太原2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、You________ worry about money. I’ll support you if you need.

A．dare

B．dare not

C．must

D．mustn’t

2、"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

3、—Hi, sir, may I __ seats with you? I want to sit next to my mother. —With pleasure.

A.give B.take C.exchange D.have

4、The seaside here draws a lot of tourists every summer. Warm sunshine and soft sands make ________ it is.

A.what B.which C.how D.where

5、The factory used 65% of the raw materials， the rest of which saved for other purposes.

A.is B.are C.was D.were

6、At first, Alice didn’t study well in our class, but she ________ topping in our class with great efforts.

A. picked up B. gave up C. ended up D. went up

7、A lot of new wooden furniture, as well as some latest household appliances, ________ by the Smiths for their new house a week ago.

A. has been bought B. have been bought

C. was bought D. were bought

8、—How long _________ employed at this position?

—Since 2006.

A.are you B.were you

C.have you been D.are to be

9、It’s requested that a lecture ______ on this subject.

A. is given B. should be given C. will be given D. has been given

10、The old peasant preferred _______ in the field to _______ at home in his free time.

A.to walk around; staying B.walking around; staying

C.walking around; stay D.to walk around; stay

11、—Tom has a lot of parties recently.

—Yes, that may ________ why he didn’t do well in the test.

A．get the hang

B．account for

C．add up to

D．know about

12、The traditional view is _____________ we sleep because our brain is ＂programmed＂ to make us do so.

A.when B.why

C.whether D.that

13、It was _______ that I asked myself that significant question.

A.at this moment B.at any moment

C.at that moment D.in a moment

14、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

15、Su Song was an eleventh century monk ________ very little is known.

A.which B.whom C.about whom D.for which

16、One way to stay away from the strong sunlight is to ________ some sun-cream to your body before you have to be exposed to the sun.

A.reply B.comply

C.apply D.supply

17、Along with enthusiasm for composing music _________ his devotion to cultivating young people's passion for music.

A.come B.comes C.coming D.to come

18、____, Su Daqiang, played by Ni Dahong, is more popular than the TV drama itself as the Internet has gone wild with the memes(表情包) from him.

A.As it turns out B.It turns out C.As it is turned out that D.It is turned out that

19、After climbing for seven hours, he finally to reach the top of the mountain.

A．tried

B．succeeded

C．managed

D．achieved

20、On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ______ paid special attention to.

A.referred to being B.referred to be C.referring to be D.should refer to be

21、A lot of dust has   on the farm machines.

A.brought up B.taken up C.built up D.picked up

22、You could not have all of a sudden ________ a cold — I assume that you just do not want to attend.

A.run out of B.come down with C.hung on to D.broken away from

23、As the saying goes, better go to heaven   than to hell in embroidering(锦衣).

A.in trouble B.in rags C.in time D.in debt

24、Continuing violence could ________ the progress towards reform.

A.hold on B.hold out C.hold on to D.hold up

25、---I don’t like to go there by train. ---Why not ________there by plane?

A．trying going

B．try going

C．trying go

D．try to go

26、Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has a good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.

One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy agreed.

Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease(油垢) on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.

Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.

“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.

【1】Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?

A.He was out of work

B.He was bored with his job

C.He wanted a higher position

D.He hoped to find a better boss

【2】What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?

A.A friend’s car had a flat tire

B.a wild man was pushing a car

C.a terrible accident happened

D.an old man’s car broke down

【3】How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question?

A.He was sorry for the other applicants

B.There was no hope for him to get the job

C.He regretted helping the old man

D.The interviewer was very rude

【4】What can we learn from Jimmy’s experience？

A.Where there is a will, there’s a way

B.A friend in need is a friend indeed

C.Good is rewarded with good.

D.Two heads are better than one

27、The Fallas Festival in Spain

It is sometimes strange how world-famous festivals are started. This is especially true with the Fallas Festival. 【1】.

Centuries ago, the city’s carpenters would empty their houses of all the old wood they had saved over the winter and burn it all in the local square. Over time, the carpenters began to use their old wood to carve different images. Sometimes they would create funny images of famous people. 【2】, and everything would be burnt.

The Fallas Festival is now one of the most popular festivals in Spain. 【3】. Today, 350 communities that make up Valencia work together to design and make two sculptures. These larger-than- life sculptures, often several meters high, are still made of wood, but also include cardboard. On the 15th of March, the sculptures are paraded around the city.

A competition is run where the best sculptures are chosen. These will not be burnt at the end of the festival. 【4】, which is open throughout the year. During the festival, there are lots of different community activities. Every activity ends with fireworks being let off during both the day and night.

【5】. On the final night, all the sculptures are collected and put on a bonfire(大火堆) in the main Valencia square. The fire is lit and all the year’s hard work comes to an end in towers of flames. Everyone watching says goodbye to winter and welcome to spring.

A．The Fallas Festival is an exception

B．Everyone would participate in carving

C．It takes place every March in Valencia of Spain

D．They are instead, saved and placed in the local museum

E．It also attracts people from the world to watch and take part

F．Everyone would come to take a look

G．The Fallas Festival always brings communities together

28、What are your retirement plans? Keep working? Get more exercise? Or learn something new? You may put them on hold. There’s a chance that, sooner or later, you might have to move further than you were thinking, as far as mars.

On Thursday, National Geographic will show the first-ever Mars show home, giving earthlings (地球人) an idea of what their life could look like on the Red Planet. In the not-so-distant year of 2037, the igloo-shaped structure could be the home of your future.

It shows a house built using recycled spacecraft (航天器) parts and Martian soil, called regolith, which has been microwaved into bricks. Some parts of the home are recognizable—a kitchen, a bedroom—but there are fundamental differences that are important to human survival.

As the Martian atmosphere is around one hundredth as thick as the Earth’s, people will need permanent (永久的) shelter from the sun; society will move largely indoors. Most buildings will be connected by underground passages and the houses won’t have windows. The homes will have simulated solar lighting, or natural light that has been bent several times.

Walls will need to be 10 to 12 feet thick to protect people from dangerous rays (光线) that can pass through six feet of steel, and a double air-locked entrance to keep the home under proper pressure.

“We don’t think of our houses as things that keep us alive, but on Mars your house will be a survival centre,” says Stephen Petranek, author of How We’ll Live on Mars. This is not just the stuff of sci-fi. “10 to 20 years from now there will certainly be people, on Mars.” Petranek says.

“We’ve had the technology for 30 years to land people on Mars, but we haven’t had the will,” Petranek says. But two main factors have “completely swung public attitudes”.

The private companies’ participation has forced government agencies to speed up their game, and influential films such as Gravity and The Martian have caught society’s eye.

【1】What can we know about the show home from the text?

A．It has no windows or doors due to security concern.

B．Its design presents the idea of environmental protection.

C．It has thick walls keeping the home under proper pressure.

D．Its underground passages connect all the building together.

【2】What do the underlined words “put them on hold” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Put them off.

B．Give them away.

C．Carry them through.

D．Take them seriously.

【3】According to Petranek, what has sped up the process of sending people to Mars?

A．The great influence of the Mars show home.

B．The development of related technology.

C．The competition from private companies.

D．The popularity of influential books on Mars.

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

A．Living on Mars: Possible or Not

B．Sending People to Mars: Yes or No

C．First-ever show home: How Is It Made

D．Future Home on Mars: What Will It Be Like

29、   Once there was a man who liked eating mangoes. One day, he climbed up to the top of a tree to get the sweetest mangoes, where the branches(枝条) were thin. He picked a few fruits. But when trying to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught a branch and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call for help. Some villagers immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.

Then a wise man arrived. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous for solving people’s problems in the area. He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man. Everybody was surprised. The hanging man started to shout, “What are you doing? Are you crazy? If I could just come down, I would give you a good beat!”

He then used all his skill and strength to reach the branches which were safe to land. Finally he made it! Everybody was amazed. “Where is the old man?”shouted the angry man. “Oh, he didn’t wait for you to beat him,”said a villager. “I will beat him hard!”shouted the man. Then someone said, “Hey, wait a minute. He is the only one who helped you. He is the one who provoked you and led you to help yourself.”

The man thought for a moment and admitted, “Yes, he led me to try my best and save myself.”

【1】When the villagers came under the tree, they found that ______.

A. they were unable to save the hanging man

B. the hanging man was still on the top of the tree

C. the hanging man actually was not in great danger

D. the ladder was not strong enough to save the hanging man

【2】What was the wise man’s method of saving the hanging man?

A. Telling him how to use his skill and strength.

B. Hitting him and letting him fall off the tree.

C. Pushing his fear from his mind.

D. Leading him to save himself.

【3】What the hanging man said to the wise man shows that ______.

