惠州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Take an active part in programs you enjoy______you can meet various kinds of people.

A.what B.when C.that D.where

2、—Robert speaking. Could you get me through to Mr. Smith in Room 501?

—I’m sorry, he isn’t here. He ________ this morning.

A．checked in

B．dropped in

C．checked out

D．dropped out

3、 The “Chinese Dream” is ________ dream to improve people's well－being and ________ dream of harmony, peace and development.

A．the; a

B．a; a

C．a; the

D．the; the

4、The bottle is quite difficult to open; the _________ is to pour hot water on it first.

A．focus

B．target

C．function

D．trick

5、I wonder ________ the equipment will be available in ten days.

A. that B. when   C. whether  D. where

6、The characterization of this rule's impact is   ，to say the least,the critical point for present purposes is put forward.

A.controversial B.consistent

C.contemporary D.conservative

7、—Did you catch what I said?

—Sorry. I ________ a text message just now.

A. had answered   B. have answered   C. would answer   D. was answering

8、A great person is always putting others’ interests _________ his own.

A.below B.above C.in D.on

9、—Didn’t you go fishing with your friends last Sunday?

—No. I ______ to the nursing home as usual.

A. went B. go C. have gone   D. had gone

10、The old lady looked wonderful at the wedding，proudly ______next to her granddaughter, the bride.

A.talking B.gesturing

C.posing D.behaving

11、The British romantic poet William Wordsworth grew up in the Lake District,which was a great ________ of inspiration for his poems.

A．discovery

B．form

C．source

D．symbol

12、________colorful charts and graphs, he loaded a new software to help him.

A. Create   B. Created

C. Creating   D. To create

13、—I can’t think why he ______ so angry. I meant no offence.

—It’s typical of him to be sensitive.

A. should have been   B. must have been

C. might have been   D. can have been

14、______my weak spots can make me become a better person.

A．Having been known

B．Knowing

C．Known

D．To be known

15、At first Robert wouldn't let his daughter go diving, but he gave in as she was so confident about her skills.

A．surprisingly

B．typically

C．eventually

D．carefully

16、The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.

A.put away B.take down C.look over D.carry on

17、People always _______education with exam success, which forces students to keep improving their academic abilities.

A.involve B.combine C.equate D.compare

18、—Why not take my car to the museum instead of walking?

—No, thanks_________.

A．I’m used to

B．I’m able to

C．I’m about to

D．I’ve got to

19、I would line up my __________ on this windowsill(窗台) and play.

A.toives B.toyes C.toies D.toys

20、When you are   ，I will appreciate   if you pay in cash.

A.checking out； that B.paying off； it

C.paying out； / D.checking out； it

21、2022 Earthshot Prize Winners

The Earthshot Prize is a 10-year project by Britain government that aims to find solutions to the biggest environmental problems the planet faces. The hope is that those solutions can be shared and repeated around the world. Every year, four prizes are awarded and each prize-winner wins ＄1. 2 million for their efforts.

Protect And Restore Nature

Kheyti won the prize for protecting and restoring nature with its “Greenhouse-in-a-box” idea. The company provides a simple, large greenhouse to small farmers at a low cost. The greenhouses allow farmers to use 90% less water and produce seven times as much food. The company is already working with 1, 000 farmers across India Kheytihopes to get its greenhouses to 50, 000 farmers by 2027. Clean Our Air Charlot Magayi won the prize for cleaning the air. After her daughter was burned by a charcoal-burning stove, Ms. Magayi developed a safer, cleaner stove, called the Mukuru Clean Stove. Ms. Magayi’s stoves use a different fuel that’s cheaper and pollutes far less than charcoal stoves. Currently. over 200, 000 Mukuru Clean Stoves are being used in Kenya. In three years, Ms. Magayi hopes to increase that number to 1 million.

Revive Our Oceans

The Revive Our Oceans prize was won by the Queensland Indigenous Women Rangers Network (QIWRN). Over the last four years, QIWRN has trained 60 indigenous women to help protect the environment. The women learned to use modern tools like drones. They also shared important history of Australia and information that’s been passed down for years among their people.

Build a Waste-Free World

A London-based company called Notpla (for “Not Plastic”) won the prize for building a waste-free world. Their plastic substitute is made from seaweed, and breaks down naturally with no microplastics. In 2022 alone, the company has made one million Notpla take away food boxes, replacing similar plastic-coated boxes. By 2025, the company hopes to increase that number to 25 million.

【1】What is the Earthshot Prize meant to do?

A．Encourage new ideas to protect the earth.

B．Raise money for environmental protection.

C．Collect solutions to endangered creatures.

D．Help the world get rid of hunger and poverty.

【2】Which prize is presented to an individual?

A．Protect And Restore Nature.

B．Clean Our Air.

C．Revive Our Oceans.

D．Build a Waste-Free World.

【3】Who won the prize by dealing with plastic pollution?

A．Kheyti.

B．QIWRN.

C．Charlot Magayi.

D．Notpln.

22、   Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when a flight attendant asked an urgent question over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. The flight attendant came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year and knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's hand. So she left her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed awhile.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk,” Clara says.

So for the next hour, that's what they did. She talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had gradually become blind and shared stories of his days as a travelling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness,” a passenger reported.

“Clara was amazing,” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel. ”

Cook’s reaction: “Best trip I've ever had.”

【1】What happened on the plane?

A．Clara pressed the call button by accident.

B．There was a problem with the loudspeaker.

C．A passenger became blind and deaf suddenly.

D．The attendants failed to understand a passenger’s need.

【2】Why did Clara decide to stay with Cook?

A．Because she could tell him the time.

B．Because she could help reduce his loneliness.

C．Because she wanted to share her plans for the future.

D．Because she wanted to learn the man's travelling stories.

【3】What is the flight attendant’s attitude towards Clara?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Neutral.

D．Indifferent.

【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To explain the importance of ASL.

B．To show an urgent situation on the plane.

C．To introduce a girl’s act of kindness to a stranger.

D．To call on people to care about the blind and deaf.

23、In simpler times, we never had to consider a loved one’s privacy when gift-buying. But as technology has continued its high-speed advance and growth at all costs, many companies and the products they create have long been skirting (回避) adequate data and privacy protection, leaving users at risk. For example, the audiobook reader you give to your children to send them to sleep at night now captures data on what they like.

As we continue to integrate (整合) the Internet into more of our devices and cover our homes and lives with cameras, microphones and trackers, the lack of data protection and privacy is becoming dangerous. Very few companies are being honest about how they collect, store and use data, and the only loser is the very individuals who use these products.

But that, right there, is the one chance consumers have to turn the tide (扭转局势).

The change starts with us. Buying a small device isn’t simply buying a product any more; it’s a conscious decision about whether you trust the company behind it to work in your best interests and keep you safe. It’s your responsibility as a consumer to be aware of this choice and act on it. In an ideal future, it won’t require hours of research — whether done by the buyer or by organizations — to buy safe, responsible products. But for now, it’s the best option available as these companies continue to get a free pass.

We can demand more. We must demand more. We can demand that privacy and security be taken seriously by the companies who build the products we buy. Yes, technology has vastly improved our lives, but that shouldn’t come at the cost of our safety. So if you want to give someone a gift, give them the gift of privacy. It’s the only way to make the Internet — and our lives — a little safer in this digital world.

【1】What does the writer try to tell us in the first paragraph?

A．Gift-buying nowadays is much more complicated.

B．Many products nowadays put users’ privacy at risk.

C．Companies are expanding their businesses rapidly.

D．Audio-book readers are popular with young children.

【2】What might happen if more of our home devices are linked to the Internet?

A．We can better protect our privacy.

B．They will make our life more convenient.

C．We are more likely to reveal our privacy.

D．More companies will keep watch on them.

【3】What does the underlined phrase “get a free pass” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Do as they wish.

B．Mislead the users.

C．Shift the responsibility.

D．Offer services free of charge.

【4】What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce a new trend in gift-buying.

B．To analyse the causes of users’ privacy leak.

C．To raise people’s awareness of privacy protection.

D．To explain the reasons for privacy abuse.

24、   If you were bringing friends home to visit, you could show them the way. You know the landmarks—a big red house or a bus-stop sign. But what if you were swimming in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Could you still find your way home? A loggerhead turtle（海 龟）could.

According to Dr. Ken Lohmann, loggerheads have a magnetic（磁力的）sense based on Earth’s magnetic field. It helps them locate the best spots for finding food and their home beaches.

Scientists already know that several other animals, such as whales and honeybees, can detect（探测到）magnetic fields. The difference between them and loggerheads, however, is the way they learn to use their magnetic sense. Young whales and honeybees can learn from adults. Loggerheads are abandoned as eggs.

As newborn loggerheads have no adults to learn from, what helps them figure out how to use their magnetic sense? Lohmann thinks one of the cues was light on the sea.

Baby loggerheads hatch only at night. However, a small amount of light reflects off the ocean. The light makes that region brighter. Heading toward the light helps them get quickly out to sea, where they can find food. Lohmann tested whether newborn loggerheads use this light source to set their magnetic “compasses”（罗盘）. He and his team put some newborns in a water tank and recorded which way they swam. Around the tank, the scientists created a magnetic field that matched the Earth’s. They set a weak light to the east of the magnetic field. Then they let the newborns go.

At first, the newborns swam toward the light. After the scientists turned off the light, the turtles that had seen the light in the east always swam toward east. When the researchers reversed（颠倒）the magnetic field, these turtles turned around and swam toward the new “east”.

This and the follow-up experiments all showed that loggerheads use light from the outside world to set their magnetic “compasses” and then remember the “correct” direction. If a turtle hatches on a brightly-lit beach, that would damage its magnetic sense forever and make survival hard for the turtle.

Lohmann’s work has led others to protect the habitat of this endangered species. Yet many questions about these creatures remain unanswered, and researchers have a lot to study.

【1】Loggerheads and whales differ in the way they______.

A.bring up their young

B.recognize landmarks

C.detect magnetic fields

D.learn to find directions

【2】What is needed for newborn loggerheads to set their magnetic sense?

A.Weak light reflected off the ocean. B.Help from adult loggerheads.

C.Bright sunlight from the sky. D.Food in warmer waters.

【3】In the experiment, after the newborns’ magnetic sense was set, their moving direction was determined by ____.

A.the light

B.the magnetic field

C.other unknown factors

D.the light and the magnetic field

【4】What is the significance of Lohmann’s research work?

A.It enables researchers to keep track of turtles.

B.It contributes to the studies of the magnetic field.

C.It offers a new solution to environmental pollution.

D.It helps protect the loggerheads’ living environment.

【5】What could be the best title of the passage?

A.Experiments on Loggerheads

B.The Survival of the Sea Turtle

C.The Loggerhead’s Built-in “Compass”

D.Comparison of Loggerheads and Other Animals

25、   A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not _______, and they had few things except friends, _______ they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were never _______ because they had each other.

John and Bobby _______ to take long walks together. After their _______ John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then _______ in front of the fire. They had a(n) _______ but happy life.

Then John developed a(n) _______disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was _______ in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s ________ said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He ________ near it. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the ________. When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was ________, he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

________, in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a ________ grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.

A．rich

B．lucky

C．beautiful

D．funny

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

A．lonely

B．alone

C．worried

D．separate

A．failed

B．competed

C．imagined

D．liked

A．work

B．rest

C．run

D．walk

A．sang

B．talked

C．sat

D．studied

A．hard

B．sad

C．easy

D．simple

A．serious

B．unhealthy

C．big

D．sick

A．put

B．escaped

C．stored

D．buried

A．friends

B．children

C．parents

D．brothers

A．got up

B．turned down

C．sat down

D．put up

A．garage

B．grave

C．home

D．town

A．cool

B．warm

C．wet

D．rainy

A．Luckily

B．Quickly

C．Finally

D．Interestingly

A．large

B．small

C．firm

D．weak

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

The doctors sent my mother home to die. As a fifteen-year survivor of breast cancer, she had suffered two heart attacks when advanced cancer was found in her lung. The doctor told me sadly, "She has a few days, maybe a week. Her heart is weak and unstable. "Mom had struggled to raise three daughters while holding a full-time job, yet worked hard to maintain a warm home for her family. My plan for Mom’s final days was simple: she would live with love, and die with grace.

I took mother to my home, small but comfortable, which was a heaven to four cats and a dog. The animals had the run of my house. We equipped the bedroom with an electric hospital bed and an oxygen machine, which frightened the cats. I’d moved their furniture and the cats were annoyed. The dog, on the other hand, an immature dog with bad habits, was excited by all the changes in the house. He jumped up, barking. He is Otto who was not afraid of the hospital bed, the oxygen machine or the medical smells. Nor was he afraid of the weak woman who had scolded him. Otto jumped onto the foot of Mom's hospital bed, and stayed. With the exception of eating and using the litter box, Otto never left Mom's room.

Days passed and Mom started to rally. “Not unusual,” I was told, “a rally is often a sign of imminent death(回光返照)” I was heart-broken. But Otto would not give her up so easily. He used her improved condition to reposition himself from the foot of her bed to her side. Her thin fingers found his soft coat. He leaned into her body, as if holding tight the strings of her will to live. Though weak, she petted the dog and would not allowed me to take him. Days turned into weeks and Mom continued to fight.

Paragraph 1

Once, after the nurses had gone for the day, I heard the sound of Mom’s voice coming from her room. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2

Three years later, Mom together with Otto is still here, medicines and nurses long gone. __ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________