忻州2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、______ the price of gas is starting to come down, many people are choosing to take the bus or the train instead．

A． Even though   B． Now that

C． In case       D． As though

2、To learn English well, we should find opportunities to hear English as much as we can.

A．speak

B．speaking

C．spoken

D．to speak

3、Just think! This time next day we ________ our best friend Tom.

A．visited

B．will be visiting

C．have visited

D．had visited

4、Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr．Memorial, celebrating the 50th anniversary of King's famous speech, through which we know _____ he said meant to the black．

A． that what B． what that

C． what what D． that which

5、It is a different world but one ______ offers huge challenges to ambitious young people interested in ______ our Universe works.

A. which; what   B. which; why   C. that; how   D. that; that

6、They searched around for a nice table to________ their new apartment.

A. fill   B. furnish

C. arrange   D. put

7、If you want to get your ability ______, you have to show it in your work rather than complain all day.

A. to recognize   B. recognizing

C. being recognized   D. recognized

8、It was in Haikou _______ more than 80 farmers received about 2.89 million yuan year-end bonus on Jan 8, 2015.

A. where B. which C. that D. when

9、After years of hard work, his dream of travelling around the world _________.

A．came true

B．realized

C．made progress

D．get through

10、In the time of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to keep _____ with the rapid change of society.

A. contact   B. progress   C. touch   D. pace

11、— Who are you waiting for here?

— The postman ______.

A. send me the parcel   B. will send me the parcel

C. sending me the parcel   D. has sent me the parcel

12、There is nothing in the fridge; let’s go to the supermarket to ______ some meat, fruit and vegetables this afternoon.

A．end up

B．catch up

C．make up

D．pick up

13、— Because they were all team players, the task was fulfilled.

— Well, ________.

A．a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

B．a good beginning is half done

C．where there is a will, there is a way

D．many hands make light work

14、With the guide ______ the way, we finally got to the village which we were looking for.

A. led B. leading   C. to lead     D. had led

15、________ much media attention is paid to the topic of raising children or caring for elderly parents in their final years，it seems ________ not much is explained on being a parent.

A． While；that      B． As；like

C． Because；that   D． Since；/

16、Yuan Longping has won many awards,   shows his extraordinary achievements.

A. what   B. that

C. who   D. which

17、--- What do you think made Ceha so happy?

--- ________ a prize in the recent competition.

A．Winning

B．Won

C．As she won

D．Because of winning

18、—What happened to the company?

—The bad news about it a wave of selling its shares.

A．sent off

B．set off

C．brought on

D．set up

19、 It takes ______ diligence to learn all the subjects well. It takes brains, too.

A．other than

B．less than

C．more than

D．rather than

20、Once in a while, some students didn’t obey school rules. What was worse, they didn’t think they were _______ for their wrong behavior.

A．to blame

B．blamed

C．being blamed

D．blaming

21、   The mind is a wonderful thing.It’s also excuse-making machine that frequently tries to convince us not to take action we know are good for us.If we hadn't learned about these excuses, or how to overcome them, we would never have succeeded in making these positive changes.

So why does the mind mess with us and make unreasonable excuses? Because the mind wants comfort, that's the reason.It’s afraid of discomfort, pressure and change.The mind is absorbed in its comfort zone, and anytime we try to stretch that zone too far, for too long, the mind tries desperately to get back to "ground zero" at any cost.These damaging excuses, such as "I can't do it", "It is too hard for me", "It’s too late now" and so on, are no strangers to our minds.

It seems too difficult at first, so you think you can't stick to the positive change you're making.This excuse can be countered (对抗）by looking at the fact that other people were no more capable than you thought you were.For example, my 60-year-old next-door neighbor finished running a marathon, so I told myself, "If she can do it, so can I !" Truth be told, the only person who tells you "I can't" is yourself.If you hear those words echoing in the back of your mind, tune them out.

