大同2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、_______ caused the accident has not been found out yet.

A.What B.Which

C.The thing D.That

2、Last year my dream of becoming an engineer ______ .

A.achieved B.is made true C.came true D.was come true

3、The man________ in a ghost costume looks quite________.

A．dressed; frightened

B．dressed; frightening

C．dressing; frightened

D．dressing; frightening

4、Data show that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, and parents will set _______ time for them to read.

A.out B.off C.about D.aside

5、Even though we ______ a lot due to the natural disaster, moments when we could be together with our family gave us hope for the future.

A.have lost B.had lost C.were losing D.would lose

6、The professor we'd been looking forward to finally ________

A．showing up

B．showed up

C．to show up

D．being showed up

7、Don’t be so   as to believe whatever the politicians tell you.

A.intelligent B.confident C.innocent D.passive

8、—Why did you move to this village?

—To _____ the traffic and noise in the city.

A.get along B.get away C.get along with D.get away from

9、The notice says, “It’s cheaper by 20% if you book the tickets ________.”

A. in all B. in addition to C. in addition D. in advance

10、The number of cars made in China _________ sharply in the past decade.

A.has risen B.rose C.have risen D.has been risen

11、Believe it or not, it ________great courage to tell the truth.

A.pays B.takes C.costs D.spends

12、The library will be built ________ there used to be a factory.

A.at which B.when C.where D.as if

13、I'm sure David will be able to find the library —— he has a pretty good ______ of direction.

A.idea B.feeling C.mind D.sense

14、When you want to buy something, you need to take the price into ____________.

A.decision B.requirement C.consideration D.importance

15、_______ the coming talent competition, he has spent all his free time making preparation.

A.Win B.Winning C.Having won D.To win

16、Traffic is on roads into the city. Let’s take the metro instead.

A.building up B.carrying on C.dashing D.swinging

17、It is widely believed that _______ has necessary good qualities is more____ to achieve success in their career.

A.whoever; possible B.who; likely C.who; possible D.whoever; likely

18、We are looking forward with great hope to ________ at the party.

A．turn up

B．turning up

C．his turning up

D．he turning up

19、Mozart _________ his last opera shortly before his death.

A.conducted B.composed C.complex D.completed

20、We usually take turns ________ cleaning, and today it is my turn ________ it.

A．to do; doing

B．do; do

C．doing; to do

D．to do; to do

21、—Look at these tracks. It ________ be a wolf. I’m sure about it.

—You are right! We have to be careful.

A.may B.must C.can’t D.shouldn’t

22、My advice is that you should think about ________ you know anyone who fits your target audience.

A.which B.what C.that D.whether

23、_______ some of the most complicated questions of life while working under the shadow of a likely premature(过早的) death, Stephen Hawking died at 76.

A.having occupied to B.occupied with

C.having occupied with D.occupied to

24、Typical ________ the new type of young people ________, who set a shining example to the whole nation.

A．of;were Lin Fei

B．of;was Lin Fei

C．for;were Lin Fei

D．for;was Lin Fei

25、The Palace Museum, also known as The Forbidden City ______, to A.D. 1406.

A.dating from B.dates from C.dating back D.dates back

26、Cool inventions

Powerful snowmobile

With this turbocharged (涡轮增压的) snowmobile, getting over snow and ice will be snow problem. The Snow Crawler snowmobile is designed with two skis under its front end. Below its back end is a pair of tracks, or rubber belts around a set of wheels. Inside it's heated, so jump inside, start up the engine, and listen as the wheels start to turn the tracks. Each track is designed to grip (抓住) slippery surfaces easily, allowing the snowmobile to move over them without difficulty. Let it snow!

Floating furniture

It's easy to fall asleep in the special bed. This comfortable sleeping place is a plastic, water﹣filled mattress (气垫) that's designed to adapt to the shape of the person lying on it. Simply kick off your shoes and climb onto the bed. As you lie there, the mattress will hug your body. Meanwhile, the water in the mattress will gently rock you from side to side. It's a similar feeling to floating on your back in a pool. The mattress even heats up to make you extra comfortable. Now that's a dream bed.

