杭州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、As is known, only   hard leads to happiness.

A. work   B. works

C. worked   D. working

2、I think of my countless failures and how they’ve contributed________ to making me what I am nowadays.

A．regularly

B．considerably

C．equally

D．deliberately

3、It is estimated that hopefully about 0. 5 billion families_______5G terminals by 2025, when there is a sharp drop in price.

A．have used

B．will have used

C．will be using

D．are using

4、________ at the cafeteria before, Tina didn't want to eat there again.

A. Having eaten   B. To eat   C. Eat   D. Eating

5、We are so tired. ______ we could take the day off tomorrow!

A. Only if

B. What if

C. If only

D. If so

6、Many white collars went back to second and third-tier cities only ______that housing prices there are also jumping, traffic jams increasing and the air becoming dirty.

A. to have found   B. found   C. to find   D. finding

7、Wu Lei is the only Chinese player   has made it onto the latest World Soccer 500 list.

A. who   B. which

C. whose   D. whom

8、Though his plan was a total ______from established practices, the result was satisfying.

A.substitute B.prohibition C.departure D.judgment

9、— I really never enjoyed myself so much at the concert yesterday.

— How I wish I _________ not always so busy and had been with you!

A.am B.would be C.were D.had been

10、Monsanto, a big company, denies the novel coronavirus infection of one of its customers was caused by its product and says it will ______.

A.appeal B.apologize C.modify D.compromise

11、—I’m not looking forward to this. It’s going to be a really hard exam.

—Oh,________I’m sure we’ll all get good marks.

A．I can’t agree more.

B．You’d better get started.

C．You must be kidding me.

D．I won’t worry about it too much.

12、Thanks to Chinese authorities’ effective measures, Covid-19 across China is under control for the time being; however, the impact of the lockdown on the Chinese economy was laid _______ in a new data.

A.bare B.invalid C.evident D.generous

13、--- How messy it is! Kevin, can I come in?

--- Oh, I'm so sorry. The house____.

A. is being cleaned   B. has been cleaned

C. is cleaning   D. was cleaned

14、It was a long time before the cut on my hand______ completely.

A.healed B.cured C.improved D.recovered

15、Even a small personal computer   store vast amounts of information.

A. might   B. can

C. ought to   D. has to

16、Some experts hold the view that fundamental construction is _____ the key to the little island development lies.

A. which   B. what C. where   D. why

17、Diligence and self-discipline are ________ need to make it to our ideal university in the near future, especially at this particular moment.

A.all that B.all what C.that all D.what all

18、The new supermarket has announced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day ________ get a big prize.

A.must B.could

C.would D.shall

19、The pattern of sharing in tasks and decisions ______ equality, and this ______ leads to further sharing.

A. accounts for, in return   B. differs from, in turn

C. makes for, in turn   D. arise from, in return

20、Our government has taken measures to   the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable.

A.take down B.bring down

C.hand down D.tear down

21、Like many inventions, language translators were imagined by writers long before they became real. In Hugo Gernsback's 1911 novel A Romance of the Year 2660, characters use a video telephone that can translate form one language to another. A language translator also appears in Murray Leinster's 1945 First Contact. In that story. humans and creatures from another planet construct a translation device together after making first contact with one another. The idea of the language translator didn't become truly popular, however, until the “universal translator” appeared in the Star Trek series, which delighted television viewers in the 1970s. That device was universal in the sense that it could translate any language that it encountered.

The first real language translator was demonstrated by engineers from the IBM company and Georgetown University in 1954. Their machine could only translate Russian sentences into English.

Language translators have come a long way since then. Today, online translations can be accessed easily at no cost to users. With translation apps like Google Translate or iTranslate, users sometimes don't even have to look things up. All they need to do is point their cellphone's camera at some writing, and a translation instantly appears. If users want to translate something being said aloud, they just turn on their phone's microphone. All of these features save time and effort.

Translation apps make foreign travel much easier than before. They are invaluable when it comes to communicating with taxi drivers or hotel staff who don't speak a traveler's native language. But these apps are far from perfect. Sometimes a translation makes no sense, forcing the user to guess what the translation means. At other times, the user might not know that the translation has failed until he or she shows it to native speaker.

【1】What does the article imply about language translators?

A．Their parts were too difficult to manufacture.

B．Their legal status was in doubt for some time.

C．Their looks have changed little over the years.

D．Their origins can be found in science fiction.

【2】What does the article point out about online translations?

A．They're longer than necessary.

B．They're available free of charge.

C．They're offensive to some people.

D．They're published on social media.

【3】Which aspect of Google Translate or iTranslate does the article emphasize?

A．Their understanding of classic idioms

B．Their leisurely approach to analyzing texts.

C．Their intemal software and processes.

D．Their convenience in different situations.

【4】How does the writer conclude this article?

A．By noting that language translators don't have any competition.

B．By discussing how language translators are expected to evolve

C．By explaining why language translators aren't totally reliable

D．By describing the important virtues of language translators

22、If you’re like most people, you’re too busy eating pizza to stop and consider how it arrived on your kitchen counter. Ponder it long enough, though, and you may find it curious that pies usually come in square or other boxes that are different from the round crust. So why don’t pizzas arrive in round cardboard boxes?

It’s mostly because the pizza industry doesn’t really care to disrupt the cardboard industry. Cardboard boxes are usually manufactured with edges (i.e. square or rectangular) because they can be made in one piece as well as neatly stacked (堆放).

The advantage of making a round pizza box would mainly be good-looking. It’s not going to saves pace over an edged box. In the case of frozen pizzas, stacking pies vertically runs the risk of them rolling out of place. It’s just bad pizza management.

Of course, there are exceptions. Many pizzerias offer sheet or Sicilian-style pizzas, which are served in a rectangular shape and better fit a rectangular box. And some chains have toyed with the conventional pizza bot shape. Domino’s has a six-sided design with tapered (锥形的) front edges intended to reduce the cardboard used and limit the company’s carbon footprint. (It also reportedly keeps the pizza from sliding around.)

Pizza wasn’t always served in square cardboard. In the 1800s, street sellers carried pies in portable metal containers that kept them warm. When pizza started rising in popularity in postwar America, pizzerias used a single piece of cardboard as support and then slipped the pie into a paper bag. Eventually, corrugated (波纹的) cardboard struck a fine balance between preserving heat without trapping too much moisture.

Will we ever see a complete rethink of the pizza box? Some people have tried. In 2010, Apple filed for a patent for a round pizza container with holes so moisture can escape. It’s used in the company’s food courts. Another company, World Centric, designed a compostable (可降解的) round box in 2018 that can be used to reheat pizza. A similar product was test-marketed by Pizza Hut in 2019. All of the designs boasted of keeping pizzas warmer and crispier for longer, but none have become commonly used.

For the most part, you’re still likely to encounter square boxes. Pizza is, after all, about finding comfort in the familiar.

【1】How does the writer introduce the topic?

A．By describing a common problem.

B．By raising a question.

C．By challenging others’ views.

D．By making a comparison.

【2】Why do pizzas usually come in square boxes?

A．Square boxes are good-looking.

B．The pizza industry cares it much.

C．Square boxes can be made and stacked easily.

D．Square boxes can keep pizzas warmer and crispier for longer.

【3】What is the sixth paragraph mainly about?

A．The bright future of the pizza box.

B．Significant changes of the pizza box.

C．Failed attempts of several companies.

D．Successful examples of several companies.

【4】Which of the following can be the title of the passage?

A．Why do round pizzas come in square boxes?

B．How did pizza boxes develop into what it is?

C．What advantages do square pizza boxes have?

D．How did square pizza boxes come into being?

23、Recently, I had lunch with a young Chinese student who studies at a college in New York. He is very bright and ambitious and I enjoyed our conversation. Still, I felt upset and useless afterwards because I was not able to provide him with any good news. Graduating at the end of this year, he asked me how he could find a job in this country and fulfill his career dreams.

