益阳2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高一英语

1、John had planned to give in, but ___ he changed his mind at the last minute.

A.anyhow B.anyway C.therefore D.somehow

2、—What’s the weather like tomorrow?

—I have no idea. Just a minute, I ________ it for you.

A. will check     B. have checked

C. checked   D. had checked

3、The reason for her preference for city life is ______ she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants.

A．why

B．what

C．whether

D．that

4、The disc, digitally _______ in the studio, sounded fantastic at the party that night.

A．recorded

B．recording

C．to be recorded

D．having recorded

5、Lots of roads ______ these days. We’d better set out earlier.

A.are repaired B.have been repaired C.are being repaired D.are repairing

6、I remember when you _________ his age, you said that you _________ to be a teacher.

A．were; wanted

B．are; wanted

C．were; want

D．are; wanted

7、Lulu grew up in the ____________ of her high-performing sister, Sophia.

A.protection B.gesture C.shadow

8、-- You look so tired.

--- Yes. I _____ the house all the morning. But I’m finishing it soon.

A. have cleaned   B. have been cleaning

C. have been cleaned   D. had been cleaning

9、The picture shows us ________ in Nanjing in the past.

A．what everyday life was like

B．what was everyday life like

C．how everyday life was like

D．how was everyday life like

10、When he woke up，he found himself _________ in the street and surrounded by a group of children.

A．lie

B．lying

C．lay

D．laying

11、Occasions are quite rare _______I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

A．that

B．where

C．while

D．when

12、“Don’t worry about me ，”she ______ her sister.

A. said to   B. referred to

C. thanks to   D. spoke

13、She looks as if she _____ ten years younger.

A.is B.was C.were D.had been

14、His pale face suggests that he________ not feel very well, so l recommend that he________ the doctor immediately.

A．does；sees

B．does；see

C．do；see

D．do；will see

15、On hearing the sad news, she ________ tears.

A．burst into

B．broke out

C．cried out

D．wept

16、As there is no butter, we must ____ ourselves ____dry bread.

A. content; with   B. satisfy; to

C. meet; with   D. be content; with

17、Workmen work to earn money but not for money, whose job is the ________ of their attitude to doing things with the drive to perfect their skills.

A.attraction B.intention C.reflection D.recognition

18、Since you are in a hurry, why don’t you ______ for a taxi ______ stay here waiting for the bus?

A. calling; other than   B. call; rather than

C. call;more than  D. calling;or rather

19、You hair needs ________; wouldn’t you like me________it for you?

A．cutting, doing

B．to cut, doing

C．to be cut, to do

D．to be cutting, to do

20、I was deeply impressed ________the beautiful city Guilin, which is known ________a tourist city.

A．with ; as

B．by; for

C．for; as

D．on; for

21、（题文）Tony said he would come back to China ______.

A. tomorrow   B. next day

C. the next day   D. the day before

22、To make members of a team perform better, the trainer first of all has to know their ________ and weaknesses.

A．strengths

B．benefits

C．techniques

D．values

23、--- Glad to see you here, Tom.

--- What a surprise! I ______ you ______ back.

A.don’t think; are B.haven’t thought; are

C.didn’t think; were D.hadn’t known; were

24、—Are you familiar with the coastal town?

—Yes. I ______ here for nearly five years. I’m more than glad to come back here.

A．worked

B．work

C．am working

D．have been working

25、Young drivers are far more ______ to have accidents than old drivers.

A.likely B.impossible C.probable D.possible

26、   Not all memories are sweet. Some spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relieve these experiences in nightmares.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war.

They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories. “Some memories can ruin people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”

But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past. “All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we'd want to wipe those memories out, " said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

Some people fear that although the drug would first be used in only very serious cases, it would become more and more common. “People always have the ability to misuse science," said Joseph LeDoux, a New York University memory researcher. “All we want to do is to help people have better control of memories.”

【1】What's the main idea of the text?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

A．Forget bad memories and be happy.

B．People often suffer from bad memories.

C．The research has caused a heated argument.

D．American researchers have developed a pill to control memories.

【2】The underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to ________.

A．the brain

B．the research into the drug

C．the memory

D．the chemical in the drug

【3】Which of the following is NOT the opinion of the supporters?

A．The pill can erase all the memories in the past.

B．The pill can prevent or treat troubling memories in soldiers after war.

C．Some memories can ruin people's life. The pill can relieve emotional suffering.

D．The pill can also help many other types of people who suffer from terrible memories.

【4】Which of the following is NOT the opinion of those who are against the research?

A．Our memories give us our identity.

B．The drug should be used in only very serious cases.

C．The memories help humanity avoid mistakes of the past.

D．People many not be sure whether they want to wipe the memories out.

27、Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, 1 could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that..

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when 1 look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured (捕捉) and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized (使……永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each others, spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, and that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

【1】What happened when the author was about to take a photo?

A. Her camera stopped working.   B. A woman blocked her view.

C. Someone asked her to leave.   D. A friend approached from behind.

【2】According to the author, the woman was probably   .

A. enjoying herself   B. losing her patience

C. waiting for the sunset   D. thinking about her past

【3】In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A. The rich color of the landscape.

B. The perfect positioning of the camera.

C. The woman’s existence in the photo.

D. The soft sunlight that summer day.

【4】The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections (反思) upon   .

A. a particular life experience   B. the pleasure of traveling

C. the art of photography   D. a lost friendship

28、Nola (August 21, 1974 -November 22, 2015) was a northern white rhino(犀牛) who lived at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park near Escondido, California. At her death, she was one of only four remaining northern white rhinos in the world. The other three lived in Kenya. World Rhino Day, held on September 2, is to raise awareness(意识) of the less than 30,000 other rhinos left on Earth.

“Rhinos need our help today, not tomorrow,”Nola’s lead keeper Jane Kennedy said. “Last year we lost over 1,200 rhinos just in South Africa. If we continue to lose more than 1,000 rhinos a year, in 10 to 20 years all the rhinos on the planet will be gone.”

“Unfortunately, most animals are in danger of dying out because of humans,” Kennedy says.“ Humans have either poached animals, or because there are over seven billion of us, we’ ve taken up too much of the world’s resources ”. Poachers illegally hunt rhinos for their horns. They sell the horns for thousands of dollars per pound, to be used for art, jewelry, and decorations.Experts believe that one rhino is poached every eight hours.

In 1975, the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research started the Frozen Zoo, a program through which researchers have collected cell (细胞) samples from more than 8,000 different types of animals, including the northern white rhino. Scientists hope that by studying the rhino cells, they will get greater understanding of it, and will find ways to increase its numbers.

Jane Kennedy describes World Rhino Day as “a celebration of rhinos along with an awareness campaign for everybody across the world to know that rhinos need our help.”At the San Diego Zoo, children and adults are welcome to visit and speak with zookeepers to learn about rhinos. But you don’ t have to live in San Diego to celebrate World Rhino Day. It is observed around the world, with zoos and wildlife parks holding special events and programs to teach people about rhinos, and enable them to see the animals up close. For more information, go to www.worldrhinoday.org.

【1】What do we know about Nola?

A. It was a baby white rhino.

B. It was one of the last of its kind.

C. It lived with other northern white rhinos in Kenya.

D. It died on September 22 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

【2】What troubled Jane Kennedy according to Paragraph 2?

A. The rhinos’ uncertain future.   B. The rhinos’ strange activities.

C. The limited natural resources.   D. The rare animals in South Africa.

【3】What does the Frozen Zoo aim to do?

A. Invent new kinds of animals.   B. Keep animals from dying out.

C. Prevent rhinos from being hunted.   D. Raise public awareness of rhinos.

29、   A new pastor(牧师) named John reopened a church that had been abandoned in a suburb. He found it broken, and in need of a lot of repair work. His goal was to have everything done in time for his first service on Christmas Eve.

He worked hard. However, when John went to the church on Dec. 21, his heart sank: a large area of plaster (石膏) had fallen off the front wall due to a terrible storm the night before. John headed home, and on the way he stopped at a market selling items for charity.

One of the items was an exquisite( 精致的)handmade tablecloth. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in the front wall. He bought it and headed back to the church. It started to snow. An old woman had missed her bus, and he invited her to wait in the warm church for the next one. As John put up the tablecloth the woman asked him to check the corner for the initials(手写字母). They were her initials: she had made this tablecloth 35 years before. Then the war broke out, and forced her to part with her husband.

John wanted to give her the tablecloth. but she asked him to keep it for the church. John insisted on driving her home which he thought was the least he could do.

What a wonderful service he had on Christmas Eve! John noticed one old man staring at the tablecloth on the front wall. The man said it was similar to one that his wife had made many years before.

John brought the old man to the house where he had taken the woman three days earlier. He helped him climb the three flights of stairs to her apartment, and saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever have imagined.

【1】According to Paragraph one, we learn that John decided to_______.

A. help people affected by a terrible storm

B. buy goods for charity in the neighborhood

C. repair the abandoned church before his first service

D. do some work for the local people

【2】Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. The woman’s husband had to leave her because of a war

B. Johns service on Christmas Eve was disappointing

C. Everyone was surprised by the beauty of the tablecloth.

D. John drove the old man home because he was lost.

【3】The tablecloth drew the old man's attention because________.

A. he loved its colors B. he had seen it in a church

C. It was like one his wife had made D. it looked strange hanging on a wall

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A. A kind pastor who had difficulty repairing an ancient church

B. A new pastor who gave his first service with a couples help

C. A tablecloth made 35 years ago being discovered by a pastor

D. An old couple being reunited on Christmas Eve through a tablecloth

30、Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I _______ a newspaper and some chocolate and _______ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to _______ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, _______ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, there was someone _______ in the next seat. _______ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and _______ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any _______. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in _______.Then he took a ________ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then ________ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ________ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ________ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ________ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ________. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

【1】

A．stole

B．bought

C．sold

D．wrote

【2】

A．went

B．sat

C．seated

D．looked

【3】

A．sit

B．seat

C．lie

D．laugh

【4】

A．pushed

B．took

C．put

D．pulled

【5】

A．jumping

B．playing

C．sitting

D．sleeping

【6】

A．He

B．It

C．Who

D．What

【7】

A．cut

B．washed

C．covered

D．colored

【8】

A．coffee

B．trouble

C．chocolate

D．matter

【9】

A．carelessness

B．anger

C．surprise

D．happiness

【10】

A．first

B．second

C．very

D．last

【11】

A．stood

B．took

C．cried

D．looked

【12】

A．strange

B．wrong

C．OK

D．funny

【13】

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．while

【14】

A．spelt

B．corrected

C．made

D．found

【15】

A．finish

B．leave

C．jump

D．shop

31、假定你是某中学学生李华，你校的留学生Bill无法适应这里的学习与生活，感到苦闷，因此写邮件向你求助。请你用英文给他写一封回信。内容如下：

1. 深表同情；

2. 提出建议(至少三条建议，如参加学校社团活动、与朋友交流、做些户外活动等)并给出理由；

3. 希望建议能有所帮助。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Bill,

I am sorry to know you are【1】(在这里生活和学习有麻烦). However, the situation is easy to change. Now, I’d like to【2】(给你一些建议).

Firstly, join some school clubs,【3】(在那儿你可以交到一些朋友). Secondly,【4】(与和你有相同兴趣的人交流). Maybe it can help you get rid of your loneliness. Thirdly,【5】(做一些户外活动) and they can make you relaxed.【6】(通过做所有的这些事情), you can get used to your school life and live happily.

Hope【7】(我的建议能帮到你).

Yours，

Li Hua

32、《英语周报》报刊社现面向高中生征文，以谈论如何学好英语为主题。你准备写一篇题为“How I Overcome Difficulties in Learning English” 为题的作文，以介绍自己在英语学习中遇到的困难和解决的方法。具体要点为：

1.存在的困难：受家乡话的影响,发音不够准确；记忆力差，很难扩大词汇量；阅读速度慢，不能在规定的时间内把试题做完等；

2.采取的措施：克服畏惧心理，大胆开口，多听多练；勤做练习，做好笔记；向老师、同学请教，寻求帮助；3.总结。

参考词汇：overcome 克服; local dialect家乡话;vocabulary 词汇

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯；

3. 文章的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

How I Overcome Difficulties in Learning English

I had many difficulties when I started to learn English.

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