淮安2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、My sister is really ______. She often works in her office far into the night.

A．open-minded

B．hard-working

C．warm-hearted

D．self-confident

2、The naughty boy was so curious that he________his neck to see what was going on.

A.fastened B.stretched C.exposed D.strengthened

3、I just sat by the window watching the passing scene ________ I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered my meal.

A．once

B．while

C．until

D．since

4、Wang Zhizhi's return has _________basketball fans of a far better result in the coming title contest.

A.convinced B.expected C.accused D.believed

5、 If Joe's wife won't go to the party,____.

A. he will either B. neither will he

C. he neither will   D. either he will

6、Modern science has given evidence _________ smoking can lead to many diseases.

A.what B.which

C.that D.where

7、Mo Yan grew up _________ folk tales that had been told for centuries in his hometown.

A. listening to   B. listened to

C. listen to   D. to listen to

8、（2015届福建省福州三中高三10月月考）Lizzie was _____ to see her friend off at the airport.

A. a little more than sad   B. more than a little sad

C. sad more than a little   D. a little more sad than

9、Jimmy ________ his arms and Robutt was in them in one bound.

A．held out

B．held on

C．held up

D．held back

10、_______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.

A．When compared

B．To compare

C．While comparing

D．it compared

11、______ riding shared bikes（共享单车）is an environmentally friendly way to travel，many of the bikes are thrown everywhere.

A. Although   B. As   C. Unless   D. Until

12、The music played by Lang Lang _____ very pleasing to the ear.

A.sounds B.hears C.listens D.listens to

13、When he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds   the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears.

A.being surrounded B.surrounded C.surrounding D.to surround

14、 It’s one thing to have theories, but it’s _______to put them into practice.

A. others   B. other   C. another D. more

15、— I regret ________ you that you failed the exam.

— I deserve it. How I regret _________ my teacher’s advice!

A．telling; not following

B．to tell; not following

C．to tell; not to follow

D．telling; not to follow

16、Secretaries whose jobs mainly involve writing, ________ phone calls and receiving visitors usually work in offices.

A. answering B. answer

C. having answered D. to answer

17、One should speak clearly and it is the same ____ writing.

A. to   B. with

C. as   D. that

18、Choose the correct prepositional phrase to complete the sentence: The keys were found ________ the table.

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．within

19、Our plan is nothing but a concept by now, so ________.

A. great minds think alike

B. make hay while the sun shines

C. the early bird catches the worm

D. don't count your chickens until they are hatched

20、There are many people __________ on-line activity is sending and receiving e-mails.

A．who

B．whose

C．which

D．that

21、The legal age to drive a car in the United States is 16. Getting a driver’s license on the day you turn 16 has long been a major life event for many young people in America.

But interest in driving among today’s teenagers has dropped sharply over the past 35 years. In 1983, 80 percent of 18-year-olds in America had a driver’s license—the document that permits a person to drive a motor vehicle. By 2018, that number had dropped to 61 percent. Among 16-year-olds, the number decreased from 46 percent in 1983 to 25 percent in 2018.

Young people say they have many reasons for delaying or avoiding getting a driver’s license. Some choose more environmentally friendly transportation choices. Others find driving to be stressful. And some simply do not care about cars at all.

Carmakers want to make their vehicles more attractive to young people. They seek to make cars more interesting to a generation raised on technology.

Mark Rushbrook is global director of Ford Performance Motorsports. “A big screen” is what today’s teen drivers want, he said. “I think what is important to them is staying connected in a safe way,” Rushbrook said. “The vehicle is an extension(延伸)of their iPhone or their screen device, they want to stay connected and bring their music and everything else with them into the car.”

Mark Reuss is president of General Motors. He said he believes there is still a market for young people who care about more than just their music and connectivity(连接功能). “You still have to deliver connectivity in something people love to look at and be seen in.” he said. “That generation has not been lost. They still want a great looking car...” He added, “There’s lots of different ways to make cars appealing and that doesn’t go away.”

【1】How is paragraph 2 developed?

A．By giving examples.

B．By following the time line.

C．By giving reasons.

D．By making comparisons.

【2】Which can be a reason for young people avoiding getting driving licenses?

A．Feeling anxious when driving.

B．Lacking a sense of direction.

C．Not caring about the environment.

D．Hating public transportation.

【3】What can be inferred from Rushbrook’s words?

A．Smarter cars will attract teens more.

