北京市陈经纶中学2025-2026学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题

这是一份北京市陈经纶中学2025-2026学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题，共20页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，阅读七选五，完形填空，语法填空，阅读表达，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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Every year, yung, talented, and ambitius nature cnservatinists frm all ver the wrld participate in the presentatin f the Future Fr Nature (FFN) Award, an hnrable internatinal award.
The Future Fr Nature aims t:
• Reward and fund individuals fr their utstanding effrts in the prtectin f species f wildlife.
• Encurage winners t sustain their dedicated wrk.
·• Help winners t raise their prfiles, extend their prfessinal netwrk and strengthen their funding basis.
Benefits
• The winners each receive 50,000 eurs and may make their wn decisin t spend the mney in the service f nature cnservatin.
• FFN ffers the winners a platfrm and brings their stries t the attentin f cnservatinists, financiers and a wide audience, allwing them t increase their impact and gain mre access t funds.
• FFN is building a grwing family f winners, dedicated peple wh frm a cmmunity f peple with the same interest. FFN ffers them the pprtunity t meet each ther and cntinue t learn with each ther in rder t cntinue their fight fr nature as efficiently and effectively as pssible.
Qualificatins
The candidate (候选人):
• Must be brn n r after the 31st May 1988 and befre the 28th f August 2005.
• Is able t explain his/her cnservatin wrk in fluent English (written and spken)
• Has achieved substantial and lng-term benefits t the cnservatin status f ne r mre animal r plant species.
• Must be determined t cntinue his/her cnservatin wrk, as the Award aims t stimulate the winnerˈs future wrk. It is nt an “end f career” prize.
Additinal Remarks
Fr the 2024 Future Fr Future Awards, we are again searching fr natural leaders, wh have prven that they can make a difference in speciesˈ survival.
Frm all applicatins, 6 t 10 nminees (被提名者) will be selected. These applicants will be asked t prvide additinal infrmatin, which will be used t select the final Awardees. Ultimately, three inspiring wildlife heres are selected as the winners.
Applicatin Prcess: Apply nline thrugh the Apply Nw link.
Applicatin Deadline: 28th August, 2023
1.Which is ne f the aims f the Future Fr Nature?
A. T aid mre green grupsB. T fund academic educatin.
C. T inspire cnservatin effrts.D. T raise envirnmental awareness.
2.The winners will get the chance t _______.
A. cnsult tp specialists
B. meet thse wh are f the same ambitin
C. benefit the lcal cmmunity
D. prmte self-created platfrms
3.T apply fr the 2024 Future Fr Nature Awards, candidates must ________.
A. meet the age requirement
B. apply via mail by the deadline
C. turn in the applicatin in English
D. prvide additinal persnal infrmatin
B
I wrestled her t the grund fr the keys, literally. Indeed, when she pened the dr t leave the huse at 11 pm fr the mvies despite my wrds, I actually wrestled my 16-year-ld daughter t the grund.
I did nt knw hw t deal with a rebellius(叛逆的) teenager. We are a family f strng wills, frm the tp dwn. All my kids had pushed and argued. Everyne "kind f" fllwed the rules. As they gt lder, especially when they hit high schl, I saw the pwer shifting, but it hadn't been s bvius. I had nt seen much in-yur-face rebellin.
Until this happened.
I called Amy Speidel, a wise and practical parenting expert. She stayed n the phne with me and listened t my wild cmplaint abut my disrespectful kid. She listened fr almst tw hurs and then gave me sme suggestins.
Amy tld me that my daughter's behavir was "develpmentally apprpriate"-she was suppsed t test the bundaries. Amy als said that it was great that my daughter wuld be able t stand up fr herself in a relatinship that wasn't wrking.
Thse cmments really made me feel awful. I hadn't cnsidered anything psitive abut her behavir-but utside f ur mther-daughter relatinship, I wuld never want t devalue my daughter's strng will.
After talking with Amy, I realized that I was the ne wh needed help understanding discipline vs cntrl. Hnestly, I did hate that the respnsibility was n me. I wanted permissin t scream and punish. But I listened t Amy and here's what I learned.
(1)My daughter's behavir was nrmal. That eased my fears that I had raised a terrible human and failed as a mther.
(2)My daughter's strng persnality was a strength. That revelatin was a huge gift. I value her qualities but dn't want them used against me. I will sften my respnse and listen t her.
(3)I went crazy. In fact, I crssed a line. And that happens. But I learned t aplgize and reset s that we culd mve frward.
My jb, therefre, is t learn new respnses that ffer my daughter ptins and realistic cnsequences, nt empty threats. And hpefully, this will change my relatinship with my daughter.
4.What is the actual reasn the authr had a fight with her daughter?
A. The daughter wuldn't give her the keys.
B. The daughter didn't cme back until 11 pm.
C. The daughter insisted n ging ut late at night.
D. The daughter wanted t g t the mvies with friends.
5.The cmments made the authr feel "awful" because ______.
A. she had helped her daughter t test bundaries
B. she didn't treasure the mther-daughter relatinship
C. she thught Amy was criticizing her daughter's upbringing
D. she hadn't nticed the desirable aspects f her daughter's behavir
6.After the phne call, the authr learned that ______.
A. her daughter's strng character shuld be sftened
B. she shuld cnstructively deal with cnflict
C. her daughter shuld cntrl her behavir
D. she shuld admit her failure as a mther
7.Accrding t Amy, what shuld the authr say if the same situatin happens again?
A. "D yu really think yu can just walk ut the dr like that?"
B. "It's nt safe t be ut s late. What abut tmrrw afternn?"
C. "It desn't matter whether yu g ut r nt. I will supprt yu."
D. "Yu have been disrespectful and can't g ut tnight. Is that clear?"
C
Laughing tgether is an imprtant way fr peple t cnnect and bnd. And thugh the causes f laughter can vary widely acrss individuals and grups, the sund f a laugh is usually recgnizable between peple belnging t different cultures.
But what abut animals? D they “laugh”? And are the causes f animal and human laughter alike? In humans, peple may laugh when they hear a jke, r when they see smething that they think is funny, thugh itˈs unknwn if animalsˈ intelligence includes what humans wuld call a sense f humr.
Hwever, many animals prduce sunds during play that are unique t that pleasant scial interactin. Researchers cnsider such vcalizatins t be similar t human laughter. Recently, scientists investigated play vcalizatin t see hw cmmn it was amng animals. The team identified 65 species that “laughed” while playing—mst were mammals（哺乳动物）, but a few bird species demnstrated playful laughter t. Reprts f playful laughter were ntably absent in studies describing fish, perhaps because there is sme questin as t whether r nt play exists at all in that animal grup. This new study culd help scientists t analyze the rigins f human laughter.
But hw can we identify play? Unlike fighting, play is usually repetitive and happens independently f ther scial behavirs, said lead study authr Sasha Winkler, a dctr f bilgical anthrplgy at the University f Califrnia. When it cmes t identifying it, “yu knw it when yu see it,” Winkler tld Live Science. One sign is that primates—ur clsest relatives—have a “play face” that is similar t the expressins f humans wh are playing.
When Winkler previusly wrked with rhesus macaques, she had nticed that the mnkeys panted（喘气）quietly while playing. Many ther primates are als knwn t vcalize during play, she said, s a hypthesis (laughter in humans is thught t have riginated during play) supprted by the play-related panting laughter f many primate species was put frward.
Peple nw still laugh during play, but we als integrate laughter int language and nn-play behavirs, using laughter in diverse ways t express a range f emtins that may be psitive r negative. Human laughter ntably differs frm ther animalsˈ laughter in anther imprtant way: its vlume. Peple bradcast their laughter ludly, ften as a way f establishing inclusin. By cmparisn, when mst animals laugh, the sund is very quiet—just lud enugh t be heard by the laugherˈs partner.
“ Itˈs really fascinating that s many animals have a similar functin f vcalizatin during play,” Winkler tld Live Science. “But we d have these unique parts f human laughter that are als an imprtant area fr the future study.”
8.What is the main purpse f the passage?
A. T explain causes f animal and human laughter.
B. T assess cmplexities regarding animal laughter.
C. T present findings n the existence f animal laughter.
D. T analyze differences between animal and human laughter.
9.What can we learn frm this passage?
A. Animal laughter is even nticeable in fish.
B. Animal laughter is hard t recgnize during play.
C. Peple have learned t cmbine play with laughter.
D. Peple laugh ludly because they want t invlve thers.
10.What is prbably the fcus f the future study n laughter?
A. Distinctive features f human laughter.
B. Different functins f animal laughter.
C. The rigin and develpment f human laughter.
D. The relatinship between animal laughter and intelligence.
D
Arguably, the biggest science develpment f the year t date has been the images f the very depths f the universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescpe (JWST). Thse images beg a cmparisn between the external and internal universes that science is bent n bserving and understanding.
Decades ag, astrphysicist Carl Sagan famusly said, "The universe is als within is. We're made f star-stuff. We are a way fr the universe t knw itself." He was cmmenting then n the reality that ur internal universe was as cmplex and as fantastic as the uter space.
There are many similarities between the prgress we've made in understanding the universe and in piecing tgether life's inner wrkings. Like the technlgical develpments that tk us frm Galile's telescpe t the Hubble t the JWST, life science tls have als imprved rapidly. Frm early light micrscpes t mdern super-reslutin nes, these develpments have affrded researchers a deep lk int bilgy's infinitesimal (无限小的) landscape. Learning that living things were cmpsed f cells was, nt a terribly lng time ag, a revlutinary bservatin. Since then, scientists have been able t dive ever deeper int the cmpnents f life.
Ging beynd merely bserving the cmplicated makeup f rganisms, life scientists can nw discver the wrkings f mlecules (分子). And that is where scanning the universe differs frm peering int bilgy. Understanding the universe, especially frm a functinal standpint, is nt necessarily an immediate urgency. Understanding bilgy n that level is. Simply bserving the amazing internal structure f cells is nt enugh. Bilgists must als characterize hw all thse parts interact and change in different envirnments and when faced with varius challenges. Being able t image a virus r bacterium is nice at the level f basic science. But knwing hw viruses gain entry int cells and spread, infect, and disable can literally save lives. Thrugh time, bilgy has risen t this mechanistic challenge. Nt nly can life science tls prduce images f cell cmpnents, even mre imprtantly, they can help predict the effects f drugs n receptrs, f immune cells n freign invaders (入侵者), and f genetic perturbatins (基因干扰) n develpment and aging.
This is nt t belittle the wrk f scientists researching int universe. They shuld rightly be praised fr delivering views f impssibly distant, impssibly massive phenmena. My aim is t celebrate these accmplishments while at the same time recgnizing that science's inward search fr detail and insight is equally impressive and, in my view, mre urgent. The utput f bth the utward and inward explratins shuld stimulate wnder in everyne. After all, it's all star-stuff.
11.Why des the authr qute Carl Sagan's cmment in Paragraph 2?
A. T intrduce the backgrund.B. T prve an assumptin.
C. T make a cmparisn.D. T present an idea.
12.Like the study f the universe, life science has been advancing in ________.
A. study apprachesB. system management
C. research facilitiesD. technlgy integratin
13.We can infer frm Paragraph 4 that bilgists' wrk is ______.
A. practicalB. riskyC. flexibleD. ppular
14.As fr life science, which wuld the authr agree with?
A. It has received universal recgnitin.
B. It shuld enjy pririty in develpment.
C. It can be applied in the majrity f areas.
D. It is mre cmplicated than space science.
二、阅读七选五：本大题共5小题，共10分。
With climate change cntinuing t wrsen, ur situatin is beginning t feel increasingly serius. (15) Is it right? Maybe nt.
Techn-ptimism is ne f the greatest miscnceptins when it cmes t slutins t ensure ur future. It can be defined as a belief that future technlgies will slve all f ur current prblems. This definitin reinfrces (强化) the idea that there's n reasn t panic r change ur current energy-intensive lifestyle. All sciety needs t d is lk t green technlgy t wrk its magic. (16)
One f the best examples f this ptimistic miscnceptin is the electric car. Despite being highly regarded as an ec-friendly way t get arund, electric cars are nt the end fr the future f transprt. Batteries in electric cars use chemical elements which we culd be seeing a shrtage f by the midcentury. (17) Techn-ptimism has led many t believe that if everyne just switched t driving electric vehicles, we wuld be making incredible steps twards sustainability. Hwever, the reality is that the amunt f resurces and energy needed t prduce enugh electric vehicles fr everyne is nt even remtely sustainable.
(18) Investing in public transprtatin and mving away frm individually wned vehicles. Prducing fewer cars. Imprving recycling practices f ld batteries. The slutins we seek shuld nt be rted in new technlgy, but be abut changing the way ur sciety functins.
Techn-ptimism puts t much emphasis n technlgy and nt enugh n what we can d right this minute. Unfrtunately, peple seem t like the picture that techn-ptimism paints. (19) It is imprtant t understand that the prblem begins when we see thse technlgies as a way t make ur current lifestyles ec-friendly. Until we are ready t face the need fr a less cmplex life, we cannt make true prgress twards sustainability.
A. S where shuld we lk fr answers instead?
B. The mdern wrld's simple slutin is technlgy.
C. Mrever, they are mre energy intensive t prduce.
D. Is it a trap that many peple have fallen int in recent years?
E. Unfrtunately, this is an incredibly dangerus pinin t hld.
F. Despite any technlgy, we as a whle are nt living sustainably.
G. Nevertheless, the truth is, we need a widespread change in ur lifestyles.
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。
Bernard, the 82-year-ld retired plice fficer, was heartbrken when he (20) his precius medal. His huse was brken int last December. The thief tk away sme jewelry, sme cash and his treasured medal given fr his 32 years f (21) with Liverpl Plice Statin. He believed the medal was gne frever.
Three mnths later, David, a yung vlunteer pulled the medal frm a river in a "ne-in-a-millin" catch. The yung man was in a litter clean-up prgramme in Liverpl. He had been using a large magnet (磁铁) t (22) metal rubbish ut f the river fr 30 minutes when he fund a small blue metal bx.
"I wuld have never fund the medal if we hadn't (23) all the rubbish in the river first," said David. "At first, we fund ld bits f shpping carts and ther metal items but abut half an hur later, I pulled ut the (24) , and it's gt 'Plice Lng Service Medal' written n it, It really was like finding a needle in a haystack (干草堆)."
(25) , the medal was carved with Bernard's name and the medal number, which David used t (26) the senir's phne number nline. The retired plice fficer was (27) when he received a call saying the medal had been fund in a river, still in its metal bx. And when he was tld it wuld be (28) t him by the yung man wh fund it, his face lit up. David then planned a visit t meet Bernard and returned the medal t him.
"This was truly the best (29) fr cleaning up that rubbish... It's amazing," David said.
20.A. damagedB. lstC. sldD. dirtied
21.A. businessB. cmmunicatinC. cperatinD. service
22.A. netB. siteC. cupD. fish
23.A. tackledB. desertedC. recycledD. buried
24.A. magnetB. rubbishC. bxD. jewelry
25.A. ApparentlyB. ThankfullyC. GraduallyD. Cnsequently
26.A. trackB. recallC. recrdD. dial
27.A. nervusB. astnishedC. prudD. embarrassed
28.A. awardedB. submittedC. presentedD. addressed
29.A. driveB. prfC. wishD. reward
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。
Many cmmn things arund the huse are very useful. Fr example, warm water can be used fr cleaning. When salt is put (1) warm water, it can help ease a sre thrat. Warm water can als be used t make an range taste better. The secret is the warmth f the water. The fruit becmes sweeter, (2) the warm water lwers its level f surness. Anther example is (3) yu can try a banana peel when yur shes lk dirty. The tannin in the peel wrks like magic, making yur shes shiny and bright!
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。
Nt all inventins have been the result f a (4) (care) plan. In the 1940s, an American scientist, Percy Spencer, was trying t make a machine, with the hpe that it (5) (use) radi waves t detect warplanes. One day, after the experiment, Spencer fund that a chclate bar in his pcket had melted. Spencer then placed sme crn in frnt f the machine. Sn, the crn was ppping everywhere. Thus, the micrwave ven (微波炉) (6) (invent) by chance．
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。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
A grup f large white birds with black faces appear in the sky. There are nly abut six hundred f them (7) (leave) in the wrld. These beautiful black-faced spnbills are sme f the wrld’s (8) (rare) birds. The birds have flwn all the way frm their summer hme t this wetland, (9) they will spend the winter. Nw, they circle and land. Many peple are crwding by the lake and then begin t sht them. Is this the end fr the spnbills? N. The peple are bird-watchers, (10) (sht) phtgraphs.
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五、阅读表达：本大题共1小题，共10分。
31.As a nvice teacher at a kindergarten, I spent a lt f time bserving the interactin between experienced teachers and their students. Oftentimes when kids fall, they dn’t start crying immediately. Usually kids will be OK until they lck eyes with an adult: ne that they trust and knw can d smething fr them. When I nticed this, I s wanted it t happen t me, because that meant I had earned a kid’s trust and had prven that I was able t help them with anything.
One day it finally happened. Hearing a kid yell, “Teacher, Sam fell dwn.” I rushed ut and fund Sam, wh was lking puzzled. When ur eyes lcked, his lwer lips started trembling and tears welled up in his eyes. He ran twards me and let me give him a big hug. We checked t make sure he wasn’t hurt. It was in that mment that I realized smething dd. Sam’s vulnerability and cming t me fr help was suppsed t give me mre pwer. But strangely, the pwer,I felt,shifted mre t Sam, because he was giving me a privilege: a gift fr me t d smething fr smene.
With everything I learned frm teaching in the kindergarten, I went t cnquer ther things in life. Later I landed a jb t wrk extensively with vlunteers. I lved the relatinship I was building there and the feeling f being asked fr help.
Over time, I increasingly pressured myself t stay busy and helpful. My self-wrth became assciated with my perfrmance at wrk, which brught abut ne f the lwest mments f my life. Even then, my mind was running at a hyper speed int prblem-slving mde and it didn’t even ccur t me that I culd ask fr help. I was surrunded by s many peple wh cared fr me,but I just culdn’t see them. Finally, my gd friend had t literally hld me by my shulders and frce me t ask fr help. With their nging supprt, I vercame ne difficulty after anther.
I lve helping thers and I firmly believe thers are willing t help me. We all want t be the best self in life: strng, independent and self-reliant,but we dn’t always have t be. Let’s start asking fr help mre ften, because helping Sams is a privilege and a gift.
(1) Why did the authr want the kids t turn t her fr help?______________________________________________________________________________________________
(2) What led t ne f the authr’s lwest mments in life?______________________________________________________________________________________________
(3) Please decide which part is false in the fllwing statement, then underline it and explain why.
The authr vercame the difficulties n her wn when she was having a tugh time.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
(4) Frm this stry, what can yu learn abut “help”? (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三学生李华。你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部门负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：
1．对该岗位的认识；
2．说明你的优势。
注意：1．词数不少于100；
2．提示：义务讲解员vlunteer guide
3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir r Madam,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
1~3.【答案】C、B、A
4~7.【答案】C、D、B、B
8~10.【答案】C、D、A
11~14.【答案】D、C、A、B
15~19.【答案】B、E、C、A、G
20~29.【答案】B、D、D、A、C、B、A、B、C、D
30.【答案】【小题1】
int/in
【小题2】
because
【小题3】
that
【小题4】
careful
【小题5】
wuld use
【小题6】
was invented
【小题7】
left
【小题8】
rarest
【小题9】
where
【小题10】
shting
31.【答案】【小题1】
Because it meant she had earned a kid’s trust and prven that she was able t help them.
【小题2】
Assciating her self-wrth with her perfrmance at wrk and pressuring herself t stay busy and helpful.
【小题3】
The underlined part is “n her wn”. Because the authr’s gd friend held her by the shulders and frced her t ask fr help, and with their nging supprt, she vercame the difficulties.
【小题4】
Help is mutual. We can bth ffer help t thers and receive help frm them. We dn’t always have t be strng, independent and self-reliant. Learning t ask fr help is als a kind f wisdm.
32.【答案】Dear Sir r Madam,
I have learned that English vlunteer guides fr the Frbidden City are wanted in the summer vacatin. I am writing t apply fr this psitin. I enclse a cpy f my CV.
I’m a Senir 3 student in Hngxing Middle Schl, and I believe I am qualified fr the psitin. These years, I have been n several exchange prgrams in America, s I am cnfident with my cmmunicatin skills in English. What’s mre, as a fan f Chinese ancient histry, I am sure my knwledge will prve helpful when I intrduce the Frbidden City t freign guests.
I wuld be very grateful if yu culd ffer me the pprtunity. Thank yu fr yur cnsideratin.
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua