秦皇岛2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Have self-awareness of how much work you can ________ at any time and manage expectations.

A.rely on B.pick on C.take on D.draw on

2、The trade imbalance is likely to rise again in 2017._______ a new policy will be required soon.

A. Hence   B. For

C. Though   D. As

3、The Winter Olympics ________ in 2022 will surely bring in many international tourists.

A. held  B. having held  C. holding  D. to be held

4、As a teacher, you have to _____ your method to suit the needs of slower children.

A．display

B．test

C．adjust

D．transfer

5、The newspaper gave an accurate ________ of what happened the night before last.

A．example

B．display

C．signal

D．account

6、If the students' interest in the subject is motivated, they will ______ the challenge and commit more time and energy to their studies.

A．face up to

B．keep pace with

C．put up with

D．live up to

7、I ________ my cellphone last night. Now the battery is running out.

A. could have charged B. might charge

C. should have charged   D. would charge

8、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

9、---The prices of vegetables are going up madly. It’s really too much for us.

---But for the situation where many vegetable producing areas _____ constant low temperature, things would not be like this.

A. meet with B. have met with

C. met with   D. had met with

10、—It isn’t very nice if someone is yelling in public.

—________. It’s annoying.

A. Sorry, I’m not with you B. I couldn’t agree more

C. I’m afraid not   D. I have no idea

11、The 88th Academy Award Ceremony was held in Dolby Theatre ________ seats an audience of approximately 3,400.

A. where   B. whose   C. when     D. which

12、The beautiful girl chose to teach in a village school, though she ______ in a big city for an easier life.

A．could stay

B．could have stayed

C．must have stayed

D．must stay

13、Foreign species may ______some native species and even destroy and replace others.

A．cure

B．threaten

C．prevent

D．forbid

14、Modern science has given evidence _________ smoking can lead to many diseases.

A.what B.which

C.that D.where

15、Many netizens are impressed with the excuse given by a teacher for quitting her job ______ she owes the world a visit.

A. because   B. that   C. where D. why

16、---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but I couldn’t understand it.

---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.

A. Don’t fly off the handle

B. You got me there

C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart

D. More haste, less speed

17、By the time of the ban was finally lifted, he ________ at the airport for more than two weeks.

A.was stuck B.had been stuck C.has been stuck D.had stuck

18、Dragon Boat Festival is held ________ Qu Yuan, a well-known poet in ancient China.

A．in honor of

B．in search of

C．in the hope of

D．in the face of

19、Panic ________,but Mary could not run----- she was frozen to the spot.

A.send in B.set up C.send up D.set in

20、Alibaba has become China’s largest online commercial company, ______ a profit of 1.47 billion yuan in 2010.

A. earns   B. earning C. earned D. to have earned

21、   The classic model of education — a burst at the start and company training — is breaking down. One reason is the need for new and constantly updated skill. Manufacturing increasingly calls for brain work rather than manual labor.

Pushing people into ever-higher levels of formal education at the start of their lives is not the way to handle the problem. Just 16% of Americans think that a four-year college degree prepares students very well for a good job. Although a vocational education promises that vital first hire, those with specialized training tend to withdraw from the labor force earlier than those with general education perhaps because they are less adaptable.

At the same time on-the-job training is shrinking. In America and Britain it has fallen by roughly half in the past two decades. Self-employment is spreading, leaving more people to take responsibility for their own skills. Taking time out later in life to pursue a formal qualification is an option, but it costs money and most colleges are meant for youngsters.

The market is innovating to enable workers to learn and earn in new ways. Providers from General Assembly to Pluralsight are building businesses on the promise of improving careers. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have turned away from lectures on Plato or black holes in favor of courses that make their students more employable. At Udacity and Coursera self-improvers pay for cheap, short programs. By offering degrees online, universities are making it easier for professionals to polish their skills. A single master’s program from Georgia Tech could expand the annual output of computer-science master’s degrees in America by close to 10%.

Lifelong learning starts at school. As a rule, education should not be narrowly vocational. The curriculum needs to teach children how to study and think. A focus on “metacognition” (元认知) will make them better at picking up skills later in life.

【1】Which is the reason why traditional education is failing?

A.It bursts educators’ bubble in the beginning. B.Companies can’t afford training fees.

C.Old skills can’t meet the present needs. D.It fails to develop one’s brain.

【2】What can we infer from the text?

A.The more knowledgeable one is, the more likely he is to be employed.

B.Most Americans are poor at their studies in the college.

C.More than 80% of Americans have to be self-employed now.

D.Returning to college after working is not considered worthwhile.

【3】What does the underlined word “innovating” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Reforming its system. B.Declining little by little.

C.Booming all at once. D.Wasting time and energy.

【4】How do colleges adapt to the present education model?

A.They open online courses. B.They provide easier access to updated skills.

C.They pay for cheap short programs. D.They lower the standard for master’s degree.

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【1】From the text，we know that “Granny Look” is   .

A.a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real success

B.a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasions

C.a company that sells all sorts of products on the Internet

D.a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions

【2】The purpose of the text is   .

A.to make children have a memorable holiday

B.to show you how to shop on the Internet

C.to give you some information about Granny Look

D.to introduce some goods

【3】You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need   .

A.Christmas cards B.fun Advent Calendars

C.Christmas gifts  D.tickets for theatres

23、“Boreout (闷爆) is different from burnout (精疲力竭) in the sense that bored-out employees rarely break down with exhaustion. Bored-out people may be present physically but not in spirit, and people can keep doing this for a good while,” says Harju, who has studied boreout for years.

Workers who realize they’re experiencing boreout may also be unwilling to flag it up as an issue to line managers or human resources. “While the behaviors that feed into burnout — overwork, drive — are appreciated and rewarded by employers, boreout reflects a lack of interest, a lack of motivation,” says Harju. “These are things that are avoided in organizations.”

There are some quick fixes, like taking on work tasks that are more interesting to you. But a 2016 study Harju and her colleagues worked on showed that people who had boreout were less likely to engage in constructive activities like trying to find new, interesting challenges at work.

What happens more often, she says, is that people will just show up at their desks and spend time shopping online, chatting with colleagues or planning other activities. She says that these people aren’t lazy, but are using these behaviours as “coping mechanisms”.

Fahri Ozsungur, an associate professor of economics at Mersin University, Turkey, who was behind the 2021 study on the health effects of boreout, points out that combating the phenomenon isn’t just down to the individual. “Giving meaning to the job is not just up to the employees,” he says. “Instead, it’s up to management to create an office culture that makes people feel valuable.”

If you think boreout is seriously affecting your health either physically or mentally, it may be valuable to ask yourself how you might be able to reselect your career path toward something healthier for you. Seek the advice from advisers, career consultants, friends and family.

“If only people take its suggestion, boreout can make a change into something else: a different career entirely, or a different role in the organization,” Harju says.

【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the topic of the text.

B．To describe people with burnout.

C．To explain what burnout is.

D．To tell us who Harju is.

【2】Why do people prefer not to talk about their boreout?

A．They lack relevant knowledge.

B．They are warned not to talk about it.

C．They may not want it to be known to employers.

D．They fear to be laughed at by their colleagues.

【3】What does the underlined word “combating” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Encouraging.

B．Blaming.

C．Trusting.

D．Fighting.

【4】Which of the following may Harju agree with?

A．Forcing employers to increase salaries.

B．Sticking to the job until you adapt to it.

C．Trying spending more time with your family.

D．Considering changing a new job interesting you.

24、If you were suffering from depression, you would turn to sugary holiday desserts, which were usually considered to help people feel relieved. However, if now you are in the same situation, you will only say “bah humbug” to them for indeed it’s absolutely absurd.

Recently, a new study from a team of clinical psychologists at the University of Kansas suggests that added sugar can cause inflammation (发炎) and processes of metabolism and nerve system, all of which are tied to depressive illness. Coupled with decreasing light in wintertime and related changes in sleep patterns, high sugar consumption could result in negative effects on mental health, according to the researchers.

The researchers found that inflammation is the key physiological effect of dietary sugar related to mental health. “A large number of people with depression have high levels of systemic inflammation,” said Stephen Ilardi, a coauthor of the study. “When we think about inflammatory disease, we think about diabetes, a disease with a high level of systemic inflammation. We don’t normally think about depression included in that, but it is — not for everyone who’s depressed, but for about half. We also know that inflammatory hormones can direly push the brain into a severe depression. An inflamed brain is typically a depressed brain. And added sugars cause inflammation to the body and brain.”

The problem is worse this time of year. “For many people, reduced sunlight exposure during the winter will disturb biological rhythms, disrupting healthy sleep and pushing 5 to 10 percent of the population into a fully clinical depression,” Ilardi says.

【1】What kind of emotion do the underlined words “bah humbug” express in Paragraph 1?

A．Envy.

B．Satisfaction.

C．Preference.

D．Dislike.

【2】Which factor may cause harm to mental heath according to the text?

A．Great varieties of clinical diseases.

B．No intake of dietary sugar.

C．Some anxieties in sleep patterns.

D．High sugar with less sunlight.

【3】Why does the author mention the words of Stephen Ilardi?

A．To introduce more about the coauthor of the study.

B．To support his idea that dietary sugar results in depression.

C．To draw a conclusion that inflammatory disease can cause diabetes.

D．To give more details about the possible results of mental depression.

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A．The importance of mental health.

B．The damage to mental health from sugar.

C．The sugar treatment for depression.

D．The number of people with depression.

25、I am a single father with two young daughters. It had been a ________ year: Being out of work ________ me of a reliable income and thus I was always ________ on cash. But as Christmas approached, with little choice, I was still ________ to tell the girls, “It looks like our gift from Santa will be the gift of our love for each other.” I hated to see the ________ in the eyes of my girls. I just couldn’t stop feeling ________.

Then, ________, a miracle(奇迹) occurred to me. I won $1 000 in a contest. To give them a(n) ________, I kept it a secret and went on a shopping spree(一通购物) ________, all the time thinking, “How surprised they will be!”

The next morning, to lay out the gifts, I went to the living room but I ________ at the sight of the Christmas tree. There were already dozens of ________ under it—well packaged, all with my name on them. My girls had felt ________ that Dad wouldn’t be getting any gifts, so they’d carefully ________ their favorite old toys so that I would have   a merry Christmas.

So moved was I that I stared at the gifts through ________ eyes, promising myself to never again ________ Santa Claus as Santa did appear in many different guises(伪装).

【1】

A．random

B．typical

C．plain

D．rough

【2】

A．freed

B．convinced

C．robbed

D．broke

【3】

A．keen

B．low

C．strict

D．hard

【4】

A．forced

B．encouraged

C．advised

D．requested

【5】

A．confusion

B．annoyance

C．anxiety

D．disappointment

【6】

A．guilty

B．regretful

C．empty

D．impatient

【7】

A．cautiously

B．strangely

C．unexpectedly

D．hopefully

【8】

A．inspiration

B．surprise

C．achievement

D．excuse

【9】

A．by myself

B．on occasion

C．in public

D．on purpose

【10】

A．sighed

B．hesitated

C．fled

D．froze

【11】

A．objects

B．presents

C．goods

D．decorations

【12】

A．terrible

B．skeptical

C．calm

D．sweet

【13】

A．washed up

B．put away

C．took apart

D．packed up

【14】

A．near-sighted

B．well-shaped

C．tear-filled

D．heart-broken

【15】

A．admit

B．doubt

C．overlook

D．cheat

26、假定你是李华,正在你校学习汉语的美国交换生Albert对中国古诗词很感兴趣。请用英语给他写封邮件,邀请他一同观看央视频道《经典咏流传》中的一期节目。内容包括：

1. 时间、地点和观看人员；

2. 内容：欣赏以歌曲形式咏唱的经典古诗词；

3. 提醒：提前简要了解一些中国经典古诗词,观后一起谈感受。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：《经典咏流传》Everlasting Classics

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