阿盟2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、In the company he is________ to Tom, while in life he is Tom's junior________ two years.

A. senior; by   B. junior; by

C. senior; to   D. junior; to

2、Only when the final examination was coming ______ he had quite a lot to do．

A．he realized B．he had realized

C．had he realized  D．did he realize

3、The dictionary is out of date. Many a word ___________ to the language since it was published.

A．have been added

B．were added

C．has been added

D．was added

4、Any change in consciousness is accompanied by a(n) change in the biophysical system.

A．exhausting

B．discreet

C．corresponding

D．distracting

5、__________the festival, a number of events took place at the Chinese   Businessman Museum.

A．To celebrate

B．Celebrating

C．Celebrated

D．To have celebrated

6、My train arrive in New York at eight o'clock tonight. The plane I would like to take from there _________by then.

A．would leave

B．had left

C．has left

D．will have left

7、_______strong evidence ______reading is beneficial to one’s success.

A. It is；what   B. It is；that

C. There is；which D. There is；that

8、Teachers should try to create an atmosphere________students can enjoy learning easily.

A．which

B．where

C．when

D．that

9、Perhaps his parents are so uptight about his learning to read that they constantly him.

A．pick up

B．pick on

C．pick off

D．pick over

10、Many people gave away much money to ________ poor after the earthquake in Nepal.

A．the

B．a

C．an

D．不填

11、We remained _____ in the traffic jam until midnight due to a serious accident.

A.sticking B.stuck C.to be stuck D.to have stuck

12、The greatest mystery of all is ________ caused the Maya to abandon most of their great cities.

A．what

B．where

C．when

D．which

13、The library’s study room is full of students ________ for the exam.

A．busily prepared

B．busy preparing

C．busily prepare

D．are busily preparing

14、As to where China ________ on the Ukraine issue, we are committed to an independent foreign policy of peace and the reasonable security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously.

A．poses

B．positions

C．stands

D．retains

15、－Would you like to go cycling with me?

－I’d love to, but I need to have my bike ______ first.

A.fixed B.to fix C.being fixed D.fixing

16、According to the medical research, ________ still some cancer causes undiscovered.

A．there seem to be

B．it seems to be

C．it seems that

D．here seem

17、You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up________ yourself in another one.

A．find

B．found

C．finding

D．to find

18、When his beloved girlfriend left him， he was_______for a couple of weeks．

A. over the moon B. as sly as a fox

C. down in the dumps D. on cloud nine

19、— Did you explain it to your boss?

— No. He stormed out of the office______I could get in a word.

A.since B.when C.before D.after

20、—The rain is coming down so hard!

—________ my umbrella this morning, I wouldn’t be trapped here now.

A. Did I take   B. Had I taken

C. Were I to take   D. Would I take

21、In my opinion, ____ is not the failure itself but the way ____we deal with the failure ____matters .

A.that; which; that. B.what; which; that.

C.it; / ;that. D.it; which; that.

22、I am impressed with China’s ________ to its climate goals, evidenced by the fact we are sure of that China has met its 2020 targets three years ahead of schedule.

A．evolution

B．innovation

C．commitment

D．qualification

23、—I’d like to join your club.

—That’s great. We _______ new members who share our interest and hobbies.

A．take in

B．set in

C．turn in

D．drop in

24、John is good at doing sports.He________ climbs mountains________ plays soccer at 8:00 every Sunday morning.

A．neither...nor

B．either...or

C．not only...but also

D．both...and

25、______, we haven’t enough money, and secondly we haven’t enough time.

A．As a result

B．To be honest

C．To start with

D．As usual

26、When Auntie Rose died in early 2007, she was the oldest wild chimpanzee known to humankind. At around 63 years old, very elderly for a chimp, her final months had been difficult.

Still, until the very end, Auntie Rose had been fending for herself. Adult chimpanzees rarely share food, so elderly animals have to find their own meals. Aging animals in the wild are less active, and may become a bit feeble too, losing muscle mass as they age. But they handle old age much better than we do. They just power along.

People often become less active as they age, inspired by the self-fulfilling prophecy that their bodies are naturally weakening and that their condition is therefore inevitably deteriorating. Yet even wild chimpanzees like Auntie Rose, who had to walk many miles to find food and did not receive health care when ill or injured, appear to be aging in a healthier way, says anthropologist Melissa Emery Thompson of the University of New Mexico.

Studies in people with hunter-gatherer lifestyles, many of whom remain very active until the end of their lives, also often show that they stay healthy much longer than those of us taking it easy as we grow older, says Emery Thompson. For instance, the walking speed of the Hadzain Tanzania, who keep up their foraging duties throughout life, does not appear to significantly decrease as they grow older. “It’s not physical activity, but inactivity, that makes us frail,” she says.

The many calcium-rich plants in the gorilla diet may be part of the explanation. But the most important factor, Thompson believes, is again physical activity. Even though mountain gorillas spend many hours a day sitting down and eating, they get plenty of exercise traveling up and down the region’s steep slopes.

【1】What can we know about Auntie Rose according to the passage?

A．She was the oldest chimpanzee.

B．She was taken care of by other chimpanzees.

C．She suffered a lot in her final months.

D．Other chimpanzees would share food with her.

【2】Which of the following statements is NOT true about aging chimpanzees?

A．Aging chimpanzees in the wild are not as active as the young ones.

B．Aging chimpanzees have to find food for themselves.

C．Aging chimpanzees tend to lose muscle mass.

D．Aging chimpanzees can handle old age as well as human beings.

【3】How to age in a healthier way according to the passage?

A．Find food by yourself.

B．Don’t receive health care when ill or injured.

C．Believe that your body and conditions will naturally become weak.

D．Keep physical activities.

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Older chimpanzees won’t feel weak if they keep walking.

B．Physical activity can help us age healthily.

C．Physical activity is the only factor that helps us remain active.

D．We should keep eating while traveling up and down.

27、Some evidence that certain memory exercises make people smarter has stimulated the rise of online brain-training programs such as Lumosity. But at least one type of brain training may not work as advertised, a new study finds.

As expected, practicing improved volunteers’ performance on tests of memory and the ability to locate items quickly in busy scenes, say psychologist Thomas Redick of Indiana University Purdue University Columbus and his colleagues. That improvement did not, however, translate into higher scores on tests of intelligence and multitasking, the researchers report in the May Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

Redick’s investigation is part of a growing scientific debate about brain training, which is promoted by some companies as having a variety of mental benefits. Some researchers say that extensive instruction and training on memory tasks can indeed fortify reasoning and problem solving. Others are doubtful that active memory sessions may boost their working memory, the ability to keep in mind and compare several pieces of information.

Redick’s team studied 73 young adults, aged 18 to 30, divided into three groups. One group completed 20 training sessions over about six weeks on a task aimed at boosting working memory, the ability to keep in mind and compare several pieces of information.

A second group in the new study received 20 training sessions aimed at improving the ability to pick out novel shapes from large arrays (阵列) of similar-looking shapes. This group provided a comparison to see whether the effects of memory training differed from training on a different mental skill. A third group received no training.

In the two training groups, volunteers improved with practice on the task they were learning but showed no increases in tests of intelligence and of the total amount of information that could be held in mind.

Participants in the new study didn’t receive enough instruction and practice before memory sessions to benefit from the intervention (介入), Jaeggi says. Redick’s group also gave volunteers limited time to complete a series of shortened versions of standard intelligence tests, which probably limited any potential for scoring increases, she asserts.

But until larger studies with longer follow-ups are completed, Redick cautions against assuming that memory training smartens people up.

【1】What can we learn about the study?

A．73 young adults received memory training.

B．The second group was aimed at testing memory skill.

C．Volunteers showed no improvements in tests of intelligence.

D．Further studies have been completed to support Redick’s findings.

【2】What does the underlined word “fortify” mean?

A．increase.

B．dominate.

C．restore.

D．boost.

【3】Where is the text most likely from?

A．A personal diary.

B．A biology textbook.

C．A science magazine.

D．A finance report.

28、I was at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bambolim, Goa, in the 1980s. On Inspection Day one year, an officer and his team from the Board of Education were coming to see how our school was run. As usual, our teachers asked us to be prepared.

At the end of the day, Mrs Sushila Tyaji, our Hindi teacher, walked in and told us that the inspector had come and quietly observed the class from the back door. He had also left an adverse remark! That was sad for us. Would we now be punished for having failed our teachers? There were no answers from Mrs Tyaji. Instead, she wrote the Hindi word “dukh” on the blackboard. And then she did something I have never seen a teacher do in my entire school life. She apologized.

“I am sorry for having taught you something wrong,” she said. “I missed out the dots between the letters ‘du’ and ‘kh’. The inspector told me this in the staffroom. I hope you will not make this mistake in future.”

That admission had a significant effect on me. If our teacher can say sorry to us when she is wrong, why can’t I? The incident helped me get rid of two common vices—ego and dishonesty.

Twenty-three years passed. I had to let my teacher know what that lesson meant to me. I recently located Mrs Sushila Tyaji using the Internet and went to meet her with my husband.

She smiled when she heard my story of how her small decades-old apology had transformed me for good. “It’s tough being a teacher. But every once in a while, when an old student comes along and tells us that we did something right, it makes up for everything else,” she said.

【1】The underlined word “adverse” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”.

A. offensive     B. unfavorable

C. encouraging D. unforgettable

【2】At the end of Inspection Day, Mrs Tyaji ________.

A. praised the students for their hard work

B. expressed her disappointment in the students

C. told the students that she had made a mistake

D. punished the students for their bad behavior

【3】What did the author learn from Mrs Tyaji ?

A. Honesty is the best policy

B. Comfort is better than rude

C. One can never be too careful

D. It is better to be safe than sorry

【4】The author’s word during the visit made Mrs Tyaji feel ________.

A. guilty B. contented

C. surprised D. embarrassed

29、Forty-nine years ago, on April 22, 1970, twenty million Americans took to the streets to voice their concern about the deteriorating environment. The movement led to Earth Day.

Unfortunately, our planet is in worse shape now than it was when Earth Day was first celebrated. The good news is that it's still not too late to reverse（转变）climate change if we all do our part. This Earth Day, take the first step towards helping our planet by participating in one of these fun activities.

NASA is putting our planet up for adoption so you and your friend can apply for a portion（份额）of the planet as your own. The space agency has divided the globe into 64,000 sections, each about 55 miles wide. All you have to do is type your name into NASA's “Adopt the Planet” site and you will be offered the location of your “slice of paradise（天堂）”complete with details of its environment and climate. NASA hopes that this activity will inspire interest and care about our planet.

Search giant Google is also trying to engage the public with an updated Google Earth focused on Earth Day events. Through a new Voyager feature, users will be able to discover stories from around the world, learn about new places by reading “Knowledge Cards” and send postcards.

If you happen to be anywhere near the nation's capital on April 22, join the millions that are expected to participate in the Earth Day March at the National Mail. The mission of the event that will feature guest speakers and musical performances is to mobilize（动员）citizens into taking action by promoting this year's Earth Day theme；climate and environmental science literacy.

While participating in the above-mentioned activities is a great idea, it is just the beginning. All that is required are small lifestyle changes. Planting a tree or two, going meatless just one day a week, or switching your plastic water bottle for a reusable one will go a long way to help reverse the damage we have caused.

【1】The underlined word “deteriorating" is the closest in meaning to____________.

A．cleaner

B．better

C．worse

D．colder

【2】In Adopt the Planet，you will be probably provided with the information about____________.

A．air quality

B．ancient history

C．local customs

D．tourist attractions

【3】Through Voyager on Google Earth，what can users do?

A．They can create “Knowledge Cards” online.

B．They can participate in the Earth Day March.

C．They can gain more information on new places.

D．They can receive postcards coming from Google.

【4】What is the author's main purpose in writing the passage?

A．To point out the importance of Earth Day.

B．To inform people about several fun activities.

C．To express his concern about the environment.

D．To call on people to take action to protect our planet.

30、I seldom cooked before the isolation (隔离). I thought little of cooking either. But in troubled times I’ve been _________ to cook every day and thus _________ my feelings about it.

First, I’ve realized how the _________ of cooking goes beyond food itself. We exchange recipes and _________ cooking experiences in the group chat of our community. There’s always a shared _________ when we help each other and cook a dish successfully. In other words, we are _________ to each other during the lockdown.

However, the deeper change came from’ ’my understanding of cooking. When I tried to bake biscuits, what started out as a simple thing _________ a three-hour’ struggle, from preparing ingredients to putting the finishing touch on the biscuits. And the dough! A heavy hand or wrong timing can _________ its failure. All these remind me I was so _________ before, taking for granted (认为理所当然) the effort, creativity and skills which cooking routine meals __________. Cooking __________ is a fun and novel experience, but cook every day and you __________ the importance of organization, preparation and efficiency.

I’ve recently learned nine different countries __________ our dinner ingredients. So we also need to appreciate the __________made by so many people across the world! It’s their work that helps to offer us nutritious food.

Now I’m grateful for everything prepared for dinner. To __________ is an exercise in patience, commitment and creativity.

【1】

A．asked

B．forced

C．advised

D．guided

【2】

A．developed

B．evaluated

C．changed

D．displayed

【3】

A．ways

B．value

C．basics

D．love

【4】

A．share

B．gain

C．offer

D．grasp

【5】

A．vision

B．interest

C．concept

D．pride

【6】

A．fairer

B．politer

C．closer

D．stranger

【7】

A．made up

B．ended up

C．called for

D．stood for

【8】

A．result in

B．build up

C．expose

D．maintain

【9】

A．unwelcome

B．unfriendly

C．untrue

D．ungrateful

【10】

A．required

B．gave

C．produced

D．stressed

【11】

A．frequently

B．perfectly

C．skillfully

D．occasionally

【12】

A．realize

B．doubt

C．favour

D．predict

【13】

A．introduce

B．supply

C．study

D．register

【14】

A．effects

B．choices

C．efforts

D．connections

【15】

A．improve

B．create

C．succeed

D．challenge

31、课文填空

John Snow was a famous doctor in London — so expert, indeed, that he 【1】 Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people 【2】 to cholera.

The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air, a cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its 【3】.

32、假如你是李华，请根据下表内容分，给校长写一封120词左右的建议信。

要求：1. 可适当增加细节，以使文章连贯、通顺；

2.开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Headmaster,

I am writing to make some suggestions for improving the dinning conditions of our school.

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Yours,

Li Hua