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2025-2026学年高一下学期5月期中英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
Sustainable Campus Initiative: Student Project Grants
The University Sustainability Office (USO) invites students to submit proposals for innovative projects aimed at reducing our carbon footprint. This initiative encourages students to think creatively about how they can make a tangible environmental impact on campus.
Grant Levels:
Seed Grant (Up to $ 500): This grant is designed for individuals who want to lead awareness campaigns or small-scale projects, such as pilot recycling programs or single-use plastic reduction campaigns. These initiatives can significantly raise awareness about sustainability issues among students and staff, providing the first step in broader environmental action.
Impact Grant ($ 501 - $3,000): For projects involving at least two departments, this grant supports collaborative efforts aimed at bringing about tangible changes in campus infrastructure. Examples include energy-saving lighting systems, waste diversion projects, or sustainability-focused renovations. The aim is to have measurable, long-lasting impact on the campus environment.
Legacy Grant ($ 3,000+): This grant supports long-term solutions that have the potential to be implemented across all campuses. Legacy projects must have clear, permanent environmental benefits and are expected to continue even after the initial funding period. These projects require the support of a faculty advisor, demonstrating their academic or institutional significance.
Key Dates (2026):
April 15: Proposal submission deadline.
May 10: Shortlisted candidates will be notified for an interview.
June 1: Funding awarded.
Evaluation Criteria:
Originality (30%): Does the project offer a fresh perspective that can inspire others
Scalability (40%): Is there potential to expand this project to other campuses or institutions
Cost-efficiency (30%): Do the environmental benefits justify the project’s budget and investment
Note:
Projects that are purely theoretical without a practical application on campus will not be considered. All equipment purchased with the grant remains the property of the USO and must be used for the designated project.
1. What does a project need to get a Legacy Grant
A．A plastic reduction campaign.
B．A minimum two-year timeline.
C．A professional recommendation.
D．A cross-departmental cooperation.
2. What is the primary focus of the “Scalability” criterion
A．Balance between cost and benefits.
B．Creativity behind the student’s idea.
C．Direct influence on the local campus.
D．Potential for wider project application.
3. Which project will likely be rejected
A．A student paper on global warming history.
B．A plan for solar benches in the central park.
C．A team effort to ban plastic straws in canteens.
D．An app for dorm students to share leftover food.
B
The binder (活页夹) stared back at me. Yellowing papers and black-and-white photographs spilled out its sides. In handwritten Spanish, the label on its cover read Historia Antigua. Ancient History. This was clearly my grandfather’s handwriting. Within the first few pages, Abuelo had recounted centuries of our family’s history, including diaries, travelogues and letters from Abuelo’s youth — a treasure trove (宝库) of memories and research.
From that day on, I mostly read the Historia Antigua together with Abuelo. We discussed language, identity, and history; we drew and redrew family trees, and reviewed ancestors’ names and backstories as though they’d be coming over at any moment.
Recently, I began traveling the country to discuss my book about the search for traces of Abuelo’s father. What I’ve realized is that time and inertia (惰性) remain the biggest challenge to hearing our own stories. Once the guardians of the answers are gone, we are more likely to be left with heaps of documents to sort through — birth certificates, DNA results, unlabeled photographs — rather than hours of stories.
For those of us still lucky to do so, we must ask questions of our parents and grandparents now. Ask about otherwise ordinary objects that could contain clues about the past. Record kitchen table conversations or organize talk show-style interviews between older and younger relatives, with the rest of the family as the audience. If you are of an older generation, it is your turn to speak. Think about how you can make these stories come alive, and what tools you can use to spark interest among younger relatives.
Family stories are currency for survival. They make their way into the traditions we pick up along the journeys of our lives. They define who we are in worlds foreign and familiar, remembered now but forever at risk of being forgotten.
4. What is Historia Antigua mentioned in paragraph 1
A．A story collection.
B．A book on Spanish ancient history.
C．Grandfather’s diaries.
D．A collection of family documents.
5. What can prevent people from learning about family stories
A．The lack of interest in history.
B．The complexity of family trees.
C．The delay of recording them.
D．The absence of written records.
6. What does the author suggest readers do
A．Reorganize family documents.
B．Spend more time reading family history.
C．Create family stories to entertain our family.
D．Engage older generation to preserve family stories.
7. What message about family stories is conveyed in the last paragraph
A．They are hard to understand.
B．They are best left as mysteries.
C．They are essential for personal identity.
D．They are necessary to honor old generations.
C
Nowadays, various forms of technology and their applications have transformed our teenagers’ lives and our experiences as parents, most often not for the better. As the parent of a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old, I can say that not a week has gone by in nearly a decade that the use of such technologies hasn’t led to some form of disagreement. And at this point it’s clear that such is the experience of households all over the country. Endless elements of day-to-day life, including especially for young people learning and socialization, have been negatively impacted.
That’s why I am drawn to Jonathan Haidt’s work, The Amazing Generation. The first part includes background information on the rise of smartphones and the “attention economy”. It also has many infographics (信息图) and visuals, including one of my favorites, “Screen Time Calculator That You Can Use to Shock People. ” “1 hour per day=15 full days per year. 2 hours per day=1 full month per year. Etc.” This is a page I wouldn’t mind seeing hung on classroom walls, including the college classrooms where I teach.
The second part is a fictional story about six young people. In one scene, heavy social media user Alex finally joins his phone-free friend Jax at a skate park. Then, we see Jax trying out different skating skills in the background, by the end falling onto the ground after another heroic attempt, which are in contrast to Alex’s phone screen, which he has been glued to, from a nearby bench, first searching for skating tips then watching world championship skating highlights. The author ends by noting that while it is often thrilling to have the world at your fingertips, it’s hard to deny the losses that accumulate when real life trial-and-error is replaced by passive viewing.
That’s what The Amazing Generation can do — get young people thinking more critically about the products that shape their everyday lives.
8. What can we learn about the author’s family from paragraph 1
A．They look down upon each other’s learning ability.
B．Arguments constantly occur over the use of technology.
C．Disagreement mostly happens between the two children.
D．They envy the harmonious relationship in other households.
9. What is Screen Time Calculator about
A．The key to learning math.
B．The value of teenagers’ time.
C．The art of classroom management.
D．The amount of time spent on technology.
10. What does Jonathan Haidt intend to show by using the story of Jax and Alex
A．In-person experience matters a lot.
B．Training without guidance leads nowhere.
C．Too much screen time does harm to eyesight.
D．Champions’ experience is helpful for beginners.
11. Which of the following best describe The Amazing Generation
A．Plain and amusing.
B．Boring and hard to understand.
C．Practical and educational.
D．Imaginative and well-received.
D
Black Friday isn’t what it once was. Less than 15 years ago, it was common for people to wake up at early hours to drive to a store, where they would stand in line, waiting for the doors to open in order to get the best deals.
Those people stay, but not in the numbers they used to, thanks to online shopping. But as AI becomes fixed in people’s habits, it could have an increasingly large role in Black Friday.
A growing number of buyers will be depending on AI to help them find deals. Some 33% of the people in a 2025 survey said they plan to use AI as part of their holiday shopping double the number who did last year. Many say the tech could help them with gift ideas and product discovery. A separate study from another marketing platform (平台) found that 56% of buyers say they’ll use AI tools among Black Friday.
AI can do a lot more than help people think of creative gifts, of course. GenAI can research prices and recommend the best deal, in some cases even buying the products for you. And a growing number of people are taking advantage of that. Traffic from AI platforms to retail (零售) sites in July was up by 4,700%, according to Adobe Analytics. And the company says there will be an increase in AI usage of between 515% and 550% this holiday season, compared to 2024.
To use AI for finding deals, first make a clear list or what you want to buy. Be very specific about the product details when asking the chatbot. For example, if you want a computer, mention the exact model and your preferences. The AI will then search for the best prices and may also suggest cash-back apps. However, always check the results on the store’s website yourself, as prices can change quickly. This method saves you time and makes holiday shopping easier.
12. What do we know about Black Friday from the first two paragraphs
A．It was started about 15 years ago.
B．It has been influenced by the Internet.
C．It changes people’s shopping habits.
D．It has become less popular than before.
13. How does the author describe the growing trend of using AI while shopping
A．By listing figures.
B．By quoting experts.
C．By defining concepts.
D．By comparing platforms.
14. What does the author suggest readers do with AI tools in the last paragraph
A．Rely on the results entirely.
B．Reconsider your own preferences.
C．Take the unstable prices into account.
D．Check the cash- back apps regularly.
15. What can be a suitable title for the text
A．AI: a decision- maker in pricing
B．AI: a game-changer for shopping
C．Online shopping: a thing of the past
D．Online shopping: a booming industry
七选五
Forest bathing is the practice of immersing (沉浸) yourself in nature in a mindful way. It is also known as Shinrin-yoku. ____16____ The idea took birth in Japan in the 1980s and proved to be a very effective way to overcome the ill effects of a busy life and stressful work environment.
One study found that spending time in a city park can have a positive impact on a person’s sense of well-being. ____17____ Aside from city parks, the more in-depth practice of forest bathing has been found to lower blood pressure, heart rate, and levels of harmful hormones. This can help put you in a more calm and relaxed state.
While the word “forest” is in the name of this practice, don’t worry — heading out to a heavily wooded area isn’t required. You could take a trip to a nearby park, the beach, or any natural setting. Just be sure to turn off or silence your phone or other devices. The key is to practice mindfulness (专注) . ____18____
Once you’ve arrived at your destination, take a few deep breaths and center yourself. ____19____ Sit and watch how the trees sway (摇摆) in the wind or simply walk around. If you decide to walk, go at an easy pace and without a specific destination in mind.
____20____ If you don’t have that much time to spare, that’s OK. You can start with a shorter amount of time. Plus, the goal of forest bathing is to relax and it should be an activity you look forward to and enjoy.
A．That means being present and fully in the moment.
B．“Shinrin” means forest and “Yoku” stands for bathing.
C．Spend a few moments simply looking at your surroundings.
D．That’s why big cities have parks throughout their busy streets.
E．You need to tie your forest bathing practice to your journey routine.
F．A general guideline is to practice forest bathing for at least 20 minutes every day.
G．The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries created the term Shinrin-yoku.
二、完形填空
When Mysha decided to improve her fitness in late 2019, taking up running was a no-brainer. She lives in a beautiful town on Scotland’s east coast, so she found ___21___ wasn’t so bad, with breathtaking scenery.
Yet even though Mysha quickly fell in love with running, something started to ___22___ her ― the beaches and paths she ran along were covered in litter. ___23___, she was always doing a little litter-picking, but when she saw an American runner online talking about plogging, a new ___24___ emerging among runners, she was excited to try it out for herself, Plogging ___25___ in Sweden, and the word comes from the Swedish word ploka, meaning “to ___26___ while jogging”. Mysha started following a(n) ___27___ online called Environmental Fitness and began to take a shopping bag with her on runs and fill it with ___28___.
It wasn’t long until she uncovered some of the upsetting ___29___ of littering. She started to find ___30___ chemicals contained in batteries leaking into the environment and small animals ___31___ in plastic bottles struggling to chew their way out. These discoveries made Mysha even more ___32___ about litter picking. She joined her local litter-picking group and soon was asked to ___33___ leadership of the group. Despite the big volumes of litter being dropped, Mysha and her fellow litter-pickers ___34___ to get out and plog.
“The thought of keeping other people's spirits up and seeing their ___35___ spread to more people keeps me going. Together, we can achieve amazing things!” Mysha says.
21. A．jogging B．skating C．cycling D．hiking
22. A．puzzle B．excite C．bother D．amuse
23. A．Proudly B．Actually C．Secretly D．Luckily
24. A．trend B．skill C．lesson D．trick
25. A．existed B．renewed C．advanced D．originated
26. A．relax B．pick C．think D．recycle
27. A．order B．rule C．initiative D．tradition
28. A．food B．clothes C．tools D．waste
29. A．truths B．processes C．instances D．consequences
30. A．rare B．poisonous C．organic D．unstable
31. A．raised B．trapped C．placed D．buried
32. A．curious B．worried C．passionate D．confused
33. A．take over B．insist on C．turn down D．rise to
34. A．ceased B．hesitated C．attempted D．continued
35. A．actions B．dreams C．hobbies D．memories
三、语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Classic of Mountains and Seas, also known as Shan Hai Jing, is one of the most mysterious and important ancient Chinese texts. It ___36___ (compose) during the late Warring States period and the Han Dynasty, over 2,000 years ago.
This book is not just a collection of ___37___ (myth) but an encyclopedia(百科全书) of ancient geography, history, astronomy, medicine, and folklore. It records more than 550 mountains, 300 seas, and countless strange creatures with unique features, many of ___38___ are half-human and half-animal, like the nine-tailed fox and the dragon-like beasts having magical powers.
One famous creature from Shan Hai Jing is Ji Liang, a legendary horse with a white body, a red mane ___39___ golden eyes. Ancient people believed that riding it would bring them a long life. The symbolic significance was perfectly shown in the song Ji Liang performed at the Spring Festival Gala of 2026, ___40___ (win) a great deal of praise from the audience.
Today, the book ___41___ (wide) influences modern art, literature, video games, and films. It has been translated into many languages, including English, French, and Japanese. ___42___ (understand) ancient Chinese culture and imagination, scholars around the world study it and their research casts new light ___43___ the deep meaning of ancient Chinese mythology.
It reminds us that curiosity about ___44___ unknown is part of human nature, and ancient stories are still ___45___ (attract) in the modern world.
四、书信写作（演讲稿）
46. 假定你是李华，你校英文报将举办一场主题为“Music Benefits Me a Lot”的演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：
1．音乐在你生活中的作用；
2．音乐对你产生影响的一次经历。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80个左右；
Hello, everyone!
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
That’s all. Thank you!
五、单词拼写
47. There is strong and comprehensive evidence that the rise in temperature has led to an increase in extreme weather and natural disasters worldwide, not only causing serious damage, but also ________ (使丧失，使损失) human lives.
48. With such c________ (运动) in effect, China’s waterways are heading towards a clean and sustainable future.
49. I prefer your _________ (最初的) plan to these, where all the measures originate from practice and in turn serve practice.
50. We were _________ (聊天；闲聊) about how to observe the Spring Festival when our head came in.
51. Many English words have their ________ (起源) in Latin and Greek.
52. To reach the goal of change, a person must show some d________ (自制力) and repeatedly take many small steps.
53. In the art market, no one can g________ (保证) that an artist will be a good i________ (投资).
54. To prevent harmful habits like these from d________ (控制) a teenager’s life is essential.
55. We could try to replace a n______ (消极的) routine with something more positive.
56. The painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass, made with extraordinary skill, has remained p________ (永久的) in the museum’s collection.
57. The mystery of the ancient ruins still ________ (使困惑) historians today.
58. It was not polite to d________ (打扰) your neighbors with loud music last night.
70. The trials on patients were likely to be ________ (推迟) because they did not have sufficient safety data.
71. His c________ (批评) of the painting was based on its lack of originality.
六、短语汉译英
59. 喜爱;喜欢 _____________
60. 关心;忧虑;惦念 _____________
61. 改变主意 _____________
62. 下决心;决定 _____________
63. 投降;屈服;让步 _____________
64. 张贴;搭建 _____________
65. 自从;自……以后 _____________
66. 照常 _____________
67. 在午夜 _____________
68. 使某人对……感兴趣 _____________
69. 梦想 _____________
七、整句汉译英
72. 一家简单的餐厅就是他经常吃同样的食物的地方。(用where引导表语从句)
________________________________________________
73. 他过去常常用很多实际的例子和简单的语言来解释看似困难的东西。
________________________________________________
74. 总的来说，我们应该向所有帮助过我们的人表达感谢。（extend thanks to sb.；定语从句）
________________________________________________
75. 烟花正在被燃放，突然间点亮了整个夜空。（被动语态；分词作伴随状语）
________________________________________________
参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.C 2.D 3.A
4.D 5.C 6.D 7.C
8.B 9.D 10.A 11.C
12.B 13.A 14.C 15.B
16.G 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.F
二、完形填空
21.A 22.C 23.B 24.A 25.D
26.B 27.C 28.D 29.D 30.B
31.B 32.C 33.A 34.D 35.A
三、语法填空
36.was composed 37.myths 38.which 39.and 40.winning
41.widely 42.To understand 43.on 44.the 45.attractive
四、演讲稿范文
Hello, everyone!
Music is an important part of my daily life. It can calm me down when I feel stressed and cheer me up when I am upset.
Last month, I failed an important exam and felt really sad. I listened to soft piano music every night. Slowly, I regained confidence and made up my mind to work harder.
Music brings me warmth and strength. Let’s enjoy music and let it benefit us all.
That’s all. Thank you!
五、单词拼写
47.costing
48.campaigns
49.original
50.chatting
51.origins
52.discipline
53.guarantee; investment
54.dominating
55.negative
56.permanent
57.puzzles
58.disturb
70.postponed
71.criticism
六、短语汉译英
59.be fond of
60.care about
61.change one’s mind
62.make up one’s mind
63.give in
64.put up
65.ever since
66.as usual
67.at midnight
68.make sb. interested in…
69.dream of / dream about
七、整句翻译答案
72. A simple restaurant is where he often eats the same food.
73. He used to explain things that seemed difficult with lots of practical examples and simple language.
74. In general, we should extend thanks to all the people who have helped us.
75. Fireworks are being let off, lighting up the whole night sky suddenly.

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