上海市浦东新区上海海事大学附属北蔡高级中学2025-2026学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

海大附中2025学年度第一学期期中教学质量检测 高二英语试卷 I.Listening Comprehension (20) Section A Directions:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once.Afier you hear a conversation and the question about it,read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1.A.A coach. B.A musician. C.A journalist. D.A secretary .A.7:30. B.8:00 C.630 D.830. 3.A.In a hospital. B.In a restaurant. C.In a kitchen. D.In a bank. 4.A.Attend a wedding ceremony. B.Organize a family reunion. C.Go on a spring outing. D.Stay home doing nothing. 5.A.A significant quote from a wise man. 'B.The inspiration from a man in desperation. C.The advice for those in desperation to resign. D.A lesson learnt through fighting against nature. 6.A.The course is becoming more interesting. B.The professor asks students to take notes. C.The fascination of the course is declining. D.He's not as bored in the class as the woman. A.The woman shouldn't watch the program either. B.He did not know that the television was on. C.The TV program will be over before long. D.The woman can turn the television off. 8.A.The woman's work is all in her head. B.The woman has to do two experiments. 'C.It's a good idea to work together. D.It is the first time for him to study maths. 9.A.The woman is sensitive to the paint. B.The woman likes the decoration of the room. C.The furniture comes from a secondhand store. D.The man is glad that he needn't repaint the walls. .10.A.No one qualifies as the study group leader. B.He is the right person to lead the study group. C.He will recommend someone else as the group leader. D.They shouldn't count on anyone for help with the selection. 1 Section B Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 1.A.His parents.B.College art students.C.His fellow farmers.D.Art professors. 12.A.Its location in Central China and snacks.B.Its natural landscape and farm products. C.Its farmer paintings and rural tourism. D.Its overseas business and good harvests. 13.A.Xiaohe town sells pens and brushes. B.Villagers give up farming to seek wealth. C.Artists in college combine art into farming D.Farmers learn to paint their way out of poverty. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14.A.Because it can increase employees'productivity and well-being. B.Because it can help build a harmonious company culture. C.Because it can promote employees'devotion and loyalty. D.Because it can strengthen the ties between employees. 15.A.Production of quality work. B.Dependency on mental therapy. C.A close connection with the world. D.Employees'increasing anxiety and stress. 16.A.Banning the use of mobile devices during work. B.Developing apps to tum off distracting notices. C.Dividing employees'screen time among different apps. D.Arousing employees'awareness of the importance of digitalization. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17.A.To find someone to fix her car. B.To earn money with her skills. C.To teach others how to play the pianc.D.To exchange life necessities with Mark 18.A.To live with less stuff. B.To publicize consuming desire. C.To raise money for the poor. D.To save money for rainy days. 19.A.They can buy bargains when there is a promotion campaign. B.They can borrow,visit a charity shop,or exchange with others. C.They can make a purchase of whatever stuff within their budget. D.They can only exchange for things with other members of the Compact. 20.A.She needs time for a second thought. B.She can't resist the temptation of shopping. C.She doubts whether it will make a difference. D.She has already joined the City Exchange Network. 2 II.Grammar and Vocabulary (20) Section A Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank. A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall,and everyone can see it.A composer writes a work,but no one can hear it(21) it is performed.Professional singers and players have great responsibilities,for the composer is absolutely dependent on them.A student of music needs as long and as tough a training to become a performer as a medical student needs (22) (become)a doctor.Most training is concerned (23) technique,for musicians have to be as muscularly skillful as an athlete or a ballet dancer.Singers practice breathing every day,as their vocal chords (would be inadequate without(24) (control)muscular support.String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down,while drawing the bow back and forth with the right arm,(25) are two entirely different movements. Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune.Pianists(26) (spare)this particular anxiety,for the notes are already there,and it is the piano tuner's responsibility to tune the instrument for (27) But they have their own difficulties;the hammers that hit the string must be dealt with carefully not to sound like drum or bass,and each tone,even if played very fast,has to sound clear. The problem(28)(face)student conductors is that they have to learn to know every note of the music and (29) it should sound,and they need to aim at controlling these sound with enthusiastic but selfless authority. Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music(30) they can enjoy performing works written in any century. Section B Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need. A.digesting B.distinction C.examine D.identical E.intervening F.live G.mixture H.perspective I.shock J.space K.text A face-to face communication-a thing of the past We all think we communicate all the time,and that's true.There's also non-verbal communication you could add into the mix-everything we're saying when we're not saying anything.But there's a 31 between saying things to people,or liking and sharing a post on social media,and communication.I'm quite well connected-there's Twitter, Facebook,Instagram,Snapchat,email...,but sometimes communication starts to feel like a chore.Check this blog post,read that article someone shared,32 back to someone 3 else and answer their question... So it was quite a 33 to spend New Year in the Highlands in Scotland with no phone signal,no internet and no 'communication'at all,apart from with the people I was with. Suddenly all the pressure to communicate disappeared.All of our conversations became slower,more inverted and far more interesting.We were a group of 12,a>34 of couples and friends,only one of whom I was at university with,so I was meeting a bunch of new people for the first time.Our conversations veered towards the banal and the humdrum in that we often discussed our plans for the day and what we were going to cook in the evening, but often they went a lot farther and a lot deeper.Tucked up on the leather sofas,35 dinner,we dissected Brexit and one person even changed their36,entirely!We shared ideas and theories,plots of books and plays and city trips we'd been on,described family troubles and gave advice,listened to work scenarios and offered pointers,and we had to talk and sketch and use words more than ever before,because you couldn't say,'It's a great film,you should google it later.'Some of us even had sore throats from talking so much!In such a short 37 of time,due to the proximity of sharing interconnected cottages and verbal communication,I felt much closer to the new people I'd met and been speaking with than some other people I communicate with in my normal life. I don't think our common,current methods of communication come close to being in a small house with lots of people and having to communicate38.The brevity() of Twitter,the showiness of Facebook,all these aspects contribute to a shallow form of communication that doesn't challenge you to39 your feelings and motives enough. Liking something is an instant response but what does it really say about your opinion of something?'It's an 40response to millions of other people,whereas you and your thought are unique.If you're not careful,perhaps we might forget how to communicate on a deeper level! And what did my student mean?Were they distraught?Panicked?Melancholic?I'll never know. III.Reading Comprehension (31) Section A Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B.C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. How E-Reading Threatens Learning in the Humanities For the past five years,I've been examining the pros and cons of reading on-screen versus（与.对比)in print.The bottom line is that while digital devices may be fine for reading that we don't intend to41or reread,text that requires what's been called "deep reading"is nearly always better done in print. Readers themselves have a keen sense of what kind of reading is best suited for which 42.My survey research with university students in the United States,Germany,and Japan 4 reveals that if cost were the same,about 90 percent (at least in my sample)43 hard copy for schoolwork.If a text is long,92 percent would choose hard copy.For44 texts,.it's a loss-p(难以定夺的事). Digital reading also 45 distraction and invites multitasking.Among American and Japanese subjects,92 percent reported it was easiest to concentrate when reading in hard copy.(The figure for Germany was 98 percent.)In this country,26 percent indicated they were 46 to multitask while reading in print,compared with 85 percent when reading on-screen. Imagine 47 with Finnegan's Wake while simultaneously juggling Facebook and booking a vacation tlight.You get the point. Several open-ended questions on my survey were particularly 48 I asked what people liked most(and least)about reading in each medium.Common49 for what students liked most about reading in print included"I can write on the pages and remember the material easier"and"it's easier to focus."When asked what they liked least about reading 50,a number of Japanese students reported that it wasn't"real reading,"while respondents from all three countries complained that they“"get distracted”or“don't absorb as much.” My all-time favorite reply to the question "What is the one thing you 51 about reading in print?"came from an American:"It takes me longer because I read more carefully." Isn't careful reading what academe was designed to promote? Which brings us back to the humanities? Readings in the humanities tend to be lengthy,intellectually weighty,or both.The 52 of digital reading for the humanities is that screens-particularly those on devices with Internet connections-undermine our encounters with meaty texts.These 53 weren't designed for focused concentration,reading slowly,pausing to argue virtually with the author,or rereading.54,they are information and communication machines,best used for searching and skimming-not scrutinizing. Teachers and scholars must look beyond today's career-mindedness in talking about challenges to the humanities.We need to think more carefully about students'mounting rejection of long-form reading,now 55 by digital technologies that further complicate our struggle to engage students in serious text-based inquiry. 41.A.hurry through B.reflect on D.inquire about D.chew over 42.A.style B.medium C.page D.content 43.A.prefer B.keep C.share D.refuse 44.A.simpler B.clearer C.shorter D.newer 45.A.avoids B.encourages C.delays D.blocks 46.A.likely B.free C.difficult D.reluctant 47.A.comparing B.beginning C.struggling D.staying 48.A.interesting B.challenging C.working D.revealing 49.A.responses B.difficulties C.senses D.stories 50.A.normally B.physically C.digitally D.virtually 51.A.worry B.dislike C.favor D.complain 5 52.A.feature B.basic C.convenience D.challenge 53.A.texts B.forms C.devices D.subjects 54.A.Also B.Rather C.Instead D.Therefore 55.A.improved B.measured C.invented D.intensified Section B Directions:Read the following passage.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Diet Coke,diet Pepsi,diet pills,no-fat diet,vegetable diet...We are surrounded by the word "diet"everywhere we look and listen.We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us.We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically. Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically.On one level,we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight,but in controlling the consumption of fatty,high-calorie,unhealthy foods.Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale (instead.All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word "diet"in food labels. On another level,diet products have greater psychological effects.Every time we have a zero-calorie drink,we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don't have to work to get results.Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain,and that life can be without resistance and struggle. The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us,but also in the physical harm that they cause.Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients().Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products.Diet products may not be nutritional,and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous. Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us,it is time to seriously think about buying them.Losing weight lies in the power of minds,not in the power of chemicals.Once we realize this,we will be much better able to resist diet products,and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them. 56.From Paragraph 1,we learn that A.diet products fail to bring out people's potential B.people have difficulty in choosing diet products C.diet products are misleading people D.people are fed up with diet products 57.One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to A.try out a variety of diet foods B.hesitate before they enjoy diet foods 6 C.pay attention to their own eating habits D.watch their weight rather than their diet 58.In Paragraph 3,"gain comes without pain"probably means A.losing weight is effortless B.it costs a lot to lose weight C.diet products bring no pain D.diet products are free from calories 59.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage? C:central point P:point Sp:sub-point(次要点) C:conclusion CP CP P1 P2 B Sp1 Sp2 CP CP P1 P2 P1 p3 D SD Sp2 Sp1 Sp2 Section C Directions:Read the following passages.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need. A.Most adults view human life as especially precious. B.Her research suggests this shift starts by the age of 10. C.Surprisingly,children were more likely to save a dog over a person. D For comparison,the researchers repeated this with 178 Polish adults aged 18 to 50. E.As a result,they don't show a strong preference for saving one over the other,she says. F.About 28 percent of children aged 5 to 9 said they would save a dog over a person, compared with 8 per cent of adults. Young children value the lives of animals more than adults do 7 If you had to save the life of a person or an animal,which would you choose?Most adults say they would pick the person,but almost half of young children would prefer to save the animal,according to a study in Poland. "The finding really surprised us,"says Matti Wilks at the University of Edinburgh,UK. 60 For example,a survey of millions of pcople in 233 countries,most of them in their 20s and 30s,found they largely agreed that self-driving cars should crash into dogs or cats instead of people if they had to choose. However,growing evidence suggests many young children feel differently.Using a toy railway and Lego figures(乐高积木人形)，Wilks and her colleagues presented170 children aged6to9 in an urban part of Poland with virtual scenarios(虚拟场景).The children had to decide whether to direct a runaway rail car down onc of two tracks so that it crashed into a Lego person or a Lego animal-either a dog or chimpanzee.61 About 42 per cent of the children wanted to save the dog or the chimpanzee and make tne rail car crash into the person,compared with just 17 per cent of adults. "Children learn from their parents,teachers and others that it's really important to care for others,but it may be easier for them to learn this as a general rule that applies to both humans and animals,"says Karri Neldner.62"However,as they get older,they might pick up on cultural values that tell us it's really important to care for other people,"says Neldner. 63 When she asked Australian children aged 4 to 10 to order pictures of people, animals,plants and objects according to how much they cared about them,the 4-year-olds tended to care more about dogs,cats and dolphins than about classmates,police officers and sick people,but this was reversed in the 10-year-olds. The reason children value dogs so highly is probably due to familiarity,says Wilks.Her studies have found that children who spent more time with dogs were more likely to say they would save a dog over a person. IV.Translation(14分) Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets. 64.由于缺钱，那对夫妇不得不放弃购买奢侈品。(lack n.) 65.父母总是尽力给予他们的孩子最好的生活条件和教育。(commit) 66.随着社会的进步，如今中学生有越来越多社会实践的机会。(access n.) 67.纷繁复杂的信息可在因特网上任意获取，因此我们要学会选择正确的东西而不是牢 骚满腹。(available) V.Guided Writing (15) Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 我校即将举办读书节，请你介绍你最喜欢的-·本书并阐明理巾。 3 8