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2025-2026学年度第二学期期中质量调研高二英语试题
一、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
One morning, I woke up feeling as if I were in a fog. Maybe it was the peanut butter ice cream I’d had the night before.
Turning to my husband, I ___1___ that I would make some changes and asked whether he was on board. He’d heard me say that before. Incredibly ___2___, he had joined me in low-calorie diets, but we ___3___ fell back into old habits.
This time, I suggested joining a CSA, a program through which members receive regular shares of local organic produce. He agreed at once. We ___4___ and added our names to a long waitlist. After a year of waiting, we made it. It felt like we’d won the lottery (彩票), but we had no idea what to ___5___.
Showing up the first time, we followed the ___6___ on the carefully written signs and loaded our recyclable bags with fresh produce. It all looked great, but I had no idea what some of it was or how to prepare it. Should we eat it ___7___ Cook it We found a recipe online and tentatively (犹豫地) tried our new dish. It was delicious.
Each week, we discovered new ___8___: rhubarb, tomatillos, and kohlrabi, along with the familiar corn and carrots. We had hits and misses but mostly hits. The ___9___ we considered part of our learning curve. Ever since we switched our diet, our taste buds (味蕾) have changed. No longer do we find peanut butter ice cream hard to resist. What started off as a(n) ___10___ has become a way of choosing what to eat.
1. A．predicted B．announced C．encouraged D．admitted
2. A．responsible B．sympathetic C．supportive D．cautious
3. A．suddenly B．intentionally C．possibly D．ultimately
4. A．turned up B．moved in C．signed up D．tuned in
5. A．expect B．purchase C．believe D．say
6. A．orders B．patterns C．trends D．directions
7. A．raw B．dead C．real D．alive
8. A．stores B．mysteries C．policies D．ideas
9. A．methods B．wonders C．misses D．puzzles
10. A．reform B．assignment C．routine D．experiment
二、选词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面句子，根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的词或词组，并用其正确形式填空。
accurate dramatic infer envy barrier in terms of hunt for consist of burst into hang out
11. The weather forecast is surprisingly ____11____ this week, predicting exactly when the rain will start and stop.
12. The audience ____12____ applause when the actress finished her speech on human rights.
13. We ____13____ with our best friends in the park last weekend and enjoyed the warm sunshine together.
14. The research team ____14____ 20 experts from different universities, working on a cure for the disease.
15. He didn’t show his ____15____ of his colleague’s success, but his unwilling congratulations gave him away.
16. The police spent three days ____16____ the missing hiker in the forest.
17. From the dark clouds and strong wind, we could ____17____ that a storm was approaching.
18. ____18____ economic development, the government has introduced new policies to attract foreign investment.
19. The weather in this area has seen a ____19____ change in recent years, with more floods and heatwaves than ever before.
20. Although she is highly talented, her lack of confidence has become a major ____20____ to her career advancement.
三、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
21. ____21____ (compare) with other candidates, the young man’s professional background turned out to be more suitable for this demanding position.
22. The old painter sat quietly in the corner, with his eyes ____22____ (fix) on the half-finished canvas, completely lost in thought.
23. ____23____ seemed impossible a decade ago has now become a reality in the field of artificial intelligence.
24. Up to now, little attention ____24____ (pay) to the potential side effects of this newly developed drug, which worries many medical experts.
25. The museum ____25____ collection features over 2,000 artifacts will launch a special exhibition next month.
26. This newly developed cloth ____26____ (wash) easily and dries within minutes, making it ideal for outdoor sportswear.
27. I realized that the experiment ____27____ (conduct) under strict observation when all the lights went out.
28. The majority of the residents strongly opposed ____28____ (pull) down the old theatre, as they considered it a significant part of the city's cultural heritage.
29. The changes in the climate have led to a ____29____ (correspond) rise in temperature around the world.
30. He hurried to the station in panic, only ____30____ (tell) the train had left.
四、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读单选（共14小题；每小题2分，满分28分）
阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
We bring stories of adventure, world cultures and wild places to life in exhibitions and experiences that are designed to be shared with audiences of all ages.
Bring National Geographic (NG) to your venue
We offer high-quality traveling exhibitions to meet the needs of venues both small and large. Working with photographers, explorers, and other cooperators, we create exhibitions covering a wide range of topics to appeal to multiple audiences. To start the process, select your region to find exhibits available for booking.
For venues in the continental United States, a printed and packed exhibition will be shipped to your location, ready to hang.
For venues located outside of the United States, NG offers digitally delivered content packages. This option avoids international shipping fees by providing partners with a secure link to download their exhibition files and production guidelines for printing and mounting the exhibition.
How to Host or Book
Fill out the hosting form on any exhibition page. Or email us at exhibitions@ngs.org. A member of our traveling exhibitions team will respond within five business days.
An NG representative will:
·Discuss your venue’s interest, outline fees and logistics (物流).
·Walk you through the process of selecting the right exhibition to meet your programmatic goals and space.
·Review the schedule to find out what is available during your desired time.
·Answer any additional questions you may have.
Displayed here are the exhibitions available internationally. You can also find them in the downloadable international catalogue (目录).
31. How can venues beyond the United States receive the exhibits
A．By asking the NG staff to print out the copies.
B．By picking them up at the NG partners’ offices.
C．By waiting for packages shipped from overseas.
D．By downloading digital files for local production.
32. What will an NG representative do after getting a hosting request
A．Travel abroad to mount the exhibition.
B．Visit the venue and select an exhibition.
C．Recommend photographers for the event.
D．Provide details about fees and availability.
33. Who are probably target readers of the text
A．Staff managing public venues.
B．Teachers planning study tours.
C．Tourists interested in exhibitions.
D．Students exploring world cultures.
B
As a kid, my identity was wrapped up in sports. I spent countless hours shooting hoops on my driveway, and then I got cut from the middle school basketball team, all three years.
I spent a decade playing soccer, but I didn’t make the high school team. At that point, I shifted my focus to a new sport, diving. I was bad. I could hardly touch my toes without bending my knees, and I was afraid of heights.
But I was determined. I stayed at the pool until it was dark, and my coach kicked me out of practice. I knew that the seeds of greatness are planted in the daily grind, and eventually, my hard work paid off. By my senior year, I made the All-American list, and I qualified for the Junior Olympic Nationals. I was obsessed with diving. It was more than something I did, it became who I was.
But when I got to college, the sport I loved became something I started to fear. At that level, I could not beat more talented divers by outworking them. There was one question, though, that stopped me from rethinking. “If I’m not a diver, who am I ” In psychology, there’s a term for this kind of failure to rethink — it’s called “identity closure.” It’s when you settle prematurely (过早地) on a sense of who you are and close your mind to alternative selves.
After my freshman year of college, I rethought my identity. I realized that diving was a passion, not a purpose. My values were to grow and excel. I didn’t have to be a diver to grow, excel and contribute.
Instead of foreclosing on one identity, we’re better off trying on a range of possible selves. Retiring from diving freed me up to spend the summer doing psychology research and working as a diving coach. It also gave me time to concentrate on my silliest hobby, performing as a magician.
Ever since then, I put an annual reminder in my calendar to rethink. It’s a checkup. Just as I go to the doctor for an annual checkup when nothing seems to be wrong, I can do the same thing in the important parts of my life. A career checkup to consider how my goals are shifting. A relationship checkup to re-examine my habits.
34. What made the author still decide to hold on when facing various challenges in sports
A．His pressure from his coach.
B．His talent in sports.
C．His obsession with diving.
D．His definition of himself.
35. After the freshman year of college, the author decided to ________.
A．embrace more possible selves
B．outwork more talented divers
C．give up diving-related things
D．shift his focus to a new sport
36. According to the author, the retirement from diving was ________.
A．thrilling
B．distracting
C．regrettable
D．worthwhile
37. What can you learn from the passage
A．Failure is the mother of success.
B．Where there is a will, there is a way.
C．Self-reflection is the key to self-improvement.
D．Our value doesn’t lie in what we do, but who we are.
C
White Rabbit candy has not changed in 60 years. But some other things have changed. When a pop-up (快闪) shop in Shanghai began selling drinks flavored like White Rabbit candy, people queued for up to four hours for a cup priced at 20 yuan ($2.9). China’s nostalgia (怀旧) economy has reshaped how brands are marketed.
However, the White Rabbit milk tea is itself a warning tale. Once customers reached the counter after four hours, many were disappointed. “It tastes just like any regular bubble tea (珍珠奶茶) out there,” one told reporters. Another posted: “It’s just exploiting the classic brand.”
The comments point to the central weakness of the nostalgia economy. When heritage is used primarily as a good pricing reason, when nostalgic packaging is the product and what is inside is ordinary, consumers notice. The disappointment runs deeper than a normal commercial letdown, because something more personal has been involved.
There are more risks. When nostalgic design becomes a recipe, the symbols stop carrying weight. And a nostalgia economy that speaks only to one generation’s memories is not building a shared culture. When the pop-up closes and the limited edition sells out, what remains If the answer is nothing but the memory of a queue, the brand has wasted its heritage rather than grown it.
