烟台2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、Mrs. Brown really ____ go on a diet. She has put on so much weight since she gave up jogging.

A. could B. ought to

C. may D. must

2、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

3、It was so dark at night that I couldn’t ______ anything clearly in the street.

A．distinguish

B．understand

C．ensure

D．confirm

4、—It is said that Mr. White will have to stay in hospital for a good while.

—Don't worry. His son, Henry, will________ his duties.

A. take over B. take up C. take off D. take in

5、I would rather she ______ tomorrow than today.

A.comes B.came C.will come D.should come

6、After a heated discussion, they still don’t know at all _______.

A. what is he working out B. what he is working on

C. what did he work on D. what he is working out

7、—Edward, where have you been these days?

—I________to Yan Cheng, an attractive city best known for its wetlands on the Yellow Sea.

A.go B.went C.had gone D.have gone

8、As far as she could _______, there was nothing ______ low huts.

A.turn out; besides B.make out; besides

C.turn out; but D.make out; but

9、________, I am studying medicine at a university.

A.In a moment B.At the moment

C.For a moment D.The moment

10、"If you find yourself wanting to bury your feelings deep inside you, don't do it. Instead express them in a responsible way." This advice encourages us to_______.

A.stand in others ' shoes B.seek to be understood

C.practice mirroring D.listen with our ears and heart

11、It was the girls _____ saw the old man in the morning _____ he was taking a walk.

A. who, that B. who, when C. that, who D. that, that

12、The aim was not to________ valuable time with the usual boring pictures．

A.take up B.make up C.pick up D.put up

13、— Why are you so angry with her?

— She gave in to ________ and opened my hand bag without my permission.

A.comfort B.patience C.curiosity D.passage

14、More than one generation of schoolchildren   by the scientist’s bravery and his scientific approach to looking

for the truth in the past century.

A.have been amazed B.has been amazed C.were amazed D.was amazed

15、He did not regret saying what he did but felt that he _________ it differently.

A.could express B.would express

C.could have expressed D.must have expressed

16、We’ve known him for years. To be honest, he is much   an acquaintance.

A. other than B. rather than

C. more than D. no more than

17、In the interview, something creative should be done by graduates to ______ themselves ______ other interviewers.

A. refer; to B. name; after

C. attach; to D. distinguish; from

18、It was with deep sadness that the House of Chanel announced the passing of Karl Lagerfeld, ________ talent for all the branding campaigns related to fashion it benefited since 1987.

A．of which

B．whose

C．of whom

D．from whose

19、People around the world are becoming more and more _____ about the population explosion.

A. concerned B. interested

C. involved D. disappointing

20、—I have studies gardening as one of my hobbies. Could I make some suggestions?

—_____.

A.Don't mention it B.Go right ahead

C.Take it easy D.You will make it

21、China,a country with a strong sense of duty,never hesitates to_______to help other countries.

A.reach out B.turn out C.work out D.come out

22、—I can’t think why he ________ so angry. I mean no harm.

—It’s typical of him to be sensitive(敏感的).

A.should have been B.must have been

C.might have been D.can have been

23、When I got home I saw a message pinned to the door ____ “Sorry to miss you, will

call you later.”

A.read B.reading C.reads D.to read

24、During the flood, there was water everywhere, but we couldn’t drink any of it, ______ we would get really sick.

A.therefore B.however C.otherwise D.further

25、He claimed _______ in the supermarket when he was doing shopping yesterday.

A.being badly treated B.to be treated badly

C.treating badly D.to have been treated badly

26、   Most of us maybe consider snakes to be cold, single beings, as uncaring to others of their kind as they are to us. But those ideas are wrong — especially when it comes to garter snakes (袜带蛇), a new study says.

These creatures, which appear from the cold plains of Canada to the forests of Costa Rica, have their own preferences about which snakes they hang out with — in other words, they have “friends”.

“All animals — even snakes — need to connect with others,” says Morgan Skinner, the study leader at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. To look into this theory, Skinner thought up a new experiment to find out the personalities and sociability of eastern garter snakes.

The results showed that “like us, they seek out friendship, and they’re particular about whom they make friends with,” says Skinner.

The idea that snakes have close social networks may be surprising, but such relationships are increasingly being found throughout the animal kingdom, from flamingos to bats to elephants. A recent study of bats showed, for example, that bats and humans both have friendships.

Scientists are likely better at discovering friendships among animals now than, say, 30 years ago, partly because many societies are more accepting of such an idea, and because researchers have far better tools for gathering information.

Analyzing social networks in wildlife, such as snakes, “has taken huge jumps in the last few decades,” says study co-author Noam Miller, Skinner’s advisor.

【1】What is the purpose of the experiment on garter snakes?

A.To prove Skinner’s theory is true.

B.To surprise Wilfrid Laurier University.

C.To do better research into the habitat of snakes.

D.To study the friendship between animals and humans.

【2】According to the study, garter snakes prefer to ________.

A.live on their own B.stay in cold areas

C.seek out friendship D.keep off the forests

【3】In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?

A.Health. B.Entertainment. C.Education. D.Science.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Friendship Is Valuable B.Wildlife Has Friends Too

C.Snakes Are Cold-blooded D.Animals Protect Each Other

27、   You are walking alone down the street. Suddenly, you hear footsteps. Is someone following you? How do you know the footsteps are someone else’s and not your own?

You can tell because your brain has the ability to ignore certain sounds, according to a study from New York University. Because of this, we often ignore our own footsteps. But we may easily hear others’ footsteps.

Scientists tested this on mice. They found that when mice became familiar with the sound of their own footsteps, they developed a “sensory filter (感觉过滤器)”, according to David Schneider, one of the lead authors of the study. This allowed the mice to ignore the sounds of their own footsteps. They could more easily notice the sounds of their environment.

“For mice, this is really important,” Schneider told Science Daily. “They need to listen for a cat getting close to them, even when they’re walking and making noise.”

Our brains don’t just ignore our footsteps. We also ignore some other sounds that we make ourselves, including the sound of eating, breathing heavily and typing on a keyboard. Being able to ignore these unimportant noises lets us focus on more important and dangerous ones. For example, we are quick to notice the sound of a baby crying. So we can rush to make sure they are okay and keep them alive. The same idea applies to humans screaming. When we hear this sound, we can quickly go to help the screaming person.

【1】What help(s) mice ignore the sounds of their own footsteps?

A. The environment. B. Their sensory filters.

C. Cats’ footsteps. D. A study from New York.

【2】What do human brains normally fail to notice?

A. Others’ footsteps. B. Human’s screaming.

C. a baby crying. D. Self-made sounds.

【3】How does ignoring some sounds benefit humans?

A. More important things can be focused on.

B. People can stay calm in face of danger.

C. It’s easy to stay healthy and strong.

D. People tend to do dangerous things.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A. More studies on human brains are needed.

B. Mice are very helpful in human brain studies.

C. Ignoring certain sounds helps mice survive.

D. Screaming and crying are unimportant noises.

28、   Earlier research had suggested we're best at learning grammar in early childhood. Then we hit a dead end around age 5. It's supposed to be much harder for older kids. The time when people can learn the rules and structure of a language well appears to last until around age 17 or 18. “But that's not so, ”says psychologist（心理学家）Joshua Hartshorne.

Hartshorne asked friends to take an online English grammar test. After completing the test, volunteers answered questions about where they had lived,  the languages they had spoken from birth and the age at which they first started learning English. Hartshorne also asked how long they had lived in an English-speaking country. As he had hoped, people shared the test widely online. This let Hartshorne's group study the answers from 669, 498 native and non-native speakers of English. The researchers used statistics to find out when people with different English-speaking experiences reached their top grammar ability.

If people moved to a new country and began speaking English by age 10 to 12, they finally spoke it as well as folks who had learned both English and another language from birth. But both groups scored a little worse than people who spoke English only, the researchers found. The test results showed that around age 17, people's ability to learn grammar took a sharp drop. And those who started learning English after age 10 or 12 never reached the same level of English skillfulness as people who started younger. Why？The researchers think it's because they had fewer years to practice before their skills dropped off at surprise：Language learning did not end at 17. People's English skills kept improving a little until around age 30, the new study found. And this was true among both native speakers and those who learned English as a second language. Still, most language learning happened by age 20, the new study decided.

【1】What age period is best for grammar learning according to earlier research？

A.From 17 to 20. B.From 5 to 12.

C.Before age 5. D.From 20 to 30.

【2】How did Hartshorne get his study statistics？

A.By experimenting in the lab. B.By making an online survey.

C.By studying historical records. D.By collecting earlier study results.

【3】Which of the following agrees with Hartshorne's study results？

A.Language learning needs much practice.

B.Language learning ends at the age of 17.

C.The more languages you learn, the better.

D.It is best to learn language after 20 years old.

【4】What is the best title for the text？

A.How native speakers learn English？

B.What's the best age to learn a language？

C.What's the best way to learn a foreign language？

D.Why non-native speakers can never master a second language？

29、   Maybe you have just been to the apple garden or maybe you couldn’t help yourself and brought the apples home from the grocery store. 【1】 Follow these easy tips and you’ll have good apples for two or three weeks at least.

Figure out where you’re going to put the apples first . When fully ripe(成熟的), apples become soft. 【2】They give off a chemical called ethylene gas that continues to soften the skin day after day. Keeping apples cold helps to slow the discharge of this gas, so place them in the drawer of the refrigerator to keep them cool.

【3】 They can be stored in a basket in a cool area of your home like a basement. A wire multi-type container is a great option because it allows air to circulate(流通) around the apples while they are being stored. If space is a problem, a wire hanging basket will offer the same benefit without taking up floor space. 【4】 That way, the air will not circulate easily, which can lead the apples to go bad.

To store apples for a long time, you had better wrap each apple lightly in a newspaper and place it in a wire container in a cool area of your home. Spin the apples regularly and remove those that are becoming soft. When considering long-term storage, look for Fuji, Granny Smith and Macintosh apple varieties. 【5】 Apples that are softer will not store as long.

A.Are they the right apples you like to have?

B.Don’t simply place them in a hardboard box.

C.They continue to ripen even after they are picked.

D.Keep them separate from other fruits and vegetables.

E.These types of apples are generally much firmer and have thicker skins.

F.But what if you have too many apples to easily fit in your refrigerator?

G.Either way, you want to keep the apples fresh and delicious as long as possible.

30、   I discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway. As much as I tried, I could not move my feet,_________they were crazy-glued(粘住) to the ground. The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancy’s house, just one-half block away, paralyzed(麻痹) my_________, making me unable to move when I neared the end of our driveway. Dense, black_________was rising from behind the Maple trees on the other side of the street and was surrounding three houses, making them hardly_________. Nancy’s house was one of them.

I tried to_________for my daughters, hoping to see them run safely to my arms, but my voice was_________stuck—stuck in my throat with no_________of coming out. There I stood,_________, paralyzed and silenced by _______, unable to protect the two little girls I loved even__________I had realized.

Although__________in a body that couldn’t move or speak, I could still hear. I could hear other mothers__________calling their children. I could hear a__________silence that covered the neighborhood instead of the usual happy voices of children. And，finally, I could hear the alarm of the fire engine. As the alarm__________, “We’re on our way,” it instantly dissolved the crazy glue that had__________my feet to the ground and it__________the soundproof(隔音的) box that had silenced my voice. I was__________to make sure my daughters were safe.

As I continued down the driveway, two little girls, my two little girls, ran toward me from__________the street. They had come home to tell me about the fire in the garage next to Nancy’s house. Not only did my feet and voice ________now, but my eyes were also in good working order and had no trouble producing__________of relief.

【1】A.even if B.though C.as if D.as

【2】A.legs B.arms C.ears D.eyes

【3】A.fog B.water C.cloud D.smoke

【4】A.spotted B.stared C.inspected D.glared

【5】A.call on B.call out C.call in D.call off

【6】A.yet B.seldom C.also D.still

【7】A.trouble B.intention C.patience D.pleasure

【8】A.selfless B.helpless C.homeless D.hopeless

【9】A.disease B.curiosity C.fear D.doubt

【10】A.more than B.rather than C.less than D.other than

【11】A.absorbed B.included C.combined D.trapped

【12】A.angrily B.confidently C.calmly D.anxiously

【13】A.frightening B.exhausting C.exciting D.relaxing

【14】A.sang. B.announced C.read D.expressed

【15】A.held B.struck C.exposed D.lifted

【16】A.lifted B.filled C.carried D.unlocked

【17】A.surprised B.pleased C.free D.excited

【18】A.behind B.across C.above D.over

【19】A.speak B.move C.work D.hear.

【20】A.voices B.steps C.thoughts D.tears

31、课本原文填空。

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and 【1】 in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after 【2】 had caught animals. At that time people would 【3】 if food was difficult to find, 【4】 during the cold winter months. Today's festivals have many 【5】, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events．

The most 【6】 and important festivals are the ones 【7】 look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 【8】 the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, 【9】 take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and 【10】, loud music and colourful 【11】 of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the 【12】 of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks 【13】 though it is covered with pink snow.

People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun 【14】 each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our 【15】 and forget our work for a little while.

32、假如你是李华，将在下周学校的“英语角”活动中推荐一部经典原版英语文学作品。请你给美国好友Paul写一封电子邮件，征求其意见，内容包括：

1.询问近况；

2.求助意图；

3.期待回复。

注意：

1.词数80左右

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：

经典原版英语文学作品；original English classic