黄石2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、Don’t contact me at this time tomorrow, for I ______ a meeting.

A．am having

B．was having

C．will be having

D．have had

2、I want to know the sporting ________ that catch the people’s attention in China.

A．accidents

B．events

C．incidents

D．occasions

3、---Why not buy the beautiful necklace since you like it so much?

---I would but I _____ have enough money.

A. didn’t B. shouldn’t

C. don’t D. hadn’t

4、The number of people invited to the wedding yesterday________ two hundred, but a small number of them________ absent for different kinds of reasons.

A．is; are

B．was; was

C．was; were

D．are; were

5、An accident occurred suddenly, which frightened the reporter, but he quickly ______ himself and continued his interview.

A．devoted   B. persuaded   C. conquered   D. recovered

6、It was the second time that I________him in Shanghai.

A．met

B．had met

C．would meet

D．was meeting

7、Her English teacher has taught me a lot, _______she is grateful.

A．for which

B．for that

C．of which

D．at whom

8、It was the first time that I ________ (talk) face to face with the president.

A．talk

B．have talked

C．talked

D．had talked

9、---Are you going to accept the offer?

---You bet! The salary is not that good, but ,you know.

A. better late than never   B. actions speak louder than words

C. a change of work is as good as rest   D. a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

10、________ from the top of the hill, the city looks even smaller.

A．To see

B．Seeing

C．Seen

D．Having seen

11、Is _______any doubt _____ Jennifer will come to see me this weekend as usual.

A．it; that

B．it; whether

C．there; that

D．there; whether

12、She ________ some old photographs in a drawer when searching for his papers.

A．came across

B．came out

C．come about

D．come up

13、Our singing club Melody had to ______, because some members' health ______ under high study pressure, which was a pity.

A．be broken down; broke up

B．be broken up; broke down

C．break down; broke up

D．break up; broke down

14、--- The fish soup you made tonight is very delicious.

--- ______. Welcome you here next time!

A. Good for you

B. You’ve got it right

C. I’m not half as good as you

D. Thanks for the compliment

15、—What do you think of their marriage?

—________, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

A. Generally speaking     B. I have no idea

C. To be honest       D. To my surprise

16、Please put the bottle on the top shelf, out of the children’s __________.

A. reach   B. hand   C. hold D. order

17、Jim sold his car_______ he could enjoy a healthier life style.

A. since B. unless C. so that  D. even though

18、All the tickets for the flight have been sold out. You can one for tomorrow.

A. save   B. reserve

C. arrange   D. deserve

19、I want to have such a dictionary ______ he has.

A.as B.which C.that D.what

20、The cloth ________ fine, but ________ well.

A．looks; doesn’t wash

B．looks; isn’t washed

C．is looked; doesn’t wash

D．is looked; isn’t washed

21、The old couple often take a walk after supper in the park with their pet dog _____them.

A.to follow B.be following C.followed D.following

22、 ---I’d like to buy this book, dad.

---Sorry, my darling, but the book is _____ adults only.

A. meaning for B. intended for

C. meant to    D. given to

23、He is always late for work, and yet nothing is ever said to him. I don't know how he___________  it.

A. cuts down   B. gets away with

C. takes off     D. turns up

24、What __________ no one talks to me?

A．if

B．about

C．for

D．will be

25、In order to find the missing child, villagers _____ all they can over the past five hours.

A. did   B. do

C. had done   D. have been doing

26、From time to time, even the most productive professionals procrastinate (拖延). 【1】 . When your tendency to procrastinate is starting to make your overall quality of work and life suffer, here’s what Forbes Coaches Council members recommend doing to stop racing the clock.

【2】

When you don’t feel motivated, take the smallest step possible toward your goal. After taking that step, you’re more likely to continue taking more steps toward that goal. Instead of telling yourself to work out for an hour, say you’ll go for 10 minutes.

Give yourself a hard deadline, and then schedule it

The best way to overcome a natural tendency to procrastinate is to create a hard deadline for yourself and then put it on the calendar. 【3】 . Then honor it the same way you would as if your boss were waiting for you to complete the task.

Understand the underlying reasons why you’re procrastinating

【4】 . Notice your thoughts, feelings, behaviors and the situation when you feel like procrastinating. Write these down. Often perfectionism, which we may experience as anxiety, underlies the tendency to postpone action. Once you understand your pattern, you can hold yourself accountable in a positive way.

Give yourself a reward for each task you complete

Make a list of things you need to do and do the one you don’t want to do first. 【5】 (a piece of candy, a few minutes on social media, etc.). Then do something on your list that you want to do and continue alternating from there. This makes your tasks less discouraging.

A．Take the tiniest step possible

B．Identify a positive outcome from your action

C．Then give yourself a little reward for doing it

D．Find a way to make overcoming procrastination interesting

E．It’s time to do a reality check and break yourself of the habit

F．Treat the deadline the same as if your boss created it

G．Become a detective or a scientist about your pattern of postponing

27、   Do you want to experience a small town festival in America? Here are some you can consider going to.

National Cherry Festival

The lovely town of Traverse City, Michigan is famous for cherries, and there’s no better time to visit than during the National Cherry Festival. You have eight days to try pies, pancakes, and many other foods made with the delicious fruit. You can also enjoy concerts, an air show, and amusement rides. It takes place in July in Traverse City, Michigan.

Maine Lobster (龙虾) Festival

Every summer, over 80,000 visitors eat more than 25,000 pounds of lobsters caught fresh in nearby waters. There are also concerts and the world-famous lobster crate race, in which kids and adults compete to see who can run the fastest. It takes place in August in Rockland, Maine.

Wellfleet OysterFest (牡蛎节)

About twenty years ago, the small town of Wellfleet started its annual OysterFest to bring some of the summer crowds back to Cape Cod by putting food, fun, and music on the half shell. Home to one of the world’s great oyster beds, Wellfleet puts on a two-day event that attracts more visitors who come to try oysters nowadays. It takes place in October on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Barbecue Festival

The 19,000 residents of Lexington, North Carolina want the world to know that their hometown has been the capital of barbecue since 1919 when a local resident set up the first BBQ tent. Nowadays when the Barbecue Festival takes over the town’s Main Street, it draws nearly a quarter of a million people. At the festival there are also concerts and other entertainments. It takes place in October in Lexington, North Carolina.

【1】At which festival can people of different ages join a competition?

A．Barbecue Festival.

B．Wellfleet OysterFest.

C．Maine Lobster Festival.

D．National Cherry Festival.

【2】How does Wellfleet attract more visitors nowadays?

A．By offering cultural activities.

B．By providing fishing trips.

C．By improving its transportation.

D．By making full use of local products.

【3】What do we know about the Barbecue Festival?

A．It puts on shows in August.

B．It offers free delicious food.

C．It is very popular among people.

D．It was set up by the government.

28、Which is the Right Fitness Pathway for You?

At our gym, we offer several fitness pathways catering to (满足)different needs and goals. Let’s explore each option in more detail:

Gym Welcome

Price: Free

Session duration: Up to 25 minutes

This pathway is ideal for members who are new to a gym environment. During this session, our aim is to familiarize you with all our facilities and services. You will learn about the key health and safety aspects of the gym and understand how to use the fitness equipment effectively. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to speak with a member of our staff who can provide exercise advice to help you get started on your fitness journey.

Personal Program

Price: Free

Session duration: Up to 55 minutes

The Personal Program pathway is suitable for everyone, especially those who are new to the gym. This program is designed to meet your individual needs, ensuring a more effective workout. The length of the program can be tailored(专门定制)according to your requirements. Once the program is complete, you can choose to renew it or explore other program options offered by our gym. Please note that personal programs are limited to one program per member every 12 weeks.

Personal Training

Price: £45 per session

Buy five sessions for the price of four at £180.

Session duration: 60 minutes

Group Personal Training

Price:

-Two-person personal training session: £60

-Three-person personal training session:£75

-Five four-person personal training sessions: £240

-Five five-person personal training sessions: £330

How to book

If you would like to book or have any questions about the sessions on this page, please speak to a member of staff. This can also be done via email at fitness@sport.cam.ac.uk.

【1】Who is the “Gym Welcome” session most suitable for?

A．New gym members.

B．Experienced gym-goers.

C．Athletes and competitors.

D．Students with specific fitness goals.

【2】What do we know about the “Personal Program”?

A．It can be renewed at any time.

B．It provides individualized workouts.

C．It will be a one-time free session for anyone.

D．It is designed to meet the needs of the majority.

【3】If someone wants to engage in “Group Personal Training” with two friends, what would be the total cost for five sessions?

A．£180.

B．£240.

C．£300.

D．£375.

29、Does adversity (逆境) warm hearts or harden them? Recently, my graduate student Daniel and I set out to explore the relationship between adversity and compassion (同情).

We conducted a study online and reached more than 200 people from all walks of life. After asking them about the hardships they faced and how often they experienced compassion, we offered them the chance to donate some of the money they were about to be paid for taking part in the study to help people in need. The result showed that those who had faced serious adversities in life feel more compassion for suffering people. And as a result, they donated more money.

Now, if experiencing any type of hardship can make a person more compassionate, you might assume that the compassion would be reached when someone has experienced the exact misfortune that another person is facing. Interestingly, this turns out to be dead wrong.

In an article recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Kellogg School of Management professor Loran Nordgren and his team found that the human mind refuses to work as usual when it comes to remembering its own past hardships: it regularly makes them appear to be less painful than they actually were. Therefore, recalling a bad experience in your own past may make you underestimate (低估) the difficulty of others’ challenges. You overcame it, you think; so should he. The result? You lack compassion.

Our findings, taken together with those of Professor Nordgren and his team, are that living through hardships doesn’t either warm hearts or harden them; it does both. Knowing suffering in life usually enhances the compassion we feel for others, except when the suffering involves specific painful events that we know all too well.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE about the author’s study?

A．Those attending it had to pay for it.

B．Those attending it were asked questions only.

C．It is meant to encourage people to help those in need.

D．It tries to reveal the relationship between adversity and compassion.

【2】What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．People’s compassion for suffering people.

B．People’s understanding of others’ misfortune.

C．The findings of Loran Nordgren and his team.

D．The assumption that shared misfortune may lead to compassion.

【3】What did Professor Nordgren and his team find?

A．Hardships make people lost in sad memories.

B．Hardships lead to people’s lack of compassion.

C．People tend to remember their hardships easily.

D．People suffering from adversity are easy to break down.

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

A．The way to overcome adversity.

B．The funny thing about adversity.

C．The hidden benefits of adversity.

D．Lessons people learn from adversity.

30、Many people panic (惊慌) when things go wrong, but others know how to take charge. For a ________group of students in Topsham, Maine, brothers Connor and Seamus Collins fall into the second category (类). Sixteen-year-old Connor and 12-year-old Seamus were________the bus to school one morning when suddenly Connor saw their bus driver Arthur McDougall________a medical emergency and hit the floor heavily. The bus was ________ the ditch (沟渠) on the right. Connor who learnt how to drive ________ immediately what he had to do.

“I ________ and pressed on the brake (刹车) and told my little brother to call 911,” he said, recalling the process at the moment. “I need to stop this bus before it goes into the ditch.”

The teenager held the steering wheel (方向盘) while jamming his ________ onto the brake.

Meanwhile, Seamus made sure someone called instead of him and began to ________ the other students to get off the bus ________. All the while, he kept his cool and even paused to ________ a crying student and comfort him.

While Seamus handled the other kids, Connor and another student had just ________ giving Arthur CPR when the police arrived on the ________. Using a defibrillator (除颤器), they ________to get the driver’s heart going again. Then he was sent to the hospital at once.

The brothers are being praised for their ________. Police say they kept the situation under control and prevented anyone else getting hurt. “If not for them, we would have maybe ________ a little later,” said Gomez. “Thank them for stepping up and being heroes.”

【1】

A．lovely

B．proud

C．intelligent

D．lucky

【2】

A．changing

B．riding

C．stopping

D．passing

【3】

A．ignore

B．explain

C．suffer

D．prevent

【4】

A．heading for

B．keeping off

C．separating from

D．getting through

【5】

A．agreed

B．wondered

C．knew

D．remembered

【6】

A．escaped

B．rose

C．observed

D．considered

【7】

A．foot

B．backpack

C．clothes

D．tools

【8】

A．order

B．force

C．warn

D．direct

【9】

A．quickly

B．suddenly

C．slowly

D．naturally

【10】

A．seize

B．seek

C．hug

D．push

【11】

A．missed

B．started

C．avoided

D．suggested

【12】

A．station

B．road

C．ditch

D．scene

【13】

A．happened

B．managed

C．decided

D．expected

【14】

A．action

B．plan

C．purpose

D．experience.

【15】

A．applied

B．adapted

C．responded

D．recovered

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Health Workers Aim to Save Lives of Mothers, Babies with Smartphone Data

A new project in India and Uganda is aimed at helping health workers save the lives of mothers and babies with information from electronic devices.

The $100 million project is 【1】 by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and other groups. Officials plan to 【2】 the project to a total of 10 countries. The goal is to 【3】 the premature deaths of 6 million women and children by 2030.

Raj Shah is president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which leads the project. The group is providing $60 million of the $100 million 【4】 cost. Shah said the plan is to give health workers low-cost tools to help them gather the information they need to help communities and families most at risk.

The project will provide 【5】 such as real-time risk maps to help health workers reach mothers and children. Workers also will be able to study non-health data on climate or social media patterns to predict and prepare for local disease 【6】 or health emergencies.

Shah told Reuters, "A few years ago, these community health workers had no real technology ... today the vast majority of them have smartphones with data and software technologies in their hands --- and with those, we can help them do their work better."

A U.N. report published last week 【7】 that more women and newborn babies survive now than ever before. But the report said that a baby or a 【8】 woman still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world.

Deaths of mothers are nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa than in 【9】 countries. The report also found that babies in Sub-Saharan Africa are 10 times more 【10】 to die in their first month of life.

32、介绍一个中国的传统节日

假设你是李华，我们一年一度的春节即将临近，你的美国朋友John很想了解相关的习俗文化，请你给他写封信介绍我们的春节。内容应包括：

1.春节的时间和含义；

2.春节的活动习俗。

注意：1. 词数100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

参考词汇：春节 the Chinese Spring Festival 农历新年 Chinese New Year