吴忠2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Was it in June 2016 ______ Shanghai Disney land ______ you have been dreaming of visiting was opened to the public.

A.when; that B.that; which C.that; where D.when; where

2、No matter how advanced modern equipment is, letters _________ in expressing people’s feelings.

A．will never replace

B．will never be replaced

C．never replace

D．have never been replaced

3、The hikers stopped to rest halfway up the mountain, _________.

A．exhausting

B．being exhausted

C．to be exhausting

D．exhausted

4、His cousin was very_______ to give him so much money for buying CDs.

A．attractive

B．generous

C．charming

D．effective

5、I would  appreciate _________ you could work with us to communicate to the American people ________ there are no more funds available for further improvement of social security.

A. it that, if   B. that, if

C. it if, that   D. if, that

6、The computer   five times in the last few minutes and I will get it repaired tomorrow.

A.has crashed B.crashed C.crashes D.will crash

7、After the actor was caught taking drugs, all the scenes in which he appeared in the film were___.

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

8、The shower we put a few years back has broken but we can not afford to ________ it.

A．replace

B．trick

C．destroy

D．whisper

9、The date for the sports meeting we had been looking forward to ______ last week.

A．coming

B．came

C．comes

D．come

10、His studies on literature are very varied, ________ from Chinese literature to western literature.

A.ranges B.containing C.ranging D.covering

11、The days are gone   physically strength was all you needed to make a living.

A. when   B. that

C. where   D. which

12、Most of the artists _____to the party were from South Africa.

A.being invited B.to invite C.invited D.had been invited

13、Jackson outlined his vision of a world   there would be no wars.

A.when B.where C.what D.which

14、Recently many famous universities and colleges have come to our school to enroll new students on their own, and many excellent students ________ contracts with them.

A.have offered B.were offered C.have been offered D.had been offered

15、It is   to sell tobacco to someone under 16 years of age.

A. difficult   B. dangerous

C. illegal   D. uncommon

16、Mr Wood was lucky enough to get on the train before it ______.

A. pulled on   B. pulled down

C. pulled in   D. pulled out

17、As is known to us, China is no longer ______ she used to be.

A．which

B．that

C．if

D．what

18、It is no use (think) about it anymore but I just can't but about it.

A.to think....think B.to think...thinking

C.Thinking...thinking D.thinking...think

19、— Hi, Tom．Any idea where Mary is?

— She   in the reading room．I saw her there just now．

A. shall be   B. should have been

C. should be   D. might have been

20、Every knows that success happens overnight. Just as the saying goes, “Rome was not built in a day.”

A．particularly

B．fortunately

C．extremely

D．rarely

21、Mountain

A mountain is a landform that rises high above its surroundings. Taller than a hill, it usually has steep slopes and a rounded or sharp peak. Mountains are rarely found alone. 【1】 Lines of ranges form mountain belts.

Some mountains were formed by the activity of volcanoes. Scientists believe that most volcanic mountains are made up of rock that melted deep within earth. The rock rose through Earth’s surface, or crust. It then flowed onto the surface in the form of lava. 【2】 Volcanic mountains are typically steep. Mount Fuji in Japan, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and Mount Rainier in the United States are examples of volcanic mountains.

Other mountains were formed by movements within Earth’s crust. The theory called plate tectonics explains this type of mountain building. Earth’s crust is divided into huge pieces called plates, which move very slowly. The continents sit on top of the plates and move with them. At times the plates strike against each other, forcing the rock upward. The Himalayas of Asia are an example of this type of mountain chain. 【3】

Mountain ranges are natural barriers to travel. Roads are difficult to build across them. Railroads need expensive tunnels to cross even low mountains. 【4】 They often form borders between countries.

Life is hard in mountain lands. The high places of the world are cold and have little soil, making farming difficult. 【5】 Skiing and climbing are popular mountain sports.

A．Groups of mountains are called ranges.

B．However, many mountain areas are vacation spots.

C．The lava, along with volcanic dust, built up to form mountains.

D．These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains.

E．Thus the continental crust is normally much thicker under mountains.

F．Therefore mountain ranges tend to divide the people on either side of them.

G．They were formed when a plate carrying India struck against the Asian plate.

22、There is a great variety of shops in the United States, ranging from very large stores called “department stores”, offering clothing, furniture, household goods as well as many other goods, to very small shops that specialize in just one kind of product. There are “discount houses” offering goods at low prices, and “dime stores” specializing in a wide range of inexpensive items.

Most department stores in large cities carry average to better quality products at average to higher prices. However, they offer the shoppers great convenience since they contain such a wide variety of products.

If convenience isn’t important to you as price, you may want to shop in some of the discount houses. These stores have nearly as great a variety of goods as department stores, but offer lower prices. They do so for several reasons. They don’t offer the same services to buyers that department stores do; there may be fewer sales people; and the stores probably don’t deliver purchases.

Another popular shop is the “dime stores” sometimes referred to as the “five and ten”. No longer selling many things for five or ten cents, these stores got their name in the last century when it was decided that a small profit on a great quantity of goods would be better than a large profit on fewer sales. Dime stores specialize in a wide variety of inexpensive items and today, prices range from a quarter or 50 cents up to several dollars. If you need a small item and don’t want to spend very much, the dime store is likely to have just what you are looking for.

【1】In which shop can people get various cheap items？

A．Department stores.

B．Discount houses.

C．Small shops.

D．Dime stores.

【2】What is the advantage of department stores？

A．High quality.

B．Convenience.

C．Self-helping shopping.

D．Lower price.

【3】What can we learn about the discount houses？

A．They offer one-on-one sale service.

B．Customers have access to purchase delivery.

C．Diverse goods are provided to consumers.

D．Items of high quality are sold at lower prices.

【4】What do dime stores emphasize on？

A．A low price for big items.

B．A wide variety of costly items.

C．A large profit on fewer sales.

D．A small profit on many goods.

23、   In the 1990s, when an area of Brazilian rainforest the size of Belgium was cut down every year, Brazil was the world’s environmental villain (反派角色) and the Amazonian jungles the image of everything that was going wrong in green places. Now, the Amazon ought to be the image of what is going right. Government figures show that deforestation fell by 70% in the Brazilian Amazon region during the past decade. If clearances had continued at their rate in 2005, an extra 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide would have been put into the atmosphere. That is an amount equal to a year’s emissions from the European Union. Arguably, then, Brazil is now the world leader in addressing climate change.

But how did it break the vicious cycle (恶性循环)? The answer, according to a paper is that there was no silver bullet but instead a three-stage process in which bans, better governance in frontier areas and consumer pressure on companies worked.

The first stage ran from the mid-1990s to 2004. This was when the government put its efforts into bans and restrictions. The Brazilian Forest Code said that, on every farm in the Amazon, 80% of the land had to be set aside as a forest reserve. As the study observes, this share was so high that the code could not be followed --- or enforced. This was the period of the worst deforestation. Soybean prices were high and there were a vast expansion of soybean farming on the south-eastern border of the rainforest.

During the second stage, which ran from 2005 to 2009, the government tried to boost its ability to police the Amazon. Brazil’s president made stopping deforestation a priority, which resulted in better co-operation between different bits of the government. The area in which farming was banned was increased from a sixth to nearly half of the forest.

The third stage, which began in 2009, was a test of whether a system of restrictions could survive as soybean expansion continued. The government shifted its focus from farms to counties (each state has scores of these). Farmers in the 36 counties with the worst deforestation rates were banned from getting cheap credit until those rates fell.

By any standards, Brazil’s Amazon policy has been a success, made the more remarkable because it relied on restrictions rather than rewards, which might have been expected to have worked better. Over the period of the study, Brazil also turned itself into a farming superpower, so the country has shown it is possible to get a huge increase in food output without destroying the forest. Moreover, the policies so far have been successful among commercial farms who care about the law and respond to market pressures. Most remaining deforestation is by small holders who care rather less about these things, so the government faces the problem of persuading them to change their ways, too. Deforestation has been slowed, but not yet stopped.

【1】Brazil is considered to play a leading role in dealing with climate change because ________.

A.it has rainforest as large as Belgium.

B.it has cut down too much rainforest.

C.it has taken action to reduce deforestation.

D.it sent 3.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air.

【2】The underlined phrase “silver bullet” in Paragraph 2 most probably refers to _______.

A.a powerful weapon. B.an effective solution.

C.an intelligent device. D.a golden opportunity.

【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Brazil has successfully eliminated deforestation.

B.All the farmers care much about forest protection.

C.Small farm holders are a headache for the Brazilian government.

D.Both the food output and the forest in Brazil have greatly increased.

【4】What can be the best title of the passage?

A.Cutting Down on Cutting Down. B.Brazil, the World Leader in Farming.

C.Restrictions Outperforming Rewards. D.Former Awareness Working Wonders.

24、In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves, and in each race they try to achieve the new personal best.

For one Nebraska teen running in what would likely to be his final cross-country outing before graduating from high school, his personal best turned out not to be marking the fastest time but displaying the biggest heart.

Although it was a long shot when he came out from the starting position last Thursday, Brandon Schutt from Bellevue East High School knew if his time was good enough that day, he still had the potential to qualify for the upcoming state meet. A mile into the 3.1-mile race, however, Schutt realized he wasn’t going to be able to keep up the necessary momentum (势头). Rather than risking injury, he slowed to a comfortable pace that would allow him to simply get pleasure from the moment and the day.

Meanwhile, Blake Cerveny from Omaha Burke High School was running a very different kind of race. Aiming to beat his own personal record, after a fast start, he continued to push himself hard.

With less than 400 meters to go, Cerveny’s legs cramped up (抽筋), but he didn’t give up. Cerveny rose from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 150 meters and again... About 100 meters away from the finish line, he lay curled on the ground. His legs had simply given out.

Before Cerveny’s dad could reach his son, Brandon Schutt was at his side to offer a helping hand. The two completed the final meters of the course. Schutt even made sure the injured runner crossed the finish line first, securing his opponent a faster time.

In today’s competitive world, while the emphasis in athletics is so often on breaking records, it is inspiring to see an athlete like Brandon Schutt.

【1】What does the underlined phrase “a long shot” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Simple to compete.

B．Unlikely to succeed.

C．Exciting to be qualified.

D．Surprising to break records.

【2】Why did Brandon Schutt slow down after a mile?

A．To have a final push.

B．To help Blake Cerveny.

C．To examine his wounds.

D．To enjoy the competition.

【3】What can we learn about Blake Cerveny in the race?

A．He didn’t cross the finish line.

B．He was generous to help others.

C．He was a person of determination.

D．He was affected by his physical disability.

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A．The love for sports.

B．The sport of track and field.

C．The importance of perseverance.

D．The value of true sportsmanship.

25、   Susan Boyle spent her early life faithfully attending her ________ Catholic church, taking singing lessons and performing in small karaoke venues, and ________ her aging mother, whom she promised that she would someday enter a ________ contest. Boyle’s first public performance after her dear mother passed away in 2007 was before an enormous(庞大的) ________—more than 10 million viewers of a 2009 episode of Britain’s Got Talent.

As she walked on stage, 47-year-old Boyle was greeted by a surprised and ________ audience. And then, as if the world stopped for just a moment, she caught the audience and ________ the judges as she sang “I Dreamed a Dream.” Her ________ swiftly became reality as tens of millions of viewers around the world became acquainted with her ________ performance, via the live broadcast and a________ popular online video

Who was she, where did she come from, and the most often heard question—where has she been?! Boyle never sought stardom. Over the years, she had quietly________  her dreams from the small village of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, ________ just a bit of local reputation by performing at church and community events. As a child, she ________ with learning differences and, she reports, was bullied(欺侮) in school.

By the end of 2009, ________, the world was very aware of Boyle. After she came in second on Britains Got Talent, her first ________, released(发行) in November 2009, became the _______ album of all time in the UK. Her following albums have been extremely ________ as well. She has toured widely, collaborated(合作) with household names, and _______ before the Queen of England.

In addition to showing her great _______, Susan Boyle has been an inspiration to many. She is a beautiful example of _______ the stereotypes(固定印象) of age and circumstance, to win the ______ of the world. Her first public song is really her story—she dreamed a dream.

【1】A.native B.local C.central D.ancient

【2】A.caring for B.call for C.carry out D.ask for

【3】A.dancing B.painting C.singing D.writing

【4】A.audience B.band C.crowd D.team

【5】A.silent B.skeptical C.serious D.crazy

【6】A.amused B.joked C.frightened D.shocked

【7】A.words B.plan C.dream D.design

【8】A.strange B.special C.ordinary D.extraordinary

【9】A.slowly B.rapidly C.easily D.shortly

【10】A.pursued B.realized C.built D.thought

【11】A.taking B.enjoying C.gaining D.choosing

【12】A.followed B.struggled C.offered D.imagined

【13】A.gradually B.similarly C.instead D.however

【14】A.book B.play C.album D.drama

【15】A.best-selling B.best-known C.best-seller D.well-known

【16】A.useful B.helpfl C.successful D.hopeful

【17】A.embarrassed B.chatted C.cheered D.performed

【18】A.patience B.talent C.humour D.imagine

【19】A.overcoming B.beating C.observing D.controlling

【20】A.respect B.courage C.mind D.praise

26、SummaryWriting

Sociologists have long recognized that organization of less than 200 individuals can operate through the free flow of information among the members.Once their size goes beyond this figure, the organizations are getting less flexible. So it seems necessary to prevent total disorder resulting from failures of communication.

One solution to this problem would, of course, be to structure large organizations into smaller units of a size that can act as a group. By allowing these groups to build reliance on each other, larger organizations can be built up. However, merely having groups of, say, 150 will never of itself be a complete solution to the problems of the organization.Something else is needed: the people involved must be able to build direct personal relationships. To allow free flow of information, they have to be able to communicate with each other in a casual way. Maintaining too formal a structure of relationships inevitably prevents the way a system works.

The importance of this was drawn to my attention two years ago by the case of a TV station. Whether by chance or by design, it so happened that there were almost exactly 150 people in the station. The whole process worked very smoothly as an organization for many years until they were moved into purpose-built accommodation. Then, for no apparent reason, the work seemed to be more difficult to do, not to say less satisfying.

It was some time before they work out what the problem was. It turn out that, when the architects were designing the new building,they decided that the coffee room where everyone ate their sandwiches at lunchtimes was an unnecessary luxury and so did away with it. And with that, they accidentally destroyed the close social networks that strengthened the whole organization. What had apparently been happening was that, as people gathered informally over their sandwiches in the coffee room, useful information was casually being exchanged.

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