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2025-2026学年度下学期高二期中考试英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解
A
Sports festivals include various games held to honour sportsmanship. They can have modern, traditional or special-rule games, with fun as the main goal. Every festival is a test of skills, courage and the wish to be the best. Many traditional sports festivals exist, and we will look at some of them next.
Calcio Storico
Calcio Storico is one of the most ancient football festival celebrated till date. The celebrations include three games played in late June and early July each year in honour of Florence's Patron Saint. It’s held in Italian city of Florence every year.
Litang Horse Festival
The Litang Horse Festival is a much awaited horse festival organized in the village of Litang in Sichuan province of China. It has become a great place for Khampas (康巴人) from southern China and Tibet to trade, celebrate and ride horses. The Litang Horse festival is held generally the first week in August and it usually runs for a week. This exciting festival helps local nomads (游牧民) live a better life.
Cheese Rolling Festival
The Cheese Rolling Festival is one of the most special events in the world today. It is held every May in England. The festival takes place on Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in the UK’s Cotswolds area. It first began as a local event for the villagers of Brockworth, but now it has become a popular festival enjoyed by people all over the world.
Holmenkollen Ski Festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is the world’s oldest famous ski jump competition still held today. It takes place every year in Holmenkollen, a town in Oslo, Norway. Its most special part is the ski jumping tower. Since the festival started in 1892, the ski jump on the tower has been extended (扩建) 18 times. Now it stands 60 metres above ground and 417 metres above sea level.
1. When is football festival in Florence held
A．In spring.
B．In summer.
C．In autumn.
D．In winter.
2. Where can visitors meet Khampas
A．In Litang.
B．In Florence.
C．In Brockworth.
D．In Holmenkollen.
3. What is special about Holmenkollen Ski Festival
A．It is a trade centre for local nomads.
B．It takes place in early July every year.
C．It has an extended ski jumping tower.
D．It includes activities like cheese rolling.
B
Fan Siyan was born in 1990 in Pizhou, a city in Jiangsu Province. After she graduated from university in 2012, she faced a dilemma (两难): accept a comfortable, decent-paying job in a busy city or return to her hometown to work in the fields, where she was raised. After much consideration, she chose the latter. In this way, she could use her knowledge to help her fellow villagers live better.
Shortly after she moved back, Fan found out many of the farmers suffered economic losses because they lacked technical skills. She quickly realized agriculture was not simply planting and harvesting; rather, it required constant learning and exploration. She began studying agricultural techniques, and consulting experts, and she gradually gained rich practical experience.
“To grow a business, one cannot just rely on their own strength,” Fan has said many times. In 2016, she co-founded Dazhuang Agricultural Science and Technology Development Company with several like-minded partners. They developed a demonstration base to promote a modern, industrialized vegetable plantation, which covered 6 hectares of land. They worked tirelessly as they conducted research, developed vegetable seeds, and promoted agricultural technologies. Now the company has expanded its seedling base from 6 hectares to 38 hectares.
In 2022, Fan established a field women’s home. She held various training sessions, addressing marketing, planting techniques and family management. By the end of 2024, Fan had helped more than 200 women secure jobs, 19 women start family farms, and 41 women further their education. With her help, many rural women have begun businesses. Together, those women have become a vital force in rural revitalization (振兴).
Fan’s efforts have earned her widespread recognition. She was chosen as a March 8th Red-Banner Holder in 2023. Fan says she will continue leading villagers in working hard and using practical actions to shoulder the responsibility of being a “new farmer”. She believes, with a collective effort, rural areas will become even more beautiful and brilliant.
4. Why did Fan decide to return home
A．To find a decent and high-paying job.
B．To explore agricultural techniques.
C．To escape the stressful life in big cities.
D．To apply her knowledge to helping villagers.
5. What did Fan discover soon after moving back
A．Farming required science.
B．Farming had low profits.
C．Farmers needed economic aid.
D．Farmers ignored education.
6. What did Fan stress in paragraph 3
A．The hardship in running a business.
B．The significance of strong leadership.
C．The great power of cooperation.
D．The prospect of modern agriculture.
7. What is the purpose of Fan’s field women’s home
A．To help women find jobs in cities.
B．To offer positions to rural women.
C．To manage family issues for women.
D．To improve women’s overall ability.
C
Why do people seek out information about an ex's new relationships, read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful Because humans are born with the need to resolve uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will seek to avoid their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will hurt.
In a series of four experiments, the students were tested on their willingness to expose themselves to disgusting stimuli（刺激物）in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one trial, each participant was shown a pile of pens, half of which would deliver an electric shock when clicked. Twenty-seven students were informed of the exact pens; another 27 were told only that some were electrified. When left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and brought more shocks than the students who knew what would happen. The following experiments copied this effect with other stimuli, such as the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.
The drive to discover is deeply-rooted in humans, just like the basic drive for food, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago, a co-author of the paper. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct（本能）—it can lead to new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such inquiry can backfire. “The insight that curiosity can drive you to do self-destructive things is a profound one,” says George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and phychology at Carnegie Mellon University who has pioneered the scientific study of curiosity.
Morbid（病态的）curiosity is possible to resist however. In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to predict how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to choose to see such an image. These results suggest that imagining the outcome of following through on one's curiosity ahead of time can help determine whether it is worth the risk. “Thinking about long term consequences is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity,” Hsee says. In other words, don't red online comments.
8. Why do people read negative internet comments according to the passage
A．To broaden the horizon.
B．To ease their pain.
C．To preserve their reputation.
D．To satisfy their curiosity.
9. What writing technique is used in Paragraph 2
A．Giving examples.
B．Describing facts.
C．Making comparisons.
D．Explaining causes.
10. What does the underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 3 mean
A．Add fuel to the fire.
B．Cause a sudden explosion.
C．Produce an opposite effect.
D．Provide approval and support.
11. How can morbid curiosity be resisted
A．By predicting potential outcomes.
B．By participating in more experiments.
C．By reading negative online comments.
D．By considering the positive consequences.
D
On the night of February 16, 2026, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala surprised the world with a special program called WuBOT. Unlike previous years where robots moved slowly in lines, this time, over 20 humanoid robots performed Chinese Kung Fu together. They were made by a Chinese company called Unitree Robotics.
The robots, models G1 and H2, showed amazing skills. They could run fast, jump over tables, and even do backflips in the air. One robot jumped 3 meters high, nearly touching the ceiling of the studio! Another group of robots fought with wooden sticks against real Kung Fu students from a famous martial arts school. They moved so smoothly that some viewers thought the video was played backwards.
What made this performance special was that the robots acted autonomously. This means no humans controlled them with remote controls during the show. They used 3D lasers and sensors to “see” the stage and each other. If one robot made a mistake or was pushed, it could correct itself in milliseconds.
“The goal is not just to perform on stage,” said Wang Xingxing, the founder of Unitree. “We want these robots to help people in factories and homes in the future. The Spring Festival Gala is a great place to show how far Chinese technology has come.”
Many young students watched the show and felt proud. “I never thought robots could do Kung Fu so well,” said Li Hua, a 14-year-old student from Jinan, “It makes me want to study science and create useful robots for our country.”
12. What was the main difference between the 2026 robot performance and previous ones
A．The robots moved slowly in straight lines.
B．The robots moved fast and did difficult Kung Fu moves.
C．The robots were controlled by humans with remote controls.
D．The robots only danced without any martial arts skills.
13. How did the robots know where to move on the stage
A．They followed the instructions of the directors.
B．They watched the other human performers.
C．They used 3D lasers and sensors to see the environment.
D．They memorized the map of the stage before the show.
14. According to Wang Xingxing, why did they show the robots on the Gala
A．To entertain the audience.
B．To replace human workers in the film industry.
C．To show technological progress and future use in daily life.
D．To prove the robots are better than human Kung Fu masters.
15. Which of the following statement best reflects the author’s attitude to the WuBOT program
A．Skeptical.
B．Indifferent.
C．Sympathetic.
D．Favorable.
七选五
If you’re walking through Boston during a downpour, make sure to keep your eyes on the pavement. ____16____
Titled “Raining Poetry”, this art installation was a collaboration (合作), which needs efforts between the nonprofit Mass Poetry and the city of Boston. The first poems were installed to honour the start of National Poetry Month. ____17____ The poems are invisible during dry and sunny weather, but they appear like magic once raindrops start falling from the sky.
The poems were selected by Danielle Legros Georges, Boston’s poet laureate (桂冠诗人). Scattered throughout the city, Georges selected the poems mainly based on their relationship to Boston. ____18____
The poems were installed by members of the Mayor’s Mural Crew, an organization that introduces young artists to the process of creating public art. The poems can be fixed to the sidewalk in minutes. It will wear away in six to eight weeks. ____19____ “It’s a public art project, as the poems are and will be installed in public sites in Boston, and meant for everyone,” Georges said. “I think this is a wonderful way to bring poetry to the people.”
____20____ They are in neighborhoods from Hyde Park to Roslindale. While all of the poems currently installed are written in English, Siegel hopes to add new ones in the many languages. “Our hope is in the next two years everyone in the state will encounter a poem in their daily lives at least once or twice a month,” Siegel tells Guerra. “This is a fun and unusual way to do that.”
A．The poems appear throughout the city.
B．Several more were added since then.
C．You might just see a poem appear before your eyes.
D．Another factor was their general themes of water and rain.
E．Bostonians wandering the city streets in the rain may have come across poems.
F．So if you’re out and about in Beantown the next time it rains, keep an eye to the ground.
G．However, the city of Boston and Mass Poetry plan on carpeting city sidewalks with more poems.
第二部分 完形填空
There are lots of ways to raise awareness for a cause. Usually, the ____21____ the idea is, the more it gets noticed. And that’s precisely why one ____22____ Frenchman has caught our attention.
Baptiste Dubanchet is biking across Europe, surviving ____23____ on discarded (丢弃) food. The three-month, 1,900-mile journey from Paris to Warsaw is Dubanchet’s ____24____ of raising awareness of food waste in Europe and throughout the world.
As you can ____25____, the trip is no piece of cake. While restaurants ____26____ tons of food each year, much of it remains inaccessible because of locked garbage containers, health regulations, or business policies. Only about one in ten places ____27____ him food that would otherwise be discarded. For legal reasons, most restaurants have a policy against ____28____ food waste. “Some people have even ____29____ their jobs by giving me food,” Dubanchet said.
What’s particularly interesting is the attitude various cities have toward Dubanchet’s cause. Berlin has been the ____30____ while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen. There, he had to ____31____ at some 50 different stores or restaurants before finding food. The ____32____ is all the more serious when you consider the ____33____ exercise required to bike from France to Poland.
“I have to get food fast because after all the biking I am tired and I need the ____34____,” Dubanchet explained. “Is my ____35____ full or empty That is the most important thing, not what I am eating.”
He aims to finish his journey by mid-July. With any luck, he’ll turn a few more heads in the process.
21. A．cleverer B．older C．stranger D．simpler
22. A．garbage-eating B．sports-loving C．food-wasting D．law-breaking
23. A．secretly B．finally C．entirely D．probably
24. A．purpose B．way C．opinion D．dream
25. A．observe B．imagine C．suggest D．remember
26. A．store B．cook C．shop for D．throw away
27. A．bought B．ordered C．offered D．sold
28. A．begging for B．giving away C．hiding D．causing
29. A．abandoned B．kept C．accepted D．risked
30. A．easiest B．nearest C．biggest D．richest
31. A．work B．shout C．ask D．jump
32. A．competition B．conversation C．conflict D．challenge
33. A．adequate B．rewarding C．demanding D．suitable
34. A．spirit B．energy C．time D．effort
35. A．stomach B．hand C．pocket D．basket
第三部分 语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When it comes to the Chinese culture, we can’t ignore the importance of tea. Tea culture not only includes tea production, tea brewing, tea art and ceremony, but also ____36____ (contain) artistic value and traditional Chinese philosophy. It is linked ____37____ literature, art and religion. In the Tang Dynasty, ____38____ Buddhists were thinking, they found tea could reduce sleepiness and clear the mind. Therefore tea drinking was promoted and became ____39____ artistic enjoyment among the public.
Before the Song Dynasty, people used to put tea into a pot ____40____ (fill) with water and cook it. And then the traditional tea cooking was gradually replaced by the tea competition. In tea tasting, people brought their own tea and water and judged the quality of teas by ____41____ (check) the color and foam of the water. During the North Song Dynasty, tea competition was widespread ____42____ brought to Japan. It gradually became the popular “chado” or tea ceremony in Japan.
Drinking tea is not only a ____43____ (health) habit for people, but also a cultural activity in Chinese daily life. The Chinese believe drinking tea can be helpful ____44____ (clean) the mind. People who love tea can ____45____ (easy) find inner peace and happiness.
第四部分 书面表达
第一节 短文写作
46. 假设你是李华，近期观看了正在热播的抗战电视剧《八千里路云和月》（Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon），对剧中人物展现出的精神品质深受触动，请你给校英语报“光影之声”栏目写一篇英文影评。内容包括：
剧集主要内容
时间：抗日战争时期
人物：张云魁（将军），孟万福（厨子）
剧情：张云魁的部队被打败，他被冤枉成逃兵，他没有放弃，改名换姓后加入新四军继续抗日。孟万福在战场上被张云魁所救，受托照顾他的家人。大家都坚守家国信念，为国家不懈战斗。
最感动的情节或人物
张云魁受到不公平的对待后，不关心个人名声，而是把保卫国家放在第一位。他不怕牺牲，带领战友一直和日军战斗。
这部剧带给我的感受或启示……
注意： 1.词数100左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
相关表达：TV series 电视剧 the war against Japanese invaders 抗日战争
general 将军 the New Fourth Army 新四军 deserter 逃兵
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第二节 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。
Mason, a 16-year-old from New Zealand, had just started his exchange year at a Chinese high school. The school was full of energy, and the students seemed warm and welcoming. However, Mason often felt nervous because of the language barrier (障碍).
Although Mason had studied some Chinese before, he was still not confident, especially when it came to Chinese writing. Spoken mistakes could be corrected quickly, but written ones stayed on the paper, clear for everyone to see. He worried that his classmates might laugh at him if he used the wrong words or made grammatical mistakes.
One Monday morning, Mason’s Chinese teacher gave the class a task. Each student needed to write a short text to introduce themselves. The letters would be posted on the class notice board. When Mason heard this, he felt a wave of fear. He stared at the blank page, not knowing where to start.
After class, Mason remained at his desk. His deskmate, Li Juan, noticed that Mason looked worried and asked him what was wrong. After a moment of silence, Mason shared his fear of writing in Chinese and being laughed at by others.
Li Juan smiled and shook her head. “Everyone makes mistakes while learning a new language,” she said. “We all learn by making them.” She encouraged Mason to write in simple Chinese and focus on expressing his ideas, without worrying too much about grammar. Li Juan even offered to help Mason check his letter later.
That night, Mason finally picked up his pen and began to write. He wrote slowly and carefully, choosing words he was familiar with. Though he was still nervous, he finished the letter and felt a sense of relief.
The next day, Mason walked into the classroom, holding his letter tightly in his hand, unsure of what would happen next.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
After class, Mason showed his text to Li Juan. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Mason’s surprise, no one laughed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
第一部分 阅读理解
1.B 2.A 3.C
4.D 5.A 6.C 7.D
8.D 9.A 10.C 11.A
12.B 13.C 14.C 15.D
16.C 17.B 18.D 19.G 20.A
第二部分 完形填空
21.C 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.B
26.D 27.C 28.B 29.D 30.A
31.C 32.D 33.C 34.B 35.A
第三部分 语法填空
36.contains 37.to 38.when/as 39.an 40.filled
41.checking 42.and 43.healthy 44.to clean 45.easily
第四部分 书面表达
46.参考范文
Dear editors,
Recently I watched the popular TV series Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon, which impressed me deeply.
Set in the war against Japanese invaders, it tells a touching story. General Zhang Yunkui’s army was defeated and he was wrongly called a deserter. Instead of giving up, he changed his name and joined the New Fourth Army to fight the Japanese. Meng Wanfu, a cook saved by Zhang, took good care of Zhang’s family. All of them stuck to their belief in our motherland.
What moves me most is General Zhang. Treated unfairly, he cared nothing about his fame but devoted himself to defending our country without fear of sacrifice.
This series teaches me we should always love our country and shoulder our responsibility.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
47.参考范文
After class, Mason showed his text to Li Juan. Li Juan read it patiently and pointed out several small grammar mistakes gently. She told Mason these errors were totally normal for new learners and helped him correct them one by one. She also praised his clear self-introduction and sincere feelings. With Li Juan’s help, Mason felt much more confident. He handed in his writing and waited anxiously for it to be posted on the notice board.
To Mason’s surprise, no one laughed. Many classmates came to read his introduction and gave him warm smiles. Some even talked with him to know more about New Zealand. Mason realized mistakes were just parts of learning. From then on, he dared to write more Chinese articles and gradually fitted in with his Chinese classmates.

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