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2025学年第二学期高二英语期中诊断试卷
2026.4
(本试卷满分115分考试时间105分钟
I.Grammar and Vocabulary (20)
Section A
Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and
grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of
the given word:for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.
Empires in Conversation
Despite the thousands of miles separating them and the big differences in their peoples,two
rulers in 17th-century Europe and China were nevertheless the driving force behind a grand cultural
exchange.
The two men were the Kangxi Emperor of China's Qing Dynasty and King Louis XIV of
France.A symbolic image from the period captured the exchange:European ambassadors ()
1(dress)in the robes of Qing officials,stood beside anarmillary sphere in the court of the
Kangxi Emperor.The astronomy,mathematics,physics,and chemistry they brought 2
(fascinate)the young emperor,who was particularly interested in the heavenly bodies.
Through their instruction,Kangxi gained a rich knowledge.On one visit to southern China,
he used a spirit level (to measure the water,and found a mistake in 3his ministers
were controlling the water in the Hongze lake.
It is natural for many of us 4(marvel)at the Chinese emperor's good knowledge
of Western technologies.But Kangxi's interests extended 5 the hard sciences:He tried to
organize information about these foreign lands and spread 6 among the public.
He asked his third prince,Yinzhi,to establish a museum of mathematics7
talented
scholars would engage in research and observation of mathematical laws and the universe.In court
speeches,Kangxi would hold forth on the natural sciences from Europe,8(lecture)young
princes about astronomy,calendar systems and arithmetic.Outstanding students 9
(send)
to the institution of astronomy or other key departments.
10 the visitors from the West came to the East mainly to spread their culture,upon
arriving in that ancient kingdom,they discovered its people already possessed their own well-
established understanding of the world.There was the Golden Mean of Confucius,and the
unknowable Tao of Lao Tzu.And these left a deep impression on the traveling Europeans.
Section B
Directions:Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box.Each word can only be
used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.
A.persisted
B.recognized C.contradicting D.unquestionably
E.practical
F.deliberately G.equipment H.limit I.underlying J.medium K.captured
Fine art involves the application of skill and imagination to produce aesthetic experiences.
Photography is regarded by some as a form of fine art because it entails creative decision-making
processes similar to those_11painting or sculpture.Nevertheless,photography cannot be
12 classified as art,because despite certain similarities,a fundamental difference remains
between creating images by hand-using paint,clay or other tools-and pointing a mechanical
device at something interesting and clicking.
It is arguable that photography can be appreciated on the same level as other
13
forms of visual art.Sometimes decisions involved in creating a photograph closely resemble those

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