2025-2026学年台湾新竹高一(上)期末试卷英语

1、I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____what colour it was.

A.make out B.look to C.look out D.take in

2、To his disappointment, not a single gift _____ on his birthday．

A. he received   B. had he received

C. did he receive   D. received he

3、I would appreciate ____ if you could come and help me with my work.

A. that   B. it   C. this   D. one

4、—________ come Dave's home? Isn't he feeling well?

— Sorry, I have no idea either.

A．How

B．What

C．When

D．Where

5、---I'm emailing Aaron about the details of the party on Saturday.

--- ______ we will see him tomorrow.

A. why not? B. So what?

C. What if? D. Why bother?

6、 The results of the experiment proved to be very good, _________ was more than we expected.

A. which   B. what

C. that   D. this

7、The Romany prefer to move and stay in small groups________ they can protect and preserve their culture and freedom.

A. even though B. as if

C. as soon as   D. so that

8、Some new ideas sometimes have to wait for years before _______.

A．fully accepting

B．are fully accepted

C．being fully accepted

D．having fully accepted

9、—How long do you think it will be _____ we totally control the pandemic?

—Hard to say, but COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is reportedly more than 90 percent effective.

A.before B.when C.until D.since

10、The river ______ such heavy pollution already, so it may now be too late to clean it up.

A．has suffered

B．has happened

C．has offered

D．has filled

11、We haven’t settled the question of __________it is necessary for him to study abroad.

A. if   B. where

C. whether   D. that

12、In my opinion, this kind of dress     professional women like you and me. Don't you think so?

A.doesn't fit B.won't fit for C.doesn't suit D.isn't suited for

13、His mother made Greg orange juice every day, _______would help his recovery.

A. which   B. who   C. when   D. that

14、—Douglas is having to miss the school concert because he’s ill.

—Oh,   ________! He has been expecting it so much.

A．far from it

B．that’s a shame

C．never mind

D．I didn’t get it.

15、Investors are also concerned that once the economy improves, people might lose ______  interest in further education.

A. 不填   B. a

C. an   D. the

16、Don’t hesitate to make a decision, ________ you’ll let such a golden opportunity slip through your fingers.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

17、His dream of retiring in England ended finally because he hadn’t _________ his poor ability to adapt to the changeable cold weather there.

A. stood for   B. settled for   C. allowed for   D. answered for

18、All kinds of magazines and research papers are ______ with the aim of feeding readers’ appetite for specific knowledge.

A. made out   B. put out

C. pull out   D. taken out

19、The class teacher was anxious to hear one of his top students _____ because of family move．

A． will leave   B． is leaving

C． was leaving   D． has left

20、 While Peking Opera is widely regarded as a symbol of Chinese culture, it has been losing young audiences due to its __________ outdated style and slow rhythm.

A. responsibly B. relatively

C. plainly   D. deliberately

21、Six years ago, as the Paris Accord was agreed at the 21st UN climate conference, the French hosts wisely insisted on an item urging countries to match promises with deeds.

Having committed to try to hold global temperature rises “well below” 2℃ compared to preindustrial times, governments were commanded to produce updated plans in 2020, showing how they would actually achieve that goal.

This year’s extreme weather events—the terrible heatwaves, wildfires and floods that have made headlines across the globe—are evidence that the destructive consequences of global heating are happening faster than expected and on a larger scale. The world today is 1.1-1.2℃ hotter than in the preindustrial era. Heating beyond 1.5℃ would deliver even more devastating droughts and crop failures. It would increase the chances of greater famine and ecosystem collapse.

The European Union has suggested new law on industrial emissions, transport and carbon-intensive imports, designed to cut emissions to 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. These moves reflect a delayed sense of urgency; but time is running out in the race to close the gap between the total emissions cuts proposed by countries and the level actually required.

Cop26 is unlikely to produce the drama of a Paris-style breakthrough; but it must pave the way for concerted global action to speed up emissions cuts. Concrete measures are required in areas such as consuming less coal, reducing methane gas emissions preserving forests and lands, and financing climate improvement in developing nations.

What is done and left undone this decade will determine the fate of future generations. As a UN pre-summit spokesman put it last week, “Eight years to make the plans, put in place the policies, carry out them and ultimately deliver the cuts. The clock is ticking loudly.”

【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To make a comparison.

B．To lead in the topic.

C．To introduce the Paris Accord.

D．To present an idea.

【2】What is the major cause of extreme weather events?

A．Industry development.

B．Crop failures.

C．Global warming.

D．Ecosystem destruction.

【3】How is the task of emissions cuts according to the spokesman?

A．Impossible.

B．Urgent.

C．Vital.

D．Hopeful.

【4】What’s the best title of this passage?

A．High time to cut emissions now

B．The 26th UN climate conference

C．Measures to reduce emissions

D．Global action to save the world

22、This month millions of American kids can forget about classroom bells and set off for grandparents’ homes, sleep-away camps and life guard stands. But summer vacation hasn’t always been a birth right of U.S. school children. Before the Civil War, schools operated on one of two calendars(日历), neither of which included a summer vacation. Rural(农村的) schooling was divided into summer and winter terms, leaving kids free to help with the farm work in the spring planting and fall harvest seasons. Urban students, meanwhile, regularly had as many as 48 weeks of study a year, with one break per quarter.

In the 1840s, however, educational reformers like Horace Mann moved to combine the two calendars out of concern that rural schooling was not enough and that overusing of young minds could lead to nervous disorders. Summer appeared as the obvious time for a break：it offered a rest for teachers, fit in the farming calendar and reduced doctors’ concern that packing students into hot classrooms would promote the spread of disease.

But people’s opinion about the modern U.S. school year, which averages 180 days, is still divided. Some experts say its pleasant but lazy summer break, which took hold in the early 20th century, is one of the reasons math skills and graduation rates of U.S. high schoolers ranked well below average in two international education reports published in 2007. Others insist that with children under increasing pressure to devote their downtime to internships(实习) or study, there’s still room for an institution that protects the lazy days of childhood.

【1】What did the rural school calendar before the Civil War allow children to do?

A. Enjoy a summer vacation.

B. Take a break each quarter.

C. Have 48 weeks of study a year.

D. Assist their parents with farm work.

【2】What did the educational reformers do in the 1840s?

A. They introduced summer vacation.

B. They shortened rural school terms.

C. They promoted the study of farming.

D. They advocated higher pay for teachers.

【3】Why are some people unhappy about the modern U.S. school year?

A. It pushes the teachers too hard.   B. It reduces the quality of education.

C. It ignores science instruction.   D. It includes no time for internships.

23、Streaming (流媒体) first became popular in 2005, thanks to YouTube. Nowadays nearly three quarters of American households subscribe to at least one video streaming service. With almost 200 million subscribers worldwide and a billion hours of content viewed each week, Netflix is by far the biggest paid service. No. 2 is Amazon Prime Video. But for every Goliath, there are a hundred Davids. Many smaller streaming services show nothing but sports, classic movies, or Japanese anime (动画片).

In the early days of steaming the appeal was the lower cost, and it still is. The average streamer spends $37 a month (and subscribes to three streaming platform, while the average cable (有线电视) user pays more than $200 per month. Still streaming has become more expensive in recent years. In 2019, Netflix raised the price of its basic service 12.5 percent, to $8.99 a month. A quarter of is subscribers, who protested price increases, said they would cancel their subscriptions. Few did.

A major reason: Streaming networks have become home to many of the most popular TV series, including recent Emmy winners. They offer full-length feature films as well, and last year, Netflix received more Oscar nominations (提名) than any other media company. In fact, streaming has changed the Oscar competition, at least for this year. Usually only films shown in theaters are considered, but because of the coronavirus, all movies released online in 2020 are qualified for the 2021 Academy Awards. That shift is especially good news for Disney, which is putting the much anticipated movie Mulan on its new streaming service, Disney+. But watching Mulan from your own home will cost $29.99---on top of the service's monthly fee of $6.99.

Too much streaming can have its disadvantages, however. There are those who binge-watch, a term Merriam-Webster added in 2017 with the definition “to watch many or all episodes of (a TV series) on end." Alejandro Fragoso from New York holds the Guinness World Record: 94 straight hours.

【1】What do the underlined words “Goliath" and “David" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．TV viewers.

B．TV programs.

C．Streaming subscribers.

D．Streaming services.

【2】Why did most Netflix subscribers continue their subscriptions?

A．They cannot go without it.

B．They think the low cost is a thing of the past.

C．Netflix has controlled the market.

D．They think it is good value for money.

【3】What does the good news in Paragraph 3 mean to Disney?

A．The movie Mulan can be released on Disney+.

B．The movie Mulan will generate great profits.

C．The movie Mulan can compete for an Oscar.

D．The movie Mulan will win an Oscar award.

【4】What do binge-watchers tend to do?

A．They start a new life.

B．They watch TV series continuously.

C．They break world records.

D．They watch TV series aimlessly

24、Pretty soon not even your dreams may be private anymore. Japanese scientists have learned how to interpret what you’re dreaming about by measuring your brain activity while you sleep. This data can then be connected to an algorithm that reconstructs your dream so that it can be played back for you when you’re awake, according to the journal Science. In other words, scientists have invented a sort of dream-reading machine. Before long, you may never have to worry about forgetting what you dreamed about ever again. You’ll be able to simply play your dreams back after you wake up in the morning.

The remarkable breakthrough makes use of a fairly straightforward idea: that when we visualize certain types of objects in our minds, our brains generate consistent neural patterns that can then be correlated with what is being visualized. For instance, when you imagine a chair, your brain fires in a pattern that occurs whenever a chair is visualized. An algorithm can then be used to tie the data from a brain scan to the appropriate correlated images. In this way your dream can be reconstructed. So far the research is still fairly basic—researchers only claim to get the dream right about 60 percent of the time—but it’s still an extraordinary turn for the science of the mind.

Here’s how the study worked. Subjects were first asked to hook themselves up to an electroencephalography (EEG) machine, then to fall asleep within an fMRI machine. Scientists used the EEG readings to identify when the subjects began to enter a dreaming phase. The subjects were then promptly woken up and asked to recall what they were dreaming about. This process was repeated nearly 200 times for each subject.

Later, the scientists processed this data and discovered that certain common types of objects from the subjects’ dreams could be correlated with brain patterns as recorded by the fMRI scans. They then used an Internet search engine to look for images that roughly matched the objects from the subjects’ dreams, and entered all of this information into a learning algorithm that improved the model even further. That algorithm was then able to use the data from the dreamers, fMRI scans to assemble videos from the Internet images, basically creating a primitive movie for each dream.

Again, the research is still in a basic phase. So far these videos only represent rough approximations of the images from the subjects’ dreams, but researchers claim that the machined predictions were still better than chance. Over time, the technology will improve as the algorithm learns. The research could eventually revolutionize how dreams are interpreted and understood. Scientists may even find out valuable clues about what the mysterious function of dreaming is in the first place.

【1】Which of the following statements is true about dream-reading machine?

A．It can make your dream come true.

B．It can rebuild your dream while you sleep.

C．It can help you remember your dream.

D．It can record your dream when you are awake.

【2】What does the author mainly want to tell us in paragraph 2?

A．How our dream can be rebuilt during sleep.

B．Patterns generated in our brain can be visualized.

C．Images can be visualized in our minds.

D．The data from a brain scan can build images.

【3】What does the underlined word “subjects” refer to in paragraph 3?

A．Main feature of a talk in the research.

B．People who were tested in an experiment.

C．Topics which happened in a conversation.

D．Courses that were studied in the process.

【4】In the experiment, the scientists used a learning algorithm to ________.

A．analyze how our brains generate consistent neural patterns

B．discover when the subjects began to enter a dreaming phase

C．visualize the common types of objects from the subjects’ dreams

D．make the images matching the objects from dreams into videos

【5】What’s the author’s attitude towards the machine’s predictions?

A．Doubtful.

B．Supportive.

C．Optimistic.

D．Tolerant.

25、   When October Books, a small bookshop, was moving to a new location down the street, it faced a problem. How could it move its entire stock to the new ________, without spending a lot of money or ________ for long?

The shop came up with a clever ________: They put out a call for ________ to act as a human conveyor belt (传送带). Having asked people who ________ the shop if they’d join in and help, they ________ perhaps 100 people to help.

"________, we had over 200 people turn out on that day, which was an amazing ________." Amy Brown, the shop’s staff, told NPR. Shoulder to shoulder, community members ________ a line 500 feet long.

Cafés _________ cups of tea to the volunteers. Passers-by asked what was ________, and then joined the chain themselves.

When it began, she was in the stockroom. "I was ________ books to people without seeing the entire of it. It was after about 20 minutes I went out and saw the _________ of the people," she said.

In just one hour, the community passed more than 2,000 _________, hand to hand, to the new shop.

"It was really sort of surprising and ________, and just a really moving experience to see people participating because they wanted to __________. And they wanted to be part of something ________," Brown said.

October Books has lots of __________ customers. It sells all kinds of books and some food and fair-trade _________. Its new location is being built out. There’s a lot to get ready for the shop’s next __________.

【1】A.spot B.scene C.debt D.square

【2】A.opening up B.closing down C.breaking out D.taking off

【3】A.service B.effect C.skill D.solution

【4】A.fans B.actors C.volunteers D.passers-by

【5】A.advertised B.ran C.frequented D.cleaned

【6】A.required B.expected C.allowed D.challenged

【7】A.However B.Gradually C.Similarly D.Immediately

【8】A.memory B.experiment C.process D.sight

【9】A.blocked B.formed C.jumped D.signed

【10】A.enjoyed B.lent C.promoted D.offered

【11】A.happening B.selling C.wondering D.giving

【12】A.sharing B.reading C.handing D.counting

【13】A.variety B.care C.silence D.range

【14】A.books B.dollars C.cups D.workers

【15】A.necessary B.positive C.relaxing D.objective

【16】A.leave B.move C.laugh D.help

【17】A.abnormal B.bigger C.free D.happier

【18】A.devoted B.romantic C.casual D.grateful

【19】A.reward B.hobby C.products D.delivery

【20】A.dilemma B.method C.chapter D.share

26、The summer holiday had come to an end before I knew it. Like any other kid, I came to a new school with a suitcase. There were six of us living in a small room about fifteen square meters. Luckily, everything went on well in the first three weeks.

A week ago, one of my roommates brought in a very large suitcase and placed it under her bed, but days later, she found something wrong with her suitcase. As we live on the ground floor, her case soon got wet. She took it out and after drying it up, she just put it on her desk because she had no other choices. I happened to be opposite her desk and her suitcase was so large that it not only occupied the whole of her desk but half of mine as well. I was very much annoyed, so I angrily pushed it forward without first talking to her about it. I pushed a bit too hard and the case fell off her desk, messing up everything it contained. On seeing this, she flew into a temper and angrily shouted at me. The quarrel started and lasted about two hours.

When I calmed down days later, I thought over the quarrel and began to see something. I should have talked to her about it first and then worked with her to find a solution to the problem. Living in a room with limited space, we should learn to get on well with one another.

【写作内容】

1．以30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2．用大约120词对“处理同学之间的矛盾”这个话题发表看法，内容包括：

1) 你喜欢寄宿学校吗？为什么？

2) 同一宿舍的同学之间常常会出现哪些问题？

3) 举例说明你或你的室友在矛盾出现后是怎么解决的。

【写作要求】

1．在作文中可以使用白己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。