克州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、 Good news never goes beyond the gate, ______ bad news spreads far and wide.

A. when   B. as C. while   D. before

2、The law is equally applied to everyone. No one ________ be above it.

A. shall B. must

C. may D. need

3、—Did you punish him for that? —Yes, but I don’t think I________.

A．should have done so

B．need to have done so

C．should do that

D．ought have done that

4、I could speak their language and ________ with their problems because I had been there.

A.interfere B.interpret C.identify D.interact

5、The company is making a long-term__________to breaking into the American market.

A.complaint B.comment C.commitment D.contribution

6、It’s _______ for people to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life.

A. reasonable B. available

C. accurate D. cautious

7、If the weather had been better, we ______ a picnic yesterday.

A. must have had B. would have

C. could have had D. will have

8、As soon as the children were _____， their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

A.woke B.waken C.wake D.awake

9、________ that the govemment can lead them out of the financial crisis, people are optimistic about the future of the country.

A. Convincing B. Convinced

C. To convince D. Having convinced

10、She said her ________ is enough to support her in later years and that her only hope is that her son can visit regularly. After all she had not much time left.

A. pension B. benefit C. allowance D. bonus

11、- Jenny, could you repeat the answer to this difficult question?

-Sorry, Miss Zhang. I ________ something else then.

A．am thinking of

B．thought of

C．had thought

D．was thinking of

12、Our parents sat us down to read and paint________all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.

A.when B.as C.since D.until

13、—Are you still willing to lend money to your roommate?

—Yes. I have always held the ______ that he is an honest fellow.

A.belief B.truth C.custom D.fact

14、No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone _______ you wishing they were that high.

A.getting rid of B.getting along with

C.looking up to D.looking down upon

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

A．amused

B．amusing

C．amuse

D．to amuse

16、The ______ difference between Sam and me was the fact that I took life seriously.

A.official B.potential C.essential D.confidential

17、Japan is facing an ageing population, with the population ______ from the current 127 million to 90 million.

A. expecting to shrink   B. expected to shrink

C. expecting to have shrunk   D. expected to have shrunk

18、News of the world was gone, shut down after ______ in the biggest newspaper scandal ever to hit Britain.

A. catching  B. caught

C. being caught    D. having caught

19、What a relief! We would be still waiting anxiously in the classroom _______to bring an umbrella with you.

A.should you forget B.had you forgotten

C.you should forget D.you had forgotten

20、Regular exercise along with proper diets____our health in the long term.

A.benefits B.has benefited C.benefit D.have benefited

21、   How long does a year last? 【1】 But your parents might say that a whole year can pass “in the blink of an eye”. Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?

【2】 This physical change causes the rate at which we take in and process new information to decline. Babies, for example, move their eyes much more often than adults because they’re processing images at a faster rate. They take in a lot of information and do many things in a single day. 【3】 However, as people’s brains degrade over time, fewer images are processed in the same amount of time. Therefore, older people receive less information during a day than younger people. This causes things to seem as though they’re happening more quickly.

【4】 People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be recalled within a certain period. Have you ever noticed that when you recall your firsts (first day of school, first family vacation, first birthday party, etc.), they seem to be in slow motion? That’s because when something is a “first”, there are many exciting things to remember. Recalling these memories makes you feel like they took forever.

For many adults, life is routine. When they look back, they might feel like there are not many novel (新奇的) things to remember. 【5】

A.Children might say that a year lasts forever.

B.Therefore, time seems to be moving faster to them.

C.Different people have different feelings toward time.

D.This makes them feel like a single day lasts for a long time.

E.As we grow older, we become less interested in new things.

F.According to scientists, our brains degrade  and change over time.

G.In addition, people may also “feel” time differently due to psychological reasons.

22、Academically, I was an average B+ student, shy and awkward. In my personal life, there was no one to encourage me to pursue my talent, nor acknowledgement that I even had a talent. Luckily, Miss Judge, my English teacher, introduced me to literature that initially inspired me to write. It was she that saw the potential in me that I didn't even know existed.

Miss Judge was a kind and lovely person. She first recommended me some classic works, like To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men and Greek Mythology. Then came The Horror, the one sparking my love of fantasy and magic and everything supernatural, which will always remain on my bookshelf.

Once in class, we were assigned to write a scene inspired by Hamlet, the play we were reading. Excited about the chance to write, I worked extra hard on it. After I handed it in, Miss Judge was really impressed and asked if she could read it to the whole class. I refused. Even today, I still regret that decision. At the time, I felt like everyone would think I was deliberately trying to impress them by rubbing my great story in their face.

In my senior year, Miss Judge asked us to write journal entries, which she would read. I was still nervous about others reading my writing. To break from that fear, I decided to just be funny. My journal was filled with my humorous observations, kind of like what you see on the blog today. And she loved them, saying I had a natural talent as a writer. Nothing was more fulfilling. So, I kept writing. She wrote me many encouraging notes, pushing me to pursue a career as a writer. I still have those notes, hoping that next time she hears my name, it's because I'd have won the Pulitzer Prize.

【1】Which book may be the author's favorite?

A．To Kill a Mockingbird.

B．The Horror.

C．Greek Mythology.

D．Hamlet.

【2】Why was the author unwilling to have her writing read publicly?

A．She was afraid to lose face.

B．She didn't think it good enough.

C．She didn't want to be considered a show-off.

D．She hated to read aloud before the whole class.

【3】Which of the following best describes Miss Judge?

A．Inspiring.

B．Learned.

C．Creative.

D．Humorous.

【4】What message does the author mainly want to convey in the text?

A．Hard work will pay off in no time.

B．Writing opens up the door of success.

C．Students should read as much as possible.

D．Recognition and encouragement make a difference.

23、When I was so small that my head barely touched the windowsill, we lived in the evergreen forests of Vermont. Our home was far, far away from any town or city, but that was the way we liked it.

Some winters, it got so cold that the river would freeze, which was unusual for water like that, water which ran so fast and deep. It felt as though time had stopped near the river, and so it had decided to become solid, settling in to wait for spring. We liked to skate on that river, my grandfather and I, even though the ice was uneven and his brown leather skates was so old.

One night, in the most frigid winter my young mind could recall, long after I should have been asleep, I caught my grandfather sneaking out of the front door, his ancient leather skates in his hands. He looked sheepish when he saw me, like I had caught him doing something silly, but I was so young that I thought no adult could ever do wrong. Especially not my grandfather, because he was the model of wisdom in my eyes.

“Grandpa, where are you going?” I asked.

“Skating on the river.”

“Why would you go out now? We did that yesterday morning.”

He looked a little thoughtful, and then he said: “It’s just that when you go out there, on the coldest, stillest night of the year, and you lie on your back on the thick, bubbled river ice, you can hear them.”

“Hear who?”

“The fish. Trapped there under the ice. You can hear them singing their watery winter song. And if you hold your breath, you can almost hear the stars singing in harmony.”

【1】The underlined word “sheepish” is closest in meaning to “____________”.

A．quiet

B．calm

C．frightened

D．embarrassed

【2】Why did my grandfather sneak out that cold midnight?

A．To enjoy the charm of a peaceful night.

B．To perfect his skating skills by practice.

C．To catch the fish trapped under the ice.

D．To breathe the fresh air in the forest.

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A．It was unusual for a fast-flowing river to freeze in midwinter.

B．My grandfather and I enjoyed skating because of the uneven ice.

C．I admired my grandfather for his wisdom and outlook on life.

D．I was glad to hear the stars singing together with my grandfather.

【4】The author writes the passage mainly to ____________.

A．describe the joy of living in a mountainous area

B．highlight how embracing nature can purify us

C．keep record of the carefree childhood memories

D．explain why skating is such an appealing sport

24、   As temperatures approached 90 degrees in New York City last July 4th, three police officers went into a Whole Foods Market to get something cold to drink. What they walked into was a heated human drama.

Once inside, the police officers, Lt. Louis Sojo, Esanidy Cuevas and Michael Rivera, were approached by a store security guard who asked for help with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of a career criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with tears.

The police officers glanced inside her bag. “All we saw was containers of food. We didn’t see anything else,” Cuevas told CBS New York.

“I’m hungry,” she explained quietly.

Caught red-handed, the woman no doubt expected to be sent to prison for the crime of being hungry while poor. But the police officers had other ideas. “We’ll pay for her food,” Sojo told the surprised security guard.

There’d been no discussion among the three men, no need to see whether they were all in. It went unsaid. Instead, they picked up the woman’s bag and accompanied her to a cash register, where each paid $10 for the food. She would not be arrested today.

All the woman could do was weep in gratitude. Covering her face with a handkerchief and drying her eyes, she repeated, “Thank you, thank you.”

She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of compassion. “It was a very beautiful, genuine moment,” says Paul Bozymowski, who was at the store. He was so taken by what he’d witnessed that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.

But attention was never what the officers sought. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN , “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty difficult as a human being to walk away from something like this.”

【1】Why did the woman cry at first?

A.She was grateful to the police officers.

B.She was sad because she had nothing to eat.

C.She was happy that she would not go to prison.

D.She was afraid because she was caught stealing.

【2】The underlined word “red-handed” in paragraph 5 can be replaced by ________.

A.on the spot B.with bloody hands

C.in the red clothes D.with a knife

【3】Why did Paul Bozymowski post a photo on Twitter？

A.Because he wanted to thank the police officers.

B.Because he was planning to seek attention from others.

C.Because he wanted to help the woman.

D.Because he was moved by what the police officers had done.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A.A Crime Committed B.Trapped in the Market

C.Crime and Compassion D.Poverty and Compassion

25、   In 2017, Bionca Smith struggled for a successful life but was up to her neck in bills. Frustrated, she _______ on Facebook: I want to travel the world with my son.

In deed, she worked long hours every day but work ______ her little time for Carter, who was struggling with reading in school and refused to talk with others. As she ______ at the Facebook response, Bionca made a(an) ____ to her son seriously she would be his learning coach and in the meantime she decided to get rid of everything to start traveling. With the first destination ______, she sold or donated most of their ______.

For the next eight months, they traveled through Thailand and Africa while Bionca made money from her new business through social media. Gradually, Carter became a(n) ___ reader. "When your child has freedom and flexibility, he can _____ in so many ways on his own terms, says Bionca. “His complete change is ______.

Bionca was tired of ______ booking flights, cars and places to stay. The concept of living in a van （房车）and exploring the country ______ her. Within weeks, Bionca _____ a 1989 Ford with a kitchen and beds for $4,900. They set off for another ______ in Southern California.

She shared the journey on social media and ______ many fans. Perhaps her biggest fan is Carter, _______. “My son has come out of his ______ and now he's open to trying new things.” she says.

The two might live in a house again someday but don't plan to ______ anytime soon. For now, they enjoy their ______ life. “We've learned that we should enjoy every moment and ______ accept what life brings,” says Bionca. "We're defining what _______ means to our family."

【1】A.registered B.thought C.checked D.posted

【2】A.guaranteed B.left C.killed D.spent

【3】A.pointed B.jumped C.stared D.guessed

【4】A.promise B.appointment C.plan D.apology

【5】A.chosen B.visited C.reached D.explored

【6】A.houses B.belongings C.bills D.happenings

【7】A.slow B.lovely C.poor D.eager

【8】A.learn B.walk C.survive D.play

【9】A.amazing B.interesting C.inviting D.confusing

【10】A.eventually B.continually C.gradually D.deliberately

【11】A.belonged to B.held onto C.appealed to D.happened to

【12】A.found B.sold C.replaced D.repaired

【13】A.adventure B.ride C.voyage D.destination

【14】A.lost B.gathered C.met D.rewarded

【15】A.yet B.though C.instead D.rather

【16】A.experience B.trip C.shell D.shelter

【17】A.hang about B.give up C.settle down D.start off

【18】A.modem B.busy C.tough D.free

【19】A.truly B.partly C.politely D.blindly

【20】A.books B.success C.business D.schooling

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

At nine years old, I went through more than the usual amount of change for a girl of my age. In the past few months, my stable and predictable life had been turned upside down when my parents lost their jobs because of the economic crisis. This set into motion a series of events, including my parents losing our beautiful Victorian home and forcing our family into a fifteen - foot pull trailer we’d previously only used for weekend camping trips.

Life in the trailer was tough. We were incredibly crowded. When Mom, Dad, my brother and I all sat on the sofa at the end of the trailer, the entire front end began to tip in our direction, forcing one of us to jump up and rush to the front. Worse still, our food was not enough.

One day, my mother sat at the small table and casually wrote a wishing list on a paper towel — all about food, while keeping an eye on the last of our food, fried chicken, on the stovetop. “We need to pray,” she said aloud. “We don’t have enough food to last the week.” Then we joined hands and asked God to offer us some food.

Then Mom left the wishing list on the table, got up and started putting the chicken on a plate for dinner. I opened the tiny door and let the smell of dinner follow me as I wandered outside to find my dad. He was working on our broken-down truck. As Dad leaned over the engine, I noticed a disheveled man walking up to our trailer.

“Can I help you, sir?” my dad asked in his friendly way.

“I’m hoping you can,” he said, “I’m hungry and was wondering if you had any food to spare.”

I looked up at Dad, knowing we didn’t have much.

“Sure!” Dad said without hesitation. He brushed off his hands and went inside, quickly returning with a fresh piece of fried chicken wrapped in a paper towel. The man’s face lit up.

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The man took the wrapped food and paused for a while.

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Actually, our family didn’t expect the man would return, so we got across the parking lot for a walk after dinner.

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