2025-2026学年安徽宣城高二(上)期末试卷英语

1、—They don’t have much in their house yet.

—________ they’re planning to live here only until Bob gets his degree, they don’t want to buy much furniture.

A．Since

B．Although

C．While

D．Unless

2、_______ beyond words, the businessman agreed to donate some money to help the sick.

A. Moving B. Moved

C. Being Moved   D. To moved

3、Studies have explored how dogs categorize and _______ between different images.

A. illustrate B. discriminate

C. circulate D. demonstrate

4、Time is fair to everyone, and no one has _____ the of possessing one more minute than anyone else.

A.commitment B.reservation C.security D.privilege

5、 A terrible thought   Mr. Smith when he was leaving for work: what if an accident happened while his son was alone at home?

A. insured   B. freed

C. attacked D. struck

6、---Oh, Tom, what did you do this summer vacation?

---Guess what? I had ______great fun in _______show performance “ Voice of China” .

A. a; the B. the; the

C. /; a     D. /; the

7、It can be hard for you to imagine what difficulty I have had ______ the problems ______ in the meeting held last week.

A．to deal with; brought up

B．dealing with; bringing up

C．dealing with; brought up

D．to deal with; bringing up

8、_______ here if you want to get a better view of the mountain scenery.

A. To come B. Coming   C. Comes   D. Come

9、The questionnaire takes ______ ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used along with the assessment interview.

A.apparently B.accurately C.approximately D.adequately

10、The satellite image shows more rain______in the area over the next 24 hours.

A．is forecasting

B．will forecast

C．is forecast

D．forecasts

11、China's exchanges and cooperation with other developing countries reached a new level. China's relations with other major countries   grew through interaction.

A. stiffly   B. steadily

C. virtually   D. entirely

12、The company has changed some of its working practices _____ complaints and criticism from the customers．

A. in respect to   B. in response to

C. in return for   D. in exchange for

13、Bears ______ fat stores throughout the summer and fall to have energy enough to last them through their winter sleep.

A．pack up B．build up   C．bring up D．take up

14、__________ in a new country, I was scared and feeling pretty anxious.

A. It was the first time B. I was the first time

C. Being the first time   D. This being my first time

15、Kate ________ by the teacher for she had made an excellent contribution to group discussion.

A. praised        B. was praised

C. has praised       D. has been praised

16、_____he said in the lecture has a great effect on me.

A. What B. Which   C. That   D. How

17、During the negotiation to follow, it can be argued that shares of foreign companies are overvalued ________ the return they offer.

A. in terms of   B. in memory of

C. in favor of   D. in charge of

18、—You know, Bob, the mid-term exam is approaching.

—You are telling me! We______, preparing for it.

A.have been working hard ; B.will be working hard

C.were working hard D.had worked hard

19、Only after being attacked by the Japanese in Pearl Harbor ________in the Second World War thoroughly.

A. had America involved  B. was America involved

C. America had involved D. America was involved

20、The idea of prohibiting fireworks first ________ in the 1980s, and the bans didn’t gain popular support until this year.

A. flashed B. succeed C. emerged D. spread

21、   Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college together with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year, doesn’t it? And after going to school for 12 years, it doesn’t feel natural to spend a year doing something that isn’t academic.

But while this may be true, it’s not a good enough reason to condemn gap years. There’s always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated (长期存在的) “race to the finish line”, whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or successful career. But despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuits. In fact, it probably improves it.

Studies from the United States and Australia show that students who take a gap year are generally better prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not. Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for independence, new responsibilities and environmental changes — all things that first-year students often struggle with the 「most. Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environmental, making it easier to focus on academics and activities.

If you’re not convinced of the value in taking a year off to explore interests, then consider its financial impact on future academic choices. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once. This isn’t surprising, considering the basic compulsory high school curriculum leaves students with a poor understanding of themselves listing one major on their college applications, but switching to another after taking college classes. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game. At Bost on College, for example, you would have to complete an extra year were you to switch to the nursing school from another department. Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stress and save money later on.

【1】High-school graduates don’t take a gap year probably because ________.

A.they think it academically misleading

B.they have a lot of fun to expect in college

C.it seems silly to take courses off the campus

D.it feels strange to be different from others

【2】The underlined word “hinder” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”.

A.achieve B.prevent

C.develop D.compensate

【3】What can we learn from the text?

A.Switching to another major won’t cost freshmen a lot.

B.All freshmen find it difficult to adapt to the new environment.

C.Taking a gap year helps freshmen concentrate more on studies.

D.High school students know nothing about how to choose a major.

【4】What would be the best title for the text?

A.The Benefits of the Gap Year B.The ABCs of the Gap Year

C.The Gap Year Comes Back D.The Gap Year: A Dilemma

22、   Some 30,000years ago, artists who lived in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them: panthers, hyenas, rhinos, cave lions, mammoths and other creatures which have been extinct for a long time. The paintings were highly realistic. Some even showed movement.

The artwork, more than a thousand drawings, is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings which have ever been discovered. They were preserved because the cave was sealed--closed off--for more or less 23,000 years.

Fast forward to December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean-Marie Chauvet, who led the group then, describes the process of discovering the cave paintings.”At that time I was in the front, Eliette just walked behind me, Christian behind. Eliette said she saw two marks made with red ochre and she said, ‘They came here.’And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything linked to the parietal art (壁画). That is where it started.”

Cave art expert Jean Clottes reviewed the paintings. “I was amazed at the number of paintings there were and paintings of their quality and particularly in front of the panel of the horses.”

Scientific analysis confirmed the prehistoric date of the artwork. Studies showed the drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago, before human history was written. The United Nations’cultural agency UNESCO lists the cave as a World Heritage Site. They say that the drawings form a remarkable expression of early human artistic creation of grand excellence and variety.

The Chauvet Cave has been named after the explorer who first entered it. However, its environment and drawings are too fragile to be visited by human beings. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.

However, French authorities asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called Pont d’Arc Cavern. The copy, which we also call replica, cost more than 59million dollars to build. It opened at the end of April in France.

Pascal Terrasse is the president of the cavern. He says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. He says the place is magic because it is done so well. Authorities say they think as many as 400,000people will be allowed to visit Pont d’Arc Cavern every year.

【1】According to the passage, the first scientist to enter the cave was ________.

A.Christian B.Eliette

C.Clottes D.Chauvet

【2】According to Jean Clottes’ words in Paragraph 4, the paintings in the cave were ________.

A.abstract B.superior

C.creative D.inspiring

【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Chauvet Cave?

A.It was closed off for more than 30, 000years.

B.It is thought to be the origin of modern parietal art.

C.The environment and artwork there are very easy to damage.

D.The majority of drawings there are about the extinct animals.

【4】The purpose of creating Pont d’Arc Cavern is to ________.

A.show admiration for the earliest artists in Europe

B.arouse visitors’awareness of protecting ancient art

C.offer visitors chances to view the wonderful artwork

D.collect money for the perseverance of the Chauvet Cave.

23、The space community is taking the orbital debris (碎片) threat increasingly seriously these days. Multiple satellite “mega-constellations (巨型星座)” are in the works, making space traffic management and space-junk removal more pressing issues than they’ve ever been.

For instance, SpaceX has already launched more than 1,700 satellites for its Starlink broadband constellation. The company ultimately wants to launch around 30,000Starlink satellites into orbit. One Web has launched more than half of the satellites for its planned 648-member constellation, which may also grow beyond that initial number as time goes on.

In addition, satellite construction costs continue to fall, allowing more and more people to get satellites up and operate them—including folks with very little experience in the field. This opening of the final frontier is generally a good thing, but it further highlights the need for responsible action when it comes to satellite operation. In 2019, for example, the Space Safety Coalition (SSC) laid out a set of proposed voluntary guidelines designed to control space junk over the coming years.

One recommendation is that all satellites operating above 250 miles be equipped with propulsion(推进) systems, allowing them to get away from possible collisions (碰撞). The SSC also recommends operators who control satellites in low Earth orbit should include in their launch contracts a requirement that rocket upper stages should be got rid of in the atmosphere shortly after liftoff.

More active debris-fighting strategies could also be part of the solution. Removing just a handful of rocket bodies or dead satellites every year could help us keep our space-junk problem under control, according to some studies. And researchers around the world are developing and testing ways to do just that, using nets, harpoons(鱼叉) and other methods.

The space-junk issue is a global one, so governments around the world should have conversations about how to deal with it. Let’s hope the talks, the decisions and the tech end up outpacing the problem.

【1】What do the two examples in Paragraph 2 illustrate?

A．Orbital debris ensure satellite safety.

B．Constellations consist of many satellites.

C．Space is becoming increasingly crowded.

D．SpaceX has higher capacity to explore space.

【2】Why can more people send satellites into orbit?

A．Experience in this area is rich.

B．Satellites are cheaper to make.

C．Satellite operations require little skills.

D．Space is accessible to common people.

【3】What is an effective way to control space junk?

A．Remove dead satellites from orbit.

B．Cooperate in monitoring satellites.

C．Operate satellites at a fixed height.

D．Recycle a rocket shortly after liftoff.

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

A．Space junk cleanup

B．The risks of space junk

C．Space debris and satellites

D．Guidelines for space safety

24、Google's new artificial intelligence can defeat both humans and other AIs. Fortunately, the only war zone where it fights and wins is the ancient board game Go（围棋）.

AlphaGo Zero, developed by Google-owned DeepMind, is the latest AI program. The original AlphaGo defeated Go master Lee Sedol last year, and AlphaGo Master, an updated version, went on to win 60 games against top human players. What's different about AlphaGo Zero is that it became potentially the world's best Go player without any help from humans.

The program AlphaGo Zero started off knowing only the basic rules and then played millions of games against itself in just a few days. After almost five million games played against itself, AlphaGo Zero could outplay humans and the original AlphaGo. After 40 days, it was capable of beating AlphaGo Master.

The program learned the strategies humans accumulated over thousands of years in a matter weeks and also developed nontraditional strategies and moves that beat the techniques of the human masters, leaving them astonished. "At each stage of the game, it seems to gain a bit here and lose a bit there, but somehow it ends up slightly ahead, as if by magic," said Andrew Jackson of the American Go Association

DeepMind says it has plans for the technology behind AlphaGo Zero beyond just defeating all over an ancient game board. "In the end, we want to apply these breakthroughs to helping solve all sorts of pressing real world problems like designing new materials," said Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, in a statement.

That sounds great, but just as a precaution, let's take the advice of Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking and keep any super-fast learning AI away from the nuclear launch codes for now.

【1】Which was probably the earliest AI program to play Go according to the text?

A. DeepMind.

B. AlphaGo.

C. AlphaGo Master.

D. AlphaGo Zero.

【2】What makes AlphaGo Zero different from its other versions?

A. It teaches itself.

B. It beats AlphaGo Master.

C. It knows the basic rules of Go.

D. It plays against itself for a long time.

【3】What's DeepMind's plan for the AI technology?

A. To design a new version.

B. To win all the ancient board games.

C. To beat human beings all over the world.

D. To inspire the world with solutions to global issues.

【4】How does the author feel about AI?

A. Negative.

B. Supportive.

C. Cautious.

D. Encouraging.

25、One dark morning during my walk, I fell and had my___ broken. I received several _____ over two years. It was no fun for a busy mother! More __________ , I was left with certain physical limitation. My doctor told me to live life to the _____________ , but not to do things that would be too much for my arm. As I recovered from the last surgery, I fell in ______________ over all the things I would never get to do that I had wanted to try, like boating. However, I __________ so much on what I couldn’t do that I didn’t___ what I could do was right in front of me all along.

