沧州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Legends it that the lake was formed by the tear of a goddess.

A.makes B.has C.puts D.goes

2、________ Nancy likes best about college is that she can meet people from all over the country．

A. Where   B. When

C. That   D. What

3、When I got into the office, I found Mr. Green ____ in his work, without noticing my arrival.

A. buried B. burying

C. to bury D. to be buried

4、It is said that body language ________ 55 percent of a first impression while what you say just 7 percent.

A. lies in   B. consists of

C. accounts for   D. goes with

5、In front of our school ______, where a lot of people play or take exercise at any time.

A. does a park lie B. is a park lie

C. a park lies D. lies a park

6、He _______after a few day’s treatment in hospital．

A．picked up B．made up C．took up D．looked up

7、Some pills many people take to achieve or maintain their desired weight will lower their life expectancy_____ they contain something harmful．

A．so that   B．in that   C．even if D．as if

8、— I hope to take the computer course.

— Good idea. ____ more about it, visit this website.

A. To find out   B. Finding out

C. To be finding out   D. Having found out

9、—I feel a little nervous.

—Take it easy. You __________ have difficulty passing the exam when you have prepared for it well.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. may not D. shouldn’t

10、While looking for some personal documents, I happened to see an album __________some old photographs.

A. contained   B. to contain

C. containing D. being contained

11、That sound doesn’t _______ in his native language, so it is difficult for him to pronounce it.

A. owe   B. occur

C. take place   D. happen

12、If you feel any_____ in your neck, put a towel under your head for support when sleeping.

A.tension B.abortion C.submission D.dimension

13、He started to write his essay, safe in the knowledge ________ he wouldn’t be disturbed for a whole day.

A.whether B.what C.that D.when

14、I don't think it wise   the hard work that they have refused to do.

A.for you to take on B.of you to take on C.for you taking on D.of you taking on

15、Time  to  us  all  is  limited.  So  in  the  days  _______,  we  must  work  out  a  practical  plan  for  our  study  and  keep  to  it  strictly.

A.  following B.  to  follow

C.  followed   D.  being  followed

16、Experts have pointed out that the _______ of severe punishment plays a major role in the growing food safety problem.

A．absence

B．presence

C．existence

D．evidence

17、The representatives stand for the principle _______ every citizen has a say in their country’s future.

A. whether B. that C. what   D. how

18、--Hi,Lucy! When did you arrive in Berlin?

-- Last weekend, I   a different culture since then.

A. was experiencing       B. will be experiencing

C. have been experiencing   D. had been experiencing

19、If you _____ regret things you did or didn’t do in the past, then you won’t be able to move forward.

A．actually

B．briefly

C．casually

D．constantly

20、 I don't agree with canceling all large celebrations or events just because of one accident. “Once bitten, twice shy” is not a(n) __________ response. What we need to do is learn the lessons.

A. spiritual   B. considerate

C. efficient D. appropriate

21、An IT company from Finland has developed a new font(字体) which uses machine learning to rewrite bad language into kinder words.

More than a third of bullying takes place online, and the numbers are on the rise, according to a report by the United Nations' educational organization UNESCO. TietoEVRY developed the Polite Type font as a new tool to deal with online bullying among kids, pointing out harmful language and causing users to pick kinder words.

As users try to write hurtful English words, the font will automatically replace them. Writing "I hate you" would, for example, result in the milder "I disagree with you" when Polite Type is used on the computer. Sentences such as "you are ugly" is replaced with "you are not traditionally beautiful" while rude words are blurred(使模糊) completely. The company says it is the first example where a blur has been used as a symbol in a font package. Racial slurs(种族歧视语) are replaced with the racial group the slur is related to, rather than blurring the word entirely.

The vocabulary of the font was co-created with teenagers from Finland. The font's library of words was chosen to include language from different origins, religions, and world views, and will make adjustments as more people and businesses use it. In the future, TietoEVRY suggests that machine learning could be used to teach the font to understand how language is used. Polite Type can be now downloaded and used for free.

"We want bullies to rethink the words they use and the actual meaning behind them," said Kia Haring, global head of communication and sustainability at TietoEVRY. "I hope that our cause acts as a wake-up call for all audiences to consider how bullying could be handled."

【1】What is special about the Polite Type font according to the text?

A．It includes a wider vocabulary.

B．It consists of words and symbols.

C．It hides all the unusual expressions.

D．It prefers long sentences to short ones.

【2】What can we expect of the Polite Type font in the future?

A．It will be constantly updated.

B．More racial groups will use it.

C．It will have more words blurred.

D．Users will be charged with using it.

【3】What does Kia Haring think of creating the Polite Type font?

A．Imperfect.

B．Unsuccessful.

C．Difficult.

D．Inspiring.

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

A．Polite Type: the self-developing font

B．A font automatically avoids racial slurs

C．A font designed to fight online bullying

D．Show others kindness by using a new font

22、A glass a day keeps obesity at bay．Alcohol has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content，but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet．Looking at past studies they found that，while heavy drinkers do put on weight；those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight．

  A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says，“Light to moderate alcohol intake，especially of wine，may be more likely to protect against，rather than promote，weight gain”．The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions，particularly that current data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight．

  Boston University’s Dr．Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制)relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood．His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病)，which relate to increasing obesity．Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers．

  The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat，and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods．They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks，taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight．

  For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming obese．What’s more，a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol，a compound present in grapes and red wine，destroys fat cells.

【1】The passage is mainly for those__________．

A．who produce wine

B．who have a drinking habit

C. who go on a diet

D．who are eager to lose weight

【2】The underlined phrase“in moderation”in the first paragraph means_________．

A．excitedly     B．carefully   C．properly D．frequently

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight．

B．Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat．

C．The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear． 

D．The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect．

【4】What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A．How to do some easy experiments．

B．How to reduce the calories contained in wine．

C．How to make wine in a healthy way．

D．How to prove the finding mentioned above．

23、   30 St Mary Axe, commonly known as the Gherkin, was designed by internationally noted architect, Lord Norman Foster. Built in 2004, London’s first environmentally sustainable sky-scrapper was constructed for Swiss-Re, the largest re-insurance company in the world. The Gherkin, which is the sixth tallest building in London, was sold for over ￡600 million in 2007, making it the most expensive location in Britain to have an office. Since its completion, 30 St Mary Axe has won many architectural awards including in 2004 the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize and in 2006 the BD World Architecture the “most admired new building in the world”.

Lying in the heart of the city, Foster’s building is on the site of London’s historic Baltic Exchange which was severely damaged in 1992. Constructed exactly 100 years before completion of the Gherkin, surviving parts of the Baltic Exchange building were sold and are being re-constructed in Tallinn, the capital of the Baltic country Estonia. The Baltic Exchange, which trades in the sale of merchant vessels and transportation of industrial bulk commodities and originates back to 1744, was started by ship owners and brokers meeting in a coffee house.

At the top of the Gherkin, on the 40th floor, there is a private bar featuring a 360° panoramic view of London. Despite the building being rounded, the “lens” (镜头) shaped glass roof above the bar is the only curved glass in the building, and is similar in design to the glass dome which covered part of the ground floor of the old Baltic Exchange.

The smooth clean lines of the building cover a high tech and environmentally designed interior. To reach the roof bar there is a hydraulic lift, pushed from below, which doesn’t require any machinery above it. Double-glassed gaps in each floor create vertical corridors that help keep warm in the winter and improve air flow in the summer. This, coupled with all the natural light flooding in through the windows, results in the building needing much less energy.

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

A.Foster isn’t an English architect.

B.The Gherkin is very famous in the world.

C.The Gherkin is the tallest building in London.

D.The Gherkin is the first sky-scrapper in London.

【2】When was the Baltic Exchange building constructed?

A.In the mid-19th century. B.In the late 19th century.

C.In the early 20th century. D.In the mid-20th century.

【3】What is at the top of the Gherkin?

A.A coffee house. B.The Baltic Exchange.

C.A private bar. D.A private office.

【4】How does the Gherkin manage to save energy?

A.By being equipped with double glass.

B.By stopping people using electricity.

C.By opening all the windows in the summer.

D.By asking people to use less air-conditioning.

24、I still occasionally find myself amazed at the details our ears and brains can pick up on. My quiet work time was recently interrupted by a person in the room next door. I couldn’t see them, but I knew exactly what they were doing: cracking their knuckles(指关节). It’s such a distinctive sound, but what’s really surprising is that it’s so loud. The sound generated is noticeably different from that of creaking hips or knees--it’s specific to fingers. What’s going on? Joint cracking is the sort of thing that everyone has an opinion on and mine is: I can’t do it, and I wouldn’t want to. I have occasionally made the mistake of mentioning this during talks to school kids. 【1】

The usual suspect in the infraction is the joint at the base of each finger. People pull their finger away from the rest of their hand until there’s a deep, muffled click. When medical imaging finally improved to the point where it could spy on the inside of a finger during the process, the true culprit was revealed: a bubble.

At the joint, one bone has a curved bulge(凸起)which sits snugly in a shallow cup forming the base of the next bone up. 【2】 It’s viscous and sticky, and it keeps the joint running smoothly. If you pull on a finger this gap gets gradually wider so that the fluid is now in tension because it’s pulled in both directions.

For those with the right sort of joint to make the cracking sound, the drama is sudden. X-rays and MRI scans show that at the moment of cracking, a gas-filled cavity pops into existence in the synovial fluid(滑液)，relieving the tension in the liquid. Gas which had been dissolved in the liquid comes rushing in to fill this new gap. Once the bubble exists, it just sits there until the gas redissolves into the surrounding liquid. 【3】 A bubble already exists, and it’s easy to stretch it as the joint extends without making another one.

【4】 This has been revealed, both by systematic scientific studies and by allergist Donald L. Unger. For his lifelong effort on the subject, Dr. Unger was awarded the 2009Ig Nobel Prize. As a child Dr. Unger was criticized for his cracking habits, so he conducted his own stubborn experiment, cracking the knuckles on his right hand--but not on his left-every day for 60 years. By the time he was 83, neither hand had arthritis. But the dissenting relatives were mostly long gone, depriving him of his “I told you so” moment.

A．This is why you can’t crack a knuckle twice in a row.

B．Bubbles are extremely efficient at making sound, which explains the loudness.

C．Gas bubbles in finger joints make the annoying sound, but it’s unclear why some people form them and others don’t.

D．The reliable result is a deafening flood of clicks as 500 children succumb to irresistible temptation.

E．The space in between them is around a 10th of an inch wide and filled with synovial fluid, the body’s equivalent of engine oil.

F．Most joint crackers have perfectly healthy joints, although there has been a persistent myth that regular joint-cracking can cause arthritis(关节炎)

25、It was summer and I had gotten one of the few jobs a 16—year—old can find— working at Burger King, a fast—food restaurant. It certainly wasn’t a good job, but it meant _________, which was something I needed badly to support my family.

One day, I was working behind the front counter, taking _________. The customers were coming and going, and the woman who _________ didn’t seem any different from most others.

She ordered her meal and I told her the total. As she searched _________ her purse to find some change, the woman soon _________ that she was about a dollar short. “I’m _________ to say this, but I guess I won’t be able to make my purchase _________,” she said sadly.

That’s when I had the idea of paying the difference for her. She _________ at first, but after I insisted, she agreed. She thanked me and moved to the end of the counter to _________ her order. I continued with my work and thought __________more of it.

About an hour later __________ had slowed down and I was waiting for my next customer. Then I glanced over towards the __________ and saw the same woman I’d helped with the money entering again. I __________ recognized her.

She walked straight up to me and said,“I want to thank you again for what you did. You see, I’m a diabetic (糖尿病患者), and __________ I need to eat something right away. That’s __________ I came in earlier. If you hadn’t helped me__________ you did, I might have been dizzy. Thank you.”

She handed me two dollars, twice __________ I’d given her.

__________the woman walk away, I realized that God had used me to help me.In the end, I was __________not only with money but also with the __________ of knowing that I’d helped someone out of a tight spot.

【1】

A．cuisine

B．money

C．resolution

D．integrity

【2】

A．menus

B．orders

C．service

D．food

【3】

A．resolved

B．prohibited

C．presented

D．approached

【4】

A．beyond

B．through

C．beneath

D．across

【5】

A．committed

B．compromised

C．emphasized

D．realized

【6】

A．embarrassed

B．disappointed

C．guilty

D．humble

【7】

A．above all

B．first of all

C．after all

D．at all

【8】

A．postponed

B．declined

C．restored

D．adjusted

【9】

A．get over

B．pick out

C．get along

D．pick up

【10】

A．everything

B．anything

C．nothing

D．something

【11】

A．customers

B．orders

C．pressure

D．business

【12】

A．counter

B．restaurant

C．entrance

D．grocery

【13】

A．instantly

B．apparently

C．definitely

D．constantly

【14】

A．at a time

B．at time

C．sometime

D．sometimes

【15】

A．when

B．where

C．why

D．how

【16】

A．since

B．as

C．until

D．once

【17】

A．that

B．which

C．what

D．whose

【18】

A．Watching

B．Witnessing

C．Observing

D．Noticing

【19】

A．awarded

B．honored

C．rewarded

D．assigned

【20】

A．alternative

B．satisfaction

C．qualification

D．motive

26、假定你是李华，你的新西兰网友Peter发来邮件，询问你现在的学习和生活情况。请根据以下提示，用英语写一封邮件回复。

要点：

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（2）学习科目，学习状况；

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Dear Peter,

Glad to tell you something about my school life.

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Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Hua