上海市同济第一附中2025-2026学年高二上学期英语期中考试试卷

同济大学第一附属中学 2025学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷 (考试时间：120分钟；试卷总分：150分；命题人：孙凌宇；审核人：刘绮) I.Listening Comprehension.(25') Section A:Short Conversations(10) 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.After 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. 2A.730.- B.800. 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. 7.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. Section B (15) Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation 同济大学第一附属中学一 1 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 integrate 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. 6.A.Banning the use of mobile devices during work. B.Developing apps to block distracting messages. 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 piano. D.To exchange life necessities with Mark. 18.A.Te five 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. 2025学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷（共6页） 2 II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A:Grammar(15') Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passages 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. Pumee Boontom lives in northern Thailand,but he tunes his television to the Chinese weather forecast.A big storm in southern China-(21) (mean)a big release of water from the Chinese dams upstream()and,in turn,a good chance that.his village will be flooded.The Chinese government is supposed(22)(warn)downstream countries,(23) in Boontom's experience,that warning tends to arrive too late or not at all. Boontom is the leader of Ban Pak Ing,a village on the west bank of the Mekong().Twenty years ago,like many of his neighbors,Boontom caught fish for a living.But as China completed one,then two,and then seven dams upstream,the few hundred residents of Ban Pak Ing saw the Mekong change. The sudden rise and fall in water levels interfere with fish migration and spawning(洄游和产卵). (24).the village has protected local spawning grounds,there are no longer enough fish to go around. In recent years Boontom and many others here (25) (sell)their fishing boats and switched to farming eorn,tobacco,and beans.It's a risky living,and not the one they know best-and this life is (challenge)because of the frequent flooding. Ban Pak 'ing may be a vision of the future for many Mekong villages.Five more dams are (27)】 construction in China.Downstream,in Laos and Cambodia(老挝和柬埔寨)，11 major dams are either proposed or already being built.By,disturbing fish migration and spawning,the new dams (28) (expect)to threaten the food supply of an estimated 60 nillion people,most of (29)】 live in villages much like Ban Pak Ing.The electric power(30) (generate) by the lower Mekong dams is mainly for booming urban centers in Thailand and Vietnam. Section B:Vocabulary(15') Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need. A.contribute B.argue C.provided D.fair E.justified F.defense similarly H.private I.total J.force K.maintain One principle of taxation,.called the benefit principle(受益原则)，states that people should pay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services.This principle tries to make public goods similar to31goods.It seems reasonable that a person who often goes to the movies pays more in 32 for movie tickets than a person who rarely goes.And 33-a person who gets great 同济大学第一附属中学一 3 benefit from a public good should pay more for it than a person who gets little benefit. The gasoline tax,for instance,is sometimes34 under the benefits principle.In some states, revenues (from the gasoline tax are used to build and35 roads.Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads,the gasoline tax might be viewed as a 36.way to pay this government service. The benefits principle can also be used to37that wealthy citizens should pay higher taxes than poorer ones,simply because the wealthy benefit more from public services.Consider,for example, the benefits of police protection from theft.Citizens with much to protect get greater benefit from the police than those with less to protect.Therefore,according to the benefits principle,the wealthy should 38more than the poor to the cost of maintaining the police39.The same argument can be used for many other public services,such as fire protection,national 40,and the court system. III.Reading Comprehension Section A:Cloze(152) 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. Why do most people choose to stay with their current employer?The (41) usually depends on their age,life circumstances,and personal motivations.A recent poll on our website asked the same question. The (42) reason for staying on the job was the nature of work and job satisfaction. Coming in a close second was flexible schedule and work-life balance.Next was work environment and corporate culture,followed by advancement opportunity and personal growth.Salary and benefits were the least important. Is it (43) that salary comes in last on this list?Not really.Salary and benefits do not usually make it into the top three reasons for job satisfaction on such surveys.Most people know they could earn more money elsewhere,but it's not enough to get them to (44) a job they like. Advancement doesn't rank at the top of the list,either.That's probably because so many people think that moving up can make life on the job more(45) The only thing one gets (46) is more money. So what (47) job satisfaction?One typical answer is"I like to be challenged".People who say this like to work toward (48) They like new (49) assignments so that they can test their skills and creativity. Another typical answer is "I like to feel I'm making a(50) "Many people get a sense of 2 2025学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷（共6页） 4 community when they are working with a group of co-workers toward a(n)(51) goal.It is very important for them to have close,friendly relationships with co-workers,and they will do better when others(52) their efforts. Finally,there are those who say "I get(53) from a job well done".Such people love the technical work they do;they feel(54) the results of their efforts. These people have high standards of quality and work best when they have control over a project. They will try harder when others know about the work they have done. Basically,the main reason why people work is to earn money,but it is not money that gives them satisfaction.(55) employees something more,and you are likely to get more from them. 41.A.question B.answer C.result D.survey 242.A.top B.actual C.good D.possible 43.A.impossible B.improper C.unclear D.unusual 44.A.leave B.find C.maintain D.lose 45.A.exciting B.rewarding C.unpleasant D.uncompetitive 46.A.for sure B.in return C.by himself D.after all 47.A.launches B.creates C.prevents D.expresses 48.A.holidays B.wages C.changes D.goals 49.A.outstanding B.challenging C.puzzling D.tempting 50.A.promise B.fortune C.contribution D.response 51.A.ideal B.common C.familiar D.ambitious 52.A.gain B.spare C.appreciate D.evaluate 53.A.promotion B.pressure C.knowledge D.satisfaction 54.A.proud of B.curious about C.worried about D.interested in 55.A.Offer B.Reward C.Promise D.Teach Section B(30) Directions:Read the following three passages.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. (A) At first glance Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old.She loves dressing up as Elsa from "Frozen",playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping.But what makes the British-Nigerian youngster stand out is the fact that she's also a university student. Esther,from Walsall,an industrial town in the UK's West Midlands region,is one of the country's 同济大学第一附属中学一 5 youngest college freshmen.The talented 10-year-old enrolled at the Open University in January and is already top of the class,having recently scored 100%in an exam. "It's so interesting and super easy,"she laughs."My mum taught me in a nice way."She adds,"I want to finish the course in two years.Then I'm going to do my PhD in financial maths when I'm 13.I want to have my own bank by the time I'm 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people." And in case people think her parents have pushed her into starting university early,Esther disagrees. "I actually wanted to start when I was seven.But my mum didn't agree."After three years of begging, Mother Efe finally agreed to explore the idea. Esther has always jumped ahead of her peers.Her mother noticed her daughter's gift for figures shortly after she began homeschooling her at the age of three.Initially,Esther's parents had enrolled her in a private school but after a few short weeks,the usually-energetic youngster refused to go back to that school because the teachers didn't let her talk in class.In the UK,education is not compulsory until five, so Efe stared to do little things at home by teaching basic number skills but Esther was smiles ahead.By four,her natural talent for maths had seen the eager student move on to algebra (and quadratic equations(二次方程式). And Esther isn't the only maths miracle in the family.Her younger brother Isaiah,6,will soon be sitting his first A-level exam in June. 56.Which of the following makes Esther Okade different from her normal peers? A.She is the youngest college student in the UK.B.She goes to university at a much earlier age. C.She often gets full marks in maths exams. D.She loves acting as a university student. 57.From the passage we can learn that A.Esther thinks her parents expect too much of her B.Esther cannot adapt herself well to college life C.Esther asked to go to university even earlier D.Esther dislike being taught at home :58.What might be a main factor that has led to Esther's being a math genius? A.The pressure from her mother B.Her course in the university C.The criticism from her teachers. D.The gene from her family. 59.Esther can be described as a girl who A.is creative and loves exploring the unknown B.is ambitious and has a clear goal C.is rebellious but ready to help others D.is energetic but reluctant to challenge herself 2025学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷（共6页） 6 (B) For years,the Empire State Building in New York was recognized as the tallest building in the world, but in recent decades,many much higher structures have been built.Read on to learn more about four of the tallest skyscrapers existing today. ●Buri Khalifa Buri Khalifa in Dubai,United Arab Emirates,is currently the tallest building in the world.The tower is part of a new development built on a man-made lake.Burj Khalifa has a distinctive shape so that the windows look out onto the Persian Gulf.A 304-room hotel occupies the lower floors and there is an observation deck on the 124th floor.The top floor is home to a private VIP club,closed to anyone except members. Shanghai World Financial Centre This skyscraper has the highest observation deck in the world,although the building itself is no longer the tallest.Construction stopped between 1998 and 2003 because of the Asian financial crisis,but it was eventually finished in 2008.The most distinctive feature in its design is the geometric opening at the top of the tower. International Commerce Centre This skyscraper in Hong Kong stands on top of Kowloon Station,which gave its name to the original proposal for the building.The tower is not as high as in earlier plans because of regulations that prevented buildings from being taller than the surrounding mountains.A five-star hotel occupies the upper fifteen floors of the building.There is an observation deck on the 100th floor and a number of five-star restaurants on the 1015t floor. ●Petronas Towers These towers in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia,are the tallest twin buildings in the world.They were built on the site of the city's horse-racing tracking and an exclusive shopping centre is located at the base.The towers are connected by a sky bridge on the 41st and 42nd floors,which is the highest two-storey bridge in the world.It is open to the public,but only a limited number of free tickets are given out each day,and visitors are allowed no more than ten minutes on the bridge. 60.In which two buildings can you book a room? A.Buri Khalifa and Shanghai World Financial Centre. B.International Commerce Centre and Petronas Towers. C.Burj Khalifa and International Commerce Centre. D.Petronas Towers and Burj Khalifa. 同济大学第一附属中学一 4 7 61. is/are shorter than it was/they were designed to be. A.Burj Khalifa 'B.Shanghai World Financial Centre C.Petronas Towers D.International Commerce Centre 62 According to the passage,which of the following statements is true? A Shanghai World Financial Centre took longer to complete than planned. B.Visitors have to pay to stay on the two-storey bridge in Petronas Towers. C.International Commerce Centre is named after its investor. D.The top floor of Buri Khalifa is accessible to everyone. (C) Given the buzz it's created,there's a good chance you've heard about ChatGPT.It's an interactive chatbot powered by machine learning.The technology has basically devoured()the entire Internet, reading the collective works of humanity and learning patterns in language that it can recreate.All you have to do is give it a prompt ()and ChatGPT can do an endless array of things:write a story in a particular style,answer a question,explain a concept,compose an email,write a college essay--and it will spit out coherent,seemingly human-written text in seconds.The technology is both awesome and terrifying. 22-year-old Edward Tian is working on a new app to fight against the misuse of ChatGPT. Over the last couple years,Tian has been studying an AI system called GPT-3,a previous version of ChatGPT that was less user-friendly and largely inaccessible to the general public because it required payment for public use.As part of his studies this fall semester,Tian researched how to detect text written by the AI system while working at Princeton's Natural Language Processing Lab. Then,as the semester was coming to a close,OpenAI,the company behind GPT-3 and other AI tools, released ChatGPT to the public for free.For the millions of people around the world who have used it since,interacting with the technology has been like getting a peek into the future;a future that not too long ago would have seemed like science fiction. For many users of the new technology,excitement quickly turned to alarm.How many jobs will this kill?Will this empower nefarious(恶意的)evil actors and further damage our publie diseourse(公共话 )How will this disrupt our education system?What is the point of learning to write essays at school when AI--which is expected to get far better in the near future--can do that for us? Tian had an idea.What if he applied what he had learned at school over the last couple years to help the public identify whether something has been written by a machine? 2025学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷（共6页） 8 Tian already had the know-how and even the software on his laptop to create such a program. Ironically(讽刺的是)，this software,called GitHub Co-Pilot,.is powered by GPT-3.With its assistance, Tian was able to create a new app within three days.It's the proof of the power of this technology to make us more productive. On January 2nd,Tian released his app GPTZero.It basically uses ChatGPT against itself,checking whether"there's zero involvement or a lot of involvement"of the AI system in creating a given text. When Tian went to bed that night,he didn't expect much for his app.When he woke up,his phone had blown up.He saw countless texts and DMs from journalists,principals,teachers,you name it,from places as far away as France and Switzerland.His app,which is hosted by a free platform.became so popular that it crashed.Excited by the popularity and purpose of his app,the hosting platform has since granted Tian the resources needed to scale the app's services to a mass audience. 63.Which of the following statements is TRUE about GPT-3? A.It's designed and researched by Edward Tian in Princeton University B.It is in the same AI system series as ChatGPT and GPTZero. C.Not many ordinary people have used it because it is not free. D.It used to be less user-friendly than ChatGPT but has outdone it now. 64.Excitement at ChatGPT quickly turned to alarm because many users have the following concerns over ChatGPT EXCEPT A.AI may replace human beings in the future when it comes to writing essays. B.Actors may turn bad or even evil if the new technology is adopted in acting. C.The education system may be badly impacted by the misuse of the new technology. D.Many people may be out of employment because of the new technology. 65.Principals and teachers may get interested in Edward Tian's new app probably because A.the app is hosted by a free platform which is very popular. B.they know many journalists are also very interested in it. C.they are eager to share the resources Edward Tian is granted. D.they are worried about the possibility of students cheating in writing 66.Which of the following expressions can best describe the principle behind GPTZero? A.Harm set,harm get. B.Birds of a feather flock together. C.Fight a man with his own weapon. D.Great minds think alike. 同济大学第一附属中学一 9 Section C Directions:Read the passage carefully.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.There are so many kinds of weddings in the United States. B Following the promises,the couple exchange rings. C.All the Americans hold their weddings in the church. D.The bride and groom run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. E.American people always play tricks on the "just married"couples. F.When everything is ready,then comes the most exciting moment. 67 They are church weddings with a great deal of music,weddings on mountaintops with guests who are without shoes and so on.But many weddings,no matter where or how they are performed include certain traditional customs. Before a couple is married,they become engaged.And then invitations are sent to those who live near by,their close friends and their relatives who live faraway.68The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes.The wedding ceremony enters the church while the wedding march is played.The bride carrying a bouquet enters last with her father who will give her away.The groom enters the church from a side door.When the wedding party is gathered by the altar(),the bride and groom exchange vows.It is traditional to use the words: "To have and to hold from this day forward,for better for worse,for richer for poorer,in sickness and in health,to love and to cherish,till death do us part."69 Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom. After the ceremony there is often a party,called a "reception"which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlyweds. The car in which the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons streamers and shaving cream.The words "Just Married"are painted on the trunk or back window..70 When the couple drives away from the church,friends often chase them in cars honking and drawing attention to them.And then the couple go on their honey moon. 2025学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试卷（共6页） 10