沧州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、What do you know about Alberta? (From Unit 4)

A．People here never go out in winter.

B．The temperature is low all the year round.

C．Edmonton is the largest shopping center in North America.

D．It is the center of Canada’s oil and gas drilling industry.

2、He was so ________ in his homework that he didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door.

A．appealed

B．absorbed

C．drawn

D．concentrated

3、____ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone in the corner of the hall.

A. Arriving   B. To arrive   C. Arrive   D. Arrived

4、The other two areas ____ British English and American English____ are spelling and pronunciation.

A. that; differ   B. which; differ in   C. in that; differ   D. in which; differ in

5、______, the gain in global greenness did not necessarily make up for the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions.

A．Although achieving a substantial gain in global greenness

B．Despite China and India contributed a lot to the greening of earth

C．As the gain in global greenness was comparable

D．Global leaf area increasing by five percent

6、_____ , I have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.

A. However the story is amusing   B. No matter amusing the story is

C. No matter how the story is amusing   D. However amusing the story is

7、As for the accident, he only told us the main facts,______ most of the details.

A.putting out  B.taking out

C.bringing out  D.leaving out

8、Though there is a long________between Tom and his family, they don’t feel________.

A．distance; distance

B．distant; distant

C．distance; distant

D．distant; distance

9、Mother holding jobs outside the home should have _______ schedules to make it easier to care for their children.

A. heavy B. flexible

C. complex D. smooth

10、—I'm sorry I can't help you.  —____________.

A. My pleasure.   B. All right.

C. Thank you all the same   D. I'm sorry to hear that

11、She was on the point of going out________ the telephone rang.

A. while   B. as   C. before   D. when

12、In order to _______ a good knowledge of English ,he gave up his job and went to study in an English school.

A. require   B. inquire C. acquire D. Address

13、Day in, day out, Wang Jin and his students spent their time ________ clocks ________ back to hundreds of years.

A．restored; dating

B．restored; dated

C．restoring, dating

D．to restore, dated

14、Problems with childcare remain the biggest ________ to women succeeding at work.

A．trend

B．bond

C．barrier

D．household

15、I made ________ acquaintance of my wife in the university and I fell in ________ love with heart first sight.

A．an; 不填   B．the; a   C．the;不填     D．an; a

16、—I didn't see Mike at the party yesterday.

—He ______ a driving test at that time.

A．is taking

B．was taking

C．took

D．has taken

17、To keep fit, my uncle   cycling as a regular form of exercise after retirement.

A. picked up   B. came up   C. turned up   D. took up

18、Linda is careless sometimes ,but _________,she is a hard -working student.

A. to tell you the truth   B. believe it or not

C. that is to say   D. on te whole

19、 He _______ his car key, _______ that I could I use his car.

A. held out, saying B. held up, said

C.held back, saying  D.held up, said

20、There _______ a six percent drop in the consumption of such drinks by the end of last month.

A．is

B．was

C．will be

D．had been

21、—You know I dropped medicine and physics.

—You made a right decision.

A.took up   B.took in

C.took apart D.took off

22、 I am so lucky to have a friend like Jenny who is so _____ that she is said never to lose her temper with anyone.

A. slight B. abstract

C. mild D. delicate

23、When she left the company, the manager asked me to _____ her research.

A．bring out

B．carry on

C．bring up

D．cheer on

24、________it rain this afternoon, the football match would be put off till next Friday.

A．Were

B．Should

C．Would

D．Will

25、I firmly believe that it is his father rather than his grandparents who ________ for the spoiled child.

A．are to blame

B．should blame

C．is to blame

D．is to be blamed

26、A sharp rise in US pedestrian(行人) deaths has been partly blamed on people using their smartphones while driving or crossing the road. A recent report estimates that there were 6, 000 pedestrian deaths in 2016, the highest number in more than 20 years. In the last six years, fatalities(死亡数) have grown at four times the rate of overall traffic deaths.

The report say a number of factors are to blame, including mobile use. “A more recent factor contributing to the increase in pedestrian fatalities may be the growing use of smartphones by all road users, which can be a significant source of distraction for both drivers and pedestrians,” the report stated. Other factors include increased driving and more walking for exercise and environmental reasons. Alcohol is also blamed.

The report is based on data from all states for the first six months of 2016. The UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said it also saw mobile phones as dangerously distracting.

“More and more teenagers and young adults are being injured as a result of distraction, as a result of crossing roads while using their phone. This can be as a result of having a conversation, listening to music, texting or using the net,” said road safety manager Nick Lloyd.

Some cities around the world are taking measures to counter the issue of smartphone distraction. In the Bavarian town, the station has fitted red and green lights in the ground to warn people who stubbornly look at their smartphone. Officials in the Dutch town ran trials in February of traffic lights that project a red or green lighting strip across the pavements to alert smartphone zombies who were glued to their mobiles as they cross the road. Social media, games and music are major distractions in traffic. Dutch road safety group VVN said that the idea rewarded bad behavior.

【1】What is the purpose of the report?

A．To tell the readers a sharp rise in traffic deaths.

B．To state the reasons for the increase in pedestrian fatalities.

C．To remind people of the negative effects of using smartphones.

D．To appeal to the public not to use their smartphones on the road.

【2】What is the major cause of pedestrian distraction?

A．Traffic flows.

B．Exercise on the roads.

C．Smartphone use.

D．Alcohol addiction.

【3】Which can replace the underlined word “counter” in Paragraph 5?

A．Prevent.

B．Calculate.

C．Expose.

D．Clarify.

【4】What is the VVN’s attitude towards to trials in the Bavarian town?

A．Flexible.

B．Conservative.

C．Approving.

D．Critical.

27、Much meaning can be conveyed, clearly, with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.

Do you have such kind of experience? On a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.

The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary time, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward others’stare with you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive(冒犯的). But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert(转移) his gaze, his intentions are obvious: he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.

However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking. As for the listener, he will, to a certain extent, look continuously at the speaker, to tell him that he is attentive.

If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to dominate（控制）you, you will feel upset. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes in the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication. Quite the contrary.

In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to(局限于) lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.

Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.

【1】When the writer says eyes can speak, he really means that .

A. eyes can really speak sometimes

B. eyes can express meaning sometimes

C. eyes can understand meaning

D. eyes take part in some conversations

【2】 According to the text, a teacher should look at students in class in order to .

A. find something wrong with the students

B. show that he or she is very attentive

C. make sure that students pay attention

D. show the sign of honest communication

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. People often stare at others on buses.

B. People don’t like being looked at.

C. Men always enjoy looking at women.

D. Eye contact can attract attention.

【4】According to the fourth paragraph, we can learn that _____.

A. looking too long at someone is always polite

B. eye contact sometimes expresses your admiration to the opposite sex

C. eyes can help you get someone you love

D. looking at someone is sometimes necessary

28、Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list can certainly make you unhappy, but new research suggests that more free time might not be the magic elixir many of us dream it could be.

In a new study released last week, researchers analyzed data from two large-scale surveys about how Americans spend their time. Together the surveys included more than 35,000 respondents. The researchers found that people with more free time generally had higher levels of subjective well-being — but only up to a point.

People who had up to two hours of free time a day generally reported they felt better than those who'd had less time. But people who had five or more hours of free time a day generally said they felt worse. So ultimately the free time "sweet spot" might be two to three hours per day.

Most people know that being too busy can cause stress. However, no evidence shows more free time will actually bring people happiness. For example, some adults struggle with the "retirement blues, "which can be due to lacking stimulation(刺激)and structure.

Part of finding the "sweet spot" has to do with how people spend the extra time they have, the researchers behind the new study argue.

They conducted several smaller online experiments. In one they asked participants to imagine having 3.5 to seven free hours per day. They were asked to imagine spending that time doing "productive" things (like exercising) or to imagine doing "unproductive" activities (like watching TV) Study participants believed their well-being would suffer if they had a lot of free time during the day—but only if they used it unproductively.

Of course, what feels "productive" is up to you. If watching two hours of "Real Housewives" in your free time increases your happiness, you should do that. Even some traditionally productive or purposeful activities like walking, knitting, reading or cooking, which helps burn stress and put people in a state of flow, can be easy and beneficial.

【1】What does the underlined word "elixir" mean in Paragraph 1?

A．Solution.

B．Achievement.

C．Purpose.

D．Outcome.

【2】Why is "retirement blues" mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A．To show the "sweet spot" helpful.

B．To prove more free time might harm.

C．To confirm the retired lack stimulation.

D．To suggest the old keeping exercising.

【3】What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A．How to spend free time matters.

B．Watching TV is unproductive.

C．Being active lessens anxiety.

D．Reading is a purposeful activity.

【4】Which will be the most suitable title for the text?

A．What will you do in free time?

B．What's the free time "sweet spot"?

C．How much free time makes you happier?

D．What's better, productive or unproductive?

29、Children are naturally curious beings. 【1】 Teachers and parents often find themselves making use of rewards in the form of stars, promises of high grades and wonderful careers, or threats of punishment. But what if rewards and threats aren’t the answer?

Natural curiosity is sometimes referred to as “inner motivation”. 【2】 And it’s easy to understand why it’s hard to study something we aren’t actively engaged with, and if we’re passionate about the information we’re digesting, it feels more fulfilling.

External motivation, things like rewards and punishment, does have its uses too. Praise and stimulation based on achieving good grades or fear of punishment has been acknowledged to motivate older students. 【3】 So, if it’s the case that natural curiosity is motivation for better learning, how can we stimulate that interest?

【4】 Let children see their learning as their own thing and give them a bit more choice of what and how they learn. For example, if you want to teach children to read, let them choose which book they use. Whether it’s a graphic novel, TV guide or classic literature, the aim of stimulating their appetite for reading is achieved.

Likewise, build a relationship with children as learners and listen to their negative feelings. If they are unwilling to get involved in an activity, don’t rush to use threats or rewards. Try to find out why. Perhaps it’s simply because they feel the activity boring. 【5】

All in all, the answer to motivating children, especially the young ones, comes from inspiring their inner motivation. Once their inner motivation is generated, the children will be fired up.

A．The key is to allow some degree of freedom.

B．Children who see learning as fun are better at it.

C．It doesn’t have as much effect at an early age, though.

D．Then explain its value, even if it doesn’t seem appealing.

E．It’s unapparent whether they lack inner or external motivation.

F．Even top students have days when they aren’t motivated for learning.

G．But getting them to study what they aren’t interested in can be a tricky task.

30、   In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _________ , it was the same score.

Later that evening, I_________ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our_________ much better than an IQ (智商)test. We _________ that Michael’s score must have been a _________ and we should treat him _________ as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _________ grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

Michael _________ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than_________. In 1968, he was __________ by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I __________ the ceremony(典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the __________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say __________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the __________ we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then __________ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had __________ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be __________.

Children often do as __________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, __________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “__________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

A．joy

B．comfort

C．dislike

D．disappointment

A．tearfully

B．fearfully

C．cheerfully

D．hopefully

A．student

B．son

C．friend

D．doctor

A．argued

B．realized

C．decided

D．understood

A．joke

B．mistake

C．warning

D．wonder

A．specially

B．strictly

C．naturally

D．carefully

A．poor

B．good

C．average

D．standard

A．visited

B．chose

C．passed

D．entered

A．allowed

B．described

C．required

D．offered

A．accepted

B．allowed

C．inspired

D．refused

A．missed

B．held

C．delayed

D．attended

A．high

B．same

C．low

D．different

A．curiously

B．eagerly

C．calmly

D．jokingly

A．faith

B．interest

C．pride

D．delight

A．looked for

B．asked for

C．waited for

D．prepared for

A．received

B．accepted

C．organized

D．discussed

A．imperfect

B．impossible

C．uncertain

D．unsatisfactory

A．honestly

B．much

C．well

D．bravely

A．hear

B．learn

C．expect

D．speak

A．wise

B．rude

C．shy

D．Stupid

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Just in time for the new century, the new fashion trends offer a lot of choices to the customers. Instead of one main fashion look, fashion houses are 【1】 a range of different looks. The new prediction for high fashion this year is “Personal Style”. As long as it’s 【2】, you can wear—whatever you want. That means any color and dress length is 【3】.

What is the reason behind the confused fashion 【4】 this year? One Italian designer puts the confusion down to a world-wide 【5】 to the globalization of high fashion over the last ten years. Globalization has meant that all over the high-fashion world, fashion designers have 【6】 each other’s designs.

This year, for the first time on the fashion catwalks in Europe and the USA, there is no 【7】 designer style to copy. Instead we now get to decide our own fashion style. The individual can now be truly individual. The latest trend is for the fashion— 【8】 to experiment with different styles. You try to work out your personal style, which should suit your body as well as your outlook on life. Once you have 【9】 your style, stick to it. Be confident about yourself and your clothes. Remember, your style is a(n) 【10】 of your inner self.

32、为了减少环境污染、缓解城市交通压力，2018年1月1日我市开始实施新的机动车限号行驶规定(the license number—plate restrictions)。假定你最近就我市实施这一新的规定进行了采访，请用英语写一篇短文，向某英语报投稿。

内容包括：

1．限号带来的好处；

2．限号存在的问题；

3．你的看法及改进建议。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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