In recent years, students who found a job here after graduation have had to go through a cruel lottery system to obtain their H-1B working visa. And the success rates have been declining year after year because of the ever growing number of applicants. Last year, there were 233,000 applicants and only 30 percent of them were lucky, about half of the rate in 2013.

And it can only become worse. US former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in this country have been tightening up and this trend will continue for at least the next few years. In this case, foreign students studying social sciences, a field in which starting salaries are rarely above the required amount, can kiss their visa hopes goodbye.

Compared to the older generation of Chinese students, today’s young people no longer consider the US as the only option. Many start to think China offers better opportunities in the longer term.

This is not to say that Chinese students in the US are not interested in job opportunities here any more. A few years of work experience in the US can give them advantages when they finally land back in their home country. But if the job opportunities are largely reduced by the tightening of immigration policy, I expect there will be a decline. And if that happens, it is the American economy that will suffer from the loss of those educated, hard-working and talented immigrants.

【1】The author felt useless because ___.

A．he couldn’t find a job in the fierce job market.

B．he was less bright and ambitious than the Chinese young student.

C．he couldn’t win the cruel lottery.

D．he had to make the Chinese student realize it was difficult to find work there.

【2】Which is not the reason why foreign students have difficulty finding jobs in the US?

A．It is increasingly hard for them to get their H-1B working visa.

B．The number of applicants in the job market is ever growing.

C．Donald Trump’s immigration policies have been tightening up.

D．The starting salaries they require are higher than expected.

【3】Supposing there were 250, 000 applicants in 2013, how many of them got their H-1B working visa?

A．125, 000.

B．75, 000.

C．150. 000.

D．200, 000.

【4】What’s the writer’s attitude towards the tightening of immigration policy in the US?

A．Indifferent.

B．Concerned.

C．Favorable.

D．Objective.

24、   Learning how to cope with death has always been a central part of human existence. Even the Pixar movie Coco bases its story on the Mexican traditions of Dia de los Muertos. In this article, you will find out why and how Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead.

I once visited the Museum of Mummies in the Mexican city of Guanajuato with a Swedish friend. The mummies were displayed among fake cobwebs ( 蜘 蛛 网 ), and other cheap adornments (装饰物). Confronted with this seeming lack of respect for the dead, I explained to my shocked companion that Mexicans have a peculiarly different relationship with death to other cultures. As the Nobel Prize-winning Mexican writer Octavio Paz explained in his work:

“The Mexican ... is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, and celebrates it. True, there is as much fear in his attitude as in that of others, but at least death is not hidden away: he looks at it face to face, with impatience, disdain (鄙视) or irony.”

The celebration of the Day of the Dead — a week of festivities from 28 October to 2 November — is an essential part of this embracement of death that is particular to Mexican national identity. The popular belief is that the dead have divine permission to visit friends and relatives on earth and enjoy once again the pleasures of life. Therefore, Mexicans visit the graves of families and friends and adorn them with colorful flowers and offerings of food. The period is a joyous celebration of life, rather than a sober mourning of its passing.

The origins of the festival lie in the 16th-century fusion of the Aztecs’ belief in death as merely one part in the wider cycle of existence, their ritual venerations (仪式崇拜) and offerings to  the goddess Mictecacihuatl  (“Lady of the Dead”) for  the deceased, and the Spanish conquerors’ desire to accommodate these festivities within the Catholic celebrations of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.

In a country as socially and geographically diverse as Mexico, there is significant regional variation in the nature of festivities: the southern state of Chiapas is far more likely to focus its efforts on processions ( 队 伍 ) and public commemorations( 纪 念 ) of death than the valley of

Mexico, where the decoration of altars ( 供 坛 ) in homes and tombs of the deceased is more popular. Urbanization, too, plays a large role in regional variations. For the south and rural areas the period holds far greater social and cultural significance than in the north and large cities; families and communities in rural areas will often spend large parts of the year preparing for the occasion.

【1】Why does the author say “Mexicans have a peculiarly different relationship with death to other cultures?”

A.Because Mexicans always show their respect for death in the form of mummies.

B.Because Mexicans do not fear death or respect it.

C.Because adornments like flowers can be seen everywhere during the Day of the Dead.

D.Mexicans face death bravely rather than hide it away.

【2】Which statement is NOT true according to the origins of the Day of the Dead?

A.It was the Aztecs who determined how to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

B.The Aztecs believed death was part of the wider cycle of existence.

C.The Aztecs would give offerings to the goddess of death for their lost loved ones.

D.The Spanish conquerors wanted to fit the festivities into some of their Catholic celebrations.

【3】Why do Mexicans visit the graves of families and friends and offer colorful flowers and food?

A.Because they can ask God to permit the dead to visit them in this way.

B.To celebrate the joy of new life in spring.

C.Because the dead will be permitted to visit their families and enjoy the pleasure of life again.

D.Because this is an essential part of embracement of death.

【4】Which of the following explains the role that urbanization plays in the regional variations of celebrating the Day of the Dead?

A.People in the south and rural areas put more emphasis on the occasion.

B.People in the valleys usually decorate the alters in homes and the tombs of the dead.

C.People in the north and big cities spend large part of the year preparing for the celebration.

D.The southern states do not care about the decoration of alters at home.

25、   We had a tornado (龙卷风)touch down near the school, and as expected,，we went into our emergency tornado procedures. It was a day we never wanted to happen, but _______ prepared for throughout the school year. I wasn't even in the _______ when it happened. I had taken a student with me to the workroom to help _______items for a project. When the alarm stared _______ ,I immediately took my student ’ s hand and _______ as fast as I could back to the classroom.

Never did I imagine needing to put our tornado_______ to use. I never imagined actually needing to _______ my students up against the wall, have them crouch (蹲)down with their knees and heads_______ the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. Their hears were_______ so fast that they couldn’t catch their breath，and the ________ filled their eyes looking up at me as they asked i their families and ________ were going to be okay.

In the midst of the very ________and dangerous situation, my students ________ themselves with the attitudes and mindset of children much ________ than them. Never in my life have I seen my students ________directions so quickly, and without hesitation. Even though some tears ________ down, and some hearts were beating fast, my students were brave. They had such a firm ________ in my assistant and me that they were able to be 100% ________ . They were brave beyond their ________ today and for that, I am very grateful.

Right now, I ________ the day and am thankful for our safety，courage, and bravery.

【1】A.hardly B.continually C.safely D.suddenly

【2】A.classroom B.school C.workroom D.laboratory

【3】A.buy B.deliver C.gather D.swap

【4】A.coming about B.blowing away C.sending up D.going off

【5】A.called B.ran C.drove D.stepped

【6】A.drills B.warnings C.events D.details

【7】A.get B.put C.line D.set

【8】A.kicking B.hitting C.scratching D.touching

【9】A.beating B.jumping C.trembling D.striking

【10】A.courage B.fear C.hope D.disaster

【11】A.brothers B.classmates C.teachers D.friends

【12】A.vivid B.unique C.frightening D.practical

【13】A.enjoyed B.handled C.provided D.injured

【14】A.older B.smarter C.healthier D.luckier

【15】A.announce B.describe C.recite D.follow

【16】A.looked B.hid C.rolled D.turned

【17】A.goal B.emotion C.trust D.conclusion

【18】A.clear B.calm C.cautious D.honest

【19】A.abilities B.grades C.memories D.years

【20】A.look back on B.make up for C.look forward to D.take advantage of

26、假定你是李华，你们班来自英国的交换生David在你市举办的“外国人写汉字”的书法大赛 中获得了二等奖。请你给他写封电子邮件，内容包括：

1.表达祝贺；

2.肯定他的努力；

3.希望他明年也参加。

注意:1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇:书法calligraphy

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