胡杨河2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、The beauty of a tournament like the World Cup is ________ it can be wildly unpredictable.

A．whether

B．how

C．that

D．why

2、The police still haven’t found the lost child, but they’re doing all they .

A．can

B．may

C．must

D．should

3、Our school has recently obtained the latest multimedia equipment, __________ students to learn efficiently under special circumstances.

A.allowing B.being allowed C.having allowed D.allowed

4、These remarkable findings suggest the elephants have ________ a memory capacity to make distinctions between human voices.

A. built up   B. packed up   C. brought up     D. took up

5、Women are so accustomed to decades of ______ and to ______ histories of women whose contributions went unnoticed that they assume these conditions still exist today.

A. being ignored,be heard   B. ignoring,be heard

C. ignored,hearing   D. being ignored,hearing

6、Without our team’s great effort, the art exhibition last week ______ such a great success.

A. wouldn’t be   B. won’t be   C. wouldn’t have been   D. won’t have been

7、When first coming to the city, my parents often had a chat with neighbors, just as they _____ in the countryside.

A.will do B.had done C.have done D.were doing

8、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.

A．priority

B．potential

C．preference

D．prejudice

9、More than a new invention like 3D printers ________to make replacement hearts and bone parts in the past few years.

A．is being used

B．are being used

C．has been used

D．have been used

10、Although _____ by the opposite team, the players were not discouraged but practiced harder.

A. beating   B. beaten

C. having beaten D. being beaten

11、The water was now two feet deep, making it difficult, if not impossible, _________ the car out.

A. getting   B. got   C. to get   D. get

12、Personal computer are no longer something beyond the ordinary people; they are available these days.

A.specifically B.instantly C.readily D.freely

13、My skating teacher was really great and ______ I knew it, I was able to skate!

A.before B.since

C.until D.after

14、He was about to leave the office for home________someone knocked the door and asked for some help.

A.until B.when C.as D.while

15、Beijing’s new international airport   into operation in 2019 will serve 72 million passengers annually.

A. being put   B. to be put

C. put   D. to put

16、Young people should be inspired to think outside the box and innovate, breaking free from __________ methods.

A.contradictory B.dynamic C.conventional D.distinguished

17、I’m afraid there might have been an audience of about 100,000 watching his live concert in Bird Nest last night, ________?

A. weren’t there   B. didn’t there

C. haven’t there   D. hadn’t there

18、Faced with economic slowdown, some companies are planning to use robots to ______ human workers to reduce their labor costs.

A. compensate   B. substitute

C. symbolize   D. discriminate

19、A recent study, while showing a generally positive attitude toward the new industry, also suggests a widespread concern _________ it may be “running out of control”.

A.that B.when C.while D.if

20、Much disappointed as he is in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.

A. to have failed   B. failed

C. having failed   D. failing

21、   Would you rather watch a new movie or an old favorite? Would you rather try a dish, you have never had at a restaurant, or stick with something you know you will like? Researchers studying the “mere-exposure effect”(曝光效应) have found that we often prefer the familiar over the novel.

In 1968, social psychologist Robert Zajonc published a landmark paper on the mere-exposure effect. His hypothesis (假说) was that simply being exposed to an object on a repeated basis was enough to make people like that thing. To test this, Zajonc had participants read words in a foreign language out loud. He varied how often they read each word (up to 25 repetitions). Next, participants were asked to decide how positive or negative the meaning of each word was. Zajonc found that participants liked the words that they had said more often, and the words that had been read 25 times were rated the highest.

In the decades since Zajonc published his paper on the mere-exposure effect, researchers have also suggested several theories to explain why the effect happens. One of the leading theories is that mere exposure makes us feel less uncertain. According to this idea, we tend to be cautious around new things, since they could be dangerous to us. However, when we see the same thing over and over and nothing bad happens, we start to realize that there is nothing to be afraid of. Additionally, mere exposure increases what psychologists call “perceptual fluency” (知觉流畅性). It is based on the idea that, when we have seen something before, it is easier for us to understand and interpret it, which puts us in a positive mood.

While psychologists are still debating what causes the mere-exposure effect, it seems that having been previously exposed to something can change how we feel about it. And it may explain why, at least sometimes, we tend to prefer things that are already familiar to us.

【1】What were the participants asked to do during the test?

A．Read each word for 25 times.

B．Rate how much they like a word.

C．Write in a foreign language.

D．Decide the meaning of each word.

【2】Which of the following would Robert Zajonic most probably agree with?

A．A person will choose a new movie instead of an old one.

B．A person will try an old favorite rather than choose a new dish.

C．A person will like a variety of things that they see for the first time.

D．A person will be cautious about the advertisement repeated many times.

【3】Which of the following may explain the mere-exposure effect?

A．We will rely more on something familiar.

B．We will feel curious about something new.

C．We will be careful about something dangerous.

D．We will find it quite easy to be in a positive mood.

【4】What is the authors purpose in writing the text?

A．To introduce a psychological phenomenon.

B．To advise you to try something new bravely.

