长治2025学年度第二学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、Only when a person has his interests and the work combined ______ the pleasure from it.

A. can he enjoy   B. he can enjoy   C. did he enjoy   D. he enjoyed

2、______my weak spots can make me become a better person.

A．Having been known

B．Knowing

C．Known

D．To be known

3、American fathers ______ more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to in years past, due to a sweeping new trend called "unemployment".

A.were spending B.spent C.are spending D.have spent

4、Jackson is cheerful about his life ________ he is suffering from cancer.

A. even if   B. as long as

C. as if   D. ever since

5、Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only

planet _______ life has developed gradually.

A. that   B. where   C. which D. whose

6、Pop music is loved by lots of people, but it is not to everyone's __________.

A.smell B.favour C.taste D.talent

7、I have heard that it is a common _______ in that country to hold a big party to celebrate when a child turns 15.

A．practice

B．method

C．evidence

D．effects

8、We will hold a meeting to sum up our experience ____ we finish our task.

A. in case   B. even though

C. despite   D. immediately

9、A Chinese proverb has it that a tower is built when soil on earth ____, and a river is formed when streams come together.

A.accumulates B.accelerates C.accommodates D.associates

10、Helen borrowed my book the other day, promising__________it soon.

A.to return B.returned C.returning D.having returned

11、Tom had to have his car repaired in a garage because it ______seriously.

A. damaged     B. was being damaged

C. had damaged  D. had been damaged

12、________ the time________, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of the sites she wanted to see in London.

A．Worrying about; accessible

B．Worried about; available

C．Worrying about; available

D．Worried about; accessible

13、Human life is regarded as part of nature and the only way for us to survive is to live ______ nature.

A.in honor of B.in need of C.in touch with D.in harmony with

14、________ at the cafeteria before, Tina didn't want to eat there again.

A. Having eaten   B. To eat   C. Eat   D. Eating

15、Please ________ your ashes before it fails on the carpet.

A. cut off B. knock off

C. get off D. drop off

16、The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see ________ the next year.

A.carried on B.carried out C.carried off D.carried over

17、Their modern style home seems oddly___________among the town's old farmhouses.

A.out of balance B.out of control C.out of style D.out of place

18、— I have decided to take part in the English speech contest, but I’m a little nervous now.

— ________. I believe that you can do it very well.

A．Well done

B．Congratulations

C．Go for it

D．Up to you

19、Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to ______ human workers to reduce their labor costs.

A. compensate   B. substitute

C. symbolize   D. discriminate

20、In Davos, Premier Li delivered a speech in which he ______ that peace must be treasured just like we treasure our eyes.

A. urged  B. proved C. insisted D. stressed

21、   It was rush hour in the morning. Heather Sant, 36, was driving her white 2012 Mazda on the road with her nine-year-old daughter and ten-year-old son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck cut them off. Sant turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda slide off the road and down an embankment(路堤) that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didn’t stop, it would take off and dive into the road some 20 feet below. Then a bit of luck: as the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got stuck, stopping it suddenly.

The people inside, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a retaining wall(护墙), balancing on the edge of disaster. One sudden move by anyone inside could throw the car off balance and send it over. Jacob Rodriguez watched everything in terror from the nearby truck company where he works. As an experienced sailor, just like every time he met shipwreck, he whispered a sailing saying “Ship, shipmates, self”, then immediately he and four other men ran to the car. They leaped onto the trunk(后备箱) to balance the weight as the terrified kids in the back seat watched.

Meanwhile, Julio and his nephew Marco, were driving to their jobs at nearby Premier Automotive. Julio jumped out of the car to help while Marco went to the shop, grabbed a strong rope, and returned to the car. He tied the Mazda to an F-350 truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car secured, the group carefully opened the back doors and helped the children out. But their departure shifted the cars weight, causing it to tip forward. The men, still on the trunk, begged Sant to jump into the back seat. She did and then inched out of the back door. Finally, the men carefully got off the trunk. Everyone was safe.

“Another foot,” Rodriguez told USA Today, “and this would be a different story. ”

【1】What most probably caused the traffic accident?

A.The Mazda was overloaded. B.Sant was really speeding.

C.The wheel failed to work. D.The pickup cut in abruptly.

【2】Why did the men ask Sant to move to the back seat?

A.To open the back door of the car. B.To fasten the rope to the truck.

C.To keep the balance of the car. D.To help the men get off the trunk.

【3】What does Rodriguez want to stress in the last paragraph?

A.The timely help offered by rescuers.

B.The excellent cooperation of all the people.

C.The dangerous position where the car stopped.

D.The serious danger the rescuers faced.

【4】Which of the following statements is consistent with the theme of the passage?

A.Persistence will pay off. B.One in trouble, all to help.

C.Many hands make light work. D.Doing is better than saying.

