江苏镇江市实验高中2025-2026学年第二学期期中质量监测高二英语试卷

镇江市实验高中2025-2026学年第二学期期中质量监测 高二英语试卷 2026.04 （总分：150分 考试用时：120分钟） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段录音。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。每段对话播放两遍。 1. What helps the man quit social media? A. Doing sports. B. Focusing on his work. C. Volunteering in the community. 2. How much will Mark’s card show right after he adds 150 yuan today? A. 110 yuan. B. 150 yuan. C. 165 yuan. 3. What are the two speakers doing? A. Playing a quiz. B. Planning a trip. C. Drawing a map. 4. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Bargain with the seller. B. Look for another bag. C. Wait for the next sale. 5. What does the woman think of rereading Harry Potter in English? A. Boring B. Practical C. Rewarding. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题都有5秒钟的作答时间。每段录音播放两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 6. What does the boy mainly use his phone for? A. Playing a game. B. Doing school research. C. Chatting with friends. 7. What does Tom think of his mom’s rule? A. Reliable. B. Worrying. C. Reasonable. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 8. What is the main challenge for the speakers now? A. Not having enough workers. B. Lacking proper food supply. C. Losing some regular customers. 9. Where will the speakers probably go first? A. To the bar. B. To the office C. To the dining area. 10. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Couple B. Workmates C. Neighbours 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 11. Why does the woman want cherry trees? A. To make her garden more beautiful. B. To provide shade for her garden. C. To get fresh fruits for her family. 12. What does the man say a cherry tree needs? A. Enough water. B. Lots of soil. C. Plenty of sunlight. 13. What will the woman probably do next? A. Buy some cherry trees and soil. B. Plant the cherry trees. C. Pick up some tomatoes. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 14. What is the man’s paper mainly about? A. Effects of the weather on farming habits. B. Different types of crops harvested in China. C. The history of Norwegian agriculture. 15. What does the man think about wheat farming in North China? A. It doesn’t require much teamwork. B. It encourages large-group cooperation. C. It’s strongly influenced by cold winters. 16. Where is the man from? A. The north of Norway. B. The south of China. C. The north of China. 17. Why does the man ask the woman about things in Norway? A. To make his travel plan there. B. To collect information for his paper. C. To learn about weather in Norway. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 18. What type of programme is News Spin? A. A science news programme. B. A cooking show. C. A food documentary. 19. What will Dr. Lisa Park mainly discuss? A. Three key points about the new technology. B. Ways of cooking lab-grown chicken. C. The production process of lab-grown meat. 20. What will the listeners probably do before the end of the programme? A. Purchase lab-grown meat products. B. Vote online about the taste test. C. Search for Australian restaurants online. 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分42.5分） 第一节（共12小题；每小题2.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A ENTER NOW! Writer’s Digest’s oldest and most popular competition, the Annual Writing Competition, is now accepting entries. Information Prior to Entering •All entries must be submitted (提交)online. Create your free Submittable account by clicking the SUBMIT button. If you already have a Submittable account, simply log in! •Ensure the email address you provide is valid and correct, or you may not receive critical information, receipts, confirmations, etc. •When filling out the online submission form, you will be asked to upload your entry file. Accepted file formats include:.doc,.docx, and.pdf. Do not attach zipped files. •Once an entry has been submitted, no edits, replacements or exchanges will be accepted. If you wish to submit a revised version, you may enter it as a new submission. •Entry fees must be paid online by credit card or PayPal. Notification •Entries must be submitted online (11:59 p. m. EST) by June 1, 2026. •Any AI-generated or AI-assisted work will NOT be considered. See our AI policy. •All entries are expected original and are the works and property of the authors, with all rights granted therein. •The following are not permitted to enter the contest, neither under their legal names nor pen names: employees of Active Interest Media (AIM); Writer’s Digest Books authors; Grand Prize Winners from the previous three years. •Top Award Winners will be notified on or before October 15, 2026. The top 10 winners in each category will be listed in the November/December 2026 issue of Writer’s Digest. All winners’ names will be listed on www.writersdigest.com after the December issue is published. Prizes will be distributed by November 11, 2026. 21. What is a must for submission? A. A credit card. B. A revised version. C. A zipped file. D. A Submittable account. 22. What is required as to the entries? A. They must be original works. B. They should be created using AI. C. They must be under legal names. D. They should be submitted in person. 23. When might all winners’ names be announced? A. By June 1, 2026. B. Before October 15, 2026. C. On November 11, 2026. D. After December 31, 2026. B Maggie, a girl of thirteen years old, lived on the west coast of the United States. She had never experienced an earthquake before; she only prepared for it. As long as she could remember, preparing for an earthquake was common at her school. Her family had made plans as well in case of a natural disaster. One day, Maggie arrived home from school at the usual time. However, it was not the same as usual. She was home alone. Her mom would be driving home on the busy freeway and her dad was to arrive at the airport. He was coming home from a two-week business trip. After finishing her homework, Maggie felt a little hungry, so she went to the kitchen to find something to eat. Just then she felt a shake, then the violent shaking. Maggie quickly ran under the large table in the dining room. The sounds of breaking glass and the crashing of many things were deafening, and Maggie hugged herself in fear. After what seemed like a very long time, the earthquake appeared to be over. Maggie could hear the sound of water rushing below her in the basement. And there was the smell of natural gas in the air. Maggie knew where the main water valve (阀门) was and how to turn it off. Dad had ever shown her before. Slowly and carefully she came out from under the table. The once tidy home was then almost unrecognizable. Walls had fallen down and many things in the room were in a mess. As Maggie approached the open basement door, she could see the steps. Carefully she made her way down into the dark basement. While placing her feet firmly on the floor, Maggie felt a sudden pain as a large piece of wood hit her head and shoulder. She fell unconsciously onto a pile of boxes. An hour later, she woke up and found her parents beside her. She smiled weakly at the sight of her parents, her heart filled with a sense of peace after the terrible experience. 24. What can we know from the first two paragraphs? A. Maggie’s parents would get home at the same time. B. Maggie was used to earthquake-related preparations. C. Maggie didn’t know how to handle the disasters at all. D. Earthquakes frequently happened in Maggie’s living area. 25. What does the underlined word “deafening” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Very loud. B. Quite familiar. C. Perfectly clear. D. Really strange. 26. Why could Maggie know where the main water valve was? A. She learned it from her school textbook. B. She found it by accident in the basement. C. Her dad had shown her before the earthquake. D. Her mom told her on the phone during the earthquake. 27. How did Maggie feel when she woke up? A. Excited and shocked. B. Sad and disappointed. C. Grateful and lucky. D. Frightened and angry. C On a quiet street in Bangkok, a shop owner watches water rise through her floor for the third time this year. She simply moves her goods to the second floor and waits. Four blocks away, a newly built park is doing something strange — it’s designed to flood. This is not failure. This is adaptation. For more than a century, cities treated water as the enemy to be defeated. Engineers built higher walls, stronger pumps (泵) and deeper channels. The enemy metaphor ran deep: We “fight” floods, “battle” rising seas and storm surges. And for a while, it worked, or seemed to. Then came the storms that broke the walls. Hurricane Sandy flooded 51 square kilometers of New York City in 2012. In 2021, floods in Germany killed more than 180 people despite advanced warning systems. The concrete defenses, perfected over generations, were failing in plain sight. What these events exposed was not a problem in engineering, but a problem in thinking. You cannot defeat water; you can only delay it. And delay is not a strategy. Not with a bang, but with a rethink. In Copenhagen, after a 2011 flood caused nearly a billion dollars in damage, city planners didn’t just rebuild — they redesigned. A new park called Tasinge Plads now serves as a public square when dry and a retention pond (蓄水池) when rains come. Children play on equipment that doubles as water storage. The enemy has become a neighbor. The most telling change may be happening in the Netherlands, a country that literally built itself on the idea of defeating water. However, the Room for the River program, begun in 2007, has done something unconventional: it moved dikes (堤坝) back, lowered floodplains, and gave rivers room to breathe. When water rises now, it flows where it’s meant to go. Back in Bangkok, the shop owner knows something that city engineers are only beginning to learn. Water doesn’t need to be fought. It needs to be expected. The old question was: How high can we build the wall? The new question is: What can we build that water can live with? 28. How does the author present the issue in the first paragraph? A. By describing a scene. B. By presenting a comparison. C. By citing a shop owner. D. By explaining a phenomenon. 29. What does the author try to illustrate in paragraph 4? A. The inconvenience of concrete defenses. B. The severity of natural disasters worldwide. C. The shortage of advanced warning systems. D. The ineffectiveness of old flood control ways. 30. What is Netherlands’ water management like according to the text? A. Cautious and flexible. B. Economical and reliable. C. Innovative and reasonable. D. Efficient and systematic. 31. What do the two questions at the end of the text mainly show? A. The necessity of construction. B. The importance of engineering. C. The transformation in concepts. D. The trouble in solving problems. D Animal therapy (治疗), also known as pet therapy, uses pets and other animals to help people recover from illnesses and deal with physical, mental and emotional challenges. It is effective for various health problems, and there are many animals to choose from, including dogs, horses, and even birds. According to Verywell Health, therapy animals are specifically trained to give comfort and care. How they are used depends on the people who use them. For example, children with physical disabilities often take part in horseback riding therapy: as they learn to guide and ride the horses, they build physical strength, improve balance, and get a sense of achievement. Therapy animals are often confused with service and emotional support animals. Emotional support animals, which live with and comfort only their owners, are not required to have professional training. While service animals are specifically trained to perform tasks for people with disabilities. They may help a blind person adapt to their surroundings or warn someone of danger. Therapy animals can greatly help people relax. During animal therapy sessions, they often act as great icebreakers between patients and therapists. This makes it easier for people to express their feelings and share their experiences-similar to talk therapy, but with the support of an animal. The special connection formed between humans and animals provides patients with the comfort and encouragement they need during the treatment. The benefits of animal therapy can be different depending on a patient’s condition and treatment goals, but some benefits are quite universal. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) notes that animals like dogs can help patients build better relationships with their therapists, help the patients connect more easily with others, build their self-confidence and offer valuable companionship. While animal therapy is highly beneficial, it’s important to remember that it should not take place of other necessary treatments. And people who are afraid of animals or who don’t like them may not be a good fit for animal therapy. The experience could cause additional stress that may be greater than the possible benefits. Patients should check with their healthcare team before trying animal therapy. 32. What is the main purpose of animal therapy? A. To research how animals are treated. B. To supply owners with daily company. C. To help physical and mental recovery. D. To encourage kids to be physically strong. 33. How are emotional support animals different from therapy animals? A. They support their own owners. B. They need more time for training. C. They live separately from owners. D. They specially serve the disabled. 34. Why are therapy animals regarded as “icebreakers”? A. They prevent patients from talking. B. They make patients feel less cold. C. They lead patients to exercise actively. D. They help patients open up easily. 35. What can be inferred about animal therapy from the last paragraph? A. It is suitable for most people. B. It needs to be used carefully. C. It works best for reducing pressure. D. It makes other treatments unnecessary. 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。 When working in the garden, a gardener has to deal with dirt, sticks, and rocks. This could cause injuries like cuts. Gardening gloves are used to protect your hands from such gardening dangers. And they can keep your hands clean. 36 Commonly, gardening gloves are made of cotton. Cotton is light and cheap to make and protects the hands from dirt. However, cotton gloves do not provide much protection from sharp objects. They wear out easily, 37 . And that moisture (潮气) can make the gardener’s hands cold on a cold day. To deal with the shortcomings of cotton gloves, gardeners can turn to other kinds of gardening gloves. Gloves made of both cotton and leather can be a good choice. 38 As a result, they don’t have to be replaced often. Their weakness is that they still get wet and do not provide much protection from sharp objects. Gloves completely made of leather wear much better. They are usually used for heavy garden and yard work. 39 If gardeners want to keep moisture away from their hands, they can turn to the gloves specially designed for such a purpose. 40 The gloves of the right size will protect the gardener’s hands from many different kinds of dangers and allow them to catch things. Wearing gloves that are too big may prevent the gardener from holding on to tools. Gloves that are too small can cause skin injuries. A. It is advised that you clean your gloves less often. B. They wear better than cotton gardening gloves. C. But they tend to be uncomfortable in hot conditions. D. In addition, they get heavy when they are wet. E. Some gloves are designed for light garden work. F. They should fit properly whatever gardening gloves people use. G. The type of gardening gloves available depends on the type of gardening. 第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分37.5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四个选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。 I have a small garden in front of my house. Every spring, I plant some flowers there. This year, I decided to plant some tulips. I bought the bulbs from a local nursery and 41 them in the soil carefully. I watered them regularly and 42 for the first signs of growth. After a few weeks, I started to see little green shoots 43 through the soil. I was so 44 . As the days passed, the shoots grew taller and stronger. Soon, the tulip buds began to form. I couldn’t wait to see them 45 . One morning, I went out to the garden and was 46 to find that the tulips had bloomed. There were red, yellow, and purple tulips, all 47 in the morning sun. They looked so beautiful that I couldn’t 48 my eyes. I invited my neighbors to come and have a look. They all 49 the beauty of the tulips. As the days went by, the tulips began to fade. I knew that their time was 50 , but I was still a little sad to see them go. I cut some of the tulips and put them in a vase inside the house. Even though they were no longer in the garden, they still brought a touch of 51 to my home. I learned a lot from this experience. Planting flowers is not just about 52 beautiful flowers. It’s also about the 53 of watching them grow. It teaches you patience and makes you more 54 to the beauty of nature. I’m already looking forward to next spring when I can plant more flowers and 55 the whole process again. 41. A. placed B. threw C. hid D. stored 42. A. asked B. looked C. paid D. waited 43. A. growing B. pushing C. rising D. pulling 44. A. excited B. worried C. bored D. surprised 45. A. close B. open C. rise D. fall 46. A. disappointed B. shocked C. amazed D. frightened 47. A. shining B. dancing C. swinging D. hiding 48. A. open B. close C. believe D. take 49. A. ignored B. praised C. criticized D. questioned 50. A. over B. on C. up D. down 51. A. sadness B. darkness C. coldness D. color 52. A. buying B. selling C. getting D. losing 53. A. pain B. trouble C. joy D. fear 54. A. blind B. deaf C. insensitive D. sensitive 55. A. repeat B. forget C. miss D. avoid 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。 Mini-series 56 (become) popular on short video platforms recently. These mini-series, often 57 (adapt) from novels, feature episodes lasting one to three minutes, with around 80 to 100 episodes in total. Typically, the first 20 episodes are free, but viewers must pay to access the remaining episodes. The cost of watching an entire series is almost the price of 58 movie ticket. Mini-series cater to the fast-paced urban lifestyle with their short duration and engaging plots, becoming 59 (increasing) popular as people watch them during brief downtime like waiting for a bus or taking an elevator. They offer significant emotional engagement within a 60 (limit) time, which is 61 modern people need. However, the genre faces criticism for occasional lowbrow content and unsuitable themes, 62 (cause) government and platform regulators to remove inappropriate material, as is the case in China. Some think the rise of mini-series is a good sign. It provides the audience 63 more choices and fun, allowing them 64 (take) advantage of their fragmentary time. Platforms should promote and recommend healthy content, while viewers should mindfully support good mini-series, whether through leaving positive reviews 65 paying to watch mini-series instead of watching pirated ones. 第四部分 写作（共二节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 1．随着数字时代的到来，我们的课堂也将迎来改变。你校英文报正在举办题为“My ideal classroom”的征文活动，请你写一篇短文参加此次活动。要点如下： （1）简述你理想中的课堂；（2）如何实现； 注意： （1）写作词数应为80个左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 My ideal classroom Yours, Li Hua 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。 I had always thought of my neighborhood as a peaceful and friendly place. However, all that changed when Mr. Thompson moved in next door. He was a middle-aged man who seemed to have a rather strange lifestyle. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to him. But one day, I noticed that his car was always parked in a way that blocked part of my driveway. It was really inconvenient, especially when I was in a hurry to go to work or pick up my kids from school. I politely asked him to be more careful with his parking, but he just gave me a cold look and said he would do so as he was pleased. This made me get cross with him. As time went by, more problems arose. Mr. Thompson had a big dog that barked loudly day and night. I could barely have a sound sleep, and my kids were also disturbed by the noise. I tried to talk to him about the dog, but he refused to listen. He even accused me of being too sensitive. One evening, I came home from a long-day work, extremely worn out. Just as I was about to park my car, I found that Mr. Thompson’s car was once again blocking my driveway. I was so frustrated that I knocked on his door forcefully. After seemed a long time, the door opened. There stood Mr. Thompson with an indifferent look on his face. Words were exchanged, and both of us were angry. We had a heated argument. He even slammed the door shut right in front of me. After that, we didn’t talk to each other for weeks. My once proud and friendly neighborhood ties are gone. One day, as I was mowing the lawn (修剪草坪) in my garden, I saw Mr. Thompson struggling to carry a heavy box along his driveway. 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。 Para1: It seemed that he was about to drop it. Para2: As we were standing in his living room, Mr. Thompson broke the ice. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $