松原2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、I didn’t want to drive all the way to Shanghai by myself, so I ______ Henry, my American friend, to ride with me.

A. confirmed  B. consulted

C. persuaded   D. permitted

2、I like the city, but I like the country better   I have more friends there.

A.in which B.for which C.in that D.at that

3、The English play _____ my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.

A. for which  B. in which

C. at  which  D. on which

4、At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River _____, one of the ten largest cities in China.

A. Chongqing lies B. lies Chongqing

C. does lie Chongqing D. does Chongqing lie

5、Visitors can stand on the top of Oriental Pearl Television Tower, from ________ they can have a better view of the city of Shanghai.

A.that B.when C.what D.which

6、— Ken, ___________, but your TV is going too loud.

— Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll turn it down right now.

A. I’d like to talk with you   B. I’m really tired

C. I need your help D. I hate to say this

7、Take a taxi,   you'll miss your train.

A.and B.if C.otherwise D.but

8、This morning I picked up a wallet and I traced the person______it belonged according to the information on a card in the wallet.

A．of which

B．to which

C．of whom

D．to whom

9、I have decided that the course of conduct(行动) I am following is _____ with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war.

A. compulsory   B. conventional

C. controversial   D. consistent

10、I decided to do something to regain my good name as a kindly aunt. My ____, Frost, had never forgiven me for the dictionary I had bought him as a birthday present last year.

A.grandson B.cousin C.niece D.nephew

11、——Your argument is .I will not let you pass.

--Are you kidding?

A. sound   B. rational

C. liberal   D. plain

12、--How long do you expect it   before the African can keep the disease under control?

--As soon as possible.

A. is   B. has been

C. will be   D. will have been

13、I would have attended your birthday party last night but for the fact that it   at that time.

A.was raining B.had been raining C.had rained D.would rain

14、—Why not go to Lahsa for a visit during the October 1st vacation?

—Sounds fine. It deserves _______.

A. considered   B. to consider

C. considering   D. being considered

15、---What bad luck! I had a cut in salary yesterday.

--- _____. I warned you not to be late repeatedly but you ignored it.

A. You asked for it   B. Never mind

C. Take it easy D. By all means

16、—Oh, I’m sorry for being late.

—It doesn’t matter. The film   for just five minutes.

A．started  B．has started     C．has been on

17、Tesla has more than 25,000 "supercharger" locations,________ it the largest charging network in the world.

A．has made

B．making

C．makes

D．to make

18、As the job-hunting season is on the way，many graduates from anxiety．

A．will be suffered B．are suffering

C．were suffering D．are being suffered

19、There are plenty of jobs ________ in the western part of the country.

A．present

B．available

C．precious

D．convenient

20、According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to ___ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.

A. differ B. shrink C. fail   D. decline

21、Two days after eight e-sports games were officially announced to be included in the 19th Asian Games, China's Edward Gaming (EDG) team earned its first League of Legends World Championship title with a 3-2 win over South Korea in a tough battle on November 7th, immediately drawing cheers from people around the country. The topic "EDG wins" had been viewed more than 2.63 billion times as of press on Sina Weibo, ranking the top trending topic for a long time.

With the popularity of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been appearing, of which e-sports are the most popular. Unlike texts and videos, e-sports go beyond the barriers of language and are understandable around the world. E-sports mostly appeal to those in their early 20s, as shown by the carnival of college students. That in turn makes them a good bridge of communication between young Chinese people and their competitors around the world.

More importantly, the e-sports industry is sustainable in spreading Chinese culture, as the large audiences mean huge commercial potential. In 2020 alone, the sales income of the domestic e-sports industry reached 278.69 billion yuan, and involved 280,000 enterprises, which in tum created over 10 million jobs. According to a media report, nearly 95 percent of graduates from e-sports majors at the Communication University of China in Nanjing, succeeded in finding a job after graduation this year, with 62 percent of them devoted to the e-sports industry, including video game clubs, game design companies and game competition operation companies.

The inclusion of e-sports in major sporting events has been a much-discussed topic in recent years. With more Chinese gaming clubs and teams appearing , the industry is expected to further prosper (繁荣) and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.

