广东省广州市越秀区育才中学2025-2026学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

广州市育才中学2025学年第一学期期中考试

高二英语试卷

本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)，总分130分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷(选择题，共65分)

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

International Dinner Returns this Saturday, November 5-Get your tickets here!

AMHS International Dinner FAQs

Saturday, November 5,6-8pm

What is this event?

International dinner is a celebration of culture and diversity within the Magnet community, complete with entertainment from some of Magnet’s talented musicians thanks to Mr. Grimshaw!

Who can participate?

Made for all to attend as a community building event.

What does the canteen provide?

The canteen provides the tables, plateware, chafing dishes (保暖锅), serving pans, drinks and gloves. $75.00 will be offered per table to help offset (补偿) food costs.

What do I (or my team) have to provide?

The table for each country (which can be one person or a few people working together) will have to pick a country and provide 2-4 dishes from that country. The dishes should each be made to serve 150 small sample size portions. The pans provided will fit neatly into chafing dishes. Please also bring your own serving containers and any decorations that might enhance the table. Examples would be tablecloths from the country or a small flag from the represented country.

When do I bring the food?

The food should be brought hot (if to be served hot) the night of between 4:45-5:00pm.

Who can volunteer?

Anyone can volunteer — students, parents, supporters. Students can volunteer and will be used as servers and

clean up the night of and for set up on Friday, November 4 (3:45-5:30pm). Our biggest need is for people to take a table and bring food for that table. Sign up here.

What is the ticket price?

Ticket price is $15.00 per person or $40.00 for a family.

Questions? email amhsinternationaldinner@gmail.com

AMHS= Academic Magnet High School    FAQs= frequently asked questions

1. What is the purpose of the event?

A. To strengthen the community bond. B. To raise money for charity.

C. To celebrate the community holiday. D. To promote voluntary work.

2. What is required for participants of each country’s table?

A. To donate $75 for food costs and decorations.

B. To bring their own chafing dishes and gloves.

C. To prepare 2-4 dishes serving 150 small portions each.

D. To arrive at the event by 4:45 pm for volunteer training.

3. Where is this text probably taken from?

A. A food magazine. B. A school’s official website.

C. A wanted poster. D. A service brochure.

B

Despite being born without hands, 12-year-old Aubrey Sauvie has never let limitations hold her back. From mastering martial arts (武术) to expressing herself through art, she advances bravely in a world that often prioritizes physical ability. However, her passion for drumming presented a special barrier: how could she hold the drumsticks without slipping out?

Aware of Aubrey’s problem, her band director proposed her for Tech Engineering for Kids, a program which is run through a junior-level engineering course of the Tennessee Tech University. It involves students working in teams to design a form of custom assistive technology for children with special needs. Up to now, they have created toys and devices for children with sensory disorder.

Learning about Aubrey’s story, a team of ten engineering students of the program decided to create 3D-printed prostheses (义肢) specifically designed for drumming. They would send a certain design to Aubrey, who would then provide feedback, like “I think this is good, but it's a little bit long. Could it be shortened?’ or “It’s a little bit hot on my arm. Could you potentially, like, make it a little bit more breathable?” The team created about six iterations of

the prostheses until they were satisfied with the final product, which was not only hard-wearing but also flexible, allowing for drumstick attachments on both arms. This innovation not only improved sound quality but also provided the flexibility needed for advanced drumming techniques.

Aubrey was very grateful for this technical solution. “I was really excited that I was going to be able to use the new prostheses and try them out,” she remarked. “They are becoming a very useful and resourceful tool to help me with my drumming.” With her newfound drumming freedom, Aubrey sets her sights on mastering a full drum set. Meanwhile. Tech Engineering for Kids readies itself to extend its reach, bridging the gap between limitations and ambitions through technology.

4. What troubles Aubrey a lot?

A. Lacking passion for sports. B. Owning no talent for music.

C. Inaccessibility to expert training. D. Inability to operate an instrument.

5. What is Tech Engineering for Kids intended to do?

A. Offer engineering courses. B. Design sustainable devices.

C. Create personalized adaptive tools. D. Improve overall users’ experience.

6. Which can replace the underlined word “iterations” in Paragraph 3?

A. Uses. B. Versions. C. Materials. D. Kinds.

7 What does the text mainly tell us?

A. Limitation brings down people’ creativity.

B. Ambition fuels the desires of the disabled.

C. Science breaks down the barriers among people.

D. Technology empowers people to pursue dreams.

C

Is text-messaging driving us apart? These days, we talk to each other a lot with our thumbs — sending six billion text messages a day, and likely a few billion more on services like Whats App.

But some worry that so much messaging leads to less communication. For instance, when hanging out with friends, we’d be texting secretively at the same time, pretending to maintain eye contact but mentally somewhere else.

New technologies often upset the way we relate to one another, of course. But such division caused by texting has a strong echo in the arguments we had over telephone a hundred years ago. The small device gave us a new