仙桃2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Some industrial materials have turned out, unexpectedly, to be serious health ________, to which you need to try and reduce your ________.

A.hazards ... concern B.hazards ... exposure

C.pollution ... concern D.pollution ... exposure

2、----Dave didn’t respond ________any of my emails.

----Something _______have happened to him.

A. on; must   B. with; could

C. for; could   D. to; must

3、_____ and caught the mouse.

A. Up the cat jumped B. The cat up jumped

C. Up jumped the cat  D. Jumped up the cat

4、My name is Elias. I am ________ poor black worker in South Africa

A．the

B．a

C．an

D．/

5、We all can feel something unusual about Kate, but she just _________ let us know what it is.

A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t

C. needn’t    D. won’t

6、The little pupil took his grandma the arm and walked her across the street.

A. on   B. by

C. in D. at

7、We are always going to ________ our family members, and ________ to make more friends if we want to live happily.

A. be closely to; make efforts

B. be closely to; make effort

C. be close to; make efforts

D. be close to; make effort

8、An eager beaver is someone who is extremely _______ and enjoys working extremely hard.

A．essential

B．enthusiastic

C．emotive

D．embarrassed

9、A lot of measures have been taken recently, of   benefits, however, some are difficult to see in the short term.

A. what   B. whose   C. which   D. whom

10、Most green vegetables, ________ for too long, will lose nutrition.

A.if to be cooked B.if cooked C.if cooking D.if being cooked

11、I will ask my assistant to________ you about the result of the discussion, as soon as the manager comes back.

A．inform

B．intoxicate

C．probe

D．entertain

12、The woman talking on TV show now is known ___ a famous singer___ the public.

A. for; as B. to ; for

C. for ; to D. as ;to

13、His election campaigns were infamous for their cruelty — he often made sure that those who did not vote for him would never vote again — but the ________ of his involvement has never been clear.

A．vision

B．vulnerability

C．depth

D．misconception

14、—e price of the house advertised is rather reasonable, and I fancy it much...

—Let’s be ________—we just can’t afford to pay that much money.

A.optimistic B.realistic C.enthusiastic D.systematic

15、— Sorry to say that I can’t play football with you this afternoon, for I’ll have to prepare for the coming examination.

— __________. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A．Don’t be a wet blanket

B．It’s not my cup of tea

C．We’re all ears

D．Don’t pull my leg

16、When Alice came to life, she did not know how long she ________ there.

A．lay

B．had been laying

C．had lain

D．had been lying

17、The plane _______on the ground for two more hours because of the bad weather.

A. ran   B. moved

C. shook   D. remained

18、My grandma ______ her good health ______ her regular exercise.

A．releases...into

B．owes...to

C．transforms...into

D．removes...from

19、I’ve made some good friends with several of those students in my school ________ I met in the cross-talk show last month.

A. who   B. where C. when D. Which

20、Don’t be upset about missing Voice of China ．The viewers will have _____ second chance to watch it on _____ Channel 4 tonight．

A. a; the   B. the; the

C. the; /   D. a; /

21、   Recently, a 1935 letter in which Ernest Hemingway detailed his catch of a 500lb blue marlin(青枪鱼), an adventure that is believed to have partly inspired his novel The Old Man and the Sea, has been sold for﹩28，000 (£22，000).

The handwritten letter was sent by Hemingway on 8 May to the fishing editor of the Miami Herald, telling in great detail how the author and his friend Henry Strater battled to keep sharks away from the marlin after catching it off the Bahamian island of Bimini.

Nate D Sanders, the auction(拍卖)company which sold the letter, said it documented for the first time in Hemingway's own words not only the size of the marlin, but also the attack by sharks, reflecting the plot of the novel.

The company added that Hemingway's account of the marlin catch differed from other anecdotes(轶事) of it, one of which described Hemingway using a machine gun on the sharks, which is said to have attracted more sharks rather than frightened them away.

The Old Man and the Sea was also inspired by an anecdote told by Hemingway's Cuban friend Carlos Gutierrez. In 1936, Hemingway wrote in a magazine that Carlos had told him about an old fisherman who caught a great marlin alone.

Three years later, Hemingway told his editor Max Perkins that he was planning a short story about the old commercial fisherman who fought the swordfish all alone in his sailing boat. Instead, he ended up writing For Whom the Bell Tolls, not returning to the story about the old fisherman until January 1951. It won him the Pulitzer in 1953, and was specifically mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954.

【1】What did the auction company stress when selling the 1935 letter？

A. The style of the writer. B. The history of the letter.

C. The contents of the letter. D. The popularity of the writer.

【2】What inspired Hemingway to write The Old Man and The Sea besides his own adventure？

A. Henry Strater's account. B. Carlos Gutierrez's story.

C. Max Perkins' life experience. D. Nate D Sanders' description.

【3】Which is the correct order of time for the following facts in the passage?

1. Hemingway wrote a letter to describe his adventure.

2. Hemingway caught a big blue marlin.

3. The letter was sold at auction.

4. The Old Man and The Sea won the Nobel Prize.

A. ①③②④ B. ②①④③ C. ②④①③ D. ②③①④

22、The curious European destinations that Chinese tourists love visiting

Bicester Village

According to a 2019 VisitBritain report, more than 260,000 Chinese tourists visit the UK each year. And where do they go? It claimed that “they are mostly interested in symbolic elements: the Royal Family, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Downton Abbey”.

Then there's the shopping. Bicester Village, a vast retail estate (零售产业) on the outskirts of the Oxford shire town, is the second most visited UK attraction for Chinese tourists after Buckingham Palace, and three in four Chinese visitors head there.

King's College, Cambridge

A famous tree, for Chinese people at least, can be found in King's College, Cambridge. The willow (柳树), considered to be a holy thing to lost youth, is mentioned in a much-loved poem by Xu Zhimo, who spent a year studying at King's College — Taking leave of Cambridge Again:

The golden willows by the riverside;

Are young brides in the setting sun;

Their glittering reflections on the shimmering river;

Keep undulating in my heart.

Bonn

The former West German capital is another popular port of call. Chinese love classical music, particularly Beethoven, making his birthplace an obvious highlight of any trip to Europe. The city's tourist board offers maps in three foreign languages: English, Chinese and Japanese.

Verona

Both British and Chinese travelers flood to Venice, Rome and Florence, but Verona typically appears higher on the wish lists of China's tourists. That's because of the whole country 's adoration of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The play is popular on UK shores, of course, but the love is doubled in China as it was among the first of the Shakespeare's works to be translated into Chinese, because its plot bears a striking resemblance to a famous Chinese folk tale, The Butterfly Lovers. Expect to see queues at the popular House of Juliet on Via Cappello (a statue of the character stands beneath her balcony).

【1】Which is the most visited place for Chinese tourists?

A.Bicester Village. B.Buckingham Palace.

C.King's College. D.Cambridge.

【2】W hat's approximately the number of Chinese visitors to Bicester Village each year?

A.About 260,000. B.About 145,600.

C.About 195,000. D.About 346,700.

【3】Where are the Chinese music lovers likely to go?

A.Bicester Village. B.King's College, Cambridge.

C.Bonn. D.Verona.

【4】Which are adored by Chinese tourists who love literary?

A.Bicester Village and Bonn. B.Bicester Village and King's College, Cambridge.

C.Verona and Bonn. D.King's College, Cambridge and Verona.

23、   "Is this making us old or keeping us young? "my husband asked as he lifted the three heavy backpacks from the canoe.

"I don't know, I replied. The heat and mosquitoes were getting to me, and I was wondering whether we were crazy to have started a canoe trip during the hottest week of the summer. But even in fall, our canoe trips ---- while certainly cooler --- are no easier.

I've always loved getting away from civilization to enjoy the peace of nature, to be on a news blackout(中断)and to reflect on the past year and the year to come, which is why we've been doing this regularly for most of the 38 years we've been together.

Now as we’re getting older, it's getting harder-aching knees, aching feet, aching backs. So, we're changing our habits. Instead of extreme whitewater trips in the far north, we’re going on lake trips closer by. Instead of pulling on the heavy pack myself and rising from a sitting position, my husband lifts it up while I thread my arms through the belts. Along the way, I might stop to admire the green plants beside the path or feel the soft surfaces of the moss, and my husband is usually waiting at the other end, wondering why it's taken me so long. During the night, we no longer stay up late to see the stars. Instead, we now get into the tent by 9 p. m. ---exhausted after one day's hard work --- and drift to sleep listening to birds sorrowful call.

Over the years, my canoe-tripping experience has evolved to focus less on the physical and more on the abstract things. Like a solar battery, I store up the energy I absorb from the forest, rocks and waters to help me through the rest of the year. The rhythm of paddling becomes a process of deep thinking rather than an endurance test.

"How long can we continue doing this?” asked my husband at the end of the last trip.

“I don't know,” I answered, but inside, I thought: "As long as our bodies and minds hold out. I hope forever.”

【1】According to the passage, the author and her husband's canoe trips ______.

A.were difficult to complete

B.had made the couple crazy

C.made the couple look younger than their age

D.became dangerous because of the summer heat

【2】By writing “we no longer stay up late to see the stars”, the author wishes to show that ______.

A.the stars are not beautiful any more B.birds night call is more attractive now

C.their habits have changed over the years D.they are too tired to do the same things

【3】What can be the best title for the text?

A.An Unforgettable Trip B.My Trip with My Husband

C.Life Is a Hard Trip D.Love for Canoe Trips

24、   If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese.

That's because Chinese people spent nearly $258 billion in total on international travel last year. That's more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative（相对的）newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation's borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation's population, even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations.

Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65 miles last year versus（与......相对）the 227 miles flown on average by US residents（居民）， the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year.

China's high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China's residents actually travel outside their homeland, those who do spend a lot of money don't go that far. But there are reasons for China's low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, while the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home.

However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly.

【1】Why is it important to learn Chinese for the future work in travel industry?

A.Because being good at Chinese is a must for future work.

B.Because Chinese is most commonly used in travel industry.

C.Because, travel industry requires employees to learn Chinese.

D.Because China will probably be a big-spending nation in international travel

【2】What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A.There is indeed great potential in Chinese travel market.

B.People from different countries have different preferred destinations.

C.Chinese people are more willing to travel abroad compared with Canadians.

D.People going on a journey around the world hate taking international planes.

【3】In what countries may many Chinese people choose to travel at present?

A.North America. B.Developing countries.

C.Southeast Asia. D.European countries.

【4】Which of the following words can best describe the future of Chinese people's traveling abroad?

A.Hopeless. B.Promising.

C.Confusing. D.Unclear.

25、It was a hot day in Bangkok. I was walking out of the busy Grand Palace. Some Thai teens were _______and started asking me questions. Noticing that I was _______, they were interested and wanted to know more.

"Oh, so lonely!" they said to me when they learned I was, indeed, _______by myself for the long journey. I just smiled. They didn't know I've hardly been alone.

I'm surprised by how much more _______I've become. Instead of putting my _______down and taking no notice of the person who may be _______me on the sidewalk, now I smile and say hello. The only bad thing is the fleeting (短暂的) nature of the relationship one builds on the _______. I've felt sad more than a couple of times over _______a fellow traveler. But there are always _______friends and possibilities just in the next town.

Part of the ________of taking this trip was the knowledge that I'd be doing this alone. At first, I tried to get friends to ________with me for the journey. I asked close friends, then even not-so-close friends, then ________realized that I might never travel if I ________around for a time when a friend of mine would be free to ________me. If I was really going to do this, it would have to be alone.

As it turns out, traveling alone is the best ________I could have made. You always have to make special ________for others when you travel with others. Sometimes, you have to do things you don't feel like doing.

Traveling alone is ________. And really, unless I want and seek out ________, I am never alone. I always have a group. I never feel ________. Sometimes, being alone forces you to get along with people you might not otherwise have ever ________.

So don't fear traveling alone. It's the best thing.

【1】

A．poor

B．wise

C．positive

D．interested

【2】

A．alone

B．sick

C．serious

D．polite

【3】

A．riding

B．traveling

C．flying

D．walking

【4】

A．popular

B．beautiful

C．friendly

D．careful

【5】

A．book

B．journey

C．bag

D．head

【6】

A．passing

B．finding

C．watching

D．calling

【7】

A．subway

B．road

C．farm

D．list

【8】

A．calling for

B．looking for

C．parting with

D．fighting with

【9】

A．confident

B．generous

C．strange

D．new

【10】

A．fear

B．excitement

C．expectation

D．description

【11】

A．help

B．stay

C．talk

D．communicate

【12】

A．quickly

B．happily

C．slowly

D．fully

【13】

A．turned

B．moved

C．begged

D．waited

【14】

A．join

B．welcome

C．treat

D．discover

【15】

A．difference

B．choice

C．promise

D．sense

【16】

A．consideration

B．effort

C．support

D．challenge

【17】

A．peaceful

B．amazing

C．frightening

D．stressful

【18】

A．beauty

B．truth

C．loneliness

D．style

【19】

A．tired out

B．left out

C．taken out

D．acted out

【20】

A．admired

B．complained

C．caught

D．met

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。

Laila lived with her mom and her grandparents in a small house. She is a humble girl who loves to smile and always helps people. Her dad died years ago in a car accident. It was a really hard time for her and the family. But life must go on. She always remembers what her dad told her, she must be a good girl, smart and humble. She missed her daddy every single day. Every morning, her mother made all kinds of traditional snacks and sold them in front of their house and cleaned up their neighbours’ houses to fulfill their needs. Laila wanted to be a ballerina (芭蕾舞演员). She loves dancing. But her mother told her that it’s impossible, because they have no money. Laila said, “I will become a ballerina, someday.”

One morning, Laila was playing in the garden next to her house, alone. She danced beautifully and tried to catch a butterfly until she saw an old man who walked too fast and suddenly fell into a drain (下水道). Laila ran to help him but it was too deep and she could not raise the old man. Laila ran to her house, told her mother about the old man and they ran again so fast, to help him. Her mother tried to ask him his name. Meanwhile, Laila called the others. His name is Grandpa Rudi. He was in recovery time from his heart attack, weeks ago. Laila cried. She just felt so sad about Grandpa injured. His face was bleeding. Laila gave her mom a bottle of water to wash the sand and blood from his face. He said “thank you” to Laila and her mom.

Laila became famous in her school and in her neighborhood. Local newspaper made news about her kindness. The title is “Laila, A Lovely Girl with An Awesome Heart”. All people talked about her. The government heard this great news. They came to her school to give her an invitation to the meeting.

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。

Paragraph 1:

The next morning, Laila, her mother and her teachers came to the government office to attend the meeting.

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Paragraph 2:

Laila couldn’t believe her ears. Holding her hands, the governor said.

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