北京丰台区2025-2026学年度第二学期期中练习高二英语试题

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​​​​​​​The Ancient Greek Her explres what it means t be human tday by studying what it meant t be a her in ancient Greek times. T achieve this, learners will experience, in English translatin, sme ancient Greek literature frm the 8th century BC t the 3rd century AD.
​​​​​​​Nble Culture and the Csmplitan Tang lks at hw nble families and their culture and literature cntributed t the reunificatin(重新统一) f China under the Tang Dynasty. Yu'll als learn hw t cmpse and analyze petry and calligraphy.
​​​​​​​Shakespeare's Life and Wrk explres relatinships between Shakespeare's wrld and present day. Thrugh shrt vides and readings, yu will see hw the meaning f a wrk f art changes depending n the time, cntext, and culture.
​​​​​​​Masterpieces f Wrld Literature reveals hw great writers reflect n their wrld and hw their wrks are changed in tday's glbal culture. It helps us understand the deep rts f tday's intercnnected glbal culture.
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1.If yu want t knw hw t analyze petry, yu can chse ______.
A. The Ancient Greek Her
B. Shakespeare's Life and Wrk
C. Masterpieces f Wrld Literature
D. Nble Culture and the Csmplitan Tang
2.In the auditing track, yu can ______.
A. determine the learning paceB. access handuts fr a fee
C. earn an fficial certificateD. dwnlad curse vides
3.What is the purpse f this passage?
A. T advertise nline curses.
B. T explre the rts f humanity.
C. T cmpare different cultures.
D. T highlight the value f literature.
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“Yur mther needs a new heart,” my father tld me when I called n that December afternn. An unrelenting ptimist, he spke as if she merely needed t have a part replaced. But, althugh my tw sisters and I knew that ur mther had heart prblems, this news still made us frzen fr a while with ur eyes widening in disbelief.
Dr. Marc Semigran f the transplant team reviewed my mther’s medical histry. She’d had an irregular and rapid heartbeat fr mst f her life. Her present treatment — the use f a series f cardiversins, r electric jlts, t restre a nrmal heartbeat — wuld nt wrk in the lng-term. She had an enlarged and weakened heart, as well as a faulty valve.
“With medicatin,” Dr. Semigran said, “yu have a 60 percent chance f living six mnths. Yu culd have a lnger life with a transplant, but there are risks. Yu’re at the tp end f the age grup f sixty years ld. The lungs and ther rgans must be healthy and strng. While the transplant surgery is actually a straightfrward prcedure, acceptance by the bdy is the difficult thing.”
My family came tgether, trying t prvide strength and wrk ut what t d. We’d already gne frm shck, ver ur mther’s cnditin, t wrry that she wuldn’t be a suitable recipient. Despite f the risk, we chse t believe that she wuld make it eventually.
Wrd came later in December that she had been accepted int the prgramme. Dr. Jeremy Ruskin tld us ne f the reasns she had been accepted was that she had such strng family supprt.
One Mnday in May, at abut 8 p. m., my mther received a phne call frm the hspital that a heart was available. As she was abut t be wheeled ff, my father tk her face in his hands and lked int her eyes. His lk said everything abut their 42-year relatinship.
The heart transplant peratin was successful and the cnditins culd nt have been better.
The irny f the transplant prcess is that ne family’s lss is anther’s gain; that tragedy begets frtune. It is a kind f life after death, ur hearts beating beynd us. We develped a feeling f lve fr this new part, f gratitude fr the dctrs, fr the prcess, and fr thse peple wh made a decisin just fr humanity.
4.Hw did the sisters feel t the news that their mther needed a new heart?
A. Frightened.B. Astnished.C. Wrried.D. Annyed.
5.Which is the factr t affect the pssibility f their mther’s heart transplant?
A. Her abnrmal heart beat.
B. The age f ver sixty years ld.
C. Her willingness t the transplant.
D. The adaptatin f the new heart in the bdy.
6.What made the transplant team decide t have the peratin?
A. That her lungs were healthy.
B. That a new heart had been fund.
C. That her family were expecting the peratin.
D. That her family trusted the dctrs' medical level.
7.What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Family supprt is f great imprtance.
