张家口2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、President Xi has made it clear that the key points in future arc to remove the bottleneck caused by the urban and rural dual systems in order to ______ the systematic obstacles.

A.take away B.smooth away C.fade away D.give away

2、The five young firefighters _________ to the green camp.

A. gave life  B. brought life

C. gave their lives D. came to life

3、Lily felt down because her proposal was ______ by the manager with no good reason.

A. turned down   B. set down

C. put down   D. taken down

4、If you really want the job, you’ll have to ______ the interviewers of your enthusiasm for it.

A．inform

B．convince

C．warn

D．request

5、Don’t act before you have a second thought about the mission_____ you are unable to handle any potential emergency.

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

6、As a mother of three naughty boys, her spare time is fully _______ with her children.

A.destroyed B.occupied C.disturbed D.wasted

7、Mr Johnson sang so well that everyone said he was ________ a singer ________ a teacher.

A．both … and

B．not only … but also

C．either … or

D．more … than

8、Some tourists’ visiting Tian’anmen Square during the holiday left a ________ of litter everywhere they went.

A. trail   B. dot   C. chain   D. track

9、Despite years of receiving ________ from publishers, he persevered in his attempt to establish himself as a writer.

A．preference

B．intention

C．arrangement

D．rejection

10、The doctor tried to laugh my brother _____ his fears about the coming operation.

A. from   B. against   C. off   D. Into

11、The road is always very busy at this time every day. If we want to catch the train, we have to find a(n) route.

A．competitive

B．alternative

C．collective

D．distinctive

12、Her performance was perfect and, ________ the fact that there were other 20 participants, the first prize still belonged to her.

A．however

B．while

C．though

D．despite

13、Cherish your life and keep away from drug! It is something at no time   touch!

A. you should   B. should you

C.you will     D.will you

14、—Sally, do you mind if I take off my jacket?

—Of course not． ．

A．It doesn't matter  B．Make yourself at home

C．Enjoy yourself    D．Forget it

15、Scientists ________ research in order to seek greater understanding of the brain, especially since the 1950s.

A．conducted

B．have been conducted

C．have been conducting

D．had conducted

16、I would rather be alone than have a false friend ________.

A.to keep company B.on company

C.with company D.for company

17、—I’ll repeat the address: 758 Maple Street. Maple, M-a-p-l-e.

—_______. Thank you.

A. Got it   B. I’d love to

C. Never do it again D. Of course

18、Failure to observe all Park rules could ________ being driven out of the Park without refund(退款).

A．result in B．turn out

C．watch over D．insist on

19、 -Where did you find your wallet?

-It was in the shop ____ I bought the shirt.

A. that   B. where   C. which   D. there

20、Put the letter ______ he can find it easily.

A.in which B.at which C.where D.which

21、   My brother and I were like most people, I imagine, who find themselves trying to do the right things for a parent suffering from the symptoms of dementia （痴呆）. Though there was useful advice available from various online sources, nothing prepared us for the reality or the effects the symptoms had upon Mum's loving, kind, caring nature.

The greatest shock for me was seeing Mum being violent and aggressive with a carer. At times the aggression was directed at me too and I never really knew what to expect as Mum could go from being a loving Mother to this violent stranger in a flash. It was as though Mum had been possessed at times and all I could do was to constantly attempt to distract her from her fears at any moment.

One of the many challenging aspects of the dementia symptoms is that the sufferer often doesn't know that they're ill. In Mum's case, the main thing was to carry on as though everything was just as it always was. Many were the nights where she'd be convinced that friends and relatives were coming round for a party and she'd rush around setting the table, preparing snacks and getting everything ready until she was exhausted. I got to see first hand just how the anxieties that came with the illness would really stay with her until she fell asleep.

Mum longed for reminders of her early life in Liverpool and once travelling there had become too difficult, we found great comfort in local history books and a DVD about many of the places and landmarks Mum remembered from her childhood.

I learned to go with whatever experience Mum was having. I would always be with her. If I could pass on any guidance for those about to care for a loved one, it is the above I found that really helps.

【1】How was the writer when her mother suffered dementia?

A.She started to care about her mother's health.

B.She was not prepared mentally at all.

C.She knew nothing about the disease.

D.She doubted the effect of medical care.

【2】What shocked the writer most according to Para 2?

A.Her mother's longing for her childhood photos.

B.The sudden distinct shift in her mother's temper.

C.Her mother's sufferings from fear and anxiety.

D.Her mother's failing to deal with daily chores.

【3】Why does the author tell the story of Mum's preparing for a party?

A.To prove her mum is not aware of her illness at all.

B.To explain how to help her mum come over her anxiety.

C.To regret that she failed to help her mum with her problem.

D.To look for a better medical treatment for her mum.

【4】What may the author suggest to those who have a parent with dementia?

A.Hard work pays off. B.Where there is a will, there is a way.

C.Company is the best medicine. D.Look before you leap.

22、   You’ve heard the old advice that skipping meals is a sure-fire way to ruin a weight loss plan, but a new study presented this week at the annual Obesity Society Meeting in New Orleans suggests that perhaps we've overlooked the benefits of selective fasting. According to the research, eating during a smaller window of time each day and skipping your evening meal could have a positive health effect.

The study concluded that overweight individuals who ate during the day and fasted during the evening reported fewer hunger swings and burned more fat at night, WebMD reported. However, although this diet plan results in more fat burned in the evenings, it did not seem to increase fat burning overall. Due to this, at this moment it’s still unclear as to how this eating schedule can affect general weight loss.

“At this point, we are not sure whether or not total fat burning is increased,” study lead author Courtney Peterson told Medical Daily in a recent email. “We will need to do a larger study to find out for certain whether or not time-restricted feeding improves fat burning.”

Still, although the results do not indicate a clear association between nighttime fasting and weight loss, they are still important for the world of nutrition. For example, Peterson told Medical Daily that she was surprised to find that participants did not report being hungrier than average, or have above-average swings in hunger levels, despite fasting daily for 18 hours.

“So we overturned the belief that fasting for longer period each day when the same number of total calories are eaten makes a person hungrier,”wrote Peterson.

While the effects of fasting and time-restricted feeding have been studied and proven to work in a rodent(贴齿动物)model，research on human subjects is still in its early stages. For this reason，Peterson explained that it is far too early to say，with factual evidence as backing，that time-restricted feeding will improve weight loss in humans. Still，Peterson explained that practicing this eating behavior does have obvious benefits，such as reducing overall food intake，and suggested that practicing time restricted eating a few times a week could be both practicable and healthy.

“It could be used for short-term goals or longer-term goals，"concluded Peterson." As far as we know，it is safe for adults，although pregnant women and children should not try it.”

【1】The underlined word in Paragraph l may mean ________.

A.skip meals B.eat food in a hurry C.eat less D.be particular about food

【2】What is the best title for the passage?

A.The benefits of fasting B.A sure-way weight loss plan

C.A seemingly practicable weight-loss plan D.The pros and cons of fasting

【3】What is the author’s attitude toward the plan?

A.Critical. B.Disapproving. C.Enthusiastic. D.Objective.

23、   Ronald Reagan ever said, “It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” To some extent, extra effort seems to be self-defeating. Studies suggest that, after 50 hours a week, employee productivity falls sharply.

But that doesn’t stop some managers from demanding that workers stay chained to their desk for long periods. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, recently praised the “996” model, where employees work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., 6 days a week, as a “huge blessing”. Apparently, presenteeism (出勤主义) is the curse of the modern office worker.

There will be days when you do not have much to do: perhaps because you are waiting for someone else in a different department, or a different company, to respond to a request. As the clock ticks past 5 pm, there may be no purpose in staying at your desk. But you can see your boss hard at work and, more importantly, they can see you. So you make an effort to look busy.

Some of this may be a self-continuing cycle. If bosses do not like to go home before their employees, and employees fear leaving before their bosses, everyone is trapped. Staff may feel that they will not get a pay rise, or a promotion, if they are not seen to be putting in maximum effort. This is easily confused with long hours. Managers, who are often no good at judging employees’ performance, use time in the office as a measure. The consequence is often wasted effort. We pretend to work and managers pretend to believe us. Rather than work hard, you try to make bosses think that you are. Leaving a jacket on your office chair, walking around purposefully with a notebook and sending out emails at odd hours are three of the best-known tricks. After a while this can result in collective self-delusion that this pretence is actual work.

But presenteeism has more serious consequences. It is perhaps most common in Japan, where people attend the office even when they are in discomfort. In doing so, they are doing neither themselves nor their employers any favours. As well as reducing productivity, this can increase medical expenses for the employer. According to a study in the Journal of Occupation and Environmental Medicine, these costs can be six times higher for employers than the costs of absenteeism among workers. Those workers were more likely to experience greater pain and to suffer from depression.

In the evolution of humanity, presenteeism is a recent phenomenon. In the industrial era, workers were paid not for their output but for their time, and were required to clock in and out. But modern machinery like smartphones and laptops is portable. Turning an office into a prison, with prisoners allowed home for the evenings, does nothing for the creativity that is increasingly demanded of office workers as routine tasks are automated. To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh.

【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3?

A. Employees often have to work extra hours.

B. Extra effort improves employees’ productivity.

C. “996” model is well received around the world.

D. Both bosses and employees are devoted to their jobs.

【2】What does the underlined “This” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Hoping to get a pay rise. B. Going home after the boss.

C. Putting in maximum effort. D. Judging employees’ performance.

【3】Which of the following is one the results of long-time presenteeism?

A. Reducing medical costs of employees.

B. Making employees more hard-working.

C. Increasing the competition among employees.

D. Worsening employees’ physical and mental condition.

【4】What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. Employees should be treated as prisoners.

B. Productivity can’t be measured by presenteeism now.

C. Office tasks usually can’t be carried out automatically.

D. Office workers should be allowed to be absent-minded.

24、From the lush green hill you can see Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in the distance. Populations of deer, rabbits and turtle live here. The air is stinky and the only signs that we are standing above a 24-metre (79 feet) deep landfill are the methane gas pipes rising from the grass.

Ljubljana is the first European capital to commit to going zero-waste. But fifteen years ago, all of its refuse went straight to landfill. “And that is expensive,” says Nina Sankovic of Voka Snaga, the city’s waste management company. “It takes up space and you’ re throwing away resources.”

So the city decided to change course.

It began in 2002 with separate collection of paper, glass and packaging in Roadside container stands. Four years later the city began collecting biodegradable waste door to door; separate collection of biowaste is set to become mandatory across Europe in 2023, but Ljubljana was nearly two decades ahead of the curve.

In 2013, every doorstep in the city received bins for packaging and paper waste. And, most controversially, scheduled collections of the residual waste were cut by half-forcing people to separate their rubbish more efficiently.

The results have been impressive. In 2008, the city recycled only 29.3% of its waste and was lagging behind the rest of Europe. Today that figure is 68%, and its landfill receives almost 80% less rubbish, putting it at the top of there cycling leader board of EU capitals. The Slovenian capital now produces only 115kg of residual waste per capital annually(the European city with the lowest figure is the much smaller Treviso, Italy, at 59kg).

【1】What is the usage of the pipe rising from the grass?

A．A sign to show there is a deep landfill.

B．To emit gas rising from the grass.

C．To discharge methane from the deep landfill.

D．A water pipe to water grass.

【2】What is the meaning of the underlined word “mandatory” in Paragraph 4?

A．Compulsory.

B．Typical.

C．Normal.

D．Reasonable.

【3】What is the author’s attitude to the change of Ljubljana?

A．Favorable.

B．Intolerant.

C．Doubtful.

D．Unclear.

【4】In which section of a newspaper may the passage appear?

A．Society.

B．Geography education.

C．Tourism.

D．Environmental protection.

25、My husband and I booked a fall leaf-sight tour up the Hudson River. We were really eager to see all the changing colors of the leaves in their full glory. We checked online when the peak colors were supposed to _________ and planned our boat trip accordingly.

We were a little _________ that day, since none of the leaves in our backyard seemed to be changing color, but we assumed that as we went farther north, it would be a different story.

The Palisades Park on the Jersey side was beautiful but there was not a colorful leaf_________sight. We remained hopeful as the journey _________ but other than the occasion glimpse of yellow and orange, it was not the tour we had _________. It was fall and there were leaves but none of the other expected conditions were _________!

Although our expectations unmet, we had really _________a lot. Honestly, there was some _________ in the beginning, but I was able to _________ the positive. I love the time getting out and with my husband. I love the running waters beside the road.

If I just __________ about money wasted and hopes __________, I would have had a truly__________day. Maybe there would be some __________ for that but there would be little __________.

But if I tell myself that I had a beautiful day out, enjoyed some quiet time with my husband and came back __________ then it was money and time well __________.

We couldn't change the circumstances of our __________. We couldn't make the leaves suddenly change color, but we could still have a relaxing day out. Since there was nothing we can do to change the __________ all that was left was to change our __________. We could have so __________ spoiled it, but we ended up having a great day.

【1】

A．play

B．disappear

C．rise

D．occur

【2】

A．inspired

B．surprised

C．concerned

D．encouraged

【3】

A．out

B．in

C．on

D．off

【4】

A．continued

B．finished

C．blocked

D．shortened

【5】

A．booked

B．imagined

C．seen

D．planed

【6】

A．referred

B．preferred

C．recognized

D．fulfilled

【7】

A．enjoyed

B．saw

C．wondered

D．explored

【8】

A．interest

B．delight

C．amusement

D．disappointment

【9】

A．focus on

B．apply for

C．give up

D．take on

【10】

A．realized

B．calculated

C．complained

D．worried

【11】

A．wished

B．ruined

C．spared

D．shared

【12】

A．wonderful

B．meaningful

C．terrible

D．unforgettable

【13】

A．reason

B．evidence

C．doubt

D．explanation

【14】

A．value

B．effect

C．time

D．pleasure

【15】

A．reunited

B．refreshed

C．tired

D．bored

【16】

A．prepared

B．adjusted

C．spent

D．saved

【17】

A．lives

B．time

C．relationships

D．surroundings

【18】

A．problems

B．schedules

C．situation

D．vocations

【19】

A．work

B．attitude

C．plan

D．decision

【20】

A．easily

B．eventually

C．clearly

D．undoubtedly

26、假如你是星海中学的李华。你打算高三毕业后去美国留学，想咨询你的美国笔友Mike，请你根据以下提示写一封信。

1.目的：增长见识，体验文化； 2.困惑：语言障碍，学业压力； 3.征求建议。

注意：1.词数不少于80  2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总次数。

Dear Mike,

yours,

Li Hua