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江苏省扬州中学联培部
2025-2026学年高二上学期2月期末英语试题
第一部分 阅读
第一节
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
A
JOAN GREEN HIGH SCHOOL
ASSESSMENT TASK DESCRIPTION
Year 11 History: Understanding the Modern World (Task 2)
Handed out: Week 4 Draft due: Friday Week 7
Draft must be submitted:
·via email (in Word)
·to teacher(hard copy) Due: Friday Week 9
Final copy must be submitted:
·via email(in Word)
·to teacher(hard copy)
·PLUS hard copy of teacher’s comments on draft
Type: Analytical essay Length: 1000-1500 words Resources: open access to relevant resources
A. Over eight weeks, we have studied two transformative movements: the 1750-1890s Industrial Revolution and the late 20th-century “information revolution”, including their foundational ideas and widespread adoption reasons.
B. The essay must analyze both movements by addressing:
Causes and key supporting ideas;
Key milestones;
Major figures involved;
Immediate positive/ negative impacts on society, economy, and environment;
Predicted long-term impacts.
C. The essay must be student’s original work;
Class and home preparation time to be provided;
Formal teacher feedback on one draft to be provided, one week before final due date;
Full access to class resources and materials.
D. Students will use and acknowledge all sources appropriately and submit a signed Declaration of Authenticity form along with their final copy.
E. All materials must be submitted by 4:00 pm on the due date. Extensions are only granted by the Head of History (application forms available from teacher/ Head of History). Late submissions are considered non-submissions, with a potential Fail grade.
1. What do students need to include in their analytical essay
A．The number of class resources used in the research.
B．The reasons why the two movements spread widely.
C．The predicted long-term effects of the two revolutions.
D．The influence of the two revolutions on today’s environment.
2. What is the consequence of a late submission
A．It may be treated as non-submission.
B．The Head will award a lower score.
C．The student will receive late feedback.
D．The teacher may permit an extension.
3. How many items are required to be submitted for the final assessment
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
B
When I win at my favourite games, my opponents tend to say: ‘OH, you’re so competitive!’ But when I lose, they smile good-naturedly and say: ‘Bad luck! Good game!’
This suggests that accurate sporting expressions should go something like this:
I am sporty.
You are competitive.
They can’t bear to lose.
Or:
I gave it a go.
You did your best.
He tried desperately hard.
I’m not saying I don’t have a competitive personality. We all do. On walks, I like to be out in front. In traffic jams, I find myself focusing on cars in other lanes, and fret if they edge ahead of me. I tense up while waiting for trains, determined to be first aboard. The other day, I was one of the first to board a train, grabbing a perfect spot in first class. Yes, I had won! Just halfway, I went to get a free drink for a first-class seat from the buffet. But I had left my ticket on my table. I worked out that, if I moved very swiftly, I could nip (快走) through two carriages, and nip back without anyone taking my place at the front of the queue.
So I rushed back, picking up my ticket, and turned back. I was at the beginning of the second carriage, when, to my horror, I noticed, another figure, roughly my size, shooting towards the buffet from the other direction.
Desperate to arrive before he did, I started walking faster. But at exactly the same moment, he started walking faster, too. Trying to retain my dignity, I broke into a running. Whatever happened, I was determined to win! But, annoyingly, at the same time as I sped up, so did he. The race was on.
Finally, in my rush, I knocked into a suitcase and stumbled slightly. Still with my eyes on my challenger, I noticed that-strange but true-exactly the same thing had happened to him.
It was only as we both lifted ourselves up in exactly the same way that I realised that, throughout the race, I had been looking at a reflection of myself in the sliding door!
My competitor for first place in the buffet queue was...me.
4. Which sporting expression can replace “Bad luck! Good game!” in paragraph 1
A．I gave it a go.
B．You did your best.
C．You are competitive.
D．He tried desperately hard.
5. What does the underlined word “fret” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A．Get anxious.
B．Become relaxed.
C．Feel disappointed.
D．Remain excited.
6. What can we learn about the author
A．He never fails to beat anyone in his life.
B．He has a gift for games and competitions.
C．He is sporty but often aggressive to others.
D．He is highly competitive and desperate to win.
7. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text
A．Sad competitor I can surely beat myself
B．Bad loser No, but I can be a first-class fool
C．Competitiveness works Not in my case
D．More haste It will only result in less speed
C
Humans have always assumed that there is a huge gulf between animal behavior and human development. However, recent research into animals shows that animals are continuously designing innovative methods to finish their tasks. Examining the nature and results of their creativity can help us understand evolution.
Research shows that animals too can be creative. By inventing new behavioral patterns and adjusting their behavior to new contexts, as well as to changes in social and ecological environments, researchers show that animal innovation too can be diverse. For instance, chimpanzees (猩猩) use tools such as sharp spines and stalks to remove the hearts of palm vegetables from trees. Herring gulls (鲜鱼海鸥) found out quite a cruel way of killing rabbits-drowning them in the sea.
Innovative species tend to survive when they enter new places, but novel behavior cannot be recognized unless “normal” behavior is studied. Researchers can now count and document the innovations that have been created by species, which would help them to quantify their creativity. Studies also show us that all animals are not equally inventive, with primates (灵长目动物) tending to be more innovative due to their bigger brains.
The greatest scientific significance has been the innovation shown by animals such as apes, capuchins and macaques among primates. These species of primates possess the biggest brains in proportion to their body sizes. They are also heavy tool users. Their broad diets and complex forms of learning are also insightful. They indicate an evolutionary strategy that gave them new solutions to life’s challenges.
However, even if these animals show innovativeness, they do not have the ability to improve upon solutions of others. Unless they share information accurately and copy each other’s inventions. their creative inventions are likely to vanish before they can be innovated further. This ability can be managed only by humans, for we are able to build on shared knowledge.
8. What does the underlined word “gulf” in the first paragraph mean
A．Difference.
B．Conflict.
C．Balance.
D．Connection.
9. Why does the author mention “chimpanzees” and “Herring gulls” in Paragraph 2
A．They are both creative.
B．They are both heavy tool users.
C．They create innovations in different ways.
D．They kill other animals in the same cruel way.
10. What can we learn about animal creativity
A．It is equally distributed among animals.
B．It helps animals adapt to the environment.
C．Animals’ innovations are easy to be identified.
D．Animals’ innovations are facing huge challenges.
11. What aspect of animals does the last paragraph mainly talk about
A．Their ability to share information accurately.
B．Their willingness to learn from each other.
C．Their inability to take creativity forward.
D．Their unwillingness to cooperate effectively.
D
Every language and culture has curse words (脏话). What gives a curse word its power is partly its meaning and partly its sound. “In English, for example, curse words tend to contain a high percentage of plosive sounds—including P, T and K,” said Ryan McKay, a psychologist at University of London.
Dr. McKay teamed up with his colleague Shiri Lev-Ari to learn whether this familiar pattern went beyond English. They wondered whether it might even represent what’s called sound symbolism. Sound symbolism is when a word sounds like what it means.
The researchers first asked fluent speakers of Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean and Russian to list the most vulgar (粗俗的) words they could think of. Once they’d made a list of each language’s most frequently used curse words, the researchers compared these with neutral words from the same language. In these languages, they didn’t find the plosive sounds that seem common in English curse words. “Instead, we found that the vulgar words were defined by what they lacked: the approximant sounds that include letters I, L, R, W and Y, ”Dr. Lev-Ari said.
Next, the scientists invited 215 native speakers of six languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The participants listened to pairs of words in a language they didn’t speak, and guessed which word in each pair was offensive. In reality, all the words were invented. For example, the researchers started with the Albanian word “zog, ” for “bird, ”and created the pair of fake words “yog" and “tsog. ”Participants were more likely to guess that words without approximants, such as “tsog, ” were curses.
Finally, the researchers combed through the dictionary for English curse words and their cleaned-up versions. Once again, the clean versions included more of the sounds I, L, R, W and Y.
A 20th-century linguistic (语言学的)principle claimed that the sounds of words were arbitrary: Any word could have any meaning. With curse words, though, as in other cases of sound symbolism, “the sounds themselves seem to carry meaning, ”said Lev-Ari. “That’s a new thing, ”said linguist Benjamin Bergen. “Curse words across languages, unrelated to each other, may pattern similarly. ”He also pointed out, to make sure the pattern of approximants missing from curses isn’t an accident, it would be nice to find it in an even larger sample of languages.
12. What is the purpose of McKay and Lev-Ari’s research
A．To analyze a phenomenon.
B．To confirm an assumption.
C．To explain a definition.
D．To challenge a theory.
13. What were the participants asked to do in the second part of the research
A．To decide which curse words are used more frequently.
B．To make up new curse words from real words.
C．To guess a word’s offensiveness according to its sound.
D．To identify the approximants in curse words.
14. According to Lev-Ari, which of the four is likely to sound offensive
A．Tusck B．Sola C．Darn D．Biach
15. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A．The old linguistic principle of sounds and meanings is wrong.
B．In sound symbolism, a word’s sound represents its meaning.
C．The research reveals the similarities between different languages.
D．The result of the research is not fully accepted by scientists.
第二节
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
When is bedtime ___16___ Inside every living thing is a clock that follows the sun.
For a long time, people assumed that daylight told animals when to go to sleep or wake up. See light, wake. See dark, sleep. Then, in 1729, a French scientist named Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan did an experiment with a mimosa (含羞草), a plant that folds up its leaves at night. ___17___
From time to time, he peeked inside. To his surprise, the leaves continued to open and close each day as usual, even in total darkness. And he had discovered a new thing about living creatures. Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock that keeps track of whether it’s morning, noon, or night on the 24-hour cycle of a day. ___18___
Every cell in the body has its own tiny time-clicker. A master timekeeper in the brain keeps all these cell clocks in step. For humans, a small group of cells at the back of the eye are in charge of the special job. ___19___ The master clock then sends “wake up” or “sleep” chemicals to all your cells.
You can feel light reset your clock if you fly to a different time zone. For a few days you get sleepy at bedtime back home even if it’s afternoon in your new place. This is called “jet lag”. ___20___ But soon the bright light in the morning and dark at night will reset your master clock to match the local time where you are, and you’re back on schedule.
So don’t worry if you forget your watch—your clock inside will keep you on sun time.
A．Inside every cell, there is a tiny clock.
B．That’s your body’s internal clock at work.
C．If you don’t have a phone or watch, don’t worry.
D．To learn more about this, scientists did some research.
E．They signal when they see strong daylight or growing darkness.
F．He put some of the plants in a cupboard and kept them in constant darkness.
G．These timekeepers cause cells to do different things at different times of day.
第二部分 语言运用
第一节 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Years ago, as a shy and uncertain post-graduate, I took a decent job but felt like wearing ill-fitting shoes. Lost and ___21___, I waited for inspiration to strike.
And inspiration did strike. I ___22___ The Artist's Way, a 12-week course to unlock ___23___. Julia Cameron, its creator, believes we all ___24___ an inner creativity; we just block ourselves from that urge. The path she lays out is simple yet requires ___25___.
There are weekly readings. For months, I'd discuss with members about our reading and ___26___ our progress, frustrations, and aha moments. One key ___27___ was writing “morning pages” — no stopping and no editing for at least three full pages. It felt writing nonsense at first. But as I ___28___, it helped me realize I'd use excuses to ___29___ a dance class or job opportunity. I found I tend to avoid any ___30___.
Another practice was “artist dates” — solo activities to inspire fun. Cameron emphasized that ___31___ our limiting beliefs was only half the battle; we must also ___32___ seek joy. So, I invited ___33___ pleasures: baking cookies, collecting fallen flowers, etc. I even rented a car to a coastal town. At sunset, I'd roll down my car window, sing loudly and ___34___ the pink sky. Joy entered my serious life.
A year later, I quitted my job and ___35___ one in a creative field. It took three more years to dance on stage. As for publishing short stories, perhaps next summer.
21. A．confused B．motivated C．annoyed D．impatient
22. A．set up B．reflected on C．turned down D．came across
23. A．mystery B．creativity C．achievement D．passion
24. A．display B．expect C．possess D．mention
25. A．flexibility B．commitment C．fortune D．cooperation
26. A．memorize B．deny C．share D．forget
27. A．contest B．suggestion C．trial D．task
28. A．persisted B．surveyed C．complained D．wondered
29. A．establish B．take C．abandon D．miss
30. A．risk B．guidance C．strategy D．praise
31. A．promoting B．recognizing C．illustrating D．preserving
32. A．helplessly B．humbly C．actively D．cautiously
33. A．original B．permanent C．intense D．simple
34. A．admire B．paint C．decorate D．brighten
35. A．designed B．landed C．refused D．inquired
第二节 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。
Dujiangyan, ___36___ (trace) back to the State of Qin as an irrigation (灌溉) and flood control system, is a remarkable example of ancient ___37___ (engineer) skill and is still in use today.
During the Warring States period, the ___38___ (settle) along the river suffered from constant flood destruction. An irrigation engineer, Li Bing, led a team to construct an embankment (堤坝) to redirect part of the river’s flow upon thorough investigation. They needed to cut a channel through Mount Yulei to let out the extra water. However, cutting the channel ___39___ (prove) a much more challenging task than anticipated, as the mountain’s rock was so hard that traditional tools was ___40___ (adequate). Therefore, they used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they broke ___41___ could be removed. Once completed, the system prevented floods and made Sichuan one of China’s most productive agricultural regions by using the redirected water ___42___ irrigation.
Now if you visit Dujiangyan, you will see an unusual construction ___43___ looks like a fish’s mouth. This famous attraction, Yuzui, together with two other important parts, namely, Feishayan and Baopingkou, ___44___ (design) originally to control the water flow throughout the year. Recognized as ___45___ UNESCO heritage site, Dujiangyan has irrigated farms while preventing floods for over 2,000 years.
第三部分 写作
第一节 应用文写作
46. 假定你是李华，交换生Emily想参加中国日报社主办的“印象中国(My China Moments)”英文作品征集活动，来信向你咨询。请给她写一封回信，内容包括：
(1)作品类型；
(2)作品内容及创意。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为80个左右；
(2)请在答题纸的相应位置作答。
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________第二节 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 old workshop door creaked open. Clara walked in quietly. Her shoes stepped on wood shavings (刨花) that sparkled in the sunlight. Through the dusty windows, the morning light shone on Grandfather’s rough hands. He was gluing a maple chair leg.
The wall calendar still showed January. Its yellowed pages were curling, just like dry leaves. An open order book lay on the desk. February’s page was empty. There had been no new orders since mid-January. Clara held her breath and recorded Grandfather with her phone. She focused on his quick hands as he measured angles with a metal ruler. “This might help him,” she thought, eager to show how skilled he was.
However, when she posted the video online, negative comments flooded in. “Old ways for a dying business!” “No wonder the business is failing!” Saddened, Clara deleted the video quickly. A spider crawled over the empty order book. Its blank pages showed not many people wanted handmade things these days.
“Want to see my treasure ” Grandpa’ s voice broke the silence. He opened a leather album filled with pencil sketches (草图) like library chairs from 1958 and park benches from 1962. A faded photo slipped out: a smiling boy missing two teeth was grinning at the camera, holding a curved (弯曲的) spoon proudly.
“Timmy, my former student,” Grandfather smiled, touching the curve of the spoon in the photo. “Now he designs furniture for tall buildings. Last month’s newspaper had an article about his curved stairs. It was inspired by this very spoon.” He tapped the photo, adding, “Machines make things fast, but hands remember stories.”
Clara looked at the photo — the curved spoon, Timmy’s smile, and Grandpa’s young handwriting on the back: Timmy’s first repair, age 7. Beside her, fresh wood shavings were shining. “Stories must be told,” Clara murmured, taking out her phone again. This time, she aimed to share not just the work, but the story behind it.
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: The next morning, Clara uploaded a new video.
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Paragraph 2: A week later, Timmy, now a famous furniture designer, walked in the workshop.
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参考答案
阅读1-3 CAC 4-7 BADB 8-11 ACBC 12-15 BCAD 16-20 CFGEG
完形21-25 ADBCB 26-30 CDADA 31-35 BCDAB
语法填空
36.tracing 37.engineering 38.settlers 39.proved 40.inadequate
41.off 42.for 43.that/which 44.was designed 45.a
应用文范文
Dear Emily,
I’m glad you’re interested in the activity My China Moments hosted by China Daily.
Participants can submit photos, short essays or videos. Your works are expected to show your real experiences in China. You can record traditional culture, local food or ordinary people’s warm stories. To make your work attractive, add your personal feelings and unique observations instead of plain descriptions.
Hope you can create excellent works.
Yours,
Li Hua
读后续写范文
Paragraph 1: The next morning, Clara uploaded a new video. Besides recording Grandfather carefully carving wood, she displayed the leather album and told Timmy’s story in detail. She explained that handmade goods carried precious memories that machine products lacked. She hoped people could understand the value behind traditional craftsmanship. Soon, warm comments poured in. Many viewers expressed admiration for handmade art and some even asked about ordering furniture.
Paragraph 2: A week later, Timmy, now a famous furniture designer, walked in the workshop. When he saw Grandfather, he hugged him tightly. He said he watched the video and missed his old teacher so much. They chatted about design inspiration and the curved spoon. Timmy promised to cooperate with Grandfather to spread traditional handcraft. Seeing smiles on their faces, Clara realized sharing stories could breathe new life into the old workshop.

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