连江2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to__________ more familiar with them.

A．much

B．be

C．have

D．became

2、______in her best suit , the girl tried to make herself _____at the party.

A．Dressed ; noticed

B．Dressing ; noticing

C．Dressed ; noticing

D．Dressing ; noticed

3、These trousers are dirty and wet — I’ll change into my ________.

A．another

B．trousers

C．others

D．other

4、By the time he arrived in Beijing, we _______ there for two days.

A．will have stayed

B．stay

C．have been staying

D．had stayed

5、He did attend the lecture this morning, but he seemed to know little about it.

A. somehow   B. surely

C. naturally   D. sadly

6、—Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place in the 2012 London Olympics?

—____________. Ours is much more competitive than theirs.

A. Of course   B. Don’t mention it

C. It depends   D. By no means

7、_____ are the days when teachers were looked down upon.

A. To go   B. Go

C. Gone   D. Going

8、If you are ________ about what Sam is reading, just go into his room and ask him.

A．generous

B．cautious

C．curious

D．conscious

9、All my classmates were _______ my idea that we should go on an outing next week.

A. in honor of      B. in memory of

C. in favor of   D. in case of

10、Eating too much fat can contribute _________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. for   B. in

C. to   D. on

11、When they were arguing with each other, I seemed to ________ some anger in their voices

A．detect

B．guarantee

C．cheat

D．assign

12、—I have got a headache.

—No wonder.You___in front of that computer too long.

A．work

B．are working

C．have been working

D．worked

13、Sorry, I didn't do that________ purpose.

A．on

B．for

C．with

D．about

14、Since last month, George, along with some of his former classmates, _______ to have a 20-year gathering during this summer holiday.

A．have desired

B．desired

C．have been desiring

D．has been desiring

15、Her pale face suggested that she ________ seriously ill. To our surprise, she still suggested that she___ to Beijing on business.

A．be；went

B．was；would go

C．was；could go

D．was；go

16、When I was in college, I loved reading a novel ________ name I have completely forgotten now except that the heroine Maggie falls in love with Cardinal Ralph who is much older than her.

A. as    B. which    C. what        D. whose

17、---What’s that terrible noise?

---They   for a party.

A. have prepared   B. are preparing

C. prepare   D. will prepare

18、This adventurous child turned into a man who never stopped exploring, ______ in person or through the words he put on paper.

A．no matter

B．whether

C．however

D．whenever

19、The film star wears sunglasses. Therefore, he can go shopping without ___________.

A．recognizing

B．being recognized

C．having recognized

D．having been recognized

20、My boss is waiting for the report, so I can’t leave here ______ I finish it.

A．since

B．until

C．though

D．if

21、The young man________the car, hoping to get home before the time for dinner.

A. sped up B. turned up  C. picked up D. gave up

22、The advantage of biological control ______ other methods is that it provides a relatively low-cost control system with a minimum of side-effects.

A．in defense of

B．in contrast to

C．in charge of

D．in control of

23、—Shall I pick you up at the school gate tomorrow morning?

—No, you _______. I will go there in my own car.

A. should B. needn’t C. must D. can’t

24、----Parents shouldn’t make a great fuss of their only children.

---- Yes. _____.

A. I managed somehow B. That’s all right

C. That’s a good point D. Get a move on

25、— Our boss says the company is at the crossroads.

— Yes, it is both challenging and ________, but we shouldn’t lose confidence.

A．disturbing

B．delighting

C．demanding

D．disgusting

26、My father had just come back from his short-term business visit to England when I came in, rather late, to dinner. I could tell that my parents had been talking about something in that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, "How would you like to go to Eton?"

"You bet." I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

"Oh, he doesn't want to go away," said my mother, "You shouldn't go on like this.” “It's up to him," said my father. "He can make up his own mind."

【1】The writer's father sold his Roils-Royce because ________.

A. it was bought at a low price   B. it frequently broke down

C. it was a second-hand car   D. it made him feel uneasy

【2】The writer's father would enjoy being different unless ________.

A. there was no danger of showing off   B. it drew much attention to him

C. it was understood as a joke   D. it didn't bring him in arguments

【3】The writer felt ________ about the idea of going to Eton.

A. unhappy   B. unbelievable

C. delighted.   D. complicated

【4】Based on the passage we know that ________.

A. it is not easy for children to get admitted by Eton

B. children can go to Eton if they would like to

C. children who can go to Eton are very famous

D. children can’t decide whether they will go to Eton

27、For the instinctive writer, there’s the thrill of never knowing what will happen next and just going where the music takes you. It’s magical to write that way. 【1】 When someone asked the nineteenth century French poet Charles Baudelaire where he got his inspiration, he replied, “Madame, I brush my teeth every morning.” No, it’s not a serious answer, but what else could he say?

Quite often, your best lines and melodies will just pop into your head, and you don’t understand how or why. Instinctive writing depends completely on that moment, so everything is a surprise. 【2】. And more often than not, instinctive writers are also the groundbreakers. With no rules to hold them back, they often find brand-new ways of saying things.

The problem is that instinctive writers usually don’t bother paying any attention to craft; essentially, they write blind. If they’re fortunate enough to experience critical or commercial success, it becomes very frightening. Since there’s no craft to back them up, they never know if the magic will be there when they need it. That stops them from doing anything involving a deadline (writing for films, television, or Broadway), co-writing on specific projects (like with an artist who’s recording a CD in two weeks), or even rewriting their own songs. 【3】.

For instance, I was 14 when I had my first hit, a song called “Society’s Child.” I’d written a total of 15 songs. Since I also sang and recorded the song, people identified me closely with the song itself. Audiences twice my age were hanging on my every word. Critics would ask me to explain a lyric from my album, and all I could do was smile mysteriously. Three years after I wrote “Society’s Child,” I left the music industry, feeling like a cheat. It wasn’t until I’d written other successful songs like “Jesse,” and then “Stars,” that I felt qualified to call myself a songwriter.

Years later, discussing that period of my life with well-known acting teacher Stella Adler, I finally understood what had happened. Stella said, “Janis, you reached an age where talent was not enough.” She was exactly right. 【4】.

A．Creating so much material requires a writer to tackle a wide variety of subjects.

B．Your talent and instinct can take you so far, but craft will see you through in the long run.

C．It takes the pressure off of deadlines and quantity; you count on sheer talent to provide the answers.

D．Staying with a difficult or boring piece of work might make you a better writer.

E．All writers admit that they often “don’t know where it came from.”

F．If you don’t know how you got there in the first place, how can you improve on it?

28、The 15-day Spring Festival is the biggest holiday of the year for many Chinese to leave from their jobs to travel home and see their loved ones. But along with gathering come a lot of traditions aimed at making sure the year ahead is lucky and happy.

Here are some key dos and don’ts that many Chinese follow before and after the Lunar New Year.

DOs

Set off fireworks

The more fireworks or firecrackers you set off, the better.

Not only do you light up the night sky with a symphony of color, but the loud banging sounds are thought to scare off evil spirits.

Eat dumplings

Eating dumplings is a popular tradition in northern China because dumplings not only taste good but also look like pieces of gold.

Clean your home

Sweep, mop, vacuum, steam-do anything and everything to make sure your home is clean before the midnight on Lunar New Year eve. The aim here is to free your home from any bad luck that’s accumulated over the past year.

DON’Ts

Wash or cut your hair

Leave your hair as it is on the first day of the New Year.

The Chinese character for hair is the same first character in the word for prosperity(发达).

This means washing or cutting it off is seen as washing your fortune away.

Clean post-New Year

Cleaning of any kind on the first day is strictly forbidden.

You clean your home to avoid any bad luck before the New Year - now you want to be sure not to wipe, sweep or wash away any of the good luck that arrives after midnight.

Buy books

It’s bad luck to buy them during the 15-day Spring Festival.

The Chinese word for "book" (shū) sounds exactly the same as the word for "lose’"-so buying a book is considered an invitation to bad luck.

Also, avoid giving books as gifts to anyone, because it’d be like wishing bad luck upon them.

【1】Why is the Spring Festival the best time for many Chinese people according to the text?

A．They can enjoy a lor of delicious dishes.

B．They can get together with their family members.

C．It’s time for them to say good-bye to the past year.

D．The festival will bring them good luck and happiness.

【2】You are expected to do the following on the first day of the New Year EXCEPT .

A．setting off fireworks

B．enjoying tasty dumplings

C．cleaning your home

D．leaving your books untouched

【3】In which section of a newspaper can we see the passage?

A．Advertisement.

B．Literature.

C．Culture.

D．Travel.

29、“Have a nice day！” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression. When my friend Maxie says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and safe since another person cares about me and wishes me well.

“Have a nice day. Next！” This version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at the supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door. The words come out in the same tone (腔调) with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else's is the management's attempt to increase business.

The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don't know what to say.  “Oh, you just had a tooth out? I'm terribly sorry, but have a nice day. ”

The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says “Have a nice day” to you, you may find it heart­warming because someone you don't know has tried to be nice to you.

Although the use of the expression is an insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it's nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don't care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.

【1】How does the author understand Maxie's words?

A. Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.

B. Maxie really wishes the author a good day.

C. Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.

D. Maxie really worries about the author's safety.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. The salesgirl is rude to the customers.   B. The salesgirl is bored with her work.

C. The salesgirl cares about me.   D. The salesgirl says the words as usual.

【3】According to the last paragraph, people say “ Have a nice day” ______________.

A. as a habit   B. as thanks

C. sincerely   D. Encouragingly

【4】By saying “Have a nice day，” a stranger may ______.

A. try to be polite to you   B. express respect to you

C. give his blessings to you   D. share his pleasure with you

30、In 1995, two years before Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris, she said in a TV interview that she’d like to be a queen. She wanted to be a queen in people’s hearts.

In the 24 years since her _________ on August 31, 1997, it’s become _________ how well she fulfilled that hope. Every August, tributes (颂词) _________ to celebrate her life and legacy. She used her celebrity to raise awareness for a number of _________, from leprosy (麻风病) to mental health.

She made _________ in 1987 when she _________ shook hands with an AIDS _________, challenging the previously _________ idea that HIV/AIDS could be spread through _________. At the time, Princess Dianna was opening the UK’s first unit that __________ cared for HIV/AIDS patients at London Middlesex Hospital. She was famously the first member of the __________ family to shake hands with someone with AIDS.

She was, in the words of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, “the people’s __________”. When Blair used that phrase in a speech following Dianna’s death, he was __________ words to help a nation feel sorry for and sad about a shockingly sudden __________. “People felt so emotional about Dianna because she had a(n) __________ connection with everybody,” says Anji Hunter, Blair’s former adviser. “People felt so close to her. It was like your own beloved friend, mother and sister had died.”

The following was Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ’s __________:

Ahead of Dianna’s funeral, Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ gave a speech, __________ Dianna as an “exceptional and __________ human being”. And at the funeral, the Queen took an additional __________ to pay tribute.

“The Queen bows to nobody—ever,” says historian Jane Ridley in the CNN series. And yet, as the funeral procession (队列) __________ past Buckingham Palace, the Queen was seen making a bow to her daughter-in-law.

【1】

A．marriage

B．birthday

C．survival

D．death

【2】

A．clear

B．easy

C．limited

D．unsure

【3】

A．work out

B．speed up

C．pour in

D．make room

【4】

A．problems

B．rewards

C．abilities

D．causes

【5】

A．agreements

B．headlines

C．mistakes

D．complaints

【6】

A．intentionally

B．accidentally

C．occasionally

D．cautiously

【7】

A．interviewer

B．patient

C．researcher

D．doctor

【8】

A．believed

B．ignored

C．outdated

D．memorized

【9】

A．breath

B．food

C．water

D．touch

【10】

A．nearly

B．specially

C．politely

D．obviously

【11】

A．ordinary

B．large

C．generous

D．royal

【12】

A．director

B．princess

C．minister

D．hostess

【13】

A．searching for

B．putting up

C．pointing to

D．turning in

【14】

A．choice

B．conflict

C．loss

D．disaster

【15】

A．normal

B．frequent

C．simple

D．extraordinary

【16】

A．promise

B．guidance

C．response

D．requirement

【17】

A．caring about

B．making out

C．remarking on

D．depending on

【18】

A．gifted

B．thrilled

C．satisfied

D．troubled

【19】

A．step

B．measure

C．advantage

D．risk

【20】

A．floated

B．rode

C．wandered

D．rushed

31、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Cloning is the process of making an exact copy of a plant or animal and developing it either naturally or artificially. The first successfully cloned animal was a sheep【1】(name) Dolly in 1996. In January 2018, the two cloned long-tailed monkeys【2】(announce) by Chinese scientists. They were the first-ever primates, 【3】proved to be much harder. The success has led to worldwide praise as a huge breakthrough.

32、假设美国某中学的学生明天来你校访问交流，主题是高中生对文，理科的选择。请你用英语写一篇发言稿，向他们介绍你所做的选择，并说明选择的理由。

注意： 1.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2.词数120左右； 3.短文中不能出现与本人相关的信息。

参考词汇：文科 arts; 理科: science

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