北京市顺义区2024-2025学年高二下学期期末质量监测英语试卷

2025北京顺义高二（下）期末 英 语 本试卷满分100分，考试时间90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A near-drowning (溺水) experience in my childhood made me firmly believe, “I’m not good at swimming, and I never will be.” That self-defeating thought was like a 1 throughout most of my childhood, turning the sight of water into an invisible block. This all changed last year when our university announced a swimming competition. As a voluntary event, I 2 to consider it at first. But as the days passed, a question troubled me 3 : “What would it feel like to step out of my comfort zone and finally face my long-held insecurity?” With the school offering freestyle swimming lessons for participants, I took a deep breath and decided to at least 4 the first lesson. I was mentally prepared to be the worst student during the lesson. But to my relief, many classmates 5 just as I did. After a few swimming lessons, my continuous practice started to 6 . Not only did I break my old belief about my inability in water, but a kind of 7 welled up inside me. I found myself eagerly heading to the pool, driven to improve every stroke (泳姿) and perfect every tip from the instructor. Eventually, I participated in the competition. With each breath, I pushed forward, focusing on all the movements I had practiced 8 throughout the summer. Before I knew it, I had crossed the finish line. At that moment, I wished my childhood self could meet my present-day self to see that it was possible to change myself and break through the 9 of my comfort zone. Nowadays, I go to the campus pool a couple of times a week to exercise and continue practicing my freestyle. I am nowhere near done with perfecting the vision I had for myself. But importantly, I am totally 10 and having so much fun while swimming. That is all that matters in the end. 1. A. habit B. shadow C. goal D. task 2. A. refused B. tried C. pretended D. planned 3. A. immediately B. urgently C. similarly D. constantly 4. A. attend B. skip C. organize D. cancel 5. A. improved B. struggled C. escaped D. promised 6. A. check in B. show up C. pay off D. break down 7. A. friendship B. freedom C. calmness D. confidence 8. A. repetitively B. carelessly C. freely D. negatively 9. A. ranks B. limits C. routines D. rules 10. A. astonished B. curious C. relaxed D. ambitious 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 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 Huang Xuhua (1926-2023), China’s first nuclear submarine (核潜艇) designer, studied shipbuilding at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 1958, Huang was selected to join the research team tasked with 11 (design) China’s first nuclear-powered submarine. After years of work, the submarine 12 (complete) in 1970, making China the fifth nation with such technology. Huang was given the Medal of the Republic, China’s highest honor, in 2019. His work 13 (guide) China’s ship development for years to come. B Scientists have developed a gene-edited (基因编辑的), non-browning banana that stays fresh up to 12 hours after being peeled (剥皮), 14 is a breakthrough in reducing global food waste. The upgraded bananas are also not easy to turn brown in shipments. That’s excellent news 15 browning is a major cause of banana waste worldwide. According to a company news release, the gene-edited bananas may reduce food waste and carbon pollution in supply chains 16 over 25%. C A game studio, 17 (know) for its unique two-player story-driven games, has released a new game that combines different 18 (type) of gameplay. The game tells a story of two authors, Mio and Zoe, who get trapped in a virtual world of their own works. 19 (escape), they must work together, solving puzzles and battling enemies. This game offers 20 (humor) side tasks and creative gameplay, showing the studio’s ability to combine storytelling and interactive play. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，30分) 第一节(共10小题；每小题2分，共20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Helping the planet can start right on your street. Here’s how to organize your own neighborhood cleanup! PICK A LOCATION Is there a local road that’s covered in rubbish? Or a nearby beach just swimming in litter? Select a place that really needs some extra attention. GET PERMISSION Share your plan with your family. They may have ideas for how you can go about organizing your efforts or getting the word out about your event. SAVE THE DATE Look at your family’s calendar and find a free Saturday or Sunday within the next couple of months. You’ll want to give yourself at least a few weeks to prepare and give notice to your neighbors. Don’t forget to set a rain date in case of bad weather. SPREAD THE WORD Put up signs or hang flyers around your neighborhood with the date and location of the cleanup. Be sure to ask volunteers to reply with their e-mail addresses for timely updates. ASK FOR DONATIONS Go to nearby businesses and ask if they can donate to your cause. The hardware store may offer rubbish bags, gloves, or tools. Your community waste-management organization may also offer supplies and support. SHARE YOUR WORK On cleanup day, be sure to take plenty of pictures to post online to let more people get involved in it. Your school or teachers might enjoy seeing them too. Remember to thank the volunteers once the last piece of rubbish is picked up. Send a follow-up email with details such as the number of bags collected and volunteers involved. Then, start planning your next event! 