廊坊2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Young children should be ______to be honest and happy.

A. brought out   B. brought up

C. brought in   D. brought down

2、If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be________.

A. cut off   B. put off

C. taken off   D. shown off

3、________I have to give a speech, I get extremely nervous before I start.

A．Whatever

B．Whenever

C．Whoever

D．Whichever

4、The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me ________, and I just ignore them.

A. annoyed   B. adopted   C. ashamed   D. absurd

5、The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years ________ trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value.

A．to have planted

B．to planting

C．having planted

D．planting

6、It is strange that he ______ there.

A. send B. is sent

C. should be sent     D. is sending

7、People have   views on the policy published recently. Not everybody is in favor of it.

A. surprised   B. excited     C. frightened   D. mixed

8、She said she would have sent a car for me ________ that I was arriving today.

A．if it didn’t slip her mind

B．if it weren’t to slip her mind

C．had it not slipped her mind

D．shouldn’t it slipped her mind

9、We hadn’t met for 20 years, but I recognized her_________I saw her.

A.particularly B.rapidly C.lately D.directly

10、The conference has been held to discuss the effects of tourism ________ the wildlife in the area.

A. to    B. on    C. at      D. with

11、When you are in a dangerous situation, don’t ______.

A．panic

B．suck

C．witness

D．sew

12、No sooner ________ enough money than he rushed to buy the children some gifts.

A．did he raise

B．he raised

C．had he raised

D．he had raised

13、If there were not so many new words, the text ________ much easier.

A．will be

B．would have been

C．could have been

D．would be

14、When I read these definitions in the dictionary, I am repeatedly ________ to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. Because of this, I can express myself more easily in English.

A．exposing

B．being exposed

C．to expose

D．exposed

15、The first textbooks ______ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th century.

A. having written B. to be written

C. being written  D. written

16、It was between 1830 and 1835 ____ the modern newspaper was born.

A. how B. because C. which   D. that

17、High school students are learning to have a ______ and responsible attitude towards everything in their life.

A．doubtful

B．professional

C．mature

D．passive

18、____________ in these conditions is not a pleasure but a suffer.

A.Work B.Works C.Worked D.Working

19、Don’t bother Tom again. He ________ at this time tomorrow.

A．will have a meeting

B．will be having a meeting

C．is going to have a meeting

D．has a meeting

20、Donald Trump made a _____ to the nation that he would struggle for lower taxes and improve health care after taking office.

A. contribution   B. commitment

C. devotion   D. donation

21、—How do you like my suggestion?   — As far as I’m concerned, it deserves _______.

A. considering   B. to consider

C. being considered   D. to be considering

22、The cost of renting a house in central Xi’an is higher than ______ in any other area of the city.

A．that

B．this

C．it

D．one

23、We should respect food and think about the people who don’t have       we have here and treat food nicely.

A．that

B．which

C．what

D．whether

24、That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never               to the enemies until death.

A．gave up

B．gave out

C．gave in

D．gave away

25、If you grow up in ______ large family, you are more likely to develop ______ ability to get on well with ________ others.

A．/; an; the

B．a; the; /

C．the; an; the

D．a; the; the

26、Swimming Holes in America

In America, these secret swimming holes are hidden and hard to reach but well worth the adventure.

Cummins Falls

Looking for the best place to escape the summer heat in the heartland of America? For more than 100 years, Cummins Falls, a scenic,75-foot waterfall located in Jackson County, TN, has been a treasure for Tennessee natives. But now, the secret is out! Although it’s a bit tough to get to, once in the park, the mountains and river provide unmatched beauty on your way to taking a swim in Tennessee's eighth-largest waterfall.

Sliding Rock

A popular place to cool off during those hot North Carolina summers, Sliding Rock waterfall is located in the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County. A flattened rock about 60 feet lies in a nearly 7-foot-deep pool at the bottom, making this natural waterslide a great place to visit with people of all ages.

Mooney Falls

It is the tallest water feature in the Grand Canyon, rising 190 feet above the surface. Named after an explorer in the 1800s, Mooney Falls is accessible only by crawling（爬）through 2 underground passages and then climbing down a sheer cliff（峭壁）face with just a couple of chains to hold on to. Although it is tough to get to, the view and the cool alone make it worth the trip.

Lihue Estate

A private swimming hole at the old Lihue Sugar Farm on Kauai, HI, was changed into an inner-tube water ride by Kauai Backcountry Adventures in 2003 and opened to adults. The waters for this 2.5-mile journey, which come from near the top of Mount Waialeale—one of the wettest spots in the world—are channeled through ditches（沟渠）that were hand-dug by farm workers over a century ago.

【1】Which hole may be the favourable destination for families?

A．Lihue Estate.

B．Sliding Rock.

C．Mooney Falls.

D．Cummins Falls.

【2】What can we learn about Mooney Falls from the text?

A．It was found by an explorer.

B．It was hand-dug in the 1800s.

C．It is dangerous to arrive there.

D．It is the tallest fall in the world.

【3】What is special about Lihue Estate?

A．It is man-made.

B．It is a private area.

C．Its water is from underground.

D．It lies on the top of Mount Waialeale

27、Beethoven is a giant of classical music. And the one with the most influence at least when it comes to piano compositions. That’s according to a study in the journal EPJ Data Science.

If you’re wondering how data analysis could determine something as abstract as cultural influence, it’s worth remembering the great thing about music: it’s the most mathematical of the art forms we actually can deal with because a lot of it is symbolic. The music is written in symbols that are connected in time.

Juyong Park is a theoretical physicist at the Korea Advanced institute of Science and Technology. Park and his colleagues collected 900 piano compositions by 19 composers covering the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods, from 1700 to 1910. Then they used that mathematical quality to their advantage by diving each composition into what they called “code words,” a group of notes played at the same time—in other words, a chord. They then compared each chord to the chords that came before it. “Our computer model allows us to calculate the degree of shared melodies between past and future works.” said Park.

The composer with top marks for novelty was Rachmaninoff. But when the researchers looked at those chord transitions across all 19 composers, it was Beethoven who was most heavily borrowed from—meaning, at least among the composers in this analysis, his influence was the largest.

Their study comes with a couple caveats. The researchers only considered piano compositions in this work—-not orchestral works. And by only studying chord transitions, their conclusions wouldn’t capture artists who had influence in other ways. “It’s well understood that Mozart’s contribution to music mainly comes from the musical forms that he devised. That was not very well captured by our mathematical modeling.”

【1】How did the researchers conduct the study?

A．They turned music compositions into written symbols.

B．They looked at how chords differed from previous ones.

C．They collected 900 pieces from contemporary composer.

D．They calculated the number of chords in each music piece.

【2】What can be known from the research findings?

A．Beethoven was best at coming up with new chords.

B．Beethoven borrowed heavily from another composer.

C．Rachmaninoff’s chords were most unlike previous ones.

D．Rachmaninoff’s chords were copied by future composers.

【3】What does he underlined word “caveats” probably mean?

A．warnings

B．benefits

C．costs

D．proofs

【4】Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A．Beethoven Regarded as a Giant of Classical Music.

B．Similarity between Music and Math Investigated.

C．Beethoven’s Major Musical Contribution Confirmed.

D．Computer Analyses Confirm Beethoven’s Influence.

28、Art is a universal language. Music is a universal language. Love is a universal language. Now, it’s the turn of sand to be mentioned in such terms. In her work, sand artist Kseniya Simonova mixes art, music and love to create her own medium which can be understood and appreciated by everyone.

According to Simonova, she fell in love with sand art “absolutely accidentally.” Her husband, a theatre director, advised her to give it a try. “I never thought I could perform; I was always a classical artist,” reveals Simonova. “I just started it as a hobby and I never thought it would turn out to be what it is now.” In 2009, Simonova won the “Ukraine’s Got Talent” TV contest. Since then her fame has skyrocketed, and she has become a real sensation (引起轰动的人).

The art Simonova creates is magical; however, the medium she uses is quite common. “It is ordinary river sand. There was a time when I did use the volcanic one, but actually it makes no difference,” says Simonova. “In sand art it is an idea and its visualisation that matters. What I do is create a theatre in my mind. The sand is a very convenient medium that is very flexible and responds to speed well. It can show what is going on in my head.”

The images created by the artist live only for a few seconds. However, Simonova is not in any way alarmed by the momentary aspect of sand art. “I know that my creations exist only for a while, but I believe that to be absolutely normal because art mirrors life. We live every moment of our life, but it’s not possible to repeat those. The same is the case with what I do,” Simonova concludes.

Sand art helps the artist to see the world in a new way, painting ever-changing life in every grain of sand.

【1】How does Simonova feel about her achievements in sand art initially?

A．Confident.

B．Amused.

C．Confused.

D．Surprised.

【2】What is important in sand art performance according to Simonova?

A．The medium.

B．The story.

C．The theatre.

D．The audience’s response.

【3】What does Simonova say about the momentary nature of sand art?

A．It reflects our life.

B．It is a kind of regret.

C．It encourages repetition.

D．It alarms many sand artists.

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

A．Love: a universal language

B．Sand art: a new form of performance

C．Kseniya Simonova: painting the world with sand

D．Sand artists: impressing the world with awesome work

29、Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book group. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.

Bruce Peterson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.

【1】Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?

A. To introduce BookCrossing.

B. To explain what they are.

C. To stress the importance of reading.

D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.

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

A. The book.

B. An adventure.

C. A public place.

D. The identification number.

【3】What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it?

A. Meet other readers to discuss it.

B. Keep it safe in his bookcase.

C. Pass it on to another reader.

D. Mail it back to its owner.

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

A. A Website Links People through Books

B. Electronic Books: A new Trend

C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back

D. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour

30、There was a dollar on the floor. Dylan Belscher_________it as he sat at the back of his English class. He could have_________it easily without being discovered._________, he picked it up and brought it to Katie Mattison who was in charge of his class.

“It wasn’t my_________,” Belscher said. The little boy wanted to_________ the dollar, but Mattison_________ that Belscher should tape it on the whiteboard in the front of the classroom. Maybe the dollar was lunch money or bus fare for the student who_________it. So Mattison wanted the _________owner to claim (认领) it.

Later, little Hunter Rose spotted the dollar on the whiteboard. He asked some other kids _________a dollar was taped on the board. Everyone replied, “I don’t know.” Without much thinking, Rose taped a second dollar on the board.

That got it rolling. The__________of the two dollar bills triggered (触发) something in Mattison’s students. More students __________asking about the purpose of the two dollars and got the __________answer:I don’t know.

More students taped up one dollar bill on the whiteboard. Even with no specific purpose, many students __________to be part of whatever this was, __________that the eventual plan for the dollars would be for “something good”.

The amount continued to grow until it reached $175.76. As for the initial dollar, the person who lost it __________came looking. How to use the $175.76? Mattison decided upon the best __________: to donate the dollars in their names for the ALS (肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症) Therapy Development Institute, which was established to seek a cure for the rare neurological disease. She asked the teens whether they__________the idea.

All students’ __________was to tape enough money over the next few days, which pushed the amount to $321.06. Many people were __________by Mattison’s students because the initial one dollar turned into a story of __________in the end.

【1】

A．discussed

B．noticed

C．threw

D．ignored

【2】

A．studied

B．removed

C．pocketed

D．shared

【3】

A．Therefore

B．Otherwise

C．Besides

D．Instead

【4】

A．idea

B．award

C．money

D．gift

【5】

A．hand in

B．pick up

C．take up

D．look for

【6】

A．warned

B．suggested

C．ordered

D．reported

【7】

A．needed

B．donated

C．earned

D．dropped

【8】

A．original

B．generous

C．selfless

D．careful

【9】

A．whether

B．why

C．when

D．where

【10】

A．sight

B．loss

C．accident

D．sign

【11】

A．minded

B．admitted

C．started

D．regretted

【12】

A．ambiguous

B．confused

C．different

D．same

【13】

A．happened

B．desired

C．pretended

D．hesitated

【14】

A．remembering

B．demanding

C．assuming

D．reminding

【15】

A．sometimes

B．never

C．seldom

D．usually

【16】

A．chance

B．direction

C．solution

D．topic

【17】

A．supported

B．raised

C．knew

D．improved

【18】

A．story

B．lesson

C．message

D．answer

【19】

A．touched

B．honored

C．shocked

D．confused

【20】

A．curiosity

B．secret

C．success

D．kindness

31、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Cloning is the process of making an exact copy of a plant or animal and developing it either naturally or artificially. The first successfully cloned animal was a sheep【1】(name) Dolly in 1996. In January 2018, the two cloned long-tailed monkeys【2】(announce) by Chinese scientists. They were the first-ever primates, 【3】proved to be much harder. The success has led to worldwide praise as a huge breakthrough.

32、假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华。你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛(speech contest)。希望附近某大学的外籍教师Smith女士来做评委。请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。词数:80左右。

Dear Ms.Smith,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua