2025-2026学年陕西宝鸡高二(上)期末试卷英语

1、The performance _____ nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.

A. covered   B. reached   C. played D. lasted

2、Mike is ________ than Tom.

A．tall

B．more tall

C．more taller

D．taller

3、 In today’s fiercely competitive society,； people only care about what achievements you _______, not your efforts.

A. had made   B. will make

C. would make   D. have made

4、The virus came without people’s being aware of it and it was _________ assumed to be a common one．But with more cases reported, it proved wrong.

A．precisely B．relatively   C．initially D．purely

5、I ________ my friend download a movie when the telephone rang.

A．help

B．helped

C．am helping

D．was helping

6、______, and we’ll arrive in Hangzhou, where we can enjoy the beauty of the West Lake.

A. Another hour      B. An hour later

C. After an hour  D. In an hour

7、--- Have they made the final decision?

--- Yes, but it’s _____ likely that they will change their mind again tomorrow.

A. rather than B. less than

C. other than   D. more than

8、More than one   the people heart and soul.

A. official has served   B. officials have served

C. official has served for   D. officials have served for

9、Many writers are devoted to creating a world,_____ readers find familiar and distant at the same time.

A.the one B.that C.it D.one

10、— I still haven’t made any progress in writing an English essay.

— ________. How can you expect to write a passage when you don’t understand the words?

A. Learn to walk before you run

B. Practice makes perfect

C. Don’t put the cart before the horse

D. Learn to fish but not just ask for fish

11、—I really appreciate your support.

—________ I am more than willing to offer help if I’m needed next time.

A．It’s my privilege.

B．That’s always the case.

C．You can say that again.

D．That’s really something.

12、I can do anything for my friends because friendship   everything.

A.explores B.excludes C.exploits D.exceeds

13、I ______ a letter once a week to my family when I was in my first college year.

A. write   B. was writing

C. have written   D. wrote

14、—You look fresh, so you ____ a nice Spring Festival.

—Actually, I have been a little tired with my homework.

A. should have had B. would have had

C. couldn’t have had D. must have had

15、She tries to   some money every month in order to buy a personal computer.

A. build up   B. put out

C. set off   D. set aside

16、Why do many students stick to private tutoring _____ they could easily master such knowledge at school?

A.unless B.before C.after D.when

17、With  the word “Tuhao” ______ appearing  in media  reports, people pay greater attention  to rich people’s life.

A. simply B.  constantly

C. generally   D. consequently

18、_______ human beings use it in a wrong way, like we did with nuclear technology, the advancement of science and technology has never led to decline of human development.

A. While   B. Unless

C. As long as   D. Before

19、China needs to strike a balance between maintaining a(n) _______ fast and stable development and making economic structural adjustment.

A. relatively   B. seemingly

C. approximately   D. apparently

20、People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this creates further problems________.

A．in case

B．in doubt

C．in turn

D．in short

21、   Goa is the official holiday destination of India. It is just the one-stop destination to fulfill all your desires and there are endless things that you can do. Here is a list of adventure sports and activities that you must definitely try. So, take a look.

Parasailing

Parasailing is one of the most famous adventure sports in Goa. Your parachute is attached to a motorboat and when the boat swings in with full momentum, you feel like you're flying like a bird.

Cost: INR 1000 per person

Duration: 5 —10 Minutes

Water Scooter

If you are a fan of speed and thrill then this sport is just for you. Riding a water scooter through the blue waters of Goa is like a dream coming true and that is why you should not miss out on the opportunity of doing it.

Cost: INR 200—300 per scooter

Duration: About 20 minutes

Windsurfing

Windsurfing is a combination of both sailing and surfing and is again, one of the very famous sports around the north Goa region. And if you are facing any issues with the same you might join a surfing coaching for being an expert at this sport.

Cost: INR 400—600

Duration: 1—2 hours

White Water Rafting

Why is it an adventure sport that is loved by people across the country? This sport is easily doable and is less risky. Plus, it does not require a lot of training before actually taking up. People who come with less time in hand, find white water rafting as one of their most favourite sports in Goa.

Cost: INR 1799 — 2499

Duration: 2 — 3 hours

【1】Which will you try if you are a speed fan?

A.Parasailing. B.Water Scooter.

C.Windsurfing. D.White Water Surfing.

【2】What can you learn about Windsurfing?

A.It lasts the longest hours. B.It's less demanding.

C.It needs specific training. D.It's the cheapest.

【3】Why is White Water Rafting most popular?

A.It's the most adventurous. B.It's least expensive.

C.It's an aerial sport. D.It's easy to handle.

22、Across Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers. But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.

Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as £172,000 a year.

The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. This would make their yearly income £30,000 more than the Prime Minister earns.

By analyzing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7 am and finished at around 11 pm.

To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at £48,98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”, with psychologist(心理学家) a close second.

It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 per cent making emotional(情感的) demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.

Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.

The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on Mother’s Day. The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. Investing(投入) in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.

【1】How much would a mother earn a year if working as the Prime Minister?

A. £30,000. B. £142,000.

C. £172,000.   C. £202,000.

【2】The biggest challenge for most mothers is from .

A. emotional demand

B. low pay for work

C. heavy workload

D. lack of training

【3】What is stressed in the last paragraph?

A. mothers’ importance shows in family all year long.

B. The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.

C. Mothers’ devotion to children can hardly be calculated.

D. Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.

【4】What can we conclude from the study?

A. Mothers’ working hours should be largely reduced.

B. Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.

C. Mothers’ labour is of a higher value than it is realized.

D. Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.

23、Since first appearing in India in late 2020, the Delta variant( 变体) of SARS-CoV-2 has become the predominant(主要的) strain in much of the world. Researchers might now know why Delta has been so successful: people with Dleta produce more virus than those infected with the original version of SARS-CoV-2, making it very easy to spread.

According to current estimates, the Delta variant could be more than twice as transmissible as the original strain of SARS-CoV-2. To find out why, epidemiologist Jing Lu and his colleagues tracked 62 people who were quarantined(隔离) after exposure to COVID-19 and who were the first people in mainland China with Delta.

The team tested study participants' “viral load”—a measure of the density of viral particles (微粒) in the body --- every day throughout the course of infection to see how it changed over time. Researchers then compared participants, infection patterns with those of 63 people who contracted the original SARS-CoV-2 strain in 2020.

In a preprint posted 12 July, the researchers report that virus was first detectable in people with the Delta variant four days after exposure, compared with an average of six days among people with the original strain, suggesting that Delta replicates much faster. Individuals with Delta also had viral loads up to 1,260 times higher than those in people infected with the original strain.

The combination of a high number of viruses and a short incubation(潜伏期) period makes sense as an explanation for Delta' s heightened transmissibility. And the short incubation makes contact tracing more difficult in countries such as China, which systematically tracks each infected person's contacts and require them to quarantine. “Putting it all together, Delta's really difficult to stop," epidemiologist Cowling says. A number of other questions about the Delta variant remain unanswered.

【1】Why did Jing Lu and his colleagues do the research?

A．To reproduce the variants of the virus.

B．To figure out the reasons for the super-spreading of Delta.

C．To examine the Delta virus and the original strain.

D．To test the effectiveness of the method.

【2】How did the team do the research?

A．They tested the changes of the density of viral particles in the subject's body while infected.

B．They compared the participants with a high number of viruses and those with a short incubation period.

C．They merely systematically tracked each infected person's contacts.

D．They required the infected individual to be isolated at home.

【3】What does the underlined part“replicate" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．expose

B．vary

C．multiply

D．track

【4】What is Cowling' s attitude toward the situation of Delta?

A．indifferent.

B．positive.

C．objective.

D．concerned.

24、Does the Body Burn Fat When You Are Hungry?

Your body stores fat as a way to help protect you against starvation if you can’t take in enough food. However, your fat reserve isn’t the first place your body goes for food. Instead, it reaches out for sugar for energy. 【1】

Hunger is normally a reflection that your body has used up energy from recent food you ate and has moved onto getting energy from sugar in your blood. 【2】 The more sugar you take in, the more fuel your body has to use before it reaches out to the fat stores. If your body doesn’t have enough sugar to supply the energy it needs, it begins to burn fat when you’re hungry instead.

Missing meals and going hungry can change your metabolism (新陈代谢) so it stores fat instead of burning it. 【3】 However, if you skip meals for several days and severely lower your calorie (卡路里) intake, your body begins to store as much fat as possible.

【4】 Your body burns up sugar stored in your system and begins to burn fat as you continue to exercise. However, exercising when you’re hungry won’t help you burn fat faster. A recent study shows that the body burns the same amount of fat regardless of whether you are hungry when you exercise.

Staying hungry all day won’t necessarily help you burn fat, but cutting calories is key to losing weight. 【5】 Snack (吃点心) in between meals to keep your metabolism working all day, which helps it burn more fat than if it’s allowed to slow down when it’s not meal time. Snacking in between meals can help you control your meal sizes at meal time.

A. Exercise is key to burning fat.

B. You shouldn’t cut out food to cut calories.

C. This doesn’t happen in a day of missing meals.

D. Just being hungry doesn’t mean your body is burning fat.

E. If you take in less food than your body burns, you’ll lose weight.

F. Your body stores sugar in case you need it when you feel hungry.

G. Eat five or six small meals throughout the day instead of three large ones.

25、   Brenda Bongos was a girl with one big ambition- to play the drums in a band. But a(n)________lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to lots of________people in a care home. The sound of beating drums would really annoy them.

Brenda was________. She always tried to find a way of practicing her drums without bothering other people, but without success. However,________to practice as much as she could, Brenda tried all kinds of ways.

One day, while watching a science documentary, she heard that________cannot travel in space without air. At that moment, Brenda bongos decided to become a________astronaut.

So Brenda built a space bubble connected with a machine, which drew out all air. Inside was a________of drums. Once inside, Brenda________the machine and played like mad!

It wasn't long before she had become________. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble.________ afterwards she started giving concerts out of the bubble.________ Brenda became a real musical astronaut as the government asked her to be part of a space journey, and had gone far beyond her first________of playing drums in a band.

When asked how she had________all this, she said, “If those old people next-door hadn't________so much to me, I wouldn’t have gone to such ________to find a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.

【1】A.question B.obstacle C.figure D.hand

【2】A.sick B.local C.elderly D.poor

【3】A.delightful B.wonderful C.awful D.respectful

【4】A.scared B.thrilled C.determined D.encouraged

【5】A.light B.sound C.air D.heat

【6】A.classical B.musical C.medical D.physical

【7】A.part B.pair C.couple D.set

【8】A.turned on B.put on C.got on D.held on

【9】A.mature B.skillful C.famous D.confident

【10】A.Hardly B.Shortly C.Rarely D.Swiftly

【11】A.Finally B.Generally C.Suddenly D.Fortunately

【12】A.effort B.performance C.ambition D.attempt

【13】A.gained B.done C.got D.achieved

【14】A.mattered B.related C.owed D.talked

【15】A.classes B.places C.difficulties D.lengths

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

One day Officer Jackson and Steve were discussing a serious case when they were informed of a disturbance (骚乱) in the nearby subway. So, they walked out of the station and got into their car.

The two officers had expected they’d have to deal with an annoying beggar troubling the passers-by for money. But when they arrived at the crime scene, they were shocked at the beggar’s appearance. The man had tears in his eyes and was sitting on the subway stairs, looking untidy and tired.

“Excuse me, sir,” Officer Jackson said. “You can’t stay here, nor can you bother the people to give you money. You have to leave this place.”

“Look, officers,” the man sighed. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to cause any trouble, okay? I lost my cane (拐杖), and I can’t walk without it. I wanted a few cents so I could get myself something to eat.”

The two officers exchanged looks, knowing the man wasn’t a disturbance but someone who really needed their help. So they promised to get him food, buy him a cane, and drop him home.

After doing that, the officers drove to the beggar’s home, only to discover he had no home at all. He was just wandering in the streets and living off the leftovers he managed to find.

The poor man said his name was Eugene. When he was working at a skyscraper construction site, he was injured and became disabled, losing his ability to walk. Unfortunately, his disability forbade him from doing physical labor, and he wasn’t well-educated to find a desk job, so he remained jobless. Because he couldn’t provide for his family, his wife and children left him. “I don’t have any hopes of changing my destiny (命运), officers,” the man said.

But Officer Jackson wanted Eugene to change his life. “You’re still young,” he said.

“You can’t lose hope so soon. He brought him something warm to eat, helped him take a shower, and gave him his warm boots. After his work, Officer Jackson drove Eugene to a shelter for the homeless and left.

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Since that day, Eugene had never expected to meet the two officers again.

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A few months later, Eugene was a changed man.

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