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2025-2026学年高二年级下学期期中考试英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
Hold on to your hats, folks
Across the region, we should see largely cloudy skies until dusk and blustery (狂风大作的) moments with gradually increasing winds. Gusts (阵风) of 20 to 30 miles per hour (mph) in the morning and early afternoon could increase up to 35 to 50 mph during the late afternoon, with the temperature from 48°F to 52°F. In the evening, those strong wind gusts will continue before starting to cease overnight. By dawn, skies should become mostly clear with the temperature between 33°F and 37°F.
Blue Ridge: Today, mostly cloudy, windy, colder. High from 29°F to 33°F. Winds west-northwest 25-35 mph. Tonight, windy this evening. Low from 21°F to 25°F. Winds west-northwest 15-25 mph. Friday, not as cold. High from 39°F to 47°F. Winds west 15-25 mph.
Atlantic beaches: Today, mostly cloudy. Windy this afternoon; cooler in the south. High from 52°F to 56°F. Winds west-northwest 15-25 mph. Tonight, windy this evening: colder in central parts. Low from 32°F to 37°F. Winds west-northwest 15-25 mph. Friday, mostly sunny.
Waterways:
·Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay (Annapolis, Ocean City and Norfolk): Today, partly sunny, then clouds. Wind west 12-25 mph. Waves 2-4 feet on the Lower Potomac; 4-7 feet on the Chesapeake Bay. High visibility in Annapolis. Poor visibility in Ocean City and Norfolk.
·Upper Potomac River (Washington): Today, mostly cloudy. Wind west-northwest 8-12 mph. Waves 1-3 feet. Visibility generally clear.
Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)
Annapolis 3:38 a.m. 10:43 a.m. 5:20 p.m. 10:28 p.m.
Ocean City 12:11 a.m. 6:50 a.m. 11:32 a.m. 6:46 p.m.
Norfolk 5:10 a.m. 8:53 a.m. 2:42 p.m. 8:45 p.m.
Washington 12:43 a.m. 7:24 a.m. 11:55 a.m. 8:34 p.m.
1. What is the weather of the region like in daytime
A．Partly mild but rainy.
B．Mostly cloudy and windy.
C．Partly sunny, then cloudy.
D．Mainly clear, with heat waves.
2. Where will the highest wind speed arrive
A．In Blue Ridge.
B．In Atlantic beaches.
C．In Upper Potomac River.
D．In Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay.
3. Which is the most suitable for sailing all morning with clear view
A．Annapolis.
B．Ocean City.
C．Norfolk.
D．Washington.
B
You shouldn’t need a PowerPoint presentation to explain why getting a cat is a great idea, but Shana, a little girl, wasn’t taking any chances. She really, really wanted her parents to adopt a kitty, and she was willing to go to great lengths to convince them! So, she put together a very professional and educational slideshow (幻灯片) with all the related facts. Her arguments were pretty solid!
For example, Shana explained that she wasn’t the only one in the family who would benefit from getting a kitty. All her brothers and sisters wanted one, too! Another point was her claim that “It would be so cute, please.” Additionally, she reminded her parents that they still owed her one. “Please, seriously you promised me a hamster (仓鼠) five years ago but that never happened, just let me have this,” the child wrote. She also noted that pets can help relieve stress, which was a crucially persuasive point.
Throughout the PowerPoint, the little girl made several promises to take full responsibility for the cat’s health and well-being. She assured her parents that she had done her homework on animal care, and she understood what she was signing up for.
Dad Christopher Doyle thought that his daughter’s PowerPoint on adopting a cat was pretty clever. In fact, he thought that the little girl’s determination was so cute, he just had to post her presentation on social media.
Would this PowerPoint be enough to earn the girl a cat In case you’re wondering, it worked! Dad shared in a later post that the family was filling out adoption paperwork in order to bring home a kitty. Of course, this was bound to happen. After all, who could refuse such a well-researched PowerPoint The family ended up adopting a rescue kitty, whom the kids named Oliver.
4. What do the underlined words “go to great lengths” mean in paragraph 1
A．Spare no effort.
B．Go to extremes.
C．Waste a lot of time.
D．Change her mind.
5. Which is the key point used by Shana to persuade her parents
A．She has learned enough about animal care.
B．All the family members are dying for a cat.
C．Raising pets like cats helps reduce pressure.
D．Her parents did owe her one pet in the past.
6. How did Doyle feel about his daughter’s slideshow
A．Awkward.
B．Appreciative.
C．Surprised.
D．Curious.
7. What can we learn from Shana’s story
A．Perseverance changed parents’ minds.
B．Creative solutions help to settle problems.
C．Parents should keep promises to kids.
D．A road to success is full of ups and downs.
C
Experts have gained deeper insight into why people cannot help dancing to music. New research suggests the urge to dance to the beat, what some scientists call the “groove experience”, depends on the music’s degree of syncopation (切分节奏), a feature that affects how predictable the rhythm is.
Syncopations are rhythmic patterns in which accented or unaccented beats in a melody (旋律) appear in surprising places relative to the standard beat. The more syncopation a piece of music contains, the less accurately you can guess the rhythm of the next few bars as you listen.
In a series of experiments with more than 60 participants, cognitive neuroscientist (认知神经学家) Benjamin Morillon of France’s Aix-Marseille university and his team examined how syncopation relates to the groove experience. In one test, they played 12 different melodies. The main beat was always two hertz (Hz), or roughly two events per second. But the melody’s rhythmic shifts varied so that each tune was played with three different degrees of syncopation. Participants then rated how much they wanted to dance to each track.
As Morillon and his colleagues reported in Science Advances, a medium degree of syncopation caused a strong desire to move to music. In contrast, neither very high nor low degrees of syncopation had that same result. In other words, people didn’t particularly want to dance to an entirely predictable rhythm or a highly surprising one. “The work reveals why we cannot resist moving in line with the beat when we listen to music with an optimal level of syncopation,” says Benoit Bardy, a movement-science researcher at the university of Montpellier in France. Bardy, who was not involved in the new study, describes it as “a very innovative piece of science”.
In addition, the “groove experience” seems to be all about finding the music’s underlying beats, the study shows. When a group of participants had to tap their fingers to imagined dance steps, they did so almost exclusively to the basic 2-Hz beat, not to the melody’s rhythm, which represents a primary area of interest for forthcoming research.
8. What determines people’s desire to dance to music
A．Standard beats.
B．Imagined dance steps.
C．Accurate melodies.
D．Surprising rhythmic patterns.
9. What did participants do in the experiment
A．Predict next rhythm in songs.
B．Analyze music’s beat patterns.
C．Measure their desire to move.
D．Create new rhythmic melodies.
10. What does the underlined word “optimal” in paragraph 4 mean
A．Advanced.
B．Average.
C．Extreme.
D．Unusual.
11. What will the follow-up study focus on
A．How composers create syncopated music.
B．How the brain reacts to basic music beats.
C．How to comprehend the music’s underlying meaning.
D．How to improve the “groove experience” in the future.
D
Climate change is causing rising temperatures and extreme weather events. What if there were a way to cool Earth by reflecting the Sun
In 2022, the US company Make Sunsets released two weather balloons above Baja California in Mexico. These balloons, when reaching a certain height, burst open, spreading sulfur dioxide particles (二氧化硫颗粒) across the sky, thus creating a bright mist in the sky that reflects sunlight. A similar weather balloon test flight was launched in the UK. This method belongs to solar geoengineering, a process of bouncing sunlight back into space. Other approaches include installing reflectors on satellites, though these are more technically complex.
In a world of rising temperatures, dimming the Sun is an immediate way to cool the planet. Luke Iseman, the founder of Make Sunsets, claims that without solar geoengineering there are no other realistic choices to stay below 2℃, beyond which many effects of climate change will be irreversible (不可逆转). Studies have confirmed its effectiveness: a 2022 Yale study suggested reflecting sunlight could slow sea-level rise and help restore polar ice. Financially, it is also more possible: the estimated annual cost is around $10 billion, far lower than the trillions of dollars required for a full global transition to renewable energy.
However, over 380 scientists worldwide have opposed the technology. Some warn that interfering with the weather may disrupt rainfall patterns, triggering droughts in some regions and floods in others. Since its effects are not limited to participating nations, conflicts between countries could arise. Additionally, experts argue that it might encourage polluters to continue burning fossil fuels. There is also concern about long-term maintenance: if solar geoengineering is stopped suddenly, Earth could face a sharp temperature surge, severely harming wildlife.
Given its potential benefits and significant risks, solar geoengineering requires cautious evaluation. Governments, scientists, and global organizations should cooperate to conduct thorough research, assess its long-term impacts, and establish strict regulatory frameworks before any large-scale implementation.
12. What is the function of the balloons released by Make Sunsets
A．To absorb sulfur dioxide particles.
B．To form a sunlight-reflecting mist.
C．To monitor extreme weather changes.
D．To help install sunlight reflectors.
13. What’s the advantage of solar geoengineering over renewable energy transition according to the text
A．It is more affordable.
B．It is more eco-friendly.
C．It is easier to carry out.
D．It is more accessible.
14. What can we infer from paragraph 4 about solar geoengineering
A．It may reduce the use of oil.
B．It may cause damage to satellites.
C．It mainly benefits nations involved.
D．It may affect rainfall distribution.
15. What’s the author’s attitude to dimming the Sun
A．Supportive.
B．Opposed.
C．Objective.
D．Doubtful.
七选五
In February 2017, I was just emerging from a decade-long struggle with a mysterious illness that had gradually narrowed my world. ____16____ That was an online Qi Gong course.
To the untrained eye, Qi Gong may seem similar to its better-known cousin, Tai Chi, the ancient art that combines gentle movement with mental focus. ____17____ It’s even integrated into treatment plans in Chinese hospitals.
My daily practice that year brought such noticeable improvements that I set myself a reward: if I stuck with it all year, I’d head to Master Anthony’s annual training camp in Costa Rica’s cloud forest the following February. ____18____ It was my first journey abroad in over a decade. I booked the trip to San Jose, where I met Master Anthony and a dozen strangers. We boarded a tiny bus and rode up winding mountain roads to “La Montana Azul” for a week-long camp.
____19____ There was no Internet or distractions here, just organic vegetarian meals shared under an open-air shelter. Forest birds sang, and my roofless room even housed a surprisingly large spider, which added a touch of unexpected adventure to the experience.
Online practice had given me slight energy movement, but that week, doing moves like Lifting the Sky, I could distinctly feel my body filling with Qi — the vital life force energy. I felt energized and joyful. That was when everything changed for me. At home, I had a successful career as a self-employed writer. ____20____ Soon after I returned, at 53, I launched my travel blog.
Dreams do come true. They’re just waiting for you to claim them.
A．And I did!
B．I long to explore the world.
C．The place was perfect for the camp.
D．Yet it’s actually energy medicine for recovery.
E．Many people turn to Tai Chi for its physical benefits.
F．But in the cloud forest, I decided I wanted more from life.
G．A key thing finally helped me recover during the previous year.
二、完形填空
At the age of 12, I withdrew into my bedroom with my guitar. I had neither musical talent — many ____21____ music lessons had proved that — nor musical training. My fingers ached as I tried to press down on the strings without making them buzz (发出嗡嗡声). ____22____, I worked my way through 2-, 3- and even 5-chord (和弦) songs and discovered the ____23____ thrills of these musical notes. No one ____24____ me to do this. I did this myself and of my own free will for a week, and the sense of happiness－ true happiness ____25____ in absorption in something － has ____26____ me. Fifty years later, that week’s self-directed practice became a model and ____27____ for almost every meaningful thing I have done since. It makes me understand the ____28____ between achievement and accomplishment.
The world favors achievement while ____29____ accomplishment. The former is the completion of the task imposed (强加) from the outside — the ____30____ being a path to the next task. The latter is the end point of an activity we have chosen, whose bonus is the sudden ____31____ of happiness.
The seeking of accomplishment always ____32____ people. I learned so long ago in that ____33____ week that simply lifting one finger from the guitar’s C chord, you should get the most moving ____34____ in tune. I didn’t know then it was a major 7th chord, a favorite of some masters’. I just ____35____ accomplishment. That’s real human “achievement”.
21. A．added B．tailored C．expected D．failed
22. A．Besides B．Instead C．Therefore D．However
23. A．fruitless B．matchless C．effortless D．senseless
24. A．wished B．allowed C．required D．invited
25. A．masked B．rooted C．set D．stuck
26. A．waited for B．passed by C．departed from D．stayed with
27. A．exchange B．reason C．foundation D．priority
28. A．relationship B．difference C．balance D．similarity
29. A．ignoring B．avoiding C．assessing D．defending
30. A．origin B．process C．decision D．reward
31. A．lack B．need C．rush D．dream
32. A．amazes B．concerns C．frightens D．discourages
33. A．adventurous B．dangerous C．memorable D．horrible
34. A．impression B．performance C．scene D．harmony
35. A．pursued B．accepted C．interpreted D．analysed
三、语法填空
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 “3D rendering (渲染) competition” is a contest ____36____ participants engage in the process of creating three-dimensional animations by means of computer programs. Through such techniques as adding textures, lighting effects and colors, ____37____ (compete) are expected to display their creativity freely based on a pre-provided video. However, they are not allowed ____38____ (change) the structure of the original video or the position of the main character.
The 9th World Rendering Competition, themed “kinetic rush”, ____39____ (challenge) participants to create unique animations, based on the given video. It attracted thousands of 3D artists from around the world, receiving a diverse collection of ____40____ (imagination) entries masterfully created.
Among these, the work of Karaok, a 3D artist from Chengdu China, stood out and ____41____ (award) the runner-up. His animation tells the story of an armless boy who ____42____ (enthusiastic) pursues his dream of playing ping-pong ____43____ his disabilities. Karaok’s work successfully made ____44____ to the top competition, showcasing extraordinary technical competence as well as emotional descriptions. The judges highly praised his piece, ____45____ (refer) to it as “a work where every pixel (像素) is perfectly completed, without a single flaw.”
四、书信写作
46. 假定你是李华，上周你参加了市美术馆在你校组织的“艺术进校园活动”。请给你的英国朋友Alex写一封邮件分享此次经历，内容包括：
(1)活动内容；
(2)你的感想。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为80左右；
(2)请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Alex,
I’m writing to share with you the “Art Comes to Campus” activity at our school last week.
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Yours,
Li Hua
五、读后续写
47. 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。
Tom set his lunch tray (盘) on the table near his friend Jake. “Trade you a sandwich for an apple pie,” Tom said. Jake nodded, taking his apple pie out of his lunchbox. Tom noticed a folded piece of paper at the bottom of Jake’s lunchbox.
“What’s that ” demanded Ethan, another boy in their class. Before Jake could answer, Ethan grasped the paper. He unfolded it and saw the words: “Dear Jake, I hope you have a great day. Love, Mom.” Ethan read the note in a loud voice, laughing at the note that Jake’s mother had put into the lunchbox. It seemed that he was trying to attract nearby students to glance over. Surprisingly, Ethan read the note in a low voice again, to himself. He ran his fingers across the note, with his eyes resting on the words for a second. It almost looked as if he wanted to keep it.
Tom grasped the paper angrily and gave it back to Jake. Ethan insisted no one wanted a note anyway. “I do,” said Jake. Tom liked getting notes too. Hearing this, Ethan burst into anger, suddenly grasping the note from Jake’s hand again. Ethan threw the note and it fell to the floor. Tom picked it up quickly and then handed it back to Jake, who placed it into his pocket right away.
When Tom wanted to argue with Ethan, Jake stopped him and whispered that Ethan didn’t live with his mother. Tom’s anger faded at once, and he suddenly connected this to how Ethan had stared at the note earlier.
Tom couldn’t stop replaying the strange way Ethan had acted in his mind. Ethan was so mean to Jake, but Tom still thought about how to help Jake and Ethan. He kept turning the problem over in his mind, wondering how to make things right. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and a smile spread across his face—he had a great idea.
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。
On the bus back home, Tom talked with Jake about what had happened during lunchtime.
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The next lunchtime, Tom hurried to the cafeteria with some extra handwritten notes.
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参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.B 11.B 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.C
七选五
16.G 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.F
二、完形填空
21.D 22.D 23.B 24.C 25.B 26.D 27.C 28.B 29.A 30.B 31.C 32.A 33.C 34.D 35.A
三、语法填空
36.where petitors 38.to change 39.challenged 40.imaginative 41.was awarded 42.enthusiastically 43.despite 44.it 45.referring
四、书信写作（范文）
Dear Alex,
I’m writing to share with you the “Art Comes to Campus” activity at our school last week.
Artists from the city art gallery brought many famous paintings and held a lecture on painting skills. We also got a chance to try watercolor painting under their guidance.
This activity amazed me a lot. I felt the beauty of art closely and realized art is never far from our daily life. I really hope more such activities can be held in our school.
Yours,
Li Hua
五、读后续写（范文）
On the bus back home, Tom talked with Jake about what had happened during lunchtime. Tom told Jake he saw longing in Ethan’s eyes when Ethan touched the warm note, for Ethan had no mother to write to him. Tom suggested they prepare warm handwritten notes for every classmate, especially Ethan, to let him feel cared for. Jake fully agreed and they spent the whole evening writing gentle words on small paper slips together.
The next lunchtime, Tom hurried to the cafeteria with some extra handwritten notes. He secretly slipped a soft note beside Ethan’s tray before sitting with Jake. After Ethan saw the words “Hope everything goes well”, he froze, a soft look replacing his usual coldness. Later Ethan walked over and thanked them awkwardly. From that day on, the three boys got along well, and little warm notes became a special bond among the whole class.

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