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2025-2026高二年级下学期第二次限时训练英语试卷
第一部分 英语知识运用
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. The company made improvements ____ negative comments on their new product.
A. in exchange for B. at the request of C. in defense of D. in response to
2. -Are you going to attend the lecture on Chinese art -It's too good an opportunity to miss.
A. You deserve it! B. You bet. C. Why me D. Why bother
3. The coach emphasized the importance of ____ their shooting skills during practice sessions.
A. concluding B. sharpening C. declining D. generating
4. By the time she graduates next year, Sarah ____ three internships, laying a solid foundation for her future career.
A. will complete B. will have completed C. has completed D. had completed
5. The diversity of cuisine in a region is a ____ of its history, culture, and geography, showing the unique flavors and cooking traditions that have developed through history.
A. occupation B. reflection C. recognition D. qualification
6. ____ he lied about his academic background at the interview really surprised us after the truth came out.
A. That B. What C. Whether D. When
7. A very popular thing to do on Boxing Day is to go shopping and ____ the sales.
A keep pace with B. take advantage of C. throw light on D. take possession of
8. -Sorry, Liz. I think I was a bit rude to you. -____ but don't do that again!
A. Go ahead B. Forget it C. It depends D. With pleasure
9. We hurriedly ended our meeting, leaving many problems ____.
A. to be settled B. to settle C. settled D. having settled
10. ____ those unforgettable days in Yimeng mountain areas, the old general couldn't hold back his tears.
A. Looked back at B. To look back at C. Looking back at D. Being looked back at
11. There were no signs that the fire had been set deliberately. It ____ by a cigarette end, I guess. A. would have been caused B. should have been caused
C. might have been caused D. must have been caused
12. The environment won't be getting better ____ the majority of us take steps to reduce waste and pollution.
A. though B. since C. if D. unless
13. At the party, the men were interested in current events while the ladies spent some time ____ each other's families.
A. catching up B. picking up C. calling up D. holding up
14. This morning I picked up a wallet and I traced the person ____ it belonged according to the information on a card in the wallet.
A. of which B. to which C. of whom D. to whom
15. Michelangelo, as well as some other artists, ____ as "artists" rather than "technicians", which means art and technology have always been seen as two separate things.
A. has been labelling B. have been labelling C. has been labelled D. have been labelled
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
Overcome the Fear for Your Dream
I stood nervously behind the red curtain and ___16 across the stage. A girl about my age sat at a piano; I could see her fingertips moving over the black and white keys in front of her. The beautiful melody was so relaxing, but my body tensed with anxiety.
My body ___17 when the girl stood up from the bench, it was finally my turn. A part of me wanted to run home and ___18 under my bed, but I knew I had chosen to ___19. When the girl onstage walked toward me, I could hear my heart beating ___20. The girl had a proud smile on her face and when she passed me, I heard her say "Good ___21 ".
"Well, here goes nothing. " I said to myself.
I stepped onto the ___22 and walked slowly toward the piano. The bright lights nearly ___23 me, making it difficult to see the audience. When I reached the ___24 I automatically slid onto the bench into position. The sounds of whispering and people walking around ___25 complete silence. I stared at my shaking fingers and for a moment my mind went ___26. Closing my eyes, I imagined the music sitting in front of me and tried to recall every tiny detail.
Finally, I took a deep breath and began to play Beethoven's Moonlight sonata. The rich tones of the piano ___27. One by one, each muscle in my body loosened and relaxed. I sat on the bench and my fingers danced over the row of black and white keys as if they had a mind of their own.
All the practice and ___28 I put in for six months showed this was what my teacher was pushing for. I tried to recall all the things she ___29 me to do. "Keep your wrists up, relax your arms, don't raise your shoulders. . . " I remembered feeling slightly annoyed hearing these things continuously, but I never realized until now how it really ___30.
When I reached the end of the piece, the audience started ___31. I rose from the bench and gave a deep bow. A proud smile ___32 up my face. Inside I felt ___33 that it was over and that I had done so well. As the applause died down, I turned and walked to the other side of the stage. I saw a young boy standing nervously behind the red curtains staring ___34 out at the stage. When I walked by, I passed to him the two words that were given to me for ___35: Good luck!
16. A. glanced out B. broke down C. froze D. pull up
17. A. ached B. bent C. shook D. moved
18. A. review B. contrast C. shake D. hide
19. A. succeed B. perform C. stand D. escape
20. A. forcefully B. wildly C. weakly D. lightly
21. A. day B. music C. luck D. performance
22. A. chair B. bench C. path D. stage
23. A. disabled B. blinded C. faded D. frightened
24. A. entrance B. curtain C. light D. piano
25. A. gave way to B. made up for C. came up with D. got along with
26. A. blank B. pale C. conscious D. missing
27. A. rang out B. turned up C. set off D. pulled in
28. A. excuse B. support C. effort D. service
29. A. reminded B. requested C. demanded D. complained
30. A. managed B. helped C. stopped D. formed
31. A. approving B. blaming C. clapping D. leaving
32. A. beamed B. lit C. dried D. lifted
33. A. confused B. worried C. embarrassed D. relieved
34. A. cautiously B. excitedly C. fearfully D. angrily
35. A. reward B. sympathy C. appreciation D. encouragement
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2. 5分，满分50分）
A
Still seeking a destination for your weekend break There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists. You could attend a class teaching you how to 'learn from the masters' or get more creative with paint ---- free of charge. The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University. The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss. Get to the display house to see Diongea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called 'Hissing Sid' is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University, Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of "mess and drunkenness". However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I'm not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byron's Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you don't trust me, then perhaps you'll take it from Virginia Woolf- ---over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
36. As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge for ____.
A. attending the masters' class
B. working with local artists
C. learning life drawing
D. seeing an exhibition
37. "Torch Aloe" and "Venus Flytrap" are ____.
A. common insects
B. impressive plants
C. rarely-seen snakes
D. wildlife-enthusiasts
38. We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed ____.
A. to fear pet bears
B. to like walking
C. to be a heavy drinker
D. to finish university in 1805
39. In the passage Byron's Pool is described as a lake ____.
A. surrounded by fields
B. owned by Lord Byron
C. located in Grantchester
D. discovered by Virginia Woolf
40. What is the passage mainly about
A. Some places for weekend break
B. A way to become creative in art.
C. The colourful life in the countryside.
D. Unknown stories of Cambridge University.
B
Like many Americans, my father, Kenneth Hamiton, must have heard Paul Robeson sing over the radio at one time or another. He must have read about Robeson's extraordinary feats of daring and skill on the football fields of Rutgers. "I imagine," he would begin, "that Mr Paul Robeson woke up one morning to find there was more to the day than playing football. I know I did (my father played football for Iowa State). I imagine he looked around him. He saw that plenty of his people already were preachers there were enough morticians to reach from here to kingdom to come. I imagine Mr. Robeson decided then and there he would be what there never had been before. And he was. "
I don't recall Kenneth Hamilton ever saying what it was Paul Robeson became besides a football star. But surely he was referring to Robeson's powerful singing voice. Yet what came through clearly to me at the time was this: If one were to become anything, it would have to be not only the best but wholly original, a new idea This concept sank deep into my consciousness. Imperceptibly, I grow up yeaning for the unusual, seeking something unique in myself. I longed not just to write, but to newly write and like no one else. Kenneth Hamilton wanted no less for his youngest child.
"Like no one else," he had been no less himself. Graduating from Iowa State Business College in the early 1890s when it was an achievement when a black man completed high school, he began his search for employment. One day, the banker for whom his mother worked as a cook asked that young Kenneth be sent around to the bank, where there was a suitable job for him. He hurried over to the bank, absolutely amazed at this sudden stroke of luck. Dressed in starched collar and gray business suit, he wondered what he would become.
Kenneth Hamilton walked directly into the bank and was promptly handed a mop and a bucket. He threw both the length of the establishment and turned on his heel, never to return. Perhaps he should have accepted that first mop and bucket, but I'm rather glad his imagination wouldn't permit him. For now I have pleasure of remembering him as a man who would not allow mind or body to be limited by another's reality. I could have wanted no less for a father.
41. According to the first paragraph, Kenneth Hamilton and Paul Robeson were similar because ____.
A. were both talented singers
B. both played football for Iowa state
C. both had aspirations for things greater than sports
D. both, at one time, aspired to be preachers
42 Which of the following best exemplifies what the author refers to as the "wholly original, a new idea" (in paragraph 2)
A. The author's resolve to be unlike any other writer.
B. The author's choice to write about her past experiences.
C. Kenneth Hamilton's decision to play football.
D. Paul Robeson's determination that he would not be a preacher.
43. How did Kenneth Hamilton feel when he was told there was a suitable job in the bank
A. grateful but concerned
B. eager and surprised.
C. overwhelmed but hopeful
D. frustrated and discouraged
44. The passage suggests that the author's admiration for her father is the result of ____.
A. his willingness to submit to society's expectations of him
B. the expectations he placed on his mind and body
C. the imagination by which he undertook his daily assignments
D. his courage in seeking a bank job in the 1890s
45. Which of the following statements is RIGHT
A. Kenneth Hamilton wanted to be a preacher before.
B. Kenneth Hamilton would not allow his mind or body to be limited by another's reality.
C. Kenneth Hamilton's achievement of education didn't permit him to accept the job that the bank offered him.
D. Influenced by Kenneth Hamilton, the author wanted to be a writer.
C
The Damage that aging does to a body extends all the way down to the cellular level. But the damage increased by cells in older muscles is especially severe, because the cells do not reproduce easily and they become weaker as their mitochondria (线粒体), which produce energy, reduce in energy and number. A study, however, suggests that certain sorts of exercise may remove some of what time can do to our mitochondria.
Exercise is good for people, as everyone knows. But scientists have surprisingly little understanding of its cellular impacts and how those might vary by activity and the age of the exerciser. So researchers recently conducted an experiment on the cells of 72 healthy but sedentary men and women who were 30 or younger or older than 64. After baseline measures were established for their aerobic fitness their blood-sugar levels and the gene activity and mitochondrial health in their muscle cells, the volunteers were randomly assigned to a particular exercise program.
Some of them did intense weight training several times a week; some did brief interval training three times a week on exercise bicycles; some rode exercise bikes at an appropriate pace for 30 minutes a few times a week and lifted weights lightly on other days. A fourth group, the control, did not exercise. After 12 weeks, the lab tests were repeated. In general, everyone experienced improvements in fitness and an ability to regulate blood sugar.
But more unexpected results were found in the biopsied muscle cells. Among the younger subjects who went through interval training, the activity levels had changed in 274 genes, compared with 170 genes for those who exercised more appropriately and 74 for the weight lifters. Among the older group, almost 400 genes were working differently now, compared with 33 for the weight lifters and only 19 for the appropriate exercisers.
Many of these affected genes, especially in the cells of the interval trainers, are believed to influence the ability of mitochondria to produce energy for muscle cells; the subjects who did the interval exercise showed an increase in the number and health of their mitochondria - an impact that was particularly pronounced among the older cyclists. It seems exercise could help contain the decline in the cellular health of muscles associated with aging, especially if it was intense, says Dr. Sreekumaran Nair, the study's senior author, In fact, older people's cells responded in some ways more strongly to intense exercise than the cells of the young did - suggesting, he says, that it is never too late to benefit from exercise.
46. Which of the following is the best title for the passage
A. exercise Might Benefit Aging Muscles
B. Exercise Might Increase Aging Muscles
C. Exercise Might Do Harm to Mitochondria
D. Aging Mainly Occurs in the Cellular Level
47. What can we know about the experiment mentioned in Paragraph 2
A. Volunteers cannot be good at exercising.
B. All volunteers must have the same baseline.
C. It was carried out among the youth of different sexes.
D. Volunteers received a random particular exercise program.
48. How does the author develop Paragraph 3
A. By analyzing every group's different data.
B. By comparing every group's training time.
C. By listing every group's different training.
D. By describing every group's training results.
49. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that ____.
A the experiment did not get expected results
B riding exercise bikes has no influence on the volunteers
C. weight lifting is the most useful training among these exercises
D. interval training brings stronger influence to the elderly than to the youth
50. The underlined word "contain" can be replaced by "____".
A. change
B. stop
C. record
D. cause
D
Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding.
We experience this tiredness in two ways: as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult. And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.
Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply always handle the most difficult job first.
Years ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical order, never letting myself leave out a tough idea. And I always started the day's work with the difficult task of essay-writing. Experience proved that the rule works.
Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can-then let the unconscious take over,
When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica, I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked. My fatigue became almost unbearable.
One day, mentally exhausted, I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me. Relieved, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep.
An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind proved correct at every step. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing.
Human beings, I believe must try to succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.
51. People with start-up fatigue are most likely to ____.
A. delay tasks
B. work hard
C. seek help
D. accept failure
52. What does the author recommend doing to prevent start-up fatigue
A. Writing essays in strict order.
B. Building up physical strength.
C. Leaving out the toughest ideas.
D. Dealing with the hardest task first.
53. On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue
A. Before starting a difficult task.
B. When all the solutions fail.
C. If the job is rather boring.
D. After finding a way out.
54. According to the author, the unconscious mind may help us ____.
A. ignore mental problems
B. get some nice sleep
C. gain complete relief
D. find the right solution
55. What could be the best title for the passage
A. Two Types of Fatigue
B How to Handle Performance Fatigue
C. Getting over Fatigue: A Way to Success
D. Fatigue: An Early Sign of Health Problems
第三部分 词汇拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
56. On your second question, I think you're too p____ (消极的). We should be optimistic about it.
57. Reading good books can give people new i____ (见解) into life and develop their sense of beauty.
58. Sarah was finally r____ (重聚) with her children at the airport.
59. Hemingway was from early childhood s____ (一心一意的) in his ambition to write.
60. If you look up, you can see the paintings and other artworks that are t____ to (. . . 的见证) how the Silk Road brought East and West together.
单项填空
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C
完形填空
16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. B 21. C 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. D
阅读理解
36. C 37. B 38. B 39. A 40. A
41. C 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. B
46. A 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. B
51. A 52. D 53. B 54. D 55. C
词汇拼写
56. pessimistic 57. insight 58. reunited 59. single-minded 60. testimony

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