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2025-2026学年高二上学期期中考英语试题
一、阅读理解
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
Science Alliance (联盟): High School Program
We are excited to announce the expansion of the Science Alliance Program to students in grades 9-12. Students can choose the topics they want to explore: anthropology, astrophysics, conservation science, Earth science, and evolutionary biology.
During the school year, Science Alliance High School runs three sessions: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Courses will meet once or twice a week on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 4:30-6:30 pm.
Fall 2024 Sessions
CLASS AGE GROUP DATES &TIMES
Insectarium Insects play a vital role in our New York City community by decomposing the city’s organic matter and pollinating (授粉) the vast majority of our food-bearing plants. In this course, students will gain access to the specimens (标本) scientists have contributed to the Insectarium. They will also practice various insect collection methods in the field and preparation techniques back in the lab. Using the Museum’s insect collections and new technologies, students will be able to employ a variety of digital tools that allow them to study these tiny creatures in new, more visible ways. Click Here to Register (注册) Cost: $1,000 Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12 Tuesdays & Thursdays,
4:30-6:30 pm
10/10,10/15,10/17,
10/22,10/24,10/29,
11/7,11/12,11/14,
11/19,11/21,12/3,
12/5,12/10,12/12
Should you have any trouble registering using the program links, please call Central Reservations at 212-769-5200 to purchase or be added to the wait list.
You will get all your money back if you cancel at least 30 days before the start of the program. Receive half your payment back if you cancel at least 15 days in advance, or a quarter back with at least one week’s notice. No payment will be returned for cancellations less than 7 days before the program begins.
1. What is known about the program
A．It runs on a monthly basis.
B．It is intended for freshmen.
C．It covers a variety of topics.
D．It consists of four sessions.
2. What can students do at Insectarium
A．Create tools with museum scientists.
B．Raise insects in the lab.
C．Contribute specimens to the museum.
D．Go on an insect field trip.
3. If a student cancels registration 20 days ahead, how much will he receive
A．None. B．$250. C．$500. D．$1,000.
B
There has been a battle raging in my living room — a deep-rooted standoff that began when I was a child of about nine. That is the age I was when my parents purchased a second-hand piano to support my continuing musical training.
Some may characterize it as a love-hate relationship, even though I believe the bond between us is more than that. Of course, on the “hate” side there were plenty of frustrating hours spent practicing, the forced performances for relatives, the trimmed fingernails. And the responsibility I had to shoulder, as my family sacrificed a lot for me to have piano lessons, because I had talent. My teachers said so and, truthfully, my heart said so, too. But all too often it felt like a burden.
There was also love on that piano bench. There were times when I could feel the music ring through me. I could feel it vibrate through my fingers. The connection between two people when performing a duet was beautiful. When my music landed on my audience it made me want to play forever.
But my musical talent did not survive my teenage years. It was no competition for the freedom I sought and eventually fought for. When I had a home of my own, the piano mostly sat unloved or at least unused, feeling fingers on the keys only during Christmas and when my own children took piano lessons.
I know every inch of this piano. I spent years of my life in front of this piano. Awaiting my free will to ripen enough to release me from lessons. Awaiting my life to begin. Awaiting my mother to leave the room so I could secretly read my book while practicing scales.
It feels like I am giving away the family pet. So here I sit playing my last tune before the movers take the piano away and surprisingly there lies a growing desire for something else. It is time to clear the air to let in a different melody. Time to say, “Thank you for being part of my life,” take a bow and leave the stage… with one final note rising up alongside the dust in a sunbeam.
4. What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 mean
A．Conflict.
B．Challenge.
C．Relationship.
D．Understanding.
5. Why did the author feel frustrated about playing piano
A．She lacked the talent in playing the piano.
B．She had to give up activities she enjoyed.
C．She felt burdened because of the responsibility.
D．She couldn’t express her emotions through music.
6. What can we learn about the author in paragraph 5
A．The author looked forward to growing up.
B．The piano took away the author’s freedom.
C．The author made a great effort to learn piano.
D．The author preferred reading to playing the piano.
7. What is the most suitable title for the passage
A．A Farewell to My Piano.
B．Challenges of Playing the Piano.
C．Love and Responsibility in Music.
D．Reflection on My Musical Journey.
C
For some readers, a dictionary opens up a world. Dictionaries contain multiple pleasures, such as settling word-game wars by turning actual pages. For the rest, a dictionary is either outdated or strictly online. In 2012, Encyclopaedia Britannica stopped printing new editions, going digital-only.
In his book, Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary, American journalist Stefan Fatsis writes of the shift brought about by our decade-old dependence on search engines: “Definitions, good and bad, were a click away, and most people didn’t care or couldn’t tell which was which: expert research, scraped data, zombie (僵尸) websites, whatever popped up in a search.”
When I was a child, I loved dictionaries, and so did every sensible parent in Calcutta. If your child was literate, one of the 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary or an illustratedCollins was the surest way to keep them happily occupied, setting them off on hunts for lost or forgotten words.
Fatsis sees dictionary-making as “a human endeavor (努力) stretching back to the third millennium BCE”. From the Akkadians to Sanskrit scholars, what dictionary makers hoped to do went far beyond the already tricky task of writing definitions: their job was to explain and track “the endless shifts in language”.
Change is inevitable, though Fatsis also asks what we lose in the name of convenience. He writes, “the job of the dictionary was firmly established… By the time I finished this book, it wasn’t clear how much longer flesh-bone-and-blood lexicographers would be needed to document the march of the English language. Between traditional search engines and AI-enhanced search through LLMs (large language models), the way we look up words, and find meaning in language itself, has changed.”
We can’t claim that humanity still needs physical dictionaries. Like encyclopedias and atlases, the best of them have long moved online. Indeed, the starting points of most search engines were the encyclopedias and dictionaries compiled (编纂) by experts. But I plan to hold on to my beloved, dog-eared physical dictionaries — such priceless time capsules, one of the last paradises of freedom from the endless scroll of digital content.
8. What has reduced people’s reliance on physical dictionaries
A．The decline of the print media.
B．The convenience of online lookup.
C．People’s indifference to accuracy.
D．Publishers’ insistence on going digital.
9. What can we infer about the future of real-life lexicographers
A．Their workload will double.
B．They will remain in demand.
C．Their existence is threatened.
D．They need to upgrade their skills.
10. Why does the author stick to physical dictionaries
A．They boost long-term memory.
B．They last longer than digital files.
C．They offer an escape from screens.
D．They give more authoritative definitions.
11. What can be a suitable title for the text
A．A Word in Favor of Dictionaries
B．My Love for Looking up Words
C．A Best-seller on the Theme of Change
D．Human Endeavors in Dictionary-making
D
When we think about lives filled with meaning, we often focus on people whose grand contributions benefited humanity. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela surely felt they had a worthwhile life. But how about us ordinary people, struggling in a typical existence
There is an important element to consider. Think about the first butterfly you stop to admire after a long winter or imagine the scenery at the top of a hill after a fresh hike. Sometimes existence delivers us small moments of beauty. When people are open to appreciating such experiences, these moments may enhance how they view their life. This element is defined as EA (experiential appreciation) by Joshua Hicks, a psychological professor at Texas A & M University.
Recently, he and his research team set out to figure out whether EA was related to a person’s sense of meaning in a series of studies that involved more than 3,000 participants. At an initial test, researchers had participants rate their agreement of different coping strategies to relieve their stress. They found people who managed stress by focusing on their appreciation for life’s beauty also reported experiencing life as highly meaningful.
Researchers then conducted a series of experiments, in which they gave participants specific tasks and, once more, asked them to report how strongly they identified with statements linked to purpose, etc. In one case, participants who watched an awe-inspiring video reported having a greater sense of EA and meaning in life, compared with those watched more neutral videos. After reflecting on the results collected from the participants, researchers confirmed their original theory.
But applying that insight can be difficult. Our modern, fast-paced lifestyles fill the day with targets and goals. We are on the go, and we attempt to maximize output both at work and at leisure.
This focus on future outcomes makes it all too easy to miss what is happening right now. Yet life happens in the present moment. We should slow down, let life surprise us and embrace the significance in the everyday life.
12. Why are the butterfly and the scenery on a hill mentioned in paragraph 2
A．To deliver moments of beauty.
B．To explain personal experiences.
C．To present the concept of EA.
D．To show the necessity of protecting nature.
13. How did the researchers conduct the study
A．By studying previous research data.
B．By analyzing the response from the participants.
C．By shooting videos starring the participants.
D．By designing different strategies to reduce stress.
14. Who tends to find life more meaningful according to the text
A．A person who always gets her life well-organized.
B．A person who leads a fast-paced life.
C．A person who often hears motivating speeches.
D．A person who always expects future results.
15. What life philosophy does the author show in the last paragraph
A．No pains, no gains.
B．Live your life one day at a time.
C．Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
D．Those who believe in their ability can do anything.
七选五
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。
Voice notes are a highly divisive medium of communication. There are those,like me, who enjoy both leaving and listening to them; and then there are those who dislike them and feel very strongly about that. ____16____ A poll found that 62% of Americans have sent voice notes, and about 30% communicate this way on a regular basis. But even the voice note lovers among us have our limits. All of us know a voice note bore. And it is time to establish some ground rules.
The first rule: only ever leave voice notes for someone that you are confident likes you. ____17____ It is also somewhat self-indulgent (我行我素)．While a spot of self-indulgence can be healthy, it is unreasonable to expect someone who dislikes you to indulge you.
Never give complicated instructions in a voice note. ____18____ If you end up leaving a long voice note that contains a mixture of key information and other bits, follow it up with a text that gives the other person the important stuff, so they're not forced to listen straight away.
____19____ Leaving a voice note that is under 10 seconds long-unless you are funny or the other person likes you-is annoying. Type it out instead.
Follow the other person's cues. If they are responding to your eight-minute specials with one-minute voice messages, take the hint. Also, if your message is longer than about four minutes, you should be open to the possibility that the other person is going to take a long time to listen and respond. If your message is upwards of 10 minutes, they might never listen to it. ____20____
All you need do, really, is remember to use a bit of common sense. Modern innovations need not negate good old-fashioned manners.
A．Be at peace with that.
B．Be responsive and informative.
C．You need not keep your messages too short.
D．It seems the haters are losing the battle, though.
E．A voice note is a demand on someone else's time.
F．It suggests limiting voice notes to less than two minutes.
G．These should be typed out so the other person can refer back.
二、完形填空
Five years ago, I was a trail ride leader at a holiday farm in Victoria. My favourite horse was a warmblood, called Holly. Aged seven, she ____21____, sweet-natured and well-trained; the only ____22____ with Holly was her vivid imagination. I was constantly surprised by Holly’s ability to be ____23____ by rabbits, the wind or even shadows — sometimes her own shadow!
One day, as we headed back from a ride on the beach, Holly and I were ____24____ the way over the hilly area. When we got to one particularly long, steep hill, Holly began to twitch (抽动) her ears and step in place. So, when she ____25____ to sniff (嗅) and give all the ____26____ that she believed the ‘horse-eating monsters’ were close, I became a little worried.
At the bottom of the hill as we rounded a corner, Holly ____27____ with caution, and so I followed her gaze to the path ahead. There, sunny itself in the middle of the track, was a brown ____28____. This time it was my turn to get scared; I was on a nervous horse, leading a group of eight inexperienced pre-teen riders. Unexpectedly, Holly was firmly ____29____, ears forward. With the snake in her sight, she was no longer frightened.
I have heard that horses have a better sense of ____30____ than dogs. I hadn’t seen it ____31____ before that moment. ____32____, while we waited in reality for just a second or two but for what felt like a century — the snake awoke and moved calmly off into the bush.
Holly then ____33____, leading the horses with caution and care. She had been alert (警觉的) to danger and had been ____34____ for the safety of us all. Following in the footstep of their lead horse, not one of the other horses showed any fear. I couldn’t hide my relief and my nervousness finally ____35____.
21. A．negative B．gentle C．pitiful D．aggressive
22. A．solution B．reaction C．problem D．difficulty
23. A．frightened B．delighted C．touched D．attracted
24. A．chasing B．following C．pushing D．leading
25. A．stopped B．preferred C．hesitated D．refused
26. A．signals B．truth C．evidence D．symbols
27. A．sped B．rushed C．escaped D．slowed
28. A．rabbit B．horse C．monster D．snake
29. A．frozen B．stuck C．planted D．fastened
30. A．vision B．smell C．direction D．hearing
31. A．approved B．denied C．displayed D．ignored
32. A．Unfortunately B．Thankfully C．Undoubtedly D．Instantly
33. A．fell off B．went back C．came out D．stepped forward
34. A．responsible B．regretful C．grateful D．available
35. A．emerged B．lifted C．recovered D．missed
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。
Inside a workshop in Lyon, France, the soft rhythm of weaving (织布) machines fills the air as colorful threads move smoothly. For centuries, silk-making traditions, passed down through generations, ____36____ (shape) Lyon’s identity. In these workshops, skilled workers use silk-screen printing, a technique ____37____ (originate) in China, to layer colors one by one. ____38____ (remarkable), creating a single scarf can involve up to 30 different colors, each requiring its own screen and printing step. This detailed process, demanding steady hands and sharp eyes, ensures that every piece is unique and full of character.
Lyon’s connection to silk dates back to ancient times, when the city became ____39____ key gateway for Chinese silk entering Europe. During the Roman Empire, Lyon’s location along the Rhine River made it an important trading center. The ____40____ (arrive) of silk brought significant cultural and economic changes, establishing long-lasting ties between China and France. Even the street designs of Lyon’s Old Town ____41____ (tailor) to protect silk products from wind and rain during transport, showing ____42____ silk influenced the city’s development in many ways.
Today, Lyon is still celebrated ____43____ a center for silk production, design, and cultural exchange, inspiring many famous fashion houses around the world. Thanks to China’s Belt and Road initiative, new trade routes are bringing fresh ____44____ (opportunity) to Lyon. This renewed partnership continues to weave a future of ____45____ (share) creativity and innovation.
四、书信写作
46. 你校英语社将举办主题为“中国智造，闪耀世界” (Chinese Brands, Global Impacts)的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1.介绍一个你欣赏的中国品牌；
2.阐述它带给你的启示。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Chinese Brands, Global Impacts
Good morning, everyone!
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Thank you!
五、书面表达
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。
With every step I took, my legs shook like a baby deer’s, their power gone after climbing the rocky path for hours. My mind was full of bad thoughts. You are too heavy and weak and silly for even trying this impossible climb. The worries had begun long before when I first joined this trip, back when I was still happy about six months without drinking. My advisor had said this might be too hard, but I wanted to show I could change my life.
Now, standing on this dangerous mountain side, all that hope seemed foolish. The thin air made breathing difficult, and my uncomfortable shoes already hurt my feet. I watched jealously as the other twenty-eight climbers, mostly skilled walkers much younger than me, moved up the path easily. Their happy calls to each other only made me feel more alone.
During our first break, one leader quietly talked to me. “Your bag is too heavy,” he said, looking at my full backpack. But it wasn’t just the bag’s weight slowing me down. It was years of mistakes, broken words, and lost friendships that I’d stupidly thought I could forget at the mountain’s bottom.
As night came at camp, I stayed awake hearing the others sleep, my body hurting from tiredness. The freezing cold made my old knee problem worse, and whenever I tried to rest, I imagined falling down the rocky hill. Now, just an hour into the final climb, my eyes couldn’t see clearly from tiredness and held-back tears. The leader watched me, looking worried, but I couldn’t face him.
Sarah, the trip planner, appeared like a dream in the early morning darkness. When I weakly said I wanted to stop, she didn’t answer right away. Instead, she looked at me carefully, making me want to disappear. Finally, she spoke, her voice clear over the loud wind: “The man who wrote to me months ago spoke about making life better on his own. Is that man really giving up now ” Her question hit me hard.
注意：
(1)续写词数应为150个左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Sarah’s words echoed in my mind as I forced myself to take another step.
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When I finally reached the summit, the rising sun painted the sky gold.
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参考答案
一、阅读理解
1.C 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.C 11.A 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.B
七选五
16.D 17.E 18.G 19.C 20.F
二、完形填空
21.B 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.A 27.D 28.D 29.C 30.B 31.C 32.B 33.D 34.A 35.B
三、语法填空
36.have shaped 37.originating 38.Remarkably 39.a 40.arrival 41.were tailored 42.how 43.as 44.opportunities 45.shared
四、46演讲稿范文
Chinese Brands, Global Impacts
Good morning, everyone!
Among outstanding Chinese brands, I admire Huawei most. As a pioneer in global communication, it creates cutting-edge 5G devices and mobile phones sold in over 170 countries. Faced with tough challenges, it never gives up research and innovation.
Huawei teaches me that true strength lies in perseverance and independent innovation. As teenagers, we should hold fast to our dreams and keep improving ourselves to let Chinese brands shine worldwide.
Thank you!
五、47读后续写范文
Sarah’s words echoed in my mind as I forced myself to take another step. I calmed down and realized I shouldn’t be trapped by my past failures. I thanked Sarah for her encouragement and decided to keep moving forward. I lightened my backpack by leaving unnecessary items behind, fixed my shaky breath and focused only on the rock ahead instead of the distant peak. Every painful step became a chance to beat my weakness. Though my knees ached terribly, I refused to stop.
When I finally reached the summit, the rising sun painted the sky gold. Standing on the top, all tiredness and inner pain faded away instantly. I burst into quiet tears of joy, proud of myself for not giving up. Sarah walked over and patted my shoulder warmly. At that moment, I understood one truth: we are not defined by our mistakes, but by our courage to keep moving forward and rebuild ourselves.

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