2025-2026年广东茂名高二下册期末英语试卷(含答案)

1、The fireman told us the troubles they had ________the fire________ .

A．getting; controlled

B．got; controlled

C．got; to control

D．getting; to control

2、—Why! Where’s my mobile phone? Maybe I left it on the plane.

—My goodness! You   things behind.

A.haven’t left B.didn’t leave C.had never left D.never leave

3、The researchers who study jokes want to know ________ people from different nations and cultures find very funny.

A．why

B．that

C．what

D．whether

4、Please ________ your ashes before it fails on the carpet.

A. cut off B. knock off

C. get off D. drop off

5、Some parents want their children to show complete ________ to their wishes, which is harmful to their kids’ character building.

A.submission B.addiction C.limitation D.admission

6、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

7、Soon after getting off his horse, the captain appeared at the second-floor windows, ______ he could see nothing but trees.

A. where B. from where

C. which D. from which

8、Sympathy for the rebels, the government claimed, is beginning to ______because of more and more harm they did to common people.

A. fade B. decline C. fail D. collapse

9、We are determined that our teacher training programs should ________ current developments in the field of education.

A．catch sight of

B．make room for

C．take pride in

D．keep pace with

10、Lack of sleep will cause an increase in stress levels, which will lead to you not liking your job. This_____ will also have a negative impact on your productivity.

A.in turn B.in return C.in place D.in brief

11、You can get   you want as a gift for your fantastic performance in the final examination for you and your friends.

A.whoever B.whichever C.however D.whatever

12、It is obvious to the students _____________they should get well prepared for their future.

A.as B.that

C.which D.whether

13、It is very important for English teachers to have a knowledge of the theories of language_______.

A.fluency B.accuracy C.acquisition D.punctuation

14、Teachers in primary schools ______ influence the kids fall under should be role models.

A. whose   B. who

C. where   D. which

15、--- What do you think I should do?

----________your teacher’s advice, in my opinion, and everything will be OK.

A．Follow

B．Following

C．to follow

D．Followed

16、China's most celebrated martial art novelist and essayist, Jin Yong, under________influence many people have become interested in martial arts, passed away in a Hongkong hospital.

A.his B.whose C.which D.whom

17、Our company is seeking for a manager, especially ________ with creativity and imagination.

A. the one B. each

C. one D. that

18、We strongly advise you ______ eating your meal so late. It’s not healthy.

A. on   B. against   C. from   D. over

19、If you have any question,please   free to contact me at sue_smith@126.com.

A. to feel   B. feeling

C. feel   D. felt

20、It’s generally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.

A. such a successful example

B. so successful an example

C. as a successful example

D. as successful an example

21、   All left-handed humans have not had it easy in the world. In many cultures and in the dark ages, left-handed people have generally been seen as the devil.

The word “left” in English comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “lyft”，which means weak or broken. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “left-handed” as meaning defective, awkward or clumsy. 【1】 A “left-handed compliment” and a “left-handed marriage” can be set as examples. The former does not mean sincere praise but indicates an insult. The latter, as you may notice, refers to an illegal or informal marriage, which, in particular, involves one side of royal or noble birth and the other of lower rank.

In some certain cultures, things go beyond that. 【2】 In Nigeria, for instance, taking or giving anything to anyone with your left hand is assumed that you lack home training.

【3】 Many people around you in China, if asked, would tell you they were forced by their parents or teachers, to write with their right hand. Strangely enough, none of those elders can say what an actual problem there is with left-handedness. If it has to do with the fear of that child not being prosperous, there are a lot of left-handed personalities doing well and breaking grounds. The possible explanation here maybe lies in their long- held prejudice. 【4】

Two-thirds of the world still view left-handedness as a shortcoming but it isn't. 【5】That is what C. R. Manske points out, “Life without left-handed people wouldn't be right. ”

A．And that is not the only case.

B．The following two examples can best reflect this point.

C．A tiny gesture or movement with the left hand can mean a lot.

D．Namely, people tend to believe in common ideas instead of the reality.

E．The way forward for the left-handers is for them to be accepted as they are.

F．Certain phrases in English suggest a rather negative view of “left-handedness”.

G．In other words, different deep-rooted beliefs originate from different cultures.

22、A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose Gutierrez. He is bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian children.

Gutierrez started saving books from the trash 27 years ago. He was driving a garbage truck at night through the country’s richer neighborhoods. The books that were thrown away slowly piled up. Now the ground floor of his small house is a community library. It is stacked (堆放) from floor to ceiling. They range from chemistry textbooks to children’s classics.

Books are luxuries for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoods. New reading material at bookstores is too expensive. There are 19 public libraries in Bogota, a city of 8.5 million people. But the libraries tend to be located far away from poorer areas.“They should be in all neighborhoods and on each comer of every neighborhood,” the 60-year-old says.“Books can save us. That is what Colombia needs.”

Gutierrez has a love of reading, which comes from his mother. She always read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school. Gutierrez is a keen reader of works by authors such as Leo Tolstoy and Victor Hugo. His favorite books include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Gencral in His Labyrinth by Colombia’s Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The first book Gutierrez found was a copy of the classic novel Anna Karenina. The Tolstoy book was later joined by The Little Prince, Sophie’s World, The Iliad and a number of novels. Today, he has collected around 25,000 books.

Now, Gutierrez still looks through the rubbish for additions to his library, named “The Strength of Words.”His fame as Colombia’s “Lord of the Books” has helped a lot. It has brought him thou-sands of donated books. He has sent many to other libraries around the country. Moreover, Gutierrez has traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of starting a library with the books that are thrown away.

Gutierrez says he doesn’t reject technology that allows books to be read digitally. But he prefers to read the printed words on paper.“There is nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or inside your car.”

【1】How old was Gutierrez when he started saving books from the trash?

A．In his twenties.

B．In his thirties.

C．In his forties.

D．In his fifties,

【2】What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Luxury books.

B．Garbage trucks.

C．Public libraries.

D．Poor areas.

【3】What did the book Anna Karenina mean to Gutierrez?

A．The beginning of his charity project.

B．A window to the world.

C．One of his greatest achievements in life.

D．Some comfort in difficult times.

【4】Which of the following sayings does Gutierrez’s story lead us to believe?

A．Actions speak louder than words.

B．A good book can shine a light upon the soul.

C．One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

D．The palest ink is better than the best memory.

23、   You may have come across the picture that has a number drawn on the floor with two people standing on either side of the number. One person sees a 6, and the other sees a 9.【1】

They could either stay there arguing and holding on to their ideas, or they could move around and see the difference in their thoughts. This is perspective （视角）.

【2】The world would be a better place if people understood this. But before you start thinking of how you can start seeing things from the perspective of another person, you need to first know what a life perspective is.

Just like the example, life perspective is the way we see life, including the way we approach life and all that are in our personal experience. 【3】 What we usually have are two different perspectives on one thing. We have a person saying something is bad and should not be done, and then we have another person saying that “bad” is a strong word to use for the same thing.

【4】And everyone sees things a lot differently compared to the next person. This makes life more complex because, instead of seeing the similarities we share, we often focus on what is different, which leads to disagreements and fights.【5】It's likely that these problems no longer annoy you.

A.There are more than 7 billion people in the world.

B.In our life, few things are absolutely right or wrong.

C.It seems difficult to decide which perspective is wrong.

D.Simply make a switch and see from a different perspective.

E.A perspective on life can be shaped, changed, or explained.

F.They are both right, yet they are wrong in the eyes of the other person.

G.And they usually make us believe that we are the one who s holding the truth.

24、   It’s never easy to admit the mistakes you make, but doing so is an important step toward moving forward.

National Geographic magazine recently published an article with the title “For decades, our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it.” It was written by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg, the first woman and first Jewish person to hold the position. National Geographic has acknowledged that its coverage of the black and racial minorities in America and the wider world has been historically racist, frequently promoting caricatures of the “noble savage” and barely featuring the US’s minority population.

According to Goldberg, the 130-year-old publication’s April issue “explores how race defines, separates, and unites us”. In honor of 50 years since the killing of Martin Luther King, who is known for fighting racial inequality in the US, the issue is devoted to race.

The publication republished a number of examples of historical racism in its coverage. One 1916 article about Australia included a photo of two Indigenous Australians with the wording: “South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings.”

To review its previous coverage of race, Goldberg asked University of Virginia historian John Edwin Mason to look back at the magazine’s text, choice of subjects, and photography of people of color from the US and abroad. “Until the 1970s, National Geographic all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging them beyond laborer or domestic workers,” Goldberg wrote about Mason’s findings. “Meanwhile, it pictured ‘natives’ elsewhere as exotics, famously and frequently unclothed happy hunters, noble savages.”

Mason also found that the magazine often ran photos of “uncivilized” natives amazed by “civilized” Western technology.

In recent years, however, the magazine has improved. For example, in a 2015 project, National Geographic gave cameras to young people in the Caribbean country of Haiti and asked them to shoot pictures of their everyday lives.

“The coverage wasn’t right before, because it was told from a white American point of view, and I think it speaks to exactly why we needed a variety of storytellers,” Goldberg told the Associated Press.

National Geographic’s look at its past also inspired other media organizations to revisit their own historical coverage of race. The New York Times admitted that most of its obituaries(讣告) were about the lives of white men, and has started publishing obituaries of famous women in a special section titled “Overlooked”. After all, recognizing overlooked mistakes is what makes us grow.

【1】The April issue of National Geographic magazine is special because ______.

A.readers can see Mason’s investigation report in this issue

B.it is released to mark National Geographic’s 130th anniversary

C.it focuses on the issue of race in memory of Martin Luther King

D.it is the first issue since Susan Goldberg became the editor-in-chief

【2】Which of the following may prove National Geographic’s coverage was racist?

A.It often pictured coloured people with decent jobs.

B.Natives were often presented as undressed happy hunters.

C.It asked ordinary people to shoot pictures of their daily lives.

D.It only featured minority groups in America but overlooked others.

【3】What can we learn about the National Geographic?

A.It used to tell stories from the perspective of a white Jewish woman.

B.The overall image of natives in it was brave, intelligent but uncivilized.

C.Its texts and choice of subjects were diverse and had no racial prejudice.

D.It inspired other media organizations to reflect on their coverage of race.

【4】According to the writer, acknowledging the mistakes may   .

A.spoil the image of the world famous magazine

B.remove racial discrimination around the world

C.help the magazine to move forward and grow better

D.discourage the editors from reporting bravely and honestly

25、   Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future and wanted to make a ______ in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s ______ I learned about the Lighthouse Project.

I started my ______ as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous ______. I knew it would be a lot of ______, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. ______, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project ______.

I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to ______ among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for the ______. I would be going to a small ______ near Abuja, Nigeria.

After completing my ______, I was sent to the village that was small and ______ in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food ______ I were their own family. I was asked to ______ a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I ______ in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my ______ than they did from me.

Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or ______ to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local ______, and returned to the United States a ______ man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my ______ forever.

【1】A. contribution B. difference C. change D. attempt

【2】A. why B. how C. when D. where

【3】A. journey B. career C. occupation D. business

【4】A. volunteers B. fellows C. graduates D. applicants

【5】A. adventure B. exploration C. fun D. hard work

【6】A. In turn B. In reward C. In honor D. In short

【7】A. seriously B. lightly C. hurriedly D. cautiously

【8】A. stick out B. turn out C. stand out D. pick out

【9】A. duty B. call C. application D. responsibility

【10】A. city B. company C. village D. school

【11】A. consideration B. college C. interview D. training

【12】A. instantly B. desperately C. severely D. timely

【13】A. as if B. even if C. just as D. what if

【14】A. convince B. lead C. gather D. undertake

【15】A. studied B. survive C. support D. taught

【16】A. villagers B. colleagues C. students D. competitors

【17】A. familiar B. similar C. cruel D. unusual

【18】A. language B. people C. attractions D. accommodation

【19】A. smarter B. different C. helpful D. professional

【20】A. character B. experience C. interest D. life

26、美国某中学举办英语暑假训练营，开设以下课程：cooking,swimming,giving first-aid,playing football/ basketball。假定你是李华，请你写封申请信，报名参加其中一门课程的学习。

内容包括：1.你感兴趣的一门课程；2.为什么想学这门课程；3.你期望从中学到什么。

注意：1.词数：100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir/Madam,

Yours,

Li Hua