茂名2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Towards ___ evening after school, ___ icy rain began to fall and the road became slippery.

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

2、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

3、----Anything special about this device?

----Well, it can ______ between the cancerous and the normal cells under certain conditions.

A. conclude   B. exclude C. discriminate D. undergo

4、The purpose of the article is to draw public attention ______ the traffic problem.

A. to B. on C. in D. for

5、--Can I use the telephone on the table, sir?

--Under no circumstances _________ to use the telephone in the office for personal affairs.

A. anyone is allowed     B. nobody is allowed

C. is anyone allowed   D. is nobody allowed

6、Studying hard is,  of course, important,  but enough res is no doubt ______ or even more important.

A.largely B.merely C.equally D.partly

7、--- We have booked a room for today and tomorrow.

--- __________________ , sir.

A．At your service   B．I’ll check

C．It’s all right   D．My pleasure

8、It’s _______ for people to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life.

A. reasonable B. available

C. accurate D. cautious

9、Sally has asked for a sick leave, and I have to ________her work for a couple of days.

A．take off

B．take over

C．take out

D．take after

10、— It’s reported that human got the first picture of a black hole on April 10, 2019.

— ________

A.Good news. B.All right. C.So what? D.How come?

11、After the meal, the managers went back to the meeting room to ________ their discussion.

A.put off B.carry on C.look up D.take down

12、As online shopping becomes increasingly popular, the Internet is regarded as a(n) ________ way of reaching target customers.

A．efficient

B．temporary

C．complex

D．definite

13、I was ill that day, otherwise I _______the sports meet.

A. took part in   B. would have taken part in

C. had taken part in   D. would take part in

14、I ______ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy．

A．tried B．have tried

C．had tried D．have been trying

15、Look! Here’ s a photo ______ in my classroom at primary school. Can you recognize me in it?

A. taken   B. taking

C. to take   D. being taken

16、We have to do our best ________ what we have.

A. with B. to C. in   D. at

17、Tom tried hard to ______ his book, but his thoughts kept flying back to the movie.

A．concentrate on

B．settle for

C．give up

D．take down

18、Since we haven’t gone very far, we might just __________ well turn around to get the map.

A.for B.with C.in D.as

19、The president must have received the result of medical research by the time the disease spread widely, _______?

A.hasn’t he B.mustn’t he C.hadn’t he D.didn’t he

20、______________ their final medical check, the astronauts boarded their spacecraft.

A．Received

B．Being received

C．To receive

D．Having received

21、   Watch the films and you may feel the urge to set your foot to other parts of the world.

The Lord of the Rings

The story is about Frodo, his friends and their adventurous journey through Middle Earth. Filmed in about150 locations all over New Zealand, this traveling movie shows its beauty. From the rolling hills of Matamata to the volcanic region of Mt Ruapehu. The director of the movie Peter Jackson first read the novel on a train going from Wellington to Auckland when he was just seventeen.

Indiana Jones. The Complete Adventure Collection

Indiana Jones and travel are inseparable. The Egypt scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark were filmed in Tunisia. Temple of Doom was filmed mostly in Sri Lanka and Macau. The Last Crusade was filmed in Italy, Spain and Jordan. Unlike the other, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was filmed almost entirely in the United States.

Romancing the Stone and jewel of the Nile

This movie series focuses on a romance writer Joan and her adventures with a soldier of fortune named Jack. In Romancing the stone Joan goes to Colombia to save her sister who was kidnapped(绑架). Romancing the stone’s scenes were shot mostly in Mexico. For Jewel of the Nile, the scenes were mostly shot in France and Morocco.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Tom Ripley is a working class young man. He is asked to go to Italy to convince a wealthy business man’s son to come home, but is lost in the luxurious(奢侈) life and kills the wealthy son because his dignity is hurt by him deeply. He leads a happy life under the wealthy son’s name and travels around the world until one day he is awoken by his conscience. This travel movie starts in New York and heads to the fictional resort of Mongibello.

【1】What do we know about The Lord of the Rings according to paragraph 2?

A.The movie is the best one made in New Zealand.

B.The movie was shot from Wellington to Auckland.

C.The novel caught the director’s attention while he was traveling.

D.The novel encouraged a 17-year-old boy to travel in New Zealand.

【2】If you are interested in Sri Lanka, which film would you probably watch?

A.The last Crusade. B.Temple of Doom.

C.Raiders of the lost Ark. D.Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

【3】What can be inferred from The Talented Mr. Ripley?

A.Tom Ripley saves his own soul while traveling.

B.Tom Ripley lives a luxurious life by working hard.

C.Tom Ripley just goes sightseeing in Rome and Naples.

D.Tom Ripley owns a large amount of fortune on his own.

22、Here are the newly published books. Have a look and meet your new love.

The Legend of the Crimson Criket, the Golden Scorpion,and the Emerald Beetle

Mary Montalvo

www. xlibris. com

Hardback | Paperback | E - book

$28.99 | $16.99 | $3.99

Three remarkable brothers born with me unique abilities save village by fighting a terrible and powerful warlord and his mad son.

