信阳2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、— Tina didn’t take the medicine last night, did she?

— No, but I wish she _______.

A.did B.should C.had D.would

2、Academic ability is not the only_____for admission to the college. Some other qualities should also be considered.

A.affection B.adaptation C.capacity D.criterion

3、________ Jane________ her brother is going to the movies this weekend. One of them has to stay at home to look after their sick mother.

A．Neither; nor

B．Either; or

C．Both; and

D．Not only; but also

4、She would move quietly up to the sparrow on a small tree just to get a better look, her face __________ with childlike expressions at one of God’s simple wonders.

A. shone   B. shining

C. having shone   D. being shone

5、My office wasn't far from Chinatown, ________I found some very good Chinese restaurants．

A. which   B. whose   C. when   D. where

6、It puzzles the scientists _____ some mammals produce their young _____ others lay eggs．

A．that; while  B．what; while

C．that; as D．what; as

7、People depend on cars so much they forget to exercise their bodies and end up _______ various diseases.

A. having developed   B. developed

C. developing   D. to develop

8、The popular belief has been challenged after a recent research ________ cartilage(软骨) in human joints can’t repair itself.

A.where B.whether C.when D.that

9、Hurry up! Mark and Carol ________ us.

A．expect

B．are expecting

C．have expected

D．will expect

10、 There was no significant difference between a girl and a boy _______ the structure and function of their brains.

A. in place of   B. in need o

C. in search of D. in terms of

11、When you visit Beijing, you can go to theaters and teahouses ________ you can experience a truly Chinese way of life.

A．that

B．which

C．where

D．when

12、－Don't forget to return the book in two weeks．

－______．Don't worry about it．

A．Yes，I will B．No，I won't

C．Sorry，I don’t D．I don't think so

13、Up to now, a large number of new houses ________ for those who lost their homes in that terrible earthquake.

A．has been built

B．have been built

C．is being built

D．are being built

14、--- Four dollars a pair? I think it’s a bit too much.

---If you buy three pairs, the price for each will _______ to three fifty.

A．come down B．take down

C．turn over D．go over

15、 Studying in our newly-built school is so wonderful a period _____ every one of us will treasure forever.

A. that   B. as C. which D. when

16、Heavy debts have left the firm faced with an economic _______ in the financial crisis.

A. switch   B. scratch   C. squeeze   D. status

17、 Remember that ______ is better than cure, so brush your teeth at least twice a day and visit your dentist for regular check-ups.

A. priority B. privilege

C. principle   D. prevention

18、Your time should be made full use of ________ English well.

A．learning

B．to learn

C．learn

D．to learning

19、No sooner________ herself in her seat ________ I asked her about the matter.

A.she has settled; before B.had she settled; than

C.has she settled; when D.she had settled; than

20、Not drinking enough water _____ lead to headache and poor physical performance.

A.can B.must C.should D.need

21、   Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.

AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19 Oct.) cost ￡169.15 at Booking.com. A week later, the same room cost ￡118.15.

If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid -or you’re looking for a big event to pass your time—check out sites such as Whatsonwhen. com, which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.

STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.

Don’t be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge’s Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was ￡95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was ￡75.75.And at Farringdon, a double room cost just ￡f62.95.

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings. A great example is the historic O’Neill Flat on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, available for f 420 for five days in late September, with room for four adults.

【1】At Whatsonwhen.com, you can ________.

A. find a room close to the station

B. find a room which costs less

C. know how to kill time

D. know when and where there will be events

【2】“Farringdon” in Paragraph 5 is most probably ________.

A. an ideal holiday destination

B. the name of a railway station

C. a hotel away from the train station

D. the tube line to Covent Garden

【3】The passage shows that the O’Neill Flat _________.

A. lies on the ground floor

B. provides cooking facilities for tourists

C. is located in central London

D. costs over f100 on average per day in late September

22、We all have a to-do list. Like you, mine seems to be growing every day instead of becoming shorter. But now I am going to cover three areas and tell you what not to do.

【1】

You're never going to finish everything on your to-do list. 【2】 You should think about the Pareto principle. 20% of your tasks will produce 80% of your results. Concentrate on them. There are other important tasks that will need to be done but they don’t necessarily need to be done by you. Let’s say you take up consulting work at $150 per hour but you have some bookkeeping to do. 【3】 Why not pay someone $55 per hour to do your bookkeeping so you can earn $150 per hour?

Don’t leave each day to chance.

Does your day fly by without you even realizing where the hours are gone? Have you considered creating a morning or an evening ritual (惯例)? There may be a different solution for you but I am particularly protective of my mornings—I wake up early, exercise and write. Others who keep a journal at the end of the day may plan out their next day. 【4】 It’s important to structure your day as this will help you get more done to achieve your goals.

Keep it simple! This will help you organize your tasks in order of priority (优先), and you won’t feel overwhelmed looking ahead at tasks for tomorrow, next week, or next month. Be realistic about what you can accomplish in 24 hours.

Don’t allow others to steal your time.

【5】 Stop answering every random call or accepting a meeting request that doesn’t have a specific schedule. Actively guard your time and stop the timewasters from eating into your productivity. When you do this，people will both respect you more and value your time more.

A．Don’t try to do everything.

B．Either of these might work for you.

C．There’s always something added to it.

D．This work is worth maybe $55 per hour.

E．Don’t waste your time looking back on what you’ve lost.

F．Your time is valuable and you should treat it as much.

G．Finishing my to-do list has become one of my most important tasks.

23、The Enigma (谜）of Beauty

The search for beauty spans centuries and continents. Paintings of Egyptians dating back over 4, 000 years show both men and women painting their nails and wearing makeup. In 18th-century France, wealthy noblemen wore large wigs (假发）of long, white hair to make themselves attractive. Today, people continue to devote a lot of time and money to their appearance.

There is at least one good reason for the desire to be attractive: beauty is power. Studies suggest that good-looking people make more money, get called on more often in class, and are regarded as friendlier.

But what exactly is beauty? It's difficult to describe it clearly, and yet we know it when we see it. And our awareness of it may start at a very early age. In one set of studies, six-month-old babies were shown a series of photographs. The faces on the pictures had been rated for attractiveness by a group of college students. In the studies, the babies spent more time looking at the attractive faces than the unattractive ones.

The idea that even babies can judge appearance makes perfect sense to many researchers. In studies by psychologists, men consistently showed a preference for women with larger eyes, fuller lips, and a smaller nose and chin while women prefer men with large shoulders and a narrow waist. According to scientists, the mind unconsciously tells men and women that these traits —the full lips, clear skin, strong shoulders —equal health and genetic well-being.

Not everyone thinks the same way, however. “Our hardwiredness can be changed by all sorts of expectations — mostly cultural,” says C. Loring Brace, an anthropologist at the University of Michigan. What is considered attractive in one culture might not be in another. Look at most Western fashion magazines: the women on the pages are thin. But is this “perfect” body type for women worldwide? Scientists' answer is no; what is considered beautiful is subjective and varies around the world. They found native peoples in southeast Peru preferred shapes regarded overweight in Western cultures.

For better or worse, beauty plays a role in our lives. But it is extremely difficult to describe exactly what makes one person attractive to another. Although there do seem to be certain physical traits considered universally appealing, it is also true that beauty does not always keep to a single, uniform standard. Beauty really is, as the saying goes, in the eye of the beholder.

【1】People's ideas about beauty ________.

A. have existed since ancient times

B. can be easily described

C. have little influence on a person's success

D. are based upon strict standard

【2】In Paragraph 3, the babies in the study ________.

A. were rated for their appearance

B. were entered in a beauty contest

C. were shown photos of a group of college students

D. were able to tell attractive faces from unattractive ones

【3】The underlined word “traits” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A. qualities B. measurements

C. judgments   D. standards

【4】We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. the ideas of beauty vary as people grow up

B. the search for beauty is rooted in lack of confidence

C. the standards for beauty are based on scientific researches

D. the understanding of beauty depends on cultural backgrounds

24、Listening to birds and water can lower stress and improve mood, study finds. Researchers have long known there are benefits from being in nature. Living around trees can help you live longer. Walking in the woods is good for your mood. Being near water can have positive effects on your well-being.

A new study finds that natural sounds offer health benefits too. There is plenty of evidence that spending time in natural areas is good for our health — but typically this research is done from a visual perspective, but we were curious what the role is of sounds we hear in these spaces.

Some examples they found reported in those studies included decreased pain, lowered stress, improved mood, and better cognitive（认知的）function. With these results in hand, they then listened to audio recordings from 251 sites in 68 national parks across the United States.

The sites with the most natural sounds and the lowest man-made sounds were located in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest and were far from urban areas. Only three locations with high natural sounds and low noise pollution were within 100 kilometers（62 miles）of urban areas.

However, despite human-made noises being heard most of the time at sites in urban locations, birds were still heard about 60% of the time and geophysical sounds like wind and rain were heard about 19% of the time.

Not all natural sounds deliver the same benefits, the researchers found. For example, they discovered that the sounds of water had the largest impact on improving positive emotions and health outcomes, while bird sounds ease stress and annoyance. And the sounds of both birds and water were heard more than 23% of the time in the national park recording sites.

Interestingly, there was also some evidence that natural sounds have benefits over silence. There was also evidence that more different types of natural sounds — more types of birds singing rather than just one type of bird — have benefits over fewer sounds.

