襄阳2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、The whole area was ____________ by the snow, and the government had to send food there by helicopter.

A.cut away B.cut up C.cut off D.cut down

2、Today we have chatting rooms, text messaging and emailing, but we seem ______ the art

of municating face to face.

A. losing   B. to be losing

C. to be lost   D. having lost

3、Thor is no longer _______ he was two years ago.

A.that B.who C.what D.which

4、After three days' waiting, there was a little doubt in the mother's mind _______ the police could find her lost child.

A. how B. that

C. where D. whether

5、He couldn't ________ the reason why the money was found in his room.

A. answer for B. account for

C. speak of D. result from

6、Teenagers should try to be____________ of their parents, doing something on their own.

A.independent B.impressive C.aware D.proud

7、Data show that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, and parents will set _______ time for them to read.

A.out B.off C.about D.aside

8、The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be ______ the present one。

A.as three times big as B.three times as big as

C.as big as three times D.as big three times as

9、He ________ the painting all the time, wondering where he had seen it.

A.glimpsed at B.glared at C.glanced at D.stared at

10、— Mom , what did your doctor say ?

— He advised me to live_______ the air is fresher .

A.the palce where B.in which C.in where D.where

11、With the development of science and technology, robot cooks ______ in most families in the future.

A．appear

B．will appear

C．appeared

D．have appeared

12、This is one of the best films _______.

A.that have been shown this year B.that have shown

C.that has been shown this year D.that you talked

13、Rafael Nadal is a tennis champion equipped with a big heart,   to win and resolution to defeat all his opponents.

A.persuasion B.determination C.fascination D.accumulation

14、Finally, the thief handed over everything ______ he had stolen to the police.

A．that

B．which

C．whatever

D．all

15、He got up late and hurried to the school, ________ the breakfast untouched.

A. left B. to leave C. leaving D. having left

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

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

17、We saw a new play at the theatre, ______________ we had supper at a restaurant.

A. after which B. which after C. then which D. and that after

18、He was living in France when the war _________.

A.broke off B.broke into C.broke out D.broke through

19、________ is generally agreed that people should love and protect the environment.

A. That B. As

C. Which D. It

20、We are very honored to invite the famous teacher and writer who ______ many books to give a speech to us.

A. have taken out B. have left out

C. has picked out D. has put out

21、It is known to all that _______ you exercise regularly, you won’t keep good health.

A. unless B. whenever C. although D. if

22、The man admitted _____ the old computer.

A. to steal B. to stealing C. being stolen D. having stolen

23、It is recommended that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made.

A．is not started

B．will not be started

C．not be started

D．is not to be started

24、I think the Brazilian team is the strongest team and there is ______ that it will win the 2010 World Cup.

A.no way B.no problem

C.no doubt D.no wonder

25、—_________ I don’t think I’ve got what you said.

—I was saying that I’d like there to be a wonderful party.

A.What? B.Repeat. C.Once again. D.Sorry?

26、Young Americans Are Less Wealthy Than Their Parents

The cost of living in the United States is going up, notes writer Alissa Quartz. As is reported in New York Post, Quartz points to “the costs of housing, education and health care in particular.” At the same time, a new study, the report of which is called “The Fading American Dream” found that half of Americans born in the 1980s are falling behind their parents economically.

These findings show that many younger adults are experiencing “downward mobility.” In other words, they are not doing as well economically as their parents were at the same age. The idea of downward mobility is especially troubling for Americans, writes Robert Samuelson in The Washington Post. He says most U.S. citizens believe that, over time, the amount of money they earn will rise and life will get easier.

Alissa Quartz wrote a book about the financial difficulties of Americans. In the book, Quartz tells about teachers who are struggling to pay for regular costs. One high school teacher drives for ride sharing service Uber at night to earn more money. He corrects students’ papers between riders.

A college professor turned to government assistance to feed her child and pay for a doctor. Quartz says even lawyers increasingly cannot earn an income that enables them to meet their needs. The problem of decreasing incomes in their field is made worse by debt they may have from law school. Quartz and the economists who studied these issues say many things have led to lower incomes and downward mobility. The economic recession（衰退） of 2007 to 2009 is partly to blame, they say. Modern technology also plays a part. Quartz says robots threaten to reduce the earnings of health care workers, reporters, and people who work at supermarkets, drug stores and tax preparation services. In The Washington Post, Robert Samuelson noted that poor schools, a weak housing industry and too many government rules are also to blame.

With all these things, and more, partly responsible, what is the solution? These experts say the answer is complex. But all point to one issue that needs to be examined: economic inequality. Quartz writes that while America is one of the richest countries in the world, it also has one of the biggest divides between the wealthy and the poor.

The researchers in “The Fading American Dream” study make a similar observation. They say raising GDP will not significantly improve the economic situation of most Americans. A higher GDP may help only those who are already doing well. Instead, the economists say, the United States could try to repeat something Americans born in the 1940s experienced. As those children grew up, they almost all benefited from a better economy.

【1】The author mentions two reports in Paragraph 1 in order to ________.

A.explain the results of two researches

B.introduce his opinions about the issue

C.attract readers’ attention to health care

D.lead to the topic of downward mobility

【2】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A.The causes of downward mobility.

B.The influences of government rules.

C.The negative effects of modern technology.

D.The results of economic recession in America.

【3】The author indicates in this passage that ________.

A.raising GDP will greatly help the poor

B.American economy has a bright future

C.young Americans will repeat their parents’ experience

D.it’s necessary to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor

【4】We can learn from the passage that in America, ________.

A.people miss the good old days in the 1940s

B.people are suffering from a worse economy

C.people are pessimistic about future economy

D.people complain a lot about economic changes

27、A travel journal is one of the best ways to keep a long voyage in memory. Many details that don’t seem important while you are writing your travel journal often turn out to be so memorable.

【1】. When you are on a busy journey, it is easy to forget to write. You may promise yourself that you will write later, but that almost never happens. Take a few minutes every day and put down your memories. 【2】.

Use your “down time” for your travel journal. There is a surprising amount of sitting around while traveling. You can always put down a few lines in your travel journal when you are on trains, waiting for planes, drying your laundry, or waiting in line.

At the beginning of your journal, write down the day, where you are, who you are with, maybe even the weather and what you eat. 【3】. Years later when you read your journal, you will know exactly what you were doing on that day.

Focus on writing about how you feel. Listing facts and figures is fine but that isn’t why you traveled. A long journey is a time for self-reflection. Memories of these feelings fade quickly with time. 【4】.

【5】. Whenever you use a ticket for a train or a museum or a ride, tape the stubs to your journal. They are pieces of history from your journey. Years later you can look at the ticket stubs and see exactly what you were doing on a specific day and how much it cost.

A．Keep ticket stubs.

B．Book your ticket in advance.

C．You’d better write down as much as possible.

D．These are the first details people tend to forget.

E．It doesn’t have to be long, just on a regular basis.

F．Get into the habit of writing your travel journal every day.

G．Writing about those experiences while the memories are fresh is important.

28、In a study published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Diana Deutsch of the University of California and her co-authors find that musicians who speak an East Asian tone language fluently are much more likely to have perfect pitch(音高).

Unlike English, many East Asian languages, such as Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese, are “tonal”, so that a word’s meaning often depends on the tone in which it is said. So learning perfect pitch is, for fluent speakers of a tone language, similar to learning a second tone language.

The study looked at 203 students at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music through a test. The students listened to the 36 notes. They attempted to identify the notes, and they self-reported their musical, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds — including whether they were very fluent in an East Asian tone language, fairly fluent or not at all fluent. Deutsch and her colleagues found that students who spoke an East Asian tone language very fluently scored nearly 100 percent on the test, and that students who were only fairly fluent in a tone language scored lower overall. Those students who were not at all fluent in speaking a tone language scored the worst on average.

Deutsch acknowledges that it still remains to be discovered why and how it is that some speakers of non-tone languages have perfect pitch. She expects it to be related to either an exceptionally long “critical window” for language acquisition, a very early musical upbringing, or both.

“Perfect pitch for years seemed like a beautiful gift — given only to a few genetically talented people. But our research suggests that it might be available to virtually everybody,” Deutsch said. She also proposed that parents who want their kids to acquire perfect pitch should expose them to musical tones from infancy onwards.

【1】What makes East Asian language speakers have perfect pitch?

A．Their tonal language.

B．Their various dialect.

C．Their musical talent.

D．Their large vocabulary.

【2】Who performed best in the test according to paragraph 3?

A．Students from Asia.

B．Students from America.

C．Students who speak English quite fluently.

D．Students who speak a tone language very fluently.

【3】What is the purpose of paragraph 4?

A．To summarize the paragraphs above.

B．To provide some advice for readers.

C．To add some background information.

D．To introduce the main idea of the text.

【4】How can people develop perfect pitch according to Deutsch?

A．By practicing communication skills.

B．By developing an interest in writing songs.

C．By acquiring as many languages as possible.

D．By receiving musical education from childhood.

29、   One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet view of the wonderful works.

A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided she was doing all the talking. I admired his patience for tolerating her constant words. Disturbed by their noise, I moved on.

I encountered them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her constant talking, I moved away quickly.

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift store doing some shopping when the couple approached the exit. Before they left, the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He turned it into a long cane (手杖) and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

“He’s a brave man,” the clerk at the counter said, “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise that his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”

“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked, “He can’t see.”

“Can’t see! You’re wrong. He sees a lot. More than you or I do,” the clerk said, “His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.

And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away arm in arm.

【1】Which of the following statements is true?

A. The husband was doing all the talking when the couple viewed the works.

B. The husband tapped his way to the coatroom to get his own jacket.

C. The husband was considered a brave man by the clerk at the store.

D. The husband allowed blindness to change his life.

【2】The underlined word “encountered” in the passage means “________”.

A. cheated B. met

C. talked D. argued

【3】We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A. the man had his eyes blinded in a fight

B. the man can see very well while visiting the museum

C. the woman was very patient and devoted to his husband

D. the man often wasted time by visiting exhibitions

30、   Nobis is proud, because his father is a great gentleman. Yesterday he _________ with Betti ,the son of a charcoal(木炭) man. He didn’t know what retort(反驳) to make _________ he was in the wrong. He said to Betti, “Your father is a poor _________ !”

Betti said nothing but _________ welled in his eyes. When he returned home, he repeated the words to his father. So the charcoal man made his _________ in the afternoon, leading his boy by the hand, to _________ to the teacher. While he was making his complaint, Nobis’ father happened to hear that. He frowned(皱眉) and asked Nobis if that was true. Nobis stood in front of little Betti, with his head _______, making no reply. At last, Nobis _________ to Betti by repeating what his father _________ him to say, “I beg your pardon for the __________ and foolish comments I made on your father, whose hand my father would feel honored to press.”

Then the gentleman __________ his hand to the charcoal man ,who shook it firmly.

“Do me the favor to place them next to each other,” said the gentleman to the teacher.

When the boys were __________ Nobis’ father bowed and left. The charcoal man remained there __________ for several moments, but he did not say anything. He then made his way to the door, turning round for one last look and __________.

“Keep what you have seen in mind, boys,” said the teacher, “This is the finest __________ of the year.”

【1】A.chatted B.quarreled C.played D.discussed

【2】A.because B.if C.unless D.when

【3】A.seller B.judge C.farmer D.beggar

【4】A.shame B.pride C.tears D.shadows

【5】A.deal B.way C.living D.appearance

【6】A.reply B.complain C.explain D.listen

【7】A.turning B.rising C.hanging D.nodding

【8】A.apologized B.added C.linked D.pointed

【9】A.forced B.helped C.aided D.desired

【10】A.strange B.proud C.great D.impolite

【11】A.waved B.offered C.shook D.took

【12】A.convinced B.dismissed C.punished D.seated

【13】A.in public B.in secret C.in person D.in thought

【14】A.left B.smiled C.sighed D.stared

【15】A.approach B.talk C.lesson D.view

31、Directions: Complete the following paragraphs by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

Note that there is one word more than you need.

A Bad Idea

Think you can walk, dive, take phone calls, e-mail and listen to music at the same time? Well, New York's new law says you can't. And you'll be 【1】 $S100 if you do it on a New York City street.

The law went into force last month, following research and a(n) 【2】number of accidents that involved people using electronic gadgets when crossing the street.

Who's to【3】 ? Scientists say that our multitasking abilities are limited.

"We are under the impression that our brain can do more than it often can," says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist in Tennessee. “But a major limitation is the inability to【4】on two things at once".

The young people are often considered the great multitaskers. However, an Oxford University research suggests this idea is open to question. A group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35-to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to translate【5】into numbers, using a simple code. The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted. But when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or a(n) 【6】message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and 【7】.

It is difficult to measure the productivity【8】by multitaskers. But it is probably a lot. Jonathan Spire, chief analyst at Basex. a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year.

The【9】is based on surveys with office workers. The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers' time was spent on interruptions and【10】time before they returned to their main tasks.

32、目前，快餐在中国很流行，请参考下面给出的信息写一篇以“FAST FOOD” 为题的英语短文。

注意: 1、词数 120 左右；  2、行文应连贯，内容应完整；3、开头语已为你写好。

营养（nutrition）

Fast food is becoming more and more popular in China, especially among children and teenagers.

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