清远2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

一、单项选择（共20题，共 100分）

1、From the smile on Rico’s face, you might have the ________ that he has no problems. The truth is, however, that his parents are both quite ill, and he lost his job two weeks ago.

A. evaluation B. commitment

C. concern D. impression

2、This kind of cloth_______well and large quantities of the cloth ________.

A. is sold； have been sold B. is sold; has been sold

C. sells； have been sold D. sells ; has been sold

3、He worked as a librarian before ________ to journalism .

A. switching B. swearing C. swelling D. swinging

4、The producer comes regularly to collect the cameras _______________ to our shop for quality problems.

A. returning B. being returned

C. returned D. to be returned

5、— Where were you last night? We had a wonderful party．

— Oh, ________ If you had called me, I wouldn’t have gone to the cinema．

A.What a shame! B.Who cares?

C.bad luck! D.What a coincident!

6、You can have some ________ about what I have said, but you had better follow my orders as closely as possible.

A．arrangement B．reservation

C．enthusiasm D．conscience

7、The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; ________ it was littered with pots and pans.

A. therefore B. anyhow C. instead D. though

8、Our house is on the top of the hill, and in winter the winds ________ be very cold.

A. can B. need C. would D. shall

9、 ---People often don’t appreciate what they have, do they? ---No, _______ they lose it.

A. if B. after C. until D. when

10、Health experts believe that even a little exercise is far better than _____at all．

A. none B. nothing

C. no one D. anything

11、Whenever I feel lonely or upset, I always do some reading, which _________ me well.

A. serves B. suits C. favors D. motivates

12、We must fully obey traffic rules, otherwise everything would be ______ .

A.out of touch B.out of order C.out of date D.out of sight

13、_____in the sports world，a sportsman needs to train constantly to keep himself in best condition．

A．Survive B．Surviving

C．To survive D．Survived

14、It is generally agreed that new contents should be added to a good dictionary at regular ______.

A．gaps

B．length

C．intervals

D．distance

15、--- Difficulties always go with me!

--- Cheer up! If God closes door in front of you, there be a window opened for you.

A. must B. would

C. could D. can

16、The student, who gave his life to save a child, was ______ honor to our school. A memorial is held here every year in ______ honor of him.

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

17、一____it snow tomorrow，what would we do?

一In that case，we'11 have to stay at home．

A. Will B. Must C. Might D. Should

18、What we had done was to help him, but surprisingly he thought ____．

A．else B．anyway C．otherwise D．alike

19、Wherever you study after graduating from high school, _________ regular contacts with your family.

A. keep B. to keep C. keeping D. kept

20、We need not feel ashamed of our failure. We may, _______, face it realistically and accept it optimistically.

A. thus B. otherwise

C. instead D. indeed

二、阅读理解（共4题，共 20分）

21、William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.

Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.

Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.

He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's Death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:

Earth, receive an honoured guest:

William Yeats is laid to rest.

Let the Irish vessel (船) lie

Emptied of its poetry.

【1】Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?

A.It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter.

B.It was shocked by Yeats's choice.

C.It was a typically wealthy family.

D.It had an artistic atmosphere.

【2】According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?

A.Yeats founded the first Irish theater.

B.Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.

C.Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.

D.Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.

【3】What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?

A.Envy B.Sympathy C.Emptiness D.Admiration

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Yeats's literary achievements B.Yeats's historical influence

C.Yeats's artistic ambition D.Yeats's national honor

22、Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your behavior，but when you are asleep，your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night，of course，people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

If you go to sleep on your back，you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't like to displease people. So you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't quite sure of yourself.

If you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you're always easily upset. You always stick to your own opinions or judgment，but you don't raise your hope too much. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.

If you sleep curled up，you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you're often defensive(防卫的). You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You're easily hurt.

If you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strength and weakness. You're usually careful. You trust yourself. You sometimes feel anxious，but you don't often get sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people rather angry.

【1】According to the passage，a person，who is not willing to change his mind probably sleeps ________.

A．on his side B．on his back

C．curled up D．on his stomach

【2】If a person prefers to sleep curled up rather than on his back，he maybe want to ________.

