定西2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、________ didn’t seem worthwhile writing it all out again.

A．This

B．That

C．Which

D．It

2、Most students believe it’s nice to donate blood for it could save somebody’s life while others insist that we ________ blood for it may cause some illnesses.

A.don’t donate B.wouldn’t donate C.might not donate D.not donate

3、Located in the center of Melbourne， Australia， are two tall towers designed by building architect Phil Rowe， both of 　　　　 shaped like massive tree houses rather than skyscrapers.

A. who   B. them

C. which   D. whom

4、__________had all summer been a source of satisfaction to Jay Gatsby had become a threat.

A．The same very fame which

B．The fame very same that

C．The very same fame which

D．The very same fame that

5、If you are travelling ________ the customs are totally different from your own, you may feel a cultural shock.

A．which

B．in which

C．where

D．in the place

6、_______he's only been learning English for a year，he speaks it very well.

A．Considered

B．Considering

C．Having considered

D．To consider

7、We decided to move back to my hometown. We needed our children to be surrounded by people who loved them the way _________ only grandparents can.

A．which

B．how

C．that

D．in that

8、Many stations have wheelchair ________ from the car park or entrance to the station platforms.

A．approval

B．average

C．access

D．angle

9、Sometimes I act as a listening ear for fellow students _______ what is bothering them

A. to talk over    B. talked over

C. talk over  D. having talked over

10、I couldn’t understand _____ with me.

A. the matter was what B. what was the matter

C. what the matter was D. that was the matter

11、— Hi, Grace, how are you getting on with your preparation work for the trip?

— I _______ what to take with me.

A．will have decided

B．will decide

C．am deciding

D．had decided

12、The exciting moment those little boys had been looking forward to ____ at last.

A．coming

B．came

C．to come

D．come

13、--- I’m afraid I have to give it up.

--- Remember ______ sticks to his work will succeed one day.

A．no matter who

B．whoever

C．who

D．anyone

14、All the students are looking forward to the first________to take the College Entrance Examinations.

A．measure B．purpose   C．attempt   D．desire

15、---“You ought to have given them some advice.”

--- “________, but who cared what I said?”

A．So ought I

B．So I ought

C．So I have

D．So I did

16、I still remember my happy childhood when my mother ___________ take me to Disneyland at weekends.

A. might B. must

C. would D. should

17、That gas pipeline project,________in July 2020 and________in 2023, will benefit several cities along the eastern coast.

A．starting; completing

B．started: to be completed

C．to start; completed

D．starting; completed

18、The school, more than 90 percent of whose graduates are usually admitted into key universities, enjoys an excellent _______.

A. occupation   B. reputation

C. contribution   D. foundation

19、______________ twice a year，whether it is a car，a bus or a truck，is the rule that every driver must obey in this city．

A. Examining B. Examined

C. Having been examined D. Being examined

20、The _____ of the harmful chemicals on the world’s lakes and oceans has raised awareness of the public.

A. effect B. effort

C. donation D. distribution

21、   As a young boy, I knew what people said was not always what they meant or were feeling. And I knew it was possible to get others to do what I wanted if I read their real feelings and responded suitably to their needs. At the age of eleven, I sold rubber door-to-door after school and quickly worked out how to tell if someone was likely to buy from me. When I knocked on a door, if someone told me to go away but their hands were open and they showed their palms (the inside surfaces of their hands), I knew it was safe to continue because they weren’t angry although they may have a dismissive (不屑的) attitude. If someone told me to go away in a soft voice but used a pointed finger or closed hand, I knew it was time to leave.

As a teenager, I became a salesperson, and my ability to read people earned me enough money to buy my first house. Selling gave me the chance to meet people and study them close and to know whether they would buy or not, simply by watching their body language.

I joined the life insurance (保险) business at the age of twenty. And I went on to break several sales records for my company, becoming the youngest person to sell over a million dollars’ worth of business in my first year. This achievement allowed me to become a member of the well-known Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), which recognizes the world’s top achievers in life insurance. I was lucky that the skills I’d learned as a boy in watching body language while selling could be used in this new area, and were directly related to the success I could have in any business closely connected with people.

【1】Which of the following meant the author must go away?

A.A customer’s soft voice.

B.A customer’s pointed finger.

C.A customer’s open palms.

D.A customer’s dismissive expression.

【2】What does the underlined words “new area” in the last paragraph refer to?

A.The study of selling products.

B.The work for the MDRT.

C.The sales industry.

D.The life insurance business.

【3】What was the key to the author’s success?

A.Listening to customers’ words.

B.Understanding customers habits.

C.Trying to satisfy customers’ needs.

D.Reading customers’ body language.

【4】How does the text mainly develop?

A.By following the order of time.

B.By giving clear explanations.

C.By giving well-known examples.

D.By following the order of importance.

22、Connecting authors with audiences and helping readers discover new books, independent bookstores contribute greatly to the literacy and culture of the United States.

The Haunted Book Shop in Mobile, Alabama

Located in the charming downtown area of Mobile, Alabama, it is a heaven for writers in another way as well. It has a Writer’s Room where local authors can schedule time to write in a cool environment with easy access to reference books. It hyper-categorizes its fiction so that it’s easy to find exactly what you’re looking for. Beyond books, a friendly cat usually greets customers at the door.

Bart’s Books in Ojai, California

It occupies bookshelves which expand onto the grounds surrounding the shop. The outdoor shelves were designed to appear like Parisian booksellers along the Seine. The naturalistic setting represents the love of nature that draws many people to the Ojai Valley, and it is proud of being the world’s biggest outdoor bookstore. It has a wide variety of books in its collection of over 130,000 new and used books.

Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, Georgia

It is a beloved bookstore in historic Decatur Square in Decatur, Georgia. Specializing in finding the perfect books for children, people want every young reader who walks into the shop to see themselves reflected in the books on the shelves. Kids have even more opportunities to have fun, thanks to book-themed summer camps, a summer reading program.

Page & Palette in Fairhope, Alabama

It is a striking, memorable bookshop in Fairhope, a peaceful community in Alabama. It has been an independent, family-owned bookshop for three generations and has been considered a local landmark for decades. They host events for both nationally known authors and local up-and-comers. Kids will delight in stuffed animals and toys in addition to children’s books.

【1】What makes The Haunted Book Shop different from other shops?

A．Its reading program.

B．Its writing workshop.

C．Its abundant collection.

D．Its outdoor bookshelves.

【2】Who is more likely to visit Bart’s Books?

A．A booklover fond of cats.

B．An author expert in history.

C．A teenager tired of city and noises.

D．An amateur enthusiastic about writing.

【3】What do Little Shop of Stories and Page & Palette have in common?

A．They appeal to children.

B．They become landmarks.

C．They have a long history.

D．They hold summer camps.

23、   Google is getting further into the business of saving lives. Today, it announced that users of its Android phones in New Zealand and Greece will receive warnings of earthquakes about to strike their locations. And those earthquakes will be detected(探测） not by the usual seismometers(地震仪），but by the phones themselves.

Earthquakes are a well-known threat in both countries, but neither has an operational warning system. That created an opportunity to make a difference, says Marc, the project's lead engineer.

Traditional warning systems use seismometers to detect an earthquake's size, then send a warning, by smartphone or loudspeakers, to residents. These systems are powerful but they are expensive to develop. An earthquake warning system that can do without this expense and depend on smartphones has great potential (潜力）globally, says Meier, who studies earthquake warning systems. “If you can do it with just the phones, that's a shortcut.”

Android phones have been publicly detecting earthquakes since last year. It can remove false（假的）alarms like the shaking caused by the sound of thunderstorms. So far, Android phones have detected more than 1000 quakes worldwide. And the alerts have performed well in terms of speed when compared with Shake Alert and Japan's warning system, Allen says. The phones also detected a quake that originated just north of Samos, a Greek island close to Turkey, in late October 2020. “We could really show that, if we had alerting in place, we would have provided alerts in Greece,” Allen says.

【1】The underlined word “shortcut” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________。”

A．a way that is shorter than the usual one

B．a path that is direct towards the destination

C．a quicker way than usual to achieve something

D．a means of ordering a computer to perform a function

【2】What's the disadvantage of traditional warning systems?

A．They are costly.

B．They are 'powerless.

C．They have little potential.

D．They feel the quake slowly.

【3】What's Allen's attitude to detecting quakes by the phones?

A．Negative.

B．Positive.

C．Doubtful.

D．Uncaring.

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

A．The Project Provides Alerts In Greece

B．Phone Warning Systems Are Powerful

C．Earthquakes Are A Well-known Threat

D．Google Uses Phones To Detect Earthquakes

24、   Misty Copeland spends most days practicing and perfecting the graceful movements of her art. She takes classes almost every day and takes care of her body so she doesn’t injure it when she goes to work at Americam Ballet Theatre, one of the most famous ballet companies in the world.

“I treat my body with the respect that any musician would their instrument. I accept all that it is and do my best to make it the best it can be,” says Misty.

Misty didn’t always feel so confident in herself. The challenges she has faced over almost 20 years of dancing have made her strong. She was a shy child and avoided the spotlight. But she loved music and movement. When she was 13, she joined the drill team. One day, her coach suggested that she attend a free ballet class at the Boys & Girls club. For two weeks, Misty sat on the gym platforms watching the class, afraid to join in. Finally, she gave it a try.

At first, Misty felt out of place in the class. She didn’t know anything about ballet, and she was older than most of the students. Even though Misty felt discouraged, she didn’t quit. She talked with others who had struggled with similar problems. With the support of these friends, things slowly improved.

Over the next five years, ballet was Misty’s life. She practiced, performed, competed, attended summer ballet programs, and got loads of awards.

Today, Misty says, “I’ve learned to embrace my appearance, skin color, and figure.” She wants to help other dancers, especially ballerinas of color, accept themselves, too. She wrote a picture book, Firebird, in which her character encourages a young African American ballerina. In a note at the end of the book. Misty tells readers to follow their dreams: “No matter what that dream is,” she writes, “you have the power to make it come true with hard work and dedication.”

【1】When Misty Copeland began to learn ballet, she _____________.

A.felt a sense of belonging immediately

B.joined the drill team and practiced actively

C.encountered many challenges but stuck to her dream

D.encouraged others with similar problems and improved together

【2】Which words can best describe Misty Copeland?

A.Determined and indifferent. B.Persistent and devoted.

C.Diligent and pessimistic. D.Talented and traditional.

【3】What does the story intend to tell us?

A.Many hands make light work. B.One good turn deserves another.

C.Diligence is the mother of success. D.A fall in a pit, a gain in your wit.

25、I lost my sight when I was four years old when falling off a train to Atlantic City．But I was  ．My parents and my teachers saw something in me -a potential to live, you might call it -which I didn't see, and they encouraged me to blindness． The hardest lesson I had to    was to believe in myself．If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have walked with a stick for the rest of my life．When I say belief in myself I am not    talking about the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an   staircase alone．That is part Although imperfect in some aspect, I place where I can make myself fit．of it．But I mean something bigger than that．am a real! positive person．There is a special It took me years to discover and    this self-confidence．It had to start with the most basic things．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was   ．

 “I can't use this," I responded．“Take it with you," he urged me, and roll it around．" The words stuck in my head．“Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could    where it went． This gave me an    how to achieve a goal I playing baseball．At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the kind of baseball．We called it ground ball．

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to    one by one．I also knew my limitations．It was no good trying something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only   the bitterness of failure．I  would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made    ．

【1】A．unfortunate   B．disappointed C．lucky D．ashamed

【2】A．share with  B．play with   C．toy with   D．fight with

【3】A．meet B．learn    C．avoid D．prepare

【4】A．simply B．slightly C．frequently   D．directly

【5】A．unusual       B．unfair   C．unfamiliar   D．uncomfortable

【6】A．lengthen     B．strengthen C．deepen   D．widen

【7】A．hurt     B．amused   C．greeted D．praised

【8】A．find B．see   C．smell D．hear

【9】A．event   B．offer    C．idea   D．excuse

【10】A．receive     B．achieve    C．classify   D．follow

【11】A．refused     B．removed   C．caused   D．replaced

【12】A．sense   B．mistakes  C．friends D．Progress

26、假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Cathy即将回国，希望你能推荐一款具有中国特色的纪念品(souvenir)以馈赠亲友。请你给她回封邮件。内容包括：

1. 推荐的物品；

2. 推荐原因；

3. 表达期待。

注意： 1.词数在80词左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Cathy,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua