南通2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、You’ll find this map of great ________ in helping you to get around in London.

A.value B.effect C.concern D.vision

2、No sooner____ begun to speak than I sensed that something was wrong.

A．has he

B．he had

C．he has

D．had he

3、After leaving his home as a young man to seek his ________ in western mining, Millsaps joined the Salvation Army in 1883.

A. recreation B. fortune

C. expectation D. reputation

4、________beautifully little Simon dances in front of the camera!

A．What

B．What a

C．How

D．How a

5、Arriving too early to a dinner party could appear slightly rude if the host ________ their preparations.

A.completes B.is completing C.completed D.has completed

6、We students should ___________ ourselves with knowledge, for the competition nowadays is very fierce.

A.supply B.equip C.relate D.feed

7、The open-air celebration has been put off ________ the bad weather.

A.in case of B.due to C.except for D.because

8、You should _____ the advantages and disadvantages before making a decision.

A. consult   B. balance   C. combine   D. seek

9、DINK is a family pattern, ______ many young couples are trying to follow nowadays.

A.that B.one that C.by which D.the one why

10、______, and we’ll arrive in Hangzhou, where we can enjoy the beauty of the West Lake.

A. Another hour      B. An hour later

C. After an hour  D. In an hour

11、I hate ____when people shout loudly in public.

A.it B.these C.them D.that

12、I don’t figure out why Tom ________the job offer. After all, he has been out of work for a long time.

A．told off

B．turned down

C．broke down

D．picked up

13、If you ever aren’t sure whether you have bought the very best smartphone, just _________ “good enough.”

A. make for   B. settle for

C. answer for   D. account for

14、— What do you think of Peter?

— He ______ be really difficult to get along with even though he’s a nice person in general.

A. shall   B. should

C. must   D. can

15、The driver’s carelessness ________ for the bad accident.

A．accounted

B．benefited

C．multiplied

D．puzzled

16、In  Beijing,  more  than 21,100 people ________ to donate their bodies by the end of 2017, as the city promoted a body donation campaign from 1999.

A. have applied   B. had applied

C. would have applied   D. applied

17、All the people on the list must be told to attend the meeting; you must make sure that no one is _______．

A. left out   B. set aside   C. cut off   D. kept away

18、It is ______ that the noise around us is a(n) _______ to our health and well being.

A. preventable; precaution B. denial; existence

C. undeniable; hazard   D. vital; culprit

19、Our brain is just like our body, the more we use it, ______ it gets.

A. the better   B. the best

C. the worse   D. the worst

20、— The air here is much fresher than before.

— Exactly! We ______ a lot of trees in the past few years.

A．planted

B．have planted

C．are planting

D．plants

21、The future is coming! All over the world there are many new ideas for new places to live and work in. Some of them will be in the sea! They will be very big and lots of people will live and work in them.

The Americans are planning to build a town called Atlantis City. It will be in the sea, about five miles away from the land. But the most exciting idea comes from Japan. It is Aeropolis. Aeropolis will be a huge sea city, with parks, schools, a hospital and an airport(飞机场). And it will move(移动)! It will travel slowly around the world. There are just two problems. Aeropolis will cost a lot of money to make. And for people who get seasick, it won’t be much fun.

【1】Which country will plan to build a town in the sea?

A．America.

B．England.

C．China.

D．Japan.

【2】What’s the name of Japanese sea city?

A．Atlantis.

B．Aeropolis.

C．Tokyo.

D．Osaka.

【3】What does the underlined word “huge” mean?

A．Very small.

B．Very long.

C．Very big.

D．Very short.

【4】“Aeropolis will cost a lot of money to make” means “________”.

A．Aeropolis will be very cheap to build

B．People will spend much money building Aeropolis

C．It will take little money to build Aeropolis

D．Building Aeropolis will cost little money

【5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A．New places to live and work in.

B．Aeropolis in Japan.

C．Atlantis in America.

D．New places to live and work in the sea.

22、The story of O. Henry, whose real name was William Sidney Porter, could almost be an O. Henry story, He had a secret and spent most of his adult life trying to hide it.

The pen name was part of that effort, but Porter also avoided being photographed, rarely gave interviews, and stayed away from situations where someone might pry(窥探) into his past.

His early life was unsettled. At nineteen, he worked as a pharmacist. Soon afterward, he moved to Texas. He later published a number of stories set in the West. Then disaster struck. He took a job as d teller(出纳员) in the First National Bank of Austin. In 1894, a federal bank examiner discovered a shortage of $5,654 in the bank's accounts, and accused Porter of embezzlement(盗用公款).

It was natural to assume that Porter had borrowed the money to keep his struggling magazine out of debt, intending to pay it back. On the few occasions, he implied that he was covering for someone else, but he never said who it was. Eventually, he was sentenced to five years in prison. And that is the secret he spent the rest of his life trying to hide---- eyen from this daughter.

In prison, Porter wrote fourteen stories and began using O. Henry as a pen name. In 1902, he moved to New York where he began producing at an astonishing rate. In 1904 alone, he published sixty-six stories. He began bringing out collections in 1906 “The Four Million," which contains some of his most famous works: “The Gift of the Magi," and “The Cop and the Anthem.”

Financially, he led the hand-to-mouth existence of most full-time writers, even very successful ones. Despite his rate of production, Porter found writing stressful and had trouble with deadlines. He was frank about the fact that he wrote for the income. When he started getting paid more for his stories, he wrote fewer of them. Suffering from several health problems, he died in 1910 at forty seven. He was begging his editor for payment in advance right up to the end.

【1】"that effort” in paragraph 2 refers to what O. Henry did to ________ .

A．avoid being in the spotlight

B．hide his secret from his daughter

C．cover up his imprisonment past

D．spend his life hear of interviews

【2】In which order did O. Henry do the following thing?

a. Published the collection "The Four Million."

b. Took the job as a pharmacist.

c. Moved to New York.

d. Worked in a bank.

e. Was put into prison.

f. Began using O. Henry as a pen name.

A．b,d,e,f,c,a

B．b,d,f,e,c,a

C．d,f,b,e,a,c

D．d,e,f,c,b,a

【3】What can we learn about O. Henry from the last paragraph?

A．He did not get paid by his editor until he met the deadline.

B．He felt the economic squeeze even right before he died.

C．He always had trouble producing new stories due to poet health.

D．He wrote for money because he had achieved fame already.

【4】What could be the best title of the passage?

A．O. Henry's Successful Career

B．A Big Reveal of O. Henry

C．The Literary World of O. Henry

D．O. Henry's Imprisonment Time

23、Columbus College, 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Kowloon City

Memo

From: Jakie Mok, Secretary; Sports Development Committee

Date: May 20, 2010

A week ago, “Sports for Life” programme was sent to the parents, requiring them to select a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it. Here is a memo (备忘录) for your reference when you answer the phones.

Sports 1: Basketball.

We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. Therefore, students should be advised to sign up as soon as possible. Students will take a private bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. To cover the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay＄10 each time. There will be four basketball courts available for our use with one teacher watching over each game.

Sports 2: Gym

We will be using St. Peter’s Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 pm. Second, it has lot of trees with plenty of shade. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent thirst. Three activities, skipping, jogging, outdoor aerobics (有氧运动), all of which are free of charge, will be arranged. And there will be a teacher on duty for each of the activities.

Sports 3: Hiking

Hiking ( 远 足 ) will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2:30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will accompany the students, and a hiking instructor will accompany each group of 15 hikers. Each instructor will cost ＄75/hr. Students are advised to bring plenty of water and sunscreen.

Sports 4: Swimming

The Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10-minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to the pool and conduct the goings-on from the poolside. We will only be able to reserve the pool for one hour (i.e. 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm). Only students skillful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards present. Girls must wear a swimming suit. The cost is＄10 per visit.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Students participating in gym should arrive at 6:00 pm.

B. Students selecting basketball had better register early.

C. Hiking usually begins at 2:30 pm and lasts 2 hours.

D. Students having swimming suits can take up swimming.

【2】It can be inferred from the passage that     .

A. students taking part in basketball will walk to the courts

B. every student can gain admission to one of the four sports

C. hiking students can have a regular rest in the shade of trees

D. students taking up the four sports should bring bottles of water

【3】It can be concluded that     .

A. each sport will take only one hour

B. students will be charged for the four sports

C. teachers will accompany students on each sport

D. all the sports will take place at Kowloon Peak

【4】The purpose of the memo is to     .

A. attract students’ interest in the programme

B. require the parents to select a sport for their child

C. help the staff explain the programme to the parents

D. remind teachers and lifeguards to be present on time

24、Today, roller skating(滑旱冰) is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1745, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making instruments(工具). In his free time, he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day, Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll(滚动). Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise.

Nobody forget Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.

【1】What kind of a person was Joseph Merlin?

A．He was a man without any friends.

B．He was a man with lots of money.

C．He was a man with many ideas and dreams.

D．He was a man in a wheelchair.

【2】What made Merlin think of skating on shoes?

A．His work.

B．His violin.

C．A huge mirror.

D．An important party.

【3】What was Merlin’s problem after he rolled into the room?

A．He couldn’t stop his roller-skating.

B．He couldn’t attract a lot of attention.

C．He couldn’t make everyone remember him.

D．He couldn’t play the violin while rolling.

25、Itzhak Perlman, the world famous violinist, got polio (小儿麻痹症)as a child. _______, you know that getting on stage is not _______ for him.

On November18, 1995, he came on stage to give a _______ at Lincoln Centre in New York City. That night Perlman walked _______ to his chair. Then he sat down and began to play. But _______, one of the strings（弦） on his violin broke. You could hear it break with a loud _______.

People thought to themselves, “He would have to get up to either _______ another violin or another string for this one.” But he didn’t. _______, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then _______the conductor to begin again. The orchestra (管弦乐队)began, and he played from where he had ________. He played with such passion and such power. Of course, everyone knew that it was ________ to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman ________ to know that. You could see him changing and recomposing the piece in his head.

When he finished, there was a ________ in the room. Then people rose and ________. We were all ________, doing everything we could to show how much we ________ what he had done. He smiled and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to ________ how much music you can make with what you have left.”

His words have ________ in my mind ever since I heard them. That is also the way of life. Perhaps our________ in this quickly changing world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer ________, to make music with what we have left.

【1】

A．At first

B．As a result

C．In other words

D．In fact

【2】

A．uncomfortable

B．difficult

C．easy

D．complex

【3】

A．concert

B．speech

C．lecture

D．presentation

【4】

A．quietly

B．slowly

C．quickly

D．smoothly

【5】

A．hopefully

B．luckily

C．obviously

D．suddenly

【6】

A．scream

B．voice

C．noise

D．shout

【7】

A．find

B．buy

C．replace

D．deliver

【8】

A．Moreover

B．Fortunately

C．Therefore

D．Instead

【9】

A．continued

B．sighed

C．signaled

D．had

【10】

A．stopped

B．started

C．forgotten

D．continued

【11】

A．impossible

B．unique

C．likely

D．unnecessary

【12】

A．attempted

B．expected

C．managed

D．refused

【13】

A．laughter

B．discussion

C．silence

D．clap

【14】

A．cried

B．cheered

C．shouted

D．laughed

【15】

A．out of mind

B．on our feet

C．at our side

D．on our knees

【16】

A．remembered

B．ignored

C．shared

D．appreciated

【17】

A．let out

B．put out

C．find out

D．give out

【18】

A．disappeared

B．mixed

C．stayed

D．changed

【19】

A．goal

B．task

C．belief

D．destination

【20】

A．meaningful

B．impossible

C．possible

D．valuable

26、假设你是李津，在英国一个月的文化体验活动即将结束时，你准备给接待你的Back夫妇送上你从中国带来的一个有中国文化特色的小礼物并附上一张卡片，卡片内容包括：

1.表达对他们的感谢；

2.对你的小礼物作一个简单说明；

3.邀请 Black夫妇到中国来体验中国传统文化。

注意：

（1）词数不少于100；

（2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

（3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Black,

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li Jin