石家庄2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、Doctors are fighting a________battle to save the little girl’s life.

A.modest B.flexible C.compulsory D.desperate

2、I like your products very much ________ quality but I think the price is too high.

A．in charge of

B．in place of

C．in terms of

D．in spite of

3、--- I’m sorry. I think I am not fit for the job. I don’t handle pressure too well.

--- Oh, I can’t believe it. You know , that’s not the impression I have of you at all. That’s

    I’d describe myself.

A. what   B. how   C. which   D. why

4、—Are you ________ me of lying to the headmaster?

—I’m sure you did.

A．accusing

B．scolding

C．reminding

D．telling

5、The government placed _____ on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

A. limitations B. administration

C. requirements D. restrictions

6、The stranger calling himself a friend of my father's________to be a cheat. I was almost taken in by his trick.

A.turned out B.looked out C.pointed out D.came out

7、________ the concert to raise money for hunger relief and to make the public aware of the problem, Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it.

A. Intended B. Intending C. Having intended D. To intend

8、－That must have been a terrible experience.

－Yeah. I________ in the damaged car, unable to move.

A. was stuck   B. have been stuck

C. am stuck   D. had been stuck

9、---The prices of vegetables are going up madly. It’s really too much for us.

---But for the situation where many vegetable producing areas _____ constant low temperature, things would not be like this.

A. meet with B. have met with

C. met with   D. had met with

10、Of all the books on the desk, __________ is of any use for our study.

A．no one

B．nothing

C．none

D．neither

11、—That important document is nowhere to be seen.

—Don't worry! You ___________ it somewhere. Calm down and think it over.

A．might leave

B．might have left

C．should leave

D．should have left

12、Raymond’s parents wanted him to have_______ possible education.

A.good B.better C.best D.the best

13、The British romantic poet William Wordsworth grew up in the Lake District,which was a great ________ of inspiration for his poems.

A．discovery

B．form

C．source

D．symbol

14、When Lionel Messi ran into the stadium, he was met with hundreds of thousands of fans ______ his name.

A．to call

B．being called

C．calling

D．call

15、Reading a large number of books ________ make us wiser.

A.should B.can C.need D.must

16、______ violin is his main focus, David is also excellent at guitar.

A.Since B.Once C.Unless D.While

17、All the photographs in this book, __________ stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.

A.if B.when C.which D.unless

18、This house is almost ________ to the one where I lived as a child.

A. identical B. manual

C. chilly D. enthusiastic

19、She ______ someone, so I nodded to her and went away.

A.phoned B.had phoned

C.was phoning D.has phoned

20、 How happy we are！The winter holiday we have been looking forward ____soon.

A. has come    B. to have come

C. to coming   D. to will come

21、If you start a sentence with, “If I were you...” or find yourself scratching your head over a decision when the answer is crystal-clear, there’s a scientific reason behind it. Our own decision-making abilities can become exhausted over the course of the day causing indecision or poor choices, but choosing on behalf of someone else is an enjoyable task that doesn’t suffer the same difficulties.

“The problem is decision fatigue, a psychological phenomenon that causes harm to the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making,” says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.

Physicians on the job for several hours, for example, are more likely to prescribe antibiotics (抗生素) to patients when it’s unwise to do so. “Presumably it’s because it’s simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient case closed rather than investigate further,” Polman says.

But decision fatigue goes away when you are making the decision for someone else. When people imagine themselves as advisers, they feel less tired and rely less on decision shortcuts. “By taking upon the role of adviser rather than decision maker, one does not suffer the consequences of decision fatigue,” he says. “It is as if there is something fun about making someone else’s choice.”

“Getting input from others not only offers a fresh perspective and thought process, it often also includes riskier choices. While this sounds undesirable, it can be quite good. When people experience decision fatigue, when they are tired of making choices, they have a tendency to choose to go with status quo,” says Polman. “But it can be problematic since a change in the course of action can be important and lead to a positive outcome.”

To achieve a successful outcome or reward, some level of risk is almost always essential. “People who are susceptible to decision fatigue will likely choose to do nothing over something,” he says. “That’s not to say risk is always good, but it is related to taking action, whereas decision fatigue assuredly leads to inaction and the possible chagrin (懊恼) of a decision maker who might otherwise prefer a new course but is unfortunately hindered.”

“Just because you can make good choices for others doesn’t mean you’ll do the same for yourself,” Polman cautions. “Research has found that women negotiate higher salaries for others than they do for themselves,” he says, adding that people slip in and out of decision roles.

【1】What does the author say about people making decisions?

A．They tend to make decisions the way they think advantageous to them.

B．They may become exhausted making too many decisions for themselves.

C．They show considerable differences in their decision-making abilities.

D．They are more cautious in making decisions for others than for themselves.

【2】When do people feel less decision fatigue?

A．When they take decision shortcuts.

B．When they have advisers to turn to.

C．When they have major decisions to make.

D．When they help others to make decisions.

【3】What are people likely to do when decision fatigue sets in?

A．They avoid trying anything new.

B．They turn to physicians for advice.

C．They tend to make risky decisions.

D．They adopt a totally new perspective.

【4】What does the passage say about taking some risk in decision making?

A．It will enable people to be more creative.

B．It will more often than not end in regret.

C．It is vital for one to reach the goal desired.

D．It is likely to bring about serious consequences.

22、Mice and rats have long been used in medical research because of their biological similarities to humans. Now, scientists have trained rats to drive small vehicles created for them. One of the main findings of the experiment was that the driving activity seemed to help the rats relax.

Researchers at the University of Richmond in Virginia led the experiment. The team built tiny cars out of plastic and other materials. The vehicles had an opening at one end where electrical wires were attached. By touching one of three different wires, the rat could control the direction of the vehicle.

Researchers trained 17 rats over several months to drive around the experiment containers. The animals proved that they could be trained to drive forward as well as in other directions to get to the sweet treats placed inside the containers.

The researchers examined levels of two hormones (荷尔蒙) in the rats—one that causes stress and another that reduces it. All rats that took part in the training had higher levels of the hormone that reduces stress. The research suggests the increased relaxation levels could be linked to the enjoyment of successfully completing a new skill. The team also found that the rats that drove themselves showed higher levels of the stress-fighting hormone than those that simply rode in small cars controlled by humans.

Lambert said the most exciting result of the experiment for her was about the possible effect on humans. The research may open new areas of non-drug treatments for people suffering from mental health conditions.

“There’s no cure for schizophrenia or depression and we need to catch up,” she said. “And I think we need to look at different animal models and different types of tasks and really respect that behavior can change our neurochemistry (神经化学). ”

Speaking to the British-based magazine New Scientist, Lambert said her team is planning to continue experiments to learn more about how the rats learned to drive. The new research will also examine why some activities appear to reduce stress, and which areas of the brain are involved in the process.

【1】What did the experiment find?

A．Rats are able to drive vehicles.

B．Rats feel relaxed when driving.

C．Rats can be used in medical research.

D．Rats are biologically similar to humans.

【2】The finding of the hormone examination in the rats suggests that ___________.

A．one hormone causes stress and another reduces it

B．acquiring a new skill brings about joy

C．levels of hormone are controlled by stress

D．relaxation contributes to enjoyment

【3】The research is significant because ___________.

A．it may lead to a way to treat human mental problems

B．it will affect the way that humans drive their cars

C．it may help people train animals better.

D．it can surely change neurochemistry

【4】What Lambert’s team will do next is find out ___________.

A．which parts of the rats’ brain control their emotions

B．why rats have the ability of fighting stress

C．when activities affect the levels of stress

D．why certain activities reduce stress

23、Icon, the Austin-based startup that designed the 3D printer, is building six small homes on the site called Community First! Village, creating the world's first 3D-printed neighborhood.

The printer squeezes out the company's custom（定制的）, low-cost material to build walls as high as 8.5 feet and as wide as 28 feet; the walls for a single small house can be completed over 24 hours.

For now, the rest of the house is built traditionally. Workers prepare the site and lay a foundation, and after the walls are printed, they add the roof, windows, doors and pipe system.

Though the technology is still at an early stage, it's believed that it will ultimately be possible to print a home at half the cost of traditional construction, in half the time. The material is also stronger in disasters like hurricanes than a traditional stick-built house. That's one reason that it could be especially useful for affordable housing.

For Community First! Village, choosing to test the new technology was a natural extension of its willingness to experiment. The community was established in 2015, created by Alan Graham, who had spent the past two decades volunteering on the streets of Austin. Rather than just providing housing to those experiencing homelessness, Graham wanted to provide a true sense of community.

The village, filled with tiny houses and RVs, was inspired in part by his experience traveling in RV parks, where neighbors naturally gathered outside. The village has outdoor kitchens, a dog park, a garden, a community market, and other places for people to meet and talk. "There's all activities to bring you out of the house and to interact with each other and support each other," says Shea, a resident of the village.

There are more than 200 homes in the community now, and as it expands to add more than 300 additional homes, some residents are moving into the new section of the community.

【1】Which part of the houses can be printed?

A．The roof structure.

B．The windows.

C．The walls.

D．The pipe network.

【2】What is an advantage of 3D-printed houses?

A．Accommodating more people.

B．Being easier to be moved around.

C．Providing nicer living experience.

D．Increasing the firmness of the houses.

【3】How did Graham get the idea of Community First! Village?

A．His traveling experience inspired him.

B．The friendly neighbors made a suggestion.

C．His interest in volunteering reminded him.

D．The condition of his community touched him.

【4】What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．3D technology is used to build houses.

B．The homeless got free 3D-printed houses.

C．New communities will feature 3D technology.

D．3D-printed houses will replace traditional ones.

24、Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies’ responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of hearing stimulation. They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that a baby notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances(讲话，说话). By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling tones. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies’ emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is happy or angry, attempting to begin or end new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of clues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.

Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating(夸张) such clues. One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk. Other researchers have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels(元音) longer, and emphasize certain words.

More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make those precisely perceptual（知觉的，感性的） recognition that are necessary if they are to acquire listening language.

Babies obviously obtain pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to boring meaning that it often is for adults.

【1】The author mentions syllables with rising and falling tones to   .

A. show how difficult it is for babies to interpret emotions

B. provide an example of ways adults speak to babies

C. give a reason for babies’ difficulty in telling one adult from another

D. show a six-week-old baby can already tell some language differences

【2】What can be inferred about the findings described in Paragraph 2?

A. Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways.

B. Babies ignore facial expressions in understanding listening language.

C. The mothers were unconsciously teaching their babies to speak.

D. Mothers only exaggerate their tones when talking to babies.

【3】Why do babies listen to songs and stories, even if they can’t understand?

A. They understand the rhythm.   B. They enjoy the sound.

C. They can remember them easily.   D. They focus on the meaning.

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Babies can detect sounds other than the human voice.

B. Babies’ ways to learn a language differ from adults’.

C. Babies can respond to the speech before they can speak.

D. Babies can tell the sound of the human voice from other sounds.

25、   I landed at the Toronto airport a day late. To my surprise and ____, the rental car service I found on the internet was ____! With the help of other travelers and airport workers who clearly ____ the “lost puppy” look on my face, I found the area with several rental car companies. I started at the end of the ____ and walked my way down as each employee said “sorry, we are ____ “. All I could do was to fight back the ____. The lovely young woman at the last counter, ____, really took pity on me and went around to the back office and ____with a set of car keys and a smile!

Things got tricky on the way. The GPS on my phone would not ____, and there was no highway lighting and no overhead ____for miles and miles. Finally, I found an exit and saw the first signs of ____-a neighborhood! Just about a mile down the road, I found hope-McDonalds! Not my usual dining ____, but at the time I would have eaten ___! So, it’s about 8:30 p.m and I should have happily arrived at my final destination by now. I walk in to get food and more directions; and it’s full of teenagers.

Ironically, I am a Life Coach for Teenagers, but wasn’t “feeling the love” at this moment. My hopes for anyone taking sympathy on me was ____ fast, until I saw Mary. She was standing next to me waiting for her ____. I asked for help. “Don’t worry. I’ll drive you to the ____ that will take you to your destination. Just follow me” she said. I felt ____in my heart because she drove ____ her way for many miles to help me find my way.

I will never forget her ____ and determination to make sure I was going to be OK. My forever McDonald’s ____ , Mary.

【1】A.pleasure B.excitement C.terror D.sorrow

【2】A.extended B.closed C.improved D.guaranteed

【3】A.exchanged B.liked C.shared D.recognized

【4】A.row B.room C.office D.airport

【5】A.given out B.made out C.sold out D.left out

【6】A.tears B.fear C.trouble D.campaign

【7】A.therefore B.however C.thus D.besides

【8】A.recalled B.negotiated C.withdrew D.returned

【9】A.last B.stop C.work D.fail

【10】A.signs B.lights C.wires D.clouds

【11】A.friendship B.life C.migration D.nature

【12】A.habit B.area C.option D.experience

【13】A.some B.that C.nothing D.anything

【14】A.abandoned B.raised C.growing D.fading

【15】A.table B.order C.turn D.offer

【16】A.highway B.subway C.station D.company

【17】A.comfort B.pain C.warmth D.cold

【18】A.beyond B.via C.off D.on

【19】A.motivation B.kindness C.patience D.responsibility

【20】A.restaurant B.food C.figure D.angel

26、假如你是学生会主席李华，为了让同学们(包括外国留学生)了解并加入新社团Traditional Chinese Culture Lovers，请你用英语拟一份通知张贴在校园文化宣传栏。主要内容包括：

1.社团成立的目的和意义；

2.社团计划开展的活动；

3.报名时间和地点：4月10号至15号，学生会办公室。

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