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重庆市巴蜀中学校
2025-2026学年高一下学期7月期末英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
When it comes to capturing attention and driving action, effective advertisements for bicycle and its relative-product make all the difference.
EuroGraphics Jigsaw Puzzle
Best for: cycling enthusiasts and anyone looking for a challenging puzzle experience
Pros:* high-quality material
* unique piece shapes and challenging assembly
* enjoyed as a gift for others or as a personal challenge
Cons:* some customers have mentioned issues with missing pieces
* may not be suitable for younger children due to the recommended age of 13 years and up
Wall Calendar Bicycle Poster
Best for: cycling enthusiasts and those who want a unique and functional decorative piece for their home or office
Pros:* high-quality prints, semi-gloss paper
* make for a great conversation starter
* compact size and lightweight design
Cons:* some customers have reported long shipping times
* the product’s Best Sellers Rank is relatively low
Odometer Wireless Computer
Best for: cyclists seeking a reliable and feature-rich bike computer
Pros:* easy to install (安装) and use
* provides accurate data with its speed sensor
* LCD display with all-day backlight for visibility in low-light conditions
Cons:* some users reported issues with magnet placement for mountain bikes
* concerns about battery consumption and reliability
Bicycles Deliver Throw Pillow
Best for: cycling enthusiasts who want to add a touch of inspiration to their living room with a unique and stylish throw pillow
Pros:* vibrant multicolor design and cheap to buy
* durable and stylish 100% spun-polyester fabric
*100% polyester filling and individually cut and sewn by hand
Cons:* spot clean/ dry clean only, which may be a limitation for some users
* one-year warranty (保修) period
1. Which bicycle ad has an age limit of its customers
A．Bicycles Deliver Throw Pillow B．Odometer Wireless Computer
C．EuroGraphics Jigsaw Puzzle D．Wall Calendar Bicycle Poster
2. What do Wall Calendar Bicycle Poster and Bicycles Deliver Throw Pillow have in common
A．Price. B．Popularity. C．Size. D．Function.
3. What do we know about Odometer Wireless Computer
A．It has a one-year guarantee. B．Its installation is user-friendly.
C．Its battery is always reliable. D．It doesn’t work when it gets dark.
B
Born and raised in Alabama and often wearing camo (迷彩服), Lybarger has found unexpected Internet fame by introducing followers to the overlooked world of southeastern flora. Along the way, he has become a guardian of rare and endangered plant populations across northern Alabama and beyond.
“What we’re doing is saving these remains, so they still exist if people want to bring them back in the future,” says Lybarger.
Over 90% of Alabama’s land is privately owned. That means knocking on doors to speak with landowners who are unknowing hosts to rare plants. Lybarger, a forester by training, offers to care for those populations at no cost, thanks to his income from social media. Lybarger attributes his success to a positive energy from his late dad, and to not worrying what others think. “I was a deer hunter, forester posting about flowers,” he says. “You have to really not care what people think of you to do that.”
About a decade ago, he sprayed herbicide (喷洒除草剂) on an open, rocky area to plant food plants that would bring in more deer. But the next summer, around the edges where he hadn’t sprayed, a beautiful surprise was unleashed. Color just exploded. Crazy-looking plants, everywhere you looked.He posted photos online. A local botanist came and pointed out rare species — Alabama larkspur among them. That’s when it hit him: he had killed off a wild seed bank of countless native species to plant two or three that didn’t belong there. “That’s kind of when the light bulb went off,” he says.
Today, Lybarger works to save what’s left of those grasslands. In 2023, he raised over $100,000from T-shirts featuring an endangered plant, enough to buy 24 acres of forestland for protection. “One person, one yard, one-tenth of an acre can make a bigger difference than you think.”
4. What is mainly highlighted about Lybarger in paragraph 1
A．His unusual path to celebrity. B．His ambition to become a forester.
C．His childhood experiences in Alabama. D．His family tradition of plant conservation.
5. What best explains Lybarger’s success in paragraph 3
A．He is fine with being different. B．He received education in forestry.
C．He sells T-shirts online for money. D．He charges landowners for plant care.
6. How might Lybarger feel when the botanist pointed out the rare species
A．Confused. B．Doubtful. C．Regretful. D．Indifferent.
7. What message is conveyed through the passage
A．Mistakes in the past can never be fixed. B．Protecting nature requires a large team. C．Going viral is what really saves the day. D．Even small efforts can lead to big change.
C
Imagine telling ChatGPT on your iPhone: “Find and order the best noise-canceling headphones under $300 with good battery life.” The AI agent researches options, compares reviews, checks your preferences if shared, and completes the purchase using your linked Visa card. Confirmation arrives via notification (通知), with easy options to cancel or modify if needed.
This kind of hands-free purchasing isn’t science fiction — it’s powered by a landmark integration (融合) between Visa and OpenAI. Visa announced a major partnership with OpenAI that combines its global payment network directly into ChatGPT. This integration lets AI agents go beyond simple recommendations to handle end-to-end tasks such as monitoring prices, adding items to a repeated order, or coordinating gifts for family members.
Visa emphasizes user control and reliable security as cornerstones of the integration. Deals use tokenized credentials (加密代币) instead of sharing full card details, with continuous monitoring for suspicious activity.
The partnership unlocks time-saving opportunities for busy professionals and families. Parents could hand over back-to-school shopping lists or weekly grocery refills. Travelers might ask agents to book flights, hotels, and experiences within budget. Fitness enthusiasts could have workout equipment or supplements automatically reordered based on usage patterns. Early feedback highlights reduced decision fatigue and fewer abandoned carts.
Despite strong safeguards, handing purchasing power to AI raises questions about data sharing. Visa and OpenAI stress transparency, with agents explaining decisions and providing receipts immediately. In addition, users must carefully review permissions when linking cards and decide how much personal preference data to share for better recommendations.
This Visa-OpenAI integration works across platforms, including iOS through the ChatGPT app,offering an alternative path for web-based agent shopping. Future enhancements could see tighter connections with Siri, allowing voice-initiated agent tasks that flow into Visa-powered checkouts. The development underscores (强调) a broader trend where AI agents become more capable across services, driving tech firms to upgrade their commercial services in response.
8. What can AI agents do with Visa’s support
A．Design new payment systems. B．Cancel orders automatically.
C．Perform multi-tasked shopping. D．Update users’ bank card.
9. Why does the author mention different users in paragraph 4
A．To disprove a theory. B．To introduce a trend.
C．To share personal experiences. D．To illustrate the benefits.
10. What do Visa and OpenAI promise users
A．Full data access. B．Low service cost. C．Clear information. D．Full user control.
11. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．Businesses will evolve to keep up. B．Cross-platform use will be reduced.
C．Voice control will take a leading place. D．Upgrades will focus on payment security.
D
Bored to death. It’s so boring. It’s like watching paint dry. Few emotions get such a bad impression as boredom. Uncomfortable and unrewarding. Tedious meetings and slow-moving checkout queues, when we become trapped in it, we wrinkle mentally, desperate to escape, reaching for our mobile phones for a fix of distraction.
A recent experiment by Doctor Sandi Mann, a senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, showed surprising results on how a period of boredom could spark out-of-the-box thinking. She asked volunteers to copy out the telephone directory (电话簿) for 15 minutes before being asked to come up with as many uses as possible for a plastic pared to the control group, who hadn’t been copying out the numbers beforehand, the ‘bored’ group were significantly more creative in their thinking. Her findings make you wonder about the seemingly routine lives of some of our greatest creative thinkers.
Then there’s Einstein. His remarkable insights often arose when he was aimlessly playing the piano, looking at art or sailing. In fact, Einstein loved to loaf. As a young man, he took a year off high school with no particular aim other than to indulge (放任) both his curiosity and imagination, and this ‘seemingly mindless idling’ remained with him for life and blossomed into his Theory of Relativity.
As journalist Manoush Zomorodi sets the record straight in her book Bored and Brilliant, we drastically underestimate just how much we need to be bored. “When our minds wander,” she discovered, “we activate something called the ‘default mode’, the mental place where we solve problems and generate our best ideas and engage in what’s known as ‘self-narrative planning’.” This, she says, is how we make sense of the world, ourselves and our goals. Allowing our minds to wander leads to new connections between things, new ideas and new directions. It also gives us the time to make sense of things, particularly social encounters.
So, do excuse me if I sign off from all this ‘thinking’ and pop to the hardware store for a pot of paint. Watching it dry never felt so inspiring.
12. What did Sandi Mann’s experiment find
A．Repetition works wonders. B．Boredom boosts creativity.
C．Groups work better together. D．Daily objects inspire thoughts.
13. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “loaf”
A．Relax aimlessly. B．Work diligently. C．Study intensely. D．Exercise regularly.
14. What is “default mode” according to Manoush Zomorodi
A．A state of concentration on tasks. B．A technique for decision-making.
C．A method to improve memory recall. D．A mindset activated by mind-floating.
15. What will the author encourage people to do
A．Stay fully occupied. B．Set aside free time. C．Seek constant fun. D．Pursue endless goals.
七选五
The more anxiously you chase a result, the more that result turns against you.
I’ve noticed that many people mistake “anxiety” for proof of capability: how committed and responsible they must be!
What makes this kind of anxiety so strange and harmful is that it completely changes the “contract of results” between you and the world. Under normal conditions, you put in effort, and the world returns results. ___16___ But once you become addicted to urgency, you’re essentially shouting to the universe: “Give it to me right now, or I’ll fall apart.” The more anxious you are, the more things will stop. Your anxiety creates backward force. ___17___
Take myself as an example. Every time I fall into an anxious state, I feel like a clockwork toy wound too tight. My heart races, my breathing turns rapid, and my brain starts playing disaster movies on a loop: “It’s too late.” “Others are already ahead.” “If I don’t move now, it’s over.” And the result ___18___ Seven out of ten words spoken, I regret. Stranger still, everyone around me somehow becomes tense for no clear reason, and they instinctively start avoiding me. To conclude: the biggest victim of this negative energy is yourself.
___19___ Life precisely refuses to respond to “anxiety”. A seed has its own time to break through the soil. A wound has its own pace of healing. A destiny has its own order of arrival. Life is not a timed quiz. It is a rhythm with its own breathe-in and breathe-out. ___20___ Allow things to complete themselves when they are meant to. Like planting a tree: water it, fertilize it — then go to drink a cup of tea.
A．So take a breath.
B．What if the world doesn’t
C．It is hard to fight against anxiety.
D．There is a reasonable gap of time in between.
E．Eight out of ten decisions made in that state are wrong.
F．Essentially, anxiety is a distrust of the present moment.
G．It is like wildly pushing a door that was designed to be pulled.
二、完形填空
I laid another graded paper on the pile. A first term as a nursing instructor was ending, and a holiday with our four little boys ___21___. Instead of excitement, I sat alone facing a private ___22___.
Six months ago, I got an ___23___ for a permanent part-time position teaching nursing, working twenty hours a week with summers off while caring for my children. I’d finally ___24___ my dream job and believed the long-awaited work-life balance was within reach. Yet a dark shadow of anxiety ___25___ closer over time. “Do you have to go, Mommy ” Sam asked. The ___26___ of leaving my children tore me apart. When ___27___ work, I thought of the boys. When home, I thought of work. Something had to ___28___.
One night, after an emergency at the clinic and a snowstorm delayed my ___29___, I hurried in. The boys shuffled (拖脚走) toward me in their pajamas. I ___30___ them close, then tucked them into bed.
“This just isn’t working, is it ” I admitted. My dream job was turning out to be nothing but miserable. My career was a ___31___ of who I once was, not who I’d become. Our four boys had changed me, so I submitted my resignation (辞呈) to ___32___ a new life.
As I reached for the ___33___ paper I’d ever grade, I heard a tap on the window. My ___34___ stood in the doorway. “I just learned you resigned,” she whispered, “I wish I had resigned when my four children were ___35___.”
She was here to support me. Before I could thank her, she was gone. I switched off the lights and closed the door, eager to head home to the life I chose.
21.A．neared B．ended C．passed D．slipped
22.A．moment B．ceremony C．struggle D．rest
23.A．advice B．order C．offer D．proposal
24.A．quit B．landed C．handled D．lost
25.A．dropped B．distanced C．pulled D．inched
26.A．doubt B．criticism C．heartache D．anger
27.A．at B．off C．beyond D．through
28.A．stand B．remain C．leave D．change
29.A．absence B．return C．arrival D．journey
30.A．pushed B．watched C．gathered D．chased
31.A．extension B．reflection C．sum D．continuation
32.A．make room for B．feel for C．care for D．call for
33.A．next B．best C．only D．last
34.A．colleague B．patient C．relative D．student
35.A．independent B．minor C．young D．tired
三、语法填空
Cantonese embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China. Guangzhou embroidery, part of Cantonese embroidery, ___36___(date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and has a history of more than 1,000 years. In May of 2006, ___37___ was listed as one of the national-level intangible cultural heritages in China.
Wang Xinyuan, a representative inheritor of Guangzhou embroidery, has been engaged in the work for over 20 years. He once recalled, “It was exhausting, spending 7 or 8 hours a day on a piece, not knowing ___38___ it would ever pay off.” He not only inherits the tradition, but also seeks for innovation.
In 1982, Wang was born in ___39___ tailor family in Wuning County of east China’s Jiangxi Province. Due to the influence of his parents, he could mend his own clothes at ten years old. He started to know embroidery from his aunt when he was thirteen and ___40___(systematic) studied Guangzhou embroidery at a Cantonese embroidery institute in Foshan in 2001.
Over the years, Wang has tried to make his own way in the inheriting of the craft, ___41___(create) artworks with distinguishing styles. In his embroideries, he has adopted methods ___42___are usually used in photography, oil paintings and traditional Chinese paintings. ___43___traditional themes such as flowers and birds, silk cotton and lichee, Wang has also created Guangzhou embroidery on bronze wares, famous paintings and portraits.
His efforts and ___44___(explore) have been widely recognized with his artworks winning gold medals time and again in national-level competitions. ___45___(integrate) the craft into people’s daily life, Wang also sets up a team to develop creative cultural products such as desk lamps, facial masks, scarves, ties, fans and pillows favored by common people.
四、单词拼写
46. The student f______ the letter, put it in the envelope and sent to the Chinese teacher’s office desk.
47. Very few Maori were living in the area when the first Europeans ________ (定居) there.
48. We have an exceptionally ________ (温和的) summer in Chongqing till now.
49. The kid________ (寻求) shelter from his grandparents and avoided a punishment for breaking neighbor’s window.
50. Silence is often regarded as an ________ (承认) of guilt.
51. Our country boasts its vast land and rich ________. (资源)
52. He is one of the________customers (常客) of that barber’s.
53. A heavy flood struck that remote county last week, c______ 5 lives.
54. A______ a recent photo to your application form, or probably you will be refused.
55. The hand-raising during the exam is a s______ that the student may ask for a new draft paper.
56. The local government declared that the economy was improving, but this survey and findings suggested ________ (并非如此).
57. This apartment is worth less than 1,000,000 RMB in its c______ state; so it is advisable that the owner redecorate it before selling it.
58. N______ handwriting is highly appreciated by teachers in composition grading.
59. It is no excuse of having ________ (有限的) time to persistent and high-quality reading.
60. It is somewhat ________ (肤浅的) for the kids and parents to pursue only a high score and an entry to a university.
五、完成句子
61. Our patience ________________ with these endless math problems before the test, so we need a short break.（run短语）
62. He________________as a part-time tutor, but he often feels torn between study and the heavy workload.（earn短语）
63. Peter was the second person ________________ the challenging position, which came as a great surprise to his colleagues.（不定式作定语）
64. The school cafeteria offers a variety of dishes, making it a place that_________________.（suit短语）
65. He often stays up late playing games, ________________ a serious drop in his academic performance.（result短语）
66. Keen to ________________ what makes people happy, we interviewed 100 random passers-by in the street.（figure短语）
67. The project is well worth________________, though we have faced many difficulties along the way.（carry短语）
68. It is high time that our school improved its facilities to ________________ of modern education.（meet短语）
69. Over the past three years, his hard work ________________ a huge improvement in his overall grades.（bring短语）
70. ________________, the project has progressed smoothly and is now ahead of schedule.（despite）
六、书信写作
71.假定你是李华，最近有很多外国游客来到你的城市参观旅游，你的好友 Chris看到了外国游客发布的旅游分享视频，对你所在的城市赞叹不已。Chris想了解你对于这个现象的感受，请你回复分享你的想法，内容包括：1.外国友人来你所在城市的盛况；2.外国友人旅行给你所在城市带来的影响；3.你的感受。注意：1.写作词数应为100个左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Chris,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
阅读1-15：1.C 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.D 10.C 11.A 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.B
七选五16-20：16.D 17.G 18.E 19.F 20.A
完形21-35：21.A 22.C 23.C 24.B 25.D 26.C 27.A 28.D 29.B 30.C 31.B 32.A 33.D 34.A 35.C
语法填空36-45：36.dates 37.it 38.whether/if 39.a 40.systematically 41.creating 42.that/which 43.Besides 44.exploration 45.To integrate
单词拼写：46.folded 47.settled 48.mild 49.sought 50.admission 51.resources 52.regular 53.costing 54.Attach 55.sign 56.otherwise 57.current 58.Neat 59.limited 60.shallow
完成句子：61.is running out 62.earns his living 63.to be offered 64.suits everyone’s taste 65.resulting in 66.figure out 67.carrying on 68.meet the demands/requirements 69.has brought about 70.Despite many difficulties
书信范文
Dear Chris,
I’m glad you’re fascinated by the foreign tourists visiting our city.
Now countless overseas visitors come here every month to admire local scenery and culture, taking photos and sharing online. Their arrival boosts local tourism and restaurants, spreading our city’s charm worldwide. Meanwhile, cross-cultural communication helps us understand each other better.
I feel really proud. It proves our city’s unique appeal. I hope more foreigners will come and experience our wonderful culture.
Yours,
Li Hua

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