A. he was thankful for the wise man’s help

B. he didn’t know the wise man’s purpose

C. he wasn’t surprised at the wise man’s action

D. he was angry because no one was trying to help him

【4】Which of the following can best replace the underlined word in Para.3?

A. Excited. B. Angered.

C. Surprised. D. Cheered.

30、   I am at present a student teacher.With four children to feed,I struggled to live on a（n)_______income.The other day,my shoe broke while I was teaching._______,I had to run to the store to get a new pair and get back to _______before the first parent-teacher meeting.I wanted to buy a pair of _______shoes because I had $10 _______ in my pocket. I_______to go to Walmart,since they have cheap shoes there.However,I _______a shop at Payless instead,for they were holding an end-of-season _______ -buy one get 50%off the second pair.I _______ many pairs before I found the perfect pair that fit me,________ it was priced at $25.Obviously I couldn't afford it.________,I remembered in my purse there was a credit card near its maximum limit. I called the bank and________ that there was  $ 48 left.

When I turned around,I ________ a woman who was looking for shoes.She tried on a lot of pairs but found no suitable ones.She had big ________ like mine and I guessed we were the same size.So I ________her the shoes I was trying on and she liked them.She tried them on and they fit her perfectly.I told her she could ________ them and then I walked away to look for a different pair.After I found another pair,I saw the woman was ________ coins.

I walked up to the woman ________ and took her shoes.I then went straight to the cash register(收银台）and ________both pairs.I turned around,gave her the pair and said,"Have a nice day!"Then I ________.I was in a hurry to get back to the school.

【1】A.high B.low C.extra D.average

【2】A.Actually B.Usually C.Instead D.Therefore

【3】A.sleep B.study C.work D.dinner

【4】A.strong B.comfortable C.fancy D.cheap

【5】A.at most B.at once C.at last D.at least

【6】A.failed B.planned C.offered D.happened

【7】A.passed B.called C.entered D.ignored

【8】A.sale B.show C.party D.game

【9】A.stared at B.tried on C.worn out D.threw away

【10】A.but B.for C.or D.so

【11】A.Above all B.All in all C.All at once D.After all

【12】A.worked out B.made out C.pointed out D.found out

【13】A.knew B.noticed C.consulted D.visited

【14】A.feet B.eyes C.hands D.ears

【15】A.bought B.showed C.sold D.lent

【16】A.steal B.repair C.buy D.pack

【17】A.counting B.collecting C.hiding D.changing

【18】A.sadly B.breathlessly C.hesitantly D.directly

【19】A.looked for B.charged for C.begged for D.paid for

【20】A.bowed B.waited C.left D.apologized

31、Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave in the movement that fought to end slavery in the United States. He became a【1】 voice in the year before the Civil War.

A few weeks ago, the National Park Service (NPS) 【2】Douglass’s birth and Black History Month with reopening of his home at Cedar Hill, a【3】 site in Washington. D.C. The two-story house, which contains many of Douglass’s personal possessions, had undergone a three-year 【4】. (Thanks to the NTS website, however, you don’t have to live in the nation’s capital to visit it. Take a tour online.)

He was born in Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father who never knew Douglass grew uo to become the first black 【5】 to hold a government office--- as US minister and consul general （总领事）to Haiti.

As a youth, he never went to school. Educating slaves was illegal in the South, so he 【6】 taught himself to read and write. At 21 years old, he escaped from his slave owner to Massachusetts and changed his last name to Douglass, to hide his identity.

In the 1850s, Douglass was involved with the Underground Railroad, the system 【7】 up by antislavery groups to bring runaway slaves to the North and Canada. His home in Rochester, N.Y. was near the Canadian border. It became an important station on the 【8】, housing as many as 11 runaway slaves at a time.

He died in 1895. In his lifetime, Douglass 【9】 the end of slavery in 1865 and the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution （美国宪法修正案）, which 【10】 African-Americans the right to vote.

32、近几年，很多外国人热衷学习中国文化。如学汉语、过中国节日等。自从2014年以来，有200多所孔子学院（Confucius Institute）相继在美国、英国、加拿大、韩国等国家建成使用。

1. 请简要报道上述现象；

2. 分析上述现象的原因；

3. 结合自身实际，谈谈你能为传播中国文化做些什么。

注意：1. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

2. 120词左右。

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