贺州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、During Spring Festival, most of the cities in our country have ______ fireworks display because of safety and noise pollution.

A.defended B.cancelled C.burst D.broadened

2、Since Jack was laid off from his job three months ago, he _____ a new one, but without luck.

A. looked for   B. had looked for

C. has been looking for   D. is looking for

3、______ the UN, international assistance has been organized to help contain the outbreak.

A．By means of

B．In the command of

C．At the mercy of

D．At the request of

4、The school board has teachers to spare no effort to help the students who have fallen behind in studies.

A. looked into   B. turned into

C. called for   D. cared for

5、My parents thought it was _________for a boy to be interested in ballet.

A.accessible B.abnormal C.impolite D.acute

6、To be honest, the world owes a lot to Nelson Mandela for his _______ support of racial equality and human rights.

A. consistent   B. contemporary

C. particular   D. potential

7、In spite of his ________ to be a scholar in that field, he is not well equipped with that talent.

A. potential     B. competence

C. ambition   D. character

8、Tony couldn’t remember ______he had turned off the computer before he left the office．

A．that B．where

C．when D．whether

9、From the smile on Rico’s face, you might have the ________ that he has no problems. The truth is, however, that his parents are both quite ill, and he lost his job two weeks ago.

A. evaluation B. commitment

C. concern D. impression

10、Security devices at airports are ______ to spot weapons that could be used by terrorists.

A. pretended  B. intended C. demanded D. declined

11、"The moment _____soon," he thought to himself, waiting nervously.

A.came B.has come C.was coming D.is coming

12、Ryan is the kind of person who always makes plans in advance, while his wife is much more ______.

A.generous B.simultaneous C.spontaneous D.glamorous

13、The International Olympic Committee announces here that an increase of 15 events ________ to the program of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

A. will make   B. will be made

C. has been made   D. had made

14、They informed me that they would talk to me ______ my application for the post of assistant editor.

A．in exchange for

B．in favor of

C．in preparation for

D．in regard to

15、He managed to reach the summit of his career, but it was at the ______ of his health.

A. consumption   B. credit

C. exhaustion   D. expense

16、The Chinese sports idol Li Na shocked fans by __________ her racket(球拍) due to serious

injuries in September, on the eve of a tournament in Wuhan, her home city.

A. hanging up B. putting up

C. breaking up   D. holding up

17、 My sister, an inexperienced rider, was found sitting on the bicycle______to balance it.

A．having tried

B．trying

C．to try

D．tried

18、---Oh, Tom, what did you do this summer vacation?

---Guess what? I had ______great fun in _______show performance “ Voice of China” .

A. a; the B. the; the

C. /; a     D. /; the

19、—Why does she look so angry after reading Still Alice?

—She ________ be. She ________ be missing her grandma who has Alzheimer’s.

A. can’t; must   B. mustn’t; can

C. shouldn’t; should   D. can’t; would

20、________ by the heavy rain, we had to take shelter under a big tree.

A. Drive   B. Driven   C. Driving     D. To drive

21、I love books that are great to read aloud, side-splittingly funny, hair-raisingly exciting and make me cry. Here are my top four children's books.

A book that made me cry: The Lorax by Dr. Seus

The Lorax's doomed fight to save his beloved Truffula trees from extinction at the hands of the blue-armed capitalist called the Onceler, has that lovely mixture of humour, truth and pathos. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not," says the Onceler, throwing the Very Truffula Seed of Them All down to the child who is being told the story.

At this point, if you are not in tears, you have a heart of stone.

A book that made me want to be the heroine: Pippi Long-stocking by Astride Lindgren

Pippi Lon-stocking was so strong that she could lift a horse above her head. She had independent means, no visible parents, the cheek of several Peter Pans and her very own monkey. I longed to be her.

A book with a fantasy world I am tempted to believe is true:

The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

"The best thing for being sad, is to learn something," says Merlin, the magician who lives life backwards. This is a book about learning to be a hero, and it is funny and wise. The fight between the two knights with armour（盔甲）so heavy that they can barely move still makes me laugh out loud.

A book for your inner and your actual teenager: Holes by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats is a young delinquent who is pointlessly digging holes at Camp Green Lake as punishment for a crime he did not commit. A thrilling story of crime, redemption（救赎）and how the past haunts the present.

【1】Which book is hair-raisingly exciting?

A．The Lorax

B．Pippi Long-stocking

C．The Sword in the Stone

D．Holes

【2】Which of the following is true according to the article?

A．The Lorax tells a thrilling story that may scare many children.

B．Pippi Long-stocking is a hero with special personality traits.

C．The Sword in the Stone tells a story about a magician looking for as sword all his life.

D．In Holes, Stanley Yelnats is wronged and punished.

【3】The following adjectives can be used to describe the features of the above four books except ________.

A．imaginative

B．exclusive

C．thrilling

D．humorous

22、   Every year, countless individuals are impacted by cancer. Our goal is to walk away from cancer as we give strength to those fighting this life-threatening disease. Walk Cancer Away invites everyone to participate in our annual family friendly walk event and join together to share the strong will power found inside each of us with those around us. With each step we take, with each story shared, and with each donation made we are one step closer to finding a cure. To date, we have raised over $ 700,000 for Dr. Nancy Kemeny’s Colorectal(结肠直肠的) Research Fund at Memorial Slogan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC),together with thousands of people supporting this cause over the last 12 years we are committed to.

Walk Cancer Away began as a walk in honor of  James N. Rentas. Deeply influenced by his loss due to colorectal cancer, the Rentas family came together 12 years ago to help others who are suffering the disease. Dr. Nancy Kemeny at Memorial Slogan Kettering Cancer Center, who was the doctor treating James N, Rentas, mirrors that same goal. Her efforts and that of her team at MSKCC are focused on researching to overcome the disease and find a cure.

Together, they have made great achievements over the years and have provided years of life for those who face adversity.

In many cases, their continued efforts have led to full remission of the cancer in patients. With the deepest gratitude we are thankful to all those who support and participate in the event each year, because without you this would not be possible.

Although Walk Cancer Away started just 12 years ago, we are forever honored to be able to join in this event that so many of us find so close to our hearts. We ask you, your family, and your friends to join in this year’s Walk Cancer Away Event.

【1】What does Walk Cancer Away intend to do?

A.To contact those suffering from cancer. B.To share experiences from cancer victims.

C.To give money to cancer patients’ family. D.To find a way to defeat cancer at length.

【2】What do we know about James N. Rentas according to Para. 2?

A.He died of cancer. B.He donated his fortune.

C.He did research on cancer. D.He founded Walk Away Cancer.

【3】Dr. Nancy and her team at MEKCC have provided years of life for those facing .

A.an unfavorable situation from nature B.a serious disease hard to cure

C.a loss of a family member D.an unpleasant treatment

【4】Why does the author make this speech?

A.To introduce the history of an event. B.To raise money for cancer research.

C.To call on people to join in the activity. D.To express thanks to all the participants.

23、It’s 5pm on a Friday and I'm standing in a coffee shop above Shibuya crossing - one of the most busiest place in Japan where more than a thousand of Tokyo’s smartly dressed people gather at eight points, ready to cross - then rush straight for each other. It looks like they must bump into each other, but It’s amazing that they all manage to reach the other side safely.

But the real reason I'm here is that I want to see people crash. I want businessmen to knock into each other, their umbrellas flying off their arms, and uniformed schoolchildren hitting grannies. Why may I see this now, but wouldn't have had the chance even a year ago? It’s very simple - smartphones.

Smartphone use is booming in Japan. In 2012, only about a quarter of Japanese used them, most being perfectly happy with their everyday mobiles. But now more than half of all Japanese now own a smartphone and the number is rising fast. But with that rise has grown another phenomenon - the smartphone walk. Those people who're staring at a phone screen adopt this kind of pace- their head down, arms outreached, looking like zombies（僵尸）trying to find human prey(猎食).

Surprisingly, an American named Michael Cucek who has lived here for more than 20 years told me smartphone walk probably wouldn’t be a long-term problem. Japanese phone manner is in fact better than anywhere else in the world - hardly anyone speaks on their phones on trains, and teenagers wouldn't dare broadcast music out of one. If things got truly bad at Shibuya, the police would just start shouting at people to look up.

But really, is the smartphone walk such an annoying problem? There's only one way to find out. So I leave the coffee shop, head down to the crossing and start typing an email, promising myself I won't look up until I get to the other side. When they start walking past me, it's my time to cross. As I step forward, the experience quickly becomes nervous - legs jump in and out of my vision without warning, while shopping bags fly towards my face before being pulled away at the last moment. I'm sure I'm going to get hit, but after a few seconds I relax. It’s OK. Everyone's reacting for me.

I expect to see two smartphone walkers just like me. But instead I find a young couple, very much in love and very much refusing to let each other’s hands go just to give way to a fool on his smartphone. The girl gives me such a look of dislike that I quickly apologize and rush round them. That look was enough to ensure I'll never be smartphone walking again.

【1】 From paragraph 1, we can know _____________.

A. people at Shibuya crossing always bump into each other.

B. more than a thousand of people gather at Shibuya crossing every day.

C. more than a thousand of people are ready to rush in a competition every day.

D. more than a thousand of people at Shibuya crossing make it a busy one in Japan.

【2】Why does the author stand in a coffee shop above Shibuya crossing?

A. Because he is waiting for somebody.

B. Because he can have a good view from there.

C. Because he wants to see what would happen because of smartphones.

D. Because it’s interesting to see businessmen’s umbrellas flying off their arms

【3】 How does Michael Cucek find smartphone walk in Japan?

A. He found it by accident when he lives here.

B. Japanese pay much attention to their phone manner in public.

C. The police in Shibuya are too strict with people’s phone manner.

D. Smartphone walk in Japan has a deep root.

【4】 How does the author confirm whether smartphone walk is annoying or not?

A. By personal experimenting

B. By comparing with other way of walk

C. By giving example.

D. By explaining the traffic rules patiently

【5】After smartphone walking himself, the author thinks___________.

A. it’s exciting to walk while sending emails

B. it’s really dangerous to walk while sending emails

C. there are some others smartphone walking like him

D. other passers-by give way to him although they dislike.

24、Can everything be recycled? No, not all things can be recycled. But you might be surprised to learn how many things can be recycled. You may already know about plastic bottles. Did you know you can also recycle glass?

Glass can be recycled to make all sorts of things. Recycling glass really helps the planet. Making new products from recycled glass causes less air and water pollution. It also uses less energy than making new glass.

When glass arrives at a recycling plant, people and machines sort it by color. Similar colors of glass must be recycled together. That way, recycled products are as pure as possible. This makes them stronger and less likely to break. Once the glass is sorted, it's washed. That's when the breaking begins. That's right! To be recycled, glass has to be broken to make a material called cullet(碎玻璃).

Glass manufacturers love cullet. It's cheaper than the raw materials they'd need to make new glass. It also melts at a lower temperature. That means they save energy during the production process. Glass manufacturers mix cullet with other materials like sand and soda ash. Then they heat it to over 2,600℉. This makes liquid glass, which can then be poured into a mold (模具). There, it cools and forms a finished glass product.

Most recycled glass is used to make new glass containers, such as jars and bottles. However, recycled glass can also find its way into all sorts of other products including a variety of construction products.

Do you recycle at home or school? What glass products should you be sure to recycle when you’ re done with them? With everyone doing their part, recycling glass can make a huge difference to the planet!

【1】What is the first step in recycling glass?

A．Sorting it according to color.

B．Cleaning it with water.

C．Removing the color in it.

D．Breaking it into cullet.

【2】Why do glass manufacturers love cullet?

A．It is easy to get.

B．It helps cut costs.

C．It can be easily broken.

D．It can be mixed with other materials.

【3】Why does the author ask the questions in the last paragraph?

A．To call attention to home or school environment.

B．To help readers classify glass products at home.

C．To encourage glass recycling among readers.

D．To encourage readers to use fewer glass products.

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

A．Recyclable things that you might have ignored.

B．The difficulty in glass recycling.

C．How to recycle at home or school.

D．How glass is recycled.

25、Back in 1989, I was in Philadelphia, PA. I was working at a residential care center for boys with developmental ________.

At that time, a garbage truck was actually an unheard of or even ________ toy. One of our boys, who had no involved ________ and stayed at this center even for holidays, was ________ attracted by the garbage truck that ________ our center. And, as it would happen, a toy garbage truck was the one and only item on his Christmas ________ When several young workers from Toys for lots Foundation visited and ________ toys to our kids, our staff asked if they might possibly have a toy garbage truck for this boy and, as we expected, they did not. What we did not ________ was that one of these workers would make an ________ visit to our center on Christmas Eve and that he would bring with him a toy garbage truck for our ________ . It turned out that after the workers had left, they sent ________ out to other charity organizations to go on a wide ________ for a toy garbage truck and one was finally ________ at a store in Delaware.

Of course, this was at a time before the ________ and cell phones, so this coordinated search took a lot of time and ________ .

After all these many years my eyes still ________ tears as I think about this incredible act of kindness for a boy with ________ needs whom they did not ________. I wish I knew the ________ of the young worker who dropped off the toy truck so that he could be publicly ________ but, of course, he politely chose not to tell us.

【1】

A．signs

B．backgrounds

C．gifts

D．disabilities

【2】

A．limited

B．traded

C．desired

D．imported

【3】

A．interest

B．family

C．fortune

D．community

【4】

A．slightly

B．secretly

C．absolutely

D．eventually

【5】

A．served

B．crowded

C．loaded

D．connected

【6】

A．dinner table

B．pine tree

C．wish list

D．wrapping paper

【7】

A．chose

B．examined

C．designed

D．distributed

【8】

A．approve

B．expect

C．achieve

D．discuss

【9】

A．unnoticed

B．unrelated

C．unprepared

D．unannounced

【10】

A．boy

B．teacher

C．friend

D．doctor

【11】

A．food

B．word

C．medicine

D．supply

【12】

A．search

B．discovery

C．collection

D．check

【13】

A．produced

B．located

C．informed

D．recognized

【14】

A．clocks

B．radios

C．Internet

D．subway

【15】

A．effort

B．money

C．space

D．labor

【16】

A．break out

B．cheer up

C．figure out

D．fill with

【17】

A．daily

B．urgent

C．special

D．temporary

【18】

A．meet

B．know

C．care

D．remember

【19】

A．name

B．address

C．purpose

D．career

【20】

A．treated

B．appointed

C．mentioned

D．acknowledged

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1.分析利与弊；

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