无锡2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、It was from only a few supplies that she had brought in the village ____ the hostess cooked such a nice dinner.

A．where

B．when

C．that

D．which

2、 In his new book, the writer _______ his memories of village life.

A．set about   B．set down

C．set up   D．set out

3、Despite _________ under the ruins after the earthquake and the great trouble he had _________, he was still positive and relived a younger girl beside him.

A．trapped; breathing

B．trapping; to breathe

C．being trapped; breathing

D．trapping; breathed

4、The parents should try as much as possible to ________ their children being affected by the violent films.

A．keep

B．protect

C．prevent

D．forbid

5、—David，do you like the Literature Club?

—Sure.Please inform me   any information about it if you are free.

A. for   B. with

C. of   D. on

6、Some journalists are especially fond of _______ the personal privacy of celebrities.

A. looking for   B. digging out

C. digging at   D. looking up

7、In time of war，different parties tend to________their political differences to fight against foreign invaders shoulder to shoulder.

A. pick up   B. relate to

C. set aside   D. give away

8、My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever;   , he could neither eat nor sleep.

A. anyway   B. after all

C. as a result   D. otherwise

9、 Because of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang had to _______ their wedding.

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

10、—Every day in Junior 3 is just a tiny step.

—You' re quite right. ________ by doing well in each step, can we achieve the final goal.

A. Always B. Only C. Simply

11、The group ______ the eight richest countries in the world signed a contract last week.

A.consists of B.is consisted of C.consisting of D.consisted of

12、Let’s not pick these peaches until this weekend ________they get sweet enough to be eaten.

A．ever since

B．as if

C．even though

D．so that

13、A diet________plant lite can help with the prevention of heart disease and even cancer.

A.basing on B.to be based on C.based on D.to base on

14、With our environment ________for the worse, people are becoming increasingly worried about their physical health.

A．to change

B．changing

C．changed

D．is changing

15、Kitty ate nothing this morning,________?

A．didn't she

B．did she

C．wasn't she

D．was she

16、—How are you today? Do you still have a fever?

—No, I feel _____.

A．worse

B．better

C．the worst

D．the best

17、I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn’t spare any time, for I ______ a composition which I have to hand in this morning.

A.wrote B.was writing C.had written D.have written

18、The part he ________ in the movement was important.

A．played B．acted C．behaved   D．made

19、With us long ________ that talking plants are fantasy (幻想), new research has proved something amazing: it seems that plants can communicate.

A．believed

B．to believe

C．have believed

D．believing

20、— Mum, I find English challenging!

— Hold on, honey! You will be in a state of enjoyment if you make ______ efforts.

A. frequent   B. temporary

C. occasional   D. constant

21、— Take it as a lesson! Remember “ ________ ”.

— I won’t speak that much to unfamiliar people any more.

A．Tick all the right boxes

B．Loose lips sink ships

C．Let off steam

D．Pull your weight

22、—Our school bus will leave at 8 o`clock tomorrow. Don`t be late.

—OK. I will be there ten minutes______.

A. sooner   B. slower

C. faster   D. earlier

23、I am really lucky. Not many people can ________ such a narrow escape from death.

A．arrive

B．survive

C．attend

D．suffer

24、Maria has written two novels, both of ________ have been made into television series.

A．them

B．that

C．which

D．whose

25、As an adult, Wilson returned to his home to _______ his fondly remembered childhood.

A．reminisce about

B．enroll in

C．center around

D．take on

26、He’s as big as a small golden dog and covered with scales (鳞片). He is the pangolin (穿山甲), an endangered animal.

According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic, about one million pangolins were killed from 2000 through 2013, mainly for their scales, which are used in medicine. Pangolins are sensitive creatures and picky eaters that only eat certain species of ants, a diet that’s very difficult to copy in the food chain.

“In the last decade, there’s been a huge growth trade in pangolins between continents, especially their scales,” says Dan Challender, chair of the pangolin specialist group. Previously, most pangolin killing happened within Asia, he says. This shift means that Asian pangolins are becoming difficult to find but that the value of the scales makes it worth the extra cost to take pangolins from Africa to Asia secretly.

All eight species of pangolins, four in Africa and four in Asia, are in danger of extinction due to the illegal trade. International trade in the four species of Asian pangolins has been banned since 2000. In the past few years, a ban on international commercial trade in all eight species has gone into effect. It was voted by 183 governments that are parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which is in charge of cross-border trade in wild animals and their parts.

Pangolins are eaten as bushmeat in western and central Africa and by some local groups in South and Southeast Asia. Their parts also are used in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa as traditional medicine. Typically dried, ground into powder, and put into pills, pangolin scales are used in a range of traditional medicines to help mothers who have given birth to babies to recover. But they are now endangered. Perhaps no pangolins can be seen when our next generation grow up.

【1】What do you know about pangolins from Paragraph 2?

A．Their meat is very delicious.

B．Their scales are of great value.

C．They are smaller than young dogs.

D．They are on the top of the food chain.

【2】Why are pangolins brought from Africa to Asia?

A．Pangolins are cheaper in Africa.

B．No laws protect pangolins in Africa.

C．People in Asia can really save pangolins.

D．Pangolins have sharply decreased in numbers in Asia.

【3】What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Pangolins have many different species.

B．The bans on pangolin trade are ineffective.

C．People used to take advantage of pangolins in different ways.

D．Governments have tried to contribute to the protection of pangolins.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards pangolins’ future?

A．Positive.

B．Uncaring.

C．Concerned.

D．Confident.

27、 Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh child out of nine children in his family. Michael was often physically abused (虐待) by his father, beaten up and also verbally （口头地） abused. But Michael also owed his success to his father’s being strict.

Michael was always an entertainer（艺人）. Even when he just joined school, he would perform in front of friends and classmates. Michael started his professional music career at the age of 11, as a member of the Jackson Five.

He’s well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Before this, music videos were made just to promote the albums （专辑）. But Michael’s videos managed to change that in videos being made as an art, and for big business. Some of the music videos that are good examples of this fact are Beat It, Billie Jean, and Thriller. Through these works of his, the world got caught onto the idea of music videos and dedicated music video channels.

Michael enthralled his fans and audiences with his style of singing, dressing, and his complex dance moves, especially the “Moonwalk”. The moonwalk is something that people from every part of the globe loved and try to copy People have also done mass moonwalks all around to show their love towards him.

Michael Jackson supported 39 charities （慈善机构）. Through his work and various foundations, he raised and gave millions toward charity, much more than any other showman. He had great love for children, especially the poor ones, and he felt children were the next best thing after God.

Michael planed to start a 50-concert tour in July 2009. Sadly, on 25th June, 2009, Michael passed away at home. Michael Jackson was a great performer, showman, and entertainer, besides the good human and charitable person that he was. It’s very unlikely that there will ever be another entertainer like Michael Jackson ever again.

【1】Which of the following topics is Not described about Michael Jackson in the passage?

A. Childhood B. Personal life

C. Music career  D. Charity

【2】According to the passage, Michael Jackson ________.

A. lived a happy life as a child

B. fell in love with music at 11

C. loved performing at school

C. was grateful to his father since his childhood

【3】The underlined word “enthralled” in Paragraph 4 most probably means _________.

A. encouraged B. developed

C. attracted D. puzzled

【4】The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. call on readers to learn from Michael Jackson

B. show love and respect for Michael Jackson

C. prove Michael Jackson is a great person

D. offer readers some facts about Michael Jackson

28、This summer we witnessed interview teams at the North Pole wearing short sleeve shirts due to the warm weather. A study published on Aug 29 revealed more concerning issues in the supposedly coldest area of the world. Zombie ice from a massive Greenland ice sheet was confirmed to be molting, which would eventually raise global sea levels by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, reported Associated Press (AP).

Zombie ice is the kind of ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by larger glaciers. Since glaciers are getting less snow to complement the amount of ice melted, once the zombie ice is melted, it cannot be re-formed.

Scientists decided to look at the balance of the ice. In perfect equilibrium(平衡), snow in the mountains of Greenland flows down and thickens the sides of glaciers, balancing out what’s molting on the edges, according to AP. But in the last few decades, there is less refill and more melting, creating an imbalance.

Study co-author William Colgan at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland told AP that 3.3 percent of Greenland’s total ice volume will melt eventually. “Starving would be a good phrase for what’s happening to the ice,” Colgan added.

With a great number of natural resources buried under the earth, areas of melted ice revealed treasures that attracted the world’s richest men. According to CNN, in early August, there was a “treasure hunt” in Greenland. Billionaires, including Bill Gates and others, financially backed KoBold Metals, a US-based mineral exploration company, to explore the rare metals under the glaciers in Greenland. The company told CNN that since there were enough minerals to power hundreds of millions of electric vehicles the critical resource is capable of powering the green energy transition.

While investors are taking advantage of global warming, experts express their concerns that the mineral exploration is likely to worsen the local environment, draining up the world’s resources at a faster rate.

【1】What do we know about zombie ice?

A．It will melt away from the ice sheet.

B．It’s independent from large glaciers.

C．It has increased sea levels by up to 10 inches.

D．It’s complemented by nearby natural resources.

【2】What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．What larger glaciers exactly are.

B．Why melted zombie ice can’t be re-formed

C．What the melting of zombie ice can lead to.

D．How zombie ice functions in the ecosystem.

【3】What’s the experts’ attitude toward the “treasure hunt” in Greenland?

A．Supportive.

B．Tolerant.

C．Worried.

D．Indifferent.

【4】The underlined part “draining up” in Paragraph 6 can be understood as ________.

A．cutting up

B．pulling up

C．using up

D．drying up

【5】What’s the main purpose of the article?

A．To comment on the “treasure hunt”.

B．To report on the melting zombie ice.

C．To show the green energy transition.

D．To introduce the mineral exploration.

29、When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary: event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody notices them. However, when the Lascaux Cave was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux Cave.

Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux Cave have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside.

Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

【1】Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

A．Wild animals in art

B．Hidden prehistoric paintings

C．Exploring caves respectfully

D．Determining the age of French caves

【2】What does the underlined word "depict" in the first paragraph mean?

A．Show.

B．Hunt.

C．Count.

D．Draw.

【3】Why was painting inside the Lascaux Cave a difficult task?

A．It was completely dark inside.

B．The caves were full of wild animals.

C．Painting materials were hard to find.

D．Many painting spaces were difficult to reach.

30、During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be _______ him. I hated the place. I had never _______ been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was _______ — almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). _______ a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were _______ with sand, sand, sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was _______ and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I _______ be in prison! My father answered my _______ with just two lines — two lines that will always sing in my _______— two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines ________. I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ________; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their ________ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ________ to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and ________ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean ________.

What brought about this ________ change in me? The desert hadn’t changed, ________ I had. I had changed my ________. And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ________ of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and ________ the stars.

【1】

A．off

B．behind

C．near

D．beyond

【2】

A．before

B．already

C．then

D．still

【3】

A．inflexible

B．incomprehensible

C．uncontrollable

D．unbearable

【4】

A．Only

B．No

C．Many

D．Such

【5】

A．covered

B．filled

C．buried

D．charged

【6】

A．catching up

B．keeping up

C．giving up

D．getting up

【7】

A．ought to

B．might well

C．would rather

D．had better

【8】

A．request

B．call

C．question

D．letter

【9】

A．comparison

B．imagination

C．consideration

D．memory

【10】

A．over and over

B．by and by

C．up and down

D．now and then

【11】

A．company

B．occupation

C．situation

D．relationship

【12】

A．movement

B．reaction

C．guidance

D．purpose

【13】

A．refused

B．failed

C．managed

D．happened

【14】

A．asked

B．hunted

C．waited

D．headed

【15】

A．floor

B．surface

C．rock

D．level

【16】

A．shocking

B．challenging

C．puzzling

D．astonishing

【17】

A．as

B．but

C．for

D．or

【18】

A．attitude

B．principle

C．identity

D．standard

【19】

A．vacation

B．operation

C．affair

D．adventure

【20】

A．sought

B．counted

C．found

D．reached

31、根据课文内容，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Peru is a country 【1】 the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean. Three parts make up the country: narrow, dry, flat land 【2】 (run) along the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest.

Spanish is the main language of Peru. It is because Peru 【3】 (rule) by Spain from the 16th century to 1821. But before that, Peru was the centre of the ancient Inca Empire, and its emperor lived in what is now known as the site Machu Picchu.

Peru is an 【4】 (amaze) destination with something for tourists. Here 【5】 (be) two magical tours: Amazon Rainforest Tour and Machu Picchu Tour.

In Amazon Rainforest Tour, you can first take 【6】 short flight into the Amazon rainforest and then will travel for a day to your 【7】 (accommodate) by boat. In the following three days, you can explore the unique rainforest with a local guide. In the other tour, you can take a four-day hike through the Andes to the city of Machu Picchu. After 【8】 (explore) the ancient city, you will find it very amazing,【9】 (especial) the Incas’ dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones 【10】 exactly that nothing was needed to hold walls together.

32、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。

Several years ago, I was living in New York and working for an airline (航空公司), so I never got back home for Christmas. My Christmas was happy too with some other workmates around. But in my heart, I was sad because I couldn’t stay with my family. Sometimes my workmates would say our Christmas was filled with tears. But this Christmas was different. I was lucky. I had the whole day off, which meant I could stay with my family on Christmas Eve.

When Christmas morning came, I woke up with a small hand touching my face. “Dad, Merry Christmas!” was all my younger son had time to say. He seemed to be racing against time. I knew he was hunting for gifts with his brother eagerly. I got downstairs just to see the two little boys’ faces as they looked at the pocket rockets Santa Claus had left to them. I realized that the real Christmas was for the children who had deep belief in the amazing power of Santa Claus. At first, their fingers went almost shyly over their toys. When their inspection (检查) had been completed, the two boys ensured that the gifts were really delivered by Santa Claus and they dragged everything into the center of the living room.

Joy filled the room. As their mother began giving out gifts, I smiled to myself, wondering how my unexpected gifts this year would be received. With so many Christmas spent outside, I had prepared so many gifts for my children. Together with my wife, I hid them in several secret places.But the children were excellent detectives (侦探) and they found all of them. They were happily opening packages thanking Santa Claus for his kindness and ability to know their desires. But I had not received a single gift. I knew they had forgotten my existence with my absence from their Christmas these years.

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。

Slowly, my disappointment was growing.

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Suddenly, my wife walked up to me.

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