【1】What did people on Chinese social media cheer for?

A．Eight e-sports would be included in Asian Games.

B．EDG won the League of Legends World Championship.

C．China's e-sports industry was recognized by the world.

D．The 19th Asian Games were announced to be held in China.

【2】Which of the following best describes the popularity of E-sports?

A．E-sports games lead to the popularity of digital technology.

B．E-sports games help people of all ages to communicate better.

C．E-sports industry plays an important role in spread cultures.

D．E-sports industry gives young people better jobs.

【3】What do the numbers in Paragraph 3 mainly indicate?

A．The huge commercial potential of e-sports players.

B．The difficulties of developing e-sports.

C．The importance of digital technology.

D．The great contributions of e-sports industry.

【4】What is the author's attitude towards the future of the e-sports industry?

A．Hopeful.

B．Dissatisfied.

C．Doubtful.

D．Negative.

22、Three-dimensional printers are fast becoming everyday devices in the United States. Three-D printers are used to make everything from automobile parts to bone replacements for human patients. American research scientists are now working on creating replacements for living tissue.

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have been working on creating and manufacturing living tissue since 2003．This process is called biofabrication (生物制造) . It requires special printing equipment and a special kind of ink.

Traditional printers require ink to produce an image or design on a piece of paper. For their three-D printer, the South Carolina researchers prepare complex nutritious solutions they call bio-inks. Bio-inks are made of proteins and glucose (葡萄糖) , which normally provides energy for most cells of the body. The researchers also add living cells taken from the animal that will receive the new, printed tissue. The bio-inks are then added to a device that researchers call the Palmetto bio-printer.

Sarah Grace Dennis is one of the researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. She says new technology, like the Palmetto bio-printer, is a great help to the biofabrication process.

The bio-inks are placed in three dispensers (分配器) , containers, inside the printer. Lasers control both the position of the printing surface and the places where the bio-ink is released.

Michael Yost is a leader of the research team. He says the printing process is fully automated— machine-operated. He says that the Palmetto bio-printer makes it possible to create complex tissue types.

The researchers say bio-printing is still experimental. But they hope in a few years they may be able to print tissue to replace damaged human organs.

But there are still some problems which need to be solved. Some scientists worry about how to get blood to the replacement tissue. The flow of blood is important to keep the printed tissue alive.

Michael Yost hopes that more people will believe in the benefits of biofabrication.

“Tissue biofabrication is a reality, and it is a reality now, and if you come here and you get to see it. You will get to see it. You can’t touch it, but you will see it and think this is real. And this is really human.”

【1】What can we know about the bio-inks?

A．They are the necessities of bio-printing.

B．They only contain proteins and glucose.

C．They can be placed in the traditional printers.

D．They are available in our local drugstores.

【2】Which of the following is one of the concerns with biofabrication?

A．Researchers can’t find enough living cells of animals to make the bio-inks.

B．The price of the bio-printer is too high and most people can’t afford it.

C．Scientists have some difficulty in getting the blood to the replacement tissue.

D．People are worried about the safety of the biofabrication process.

【3】According to Michael Yost, we can infer that   .

A．the Palmetto bio-printer can work without power

B．the Palmetto bio-printer has been used to treat the patients

C．the Palmetto bio-printer can only be found in the United States

D．the Palmetto bio-printer will have a bright future in medical use

【4】The passage mainly tells us about   .

A．the three-D printer and its working principles

B．the bio-inks and their use in bio-printing

C．the spread use of the bio-printer in the USA

D．the growing demand for biofabrication

23、   Until the 1990s coffee was rarely served in China except at luxury hotels aimed at foreigners. When Starbucks opened its first shop there in 1999, it was far from clear that the country’s tea-drinkers would take to such a different and usually more costly source of caffeine. Starbucks tried to attract customers to coffee’s bitter taste by promoting milk and sugar-heavy concoctions(调和) such as Frappuccinos.

But coffee has become fashionable among the middle class in China. Starbucks now has about 3, 800 shops in China more than in any other country outside America. Statista, a business-intelligence portal(门户网站), says the roast coffee market in China is growing by more than10 %year. Starbucks and its rivals see big opportunities for expanding there.

So too, however, do home-grown competitors. A major new presence is Luckin Coffee, Beijing- based chain. Since its founding less than two years ago, it has opened more than 2,300 shops. On May 17th Luckin’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq stockmarket raised more than $570m,giving it a value of about $4bn.

Luckin’s remarkable growth is sign of change. No longer do Chinese consumers see coffee as such a luxury. Most of Luckin’s shops are merely kiosks where busy white-collar workers pick up their drinks, having ordered them online. Super-fast delivery can also be arranged through the company’s app. Independent coffee shops are springing up. The growth is striking considering the country’s reputation for its tea-drinking culture where many residents like to relax in teahouses sipping tea served gracefully.

But the two markets are different. The teahouses tend to cater to older people who like to spend long hours playing mahjong and gossiping. At the coffee shops it is rare to see anyone over 40. Young people use them for socialising, but much of their interaction is online -sharing photos of their drinks and of the coffee-making equipment. An option on the Chinese rating app Dianping allows users to search for wanghong ("internet viral") coffee houses.

【1】How did Starbucks try to appeal to Chinese consumers?

A.By reducing the price slightly. B.By introducing the benefits of coffee.

C.By making coffee taste not so bitter. D.By promoting its products effectively.

【2】What does Luckin Coffee’s growth suggest?

A.People tend to like coffee’s bitter taste.

B.People’s views on coffee-drinking have changed.

C.People in China can afford coffee now.

D.Tea is no longer part of Chinese culture.

【3】What does the underlined word “kiosks” in paragraph 4 mean?

A.Places where people can drink beer.

B.Restaurants where food can be taken away.

C.Shops aimed at people who like drinking.

D.Small shops where drinks are sold.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.Coffee is taking off in China.

B.Tea-drinking is not popular.

C.Coffee or tea, which do you prefer?

D.Coffee has become people’s favorite in China.

24、Almost everyone has heard the expression, “the calm before the storm”.It is usually used to describe a peaceful period just before a very stressful situation or a tense argument.

British sailors coined the phrase in the late 1600s; they noted that before certain storms the seas would seem to become static and the winds would drop.

But why is it often so calm before a storm?

Science has given us the answer. According to US infotainment (资讯娱乐) website How Stuff Works, a calm period occurs because many storms, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, draw in all the warm and humid air from the surrounding area. As this air rises into the storm clouds, it cools and acts as “fuel for the storm, like petrol in a car”.

Once the storm has taken all the energy it can from the air, it is pushed out from the top of the storm clouds and falls back down to ground level. As the air descends, it becomes warm and dry. Warm, dry air is stable, so once it covers an area, it causes a calm period before the storm.

This same process also causes the “eye of the storm” in hurricanes and tornadoes. In these conditions, the calm occurs in the center of the storm because of the strong rotating winds.

The Weather Network has a tip for working out how far away a storm is.First, count how many seconds there are between a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder. Roughly three seconds equal one kilometer. So, for example, if you count nine seconds, the storm is about 3 kilometers away. A good evaluation is that if your count is below 30 seconds, you should seek shelter straight away.

However, due to the complexity of storm system, not all storms are preceded by calm. Given the right conditions, some storms announce themselves with heavy rain and chilling winds.

So, your best bet is to keep yourself updated with weather reports for any predictions regarding a coming storm in your area. That’s the most reliable and sensible way to predict the next display of nature’s temper.

【1】The underlined word “static” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．violent

B．quiet

C．fast-changing

D．warm

【2】What is the main idea of Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A．To explain how a storm comes into being.

B．To support previous research on storm clouds.

C．To explain why a peaceful period occurs before a storm.

D．To show how dangerous a storm can be in certain situations.

【3】If there are 15 seconds between a flash of lightning and a thunder clap,how far away is the storm?

A．Three kilometers.

B．Four kilometers.

C．Five kilometers.

D．Six kilometers.

【4】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Storms have a big influence on life.

B．It is not always quiet before a storm.

C．Weather reports may fail to predict a storm.

D．Heavy storms don’t usually last for a long time.

25、   As a girl of eight years old, I couldn't avoid crossing a crime-filled neighborhood to go to school. Nobody got __ when there was a crime, not even if a killing was happening directly across from our __:"What's that, Mom? Someone is screaming!" "Turn off the light! Stay __! Keep your voice down!" Mom would __.

Usually, I would see other girls that I knew, and I would catch up and we would __ together. Along this route was an old grey house with a __. It never caught my attention __ a kind and lovely elderly lady __ us with a musical voice and a smile." Look in my apple tree!" she said." Do you see the Cedar Waxwings?" Well, I had never known what the __ was called. Every school day, my friends and I would __ the old lady to see if she was __. She had taken this little yard and made it a small paradise of flower beds: so established that she __ had lived there for many years. She enjoyed our frequent visits and told us all kinds of things about birds and nature. We __ to love her.

But one day, we didn't __ her. Though we looked, there was never a __ of her: her garden began to look __ and the greyness of the house seemed to take over the colorful mood. We were __ to know where she had gone. One of us __ to open the gate and knocked at the door, but the dear old woman would never greet us again.

Every time I __ a bird, especially a Cedar Waxwing, I think of her. Every time I face a hardship,

I remember her grace and dignity. Her __ in the old house made it beautiful.

【1】A.satisfied B.inspired C.moved D.involved

【2】A.school B.house C.neighborhood D.town

【3】A.awake B.low C.imaginative D.enthusiastic

【4】A.reply B.shout C.announce D.whisper

【5】A.walk B.play C.fight D.study

【6】A.view B.pond C.yard D.mystery

【7】A.until B.when C.because D.where

【8】A.begged B.treated C.instructed D.greeted

【9】A.fruit B.tree C.bird D.flower

【10】A.look after B.look for C.learn from D.learn about

【11】A.gardening B.smiling C.reading D.watching

【12】A.accidentally B.probably C.frequently D.hardly

【13】A.agreed B.expected C.tried D.grew

【14】A.visit B.miss C.see D.love

【15】A.sign B.story C.memory D.photo

【16】A.fresh B.wild C.typical D.green

【17】A.at a time B.at a speed C.at a loss D.at a stage

【18】A.promised B.planned C.threatened D.dared

【19】A.admire B.draw C.keep D.catch

【20】A.participation B.victory C.presence D.interest

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。

Marco stared at the blank canvas (油画布) spreading out before him, its stark whiteness almost laughing at his sudden lack of inspiration. He was in his final year of high school, and his art portfolio (画集) was fast approaching its due date in a week. This canvas was meant to be his masterpiece, the crown jewel of his collection, but all his ideas seemed to escape the moment he stood before it. “What’s wrong with me? What should I do?” Marco murmured to himself.

Having grown up in the bustling city of New York, Marco had always found beauty in the chaos. The harshness of roaring cars, the colorful palette of street art, the symphony of diverse tongues and the odd behaviors of the passengers-all served as inspirations for his art. Yet, now, when it mattered most, he found himself lost.

Upset and distressed, Macro walked out, longing to run across something unexpected. Unaware of the duration of his wandering through the streets of the city, Marco chanced upon a small, hidden park he had never noticed before. It was a pocket of quiet amid the urban uproar, which attracted Marco immediately. An old man sat on a bench, feeding pigeons that flocked around him in a dance of fluttering wings.

The old man noticed Marco’s thoughtful gaze and gestured him over. They struck up a conversation aimlessly as if they had been old friends for a long time. In their talk, everything was full of interest from life to art. At last Marco confided (倾诉) his artistic block to the old man. The old man listened intently before offering a piece of wisdom. And then, the old man stood up slowly and patted Marco’s shoulder softly. “Sometimes, the best inspiration comes from the places we least expect. Look beyond what you see.” The gentleman said in all earnestness.

要求:

1. 续写词数应为 150 左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The next day, Marco returned to his canvas.

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The time presenting his portfolio came soon.

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