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2025-2026学年高二下学期5月期中英语试题
二、阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Green Future Expo in Los Angeles
Do you care about the future of our planet The Green Future Expo will take place in Los Angeles on October 12-13, 2024. It is one of the largest environmental events in the US and a perfect chance to explore new ideas about protecting the Earth.
EVENT DETAILS
Time: 9:30 a.m. — 6:00 p.m., October 12 — 13, 2024
Address: Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, LA
WHAT TO EXPECT
The two-day event will gather more than 100 companies, schools, and non-profit organizations. Visitors can discover the newest inventions, such as solar-powered cars, home recycling machines, and eco-friendly fashion. There will also be speeches from leading scientists, interactive workshops for students, and an “Eco Market” where you can buy green products ranging from reusable cups to organic food.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
★ Student Innovation Challenge — High school and college students will present their creative projects about energy saving and waste reduction. The winners will receive scholarships and media attention.
★ Recycling Competition — Families can join and see who can recycle the most plastic bottles within 10 minutes. This activity aims to raise awareness of the importance of recycling in daily life.
★ Future Talk — Famous scientists will discuss how climate change is influencing our cities, our health, and even the food we eat.
TICKETS
Adult: US$25/day
Student: US$15/day (with valid ID)
Children under 10: Free
NOTICE
Please bring your own water bottles; free refilling stations are available.
If you want to join the Student Innovation Challenge, please register online before October 1.
Visitors are encouraged to use public transport to reduce traffic and pollution.
21. What can visitors do at the Eco Market
A．Listen to scientists’ speeches.
B．Buy green everyday products.
C．Join the recycling competition.
D．See student innovation projects.
22. What will winners of the Student Innovation Challenge receive
A．Recycle bottles with families.
B．Money and public recognition.
C．Free tickets for next year’s Expo.
D．A chance to discuss with famous scientists.
23. If a family with two adults, one student and one 8-year-old child visit for one day, how much should they pay
A．US$65.
B．US$70.
C．US$75.
D．US$80.
B
Dr. Fritz Jones is an astronaut doctor working at an international space center. Since he was a kid, he has always wanted to be a doctor and a pilot. His dream came true when he was admitted into the Space Center after he graduated from a medical college.
Before he started his work, he received six months of extra training to learn about how flying affects human body. “It’s not just about feeling light or having your ears pop,” he explained. “Flying can make us feel uncomfortable, affect our thinking and even change how medicines work inside our body.” What’s more, astronaut doctors like him are expected to fly as well. Therefore, he also has had the experience of flying different types of helicopters and airplanes.
Now, Dr. Jones is taking care of astronauts when they get sick or injured. While astronauts are in space, there are additional effects on their bodies, such as zero gravity. They may feel seasick during their first few days in space due to the effects on their balance system. Besides, spacewalks also present unique medical concerns. As a result, their health conditions are closely monitored and taken care of by Dr. Jones and his medical team. At the same time, the team conduct regular check-ups and provide medical advice if needed. After returning to Earth, astronauts need doctors to help them with their health problems caused by space travel.
Dr. Jones finds his job extremely cool, as he helps prepare individuals to travel to space, takes care of them while they are out there, and welcomes them back home. And now he even works with engineers to design spacecrafts to ensure astronauts travel to and return from space safely. Maybe one day he will become an astronaut himself!
24. What drove Dr. Jones to become an astronaut doctor
A．His childhood dream.
B．His medical knowledge.
C．His desire to travel in space.
D．His achievements in college.
25. What did Dr. Jones do before starting his work
A．He received medical treatments.
B．He practised spacewalking skills.
C．He learned the influence of flying.
D．He joined an international space club.
26. What is the main duty of Dr. Jones and his team
A．Training astronauts for spacewalks.
B．Managing astronauts’ health conditions.
C．Conducting medical experiments in space.
D．Working with engineers to design spacecrafts.
27. What does Dr. Jones think of his job
A．Satisfying.
B．Challenging.
C．Annoying.
D．Relaxing.
C
Beijing, October 18 — Yang Zhenning, a world-famous physicist, Nobel Prize winner, and professor at Tsinghua University, passed away in Beijing on October 18 due to illness. He was 103 years old.
Yang was born in Hefei, Anhui Province, in 1922. When he was 13, after reading a book about the universe, he told his parents, “I want to win the Nobel Prize one day”. This “bold dream” came true when he was 35. In 1957, he and Li Zhengdao won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that parity is not conserved in weak interactions. It was a revolutionary finding that changed how scientists understand the universe.
His most important work, however, was the “Yang-Mills gauge Theory” proposed in 1954 with Mills. This theory is like a “foundation stone” of modern physics, similar to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Later, he also found the “Yang-Baxter Equation,” opening new paths for scientific research.
Yang loved his motherland deeply. In 1971, when China and the US started to build better ties, he became the first famous Chinese scholar to visit China. He was so moved to learn China made its atomic bomb by itself that he cried. Back in the US, he talked about China’s progress everywhere, encouraging many Chinese scholars to come back.
In 1999, he returned to Tsinghua University to teach. Even in his 80s, he still gave lessons to first-year students. He raised money to help Chinese scientists study abroad and set up research centers in many universities. In 2015, he gave up his US citizenship and became a Chinese Academy of Sciences member.
“He is like a circle,” people said. “He started in Tsinghua Garden, went to the world stage, and finally came home.” Yang Zhenning’s life tells us: with passion for science and love for our country, we can achieve great things.
28. What is the main purpose of this article
A．To explain Yang Zhenning’s scientific theories
B．To report Yang Zhenning’s death and summarize his life
C．To compare Yang Zhenning with other physicists
D．To criticize American science policies
29. When did Yang Zhenning win the Nobel Prize
A．1922
B．1954
C．1957
D．1971
30. What does “foundation stone” mean in paragraph 3
A．A heavy rock used in construction
B．A basic principle that supports other ideas
C．A type of scientific equipment
D．A simple concept that anyone can understand
31. What does the “circle” suggest about Yang’s life
A．He traveled around the world.
B．His life had no clear direction.
C．He liked circular shapes.
D．He returned to where he began.
D
Two small white dogs appeared as I arrived at a ranch house a few miles off the highway in Hempstead, followed by John Mendola, a retired police officer. He introduced me to the dogs, Princess Ariel and Princess Jasmine. They were named for a deceased dog named Princess to whom they are similar in every detail. And they should be: they are Princess’s clones.
It has now been nearly thirty years since cloning mammals (哺乳动物) became possible. The technology has mainly been used to produce cattle, sheep, and pigs. However, since 2005, more than two thousand dogs have been successfully cloned. Biologically, it is not very different from that of cloned cows or sheep, but in other respects the cloning of pets raises a host of ethical (伦理的) and identity issues.
There are issues of exploitation (剥削) — both of grieving owners who hope to bring back their lost pets, and of the unseen animals whose bodies are used in making a clone. There’s the issue of supply: the production of tailored dogs in a society when so many good, naturally born ones in shelters are in need of adoption. Finally, there’s an existential issue: who, exactly, is produced when a dog is cloned Dogs are seen by most owners as a species of individuals, with distinct personalities. We keep them for companionship. As a result, we have placed our ideas of selfhood onto them, giving them preferences, fears, and moods. But, if it is dogs’ individuality that we value, how can we accept the idea that their unique and unreproducible selves can, in fact, be reproduced
As a matter of fact, among the people who have cloned their dogs, many struggled to say exactly what it was about the original animal that they had wanted to reproduce, especially in contrast to other dogs they had loved but hadn’t felt like cloning. Many spoke of the original as simply “special” — but the specific nature of that specialness seemed almost impossible to be explained. Perhaps the desire was less about re-creating the original dog than about bringing back the unique relationship that had been established with the animal.
32. What can we learn about the two white dogs in the first paragraph
A．They were named after a princess.
B．They were clones of a late dog.
C．They were distinct from each other.
D．They were naturally produced by Princess.
33. How is the cloning of dogs different from that of other mammals
A．It has higher success rates.
B．It raises more moral concerns.
C．It is technically more challenging.
D．It stirs greater public curiosity.
34. Which word best describes the author’s attitude to the cloning of dogs
A．Unclear.
B．Objective.
C．Favourable.
D．Disapproving.
35. Why do people desire to clone their dogs
A．To deal with the identity issue.
B．To reproduce the original animal.
C．To recreate a distinctive emotional bond.
D．To find out the specialness of the original dog.
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Benefits of Space Exploration
On April 12, 1961, the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey to outer space. ___36___ Why should we spend so much time and money to explore dangerous environments Well, the answer is simple. The benefits of space, including medical, technological and economic benefits, are more than the dangers of it.
● Medical benefits.
___37___ Analyzing the effects of zero-gravity on blood circulation led to many discoveries on how to prevent some types of heart failure. And the experiments and measurements of bone strength and bone loss in astronauts have helped doctors better understand bone diseases.
● ___38___
The space race has led to technological advancements in the shortest period of time, such a vacuum-sealed (真空密封的) food, fireproof materials and modern vacuum cleaners. Today, we still use them in our daily lives. Yet, we even don’t know that some NASA engineers originally developed them for the Apollo program that took humankind to the moon. ___39___ Who knows what kind of new technologies could be developed that will make our lives easier in the future
● Creation of STEM jobs.
Space exploration is one of the industries that require the largest percentage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) jobs. A lot of those jobs are positions for engineers, data analysts, doctors, biologists and so on. Although these positions require highly qualified people to fill them, they are some of the highest-paid jobs in the market. ___40___
A．Space tourism industry.
B．Development of new technologies.
C．Is exploring space a waste of time and money
D．As you can see, it is important for us to keep pushing the limits of space exploration.
E．So the growing space industry creates high-paid jobs.
F．The medical benefits of space exploration reach every area of the human body.
G．The age of space exploration started that day.
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As far back as I can remember, the jar sat on the floor near the bedside table. When Dad got ready for bed every night, he would ___41___ his pockets and throw his coins into the jar. They ___42___ with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the sound became weak as the jar was ___43___ full.
I was expecting the jar to be ___44___ every day. It would become a big ___45___ to me. Then Dad would wrap up the coins in rolls with paper and go to the bank to change them into paper money. Each time, Dad would look at me ___46___. “Those coins are going to keep you out of the small village, my boy. You’re going to ___47___.” Also, each time, as he removed the ___48___ of rolled coins at the bank, he would be ___49___. “These are for my son’s college fund.” Then we would always ___50___ each saving by stopping for an ice cream. That was the most ___51___ moment. When we got home, we would start filling the jar again. He always let me ___52___ the first coins into the empty jar. As they fell with a brief, ___53___ jingle, we would have a knowing laugh at each other.
The years passing, I finished college and took a job in another town. The jar was still ___54___ by our family for it had served a special ___55___.
41. A．empty B．pick C．place D．show
42. A．passed B．recycled C．landed D．combined
43. A．hardly B．gradually C．directly D．suddenly
44. A．collected B．crowded C．stored D．filled
45. A．option B．responsibility C．fortune D．burden
46. A．anxiously B．carefully C．helplessly D．hopefully
47. A．get back B．move on C．cheer up D．give up
48. A．load B．noise C．wrapper D．cloth
49. A．upset B．proud C．energetic D．calm
50. A．celebrate B．exchange C．make D．increase
51. A．elegant B．original C．frequent D．fascinating
52. A．drop B．reach C．hide D．count
53. A．small B．heavy C．joyful D．quiet
54. A．earned B．valued C．forgotten D．donated
55. A．permit B．attempt C．measure D．mission
四、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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 72-year-old grandma has become a hit on Chinese social media for ___56___ (bring) physics to the masses with her unique videos and attracted more ___57___ one million followers in the process.
Wu Yuren is a retired physics professor from Shanghai’s Tongji University in eastern China. Three years ago, she joined ___58___ team of teachers as part of a science “popularization campaign” on Kuaishou and other short video platforms.
“Physics is very ___59___ (interest). Why is it that many students don’t like it Because they are afraid of difficult physics tests,” Wu said. “I hope to tell teachers and kids ___60___ to teach or learn physics.”
When Wu ___61___ (teach) physics to university students many years ago, she found they did not like the subject, and had no curiosity or desire ___62___ (learn) about it.
Wu, ___63___ (call) “grandma Wu” or “science grandma” online, uses simple props (道具) that can easily ___64___ (find) in everyday life to teach a young audience about physics concepts (概念). She sets up many simple ___65___ (experiment) in a down-to-earth style to attract and hold people’s interest. She also tries to inspire her students’ imagination.
五、书面表达（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 征文（满分15分）
66. 你校英文报正在举办题为“My favourite festival”的征文活动，请你写一篇英语短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 介绍喜欢的节日；
2. 说明喜欢的理由。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。
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第二节 读后续写（满分15分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。词数150左右。
I learned to love reading early on. I frequently visited our local libraries. But even so, the only books I actually owned were the occasional Christmas annual (圣诞年刊).
Then, the year I turned twelve, something amazing happened. I was given a book, and it wasn’t an annual, but a real novel. The book was Watership Down by Richard Adams. I was amazed. It wasn’t my birthday, it wasn’t Christmas… and yet here was a book.
Watership Down is a real adventure story about a group of rabbits who escape to find a new home when one of them senses that danger is coming. The story pulled me in at once. I couldn’t put it down all weekend.
On Monday morning I couldn’t bear the idea of leaving the book behind, so I put it into my schoolbag. There was just one problem. I was twelve, and in the second year of a pretty tough secondary school where reading was not always considered to be cool. None of my friends were bookworms (书呆子), and the idea of being caught reading a book with a big picture of a rabbit on the cover was my worst nightmare (噩梦). People would laugh at me and call me a bookworm — worse, they’d think I was a baby, reading a book about rabbits.
In the end, the need to keep on reading won out, and I headed off to school with the book hidden away under my school things. I was hoping to find a quiet moment to myself to read in peace. Maybe on the bus coming home
Finally, I struck lucky. Our English teacher was late coming to class, and my friends gathered outside the classroom door, making the most of the unexpected freedom. Instead of joining them, I headed in the opposite direction and found a quiet corner where I could read in peace, all at a safe distance from my classmates.
I opened up the book, taking great care to place a hand over the rabbit picture on the cover, and right away I was brought back to the exciting story.
Then, the worst thing I could have imagined happened.
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I learned a huge lesson from that experience — reading is cool, no matter what.
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参考答案
阅读理解
第一节
21.B 22.B 23.C 24.A 25.C
26.B 27.A 28.B 29.C 30.B
31.D 32.B 33.B 34.B 35.C
七选五
36.G 37.F 38.B 39.D 40.E
完形填空
41.A 42.C 43.B 44.D 45.C
46.D 47.B 48.A 49.B 50.A
51.D 52.A 53.C 54.B 55.D
语法填空
56.bringing 57.than 58.a 59.interesting 60.how
61.taught 62.to learn 63.called 64.be found 65.experiments
书面表达 参考范文
66. 征文
版本1
My favourite festival is the Spring Festival, the most important traditional festival in China. Before the festival, we clean houses and prepare delicious food. On New Year's Eve, all family members get together for a big feast. We also watch the Spring Festival Gala and set off fireworks.
I love it because it gathers the whole family and fills our life with warmth and joy.
版本2
I like the Mid-Autumn Festival best. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Families get together to enjoy the full moon and tasty mooncakes. We share stories and laughter on that special night.
It not only carries traditional culture but also lets me stay with my beloved family. That’s why I love it so much.
67. 读后续写
Then, the worst thing I could have imagined happened. One of my classmates turned the corner and saw me reading. Soon several others came over and burst into laughter. They pointed at the rabbit pattern on the cover and teased me for being a bookworm. My face burned with embarrassment. I quickly closed the book and stood there awkwardly, too shy to say a word.
I learned a huge lesson from that experience — reading is cool, no matter what. Later, I plucked up courage and read openly in my spare time. Gradually, some classmates became curious about my book and asked to read it too. We even started sharing good books with each other. I realize we should never hide our hobbies just because of others’ opinions.

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