呼和浩特2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、— Let’s go swimming this afternoon, shall we?

— Good idea. Nothing is more ________ than swimming in such a hot day.

A.friendly B.enjoyable C.hopeful D.difficult

2、The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.

A.put away B.take down C.look over D.carry on

3、_______ me when you get it through and I’ll pick you up at your work place.

A. Calling B. Call   C. Called D. To call

4、Though he has made a big fortune, he is____a happy man.

A.nothing but B.anything but C.more than D.other than

5、Spending on universities is usually ______ by the belief --- the increase in earnings that graduates enjoy over non-graduates.

A.confirmed B.justified C.convinced D.recognized

6、Just as the clothes a person wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time, his house ______ his personality.

A．remember

B．strengthens

C．reflects

D．shapes

7、I wonder whether his hearing is okay ______ he has turned the television up very loud.

A. unless B. although C. until  D. because

8、China’s maternal and infant goods e­commerce platforms ________ heavily and speeding up their steps to expand offline channels.

A.invest B.are investing C.are invested D.have invested

9、I needn’t have been in that hurry. The flight to Chongqing ______ due to the foggy weather.

A. has cancelled B. was cancelled

C. will be cancelling  D. had cancelled

10、Chance favors only the prepared mind.That is telling us to be prepared until the opportunity presents ______ .

A. one   B. itself

C. you   D. this

11、Robert went to Shanghai in his 20s, ______ several years later, he became a manager.

A.when B.where

C.which D.who

12、This newspaper has a daily ______ of more than one million in this city and if s common to see passengers read a copy in the subway.

A.circulation B.association C.contribution D.accumulation

13、Nantong has become one of the most_____cities in the Yangtze River Delta through innovation.

A.dynamic B.conservative C.primitive D.ethnic

14、— Can I pay a visit to you this Friday afternoon, manager?

— Sorry, I ________ some business partners from Huawei Company the whole afternoon.

A．have met

B．have been meeting

C．will be meeting

D．will have met

15、She works in theatre, ______in her father’s footsteps.

A．to follow

B．following

C．followed

D．being followed

16、She was such a proud person that she would die she would admit she was wrong.

A．since

B．when

C．unless

D．before

17、They______ jewellery since eight o'clock and had only just finished when two robbers broke in .

A.had been arranging B.were arranging

C.have been arranging D.had arranged

18、Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, has inspired the imagination and creativity of generations around the world since it ______ into different languages.

A．translated

B．has translated

C．was translated

D．has been translated

19、The cost of living in big cities ________ steadily for many years，and it has led some youths to drop out of the big city race.

A. is climbing B. is being climbed

C. has been climbing D. has been climbed

20、Obviously, the ability to talk is ______ that marks humans off from animals.

A. something B. anything

C. nothing D. everything

21、   New research has found that grey seals can simulate(模仿) human speech and songs. The study carried out by Dr Amanda Stansbury and Professor Vincent Janik,at the University of St Andrews,found that grey seals use the same sound production system as humans due to having similar vocal tracts(声道).

Three young grey seals—Zola,Gandalf and Janice—were monitored from birth by Stansbury and Janik to determine their natural talents.Once this process was complete,the researchers began teaching the seals to simulate common seal sounds or noises a seal might normally hear from a herd mate in the wild. Fish was used to encourage the seals to come out of the water and sing a series of notes.Stansbury would record the seals’own sounds and play them back. The seals quickly learnt that if they sang back the same notes, they would be rewarded with fish.

Once the seals were familiar with this process and could easily copy these basic sounds,Stansbury and Janik used higher and longer tones(音调)and unfamiliar vowels(元音)from human speech.The seals were then rewarded for matching these new sounds.Stansbury even used some combinations to simulate songs that no seal would be expected

to produce under natural circumstances. Zola had a gift for copying up to ten notes of songs such as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and the theme song of Star Wars. Gandalf and Janice were better at accurately reproducing combinations of human vowel sounds.

Stansbury said,“I was amazed how well the seals copied the model sounds we played to them.Copies were not perfect,but given that these are not typical seal sounds,it is pretty impressive.Our study really shows how flexible seal voices are.”

