包头2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、— Why, Tom, you look so exhausted!

— Well, I______the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.

A.was painting B.will be painting

C.have been painting D.have painted

2、His suggestion that we should put up a hospital in the town is _______ to be considered.

A.worth B.worthwhile C.worthy D.deserved

3、Joseph _____ to evening classes since last month, but he still can’t say “What’s your name?” in Russian.

A．has been going

B．went

C．goes

D．has gone

4、Recently, Yang Jiechi received worldwide attention for his response during the China-U.S. high-level Strategic Dialogue that the U.S. is not ________ to speak from a(n) ________ position towards the Chinese people and we Chinese are not afraid of any threats.

A．qualified....commanding

B．appointed...demanding

C．unexpected…conflicting

D．assumed...unquestioning

5、Because a lot of classics were written so long ago, their language characteristics are quite different from ______ of modern works.

A. ones   B. these   C. those   D. that

6、It turned out that the rabbits developed a(an) ________ to the virus, and their numbers exploded once again.

A．appetite

B．exposure

C．commitment

D．immunity

7、Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking end.

A. give out   B. give away

C. give up   D. give off

8、The company has an absolute _______ over others in the industry, for it has the most advanced technology.

A. profit   B. benefit   C. advantage   D. effect

9、Tomorrow being the last day, you should hand in your composition by emails to meet the ______.

A. pattern   B. deadline C. schedule D. prediction

10、The computer system____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.

A．broke out

B．broke in

C．broke up

D．broke down

11、We are a moral and ________ people, and therefore we do not approve of their cruel activities.

A．systematic

B．historical

C．ethical

D．crucial

12、________ to helping those in need in the town, Old Tim was respected as a figure of great honor.

A．Devoted

B．Devoting

C．Having devoted

D．Devote

13、—Why，Jack，you look so tired!

—Well，I ________ the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.

A. was painting   B. will be painting

C. have painted   D. have been painting

14、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

15、The peace talk between the two parties concluded in a friendly and frank _______, reaching a series of agreements.

A.Wind B.atmosphere C.spirit D.weather

16、When you are ________ in a book or simply trying to rest, the phone always seems to be ringing, ________ whatever peace you might have.

A. absorbed; destroying   B. absorbing; destroyed

C. lost; damaging   D. losing; damaged

17、______, we should sleep at sleep at least 8 hours a day, but in practice we sleep less than that.

A. In fact   B. In theory

C. On average   D. In particular

18、—____________ that he didn’t dare to move an inch.

—So____________, and so ____________ you, were you in the dark.

A.So frightened was he; was he; would B.He was so frightened; he was; were

C.So frightened was he; he was; would D.So frightened he was; was he; were

19、It was within the reality of ordinary things ______ he saw beauty and potential.

A．what

B．why

C．that

D．where

20、There__________in the world_______China is a great country with a long history and rich culture.

A.are no doubt;that B.are not doubts;if

C.is no doubt;that D.is not doubt;if

21、Victorian England was, however, a time ________ women were not encouraged to become writers.

A．where

B．when

C．that

D．which

22、You should put yourself _________ you will be while bathing the baby and make sure that everything is easy to reach.

A．at which

B．in place that

C．where

D．from where

23、The outbreak of the Ebola virus primarily affects 3 countries in West Africa. However, it has become a little ______ and over 15,900 cases and 5,689 deaths have been reported globally by the WHO recently.

A. out of place B. out of sight

C. out of reach D. out of control

24、Although it has been buried underground for over 1,000 years, the ancient queen's body remains well ________.

A. defended   B. preserved   C. guarded   D. organized

25、The most striking trait of Americans is that they always seem to be in a hurry. ________ is this more evident than in their eating habits-sitting down to a leisurely meal seems to be a luxury.

A.Barely B.Only C.Nowhere D.Eventually

26、I try not to get into the habit of telling my kids they’re smart.

This habit doesn't mean that I think they have low intelligence. It's just because praising their talent can strengthen the idea that natural ability is all that matters.

In a study of Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychologist, kids who were told they were smart were more likely to rely on their intelligence and ignore the importance of effort. They were always keeping up being "smart” rather than trying to learn new skills. However, the kids who were told that they were doing well because they worked hard were more likely to take risks and try increasingly difficult problems. When they made mistakes, they worked hard to learn from them.

So it is not praise that's the problem; it's praise for the wrong thing. If your kids think their rare intelligence is something they're born with, then they will rely on it. When that happens, they expect to “get it" easily and then they don't “work for it". If they fail to develop the habit of hard work by developing their intelligence, then their accomplishments will be severely lessened.

After we realize the importance of using words around work, we must apply the lesson practical must have a bit of a script with our words to retrain ourselves to confirm effort over intelligence.

Every word and action is sending your child a message. Describe the effort, attitude and strategies your child is using, not just the achievement. Using this "descriptive praise” gives children daily appreciation and approval. You can add negative comments to praise. The magic ratio is five positive comments for every negative.

【1】The passage is possibly written for ____.

A．teenagers

B．teachers

C．parents

D．researchers

【2】What does the underlined word "that" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Praising children.

