宁波2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Reminded that her family would move out of the familiar neighborhood, the little girl _______ from head to toe the whole night.

A. has shaken B. was shaking

C. had shaken D. is shaking

2、Children, if well ________, are not likely to make any trouble in public places.

A. having educated   B. educating

C. to be educated   D. educated

3、--- Mr. Anderson is popular with his students, for he is kind, strict and knowledgeable.

--- No wonder he has such a good_________.

A. reputation   B. tradition

C. preference   D. presentation

4、Rather than______ on a crowded bus, he always chooses to run to school.

A. riding B. to ride   C. ride   D. rides

5、—How did you make contact with the travel agent, Susan?

—Oh, that’s easy. I surfed the Internet and then called one _____ the telephone number is provided.

A. that     B. in which

C. of which   D. whose

6、—I’m planning to go to Kingdom of Cambodia this summer vacation. I think the trip will be exciting.

—____, as it’s the rainy season then.

A. Yes, it will   B. Of course not

C. You can say so    D. It’s hard to say

7、Mr. Black, as well as the professor who________ from Beijing University, ________ to attend our school meeting.

A. come; is B. comes; are C. comes; is D. come; are

8、Finally, I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for my grandma __________ the fact that she had developed cancer.

A. In favor of   B. in possession of

C. in view of D. in charge of

9、________the phenomenon of “bystander effect” in picking up the fallen elders, most Chinese strongly believe that there still exist love and warmth in people’s hearts.

A．In spite of

B．In addition to

C．On account of

D．On behalf of

10、If you don’t know how to spell new words ,_______ in a dictionary.

A．look them up

B．find out them

C．look up them

D．look at them.

11、Were you really great and powerful, you your promises.

A. will keep   B. shall keep

C. must keep   D. would keep

12、Mr. Mao, who_________as a construction worker for over 8 years, is now a distinguished lawyer in this country.

A. has worked   B. had worked

C. worked D. has been working

13、— Excuse me, Sir, I would like to have this film ________, can I pick it up tomorrow?

— Sure!

A．developing

B．developed

C．develop

D．to develop

14、The old man, for   _life had been very hard, donated his possessions to poor villages in   Anhui．

A．whose B．whom

C．which D．that

15、________ bothers me is that the young man seems to know a bit too much.

A. Whether    B. What    C. Which         D. That

16、Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He ________ escaped drowning.

A．nearly

B．slightly

C．narrowly

D．hardly

17、Your failure in the final exam is due to the fact that you didn't ______ enough importance to your English.

A. attend   B. attack   C. attach   D. obtain

18、---Your daughter looks so thin.

---Yes, she’s so ________ about what she eats.

A． particular   B． special

C． especial       D． likely

19、Mike will become the first person in his family ______ college education.

A. finished   B. having finished

C. finishing   D. to finish

20、How long do you think the car factory launches a new model?

A.will it be until B.it will be before

C.will it be when D.it will be that

21、Whether you want to be a leader, coach or entrepreneur—knowing how to give advice will help you. Here are the best ways to give advice.

Tell a story.

【1】. Storytelling is how you make your advice human, relatable and real. Every great speech or piece of advice comes with a story. The story is what people remember and that’s how they’ll remember your advice.

Have a good structure.

Just like a good speech, high-quality advice has a solid structure, which makes your advice easier to follow and more likely to be remembered. Be logical with your advice and structure it in a way that makes sense. 【2】. Or you can think about the timeline in relation to your advice. What events happened first or what steps do you begin with?

Use your own experience.

Many people tell stories but rarely include their own experience. Your experience is the best advice you can give. No one has exactly the same story or experience as you, so that’s what makes your advice truly unique. All of us have experiences worth sharing. 【3】.

Inject emotion.

The best advice contains your own emotion. Link your advice to emotion. It’s another practical strategy to get people to take action. We all remember when someone got emotional while giving a speech or when we felt the same emotion as the person giving us the advice. 【4】. We’ve all felt sadness, laughter or else in our lives and put these into your advice if you want to influence your audience to make a real and rapid change.

Giving advice is a privilege and it should never be taken for granted. 【5】. Don’t forget that.

A．One tip is to keep your story long

B．Start with your most important point

C．We all have special equipment that can help others

D．Emotion is what can make your advice feel universal

E．The sole purpose of giving advice is to help someone

F．Your personal experiences are more valuable than you think

G．Dry information and statistics don’t inspire people to make a change or listen to you

22、While doing some grocery shopping one day, I realized I had spent close to 30 minutes just in the produce section,meticulously(一丝不苟地) choosing the best-looking apples, bananas that were ripe but not spotted and ears of corn with perfectly neat rows of kernels(谷粒). However, I bet I'm not the only one that rejects the slightest imperfections in fruits and vegetables.

