广东省佛山市顺德区北滘中学2025-2026学年高二上学期期中英语试卷

高二英语

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3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节 听力理解(共6小题；每小题2分，满分12分)

材料及问题播放两遍。每段后有三个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题的问题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

听第一段材料，回答1—3题。材料和问题读两遍。

1. Question 1:(录音)

A. A tree - planting event.

B. A beach clean - up.

C. A recycling drive.

2. Question 2:(录音)

A. Next Friday. B. Next Saturday. C. This Sunday.

3. Question 3:(录音)

A. At the school gate.

B. Near the Eco Club.

C. In the neighborhood park.

听第二段材料，回答4—6题。材料和问题读两遍。

4. Question 4:(录音)

A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Shopkeeper and customer.

5. Question 5:(录音)

A. His sister. B. His cousin. C. His brother.

6. Question 6:(录音)

A. Prepare a test. B. Get a notebook. C. Have a class.

第二节 回答问题(共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分)

听下面一段材料，然后回答问题。材料和问题读两遍。读完每个问题后你将有10秒钟的作答时间。

7. Question 7:(录音)

Answer:

8. Question 8:(录音)

Answer:

9. Question 9:(录音)

Answer:_______________________________________________________________________

10. Question 10:(录音)

Answer:_______________________________________________________________________

第二部分 阅读(共三节,满分40分)

第一节 阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Virginia's autumn foliage (枝叶) appears in full force this month. Here are places to catch it all.

Tidewater

Tidewater areas feature forests with unique trees such as the bald cypress. Sweet gum trees, an eastern Virginia species, have every single color on one tree. One interesting thing about swampy (沼泽的), low-lying areas in the eastern part of the state: They change earlier than traditional forests do in the surrounding landscape, likely because colder nights closer to water sources force an earlier change in those species.

Southwest Virginia

Thanks to a combination of tree species, high elevation (海拔) and geographic location, this region is one of the earliest to show its striking colors. Every year is a little different, depending on what has happened over the summer in terms of rainfall and heat. But generally in Southwest Virginia, the peak (巅峰状态的) time of color is going to start in the west and progress to the east.

Northern Virginia

Parks such as Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier County and Prince William Forest Park boast an impressive variety of tree types that produce a picture of colors. Beech and hickories are pretty much midseason standouts, turning yellow gold all over the tree. This contrasts well with all the oaks, which are usually late season; all of them often are green while everything else is blazing.

Central and Southside Virginia

Central and Southside Virginia are dominated by diverse forests of coniferous (松柏科的) trees that do not change color, such as pine trees and leaf - dropping trees such as oaks and hickories. Pocahontas State Park, south of Richmond, provides nearly 8,000 acres of all - inclusive forest that towers over visitors, while High Bridge Trail State Park gives a top - down foliage view.

11. What is special about sweet gum trees in autumn?

A. They change colors in late season.

B. They maintain original green color. C. They take on a golden yellow color.              D. They display many colors on one tree.

12. Why is the autumn foliage different each year in Southwest Virginia?

A. The water sources affect the color. B. The tree species changes each year.

C. The summer weather conditions vary. D. The high elevation causes cold nights.

13. Which place offers a bird's-eye view of the autumn foliage?

A. Sky Meadows State Park. B. Pocahontas State Park.

C. Prince William Forest Park. D. High Bridge Trail State Park.

B

Researchers have some new evidence about what makes birds make so much noise early in the morning, and it's not for some of the reasons they previously thought. For decades, a popular theory about why birds sing at dawn—called the dawn chorus (合唱)—has been that they can be heard farther and more clearly at that time. Sound travels faster in humid (温暖潮湿的) air and it's more humid early in the morning. It's less windy, too, which is thought to lessen any distortion (失真) of their sounds.

But scientists in India studied audio (声音的) recordings of birds in the rainforest. They said they didn't find proof to support this idea about sound traveling better. It was one of the ideas about environmental factors. Another idea is that birds sing at dawn because it's too dark to look for food.

"We didn't find much support for some of these environmental reasons suggested in past studies for birds singing more at dawn," said Vijay Ramesh, a researcher at Cornell University.

The researchers didn't find one clear reason why the dawn chorus happens, but they found some support for the ideas that the early morning noise is about birds marking their territory after being inactive at night and talking about finding food.

The team analyzed recordings from audio recorders placed at 43 locations in the Western Ghats mountain range in southern India, which is known as a biodiversity hotspot. They examined sounds of what they determined were 69 different species of birds. They studied recordings from the hours around dawn and the hours around dusk to compare activities.

Unsurprisingly to anyone who's been roused by bird calls, the vast majority of species they studied had significantly higher vocal activities at dawn compared to dusk.