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2025～2026学年第二学期高二英语期中测试试题
一、完形填空
The true warmth of life often arrives in the simplest ways. One morning, a freezing rain had transformed my car windows into frosted glass. As I set about dealing with it, I ___1___ a small note tucked against the driver’s side window. Pressed beneath a thin layer of ice, the handwriting remained ___2___: “This is ice, not snow. Slow starts, gentle turns, and early stops.” It was ___3___ by the elderly gentleman next door.
A sudden warmth cut through the morning chill, more comforting than any winter coat. Those simple instructions touched me more deeply than any elaborate gesture could. These weren’t merely driving ___4___ — they felt like a quiet voice whispering, “Someone ___5___ whether you arrive safely.”
I carefully peeled the note from the glass, preserving it like a ___6___ letter. Through those honest words, memories of a different era came flooding back — a time when community meant something deeper than casual greetings. I could almost ___7___ neighborhoods where families knew each other by name, where snow was ___8___ swept from an elder’s walk before dawn, and where parents watched not only their own children, but everyone’s.
That kind of connection shouldn’t just live in memory. Now the sweet tradition continues in my own kitchen, where the feeling of ___9___ fills the air. When I bake cookies, I make some extra. When the scent of butter and sugar fills the house, I wrap the cookies in a clean cloth and carry them next door. The smile that greets me — the one that reaches his eyes — feels like a silent conversation between old friends. And in that exchange, winter feels a little less cold, reminding me that even the smallest acts of ___10___ can melt the frost around our hearts.
1. A．left B．spotted C．drafted D．completed
2. A．messy B．bright C．clear D．formal
3. A．signed B．printed C．discovered D．recognized
4. A．lessons B．tips C．exercises D．warnings
5. A．cares B．knows C．decides D．wonders
6. A．secret B．familiar C．cheerful D．precious
7. A．accept B．build C．picture D．observe
8. A．calmly B．quietly C．occasionally D．randomly
9. A．admiration B．confidence C．satisfaction D．gratitude
10. A．trust B．courage C．kindness D．gentleness
二、阅读理解
A
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11. What kind of story is likely to be accepted by Chicken Soup for the Soul
A．A story with an introduction.
B．A story of one’s own experience.
C．A story with more than 1200 words.
D．A story written in the present tense.
12. What can we learn about story submission
A．You can submit your stories by email.
B．A story can just be submitted to one topic.
C．You can submit many stories to the same book.
D．An email will be sent for a successful submission.
13. If your story is published, you will ________.
A．lose its official ownership
B．obtain future books in advance
C．get free cases of your books
D．approve of its future publication
B
The great elephant stands in the hot African sun. Slowly the beast lifts its head and its thick trunk delicately curls around the leaves of a nearby tree, pulling out the leaves and politely slipping them into its mouth.
The beast’s great grey skin is partly broken and aged from the African sun. Some mud drops on one side from its last trip to a nearby river. Its rough hair sticks out from all over its skin and two large, white tusks curve elegantly from either side of its mouth.
Somewhere a lion roars and something else gives a loud high shout. A vulture (秃鹫) drifts over far above this world, barely a black dot in the sky. The buzzing of the countless bush insects seems to collectively shift up in high tune, almost like the whole of the savanna (热带草原) was singing some song that only they knew.
I peer through the lens (镜头) at this scene. The zoom lens shows almost every detail of the elephant: the three small cuts in its left ear from playing as a baby around thorn trees, the scar down its front leg where a lion caught it unaware as a young adult, and weathering on its great, valuable tusks from decades of living in this unforgiving grassland on a dusty continent.
And then the elephant looks at me.
It looks at me with those big, eyelashed eyes with a warmth coming outwards from a vast, hidden depth there. I can suddenly feel its soul, and feel the line of elephants that came before this one, trailing back to the very beginnings of this great savanna. We will never understand what wonders this ancient being and its kind have seen and whispered to each other across the ages on this old, sacred grassland.
It looks at me, and it looks through me and sees me.
The elephant knows I am there. It always did. It is not running away, nor is it fighting. It accepts and forgives. It loves. But, mostly, it just feels sad. It feels sorry for me. I cannot do this anymore.
I take my eye off the sights and hand the gun back to my partner. “Let’s go home,” I said in a quiet voice, “let’s just go home.”
14. According to the first two paragraphs, which word can best describe the elephant
A．Mysterious.
B．Depressed.
C．Aggressive.
D．Graceful.
15. When the author sees through the lens, he is ________.
A．deeply moved and filled with sympathy
B．overwhelmed by the elephant’s strength
C．annoyed at the presence of other animals
D．shocked and scared by the elephant’s scars
16. What does the author intend to do initially
A．Take a picture.
B．Observe the elephant.
C．Hunt the elephant.
D．Study African grassland.
17. What can we learn from the passage
A．Nature calms our anger.
B．Nature purifies our souls.
C．Nature heals our wounds.
D．Nature enriches our imagination.
C
We often think of fingerprints as the tiny arched patterns on the tip of each finger. They are regarded as special markers of human identity, even more individualized than DNA. But new research suggests our brains have “fingerprints” that are equally unchanging and unique to each person.
With modern neuroimaging (神经影像) techniques, scientists can track your brain’s distinct signature composed of tens of thousands of electrical signals that communicate across the brain. The final product is a picture of brain’s electrical activity that is detailed, distinct and difficult to change. According to Zack Y. Shan, head of the neuroimaging platform at the Thompson Institute, “The brain is a symphony orchestra (交响乐团).” Each region plays a unique instrument and adapts to work with nearby tunes at the same time. This cooperation leads to our thoughts and actions. “And no two symphonies sound exactly alike,” Shan adds.
A recent study published in Sleep maps the extent of this neurodiversity through EEG snapshots (脑电图快照), which describe the sleeping brain’s electrical activity as wavy lines. Led by Michael Prerau, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, the researchers analyzed brainwave data of sleep spindles, one to two seconds evident neural activity associated with our ability to turn short-term memories into long-term memories.
For Dara S. Manoach, a co-author of the Sleep study and professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, the sleeping brain is a “new frontier” for studying the treatment of memory problems in neurological disorders. She notes that lack of sleep spindle activities has been linked to different mental diseases like epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. So, the researchers compared two nights of sleep recordings from healthy participants to those with Alzheimer’s disease. Their analysis revealed that their broadened approach to analyzing sleep spindles also could unearth new biological indicators for Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s a first step to better understanding how the disorder operates and developing targeted treatments,” Manoach says.
Moreover, brain fingerprints may offer inspirations that traditional therapeutic (治疗性的) observation can’t. Patients with different diseases can have similar symptoms. “That’s where neuroimaging comes into play. Brain fingerprints are windows into distinguishing between two patients who seem identical,” explains Dan Hermens, a professor of neurobiology at the Thompson Institute.
In the wake of increasing reports of mental disorders, there is therapeutic promise. Brain fingerprinting could offer a potential way out of the dark chapter and provide new possibilities for the mental health crisis using best evidence-based practices to overcome it.
18. What can we learn about the brain’s “fingerprint”
A．It can track electrical signals in the brain.
B．It refers to the pattern of the surface of the brain.
C．It constructs an individualized map of brain structure.
D．It shows the unique image of the brain’s electrical activity.
19. According to the passage, the sleeping brain is a “new frontier” because________.
A．recording brain fingerprints enhances memory
B．brainwave data can identify specific mental illnesses
C．EEG can form biological indicators for human identity
D．neuroimaging prevents the development of mental disorders
20. Which would be the best title for the passage
A．Sleep Fingerprints Predict Disease Occurrence
B．Sleeping Brains: Ideas and Actions Controlled
C．Sleep Fingerprints: Brain Identity Revealed
D．Sleeping Brains Uncover Memory Codes
D
With the release of large language models (LLMs), people are trying to understand the nature of their intelligence.
Many people view LLMs as similar to an individual human mind. Others have proposed entirely different ways of conceptualizing them: as role players that can imitate many different characters; as cultural technologies like libraries and encyclopedias; as mirrors of human intelligence... The disagreements in the AI world on how to think about LLMs are clearly revealed in this diverse array of metaphors. Given our limited understanding of LLMs, it has been argued that “metaphors (比喻) are all we have for the moment to circle that black box.”
Humans tend to anthropomorphize nonhumans, including animals, corporations, and even the weather. But we are particularly vulnerable to this tendency when faced with AI systems that talk with us in fluent language, using first person pronouns, and telling us about their “feelings”.
Some experts urge the public to avoid anthropomorphizing AI and to think of AI systems as “tools” rather than as “creatures”, but LLMs are designed to achieve quite the opposite effect: to make humans conceptualize them as individual minds.
The LLM-as-mind metaphor is being used in legal arguments. All the big AI companies have trained their models on copyrighted texts without permission or compensation; and therefore facing lawsuits for copyright infringement (侵犯版权). Defendants argue that AI training on copyrighted materials is “fair use”, since LLMs are like human minds. They believe “If everything is just copyright then we shouldn’t be reading textbooks and learning because that would be copyright infringement.”
Legal scholar Jacqueline Charlesworth countered that this metaphor is intentionally misleading: “AI companies rely on our natural understanding of human intellectual ability and anthropomorphic language to encourage the misperception that AI machines learn and create like humans — that is, that they are capable of conceptual thinking and generalization from specific knowledge.” Going further, linguist Emily Bender noted that equating an LLM’s processing of its training text with a human reading and learning from books “rests on minimizing what it is to be human”.
AI researchers are still struggling to find the right metaphors to understand our mysterious creations. But as we humans make choices on how we use these systems, how we study them, and how we craft and apply laws and regulations to keep them safe and ethical, we need to be acutely aware of the often unconscious metaphors that shape our evolving understanding of the nature of their intelligence.
21. Why are various metaphors mentioned in Paragraph 2
A．To highlight LLMs’ multiple functions.
B．To demonstrate conflicting perspectives.
C．To express human concerns over LLMs.
D．To show the limitation of human cognition.
22. What does the underlined word “anthropomorphize” in Paragraph 3 mean
A．Humanize.
B．Simplify.
C．Automate.
D．Prioritize.
23. What will Charlesworth probably agree with
A．AI machines learn and create like human beings do.
B．The public should regard LLMs as conscious beings.
C．AI training on copyrighted materials requires permission.
D．Coca-Cola’s new plan will solve plastic pollution effectively.
24. What’s the purpose of the passage
A．To advocate giving legal personhood to various LLMs.
B．To show the disagreements on the understanding of LLMs.
C．To discuss the legal and ethical problems caused by LLMs.
D．To warn us of the hidden influences of metaphorizing LLMs.
七选五
Why Do We Get Angry
Anger seems simple when we are feeling it, but the causes of anger are various. Knowing these causes can make us examine our behavior, and correct bad habits. The main reasons we get angry are triggering（触发）events, personality traits（特征）, and our assessment of situations. ____25____
Triggering events for anger are so many that to describe them all would take hundreds of pages. However, here are some examples: being cut off in traffic, a deadline approaching, experiencing physical pain, and much more. ____26____ The reason why someone is triggered by something and others are not is often due to one’s personal history and psychological traits.
Each person, no matter who they are, has psychological imbalances. People who have personality traits that connect with competitiveness and low upset tolerance are much more likely to get angry. ____27____ Also, sometimes pre-anger does not have to do with a lasting condition, but rather a temporary state before a triggering event has occurred.
____28____ Sometimes even routine occurrences become sources of pre-anger, or anger itself. Sometimes ignorance and negative (消极的) outlooks on situations can create anger.
____29____ However, anger can easily turn violent, and it is best to know the reasons for anger to appear in order to prevent its presence. With these main reasons in mind, we can evaluate our level of anger throughout the day and prevent cases of outbursts by comprehending the reasons for our feelings.
A．Our attitude and viewpoint on situations can create anger within us as well.
B．But some types of situations can help us to get rid of the occurrence of anger.
C．Anger is rarely looked upon as a beneficial character trait, and is usually advised to reduce it.
D．Anger is a particularly strong feeling and maybe people think that they have reasons to feel angry.
E．Having these personality traits implies the pre-anger state, where anger is in the background of your mind.
F．Understanding these reasons will control our own anger if we are willing to evaluate ourselves with a critical eye.
G．Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another.
三、选词填空
用方框中单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每个单词只能用一次。
impress, artificial, stare, logic, locate
30. Johnsy lay in her bed and ___30___ at a blank wall under her blanket.
31. The amazing acrobatic show was so ___31___ that the audience cheered loudly.
32. The temperature in the greenhouse can be ___32___ adjusted to fit the growth of plants.
33. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the city is rich in tourist resources because of its unique geographical ___33___.
34. ___34___ thinking is an important ability that allows us to analyze things clearly and avoid wrong judgments.
四、语法填空
Passage 1
For many years, researchers ___35___ (try) to find out the magic of reading. According to an article in Scientific American, researchers have found evidence that literary fiction improves a reader’s ability to understand ___36___ others are thinking about. And the article further argues that literary fiction can teach us ___37___ (value) about social behavior, such as the importance of understanding those who are different from ourselves. The results of this study suggest people who love reading can ___38___ (well) put themselves in someone else’s shoes.
35.___ 36.___ 37.___ 38.___
Passage 2
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, cinnamon, known as “Rou Gui”, ___39___ (use) for centuries for its medicinal properties. It is considered a warming herb, meaning that it ___40___ (believe) to relieve pain and discomfort associated with cold and damp conditions. Cinnamon can harmonize the body’s energies and enhance overall well-being, ___41___ makes it a must for those who want to improve their immune system.
39.___ 40.___ 41.___
Passage 3
China became the first country to clone a monkey using non-reproductive cells. By December of 2017, Chinese scientists had created two clone monkeys, ___42___ (use) the same technique that gave us Dolly the sheep. This Dolly method, ___43___ (know) as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), can create more clones and allows researchers ___44___ (edit) the DNA. This achievement will help China lead the world research in that field.
42.___ 43.___ 44.___
五、阅读表达
For many, theater is more than entertainment; it is a vital way to build psychological skills-especially empathy, or our ability to share, understand and care about others’ emotions.
Research found that after watching theater, audience expressed more empathy for the characters onstage. The plays also changed behavior. Researchers gave audience members the option to donate some of their payment to charity. After seeing the plays, audience members donated more money to charity-whether or not the charity was related to the topics in the plays.
Why does live theater have these effects Sitting in the dark watching a play can make us forget our own worries and transport us into the life and mind of a different person. We found that the more people reported feeling “immersed” or “lost” in the play, the more their beliefs and behaviors were changed by it.
A classic finding in social psychology is that repeated, positive encounters with people unlike ourselves can build empathy. Many of us have too few experiences-or too little interest-in creating such encounters. Theaters provide the chance to see the experiences of people who differ from us in environments unlike our own.
The arts are essential to human flourishing(繁荣).As we move beyond the pandemic, we will need to focus on healing collectively and connecting better. Providing greater access to the arts-and using them to share stories across cultural and social difference-will be an important part of this path to recovery.
45. What is empathy
46. According to the research, what effects did live theater have on audience
47. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
Theater can build empathy because it offers us encounters that remind us of our past experiences.
48. Besides watching live theater, what other way(s) can help to build empathy (In about 40 words)
六、书信写作
49. 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim发来邮件，坦言自己对未来职业发展倍感迷茫，想要了解当下的职业发展方向，以及身为青少年该提前做好哪些相关准备。请你给他回复一封邮件，要点如下：
1. 简要介绍未来职业发展趋势；
2. 提出切实可行的准备建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
一、完形填空
1.B 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.C
二、阅读理解
11.B 12.C 13.D 14.D 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.D 19.B 20.C 21.B 22.A 23.C 24.D
七选五：25.F 26.G 27.E 28.A 29.D
三、选词填空
30.stared 31.impressive 32.artificially 33.location 34.Logical
四、语法填空
Passage1
35.have tried 36.what 37.values 38.better
Passage2
39.has been used 40.is believed 41.which
Passage3
42.using 43.known 44.to edit
五、阅读表达参考答案
45. Empathy is our ability to share, understand and care about others’ emotions.
46. It made audiences more empathetic to characters and more willing to donate money to charity.
47. False part: remind us of our past experiences
Reason: Theater lets us experience lives different from ours rather than recall our own past experiences.
48. We can take part in volunteer activities, communicate with people of different backgrounds and read various biographies to understand others’ feelings.
六、书信范文
Dear Jim,
I’m sorry to hear you feel confused about future careers. Jobs related to AI, environmental protection and mental health will be in great demand in the future.
Here are my practical suggestions. First, develop your hobbies and strengths to find your potential career direction. Second, take part in volunteer work or internships to gain social experience. Third, keep learning new useful skills in your spare time.
Hope my advice will be helpful to you.
Yours,
Li Hua

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