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高二年级下学期期中考试英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
EcoLearn is a global online platform tailored for beginners in environmental education. It removes registration barriers: you can use its first 3 trial lessons without creating an account — just click “Start Learning” on the homepage, and a 2-minute introductory session about daily topics (such as “household waste sorting”) will start immediately. These short lessons help you quickly understand the platform’s style before you make a subscription decision.
EcoLearn’s core is a technology-integrated teaching method; it uses simulations (模拟) to guide learners to critically analyze ecological solutions. It works on both mobile phones and computers, so you can study anytime, anywhere. It has no commercial partnerships, so there are no ads during learning, and it offers 24-hour support to answer questions for regular subscribers promptly.
Subscription Plans
·1-month trial: $9.95 (renewal is $14.95/month; no partial refund if it’s canceled early)
·3/6/12 months: $10.95/$8.95/$7.95/month (no trial discount for these; the 12-month plan adds 5 free environmental e-books)
A 30-day money-back guarantee only applies to direct buyers of the 3/6/12-month plans (not trial renewals). To get a refund, you must contact the team via email within the period and explain your reason briefly.
1. What is the main purpose of the EcoLearn platform
A．To offer beginner-friendly environmental education online.
B．To partner commercial companies for profit.
C．To provide advanced environmental studies for experts.
D．To sell ecological solution analysis software.
2. What is the least cost of a half-year subscription
A．$8.95.
B．$47.4.
C．$59.7.
D．$53.7.
3. What can a new user do without registration
A．Get a full refund after a month.
B．Receive 24-hour customer support.
C．Try the first three lessons for free.
D．Access all simulation tools for a year.
B
The unforgiving demands of the IB program became my reality on the third day of school with an overwhelming physics lab. My teacher’s claim that no one would score above 90% shook my confidence. This anxiety was intensified at home, where my father voiced his concern over my flat SAT progress, a necessity for a celebrated university.
The final catalyst for my breakdown was an unexpected rejection from the regional Red Cross Youth Council. As the vice president of my school’s chapter, I had never considered this possibility. The Red Cross was my passion and what I relied on to set me apart from other applicants. This rejection made my future seem dim, and I broke like a rubber band stretched beyond its limit.
I found my mother, the woman who had sacrificed her own career and life for my opportunities, and poured out my fears. She listened attentively before drawing a circle on the tablecloth. “This is your time,” she began. “Eighty percent is schoolwork, ten percent the SAT, and ten percent extracurriculars.” She then looked at me with deep emotion and said, “But most importantly, at one hundred percent is your mental health.”
“Nothing is more important than your health,” she continued. “We want you to have a good job so you’ll be less stressed. If this path makes you so unhappy, it isn’t worth it. If you’re happier flipping hamburgers, so be it.”
Her insight was a big relief. I realized a rubber band doesn’t have to keep stretching. A rubber band that is wrapped around your hair during the day and is allowed to rest on your nightstand at night won’t ever break.
Though my routine remains the same — studying hard and pursuing excellence — my perspective has been forever changed. The fear of failure loses its power. I am still reaching for the moon, but I am no longer afraid, for I know that if I missed, I would land right in my mother’s arms.
4. What does the underlined word “catalyst” in paragraph 2 mean
A．Cause.
B．Solution.
C．Symbol.
D．Foundation.
5. What does the author’s mother attach most importance to
A．The sacrifice for her daughter.
B．The author’s overall wellbeing.
C．The relief of the author’s stress.
D．The author’s devotion to schoolwork.
6. What does the use of the “rubber band” try to illustrate
A．A conflict with her father about goals.
B．A bond between the author and her mother.
C．A link to the author’s academic performance.
D．A shift in the author’s perspective on pressure.
7. What does the author mean by saying “reaching for the moon”
A．She will be unbeatable.
B．She has achieved all her goals.
C．She will continue to aim high.
D．She has a passion for astronomy.
C
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied to help save the UK’s endangered red squirrels (松鼠). The groundbreaking technology, known as Squirrel Agent, has been trained to spot the difference between red and grey squirrels in order to manage feeders meant for red squirrels and ultimately, control populations.
