2025-2026年陕西宝鸡高二上册期末英语试卷(解析版)

1、I had eaten Chinese food often, but I ____________ how fabulous a real Chinese banquet could be.

A.could not have imagined B.would not imagine

C.should have imagined D.might imagine

2、Most colleges now offer first-year students a course specially ________ to help them to succeed academically.

A．designed

B．designing

C．to design

D．being designed

3、Our society would be better off but for the fact that the economy ________ by the current global financial crisis.

A. had been affected B. were affected

C. should be affected D. is affected

4、I want to invite my friend ________ eat Chinese food.

A．at

B．in

C．with

D．to

5、In the exams, make sure that everything you write is________ to the question you have been asked.

A．rational

B．relevant

C．reasonable

D．reliable

6、Mary has her weakness, ___________ that doesn’t mean she is not qualified for her job.

A. and B. yet   C. so   D. or

7、We were excited when hearing that the holiday we had been looking forward to finally ________ .

A．coming

B．had come

C．will come

D．came

8、 --- I am so sorry to have come late for the meeting.

--- It is not your fault. With ______ rush-hour traffic and ______ heavy rain, it is no wonder you were late.

A. a; a     B. the; the    C. /; /   D. /; a

9、 boy with glasses has bad cold today.

A．The; /  B．The; a  C．A; the

10、— Can I lie about seeing a text because I was too busy or lazy to respond to it?

— Receiving a text does not necessarily mean you have to respond. Why waste a perfectly good lie ________ the truth will serve?

A. unless   B. until

C. when   D. while

11、 People who do not smoke have less ______of suffering from lung cancer than those who do so.

A. potential   B. pattern

C. preference     D. prejudice

12、I’m sure you’d rather she went to school by bus, ________?

A. hadn’t you   B. wouldn’t you

C. aren’t I   D. didn’t she

13、Would you read my composition and correct the mistakes ________?

A．if never

B．if ever

C．if not

D．if any

14、Ms. La Rosa put forward ______ policy that not many teachers gave ______ second thought to at the conference.

A. the; 不填 B. a; the C. the; the D. a; a

15、The two passengers occupying seats were reported   from taking trains for 180 days.

A. to be banned   B. having been banned

C. being banned   D. to have been banned

16、We ________ three options to the unions for discussion.

A.presented B.provided C.preserved D.prepared

17、— Jessie, it’s a pity you didn’t go shopping online on Nov.11th．It was really fantastic!

— Really? If I ________ so busy, I would have shopped for fun too.

A． shouldn’t be   B． weren’t

C． hadn’t been D． wouldn’t be

18、 The Alibaba Group, _____was founded in 1999, has become China’s largest e-commerce company.

A. what   B. which

C. whose   D. whether

19、________ Tom liked to eat was different from ________.

A. That…that you had expected

B. What …that you had expected

C. That…what you had expected

D. What…what you had expected

20、Most of the characters in Aesop’s stories are animals, the qualities ______Aesop used to reflect human traits and wisdom.

A．of which

B．with which

C．from whom

D．of whom

21、As people have accurately observed，smiles are absent from early photographs. In 1852，for instance，a girl sat for her Daguerrotype，her head slightly turned，giving the camera an unsmiling look. She is preserved forever as a very serious girl indeed. Charles Darwin，a loving and playful parent，looks frozen in photographs. Why did our ancestors，from unknown sitters for family portraits(肖像画) to the great and famous，because so sad in front of the camera?

The severity is everywhere in Victorian photographs. However，you don’t have to look very long at these unsmiling old photos to see how incomplete the seemingly obvious answer is-that they are freezing their faces in order to keep still for the long exposure times. In Julia Margaret Cameron’s Portrait of Tennyson，the poet dreams，his face a shadowed mask of genius. This is not simply a technique. It’s an emotional choice.

People in the past did not go around in a continual state of sorrow. In fact，the Victorians had a sense of humor even about the darkest aspects of their society. Laughter was not just common in the past but accepted by society far more than it is today，from medieval carnivals(中世纪狂欢节) to Georgian print shops，where people gathered to look at the latest funnies. Far from preventing festivals and fun，the Victorians，who invented photography，also created Christmas as a celebration as it is today. So the severity of people in the 19th-century photographs cannot be the evidence of generalized sadness. This was not a society in permanent desperation. Instead，the true answer has to do with attitudes to portraiture itself.

People who sat for early photographs understood it as a significant moment. Sitting for the camera was cheaper，quicker and meant that people who never had a chance to be painted could now be photographed; but people seemed to have taken it seriously in the same way they would be a painted portrait. Like a portrait painting，it was intended as a timeless record of a person.

To me those unsmiling people probably had as much fun as we do，if not more. But they felt no need to prove it with pictures. Instead，when whey sat for a photograph，they thought about time，death and memory. Perhaps we should stop smiling sometimes，too.

【1】What do we know about the people in Victorian times?

A． They laid importance on religious events.

B． They were skillful at portrait painting.

C． They valued their family life.

D． They enjoyed themselves.

【2】The author mentions Portrait of Tennyson in Paragraph 2 to__________.

A． prove a theory

B． support his opinion

C． introduce a painting

D． describe a technique

【3】The author thinks early people look frozen in old photos because____．

A． they lived in a traditional society

B． they had to stay still for a long time

C． they regarded photography important

D． they held negative views about painting

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards people not smiling in old photos?

A． Skeptical.

B． Critical.

C． Neutral.

D． Positive.

22、   I drove a taxi to make a living. One night about twenty years ago, I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

【1】The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A.show she was familiar with the city

B.let the driver earn more money

C.see some places for the last time

D.reach the destination on time

【2】The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A.shut off the meter by mistake

B.wanted to do her a favor

C.had received her payment in advance

D.was in a hurry to take other passengers

【3】What can be inferred from the story?

A.Giving is always a pleasure.

B.People should respect the old.

C.People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

D.An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

23、Todd Bol, a retired businessman, could never have expected that a wooden container he built in his front yard one day would have the global impact it does today.

Bol built a dollhouse-size structure that looked like a schoolhouse on a post and he put it in his yard as a free community library to remember his mother, who was a book lover and school teacher. Bol’s prototype gave birth to Little Free Library (LFL), a nonprofit organization that seeks to place small, accessible book exchange boxes in neighborhoods around the world. The concept is simple: Neighbors are invited to share a book, leave a book, or both. Today, there are over 50, 000 of these libraries registered in 70 countries.

Almost everyone can register with LFL and start a library as long as the person keeps it in good shape and makes sure that book materials are appropriate for his or her neighborhood. Library owners can create their own library boxes; therefore, the libraries are usually unique in appearance, and there seems to be no limit to the possibilities. One library in California was built out of a used wine container; another in Texas had tiny stairs and bright colored walls. Once registered, libraries are given a number at LFL’s website. The LFL Index lists the locations of all libraries with GPS coordinates (坐标) and other information. Owners receive a sign saying “Little Free Library”.

People say they have been attracted to pick up a book when walking by a Little Free Library, out of curiosity and because it’s convenient. Some library owners say they have met more neighbors since having a little library in their front yard. Bol is also most proud of the way Little Free Library is bringing communities together. “It’s started a neighborhood exchange. It gets people talking and more comfortable with their neighbors,” he says. “This leads to them helping each other.”

【1】What does the underlined word “prototype” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A community center.

B．A dollhouse on a post.

C．A book exchange box.

D．A nonprofit organization.

【2】What can we learn about the operation of a Little Free Library?

A．There is no limit to the selection of books.

B．Professional librarians should be employed.

C．The library can come in any shape and color.

D．A number will be given to the owner before registration.

【3】What can be inferred about Little Free Library?

A．It helps improve GPS functions.

B．It helps restore human connections.

C．It connects libraries around the world.

D．It makes reading accessible to the poor.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．LFL: A Booster to Shared Reading

B．LFL: The Best Place to Meet Neighbors

C．Todd Bol: A Successful Book Businessman

D．Reading: An Approach to Improving Yourself

24、James Rilling of Emory University in Atlanta published the study in The Royal Society in November,2021. His team surveyed 50 grandmothers each with one biological grandchild be-tween 3 and 12 years old and one of their own child. They also measured the brain function as the participants viewed pictures of their grandchild and the same-sex parent of the grandchild. Researchers found that grandmothers viewing their grandchild’s pictures activated parts of the brain that involved emotional empathy(共鸣)and movement.

In contrast, the study also found that when grandmothers viewed images of their adult child, they showed stronger activation in an area of the brain associated with cognitive(认知的)empathy. That indicates they may be trying to cognitively understand what their adult child is thinking or feeling and why, but not as much from the emotional side. Compared with results from an earlier study by the Rilling lab of fathers viewing photos of their children, results showed that grandmothers activated more parts of the brain that involved emotional empathy and motivation.

“That suggests that grandmothers tend to feel what their grandchildren are feeling when they interact with them,” Rilling said. “If their grandchild is smiling, they’re feeling the child’s joy. And if their grandchild is crying, they’re feeling the child’s pain and sorrow.” In many societies, grandmothers are important caregivers, and their investment is often associated with improving their grandchildren’s well-being.

It’s part of the reason why the US celebrates Grandparents’ Day each year on the first Sunday after Labor Day in September. The announcement was signed in 1978. “Because grandparents are usually free to love, guide and befriend the young without having to take the daily responsibility for them. They can reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations,” the announcement read.

【1】How many generations were there at least in the participants’ families?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

【2】What did Rilling say about grandmothers and their grandchildren in paragraph 3?

A．Their cognitive abilities.

B．Their emotional interaction.

C．Their respective preferences.

D．Their important characteristics.

【3】What did the 1978 announcement show?

A．The fear of grandparents.

B．Grandparents’ Day activities.

C．Grandparents’ responsibilities.

D．The origin of Grandparents’ Day.

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

A．Grandmothers Are More Likely to Be Emotional

B．Grandmothers Empathize with Their Own Children

C．Grandmothers Hold Deep Bond with Grandchildren

D．Grandmothers Have Generation Gaps with Grandchildren

25、Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a(n)________school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的), he learned ________language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another ________his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. ________after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.

Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to________them from doing so, saying regular school couldn’t take care of a special needs student. His parents were ________to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work every day because they wanted to prove that, given the ________, he could do anything.Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big________. The pace was________so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he________it and did a lot of extra work after school.

The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with________grades and got into a top high school. He________achieved a lot in life outside school. He ________a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even________the World Yacht Race 05/06—being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.

But none of these achievements would have been________without one of the most important lessons from his mother. “If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results.”

【1】

A．ordinary

B．special

C．popular

D．common

【2】

A．old

B．native

C．sign

D．computer

【3】

A．disappointed

B．annoyed

C．cheered

D．upset

【4】

A．But

B．Even

C．Otherwise

D．So

【5】

A．prevent

B．protect

C．save

D．excuse

【6】

A．determined

B．happy

C．frightened

D．hurried

【7】

A．gift

B．opportunity

C．function

D．love

【8】

A．school

B．mistake

C．challenge

D．event

【9】

A．slower

B．simpler

C．gentler

D．faster

【10】

A．gave up

B．stuck to

C．looked after

D．took in

【11】

A．average

B．poor

C．excellent

D．predictable

【12】

A．also

B．therefore

C．instead

D．rarely

【13】

A．sent

B．exposed

C．controlled

D．developed

【14】

A．quit

B．entered

C．hosted

D．watched

【15】

A．possible

B．impossible

C．avoidable

D．enjoyable

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