马鞍山2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、As a(n) ________ and effective method, expressway noise barrier is a primary measure used to reduce traffic noise.

A. correctional B. flexible C. economical D. investigative

2、—Robert speaking. Could you get me through to Mr. Smith in Room 501?

—I’m sorry, he isn’t here. He ________ this morning.

A．checked in

B．dropped in

C．checked out

D．dropped out

3、In the office I never seem to have time until after 5:30 p.m.， many people have gone home.

A.whose time B.that

C.on which D.by which time

4、The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.

A. until B. because

C. though D. unless

5、No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone _______ you wishing they were that high.

A.getting rid of B.getting along with

C.looking up to D.looking down upon

6、The travel agency will make all the arrangements for you. ______ you can organize your transport on your own.

A.Furthermore B.Similarly

C.Instead D.Alternatively

7、Scientists are trying to find out what advantage should be _______ the natural resources in this area.

A．taken off

B．taken on

C．taken of

D．taken up

8、Mike is one of those people who just can’t save money. Every time he gets paid, _____.

A. he has ants in his pants   B. he tightens his belt

C. he wears his heart on his sleeve   D. the money burns a hole in his pocket

9、Swimming is good for teenagers, ________ some experts say will help them to stimulate their potential and promote their brain development.

A．which

B．why

C．Whom

D．what

10、The exhibition, sponsored by the local government, will illustrate ________ life evolved from water.

A. whose   B. what   C. how   D. where

11、There are a great number of attractions in Tianjin, ______ I like the Ancient Cultural Street best.

A．which

B．where

C．among them

D．among which

12、—Next week I will go to a job interview. will you give me some suggestions?

—Smiling is a great way to make yourself ________.

A．stand out

B．turn out

C．work out

D．pick out

13、The mother goes mad every time she washes the T-shirt__________ her son wipes his dirty hands.

A．that

B．where

C．which

D．when

14、________by many negative reports, some people wrongly regard teenagers as lacking a sense of responsibility and concern for others.

A．Influenced

B．To be influenced

C．Having influenced

D．Being influenced

15、Trump said he believes North Korea will ________ its promise to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit with Kim Jong Un.

A. take to   B. make up

C. stand by   D. hold out

16、________ well in the coming Art Festival, the children have been practicing dancing every afternoon in the past two weeks.

A．Performing

B．Having performed

C．To perform

D．Performed

17、--Mary, how did your Math test go?

--I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10 in my class.

A. should have failed   B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed D. shouldn’t have failed

18、It came as a great ________ to the parents that their son finally came back safe and sound.

A. relief B. sense

C. relaxion D. favor

19、— How can I wake up so early?

—Set the alarm at 5:00 am.,   you will make it.

A. and   B. but

C. or   D. so

20、— Let’s go swimming this afternoon, shall we?

— Good idea. Nothing is more ________ than swimming in such a hot day.

A.friendly B.enjoyable C.hopeful D.difficult

21、Conventional wisdom is a major barrier to innovation(创新) that threatens the survival of companies everywhere. It’s based on the assumption that old ideas will always work, so they shouldn’t be challenged. While this may be a valid assumption in situations that don’t change, it’s unlikely to hold true in a changing situation. In today’s rapid changing global environment, old methods often don't work, and stubbornly using them can lead to major problems.

Most people seem to agree with conventional wisdom because it gives one a false sense of security. If everyone else believes it, then it must be true. Individuals who use conventional wisdom are certain that they are right, and being right is good. They want to continue using old ideas rather than take risks with changes that might not work. In 1977, Ken Olsen, co-founder and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), stated “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.” Despite being a dominant leader in the computer industry, DEC no longer exists.

People seem to forget that since innovation is a change, there can be no innovation without change. Unfortunately, conventional wisdom prevents leaders, followers and companies from changing and therefore innovating. If companies don’t innovate, but their competitors do, the future is likely to be problematic. Breaking from conventional wisdom has led to many of the most innovative companies and products in history across many industries, so it has a powerful effect on business success.

