琼海2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、______ by a greater demand of vegetables, farmers have built more green houses.

A. Driven B. Exhausted   C. Tracked D. Balanced

2、I don’t believe you’ve already finished reading the book, for I only ______it to you this morning!

A．lent

B．was lending

C．had lent

D．would lend

3、She was ________ by birth but is now of French citizenship.

A. Germany   B. German

C. Germanman   D. Germanly

4、Mary is a bit shy and ____ a speech in public, which makes her lose the precious chance to do the voluntary job.

A.dares not make B.doesn’t dare make

C.dare not to make D.dares not to make

5、She has no money and no time ________.

A．travels

B．travelling

C．to travel

D．travelled

6、_____ by the latest electronic toys, the little boy stood in front of the windows, without moving．

A. To be arrested   B. Arrested

C. Having arrested   D. Arresting

7、Gone ______ the days ______ we sang and danced happily.

A．have; when

B．were; which

C．are; when

D．are; that

8、The girl fell off the horse while riding.________, her leg was broken.

A．First of all

B．From now on

C．As a result

D．In the way

9、James, _________ money is now no problem, has run another business in his hometown.

A. for whose B. for whom   C. with whom   D. with whose

10、I already remember ________ her at a party five weeks ago.

A．to meet

B．has met

C．meeting

D．meet

11、To his parents’ _________, their son always makes them _________ at his study.

A．disappointment; disappointed

B．disappointed; disappointing

C．disappointing; disappointed

D．disappointing; disappointment

12、If ______, please give me a call.

A.you are convenient B.it is convenient on you

C.it is convenient for you D.it is convenience for you

13、 A storm buried Illinois under several inches of snow on Tuesday,______at least 100 people dead in traffic accidents. A. to leave     B. leave

C. left     D. leaving

14、We really appreciate our learning environment, _________ we can have direct communication.

A. whom   B. which

C. where   D. when

15、Shopping on line can be disappointing, as the goods you get are sometimes different from _________ you see in the pictures.

A. ones B. these   C the one D. those

16、The blind boy playing the piano at the party left us a deep _____.

A.tradition B.encouragement C.impression D.improvement

17、Intelligence, perseverance and confidence are ________ it takes to make a good scientist.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．where

18、All agree,in the fierce competition,honesty is a vital__________of her success.

A.evidence B.element C.concept D.criterion

19、It’s no use ______ about it. You can’t do anything to change it.

A．worried

B．to worry

C．worrying

D．worry

20、The doctor says I’m too tired and has advised me not to________ any more work.

A．take on

B．take out

C．take down

D．take in

21、True happiness is such a rare commodity (有价值之物) that the whole of the world is continuously seeking it and failing to find it. Why is happiness such an elusive (难捉摸的)   thing? Is it that it cannot simply be achieved? Or is it that it is not where all of us have been looking for it?

What is it that we consider happiness? This is how I see it: Happiness is what you feel when what you want to happen happens. And then we can conclude that unhappiness is what we feel when what we want to happen does not happen.

The main keyword in definition is “want”. The whole trouble starts when we want something. Every moment of our lives we keep on wanting something or the other. Only a small percentage of all our wishes is fulfilled in spite of all our endeavors (努力). The frustration of failing to fulfill most of our wishes sets in. We start feeling weighed down. Desire is a seed which grows fruits of unhappiness. Actually, the trouble is that we demand too much. The only solution to this problem is to break out of this cycle of desires and struggles.

Actually, happiness and unhappiness are two sides of the same coin. The desire for happiness is like asking only for the light and not for darkness. But there is not much difference between light and darkness. It is matter of degree only.

If we think deeper, we will realize that it is this pain of failure, pain of frustrated desires which is of greater significance to us. It is actually like good health. One can only define health as an absence of diseases. In order to have good health we strive to avoid diseases. You cannot purchase or achieve good health directly. You have to take steps which keep your body free of diseases. Then only the organs of body keep functioning properly and you experience good health. Similarly, when one destroys the root cause of unhappiness, the problems are over. And the root cause of all our unhappiness is DESIRE.

【1】According to the author, happiness means that ________.

A．you have much money

B．you can experience everything

C．you’re living healthily

D．your wishes come true

【2】Which of the following can best replace the underlined words “weighed down” in Paragraph 3?

A．Delighted.

B．Interested.

C．Worried.

D．Serious.

【3】By discussing how people keep healthy, the author tries to ________.

A．persuade us to get rid of the pain of failure and frustrated desires

B．remind people to find the root cause of their unhappiness

C．stress physical health and mental health are both important

D．offer ways to find the root cause of unhappiness

【4】What can be concluded from the passage?

A．In fact, the more endeavors we make, the more happiness we will achieve.

B．To have good health, people should identify the organ which can’t work properly.

C．While seeking happiness, people had better not desire too much.

D．To get happiness, people need to struggle a long way.

22、Cancer is caused by gene mutations (突变) that accumulate in cells over time, yet long-lived animals that have lots of cells, such as elephants and whales, hardly ever get it. Why?

For elephants, at least, part of the answer may be the gene commonly known as p53, which also helps humans and many other animals repair DNA damaged during replication (复制). Elephants have an amazing 20 copies of this gene. Those copies, each with two variations produce a total of 40 proteins, compared with humans’ (and most animals’) single copy producing two proteins.

In mammals, p53 plays a crucial role in preventing mutated cells from turning into tumors (肿瘤). It works by pausing replication and then either initiating repair or causing cells to self-destruct if the damage is too extensive. Without action from p53, cancer can easily take hold: in more than half of all human cancers, the gene’s function has been lost through random mutations.

The scientists virtually modeled and studied carefully elephants’ 40 p53 proteins, finding two ways the gene could help elephants avoid cancer. First, the fact that elephants possess multiple copies lowers the chance of p53 no longer working because of mutations. Additionally, elephants’ p53 copies activate in response to varying mutations and so respond to damaged cells differently, which likely gives an edge when detecting and getting rid of mutations.

These “remarkable” results imply that elephants have a series of means though which p53 can operate, says Sue Haupt, a cell biologist who was not involved in the work. This points to “exciting possibilities for exploring powerful new approaches to cancer protection in humans,” she adds.

Study co-author Robin Fahraeus and his colleagues are now following up on these results using blood samples from an African elephant at the Vienna Zoo. They are exploring how its p53 proteins interact with damaged cells and plan to compare those findings with results from human cells.

【1】What does the underlined word “initiating” mean in paragraph 3?

A．Delaying.

B．Indicating.

C．Stopping.

D．Starting.

【2】How do p53 copies free elephants from cancer?

A．By preventing the replication thoroughly.

B．By providing precise response continuously.

C．By lowering the chance of mutations in advance.

D．By repairing the damaged cells in the same way.

【3】What can we conclude from the last 2 paragraphs?

A．The results need further tests.

B．More biologists will participate in the study.

C．The results throw light on humans’ fighting cancer.

D．Researchers have new findings in African elephants.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A．Why elephants don’t get cancer.

B．What contributes to elephants’ long life.

C．Where the anticancer breakthrough lies.

D．How the key cancer-fighting gene works.

23、A mouse looked through the hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a pckage, and he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Returning to the farmyard,he warned everyday. “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap inthe house! There is a mousetrap inthe house! ”

The chicken raised her head and said, “Thanks for your warning. Mr. Mouse, but why should I be bothered by a mousetrap?” the pig sympathized, but said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse, I’m sorry for you I can tell this is a great concern to you, but it is none of my business.” The mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.

The very night a sound was heard throughthe house----like that of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a snake whose tailwas caught by the trap, and it bit her. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.

The farmer killed the chicken to make fresh chicken soup for his wife, but her sickness continued. Frineds and neighbors came to visit her, and to feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. Then she died. So many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow cooked to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his hole in the wall with great sadness.

【1】What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean?

A. Great amused   B. Slightly worried

C. Completely disappointed   D. Extremely shocked

【2】What can we infer from what the cow said?

A. He could do nothing to help the mouse

B. He wanted to help the mouse but was too busy

C. He thought the mousetrap would not harm him

D. He felt very sorry for not being able to help the mouse

【3】Why did the farrmer kill the pig?

A. To make soup for his wife

B. To punish the pig for not helping the mouse

C. To feed dfriends and neighbors attending his wife’s funeral

D. To provide food for people who visited his sick wife

【4】What ddoes the story want to tell us?

A. A danger to one may become a danger to all

B. The unkind will be punished in the end

C. The best friend can be the worst enemy

D. It is important to listen to others

【5】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Stupid animals   B. A kind mouse

C. The mousetrap   D. Stories in the farmyard

24、   Many people believe that goldfish have a three-second memory. In fact, goldfish have very good memories for fish. They can be trained to react in many ways to certain colors of light and different kinds of music. Researchers have successfully taught goldfish to play fetch, push levers, and even play football.

Around a certain person the goldfish are very familiar with, they will often be much more active and even sometimes stop considering the person any kind of danger, even if that person sticks their hand in the water and tries to touch them. Around strangers, on the other hand, the goldfish will often hide. Blind goldfish also show this same type of behavior, except they react to the voice of their owner, similarly to how the non-blind goldfish react to the sight of their owner.

In one experiment, researchers even got the goldfish to learn that if they pushed a certain lever at a certain time of day, they would get food. If the lever was pushed any other time of day, nothing would happen. In very short order, these goldfish learned to only push the lever during the time of day it would produce food; the rest of the time, they took no notice of it.

In another experiment, researchers trained young goldfish to connect a certain sound with feeding time. They then released them into the sea. About half a year later, when the fish were fully grown, the researchers played the sound over a loudspeaker and the fish swam from wherever they were in the sea, back to where they were released. This has been suggested as a method to cut down the cost of raising fish. Teach them to come when they are young and then release them into the sea and lakes to grow to adulthood naturally. It' s better for the environment and less cruel to the fish (relatively speaking).

【1】What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A.Blind goldfish can easily realize dangers.

B.Goldfish are able to recognize their owner.

C.Goldfish don’t like to be touched by strangers.

D.Blind goldfish have better hearing than non-blind ones.

【2】What does the first experiment mainly show?

A.Goldfish have a good sense of time. B.Goldfish are good at pushing levers.

C.Goldfish can play games with people. D.Goldfish like to be fed at a certain time.

【3】What can we learn from the second experiment?

A.Goldfish are fully grown within three months.

B.Goldfish prefer living in the sea to living in the lake.

C.Goldfish react quickly to the sound over loudspeakers.

D.Goldfish can remember things they were taught a long time ago.

【4】In which part of a magazine may the text appear?

A.Education. B.Environment. C.Sport. D.Science.

25、Up until I was eight years old. I was an only child in my family and life was sweet. Then along came Grant, my little brother, and everything changed.

As Grant got older, he   _______ the habit of attaching himself to me and I found him totally   _______. By the time I became a teenager, he was my   _______ , following me around, copying my every move, and generally being a pest.

However,   _______ my annoyance, I began to enjoy him as time went by. He was a funny little guy, and I found his hero-worship pleasant. As we got older, we established boundaries and alliances (联盟), becoming more   _______ of each other. Grant _______ asking to go along on dates with me, and I no longer made fun of him in front of his peers. He cheered me on at my soccer games, and I   _______ to coach his baseball team.

I wondered if the transition happened because he became less annoying and more of a buddy or because I became more   _______ , more able to share, more receptive to the unconditional love he offered. Looking back, I have come to the conclusion that maybe it was a/an   _______ of both.

Today, Grant and I are a team. I know that we will always be close, if not in age or distance, then in the   ________ shared by brothers.

【1】

A．developed

B．changed

C．maintained

D．broke

【2】

A．reliable

B．annoying

C．unique

D．disappointing

【3】

A．angel

B．guide

C．shadow

D．enemy

【4】

A．besides

B．despite

C．beyond

D．for

【5】

A．considerate

B．critical

C．envious

D．respectful

【6】

A．missed

B．suggested

C．stopped

D．enjoyed

【7】

A．hesitated

B．happened

C．pretended

D．volunteered

【8】

A．creative

B．ambitious

C．independent

D．patient

【9】

A．innovation

B．combination

C．limitation

D．expectation

【10】

A．hope

B．courage

C．love

D．pride

26、假如你是李华，寒假期间你到外婆家探望，游览了附近的一个不知名的小古镇，古镇虽小却给你留下了深刻印象。这里山清水秀，风景优美，民风淳朴，你迫不及待想给同学们分享。请你就此写一篇题为My Winter Vacation的短文，记录下你的游览经历。

内容包括：

1.古镇情况

2.游览经历

3.个人感受

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My Winter Vacation

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