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重庆市第十一中学校教育集团高2026届高二下期期中考试 英语试题 注意事项： 1.本试卷满分为150分，考试时间为120分钟。 2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案 标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答 非选择题时，将参考答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试 卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项 中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和 阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What does the woman want to buy? A.A chair. B.A desk C.A backpack. 2.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.A storm. B.A house. C.A fence. 3.Where are the speakers probably? A.At a gym. B.At an airport. C.At a hotel. 4.What time does the woman suggest arriving at the cinema? A.At 7:15 pm. B.At 7:30 pm. C:At 7:45 pm. 5.What is the woman probably doing? A.Giving a lecture. B.Chairing a meeting. C.Hosting a program. 第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白.每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、 B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白 前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答 时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。 6.How does the woman feel about begin a doctor in the future? A.Excited. B.Uncertain. C.Nervous. 7.Why will the woman go to South Africa? 英语试题第1页（共12页) 扫描全能王创建 A.To volunteer. B.To travel. C.To study. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。 8.Why will the woman contact Daily News? A.To advertise a new product. B.To inquire about a missing advertisement. C.To complain about a misprint in the paper. 9.What does the man say will help the weekend sale? A.Television commercials.B.Online advertisements. C.Radio broadcasts. 10.What does the woman plan to do tomorrow? A.Put up posters. B.Send out emails. C.Produce brochures. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。 11.How did the woman get hurt? A.She fell off her bike. B.She fell over a stone. C.She was bitten by a dog. 12.What will the man do for the woman? A.Call an ambulance. B.Take her to the doctor. C.Apply medicine to her wound. 13.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.School friends. B.Father and daughter. C.Brother and sister. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。 14.Why does the woman make the call? A.To do a survey. B.To offer an invitation. C.To promote a cooking class. 15.What does the man usually have for breakfast on weekdays? A.A sandwich. B.Some pancakes. C.Bacon and eggs. 16.What does the woman say about Fruit and Grain Bars? A.They're cheap. B.They taste sweet C.They're healthy. 17.What will the man probably do next? A.Do some shopping.B.Provide his address. C.Join a taste test. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。 18.Who is the speaker probably? A.A presenter. B.A director. C.A photographer 19.What do we know about This Planet? 英语试题第2页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 A.It includes six episodes. B.It will first be shown in August. C.It explores elements supporting life. 20.What will accompany the first night of the show? A.A live interview. B.A discussion with experts. C.A behind-the-scenes special. 第二部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。 A The Best Exhibitions in 2024:North America Ed Ruscha:Now Then Museum of Modern Art,New York September 10,2024 to January 13,2025 Ed Ruscha's use of language as an artistic tool changed the face of post-war art. The exhibition will track the full breadth of Ruscha's career over 65 years,without narrowly defining him.Mirroring his own cross-disciplinary approach,it will feature over 250 works showing him as painter,bookmaker,filmmaker,and photographer. Marisol Escobar:A Retrospective Montreal Museum of Fine Arts October 7,2024 to January 21,2025 Marisol Escobar is best known for carved wooden sculptures that she decorated with drawings,fabric and found objects.Some critics characterized her as a folk artist.The show will feature all Marisol's classical works,as well as source materials,studies and personal photographs to illustrate her working methods and life. Homage(致敏)to Carla Stellweg:Cultivate Museo Tamayo,Mexico City Throughout August,2024 Carla Stellweg has played a vital part in the development of a connection between Mexican art and the international art world.She co-founded Mexico's first contemporary art magazine,which became a vital platform connecting Latin American artists.This exhibition brings together archival (materials and the work of artists she's cooperated with,and centers her as a crucial agent in Latin 英语试题第3页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 American contemporary art. William Blake:Visionary The Getty Center,Los Angeles October 17,2024 to January 14,2025 William Blake was an English poet,painter and printmaker.By combining his poetry and imagery on the page through unique techniques,he created some of the most striking imagery in British art and has since inspired countless boundary-breaking artists including Walt Whitman and Jimi Hendrix.This exhibition will explore the artist-poet's imaginative world through his most celebrated works. 21.Which exhibition is available for the longest duration? A.Marisol Escobar:A Retrospective B.William Blake:Visionary C.Ed Ruscha:Now Then D.Homage to Carla Stellweg:Cultivate 22.Which exhibition highlights an artist's role as a cultural bridge-builder? A.Ed Ruscha:Now Then B.Homage to Carla Stellweg:Cultivate C.Marisol Escobar:A Retrospective D.William Blake:Visionary 23.What do Marisol Escobar and William Blake have in common? A.The works of both mix different artistic forms. B.Both inspired musicians like Jimi Hendrix. C.Both were misunderstood as folk artists. D.Their exhibitions feature personal photographs. B My name is Alice.Early last year,I was troubled by an anxiety that crippled ()my ability to do anything.I felt like a storm cloud hung over me.For almost a year I struggled on,constantly staring at this wall that faced me.My perfectionist tendencies were the main root of this:I wanted to be perfect at whatever I did,which obviously in life is not possible,but it consumed me. One day,I attended a presentation by wildlife conservationist Grant Brown at my high school.His presentation not only awed and inspired me,but also helped emerge an inner desire to make a difference in the world.I joined a pre-presentation dinner with him and that smaller setting allowed me to slowly build up my courage to speak one-on-one with him-an idea that had seemed completely impossible.This first contact was where my story began. A month later Brown invited me to attend the World Youth Wildlife Conference.Looking back,I now see that this would be the first in a series of 英语试题第4页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 timely opportunities that my old self would have let pass,but that this new and more confident Alice enthusiastically seized.Shortly after I received his invitation, applications to join the Youth for Nature and the Youth for Planet groups were sent around through my high school.I decided to commit to completing the applications, and soon I was a part of a growing global team of young people working to protect nature.Each of these new steps convinced me of my capability. I am writing this just six months since my joumey began and I've realised that my biggest obstacle ()this whole time was myself.It was that voice in the back of my head telling me that one phrase that has stopped so many people from reaching their potential:I can't.They say good things come to those who wait;I say:grab every opportunity with everything you have and be impatient.After all, nature does not require our patience,but our performance of breaking through ourselves. 24.What was the main cause for Alice's anxiety? A.Her inability to act her age. B.Her desire to be perfect. C.Her habit of consumption. D.Her lack of inspiration. 25.How did Grant Brown's presentation influence Alice? A.She learned about the harm of desire. B.She tasted the sweetness of friendship. C.She decided to do something for nature. D.She built up her courage to speak up. 26.The activities Alice joined in helped her to become more A.confident B.intelligent C.innovative D.critical 27.What can we learn from this passage? A.Practice makes perfect. B.Patience is a cure of anxiety. C.Everything comes to those who wait. D.Action is worry's worst enemy. C Turning on the air conditioning can bring sweet relief from the heat.But your resulting energy bill?Not so much.What if your home could stay cool all on its own?That's the premise()of Zheng Yi's new invention.The associate professor at Northeastern University in Boston has created a sustainable material that can be used to make buildings or other objects able to keep cool without relying on conventional cooling systems. Zheng imagines this material covering the roofs of houses or other buildings. The material,which Zheng has named "cooling paper",has light colors and internal 英语试题第5页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 microstructure with many small holes.It reflects those warm solar rays away from the building,and it also absorbs heat inside-heat that is from electronics,cooking and human bodies. Cooling paper is,in fact,made of paper.One day,Zheng saw a container full of used printing paper.He thought to himself,"How could we simply transform that waste material into some functional energy material?"So,with the help of a high-speed blender(搅拌机)from his kitchen,Zheng made a pulp(浆状物)out of it and the material that makes up Teflon,a type of plastic.He then made it into waterproof"cooling paper"that could coat homes.Then,he and his team tested its ability to keep cool;it can reduce temperatures by as much as 6C.He selected materials that would reduce the cost of using the new technology to cool homes. The cooling paper isn't just green in its ability to reduce your energy footprint. The material can be used,exposed to solar radiation and varying temperatures,and then reduced to a pulp (again)and remade without losing any of its cooling properties."That is incredible!"Zheng says."We thought there would be maybe 10 to 20 percent of loss,but no.It's just as well as the original." 28.On what basis is Zheng's new invention created? A.Relieving the discomforts of the heat. B.Improving traditional cooling systems. C.Reducing electricity use and costs. D.Cooling the air without electricity. 29.What does the author say about the material in paragraph 2? A.It has limited applications. B.It's complexly structured. C.It works in two ways. D.It's available in dark colors. 30.Where did Zheng get inspiration for the cooling paper? A.From Teflon. B.From a pulp. C.From the waste paper. D.From the blender. 31.Which aspect of the cooling paper is mainly stressed in the last paragraph? A.Its recyclability. B.Its practicality. C.Its heat resistance. D.Its user-friendliness. D In the past,jobs were about muscles.Now they're about brains,but in the future,they'll be about the heart.-Minouche Shafik,the president of Columbia University LinkedIn researchers recently looked at which skills any given job requires and 英语试题第6页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 then identified over 500 likely to be affected by generative AI technologies.They then estimated that 96 percent of a software engineer's current skills-mainly in programming languages-can eventually be possessed by AI.Skills associated with jobs like legal associates and finance officers will also be highly exposed.In fact,given the broad impact AI is set to have,it is quite likely to affect all of our work to some degree or another. Circling around this research is the big question emerging across so many conversations about AI and work,namely:What are our key capabilities as humans? If we answer this question from a place of fear about what's left for people in the age of Al,we can end up admitting a diminished view of human capability. Instead,it's critical for us all to start from a place that imagines what's possible for humans in the age of Al.When we do that,we find ourselves focusing quickly on people skills that allow us to cooperate and innovate in ways technology can intensify but never replace. A recent Jobs for the Future survey found that 78 percent of the 10 top-employing occupations classified uniquely human skills and tasks as “important'”or“very important.”These,commonly referred to as soft skills, include building interpersonal relationships,negotiating between parties and guiding and motivating teams. Now is the time for leaders,across departments,to develop new ways for students to learn that are more directly tied to where our economy is going,not where it has been.Critically,that involves bringing the same level of preciseness to training around people skills that we have brought to technical skills. Ultimately,for our society,this comes down to whether we believe in the potential of humans with as much belief as we believe in the potential of Al.If we do,it is entirely possible to build a world of work that not only is more human but also is a place where all people are valued for the unique skills we have,enabling us to deliver new levels of human achievement across so many areas that affect all of our lives. 32.According to LinkedIn's recent research, A.soft engineers are required to identify 500 languages B.we humans underestimate the impact Al is set to have C.AI will replace humans in jobs requiring certain skills D.AI technologies are to influence research to some degree 33.Which of the following is"a diminished view of human capability"(para- 英语试题第7页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 graph 3)? A.Humans are losing control of the world B.Technology intensifies humans'cooperation. C.Humans outsmart AI in terms of critical thinking. D.AI and humans are similar in their ability to innovate 34.Leaders in different departments are advised to A.teach students unique technical skills B.develop students'soft skills for their future C.remind students where our economy is going D.build healthy interpersonal relationships with students 35.According to the writer,what is the key factor of human development? A.Practical value set on skills. B.Confidence in our potential. C.Decisive effects brought by Al D.Firm belief about AI technologies. 第二节(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。 Socrates,the renowned ancient Greek philosopher,famously stated,"The unexamined life is not worth living."36 He believed true wisdom and personal growth couldn't be achieved in an unexamined life. The Socratic Method,named after Socrates himself,is a form of cooperative dialogue where one asks a series of open-ended questions to guide another toward insight and understanding.For example,imagine a teacher discussing moralities with students.The teacher may not explain what is "right"or "wrong".37 And follow up with questions like,"Why do we consider some actions fair and others unfair?"Through this questioning,students are led to think more critically and examine their own values and assumptions rather than just accepting the predetermined answers. 38When you ask yourself,for instance,"Why do you believe this?" or "What evidence supports your thinking?",you are encouraged to consider whether your beliefs are truly your own or influenced by external factors.This process of questioning leads to self-reflection,helping individuals better understand the underlying motivations behind their thoughts and actions. Self-reflection is like hitting the pause button on life.39 And it also looks closely at your own thoughts,feelings,and experiences.An unexamined life, however,is one where people go through the motions without ever questioning. Living an unexamined life is similar to coasting on automatic pilot,where one 英语试题第8页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 simply accepts social standards without critically evaluating them.In this kind of life,you're swept along by society's expectations. 40 It seems as if you're living someone else's script without ever writing your own. A.It gives you a moment to step back. B.You are barely aware of your own desires. C.So they can follow a"right'”or“fair'action. D.You are always stuck in your own ceaseless work. E.The Socratic Method is a powerful tool for self-examination. F.Instead,he or she might ask"What does it mean to act morally?" G.This powerful declaration serves as a call to dig deeper into one's own thoughts. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节完形填空（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四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填 入空白处的最佳选项。 Venice has long suffered under the pressure of overtourism,leading to endangered heritage sites.Nowadays,it is launching a(n)41 campaign to inform visitors of a pilot program announced last year. Day-trippers to the canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros to 42 the city's historic center will face 43 starting at 10 times the entrance fee. Officials have avoided calling it a tax,using 44 words like contribution,since it also aims to come up with more money to help better 45 the phenomenon. Visitors arriving at the main train and bus stations will first be met by stewards(乘务员)who will remind them of the new requirement and4s anyone who hasn't yet downloaded the QR code ()Payment places will be 47 for anyone without a smartphone.Anyone 48 beyond designated visiting places without the required documentation will 49 fines.These will 50 from 50 to 300 euros,plus the maximum entrance fee allowed by law,set at 10 euros. An exemption voucher(免除凭证)will be_5L_to people who access the city for work,school or medical care,as well as to people born in Venice and52 of the region. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro hopes the program can reduce crowds on53 days, encourage longer visits and improve the quality of life for residents. The advertising video,54 Brugnaro speaking a variety of languages aided by artificial intelligence,has become a 55. 41.A.recycling B.advertising C.arising D.marketing 英语试题第9页（共12页） 扫描全能王创建 42.A.enter B.decorate C.rank D.promote 43.A.welfare B.rewards C.fines D.pays D.looser 44.A.harder B.softer C.plainer 45.A.guarantee B.interrupt C.manage D.highlight 46.A.trace B.monitor C.identify D.help 47.A.set up B.moved away C.torn down D.taken over 48.A.left B.found C.dominated D.sent 49.A.break away from B.get down to C.make up for D.end up with 50.A.distinguish B.range C.rise D.decline 51.A.purchased B.printed C.issued D.deleted 52.A.clients B.victims C.stewards D.residents 53.A.peak B.misty C.gloomy D.tight 54.A.opposing B.delaying C.anticipating D.featuring 55.A.strike B.kick C.hit D.beat 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个单词）或括号内单词的正确形 式（不超过3个单词） China is the earliest country in the world to find the practicability of bamboo. The art of Chinese bamboo weaving,56(list)as a national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产)of great significance in cultural development and economic construction,57(reflect)the Chinese nation's constant pursuit and creation of beauty and the high wisdom of the Chinese nation 58using bamboo. With the development of social civilization,the art of bamboo weaving has also been59(continue)innovated,from the production of daily 60 (necessity)such as bamboo baskets and furniture to the development of painting and calligraphy.Bamboo products made by hand are ancient Chinese household items and have become 61must-have for modern homes due to their sense of history and environmental protection.Their shape is very changeable and the decorative features are full of form and art,62 gives people a unique aesthetic experience and makes them 63(influence)in overseas markets Apart from developing its own advantages in the bamboo industry,China also gives other countries with rich bamboo resources 64(assist).In Africa,China, by offering training courses,is sharing its experience in the protection,planting, cutting and management of bamboos.It's reported that a China-Africa bamboo 英语试题第10页（共12页) 扫描全能王创建