22、Research has shown that disrupting one's natural “morning lark” (早起鸟) or “night owl” (夜猫子) tendency can result in immoral behavior at work.

Who doesn't love a flexible work schedule? Being able to make your own hours, come in when you're ready and leave when you're done, step out to attend a child's presentation at school, have a midday appointment, or even squeeze in a quick workout or nap as a guaranteed pick-me-up — flexibility greatly improves one's quality of life.

The benefits don't stop there, however. Research has shown that having flexible work hours actually makes one a better person. How so? It's been found that disrupted sleep patterns —in the form of having to act outside of your normal inclination to be a morning “lark” or a night “owl” — can result in strange, unethical, and out-of-line behavior.

Science journalist Linda Geddes said, “If you don't get enough sleep, research suggests you are more likely to have unethical behavior, such as being mean, bullying your fellow employees or falsifying receipts. But it's not just owls: the larks tend to behave more unethically in the evening, and owls in the morning. So ideally, you want to introduce flexible working."

Employers would be wise to allow their employees to start whenever they feel ready — whether it's at the crack of dawn or at 11 a.m., and to allow breaks or pauses in the day as needed — because that would mean better productivity, performance, and behavior.

This shift is already happening, with the New York Times recently reporting that 27 percent of US employers now offer the flexibility to work outside normal business hours, up from 22 percent in 2014; and 68 percent allow telecommuting as needed (up from 54 percent in 2014). With the national unemployment rate at its lowest in 50 years, employers are having to become more competitive in what they offer workers, and flex-hours seem like a no-brainer, highly beneficial to all.

【1】What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?

A．Ways to improve life quality.

B．People's activities in their free time.

C．Methods to get a flexible work schedule.

D．The advantages of flexibility in work time.

【2】What does the underlined word “inclination” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Judgment.

B．Tendency.

C．Reaction.

D．Choice.

【3】What is the effect to change people's sleep pattern according to Geddes?

A．They will show their nature more easily.

B．They tend to suffer from sleep problems.

C．They tend to behave immorally in their work.

D．They will get more flexibility in working time.

【4】What do the figures in the last paragraph indicate?

A．The unemployment rate is increasing.

B．Employers are getting more free time.

C．Flexible working has been creating more jobs.

D．More employers adopt a flexible work schedule.

23、The Ministry of Education has asked the publisher of primary school math textbooks to redo the illustrations after public outcry for being too ugly and inappropriate.

The ministry has asked the People’s Education Press to carry out prompt measures and make sure new textbooks are available for students before the start of autumn semester in September, it said in a release on Saturday. 【1】 , which are used by primary and secondary schools nationwide, especially on the content and illustrations.

The evaluation aims to make sure they adhere to right political direction and values orientation, promote traditional Chinese culture and conform to public aesthetic taste. 【2】. The ministry welcomes the public to send suggestions on the textbooks, which will be taken into account in a timely manner, it added.

The illustrations of math textbooks have been trending on different social media platforms since Thursday. 【3】. Because the students in the illustration have strange facial expressions and smile. Some are also wearing strange clothes, have tattoos, and are making inappropriate gestures.

The People’s Education Press has expressed deep apologies and regret for the illustrations. 【4】, which will be completed before Sept 1, it said in a statement on Saturday.

It will select new design teams to redo the illustration on math textbooks used by primary school students, taking suggestions from the public, especially teachers, students and parents, the statement said. 【5】.

The textbooks, which are used by primary school students, were vetted by authorities in 2012 and 2013 and are the work of the Wu Yong Design Studio. Wu himself graduated from the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University in 1988. He has worked at China Youth Press and been a professor at Shantou University’s Cheung Kong School of Art & Design.

A．The People’s Education Press was founded in 1950.

B．Any problems found will be corrected immediately, the release said

C．The publisher said it has set up a work group to re-do the illustrations

D．The ministry will conduct a comprehensive evaluation on all textbooks

E．Many netizens found them ugly and offensive and lacking childish innocence

F．The PEP focuses on compiling and publishing primary and secondary textbooks

G．It will conduct evaluation on other published textbooks and make correction now

24、   Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, a mere 700 people lived on. Here is one story of the Titanic survivors whose stories are still haunting more than a century after the ship's sinking, revealing the true facts of the disaster.

A junior wireless officer aboard the Titanic, Harold Bride was one of the two people responsible for sending SOS messages to nearby ships, thus allowing the Carpathian to rescue the Titanic survivors.

He and another man on duty, Jack Phillips, raced to send SOS signals to nearby ships－but as the communications specialists, they knew that the closest,the Carpathian,would likely not arrive until alter the Titanic sank. They worked wildly until Captain Edward Smith came and told them they were relieved of duty；the ship had nearly lost power, and only two lifeboats remained.

They made a run for Collapsible B and were just getting it into the water when a wave swept across the deck(甲板),throwing both Harold Bride and the upturned boat into the ocean.

Bride and 15 others struggled onto the waterlogged, sinking Collapsible B and survived until other lifeboats collected them and conveyed them to the Carpathian.

Once aboard the Carpathian, Bride got back to work and began helping the ship's wireless officer send messages from the other Titanic survivors.

When the Carpathian made land, Bride had to be carried ashore: he had injured one foot in the plunge into the ocean, and the other was frostbitten after a night in the Atlantic's icy waters.

【1】Which can replace the underlined word "haunting" in paragraph 1 ?

A．confusing .

B．unforgettable.

C．romantic.

D．contradictory.

【2】What was Bride's job on the Titanic during the accident?

A．Rescuing the Titanic survivors.

B．Investigating the problems of the Titanic.

C．Sending signals to ships around for help.

D．Receiving SOS signals from nearby ships.

【3】What happened to Bride after he was dismissed from his duty?

A．He stayed there to continue his work.

B．He escaped in a lifeboat immediately.

C．He turned off the power of the Titanic.

D．He was washed into the sea by a wave.

【4】Which of the following best describes Bride?

A．Responsible and helpful.

B．Intelligent and brave.

C．Tough and ambitious.

D．Considerate and humble.

25、   One day, when I was a teenager, I was home alone doing two of my favorite things：I was eating a_______plate of spaghetti, and reading.

At the time, my family had a white parrot, Luke. He was_______to leave his cage and fly around inside the house. Luke_______“talking” to people, but he wasn’t trained to use_______words. His talking sounded like chuckling (咯咯叫).

As I was reading and eating, Luke was chuckling away,_______to me, but I wasn’t paying attention to him, lost in my_______. So Luke decided to get_______. He flew from his cage, and_______I knew it, he’d landed right on top of my spaghetti！

I was so_______I didn’t even have time to think. My________was the same as yours would he：I shooed him off my food! This wouldn’t have been so________except for one thing：When Luke had landed on my plate, he had________my spaghetti with both feet. So when Luke took off________, the spaghetti went________with him everywhere.

It landed on my shirt. It hit me in the face. As I pulled________out of my hair, Luke flew back to his cage,________spaghetti sauce all the way. He wasn’t________, except that the sauce in his________feathers turned him spotted orange for weeks.

See how funny spaghetti can be? And________how dangerous reading can be? So go ahead and enjoy a good book. But if you like to read while you eat, you’d better________your food.

A．beautiful

B．huge

C．ancient

D．valuable

A．free

B．ready

C．kind

D．likely

A．practiced

B．minded

C．enjoyed

D．missed

A．real

B．fluent

C．simple

D．many

A．waving

B．signaling

C．talking

D．walking

A．spaghetti

B．book

C．world

D．house

A．angrier

B．louder

C．braver

D．closer

A．after

B．while

C．before

D．until

A．afraid

B．surprised

C．upset

D．disappointed

A．reaction

B．behavior

C．work

D．hope

A．wrong

B．dangerous

C．common

D．bad

A．grabbed

B．scratched

C．damaged

D．piled

A．finally

B．immediately

C．shortly

D．again

A．touching

B．flying

C．falling

D．swinging

A．noodles

B．feathers

C．meat

D．water

A．drinking

B．spitting

C．spilling

D．leaving

A．caught

B．punished

C．hurt

D．frightened

A．orange

B．soft

C．smooth

D．white

A．imagine

B．see

C．suppose

D．describe

A．keep an eye on

B．keep track of

C．make fun of

D．make the best of

26、书面表达

请阅读下列短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Following a four-day meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing, the central government announces that China allows two children for every couple.

The People's Congress at provincial level or its standing committee has revised local regulations or made new ones, with the support and guidance of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Jiang said.

"The number of new births will definitely increase in the coming years and we estimate that the peak will be over 20 million newborn babies," said Wang Pei'an, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

At present, about 60 percent of China's child-bearing women are over 35 years old, which means an increase of 'elderly' mothers will be witnessed in China in the next few years, Wang said in a news release on Friday.

"It's safe to say that the two-child policy won't bring huge pressure on food security and basic public services, such as health, education and employment," Wang said. He estimated that another 30 million working people aged between 15 and 59 will be added by 2050. "It will benefit economic growth in the long term," Wang added.

【写作内容】

1. 有约30个单词写出上文概要；

2. 有约120个单词就“二胎政策”这一话题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

（1）你同意你父母亲生二胎吗？表明你的态度并说明理由（至少2点）；

（2）试分析中国实行二胎政策的好处。（至少两点）

参考词汇：兄弟姐妹：sibling

【写作要求】

1. 在作文中可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能直接引用文中原句。

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

3. 不必写标题。

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