许昌2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、—What do you think of her suggestion?

— ______, it would be much better to talk it later.

A.Usually B.Actually C.Regularly D.Eventually

2、   students English well, the teacher tries to speak English in class very often.

A. Teaching   B. Taught

C. To teach   D. Teach

3、It’s really exciting to imagine my future when I____ a new life at university.

A.would experience B.have experienced

C.will be experiencing D.experienced

4、Someone called me up at midnight, but he had hung up   I could answer the phone.

A. as   B. since

C. until   D. before

5、Besides which major or which university to choose, students and parents face another ______

— the location of the university.

A. dilemma   B. edition   C. liberty   D. mystery

6、She said her ________ is enough to support her in later years and that her only hope is that her son can visit regularly. After all she had not much time left.

A. pension B. benefit C. allowance D. bonus

7、Dozens of individuals were given the highest state honors in the grand ceremony, all of ______ have made outstanding contributions to our nation.

A.whom B.who C.which D.them

8、---I’m not going to the party tonight. I’ll stay at home and read.

---Come on, ________

A．You get a frog in your throat.

B．You’re pulling your weight.

C．We’d better throw in the towel.

D．Don’t be such a wet blanket.

9、We won’t start the work until all the preparations _____.

A. are being made   B. will be made

C. have been made   D. had been made

10、I ______ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy．

A．tried B．have tried

C．had tried D．have been trying

11、________is the power of global warming that the climate goes from one extreme to the other.

A．Such

B．This

C．That

D．So

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

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

13、His work has received only a tiny mention in the newspaper; actually he__________more attention.

A.reserves B.deserves C.observes D.preserves

14、—It isn’t very nice if someone is yelling in public.

—________. It’s annoying.

A. Sorry, I’m not with you B. I couldn’t agree more

C. I’m afraid not   D. I have no idea

15、Having the courage to be disliked does not mean that you can use your weaknesses as an ________ for not improving yourself.

A．capacity

B．excuse

C．passion

D．demand

16、Publishers and writers from 13 countries attended the seminar ______ top ten titles of the year were selected and their writers were awarded.

A.when B.where C.whose D.which

17、Some experts think, ________ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice home environment.

A．instead of

B．except for

C．apart from

D．far from

18、Though it is 5 years________ he retired from his work place, the old professor remains active in the academic circles.

A．when

B．that

C．before

D．since

19、He ______ it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.

A. must have done   B. might finish

C. could have finished   D. could finish

20、—I dropped by at 6:00pm yesterday but failed to see you at your house.

—I ______ in a gym at that time.

A. was exercising   B. am exercising   C. have exercised   D. had exercised

21、On a Saturday evening , I was waiting for my train and on the subway station's floor was a man just sitting there. I looked around and nobody stopped so I just went my way. After a few steps, I turned and asked him whether he needed help. He told me his house was one station further and he would only need to take the train there. So I reached for his hand to help him stand up.

He wanted to take the stairs but I feared that he would hurt himself since he seemed too weak to walk, so I asked him to take the elevator. Even though my mind was trying to turn the danger lights on, I put the thought that I should not go alone with a drunken man out of my mind and accompanied him on the elevator.

We arrived on the platform with no incidents. The man's knees seemed to soften, so I asked him to rest on a bench. While sitting there, he thanked me, telling me that I saved him. No, I said, I really did nothing; he saved himself as he walked on his own feet.

At the next station, we said our goodbyes. Before I knew it, he left 100 dollars and dashed out of the train. There was no way to give him back his money. I wanted to leave it on the seat, but a young woman who thought it belonged to me ran after me and gave me the note.

My initial reaction to getting that money was of shame and I even felt offended. Then I thought he just wanted to thank me, the best way he knew how. Now, my question is — what act of kindness shall I do with these 100 dollars?

【1】Why was the man sitting on the subway station's floor?

A．Because he wanted to go home.

B．Because he was seriously ill.

C．Because he was waiting for the train.

D．Because he was drunk.

【2】Seeing the money left by the man, the author first felt ________.

A．ashamed

B．grateful

C．delighted

D．frustrated

【3】How will the author possibly deal with the money?

A．Give it back.

B．Buy something favorable.

C．Give it to people in need.

D．Leave it on the seat.

【4】What can we infer from the passage?

A．I helped the man the moment I saw him.

B．I thought it unsafe to go alone with the drunken man at first.

C．I accompanied the man to take the stairs.

D．A young woman ran after me and gave me the note.

22、   Most parents can remember the artful mix of excitement and anxiety accompanying the choice of their baby’s name—it will follow the child his or her entire life. But the effect could be even more significant. In research recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, our research team shows that the stereotype (模式思维) that a given society has of a first name can influence the way people look.

In eight studies, we found that participants shown ID-style photos of people they’d never met were able to recognize the first name of the described person well above the chance level. In other words, there is something about an Emily that…just looks like an Emily.

