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上海中学2025学年高二第二学期期末考试
英语试题
高二____班 学号____ 姓名____ 成绩____
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and a question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Get some small change. B. Find a shopping center.
C. Cash a check at a bank. D. Find a parking place.
2. A. In a cotton field. B. At a railway stop.
C. On a farm. D. On a train.
3. A. Shopping with his son. B. Buying a gift for a child.
C. Promoting a new product. D. Bargaining with a salesgirl.
4. A. Taking photos. B. Cutting images.
C. Fixing cameras. D. Drawing pictures.
5. A. The school. B. A shop. C. The post office. D. Home.
6. A. He is rather disappointed. B. He is highly ambitious.
C. He can’t face the situation. D. He knows his own limitations.
7. A. The woman is unfit for studying physics.
B. He can be the woman’s private teacher.
C. Physics is an important course at school.
D. The professor’s suggestion is helpful.
8. A. They aren’t used to a cold place. B. They feel lucky to live in Florida.
C. They are going to have a holiday. D. They haven’t booked air tickets yet.
9. A. Look for a more expensive hotel. B. Go to another hotel by bus.
C. Try to find a quiet place. D. Take a walk around the city.
10. A. The man has changed his destination.
B. The man is returning his ticket.
C. He is flying to NY tomorrow morning.
D. He can’t get to NY as planned.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked some questions on the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. It was difficult for other cars to pass.
B. The dog couldn’t follow his car.
C. He was driving at too high a speed.
D. The dog was likely to be injured.
12. A. He required him to pay the fine.
B. He took him to the police station.
C. He asked him to put the dog into the car.
D. He sent him home and charged him.
13. A. He had never broken the traffic rules.
B. He was seriously punished for laziness.
C. He walked his dog by car every day.
D. He was too old to run after his dog.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Anyone who needs to find a job yet lacks information.
B. Those who have money but wonder how to invest.
C. People who want to achieve even higher life goals.
D. Anyone too lazy to exercise with an unhealthy diet.
15. A. He gives you advice by e-mail once a month.
B. He calls to give you suggestions every week.
C. He comes to talk with you face to face once a year.
D. He writes to help you just like your old friends.
16. A. Differences between a basketball coach and a life coach.
B. Why Hollywood stars greatly need life coaches.
C. How people usually achieve higher life goals.
D. What a life coach usually does to help people succeed.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Spot an area of the show business.
B. Design their project.
C. Read the instructions.
D. Discuss the project.
18. A. By doing face-to-face interviews.
B. By doing telephone interviews.
C. By mailing out a questionnaire.
D. By making observations.
19. A. Art. B. Literature. C. Music. D. Cinema
20. A. Male and female. B. The young and the old.
C. Children and adults. D. Different age groups.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A: Multiple choices
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
21. We are such stuff ______ dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
A. when B. as C. that D. what
22. When ______, a little red spaniel came ______ up the hall and started barking at us.
A. let in; racing B. Melissa let us in; racing C. being let in; raced D. we're let in; racing
23. As the final, thunderous C-major chord of Beethoven's Fifth sent a triumphant shiver (颤抖) ______ down his spine, he finally understood this was ______ victory over fate sounded like.
A. running; what B. to run; how C. running; how D. run; what
24. Use this hand cream before bed, and in no time ______ soft and smooth.
A. will your dry skin feel B. your dry skin feels
C. does your dry skin feel D. your dry skin will feel
25. It is highly recommended that not only the manager but also his assistants ______ responsible for overseeing the project until its completion.
A. be B. are C. is D. have been
26. The poet and writer of whose great talents the world ______ no equivalent, ______ standing in the middle of students in the flesh.
A. know; is B. know; are C. knows; are D. knows; is
27. The journey does not end ______ the road fades into the horizon; it continues in the traveler's heart, ______ every step taken becomes a seed for the next departure.
A. when; as B. until; where C. when; until D. where; where
28. Her love for him ______ her heart to the limit of what it could bear, and then a little further.
A. stretched B. extended C. reduced D. served
29. Rumors about the company's financial trouble started to ______ long before the official announcement.
A. suspend B. race C. resume D. surface
30. That single goal ______ the tide of the entire match in our favor.
A. revised B. scattered C. swung D. translated
Section B
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply drawn to bright lights. But that's not exactly what's going on, a new study ____1____ (reveal).
____2____ ____2____ being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually interfere with flying insects' innate navigational systems, causing them ____3____ (fly) in confusion around porch lamps, street lights and other artificial beacons.
Insects have a navigational problem. They're accustomed to using light as a cue to know ____4____ way is up. Also, they do not fly directly toward a light source, but actually "tilt their backs toward the light," said Sam Fabian, co-author of the study published in the journal Nature Communications.
That would make sense if the strongest light source was in the sky, ____5____ in the presence of artificial lights, the result is midair confusion, not attraction.
For the study, researchers had tiny sensors ____6____ (attach) to moths and dragonflies in a laboratory to film "motion-capture" video of flight — similar to ____7____ filmmakers attach sensors to actors to track their movements.
They also used high-resolution cameras to film insects ____8____ (orbit) around lights at a field site in Costa Rica. This allowed them to study in detail how dragonflies will flutter endlessly around light sources, positioning ____9____ with their backs facing the beams. They also documented that some insects would flip upside down — and often crash land — in the presence of lights that shine straight upward like search lights.
Insect flight was least disrupted by bright lights that shine straight downward, the researchers found.
"For millions of years, insects oriented themselves by sensing that the sky is light, the ground dark" ____10____ people invented artificial lights, said Avalon Owens, a Harvard entomologist who was not involved in the research.
Section C
Direction: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
tired B. adjusted C. restricted D. interactions E. circled AB. link AC. questioning AD. tragedies AE. involving BC. context BD. coverage
Beyond Polar Bears: The Shift in Climate Change Imagery
Polar bears struggling on melting ice were the heartbreaking face of climate change decades ago, causing widespread worry.
However, over the last decade, scientists, campaigners and news desks have begun to drift away from these visuals, ____31____ if they really paint a realistic image of climate change. Despite scientific agreement that unprecedented ice cap melting is occurring, the focus on polar bears was deemed too ____32____.
Since 1979, sea ice has shrunk by 13% every decade, affecting polar bear behaviour and survival rates. However, scientists warn against oversimplifying the awful polar bear photographs, emphasizing the necessity of understanding ____33____. Criticism that ____34____ the photographer Cristina Mittermeier’s starving polar bear photo suggested other factors such as cancer could be at play. In response, National Geographic issued a statement to say it had "gone too far" by making the ____35____ between the dying polar bear and climate change.
Polar bears, formerly associated with climate change, are losing their significance as climate symbols. They run the risk of misrepresenting an entire species and excluding people from the imminent threat of climate destruction. Non-profits like Oxfam and Christian Aid have ____36____ their campaigns to advocate for "people, not polar bears." Media sites, including The Guardian, have committed to stop using polar bear imagery as the default in climate change ____37____.
Climate Visuals, an evidence-based climate photography resource, represents a bigger trend. Their image library concentrates on human ____38____ with climate change rather than polar bears. This is in line with the idea that relevant visuals ____39____ real people are more captivating.
As media outlets look for new images, there is a rising emphasis on presenting new stories and providing solutions-based photography to move away from ____40____ images and encourage action. This style is part of a larger trend in "conservation photography," which depicts environmental problems alongside natural beauty.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Direction: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Pandas are famously picky eaters. They only consume bamboo — a poor quality diet low in fat. But the creatures appear to have evolved to ____41____ what they do eat, according to a new study.
Their gut bacteria changes in late spring and early summer when bamboo is at its most ____42____ — while it’s sprouting protein-rich green shoots. The bacteria make the bear gain more weight and store more fat, which researchers said may ____43____ a lack of nutrients later in the year, when bamboo plants have only fibrous leaves to chew on.
"We’ve known these pandas have a ____44____ set of gut microbiota during the shoot-eating season for a long time, and it’s very obvious that they are fatter during this time of the year," said lead study author Guangping Huang, a researcher for the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
To investigate how the gut bacteria could affect a panda’s metabolism (新陈代谢), the team first collected the feces (粪便) of eight wild giant pandas in China’s Qinling mountains during both ____45____ season and shoot-eating season and then examined how the poop samples differed.
They found that a bacterium called Clostridium butyricum was ____46____ in the pandas’ guts during the season when they enjoy the fresh bamboo shoots.
To understand whether the bacteria help the bears gain and store weight, the researchers performed a fecal ____47____, putting the panda poop they collected into lab mice. Then they fed the mice for three weeks with a bamboo-based diet that ____48____ what pandas eat.
While mice and pandas differ ____49____, it wasn’t possible to run such tests on endangered animals. Mice were a good ____50____.
Researchers found that mice transplanted with panda feces collected during shoot-eating season gained significantly more weight, despite consuming same ____51____ of food.
"The gut bacteria were the only variable in this research," Wei explained.
____52____, Felix Sommer, group leader of functional host-microbiome research at Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany, noted that the number of pandas involved in the study was small and the experiment had only been performed once. Sommer, who was not involved in the research, also stressed the researchers had found a correlation, not a ____53____ between the bacteria and weight gain.
"I would have asked for some kind of ____54____ experiment or a re-sampling at another year or time point," said Sommer.
Wei said that further work is needed to confirm the causal relationship ____55____ in pandas. He added that their work could help improve the health of captive giant pandas.
41. A. fall victim to B. take a chance C. make sense of D. make the best of
42. A. qualified B. nutritious C. substantial D. productive
43. A. keep close watch on B. put an end to C. get ready for D. make up for
44. A. separate B. different C. tougher D. visible
45. A. baby-making B. snow-melting C. leaf-eating D. shoot-growing
46. A. more abundant B. more scarce C. less active D. more helpful
47. A. surgery B. transplant C. treatment D. supervision
48. A. replaced B. preserved C. imitated D. perfected
49. A. widely B. regretfully C. respectively D. seemingly
50. A. competitor B. researcher C. substitute D. reference
51. A. amount B. type C. sample D. quality
52. A. Furthermore B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. However
53. A. trial-and-error B. cause-and-effect C. all-or-nothing D. means-and-ends
54. A. laboratory B. pilot C. observational D. validation
55. A. alternatively B. directly C. comparatively D. objectively
Section B Reading comprehension
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
Passage A
The most valuable thing I ever lost, at least in a strictly monetary sense, was a pair of spectacular diamond earrings. Though very beautiful, they were heavy and exceptionally painful to wear. I wore them to a formal event in London and found them so uncomfortable that I removed them and put them in my evening bag. The following day, having flown back to Scotland, I opened my suitcase and they were nowhere to be found.
I put those departed earrings into my new children’s book, The Christmas Pig, which is a story of objects lost and found, of things beloved and things unregretted. I made my lost earrings snooty, as befitted objects that demanded the wearer suffer for their beauty. When they reach the Land of the Lost, where the hero must go to rescue his most beloved toy, my earrings are angry that they aren’t treated with the respect they think they deserve. They soon find out that being made of diamonds counts for little in the strange world where human-made objects go when lost, because a thing’s importance there depends on how much it’s truly loved.
A strange thing happened on the day I finished editing The Christmas Pig. I set about the routine job of clearing out a cupboard. Sorting through its items — half my mind still in the story — one of the last objects I picked up was a small, ordinary box. I opened it. There, twinkling up at me were my long-lost diamond earrings, which I hadn’t seen for decades. I have no idea how they moved house with us without my knowledge. Nor do I understand how they escaped the careful search I made of the evening bag and the suitcase. Utterly astonished by my discovery, I tried the earrings on again. They were exactly as painful as I remembered.
I’ve decided to sell them and give the proceeds to my charity. I think it rounds out my earrings’ story rather nicely, to have them return from their long exile humbled, wanting to do some good for children in the Land of the Living.
56. What does the underlined word snooty mean
A. arrogant B. self-disciplined C. priceless D. self-pitying
57. Why does the author consider the earrings’ return "rounds out" their story nicely
A. Because she can finally end the careful search for her most treasured jewelry over the years.
B. Because after a journey mirroring their fictional fate, they reemerged with a meaningful cause. C. Because the discovery proves that her fictional world is based on solid facts in everyday life.
D. Because she now has a chance to rewrite her book with an unexpected but more hopeful ending.
58. What do we learn about the Land of the Lost from the passage
A. It is a fictional setting the author created to mirror her own experience of loss.
B. It is a magical place where lost diamonds can regain their emotional value.
C. It is a hidden kingdom that the author once visited by chance in her childhood.
D. It is a secret storage space where all misplaced items are neatly organized.
59. Which of the following best captures the message of the passage
A. Lost objects have the magic of finding their way back to the owner.
B. Our attitude toward things can shift when viewed through a new lens.
C. An object’s true value lies in the love it carries and the good it brings.
D. Creative work can give accidental events a sense of purpose and order.
Passage B
The Wisdom of Our Mothers
For Mother’s Day, an online newspaper asked readers to share their moms’ go-to sayings More than 5,000 of them wrote in with proverbs that were wise, moving and often funny — from the golden rule to the importance of always wearing clean underwear.
"Take tarts when tarts are passed." It taught me to take opportunities when they are available and was often spoken with a little sass (傲气), as in "Don’t come crying to me when all the tarts are gone!" LISA POLLARD, 63, EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. "Always leave the kitchen cleaner than you found it." I take it as a challenge to take responsibility for those who came before us and those coming after us. It is not enough to simply complete a given task; we should all do what we can to help each other. REBECCA BOUCHER, 65, SALT POINT, N. Y. "Whenever you wake up, that’s your dawn." It means the dawning realization can only happen once you’ve awoken to the truth. It helps with feelings of regret. "I should’ve known better or done better" doesn’t apply, because you just didn’t know. SHIFA PANWALA, 38, TORONTO "See the light in others. Treat them as if that’s all you see." To her, a moment of poor judgment or difficult behavior was not the sum of someone’s character. KATHERINE AUSTIN-EVELYN, 40, NEW YORK CITY
60. When the former monitor quit, leaving behind messy class rules and poor class atmosphere, the class teacher had you stepped in. You turned to your mom for advice, and she might say "______"
A. Take tarts when tarts are passed.
B. Always leave the kitchen cleaner than you found it.
C. Whenever you wake up, that’s your dawn.
D. See the light in others. Treat them as if that’s all you see.
61. You might find the words of Shifa’s mom helpful when you ______.
A. keep thinking about past failures and can’t cheer yourself up
B. feel upset about other people’s faults and can’t be peaceful
C. hesitate about seizing a rare opportunity for fear of failures
D. blame other people for letting go of a golden opportunity
62. Chinese moms are also full of wisdom. For example, Li Hua’s mom, who always has "Strike while the iron is hot" on her lips, may agree with ______.
A. Lisa’s mom. B. Rebecca’s mom C. Shifa’s mom D. Katherine’s mom
Passage C
I recently found a rat in our garden. Normally I would have called an exterminator (灭鼠师), but instead, I turned to ChatGPT, which suggested that I set up a cage trap baited (下诱饵) with meat. I did and felt a small surge of satisfaction — the satisfaction of handling something yourself, without paying a professional. (It didn’t work; the rat ignored the trap.)
I’m not the only one who has recently become my own exterminator. A study of 1.1 million ChatGPT conversations found that people turned to ChatGPT most frequently for practical guidance — on health, household repairs, financial decisions and other matters a professional might once have handled.
The A.I. revolution involves a massive transfer of labor — not from worker to machine, but from worker to consumer. The ability to do everything ourselves may be satisfying, but it can gradually overload us with busywork without our noticing.
The movement toward self-service is one of the most powerful and least appreciated forces in the history of work. Consider the washing machine. In many 19th-century cities, laundering was a major urban service occupation. Laundresses worked everywhere: Even families who did their own cooking and sewing paid someone else to wash their clothes.
The washing machine, together with the infrastructure that made it possible gradually ended this world. But it did not end the work. The housewife ended up doing more household work, more frequently, at higher standards — unpaid. The laundress lost her job. The housewife gained a chore. A.I. is now extending the chore economy into territory that once required years of training, such as law and medicine.
Despite tangible benefits, self-service does not automatically reproduce a professional’s judgment. The accountant points out the deduction the taxpayer didn’t know existed. The tool answers what you ask, whereas the expert tells you what to ask. That is the A.I. trade-off: greater access, but thinner expertise.
Second, no single act of self-service feels like a major burden. We notice the accountant’s fee we didn’t pay. We rarely notice the evening we spent doing her job. There is a name for this: opportunity cost neglect — the well-documented tendency to overlook the value of what we give up when the cost is time rather than money.
If you do the work at home, no one is measuring your hours. That’s why the digital revolution improves labor productivity — and boosts corporate profits — but leaves people feeling overburdened.
63. What does the A.I. revolution mainly lead to according to the passage
A. Workers are completely replaced by intelligent machines.
B. Ordinary people take over work once done by professionals.
C. Professional jobs become easier and less stressful.
D. People spend less time dealing with daily matters.
64. The example of the washing machine is used to show that ______.
A. modern equipment greatly reduces housework
B. traditional service occupations gradually die out
C. self-service actually creates more unpaid chores
D. household work standards have been increased
65. What can we learn about opportunity cost neglect
A. People care too much about time spent on self-service.
B. People prefer paying money to wasting time.
C. People tend to calculate all hidden costs clearly.
D. People ignore the time cost when money is saved.
66. What is the main idea of the passage
A. Self-service driven by A.I. brings hidden burdens besides benefits.
B. A.I. brings plenty of tangible benefits to people’s daily life.
C. Traditional professional jobs are gradually disappearing nowadays.
D. People should refuse to turn to A.I. to finish professional work.
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentences to fill in the blanks and complete the passage. There are two extra sentences you do not need.
A. And doing it in a car makes sense because it’s an in-between space where people can have total control over, from the temperature to the music.
B. If sitting in a parked car has become a habit, be mindful of how you’re spending the time.
C. It’s really about why you’re doing it, and whether it’s interfering with other aspects of your life.
D. Scroll through TikTok and you’ll find countless videos of people wondering aloud why they’re doing the same thing.
E. But when it comes to breaks in the car, though, whether that pause helps — or hurts — depends on how the time is spent.
AB. Decompressing in a car can be about more than just shaking off stress.
Why You Stay in the Car After Parking
Have you ever pulled into the driveway of your home or a parking lot spot and just ... stayed there Maybe it’s a few minutes, or half an hour. You might be scrolling on your phone, belting out a favorite song or just staring into the distance. ____67____ Some get there early on purpose. Others stay long after they’ve parked.
It turns out, science has a few ideas for why people do this. Whether in a car, on a sidewalk or just outside a door, that temporary pause can act as a buffer between one part of the day and the next. And while there isn’t an extensive body of research to back it up, experts say this can be good for you.
Brief moments alone can help reset emotions when moving from one thing to another — like leaving work stress behind before coming home. People seek out these breaks to process, recalibrate (重新校准) and shake off the gloom. ____68____
Scientists say taking brief moments to decompress (减压) during the workday and after can improve mood, sharpen focus and boost energy levels. ____69____ If you’re in your car scrolling and thinking about something that’s upsetting to you, the parked car is not a reset. It’s the stressor. Scrolling on your phone can pull your attention toward what’s happening on the screen, which can in turn make it harder to decompress.
____70____ Take a few moments to slow your breathing, listen to a familiar song or make a simple plan for how you want to show up next — whether that’s feeling calmer, more patient or more focused. Even a short pause can shift your state.
IV. Summary
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
The Hidden Strategy Behind Bad Luck
Bad luck always seems to strike at the worst possible moment. A man about to interview for his dream job gets stuck in traffic. A runner twists his ankle minutes before a big race. Perfect examples of cruel fate.
Or are they Psychologists who study such common accidents now believe that in many instances they may be carefully arranged schemes of the subconscious mind and that people often engage in a form of self-defeating behavior known as self-handicapping — or, in plain terms, excuse making. It’s a simple process: By taking on a crippling(有严重后果的) handicap, a person makes it more likely that he or she will fail at an endeavor(努力). Though it seems like a crazy thing to do, researchers say it is actually a clever trick of the mind, one that sets up a win-win situation by allowing a person to save face when he or she does fail.
A classic self-handicapper is the French chess champion Deschapelles. He was an outstanding player who quickly became champion of his region. But when competition grew tougher, he adopted a new condition for all matches: He would compete only if his opponent would remove one of Deschapelles’ pawns(国际象棋中的兵) and make the first move, increasing the chance that Deschapelles would lose. If he did lose, he could blame it on the other player’s advantage and no one would know the true limits of his ability; but if he won against such odds, he would be all the more honored for his amazing talents.
Self-handicapping may be an effective way of coping with performance anxiety. In the end, researchers say, it is a Faustian bargain(浮士德契约). Over the long run, excuse makers fail to live up to their true potential. And despite their protests to the contrary, they have only themselves to blame.
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72. 夏天晚上，睡觉时贪凉不盖被子，很容易伤风。（subject）
73. 我本以为她不是感性的人，可看见电影里久别重逢的戏码，她还是潸然泪下了。（strike）
74. 这篇文章的标点过于规整，可见出自AI之手，毕竟真人落笔总带着几分随性。（suggest）
上海中学2025学年高二第二学期期末考试
英语试题 (keys)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A 1-10: ADBAC DDCCD
Section B 11-13: ACB 14-16: CBD 17-20: CBCD
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A:
21-30 BBADA DDADC
Section B: Grammar
reveals; Rather than/Instead of; to fly; which; but; attached; how; orbiting; themselves; until/before
Section C: Vocabulary
31-40 AC/C/BC/E/AB B/BD/D/AE/A
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A: Cloze
41-55 DBDBC ABCAC ADBDB
Section B: Reading comprehension
56-59 ABAC 60-62 BAA 63-66 BCDA 67-70 DAEB
IV. Summary
People tend to blame bad luck for failures, but psychologists believe it’s self-handicapping: the subconscious mind makes excuses to protect self-esteem. Chess champion Deschapelles would compete when he was at a disadvantage so he could blame losing on unfair odds while crediting his wins to his talent. Though self-handicapping eases anxiety, excuse makers never reach their true potential. (58)
V. Translation
72. 夏天晚上，睡觉时贪凉不盖被子，很容易伤风。（subject）
On summer nights, if you sleep without a quilt just to stay cool, you are subject to catching a cold.
73. 我本以为她不是感性的人，可看见电影里久别重逢的戏码，她还是潸然泪下了。（strike）
She never struck me as sensitive, but seeing the scene of a reunion after a long separation in the movie, she broke down in tears.
74. 这篇文章的标点过于规整，可见出自AI之手，毕竟真人落笔总带着几分随性。（suggest）
The overly neat punctuation of the article suggests that it is written by AI, because after all human writing is inevitably casual.

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