银川2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、Over the years I’ve been trying to figure out________prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.

A．what it is that

B．that it is what

C．it is what

D．what is it that

2、_______, his mother died, _______  the family even worse off

A. Unfortunately; left   B. Unfortunately; leaving

C. Unfortunate; to leave   D. Unfortunate; leaving

3、Student loan is supposed to provide financial support for people who would ______ not be able to go to college.

A．otherwise

B．meanwhile

C．therefore

D．anyway

4、The visiting professor offered us some advice, of great help to our English learning.

A．I think it is  B．I think which is

C．which I think is D．which I think it is

5、To prevent harmful habits like these from dominating a teenager’s life is essential. 划线部分在句于中作什么成分?

A．主语

B．谓语

C．定语

D．状语

6、Auckland is a most exciting city with people of many different cultures _________ there.

A. live   B. living   C. having lived   D. lived

7、Some endangered species are disappearing from the countryside at a/an ________ speed.

A．essential

B．alarming

C．ethical

D．diligent

8、Money and education change Pip. Before long he becomes vain and ashamed of his background and dislikes it _______ Joe comes to visit him in London.

A. that B. when   C. where D. How

9、Everyone knows that success ________ happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced rejection.

A．mostly

B．almost

C．rarely

D．completely

10、The lunch period will be _____ from 30 minutes to an hour from now on.

A.expanded B.extended C.spread D.added

11、I ______ an organ donation agreement this time tomorrow.

A．will sign

B．am signing

C．will be signing

D．have been signing

12、I don’t think you will have any difficulty _______ a driving license.

A．to get

B．in getting

C．for getting

D．get

13、______ the news that he had eaten 10 hamburgers in one meal, a(n) ______ expression swiftly appeared on her face.

A.After she heard; astonished

B.Hearing; delightful

C.After she heard; astonishing

D.Hearing; delighted

14、Actually, ________ is a challenging job for the young staff to negotiate contracts with such a big company.

A．there

B．this

C．that

D．it

15、The two coal miners，________in the mine for as long as three days，were eventually rescued and sent to hospital immediately.

A．to trap

B．trapping

C．trapped

D．having trapped

16、—Have you searched the kitchen for your car key?

—No. It was in the study   I remember I left it.

A. which   B. where

C. that   D. as

17、Over the past half century, ________ chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming.

A. having used   B. use   C. used     D. using

18、Buried _____ the book, he didn’t hear the sound.

A. in   B. at

C. on   D. to

19、Being a clown doctor means I can help people by _______ them.

A．examining

B．entertaining

C．advertising

D．employing

20、I hope to see you at the office tomorrow, but if ________, do remember to leave me a message.

A．possible

B．so

C．not

D．any

21、The number of inhabitants has ______ as a consequence of the increasing vegetation.

A．collapsed

B．decreased

C．exploded

D．perished

22、Everyone has the right to be treated with ________.

A．reply

B．review

C．respect

D．range

23、We promise ________ attends the party a chance to have a photo taken with the movie star.

A. who   B. anyone

C. whoever   D. whomever

24、Yesterday our head teacher made such an ________speech that we all felt ________ .

A．exciting ;exciting

B．excited ;excited

C．exciting;excited

D．excited ;exciting

25、______ the time to pay a visit in advance， I can't meet him now．

A. Not having been fixed B. Not fixing

C. Having not fixed D. Not having fixed

26、

【1】How much will the magazine pay for a joke to be published?

A. ＄50   B. ＄100   C. ＄150     D.＄350

【2】If you want to share a story of your pets with the readers, you need to submit it to   .

A. Anecdotes and Jokes  B. Smart Animals

C. Power of Love D. My Story

【3】A story showing people’s generosity should be emailed to the editor at  .

A. juliet@sws.com     B. susan@sws.com

C. audrey@sws.com D. nanjc@sws.com

【4】An inspiring story sent to the magazine should  .

A. describe strange behaviour

B. contain less than 800 words

C. be real and original

D. be published before

27、Bert Katz, my father-in-law, celebrated his 90th birthday in November 2020. Bert loved sports and was an enthusiastic Yankees(an American professional baseball team based in the New York City) fan, so it was no wonder that over the years, he was an avid(热切的) listener to WEAN radio and, in particular, the afternoon show hosted by Mike Francesa.

Bert had health issues in his later years that limited his mobility, and when he lost his eyesight three years ago, his attachment to his radio and Francesa became more pronounced. He just loved listening to Mike talk about sports and his Yankees each afternoon. Those hours brought him so much pleasure.

Of course, Mike will be leaving on Dec. 15, 2021 after 30 years at the station. Mike lives in the same community where I work on Long Island, and I have gotten to know him over the past 20 years. So when my father-in-law was approaching his special birthday last year, I asked Mike for a favor: to call Bert and wish him a happy birthday.

Mike agreed without hesitation. Two days before the special day, Mike stopped at my workplace. I called Bert at his nursing home and put Mike on the phone. It was a complete surprise to Bert. Mike spent more than 10 minutes wishing Bert a happy birthday and, of course, talking about the Yankees.

When my family celebrated Bert's birthday two days later, he couldn't stop talking about the phone call. Over his lifetime. he said it was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for him. Unfortunately，Bert' s health declined(衰退) and he passed away on July 13, 2021. But even in his final months in the hospital and nursing home, he always had a radio set to WEAN to listen each afternoon to Mike Francesa. And he also had the memory of that special phone call for his 90th birthday.

【1】What habit did Bert keep for years?

A．Playing baseball.

B．Listening to a sports program.

C．Checking his eyesight regularly.

D．Leading organized cheering for the Yankees.

【2】What does the underlined word “pronounced” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Obvious.

B．Unusual.

C．Important.

D．Understandable.

【3】What word can describe the author?

A．Honest.

B．Caring.

C．Patient.

D．Independent.

【4】What's the best title for the text?

A．A special gift

B．The call finally arrived

C．The big dream came true

D．An unforgettable birthday party

28、Knock, knock. Starting from Nov.1, 2020, people will be knocking on doors across the country to collect personal information. But don’t panic. This is for the seventh national population census (人口普查). The Chinese population census takes place every 10 years. It gathers data including name, age, ID number, gender, education, job, marital status and housing situation.

Tracking down more than 1 billion Chinese citizens is by no means easy. This year, about 7 million staff will be needed to visit homes for registration work, according to Xinhua. New methods will also be used during this census, including online information registration, application of electronic devices and big data. Compared with previous surveys, new methods will be convenient for people who are not living where they are officially registered, as well as those who do not want to be bothered by census takers’ door-to-door surveys. The new methods also reduce census takers’ workload.

The data is expected to give a full picture of the population, including its size, structure and distribution and recent changes. It provides support for making national development policies.

The census has a large impact on our lives. For instance, areas with a high number of children may receive more funding for public schools. Researchers can use the results to investigate population trends in different cities. The census will help to find out the number of foreigners living in China. It can also tell how many Chinese people have moved to other countries.

However, citizens’ privacy concerns could be one of the biggest challenges. Some may not be willing to give their personal information to census takers because they are worried about what the data would be used for. There are also worries about privacy leakage among the public.

In response to such concerns, Jiangsu’s pilot work zone allowed residents to upload personal data on their own through WeChat, which avoids information leakage. The data will be delivered directly to the National Bureau of Statistics through a WeChat program.

【1】Which can be inferred about the census according to the text?

A．This census will be conducted only by knocking on doors.

B．The previous census was likely to begin around 2010.

C．It gathers data including your name, age, and education.

D．This census will be easy by taking some new methods.

【2】What is the author’s attitude towards new methods adopted during this census?

A．Positive

B．Negative

C．Neutral

D．Doubtful

【3】Which of the following may be the influence the census has on citizens’ lives?

A．Areas with a high number of children will receive the most funding.

B．Researchers can use population trends to investigate the results.

C．The census will help to drive out the foreigners living in China.

D．The census will help to learn about the immigration situation.

【4】Why are some people not willing to give their personal information to census takers?

A．Because they are worried that the data would be used.

B．Because their privacy will be known by the government.

C．Because their information can be stolen by a man of ill will.

D．Because the data will be uploaded through a WeChat program.

29、   Who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger? Well, if size has anything to do with the matter, the tiger would win. That’s because tigers are the largest of all cat species. 【1】 They can dash as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet. You may not think that such large, fast, and fierce tigers need help to survive, but they do.

At the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of catch decreased to just over 3,000. Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans. 【2】

【3】 People have long valued the famous striped(有条纹的) skins. Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger fur are worth around $10,000 on the black market. Though the fur would be incentive(刺激) enough for most hunters, other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger parts have cure function. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones, among other parts, to cure some disease.

【4】 In other words, people hunted tigers only for the thrill and achievement of killing them. Such killings took place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might demand to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past, it has not stopped entirely.

Humans have done great damage to the world’s tiger population through hunting, but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia. But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. The tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia. 【5】Humans have built towns and cities. Road and transport systems were created to connect these towns and cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland. A major difficulty to preserving tigers is the large amount of territory(领土,领域) that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Because tigers need so much territory, it is really difficult to acquire enough land to support a large population of tigers.

A.A lion is not as large as a tiger but runs faster than it.

B.This is because humans have heavily changed the environments.

C.Tigers have also been hunted as game.

D.Tigers are hunted for many reasons.

E.Tigers are not only large, they are also fast.

F.Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat.

G.Though humans have done great harm to tigers.

30、   In the town of Whitesburg, Kentucky, Mick Polly, known as the bike man, has built hundreds of bicycles for needy kids.

One day in 2011, a 13-year-old boy with a(n) _______ bike walked by Mick’s house. “I was working in my garage, and he asked if I could _______ it,” said Mick.

The boy _______ his bike, which had a broken bracket (支架), with Mick, who asked friends on Facebook if they had the _______ part. A policeman saw the post and donated two used _______. Mick took parts from each to _______ a new set of wheels for the boy.

Soon after, Mick _______ a bike for the boy’s brother and assembled (装配) one for his sister. Within the year, he had fixed up dozens of bikes for the _______ kids whose parents couldn’t _______ to buy new ones.

“People were ________ off used bikes every day,” said Mick, “and I take off the ________ tires or the handlebars or the seat and ________ them,” he said.

________, the bike man has repaired hundreds of bicycles and ________ nearly 700 newly constructed bikes. They’re free, ________ the kids must agree to two things: They’ve got to “mind whoever’s ________ them” and they’ve got to try in school. If a kid’s grades are ________, Mick requires a teacher’s note “________ that you’re doing your best,” Mick said.

Mick hopes the bikes will get ________ off the couch (长沙发). “When I was growing up, we all rode our bikes,” he said. “________ these kids can get some exercise.”

A．old

B．broken

C．lost

D．ruined

A．fix

B．make

C．build

D．design

A．provided

B．handed

C．left

D．rewarded

A．extra

B．proper

C．useless

D．missing

A．parts

B．brackets

C．wheels

D．bicycles

A．repair

B．obtain

C．search

D．form

A．produced

B．finished

C．repaired

D．completed

A．lucky

B．local

C．remote

D．ordinary

A．offer

B．afford

C．attempt

D．manage

A．sending

B．donating

C．dropping

D．pouring

A．good

B．new

C．favourite

D．fashionable

A．replace

B．improve

C．use

D．sell

A．In the end

B．In fact

C．To the full

D．By now

A．given away

B．given out

C．given up

D．given off

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．as

A．praising

B．raising

C．feeding

D．affecting

A．low

B．excellent

C．better

D．high

A．informing

B．writing

C．telling

D．saying

A．adults

B．kids

C．parents

D．teachers

A．Unluckily

B．Fortunately

C．Finally

D．Hopefully

31、请根据所学课文以及所给的首字母（部分词汇）的提示用完整形式填空。

People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can【1】 this question if you study British history.

First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people 【2】 to England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. Happily this was 【3】 without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.

To their 【4】 the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the 【5】 and international relations), but they still have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!

England is the largest of the four countries, and for 【6】 it is divided roughly into three zones. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. You find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, 【7】, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. For historical 【8】 you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you will find out more about British history and culture.

The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the center of national government and its 【9】. It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066. There has been four sets of invaders of England. The first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and roads. The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government. The third, the Vikings, influenced the 【10】 and place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for food.

If you look around the British countryside you will find evidence of all these invaders. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom enjoyable and worthwhile.

32、假如你是某杂志健康栏目的主持人Mr Helper，人们经常写信询问健康之道，请你写一封回信，指出健康的重要性，并针对“如何保持健康”给出自己的建议。信的内容需包含以下信息：

1．健康的重要性；

2．给出保持健康的方法，如：科学饮食，多吃水果蔬菜，保持饮食平衡；避免高糖，高脂的食物；摒弃不良习惯；多锻炼等。

注意：词数100左右。

Dear readers,

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Yours sincerely,

Mr Helper