河北省廊坊贺阳高级中学2025-2026学年高二上学期开学考试英语试题

廊坊贺阳高级中学 高二年级 2024-2025学年度高二英语上学期开学考试 密★启用前 考试范围：署期衔接 考试时间：120分钟总分：120 注意事项： 1.答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息 2. 请将答案正确填写在答题卡上 线 线 第一部分阅读（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 Children's Art Competitions Campus Art Compctition This global competition invites students aged 3-19 from hundreds of schools to create artworks i 0 various media to explore the theme()"Campus Life".The deadline for entries is July 31, 2025.Voucher()prizes range from f20 f100 for individual,pair and class winners.Each school can hand in up to ten entries. Tabernacle Art Competition Held annually(一年一次地)at MOMA Machynlleth in Wales,.it challenges artists to hand in a new piece inspured by the theme"On a Windy Day".There are two age groups-ages 12-17 and under 11. Entries close on June 14,2025,with cash prizes off100 for the older group and f50 for the younger 装 group.There is a E5 entry fee for those under 18. Ocean Awareness Competition Now in its 13th year,this US-based competition aims to address the climate problems through art created by 11-18-year-olds worldwide.The deadline to enter is June 10,2025.Cash prizes range O fromfl,000 for Gold to f100 for Honorable Mention.The theme for 2025is"Tell Your Climate Story". encouraging children to share their personal experiences and insights about the changing climate. Flair Open Art Prize 外 6 It is an opportunity for 13-16-year-olds in the UK to express their identity through art.The 家 theme,“Identity”,encourages exploration of"Who am I?”and“This is Me.”Entries can be paintings or photographs.Winners will be awarded a computer.Children must hand in a photo of their artwork and a short statement explaming its significance.The deadline is to be announced. 1.Which competition offers the highest cash prize valued at f100? A.Campus Art Competition. B.Tabernacle Art Competition C.Ocean Awareness Competition. D.Flair Open Art Prize. 第1页共10页 出题人：刘佳聪 审题人：张伯然 英语开学考卷 2.What is special about the Flair Open Art Prize? A.It includes two age groups. B.Its deadline for entries is unknown. C.It belongs to a global competition. D.It is hosted annually in the United States. 3.What is the common requirement for the four art competitions? A.Entry fee should be paid. Bi A written statement is needed. C.A specific theme must be followed.D.The artworks must be delivered in person. B When I lived in Prague in the Czech Republic,I often took weekend tripsto explore the countryside of neighboring cities.One particular weekend,I took a three-hour bus ride to visit a-nearby city.Before I got off the bus,I checked the schedule for the time to return to Prague;I was only planning a day trip and did not intend to stay overnight. After a delightful day of sightseeing,I made my way to the bus station to cateh the 6:15 bus back to Prague.However,upon reaching the station,I discovered there was no queue for the bus.Desprte the language barrier,I managed to gather from gestures and expressions that the last bus of the day had already left at 5:15.This caused a serious problem for me. About a month earlier,I had fallen victim to a pickpocketing()incident,losing a lot of money To prevent a similar occurrence,I only carried enough cash to cover my daily expenses.With only 9 crowns left in my pocket,I thought if no hotel charged less than 9 crowns,spending the night on a park bench would be my only choice an uncomfortable idea for a man in his late 60s. After careful consideration,I went into a hotel to try my luck.Naturally,I assumed it would cost more than 9 crowns.I approached the manager,shared my story with her,and made a request.I proposed that if I could spend the night there,I would give her 9 crowns as payment and mail the remaining amount to her the next day.To my great surprise,the manager said I was welcome to stay,and that she would accept what I had in my pocket as the full payment for a room.Additionally,she offered me a nice meal for free. Eventually,I spent the night in a clean and tastefully decorated room,not on a cold,hard park bench.Upon my return to Prague,I wrote the manager a note of thanks for her kindness.She reminded me that kindness is an international characteristic,and has no boundares(). 4.What was the author's original plan for his weekend trip? A.Exploring rural transportation tools. B.Going one-day countryside sightseeing. C.Practicing speaking the Czech language.D.Enjoying local food and accommodation. 5.What problem did the author meet with during his trip? 第2页共10页 A.Having his money stolen. B.Missing the last return bus. A.To learn how plants handle challenges like climate change C.Failing to find a good hotel. D.Finding it difficult to communicate. B.To find out what helps seeds travel to different places 6.What might the author think of the manager of the hotel? C.To study the effects climate change has on plants. A.Open-minded and sociable. B.Optimistic and confident. D.To create more food and medicine resources. C.Generous and considerate. D.Hard-working and responsible. 9.Which of the following may not influence how far a seed can travel according to Binbin Wang? 7.What lesson can we possibly leam from the author's experience? A.Its weight. B.Its location.C.Its size.D.Its shape A.Who laughs last laughs best B.What goes around comes around. 10.What can we learn about the"movement"of plants from Paragraphs 4 and 5? C.Emergencies come in all forms and times.D.Kindness goes beyond cultural boundartes. A.It is caused by the change of the climate. B.It can happen during the whole life of a plant As Earth's climate continues to change,a plant's ability to "adapt to its changing environment is C.It has an effect on other parts of the ecosystem important to its survival.Often,to stay alive,a plant must move locations by releasing its seeds,but D.It's hard to be predicted for the diversity of the ecosystem. plants are rooted in the ground and cannot move themselves,Instead,they are dependent on animals or 11.What do the researchers plan to do next? the wind to carry their seeds to a new location. A.Explore different disciplines for college students. Playing an essential part in an ecosystem(生态系统)，plants create resources like food and B.Work together to solve different real-world problems. medicine for us human beings,A team of researchers developed the model to better understand how C.Develop educational programming for students to explore. plants can stay resilient(有适应力的)when facing challenge like climate change. D.Make valuable predictions about the type and height of the plants. "Once seeds are released from a plant.We want to know how far they,can go because as wind conditions shake,the seeds will be moved around differently because of various weights,sizes,and A tiny crack()grew mn a very small piece of metal when placed under repetitive stretching.The shapes,"says Binbin Wang,an assistant professor at the University of Missouri. experiment,designed to study crack growth,continued as predicted for a while.But then,something Changes in one part of the ecosystem can create a"snowball effect"on other parts.That's why unexpected happened.The crack stopped growing and instead began to get shorter,effectively"healing understanding seed spread important,"Plants can only make this move once during their life--as seeds,")"itself.This incredible observation was made by a group of researchers at Sandia National say Lauren Sullivan,an assistant professor at Michigan State University. Laboratories.The findings were recently published in the journal Nature. "Understanding how plants move as seeds year-round is important for us to analyze how they'll be It would be reasonable to think,pror to this discovery,that self-healing metal was something that able to handle climate change,"Sullivan says."This movement is also important for how we can could only be found in science fiction.However,Dr Michael Demkowicz,a professor in Texas A&M increase diversity (in the ecosystem.""We're now able to partner with researchers.This University's materals science and engueering department and co-author of the.recent study,held no innovative approach can help us develop accurate models that are simple enough to make good such assumptions. predictions in a short time." Ten years ago,while an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's materials The model,which makes predictions based on seed and plant type,plant height,and wind speed,science and engineering department,Demkowicz and one of his students predicted self-healing in metals. can develop an entire year's worth of predictive data in just one or two days.As part of their future work,"We didn't set out to find healing.My student,Guoxiang Xu,was doing experiments on fracture( the team will develop educational programming for K-12 and college students.For example,they will),"Demkowicz said."We accidentally observed healing in one of his experiments and decided to provide opportunities for college students to explore how different disciplines,such as agriculture, follow up."Then,just like now,the results in 2013 were surprising. biological sciences,and engineering,can work together to solve different real-world problems. Both the2013 models and the recent experiment used nanocrystalline((纳米晶体)metals,which 8.Why did the researchers develop the model? make studying self-healing easier because their small grain size allows for more microstructural features 第3页共10页 第4页共10页 廊坊贸阳高级中学 高二年级 that even small cracks can interaet with.Demkowicz snid that these features are common in many metals.One condition common to both the 2013 theory and the recent experiment is that both were conducted in vacuum environments without foreign matter.Such outside matter could influenee crack surfaces!ability to bond back together. Even with this limitation,applications could still be possible for space-faring technology or internal 线 cracks that are not exposed to outside air."The main-impact of the current work is to move the original theoretical prediction off the drawing board and show that it occurs in reality,"Demkowicz said. Potential applications of this work could vary widely.Demkowicz suggests that self-healing could be 0 possible in conventional metals with larger grain sizes,but future investigations will be needed. 即 12.What was the recent experiment aimed at? A.Challenging a former mistaken theory. B.Learning about crack growth in metals. 订 0 C.Proving what happens in science fiction. D.Studying the uses of various metals. 13.How does the author develop the fourth paragraph? A.By listing examples. B.By analyzing causes. C.By making comparisons. D.By presenting ideas. O 14.What-is Demkowicz's suggestion? A.Constantly changing the research environment. B.Paying much attention to the original theories. 器 C.Learning drawing skills from different masters. o D.Further researching the metals with larger gram sizes. :15.What is.the best title for the passage? A.Scientists were shocked by self-healing-in metals $ B.Bersonal achievements of.Dr Michael Demkowicz 茶 C.The latest developments in science and technology D.The new applications of metals were found by sclentists 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Learning English can be hard,but don't give up!With enough practice and rigbt ways,you can learn the language well.16 第5页共10页 山题人：刘佳聪 审题人：张怕然 英语开学考卷 Watch movies and TV shows in English.17 This will make it more fun,which will help you actually learn English.However,you.should avoid watching movies or televisron shows with subtitles ()in your native language-they will take your attention away and you will be less likely to leam English from it. Read a book,newspaper or magazme in English.18Find.sometbing you like-whether that's a famous English novel or a fashion magazine-and read it.Try to understand what you're reading. Mark words that you don't know,and look them up in the.dictionary. 19 Aside from reading and listening in English,you should also spend some time improving your written English.skills.Writing in English will help you to work on your sentence strucfure, grammar and spelling,Try keeping an English diary where you wnte down a few sentences every day.It doesn't have to be personal-you could write about the weather,or what you ate for dinner. Find a pen-pal who is a native English speaker.Once your written Euglish has improved,you could consider getting an English-speaking pen-pal!Your pen-pal could be a native English speaker who wants to practice their foreign language skills by writing to you m your native language.Meanwhile you can talk with your pen-pal in English.20 A.Keep a diary in English. B.Here are some tips for you. C.Develop good speaking and writing skills. D.Studying a language is not just for your future. E.Reading is a great way to improve your English. F.In this way you can learu more about each other. G.Try to pick movies,or TV shows that you will enjoy 第二部分语言运用（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，从每题所给的A、.B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 My mother.turned ninety.I knew I needed to find a senior 21 center Not for her-for me.If I were at her age,I would want-to.stay in shape to 22 life,getting a lot-of-pleasure.Yes,walking local parks was my23,but I wasn't so.active as before. I called.a nearby center and asked,,“Do you have aerobics(有氧运s动)classes24_for semors?" “Sure.Come and check us out!.We start at10am,”the receptronist(接待员)rephed and25.The nextimomning,I went there.One part of me was 26 that the class was too easy,not doing me any good.The other part feared it was too hard'for me to 27. When I came into the room,a woman 28 me,"Oh,you're new.Welcome."Then the music ⊙ 第6页共10页 started.The hour-iong workout woke up the muscles I didn't oftcn29in daily walks,which suited me fine.I became a member there.My classmates ranged in age from fifty to ninety.Most gave the exercises their own30,doing as much or little as they could.31 no one kept score.Soon I leamed physical well-being wasn't the only32there.During breaks,people chatted happily. Whenever some people were33,we asked around.Were they busy?Were they in hospital? Moreover,we signed cards for those who were ill. 34 to be in good shape now as Ive hoped.Still,I'm grateful for things more valuable from the class-close friendships and new social 35 21.A.leisure B.fitness C.community D.learning 22.A.change B.remember C.wait D.enjoy 23.A.exercise B.aim C.challenge D.plan 24.A.attached B.familiar C.suitable D.important 25.A.comforted B.invited C.promised D.welcomed 26.A.sure B.disappointed C.anxious D.hopeful 27.A:make up for B.look down on C.get down to D.keep up with 28.A.greeted B.recognized C.helped D.introduced 29.A.relax B.pull C.work D.use 30.A.acceptance B.agreement C.understanding D.conclusion 31.A.Luckily B.Suddenly C.Naturally D.Surprisingly 32.A.problem B.contribution C.standard D.focus 33.A.lonely B.absent C.unhappy D.tired 34.A.fail B.manage C.try D.continue 35.A.backgrounds B.connections C.skill D.duties 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。 A statue of Petofi stands in square in front of the Lu Xun Museum/in Shanghal,36. (welcome) millions of visitors for the:traditional friendship between China-and Hungary.37 time went by, there was an increasing interest in learning the Chinese language in Hungary. A 19-year-old Hungarian girl,Varge Bonita,38. Chinese name is Hu-Lingyue,traveled thousands of miles to the East and settled down in Beijing for her university life in the hope of knowing more about China.She 39.(fall)in love with Chinese,a:language with40.special tone and beautiful handwriting"when she first heard Chinese at the age,of seven,For her,leaming Chinese is not just about mastering a language,but providing access41. Chinese history with so manylinteresting 第7页共10页 aspects.With the 42 _(popular)of Chinese in.Hungary,signs in Chinese have been more and more 43. (common)spotted in the streets and Chinese characters are most likely to 44.(see)on bus ticket selling machines. Cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and Hungary have brought people closer and closcr.The horizon is vast.There are 45.(end)possibilities which.have not been explored. 第三部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46.假定你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Noah正在策划一项主题为“探寻中国文化(Exploring Chinese Culture®)”的课外活动。他给你写信想征询你的建议，请你给他回一封信，内容包括： 1.活动建议及理由； 2.鼓励与祝愿。 注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 第二节（满分25分） 47.读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The boy sat on his chair,with his hands above the keyboard;He thought about what to write. He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away.But he still had not even started on his piece.He looked at the brochure again-"WRITINGCOMPETITION!!His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition,and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays. As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts,he realized how hopeless his task of winning was.Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories.He had.little imagination,and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing. Suddenly,he had a brainwave.This time,he came up with an original and imaginative story. The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves.Words were coming easily,flowing through him,faster than he could type.He typed faster than he ever had before.He continued to type,amazed at 第8页共10页 廊坊贺阳高级中学 高二年级 how easy writing this story was.The boy could not stop writing.He looked at the word count and saw the number"248"staring right back at him.He was not even halfway yet. Then he heard the call from his mother saying it was time for bed.He continued writing the piece, ignoring her.He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write about.Finally,he .. finished.The word count then read“498”. 6 晚 "Perfect,"he thought,"just under the word limit."He knew this was the story that would win. He searched for the competition online.He found the page but there was no "Enter" button.Confused,he then re-read the page again.It read "COMPETITION CLOSED". δ 注意： 中 1.所续写短文的词数应为80词左右； 2.续写部分的开头语已为你写好。 After a few seconds,the boy eagerly checked the deadline of the competition on the website. 毁 ..○装… His mother came up and comforted him …外 茶 .: 纯o而址1n而 出题人：刘佳聪 审题人：张伯然 英语开学考指 第10页共10页