芜湖2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、I think it's unwise of you to build up your business ________ your health.

A．in search of

B．in control of

C．at the end of

D．at the expense of

2、The building has windows with a coating that ______ heat while letting in light.

A.blocks B.blinds C.brakes D.breaks

3、You will be impressed by the delicious Chinese food. _____, Chinese people are very friendly, which you will never forget.

A．At times

B．In addition

C．As a consequence

D．On the contrary

4、The woman burst into tears ________she was announced the winner.

A. that B. instantly

C. unless D. in case

5、— In my opinion, your sister is not fit to be a driver．

—____．She has no sense of direction．

A．It depends   B．That's it

C．It makes no difference  D．It's up to you

6、The troop was ________ with the most advanced weapons.

A. offered   B. afforded

C. sold   D. armed

7、She came in for _______ coffee and told me _______ firecrackers kept her awake last night.

A. a, the B. a, 不填

C. the, the   D. the, 不填

8、When it comes to the speed of response, a small firm can ___________a big company.

A．outnumber

B．outgrow

C．outlive

D．outdo

9、Ryan is the kind of person who always makes plans in advance, while his wife is much more ______.

A.generous B.simultaneous C.spontaneous D.glamorous

10、No one _____ cheat or help others cheat in the exam.

A. shall   B. will

C. must   D. need

11、Who ______ the fight against the H1N1 flu ______ it not been for the Chinese scientists’ great efforts?

A. could have won; had   B. would win; had   C. would have won; has   D. could win; has

12、The manager promised to deal with the complaint ________ he reached the office.

A．at the time

B．every time

C．the moment

D．at the moment

13、 In this world, there is always love for____ who love the world.

A. ones B. the one C. these D. those

14、Puzzled by this strange natural phenomenon, the scientists started to explore every _______ they knew to figure it out.

A. impression   B. intention C. avenue     D. design

15、— Your windows are still open? It’s so cold!

— Oh, sorry．They_______ .

A． aren’t closing   B． won’t close

C． won’t be closed D． aren’t closed

16、This medical team ________ five doctors and ten nurses.

A. is consisted of B. are consisted of

C. consist of   D. consists of

17、—What’s your dream?

—Well, my parents wouldn’t expect me to be a banker, but I still .

A. hope to   B. hope so   C. hope not   D. hope for

18、Opportunities favor the prepared mind: for a dream ________, one has to make preparations every single day rather than fancy in vain.

A. to realize   B. being realized

C. to be realized   D. realizing

19、I also water the flowers in the yard and tidy up my own bedroom ________ necessary.

A．whatever

B．whenever

C．no matter which

D．no matter where

20、When   from a distance, to tell the truth, the scenery appears more beautiful．

A.seeing B.being seen C.seen D.having seen

21、   Here are some events in the following months.Have a look and pick out your favorite.

AVCS Informational Tour

Aliso Viejo Christian School, a highly rated private school, which serves children in grades, invites potential families to its annual AVCS informational tour.Come and see its facility, meet its staff, check out its curriculum and amazing programs.The tour would love to share the school with you and answer any questions.

Location: AVCS Campus

German Immigrants Exhibition

German immigrants played a huge role in shaping Indianapolis through the 19th century.They brought educational reform, political activity and greenhouse farming.In addition to produce, these immigrants also kept their communities full of flowers and trees, Know about this part of history in October.

Location: Indiana Historical Society

Whale Watching

Gray whales migrate (迁徙) annually along the west coast of North America.They can be seen from the Orange County coast from December through early April.Summer and fall bring the giant blue whales.They can be seen from June through September.Since the gray whales migrate just a few miles off the coast, simple sail from Newport Beach enables you to see these spectacular creatures in their natural habitat.

Location: Newport Beach

Sunday Brunch(早午餐)

Sunday brunch is a wonderful way to enjoy your weekend.At View Restaurant, Sunday brunch is always accompanied by champagne, spectacular views and unique atmosphere.The menu includes traditional breakfast foods and lunch favorites like barbeque and fresh fish selections.You can also choose to view sporting events in the restaurant.With enough variety to satisfy every appetite from kids to adults, this is one Sunday brunch you'll keep coming back to!

Location: View Restaurant

【1】Which event is about visiting a school?

A.Sunday Brunch. B.Whale Watching.

C.AVCS Informational Tour. D.German Immigrants Exhibition.

