大连2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、The employees were tired of working ______ hours and some of them even gave up their work.

A.special B.extra C.especial D.spare

2、I wonder what makes TikTok popular among people of all ages. People have devoted most of their energies which ______for other more significant things.

A. would be saved B. could have been saved C. must have been saved   D. should be saved

3、When I try to find _____ that prevents so many people taking part in the program, it seems to me that there are two main causes.

A．what it does

B．what it is

C．why it does

D．why it is

4、These women _____ works of the highest quality, any survey of the 19th century English literature must include them.

A．having produced

B．have produced

C．were produced

D．having been produced

5、It suddenly hit me difficult life was for women at that time.

A.what a B.what C.how D.how a

6、Such tourists ________ have visited Shanghai all think that a visit to Shanghai cannot be complete without a stroll along the Bund.

A.who B.that

C.as D.whoever

7、— What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until th ebasketball game.

— . Whatever you want to do is fine to me.

A. It just depends. B. It’s up to you.

C. All right. D. Glad to hear that.

8、I’d appreciate ____ if you would like to teach me how to use this computer.

A．that

B．this

C．you

D．it

9、During the Song Dynasty, people played a game called cuju, which is regarded as the ______ of ancient football.

A.resource B.cause C.origin D.reason

10、It was a pleasure to learn to dance from Polly, who was a gentle and ______ young lady.

A．brave

B．dishonest

C．forgetful

D．graceful

11、—Hi, I’m Peter. Are you new here? I haven’t seen you around.

—Hello, Peter. I’m Bob. I just _______ on Monday.

A.start B.have started C.started D.had started

12、Tell me your _______ and I will try to tell you what disease you have.

A.health B.illness C.symphony D.symptoms

13、There is an illness that can result in total blindness ______ left untreated.

A.after B.if C.since D.unless

14、The thought of going back home was ________ kept him happy while he was working abroad.

A. that B. all that C. all what D. which

15、The doctor tried to cure him ________his disease but couldn’t find a cure ________ it.

A．for;for

B．for;of

C．of;for

D．of;of

16、Do you still remember the farm _____ we visited three months ago?

A.which B.where C.when D.who

17、I know nothing about the young lady _______ she is from Beijing.

A.except B.that C.except that D.except for

18、—Oliver I was wondering if you could lend me a few dollars until I ________ next week.

—I’m sorry, but my money is running out.

A.get paid B.got paid C.have paid D.would be paid

19、His casual remarks led to ______ by others.

A.me misunderstood B.my misunderstanding

C.my being misunderstood D.me be misunderstood

20、With my friend, who is a mechanic, ______ me, I’m sure this second-hand motorbike will soon be as good as new.

A.having helped B.helping C.helped D.helps

21、If one of your teeth feels ______, don’t be ______ and turn to your dentist for help.

A. aching; puzzling B. loose; embarrassed

C. painful; panicked D. uncomfortable; anxious

22、I think a cold drink can_______you after the long journey in such hot weather.

A.recover B.reward C.relieve D.refresh

23、---- The meeting is on Wednesday.

---- __________.

---- I said the meeting is on Wednesday.

A.Excuse me B.Never mind C.I beg your pardon D.All right

24、In that company only Chris Evans _______ objections in the meeting.

A.dare to raise B.dares raise C.dared raise D.dare not to raise

25、—Why did the toy dog stop barking?

—The battery must have ________.

A. used up B. run out

C. given up D. put out

26、When it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States, Grandma Moses should be mentioned, although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself , “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me”. No one could have had a more active old age．

She was born on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At 12 she left home and was in domestic service until at 27 she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927．

Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery (刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands became too stiff (僵硬的) to sew and she still wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought all that she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930’s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it” she said．

【1】What can we learn about Moses?

A．She stopped painting in her late seventies.

B．She still led an active life when she was old.

C．Her marriage life was not happy.

D．She painted oils as a child.

【2】What did Grandma Moses spend most of her life doing?

A．Embroidering.

B．Farming.

C．Nursing.

D．Painting.

【3】What does the underlined word “portrayals ” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Directions.

B．Stages.

C．Surveys.

D．Descriptions.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？

A．Grandma Moses: the Best Woman Painter

B．Grandma Moses and Her Farm Life

C．Grandma Moses and Her Exhibition

D．Grandma Moses : A Famous Woman Painter of 20th Century

27、Imagine you went to a restaurant with a date: had a burger, paid with a credit card, and left. The next time you go there, the waiter or waitress, armed with your profile data, greets you with, “Hey Joe, how are you? Mary is over there in the seat you sat in last time. Would you like to join her for dinner again?” Then you find out that your burger has been cooked and your drink is on the table. Forget the fact that you are with another date and are on a diet that doesn’t include burgers. Sound a little bizarre? To some, this is restaurant equivalent of the Internet. The Net’s ability to profile you through your visits to and interactions at websites provides marketers with an enormous amount of data on you—some of which you may not want them to have.

