玉林2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、You will find as you read this book that you just can’t keep some of these stories to ________. You will want to share them with a friend.

A. itself B. yourself C. himself D. themselves

2、Readers are required to _________ the rules of the library and mind their manners.

A. observe   B. confirm

C. review D. appreciate

3、Some new degree courses will be carried out   the current ones，so that students can gain success more easily.

A.in respect to B.in terms of

C.in contrary to D.in parallel to

4、Although _____ by the opposite team, the players were not discouraged but practiced harder.

A. beating   B. beaten

C. having beaten D. being beaten

5、--Has James finished his report on his Enquiry Learning yet?

--I’m not sure. She _________ on it last week.

A. was working  B. has worked  C. worked D. had worked

6、Efforts will be made to______ new teaching models to exploit the students’ potential.

A. accelerate   B. innovate

C. differentiate   D. compile

7、-----It’s a pity that Nelson Mandela passed away.

------ But he will __________ in the memories of people worldwide.

A. live on   B. stay on   C. go on   D. put on

8、Manchester United has decided that Wayne Rooney will not be sold to any other club no matter how much money is offered or ______ the potential risks of keeping an unhappy player.

A.however B.whether C.what D.whatever

9、It never occurred to me_____ she could complete the task in such a short time.

A. which B. that C. what D. if

10、_______for the wrong turning on the highway, I would be having dinner with my friends now.

A.Had it not been B.Were it not C.It had not been D.It were not

11、The British romantic poet William Wordsworth grew up in the Lake District,which was a great ________ of inspiration for his poems.

A．discovery

B．form

C．source

D．symbol

12、Betty is so lucky to be ______ such a beautiful singing voice.

A．bored with

B．blessed with

C．devoted to

D．related to

13、You can choose not to forgive. ________ you can also choose to let it go.

A. Absolutely B. Consequently

C. Subsequently D. Alternatively

14、--- What did she want to know, Tom?

--- She wondered ______ we could complete the experiment.

A. when was it B. it was when that

C. it was when D. when it was that

15、—Have you checked all the relief________ to the people in the disaster area?

—Yes, several times. But I'll check it once more.

A．sent

B．sending

C．to send

D．to be sent

16、In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _____ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.

A.less than B.better than C.other than D.rather than

17、China’s maternal and infant goods e­commerce platforms ________ heavily and speeding up their steps to expand offline channels.

A.invest B.are investing C.are invested D.have invested

18、These theories have been put into practice， according to   offenders should be punished out of respect for the victims they have harmed.

A.which B.whose C.who D.what

19、You must learn to read people, ______ will be necessary if you work in a team.

A. who  B. that  C. which  D. what

20、Mr.White works with a chemical import-export company,but he________for this industrial exhibition, since he is on leave.

A.has worked B.works C.has been working D.is working

21、Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

The Centre’s ethos（价值观）is summed up nicely by the old Scottish proverb, “The story is told eye to eye，mind to mind and heart to heart.” The main draw is its programme of spoken- word performances, most of which take place in its 100- seat basement theatre. The storytelling does not just happen on stage, though. The ground floor has a large airy room used for exhibitions, workshops as well as a monthly story session for tots (Tiny Tales for one-to-three-year-olds).

Exit through the gift shop?

No gift shop! Better than that, the centre has an independent bookshop,which specialises in myths and folk stories. Many are classics passed down from generation to generation , although contemporary material also abounds(大量存在). Kids’ books are plentiful. Contemporary highlights include Lari Don’s Serpents and Werewovles and Janis Mackay’s The Selkie Girl. Also worth a look is Animals, Beasties and Monsters of Scotland by Lea Taylor, which forms part of The History Press’s superb compilation(编纂) of regional Scottish folk stories. There are also Scots’ versions of Harry Potter, as well as Roald Dahl’s The Twins.

Getting there?

The centre is in the middle of Edinburgh’s Old Town，at the eastern end of the Royal Mile. It is a five- minute walk from Waverley railway station. Driving in the city centre is to be avoided; the nearest bus stops are on the High Street and North Bridge. For more information, visit Lothian Buses.

Value for money?

Reasonable. Entry to the ground-floor space is free, although all the theatre performances are ticketed. Prices for shows vary, with the average around￡8 for adults and￡6 for children. Cafe Voices, the centre's monthly storytelling night ,is￡5.

Opening hours

10 am-6 pm from Mondays to Saturdays; Sunday (July and August only). Last entry: 5:30 pm.

【1】What can visitors do in the shop at the exit?

A．Enjoy classics.

B．Exchange folk stories.

C．Meet contemporary writers.

D．Talk about Harry Potter in Scots.

【2】What can be learned about transportation to the centre?

A．Public transportation is advised.

B．Self-driving is encouraged in the city centre.

C．Round-trip transportation is provided by the centre.

D．The nearest bus stop is next to Waverley railway station.

【3】If you want to visit the centre, when should you arrive?

A．Before 10 am.

B．Before 8 am.

C．Before 5:30 pm.

D．Before 6 pm.

22、One of the important, but seldom-discussed, problems in healthcare reform is how to take care of our aging population as people continue to live longer. According to a new study from the MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society, by 2050 Americans may live 3.1 to 7. 9 years longer than the government expects. That would mean women would live 89 to 93 years and men 83 to nearly 86 years. The researchers base their conclusion on "rapid advances in biomedical（生物医药）technology that delay the start and progression of major deadly diseases or that slow the aging process・”

While this is good news, especially for the young, the life expectancy, which is in excess of（超过）the government's estimates, would raise costs sharply for Medicare and Social Security. If the study's predictions are accurate, the total cost for those two programs through 2050 could be between $ 3. 2 trillion and $ & 3 trillion higher than the US Census Bureau（人口普查局）and the Social Security Administration currently expect.

And that's only the beginning. With anticipated scientific breakthroughs in coming decades, people could eventually live to 150 years of age, says Dr. Steven Joyal, an official of the Life Extension Foundation (LEF) a nonprofit organization that promotes research on how we can live longer and healthier. The MacArthur paper, in fact, says that some experts believe the average life expectancy could hit 100 by 2060.

What's more, Joyal says, the conquest（战胜）of disease and the slowing of the aging process will lead to a sharp decline in disability, allowing people of advanced age to function as well as they did when they were much younger. "In other words, a 90-year-old person could have the same mental and physical capacity as somebody 40 or 50 years old."

【1】What does the new study show?

A．Americans will live much longer by 2050 than they do now.

B．Great progress has been made in the US in public security.

C．Few people pay attention to the health care reform in the US.

D．Fewer Americans suffer from deadly disease now than before.

【2】What probably helps American” live much longer?

A．Social security.

B．Biomedical technology.

C．Healthcare reform.

D．New research in health cam.

【3】What problem may a longer life expectancy in the US lead to?

A．The aging process will speed up.

B．It adds to the chance of being disabled.

C．The old will have some mental problems.

D．It will increase public costs for the government.

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

A．Life for Senior Citizens in the US

B．The Longer Life Expectancy in the Future

C．The Disadvantage of Longer Life Expectancy

D．What Can Be Done to Support So Many Aged People

23、   It’s common knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting seems to look back at viewers, following them with her eyes no matter where they are in the room. But this common knowledge turns out wrong.

A new study finds that the woman in the painting is actually looking out at an angle of 15.4° off to the viewer’s right — well outside the range that people normally believe when they think someone is looking right at them. In other words, said the study author, Horstmann, “She’s not looking at you.”

This is ironic (讽刺), because the entire phenomenon of a person’s gaze (凝视) in a photograph or painting seeming to follow the viewer is called the “Mona Lisa effect”, which is absolutely real. If a person is illustrated or photographed looking straight ahead, even people viewing the portrait from an angle will feel they are being looked at. As long as the angle of the person’s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.

Horstmann and his co-author were studying this effect for its application in the creation of artificial-intelligence avatars (虚拟头像) when Horstmann took a long look at the “Mona Lisa” and realized she wasn’t looking at him.

To make sure it wasn’t just him, the researchers gathered 24 people to view images of the “Mona Lisa” on a computer screen. They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants to note which number on the ruler intersected (相交) Mona Lisa’s gaze. To calculate the angle of Mona Lisa’s gaze as she looked at the viewer, they moved the ruler farther from or closer to the screen during the study. Consistently, the researchers found, participants judged that the woman in the “Mona Lisa” portrait was not looking straight at them, but slightly off to their right.

So why do people repeat the belief that her eyes seem to follow the viewer? Horstmann isn’t sure. It’s possible, he said, that people have the desire to be looked at, so they think the woman is looking straight at them. Or maybe the people who first coined the term “Mona Lisa effect” just thought it was a cool name.

【1】It is generally believed that the woman in the painting “Mona Lisa” ________.

A．attracts the viewers to look back

B．seems mysterious because of her eyes

C．fixes her eyes on the back of the viewers

D．looks at observers wherever they stand

【2】What did the new study find?

A．The Mona Lisa effect does not really exist.

B．The mystery of the woman’s smile in the painting.

C．The angle of the gaze in Mona Lisa effect.

D．Mona Lisa effect does not occur with Mona Lisa.

【3】The experiment involving 24 people was conducted to ________.

A．confirm Horstmann’s belief

B．create artificial-intelligence avatars

C．calculate the angle of Mona Lisa’s gaze

D．show how the Mona Lisa effect can be applied

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Horstmann thinks it cool to coin the term “Mona Lisa effect”.

B．The Mona Lisa effect contributes to the creation of artificial intelligence.

C．Feeling being gazed at by Mona Lisa may be caused by the desire for attention.

D．The position of the ruler in the experiment will influence the viewers’ judgement.

24、   In November 2019, Luke Summerscales and Jessica Jacobs were in a remote mountain range of New South Wales, fighting some of the worst bush-fires on record in Australia, when another disaster struck: a fellow firefighter collapsed from a heart attack. The nearest ambulance was more than an hour away and the terrain（地形）was too steep for a rescue helicopter to land, so the pair started doing CPR on 53-year-old John Kennedy until he was able to breathe on his own.

In November 2020, the Country Fire Authority recognized their actions by giving them both Chief Officer Commendation awards. But they're volunteers. Summerscales builds houses for a living; Jacobs works as a university lab technician. Starting in late 2019, as record fires spread fast across their nation during its summer season, they joined tens of thousands of Australians who set aside their usual lives to help stop the spread of the fires.

As climate change heightens both the frequency and intensity（强度）of bushfires, firefighters are being tested to new extremes. Australia unusually relies on volunteer labor in the state of New South Wales, which suffered some of the country's most severe fires during the 2019-2020 bushfire season, close to 90% of the men and women fighting fires were volunteers. It's been this way for more than a century in Australia, with ordinary citizens working together to protect the land.

2019 was Australia's hottest and driest on record, and the resulting fires all but exhausted the men and women constantly called to battle them. Peter Holding, 66, who has been a volunteer firefighter for 43 years, says he's never seen anything as severe as last summer's bushfire season. Still, as Australia's fire season intensifies in late 2020, its volunteer firefighters are preparing to do battle again.

【1】What can we know from Paragraph 1?

A．Australia keeps a world record of the worst bush fire.

B．Kennedy has been a volunteer firefighter for a long time.

C．Australia can't provide search and rescue for remote areas.

D．Summerscales and Jacobs know how to perform first aid.

【2】What can we infer about Summerscales and Jacobs?

A．They used to work in a hospital.

B．They once suffered from heart attack.

C．They are not professional firefighters.

D．They don't deserve to get the award.

【3】What does the underlined phrase “this way” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Volunteers are the main force in fighting fires in New South Wales.

B．Ordinary citizens are unwilling to be professional firefighters.

C．New South Wales always suffers the most severe bush-fire.

D．Firefighters in New South Wales bear great pressure in summer.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A．Australia's forest fires.

B．Fire management in Australia.

C．Australia's volunteer firefighters.

D．The climate change in Australia.

25、   One day, Howard Kelly, a poor boy was so hungry that he decided to beg for a meal.______, when a lovely young woman opened the door, he asked for a drink of water instead. But she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it, and then asked, “How much do I______ you?”“Nothing,” she replied. “Mother taught me never to ______ pay for a kindness.”

Years later the young woman became ______ ill and was sent to the big city for treatment. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the ______. When he heard the name of the town she came from, he ______went down through the hospital hall into her room. He ______ her at once. After going back to the consultation room he______ to do his best.

After a long struggle, the battle was______. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the bill to him for approval. He wrote something on it. The bill was then sent to her room. She was ______ to open it because she was ______ that it would take the rest of her life to pay it ______. Finally she looked, and the note on the bill ______ her attention, which ______"Paid in ______ with a glass of milk." Tears of joy rolled down her cheek.

【1】A.However B.Therefore C.Thus D.Otherwise

【2】A.pay B.borrow C.lend D.owe

【3】A.regard B.learn C.accept D.think

【4】A.critically B.slightly C.generally D.mildly

【5】A.injury B.consultation C.suggestions D.wound

【6】A.patiently B.slowly C.immediately D.lively

【7】A.saw B.recognized C.glared D.glanced

【8】A.refused B.learned C.hesitated D.determined

【9】A.won B.defeated C.settled D.gained

【10】A.happy B.afraid C.anxious D.eager

【11】A.optimistic B.negative C.uncertain D.positive

【12】A.off B.out C.up D.in

【13】A.started B.caught C.stimulated D.distracted

【14】A.told B.stated C.wrote D.read

【15】A.full B.half C.all D.fall

26、假定你是李华，英国高中生Peter在中国研学时曾暂住你家。他回国后给你寄来礼物感谢你的招待，并在信中委婉表示对你家三世同堂感到惊讶。请你写一封回信，内容包括：

（1）感谢对方赠送的礼物；

（2）简要介绍中国人三世同堂的现象。

注意：1.词数120左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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