If an Emily really does look like an Emily, even a computer should be able to guess her true name. The computer was even able to produce a “heat map” for each name, a face with the features that “betray” a person carrying that name shown in red or orange colors. How should we understand this effect? Until now, social psychologists knew that our facial appearance influences the extent to which others perceive us as attractive, intelligent, trustworthy or warm. These studies show that others’ perceptions of our first name are reflected in our faces.

Interestingly, the face -name effect occurs even if we can only see the hair of a person. Our hair is possibly the part of our face that we control with the most ease. The fact that this alone can produce the face name effect further illustrates the suspected self-fulfilling mechanism behind it.

Together, the eight studies suggest that we wear our social belonging on our face, and that we actively shape our features to be recognized by our reference group. Choosing baby names remains exciting. Whatever the first name you give to your child, he or she will end up wearing it.

【1】What was the participants’ assignment?

A．To pick out ID-style photos they’d never met.

B．To match strangers’ photos with their names.

C．To find out Emily from various ID photos.

D．To perceive Emily’s character.

【2】How is the “heat map” formed?

A．By drawing a map for each name.

B．By sorting out different faces in a map.

C．By showing a person’s face in different colors.

D．By highlighting certain features in warm colors.

【3】What is the face-name effect?

A．People wear their character on their faces.

B．Hairstyle accounts for a large part in appearance.

C．A fixed idea of first names determines one’s look.

D．Social belonging is irrelevant to our facial features.

【4】Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?

P=Paragraph

A．

B．

C．

D．

23、   People around the world participate in various ritualized celebrations. New Year activities included fireworks, and resolutions-as well as some practices unique to specific cultures, such as cooking black-eyed peas and greens in the southeastern United States.

All human cultures have their rituals-typically repetitive, symbolic behaviors that a group of people experience as purposeful; though people generally can’t explain how they are supposed to work. And their diversity can also cause clashes between peoples, particularly when the valued rituals of one culture strike another as strange.

Most scientists who study rituals consider their mysterious origins to be one of their defining characteristics. But recently, researchers have come to realize that before rituals become purely social and highly peculiar, many have started out as attempts to avoid disasters.

Ritualized ways of preparing food or cleaning the body, for example, have emerged as ways to prevent disease. Many rituals also provide psychological comfort during times of hardship. Today, humans are adopting new behaviors although it’s too early to tell whether any of these behaviors will become truly ritualized. It will only be the case when the social significance of the behavior takes precedence over its practical use. This is what sets rituals apart from other cultural practices, such as cooking.

Not all rituals are effective because we don’t always understand what is producing the risk we are trying to control. But some do work. In the Indian state of Bihar, where maternal and infant death rate at birth remains high, 269 rituals are associated with pregnancy and birth. A significant proportion of these rituals, such as preparing the nutritious food, are perfectly in accord with modem medical advice. Many others are likely neutral while the ones, such as bathing the infant immediately after birth, are viewed as risky just because of practical limitations such as a lack of clean water.

The relationship between medicine and rituals is also interesting. “It is important to keep in mind that to most people, the mechanisms of modem medicine are just as opaque as rituals are,” says Legare, an expert. The practices of modem medicine are relatively new. “When a doctor tells you, I’m sorry, but there’s nothing we can do for you, that may be true, but it is very discouraging as well,” Legare says. “Therefore relevant rituals are firmly valued seemingly out of no reasons.”

【1】According to the passage, what behavior can be regarded as a cultural ritual?

A．A student habitually conducts reading before sleep every day.

B．A family eat dinner at the same restaurant every weekend.

C．People eat green dumplings during the Festival of Qingming.

D．Many Chinese people used to ride bicycles to work.

【2】Originally, many rituals arose in an attempt to _____.

A．make people get along with people from the same cultural group.

B．protect people from potential life threats

C．get people to identify with their own culture.

D．provide people with values when clashing with people from other cultures.

【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Groups with different rituals can basically live together in peace.

B．The practical use of a behavior takes priority when it’s to be judged as a ritual.

C．Appropriateness of some rituals depends on local conditions.

D．When ill, people turn to rituals because they work better than medicine.

【4】The best title for the passage might be _____.

A．Be cautious of the weird rituals

B．Long gone are decayed rituals

C．Ritual, the mysterious reflection of human innocence.

D．Ritual,there’s a reason for itsexistence.

24、Many people quote the phrase from Jane Jacobs that “there must be eyes on the street” to emphasize the relationship between urban safety and design. Jacobs’ views on urban safety were, in truth, far more complex than this phrase suggests. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities has become the basis of a worldwide movement to foster safer cities.

Jacobs made an important contribution to our understanding of cities by linking the fear of crime and urban design. In a successful city district a person must feel personally safe on the street among all these strangers. It doesn’t take many incidents of violence on a city street to make people fear the street. And as they fear them, they use them less, which makes the streets still more unsafe.

For Jacobs, eyes on the street came from stores and public places, including bars and restaurants along the sidewalks, street vendors and pedestrians. She recommended the installation of bright street lights to “sharpen every pair of eyes”.

Jacobs widened her attention to urban safety in general, including parks and public housing projects. While most planners focus on the green benefits of parks, she argued against underused or dangerous parks. She observed that parks are successful when they encourage a range of activities and users.

