2025-2026年河南焦作高二下册期末英语试卷含解析

1、I couldn’t understand _____ with me.

A. the matter was what B. what was the matter

C. what the matter was D. that was the matter

2、In modern times, there are many means of ________both  in  the urban and the rural areas.

A. communication B. communicate

C. communicator D. communicative

3、Never in my country _________such a thing.

A．I have heard of or seen

B．I had heard of or seen

C．have I heard of or seen

D．did I hear of or see

4、The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him _______.

A. not to   B. not to do

C. not do it D. do not to

5、You are saying that everyone should take equal responsibility, and that is _______ I disagree.

A.why B.where

C.what D.how

6、The child is so full of ______ that he can’t keep quiet.

A. strength B. energy C. power D. force

7、It was only after he had read the papers ________ Mr. Gross realized the task was extremely difficult to complete.

A. that B. when C. which D. what

8、Olympic athletes bring joy to people across the world with their____________ to push the boundaries of human achievement.

A. intelligence B. influences C. impression D. attempts

9、My grandfather is as _______as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.

A. powerful B. energetic C. forceful D. strong

10、______ money, his parents managed to send him to university.

A.Lacked B.Lacking of C.Though lacking D.Lacked in

11、He made it clear that paying an official to bend the rules_____ should be regarded as illegal.

A. in one’s favor B. on offer C. to favor D. who favor

12、According to some witnesses, the thief was observed ______ the bank when they were passing by.

A. enter B. to enter

C. entering D. to entering

13、European ________ with Nigeria dated back to the 15th century, when Portuguese merchants ________ the ancient city of Benin.

A.exchange… called for B.contact… called at

C.convey… called off D.communication… called on

14、I haven’t read ______ of his books, but judging from the one I have read I think he’s a very promising writer.

A.any B.none C.both D.either

15、_________ in the northwest of China, Xi'an is seen as the birthplace of the country's civilization.

A.Locating B.Being located C.To locate D.Located

16、Can you lend me the book ________ you were reading this morning？

A. that B. what

C. whose D. who

17、All of her time _______ to carrying out a further study on the cause of Alzheimer’s disease

since she left school.

A. has been devoted   B. devoted

C. has devoted   D. was devoted

18、Did _______ ever occur to you that you would end up in prison if you continued behaving like that?

A.what B.which C.that D.it

19、When they went into the shop and asked to look at the engagement rings, the shop assistant brought out a cheap one, ________ she has arranged with James.

A．which was that

B．what was that

C．which was what

D．that was that

20、On _________ that all go smoothly, we can realize our annual goals as expected.

A.situation B.case C.condition D.environment

21、The car let out a loud noise and then quickly disappeared ________.

A. at a distance B. in the distance C. from a distance D. to the distance

22、The whole area was ____________ by the snow, and the government had to send food there by helicopter.

A.cut away B.cut up C.cut off D.cut down

23、— Hi, Grace, how are you getting on with your preparation work for the trip?

— I _______ what to take with me.

A．will have decided

B．will decide

C．am deciding

D．had decided

24、Somehow Pavel’s words made sense to Bruno and he resisted the ________ to say “Ow” any more, and when Pavel finished applying the green liquid he took a bandage from the first-aid box and taped it to the cut.

A. convenience B. trick C. impression D. urge

25、 —I’m worried about the coming test!

—______, you can do it!

A. Don’t mention it   B. come on

C. Well done D. Not likely

26、In Stockholm, the Swedish Academy has chosen the British author Doris Lessing for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.

The selection of Doris Lessing for a Nobel was popular among the hundreds of journalists gathered for the announcement in Stockholm.

Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl said with skepticism, fire and visionary power Lessing has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.

Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia—modern-day Iran—to British parents, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.

A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950. The Grass is Singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a white farmer's wife and her black servant.

A member of the British Communist Party during the 1950s and a campaigner against nuclear arms and South African apartheid, Lessing was for years banned from that country and from Rhodesia.

Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of The Golden Notebook, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism. A disjointed study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics and communism, relationships with men and sex, and Jungian analysis and dream interpretation.

Lessing's themes shifted to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was fascinated with the Islamic mystic tradition of Sufism. Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics, but she has continued to win new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.

Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessing's selection.

“She is one of the truly great writers of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction,” Engdahl said. “She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. And she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature.”

At 87, Doris Lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature laureate since the first prizes were awarded in 1901. Each Nobel Prize is this year accompanied by a check for approximately $1.4 million.

【1】How old was Doris Lessing when her literary breakthrough came?

A．14

B．26

C．31

D．43

【2】Which of the following about The Grass is Singing is true?

A．It is mainly about racial conflict between the whites and the blacks in the US.

B．It was published in Africa.

C．The main characters are a white farmer’s wife and her black servant.

D．It was Doris Lessing’s most famous novel.

【3】We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．Journalists are very interested in the election of Doris Lessing’s for Nobel Prize.

B．Doris Lessing regard The Golden Notes as a pioneering work of feminism.

C．Many writers have the courage to stick to the equality between the male and female experience.

D．Doris Lessing has written about many different subjects.

【4】The underlined word “school” in the last but one paragraph means________.

A．institution for educating children

B．college or university

C．group of writers, thinkers

D．department of a university

【5】Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A．The greatest British female writer.

B．Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for literature.

C．The oldest Nobel Prize winner.

D．2007 Nobel Prize announced in Stockholm.

27、   OTTAWA—After leaving suddenly almost twenty years ago, fans of one Italian car brand (品牌) have been crying. “Oh, Alfa Romeo, where are you?” But with the arrival of the all-new Alfa Romeo 4C sports car this year, parent Fiat’s sportiest brand is back in business in Canada. The question is: Will anybody care?

Although it hasn’t sold a new car in Canada since 1995, the Alfa Romeo brand is one of the oldest in the car industry. It was founded in 1910. It quickly became well-known for making fast, beautiful and expensive sports cars. An Italian state-holding company took over in the early 1930s, but since 1986, the Alfa brand has been owned by Fiat.

Unfortunately, Alfa Romeo met fresh competition from Japan. By the mid-1990s, Alfa’s lone North American offerings were the Spider roadster (单排座敞篷轿车).

Many Alfa fans will tell you the brand’s success is on the racetracks (赛车场). Dating back to 1913, Alfa Romeo has always had a strong factory presence in racing. But since the late-1980s the Italian automaker has become less involved in car races.

While Alfa Romeo has shot a few videos of its new mid-engine, two-seat 4C on a racetrack. there are no plans for the car maker to get back into racing.

One of the biggest attractions for Toronto Alfa Romeo fan Vytas Svedas is the brand’s racing past. He currently takes part in many races with his father with a 1966 Alfa Giulia Sprint GT, and he thinks if Alfa wants to be taken seriously as it returns to selling cars in Canada, it has to get back on the racetrack.

Of course, not all Alfa fans need a racetrack to enjoy their cars. David Semel is the president of the Alfa Romeo Club of Ottawa. Semel’s current ride is a 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia SS. And, he admits, the main attraction of the Giulia SS is the way the car looks, not how fast it can go.

【1】What do we know about Alfa Romeo?

A. It is quite affordable for the common people.

B. It is a brand of a state-holding company.

C. It has a history of about a century.

D. It entered Canada in 1995.

【2】Why did Alfa Romeo lose its Canadian market?

A. Because the Canadians lost interest in sports cars.

B. Because there were fewer car races held in Canada.

C. Because it faced very strong competition from Japan.

D. Because its quality couldn’t meet the local buyers needs.

【3】What’s Wytas Svedas’s attitude towards Alfa Romeo s not getting back into racing?

A. Understanding. B. Unconcerned.

C. Pleased. D. Disappointed.

【4】According to David Semel, Alfa Romeo ________.

A. will return to racing sooner or later

B. has other advantages besides speed

C. is not necessarily the fastest car

D. is losing lots of its fans

28、When Harrison School District 2 turned to e-learning last spring, they made sure to provide each student with a laptop and the tools needed to succeed at home. But one remaining need in many families was Internet access.

Christine O’Brien, spokesperson for District 2 said, "When you had many people learning and working from home, sometimes there were Internet glitches. We wanted to avoid that and make sure students in our district could have equal chances to learn and that our families could learn from home as well."

O’Brien said that this year they made sure to survey each of their students to see who exactly needed the Internet.

“This year we were really specific about asking whether families had Internet service at home without a phone," she said. They discovered that about a thousand families needed some sort of Internet connection.

And that’s where Altia came into play. A local software company heard there was an Internet shortage for students and it stepped in to see how they could help. Teaming up with local foundations (基金会), they were able to provide a monthly Internet service that allows many people to have Internet access at the same time. Mike Juran, CEO of Altia said; “At Altia we talked to Randy Rocha at District 2 and I just put out an email to friends and people that I knew and that made its way back to Pikes Peak Community Foundation and Norwood Foundation and people spread that around. Within weeks we were able to get something done."

"The community came together and helped us piece this part. We worked so hard as a school district to get those devices into the hands of students but this was a piece that we weren’t ready to do. We hadn’t budgeted (预算) for it, so the community’s coming together to help our families in this way was really truly amazing," said O’Brien.

【1】What does the underlined word “glitches” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Users.

B．Services.

C．Problems.

D．Repairmen.

【2】What did Harrison School District 2 do according to O’Brien?

A．They kept track of students’ situations.

B．They sold laptops to students cheaply.

C．They kept holding new learning programs.

D．They encouraged students to treat each other equally.

【3】How did Altia help to make e-learning easier?

A．By visiting the families every month.

B．By sending emails to students every week.

C．By setting up a local foundation to raise money.

D．By offering Internet service to students in need.

【4】Why was O’Brien so thankful for the community?

A．It inspired students to be helpful and active.

B．It helped deliver devices to the hands of students.

C．It added a big part to the school’s planned budget.

D．It solved things the school district was unprepared for.

29、   New Year’s resolutions（决心）often fail, but now a new study may just provide motivation for you to stick to them. Scientists found that meeting goals — such as giving up drinking or smoking — can slash your risk of cancer.

The large-scale study — of half a million Britons — looked at the effects of quitting tobacco，limiting alcohol intake, maintaining a low body mass index (BMI), exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet. Each individual behaviour was found to bring a decrease in the chance of getting cancer of about eight per cent. But if people carried out all together the overall risk reduction was about a third — and likely a greater cut in deaths from the disease.

The researchers from Cardiff University examined data from 343,150 people from the UK Biobank to identify the five healthy behaviours and compare them to the risk of cancer. The subjects were aged 40 to 69 and 14,285 were diagnosed （诊断）with the disease during an average follow-up of just over five years. The team found that adopting（采用）all the studied healthy behaviours brought a 25 and 35 percent reduction in bowel and breast cancer respectively — two of the most common forms of the disease.

The team said the findings may not sound surprising — but they serve as a reminder of the importance behind turning resolutions into permanent lifestyle choices.

Professor Elwood, the lead researcher，said the real problem for people adopting resolutions was translating the unclear idea of lifestyle choices being “good” into useful evidence — which was what this study provided. “A healthy lifestyle has many additional benefits to cancer reduction — it costs nothing, has no undesirable side effects…and is better than any pill.”

【1】What does the underlined word “slash” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Cut. B. Increase.

C. Change. D. Keep.

【2】What can be learnt from the passage?

A. Almost half of the subjects of the research got cancer.

B. Bowel cancer and breast cancer are the most common diseases.

C. A healthy habit will bring down the risk of cancer by 33%.

D. The research shows the benefits of carrying out New Year’s resolutions.

【3】According to Professor Elwood, the research is mainly aimed at ______.

A. warning people of the risk of cancer

B. removing people’s doubts about healthy lifestyles

C. persuading people into sticking to healthy lifestyles

D. proving the relation between lifestyles and cancer

【4】What would probably be the best title?

A. How to Choose Healthy Lifestyles?

B. Quit New Year’s Resolutions? Think Again!

C. Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Wisely!

D. Healthy Lifestyles Bring Down Cancer Risks!

30、   Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a_____for scientific discoveries. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story,______something that caught my ____. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the age of twenty-five and thirty.” Being a little over thirty myself, I wanted to ____with him. Nobody wants to think that he is past the age of making any ____. The next day I went to the public library, spending several hours looking up the _____ of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

First I looked at some of the ____discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous experiment that____　that bodies of different weight ____　at the same speed, was made by Galileo(伽利略) when he was 26. Madam Curie(居里夫人) started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein(爱因斯坦) was 26 when he_____his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, ____of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other ____.

Then how about ____? Surely it needed the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it ____, but look when these people ____their careers. Winston Churchill(丘吉尔) was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln(林肯) ____the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.

But why don’t best years come after thirty? After thirty, I ____most people do not want to take risks or try new ways in their lives. Then I thought of those famous people_____Shakespeare and Picasso. The former one was writing wonderful ____at the late age of fifty, ____the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was ninety! Perhaps there is still hope for me.

【1】A. program B. conference C. prize D. report

【2】A. studied B. said C. explained D. announced

【3】A. mind B. care C. surprise D. attention

【4】A. talk B. disagree C. meet D. advise

【5】A. discovery B. chance C. research D. fortune

【6】A. names B. theories C. ages D. achievements

【7】A. scientific B. last C. oldest D. modern

【8】A. predicted B. proved C. doubted D. told

【9】A. fall B. move C. meet D. disappear

【10】A. invented B. developed C. made D. published

【11】A. lot B. plenty C. much D. all

【12】A. fields B. science C. course D. ages

【13】A. election B. leaders C. politics D. society

【14】A. had B. made C. set D. did

【15】A. finished B. started C. won D. defeated

【16】A. led B. devoted C. gave up D. began

【17】A. guess B. know C. agree D. believe

【18】A. like B. to be C. as D. about

【19】A. paintings B. idioms C. works D. poems

【20】A. when B. while C. who D. after

31、阅读短文，根据上下文或者首字母在空白处填入1个适当的单词，或给出括号内单词的正确形式。

We all know it is not healthy to stay up late and poor sleep quality can leave us feeling low. However, many people still cannot get enough sleep, e【1】 the young.

Over 60% of Chinese students aged 6 to 17 sleep  【2】 than eight hours a day, according to a report released by the Chinese Sleep Research Society(CSRS) on Marth 17. The study 【3】 nearly 70,000 children and teens aged 6 to 17 across the Chinese 【4】, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

According to the study, too much school homework is a major cause for inadequate sleep among young people. For example, from Monday to Thursday, 8.4 percent of them would still be 【5】(occupy) in doing their homework after 11 p.m.. 【6】 major cause of young people’s inadequate sleep is the frequent use of electronic devices.

Lack of sleep among children and teenagers has 【7】 concern in society. To reduce students’ 【8】 burden, the Ministry of Education and eight other departments issued a guideline on Dec 28. It is suggested that local education authorities across China should take more 【9】 to help students get more sleep, including 【10】(delay) the start of morning classes by half an hour.

32、假定你是李华。你的澳大利亚朋友Mike对中国的传统节日非常感兴趣。在端午节来临之际，他写信询问有关端午节习俗。请你用英语回一封信，向他介绍中国的端午节。要点包括：

1. 介绍中国的端午节（时间，意义，风俗等）；

2. 欢迎他来中国并邀请他来观看龙舟赛。

注意：1．词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,

I’m glad to know you show great interest in Chinese traditional festivals.

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Yours,

Li Hua