保山2024-2025学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高二英语

1、—Do you know ____ made him successful in his career?

—Yes. His hard work and determination, of course.

A. what it was that

B. what was it that

C. it was what that

D. was it what that

2、______ being relaxed, we both felt so uncomfortable that we hardly spoke.

A．Apart from

B．Far from

C．In spite of

D．In addition to

3、The other day, my friend John drove his car down the street at ________ I thought was a dangerous speed, ________ surprised everyone in the car.

A. which; that

B. which; what

C. what; which

D. that; which

4、Born into a family with three brothers, David was _________ to value the sense of sharing.

A. brought up   B. cared for

C. looked after   D. held back

5、Before we go any ______, it’s important to make sure you understand what an interview is and why it’s arranged.

A. far     B. farther

C. further D. furthering

6、A friend indeed is a friend who won’t _____ on you when you are in need of help.

A.come out B.hold out C.break out D.run out

7、I’d like to use reference book, but the book I want to make use of is intended for beginners only.

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

8、My friends develop the and sort the best images.

A.fantasy B.famine C.film D.facilities

9、Hurry up! We need to get to the top of the mountain before the sun ____ in the west.

A. is sinking B. sank C. will sink D. sinks

10、So sudden ______ that the enemy had no time to escape．

A．did the attack  B．the attack did

C．was the attack  D．the attack was

11、  It’ll be another 50 years _________ China is expected to reach the level of a medium developed country.

A. since B. before C. that   D. when

12、Take an active part in the activities you enjoy ____ you can make many friends．

A．where B．when C．that D．what

13、 While listening, remember that it is not __________ to listen only with your ears; you must listen with your brain as well.

A. substantial      B. sufficient

C. considerable     D. Consistent

14、—Can you tell me how many people will go to the exhibition?

—Of course．About 3,000 students from 15 schools ______, and I think two-thirds will come．

A． invite       B． will invite

C． have been invited   D． had been invited

15、 —Look at those clouds!

—Don’t worry． __________ it rains, we’ll still have a great time．

A. Even if  B. In case

C. As though  D. If only

16、With too much mathematics homework ________, he determined to give up English reading.

A. finished   B. having finished

C. to finish   D. finishing

17、I was__________ about it. I thought you were responsible and that’s why I scolded you. Please forgive me.

A. curious   B. worried

C. particular   D. mistaken

18、 ________that the government can clear up official corruption，we are________ about the future of our country.

A．Convinced；optimistic B．Convincing；optimistic

C．Convinced；pessimistic  D．Convincing；pessimistic

19、As a leading producer of greenhouse gases, China the United States as the largest consumers of energy．

A．describes   B．joins C．controls  D．influences

20、—Can I smoke here?

—No. Go to the smoking section, if you ____.

A.must B.can C.shall D.may

21、My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled (翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller (耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions，watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow com, and our favorite—red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the comer of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

【1】Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A. He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.

B. He loved being in the garden with his father.

C. The garden was full of his favorite food.

D. The garden was just freshly tilled.

【2】When all the kids started their own families，the author’s father   .

A. stopped his gardening

B. turned to other hobbies

C. devoted more to gardening

D. focused on planting tomatoes

【3】What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A. There was a great harvest.

B. The garden was almost deserted.

C. No plant grew in the garden at all.

D. The author’s son took charge of the garden.

【4】Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?

A. He wanted to honor his father.

B. His son liked the fields of tomatoes.

C. He only knew how to grow tomatoes.

D. He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.

22、In my entire childhood, doctors told me I was overweight so that I would never play sports or be athletic. No one should listen to the negativity of others. If someone says you can’t, then prove them wrong.

When I first started I couldn’t do a single proper pushup and I was out of breath after walking up the basement stairs. Instead of giving up and saying it was hopeless, I decided to struggle against what the doctors had to say about my future. It wasn’t fun at first. In fact, it was extreme suffering. The first 2-3 years were spent just getting myself to the point where most healthy young men would merely start from. It was only after years of hard work and patience that I began gaining a considerable amount of muscle and strength.

When I finally got to the point of feeling good about myself and my body for the first time in my life, my body decided to give me the finger once again. I developed severe ulcerative colitis (溃疡性结肠炎) and lost it all. The child who once was extremely overweight was now the man who looked like a cancer survivor. I went from 210 pounds fairly fit to 160 pounds of skin and bone within 2-3 months.

Once again, I worked my way back up to where I once was and run more and more for greater distances and longer periods. Now t at 205 pounds and nearing middle aged, I am the fittest I have ever been in my life.

I am not sharing this story in order to talk big. I am only hoping that my story will encourage someone who is struggling like I was to step up and take their life and their health into their hands. Never give up! If I can do it, then anyone can.

【1】What did the author decide to do according to paragraph 1?

A. Be a professional athlete.   B. Follow the doctors’ advice.

C. Set the doctors’ advice aside.   D. Point out others’ negativity.

【2】What did the author do when facing challenge?

A. Wait patiently.   B. Continue fighting.

C. Give up hope.   D. Consult his doctor.

【3】What does the underlined phrase “give me the finger” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Treat me badly.   B. Support me firmly.

C. Congratulate me warmly.   D. Help me greatly.

【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To share his experiences against illness.

B. To show his deep love of taking exercise.

C. To inspire others to meet challenges bravely.

D. To introduce a new way of improving health.

23、Tenzing left his home when he was ten to work and help his mother，who was looking after their 2-acre ancestral farm after his father’s death. He did temporary jobs for the first few years and then joined a Malaysian construction firm，where he learnt to drive，repair machines, work on the Internet and even speak English fluently.

“In those 13 years，I learnt everything—driving, mechanic work，and how to set up a small factory. This made me gain much confidence to do almost all jobs,” says Tenzing.

However, as his mother was getting older, on December 12, 2006, Tenzing returned to his hometown in Assam. Having visited several farms, he came to know that tea could be easily exported and many tea companies were buying tea; so he also decided to grow tea on his farm. But as his family had never grown tea，he had no idea how to do it.

Being a layman (外行）in this field, Tenzing went to meet with many tea experts and followed their instructions. But whenever he sprayed pesticide (农药）on his farm, he’d get a headache and feel indisposed. So he started looking for alternatives, Tenzing did his research online and finally in 2007, he connected with people from a Canadian non-governmental organization and invited them to his farm, where they trained him. Thus, Tenzing started growing tea organically.

Today Tenzing has 25 acres of land, in which 7.5 acres is used for tea planting, and he grows almost all types of fruits and vegetables. His success inspired many, and farmers from other parts of the country also started coming to his farm to learn organic farming. He has trained about 30,000 farmers so far. Every year almost 100 tourists visit his farm from various parts of the world like the UK, Australia, Germany, etc.

【1】What can we know about Tenzing?

A. He was mistreated at a young age.   B. He lived a happy childhood.

C. He received much formal education.   D. He had great learning ability.

【2】Why did Tenzing want to grow tea on his farm?

A. Tea sold very well at   that   time.   B. His mother  was   getting older.

C. His land was best for tea growth.   D. He was tired of temporary jobs.

【3】What does the underlined word “indisposed” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Unfair.   B. Motivated

C. Uncomfortable.   D. Touched.

【4】Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?

A. A hot tourist attraction in Assam

B. The biggest tea farm in Assam

C. Tenzing, Assam’s First Organic Tea Farmer

D. The conflict between experts and a layman

24、We all know that eating later in the day isn’t good for our waistlines, but why? A new study weighed in on that question by comparing people who ate the same foods — but at different times in the day. “Does the time that we eat matter when everything else is kept consistent?” said first author Nina Vujovic, a researcher at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The answer was yes — eating later in the day will double your odds of being hungrier, according to the study published in the journal Cell Metabolism (新陈代谢).

The study does show eating later results in “an increase in hunger, impacts hormones and also changes gene expression, especially in terms of fat metabolism with a tendency towards less fat breakdown and more fat deposition,” said Dr. Bhanu Prakash Kolla, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

The study was small — only 16 overweight or obese people — but carefully planned to eliminate other potential causes of weight gain. All participants were in good health, with no history of diabetes or shift work and had regular physical activity. Each person in the study kept to a strict healthy sleep/wake schedule for about three weeks and were provided with prepared meals at fixed times for three days before the lab experiment began.

Participants were then divided into two groups randomly. One group ate calorie-controlled meals at 8 am, noon and 4 pm, while the other ate the same meals four hours later, at noon, 4 pm and 8 pm for the six days reported in the study. Measures of hunger and appetite were gathered 18 times each while tests for body fat, temperature and energy expenditures were gathered on three separate days.

After a break of a few weeks, the same participants reversed the procedure — those who had eaten earlier moved to the late eating group and vice versa, thus using each person as their own control. Results showed that hunger pangs doubled for those on a night-eating regime (规则). People who ate later in the day also reported a desire for salty foods, meat and, to a lesser extent, a desire for dairy foods and vegetables.

【1】What can we infer about eating later in the day from the text?

A．It does harm to our fat storage.

B．It helps keep our body in shape.

C．It has nothing to do with our health actually.

D．It has a negative effect on our fat breakdown.

【2】How was the experiment performed?

A．By conducting a large-scaled test.

B．By analyzing the causes of the phenomenon.

C．By collecting many data to facilitate the study.

D．By giving examples to prove the scientific research.

【3】What can we learn about the participants in the experiment?

A．All the participants weren’t out of shape.

B．Most of the participants lacked regular exercise.

C．The participants were restricted to particular foods.

D．The participants were grouped according to their weights.

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

A．Eat Less, Live Longer

B．Eat Later, Be Fatter

C．Eat Better, Live Healthier

D．Eat More, Feel Hungry Later

25、   Even as, teacher, my mother didn't understand "learning disabilities". The________was almost unknown when I was a child. She was________I was bright and was working hard at school. She wondered why my achievement was so________.

Everyone said I was lazy, stupid or both. Then I began to________them. Sometimes I just________. I couldn't write, read or answer questions quickly. Anyway, I graduated. Although I was the________in my class. I wanted to go to law school against the best________of my school consultants. _____,Brooklyn Law School took a chance on me. I________with my best academic performance and I graduated better this time in the middle of my class. By law school I had begun to________how to make up for my problems. I had the________to meet Steve Lusthaus, a(n) _____, who spent hour________legal concepts with me. Law school was________because there was more stress on concepts and less on rote(死记硬背)learning, my greatest________.

Steve and I still joke about when he________me before an exam where I scored an "A" and he only a "B". I also remember the night I decided to drop out because of the endless________and Steve argued with me,________to let me sleep until I agreed to stay.

Luckily, by the time I was diagnosed(诊断) as learning disabled at the age of thirty-five, I had learned to________my problems. By the age of thirty-seven, I was a________.

【1】A.term B.situation C.idea D.method

【2】A.uncertain B.convinced C.hopeful D.proud

【3】A.low B.remarkable C.meaningless D.satisfying

【4】A.leave B.believe C.ignore D.avoid

【5】A.carried on B.slipped away C.yelled out D.gave up

【6】A.first B.second C.middle D.last

【7】A.work B.advice C.teaching D.offer

【8】A.Eventually B.Obviously C.Generally D.Luckily

【9】A.responded B.dealt C.did away D.got away

【10】A.regret B.share C.learn D.forget

【11】A.time B.right C.fortune D.possibility

【12】A.professor B.colleague C.student D.officer

【13】A.changing B.creating C.questioning D.discussing

【14】A.easier B.better C.more difficult D.more complex

【15】A.achievement B.advantage C.weakness D.ambition

【16】A.quarrelled with B.tutored C.played with D.stopped

【17】A.pressure B.competition C.notes D.lectures

【18】A.trying B.hesitating C.refusing D.forcing

【19】A.stand B.prevent C.remove D.handle

【20】A.prisoner B.judge C.father D.patient

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。

A shop owner placed a sign above his door that read:”Puppies for Sale”. Signs like this always have a way of attracting young children,and to no surprise, a boy saw the sign and approached the owner.

“How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” he asked in a low voice.

The store owner replied, Anywhere from $ 30 to $ 50.

The little boy pulled out some change from his pocket. “But I only have $ 2.37,”   he said. “Can I please look at them?”

The shop owner smiled and in no second whistled. Out of the kennel came a lady, who ran down the aisle of his shop followed by five teeny, tiny balls of fur. One puppy was lagging considerably behind. Immediately the little boy singled out the lagging, limping（跛行）puppy and said, “What's wrong with that little dog?”

The shop owner sighed and explained that the vet had examined the little puppy and had discovered it didn't have a hip socket（髋臼）. It would always limp.It would always be lame.

Hearing these words, the little boy became excited, “That is the very puppy that I want to buy.”

“No, you don't want to buy that little dog. If you really want him,I'll just give him to you,” the shop owner said, a little bit confused. The little boy got quite upset. He looked straight into the store owner's eyes, pointing his finger, and said, “I don't want you to give him to me.”

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。

“I'll pay full price,” he added, in a firm tone.

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Hearing the owner's words, the little boy rolled up his left trouser leg.

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