The question facing China’s nostalgia economy is not whether there is a market for continuity but whether the industry will serve that market with depth or exploit it with shortcuts. Some of us grew up with White Rabbit candy. Others were born too late. But we are all looking for the same thing: a cultural identity with roots deep enough to hold, and a sense that what is being built today is worth remembering tomorrow. Nostalgia does not offer the past. It offers a reason to feel at home in the present.
38. Why does the author mention the customers’ comments about the drink
A．To imply the decline of the brand.
B．To note the popularity of regular bubble tea.
C．To criticize the high price of the drink.
D．To show the trap of nostalgia-based selling.
39. What is the author’s suggestion for China’s nostalgia economy
A．Serving the market with shortcuts.
B．Focusing on one generation’s memories.
C．Using the past to root today’s culture.
D．Copying the past exactly as it once was.
40. What is the best title for the text
A．Nostalgia marketing puts heritage at risk.
B．White Rabbit candy remains unchanged.
C．Nostalgia economy saves brand heritage.
D．White Rabbit milk tea fails to satisfy fans.
D
Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature vs nurture (环境因素)” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we are has dominated the human sciences.
Today, however, a new scientific field is set to reshape the debate — not by declaring victory for one side or the other, nor even by calling a tie, but rather by revealing they were never in opposition in the first place. Through this new perspective, nature and nurture are not even entirely distinguishable, because genes and environment don’t operate in isolation; they influence each other and to a very real degree even create each other.
The new field is called sociogenomics, an integration of behavioral science and genetics. Despite being a relatively new area of study, it has the potential to rewrite a great deal of what we think we know about who we are and how we got that way.
Genes don’t affect who we become just on their own, inside our bodies — they work, in part, by shaping the environments we look for or produce. At other times, the nature-nurture feedback circle may be more pernicious. It’s no surprise that terrible setbacks — the loss of a job, the end of a marriage — can cause people to fall into depression. I was astonished to learn, however, that people with a high genetic tendency for depression are more likely to encounter these setbacks, which in turn contribute to their depression. That’s not to say that any of it is their fault, just that the way we’re supported and the world we pilot are closely linked.
Here is the part of this research that really blows me away. The research suggests that your partner’s genes influence your likelihood of depression almost a third as much as your own genes do. It also shows when a small number of students with a genetic tendency to smoke are present in a high school, smoking rates can rise rapidly across an entire grade — even among those students who didn’t personally know those classmates.
Genes alone aren’t enough to determine these outcomes and neither is environment. Nature and nurture both shape each other, with nature influencing the way we experience nurture and nurture influencing the way our nature expresses itself. The more opportunities and information the environment provides — the more varied environments become — the greater the influence that genetic variation has in sorting us into different categories.
Nature and nurture aren’t separate forces — they’re endlessly circling back on each other.
41. Prior to the emergence of sociogenomics, it was widely believed that ________.
A．genes and environment functioned separately
B．there was no clear line between nature and nurture
C．environment shaped our perception of who we are
D．nature mattered more than nurture for personal growth
42. The underlined word “pernicious” (paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to “________”.
A．disastrous
B．generative
C．pointless
D．questionable
43. It can be inferred that the research shocked the writer by suggesting that ________.
A．our genes may change because of the people we live with
B．nature determines our behaviour just as much as nurture does
C．people with the same genes are more likely to interact with each other
D．the genes of people around us can affect the environment we experience
44. Which of the following pictures correctly illustrates how nature and nurture make us who we are
A． B． C． D．
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。
How many times do you find yourself in a conversation with someone, waiting for the other person to stop talking so you can say what you want to say ___45___ This common experience shows a lack of active listening, because you are only thinking about how you want to respond.
Communication that leads to real human connection involves active listening and empathy. Active listening includes eye contact as well as verbal and non-verbal acknowledgments that you are listening. ___46___ Empathy involves reflection, validation and a genuine concern for how others are feeling. This combination of active listening and empathy — empathetic listening — can improve relationships of all kinds.
___47___ Being brave enough to share with another person is a vulnerable position to be in. Imagine sharing something sad with a friend: “I studied so hard for the math exam, but I still failed it.” Consider these two potential responses and how they would make you feel.
“Oh well, I’m glad I’m not the one taking that exam. Want to hang out ”
“That must be so hard. Thank you for sharing with me. I am here for you.”
