南充2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Music treatment involves a specialist playing an instrument or singing _______ the patient’s mood.

A.by means of

B.on behalf of

C.on account of

D.in response to

2、Keep away from the dog , _______it will bite you.

A. and   B. so

C. or   D. but

3、Your boss is the one who writes your evaluations, recommends you for promotions and raises, and ________your future.

A．shapes

B．predicts

C．engages

D．occupies

4、---Your daughter looks so thin.

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

A. particular   B. special   C. especial   D. likely

5、– Do you mind if I smoke?

– Well, I’d rather you ______.

A. don’t   B. didn’t   C. won’t   D. aren’t

6、—Sarah went to the party．

—Really? I   her if I had gone with you．

A． met   B． had met

C． would met   D． would have met

7、His mother made Greg orange juice every day, _______would help his recovery.

A. which   B. who C. when D. that

8、The number of the graduates choosing to work and live in big cities has declined, one third of ________ we expected.

A. what   B. which   C. whom   D. that

9、Anyone ______ boarding with knives would be stopped by security inspectors.

A. being found   B. found

C. finding   D. to find

10、Two men broke ________ the house when the whole household were absorbed in watching TV.

A．through

B．off

C．in

D．into

11、We are going to spend the Spring Festival in Canada this year, ______live my grandparents and some relatives．

A． where   B． which   C． who   D． that

12、Scientists are working hard to ______ how COVID-19 spreads among people.

A.figure out B.lead to C.get through D.consist of

13、There are many wonderful theme parks in America, _____ Disneyland in California is my favorite.

A．for which   B．with which C．of which D．in which

14、Mr. Wang ________ have thought the car was worth the money paid, or he would not have spent so much money on such an expensive sports car.

A．could

B．shall

C．can

D．must

15、Broke Girls，_______popular TV series，has aroused craze and sympathy among   young．

A．/，the B．a，the

C．/，the D．the，the

16、As many as 20 dishes are provided in the dining hall today, choose

_ suits you best．

A．whatever   B．whenever

C．whichever D．wherever

17、We often ________ on the playground.

A．play

B．playing

C．plays

D．played

18、—My sister is a typist at a foreign company.

—I know this sort of job ______skill and speed.

A．sets aside

B．calls for

C．pays off

D．shows up

19、Having proper motivation is not _______ —it is another key to success.

A. artistic   B. enterprising

C. investigate D. optional

20、Children, in my opinion, ________ creative ability is unthinkably rich, ________ is seldom taken notice of by us, should be trained in that area.

A．which; that

B．whose; which

C．which; which

D．whose; that

21、Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have finally solved the mystery of a huge fossil that has been unlabeled and unidentified sitting at a Chilean museum for almost a decade. The relic, which looks like a deflated football, is the largest known soft-shelled egg from a marine reptile that lived on the earth over 66 million years ago. Measuring more than 11 by 7 inches, it is also the second-largest egg belonging to any known animal, only behind the now-extinct elephant bird.

The rare fossil named “The Thing” was discovered inside a rock formation in Seymour Island off the coast of Antarctica in 2011 by a team of researchers including David Rubilar-Rogers. Over the years, the paleontologist at Chile's National Museum of Natural History has showed the strange fossil to every geologist that came to the museum. However, no one was able to identify “The Thing's” origin until Julia Clarke, a professor at UT-Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, visited in 2018.

“I showed it to her, and, after a few minutes, Julia told me it could be an egg!” Rubilar-Rogers said.

To confirm Clarke's suspect, Lucas Legendre, a student at UT-Austin who led the study, examined the fossil under a microscope. Sure enough, he found several layers of membrane, confirming that the fossil was indeed a soft-shelled egg, similar to the obvious, quick-hatching eggs laid by some modern-day snakes. “The shell is very thin,” said Clarke.

The fossil's identification led to an even bigger mystery — what animal could have laid an egg this size? After considering several potential parents, the researchers concluded that the egg was laid by an ancient marine reptile like a mosasaur. The fact that the rock formation where the egg had been found had fossil evidence of baby mosasaurs and the offspring of other marine animals further strengthened their theory.

【1】What can we know from the first paragraph?

A．"The Thing" is the largest egg laid by animals.

B．"The Thing" has been discovered for a century.

C．"The Thing" looks like a football not having enough gas.

D．“The Thing” belongs to an elephant bird.

【2】What is Clarke's guess about "The Thing"?

A．It may be laid by a snake.

B．It could be an egg.

C．It has a very thick shell.

D．It has existed for 66 thousand years.

【3】What did Legendre do to test Clarke's guess ?

A．Use a microscope to examine "The Thing".

B．Analyze a lot of data collected by researchers.

C．Do as many as experiments with his colleagues.

D．Compare the fossil with the eggs of various animals,

【4】What does "their theory" in the last paragraph refer to?

