仙桃2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、With more forests _______, a huge quantity of good earth _______ every year.

A．being destroyed; is being washed away

B．are being destroyed; is being washed away

C．being destroyed; are being washed away

D．destroyed; are being washed away

2、If my train is on ____ schedule, I will be home at  ____ midnight.

A. the ; the   B./ ; the C. a; / D. / ; /

3、You’ll find the houses and circumstances there different, but much of ______ you find inside will be familiar.

A. what   B. which

C. that   D. these

4、He is in _______ possession of that beautiful garden and the shop is in _______ possession of his brother.

A. the; the B. the; /

C. /; the D. / ;  /

5、He was offered a position at the local church school, _____ he went to the Cambridge.

A. after when B. since which

C. after which D. since when

6、It really matters _______ he treated the latest failure, for the examination is around the corner.

A. if   B. that   C. why   D. how

7、Try to be independent, for your parents can't do ________ for you all your life.

A. something   B. nothing

C. everything   D. anything

8、The cold smile on her face just kept us _______.

A. at a distance B. in the distance

C. in a distance   D. at distance

9、The study surveyed 500 families and found that the main ________ problem people suffered was tiredness, followed by loneliness and anxiety.

A．domestic

B．public

C．psychological

D．biological

10、Poor preparations and shortage of equipment ________ their failure of climbing to the top of the mountain.

A.resulted from B.brought out

C.accounted for D.approved of

11、________ the Internet is bridging the distance between people, it may also be breaking some home or will cause other family problems.

A. When    B. While    C. If        D. As

12、We’ll have to have our house_____.

A. repair   B. repairing

C. repairs   D. repaired

13、______ worries me that my daughter plays with her cellphone for a long time every day.

A． It B． What C． This D． That

14、—Do you know where Tony is?

—He _________ in the living room. I saw him there just now.

A．shall be

B．should have been

C．might have been

D．must be

15、________ himself with routine tasks, he had no time to accompany his children.

A.Occupying B.Occupied

C.Being occupied D.To be occupied

16、John, take good care of yourself! comes first no matter what you do.

A．Confidence

B．Health

C．Quality

D．Wealth

17、 There are so many tall trees in the forest, ______ .

A. some of them measures 50 metres

B. some of which measuring 50 metres

C. some of them measuring 50 metres

D. some of which measures 50 metres

18、A lot of the waste thrown away in the U.S. ______ being shipped overseas to China, India, and other developing countries.

A.breaks up B.clears up

C.sums up D.ends up

19、 The dictionary is ______: many words have been added to the language since it was published.

A. out of control   B. out of date

C. out of sight   D. out of reach

20、The speech on urban pollution is rather a _____ speech, as I can judge from the ___ look of all the listeners.

A.disturbing…disturbed B.disturbed…disturbing

C.distracting…distracted D.distracted…disturbing

21、According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the U.K. has about 7.7 million families with dependent children, of which 3.7 million have just one child, compared to 3 million with two and 1.1 million with three children or more. The number of families today with just one dependent child is now 47 percent and will likely rise to more than 50 percent in a decade. As the ONS confirms, “It appears that families are getting smaller.”

One obvious reason for this could be that women are putting off having children until they have established careers when they are bound to be less fertile. But it could just as well be a matter of choice. Parents must consider the rising cost of living, combined with economic uncertainty and an increasingly difficult job market. And this trend may continue growing as having an only child becomes more normal, which seems to be the mood on the mothers’ online forum Mumsnet, where one member announced that she “just wanted to start a positive thread about how fab it is to have an only child”.

She had received 231 replies, overwhelmingly in the same upbeat spirit. Parents of only children insist there are plenty of benefits. Nicola Kelly, a writer and lecturer who grew up as an only child and is now a married mother of one, says her 15-year-old son seems more grown-up in many ways than his contemporaries.

Not all products of single-child families are as keen to repeat the experience. In a moving recent account journalist Janice Turner wrote about her own keenness to “squeeze out two sons just 22 months apart” as a reaction to her only-child upbringing.

She was placed on a pedestal by her doting parents, whom she punished with a “brattish, wilful” rejection of everything they stood for. Desperate for a close friend she was repeatedly shattered by rejection and refers to her childhood as being “misery”.

Writer and clinician Dr. Dorothy Rowe, a member of the British Psychological Society, says that we all interpret events in our own individual way and there are some children who no matter what their circumstances feel slighted, while other children see the advantages of their situation.

However, the one part of life that is unlikely to get any easier for only children is when they grow up and find themselves looking after their own parents as they become older.

【1】The passage is written with the purpose of ________.

A. illustrating the strength and weakness of having an only child

B. analyzing the reasons why having an only child becomes popular

C. presenting us with different opinions about having an only child

D. guiding people to look at the same issue from different perspectives

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Nearly half of families intend to have just one child.

B. All people don’t stand for the idea of having an only child.

C. Some people fail to recognize the advantage of having an only child.

D. People brought up in an only child family resist downsizing the family.

【3】From what Dr. Dorothy Rowe said, we know that ________.

A. journalist Janice Turner experienced a miserable childhood

B. she has a positive attitude towards Janice Turner’s reaction

C. it’s necessary for us to look at the event from our own angle

D. some are unable to make an objective assessment of their conditions

【4】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. It’s normal to see the imperfection in character in only children.

B. Mumsnet is an online forum which promotes having an only child.

C. Economic development plays a determining role in the family size.

D. Only children will have difficulty in attending to their parents.

22、At first, I didn’t recognize the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. It wasn’t burnout — we still had energy. It wasn’t depression — we didn’t feel hopeless. We just felt somewhat joyless and aimless.

It turns out there’s a name for that: languishing.

Languishing is a sense of inactivity and emptiness. It feels as if you’re muddling (应付) through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield (挡风玻璃).

In psychology, we think about mental health on a spectrum (范围) from depression to flourishing (精力旺盛). Flourishing is the peak of well-being. Depression is the valley of ill-being. Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health. It’s the emptiness between depression and flourishing — the absence of well-being. You’re not functioning at full capacity. Languishing dulls your motivation, disrupts your ability to focus, and greatly increases the possibility that you’ll cut back on work.

Part of the danger is that when you’re languishing, you might not notice the dulling of delight or the decreasing of drive. You don’t catch yourself slipping slowly into aloneness; you’re indifferent to your indifference. When you can’t see your own suffering, you don’t seek help or even do much to help yourself.

So what can we do about it? People who became more focused on their work managed to avoid languishing. Interrupted attention is an enemy of engagement and excellence. To go beyond languishing, give yourself some uninterrupted time. It clears out constant distractions (分心) and gives us the freedom to focus. And try starting with small wins by focusing on a challenge that matters to you – an interesting project, a worthwhile goal, or a meaningful conversation.

We still have a lot to learn about what causes languishing and how to cure it, but naming it might be a first step. It could help to defog our vision, giving us a clearer window into what had been an unclear experience. It could remind us that we weren’t alone: languishing is common and shared.

By acknowledging that so many of us are languishing, we can start giving voice to quiet despair and lighting a path out of the emptiness.

【1】Which definition best suits the word “languishing”?

A．Feeling exhausted and without hope.

B．Becoming weaker or failing to improve.

C．Making someone want to achieve something.

D．Going beyond the usual limits of something.

【2】Which of the following can be described as languishing?

A．Seeking help when you are suffering.

B．Realizing that you are not alone in despair.

C．Giving yourself some uninterrupted time.

D．Being indifferent to your lack of enthusiasm.

【3】What could psychologists do to help solve the problems of languishing?

A．Give people more freedom.

B．See it as depression.

C．Name it clearly.

D．Remove it from a spectrum.

【4】Why is it significant to know languishing is common and shared?

A．We can let the silent despair speak up and find a way out.

B．We can continue to learn more about languishing.

C．We can see it as basically the same as depression.

D．We can study it as the complete opposite of flourishing.

23、Plan a Budget-Friendly (省钱的) Summer Vacation

It’s never too early to start thinking about your summer vacation. Deciding where to go and what attractions to see can actually be a fun and exciting part of the experience—particularly when you find ways to save your travel dollar.

【1】

Rethink your “summer vacation”.

If your summer vacation window is wide open, why not skip July and August? The flights and accommodations are about 25% cheaper in the spring or early fall. If you must travel during the busy season, you can still save by being flexible.【2】Flying out on a Tuesday instead of a Friday could save you a bit of money, and flying in the afternoon will likely be cheaper than a morning flight.

【3】

It’s always in your best interest to book your summer vacation early. If you plan on flying to your destination, for example, it will be much easier to find seats on your preferred flights if you book in March than if you were to wait until the last minute. The same applies to hotels, where prices are based on supply and demand.

Use the right websites.

There are a lot of websites competing for your travel dollar. 【4】 For example, when you make five reservations with Booking.com, you can have access to their “Genius Program” which gives you 10% off as well as early check-in and late check-out.

Consider a tour.

With so many places to see and things to do, planning a trip can wear you out quickly. 【5】 Seasoned tour operators, such as Trafalgar, take the stress out of travel so all you have to do is show up and enjoy yourself. More importantly, a guided vacation represents a significant saving.

A．Plan your flights.

B．Book in advance.

C．In that case, a tour is a fantastic choice.

D．Choose the one that offers the best service.

E．That competition has led to many benefits for travelers.

F．When booking flights, choose the least popular travel times.

G．Here are tips to plan a summer vacation within your budget.

24、   In November,a cold,unseen stranger that killed many people came to visit the city..

Johnsy lay on her bed,seriously ill.Her friend Sue saw she was looking out the window and counting-counting backward.”Twelve,”she said,and a little later”eleven”;and then”ten”and”nine”;and then”eight”“and”seven,”almost together.

Sue looked out the window.An old ivy vine(常青藤)，going bad at the roots,climbed half way up the wall.The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches, almost bare(光秃秃的)，hung on the bricks.

“What is it,dear?”asked Sue.

“Leaves.On the plant.When the last one falls I must go,too.”

“Oh,what have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well?Try to eat some soup now,”said Sue.”And,I must call Mister Behrman up to be my model for my drawing.Don’t try to move until I come back.”

Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor.Behrman was a failure in art.For years,he had always been planning to paint a work of art,but had never yet begun it.He was a fierce(暴躁的)，little,old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.

Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf.

Old Behrman was angered at such an idea.”This is not any place in which one so.good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick,”yelled Behrman.”Some day I will paint a masterpiece,and we shall all go away.”

The next morning,Johnsy and Sue were surprised to find there yet stood against the wall one ivy leaf after the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night.It was the last one on the vine.It was still dark green at the center.But its edges were colored with the yellow.It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.

“It is the last one,”said Johnsy.”It will fall today and I shall go at the same time.”

But the next morning,the ivy leaf was still there.Johnsy lay for a long time,looking at it. And then she called to Sue,who was preparing chicken soup.”

Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I was.It is wrong to want to die.You may bring me a little soup now.”said Johnsy.

The next day,the doctor came,and told Sue Johnsy was out of danger.

Later that day,Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay,and put one arm around her.”Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia(肺炎)today.He was sick only two days.They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain.His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold.They could not imagine where he had been on such a terrible night. And then they found a lantern,still lighted.And a ladder that had been moved from its place. And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it.”

“Look out the window,dear,at the last ivy leaf on the wall.Didn’t you wonder why it never moved when the wind blew?Ah,darling,it is Behrman’s masterpiece-he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.”

【1】In the first paragraph,”a cold,unseen stranger”refers to____

A.a person B.an illness C.a beast D.an object

【2】What does Johnsy mean when she says”when the last one falls I must go,too.”?

A.She will leave the city. B.She will die soon.

C.She will fall with the leaf. D.She will recover.

【3】Who plays the most important part in helping Johnsy recover?

A.Sue. B.The doctor. C.Behrman. D.Johnsy herself.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A.The last leaf B.A kind painter C.A deadly disease D.The valuable friendship

25、I was gating ready to head to my daughter’s college to bring her home for New Year. The _______ was falling heavily and the land was silvered, I knew it wasn't going to be an easy drive.

Usually a three-hour round _______ but I knew it was going to be a lot _______ today as I slowed my car to _______ the slippery roads. Once I was on the road, though, condition only worsened I _______ slowed down but four-wheel trucks sped past me _______ huge showers of slush (融雪) onto my windshield (挡风玻璃). During the last twenty miles I suddenly found myself behind a very _______ winter driver. Instead of driving slow and adjusting, when he hit a slippery spot he braked (刹车) hard and tamed sharply all over the road. I had to _______ hard myself to keep from hitting him but unfortunately slid into a ditch (沟).

I tried pulling out again and again but could only hear _______ tires. I was half-way out in the road and a truck sped by me, missing the car by inches. I looked about the car ________ and amazingly the car started to ________ , as if it was almost being pushed out of the ditch. From the driving mirror I spotted a ________ covered with snow, pushing my car as hard as possible. When I stuck out my hand to greet him with gratitude, he ________ signed me good luck, getting on his car.

Just as a famous writer Henry ________ it, “He who walks in love may wander far.” Wherever you go then and however ________ your journeys may be, always remember that you are watched over by people with a love more powerful and more beautiful than you can ever imagine.

【1】

A．snow

B．rain

C．fog

D．shower

【2】

A．rescue

B．flight

C．search

D．trip

【3】

A．shorter

B．faster

C．longer

D．easier

【4】

A．clear

B．match

C．consider

D．find

【5】

A．even

B．further

C．finally

D．immediately

【6】

A．moving

B．causing

C．throwing

D．holding

【7】

A．untrustworthy

B．unfriendly

C．patient

D．inexperienced

【8】

A．stop

B．brake

C．work

D．hit

【9】

A．spinning

B．running

C．flat

D．broken

【10】

A．curiously

B．hopefully

C．helplessly

D．surprisingly

【11】

A．move

B．trap

C．jump

D．increase

【12】

A．lady

B．truck

C．car

D．figure

【13】

A．suddenly

B．surely

C．eventually

D．simply

【14】

A．makes

B．puts

C．helps

D．gets

【15】

A．safe

B．different

C．pleasant

D．dangerous

26、请你以“My Father”为题，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文，要点如下：

我的父亲是位医生，工作勤恳，经常早出晚归，他不仅对自己而且对工作严格要求，他总是为病人着想，为病人减轻痛苦。他决心把自己的一生都献给医学事业。喜欢读书，爱好音乐。

适当增加细节，使行文连贯。词数100左右。

(参考词汇：解除痛苦：relief/reduce pain 取得巨大成就：achieve great success医学事业：medical career

My father

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