宣城2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Can you make yourself __________ in English?

A.to understand B.understand C.understanding D.understood

2、Having pictures to color will keep children ______for hours.

A．amused

B．amusing

C．amuse

D．to amuse

3、Young people who have got jobs may realize university lessons can’t be the only preparation for all of the situations ________ appear in the working world.

A. where   B. when   C. that D. what

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

A.toives B.toyes C.toies D.toys

5、While most of western festivals enjoy great popularity worldwide, Halloween is something of a ________ festival in England as camps are divided as its appeal.

A. confidential   B. controversial

C. conservative   D. conventional

6、Although he did not do it___________, he definitely had some responsibility.

A．instantly

B．deliberately

C．accidentally

D．casually

7、_______ astonishes us is that AlphaGo defeated the human champion.

A. Which   B. When

C. That   D. What

8、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

9、A Chinese student’s print-like handwriting caused controversy among British Internet users, _____ both praise and questions about individuality.

A. having drawn   B. drawing     C. to draw   D. drew

10、When you make a decision to buy something, you must remember that a good name of product doesn’t __________ mean good quality of it.

A.essentially B.necessarily C.simply D.purposefully

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

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

12、－I _______ in the same position too long. My legs have fallen asleep.

－Shake it a little before you get up.

A. will sit B. have sat

C. am sitting D. have been stting

13、Even a small personal computer   store vast amounts of information.

A. might   B. can

C. ought to   D. has to

14、Simon put up a picture of Jordan beside his bed to keep himself ________ of his own dreams.

A．reminding

B．to remind

C．reminded

D．remind

15、James was enjoying the art show, _________ his wife wanted to go home.

A.or B.for

C.so D.but

16、I was 12 and ,________all my old friends, I felt shy and lonely at the new school.

A．lost

B．having been lost

C．having lost

D．losing

17、______ such a problem before, we handled the situation very well this time.

A. Deal with   B. Dealing with

C. To deal with   D. Having dealt with

18、---Mary, I got lost.

---Sorry, I________ a map for you.

A．must have drawn

B．should draw

C．could draw

D．ought to have drawn

19、You should respect the views of others, and at the same time   what you think is right.

A. care for B. look at

C. insist on D. meet with

20、Group activities will be organized in and after class _____ children develop team spirit.

A. helping B. having helped

C. helped D. to help

21、   It’s commonly thought that “older” movies are in black and white and “newer ” movies are in color as if there is an obvious dividing line between the two. However, as with most developments in art and technology, there isn't an exact break between when the industry stopped using black and white films and when it started using color films. On top of that, film fans know that some filmmakers continue to choose to shoot their films in black and white decades after color films became the standard. Typical examples include oung Frankenstein (1974),  Raging  Bull (1980), Schindler’s List (1993),  and The Artist (2011).

An often-repeated but incorrect fact is that 1939's  The  Wizard of  Oz  is the first full-color movie. This misconception probably comes from the fact that the film makes great symbolic use of brilliant color film after the first scene  is shown in black and white. However, color movies were being created more than 35 years before The Wizard of Oz!

One of the most important developments in color films was Kinemacolor, created by Englishman George Albert Smith in 1906. Kinemacolor movies projected film through red and green filters (过滤器) to reproduce the actual colors used in the film. The first film to use the Kinemacolor process was Smith 's 1908 travelogue—A Visit to the Seaside. Kinemacolor was the most popular in its native UK, but the cost of installing (安装) the necessary equipment put many theaters off. After years of technical development, by the late 1950s, most Hollywood productions were being shot in color. Then, the color film finally became the standard in the filming industry.

However, the black and white film still makes its appearance. True, the black and white film has left a long-lasting impact on filming. Still,  audiences today always tend to associate the black and white film with classic Hollywood storytelling and also admire the bright colors of early color movies.

【1】What can we know about color movies?

A.They hardly have a clear boundary with the black and white ones.

B.They will replace the black and white films sooner or later.

C.They lead to the developments in art and technology.

D.They are more popular with film fans.

【2】Which of the following is a color film?

A.RagingBull. B.A Visit to the Seaside.

C.Schindler’s List D.The  Artist

【3】What accounted for the failure of many theaters to use Kinemacolor?

A.The lack of enough finances.

B.The complex process of using colors.

C.The difficulty in installing necessary equipment.

D.The unsatisfying color effect of Kinemacolor movies.

【4】What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?

A.The significance of the black and white film.

B.The possibility of replacing the black and white film.

C.The popularity of the black and white film among audiences.

D.The applicability of shooting classic stories in black and white.

【5】What does the underlined word “misconception” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.That  The Wizard of Oz was shot in 1939.

B.That The Wizard of Oz is the first full-color movie.

C.That The Wizard of Oz was shown in black and white.

D.That The Wizard of Oz took advantage of bright colors.

22、   A study by Harvard researchers found that mind wandering, or daydreaming, consumes an average of 47% of peoples’ waking hours. This brings about the question：If mind wandering is so costly to our well-being, then why in the world are we so willing to spend nearly half of our lives in this mental state?

Creative thinkers know, despite what their parents, teachers and school leaders might have told them, that daydreaming is hardly a waste of time. But unfortunately, many students learn to suppress their natural instincts to dream and imagine-instead, they’re taught to fit into a standardized model and to learn by the book, in a way that may not feel natural and that very well may suppress their natural desire to create. But as two famous psychologists recently noted, “Not all minds who wander are lost”-in fact, the mind’s wandering is vital to imagination and creative thought.

Nearly 50 years ago, psychologist Jerome L. Singer established that daydreaming is a normal and indeed widespread aspect of human experience. He found that many people are “happy daydreamers” who enjoy their inner imagery and fantasy. According to Singer, these daydreamers “simply value and enjoy their private experiences, are willing to risk wasting a certain amount of time on them, but also can apparently use them for effective planning and for self-amusement during periods of routine task activity or boredom.”

Singer coined the term positive-constructive daydreaming to describe this type of mind wandering, which he distinguished from poor attention and anxious, obsessive fantasies. By making these important distinctions, Singer was able to highlight the positive, adaptive role that daydreaming can play in our daily lives, under the right circumstances.

【1】Who are aware that daydreaming is not a waste of time?

A．Teachers.

B．Parents.

C．School leaders.

D．Creative thinkers.

【2】According to the passage, daydreaming is very important to ______.

A．learning by the book

B．imagination and creation

C．suppression of inner desires

D．instincts and amusements

【3】What does the underlined word “them” in the third paragraph refer to?

A．Private experience.

B．Circumstances.

C．Fantasies.

D．Happy dreamers.

【4】What is true of positive-constructive daydreaming according to the passage?

A．It is a useful mental state.

B．It is similar to poor attention.

C．It is an anxious. obsessive fantasy.

D．It is a standardized model.

23、●Underground City,Montreal,Canada

  Take one of the 120 entrances into the largest man-made underground network in the world.

Montreal’s Underground City was first built in 1962.About 500,000 people a day use its 32 kilometers of shopping malls,apartment buildings,hotels,banks,offices,museums,and universities;there are also two train stations and a bus terminal（终点站）.

  ●Mammoth Cave National Park,Kentucky,America

Place names such as Grand Avenue and Frozen Niagara give an idea of what’s in the world’s longest underground cave system.The oldest part was formed 10 million years ago,9.5 million years before man made an appearance.

●Hannan’s North Mine,Kalgoorlie,Australia

Go down 30.5 meters in a cage elevator to tunnels dug during Australia’s 19th-century gold rush.Try your hand at panning for gold（淘金）.Kalgoorlie still produces 10 percent of the world’s gold.

●Wieliczka Salt Mine,Krakow,Poland

It all started when salt was just like today’s oil.Nine centuries of mining has produced miles of undergroud passages and huge caves to a depth of 134 meters.More than one million people a year visit the UNESCO-listed site, which includes lakes and statues made from salt,the world’s largest mining museum and concert halls.

●Berlin Nuclear Bunker（地堡）,Germany

Take a few minutes to adjust to the dim（昏暗的）light of this 1971 radiation-proof Cold War bunker.Feel the cold enter your bones in the deathly silence.The narrow beds for 3,562 people take up most of the space.The bunker could operate for 14 days after a nuclear attack.It’s a frightening experience.

【1】What do the above five attraction have in common?

A. They are all man-made.   B. They all lie underground.

C. They are all radiation-proof.   D. They all date back to the 19th century.

【2】In Wieliczka Salt Mine,visitors can   .

A. make salt statues   B. enjoy the mountain scenery

C. learn about salt mining history   D. experience mining salt themselves

【3】We can infer from the passage that   .

A. Hannan’s North Mine is out of operation

B. Berlin Nuclear Bunker is well-equipped now

C. Mammoth Cave National Park has the world’s oldest cave system

D. Underground City was built to make citizens’ life more convenient

【4】We can most probably read the passage in a ______.

A. news report   B. history magazine   C. travel guide   D. research paper

24、Watching a 3D movie can more than double the concentration powers and cognitive(认知) processing of children, a new research claims.

A study made by visual technology firm RealD and led by child psychologist Dr Richard Woolfson suggests that children aged between 7 and 14 experienced twice the cognitive processing speed and performed better in testing after watching 20 minutes of a 3D film. This is despite suggestions that attention spans(时期) in children have shortened in the last decade due to unlimited to access to entertainment, including on-demand TV, gaming and social media. A 2015 study claimed that watching 3D content had a similar effect to brain-training exercises.

Consumer psychologist Mr Fagan said that the increased stimulation(刺激) found in watching something in 3D "exercised" the brain and improved performance in the short term. "3D films can play the role of ‘brain-training’ games and help to make children ‘smarter’ in the short term," he said. "The shortening of response times after watching 3D was almost three times as big as that gained from watching 2D; in other words, 3D helps children process aspects of their environment more quickly. This is likely to be because 3D is a mentally stimulating experience which ‘gets the brain's juices flowing’."

The experiment saw children given a range of cognitive tests before watching 20 minutes of a movie in either 2D or 3D and being tested again. The results showed those who saw the 3D content reacted faster and performed bettering the second round of testing. Mental engagement also rose by 13% among 3D watchers. Child psychologist Dr Woolfson added that “supportive parenting” and regularly listening to classical music can also aid a child’s memory.

【1】The reason why children perform better after watching a 3D movie is that ________.

A. a 3D movie makes their brain active

B. a 3D movie is more exciting than a 2D movie

C. children enjoy watching a 3D movie

D. children like the experience which “gets the brain’s juices flowing”

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Only “supportive parenting” and listening to music can help a child’s memory.

B. The children in the experiment are tested only once.

C. All the children doubled the cognitive processing speed in testing.

D. Children’s attention spans have shortened in the past 10 years because of access of.

【3】Where does this passage probably come from?

A. An exhibition guide.

B. A science textbook.

C. A science report.

D. An advertisement.

25、   I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so _______.

As I was sitting at my desk I _______ it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her _______. Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town I _______ to give her a call. Sure enough she was on B-shift, _______ to work late into the evening and wouldn’t have much of a birthday this year. As always, _______, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I _______.

After I hung up I couldn’t _______ the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. _______ feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my ________, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I ________ gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise ________ me I’d done the right thing and were a generous ________ for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home I realized that not only had I cheered up a ________ friend on her birthday but my own gloomy feelings had also ________. Making her day had made my own!

That’s true ________ we take the time and make the effort to do something for someone else. It’s like the little saying “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who ________.”

Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with ________ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a ________ to someone. And the ________ thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

【1】A. special B. positive C. nervous D. proud

【2】A. explained B. complained C. remembered D. informed

【3】A. family B. study C. life D. work

【4】A. decided B. continued C. failed D. refused

【5】A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. prepared

【6】A. though B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise

【7】A. admitted B. called C. succeeded D. apologized

【8】A. get on with B. put up with C. get rid of D. take hold of

【9】A. Almost B. Even C. Never D. Still

【10】A. opinion B. image C. mind D. expectation

【11】A. luckily B. finally C. unhappily D. hardly

【12】A. convinced B. advised C. promised D. reminded

【13】A. demand B. desire C. reward D. share

【14】A. guilty B. lonely C. weak D. curious

【15】A. existed B. deepened C. wasted D. disappeared

【16】A. when B. because C. though D. if

【17】A. tries B. receives C. loves D. cares

【18】A. experiences B. dreams C. choices D. opportunities

【19】A. difference B. connection C. discovery D. decision

【20】A. normal B. similar C. wonderful D. practical

26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍你在伦敦冬令营期间与同学们自行前往博物馆的完整过程，并以“My Experience in London”为题，给校刊“英语园地”写一篇英文稿件。

注意：1. 词数不少于60； 2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

My Experience in London

Last winter vacation, my classmates and I went to London to attend a winter camp.

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