A．An ancient marine reptile laid the egg.

B．The egg's potential parents are snakes.

C．The way of rock formation affects the egg.

D．The size of the eggs lies in the weight of the animals.

22、Foreseeing a time when a patient's own cells may be harvested, multiplied, and fashioned into a replacement organ, researchers in Boston have successfully transplanted laboratory grown bladders (肾) into six dogs.

For a century, physicians have replaced diseased or damaged bladders by removing sections of a person's intestines (肠子）and shaping them into a substitute bladder. While the procedure offers some relief to patients, complications often develop because nature designs intestinal tissue for a purpose-absorbing nutrients-other than holding waste liquid of the body. “You start absorbing stuff that should be removed," says Anthony Atala of the Children's Hospital in Boston.

Other physicians have turned to human-made materials to create artificial bladders, but those efforts have also run into problems. Consequently, to build a better bladder, Atala and his colleagues decided to employ the organ's own cells.

To turn the cells into an organ, the researchers first form plastic which can break down naturally into bladder-shaped shell. They then coat its outside and inside with layers of cells needed.

To test this strategy, Atala's group obtained bladder tissue from dogs and grew it into organs. After removing the dogs' bladders, the investigators implanted(移植）the artificial ones coming from the dogs' own cells. Within a month, the organs began to perform like normal bladders.

Within three months, the plastic shells had broken down naturally, and the implanted organs were hard to distinguish from natural ones, Blood vessels(血管） quickly grew into them. Moreover, nerves seem to form proper connections with the new organs, allowing the dogs to regain normal control of their bladders. Some dogs have had the artificial bladders for nearly a year without any problems nearly a year without any problems.

While the bladders of dogs closely resemble those of people, Atala warns that more testing of this transplant strategy must occur before artificial bladders are ready for the clinic.

【1】The traditional method of shaping parts of intestines into a substitute bladder ________.

A．allows the patient to absorb useless things

B．brings the patient a lot of sufferings

C．prevents the patient from absorbing nutrients

D．worsens both the function of the intestines and the bladder

【2】The artificial bladders implanted in dogs ________.

A．worked perfectly as long as three months

B．began to work as well as a normal one in a few weeks

C．proved to be able to work for several years

D．did not work properly until after a month

【3】Why is it suggested that more testing should be made?

A．What suits dogs' bladders will also suit human bladders.

B．Dogs' bladders can be implanted into human bodies.

C．Human bladders may well be different from dogs.

D．Artificial bladders grown in dogs can be used for human beings

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The way of turning intestines into bladders.

B．The prospect of manufacturing plastic bladders.

C．The history of making artificial bladders.

D．The possibility of making bladders from their own cells.

23、Three very strong women — my mother, my grandmother and Melinda — deserve big credit for helping me become the man I am today. But Blanche Caffiere, a very kindly teacher and librarian I’ve never written about publicly before, also had a huge influence on me.

Mrs. Caffiere died in 2006, shortly after reaching her 100th birthday. Before she passed away, I had an opportunity to thank her for the important role she played in my life, arousing my passion for learning at a time when I easily could have gotten turned off by school.

When I first met Mrs. Caffiere, she was the elegant and engaging school librarian at Seattle’s View Ridge Elementary, and I was a fourth grader. I was desperately trying to go unnoticed, because I had some big defects (缺陷), like dysgraphia (书写障碍), and had a comically messy desk. And I was trying to hide the fact that I liked to read — something that was cool for girls but not for boys.

Mrs. Caffiere took me under her wing and helped make it okay for me to be a messy, nerdy boy who was reading lots of books. She pulled me out of my shell. She started by asking questions like, “What do you like to read?” and “What are you interested in?” Then she found me a lot of books. For example, she gave me great biographies she had read. Once I’d read them, she would make the time to discuss them with me. “Did you like the book?” she would ask. “Why? What did you learn?” She genuinely listened to what I had to say. Through those book conversations in the library and in the classroom we became good friends.

Teachers generally don’t want to burden their students with extra reading beyond the homework they’ve assigned. But I learned from Mrs. Caffiere that my teachers had so much more knowledge to share. I just needed to ask. Up through high school and beyond, I would often ask my teachers about the books they liked, read those books when I had some free time, and offer my thoughts.

Looking back on it now, there’s no question that my time with Mrs. Caffiere helped spark my interest in libraries and my focus on helping every child in America get the benefit of great teachers. I should give some credit to the dedicated teacher and librarian who helped me find my strengths when I was nine years old. It’s remarkable how much power one good person can have in shaping the life of a child.

【1】Which of the following best describes the author when he was a fourth grader?

A．He tried to escape the attention of others.

B．He developed great passion for reading.

C．He wanted to share his hobby with girls.

D．He built a good relationship with Mrs. Caffier.

【2】What does “She pulled me out of my shell” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．She forced me to read many books.

