普洱2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语_普洱2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语下载-掌乐网试卷

1、Never count on him to make any complaint to the manager. He is really ________.
A. blue B. green C. red D. yellow
2、Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin __________ on Wednesday that he had bought 20 percent shares in Spanish league champions Atletico Madrid．
A． confirmed B． submitted
C． informed D． promoted
3、The company takes too _____ a view of possible export markets, thus limiting it’s development in the international trade.
A. narrow B. optimistic
C. sensible D. independent
4、Their requirement that he one year's experience is reasonable.
A. had B. has
C. have D. would have
5、Lily didn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but she knew it was ________Sunday, because she was at _____ church.
A. a; the B. a ; / C. the; a D. the; /
6、 Obviously he had set up a situation _____ he didn’t have to blame, or even recognize, his own shyness.
A. where B. which C. that D. Whom
7、Peter was already at the door ____ on his shoes.
A.skipping B.sinking C.slipping D.shifting
8、Local governments to strengthen water transport safety management recent fatal accidents.
A. are urging, followed B. are being urged, following
C. are urged, to follow D. urge, being followed
9、—Why didn’t you call me then?
—Oh, my cell-phone was power off. I ________ you otherwise.
A. would call B. had called
C. have called D. would have called
10、— Are you sure the delegation will come to our school next week?
— ______. The head of it has just emailed me about the departure time of their flight.
A. No wonder B. You bet
C. Don’t mention it D. Definitely not
11、He asked me to give him a lift ________ I could make an explanation about the crowded space in my car．It was so hard to refuse him!
A． until B． while C． before D． when
12、 It is wise to put milk on a shelf close to the bottom because it is especially _______ to temperature changes
A. flexible B. sensitive
C. fundamental D. positive
13、Sometimes parents’ control of young kids will be thought to be such an invisible rope with which to tie them tightly that they ____ tried to cut it.
A．extremely
B．thoroughly
C．desperately
D．obviously
14、Having read the advertisement for the qualified employees, a great many ______answered the call.
A．ancestors
B．applicants
C．operators
D．boarders
15、Hong Kong residents say they can no longer ________ the ongoing Occupy Central protests which greatly influenced their daily life and local business, and ask the protestors to withdraw from the streets.
A. keep up with B. catch up with
C. put up with D. come up with
16、Look out！Don’t get too close to the house ________ roof is under repair．
A． which B． whose C． what D． that
17、The first decade of the 21st century _____ the breathtaking and non-stop development of China．
A．witnesses B．witnessed
C．will witness
D．had witnessed
18、—What do you think of teaching，Bob?
—I find it fun and challenging.It is a job ________ you are doing something serious but interesting.
A．where
B．which
C．when
D．that
19、On hearing the news, she rushed out without hesitation, ________ her handbag ________ on the sofa and ________ in the distance.
A．left; lied; disappeared
B．leaving; lying; disappeared
C．leaving; laying; disappeared
D．left; lying; disappearing
20、A healthy life is frequently thought to be ______with the open countryside and homegrown food.
A. tied B. related
C. classified D. associated

21、It is a phenomenon known as the “first-night” effect that people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings. If a person stays in the same room the following night they tend to sleep more soundly. Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.
Dr. Sasaki knew the first-night effect probably has something to do with how humans evolved. The puzzle was what benefit would be gained from it when performance might be affected the following day. She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining watchful enough to avoid predators. This led her to wonder if people might be doing the same thing.
To take a closer look, her team studied 35 healthy people as they slept in the unfamiliar environment of the university's Department of Psychological Sciences. The participants each slept in the department for two nights and were carefully monitored with techniques that looked at the activity of their brains. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. During deep sleep, the participants' brains behaved in a similar manner seen in birds and dolphins. On the first night only, the left hemispheres of their brains did not sleep nearly as deeply as their right hemispheres did.
Curious if the left hemispheres were indeed remaining awake to process information detected in the surrounding environment, Dr. Sasaki re-ran the experiment while presenting the sleeping participants with a mix of regularly timed beeps of the same tone and irregular beeps of a different tone during the night. She worked out that, if the left hemisphere was staying watchful to keep guard in a strange environment, then it would react to the irregular beeps by stirring people from sleep and would ignore the regularly timed ones. This is precisely what she found.
【1】What did the researchers find puzzling about the “first-night” effect?
A．To what degree it can trouble people.
B．In what way it can be beneficial.
C．What role it has played in evolution.
D．What circumstances may lead to it.
【2】What do we learn about Dr. Yuka Sasaki doing her research?
A．She found birds and dolphins remain watchful while asleep.
B．She found birds and dolphins sleep in much the same way.
C．She got some idea from previous studies on birds and dolphins
D．She conducted studies on birds' and dolphins' sleeping patterns.
【3】What did Dr. Sasaki find about the participants in her experiment?
A．They tended to enjoy certain tones more than others.
B．They tended to perceive irregular beeps as a threat.
C．They felt sleepy when exposed to regular beeps.
D．They differed in their tolerance of irregular tones.
【4】Which section of a magazine is the passage probably taken from?
A．Science.
B．Entertainment.
C．Culture.
D．Adventure.
22、Many animals depend upon sound to find food and communicate with one another. These species understandably suffer when loud motorways cut through their habitats. Some cope by singing more loudly, some change the timing of their calls to occur when fewer people are driving, others just move to quieter locales.
All of these actions come with significant costs attached and scientists have long documented the ecological damage caused by noise pollution. It has always been assumed, however, that noise is a problem unique to animals. But a new study by Ali Akbar Ghotbi-Ravandi, a botanist at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, has revealed that plants suffer too.
Working with a team of colleagues, Dr Ghotbi-Ravandi grew two species in his lab that are commonly found in urban environments — French marigolds and scarlet sage. The plants were grown from seed and allowed to mature for two months in the same space before they were divided into two groups. One group was exposed to 73 decibels (分贝) of traffic noise recorded from a busy motorway in Tehran for 16 hours a day. The other group was left to grow in silence. After 15 days had passed, samples were taken from the youngest fully expanded leaves on every plant in the experiment and studied.
None of the plants exposed to the traffic noise did well. Analysis of their leaves revealed that all of them were suffering. The chemical compounds hydrogen peroxide (过氧化氢) and malondialdehyde (丙二醛) are indicators of stress in plants and both were found at much higher levels in the specimens exposed to the traffic noise. Most notably, malondialdehyde levels in the sage plants exposed to noise were double what they were in those grown in silence and hydrogen-peroxide levels were three times higher in French marigolds grown with the noise than those grown in silence.
Dr Ghotbi-Ravandi’s results were published in the journal Basic and Applied Ecology. His findings make it clear that, though plants lack ears, the noise of traffic still bothers them enough to trigger strong stress responses.
【1】Which is known to most of the people?
A．Only animals suffer from noise pollution.
B．Plants can be damaged by loud sounds.
C．Loud noises damage animals’ hearing.
D．Animals are smarter than scientists assumed.
【2】How is the new study conducted?
A．By reducing noises.
B．By doing a survey.
C．By analyzing existing data.
D．By doing experiments.
【3】What does the underlined word “trigger ” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Rid of.
B．Set off.
C．Develop.
D．Receive.
【4】Which section of a website is the text probably taken from?
A．Culture.
B．Business.
C．Science.
D．Entertainment.
23、Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.
【1】 Perhaps it’s because few of us know how to accept compliments gracefully. Instead, we are embarrassed and shrug off the words we are really so glad to hear. Because of this defensive reaction, direct compliments are surprisingly difficult to give. That is why some of the most valued pats on the back are those which come to us indirectly, in a letter or passed on by a friend.
It’s especially rewarding to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. 【2】 A cook is praised for a perfect meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? Do you ever praise your paperboy for getting the paper to you on time 365 days a year?
Praise is particularly appreciated by those doing routine jobs: gas station attendants, waitresses-even housewives. 【3】 Since so often praise is the only wage a housewife receives, surely she of all people should get her measure.
【4】 It only takes a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort perhaps a quick phone call to pass on a compliment, or five minutes spent writing an appreciative letter. It is such a small investment and yet consider the results it may produce. 【5】
So, let’s be alert to the small excellences around us and comment on them. We will not only bring joy into other people’s lives, but also, very often, add happiness into our own.
A．We are accustomed to accepting praise.
B．A student is ignored despite his good work.
C．To give praise costs the giver almost nothing.
D．It’s strange how cautious we are about praising
E．Shakespeare said, “Our praises are our wages.”
F．An artist gets complimented for a glorious picture.
G．“I can live for two months on a good compliment,” said Mark Twain.
24、 We all do it. We put off that dreaded task for five more minutes, then for thirty minutes, then for another hour, until it doesn’t get done at all. And the worst part is we still weren’t able to enjoy our day. We spend so much time stressing over that looming task that it deprives us from actually being able to focus on other tasks.
Why do we do it? We know it never ends well. The problem is that the cycle can feel nearly impossible to break. We get so caught up in the cycle of procrastination that we almost forget how to effectively tackle hard tasks.
Here are five tips for nipping procrastination in the bud and taking back control over your daily life.
Tackle the most difficult task first.
You’re probably thinking “Duh, I already knew that.” But you may not have realized that there’s scientific backing for this suggestion. We only have a limited supply of willpower. Once it’s been used up for the day, chances of us tackling hard tasks are pretty slim. Dive into your hardest task when your energy level is at its highest. This will ensure the best results.
When we push the hard tasks to the end of the day, it takes a toll on our energy all day long. In the end, stressing for hours over the task we’re procrastinating negatively affects all the other tasks on our list.
So next time you’re scheduling the items on your list, make sure to start out with worst one. It may not necessarily be the largest, but it should be the one you’re dreading the most. By accomplishing it so early in the day, you will feel energized and productive. You’ll know the rest of the day is all downhill and cruise through the list with remarkable speed.
Divide the task into smaller tasks.
We tend to get overwhelmed when a giant project looms ahead of us. We don’t know where to start or what to do first. Keep in mind that forests are made up of individual trees. Though you may not be able to take down a whole forest at once, you could certainly start with one tree (or even a branch).
If you need to organize your entire kitchen, start by working on just one cupboard. Organizing one cupboard is much more feasible than trying to get everything done in one swoop. Make a commitment to complete a small step each day, and you’ll find the task becoming less and less daunting with each new task that you accomplish.
Set a mid-day alarm.
There’s nothing more guilt-inducing than ending a day and realizing you haven’t accomplished a single task. We can avoid this rut by setting an alarm on our phone to ring every day around 1 p.m. When the ringer goes off, assess how many things on your list have been attended to.
Re-plan your schedule for the remainder of the afternoon and shift it around to take care of the most important item first. If necessary, you can indulge in a second cup of coffee to jumpstart your “second morning.” By doing this, you will avoid going to bed at night mulling over all the things you didn’t get done.
Dedicate yourself for a small period of time.
To stimulate productivity, there’s an old trick of setting a timer for ten minutes. By frantically racing the clock for that short period, you’ll likely find you become engrossed in your tasks and continue working.
The feeling of dread that has been on your mind will quickly be replaced with a sense of pride and satisfaction. Seeing what you can accomplish in ten minutes when you put your mind to it is quite motivating.
Schedule your tasks on the calendar.
Creating a game plan will help you move past the initial paralysis you feel. Instead of just writing the tasks down in a to-do list, take it a step further and identify when and how you’ll accomplish it.
For example, plan to go to the grocery store at 4:00 p.m. and start cooking dinner promptly at 4:30. By clearing up the anticipatory stress, you’ll avoid a large part of the dread that holds you back. Creating the plan is half the battle!
Though it feels impossible, you have it in you to accomplish everything that you need to every single day. With a fresh perspective, a little prodding (敦促), and a detailed plan, you’ll be well on your way to ending the procrastination cycle once and for all.
【1】The word “procrastination” most likely means _______.
A.hesitation B.delay C.depression D.avoidance
【2】The phrase “nipping procrastination in the bud” suggests that one should______.
A.fully realize the importance and severity of the problem of procrastination
B.make an effort to keep the problem of procrastination well under control
C.take our time to identify the root problem of the habit of procrastination
D.prevent and cope with the issue of procrastination in the early stage
【3】What can be inferred from the passage?
A.If we put off the hardest task to the end of the day, we can be more energetic.
B.It is of greater importance for us to see the “forest” than attend to the “tree”.
C.A small and steady step on the daily basis will make the task less overwhelming.
D.Having a second cup of coffee will help you compete morning commitment better.
【4】Setting a timer for ten minutes will__________.
A.trick you into being more anxious and desperate
B.keep you more concentrated and productive
C.help you move past the initial paralysis you feel
D.prevent you from feeling guilty when going to bed at night
【5】The article concludes that ___________.
A.it is quite impossible to completely get rid of procrastination circle
B.creating a good plan can help you win the battle against procrastination
C.everybody may tend to procrastinate and there is little need for guilt
D.with the advice listed, it is very hopeful to overcome procrastination

25、Anna Kiesenhofer became the first Austrian Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo 2020. She wasn’t considered a threat at all. “Finishing in the Top 25 would have been a _________ result.” She said later.
No one_________ she would win. For the whole 85 miles, she competed against a group of _________ competitors — cycling superstars, world champions... until some seemed not to know she remained up the road, alone.
Confused? At least Van Vleuten was. When she crossed the finish line, smiling, arms _________, under the impression that she’d won gold, she didn’t _________ the race had been won by Anna, a math Ph.D.
Anna’s win was actually more_________. She was the only cyclist from her country, leaving her no teammates she could _________ in the race. At the beginning, there was little hope she might win, but it was only going solo for the last 40 kilometers when she_________ “riding for gold”. As it turned out, competing without much weight of_________ helped Anna win. She entered the race without a professional team and__________ with a gold medal. She wrote a (an) __________ of her own into the history of the Olympics.
Outside of cycling, Anna has earned a Ph.D in applied mathematics. As a successful
__________, she says she has been used to solving problems on her own. “I like to be __________, and that’s the way I approach cycling.” Asked what words she would share to an aspiring young rider, she responded, “I’m not __________ to accept what makes me unique. I dare to be different. This means I’m also__________, and that’s exactly what happened in the race.”
【1】
A．nice
B．heartbreaking
C．desired
D．puzzling
【2】
A．found
B．accepted
C．believed
D．cared
【3】
A．sensitive
B．fierce
C．local
D．friendly
【4】
A．raised
B．folded
C．bent
D．dropped
【5】
A．admit
B．know
C．imagine
D．hear
【6】
A．ridiculous
B．difficult
C．convincing
D．impressive
【7】
A．learn from
B．compete with
C．rely on
D．get along with
【8】
A．regretted
B．forgot
C．continued
D．started
【9】
A．promise
B．expectation
C．responsibility
D．mission
【10】
A．left
B．cheered
C．launched
D．struggled
【11】
A．rule
B．program
C．story
D．introduction
【12】
A．coach
B．academic
C．artist
D．engineer
【13】
A．independent
B．creative
C．energetic
D．logical
【14】
A．willing
B．certain
C．eager
D．afraid
【15】
A．mature
B．changeable
C．unsocial
D．unpredictable

26、最近，我们学校新校规规定禁止学生在校园内使用手机，这引起了家长和同学们的热烈讨论。有人支持这个校规，认为使用手机会使学生分心，过度使用手机还会影响学生的健康。也有人反对这个校规，他们认为手机不仅便于家长和学生联系，而且还有其他的功能。
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Recently, our school has drawn up a new rule that mobiles shall not be used at school, which provokes a heated discussion.
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