辽源2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、—The washing machine isn’t working.

—I used it this morning. It ______ fine then.

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

2、   at the back of the room was a shy girl with two big eyes.

A. Sat   B. Sit

C. Seating   D. Seated

3、—I hope to take the computer course.

—Good idea. __________ more about it, visit this website.

A. To find out B. Finding out

C. To be finding out D. Having found out

4、—Mum, is the pair of gloves ________ mine?

—Yes. You have to wear another pair.

A. washing B. have washed

C. being washed D. having washed

5、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

6、 — I am so glad that I caught you at home. I need your help!

— ____, John?

A. What else B. So what

C. How come   D. What’s up

7、We are hoping for support from Mr. Webster, without _____ support we can’t make it.

A. which   B. whose C. what   D. that

8、Their team _____first prize in the 4×100 relay race, but the last runner fell down half way.

A.could get B.must have got

C.must get D.could have got

9、—How do you like the idea of Web TV?

—It's a world of interactive TV programming, ______ anything wonderful can happen.

A.one which B.one where C.the one which D.the one where

10、---My son is addicted to computer games. He is hopeless，isn't he？

---Yes，_____________he is determined to give up and start all over.

A．if

B．unless

C．though

D．so

11、The popularity of government posts has dropped in recent years, though the civil service jobs are still favored by the Chinese as they offer a _______ stable career.

A. relatively B. regularly

C. roughly D. rigidly

12、It is no use __________ with Bill because he will never change his mind.

A.arguing B.to argue C.argue D.argued

13、________ in a tiny cabinet were four Mother’s Day poems I’d written for her in the 1960s.

A.Hidden B.Hiding C.Being hidden D.To be hidden

14、The Palace Museum has the most remarkable collection of fine clocks in the world, mainly _________ from Europe and China.

A．originating

B．originated

C．being originated

D．having originated

15、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

16、She accused the press photographers of ________ her privacy.

A.challenging B.violating C.abusing D.confirming

17、Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize, ________ is considered one of the highest international honours a person can receive.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．where

18、In those days, our _________ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care.

A.normal B.constant

C.permanent D.primary

19、The Chinese government has made it clear________ it tries to achieve in space science in the next 5 years.

A.how B.that C.what D.which

20、The Internet allows us quick ______ to all the data and research findings in the fields available worldwide.

A. entrance B. charge   C. access D. advance

21、According to a recent study, children explore more than adults and it helps them learn better than grown-ups. The study notes when adults attempt something new but get a negative result, they often won’t try it again.

Dr. Alison Gopnik, one of the co-authors, said “That might seem like the most basic kind of intelligence—even rats stay away from a path leading to a shock. The downside is that we will never learn the world is more complicated. Children, however, have intense curiosity and drive to explore and this helps them learn many different things and quickly.”

Together with NYU scientist Emily Liquin, Gopnik conducted a scientific experiment to test if young children’s drive to explore more than grown-ups influences the way they learn.

They gave 64 young children and 87 adults a game where each placed different blocks on a machine with one rule: If the machine lights up, they get a prize consisting of a star, but if the machine doesn’t light up, they lose twice as much. The goal of the game was to discover that all the blocks work except for the ones with white spots.

Most of the children were able to figure out the rule correctly, whereas more than 70% adults couldn’t, but it came at a cost: The children earned fewer stars.

The experiment shows adults often leap to faster conclusions, while children are more willing to explore and gather more information before they decide on a result.

The experiment only studied four to seven-year-olds compared to adults in the United States, noting more research is needed to generalize it to a broader population and context, according to the paper.

Gopnik concludes, “We grown-ups are often so anxious to exploit that we don’t explore, so afraid of losing stars that we miss the chance to learn something new. Children, however, are natural explorers, willing to sacrifice stars for the sake of information. We need both types of thinking to grow up, but adults might learn something from those curious kids.”

【1】Why did Gopnik mention rats in Paragraph 2?

A．To show adults’ avoiding bad results is understandable.

B．To compare whether adults are much cleverer than rats.

C．To tell us rats are appropriate subjects in experiments.

D．To suggest that rats are clever enough to choose safe paths.

【2】What do we know about the experiment?

A．It aimed to test if children have more drive to explore.

B．Most adults could understand the game rule correctly.

C．Children got better results than adults in the game.

D．It has some limitations and needs further research.

【3】What does Gopnik mean according to the last paragraph?

A．Adults’ way of thinking should be abandoned.

B．The two ways of thinking should be combined.

C．Children are better at getting information.

D．Adults should learn to think in children’s way.

【4】Based on the study, which of the following is desirable in educating kids?

A．Inspiring kids to explore regardless of risks.

B．Encouraging kids to be brave to try new things.

C．Motivating kids to draw conclusions quickly.

D．Teaching kids not to care about gains and losses.

22、A Special Appointment

Years ago I moved to Woodland Hills to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency department. No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift (轮班) went to me. I kissed my family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital. It was a thankless job.