B．She taught me how to overcome my defects.

C．She turned me into a person who loves reading.

D．She encouraged me not to hide my love of reading.

【3】The author formed a close relationship with Mrs. Caffiere because ________.

A．Mrs. Caffiere encouraged him to write biographies

B．Mrs. Caffiere protected him and inspired him to read

C．he was never rushed into anything by Mrs. Caffiere

D．he listened carefully to Mrs. Caffiere during conversation

【4】What do we know from the passage about Mrs. Caffiere?

A．Her own experience inspired students to overcome their defects.

B．Her elegance and dedication made her popular among students.

C．She saved the author from losing interest and confidence in learning.

D．She helped the author to hide the fact that he had learning disability.

【5】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．An interview.

B．A book review.

C．A news report.

D．An autobiography.

24、   Research published in the journal High Temperature found that an hour-long soak in hot water produced similar blood sugar responses to 60 minutes of moderate physical activity.

Sound too good to be true? While the research on these effects is still initial (初步)，there is a plausible explanation for this.

"It seems that activities that increase heat shock proteins (热体克蛋) may help to improve blood sugar control and offer an alternative to exercise," the lead study author Steve Faulkner wrote. “These activities—such as soaking in a hot tub or taking a sauna (桑拿) — may have health benefits to people who are unable to exercise regularly. to an hour- long session of cycling or an hour-long session in a 40℃bath.

The scientists discovered that both groups were better able to control their blood sugar levels in the 24 hours following their soak were approximately 10 percent lower than those of the participants who exercised.

Researchers say this implies that “passive heating" (a means of rising your body temperature) could assist in lowering blood sugar levels. Passive heating can affect proteins in the body called heat shock proteins, which helps regulate blood sugar. People with diabetes (糖尿病) tend to have lower levels of heat shock proteins. Passive heating can raise these levels.

It's critical to point out a few limitations of the study. For starters, the experiment only monitored men, so it's difficult to say if the same effect would happen in women. It also only included 14 volunteers, which was an extremely small sample size. More research needs to be conducted before scientists can come to any official conclusion. And, of course, you should still continue exercising regularly.

That being said, the study does offer some more promising insights (见解) into the healing effects of hot water.

【1】What does the underlined word “plausible” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Strange. B.Ridiculous.

C.Reasonable. D.Confusing.

【2】What can we know about the research by the U. K.'s team?

A.Cycling made no difference to blood sugar levels.

B.People with diabetes usually have higher levels of heat shock proteins.

C.14 lean and 14 overweight men were involved in the research.

D.A 24-hour tracking and monitoring was carried out after the one-hour activities.

【3】How should scientists improve this study?

A.By extending the study period.

B.By changing the research method.

C.By including women in the research.

D.By adding more scientists involved in the investigation.

【4】Which of the following best expresses the author's main point of view?

A.When you run a fever you get passive heating.

B.Passive heating can raise levels of heat shock proteins.

C.The research is of significance in spite of some imperfection.

D.You need either a hot bath or regular exercise to keep healthy.

25、阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we____realize that those challenges are the very things that____us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with____.

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two____. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing____the challenge isn’ t worth the____and call it quits. Although there are certainly____when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most____all that is needed is____and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how____or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to____it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a____for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong.____you can say to a friend, “ I got my feeling hurt,”____“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for____they are: small hurdles you need to jump or____on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is____to get over, and hurt only____to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it____to everyone, and some day you will____all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

【1】A.seem to B.come to C.hope to D.try to

【2】A.design B.promote C.direct D.shape

【3】A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.difficulty

【4】A.opportunities B.expectations C.choices D.aspects

【5】A.demanding B.deserving C.predicting D.presenting

【6】A.comment B.loss C.trouble D.expense

【7】A.spans B.times C.dates D.ages

【8】A.cases B.fields C.parts D.occasions

【9】A.assessment B.commitment C.encouragement D.adjustment

【10】A.doubtful B.shameful C.harmful D.painful

【11】A.keep B.control C.face D.catch

【12】A.space B.plan C.topic D.room

【13】A.If B.As C.While D.Unless

【14】A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else

【15】A.what B.who C.where D.which

【16】A.pass by B.come across C.get through D.run over

【17】A.unnecessary B.necessary C.impossible D.possible

【18】A.serves B.means C.aims D.attempts

【19】A.opens B.appeals C.goes D.happens

【20】A.look down on B.look back on C.look forward to D.look up to

26、在学习、生活和工作中，学会与人合作是非常重要的。请根据下表中提供的信息，写一篇主题为 “Being a good partner”的英文发言稿。

注意：1. 对所给要点进行陈述，适当发挥，不要逐字翻译。

  2. 词数110左右。开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：合作cooperation  n.  cooperate  v.

Good afternoon, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “Being a good partner.”

  Wish my views would be helpful. Thank you for your listening!