2025-2026年台湾桃园高一上册期末英语试卷含解析

1、_____ he is enthusiastic and qualified for the job, I see no reason to remove him from office.

A. Provided that   B. Even though

C. Unless   D. As if

2、“In no case shall the government give in to any terrorist in our country.” said the spokesman ______ to the media.

A．deliberately

B．urgently

C．firmly

D．cautiously

3、Someone ____the tap on, for the water was running over and flooding the bathroom.

A．could leave

B．must have left

C．might leave

D．should have left

4、I’ll never forget _______________.

A. How kind is Tina B. how Tina is kind

C. how kind Tina is  D. Tina is how kind

5、 ---What do you think of the film 2012?

---Well, it’s good. At least it’s ________ the one I saw last time with Jean.

A. as bad as B. not as good as

C. no worse than   D. not better than

6、As we know, the circle ________ made with three raised fingers means “OK” in the western countries.

A．sign

B．signal

C．movement

D．mark

7、Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ________, he met some friends and stayed out until midnight.

A. Meanwhile   B. Therefore

C. Instead   D. Somehow

8、I don’t know how it , but I’ve got a big hole in my clothes.

A. came over  B. came out

C. came about   D. came up

9、The motorway was closed because of fog; as a result we had to find an ________ route.

A． impressive   B． effective

C． aggressive   D． alternative

10、Sherlock Holmes is famous ____ a detective as he is known ___ everybody ____ his quick thinking and careful observation.

A.as; to; for B.to; for; by C.for; to; as D.to; as; for

11、Just like a voyage at sea, our life journey, ________days are limited, is full of difficulties as well as opportunities and therefore needs to be cherished.

A．whose

B．that

C．which

D．what

12、---Have you played baseball before? We need one more player.

---________. I like ball games, so I believe it will be interesting to learn baseball.

A．Sometimes

B．Not really

C．Never mind

D．That’s cool

13、My son has gone abroad．I’m looking forward to him ______．

A．return B．to return

C．returning D．returned

14、(2016·北京)I love the weekend, because I _________ get up early on Saturdays and Sundays.

A．needn’t

B．mustn’t

C．wouldn’t

D．shouldn’t

15、Travelers should ______ the local customs so that they don’t offend natives.

A.occupy B.handle C.ignore D.observe

16、In today’s competitive economy, ______ everyone is trying to do more with less, you’ve got to figure out a way to profit from the very beginning.

A. which B. that     C. how     D. where

17、The glorious moment would live in my mind ________ our football team won the championship.

A．when   B．where C．that D．which

18、We had a good many anxious worries but everything all right in the end.

A.turned down B.turned on C.turned out D.turned to

19、—Are you tired after climbing the mountain?

—________, on the contrary, I am very excited.

A．At least

B．At most

C．Not in the least

D．At last

20、We will always remember the moment _______ my classmate Li Chong crossed the finish line.

A.when B.where C.that D.whose

21、Earthquake in Japan.Donald Trump is accused of planting story about actress’s height after she rejected him. Mexico arrests ex-police chief in case of 43 missing students. Do you really need to know all these things?

Three years ago, I began an experiment. I stopped reading all newspapers and magazines. Televisions and radios were rejected. I deleted the news apps from my iPhone. I didn’t touch a single free newspaper and deliberately looked the other way when someone tried to offer me any such reading material. The first weeks were hard. Very hard! I was constantly afraid of missing something. But after a while, I had a new understanding. The result after three years: clearer thoughts, more valuable ideas, better decisions, and much more time. And the best thing? I haven’t missed anything important.

A dozen reasons exist to give news a wide berth. Here are the top three: First, our brain reacts differently to different types of information. Shocking, people-based, fast-changing details all appeal to us. News producers capitalize on this. The result: Everything complex, abstract, and profound(深刻的) must be systematically singled out, even though such stories are much more relevant to our lives and to our understanding of the world. As a result, we walk around with a misrepresented mental map of the risks and threats we actually face.

Second, news is irrelevant. In the past year, you have probably consumed about ten thousand pieces of news. Be very honest: Name one of them, just one that helped you make a better decision—for your life, your career, or your business—compared with not having this piece of news. No one I have asked has been able to name more than two useful news stories—out of ten thousand. News organizations claim that their information gives you a competitive advantage. Too many fall for this. If news really helped people advance, journalists would be at the top of the income pyramid.

Third, news is a waste of time. An average human being spends half a day each week reading about current affairs. This is a huge loss of productivity. Take the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai. Let’s say a billion people viewed the minute-by-minute updates and listened to the chatter of a few “experts” and “commentators.” Thus our conservative calculation: One billion people multiplied by an hour’s distraction equals one billion hours of work stoppage. News wasted around two thousand lives—ten times more than the attack.

I would predict that turning your back on news will benefit you as much as removing any of the other ninety-eight errors we have covered in the pages of this book. Read long background articles and books. Nothing beats books for understanding the world.

【1】How did the author feel at the beginning of his experiment?

A. He was in constant fear.

B. He enjoyed it very much.

C. He had a better vision about life.

D. He missed his friends and relatives.

【2】What does the underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Refuse to read news.

B. Select newscarefully.

C. Question news.

D. Help circulate news.

【3】In the author’s opinion, news ________.

A. represents a competitive advantage

B. offers a mental map of the world

C. leads to a loss of productivity

D. brings journalists’ income up

【4】What’s the main purpose of writing the passage?

A. To offer tips on choosing news.

B. To advocate giving up reading news.

C. To share experiences on avoiding news.

D. To criticize media’s misleading choice of news.

22、Is beauty something always positive? Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive（主管的） circle, beauty can become a disadvantage.

While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.

All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the manly qualities required.

This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, ” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates（候选人）. She asked 125 college students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.

The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.

【1】 In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ________.

A. makes women look more honest and capable

B. strengthens the manly qualities required

C. often enables women to succeed quickly

D. is of no importance to women

【2】Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _____.

A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men

B. has as little effect on men as on women

C. affects men and women alike

D. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

【3】According to the passage, people’s views on beauty are often _____.

A. practical     B. one – sided

C. old fashioned D. supportive

【4】 The passage is mainly about _____.

A. the advantages of being attractive

B. the disadvantages of being attractive

C. equal rights for women

D. the importance of appearance

23、Feel Happier Today

When I learned that the most popular course in the history of Yale University—a psychology class designed to teach students how to become happier—was available online to anyone who wanted to take it, I decided I had to see what it was all about. After all, I’ve been writing about happiness for years, offering techniques and advice from researchers who found that this idea or that habit can boost well-being. I was curious to see what Yale professor Laurie Santos was recommending, but I assumed I’d already be familiar with many of the concepts. So I invited my husband, Ian, to take the course with me. I wanted to see how someone who hadn’t heard it all before reacted.

Santos’s online course consists of 19 hours of video lectures and is supposed to take ten weeks to complete, but Ian and I spent three months soaking up what she had to offer. We learned that the things we tend to think will make us happier—bigger paychecks, nicer homes, slimmer bodies—don’t actually add joy to our lives. But practices such as exercising more, socializing, getting enough sleep, and enjoying free time over making money do. “These constant practices are really what’s required to increase your happiness,” Santos told me after Ian and I completed her course. “It’s like a tire that you put air into. Occasionally it leaks, and you have to put more air into it. It’s not a one-time thing where you learn it and you’re good. You actually have to put the work in.”

Although part of the course focuses on the desire to get good grades and land the perfect job, we realized that these lessons aren’t helpful just for college students; Ian and I are both middle-aged, with six children between us, and most of what Santos said was relevant to us. “What the science suggests is that these tips apply cross-culturally, across ages, and no matter what job you have,” Santos says. After taking the course, I’m convinced that anyone who adopts and practices the strategies that Santos suggests can truly become happier.

【1】What does the underlined part “boost well-being” in Paragraph I mean?

A．Focus on fitness.

B．Improve happiness.

C．Make achievements.

D．Deal with stress.

【2】What is actually needed to make you happy, according to Santos?

A．Having much money to spend.

B．Having a good time at a party.

C．Living in a wonderful house.

D．Owning a beautiful figure.

【3】Which of the following statements does the writer agree with?

A．Her husband is expert at happiness.

B．She always knows the content of the course.

C．The course is not useful to college students.

D．The course is related to people of her age.

【4】What attitude does the writer have toward Santos’ strategies?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Indifferent.

D．Doubtful.

24、   Ant Forest, a green initiative by the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform Alipay, received the “U.N. Champions of the Earth” award, the UN’s highest environmental honor. It was given to Ant Forest for motivating half a billion people to adopt an eco-friendly and greener lifestyle, greatly contributing to ecological protection with the help of digital technology.

Alipay achieved this by inspiring its users to do environmentally-friendly things, such as walking, using public transportation, going paperless in the office and more to earn “green energy points”. These points can then be used to water and grow their own virtual young trees. After the virtual young trees have grown up on line, Ant Forest will plant real trees somewhere in China.

The number of Ant Forest users has reached 350 million, reducing 3 million tons of carbon dioxide. “Such programs are quite attractive to me. I feel satisfied to see a real tree planted just by doing some simple things such as riding bicycles and buying tickets online,” said an interviewee.

This initiative of Ant Forest is in line with the Chinese government’s strategy of a “Green Economy”. The country is taking aggressive actions in expanding its green coverage. Now, its efforts are paying off, with improved biodiversity and a healthier economic growth. Rare animal species have been spotted and forest parks are now popular attractions of tourism.

The planet is at a critical point which could result in natural disasters. It seems clear that unless governments, businesses and people form a focused team, it’s difficult to stop global warming. Fortunately, Ant Forest shows that it is possible to make joint efforts while relying on digital technology. And more initiatives are using technology to contribute to a sustainable future of the planet.

【1】What was Ant Forest given the award for?

A.It brings convenience to people’s lives.

B.It is run by the world’s leading payment platform.

C.It technically assists many people to protect ecology.

D.It has made the greatest contribution to global development.

【2】What is paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.How Alipay makes profits.

B.How Ant Forest is carried out.

C.What a low-carbon life is like.

D.Why Alipay takes up the initiative.

【3】What can we infer from the text?

A.350 million people have planted real trees.

B.Promoting tourism can help save animals.

C.China keeps a balance between economy and ecology.

D.The expansion of green coverage mainly results from Ant Forest.

【4】How docs Ant Forest contribute to the sustainable future?

A.By criticizing natural disasters.

B.By stopping the global warming.

C.By providing a platform to make joint efforts.

D.By encouraging people to donate money to plant trees.

25、Argentina canceled all international passenger flights because of global lockdown. But Juan Manuel Ballestero, a sailor_______ to face “the end of the world ” away from his family, especially his_______ who was soon 90. So he loaded his sailboat—the Skua and set sail _______ in mid-March across the Atlantic.

Friends tried to _______ the dangerous journey from the mind of Ballestero, but he was _______ . He said jokingly, “I bought myself a_______ ticket, and there was no going back.” His relatives,_______to Ballestero’s life style, knew it was no use _______ to talk him out of it. “The_______ of not knowing where he was for days was very disturbing. But we had no________ that this was going to turn out well,” said his mother. “________ , he’d spent his entire career at sea.”

The solo (独自的) trip was really ________ for him. He once tried to read for comfort, only to ________ his panic and anxiety. On a particularly trying day, he spotted a skua flying nearby, the bird his boat is________. “It was as if the bird was there to ________ me. So I kept going,” he said. He was also amazed at groups of fish swimming alongside him for miles. One day,________   of canned food, he considered catching a fish for change, but he had sudden ________ to do that. He didn’t want to kill his “partner”.

Finally, though he had missed his father’s 90th birthday, Ballestero ________ it home in time for their annual family reunion in June. “Entering my homeland’s port gave me the taste of a task ________ ,” he said. “I come to my home. It’s human. I always have the________ to be with them. ”

【1】

A．refused

B．dared

C．intended

D．hesitated

【2】

A．grandfather

B．grandmother

C．father

D．mother

【3】

A．unwillingly

B．secretly

C．again

D．alone

【4】

A．excuse

B．dismiss

C．keep

D．choose

【5】

A．determined

B．ambitious

C．energetic

D．active

【6】

A．flight

B．passage

C．one-way

D．round-trip

【7】

A．sensitive

B．adaptable

C．opposed

D．accustomed

【8】

A．managing

B．attempting

C．promising

D．agreeing

【9】

A．urgency

B．risk

C．consequence

D．uncertainty

【10】

A．doubt

B．idea

C．surprise

D．expectation

【11】

A．In addition

B．In fact

C．After all

D．Above all

【12】

A．meaningful

B．challenging

C．impressive

D．plain

【13】

A．overcome

B．relieve

C．ignore

D．increase

【14】

A．shaped into

B．named after

C．based on

D．dealt with

【15】

A．perform

B．cheer

C．convince

D．protect

【16】

A．tired

B．short

C．free

D．nervous

【17】

A．motivation

B．thought

C．unwillingness

D．inspiration

【18】

A．made

B．got

C．took

D．hit

【19】

A．arranged

B．postponed

C．withdrawn

D．finished

【20】

A．plan

B．choice

C．desire

D．tendency

26、进入高三以来，小明的学习成绩不理想。父母为了帮助他学习，采取了陪读的方式（accompany their kid studying）。他们给自己的孩子制订了学习计划，并每天检查孩子的学习，督促他按时完成学习任务，陪孩子学习到深夜…

请以此写一篇作文，内容必须包括：

1.简要描叙上述情景。

2.就上述关于父母陪读的做法谈谈你的看法。

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