广州2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Mr. Brown thought it would be a good idea to have ________ from his workers to improve his plan.

A．summaries

B．admissions

C．comments

D．connections

2、---You look very tired. What's wrong with you?

---How bad luck today is! By the time I arrived at the airport, the plane________.

A．left

B．was leaving

C．has left

D．had left

3、Take two of the _______ three times daily before meals, and it make you less painful.

A.tablets B.tables C.tastes D.toasts

4、It has rained cats and dogs for days.I hope it will___________next week.

A.step up B.make up C.take up D.clear up

5、The Dragon Boat Festival ________ the beginning of the hottest season of the year.

A. is marking B. marks C. will mark  D. marked

6、Florida is blessed with ______ warm climate, which makes it _____ suitable place for old people to live in.

A. a; 不填 B. 不填; the C. a; a D. the; a

7、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

8、 John told me he’d like to go hiking with me, his voice _______joy.

A. was heavy with   B. heavy with

C. was full of    D. full with

9、One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to______ healthy eating habits.

A.grow B.develop C.increase D.raise

10、—What’s up? You look worried.

—Well, I ______ on the problem for 5 hours but I haven’t got a single clue.

A. have worked B. worked

C. will work D. have been working

11、--I feel so upset. I’m afraid I’ll be fired for the terrible economic crisis.

--________!Things are not so bad as they seem.

A．Go ahead

B．Good luck

C．No problem

D．Cheer up

12、Finding a time ______ suits everyone is going to be difficult.

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

13、These motorized bikes are highly effective for city traffic as you will never run out of ______ to park.

A.options B.patience C.resources D.universe

14、QQ, _________ you can chat with your friends, makes communication easy.

A.as B.which C.that D.where

15、The travel agency will make all the arrangements for you. ______ you can organize your transport on your own.

A.Furthermore B.Similarly

C.Instead D.Alternatively

16、_____in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the money in the car.

A. Waiting B. Having waited

C. To wait D. To have waited

17、She was likely to tell the whole truth, in cases ________ other people would have kept silence.

A. where   B. that   C. who   D. which

18、---Did you know any German before you arrived in Munich？

---Never______________ it, actually.

A.had I learned B.did I learn

C.I had learned D.I learned

19、The workers ________ the glasses and marked on each box “This Side UP”.

A.carried B.delivered C.pressed D.packed

20、For British people, somebody standing too close may make them focus less on what others are saying than on ______ close he or she is to them.

A.what B.where C.which D.how

21、In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored(超过……分数) American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Warsaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind.

That American high schools waste more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.

Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws(暇疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”

One of the ironies(讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.

【1】According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______.

A. too much importance is placed on sports in America

B. little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools

C. American high schools complain about sports time

D. PISA plays a very important role in America

【2】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______.

A. American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot

B. high expectations push up American students’ academic performance

C. low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance

D. lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance

【3】The purpose of this article is to _______.

A. draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition

B. call on American schools to learn from the Polish model

C. compare Polish schools with those in America

D. explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

22、Space travelers on the International Space Station pull twelve-hour shifts(轮班), including six and a half hours of lab work, among other duties. They sleep eight hours, leaving them the other hours to idle in the space. If the timing’s right, they call home to catch up. They watch their schools play football. NASA has sent up playthings like guitars, keyboards, and a saxophone, as well a chess set.

Staying entertained is important because when you’re on long space flights, feeling bored can be dangerous, “It leads to performance errors,” NASA Senior Operational Psychologist James Picano tells me. Breaking a tool is a lot more worrisome when you’re trying to keep a spaceship that weighs hundreds of thousands of pounds on course. In addition, playtime also allows the team to learn pop culture and helps Americans relate to their high-flying stars.

But space travelers might not always have that solid link to Earth. NASA’s plans to go to Mars by 2040 may require a seven-month journey. Maintaining a constant signal over such a vast distance will be tough, but when technology permits, space travelers could watch TV series. NASA is also looking into virtual reality(虚拟现实)so space travelers can spend an afternoon at the beach.

“What will the people we send to space do for fun many years from now, when they’re setting up shop on Mars and the moon?” I ask him. “Boy, I have no idea,” Picano says. But he draws my attention to the South Pole’s McMurdo Station, which once just had a simple bowling alley (保龄球球道)and now has a wine and coffee bar. “We are creators,” Picano adds. “If you send scientists to extreme environments, they will invent ways to stay entertained. It never stops amazing me.”

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A．How we keep space travelers entertained.

B．What space travelers do every day.

C．The duties of the space travelers.

D．The achievements of NASA.

【2】What does Picano say about playtime in a spacecraft?

A．It is strictly limited by NASA.

B．It sometimes causes serious mistakes.

C．It is usually related to American pop stars.

D．It helps keep space travelers working smoothly.

【3】What should NASA do to give space travelers a better life?

A．Reduce their workload.

B．Improve the quality of signals.

C．Increase the speed of spaceships.

D．Allow them to have more spare time.

【4】Which of the following will Picano probably agree with?

A．Most scientists have very little time to play.

B．It is hard to lead an interesting life on Mars or the moon.

C．Space travelers will play in imaginative ways in the future.

D．Fun activities in space will be tested at the McMurdo Station.

23、Among the constant adjustive education standards and requirements, it’s important to ask a question: exactly what do we want in a high school graduate?

Some people think the goal is to enter college and earn a bachelor’s degree. Others find that interpretation too narrow, preferring that young people leave school with the skills to move into living-wage jobs. But one thing many people can embrace is that high school graduates are skilled in basic math and English.

A proposed law, House Bill 1308,could ruin that goal. Students must do the following things to get a diploma: earn 24 credits of coursework; complete a High School and Beyond Plan matching those courses; meet one requirement of a series of “graduation pathways”. The problem is that these pathways don’t work for all kids.

In large part, that’s because they guide students toward college standards. Last year, after surveying nearly 1,000 students, researchers discovered that 18% of students said they were “not good” at math, and 33% said they were poor test-takers. For them, the current pathways are a barrier because of their emphasis on these skills.

The new pathway is instead focused on performance. It would allow kids to create a presentation—say an exhibit or report — demonstrating mastery of two core subjects, but not necessarily math or English. When the bill came up for discussion, over 350 people showed their support, because it’s possible that through the performance pathway, a student could create a project emphasizing mastery in “fine arts” and “health and fitness”. Rep. Sharon favors the proposal. In a hearing, she spoke of her granddaughter, who wrote and self-published a novel while still in school, to illustrate the kind of project is workable. While Tafona Ervin worries that the lack of emphasis on math and English could lead students to graduate without solid skills.

If the purpose of education is to ensure that young people are prepared to pursue a fulfilling life, finishing school uncertain of one’s abilities in math and English weakens education’s goal.

【1】Why is the question mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To make an argument.

B．To introduce the topic.

C．To raise an education problem.

D．To clarify a concept.

【2】How many items does House Bill 1308require for high school students to graduate?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

【3】How does the writer make his points persuasive in Para.4?

A．By making comparisons.

B．By offering statistics.

C．By providing suggestions.

D．By doing experiments.

【4】What does the author think of House Bill 1308?

A．Workable.

B．Effective.

C．Awful.

D．Reasonable.

24、   When studying English, it’s best to focus on the big picture. Trying to improve your speaking? Aim for fluency and “standard” pronunciation. Want to get better at writing? Practice vocabulary and grammar.

But this way of learning, though necessary, misses one big thing: all the differences there are in how different people speak English. For example, people from the US and the UK speak very differently. If a British friend invited me to eat lunch at his apartment, he might say: “Come over to mine ‘round 12 pm’.”

But if I invited him over, I might say: “Be at my place a little after 12.” “My place” is more commonly used in the US; “mine” is more frequently used in the UK – both are informal ways of saying “my house” or “my apartment”.

