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【答案】1. A 2. C 3. D
【答案】4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D
【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. D
【答案】12. C 13. D 14. B 15. C
【答案】16. A 17. E 18. C 19. D 20. B
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. D
【答案】Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m writing to apply to be a volunteer for the Chinese Painting Exhibition which will be held in your art gallery.
I think I am qualified for this job, because I have learned Chinese painting since childhood. Besides, I am fluent in both Chinese and English, which is beneficial for introducing Chinese paintings. Moreover, I am outgoing and I like talking to others . If I am lucky enough to be chosen as a volunteer, I can show visitors around the gallery and get them to know more about Chinese painting.
I would be very grateful if you could offer me the opportunity. I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours，
Li Hua2025-2026学年甘肃省天水市麦积区高一下学期5月期中英语试题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。
1. What is the woman going to do
A. See a doctor.
B. Attend a meeting.
C. Pick up her son.
2. Why did the woman miss the robot exhibition
A. She got lost.
B. She forgot the time.
C. She was taking a test.
3. How does the man usually go to work
A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By subway.
4. What is Fit Pro
A. A smart watch. B. A sleep tracker. C. A digital camera.
5. What does the woman need to do
A. Get her letter.
B. Fetch her package.
C. Pick up her cousin.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题
6. How long will the trip to Australia last
A. For 5 days. B. For 7 days. C. For 10 days.
7. What does the woman want to do most
A. Try local food.
B. Visit historical sites.
C. Take photos of nature.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题
8. What does the man think of the new environmental project
A. Boring. B. Practical. C. Meaningful.
9. What will the speakers do next
A. Make more recycling bins.
B. Collect waste plastic bags.
C. Make a poster for the project.
10. What’s the relationship between the speakers
A. Classmates. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题
11. What are the speakers talking about
A. A hiking route. B. A weather forecast. C. A plan adjustment.
12. What will the weather be like on Saturday morning
A. Rainy and cool. B. Windy and dry. C. Sunny and warm.
13. What does the woman suggest
A. Leaving after lunch.
B. Bringing a light jacket.
C. Packing some waterproof bags.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题
14. What happened to the wild foxes in this area
A. Their number increased.
B. Their habitats were destroyed.
C. They were hunted by villagers.
15. What’s the man’s attitude towards the woman’s plan
A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Unconcerned.
16. What will the group do next Sunday
A. Hold a workshop. B. Collect donations. C. Build new habitats.
17. What is the conversation mainly about
A. The danger wild foxes face.
B. The donations to rescue foxes.
C. The work in protecting wild foxes.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题
18. What does the app offer
A. Fixed learning plans.
B. Multi-language learning.
C. Real-life conversation situations.
19. What is the price for student users this month
A. The original price.
B. A discount of 30%.
C. A discount of 70%.
20. How can students get extra points
A. By inviting more friends.
B. By completing daily tasks.
C. By participating in competitions.
第二部分 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
Rescue Dogs Looking for Homes
●Name: Ruby (female)
●Age: 6
●Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Ruby is super friendly with new people and dogs alike. She can live with another dog in the home. She can also live with children, so long as interactions are managed. She doesn’t mind if there is a garden, providing she gets enough exercise.
●Name: Reggy (male)
●Age: 3
●Breed: Rottweiler Cross
Reggy is a friendly, clumsy, and affectionate blockhead who adores people. He’ll need an active family, where the youngest family members are over the age of 18, who can manage his size and strength. He’s a great traveller in the car, which is ideal if walks are not easily accessed from his new home. Reggy must be the only pet and requires a secure garden to bounce around.
●Name: Maggy (female)
●Age: Over 8
●Breed: Greyhound
Maggy adores the company of her humans, but it may take her a while to show off her true, sweet, and loving character. Due to her nervous nature, she will be looking for a home where the youngest members of her family are over the age of 16. While unable to live with cats, Maggy is happy to live with a well-suited dog. Travelling in the car is an area that Maggy finds particularly challenging. Her new family should have a decent-sized (尺寸适中的) garden.
●Name: Ace (male)
●Age: 7
●Breed: Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Meet awesome Ace, an adorable seven-year-old Staffie who is on the lookout for a loving adult-only home. Ace prefers a calm environment, as he feels uneasy around other dogs. He has a big appetite and enjoys treat-based games that allow him to sniff out (嗅出) tasty foods. If you can offer Ace love and patience, you will be rewarded with a loyal companion.
1. Which dog is the most suitable for a family with a 5-year-old child
A. Ruby. B. Reggy. C. Maggy. D. Ace.
2. What do Reggy and Maggy have in common
A. They are friendly to cats. B. They are easy to approach.
C. They favour houses with a courtyard. D. They like travelling in a car.
3. Which kind of game does Ace like
A. Treasure hunt games. B. Fetch games.
C. Hide-and-seek games. D. Reward games.
B
Each Christmas and birthday, Charlie Jeffers would receive brand-new Lego (乐高积木) sets. One day in 2020 he was home building with them when it struck him that many kids couldn’t play with Lego because of its cost. “Lego brings me a lot of joy, and I want to spread that joy to other kids,” he said. Given that some unwanted Lego bricks may end up in landfills, he decided to do something to address the problem.
Charlie put up posters around his neighborhood, asking people to donate their unwanted Lego bricks. Because most of the donations were loose bricks and not in complete sets, he used them to develop new sets with fun themes. Charlie delivered the sets to a local Boys and Girls Club. The kids were thrilled to receive them.
A local newspaper ran a story about what he was doing. “Word spread quickly, and soon I had more donated bricks,” he recalls. Charlie recruited (招募) some volunteers, and through social media, the project expanded across the Bay Area. Then people in other states began reaching out to Charlie, asking him how they could get involved. Pass the Bricks, a nonprofit organization, was born.
Mailing bricks to other states can be pricey, so Charlie developed a network of helpers. They do what Charlie does but in their own communities. Recipients (接受者) have included children receiving cancer treatment in San Francisco, a boy who was shot while playing outside his house in Alabama and schoolkids in Micronesia. Pass the Bricks has donated more than 13,000 sets to kids in need and collected nearly 7,000 pounds of used Lego bricks.
With every Lego brick finding a new home, a future where every child has the chance to play, learn, and grow through the magic of Lego is in sight.
4. What do we know about Charlie from Paragraph 1
A. He had much interest in receiving holiday gifts.
B. He showed concern for kids without Lego bricks.
C. He only wanted to give his deserted toys to others.
D. He was eager to collect outdated Lego bricks in landfills.
5. What motivated Charlie Jeffers to found Pass the Bricks
A. He was inspired by others’ enthusiastic engagement.
B. He was encouraged by a story in the local newspaper.
C. He wanted to exchange second-hand Lego for money.
D. He expected more kids to share the happiness of Lego.
6. Which of the following best describes Charlie
A. Persistent and good-tempered. B. Creative and kind-hearted.
C. Knowledgeable and generous. D. Confident and ambitious.
7. What message does the text intend to convey
A. Every cloud has a silver lining.
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. One always prepares for a rainy day.
D. Kindness highlights one’s noble soul.
C
Writer Chloe Dalton discovered an unexpected teacher in nature when a damaged internet cable, chewed by a brown hare (野兔) in her countryside home, brought not annoyance but concern for the animal. This marked a significant shift for Dalton, whose book Raising Hare records her relationship with a hare she rescued in early 2021.
She discovered a newborn hare near her house, unguarded by a nest or its mother. At first, she left it, hot wanting to disturb nature’s course. But when she returned hours later to find the hare still there, exposed to the rough weather and potential enemies, she nervously took it home, without any knowledge of hare care. She carefully fed it milk with a dropper. While there was plenty of rabbit advice online, hares were still mysterious.
Refusing to domesticate the hare, Dalton let it move freely in her home, adjusting her busy life to match its habits. Its simple life reshaped her view: “If I could get this much pleasure from something so simple,” she reflects, “what else might be waiting to be discovered ” Their life together ended the strong focus on her busy life and brought a greater awareness of the environment.
