台中2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、—Philip! Hurry up!

—________. We still have half an hour before the movie begins.

A. It doesn’t matter B. Take your time

C. It’s up to you D. It’s a deal

2、________in the street, I came across an old friend of mine.

A．To walk

B．Walked

C．Walking

D．Having walked

3、______ from space, the earth, with water ______ seventy percent of its surface, looks like a blue ball.

A．Seen, covering

B．Seen, covered

C．Seeing, covering

D．Seeing, covered

4、Could I speak to__________ is in charge of International Sales please?

A.who B.what

C.whoever D.whatever

5、We are looking forward with great hope to ________ at the party.

A．turn up

B．turning up

C．his turning up

D．he turning up

6、Don’t ____him____ talking politics, or he will go on all evening.

A.set...out B.set...off C.set...about D.set...down

7、Perhaps people will ________ of the fact that the Three Gorges Dam may bring changes to the climate around.

A．be convincing

B．have convinced

C．convince

D．be convinced

8、The students all wear the same uniform, so it's hard for me to _____________ my son among them.

A.bring out B.pick out C.pick up D.pick on

9、—Will you go to Mary’s birthday party?

—No. _____ invited, I cannot go to it. I will be very busy then.

A.Only if B.Now that

C.As though D.Even though

10、If you're to succeed，__________to the job after finding the proper way to do it.

A.being devoted B.devoted

C.devoting D.be devoted

11、--- Next to the teacher _________. Who is she?

--- Mary. She’ll give a speech titled “Believe in yourself”.

A.is standing a girl B.a girl stands C.stands a girl D.does a girl stand

12、—I couldn’t tell Jack from his twin brother.

—Me too, and there is no obvious________between them.

A.contribution B.distinction C.promotion D.expression

13、My family used to live in _____ city of Shanghai but now have moved to _____ countryside.

A.a; a B.the; the C.a; the D.the; 不填

14、______ these new treatments , people with high blood pressure can live a long and active life .

A. According to     B. Thanks to

C. As for   D. Instead of

15、One of the men holds the view _______ the book said was right.

A.that B.whether C.what that D.that what

16、To ____ telling lies he asked his friends to help him cheat his parents.

A.get down to B.get across C.get away with D.get over

17、_______ the loud noise going on in the workshop, I can hardly __________ on my lessons.

A．As; put

B．As; concentrate

C．With; rely

D．With; concentrate

18、The man_________ in prison now because he broke the law during the quarantine time.

A．kept

B．is being kept

C．is keeping

D．was kept

19、So _______life will continue to live on the earth depend on whether this problem can be solved.

A. whether B. that

C. what D. if

20、I’m preparing the report for tomorrow’s meeting. Would you please _____ the radio a little?

A.turn on B.turn off C.turn up D.turn down

21、Ladies and gentlemen, please remain __________ until the plane has come to a complete stop.

A．seated

B．seating

C．to seat

D．seat

22、Mr. Stevenson is great to work for ——I really couldn’t ask for a ________ boss.

A.better B.good

C.best D.still better

23、The girl the teachers considered ____was caught ______ in the exam, which surprised us very much.

A. to be the best; to cheat

B. to be the best; cheating

C. being the best; cheating

D. as the best student; to cheat

24、We students should ___________ ourselves with knowledge, for the competition nowadays is very fierce.

A.supply B.equip C.relate D.feed

25、(2014·四川) Grandma pointed to the hospital and said, ＂That’s _____________ I was born.＂

A. when B. how

C. why D. where

26、   If you live in Shanghai，Beijing or many other cities，you may see many orange bicycles on the streets these days．

These bikes are owned by a company called Mobike．You can order a bike through an app on your phone．When you find a bike，you just scan a QR code （扫描二维码） on the bike so you can use it．You don’t need to return the bike to a station—you can park it anywhere．

China was known as "the kingdom of bicycles" about 30 years ago．But more people choose to drive cars and catch the subway these days．Bike rental(租凭的) services like Mobike are bringing bikes back．

"Back then，I got the feeling that Chinese people were trying to be modern and push away the past．So they did not want to be linked with bicycles，" said Ines Brunn，a German woman who runs a bike store in Beijing．"I do believe changes in people's tastes will shape new thinking about bikes．"

Online rental services are making biking more convenient，but it's still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities．Cars often take up bicycle lanes(道路)． Bikers have to ride next to cars in car lanes，which can be very dangerous．

Beijing plans to build over 3,200 km of new bike lanes．Drivers who drive in bike lanes will be punished．Traffic signs will be put up to better protect bikers．

【1】If you want to use a Mobike, ________.

A. you have to scan a QR code B. you don't need to pay for it

C. you don't have to return it D. you have to pay for an app

【2】Which of the following is NOT true，according to Paragraph 3?

A. China had the most bicycles in the world about 30 years ago．

B. There are more bicyclists than motorists these days．

C. More people are driving cars or taking the subway these days．

D. Bike rental services are becoming more popular．

【3】What does Ines Brunn mean when she says people’s tastes are changing？

A. Chinese people like modern things．

B. Chinese people like riding bicycles．

C. People in Beijing are changing their tastes．

D. More people will start riding bikes．

【4】Which is the best title for the passage？

A. How to use a Mobike

B. Orange bikes will be fashionable

C. Bringing back bikes

D. Why is Beijing building new bike lanes？

27、   I prefer Lynne Truss’s phraseology: I am a grammar “sticker”. And, like Truss – author of Eats, shoots & Leaves – I have a “zero tolerance” approach to grammar mistakes that make people look stupid.

Now, Truss and I disagree on what it means to have “zero tolerance”. She thinks that people who mix up basic grammar “deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked (砍) up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave”, while I just think they deserve to be passed over for a job – even if they are otherwise qualified for the position.

Everyone who applies for a position at either of my companies, iFixit or Dozuki, takes a compulsory grammar test. If job hopefuls can’t distinguish between “to” and “too”, their applications go into the bin.

Of course, we write for a living. iFixit.com is the world’s largest online repair manual (指南), and Dozuki helps companies write their own technical documentation, like paperless work instructions and step-by-step user manuals. So, it makes sense that we’ve made a strong strike against grammar errors.

But grammar is relevant for all companies. Yes, language is constantly changing, but that doesn’t make grammar unimportant. Good grammar is credibility, especially on the Internet. And, for better or worse, people judge you if you can’t tell the difference between “their” “there” and “they’re”.

Good grammar makes good business sense – and not just when it comes to hiring writers. Writing isn’t in the official job description of most people in our office. Still, we give our grammar test to everybody, including our salespeople, our operations staff, and our programmers.

Grammar signifies more than just a person’s ability to remember high school English. I’ve found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing – like stocking shelves or labeling parts. It is the same with programmers. Applicants who don’t think writing is important are likely to think lots of other things also aren’t important.

【1】What’s the author’s “zero tolerance” approach to these job seekers who mix up basic grammar?

A.They should be left out for a job. B.They have to correct their mistakes.

C.They aren’t qualified for their jobs. D.They must be severely punished.

【2】Which of the following is TRUE of iFixit and Dozuki?

A.Only one of them has a compulsory grammar test.

B.They are companies where one learns grammar.

C.Grammar is quite important for their existence.

D.They depend on grammar correction for a living.

【3】What can we learn from the text?

A.Companies giving grammar tests may have no good business sense.

B.Grammar becomes unimportant as language is constantly changing.

C.A “zero tolerance” approach to grammar errors might seem a little unfair.

D.People who pay attention to writing may pay attention to other things.

28、   A UPS (United Parcel Service) driver Ryan Arens was making his rounds near a pond in Bozeman, Montana, when he heard a sound. “Like a cry for help,” he told the Dodo. It was December 2019, and about 15 feet from the frozen banks was the source of that cry-a struggling dog with half of its body underwater, trying to stick to a thin layer of ice. How she got there no one knows, but an elderly man was already on the scene, determined to save her. He’d entered the pond in a rowboat and was trying hard to cut the ice with a rock to create a path to the dog. It was slowly going, and Arens,44, thought he stood a better chance.

“Animals are my weakness,” he told the Great Falls Tribune, explaining why he took off his clothes without hesitation, even though the temperature was in the 30s, and took over the rowboat.

His heart beating wildly, Arens slid closer to the dog and used the other man’s rock to smash away at the ice. He gave one too strong hit and slipped off the boat, falling into 16 feet of icy water.

He resurfaced in time to see the dog going under. Using nervous energy to keep warm, he swam about five feet toward her, took hold of her collar, and pulled her to the ice. He then lifted the dog into the boat and slid it back to the shore, where anxious bystanders carried the dog to the home of the elderly man, a retired animal doctor. Once in the house himself, Arens jumped into a warm shower with the dog until they both felt warm. A few more minutes in the pond，the doctor told Arens, and she would have likely suffered cardiac arrest(心脏骤停).

The next day, Arens was back working in the same neighborhood when the dog’s owner came over to thank him for saving Sadie. “Would you like to meet her?” he asked. He opened the door to his pickup, and immediately out raced Sadie. She went straight to Arens, leaping on him and bathing him in wet kisses. “That special delivery”，says Arens, “was the highlight of my UPS career.”

【1】What happened to the dog?

A.It lost its way home. B.It was caught in an accident.

C.It fell into a pond. D.It was trapped in a truck.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 tell us?

A.He can’t help helping animals in trouble B.Dogs are too weak to stand the cold.

C.He is good at raising weak animals. D.He is too weak to save the dog.

【3】What was the weather like when it happened?

A.Warm B.Cold C.Cool D.Hot.

【4】Who saved the dog in the end?

A.The animal doctor. B.Ryan Arens

C.A bystander. D.A reporter.

【5】What can we conclude from the end of the story?

A.Sadie went to live with the person who saved her.

B.The dog owner was not a responsible master.

C.Dogs should be kept indoors in cold weather.

D.Arens was proud of what he had done.

29、   The automobile（汽车）has many advantages. Above all, it offers people freedom to go where they want to go, when they want to go there. The basic purpose of a motor vehicle is to get from point A to point B as cheaply, quickly, and safely as possible.

In addition, much of the world’ s economy is built on producing motor vehicles and supplying roads, services and repairs for those vehicles. Half of the world’ s paychecks are auto related. In the United States, one of every six dollars spent and one of every six nonfarm jobs are connected to the automobile or related industries, such as oil, steel, rubber, plastics, automobile services, and highway construction.

In spite of their advantages, motor vehicles have many harmful effects on human lives and on air, water, land, and wild life resources. Since Karl Benz built the first automobile, almost 18 million people have been killed by motor vehicles. In addition to the tragic loss of life, these accidents cost American society about $60 billion annually in lost income and in insurance, administrative, and legal expenses.

Los Angeles is a global symbol of urban sprawl 城市扩张）built around a vast network of freeways. An estimated one third of the city’ s total metropolitan（大都市的）area and two thirds of its downtown area are devoted to roads, parking lots and other automobile related uses. Each day, its network of streets and freeways is crowded with more than five million vehicles, which are responsible for 85% of both the air pollution and the noise in this urban area.

If present trends continue, U.S. motorists will spend an average of two years of their lifetimes in traffic jams. Streets that used to be for people are now for cars. Pedestrians and people riding bicycles in the streets are subjected to noise, pollution, stress, and danger.

Motor vehicles are the largest source of air pollution, producing a haze of smog over the world’ s cities. In the United States, they produce at least 50% of the country’ s air pollution. What do you think should be done?

【1】What do we know about the automobile?

A.It develops slowly in style.

B.It brings us little convenience.

C.It causes no harm to wildlife.

D.It is an important part of the world’ s economy.

【2】What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4?

A.Add some background information.

B.Summarize the previous paragraphs.

C.Provide some advice for the readers.

D.Introduce a new topic for discussion.

【3】Which is a major problem resulting from automobiles?

A.Noise. B.Land loss.

C.Air pollution. D.Tragic loss of life.

【4】What’ s the main idea of the text?

A.The automobile has many advantages.

B.The automobile has a tough time to survive.

C.The automobile brings influence in many ways.

D.The automobile is responsible for traffic accidents.

30、   I had to visit my sister in another town because her husband was very ill. My whole family couldn’t go because school was in session. My _________ stayed back in their father’s care, except for the youngest children, who was just one year old. I was _________ about taking a train journey _________ with my daughter. I knew I had to go, so I gathered all my courage and _________ the train. After waving goodbye to my husband, I _________.

There were only three other passengers in that carriage. Two of them were quite elderly, _________ one was a young man. My daughter was crying, _________ her dad. I tried to comfort her, giving her water and some biscuits, but her crying wouldn’t stop. By this time I was getting _________ the disturbance being caused to others. One of the elderly was dozing (打瞌睡), _________ the other seemed to get annoyed. Although I tried my best to comfort her, the sobbing (哭泣) continued.

Just then the young man __________ to take my baby into his arms. He stood with her near the window and started talking to her, in a __________ voice. My daughter stopped crying __________, listening to his baby talk. I was both surprised and __________ especially the dissatisfied elder was now happily reading his book. The stranger handed my daughter __________ once she was asleep. I __________ the young man and settled down to rest.

During the long __________ journey this young man continuously helped me. He fed my baby, __________ to her and told her lots of stories. I arrived at my __________ at last. I am __________ for this man who had come to my rescue. After so many years, I still remember this stranger on the train with a __________ heart.

【1】A.students B.children C.customers D.pets

【2】A.nervous B.excited C.positive D.angry

【3】A.forward B.off C.backward D.alone.

【4】A.caught. B.reached C.boarded D.jumped

【5】A.got off B.checked out C.took off D.settled down

【6】A.because B.since C.while D.when

【7】A.calling B.missing C.whispering D.preferring

【8】A.surprised at B.worried about C.disappointed with D.accustomed to

【9】A.but B.so C.therefore D.however

【10】A.refused B.expected C.agreed D.offered

【11】A.painful B.loud C.gentle D.high

【12】A.unwillingly B.happily C.slowly D.smoothly

【13】A.relieved B.concerned C.interested D.delighted

【14】A.again B.back C.down D.away.

【15】A.shouted B.comforted C.thanked D.welcomed

【16】A.train B.bus C.plane D.ship

【17】A.sang B.attended C.devoted D.listened

【18】A.office B.destination C.hometown D.school

【19】A.ashamed B.late C.sorry D.grateful

【20】A.bad B.selfish C.cold D.kind

31、课文填空

Old French made other【1】to Middle English as well. In old English Germanic way of making words plural was used. For example, they said housen instead of houses, and shoen instead of shoes. After the Normans took【2】they began using the French way of making plurals, adding an-s to house and shoe. Only a few words 【3】 their Germanic plural forms, such as man/men and child/children.

After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke French while common people spoke English. However, by the latter half of the 14th century, English had come into【4】use among all classes in England. In 1399, Henry IV became King of England. His mother 【5】 was English, and he used English for all official events.

32、你校学生会近期要举办“珍惜粮食，拒绝浪费”（cherish the food and refuse to waste）的主题活动，现向各班征集活动建议。请你代表本班写一封发言稿，内容包括：

1.表示支持并说明活动的意义；

2.你的建议（开展班会；张贴海报；举办图片展……）

3.表示祝愿。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅。