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2025-2026学年高一年级下学期期中考试英语试题
一、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I grew up in a small village where dreams weren’t always encouraged. Watching my mother push forward despite great difficulties, I knew it early on that I had to keep going too. When I graduated from high school with honour, I thought my ___1___ was clear. But soon reality hit me that it wasn’t as ___2___ as I had imagined. My family couldn’t afford my further study and my applications for scholarships weren’t even reviewed. I was left struggling with a cycle of ___3___. Each one felt like an end to my dreams.
Probably sensing my desperation, my mother gave me a notebook for my birthday that year. On the cover it read, “Strength isn’t something you can pretend. It’s something you earn through ___4___ and moments when the world tells you ‘no’.” Those words spoke directly to my heart. No one was going to come and ___5___ my life. I had to fight for my future.
The following two years saw me working as a babysitter to make money for my dream of ___6___ medical school. I also signed up for six online courses to grow knowledge. I stayed ___7___ in my pursuit of funding. After years of struggle, I won the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship to study Medicine. My dream ___8___ came true.
But it didn’t end there. I knew my journey wasn’t just about me. I had to ___9___. This led to the birth of the Stirring Hope, a project aimed at providing rural children with clothes — but also with hope. Through the project, I give these children the message that they are seen, that they are loved, and that they too can ___10___.
1.
A．message
B．mind
C．future
D．excuse
2.
A．cruel
B．simple
C．bitter
D．practical
3.
A．rejections
B．arguments
C．permissions
D．criticisms
4.
A．talent
B．luck
C．hardship
D．wisdom
5.
A．waste
B．celebrate
C．risk
D．live
6.
A．visiting
B．attending
C．establishing
D．skipping
7.
A．determined
B．relieved
C．passive
D．calm
8.
A．hardly
B．immediately
C．finally
D．suddenly
9.
A．give in
B．give out
C．give up
D．give back
10.
A．wait
B．rise
C．settle
D．behave
二、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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。
Passage 1
Students are busy. Between classes, work, homework and family, there can be a lot to balance. So why would we suggest that you add another thing to that list by ___11___ (join) a student organization First of all, it presents many opportunities to learn more about ___12___ (you), your goals and your strengths. You can also find out what you’re good at, whether that’s listening, staying organized, or serving others. That self-awareness will be beneficial ___13___ your future career.
Passage 2
When the Spanish explorer Cortez reached Mexico in the sixteenth century, he found people there using a drink ___14___ was called chocolate. It tasted quite strong because it had pepper in it. ___15___ (make) it taste better, the Spanish added sugar. When chocolate first came to Europe in the seventeenth century, people started to drink it with milk, instead of water. Nowadays, tons of chocolate are delivered (运送) to factories, ___16___ they are turned into many popular sweets and cakes.
Passage 3
Tu Youyou was born in Zhejiang Province, China, in 1930. After graduation from Peking University, she studied Chinese medicine with experts in the field from ___17___ she gained a deep knowledge about traditional practices. In 1969, she was chosen to establish a team to find a cure for malaria. This was not an easy task. After hundreds of failed experiments, they eventually came across a ___18___ (promise) chemical. She bravely volunteered to be the first human subject in the test. Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist who ___19___ (award) a Nobel Prize for her work in 2015. Today, she ___20___ (continue) to conduct research despite her age.
三、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读单选（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A Learning to say “yes, and”
When I first heard about the improvisation (即兴表演) class, I was hesitating. As a quiet and shy girl, I feared improvising in front of strangers. However, I knew I wanted to work as a science communicator after finishing my Ph. D. , so it seemed like a perfect opportunity to learn how to speak and communicate with others effectively. I signed up, knowing the experience would give me help.
During our first class, we learned an important concept of improvisation: “yes, and.” It means that, as improvisers, we’d better accept what fellow performers say. If someone says that rhinos (犀牛) are librarians, for example, then rhinos are librarians. We do not question the logic; we say “yes” and then continue with the scene as if nothing is wrong.
The first few scenes were hard, but as weeks turned into months, I became more comfortable and even started to enjoy our classes. I became better at listening, relating to my conversation partners, and communicating clearly in the moment. Once when I was giving a presentation about my science, an audience member surprised me with a question that didn’t grow out of the information I’d presented. Instead of getting confused and nervous, I took the “yes, and” approach — accepting the question and letting my mind focus on why it was asked. That helped me find an appropriate answer. I got pretty excited about it.
The benefits of improvisation go beyond communication. Before attending the class, I would get stuck when my experiments produced unexpected data, thinking that I had made a mistake. But now, instead of getting discouraged, I will stay open to the possibility that the results are real, keep exploring the data and end up identifying a new type of cell — one that isn’t behaving as expected.
I think all scientists can benefit from this lesson. If the data say rhinos are librarians, then it’s worth finding out whether rhinos are, in fact, librarians. As scientists, our job isn’t to challenge data that don’t support a preconceived (先入为主的) story, but to say “yes, and.”
21. Why did the author attend the improvisation class
A．To improve her speaking and communication ability.
B．To give up her job as a science communicator.
C．To finish her Ph. D. at university
D．To get a different experience.
22. What was the author’s change after she attended the improvisation class
A．She formed her own idea quickly in face of hard questions.
B．She came up with lots of creative responses.
C．She paid more attention to the logic of answers.
D．She became a good listener before giving an opinion.
23. What can we learn from this passage
A．The unknown can be an inspiration.
B．The unexpected can be rewarding.
C．The unfortunate can be a chance.
D．The unusual can be decisive.
B
There are no reported sightings of teenage elephants hesitantly sitting down at the family dinner table with earphones in place, occasionally giving one-word answers to parents’ questions.
But they do exhibit other behaviors many parents of human teens would recognize, said Moss, a researcher who has studied elephants in Kenya’s National Park for nearly five decades.
“They’re na ve (天真的). They have a lot to learn and they make mistakes,” Moss said.
This is particularly true for males. She explained: They ruin crops. They get shot. They die. “It’s just like young human males who drive too fast,” Moss said, “and the insurance companies know very well to make them pay higher insurance rates.”
Barbara Natterson, a Harvard biologist pointed out that adolescent animals frequently put themselves in danger intentionally. This behavior is seen throughout the animal world. The adults of any species may consider some actions of their young low-judgment and high-risk; however, these actions actually serve a purpose.
An example is a practice called “predator (捕食者) inspection” which means adolescent animals approach predators rather than run away. The trade-off for the danger is that they can watch, smell and learn about the predator. They gather all kinds of information that can keep them safer as adults.
The idea that adolescents are hard-wired to take these risks can help people understand human teens’ behavior.
“Teens seem driven to try new things and test boundaries in their own version of ‘predator inspection’,” Natterson said. “They try to have as many experiences as they can before they leave the nest.”
Another key aspect of adolescence is an increase in time spent wandering in groups. Adolescence is marked by high levels of peer pressure as well as near-disaster. Scientists have found that adolescents of all kinds are more likely to make dangerous moves while with peers.
Laurence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple University, found mice and human group adolescent behavior has something in common. He set up two experiments. One involved mice, half of which were adolescents, drinking ethanol-spiked (添加乙醇的) water. The other involved human teens playing a video game reproducing driving conditions.
“We found that in the presence of peers, adolescent mice drank more than they do when they’re alone,” Steinberg said, “and that the teenagers in the driving study also took more risks when others were around.”
These findings fit with what Steinberg says is another multi-species adolescent quality: the desire to socialize.
“For the most part, adolescents, human and animal alike, prefer to be with other adolescents,” Steinberg said. “If I say teenagers are social animals, I think the word ‘animal’ is just as important in that sentence as the word ‘social’.”
Both Natterson and Steinberg hope their findings will help people who are raising adolescents.
24. According to Natterson, what is a risky but valuable action for adolescent animals
A．Gathering information with the help of parents.
B．Challenging predators with other adolescents.
C．Observing an adult hunting a large animal.
D．Watching enemies’ behavior up close.
25. Steinberg’s experiments found ________.
A．peer pressure is more common in adolescent animals than in human teens
B．both adolescent animals and human teens are affected by peer pressure
C．adolescent animals are less likely to get drunk while with peers
D．teenagers are not willing to be sociable in the presence of peers
26. What does the underlined sentence mean
A．Adolescent animals long to socialize with teenagers.
B．“Social” is a word that can be interpreted in different ways.
C．Socializing with peers is one quality that adolescents share.
D．The importance of socializing has been realized by teenagers.
C
In the USA, youth curfews (宵禁) are traditionally issued by a parent in the interest of safety. This type of curfew is personal, and rightfully so. However, to stop teenagers committing crimes, some officials have turned youth curfews from family decisions into public laws.
The idea may have been thought to have good intentions. In practice, however, these policies have been shown to be unfair and unconstitutional, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In the town of Sumner, Washington, a father allowed his fourteen-year-old son to go to a convenience store after 11:00 p.m. Sumner had adopted a curfew law that prohibited people under the age of eighteen from being in public places past that hour. The father was fined, and then he pursued a legal challenge against the town. The ACLU, which filed the case on behalf of the father, claimed the curfew laws had violated (侵犯) parents' rights. In the end, Sumner's curfew laws were struck down.
But isn't it irresponsible not to enforce a curfew on teenagers Curfew laws supporters argue that officials should provide a curfew to ensure teens are home by a reasonable hour. The risk of a serious accident is three times as high for drivers aged sixteen to nineteen as for drivers over twenty. And dangers only increase at night. This indicates to some that a law keeping teens off the road late at night is a positive safety measure. Still, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that the best ways for drivers to increase safety are by obeying the speed limit, wearing a seat belt, and paying attention. The NHTSA makes no mention of youth curfews making driving safer.
In cities, curfew enforcement has been ineffective or even had a negative impact on communities. Most crimes committed by teens actually happen around 3：00 p.m. , right after school. On non-school days, that time shifts to between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The curfew hours, usually between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. , occur at a time of day when teenage crime is at its lowest. Meanwhile, violent crime rates peak around 10:00 p.m. for adults. When law enforcement performs the teen curfew sweep, policemen are distracted from the more serious violent crimes being committed by adults at that time. Also troubling is the racial discrimination in cities with curfews. For example, recent data have found that in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 56% of youths charged with breaking curfews were African American. Other law enforcement department reports show similar problems. Curfew laws are criticized because they are enforced in a racially discriminatory way.
The ACLU has succeeded in striking down at least one curfew law because of concerns over parental rights. Along with other community and civil rights groups, it continues to pursue other cases, arguing that curfew law enforcement can only increase tension and crime. To arrest teens for driving home from the movies, playing basketball in the park, or simply walking their dog is to punish them for being outside their homes—a policy inconsistent with the individual rights established in the U. S. Constitution.
27. What is the authors attitude towards legal curfews for teenagers
A．Disapproving.
B．Supportive.
C．Uncertain.
D．Indifferent.
28. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A．Reasonable curfew hours for teenagers.
B．The necessity of enforcing youth curfews.
C．Unwanted consequences of youth curfews.
D．The impact of youth curfews on adult crimes.
29. What can be inferred about the ACLU from the passage
A．It helps people defend their individual rights.
B．It is in favour of enforcing a curfew on teenagers.
C．It stresses the responsibilities of parents to their children.
D．It believes youth curfews are highly related to road safety.
30. From the passage we can learn that ______.
A．teenagers in the United States love their independence
B．enforcing youth curfews will lead to distrust of the policemen
C．legal curfews should exist only when parents are irresponsible
D．legal curfews violate individual liberties and may be cancelled
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
阅读短文，从短文后选项中选出最佳选项，有两项多余。
Sometimes in our life we face this problem: loved ones as well as strangers annoying us. At home, we’ve had to put up with children screaming during online meetings, and family members on the computer all the time. ___31___
Kindness seems like a distant memory. The ability to live peacefully with annoying housemates or neighbors seems more difficult than ever. ___32___ If we take kindness as a skill, making it a daily practice, it will come easier over time.
___33___ Loving Kindness Meditation (默想) (LKM), which dates back to the time of its roots to early Buddhism, helps us find sympathy for one another even during trying times. The meditation asks us to send thoughts of loving kindness to loved ones, then to acquaintances (people you don’t know very well) and finally to challenging people. Over time, our unkind thoughts are replaced with more open, accepting ones. Anger is replaced by love, or at least kindness.
Donald Altman, a psychotherapist from Portland, Oregon, says LKM helps us recognize we are all weak and have been hurt. ___34___
So how To begin with, Altman suggests finding a quiet place to sit. He says to then imagine a favorite family member or friend sending you the words, “May you be well, happy and at peace.” After a few minutes, direct the words at yourself, “May I be well, happy and at peace.” ___35___ Replace the “I” with the name of a teacher or coach, then a family member or friend, then an acquaintance, and finally an unfriendly person in your life. End the meditation by spreading the blessing to all living beings.
Indeed, we should find our own way toward LKM — but only if we are prepared to access its benefits and extend them to anyone who may need them.
A．The good news is that it isn’t lost.
B．Luckily, we can look to ancient disciplines for guidance.
C．At work, we’ve had to face the added pressure these demanding jobs create.
D．Then, extend the blessing to other people, in order of decreasing fondness.
E．For that reason, we could all benefit from love’s warm and comforting blessing.
F．You can combine the words with breathing, repeating a phrase of love for yourself.
G．Outside, we’ve encountered drivers speeding on busy roads and passengers talking loudly on the subway.
四、书面表达（满分20分）
36. 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华，你的美国笔友Jim下星期将到北京旅游，其间他想体验一下中国的传统文化。请你给他写一封邮件，推荐他看一场演出。邮件应包含以下内容：
1) 演出的相关信息；
2) 推荐的原因。
注意：1. 词数100词左右；2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
一、完形填空
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B
二、语法填空
11.joining
12.yourself/yourselves
13.for
14.which/that
15.To make
16.where
17.whom
18.promising
19.was awarded
20.continues
三、阅读理解
阅读单选
21.A 22.D 23.B
24.D 25.B 26.C
27.A 28.C 29.A 30.D
七选五
31.G 32.A 33.B 34.E 35.D
四、书面表达范文
Dear Jim,
I’m glad to hear you’re coming to Beijing and eager to experience traditional Chinese culture. I strongly recommend you watch a Peking Opera show at the city theatre next Friday evening.
Peking Opera is a treasure of Chinese art. The performers wear fancy costumes and vivid facial masks, singing and dancing with wonderful martial arts moves. Besides, there are English introductions explaining the stories, so you won’t have trouble understanding it. It’s a perfect chance to know our history and traditional values.
Hope you’ll enjoy the amazing performance. Looking forward to your arrival!
Yours,
Li Hua

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