韶关2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Reading a large number of books ________ make us wiser.

A.should B.can C.need D.must

2、---The prices of vegetables are going up madly. It’s really too much for us.

---But for the situation where many vegetable producing areas _____ constant low temperature, things would not be like this.

A. meet with B. have met with

C. met with   D. had met with

3、-Sir, Kevin has promised to complete the project to be arranged.

-The question is, can he ______?

A.address B.subscribe C.deliver D.salute

4、When people begin a new stage of life, they tend to wonder what life will have________ for them.

A．in need

B．in time

C．in preparation

D．in store

5、 What _ day! My car broke down on the high way and I was late for_____ work.

A. a; the B. a; /   C. the; / D. the; the

6、—Have you known each other for long?

—Not very long, ________ we started to work in the company.

A.after B.before C.when D.since

7、The thought took root in Europe long before people realized ______ diverse language could be.

A.how B.that C.what D.where

8、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.

A. Entering; covering; fallen

B. Having entered; covered; falling

C. Entering; covering; falling

D. Entering; covered; fallen

9、I guess there's little chance that we can manage to change the present situation worldwide_____, it is important that we try our best.

A.Furthermore B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.Nevertheless

10、________ the numbers in employment, the hotel industry was the second largest industry in this country last year.

A．In spite of

B．In case of

C．In terms of

D．In praise of

11、More checkpoints were set up in the country to ensure residents could be ________ for the virus.

A.cancelled B.contained C.strengthened D.screened

12、______my weak spots can make me become a better person.

A．Having been known

B．Knowing

C．Known

D．To be known

13、---- I’ve had a bad cough recently.

----Me too. I’ve never experienced ______ of air pollution in cities before.

A. an acute problem B. a more acute problem

C. a most acute problem   D. the most acute problem

14、I was surprised by her words， which made me recognize___silly mistakes I had made.

A．what

B．that

C．how

D．which

15、She's jogging around the park every morning in a（n）______________ to have a good figure.

A.contribution B.effort

C.honour D.purpose

16、In modern society, punctuality is a necessary __________.

A.variation B.virtue C.version D.vision

17、He is rich and brave. __________ is no wonder he is popular with girls.

A.There B.That C.It D.What

18、I think it is better to read a good book carefully than to read many ______.

A．at random

B．by chance

C．on purpose

D．in turn

19、—Jack should have calmed down at the party!

—But the kids made so much noise that he couldn’t help but _______.

A. face the music   B. eat like a bird

C. mend his ways   D. fly off the handle

20、________ for two days, Jessica managed to finish her project ahead of time.

A. To work       B. Worked

C. To be working   D. Having worked

21、The National Academies of Science (NAS) has released a new report looking at more than 800 scientific studies about the effects of electronic cigarettes on users’ health.

The report concludes a range of public health impacts of e-cigarettes. However, it does not conclude whether the overall impact is either positive or negative. The report pays special attention to the impact of e-cigarettes on young adults, who use them at higher rates than adults do. Experienced adult users of e-cigarettes can get just as much nicotine as from regular cigarettes. Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco. Most e-cigarettes contain and release a variety of substances in addition to nicotine that could be toxic (有毒的). There is generally far less exposure to these other toxic substances from e-cigarettes than from regular cigarettes. Using e-cigarettes can be addictive and the severity of an addiction to e-cigarettes likely depends on many factors, including the device, the e-liquid used in the device, and how the user operates.

The NAS report found a strong association between youth using e-cigarettes and their likelihood of trying conventional cigarettes. Nicotine is highly addictive at any age, but is especially dangerous for youth. The US Surgeon General has criticized e-cigarette marketers for using strategies that target young people. Many flavors appear to be aimed at teenagers, with some popular names such as Cherry Crush and Cotton Candy. Thus young people buy e-cigarettes more than any other tobacco product.

American Cancer Society experts (ACS) acknowledge NAS report, including: an association between the use of e-cigarettes by youth and the eventual use of regular cigarettes; an evidence that e-cigarettes are not harmless, but are likely to be much less harmful than regular cigarettes and unknown risks of long-term use of e-cigarettes. These are similar to findings conducted by ACS researchers. They conclude that the overall health effects of electronic cigarettes are complex, and there is not yet agreement among the scientific community.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)is using its full authority to regulate all tobacco products. It announced in 2016 that it would begin regulating e-cigarettes. But it later delayed until 2022 the deadline for tobacco companies to apply for approval.

【1】What do we learn about the new report from NAS?

A．It focuses on the impact of e-cigarettes on adults.

B．It states the comprehensive effects of e-cigarettes.

C．It is based on 800 scientific studies on e-cigarettes.

D．It is aimed to convince people not to use e-cigarettes.

【2】What does Paragraph 3 mainly intend to tell us?

A．How e-cigarettes impact youth.

B．What the NAS report is about youth.

C．What danger the nicotine is to youth.

D．How youth become attracted by e-cigarettes.

【3】What’s the opinion shared by ACS and NAS?

A．E-cigarettes probably do no harm to health.

B．E-cigarettes have an everlasting impact on health.

C．E-cigarettes cause the same impact as regular cigarettes.

D．E-cigarettes probably make youth become regular smokers.

【4】What can be said about the future of e-cigarettes in the US?

A．Indistinct.

B．Depressing.

C．Brilliant.

D．Promising.

22、   The traffic signals along Factoria Boulevard in Bellevue, Washington, generally don't flash the same length of green twice in a row, especially at rush hour. At 9:30am, the full red/yellow/green signal cycle might be 140 seconds. By 9:33am, a burst of additional traffic might push it to 145 seconds. Less traffic at 9:37am could push it down to 135. Just like the traffic itself, the timing of the signals changes.

That is by design. Bellevue, a fast-growing city just east of Seattle, uses a system that is gaining popularity around the US: intersection(十字路口) signals that can adjust in real time to traffic conditions. These lights, known as adaptive signals, have led to significant declines in both the trouble and cost of travels between work and home.

“Adaptive signals can make sure that the traffic demand that is there is being addressed, ” says Alex Stevanovic, a researcher at Florida Atlantic University.

For all of Bellevue’s success, adaptive signals are not a cure-all for jammed roadways. Kevin Balke, a research engineer at the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute, says that while smart lights can be particularly beneficial for some cities, others are so jammed that only a sharp reduction in the number of cars on the road will make a meaningful difference. “It’s not going to fix everything, but adaptive signals have some benefits for smaller cities,” he says.

In Bellevue, the switch to adaptive signals has been a lesson in the value of welcoming new approaches. In the past, there was often an automatic reaction to increased traffic: just widen the roads, says Mark Poch, the Bellevue Transportation Department’s traffic engineering manager. Now he hopes that other cities will consider making their streets run smarter instead of just making them bigger.

【1】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Increased length of green lights. B.Shortened traffic signal cycle.

C.Flexible timing of traffic signals. D.Smooth traffic flow on the road.

【2】What does Kevin Balke say about adaptive signals?

A.They work better on broad roads.

B.They should be used in other cities.

C.They have greatly reduced traffic on the road.

D.They are less helpful in cities seriously jammed.

【3】What can we learn from Bellevue’s success?

A.It is rewarding to try new things. B.The old methods still work today.

C.I pays to put theory into practice. D.The simplest way is the best way.

23、   Toni Morrison, an American writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature, was admired as the country's greatest living writer and died at age 88. Her novels, Beloved, Song of Solomon, and others explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and identity in a country obsessed with skin color.

She published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970.Eighteen years later, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, the story of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit her to be born into slavery. It became a best-seller and was later made into a film. The Nobel Prize committee described her writing as “language itself, a language she wants to liberate from race.” Her novels discussed America’s past, focusing on black history and the effects of racism on individuals.

She was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931.Her father worked in a steel factory, and her mother was a maid. She attended Howard University, an all-black university in Washington, D.C. At Howard, she read African, British and American literature, including writers William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf. “The writers who affect me the most were novelists who were writing in Africa: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart was a major education for me, ”she told the Associated Press in 1998.

After a short marriage, she became a single mother of two sons and worked as a book editor in New York. Several publishers rejected her first book, The Bluest Eye, but it impressed The New York Times’ book critic John Leonard who believed Morrison was an important new voice. He said her writing was “so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry.”

Morrison enjoyed her literary fame and was proud of her Nobel Prize. “Nobody was going to take that and make it into something else. I felt representational. I felt American. I felt Ohioan. I felt blacker than ever. I felt more woman than ever. I felt all of that and put all of that together and went out and had a good time, ”she said.

【1】Which of the following is covered in Morrison’s novels?

A．The history of Blacks.

B．Africa’s past.

C．The effects of American freedom.

D．English literature.

【2】What can we learn from John Leonard’s words?

A．He rejected Morrison’s first book.

B．He appreciated Morrison’s poems.

C．He thought highly of The Bluest eye.

D．He saw Morrison’s language as a wonder.

【3】What can be inferred about Morrison from the last paragraph?

A．She longed to be an American.

B．She felt proud of her color.

C．She changed her attitude to life.

D．She was crazy about her works.

【4】What is the purpose of the text?

A．To remember a writer.

B．To promote some books.

C．To introduce American life.

D．To fight against racial discrimination.

24、On a number of drives throughout my childhood, my mother would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle(甲壳虫) from tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.

Though Mother’s Day follows Earth Day, for me, they have always been related to each other. My mom has been “green” since she became concerned about the environment. Part of this habit was born of thrift (节俭). Like her mother and her grandmother before her, mom saves glass jars, empty cheese containers and reuses her plastic bags.

Mom creates a kind of harmonious relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to avoid the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders(给食器) out at night, it is likely that they will be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊). Spiders that make their way into the house and are caught in juice glasses will be set loose in the garden.

I try to teach my children that looking out for the environment starts with being aware of the environment. On busy streets, we look for dandelions (蒲公英) to fly in the wind; we say hello to neighborhood cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by example. Mom didn’t need to lecture; she didn’t need to beat a drum to change the world. She simply slowed down enough to enjoy living in it and with that joy came mercy and an instinct for protection.

I am slowing down and it isn’t because of the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is out of my concern for the planet itself. I’ve begun to save glass jars and reuse packing envelopes. I pause in my daily tasks to watch the squirrels race each other in the trees above my house.

Last summer, in the company of my son and daughter, I planted tomatoes in my yard. With the heat of August around me, I ate the first while sitting on my low wall with dirt on my hands. Warm from the sun, it burst on my tongue with sweetness. I immediately wanted to share with my mom.

【1】Why does the author say Earth Day is connected with Mother’s Day?

A. Because Mother’s Day falls shortly after Earth Day.

B. To show that all the older women in her family are environmentalists.

C. To show how much her mother cares about the environment.

D. Because her mother shows her how to be friendly to nature on Mother’s Day.

【2】Which of the following is NOT related to Mom’s “green life”?

A. Rescuing a beetle from a certain tragedy.

B. Saving glass jars, empty cheese containers.

C. Setting a caught spider free in the garden

D. Picking dandelions on busy streets.

【3】We can infer from the article that ______.

A. the author realizes that she should teach her children by example as well

B. the author’s mother knows how to get rid of the wildlife in her yard

C. the author believes that only by learning to slow down can we enjoy life

D. the author’s mother used to lecture her to protect the environment.

【4】What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A. Tomatoes are the author’s favourite fruit.

B. It is her mother who taught the author to plant tomatoes.

C. Planting tomatoes is a way of protecting environment.

D. The author really appreciates her mother’s teaching.

【5】The writer’s attitude towards her mom’s behavior changed in the order of ______.

A. understanding — negative— supporting

B. supporting — doubtful — negative

C. negative — understanding — supporting

D. doubtful— negative— supporting

25、   I missed my four years at  university,  although  I  lived  a_____ life financially. I was full of___ and was determined to complete a double major in music and English literature.

Apart from a few text books a year, I had to________at least two books a  week for my classes, which really cost a lot. My tight_________  provided a roof over my head, in the form of an off-campus small old room. It was not in shape. I was so thrilled,_____, to be living  my dream  and working on  my college  education. The tough condition could___ affect me.

I spent almost all of my waking hours after classes____ the piano and writing papers in the small and cold room. And I also_______  part-time jobs in  order to_________  the cost of basics. To keep warm in the cold, rainy winter, I  bought a pair of leather shoes. But soon I___ them and they started to leak because of my frequent walking and running. I wore heavy socks and wrapped the boots with plastic bags to prevent___ getting in during the rainy seasons.

At  the  end  of  my  senior  year,  I  was full of_____because I was graduating. But it was also the time to rent graduation dress, book a sitting with the photographer and pay for my diploma. All of these______seemed like  mountains before me. I felt____. There was no way for me to____it.

As I was walking back to my room one night, I met one of my professors. When he commented on how excited I must be, I blurted out ( 脱 口 而 出 ) my ______ . He said,  “ But didn ’ t you hear that news? You got a big________   because of your excellent music composing. That ’ s a $5,000 cheque in your mailbox! You’re always_________ in your study, which I think is why you won the  first place in the competition of music composition." Later, I rushed to my mailbox! My hands  shook  as I _______  the  envelope  which  contained the  cheque that could help me___ what were troubling me.

【1】A.hard B.green C.healthy D.wealthy

【2】A.imagination B.ambition C.curiosity D.pride

【3】A.write B.purchase C.evaluate D.recite

【4】A.program B.schedule C.budget D.deadline

【5】A.moreover B.therefore C.however D.instead

【6】A.barely B.extremely C.slightly D.nearly

【7】A.repairing B.appreciating C.cleaning D.practicing

【8】A.made up B.took up C.looked up D.set up

【9】A.avoid B.reduce C.cover D.share

【10】A.mended B.threw away C.changed D.wore out

【11】A.water B.air C.dirt D.snow

【12】A.uncertainty B.pressure C.expectation D.calm

【13】A.responsibilities B.regulations C.plans D.issues

【14】A.inspired B.cautious C.helpless D.aggressive

【15】A.pass B.manage C.hold D.get

【16】A.advice B.dilemma C.arrangement D.question

【17】A.award B.compensation C.donation D.salary

【18】A.absorbed B.concerned C.interested D.experienced

【19】A.received B.dropped C.designed D.unfolded

【20】A.take in B.leave out C.set aside D.pull through

26、假如你是高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Tom发邮件询问你的职业规划。请你回复邮件, 内容包括：

1. 你的职业规划；

2. 选择该职业的原因；

3. 询问对方的意见。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua