湖南湘西2025届高二英语下册一月考试题

1、The word "media" basically refers to ________ we commonly call newspapers, magazines, radios and televisions.

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．where

2、Born into a family with three brothers, David was   to value the sense of sharing.

A.brought out B.brought in C.brought about D.brought up

3、People are encouraged to speak openly，but careless words are ________to hurt others’ feelings.

A．possible

B．probable

C．likely

D．sure

4、With my friend, who is a mechanic, ______ me, I’m sure this second-hand motorbike will soon be as good as new.

A.having helped B.helping C.helped D.helps

5、The international community reached an agreement on banning the use of biological weapons after World War I, ________ Germany, the United Kingdom and   France used such weapons, leading to heavy casualties( 伤亡).

A．from which

B．in that

C．during which

D．with which

6、William Shakespeare is generally believed ______ all plays himself.

A.to write B.to have written C.writing D.writing

7、It was not until spring 2008, when Sarah and Brown shared a flight between London and Washington, ________they got to know each other properly.

A．where

B．what

C．before

D．that

8、He claimed to be American, but his accent ____.

A. gave him away B. turned him up

C. brought him up D. took him away

9、He asked a lot of questions, most of ______ had nothing to do with his study.

A. that B. which C. them D. what

10、My father doesn’t mean to sign any agreement without ________ his lawyer.

A．discussing

B．advising

C．deciding

D．consulting

11、It’s hard to imagine that a white man should become the driver of a black man, serving and ________ him all the way to the south of the USA in the 1960s.

A.approving B.agreeing

C.attending D.accepting

12、— Why are you so angry with her?

— She gave in to ________ and opened my hand bag without my permission.

A.comfort B.patience C.curiosity D.passage

13、You were very impolite to him, for _____ you should make an apology to him, I think.

A.this B.which C.what D.that

14、We were greatly amused by ________.

A.what you have told us B.which you had told us

C.what you told us D.that you told us

15、– But for your timely warning, we _______ into great trouble.

– You know we’re friends.

A.would get B.must have got C.would have got D.have got

16、When I arrived at the cinema, they told me they ______ all the tickets. What a pity!

A．have sold out

B．had sold out

C．would sell out

D．sell out

17、He is always full of ______ as though he never knew tiredness.

A.strength B.energy C.force D.spirit

18、He explained ______ for his father's birthday party.

A.why was he late B.why is he late

C.why he is late D.why he was late

19、—Do you like pop music?

—Yes, I do. ______ I am a super fan of it.

A.Instead B.Actually C.Hardly D.Nearly

20、I can’t meet you on Sunday. I’ll be _____ occupied.

A.also B.just C.though D.otherwise

21、Not only his children but also the old man ________ himself with welfare projects.

A. is concerned B. concerns C. are concerned D. concern

22、The football match has been _____ until tomorrow because of bad weather.

A.put forward B.put off C.put down D.put on

23、—Remember to lock the door when you leave.

—_____.

A．I’m going to

B．I shall

C．I will

D．I have to

24、They _______ on the earth tens of thousands of years ago, _______ humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.

A.had lived, long before B.had lived, long ago

C.lived, long before D.lived, before long

25、The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see___________ the next year.

A．carry out

B．carrying out

C．carried out

D．to carry out

26、The old Chinese saying "as happy as spending the New Year" might be outdated now in the busy modern world. The Spring Festival is regarded as the most important festival for Chinese people and an occasion for all family members to get together, like Christmas in the West. But many traditional customs accompanying the Spring Festival, however, have weakened in practice.

Setting off fireworks was once the most typical custom of the Spring Festival. People thought the sputtering(爆裂) sound could help drive away evil spirits. However, the activity has been completely or partially forbidden in big cities for years as the government has taken security, noise and pollution factors into consideration.

"In recent years, some cities have begun to allow people to light fireworks during limited hours at the Spring Festival, surrendering to(屈从于) public demand. Respecting folk traditions is a gesture of respect toward public opinion," said Zhou Xing, a folklore researcher.

"As people gain more income and it becomes easier to buy daily goods, the New Year holiday is just like any other. After long workdays, many people use the New Year holiday to take a rest, rather than visiting friends and neighbors. The process of making and enjoying the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve is the most important thing. However, many families would like to eat out to save time and energy," said Li Shunzhi, a resident of Harbin, Heilongjiang.

"I enjoy the holidays very much in the countryside. My family has been preparing for the Spring Festival more than two weeks before the holiday, cleaning the house, buying holiday goods and decorating the house with paper cuttings. On New Year’s Eve, the whole family stays up to see the New Year in, and in the days to follow, a series of activities such as lion dancing, dragon lantern dancing, lantern festivals and temple fairs will be held. Without the ancient traditions, the holiday is nothing to us," said Zhang Hui, from Hebei.

【1】Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A．Setting off fireworks has been forbidden in some big cities for years.

B．Nowadays, people can light fireworks in some cities at the Spring Festival.

C．People believe that the sound of fireworks can drive away evil spirits.

D．In the past, setting off fireworks couldn’t be seen almost anywhere.

【2】What Li Shunzhi said implies 　　　　.

A．what people do during the festival now is different from the past

B．people would like to have the family dinner on Spring Festival Eve

C．people prefer to visit friends and neighbors rather than take a rest

D．the New Year holiday is just like any other day

【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Zhang Hui often spends two weeks preparing for the Spring Festival.

B．Zhang Hui is used to spending the Spring Festival with his family.

C．Zhang Hui always takes part in a series of activities after the Spring Festival.

D．Zhang Hui lives in the urban area.

【4】What does the whole passage show?

A．The Spring Festival is as lively as before.

B．The Spring Festival is outdated now.

C．The Spring Festival is losing its qualities.

D．The Spring Festival in China is more important than Christmas in the West.

27、Tetraplegic paticnts (those who can’t move their upper or lower body) are prisoners of their own bodies. Now a robot arm is to help them interact with their world.This research was completed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). Professor Aude Billard and Jose del R. Millan worked together to create a computer program that can control a robot using electrical signals from a patient’s brain.

First, the user wears an EEG cap to have their electrical signals inside their brain scanned(扫 描)effectively, which are then interpreted by the machine-learning algorithm (算法).The computer then sends signals to the robot arm to determine how it moves. As the robot arm performs a motion,the algorithm is looking to get feedback from the user when it makes a mistake: perhaps it moved too fast, or too violently. The end goal is that the robot can learn the right movements for a task in a given context. For example, you might want the arm to use a bit of force to throw a paper ball, but you might want it to be gentler when putting glass bottles.

In the team’s research, they trained the robot arm to pick up a glass. The arm would move towards the glass and the user’s brain would decide if they felt it was too close or too far away. The process is repeated until the robot understands the optimal route for the individual’s preference - not too close to be a risk but not so far away to waste movement.

“Training an algorithm to read brain waves in a consistent fashion was the most challenging part, because the brain is not only focused on the hand but also processing many other things,” said Millan. “This means our algorithm will never be 100 % accurate.”

The researchers hope to eventually use their algorithm to control wheelchairs, which would allow people in wheelchairs to have greater control over their movements, speeds and general safety. However, this does require contirtency.over time frour the algorithm.

【1】Which paragraph mentions the working process?

A．Paragraph 1.

B．Paragraph 2.

C．Paragraph 3.

D．Paragraph 4.

【2】What does the underlined word “optimal” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Indirect.

B．Best.

C．Regular.

D．Alternative.

【3】How can the accuracy of reading brain waves be improved?

A．By controlling people’s brain.

B．By ensuring general safety.

C．By processing other information.

D．By gaining data continuously.

【4】What could be the best title of the text?

A．This robot arm can read your mind.

B．Robot arms control your movement.

C．Algorithm finds cure for the disabled.

D．Machine-learning algorithm can train robots.

28、   Though sometimes we may lose our ability to do something we love, passions don’t have to end. Suzelle Poole of Dallas, Texas is living proof of that. The 79-year-old has been dancing for more than seven decades.

Suzelle started ballet when she was just 7 years old, and her devotion only grew stronger as her talent increased in the following years. In fact, Suzelle was so talented that she went to perform all around the world! Like most professional ballerinas (芭蕾舞女），Suzelle expected a short-lived career. “When I was about 26,1 knew I only had a few years left,”she said. It’s simply the nature of the art form because the movements are so hard on people’s bodies. But Suzelle’s body didn’t wear out at 26 — or even 56! At one point, she broke her arm but she was dancing again by the following week.

Nowadays she focuses on teaching the next generation of ballerinas at the Royale Ballet Dance Academy, where she and her students regularly perform for senior residents in assisted living facilities.

Suzelle has become such an inspiration that CBS News reporter Steve Hartman and his 5-year-old daughter Meryl recently traveled to Dallas to interview her. Steve’s little girl couldn’t wait to meet and dance with the woman she wants to become.

During the interview, Suzelle shared a piece of wisdom: “Ballet helps everything,” she said. “If you’re not feeling very well, you go to a ballet class, and you feel better after.” Meryl nodded knowingly. She also added, “Ballet could always cheer me up whenever I feel depressed.”

It’s no wonder Suzelle has no plans to hang up her pointed shoes. Why would she give up something that brings her so much joy?

【1】Why did Suzelle at her 26 think her career would end soon?

A.The nature of the body didn’t allow lasting performance.

B.The audience didn’t like her performance.

C.She injured her arm in a training course.

D.She had to look after her family.

【2】Why did Steve Hartman take his daughter Meryl to meet Suzelle?

A.To help Meryl with her problems.

B.To make Meryl experience a reporter’s work.

C.To inspire Meryl to pursue her dancing dream.

D.To realise Meryl’s dream of dancing with famous people.

【3】In Suzelle’s opinion, ballet dance ___________.

A.benefits people’s mental health

B.should be taught at primary school

C.is less attractive to the young

D.raises people’s interest in art

【4】What does the underlined part in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.Suzelle will go to find other joy of life.

B.Suzelle will carry on her ballet career.

C.Suzelle will put away her ballet shoes.

D.Suzelle will devote herself to art teaching.

29、   National lawmakers are calling for more effective environmental protection of the Qilian Mountains, a vast natural habitat in western China.

The mountains stand across the border between Gansu and Qinghai provinces. The nature reserve became a national protected site in 1988, but hundreds of mines in the area and various construction projects took a toll on the environment.

Thanks to the recovery of the mountains’ environment and greater efforts to protect wildlife, many protected and rare wild animals have been sighted very often in recent years.

The city has also moved away all farmers, herdsmen and one-third of its people who were living in the mountains to a new zone and helped them find jobs in an effort to reduce the pressure on the environment.

Scientific research and advanced technology are key to the restoration (重建) of the mountains’ ecology (生态), said Wang Tao, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources.

Wang said a research center led by the institute was set up last year to focus on ecosystem recovery and the ecological management of the mountains under the influence of global climate change.

The center has begun research to carry out environmental observation and assessment (评估), providing support for the creation of a Qilian Mountains national park, he added.

To better protect the mountains, Wang said, it’s necessary to promote large-scale, rapid observation approach and build a great ecological assessment system in the reserve.

A data-sharing (数据共享) management system should be pushed forward to create a database (数据库) of the mountains, environment, which would support its protection in a scientific way, he added.

【1】What does the underlined phrase “took a toll” in the second paragraph mean?

A.protected B.ignored C.harmed D.controlled

【2】What’s the purpose of moving away people working and living in the mountains?

A.To create a national park

B.To found a research center.

C.To increase the number of wildlife.

D.To reduce the pressure on the environment.

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Rare wild animals can be seen everywhere in the reserve.

B.A research center was established for ecosystem restoration.

C.Since 1988, the Qilian Mountains have been well protected.

D.Many effective laws have been made to protect the environment.

【4】What do Wang Tao’s words suggest?

A.An ecological assessment system should be set up.

B.Scientific research plays the biggest part in restoring ecology.

C.Global climate change influences the research on ecological assessment.

D.A data-sharing management system has been widely applied in the reserve.

30、   I believe even the smartest people have to work hard to achieve success, because there is no such person as a born winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _____.

I learned this lesson from a(n) _____ many years ago. I took the head _____ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the ____ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _____ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t _____ I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to _____ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were _____ me. I had to change my _____ towards their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little _____. Most importantly, I began to treat them like _____. That summer, When the other teams enjoyed their ____, we met every day and ____ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our ____ on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to ____. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ____ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest ____ of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ____ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and ____ them. I helped them to see themselves ____, and they built themselves into winners.Winners are made, not born.

【1】A.tests B.luck C.efforts D.nature

【2】A.experiment B.experience C.visit D.show

【3】A.operating B.editing C.consulting D.coaching

【4】A.successful B.excellent C.strong D.new

【5】A.cheer for B.prepare for C.help with D.finish with

【6】A.agree B.believe C.describe D.regret

【7】A.realize B.claim C.permit D.demand

【8】A.reacting to B.looking for C.depending on D.caring about

【9】A.decision B.attitude C.conclusion D.intention

【10】A.pride B.culture C.fortune D.relationship

【11】A.leaders B.partners C.winners D.learners

【12】A.rewards B.vacations C.health D.honor

【13】A.risked B.missed C.considered D.practiced

【14】A.defeat B.depress C.accident D.mistake

【15】A.expand B.improve C.relax D.defend

【16】A.shame B.burden C.victory D.favor

【17】A.chance B.joy C.concern D.offer

【18】A.surprise B.relate C.interest D.affect

【19】A.encouraged B.observed C.protected D.impressed

【20】A.naturally B.individually C.calmly D.differently

31、默写文段

【1】. It was full of people. The hostess, a very thin lady, came forward. “Welcome,” she said. “My name is Yong Hui. 【2】.” Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There are few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water.【3】. 【4】. He could not believe his eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried outside. On his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find out. 【5】! He had better do some research.

32、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A friend of mine, named Jack, received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Jack came out of his office, a street urchin(顽童) was walking around the shining car.“Is this your car, sir?” he asked. Jack answered, “Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised.“You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Sir, I wish...”He hesitated(犹豫)．Jack thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly. “I wish,” the boy went on,“that I could be a brother like that.” Jack looked at the boy in surprise，and then he said again，“Would you like to take a ride in my car?” “Oh yes, I’d love to.” the boy answered.

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Sir, would you mind driving in front of my house”

Jack smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Jack was wrong again.“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

注意：

1．所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；

2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Paragraph 1：

He got out and ran up to the steps.

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Paragraph 2：

Jack got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car.

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