平顶山2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、We are not permitted ________ in the room.

A.to smoke B.smoking C.to smoking D.in smoking

2、Forty days from now, the young athletes from all over China ____ part in the 2nd  Youth Sports Meeting in our city.

A. will be taken B. would be taken

C. would be taking D. will be taking

3、Robert is said _______abroad, but I don’t know which country he studied in .

A.to have studied B.to study C.to be studying D.to be studied

4、Did _______ ever occur to you that you would end up in prison if you continued behaving like that?

A.what B.which C.that D.it

5、We were walking on the fine, soft sand, which kept the ______ of the waves.

A.impression B.exploration C.expression D.inspiration

6、________ English, he knows little but he is very interested in it.

A．As for

B．In some way

C．Considering

D．According to

7、John left a word with my secretary ____ he would call me later.

A. who B. that

C. what D. which

8、She turned up, _________ in pink.

A.dressed B.dressing C.to be dressed D.to dress

9、When he was there, he _______ go to that tea house at the corner when he was free everyday.

A.had better B.might C.would D.should

10、While in university, we were offered a number of afterschool activities to _____ our social skills．

A. create B. grow C. develop D. settle

11、The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly_____.

A. atmosphere B. state

C. situation D. phenomenon

12、The girl _______ beautifully to my small crisis, but she actually wasn’t the only one.

A.responded B.respected C.recognized D.rejected

13、The publisher resigned and left the press, never _______ again.

A.to be met B.to meet

C.be met D.being met

14、A harmonious society is very important , so all the laws must be strictly _________.

A. watched    B. observed

C. carried    D. handled

15、 things as they are and you will enjoy every day of your life.

A.Take B.To take C.Taking D.Taken

16、Waves of red light are about twice as long as   of blue light.

A.that B.these C.those D.it

17、 Taobao is a popular online shopping website, ________ varieties of items at low prices.

A.provides B.providing C.having provided D.Provided

18、It is reported that there are over 300 people dead in traffic accidents every day ______ in China.

A.all in all B.on average C.in total D.above all

19、I am decorating my office now. I _______  comfortably in my office at this time tomorrow.

A. am sitting   B. was sitting

C. sit D. will be sitting

20、The new bridge is ______ the one built last year.

A.three times width of B.three times that of

C.three times the width D.three times the width of

21、— I’m delighted that we have accomplished this tough task successfully.

—_____. There is still a lot of work to be done here.

A.You can say that again B.It’s hard to say C.I’d rather you didn’t   D.Far from it

22、He has a very tolerant________ towards other cultures.

A．attitude

B．award

C．behavior

D．extinction

23、Sharing wealth and whatever else is sharable with others is ________ Confucius prescribed (规定) to the government officials and heads of big families to maintain social stability.

A．that

B．what

C．before

D．whether

24、The concept of sharing is so deep-rooted in Chinese culture that people share their belongings________ even being aware of it.

A．without

B．about

C．at

D．by

25、It is considered a terrible mistake to think ________ you know ________ in fact you don’t know.

A．that; what

B．that; what

C．what; that

D．what; that

26、   On Friday night you stole away the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hatred(憎恨).

I don't know who you are and I don't want to know-you are dead souls. If the God for whom you kill blindly made us in his image, each bullet in my wife's body would have been a wound in his heart.

Therefore I will not give you the gift of hating you. You have obviously sought it, but responding to it with anger would be to give in to the same ignorance that has made you what you are.

You want me to be afraid, to cast a mistrusting eye on my fellow citizens, to sacrifice my freedom for security? You lost.

I saw her this morning, finally after nights and days of waiting. She was just as beautiful as she was when she left on Friday evening, as beautiful as when I fell madly in love with her more than 12 years ago.

Of course I am heart-broken, I will give you that tiny victory, but this will be a short-term grief. I know that she will join us every day and that we will find each other again in the paradise(天堂)of free souls which you will never have access to.

We are only two, my son and I, but we are more powerful than all the world's armies. In any case, I have no more time to waste on you. I need to go back to Melvil, who is waking up from his afternoon nap. He is just 17 months old. He'll eat his snack like every day, and we are going to play like we do every day. In every day of his life, this little boy will insult(侮辱) you with his happiness and freedom, because you don't have his hatred either.

【1】The intended readers of the passage are most probably  

A.free souls B.bad guys C.powerful armies D.fellow citizens

【2】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Despite his loss, the writer chooses to live a pretty normal life with his son.

B.The writer misses his wife so much that he is eager to reunite with her in paradise soon.

C.It was on a Friday evening more than 12 years ago that the writer fell in love with his wife.

D.The writer believes that the murderers killed his wife for political reasons.

【3】Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “grief” in Paragraph 6?

A.Anger. B.Pleasure. C.Disappointment. D.Sadness.

【4】The writer can best be described as

A.considerate and patient B.honest and caring

C.tolerant and brave D.stubborn and loyal

【5】Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A.You will not have my hatred B.You are dead souls

C.You lost your belief D.You stole away my love

27、   Primary English Teachers Wanted—Sri Krish International School

Job Summary: You are required to teach students based on national curriculum guidelines within your specialist subject areas, including planning, preparing and delivering lessons. Encouraging students in joining in lessons and other school-related activities is especially a requirement.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $15,000—s20,000 a month

Experience: 2 years (Required)

Education: Bachelor’s (Required)

Maths Teacher Wanted—Thrive Info Tech

We are looking for mathematics or related majors. You are supposed to start working in September 2020.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $10,000—$15,000 a month

Experience: 1—2 years

Education: Bachelor’s (Required)

Robotics Teacher Wanted—Edjoy

We are looking for computer faculty (才能) and robotics faculty with good communication and computer programming knowledge. Weekend timing will be 9:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Job Type: Part Time

Salary: $1,000—$1,250 a day

Experience: 2 years

Education: Bachelor’s (Required)

Teachers Wanted—Victory Secondary School

Hi, we are looking for teachers for the academic year 2020-2021 for a reputed school at Saravanampatti.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Negotiable (可协商的)

Primary Teacher for English

Secondary Teachers for Social Studies

Language: English (Preferred)

【1】Which school needs part-time teachers?

A.Edjoy. B.Thrive InfoRTech.

C.Victory Secondary School. D.Sri Krish International School.

【2】What requirement is especially stressed by Sri Krish International School?

A.Having master’s degree. B.Making students take part in the lessons.

C.Being kind and humorous. D.Planning well before delivering lessons.

【3】What is preferred to get the job at Victory Secondary School?

A.Being able to speak the local language. B.Knowing the local traditions.o

C.Having rich voluntary experiences. D.Speaking fluent English.

28、Toilet paper as we know it today is a relatively modern invention that's only been around for about 150 years. It s natural to wonder what was used before modern toilet paper. Toilet paper in its ancient form dates back to China in at least the 6th century. Although paper itself appeared long before that time.

In ancient times, many kinds of materials(材料) were used instead of toilet paper. For example, sand was used by people who settled near the desert(沙漠); grass was used by people living in the grassland. Some other things known to have been used included: fur, leaves, rocks, snow, and so on. Of course, it wasn’t uncommon for people to go to the bathroom in a small river.

They might have used a cloth or their hands to clean themselves afterward. For many people, that might have been preferable to the method used by ancient Romans: a sponge(海绵)on a stick kept in saltwater...and shared by everyone using public bathrooms.

Luckily for us, Joseph Gayetty created the first toilet paper in 1857. His “Gayetty's Medicated Paper” didn’t become popular soon, however, since the public was used to using materials they got for free rather than spending money on toilet paper. The rolled toilet paper we’re familiar with today appeared in the 1880s. It wasn’t necessarily soft like we’re now used to, though. Paper production methods would often leave splinters(刺)in toilet paper. It wasn’t until 1935 that Northern Tissue said they had made “splinter- free” toilet paper.

Other improvements in toilet paper happened over the course of the 20th Century. Larger rolls with softer paper became more popular. Today, take a trip to your local supermarket and you will find many different kinds of toilet paper. For such a widely-used, necessary invention, it isn’t given much thought...until it runs out!

【1】What might decide which material ancient people used after using the bathroom?

A．What they did.

B．Where they lived.

C．How old they were.

D．How long they used the bathroom.

【2】Why was Gayetty’s Medicated Paper unpopular at first?

A．Because the paper had splinters.

B．Because the paper couldn’t be shared.

C．Because people didn't want to pay for it.

D．Because people preferred rolled toilet paper.

【3】How does the text mainly develop?

A．By providing examples.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By telling an interesting story.

D．By following the order of time.

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

A．A great invention--toilet paper

B．Why was toilet paper invented?

C．Toilet paper vs water: which to choose.

D．What did people use before toilet paper?

29、

MEMORANDUM (备忘录)

To: All members of the sales department

From: Annette Derringer

Re: Year-end party

Date: November 26

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This is just a quick note to let you all know the arrangements for next month’s year-end party. As you know, the party will be held at the Green Vale Country Club, which we have reserved between 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the evening of December 21st. I’ve received replies from almost all of you confirming attendance, but if you haven’t let me know yet, please do so in the next day or two. Tickets for all employees have been covered by the company.

The Green Vale manager has asked me to explain one or two things to those of you who have not been there before. Basically, there is sufficient parking space for only 100 vehicles, so they would like to ask those of you planning to drive, try to car-pool as much as possible. Also, the number of lockers available is small, so guests should try to keep belongings to a minimum.

Thanks in advance.

Annette

To: Annette Derringer aderringer@belway.com

From: Kyle Berwick

Date: Nov 28

Subject: Year-end party

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Annette,

This is to let you know that I will be able to attend the year-end party at the Green Vale Country Club on the 21st although I don’t think I will be able to arrive before 8:30. I was wondering if it would also be possible to bring a couple of guests. I know it is a bit of a last minute request, but my brother and his wife are planning to visit us at that time, and I know they’d love to see the Green Vale. If it is not a problem, then can you let me know how much I should pay for their tickets? Also, assuming this is OK, I was planning to drive down in a single car, to reduce the need for parking and also to allow us to keep our belongings in the car.

I have a couple of days off before the party, but I’ll be in my office until the 17th, so could you get back to me before then? Thanks a lot,

Kyle

【1】What’s the main purpose of the memorandum?

A.To explain the arrangement for an event.

B.To encourage people to travel by car.

C.To ask for help arranging a party.

D.To thank people for attending the party.

【2】Why does Kyle Berwick write to Annette Derringer? Because he wants to ________.

A.ask the price of movie tickets B.explain why he cannot come to the party

C.request directions to a hotel D.ask if he may bring guests to the party

【3】What can we infer from the passage?

A.The manager of the Green Vale doesn’t hope they go there by car.

B.Annette takes charge of the arrangement of year-end party.

C.They can take as many belongings as they can with them when going to the Green Vale.

D.Kyle Berwick won’t bring the guests to go to the party if he has to pay the tickets.

30、It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work_______up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was_______jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just_______A pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s_______was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had_______happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of_______

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had_______an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just_______I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their wooden floor,_______that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was________than that, for I felt I had become a part of their________

Freda stayed at home with the kids,________I would often see her in the morning________them to school. And I’d be there when they________home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had________them grow up. Now I was fired, but the________thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.

I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the________of my relationship with my clients(主顾). Who am I________them? As a matter of fact, I’m________an employee—the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted________of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

【1】A.stepping B.coming C.jumping D.moving

【2】A.hanging B.making C.wearing D.changing

【3】A.cleaned B.washed C.swept D.brushed

【4】A.duty B.money C.work D.pay

【5】A.already B.seldom C.never D.yet

【6】A.regret B.surprise C.fear D.loss

【7】A.started B.developed C.improved D.broken

【8】A.why B.what C.that D.which

【9】A.but B.and C.or D.for

【10】A.less B.least C.more D.most

【11】A.life B.story C.activity D.experience

【12】A.as B.so C.since D.however

【13】A.taking B.bringing C.meeting D.calling

【14】A.left B.returned C.went D.marched

【15】A.found B.noticed C.watched D.realized

【16】A.possible B.great C.proper D.strange

【17】A.meaning B.nature C.result D.importance

【18】A.for B.to C.with D.at

【19】A.hardly B.certainly C.probably D.merely

【20】A.member B.person C.relative D.companion

31、Directions: Complete the following paragraphs by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

Note that there is one word more than you need.

A Bad Idea

Think you can walk, dive, take phone calls, e-mail and listen to music at the same time? Well, New York's new law says you can't. And you'll be 【1】 $S100 if you do it on a New York City street.

The law went into force last month, following research and a(n) 【2】number of accidents that involved people using electronic gadgets when crossing the street.

Who's to【3】 ? Scientists say that our multitasking abilities are limited.

"We are under the impression that our brain can do more than it often can," says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist in Tennessee. “But a major limitation is the inability to【4】on two things at once".

The young people are often considered the great multitaskers. However, an Oxford University research suggests this idea is open to question. A group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35-to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to translate【5】into numbers, using a simple code. The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted. But when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or a(n) 【6】message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and 【7】.

It is difficult to measure the productivity【8】by multitaskers. But it is probably a lot. Jonathan Spire, chief analyst at Basex. a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year.

The【9】is based on surveys with office workers. The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers' time was spent on interruptions and【10】time before they returned to their main tasks.

32、假定你是李华，你校交流生John对中国书法很感兴趣。近期你校将面向外国交流生开设中国书法课，请你给他写封邮件，内容包括:

1. 课程的开设目的；

2. 教师简介；

3. 报名时间、地点和方式。

注意:

1. 词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 参考词汇:书法calligraphy

Dear John,

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Yours,

Li Hua