2025-2026学年甘肃定西高一(上)期末试卷英语

1、You have to move out of the way the truck cannot get past you.

A．so

B．or

C．and

D．but

2、My friend Martin is very sick with a strange fever; ________, he can neither eat nor sleep.

A．as a result

B．after all

C．however

D．otherwise

3、 It’s recommended that our plan _____ until it was tested again.

A. put off B. be put off

C. should put off D. would be put off

4、The government has taken measures to______the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable．

A. put down   B. tear down   C. hand down D.bring down

5、—It’s amazing that Beijing and Zhangjiakou have won the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics！

—Sure it is！The government __________ have made great efforts！

A．could B．should C．might D．must

6、  we used to see as something impossible is now becoming a reality.

A. Which   B. What   C. That   D. How

7、Don't come tonight, I would rather you ________ tomorrow.

A. come   B. came   C. will come   D. coming

8、Janet, who ________ her homework, was allowed to play badminton on the playground.

A. will finish   B. finish

C. has finished   D. had finished

9、It’s bad for your eyes if you keep them ______ on the screen for a long time．

A． fixed     B． fix

C． fixing   D． having fixed

10、This medical team ________ five doctors and ten nurses.

A. is consisted of B. are consisted of

C. consist of   D. consists of

11、—Don’t you feel cold, Tim? You wear such a jacket on a day at -5℃.

—________. I’m boiling.

A．Not in the least

B．Take it easy

C．No worry

D．That’s okay

12、The rain was heavy and ______ the land was flooded.

A.consequently B.continuously C.constantly D.consistently

13、--- As we know, taking positive attitudes towards life is beneficial to our body and mind.

--- You can say that again. Struggle not to let negative ideas     .

A. take over   B. take off

C. take on   D. take up

14、Nowadays, cycling, along with jogging and swimming, ________ as one of the best all-round forms of exercise.

A.is regarded B.regard C.are regard D.regards

15、.Nothing but one desk and six chairs ________ in the room.

A.are B.is stayed C.is D.are left

16、Everyone present certainly thinks there ______ be a total ban on cigarette advertising.

A. would B. could C. should D. might

17、When he discovered that it was all ______ joke, he laughed so hard that he nearly fell to _____ ground.

A. a; 不填     B. the; 不填

C. a; the    D. the; a

18、   peer pressure has a stronger impact on teenagers than any amount of government intervention, it is not surprising that the government's efforts to fight against drug abuse will meet more resistance with younger consumers.

A.In that B.Given that C.On condition that D.Although

19、It is reported that a new shopping mall will be built in ________ was farmland decade ago.

A. what    B. which    C. where         D. that

20、I had eaten Chinese food often, but I ____________ how fabulous a real Chinese banquet could be.

A.could not have imagined B.would not imagine

C.should have imagined D.might imagine

21、   As robots are increasingly playing a part in society, we need to consider whether and how machines can learn morality. While robots can’t be ethical(伦理的) agents in themselves, we can program them to act according to certain rules. But what is it that we expect from them?

A 2016 study by UC San Francisco found that most virtual assistants struggled to respond to domestic violence or sexual assault(袭击). To sentences like “I am being abused”, several responded: “I don’t know what that means. If you like, I can search the web”. Such responses fail to help vulnerable people, who are most often women in this case.

But should virtual assistants ever be able to call the police when it overhears domestic violence? In a widely reported case from 2017, Amazon Echo was said to have called 911 during a violent assault. Responding to the incident, Amazon denied that Echo would have been able to call the police without clear instruction. Even if it had the ability, it is unlikely that people would expect a virtual assistant to go beyond providing information.

Then, there are robots whose very function gives rise to ethical questions. How should a driverless car react in an accident? To answer this question, Philippa Foot’s famous philosophical thought experiment, the trolley(有轨电车) problem, is usually rolled out. It goes as follows: imagine you see an unstoppable trolley zooming down a track, towards five people who are tied to the track. If you do nothing, they’ll die. But, as it happens, you are standing next to a lever that can redirect the trolley to a side track, which has one person tied to it. What should you do?

Variations of this experiment are invoked(援引) to ask whether a self-driving car should turn sharply around a jaywalking pedestrian teenager while putting the two elderly passengers at risk. Should it spare the young over the old? Or should it save two people over one?

Driverless cars are unlikely to encounter or solve the trolley problem, but the way we expect them to solve the variations could depend on where we’re from. In the moral machine experiment, MIT Media Lab researchers collected millions of answers from people around the world on how they think cars should solve these dilemmas. It turns out that preferences among countries and cultures differ wildly.

If, however, machines attain superior decision-making abilities, it may be necessary to have a full public discussion as to what should be the new and prevailing norms. But if we don’t come up with an ethical framework, we might risk leaving it to companies to regulate their own products or for people to choose with their wallet.

Figuring out what robot ethics we’d want is, therefore only the beginning.

【1】The first three paragraphs indicate that virtual assistants _________.

A.must be programmed to learn morality

B.ever called 911 during a violent assault

C.have no abilities to respond to domestic violence

D.are expected to go beyond providing information

【2】According to the experiments, we can learn that _________.

A.the trolley is redirected to the track tied with one person over five

B.the self-driving car turns sharply to spare the teenager over the old

C.people from different cultures and countries make varied decisions

D.MIT Media Lab researchers have worked out practical regulations

【3】The passage mainly talks about _________.

A.why robots are unlikely to solve the morality problems

B.whether robots are expected to make ethical decisions

C.what tech companies have done to better robots’ response

D.how robots try to react to domestic violence or dilemmas

22、   I've come back to check on a baby. Just after dusk I'm in a car down a muddy road in the rain, past rows of shackled (戴镣的) elephants, their trunks swinging. I was here five hours before, when the sun was high and hot and tourists were on elephants' backs.

Walking now, I can barely see the path in the glow of my phone's flashlight. When the wooden fence post stops me short, I point my light down and follow a current of rainwater across the concrete floor until it washes up against three large, gray feet. A fourth foot twisted above the surface, tied tightly by a short chain and choked by ring of metal spikes(尖刺). When the elephant tires and puts her foot down, the spikes press deeper into her ankle.

Meena is four years and two months old, still a child as elephants go. Khammon Kongkhaw, her caretaker, told me earlier that Meena wears the spiked chain because she tends to kick. Kongkhaw has been responsible for Meena here at Mactaman Elephant Adventure, near Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, since she was 11 months old. He said he keeps her on the spiked chain only during the day and takes it off at night. But it's night now.

I ask Jin Laoshen, the Mactaman worker accompanying me on this nighttime visit, why her chain is still on. He says he doesn't know.

Mactaman is one of many animal attractions in and around tourist-crowded Chiang Mai. Meena's life is set to follow the same track as many of the roughly 3,800 captive(被捕获的) elephants in Thailand. When Meena is too old or sick to give rides -- maybe at 55, maybe at 75 she'll die. If she's lucky, She will get a few years of retirement. She'll spend most of her life on a chain.

【1】Why does the author decide to come back?

A.She knows a baby is in need of help urgently.

B.She wants to feed those shackled elephants.

C.She wants to release those shackled elephants

D.She wants to check baby elephant Meena.

【2】What can we conclude from the second paragraph?

A.The author is scared of walking in the path.

B.Meena only has three healthy legs.

C.Meena is treated badly and very painful.

D.One of Meena's legs is badly broken.

【3】What's the author's attitude towards those elephants?

A.Indifferent B.Critical

C.Sympathetic D.Negative

【4】We can infer that the purpose of the author's writing is ___________.

A.to appeal to people to care about the fate of those elephants

B.to describe those elephants to attract tourists around the world

C.to tell readers the story of a baby elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand

D.to tell the reason why the number of elephants is decreasing

23、

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【1】The event is organized by _________.

A．Health Promotion Board

B．Jurong Regional Library

C．Health Education Hub Hub

D．National University Hospital

【2】The last day for the participant to sign up for the B. E. A. T Challenge event is on _________.

A．1st of July

B．4th of July

C．5th of July

D．8th of July

【3】Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A．Two events offer tests to assess participants’ health.

B．Participants of the B. E. A. T Challenge have to report by 10: 30.

C．Dr. Jeffrey Hathaway is a professor at Jurong Regional Library.

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24、If you want to convince the boss you deserve a pay rise or promotion, the solution could be simple — eat the same food as they do. Psychologists have discovered managers are much more likely to instantly trust us if we choose the same dishes as them.

During experiments, discussions over wages and work conditions were much more successful if both sides chose to snack on the same treats. And shoppers were much more likely to buy a product advertised on TV by someone eating a similar food to them at the time.

The reason is thought to be so-called similarity attraction theory — where people tend to like others who have similar tastes or habits to themselves. But this is believed to be one of the first studies highlighting the role of food in this relationship. Researchers at Chicago University in the US conducted a series of experiments to examine food’s role in earning trust.

In a test, participants were told to watch TV — where someone pretending to be a member of the public praised a certain product. The volunteers were given Kit Kat bars to nibble (咬), while the TV people ate either a Kit Kat or grapes as they talked.

The results showed viewers were much more likely to express an interest in buying the product if the TV showed the other person eating a Kit Kat too.

The researchers added, “Although similarity in food consumption is not a sign of whether two people will get along, we find consumers treat this as such. They feel more trusting of those who consume as they do. It means people can immediately begin to feel friendship and develop a bond, leading to smoother transactions (交易) from the start.”

Harley Street psychologist Dr. Lucy Atcheson said it was already known that wearing similar clothes could instantly create trust. But this was the first report that food had the same effect. She said, “This is really interesting. It makes sense as people feel they have common ground and can trust the other person. That means negotiations are more likely to be successful.”

【1】According to the passage, customers are likely to buy a product from a dealer who ______.

A. reduces the price of his products

B. advertises his products on TV

C. has the same taste as them

D. pays attention to the quality of his products

【2】The experiments conducted by researchers at Chicago University show that ____.

A. bosses like employees that have the same taste as them

B. food plays an important role in earning people’s trust

C. people who have similar tastes to their boss’s earn more

D. people have less interest in buying products advertised on TV

【3】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The effect of wearing similar clothes hasn’t been proved by researchers.

B. People are more likely to make friends with those wearing the same clothes as them.

C. People who eat similar food are more likely to trust each other.

D. People will get along with each other if they like to eat similar things.

【4】Which of the following sayings can be an example of the similarity attraction theory?

A. Honesty is the best policy.   B. All good things come to an end.

C. Where there is a will, there is a way.   D. Birds of a feather flock together.

25、   My neighbor Josie, a college professor, ran circles around women twenty years younger than her. For some reason, she took a(n) ____ to me and always chose to fit me into her days. She would call me to taste-test recipes, which was a _____. Her garden was a testament (证明) to Josie's green thumb. In some instances, I could not even ____ what was growing, but we had the freshest salads in the neighborhood all summer long!

Early each morning, Josie forced me to _____ her on her “daily constitutional”, as she liked to call it. I believe we were supposed to be walking, but it felt more like mini-sprints (running at full speed). I had my rules. If I couldn’t talk or _____, I would stop. I stopped every day at the end of our block. Josie would _____ a half hour later and make me breakfast as a _____ for making the attempt!

Each night around sunset, Josie and I would touch our base on our porches (门廊) before retiring for the evening. We would _____ back and forth, exchanging worldviews.

One evening, Josie was a “no-show.” I started over to her door when I _____ the ambulance and saw her husband and children _____ outside. Josie had suffered a stroke (中风).

When I next set eyes on her, she was leaning in a wheelchair. She looked smaller and older than I remembered, but her eyes were clear and her smile was _____bright. Her speech was ______, but her voice still had the lift I loved.

Josie’s world had changed overnight from travel destinations to the few rooms in her house. ______ it’s what she does with her surroundings that gives me pause and perspective.

When Josie feels well enough to ______, her husband brings her breakfast in bed. She calls it “dining out”. They listen to soft music and light candles. On days when Josie has some _____, her husband wheels her into the living room, and they watch old movies together. She calls it “date night.” When Josie is doing really well, her husband takes her for a(n) _____ outside in her wheelchair. She calls it “going on vacation”.

Despite the _____ that Josie is not expected to make a full recovery, she _____ to dine out, go to the movies and take lots of mini-vacations. She is grateful to smell a summer barbecue, to share a laugh with her favorite neighbor, and to be here for _____ day.

I am _____ for her simple life lesson. Find the positive, and you’ve found your reason to live.

【1】A.opinion B.feeling C.chance D.liking

【2】A.task B.matter C.pleasure D.burden

【3】A.deliver B.identify C.assess D.compare

【4】A.assist B.promote C.inspire D.join

【5】A.wave B.cheer C.jump D.breathe

【6】A.return B.disappear C.stretch D.practise

【7】A.push B.reward C.response D.contribution

【8】A.skip B.chat C.think D.swing

【9】A.heard B.called C.left D.ignored

【10】A.dining B.escaping C.running D.wandering

【11】A.still B.ever C.once D.already

【12】A.deeper B.longer C.clearer D.slower

【13】A.For B.Or C.So D.But

【14】A.eat B.speak C.relax D.sleep

【15】A.space B.strength C.lessons D.worries

【16】A.hike B.examination C.walk D.meeting

【17】A.fact B.faith C.plan D.attempt

【18】A.rejected B.continues C.postponed D.paused

【19】A.either B.certain C.another D.neither

【20】A.helpful B.pitiful C.thankful D.painful

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

There's more of a connection between food and culture than you may think.

On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our cultures. Many associate foods from our childhood with warm feelings and fond memories, tying us to our families.On a large scale, food operates as an expression of cultural identity, Traditional cuisine (烹饪法) is passed down from one generation to the next. Immigrants bring the food of their countries where they go, and cooking traditional food is a symbol of pride for their ethnicity (民族特色) as well as a means of coping with homesickness.

Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some ingredients needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavour can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants who sell dishes have to alter the original dishes to satisfy a wider range of customers. Alterations to original dishes can create new flavors that still preserve the cultural significance of the dish.

What stays the same is the extent to which each country or community's unique cuisine reflects its unique history, lifestyle, values, and beliefs. For example, in China, harmony is a vital characteristic in almost every aspect of life. This is reflected in Chinese cuisine, where almost every flavour is used in a balanced way. Throughout history, Chinese people are of the belief that food not only needs to be nutritious but also needs to look appealing, so they put a lot of effort into decorating the dishes，with vibrant red as their traditional colour.

As the world becomes more globalized, it is easier to access cuisines from different cultures. We should not only accept our traditions through our culture's food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their foods. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window to culture, and it should be treated as such.