无锡2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、—— I probably shouldn't have any more cake.

—— Oh, ________. It won’t kill you.

A．go ahead

B．hold on, please

C．loose lips sink ships

D．never say never

2、J.K. Rowling is a very popular writer, but I just don’t like her writing ________.

A. attitude B. style   C. quality D. mystery

3、 He sold me the car at a cheap price and included the radio ______.

A. in good relation B. from good aspect

C. for good measure D. in good spirits

4、She can’t ________ all changes.

A．keep up to

B．keep up with

C．look up to

D．look at to

5、To be ________, I would rather get rid of the gift sent by him.

A.general B.honest C.surprised D.frightened

6、Although his family couldn’t afford his further education, he managed to find a place at the College of Art _____ word of his talent quickly spread.

A. whose   B. when   C. that   D. Where

7、I will give the job to the man________ they say is fun to talk to.

A．who

B．he

C．whom

D．which

8、It was the deep love and encouragement of my teammates_________ helped me gain the greatest strength and meet the challenges in life.

A. what   B. which   C. who   D. that

9、The twins were so much alike that it was impossible to ______ one from the other.

A. distinguish   B. separate

C. identify   D. recognize

10、In front of the whole audience, Premiere Li made his promise ______ the government would try its best to solve the problem of poverty in China.

A. what   B. which

C. whether   D. that

11、Where and when to go for the holiday still ______.

A. are remained to decide   B. is remaining to decide

C. remain to be decided   D. remains to be decided

12、In the past few years, we’ve seen works by Chinese sci-fi writers winning international ______.

A．consideration

B．standard

C．reward

D．recognition

13、 General Secretary，Xi Jinping stressed that cross－strait cooperation would be strengthened________ the two sides could agree to oppose Taiwan independence.

A．as long as B．even if   C．unless D．until

14、Laws that punish parents for their little children’s actions against the laws get parents_______.

A. worried B. to worry C. worrying D. worry

15、Jumping out of ________airplane at ten thousand feet is quite ________exciting experience.

A. /；the   B. /；an

C. an；an   D. the；the

16、With the final exams coming, Mark, the top student in our class, is not worried about Chinese, and _________ English．

A．still more   B．at least

C．least of all   D．better than

17、________ is no doubt that the Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world.

A．There

B．It

C．This

D．That

18、China Daily is ________ a newspaper; it can also help us to improve our English.

A. less than  B. rather than  C. more than  D. other than

19、Because of this, he made rapid ________.

A．a progress.

B．progresses

C．the progress

D．progress

20、 I was wearing a seatbelt. If I hadn’t been wearing one, I ____.

A. were injured

B. would be injured

C. had been injured

D. would have been injured

21、Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!

Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it’s just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.

Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate’s sake, even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life. Should I have been careless enough to step on her? His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate’s safety seemed admirable. I couldn’t do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.

Since then, I’ve used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind myself that good things are worth fighting for.

【1】The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he wanted_______.

A. to get close to a butterfly

B. to escape a sudden attack

C. to look over the bad situation

D. to avoid getting his shoes dirty

【2】From the passage we can learn that the attacker _________.

A. struck the author four or five times and made him badly hurt

B. paused until the author took a step backwards

C. thought it was the author who caused the death of his mate

D. attacked the author for his mate’s safety and to accompany her for the last moments of life.

【3】From this experience the man learned_____.

A. butterflies are brave insects

B. the small can defeat the large

C. how to deal with challenges in his life

D. people should try their best to fight for everything

【4】Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A. amusing B. ambitious

C. courageous D. aggressive

22、Anyone who has worn a cast (石膏) knows that rebuilding muscle strength once the cast is removed can be difficult. Now researchers at the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) at Ohio University have found that the mind is critical in maintaining muscle strength following a long period of not moving and that mental imagination may be key in reducing the associated muscle loss.

Strength is controlled by a number of factors----the most studied by far is skeletal muscle. However, the nervous system is also an important, though not fully understood, determining factor of strength and weakness.

Brian C. Clark and colleagues set out to test how the system functions in strength development. They designed an experiment to measure changes in wrist (腕) muscle strength in three groups of healthy adults. Twenty-nine subjects wore a hard cast that extended from just below the elbow (肘) past the fingers, effectively preventing the hand and wrist from moving, for four weeks. Fifteen subjects who did not wear casts served as the control group.

Of the 29 people wearing a hard cast, half were asked to regularly perform an exercise, imagining they were strongly contracting their wrist for five seconds and then resting for five seconds. This was repeated four times in a row followed by a one-minute break for a total of 13 rounds per session and five sessions per week. The other half performed no imagination exercises.

At the end of the four-week experiment, both groups who wore casts had lost strength in their unmoving limbs (肢体) when compared to the control group. But the group that performed imagination exercises lost 50% less strength than the non-imagination group. The nervous system’s ability to fully make the muscle recover also returned more quickly in the imagination group compared to the non-imagination group.

【1】What does the underlined word “critical” mean in the first paragraph?

A. Serious.   B. Disapproving.

C. Significant. D. Criticizing.

【2】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Scientists have partly understood the nervous system.

B. Whoever has worn a cast for long may have difficulty in muscle recovery.

C. Scientists have already spent a lot of time in studying skeletal muscle.

D. The number of the subjects in the experiment was 29 in all.

【3】What can we learn from the experiment?

A. The control group lost 50% less strength than the non-imagination group.

B. The imagination group lost more strength than the non-imagination group.

C. The control group wore casts but didn’t perform the imagination exercise.

D. The speed of non-imagination group’s muscle recovery was slower.

【4】 Where can you most probably find the passage?

A. In a science magazine. B. In a storybook.

C. In a textbook .   D. In a book review.

23、Recently, a case of lifeboat ethics occurred. On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while boating off the coast of South Africa, hit a rock. As the boat threatened to sink, the husband got off, but his wife was trapped in the boat. Instead of freeing his wife and getting her to shore, Graham grabbed Rosie, their pet dog. With Rosie safe and sound, Graham returned for Sheryl. All are doing fine.

It’s great story, but it doesn’t strike me as especially newsworthy. News is supposed to be about something fairly unique, and recent research suggests that, in the right circumstances, lots of people also would have grabbed their Rosie first.

We have strange relationships with our pets. We look after our pets with great love and better health care than billions of people receive. We speak to pets with the same high-pitched voices that we use for babies.As an extreme example of our feelings about pets, the Nazis had strict laws that guaranteed the kind treatment of the pets of Jews being shipped to death camps.

A recent paper by George Regents University demonstrates this human involvement with pets to an astonishing extent. Participants in the study were told a situation in which a bus is out o control, bearing down on a dog and a human. Which do you save? With responses from more than 500 people, the answer was that it depended: What kind of human and what kind of dog?

Everyone would save a brother, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog VS people less connected with them -- a distant cousin or a hometown stranger -- votes a favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist.

What does a finding like this mean? First, it is that your odds aren’t so good if you find yourself in another country with a bus bearing down on you and a cute dog. But it also points to something deeper: our unprecedented attitude toward animals, which got its start with the birth of kind - hearted societies in the 19th century.

We prison people who abuse animals, put ourselves in harm’s way in boats between whales an whalers and show sympathy to Bambi and his mother. We can extend sympathy to an animal and feel its pain like no other species. But let’s not be too proud of ourselves. As this study and too much of our history show, we’re pretty selective about how we extend our kindness to other human beings.

【1】Which of the following is true according to the article?

A．The story of the Anleys and their dog was too unique to be newsworthy.

B．Most people surveyed choose to save their own dog rather than a human.

C．It wa in the 19th century that human beings started to love their pets.

D．Human beings are more and more concerned with animals nowadays.

【2】What is the function of the first of paragraph?

A．To create a relaxing mood for readers.

B．To present the theme of this essay straightly.

C．To lead in the main topic of this essay.

D．To raise problems that will be solved later.

【3】The author mentions Nazi laws in the third paragraph ________.

A．to show how cruel the Nazis’ were to the Jews

B．as an example to persuade people not to love pets

C．to illustrate the strange relationship between human and pets

D．as an example to display the kindness of the Nazis

【4】What does the author mainly argue for?

A．Pets are of great significance to us human beings.

B．We should rethink about out attitude towards animals and mankind.

C．It is kind of human beings to extend kindness to animals.

D．We should be selective when showing attitude toward other human beings.

24、   To be clear, plastic bags are rightly thought of as a threat that's harmful to human health. According to the National Resources Defense Council, over a decade ago, the average American family took home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year, filling our cabinets, kitchen drawers, and landfills (垃圾填埋场). Today the numbers are slightly better: According to National Geographic, as of 2018, shoppers in the United States use almost one plastic bag per resident per day.

This is not a story on the evil of plastics, but on whether the reusable bag can justify its existence. Although more environmentally friendly than traditional single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, depending on what they are made of, are more energy-intensive (耗能) to recycle.

According to a report by the United Nations Environment Program, “depending on what they are made of, reusable bags might have to be deconstructed in a costly recycling process to separate the different materials. As a result, in many cases, reusable bags are not recycled." That means despite the best intentions, millions of reusable bags designed to replace the need for traditional plastic shopping bags, will also end up in landfills.

Another point to consider, not all reusable bags are equal in terms of their recyclability. There are a wide range of reusable bag options on the market, and reusable bags tend to be made of more than one material to give the bag added reinforcement (耐用) and added street fashion. On a life cycle basis, stronger, heavier bags-no matter what material they are made of-will have a more severe environmental effect. That's because heavier bags use more resources to produce as well as distribute.

Just like plastic bags did, reusable bags multiply rapidly. Used for promotional (促销的)purposes and marketing of all kinds, reusable bags' growing popularity means bags that have been used very little (or not at all) can be found piled in streets, in garbage cans in city parks, and basically everywhere. Therefore, consumers have come to see them as disposable, defeating their very purpose.

In the end, the best practice for reusable bags is to have no half measures: Either use them all the time or don't use them at all. Using a reusable bag once or twice, and then throwing it away, doesn't do the environment any favors.

【1】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Plastic bags are refused by environmentalists.

B.Shops in America have limited the use of plastic bags.

C.The need of strong and fashionable reusable bags is more than the supply.

D.Reusable bags demand more resources to produce and recycle than expected.

【2】The words “very purpose" in Paragraph 6 refer to the intention of __________.

A.being left in landfills

B.being used as much as possible

C.replacing plastic bags

D.promoting goods on the market

【3】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Recycle Reusable Bags

B.Disadvantages of Plastic Bags

C.Reusable Bags? Think Twice!

D.Plastic Bags, Less Popular?

【4】Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?

I: Introduction CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion

A. B.

C. D.

25、Vasco da Gama, born around 1469 in Sines, Portugal, is best remembered as the first European to sail from Europe to India. The sea ________ he found helped Portugal build a rich empire overseas.

As a young man, studying navigation and astronomy, he served as an officer in the Portuguese ________. In 1497, he ________ the king of Portugal he could find a sea route to India by sailing around Africa, which would allow Portugal to ________ the rich Indian spice trade.

Earlier Portuguese expeditions had ________ the southern tip of Africa. But these trips were long, difficult, and ________. Was it possible to travel from Europe to India in a single ________?

In July, Gama ________ from Lisbon with four ships. By January 1498, the expedition ________ Mozambique on Africa’s southeaster coast. But Arab traders in Mozambique ________ disliked Portuguese. They ________ Gama away.

Farther north, on the coast of Kenya, Gama hired an Arab to ________ his ships across the Indian Ocean. In May 1498, they arrived at Calicut in India, where pearls, jewels, and wonderful spices were ________ for sale. But the king and local merchants refused to ________ with Portuguese.

In ________, Gama made a second voyage to Calicut with warships and soldiers. After many ________ battles, Gama ________ merchant ships and killed many locals ________ the king of Calicut surrendered. Gama sailed home ________ with a rich cargo of spice. In 1524, Portugal built a valuable trading empire in India. ________, the Portuguese king named Gama the governor of Portugal’s possessions there.

【1】

A．breadth

B．chart

C．kingdom

D．route

【2】

A．government

B．navy

C．land force

D．air force

【3】

A．convinced

B．cheated

C．facilitated

D．acknowledged

【4】

A．panic

B．astonish

C．control

D．adopt

【5】

A．shifted

B．strengthened

C．dismissed

D．rounded

【6】

A．dangerous

B．comfortable

C．valuable

D．influential

【7】

A．vehicles

B．flight

C．voyage

D．line

【8】

A．landed

B．fought

C．dived

D．departed

【9】

A．attacked

B．reached

C．assisted

D．sheltered

【10】

A．intently

B．possibly

C．exceptionally

D．subsequently

【11】

A．blew

B．drove

C．took

D．dusted

【12】

A．navigate

B．drag

C．push

D．leaked

【13】

A．apart

B．abroad

C．available

D．aboard

【14】

A．talk

B．bargain

C．live

D．trade

【15】

A．1492

B．1497

C．1502

D．1525

【16】

A．bleeding

B．visible

C．secret

D．financial

【17】

A．packed

B．sank

C．bought

D．repaired

【18】

A．because

B．where

C．unless

D．before

【19】

A．loaded

B．occupied

C．unfolded

D．surrounded

【20】

A．However

B．Meanwhile

C．Moreover

D．Extensively

26、随着人们生活水平的提高，“广场舞大妈”们掀起了一场广场舞热潮，甚至把广场舞跳出了国门。请以广场舞为主题，完成一篇文章，内容包括：

1. 描述当前广场舞的现状

2. 分析这种现象产生的原因

3. 陈述利养以及表明个人态度

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

提示：广场舞square dance

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