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湖南衡阳市常宁市2025-2026学年高二下学期7月联考英语
一、阅读理解
London’s Chinatown: A Cultural Wonderland
London’s Chinatown, located in the heart of the West End, is a busy center of the city’s East Asian community. It is a lively area filled with authentic restaurants, unique shops, and a lively atmosphere that offers a taste of the Far East.History & Location
The original Chinatown was based in Limehouse in the East End. The area moved to its current location near Leicester Square in the 1950s, and the neighbourhood became a center for Chinese culture within ten years. The main street is Gerrard Street, which runs through its center. The area is also bordered by Shaftesbury Avenue, Rupert Street, and Charing Cross Road.Shopping
Beyond its famous restaurants, Chinatown is a great place to shop. Visitors can look around authentic Chinese supermarkets for special ingredients and spices. For a sweet treat, visit bakeries selling soft pineapple buns and egg tarts (蛋挞). You can also find shops selling Chinese-style souvenirs, lucky charms, and Asian beauty products.Events & Culture
A fantastic time to visit is during the Spring Festival, which takes place between January and February. The streets come alive with a wonderful parade, lion dances, and live shows in nearby Trafalgar Square. Throughout the rest of the year, the area is decorated with hundreds of red lanterns, making it great for photos.How to Get There
Getting to Chinatown is easy using public transport. The nearest London Underground stations are Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern lines) and Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines), both just a short walk away.
1．Where was London’s Chinatown originally located
A．In Limehouse. B．Near Leicester Square.
C．On Gerrard Street. D．By Shaftesbury Avenue.
2．What is the excellent time to visit the Chinatown
A．During the Christmas holidays. B．During the Chinese New Year.
C．When the red lanterns are hung. D．When bakeries sell pineapple buns.
3．What is the main purpose of the text
A．To compare different areas of London.
B．To advertise local businesses in London.
C．To introduce a cultural attraction in London.
D．To explain the history of Chinese immigration.
Every other week, more than two dozen boys walk into Lewis C． Cassidy Academics Plus School in West Philadelphia, wearing suits, neckties, and dress shoes. They shake hands with firm grips (紧握) and maintain eye contact while speaking. They are gentlemen carrying themselves with confidence that turns heads.
For many of them, this is their first time to wear a suit. One student puts it plainly, “The first time I ever wore a suit was when I joined the Distinguished Young Gentlemen (DYG). I think I look handsome in it.”
At the heart of all this is Dwayne Eric Frazier, a teacher and retired firefighter. He built the DYG club from scratch, transforming it from an after-school initiative into a registered nonprofit dedicated to impacting lives well beyond the classroom.
Growing up in North Philadelphia, Frazier’s father taught him how to tie a necktie, polish his shoes, and look people in the eye while speaking. Those lessons stuck, following him through military service and through a 26-year career with the Philadelphia Fire Department.
DYG’s roots go back to 1996, when Frazier coached a youth basketball team called the “Distinguished Gentlemen” and used the sport to develop manners among Philadelphia children. The idea stayed with him, and in 2021, with support from a volunteer, he formalized it as an after-school club.
“Emotional intelligence is central,” as Frazier says. “It’s about manners, appearances, self-respect and learning how to think before you speak, not reacting with emotions.” He describes the program’s core values as “respect, responsibility, reading, and resilience (复原力)”.
The dress code (着装规范) matters at DYG, but the curriculum goes much deeper. The club meets weekly after school, with students required to wear suits, neckties, and dress shoes every other week. Frazier models this daily, viewing disciplined dress as a silent statement: “When you dress right, you don’t have to say a word-it speaks for you.”
4．What impression do the boys leave in the first paragraph
A．They behave decently. B．They are far from professional.
C．They are socially awkward. D．They have rich life experience.
5．What inspired Frazier to run DYG
A．A youth basketball team. B．His childhood lessons.
C．A volunteer’s suggestion. D．His firefighter training.
6．What is the main focus of DYG according to Frazier
A．Getting good jobs. B．Becoming famous.
C．Looking good in suits. D．Learning self-control.
7．What can be inferred about Frazier from the last paragraph
A．He insists on daily uniform wear. B．He thinks dressing well is easy.
C．He leads by example in dress. D．He values discipline as a skill.
Water shortages, rising temperatures, and droughts caused by climate change have an immense impact on agriculture — and today’s farmers are desperate to find solutions. In the western United States, some are turning to dry-farming, a form of agriculture that doesn’t require irrigation.
Dry-farmed plants take moisture (水分) stored in the ground, rather than irrigating from above. All farmers need is a wet, rainy season, followed by a dry growing season, as well as some methods like placing a layer of mulch (覆盖物) on top of soil to keep moisture, spacing plants more widely, and planting earlier in the season.
According to the Dry Farming Institute, “Dry-farming is a low-input, place-based approach to producing crops within the constraints of your climate.” As the institute defines it, “A dry-farmed crop is irrigated once or not at all.”
Dry-farming is not a one-size-fits-all solution, but it can save farmers thousands of liters in water every season — and help maintain a climate-resilient business. And the best part Dry-farmed produce is praised for tasting better than irrigated crops, and crops such as tomatoes, potatoes, squash, corn, watermelon and even grapes, are excellent candidates for dry-farming. In fact, dry-farming is so game-changing for vineyards (葡萄园) that some areas in Europe forbid irrigating wine grapes, in order to sweeten them.
Dry-farming is a long-held standard practice, from olive groves in the Mediterranean (地中海) to melon fields in Botswana. In the US, it dates back thousands of years among indigenous peoples — proving once again that indigenous knowledge is the key to protecting the planet.
“Dry-farming is not just farming — it’s our way of life,” said Michael Kotutwa Johnson, an Indigenous Resiliency specialist at the University of Arizona and member of the Hopi Tribe. “You get to really learn what the environment gives you, and you learn to reward. It’s a beautiful thing, and it’s something that needs to be cherished.”
8．What is a key feature of dry-farming
A．It uses natural underground wetness.
B．It waters crops often in dry seasons.
C．It has been proved suitable for most crops.
D．It demands thick mulch all the year round.
9．Why do some European areas ban irrigation for wine grapes
A．To cut the cost of water supply.
B．To improve grapes’ pleasant flavor.
C．To popularize local dry-farming.
D．To limit excessive grape planting.
10．What can we infer about dry-farming
A．It is a newly created farming skill.
B．It works equally for all farmlands.
C．It costs much more labor and money.
D．It carries ancient native eco-wisdom.
11．How does Johnson feel about dry-farming
A．It requires modern technology. B．It is complex for most farmers.
C．It is a tradition worth preserving. D．It works as a temporary solution.
Walk within a meter of a city pigeon (鸽子) and it might not bother moving. Do the same near a wild bird in a forest and you’ll be lucky to get within ten meters. Scientists have noticed that gap for years among individual species living in certain cities. What no one had tested was whether it held worldwide — across different continents, species, and animal classes.
A new analysis of 80 studies just asked that question, and the answer was more consistent than researchers expected. A team led by Dr Tracy Burkhard, an assistant professor of biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, pulled together findings from 80 separate field studies of urban and rural animals. It turns out that the distinction between the old city mouse and country mouse is a global one.
Urban animals came out, on average, more risk positive or more daring than their rural counterparts (对照) in every region the researchers tested. What the team found was a similar global pattern — urbanization changes behavior in similar ways across very different places. Urban animals defended territory more aggressively, investigated new objects more readily, and moved through space more actively than their rural counterparts. The same held true across mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and the limited insect data — wherever populations could be compared at all.
City planners, the researchers pointed out, will have to start treating animal behavior as part of the design problem. Connected green spaces, including parks, planted strips, and wildlife corridors, help urban animals mix with rural ones. That movement maintains gene flow, the genetic exchange that keeps isolated city animals from drifting further from their rural counterparts.
What this study adds is global confirmation that cities appear to be pushing wild behavior in the same direction almost everywhere. How that pressure works — whether through natural selection, individual learning, or which animals survive urban life at all — is still being worked out.
12．What phenomenon does the author describe in paragraph 1
A．Urban animals are harder to observe. B．Wild birds avoid humans completely.
C．Pigeons are much friendlier than forest birds. D．City birds act less cautiously than wild birds.
13．What did Burkhard’s team find about urban animals
A．Their ability to survive weakens. B．They only change in large cities.
C．They behave alike across regions. D．They are less active than rural ones.
14．What does the underlined word “drifting” in paragraph 4 mean
A．Becoming separate. B．Getting sensitive.
C．Wandering aimlessly. D．Changing direction.
