广东省江门市江海区外海中学2025-2026学年高二第一学期期中考试英语试卷

外海中学2025-2026高二第一学期期中考试 英语试卷 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Young ladies with good behavior and social skills will be more confident in society and understand their ability better. This 4-week course teaches social rules, table manners, personal grooming (打扮) and skin care. Classes are easy to learn. Curriculum. (课程) Class one: Self Introduction and Introducing Others — Handshaking, Eye contact, and Smiling — Please, Thank You and You’re welcome — Making mistakes and Apologizing — Telephone Etiquette. (礼节) Class Two: Quick Review — Gift Giving and Receiving — Attending a party — Thank-you Notes — Becoming a Skilled Conversationalist — Joining a Group and Exciting a Conversation Class Three: Quick Review — Three-Course Meal Instruction — Table skills and Dining Manners — Formal/Informal Place Settings — Use of Proper Utensils (用具) — American/Continental Style of Dining — Entering and Leaving the Table — Posture (姿势) and Conversation. Class Four: Quick Review — Grooming — Skin Care — Graduation Celebration Homework will be given at the end of each class. Class Dates and Pricing Class span (持续) over four separate days, and each class lasts two hours. Start Date: Jan 12th 2019 Time: 1:00pm — 3:00pm Price: $250.00/person For more information, please email us at Info@itsallaboutetiquette.com or call 480-510-6346. 1. What cannot a girl learn from this course? A. Social rules B. Table manners C. Skin Care D. Homework Skills 2. How much should two ladies pay for the course altogether? A. $175 B. $250 C. $500 D. $725 3. What is the purpose of this course? A. To teach girls how to behave properly. B. To develop girls' interest in learning C. To improve girls' confidence in learning. D. To teach girls how to provide the best service B Race walking (竞走) shares many fitness benefits with running, research shows, while most likely contributing to fewer injuries. It does, however, have its own problem. Race walkers are conditioned athletes. The longest track and field event at the Summer Olympics is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the marathon. But the sport’s rules require that a race walker’s knees stay straight through most of the leg swing(摆动) and one foot remain in contact with the ground at all times. It’s this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive activity, however, says Jaclyn Norberg, an assistant professor of exercise science at Salem State University in Salem, Mass. Like running, race walking is physically demanding, she says, According to most calculations, race walkers moving at a pace of six miles per hour would burn about 800 calories per hour, which is approximately twice as many as they would burn walking, although fewer than running, which would probably burn about 1,000 or more calories per hour. However, race walking does not pound the body as much as running does, Dr. Norberg says. According to her research, runners hit the ground with as much as four times their body weight per step, while race walkers, who do not leave the ground, create only about 1.4 times their body weight with each step. As a result, she says, some of the injuries associated with running, such as runner’s knee, are uncommon among race walkers. But the sport’s strange form does place considerable stress on the ankles and hips, so people with a history of such injuries might need to be cautious in adopting the sport. In fact, anyone wishing to try race walking should probably first consult a coach or experienced racer to learn proper techniques, she says. It takes some practice. 4. Why are race walkers conditioned athletes? A. They must run long distances. B. They have to follow special rules. C. They are qualified for the marathon. D. They are good at swinging their legs. 5. What advantage does race walking have over running? A It’s less likely to cause knee injuries. B. It’s less challenging physically. C. It’s more effective in body building. D. It’s more popular at the Olympics. 6. What is Dr. Norberg’s suggestion for someone trying race walking? A. Hiring an experienced coach. B. Having a medical checkup. C. Getting experts’ opinions. D. Doing regular exercises. 7. Which word best describes the author’s attitude to race walking? A. Skeptical. B. Supportive. C. Objective. D. Disapproval. C If you want to succeed in life, you need to express the proper body language, with or without having to say anything else. You will certainly notice a whole new reaction from people if you use the power of body language. Relax your shoulders, keep your hands at your sides (never inside your pockets) and breathe slowly. Have a warm, welcoming facial expression as if you look forward to communicating. Depending on the situation, you may smile when appropriate. Face the other person or your audience and keep eye contact as much as possible throughout the talk. Nodding and tilting(倾斜) your head closer can show that you are listening. Do not fold your arms, look down at the floor or put your hands in your pockets. These can show that you are uninterested. If you have any comments, you can show them in negative but respectful ways like raising your eyebrows. A lot of your body language can show how confident, interested, bored, angry or nervous you are. Keeping your head up throughout the entire conversation can show that you are very much into the conversation at hand. You may feel free to use a few hand gestures to emphasize(强调) a point. If you’re enumerating things, it’s better to use each of your fingers as you mention each item to help your audience keep track. Pacing will help you create more ground if you have a larger crowd to communicate with. It will also show confidence on your part as you think of more things to say. Be very careful when touching the other person since you are crossing the boundaries of body language through actual contact. Remember that in body language, it is your body that does the talking for you. 8. According to the text, if you find a listener raising his eyebrows, he may ________. A. try to show his anger B. want to give his own opinion C. not understand what you say D. want to prove his confidence 9. The underlined word “enumerating” in Paragraph 6 may mean “________”. A. considering B. judging C. numbering D. discussing 10. What’s the author’s suggestion if you have a larger crowd to communicate with? A. To walk at a slow pace. B. To shake hands with every person. C. To look down at the floor. D. To fold your arms. 11. What is the most suitable title for the text? A. The Power of Body Language B. The Attraction of Body Language C. The Origin of Body Language D. The Understanding of Body Language D The debate over whether organic farming can feed the planet is no longer academic. According to the UN, food output must rise 50% by 2050, yet agriculture already emits 24% of global greenhouse gases. How to grow more while polluting less is the question. Organic farming, which bans most synthetic chemicals, is often portrayed as the green solution. A nine-year study by the Rodale Institute found that advanced organic plots increased soil carbon by 21% and used 45% less energy per tonne of grain than conventional fields. Healthier soil also traps water, cutting irrigation demand by 15% during drought years. “What we are seeing is a more resilient system,” says lead researcher Dr. Jennifer Newton. The main drawback is yield. Meta-analysis published in Nature shows organic fields produce on average 19% fewer tonnes of wheat or maize per hectare. Closing this gap is now the target of dozens of breeding programmes. New high-yield organic varieties have already narrowed the deficit to 8% in Swiss trials, but seeds cost 30% more. Waste offers another lever. The FAO estimates that 32% of all food produced is lost or thrown away. If consumer waste in rich countries were cut by just half, the calories saved would equal the entire organic shortfall projected for 2050. “We don’t need to choose between organic and conventional — we need to integrate both and stop wasting,” argues Newton. Such integration is emerging. In the Netherlands, “hybrid” farms plant organic cover crops to build soil, then apply carefully dosed mineral fertiliser at key growth stages. Early results show yields match fully conventional fields while carbon emissions fall 28%. The model is not perfect, but it suggests the future of farming may be neither purely organic nor purely chemical, but a pragmatic blend — provided consumers are willing to pay 5-7% more at the checkout. 12. What does the author imply is the central goal of organic farming in the passage? A. To achieve immediate maximum grain output at any cost. B. To build a resilient agricultural system that enhances ecological balance and soil health. C. To eliminate all mineral fertilizers worldwide by 2030. D. To convert forest land into high-yield organic fields. 13. What can be inferred if rich countries halved their consumer food waste, according to the FAO data cited? A. Organic farming would become obsolete overnight. B. The calories saved could offset the projected organic yield shortfall for 2050. C. Global agricultural emissions would drop to zero. D. Mineral fertilizer prices would fall by 30%. 14. Which hybrid practice is being tested in Dutch farms? A. Planting organic cover crops plus targeted mineral fertilizer. B. Using only recycled water for irrigation. C. Growing genetically modified crops without chemicals. D. Eliminating all mechanised harvesting. 15. Which best describes the author’s tone toward the future of farming? A. Hopeful and practical. B. entirely negative. C. Overly romantic. D. Indifferent and neutral. 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10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。其中有两项为多余选项。 The world has a water problem which is simple to understand but not to solve The amount of water in the world is limited. Water usage in the world has increased during the past 10 years. Usages will continue to increase as the population grows and uses more water. A third of the world’s population lives in countries that have too little water. ___16___ It’s strange to think that there is more than enough water available for everyone’s basic needs. ___17___ Some countries are much drier than others, for example Sudan in Africa. The UN says that people need a minimum of 50 litres of water a day for drinking, washing, cooking and sanitation(卫生). In 1990, over a billion people did not have even that . ___18___ Water shortages can mean long walks to get water, high prices to buy it, food insecurity and disease from drinking dirty water. Governments that try to improve water supplies need to think carefully about how to do this. Dams and other large projects now affect 60 percent of world’s largest rivers and provide millions with water. ___19___ ___20___ New technology can help, especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water usable, and in agriculture, where water use can be made far more efficient. For millions of people around the world, solving the problem is a matter of life and death. A. So what can help? B. The rest along major rivers in the world have no worry about water. C. Unfortunately, it’s poor people who suffer most. D. By 2025, scientists expect this to increase to two-thirds. E. It’s just not spread evenly throughout the world. F. Meanwhile, electricity from these dams can provide people with clean energy. G. But in many cases, homes and the environment are destroyed as a result. 第二部分 完形填空(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。 Romero is an 84-year-old man. He owes his ___21___ to his pet dog, Palomo, who took ___22___ to him after he got lost in the desert for a week. On November 27, Romero left his home for a short trip, but he didn’t come back ___23___. His family wasn’t ___24___ at first as he used to visit nearby villages in the area and would be back a few days later. However, after four days, the man’s niece, Ramona, panicked and ___25___ it to the local authorities. The police with trained dogs were brought in to ___26___ Romero. They searched the area around, but a week after his ___27___, Romero was nowhere to be found. That’s when the old man’s faithful dog, Palomo, was brought in as the last ___28___. According to one member of the search team, the brown dog ___29___ them through hills and valleys and finally to the place in the desert where Romero had been ___30___. His niece told the authorities that Romero sometimes had poor memory and that ___31___ his getting lost on his trip. The ___32___ weak man was rushed to the hospital where he spent two days getting back on his feet. One officer posted online that “Palomo ___33___ by the hospital door day and night waiting for the ___34___ of its beloved Romero. The unconditional love of his pet allowed Romero to be ___35___ with his family”. A photo of Palomo staying by Romero’s side after he came back home was along with these words. 21. A. survival B. poverty C. promotion D. identity 22. A. fighters B. strangers C. rescuers D. hunters 23. A. by turn B. at times C. in advance D. as usual 24. A. inspired B. concerned C. satisfied D. confused 25. A. reported B. exposed C. transported D. introduced 26. A. employ B. assess C. convince D. seek 27. A. graduation B. competition C. disappearance D. consumption 28. A. attempt B. suggestion C. conclusion D. defence 29. A. spotted B. dragged C. pointed D. guided 30. A. defeated B. trapped C. cheated D. permitted 31. A. accounted for B. made out C. cared about D. resulted from 32. A. strangely B. equally C. suddenly D. obviously 33. A. hesitated B. shouted C. remained D. whispered 34. A. responsibility B. recovery C. cooperation D. arrival 35. A. compared B. associated C. reunited D. pleased 第三部分 语义匹配(共5小题，每小题2分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，有5处划线，从每题所给四个选项中选出与划线意义最匹配选项。 Life is a journey filled with obstacles that test our determination. When facing a difficult task, some people may want to ____36____ abandon their efforts. It’s completely normal to feel ____37____ anxious when things don’t go as planned. However, real growth comes from persistence. As responsible citizens, we should learn to ____38____ distribute resources fairly in our community. The ____39____ profound wisdom in classic literature teaches us valuable life lessons. Meanwhile, it’s our duty to ____40____ preserve cultural traditions for future generations. 36. A. change B. continue C. give up D. improve 37. A. worried B. excited C. confident D. calm 38. A. collect B. sell C. share D. destroy 39. A. deep B. simple C. negative D. modern 40. A. forget B. change C. protect D. ignore 第四部分 课文填空(共20小题;每小题0.5分，满分10分) Passage 1 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺单词。 Yuan Longping, ____41____ as the “father of hybrid rice”, was one of China’s most famous scientists. Yet, he considered ____42____ a farmer because he continually worked the land in his research. Indeed, his slim ____43____ strong body was just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, ____44____ whom he had ____45____ his life. Passage 2 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。 Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However, ____46____ concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious ____47____ of food to eat. To ____48____ this crisis, he chose to study ____49____ and received ____50____ education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing. Passage 3 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。 After ____51____ in 1953, he worked as a researcher. Yuan Longping realised that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to ____52____ yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. Yuan was ____53____ that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross between two or more varieties of a species. One ____54____ of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than ____55____ crops. Passage 4 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。 ____56____ that Yuan’s hybrids made him quite wealthy, one might think he would have retired to a life of ____57____ However, this is far from the case. Deep ____58____, Yuan was still very much a farmer at heart. As a man of the ____59____, he cared little for ____60____ or money. Instead, he made large donations to support agricultural research. 第五部分 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10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。 Friendship is one of the most important ____61____ (thing) in everyone’s life.____62____ is very difficult to find a better definition (定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person ____63____ can share all our sadness and all our happiness. In time of trial (尝试), he or she ____64____ (be) always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort. Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very ____65____ (care) with our choice of a friend. We should ____66____ (choice) those people with a good character as our friends, but we must try to avoid ____67____ (make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try ____68____ (help) them as much as possible. A true friend can always be trusted, loved and ____69____ (respect). If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she will not tell others. Friends share their joys or unhappiness. They help each other when they are ____70____ trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad. The most important thing is that a friend always understands you. In a word, when you have made a good friend, don’t forget him or her. 第六部分 单句填空(共10小题，每题1分，满分10分) 71. The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to d________ (展览；陈列) their work. (根据中英文提示填空) 72. Alice a ________(陪伴) her brother to the airport yesterday. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 73. They a________ (采用) different approaches to solving the problem. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 74. He e________ (雇佣) villagers to help him at harvest season. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 75. When I was 18, I felt e________ (尴尬) to be seen with my father. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 76. It is e________(必要的) for people to know that this chemical can do harm to people’s health. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 77. Mr. Smith o________ (忙于) himself with the housework and forgot to get the parcel. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 78 His speech was so c________ (信服) that everyone present believed what he said. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 79. If you keep on making noises, I have no a________ (选择) but to call the police. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 80. There is a s________ (不足) of water in the area of earthquake. (根据中英文提示单词拼写) 第七部分 完成句子：(共5小题，每题2分，满分10分) 81. ________(用英语写日记) helps him a lot in learning English. (动词-ing形式作主语)(根据汉语提示完成句子) 82. There is ________ health. (没有什么比……更重要的) (根据汉语提示完成句子) 83. ________ (据估计) about 50 percent of these toys were sold to South Africa last year. (根据汉语提示完成句子) 84. ________(让我印象最深的是) was my experience of being a volunteer in the library last summer vacation. (使用主语从句)(根据汉语提示完成句子) 85. He ________ (致力于) his research and had no time to spend the holiday with his children. (根据汉语提示完成句子) 第八部分 读后续写(满分25分) 86. 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续写的词数应为 150 左右。 A 12-year-old boy saw something in a shop window that made his heart beat faster. It was a jewel box. But the price — five dollars — was far beyond Reuben Earle’s ability. However, he opened the door and went inside. Standing proud and straight, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I don’t have the money right now. Can you please hold it for me for some time?” “I’ll try,” the shopkeeper smiled. “I will raise the five dollars and not tell anybody,” Reuben said to himself Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails bought in sacks (麻布袋) from a local factory. Sometimes the sacks were thrown away, and Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory and he could get five cents a piece. That day he found two sacks and sold to the man in charge of packing nails. The boy’s hand tightly held the five-cent pieces as he ran home. Near his house stood the ancient barn (谷仓) Reuben found a soda tin can (罐头) and dropped his coins inside. Then he climbed into the top of the barn and hid the tin can. All summer long, despite housework at home, Reuben kept on working for his secret task. Although he was cold, tired and hungry, the thought of jewel box in the shop window made him keep going on. Mother’s Day had come! He uncovered the tin can, poured the coins out and began to count. He needed 20 cents more. He had to find four more sacks and sell them before the day ended. Towards evening, Reuben arrived at the factory. The sack buyer was about to close and leave. “Sir! Please don’t close up yet.” The man turned and saw Reuben, dirty and sweating. “Come back tomorrow, boy.” “Please, Sir I have to sell the sacks now — please.” 注意： 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。 Paragraph 1： The man heard a slight shake in Reuben’s voice and could tell he was going to cry. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Then he put the parcel (包裹) in Reuben’s hands. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 外海中学2025-2026高二第一学期期中考试 英语试卷 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. B 9. C 10. A 11. A D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. B 13. B 14. A 15. A 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10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。其中有两项为多余选项。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. D 17. E 18. C 19. G 20. A 第二部分 完形填空(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。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. C 第三部分 语义匹配(共5小题，每小题2分，满分15分) 【36~40题答案】 【答案】36. C 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. C 第四部分 课文填空(共20小题;每小题0.5分，满分10分) Passage 1 【41~45题答案】 【答案】41. known 42. himself 43. but 44. to 45. devoted Passage 2 【46~50题答案】 【答案】46. what 47. shortage 48. tackle 49. agriculture 50. an Passage 3 【51~55题答案】 【答案】51. graduating 52. boost 53. convinced 54. characteristic 55. conventional Passage 4 【56~60题答案】 【答案】56. Given 57. leisure 58. down 59. soil 60. celebrity 第五部分 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) 【61~70题答案】 【答案】61. things 62. It 63. who##that 64. is 65. careful 66. choose 67. making 68. to help 69. respected 70. in 第六部分 单句填空(共10小题，每题1分，满分10分) 【71题答案】 【答案】display##isplay 【72题答案】 【答案】accompanied##companied 【73题答案】 【答案】adopted##dopted 【74题答案】 【答案】employed##mployed 【75题答案】 【答案】embarrassed##mbarrassed 【76题答案】 【答案】essential##ssential 【77题答案】 【答案】occupied ##ccupied 【78题答案】 【答案】convincing##onvincing 【79题答案】 【答案】alternative##lternative 【80题答案】 【答案】shortage##hortage 第七部分 完成句子：(共5小题，每题2分，满分10分) 【81题答案】 【答案】Keeping a diary in English 【82题答案】 【答案】nothing more important than 【83题答案】 【答案】It was estimated that 【84题答案】 【答案】What impressed me most 【85题答案】 【答案】was devoted to##devoted himself to 第八部分 读后续写(满分25分) 【86题答案】 【答案】Paragraph 1： The man heard a slight shake in Reuben’s voice and could tell he was close to tears. “Why do you need this money so badly?” “It’s a secret.” The man took the sacks, reached into his pocket and put four coins in Reuben’s hand. Reuben murmured a thank you and ran home. Then, holding the tin can in his hand, he headed for the shop. “I have the money.” he told the owner proudly. The man went to the window and fetched Reuben’s treasure. He wiped the dust off and gently wrapped it in brown paper. Paragraph 2： Then he placed the parcel (包裹) in Reuben’s hands. Racing home, Reuben burst through the front door. “Here, Mum! Here!” Reuben exclaimed as he ran to her excitedly. Then he placed a small box in her work-roughened hand. Mum unwrapped it carefully. A blue-velvet jewel box appeared. Mum gently lifted the lid, with tears welling up in her eyes. She had never received such a precious gift. A smile flashing across her face, she held Reuben tightly in her arms. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $