临汾2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、You ________ see a doctor because you have got a high fever.

A.will B.must C.may D.might

2、Competed in 1891, in ________ was known as The Gilded Age, the five­story mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A. that B. what C. which D. it

3、–What would you like, beer or juice?

–______. Give me some Cola please.

A. Either  B. Neither  C.Both  D. None

4、-Sir, Kevin has promised to complete the project to be arranged.

-The question is, can he ______?

A.address B.subscribe C.deliver D.salute

5、— Why didn’t you try to finish the composition?

— I tried to, but ________ I could, the bell ran announcing the end of the examination.

A.until B.when

C.after D.before

6、I promise I________all the money I owe you by the end of next month.

A．will pay back

B．will have paid back

C．have paid back

D．had paid back

7、It was ______ creative thinking that I took the course, not to get high marks in exams.

A．developing

B．to develop

C．developed

D．to have developed

8、Every year, __________ makes the most beautiful kite will win a prize in the Kite Festival.

A.whoever B.whomever C.no matter who D.no matter whom

9、We are so tired. ______ we could take the day off tomorrow!

A. Only if

B. What if

C. If only

D. If so

10、Upon __________ the word “volunteer”, what comes to your minds?

A.learned B.to learn C.learning D.being learned

11、Conservationists __________on setting aside natural reserves for the wild species they are trying to protect during the past decade.

A.focused B.focus C.have focused D.had focused

12、He is rich and brave. __________ is no wonder he is popular with girls.

A.There B.That C.It D.What

13、—Robert speaking. Could you get me through to Mr. Smith in Room 501?

—I’m sorry, he isn’t here. He ________ this morning.

A．checked in

B．dropped in

C．checked out

D．dropped out

14、Present at the historic meeting ________ many an official on Nov 7, of course President Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou ________.

A. was; included      B. was; including

C. were; included      D. has been; included

15、---I was wondering whether perhaps you could remember the name of the place.

---I’m afraid that________ me for the moment.

A．reminds

B．puzzles

C．disturbs

D．escapes

16、Only when a person has his interests and the work combined ______ the pleasure from it.

A. can he enjoy   B. he can enjoy   C. did he enjoy   D. he enjoyed

17、It was two days after he arrived at the mountain village______ he found the villagers faced with a severe shortage of clean drinking water.

A.when B.since C.where D.that

18、New York is the fashion capital of the world, says a new study on Feb 4. 2014 by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), Pairs ____ second, with Shanghai ______10th while Hongkong 20th.

A. coming, ranks   B. come, ranked   C. comes, ranking   D. coming, ranking

19、The old couple, ________ country life, were unwilling to move to the city to live with his son.

A. accustomed to B. buried in

C. addicted to D. exposed to

20、When I lived in Italy, I ________ often eat in the restaurant next to my flat.

A．could

B．would

C．may

D．must

21、Guide dogs help blind people who cannot get around by themselves．Although Yorkshire terriers and poodles are good companion dogs，guide dogs are chosen from lager breeds(品种)such as German shepherds，golden retrievers，and Labrador retrievers．The young dogs are raised by families until they are eighteen months old．During this time，they get lots of love and attention，but they are also taught to obey．Then the dogs go to a special school where，for four months，they work with a sighted trainer，an individual who can see．The dog forms a close relationship with this person who teaches it how to follow directions such as right，left，straight ahead，and stop．The young dog also learns to watch out for dangerous traffic and wait until it is safe to cross a busy street.

When the dog is two years old，it starts training with the blind person it will live with. The dog and its new owner make many trips from downtown to where the blind person lives so the dog becomes familiar with the normal atmosphere．During the training，a sighted trainer always remains with them. A blind person who is getting a guide dog for the first time will train for about a month. If the individual has had a dog before，the training takes about three weeks．After the training，the blind person depends on the guide dog for between seven and twelve years．At that point，the working dog become a family pet and the owner needs to train with a younger guide dog．

【1】Which breed would NOT be trained as a guide dog?

A．A Yorkshire terrier.  B．A golden retriever.

C． A German shepherd.    D．A Labrador．

【2】What does the guide dog learn to do during the training?

A．Associate directions with food.

B．Play with young children．

C．Stay away from busy streets．

D．Look out for traffic problems．

【3】Who gives the dogs training at the special school?

A． A sighted trainer.   B．Other blind people.

C．A traffic peliceman．    D．The school director．

【4】What’s this passage mainly about?

A．The time spent training a guide dog．

B．The importance of having a guide dog．

C．The process of training a guide dog.

D．The way of choosing a guide dog.

22、   In 1973, Mark Granovetter, a sociology professor at Stanford University, published a paper entitled The Strength of Weak Ties. It went on to become one of the most influential sociology papers of all time. Until then scholars had assumed that an individual’s well-being depended mainly on the quality of relationships with close friends and family. Granovetter showed that quantity matters, too. He categories a person’s social world as “strong ties” and “weak ties”. His central insight was that for new messages and ideas, weak ties are more important to us than strong ones. As Granovetter pointed out, the people whom we often talk to swim in the same pool of information as we do. We depend on acquaintances whom we see infrequently to bring us news of opportunities.

This was the idea behind the Pixar building, the design of which was made by Steve Jobs. The building has a large central hall through which all employees have to pass several times a day. Jobs wanted colleagues to run into each other, grab coffee and have a chat. He believed in the power of these seemingly random conversations to fire up creativity.

Encounters with weak ties can be good for our mental wellbeing, too. Gillian Sandstrom, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Essex, investigated the extent to which people get happiness from weak-tie relationships. She found that on days when a participant had a greater number of casual interactions with weak ties — say, a neighbour, a member of yoga class – they experienced more happiness and a greater sense of belonging.

For all these reasons, we should continue to try and find ways to cultivate weak-tie relationships. Sandstrom adds that we can also engage in more weak-tie-style interactions with our strong ties. The goal is to let others know you are thinking of them without asking for a  great deal of time, energy or attention.

【1】Why does Granovetter think weak ties are more important?

A．They are smaller in number.

B．They form same circle of friends.

C．They are sources of new information .

D．They are related to close friends and family.

【2】Which of the following can be categorized as weak ties?

A．Neighbors.

B．Best friends.

C．Parents.

D．Husband or wife.

【3】What is the function of the central hall in Pixar building?

A．It helps staff build friendship.

B．It allows staff to have a break.

C．It encourages staff to meet and chat.

D．It helps Jobs communicate with staff.

【4】What does Sandstrom want to convey in the last paragraph?

A．We can develop weak ties into strong ties.

B．We should spend more time with strong ties.

C．We should balance weak ties with strong ties.

D．We can apply casual interactions to strong ties.

23、   Much of the public debate around early childhood education comes down to which matters more： academics or play. That's a false dilemma. Play is really the way that young children learn and guided play is the key. It's a way that they experience the world, and it helps them learn more deeply.

We should be concerned that the“skill and drill”approach to teaching academics is most  frequently used in classrooms serving at-risk preschoolers, in an attempt to close the gap on school readiness. Unfortunately, these teaching methods can turn young kids off to school and introduces the possibility of shame and anxiety. 46 Skill and drill” doesn't teach kids the curiosity and critical (批判的）thinking skills that they need to develop in early childhood.

However, pure free play—an approach advocated more frequently by wealthier groups—also misses the mark. “I hear a lot about just ‘free play classrooms’. ” But Suzanne Bouffard, an education researcher, said if it only involves setting out materials and not thinking about learning goals, there’s a real missed opportunity. For example, she said, researchers have found that children used more complex language about building activities when they had a goal in mind.

What effective preschools aim for is “guided play”，in which adults create a purposeful play environment that encourages students to explore，For example, in setting up blocks, a teacher might put up pictures of buildings to inspire kids. They may ask students, “What are you doing?” and gently push kids’ thinking by offering new information.

Of course, the ability to find this balance rests with teachers. Good teachers make it look really easy，That's why it's really important that we invest(投入）in teachers and give them the training to guide play without overly controlling it and to encourage kids to develop an understanding of letters and numbers without “skill and drill”.

【1】Which of the following matters most in early childhood education?

A.Having guided play. B.Learning after play.

C.Seeing the world. D.Studying academic courses.

【2】What do we know about the “skill and drill” approach?

A.It works best for preschoolers.

B.It helps develop kids’ curiosity.

C.It limits kids’ development.

D.It bridges the gap on school readiness.

【3】Which of following best explains “misses the mark” underlined in Paragraph 3?

A.Meets learning goals. B.Loses points in exams.

C.Troubles the classroom. D.Fails to achieve the goal.

【4】Why does a teacher put up pictures of buildings?

A.To encourage the kids to copy.

B.To offer extra information.

C.To share the teaching purpose  with the kids.

D.To inspire the kids to explore.

24、Potted house plants are commonly thought to clean indoor air, often finding themselves in homes and offices for this reason. But scientists now believe their power might be wildly overestimated.

Plants are thought to absorb volatile (易挥发的) organic compounds (VOCs), a type of indoor pollution. But simply opening a few windows or fitting an air handling system in an office can clean the air faster than plants, according to researchers at Drexel University, Pennsylvania.

Depending on the size of the space, the researchers calculated it would take between 10 and 1, 000 plants per square meter of floor space to clean the air at the same level as an open window or specialized equipment.

As people in developed countries spend up to 85 percent of their time indoors, it is important to understand the sorts of pollutants we encounter in these enclosed spaces and find effective ways to control them, the authors of a study on the subject argued.

Co-author Michael Waring, professor in Drexel’s College of Engineering, told Newsweek, “We noticed that there was a common understanding on the Internet that potted plants improve air quality.”

“Though many of us in the indoor air quality field had come to the conclusion that this assumption was not true, there was no definite study to prove that plants were ineffective on VOC removal. ”

Waring told Newsweek he partly traced the exaggerated (夸张的) idea back to a frequently quoted 1989 NASA study, which looked at how to purify the air of space stations. The research is thought to be significant enough to have its own Wikipedia page.

For their study, published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, Waring and his student Bryan Cummings looked over 12 existing studies relating to indoor plants and air quality conducted over the past three decades.

【1】Why are potted house plants often used in homes and offices according to the text?

A．They can improve people’s mood.

B．They can beautify homes and offices.

C．They are commonly thought to make people more relaxed.

D．They are usually thought to be able to clean the air.

【2】What does “this assumption” in the sixth paragraph refer to?

A．Potted plants improve indoor air quality.

B．Potted plants are ineffective on absorbing indoor pollutants.

C．Opening a few windows in an office can drive pollutants off.

D．Specialized equipment in an office can handle indoor pollution.

【3】What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．The causes of indoor bad air quality.

B．The influences of bad air quality on people's health.

C．The effective methods of controlling indoor pollution.

D．The significance of controlling indoor pollution.

【4】What can we infer from Michael Waring’s words?

A．Potted plants are quite effective on removing VOCs.

B．The idea that potted plants can purify air is overestimated.

C．Potted plants can improve air quality to a great degree.

D．There is no evidence to prove that potted plants can purify air.

25、   Mac was cycling along a road in Canada's Yukon, halfway through a 2,750-mile bike tour to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He was carrying a 30-pound camping bag, ___________ he wasn't moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. "Man, that's a big dog!" he thought. He looked to the side, but to his great___________, he saw that it wasn't a dog, but a wolf, running hard to___________ him.

Mac's heart jumped. He reached for the___________ from his bag. With one hand on the handle bar, he___________ the spray. A bright red cloud covered the wolf___________, and it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later it was by his side again. He sprayed a second time, and the wolf fell back again, but only to quickly restart its___________.

The wolf was getting closer and closer, ___________ a dozen yards away. Mac waved and yelled at passing motorists, but meanwhile___________ hard. He knew clearly that he must be careful not to slow down. Otherwise, he would become a____________ of the wolf.

Paul and Becky were driving along the same road. From a distance, they spotted what they  ____________ was a dog running after a man on a bike. As they got____________, they realized it was a wolf.

Mac heard a car coming up behind him, and he slowed down. The car turned around the____________, then suddenly stopped in front of him. Mac____________ off his bike and dashed for the back door of the car. It was locked. Paul quickly unlocked the door so as to let Mac in, and the____________ man dived in, shutting the door behind him.

It was quite a while before Mac became calm and cried out: "I thought I was going to die!"And Paul and Becky were glad that they had given a helping hand to people in need.

【1】A.but B.so C.for D.or

【2】A.regret B.disappointment C.fear D.anger

【3】A.catch up with B.break away from C.give in to D.come back to

【4】A.hammer B.stick C.gun D.spray

【5】A.dropped B.fired C.threw D.held

【6】A.in turn B.at last C.in time D.at random

【7】A.flight B.race C.journey D.attack

【8】A.still B.just C.also D.even

【9】A.kicked B.rode C.hit D.pressed

【10】A.victim B.competitor C.killer D.protector

【11】A.decided B.declared C.assumed D.found

【12】A.faster B.closer C.stronger D.wiser

【13】A.climber B.motorist C.cyclist D.runner

【14】A.sent B.fell C.turned D.jumped

【15】A.frightened B.worried C.discouraged D.confused

26、假定你是李华, 你的美国笔友Tom得知你校上月举办了首届校园科技节活动, 发邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回复邮件。内容包括：

1. 活动的目的；

2. 活动的形式, 如智能校园创客(maker)大赛, 科创成果展等；

3. 你的感受。

注意：1. 词数80左右, 开头已给出, 不计入总词数；

2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

I am excited to tell you that the first Science and Technology Festival was held in our school last month,

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