梅州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、In developing countries, energy can be used wastefully by _______ has the money to use it, while poorer and less powerful go without.

A.who B.which

C.whoever D.whomever

2、This project ______ considered thoroughly, and I’m sure it ______ finished on time.

A. must be; may be B. should be; can be

C. may be; must be D. can be; should be

3、Whenever   the money, I will permit   you a hand.

A.permitting using, lending B.permitted to use, lending

C.permitting to use, lending D.permitted to use,  to lend

4、With winter _____, the weather gets colder and colder.

A.appearing B.approaching C.leaving D.passing

5、The speed of cars and trucks is _______ to 30 kilometers per hour in large cities in China.

A.limited B.limiting C.limit D.to limit

6、Helping others is a habit, ___ you can learn even at an early age.

A. it     B. that

C. what  D. one

7、It was in the forest _____ they found the lost cow.

A.where B.that C.when D.as

8、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

9、On _________ that all go smoothly, we can realize our annual goals as expected.

A.situation B.case C.condition D.environment

10、As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can ______concerning music, and takes every opportunity to improve herself.

A．catch sight of

B．get hold of

C．take charge of

D．make mention of

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

A.over B.by C.for D.against

12、The English teacher tells the students to have ______ for different races and appreciate the diversity of other cultures .

A. mercy   B. sympathy

C. respect  D. regret

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

A. that B. which C. them D. what

14、Even Amundsen was moved by Scott's death saying "Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for bravery, for everything _______makes a man".

A.that B.which C.who D.不填

15、It is Russia ________ will hold the 2018 World Cup.

A. that B. which

C. where D. when

16、He admitted that ________ restriction measures had come too early. Austria lifted almost all restrictions relating to COVID-19 on March 5 and is now the first EU state ________ tougher restrictions during the current wave of infections.

A．easing; reintroducing

B．easing; reintroduced

C．being eased; to reintroduce

D．easing; to reintroduce

17、These mistakes are very ______ among students, so we’re not surprised if you do wrong.

A.ordinary B.common C.usual D.normal

18、I saw a familiar face in the crowd, but the name ______ me for the moment.

A.supported B.limited C.escaped D.adapted

19、Don’t bother to look for my umbrella; it will _______ some day.

A.turn down B.turn out C.turn up D.turn over

20、In modern times, there are many means of ________both  in  the urban and the rural areas.

A. communication B. communicate

C. communicator D. communicative

21、He ________ and his T-shirt became too small.

A.lose weight B.put on weight

C.cut down fat D.earned his living

22、Doctors say that there are several possible cures ______ his disease and that they can cure him _____ it.

A．about; for

B．with; of

C．for; with

D．for; of

23、English has many borrowed words, _____ it is rather confusing to learners.

A．this is why

B．this is because

C．which is why

D．which is because

24、How do you like the Japanese film Your Name! Don’t you just love ________ when the hero comes across the girl again after 8 years?

A. this B. that C. it D. them

25、He has loved me____I were his son.

A.because B.as C.if D.as if

26、   We already know that a lack of sleep will actually prevent your brain from being able to make new memories. You end up feeling as though you’re amnesiac.

A lack of sleep will lead to an increased development of a protein in the brain connected with Alzheimer’s disease because it is during deep sleep at night that a system within the brain starts to wash away this protein. So if you’re not getting enough sleep each and every night, more of that Alzheimer’s-related protein will build up. The more protein that builds up, the greater your risk of developing Alzheimer will be in later life.

What are the effects of the lack of sleep on the body? We know that a lack of sleep impacts your immune system(免疫系统).After just one night of four to five hours of sleep, there is a 70%reduction in immune cells called natural killer cells. And that’s the reason that short sleep predicts your risk for developing many forms of cancer.

In fact, the link between a lack of sleep and cancer is now so strong that recently the World Health Organization decided to classify any form of nighttime shift work as a probable cause of cancer. It is during deep sleep at night that your heart rate drops, your blood pressure goes down. If you’re not getting enough sleep, your blood pressure rises. If you’re getting six hours of sleep or less, you’ll have a 200%increased risk of having a deadly heart attack or stroke in your lifetime.

There is a global experiment that is performed on 1.6 billion people twice a year and it’s called daylight savings time. And we know that in the spring, when we lose one hour of sleep, we see a 24%increase in heart attacks the following day.

Another question, perhaps, is what is the recycle rate of a human being? How long can we actually last without sleep before we start to see worsening in your brain function? And the answer seems to be about 16 hours of wakefulness. Once you get past 16 hours of being awake, that’s when we start to see mental and physical damages in the body. We know that after you’ve been awake for 19 or 20 hours, your mental capacity(心智能力)is so damaged that you would be as slow as someone who was drunk. So if you were to ask me what is the recycle rate of a human being, it does seem to be about 16 hours and we need about eight hours of sleep to repair the damage of wakefulness.

【1】The underlined word “amnesiac” in Paragraph 1 probably means

A.sleepy B.tolerant C.relieved D.forgetful

【2】According to the article, we can infer that_

A.the more you sleep, the more protein there will be

B.you’re more likely to suffer heart attacks in the spring

C.deep sleep at night protects you from a harmful protein

D.you’ll develop many forms of cancer due to short sleep

【3】When you’re awake over 16 hours,   .

A.your brain won’t function in a proper way B.your brain needs at least 8 hours to recover

C.you must have drunk large amounts of wine D.you walk as slowly as the physically disabled

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

A.Sleeping sickness kills B.Enough sleep counts

C.Less sleep causes cancer D.Sleep is necessary for man

27、Real financial security and freedom is not in our job but in our passion. It’s easy to define and evaluate a man by his pursue Joseph Campbell once said, “Follow your dream and the universe will open doors where there are only walls.”

In life, we’ll always be found doing any of these two things: either making a living or making a difference. Pensions (养老金)and salaries stop many from pursuing excellence while passion unlocks hidden potentials that equip us for challenges and opportunities. A job helps us make a living while passion enables us to make a difference.

I want to sincerely help to adjust and clarify the misguided belief among workers that a job is a means of livelihood. Rather, it should be a means to fuel our passion. The earlier you realize this basic truth of life, the more clearly you'll be able to position yourself in living a life of impact and value.

The success of Kentucky Fried Chicken（KFC）shows how meaningful it is to pursue your passion instead of your pension. Its founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, didn’t realize this until he was given his first social security check of 105 dollars. But he decided that there surely was something to do for himself and other people instead of living on that small pension. He was determined to engage himself in what brought him impact and value. Drawing inspiration from his mother's special recipe for fried chicken, he invented “finger-licking” seasoning with eleven spices and herbs. Despite much rejection, he managed to round up some investors and promote company's rapid expansion to more than 6,000 locations. Sanders’ life pointed towards two facts about making a difference: one, there is no age that is too old to make a difference; two, there is nothing too small or insignificant to make a difference with, as long as it is your passion.

【1】How does the author support his argument in paragraph 2?

A．By listing examples.

B．By showing contrast.

C．By including a quote.

D．By sharing his experience.

【2】How did Sanders probably feel when offered his first social security check?

A．Deeply moved.

B．Pleasantly surprised.

C．Greatly relieved.

D．Internally motivated.

【3】What does the author suggest we do?

A．Pursue our passion.

B．Get a well-paid job.

C．Secure our position.

D．Get career guidance.

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

A．Passion or Pension?

B．Following Your Dreams

C．Working for Pension

D．To Work or not to Work?

28、Across vast areas of the tropics (热带地区) from Southeast Asia to Africa, forests have been cut down in recent decades, but at least in some areas reforestation efforts have been made to take in carbon (碳).

It remains to be seen, however, whether these newly planted forests will manage to survive in the face of changing climate, which will bring more intense heat, lengthened droughts, and occasional wildfires.

To find out, scientists from the University of Hong Kong decided to run hundreds of computer models to explore various results under different conditions. The key aim of the study was to see if carbon stored in these regrown forests would remain locked up, and they have found this will likely be the case even under the most severe climate conditions.

“Our computer models show in many parts of the tropics reforestation is worth it, because these new forests should be able to survive until the end of the century and continue to store extra carbon from the atmosphere in the process,” explains Jed Kaplan, a professor at the university.

However, the role of newly planted forests as a carbon collector in the tropics will have only a limited effect on climate change, especially because many existing forests in the tropics will struggle in the face of rising temperatures and are already losing their ability to store carbon, “Massive tree planting won’t be enough to avoid climate disaster, but it can play a role. And if done with biodiversity and the people who call these forests home, reforestation can have many benefits,” says Alexander Koch, the other author of the study.

“So far we have only been able to look at carbon, but other aspects such as biodiversity in restored forests are also impacted by climate change. Assessing those impacts will be the next step,” he adds.

【1】What is the discovery of the study?

A．Changing climate will bring about many natural disasters.

B．Reforestation is of great benefit to biodiversity in the tropics.

C．Regrown forests will store carbon even in the face of climate change.

D．The chance of newly planted forests surviving tough conditions is slim.

【2】What’s Jed Kaplan’s attitude towards reforestation?

A．Worried.

B．Doubtful.

C．Disappointed.

D．Favourable.

【3】What can be inferred from paragraph 5?

A．Reforestation is useless in stopping climate change.

B．More measures should be taken as well as reforestation.

C．The carbon in the atmosphere will increase in the future.

D．Existing forests can no longer take in carbon from the air.

【4】What can we learn about the study?

A．It takes all the factors into account.

B．It still needs to be further improved.

C．It fails to achieve the expected result.

D．It provides a way to avoid climate change.

29、   Our first welcome to the UK wasn’t from the staff of Heathrow Airport or the coach driver who entered into our lives to take us to our new city and new home for the next three weeks.It was, in fact, the noisy and energetic seagulls(海鸥) full of songs that flew down to us. When left from the planes’ exits passage, we still could hear their loud and clear songs through the glasses. It was amazing that they lifted our spirits and cheered us up after our stupidly long and awful journey.

These seagulls welcomed my Chinese people into their home with open wings and if they could speak instead of merely squawk(鸟叫), I’m sure we would’ve struck up some bright and harmonious relationship. They liked to hover(盘旋) overhead around with childlike greetings they sang or just simply walk fearlessly close to our feet. Some of us saved bread our host family prepared in the lunchboxes for these friends. And lovely, we would like to share what we have for the rest of eternity(永恒).

But Julie，the mother of my host family，who then I stayed with，does not think so. Strangely as well, she could not give any reasons. The closed and squawk-proof double-glazing explains. Perhaps she prefers to sleep with her windows open but she always fails to do that, because those birds seemed to like staying up till next morning, wholly screaming for her on and on. And they decide to keep doing so every single night. Furthermore, every time she has to wash the marble floor of the gardens, Julie would look up around and swear to the droppings(鸟粪) shortly followed by a smile on her face towards me and said: “They are friendly to you.”

But stop thinking that she hates the creatures and never plans to have a change. Because there is another side to her evident feelings towards the birds. We will do some shopping at weekends and every time there Julie doesn’t forget to put a big bag of wild birdseed(鸟食) into her carriage which costs quite more than milks or juices for one week. I can see what it goes for since she refills the wild bird feeder(喂食器) before a big hurry to drive to work every morning and when working she knows what is happening back at home — seagulls are enjoying the seed and leaving for next morning.

I’m leaving soon and not likely, I guess, though I hope not, to get back to see my friends here in England in the future. I said I would miss all friends living here including the seagulls. And when Julie was refilling the feeder again, she said: “They’re nice but they are not my friends.”

【1】According to the first paragraph, we can know that _____.

A.they felt disappointed at not being welcomed by any local people as they landed

B.they felt surprised to find seagulls there shortly after they landed

C.they didn’t like to be welcomed by the seagulls because they were noisy and stupid

D.those birds were more energetic and friendly than the local people

【2】What does “squawk-proof double-glazing” underlined in Paragraph 3 refer to？

A.a shotgun used for fowling(捕鸟)

B.a cage used for keeping birds

C.birdseed used to feed the seagulls

D.a window used to keep noise out

【3】Julie said the seagulls were nice but not her friends for the following reasons EXCEPT that _____.

A.the seagulls disturbed her every night

B.the seagulls dirtied her garden

C.the birdseeds were not cheap

D.the seagulls were friendly to her guests

【4】What’s the best title for this passage？

A.Birds Can Welcome B.Birds in London

C.Bite the Hand that Feed You D.Feed What You Want to Kill

【5】The passage is most possibly taken from _____.

A.a magazine about birds B.a book about London

C.an advertisement attracting visitors to London D.a magazine about travelling

30、Alexis Lewis, a 7-year-old girl, set out with her family on a trip to explore different parts of the country. During the hours on the road, her grandfather, a rocket scientist, would ______ cool ideas with Alexis about science. Eventually, everything her grandfather said ______ Alexis to become a(n) ______.

Fast forward to the 2019 Kid Inventors’ Day event ______ on January 17th in Brooklyn, New York, Alexis, 14, was one of the seven kid inventors who attended the ______. With an audience of 200 people in ______ and more than 500 others watching on Facebook Live, Alexis ______ her award-winning invention, the Bamboo Travois (雪橇). It is a lightweight device made of bamboo, a net rope ______ wheels. A person can use the travois to carry someone else while walking long ______.

Alexis also ______ another one of her inventions: the Emergency Mask (面罩) Pod. It is a football-shaped canister (小罐) that ______ a smoke mask and can be thrown ______ the window of a ______ building. People inside the building can put on the mask to ______ themselves from smoke inhalation (吸入). ______ firefighters helped her test the ______ by throwing it hundreds of times into the second storey windows of buildings.

The world ______ new thinkers like Alexis and other young inventors who ______ the event. Kids are the ones who can solve the ______ that the older generation creates. It’s our job as adults to show kids the possibilities of ______ they can make and create.

【1】

A．receive

B．ask

C．share

D．make

【2】

A．inspired

B．suggested

C．persuaded

D．praised

【3】

A．nurse

B．teacher

C．artist

D．inventor

【4】

A．celebrated

B．joined

C．held

D．created

【5】

A．event

B．accident

C．organization

D．club

【6】

A．silence

B．trouble

C．need

D．person

【7】

A．competed for

B．talked about

C．got rid of

D．looked into

【8】

A．as well as

B．instead of

C．thanks to

D．except for

【9】

A．highways

B．distances

C．blocks

D．voyages

【10】

A．made

B．discovered

C．gave

D．presented

【11】

A．contains

B．means

C．avoids

D．attaches

【12】

A．above

B．over

C．under

D．through

【13】

A．rising

B．burning

C．nice

D．tall

【14】

A．escape

B．bring

C．protect

D．help

【15】

A．Local

B．Foreign

C．Brave

D．Famous

【16】

A．discovery

B．invention

C．examination

D．project

【17】

A．appears

B．leaves

C．needs

D．develops

【18】

A．know

B．cause

C．direct

D．attend

【19】

A．chances

B．positions

C．problems

D．jobs

【20】

A．what

B．how

C．why

D．when

31、阅读下面课文段落，在空白处填入1-3个适当的单词，补全句子。

She spent years 【1】 and recording their daily activities. Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. 【2】 ,this was not easy. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960, it was unusual for a woman 【3】 in the forest.

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。