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2025-2026学年度第二学期高二年级第二次阶段性测试英语试卷
一、单项选择
1. —I can drive you home.
—____ , but are you sure it’s not too much trouble
A．That would be great B．Don’t bother C．I’m afraid not D．Take care
2. China is a shinning example for the global community to follow ______ developing green industry to fight climate change.
A．in addition to B．in harmony with C．in terms of D．in return for
3. Dunhuang’s long and glorious history ______ its significance as a center of cultural exchange.
A．distributes B．contributes C．dominates D．represents
4. Nowadays, cycling, along with jogging and swimming, ______ as one of the best all-round forms of exercise.
A．is regarded B．regard C．are regarded D．regards
5. She was educated at Beijing University, ______ She went on to have her advanced study abroad.
A．after which B．from which C．from that D．after that
6. The boss finally decided to send Lucy to Shanghai for a business trip, for she ________ there for eight years and is familiar with the city.
A．has been working B．works C．would work D．had worked
7. These measures sound great, but it remains to be seen ______ they will help improve air quality in our city.
A．whether B．what C．which D．that
8. As far as I am concerned, ______ you can draw lessons from your failures, you will be sure to succeed one day.
A．as if B．even if C．as long as D．in order that
9. The farmers were so pleased to see the problem ______ by the local government quickly.
A．solves B．solving C．solved D．to solve
10. As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of ______ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.
A．primary B．alternative C．instant D．unique
11. — Sam is asking whether he must attend the meeting tomorrow.
— Well, he ______ if he has something else to do.
A．needn’t B．can’t C．mustn’t D．shouldn’t
12. ——This collection of Zhang’s paintings is amazing!
—Definitely. He ______ his visit to the famous mountain in 1931 and the paintings show his homesickness.
A．is crammed with B．seeks solutions to C．gets distracted by D．draws inspiration from
13. ______ my weak spots can make me become a better person.
A．Knowing B．Having been known C．Known D．To be known
14. — You should have a lot to complain about your partner, John.
— No! I really have nothing ______ him.
A．with B．beyond C．against D．for
15. — It is believed that robots will take the place of human beings one day.
— ______. After all, they don’t have their own thinking.
A．It’s a pity B．I beg to differ C．That’s right D．I couldn’t agree more
二、完形填空
I never see myself as a miracle. I was just an 16______ person with realistic goals and big dreams. I was a 19-year-old student at the university of Texas and well on my way to fulfilling my big dream of becoming a surgeon.
On February 17, 1981, a 17______ car accident happened to me and after the four hours of operation, I 18______. I still could not talk, my entire right side was paralyzed (不能动的) but 19______ I was stable. After two weeks I improved enough to be 20______ to a rehabilitation (康复) hospital.
It took me a lot of hard work but I 21______ returned to the university of Texas in 1983—a year and a half after almost 22______. The next few years were very 23______ for me, but I truly believe that in order to see 24______ in life you have to experience something bad. Maybe I have experienced too much, but I believe in living each day to the fullest, and doing the very 25______ I can. And each new day was 26______ and very full, for 27______ attending classes at the university I 28______ therapy (理疗) three to five days each week at Brackenridge hospital.
Early, during my therapy, my father 29______ repeating to me one of his favorite sayings. I have repeated it almost every day after being hurt: “Mile by mile it’s a (n) 30______; yard by yard it’s hard; but inch by inch it’s a cinch (易事).”
I thought of those 31______, and I thought of my family who 32______ believed in me as I climbed the steps to receive my 33______ from the dean of Liberal Arts at the university of Texas on the graduation ceremony in June of 1986. Excitement and 34______ filled my heart as I heard the dear announce that I graduated with “highest honors”, and was chosen as one of the most outstanding 35______ in the college of Liberal Arts.
16. A．excellent B．outstanding C．ordinary D．outgoing
17. A．terrible B．small C．expected D．mild
18. A．agreed B．breathed C．prayed D．survived
19. A．at least B．at first C．in public D．in time
20. A．possessed B．abandoned C．transferred D．encounter
21. A．finally B．gradually C．slowly D．quickly
22. A．missing B．dying C．hurting D．injuring
23. A．smooth B．easy C．rough D．relaxing
24. A．interest B．fact C．truth D．beauty
25. A．much B．best C．worst D．first
26. A．boring B．busy C．dull D．empty
27. A．besides B．but C．except D．except for
28. A．practiced B．conducted C．received D．improved
29. A．stopped B．kept C．avoided D．practised
30. A．prospect B．origin C．liberty D．trial
31. A．complaints B．comments C．lectures D．words
32. A．honestly B．strongly C．differently D．calmly
33. A．diploma B．praise C．advice D．money
34. A．admiration B．envy C．pride D．sorrow
35. A．assistants B．teachers C．scholars D．graduates
三、阅读理解
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SickKids High School Volunteer Programs
SickKids offers dynamic programs tailored for high school students eager to make a difference. Whether during the summer break or the academic year, the two initiatives provide a unique opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience and contribute to our community in meaningful ways.
The Summer Volunteer Program
This program offers two main types of roles to suit different interests. First, in Hospital Support roles, students help in places like the Family Centre or Gift Shop to help create a friendly environment. Alternatively, those in Child Life roles join in play activities and help keep a playroom safe. Please note that volunteers in Child Life roles must be willing to put on necessary protective equipment, such as masks and protective clothing, as many positions require entering rooms where patients are kept separated.
The Co-op Program
Unlike the summer option, this program gives students in Grades 11 and 12 the chance to explore healthcare or research careers during their regular school terms. Students can earn school credit while taking part in hands-on positions. These roles can include office work, interacting with patients, or doing research in the Hospital and Research Institute.
Eligibility (资格) Requirements
To be considered for either program, applicants must meet specific criteria. You must be currently a high school student and be at least 16 years of age by the program’s start date. For the Summer Program, volunteers must commit to working three hours every weekday (Monday to Friday) throughout July or August. Due to the program’s intensive nature, we are strictly unable to accommodate absences. Therefore, please consider any personal conflicts, such as summer courses or family vacations, before applying.
Application Information
The Summer Program runs in two separate sessions: July 2-31 and August 1-31. However, applications for both months must be submitted online in March. The program is highly competitive, with around 400 applicants competing for only 50 summer spots.
36. What feature do the two volunteer programs have in common
A．They both help with school coursework. B．They both provide practical experience.
C．They are both related to research work. D．They are both intended for future doctors.
37. What is required of volunteers in Child Life roles
A．Taking on research tasks. B．Dealing with office duties.
C．Helping at the Family Centre. D．Wearing protective equipment.
38. What is a special benefit of the Co-op Program
A．Getting a well-paid position. B．Playing with child patients.
C．Receiving academic credits. D．Exploring the Family Centre.
39. Which of the following students is suitable for the Summer Program
A．One engaged in the summer family trip. B．One turning sixteen after the start date.
C．One available for the whole July session. D．One submitting an application this June.
40. What can be learned about the Summer Volunteer Program
A．It demands commitment and reliability. B．It offers flexible hours for students.
C．It ensures a place for every applicant. D．It requires a medical background.
B
Nick Woodman’s first start-up, launched in 1999, was a spectacular failure. He raised nearly $4 million from investors for Funbug, a gaming platform where users could win cash prizes. Unfortunately, the company collapsed within two years.
“Nobody likes to fail,” Woodman later reflected. “But the worst thing was that I lost my investors’ money — people who believed in a young guy passionate about his idea. When you fail, you start to question: Are my ideas really any good ” The shame and self-doubt that accompany failure can be paralyzing (让人手足无措的) — and not without reason.
In the States, roughly one in five new businesses fails within its first year. Fewer than half survive for five years. Only a third make it to a decade. Failure is a real possibility, but it doesn’t have to be the end of the story.
Woodman remained committed to building his own company. A surfing enthusiast since his school days, he decided — burned out and broke after the failed start-up — to travel to Indonesia and Australia, hoping to surf and find inspiration. While watching surfers, he noticed how difficult it was for them to take photos while riding waves. That observation sparked a simple idea: a strap (带子) that would tie a camera to a surfer’s wrist. He sewed the prototypes (原型) himself, outsourced the camera modifications (改装), and eventually created the product now known around the world as GoPro. Not long after its debut at the 2004 Action Sports Retailer Convention, it caught on as an essential sports camera.
What began as a humbling (令人受挫的) defeat became the foundation for a business that now generates over a billion dollars in annual revenue (营收) and is traded publicly on the NASDAQ (纳斯达克). For Woodman, the failure shaped him.
“I was so afraid GoPro would go away like Funbug that I worked myself to the bone,” the American businessman said in an interview. “That’s what the first boom and bust did for me. I was so scared of failing again that I became totally committed to success.”
Sometimes it takes a loss to reveal who we really are. When we are knocked out of our comfort zone, we find ourselves fighting just to survive — and in that struggle, we grow.
41. After the failure of his first start-up, Funbug, Nick Woodman ________.
A．blamed his investors for not supporting him enough
B．was ashamed and doubted the quality of his own ideas
C．felt relieved and immediately moved on to a new idea
D．stopped running his own business and focused on surfing
42. What inspired Woodman to create the product that would become GoPro
A．He saw tourists dropping their cameras in the ocean.
B．He realized there was a market for waterproof cameras.
C．He noticed people struggling to take pictures while surfing.
D．He observed that professional surfers needed better equipment.
43. How did the failure of Funbug affect Woodman’s attitude toward work
A．It encouraged him to prioritize leisure and travel over work.
B．It convinced him to seek more investors before starting a business.
C．It motivated him to work with great energy to avoid another failure.
D．It led him to escape investment of much time and energy in a new project.
44. Which factor probably leads to the eventual success of GoPro compared to Funbug
A．Woodman’s willingness to personally finance the new project entirely.
B．His shift from digital gaming concepts to visible hardware solutions.
C．His commitment and ability to turn his idea into a marketable solution.
D．The strategic decision to target his new product at professional surfers.
45. What is the central message conveyed by the author through Woodman’s story
A．Success is guaranteed for those who work hard enough.
B．Technological innovation is a generally accepted path to wealth.
C．Business success is primarily determined by luck and timing.
D．Failure serves as a test for growth and a preparation for rebirth.
C
Now, children who are recovering from a long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home may have a high-tech friend to help feel less lonely. And that friend is a robot called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is homebound while recovering from a long-term illness. And the child’s school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk.
A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel. Dolva explains how the robot AV1 works. She says from home, the child uses a tablet or phone to start the robot. Then he uses the same device to control the robot’s movements. At school, the robot becomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child. “So, it sits at the child’s desk in the classroom and the child uses a tablet or a phone to start it, control its movement with touch, and talk through it.”
The student can partake in classroom activities from wherever he is recovering. The robot is equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras that make communicating easy. “It has speakers and microphones and cameras, and when the child speaks at home or in the hospital to his iPad it just comes out.”
This smooth interaction helps the child keep up with lessons, join group discussions freely and even share small joys with peers in class. It well narrows the distance between their recovery place and school, letting them stay closely linked to campus life instead of being left out alone.
The robot is designed to be tough. It is water proof and can take a fall from a desk without damage. Inside AV1, there is a small computer connected to 5G network. A small camera connected to a small computer could do the job. But that would not be the same. AV1 is large and looks like a human for a reason. Dolva says this is important because the robot is supposed to be a friend to the children. Hopefully AV1 will help some children feel less lonely while they are absent from class.
46. What can we know about AV1 in Para.2
A．Its function. B．Its prospect. C．Its developing history. D．Its production material.
47. What do the underlined words “partake in” in Para. 3 probably mean
A．make up for B．replace C．take part in D．design
48. What’s the advantage of the smooth interaction for the student
A．It makes the student forget the pain of recovery.
B．It helps the student keep connected with campus life.
C．It lets the student have more time to rest.
D．It allows the student to make more new friends.
49. Why is AV1 designed to be human-like
A．To hold more advanced computer parts. B．To offer kids support and companionship.
C．To make it tough enough against falls. D．To attract more attention in the classroom.
50. What is the best title for the text
A．The Development of Smart Robots. B．5G Network: A Trend in Education.
C．How to Cure Long-term Illnesses. D．AV1: A Bridge to School Life.
D
Trees take quite a while to grow. If someone 50 years ago planted a row of oaks or a chestnut tree on your land, you have something that no amount of money or effort can copy. The only way is to wait. Tree-lined roads, old gardens, and houses protected by decades of tree canopy:if you want to start fresh on an empty plot, you will not be able to get that.
Because some things just take time.
We know this by instinct. We pay more for Swiss watches, luxury bags, and historic houses precisely because of the time put into them -either the time spent building them or their age. We set age limits for driving, voting, and drinking because we believe maturity only comes through real-life experience.
Yet we now live in a time of instant satisfaction, which affects how we develop software and run companies. Though we can speed up code writing, the key factor of a successful company or an Open-Source project lies in persistence — the ability of leaders or maintainers to stick to a problem for years, build relationships, and work through challenges that take a lifetime to solve.
We tend to think all difficulties in life should be solved by automation and human involvement replaced by AI-based decisions. But often, the difficulty or the time needed is exactly the point. We have cooling-off periods for important life decisions because we know people need time to think, and doing something right once means little — commitment over time matters.
AI writes code fast, but we are pushing this speed further:we want to release products faster, run more experiments, and remove all remaining frictions of reviews, designing and configuring(配置)infrastructure. Yet the software we depend on now has a short lifespan, measured in months rather than decades, as do the relationships built with customers.
I’m skeptical of those who claim to save us time. AI tools seem to leave us with less time, as we fill every free moment with more tasks. Time saved is quickly taken by competition, and we can never really “save” it.
I keep thinking of the trees. Maintaining Open-Source projects for nearly 20 years and working at a startup for 10 years taught me that time tums ideas into commitments, and commitments into something that can support others. Trust, quality and community can’t be created in a hurry-they take time, just like a 50-year-old oak.
51. According to the passage, which explains the value of old trees
A．They require precious time and effort for their growth.
B．They are mainly found in historic gardens and sites.
C．They provide samples for modern technology to copy.
D．They produce excellent material for building houses.
52. What is the function of the single sentence in Paragraph 2
A．To provide a specific example. B．To introduce a novel chapter.
C．To present the thesis statement. D．To list a contradictory opinion.
53. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph
A．Automation and AI provide the best ways to solve life’s challenges.
B．Dedication and perseverance involved in a process can be essential.
C．People should make wise decisions to succeed in the modern world.
D．Commitment over time is less important than solving tricky problems.
54. What is the author’s attitude towards the claim that AI will give us more free time
A．Skeptical. B．Favorable. C．Unconcerned. D．Confused.
55. Which of the following proverbs best summarizes the central theme presented in the passage
A．More haste, less speed. B．A stitch in time saves nine.
C．Strike the iron while it is hot. D．Time and tide wait for no man.
E 阅读表达
“Where’s my list ” I asked, searching through papers on the breakfast table. My husband John smiled, joking about my constant to-do lists. For me, lists were not just organization — they were a way to calm my worries. Now, with our children grown, John and I were preparing for a major change: selling our home after nearly 30 years and moving somewhere new.
I began imagining our future: a place near the water, easy for family visits, with good transport links. But before any of that, we had to sell our house. Throughout my life, I had always believed in finishing tasks before allowing myself to enjoy what came next. Yet again and again, something interrupted — a sudden family crisis, a friend’s last-minute need, even a worldwide pandemic that no one predicted — and my well-made plans would fall apart. Each time, I felt like starting over from the beginning.
I reminded John how long it took to sell our first home, a place filled with early memories. Our first son, Jay, was born while we were still waiting for a buyer. That small house witnessed his first steps, his first words, and the news that I was pregnant with our second child, Mark. In my eagerness to move forward back then, I almost missed the beauty of those everyday moments.
Sitting at our kitchen table now, I looked around. This house, too, held a lifetime of joy: the boys walking to school, friends gathering in the yard, grandparents living nearby, and countless family meals, stories, and laughter. For three decades, these walls had contained so much happiness. Why had I spent so much time planning for “someday” while overlooking the precious “now”
I gently pushed my lists aside. “The right buyer will come at the right time,” I said to John. “We’ll end up exactly where we’re meant to be.” He looked at me, surprised. “What’s changed ” he asked.
“My outlook has changed,” I replied. “I don’t want to be so focused on the future that I fail to appreciate the present — whether our house sells in two weeks or two years.”
As it happened, our home sold much faster than I expected. Now, in our new place, my to-do list remains long, and not everything goes according to plan. But I am learning, day by day, to enjoy the journey itself.
56. What was the author’s main purpose in making to-do lists. (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________
57. What significant life decision did the author mention (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________
58. Why did the author’s plans often fail to work out (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________
59. What does the underlined word “outlook” in Paragraph 6 probably mean (No more than 5 words)
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60. What can you learn from the author’s experience Please briefly explain. (No more than 20 words)
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四、书面表达
61. 最近，你在你校高二年级就“上大学是否是高中生唯一的出路”进行了一次问卷调查。请根据图表及汉语提示，写一篇短文，内容包括：
1．调查的结果；2．分析其原因；3．阐述你的个人观点。
注意：词数100左右，标题已经给出，不计入总词数。
Is It the Only Way Out to Go to College
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参考答案
一、单项选择（1-15）
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.A 6.A 7.A 8.C 9.C 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.B
二、完形填空（16-35）
16.C 17.A 18.D 19.A 20.C 21.A 22.B 23.C 24.D 25.B
26.B 27.A 28.C 29.B 30.D 31.D 32.B 33.A 34.C 35.D
三、阅读理解
A篇（36-40）
36.B 37.D 38.C 39.C 40.A
B篇（41-45）
41.B 42.C 43.C 44.C 45.D
C篇（46-50）
46.A 47.C 48.B 49.B 50.D
D篇（51-55）
51.A 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.A
E篇 阅读表达（参考答案）
56. To calm her worries.
57. Selling their house and moving.
58. Unexpected things happened.
59. Attitude / View.
60. We should value and enjoy the present.
四、书面表达（参考范文）
Is It the Only Way Out to Go to College
Recently, we did a survey on whether going to college is the only way out for senior high students.
Most students believe college is their best choice, for higher education can bring more job chances. Some think other paths are also acceptable, since people can develop skills and make a living through vocational training. A few have no clear ideas yet.
In my opinion, college is important but not the only choice. As long as we work hard, we can achieve success in different fields.

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