金华2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、To my mind, the secret to happiness__________ your successful work and your contribution towards others’ happiness．

A．results in   B．consists in

C．brings in D．takes in

2、With doubts ______ through my mind, I felt it necessary to carry out a research．（ ）

A．to run B．run

C．running D．having run

3、I have created these sentences to give you a chance to________ the world of English vocabulary and its hidden beauty.

A．select

B．replace

C．explore

D．decorate

4、Social and economic development has contributed to an increasing______ for future．

A．demand   B．curiosity

C．anxiety D．Arrangement

5、________ the short delay gave him to gather his thoughts before going to the meeting.

A．Frankly

B．Sadly

C．Fortunately

D．Immediately

6、Dunhuang used to be a marketplace _____everybody came and were able to purchase silk, tea, porcelain(瓷器)…

A. which   B. that C. when D. where

7、The film “Schindler’s List”, was ________ by a real person, named Oskar Schindler

A. inspired   B. prompted

C. rised   D. insured

8、You look so sleepy. You must have worked till late last night, ________?

A．haven't you

B．hadn't you

C．don't you

D．didn't you

9、We are said to be living in ____ Information Age, ___ time of new discoveries and great changes.

A. the , the   B. /; the   C. /; a   D. the; a

10、It was not until I began to work that ________ how much time I had wasted.

A.did I realize B.didn’t I realize C.I realize D.I realized

11、 regular exercise is very important，it’s never a good idea to exercise too close to bedtime.

A．It

B．As

C．Although

D．Unless

12、Peter ______ basketball at a club when his girlfriend called him yesterday afternoon.

A．has played

B．had played

C．was playing

D．played

13、Assuming an earthquake ______what will we do?

A．to happen

B．happens

C．happening

D．will happen

14、While visiting another online bookstore, I found that most of the books in it were the same as _____ in the first one.

A.any B.ones C.those D.all

15、 The stadium is very splendid and attractive in appearance,   may be imagined.

A. it   B. what   C. as D. that

16、---Kevin, you look worried. Anything wrong?

---Well, I a test and I’m waiting for the result．

A. am taking B. took

C. had taken D. take

17、Jack is sort of nervous as his examination results _________ to his parents in three days.

A．were sent  B．are sent

C．have been sent  D．will be sent

18、Peter, one of my colleagues, drove too fast, ____made us nervous.

A.who B.which C.what D.that

19、---What happened to her?

---She was _____ to hospital with a soaring temperature.

A.adapted B.adjusted C.admitted D.adopted

20、Mr. Blake has been _________ professor of English and will be made full professor this term.

A. concrete   B. dynamic

C. associate   D. outspoken

21、Five years ago, French navy officer Jérôme Chardon was listening to a radio program about the journey of the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that migrates 14,000 kilometers between New Zealand and Alaska. Chardon understood how treacherous the journey would be, as heavy storms frequently hit Pacific island communities. Yet, somehow, bar-tailed godwits routinely pass through the area uninjured. Chardon wondered whether learning how birds traveled could help coastal communities avoid natural disasters.

This past January, a team from France’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) began experiments designed to test Chardon’s idea. Researchers with a project led by Frédéric Jiguet from NMNH equipped 56 birds of five species with cutting edge animal tracking technology. The team members were ferried to remote islands in French Polynesia, where they attached tags (标签) using tracking technology. These tags sent the birds’ locations to the International Space Station, which bounced the data back to scientists on Earth who could then follow the birds—waiting to see how the birds responded to natural disasters.

The project is focusing on birds’ ability to hear infrasound, the low-frequency sound humans cannot hear but that the researchers believe is the most likely signal birds would use to sense storms and tsunamis (海啸). In a 2014 study, scientists tracking a kind of golden-winged birds in the central and southeastern America found that the birds flew up to 1,500 kilometers to escape from an outbreak of tornadoes (龙卷风) that killed 35 people. The birds fled at least 24 hours before any extreme weather hit, leaving the scientists to believe that they had heard the storm system from more than 400 kilometers away.

The team plans on tagging hundreds more birds across the Pacific to prepare for a potential tsunami. “I think if there’s one wave that spreads across islands, we can get data from different species at different locations,” says Jiguet. “That will say it s worth continuing to tag and to develop local systems to better analyze this. There are chances that we will develop a bird-based tsunami early warning system.”

【1】Which of the following best explains the word “treacherous” underlined in paragraph 1?

A．Strange.

B．Boring.

C．Frequent.

D．Dangerous.

【2】What is the function of the tags?

A．Tracking natural disasters.

B．Distinguishing bird species.

C．Guiding researchers to islands.

D．Reporting the birds’ locations.

【3】Why is the 2014 study mentioned in paragraph 3?

A．To prove an assumption.

B．To clarify a concept.

C．To present a new topic.

D．To make comparisons.

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

A．How Can Birds Avoid Natural Disasters?

B．Can Birds Warn Us of Natural Disasters?

C．How Does a Warning System Function?

D．Can Birds Play a Role in Human Research?

22、When I was a boy, we lived 4 miles outside of town. We lived next to the forest and I would spend hours every day playing in it with the oak (橡树) and maple trees as my companions. I would climb up their limbs, sit in their shade, and feel their peace.

That is why it was so hard for me when I found myself to be a lumberjack as a young man. It wasn't just the back breaking work, the long hours, and the low pay. It was also seeing day after day beautiful trees that had grown for half a century being sawed (锯) up and cut into flooring. Still, I couldn't help but think that they looked a lot more lovely as living trees reaching up to Heaven than as dead flooring lying under my feet.

One afternoon after a long day's work, I was feeling particularly down and depressed.I decided to take a walk in the woods like I had as a boy in hopes of lifting my spirits and calming my soul. As I walked along with my aching back and tired body, I longed for those happy childhood days. I dropped my head frustratedly and looked down at the dirt. That is when I saw it: a single, red oak acorn (橡子) that had somehow survived the hungry deer and squirrels all winter long.Then I remembered something I'd read once: “Eventually an acorn becomes a forest!” I smiled, bent down, dug up a handful of dirt, and planted that little acorn, feeling peace and joy warming my heart. Then I walked back home happy once again to be a part of God's green earth.

In this life we all start out as an acorn, but whether we become a forest or not is up to us. God gives us this glorious life here to grow, learn, laugh, love,share, smile, and help others to do the same.Embrace this gift of life. Use it to every day stretch your soul towards Heaven and create a mighty forest of love.

【1】Which of the following can best describe the author's childhood?

A．Carefree

B．Dull.

C．Plain.

D．Miserable.

【2】What does the underlined word “lumberjack” mean in the second paragraph?

A．A person who plants trees.

B．A person who waters trees.

C．A person who cuts trees.

D．A person who protects the forest.

【3】What did the author do when walking in the woods?

A．He climbed up an oak tree.

B．He planted a little oak acorn.

C．He came across a book he had ever read.

D．He found some hungry deer and squirrels.

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

A．Accepting the gift of life.

B．Taking a walk in the woods.

C．Experiencing a typical working day.

D．Refreshing the unforgettable memory.

23、No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, a teacher or a student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.

All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, eventually, the most concrete “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhymes, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on films, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching cannot replace the student and the teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.

I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it and “exchanging of views”, if there isn't time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry and take it easy when we are reading a poem. Poetry is “a criticism of life”, and “a heightening of life”. It is “a most appropriate approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can transform your life”. It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.

I am not saying that every English teacher must try out poetry­teaching. Those who don't like it should not be forced to convey that negative feeling to anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.

【1】To have a better understanding of a poem, one should ________.

A．discuss it with others

B．analyze it by oneself

C．copy it down in a notebook

D．practise reading it aloud

【2】According to the writer, one of the purposes of teaching English is to get students ________.

A．to understand life

B．to enjoy poetry

C．to become teachers

D．to become poets

【3】What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply?

A．More stress should be laid on the teaching of poetry.

B．Poetry is more important than any other literature genre.

C．One cannot enjoy life fully without a good understanding of poetry.

D．Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.

【4】The underlined phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by “________”．

A．build a booth

B．provide equipment

C．leave a certain amount of time

D．set aside enough space

24、Mark, a professor at Stanford University, published a paper named The Strength of Weak Ties. Until then scholars had agreed that a person’s happiness depended mainly on the quality of relationships with close friends and family. 【1】. You should know those about the “weak ties”.

