屯昌2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、When they saw the police car, the attackers turned and __________.

A. flee   B. fleed C. fled   D. slipped

2、—What do you think ________the cultural diversity?

—Many reasons.

A．brought about

B．figure out

C．brought in

D．break out

3、________ in his paper, he didn’t notice his teacher coming .

A. Having absorbed   B. Absorbed

C. Absorbing   D. Being absorbed

4、—What about doing some shopping? It will be one and a half hours before the concert begins.

—________. Anything is OK with me.

A. That's all right   B. That depends

C. It's up to you   D. I can't decide

5、Scientists believe most of the value of AI lies in its ________ to analyze and interpret vast amounts of data.

A．imitation

B．clue

C．demand

D．capacity

6、The book is _______.

A．worth to read

B．worthy to read

C．worthy of being read

D．worthwhile to read.

7、Your performance in the exam isn’t that satisfactory. ______, you failed.

A. In a word   B. What’s worse

C. In other words   D. What a pity

8、Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come to a sound conclusion.

A.can you B.you can C.would you D.you would

9、The number of lung cancer will go down greatly if people 　　　　to give up smoking and do more regular exercise.

A. persuade   B. will persuade

C. be persuaded   D. are persuaded

10、Five people were rescued last night after the boat ________ fuel.

A．ran out

B．ran out of

C．was run out

D．was run out of

11、High school students are learning to have a ______ and responsible attitude towards everything in their life.

A．doubtful

B．professional

C．mature

D．passive

12、Not all would-be staff are qualified for the position   they are being trained.

A.in that B.so that C.in which D.for which

13、To _______the circumstances, Oliver runs away to London, where he _______under the control of a man called Fagin.

A. escape; goes   B. flee; falls

C. avoid; drops   D. prevent; turns

14、 –Where is Mother?

–She is in the kitchen. She ______ the housework all morning.

A. is doing     B. was doing

C. has done D. has been doing

15、 ______ is no doubt that children ______ more easily to new environments than adults.

A. It; adopt B. There; adjust

C. It; advocate D. There; allocate

16、Some parents don’t allow their kids to use mobile phones, but it’ll become increasingly difficult, especially when all their friends have that ________.

A．leisure

B．thrill

C．stuff

D．supply

17、The rain yesterday was heavy and ______ the roads were flooded.

A. however B. otherwise

C. therefore   D. consequently

18、_____ with what may be his most impossible mission yet, Hunt gets together his team and joins forces with Ilsa Faust, a female former British secret agent.

A.Facing B.Having faced C.Faced D.To face

19、He delayed _______ her the news, waiting for the right moment.

A．to tell

B．to be told

C．being told

D．telling

20、You are saying that he is dishonest, and this is I disagree.

A．why

B．where

C．what

D．which

21、______ the weather , the basketball match will be held indoors.

A. In view of   B. In favor of

C. In case of   D. In spite of

22、24. Too much stress does you harm ________no stress makes you achieve little.

A.or B.because C.since D.while

23、A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television,_______ develop depression(抑郁症) as young adults.

A. the more likely they are to

B. the more likely they are

C. they are the more likely to

D. the more likely are they

24、The whole village was   by the floods.

A.blown away B.wiped out

C.broken down D.taken up

25、Rosie has a collection of furry toys. If you ask, she'd like to share some with you.

A．vivid

B．massive

C．intense

D．permanent

26、Auckland University Online Education— What to Expect

Most Auckland University (AU) online programs are 100 percent online so that students do not come to the school campus. Instead, AU has designed a media— rich, easy to use learning environment through a Learning Management System (LMS).

Discipline (纪律)

With disciplined work habits, you are likely to succeed as an online student. It is up to you to log on to your course and meet your own deadlines.

Time Management

In order to earn competitive grades, plan on spending a minimum of 20— 25 hours a week on each course. AU courses operate on a seven-week schedule, with start dates in January, March, May, July, September and November. Students are able to complete two courses per semester by taking one seven-week course at a time.

Professional Connections

Many of the AU faculty (教员) who teach online have connections to industry, so the online learning environment ensures access to diverse expertise and practice. It includes an extensive network of professionals in a variety of industries.

“I work as an IT manager: And right from the very beginning, every class I took was relevant to what I was doing at work. The wide range of courses gave me a strong foundation for my career development.”

— Jim Heilman, Computer Information System graduate.

Technology

It goes without saying that technology plays a vital role in online learning. You will need a high-speed Internet connection and basic computer skills. For specifics, please click here to visit our Technology page.

【1】How long at least will it take you to finish four courses?

A．A full year.

B．Several months.

C．Two semesters.

D．At least 20 - 25 hours.

【2】How does Jim Heilman benefit from the course?

A．By finding a good job.

B．By graduating with a degree.

C．By passing the final exam.

D．By learning much referred to his job.

【3】Where can you probably find the passage?

A．A college website.

B．A course brochure.

C．An academic magazine.

D．An online advertisement.

27、The African elephant, which is the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem. Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the- forest-and-savanna (大草原) surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat.

It is the elephant's great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and under-bushes, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.

Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well.

What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly

changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A. Disappearance of African elephants.

B. The effect of African elephants' search for food.

C. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.

D. The eating habit of African elephants.

【2】What does the underlined phrase "setting the terms" most probably mean?

A. Fixing the time.   B. Deciding the conditions.

C. Improving the quality.   D. Worsening the state.

【3】What do we know about the open spaces in the passage?

A. They result from the destruction of rain forests.

B. They provide food mainly for African elephants.

C. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds.

D. They are home to many endangered animals.

【4】The passage is developed mainly by_____

A. giving examples

B. pointing out similarities and differences

C. describing the changes in space order

D. showing the effect and then explaining the causes

28、   To grow sugary dates in the sand, Siwa’s farmers must first make the desert suitable for farming. An oasis (绿洲) in Egypt, Siwa has been home to humans for thousands of years. Since ancient times, the oasis has hosted farms producing some of the most valuable dates in Egypt, and sugary dates have appeared on Egyptians, tables.

The desert environment in Siwa is not quite fit for plants to grow. For example, the water there contains much salt. However, with local people’s efforts, the Siwa oasis contains complex agricultural fields, where date trees, crops and other plants grow in harmony. That impressed me a lot during my visit to the oasis. To make a new piece of field, farmers first remove the top soil and replace it with a mixture of sand and waste matter from animals. The first plants are medicinal plants. Then, farmers plant date trees and olive trees. These farming skills are passed down from generation to generation.

To grow date trees is demanding. And it takes 10 years for a new date tree to mature, but once it does, the tree produces generous fruit: around 110 pounds of dates per year. Each farmer picks dates with the skilled hands. They climb the trees using nothing more than a belt. In total, Siwa grows more than 25,000 tons of dates from 280,000 trees per year.

The dates can be eaten fresh, or made dry. Every part of the date tree is significant in Siwa, from leaves made into beds and boxes to wood used to build houses. And then, of course, there’s the fruit itself. The dates can be cooked with goat meat or mixed with eggs for breakfast. They can also be mixed with flour, water, and olive oil, and boiled slowly to make a local dessert.

Local farmers once developed many unique date varieties, which their camels carried to Cairo. But later many of those varieties perished. And today only several major varieties remain and some have become quite rare and been at risk. The 1985 construction of a road in the oasis made the survival of local agricultural tradition even tougher.

【1】What can we learn about sugary dates from Paragraph 1?

A．They can adapt to tough environment.

B．They have existed for a long time.

C．They’re introduced to Egypt from abroad.

D．They’re the most valuable fruit in Egypt.

【2】What impressed the author a lot during his visit to Siwa?

A．The great variety of plants grown there,

B．The hard but happy life of local people.

C．The great complexity of the local agriculture.

D．The local farmers’ wisdom and contribution to farming.

【3】What do the figures mentioned in Paragraph 3 show?

A．It’s worthwhile to make an effort to grow date trees.

B．It’s easy for farmers to pick dates from the trees.

C．It costs a lot to grow date trees in the basis.

D．It’s necessary to develop agriculture in Siwa.

【4】What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．People’s preference for dates.

B．The introduction to local food,

C．The usage of date trees’ different parts.

D．The locals’ high expectations of date trees.

【5】What does the underlined word “perished” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Died out.

B．Spread out.

C．Got created.

D．Became known.

29、“Clean your plate!” Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent. Often, it is accompanied by an appeal: “Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!” Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites. Instead of staying “clean the plate”, perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.

       According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story. Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.

       Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.

       Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade believed restaurants serve portions that are too large; 23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed. But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can’t afford fine dining still prefer large portions. 70 percent of those earning at least ＄150,000 per year prefer smaller portions; but only 45 percent of those earning less than＄25,000 want smaller.

       It’s not that working class Americans don’t want to eat healthy. It’s just that, after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year’s Christmas presents.

【1】“Clean your plate!” in the first paragraph means   ______ .

A．to wash the plate

B．not to eat too much

C．not to waste the food

D．to help the starving orphans

【2】American restaurants serve large portions because   ______ .

A．Americans are good at eating

B．Americans value the amount

C．the restaurants want people to keep healthy

D．the government recommends the amount

【3】What happened in the 1970s?

A．The government recommended serving small portion.

B．Americans began to realize the importance of health.

C．Health experts persuaded restaurants to serve large portion.

D．People in the United States began to gain weight.

【4】What does the survey indicate?

A．Many poor Americans want large portions.

B．20 percent Americans want smaller portions.

C．70 percent Americans earn at least ＄150,000 per year.

D．45 percent Americans earn less than ＄25,000 per year.

30、When I was a young student, none of my friends listened to classical music. Few learned to play an _______ for more than a year or two. They were listening to the big bands. But dad _______ me to learn to play the piano and I studied for three years. And later, you know, I gave it up. But one day one thing changed me _______.

One Saturday, I went to a _______ birthday party of one of my classmates and there were quite a crowd of people of my _______. And some of the kids were fooling around at the piano while the parents are _______ us a big meal. Then one of the girls _______ stopped talking, looked at me and said, “Robert, you took piano lessons. _______, play something!”

“No, I’m not going to play the piano.” I _______ that no one in that room would show________ in the kind of music that I could play. But though I was ________ objecting, I was pushed by my friends toward the piano. I was “________” to sit down. And there I was face to face with eighty-eight black and white ________.

What to play? The only thing that came to my ________ was Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. So, I began with the slow ________. And after two measures I became aware that there was a ________ in the room. After the next two measures, I felt people ________ toward me, and then the parents came out of the kitchen ________. I played the whole first movement and when I was through, the applause and cheers were ________ to believe.

If I had known that this would have happened, I never would have given up ________ playing the piano.

【1】

A．apartment

B．instrument

C．equipment

D．argument

【2】

A．advised

B．allowed

C．instructed

D．persuaded

【3】

A．completely

B．generally

C．cruelly

D．hopefully

【4】

A．boring

B．secure

C．sweet

D．brief

【5】

A．city

B．age

C．height

D．dream

【6】

A．buying

B．earning

C．breaking

D．cooking

【7】

A．actually

B．foolishly

C．suddenly

D．curiously

【8】

A．Come on

B．Get up

C．Break out

D．Carry on

【9】

A．admitted

B．observed

C．figured

D．regretted

【10】

A．knowledge

B．delight

C．respect

D．interest

【11】

A．shyly

B．strongly

C．luckily

D．hardly

【12】

A．forced

B．guided

C．invited

D．protected

【13】

A．keys

B．letters

C．words

D．pictures

【14】

A．music

B．party

C．meal

D．mind

【15】

A．ending

B．opening

C．reading

D．stop

【16】

A．quarrel

B．relaxation

C．silence

D．noise

【17】

A．moving

B．sending

C．looking

D．hearing

【18】

A．satisfied

B．annoyed

C．disappointed

D．surprised

【19】

A．easy

B．hard

C．certain

D．glad

【20】

A．remembering

B．considering

C．practising

D．imaging

31、阅读下面课文，在空白处填入适当的内容。

As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that 【1】winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He【2】the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.   He made people laugh at a time when they felt 【3】, so they could feel more content with their lives.

Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall 【4】. You may find 【5】astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially【6】the family income was often uncertain. 【7】 his father died, 【8】the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, 【9】 his humor, become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing 【10】everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him-his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

32、假定你是李华，你在网上看到美国人Peter发帖说他即将来你所在的城市游玩，欲找一个当地人陪游。

请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：

1.表示兴趣；2.自我介绍；3.期待回复。

注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua