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海南省文昌中学
2025-2026学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题
一、阅读理解
A
Ancient Chinese people enjoyed special summer treats similar to modern ice cream and fruit dishes. Here are three popular ones from history.
Su Shan (Crumbled Ice Dessert)
Su Shan was made of crushed (碎的) ice mixed with milk and butter. Poet Wang Lingran wrote a poem about it. He said sugar was added, and the dessert was shaped into various forms, sometimes decorated with flowers and leaves. The texture (口感) was unique — “neither hard nor watery, melting at once on the tongue”. Many scholars believe this was an early form of ice cream.
Ice and Iced Drinks
In the Tang Dynasty, the wealthy families had ice boxes to store ice. People drank iced water or ate crushed ice. By the Song Dynasty, iced drinks were widely sold on streets. Some rich people even offered free iced water and medicinal drinks to help others stay cool and prevent sickness from the heat. Sometimes they added green beans or a sweet-taste root for flavor (口味).
Cherries with Cheese and Sugar Syrup (糖浆)
During the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, dairy products like cheese became more common. In the Tang Dynasty, the warmer weather in the Yellow River regions helped cherries grow well. Cherries, ripe in early summer, were often eaten with cheese and sugar syrup. The Song Dynasty poet Lu You wrote, “Eat cherries, peaches, and cheese together.”
These treats, with small extra additions like sugar, green beans or cherries, show how ancient Chinese people found creative ways to beat the summer heat, using fun shapes and tasty flavors, much like the cool snacks we enjoy today.
1. What was the unique texture of Su Shan according to Wang Lingran’s poem
A．It was hard and required heating.
B．It felt thick and creamy like yogurt.
C．It remained hard for hours after serving.
D．It softened soon when touching the tongue.
2. Why did rich people offer free iced water in the Song Dynasty
A．To honor a traditional festival event.
B．To attract customers to their ice shops.
C．To introduce some new medicinal drinks.
D．To help people avoid heat-related illness.
3. What did all three treats have in common
A．They were all for wealthy families.
B．They included tasty extra additions.
C．They included expensive food fillings.
D．They were cold desserts with medicine.
B
Behind every shining champion lie countless days of silent effort. Wu Yize, a 22-year-old snooker talent from China, finally made history in the 2026 World Snooker (斯诺克) Championship. He defeated Shaun Murphy narrowly with a score of 18:17, becoming the first post-2000s world champion in snooker. This victory also marked China’s second straight world title after Zhao Xintong’s success in 2025.
Born in Lanzhou in 2003, Wu showed a gift for snooker at the age of seven. Driven by deep love for the sport, he received professional training at 13. To offer him a better training environment, his father sold the local antique (古董的) store and moved with him to Sheffield, the hometown of snooker. The early days abroad were extremely hard. The father and son lived in a small dark flat with limited money, and they struggled with cultural and language differences.
Years of strict training and tough life experiences shaped Wu’s calm personality. On the crowded court in England, Wu once misunderstood the fans’ cheers as boos (嘘声). However, he never lost his temper (脾气) and kept a clear mind throughout the match. His steady playing style earned him the nickname “Priest Wu” among Chinese fans.
Apart from the honor, the championship brought him generous prize money and a huge ranking upgrade. His global ranking jumped from tenth to fourth, reaching a new career height. When interviewed, Wu said his parents were his biggest spiritual support. He also expressed his ambition to create a unique era for himself in the snooker field. Such firm determination drives him to keep moving forward.
In fact, snooker has gained increasing popularity in China. Since Ding Junhui drew public attention to this sport in 2005, more professional tournaments have been held nationwide. Nowadays, China hosts one-third of global snooker events, witnessing the rapid development of Chinese snooker.
4. What do we know about Wu Yize’s victory in 2026
A．He beat Zhao Xintong in the final match.
B．He won the game by a narrow score.
C．He got the highest score in a single round.
D．He became the youngest snooker champion.
5. Why did Wu’s father move to Sheffield with him
A．To open a new antique store there.
B．To experience local foreign culture.
C．To escape the difficult life in Lanzhou.
D．To create better training conditions for Wu.
6. What can we infer about Wu Yize in Paragraph 3 and 4
A．He received generous prize money.
B．He totally gave up his family business for his career.
C．He might have felt upset facing foreign audience’s response.
D．He has long ranked fourth in the world snooker circle.
7. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A．China plays an important role in world snooker nowadays.
B．Ding Junhui began to play snooker professionally in 2005.
C．All top snooker players in China are influenced by Ding Junhui.
D．Chinese snooker events have replaced overseas ones gradually.
C
Civita, the dying town
Some 120 kilometers north of Rome, street signs along the road tell drivers they’re bound for “the dying town” Civita di Bagnoregio. The village stands on a declining plateau(高原). It has gone through landslides(泥石流), earthquakes, and erosion (腐蚀) since humans’ first settlement about 2, 500 years ago. Nowadays Civita has been reduced to only 90 by 150 meters.
In the Middle Ages, the size of the plateau was three times its size nowadays, and the population was over 3, 000, yet the river surrounding Civita gradually made the town collapse from the bottom up. Since 1695, when a destructive earthquake took place in Civita, many people were forced to escape from their hometown, and the population there has never recovered. By the 1920s, there were merely 600 residents in the town. Currently, there are only about 10 residents. What a small population it has!
The survival of Civita is uncertain. However, as the news that the town was about to disappear started to widely spread, more and more people wanted to visit it. Now up to 10,000 people visit Civita per day. And there is doubt as to whether it is dying. The flood of people and money leads to natives longing for the rescue of the town.
Yet the actual situation in Civita is that there are no grocery stores, hardware, or convenience stores. People living there can only have access to a handful of restaurants and tourist shops. Besides, they have to get supplies through a narrow, 300-meter-long bridge that connects them to the outside world.
Today, Civita is pursuing a UNESCO World Heritage designation, in order to earn official recognition of its landscape and adaptability to nature. Recently, the town presented a 242-page document to the UNESCO, hoping that it will help strengthen Civita’s role as a site of historical and cultural significance. Also, Civitas UNESCO team plans to create tourist attractions in the surrounding towns. If Civita recovers successfully, other towns in the same situation could find a direction based on its experience.
8. What has made Civita become smaller
A．The inconvenient transport.
B．The natural conditions.
C．The settlement of humans.
D．The decrease of the population.
9. Why do so many visitors flood in Civita every day
A．Because they want to rescue it.
B．Because they are attracted by its scenery.
C．Because they are interested in its natives.
D．Because they want to catch the last chance to see it.
10. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about
A．The stores in the town.
B．The daily activities of local people.
C．The appearance of the town.
D．The living conditions in the town.
11. Which word can best describe the possible future of Civita
A．Unchangeable.
B．Hopeful.
C．Disappointing.
D．Doubtful.
D
In the past five years, electric cars (EVs) have grown in popularity globally.
The latest figures released on 26 April by the International Energy Agency suggest almost one-in-five new cars sold worldwide this year will be either full battery electric or plug-in hybrid (插电式混合动力) models. This rapid (快速的) growth is a combination of technology development and government support. Falling battery costs have allowed cars to go farther, attracting their consumers. Meanwhile, governments are limiting the sale of new petrol (汽油) cars in some countries.
However, although EVs bring climate benefits, concerns remain. SUVs account for 42% of all car sales in 2020, and electric SUVs, though greener than petrol cars, their large size and weight erases some of the climate benefits from going electric. Their larger batteries also require more minerals, putting extra pressure on already limited global supplies.
“Air pollution is another worry. In poorer countries like India, electric motorcycles are replacing gas-powered ones, which will lead to significant improvements in urban air quality. But in richer countries, with cleaner petrol cars, the climate benefit is small,” says Frank Kelly at Imperial College London.
“As for the exhaust emission (废气排放), the benefit of moving to an EV is actually pretty small,” says Kelly. “And since EVs still produce pollution from their tyres (轮胎), brakes and road wear, we’ll still have a big pollution problem in our cities,” warns Kelly. And he says that the real solution is clean public transport, not more private EVs. Governments should reduce car dependency, not celebrating rising EV numbers.
12. What are the two main reasons for the rapid growth in EVs popularity
A．Higher oil prices and better road conditions.
B．Faster charging technology and lower electricity prices.
C．Lower battery costs and government limits on petrol car sales.
D．Government help with battery production and more charging stations.
13. What does the underlined word “erases” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A．removes.
B．produces.
C．shows.
D．increases.
14. What is Frank Kelly’s attitude to the globalization of electric cars
A．Interested.
B．Concerned.
C．Supportive.
D．Indifferent.
15. What can be the best title for the passage
A．EVs Are Replacing Petrol Cars.
B．Our Climate Calls For EVs Urgently.
C．Is The Popularity Of EVs A Good Thing
D．The Solution to Pollution: Private EVs or Clean Public Transport
二、七选五
If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all. 16.____ So challenge the following limits:
1.Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.
If you’re a salesman, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone now, instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call. 17.____ But don’t stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eye and say, “Go on. I’m not scared!”
2. 18.____
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.
3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
19.____ A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself.
4.Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.
Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers, try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online to book your ticket right now. 20.____
A．Someone may hang up on you.
B．You should do it continuously.
C．You don’t need to go to the gym.
D．Running in the gym may be a better choice.
E．Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.
F．Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to develop.
G．You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone.
三、完形填空
When I was a boy, we lived four miles outside of town. We lived right next to the 21.____ and I would spend hours every day playing in it with the oak trees (橡树) as my 22.____ and would climb them up and enjoy the moments staying with them.
That is why it was so 23.____ for me when I found myself working in a lumber mill (锯木厂). It wasn’t just the back-breaking work, the 24.____ hours and the low pay. It was also 25.____ day after day beautiful trees that had grown for half a century being cut into flooring. The red oak trees 26.____ the worst because they made the most beautiful hardwood flooring. Still, I couldn’t help but think that they looked 27.____ as living trees than as dead flooring
One afternoon after a long day’s 28.____, I was feeling particularly down. I needed to relax, so I 29.____ to take a little walk in the woods like I had as a boy in the hope of lifting my spirits. As I walked along with my tired body, I 30.____ those childhood days again. I 31.____ my head and looked down at the dirt. That was when I 32.____ it: a single, red oak acorn (橡树果) that had somehow survived.
I 33.____ something I’d read once: “Finally an acorn becomes a forest!” I smiled, dug up a handful of dirt and 34.____ that little acorn. I felt happiness warming my heart. Then I walked back home 35.____ once again.
21. A．forest B．house C．factory D．town
22. A．teachers B．friends C．kids D．guests
23. A．useful B．boring C．easy D．hard
24. A．long B．lazy C．exciting D．empty
25. A．showing B．seeing C．doubting D．guessing
26. A．gave out B．broke out C．turned out D．carried out
27. A．stranger B．older C．lovelier D．cheaper
28. A．research B．practice C．fun D．work
29. A．failed B．learned C．hated D．decided
30. A．missed B．spent C．regretted D．described
31. A．shook B．dropped C．hit D．turned
32. A．returned B．lost C．made D．found
33. A．refused B．remembered C．wondered D．feared
34. A．collected B．protected C．planted D．chose
35. A．busy B．tired C．happy D．lonely
四、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。
Born in March 1961, Shi Guangquan, a Chinese folk artist, has spent all his life preserving and 36.____ (develop) the traditional Laba Festival customs. In 1989, he became a monk at Faguang Temple in Haimen, Jiangsu, and 37.____ (begin) learning the rituals (宗教仪式) and cooking skills of the temple’s Laba Festival — an ancient festival celebrating harvest and community kindness. During the time 38.____ he lived in temples like Longhua in Shanghai and Guangfu in Chongming, he continued to practice and lead these customs.
In 2007, Shi joined Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou as the main leader of the temple, where he 39.____ (active) promoted the customs. He introduced a free ticket practice for the temple during the festival, allowing local people 40.____ (join) in the celebrations. More importantly, he organized a big group activity of giving out Laba porridge to citizens, turning the temple into an important centre for community 41.____ (warm). To keep the tradition alive, he worked 42.____ his team to create new workplaces, such as interactive workshops, mixing old rituals with modern life.
43.____ (devote) to making Lingyin’s Laba Festival a famous provincial intangible (非物质的) cultural heritage, Shi made great 44.____ (effort) and it was listed in 2017. His work shows how traditional culture can remain lively and have meaning for today. By connecting the past and present, he has helped people understand 45.____ value of preserving their cultural roots, making the festival not just a ritual, but a living part of community life.
五、书信写作
46. 假定你是李华，你校英文报计划增设一个音乐栏目，现就两个方案征集意见：My Music Story 和 My Favorite Singer，请你给负责此事的外教 Mrs. White 写一封邮件，内容包括：
1．推荐方案；
2．说明理由。
注意：
1．写作词数应为80左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答；
3．参考词汇：column。
Dear Mrs. White,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
六、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 ancient oak tree in the school courtyard served as the traditional “memories bank” for generations of students. On the final day of senior year, laughter and soft talks filled the air as graduates gathered around its thick trunk to bury time capsules (时光胶囊), which were heartfelt letters written to their future selves. Mia stood quietly among the crowd, holding her sealed (密封的) envelope tightly with an extremely heavy heart. While everyone else’s letters were full of bright hopes and wonderful dreams for the days ahead, hers held a painful confession (忏悔) she had carried for three long years.
Her mind flashed back to that terrible afternoon in the science lab. Driven by childish curiosity, she reached out her hand to check the school’s old microscope (显微镜), but she accidentally knocked it off the table. It broke into two parts at once. Full of panic, she hurriedly picked up the pieces and put them back together, pretending nothing bad had happened. Just at this moment, the door opened and Ben, a quiet classmate, showed up, with their science teacher Mr. Davies right behind him. Ben had come to take the microscope for a scheduled experiment. Hardly had his fingers touched the instrument when it fell apart again.
To Mia’s great surprise, Ben calmly took responsibility for the accident. “I was moving it and it slipped from my hand,” he murmured softly, accepting the teacher’s disappointed look bravely, though it should have fallen on Mia. Filled with guilt (内疚), Mia kept silent, unable to say a word as he took the blame (责任) that truly belonged to her.
Now, she watched Ben kneel down and place his own letter into the hole. He looked up and gave her a sad smile. A gentle breeze blew the oak leaves, whose sound was just like soft whispers. Mia looked from the freshly dug earth to Ben’s figure, falling into deep hesitation. She couldn’t help wondering whether hiding the truth forever was really the perfect way to close her high school chapter (篇章).
注意：1．续写词数应为 150 左右；
2．请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Just as the dirt was about to cover the capsules, Mia suddenly stepped forward.
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Paragraph 2:
After telling the truth, Mia stood there, waiting for Ben’s response.
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参考答案
阅读理解：1.D 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C
七选五：16.G 17.A 18.F 19.C 20.E
完形填空：21.A 22.B 23.D 24.A 25.B 26.C 27.C 28.D 29.D 30.A 31.B 32.D 33.B 34.C 35.C
语法填空：36.developing 37.began 38.when 39.actively 40.to join 41.warmth 42.with 43.Devoted 44.efforts 45.the
书信范文
Dear Mrs. White,
I’m writing to offer my advice on the new music column. I strongly recommend My Music Story rather than My Favorite Singer.
For one thing, every student has unique personal stories related to music, which makes the column full of genuine feelings and diverse contents. For another, sharing music stories helps us express ourselves better and build closer bonds with classmates. In contrast, articles about favorite singers may lack originality.
I hope my suggestion will be helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
读后续写范文
Just as the dirt was about to cover the capsules, Mia suddenly stepped forward. Her heart beating wildly, she stopped the crowd and turned to Ben. With her voice trembling, she told everyone the whole truth about the broken microscope three years ago. She admitted it was her fault and Ben had covered up for her silently all these years. She apologized sincerely to Ben and the teacher, relieved to get rid of the heavy guilt inside her.
After telling the truth, Mia stood there, waiting for Ben’s response. For a moment, Ben kept quiet. Then he smiled gently and said he had never blamed her. He just hoped she could be brave enough to face mistakes one day. All classmates understood and comforted Mia. At that moment, Mia felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders. She realized honesty and courage are far more valuable than hiding mistakes.

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