毕节2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、“Never for a second,” one of the victims in the Kunming rail station violence said, “ that the government would come to our rescue.”

A. I doubted   B. did I doubt   C. I have doubted   D. do I doubt

2、A hurricane swept through my village. Just as we were beginning to lose hope, it suddenly stopped. It is really “   ”.

A. All’s well that ends well   B. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

C. It never rains but if pours   D. A friend in need is a friend indeed

3、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

4、The power of Charlie Chaplin’s works is not only in his acting, but also in the stories and characters he________.

A．had created

B．has created

C．created

D．creates

5、The government is__________efforts so as to strengthen skills training for rural migrant workers.

A.picking up B.stepping up C.holding up D.breaking up

6、I think John will make a good monitor, ________ I'd like to vote for him.

A. but   B. so

C. or   D. for

7、________ some teenagers don’t realize is ________ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.

A．That; how

B．Which; what a

C．What; what

D．What; how

8、—Someone wants you on the phone.

—________ nobody knows I am here.

A.Although B.And

C.But D.So

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

A．priority

B．potential

C．preference

D．prejudice

10、Why! I have nothing to explain.        you want me to say?

A．What is it that

B．What it is that

C．How is it that

D．How it is that

11、Competed in 1891, in ________ was known as The Gilded Age, the five­story mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A. that B. what C. which D. it

12、— It’s reported that human got the first picture of a black hole on April 10, 2019.

— ________

A.Good news. B.All right. C.So what? D.How come?

13、Believe it or not, your parents have experienced ________you have experienced as children and teenagers.

A．how

B．which

C．what

D．that

14、It is only when you can break free from the past ______ a whole new world can open up to you.

A.that B.which C.where D.when

15、I feel I am as well-behaved and as careful as my deskmate, but _______ I always fall behind?

A. how about B. how come

C. what if D. what for

16、— We would appreciate it if you could stay for lunch.

— Sorry, I . I have another appointment.

A．won’t

B．shan’t

C．can’t

D．mustn’t

17、________exhausted he was, the firefighter still kept rescuing the villagers trapped in the flood.

A．However

B．How

C．Whatever

D．What

18、The beautiful girl chose to teach in a village school, though she ______ in a big city for an easier life.

A．could stay

B．could have stayed

C．must have stayed

D．must stay

19、—Have you finished that long article written by the famous scientist?

—No, I used up my ______. It’s too long and I only stopped halfway.

A.determination B.devotion C.patience D.strength

20、The time is not far away ________ fair national health service will be available to all Chinese people.

A.when B.as C.until D.before

21、   Mercury (汞), an unusual element, is poisonous and can be found just about everywhere. It can also exist as an organic compound, the most common of which is methylmercury (甲基汞). While we can take steps to avoid both elemental and inorganic mercury, it is much harder to avoid methylmercury.

Most of the mercury in the environment comes from coal-burning power plants. The concentration of mercury in the air from power plants is very low, so it is not immediately dangerous. However, the mercury is then washed out of the air by rainstorms and eventually ends up in lakes and oceans.

The mercury in the water doesn’t immediately get absorbed by fish, as elemental mercury doesn’t easily spread into cells. However, methylmercury spreads into cells easily, and certain bacteria in the water change the elemental mercury to methylmercury. Methylmercury in the water spreads into plankton (浮游生物). Small animals eat the plankton and absorb the methylmercury in the plankton and then large animals eat small animals and absorb the methylmercury. Because each animal passes the methylmercury much more slowly than it absorbs it, methylmercury builds up in the animal over time and is passed on to whatever animal eats it.

As people became aware of the concentration of mercury in fish, many reacted by removing seafood from their diet. Scientists have studied the effects of mercury. By determining the levels of mercury consumption that cause any of the known symptoms of mercury poisoning, they were able to identify a safe level of mercury consumption. The current recommendation is for humans to take in less than 0.1 microgram of mercury for every kilogram of weight per day. This means that a 70-kilogram person (about 155 pounds) could safely consume 7 micrograms of mercury per day.

Nutritionists recommend that, rather than remove fish from our diet, we try to eat more of the low-mercury fish and less of the high-mercury fish. Low-mercury species tend to be smaller fish while high-mercury species tend to be the largest carnivorous (食肉的) fish. Awareness of the particulars of this problem, accompanied by mindful eating habits, will keep us on the best course for healthy eating.

【1】What does Paragraph 3 mainly explain?

A．The relationships between small animals and large animals.

B．The process by which large animals absorb mercury.

C．The reasons why mercury in the water isn’t harmful to fish.

D．The difference between methymercury and other types of mercury

【2】What should people consider when eating seafood to ensure a safe mercury intake?

A．The other meats they are eating.

B．Where seafood was caught.

C．What they ate the day before.

D．Their own body weight.

【3】Which of the following about mercury poisoning does the author agree with?

A．Its symptoms remain unclear.

B．It’s not a big deal.

C．It can be avoided effectively.

D．Its consequence is immediate.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A．It’s impossible to avoid mercury completely.

B．Humans get mercury mainly from fish consumption.

C．Inorganic mercury is more harmful than organic mercury.

D．Mercury from power plants can gather together easily in the air.

22、   There’s no better destination than London if you want to learn the 1,000-year history of British kings and queens. The UK’s capital has a series of palaces, museums and galleries open to the public.

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is one of the world's largest and oldest castles. It also happens to be one of the Queen’s main living places-she spends most of her private weekends here.

Admission: Adults £ 20.50, Under 17s£ 18.

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace, the official London living place of the Queen and Prince Philip, opens to the public when the royals are on summer vacation. You won't be able to nose around the whole palace. But visitors can admire impressive Regency interiors and priceless art in the state rooms.

A Royal Day Out ticket (adults about £ 52, under 17s £ 29) gives access to all art palaces plus a stroll(闲逛) in the gardens. An audio guide is included in the price.

Westminster Abbey

Walk on the same floor as Kate did on the day of her wedding to Prince William. Then clock the Abbey's royal heritage: 16 weddings, 17 tombs of Kings and Queens and the coronation (加冕礼) of almost every ruler for over 1,000 years. You'd better download the wonderful audio tour explained by actor Jeremy Irons onto your smartphone ahead of time. The Abbey is still a functioning place of worship (礼拜), so don't forget to check visiting time.

Admission: Adults £ 22, 16 and under £ 9. Tickets are cheaper online.

Kensington Palace

The White Garden at Kensington Palace, in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, is now the official London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. So it's kind of them to let visitors have a walk through the King’s State Apartments, the Queen's State Apartments and gardens.

Admission: Adults £ 25, Under 16s Free.

【1】What do the four attractions have in common?

A．They're all open to the public during holidays.

B．Audio guides are all included in the ticket price.

C．All of them are related to the British royals.

D．Tickets are all cheaper if you book online.

【2】What does the underlined phrase“nose around” mean?

A．come around

B．look around

C．wheel around

D．show around

【3】Which place might be the cheapest to visit for the Greens with their 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son?

A．Buckingham Palace

B．Windsor Castle

C．Westminster Abbey

D．Kensington Palace

23、“Just think positively!”

“It could be worse.”

“You should look at the bright side!”

We’ve all heard (and maybe used) these phrases without much thought. But they could be contributing to a culture of toxic (有毒的) positivity. For those new to this term, it might sound like an oxymoron (矛盾修辞法). How can positivity be toxic? Isn’t it supposed to be helpful, or “positive”, as the name suggests?【1】

“Toxic positivity is when somebody avoids all negative thoughts or feelings, pretending everything is going well when it is not,” explains Melissa Dowd, a therapist at PlushCare, a virtual health platform. Whitney Goodman, another licensed psychotherapist, describes toxic positivity as the “endless pressure to be happy and positive, no matter what the circumstances are.”【2】It’s also something we can cause   other people to experience.

Toxic positivity causes us to suppress our emotions, which can make them worse. 【3】“Although it can be helpful to look on the bright side when facing challenges,” Dowd says, “not coping with negative feelings in a healthy way in the moment can lead to those feelings resurfacing later in different areas of your life or as a form of anxiety.” 【4】 “If I feel like you’re going to set me aside, I’m going to stop sharing how I’m feeling,” Goodman adds.

【5】If you’re using toxic positivity against yourself, Goodman suggests remembering it’s OK if you’re upset about something. It’s valid if something annoys you. “Allow ourselves and other people to share when they’re going through a difficult time,” she says. Dowd adds that it’s essential that “we all learn to cope with and process our emotions in a healthy way as opposed to avoiding how we feel” as life’s   stressors continue to rise. For example, instead of simply saying “Just think positively,” we’d better say “Sometimes bad things happen. How can I help?”

A．Are there ways to avoid toxic positivity?

B．Toxic positivity also interrupts connection.

C．It can harm people who are going through difficult times.

D．Expressing toxic positivity to others may look like offering them a simple solution.

E．They become more intense and can also cause long-lasting health concerns in the future.

F．Experts say constant forced positivity can lead to the opposite, and have a negative effect.

G．This is what we may bring on to ourselves by not allowing negative thoughts and feelings.

24、   People like to post their selfies(自拍照) on social media. To know more about it, scientists at Syracuse University in New York recently did a research and came up with some surprising findings.

People who post selfies and use editing software to make themselves look better show behavior connected to narcissism(自恋), the researchers said. Makana Chock, a professor from Syracuse University, said because social media is mostly used by people to share unimportant information about their lives, it is a good place for people to “work towards satisfying their own vanity.” Those “likes” under their Facebook selfies make them feel good.

Besides, people who post group selfies show a need for popularity and a need to belong to a group, the research found. Some people feel “peer(同伴) pressure” to post selfies and some follow the popular belief that if there is no picture of an event or experience, it did not really happen. “Anyway, it shouldn’t be seen as negative. People get sense of satisfaction especially when they get likes. And it does no harm,” Chock said.

Other findings from the study include: There are no major differences on how often men and women post selfies and how often they use editing software. But men who post selfies showed more of a need to be seen as popular than women who posted selfies.

Chock said posting selfies on social media is not all that different from what people have done for many years. On trips and special events, our parents and grandparents used cameras instead of phones to take photos. They would bring back photos to show friends and family. You had no choice but to look at them. You probably commented about how nice everyone in the photos looked, especially children and the person showing the photos. They were happy to hear your comments. That was the old way of “clicking like”. On social media, however, people can decide not to look at photos --- even if they click “like”.

【1】What is the research mainly about?

A. The ways of making people look better in selfies.

B. The reasons for people posting selfies on social media.

C. The differences between men and women in posting selfies.

D. The connections between posting selfies and mental health.

【2】What does the word “vanity” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. A deep desire to know about something. B. A special need to be more popular.

C. Too much pride in one’s own appearance. D. Strong determination to improve oneself.

【3】What is Chock’s attitude towards selfie posting?

A. Ambiguous. B. Cautious. C. Disapproving. D. Supportive.

【4】From the last paragraph, we know that the older generations showed their photos to friends and family ______.

A. to win praise from viewers B. to show off their cameras

C. to improve relationships D. to share good moments

25、   Ralphie was getting bored in his geography class. Mr. Hudson _______map of Europe up on the whiteboard, and asked someone to switch off the lights so they could see it _______. Ralphie popped a paper spitball into a straw and blew it _______the light switch. It missed, and _______in Mr. Hudson’s hair instead.

“Detention(留堂), Ralphie.” said Hudson. “I was only trying to _______the lights!” Ralphie protested. But he heard “See you after school. Don’t be late.”

Math class was _______. Ralphie was pretty good at math, so when Mrs. Addison _______student to solve a problem at the blackboard, Ralphie didn’t _______. He jumped out of his seat and announced in a loud voice, “I volunteer as Tribute!” His friends burst out laughing. Mrs. Addison looked at him sternly(严厉地)over the tops of her _______.

“Silence! Young man.”

“It’s from ‘The Hunger Games ...’” he tried to ________.

“That’s quite enough! Detention. Ralphie. After school. Don’t be late.”

When the bell rang. Ralphie went to see Mr. Hudson first. He was told to sit down. Then he ________one hand and asked to go to the ________. Mr. Hudson nodded.

________in the hallway, Ralphie raced over to Mrs. Addison’s room. He took a seat. Again, he lifted his hand and asked to use the washroom. Mrs. Addison ________, and Ralphie ________back to Mr. Hudson’s room. On the way, he________he did actually need to use the washroom. He went inside, locking the door behind him.

After washing his hands, he found the door lock was stuck. He twisted and shook it. He even threw his body against it like he saw people ________doors in movies. No luck. ________, Ralphie looked around the room for ideas. He took a plunger(疏通管道用的搋子) from the corner to prop the window open. He climbed up on the ________and pulled himself through the washroom window.

Hurriedly he went back to his detentions. ________, no teachers were in.

A．hung

B．projected

C．drew

D．read

A．better

B．higher

C．more

D．heavier

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．with

A．landed

B．flowed

C．fled

D．swallowed

A．turn off

B．turn to

C．turn over

D．turn down

A．away

B．behind

C．over

D．next

A．delayed

B．waited

C．stopped

D．required

A．move

B．smile

C．hesitate

D．interrupt

A．students

B．books

C．glasses

D．eyes

A．answer

B．explain

C．react

D．ignore

A．shook

B．reached

C．pointed

D．raised

A．classroom

B．washroom

C．bedroom

D．mushroom

A．So

B．Since

C．Though

D．Once

A．agreed

B．regretted

C．admitted

D．rejected

A．looked

B．headed

C．rode

D．struggled

A．forced

B．suggested

C．accepted

D．decided

A．getting off

B．getting out

C．breaking down

D．breaking up

A．Delighted

B．Surprised

C．Panicked

D．Excited

A．lamp

B．sink

C．table

D．water

A．Therefore

B．Moreover

C．Meanwhile

D．However

26、假定你是李华，从互联网上得知Banks夫妇的西餐馆在登广告招聘兼职服务员。请写一封电子邮件应聘。

内容包括:

1.发邮件的目的。

2.自我介绍。

3.应聘理由(可开阔视野、交到新朋友等)。

4.表达自己的希望。

注意:1.词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Banks,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Regards

Li Hua