2025-2026年广东韶关高二上册期末英语试卷(含答案)

1、Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet_______life has developed gradually.

A. that B. where   C. which D. whose

2、— Did you have difficulty finding that cave?

—Not really. The guide ________ us clear directions and we were able to find it easily.

A.was to give B.had given C.was giving D.would give

3、The exhibition _____ such endangered animals as the giant panda and the Siberian tiger and describes the work being done to protect them．

A． exploits       B． features

C． demonstrates   D． inspects

4、We need to _________ public awareness to the environmental issue.

A.raise B.rise C.arise D.rose

5、Either you or one of your students________ to attend the meeting that is due tomorrow.

A.are B.is C.have D.be

6、 Nuclear ______ be really dangerous at times even though it’s a nice energy in general.

A. shall B. should   C. can D. Must

7、That restaurant is extremely popular, ______ you may have to wait to get a seat.

A. for   B. so C. or D. yet

8、The manager told me that they’d promoted Mike, but he didn’t mention ______ when we talked on the phone.

A．being promoted

B．to be promoted

C．having promoted

D．having been promoted

9、This is the first time that I’ve come to London, so I would like to try something ________British.

A.normally B.clearly C.generally D.typically

10、The survey shows some major publishers, institutions and businesses have begun to make________ to the new age in order to meet the needs of the social and economic change．

A．breakthroughs B．preparations

C．adjustments D．Commitments

11、 ______ in the novel, I didn’t notice what was happening.

A. Buried B. having buried

C. Burying   D. To be buried

12、A company cannot be sold without the _______of the shareholders.

A. appointment

B. appreciation

C. appearance

D. approval

13、--- With the failure of the experiment, we have reached a dead end.

--- Cheer up! Many good things would never have happened if the bad events________ first.

A. don’t happen   B. didn’t happen

C. hadn’t happened   D. haven’t happened

14、You mean I was absent? No! I ______at noon and I have been in the office since.

A. came back B. have come back

C. was back D. have been back

15、Although medical science ________ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning.

A．achieved

B．has achieved

C．will achieve

D．had achieved

16、The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suit ________ the season.

A. whatever B. whether C. whenever D. however

17、When we saw the road ________ with snow, we decided to spend the holiday at home.

A．block

B．to block

C．blocking

D．blocked

18、__________ ups and downs in the past four years，Bob finally succeeded in extending his business overseas.

A．Experienced     B．To experience

C．Having experienced  D．Experiencing

19、Nelson Mandela devoted all his life to the struggle of the African people and of every nation that seeks freedom．

A．it B．one   C．those  D．that

20、The story conveys a strong message, _________ that will hopefully touch all who read it.

A. it B. that   C. those   D. one

21、   Although women get angry just as often as men, rage remains the prototypical male emotion. “My kids still talk about my ‘freak-outs,’” says Kim Garretson, 54, a corporate strategist in Minneapolis, who once erupted into volcanic fury; in a restaurant when served a still-frozen entree.” I didn’t express much of anything, but once in a while, I’d just blow.”

Why do so many men lose their tempers? “The rage comes because there’s so much frustration when you cut off something that is you. Yet that’s what men do, because they’re afraid that if you give emotions an inch, they’ll take a mile.” says psychologist Kenneth W. Christian, PhD, author of Your Own Worst Enemy. If you don’t learn how to work with your emotions, you’re a shadow figure, a small incomplete version of yourself. It’s only a matter of time until the house of cards that you are falls apart.”

For Kim Garretson, that day came four years ago when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. As often happens when illness strikes men, he realized he had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by letting himself feel. “I’m no longer afraid of expressing almost any emotion,” he says. “I get anger out with my quick, sharp tongue and move on. I use humor as an outlet, I’ve reconnected with old friends. I talk about the big questions of life. I search for spiritual meaning.”

Guys, Try These

In his Dirty Harry days, Clint Eastwood never flinched（退缩）. Now as a husband, father and Oscar-winning director of movies that explore the depths of men’s souls, the tough guy has turned tender -- but not talkative. “The men who hide their emotions the most may; in fact be the most sensitive,” observes Christian. Yet men can become more emotionally expressive without tears or fears. Here are some ways to start;

Develop a creative outlet. Hobbies like painting or playing a musical instrument can tap into a man’s soul. Remember that much of the world’s greatest art, music and literature was created by the allegedly emotionally challenged sex.

Release stress and anger through exercise. “When you get to the breaking point where you just want to put your head through a wall, taking a ten-minute time-out isn’t enough to calm down.,” says Westover, who in moments of extreme emotion finds a place to drop to the floor and do push-ups.

Try expressing “ a little” emotion. “Start with feelings you can control, find a sympathetic ear and use the term ‘a little,’” suggests Coleman, Saying you feel “a little” sad or “a little” scared feels safer than a full declaration of vulnerability.

Lean into the discomfort. “Rather than avoiding a feeling that you’re not sure how to handle, move toward it,” says psychologist Travis Bradbury, PhD, co-author of The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. “Learning to handle emotions takes time and practice, because you need to retrain your brain, but it does get easier.”

【1】Kim Garretson a 54-year-old corporate strategist, once got very angry when ________.

A.diagnosed with lung cancer B.given a take musical instrument

C.dragged into a mountainous trip D.served cold food in a restaurant

【2】“They’ll take a mile.” (para. 2), ‘they’ refers to ________.

A.psychologists B.cards

C.emotions D.friends

【3】If you fail to learn how to work with your emotions, _________.

A.you will sooner or later break down

B.you will be an active figure in shadow boxing

C.you will be afraid of expressing almost any emotion

D.you will spend more time searching for spiritual meaning

【4】What main idea is discussed in the passage?

A.How to develop your emotions. B.How to check your emotions.

C.How to handle your emotions. D.How to express your emotions.

22、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and, having gained it, to learn how to use it properly. Recently I walked into the locker room of a rather well-known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a half-dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for them. These same men can be found there day after day, and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community if material prosperity were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it seemed to me, something very important was missing, or else there would not have been the constant effort to escape the realities of life through Scotch and soda. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased(停止)．When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man.

What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye while I was looking through my Bible. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind:“In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread．”

To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest recollections (memories). In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to everyone. The immortal words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

【1】Which of the following is indicated in the first paragraph?

A. Wealth results from honest effort.

B．The men seated at tables in the locker room are lost in the significance of life.

C．For some people, no way can be found to escape the realities of life other than Scotch and soda.

D．The men acquire wealth by planting fruit trees.

【2】 The underlined sentence “In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread” means “________”.

A. Bread tastes delicious when sweat pours off your face

B．No pains, no gains

C．Failure is the mother of success

D．Bread comes from the sweat on your face

【3】We learn from the passage that the author ________.

A．was a wealthy person in the community

B．held a positive attitude towards an active life

C．was fond of associating with celebrities (名人)

D．kept a secret of the reason why he was so impressed

【4】What is implied in the passage by the writer?

A．To use wealth properly, eat, drink and be merry.

B．Where there is a will, there is a way.

C．As life is but like a dream, a man is like a fruit tree.

D．If you cease to struggle, you cease to live.

23、A lot of media attention has focused on the harmful effects of working long hours. Logging excessive hours at work is rooted in the work culture of the West. From Bay Area startups to various multinationals, their idea is centered around how many hours you can clock at work. It is assumed that the more hours you put into your job, the more career prospects you’ll get out of it.

A new study in Europe challenged this assumption, however. From their analysis of nearly 52, 000 people from 36 European countries, they concluded that it’s not the number of hours you clock at the office, but how intensely you work during those hours, that affects career-related outcomes. Researchers found people, with similar jobs and education levels, were more likely to suffer poorer well-being and inferior career prospects, including satisfaction, security and promotion, when they worked at an intense level for long periods. According to Hans Frankort, a senior lecturer in strategy at Cass Business School, the research suggests career benefits of excessive work effort-longer hours or harder work-may never materialize.

Employers should reduce work intensity rather than try to control excessive hours, the authors concluded. “Compared with overtime, work intensity predicts much greater reductions in well-being and career benefits,” Hans Frankort said.

There is also a range of things for employees to do to ensure they’re working smarter, and not just harder. Beth Belle Cooper, a former content creator at Buffer, the social media scheduling app, suggests taking more breaks to refresh your mind and reset your attention span. She also recommends taking naps to consolidate new information in the brain and help you avoid burnout. You might also consider completely unplugging from work more consistently, and for longer periods of time. This is what Sean McCabe and his small team does when they take a week-long vacation every seventh week.

【1】What is common in the work culture of western countries?

A．Having bright career prospects.

B．Spending long hours at work.

C．Starting up one’s own business.

D．Earning long paid days off work.

【2】What can be the effect of working intensely according to the text?

A．It leads to more career challenges.

B．It brings out greater promotion opportunity.

C．It reduces one’s work passion and efficiency.

D．It worsens one’s health conditions and job outlook.

【3】What is advisable to work smarter according to Sean Mccabe?

A．Requiring breaks occasionally.

B．Taking days off work regularly.

C．Catching up on sleep properly.

D．Refreshing one’s brain constantly.

【4】What does the text mainly intend to tell us?

A．Working intensively is necessary.

B．Working whole-heartedly is useless.

C．Working more diligently does more harm.

D．Working more wisely brings more benefits.

24、On Sunday, August 24th, comic book lovers across the world held their breath to watch how much crazy collectors would pay for a rare Superman comic book. Though bids (出价) above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually since the copy was placed on the auction site (拍卖网站) eBay on July 14th, things really started to heat up during the final minutes when the price jumped from $2.5 to $2.6 and then $2.7 million, before shooting up to unbelievable 3,207,852 dollars!

This of course was no ordinary Superman comic book, but an edition of the extremely sought-after (很吃香地) No. 1 of Action Comics series — the first publication of the superhero that was born from the creative minds of teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Though Action Comics No. 1, which depicted a diaper-clad baby Superman lifting furniture, had a print run of 200,000 copies, only about 100 are known to exist today.

While the rarity is certainly a reason for the high price, Stephen Fisher, CEO of ComicConnect.com, thinks it also has a lot to do with the fact that Superman was the world’s first superhero! Even so, none of the copies have been able to fetch (售得) as much as the most recent one, simply because they have not been as well-preserved. Graded a rare 9 out of 10 by CGC, a third party grading service for comic books, the book is the highest rated copy of Action Comics No. 1 so far. According to CGC officials, the 76-year-old comic book looks and feels as though it has just come off the newsstand (报摊).

That is not surprising given that the original owner, a Virginian man who bought the book for only 10 cents in 1938, had carefully tucked it away (藏起来) in a wooden box for four decades. Fortunately, when he passed away, the book was bought by a string of collectors who all realized it was a rare treasure that needed to be looked after.

Before this, the highest price paid for an Action Comics No. 1 had been $2 million for a copy sold by Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage in 2011. Ironically, the two teenagers responsible for creating Superman received just 130 dollars when they sold the rights to the superhero to comic book publisher Detective Comics in 1938.

【1】the Superman comic book was placed on eBay on July 14th, .

A. it attracted no attention at all

B. things started to heat up immediately

C. the bid price didn’t go up very quickly at first

D. people thought it was worth millions of dollars

【2】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. Why the comic book is well-preserved.

B. Why the comic book is well worth reading.

C. Why the comic book is worth so much money.

D. Why the comic book has drawn so much attention.

【3】When the other collectors got the comic book after the Virginian man, they .

A. all took very good care of it

B. all liked reading it very much

C. didn’t believe it was worth a fortune

D. all kept it in the same way as that man

【4】What do we know about the creators of Superman?

A. They didn’t want to sell the rights to a comic book publisher.

B. They knew all along Superman would be the most successful comic book.

C. They were professional comic book writers when they created Superman.

D. They didn’t make much money from creating Superman.

25、Jane Goodall, the well-known scientist, is starting Trees for Jane on Tuesday, joining a global campaign to fight _________ change by planting a trillion trees by 2030.

Goodall made it _________ that planting is just one part of Trees for Jane. “The key is _________ existing forest because those big trees _________ have stored CO2,” she said in a National Geographic interview. _________ to Trees for Jane will support local groups working to stop destroying trees. And those who plant are asked to agree to _________ the trees and monitor them _________ they’re mature.

Of course, tree planting is not a _________ for reducing emissions (排放), said Susan Cook-Patton, senior forest restoration scientist for The Nature Conservancy. “The most important action fossil fuel emissions. _________, even if we rapidly reduce emissions, we’re still going to need to __________ carbon from the atmosphere to prevent catastrophic warming. That’s __________ carbon removal approaches like re-growing trees remain important.”

Some tree-planting __________ have come under fire from some scientists as being __________, since many programs don’t plant native species, essentially creating tree farms, not helping forests. And Cook-Patton’s __________ is clear: “Plant the right trees, in the right places, in the right way.” This means planting native trees where they __________ lived.

Goodall said this __________ with the goal of Trees for Jane. She, noting that Trees for Jane __________ people to plant trees themselves or donate to support global efforts, said her love for __________ dates back to her childhood. Nearly eight decades later, she is __________ tirelessly and selflessly to share the __________ of trees with entire world, for the good of the planet.

【1】

A．climate

B．policy

C．weather

D．culture

【2】

A．important

B．cautious

C．clear

D．necessary

【3】

A．ruining

B．protecting

C．moving

D．developing

【4】

A．even

B．mostly

C．already

D．just

【5】

A．Introductions

B．Changes

C．Adjustments

D．Donations

【6】

A．care for

B．speak for

C．make for

D．stand for

【7】

A．because

B．until

C．while

D．once

【8】

A．choice

B．schedule

C．chance

D．substitute

【9】

A．Thus

B．Besides

C．However

D．Somehow

【10】

A．regain

B．remove

C．make

D．save

【11】

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．where

【12】

A．profits

B．difficulties

C．efforts

D．tools

【13】

A．artificial

B．ineffective

C．fruitful

D．meaningful

【14】

A．message

B．order

C．news

D．lesson

【15】

A．rarely

B．finally

C．basically

D．historically

【16】

A．begins

B．agrees

C．competes

D．conflicts

【17】

A．forces

B．appoints

C．encourages

D．commands

【18】

A．children

B．animals

C．books

D．trees

【19】

A．working

B．complaining

C．thinking

D．studying

【20】

A．gift

B．root

C．name

D．honor

26、假定你是李华，你校英文报“校园生活(School Life)”栏目正在征文，请你以“Be a Responsible Person”为题，用英文写一篇短文投稿。

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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