2025-2026学年湖南省长沙市某中学高二下学期5月期中英语试卷（无答案）

这是一份2025-2026学年湖南省长沙市某中学高二下学期5月期中英语试卷（无答案），共15页。试卷主要包含了5分,满分37等内容，欢迎下载使用。
第一部分 听力(略)
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Frequently Asked Questins abut Lndn Theatres
Lndn has a wrld-leading theatre scene, and it’s particularly strng when it cmes t family shws. Read the FAQ t make yur family theatre trip a pleasant ne.
Can children g t all theatres?
Mst shws are suitable fr peple aged 12 r lder. Sme prductins might have material that is t mature fr yunger theatregers. Hwever, there are als fantastic family shws which are apprpriate fr all ages, r which are specifically aimed at kids.
Are children bster seats available?
Sme theatres, thugh nt all, prvide bster seats-fr example, Nederlander theatres rent height-adjustable seats fr £1 if yu ask a member f staff. They are available n a first-cme, first-served basis. Sme venues will als have height restrictins s that audience sitting behind yu can still see.
Are there frequent breaks thrughut the duratin f a perfrmance?
If it’s a shw fr a general audience, there will usually be ne r tw intervals based n the running time. Mst shws designed specifically fr yunger audiences will have shrt running times, like an hur r less.
Can I bring my wn snacks and drinks int the theatre?
Mst theatres wn’t allw yu t bring yur wn snacks and drinks. They sell fd and drink in the theatre and that’s part f hw they bring in prfit. If yu have cncerns abut dietary requirements, yu can cntact the theatre befrehand t make arrangements.
Find all the latest recmmendatins and mre infrmatin abut the rules n Telegraph Tickets, r check with the bx ffice.
1. Where is the text prbably frm?
A. A theatre guide.B. A drama review.
C. A shw advertisement.D. A perfrmance schedule.
2. Which best describes bster seats?
A. Fund in every theatre.B. Prvided free f charge.
C. Required by safety rules.D. Offered in limited number.
3. What are the theatres’ cncerns behind their fd plicies?
A. Financial gain.B. Fd safety.
C. Cleaning cst.D. Audience experience.
B
When Sandra Mejia received news in 2023 that her belved plant stre, Plant Chica, had t clse within 90 days, her heart sank. The stre — first pened as a pp-up stre in 2018 and later turned int a greenhuse in a repurpsed aut bdy shp — had becme a gathering spt fr lcals. Althugh business was slw during the winter f 2023, Mejia was always feeling psitive abut the stre because having a physical stre was her dream. “We were having a really hard time letting g f it,” said Mejia. “I felt like I was never ging t find anything as special as that space.”
But hpe arrived unexpectedly. A cmmunity rganizatin read abut her stry and reached ut. Rbbie Lee, frm a lcal nnprfit rganizatin, thught Mejia might be a gd fit fr what his rganizatin was trying t build in Leimert Park. “She seemed t have sme strng cnnectin t the Suth L.A. cmmunity,” Lee explained. He believed Mejia’s passin matched their visin fr a cultural center in Ls Angeles. S, he decided t help her find a new place.
After viewing several lcatins, Mejia discvered a suitable place. In late 2024, the new Plant Chica pened. The redesigned greenhuse, with gravel paths and a weather-resistant dme (圆屋顶), became an instant favrite. The new space is special fr anther reasn: The pen space allws Mejia t mre easily facilitate the cmmunity events and cperatin she is knwn fr.
When Amrette Brms, a fellw small business wner, faced the clsure f her business, Mejia ffered her free space at Plant Chica. This actin turned int a sustainable mdel: currently, fur lcal marketers perate their businesses rent-free within the greenhuse. “This mdel gives small businesses a chance t grw,” Brms said. Fr Mejia, Plant Chica is mre than a plant stre. It's prf that when peple cme tgether, beautiful things grw.
Reflecting n her jurney, Mejia shared, “My sn cut the ribbn at bth stres. That's the lessn - when things get tugh, dn't give up. Find new paths frward.”
4. Hw did Sandra Mejia feel abut the news in 2023?
A. Excited abut making a change.B. Depressed and cmpletely at a lss.
C. Indifferent due t slw winter sales.D. Relieved t end the struggling business.
5. What made Rbbie Lee determined t help Mejia?
A. Her knwledge f gardening.B. Her chance f drawing visitrs.
C. Her cultural ties and cmmunity spirit.D. Her experience in running businesses.
6. What is the key benefit f Mejia’s rental mdel accrding t Brms?
A. It greatly increases Plant Chica’s prfits.
B. It makes her stre a ppular check-in spt.
C. It prmtes cmpetitin amng businesses.
D. It helps small businesses t survive and grw.
7. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Plant Chica’s Rebirth: Unity and Hpe
B. A Greenhuse’s Architectural Transfrmatin
C. A New Running Mdel fr Plant Chica
D. Surviving Challenges: Small Businesses in Crisis
C
Self-cnfidence means trusting ur abilities and is generally regarded as psitive. But is it pssible that we might benefit frm a little less cnfidence in ur beliefs?
Fr many years, Dr. Mark Leary, a neurscientist at Duke University, has studied the rle f peple’s beliefs in their behavir. He fund vercnfidence is very cmmn, especially in persnal beliefs, and can lead us t disastrus decisins. In 1986, NASA put space flight lss risk at rughly 1 in 100,000. It was an vercnfident belief and might have led t the explsin f the Challenger. The gd news is that there’s a “vaccine (疫苗)” fr vercnfidence, and that’s what scientists call “intellectual humility (谦逊)” — recgnizing that yur beliefs culd be wrng.
A survey f 144 cllege students t measure their intellectual humility fund that students wh saw their thinking culd be wrng tended t be mre curius and mre likely t seek ut new knwledge. They ended up knwing mre at the end f the day. But des it actually help yu beynd that?
T find ut mre, Dr. Tenelle Prter at Ball State University cnducted a series f studies with high schl students. She fund that students with intellectual humility were much mre likely t test themselves t see whether they really understd the material and seek ut ptential knwledge gaps. When they gt test scres, they’d change their study strategies t imprve their perfrmance and master the material fr the next test.
Students wh didn’t see their knwledge culd be wrng might instead just sail thrugh their studying and wuldn’t stp t ask themselves if they truly understd the material. Such students thught they gt a subject dwn pat, they fund they didn’t actually understand as much as they had thught.
Althugh it might be gd fr yu, researchers recgnize that questining yur beliefs can be truly hard. Still, it’s imprtant t remember that questining beliefs isn’t always abut replacing ld nes with new nes. If yu find it hard t questin a belief, try taking “baby steps.”
8. Why des the authr mentin the explsin f the Challenger?
A. T express his srrw fr the lss.B. T stress the high risk f space flights.
C. T give an example f vercnfidence.D. T shw the result f wrng peratin.
9. What d we knw abut intellectual humility accrding t Prter’s research?
A. It encuraged students t take exams.
B. It urged students t gain recgnitin.
C. It mtivated students t memrize knwledge.
D. It helped students t adjust learning methds.
10. It can be inferred frm Paragraph 5 that the students mentined ________.
A. try t avid difficult learning tasks
B. hld an unrealistic pinin f their learning
C. refuse t spend much time n their learning
D. have wrng methds f learning new lessns
11. What will prbably be discussed in the fllwing paragraphs?
A. Why questining ur belief is hard.B. Why intellectual humility is helpful.
C. Hw t becme a cnfident persn.D. Hw t practice intellectual humility.
D
A new study published in the Jurnal f Applied Eclgy revealed when, where and hw mst sngbirds migrate ffshre ver Nrth American casts. This data can help wind energy managers cut dwn n birds dying frm hitting wind turbines (涡轮机) while generating sustainable energy.
The researchers studied 10 years f weather radar data frm 16 sites and fund that birds flying ver the Atlantic Cast and the Gulf f Mexic gather mre clsely and mve fr a shrter time than thse flying ver land. Mre birds als migrate in fall than in spring. Shannn Curley, the study’s lead researcher, explained, “Birds migrate ver the sea n fewer nights than ver land. There’s n place t rest and refuel n the water, s birds may wait fr ideal atmspheric cnditins, such as favrable winds, befre making an ffshre crssing.”
This shrt yet critical time windw gives wind energy managers a chance t reduce cllisins (相撞). Curley said they culd pause turbine wrk n nights when migratin is mst intense-a practice that is currently mre cmmn in Eurpe than Nrth America. “These peak nights f migratin tend t have fairly nice weather and calmer winds, and are therefre nt the nights when wind peratrs have a huge energy harvest,” Curley nted. “S there might be a sweet spt where we can target these big migratin nights and give these birds safe passage.”
The study als fund that sngbirds migrating ffshre fly at lwer altitudes than thse migrating ver land, ptentially putting them at greater risk f wind turbine cllisins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 140,000 t 327,000 birds die frm land turbines each year. But n ne knws hw many die frm ffshre turbines, since dead birds’ bdies wash away easily. S using radar technlgy t identify high-risk areas is key.
With ne-third f all American bird species rapidly declining, data-driven decisins abut turbine siting and peratins can pint the way t sustainable energy while als saving birds. “Our hpe is that this wrk will help identify high-risk, high-use areas fr birds and cntribute t psitive green energy slutins,” Curley said.
12. What can we learn abut the sngbirds in paragraph 2?
A. They favr flying ver pen seas.B. They becme mre active n spring nights.
C. They are particular abut where t rest.D. They time crssings by weather cnditins.
13. What des the underlined phrase “a sweet spt” refer t?
A. An ideal balance.B. A mral dilemma
C. An pprtunity fr prfit.D. A place withut turbines
14. Why is it difficult t identify high-risk areas ffshre?
A. Birds change their travelling rutes.B. Wind strength at sea is unpredictable.
C. Dead birds’ bdies are hard t trace.D. Radar technlgy is underdevelped.
15. What is the main idea f the passage?
A. Radar changes sngbird migratin study.
B. Study balances energy and bird prtectin.
C. Nrth America tests bird-smart wind practices.
D. Offshre turbines kill mre birds than land nes.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Gardening 380 Kilmeters abve Earth
Astrnauts have t g thrugh physical, psychlgical, and technical training. They als g thrugh training in hw t care fr plants. These “astrnaut gardeners” share their wrk and living space with plants.
Taking seeds and plants alng n a trip isn’t a new idea. As space trips becme lnger, it will be necessary t grw fd in space. ____16____ Because f this, it’s nt practical t send everything needed fr a lng jurney, nly t be used nce and thrwn away.
Plants can serve many uses n a space jurney. They can prvide mre fresh things. ____17____ Als, plants can help t make air quality better because they prduce xygen. They can imprve the quality f the air inside the spacecraft — the nly air the astrnauts can breathe.
____18____ Due t the lack f gravity in space, the xygen that the plants prduce stays arund the plants. This can actually kill them, s fans are needed t circulate the air. Withut gravity, rts dn’t “knw” t grw dwn, leaves dn’t “knw” t grw up, and water desn’t easily travel up the rts t the leaves. ____19____ Besides, sil is t heavy t send t space, and special liquid gels (胶) are used t help plant grwth.
Scientists are als wrking n the plants themselves. They are trying t make plants grw mre rapidly and grw with less water and light in space, and they are lking fr ways t make plants mre resistant t disease. ____20____ Imagine that deserts may ne day prvide lts f fresh fd fr lcal peple, saving transprtatin csts. Similarly, plants that are resistant t disease culd prvide an imprtant fd supply. With the wrld’s ppulatin nw at seven billin (十亿) peple, ur astrnaut gardeners may help discver ways t feed thse billins.
A. Every plant grwn in space must have several uses.
B. Hwever, there are challenges with grwing plants in space.
C. Such methds may result in imprvements back here n Earth.
D. The cst f taking anything int space is abut $22,000 per kilgram.
E. Specialized cntainers are being develped t help the plants grw crrectly.
F. Astrnauts will welcme the additin f fruits and vegetables t their diet f dry fds.
G. Currently all xygen is taken abard in tanks and then caught again s it can be reused.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Befre graduatin, I asked my adviser fr feedback n areas where I culd imprve. It felt ____21____ t receive high marks fr leadership, cmmunicatin, and my ability t wrk independently. But when it ____22____ t attentin t detail, she gave me an “OK.” As a scientist, that hurt a bit.
At first, I ____23____ with this. But it’s true that fcusing n the tiny details isn’t smething I ____24____ excel at, r even enjy as much as my ____25____ d. I knew all this at sme level. Still, hearing it frm my adviser pushed me t really____26____ my strengths and interest.
S after I finished my Ph.D., I explred different ____27____. Being hnest with myself abut my strengths and interest ____28____ led me t my jb in health care cmmunicatins. In my current rle, I help cmpanies tell their ____29____. I take cmplex scientific infrmatin and turn it int smething _____30_____ and engaging that nn-scientists can understand.
Lking back, I’m s grateful fr that _____31_____ frm my adviser, painful thugh it was, because it set my career n a new _____32_____. I think a lt f us get caught up in what we think we’re suppsed t be gd at, instead f fcusing n what we’re _____33_____. Fr me, that feedback gave me _____34_____ t step away frm the idea that I had t fit int a certain mld (模式) as a scientist. Instead, I _____35_____ a career that lets me use my strengths and d smething I truly enjy.
21. A. astnishingB. cmfrtingC. cnvincingD. depressing
22. A. turnedB. meantC. cameD. started
23. A. agreedB. stayedC. endedD. struggled
24. A. naturallyB. slightlyC. physicallyD. sincerely
25. A. parentsB. fllwersC. studentsD. classmates
26. A. part frmB. shw ffC. reflect nD. give up
27. A. citiesB. careersC. subjectsD. universities
28. A. regularlyB. straightlyC. ultimatelyD. prbably
29. A. jkesB. secretsC. truthsD. stries
30. A. clearB. annyingC. uncertainD. tugh
31. A. praiseB. prtestC. cmmentD. cmplaint
32. A. hkB. trackC. castD. edge
33. A. drawn tB. trained asC. accused fD. prevented frm
34. A. criticismB. punishmentC. frgivenessD. permissin
35. A. quitB. fundC. createdD. required
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
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。
Instead f crwding int ppular vercrwded turist spts fr hlidays, a grwing number f hlidaymakers in China are spending their leisure time at lesser-knwn resrts ____36____(seek) unique, relaxed hliday experiences. “Reverse turism”____37____(emerge) as a new trend amng yung hlidaymakers in China recently.
During the week-lng public hliday,____38____ ended n Oct 7, large numbers f vacatiners, especially yung prfessinals wh lng t escape busy city life, avided ppular hliday destinatins in rder t get ff the____39____(beat) track and enjy sme peace and quiet.
Accrding t data frm nline travel agency Qunar,____40____number f rms bked at htels in less-traveled cities during the hliday was up 30 percent year-n-year.
Sme yung prfessinals wh nrmally have little time fr____41____(they) simply had a staycatin in a htel t make the much-awaited break____42____(relaxing). Besides crwds, sme vacatiners chse less-traveled places t save n the cst f trips____43____ ppular destinatins, which ften invlve pricey tickets, meals, and htel stays.
In additin, lesser-knwn attractins are nt as “cmmercial” and “standardized” as ____44____(develp) nes and are able t ffer mre authentic experiences and natural encunters, accrding t scial media psts. And unlike ppular destinatins, sme underexplred places with little nline_____45_____(expse) can ffer mre surprises.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
46. 假如你是李华，是校学生会主席。在中国文化遗产日(Chinese Cultural Heritage Day)到来之际，请根据下面的写作提示，给同学们写一封英语倡议书发表在校英语报上，内容包括：
1. 保护文化遗产(cultural heritage)的重要性； 2. 可采取的措施；3. 发出呼吁。
注意: 1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
Dear fellw students,
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the Students’ Unin
第二节(满分25分)
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。
“Jhn, cme n! We’ve gt t get ging!” my lder sister Anna yelled up the stairs.
Anna and I fught abut everything. She used the bathrm t lng, she ate my snacks, and she always acted like the perfect lder sister. She was n the track team, gt gd grades, and had tns f friends. Mm and Dad were always saying, “Why can’t yu be mre like yur sister?” Trust me, I heard it enugh.
Why wuld anyne pick exercise ver pajamas (睡衣)? It puzzled me. I’m really nt that int sprts. S, when Anna heard I was running the Turkey Trt this year, the lk n her face — “Yu? Running?” I’ll never frget it.
I stumbled dwn t the car where Anna was already seated and Dad was eating a chclate bar. “Gtta fuel up,” he said. “Want ne, Jhn?” “I just need t wake up,” I said. “Why is it still dark? Is this even legal? Yu think this is fun?” “Of curse it’s fun,” Anna cut in. “Dn’t yu knw that exercise in the mrning is ne f the healthiest things yu can d?” I stpped listening. She culd be such a knw-it-all smetimes.
When we gt t the race, I was shcked hw many peple were there. It wasn’t lng befre the annuncer started the cuntdwn. Anna plugged in her AirPds and went ff with the crwd. Dad fund his friends and jined them. I was determined t run n my wn.
Just keep ging, just keep ging, I tld myself. I hated t admit it, but maybe Anna had been right abut mrning exercise. After the first mile and a half, I was feeling amazing—until my leg began t feel funny. It felt like nails were pking my right leg. My muscles began twitching uncntrllably. N, n, n, nt a cramp (抽筋)! Befre I culd decide, my bdy chse fr me. I culdn’t take ne mre step. I struggled t the side f the rad and sat dwn, trying t shake it ff. This can’t be happening, I thught. Then I heard ftsteps behind me.
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。
It was Anna, jgging back tward me.
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As we crssed the finish line, Anna asked, “One mre time next year?”
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