In her book, Dalton gives historical context on the human-hare relationship and illustrates how horribly hares have often been treated. The brown hare population in Britain has declined 80 percent in the past century due to hunting and agriculture. The story provides a peaceful feeling with its delicate illustrations, but Dalton avoids idealizing nature, recognizing humans’ influence on animals.
Animal encounter books are common, and the good ones act like peaceful countryside escapes. We already understand the basic outlines even without reading books with similar themes — Catherine Raven’s Fox & I and Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk. But Dalton’s weak animal is much lower on the food chain, adding more suspense to Raising Hare: Will the small creature survive until the story ends Dalton’s journey with her “weak companion” offers a reminder that healing (疗愈) often comes not from control, but from adjusting to nature.
8. What prevented Dalton from immediately rescuing the hare
A. Respect for nature. B. Lack of feeding knowledge.
C. Attack from its enemies. D. Advice from conservationists.
9. How did the hare influence Dalton’s daily life
A. By damaging her home facilities. B. By reminding her to focus on writing.
C. By requiring her constant care. D. By inspiring her to live a slow-paced life.
10. What distinguishes Raising Hare from other animal stories
A. Its description of idealized nature.
B. Its delicate illustrations of the hare.
C. Its stimulation of readers’ tension.
D. Its focus on the knowledge of the hare.
11. What is the text
A. A news report. B. A short story. C. A research paper. D. A book review.
D
King Shahryar, betrayed (背叛) by his wife, decides to marry a new woman each night and have her killed by morning to ensure he is never betrayed again. Scheherazade volunteers to marry the king. Each evening, she begins an engaging story but stops at dawn, leaving him eager for more. Night after night, she keeps him attracted with new tales, and over 1,001 nights, the king falls in love with her and abandons his cruel ways.
This ancient tale from One Thousand and One Nights highlights storytelling’s impact. Our recent research shows that strong storytelling skills can dramatically improve someone’s well-being.
At its core, storytelling helps people find meaning from life’s chaos. Studies show we shape our identities by turning experiences into personal stories. Skilled storytellers excel at two key skills: they need to connect events logically and they must learn to see the world through the eyes of their characters, understanding the “why” of what drives people. Applying these two skills to their own lives, skillful storytellers use the first to identify and pursue what gives their life meaning, while the second develops a mindset that prioritizes the “why” behind their actions over just the “how”.
To illustrate this point, we conducted studies with 800 participants. We measured storytelling ability through self-reports, friend evaluations and expert reviews on lab experiments where each participant told one story about himself and the other with three given random words. In addition to these assessments of storytelling skills, we asked participants questions to get a sense of how meaningful they found life and whether they approached decisions with a “why” mindset rather than a “how” mindset.
Results consistently linked storytelling skills to stronger life meaning and goal clarity. Personality also mattered: people open to new experiences collected more interesting life stories, while shy people used storytelling to balance out their limited social interaction.
A strong “why” mindset connects with reduced stress and extended life. Storytelling also builds social connections. By helping people express their purpose and build relationships, stories may indirectly strengthen both mental and physical health.
Storytelling workshops, now popular globally, may do more than teach communication they could help participants redefine their life’s direction.
12. Why does the author mention Scheherazade’s stories in the first paragraph
A. To show Scheherazade’s cleverness. B. To entertain readers with a classic tale.
C. To introduce the topic of storytelling. D. To compare ancient and modern stories.
13. What does the “why” mindset primarily focus on
A. Completing daily tasks efficiently. B. Avoiding stressful situations.
C. Memorizing random life events. D. Understanding life’s purpose.
14. What were participants asked to do in the lab experiment
A. Share personal interests in a group.
B. Tell a story with words provided.
C. Reflect on the “why” behind their actions.
D. Connect events into a meaningful story.
15. Which can be the best title for the text
A. Scheherazade’s Survival in an Ancient Tale
B. How People’s Storytelling Abilities Develop
C. Living a Meaningful Life through Storytelling
D. Why Shy People Attend Storytelling Workshops
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
Motivating yourself is hard. If you’ve ever failed to reach an attainable goal because of delay or lack of commitment, I encourage you to read on. ____16____
Any goals you set for yourself should be specific. Studies have shown, for example, that when individuals make daily exercise commitments, they’re more likely to increase their fitness levels. ____17____ For instance, “walking 10,000 steps a day” is much better than “doing your best”.
Some tasks are extremely challenging. In such cases, it can be helpful to create external motivators for yourself over the short-to-medium term. You might promise yourself a vacation for finishing a project or buy yourself a gift for losing weight. ____18____ For instance, rewarding weight loss with junk food sets back progress.
When people work towards a goal, they usually start with strong motivation but then their effort decreases in the middle, when they are most likely to stop. ____19____ If you divide your goal into smaller steps, like setting weekly instead of three-month targets, you’ll have less time to fall into that unwanted decline.
____20____ The people who will best motivate you to accomplish certain tasks are not necessarily those who do the tasks well. Instead, they’re folks who share a big-picture goal with you. Thinking of those people and our desire to succeed on their behalf can help provide the powerful motivation we need to reach our goals. A woman may find boring work rewarding if she feels she is providing an example for her daughter.
A. These approaches can help drive you forward.
B. As social beings, we can use social influence wisely.
C. But external rewards can backfire if mismatched with goals.
D. Luckily, shortening the middle can help change this pattern.
E. Concrete tasks are usually more effective than abstract ambitions.
F. Support from loved ones can turn boring tasks into meaningful acts.
G. Research has uncovered several ways to help you design smart rewards.
第三部分 语言运用（共四节，满分55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。
It’s quite common that when a stranger is kind to us while travelling, it’s obvious that the favour cannot be returned. Soon, we will be physically ____21____ and lost to each other forever. It’s an ____22____ with no past and likely no future.
Yet, there are ____23____. I still remember a family trip to a scenic spot in Georgia. Several ladies were taking pictures there, one of whom was ____24____ with a bunch of flowers. I truly liked them, and went up to her, saying how lovely they were. Immediately, she ____25____ to give me the flowers to take a picture with. I smiled ____26____ as my mom took out her camera. Yet this stranger’s kindness didn’t end there: the woman insisted that I ____27____ the flowers — she saw that they ____28____ my happiness.
People usually receive flowers from loved ones, and it’s so ____29____ to receive them from a stranger! The flowers gradually withered (枯萎) away, but the ______30______ will stay with me forever. This small gift became a powerful ______31______ of the goodness that people can ______32______ to others.
I ______33______ a lot of people on that trip, but I still remember this experience, which shows that a ______34______ action can go a long way. The flowers made my day, and every time I think back to it, the world seems a bit ______35______.
21. A. restless B. active C. helpless D. distant
22. A. encounter B. assumption C. achievement D. inspiration
23. A. alternatives B. doubts C. exceptions D. rules
24. A. running B. posing C. painting D. performing
25. A. resolved B. hesitated C. offered D. agreed
26. A. joyfully B. awkwardly C. nervously D. secretly
27. A. purchase B. keep C. throw D. deliver
28. A. took away B. put out C. contributed to D. stood for
29. A. stressful B. natural C. odd D. precious
30. A. lesson B. memory C. wisdom D. friendship
31. A. shadow B. feature C. reminder D. purpose
32. A. award B. introduce C. lend D. show
33. A. passed B. supported C. missed D. changed
34. A. brave B. simple C. timely D. firm
35. A. smaller B. richer C. safer D. brighter
写作（满分15分）
36. 假定你是李华，暑假在伦敦学习，得知当地美术馆要举办中国画展览。请写一封信申请做志愿者，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.个人优势；
3.能做的事情。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
参考词汇： the Chinese Painting Exhibition中国画展览
Dear Sir or Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua

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