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2025-2026学年第二学期高二年级期中考试英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and adults. Its Urban Green Philadelphia Youth Conservation Crew, based at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge (保护区), is hiring Field Leaders for spring and summer 2026.
Key duties
The program connects young people with nature through conservation work and environmental education. Field Leaders will be in charge of 10 — 15 high schoolers, guide them in teamwork and conservation skills, and work alongside refuge staff in the departments of maintenance, education, and/or biology. They must also complete administrative tasks, ensure safety, and manage tools and equipment.
Schedule
February 23 to August 21, 2026. Leaders work 40 hours per week — Tuesday to Saturday in spring, Monday to Friday in summer.
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Qualifications
Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have a valid driver’s license for 3+ years, and be able to perform physical labor (lift 40+ pounds, work outdoors). CPR certification & Wilderness First Aid certification are required. Certification opportunities are provided by SCA at leader training. Preferred skills include conservation work experience, project management, leadership, and communication.
Compensation (待遇)
$750/week, paid every two weeks. Benefits include health insurance and training in defensive driving, First Aid/CPR, and Wilderness First Aid.
Work challenges
Work involves contact with extreme weather, poisonous plants or insects etc., and physical demands such as carrying a backpack up to 30% of body weight for 5 — 15 miles. Leaders must interact positively with diverse groups and adapt to changing schedules.
1. What are Field Leaders supposed to do
A．Teach environmental science courses.
B．Organize weekend camping trips.
C．Manage the program’s national budget.
D．Lead a team of high school students.
2. What is required for applicants
A．A minimum age of 18.
B．Over three years of licensed driving.
C．Working on weekends.
D．Experience with conservation programs.
3. What is a challenge for the position
A．Staying primarily indoors.
B．Arranging flexible schedules.
C．Exposure to natural dangers.
D．Daily hiking at least 15 miles.
B
In a busy community hall, a volunteer sits at a sewing machine, mending (修补) someone’s much-loved dress, while at another table, household tools are fixed. This is the Share and Repair Café, run by Transition Crich, a “share and repair” project, in the village of Crich.
This project began five years ago, when the local magazine asked if anyone was interested in coming together as volunteers to make their village become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. “We’ve grown from just mending items to having craft activities, a café area, and stands from local groups,” says committee member Linda. Crucially, the group doesn’t charge for its services. “You don’t have to pay for your repairs. We just ask for donations to cover our costs,” says Linda.
Alan volunteers at the Share and Repair Café as part of the sharpening service, helping give new life to everything from kitchen knives to garden tools. “The community in Crich have been, and continue to be, an amazing support to my family, following my cancer diagnosis (诊断),” he says. “Getting involved has helped shape a positive mindset, and helped extend my time on the planet. Giving something back is the least I can do.”
This commitment to action is evident in other projects Transition Crich facilitates. A fashion show is coming up, too. People will write their creative ideas about sustainable clothing on pieces of fabric to call on individuals to fight against fast fashion. A photography competition encourages people to take photos while being cognizant of nature. The group also works with a junior school on environmental awareness projects, helping young students learn to mend their connection to the natural world.
Whether a volunteer or event attendee, the community benefit greatly from being involved with Transition Crich. As we all know, loneliness isn’t reserved for one particular group of society. What makes inclusion initiatives like Transition Crich truly wonderful is their ability to mend the gaps between generations, bringing together people of different ages in ways that might otherwise be hard to achieve.
4. What inspired the start of the “share and repair” project
A．A repaired item.
B．A donation campaign.
C．A volunteer appeal.
D．A classic handcraft.
5. What does the sharpening service bring to Alan
A．An optimistic attitude to life.
B．Better treatments of cancer.
C．A steady economic support.
D．Improved professional skills.
6. What does the underlined word “cognizant” in paragraph 4 probably mean
A．Analytical.
B．Mindful.
C．Curious.
D．Independent.
7. What is the best title of the text
A．Friends Who Mend
B．Donations That Count
C．Sharing Coffee, Enjoying Lives
D．Designing Projects, Meeting Locals
C
In theory, coming up with a fair division of housework should be simple: Take all the tasks and divide them equally between two partners. In practice, it’s more complicated. A new study complicates the picture of couples’(dis) satisfaction with how they split up chores: It found that men and women in long-term partnerships tend to be happier with their relationship when they share responsibility for each chore on their to-do list, as opposed to when each partner has their own set of tasks.
In one data set, Carlson, the author of the study, found that couples who managed each chore jointly were twice as likely to say that their division of labor was fair as couples who assigned chores to one partner or another— even though both groups split the overall workload more or less equally.
To be clear, these findings don’t necessarily mean that a certain chore distribution caused couples to become happier — couples that are happier and more cooperative may be more likely to share responsibilities for every chore in the first place. That said, if the chore distribution is what matters, maybe the explanation is that sharing responsibilities builds a spirit of teamwork, or encourages couples to communicate better.
A “grass is greener” effect could also be at play; if you never have to fold the laundry, that task may start to seem more tolerable than the pile of dirty dishes you’re about to work through. Yet there’s another possibility: there might be something about really understanding all the work in the home that makes people appreciate their partner and what they’re doing more deeply. Melissa Milkie, a sociologist at the University of Toronto who wasn’t involved in the study, told me, “If you’re the partner that never cleans the bathroom, you might not realize how much energy it takes.”
8. What do we know about housework division from the first paragraph
A．Dividing tasks cuts conflict.
B．Separate tasks lift happiness.
C．Sharing each chore brings joy.
D．Equal workload brings fairness.
9. What does the “grass is greener” effect suggest about chores
A．Couples envy others’ responsibilities.
B．Unassigned tasks seem less burdensome.
C．Partners avoid disliked tasks intentionally.
D．All chores feel equally difficult over time.
10. What does Milkie imply about separating chores
A．It may take more physical energy.
B．It may promote household efficiency.
C．It may lead to underestimating partners’ work.
D．It may deepen understanding between partners.
11. What is the main purpose of the text
A．To advocate a new chore division model.
B．To analyze the reasons for sharing chores.
C．To criticize the unfair division of chores.
D．To explain couples’ feeling of chore division.
D
Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can not only move about on its fingertips, but it can also bend its fingers backward, connect and disconnect from a robotic arm and pick up and carry one or more objects at a time, researchers report January 20 in Nature Communications.
“It’s been a dream to design a new hand which departs from human-like hands,” says Aude Billard, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. “It allows people to think out of the box, to rethink what it is to have a hand or finger.”
Billard and her coworkers used a genetic algorithm (算法), which simulated (模拟) how different combinations of robot features would work together. That allowed the team to gradually improve the design and come up with several blueprints for hand-shaped bots that could walk, grasp and carry objects.
When attached to the mechanical arm, the robotic hand could pick up objects like a human hand. But the robot is more flexible. The fingers bend backward just as easily as forward, allowing the robot to hold objects against both sides of its hand at the same time. It can even open a bottle while holding it in place. When the robot was separated from the arm, it was most stable walking on four or five fingers and using one or two fingers for grabbing and carrying things, the team found. The hand disconnected from the robotic arm could use its fingers as legs to move, pick up things and carry them back to the arm.
The robot could one day aid in industrial inspections of pipes and equipment too small for a human or larger robot to access, says Gao Xiao, a roboticist now at Wuhan University in China. It might even work as a prosthetic (假体的) hand though further research is needed to understand how human brains would control and respond to body parts that don’t match human physical structure, says Billard.
12. What can we learn about the robotic hand from Billard in paragraph 2
A．It looks exactly like a human hand.
B．It breaks free from human hand limits.
C． It is designed to carry heavy objects.
D．It changes how people use their hands.
13. What is a feature of the robot hand according to paragraph 4
A．It’s controlled by human brains.
B．It’s good at fine motor skills.
C．It can grasp things from both sides.
D．It walks steadily on two fingers.
14. What is Billard’s attitude toward the robot hand as a prosthetic hand
A．Optimistic but cautious.
B．Skeptical and critical.
C．Hopeful but worried.
D．Curious and eager.
15. What is the best title for the text
A．A Self-learning Robotic Invention
B．Robotic Fingers with Human-like Flexibility
C．A Multi-purpose Tool for Industrial Production
D．A Robot Hand Bending the Rules of Hand Design
七选五
For years, I kept a careful distance from the people around me. Living in a busy city apartment, I learned to move through shared spaces quietly. 16 It wasn’t that I disliked others; keeping to myself just seemed easier. Independence mattered to me, and needing no one felt like part of being a grown-up.
17 Without warning, the power went out. The building fell into complete darkness. I sat alone in my apartment, the cold air pressing in as my phone went dead. The silence was familiar. Yet this time, it seemed different. Less comforting. More exposed.
A soft knock broke the stillness. It was my neighbour from 3B, someone I recognised but hardly knew. She held a candle and mentioned that a few residents were gathering in the hallway and invited me to join them. I hesitated. Staying alone felt safe, but something felt unsettled. 18
People sat on the floor, sharing blankets, tea, and quiet conversation. I listened more than I spoke. The man I had once assumed was unfriendly turned out to be a retired doctor with a dry sense of humour. 19 I realized how easily distance can turn into detachment (疏离).
When the lights finally returned, the hallway looked the same, but it felt different. I didn’t suddenly become outgoing, nor did I abandon my need for space. 20 It’s about knowing when to let them in. Now, when I step into the elevator, I don’t automatically lower my eyes. Sometimes, I look up.
A．After a moment, I stepped outside.
B．I avoided eye contact and unnecessary conversation.
C．I began to question my decision to join the conversation.
D．Most neighbours in the building kept to themselves as well.
E．As the night progressed, my long-held belief began to loosen.
F．But I understood something new: maturity isn’t about shutting others out.
G．That belief was challenged one night when a violent storm swept through the city.
二、完形填空
Sometimes a rescue is more than training and duty. Sometimes, it’s about 21 , care and sympathy — for animals and humans alike.
Milton Fire’s Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER) team 22 all of that when they helped a 30-year-old horse named Misty who had gotten 23 near a river. That Wednesday morning, the crew 24 an emergency call from a local farm, where Misty had 25 after heavy rain left the ground muddy. When firefighters arrived, she was motionless, lying on the wet river bank.
For one firefighter, Vincent Rosenberger, the rescue was deeply 26 . He was barely ten when he first 27 Misty and had no idea about anything 28 . He remembered holding onto the saddle (马鞍) 29 since he was afraid. Misty seemed to sense his anxiety and gradually eased his fear with her unhurried grace.
Decades later, it was Vincent that gently 30 her head and whispered comforting words while the team waited for a veterinarian (兽医) to arrive with calming medication. With patience, care, and steady 31 , the TLAER team moved Misty to safer and higher ground. Food and water provided, she was able to stand on her own soon. Vincent 32 at her side all the time.
Misty’s 33 are reported to be good, and she’s likely to recover well. Beyond the medical facts, the rescue highlighted something bigger: the connection between humans and animals, the 34 that shape us, and the ways firefighters 35 their communities beyond traditional emergencies.
21. A．skill B．bond C．rule D．logic
22. A．faced B．displayed C．valued D．listed
23. A．stuck B．lost C．hidden D．hit
24. A．laughed off B．longed for C．reflected on D．responded to
25. A．wandered B．escaped C．slipped D．survived
26. A．casual B．brief C．remote D．personal
27. A．saved B．identified C．mounted D．claimed
28. A．horsey B．special C．practical D．serious
29. A．hesitantly B．tightly C．humbly D．elegantly
30. A．covered B．struck C．touched D．tied
31. A．voices B．eyes C．feet D．hands
32. A．collapsed B．sighed C．rested D．remained
33. A．feeds B．vitals C．attitudes D．habits
34. A．memories B．promises C．challenges D．chances
35. A．witness B．develop C．serve D．teach
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。
Mark Rowswell, known as Dashan, is perhaps the most familiar foreign face in China. For over three decades he 36 (serve) as a beloved bridge between East and West.
In Dashan’s latest documentary, The Untethered Boat, he takes viewers on 37 personal journey through Chinese history. Pursuing the footsteps of Su Shi, one of the famous Song Dynasty poets. Dashan explores more than ten Chinese provinces. The title, 38 (draw) from Su Shi’s poem, reflects a man 39 life was constantly on the move due to some issues. The documentary contains three episodes, The Sailing Boat, The Lost Boat and The Returning Boat, 40 (show) different times of Su Shi’s life.
Dashan shared his deep 41 (connect) to the poet at the first show, “Having loved Su Shi’s poetry for 35 years, I found walking the path Su Shi walked 42 (extreme) meaningful. What moved me most was how Su Shi kept going when life was hard.’’ He hopes the documentary can be a bridge, enabling more foreign friends 43 (discover) strength in Su Shi’s spirit.
The film crew spent two years filming at some typical 44 (bining AI-generated imagery with orchestral music, the documentary presents Su Shi not merely 45 a historical figure but a guide for people today.
四、书信写作
46. 假定你是李华，你校部分学生常以各种理由请假，不参加课间跑活动，为此，请写一篇短文向校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1. 陈述现象；
2. 提出劝告和建议。
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。
Show up for Inter-class Running
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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。
Jade was a 16-year-old Chinese girl who had lived in the US since she was a baby. Her parents had always insisted on celebrating traditional Chinese festivals, no matter how busy their lives were. But Jade had never really understood why. To her, these festivals meant boring preparations, strange-tasting food, and missing out on fun plans with her American friends.
Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching. Early that morning, Jade’s mom was up at dawn, bustling around the kitchen. The scent of osmanthus (桂花) cake and braised pork filled the house. On the dining table, there were mooncakes of different flavors. Jade frowned as she glanced at the spread. She had already made plans to have fun with her friends.
“Mom, I can’t stay for the Mid-Autumn celebration,” Jade said, with her backpack over her shoulder. “My friends are waiting for me.”
Her mom wiped her hands on her apron (围裙) and sat down beside Jade. Instead of scolding her, Mom took out an old photo album from the cabinet. Inside were pictures of her and Dad when they first moved to the US — young, smiling, standing in front of a small apartment with a mooncake in their hands.
“This festival isn’t just about mooncakes and lanterns,” Mom said, her voice gentle. “When I was a little girl in Guangzhou, every Mid-Autumn, my family would gather on the rooftop. We’d eat mooncakes, drink chrysanthemum tea, and stare at the full moon. Back then, I thought it was just a fun night. But when I moved here, far away from my parents, the moon became a link to my hometown. No matter where we are, the same moon shines over us and our family in China. Celebrating this festival is our way of keeping that connection alive.”
Mom closed the photo album and patted Jade’s hand. “You don’t have to stay if you don’t want to. Go have fun with your friends.” Jade stared at her mom’s face, seeing the faint glimmer of homesickness in her eyes.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150个左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Jade hesitated for a moment, and then dropped off her backpack.
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As the moon rose high in the sky, the family sat together on the balcony (阳台).
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答案
一、阅读理解
A篇 1.D 2.B 3.C
B篇 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.A
C篇 8.C 9.B 10.C 11.D
D篇 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.D
七选五 16.B 17.G 18.A 19.E 20.F
二、完形填空
21.B22.B23.A24.D25.C26.D27.C28.A29.B30.C31.D32.D33.B34.A35.C
三、语法填空
36.has served
37.a
38.drawn
39.whose
40.showing
41.connection
42.extremely
43.to discover
44.sites
45.as
四、书信写作范文
Show up for Inter-class Running
Now some students often ask for leave with various excuses to avoid inter-class running. They claim they feel tired or weak, but actually regular exercise benefits them greatly.
I strongly advise everyone to take part in the activity. Running builds up our body and relieves study pressure. If you truly feel uncomfortable, talk to teachers instead of skipping it casually. Let’s value this chance to keep fit.
五、读后续写范文
Jade hesitated for a moment, and then dropped off her backpack. She walked to the table and picked up a mooncake, quietly sitting beside her mother. She flipped through the old photos carefully, listening closely to every story about Mom’s hometown Mid-Autumn nights. A sense of warmth welled up inside her, and she realized the festival carried precious family love and homesickness instead of boredom. She told her friends she would join them another day.
As the moon rose high in the sky, the family sat together on the balcony. They shared sweet osmanthus cakes and various mooncakes, chatting about little interesting stories from Mom’s childhood. Jade stared at the bright full moon, understanding the special bond between the moon and their distant relatives back in China. She made up her mind that she would keep celebrating Chinese traditional festivals with her family from then on.

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