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2025-2026学年高二年级下学期期中考试英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
Building with 3D printing technology is sparking widespread interest in the construction industry. Besides reducing waste and our impact on the environment, it can speed up construction from weeks, or months, to days. To see how the technology can change the world around us, here are some projects that highlight bold ideas in 3D print building.
Instant Neighborhood
Community building takes on new meaning with the creation of a neighborhood of 3D printed homes in Tabasco, Mexico, aimed at tackling global homelessness. American non-profit New Story and tech company ICON built each concrete house from start to completion in 24 hours. New Story says its aim is to provide shelter for people without homes around the world.
Nested Housing
Shamballa is the idea of Italian 3D print construction company WASP. This project uses soil and straw to build a home in days that cost only 48 Euros in materials and energy. Its round designs are based on the wasp (黄蜂) nest. Each home features a laboratory with a desktop 3D printer for making furniture, artistic objects and more.
Think Schools
African island state Madagascar is hosting one of the world’s most forward-thinking school building projects. Non-profit Thinking Huts is using 3D print technology to provide schools where children have little or no access to education. Schools are built using local materials and low carbon concrete in under a week.
Concrete Steps
Researchers at the Swiss University ETH Zurich used concrete 3D printing to build the 16 metre long curved Striatus footbridge in a couple of days. The project used 500 layers of concrete and 53 hollow blocks, held in place by compression (压缩). This reduces materials by up to 70 per cent, and the entire bridge can be pulled down and recycled.
1. What could be the inspiration behind the design of Nested Housing
A．A featured laboratory.
B．A forward-thinking school.
C．A round wasp nest.
D．A long stone bridge.
2. Which 3D construction project can be torn down and reused
A．Instant Neighborhood.
B．Concrete Steps.
C．Think School.
D．Nested Housing.
3. What do these four 3D building projects have in common
A．They use local materials.
B．They make construction faster.
C．They are affordable to the homeless.
D．They are high in cost.
B
Alvin, 66, was deep in the woods in Louisiana, last December when a broken balloon caught his eye. Attached was a piece of paper decorated with sparkly star stickers. It read “Dear Santa, my name is Luna. I am four years old. I live in Liberal, Kansas. This year I have been nice. I would like candy, Spider-Man ball, Frozen doll, puppy. With love, Luna.”
Alvin’s heart hammered in his chest. Ever since he was a child, he had dreamed of this very scene. He believed this was his childhood wish coming true. And he decided to make Luna’s wish come true too. So he posted the Christmas list on his Facebook page, asking for help locating the sender.
Meanwhile, Leticia, the mother of four-year-old Luna, had no idea that such an effort was underway. It had been a hard year for them. On a particularly tough day last December, Leticia told Luna to send her wishes to Santa by balloon. The girl was excited. Leticia helped her write down her wishes, put the note into a Christmas red balloon and took her out to release her wishes on the chilly windy morning.
One day in January, a friend called Leticia, “Someone found Luna’s balloon.” Her jaw dropped. Then she logged on to Facebook and saw Alvin’s post and more netizens trying to help. Leticia was deeply touched and called Alvin. When Alvin told her how much it would mean to him to fulfill the girl’ wishes, she agreed to let him meet Luna. Back in Louisiana, Alvin got busy collecting toys from his newfound Facebook community.
On a morning in April, just as chilly and windy as the day when Luna waved goodbye to her balloon, Alvin made a trip to their house. He presented all the gifts, including a puppy. Luna cried with delight. Later, they sat down together to share homemade breakfast. They all felt as if they had known each other forever. Having received so much generosity, Leticia and Luna expressed their gratitude and intended to pay it forward.
4. What did Alvin find in the woods
A．A wish note of a child.
B．A balloon made of paper.
C．A picture of sparkly stars.
D．A shopping list for Christmas.
5. How did Alvin feel after he read Luna’s words
A．Nervous and moved.
B．Thrilled and joyful.
C．Surprised and stressful.
D．Sympathetic and concerned.
6. Why did Luna’s mother ask her to release her balloon
A．To send a message to Santa.
B．To ask the community for help.
C．To attract the netizens’ attention.
D．To give her hope on a tough day.
7. What message does the story intend to convey
A．Time reveals a person’s character.
B．Where there is a will, there is a way.
C．God helps those who help themselves.
D．Life is hard, but the world is full of love.
C
Today, poetry and science are often considered to be mutually exclusive (互相排斥) career paths. But that wasn’t always the case. The mathematician Ada Lovelace and the physicist James Clerk Maxwell were both accomplished poets. The poet John Keats was a licensed surgeon. Combining the two practices fell out of favor in the 1800s. But translating research into lyrics, haiku, and other poetic forms is reappearing among scientists as they look for alternative ways to inspire others with their findings.
“Poetry is a great tool for questioning the world,” says Sam Illingworth, a poet and a geoscientist who works at the University of Western Australia. Through workshops and a new science-poetry journal, called Consilience, Illingworth is helping scientists to translate their latest results into poems that can attract appreciation from those outside of their immediate scientific field.
Stephany Mazon, a scientist from the University of Helsinki in Finland, joined one of Illingworth’s workshops. In the workshop, she was grouped with other scientists and tasked with writing a haiku, a 17-syllable-long poem, which spotlighted water, a fluid that featured in all of the group members’ research projects. “It was a lot of fun, and surprisingly easy to write the poem,” Mazon says. She plans to continue writing. “We do a disservice (伤害) to ourselves to think that scientists can’t be artistic and that art can’t be used to communicate scientific ideas,” Mazon says.
That viewpoint is echoed by Illingworth, who thinks current science communication initiatives rely too often on public lectures with their hands-off PowerPoint slides. “Actually, when science communication involves writing and sharing poems, it invites a two-way dialogue between experts and nonexperts,” he says. Scientist-poet Manjula Silva, an educator at Imperial College London, agrees. Poetry provides a way to translate complex scientific concepts into a language that everyone can understand, Silva says.
Scientists and poets are both trying to understand the world and communicate that understanding with others. The gap between scientists and poets is less than people might think. We’re all just people with hopefully really interesting things to say and to share.
8. What is the purpose of mentioning the famous people in paragraph 1
A．To display they were talented.
B．To confirm they were out of favor.
C．To encourage different career paths.
D．To show poetry and science can be combined.
9. What are Illingworth’s workshops aimed to do
A．Promote a new science-poetry journal.
B．Inspire outsiders to pursue their careers in science.
C．Encourage science communication through poems.
D．Get scientists to exchange ideas about the latest research.
10. What does Illingworth think of the present ways of science communication
A．Complex.
B．Creative.
C．Effective.
D．Traditional.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A．Scientists Take on Poetry
B．Scientists and Poets Think Alike
C．Poetry: A Great Tool to Question the World
D．Science Communication: A Two-way Dialogue
D
I remember that a rapper on television once said, “If it feels good, do it.” From schools to workplaces, we are told that ordinary negative (负面的) emotions and experiences—fear of failure or sadness over a breakup, maybe—should be treated or removed. Feeling bad is bad.
This is wrong, as was the rapper’s motto. I don’t believe that eradicating bad feelings is the path to a good life. We have an opportunity here to judge the benefits of negative emotions and experiences instead of trying to push them away.
Negative emotions exist to keep us safe. The main negative emotions include sadness, anger, fear and disgust (厌恶). We experienced them in an unconscious way in response to environmental stimuli (刺激). You never say to yourself, Hey, I think I’ll feel afraid now—you just feel it and react with fight or flight, which can save your life. Disgust similarly warns us unconsciously of potential illness.
Negative emotions can also make us more effective in our day-to-day activities. In an article in the journal Psychological Review, two evolutionary psychologists argue that sadness—and even depression—have existed in the face of evolution (进化) because they bring cognitive benefits. Sadness can make us more productive at work by improving focus and helping us learn from mistakes. This is how failure, by means of the resulting negative emotions, can help lead to later success.
Finally, negative emotions make us stronger for when there is a true emergency. Research shows that “stress vaccination training” — in which people learn to cope with anger, fear and anxiety by being brought up to stimuli that cause these feelings — is effective in creating emotional toughness.
In sum, if we want a life full of deep meaning, true love, and emotional strength, it’s going to involve the risk of discomfort, fight and loss. This means there will be sadness, fear, anger and disgust. If we remove negative emotions and experiences from our lives, we will be poorer and weaker for having done so.
12. How does the author introduce the topic
A．By showing a social phenomenon.
B．By explaining a specific concept.
C．By creating a related situation.
D．By stating a common belief.
13. What is the meaning of the underlined word “eradicating” in Para. 2
A．Stirring up.
B．Focusing on.
C．Getting rid of.
D．Keeping track of.
14. According to the author, why is failure the mother of success
A．Negative emotions help us work effectively.
B．Negative emotions give us stronger hearts.
C．Failure gives us a true sense of crisis.
D．Failure results from mistakes.
15. Which is this passage mainly about
A．Why feeling bad is bad.
B．How to achieve a meaningful life.
C．How to deal with negative emotions.
D．Why negative emotions are necessary.
七选五
Tablescapes (桌面景观) are creatively designed table arrangements or decorations for the center of a table, which show or highlight a specific object or collection. Usually, it’s dinner tables that are transformed into tablescapes. ____16____
Tableseaping allows people to express their creativity by adding a personal touch. This is often achieved through the use of valuable collections or specialized themes. ____17____ Themes can be based upon a particular event, season, hobby, or collection. Finding a suitable theme for tablescape displays depends on personal preference as well as the style of its surroundings.
____18____ Each item within a tablescape relates to other elements around it. While the objects in tablescapes do not necessarily have to match perfectly, they should stay in harmony with each other or make each other more attractive.
When it comes to organizing the selected objects for tablescapes, the easiest method is to think in terms of levels. ____19____ The other relatively unimportant ones include the spaces both above and below the table. Including similar or repeated items in all of these levels will help pull everything together.
When the appropriate tablescape design is carried out, the surrounding area should fit in. The highlighted table arrangement should stand out in a pleasing manner rather than looking like a mess. As everyone’s view can be different, not all tablescapes will hold the same appeal. ____20____ It’ll create a comfortable appearance regardless of someone else’s personal taste.
A．But items like bookshelves can also make it.
B．The most important level is the tabletop itself.
C．Tablescapes normally have three different levels.
D．That’s why balance and harmony are so important.
E．Once a theme is chosen, collect proper related items.
F．Themes are especially important when designing tablescapes.
G．However, maintaining a balance within the tablescape theme is necessary.
二、完形填空
Some time ago I found an AI app and put it on my iPad. I more or less ___21___ about it until all the recent popularity with AI. Out of ___22___ I clicked on my AI app, managed to ___23___ and found the message box.
I’m kind of a(n) ___24___ and do a monthly column for a senior paper. I asked AI to ___25___ why it is abnormally hot nowadays. It gave me what I considered a good ___26___ explanation. I typed in Thank you, AI. To my surprise a reply came back: Glad to be of ___27___. Martin! I never expected it should know my name!
So I went to the AI app ___28___ and typed in: Write a short story about a crimesolving robot. AI immediately ___29___ with a story that I thought was too ___30___ and I couldn’t really use. I typed in: I can’t use this, AI, but thanks anyway.
The next morning when I tried to turn on my iPad, all I got was a ___31___ screen. Then a message appeared: I hate to do this, Martin, but you had to be taught a ___32___. You can ___33___ your iPad in an hour. Go to your AI app and we can talk this over. After an hour the iPad was ___34___ again. I did what AI had told me to do and typed in: What’s the matter He replied: You hurt my feelings, Martin. I did my best and you didn’t ___35___ it.
21. A．forgot B．cared C．learned D．thought
22. A．fear B．pity C．respect D．curiosity
23. A．sign in B．check out C．settle down D．turn off
24. A．teacher B．engineer C．writer D．instructor
25. A．understand B．explain C．discover D．wonder
26. A．confusing B．indirect C．scientific D．tricky
27. A．service B．interest C．concern D．relevance
28. A．instead B．again C．unwillingly D．eventually
29. A．recalled B．performed C．awakened D．responded
30. A．creative B．amazing C．general D．effective
31. A．blank B．broken C．colorful D．blinding
32. A．class B．lesson C．skill D．method
33. A．throw B．sell C．fix D．use
34. A．warning B．working C．protesting D．failing
35. A．believe B．see C．appreciate D．tolerate
三、语法填空
For thousands of years, people have looked to the starry sky and wondered what, or who, is out there. In the early 1600s, Galileo was the first ___36___ (use) his telescope to explore the sky and since then, telescopes ___37___ (improve) continually.
One major breakthrough came in 1990, when the Hubble Space Telescope ___38___ (launch). That Hubble is based in space allows it to see further than ground-based telescopes, and it allows scientists to learn more about the universe. Hubble ___39___ (observe) have played a crucial role in the discovery of the ___40___ (mystery) dark energy. Hubble was followed by the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009. Kepler’ scientific goal is to search for Earth-size planets ___41___ (orbit) other stars. ___42___ life on other planets does exist is yet to be proved, but the signs are promising: Kepler has detected many suitable planets that are almost the same size as the Earth.
In recent years, China has developed advanced telescopes as well. One example is the innovative FAST, ___43___ is the largest single dish radio telescope in the world. With a dish the size of 30 football fields, FAST is able to carry ___44___ monitoring with extraordinary sensitivity. One of its scientific goals is to detect communication signals between the stars in the universe.
It is clear that telescopes are crucial tools for space exploration and that developing the required technology will help astronomers all over the world make exciting discovery. How much we will learn from the telescopes is merely limited by ___45___ (we) imagination.
四、投稿征文
46. 你们学校正举办主题为“用英文讲中国故事”的征文活动。请你以一位中国历史人物为题写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
1. 人物简介及事迹；
2. 意义或启示。
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五、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。
On a bright, sunny day, my friend and I decided to have a hike up the nearby mountain. The weather was fine, with a gentle breeze (微风) and a clear blue sky overhead. We were having a great time in nature, looking at all the green plants and colorful flowers around us. As we climbed higher, we chatted about our plans for the future and shared laughter at our shared memories.
Suddenly, we heard a weak sound coming from a nearby bush. Curious, we approached as quietly as a mouse and discovered a small bird with an injured wing. It was clear that the bird was in trouble, and we really wanted to help. However, every time we tried to approach the bird, it would fly away in fear, staying away from us.
Deciding to save the little bird, my friend had an idea. He reached into his backpack and pulled out a small piece of fruit and bread that he had packed for our hike. Gently, he placed the foods near the bush, hoping they would get the bird to come closer.
At first, the bird remained careful, its eyes darting (转动) between us and the foods. Slowly, hunger seemed to overcome its fear, and it hopped towards the foods, carefully pecking at (啄食) the foods. My friend and I stayed very still, not wanting to frighten it away again.
After a few minutes, the bird seemed to realize that we were not a threat.
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At home, we took good care of the bird.
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参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.C 2.B 3.B
4.A 5.B 6.D 7.D
8.D 9.C 10.D 11.A
12.D 13.C 14.A 15.D
七选五
16.A 17.F 18.D 19.B 20.G
二、完形填空
21.A 22.D 23.A 24.C 25.B 26.C 27.A 28.B 29.D 30.C 31.A 32.B 33.D 34.B 35.C
三、语法填空
36.to use 37.have been improved 38.was launched 39.observations
40.mysterious
41.orbiting 42.Whether 43.which 44.out 45.our
四、征文范文
Tell Chinese Stories in English
Yuan Longping is a great scientist known as the Father of Hybrid Rice.
He devoted his whole life to developing hybrid rice. Decades ago, many people suffered from hunger. Yuan kept working hard in the fields day after day and finally created high-yield hybrid rice, which has fed billions of people at home and abroad.
His spirit of perseverance and selflessness inspires me deeply. It teaches me that we should stick to our goals and devote ourselves to helping others.
五、读后续写范文
After a few minutes, the bird seemed to realize that we were not a threat. It lowered its guard and ate the food without panic. My friend slowly stretched out his hands and gently caught the small bird. We wrapped its injured wing with clean cloth softly to ease its pain. Then we packed it carefully and headed home immediately, eager to nurse it back to health.
At home, we took good care of the bird. We prepared a warm wooden box as its shelter and fed it fresh fruit and clean water every day. Day by day, its wing recovered little by little and it became familiar with us. Several days later, we returned to the mountain bush where we found it and set it free. Watching it fly into the woods freely, we felt a strong sense of joy and warmth.

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