酒泉2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Everything comes with ____ price; there is no such ____ thing as a free lunch in the world.

A. a; a   B. the; /

C. the; a   D. a; /

2、—With the country’s pension fund gap becoming wider than ever, retirement age should be postponed immediately.

—Easier said than done. ________ we take all factors into account, we shall be faced with some other social problems.

A. Unless   B. Until   C. When   D. Once

3、It says that people can say anything they want without ______ by the government, as long as they are not encouraging crime or making true threats.

A.punishing B.punished C.being punished D.to be punished

4、Since Jack was laid off from his job three months ago, he _____ a new one, but without luck.

A. looked for   B. had looked for

C. has been looking for   D. is looking for

5、—The movie starts at 8:30,and we can have a quick bite before we go_________

--.See you at 8:10

A. So long   B. Sounds great

C. Good luck   D. Have a good time

6、Although masks can reduce the transmission of COVID-19, we should turn to healthier lifestyle choices ________decrease the risks of heart disease.

A．in order that

B．such as to

C．so as to

D．so that

7、The violence in Hong Kong has threatened its stability. We would rather it ______ its former order soon.

A.would restore B.will restore C.restored D.had restored

8、People today watch TV more than they buy books, ______ is why they understand visual information far better than written information.

A．that

B．which

C．what

D．as

9、I need a new passport so I will have to have my photograph________.

A．taking

B．taken

C．being taken

D．take

10、I can’t _________ the plan will work, but I’ll give it a try.

A. protest   B. require

C. guarantee   D. forbid

11、Tony was very unhappy for ______ to the party.

A．having not been invited

B．not having invited

C．having not invited

D．not having been invited

12、The doctor considered ________ a good idea for the businessman to take a holiday.

A．this

B．that

C．one

D．it

13、My memory was a complete ________ I couldn't think of a single answer.

A.blank B.hollow C.vacant D.bare

14、___________ it is raining!

A.How heavy B.What a heavy rain

C.How hard D.How hardly

15、If he had a real talent for painting, a painter he should be; if not, he must take to some other craft, ________he would have the chance of making himself a decent livelihood.

A.where B.which

C.what D.when

16、Body language is fascinating for anyone ________.

A.study B.to study C.to be studied D.being studied

17、Each student follows his or her own path, with ________ encouragement from his teachers and classmates.

A. individual       B. individualist

C. individualize      D. individualized

18、____ he had worked out the challenging math problem aroused our curiosity.

A．What

B．How

C．Which

D．Where

19、He is making the last desperate attempt and is risking ________ all his possessions if he fails.

A.losing B.lost C.lose D.to lose

20、Barbara is easy to recognize as she’s the only one of the women who ______ evening dress.

A. wear B. wears

C. has worn D. have worn

21、How to Trick or Treat

The jack-o-lanterns are carved,your costume（服装）is all picked out,and the sun is just starting to set on Halloween night.【1】With a few simple tips,you can have a safe and successful trick-or-treat experience.

Start trick-or-treat at around 6:00 or 6:30 pm.You’ll probably want to start trick-or-treat as soon as you get home from school,but be patient!Have a good dinner to fuel you up for the night,and wait until the sun starts to get a little lower before you head out.【2】

Wear or make a costume that you can move in easily.When you are deciding what to dress up as,choose a costume that doesn’t drag on the ground.Make sure your shoes are comfortable,too-you’ll be walking around in them all night!【3】Go with face paint instead!

Knock on the door or ring the doorbell.If no one answers your knock after a minute or so,you can try one more time.【4】It might feel a little disappointing,but you’ll save time and get more candy if you move on fast.

【5】After you’ve gotten your candy,look up and say“Thank you!Happy Halloween!”This shows that you’re polite and appreciative,and is especially important if you decide to come back next year.They might remember you and give you an extra piece!

A.Go in a group with two or more friends.

B.Skip it and go on to the next one instead.

C.Now it’s time for the best part:trick or treat!

D.Aiming to leave by 6:00 or 6:30 pm is a good goal.

E.Thank them and wish them a happy Halloween.

F.If no one answers after that,just go on to the next house.

G.Avoid wearing masks,as well,which can make it hard to see.

22、Why humans make and appreciate music is an evolutionary (进化的) mystery. Recently David Schruth and his colleagues have a new explanation. They say the roots of human music can date back to the branches of trees more than 50 million years ago, when the first primates (灵长类) appeared. Early primates moved around forest by leaping (跳跃) from branch to branch, a very dangerous way to travel that relies on hand and eye working together and control over muscles.

Schruth argues that a primate that calls in a musical way is advertising that it has fine control over its vocal (声音的) muscles. This might have convinced other primates that the caller also had fine control over its body. His another research shows the species that leap the most tend to have more complicated calls, which the team jokingly named as ‘protomusical’.

Hagen, a worldwide famous scientist in this field, commented on the research: “Some people would not include what we see in primates and songbirds as music. But I do see a continuity between human music and primate vocalizations”.

Hagen doesn’t think human music has a single, simple explanation. He argues that human ancestors originally used music-like vocalizations in two ways: groups vocalized together to send

a signal of strength and unity to scare outsiders away, and mothers used vocalisations to communicate with babies. Also another idea: humans used music to strengthen social bonds.

All these ideas might be compatible, says Hagen. Protomusic could have evolved in primates both to attract companions and for territorial signaling. Later, as early humans began cooperating in large numbers, protomusic might have been repurposed so it could attract rather than frighten outsiders, while also strengthening social bonds within groups.

【1】What is Schruth’s finding?

A．Primates have the most complex calls.

B．Human ancestors leap around trees skillfully.

C．Frequent movements sharpen early human calls.

D．Complicated vocalizations result from more leaps.

【2】What’s Hagen’s attitude to Schruth’s research?

A．Negative.

B．Skeptical.

C．Supportive.

D．Cautious.

【3】Which word can replace the underlined word in the last paragraph?

A．Clever.

B．Reasonable.

C．Misleading.

D．Contradictory.

【4】What’s the best title of the text?

A．Repurposed functions of music

B．Arguments on primates’ evolution

C．Origins of music linked to leaping

D．Discoveries about the human origins

23、After his father was rushed to hospital for an operation, 18-year-old Yanatha Desouvre began to panic. So he did the one thing chat he knew would calm himself—writing.

“I'm so seared,” he started. “I don't know what I'll do if I lose my dad.” Over the next few weeks, Desouvre filled several notebooks writing about his worry as well as his happy memories with his dad - the jokes they'd shared, the basketball games they'd watched and so on. Some times Desouvre cried as he wrote. Often he laughed. “Writing allowed me to face my fear and my pen was a tool to reduce the pain,” says Desouvre.

He is not alone. A lot of research shows benefits of writing about a painful experience or difficult situation in a manner that psychologists refer to as “expressive writing”. They say it can strengthen the immune（免疫）system, help reduce pain, and improve mood, sleep and memory.

When asked about his first writing, Desouvre says it was when he was 12, he survived a shooting in a barber shop in Brooklyn. After it he had nightmares about it over the years, so he started writing about it, then kept going. It helped. He say, “You can't keep things bottled up; it will make you sick.”

Now he thinks of his expressive writing as a recording of what happened and what he's learned. He always starts with “the tough stuffs” and then writes about how he's grown from the experience. Last year, he wrote in a notebook, recording the stress of his study. But he's also written about what he has pained: being stronger. “My expressive writing gave me the courage to face ray fears,” Desouvre says. “And I believe it has helped me discover the hope I need to heal.”

【1】What happened to Desouvre when his father was sent to hospital?

A．He was so frightened that he did nothing.

B．He watched a basketball game with his father.

C．He called his mother to tell her his father's illness.

D．He recorded something to free himself from anxiety.

【2】What benefit can a person get from expressive writing?

A．More experience.

B．A good manner.

C．A better memory.

D．Different mood.

【3】Why did Desouvre begin his first writing?

A．To recover from a shooting.

B．To become a famous writer.

C．To keep his secret of being sick.

D．To get rid of a terrible experience.

【4】What does Desouvre regard expressive writing as?

A．A recording of gains and losses.

B．A willingness to become stronger.

C．A great tool to deal with difficult problems.

D．A good way to react properly to an accident.

24、Maitland Jones Jr. is one of the nation’s top organic chemistry professors. He taught the subject for decades, first at Princeton and then at New York University, and wrote an influential textbook. He received awards for his teaching, as well as recognition as one of NYU’s coolest professors.

But last spring, as the campus emerged from pandemic restrictions, 82 of his 350 students signed a petition (请愿书) against him. Students said the course-negatively known for ending many students’ dream of medical school-was too hard, blaming Dr. Jones for their poor test scores. “We are very concerned about our scores, and find that they are not an accurate reflection of the time and effort put into this class,” the petition said. “A class with such a high percentage of withdrawals and low grades has failed to make students’ learning and well-being a priority and reflects poorly on the chemistry department.”

Dr. Jones, 84, who pioneered a new method of instruction that relied more on problem solving, defended his standards. “Students were misreading exam questions at an astonishing rate,” he wrote to the university. Grades fell even as he reduced the difficulty of his exams. After several years of Covid learning loss,   the students not only didn’t study, they didn’t seem to know how to study.

The officials decided to end the contract with Jones and offered the students a chance to review their grades and withdraw from the class.

The university’s handling of the petition set off equal and opposite reactions from both the chemistry professors and pro-Jones students. “They are obviously going for some bottom line, and they want happy students who are saying great things about the university so more people apply and the U.S. News rankings keep going higher,” said Paramjit Arora, a chemistry professor.

“I don’t want my job back,” Dr. Jones said, adding that he had planned to retire soon anyway.“I just want to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else.”

【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．Jones’s secret to success.

B．Jones’s ignorance of awards.

C．Jones’s fruitful teaching career.

D．Jones’s recognition of fellow professors.

【2】What is the main concern from the 82 students?

A．A sharp decrease in study time.

B．The department development.

C．School pandemic restrictions.

D．Their academic performance.

【3】Why did the NYU dismiss Jones according to Paramjit Arora?

A．To satisfy the students.

B．To make the headlines.

C．To follow the college rule.

D．To warn the other professors.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Who Was to Blame?

B．How to Treat Teachers?

C．What’s Wrong with Students?

D．Where to Get a Better Education?

25、   The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -Thomas Macaulay

Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic test to our class. When the papers were_______she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the _______ mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about _______in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _______ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O’Neill asked _______ questions, and she didn’t _______ us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the above words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to _______ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don’t _______ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for _______,I can say: it was the most important single ________ of my life. Thirty years after being ________ to Macaulay’s words, they ________ seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a ________ to measure ourselves rather than others.

________ of us are asked to make ________decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called on daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket ________turned over to the policeman? Should the ________ change received at the store be forgotten or ________? Nobody will know except ________. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always ________ to live with someone you respect.

【1】A.examined B.completed C.marked D.answered

【2】A.easy B.funny C.same D.serious

【3】A.lying B.cheating C.guessing D.discussing

【4】A.come B.leave C.remain D.apologize

【5】A.no B.certain C.many D.more

【6】A.excuse B.reject C.help D.scold

【7】A.repeat B.get C.put D.copy

【8】A.worry B.know C.hear D.talk

【9】A.myself B.ourselves C.themselves D.herself

【10】A.chance B.incident C.lesson D.memory

【11】A.referred B.shown C.brought D.introduced

【12】A.even B.still C.always D.almost

【13】A.way B.sentence C.choice D.reason

【14】A.All B.Few C.Some D.None

【15】A.quick B.wise C.great D.personal

【16】A.and B.or C.then D.but

【17】A.extra B.small C.some D.necessary

【18】A.paid B.remembered C.shared D.returned

【19】A.me B.you C.us D.them

【20】A.easier B.more natural C.better D.more peaceful

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When I was 10, I was always made fun of by my fellow Co-Curricular Activities(CCA) mates, including John. Words like, “Dick is the best player in the CCA! He only knows how to play ’Mary had a Little Lamb’ on the trumpet!” John’s fellows sang along, laughing at me.

“Don’t worry, Dick! I know you will be the best musician around and maybe perform 10 times in a year!” Tom encouraged me. “Thanks for the encouragement even though John is a better player since he has started playing the trumpet since primary school. Meanwhile, I just started, I replied with determination in my eyes to beat John.” Tom, seeing this, decided to give me more support.

After a long day of practice, the band was dismissed. I would have asked Tom to follow me back home but I was in a rush, so I left him. The moment I left the school, I took out my earpiece, listening to recordings like a broken recorder. I got so lost at the point that I did not sec the wall in front and fell on the ground with a loud hit. Luckily for me, a passer-by saw what had happened and immediately called the ambulance while stopping the blood.

“Ugh, where am I?” When I came to myself, I saw my parents and classmates. The passer-by must have informed my school or called using my phone! He then came up and explained to me what had happened. This made me embarrassed.

I could not even show my face to my parents! I wished the ground would swallow me whole, but that did not stop me from trying to be the best player. The nurse told me that I couldn’t practise as my body needed time to heal and that would take up a lot of energy. “I want to be the best. One leg injury would not stop me; it would only make me feel more motivated, I replied to the nurse.” When the nurse heard my words, she brought in the trumpet that I had wanted to practice with.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

My parents motivated me every day by bringing my favourite food or drinks to the hospital.

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On the selection day itself, John laughed at me by saying that I would not make it.

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