汕尾2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、—How do you find the health club?

—I would rather I ______ it. I feel its management is going from bad to worse.

A.haven’t joined B.hadn’t joined

C.didn’t join D.had joined

2、The fellow we spoke ________ no comment at first.

A．to make

B．to made

C．made

D．to making

3、You must notice_________ the emergency exit is when entering the building.

A. where B. what C. which D. in which

4、Katherine is not ________ in the way to treat her children. Sometimes she is too hard on them and sometimes she just ignores what they do.

A.conventional B.consistent C.considerate D.controversial

5、The tea-picking opera _____ developed from the tea-growing regions in Jiangxi where the tea pickers would sing songs while working.

A．luckily

B．skillfully

C．originally

D．rapidly

6、---Did you punish him for losing your digital camera？

---Yes, but I don't think I ______．

A．should do that

B．need to have done so

C．ought have done that

D．should have done so

7、The ringing bell ________the end of the last class on Friday afternoon. Students rushed out of the classrooms and headed back to their dormitories.

A．confirmed

B．predicted

C．indicated

D．instructed

8、She did not feel a bit nervous though it was the first time she ___________ in public.

A. spoke B. have spoken

C. had spoken D. were speaking

9、It is known that water is not an endless resource, ________ can it be made once more, so we should save and protect it.

A．so

B．as

C．thus

D．nor

10、Many people believe cloning is________nature but I think it is a way of helping nature.

A．beneath

B．far from

C．ahead of

D．against

11、In many homes in the UK, the first person _______ has to make tea for the family.

A. waking up B. to wake up

C. woke up D. woken up

12、Friends have to learn to _____ annoying habits and to bear differences of opinion．

A.put up with B.come up with

C.keep up with D.end up with

13、Due to the reform and opening­up, our living conditions, undoubtedly, have improved ________ over the past decades.

A．considerately

B．approximately

C．appropriately

D．considerably

14、Treat the flowers right and your garden will be the ______ of the neighborhood.

A. destination B. cause   C. purpose D. Envy

15、From 1902 to 1904, Picasso painted a series of pictures________ the main color was blue.

A.which B.that C.where D.when

16、You may feel it ________ that such a little girl can speak three foreign languages fluently in this small town.

A．surprising

B．surprised

C．to surprise

D．being surprised

17、—Ouch, mum! A fish bone has stuck in my teeth!

—______, Lucy. I am coming.

A. Take your time   B. Help yourself

C. Don’t bother   D. Take it easy

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

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

19、It was when she first arrived in China _____ she developed a passion for paper-cutting.

A. where B. that

C. how D. why

20、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

21、Volunteering at Mount Vernon

Open 365 days of the year,Mount Vernon is the most popular historic estate in America. The purpose of the volunteer program is to help protect the historic property. The program has been in existence for nearly 30 years and consists of about 300 active volunteers contributing their time and expertise in almost all of Mount Vernon’s departments.

Volunteers:

Must be 16 years or older.

Must contribute at least 25 hours per year to remain active.

Volunteer Activities

Guest Services

Mount Vernon hosts a million-plus visitors. This would not be possible without the assistance of volunteers. Volunteers’ duty is to interact with a wide range of visitors to assess their interests for their visit to Mount Vernon and welcome warmly each guest who comes through the estate’s main gate.

Qualifications:

Good interpersonal skills

Ability to stand for up to four hours

Completion of training related to the post

Sewing Circle

The sewing circle is ideal for people who enjoy making and restoring costuming for Mount Vernon’s historic trades and historic character personnel. Volunteers’ duty is to create and maintain authentic 18th-century style hand-sewn costume accessories(配饰).

Qualifications:

Sewing skills

K-12 and Youth Programs

Volunteers assist the Mount Vernon K-12 anl Youth Learning Team with a variety of programs. Among them,Hands-on-History,which provides visitors aged 3-10 an opportunity to discover George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

Qualifications:

Previous experience as a K-12 educator is desirable.