I've witnessed people reinventing themselves at all ages 48-year-olds starting families, 57-year-olds graduating from college for the first time, 71-year-olds starting successful businesses, and so forth.

Another common excuse is that "I've already failed too much." If you break down, it's fine, because you are only human.Just don't stay down; take a rest, and then pick yourself up so you can go to where you'd rather be.As Winston Churchill said, "Success is never final; failure is never fatal .It is courage to continue that counts."

Some people feel like quitting when they have almost reached their goal, while others attain  goals through their efforts until the last second.So make some necessary adjustments to get rid of the bad habit of making excuses.Keep going! No excuses! Think, work, and climb, that's how you'll move your life forward.

【1】Why does our mind make excuses?

A.It tends to seek comforts rather than suffering.

B.It needs rest and relaxation .

C.It is preparing for the difficult times.

D.It is the way it tries to find a solution.

【2】What might "ground zero" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The lowest spot. B.The safest place

C.The original place D.The proper position

【3】Knowing his neighbor finished the marathon made the author realize________.

A.completing a marathon was not too difficult

B.people often neglect their abilities

C.looking down upon the others is wrong

D.people shouldn't let negative thoughts step in their way

【4】For someone who fears failure, the author advises him to_______.

A.learn from those good examples

B.stop for a while and examine himself

C.try to adjust himself, and get back on his feet

D.look for new directions and keep trying

【5】What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A.To tell readers how to make a change.

B.To help readers develop a new view of life.

C.To encourage readers to leave their comfortable zone.

D.To tell readers to stop making excuses and keep fighting.

22、When talking of a typical mineral mine, people will probably think it's underground. It's unlikely that the picture of plants and soft greenery would cross their minds. Now, new explorations into phytomining may change that viewpoint. Instead of traditionally mining metals like nickel, iron or cobalt from rocks, phytomining uses plants as an alternative source (来源) for these minerals. Using plants to extract (提取) metals can have significant environmental benefits over rock mining.

Phytomining was first studied in 1983, but it hasn't yet been adopted by the metals industry. In 2004, Indonesian soil scientist Aiyen Tjoa from Tadulako University in Central Sulawesithe took her research to Sorowako, a small town in Indonesia with one of the largest nickel mining areas, to look into plants that continued to live after years of mining. She brought samples back to her lab and found that these super plants were more than just surviving—they were growing.

The plants were absorbing and storing nickel from the soil. Large quantities of metals kill most plants, but these, known as hyperaccumulators, were learning to adapt. If these plants were storing metals, that meant that science could find a way to extract the minerals for use and quite frankly, scientists easily did. When the shoots are harvested and burnt, the metals are separated from the plant material in the ashes.

Tjoa returned to Sorowako and spent years searching for new hyperaccumulator species. After a plant is considered a possibility, there's a simple test paper that turns pink when placed against the leaf of a hyperaccumulator plant. Two local Indonesian plants, sarcotheca celebica and knema matanensis, were found but there are many others still to be validated.

Tjoa's research caught the attention of Satria Bijasksana, a professor of rock magnetism. Together, they designed an experiment to understand magnetic susceptibility (磁化率) when plants accumulate more nickel. Their research led to the discovery of two new species of hyperaccumulators. Besides, this research serves as the basis for the potential that plants can give to the mining industry, offering great advantages to our ecosystem and towards building a more sustainable (可持续的) future.

【1】Why did Aiyen Tjoa go to Sorowako in 2004?

A．To work with the local government.

B．To study the plants surviving mining.

C．To improve the soil in the small town.

D．To research into underground mining.

【2】What can we learn about hyperaccumulators from the text?

A．They are rich in metals.

B．They are free of minerals.

C．They are very easy to discover.

D．They are too fragile to survive.

【3】The underlined word “validated” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “________”.

A．monitored

B．preserved

C．confirmed

D．adapted

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．A New Creative Mining Way Meets Challenges

B．Many Plants Can Act as Sources of Many Metals

C．Now Scientists Can Extract Minerals from Plants

D．Phytomining Will Take the Place of Traditional Mining

23、Do you know that junk food isn't healthy? Of course you do! Do you eat it anyway? Of course you do! But a new study shows teaching adolescents about the ways food companies fool then into thinking junk food is cool can encourage kids to fight back-by eating healthier.

The pull of junk food can be super-strong. It's designed to be tasty, which makes eating well one of the great health challenges of our time. Everyone from doctors to the government has been trying to handle it. Yet we keep eating junk food.

Professor Christopher Bryan says, "Food companies want you to want junk food. " They spend millions of dollars coming up with new ways to promote junk food consumption. They hire scientists to make new junk food almost irresistible. They might do this, for example, by adding more sugar. Rats fed junk food for six weeks will even walk across a floor that gives them electric shocks just to get more of such food.

Foods ads often make unhealthy junk food seem healthy by featuring professional athletes, fit-looking pop stars and smiling, active teens. "We thought when the students learned this, it would matter to them. " Bryan says. He worked with 8th graders at a Texas school. Half of them got a lesson Bryan created. It focused on the ways junk food is advertised, or marketed. A second group received lessons that focused on health. These lessons informed students junk food is bad, and that foods like apples or carrots are a better choice. The students learned a bad diet can lead to major weight gain, and that being overweight puts people at risk for serious diseases. They also learned how eating well now can keep you healthy when you're older.

After the lessons, the kids in both groups were asked how they felt about junk food. Most didn't have positive feelings about these unhealthy foods.

【1】Why does the author mention the questions in paragraph 1?

A．To express his doubts about junk food.

B．To promote the idea of healthy eating.

C．To describe the situation of junk food.

D．To introduce junk food for discussion.

【2】What remains a great health challenge to doctors?

A．Making people do more exercise.

B．Making people eat healthily.

C．Making people lose weight.

D．Making people prefer junk food.

【3】What message does paragraph 3 mainly try to convey?

A．What makes junk food almost impossible to resist.

B．What influence junk food can have on consumers.

C．How food companies try to get people to reach for junk food.

D．Why food companies promote the consumption of junk food.

【4】Which of the following words can best describe Bryan's lessons?

A．Shocking.

B．Popular

C．Effective

D．Interesting

24、On a cold January morning in 2017, four-year-old Eli stands on the bank of Douglas River, hugging a dead salmon(鲑鱼) against his thick red coat. He looks up at his father, Andrew, who nods encouragingly. “Go ahead,” he says. “Put it in.” The young boy drags his feet forward and holds the fish as far as he can into the shallow water. “It’s floating!” Eli yells, delighted. For a moment, it’s almost as if the handsome salmon could come back to life.

Eli’s salmon is just one of 100 or so death bodies that will land in Douglas River in a half-hour activity this morning, deposited by dozens of volunteers. None of the salmon will rise from the dead, but Darrell Wick, president of the Douglas Society, who has promoted this gathering, is in the resurrection(复活) business.

Wick also leads the group’s campaign to recover this urban waterway’s salmon population. “The Douglas Society started looking into the possibility of recovering the salmon in the river in the mid-1990s, and part of a thought in that Lime focused on river recovery in cities worldwide. Back then, the prospects (前景) looked future lefts from the result.

Wick and his group are devoted to giving the river a full make-over. This monumental repair job, supported by approximately $95,000 of funding from the Pacific Salmon Foundation over the past 15 years, has involved recovering the river-habitat of salmon and preventing it from wearing away. Work on the river’s final section was completed in July 2017.

【1】What can we learn about the salmon from paragraph 1?

A. It was dying.   B. It was saved.

C. It survived.   D. It had died.

【2】What do Eli and his father do?

A. Catch a salmon for fun.   B. Help a salmon rise again.

C. Lay a salmon into the water,   D. Pray a salmon’s forgiveness.

【3】What was the situation about the river in the mid-1990s?

A. Recovering the river was too difficult.

B. It was in favor of salmon population.

C. No one paid attention to its had situation.

D. River recovery was focused on worldwide.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Work on Douglas River has ended.

B. Wick’s campaign against pollution.

C. Saving a River to save the salmon.

D. An unforgettable story of the salmon.

25、I shall never forget the day when the earthquake happened. It was about 5 in the afternoon and I was _________ along the road to my daughter’s school. Our plan was to go_________ together. I stopped at a_________ to get some fresh fruit. We liked to have some fruit to eat after our swim. I was driving along a high_________ on my way to the school. _________ my road was another road which was built like a_________. I was_________ so I put the bag of apples_________ me and started to eat one. Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to_________ from side to side. I slowed down. Then my car started to shake! I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had__________ wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I__________ the car and at the same moment the road__________ onto the cars in front of me. I found myself in the__________. I couldn’t move. My legs and feet were hurt badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was__________. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noises.

Then I realized what had happened. I had been__________ an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of__________，so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people__________ towards me. A team of people had come to__________ if anyone was under the__________ road. I called out, “I'm here！” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to my car. “How are you__________？” he asked. “Not too bad,” I said. They didn’t get me out until the next morning.

【1】

A．walking

B．leading

C．driving

D．running

【2】

A．shopping

B．dancing

C．sight­seeing

D．swimming

【3】

A．shop

B．farm

C．park

D．school

【4】

A．bridge

B．road

C．school

D．side

【5】

A．Under

B．Over

C．Along

D．Beside

【6】

A．roof

B．bridge

C．cover

D．top

【7】

A．tired

B．thirsty

C．hungry

D．sleepy

【8】

A．over

B．beside

C．ahead of

D．under

【9】

A．move

B．roll

C．run

D．jump

【10】

A．been

B．broken

C．done

D．gone

【11】

A．stopped

B．started

C．moved

D．parked

【12】

A．put

B．fell

C．ran

D．jumped

【13】

A．afternoon

B．dark

C．evening

D．car

【14】

A．quiet

B．dusty

C．noisy

D．blood

【15】

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．by

【16】

A．food

B．apples

C．sandwiches

D．bread

【17】

A．climbing

B．shouting

C．moving

D．driving

【18】

A．know

B．tell

C．see

D．understand

【19】

A．falling

B．breaking

C．broken

D．dirty

【20】

A．sleeping

B．eating

C．feeling

D．going

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Emily finished playing the music, and then bowed to the animal toys on her bed. “There, three times in a row with no mistakes,” she said, “I just hope I can play it that well at the concert.” In just an hour she would be playing her first solo, and the thought was giving her butterflies.

“You’re lucky you don’t have to play by yourself in front of everybody,” she said, smoothing Lea the Tiger’s fur, and gazed down at the smiling face of Zoey the Zebra. Emily scolded, “You’re a big help. How can you be so happy at a time like this?”

She looked around the room at the bear, lion, monkey, and other animal toys that lined her bed and shelves. “I wish you could all come with me,” she sighed. She gave them one last glance and went to join her parents in the car.

“Do I have to play in the concert?” asked Emily as she climbed into the back seat. “Is my favorite first-grader getting nervous?” her dad asked, smiling. Emily didn’t answer. She was trying to picture what it would be like to play in front of all those people. “You’ll do fine, honey.” He added. “The first time is always the hardest.”

When they arrived at the concert hall, Emily handed her violin to her teacher, Mrs Allen, for tuning and tiptoed over to where the curtains parted. Looking out, she could see that all the seats were filled, with many more people standing in back.

Nervously she took her violin and sat with the other students onstage. She held her breath as the curtains started to open and Mrs Allen picked up the microphone to begin the program. One by one the students played their pieces. Finally, Emily heard her name announced. Her heart pounded as she walked toward the front of the stage.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

She put her violin under her chin, but she couldn’t remember even her first note.

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As she played, the “animals” audience seemed to be changing back into people.

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