唐山2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Nowadays people are more likely to go to ______ mall than visit the tailor when shopping for clothes, so tailors have adapted to _________ new reality.

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

2、 The joy of living comes from ______ we put into living.

A. what   B. that C. where D. How

3、The police still haven’t found the lost child, but they’re doing all they .

A．can

B．may

C．must

D．should

4、Small trees grow tall by pruning(修剪). _____, a child needs education to become a person

useful to society.

A. Similarly     B. Frequently

C. Occasionally   D. Eventually

5、This year's English movie dubbing competition will be held, but no date has yet been set for the ________of the entries to be selected.

A.commission B.submission C.association D.occupation

6、It is said that the only survivor in the car crash was badly injured. However, somehow the doctors managed to help him ______.

A. pull through B. put through C. look through D. break through

7、We are living in an age ______ QR codes（二维码）are becoming more and more popular in our daily life.

A. why   B. that   C. whose   D. when

8、—Credit cards are________ useful when traveling.

—True. They save us the trouble of taking too much cash.

A．particularly

B．partly

C．exactly

D．gradually

9、Both Class 3 and our class won't be able to finish the work unless we ______________ each other.

A.come up with B.team up with

C.put up with D.catch up with

10、I have so many clients who believe that cutting their hair helps it grow. Actually, for every few inches you’re cutting, you ______ months to the growing time.

A.have added B.will have added C.add D.are adding

11、Some parents want their children to show complete ________ to their wishes, which is harmful to their kids’ character building.

A.submission B.addiction C.limitation D.admission

12、One of the biggest culture differences I noticed in London was ______ the people of London conducted themselves..

A．that

B．how

C．what

D．why

13、—Can we make it to the concert with such heavy traffic?

—Absolutely not.The pianist_______for about half an hour when we arrive.

A.will be playing B.has played C.will have played D.has been playing

14、The public were expecting the _______ of further details about the accident until thorough investigation.

A.receipt B.release

C.request D.reference

15、Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize, ________ is considered one of the highest international honours a person can receive.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．where

16、---Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?

---I went to Ningxia and ________ there for one year, teaching as a volunteer.

A. has stayed   B. had stayed

C. stayed   D. am staying

17、The information tells me that the way of education in Canada is quite different from _____ in China.

A.one B.it C.that D.those

18、I was wondering _____you could come to join us to be the volunteers in the Winter Olympic Games.

A. what   B. that   C. whether   D. why

19、_____in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the money in the car.

A. Waiting B. Having waited

C. To wait D. To have waited

20、I ______ go to the supermarket to purchase daily necessities, for it is far away from my house.

A.eventually B.constantly C.occasionally D.frequently

21、   Humans and elephants don’t always get along. In Africa and Asia, elephants damage infrastructure (基础设施), farmers’ crops, and natural habitat critical for other species. If an elephant becomes a problem, humans may kill it. So local people and conservationists are trying to find better ways to keep elephants away from sensitive places. Now, researchers think they have a good tool to stop elephants: honeybee pheromones (信息素).

“Elephants hate being stung (刺) in the trunk, so it’s an extremely sensitive organ. Imagine being stung in your nose by a bee, and multiply that a few thousand times.” said Mark Wright, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Kenyan farmers have long known that if they hang live beehives around their farms, they will repel elephants. “The problem is logistical, how do you manage hundreds of thousands of hives, if you have a huge area to protect? And then the idea came up to look at the alarm pheromones, which are chemicals that the bee release to launch an attack on something that’s damaging the hive.” Because elephants have a highly developed sense of smell, Wright and his team thought they might be able to use the bees’ alarm signal to affect elephant behavior.

So the researchers tested out a synthetic blend (合成混合物) of chemicals that imitates honeybees’ alarm pheromones. In Greater Kruger National Park in South Africa, the team hung white socks treated with the synthetic mixture as well as untreated control socks around an elephant watering hole, and then observed the animals’ behavior. “Elephants are really curious organisms, they’ll walk along and see something like a sock hanging on a branch in the environment, and they’ll inspect it. And if it’s not treated with the alarm pheromones, they’ll pick it up, throw it around, try to taste it, things like that. And in the case of the treated ones, we found that they would show immediate signs of unease or uncertainty, and they’d eventually back off from them. Very seldom would they go to pick them up and play with them.” The study is in the journal Current Biology.

【1】What will the researchers do to prevent elephants from damaging human’s habitat?

A.Kill them. B.Scare them away.

C.Apply honeybee pheromones. D.Rebuild a new ecosystem.

【2】What does Mr. Wright think of Kenyan farmers’ method if it’s applied to a huge area?

A.Scientific. B.Flexible. C.Awesome. D.Impractical.

【3】Why did the researcher conduct the study?

A.To confirm what they thought.

B.To attract the elephants’ attention.

C.To preserve the elephants’ habitat.

D.To test out honeybee’s alarm pheromones.

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A.Elephants and humans don’t get along well.

B.Honeybee pheromones can keep elephants away.

C.Elephants have a highly developed sense of smell.

D.Honeybees release pheromones to launch attacks.

22、The guzheng is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It belongs to the zither (齐特琴) family of string instruments. It is the parent of many musical instruments of some other countries.

The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin, another ancient Chinese zither but without bridges. Now the guzheng is zither with movable bridges and usually 21 strings, although it can have from 15-25 strings. The guzheng’s strings were formerly made of silk, though most players used metal strings by the 20th century. Since the mid-20th century most performers use steel strings. The guzheng has a large resonant cavity (共振腔).

The guzheng has existed since the Warring States Period and became especially popular during the Qin dynasty. The number of strings on the guzheng has always fluctuated. There were as few as 6 to as many as 23 strings during the Tang dynasty. The earliest record of the guzheng belonged to the historian Sima Qian. Until 1961, the common guzheng had 16 strings, although by the mid-20th century 18-string guzheng were also in use. In 1961, Xu Zhenggao, together with Wang Xunzhi, introduced the first 21-string guzheng after two years of research and development. In 1960, they also invented the “S-shaped” left string rest, which was quickly adopted by all guzheng makers and is still used today. This curve allows for greater ease in tuning the strings and, combined with strings of different thickness, allows for greater resonance in both the deeper and the higher pitch (音调) ranges. The 21-string guzheng is the most commonly used one, but some traditional musicians still use the 16-string one.

【1】We can infer from Paragraph 1 that ________.

A．the guzheng is a musical instrument originating from Japan

B．there is only one kind of string instrument in China

C．there are many kinds of guzheng in the world

D．many musical instruments in other countries are related to the guzheng

【2】Which of the following material may NOT have been used to make the strings of the guzheng probably?

A．Silk

B．Steel

C．Wood

D．Copper

【3】The underlined word “fluctuated” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by “________”.

A．jumped

B．changed

C．flowed

D．waved

【4】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The guqing is an ancient Chinese zither with bridges.

B．The guzheng became espevially popular in the Tang Dynasty

C．All musicians don’t use the 21-string guzheng.

D．Xu Zhenggao invented the “S-shaped” left string rest himself.

23、What inspires people to act selflessly, help others, and make personal sacrifices? Each quarter, this column features one piece of scholarly research that provides insight into what motivates people to engage in what psychologists call “pro-social behavior”.

This quarter we focus on how recognitions of “group membership” can influence whether others decide to help us in emergency situations. A 2005 British study reported in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that bystanders are more likely to help strangers in distress when they recognize such strangers as belonging to a common group. However, what counts as group membership is not fixed. When people are encouraged to see greater commonalities with strangers, they will extend help to those whom they may have otherwise considered part of the “out group.”

Two studies conducted between fans of two English football teams, Manchester United and Liverpool. In the first study, Manchester United fans were required to fill out questionnaires about their interest in the team and the degree to which they identified as fans and then invited to walk across campus to see a video about football teams. Along the way, an accident was staged in which a runner slipped and fell, groaning in pain. Hidden observers watched the incident, and those taking part in the study were asked about it when they reached the projection room. Participants, all of whom had a strong identification as Manchester fans, were more likely to ask the runner if he needed help when he was wearing a Manchester United shirt than when he was wearing a Liverpool shirt or an ordinary unbranded shirt.

In the second study, Manchester United fans were again required, but when they arrived they were told that they were participating in a study about football fans in general (not Manchester United fans, specifically). They were also told that the study aimed to focus on the positive aspects of fan-hood as opposed to the negative incidents and stories that usually get attention. The study questionnaires asked them about their broader interest in the game and what they shared with other fans. They then were instructed to cross campus to head to the projection room, and along the way witnessed the same staged incident described in the first study. In this case, participants were as likely to help a victim in a Manchester United shirt as they were to help someone in a Liverpool shirt. And they were more likely to help those wearing team shirts than those who were not.

When people expand their notion of the “in-group” they are more likely to reach out to those in the “other camp.”

The results indicate that when people are encouraged to see social category boundaries at a more inclusive level—all football fans, versus fans of one team — they will extend help to more individuals. Even in a country in which bitter inter-group rivalry(对抗) exists between fans of one football team and another, when people expand their notion of the “in-group” they are more likely to reach out to those in the “other camp”.

One noteworthy strength of this research is that it offers an analysis of actual helping behavior rather than “beliefs about” or “intentions” to act. Evidence of dramatic shifts in such behavior across deeply entrenched antagonisms(根深蒂固的敌对情绪) in response to simple changes in levels of categorization is striking.

Indeed, the studies bring up questions regarding how we may insert more pro-social behavior not only in emergency situations, but in all circumstances. How may we promote a greater feeling of inclusiveness among members of society at wider levels such that boundaries become meaningless, and empathetic concern leads to more consistent positive action? Clearly this research offers inspiration for new approaches to camaraderie building across groups, communities, states, and even nations.

【1】The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. reveal some psychological factors.

B. come up with some different ideas

C. present two scientific studies

D. promote positive energy

【2】In the third paragraph, the underlined word “staged” is closest to _______ in meaning.

A. removed   B. photographed   C. performed   D. caused

【3】People tend to help strangers if _______.

A. they share something in common   B. they are in distress

C. they get something in return   D. they are of different groups

【4】What contributes to different results of the two studies?

A. Both of groups witness a different accident.

B. Both of groups aren’t football fans.

C. Both of groups are from different cities.

D. Both of groups haven’t known the purpose of their studies in advance.

24、Allow me to introduce you to Terry, a window salesman from England. If I could take you back about 20 years, you’d know Terry as a complete green hand, who was wet behind the ears in just about everything he attempted. A person couldn’t sell false teeth to his own Granny, let alone he could compete with the other salespeople in the industry. You know, the kind who could sell snow to Eskimos.

Terry’s boss decided to send him out on a practical field trip on his first day. So off he went, but he was extremely nervous. With his hands and his knees shaking, he approached the front door and knocked at it. And an old woman appeared. After dozens of cups of tea and pieces of biscuits, the woman signed a contract and purchased over $7,000 worth of windows.

The woman had already talked with 6 excellent salesmen that week, all of whom offered her cheaper ones! That’s right—Terry’s price was the most expensive and he was also the most inexperienced salesman there ever was.

So, what happened then? Here comes the secret. The woman said she liked the young lad more than the others. That’s all there was to it. She didn’t care about the extra expense. Even the other salesmen couldn’t persuade her to pay less than this young lad was asking for.

The truth is that the young lad left on the woman the first impression that shone brighter than any of the salesman’s talk. First impressions count, not the sales techniques, not the low prices. The actual “personality” the kid honestly gave was all that was required. If you market your own products and services, consider what impression you are giving to others. If you appeal to them, then you’ve already done half of the work. If this means redesigning your presentation, then so be it. If this means going out of your way to be polite, helpful and giving the best possible shopping experience to your customers, the so be it.

【1】When Terry was offered the job of salesman, he .

A. was good at sales techniques

B. knew little about sales skills

C. was believed in by his boss

D. was too young to do it

【2】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 suggests that .

A. Terry couldn’t trade with Eskimos

B. Terry loved his Granny more

C. Terry was afraid to compete

D. Terry was too honest to do the job

【3】What made the young lad succeed in selling the window to the old woman?

A. First impression of good personality.

B. Being honest and childish.

C. High quality and expensive window.

D. Strange ways of sales.

【4】The passage is most likely written to .

A. general readers   B. new salesmen

C. window makers D. new graduates

25、   In the U. S. there are more prisoners than farmers. In fact, the U. S. houses about one-fourth of the prison population worldwide, which amounts to ________ 2.3 million people.

Many prisons ________ punishment rather than rehabilitation (恢复正常生活), which means the prisoners may lack the skills necessary to ________ in society when they are freed. As it stands, more than 60 percent will be sent back to prison after ________ new crimes.

Today more and more prison officials are ________ the importance of rehabilitation and beginning to see the ________ of gardening in prisons. Research in California ________ suggests that, among prisoners who participated in gardening programs, less than 10 percent ________ prison.

Part of what makes planting a garden so effective is that it represents ________ Growing food from seed, many prisoners ________ experience success after a lifetime of failures, which helps to build ________. Additionally, today’s gardening programs don’t just teach prisoners gardening skills but also ________ them to take part in planning the garden and making other ________ related to the project.

And the prisoners aren’t the only ones who ________. Some prison gardens donate food to low-income areas, allowing prisoners to give back to areas where many of them were ________ Others produce so much food that they’re even ________ to donate to local nursing homes and schools.

Through programs that ________ the science of gardening, prisoners learn that knowledge is power. The ________ of ever finding a skilled job after getting out of prison, a ________ that provides enjoyment and dignity in a complex ________ world, is replaced by a greater sense of purpose.

【1】A.merely B.hardly C.only D.nearly

【2】A.devote to B.focus on C.turn into D.give up

【3】A.function B.reform C.change D.recover

【4】A.planning B.accusing C.reporting D.committing

【5】A.performing B.recommending C.recognizing D.promoting

【6】A.sign B.interest C.aim D.value

【7】A.prisons B.schools C.farms D.towns

【8】A.escaped from B.stayed in C.returned to D.went to

【9】A.reality B.success C.challenge D.wisdom

【10】A.finally B.initially C.constantly D.frequently

【11】A.relationship B.self-confidence C.reputation D.trust

【12】A.force B.forbid C.allow D.remind

【13】A.contributions B.comments C.discoveries D.decisions

【14】A.assist B.care C.benefit D.participate

【15】A.raised B.grown C.brought D.developed

【16】A.content B.able C.likely D.certain

【17】A.create B.improve C.assess D.teach

【18】A.thoughtfulness B.expectation C.hopelessness D.ambition

【19】A.job B.garden C.program D.science

【20】A.ecological B.technological C.academic D.spiritual

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

One June evening, Sylvia, 8, was driving her cow home through the woods. Suddenly a clear whistle broke the peace. Before she could hide into the bushes, she was stopped by a young man, who carried a gun over his shoulder. “Hello, little girl. I am hunting for some birds but I have lost my way,” he said kindly. “Can I spend the night at your house?” Sylvia hesitated for a while and agreed to take him home at last.

Sylvia’s grandma was really kind. She cooked for the young man and chatted with him. “Sylvia is very shy but she is popular with birds,” Grandma said proudly. “Birds come and feed right out of her hands, and all sorts of birds.”

“So Sylvia knows all about birds?” he asked excitedly. “I am making a collection of birds myself.”

“Do you cage them up?” asked Grandma.

“Oh no, they’re stuffed (制作标本) and preserved,” said the young man. “I came here for a white heron (鹭), a tall white bird with long thin legs. It would have a nest perhaps in the top of a high tree.” He looked at Sylvia, hoping for some answers. Sylvia’s heart gave a wild beat. She knew the bird, but she said nothing.

“I would offer ten dollars to any helper,” the man added desperately. Ten dollars was really a big sum. Sylvia agreed with a nod.

The next day they started early, the young man going first and Sylvia following. He proved to be really kind and told her many things about birds. She could not understand why he killed the very birds he seemed to like so much. In the evening, they returned, empty-handed.

Lying in bed, Sylvia suddenly thought of a great pine-tree, which stood at the farther edge of the woods and towered far above the others. “If I climb it at daybreak, maybe I could easily discover from where the white heron flew, and mark the place, and find the hidden nest.” she thought. What a big secret!

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Sylvia stole out of the house before daybreak.

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Seeing Sylvia back in dust, Grandma and the young man were surprised.

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