Even people in different parts of the US speak very differently. For example, imagine that you are talking to a group of people and want to address them all at once. What pronoun do you use? “You”, you should reply — that’s the correct pronoun whether you’re addressingone person or a group.

But using “you” to address multiple people feels strange in conversation, so speakers find ways around it. The most common choice around the US is to say “you guys”. But working class natives of my hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, say “yinz”: as in, “yinz wanna go to the bar later to watch the game?” In eastern Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, some people say “youse”: as in, “youse are always hanging out in the street”. In the southern US, people say “y’all”: as in, “don’t forget about us, y’all!”

The point is, there’s a lot more to languages than what’s standard and proper. So take a tour around the US, y’all. Yinz will be glad that youse did it.

【1】Which aspect of language learning does the author specifically focus on in the article?

A．The reason why we need to practice standard pronunciation.

B．How to learn from native speakers.

C．How to see the big picture when speaking English.

D．The different ways native speakers use the language.

【2】The underlined word “addressing” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.

A．turning to.

B．dealing with.

C．speaking to.

D．sending a letter to.

【3】If someone greets you and your family by saying “It’s good seein’ y’all!”, he is likely from ______.

A．the southern US.

B．Pennsylvania.

C．New York.

D．New Jersey.

25、   My students were taking midterms when my phone erupted with urgent messages. “Student is having a panic attack,” ________ a teaching assistant. I ran out of my office and found a student in my organic chemistry class lying ________ on the ground. “I can’t move my fingers, head, or legs,” she cried. I asked a bystander to call 911, ________ her that help was on the way. “Did my exam really ________ a panic attack?” I asked myself.

It was my first time teaching the course. But I knew the course had a ________ for giving students few A’s. This was a source of ________ for students who feared a low grade would keep them from getting into medical school.

________, that day another student who had emergency medical training rushed to help. She helped her ________ the use of her body.

The following day, I was ________ to lecture to the class. I knew I had to ________ what had happened during the midterm. I flashed a slide of different ________ . I said: “ All of you are ________ as flowers. You may not bloom(开花) at the same time, but you will bloom! You may not do well in a midterm exam, but you will learn from your ________ and do better on the final exam. I believe in you. ”

From that point on, my office hours were ________. Some asked about study strategies; others ________ about personal issues. I was ________ that a simple, frank discussion could make a difference.

We educators shouldn’ t need a crisis to remind us of our students’ ________ needs. But it took a crisis to ________ my approach to teaching. I’ ve found they feel ________ when I put in the effort to recognize them as ________ individuals.

A．texted

B．added

C．promised

D．declared

A．restless

B．motionless

C．hopeless

D．ceaseless

A．attracting

B．warning

C．comforting

D．persuading

A．end

B．control

C．reduce

D．cause

A．reputation

B．concern

C．strength

D．present

A．joy

B．curiosity

C．stress

D．anger

A．Surprisingly

B．Luckily

C．Obviously

D．Consequently

A．regain

B．imagine

C．train

D．abandon

A．sponsored

B．exchanged

C．forbidden

D．scheduled

A．record

B．address

C．imitate

D．confirm

A．exams

B．students

C．messages

D．flowers

A．protected

B．regarded

C．judged

D．shaped

A．disbelief

B．dishonesty

C．mistakes

D．misunderstandings

A．packed

B．canceled

C．limited

D．updated

A．broke down

B．fell down

C．opened up

D．grew up

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．depressed

D．amazed

A．emotional

B．academic

C．physical

D．behavioral

A．support

B．adopt

C．transform

D．maintain

A．challenged

B．valued

C．ignored

D．discouraged

A．clever

B．simple

C．strange

D．unique

26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国好友Jim即将来京，并打算 利用周末时间游览一处北京古代建筑。他发来邮件询问相关信息。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：

1.你的推荐；2.说明理由。

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Dear Jim,

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