Weak ties or strong ones, which are more important?

One way to think about any person’s social world is that you have an inner circle of people whom you often talk to and feel close, and an outer circle of people whom you see infrequently or just for a short time. Mark named these “strong ties” and “weak ties”. 【2】.

Someone people knew may bring more opportunities.

Mark studied 282 Boston-based workers and found that most of them got their jobs through someone they knew. 【3】. 84% got their job through those weak-tie relationships.

【4】.

Sandstrom, a senior lecturer in psychology, found that people with larger networks of weak ties tended to be happier in general, and that on days when a participant had a greater number of casual interactions(互动) with weak ties — a neighbour, a member of yoga class — they experienced more happiness.

When do weak-tie interactions happen?

【5】, particularly when we’re taking part in an activity of some kind, like singing or cycling. A study showed that regardless of nationality or age, people who were members of groups such as sports teams or church communities enjoyed an increased sense of meaning and safety.

A．Mark showed that quantity(数量) matters, too

B．Only the people with strong ties can feel it

C．Weak-tie interactions happen when we are out

D．People get happiness from weak-tie relationships

E．Mark even went to interview these people in person

F．But only a minority got the job through a close friend

G．He stressed weak ties are more important to us than strong ones

25、Having relocated often, I’ve developed a love of de-cluttering (整理). Actually, there have been times when I’ve questioned whether it’s an/a ________. But I’ve concluded that it isn’t. Besides, the habit is just wonderful blessing.

Standing before my wardrobe (衣橱) at least once every couple of months, I consider what can go. Even doing so ________, there’s always something that I no longer love. Perhaps it’s an article of clothing that doesn’t express how I see myself any more or is not the most ________. Maybe it’s something that has ________ through the last few selections and has finally lost its fight to ________ in the wardrobe.

Either way, some clothes ________ at the charity shop. Occasionally such a ________ may see something new-to-me come home from the store. At least I know, though, that the new item adds a different energy to my wardrobe. So it’s ________. If however, I haven’t worn the new item within a few weeks, then it’s ________ that I am not as in love with it as I thought. It’s then donated back to the ________ on the next trip.

De-cluttering does not belong only to wardrobes, though. I also delete old computer files and emails, ________ the recycle bin on my computer daily. That way, when I look at my computer, it is like my wardrobe — only that which serves a purpose remains.

The best form of de-cluttering we can really do is to rid ourselves of outdated ________. Like with all forms of de-cluttering, saying goodbye to thinking patterns that no longer serve us creates ________ to breathe. It also makes room for new ways of thinking. Yes, de-cluttering can ________ all areas of our lives.

I wish you the courage to abandon the parts of your life that no longer ________ you and make space for fresh energy to flow.

【1】

A．advantage

B．addiction

C．excuse

D．habit

【2】

A．eventually

B．gradually

C．regularly

D．willingly

【3】

A．expensive

B．useful

C．comfortable

D．colorful

【4】

A．come about

B．hung on

C．showed up

D．broke down

【5】

A．hide

B．join

C．live

D．stay

【6】

A．turned up

B．ended up

C．stood out

D．died out

【7】

A．trip

B．change

C．choice

D．situation

【8】

A．possible

B．hopeful

C．welcome

D．unbelievable

【9】

A．vital

B．strange

C．necessary

D．clear

【10】

A．school

B．wardrobe

C．store

D．church

【11】

A．fill

B．empty

C．search

D．exchange

【12】

A．papers

B．thoughts

C．clothes

D．records

【13】

A．value

B．time

C．chance

D．space

【14】

A．apply to

B．benefit from

C．result in

D．take up

【15】

A．delight

B．include

C．love

D．serve

26、假定你是晨光中学的李津，看到校报的英文专栏刊登了一则消息：来自英国的交换生Johnson正在寻找“接待家庭”，你很感兴趣。请你用英文给校报写一封申请信。

内容包括：

（1）自我介绍；

（2）家庭条件及个人优势；

（3）安排英国朋友参加的活动。

注意：(1) 词数不少于100词；(2) 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：接待家庭 host family

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