Are you aware that almost every time you access a website you get a “cookie”? Unfortunately, it’s not the Mrs. Reid’s type. A cookie on the Internet is a computer code sent by the site to your computer—usually without your knowledge. During the entire period of time that you are at the site, the cookie is collecting information about your interaction, including where you visit, how long you stay there, how frequently you return to certain pages, and even your electronic address. Fill out a survey to collect free information or samples and marketers know even more about you—like your name, address, and any other information you provide. While this may sound scary enough, cookies aren’t even the latest in technology. A new system called I-librarian Alexa—named for the legendary third century B.C. library in Alexandria, Egypt- does even more. While cookies track what you are doing at one site, Alexa collects data on all your Web activity, such as which sites you visit next, how long you stay there, whether you click on ads, etc. All this information is available to markets, who use it to market more effectively to you. Not only do you not get paid for providing the information, you probably don’t even know that you are giving it.

【1】In the restaurant story, the author may most probably think the waiter or waitress to be ________.

A．considerate

B．well-mannered

C．annoying

D．incredible

【2】The author makes up the restaurant story in order to ________.

A．show the good service offered in some Web restaurants

B．criticize some restaurants for too considerate service

C．show the Internet s ability to collect data on you

D．prove the great power of the Internet

【3】What can be learned about “Alexa” from the second paragraph?

A．Alexa is named after an ancient hero in Egypt.

B．Alexa is installed in libraries.

C．Alexa can collect all the necessary data on you.

D．Alexa can provide more data for marketers than a cookies.

【4】Which of the following words can best reflect the authors’ attitude to cookies and Alexa?

A．Critical.

B．Suspicious.

C．Objective.

D．Optimistic.

28、   “What's your 'Thing of the Day'?” I asked my fourteen-year-old son as he got a piece of potato onto his plate. This is a question our four kids and whichever friends are staying for supper expect to be asked each evening at suppertime. Usually, it's followed with, “Uhh... Umm... We had pizza for lunch.” And then I have to refuse the response and ask for something meaningful—either something he learned or something that happened with his friends.

But, this day, my son surprised me as he went into great detail about how he had been honestly wronged by a couple of classmates and laughed at in front of the class. I asked more questions and learned that the teachers knew the situation clearly. It had been dealt with as much as the teachers and staff were able to. It was really just a matter of kids being mean and deciding to treat someone unfairly.

I thought about the situation all night. I vacillated between contacting the teachers, contacting the parents of the classmates, and not doing anything since the story had been told to me in a matter-of-fact way—not overly excitedly.

I waited until the next day after school. On the car ride home, I questioned my son what about today after yesterday's situation. My son was honestly surprised that I brought it up again. “What? No, it's over, Mom. They're my friends. They were just being stupid. They apologized. Forgive and forget, you know? We're all good.”

I was worried that perhaps he was trying to hide his concern or sadness about the thing. But as I watched him over the next days and weeks, everything seemed “normal”. Wouldn't it be great if everyone could live the “forgive and forget” way of life?

【1】How are children's usual answers to the author's daily question?

A．Serious.

B．Interesting.

C．Valuable.

D．Meaningless.

【2】Why was the author sleepless all night?

A．Her son was made fun of unkindly.

B．Her son invited his friends to dinner.

C．Her son was punished by his teacher.

D．Her son lied to her about his mistake.

【3】What does the underlined word “vacillated” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Talked to oneself.

B．Made preparations.

C．Was undecided.

D．Gave suggestions.

【4】What did the author learn from her son's experience?

A．It is good to forgive and forget.

B．It is necessary to watch her son.

C．It is difficult to understand children.

D．It is surprising for her son to apologize.

29、Riding on an exercise bike at home may keep you in physical shape, but it can get pretty boring after a while. Aaron Puzey had been on his exercise bike for half an hour a day for years when he decided to look for a way to make it a bit more fun.

With virtual reality technology widely available nowadays, all he needed to do was find a way of applying it to his needs. So he set out to build an app for the Samsung Galaxy Gear VR headset(头戴式视图器) which would allow him to hook it up to Google Street view and make it seem like he's cycling through different real-life locations.

Building the app to download the 3D data from Street View and make it viewable in the VR headset was the toughest part of his project. Other than that, all he needed to do was tape a Bluetooth monitor to his exercise bike. Although the quality of the images sometimes leaves a lot to be desired, leaving complex scenes like trees looking like a mess, Aaron has been having a lot of fun on his journey.

Aaron's project is obviously no substitute(替代品) for real outdoor cycling as it lacks things like the wind blowing in your face or the pain of battling an uphill climb, but it has given him a goal, as well as the chance to take in the beauty of places he might have otherwise never seen. It definitely beats staring at a wall or at the TV for 30 minutes, anyway.

Obviously, Aaron's set up the officially allows him to ride a bike anywhere around the world. He says he has always wanted to see Japan, so once his ride comes to an end, he plans to start another one across the Land of the Rising Sun.

【1】Why did Aaron Puzey build the app?

A．To invent a new kind of bicycle

B．To participate in a competition.

C．To satisfy the needs of the public.

D．To add fun to his exercise bike routine

【2】Which of the following can best describe Aaron Puxey?

A．Creative.

B．Ambitious.

C．Funny.

D．Boring.

【3】What was the challenge for Puzey in his project?

A．Changing the 3D data into pictures.

B．Downloading the software from the Internet.

C．Making the 3D data viewable in the headset.

D．Taping a Bluetooth monitor lo his exercise bike.

【4】What might be the best title for the text?

A．Cycling Across the World at Home

B．The Lazy Man and His Crazy Idea

C．A New Way of Cycling Without Effort

D．A Substitute for Real Outdoor Cycling

30、   A lawyer and a woman were sitting next to each other during a long flight. The lawyer asked her if she would like to play a fun game. The woman was _______ and just wanted to take a nap(小睡), so she politely refused. _______ , the lawyer continued to explain how the game _______ , “Now I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you _______ me...”

Again, she politely refused and tried to get some _______ . The lawyer thought he would easily win the game, so he made another _______, “If you don’t know the answer you _______  pay me ＄5, but if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $50.”

This _______ the woman’s attention. Figuring that there would be no _______ unless she played, she finally ________ to play the game. The lawyer asked the first question, “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?”

The woman didn’t say a word, reached into her purse, pulled out a five-dollar bill and ________ it to the lawyer. Now it was the woman’s ________. She asked the lawyer, “What ________ a hill with three legs and comes down with four?”

The lawyer looked at her with a(n) ________ look. He took out his laptop computer and began  ________. Disappointed, he sent e-mails to everyone he knew, with no ________. After one hour, he ________ at last. He woke the woman and handed her $50. The woman took the $50 and turned away to get back to sleep.

The lawyer ________ the woman again and asked, “So what is the ________ ?”

Again without a(n) ________, the woman reached into her purse for a bill. She handed the lawyer $5, and went back to sleep.

【1】A.kind B.tired C.busy D.shy

【2】A.Anyhow B.Instead C.Besides D.However

【3】A.developed B.appeared C.worked D.changed

【4】A.pay B.beg C.call D.help

【5】A.support B.information C.water D.sleep

【6】A.excuse B.offer C.mistake D.noise

【7】A.only B.also C.even D.still

【8】A.needed B.gave C.caught D.avoided

【9】A.hope B.end C.interest D.future

【10】A.agreed B.refused C.forgot D.stopped

【11】A.sent B.spread C.handed D.showed

【12】A.point B.turn C.choice D.part

【13】A.goes up B.takes away C.covers D.replaces

【14】A.sad B.frightened C.excited D.puzzled

【15】A.writing B.reporting C.searching D.discovering

【16】A.reward B.success C.connection D.task

【17】A.continued on B.moved around C.gave up D.went out

【18】A.praised B.punished C.blamed D.woke

【19】A.answer B.secret C.difference D.time

【20】A.word B.order C.promise D.plan

31、阅读短文，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入1个适当单词的正确形式。

Last week, I attended a lecture on lost 【1】(文明). It was about Pompeii and Loulan, both of which were busy and w【2】about 2,000 years ago. F【3】in the 8th century, Pompeii was d【4】by a volcano, a natural 【5】(灾难) that buried the whole city alive.【6】(与……不同) Pompeii, Loulan disappeared mainly because of the damage humans did to the environment. Once a 【7】(商业的) city on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West, Loulan was covered with huge trees. But the trees were cut down and the city was 【8】 (逐渐地) covered over by sand. T【9】 we ought to a【10】great importance to environment protection.

32、假定你是李华，你校英语俱乐部将举办英语作文大赛。你有意参加，请你用英语给负责人Mr. White写一封邮件，询问相关信息。要点如下：

1. 报名时间及方式；

2. 需要提供的信息；

3. 费用及其他。

注意：1. 词数100左右。2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：报名：sign up

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