漳州2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、 Over 1.8 million of Hong Kong’s residents have sent out a clear message against the movement ______ they want an end to disorders and a return to normal life.

A. what B. that   C. which D. where

2、Experts advised that parents ______ children from doing homework by using electronic equipment too much.

A. discouraged B. discourage

C. would discourage D. have discouraged

3、In order to make full use of the energy, many water power stations are built ______ there are big waterfalls.

A．unless

B．so that

C．where

D．whether

4、The time is not far away ________ fair national health service will be available to all Chinese people.

A.when B.as C.until D.before

5、You don’ I have to give me your answer now. Give it some ________ and then let me know.

A.support B.protection C.energy D.consideration

6、He wrote a letter ________ he explained what had happened in the accident.

A. that B. which

C. where D. what

7、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

8、If he had been working hard, he ______ in the office now. However, he didn’t.

A. would be working B. were to be working C. was working D. should work

9、People often have difficulty facing reality when further scientific discovery challenges _______ they have previously thought to be settled facts.

A.what B.that C.who D.which

10、—Will Uncle Peterson come to my birthday party tomorrow?

—Pity he ______ to Zimbabwe as a volunteer teacher.

A．was sent

B．has been sent

C．had been sent

D．would be sent

11、 I’m always ________ about what I say because careless remarks are likely to hurt others’ feelings.

A. enthusiastic   B. curious

C. doubtful   D. cautious

12、His new novel _________; very few people would like to read it.

A.sells well B.is well sold C.sells badly D.is badly sold

13、- Jenny, could you repeat the answer to this difficult question?

-Sorry, Miss Zhang. I ________ something else then.

A．am thinking of

B．thought of

C．had thought

D．was thinking of

14、Interested in painting, he________ paint with pen and paper after work, gradually cultivating himself into a self-taught painter.

A.would B.must C.might D.should

15、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

16、The real winners in sport are those who know how to persevere and to behave with ________—whether they win or lose a game.

A. certainty   B. caution

C. dignity   D. independence

17、Human impact on the animal kingdom, such as hunting and destruction of habitats, ___________a reduction in the population of certain species in the past three decades.

A．has caused

B．have caused

C．was causing

D．were causing

18、________ back in his chair, the man began to tell us his adventures in the forests.

A. Sit B. Sitting C. To sit D. Sat

19、Every time you enter the subway station, you must have the ______ of your bag checked to make sure you aren't carrying any illegal things.

A.spots B.contents

C.qualities D.entrances

20、A heavy sandstorm is going to envelop our city. It is unwise to have your car   .

A. wash   B. washed

C. washing   D. to wash

21、It’s a cruel fact of life, as we age, gravity takes over. 【1】 We dread taking a fall, so we find ourselves walking less and less and that only makes matters worse. Well, cheer up! There’s finally a product designed to enable us all to walk properly and stay on the go.【2】

Traditional rollators and walkers simply aren’t designed well. 【3】 This puts pressure on your back, neck, wrists and hands. Over time, this makes walking uncomfortable and can result in a variety of health issues. That’s all changed with the Perfect Walker. Its upright design and padded elbow rests enable you to distribute your weight across your arms and shoulders, not your hands and wrists, which helps reduce back, neck and wrist pain and discomfort. 【4】 The height can be easily adjusted with the push of a button to fit anyone with different height. Once you’ve reached your destination you can use the hand brakes to gently slow down, and there’s even a handy seat with a storage compartment. Plus the Perfect Walker includes Stand Assist handles which make standing from a sitting position simple and easy.

【5】   Call now, and find out how you can try out a Perfect Walker for yourself and start feeling better each and everyday in your own home.

A．Its perfect design makes it easy to use indoors and outdoors.

B．It’s called the Perfect Walker, and it can truly change your life.

C．Why spend another day arching your back and dragging along?

D．They haven t well satisfied the physical needs of those with walking problems.

E．They require you to arch your back and shuffle (拖着) your feet when you walk.

F．Its unique frame gives you plenty of room to step, and the oversized wheels help you glide across the floor.

G．Our muscles droop, our bodies sink and the weight of the world seems to be planted squarely on our shoulders.

22、It’s hard to predict the weather in the near future. It’s even more difficult to know what the climate of the coming season is like. Now you know the winter of 2011/12 was not warm but a freezing one/ many people in the Northern Hemisphere died of cold. but a Native American tribe was fortunate enough to survive the terrible winter because of what was foretold by a weatherman.

One day in early September o 2011 the chief of the Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter was going to be cold or mild. The chief asked his medicine man, but the man also had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes.

In truth, neither of them had idea about how to predict the coming winter. However, the chief decided to take a modern approach, and rang the National Weather Service in Gaylord Michigan.

“Yes, it is going to be a cold winter,” the weatherman told the chief. Consequently, the chief went back to his tribe and told his tribe people to collect plenty of firewood.

A fortnight later the chief called the National Weather Service and asked for an update. “Are you still forecasting a cold winter?” he asked.

“Yes, very cold,” the weatherman told him.

As a result of this brief conversation the chief went back to the tribe people to collect every bit of wood they could find.

A month later the chief called the National Weather Service once more and asked about the coming winter. “Yes,” he was told, “it s going to be one of the coldest winters ever.”

The weatherman was right! And the Native American tribe went comfortably through the terrifying winter. The chief was thankful and curious. He rang the weatherman again and asked, “How can you be so sure about it tat it was freezing winter?”

The weatherman replied, “Because the Native American tribe of the Great Lakes are collecting wood like crazy.”

【1】The underlined words in Paragraph2 must be a person who   .

A. only has the ability to cure illness

B. can foretell what will happen in the future

C. governs he whole American tribes

D. is a weatherman for the Great Lakes

【2】The chief decided to take a modern approach, so he turned to   .

A. his medicine man

B. his tribe people

C. a telephone

D. a weatherman

【3】The native tribe survived the terrible winter mainly because of   .

A. lucky coincidence

B. good leadership

C. scientific prediction

D. modern technology

【4】The chief rang the weatherman several times out of   .

A. anger   B. excitement

C. curiosity     D. doubt

23、Did you throw together the stuff you had on hand and amazedly found it good? Here’re some foods that never would have happened if someone hadn’t created them by mistake.

ICE CREAM CONE

Before the ice-cream cone (蛋卷筒), people ate ice-cream out of dishes. This changed in 1904. A vendor (摊贩) ran out of dishes to serve ice-cream. Luckily, another vendor was selling waffle (华夫饼). The quick-thinking vendor rolled his waffle into a cone. The ice-cream vendor filled it with ice-cream for his customers, who were deeply impressed by its flavor and got a second treat when they realized they could eat the cone with ice-cream.

POTATO CHIPS

It is the result of a complaint. In 1853, a man ordered fried potatoes at a restaurant. He sent them back to the kitchen because they weren’t crispy (松脆的) enough. The chef was so angry that he sliced the potatoes extremely thin, put lots of salt, and fried them Then they became a specialty.

TOFU

Tofu is made by fresh soya milk, and was accidentally invented in China 2,000 years ago, when a cook added seaweed to soya milk. Tofu is a great example of how messing up a recipe can create something unexpectedly good.

CHEESE PUFF

One day, an employee working in a company making animal feed watched workers pouring cornmeal (玉米粉) into the machine. It came out of the machine in ribbons. He took some of the ribbons home, added oil and flavors to them, and voila! Cheese puffs!

【1】Why did ice-cream customers want a second treat?

A．Because of the lack of dishes.

B．Because of the portability of the cone.

C．Because of the half price of two snacks.

D．Because of the taste of the combination.

【2】What can we know from this text?

A．Tofu is a surprising outcome of a mistake.

B．Potato chips were criticized for excessive salt.

C．Ice-cream was served with waffle before 1904.

D．Cheese puff was invented by a snack company.

【3】What do the listed foods have in common?

A．They were created by accident.

B．They are western popular snacks.

C．They were developed in the kitchen.

D．They were invented for pleasant flavor.

24、   British shoppers buy 2.15 million tons of clothing and shoes annually, yet UK citizens have an estimated €30 billion worth of unused clothing at the back of the wardrobe. But new technology could see the end of that, with the garments (衣服) themselves reminding the owners of their existence.

“Smart clothes” could help us clear out our wardrobes by sending messages or tweeting (发推文) us if they haven’t been worn for a good while. If these messages are ignored, the garments will get in touch with a clothing charity and ask to be reused, with an organization automatically sending out donation information. They could be programmed for a public sale where they are sold to whoever offers the highest price on eBay.

Academics at Birmingham City University are developing the connected “wardrobe” to encourage more suitable clothes consumption. The concept sees garments tagged (贴标签), using washable contactless technology.

Mark Brill, senior lecturer at the university, said, “Think of the surprise when an owner suddenly receives bids for items that they didn’t know were in their wardrobe.” “The connected wardrobe is a practical pleasant concept to encourage people to think about their clothing consumption. Finally, I hope it will encourage more appropriate fashion consumption,” he added. “Perhaps we can even move away from the idea of ‘ownership’ of clothing. When we’ve worn them enough, the items will pass themselves on to their next keeper. ”It follows in the footsteps of the “Internet of Things” —a concept that sees ordinary household items connecting to the Internet in order to share information. Now, the “Internet of Clothes” will see that neglected garments will tweet and text the owners, “asking” to be worn depending on the weather and frequency of wear. Clothes will keep track of other information, such as who owned them previously, as well as how much they originally cost, who made them and how much the worker was paid for them.

【1】What does the author say about “smart clothes”?

A．They may be donated on eBay.

B．They have gained in popularity.

C．They give warnings if worn out.

D．They may be recycled if long forgotten.

【2】How does Mark Brill find the “connected wardrobe”?

A．It helps people buy clothes at reasonable prices.

B．It changes people’s shopping habits.

C．It contributes to right consumption attitude.

D．It improves shoppers’ confidence.

【3】What is suggested in the last paragraph?

A．The Internet is a platform to share items.

B．Weather affects the connected wardrobe.

C．Clothes are sold online at a low price.

D．Clothes can be a source of information.

【4】What’s the author’s attitude to the new technology?

A．Critical.

B．Uninterested.

C．Approving.

D．Skeptical.

25、   I stepped into my professor's office, thinking about my final grade. After three years as an English major, I'd finally found the_______to begin my first creative writing. I secretly wanted to live on words and I thought my grade would probably be an indicator of my future_______.

However, Professor Millis handed my_______to me with a large red C_______me. Professor Millis said seriously, “I’m afraid you’ll never be a published_______.” Right then I gave up my dream.

However, something _______shortly after my thirty-ninth birthday. I suddenly realized the emptiness that had come with_______my own desire to write, I was_______to move Professor Millis’ words and write again. I began_______my work to magazines and newspapers. When the rejections arrived, Professor Millis’ words appeared in my____________again. But I kept going. Almost a year later, I ____________got a short article published on a magazine!

But things got____________ before they got better. Three of my book manuscripts (手稿) were ____________. I rewrote my children's novel, only to ____________the agent who requested it disliked my new version. Rejections____________ my in box (收件箱). Professor Millis’ words grew louder with these new ____________.

I started to think about the power of words — particularly those words that controlled my____________. If words had such power, I could find equally____________words to counteract (抵消) them. So I began looking for____________about my work, like “Your work is great.” and “Your language is beautiful.” I made a list and posted it above my desk.____________ by this positive list, I sopped hearing Professor Millis’ words. Every day, I sit down, read the list and start writing.

A．decision

B．right

C．courage

D．effort

A．success

B．invention

C．symbol

D．peace

A．prize :

B．story

C．letter

D．magazine

A．referring to

B．smiling at

C．listening to

D．glaring at

A．reporter

B．teacher

C．writer

D．agent

A．changed

B．existed

C．disappeared

D．worked

A．finding

B．observing

C．mentioning

D．ignoring

A．confused

B．thrilled

C．determined

D．terrified

A．explaining

B．submitting

C．comparing

D．applying

A．head

B．hand

C．eye

D．mouth

A．instantly

B．suddenly

C．directly

D．eventually

A．tougher

B．deeper

C．funnier :

D．clearer

A．copied

B．rejected

C．published

D．sold

A．forget

B．guarantee

C．discover

D．predict

A．decorated

B．threw

C．replaced

D．flooded

A．situations

B．challenges

C．schedules

D．hobbies

A．dream

B．habit，

C．list

D．language

A．unbearable

B．complex

C．persuasive

D．interesting

A．suggestions

B．phrases

C．passages

D．comments

A．Warned

B．Inspired

C．Attracted

D．Touched

26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120–150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假如你们学校近期将开设“学生理财入门”(Money Management ABC) 选修课，你会参加吗？请做出选择并简要说说你的理由。

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