The UK’s only native squirrel species, reds have been under threat since the introduction of greys from North America in the late 19th century. Today, greys are thought to number some 2.7 million versus only a few hundred thousand reds. This is largely because greys are bigger, outcompeting reds for food and territory, and carry squirrelpox, a disease deadly to reds. Collectively, these pressures have pushed red squirrels to the edge of extinction.
Squirrel Agent, which claims a 97 percent accuracy rate, recognises reds by their size, shape and weight, and features such as tails, faces and ears. Feeders are then remotely opened for reds or, for greys, kept closed, instead opening traps or encouraging them to consume pills aimed at birth control.
“It’s a real showcase of what AI can do — it’s working in real time to do a task that we don’t have enough human volunteers for,” says Emma McClenaghan, co-founder of Genysys Engine, which developed the system.
Project Red Haven, as the programme is known, is being tested by five wildlife charities, including the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Ulster Wildlife. But this is just the beginning. It’s hoped that the tool’s tech will evolve (逐步发展) sufficiently to not only identify different species, but also individuals.
“Whiskers (须) are like human fingerprints,” says McClenaghan. By distinguishing squirrels through their whiskers, AI will build data over time to help conservationists track family lines.
8. What is the function of the second paragraph
A．To give a specific example.
B．To tell of red squirrels’ extinction.
C．To provide background context.
D．To clarify the species of squirrels.
9. How does Squirrel Agent respond to a grey squirrel approaching a feeder
A．It releases birth control medicine first.
B．It shuts the feeder and may activate a trap.
C．It keeps the grey away from the feeder.
D．It sends an alarm to the human volunteers.
10. What do we know about Project Red Haven
A．It has been fully applied by wildlife charities.
B．It was created by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.
C．It can accurately identify individual animals.
D．It is likely to have a more promising future.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text
A．New Tech “Squirrel Agent” Can Target Greys at Feeders
B．AI Controls Grey Squirrels by Spreading Squirrelpox
C．Wildlife Charities Test New Feeder Designs for Squirrels
D．How Grey Squirrels Outcompete Red Squirrels
D
“Red tourism”, a new form of travel where people visit important historical sites and monuments (纪念碑). It has improved the development of the tourism industry in summer. And red tourism becomes more popular during the National Day Golden Week holiday.
Ticket bookings for red tourism sites in June increased by five times with local and short trips to red tourism sites being the choice of about 88 percent of such tourists. And the search for the term “red tourism” on Mafengwo, a Chinese travel service and social-networking platform (平台), increased by 300 percent during the summer holidays.
Red tourism is not only about the joy of visiting a new place and enjoying the wonderful sights. It is also about gaining knowledge about history and being inspired by the stories of the people who gave their lives to the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949 and worked for the happiness of the Chinese people. By rediscovering history and passing on the stories of the Chinese revolution (革命) and its heroes to the next generations, people can lift their spirits.
Red tourism can also be used as an opportunity to develop rural (农村的) areas because most of the red tourism sites are in the countryside. It can raise the incomes (收入) of local people. Since red tourism creates jobs and helps increase farmers’ incomes, it contributes to local economic development.
Data show that this year, there are about 2 billion tourists visiting red tourism sites, and its market size nearly reaches 1 trillion. Yet red tourism faces some developmental problems, mainly because some local government officials have failed to make the best use of red tourism resources for local development.
12. What can we know about red tourism
A．It is not popular with the young.
B．It has brought life to tourism.
C．It is a traditional form of tourism.
D．It is about visiting beautiful scenery.
13. Why does the author list the numbers in paragraph 2
A．To raise concern.
B．To prove his idea.
C．To explain the story.
D．To introduce a platform.
14. What is the advantage of red tourism for rural areas
A．Local people can make more money.
B．It can help improve farming equipment.
C．It can offer job opportunities to visitors.
D．Local people can receive much help from society.
15. What will be mentioned in the following paragraphs
A．More and more people will choose red tourism.
B．Many travel companies will benefit from red tourism.
C．Some measures should be taken to solve problems.
D．More red tourism sites should be open to the public.
七选五
THE WORLD OF SPEED EATING
Competitive eating — or speed eating — is exactly what its name suggests. Contestants eat as much as they can, usually within a time limit. Eating competitions can involve various foods — pizza, pies, ice cream, chili peppers. ____16____
The biggest competition
____17____ The event is held every Fourth of July in Brooklyn, New York. According to legend, this tradition began over a hundred years ago. Four immigrants were arguing about who loved their new country the most. Finally, they worked out a way to decide. They would see who could eat the most of a famous American food — the hot dog. James Mullen, an Irish immigrant, won by eating 13 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Nathan’s Fourth of July tradition was born.
Eating champions
The current champion of the contest is Joey Chestnut. Chestnut, an American, also holds the world record for hot dog eating — 74 in less than 10 minutes. ____18____ For many years, the Nathan’s Contest champion was Takeru Kobayashi from Japan. He is smaller and lighter than Chestnut, and doesn’t look like an eating champion. However, he holds many world records for eating different types of food.
____19____
Not everybody thinks competitive eating is a good thing. ____20____ Kobayashi first won the event in 2001 when he was 23 years old. So are eating competitions in bad taste For competitive eaters, it’s a sport like any other. As Kobayashi says, “Food fighters... think of themselves as athletes.”
A．They also advise against any type of home training.
B．Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long.
C．The world’s largest competitive eating event is Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
D．It can be unhealthy for the contestants, and many people in the world are going hungry.
E．Bad taste or just sport
F．They can also offer large prizes to the winners.
G．That’s just over eight seconds per hot dog.
二、完形填空
After graduating from college, I was passionate to travel. Chatting with a friend, I mentioned my desire to have a part time job while traveling. She told me that her brother Jack working in Alaska could ____21____ me.
Thanks to Jack’s guidance, I, within one week, ____22____ the job in that restaurant. My dream of traveling alone finally became a ____23____. On the plane to Alaska, I ____24____ that I would work with friendly employees during my short stay there.
However, things turned out to be not so ____25____ as I had expected. While working in that restaurant, I ____26____ workplace bullying which I had never heard before, and I was the ____27____. One of the employees often made fun of me and treated me ____28____. Sometimes, he even used physical violence, but I was too ____29____ to turn to others. During that period, every day, I thought about quitting and getting back to my friends and families.
But life threw people in a mud puddle once in a while and their character was developed by how they handled it. I realized this ____30____ was my mud puddle and I wanted to climb out of it instead of quitting ____31____.
I decided to do a good deed every day for him. Gradually, my good deeds began to ____32____. After a week, I noticed he stopped acting as rudely as before and began to give me ____33____ that I deserved. Eventually, he treated me as a friend. I have learned a valuable lesson on how to ____34____ bullies. Good actions give strength to ourselves and ____35____ good actions in others.
21. A．assist B．replace C．accept D．remember
22. A．created B．hoped C．missed D．obtained
23. A．suggestion B．reality C．mistake D．promise
24. A．imagined B．concluded C．promised D．explained
25. A．formal B．smooth C．difficult D．special
26. A．suffered B．limited C．described D．expected
27. A．criminal B．sponsor C．victim D．director
28. A．honestly B．faithfully C．patiently D．rudely
29. A．frightened B．reliable C．sensitive D．violent
30. A．immigration B．separation C．revolution D．situation
31. A．by nature B．all of a sudden C．with ease D．step by step
32. A．fail B．work C．start D．finish
33. A．confidence B．respect C．independence D．responsibility
34. A．observe B．suspect C．prove D．handle
35. A．require B．admit C．inspire D．forbid
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。
Tree rings, or growth rings, ____36____ (see) as indicators of a tree’s age, with each ring typically ____37____ (represent) one year of growth. Nonetheless, besides telling how old a tree is, these rings hold many ____38____ meaning.
The annual growth rings can vary significantly ____39____ color and width, and these differences reflect the climate conditions during their ____40____ (form). When the growing conditions are favourable, the rings tend to be wider than those formed under harsh conditions. The natural records are so reliable ____41____ forecasts about future climate conditions can be made based on historic climate fluctuation.
Tree rings also help us prepare for ____42____ the natural disasters may bring. During periods of high water, tree rings are ____43____ (visible) affected, and by analyzing these natural indicators, scientists have developed forecasting methods for flood-prone regions, enabling local governments and residents ____44____ (adopt) timely and effective protective measures.
Like the Ents in J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Lord of the Rings, trees are faithful defenders of the environment. There is so much we can learn from ____45____.
四、书信写作
46. 上周，你参加了校学生会组织的环保作品展。请给校英语报写一篇短文介绍此活动，内容包括：1. 活动目的；2. 活动过程；3. 个人感受。
注意：1. 词数80字左右；2. 可适当增加细节，不能出现个人信息。
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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。
Benjamin lost his sight during his service in the army, so he had seldom gone out. To encourage him, his friends bought him a guide dog named Cooper. Benjamin admitted the dog made all the difference. He regained some independence such as walking through the park.
Benjamin’s friend, Natalie, was singing in a performance at the local concert hall, which was an excellent opportunity for her. Benjamin hadn’t expected to go, but Natalie wanted him there and mentioned some of their friends would be present too. So he put on his nice suit, grabbed Cooper, and set out.
Benjamin reached the hall a bit late. He decided to go to his friends later and sit with his dog in the closest row he could sense. He knew at least two people were sitting in the same row. “Oh! Who brings a dog to the nice concert hall ” Benjamin heard a woman complain. Maybe she didn’t notice his really black glasses and didn’t understand why he needed a dog. “Ada, he’s blind. It’s his service dog,” her husband replied.
Natalie took the stage. Although Benjamin couldn’t see her, he knew she looked beautiful. Meanwhile, the woman named Ada continued complaining about Cooper. Benjamin was about to be angry. She had known he was blind. Worst of all, she was interrupting his friend’s concert. Benjamin decided he would leave as soon as Natalie finished her song. However, as the song ended, Natalie began to address the audience.
“Thank you, everyone. The next song is for one special friend in particular, Benjamin, “Natalie said, looking in Benjamin’s direction and Benjamin could hear the emotions in her voice.” You sacrificed (牺牲) so much for our country, and you are our hero. I do hope the next song brings you happiness and shows you the wonderful world.” Benjamin felt tears falling from his eyes. Cooper rested its head on his knee, comforting him as Natalie belted out a beautiful song.
注意：1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式作答。
To Benjamin’s shock, the woman kept quiet the entire time. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ada, with her husband, approached when Benjamin and his friends chatted. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.A 2.D 3.C
4.A 5.B 6.D 7.C
8.C 9.B 10.D 11.A
12.B 13.B 14.A 15.C
16.B 17.C 18.G 19.E 20.D
二、完形填空
21.A 22.D 23.B 24.A 25.B
26.A 27.C 28.D 29.A 30.D
31.B 32.B 33.B 34.D 35.C
三、语法填空
36.are seen 37.representing 38.meanings 39.in 40.formation
41.that 42.what 43.visibly 44.to adopt 45.them
四、书信写作范文
Last week I attended an environmental exhibition held by the Student Union.
The activity aimed to raise students’ awareness of environmental protection. Many works made of waste materials were on show, including paper-cuts and plastic models. We also shared small daily green tips with each other.
This activity impressed me deeply. Small efforts can make a big difference to our planet. I will stick to eco-friendly habits in daily life and call on more classmates to protect the environment.
五、读后续写范文
To Benjamin’s shock, the woman kept quiet the entire time. She sat still with her head down, totally absorbed in the warm song. The sweet melody touched her deeply, making her realize how wrong she had been to complain about Benjamin and his guide dog. She felt ashamed of her selfishness and ignorance, failing to understand the great sacrifice Benjamin had made for the country. After the performance, she watched Benjamin chatting happily with friends and Cooper, feeling more regretful.
Ada, with her husband, approached when Benjamin and his friends chatted. She apologized sincerely to Benjamin for her rude words and lack of consideration earlier. She expressed admiration for his devotion to the nation and praised how clever and helpful Cooper was. Benjamin accepted her apology with a soft smile, saying he fully understood her confusion at first. Before leaving, Ada promised to learn more about guide dogs and respect disabled people. Benjamin left the hall with a warm heart, grateful for this unforgettable moving experience.

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