松原2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、________his first win in the International Mathematical Olympiad, his parents took him to the beach enjoying a totally relaxation, leaving all the math exercises at home.

A．In honor of

B．In possession of

C．In charge of

D．In celebration of

2、Some of them, ______ in rural villages, had never seen a train.

A. to be born and brought up B. born and brought up

C. having born and brought up D. having been born and brought up

3、It is known that water is not an endless resource, ________ can it be made once more, so we should save and protect it.

A．so

B．as

C．thus

D．nor

4、After the actor was caught taking drugs, all the scenes in which he appeared in the film were___.

A.cut out B.cut down C.cut up D.cut off

5、 My flight was delayed, so I read a book ________ time.

A. kill   B. killing

C. to kill   D. having killed

6、The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.

A. until B. because

C. though D. unless

7、She’s late for work every day, but she still has the nerve to lecture me about ______.

A. punctuality   B. priority   C. preference   D. privilege

8、From the newspaper report， we learn about the stories of many who returned to Wuhan for Spring Festival in January and was ______ there due to the city lockdown.

A.caught up B.set up C.held up D.brought up

9、---Did you punish him for losing your digital camera？

---Yes, but I don't think I ______．

A．should do that

B．need to have done so

C．ought have done that

D．should have done so

10、Much disappointed as he is in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.

A. to have failed   B. failed

C. having failed   D. failing

11、—We are organizing a party this weekend, and I’d like you to come.

—________! I’m going to visit my grandparents. Thank you all the same.

A.Good luck B.Have fun C.Take it easy D.What a pity

12、This computer is different from the one I ______ in my last job.

A. use   B. have used   C. used   D. had used

13、—Guess what? Zark____________a company with his partner.

—Gosh! It’s no more than two years since he studied in the university.

A.operated B.is operating C.has operated D.had been operating

14、To the couple’s great surprise, the house was in a mess as if ______.

A. breaking   into   B. having broken into

C. broken into   D. being broken into

15、The weather is fine. I’m sure ________ we can go camping this afternoon.

A.why B.what C.that D.if

16、If ________ in the elevator, please press the emergency button immediately.

A. trapped B. trapping

C. having trapped D. to be trapped

17、His comprehensive surveys have provided the most________statements of how, and on what basis, data are collected.

A.explicit B.ambiguous C.fundamental D.arbitrary

18、They’d won 12 ______ games before they lost.

A．vivid

B．straight

C．typical

D．flexible

19、We’d better go now, ______ we’ll miss the train.

A. but   B. so   C. otherwise   D. therefore

20、—I was told that you had your stomach examined last week?

—Yes. But I hope that I shall never again have to ________ such unpleasant experience.

A. undergo   B. undertake   C. undercharge   D. underline

21、As Dr. Srini Pillay states in her new book, the brain does its best work when it’s allowed to move between focus and unfocus. Here are several tips to help you find your flow.

Engage in positive constructive day dreaming. 【1】 Try traveling with your mind to someplace enjoyable — maybe an imaginary forest or a warm, sandy beach. Doing this several times a day can offer you fresh ideas.

Block interruptions before diving into deep work. 【2】 To help, turn off text messaging and social media notifications. When they are shut off, our brains get a chance to complete full sentences of thought.

【3】 Are you sharp and quick in mind in the morning? Or is night person more your style? Either way works as long as you schedule your most important projects during your brain’s periods of peak performance. Try to reserve your best brain time for the big stuff.

Try new hobbies. This is fun and can help us think of new solutions to problems. 【4】

Keep away from digital devices. Taking a digital sabbath — intentionally setting aside time to rest from your screens and all their interruptions — offers an important benefit, 【5】 It also helps us to “reset and think about what’s really important.”

A．Unfocus your mind.

B．Make friends with your body clock.

C．Our days are filled with distractions.

D．It reminds us there’s a world outside our screens.

E．Schedule into every workday some breaks from focusing.

F．Allowing your mind time to play is a way to work better.

G．Digital devices can greatly improve our working efficiency.

22、People use laughter to connect and bond with others. It’s how we tell friends that their jokes are funny. 【1】 And as a universal expression, laughter can be recognized even if it comes from people belonging to different cultures or speaking different languages.

What about other animals? 【2】 And they eventually identified 65 species that laugh while playing. Among them, the animals that laugh the most include primates (灵长类动物) like monkeys, rodents (啮齿动物) like rats, and mammals that live in the ocean like dolphins. Here are some findings of the scientists:

When compared to human laughs, animal laughter sounds very different, especially between different animals. While vervet monkeys (长尾猴) make a purring sound in playing, squirrel monkeys produce a soft peeping sound. 【3】

【4】 This is important because animal play can sometimes look like fighting. Laughter becomes a way for animals to prevent aggressive or harmful behavior when interacting with others. Some animals also make a “play face”, giving an expression like a smile to show that they are happy and not angry.

Most primates make sounds of “he he” and smack their lips when playing. This might help explain where human laughter comes from. 【5】 Over time, we changed the way we originally laughed, making sounds from “he he” to “ho ho ho”. Now, humans generally follow the pattern of “ha ha ha” to vocalize laughter.

A．This is an issue that has not been settled so far.

B．It’s also how kids show that they are having fun.

C．For many animals, laughter is a way to start play.

D．Bottlenose dolphins whistle while they swim and jump together.

E．Many animals laugh so that their play partners know they are having fun.

F．Experts believe that humans may have started off laughing like some monkeys do.

G．This is just what the scientists from the University of California tried to find out recently.

23、Unlike many other exchange students, my school focused on arts such as singing, acting, dancing, and many other talents, so there wasn’t much room for sports. Honestly, in the beginning, I was a little sad because I wanted to participate in basketball. However, I did not let that disappoint me. After a while, I took a pause for some self-reflection. I remembered how much I like to sing even though I don’t think I’m good at it. I then thought to myself, “why not be the one to try acting?”

After my first week, I loved the school! My art classes feel like a break from reality and the scenery at my school makes me feel as though I am in some talent-based American high school movie. Every morning, we are welcomed with the beautiful voices from my teachers. At lunch, we are entertained with musical performances by any student who wishes to sing.

During my second week of school, I was required to perform my first five-minute play with my class partner. I was a bit nervous, but I gathered courage and did it. By chance, a staff person from the school office saw my performance. After school, on my way to the bus, she called me and informed me she had recommended me and some other students to participate in an upcoming two-day workshop. I first thought she was teasing me. When I got home, I found out she’d also sent an email to my host mom.

My host mom is very busy, but she planned her schedule around the activity. My mom picked me up from school and drove me to the workshop which was an hour from my school. After the workshop, we were presented with tickets to watch the play the following day. After the show, I met with the actors, thanked and congratulated them. On our way home, I was smiling so much that my cheeks hurt. I appreciate my host family and school for giving me this experience.

【1】How did the author overcome her displeasure?

A．By playing basketball.

B．By taking a rest.

C．By finding her talent.

D．By changing her hobby.

【2】What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A．The school is quite different from her former one.

B．Every day in the school is simply attractive.

C．She does nothing but sing at the new school.

D．The school’s beautiful scenery appeals to her.

【3】How does the author feel on hearing the words of a staff person?

A．She was too excited to speak a word.

B．She just couldn’t believe her ears.

C．She was proud of her performance.

D．She felt kind of scared and nervous.

【4】What kind of person is her host mom?

A．Considerate.

B．Optimistic.

C．Serious.

D．Indifferent.

24、   It is a bright morning in the Ethiopian countryside. Yohannes walks beside a pair of donkeys that are pulling a two-wheeled cart. They arrive at the agricultural town of Awassa where Yohannes opens the sides of the cart to display, not the usual vegetables or tools, but children’s books. This is the Donkey Mobile Library, the first of its kind in Ethiopia and one of only a few in the world.

Yohannes was born in Ethiopia, North Africa, but trained to be a librarian in the USA and returned to Ethiopia years ago. The cart is full of picture books donated by American libraries, teachers and school children.

Yohannes arranges small painted benches in the shade of the trees, and suddenly Ethiopian children come shouting and racing down every road and path. It’s mobile library day! They circle the bookshelves with great excitement. Until the Donkey Mobile Library began its regular two-monthly visits, many of these children had never seen a book.

“Without books, education is very dull, like food without salt. You can survive but you can’t really come alive,” says Yohannes. “The ability to read is the basis for greater productivity, better health and longer life. Even though the children lack material goods, with books they can imagine a world of possibilities.”

Yohannes first worked in the children’s section of the main library in America. Surrounded by books he had never seen before, he realized how joyful and imaginative children’s literature is. He says, “I always thought of Ethiopia. But how could I bring children’s books to my home country when it had almost no libraries to keep the books in?”

He contacted Jane Kurtz, a writer born in America but brought up in Ethiopia, and together they created the Donkey Mobile Library. The children say that the Library has given them ideas about what they might do in the future. A child called Dareje wants to be a scientist and find a cure for life-threatening diseases. An eleven year-old girl, Fikerte, wants to do research about the moon and discover new facts about outer space. Tamrat, aged 10, comes every time.

“What brings you back here time and time again?” the librarian asks him.

“The stories,” Tamrat replies instantly.

【1】How do the children feel when they see the donkey mobile Library ______.

A．Curious.

B．Surprised.

C．Interested.

D．Excited.

【2】We can conclude from the passage that ______.

A．Ethiopian children have no idea about their future.

B．Yohannes and Kurtz share similar life experiences.

C．donkey carts in Awassa usually carry vegetables and tools.

D．most books in the donkey mobile library were brought in America.

【3】Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?

A．A news report.

B．a book review.

C．A historical story.

D．An advertisement.

25、As dawn broke, Concilia Owire, a 28-year-old Kenyan train driver, had already changed into her work _________ waiting for alcohol testing and _________. When all was ready, Owire and her _________ would set off for a new journey.

Around 5 years ago, Owire was _________ and then sent to China to have a 50-day _________ training.

Later, Owire, with six other colleagues, _________ to their country and began practicing repeatedly to _________ themselves for the tough task of _________ people including President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Growing up in a very small village, Owire _________ thought about becoming a female train driver one day as in Kenya the __________ still suffered from pursuing careers controlled by men. __________, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway(SGR) has __________ the local economy and the life of ordinary Kenyans like Owire, who has become a model of the __________ from a village girl to a successful working woman. “I know if I do it __________, the SGR will promote our country’s __________”, said Owire.

As the Chinese saying goes, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” __________ transport and employment opportunities are just two of the many __________ offered by the SGR project, such as expanding access to markets, __________ business costs, opening up isolated areas, and increasing the competitiveness of local goods.

“The SGR has been at the __________ of Kenya’s economic recovery, five years after its __________ on May 31, 2017,” said James Siele, Kenya Railways’ Business, Commercial & Operations Expert Team leader, in an interview with Xinhua.

【1】

A．uniform

B．jeans

C．sweater

D．blouse

【2】

A．check over

B．check out

C．check in

D．check up

【3】

A．neighbors

B．colleagues

C．families

D．visitors

【4】

A．urged

B．promised

C．selected

D．forced

【5】

A．various

B．mental

C．strict

D．physical

【6】

A．left

B．returned

C．escaped

D．went

【7】

A．imagine

B．reward

C．support

D．prepare

【8】

A．directing

B．exchanging

C．accompanying

D．transporting

【9】

A．never

B．ever

C．sometimes

D．often

【10】

A．Chinese

B．men

C．women

D．Kenyans

【11】

A．Otherwise

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．However

【12】

A．changed

B．described

C．introduced

D．created

【13】

A．transportation

B．transformation

C．competition

D．operation

【14】

A．positively

B．anxiously

C．separately

D．quietly

【15】

A．government

B．economy

C．law

D．independence

【16】

A．Artificial

B．Obvious

C．Efficient

D．Permanent

【17】

A．benefits

B．challenges

C．conflicts

D．technologies

【18】

A．increasing

B．reducing

C．forbidding

D．considering

【19】

A．opposite

B．end

C．cost

D．heart

【20】

A．process

B．discovery

C．achievement

D．launch

26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你和同学从网上得知美国抗癌男孩Dorian的愿望是看到有人在长城上举着“D-Strong”的牌子。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件，介绍你们帮助小男孩圆梦，并号召他人进行爱心接力的全过程。

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