崇左2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、What he liked to do was to take an idea and ______ it by finding every possible consequence.

A. squeeze B. wrestle

C. switch D. shrink

2、Languages across the world are becoming extinct______ endangered mammals and four times endangered birds.

A. at twice the rate of   B. as twice fast as

C. twice faster as   D. twice at the rate of

3、—Julia said she sent you a birthday card yesterday. Have you got it?

—Oh, really! I haven’t ________ my mailbox yet.

A. examined B. reviewed.

C. tested D. checked

4、You’d better make the plants shorter, ______ they will interrupt the views from the house.

A. but B. and C. so D. or

5、These remarkable findings suggest the elephants have ________ a memory capacity to make distinctions between human voices.

A. built up   B. packed up   C. brought up     D. took up

6、The ______ difference between Sam and me was the fact that I took life seriously.

A.official B.potential C.essential D.confidential

7、The free trade port needs to______ the possibility of sharpening the competitive edge of the island worldwide.

A.exploit B.explode C.explore D.export

8、We   the last bus and didn’t have any money for taxi, so we had to walk home.

A.reached B.lost C.missed D.caught

9、You should take ______of this opportunity and try to get the post.

A．care

B．charge

C．place

D．advantage

10、You’d better write down her address before you ________ it.

A. forget   B. are forgetting

C. forgot    D. will forget

11、Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may 　　　 　the shocking ending.

A.give out B.give off

C.give up D.give away

12、Carter was saying all the right things, but his smile was   , and I knew I couldn't trust him.

A.influential B.fantastic C.artificial D.sincere

13、You can’t imagine the suffering the explorers________ during their trip in the horrible desert without ample water and food.

A. stimulated   B. ultimated

C. underwent   D. reinforce

14、—Who is China’s first UFC champion?

—It is Zhang Weili _______ opponent, Jessica Andrade, was knocked out by her within just 42 seconds.

A.who B.whom C.that D.whose

15、The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ________ rapid progress they have made.

A．whatever

B．however

C．how much

D．no matter

16、Her shoes ________ her dress; they look very well together.

A．suit

B．fit

C．compare

D．match

17、Christine is ______ about anything but her dress as she doesn’t really care about what she looks like in the eyes of others.

A.cautious B.optimistic

C.particular D.curious

18、 was most important to her, she told me, was her family.

A．It

B．This

C．What

D．As

19、There is no doubt that climate all over the world ______ greatly in recent years.

A. had changed B. is changing

C. changed D. has been changing

20、—That important document is nowhere to be seen.

—Don't worry! You ___________ it somewhere. Calm down and think it over.

A．might leave

B．might have left

C．should leave

D．should have left

21、Yosemite National Park, California

In 1890 Yosemite became a national park. It had been inhabited (居住) by Miwok people for some 4,000 years. Yet during the Gold Rush from 1849 to 1851, the land saw the coming of thousands of miners. In 1851 the Miwok people began to be removed by force from their homes. By 1910, just one in ten of the original inhabitants remained.

Sequoia National Park, California

This national park was established on 25 September 1890. It was created protect the towering sequoia trees. Today, the oldest tree in the 629-square mile park is the General Sherman Tree -it’s thought to be 2,300 to 2,700 years old. The park’s diverse landscape includes the Sierra Nevada mountains, as well as deep valleys, craggy foothills and impressive caves.

Deadwood, South Dakota

It might look like a western film but Deadwood is the real deal. After the discovery of gold in the nearby southern Black Hills in 1874, some 250,000 miners poured to the region and the city was founded in 1876. Owing its name to the dead trees filling the valley in which it was built, it quickly earned a reputation as a lawless outpost associated with gambling, gold seekers and Wild West legends (传奇).

Whitney Plantation, Louisiana

Whitney Plantation is a reminder of America’s history of slavery (奴隶制). Established in 1752, the site was home to more than 350 slaves, whose names can be seen carved onto the Wall of Honor today. A recording from 1819 reveals that 19 out of the 61 slaves on the plantation at the time were African -born survivors of an Atlantic crossing. Today, visitors can learn more about the lives of enslaved people during this period.

【1】What do Yosemite National Park and Deadwood have in common?

A．They are famous movie sets.

B．They were founded in the 1870s.

C．They used to be flooded by gold miners.

D．They are inhabited by native Americans.

【2】Which is a place to see towering old trees?

A．Yosemite National Park.

B．Sequoia National Park.

C．Deadwood.

D．Whitney Plantation.

【3】What kind of places is the text about?

A．Places of natural beauty.

B．Places to learn about slavery.

C．Places located in deep valleys.

D．Places giving a sense of history.

22、Have you ever wondered why some movie characters drink Coke and others drink Pepsi？【1】Or why a TV show actor calls his friends on a Samsung cellphone？Or even why the characters in your video game drive Chrysler cars？No，it is probably not that they actually like those products. 【2】

Product placement－showing brand-name products in TV shows, movies, and video games－is a popular way for companies to advertise their goods. The idea is simple: a cool and good-looking character drives an Audi car and drinks Coca Cola instead of driving a no-name car and drinking soda. 【3】 Companies like it because it helps them sell more products.

A successful product placement deal can be a big win-win for both content creators and advertisers. In the famous alien movie E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial，for example，the Hershey Company paid Universal Studios one million dollars to have pictures of their Reese’s Pieces candy shown during the movie. A few weeks after the movie was released，the sales of Reese’s Pieces increased by 65%.【4】 The carmaker BMW paid-three million dollars to have James Bond drive around in their new BMW Z3 Roadster during the movie. After the release of the movie，BMW earned 240 million dollars in advanced sales for the Z3 Roadster. Success stories like these keep advertisers knocking on Hollywood doors.

【5】 People claim it tricks people into watching advertisements unknowingly. Some non-profit groups have even spoken out publicly against the practice. The consumer rights group Commercial Alert, for example, asked the US government to put regulations on product placement.

A．Or who is your favorite movie character?

B．Another famous case is the James Bond movie Golden Eye.

C．Movie and TV studios like using brand-name products because it makes a character seem more authentic.

D．Product placement has received a lot of criticism, though.

E．It’s said that product placement is a seven-billion-dollar-a-year industry.

F．Or why your favorite TV actress does her work on an Apple computer?

G．The real answers lie in a multibillion-dollar industry called product placement.

23、A new study finds that experimenting with skipping one meal each day enables your cells to recharge and use all the available fuel, which ensures insulin (胰岛素) function remains at its peak the next morning.

The research found that body weight, measured by body mass index (BMI 体重指数), corresponds with when we eat and how often we eat. Specifically, people who eat larger breakfasts and adopt an 18-hour overnight fast (禁食), say from 1 pm to 7 am, have the lowest body weights. Those who ate more than three meals, or three meals plus snacks, had higher BMIs. Those who ate later in the day, after 6 pm, compared to those having the largest meal at breakfast or lunch, had higher body weights.

The Loma Linda University researchers assume that 18-hour overnight dietary fasts reboot our metabolisms to help our bodies burn calories efficiently. Lead author Dr Hana Kahleova, director of clinical research at the nonprofit Physicians Committee, says this process ensures that our energy intake is related to energy output, instead of energy reserves. Contrary to popular belief, these extended overnight fasts seem to help boost metabolic function. Kahleova also finds

meals consumed in the evening, compared to those eaten in the morning, result in raised blood sugar. Like a clog (障碍) in a machine, extra glucose (葡萄糖) slows our bodies’ metabolic process down.

What does this mean to you? Let’s say you consume 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day. Instead of splitting 500 to 600 calories evenly at each meal, you could experiment with eating 600 to 700 calories for breakfast, 600 to 700 calories for lunch and 300 to 400 calorie for a light dinner. A more moderate application of this research may be to have big brunches or breakfasts instead of holiday dinners and evening birthday parties to support long-term weight maintenance.

【1】What makes for the lowest BMIs according to the research?

A．Eating three meals evenly on a regular basis.

B．Having a larger portion of breakfast plus snacks.

C．Starting an 18-hour overnight fast after a big breakfast.

D．Skipping breakfast and eating more at lunch and dinner.

【2】What will Dr Hana Kahleova probably agree?

A．Overnight fasts boost metabolism to lose weight efficiently.

B．The finding of the study is consistent with the common belief.

C．The process breaks the balance of energy intake and energy output.

D．Breakfast is more likely to increase blood sugar compared to dinner.

【3】What can we learn from the research?

A．We should adopt the fasting approach to the maximum.

B．We can continue holiday dinners and evening birthday parties.

C．It’s worse to eat low-calorie meals and work out in the morning.

D．It’s better to rearrange meals and consume more calories in the morning.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Way Human Energy Systems Operate

B．Can Skipping Dinner Help You Lose Weight?

C．Can Fasts Slow Down Your Bodies’ Metabolic Process?

D．The importance Of Maintaining A Healthy Body Weight

24、There’s just a 1 in 3, 700, 000 chance that a person will be killed by a shark in their lifetime, but the fear is still enough to have swimmers worrying about being perceived as prey (猎物). Now, new research supports the long-standing theory that when great whites do go in for a bite, it’s a case of “mistaken identity”.

A team of biologists from the UK and Australia compared videos of seals swimming with videos of humans swimming. They then edited the videos to simulate (模拟) a great white’s vision — the sharks are likely colorblind, and they can’t make out fine detail-and found that from the point of view of the ocean creatures, humans do indeed bear a strong resemblance to seals.

“Great white sharks are often regarded as ‘mindless killers’ and ‘fond of human flesh’. However, that's not the case — we just look like their food,” Laura Ryan, lead author of the study, said.

Despite their dissatisfying vision and spatial perception, great white sharks are highly visual creatures, and rely on motion and shadows when on the lookout for prey. To really see through the species’s eyes, the research team had to get creative.

“We attached a camera to an underwater scooter (轻便小车), and set it to travel at a typical speed for predatory sharks,” Ryan said in a statement. The researchers then paired the recordings with computer models to simulate how similar people look from a shark's view below the surface.

“I knew there would be some similarities, but not to the extent we have found,” Ryan said. “Specifically, I thought swimmers might not be as similar as surfers to seals as they typically aren’t involved in as many shark bites. However, the swimmers are also difficult to tell apart from seals.”

Ryan put it in a statement, “Understanding why shark bites occur can help us find ways to prevent them, while keeping both humans and sharks safer.”

【1】What do the underlined words “the ocean creatures” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Seals.

B．Sharks.

C．Humans.

D．Swimmers.

【2】Why did the researchers use the scooter with a camera?

A．To measure the speed of predatory sharks.

B．To take clear pictures of underwater seals.

C．To keep track of sharks’ travel underwater.

D．To see human beings through sharks' view.

【3】What does the research find?

A．Swimmers are easy to tell apart from seals.

B．Swimmers are not as similar as surfers to seals.

C．The similarities between humans and seals are few.

D．Swimmers surprisingly resemble seals in sharks’ eyes.

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

A．Why Sharks Attack Humans

B．Are Shark Bites Common?

C．How Sharks Hunt for Food

D．Are Sharks Really Dangerous?

25、It had been an interesting soccer match. Jerry was so absorbed in it that everyone_________his passion for sports. He also developed a_________ attitude towards acquiring such a soccer uniform. Whatever he desires, he asks his parents to purchase it in a split of seconds.

“Mom, I want a soccer uniform, he begged his mother.

“OK,” said his mother, “but you need to have_______.”

The days passed by, but he got no _______ from his parents. His dream seemed to collapse. However, Jerry never gave up his idea. He kept thinking how to achieve it as early as possible. A sparkling idea struck his mind. He could _______ one of his T-shirts, but what if his mother saw and scolded (责备)?Though anxious, he finally made up his mind.

He drew a circle with the help of a bowl and modified the soccer image onto the T-shirt. He also took_______ to avoid the spread of color onto the other side of it. It was a remarkable piece of work.

“Jerry! What are you doing?” his mother suddenly appeared.

“I may not get the uniform, but I can try to paint the image on my T-shirt, I thought.” He was _______to face his mother. But out of his expectation, his mother _________ him for his work ignoring the mistake. She did not mind the T-shirt in the presence of the idea of painting.

“It’s OK,” said Mom.

“If we had fulfilled your every want, your inborn_________would have been hidden. You wouldn’t have thought of other alternative in getting the uniform. That adds to your__________ to achieve your goal,” she said.

“Thank you, Mom.” He ran playfully.

【1】

A．controlled

B．sensed

C．supported

D．expected

【2】

A．thirsty

B．realistic

C．cautious

D．selfish

【3】

A．confidence

B．motivation

C．inspiration

D．patience

【4】

A．decision

B．response

C．judgment

D．recognition

【5】

A．purchase

B．exchange

C．paint

D．sew

【6】

A．interest

B．energy

C．courage

D．care

【7】

A．eager

B．surprised

C．afraid

D．relieved

【8】

A．appreciated

B．blamed

C．rewarded

D．thanked

【9】

A．taste

B．fondness

C．talent

D．fear

【10】

A．willpower

B．honesty

C．responsibility

D．tolerance

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。续写的词数应为150左右。

The doctors sent my mother home to die. As a fifteen-year survivor of breast cancer, she had suffered two heart attacks when advanced cancer was found in her lung. The doctor told me sadly, "She has a few days, maybe a week. Her heart is weak and unstable. "Mom had struggled to raise three daughters while holding a full-time job, yet worked hard to maintain a warm home for her family. My plan for Mom’s final days was simple: she would live with love, and die with grace.

I took mother to my home, small but comfortable, which was a heaven to four cats and a dog. The animals had the run of my house. We equipped the bedroom with an electric hospital bed and an oxygen machine, which frightened the cats. I’d moved their furniture and the cats were annoyed. The dog, on the other hand, an immature dog with bad habits, was excited by all the changes in the house. He jumped up, barking. He is Otto who was not afraid of the hospital bed, the oxygen machine or the medical smells. Nor was he afraid of the weak woman who had scolded him. Otto jumped onto the foot of Mom's hospital bed, and stayed. With the exception of eating and using the litter box, Otto never left Mom's room.

Days passed and Mom started to rally. “Not unusual,” I was told, “a rally is often a sign of imminent death(回光返照)” I was heart-broken. But Otto would not give her up so easily. He used her improved condition to reposition himself from the foot of her bed to her side. Her thin fingers found his soft coat. He leaned into her body, as if holding tight the strings of her will to live. Though weak, she petted the dog and would not allowed me to take him. Days turned into weeks and Mom continued to fight.

Paragraph 1

Once, after the nurses had gone for the day, I heard the sound of Mom’s voice coming from her room. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2

Three years later, Mom together with Otto is still here, medicines and nurses long gone. __ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________