Ted Turner (founder of CNN) knew little, if anything, about the news business, but he knew it was inconvenient to watch news only at the dinner hour, as was common before CNN. Turner’s solution was to create a cable channel dedicated to news 24 hours a day. The news establishment reflected conventional wisdom at the time, and predicted his idea would fail because no one wanted to watch the news all day. However, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that viewers don’t have to watch the news all day for the CNN to work. Viewers just have to watch when they want to get information. Due to conventional thinking, the critics failed to recognize the opportunity that was clear to Ted. They assumed that only what was familiar to them could work in the future.

Conventional wisdom prevents creativity, flexibility and risk-taking, so unconventional leaders enthusiastically break from it. To survive, thrive and maintain competitive advantage, companies must be flexible when reacting to change.

【1】DEC has disappeared probably because ___________.

A. the CEO stuck to the conventional ideas

B. the leaders lacked the sense of security

C. the consumers didn’t like its products

D. the employees took many risks with changes

【2】 The founding of CNN is used as an example to prove _________.

A. missing opportunities could lead to failure

B. conventional wisdom influences business success

C. watching news at the dinner hour is convenient

D. changing could contribute to business success

【3】 What does the underlined part probably mean?

A. Rocket scientists can ensure the CNN works properly.

B. It’s easy to know people needn’t watch the news all the time

C. It’s necessary to understand when people watch the news.

D. Most of the viewers don’t like to watch the news at work.

【4】The passage is mainly written to tell us that ______.

A. conventional wisdom limits innovation

B. opportunities lead to business success

C. old methods are changing with time

D. successful companies need wise leaders

22、Ajay Gupta suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症) when he was six months old. However, seeing his father and grandfather run businesses aroused a deep sense of curiosity within Ajay to explore entrepreneurship.

While sending his daughter to playschool, he realized there was a gap in the quality of education provided. That’s when the idea of starting a playschool chain struck him. He launched Bachpan Play School in 2004 using his personal savings. Starting with one branch in Delhi, today the school has scaled up to 1,100 branches across India.

According to Ajay, what is unique about Bachpan’s story is the impact it has been able to create across Tier Il and Tier III cities in India. “Education institutes seem crowded in big cities, but when you move away from them, the case is different,” says Ajay. Furthermore, in the smaller cities, many schools were established around 40 years ago, and they lacked quality.

Ajay did not set out to penetrate (渗透) Tier II and Tier III cities exactly. His mission was to make preschool education more accessible and standardized. “I did not want Bachpan Play School to be a place where you send your kid for two months,” he says. “We made clear guidelines for teachers and syllabuses (教学大纲) for the kids monthly and annually.” Ajay adds that the particular curriculum, design, books, and well-thought-out strategy along with professional training are what shapes the core of Bachpan Play School chain.

As offline classes shifted to online ones during the pandemic, Ajay’s company launched Bachpan Live platform in April 2020. It also launched Bachpan Live app to offer live classes, online books, and more.

Since its launch, the platform has witnessed about 65,000 downloads. Ajay says, “The team has to consistently work towards improving the platform as parents of today have become very demanding. You cannot sell them anything. They want to see quality programs.”

【1】What did Ajay realize when he sent his daughter to playschool?

A．There was a gap between his daughter and him.

B．His daughter was not satisfied with her playschool.

C．He could make a big profit by running a playschool.

D．Some children couldn’t have access to quality education.

【2】What is special about Bachpan Play School?

A．It is not very competitive in big cities.

B．It is specially designed for disabled children.

C．It is financially supported by the government.

D．It has improved education quality in small cities.

【3】What did Ajay do to promote preschool education?

A．He employed experienced teachers.

B．He designed a two-month course for kids.

C．He made preschool education more formal.

D．He stressed the role of preschool education in society.

【4】What does Ajay expect Bachpan Live platform to do?

A．Meet parents’ expectations.

B．Invite kids to attend online classes.

C．Replace offline classes in the future.

D．Share more books and classes online.

23、   It’s never easy to admit the mistakes you make, but doing so is an important step toward moving forward.

National Geographic magazine recently published an article with the title “For decades, our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it.” It was written by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg, the first woman and first Jewish person to hold the position. National Geographic has acknowledged that its coverage of the black and racial minorities in America and the wider world has been historically racist, frequently promoting caricatures of the “noble savage” and barely featuring the US’s minority population.

