重庆市第八中学校2025-2026学年度下学期期末考试高二年级英语试题含答案

这是一份重庆市第八中学校2025-2026学年度下学期期末考试高二年级英语试题含答案，共16页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，完形填空，语法填空，书信写作，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。

一、阅读理解
Imprtant Dates
July 28, 2026 (10 pm GMT): Deadline fr craft submissins
August 4, 2026: Shrtlisted (入围) artists will be ntified
August 11, 2026: Exhibitin pens + Winner annunced
August 17, 2026 (5 pm GMT): Exhibitin clses
Cmpetitin Prcess & Awards
10 wrks will be shrtlisted fr the cmpetitin, and each shrtlisted artist will have the pprtunity t meet and netwrk with fellw artists and publishers. The exhibitin will be held at Stheby’s New Bnd Street frm August 11 t 17, 2026.
The final winner will be awarded a cash prize, lng-term media cverage, and prfessinal guidance and supprt frm tp cllectrs t help raise their prfile in the craft wrld.
1．Wh qualifies fr the cmpetitin?
A．An ld experienced craft maker.B．A craftsman with n exhibitin recrd.
C．An adult craftsman f the 2025 Art Fair.D．A teenager having a talent fr crafts.
2．On what date will the final results be released in 2026?
A．July 28.B．August 4.C．August 11.D．August 17.
3．What benefit can the winner receive frm the cmpetitin?
A．Receiving a prize certificate.B．Selling their wrks t tp cllectrs.
C．Publishing their wrks in art jurnals.D．Gaining their public attentin thrugh media.
If yu were the ne wh rganized yur family’s celebratin this past hliday seasn, yu’re prbably still tired — wndering why yu spent s much n presents and decratins. If that sunds familiar, yu’re likely yur family’s appinted celebratr.
I’m my family’s appinted celebratr, making sure that hlidays are truly celebrated by my lved nes. After New Year’s Day this year, I sat at the breakfast table, tired. My husband lked puzzled and asked, “Why d yu d this t yurself every year?” I have t admit that part f what I d arund the winter hlidays seems almst instinctive. It’s as if I’m driven by the ancient need t mark the darkness f winter with my little bit f light. My answer t my husband’s questin is that I believe ne f the mst imprtant things I can d while I’m n this planet is t shw great respect fr thse I lve thrugh celebratins. The lder I get, the mre I believe it.
When my children were yung, my husband lst his jb. It tk a decade t recver emtinally and financially. Ht water and electricity were luxuries that weren’t always available, and meals were a challenge. I tried t hide it frm them, but I was cnstantly afraid f lsing ur hme. Thse celebratins were s rare and the future was s uncertain. S nw, celebratins mean that much mre t me.
This year, I plished the silverware and lit the candles. I bught a bttle f wine and sme lamb chps just t celebrate this day. As my family’s celebratr, I may nt have dne all that I set ut t d, but I believe that this year I celebrated with thse I lve, and I sincerely hpe that I did it well.
4．What des the underlined wrd “instinctive” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．New.B．Tugh.C．Different.D．Natural.
5．What des the authr regard as ne f the mst imprtant things in life?
A．Celebrating the beauty f winter.
B．Hnring lved nes thrugh celebratins.
C．Recvering emtinally and financially after a lss.
D．Prviding mre luxuries than ht water and electricity.
6．Why des the authr treasure celebratins mre nw?
A．She prefers buying expensive gifts.B．Her husband insists n frmal events.
C．Past hardships deepen their meaning.D．Her children demand frequent parties.
7．What des the last paragraph shw abut the authr?
A．She enjys hsting parties.B．She seeks scial apprval.
C．She prefers material wealth.D．She values family cnnectins.
I lve bks. When I was a child, I carried bks everywhere, even t the dinner table and class. In my pre-digital childhd, audibks barely existed in my wrld. They were nly fr lng car rides r dull chres like cleaning my rm while listening t “American Girl” bks n CD．
With the rise f smartphnes, audibks have bmed, despite criticisms that “they aren’t real bks” and “listening isn’t real reading.” I’ll admit that I used t be n the ther side f this issue, insisting that audibks didn’t cunt because they allwed passive listening. I gt annyed with peple when they included audibks in “bks read” lists. But I’ve cme arund since then, bth n a persnal and scial level.
I still believe reading a bk and listening t an audibk are distinct, fr they engage different brain prcesses, each with unique prs and cns. One f my biggest annyances is spacing ut during an audibk and realizing I have n idea where I stpped paying attentin. And I’ll always prefer print bks. Yet I’ve grwn t appreciate audibks’ special strengths: talented vice actrs giving characters particular vices, r adding meldies t written lyrics. A perfect example is Cary Elwes’ As Yu Wish: Incnceivable Tales frm the Making f The Princess Bride, in which he and ther Princess Bride cast members narrate. And it’s an experience n paperback can ffer.
Smetimes I prefer an audibk. It’s the nly way t read if I’m n a lng drive r if I want t multitask. Smetimes I prefer a print bk. I lve the way bks feel in my hands. I lve flipping pages, and I lve cllecting bkmarks. Engage with bks hwever yu want. It desn’t matter whether t buy, brrw, r dwnlad them nline. Dn’t we have better things t d than pick apart hw ther peple take in infrmatin?
8．What des the underlined part in Para. 2 imply?
A．The authr disregarded audibks as reading.
B．The authr favred audibks ver print bks.
C．The authr wasn’t interested in traditinal reading.
D．The authr jined debates n audibks actively.
9．Accrding t the authr, what is a majr disadvantage f audibks?
A．Lacking physical bkmarks.B．Lsing track f fcus easily.
C．Csting mre than print bks.D．Reshaping riginal texts thrugh vices.
10．Why des the authr mentin Cary Elwes’ audibk?
A．T highlight the rle f vice actrs.B．T criticize its pr narratin style.
C．T shwcase its distinctive advantage.D．T emphasize print bks’ superirity.
11．What is the authr’s verall attitude tward different ways f reading?
A．Supprtive f all reading frmats.B．Oppsed t nline reading.
C．Shwing preference fr audibks.D．Strngly in favr f print bks.
A new study has fund that breathing des mre than just mve air in and ut f yur lungs — it culd even be used t identify wh yu are. Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute f Science discvered that each persn has a distinct breathing pattern, knwn as a nasal (鼻的) breathing “fingerprint”, which reveals clues abut a persn’s identity and health.
The researchers riginally set ut t better understand hw ur sense f smell wrks. In humans, the brain prcesses smell during inhalatin (吸入), and this clse cnnectin between the brain and breathing led the team t wnder: culd ur breathing patterns reflect the way ur brains are cnnected and be unique t each f us? T explre this questin, they develped a lightweight, wearable device that tracks nasal airflw cntinuusly fr 24 hurs. The study tested 100 healthy yung adults in their daily lives. The results shwed breathing patterns can identify individuals with 96.8 percent accuracy. Brain scientist Timna Srka said she had expected identificatin t be difficult, but fund that the patterns were remarkably distinct.
Beynd individual identificatin, the study als fund clear links between breathing patterns and bdy mass index (BMI), sleep-wake cycles, and mental health traits such as anxiety and depressin. Imprtantly, the researchers nted that they nly knw there is an assciatin between breathing and md, but they dn’t knw the cause-and-effect directin — whether feeling anxius changes breathing, r a certain breathing pattern causes anxiety. If the latter is true, changing hw we breathe culd ptentially imprve md.
Hwever, the device still has drawbacks: it can be uncmfrtable, may slip during sleep, and cannt track muth breathing. The team is imprving it and explring its real-wrld uses. S the next time yu unlck yur phne r pen a dr, it might nt be yur face r fingerprint that identifies yu. Instead, a simple breath culd d the jb.
12．What is special abut a persn’s breathing “fingerprint”?
A．It helps take in mre air.B．It is unique t each individual.
C．It reflects ne’s lifestyle.D．It remains unchanged thrughut life.
13．Which f the fllwing is true accrding t paragraph 2?
A．Srka’s predictin matched the result.
B．A wearable device tracked daytime nasal airflw.
C．The study initially explred breathing-brain links.
D．Breathing patterns can reliably identify individuals.
14．What can we infer abut the relatinship between breathing and md?
A．Changes in breath culd cure anxiety.B．Their exact relatinship remains unclear.
C．Anxiety always causes abnrmal breathing.D．Breathing is respnsible fr negative md.
15．What is the main idea f this passage?
A．Breathing may replace face recgnitin.
B．A grundbreaking device tracks human breathing.
C．Breathing patterns are linked t identity and health.
D．Breathing “fingerprints” reveal ur mental cnditin.
In every culture thrughut time, the kitchen has had a pwerful influence. The simple practice f sitting dwn tgether at the table gives us the chance t cnnect and cmmunicate. 16 It depends n where yu live, yur age, and ther factrs, but the answer is yes. Our intentins fr “hme” are evlving.
17 Fast-paced lifestyles and wrk schedules make it hard t find time t shp fr grceries and prepare meals. Online fd delivery services have taken ff, t. In 2016, ne in 10 Chinese were rdering fd nline. Thrughut Eurpe, nline rdering accunts fr 56 percent f the market in Sweden and 43 percent in Austria. In India, nline fd rdering was expected t reach clse t $12 millin by 2023.
The rise f takeut and ready-made meals has changed cking habits arund the wrld. Fd & Wine cited a survey in 22 cuntries asking abut cking habits. 18 At the lwer end were Suth Kreans, wh spent just 3.7 hurs per week cking. Peple in India were at the tp with 13.2 hurs per week spent in the kitchen.
Yet regardless f hw much time peple spend cking, the kitchen cntinues t play an imprtant rle in everyday life. Simply being in the kitchen, cking and eating with ther peple, can have healthy benefits. Regardless f its size, the kitchen is a warm and inviting place. 19 The difference is, nw yu can fllw a recipe n yur iPad while cking.
It’s true that impersnal appliances are cnnecting t each ther and t us. Refrigeratrs rder vegetables. Cktp hds with sensrs turn n by themselves. While technlgy and ur expectatins fr the kitchen are shape-shifting in real time, the fundamentals remain the same. 20
A．S is cking a way t express yurself?
B．But is ur relatinship t the kitchen changing?
C．Fr centuries, it has served as a natural gathering place.
D．Peple seem t be spending less time cking wrldwide.
E．Nw mre f them are eating utside the hme mre frequently.
F．It shwed that natinal averages differed significantly arund the wrld.
G．The kitchen is where we cnnect with fd and cmpany in the sul f the hme.
二、完形填空
I grew up in a tiny Baltimre rw huse in a faraway muntain area. My parents prvided the 21 f life but they culdn’t give much mre. If I 22 my father fr a pair f jeans, he wuld say, “If yu want them, make the mney and buy them yurself.” He wasn’t being 23 r unwilling t make the purchase; he just culdn’t 24 them. Frm age 12 n, I did part-time jbs after schl.
When I 25 frm high schl, I jined the navy. Sn I was in a bt camp at Parris Island, S. C．, where I learned that life in the navy 26 arund cmpleting daily tasks. These culd 27 frm cleaning the camp t cnducting mck battles. Cmpleting these tasks 28 required discipline, team-wrk and respnsibility.
It didn’t 29 whether yu were black, white r Asian; everyne wrked tgether fr the 30 f the cmpany. I went n t graduate frm the U. S. Naval Academy and later became an fficer in the navy. The part f my jb I enjyed mst was the cunseling (咨询) meeting I held with the family members f the men and wmen in my 31 , trying t help them deal with the lng perids f 32 . Peple left these meetings feeling strnger, and wrd spread. Befre lng, I was always being asked t give 33 speeches t business grups, educatrs and kids acrss the cuntry.
But I cnsider the bt camp my first real 34 , and my life is still guided by the imprtant lessns I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related t setting a task every day and wrking hard t 35 it.
21．A．necessitiesB．requirementsC．luxuriesD．cmfrts
22．A．searchedB．rderedC．askedD．excused
23．A．meanB．rudeC．selfishD．strict
24．A．tlerateB．affrdC．prduceD．deliver
25．A．retiredB．resignedC．drppedD．graduated
26．A．gatheredB．centeredC．piledD．fcused
27．A．rangeB．extendC．switchD．transfrm
28．A．individuallyB．mentallyC．physicallyD．successfully
29．A．wrkB．shwC．existD．matter
30．A．gdB．bssC．restD．security
31．A．listB．situatinC．chargeD．pssessin
32．A．dutyB．meetingC．trainingD．separatin
33．A．casualB．encuragingC．infrmalD．appealing
34．A．vacatinB．placeC．jbD．cmpany
35．A．updateB．achieveC．replaceD．match
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。
Picture yurself as the her in a Chinese martial-arts (武术) nvel. There are tw paths t imprve yur pwers. D yu chse zhengxiu, the rthdx (正统的) ne that 36 (typical) demands decades f practice in a cave? 37 d yu risk xiexiu, the unrthdx way? Traditinal values warn against thse wh cheat 38 (establish) systems. But xiexiu has acquired a life amng certain yungsters. It nw represents a 39 (depart) frm the prper way: mre efficient, mre creative r simply less bund by cnventin. In recent mnths, vides with the term 40 (draw) billins f views n scial media. Sme are just rebranded life tricks, such as learning English thrugh fan fictin. Others turn int the absurd (荒谬的): reading advanced mathematics 41 a sleep aid.
Many yung adults see xiexiu as a middle path between “996” ffice culture and “lying flat”. An unstable ecnmy, rising husing csts and shaky jb 42 (prspect) have already made the path thrugh adulthd mre uncertain. S why nt turn t xiexiu?
Last mnth, Guangming Daily declared the trend 43 cheerful way fr the yung t deal with uncertainty and gain initiative. It stpped shrt f calling it a fight against authrity, instead 44 (describe) it as “a way t seek imprvement”. “Xiexiu isn’t really abut teaching yu cking methds — it’s teaching yu 45 t rethink,” reads ne clear-eyed cmment.
四、书信写作
46．你校英语网站正在开展以“My Favrite Pem”为主题的读诗分享征文活动，面向全体学生征集作品。请你选择一首对你意义重大的诗歌，写一篇短文投稿。内容需覆盖：
1. 所选诗歌的内容简介；2. 偏爱该首诗的原因。
注意：1. 词数80词左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
My Favrite Pem
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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。续写的词数应为150左右。
A Magical Christmas Memry
Christmas was my father’s favrite hliday. He wuld carefully decrate the utside f ur brick huse, including a huge tree shape made f many-clred lights. He hung the lights frm the tp f the rf all the way t the grund. I wuld watch him patiently spend hurs untying thse lights, fr they were always in a terrible mess in the bx. Althugh n ne pened the bx all year, the lights smehw became badly twisted. My parents wuld jke that a small fantasy creature had secretly cme and made them in a mess!
Inside ur huse, ur family Christmas tree std tall in the living rm. My mther wuld carefully arrange the branches f the man-made tree and tie them tgether with black thread t make it lk perfect! The tree wuld stay there quietly, withut any lights, waiting fr Christmas. As the big day came near, the excitement in ur family grew day by day. On Christmas Eve, I culd put ne small ty n the tree befre ging t bed. While I was sleeping, Santa wuld cme and finish decrating the whle tree and leave presents under it. On Christmas mrning, I wuld run dwnstairs quickly t see the bright, shining tree! Oh, Christmas was really amazing!
Only a few years later, my father died all f a sudden. He left my mther, wh was in deep sadness, and me — a very sad and puzzled teenager. That year, Mm had n happiness fr Christmas at all. As Christmas Eve came near, n ne talked abut putting up a tree. Because we had mved, we n lnger had the ld man-made tree.
I decided t bring back ur Christmas warmth fr Mm.
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Mm was deeply tuched by my little surprise.
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Categry
Details
Organizers
Crafts Cuncil, Huse & Garden, Stheby’s
Qualificatin
Aged 18 r abve; pen t bth new and experienced craft makers; must have participated in a gallery shw r art fair in the past tw years
Wrk Requirements
Handmade in the UK, created n r after January 1, 2024; never wn any prize befre; must be delivered t Lndn fr the exhibitin
Size & Materials
N size limit, with varius materials; including unexpected explratins f clay and textile, as well as ambitius creatins in wd and fine metalwrk
《重庆市第八中学校2025-2026学年度下学期期末考试高二年级英语试题》参考答案
1．C 2．C 3．D
4．D 5．B 6．C 7．D
8．A 9．B 10．C 11．A
12．B 13．D 14．B 15．C
16．B 17．D 18．F 19．C 20．G
21．A 22．C 23．A 24．B 25．D 26．B 27．A 28．D 29．D 30．A 31．C 32．D 33．B 34．C 35．B
36．typically 37．Or 38．established 39．departure 40．have drawn 41．as 42．prspects 43．a 44．describing 45．hw
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Amng all pems I have read, Nthing Gld Can Stay is the ne that tuches me mst deeply. It is a classic shrt pem written by Rbert Frst.
The pem describes that beautiful and precius things in life will fade sn. Hwever, it encurages readers t cherish every mment and stick t their dreams bravely. When I failed my exam last term, this pem cheered me up and taught me nt t give up easily.
This meaningful pem has accmpanied me thrugh hard times. I firmly believe it will keep inspiring me t mve frward in the future.
47．
I decided t bring back ur Christmas warmth fr Mm. I bught a new tree that lked just like the ne we used t have. After dragging it int the living rm, I hung the lights which my father had spent hurs untangling every year. It was tiring wrk, but I hummed Dad’s favrite carls t keep my spirits up. When the tree was finally lit, its clred lights shne brightly in the dim rm, chasing away the shadws f srrw. I stepped back, hping that this surprise wuld remind Mm f happier times.
Mm was deeply tuched by my little surprise. When she walked int the rm, she cvered her muth in case she cried ut. Tears rlled dwn her cheeks as she stared at the glwing tree that had brught us s much jy in the past. She hugged me tightly, whispering that althugh Dad was gne, the lve he brught t us wuld never fade. We std there tgether, bathed in the warm light, feeling his presence nce mre. At that mment, I knew that Christmas magic wasn’t just abut decratins, but abut the lve that binds a family tgether.
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G
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