The first response might leave one feeling dismissed. Why do people respond like that Perhaps the comment comes from a place of the listener being uncomfortable with hearing something that taps into their own fears or vulnerability. ___48___ The second response, however, might make one feel heard, seen and supported. It shows the listener heard what the other person was saying, understanding and expressing concern.
So how do you know what to say or not to say when someone shares something difficult with you Sometimes, the best thing to do is to sit and listen. Brene Brown, a renowned researcher in this field, says it best: “Empathy is a strange and powerful thing. There is no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. ___49___”
A．Shifting the topic might bring comfort to the speaker.
B．These include nodding, confirming, and clarifying questions.
C．Just be empathetic and you’ll have thought-provoking conversations.
D．It’s simply listening, withholding judgment, and emotionally connecting.
E．Everyone wants to feel understood for speaking their thoughts and feelings.
F．The listener may want to shut down the conversation and move to a safer space.
G．You might even expect the other person to completely tune into what you are saying.
第三节 阅读表达（共5小题；满分12分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。
We all love to criticize, but unfortunately, we also hate being criticized. We freely post and comment on others, but feel annoyed at the way others assess us, both online and in person. The world seems unlikely to change anytime soon. Fortunately, though, each of us can change how we give and take criticism, which will make us less likely to harm others, more resistant to being angry, and better able to benefit from feedback — even when it is negative.
Criticism is defined as judgment of the merits (优点) and faults of something or someone in written or spoken form. Technically, criticism can include praise, but that isn’t what concerns us here. What annoys us is criticism of the negative variety, even when well-intentioned — so-called constructive criticism, which means to provide guidance so we can improve. Worst of all is destructive criticism, which aims to cause hurt or damage.
The culture of criticism isn’t going away. The only way to flourish (繁荣) in it, and despite it, is to adopt new habits of getting and giving critical feedback. One rule is to assume that criticism, even when it seems personal, is not actually about you personally. When we receive criticism, we make it personal in two ways. First, we may naturally analyze the critic rather than the criticism. Second, we tend to consider the criticism a judgment on our natural abilities, rather than on our performance. Interestingly, even among young children, research shows that viewing criticism as a judgment on one’s abilities can lead to lower self-worth, lower positive mood, and less persistence at tasks.
If taking criticism is particularly hard for you, you are not alone. However, taking criticism badly is more embarrassing, ultimately, than the criticism itself. If we do the work to learn to accept negative feedback, we will be much better off.
50. What will be the results of changing the way we give and take criticism
____________________________________________________________________
51. What is the difference between constructive and destructive criticism
____________________________________________________________________
52. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Children who receive criticism have lower self-worth because they take criticism as a judgment on their performance.
____________________________________________________________________
53. What benefit(s) would you gain from learning to accept negative feedback (In about 40 words)
____________________________________________________________________
五、书信写作（满分18分）
54. 假定你是红星中学高三学生李华，Teens杂志国际版开设“未来职业对话”专栏，邀请各国高中生分享对AI时代职业规划的见解。请你给该专栏编辑写一封英文书信，内容包括：
1. AI可能取代或创造哪些岗位；
2. 你认为高中生该如何应对变化。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Editor,
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
一、完形填空
1.B 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.A
6.D 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.D
二、选词填空
11. accurate
12. burst into
13. hung out
14. consists of
15. envy
16. hunting for
17. infer
18. In terms of
19. dramatic
20. barrier
三、语法填空
21. Compared
22. fixed
23. What
24. has been paid
25. whose
26. washes
27. was being conducted
28. pulling
29. corresponding
30. to be told
四、阅读理解
第一节 阅读单选
31.D 32.D 33.A
34.D 35.A 36.D 37.C
38.D 39.C 40.A
41.A 42.A 43.D
第二节 七选五
45.G 46.B 47.E 48.F 49.D
第三节 阅读表达 参考简答
50. We will be less likely to hurt others, less easy to get angry and better able to gain something from negative feedback.
51. Constructive criticism guides people to improve while destructive criticism only intends to hurt others.
52. False part: their take criticism as a judgment on their performance
Reason: Kids’ low self-worth comes from regarding criticism as judgment on their natural abilities instead of performance.
53. We can avoid embarrassment brought by bad reactions to criticism and make continuous progress by learning from negative suggestions.
五、书信写作范文
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to share my opinions on career planning in the AI age.
Some repetitive jobs like simple data entry and assembly line work may be replaced by AI. Meanwhile, new jobs related to AI development, maintenance and human-AI communication will appear.
As high school students, we should master basic digital skills, focus on creative and emotional abilities AI lacks, and keep lifelong learning to adapt to constant career changes.
Yours,
Li Hua

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