【1】What do we know about the ideal sites mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A．They are away from cities.

B．They have no noise pollution.

C．They have bird songs most of the time.

D．They are within 62 miles of urban areas.

【2】What sound helps reduce pressure most?

A．Sounds from water.

B．Rain beating.

C．Wind blowing.

D．Bird sounds.

【3】Which of the following brings more benefits to us?

A．The silence of nature.

B．The sounds of different birds.

C．The diversity of natural sounds.

D．Natural sounds fixed with noises.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．It Is Beneficial to Live Close to Water

B．We Are Surrounded by All Kinds of Sounds

C．The Sounds of Nature Affect Your Well-being

D．Man-made Noise Pollution Is Harmful to Our Health

25、   It’s getting hot, so it’s time to put on _________ clothes and open the windows.

Yesterday morning I was our for a brief time. When coming back home, I found that two _________ visitors came into the _________. The two daring sparrows came to __________ the freshness of some bread pieces on the counter.

When you ________ such sudden callers before, you were likely to consider them as an intrusion(入侵) into your comfort zone, or you might _________ them as a nice wink(闪烁) of life. I chose the latter, with no __________. After all, I’d never stopped feeling the ________ to develop a relationship with creatures of the natural world.

I couldn’t stop observing and ________ their dance through the kitchen window. I not only left the leftovers(剩饭) to them, but also ________ them every kind of bases and stands of our house.

______, they felt at ease in the kitchen. And that had led them to pick up _____ and fly into my house again. Perhaps they had the feeling that I considered them friendly neighbors ________ impolite intruders. Actually, the ________ of the two lovely sparrows drew me out of the dull life and showed me the unseen ________. I really jumped at their sudden visit.

In life, we all have met ________ sparrows--- of various shapes and colors. And they’re everywhere. I can tell you for sure! Perhaps all of them are willing to surprise us, and they’re ready to catch our ________. They just want us not to be _____ of them or to be bored with them. Then when they come to our house again, they will ________ to fly into it. Thus, they will also add some ________ to our life.

【1】A.lighter B.darker C.thicker D.dearer

【2】A.regular B.unwelcome C.occasional D.unexpected

【3】A.bedroom B.kitchen C.roof D.yard

【4】A.keep B.protect C.enjoy D.share

【5】A.called on B.rang round C.listened to D.came across

【6】A.accept B.research C.understand D.ignore

【7】A.exception B.hesitation C.prejudice D.success

【8】A.urge B.worry C.freedom D.failure

【9】A.copying B.learning C.admiring D.judging

【10】A.showed B.lent C.threw D.offered

【11】A.Undoubtedly B.Normally C.Suddenly D.Thankfully

【12】A.orders B.courage C.signals D.speed

【13】A.apart from B.regardless of C.instead of D.except for

【14】A.memory B.symbol C.problem D.presence

【15】A.beauty B.secret C.truth D.rules

【16】A.dangerous B.special C.different D.precious

【17】A.meaning B.breath C.name D.attention

【18】A.proud B.afraid C.ashamed D.careful

【19】A.refuse B.forget C.dare D.pretend

【20】A.noise B.fun C.desire D.warning

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

On August 24, a week before he would begin his second year of high school, Griffin began his first cycle of chemo. “During chemo,” Griffin said, “Everything hurts. Each session is worse than the last.”

I couldn’t believe it. This young man had been going through chemo treatments, attending school and attending football practice every day. I asked him what his football coaches said to him about his cancer. He said,“No one knows,except for a few close friends. I don’t want people to treat me differently or look at me as a cancer kid.”

Then Griffin missed school again. I went and met him for lunch. He told me he just wanted to reach his sixteenth birthday, but it wasn’t going to happen anymore because he’d decided to stop the chemo and give up. It was just too painful. I remember hugging him as we parted, not wanting to let go, as I did not know if I would see him again.

Two days later, to my surprise, Griffin was at his desk. He asked if we could talk after school. When the final bell of the afternoon rang, the door opened and Griffin walked in with a smile on his face.

“Yesterday morning,I woke up in so much pain that I couldn’t get out of bed,”he said. “I just wanted to die, to be with my mother again. But then I saw her in the room with me. She looked like an angel. I heard her shout,’Get up! Get up!’I knew she wanted me to keep going. I got out of bed and decided to start treatment again.“Griffin and I talked much that day.

On Griffin’s graduation day,I had to give a speech to accept the Teacher of the Year award. I asked Griffin if I could talk about him and his story,and he agreed as long as I didn’t mention his name because he still didn’t want to be known as a cancer kid.

注意：

1.续写词数应为150左右;

2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Tears fell from my face during my speech as I looked at Griffin.

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It's been some years since then, and Griffin and I still meet up.

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