南通2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高二英语

1、You can’t imagine the suffering the explorers________ during their trip in the horrible desert without ample water and food.

A. stimulated   B. ultimated

C. underwent   D. reinforce

2、—Bob has gone to Shanghai.

—Oh, can you tell me when he_________?

A．has left

B．left

C．is leaving

D．would leaving

3、John thinks it won’t be long ______he is ready for his new job .

A．when

B．after

C．before

D．since

4、 I ______ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy.

A. tried   B. have tried C. had tried D. have been trying

5、You should take ______of this opportunity and try to get the post.

A．care

B．charge

C．place

D．advantage

6、Our head teacher decides to put ________ he thinks is fat and strong in the front of the queue in tug—of—war(拔河).

A.whoever B.anyone C.whomever D.those

7、Chance favors only the prepared mind.That is telling us to be prepared until the opportunity presents ______ .

A. one   B. itself

C. you   D. this

8、There is no possibility ________ he will keep his word．He is always telling lies.

A．how

B．whether

C．when

D．that

9、Researchers are now conducting hibernation experiment and can use chemicals to put living cells into sleep-like state_____ they don’t age.

A. for which   B. that

C. where   D. which

10、It is only when an NBA player has aged and been through many battles _____he learns an important lesson;

there is no "I" in "team".

A. after   B. before   C. that   D. what

11、Mary was pleased to see that the seeds she ______ in the garden were growing.

A. was planting   B. has planted   C. would plant   D. had planted

12、The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.

A. until B. because

C. though D. unless

13、—Didn’t you go fishing with your friends last Sunday?

—No. I ______ to the nursing home as usual.

A. went B. go C. have gone   D. had gone

14、We’d better go now, ______ we’ll miss the train.

A. but   B. so   C. otherwise   D. therefore

15、 Energy, passion and a burning desire are, you see, ________ true learning takes.

A．that

B．what

C．how

D．which

16、— What should I do first?

— The instructions   that you should mix flour with water carefully first.

A.go B.tell C.write D.say

17、Long-term ______ to domestic and foreign classics has made him so knowledgeable.

A. resistance   B. submission   C. admission   D. exposure

18、—Have you accepted the job, Aaron?

—Yes. But my ____ reaction was to decline the offer.

A.fierce B.initial C.rigid D.allergic

19、Parents should keep their children company as much as possible because children feel _______ if they don’t see their parents regularly.

A.rejected B.offended C.interrupted D.mistaken

20、All preparations _______ in advance before attendants arrive, the board chairman is confident the annual conference will be a success.

A. had been made   B. made   C. having made   D. to be made

21、These days, Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22 in schools and cities across the United States. There are class projects, programs, tree plantings and many other official events. So, it may be hard to realize that when it first started, Earth Day was considered a radical (激进的) protest.

The modern environmental movement began in the 1960s. It was a time of the generation gap. Young people were acting out against their parents’ way of life. College campuses were rocked by demonstration against the war in Vietnam and other issues. In the middle of this, in 1970, a US senator (参议员) from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson camp up with the idea for Earth Day. As he later explained it, the idea was to channel “the student antiwar energy” into the environmental cause.

A lot of young people felt that science was the enemy. This was in spite of the fact that a lot of the people who were warning the public about air and water pollution and animals in danger were scientists. After all, wasn’t it technology- cars, housing developments and factories-that was causing the problem by spreading pollution and destroying nature? Some adults who had thought Earth Day supporters had gone too far made fun of them. They called them “tree huggers”.

Environmentalists were right that technology had to be controlled. Laws and regulations were needed to make sure that both industry and science acted responsibly. Still, science got a bad name. It was as if you had to choose either science or nature. You couldn’t have both.

Lately, though, the situation has changed. We have come to see that science and the environment do not have to be enemies. Technology can be used to protect the environment, not destroy it. Look at all the advances in clean energy that have come from science. Just as Earth Day has evolved, so has our view of science and nature. We know today that we do not have to choose between the two. Instead, we understand that science is one of the main tools we can use to protect the environment. You can be a scientist and a “tree hugger”. That’s big advancement for science and great news for trees.

【1】What can people usually do on Earth Day?

A．Cut down trees.

B．Join in a protest.

C．Launch an investigation.

D．Complete a class project.

【2】Why did Gaylord Nelson suggest celebrating Earth Day?

A．To encourage young students to protect nature.

B．To direct the public’s attention to environmental changes.

C．To take students’ attention away from antiwar demonstration.

D．To narrow the generation gap between young people and their parents.

【3】What did some adults think of “tree huggers”?

A．Too extreme.

B．Quite rational.

C．Very knowledgeable.

D．Really considerate.

【4】Which statement is supported by the author?

A．People have to choose either science or nature.

B．Nowadays science can serve to protect the environment.

C．Science has been playing a positive part the whole time.

D．The development of science does harm to the environment.

22、Cimabue, the greatest painter in medieval Italy, was surprised when he discovered that a fly had landed on one of his works. “Shoo!” he shouted, but it remained still. Finally, he reached out to touch the insect. To his surprise, he found only wet paint. Actually Giotto had painted the fly when Cimabue was away, and it looked so real that Cimabue had been completely fooled.

Giotto di Bondone was born in a poor farming family. Legend has it that while he was tending goats he drew a picture on a rock and that the artist Cimabue, who happened to be passing by, saw him at work and was so impressed with the boy’s talent that he took him into his studio as an apprentice(学徒).

In the Middle Ages, an apprentice’s job was to copy his master as exactly as he could, which resulted in a distinct lack of new ideas. In fact,art in the Middle Ages seemed to have been stuck in a rut. The people in paintings didn’t look like real people,and the symbolism of art was often so remote that it must have been difficult for viewers to connect with it on a personal level. But Giotto thought art could be something more.

To accomplish this goal, Giotto adopted many techniques that were uncommon at the time. He painted people the way he saw them,instead of the overly tall and boxy people that other artists painted. He created three-dimensional space by using perspective, something that had not been done since Roman times. Finally, he threw out parts of the symbolism associated with medieval painting. For example, at that time the Christ Child was usually drawn as a mature man who was only a baby in size. This symbolized that Christ was wise even though he was young. Instead,Giotto painted the Christ Child as a baby,which emphasized the human relationship between the child and his mother.

The ideas Giotto brought to painting throughout his life revolutionized the art world and made him one of the greatest painters ever.

【1】Why does the author mention the fly event in paragraph 1?

A．To prove the pupil outdoes the master.

B．To stress the fly was vividly painted.

C．To relate how Cimabue was tricked.

D．To demonstrate art has no limits.

【2】Why did Cimabue decide to instruct Giotto?

A．Giotto would be a helpful assistant.

B．Cimabue desired to rid Giotto of poverty.

C．Giotto badly needed Cimabue’s guidance.

D．Cimabue sensed a great potential in Giotto.

【3】What can we learn about art in the Middle Ages in paragraph 3?

A．It lacked innovation.

B．It highlighted realism.

C．It bonded well with viewers.

D．It underwent great changes.

【4】Why did Giotto paint the Christ Child as a baby?

A．To portray people in a realistic way.

B．To try the technique of perspective.

C．To distinguish himself from other painters.

D．D. To bring a sense of symbolism to his painting.

23、From talking robots to driverless vehicles, technology has become so advanced that the previously impossible seems to occur on a daily basis. And yet-we still have no cure for the common cold.

Why can't we stop the common cold? According to Peter Barlow, a scientist at Edinburgh Napier University, the main challenge lies in the many different types of cold viruses that belong to the rhinoviruses(鼻病毒). There are at least 160 types.They mutate(突变) so easily that they quickly become resistant to drugs, or learn to hide from our immune systems. In other words, a single cure isn't likely to work on every type of cold.

However, researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, have found a possible answer. They discovered a protein(蛋白质) that the viruses need. All the viruses were unable to replicate(复制) inside cells without a gene that produces a specific protein called SETD3.

To identify the gene which produces the specific protein, researchers used a gene-editing technique to test all genes in the human genome (基因组). Namely, they randomly disabled a single gene in each of the cells, so that the cells lacked one or another of every gene in our genome. These genetically modified cells were then exposed to the rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold. The team then looked at which gene was missing in cells that continued to grow. As it turned out, the one that stood out was SETD3, which makes a protein of the same name.

Carette said the plan is to find a drug which can temporarily disable the protein, instead of producing genetically modified humans. “We have identified a fantastic target that all rhinoviruses require and depend on. Take that away and the virus really has no chance,” said Carette.

【1】Which does Peter Barlow think is a problem for fighting the common cold?

A．The poor immunity of patients.

B．The large variety of viruses.

C．The lack of enough cures.

D．The side effects of drugs.

【2】What do we know about the gene-editing study in Paragraph 4?

A．All genetically modified cells survived

B．Some genes in our genome were ignored

C．It located the gene responsible for SETD3

D．It exposed the harm of the rhinoviruses.

【3】How should we stay away from the common cold according to Carette?

A．Apply gene-editing to human genes

B．Avoid contacts with colds patients

C．Prevent cold viruses from mutating

D．Develop a drug to switch off SETD3

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

A．Potential defense found for cold viruses

B．Secrets behind the human genes

C．Real causes of the common cold

D．Puzzles over rhinoviruses solved

24、Memorizing a speech in one night is not an easy task, but it’s possible. There are hundreds of different memorization techniques out there. 【1】       

Write out the entire speech. Simply take a piece of paper and a pen and write out the entire speech. 【2】 Many people memorize information better when they are actively recording it. Copying the speech on another piece of paper can help to commit that information to memory.

【3】 Much like writing the speech out on paper, typing the speech can also help commit the information to memory through visual learning. Since typing is generally faster than handwriting, you may have more time to type the speech several times in one night. There is no need to print the typed speech each time that you type it. However, you may be more likely to remember things that are handwritten rather than typed.

Rehearse your speech for a friend.【4】 It is important to practice the speech in front of someone to ensure that you really know the information. Request that your friend give you some tips. They may be able to tell you if you are not speaking loud enough or if you are talking too quickly.

Record yourself rehearsing the speech. If you don’t have anyone to practice with, try recording yourself while you rehearse your speech. Video recording is the best because you will be able to watch the recording and critique your speech and body language.【5】

Avoid trying to memorize the speech word for word. Normally, it is not necessary to recite a speech word for word. It is more important to remember all of the topics that you need to cover during the speech. Spend time memorizing the bullet points, important facts and statistics, and the layout of your speech in order to guarantee that you cover all of the information that needs to be covered.

A．Type up the speech.

B．Make a list of things that scare you about the speech.

C．If the speech is relatively short, consider writing it out multiple times.

D．However, the best method is the basic, tried-and-true strategy of repetition and practice.

E．It is important to remember to take care of your body even when you are cramming for a presentation.

F．You can also listen to the recording while you are doing other things to help remember the information.

G．Sometimes you may think that you know your speech well, but you freeze up when you perform it in front of people.

25、It happened a month after I began teaching in the US. I had to _______ the class schedule. “We’ll need to prepone the quiz,” I said, preparing for the groans (咕哝) from my students. Instead, there was a total _______.

I looked around to see _______ expressions on their faces—that look of “I have NO idea what you just said,” which stops any teacher mid--lecture to _______ a concept further.

It was then that I found out that “prepone” was not a(n) _______ word in English dictionaries. I believed that prepone mean the _______ of postpone—moving an event to an earlier time rather _______ an event. So when I realized it wasn’t “proper” English, I was _______. It was a great _______ in my linguistic (语言的) self- image.

I had grown up in India, where fluency in English is closely associated with ________ privilege (特权). I was an English major with a large vocabulary, and ________ for reading Dickens and Austen. My comfort with English had shaped my sense of ________. In a world divided into linguistic “haves” and “have-nots”, I ________ knew I was one of the “haves”.

But that day in the classroom, my incomprehensible English taught me that being an linguistic “have” is ________ and delusional (妄自尊大) at best. Leaving India ________ me out of my privilege and opened my eyes to the rich world of Englishes.

【1】

A．meet

B．design

C．arrange

D．change

【2】

A．silence

B．understanding

C．mess

D．commitment

【3】

A．genuine

B．happy

C．blank

D．guilty

【4】

A．grasp

B．define

C．replace

D．explain

【5】

A．useful

B．simple

C．ordinary

D．actual

【6】

A．concept

B．formation

C．opposite

D．dimension

【7】

A．breaking off

B．putting off

C．calling off

D．getting off

【8】

A．astonished

B．relieved

C．excited

D．disappointed

【9】

A．reflection

B．establishment

C．honor

D．shift

【10】

A．cultural

B．economic

C．mental

D．commercial

【11】

A．concern

B．gratitude

C．fondness

D．tension

【12】

A．justice

B．beauty

C．duty

D．self

【13】

A．humbly

B．definitely

C．possibly

D．barely

【14】

A．unusual

B．unstable

C．reliable

D．perfect

【15】

A．took

B．cheated

C．picked

D．argued

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注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 书信格式已经给出，不计入总词数。

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