Library

Fred W.Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington opened in 2013.The library is a resource for scholars,students,and all those interested in George Washington,colonial America, and the Revolutionary and founding eras. Volunteers provide coverage for a large number of support tasks and often provide that all-important first impression for visitors to the library.

Qualifications:

Good interpersonal skills

Experience in using Microsoft Office

【1】What is a volunteer required to do in the“Guest Services”?

A．Reply visitors’ complaints.

B．Be friendly to visitors.

C．Master basic computer skills.

D．Stand for more than 4 hours.

【2】Who is more suitable to be a volunteer in the K-12 and Youth Programs?

A．A student over 16 years old.

B．A graduate from an art college.

C．A woman with sewing skills.

D．A retired high school teacher.

【3】What do the four volunteer activities have in common?

A．They aim for preserving Mount Vernon.

B．They are the most popular with visitors.

C．They have business training for volunteers.

D．They have been in existence for 30 years.

22、   When you eat out in a restaurant, it is not unusual to hear people yelling, “Let me get this one!” and sometimes see them pushing or arm wrestling to fight for the privilege of paying the bill.

These fights are often very loud and active. Each person involved shows an honest desire to pick up the bill, and in the end, all the people at the table give the winner praise and gratitude.

In fact, figuring out who will get the bill is always a headache for Chinese people at formal meals. Although the people hosting the meal are very likely to pay the check, it is a common practice to make a token (象征性的) effort to pay the bill, but you will embarrass them if you do end up actually chipping in (凑) some cash.

In recent years, going Dutch has been accepted by many young people. But older generations who fear “losing face” still find it embarrassing and mean to calculate each person’s share of the bill. As travel guide brand Lonely Planet noted, it is considered. “the height of unsophistication (不懂人情世故)”。

But these days, thanks to digital payment apps, splitting the bill electronically is becoming a widely-accepted idea. Even people from older generations would like to do so.

By scanning a QR code and paying their share via social networking tool WeChat and e-commerce app Alipay on their smart phones in one easy click, urban Chinese are finding it easier to save them the embarrassment of figuring out each person’s payment when they order a meal.

“This function has made going Dutch less trouble and more fun in China”, CNN noted.

“Because of their convenience, many of us are never without our phones. And person-to-person mobile payment services are incredibly easy to use and save the trouble of dealing with change,” said an 18-year-old student in China.

“You can also leave funny notes using emoji (表情符号) like a bowl of rice or a cup of tea to describe a meal that you have shared.”

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A.The Chinese tradition of dining out with friends.

B.A new trend of splitting the bill in China.

C.How social networking tools have influenced our daily lives.

D.Why people in China argue over who pays the bill when dining out.

【2】Splitting the bill at formal meals was considered to be a(an) ______ task.

A.hard B.easy

C.exciting D.funny

【3】Many Chinese people make a token effort to pay the bill because ______.

A.they don’t want to be considered unsophisticated

B.they want praise and gratitude from their friends

C.they consider it an honor to host the meal and pay the bill

D.they find it hard to work out how much each person needs to pay

【4】The underlined phrase “going Dutch” (in Paragraph 4) probably means ______.

A.figuring out the total payment

B.taking turns to pay the bill

C.fighting for the privilege of paying the bill

D.each person paying their own expenses

【5】According to the passage, which is NOT the advantage of using digital payment apps to split the bill?

A.They’re easier to use and more interesting.

B.They save the trouble of dealing with change.

C.They make it easier to figure out how much money each person has to pay.

D.They make people less embarrassed to split the bill.

23、   Why are some countries 30 minutes off the Global Time Zone Grid? It is an interesting question. To understand the answer, we have to understand where time zones came from in the first place.

Until the mid-19th century, major cities would set their local time by when the sun was at its highest point in that particular city.【1】For example, when it was 12 p.m. in New York City, it was 12:23 p. m. in Boston. With the development of rapid transport, local mean time made things increasingly more difficult because trains arriving from a certain city would be arriving at each stop's local time.【2】

So began the creation of an international standard of time. At last 27 countries reached an agreement that the world would be divided into 24 time zones based on the 24 hours in each day. Each of the time zones would be defined by a meridian (子午线).【3】It later became known as Coordinated Universal Time (协调世界时).

So why are some cities 30 or 45 minutes off?【4】For example, in New Delhi, India, they found themselves halfway between two meridians, and therefore decided to be 30 minutes between each, as opposed to adopting one time or the other.

【5】But when it comes to figuring out what time it actually is, a little humor never hurts. Posted in the comments on the BBC article by David Marshall of London, England: “I live in my wife's time zone, which is 10 minutes later than everyone else's.”

A．Time zones can be confusing.

B．It was called local mean time.

C．No doubt people were confused.

D．In this way time zones came into being.

E．That is because those cities are nearly the same.

F．All of the times were set according to Greenwich Mean Time.

G．That has largely to do with the politics in each of those places.

24、Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world. In rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertiser, hoping to sell their products.

The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people’s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.

It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with case into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.

【1】What does the author try to argue in Paragraph 1?

A. The exercise of rights is a luxury.

B. The practice of choice is difficult.

C. The right of choice is given but at a price.

D. Choice and right exist at the same time.

【2】Why do more choices of goods give rise to anxiety?

A. Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.

B. People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.

C. Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.

D. Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the range of choice.

【3】By using computers as an example, the author wants to prove that .

A. advanced products meet the needs of people

B. products of the latest design fold the market

C. competitions are fierce in high-tech industry

D. everyday goods need to be replaced often

【4】What is this passage mainly about?

A. The variety of choices in modern society.

B. The opinions on people’s right in different countries.

C. The problems about the availability of everyday goods.

D. The helplessness in purchasing decisions.

25、Our teachers always told us that high school is the best time of our life. I didn’t want to ______ that they were right until finally I was entering the hall as a school-leaver. Every teacher was smiling broadly. I ______ felt guilty for the times that I didn’t concentrate on my work. I should have ______ my teachers and their efforts more. All they ______ was the best for us. My heart was filled with ______ that they never gave up on us.

A former student was invited to give an address. He encouraged us not to focus on selfish dreams of fame or financial ______ only-rather, we should challenge ourselves to ______ our families and society which enabled us to achieve graduation. I felt ______ . What would I be without the ______ of the people in my life? I desired to be a part of making the world a ______ place too. He also reminded us that we were now leaving the ______ and security of school. I felt some ______ about what the big wide world held for me. But, as he said, we needed to ______ those new opportunities enthusiastically. I was about to ______ an exciting new adventure.

I will never forget my graduation ______ .

【1】

A．ensure

B．insist

C．admit

D．prove

【2】

A．temporarily

B．suddenly

C．frequently

D．accidentally

【3】

A．ignored

B．trusted

C．praised

D．appreciated

【4】

A．wanted

B．obtained

C．stressed

D．witnessed

【5】

A．bravery

B．gratefulness

C．complaint

D．anxiety

【6】

A．gains

B．aids

C．management

D．knowledge

【7】

A．find fault with

B．take notice of

C．give back to

D．make up for

【8】

A．lost

B．inspired

C．discouraged

D．satisfied

【9】

A．support

B．respect

C．guarantee

D．understanding

【10】

A．safer

B．bigger

C．quieter

D．better

【11】

A．comfort

B．education

C．restriction

D．control

【12】

A．relief

B．excitement

C．sorrow

D．fear

【13】

A．welcome

B．reject

C．seek

D．create

【14】

A．share

B．start

C．continue

D．guide

【15】

A．address

B．certificate

C．ceremony

D．resolution

26、假如你校将举行100周年校庆作品展，请你以你校英语报刊编辑的身份用英文写一则征集作品的短文，并告知同学们将其原创作品发送到邮箱lh6688@ 163.com。内容包括:

1.作品主题：

2.作品形式：

3.截止日期。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

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