21. What should we do before the cleanup day? A. Ask neighbors for feedback. B. Discuss our plan with our family. C. Select a place that everyone knows. D. Pick a weekday that works for everyone. 22. Why should we set a rain date for the cleanup event? A. To organize a cleanup after the rain. B. To allow more time to spread the word. C. To prepare for unexpected bad weather. D. To give volunteers extra time to prepare. 23. The purpose of sharing pictures from the cleanup event is to ______. A. remind volunteers about the next event B. show the number of volunteers involved C. motivate more people to join future events D. thank the community organization for its support B In northwest China’s Gansu province, 68-year-old Wang Xilin has devoted more than half his life to protecting the ancient Great Wall. Every day for over three decades, he has walked along the winding wall, keeping watch over this precious piece of China’s cultural heritage (遗产). “At first, the loneliness was very strong,” Wang recalls, “but gradually, every section of the wall became like an old friend to me.” His deep connection to the wall motivated him to continue this important work, which he considers both a family duty and a national responsibility. After retiring from full-time duty last year, Wang passed his responsibilities to his daughter-in-law, ensuring their family’s commitment to wall protection would continue. Though officially retired, he still visits the wall three times weekly, picking up rubbish and reporting any damage he finds. The local wall sections were originally built during China’s Han and Ming dynasties. Protecting these historical structures presents numerous challenges. Wang remembers facing thieves attempting to steal sand and stones from the wall’s foundation. “People used to take materials to build their homes,” he says. “I once had to stand in front of a truck to stop them.” In addition to human threats, natural elements remain the greatest challenge. The earthen walls are easy to damage from rain, snow, and strong winds. Although local government has taken measures to address these threats, the work of the protectors is still physically demanding. They ride motorcycles along dangerous mountain paths in all weather conditions to check the wall weekly. They carefully record any damage while checking that protective fences (栅栏) and warning signs remain in place. Beyond their guarding duties, these protectors also serve as educators, teaching local communities about the wall’s historical importance. For Wang and his fellow protectors, their work is more than just a job—it’s a lifelong mission and source of great pride. As Wang puts it, “As long as I can walk, I’ll keep watching over our Great Wall.” 24. What motivated Wang Xilin to protect the Great Wall? A. His desire to be a famous protector. B. His deep attachment to the Great Wall. C. His interest in the history of the Great Wall. D. His plan to pass the responsibility to his family. 25. According to the passage, what is the work of the protectors? A. Recording any damage to the wall. B. Educating locals on repairing the wall. C. Riding motorcycles to check the wall daily. D. Repairing broken sections with sand and stones. 26. Which of the following best describes Wang Xilin? A. Honest and generous. B. Sensitive and easygoing. C. Creative and warm-hearted. D. Devoted and determined. C Freely available large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek are now used routinely by many to help with various tasks, from summarizing papers to generating code (代码) to developing ideas. But relying on LLMs too much may come with hidden costs. So it is time for us to collectively assess how to engage with this technology going forward, with a view to promoting progress without creating new inequalities or weakening the important human element and excitement of scientific discovery. Giacomo Beccari and Henri Boffin highlight the two-way nature of our relationship with LLMs in their research: though outsourcing tasks can free up mental energy and memory resources for the most challenging parts of a project, this may also lead to a gradual decrease in problem-solving skills and subject-specific knowledge at the level of the individual. In just the same way that always using a calculator makes it more difficult to do efficient mental maths, we may see research activity becoming increasingly LLM-dependent — which puts that activity at risk if, for some reason in the future, we lose the power to develop these technologies. Chiara Mingarelli sees the same issue in another light. Through an experiment in using ChatGPT to keep a written record of discussions at a recent meeting on the gravitational (引力的) wave background, Mingarelli finds herself questioning her responsibility and identity as a scientific author: how does she compare a human-written meeting report, for which considerable care has been taken to accurately capture (捕获) the detailed differences and depth of attendees’ thinking, with a ChatGPT-generated version that is enough but somewhat shallower and simplified? Is the time saved by the latter worth the loss of detail from the former, and are there situations in which the simplified version is preferable? There is also a sense of pride and satisfaction that comes from taking on the challenge of expressing scientific arguments clearly, and from gradually becoming better at doing so. Handing such tasks over to LLMs, then, may not only put specific scientific skills at risk, but also take away this unquantifiable sense of meaning that we feel when we master difficult tasks on our own. This is not to say that we all need to give up LLMs forever and refuse every advantage they can offer us. Rather, the key may be to invest careful thought in what we ask of such technology and what we keep for ourselves, with particular attention on those impacts that aren’t immediately apparent but will gradually increase over time. 27. What is the main concern regarding LLMs? A. The difficulty in mastering modern LLMs. B. The potential loss of human’s engagement. C. The technical limitations of LLMs systems. D. The financial cost of developing technologies. 28. What does the phrase“two-way nature”underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably mean? A. Advantages and disadvantages of using LLMs. B. Traditional and modern attitudes towards LLMs. C. Mental energy and memory resources LLMs bring us. D. The past foundation and the future development of LLMs. 29. What is Mingarelli’s attitude towards ChatGPT? A. Approving. B. Hopeful. C. Unconcerned. D. Critical. 30. What should we do with LLMs in the future according to this passage? A. Seek more help from LLMs. B. Ignore obvious impacts of LLMs. C. Use LLMs wisely and strategically. D. Develop LLMs carefully and thoughtfully. 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，共10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 “But I’m just not funny!” Many people feel this way, and maybe you’ve felt it too. 31 It helps us cope and tap into inner resources like resilience (恢复力). It can also improve thinking and learning. Most importantly, humor builds stronger friendships when used kindly. The best part? Humor isn’t a natural talent—it’s a skill anyone can learn. Below are practical ways to develop this skill. Start by observing others’ humor. 32 Be a humor sponge (海绵). Websites, TV shows, and funny friends are all great resources. Watch how your funny friends do it. Praise your funny friends by retelling and revisiting their funny stuff. You can spread joy by simply noticing and sharing good humor. While prepared jokes work, most humor is organic, occurring naturally in daily life. Take a moment and think about all the funny things pets, kids, and especially adults do by accident. Likely you have some embarrassing stories that, with the passage of time, have become flat-out funny. Not long ago, I thought a thief was breaking into my house, but it was just a wild turkey attacking its reflection in a glass door. 33 Natural humor is common, but you can take it to the next level with “humor habits”. One effective way to enhance your sense of humor is to keep a humor journal. 34 Then reflect on how they made you feel. This simple practice helps you appreciate the humor around you and can boost your mood. The more you focus on humor, the more you’ll notice it in your daily life and enjoy it. Just as journaling can sharpen your humor skills, so can purposely building your humor identity. Visualize yourself overflowing with funny ideas, using them to spread laughter, joy, and ease. 35 Good humor is a generative gift: the more you share, the more you are likely to receive. A. Listen to their jokes, laugh, and learn. B. However, humor holds surprising power. C. It’s always a good idea to know your audience. D. At the end of each day, write down the funniest moments. E. As you deepen your skills, your “humor energy” will energize others. F. Yet studies show hurtful humor actually reduces people’s sense of happiness. G. So let’s share and celebrate the light-hearted moments that unfold in everyday life. 第三部分 选词填空（共8小题；每小题1分，共8分） 根据句意，用所给单词或者词组的适当形式填空，请将正确形式完整地写在答题卡相应题号后的横线上。 grasp talent spot available appreciate rely on blame convince 36. Jason the change from a millionaire to an ordinary man, and is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. 37.  Finally, my friend me to read the book called Secrets of Success. 38. Many scientists say we are now entering the Earth’s sixth mass extinction. This time, human activity will be to . 39. As early as primary school, Rowan Atkinson had already shown a for acting. 40. In modern society, many people smartphones to deal with various daily tasks, from communication to shopping. 41. Now that Helen Keller the key to language, she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could. 42. One disadvantage of media is that there is so much diverse information . 43. The police arrived on the of the accident within minutes and began to deal with the situation. 第四部分 书面表达(共两节，32分) 第一节(共4小题;第44、45题各2分, 第46题3分, 第47题5分, 共12分) 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 A recent study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) presents significant impacts of short video overuse. Over 20% of Chinese teenagers and 30% of college students say long-time watching of short videos has affected their sleep and academic performance, while 40% of working adults report that short video use passively impacts their sleep quality and energy levels at work. The research, surveying 130,000 participants, found students aged 10-18 average over 90 minutes daily on short videos, college students average nearly 3 hours, and working adults average about 140 minutes. Heavy usage is also linked to an increased likelihood of anxiety and depression, according to the study. When daily viewing reaches more than four hours, about 42 percent of teenagers, 29 percent of college students, and 34 percent of working adults reported experiencing different degrees of anxiety. “The risk of depression gradually increases with heightened short video consumption among teenagers,” the report said. “While less than an hour of daily use does not significantly raise the risk of depressive condition for college students and working adults, long-time usage does.” Guo Fei, an assistant professor at the institute and co-author of the research, said it is difficult to define a healthy range of short video use or assess addiction based simply on screen time. “Some people who appear to spend long hours on short videos might actually be watching educational content to improve their knowledge and skills,” she said. Based on the findings, Guo recommended that teenagers limit their short video usage to under 30 minutes a day. For adults, 30 minutes to an hour may offer some mental benefits, but usage should remain under an hour. 44. What does the recent study of CAS present? 45. According to the study, what is heavy use of short videos linked to? 46. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. Watching short videos for 30 minutes to an hour may offer some mental benefits for teenagers. 47. Apart from limiting viewing time, what other suggestion(s) can you offer to reduce short video overuse?（In about 40 words） 第二节（20分） 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你校“演讲与辩论”社团正在开展题为 “The Person Who Has Inspired Me” 的英语演讲活动，请你写一篇英文演讲稿，内容包括： 1. 人物简介及事迹； 2. 该人物对你的影响。 注意： 1.词数100左右； 2.开头已给出，不计入总词数。 The Person Who Has Inspired Me __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 11. designing 12. was completed 13. will be guiding/will guide 14. which 15. because/since/as（前无逗号，推荐because, 不推荐for） 16. by 17. known 18. types 19. To escape 20. humorous/humourous 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，30分) 第一节(共10小题；每小题2分，共20分) 21. B 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，共10分) 31. B 32. A 33. G 34. D 35. E 第三部分 选词填空（共8小题；每题1分，共8分） 36. appreciates 37. convinced 38. blame 39. talent 40. rely on 41. grasped/had grasped 42. available 43. spot 第四部分 书面表达(共两节，32分) 第一节(共4小题;第44、45题各2分, 第46题3分, 第47题5分, 共12分) 44. (It presents/shows) significant impacts of short video overuse. 45. An increased likelihood of anxiety and depression. （sleep quality, academic performance, energy levels at work） 46. Watching short videos for 30 minutes to an hour may offer some mental benefits for teenagers. Watching short videos for 30 minutes to an hour may offer some mental benefits for adults. 47. To cut down on short videos, try outdoor activities like jogging or gardening - these not only refresh your mind but also improve fitness. Also, real-life chats with family and friends bring more joy than endless scrolling, while strengthening your relationships. (41words) 第二节（20分） The Person Who Has Inspired Me Good morning, everyone! The person who inspires me most is my grandmother, a retired nurse who served during the 2003 SARS outbreak. Though her job was tiring, she always put patients first, even risking her own health to care for them. After work, she still found energy to cook for our family with a smile. Her influence shapes my daily life. When I feel like giving up on difficult math problems, I remember her saying: "Hard work beats talent." When I see classmates struggling, I take time to help, just as she helped strangers. Most importantly, she proved that ordinary people can do extraordinary things through kindness and effort. Like a candle lighting other candles, my grandma's spirit continues in me. I admire her very much. Thank you. (128 words) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$