【2】What can you do near Newport Beach?

A.Travel by boat. B.Play with whales.

C.Create a natural habitat. D.Help whales' migration.

【3】Where can you watch sporting events?

A.On AVCS Campus. B.In View Restaurant.

C.On Newport Beach. D.At Indiana Historical Society.

22、Last year my summer holiday was spoiled by my bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed（推特简讯）. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation, but my head wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control.  But I was determined.  I started by giving the iPad to my wife.

The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration （沮丧）. I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely breaking away from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for the radio—and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.

This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “I don’t need it,” I said.

However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work?

There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great.  I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation to check my e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two.

I think a vacation is supposed to help you rest your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one worked.

【1】 What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation?

A. He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view.

B. His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel.

C. He hated himself for acting as if he were working on vacation.

D. He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable.

【2】What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year?

A. He cut off his cellphone signal.

B. He handed his iPad to his wife.

C. He refused to cheat in his house.

D. He listened to the radio most of the time.

【3】 When back at work, the author will probably choose to ________.

A. keep control of when and how to use the Internet

B. continue to road more and more books

C. stay away from the Internet for ever

D. stop checking what is being said right now completely

【4】What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage?

A. A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day.

B. A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued.

C. A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative.

D. A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wishes to.

23、Perhaps every old generation since ancient times has complained about young people, and today is no different. Isn’t it clear that compared with our glorious selves, kids these days are self-absorbed social network addicts?

However, this summer, my impression of today’s kids has been restored by the story of Rachel Beckwith. She could teach my generation a great deal about maturity and unselfishness — even though she’s just 9 years old, or was when she died on July 23.

At age 5, Rachel had her long hair shorn off and sent to Locks of Love, which uses hair donations to make artificial hair for children who have lost their own hair because of cancer or other diseases. After that, Rachel announced that she would grow her hair long again and donate it again. And that’s what she did.

Then when she was 8 years old, her church began raising money to build wells in Africa through an organization called charity: water. Rachel was astonished when she learned that other children had no clean water, so she skipped her ninth birthday party. Rachel set up a birthday page on the charity: water website with a target of $300. Instead of presents, she asked her friends to donate $9 each to charity: water. Finally Rachel raised only $220 — which had left her just a bit disappointed.

Then, on July 20, a serious traffic accident left Rachel critically injured. Church members and friends, seeking some way of showing support, began donating on Rachel’s birthday page — charitywater.org/Rachel — and donations reached her $300 goal, and kept rising.

But Rachel couldn’t hear that she had raised beyond the $47,544 that the singer Justin Bieber had raised for charity: water on his 17th birthday. “I think Rachel would have been overjoyed for she secretly had a crush on (迷恋) him,” Rachel’s mom said.

When it was clear that Rachel would never regain consciousness, the family decided to remove the life support system. Her parents donated her hair for the final time to Locks of Love, and her organs to other children.

Word about Rachel’s last fund-raising spread. Contributions poured in, often in $9 each. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000.

This is a story not just of one girl, but of a young generation of outstanding problem-solvers working creatively.

【1】What does the author think of today’s kids after he knew the story of Rachel Beckwith?

A. They are good at social network.

B. They are unselfish as grown-ups.

C. They can get problems settled effectively.

D. They have narrow minds and care about nothing.

【2】When was it that Rachel’s hair was donated for the final time to Locks of Love?

A. At her age of 5.

B. After her death.

C. Right after the traffic accident.

D. Before her ninth birthday.

【3】Why did each of Rachel’s friends donate $9 to charity: water?

A. Because she had asked them to do that.

B. Because she set up her birthday page on June 9th.

C. Because she began to raise money from her ninth birthday.

D. Because she died at the age of 9 and they wanted to honor her.

【4】The singer Justin Bieber was mentioned in the text, mainly because ______.

A. Rachel collected more than him who she admired

B. he had donated on Rachel’s page on his 17th birthday

C. Rachel would have been overjoyed for his donation

D. Rachel’s mom said she secretly had a crush on him

【5】What does the text mainly talk about?

A. Rachel’s hair donations.

B. A kind girl, Rachel.

C. The author’s impression of today’s kids

D. A lesson from Rachel.

24、Wikipedia is a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia(百科全书), supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikipedia Foundation. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites and is considered the Internet’s largest and most popular general reference book. Now, Wikipedia is becoming Wookiepedia as scientists hope the informative website will help us reach out to intelligent life forms. So aliens can learn about the human race.

Astronomers would like to beam (播送) the entire contents of Wikipedia into space in the hope of contacting aliens. They want to send messages to hundreds of star systems and planets 20 light years away using radio telescopes. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, in California, wants to use powerful radio telescopes to try to reach Chewbacca and his mates in a galaxy(银河系)far away.

The plans will be discussed by astronomers at the weekend as some scientists fear the reply from ET might not turn out to be friendly. Institute scientist David Black said, “One question is if there are dangerous creatures we might be drawing their attention to ourselves. Another is if we go ahead, what message should be sent? There could be many civilizations out there，but if they are all listening and no one is broadcasting or responding, then nothing will happen.”

Professor Stephen Hawking, who has warned that intelligent aliens probably exist and we should keep a safe distance from them, is amongthose. “If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans,” he said.

Signals from Earth’s radio and TV broadcasts have been heading out in space for some 60 years reaching around 5,000 stars.

【1】What does the underlined wordthosein the fourth paragraph refer to?

A. aliens from space

B. astronomers sending signals

C. scientists for the plans

D. scientists against the plans

【2】What has Prof. Stephen Hawking warned?

A. intelligent aliens would probably land in America.

B. the plans will be in vain and nothing will happen.

C. none of the civilizations would reply.

D. aliens would bring disasters to the human race.

【3】Which can be the best title?

A. Wikipedia, the most popular website

B. Wikipedia to be beamed into space

C. Wikipedia, aliens’ best friend

D. Wikipedia to result in a disaster

25、   As the sounds of a battle grew outside the town of Gettysburg in July, 1863, some residents hoped to _______ the worst of the fighting. Mrs. Schriver, fearing for the _______ of her children, decided to _______ to her father's house. On the way, she _______ at the home of the Pierces and suggested their 15-year-old daughter Tillie should be _______ to go with her. As it was considered a safer place than to _______ in town, the Pierces _______ agreed.

The farmhouse of Weikert，to which Tillie and the Schrivers fled, _______ to be unsafe. They had just arrived when Union _______ began marching by the house. Tillie noticed that most of the men were ________ and stopping at the spring on one side of the house. She quickly knew what to do. 'Obtaining a bucket，I ________ to the spring and carried water to our ________ soldiers. We continued doing so until night fell.' Tillie Pierce later wrote.

On the second day，the sound of cannon (大炮）was so loud that they could ________ hear themselves speak. By nightfall, the house was ________ wounded and dying men. 'That night, I made myself ________ in doing whatever I could to ________ the nurses. I was busy spreading bread and medicine to the wounded. On the third day, the ________ was even worse. As we passed on toward the house, we were forced to pick our ________ so that we might not tread (踩) on the bodies. '

Tillie did not return home until July 7. As an adult, Tillie Pierce wrote a book about her ________ during the battle. At Gettysburg: Or What a Girl Saw and Heard at the Battle was ________ in 1889.

【1】A.avoid B.control C.threaten D.greet

【2】A.education B.benefit C.safety D.growth

【3】A.travel B.stick C.climb D.flee

【4】A.stopped B.met C.packed D.gathered

【5】A.ordered B.permitted C.reminded D.advised

【6】A.play B.appear C.remain D.work

【7】A.hesitantly B.willingly C.unbelievably D.strangely

【8】A.put on B.took up C.set off D.turned out

【9】A.troops B.farmers C.villagers D.hikers

【10】A.upset B.thirsty C.cold D.hungry

【11】A.hurried B.moved C.returned D.connected

【12】A.surprised B.pleased C.exhausted D.disappointed

【13】A.gradually B.barely C.eventually D.instantly

【14】A.ruled by B.exposed to C.known for D.Filled with

【15】A.simple B.patient C.useful D.desperate

【16】A.respect B.disturb C.organize D.assist

【17】A.activity B.reaction C.behavior D.scene

【18】A.seats B.spot C.steps D.speed

【19】A.experiences B.decisions C.suggestions D.wishes

【20】A.translated B.published C.included D.described

26、假如你是高三学生李华，得知你的新西兰笔友Steven被我国北京大学汉语语言专业录取，请给他写一封信。内容包括：

1.写信目的；

2.专业简介；

3 .本人情况。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Steven,

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Yours,

Li Hua