15．What can be the best title for the text
A．Wild Animals Tend to Escape from Urban Areas
B．City Animals Are Getting Braver Around Humans
C．A Study on Birds’ Different Reactions to Humans
D．Green Spaces Connecting Wildlife in Modern Cities
Many kids try to avoid their duties or tell small lies to escape punishment. Parents often wonder how to help kids build true honesty and responsibility without strict scolding (责骂). In fact, character building depends on daily, gentle guidance. Here are four effective ways.
Set clear rules and stick to consistent expectations. 16 Set simple, sincere rules for daily behavior, especially about telling the truth and taking responsibility. Consistency is the key to rule education. When rules stay the same, kids gradually form stable moral habits.
17 Kids learn values largely from adult behavior. If parents often excuse their own mistakes or hide small faults, kids will believe dishonesty is acceptable. Model honest and responsible behavior yourself. Showing sincere attitudes toward mistakes is the most powerful family education.
Encourage self-responsibility through small challenges. Not all kids are naturally willing to take responsibility. 18 They refuse to face their own errors. Parents can offer proper chances for independent decision-making. Allow kids to bear the natural results of their behavior instead of always fixing problems for them.
Treat mistakes as growth opportunities. Most kids lie or avoid duties simply out of fear of blame. It is vital to let kids know mistakes are normal in growth. When kids fail to keep promises or hide the truth, do not criticize them sharply. Instead, communicate gently and guide them to correct errors. 19
Building honesty and responsibility is never an overnight achievement. 20 But every patient instruction will finally shape their trustworthy personalities, benefiting their whole life.
A．Set a good personal example.
B．Some kids are used to relying on others.
C．Kids always care too much about others’ opinions.
D．These help them choose honesty actively next time.
E．Praise kids constantly regardless of their performance.
F．The progress of character building can be extremely slow.
G．Kids need definite standards to understand what is right and wrong.
二、完形填空
It was the winter of 1998, and I was fifteen. The concrete court behind our school was the only place to 21 basketball. Rough and full of holes, it was always 22 after school. There was only one basket stand, with a hoop (篮筐) rusty and 23 . When the ball went through, it made a sharp clang (哐哐声).
One day, the school formed a 24 for a district competition. Archibald, the PE teacher, held tryouts. Over twenty students came. When he read the 25 , my name was missing. Disappointed but not 26 , I practiced alone every day after school. My 27 did not go unnoticed by him. Two weeks later, Archibald came to the 28 during my practice and said, “Four o’clock tomorrow. Extra practice.”
I joined as the last substitute (替补). In my first game, I played three minutes, missed every shot, and 29 . I sat on the bench, breathing hard. But I didn’t give up. I 30 at five, ran laps, and practiced shots before class. Mom 31 me with her own quiet way. She boiled water for my sore feet each night. My efforts paid off. As the season went on, I 32 more playing time. By the final game, I was a starter.
Looking back, I realized that what 33 most was not the victory itself, but the journey that led me there — the early mornings, the lonely practice, and the 34 that hard work would 35 pay off.
21．A．kick B．throw C．pick D．play
22．A．crowded B．stressful C．digital D．typical
23．A．useless B．netless C．priceless D．boundless
24．A．football team B．running team C．basketball team D．baseball team
25．A．list B．application C．instruction D．letter
26．A．eager B．confident C．interested D．defeated
27．A．contributions B．aches C．efforts D．tips
28．A．court B．classroom C．house D．dorm
29．A．calmed down B．felt down C．took off D．showed off
30．A．explored B．protested C．woke D．judged
31．A．signaled B．appreciated C．bothered D．supported
32．A．bought B．earned C．recycled D．arranged
33．A．dominated B．firmed C．overflowed D．mattered
34．A．belief B．obsession C．appointment D．intention
35．A．suddenly B．easily C．eventually D．hardly
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。
Technology has become an inseparable part of our daily lives, transforming how we communicate, work, and entertain 36 (we). People rely on smartphones for almost everything, from checking the weather to 37 (order) food online. It is hard to imagine modern life functioning 38 (smooth) without these devices.
The rapid development of AI and the Internet of Things has made it possible to connect various devices in our homes, creating 39 is often called a “smart home”. Smart speakers allow users to control lights, music, and security systems with voice 40 (command). Wearable devices such as smartwatches are designed to help people monitor their health by tracking heart rates and sleep patterns.
However, living with technology also comes with challenges. Every user has the responsibility 41 (protect) their personal information online. Young people 42 (advise) to avoid sharing too much private information on social media. Schools and parents should guide teenagers in developing healthy digital habits, such as limiting screen time 43 taking regular breaks.
On the positive side, technology has also revolutionized education. Students now have access 44 many online resources and are encouraged to make full use of them. Teachers are learning to use digital platforms to create more 45 (interact) lessons. In conclusion, while technology brings us convenience and efficiency, it is up to us to use it wisely.
四、书信写作
46．你校英文报正在就“太空探索是否值得”这一话题开展征文活动。请你用英文写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
（1）你认为太空探索是否值得；
（2）给出至少两个理由支持你的观点；
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。
Is Space Exploration Worthwhile
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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。
My grandfather, a doctor for over forty years, always told me that health is the real wealth. I never understood what he meant until last year, when I found myself in a situation that forced me to rethink my lifestyle.
At eighteen, I thought I was unbeatable. I was in my final year of high school, and my life was all about studying. I woke up at 5 am, drank coffee, and studied until midnight. I skipped breakfast, ate instant noodles for lunch, and had energy drinks during late-night study. I turned down my friends’ invitations to play basketball. “I don’t have time,” I said. “Study is more important.” My parents were worried. My father left a note on my desk, which read, “Your body needs rest.” I put it aside.
However, one morning in November, I woke up feeling strange. My heart was racing, my hands were shaking, and I could barely stand. When I tried to get up, my legs gave way and I fell to the floor. Everything went black.
When I opened my eyes, I was in a hospital bed. A doctor was checking my blood pressure, his face serious. “You’ve overworked your body,” he said. “Your heart is under extreme stress. If you continue, you could cause permanent damage.” I stared at the ceiling, unable to speak.
That evening, my grandfather came to visit. He sat by my bed. He didn’t scold me. Instead, he told me a story about a young doctor who worked day and night, ignored his health, and collapsed from exhaustion at thirty-five. “He survived,” my grandfather said, “but he never fully recovered. And he always regretted it.”
That night, I couldn’t sleep. I thought about all the meals I had skipped, all the sleep I had given up, and all the moments with friends and family I had missed. I had been so focused on my goal that I had forgotten something essential: without my health, nothing else would matter. I made a decision right then and there.
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。
The next morning, I told my parents about my decision.
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The following months, I slowly began to rebuild my life and health.
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参考答案
1．A 2．B 3．C
4．A 5．B 6．D 7．C
8．A 9．B 10．D 11．C
12．D 13．C 14．A 15．B
16．G 17．A 18．B 19．D 20．F
21．D 22．A 23．B 24．C 25．A 26．D 27．C 28．A 29．B 30．C 31．D 32．B 33．D 34．A 35．C
36．ourselves 37．ordering 38．smoothly 39．what 40．commands 41．to protect 42．are advised 43．and 44．to 45．interactive
46．例文
Is Space Exploration Worthwhile
In my opinion, space exploration is absolutely worthwhile.
Firstly, it helps humans better understand the mysterious universe and explore potential new resources, which can effectively support humanity’s sustainable long-term development. Secondly, space exploration greatly drives scientific and technological innovation. A large number of practical technologies widely used in our daily lives were originally developed for space missions. Moreover, it stimulates public interest in science, encourages young people to pursue scientific dreams and broadens human vision greatly.
Therefore, despite the high cost, space exploration is a valuable investment for mankind’s future.
47．例文
The next morning, I told my parents about my decision. “I’m going to change,” I said, my voice trembling but firm. My mother’s eyes filled with tears of relief, and my father gave me a rare, warm smile. “We’ll help you,” he said softly. Together, we drew up a new daily schedule, which included three proper meals, eight hours of sleep, and a thirty-minute walk every evening. For the first time in months, I actually looked forward to the day ahead instead of dreading the exhaustion that awaited me.
The following months, I slowly began to rebuild my life and health. I started each morning with a nutritious breakfast instead of coffee. I joined my friends for basketball on weekends, laughing and sweating under the sun. To my surprise, my grades didn’t drop. In fact, they improved because I studied with a clear mind and a rested body. I learned that health is not something to give up for success — it is what makes success possible. My grandfather’s words, “Health is the real wealth,” finally made sense to me.

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