台南2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Pick yourself up. Courage is doing _______ you are afraid to do.

A.whether B.which C.how D.what

2、At first the institute refused to purchase the experiment instrument, but this decision was ______ changed.

A. occasionally   B. consequently

C. backwards   D. afterwards

3、A number of questions ________ by parents at the meeting, but the school leaders could not ________ any proper answer.

A. came out; end up with   B. came up; come up with

C. put up; come up with   D. put forward; come down with

4、Busy with their business, they had no time to ______ their wedding, so they had it organized by a company.

A. accelerate   B. arrange

C. approve   D. acknowledge

5、 Poetry written from the perspective of the urban youth tends to _______ their anxiety over a lack of sense of belonging.

A. rebel B. refresh

C. reveal D. resign

6、With more and more birds _______, some day some species will _______ completely. In addition, some of them have _______ environmental pollution.

A．dying off; die out; died from

B．dying away; die off; died from

C．dying down; die out ; died of

D．dying out; die away; died of

7、________ receiving a phone call from his wife ________ she had a fall, Mr. Smith immediately rushed home from his office.

A．On; to say

B．On; saying

C．In; to say

D．In; saying

8、Canada is a country _______ many different nationalities as well as one with foreign immigrants (移民) _______ the majority of its population.

A．making up of; occupied with

B．consisting of; making up

C．made up of; consisting of

D．consisted of; taking up

9、Dr. Zhong advised the public not to go to the crowded places ________ they should be infected with Covid-19.

A．even if

B．in case

C．as long as

D．now that

10、—________?

—It's March 12th.

A．What time is it

B．What's the date today

C．What day is it

D．What's the weather like

11、——When is Jay’s concert?

——It’ s_____three o’ clock_____the afternoon of July 18th.

A.at;in B.at;on C.on;in   D.in;on

12、________prices which make owning and running many electric vehicles as cheap as fossilfuel alternatives, and a new path will be________.

A．Set … opened

B．Setting … opened

C．To set … opening

D．To setting … opening

13、The ________ of happiness changes as we grow.

A.concept B.conduct C.connection D.contact

14、—I’m making ______ progress with his help.

—Great! I hope you can go to a famous university ________next year.

A./; a B.the; / C.the; a D./; /

15、How come you have failed again?Were I you,I_______it the first time.

A.passed B.would pass

C.would have passed D.had passed

16、In fighting with enemies, the economy dropped greatly, ______, many lives were claimed.

A. on top of that   B. in contrast

C. for another thing     D. above all

17、On the table lay a note ______ “Drop me a line whenever ______.”

A．writing; you are convenient

B．writing; it is convenient for you

C．reading; you are convenient

D．reading; it is convenient for you

18、Some parents are just too protective.They want to ________ their kids from every kind of danger，real or imagined.

A.spot B.dismiss

C.distinguish D.shelter

19、______ with all sorts of affairs, the manager had little time to have a good sleep.

A. Occupying   B. Being occupied

C. Occupied   D. Having occupied

20、— I will have a math test tomorrow.

— ________

A. Good luck!   B. Thank you!

C. Well done!   D. The same to you!

21、This summer we witnessed interview teams at the North Pole wearing short sleeve shirts due to the warm weather. A study published on Aug 29 revealed more concerning issues in the supposedly coldest area of the world. Zombie ice from a massive Greenland ice sheet was confirmed to be molting, which would eventually raise global sea levels by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, reported Associated Press (AP).

Zombie ice is the kind of ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by larger glaciers. Since glaciers are getting less snow to complement the amount of ice melted, once the zombie ice is melted, it cannot be re-formed.

Scientists decided to look at the balance of the ice. In perfect equilibrium(平衡), snow in the mountains of Greenland flows down and thickens the sides of glaciers, balancing out what’s molting on the edges, according to AP. But in the last few decades, there is less refill and more melting, creating an imbalance.

Study co-author William Colgan at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland told AP that 3.3 percent of Greenland’s total ice volume will melt eventually. “Starving would be a good phrase for what’s happening to the ice,” Colgan added.

With a great number of natural resources buried under the earth, areas of melted ice revealed treasures that attracted the world’s richest men. According to CNN, in early August, there was a “treasure hunt” in Greenland. Billionaires, including Bill Gates and others, financially backed KoBold Metals, a US-based mineral exploration company, to explore the rare metals under the glaciers in Greenland. The company told CNN that since there were enough minerals to power hundreds of millions of electric vehicles the critical resource is capable of powering the green energy transition.

While investors are taking advantage of global warming, experts express their concerns that the mineral exploration is likely to worsen the local environment, draining up the world’s resources at a faster rate.

【1】What do we know about zombie ice?

A．It will melt away from the ice sheet.

B．It’s independent from large glaciers.

C．It has increased sea levels by up to 10 inches.

D．It’s complemented by nearby natural resources.

【2】What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．What larger glaciers exactly are.

B．Why melted zombie ice can’t be re-formed

C．What the melting of zombie ice can lead to.

D．How zombie ice functions in the ecosystem.

【3】What’s the experts’ attitude toward the “treasure hunt” in Greenland?

A．Supportive.

B．Tolerant.

C．Worried.

D．Indifferent.

【4】The underlined part “draining up” in Paragraph 6 can be understood as ________.

A．cutting up

B．pulling up

C．using up

D．drying up

【5】What’s the main purpose of the article?

A．To comment on the “treasure hunt”.

B．To report on the melting zombie ice.

C．To show the green energy transition.

D．To introduce the mineral exploration.

22、Sam Trull has worked with wildlife for almost 20 years, but she first found her soft spot for sloths (树懒) in 2013 after moving to Costa Rica to work for a small wildlife recovery center called Kids Saving the Rainforest. On arriving there, she took a liking to a two-week-old orphaned (孤儿的) sloth named Kermie. Sloths hug each other for both safety and comfort, so Trull cared for him with tender love, meals, and hugs. Soon other baby sloths were brought in. It was then that she realized that helping the creatures survive was her true calling.

When the sloths were grown and healthy enough to depart, Trull and her team built a 19-foot-cubed cage near the recovery center and left the door open, so the four-legged friends could come and go freely. They spent enough time eating and exploring in the wild so that they could abandon the cage for good. Trull performed it successfully with several sloths who are now living healthily in the jungle. Their movements are tracked thanks to the collars they wear.

Keeping sloths wild and free is a complicated and expensive process. To make it more effective, Trull co-founded the Sloth Institute in 2014. In addition to the education program and the research into sloths, the institute also cooperates with other institutes to better learn how to prepare orphaned sloths brought to the institute for eventual re-entry into the rainforest. The institute is now going smoothly.

Trull published her new book called Slothlove, where she documented the sloths she had saved via photographs. She explained, “A lot of people don’t know getting hit by cars and getting caught in electric wires are particularly dangerous to sloths. People just think they’re adorable and take selfies with them, unaware that the sloth is stressed and upset.”

【1】What can we learn about Trull shortly after she got to Costa Rica?

A．She helped kids to recover.

B．She cared for sloths for comfort.

C．She was at a loss how to cure Kermie.

D．She decided to work with sloths forever.

【2】Why did Trull and her team build the cage for the sloths?

A．To limit their movements.

B．To make them recover quickly.

C．To train them to adapt to the wild.

D．To reunite them with their mothers.

【3】What can be inferred about the Sloth Institute?

A．It is now open to tourists.

B．It will mainly educate the public.

C．It will let go more hand-raised sloths.

D．It is largely sponsored by other institutes.

【4】Why does the author mention Trull’s words in the last paragraph?

A．To stress her talent for photography.

B．To describe people’s love for sloths.

C．To introduce the popularity of her book.

D．To tell the reason for publishing her book.

23、Habits to Avoid Before Exams

Habits play an important part in our life. So it’s necessary to know the bad habits before we kick them off. Here is a list of habits you must avoid before exams.

1. Multitasking.

【1】 Or you will end up being less productive. People who keep changing from one task to another have a hard time recalling or gaining anything. Concentrating on one task at a time helps get better results.

2. Skipping classes.

Many students often skip classes and study at home.【2】 You will finally end up spending double the amount of time you would have spent in school copying notes. You have to make additional effort to understand what was taught in school. Learning everything from the beginning takes up a lot of your time.

3.【3】

When you don’t understand or you can’t get the hang of something, you may give it up and go on with the next. But leaving the problem and moving to other questions isn’t the right way. Instead, ask the teacher or a friend to explain it to you again.

4. Being disorganized.

With so many things to do and think about, being disorganized will only make studying much hairier. Don’t just take notes or keep reminders in certain places. Keep a notebook where you set down all study-related things.【4】

5. Worrying about small failures.

If you mess up once or a few times, the worst thing you can do is lei it stop you trying.【5】 And making a mistake and learning a lesson often give you a better understanding of how to succeed.

A．Avoiding your responsibility.

B．Ignoring (忽略) difficult problems.

C．This usually doesn’t work out.

D．However, you will be making a great difference.

E．Don’t keep on jumping from one thing to another.

F．You can also download an app to help you organize.

G．Instead, you should believe you can do anything as well as others.

24、Searches on Google, finding friends through Facebook and being able to buy simply anything on Amazon have all been made possible thanks to major leaps forward in technology over the past 15 years.

However, that comes at a price. As our lives are gradually automated, many people are losing their jobs. And advancing technology has not delivered jobs as it should. At the end of 2015 a total of 74, 505 employees were working for Google's Alphabet and Facebook, accounting for less than a third of Microsoft's total staff. However, the combined stock-market value of these companies was twice as big as Microsoft's. Newcomer tech giants in the market are in need of even fewer workers. In 2016, semiconductor manufacturers slashed their number of workers by half to just 359,000.

Despite major concerns about the future of jobs and the economy in general, 140 years of data has shown technology as a whole has actually brought to life more jobs than it has ended. Technology has been described as a “great job-creating machine”. For instance, while roles in the agriculture, washers, and examples of repetitive services, have decreased, there has been a rise in caring posts, such as teaching, educational support assistants; welfare, housing, youth and community workers; and care workers and home caring.

The aging battle between man and machine will continue as it has for centuries. The question is “Are machines taking over our jobs, or is our workload being eased by their presence?” This will be an ongoing debate especially with the current rise in machine learning technology and artificial intelligence.

【1】What does the underlined word “slashed” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Cut.

B．Increased.

C．Counted.

D．Predicted.

【2】What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 3?

A．Introduce a view.

B．Prove a theory.

C．State the opposite.

D．Draw a conclusion.

【3】What posts are on the rise thanks to the development of technology?

A．Farmers.

B．Washers.

C．Miners.

D．Teachers.

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

A．Is technology leading us nowhere?

B．Is technological progress real progress?

C．Does technology destroy or create jobs?

D．Does technology bring convenience to humans?

25、   Li Ziqi didn’t own happy childhood. When she was a child, her parents got divorced and her father died early. She started _________ with her grandparents. Their life was poor but affordable. Her grandfather was a _________ in the village. When there was a ceremony going on, such as a wedding or a funeral, her grandfather would be in _________ of the cooking.

At the age of 14, she _________ out of school and went to work in big cities trying to support herself and her family. In 2012, her grandmother had an illness, _________ Li Ziqi came back home to pursue her dream of becoming a web celebrity while _________ her grandmother.

She started _________ videos of cooking meals, using all ingredients in her farmland. _________, in 2016, after overcoming many difficulties, her videos received a huge amount of _________. In 2017, Li Ziqi became a new online celebrity in China, which is the __________ of many people at home and abroad. In front of the camera, she always appears in a set of traditional Han clothing, which makes her videos more charming and __________. Many people show great interest in her __________ as well as her cooking.

Also, her __________ help more foreigners learn and understand Chinese traditions and culture. The spirit of __________ for independence and self-reliance conveyed by her life experience has __________ great attention at home and abroad.

【1】A.dealing B.living C.paying D.quarreling

【2】A.cook B.teacher C.senior D.leader

【3】A.favor B.memory C.search D.charge

【4】A.came B.rushed C.dropped D.stayed

【5】A.because B.but C.unless D.so

【6】A.looking forward to B.putting up with C.taking care of D.keeping up with

【7】A.leaking B.watching C.selling D.finding

【8】A.Obviously B.Finally C.Usually D.Positively

【9】A.attention B.money C.judgement D.trust

【10】A.idea B.future C.dream D.privilege

【11】A.funny B.attractive C.real D.practical

【12】A.performance B.suffering C.discovery D.clothing

【13】A.stories B.videos C.beauty D.success

【14】A.standing B.preparing C.struggling D.hoping

【15】A.drawn B.paid C.needed D.deserved

26、假定你是李华，学校将于下周五举行英语演讲比赛，主题为“Doing things right or doing right things”, 请你代表学生会给外教老师Jack发一封邮件，邀请他来做裁判。内容包括：

1. 比赛相关细节；

2. 给参赛者点评；

3. 并对英语学习提些建议。

注意：1. 词数:80词左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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