2025-2026年新疆昌吉州高二下册期末英语试卷含解析

1、Dragon Boat Festival is held ________ Qu Yuan, a well-known poet in ancient China.

A．in honor of

B．in search of

C．in the hope of

D．in the face of

2、Alan is a careful driver, but he drives ______ of my friends.

A.more carefully B.the most carefully C.less carefully D.the least carefully

3、The old lady looked wonderful at the wedding，proudly ______next to her granddaughter, the bride.

A.talking B.gesturing

C.posing D.behaving

4、________ by his teachers made him regain the confidence in himself.

A. Praised   B. Being praised

C. Praising   D. Having praised

5、If the students' interest in the subject is motivated, they will ______ the challenge and commit more time and energy to their studies.

A．face up to

B．keep pace with

C．put up with

D．live up to

6、Publishers don't see e-books as a threat to written books. ______________, they see them as an opportunity to draw in a new generation of readers.

A.Therefore. B.Anyway

C.Instead D.Besides

7、______ to nuclear radiation, even for a short time, may influence genes in human bodies.

A．Having exposed

B．Being exposed

C．To expose

D．Exposed

8、China’s efforts to give timely treatment to those infected with the virus are being____by the rest of the world.

A.applauded B.clarified C.postponed D.transferred

9、Difficulties strengthen the mind, ______labor does the body.

A. as   B. whether

C. since D. because

10、Obviously, the ability to talk is ______ that marks humans off from animals.

A. something B. anything

C. nothing D. everything

11、Each road leads to Rome. If you can't get ________ you want to go by one road, just try another.

A.what B.how C.which D.where

12、Nowadays mobile internet devices are pushing up demands for online education, which makes businessmen see it as one of the most _______ new market.

A. demanding   B. damaging   C. promising   D. leading

13、We are living in an age ______ QR codes（二维码）are becoming more and more popular in our daily life.

A. why   B. that   C. whose   D. when

14、Nowadays, the Internet is a popular ________ for the public to access information and voice their opinions.

A. track B. trend

C. channel D. lane

15、— Many drugs have been forbidden recently.

— Actually. But the scientists say that before a new drug ___ on humans, plenty of studies___.

A. can be tested; are needed

B. can test; are needed

C. can be tested; need

D. can test; need

16、The course normally attracts 200 students per year, ______ up to half will be from overseas.

A. of whom   B. for whom   C. with which   D. in which

17、______ in the United States, St Louis has now become the 4th largest city.

A.It is the 24th biggest city B.It was the 24th biggest city

C.Once the 24th biggest city D.Before the 24th biggest city

18、If we view the problem from a different angle, the solution may become more ________.

A．occasional

B．original

C．outgoing

D．obvious

19、For British people, somebody standing too close may make them focus less on what others are saying than on ______ close he or she is to them.

A.what B.where C.which D.how

20、— I have decided to take part in the English speech contest, but I’m a little nervous now.

— ________. I believe that you can do it very well.

A．Well done

B．Congratulations

C．Go for it

D．Up to you

21、To move towards a healthier future while meeting the rise in demand for delivery services, many of the world’s cities have started replacing cars and trucks with cargo (货物) bikes. 【1】 . And they indicate a step towards creating a more eco-friendly urban lifestyle.

Studies have already shown that cargo bikes save 90 percent in carbon emissions, making them a much cleaner way to deliver goods and services, while reducing air pollution. These bikes offer a variety of other benefits as well. 【2】 . They deliver packages 60 percent faster than cars or trucks, while bikes are more effective at reducing traffic due to their small size. Cargo bikes are also a financially effective alternative to a truck or a car. First of all, they cost less to buy in advance. 【3】 . Besides, maintenance and repair costs are cheaper too.

【4】 . Many Scottish cities have teamed up with delivery service company DHL to put these cargo bikes to use. And there, DHL is piloting electric-powered cargo bikes for small deliveries to create more healthy urban environments in its cities. New York City also included Amazon on their list of delivery companies using cargo bikes that are newly permitted to park in commercial loading zones to help get trucks off the city’s crowded streets.

【5】 . Not only have these bikes already been used by many cities worldwide, but these cargo bikes have the ability to deliver 25 percent of goods and 50 percent of light deliveries in cities. It seems certain that this greener means of transportation for deliveries can look forward to a bright and sustained presence in the world’s urban centers.

A．The future for cargo bikes is promising

B．People think that cargo bikes cause damage

C．They have an effect on the urban environment

D．Second, they do not require the purchase of fuel

E．The demand for delivery services is increasing quickly

F．It is reported that the use of bikes allows for faster deliveries

G．Many cities have started using this eco-friendly means of deliveries

22、As you may have noticed, machine learning and artificial intelligence are two of the hottest areas in technology today. One company that seems to have been caught flat-footed in the artificial intelligence race is Apple. To successfully participate in new markets, Apple is seeking ways to combine its strategy in Siri and artificial intelligence.

Apple’s voice assistant Siri significantly falls behind competing smart speakers from Amazon and Google. Take HomePod, Apple’s smart-speaker product for example, though reviews praised the device for having excellent sound quality, Siri’s poor accuracy could limit its usefulness. Besides, the high price of the device also made it a harder sell than it would have been. Apple charges for the HomePod $350 while the competing Echo Plus, for example, costs $150.

If Apple wants to successfully participate in new markets, and keep its core iPhone and iPad products competitive well into the future, it needs to go from zero to hero in artificial intelligence. The company recently hired John Giannandrea, who previously led Google’s artificial intelligence efforts. And the company gave him more power, which seemed to suggest that Apple is really trying to rework its entire strategy in this field. Under this new specialist in artificial intelligence, some positive changes will take place in Apple’s artificial intelligence development.

However, let’s be realistic. A management change isn’t going to affect Apple’s products and technologies that we have seen for some time. Developing good software is a long process, especially considering the possibility that Apple will effectively throw out the current generation of Siri and start from beginning.

Nevertheless, one reason that I’m hopeful is that Apple seems to understand that it has a problem here and is making efforts to change the situation. If Apple is successful in reshaping its artificial intelligence efforts and continues to fund them appropriately, then there’s a reasonable chance that within a few years, it won’t be a laggard(落后者) in this field but a leader.

【1】Why is Apple’s HomePod mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A．To advertise Apple’s new product.

B．To speak highly of its sound quality.

C．To compare different smart-speakers.

D．To show the disadvantages of Apple’s AI products.

【2】Apple is trying to rework its entire strategy in AI by ______.

A．reshaping its leadership

B．setting up a special fund

C．inventing new smart products

D．stopping using Siri in HomePod

【3】What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Apple will be greatly reconstructed.

B．Apple will update its core products.

C．Apple’s situation won’t get better overnight.

D．Apple’s products won’t be competitive.

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The future of Apple’s core products

B．The decline of Apple’s voice assistant Siri

C．Machine learning and artificial intelligence

D．The efforts Apple made to have a place in AI field

23、   The team, led by Michael T. Tolley, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, details its findings in the Feb 17, 2021 issue of the journal Science Robotics.

“This work represents a fundamental yet significant step towards fully-autonomous, electronics-free walking robots,” said Dylan Drotman, a Ph. D. student in Tolley’s research group and the paper’s first author.

Applications include low-cost robots for entertainment, such as toys, and robots that can operate in environments where electronics cannot function, such as MRI machines. Soft robots are of particular interest because they easily adapt to their environment and operate safely near humans.

Most soft robots are powered by air and are controlled by electronic circuits. But this approach requires complex components like circuit boards, valves (阀门) and pumps -often outside the robot’s body. These components, which make up the robot’s brains and nervous system, are typically large and expensive. By contrast, the UC San Diego robot is controlled by a light-weight, low-cost system of air-powered circuits, made up of tubes and soft valves, onboard the robot itself. The robot can walk on command or in response to signals it senses from the environment.

“With our approach, you could make a very complex robotic brain,” said Tolley, the study’s senior author. “Our focus here was to make the simplest air-powered nervous system needed to control walking.”

In the future, researchers want to improve the robot’s ways to walk so it can walk on natural field and uneven surfaces. This would allow the robot to navigate over a variety of obstacles (障碍). This would require a more complicated network of sensors and as a result a more complex air-powered system. The team will also look at how the technology could be used to create robots, which are in part controlled by air-powered circuits for some functions, such as walking.

【1】What is the achievement of the team’s study?

A．Their robots can walk a huge step.

B．Their robots work following commands.

C．Their study gets their electronics for free.

D．They find a new technique in walking robots.

【2】What can the team’s robots be applied to from the passage?

A．Toy companies’ products.

B．Environmental protection.

C．Human safety.

D．Factories without workers.

【3】What will the researchers probably do?

A．Change the way of power.

B．Help robots walk as human.

C．Improve robots to avoid obstacles.

D．Build a network to control robots.

【4】What is the passage mainly talking about?

A．The introduction to electronics-free walking robots.

B．The functions of newly-developed robots.

C．The applications of soft walking robots.

D．The ways to improve traditional robots.

24、   Summer Camp in France

Your child learn French or you want to make him/her open-minded? He will join in our Summer Camp in France! He will discover a fantastic region in the South of France, the French Riviera.

With Summer Camp in France, he will also visit France’s famous cultural places and taste French food. And of course ... he will improve his French spending his/her time with other French children who live in different parts of France. He could have French lessons every day and all activities and sports are in France with French!

Summer Camp France (Hyeres)

Come to France and discover French cultures in a camp based in the famous French Riviera !

The Summer Camp in France is proud to give your child possibilities to learn French, by enjoying time with sport, and sharing cultures. The south of France offers us many possibilities with the proximity（临近）of the sea. French summer camp uses it to practice sea sports like scuba-diving, kite surfing, sailing.

French Summer Camp

A new camp in Miami (USA) starts to be built .

During this summer, your child could have a summer camp in Miami organized by a French association. The base for this summer camp in USA is the same as in France. A lot of sport, French languages in a camp, with teachers to help everybody, and sharing their languages, and their cultures. A perfect way for your children to learn French languages and have fun with sport in Miami.

Summer Programs in Spain

Offers different summer program options for children and teenagers from all over the world where they learn languages and participate in many activities, sports and excursions allowing them to know better the Spanish culture and to have an unforgettable summer in Spain.

【1】If your child intends to have French food, where will he or she go?

A.Summer Camp in France. B.Summer Camp France(Hyeres).

C.French Summer Camp. D.Summer Programs in Spain.

【2】In Summer Camp France(Hyeres), what can be concluded?

A.It can lie in the south of France. B.It can be located in USA.

C.It can be a famous French Riviera. D.It can have many camp fields.

【3】In Miami, what will one child do?

A.Visit famous cultural places. B.Play the game.

C.Go to the proximity of the sea D.Enjoy sports.

25、When I was diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer, the first thing came to mind was a “death sentence”. I began _______ God, why would he have this placed upon me? _______, I decided to look for the positive side of my fate instead of bemoaning (悲叹) it.

When I think of the “gift of life” that was given to me, I know I will gain _______ from all my experiences. I was left with a few complications (并发症) I now have to live with after _______ my cancer period. A few years later, I was diagnosed with another cancer, which totally took me by _______. Despite all the _______ I’ve dealt with all my life, I still feel truly _______. Thinking about the individuals that are no longer among us, I _______ there will always be someone _______.

Writing had become therapy for me. I even ________ one experience during my surgeries into a ________ called “Peace”. I placed that poem, along with many others, into book ________. I was lucky enough to have that book ________. Later, I had another inspirational book published, with a third one on the way. I wish to make a(n) ________ impact on whoever is ill with the words and phrases of each poem of statement. I hope they could develop the strength to ________ life in a whole new way. I truly believe when you ________ a horrible disease like cancer, it’s for a reason. I want to live to ________ exactly what that is for me.

I would have never become a(n) ________, producing inspirational poems and stories, if I had not gone through all that I did. I’m a true example that you can survive cancer, ________ you catch it in time, have faith and allow that faith to ________ your path.

【1】A. doubting   B. questioning   C. challenging   D. teasing

【2】A. However   B. Therefore   C. Besides   D. Otherwise

【3】A. strength   B. knowledge   C. reputation   D. control

【4】A. learning from   B. reacting to   C. going through   D. getting across

【5】A. storm   B. surprise   C. mistake   D. accident

【6】A. emergencies   B. procedures   C. attempts   D. struggles

【7】A. honored   B. troubled   C. disturbed   D. blessed

【8】A. realize   B. wonder   C. believe   D. approve

【9】A. in rags   B. in tears   C. better off   D. worse off

【10】A. burst   B. turned   C. divided   D. slid

【11】A. novel   B. story   C. poem   D. book

【12】A. style   B. version   C. form   D. edition

【13】A. published   B. sold   C. typed   D. printed

【14】A. limited   B. positive   C. negative   D. immediate

【15】A. save   B. accept   C. spare   D. end

【16】A. prevent   B. fight   C. develop   D. survive

【17】A. turn out   B. come out   C. find out   D. give out

【18】A. writer   B. patient   C. entertainer   D. poet

【19】A. regarding   B. concerning   C. providing   D. considering

【20】A. run   B. leave   C. follow   D. direct

26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假设你是明启中学的学生王磊，你校准备开设名为《劳动与生活》或《机器人编程》的选修课程，并在校园网征求学生意见，请写一封邮件给校方，内容必须包括：

1．你感兴趣的课程；

2．你期望在这门课程中学到什么；

3. 为什么想学这些内容。