B．Cars with iPhones are being expected.

C．Music connectivity is the most important for teens.

D．The car screen will be bigger and bigger.

【4】How does Mark Reuss say about young people?

A．They are not the biggest customers.

B．They prefer to drive in different ways.

C．They still want good-looking vehicles.

D．They will never change their driving taste.

22、Food is life; it gives us the nourishment we need to stay alive and be healthy. Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy. Brian Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinois, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories. 【1】 For some people, ice cream is a comfort food. For others, a bowl of noodles makes them feel good.

【2】 Professor Wansink believes that we connect food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives. “When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I loved it. 【3】 And it helps me feel better,” says one of Wansink's coworkers.

Do men and women choose different comfort foods? Wansink's research at the University of Illinois says “yes”. In his study, the favorite comfort for both men and women was ice cream. After this, men usually preferred hot, delicious foods like soup or noodles. 【4】 Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried.

【5】 About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink’s study were healthy dishes or soups and vegetables. It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you.

A．Not all comfort food is junk food.

B．Where can we buy this sort of food?

C．Sweet foods are also their preference.

D．How does a food become comfort food?

E．Wansink calls this kind of food comfort food.

F．Women liked sweet things such as chocolate and candies.

G．Now, I often eat this soup when I am tired or worried.

23、   If you ask people to name one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare” “Samuel Johnson” and “Webster”， but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn’t even speak English - William the Conqueror.

Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging to two major language groups.In the west­central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic.In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo­Saxon (or Old English), a Germanic language.If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would have been close to German.

But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction between upper­class French and lower­class Anglo­Saxon in its words.We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing farming, while the upper­class Normans were doing most of eating.

When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic at its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of the man’s ambition (野心).

【1】The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were ____.

A.Welsh and Scottish B.Nordic and Germanic

C.Celtic and Old English D.Anglo­Saxon and Germanic

【2】Which of the following groups of words is, by inference, rooted in French?

A.president, lawyer, beef B.president, bread, water

C.bread, field, sheep D.folk, field, cow

【3】Why does French appear less foreign than German to Americans on their first visit to Europe?

A.Many French words are similar to English ones.

B.They know little of the history of the English language.

C.Most advertisements in France appear in English.

D.They know French better than German.

24、   Imagine looking at a view of mountaintops and wondering about the name of each peak. Suddenly, above each mountaintop, a name appears on the sky. The words are not written in smoke by skywriting planes. The words are actually not in the sky at all. They come from tiny computers in contact lenses(隐形眼镜)

Computers have become smaller and smaller over the decades. The first computers filled houses. Transistors(晶体管) and then chips allowed computers to become small enough to fit on a desktop, then a laptop, and finally a phone. When experimenting with further reductions in size, developers often have to deal with the limits of human eyesight, which control how small the computers can be and still present visible information.

One new solution employs microprojectors (微投影机) to create a readable display for tiny computers. These machines project computer information onto any surface. Though an impressive breakthrough, there are potential problems. Such public displays can lead to privacy concerns; Most people do not want their information displayed on a wall for everyone to see. Besides, these projectors are extremely expensive, and their screens give users headaches.

Babak Parviz, a researcher at the University of Washington, created another solution: inventing a screen visible only to a person wearing a contact lens. Parviz created a computer in a contact lens that uses the wearer's field of vision as the display. To create the display, Parviz took ordinary soft contact lenses with a wirelessly controlled system. At some point, Parviz says, it will be possible to connect the lens to a remote personal computer device such as cellphone or a laptop. By looking in a certain direction, the wearer sends the computer visual information about what he or she sees. The device then uses this information to point out the names of peaks.

These contact lenses are inserted and removed in much the same way as ordinary contact lenses. In addition, the computers in the lenses won't block the wearer's sight at all. Although now the computers are not on lenses treating eyesight problems, Parviz hopes that someday the technology will progress to that level.

【1】What can the contact lenses in the text do?

A.Treat eyesight problems of the wearers.

B.Offer beautiful views of nature to users.

C.Project information on wall surface remotely.

D.Show information about what wearers can see.

【2】According to Paragraph 3, what can the microprojectors do?

A.Put people's privacy at risk. B.Save computer information.

C.Cause serious illnesses. D.Support users' needs.

【3】What does the underlined part "that level" refer to in the text?

A.Further reducing computers' size. B.Creating the visual information.

C.Treating eyesight problems. D.Blocking the wearer's sight.

【4】What might be the best title for the text?

A.Tiny Computers, Amazing Sights. B.Smaller Lenses, Closer Views.

C.Progress Towards Clearness. D.Road to the Small World.

25、   With five naughty children in our family, my husband Neal had many pet peeves (烦恼的事), but having to _________ his hairbrush each morning ranked among the _________. Sometimes, he’d find it in the boys’ bathroom. Other times, it would be in the girls’ toy box. On rare _________, he might find it where it _________ in his bathroom drawer.

While _________ our local home improvement store, he hit upon an idea to _________ his hide-and-seek routine with his hairbrush and came back with a bag. While cooking supper, I heard banging and drilling noises in our bathroom. _________, he called me to see his inspired _________. He had chained his hairbrush to the wall. To my _________, he drilled a hole ruining my new wallpaper. It looked awful, but Neal’s motto is “__________ is better than pretty.”

His idea was working out just as he __________. Every morning, the hairbrush was right there beside the sink. At that time using gel (发胶) was the “in” __________ for boys. A few days after Neal __________ his hairbrush to the wall, I noticed my youngest son William’s hair looked __________. It didn’t much look like gel, so I asked him. He __________ that he used the Vaseline (凡士林) gel he found in our bathroom. His blue eyes danced. __________, he was so proud of himself. I took great__________ to get that greasy (油腻的) stuff out of my baby’s hair.

The next morning, Neal __________ for me. Running into the bathroom, I found him, hairbrush in hand, looking a lot like William did the day before. I __________ in laughter. Chaining his hairbrush to the wall seemed right to Neal, but it led to __________!

【1】A.pick up B.search for C.take out D.throw away

【2】A.highest B.poorest C.lowest D.best

【3】A.instances B.projects C.incidents D.occasions

【4】A.belonged B.existed C.appeared D.survived

【5】A.looking after B.looking into C.looking through D.looking up

【6】A.follow B.develop C.perform D.end

【7】A.Eventually B.Constantly C.Gradually D.Immediately

【8】A.choice B.research C.solution D.figure

【9】A.excitement B.annoyance C.satisfaction D.disappointment

【10】A.massive B.identical C.complex D.practical

【11】A.explored B.discovered C.planned D.controlled

【12】A.style B.effect C.action D.place

【13】A.applied B.moved C.linked D.attached

【14】A.plain B.strange C.fashionable D.neat

【15】A.demanded B.argued C.explained D.urged

【16】A.Fortunately B.Generally C.Accidentally D.Obviously

【17】A.trouble B.delight C.risks D.comfort

【18】A.prepared B.reached C.yelled D.waited

【19】A.broke B.erupted C.displayed D.rose

【20】A.disaster B.wealth C.pleasure D.reality

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When the boys and girls got on the bus early in the morning, they noticed Vingo, who sat in front of them, staring at a photo, completely in silence. At noon, the bus pulled into Howard Johnsonˈs, a service area, and everybody got off the bus except Vingo. The youngsters began to wonder about him. When they came back, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.

"Want some drink?" she asked.

Vingo smiled and thanked her and became silent again.

Late in the afternoon, they stopped at another Howard Johnsonˈs, and this time Vingo went out. The girl insisted that he join them. He followed them to a restaurant and ordered a cup of black coffee and some cookies. When they returned, the girl sat with Vingo again. After a while, slowly and painfully, he began his story and told her that he had been in prison for the past four years, and now he was going home.

"Are you married?" asked the girl.

"I donˈt know," he said softly.

"You donˈt know?"

"Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife," he said, "I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldnˈt stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, and if it hurt her too much, she could just forget me. Iˈd understand. I told her she didnˈt have to write to me. And she didnˈt. Not for three and a half years."

"And youˈre going home now, not knowing?"

"Yeah. Well, last week, I wrote to her again. We used to live in Brunswick and thereˈs a big oak (橡树) tree just as you come into town. I told her that if she didnˈt have a new man and if sheˈd take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree and Iˈd get off and come home. If she didnˈt want me, forget it--no handkerchief and Iˈd go on through."

"Wow," the girl burst out, "Wow!"

She told the other youngsters, and soon all of them were in it.

注意:

1)续写词数应为150左右；

2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Vingo handed the photo to the youngsters.

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Vingo sat there, staring at the oak tree as a statue.

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