2025-2026学年安徽六安高二(上)期末试卷英语

1、Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing a stepping-stone to future success.

A．to

B．for

C．as

D．by

2、—Where would you like to sit? In the corner or near the platform?

—______．I would like to sit by the piano so that I can watch the musician play．

A． Either     B． Neither

C． None D． Both

3、Some students think that studying grammer is not helpful _______.

A．not at all

B．at all

C．all

D．very

4、One of the best ways to show confidence is to do it slowly, instead of rushing it. Nervous people rush things to     their nervousness.

A. ignore   B. mask

C. govern   D. modify

5、I got to talk to him. I just couldn’t________ what he was talking about just now.

A．work out

B．turn out

C．figure out

D．cross out

6、Well located______ the main shopping mall and the cinema, this new hotel is quite popular _____a staff of 300 workers.

A.in; with B.for, in C.for; with D.at; on

7、Body mass index, or BMI, is a measure of a person’s weight_________ height. A person with a BMI of twenty-five to twenty-nine is considered overweight.

A.in view of B.in relation to

C.in terms of D.in response to

8、Prevention of Aids should be taught routinely in universities because of the effects ______ can have on keeping students from being infected with Aids.

A.it B.that C.which D.one

9、His wife was busy cooking while he watched TV ________ comfortably in the sofa.

A．seat   B．to seat C．seating D．seated

10、Ten minutes earlier________, we could have avoided missing the early bus.

A. or   B. but   C. and   D. so

11、We need to _________ public awareness to the environmental issue.

A.raise B.rise C.arise D.rose

12、He hasn’t got any hobbies，_______ you call watching TV a hobby.

A. when   B. if    C. unless   D. since

13、It was the belief ________ he could find his “root” in Africa _________ made Alex Haley decide to go to Gambia.

A. that; where   B. where; that

C. that; that   D. how; which

14、A warm thought suddenly came to me _______ I might buy some flowers for my friend's mother’s 60th birthday.

A． if   B． when   C． that   D． which

15、 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

16、—I heard that the teacher would punish us all because nobody ______ responsibility for the broken window.

—I think we must ask Henry to tell the truth. This may be the best way to approach it.

A.cast B.ranked C.claimed D.attained

17、---Why are you so crazy about music?

--- Because I can always find in music _____ peace that is missing in _____ world full of challenges.

A. the; a   B. the;/   C. /; a   D. /; the

18、Many Chinese parents are willing to spend money on camp education and study tours for their children, ______ the industry a booming market with great potential.

A．to make

B．making

C．having made

D．made

19、 there are many strict occupational discipline in home health care system, by far the largest percentage of employment is found with the aide position.

A. Since   B. As long as

C. While   D. If

20、Frank ________ stamps in his spare time. It’s his hobby.

A. is collecting     B. collects

C. collected      D. was collecting

21、Curiosity is a familiar feeling among people. But as soon as we examine that feeling, curiosity reveals itself to be a complex emotion indeed. Just ask yourself: Is curiosity a positive feeling or a negative feeling? Is it more like frustration(挫败)or more like hope? Is it a painful reminder of what we don’t(yet)know, or an exciting signal towards what we might soon discover?

Actually, curiosity can be all of these things. But the object of curiosity’s desire is information. Of course, not all feelings of curiosity are the same. Curiosity can be more or less pleasurable, more or less aggravating. So what accounts for this variation (变化)?

Once we recognize that curiosity has many faces, we can consider what affects the nature of our experience in a given case. The paper by Noordewier does just this for the dimension of time. The researchers ask: Is the experience of curiosity more likely to be positive when we expect that our curiosity will be satisfied sooner rather than later?

To answer this question, the researchers conducted three studies with over 200 participants. In each study, the researchers first stimulated (刺激) a state of curiosity by telling people that they would later watch a video that contained “something with different shades of brown.” Half the people were told they would watch the video after a short delay of only one minute, and half were told that there would first be a 30-minute delay during which they would complete other tasks.

The key finding was that while both groups reported equal levels of curiosity, the curiosity was accompanied by more negative feelings for those participants facing a long versus a short delay. The finding cast light on the two faces of curiosity. When our curiosity will not be satisfied anytime soon, we focus on not knowing, on the information gap itself, which is largely sick. But when our curiosity is about to be satisfied, we focus on almost knowing, or the expected settlement, which is a more positive experience. On this view, the two faces of curiosity reflect different mixtures of not knowing versus almost knowing.

【1】Why do people have curiosity?

A．To get pleasure.

B．To become positive.

C．To get information.

D．To become hopeful.

【2】What does the underlined word “aggravating” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Joyful.

B．Unpleasant.

C．Exciting.

D．Frightening.

【3】Why did researchers conduct the experiment?

A．To satisfy the curiosity of the public.

B．To prove their previous assumptions.

C．To recognize the different faces of curiosity.

D．To study how time affects curiosity experience.

【4】What is the main idea of the text?

A．Curiosity is a common emotion.

B．Curiosity is a positive motivator.

C．Curiosity can be a positive or negative feeling.

D．Curiosity can be satisfied by completing tasks.

22、   Scientists Diego Kersting and Cristina Linares have found that some coral species are able to recover from harmful warming events through a unique survival strategy（策略）—known as “rejuvenescence”（新生）—among corals in the Mediterranean Sea. The findings represent some rare good news for corals around the world,which are facing numerous severe threats—most notably,climate change.

“The main threats are climate change, overfishing, pollution and coastal urbanization,” Kersting said. “But currently, climate change is probably the one causing the most coral cover declines. Warming stresses corals up to a point that may cause death. Some corals bleach （白化） before dying. Other corals do not bleach but die directly.” He went on, “Our findings are significant because this survival strategy was only known from fossil corals that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It is the first time that it has been found in a living coral. Thanks to our findings, we know now that some corals are able to recover, but unfortunately this is not enough in the currentclimate change context.”

For their research, Kersting and Linares monitored 243 colonies of the endangered reef-building coral Cladocoracaespitosa in Spain’s Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve over 16 years. The monitoring revealed that Cladocoracaespitosa in the Mediterranean uses rejuvenescence to cope with warming events. This process involves the polyps — or the individual coral animals in a colony—shrinking inward and abandoning their skeletons（骨骼） during warm periods, before rejuvenating at a later point. “What happens is that some polyps in a coral colony—sometimes just one—reduces completely its dimensions and partially retreats from its skeleton,”Kersting said. “Once the stressful event is over, the shrunken or rejuvenated polyp recovers its size and builds up a new skeleton. Eventually, it begins to reproduce itself through budding and begins to cover the deadcolony surfaces.”

He continued, “The results were very surprising because I started to observe colonies that were dead years ago, that were showing living parts many years after their death.”

【1】What is the greatest threat to corals now ?

A.Overfishing. B.Climate change.

C.City growth. D.Light pollution.

【2】What can we learn about the survival strategy?

A.It was found for the first time.

B.It is the cause of warming events.

C.It represents the evolution of the corals.

D.It will bring hope for the endangered corals.

【3】What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A.How the extreme corals forms.

B.How the research was conducted.

C.How the polyps survive their competitors.

D.How the coral species manages to recover and regrow.

【4】What is the purpose for the author to write the passage?

A.To entertain. B.To persuade.

C.To inform. D.To complain.

23、Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity(长寿)boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers（鳏夫）were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.

Even if the odds are stacked against you(the conditions are not favourable),marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses; death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the  same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.

So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms(机制).For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.

A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100.The best social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says:” People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”

【1】William Farr’s study and other studies show that________.

A.social life provides an effective cure for illness

B.Being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life

C.Women benefit more than men from marriage

D.Marriage contributes a great deal to longevity

【2】Linda Waite’s studies support the idea that________.

A.older men should quit smoking to stay healthy

B.Marriage can help make up for ill health

C.The married are happier than the unmarried

D.Unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life

【3】It can be inferred from the context that the “flip side”(Line5,Para2)refers to________.

A.the disadvantages of being married

B.The emotional problems arising from marriage

C.The responsibility of taking care of one’s family

D.The consequence of a broken marriage

【4】What does the author say about social networks?

A.They have effects similar to those of a marriage.

B.They help develop people’s community spirit.

C.They provide timely support for those in need.

D.They help relieve people of their life’s burden

【5】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.It’s important that we develop a social network when young.

B.To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.

C.Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.

D.We should share our social networks with each other.

24、Moby-Dick (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville, considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. Ishmael narrates the crazy quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge(报仇) on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee.

Our narrator, Ishmael, signs up as sailor on a whaling voyage to cure depression. On board the Pequod, Ishmael meets the mate − honest Starbuck. Captain Ahab remains in his cabin and never shows himself to the crew.

Just when Ishmael’s curiosity about Ahab has reached a fever pitch, Ahab starts appearing on deck – and we find out that he’s missing one leg. When Starbuck asks if it was Moby Dick, the famous White Whale, that took off his leg, Ahab admits that it was and forces the entire crew to swear that they will help him hunt Moby Dick to the ends of the earth and take revenge for his injury.

Despite first mate Starbuck’s worries and a variety of bad omens (e.g., all the navigational instruments break, a typhoon tries to push the ship backwards, and the Pequod encounters other ships that have lost crewmembers because of Moby Dick), Ahab insists on continuing to pursue the whale.

Finally, just when we think the novel’s going to end without ever seeing this famous White Whale, Ahab sights him and the chase is on. For three days, Ahab pursues Moby Dick, sending whaling boat after whaling boat after him – only to see each one wrecked (使下沉)by the whale. Finally, at the end of the third day, the White Whale attacks the ship itself, and the Pequod goes down with all hands.

Even while his ship is sinking, Ahab, in his whaling boat, throws his harpoon at Moby Dick one last time. He misses, catching himself around the neck with the rope and causing his own drowning death.

【1】 We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. Ishmael signs up as sailor for making a fortune.

B. The crew on board the Pequod was unwilling to help the captain to hunt Moby Dick

C. The captain was very kind to the crew on board the Pequod

D. The captain successfully captured Moby Dick and returned home.

【2】The underlined word “omens ”in paragraph 5 most probably means ________.

A. troubles B. accidents C. stories   D. signs

【3】What does the author think of Captain Ahab?

A. Selfish B. Knowledgeable

C. Considerate   D. Bad-tempered

【4】In a newspaper, this passage is most probably in the section of ________.

A. Lifestyle B. Travel C. Career   D. Entertainment

25、   Regardless of the weather or the distance, Paul Wilson will make sure low-income students in his neighborhood arrive at their college classes on time.

A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been _______ free rides to college students for the past eight years. Since he first started _______ his car to the young people. Wilson has _______ an astonishing 64,000 miles, and has had countless pleasant and often humorous conversations with the students he transports to and from school. The students who he’s _______ have gone on to become physicians, teachers and engineers, but what they’ve also got out of their time in school is finding a role model and a friend in Wilson. Some students even call him “Grandpa”.

Tina Stern _______ rides from Wilson for all her four years in college, and the trips meant much more to her than just free _______. “It’s not just a ride: you’re not just sitting there in _______ silence or with your headphones on.” Stern said. “He asks you questions and actually remembers the answers, so the next time you ride with him, he’ll _______ those things.”

Wilson first worked as a driver through a student-support programme of the non-profit organization, On Point for College. Although the _______ asks the members only to drive students to and from their classes, Wilson often goes ________ to ensure the welfare and safety of the students. If they have problems with registration.

Wilson is there to assist them. If they run out of certain daily necessities. Wilson will drive to the nearest store and purchase what’s needed. If a student gets hungry on the long drives to and from school, Wilson never ________ to buy them a meal.

For many students, Willson’s help is not only appreciated, it’s also entirely ________ for them to be able to complete their college education. Some students don’t have a reliable car, while others have to ________ vehicles with parents who work six days a week. For them, riding with Wilson has allowed them to complete their education -- but according to Wilson, he benefits just as much from the ________. “I just love driving and I love these kids,” Wilson said. “It’s such a(n) ________ to be a part of these kids’ lives, even just for a few hours, getting to know them and hearing their stories.”

【1】A.linking B.sending C.offering D.distributing

【2】A.donating B.lending C.delivering D.volunteering

【3】A.paved B.covered C. measured  D.wandered

【4】A.met B.driven C.addressed D.greeted

【5】A.earned B.received C.assessed D.demanded

【6】A.transportation B.style C.time D.communication

【7】A.forced B.awkward C.ridiculous D.suspicious

【8】A.act on B.settle on C.check on D.agree on

【9】A.club B.league C.college D.programme

【10】A.far B.around C.beyond D.forwards

【11】A.expects B.attempts C.manages D.hesitates

【12】A.extra B.unusual C.necessary D.adequate

【13】A.share B.fuel C.repair D.exchange

【14】A.experience B.arrangement C.appreciation D.employment

【15】A.effort B.ambition C.privilege D.convenience

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。

“Mary! Come and see what I have brought home!” My father opened the door and shouted cheerfully.

“Is it a dog?” I asked when I saw him hugging a huge creature in his arms.

My father nodded and put the dog on the floor. When it ran toward me, I pressed my hands tightly over my mouth to hold back a scream. I turned around and rushed back to my room. I locked up the door as soon as I could.

Since I was attacked by a wild dog two months ago, I had been living in constant fear of dogs. I was confused why my father was so happy to bring home such a scary thing. So I decided to stay in my room until the dog was gone. After what seemed like ages, I heard the door open and shut.

“Finally!” I breathed in relief and opened the door cautiously.

To my shock, I felt something wet touching my foot. It was the dog! I froze there, as if my feet were rooted to the ground. When I regained my senses, I screamed, “Daddy! It is the dog! Help! It wants to bite me! Get it away from me!”

My father was standing by the other side of the door，folding his arms and encouraged me,“It is not going to eat you! Mary, don’t be so scared. Go on! Touch it!”

I tried my best to control my fear and bent down to touch the dog. But I could not do it due to my constant and uncontrollable shaking.

“Never! I will never touch that dirty thing! Take it away!” I shouted.

My father turned a deaf ear to my request. In despair, I picked up a tennis ball that happened to be on the floor and threw it at the dog.

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。

The ball missed the target.

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But the next moment I was reminded of the awful experience.

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