B．Children's intelligence

C．Depending on intelligence

D．Developing a good habit.

【3】What is the best tile for the passage?

A．Stop Praising Your Children!

B．How to Praise Your Children

C．My Ways to Raise Children

D．Descriptive Praise

27、 Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers. They use robotic systems to milk their cows. These systems are designed to reduce labor and increase milk production.

Cows are trained to follow a series of paths that lead to the milking stations. Only one cow at a time can enter the station. Once inside，the cow is rewarded with food. As the cow eats，a robotic arm cleans and connects the animal to the milking machine. A few minutes later，the milking is completed. The gate is lifted. The cow leaves and the next cow enters. The robotic systems are designed to operate twenty­ four hours a day. Cows are milked on average about three times a day. Some are milked four to six times a day. The cows wear collars(颈圈) around their necks that identify them to the system. A computer keeps records on their eating and milking. A cow is released from the station if the computer decides it should not be milked. The system also measures the temperature and color of the freshly produced milk. Milk is thrown away if it does not pass the tests. Cows need two to four weeks to learn to use the robotic milking systems. Once trained，the cows no longer require human assistance，unless something goes wrong.

Professor Plaut heads the Department of Animal Science at Michigan State University. She believes the systems will attract especially the next generation of farmers who are more interested in technology and less interested in working all the time on the farm. Still，she says the price of robotic milking systems will continue to limit their use. Doug Suhr has more than one hundred milking cows on his farm. Last year it became the fourth farm in southeast Minnesota to get a robotic milking system. A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost $175，000 and the second cost $150，000.Doug says the increase in milk production reaches a high of more than 6kg per cow per day.

【1】Under robotic milking systems，______ decide(s) whether a cow is suitable to be milked.

A．the robotic arms B．the dairy farmers

C．the cows themselves D．a computer

【2】When is human assistance needed during the milking?

A．When the cows enter the milking station every morning.

B．When a robotic arm connects a cow to the milking machine.

C．When the cows are trained to use the robotic milking system in the first two to four weeks.

D．When the temperature and color of the freshly produced milk are measured.

【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph?

A．Since Doug got the robotic milking system，milk production on his farm has increased.

B．The price of milking machines decreases $25，000 every year.

C．Doug has the largest farm in southeast Minnesota.

D．There are four farms in southeast Minnesota that have robotic milking systems so far.

【4】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．the price of robotic milking systems will greatly decrease

B．robotic milking systems are still too expensive to be popular

C．most farmers are too old to use robotic milking systems

D．robotic milking systems don't need to work at night

28、This has been a year full of natural disasters, like hurricanes, wildfires and floods. Behind many of them, though, is an unfolding event that shows no sign of stopping: climate change. Here we meet some students who have been using science to help people deal with the effects of the changing climate. Their research places them among 30 finalists at the 10th Broadcom MASTERS, a research program open to middle-school investigators.

Ryan Honary, a 12-year-old student in California, has personal experience with wildfires. One day, he was with his father at a tennis tournament when he saw wildfires raging across his home state on TV. “I called my mom and asked if she was okay.” Ryan recalls. Once he knew that she was, he asked his dad why wildfires got out of control so often. “We’re planning to send people to Mars but we can’t detect wildfires,” Ryan says.

That’s when Ryan decided to create a way to detect wildfires early — before they get out of control. He linked together a series of mini computers that had sensors to detect smoke. When smoke was detected, data was transferred wirelessly to another computer, which served as a mini meteorological(气象的) station.

Ryan brought his entire system to a park and tested it by holding the flame from a lighter in front of each sensor. When they sensed a fire, they informed the detector. It then alerted an app that Ryan built for his phone. While creating that app, Ryan talked with Mohammed Kachuee, a graduate student at the University of California. He helped Ryan use machine learning to train his app with data from 2018 Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in California history. The app took lessons from how this fire had traveled over time. Using those data, the app “learned” to tell how flames at future events might spread.

Someday, Ryan hopes his sensors might be used throughout his state. “Five of the worst fires in California just happened in the last three months,” he notes.

【1】What is the function of the app Ryan built for his phone?

A．To transfer data about campfires.

B．To detect smoke from wildfires.

C．To predict how a fire might spread.

D．To show how we can prevent a fire.

【2】Which of the following best describes Ryan?

A．Caring and creative.

B．Brave and optimistic.

C．Ambitious and demanding.

D．Hardworking and intelligent.

【3】What is the text mainly about?

A．The effects of changing climate.

B．A boy’s experience with wildfires.

C．A research program open to students.

D．A student’s scientific research on wildfires.

29、Bad news for people who frequently use the emoji(表情符号): It is no longer cool.

In recent weeks, two generations have been debating in videos and comments on Tik Tok over the symbols of millennial(千禧一代) culture that are now considered uncool by Generation z (born after 1996). The symbols include the popular laughing crying emoji that some millennials (born in the 1980s), including me, use hundreds of times a day, or more.

“Face with Tears of Joy”, the official name for the laughing crying emoji, is currently the most-used emoji on Emojitracker, a website that shows real-time emoji use on Twitter.

“What’s wrong with the laughing crying emoji?” one user asked in a Tik Tok comment. Another responded, “It’s so off.” In a different video, a woman says she’s cut back on using it after learning kids don’t.

“I use everything but the laughing crying emoji,” 21-year-old Walid Mohammed told CNN Business. “I stopped using it recently because I saw older people using it, like my mom, my older sisters and just older people in general.”

For many Generation Zers, the emoji has become a popular replacement for conveying laughter. It’s the visual version of the slang phrase “I’m dead” or “I’m dying”, which means something is very funny. Other acceptable choices—the emoji officially called “Loudly Crying Face”, or just writing “lol” (laughing out loud) or “lmao”.

“Tears of Joy was a victim of its own success,” said Gretchen McCulloch, the author of “Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language”. “If you express digital laughter for years and years in the same way, it starts to feel insincere... It gets worn out through continued use,” she said. That’s why Generation Zers may be looking to fresh and novel ways to signal they’re laughing in different ways.

“Older generations tend to use emojis literally while younger people get more creative,” said Jeremy Burge, the chief emoji officer of Emojipedia, an emoji dictionary website. Generation Zers told CNN Business they like to assign their own meanings to emoji, which then spreads to others, often through social media.

【1】What is the author’s attitude to the use of the laughing crying emoji?

A．Curious.

B．Favourable.

C．Uncaring.

D．Impatient.

【2】What message does the author try to deliver by giving some examples of Generation Zers?

A．They are fond of using emojis.

B．They use emojis very scientifically.

C．The Loudly Crying Face emoji is very popular.

D．The laughing crying emoji is losing its charm.

【3】What can we infer about 21-year old Walid Mohammed?

A．He wants to set himself apart from older people.

B．He is seeking to be perfect.

C．He is unwilling to accept something new.

D．He sticks to his own idea.

【4】What’s the problem with “Tears of Joy” according to Gretchen McCulloch?

A．It isn’t funny enough.

B．It isn’t creative enough.

C．It has been used too much.

D．It hasn’t received much attention.

30、   It was a mid April－a time when the planet Earth turns under the hot rays of the Sun. There was a large desert in Africa with no trace of _______ except a little rose. There was not a bird or a tree in _______ . The sand dunes(沙丘) became piles of burning coal as the days _______ . But the little rose _______ the cruelty of the Sun. The Sun was very _______ to have seen the rose’s ability to _________ such unfavorable conditions.

One afternoon, the Sun said to the little _______ , “Dear Rose! I am the supreme power in this universe. I have the _______ to give and take life. Thousands of living things _______ every day, as they are not able to bear with my heat. But, you have been weathering even my hottest rays ________ any complaint. May I know the source that gave you this great ________ ?”

“Oh, mighty Sun,” the little rose said ________ , “I don’t know much about this desert. But it appears ________ and there seems to be no one else in the whole world my eye could stretch. I began to feel ________ for the loneliness of this desert and ________ to help it as possible as I could. And in this process, I never ________ anything that causes pain to me. My whole ________ has been to be a good friend to this desert and ________ its loneliness.”

________ by the little rose’s care for the large desert, the Sun offered a(n)________－millions of other roses filled the desert with their sweet smells and thus turned the entire stretch into a great oasis of life.

【1】A.history B.human C.life D.death

【2】A.silence B.sight C.turn D.trouble

【3】A.passed by B.set down C.came up D.got through

【4】A.stood B.avoided C.conquered D.disliked

【5】A.pleased B.surprised C.disappointed D.frightened

【6】A.change B.follow C.improve D.survive

【7】A.child B.friend C.flower D.animal

【8】A.power B.chance C.duty D.right

【9】A.grow B.die C.stop D.live

【10】A.with B.over C.through D.without

【11】A.failure B.force C.strength D.success

【12】A.gently B.proudly C.fluently D.rudely

【13】A.small B.far C.thick D.large

【14】A.sorry B.lucky C.happy D.angry

【15】A.refused B.decided C.agreed D.accepted

【16】A.experienced B.collected C.solved D.forgot

【17】A.courage B.bravery C.kindness D.concern

【18】A.play jokes on B.think highly of C.get rid of D.pay attention to

【19】A.Attracted B.Touched C.Injured D.Educated

【20】A.expense B.salary C.praise D.reward

31、Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl 【1】(name) Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of【2】(recover) appeared to be a blood transfusion（输血）from her 5-year-old brother, 【3】 had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to fight the 【4】(ill).

The doctor【5】(explain) the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it 【6】 it can save Liz.”

As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister【7】smiled, as we all did, 【8】(see) the color returning to her cheeks. Then【9】(he) face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”

Being young, the boy had【10】(understand) the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.

32、假设你是李华，你高中毕业后被北京大学录取。在收到录取通知书之际，你给你的外教Mr. Smith写一封信，告诉他这个好消息并表示感谢。信的内容包括：

1．感谢他三年来对你的关怀和照顾；

2．感谢他对你英语学习的指导；

3．祝老师身体健康、工作顺利。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 不得在文中透露个人信息；

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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