At 9 pm, the ambulance brought in a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack. His face was pale, and he was frightened. The whole night I did my best to save his life. Before I left in the morning to spend Christmas with my family, I stopped by to see how he was doing. It was still tough, but he had survived the night and was sleeping.

The following year I got Christmas Eve duty again. At 9 pm sharp, the ward clerk told me there was a couple who wanted to speak with me. When I approached them, the man introduced himself as Mr. Lee and said, “You probably don’t remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life. Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left.

The following year a new doctor had joined the group, but I wanted to see if Mr. and Mrs. Lee would return. This time, I volunteered for the shift. I kept an eye on the door. Once again, at exactly 9 pm, the Lees appeared, carrying a warmly wrapped bundle. It was their new grandchild. Mr. Lee, his family and I spent 13 Christmas Eves together. In the later years the staff all knew about the story and would work to give me time with him in the break room, where we spent a half-hour each Christmas Eve.

The last year I saw him, he brought me a gift. I carefully opened the package and found a crystal (水晶) bell inside. It was engraved (镌刻) with a single word: Friendship. Now, my family, friends and I ring that bell every Christmas Eve at exactly 9 pm and offer our best wishes to the man who we won’t forget.

【1】Working on Christmas Eve was considered “a thankless job” because ______.

A. most patients were seriously ill

B. patients refused to express thanks

C. doctors had nothing to do on that day

D. doctors couldn’t get praise for the hard job

【2】When the author left the hospital the next morning, Mr. Lee ______.

A. was still in a state of danger

B. was really angry with her

C. got ready to leave the hospital

D. recovered from his heart attack

【3】According to the passage, the author formed a habit of ______.

A. celebrating Christmas Eve with her family

B. giving Christmas gifts to the hospital staff

C. spending Christmas Eve with Mr. Lee in hospital

D. ringing the bell for patients in the emergency department

【4】Why does the author ring the bell on Christmas Eve?

A. To honor her working experience.

B. To tell kids the traditional custom.

C. To remember an old friend of hers.

D. To show the beginning of the holiday.

23、As self-driving cars come closer to being common on American roads, much of the rhetoric（说辞）promoting them has to do with safety. About 40,000 people die on U.S. roads every year, and driver errors are linked to more than 90 percent of crashes. But many of the biggest advocates of autonomous（自动的）vehicles aren’t car companies looking to improve the safety of their existing products. Huge support for itself-driving technologies is coming from Silicon Valley giants like Google and Apple.

Those of us who have studied the relationship between technology and society tend to look more carefully at the motivations behind any technologically push. In this case, it’s clear that in addition to addressing safety concerns, Silicon Valley firms have a strong incentive（动机）to create a new venue for increasing the use of their digital devices. Every minute people spend on their mobile phones provides data—and often money—to tech companies.

At present, digital devices and driving are in conflict: There are serious, often fatal, consequences when drivers use smartphones to talk or to text. Regulators and safety advocates look to resolve dial conflict by banning phone use while driving – as has happened in almost every state. But the tech companies are taking a different approach. The obvious answer for Silicon Valley is creating an automobile in which continuous cellphone use no longer poses a threat to anyone.

In recent years, the amount of time adults spend on their mobile devices has grown rapidly. At the moment, it’s around four hours a day for the average adult in the U.S. However, that rapid growth is likely to slow down as people run out of time that’s available for them up to use their devices. Unless, of course, there’s a new block of time that suddenly opens up. The average American now spends about 48 minutes in a car every day, a sizeable opportunity for increased cellphone use.

Sop as the public conversation around autonomous cars highlights the safety advantages, don’t forget the tech industry’s powerful desire for more profits, which goes well beyond simply saving us from ourselves.

【1】Who are responsible for most traffic accidents in American?

A. Car companies.   B. Drivers.

C. Tech companies.   D. Self-driving cars.

【2】What pushes Silicon Valley to promote self-driving technologies?

A. To make more money.   B. To reduce traffic accidents.

C. To limit the use of digital devices.   D. To support car companies.

【3】What does the underlined phrase “a new block of time” possibly refer to?

A. The working time.   B. People’s spare time.

C. The time spent in the car.   D. The time spent on mobile devices.

【4】What can we know from the passage?

A. We should teach people to strictly obey traffic rules.

B. The writer calls on us to look at autonomous cars wisely.

C. Car companies are the leading promoters of self-driving cars.

D. No solution to the conflict between mobile phone use and driving has been found yet.

24、   You probably think of aggression in its most violent form i.e. shouting matches and fights. Actually, there are varying levels of aggression. There are times when you start to display aggression, but you are not aware of it yourself.【1】

●They believe their opinion is fact

For effective communication to take place it is important to be able to distinguish between opinion and fact.【2】But aggressive people take it one step further. They act as if their opinion is fact, which is telling others that their opinions are irrelevant(不相关的).

