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石嘴山市第一中学 2025-2026学年第二学期高二年级期中考试
英语试题
听力（满分 30 分）
阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共15 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 37. 5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
F. Scot Fitzgerald’s influential novel The Great Gatsby is now a Broadway musical for the
first time! It is part of Kids’ Night on Broadway (KNOB), a program designed to introduce young
audiences to the magic of live theatre.
What to Expect at The Great Gatsby during KNOB
Despite its deep themes of love, wealth, and ambition, the show engages young audiences
with striking costumes, grand sets, lively jazz music, and dynamic dance.
Post-show-meet and greets with the cast (全体演员 ) and crew for kids’ Q&A about the
performance.
Fun educational materials with informative content to help kids understand the story.
Tickets
06/25/2025-09/07/2025, Broadway Theater | 1681 Broadway
Seat Price View
Upper Level Rear $70 Distant but clear view of the stage
Upper Level Front $85 Full and bird’s-eye view of the stage
Main Floor $110 Close-up view of the stage
Buy 1 adult ticket, get 1 free kid’s ticket (aged 18& under).
An additional 10% service fee will be added to each ticket.
Know Before You Go:
Outside food and drinks are not allowed in the theater. Any bag brought into the theater
must fit comfortably under your seat.
The use of cameras, cell phones, and other recording devices during the show is strictly
prohibited. Handheld devices with captions (字幕) are available upon request to assist individuals
who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Avoid talking, whispering, or singing along during the performance, unless encouraged by
the performers. You can applaud at the end of songs, scenes, or acts; if unsure, follow the audience.
1．What can young audiences enjoy at The Great Gatsby during KNOB
A．Post-show celebrations. B．Interactions with performers.
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C．Fun and informative lectures. D．Costume design competition.
2．How much should a couple and their 16-year-old son pay to book the closest seats
A．$190. B．$220. C．$242. D．$330.
3．Which of the following behaviors is allowed in the theater
A．Discussing with friends. B．Enjoying takeout food.
C．Recording the performance. D．Applauding between scenes.
B
Dr Nicola Patron’s office is a little different. Near the window hangs a modern artwork of
the plant Nicotiana benthamiana, a host on which to grow medicinal or agriculturally useful
substances. Here is where engineering, biology and art overlap (重叠).
Despite her green fingers, Nicola’s childhood dream was to become an astrophysicist. At 17,
she joined a science programme that invited students to grow and observe seeds flown to the
International Space Station. “It was the first experimental data I ever had. It’s so fun,” she says.
“Meanwhile, I was volunteering for a homeless charity, which made me think about food security
and distribution. The combination of these two things shifted what I wanted to do: biological
sciences suddenly seemed relevant.”
Young Nicola was a few years early for the birth of bioengineering, but technology has
since caught up with her ideas. Nicola can now apply engineering principles to biological systems,
and guide how plant genes (基因) are expressed.
Her lab is working on fungal-resistant (抗真菌的) crops. This resistance is determined by a
gene network, where genes regulate each other in a complex process. To speed up this search,
Nicola cooperates with mathematicians. Candidate genes can be tested in mathematical models to
predict their impact on characteristics like growth and resistance. Finally, Nicola can work on
encoding promising genes into a piece of DNA．If proven effective, this could be transformative
for food security.
In another part of Nicola’s work, she’s trying to identify sustainable ways to produce
plant-based medicines. Some medically useful plants aren’t easy to mass produce, making the
drug expensive. Fortunately, biologists can program another organism to produce it with high
efficiency and low cost. That’s what Nicola is doing with Nicotiana benthamiana. She describes
the process as “reading nature’s blueprints and directing its energy to more powerful ends.”
4．What motivated Nicola to pursue biological sciences
A．Her childhood dream of being an astrophysicist.
B．Her natural talent for growing seeds from space.
C．Her big ideas of combining engineering and biology.
D．Her experience in scientific projects and charity work.
5．Why does Nicola use mathematical models in her research
A．To clarify the research process. B．To help select the promising genes.
C．To balance growth and resistance. D．To address food security challenges.
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6．What is Nicola’s belief in medicinal development
A．Nature should be viewed as a guideline.
B．High efficiency should be achieved at all costs.
C．Ways should be found to mass produce plants.
D．Priority should be given to cost-effective plants.
7．What can we learn about Nicola
A．She was good at art and design. B．Her pioneering idea has been applied.
C．She has concerns about drug safety. D．Her inquiring mind drives her to explore.
C
Octopuses can do many things, from their well-known ability to hide to throwing shells at
other octopuses, but one important thing they can’t do is control their body temperature. However,
a study in the journal Cell shows that two-spot octopuses adapt to seasonal temperature change by
producing different neural proteins. They complete this by editing their RNA to protect their
brains.
Humans have millions of editing sites, that affect less than three percent of our genes, but
the smart cephalopods (头足类动物) can reprogram most of their neural proteins. “In the context
outside of cephalopods, the main way to get a new kind of protein is through mutation and
evolution,” says St. Francis University biologist Matthew Birk. “That takes generations and
hundreds and thousands of years, while this is days. That was very exciting.”
Researchers worked with California two-spot octopuses in a laboratory setting and in the
wild. Adjusting wild-caught adult octopuses to warm (71.6F) or cold (55.4F) waters in tanks for
several weeks, they made a comparison, finding that so many proteins and so many editing sites
had changed upon temperature change, and almost all of them in the same direction.
Editing occurred at around 30 percent or more than 20,000 individual places on the genome.
The edited proteins tended to be neural proteins, and almost all edited sites sensitive to
temperature swings were more highly edited in the cold.
The team also investigated if reprograming impacted protein structure function. They
focused on two proteins that are critical for nervous system function. They found evidence that the
reprograming changed the structures in the proteins that would impact how they function.
“I’m really interested to see if this extends beyond physical environmental factors. If social
context can influence the way you change your nervous system, that’s a pretty interesting concept,”
says biologist Rosenthal. “I want to know what is behind the high-level rewriting of RNA．”
8．What ability of octopuses is mentioned in the journal Cell
A．Nerve hiding. B．RNA rewriting.
C．Territory occupying. D．Temperature controlling.
9．What is the excitement about cephalopods for Matthew Birk
A．Displaying very fast reactions B．Having great reproductive capacity.
C．Showing unique evolutionary processes. D．Updating neural proteins efficiently.
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10．What did the researchers find about octopuses from their experiment
A．They edited genes more in the cold. B．They kept original structures of proteins.
C．They changed all types of proteins. D．They showed no activity in warm waters.
11．What do researchers want to explore further about octopuses
A．Elements of their protein structures. B．Other reasons for their gene editing.
C．Proteins role in their nervous system. D．Temperature impacts on their behavior.
D
March 13, 2025—Chinese scientists have made history by creating ultra-thin metal sheets
that are 200,000 times thinner than a human hair. This breakthrough, led by researchers from the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, opens a new chapter in materials science and is likely to
revolutionize future technologies such as smartphones, medical devices, and clean energy systems.
Metals are generally difficult to shape at the atomic level because their atoms bond tightly
in all directions, much like a tightly packed “compressed biscuit” (压缩饼干 ). To address this
issue, the team developed a method called van der Waals squeezing (范德华挤压). Picture melting
metal and pressing it between two ultra-smooth layers of molybdenum disulfide (二硫化钼 ), a
material similar to pencil lead but with an atomically flat surface. These layers function like a
perfect mold, squeezing the metal into sheets that are just one atom thick. What’s the outcome
Stable two-dimensional metals such as bismuth (铋), tin (锡), and lead (铅) that remain intact even
after a year.
These two-dimensional metals could give rise to smaller and faster electronics. For instance,
a single layer of bismuth conducts electricity ten times better than ordinary bismuth and can be
controlled by tiny voltage changes, making it an ideal choice for low-power computer chips. They
may also make it possible to have transparent screens on windows or glasses and ultra-sensitive
medical sensors for the early detection of diseases.
What’s even more thrilling is that this discovery fills a gap in the family of
two-dimensional materials. Since the discovery of graphene (石墨烯) (a two-dimensional carbon
sheet) in 2004, scientists have produced hundreds of two-dimensional materials, but
two-dimensional metals were absent until now. As Dr. Zhang Guangyu, the leading scientist, put it,
“Just as three-dimensional metals shaped ancient civilizations, two-dimensional metals could
drive the next technological revolution.”
This achievement didn’t come easily. The team spent years perfecting the method and even
built their own equipment to cut costs. Their perseverance paid off, as international experts hailed
this work as a “major leap” in the field of science.
12．What is the main achievement of the Chinese scientists mentioned in the text
A．Creating a new type of pencil lead using molybdenum disulfide.
B．Developing a method to recycle old smartphones more efficiently.
C．Producing ultra-thin 2D metals 200,000 times thinner than a human hair.
D．Discovering a way to turn graphite into transparent screens.
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13．Why is the new 2D bismuth significant for electronics
A．It can store solar energy for months without degradation.
B．It conducts electricity 10 times better than regular bismuth.
C．It replaces graphene in all existing electronic devices.
D．It allows computers to operate without any power source.
14．What challenge did the scientists face in creating 2D metals according to the text
A．Metals naturally form weak bonds in all directions.
B．Existing equipment was too expensive to use.
C．Metals resemble “compressed biscuits” in atomic structure.
D．Transparent screens required rare materials.
15．The comparison between 3D metals shaping ancient civilizations and 2D metals driving future
revolutions is used to: ________.
A．highlight the historical importance of metal tools.
B．explain why graphene was a failed experiment.
C．criticize the slow progress of modern technology.
D．emphasize the transformative potential of the discovery.
第二节（共5 小题;每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两
项为多余选项。
On Aug. 7, 2021, Xu Shixiao and her partner, Sun Mengya, won gold in the first women’s
canoe double 500 m event at the Tokyo Games. It was also the first Olympic gold medal for China
in the event.
16 Xu was born in a small county in a mountainous area in Jiangxi. Before
becoming a paddler, Xu couldn’t even swim since her hometown is surrounded by mountains.
In 2005, the 13-year-old, who was much taller than her peers, attracted the attention of a
rowing coach who came to look for potential paddlers in her school. 17
“Every day my canoe turned over dozens of times. I drank lots of water in rivers,” recalls Xu
of her first canoeing training. Xu kept training for a year and she made the final of a national race
for teenage athletes out of a dozen paddlers at the centre.
In 2013, the news that women’s canoeing was still not an Olympic event dealt her a heavy
blow. 18 Xu gave up her career and found her first job as a saleswoman in a furniture
company.
When Xu Shixiao went to work as usual in the furniture company five years ago, she was
surprised to get a call from her former coach, inquiring about her willingness to return to canoeing
and compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games. 19 “I never thought that one day I could go
back to the sport. Now that I have started again, I will do my best,” says Xu.
20 She is also looking forward to taking part in the Paris Olympics in 2024.
A．Xu quickly made her decision.
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B．Yet Xu’s journey to the Olympics was a rough one.
C．It was impossible for her to change the sport at age 21.
D．She made all efforts to reach the goal and never gave up.
E．Xu agreed to train at a rowing centre because she thought rowing a boat was fun.
F．Compared with athletes who are in their early 20s, Xu’s physical recovery is slower.
G．The Olympic medalist will participate in competitions at home and abroad this year.
语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节（共15 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
London life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to be permanent. Their 21
school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough. But Hagner also has to take the
two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while 22 off her daughter at piano lessons
or Girl Scout Club.
Often, the 23 family doesn’t get home until 7 pm. There is just time for a quick
supper before homework.
In today’s world, middle class American and British parents 24 their children as
if they were competitors 25 for some finishing line.
Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 26 . It
seems that raising a genius has become a more 27 goal than raising a happy and
well-balanced child.
28 are dealing with worn-out children in the classroom. It’s a very serious
problem. Many children 29 after-class clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures
also create a/an 30 of activities, which 31 sports, language, music
and maths classes for children as young as four.
“There is a new parenting trend under way which says you have to 32 all
your child’s potential at a young age, otherwise they will be 33 ,” says Terry Apter,
an expert on child problems.
“It isn’t entirely 34 : there have always been pushy parents. But what was
seen as strange behavior before is now well 35 .
21．A．half B．full C．meaningful D．relaxing
22．A．seeing B．sending C．dropping D．taking
23．A．exhausted B．loving C．energetic D．nuclear
24．A．assess B．encourage C．remind D．treat
25．A．hoping B．racing C．calling D．caring
26．A．challenging B．exciting C．promising D．inviting
27．A．realistic B．specific C．difficult D．important
28．A．Doctors B．Parents C．Headmasters D．Teachers
29．A．start B．attend C．skip D．prefer
30．A．lack B．establishment C．explosion D．business
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31．A．practice B．enjoy C．teach D．include
32．A．unlock B．fulfill C．show D．record
33．A．let down B．pushed off C．laughed at D．taken over
34．A．new B．out-dated C．wrong D．right
35．A．respected B．done C．accepted D．managed
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A Chinese research team has developed a deep-learning tool called DeepWheat, 36
can help plant growers to predict the parts that decide plant features with high 37
(accurate). It uses AI to accurately predict how genes work in different plant parts and types of
crops. This is very useful because crops like wheat have a 38 (remarkable) large set of
genetic materials — about 40 times 39 (big) than rice’s, and five times the size of
humans’.
40 (address) this complexity, the team built two core models into one tool.
DeepWheat can find out how changing genes 41 (affect) plants and predict these
changes clearly. Many crop genes can influence multiple traits (特征), sometimes in good ways
and sometimes in bad ones. For example, 42 rice gene might increase the number of
flowers but weaken the stems (茎 ) if it’s too active. Current gene-editing relies on tiring, blind
trial and error. DeepWheat offers a better alternative: systems that enable researchers to keep
43 (run) computer simulations (模拟 ) for testing all possible gene changes let them spot
useful adjustments before real experiments, improving precision and saving effort.
Successfully 44 (test) in rice and corn, the tool has proved effective for many
crops. It identifies key parts, improves editing targets, and solves a farming bottleneck — when
improving one trait weakens another. By making better gene networks, DeepWheat reduces such
trade-offs, speeds up good trait combination, and serves 45 a practical AI solution for
developing high-quality crops.
三、写作
46．假定你是李华，你校英文广播站“Stress-relieving Tips”专栏正在向高三学生征集稿件。
请你给栏目编辑写一封邮件投稿，内容包括：
(1)你的解压方法；
(2)说明理由。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为 80个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Editor,
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
47．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写二段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When I was in junior high school, my home was only a ten-minute walk from the school.
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Instead of staying in the dormitory, I went home every noon to have lunch with my mother. These
daily lunches were a comforting routine, but little did I know that these lunchtimes would have a
profound impact on me.
The school year’s highlight was the annual drama competition. To my joy and surprise, I
was selected by my teacher to play the lead role of the princess in the play. It was a dream part,
and I was determined to excel. Every day after lunch, my mother would help me practice my lines.
However, a frustrating problem arose. No matter how perfectly I delivered my lines in the living
room, the moment I stepped onto the vast stage, my mind would go blank. The bright lights and
silent, expectant audience seemed to swallow my words whole. After several unsuccessful
rehearsals, my teacher, with a sympathetic but firm expression, made a difficult decision. She took
me aside, explaining that she believed my clear voice was perfectly suited for the crucial role of
the narrator, and asked me to consider switching roles. Her words, kindly delivered, still hurt me
especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home for lunch that day. But she
sensed something was wrong. After lunch, instead of practicing lines as usual, she invited me for a
walk in the yard. The yard was full of beautiful red roses in full bloom. But among the roses grew
many white dandelions (蒲公英). I asked my mother why she didn’t remove the dandelions. She
replied that she thought every flower had its own beauty, whether it was a delicate rose or a small
dandelion. Her simple, accepting words struck a chord (引起共鸣) deep within 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 could no longer hold back the flood of sad tears.
_______________________________________________________________________________
“You will be an excellent narrator,” Mom said, holding my hands.
_______________________________________________________________________________
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英语答案
题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
答案 B C D D B A D B D A
题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
答案 B C B C D B E C A G
题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
答案 B C A D B C D D B C
题号 31 32 33 34 35
答案 D A A A C
36．which 37．accuracy 38．remarkably 39．bigger 40．To address 41．
affects 42．a 43．running 44．tested 45．as
46．Dear Editor,
I am Li Hua, a senior three student aware of the pressure we all face as the Gaokao
approaches. I am writing to share a personally effective method: mindful walking.
I dedicate fifteen minutes each evening to a walk in the schoolyard, consciously engaging
in the surroundings. The goal is not to reach a destination, but to guide my mind back whenever it
wanders to worries.
I sincerely invite my fellow students to try this simple yet powerful technique, and I am
confident it can bring you similar peace and clarity.
Yours,
Li Hua
47．Possible version
I could no longer hold back the flood of sad tears. Choking on my sobs, I confessed
everything — how my mind went blank on stage, how the teacher replaced me, and how
ashamed I felt. “I’ve failed you after all our practice,” I cried. My mother gently wiped my cheeks
and pointed back to the dandelions. “You see,” she said softly, “I never thought of removing them
because every flower has its own beauty. The roses are the stars, but the dandelions hold the story
together — just like a narrator. Their quiet beauty doesn’t take away from the roses; it completes
the garden.” Her words slowly eased the tightness in my chest. I looked again at the humble white
flowers, no longer seeing them as weeds, but as gentle storytellers nestled among the stars.
“You will be an excellent narrator,” Mom said, holding my hands. “Your voice is clear and
warm, and you understand the heart of the story better than anyone.” Inspired, I devoted myself to
the new role. On the night of the performance, I stood at the side of the stage, script in hand. As I
began to speak, my voice, calm and confident, flowed through the auditorium, guiding the
audience through the story. When the curtain fell, my teacher praised me, saying the narration had
moved everyone. I finally understood that every role, like every flower, has its own unique beauty
and value. That day, I learned that shining isn’t only about being the rose in the spotlight — it’s
also about being the dandelion that tells the story with quiet grace.

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