C．To analyze the reason for mere-exposure effect.

D．To stress the importance of mere-exposure effect.

22、   Their cheery song brightens many a winter’s day.But robins are in danger of wearing themselves out by singing too much.Robins are singing all night—as well as during the day,British-based researchers say.

David Dominoni,of Glasgow University,said that light from street lamps,takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds’ biological clocks,leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep.

Dr Dominoni,who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns,said lack of sleep could put the birds’ health at risk.His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab,it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day.And the more birds are exposed to light,the more active they are at night.

He told people at a conference,“There have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing.Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy.So by increasing their song output,there might be some costs of energy.”

And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light.Blackbirds and seagulls are also being more nocturnal.Dr Dominoni said,“In Glasgow where I live,gulls are a serious problem.I have people coming to me saying‘You are the bird expert.Can you help us kill these gulls?’.During the breeding(繁殖)season,between April and June,they are very active at night and very noisy and people can’t sleep.”

Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution,other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.

However,some birds thrive(兴旺)in noisy environments.A study from California Polytechnic University found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery.It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators(天敌)fleeing to quieter areas.

【1】According to Dr Dominoni’s study,what causes robins to sing so much?

A.The breeding season.

B.The light in modern life.

C.The dangerous environment.

D.The noise from heavy machinery.

【2】What is the researchers’ concern over the increase of birds’ song output?

A.The environment might be polluted.

B.The birds’ health might be damaged.

C.The industry cost might be increased.

D.The people’s hearing might be affected.

23、   Leith Anderson, a minister, shared this experience: As a boy, he grew up outside New York City and was a fan of the old Brooklyn Dodgers. One day his father took him to a World Series game between the Dodgers and the Yankees. He was so excited, knowing the Dodgers would defeat the Yankees. Unfortunately, the Dodgers never got on base, and his excitement was shattered.

Years later, he met a famous player. Leith told him about the first major league game he had attended, saying, "It was such a disappointment. "The man said, "Were you there? Were you at the game when Don Larsen played the first perfect game in all of World Series history?" Leith replied, "Yeah, but we lost. "He then realized that he had been so caught in his team's defeat that he missed out on the fact that he was a witness to a far greater page of history.

How often the same thing happens to us. We get so caught in the "defeat" when things don't turn out as we want them to. So we are depressed because an illness remains, or when people don't treat us the way we think they should. But we are often so blinded by the pain and disappointment of our "defeat" that we fail to appreciate the fact that we might be witnesses to something far greater in our lives.

Do you remember it when Paul was in prison? He wrote to the Philippian Christians, ＂But I want you to know that the things happening to me have actually turned out the gospel (福音)｡＂While most of us would have focused on the "defeat", Paul was able to see it differently. It's not an easy thing to do. It's never easy to view things from a positive perspective. But it is learning how to have a positive view that helps us know joy that happens in our lives.

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

A.Shown. B.Hidden.

C.Extended. D.Destroyed.

【2】How did Leith react to what the player said?

A.He felt proud to have watched the game.

B.He felt regretful to recall the game.

C.He showed doubt about the player's opinion.

D.He learned something from the player's words.

【3】What does Leith's experience teach us to do?

A.Treat defeat positively.

B.Remember our defeat in life.

C.Struggle for what we want.

D.Know truths from others.

【4】Why is Paul's story mentioned in the text?

A.To help us know him.

B.To share his poor situation.

C.To offer us an example to follow.

D.To praise him for his great achievements.

24、   A few plants in the cabbage and mustard (芥菜) family pay a dramatic price to fight off hungry caterpillars (毛毛虫): they kill off patches of their own leaves where butterflies have laid eggs. Without a living anchor, the eggs wrinkle and die. These plants’ egg-killing abilities have been documented since at least the 1980s, but a new study shows they appear in just a few closely related plants in this family — and they are triggered only by certain butterfly species.

Nina Fatouros of Wageningen University in the Netherlands and her colleagues investigated 31 plant species in the target family. First, they dabbed the plants’ leaves with liquid that had been exposed to egg material from a butterfly species known to lay eggs on them. Four closely related plant species reliably killed off the treated leaf patches. Further tests confirmed that the species with the most distinct response only reacted strongly when the egg material came from one group of butterflies, Pieris, which lays eggs on these plants in the wild. This is “clear evidence” that specific butterfly species could have stimulated the evolution of the necrosis (坏死) defense, Fatouros says. The researchers also tracked eggs laid by wild butterflies to confirm the defense mechanism. The work was detailed in New Phytologist.

“It’s very unlikely that you find this by coincidence,” says University of Sheffield molecular plant biologist Jurriaan Ton, who was not involved in the study. He adds that the plants’ relatedness, coupled with their exaggerated reaction to these butterflies, suggests a heated evolutionary “arms race” took place between the plants and insects.

“This is the first study to my knowledge where they really looked at the appearance of this trait within a particular plant family,” says ecologist Julia Koricheva, who was also not involved in the work.

Future research could explore how recently the trait evolved, Fatouros says. She notes that arms races rarely end—and evidence suggests the butterflies may be fighting back. Some prefer to lay their eggs in tightly grouped clusters(丛), making them less likely to be influenced by the plants’ strategy.

【1】What is special about Nina Fatouros’ study?

A．It found the plants’ egg-killing abilities for the first time.

B．It pointed out the price plants paid to defend themselves.

C．It discovered a new species of egg-killing plants.

D．It narrowed down the range of the plant-butterfly interaction.

【2】Why was the special liquid mentioned in paragraph 2 applied to the plants’ leaves?

A．To see whether they would sacrifice their leaves.

B．To stimulate their defense mechanism.

C．To find out which species reacted most strongly to the liquid.

D．To track eggs laid by wild butterflies.

【3】What was Jurriaan Ton’s attitude towards the new study?

A．Indifferent.

B．Approving.

C．Disapproving.

D．Skeptical.

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

A．Survival strategies of plants

B．Evolution of plants against hungry caterpillars

C．Killer leaves emerge from plant-butterfly arms race

D．The relatedness of plants and butterflies

25、   When my husband died of cancer I became angry. And I felt a hard brick wall built around my angry heart.

One morning, driving down a busy road in my town, I____a carpenter was building a __around an old house I’d always admired. Each time I drove by, I ___the progress. I saw an aproned woman sweeping the yard, ___the flowers, cutting the grass, and even ___ the litter thrown from the cars passing by.

Eventually, one day, a ___fence stood there, ___greeting me! I ____the engine, waved the woman and said  "I came to see your beautiful fence."She stopped her work and____her hands on her apron, smiling. Then the sun witnessed us drinking tea on the porch （门廊）with the white fence surrounding us.

The fence isn’t____ me. I live alone. But since so many people come by here, look at the fence and wave, I thought they’d ___seeing something pretty. A few, like you, even stop and sit here to talk. she ___

But if the road is widened there’ll be much __?

Change is part of life. When something bad happens, you have two __—to get bitter or better.

When I left, she __: ― Come back anytime. Leave the gate ____—It looks more friendly.

I carefully left the gate ajar(半开的) and ____, feeling something deep inside me. I could even picture the ___in my heart falling down, and being ____by this marvelous fence. I planned to ____my door open for whatever or whoever might come my way.

【1】A.cared B.noticed C.insisted D.suggested

【2】A.bridge B.town C.fence D.road

【3】A.watched B.made C.stopped D.analyzed

【4】A.picking B.planting C.pulling D.tending

【5】A.picking up B.throwing away C.kicking off D.bringing back

【6】A.blood-red B.pitch-dark C.sky-blue D.snow-white

【7】A.as if B.though C.if D.even though

【8】A.started B.turned off C.tore apart D.repaired

【9】A.raised B.wiped C.shook D.clenched

【10】A.on B.by C.for D.beside

【11】A.avoid B.advise C.enjoy D.permit

【12】A.argued B.refused C.repeated D.explained

【13】A.challenge B.change C.development D.progress

【14】A.choices B.aprons C.hearts D.hands

【15】A.called for B.called on C.called up D.called out

【16】A.closed B.special C.open D.clean

【17】A.drove off B.drove back C.drove by D.drove over

【18】A.flowers B.wall C.porch D.house

【19】A.taken B.built C.bought D.replaced

【20】A.destroy B.build C.leave D.burn

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。

My daughter and I were fans of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, an educational children’s television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers, more commonly known as Mister Rogers.

Around my daughter’s second birthday, I had a Mister Rogers-inspired idea. Why not invite one key person in my daughter’s world to dinner each month? The local children’s librarian could visit one evening, and perhaps the borough mayor (区长) could drop by a few weeks later.

But I wanted to start at the top.

“Let’s invite Mister Rogers himself, ” I said to my wife. “After all, he lives just a few neighborhoods away. I bet he’d come.”

She looked at me as if I wanted to invite the President. “You really think Mister Rogers would come to our house for dinner? Fat chance.”

Undeterred (不气馁的), I sent a letter to Mister Rogers that fall, telling him of my newfound delight in his show and my idea for inviting neighborhood people over to talk about their lives, and asking him and Mrs. Rogers to be our guests.

I told my daughter about the letter. Her eyes glistened (发光). “Mister Rogers coming? Really, Daddy?”

One month later, no reply. My daughter hadn’t forgotten and periodically asked when Mister Rogers would be visiting. I always told her that he hadn’t called yet and that it was a good opportunity to learn about patience.

Two months later, no response. At the three-month mark, my wife simply rolled her eyes when I raised the topic. I was beginning to lose optimism. Mister Rogers had let me down.

Sadly, Mister Rogers passed away in late February of the following year. I was unaware of his illness and now understood why our invitation had gone unanswered. Mister Rogers would not be coming to dinner after all. Yet, even after his passing, Mister Rogers gave us a far greater gift than I ever could have imagined.

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A week later, I was surprised to find a letter in our mailbox from Mister Rogers.

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The letter is a treasured gift and his kind words touched my life and my daughter.

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