I've also seen how my pursuit of perfect produce has influenced my children. When I pack their lunches, I make sure I include fleshy tomatoes, crisp blueberries, and cucumbers without any scratches. But one day when my daughter refused to eat a pear that was turning slightly brown, I knew I had to change my way. I realized I was unconsciously teaching my children to accept society's standards of perfection and that these perceptions could have a disastrous impact on our environment.

In the US, up to 40 percent of food is wasted every year. Around 20 percent of food waste is produced directly at the farm, for the so-called "ugly" food may not meet certain standards set by grocery stores, though the food is still perfectly consumable.

On a recent night, I attended a dinner party to raise awareness about this growing problem. It was the brainchild of food waste activist Josh Treuhaft, which was an intimate gathering of 16 people dining on a table made from recycled wood. The chef, Pesha Perlsweig, prepared a six-course meal with food, which was purchased from Imperfect Produce that specifically sells "ugly" fruit and vegetables. The organic twisted carrots or knobbly(多疙瘩的) sweet potatoes can be bought at this market for 30 to 50 percent of the price.

I was impressed by Perlsweig's creative, delicious dishes made from the "ugly" food. Before each dish, Perlsweig offered guests tips on how we can reduce our food waste. After the evening's dinner, I became inspired to rethink the way I shopped for and consumed food, and to accept the imperfect. Though looking ugly, the food contains no less nutrition than normal food. Furthermore, it's cheap at the price. My actions inspired my daughter to think differently as well. I'm hoping that these small changes in our perception can make a big difference to our world.

【1】Why did the author spend about 30 minutes buying produce?

A．She was very picky about produce.

B．She had lots of spare time that day.

C．She is addicted to grocery shopping.

D．She had difficulty in making a decision.

【2】What can we learn about the private gathering?

A．Lots of food went to waste that day.

B．The guests got some tips at the gathering.

C．Most of the dishes were made from organic food.

D．It aimed to recommend a chef cooking "ugly" food.

【3】Which of the following is NOT the reason why the author accepted the imperfect food?

A．It is more delicious after creatively cooked.

B．It is cheap and as nutritious as perfect food.

C．It can always help to protect the environment.

D．It can have a good effect on children's growth.

【4】What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A．To offer tips on how to reduce food waste.

B．To introduce a new market for "ugly" food.

C．To share her experience of educating children.

D．To show how she fell in love with "ugly" food.

23、

Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries.These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go.But,they can also cause a lot of problems, send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost.Many times,the driver is to blame.Sometimes a GPS error is responsible.Most often,says Barry Brown,an expert in human-computer interaction,it is a combination of the two.

We spoke to Mr Brown by Skype (网络电话软件).He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States.There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay.Barry Brown:“And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination.And,then it wasn't until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they actually put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived.They actually put their home address ia So again,the GPS is kind of 'garbage in garbage out'”.

Mr Brown says this is a common human error.But,he says,what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings,or failures,of GPS equipment.Barry Brown:“One problem with a lot of the GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn.Because they just give you the next turn,sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it's going to the wrong place.”

Barry Brown once worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh.The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people's cars.They wrote a paper based on their research.It is called “The Normal,Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS”.It lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers.These include maps that are outdated,incorrect or difficult to understand.They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.

Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers,passengers and GPS systems work together.

【1】In Paragraph 2,Mr Brown mentioned his friend in the conversation to .

A.build up his own reputation

B.laugh at his stupid friend

C.prove the GPS system is only garbage

D.describe an example of human error

【2】Which of the following statements would Barry Brown most likely agree with?

A.GPS units are to blame for most GPS service failures.

B.We should introduce higher standards for the driving license.

C.Cameras are urgently needed to help improve GPS systems.

D.Drivers,GPS systems and passengers should unite to improve GPS systems.

【3】What is Mr Brown's attitude towards GPS?

A.Unconcerned.  B.Prejudiced.  C.Objective.  D.Critical.

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

A.Driving with GPS can be difficult

B.Driving confusions can be caused by small screens

C.Driving without GPS should be much more convenient

D.GPS equipment in driving:to be deserted or improved?

24、Dubai(迪拜)is one of the economically richest places in the world. With its numerous malls, hotels, and beautiful beaches, Dubai has always been a popular holiday destination. This city was visited by around 5 million tourists each year. The government wanted to increase this number to 15 million. However, Dubai has only 45 miles of coastline, which is nowhere enough for so many people. To solve this problem, an island that looked like a palm tree was built in 2006, and named the Palm Jumeirah.

The plan for the island was extraordinary. It was to host several hotels, shopping malls, restaurants, and homes. Although the initial plan was to build the island from concrete(水泥), a decision was taken to create it from sand and gravel(砾石), so as to give it a natural look.

To make sure that this project was a success, the best engineers from across the world were employed. Engineers from Holland formed the majority in this group. To begin with, the engineers calculated the strength of storms at sea, and also the expected amount of rise in water levels due to global warming. And then they found that, the proposed location for the island was neither very wide nor deep.

One of the difficulties the engineers came across was to put sand on the sea bed to create the breakwater(防浪堤).Finding the right sand for the project was also a daunting task, as the sand from Dubai’s deserts was too fine. Instead, sand from the sea was used, as it was coarser(粗糙). Once the breakwater was built, construction of the island began.

The Palm Island are really impressive in terms of engineering. However, these projects are so large that they may have changed the ecology of the region. Also, an immense amount of money and resources go into maintaining the islands, which is a major concern at the moment. Only time will tell if building the Palm Islands was actually a good decision.

【1】What does Paragraph 1 mainly show us?

A. Beautiful attractions of Dubai.

B. The geographical features of Dubai.

C. The purposes of building the Palm Jumeirah,

D. The difficulty in developing the tourism industry.

【2】Why were some changes made to the initial plan for the project?

A. To reduce the building cost.   B. To get the islands completed sooner.

C. To get the building materials more easily.   D. To make the island look more natural,

【3】What does the underlined word"daunting" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. meaningless   B. difficult   C. Impossible   D. necessary

【4】According to the last paragraph, how is the construction of the Palm Islands?

A. Profitable.   B. Surprising.   C. Worrying.   D. Unbelievable.

25、   Research has shown that two-thirds of human conversation is taken up not with discussion ofthe cultural or political problems of the day, not heated debates about filmswe've just watched or books we've just finished reading, but plain and simple_______.

Language is our greatest treasure as a species, and what do we _______ do with it? We gossip. About others' behaviour and private lives, such as who's doing what with whom, who's in and who's out——and why; how to deal with difficult_______ situations involving children, lovers, and colleagues.

So why are wekeen on gossiping? Are we just natural _______, of both time and words? Or do we talk a lot about nothing in particular simply to avoid facing up to the reallyimportant issues of life? It's not the case according to Professor RobinDunbar. In fact, in his latest book, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, the psychologist says gossip is one of these really_______issues.

Dunbar _______the traditional view that language was developed by the men at the early stage of social development in order to organize their manly hunting activities moreeffectively, or even to promote the exchange of poetic stories about their origins and the supernatural. Instead he suggests that language evolved among women. We don't spend two-thirds of our time gossiping just because we can talk, argues Dunbar —_______, he goes on to say, language evolved specifically to allow us to gossip.

Dunbar arrived at his cheery theory by studying the _______ of the higher primates likemonkeys. By means of grooming——cleaning the fur by brushing it,monkeys form groups with other individuals on whom they can rely for support inthe event of some kind of conflict within the group or_______ from outside it.

As we humanbeings evolve from a particular branch of the primate family, Dunbar __________that at one time in our history we did much the same. Grouping together made sense because the bigger the group, the greater the __________ it provided; on theother hand, the bigger the group, the greater the stresses of living close toothers. Grooming helped to __________ the pressure and calm everybody down.

But as thegroups got bigger and bigger, the amount of time spent in grooming activities also had to be __________ to maintain its effectiveness. Clearly, a more __________kind of grooming was needed, and thus language evolved as a kind of vocal grooming which allowed humans to develop relationship with ever-larger groups by exchanging information over a wider network of individuals than would bepossible by one-to-one __________ contact.

【1】A.claim B.description C.gossip D.language

【2】A.occasionally B.habitually C.independently D.originally

【3】A.social B.political C.historical D.cultural

【4】A.admirers B.masters C.users D.wasters

【5】A.vital B.sensitive C.ideal D.difficult

【6】A.confirms B.rejects C.outlines D.broadens

【7】A.for instance B.in addition C.on the contrary D.as a result

【8】A.motivation B.appearance C.emotion D.behavior

【9】A.attack B.contact C.inspection D.assistance

【10】A.recalls B.denies C.concludes D.confesses

【11】A.prospect B.responsibility C.leadership D.protection

【12】A.measure B.show C.maintain D.ease

【13】A.saved B.extended C.consumed D.gained

【14】A.common B.efficient C.scientific D.thoughtful

【15】A.indirect B.daily C.physical D.secret

26、假定你是李津，是校学生会主席。请给你校来自英国的外教Peter写封邮件。邀请他下周在你校每周一期“世界各地”论坛（Places around the world forum）发表演说，介绍英国首都伦敦。邮件主要内容包括：

1.简介“世界各地”论坛；2.发出邀请；3.演说主题；4.期待回复。

注意：

1.词数不少于100；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li Jin