2025-2026年贵州安顺高二上册期末英语试卷及答案

1、Most countries of the world have records of the great natural catastrophes that   before.

A. had occurred  B. have occurred

C. occurs D. would occur

2、If however hard you study you can only score _______ above average grade, don’t worry. Your talent lies somewhere else. Not everyone is _______ A-student.

A．/; an

B．an; an

C．an; a

D．/; /

3、—I’m sorry I have no cash in hand.

— . I’ll pay for everything.

A.Take your time B.You’re right

C.Whatever you say D.Take it easy

4、Having a good command of the language of the country where you are going to study is necessary, because language skills affect  you perform academically.

A. how   B. that C. what D. when

5、It seemed an impossible task, but Tom, though physically challenged, carried on until it was completely fulfilled.

A. instead     B. yet

C. regardless D. still

6、An energy ministry official says all of the country’s nuclear plants have been________ and are capable of standing natural disasters.

A．arranged

B．appreciated

C．inspected

D．performed

7、____ you believe him when he said he made it to Eason’s concert! He doesn’t like pop music at all.

A. Do  B. Did C. Don’t D. Didn’t

8、—Do you know the newly appointed CEO?

--__________.

A. I’ll check it

B. Only that there is one

C. More often than not

D. It will come to me

9、This printer is of good quality. If it ________ break down within the first year, we _______ repair it at our expense.

A.shall; will B.must; should C.should; would D.can; shall

10、 It’s kind ____ you to have given me so much help. Thank you ____ the bottom of my heart.

A. of；in  B. for；in  C. for；from D. of；from

11、The road is always very busy at this time every day. If we want to catch the train, we have to find a(n) route.

A．competitive

B．alternative

C．collective

D．distinctive

12、______the classic Shi Ji, the only great historical works I had been exposed to were Homer’s epic poems.

A．Superior to

B．Prior to

C．Due to

D．Similar to

13、The doctor advised her to eat more bean products _____meat which might be harmful to her heart disease.

A. for lack of   B. by means of

C. as a substitute for   D. in favor of

14、The old man turned his business over to his younger son, ________made his elder son discouraged.

A. who B. what

C. that   D. which

15、—Do you know what they are whispering about? They look mysterious.

—________. None of our business.

A. I am all ears

B. Don’t be a fly on the wall

C. Let the cat out of the bag

D. The wall has ears

16、The pupils in our school like reading after lunch, most of ________ seated on the grass unless it rains.

A. them    B. whom    C. that         D. who

17、We have reached a stage ________ we have almost no rights at all.

A. what   B. which   C. when   D. where

18、The classroom ________ by the students every day.

A．is cleaned

B．are cleaned

C．be cleaned

D．cleaned

19、 The United Nations says hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis ________.

A. combining   B. combined

C. being combined D. having combined

20、Try ____ he might, he failed to put it off.

A.although B.as C.unless D.if

21、As the country’s first large-scale serial documentary shot in 8K ultrahigh-definition. The Forbidden City, a 12-episode documentary, has recently run on Beijing Satellite TV, which is in part as a celebration of the 601st anniversary of the founding of the imperial (帝王的) palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368—1911).

The documentary gathered 12 first-class singers to respectively render (演唱) theme songs for each episode, creatively interpreting milestone historical chapters with meaningful music.

Wu Zhiyong, the chief producer and chief director, recalled that he visited the Forbidden City for the first time when he was a youngster, feeling it a pity upon discovering that the guide he followed offered a flawed introduction to the site.

“Since then I had wished for many years that I could make a documentary to retell the real history of the Forbidden City in detail. Luckily with the Palace Museum’s support, our crew managed to learn a lot of knowledge, interviewing many historians and shooting the most beautiful, tranquil moments of the imperial palace.” said Wu.

The crew, consisting of nearly 150 people, had spent around three years to conduct investigations, polishing the script with the help of more than 30 experts from multiple departments of the Palace Museum, covering a wide range of areas including ancient architecture, drawing and calligraphy, court wares and royal history.

Aside from the Forbidden City, the crew made up of three camera teams to simultaneously work on different sites also traveled to dozens of cities, such as Nanjing and Suzhou in Jiangsu province as well as Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou in Fujian province, to obtain more content about Chinese history related to the stories happening inside the great palace.

【1】What’s the purpose of shooting this documentary?

A．To further the historic study.

B．To entertain the viewers.

C．To celebrate its magnificence.

D．To memorize the founding of the palace.

【2】The underlined word in Para 3 “flawed” probably means ________.

A．damaged

B．crowded

C．mistaken

D．mixed

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A．The Forbidden City was founded in the 15th century.

B．The documentary was merely shot in five cities in two provinces.

C．The theme songs of the episodes are performed by a famous singer.

D．The documentary was created by the historians of the Palace Museum.

【4】Which of the following may probably be shown in the documentary?

A．European court buildings

B．Royal family life

C．History of drawings

D．Works of famous calligraphers

22、Alejandro Buxton’s candle business started with a headache. The 12-year-old’s mom suffers from allergies, and something in their house was causing her head to hurt. After going to the hospital, they discovered the cause of the headache: the candles. His mom had no choice but to get rid of the scented (有香味的) items.

However, he knew his mother really loved candles. To lift her spirits, he set up a lab in the family’s kitchen in the fall of 2019 and made a candle using only natural ingredients, such as soy and coconut waxes (蜡) and essential oils. Chemicals in her old candles were causing the headaches. He named his first product Jurassic Orange, which is similar to the fruit in color and smell. Jurassic Orange was a hit with his mom, whose headaches disappeared. But Alejandro wasn’t done experimenting. Within a few months, he had about six scents, including Chunky Sweaters and Cozy Socks, which smells like a fruit drink mixed with a pine forest.

In September 2020, he put his first collection of candles on Etsy, the online marketplace that specializes in handmade goods. He also sold candles at seasonal markets, such as the one in downtown D. C. where the vice president was shopping for holiday gifts last year. He recommended two candles to the vice president. She took some of his advice.

Jesse Benites, general manager of a big shopping mall, said the vice president’s visit “skyrocketed” Alejandro’s fame. A senior manager contacted Alejandro and invited him to rent one of the 12 retail carts at the mall. On September 1,2022, Smell of Love Candles opened on the second level of the shopping center. Alejandro is the mall’s youngest business owner. Inside the mall, Alejandro turned a large room into his production facility, where he and his staff make 600 to 700 candles a week. There were altogether 25 scents on the shelf. He continued to make new scents and wanted to see all his candles in every single household and love and joy come into the houses.

Alejandro’s candle business makes a good profit, but for him, the money he earned is not just for his own college fund but for local charities.

【1】Alejandro started his business because he wanted to________.

A．solve his mother’s problem

B．earn some money for the family

C．make more people love candles

D．change the way candles are made

【2】What do we know about Smell of Love Candles?

A．It was visited by the vice president.

B．It mainly sells candles on the Internet.

C．It teaches people how to make candles.

D．It will offer new scents of the candles.

【3】The money Alejandro made will be used to____.

A．open more chain stores

B．help more people in need

C．invent new scents of the candles

D．promote his candles to more families

【4】According to the passage, which words can best describe Alejandro?

A．Organized and loving.

B．Smart and outgoing.

C．Caring and creative.

D．Generous and honest.

23、   Jim McGee was once an Air Force pilot in Vietnam. In 2017, he was seriously ill because his kidneys(肾)were gone.

Jim immediately started dialysis (透析), but a person of his age on dialysis usually lives only about four years. Transplants are a long-shot alternative. The National Kidney Foundation estimates that 13 people die every day while waiting for a donor with the right blood and tissue types. Jim’ s wife, Shirley McGee, and some family friends offered but weren’t a match.

Desperate, Shirley had T-shirts made that said “I’ m in need of a donor.” Her husband would wear one whenever he went to downtown Sarasota. No luck.

In early 2018, Jim didn’t feel like attending a reunion of some Air Force buddies in Monterey, California. “I said, ‘Is it really worth going to Monterey to sit in dialysis for two days?’” Jim recalls. “And my wife said, ‘ Yeah, come on. You really want to see your friends. ’ And I am glad I made that decision.”

In California, Jim reunited with six fellow airmen, including one he hadn’ t seen in nearly 50 years: Doug Coffman. The two had met when they both were learning Vietnamese before they went overseas. Jim told Doug and his other comrades about his predicament(困境),

Doug, then 70, happened to have the right blood type and immediately decided to help.

But could he? Shirley’ s guess was that doctors would tell Doug what they had told her: You’re too old.

He immediately had his doctor send his medical records to Georgetown Medical Center, where Jim was being treated.

Within a month, Doug was cleared for major testing. The testing revealed not only that Doug’ s tissue type matched Jim’ s but also that he had the kidneys of a 35-year-old.

When the doctors gave him the OK to donate, Doug immediately called Jim, and asked for the first surgery date available. On September 18, 2018, Doug went into surgery at 7: 30 a. m.; Jim followed at 9: 30 a.m. By noon, they were both in the recovery room. The transplant was a success.

【1】Which of the following can best describe Shirley?

A. Helpful and considerate. B. Reasonable and energetic.

C. Outgoing and thankful. D. Knowledgeable and talkative.

【2】How did Jim feel about his illness just before going to Monterey?

A. Satisfied. B. Discouraged. C. Ashamed. D. Nervous.

【3】Why did Jim McGee decide to go to Monterey?

A. To seek help. B. To practice Vietnamese.

C. To meet his fellow airmen. D. To have a thorough examination there.

【4】What can we know about Doug Coffman?

A. He was too old to help. B. He seldom visited his doctor.

C. He acted without delay in helping Jim. D. He was 35 years younger than his age.

24、The brain of a woodpecker(啄木鸟)experiences a seemingly disastrous impact every time its beak(喙)meets wood.“When you see these birds with hard beaks, flexible tongues and strong neck muscles in action, hitting their head against a tree quite violently, then as humans we start wondering how these birds avoid getting headaches or brain damage,” says Van Wassenbergh, a researcher at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

In the past, scientists have suggested the bird’s brain is protected from the impacts, perhaps by a skull(头骨)that acts as a cushion(缓冲物). But Van Wassenbergh wasn’t convinced. So he led a team that set out to settle the issue using high-speed videos of woodpeckers in action.

“We went to four different zoos in Europe where they had woodpeckers and we recorded them at very high frame rates, while they were pecking,” he says.

Although earlier studies have discovered a number of fascinating facts, one of which is that pecking repeatedly can be used by birds to find a mate, the videos revealed some new surprising details. For example, “they close their eyes at the moment they impact the wood,” Van Wassenbergh says, to protect their eyes from pieces of wood. The videos also showed that woodpeckers’ beaks often get stuck in the wood. But they break free almost instantly, thanks to a clever beak design that provides independent motion of the upper and lower beak.

“By analyzing high-speed videos of three species of woodpeckers, we found that woodpeckers do not absorb the shock of the impacts when pecking,” says Van Wassenbergh.

That means the organ repeatedly experiences impacts that would cause an injury in a human brain. Yet the woodpecker brain is unscathed, even after thousands of impacts in a single day. That is possible because a woodpecker’s brain is protected—not by cushioning, but by its tiny size and weight, Van Wassenbergh says.

“An animal that has a smaller size can resist higher-speed impacts,” he says. “That’s a biomechanical law.” Now, it has been confirmed by Van Wassenbergh’s high-speed videos.

【1】What did scientists previously assume was protecting the woodpecker’s brain?

A．The bird’s skull.

B．The bird’s tongue.

C．The bird’s beak.

D．The bird’s neck muscles.

【2】What can we learn about the woodpeckers from the videos?

A．They peck repeatedly to attract partners.

B．They can absorb the shock of the impacts.

C．Their upper and lower beaks move independently.

D．They keep their eyes open when pecking the wood.

【3】Which of the following best explains the underlined word “unscathed” in paragraph 6?

A．Sharp.

B．Unharmed.

C．Abnormal.

D．Alarmed.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．Do Woodpeckers Damage Your Trees?

B．Do Woodpeckers Drill to Attract Partners?

C．It Is About Time Woodpeckers Made a Comeback

D．Woodpeckers’ Tiny Brain Size Resists Head Impact Injury

25、I am the only person who has reached senior middle school in my family. So, I am the “best educated”. But I also used to be the most___________because I never thought about my manners. As a busy__________, I always come home from school late. When I get home a____________, it is time for my meal. After eating, I go to school again. But one day, when I was ready to go to school after lunch as usual, Dad stopped me. “Could you__________me some time?” he asked, “just one___________.” I looked at the time and found I didn’t have much time left. “OK, Dad, but please make it ____________.” “All right, I know you are__________, so I will just ask you two questions. Could you__________how many things you have done for our__________? And, could you tell me how often you say hello to your family members when you get home?”

That day, when I was at__________, I thought about the questions without understanding why Dad had__________asked them. Then, my friend, a girl from a rich family, asked me what was___________me. I told her. After listening, she laughed. “Hey! That’s nothing__________! You know, I never do anything or say hello to anybody when I am at home, either.” Then she added, “As far as I know, 90 percent of our__________have never done these things.” Really? At that moment, I__________why my dad had asked me those questions. It was because it is good__________to say hello to your family. However, most of us students don’t know, or even__________this. How sad we are! I finally realized how I should answer my dad’s questions. First, I would do all those things that are called good manners. Second, I would__________my classmates to be aware of their manners as soon as possible. That night I told these things to Dad. “Good,” he said, “Better late than never.” The next afternoon, when I got home, I saw Mum in the kitchen cooking. “Hi, Mum, I’m__________,” I said. She looked at me and gave me a big__________.

【1】A. shy   B. impolite   C. angry   D. anxious

【2】A. senior student   B. shop assistant   C. school teacher   D. housewife

【3】A. time   B. night   C. noon   D. spare time

【4】A. spend   B. take   C. spare   D. lend

【5】A. thing   B. hour   C. question   D. minute

【6】A. easy   B. happy   C. quick   D. simple

【7】A. impolite   B. polite   C. patient   D. busy

【8】A. look about   B. make sure   C. find out   D. take out

【9】A. family   B. members   C. house   D. promise

【10】A. bed   B. school   C. table   D. home

【11】A. suddenly   B. obviously   C. clearly   D. simply

【12】A. surprising   B. paining   C. puzzling   D. delighting

【13】A. dangerous   B. normal   C. valuable   D. important

【14】A. family   B. class   C. neighbor   D. town

【15】A. wondered   B. understood   C. knew   D. noticed

【16】A. way   B. exercise   C. chance   D. manners

【17】A. think about   B. care about   C. call for   D. hunt for

【18】A. force   B. remind   C. allow   D. ask

【19】A. home   B. late   C. sorry   D. hungry

【20】A. cake   B. suggestion   C. smile   D. chance

26、假定你是学生李华，明年1月将赴加拿大进修学习半年。请给你的加拿大笔友Mike写一封邮件，希望他能帮你找一个合租公寓。要点如下:

1. 对公寓的要求；

2. 对室友(roommate)的要求；

3. 表达感谢。

注意:1. 100词左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

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