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2025-2026学年下学期高二创新实验班期末质量检测
英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
The Future of Clean Energy in Homes
Heating, cooling, and powering homes contribute significantly to global CO emissions. As nations strive to reduce their carbon footprints, residential energy use — responsible for nearly 20% of energy-related emissions — poses unique challenges. Below is the 2022 breakdown of household emissions by source.
ELECTRICITY 52%
HEATING 28%
COOLING 12%
APPLIANCES 6%
LIGHTING 2%
Clean energy solutions for homes must be affordable, efficient, and adaptable to diverse climates. While technologies vary, here are key innovations driving the shift toward sustainability.
HEAT PUMPS — Efficient Heating/Cooling
Replacing gas boilers, electric heat pumps transfer warmth from air or ground, cutting heating emissions by 50%. Hybrid models, hopefully, might be able to work in sub-zero temperatures in the near future.
SMART GRIDS (电网) — Dynamic Electricity Management
AI-powered grids optimize energy use, storing surplus solar power during peak hours and reducing reliance on fossil-fuel backups.
SOLAR PANELS — Rooftop Revolution
Solar energy is the most accessible renewable source for households. Advances in photovoltaic cells have cut costs by 80% since 2010, making them viable in numerous regions.
WIND TURBINES — Community Microgrids
Small-scale turbines (涡轮机) in windy areas can power neighborhoods, though land use debates persist. “The scale of this transition is staggering,” says Dr. Elena Torres, a climate scientist at MIT. Residential renewables like solar and heat pumps could meet 90% of global household demand by 2050 — but only if investments triple within this decade. Recent studies show that every $1 invested in green homes today saves $5 in future climate adaptation costs. This isn’t just an environmental imperative; it’s economically inevitable.
1. Which two categories combined account for over three-quarters of total household emissions
A．Electricity and Heating.
B．Heating and Cooling.
C．Appliances and Lighting.
D．Cooling and Appliances.
2. Which technology is highlighted as cost-effective for diverse climates
A．Heat pumps.
B．Smart grids.
C．Solar panels.
D．Wind turbines.
3. What does Dr. Torres emphasize about the energy transition
A．The dominance of gas boilers.
B．The increase in solar efficiency.
C．The need for higher investment.
D．The breakthrough in heat pump technology.
B
In this fast-paced world, quiet moments are often spent staring at a phone screen. For those who have forgotten how to switch off and reconnect with ourselves, Deborah Alma may have just what the doctor ordered. She is the founder of The Poetry Pharmacy (药房), whose aim is to ease worry with words, allowing visitors to book poetry consultations for tailored advice or pick up a quick fix off the shelves. Last year, another Poetry Pharmacy opened its doors inside LUSH on London’s Oxford Street, seeking to bring a little calm to the capital.
Even before she had two successful “practices” under her belt, Deborah was keenly aware of the power of poetry. She noticed how it could bring people a positive change. This inspired her to become the “Emergency Poet” traveling the country in a vintage ambulance to offer poetry prescriptions (处方). The 1950s ambulance, which was bought on eBay, carried 200 poems, each with advice like “take this poem with a cup of tea” or “listen to some birdsong”.
After about a decade of mobile medicine, Deborah parked up her practice for a permanent location in Shropshire. This became the world’s first walk-in-poetry pharmacy, and — unlike the ambulance — it had central heating. From a cozy coffee corner to an inspiring physic garden, the Pharmacy is described as “a peaceful place to rest and dream”. “What happens in the shops is that people who look at pills are often buying things for others. It’s potentially a little theatre, but that act of giving and thinking about someone else is heartwarming.” The Pharmacy also provides a more personalized service. “We ask about people’s reading habits, how they relax, rather than their problems. It should be a pleasure to answer these questions,” Deborah says.
Despite never having done any online marketing, The Poetry Pharmacy has a dedicated following of creative souls, including Mark Constantine, CEO and co-founder of LUSH. We don’t know what the future holds for The Poetry Pharmacy and its founder, but one thing is certain-the next chapter is bound to be a good one!
4. How many poetry pharmacies has Deborah opened
A．One.
B．Two.
C．Three.
D．Four.
5. What can possibly happen in The Poetry Pharmacy
A．Poetic healing.
B．Helping phone addicts.
C．Enjoying theatre performances.
D．Discussing poetry writing.
6. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．The shop needs some marketing.
B．The shop has gained acceptance.
C．Deborah will open a new shop soon.
D．Deborah has found some co-founders.
7. Which of the following best describes Deborah
A．Creative but inconsistent.
B．Conventional but warm.
C．Innovative and compassionate.
D．Sociable and adventurous.
C
Languages represent far more than mere communication tools; they are complex carriers of cultural memory, showing unique viewpoints, cultural traditions, and collective wisdom. Language loss occurs when the final native speakers disappear, transforming vivid linguistic (语言的) traditions into historical artifacts. The loss of a language is not merely a loss of words but a deep loss of human heritage (遗产), disconnecting communities from their ancestral roots and their unique worldview. While language extinction is not a new phenomenon, languages are disappearing at the fastest rate in recorded history, with one language lost every three to four months.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced innovative methods for preserving and refreshing endangered languages, offering tools that were unimaginable in traditional linguistic research. Automated Transcription Tools can change spoken language into written text, while Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained on extensive datasets to perform translations across a wide range of languages.
While AI offers promising solutions, it faces a significant challenge which blocks its full potential. The vast majority of these endangered languages are underrepresented digitally. If one language doesn’t have a lot of text online, it will be less represented in those technologies. This digital divide is further worsened by the dominance of a few languages on the Internet. Consequently, endangered languages are often excluded from AI technologies, leaving their speakers pushed aside in the digital space.
Tech companies, linguists and local communities are all vital in ensuring that AI tools are culturally relevant and technically effective, which can lead to the developments that meet the unique needs of each language community. By involving native speakers in the design and use of AI technologies, create resources that reflect the true essence of the language and encourage a sense of ownership among community members. This shared approach is essential for building trust and ensuring the long-term sustainability of language preservation efforts.
8. Why are the roles of languages talked about in paragraph 1
A．To call for global language unity.
B．To draw attention to lost languages.
C．To show the effect of language loss.
D．To prove the uniqueness of languages.
9. What major difficulty does AI face in handling endangered languages
A．Their limited speakers.
B．Their poor digital data.
C．The dominant languages.
D．The backward technologies.
10. What does the author urge people to do in the end
A．Prioritize communities over experts!
B．Meet common needs of communities.
C．Create technically effective AI models.
D．Make joint efforts at specific solutions.
11. Which can be the best title for the text
A．Save Dying Languages Through Technology.
B．Bridge the Digital Language Gap with AI Tools.
C．AI in Teaching People Endangered Languages.
D．Fruitful Smart Projects in Language Protection.
D
Pictures and videos of all sorts of animals regularly go viral these days because people connect with the apparent joy, friendship and playfulness of these animals. Unfortunately, the initial enthusiasm of these posts is often squashed by someone rightly noting that the animal’s reaction is not joy or pleasure, but fear, anger or pain.
The reason we often get cases like this wrong is that we interpret the emotional content of many behaviors automatically and unconsciously. This is a version of anthropomorphism: interpreting animals as we would interpret another human. The standard view has been that anthropomorphism is primarily an error of overestimating the intelligence of animals. In recent decades, many authors have pushed back against this attitude towards anthropomorphism, arguing animals are a lot like us and that many “anthropomorphic” claims about animals are actually true.
Instead of getting caught in a black-and-white debate, however, I want a more complicated, informed discussion of competing ideas. Once we agree that animals do in fact, have emotions, we can acknowledge that the anthropomorphic mistake is not seeing emotion where there is none — it is seeing the wrong emotion.
Each of us has a set of perceptual, emotional and cognitive capacities that allow us to engage and understand one another socially. These capacities help guide and structure all sorts of interactions, and we are generally not even aware we are using them. They are generally, but not perfectly, tuned for human interaction. Things can get messy, though, when we use them to interpret animals. Perhaps the best-studied version of this is the primate “grin” (灵长类动物的咧嘴笑). The animal is not happy, it turns out. The exact signaling function varies by species, but it usually signals something more like fear or anxiety, often by a submissive individual in a tense social situation. This is, in fact, anthropomorphism, because you are interpreting an animal’s behavior in the same way we would interpret human behavior. This kind of anthropomorphism is a form of cognitive bias (偏见) resulting from shortcuts taken by our reasoning processes, usually without our awareness.
We should approach the topic of anthropomorphism from the angle of bias. Traditionally, assumptions about how and when people anthropomorphise have been so fixed that the psychology did not seem worth investigating. Slightly different attitudes can be found. For example, even though they advocate for anthropomorphic views of animals, the zoologists Jesus Rivas and Gordon Burghardt memorably note that it can be tricky: “Anthropomorphism comes in many forms and can catch you off guard!” While the recognition of “many forms” is progress, it makes the need for evidence-based research only more pressing. By focusing on implicit (隐性的) anthropomorphism, we shift attention from debating specific “humanlike” features to examining the deeper psychological mechanisms that make anthropomorphism so slippery. This, I believe, is the most challenging and most significant dimension of the problem.
12. What does the word “squashed” underlined in Paragraph 1 probably mean
A．Awakened.
B．Dampened.
C．Misguided.
D．Underestimated.
13. What can we learn about anthropomorphism
A．It turns animals’ negative emotions into positive ones
B．It underrates the emotional capacities of animal species.
C．It contributes to the shortcuts of our reasoning processes.
D．It reflects the projection of human qualities onto animals
14. The author quotes Jesus and Gordon to ________.
A．confirm the value of anthropomorphism
B．highlight the complexity of anthropomorphism
C．warn us of the limitations of anthropomorphism
D．remind us to view anthropomorphism positively
15. What does the author intend to do by writing this passage
A．Propose a fresh perspective.
B．Analyze a worrying tendency.
C．Evaluate the credibility of a theory.
D．Explore the origin of a phenomenon.
七选五
Over the summer, Ohio State University announced a new initiative promising to “integrate AI education into the core of every undergraduate curriculum.” Similar initiatives are being rolled out at other universities. ____16____
Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era are precisely those that are likely to be weakened by inserting AI into the educational process.
Students must be able to ask AI questions, critically analyze its written responses, identify possible weaknesses or inaccuracies, and integrate new information with existing knowledge. Each of these skills comes from years of sustained educational development. ____17____ “I find that careful use of AI helps me at work, but that is because I completed my education decades ago and have been actively studying ever since,” the sociologist Gabriel Rossman has written. “My accumulated knowledge gives me inspiration for new research questions and techniques.”
Will the AI-integrated education develop these skills ____18____ For example, a team of scientists at MIT recently divided subjects into three groups and asked them to write a number of short essays over the course of several months. The first group used ChatGPT to assist its writing, the second used Google Search, and the third used no technology. They found that the subjects that used ChatGPT produced vague, poorly reasoned essays and showed the lowest levels of brain activity. ____19____ Other studies have found a negative correlation between AI use and cognitive abilities.
____20____ The most responsible way for colleges to prepare students for the future is to teach AI skills only after building a solid foundation of basic cognitive (认知的) ability and advanced disciplinary knowledge.
A．This is how innovation happens.
B．These findings raise serious doubts about the push.
C．A growing body of research suggests that it will not.
D．We should engage in cautious and reasoned thinking.
E．Some experts argue for a complete ban on AI in educational settings.
F．But such policies represent a dangerously rapid and uninformed response to the technology.
G．They tended to compose their work simply by cutting and pasting (粘贴) material from other sources.
二、完形填空
In 1980, when Malcolm Campbell was a senior in high school, he took a civics class with a teacher named Don Lawson. One of the units that Mr Lawson ____21____ was about the anti-war movement.
For two days, Mr Lawson played them anti-war songs by Bob Dylan, to ____22____ that art can be an important vehicle for protest. On the second day, Campbell raised his hand, with a ____23____.
“Is this gonna be on the test ” he recalled asking.
“And Mr Lawson looked at me and said, No, man, this is for your ____24____,” Campbell said.
That’s when Campbell had a flash of ____25____ about what Mr Lawson was trying to do.
“It was like in the movies. A light went off in my head,” Campbell remembered. “And I ____26____ what Mr Lawson was trying to convey. He’s ____27____ this material not for the test, but for personal enrichment.”
Campbell went on to ____28____ a PhD in biology and he spent 30 years teaching biology at Davidson College in North Carolina. All along, he kept the ____29____ of Mr Lawson in his heart.
Campbell recently ____30____ from teaching. But looking back at his long career, one of his ____31____ accomplishments was helping students have their own ____32____ of epiphany (顿悟).
“That’s a(n) ____33____ career-essentially I go around flipping (抛) lit matches onto piles of leaves and watching them take ____34____,”Campbell said.
That’s ____35____ true. As a famous saying goes, “Education is not the filling of a pail (桶), but the lighting of a fire.”
21. A．learned B．reviewed C．commented D．taught
22. A．illustrate B．ensure C．confirm D．propose
23. A．present B．request C．demand D．question
24. A．life B．health C．soul D．future
25. A．thought B．insight C．concept D．imagination
26. A．figured out B．came across C．took over D．turned down
27. A．produced B．advocated C．arranged D．replaced
28. A．earn B．take C．apply D．claim
29. A．messages B．lessons C．opinions D．actions
30. A．separated B．removed C．escaped D．retired
31. A．easiest B．hardest C．proudest D．latest
32. A．classes B．stages C．moments D．periods
33. A．amazing B．simple C．ordinary D．familiar
34. A．order B．fire C．chance D．turn
35. A．basically B．normally C．generally D．absolutely
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
An Extreme Fondness for Ants
One day in 1936 Edward Wilson, a budding seven-year-old naturalist, was out ____36____ (fish). He hooked a pinfish, which has sharp spines down its back. He pulled so hard that one of its spines went into his right eye. Keen not to cut short a day outdoors, he kept on ____37____ going to hospital. As a result, he lost most of the sight in that eye.
This loss of vision gave him a push from vertebrates toward ants. A long and productive career ____38____ (witness) him write hundreds of papers and publish dozens of books, collect two Pulitzer prizes, and make fundamental contributions to ecology and evolutionary biology up to now.
As with all the best scientists, he delighted in drawing connections. Ants are biological robots and their behaviour controlled by chemicals are called pheromones. But from those simple chemicals ____39____ (arise) an astonishing variety of behaviour. Ants march in columns, practise agriculture, and run complex societies ____40____ the individual good is less important than that of the colony.
Exploring the evolutionary principles ____41____ (underlie) that behaviour got him thinking about how they could apply to other species, ____42____ topic he explored in 1975 in a book called “Sociobiology: The New Synthesis”. The chapters that applied biological reasoning to the behaviour of other animals were uncontroversial. But when, at the end, he extended the ____43____ (analyze) to humans he was criticized by some of his colleagues and physically attacked at a lecture.
Time has proved Wilson right. These days few dispute that human behaviour is at least ____44____ (part) shaped by genes. ____45____ the principle is mostly accepted, the mechanisms remain obscure. Understanding exactly how, and how much, genes affect human behaviour remains a piece of vast and fascinating unfinished business.
四、书信写作
46. 假定你是校园播客社（Campus Podcast Club）负责人李华，拟在学校英文论坛发帖为社团招新。请写一篇短文，内容包括：
（1）社团理念及工作意义；
（2）招募岗位和报名方式。
参考词汇：招募 recruit
注意：
（1）写作词数应为80个左右；
（2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Club Members Wanted
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。
The airport announcement informed passengers that due to bad weather, the flight would be delayed for two hours before boarding. Mary’s mom commented quietly that the delay seemed to have ruined everyone’s mood. But eleven-year-old Mary stayed calm, softly humming (哼) a new song she had just learned. She was looking forward to the weekend trip to visit her grandparents, excited to share the song with them.
To her, music was like an invisible string that could tie strangers together, creating a warm community. She remembered the first time she had felt this connection: at six years old, waiting for the bus with her mom on a hot, boring day. Then a cheerful tune came from a store loudspeaker—a song about a girl and her dreams:
“Dreams of sunshine and fields of gold,
Where the heart is never old,
Singing songs that never end,
In a world that’s my best friend...”
Without thinking, Mary sang along—her voice soft and gentle at first, like a whisper carried on the gentle wind, which gradually growing stronger and more confident. The melody was simple yet engaging. Time passed without her noticing. When the bus arrived, passengers smiled; an old man beat his walking stick to the beat. As the doors closed, everyone was humming. Mom whispered to her, “You just lifted all our spirits.” Nothing seemed better than music for calming a restless heart, and Mary remembered that.
After boarding the plane, the passengers were told of another weather delay— at least another 45minutes. The cabin (机舱) grew tense with restless movements and complaints.
Then a sudden cry cut through the air. Across the aisle (通道) to Mary’s left, a tiny girl, barely three years old, began to cry. Her mother tried everything—rocking her, offering snacks, water, toys—but nothing worked. The child’s face was wet with tears, her cries loud and broken. Passengers shifted uncomfortably in their seats as the crying filled the cabin.
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。
Paragraph 1: Mary hesitated for a moment, and then turned to her mom
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Paragraph 2: Slowly, the baby’s cries softened.
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参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.A 2.C 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.D 11.A 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.A
七选五
16.F 17.D 18.C 19.G 20.B
二、完形填空
21.D 22.A 23.D 24.C 25.B 26.A 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.D 31.C 32.C 33.A 34.B 35.D
三、语法填空
36.fishing 37.without 38.has witnessed 39.arise 40.where 41.underlying 42.a 43.analysis 44.partly 45.Although/Though/While
四、书信写作范文
Club Members Wanted
Our Campus Podcast Club believes that voices can deliver warmth and share campus stories. Recording podcasts helps us express ideas and connect more students.
We now recruit hosts, editors and audio producers. If you are interested, send a short self-introduction to our mailbox before next Friday. Welcome to join us!
五、读后续写范文
Paragraph 1: Mary hesitated for a moment, and then turned to her mom. She asked for permission to sing the soothing song she loved so much. Mom nodded with a warm smile. Taking a deep breath, Mary began to sing the soft melody gently. Her clear, sweet voice spread quietly across the noisy cabin. Many complaining passengers fell silent and turned their heads toward her. The upset little girl also stopped crying temporarily, staring at Mary curiously.
Paragraph 2: Slowly, the baby’s cries softened. She stared at Mary and waved her small hands along with the rhythm. Soon the little girl stopped crying completely and even giggled happily. Other passengers relaxed and smiled warmly. The tense atmosphere faded away. Mary realized music was really magic. It could comfort upset hearts and bring peace and warmth to everyone around.

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