临沧2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、He has ________ more than 500 dollars in the past three months, with which she could buy new bikes for those poor children.

A.accelerated B.accompanied C.accumulated D.acknowledged

2、His early comedies were filmed________black and white．

A. of   B. with   C. in   D. by

3、Rankings have become an inescapable part of the reputation of universities, ________them to attract students, staff and research investment.

A. to help   B. helped   C. helping   D. help

4、— Wow，you won first in the story-telling competition. Fantastic!

—  ______ !

A. Give me five   B. Congratulations

C. That’s all right D. Forget it

5、--- How could you have trusted the online dictionary that much in translating your resume?

--- Well, I never expected it should translate it so ______.

A. literally   B. originally   C. sufficiently   D. professionally

6、They tried their best to _________ the chance that their school offered to study abroad.

A．make full of

B．make the best of

C．make most of

D．make little use of

7、I decided to do something to regain my good name as a kindly aunt. My ____, Frost, had never forgiven me for the dictionary I had bought him as a birthday present last year.

A.grandson B.cousin C.niece D.nephew

8、If you don’t know how to spell new words ,_______ in a dictionary.

A．look them up

B．find out them

C．look up them

D．look at them.

9、---Six o’clock in the morning? –

---No, don't call me that early in the morning. I _________.

A. sleep   B. will be sleeping

C. am sleeping   D. will sleep

10、—Are you tired after climbing the mountain?

—________, on the contrary, I am very excited.

A．At least

B．At most

C．Not in the least

D．At last

11、It is wise to have some money ________ for old age.

A. put aside  B. kept up C. given away  D. laid up

12、一Cathy can’t come for dinner．She’s leaving for London tonight．

一_______．I hope I can talk to her soon．

A．Never mind B．With pleasure

C．Yes，she should D．What a shame

13、________you are looking to continue to be part of a sport you love or looking for new experiences, there is a club for you at every skill level.

A．What

B．Whether

C．If

D．That

14、In times of trouble, _______ our spirits are low, telling our worries and fears to friends eases the stress.

A. when B. where   C. which D. that

15、She has owned the painting since 1950, when it ________ to her as a wedding present.

A．has given   B．gave   C．was given     D．has been given

16、—John failed in the English test this time.

— He has been studying hard all the time.

A.Of course. B.Sure.

C.What a surprise! D.Is there something wrong?

17、The wounded ____ as well stay at home on such a terrible day.

A. can B. must   C. may   D. should

18、We tend to ________ happiness with freedom, but, as a psychotherapist and writer has observed, without obstacles to our desires it’s harder to know what we want, or where we’re heading.

A. combine B. compare   C. equip   D. equate

19、I asked the kids to go out to play, because I wasn’t accustomed to ______ when I was working.

A．interrupting

B．interrupt

C．interrupted

D．being interrupted

20、—You look pretty tired today!

—I 　　　　an environmental report over the last few days, which should be submitted to the boss tomorrow.

A. wrote   B. was writing

C. had written   D. have been writing

21、Gone are the days when a mother’s place was in the home: in Britain women with children are now as likely to be in paid work as their unburdened sisters. Many put their little darlings in day care long before they start school. Mindful that a poor start can spoil a person’s chances of success later in life, the state has intervened ever more closely in how babies and toddlers are looked after. Inspectors call not only at nurseries but also at homes where youngsters are minded; three-year-olds follow the national curriculum. Child care has increasingly become a profession.

For years after the government first began in 2001 to twist the arms of anyone who looked after an unrelated child to register with the schools, the numbers so doing fell. Kind but clueless neighbours stopped looking after little ones, who were instead herded into formal nurseries or handed over to one of the ever-fewer registered child-minders. The decline in the number of people taking in children now appears to have halted. According to data released by the Office for Standards in Education on October 27th, the number of registered child-minders reached its lowest point in September 2010 and has since recovered slightly.

The new lot are certainly better qualified. In 2010 fully 82% of nursery workers held diplomas notionally equivalent to A-levels, the university-entrance exams taken mostly by 18-year-olds, up from 56% seven years earlier, says Anand Shukla of the Daycare Trust, a charity. Nurseries staffed by university graduates tend to be rated highest by inspectors, increasing their appeal to the pickiest parents. As a result, more graduates are being recruited.

But professionalization has also pushed up the price of child care, defying even the economic depression. A survey by the Daycare Trust finds that a full-time nursery place in England for a child aged under two, who must be intensively supervised, costs £194 ($310) per week, on average. Prices in London and the south-east are far higher. Parents in Britain spend more on child care than anywhere else in the world, according to the OECD, a think-tank. Some 68% of a typical second earner's net income is spent on freeing her to work, compared with an OECD average of 52%.

The price of child care is not only eye-watering, but has also become a barrier to work. Soon after it took power the coalition government pledged to ensure that people are better off in work than on benefits, but a recent survey by Save the Children, a charity, found that the high cost of day care prevented a quarter of low-paid workers from returning to their jobs once they had started a family. The government pays for free part-time nursery places for three-and four-year-olds, and contributes towards day-care costs for younger children from poor areas. Alas, extending such an aid during stressful economic times would appear to be anything but child’s play.

【1】Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

A．Nursery education plays a leading role in one’s personal growth.

B．Pregnant women have to work to lighten families’ economic burden.

C．Children in nursery have to take uniform nation courses.

D．The supervision of the state makes child care professional.

【2】It can be learned from Paragraph 2 and 3 that ___________.

A．the registered child-minders are required to take the university-entrance exams

B．the number of registered child-minders has been declining since 2001

C．anyone who looks after children at home must register with the schools

D．the growing recognition encourages more graduates to work as child-minders

【3】The high price of child care __________.

A．prevents mothers from getting employed

B．may further depress the national economy

C．makes many families live on benefits

D．is far more than parents can afford

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards the professionalization of child care?

A．Objective.

B．Skeptical.

C．Supportive.

D．Biased.

【5】Which of the following would be the subject of the text?

A．The professionalization of child care has pushed up its price.

B．The high cost of child nursing makes many mothers give up their jobs.

C．The employment of more graduates makes nurseries more popular.

D．Parents in Britain pay most for child nursing throughout the world.

22、China is a country on the move—especially around its Lunar New Year holiday. This year, the holiday crush（客流量） promises to be even heavier than before.

Government officials estimate that Chinese people will take to the air, roads and railways 3.62 billion times over a 40-day period around the nation's most important holiday this year as people push their way home for family gatherings or to satisfy their new-found passion for travel.

Getting tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience. And it is the railway system that routinely is most unable to cope. Railways are the transport of choice for low-cost long-distance travel, and that's where the ticketing system routinely falls down.

Much of the criticism has, focused on the railway's online purchasing system, which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers（票贩子） from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.

While insisting that online sales were the fairest way to get tickets for travelers, railway officials told reporters that the public need to be patient. Efforts were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems. While officials had little good news for rail passengers, they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls （通行费） will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.

【1】Which of the following words can replace the underlined word "discounting" in Paragraph 3?

A. Promising.  B. Discouraging.  C. Pleasing.  D. Rewarding.

【2】According to the text, getting tickets ________ around the official holiday.

A. is just a piece of cake

B. is more costly

C. takes great effort

D. is convenient for travelers

【3】We can learn from the text that ________ around the New Year holiday.

A. there will be 3. 62 billion people going home

B. the railway system will be facing more stress

C. people's complaint .focus on the failure of online purchase

D. not railways but cars are the best choices for traveling

【4】Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude to the railway service?

A. Objective.  B. Doubtful.  C. Satisfied  D．Worried.

23、Time has always been of great interest to scientist...

【1】Which theory doesn’t include time?

A．Theory 1.

B．Theory 2.

C．Theory 3.

D．Theory 4.

【2】According to the passage, which of the following statements is true of dark energy?

A．It increases in strength with gravity.

B．It is what keeps the universe in order.

C．It is what makes the universe get bigger.

D．It leads to the existence of multi-universities.

【3】All the four theories imply that ________.

A．time does stay flexible

B．time does remain constant

C．time does go forth and back

D．time does exist in some way

24、Complex systems are characterized by randomness and disorder and are difficult to understand. This year’s Nobel Prize recognizes new methods for describing them and predicting their long-term be haviour.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded “for groundbreaking contributions to our under-standing of complex systems” with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann “for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying(量化) variability and reliably predicting global warming” and the other half to Giorgio Parisi “for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations(波动) in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales”.

One complex system of vital importance to humankind is Earth’s climate. Syukuro Manabe dem-onstrated how increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere lead to increased temperatures at the surface of the Earth. His work laid the foundation for the development of current climate models.

About ten years later, Klaus Hasselmann created a model that links together weather and cli-mate, thus answering the question of why climate models can be reliable despite weather being changeable and chaotic. He also developed methods for identifying specific signals, fingerprints, that both natural phenomena and human activities imprint in the climate. His methods have been used to prove that the increased temperature in the atmosphere is due to human emissions of CO2.

Around 1980, Giorgio Parisi discovered hidden patterns in disordered complex materials, whose discoveries are among the most important contributions to the theory of complex systems. They make it possible to understand and describe many different and apparently entirely random materials and phe-nomena, not only in physics but also in other very different areas, such as mathematics, biology, neuroscience and machine learning.

“The discoveries recognized this year demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation, based on a thorough analysis of observations. This year’s laureates have all contributed to us gaining deeper insight into the properties and evolution of complex physical sys-tems,” says Thors Hans Hansson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

【1】What can be inferred about the three scientists?

A．They each received equal prize.

B．They jointly shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021.

C．They established a physical modelling of Earth’s climate.

D．They found complex systems are difficult to understand.

【2】Why are the three scientists’ contributions important to humankind?

A．They made great contributions to our understanding of complex systems.

B．They laid the foundation for the development of current climate models.

C．They answered the question of why climate models are reliable.

D．They threw light on random materials and phenomena in physics.

【3】What does the underlined word “laureates” mean in the last paragraph?

A．Competitors.

B．Judges.

C．Prize winners.

D．Active participants.

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

A．The Greatest Three Physicians in 2021

B．Complex Systems Are Easy to Understand Since 2021

C．Surprise and Curiosity Are the Seeds of Science

D．Three Scientists Won Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

25、Graduation Day is a memorable experience for all who participate. Families and friends _________ to celebrate the accomplishment, and students are _________ about what the future holds and nearly can’t wait to hug tomorrow. But when duty calls—it doesn’t matter what _________ it is, you answer the call.

Six Long Island High School students recently graduated, but they’ll _________ more than getting their graduation certificate. As they were taking photos excitedly after the ceremony, they _________ to a garage fire.

Often during an _________, one never knows what they are heading into. In this case, the students _________ responding to a structure fire at one of their fellow graduates’ home. _________, the fire was put out quickly.

The six students who controlled the fire have been _________ for this type of scene for years since they became junior volunteer __________. But this was the first time they had got involved.

All are grateful for the students’ __________ and wish them well.

The students admitted the night before that they __________ about what would happen if a fire occurred on their graduation day. The punchline (笑点): it actually __________. And they handled it very well.

Their graduation day didn’t end in the __________ way, but it will still be one to remember according to Ryan, one of the heroes. He said, “We definitely remember it as a __________ memory.”

【1】

A．agree

B．gather

C．promise

D．combine

【2】

A．excited

B．serious

C．worried

D．cautious

【3】

A．experience

B．difficulty

C．occasion

D．campaign

【4】

A．expect

B．do

C．remember

D．admit

【5】

A．kept

B．led

C．contributed

D．responded

【6】

A．assessment

B．explosion

C．interaction

D．emergency

【7】

A．ended up

B．went on

C．felt like

D．adapted to

【8】

A．Obviously

B．Naturally

C．Fortunately

D．Accordingly

【9】

A．training

B．standing

C．applying

D．calling

【10】

A．organizers

B．soldiers

C．laborers

D．firefighters

【11】

A．gifts

B．actions

C．company

D．warning

【12】

A．joked

B．heard

C．quarrelled

D．complained

【13】

A．stayed

B．happened

C．fell

D．existed

【14】

A．right

B．unique

C．traditional

D．innovative

【15】

A．terrible

B．distant

C．virtual

D．cool

26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Tai Chi Can Reduce Falls in Old People

Old people who took part in a structured programme of Tai Chi found that their balance and physical strength improved, reducing the risk of falls, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Researchers studied a group of fall-prone (易摔跤的) adults, with an average age of 78, living in residential care. 29 people undertook a 12-week Tai Chi programme and the other 30 formed the non-exercise control group. The exercise programme consisted of 10 minutes of warming-up exercises, 20 minutes of Sun-style Tai Chi movement and 5 minutes of cooling down exercises. During the exercise, traditional instrumental music was used. It helped the group maintain slow and continuous movements and provide a comforting effect.

Both groups underwent a series of tests before and after the 12-week exercise programme. They measured their muscle strength, balance and confidence in avoiding falls. Researchers analyzed the data and compared them with those of the non-exercise control group. They found that the physical fitness of the exercise group showed significant improvement, with stronger knee and ankle muscles, improved flexibility and better balance.

Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art (武术), consists of a series of slow, gentle, continuous movements. It is particularly suitable for old people as it helps them to develop stronger muscles and better balance and concentration. “Our study shows that low-intensity exercise such as Tai Chi has great potential for health promotion. It can help old people to avoid falls by developing their balance, muscle strength and confidence,” says Professor Song. “We believe that regular exercise should be a fundamental part of caring for old people living both in the community and in residential care.”

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