衡水2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Having pictures to color will keep children ______for hours.

A．amused

B．amusing

C．amuse

D．to amuse

2、________ “Double 11” somewhat overlaps with Valentine’ s Day and provides another occasion for lovers to buy each other gifts, most spending on that day doesn’t involve a change of single status.

A. Ever since  B. In case  C. Even though  D. As though

3、—I was told that you had your stomach examined last week?

—Yes. But I hope that I shall never again have to ________ such unpleasant experience.

A. undergo   B. undertake   C. undercharge   D. underline

4、The girl conquered her fear and ___ the enormous spider in sight of it last night.

A. took up   B. picked up

C. put up     D. set up

5、“Never for a second,” one of the victims in the Kunming rail station violence said, “ that the government would come to our rescue.”

A. I doubted   B. did I doubt   C. I have doubted   D. do I doubt

6、---What kind of apartment do you need?

--- ________ with two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen.

A．The one

B．That

C．One

D．It

7、I wonder whether his hearing is okay ______ he has turned the television up very loud.

A. unless B. although C. until  D. because

8、Believe it or not, some English idioms are very difficult to understand ______ you know the meaning of each word.

A.as if B.in case C.now that D.even if

9、______ skills, David is believed to be one of the best and most talented basketball players in our team.

A.In need of B.In favor of C.In terms of D.In honor of

10、I can’t figure out why some foreigners must go out_______staying at home is the safest way during the outbreak of the virus.

A．until

B．before

C．unless

D．when

11、____to the students at home, the textbooks enabled them to study more efficiently.

A．Distributing

B．Having distributed

C．Being distributed

D．Distributed

12、Because of the tight schedule and heavy workload of Grade 12, many students________ their lunch break to finish homework.

A．make fun of

B．take advantage of

C．keep pace with

D．keep an eye on

13、—Bob has gone to Shanghai.

—Oh, can you tell me when he_________?

A．has left

B．left

C．is leaving

D．would leaving

14、We ____________ solving international dispute by negotiation, instead of appealing to arms.

A.advocate B.admit C.assess D.approach

15、Thanks to her determination and perseverance on the piano lesson, she has a ______ grasp of the subject.

A. comprehensive B. confidential

C. conservative D. compulsory

16、—Are you ready for the history test tomorrow?

—No, I wish I_____the clock back.

A．had turned

B．could turn

C．will turn

D．would have turned

17、--- Well, a mushroom soup, a vegetable salad, and anything _____ , sir?

--- An apple pie, please.

A. to follow B. follows

C. followed D. following

18、If you were wrong, admit it. You won't lose________, but will gain respect.

A.dignity B.confidence C.fascination D.identity

19、The wooden tower that _________ will be open to tourists soon, and the work is almost finished.

A．is being restored

B．is restored

C．is restoring

D．restores

20、The plan for Xiongan New Area ______ officially on April 1, 2017.

A. announced   B. was announced   C. announces   D. is announced

21、   If you frequently Google language-related questions, you've probably seen an advertisement for Grammarly, an automated grammar-checker. Grammarly advertises its ability not only to fix a variety of mistakes like spelling and grammar, but to replace the poor words and expressions with proper ones and improve styles too. Does it achieve what it advertises? Sometimes. But sometimes Grammarly doesn't do what it should.

Artificial-intelligence systems like Grammarly are trained with data. Developers also manually add certain rules to the patterns that Grammarly has taught itself. The software then looks at a user's article: if a string of words seems ungrammatical, it tries to spot how the mistake most closely resembles one from its training inputs.

All this shows how far artificial intelligence is from the human kind. Computers have advantages over humans at problems that can be solved with pure maths, such as chess. Advances in language technology have been impressive in fields, such as speech recognition. But grammar is the real magic of language. And machines are no match for humans. Computers can have a good command of labelling things like nouns and verb phrases. But they struggle with grammatical sentences that are difficult to analyse precisely.

To correct such articles requires knowing what the writer has intended. But computers don't work in meaning or intention; they work in formulae （公式）. Humans, by contrast, can understand even rather complex grammar, because of the ability to guess the contents of other minds. Grammar-checking computers illustrate not how bad humans are with language, but just how good.

【1】According to the advertisement, Grammarly can help users_________.

A．polish the compositions

B．collect materials of writing

C．translate the essay into what you need

D．master the rules of spelling and grammar

【2】In what way is artificial intelligence at a disadvantage?

A．Playing chess.

B．Speech recognition.

C．Labelling nouns and verb phrases.

D．Analysing grammatical sentences.

【3】What is the writer's attitude to grammar-checking computers?

A．Praiseful.

B．Unfavorable.

C．Ambiguous.

D．Uncaring.

【4】What's the main idea of the passage?

A．Humans have advantages over artificial intelligence.

B．A popular software to correct grammatical mistakes.

C．Artificial intelligence has some problems with grammar.

D．The advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence.

22、Some people like to listen to the Beatles．while others prefer Gregorian chants．When it comes to music , scientists find that nurture can overpower nature．

A study shows musical preferences seem to be mainly shaped by a person’s cultural upbringing and experiences rather than biological factors．“Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference in the way people respond to consonant(和谐的)and dissonant(不和谐的)sounds，and this suggests that other cultures hear the world differently,” says Josh McDermott．a scientist in Cambridge．

Some scientists believe that the way people respond to music has a biological basis and that this would overpower any cultural shaping of musical preferences , effectively making them a universal phenomenon．Some musicians．by contrast , think that such preferences are more a product of one’s culture．If a person’s upbringing shapes their preferences，then they are not a universal phenomenon．

The trick to working out where musical preferences come from was to find and test people who hadn’t had much contact with Western music．McDermott and his team travelled by aeroplane，car and canoe to reach the remote villages of the Tsimane’ people，who are largely isolated from Western culture．

In their experiments，McDermott and his colleagues investigated responses to Western music by playing combinations of notes to three groups of people：the Tsimane’ and two other groups of Bolivians that had experienced increasing levels of exposure to Western music．The researchers recorded whether each group regarded the notes as pleasant or unpleasant．

The Tsimane’ are just as good at making acoustic(声响的)distinctions as the groups with more experience of other types of music，the scientists find．Most people prefer consonant tones，but the Tsimane’ have no preference between them．“This pretty convincingly rules out that the preferences are things we’re born with，’’ McDermott argues．

“Culture plays a role．We like the music we grew up with，”agrees Dale Purves，a scientist at Duke University．“Nature versus nurture is always a fool’s errand．’’It’s almost always a combination，he adds．

【1】Why does the author mention Beatles in the first paragraph?

A．To arouse reader’s interest．

B．To stress the importance of music．

C．To introduce the topic to be discussed．

D．To encourage readers to listen to their music．

【2】McDermott would most probably agree that __________．

A．people’s music preference is a universal phenomenon

B．Chinese and Japanese have different music preferences

C．the way people respond to music is biologically decided

D．parents have nothing to do with children’s music preference

【3】What do we know about the Tsimane’ in the experiment?

A．They prefer consonant tones．

B．They are born with excellent music talent．

C．They do well in telling acoustic distinctions．

D．They have never had contact with Western music．

【4】What does the underlined phrase “a fool’s errand” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Something meaningless．  B．Something significant．

C．Something reliable． D．Something sensitive．

23、According to Jim Coan, a psychologist from the University of Virginia, holding hands with someone you trust can have a positive effect on your health. Why? Researchers have shown in their studies that the simple act of touch can reduce stress and even lower heart rate.

In a study, Jim and his colleagues brought couples into the lab, and then put one of them in an fMRI machine to scan the activity in their brains. While scanning them, the participants looked at a screen, and on a series of tests, they either saw a green circle or a red “X”. A green circle meant that the test would end shortly and nothing else would happen. A red “X” meant that in a few seconds, there was a chance that they would receive a mild electric shock on their leg. The shock wasn’t painful, but it wasn’t exactly comfortable either.

During some of these tests, participants were in the fMRI scanner alone; during others, a researcher came in and held their hand; and on a final set of tests, their romantic partner came in and held their hand. Jim and colleagues found that when participants thought they might be getting a shock, they had a lower stress response in their brains when holding their romantic partner’s hand than in the other two conditions. And the happier the couples said they were in their relationships, the more the romantic partner’s hand lessened (减弱) the brain’s response to the shock. This study suggests that when we’re stressed, holding a loved one’s hand can reduce that stress.

The research also suggests that touch has immediate and positive effects on babies. Skin-to-skin contact can reduce crying, stress, and improve sleep. These effects can be long-lasting: adults, held a lot when they were babies, are the most likely to be healthy and well-adjusted — in fact, the more they were carried in babyhood, the better they adjust in adulthood.

【1】How would a participant probably feel when seeing a red “X”?

A．Nervous.

B．Excited.

C．Hopeful.

D．Painful.

【2】Why did researchers do sets of tests in the study?

A．To make sure the study results are correct.

B．To compare brain activities in different cases.

C．To test the relationships between couples.

D．To check the functions of the fMRI scanner.

【3】According to the last paragraph, what may the writer agree with?

A．Babies should be held and carried as much as possible.

B．Babies’ problems can be solved mainly by touching.

C．The effects that touching has on babies don’t last long.

D．Adults who were not held as babies can’t adjust to society.

【4】Which of the following might be the most suitable title for the text?

A．Touch Improves Brain Function

B．Touch Happens Everywhere

C．Touch Helps Form Good Habits

D．Touch Makes a Big Difference

24、Adversity quotient (AQ逆商) is one’s ability to handle adversities well. It is known by other names such as resilience (适应力) and persistence. 【1】. A person with high AQ is tough and will not easily give up in the face of hardship, and often has the following qualities:

【2】

As we all know, change is the only constant in life. In the natural world, a creature that cannot adapt to changing circumstances eventually comes to an end. An employee who refuses to adapt to great changes such as heavier workloads will give up and leave. 【3】. The ups and downs of life will not crush them.

High emotional quotient (EQ)

【4】. Poor emotional control can make a situation worse than it already is. A person with a high EQ usually knows that the emotional impact of an adverse situation is only temporary. It is the classic “this too shall pass” mode of psychology.

A positive attitude toward life

A person with a high AQ has a positive outlook on life. They will see the half-full glass instead of the half-empty one. 【5】.

The concept of AQ is becoming increasingly relevant as the world goes through tough times. People with high AQs are an asset to any organization.

A．Sensitivity to changes

B．Adaptability to changes

C．However, a person with high AQ will stay no matter what

D．Without high AQ, anxiety and depression are usually not far behind

E．They will see even criticism in a positive and constructive spirit

F．AQ is the capacity to bounce back after you have been pushed down

G．The ability to regulate one’s emotions is important when faced with adversity

25、   My college experience was rewarding, but it was one of the most difficult periods of my life. I struggled to get the _________ between being a student athlete and trying to _________ my classmates academically.

As _________ as college was, no one _________ me about an even greater challenge ahead: _________ from the sport I love and making that transition (过渡) into the “real world.” For the majority of student athletes, it seems unavoidable experienced all kinds of _________, not knowing how to be a(n) _________ person.

Three months after graduation, I was working toward a new _________ of becoming a sports anchor. While I was making $8 an hour at a TV station, many of my _________ were still playing on the __________ tour. I was happy for them, but watching them continue their athletic __________ was painful. Letting go of tennis and my __________ as a star athlete was one of the greatest challenges I’ve ever had to __________.

I was left with two choices: I could either __________ myself to the pain and continue to look back at the __________ “door”, or I could take what I’d learned as a(n) __________, accept the challenge and fight to __________ myself.

Now I have tapped all the skills I developed to __________ the working world: time management, effective communication and teamwork. And I have learned a lesson that I have __________ until now — always be confident in yourself and follow your __________, even if it leads you down an unconventional path.

A．balance

B．mixture

C．instruction

D．impression

A．make up for

B．look up to

C．keep up with

D．get down to

A．easy

B．tough

C．important

D．boring

A．taught

B．rang

C．persuaded

D．warned

A．escaping

B．retiring

C．relaxing

D．learning

A．emotions

B．conversations

C．interests

D．disasters

A．extraordinary

B．creative

C．regular

D．special

A．result

B．memory

C．angle

D．goal

A．fans

B．friends

C．volunteers

D．members

A．final

B．outstanding

C．honest

D．professional

A．dreams

B．honors

C．skills

D．abilities

A．identity

B．introduction

C．consideration

D．process

A．control

B．lose

C．face

D．catch

A．settle

B．adjust

C．apply

D．abandon

A．open

B．closed

C．broken

D．cold

A．athlete

B．coach

C．judge

D．captain

A．behave

B．limit

C．reinvent

D．discourage

A．split

B．conquer

C．occupy

D．disturb

A．ended

B．ignored

C．missed

D．held

A．gesture

B．advice

C．passion

D．experience

26、假定你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Richard正在学习汉语,尤其喜欢中国的成语,写信向你咨询有关成语的相关信息,并请你推荐一本书籍。请你写封邮件,内容包括:

1.简要介绍成语;2.推荐《中国成语故事》。

注意：1.词数80左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Richard,

I’m extremely happy that you’re fond of Chinese idioms.

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Yours,

Li Hua