B. Frtune favrs thse wh are ptimistic.
C. Cnfidence helps patients vercme difficulties.
D. Getting prepared befre accepting a treatment matters.
C
Creativity is cmmnly thught f as a persnality trait that resides within the individual. We cunt n creative peple t prduce the sngs, mvies, and bks we lve, t invent the new gadgets that can change ur lives, and t discver the new scientific theries and philsphies that can change the way we view the wrld. Over the past several years, hwever, scial psychlgists have discvered that creativity is nt nly a characteristic f the individual, but may als change depending n the situatin and cntext. The questin, f curse, is what thse situatins are: what makes us mre creative at times and less creative at thers?
One answer is psychlgical distance. Accrding t the Cnstrual Level Thery (CLT) f psychlgical distance, anything that we d nt experience as ccurring nw, here, and t urselves falls int the “psychlgically distant” categry. It's als pssible t induce a state f “psychlgical distance” simply by changing the way we think abut a particular prblem, such as attempting t take anther persn’s perspective, r by thinking f the questin as if it were unreal and unlikely. In this new paper, by Lile Jia and clleagues at Indiana University, scientists have demnstrated that increasing psychlgical distance s that a prblem feels farther away can actually increase creativity.
Why des psychlgical distance increase creativity? Accrding t CLT, psychlgical distance affects the way we mentally represent things, s that distant things are represented in a relatively abstract way while psychlgically near things seem mre cncrete. Cnsider, fr instance, a crn plant. A cncrete representatin wuld refer t the shape, clr, taste, and smell f the plant, and cnnect the item t its mst cmmn use—a fd prduct. An abstract representatin, n the ther hand, might refer t the crn plant as a surce f energy r as a fast-grwing plant. These mre abstract thughts might lead us t cntemplate ther, less cmmn uses fr crn, such as a surce fr ethanl, r t use the plant t create mazes fr children. What this example demnstrates is hw abstract thinking makes it easier fr peple t frm surprising cnnectins between seemingly unrelated cncepts, such as fast-grwing plants (crn) and fuel fr cars (ethanl) .
In this mst recent study, Jia examined the effect f spatial distance n creativity. Participants perfrmed a creative generatin task, in which they were asked t list as many different mdes f transprtatin as pssible. This task was intrduced as having been develped either by Indiana University students studying in Greece (distant cnditin) r by Indiana University students studying in Indiana (near cnditin) . As predicated, participants in the distant cnditin generated mre numerus and riginal mdes f transprtatin than participants in the near cnditin.
8.What can we learn abut psychlgical distance?
A. It brings mre abstract cncepts int ur mind.
B. It builds uncmmn cnnectins in ur mind.
C. It enables us t knw mre uses f cmmn things.
D. It makes prblems easier t be slved.
9.Which f the fllwing is true f spatial distance accrding t Jia’s study?
A. Distant cnditin is related t peple’s creative ability.
B. It makes students in Indiana list mre mdes f transprtatin.
C. It enables peple t generate mre abstract ideas.
D. It helps ne t take anther persn’s perspective.
10.Which wuld be the best title f the passage?
A. Frmatin f Abstract Thughts
B. Frmatin f Cnnectins amng Cncepts
C. Ways t Create Psychlgical Distance
D. An Easy Apprach t Prmte Creativity
D
We humanists have been defending humanities (人文学科) fr many decades nw, but the crisis f the humanities nly grws. In the face f declining student interest and munting plitical scrutiny (审查), universities and clleges are increasingly cutting funding fr humanities departments.
As a humanist, smene wh reads, teaches and researches mainly philsphy and literature, I am prepared t admit that I d nt knw what the value f the humanities is. I dn’t knw whether the study f humanities prmtes demcracy (民主) r imprves yur mral character r enriches yur leisure time r imprves yur critical thinking skills r increases yur empathy. I nce asked the best teacher I ever had why she n lnger taught her favrite nvel, and she said that she stpped teaching a bk when she fund she was n lnger curius abut it. The humanistic spirit is, fundamentally, an inquisitive (好奇的) ne.