Smart insoles (鞋垫)

This might take shoes in a new direction. The Lechal company has created shoe insoles that "tell" wearers how to get from one place to another. How do they work? Put the insoles into your shoes. The insoles are built to vibrate(震动). They are also connected wirelessly to your smartphone. Pull up the Lechal app on your phone and type in your destination. The app uses GPS to map out the quickest path for you to walk. Every time you need to take a left or right, the app signals the correct insole to vibrate so you know which direction to turn. That's amazing.

【1】What can we learn about the Snow Crawler snowmobile？　 　

A.It uses little energy. B.It can work in snowy areas.

C.It is designed to clear snow. D.It loses control on icy surfaces.

【2】How would people feel lying on the mattress？　 　

A.They would feel silly. B.They would feel strange.

C.They would feel tired. D.They would feel relaxed.

【3】How do the smart shoe insoles direct users？　 　

A.By vibrating. B.By working out the path.

C.By letting out voice signals. D.By sending messages to their phone.

27、   As William Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary tradition. “We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu. These poets create the very values by which poetry is judged,” said Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu, China’s Greatest Poet, a new BBC documentary(纪录片) broadcast on April 7.

Aimed at introducing the charm and beauty of traditional Chinese literature to viewers around the globe, the documentary invited famous British actor Ian McKellen, who played the wizard(巫师) Gandalf in the film series The Lord of the Rings, to read 15 of Du’s poems that have been translated into English.

The one-hour film talks about the poet’s life experiences in detail. Born in 712, Du lived under the government of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong (713-756), a time marked by extraordinary prosperity(繁荣), inclusiveness (包容) and cultural achievement. However, as the An Lushan Rebellion of 755 broke out in the country, Du, the former civil servant(文职人员) at the Tang court, had to take his family on the road as refugees(难民), and put up with starvation and suffering. Through ups and downs, the poet never stopped writing and about 1,500 poems have been kept over the ages.

“Chinese people really value the recording of history and Du is better than anyone at reflecting(反映) history in his poetry. That’s because historical events are mirrored in his own life and spiritual journey,” Zeng Xiangbo, a professor of ancient Chinese literature at Renmin University of China, told China Daily.

Even though he never held a high position in the government, Du still cared about common people. For example, in the poem My Cottage Unroofed By Autumn Gales , he wrote that “Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I’d house all scholars poor and make them beam with smiles. ” “That’s why he was honored as a Poet Sage by later generations. A difficult life and his spirit of concern about the world helped him create so many masterpieces,” Shi Wenxue, a cultural critic based in Beijing, told the Global Times.

【1】According to Para.2, we know Ian McKellen is___________.

A.a narrator in the documentary B.a big fan of Du Fu

C.the director of the documentary D.a British wizard

【2】Why Du Fu is so valuable a poet in the mind of Chinese people?

A.Because he experienced the ups and downs of Tang Dynasty.

B.Because he never stopped and wrote about 1,500 poems.

C.Because his poems are completely kept over the ages.

D.Because his poetry is a good reflection of history.

【3】The poem mentioned in the last paragraph is intended to _________.

A.explain Du Fu’s position in the government

B.show Du Fu’s concern about ordinary people

C.tell the readers what a difficult life Du Fu lived

D.show Du Fu’s intelligence in writing a poem

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A.Du Fu’s works gain popularity home and abroad.

B.Chinese literature becomes a hit in the UK.

C.China’s Poet Sage appears on the screen in the UK.

D.British people fall in love with Chinese poetry.

28、   “I will think of it.”It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We cannot see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them; and yet what strong power they have!

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening, when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and, in trying to find out why the apple fell, discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid ( 盖子) of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think,and he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses.

James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd (羊倌) boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he was filled with wonder.“Why should I not make a watch?”he thought. But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring (钟表等的主发条)? He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits (肖像) with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lectures. His motto was, “I will think of it.” and he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

When you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged or ask someone to help you before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose

【1】Which word can best describe the three scientists mentioned in this text?

A.Crazy. B.Impatient. C.Curious. D.Easy-going.

【2】What can we learn about James Ferguson?

A.He was born in a rich family.

B.His wooden clock seldom worked well.

C.He was a painter from England.

D.His mind greatly influenced the world.

【3】What is the author trying to tell us?

A.Thoughts are not important since we can not see or touch them.

B.It is important to try a challenge on our own.

C.Ask for help right away when things get hard.

D.Great people have great teachers.

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

A.I Will Think of It

B.Why Should Not I Have a Try?

C.Nothing Is Impossible to a Willing Heart

D.Great Scientists Make a Great World

29、   Change is scary. 【1】 It can go hand in hand with the fear that we might hurt someone else if we think about ourselves. The truth is that you're so much more courageous than you give yourself credit for and far stronger than you realize. Here are some ways that you can use to help yourself make the process of creating change more manageable.

Make change into small bite size pieces. 【2】Remember that as long as you attempt to take regular practice towards your goal, such as eating more healthily every day, or walking twenty minutes a day, you' re heading in the right direction to make changes.

Form a habit of keeping a diary every day. Writing a journal every night before going to bed can effectively help you cope with the emotional impact of the change process. Go to grab a pen or pencil and remember a journal is not for being neat and tidy with good spelling. 【3】

Rest is necessary to success. Have a rest and take timeout to build your energy. 【4】If we don't give ourselves time to rest, we just end up burning out by the constant striving and worry. As we don't have the energy to keep going, we have to give up!

【5】Just accept it! I'm sorry to say that unless some people are really secure in themselves and truly happy in their own life, they're never going to like your changes. This has nothing to do with whether they love you or not. They are just for self-preservation! Therefore, give them a little time to adjust and get used to it.

A.It is a step into the unknown.

B.It's not being lazy to have timeout.

C.No one else is going to like your changes.

D.Don't try to eat the elephant in one sitting.

E.Creating change is about building your character.

F.Keep repeating your big steps over and over again.

G.It's a private place where you can speak out your inner thoughts.

30、   I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ______rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ______ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--- ______ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my _____.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ______, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s _______me why visitors started respecting the place ______ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried _______trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would ______an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ______it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ______about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ______. On that day, more than 300 people ______. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ______. I couldn’t believe the ______ we made ---the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and _______132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people _______about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ______ rather than complaining. We need to teach by ______. You can’t blame others _______you start with yourself.

【1】A. distant B. huge C. narrow D. loose

【2】A. immediately B. finally C. gradually D. recently

【3】A. imagining B. painting C. describing D. climbing

【4】A. garden B. home C. lab D. palace

【5】A. material B. resources C. waste D. goods

【6】A. beyond B. against C. over D. within

【7】A. more B. most C. less D. least

【8】A. throwing away B. picking up C. breaking down D. digging out

【9】A. kill B. save C. wait D. spend

【10】A. satisfied with B. delighted in C. tired of D. used to

【11】A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

【12】A. cleanup B. party C. picnic D. concert

【13】A. dropped out B. showed up C. looked around D. called back

【14】A. demand B. receive C. achieve D. overcome

【15】A. plan B. visit C. contact D. difference

【16】A. crossed B. measured C. covered D. designed

【17】A. talk B. complain C. argue D. quarrel

【18】A. doing B. thinking C. questioning D. watching

【19】A. method B. explanation C. example D. research

【20】A. although B. if C. when D. unless

31、阅读下面课文段落，在空白处填入1-3个适当的单词，补全句子。

Not that Charlie’s own life was 【1】! I He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall 【2】. You may find 【3】 astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as she could speak.

32、假定你叫李华，你校将举办中国古代诗词大赛（Chinese Ancient Poetry Competition）。你想邀请一直对中国古代诗词非常感兴趣的外教Mr. White观看本次比赛。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1.比赛目的；

2.比赛时间、地点；

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3.开头与结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. White,

How are you going?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply!

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua