阳江2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高一英语

1、— Mom, I received an email from the company ________ the part-time job to me!

— Oh, good for you!

A．offers

B．offered

C．offering

D．to offer

2、 It is the ability to do the job ______ matters not where you come or what you are.

A. one B. that C. what D. if

3、Now, look at our purchase.We _________so much food and drinks now that Emily won't be with us for dinner.

A．needn't have bought

B．might have bought

C．could have bought

D．ought to have bought

4、The couple in the next room are always quarreling these days, and I’ve come to the point _____ I can’t stand it any longer.

A.where B.why C.which D.as

5、The chairman thought ______necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.

A. that   B. it

C. this   D. him

6、The young girls prefer dressing up for a party to _______ by others.

A.be noticed B.being noticed C.having been noticed D.have been noticed

7、He________ lunch when I called.

A．is having

B．was having

C．has

D．would have

8、You say you have found something unique in this book, ________ perhaps even the author was not entirely aware-is that true?

A．for which

B．to which

C．of which

D．of what

9、——Tom is never late for work. Why is he absent today?

——Something ______ to him.

A．must happen

B．could happen

C．would have happened

D．must have happened

10、The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman _________ Ms Shen.

A.named B.calling C.naming D.referred

11、I’ll ________ to be the kind of person that our society needs.

A．make an effort

B．set about

C．pay attention

D．look forward

12、I will teach the exchange student Chinese ________ exchange for his kindness.

A．on

B．in

C．it

D．at

13、_______ to the left, and you will find the post office.

A．Turning

B．Turn

C．To turn

D．Turned

14、The person who is   of the factory   ill since last week.

A.in charge; has been B.in charge; has fallen

C.taking charge; was D.in charge; fell

15、The main reason ________ monarch butterflies are endangered is ________ lots of places ________ used to be home to them have been seriously destroyed.

A．why; because; where

B．that; because; where

C．why; that; that

D．why; that; where

16、He admitted _____ in the examination. So he wasn’t admitted ____ the school.   (　　)

A. cheating; to   B. to cheat; by   C. to cheat; to   D. cheating; by

17、Mary found herself in an ____________ position, and therefore she felt rather ___________.

A. embarrassed; embarrassing;   B. embarrassed; embarrassed

C. embarrassing; embarrassing   D. embarrassing; embarrassed

18、Though ________ by gradual blindness, Alice was still ________ of writing compositions.

A．was affected; able

B．affected; capable

C．was influenced; capable

D．influenced; able

19、In Iraq nowadays, plenty of people are short of basic necessities of life, ______ food, water and medicine.

A. that is   B. in other words

C. such as   D. for example

20、—It’s already twelve o’clock, and he ____________ have been here half an hour ago.

—Maybe his flight was behind time.

A. must   B. ought to

C. may   D. can

21、He said he________ to draw a plane on the blackboard at that time.

A．tries

B．tried

C．was trying

D．will try

22、After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced ________ cars in 2009 as the year  before.

A．as twice more

B．as many twice

C．more than twice as many

D．twice more than as

23、The number of the students in the competition _______written down already.

A.have been B.has been C.are D.is

24、He's the best player in our school, so he is ________ to win the match.

A.possibly B.possible C.likely D.probably

25、—Will professor Brown attend her wedding ceremony?

—It will not be ______ so.

A.particularly B.necessarily C.commonly D.regularly

26、Are you preparing for a big test? If so, you may want to go play some basketball in between hitting the books. Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and Science University, studies brain development. According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels, including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed. Dr. Cameron claims this allows people who exercise to concentrate better. As she says, “While we already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise can really cause physical changes in the brain.”

The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies. Babies who do activities that require a lot of movement and physical activity show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active. With babies, even a little movement can show big results. Margaret Barnes, a pediatrician（儿科医生）, believes in the importance of exercise. She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in elementary school or high school can be traced back to a lack of movement as babies. “Babies need movement that stimulates their five senses. They need to establish a connection between motion and memory. In this way, as they get older, children will begin to associate physical activity with higher learning,” says Margaret.

Older people can strengthen their brains as well. Columbia University studied a group of seniors ranging in age from seventy to seventy-nine. Their study showed a short-term memory increase of up to 40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult, but it does have to increase the heart rate. Also, just like the motion for babies, exercise for older people should involve some complexity. Learning some new skills or motions, such as with yoga or tai-chi, helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time.

For most people, any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful. The main goal is to increase the brain's flow of blood. And your brain can benefit from as little as three to four hours of exercise a week.

【1】What is the main idea of this reading?

A. How to exercise   B. How exercise helps the brain

C. How to get good scores on a test   D. How the brain can change

【2】According to the reading, what is the connection between exercise and brain development?

A. Exercise makes us stupid.   B. The brain needs special mental exercise.

C. The more exercise, the bigger the brain.   D. Physical exercise helps us think better.

【3】The minimum amount of exercise required to gain any benefit is

A. three hours per week   B. 40 hours per week

C. three hours per day   D. 40 hours per month

27、The State of California is depending on its forests to help cut down planet-warming CO2. But that climate-change strategy may be risky, as new research from the University of California, Irvine(UCI)reports that trees in California’s mountains and open spaces are dying from wildfires and other pressures — and fewer new trees are filling the blank.

“The forests are not keeping up with these large fires,” said study co-author James Randerson, the Ralph J. and Carol M. Cicerone Professor of Earth system science at UCI. Acrossthe whole state, tree cover area has dropped 6.7% since 1985. “These are big changes in lessthan forty years,” he said. It’s the first time that researchers have been able to measure tree population fall in California, and find out the reasons(wildfires and woodcutting).

For the study, the UCI-led team used satellite data from the USGS and NASA’s Landsat mission to study plant changes between 1985 and 2021. They found that one of the most obvious falls in tree cover was in southern California, where 14% of the tree population in local mountain had disappeared, maybe everlastingly.

“The ability. of forests to recover(恢复)from fire appears to be dwindling in the south,” said Jonathan Wang, a researcher in Randerson’s research group, who led the study coming out in AGU Advances. “At the same time, the state’s coverage of bushes and grasses is rising, which could mean more everlasting ecosystem shifts(生态系统转化).”

“The speed and scale of fall in tree cover is different across the state. Tree cover in the Sierra Nevada, for example, stayed relatively unchanged until around 2010, then began dropping suddenly. Fortunately, in the north, there’s plenty of recovery after fire,” said Wang, perhaps because of the area’s higher rainfall and cooler temperatures. “This threat(威胁) to California’s climate solutions isn’t going away anytime soon,” Wang said. “We might be entering a new age of bigger fire and vulnerable(易受损的) forests.”

【1】What mainly helped California cut down CO2?

A．Rich forests.

B．Less vehicles.

C．Energy saving.

D．Fine weather.

【2】What has caused the drop of tree cover in the past few years?

A．Poor soil.

B．Continual floods.

C．High demand for farmland and food.

D．Large wildfires and people’s cutting trees.

【3】What does the underlined word “dwindling” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Suitable.

B．Falling.

C．Obvious.

D．Boring.

【4】Which is the most suitable title for the text?

A．California’s trees will die out in the future

B．California’s environment will face a big challenge

C．The reasonfor California wildfires has been found out

D．Wildfires seriously threaten California’s tree cover

28、People all need friends because nobody wants to be lonely. A friend can help you in good and bad times. You’ve made friends since childhood. 【1】 Here are some signs to tell you if your friend is a true friend.

Always be honest

Honesty is important to keep your friendship alive. A true friend always tells you the truth. It may be hard sometimes but lying can destroy your friendship. 【2】

Always be there for you

There are always times in your life when you have problems or difficulties. A true friend will always have time to listen to your problems and give advice. 【3】 But the fact that your friend has time to listen shows he cares for you. Your friend is not a true friend if he can never make time for you when you are in trouble.

【4】

A true friend will always show respect to your ideas whether he agrees or not. Your true friend may say no to you but never insists that he is correct. A true friend sets limits with you because he cares for you and your relationship with him. These limits are also a symbol of respect for you as it can help maintain your friendship.

Always be understanding

【5】 We are all different people and we all make mistakes. A true friend is always forgiving and understanding because he doesn’t want to take the risk of losing his best friend.

A．Always be respectful

B．Always be supportive

C．However, you may still not know who your true friends are.

D．He may not be able to offer a way of solving your problems.

E．He can always help you solve your problems as quickly as possible.

F．It is possible that some problems will come up between you and your friend.

G．It is important that your friend speaks honestly and never tells lies or makes up stories.

29、Did you know that the color of sports suits can influence(影响) the performance of an athlete? It may sound strange, but a study suggests this might be true.

Two British scientists studied the results of four sports in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where the athletes had been given either a red or a blue sports suit. They discovered that when there was a big difference in the score, color had no influence on the result. But if it is a close match, the athlete in a red sports suit was more likely to win. Then they looked at the sports suits of the soccer team at the Euro 2004 championship. Again, teams wearing red won more games.

The two scientists got their idea from earlier studies of wild animals. It had been discovered that when a male shows red on its body, it sends a signal(信号) of it power and strength. For example, in many kinds of monkeys, the more the male shows off its red scars(伤疤) the more females it can attract.

Based on (根据) this fact, the British scientists thought that the idea might work for humans, too. According to them, when an athlete sees a competitor in a red sports suit, he gets a feeling that his competitor could be stronger than him. And that kind of feeling may have a bad influence on the player’s performance in the actual game. Although the idea is interesting, most people don’t accept that color signals in the animal world can really be useful to human sports. They think that it is unreasonable to develop an idea based on such a small number of examples. Much more research has to be done to prove(证明) the influence of sports suit colors on the performance of athletes.

【1】What did the scientists find out about the 2004 Athens Olympic Games:

A．Athletes played equally well in four sports.

B．Game results had a big influence on the athletes.

C．Athletes dressed in red scored more in a close match.

D．There was a big difference in red and blue team’s scores.

【2】What may be the red scars of a male animal suggest?

A．It is quite strong.

B．It is a failure.

C．It is more powerful than other males.

D．It has attracted a lot of females.

【3】The underlined part “ that kind of feeling” in Paragraph 4 refers to a feeling of ________.

A．weakness

B．pride

C．danger

D．shame

【4】What is most people’s view on scientists’ idea?

A．Interested

B．Satisfied

C．Doubtful

D．Thankful.

30、I was a high school senior. One day, I skipped classes and walked into the ________. I spotted a book called The Treasure of Pleasant Valley written by Frank Yerby. Its name really ________ me, but I didn’t want others to know I was reading books because I was a troubled boy then. So I just ________ the book. After I had finished reading it, I took it back. When I ________ it, I saw another book ________ written by Frank Yerby. So I thought, maybe I’d read that, too. So I put it under my jacket and later I took it back. That semester, I ________ a total of four books by Frank Yerby.

Years later, I met Mrs. Grady, the teacher who had been the ________ . She told me she had seen me taking the first book. She said her first ________ had been “to go and tell the boy, you don’t have to steal a book”. You can ________ borrow them from the library and pay nothing. They’re ________ .” Then she realized I didn’t want anybody to ________ I was reading. So she decided that if I liked the book, she would ________another one for me to read.

And every time I took a ________ book out, she began to look for another. This wasn’t ________ because books were hard to get in those days. I was ________ to Mrs. Grady for getting me into the habit of enjoying reading so that I could eventually go to law school.

【1】

A．classroom

B．laboratory

C．library

D．playground

【2】

A．surprised

B．inspired

C．confused

D．attracted

【3】

A．hid

B．stole

C．marked

D．bought

【4】

A．returned

B．paid

C．checked

D．counted

【5】

A．also

B．ever

C．never

D．only

【6】

A．borrowed

B．spotted

C．collected

D．read

【7】

A．trainer

B．guard

C．cleaner

D．librarian

【8】

A．thought

B．expectation

C．feeling

D．movement

【9】

A．never

B．just

C．seldom

D．almost

【10】

A．unique

B．classical

C．free

D．cheap

【11】

A．doubt

B．wonder

C．know

D．complain

【12】

A．lend

B．find

C．print

D．copy

【13】

A．difficult

B．expensive

C．creative

D．good

【14】

A．practical

B．different

C．easy

D．special

【15】

A．generous

B．polite

C．friendly

D．grateful

31、阅读文本，在空白处填入适当的单词（部分空有首字母或中文提示）。

Roots & Shoots is an o【1】 established in the early 1990s by Dr Jane Goodall. It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground to make a f 【2】 foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open brick walls to reach the light Roots d Shoots emphasizes the 【3】 (价值) of each i【4】, — human, animal or plant. The way one behaves in his daily life has a great e 【5】 on the environment. What we should do now is to change our living habits and act together to make the world a better place.

32、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

In Europe, more than half of 100 designers employed in the car-making industry are art graduate. Carmakers such as Audi, Jaguar and Ford all have artists designing new cars for the future. It goes without saying that new models are incorporating the latest technology. However, increasingly the cars of tomorrow are designed with artistic styles. Nowadays, customers demand that their new cars look as up-to-date and fashionable as possible.

Artists are not only designing cars. Increasingly, art students are influencing modem architecture, including the designing of new buildings. Artists are also helping with the restoration of old buildings by using specialized techniques learnt at art school.

Interestingly, artists are also finding ways of making life easier for us. Recently, one young artist has received a design award for a lifting aid. The newly-designed aid is a simple supportive framework that helps people who care for the weak or sick to lift their patients more easily. Another art student has received an award for creating a revolutionary baby feeder. The artist invented a tool that allows parents to feed small children with only one hand.

The marriage between art and business is set to continue. Industry recognizes the importance and value of young artists designing for the future. As one art professor commented, “Today, people understand that problems can be solved using artists’ eyes.”