In cntrast, defenses f the humanities are nt and cannt be cnducted in an inquisitive spirit, because a defensive spirit is inimical t an inquisitive ne. Defensiveness is, it must be admitted, an understandable respnse when the chpping blck (砧板) is brught ut and yu need t explain why yu shuldn’t be n it. It may be that humanists need t spend time jining plitical battles, which requires their participants t pretend t knw things that they d nt actually knw.
Nnetheless, an atmsphere f urgency and calls fr immediate actin are unfavrable t fields f study like literature and philsphy that require a reflective md, and pretending t knw what ne desn’t actually knw is unfavrable t frms f inquiry that demand an pen mind.
A defensive mindset als encurages pliticizatin. If the study f literature r philsphy helps t fight racism r t prmte demcracy and everyne agrees that racism is bad, and demcracy is gd — then yu have yur answer as t why we shuldn’t cut funding fr the study f literature r philsphy. Pliticizatin is a way f arming the humanities fr its plitical battles, but it cmes at an intellectual cst. Why is racism s bad? Why is demcracy s gd? Pliticizatin silences these and ther questins, whereas the functin f the humanities is t raise them.
Humanists are nt alne in their ignrance abut the purpse f their disciplines. But scientists are under a lt less pressure t explain why they exist because the sciety at large believes itself t already have the answer t that questin. I may nt knw why it’s imprtant t read Hmer and Plat, but I d have a deep lve fr reading, teaching and pndering the texts. The lve is what I want t share with thers, as well as the surprise and delight f finding resnance (共鸣).
The task f humanists is t invite, t welcme, t excite, t engage. And when we let urselves be urselves, when we allw the humanistic spirit t flw ut nt nly int ur classrms but als in ur public-self presentatin, we find we dn’t need t defend r prve anything: We are irresistible.
11.What trubles the humanists mst regarding the crisis in humanities?
A. Students’ lack f interest in studying humanities curses.
B. Peple’s little knwledge regarding the purpse f humanities.
C. The munting plitical scrutiny faced by humanities departments.
D. The pressure n humanists t argue fr the value f their disciplines.
12.What des the wrd “inimical” underlined in Paragraph 3 mst prbably mean?
A. Sensitive.B. Cntrary.C. Immune.D. Relevant.
13.What can be inferred abut a defensive mindset?
A. It weakens human’s intellectual capacity.
B. It is the wrst actin t take in the face f the crisis.
C. It requires a reflective md n the study f humanities.
D. It brings abut a lwer chance f survival fr humanities.
14.Which f the fllwing might the authr mst prbably agree?
A. Humanities may nt need any defense.
B. Science is mre useful than humanities.
C. The future f humanities remains cludy.
D. The battle f humanities is a hard ne t fight.
二、阅读七选五：本大题共5小题，共10分。
The Psitive Effects f a Psitive Affect
Parents ften have high hpes fr hw their children will turn ut in adulthd, such as wanting them t be healthy, t feel satisfied with their career, and t have strng friendships. (15)
Recent research suggests that a teen's affect—especially psitive affect—is ne critical factr. What exactly is affect? Affect is the tendency t express psitive r negative emtins, which in turn influences hw we experience things and determine whether t judge a given situatin as psitive r negative. (16) Mrever, research suggests that a persn's affect is relatively stable ver time, especially by the time ne reaches adulthd.
Affect is typically described in terms f being either psitive r negative, and it seems that psitive affect, in particular, is related t a number f beneficial utcmes in adulthd.
In supprt f this crucial rle that psitive affect has in develpment, a study by researchers at the University f Virginia fllwed teenagers and yung adults frm ages 14 t 25, allwing them t understand the predictive pwer f psitive affect acrss the critical develpmental perid frm adlescence t yung adulthd. (17) Fr example, teens with a higher psitive affect reprted had a strnger, healthier attachment t their friends.
​​​​​​​ (18) Psitive affect als predicted increased self-wrth and jb cmpetence, suggesting that, verall, psitive affect seems t be a key predictr f yung adult success acrss several imprtant areas f functining.
But what abut the effects f negative affect? The researchers als examined whether negative affect wuld predict prblems in yung adulthd. (19) Thus, the imprtant takeaway is that adlescent psitive affect may have pwerful links t imprtant life utcmes in the dmains f persnal well-being, career, and scial relatinships up t a decade later.
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15.A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G
16.A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G
17.A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G
18.A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G
19.A. AB. BC. CD. DE. EF. FG. G
三、完形填空：本大题共10小题，共15分。
Mvement is ur first language; I believe we're brn t dance. I've always had a special liking fr dance, and my jb.
I gt great (20) wrking in the therapeutic(治疗的) wrld; it felt mre like a calling. I enjyed every mment; my purpse and missin (21) me. My highlights are when I've witnessed nce dull and hpeless eyes light up when the persn felt seen, heard, and accepted.
Then, ill health struck. As my health declined prgressively, I had t stp ding what I lved. (22) , all I had was being able t facilitate the ccasinal wrkshp when pprtunity and energy aligned(一致). Chrnic fatigue syndrme(慢性疲劳综合症) is a merciless beast.
In 2020, the unimaginable happened. In additin t sul-destrying feeling f being (23) , I began experiencing frequent vcal challenges f varying degrees. I culd n lnger accept facilitatin invitatins because my (24) was nw unreliable. I grieved, feeling like I was being swallwed by a damp, dark fg.
After an extended perid f being in self-pity, I (25) my thinking. I have internal value. My value r identity is nt (26) by what I can r cannt d. Regarding my health jurney, in time, I (27) this: it is what it is. Fr this seasn, this is my path.
S, I started dancing again. Life is full f surprises, pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral, yet what matters is hw we (28) t thse surprises. Despite nging vice lss and health challenges, I fund new ways t make a difference.
Yu and I may nt be able t chse the (29) life plays fr us; hwever, we d get t chse hw we will dance t it. May we dance with strength, curage, and grace.
20.A. fameB. surpriseC. pleasureD. inspiratin
21.A. fuelledB. attractedC. instructedD. calmed
22.A. SimplyB. ParticularlyC. EventuallyD. Apparently
23.A. tiredB. annyedC. disappintedD. injured
24.A. mindB. sightC. senseD. vice
25.A. discveredB. adjustedC. abandnedD. cntrlled
26.A. ignredB. selectedC. definedD. assisted
27.A. acceptedB. recalledC. questinedD. expected
28.A. referB. appealC. turnD. respnd
29.A. rleB. musicC. jkeD. game
四、语法填空：本大题共1小题，共15分。
30.阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Emtinal intelligence is the ability (1) (understand), use and manage yur wn emtins in psitive ways t relieve stress and cmmunicate effectively. It is a valuable skill, (2) (help) yu build strnger relatinships and succeed at wrk. It can als help yu t cnnect with yur feelings and make gd decisins. In many cases, emtinal intelligence is cnsidered mre imprtant than IQ. The mre yu practice it, the (3) (easy) it becmes t handle difficult situatins.
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Anna Jnes is a jurnalist, (4) first bk, Divide—The Relatinship Crisis Between Twn and Cuntry, was lnglisted fr the 2022 James Crpper Wainwright Prize. Grwing up n a farm and wrking in the city have given Anna a rare insight (5) rural (农村的) life. Anna started the nn-prfit cmmunicatins prject “Just Farmers” in 2018. She als runs a media educatin prgram t help farmers find cnfidence t share (6) they have experienced with the wider wrld.
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
China has a large number f glbal cultural heritage sites (7) (recgnize) by UNESCO. Over the past decades, great effrts (8) (make) by the cuntry t preserve them. These cultural heritage sites enrich ur daily lives in cuntless ways, whether we experience them (9) (direct) r thrugh the medium f a cnnected device. We believe that China (10) (apply) mdern technlgies t the restratin and preservatin f mre cultural heritage sites in the years t cme.
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五、阅读表达：本大题共1小题，共10分。
31.My path was lng t recgnizing my vcatin (职业) , much lnger than it had t be. My parents were prfessrs f engineering. Science was the hrizn f pssibility in my family; nthing else cunted r even existed. N matter hw much I lved t read and write, it never ccurred t me t majr in anything else.
I had been curius abut bilgy and psychlgy in high schl, s when I knew Clumbia ffered a jint majr in the tw fields, I chse it n the spt. The feeling, ther than excitement, was ne f relief. I culdn’t bear the uncertainty that cllege represented. Instead f pening ptins up, I needed t shut them dwn. I had lcked up three-quarters f my curses fr the next fur years, and I hadn’t even gne t a single class.
There was n ne there t stp me. I wuld mpe (消沉) in the back f thse lectures, reading a nvel behind my ntebk, unaware f the fact that I was trying t tell myself smething. I dn’t knw exactly when things went wrng with my chsen curse f study. By the time I realized that I shuld have been an English majr, it was t late t make the switch. I ended up wrking in a tiny nnprfit that meant nthing t me, with n idea where I shuld g next.
And then I happened t be visiting a friend in architecture schl. She wasn’t happy, either; her prgram was way t pretentius and theretical. We were walking alng and she said, “I have t get ut f graduate schl. ” And I immediately thught “I have t g t graduate schl. ” Meaning, I’ll never be happy until I give myself the chance t study English literature after all. Meaning, it’s nt t late - I’m nt ging t let it be t late. Everything was suddenly clear and calm.
It wasn’t easy getting in at that pint. But fr the first time in a lng while, I perfrmed at the tp f my ability. I’d study fr eighty hurs a week and I had never been happier.
(1) What family factr (s) influenced the authr’s chice f majr?
(2) What did the authr realize at cllege?
(3) Please decide which part is false in the fllwing statement, then underline it and explain why.
The authr was determined t get int graduate schl because his friend persuaded him t d s.
(4) What have yu learned frm the authr’s experience f chsing a majr in cllege? (In abut 40 wrds)
六、书面表达：本大题共1小题，共15分。
32.假设你是红星中学高二（1）班的李华。你和英国笔友Jim经常交流阅读心得。请你给他写一封信，分享一本你读过的英语书籍或一个英语故事。信件内容如下：
1. 书/故事的标题及主要内容；
2. 对你的启发或影响；
注意：
1. 词数不少于80；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs,
Li Hua
1~3.【答案】D、A、A
4~7.【答案】B、D、C、A
8~10.【答案】A、A、D
11~14.【答案】D、B、A、A
15~19.【答案】C、A、G、D、E
20~29.【答案】C、A、C、A、D、B、C、A、D、B
30.【答案】【小题1】
t understand
【小题2】
helping
【小题3】
easier
【小题4】
whse
【小题5】
int
【小题6】
what
【小题7】
recgnized
【小题8】
have been made
【小题9】
directly
【小题10】
will apply
31.【答案】【小题1】
The prfessins f the authr’s parents.
【小题2】
The authr realized that he shuld have been an English majr.
【小题3】
The authr was determined t get int graduate schl because his friend persuaded him t d s.
The authr was determined t get int graduate schl because he wanted t give himself the chance t study English literature.
【小题4】
Frm the authr's experience, I learned that chsing a majr shuld be based n ne's true interests and passins rather than external expectatins r family influence. Fllwing ne's heart leads t true happiness and fulfillment.
32.【答案】Dear Jim,
Hw is everything ging? I'm writing t share with yu a wnderful English bk that I've read recently.
It's called The Little Prince by Antine de Saint-Exupéry. The stry is abut a little prince wh travels frm planet t planet, meeting different lnely adults, befre finally landing n Earth. Thrugh his jurney, he learns abut friendship, lve, and what truly matters in life.
This bk has deeply inspired me. It reminds me that grwn-ups ften frget the simple but imprtant things — like imaginatin, curisity, and seeing with the heart. This bk has made me reflect n my wn life and try t appreciate the little things arund me.
I'm lking frward t hearing abut yur favrite bk.
Yurs,
Li Hua
A. Affective respnses t events typically happen autmatically.
B. S hw can parents help their children grasp the meaning f psitive affect?
C. But what factrs help prduce these utcmes as teens mve frm adlescence t adulthd?
D. Interestingly, the results suggested that psitive affect may g beynd helping teens build psitive relatinships.
E. The results uncvered that negative affect might accunt fr many life prblems when a teenager became a yung adult.
F. Unlike psitive affect, having greater negative affect did nt have any significant assciatins with any f the later life utcmes.
G. This study fund that psitive affect was strngly predictive f life utcmes in yung adulthd, such as develping better friendships.