My fourteen-year-old son, Matthew, was fond ___________ archery(射箭). I loved watching him shoot arrows and I had learned quite a bit about the _________. I had never tried his bow. I was sure my arm would never allow for such _________ equipment, anyway. Then during one of my son’s _________________, the coaches had a “fun day” and ________________ encouraged the typically sedentary（久坐的)parents to ________________ a bow. Before I realized what I was doing, I shot my______ arrow. And it hit the____—6 points!

From then on, I often practiced. The more I did it, the more I knew I could do it. I realize that not only will my body not __________ this new adventure, but neither will my family—my husband has taken up archery and my other son has tried it as well! I think the sport has made my family ______ in some way. I never ____________ something like archery would be possible for me. I guess being faced with the concept of “limitations” pushed me forward. No more _____________ and no more fears, I just had to take_____and shoot—and find my way.

【1】

A．head

B．leg

C．arm

D．eye

【2】

A．operations

B．occupations

C．qualifications

D．certifications

【3】

A．luckily

B．importantly

C．unfortunately

D．happily

【4】

A．fairest

B．fullest

C．cheapest

D．easiest

【5】

A．love

B．sympathy

C．embarrassment

D．desperation

【6】

A．depended

B．figured

C．insisted

D．focused

【7】

A．appreciate

B．realize

C．confirm

D．describe

【8】

A．of

B．with

C．in

D．on

【9】

A．club

B．sport

C．job

D．injury

【10】

A．interesting

B．frightening

C．challenging

D．deserving

【11】

A．competitions

B．vacations

C．practices

D．performances

【12】

A．enthusiastically

B．patiently

C．honestly

D．violently

【13】

A．take away

B．pick up

C．break down

D．sort out

【14】

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．last

【15】

A．distance

B．enemy

C．air

D．target

【16】

A．suffer from

B．benefit from

C．adapt to

D．take to

【17】

A．busier

B．clearer

C．closer

D．richer

【18】

A．suspected

B．insisted

C．concluded

D．imagined

【19】

A．excuses

B．responsibilities

C．permissions

D．motivations

【20】

A．care

B．aim

C．action

D．defeat

26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Biographers (传记作家) gather information from many different sources. Legal documents and personal papers can reveal facts such as a person’s birthplace, income, number of children, and lifespan. Letters or a diary may contain valuable information about the person’s friends and activities, thoughts and feelings. All of these materials are called primary sources because they contain firsthand information ---- information that does not depend on the opinions or interpretations of others.

A biographer also checks secondary sources. The subject’s friends and relatives may be interviewed. If the subject died long ago, the biographer looks for anything written about him or her. Secondary sources supply secondhand information, and so a biographer must use them with care. The subject’s friends will want the biography to be favorable, while others may wish it to be unfavorable. The biographer must avoid both extremes. The biographer’s job is not to make readers like or dislike the subject, but to give as complete and truthful a picture of the person as possible. This means the biography should include both good and bad qualities, both accomplishments and mistakes. James Boswell, the author of a great biography of his friend Samuel Johnson, wrote, “And he will be seen as he really was; for I profess to write, not his panegyric (颂文), which must all praise, but his life, which, great and good as he was, must not be supposed to be entirely perfect.”

Much biographical writing falls short of Boswell’s standards. Ancient records of the deeds of kings and emperors were written to praise and flatter these rulers. Writers of saints’ (圣人) lives in the Middle Ages were often more interested in the moral message than the events of a life. Many 19th-century biographers did not reveal any improper or embarrassing details of their subjects’ lives. Though they may be interesting or inspiring, these works fail as biographies chiefly because their purpose is to point up a moral rather than describe an individual.