After one year of working with the researchers,the seal pups were released back into the wild. “This study gives us a better understanding of the development of vocal learning,a skill that is important for human language development.”Janik believes this knowledge can help to develop new methods to study speech problems.

【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A.A research finding on grey seals. B.Grey seals’learning environments.

C.Humans’sound production system. D.A comparison of humans and grey seals.

【2】In the study,fish would be given when the seals   .

A.made funny noises B.came out of the water

C.repeated the same notes D.copied typical fish sounds

【3】What can we find about Zola based on the research?

A.It can copy some musical sounds played to her. B.It is good at copying human vowel sounds.

C.It is smarter than Gandalf and Janice. D.It likes singing children’s songs.

【4】What does Janik think of the research result?

A.It shows the living environments of grey seals.

B.It leads to a better understanding of human evolution.

C.It raises an awareness of the need to protect grey seals.

D.It inspires new methods for research on speech problems.

22、   A sheet of transparent new material at a University of Maryland lab looks like it might be plastic. But it's actually wood — and it could eventually be used to make energy-efficient windows or even see-through buildings.

“Compared to glass, wood has lower thermal conductivity (热导率), and it's lighter, stronger, more environmentally friendly,” says Liangbing Hu, a materials science professor at the University of Maryland and one of the authors of a new study of the material.

The idea is to employ the material in buildings. With a window made from transparent wood instead of glass, for example, a building would take less energy to heat and cool. Because of the structure of the wood, the windows could also reduce glare from the sun while allowing in natural light.

Researchers have experimented with transparent wood in the past, but the new method is more sustainable. Other methods usually soak the wood in a chemical compound called sodium chlorite (亚路酸钠) to remove lignin, part of the wood that gives it structure. But this can weaken the wood, and it produces waste that is hard to recycle. Hu and his team slightly changed the process so it doesn't fully remove the lignin. By brushing hydrogen peroxide over the wood and leaving it under a UV light, they removed only the parts of the lignin that give it color. The result is transparent wood that can be coated in epoxy (环氧树脂).

It's just one of a number of ways scientists and engineers are rethinking how we can use this renewable resource in construction. Skyscrapers made entirely out of wood are gaining popularity in cities around the world. And scientists recently discovered a technique to grow wood in a lab, opening up the possibility of using wood without having to chop down a forest.

The transparent wood is 50% stronger than previous transparent wood and could even be used to build load-bearing walls in a building. It could also potentially be used in other ways, such as layers used in solar cells (太阳能电池). A new spinoff company called Invent Wood is working to commercialize the technology.

【1】Which of the following shows the function of the new material?

A．It looks like plastics.

B．The windows made of it are energy-efficient.

C．It is invented by a materials science professor.

D．Transparent wood will replace glass in the future.

【2】What can we learn from the 4th paragraph?

A．Lignin is the waste that is likely to weaken the wood.

B．Different methods of how to brush hydrogen peroxide over the wood.

C．Hu and his team soak the wood in sodium chlorite to remove lignin.

D．The previous method causes pollution while the new one is more environmentally friendly.

【3】What effect does growing wood in a lab have on the environment?

A．Skyscrapers made out of wood are popular with cities around the world.

B．It makes it possible to stop the destruction of forests for construction.

C．Scientists and engineers are driven to search for renewable resource.

D．Researchers have experimented with transparent wood.

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

A．Transparent wood is used as layers in solar cells.

B．Walls in a building are made from transparent wood.

C．Invent Wood is promoting the new transparent wood for business.

D．The previous transparent wood has been damaged all over the world.

23、   September is an exciting month in every college freshman’s life. For many, it’s the first time that they’ve left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion—homesickness.

Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum’s cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.

But remember, you’re not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.

Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn’t invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers’ mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” from Greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”.

Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it’s necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.

【1】From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that ________.

A.homesickness means a fond memory of the past

B.only a few students will experience homesickness

C.homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmen

D.college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks

【2】The attitude of Sedikides towards homesickness is _________.

A.negative B.supportive C.skeptical D.critical

【3】What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A.Some benefits about homesickness.

B.Other problems in college freshmen’s life.

C.How to make campus life more meaningful.

D.Some tips on how to cope with homesickness.

【4】What is the best title for the passage?

A.Let’s embrace homesickness

B.How to fit into the college life

C.A harmful emotion—homesickness

D.The disadvantages of homesickness

24、Do you like shopping? Or does the thought of wandering round the shops fill you with terror? For some of us, shopping is an enjoyable way of spending our spare time and our money. For me, it’s something I would rather avoid. Thank goodness for the Internet! It’s more convenient to buy CDs, electrical items, even food, from the comfort of your sofa. But that’s not the only reason：price is an important factor. We can buy goods and services cheaper online. But sometimes the problem is knowing what to buy. This has led to a type of shopping called ＂showrooming＂.

Showrooming is something I’ve done. I will go to a shop to see, touch and try out products but then go home and buy them online at a knock-down price. I’m not alone in doing this. Research by a company called Foolproof, found 24% of people showroomed while Christmas shopping in 2013.

Amy Cashman, head of Technology at TNS UK, says the reasons for this new shopping habit are that＂people are lacking time, lacking money and they want security about the products they are buying＂. She explains that consumers are not only shopping online at home but they are using the Internet in store or on their smartphones to shop around.

But does this mean technology will kill shops? Certainly shops will change. They will have to offer more competitive prices or encourage people to buy more by giving in-store discounts or free gifts.

We mustn’t forget that buying in a shop means you can get expert advice from the sales assistant and you can get good aftercare. It’s good to speak to a real human rather than look at a faceless computer screen but at least by showrooming, you get the best of both worlds!

【1】The two questions in Paragraph l are raised to .

A. introduce the topic   B. give two examples

C. compare different opinions   D. get answers from readers

【2】What does showrooming mean in the text?

A. Trying in shops and buying online.   B. Showing products in a room.

C. Buying something in a store.   D. Shopping on the Internet.

【3】According to Amy Cashman, which is not the reason for showrooming?

A. The lack of time.   B. The comfort of the sofa.

C. The shortness of money.   D. The security of the product.

【4】The author’s attitude towards showrooming is .

A. critical   B. neutral

C. supportive   D. casual

25、   I gave a refugee student of mine some tips on how to get into her dream apprenticeship（学徒）. Occasionally I also give some suggestions on how to_________on her language skill so she can_________get a good exam grade next summer. She was about to go to_________in Syria and now he is sitting in a class with kids about 5 years younger than her and has beery learning a_________new language over the last 3 years.

Her class teacher_________that she should get a grade_________for her O-levels（普通水平考试）though she still has to learn a lot in her "new_________". So, I told her that she'll get a C and not a D and she had tears in her eyes and was so _________. And I didn't forget to_________her during this period of time. I told her that I had 2 educators who gave me a__________ , and one day it'll be her__________to help somebody but she still needs to put in a lot of work!

I got a beautiful email from her this evening where she__________her gratitude and said "Nobody has ever helped me like you have." She__________ several little flower symbols. It is so full of__________and gratitude. Not__________what exactly to write back but I have printed her email and hung it up.

A．keep off

B．move out

C．get away

D．polish up

A．hopefully

B．fortunately

C．frequently

D．delightedly

A．factory

B．government

C．university

D．city

A．strangely

B．completely

C．joyfully

D．notably

A．refused

B．promised

C．ordered

D．agreed

A．higher

B．lower

C．quicker

D．smaller

A．grade

B．class

C．language

D．position

A．regretful

B．grateful

C．shameful

D．careful

A．convince

B．punish

C．remind

D．motivate

A．chance

B．job

C．reflection

D．hardship

A．right

B．strength

C．turn

D．choice

A．described

B．expressed

C．determined

D．changed

A．planted

B．handed

C．left

D．added

A．appreciation

B．passion

C．surprise

D．excitement

A．worried

B．aware

C．sure

D．satisfied

26、假如你是高三学生李华，准备代表全体同学在毕业典礼上发言。请写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

1. 高中三年的收获 (如学习，生活等);

2. 感谢和决心。

注意：1. 词数80左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卷的相应位置作答。

Good morning, everyone. I'm Li Hua. It's my great honor to stand here to deliver my speech.

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