She emphasized design and management policies to encourage interaction at public housing sites. She suggest ed integrating public housing communities into existing street patterns and cultivating street activity by including businesses in the buildings. She opposed fencing and security guards, creating a sense of territory and isolating public housing residents from the wider community.

Jacobs wrote about her experience of daily life in the city and urged planners to pay attention to how ordinary people actually use urban space. From her experience as a wife, mother, and resident in New York, she arrived at a more human vision of the city than the experts of the day did. Her concern about urban safety was visionary (有远见的), and her manner of looking at the city still offers a critical viewpoint for evaluating crime prevention and community safety strategies today.

【1】Why does the writer mention the phrase quoted from Jane Jacobs in the first paragraph?

A．To call readers’ attention to the phrase.

B．To introduce Jane Jacobs’ book.

C．To prove the popularity of Jane Jacobs’ book.

D．To make the phrase better known.

【2】According to Jacobs, what is a proper way to foster a successful city?

A．Warning people of violence in streets.

B．Encouraging different activities in parks.

C．Employing security guards in the buildings.

D．Introducing safety policies at public housing sites.

【3】Where is the text probably from?

A．A book review.

B．A guidebook.

C．An advertisement.

D．A biography.

25、   Last week, I had to travel by air. I was carrying two large _______ and a medium-sized one yes, I know I was not traveling _______. I had to take a bus and a train before getting to the _______. It was not an easy task _______ I took it easy and I left with more than enough _______.

I arrived at the bus stop and there were a few other people _______ . The bus came and one by one I struggled _______ and put the suitcases inside the bus. Then I began to think, “Why doesn’t anyone offer to _______ ?” I sat on the bus and kept thinking, “Many passengers are _______ and strong enough, and most of them are my neighbors. How unkind, typical of this country! That’s why I want to ________ as soon as I can... etc.”

I ________ stopped myself and decided to change my ________ . I had been trying especially lately to “switch” as soon as I saw negativity coming into my head, so I went for: “I’ m ________ that I managed; I’ m ________ enough; I look forward to the challenges of this ________ ; I will meet people I love ... etc.”

The bus arrived at my destination and I waited for everyone to ________ so I could patiently take out my suitcases one by one. And a man in his 70’s whom I would least have ________ to help came back up and offered to give me a hand! He ________ the last one for me! I was so pleased and surprised, giving him a big ________ . He smiled back and we both went our separate ways. He seemed pretty pleased with himself.

I then thought, “I should have hugged him.” Hope I will ________ him again...

【1】A.coats B.tools C.boxes D.suitcases

【2】A.alone B.early C.light D.safe

【3】A.station B.airport C.department D.office

【4】A.and B.because C.but D.though

【5】A.time B.interest C.food D.room

【6】A.wandering B.waiting C.struggling D.driving

【7】A.painfully B.gratefully C.proudly D.angrily

【8】A.check B.advise C.come D.help

【9】A.generous B.busy C.honest D.young

【10】A.settle B.leave C.fight D.succeed

【11】A.really B.hardly C.suddenly D.secretly

【12】A.thoughts B.tastes C.memory D.action

【13】A.sure B.glad C.afraid D.sorry

【14】A.kind B.strong C.relaxed D.important

【15】A.trip B.position C.career D.race

【16】A.take off B.turn up C.get off D.break in

【17】A.respected B.inspired C.promised D.expected

【18】A.discovered B.carried C.examined D.fixed

【19】A.smile B.hug C.opportunity D.present

【20】A.visit B.choose C.trust D.see

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。

On February 4, while working on a construction site in Gratiot County, Michigan, Hansen heard terrified screams coming from nearby. He stopped his work and looked up. Standing on the back porch(门廊) of the home next door was a little boy yelling “Help!” while four fierce dogs barked madly in a circle below him.

At first, Hansen thought it was just a dog fight. Then alarm bells went off in his head. “The noises they made sounded like what dogs do when they’re killing something,” he says. His thought proved right when another young boy suddenly popped up in the middle of the dogs, and Hansen watched in horror as they sank in their teeth and threw him across the grass like a small doll.

“He was shirtless and covered in blood, and those dogs were trying to kill him.” says Hansen.

Hansen raced across the grass, jumped the fence, and landed in the neighbor’s yard. He shouted at the dogs, but they ignored him. Then he displayed the most aggression that he could manage, yelling louder until they let go just long enough for Hansen to catch eight-year-old Ethan Nokes around the stomach and bear-hug him. “I couldn’t hold him under his armpits(腋窝), which would have made it easier to run, because they were torn wide open,” says Hansen.

As Hansen dashed across the yard, the dogs bounced on him, biting at Ethan. Hansen rushed onto the steps. So did the dogs. When he reached the top, he pulled on a door; it wouldn’t open. “A dog grabbed Ethan’s foot, and I thought they were going to get him back from me,” he says.

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。

Hansen tried a second door. It sprang open.

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With the house quiet, he went to check on Ethan in the bedroom.

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