2025-2026年山西晋中高二上册期末英语试卷及答案

1、What a bargain！The price of this dress is_______ that of the skirt．

A. half not as much as   B. much not as half as

C. not half as much as   D. as much as not half

2、Many universities share teaching resources online, creating a learning space ________ benefits life-long learners.

A. how   B. what   C. which   D. where

3、Tony kept silent at the beginning of the discussion, but finally he ________ his opinion on the subject.

A．gave voice to

B．kept an eye on

C．turned a deaf ear to

D．set foot on

4、—Have you seen the film Dying To Survive?

—Yes. I have never seen a ______ one since years ago.

A.good B.better C.best D.well

5、The development of students is influenced by a number of factors, ________ are beyond our control.

A.some of them B.some of which C.some of what D.some of that

6、With a lot of homework ________ last weekend, Tom didn’t go to the movies with his friends.

A. finished   B. to finish

C. finishing D. being finished

7、Tomorrow there will be _______ sunshine with cloudy intervals so he has made a plan for a picnic with his family.

A．mainly B．occasionally C．roughly D．Extremely

8、It really matters _______ he treated the latest failure, for the examination is around the corner.

A. if   B. that

C. why D. how

9、—Tom and I will go hiking this Sunday. Do you want to come along?

—______. I may stay at home to have a rest.

A．No problem

B．Not likely

C．No way

D．Not really

10、The speaker mentioned many examples   people lived through hard times and succeeded at last．

A. which   B. whose   C. when   D. Where

11、My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice _______ expensive.

A. as   B. so   C. too D. very

12、Only when the police showed her the evidence ________ that she had stolen the money.

A.she admitted B.she had admitted

C.did she admit D.had she admitted

13、----You don’t go to that supermarket quite often, do you?

----No，I only go there ________ because it’s too far away from my house.

A.  occasionallyB. constantly

C. eventuallyD. frequently

14、 —Will you come over to Beijing next summer?

—I’d like to, but my family ______ London that summer.

A. are visiting  B. are to visit

C. will be visiting  D. will visit

15、Three fourths of the bread _____ by Bob, and the rest of the bread _____ left on the table.

A.was eaten; were B.were eaten; was

C.were eaten; were D.was eaten; was

16、Effective weight management requires a long­term ________ in order to lose weight for good.

A. establishment   B. commitment   C. tournament   D. assessment

17、What do you think________to make himself________?

A.Bob will say,believe B.will Bob say, believe

C.Bob will say, believed D.will Bob say, believed

18、—How do you find my purse?

—__________.

A. On the playground    B. It’s modern and nice

C. Sorry, I didn’t   D. From the police

19、With such a tight schedule, everyone will have to go all out if they _____________ the task.

A. have completed   B. would complete

C. will complete   D. are to complete

20、— The result of the football match is really ________.

— I agree. Our team shouldn’t have lost the two scores.

A. relaxing   B. cheerful

C. confusing   D. annoying

21、The booking notes of the play the Age of Innocence:

Price: ＄10

BOOKING

There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:

------ in person:

The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. -8 p.m.

------ by telephone:

Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card（Visa, Master Card and Amex accepted）

------ by post:

Simply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office.

------ online:

Complete the online booking form at www. Satanfieldtheatre. Com

DICOUNTS:

Saver: ＄2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students.

Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show.

Standby: best available seats are on sale for ＄6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible（suitable）for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers.

Group Bookings: there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more.

School: school parties of ten or more can book ＄6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free.

Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

【1】If you want to book a ticket, you CANNOT _____

A. use the Internet.

B. ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card.

C. go to the Box Office on Sundays.

D. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office.

【2】 According to the notes, who can get ＄2 off?

A. A 20-year-old full-time college student.

B. A 55-year-old woman

C. An 18-year-old teenager.

D. The people who book the tickets on Fridays.

【3】If you make a group booking for a group of 14 students in advance, how much should you pay?

A.＄78 B.＄84   C.＄126   D.＄140

22、

It’s common knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting seems to look back at observers, following them with her eyes no matter where they stand in the room. But this common knowledge turns out wrong.

A new study finds that the woman in the painting is actually looking out at an angle that’s 15. 4 degrees off to the observer’s right-well outside of the range that people normally believe when they think someone is looking right at them. In other words, said the study author, Horstmann, “She’s not looking at you. “ This is somewhat ironic, because the entire phenomenon of a person’s gaze (凝视) in a photograph or painting seeming to follow the viewer is called the “Mona Lisa effect” . That effect is absolutely real, Horstmann said. If a person is illustrated or photographed looking straight ahead, even people viewing the portrait from an angle will feel they are being looked at. As long as the angle of the person’s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.

This is important for human interaction with on-screen characters. If you want someone off to the right side of a room to feel that a person on-screen is looking at him or her, you don’t cut the gaze of the character to that side-surprisingly, doing so would make an observer feel like the character isn’t looking at anyone in the room at all. Instead, you keep the gaze straight ahead.

Horstmann and his co-author were studying this effect for its application in the creation of artificial-intelligence avatars(虚拟头像) when Horstmann took a long look at the “Mona Lisa” and realized she wasn’t looking at him.

To make sure it wasn’t just him, the researchers asked 24 people to view images of the “Mona Lisa” on a computer screen. They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants to note which number on the ruler intersected(和……相交) Mona Lisa’s gaze. To calculate the angle of Mona Lisa’s gaze as she looked at the viewer, they moved the ruler farther from or closer to the screen during the study. Consistently, the researchers found, participants judged that the woman in the “Mona Lisa” portrait was not looking straight at them, but slightly off to their right.

So why do people repeat the belief that her eyes seem to follow the viewer? Horstmann isn’t sure. It’s possible, he said, that people have the desire to be looked at, so they think the woman is looking straight at them. Or maybe the people who first coined the term “Mona Lisa effect” just thought it was a cool name.

【1】It is generally believed that the woman in the painting “Mona Lisa”___________.

A．attracts the viewers to look back

B．seems mysterious because of her eyes

C．fixes her eyes on the back of the viewers

D．looks at the viewers wherever they stand

【2】What gaze range in a painting will cause the Mona Lisa effect?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【3】The experiment involving 24 people was conducted to______.

A．confirm Horstmann’s belief

B．create artificial-intelligence avatars

C．calculate the angle of Mona Lisa’s gaze

D．explain how the Mona Lisa effect can be applied

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Horstmann thinks it’s cool to coin the term “Mona Lisa effect”.

B．The Mona Lisa effect contributes to the creation of artificial intelligence.

C．Feeling being gazed at by Mona Lisa may be caused by the desire for attention.

D．The position of the ruler in the experiment will influence the viewers’ judgement.

23、Almost everyone has heard the expression, “the calm before the storm”.It is usually used to describe a peaceful period just before a very stressful situation or a tense argument.

British sailors coined the phrase in the late 1600s; they noted that before certain storms the seas would seem to become static and the winds would drop.

But why is it often so calm before a storm?

Science has given us the answer. According to US infotainment (资讯娱乐) website How Stuff Works, a calm period occurs because many storms, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, draw in all the warm and humid air from the surrounding area. As this air rises into the storm clouds, it cools and acts as “fuel for the storm, like petrol in a car”.

Once the storm has taken all the energy it can from the air, it is pushed out from the top of the storm clouds and falls back down to ground level. As the air descends, it becomes warm and dry. Warm, dry air is stable, so once it covers an area, it causes a calm period before the storm.

This same process also causes the “eye of the storm” in hurricanes and tornadoes. In these conditions, the calm occurs in the center of the storm because of the strong rotating winds.

The Weather Network has a tip for working out how far away a storm is.First, count how many seconds there are between a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder. Roughly three seconds equal one kilometer. So, for example, if you count nine seconds, the storm is about 3 kilometers away. A good evaluation is that if your count is below 30 seconds, you should seek shelter straight away.

However, due to the complexity of storm system, not all storms are preceded by calm. Given the right conditions, some storms announce themselves with heavy rain and chilling winds.

So, your best bet is to keep yourself updated with weather reports for any predictions regarding a coming storm in your area. That’s the most reliable and sensible way to predict the next display of nature’s temper.

【1】The underlined word “static” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．violent

B．quiet

C．fast-changing

D．warm

【2】What is the main idea of Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A．To explain how a storm comes into being.

B．To support previous research on storm clouds.

C．To explain why a peaceful period occurs before a storm.

D．To show how dangerous a storm can be in certain situations.

【3】If there are 15 seconds between a flash of lightning and a thunder clap,how far away is the storm?

A．Three kilometers.

B．Four kilometers.

C．Five kilometers.

D．Six kilometers.

【4】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Storms have a big influence on life.

B．It is not always quiet before a storm.

C．Weather reports may fail to predict a storm.

D．Heavy storms don’t usually last for a long time.

24、A Japanese telecom company has released a robot that it says has emotions. But rather than run in fear from it, we’ve welcomed it into our homes: Pepper, the “emotional robot,” sold out within a minute of going on sale.

Created by Aldebaran Robotics and Japanese mobile giant SoftBank, Pepper went on sale to the general public in Japan June 20. It is “the first humanoid(类人的) robot designed to live with humans,” Aldebaran says on its website. Pepper costs about ＄1,600. And like all good mobile products, there’s a ＄120 per month data fee, as well as an ＄80 per month damage insurance fee. According to a news release, Pepper can pick up on human emotions and create his own using a “multi-layer neural(神经的) network.” Pepper’s touch sensors and cameras are said to influence its mood, which is displayed on the tablet-sized screen on its chest.

Pepper will sigh when unhappy, and can go around your house recording your family’s daily activity. Aldebaran says Pepper can feel “joy, surprise, anger, doubt and sadness,” but it doesn’t say how strongly it can feel these emotions. What happens when Pepper is having a bad day? Will it, like many humans, become uncooperative? Will it ask for some time alone? What happens if it figures out that its purpose in life is just to engage in small talk? Thankfully, Pepper is only about four feet tall, with roller balls instead of legs, so if it is angry with and even turns on its owners, you’ll be safe if you can make it upstairs.

Aldebaran says in reality, they’re probably quite a few decades away from artificial intelligence that could generate real emotions. Aldebaran wasn’t immediately available for comment on when Pepper will be available outside of Japan, but additional sales are scheduled for July after the first 1,000 units sell out. SoftBank currently uses the robots in its stores as greeters, and it plans to offer Pepper to other stores in the future. Hopefully “boredom” is not an emotion Pepper can feel.

【1】According to the author, Pepper ________.

A．is very popular among customers

B．can not only run but also show fear

C．is going to be sold all over the world

D．can deal with many kinds of housework

【2】How much do you need to pay for Pepper’s data and damage insurance fee each year?

A．80 dollars.     B．120 dollars.

C．1,440 dollars.    D．2,400 dollars.

【3】Pepper’s height and roller balls are mentioned to ________.

A．introduce its appearance

B．tell Pepper won’t get angry

C．show that safety isn’t a big issue

D．explain robots have strong emotions

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Pepper cannot produce real emotions.

B．Pepper can feel joy, surprise and boredom.

C．Pepper will be sold in other countries next year.

D．Pepper is being used as waiters in some restaurants.

25、   It was in spring, 1968. I was standing beside a road hoping someone could give me a_______ . I was heading back to campus that was miles away and was considering_______ .

Many drivers slowed down and then_______ after having a look at me. I didn’t _______ them.

Why would they pick up a bearded, long-haired stranger? My life was very_______. I felt at a loss in college. I considered packing up my belongings when returning to my_______ .

Two hours passed. Finally a car_______ . I told the driver my destination.“The college in Oneonta? That’s_______ . Get in,”he said.“I’m Aaron. This is my wife, Sylvia.”“I’m Dave, a junior,”I said.

Aaron asked what I was_______ in college. “History, ” I said. “Secondary education,” “So you’ll be a teacher,”he said. I nodded.“________ !”He said excitedly. I was surprised by his reaction. Sylvia explained Aaron’s dream was to be a teacher.________  , he couldn’t afford college schooling. So he really________ me.

Aaron asked about my college life. I painted a positive picture of my________ . For the first time, I saw my future in front of me — to be a good teacher. I got a clear________ . Thanks to the couple, I gave up the idea of discontinuing my studies and finally________ a successful teaching career.

【1】A.direction B.chance C.lift D.job

【2】A.walking forward B.dropping out C.moving back D.checking in

【3】A.left B.stopped C.laughed D.escaped

【4】A.trust B.forget C.know D.blame

【5】A.messy B.simple C.ordinary D.healthy

【6】A.home B.camp C.dorm D.office

【7】A.pulled over B.went back C.passed by D.broke down

【8】A.unheard B.multiple C.uncompleted D.distant

【9】A.teaching B.majoring in C.challenging D.worrying about

【10】A.Surprising B.Fantastic C.Boring D.Terrible

【11】A.Instead B.Otherwise C.However D.Therefore

【12】A.hated B.supported C.pitied D.admired

【13】A.sufferings B.career C.experiences D.future

【14】A.goal B.achievement C.reality D.suggestion

【15】A.missed B.started C.offered D.ruined

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。

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。

It was a beautiful sunny day when the moving van pulled onto the tree-lined street. Mark and Mindy stepped out of the van and looked at their new home with pride. They had both been saving for a long time to purchase their first house together and were very excited to go on a new venture.

Within an hour they had unloaded a number of boxes and were pleased with their progress. The sky had begun to darken slightly, but the weather was still pleasant. Then Mindy heard it – even felt it. There was a large clap of thunder and then a bolt of lightning. Mindy and Mark immediately froze and looked at each other, then looked at the boxes scattered (分散) on their lawn. They hastily raced to get their belongings indoors, but not before getting caught in heavy rain.

The couple stood in their living room, wet from head to toe, surrounded by what were now very wet boxes. Then, Mark noticed a pool of water in the hallway. 

He went to inspect and found that there was water dripping from the ceiling. “We can have someone fix it,” Mindy said. “I’ll grab a bucket to catch the water for now.”

A moment later Mark heard a scream and raced into the kitchen just in time to see a mouse running across the floor.

Mindy was frozen with fright. 

“Don’t worry. We can take care of that!” Mark said, trying to sound as reassuring (安心的) as possible. “Let’s go unpack some of the boxes. That will make us feel better.”

Mark and Mindy made their way to the living room, but when they opened a box holding their kitchen utensils (器皿) and dishes, they found that all of their plates, bowls and cups were broken. They looked at each other in dismay (沮丧).

“What do we do now?” Mindy asked.

Their first day in their new home was not turning out to be the joyous occasion they had expected.

Paragraph 1

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

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Paragraph 2

Suddenly they heard a noise from the attic (阁楼).

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