●It's all about how it affects them

When something goes wrong, or when considering potential consequences, aggressive people only consider how it influences them. The impact on others is irrelevant to them. 【3】I once knew a girl who, every time she had a quarrel with her boyfriend, used to wake her entire family up so she could tell them how she had been unjustly treated.

●Rapid speech

【4】They are determined to get their point across and have no desire to let the other person offer their input. They want total control of the conversation and are determined that the other person will hear what they have to say.

●Aggressive talking; defensive listening

This refers to the body language that they adopt when they are being aggressive.【5】They may point, spread feet apart with hands on the waist, etc. However, when the other person is speaking they will adopt a more defensive gesture e.g. crossing their arms.

Being familiar with these signs will help you to recognize the aggression quickly, and you will then be able to manage the situation more appropriately.

A．When talking they will likely lean forward.

B．The following are some common signs of aggression.

C．Aggressive people speak fast with little or no pauses.

D．These people are not giving you the opportunity to decline.

E．Offering a suggestion or thoughts on something that has happened is fine.

F．Aggressive people rarely attempt to find workable solutions to problems in life.

G．If something has negative consequences for them, everybody else is expected to suffer the consequences too.

25、Wheeling her red chair and scissors around, a salon owner gives out-of-luck strangers a gift—one free hairdo at a time. To date, Steller has given about 30 such haircuts to _________ people around the city. “It’s _________ a haircut,” she says. “I want it to be a _________, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build _________.”

Steller knows that a haircut can _________ a life. As a teen, she suffered from a disease so severe that her hair _________ greatly. Her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut. “To have somebody talk to me like a person, it helped me feel _________ and less alone,” she says. After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon so she could help people _________ the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing school, she began her Red Chair Project. “I can’t _________ their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment,” she said.

A branch of her project is the Steller Kindness Projects in which people who __________ acts of kindness are invited for a free hairdo. __________, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will be __________ to spread their own. So far, it’s working, she says.

It all began with a belief in __________ acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you __________ in the world matters,” says Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the __________ that you give them.”

【1】

A．old

B．ordinary

C．unlucky

D．talented

【2】

A．rather than

B．more than

C．other than

D．less than

【3】

A．gateway

B．solution

C．choice

D．pleasure

【4】

A．confidence

B．projects

C．relationships

D．business

【5】

A．save

B．lose

C．lead

D．change

【6】

A．thinned

B．grew

C．lengthened

D．shortened

【7】

A．thought of

B．cared about

C．looked after

D．talked about

【8】

A．know

B．get

C．look

D．feel

【9】

A．fix

B．face

C．cause

D．have

【10】

A．permit

B．admit

C．commit

D．submit

【11】

A．In detail

B．In exchange

C．In contrast

D．In addition

【12】

A．inspired

B．required

C．rewarded

D．forced

【13】

A．special

B．tough

C．great

D．simple

【14】

A．keep up

B．show up

C．cheer up

D．look up

【15】

A．hairdo

B．story

C．kindness

D．information

26、Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Teachers’ Burnout & Students’ Stress

A new, first-of-its-kind study examines the connection between teacher burnout and students’ stress levels. Researchers from the University of British Columbia collected saliva samples from over 400 elementary school children, grades four to seven, at 17 pubic schools. Cortisol levels were then assessed from the samples as the hormone is commonly used as a biological indicator of stress. Correspondingly, teacher burn out was determined through survey results.

Investigators found that in classrooms in which teachers experienced more burnout, or feelings of emotional exhaustion, students’ cortisol levels were elevated. Higher cortisol levels in elementary school children have been linked to learning difficulties as well as mental health problems. The study appears in the journal Social Science & Medicine. “This suggest that stress contagion might be taking place in the classroom among students and their teachers,” said Eva Oberle. PhD., the study’s lead author.

Indeed, the relationship between student stress and teacher burnout is a chicken and egg question. “It is unknown what came first, elevated cortisol or teacher burnout We consider the connection between student and teacher stress a cyclical problem in the classroom. “Oberle said a stressful classroom climate could be a result of inadequate support for teachers, which may impact teachers’ ability to effectively manage their students. A poorly managed classroom can contribute to students’ needs not being met and increasing stress. This could be reflected in elevated cortisol levels in students.

Alternatively, stress could originate from students, who maybe more challenging to teach because of increases in anxiety, behavioral problems, or special needs. In this case, teachers could feel overwhelmed and report higher levels of burnout.

“Our study is a reminder of the systemic issues facing teachers and educators as classroom sizes increase and supports for teachers are cut,” said Oberle. “It is clear from a number of recent research studies that teaching is one of the most stressful professions, and that teachers need adequate resources and support in their jobs in order to battle burnout and relieve stress in the classroom,” said University of British Columbia education professor Kimberly Schonert Reichl, PhD., the study’s so-author. “If we do not support teachers, we risk the damage of students.”