黄冈2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、It is recommended that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made.

A．is not started

B．will not be started

C．not be started

D．is not to be started

2、In boxing, players should wear gloves and mouth guards ________ anything dangerous happens.

A.in vain B.in a word C.in debt D.in case

3、He was living in France when the war _________.

A.broke off B.broke into C.broke out D.broke through

4、The number of coal mines _________ to half, as well as its size.

A．cut down

B．has cut down

C．was cut down

D．were cut down

5、All bad things must come to________end, ________ terrible an experience is.

A.the; whatever B.an; however C./; how D.a; what

6、It is obvious to the students ______ they should get well prepared for their future.

A. as   B. which   C. whether   D. that

7、_______ the World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou cost a lot, it will surely bridge the distance between people throughout the world.

A.When B.While C.If D.As

8、When you are in a hurry, the best way to travel in Beijing is by subway. Taxis get ________ in traffic jams easily.

A.set up B.put up C.held up D.picked up

9、He asked a lot of questions, most of ______ had nothing to do with his study.

A. that B. which C. them D. what

10、An ancient calculating device — the abacus will be _________, as the computer is becoming increasingly popular.

A.on the way out B.in use C.out of the way D.in the way

11、I want to know _______.

A.what matter it is B.what’s the matter

C.what the matter is D.the matter is what

12、Our teacher advised you to________the article that is too long so as to make it fit the space.

A．cut away　　　  B．cut through

C．cut up　　　   D．cut down

13、The girl _______ beautifully to my small crisis, but she actually wasn’t the only one.

A.responded B.respected C.recognized D.rejected

14、_____ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.

A. Faced B. Face

C. Facing D. To face

15、Nothing but several glasses________ bought by my father yesterday．

A.were B.was C.have been D.would be

16、India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped _______ India’s independence from Britain.

A. get B. win

C. gain D. make

17、His mistake was ________ youth and inexperience

A．because

B．as

C．as a result

D．due to

18、Tom took a taxi to the airport, only _____ his plane high up in the sky.

A．finding

B．to find

C．being found

D．to have found

19、The number of road accidents and the deaths _____ those accidents _____ over the past years.

A.resulting in; has increased B.resulting in; have increased

C.resulting from; has increased D.resulting from; have increased

20、―What did the doctor say?

―He advised me______at home and have a good rest.

A.stay B.to stay C.staying D.stayed

21、Learning strategies (策略), _____teachers attach importance, haven’t drawn enough attention of students.

A. that B. though C. to which D. by which

22、It was a real race________time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.

A.over B.by C.for D.against

23、____ I look back to those days as a child, I really hope to spare more time to accompany my father.

A.However B.Whenever C.Whatever D.Wherever

24、I will try to make it known to every teacher and more students ______the activities organized by the club.

A. who get involved in B. to involve C. involve in D. who involve in

25、Such books are not worthy _______ at all.

A.reading B.being read C.of being read D.to read

26、   For most people， a cinema experience is not complete without a bag of popcom，but believe it or not， there’s actually a guy trying to get popcom forbidden at the theater.

Mike Shotton has never been able to enjoy himself there because his experience is always destroyed by having to bear people chewing popcorn. He finally lost his patience when he went to watch Star Wars with many children eating popcorm.

“The noise has annoyed me since I was a lttle kid，” Shotton said.“I’m the kind of person that if I hear something in the background， I focus on that until that’s all I can hear.I was really looking forward to Star Wars. I couldn’t believe the amount of noise during the film—it compltely destoyed my viewing”

So the 39-year- old started a petition （请愿） on petition-buzz. com， hoping to get nid of popcorn from cinema across the U. K.“I call on you now to stand with me， and tell others that no longer are we prepared to let this destroy our film viewing，” he said.

Unsurprisingly， his petition has only received 126 signatures so far. In fact，someone started an opposite petition in response， arguing that popcorn is an important part of a cinema experience. However， more people were in support of Shotton， and he actually won.

“My next plan is to start a further petition which， if it gets enough signatures， will mean it has to be decided by the government whether it'll be forbidden，”he said.“I’m also planning to campaign （领导运动） outside cinemas and explain to people about the petition and trying to encourage them not to buy popcorn when they go into the cinema.”It sounds great， but I think people love popcorm too much for this to actually work.

【1】What does Mike think of popcorn in the cinema?

A. It suits the atmosphere.

B. Its noise is disturbing and annoying.

C. It is a means of making profits for cinemas.

D. It brings more pleasure when watching films.

【2】How does Mike evaluate himself ?

A. He has a bad temper.

B. He can get along well with others.

C. He likes doing everything on his oWn.

D. He is easy to be disturbed by surrounding noise.

【3】Why did Mike start a petition?

A. To destroy their film viewing.

B. To stop popcorn entering cinemas.

C. To call on the government to take legal action.

D. To attract more viewers' attention to his bravery.

【4】What can be inferred from the pssage?