According to Goldberg, the 130-year-old publication’s April issue “explores how race defines, separates, and unites us”. In honor of 50 years since the killing of Martin Luther King, who is known for fighting racial inequality in the US, the issue is devoted to race.

The publication republished a number of examples of historical racism in its coverage. One 1916 article about Australia included a photo of two Indigenous Australians with the wording: “South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings.”

To review its previous coverage of race, Goldberg asked University of Virginia historian John Edwin Mason to look back at the magazine’s text, choice of subjects, and photography of people of color from the US and abroad. “Until the 1970s, National Geographic all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging them beyond laborer or domestic workers,” Goldberg wrote about Mason’s findings. “Meanwhile, it pictured ‘natives’ elsewhere as exotics, famously and frequently unclothed happy hunters, noble savages.”

Mason also found that the magazine often ran photos of “uncivilized” natives amazed by “civilized” Western technology.

In recent years, however, the magazine has improved. For example, in a 2015 project, National Geographic gave cameras to young people in the Caribbean country of Haiti and asked them to shoot pictures of their everyday lives.

“The coverage wasn’t right before, because it was told from a white American point of view, and I think it speaks to exactly why we needed a variety of storytellers,” Goldberg told the Associated Press.

National Geographic’s look at its past also inspired other media organizations to revisit their own historical coverage of race. The New York Times admitted that most of its obituaries(讣告) were about the lives of white men, and has started publishing obituaries of famous women in a special section titled “Overlooked”. After all, recognizing overlooked mistakes is what makes us grow.

【1】The April issue of National Geographic magazine is special because ______.

A.readers can see Mason’s investigation report in this issue

B.it is released to mark National Geographic’s 130th anniversary

C.it focuses on the issue of race in memory of Martin Luther King

D.it is the first issue since Susan Goldberg became the editor-in-chief

【2】Which of the following may prove National Geographic’s coverage was racist?

A.It often pictured coloured people with decent jobs.

B.Natives were often presented as undressed happy hunters.

C.It asked ordinary people to shoot pictures of their daily lives.

D.It only featured minority groups in America but overlooked others.

【3】What can we learn about the National Geographic?

A.It used to tell stories from the perspective of a white Jewish woman.

B.The overall image of natives in it was brave, intelligent but uncivilized.

C.Its texts and choice of subjects were diverse and had no racial prejudice.

D.It inspired other media organizations to reflect on their coverage of race.

【4】According to the writer, acknowledging the mistakes may   .

A.spoil the image of the world famous magazine

B.remove racial discrimination around the world

C.help the magazine to move forward and grow better

D.discourage the editors from reporting bravely and honestly

24、   The year 2019 was a year of teen power. Young people spoke up about big problems and adults began to listen. Greta Thunberg, the seventeen-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, was perhaps the most powerful example last year of this teen power. At the U.N. Climate Action Summit in September 2019, she told world leaders, “You are failing us young people” by not taking enough action against climate change. Greta gained worldwide attention for her impassioned (激昂的) speech and was named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year.

In the United States, teen groups have formed organizations to pressure politicians into changing gun laws to stop school shootings. “The adults know that we’re cleaning up their mess,” says Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader who started the NeverAgain movement after surviving the deadliest high school shooting in American history in 2018. “It’s like they’re saying, ‘I’m sorry I made this mess’, while continuing to spill soda on the floor,” adds another survivor Emma González.

These problems are not new and politicians have been dealing with them for years. However, as with the most big problems, there are no easy solutions, and each solution may create more problems. Fighting climate change by reducing fossil fuels (化石燃料)-no more cars, airplanes or big industries-can have a negative effect on people’s lives and even increase poverty. And prisons would fill up quickly if we locked up every person who was considered to be a potential criminal.

Teen power is a good thing. However, it will take more than youthful passion to solve the world’s problems. If you are also ambitious to make the world a better place, it is important that you speak up when necessary. But just as important is the need to grow in our learning-to study and to always remain humble（谦卑的）. Apart from enthusiasm for bringing about change, you still need the maturity, wisdom, knowledge and skills to make good decisions.

【1】Why does the author mention Greta Thunberg in paragraph 1?

A.To show the success of teen power.

B.To inform readers of 2019 Person of the Year.

C.To introduce the U. N. Climate Action Summit.

D.To encourage readers to speak up about big problems.

【2】What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 2 mean?

A.The adults like soda very much.

B.The adults fail to clean up their mess.

C.The politicians haven't stopped making a mess.

D.The politicians have been working on the shooting.

【3】What is the author opinion about reducing fossil fuels?

A.It makes no difference to people's life.

B.It will bring about other new problems.

C.It will make the prisons fill up quickly.

D.It is effective in fighting climate change.

【4】What does the author want to stress in paragraph 4?

A.Teen power is a good thing to change the world.

B.Passion is important in solving the world's problems.

C.We should speak up to make the world a better place.

D.We need to study to be mature and wise to decide well.

25、Never Too Late to Be What You Want to Be

The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady, Rose, to us.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave_________together and talk nonstop. I was always listening to this “time machine" as she_________her wisdom and experience with me.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a_________to our football team. I'll never forget what she taught us. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she _________her note card on the floor. A little_________she simply said, “I'm sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back_______so let me just tell you what I know." As we laughed she_________her throat and began: “We do not stop playing_________we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying_________, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you____________your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are____________and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing____________. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full____________and don't do one productive thing, you will____________twenty years old. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but____________for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with____________."

At the year's end Rose____________the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died____________in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to____________the wonderful woman who taught____________that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

【1】A.work B.office C.class D.home

【2】A.discussed B.connected C.communicated D.shared

【3】A.speech B.contribution C.donation D.difference

【4】A.placed B.made C.dropped D.played

【5】A.surprised B.interested C.confused D.embarrassed

【6】A.in chaos B.in order C.in advance D.in silence

【7】A.cleaned B.cut C.cleared D.forced

【8】A.because B.when C.though D.after

【9】A.healthy B.handsome C.enthusiastic D.young

【10】A.have B.realize C.lose D.dream

【11】A.stupid B.dead C.ill D.wise

【12】A.up B.apart C.stronger D.taller

【13】A.day B.week C.month D.year

【14】A.increase by B.obtain C.turn D.live to

【15】A.rather B.otherwise C.fairly D.also

【16】A.diseases B.regrets C.riches D.disabilities

【17】A.failed B.delayed C.finished D.declined

【18】A.regrettably B.peacefully C.excitedly D.sadly

【19】A.welcome B.congratulate C.encourage D.honor

【20】A.at random B.at ease C.by example D.by chance

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。

My baby Reese started screaming and I struggled to hold him in my arms as we pushed our way through the crowd to the side of the taekwondo (跆拳道) studio, where I would send my boy for the training.

I looked up, and that is when I saw the photo on a poster, a woman with a bright white smile surrounded by her daughters. “OUR MOM NEEDS A KIDNEY (肾脏),” it said above the photo. “My name is Vonchelle Knight, and I have polycystic kidney disease,” it said below. “I am a single mother of two girls and have been on the transplant waitlist for eight years.”

As I continued to read, I thought about how desperately this momma needed a kidney. And then the idea struck me. I wanted to donate my kidney to the woman whom I had never met.

On the drive home, I told my husband I wanted to donate my kidney to a stranger. By the look on his face, he clearly thought I had lost my mind. I was a busy mom of two boys working a full-time job as a sales account manager. I had a calendar filled with sporting events, group fitness and volunteer church hours.

“Where is this coming from?” he asked. I was excited and slightly terrified as I explained the poster. I told him I wanted to at least call Vonchelle’s nurse and get more information.

Several weeks later, the results were in. We were a perfect match! The nervous excitement filled my body. Thoughts swirled in my head as I realized I had the ability to give this momma a new lease on life. Vonchelle had already waited eight years and obviously didn’t have any family members who could donate.

I told my husband that the doctor could do the transplant on January twenty-fifth. His eyes filled with tears as he stared at me and nodded. Vonchelle’s daughter worked at my son’s taekwondo studio, so I shared the news with her.

One day before the donation, the doctors scheduled me to meet Vonchelle.

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As she walked through the door of the meeting room, I walked up to her, my heart beating wildly.

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After the successful transplant, Vonchelle was recovering well.

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