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2025-2026学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题
一、完形填空
Bernard, the 82-year-old retired police officer, was heartbroken when he ____1____ his precious medal. His house was broken into last December. The thief took away some jewelry, some cash and his treasured medal given for his 32 years of ____2____ with Liverpool Police Station. He believed the medal was gone forever.
Three months later, David, a young volunteer pulled the medal from a river in a “one-in-a-million” catch. The young man was in a litter clean-up programme in Liverpool. He had been using a large magnet (磁铁) to ____3____ metal rubbish out of the river for 30 minutes when he found a small blue metal box.
“I would have never found the medal if we hadn’t ____4____ all the rubbish in the river first,” said David. “At first, we found old bits of shopping carts and other metal items but about half an hour later, I pulled out the ____5____ , and it’s got ‘Police Long Service Medal’ written on it, It really was like finding a needle in a haystack (干草堆).”
____6____, the medal was carved with Bernard’s name and the medal number, which David used to ____7____ the senior’s phone number online. The retired police officer was ____8____ when he received a call saying the medal had been found in a river, still in its metal box. And when he was told it would be ____9____ to him by the young man who found it, his face lit up. David then planned a visit to meet Bernard and returned the medal to him.
“This was truly the best ____10____ for cleaning up that rubbish... It’s amazing,” David said.
1. A．damaged B．lost C．sold D．dirtied
2. A．business B．communication C．cooperation D．service
3. A．net B．site C．cup D．fish
4. A．tackled B．deserted C．recycled D．buried
5. A．magnet B．rubbish C．box D．jewelry
6. A．Apparently B．Thankfully C．Gradually D．Consequently
7. A．track B．recall C．record D．dial
8. A．nervous B．astonished C．proud D．embarrassed
9. A．awarded B．submitted C．presented D．addressed
10. A．drive B．proof C．wish D．reward
二、语法填空
A
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Many common things around the house are very useful. For example, warm water can be used for cleaning. When salt is put ____11____ warm water, it can help ease a sore throat. Warm water can also be used to make an orange taste better. The secret is the warmth of the water. The fruit becomes sweeter, ____12____ the warm water lowers its level of sourness. Another example is ____13____ you can try a banana peel when your shoes look dirty. The tannin in the peel works like magic, making your shoes shiny and bright!
B
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Not all inventions have been the result of a ____14____ (care) plan. In the 1940s, an American scientist, Percy Spencer, was trying to make a machine, with the hope that it ____15____ (use) radio waves to detect warplanes. One day, after the experiment, Spencer found that a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. Spencer then placed some corn in front of the machine. Soon, the corn was popping everywhere. Thus, the microwave oven (微波炉) ____16____ (invent) by chance．
C
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
A group of large white birds with black faces appear in the sky. There are only about six hundred of them ____17____ (leave) in the world. These beautiful black-faced spoonbills are some of the world’s ____18____ (rare) birds. The birds have flown all the way from their summer home to this wetland, ____19____ they will spend the winter. Now, they circle and land. Many people are crowding by the lake and then begin to shoot them. Is this the end for the spoonbills No. The people are bird-watchers, ____20____ (shoot) photographs.
三、阅读理解
A
Every year, young, talented, and ambitious nature conservationists from all over the world participate in the presentation of the Future For Nature (FFN) Award, an honorable international award.
The Future For Nature aims to:
Reward and fund individuals for their outstanding efforts in the protection of species of wildlife.
Encourage winners to sustain their dedicated work.
· Help winners to raise their profiles, extend their professional network and strengthen their funding basis.
Benefits
The winners each receive 50,000 euros and may make their own decision to spend the money in the service of nature conservation.
FFN offers the winners a platform and brings their stories to the attention of conservationists, financiers and a wide audience, allowing them to increase their impact and gain more access to funds.
FFN is building a growing family of winners, dedicated people who form a community of people with the same interest. FFN offers them the opportunity to meet each other and continue to learn with each other in order to continue their fight for nature as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Qualifications
The candidate (候选人):
Must be born on or after the 31st May 1988 and before the 28th of August 2005.
Is able to explain his/her conservation work in fluent English (written and spoken)
Has achieved substantial and long-term benefits to the conservation status of one or more animal or plant species.
Must be determined to continue his/her conservation work, as the Award aims to stimulate the winner’s future work. It is not an “end of career” prize.
Additional Remarks
For the 2024 Future For Future Awards, we are again searching for natural leaders, who have proven that they can make a difference in species’ survival.
From all applications, 6 to 10 nominees (被提名者) will be selected. These applicants will be asked to provide additional information, which will be used to select the final Awardees. Ultimately, three inspiring wildlife heroes are selected as the winners.
Application Process: Apply online through the Apply Now link.
Application Deadline: 28th August, 2023
21. Which is one of the aims of the Future For Nature
A．To aid more green groups
B．To fund academic education.
C．To inspire conservation efforts.
D．To raise environmental awareness.
22. The winners will get the chance to _______.
A．consult top specialists
B．meet those who are of the same ambition
C．benefit the local community
D．promote self-created platforms
23. To apply for the 2024 Future For Nature Awards, candidates must ________.
A．meet the age requirement
B．apply via mail by the deadline
C．turn in the application in English
D．provide additional personal information
B
I wrestled her to the ground for the keys, literally. Indeed, when she opened the door to leave the house at 11 pm for the movies despite my words, I actually wrestled my 16-year-old daughter to the ground.
I did not know how to deal with a rebellious (叛逆的) teenager. We are a family of strong wills, from the top down. All my kids had pushed and argued. Everyone “kind of” followed the rules. As they got older, especially when they hit high school, I saw the power shifting, but it hadn’t been so obvious. I had not seen much in-your-face rebellion.
Until this happened.
I called Amy Speidel, a wise and practical parenting expert. She stayed on the phone with me and listened to my wild complaint about my disrespectful kid. She listened for almost two hours and then gave me some suggestions.
Amy told me that my daughter’s behavior was “developmentally appropriate”-she was supposed to test the boundaries. Amy also said that it was great that my daughter would be able to stand up for herself in a relationship that wasn’t working.
Those comments really made me feel awful. I hadn’t considered anything positive about her behavior — but outside of our mother-daughter relationship, I would never want to devalue my daughter’s strong will.
After talking with Amy, I realized that I was the one who needed help understanding discipline vs control. Honestly, I did hate that the responsibility was on me. I wanted permission to scream and punish. But I listened to Amy and here’s what I learned.
1. My daughter’s behavior was normal. That eased my fears that I had raised a terrible human and failed as a mother.
2. My daughter’s strong personality was a strength. That revelation was a huge gift. I value her qualities but don’t want them used against me. I will soften my response and listen to her.
3. I went crazy. In fact, I crossed a line. And that happens. But I learned to apologize and reset so that we could move forward.
My job, therefore, is to learn new responses that offer my daughter options and realistic consequences, not empty threats. And hopefully, this will change my relationship with my daughter.
24. What is the actual reason the author had a fight with her daughter
A．The daughter wouldn’t give her the keys.
B．The daughter didn’t come back until 11 pm.
C．The daughter insisted on going out late at night.
D．The daughter wanted to go to the movies with friends.
25. The comments made the author feel “awful” because_______.
A．she had helped her daughter to test boundaries
B．she didn’t treasure the mother-daughter relationship
C．she thought Amy was criticizing her daughter’s upbringing
D．she hadn’t noticed the desirable aspects of her daughter’s behavior
26. After the phone call, the author learned that ______.
A．her daughter’s strong character should be softened
B．she should constructively deal with conflict
C．her daughter should control her behavior
D．she should admit her failure as a mother
27. According to Amy, what should the author say if the same situation happens again
A．“Do you really think you can just walk out the door like that ”
B．“It’s not safe to be out so late. What about tomorrow afternoon ”
C．“It doesn’t matter whether you go out or not. I will support you.”
D．“You have been disrespectful and can’t go out tonight. Is that clear ”
C
Laughing together is an important way for people to connect and bond. And though the causes of laughter can vary widely across individuals and groups, the sound of a laugh is usually recognizable between people belonging to different cultures.
But what about animals Do they “laugh” And are the causes of animal and human laughter alike In humans, people may laugh when they hear a joke, or when they see something that they think is funny, though it’s unknown if animals’ intelligence includes what humans would call a sense of humor.
However, many animals produce sounds during play that are unique to that pleasant social interaction. Researchers consider such vocalizations to be similar to human laughter. Recently, scientists investigated play vocalization to see how common it was among animals. The team identified 65 species that “laughed” while playing — most were mammals (哺乳动物), but a few bird species demonstrated playful laughter too. Reports of playful laughter were notably absent in studies describing fish, perhaps because there is some question as to whether or not play exists at all in that animal group. This new study could help scientists to analyze the origins of human laughter.
But how can we identify play Unlike fighting, play is usually repetitive and happens independently of other social behaviors, said lead study author Sasha Winkler, a doctor of biological anthropology at the University of California. When it comes to identifying it, “you know it when you see it,” Winkler told Live Science. One sign is that primates — our closest relatives — have a “play face” that is similar to the expressions of humans who are playing.
When Winkler previously worked with rhesus macaques, she had noticed that the monkeys panted (喘气) quietly while playing. Many other primates are also known to vocalize during play, she said, so a hypothesis (laughter in humans is thought to have originated during play) supported by the play-related panting laughter of many primate species was put forward.
People now still laugh during play, but we also integrate laughter into language and non-play behaviors, using laughter in diverse ways to express a range of emotions that may be positive or negative. Human laughter notably differs from other animals’ laughter in another important way: its volume. People broadcast their laughter loudly, often as a way of establishing inclusion. By comparison, when most animals laugh, the sound is very quiet — just loud enough to be heard by the laugher’s partner.
“It’s really fascinating that so many animals have a similar function of vocalization during play,” Winkler told Live Science. “But we do have these unique parts of human laughter that are also an important area for future study."
28. What is the main purpose of the passage
A．To explain causes of animal and human laughter.
B．To assess complexities regarding animal laughter.
C．To present findings on the existence of animal laughter.
D．To analyze differences between animal and human laughter.
29. What can we learn from this passage
A．Animal laughter is even noticeable in fish.
B．Animal laughter is hard to recognize during play.
C．People have learned to combine play with laughter.
D．People laugh loudly because they want to involve others.
30. What is probably the focus of future study on laughter
A．Distinctive features of human laughter.
B．Different functions of animal laughter.
C．The origin and development of human laughter.
D．The relationship between animal laughter and intelligence.
D
Arguably, the biggest science development of the year to date has been the images of the very depths of the universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Those images beg a comparison between the external and internal universes that science is bent on observing and understanding.
Decades ago, astrophysicist Carl Sagan famously said, “The universe is also within. We’re made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself. ” He was commenting then on the reality that our internal universe was as complex and as fantastic as the outer space.
There are many similarities between the progress we’ve made in understanding the universe and in piecing together life’s inner workings. Like the technological developments that took us from Galileo’s telescope to the Hubble to the JWST, life science tools have also improved rapidly. From early light microscopes to modern super-resolution ones, these developments have afforded researchers a deep look into biology’s infinitesimal (无限小的) landscape. Learning that living things were composed of cells was, not a terribly long time ago, a revolutionary observation. Since then, scientists have been able to dive ever deeper into the components of life.
Going beyond merely observing the complicated makeup of organisms, life scientists can now discover the workings of molecules (分子). And that is where scanning the universe differs from peering into biology. Understanding the universe, especially from a functional standpoint, is not necessarily an immediate urgency. Understanding biology on that level is. Simply observing the amazing internal structure of cells is not enough. Biologists must also characterize how all those parts interact and change in different environments and when faced with various challenges. Being able to image a virus or bacterium is nice at the level of basic science. But knowing how viruses gain entry into cells and spread, infect, and disable can literally save lives. Through time, biology has risen to this mechanistic challenge. Not only can life science tools produce images of cell components, even more importantly, they can help predict the effects of drugs on receptors, of immune cells on foreign invaders (入侵者), and of genetic perturbations (基因干扰) on development and aging.
This is not to belittle the work of scientists researching into universe. They should rightly be praised for delivering views of impossibly distant, impossibly massive phenomena. My aim is to celebrate these accomplishments while at the same time recognizing that science’s inward search for detail and insight is equally impressive and, in my view, more urgent. The output of both the outward and inward explorations should stimulate wonder in everyone. After all, it’s all star-stuff.
31. Why does the author quote Carl Sagan’s comment in Paragraph 2
A．To introduce the background.
B．To prove an assumption.
C．To make a comparison.
D．To present an idea.
32. Like the study of the universe, life science has been advancing in ________.
A．study approaches
B．system management
C．research facilities
D．technology integration
33. We can infer from Paragraph 4 that biologists’ work is ________.
A．practical
B．risky
C．flexible
D．popular
34. As for life science, which would the author agree with
A．It has received universal recognition.
B．It should enjoy priority in development.
C．It can be applied in the majority of areas.
D．It is more complicated than space science.
七选五
With climate change continuing to worsen, our situation is beginning to feel increasingly serious. ____35____ Is it right Maybe not.
Techno-optimism is one of the greatest misconceptions when it comes to solutions to ensure our future. It can be defined as a belief that future technologies will solve all of our current problems. This definition reinforces (强化) the idea that there’s no reason to panic or change our current energy-intensive lifestyle. All society needs to do is look to green technology to work its magic. ____36____
One of the best examples of this optimistic misconception is the electric car. Despite being highly regarded as an eco-friendly way to get around, electric cars are not the end for the future of transport. Batteries in electric cars use chemical elements which we could be seeing a shortage of by the midcentury. ____37____ Techno-optimism has led many to believe that if everyone just switched to driving electric vehicles, we would be making incredible steps towards sustainability. However, the reality is that the amount of resources and energy needed to produce enough electric vehicles for everyone is not even remotely sustainable.
____38____ Investing in public transportation and moving away from individually owned vehicles. Producing fewer cars. Improving recycling practices of old batteries. The solutions we seek should not be rooted in new technology, but be about changing the way our society functions.
Techno-optimism puts too much emphasis on technology and not enough on what we can do right this minute. Unfortunately, people seem to like the picture that techno-optimism paints. ____39____ It is important to understand that the problem begins when we see those technologies as a way to make our current lifestyles eco-friendly. Until we are ready to face the need for a less complex life, we cannot make true progress towards sustainability.
A．So where should we look for answers instead
B．The modern world’s simple solution is technology.
C．Moreover, they are more energy intensive to produce.
D．Is it a trap that many people have fallen into in recent years
E．Unfortunately, this is an incredibly dangerous opinion to hold.
F．Despite any technology, we as a whole are not living sustainably.
G．Nevertheless, the truth is, we need a widespread change in our lifestyles.
阅读表达
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。
As a novice teacher at a kindergarten, I spent a lot of time observing the interaction between experienced teachers and their students. Oftentimes when kids fall, they don’t start crying immediately. Usually kids will be OK until they lock eyes with an adult: one that they trust and know can do something for them. When I noticed this, I so wanted it to happen to me, because that meant I had earned a kid’s trust and had proven that I was able to help them with anything.
One day it finally happened. Hearing a kid yell, “Teacher, Sam fell down.” I rushed out and found Sam, who was looking puzzled. When our eyes locked, his lower lips started trembling and tears welled up in his eyes. He ran towards me and let me give him a big hug. We checked to make sure he wasn’t hurt. It was in that moment that I realized something odd. Sam’s vulnerability and coming to me for help was supposed to give me more power. But strangely, the power,I felt,shifted more to Sam, because he was giving me a privilege: a gift for me to do something for someone.
With everything I learned from teaching in the kindergarten, I went to conquer other things in life. Later I landed a job to work extensively with volunteers. I loved the relationship I was building there and the feeling of being asked for help.
Over time, I increasingly pressured myself to stay busy and helpful. My self-worth became associated with my performance at work, which brought about one of the lowest moments of my life. Even then, my mind was running at a hyper speed into problem-solving mode and it didn’t even occur to me that I could ask for help. I was surrounded by so many people who cared for me,but I just couldn’t see them. Finally, my good friend had to literally hold me by my shoulders and force me to ask for help. With their ongoing support, I overcame one difficulty after another.
I love helping others and I firmly believe others are willing to help me. We all want to be the best self in life: strong, independent and self-reliant,but we don’t always have to be. Let’s start asking for help more often, because helping Sams is a privilege and a gift.
40. Why did the author want the kids to turn to her for help
________________________________________________________________
41. What led to one of the author’s lowest moments in life
________________________________________________________________
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
The author overcame the difficulties on her own when she was having a tough time.
________________________________________________________________
43. From this story, what can you learn about “help” (In about 40 words)
________________________________________________________________
四、书信写作
44. 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部门负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：
1．对该岗位的认识；
2．说明你的优势。
注意：1．词数不少于100；
2．提示：义务讲解员volunteer guide
3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
一、完形填空
1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.D
二、语法填空
11.in
12.because
13.that
14.careful
15.would use
16.was invented
17.left
18.rarest
19.where
20.shooting
三、阅读理解
A
21.C 22.B 23.A
B
24.C 25.D 26.B 27.B
C
28.C 29.D 30.A
D
31.D 32.C 33.A 34.B
七选五
35.B 36.E 37.C 38.A 39.G
阅读表达参考答案
40. Because that meant she had earned kids’ trust and proved she could help them with anything.
41. She pressured herself to stay busy and helpful, linking self-worth to work performance.
42. False part: on her own. Explanation: Her friend forced her to ask for help and she got support from others to beat difficulties.
43. Offering help is a precious privilege. Meanwhile, we don’t need to stay independent all the time; it’s acceptable and necessary to turn to others for help.
四、书信写作范文
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m Li Hua from Hongxing Middle School. I’m writing to apply to be a volunteer English guide at the Palace Museum this summer vacation.
As far as I’m concerned, this job is a bridge to spread splendid traditional Chinese culture to foreign visitors. It requires rich knowledge of ancient royal history and fluent oral English to deliver vivid introductions.
I’m perfectly qualified for this post. I’ve learnt a lot about the Palace Museum’s history and relics from books and documentaries. Besides, I speak English fluently and once took part in an English speech contest. More importantly, I’m patient, outgoing and ready to spare my spare time for voluntary work.
I sincerely hope I can get this chance to introduce our brilliant culture to the world.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

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