A. Mike fnally achieved success in the peition.

B. Mike's next petition may not work well at first.

C. The government is in full support of Mike's deeds.

D. Most people are against forbidding popcorn in the cinema.

27、   A food additive (添加剂) is any substance that is added to food. Many people are put off by the idea of “chemicals in food.” The truth is that all food is made up of chemicals. Natural substances like milk, as well as man-made ones like drinks on sale in the market, can be described by chemical formulas. Some chemical substances are indeed harmful, but a person who refused to consume any chemicals would find nothing to eat.

The things we eat can be divided into natural and man-made substances. Some people feel that only natural foods are healthy and that all man-made ingredients are to be avoided. But many natural chemicals, found in plants and animals, are harmful when eaten, and some laboratory-made substances increase the nutritional value of food. Other chemicals have natural and man-made forms that are exactly alike: vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a test tube or from an orange. Like “chemical”, “man-made” doesn’t necessarily mean “not fit to eat”.

Food additives are used for many reasons. We add sugar and salt and other things to foods we prepare at home to make them taste better. Food producers have developed a range of additives that stabilize, thicken, harden, keep wet, keep firm, or improve the appearance of their products. Additives can make food more convenient or nutritious, give it a longer shelf life, and make it more attractive to the consumer, thus increasing the sales and profits of the producers.

Food additives are presently the centre of a storm of serious argument. Food producers have been known to use additives that have not been proved safe; some substances in common use have been proved unsafe and have been taken off the market. Many people feel there’s a risk of eating food to which anything has been added. But food additives are now regulated by the FDA of the federal government, and new additives will go through strict testing before they can be placed on the market. For most people, the chances of developing serious side effects (副作用) from the long-term use of presently approved (批准) food additives are very small.

【1】From the passage we can learn that .

A. natural foods are much safer than man-made ones

B. it is right to refuse chemicals in food

C. food additives are harmful to our health

D. all foods have chemical substances

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Food additives can improve the quality of foods in many ways.

B. To ensure food safety, the FDA will stop food additives.

C. Foods free of additives can keep a much longer shelf life.

D. Foods with more additives have higher nutritional value.

【3】We can infer from the regulation to the food additives by the FDA that .

A. new additives will be approved more easily than before

B. food with common-used additives will be taken off the market

C. food additives will be used in a safer and more scientific way

D. food producers won’t be allowed to use new food additives

【4】According to the writer, the food additive is .

A. worrying B. acceptable

C. poisonous D. avoidable

28、   At just 11 years old, Vince Weishaus runs his own hair salon(发廊) in his parents' basement in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, doing different hairstyles for free.

For Vince, his love of hair started at a very young age. "He has an older sister who had dolls and he would just, at 2 or 3, be playing with the dolls' hair,” recalled Emily Weishaus, Vince's mother.

Not long afterward, he also fell in love with braiding(编辫子). "He watched me do a braid, and then he undid the braid and redid it without me ever showing him how to do it,” his mother said. He found his true passion as a hairstylist when he started cutting his grandmother's hair before he was 5. “At the very beginning, I feel like that's what gave him the confidence to be who he is,” she added.

Vince's hairstyling dream became a reality when his parents presented him with a special surprise on his ninth birthday: his very own salon in their basement. His neighbor had a salon in her home, but she decided to pass on her supplies to Vince when she moved.

Family members and friends have stopped by for appointments—all free of charge—at Vincent Charles Salon. The kid's services range from coloring, to braiding the for proms (舞会), family parties, talent shows and more. He has dyed his own hair different colors, from rose gold to purple. He even colors his friends' hair tips before they head off to camp.

Vince loves learning different practices and tricks of the trade from other hair mentors, such as his own stylist, Chelsea, who teaches him many styling skills.

The sky is the limit for Vince—his eventual goal is to become a world-famous hair colorist one day. His advice to anyone who wants to pursue their own dreams: “Do what they love and be themselves.”

【1】What inspired Vince's interest in hairstyling when he was very young?

A.Reading fashion magazines. B.Playing with dolls.

C.Seeing cartoon movies. D.Visiting a hair salon.

【2】What is his mother's attitude towards Vince's passion as a hairstylist?

A.Opposing. B.Indifferent.

C.Supportive. D.Concerned.

【3】What does the underlined word “mentors" in the passage mean?

A.Students. B.Employees.

C.Traders. D.Instructors.

【4】What can we infer about Vince from the last paragraph?

A.He is ambitious. B.He is humorous.

C.He is intelligent. D.He is generous.

29、   For two centuries, the famous University of Cambridge debating society has hosted many prominent figures, from world leaders to scientists to comedians.

On Nov 21, the Cambridge Union hosted another extraordinary guest—a non-human debater called Project Debater. Designed by IBM, Project Debater is a machine that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to form a spoken argument. It can even listen and answer to opposite statements, much like a real person.

In the Cambridge test debate, it argued the topic: Al will ultimately (最终) do more harm than good. Before the debate, more than 1,100 arguments for the positives and negatives of AI were submitted (递交) to the IBM website. The machine then analyzed these sources and formed the basis of its arguments in minutes. Project Debater then showed off its AI by arguing for both sides of the debate.

Over a four-minute speech, it argued first that, “AI can only make decisions that it has been programmed to solve, while humans can be programmed for all situations.”

In support of AI, it then argued that AI would create new jobs and “bring a lot more efficiency” to the workplace.

This isn’t the first test for Project Debater. In June 2018, the machine went back-and-forth for 20 minutes against champion debater Harish Natarajan.

According to New Scientist, on both occasions, Project Debater repeated points and didn’t always sufficiently (充分地) support them.

Speaking to Cambridge Independent, Noam Slonim, the project’s lead engineer, said, “The AI is not perfect, but it’s going in the right direction.” The team hopes to improve the AI by researching why humans find certain arguments more persuasive than others. They also hope the test might provide well-informed viewpoints for society, governments and private companies.

【1】What does the underlined word “prominent” mean in paragraph one?

A.Intelligent. B.Outstanding.

C.Well-educated. D.Creative.

【2】According to the passage, Project Debater ________.

A.can make decisions for all situations

B.argued with itself in the Cambridge test debate

C.can always find enough evidence to support its idea

D.defeated champion debater Harish Natarajan in June 2018

【3】What does Noam Slonim think of the AI?

A.It’s not so beneficial to humans. B.It will defeat humans in time.

C.It remains to be improved. D.It will ultimately do more harm than good.

【4】This passage above can be most probably read in ________.

A.a newspaper B.a guidebook

C.a textbook D.a research paper

30、In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our control. For instance, we can be _________ nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us _________. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be promoted to management. We can eat _________ food, exercise and stay away from alcohol and cigarettes, and still get sick.

The bottom line is that life is not _________.

That is a bitter pill to _________ for many of us. As a result, some people shut down after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. They can’t handle the fact that our efforts don’t always get the results that we _________. But if we let life’s unfairness _________ us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has in store for us.

For example, my first marriage _________ divorce (离婚). To me, it felt very unfair. However hard I had tried to be a good wife, I could not make the relationship work. I could have been _________ by that experience and decided that if one person didn’t appreciate me as a wife, then no one would. I could have ______________. ____________, I knew I wanted to be married and experience traditional family life. Then I met my present husband and now have a happy family.

What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that deserve a good result, but get bad things in return ____________. When life doesn’t go ____________ plan, we have to ____________ the result that we have been looking forward to and keep trying, and doing the right thing. Accept that life is neither fair nor easy. ____________ we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.

【1】

A．firmly

B．extremely

C．nearly

D．physically

【2】

A．hardly

B．back

C．enough

D．well

【3】

A．delicious

B．clean

C．fresh

D．healthy

【4】

A．ideal

B．smooth

C．fair

D．fortunate

【5】

A．ruin

B．grasp

C．access

D．swallow

【6】

A．expect

B．promote

C．wish

D．concern

【7】

A．defeat

B．win

C．damage

D．confuse

【8】

A．led to

B．ended in

C．consisted of

D．started with

【9】

A．injured

B．discouraged

C．hurt

D．forbidden

【10】

A．reached out

B．calmed down

C．shut up

D．given up

【11】

A．But

B．So

C．However

D．And

【12】

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．instead

D．rather

【13】

A．ahead of

B．according to

C．instead of

D．due to

【14】

A．watch out for

B．take control of

C．take advantage of

D．let go of

【15】

A．If

B．Whether

C．While

D．As

31、阅读短文，根据上下文或者首字母在空白处填入1个适当的单词，或给出括号内单词的正确形式。

We all know it is not healthy to stay up late and poor sleep quality can leave us feeling low. However, many people still cannot get enough sleep, e【1】 the young.

Over 60% of Chinese students aged 6 to 17 sleep  【2】 than eight hours a day, according to a report released by the Chinese Sleep Research Society(CSRS) on Marth 17. The study 【3】 nearly 70,000 children and teens aged 6 to 17 across the Chinese 【4】, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

According to the study, too much school homework is a major cause for inadequate sleep among young people. For example, from Monday to Thursday, 8.4 percent of them would still be 【5】(occupy) in doing their homework after 11 p.m.. 【6】 major cause of young people’s inadequate sleep is the frequent use of electronic devices.

Lack of sleep among children and teenagers has 【7】 concern in society. To reduce students’ 【8】 burden, the Ministry of Education and eight other departments issued a guideline on Dec 28. It is suggested that local education authorities across China should take more 【9】 to help students get more sleep, including 【10】(delay) the start of morning classes by half an hour.

32、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Henry要来中国旅行，他来信希望

你能给他推荐一个有特色的主题公园。请你给他回信，内容包括:

1.你的建议:上海迪士尼乐园；

2.你的理由:带你进入魔幻世界；遇见自己最喜欢的卡通人物；

体验刺激的海盗船、自由落体； 每日上演精彩娱乐活动及表演；

3.你的祝愿。

注意:1.词数80左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇:海盗船pirate ships

Dear Henry,

I'm happy to receive your letter and know that you're coming to China.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua