三亚2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、Readers are required to _________ the rules of the library and mind their manners.

A. observe   B. confirm

C. review D. appreciate

2、It wasn't until I ______ took part in the activity that I understood the meaning of it.

A.actively B.personally

C.rarely D.normally

3、He studied hard and later became a well-known writer, which was ______ his father had expected.

A.why B.how C.that D.what

4、Social and cultural activities for senior citizens ______ over the past several years.

A. conducted    B. were conducted

C. have conducted   D. have been conducted

5、A Chinese proverb has it that a tower is built when soil on earth ____, and a river is formed when streams come together.

A.accumulates B.accelerates C.accommodates D.associates

6、The expert points out the phenomenon that cream goes bad faster than butter______ its structure rather than its chemical composition.

A. lives up to B. gets down to

C. comes down to D. stands up to

7、You don’ I have to give me your answer now. Give it some ________ and then let me know.

A.support B.protection C.energy D.consideration

8、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

9、After retirement, Mr. Smith _____ painting, which he had always loved but had no time for.

A. turned up   B. held up  C. made up D. took up

10、People all think it strange that the boy should tell what’s written on the paper in another room without looking at it. It really ________ explanation.

A. prevents   B. challenges   C. interrupts     D. confuses

11、Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may 　　　 　the shocking ending.

A.give out B.give off

C.give up D.give away

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

-The question is, can he ______?

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

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

A.There B.That C.It D.What

14、You’d better go there by train. The train ticket is __________the airplane ticket.

A．as cheap three times as

B．as three times cheap as

C．three times cheaper than

D．cheaper three times than

15、—Did your father enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?

—Yes, he did. They   each other for ages.

A. didn’t see   B. wouldn’t see

C. haven’t seen   D. hadn’t seen

16、What was Jeff's   ____   to the news that he was chosen to be chairman of the students' union?

A．reaction

B．impression

C．permission

D．conclusion

17、---I can’t find Mr. Smith. Where did you meet him this morning?

---It was in his office ____ he worked.

A．where

B．which

C．that

D．the one

18、I keep the picture where I can see it every day,   reminds me of the days in my hometown.

A. that   B. which

C. who   D. when

19、--He didn’t feel a bit nervous when ________．

--No．He’d had a lot of time ________ for it after all．

A．interviewing; to prepare

B．interviewed; to prepare

C．interviewing; preparing

D．being interviewed; preparing

20、— The film is, I have to say, not a bit interesting.

— Why? It’s ________ than the films I have ever seen.

A. far more interesting B. much less interesting

C. no more interesting D. any less interesting

21、   The Maya city of Tikal is famous for its amazing palaces and temples. But something far more ordinary kept Tikal functioning: its water-purifying(净化) system, the earliest known of its kind.

Researchers recently discovered a volcanic mineral that traps microbes(微生物) and heavy metals in Tikal's largest reservoir(水库). Because the material is not found nearby, the finding suggests the presence of a man-made water-purifying device.

The finding denies the long-standing idea that the ancient worlds technological achievements belonged to the Eastern world, like Egypt, and China. The leading scientist of this research, Kenneth Tankersley says, “When talking about purifying water, the Maya were thousands of years ahead.”

Located in the forests of Central America, Tikal, is thought to have been home to more than 45,000 people. They had to struggle against a dry season lasting from November through April. Storing water in reservoirs was a solution, but that water had to be fit to drink, said Kenneth, “Keeping water clean was of great importance.”

A few years ago, the researchers were surprised to find that the largest reservoir, Corriental, had significantly fewer harmful chemicals than the others. “The water quality at Corriental was much higher.”

Somehow the Maya must have been purifying Corriental’s water, the team assumed. “The Maya used gardens as their bathrooms.” Kenneth said, “The water coming into the reservoir would not have been very clean.”

At the bottom of Corriental, scientists found four separate layers(层), each a few centimeters thick, of millimeter-scale “zeolites(沸石)”. This type of volcanic mineral can purify water and is still in widespread use today, Kenneth says, “Just about everything we drink, from bottled water to wine, runs through a zeolite purifying device.”

The Maya wouldn’t have known about the zeolite in rock, but they would have recognized the purifying effects, the researchers suggest. A zeolite-rich rock formation about 30 kilometers northeast of Tikal is the likely source of the material in Corriental reservoir, the team said last month in Scientific Reports. Water at this site “was clear and tasted good.”

【1】What did the researchers find?

A.A new material called zeolites. B.The purifying effects of zeolites.

C.An old water-purifying system. D.High-quality water in Corriental.

【2】How did the Maya purify water?

A.By building the largest reservoir. B.By using gardens as their bathrooms.

C.By getting rid of heavy metals. D.By spreading four layers of zeolites.

【3】What can we learn from the research?

A.The Maya drank bottled water. B.The ancient Maya were very bright.

C.The system was created by accident. D.The zeolites were found in Corriental.

【4】According to Kenneth,________.

A.the original water in Corriental was not clean enough

B.water supply in Tikal lasted from November to April

C.all ancient technological achievements belonged to the East

D.the Maya had a good understanding of the zeolite in rocks

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【1】How much should a couple with their five-year-old twins pay for this tour?

A．$170.00.

B．$190.00.

C．$340.00.

D．$400.00.

【2】What contributes most to the reputation of Savannah Theatre Musical Production?

A．Its sound and light system.

B．Its high-quality musical.

C．Its changeable show.

D．Its Christmas production.

【3】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A historical book.

B．A travel website.

C．A guide to Savannah.

D．A fashion magazine.

23、   In our magazine’s document room, from the June 1920 issue, I discovered a piece, What Editors Do, by Hazel Miller. What she talks about caught my eye: The first World War and its ending just two years before.

“During 1917 and 1918, when the World War was going, there was a huge demand for war material,” Miller writes. “Most magazines were carrying practically nothing but war stories. When the War ended in November, 1918, some editors still had a goodly supply of war fiction and articles—for which they had paid real money—on their hands, which most people by now are fed up with.”

Her words have stuck with me for the past 12 months as we’ve weighed which COVID-19 stories to run and which to hold. I’m writing these words with thick snow outside my window, but they will reach you in the green of spring. Will you be vaccinated(接种疫苗) and tired of reading about COVID-19 then?

We say writing is an art, and publishing is a business, but I worry we forget that publishing is also a gamble(赌博), Except for the immediate publication, everyone in the industry—agents, acquiring editors, magazine and journal editors, etc.—are betting on a story’s success in a future we cannot see. As is the nature of fortune telling, we are not so sure we will not occasionally lose: The 1920 editors sitting on a store of war stories no one wants, for example.

With so many factors outside your control, and so much uncertainty in the industry, isn’t it better to have stories written from the heart that you are truly enthusiastic about rather than some to please an ever-changing publishing market?

My future reader, it’s my hope that this issue finds you this spring doing just that: Writing the stories you need to tell—and the ones that will delight your own future readers for years to come.

【1】What does the writer probably do?

A．A journalist.

B．An editor.

C．A librarian.

D．A historian.

【2】What did Miller’s words suggest?

A．The First World War shouldn’t have ended too soon.

B．Some editors would make a great fortune by storing war material

C．In the post-war years, people still enjoyed reading about war.

D．Too much war material had been stored by some editors.

【3】The writer find Miller’s words especially useful when_______.

A．deciding which COVID-19 stories to publish

B．writing during the winter months

C．waiting for the green of spring

D．expecting to be vaccinated

【4】What is the writer’s message to the potential authors?

A．To please the present publishing market.

B．To learn the nature of fortune-telling

C．To control as many factors as possible.

D．To write from the heart for the future readers.

24、   It may not come as a surprise but the world as a whole is getting richer. Some people have more disposable(可自由支配的)income to spend on luxuries such as holidays, cars, TVs and smart phones. Recent data has shown that the number of people living in extreme poverty has halved in recent decades. So should we celebrate the fact that more of us now have a better standard of living?

Maybe not. While the gap between the rich and the poor in some countries is narrowing, there is still a lot of inequality in other places-some people have a lot of money and opportunities and others don't. A recent report by Oxfam and Credit Suisse revealed how divided many of us are when it comes to wealth. A lot of the money in the world is in the hands of very few people. In fact, 48% of global wealth is owned by the richest l% of the population.

But some countries are attempting to reduce this inequality and make the poor, less poor. According to David Bryer from Oxfam, Brazil has been taking "some really sensible measures--measures around having more progressive tax, around investing in a higher minimum wage and investing in central public services." Having a higher minimum wage can help people eat better and seek a better education. And more people with more money buy more things-and factories can produce more. In turn, a factory which produces more will need more workers. So, more jobs are created.

Other wealthy individuals are doing their bit to help reduce inequality. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, earned a lot of money from his company but when he retired, he and his wife Melinda, created a foundation to help the poor. He thinks that rich people should, of course, pay their taxes but he also advises that they should all "look at taking their wealth and being philanthropic (乐善好施的 ) , both in their own country and to help the global poorest."

Bill Gates feels that giving money to help poor people is "fulfilling". But if other super-rich people don't want to experience this fulfillment then, according to Oxfam, very soon the wealthiest l% will soon own more money than the rest of the world's population. Do you think that is fair?

【1】The first two paragraphs mainly tell us _________.

A.the poverty and inequality in a richer world

B.some sensible measures to make the 'poor less poor

C.the increase of global wealth in recent decades

D.the narrowing gap between the rich and the poor

【2】What is the government in Brazil doing to the minimum wage?

A.Limiting it. B.Increasing it.

C.Making it lower. D.Setting it free.

【3】What do Bill and Melinda Gates think very rich people should do with some of their money?

A.Spend it on their luxuries. B.Give it to help the poor.

C.Invest it in their business. D.Hand it over to their children.

25、   Girls are better at reading and writing than boys as early as fourth grade, according to a study, and the gap continues to widen until senior year.

Scientists generally agree that boys and girls are psychologically more alike than they are different. But reading seems to be a(n) _________, with growing evidence suggesting a similar _________ in writing. The study, published in the journal American Psychologist, provided further _________ to support this view.

David Reilly, lead author of the study, said the study _________ the commonly held view that boys and girls start grade school with the same cognitive abilities. “It appears that the gender gap for writing tasks has been greatly _________, and despite our best efforts with changes in teaching methods, that does not appear to be _________ over time,” he said.

Factors explaining the results could include learning _________ being more prevalent among boys; the pressure to conform to masculine ideals and the idea of reading and language being _________; and slight differences in how boys and girls use their brain hemispheres (半球), the authors believe.

To investigate how _________ levels differed between boys and girls in the U.S., the team studied data collected over three decades in the National Assessment of Educational Progress. This database of test scores on over 3 million students in the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades __________ national and state performances in a range of subjects, and considered such variables such as disabilities or whether children were English learners. Reading and writing was __________ according to children’s understanding of a range of different passages and genres.

__________, girls were found to perform significantly better in reading and writing tests by fourth grade when compared with boys of the same age. As children progressed to eighth and twelfth grades, girls continued to __________ boys, but the difference was more noticeable in writing than reading. But what caused this difference in abilities? Evidence suggests __________ problems, such as being disruptive in class or being aggressive could be linked to neurological conditions. What is known as lateralization (偏侧化) could also play a role. Boys are believed to use one hemisphere when reading or writing, while girls appear to use both. The data did not, however, provide evidence to argue __________ the two genders having different learning styles.

A．distinction

B．exception

C．objection

D．limitation

A．pattern

B．standard

C．circumstance

D．feature

A．strategy

B．signal

C．sign

D．evidence

A．confirmed

B．represented

C．questioned

D．introduced

A．underestimated

B．overemphasized

C．underrepresented

D．justified

A．increasing

B．promoting

C．accepting

D．reducing

A．objectives

B．drills

C．difficulties

D．advantages

A．innovative

B．feminine

C．challenging

D．fictional

A．literacy

B．literary

C．academic

D．cognitive

A．pulled down

B．settled down

C．turned down

D．broke down

A．granted

B．measured

C．designed

D．engineered

A．Likewise

B．Overall

C．However

D．Besides

A．overtake

B．discourage

C．parallel

D．distinguish

A．psychological

B．emotional

C．behavioral

D．mental

A．in line with

B．at the mercy of

C．on account of

D．in favor of

26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

My family moved in a small house in Brighton, Colorado on my seventh birthday. My first memory is our neighbor Bill, an old man, handing me strawberries from his garden through a hole in the chain-link fence. “We need to make the hole bigger,” he said jokingly. Later I knew that he lived alone.

Bill spent much time working in the garden, and I was always talking lo him from our yard. I was a chatterbox. I think what drew me to Bill is that he never got tired of listening to me. I also think Bill saw a lot of himself in me — we were both lonely and anxious — and that may be why he always took the time to listen to me. It was a wonderful connection.

There weren’t any kids of my age in the neighborhood, and my parents were very busy, so I mostly played in the yard with my dog. I had a lot of imaginary friends — a whole family, actually, with a wife, children, a best friend…no joke. Weird kid.

One day, my parents asked Bill whether he’d watch me while they were away on business. This worked for everyone, so it became a somewhat monthly occurrence. Bill had a spare room in his house, which became “my” room.

Bill promised to teach me to drive the lawn tractor someday and I was always looking forward to it. In winter, Bill would attach a snowplow to the front of the lawn tractor. I seriously told him that I would invent a better snowplow when I grew up. “Sure you will. You’ll get a patent certificate. It takes a certificate to prove an important thing,” Bill said with a smile.

One snowy morning, an idea suddenly hit me. My parents were watching TV when I spit it out, “What if I adopted Bill as my grandpa?” My parents said I could go over and ask him.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右：

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分为两段，开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1

I knocked on his door, sat down in his living room, and asked, “Can I adopt you as my grandpa?”

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Paragraph 2

The next morning, while learning to drive the lawn tractor with a snowplow, I accidentally plowed down our chain-link fence.

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