Miguel Jesus Corte

Geald Skow

www. authorhouse. com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book

$ 23.99 | $13.99 | $3.99

This is the self-telling story of the author, a poor Ecuadorian who moves from Gualaceo to the Orient as well as his dreams and struggles to make his life a little better.

Remembering a Great American Hero Marian Anderson “The Lady from Philadelphia”

Emile Henwood

www.xlibris.com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book

$28.99 | $16.99 | $3.99

It is a collection of shortened life stories in time order, fully illustrated by engaging photos,which shares the teachable lessons of Anderson’s well-lived long life — especially important today.

Connie Gets More Than Her Backyard

Patti Whitehead-Gill

www. xlibris. com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book

$34.99 | $ 26.99 | $3.99

This tale centers on six-year-old Connie who has recently moved to a town from the city. She learns she’s adopted，meets her best friend and falls in love with an orphan(孤儿) dog.

【1】Which book can help you know about its writer?

A．The Legend of the Crimson Cricket,the Golden Scorpion, and the Emerald Beetle

B．Miguel Jesus Corte

C．Remembering a Great American Hero Marian Anderson “The Lady from Philadelpia”

D．Connie Gets More Than Her Backyard

【2】How much should you pay buying a hardback book about a hero?

A．$28.99.

B．$26.99.

C．$16.99.

D．$13.99.

【3】Which section of the newspaper does the text belong to?

A．Advertisement.

B．Reader & Editor.

C．Entertainment.

D．Book Review.

23、Have you ever wondered why some movie characters drink Coke and others drink Pepsi？【1】Or why a TV show actor calls his friends on a Samsung cellphone？Or even why the characters in your video game drive Chrysler cars？No，it is probably not that they actually like those products. 【2】

Product placement－showing brand-name products in TV shows, movies, and video games－is a popular way for companies to advertise their goods. The idea is simple: a cool and good-looking character drives an Audi car and drinks Coca Cola instead of driving a no-name car and drinking soda. 【3】 Companies like it because it helps them sell more products.

A successful product placement deal can be a big win-win for both content creators and advertisers. In the famous alien movie E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial，for example，the Hershey Company paid Universal Studios one million dollars to have pictures of their Reese’s Pieces candy shown during the movie. A few weeks after the movie was released，the sales of Reese’s Pieces increased by 65%.【4】 The carmaker BMW paid-three million dollars to have James Bond drive around in their new BMW Z3 Roadster during the movie. After the release of the movie，BMW earned 240 million dollars in advanced sales for the Z3 Roadster. Success stories like these keep advertisers knocking on Hollywood doors.

【5】 People claim it tricks people into watching advertisements unknowingly. Some non-profit groups have even spoken out publicly against the practice. The consumer rights group Commercial Alert, for example, asked the US government to put regulations on product placement.

A．Or who is your favorite movie character?

B．Another famous case is the James Bond movie Golden Eye.

C．Movie and TV studios like using brand-name products because it makes a character seem more authentic.

D．Product placement has received a lot of criticism, though.

E．It’s said that product placement is a seven-billion-dollar-a-year industry.

F．Or why your favorite TV actress does her work on an Apple computer?

G．The real answers lie in a multibillion-dollar industry called product placement.

24、   The philosopher, Martin Buber, is most known for his work on “I-Thou/You” relationships in which people are open, direct, mutually interested in each other. In contrast, “I-It” relationships are those in which we use the other, like an object, to solve our problems and fulfill our needs and purposes.

It is not our fault that many of our relationships are or become “It” relationships because most of what we feel, think and do is motivated by unconscious memories of how to survive the environment into which we were born. Thus, one of the reasons we use other people to help us feel better about ourselves and cope in the world is that using people was once necessary and it worked. When we were small and helpless, “It” came and fed us, and held us, and set us on our way. We didn’t have to reciprocate and care for “It”. Even when the care and attention of “It” was minimal or unpredictable, if we got out of childhood alive, somewhere along the way “It” was involved.

Freud called this stage of early life “primary narcissism”, which is our instinct (本能) for self-preservation and is a normal part of our development. While most of us grow out of it，we still hold a survival fear, which motivates us to escape danger and to stay alive, and we all need this fear in healthy measure.

The problem is that too many of us, too much of the time, are in a constant state of threat—and we often don’t know it. We imagine people are talking about us behind our backs, that we have cancer, that we are inadequate, and vulnerable to more than our share of bad luck. As our brains have grown in size and complexity, so has our ability to scare ourselves.

This causes many problems. For example, our stress levels increase, our digestion is impaired and our thinking becomes restricted. Our threat response stops any bodily function, feeling, thought and behavior that might “waste” energy and detract from fighting or escaping danger. Thus, when in threat, our emotional, cognitive and behavioral range is significantly reduced.

And in this reduced state, one of our solutions is to find someone who can save and comfort us. Instead of enabling us to be open, direct and mutual, fear and anxiety lead us towards conversations and choices in our relations with others that are orientated towards surviving—not thriving (茁壮成长). Threat-motivated relationships are characterized by need, dependency, control, demand, dishonesty, and self-interest.

We cannot form the “I-Thou” relationships that Buber speaks of until we have learned to notice, comfort, and understand the emotions and patterns of our threat brain. When in threat, we tend to use other people as objects who can save and protect us, or who we can blame for our problems.

【1】What does the underlined word “reciprocate” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Return the favour.

B．Ask for some advice.

C．Convey an apology.

D．Make some comments.

【2】What can we learn about “primary narcissism”?

A．It leads to our survival fear.

B．It is normal and usually temporary.

C．It impacts our growth negatively.

D．It lays the foundation for Freud’s theory.

【3】Which of the following could be an example of “I-It” relationships?

A．Comforting an upset friend.

B．Feeling sorry for your mistakes.

C．Trying hard to be independent.

D．Asking others to take on your task.

【4】What would be the best title for this passage?

A．How We Can Form the “I-Thou” Relationships

B．How We Can Get Out of the “I-It” Relationships

C．Why We Treat Others as Objects Rather Than Individuals

D．What Helps Us Survive and Thrive in Early Stages of Life

25、Armed with sunscreen and locking my bike, I was ready. With a ______ heart, I was ready to ______ my life. It had been a tough year. I lost my parents. After a year of sadness, something had to change.

I make my living onstage as a motivational speaker. I teach people how to be ______. Thoughts are very ______, and you will prove what your mind expects, good or bad. I believed it all, because it always ______. Until it didn’t.

I ______ that, if it lasted any longer, the ______ that had been around me would never leave. The idea came to me on a Sunday: I would______ Pinellas County’s gulf(海湾) coastline, all of it. Spending endless hours walking where the water meets the sky would heal my hurt. I knew it. This was my Forrest Gump moment.

On my first day, the first thing I saw was the Skyway Bridge in the distance. I’d ______ that bridge every week for the last 15 years to visit my parents. A pang(一阵剧痛) of sadness shot through me, but it didn’t ______. Instead, I thought about what I’d survived.

On my second day, I was not sad, but not really happy. I slept straight through the night and ______ excited. For the first time in a very long time, I was more interested in what was in front of me than what was ______.

The final part of my exploration was the islands. When I got there, I needed to do something to mark the ______, so I got on my knees to write in the sand: “DONE”.

Looking back, it was the ______ word. Sure, I was done walking. But I was also done feeling like a ______. I was done with the darkness. I’d turned the corner.

【1】

A．fragile

B．healthy

C．warm

D．soft

【2】

A．risk

B．devote

C．build

D．reset

【3】

A．happy

B．pretty

C．simple

D．smart

【4】

A．interesting

B．powerful

C．positive

D．critical

【5】

A．completed

B．changed

C．worked

D．failed

【6】

A．feared

B．hoped

C．agreed

D．insisted

【7】

A．darkness

B．silence

C．noise

D．sickness

【8】

A．run

B．dance

C．swim

D．walk

【9】

A．repaired

B．crossed

C．designed

D．noticed

【10】

A．start

B．last

C．end

D．leave

【11】

A．looked up

B．caught up

C．gave up

D．woke up

【12】

A．beside

B．above

C．below

D．behind

【13】

A．chance

B．failure

C．finish

D．lesson

【14】

A．native

B．clear

C．right

D．formal

【15】

A．star

B．victim

C．hero

D．child

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之成为一篇完整的短文。

It was just the three of us-my parents and me. I always felt it a pity that I would never have a chance to know what grandparents’ “spoiling” love would be like.

My dad is a truck driver, and when I was little, he was gone most of the time, delivering wire and other supplies around the Midwest. My mom is a devoted teacher, always busy switching between looking after her only child and her many students.

We lived in a small house in Brighton, Colorado, in a neighborhood of 1970s old houses. We moved there on my third birthday. My first memory is our neighbor Arlene handing me strawberries from her garden through a hole in the chain-link fence. She and her husband, Bill, lived next door.

Arlene spent a lot of time working in the garden, and I was always talking to her from our yard. I think what drew me to Arlene and Bill is that they never got tired of listening to me. I also think Arlene saw a lot of herself in me-we were both lonely, anxious-and that may be why she always took the time to listen to me. Bill too. It was a wonderful connection.

One day, my parents asked Bill and Arlene whether they’d watch me while they went out. This worked well for everyone, so it became a somewhat frequent occurrence. Arlene and Bill didn’t have kids. They had a spare room in their house, which became “my” room. I had boxes of toys and books in that room. Arlene and I would do crafts together. Bill taught me how to ride a bike and later how to fly a kite. It was his company that made father’s constant absence not so unbearable.

When I was about five, I had an idea. My parents were watching TV when I spat it out, “what if I adopted Bill and Arlene as my grandparents?”

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

My parents said I could ask them tomorrow.

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From the day I adopted them, I called Bill and Arlene Grandpa and Grandma.

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