hundreds of years, and pulling it to the surface. There, it exchanges heat and carbon dioxide with the atmosphere before being pushed again on its endless round trip.

Without this action, which scientists call upwelling, the world would be even hotter than it has become as a result of human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. “From no perspective is there any place more important than the Southern Ocean,” said Joellen L. Russell, an oceanographer at the University of Arizona. “There’s nothing like it on Planet Earth.”

For centuries this ocean was largely unknown, and its conditions were so extreme that only a relative handful of sailors went to its waters with lots of icebergs.

What fragmentary scientific knowledge was available came from measurements taken by explorers, naval ships, the occasional research expeditions or whaling ships.

But more recently, a new generation of floating, autonomous probes (探测仪) that can collect temperature, density and other data for years—diving deep underwater, and even exploring beneath the Antarctic sea ice, before rising to the surface to phone home—has enabled scientists to learn much more. They have discovered that global warming is affecting the Antarctic current in complex ways, and these shifts could complicate the ability to fight climate change in the future.

【1】Why docs the true strength lie beneath the waves in the Southern Ocean?

A．There is the deepest current in the world.

B．There is the world’s largest current.

C．There is severe cold climate in the South Pole.

D．There are the strongest winds and strangest waves.

【2】How docs the Southern Ocean keep the world from warming even more?

A．By pushing severe cold water to the other oceans.

B．By cooling the warmer water from the other oceans.

C．By drawing cold water from other oceans and pulling it to the surface.

D．By keeping cold water in the other oceans for hundreds of years.

【3】What does the underlined word "fragmentary" mean in paragraph 7?

A．Advanced.

B．Abstract.

C．Incomplete.

D．Concrete.

【4】What do scientists discover according to the last paragraph?

A．The current there is in normal condition despite global warming.

B．The current there is under the complicated influence of global warming.

C．The autonomous probes have found solutions to global warming.

D．Nothing can be done for global warming due to severe cold climate.

22、   For the first time ever scientists prepare to set about a 3-year-long project，the Nekton  Mission，to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves that could affect the surrounding region over the coming decades.

The ambitious exploration team will reach one of the last major unexplored frontiers on the  planet，a vast body of water that’s already feeling the effects of global warming with rising water temperatures damaging its coral reefs(珊瑚礁).Understanding the Indian Ocean’s ecosystem is important not just for the species that live in it，but also for the 2.5 billion people living in the region.

The Nekton Mission is supported by more than 40 organizations.Researchers will spend  seven weeks surveying underwater life，map the sea floor，and drop sensors(传感器)to depths of up to 6，560 feet in the seas around the Seychelles.

The Seychelles aims to become a leader in the development of a“blue economy”that draws on the resources of the ocean.It relies on fishing and tourism，but has lately also been exploiting oil and gas from beneath the sea floor.“Our ocean is undergoing rapid ecological transformation by human activities.The Nekton Mission is vital to help us better know our ocean space and resources to make wise decisions.Only when we know what we have in the ocean and what is its value call we properly decide what to exploit and what to leave untouched，”said Jumeau，the Seychelles’ambassador to the UN.

The mission will conduct further dives in other parts of the Indian Ocean over three years.The researchers expect to discover new species and send videos to the world by satellite.The research will provide information for a summit(峰会)about the Indian Ocean planned for late 2021.

【1】Why do the scientists plan to explore the Indian Ocean?

A. To save the endangered creatures living in the sea.

B. To discover the damage mankind has done to the ocean.

C. To make the best use of the natural resources in the sea.

D. To protect its species and people living around the region.

【2】Which is not included in the tasks to be carried out around the Seychelles?

A. Drawing maps of the sea floor. B. Finding treasures under the sea.

C. Putting sensors into the deep sea. D. Studying underwater life.

【3】What can be learned about the Nek-ton Mission?

A. It will extend beyond the Indian Ocean.

B. It will benefit a lot from“blue economy”.

C. It will contribute to the 2021 conference.

D. It will find solutions to global warming.

【4】What can be a suitable title fur the text?

A. Scientists Are to Explore the Indian Ocean

B. The Seychelles Aims to Build a“Blue Economy”

C. Effects of Global Warming on Marine Ecosystem

D. Indian Ocean:the Last Unexplored Frontier on the Planet

23、A very close friend phoned me this weekend and asked a specific question about earning a few extra dollars each month online. For the benefit of keeping her name and details secret, I will call her Annie in this article. You see Annie suffers from a severe form of inaction syndrome; she is full of great ideas that never materialize into cash and she is having a problem finding the link that will achieve this.

Somebody once said that knowledge is power, yet we constantly find from readers of our website that they have knowledge to burn and still do not have power. Just look at the academics in universities all around the world; they have so much knowledge that they should control the wealth of the world. In truth they work for peanuts and very few of them ever achieve the power of independence. So knowledge certainly isn’t power. Therefore, we should change that “wise” statement to:“Power is the ability to use knowledge to your own benefit.”

That paragraph was inserted because Annie is a typical academic—strong on talk and plans but a little weaker on actions. In the period of a twenty-minute conversation, she expounded（阐述）a whole list of plans and ideas to make the extra few hundred dollars each month she was seeking. Any one of her many ideas was a potential money maker, but she had taken action on none of them. At one time she said, “I’m lost as to what to do next.”

That was my cue（提示）to get involved. “Take action,” I advised.

All that is wrong is that Annie was inactive without knowing it. In five minutes we drew up a plan of action and agreed to talk again in a month to review progress. When we finished the conversation, she sounded much happier and more motivated than when we started. Annie just needs a little nudge into beneficial action.

【1】What’s the problem with Annie?

A. She has too many great ideas.

B. She never puts her ideas into practice.

C. She suffers from a strange illness.

D. She knows little about making money online.

【2】What is the most important according to the author?

A. The ability to use one’s knowledge.

B. The ability to acquire knowledge.

C. A great deal of knowledge.

D. A good understanding of oneself.

【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Annie will succeed in later life.

B. Annie is going towards success.

C. Annie doesn’t realize her problems.

D. Annie talks too much in daily life.

【4】The underlined word “nudge” in the last paragraph probably means________.

A. push   B. advice   C. training D. Power

24、   My college experience included this life-skill lesson: Drink alcohol on a full stomach. Or you will get inebriated too quickly. Of course, most college students shouldn’t be drinking at all, but we know from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that close to 60 percent of college students aged 18 to 22 do consume alcohol, which makes harm-reducing approaches important.

Unfortunately, campus authorities and researchers are reporting a practice that turns the full-stomach drinking strategy on its head: rather than filling up before a night of partying, significant numbers of students refuse to eat all day before consuming alcohol.

This is a high-risk behavior called “drunkorexia,” which is one part eating disorder, one part alcoholism—a very dangerous combination for college-age students. The term drunkorexia, which can also include excessive exercise or purging before consuming alcohol, was coined about 10 years ago, and it started showing up in medical research around 2012. Drunkorexia addresses the need to be the life of the party while staying extremely thin, pointing to a flawed mind-set about body image and alcoholism among college students, mostly women.

Imagine this scenario: A female college freshman doesn’t eat anything all day, exercises on an empty stomach, then downs five shots of tequila in less than two hours. Because there’s no food in her system to help slow the absorption of alcohol, those shots affect her rapidly, leading to inebriation and possibly passing out, vomiting or suffering alcohol poisoning. That’s drunkorexia.

Tavis Glassman, professor of health education and public health at the University of Toledo in Ohio, researches drunkorexia and worries about scenarios such as the one described above: “With nothing in her system, alcohol hits quickly, and that brings up the same issues as with any high-risk drinking: sexual assault, unintentional injury, fights, hangovers that affect class attendance and grades, and possibly ending up in emergency because the alcohol hits so hard,” he says.

“Alcohol can negatively affect the liver or gastrointestinal system, it can interfere with sleep, lower the immune system and is linked to several types of cancers,” Hultin says.

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

A.excited B.overwhelmed C.addicted D.drunk

【2】We can infer from the passage that ________.

A.a large number of college students spend most of their nights partying

B.some college students refuse to eat before drinking alcohol to keep slim

C.There is a direct link between body image and consuming alcohol

D.female college student is more likely to be hurt if she drinks alcohol

【3】Which of the following may Tavis Glassman agree with?

A.With more food in one’s system, he may suffer from the effects of alcohol slowly.

B.Drinking five shots of tequila in less than two hours is the performance of drunkorexia.

C.Those who don’t attend classes and have lower grades tend to be addicted to alcohol.

D.Alcohol has negative effects on the immune system and may lead to several cancers.

25、   I wasn’t particularly great at school. And 1 wasn’t the _________ boy because was quiet and shy. Mrs Kerswell was my English teacher. It’s hard to _________ her exact age. When you’re a child, every adult is _________. She must be past middle age, with grey hair and a(n) _________ face. Her lessons were in a totally stress-free environment. However, I was really _________ because I went from a _________ school with 28 people up to the sort of bigger town junior high school.

I didn’t _________ anyone. No one from my _________ school went there because we all went to different schools. I really struggled in my first year to _________. Thanks to Mrs Kerswell she was really the sort of humorous teacher you could have chats with, who read materials that weren’t on the syllabus (教学大纲) just for ____________.

She managed to make Beowulf interesting to a number of ____________. She was key in keeping my love of reading going. It certainly wasn’t a ____________ thing for a boy of that age to love ____________ as an entertainment. Actually, I just treated it as a learning task. But she reminded me that books were fun and they weren’t just about learning or the ____________.

When I was 13, I wasn’t excellent at writing. But she allowed and ____________ me to write in a natural way. Unlike my other teachers, she told me not to use the fanciest ____________. “Writing is not about flowery language but about real communication. ____________, you’re having a conversation on a page,” she said. So it made me realize that I didn’t have to ____________ about it too much.

I saw her once, over 10 years ago. My writing career was going well, and she was proud of my achievements and ____________ as a writer, and I really ____________ her for keeping the fame on.

【1】A.fattest B.quietest C.naughtiest D.loneliest

【2】A.leave out B.work out C.adapt to D.amount to

【3】A.old B.friendly C.innocent D.lively

【4】A.blue B.honest C.guilty D.kind

【5】A.relaxed B.disappointed C.stressed D.relax

【6】A.city B.league C.village D.town

【7】A.assign B.accept C.acknowledge D.know

【8】A.junior B.primary C.senior D.social

【9】A.fit B.give C.break D.check

【10】A.defense B.fun C.victory D.fame

【11】A.writers B.teenagers C.celebrities D.teachers

【12】A.cool B.flexible C.major D.painful

【13】A.speaking B.writing C.reading D.learning

【14】A.courses B.progress C.entertainment D.hobbies

【15】A.commanded B.forbade C.warned D.encouraged

【16】A.words B.means C.ways D.ideas

【17】A.Gradually B.Basically C.Ridiculously D.Awkwardly

【18】A.enquire B.bring C.doubt D.worry

【19】A.habit B.interest C.privilege D.reputation

【20】A.promoted B.criticized C.thanked D.dismissed

26、假定你是李华，准备参加学校英语演讲比赛，请以“Say No to Students’ Smartphone Use”为题写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

1.学生使用智能机现状；

2.使用智能机造成的弊端；

3.提出倡议。

注意：

1. 写作词数应为80左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答；

3. 开头已给出，不计入词数。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,

I’m Li Hua, from Senior 3. My topic today is “Say No to Students’ Smartphone Use”.

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