A．do things personally B．stay alone

C．keep things secret D．trust others easily

【3】The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A．one's sleeping position has something to do with one's character

B．everyone has got both real and secret personalities

C．the position in which one goes to sleep is the most important one

D．when awake，one does not show one's secret personality

23、Since 2001, robotic tools have revolutionized the practice of surgery. They have greatly reduced the stress and physical demands normally placed on surgeons and have made certain procedures possible.

One example is "keyhole surgery", or minimally invasive (微创) surgery, which normally requires surgeons to stand at awkward angles and make difficult movements with their hands to make a cut inside the patient. But in June 2022, surgeon James Ansell used 3D glasses and two joysticks (操纵杆) to control four robotic arms to perform a procedure to remove a cancerous tumor (肿瘤). "My colleague said . that this feels like cheating, " Ansell said to The Guardian.

Another area of surgery that has had major technological breakthroughs in recent years is telesurgery. Telesurgery, or remote surgery, is the use of technology that allows a surgeon to perform a procedure on a patient not in the same physical location.

Normally, telesurgery relies on a wired connection due to concerns of harming the patient if a wireless connection were to drop during surgery, but China made several advancements in wireless telesurgery based on 5G technology.

China achieved the first 5G-based remote operation in March 2019 involving a brain surgery procedure between a surgeon in Sanya and a patient in Beijing, a distance totaling nearly 3, 000 kilometers, reported CGTN. More recently, a team of surgeons successfully completed remote micron-level eye surgery on rabbits located in a different city, reported China Daily. The rabbits were at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, whereas the surgical team who operated on them via a 5G robot were at the Hainan Eye Hospital in Haikou, Hainan province.

Looking to the future, people hope that remote surgery could become commonplace to help heal injured soldiers on the battlefield while keeping surgeons at a safe distance. Some even believe that robotic systems, combined with AI, could one day surpass human surgeons. In 2022, engineers at Johns Hopkins University in the US used their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) to suture (缝合)the ends of a severed intestine (断肠) in four pigs, showing that certain procedures can be done autonomously by robots.

But, given current technological limitations and the high costs of these robots which can cost millions of dollars, the complete robot takeover of surgery may still be a while off.

【1】What does the "keyhole surgery" example intend to show?

A．The complexity of robotic surgery.

B．The challenges in using robotic tools.

C．The progress enabled by robotic tools.

D．The need for advanced 3D technology.

【2】What significant achievement did China make in the field of telesurgery?

A．Achieving remote surgery using a wired connection.

B．Completing remote eye surgery on humans successfully.

C．Conducting the first 5G-based remote operation on rabbits.

D．Performing the first wireless brain surgery with 5G technology.

【3】What can be inferred about robots in the medical field from the passage?

A．They have not yet been in use.

B．They are currently in high demand.

C．They have surpassed human capabilities.

D．Their development still has a long way to go.

【4】What prevents the widespread adoption of robotic surgery systems?

A．Unavailability of 5G technology.

B．Resistance from medical institutions.

C．Technological limitations and high costs.

D．Lack of skilled surgeons to operate them.

【5】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The benefits of remote surgery.

B．China's achievements in surgery.

C．The advancements in medical robotics.

D．The use of 5G technology in robotic surgery.

24、In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and preparing for the worst, Australian adventurer Peter Seiter wrote a farewell note to his family, put it in a bottle and threw it overboard. With a sense of bad feeling he wrote: “The ocean has a personality of its own. The place can be such a peaceful environment to be in, yet it can be frightfully violent. I’ve experienced both.” Fearing he wouldn’t make it home, he placed the note -- dated June 11, 1998 -- in a wine bottle and covered the bottle.

“I included my geographical coordinates, so if anything happened to me, they’d know my last place when I threw the bottle into the ocean,” says Peter, who was then sailing from the Azores in Portugal to New York and knew the Atlantic could be dangerous. He also included some money with his message, asking whoever found it to use the money to post the letter to his family.

Seventeen days later he reached his destination, having survived the dangerous seas, but he assumed his message in the bottle had not -- until it was found on shore, 11 years later!

Recently, American woman Katherine Ginn and her friend came across the bottle on a deserted beach in the Bahamas. “Alongside it they’d found a life jacket and, assuming the worst, opened the bottle and spent 24 hours drying it out so they could read my story and write to my family as I requested,” says Peter, 44. “I couldn’t believe it -- that after all these years my bottle had turned up with its contents, still undamaged.”

Overjoyed, he wrote to the pair, saying he was alive and living in Australia with his family.

Katherine posted him his letter, money and some broken glass of his bottle placed in a tiny box as a special souvenir. These special items now share pride of place among photos of Peter’s Atlantic voyage. “I can’t express what this old letter means to me,” Peter says. “It gives me a sense of hope and belief. It’s something special to share with my children as they grow up.”

【1】Why did Peter have the idea of a message bottle?

A. He missed his family very much then.

B. He hoped to share his experience with his family.

C. He regretted taking a risk on the ocean.

D. He thought he might lose his life on the voyage.

【2】As for the survival of the message bottle, Peter ________.

A. felt very certain about it

B. thought it had little chance of reaching land

C. took a long time to search for it

D. wrote a letter to Katherine

【3】What can be inferred about the message bottle according to Paragraph 3 and 4?

A. Katherine found it by chance on a crowded beach.

B. It was 11 years before they came across it at sea.

C. Perhaps there was water in it when Katherine found it.

D. Peter couldn’t believe more that it was not damaged.

【4】From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A. this was Peter’s first voyage in the Atlantic

B. Peter spent eleven days in the Atlantic

C. without the life jacket, the bottle wouldn’t have survived

D. Katherine was a caring and careful person

三、完形填空（共1题，共 5分）

25、I was always a reader. As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and_________up late reading with a flashlight. I checked out so many books and returned them so_________that the librarian once snapped, "Don't take home so many books_________you're not going to read them all."

"But I did read them all," I said.

I was an English major at university and went on to get a master's in literature. When I created my online dating_________, I made my screen name—"missbibliophile52598". Filling out the "favorite books" section, I let my taste in literature_________for me: One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Moveable Feast, White Teeth, How to Read the Air.

_________, I realized it had been more than two years since I had read most of those titles. I had stopped reading gradually, the way one_________or dies. I tried to_________my bookish persona（人设）. I joined book clubs that I never attended. I requested a library book everyone was reading, only to return it_________.

I still____________the idea of reading. Whenever I found a bookstore, I would linger____________the shelves for hours as if____________up with old friends, picking out volumes I had read and buying____________ones. But it was____________to me: I was becoming a person I did not know.

David was my first online____________. His profile said he liked to read, so I asked him about his last book. His face____________and his fingers danced. David read much more than I did, about a book or two a week. We seemed a（n）____________couple: me, a five-foot-three black woman____________to a Caribbean mother, and him, a six-foot-four white guy from Ohio. But as we got to know each other, our____________faith and mutual love of books____________our gaps.

【1】

A．came

B．caught

C．filled

D．stayed

【2】

A．slowly

B．quickly

C．suddenly

D．unexpectedly

【3】

A．as if

B．if

C．whereas

D．unless

【4】

A．profile

B．association

C．status

D．requirement

【5】

A．decide

B．determine

C．speak

D．go

【6】

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．However

D．Otherwise

【7】

A．refuses

B．leaves

C．appears

D．heals

【8】

A．create

B．abandon

C．ruin

D．maintain

【9】

A．unread

B．unlocked

C．unaffected

D．unaccompanied

【10】

A．disliked

B．loved

C．remained

D．deserted

【11】

A．across

B．among

C．between

D．behind

【12】

A．catching

B．coming

C．putting

D．feeding

【13】

A．old

B．new

C．favorable

D．memorable

【14】

A．clear

B．unlikely

C．vague

D．indifferent

【15】

A．friend

B．peer

C．tutor

D．date

【16】

A．darkened down

B．cheered up

C．lit up

D．burst out

【17】

A．imperfect

B．unlikely

C．probable

D．perfect

【18】

A．delivered

B．owed

C．donated

D．born

【19】

A．diversified

B．united

C．shared

D．appointed

【20】

A．bridged

B．filled

C．repaired

D．covered

四、书面表达（共1题，共 5分）

26、假定你是李华，计划申请英国的一所学校学习，希望你的英国朋友Tony帮忙推荐学校，请给他写封邮件，内容包括:

1.自我情况介绍;

2.期望推荐学校;

3.表示感谢。

注意:词数100左右;

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