湖北省十堰市郧阳中学2025-2026学年高二上学期10月期中考试英语试卷

郧阳中学2024级高二上学期10月 英语试卷 命题教师：苏琳审题教师：余凡王铂 考试时间：2025年10月29日试卷满分：150分 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分) 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完 每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。，每段对话仅读一遍。 1.What did the woman do last night? A.She saw a film. B.She did her homework. C.She went to Johnson's home. 2.What activity does the man like? A.Snowboarding. B.Snowkiting. C.Ciimbing. 3.How does the man feel about his driving test? A.Excited. B.Anxious. C.Releved. 4.How does the woman usually eat carrots? A.She nakes juice out of them. B.She eats them raw. C.She cooks them. 5.Why does Kendra need help? A.She is a new student. B.She missed some classes. C.She always fails in science. 第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出 最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6.What are the speakers talking about? A.Unemployment. B.Future ways of working. C.At-home activities. 7.What does the woman like doing at home? A.Sending friends emails.B.Calling her friend. C.Watching TV. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8.What happened in the man's school? A.The fire alarm went out of order. B.The students missed their lunch. C.The students all missed their classes. 9.Whe might the woman be? A.The man's classmate.B.The man's teacher. C.The man's mother. 听第8段材料，回答第0至12题。 10.Where does the eonversation take place? A.At home. B.At school. C.In a bookstore. 高二英语试卷第1页（共8页) 11.Why is Sarah sad? A.Her pet got lost. B.Her work is difficult. C.Her parents have problems. 12.What does Mr.Thompson suggest Sarah do? A.Get a new cat. B.Read a book. C.Focus on her lessons. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13.What is the man doing? A.Showing the woman around by car. B.Looking for an apartment for himself. C.Promoting a flat to the woman. 14.What is the advantage of the first flat? A.It is good and cheap. B.It has a large kitchen. C.It is convenient for shopping. 15.Why do the two girls rent out their apartment? A.Because it is comfortable to live in the city center. B.Because they want someone to share the empty bedroom C.Because they need someone's help to clean the apartment. 16.What is the relationship between the speakers? A.Roommates. B.Strangers. C.Friends. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17.What can the listeners read in the No.2 Reading Room? A.Books in Chinese. B.Books in foreign languages. C.Newspapers and magazines. 18.Where is the No.4 Reading Room? A.On the first floor. B.On the second floor. C.On the third floor. 19.Which is for teachers only? A.The Reference Materials Center. B.The No.3 Reading Room. C.The No.1 Reading Room. 20.How many cards can be used to borrow works of history? A.Five. B.Two C.One. 第二部分阅读（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 Field Trips to the Wisconsin Zoo THE BRIEF INTRODUCTION We provide an educational rate for all school groups of $10 per student and $12 per adult for admis the zoo. Field trips are available from Monday to Friday. We no longer accept purchase orders on the day of entry. Groups must enter together. You're welcome to enjoy the food provided by or brought into the zoo,but do not share it with any animals. ADD-ON GUIDED TOURS Groups visiting the zoo can add on a guided tour to enhance their experience.Guided tours are led b instructor.Guided tours last 45 minutes and cost an additional $2 per person.Choose from one of the below: 高二英语试卷第2页（共8页) ·Crazy Classification Through this tour,participants discover the five major features that scientists use to classify animals.The instructor challenges participants to interaction and inguiry to improve tneir observation and critical thinking skills. ·Dynamic Deserts During this tour,participants explore desert animals'creative tecnmques for survival in the desert where resources are insufficient and competition is fierce.Besides,they learn about the impact humans play on this rich and diverse ecosystem. ·More Than a Zookeeper Throughout this tour,a zoo instructor will lead the group in discussions and an activity,exploring some of the jobs necessary to run a successful zoo and conservation program. Enriching Experiences This tour provides participants with the opportunity to learn about different types of behavioral enrichment to keep animals from getting bored or being stressed,making life more stimulating for the zoo's animals. 21.What is a requirement for students taking field trips to the Wisconsin Zoo? A.Reserving tickets at least one day in advance. B.Asking their parents to come along with them. C.Entering the zoo is available at any time. D.Arriving at the zoo in groups as early as possible. 22 What is the cost to enjoy a guided tour for a school group of 12 students and 3 adults? A.$156. B.$162. C.$186. D.$192. 23.Which of the following tours focuses on animals'surviving skills? A.Crazy Classification. B.Dynamic Deserts. C.More Than a Zookeeper. D.Enriching Experiences. B Every year across the world,vaccines()prevent as many as five million people from dying. Unfortunately,most vaccines need to be kept cool to stop them from going off.This makes it difficult to transport them to remote areas,because if they get too warm they won't work.This is what Dr Asel Sartbaeva has been attempting to solve. Growing up,Asel Sartbaeva always looked up to scientists like Michael Faraday and Marie Curie.When she studied at Cambridge University in England,she met an award-winning physicist called Brian Josephson."My jaw dropped,"she said,"It felt like a big thing'for me to be working in the same place as scientists I had looked up to for so long." In 2010,Asel Sartbaeva took her daughter Melinda to be vaccinated.She noticed the doctor had kept the vaccines in the fridge.When she got home,she started reading about it online and found that there are places around the world where vaccines can't be delivered because they can't be refrigerated for the whole journey- meaning some people miss out on getting vaccines.Sartbaeva wanted to invent a way to keep vaccines stable at all temperatures,so she came up with ensufcation. Over the next few years,Sartbaeva and her team have tested out a number of different ways to see if the ensilicated vaccines can be kept stable when they're out of the fridge.One of these experiments involved sending some vaccines in the post from Bath to Newcastle.The journey is more than 300 miles,which can take a day or two by post,but the vaccines were still safe to use when they arrived. In 2021,Sartbaeva was named a UNICEF Ambassador for Girls in Science project.She designed experiments to get more girls interested in the science-based subjects."In addition to my scientific and teaching work,I want t to make scientific discoveries.closer and d more understandable to people,"she said. 24.What does the underlined phrase "going off'in paragraph 1 probably mean? A.Boiling. B.Being misused.C.Failing. D.Being polluted. 25.How did Sartbaeva feel about her meeting with Brian Josephson? A.Honored. B Scared. C.Amused. A.Embarrassed. 26.What inspired Sartbaeva's idea of ensilication? A.Limitations of the vaccine storage. B.Vaccine shortages in some places. C.Her daughter's unexpected illness. D.The children's high demand for vaccines. 高二英语试卷第3页（共8页) 27.Why does the author mention the journey in paragraph 4? A.To introduce the core of ensilication. B.To show the effectiveness of ensilication. C To compare different means of transportation. D.To emphasize the hardship of the experiment. C The dark days of the Depression saw an increased demand for stories that excite children in new ways and support them in processing difficult emotions.The features of personalized books meet this need well.With personalized Loss Books,children read about losing a family member.With personalized Me and My Pet Books, children read about how they first met their dogs or cats.Identified as the main driver of the rapidly growing interactive children's book market,personalized books are far from a gimmick). Personalized books are printed or digital books that have been tailored to the needs of a specific child.They follow a simple principle:the publisher provides the users with a pattern,which parents populate with children's data.Thanks to the advanced print-on-demand possibilities of small-scale publishers,it's not difficult to create a personalized version of any story. Publishers claim that personalized books teach children empathy()and encourage love for reading. Now,you might think that it is surely what all parents and teachers want,so should we replace all books with personalized stories? Recent observational studies confirmed publishers'claim that children are highly engaged and motivated to read personalized boeks.However,in a recent study we compared children's understanding of the moral of a story and its application to their lives atter they read a personalized,non-personalized or control story.Although children who read personalized stories had more detailed retellings,there was no other difference between the three groups. This could be because the differences among the children were higher than the effect of personalization. Studies with personalized books are too few for us to know for sure. Besides,while personal stories are often used in therapeutic()practice or in children with special educational needs,personalized stories are a new writing style,raising many open questions.The misuse of children's personal data and the moral questions concerning diversity make one wonder how "personalized"the books actually are.The other key point lies in directing children's focus towards the other.Meanwhile,experts point out that given the increased focus on personalized learning during the gloomy days and the need to customize children's reading experiences,the rising trend of personalized books will continue. 28.What can we learn about personalized books? A.They are mainly in digital form. B.They are created by young writers. C.They are popular among children. D.They are highly praised by teachers. 29.What does the recent study suggest? A.The varieties of personanzed stories need expanding. B.The effects of personalized stories need further study. C.Personalized stories build up children's sense of justice. D.Personalized stories help children apply what they learn. 30.What's the author's attitude to personalized books? A.Concerned. B.Critical. C.Positive. D.Objective. 31.Which can be a suitable title for the text? A.Personalized Books:a Irick or a Treat B.How Personalized Books Benefit Children C.Personalized Books:a Must or an Uption D.How Personalized Books Meet Special Needs D For thousands of years,the Taklamakan Desert preserved more than the bodies of those buried in China's Tarim Basin.Archaeologists found pebble-sized pieces of a yellowish substance:the world's oldest cheese, 高二英语试卷第4页（共8页） scattering around the necks of some bodies in Xiaohe,a Bronze Age cemetery.A recent study,published in Cell, analyzes the DNA of this ancient dairy.shedding light on how it was made and how its praduction spread. In a previous study,researchers took tiny samples of the 3,500-year-old cheese attacned to the mummies' necks.An analysis of proteins in those bits unveiled the presence of Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens,a microbe( )used to produce a type of rermented cheese called kefir. "That was really amazing,says Qiaomei Fu,a scientist at Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.Having worked with ancient human DNA,she wanted to study the microbe's DNA.However,extracting complete DNA from such ancient samples proved challenging,as it broke down over time and mixed with genetic information from the environment.In 2014,Fu began designing special molecules()that could efficiently capture the microbe's ancient DNA from the cheese.After years of work,Fu and her team managed to reconstruct 92 percent of the ancient microbe's DNA. From this microbe's DNA,the team could explore the history of the cheese's production.Kefir is made by mixing milk with an existing microbe,and as it spread,so did the microbes used to make it.By comparing the DNA from the Xiaohe cheese with that of others,two branches emerged:one from Europe and the Pacific Islands,and the other from Tibet and East Asia.which suggests a possible route for kefir's spread from Xinjiang to East Asia,possibly through migration. The DNA analysis also pointed to the interaction of ancient peoples.It uncovered that samples from cows and goats were found.Interestingly,the goat DNA resembied that of other ancient Central Asian goats, suggesting the mixing of population in Xinjiang with other Bronze Age populations.Researchers anticipate that further analysis of microbes in the cheese,along with other biological samples,could provide deeper insights into interactions between ancient populations. 32.What's the significance of the DNA analysis of the ancient cheese? A.It reflects the civilization of the Bronze Age. B.It proves China to be the first to produce dairy products. C.It uncovers the mysterious buried bodies in Xiaohe cemetery. D.It reveals production methods and transmission routes of the cheese. 33.What oustacle did Fu's team encounter in their study? A.The complete set of DNA was hard to obtain. B.The team lacked working experience with DNA. C.The previous study proved the absence of a microbe. D.The-eheese samples were resistant to DNA extraction methods. 34.What can be inferred from the research findings? A.Ancient people migrated typically with cows and goats. B.Cheese played an essential role in ancient people's diets. C.Kefir originated in Europe and spread to Tibet and East Asia. D.Ancient people might migrate from Central Asia to East Asia with Kefir. 35.What do we know from the last paragraph? A.Ancient people in Xinjiang liked to eat cows and goats. B.Interactions between populations occurred in ancient central Asia. C.Xinjiang was the economic centre of central Asia in the Bronze Age. D.More evidence is needed to confirm the existence of microbes in the cheese. 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。 t(Pi)Day falls on March 14.This is the day when mathematicians and geometry()lovers around the world get together and celebrate the mathematical constant()of Pi. 36 Eirstly,the date which can be represented numerically in the format 3.14 represents the first 3 digits of nt.Besides,one of our greatest physicists Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1897.In 2018,the famous physicist Stephen Hawking passed away on Pi Day. The earliest known celebration of Pi Day was organized by the physicist Larry Shaw at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988,featuring eating different kinds of firuit pies..37 The museum staff marched around a circular room,sang songs,and ate pie.News stories about the celebration spread the idea to schools, museums,and communities.In 2009,US House of Representatives officially named this special day-"Pi Day”. 高二英语试卷第5页（共8页) Many people celebrate Pi Day with family and friends.38People make pizzas round ones.of course)and bake cream pies.Some people even use a special pie pan shaped like the Greek letter n.They are also willing to drink pi-neapple juice.39 Over thousands of years,people tried to unfold the puzzle behind this magic number.Before the appearance of moaern computing technologies,mathematicians all over the world have made their efforts on calculating the approximation of Pi.40 While Indian mathematician Aryabhata approximated Pi to v9.8624 using the circumference of a polygon()with 384 sides.On 2019's Pi Day,Google announeed that the calculation of Pi has already reached31.4 trillion decimal小数的)places A.The most popular way is by eating pi-themed foods. B.March 14 seems to be tightly connected with Science C It was because“Pi”and“pie”sounded same in English, D.The world record for memorizing pi is held by Chao Lu from China. E.Chinese ancient mathematician Zu Chongzhi extended Pi to7 decimal places. F.Another cereoration is to recite tnis amazing Humoer witn countless decimal places. G.Pi can also be used to calculate the volume of something shaped like a ball or a tube. 第三部分语言运用（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。 Ever since childhood,I'd been passionate about performing solo().When our school announced a drama performance activity,I saw my 41."This is it,"I thought."My moment to 42 -alone in my new school.”I43 Soon after,my head teacher Mr.Collins came forward with a (n)44 message:"Rena,there's a change in the program arrangement.Can you perform together with three other classmates?"My heart 45.My hope of performing solo was gone.46,I joined my classmates. Our initial practice was in total 47.Sarah delivered lines like a Broadway star but ignored the script. Jake kept demanding perfect blocking(),throwing others off balance.I kept 48,msisting my iaeas were superior.Mr.Collin s finally 49."True talent,"he said,"lies in the ability to create something beautiful together."Sensing there was no 50,we calmed down and changed our attitudes.Gradually, we discovered each member's 51-one's beautiful voice,another's perfect rhythm and a third's enormous enthusiasm.Through debates and laughter,we learned to 52 our talents. By the final rehearsal,our voices and movements synchronized()53.Countless practices had transformed us into a harmonious team.During the actual performance,the audience 54 from time to time.The curtain fell in thunderous applause,and at that moment,Mr.Collins' 55 became clear. Sometimes,the grandest stages are built not by soloists,but by united hands. 41.A.chance B.freedom C.achievement D.commitment 42.A.argue B.assist C.check D.shine 43.A.called back B.signed up C.droppea out D.showed off 44.A.exciting B.surprising C.relaxing D.interesting 45.A.sank B.raced C.softened D.recovered 46.A.Naturally B.Hopefully C.Unwillingly D.Unfortunately 47.A.chans B.honor C.silence D.confusion 48.A.waiting B.panicking C.following D.interrupting 49.A.agreed B.stopped C.Intervened D.transformed 50.A.luck B.failure C.expectation D.progress 1.A.sccrct B.strength C.hobby D.existencc 52.A.hide B.admit C.combine D.compare 53.A.suddenly B.slightly C.rapidly D.perfectly 54.Acheered B.replied C.explained D.complained 55.A.strictness B.wisdom C.ambition D.memory 高二英语试卷第6页（共8页) 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。 On March 30,a"taiji for All"event was held in Brussels,56 five Belgian Taiji associations took turns to take the stage,leading Belgian people closer to Taiji.After that,the movie Taiji Zhang Sanfeng,57 star)'Jet Li,Michelle Yeoh and other stars,was shown on the spot. Taiji,thought of 58 a treasure of traditional Chinese culture,enjoys worldwide reputation for its philosophical ideas like harmony between man 59 nature.In 2020,Taiiguan,based on Taiji philosophy and integrating traditional Chinese health-keeping and combat wisdom,o (list).in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Yu Jiajian,president of the European Taiji Culture Center,performed Yang-style Kaiji Saber()on-site.He explained that this set of saber techniques was gentle witmm o1 uougn Though the movement speed was soft and stable,the movement strength was full of inner power.Fei Shengchao,the Chinese Ambassador to Belgium,who attended 62 event,said that Taiji integrated knowledge and practices from multiple fields.Its core ideas had 63 _(remarkaDie)contributed Eastern wisdom to global civilization construction.He hoped the occasion would provide a platform for Belgian Taiji enthusiasts E (display)and communicate,65 (far)enhancing local people's understanding of Taiji culture. 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 你校英文报就.“是否应开设生活技能课程”发起讨论，请你以“Are Life Skills Classes Necessary?”为 题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括： (1)你的看法； (2)说明理由。 写作要求： 1.词数80词左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Are Life Skills Classes Necessary? 高二英语试卷第7页（共8页） 第二节（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Grandpa Miller and six-year-old Timmy were always busy at their shared workbench.Under Grandpa's gentle guidance,Timmy carefully polished a small wooden dog that they had made together for a long time, proud to be learning“real work”from Grandpa. Their joy also spread around the big dinner table.Timmy kept talking to Grandpa."Will the dog stand firmly,Grandpa?""Sure!I sanded it SUPER smooth!"Grandpa responded gently. Across the table sat Timmy's father,Ben.He bent over his laptop;his eyebrows frowned.The joy of the grandfather and grandson seemed to escape him."Quarterly reports are due tomorrow,"he replied to his wife Sarah absent-mindedly,who had just reminded him of the delicious potatoes.He grabbed a bite,his eyes sliding back to the laptop,blind to the warmth around him.When he reached for the bowl,intending to take a quick sip(),his arm knocked it over.Some hot soup spilled()onto the table. "Be careful!"Sarah said softly.She grabbed a cloth and started to clean the spill quickly.Ben was wiping his laptop when some soup spilled on his trousers."Oh,annoying!The harder I try to get this done quickly,the more things go wrong!"said he,getting angry.Astonished,little Timmy stopped talking at once.He stared at his father quietly,not knowing what to do. Grandpa Miller watched what happened calmly and then spoke in his low voice-the same familiar tone that used to comfort Ben when he was small."Easy there,son,"he said firmly,"The soup deserves your whole heart,so does the moment with all of us." 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Para 1.Hearing the words,Ben froze. Para 2.After the dinner,Ben sat in front of the laptop again. 高二英语试卷第8页（共8页)那阳中学2024级高二年级上学期十月 听 力：ABBCA BCBCB ABACB CBCAC 阅读理解：ACB CAAB CBDA DADB七选五：BCAFE 完形填空：ADBBA CADCD BCDAB 语法填空：56.where57.starring 58.as 59.and 60.was listed 61.toughness 62.the63. remarkably 64.to display 65.further 应用文： Are.Life Skills Classes Necessary? In my opinion,life skills classes are absorutely necessary and should be an integral part of our school curriculum. Firstly,these classes equp students with practical skills such as budgerimg,cooking,and basic first aid,which are crucial for independent living.Moreover,they help develop soft skills like communication,teamwork,and problem-solving,all of which are highly valued in future careers.Most importantly,life skills education fosters a sense of responsibility and prepares us to conuibute positively to sourety In conclusion,life skills classes are essential for holistic education.They provide us with the tools not just to survive, but to thnve in life 读后续写： Paral:Hearing the words,Ben froze.Memories of his childhood,when Grandpa comforted his own outbursts with the same gentle tone,rushed over him.A wave of regret surged through him.Never had he felt so guilty for ignoring the warmth around.With Timmy's astonished eyes and Sarah's worried glance fixed on him,"I'm sorry,"he mumbled,his anger disappearing.Seeing his father's change,Timmy's face lit up,and he giggled,"Dad,let's enjoy the soup.It tastes super good!"Ben smiled,taking a slow sip,savoring the warmth both in the bowl and in his heart. Para2:After the dinner,Ben sat in front of the laptop again.But this time,he paused,recalling Grandpa's words. Determined to make up for the lost moment,he shut the laptop and went to the workbench.There,under the warm lamp, he joined Grandpa and Timmy in polishing another wooden figure.Ben's large palm guided Timmy's small one over the wood,with the soft scrape of sandpaper,turning a simple craft into a silent bond of love."See,son,the moment with family deserves your whole heart,"Grandpa said gently.It was then that Ben realized:no deadline,no task could ever outweigh the joy of being present with the people he loved.And that,truly,was the most important work of all. 阅读解析 A 导语：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了去动物园的实地考察，包括其要求、费用、主题以及内容。 21.A.理解具体信息，根据THE BRIEF INTRODUCTION部分的“We no longer accept purchase orders on the day of entry..” 可知，实地考察的活动要提前预定。 22.C。细节理)解题。根据“We provide an educational rate for all school groups of.5l0 per student and$12 per adult for admission to the zoo..”还有“Guided tours last45 minutes and cost an additional$2 per person.”可知，整体的费用是l0 *10+3*12+15*2=186。 23.B。推理判断题。“During this tour,participants explore desert animals'creative techniques for survival in the desert where resources are insufficient and competition is fierce.”可知。 B 导语：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了科学家Asel.Sartbaeva受童年偶像影响，.致力于解决疫苗保存难题并取 得突破性成果的成长与科研历程。 24.C词句猜测题。根据第一段中Unfortunately,most vaccines need to be kept cool to stop them from going off.This makes it difficult to transport them to remote areas,,because if they get too warm they won't work.(遗憾的是，大多数疫苗需要冷 藏以防止going off。这使得将它们运输到偏远地区变得困难，因为如果温度过高，疫苗就会失去作用)”可知，疫苗需 冷藏以防“失效”。“going of”在此处意为“失效”，与Failing(失去效力)语义相符。故选C。 25.A推理判断题。根据第二段“Growing up,Asel Sartbaeva always looked up to scientists like Michael Faraday and Mari Curie.When she studied at Cambridge University in England,she met an award-winning physicist called Brian Josephson. "My jaw dropped,"she said,"It felt like a big thing'for me to be working in the same place as scientists I had looked up to for so long.”(从小到大，Asel Sartbaeva一直敬仰Michael Faraday和Marie Curie这样的科学家。当她在英国剑桥大学 学习时，遇到了一位名叫Brian Josephson的获奖物理学家。她说：“我惊讶得合不拢嘴，能和我敬仰已久的科学家在 同一个地方工作，对我来说是件‘大事)”可推知，当Sartbaeva在剑桥大学遇到获奖物理学家Brian Josephson时，她 感到非常荣幸。故选A。 26.A细节理解题。根据第三段中“When she got home,she started reading about it online and found that there are places around the world where vaccines can't be delivered because....Sartbaeva wanted to invent a way to keep vaccines stable at all temperatures,so she came up with ensilication.(回到家后，她开始在网上查阅相关信息，发现世界上有些地方无法送 达疫苗，因为疫苗在整个运输过程中无法冷藏一这意味着一些人错过了接种疫苗的机会。Sartbaeva想发明一种能 让疫苗在所有温度下都保持稳定的方法，于是她提出了ensilication的想法)”可知，疫苗储存的局限性（需冷藏才能运 输)启发了她的ensilication的想法。故选A。 1 27.B推理判断题。根据第四段中“One of these experiments involved sending some vaccines in the post from Bath to Newcastle.The journey is more than 300 miles,which can take a day or two by post,but the vaccines were still safe to use when they arrived.(其中一项实验包括将一些疫苗通过邮政从巴斯寄往纽卡斯尔。这段路程超过300英里，邮寄可能需 要一两天时间，但疫苗抵达时仍可安全使用)”可推知，该实验是为了证明ensilication技术能让疫苗在非冷藏条件下保 持稳定，即展示其有效性。故选B。 导语：这是一篇议论文。文章主要讨论了个性化书籍是噱头还是好事 28.C推理判断题。根据文章第一段“Identified as the main driver of the rapidly growing interactive children's book market,. personalized books are far from a gimmick(噱头).（作为快速增长的交互式儿童图书市场的主要驱动力，个性化图书远非 噱头)”和文章第四段“Recent observational studies confirmed publishers'claim that children are highly engaged and motivated to read personalized books.(最近的观察性研究证实了出版商的说法，即孩子们对阅读个性化书籍有很高的参 与度和积极性)”可推知，个性化书籍很受孩子们的欢迎。故选C。 29.B细节理解题，根据文章第四段“However,in a recent study,.we compared children's understanding of the moral of a story and its application to their lives after they read a personalized,non-personalized or control story.Although children who read personalized stories had more detailed retellings,there was no other difference between the three groups.(然而，在最近的 项研究中，我们比较了孩子们在阅读了个性化、非个性化或对照故事后，对故事寓意的理解及其在生活中的应用。 虽然阅读个性化故事的孩子复述得更详细，但三组之间没有其他区别)”和文章第五段“This could be because the differences among the children were higher than the effect of personalization.Studies with personalized books are too few for us to know for sure..(这可能是因为孩子之间的差异大于个性化的影响。个性化书籍的研究太少了，我们无法确定)”可 知，最近的研究表明个性化故事的效果需要进一步研究。故选B。 30.D推理判断题。根据文章第四段“Recent observational studies confirmed publishers'claim that children are highly engaged and motivated to read personalized books.However,in a recent study,we compared children's understanding of the moral of a story and its application to their lives after they read a personalized,non-personalized or control story.Although children who read personalized stories had more detailed retellings,there was no other difference between the three groups." 和文章第六段“Besides,,while personal stories are often used in therapeutic practice or in children with special educational needs,personalized stories are a new writing style,raising many open questions.The misuse of children's personal data and the moral questions concerning diversity make one wonder how“personalized”the books actually are.(此外，虽然个人故事 经常用于治疗实践或有特殊教育需求的儿童，但个性化故事是一种新的写作风格，提出了许多悬而未决的问题。儿 童个人数据的滥用和关于多样性的道德问题，让人怀疑这些书到底有多“个性化”)”可知，作者既提到了个性化书 籍的优点，也提出了不足之处，因此作者对个性化书籍的态度是客观的。故选D。 3l.A主旨大意题。根据文章第三段“Publishers claim that personalized books teach children empathy(同理心)and encourage love for reading.Now,you might think that it is surely what all parents and teachers want,so should we replace all books with personalized stories?(出版商声称，个性化的书籍教会孩子们同理心，鼓励他们热爱阅读。现在，你可能会认为这 肯定是所有家长和老师想要的，所以我们应该用个性化的故事取代所有的书吗？)”和最后一段的“Besides,while personal stories are often used in therapeutic practice or in children with special educational needs,personalized stories are a new writing style,raising many open questions:The misuse of children's personal data and the moral questions concerning diversity make one wonder how"personalized"the books actually are.The other key point lies in directing children's focus towards the other..(此外，虽然个人故事经常用于治疗实践或有特殊教育需求的儿童，但个性化故事是一种新的写作风 格，引发了许多悬而未决的问题。儿童个人数据的滥用和关于多样性的道德问题，让人怀疑这些书到底有多“个性 化”。另一个关键点在于将孩子的注意力引向对方)”可知，文章主要讨论了个性化书籍是噱头还是好事。故选A。 D 导语：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了考古学家发现了世界上最古老的奶酪，并通过DNA分析揭示了其制作方法 和传播历史。 32.D细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Arecent study,published in Cell,analyzes the DNA of this ancient dairy,shedding light on how it was made and how its production spread.(最近发表在《细胞》杂志上的一项研究分析了这种古老乳制品 的DNA,揭示了它是如何制造以及如何传播的。)”可知，古代奶酪的DNA分析的重要性在于它揭示了奶酪的生产方 法和传播途径。故选D。 33.A细节理解题。根据第三段中的“However,extracting complete DNA from such ancient samples proved challenging,asit broke down over time and mixed with genetic information from the environment..(然而，从如此古老的样本中提取完整的 DA证明是具有挑战性的，因为它随着时间的推移而分解，并与环境中的遗传信息混合在一起。)”可知，傅的团队 在研究中遇到的障碍是完整的DNA很难获得。故选A。 34.D推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Kefir is made by mixing milk with an existing microbe,and as it spread,so did the microbes used to make it.By comparing the DNA from the Xiaohe cheese with that of others,two branches emerged:one from Europe and the PacificIslands,and the other from Xizang and East Asia,which suggests a possible route for kefir's spread from Xizang to East Asia,,possibly through migration.(开菲尔是由牛奶和现有的微生物混合制成的，随着它的传 播，用来制作它的微生物也在传播。通过将小河奶酪的DNA与其他奶酪的DNA进行比较，出现了两个分支：一个来自 欧洲和太平洋岛屿，另一个来自西藏和东亚，这表明开菲尔可能是通过迁徙从新疆传播到东亚的。)”可知，故选D. 35.B推理判断题。根据文章第五段第一句“The DNA analysis also pointed to the interaction of ancient peoples'”及后文 “新疆的样本中发现类似中亚山羊的DNA,暗示新疆与其他青铜时代人群的融合”可知，研究证明古代中亚存在人 群互动，与选项B一致。故选B。 七选五 导语：本文是一篇说明文。本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了圆周率日的由来、庆祝方式以及人们如何努力计算 π的值。 36.B根据，下文内容“Firstly,the date which can be represented numerically in the format3.l4 represents the first3 digits of 兀.Besides,,Hawking passed away on Pi Day.(首先，可以用3.l4格式表示的日期代表π的前3位数字。此外，我们 最伟大的物理学家之一阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦出生于1897年3月14日。2018年，著名物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金在圆周 率日去世)”可知，下文讲述的是3月14日和科学有联系的一些例子。选项B“March14 seems to be tightly connected with Science.(3月14日似乎与科学密切相关。)”与下文内容一致，是下文内容的概括。故选B。 37.C根据空前内容“The earliest known celebration of Pi Day was organized,featuring eating different kinds of fruit pies.(已知最早的圆周率日庆祝活动是1988年由物理学家Larry Shaw在旧金山探索馆组织的，活动内容是吃不同种类 的水果派)”可知，在最早的圆周率日庆祝活动上，人们会吃各种水果派。选项C“这是因为“Pi”和“p”在英语 中发音相同。”是上文内容的自然延续，解释了人们为什么会在圆周率日庆祝活动上吃水果派。故选C。 38,A根据空前内容“Many people celebrate Pi Day with family and friends..”可知，人们会和家人朋友一起庆祝圆周率日。 选项A“The most popular way is by eating pi--themed foods.(最流行的方式是吃pi主题的食物。)”延续上文内容，指的 是人们会通过吃pi主题的食物来庆祝圆周率日，同时自然引出下文内容“People make pizzas and bake cream pies..Some people even use a special pie pan shaped like the Greek letter.(人们做披萨和烤奶油派。有些人甚至用希腊字母π形状 的特殊烤盘)”，指的都是人们会吃pi主题的食物。故选A。 39.F根s据上文内容“People make pizzas and bake cream pies.Some people even use a special pie pan shaped like the Greek letterπ.They are also willing to drink pi-neapple juice.”可知，上文提到的是人们会吃pi主题的食物来庆祝圆周率日 的方式。选项F“Another celebration is to recite this amazing number with countless decimal places..(另一个庆祝话动是背 诵这个有无数小数点的惊人数字。)”提出了另一种庆祝圆周率日的方式。从而与本段段首句形成一致。故选F。 40.E根s据上文内容“Before the appearance of modern computing technologies,mathematicians all over the world have made their efforts on calculating the approximation of Pi..”可知，在现代计算技术出现之前，世界各地的数学家都在努力计算 圆周率的近似值。选项E“Chinese ancient mathematician Zu Chongzhi extended Pi to7 decimal places..”延续上文内容， 指出中国古代数学家祖冲之将圆周率扩展到小数点后7位。故选E。 完形填空 导语：最闪耀的舞台属于懂得合作的团队。文章讲述了作者以前热衷于独奏表演，来到新的环境，在老师的安排下 接受团队表演，作者虽不情愿，但是只能接受“安排”。正是这次“意外的经历”让作者感受到了团队的力量。 41.A学校宣布有话剧表演活动，作者认为自己“performing solo”的机会来了。 42.D作者认为这是他“闪耀”时刻的到来。 43.B结合前文的语境可知，他“报名参加”了这个活动。 44.B作者原打算独自表演，结合后面语境可知，作者没有想到老师会安排他完成团队表演，所以老师带来的消息是“令 人惊讶的”。 45.A作者此时的心里是很失落的，故而“咯噔了一下”。 46.C尽管“不情愿”，还是最终接受老师的安排。 47.A根据后面的语境“Sarah delivered lines like a Broadway star but ignored the script..Jake kept demanding perfect blocking（走位)”可知，练习阶段非常“混乱” 48.D根据后面的语境“insisting my ideas were superior'”,作者认为自己的想法要更好，所以只能不能“中断；打断”。 49,C老师见此情形，进行“干预” 50.D根据后面的语境可知，话剧表演的练习没有取得任何“进展”。 51.B每个成员改变了态度，作者也看到了成员的“优点” 52.C结合前面的语境，作者学会了把每个成员的天赋“结合”起来。 53.D经过成员的共同努力，我们最后“完美”同步。 54.A根据后面的语境“观众雷鸣般的掌声”可知，我们得到了观众的“喝彩” 55.B老师让我认识到了最闪耀的舞台在于大家共同的努力，这是他的“智慧”所在。 听力材料 Text 1 M:I heard that you went to the movies with Johnson last night.Was the movie as good as you expected? W I'd rather I nad done my housework at home. Text 2 W:What type of exercising are you interested in? M:I like snowkiting very much. W:Really?What's that? M:It's like snowboarding,you know,going down a mountain on a board,but you have a kite attached to,so you can go even faster. Text 3 W:Nicholas,I finally got my driver's license.I can't wait to buy my own car. M:Wow!Congratulations!I'm a little worried that I will fail my driving test next month. W:Take it easy!I believe you can do it well. Text 4 W:Do you like eating carrots? M:Yes!They're one of my favorite vegetables.I love eating them raw,and I often make carrot juice in the morning.What about 3 you? W:I enjoy eating carrots too.But I normally cook them. Text 5 M:Hi,Kendra.I'm Tony,Student President of Class 4.Mr.Jones told me to help you on your first day here.Ready for science class? W:Yeah.It's nice of you to help me.I'm a little lost.Who's our teacher? M:It's Ms.Green.And our class is right here. Text6（第6题为总结题) W:Work?In the future?Well,I think as companies get more computerized,they're finding ways of using fewer workers. M:Yeah.And more and more people will be working at home because of computers. W:Wow,OI'd really love that.Can you imagine spending most of your work week in the comfort of your own home? M:Personally,I would have freer timetable and get much more done.And with emails and phone calls you can still keep in touch with everyone you need to. W:Well,DI'm afraid I might just sit back and turn on the TV! Text7(第9题为推断题) W:You're hungry,aren't you? M:How could you tell? W:You have that look on your face like you're about to get mad for no reason. M:Yeah,it's easy to lose your temper when you're tired or hungry. W:8What happened to your sandwich? M:8It's still in the refrigerator at school.I never got to eat it. W:What happened? M:The fire alarm went off.We all had to go out of the building and wait for an hour.We didn't miss any classes because it was at noon,but we missed all of lunch. W:Oh,no.Well,I made some cookies.Want one? M:Of course. Text 8 W:Hello,Mr.Thompson.Miss Lennon said you wanted to speak to me. M:Yes,Sarah.OAnd your work is suffering.Is something on your mind? W:Yes,1DI do feel a little bit sad. M:1Why is that?1OIs the schoolwork too hard for you or is there a problem at home? W:No,no...1It's Tony.Tony was my cat.He was lost last week.He was my best friend. M:Oh,I'm sorry to hear that.I know how that feels,and getting a new cat doesn't always help W:I couldn't do that. M:12Sarah,I'm going to give you a little book to read.It's called Coping with Loss,and it might help you deal with your feelings. W:OK,Oand I will try to focus on my lessons. Text 9 W:13Thanks for driving me around. M:13Don't mention it.I have time today;and I think it's.important that you find a good place. W:It would be not easy for me to do it.I am not familiar with the city. M:14So what do you see in there? W:1A flat with a view of the lake,next to a big supermarket,including electrical equipment and parking.A modern furnished kitchen.$470. M:Can you afford that? W:No,I guess not.But that's what I want. M:Yes,a flat usually has one large room,a small bathroom and a small kitchen.So it's good for.one person. W:This one.15Two girls are seeking a roommate.Comfortable downtown apartment.Does this mean I have to share a room with them？ M:No.15It probably means they have a large apartment.Probably a living room,kitchen and three bedrooms.They need someone for the empty bedroom. W:Sounds good to me.I really appreciate your help on this. M:My pleasure.1What are friends for anyway? Text 10 W:Good evening,everyone.If this is the first time for you to come to our library as a new student,let me tell you a bit about the services we offer here.The library has four reading rooms.On the first floor is the No.1 Reading Room,which is for newspapers and magazines.1DOn the second floor,on the left as you go up the stairs,is the No.2 Reading Room,which has books written in foreign languages.1Immediately above it on the third floor is the No.4.Reading Room,.for works in Chinese.The No.3 Reading Room on the second floor is for the use of teachers and graduate students.19There is also a Reference Materials Center on the third floor which is for teachers only.Each student is given five library cards for borrowing books and one for magazines.2Of the five cards for books,only one can be used to borrow works of history. Books can be kept for up to a month and magazines for two weeks. 4 郧阳中学2024级高二上学期10月考试 英语试卷 命题教师：苏琳 审题教师：余凡 王铂 考试时间： 2025年10月29日 试卷满分： 150分 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What did the woman do last night? A. She saw a film. B. She did her homework. C. She went to Johnson's home. 2. What activity does the man like? A. Snowboarding. B. Snowkiting. C. Climbing. 3. How does the man feel about his driving test? A. Excited. B. Anxious. C. Relieved. 4. How does the woman usually eat carrots? A. She makes juice out of them. B. She eats them raw. C. She cooks them. 5. Why does Kendra need help? A. She is a new student. B. She missed some classes. C. She always fails in science. 第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What are the speakers talking about? A. Unemployment. B. Future ways of working. C. At-home activities. 7. What does the woman like doing at home? A. Sending friends emails. B. Calling her friend. C. Watching TV. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What happened in the man's school? A. The fire alarm went out of order. B. The students missed their lunch. C. The students all missed their classes. 9. Who might the woman be? A. The man's classmate. B. The man's teacher. C. The man's mother. 听第8段材料，回答第10至 12题。 10. Where does the eonversation take place? A. At home. B. At school. C. In a bookstore. 高二英语试卷第1页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 11. Why is Sarah sad? A. Her pet got lost. B. Her work is difficult. C. Her parents have problems. 12. What does Mr. Thompson suggest Sarah do? A. Get a new cat. B. Read a book. C. Focus on her lessons. 听第9段材料，回答第13至 16题。 13. What is the man doing? A. Showing the woman around by car. B. Looking for an apartment for himself. C. Promoting a flat to the woman. 14. What is the advantage of the first flat? A. It is good and cheap. B. It has a large kitchen. C. It is convenient for shopping. 15. Why do the two girls rent out their apartment? A. Because it is comfortable to live in the city center. B. Because they want someone to share the empty bedroom. C. Because they need someone's help to clean the apartment. 16. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Roommates. B. Strangers. C. Friends. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What can the listeners read in the No.2 Reading Room? A. Books in Chinese. B. Books in foreign languages. C. Newspapers and magazines. 18. Where is the No.4 Reading Room? A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor. 19. Which is for teachers only? A. The Reference Materials Center. B. The No.3 Reading Room. C. The No.1 Reading Room. 20. How many cards can be used to borrow works of history? A. Five. B. Two C. One. 第二部分 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 Field Trips to the Wisconsin Zoo THE BRIEF INTRODUCTION We provide an educational rate for all school groups of $10 per student and $12 per adult for admis the zoo. Field trips are available from Monday to Friday. ·We no longer accept purchase orders on the day of entry. ·Groups must enter together. ·You' re welcome to enjoy the food provided by or brought into the zoo, but do not share it with any animals. ADD-ON GUIDE D TOURS Groups visiting the zoo can add on a guided tour to enhance their experience. Guided tours are led b instructor. Guided tours last 45 minutes and cost an additional $2 per person. Choose from one of the below: 高二英语试卷第2页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 ·Crazy Classification Through this tour, participants discover the five major features that scientists use to classify animals, The instructor challenges participants to interaction and inquiry to improve their observation and critical thinking skills. ·Dynamic Deserts During this tour, participants explore desert animals' creative techniques for survival in the desert where resources are insufficient and competition is fierce. Besides, they learn about the impact humans play on this rich and diverse ecosystem. ·More Than a Zookeeper Throughout this tour, a zoo instructor will lead the group in discussions and an activity, exploring some of the jobs necessary to run a successful zoo and conservation program. ·Enriching Experiences This tour provides participants with the opportunity to learn about different types of behavioral enrichment to keep animals from getting bored or being stressed, making life more stimulating for the zoo's animals. 21. What is a requirement for students taking field trips to the Wisconsin Zoo? A. Reserving tickets at least one day in advance. B. Asking their parents to come along with them. C. Entering the zoo is available at any time. D. Arriving at the zoo in groups as early as possible. 22 What is the cost to enjoy a guided tour for a school group of 12 students and 3 adults? A.$156. B.$162. C.$186. D.$192. 23. Which of the following tours focuses on animals' surviving skills? A. Crazy Classification. B. Dynamic Deserts. C. More Than a Zookeeper. D. Enriching Experiences. B Every year across the world, vaccines(疫苗) prevent as many as five million people from dying.Unfortunately, most vaccines need to be kept cool to stop them from going off. This makes it difficult to transport them to remote areas, because if they get too warm they won't work. This is what Dr Asel Sartbaeva has been attempting to solve. Growing up, Asel Sartbaeva always looked up to scientists like Michael Faraday and Marie Curie. When she studied at Cambridge University in England, she met an award-winning physicist called Brian Josephson.“My jaw dropped,” she said,“It felt like a‘big thing’ for me to be working in the same place as scientists I had looked up to for so long.” In 2010, Asel Sartbaeva took her daughter Melinda to be vaccinated. She noticed the doctor had kept the vaccines in the fridge. When she got home, she started reading about it online and found that there are places around the world where vaccines can't be delivered because they can't be refrigerated for the whole journey ——meaning some people miss out on getting vaccines. Sartbaeva wanted to invent a way to keep vaccines stable at all temperatures, so she came up with ensilification. Over the next few years, Sartbaeva and her team have tested out a number of different ways to see if the ensilicated vaccines can be kept stable when they' re out of the fridge. One of these experiments involved sending some vaccines in the post from Bath to Newcastle. The journey is more than 300 miles, which can take a day or two by post, but the vaccines were still safe to use when they arrived. In 2021, Sartbaeva was named a UNICEF Ambassador for Girls in Science project. She designed experiments to get more girls interested in the science-based subjects.“In addition to my scientific and teaching work, I want t to make scientific discoveries closer and d more understandable to people,” she said. 24. What does the underlined phrase“going off” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Boiling. B. Being misused. C. Failing. D. Being polluted. 25. How did Sartbaeva feel about her meeting with Brian Josephson? A. Honored. B Scared. C. Amused. D. Embarrassed. 26. What inspired Sartbaeva's idea of ensilication? A. Limitations of the vaccine storage. B. Vaccine shortages in some places. C. Her daughter's unexpected illness. D. The children's high demand for vaccines. 高二英语试卷第3页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 27. Why does the author mention the journey in paragraph 4? A. To introduce the core of ensilication. B. To show the effectiveness of ensilication. C To compare different means of transportation. D. To emphasize the hardship of the experiment. C The dark days of the Depression saw an increased demand for stories that excite children in new ways and support them in processing difficult emotions. The features of personalized books meet this need well. With personalized Loss Books, children read about losing a family member. With personalized Me and My Pet Books,children read about how they first met their dogs or cats. identified as the main driver of the rapidly growing interactive children's book market, personalized books are far from a gimmick(噱头). Personalized books are printed or digital books that have been tailored to the needs of a specific child. They follow a simple principle: the publisher provides the users with a pattern, which parents populate with children's data. Thanks to the advanced print-on-demand possibilities of small-scale publishers, it's not difficult to create a personalized version of any story. Publishers claim that personalized books teach children empathy(同理心) and encourage love for reading.Now, you might think that it is surely what all parents and teachers want, so should we replace all books with personalized stories? Recent observational studies confirmed publishers' claim that children are highly engaged and motivated to read personalized books. However, in a recent study we compared children's understanding of the moral of a story and its application to their lives after they read a personalized, non-personalized or control story. Although children who read personalized stories had more detailed retellings, there was no other difference between the three groups. This could be because the differences among the children were higher than the effect of personalization.Studies with personalized books are too few for us to know for sure. Besides, while personal stories are often used in therapeutic(治疗性的) practice or in children with special educational needs, personalized stories are a new writing style, raising many open questions. The misuse of children's personal data and the moral questions concerning diversity make one wonder how“personalized” the books actually are. The other key point lies in directing children's focus towards the other. Meanwhile, experts point out that given the increased focus on personalized learning during the gloomy days and the need to customize children's reading experiences, the rising trend of personalized books will continue. 28. What can we learn about personalized books? A. They are mainly in digital form. B. They are created by young writers. C. They are popular among children. D. They are highly praised by teachers. 29. What does the recent study suggest? A. The varieties of personalized stories need expanding. B. The effects of personalized stories need further study. C. Personalized stories build up children's sense of justice. D. Personalized stories help children apply what they learn. 30. What's the author's attitude to personalized books? A. Concerned. B. Critical. C. Positive. D. Objective. 31. Which can be a suitable title for the text? A. Personalized Books: a Luck or a Treat B. How Personalized Books Benefit Children C. Personalized Books: a Must or an Option D. How Personalized Books Meet Special Needs D For thousands of years, the Taklamakan Desert preserved more than the bodies of those buried in China'sTarim Basin. Archaeologists found pebble-sized pieces of a yellowish substance: the world's oldest cheese, 高二英语试卷第4页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 scattering around the necks of some bodies in Xiaohe, a Bronze Age cemetery. A recent study, published in Cell,analyzes the DNA of this ancient dairy, shedding light on how it was made and how its production spread. In a previous study, researchers took tiny samples of the 3,500-year-old cheese attacned to the mummies'necks. An analysis of proteins in those bits unveiled the presence of Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens, a microbe(发酵菌) used to produce a type of fermented cheese called kefir. “That was really amazing', says Qiaomei Fu, a scientist at Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Having worked with ancient human DNA, she wanted to study the microbe's DNA. However, extracting complete DNAfrom such ancient samples proved challenging, as it broke down over time and mixed with genetic information from the environment. In 2014, Fu began designing special molecules(分子) that could efficiently capture the microbe's ancient DNA from the cheese. After years of work, Fu and her team managed to reconstruct 92percent of the ancient microbe's DNA. From this microbe's DNA, the team could explore the history of the cheese's production. Kefir is made by mixing milk with an existing microbe, and as it spread, so did the microbes used to make it. By comparing theDNA from the Xiaohe cheese with that of others, two branches emerged: one from Europe and the PacificIslands, and the other from Tibet and East Asia, which suggests a possible route for kefir's spread from Xinjiang to East Asia, possibly through migration. The DNA analysis also pointed to the interaction of ancient peoples. It uncovered that samples from cows and goats were found. Interestingly, the goat DNA resembled that of other ancient Central Asian goats,suggesting the mixing of population in Xinjiang with other Bronze Age populations. Researchers anticipate that further analysis of microbes in the cheese, along with other biological samples, could provide deeper insights into interactions between ancient populations. 32. What's the significance of the DNA analysis of the ancient cheese? A. It reflects the civilization of the Bronze Age. B. It proves China to be the first to produce dairy products. C. It uncovers the mysterious buried bodies in Xiaohe cemetery. D. It reveals production methods and transmission routes of the cheese. 33. What obstacle did Fu's team encounter in their study? A. The complete set of DNA was hard to obtain. B. The team lacked working experience with DNA. C. The previous study proved the absence of a microbe. D. The cheese samples were resistant to DNA extraction methods. 34. What can be inferred from the research findings? A. Ancient people迁migrated typically with cows and goats. B. Cheese played an essential role in ancient people's diets. C. Kefir originated in Europe and spread to Tibet and East Asia. D. Ancient people might migrate from Central Asia to East Asia with Kefir. 35. What do we know from the last paragraph? A. Ancient people in Xinjiang liked to eat cows and goats. B. Interactions between populations occurred in ancient central Asia. C. Xinjiang was the economic centre of central Asia in the Bronze Age. D. More evidence is needed to confirm the existence of microbes in the cheese. 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。 π(Pi) Day falls on March 14. This is the day when mathematicians and geometry(几何学) lovers around the world get together and celebrate the mathematical constant(常数) of Pi. 36 Firstly, the date which can be represented numerically in the format 3.14 represents the first 3digits ofπ. Besides, one of our greatest physicist s Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1897. In 2018, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking passed away on Pi Day. The earliest known celebration of Pi Day was organized by the physicist Larry Shaw at the San FranciscoExploratorium in 1988, featuring eating different kinds of fruit pies. 37 The museum staff marched around a circular room, sang songs, and ate pie. News stories about the celebration spread the idea to schools,museums, and communities. In 2009, US House of Representatives officially named this special day “PiDay”. 高二英语试卷第5页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 Many people celebrate Pi Day with family and friends. 38 People make pizzas round ones. of course) and bake cream pies. Some people even use a special pie pan shaped like the Greek letter π. They are also willing to drink pi-neapple juice. 39 Over thousands of years, people tried to unfold the puzzle behind this magic number. Before the appearance of moaern computing technologies, mathematiciams all over the world have made their efforts on calculating the approximation of Pi. 40 While Indian mathematician Aryabhata approximated Pi to .8624 using the circumference of a polygon(多边形) with 384 sides. On 2019’ s Pi Day, Google announced that the calculation of Pi has already reached 31.4 trillion decimalt 小数的) places A. The most popular way is by eating pi-themed foods. B. March 14 seems to be tightly connected with Science. C It was because“Pi” and“pie” sounded same in English. D. The world record for memorizing pi is held by Chao Lu from China. E. Chinese ancient mathematician Zu Chongzhi extended Pi to.7 decimal places. F. Another ce₁eoratıon is to recite tnrs amazıng numroer With countless decimal places. G. Pi can. also be used to calculate the volume of something shaped like a ball or a tube. 第三部分 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。 Ever since childhood, I'd been passionate about performing solo(独奏/独唱). When our school announced a drama performance activity, I saw my 41 . “This is it,” I thought. “My moment to 42 —— alone in my new school.” I 43 . Soon after, my head teacher Mr. Collins came forward with a (n) 44 message:“Rena, there’ s a change in the program arrangement. Can you perform together with three other classmates? ” My heart45 . My hope of performing solo was gone. 46 , I joined my classmates. Our initial practice was in total 47 . Sarah delivered lines like a Broadway star but ignored the script.Jake kept demanding perfect blocking(走位), throwing others off balance. I kept 48 , insisting my ideas were superior. Mr. Collin s finally 49 . “True talent,” he said, “lies in the ability to create something beautiful together.” Sensing there was no 50 , we calmed down and changed our attitudes. Gradually,we discovered each member’ s 51 —— one’ s beautiful voice, another’ s perfect rhythm and a third’ s enormous enthusiasm. Through debates and laughter, we learned to 52 our talents. By the final rehearsal, our voices and movements synchronized(同步) 53 . Countless practices had transformed us into a harmonious team. During the actual performance, the audience 54 from time to time. The curtain fell in thunderous applause, and at that moment, Mr.· Collins’ 55 became clear.Sometimes, the grandest stages are built not by soloists, but by united hands. 41. A. chance B. freedom C. achievement D.commitment 42. A. argue B. assist C. check D. shine 43. A. called back B. signed up C. droppea out D. showed off 44. A. exciting B. surprising C. relaxing D. interesting 45. A. sank B. raced C. softened D. recovered 46. A. Naturally B. Hopefully C. Unwillingly D. Unfortunately 47. A. chaas B. honor C. silence D. confusion 48. A. waiting B. panicking C. following D. interrupting 49. A. agreed B. stopped C. intervened D. transformed 50. A. luck B. failure C. expectation D. progress 51. A. secret B. strength C. hobby D. existcncc 52. A. hide B. admit C.combine D.compare 53. A. suddenly B. slightly C. rapidly D. perfectly 54. A cheered B. replied C. explained D.complained 55. A. strictness B. wisdom C. ambition D. memory 高二英语试卷 第6页 (共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 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。 On March 30, a“taiji for All” event was held in Brussels,56 five Belgian Taiji associations took turns to take the stage, leading Belgian people closer to Taiji. After that, the movie Taiji Zhang Sanfeng,57 star) Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh and other stars, was shown on the spot. Taiji, thought of58 a treasure of traditional Chinese culture, enjoys worldwide reputation for its philosophical ideas like harmony between man 59 nature. In 2020, Taijiquan, based on Taiji philosophy and integrating traditional Chinese health- keeping and combat wisdom,6 (list) in theRepresentative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Yu Jiajian, president of the European Taiji Culture Center, performed Yang- style Xaiji Saber(刀) on- site. He explained that this set of saber techniques was gentle with 61 (tough) Though the movement speed was soft and stable, the movement strength was full of inner power. Fei Shengchao, the ChineseAmbassador to Belgium, who attended 62 event, said that Taiji integrated knowledge and practices from multiple fields. Its core ideas had 63 (remarkable) contributed Eastern wisdom to global civilization construction. He hoped the occasion would provide a platform for Belgian Taiji enthusiasts64 (display) and communicate,65 (far) enhancing local people's understanding ofTaiji culture. 第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(满分15分) 你校英文报就“是否应开设生活技能课程”发起讨论，请你以“Are Life Skills Classes Necessary?”为题，写一篇短文投稿，内容包括： (1)你的看法； (2)说明理由。 写作要求： 1.词数 80 词左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Are Life Skills Classes Necessary? 高二英语试卷第7页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 第二节(满分25分) 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 Grandpa Miller and six-year-old Timmy were always busy at their shared workbench. Under Grandpa's gentle guidance, Timmy carefully polished a small wooden dog that they had made together for a long time,proud to be learning“real work” from Grandpa. Their joy also spread around the big dinner table. Timmy kept talking to Grandpa.“Will the dog stand firmly, Grandpa?”“Sure！ I sanded it SUPER smooth！” Grandpa responded gently. Across the table sat Timmy's father, Ben. He bent over his laptop, his eyebrows frowned. The joy of the grandfather and grandson seemed to escape him.“Quarterly reports are due tomorrow,” he replied to his wifeSarah absent-mindedly, who had just reminded him of the delicious potatoes. He grabbed a bite, his eyes sliding back to the laptop, blind to the warmth around him. When he reached for the bowl, intending to take a quick sip(抿), his arm knocked it over. Some hot soup spilled(洒) onto the table. “Be careful！” Sarah said softly. She grabbed a cloth and started to clean the spill quickly. Ben was wiping his laptop when some soup spilled on his trousers.“Oh, annoying！ The harder I try to get this done quickly, the more things go wrong！” said he, getting angry. Astonished, little Timmy stopped talking at once. He stared at his father quietly, not knowing what to do. Grandpa Miller watched what happened calmly and then spoke in his low voice—— the same familiar tone that used to comfort Ben when he was small.“Easy there, son,” he said firmly,“The soup deserves your whole heart, so does the moment with all of us.” 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Para 1. Hearing the words, Ben froze. Para 2. After the dinner, Ben sat in front of the laptop again. 高二英语试卷第8页(共8页) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $