2025-2026学年宁夏银川高二(上)期末试卷英语

1、_________ that causes heavy haze sweeping over china remains unknown to many scientists.

A. what it is B. what is it

C. who is it D. who it is

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

A.occupy B.handle C.ignore D.observe

3、I was watching Time of Chief Editor_______Phoenix Satellite TV at that time

A． at B． to C． for D． on

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

A．at

B．in

C．with

D．to

5、Sam has been appointed_____ manager of the engineering department to take _____ place of George.

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

6、To learn English effectively, you should not only have a good command of the grammar, but understand the culture ____ it is spoken.

A.which B.when C.whom D.where

7、Under the new schedule, teachers of primary and secondary schools must _____each class on time instead of adding extra lessons．

A. cancel   B. advocate

C. postpone   D. Dismiss

8、 Last year alone, the temporary unemployment insurance lifted 2.5 million people out of poverty, and ________ the blow for many more.

A. corrected   B. cushioned

C. compensated  D. corresponded

9、________ the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand.

A．So

B．Because

C．As

D．Since

10、On the bus I saw a student________ I believed was your brother.

A．whom

B．who

C．whoever

D．which

11、Who ______ the fight against the H1N1 flu ______ it not been for the Chinese scientists’ great efforts?

A. could have won; had   B. would win; had   C. would have won; has   D. could win; has

12、 With alcohol and drugs _______ out of their life, the post-1990s young people now tend to develop healthier hobbies.

A. kicked  B. to kick

C. having kicked  D. Kick

13、— They are said to have been familiar with each other.

— But they_________. They were introduced only hours ago.

A. may not have been  B. couldn’t have been

C. mustn’t have been  D. needn’t have been

14、 _____________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.

A. That   B. Which   C. What D. As

15、I was once ashamed to admit my weakness, but now I have no such feeling and I _____myself much discomfort.

A． bring   B． save

C． offer   D． promise

16、— I promise her daughter ____ get a nice present on her birthday．

— Will it be a big surprise to her?

A． should   B． must   C． would   D． shall

17、Their requirement that he     one year's experience is reasonable.

A. had   B. has

C. have   D. would have

18、He left a career in teaching to ________ a position with the Arts Council.

A．take off

B．take up

C．take down

D．take in

19、______  you can make your dream come true depends on hard work more than luck.

A. Whether   B. That

C. What   D. How

20、--- How old can you guess your new English teacher is?

--- It’s hard to say．But I guess him to be _________ between 35 and 40.

A. anything   B. anywhere   C. anybody   D. anyway

21、

【1】Which way is most suitable for Mary, who can just spare one day to travel around Singapore?

A.Night Safari. B.DUCK.

C.City Sightseeing. D.Flyer.

【2】If David and his 9-year-old son are both animal lovers, they had better dial ______ for more information before their tour.

A.6338-6877 B.6338-6859

C.6338-3311 D.6338-6826

【3】Mr. Smith is going to take his wife, his 13-year-old daughter and his 1-year-old son to visit Singapore at their own leisurely pace, he should get at least ______ ready.

A.$89 B.$99

C.$91 D.$101

【4】Which organization in Singapore is most likely to issue the information above?

A.Education Commission. B.Health Department.

C.Transportation Bureau. D.Tourism Bureau.

22、Can people in developing countries benefit from free trade? I quite think so. The most common advantage of free trade is fewer or no barriers between countries. This allows a freer flow of labor and goods between member countries. As free trade agreements become more common around the world, the positive influence on developing countries has been considered as one of the greatest successes of them. There are several advantages for developing countries that take part in free trade.

As developed countries are able to move their operations into developing countries, new job opportunities open up for local workers. Increased levels of employment lead to a higher standard of living and more consumer purchasing. This finally does good to the country's economy and may help to develop locally-owned businesses. As locally-owned businesses develop, more local people can find jobs there.

Child labor exists in developing countries for many reasons, but one of the main reasons is lack of technology. Free trade allows companies to spend more money on equipment and pay higher wages to adult workers. With higher family incomes, children are able to attend school rather than work.

Not only does free trade allow foreign-owned companies to establish themselves in developing countries, it also allows native companies to sell products to foreign markets. This is particularly true for small businesses in developing countries. These companies no longer have to worry about barriers to market entry and can sell their products freely.

An increase in employment levels and incomes in developing countries can lead to better medical care there. The final result is an increase in the average life span and a drop in infant deaths.

As is shown above, we can say that free trade really benefits developing countries.

【1】What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Positive advantages.

B．Developing countries.

C．Free trade agreements.

D．Barriers between countries.

【2】According to Paragraph 2, free trade allows developing countries to have ________.

A．more higher-skilled jobs

B．higher employment rates

C．higher market competitiveness

D．more foreign-owned companies

【3】If developing countries take part in free trade, children there ________.

A．don't have to work

B．can receive higher wages

C．don't have to attend school

D．can learn more about new technologies

【4】What does the writer mean by saying the underlined part in Paragraph 4?

A．Small businesses can get more skilled employees.

B．Free trade provides small businesses with new markets.

C．Foreign-owned companies can sell their products to developing countries.

D．Free trade can lead to greater competition between foreign and local companies.

23、We can video chat with astronauts aboard the International Space Station and watch live footage from the frozen heights of Everest. But communicating with a submarine (潜艇) or a diver is not so easy. The lack of practical methods for sharing data between underwater and airborne devices has long been a frustration for scientists. The difficulty stems from the fact that radio signals work perfectly in air travel but poorly in water. Sonar (声呐) signals used by underwater sensors reflect off the surface of the water rather than reaching the air.

Now, researchers at MIT have developed a method with the potential to revolutionize underwater communication. “What we’ve shown is that it’s actually feasible to communicate from underwater to the air,” says Fadel Adib, a professor at MJT’s Media Lab, who led the research. The MIT researchers designed a system that uses an underwater machine to send sonar signals to the surface, making vibrations (震动) corresponding to the 1s and 0s of the data. A surface receiver then reads and decodes these tiny vibrations. The researchers call the system TARF. It has any number of potential real-world uses, Adib says. It could be used to find downed planes underwater by reading signals from sonar devices in a plane’s black box and it could allow submarines to communicate with the surface.

Right now the technology is low-resolution (低分辨率). The initial study was conducted in the MIT swimming pool at maximum depths of around 11 or 12 feet. The next steps for the researchers are to see if TARF is workable at much greater depths and under varying conditions—high waves, storms, schools of fish. They also want to see if they can make the technology work in the other direction— air to water.

If the technology proves successful in real-world conditions, expect “texting while diving” to be the latest underwater fashion.

【1】What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 1?

A．The future of video chat underwater and in air.

B．The difficulty of communication from water to air.

C．The frustrations of developing underwater devices.

D．The current situation of communicating with a submarine.

【2】What does the underlined word “feasible” mean?

A．Convenient.

B．Changeable.

C．Achievable.

D．Alternative.

【3】What do we know about TARF?

A．It is widely used to find downed planes.

B．It can work well at great depths underwater.

C．It is an underwater machine that sends signals.

D．It can send, receive and read signals from underwater.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．The Real-world Uses of Sonar Technology.

B．Full Air-to-water Communication Closer to Reality.

C．TARF Becoming a New Means of Communication.

D．A Breakthrough in the Application of Submarines.

24、The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better. Cai Jigang, a professor from Fudan University said, “The reform shows China is to give students more test-taking chances. But more chances might become more of a burden since Chinese students are likely to repeat the test until they get the highest score.”

“In my opinion, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” said Yu Lizhong, chancellor of New York University Shanghai, “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, canhave different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system.”

Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.

The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years. But parents with younger children are concerned. Zhang Hui, the mother of a fourth-grade girl at Pudong Zhuyuan Primary School, said English was her daughter’s strength, so canceling the English test would not favor her child.

【1】What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.

B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of Chinese “Gaokao”.

C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.

D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime

【2】According to the passage, some Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.

A. the new exam and admission system will make no difference

B. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance exam

C. the reform may accomplish the very opposite

D. Western educational system does not apply to China

【3】According to Yu Lizhong, _______________.

A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.

B. Whether students should study English hard may depend on their major.

C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.

D. English must be close to full mark.

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

A. To advise students not to devote themselves to learning English.

B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.

C. To support Education Department’s act of removing English from “Gaokao”

D. To report people’s opinions on English being removed from “Gaokao”

25、There was a businessman who was deep in debt and could see no way out.

He sat on the park bench, head in hands,______if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.

Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is______you.” he said.

After listening to the executive, the old man said: “I believe I can help you.”

He asked the man his name, wrote out a______, and pushed it into his hand saying: “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.”

Then he turned and disappeared as______as he had come.

The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500,000,______by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!

“I can______my money worries in an instant!” he realized. But______, he decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the______to work out a way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed______, he negotiated better deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the______with the uncashed check. At the______time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to______the check and share his success story, a______came running up and grabbed the old man.

“I’m so delighted I______him!” she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He’s______escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.”

And she led the old man away______the arm.

The businessman just stood there,______.All year long he’d been buying and selling.______he had half a million dollars behind him.

Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money, real or______, that had turned his life around. It was his______self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

【1】A. wondering   B. suspecting   C. estimating   D. hesitating

【2】A. attacking   B. disturbing   C. interrupting   D. amusing

【3】A. number   B. note   C. letter   D. check

【4】A. calmly   B. quietly   C. quickly   D. proudly

【5】A. signed   B. handed   C. drawn   D. deposited

【6】A. lose   B. remove   C. face   D. ignore

【7】A. instead   B. therefore   C. rather   D. meanwhile

【8】A. weakness   B. belief   C. urge   D. strength

【9】A. creativity   B. permission   C. optimism   D. curiosity

【10】A. hospital   B. company   C. street   D. park

【11】A. advanced   B. appointed   C. announced   D. delayed

【12】A. hand back   B. give out   C. put out   D. turn over

【13】A. policeman   B. banker   C. nurse   D. guard

【14】A. beat   B. cheated   C. pushed   D. caught

【15】A. never   B. seldom   C. always   D. occasionally

【16】A. on   B. in   C. by   D. at

【17】A. exhausted   B. astonished   C. disappointed   D. excited

【18】A. convinced   B. informed   C. reminded   D. warned

【19】A. created   B. imagined   C. discovered   D. donated

【20】A. long-lost   B. non-existent   C. ever-lasting   D. newly-found

26、近日，全国都在提倡垃圾分类，你所在的学校也积极响应。假设你叫李津，作为学生会主席，需要你向全体同学发表一篇演讲，内容包括：

1. 垃圾分类的意义

2. 在学校如何进行垃圾分类（如将可回收垃圾单独收集）

3. 希望大家积极参与

请你根据以上提示，增加细节，写一篇不少于100词的演讲稿。

注意：

1. 文章的开头已经给出

2. 参考词汇：垃圾分类rubbish classification

My fellow students:

I’m Li Jin, chairman of the Students’ Union.

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