广东深圳高级中学（集团）2025-2026学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷

深圳高级中学（集团）2025-2026学年第二学期期中考试 高二英语 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生应在答题卡上填写姓名、学号、班级、试室号和座位号，并将条形码粘贴在指定位置。 2.回答选择题时，选定每小题的答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需更改答案，请用橡皮擦干净后再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，请将答案写在答题卡上指定的区域，写在试卷上的答案无效。 3.考试结束后，答题卡将被收回。考试时间120分钟，满分120分。 第一部分 阅读理解（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 Black Point Historic Garden Volunteer Activity Black Point Historic Garden is a quiet and nearly forgotten historic garden spot, hidden and overlooking the busy San Francisco Bay. It has been neglected for decades. Located within Fort Mason, the garden site was built with beautiful green spaces and stone pathways by early San Francisco residents in the 1850s. Thanks to volunteer efforts, the old garden paths have been uncovered and the whole site has come back to life. Now Black Point Historic Garden is open to the public, and we welcome you to help protect and care for this special place. We still have much work to do to restore its garden scenery. Volunteers are needed to remove invasive species that have taken over the area, and replant the garden with native plants as well as horticultural (园艺的) plants that were grown by local residents over 100 years ago. The main volunteer jobs include weeding, pruning (剪枝) and planting. Event Information ·When: Thursdays: 2:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. Fridays: 9 a.m. — Noon First Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. Last Sundays: 3:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. ·Where: At the top of the main staircase, right behind the Fort Mason General’s Residence Details for Volunteers ·Age & Skills We welcome volunteers aged 15 and above. No gardening experience is required. We will offer necessary and working tools. ·What to Bring 1. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Long pants and closed-toe shoes are a must. 2. Prepare extra clothes for changing weather and rain gear (用具) if needed, since the activity will go on with rains or shines. 3. Bring your own water bottle and sunscreen. Requirement: Advance registration is required. Note: Groups with five or more members need special arrangements and must be booked ahead of time. For information, please visit our Groups volunteer page. 1. What will volunteers mainly do at Black Point Historic Garden? A. Do gardening work. B. Remove old plants. C. Restore old stone pathways. D. Uncover the hidden site. 2. Which of the following time is available for volunteer work? A. 10:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 21. B. 9:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m., Friday, April 10. C. 2:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m., Monday, July 13. D. 3:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m., Sunday, August 9. 3. Which of the following is required of volunteers? A. Working in groups of five. B. Signing up beforehand. C. Having gardening experience. D. Bringing working tools. B My fingers trembled as I signed the pre-medical application form. The watercolor brushes on my desk stared back at me like abandoned friends. I’m Lora, an 18-year-old who secretly drew brain diagrams on napkins while my classmates drew cartoons. “Art feeds the soul but starves the body,” Mom always said. Her words troubled me as my biology textbooks slowly buried my drawing pads. Then came the school career fair that changed everything. Dr. Eleanor Whitman from Harvard asked us to list our “hidden skills”. My hand shook as I wrote “observing details” — something I’d learned from painting flower petals. “That’s medical research’s most needed skill,” she said excitedly, sharing how a student turned microbiology notes into textbook illustrations (插图). My lab partner whispered, “Remember our photosynthesis (光合作用) comic?” For the first time, my two worlds didn’t feel so separate. The real surprise came during hospital volunteering. Watching surgeries, I noticed that the steady hands of doctors reminded me of my brushwork. When a boy struggled to describe his pain, I drew a fire-breathing dragon on his cast. “You made medicine speak,” the nurse said. Slowly, my drawing pads will filled with cells that looked like colored-glass art and X-rays arranged like abstract paintings. Mr. Dawson, our career counselor, helped me see the link between my two interests. On his whiteboard, he created a yellow overlap zone labeled “Medical illustration” — the point where my medical knowledge and art skills meet. He showed me job listings I never knew existed — graphic designers for science apps, 3D modelers for anatomy (解剖学) classes. “Your ‘impractical’ skill makes you excellent,” he said, pointing to my dragon drawing now used in pain management workshops. Today, my microscope and paintbrushes share the same desk. The same hands that once hesitated between them now create 3D models of viruses for vaccine education. My story isn’t about heart and reality canceling each other out — they just multiply possibilities. 4. What can be inferred about Lora from Paragraph 1? A. She was excited about studying medicine. B. She regretted not practicing painting earlier. C. She felt torn between art and medical study. D. She decided to give up her hobby of drawing. 5. How did Lora’s hospital experience influence her? A. It helped develop her surgical skills. B. It directed her toward doctor training. C. It boosted her enthusiasm for abstract art. D. It convinced her of art’s role in healthcare. 6. What finally led Lora to pursue Medical illustration? A. Recognition from a nurse. B. Encouragement from her lab partner. C. Guidance from Mr. Dawson. D. Comments from Dr. Eleanor Whitman. 7. What does the author’s experience show? A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. It’s good to enjoy the best of both fields. C. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. D. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. C Psychologists have long believed willpower is the ticket to a good life. So parenting experts advocate teaching children to use willpower to resist modern temptations (诱惑) . It is thought that you can build a child’s willpower the way athletes build up muscles, through practice. For example, exposing children to junk food more, they claim, helps them learn to resist it. However, this assumption has a fatal flaw: it doesn’t work for very long. In fact, trying to build up kids’ willpower can have the opposite effect. Humans are biologically programmed to prefer fatty and sweet foods, so regularly offering these temptations only strengthens children’s desire for them. Rather than teaching self-control, this approach actually makes resisting such foods more difficult. New studies observe what people do in real life to meet their long-term goals, and they reveal something surprising: the more successful people don’t have better willpower compared to those who are less successful. Instead, successful people expose themselves to fewer temptations so they don’t need to use willpower frequently. In essence, parents don’t need to teach kids how to say “no” to the marshmallow (棉花糖) sitting in front of them, but rather, how to avoid being in a room with marshmallows altogether. This principle applies beyond food. For example, parents can teach kids to leave their phone in another room when studying or to use apps that block distracting websites and games. Avoiding temptation is only half the strategy. The great thing is that parents can help kids fall in love with healthier alternatives. To shape their preferences, give your kids loads of opportunities to experience the pleasure of these healthy options. Besides, pay attention to how you talk about healthy foods and activities. Don’t present them as burdens, sacrifices, or punishments. Above all, whether it’s eating healthier food, doing physical exercise, or reading good books, if you make the experience more fun for your kids, then they are more likely to do it again. 8. According to parenting experts, what is a common practice to build up willpower? A. Putting oneself in tempting situations. B. Engaging in more athletic activities. C. Staying away from junk food. D. Going through more hardships. 9. What can we learn from the new studies? A. Willpower ensures lifelong success. B. Willpower drops with frequent use. C. Success requires long-term planning. D. Successful people avoid temptations. 10. What advice does the author give to parents in the last paragraph? A. Punish for giving in to desires. B. enhance willpower strategies. C. Make healthy experiences enjoyable. D. Offer more healthy options as rewards. 11. What is the best title for the text? A. Build Willpower, Form Good Habits. B. Resist Temptation, Practice Self-Control. C. Change Parenting, Strengthen Willpower. D. Avoid Temptation, Love Healthier Choices. D “Have you raised a lobster (龙虾) yet?” This question has been heard frequently across China recently. “Lobster” is the nickname for OpenClaw, a multi-purpose AI agent whose logo resembles a lobster. Unlike traditional chatbots that only provide answers, OpenClaw can open applications, search for information, compare prices, generate documents and complete multi-step tasks with minimal supervision. Thousands have lined up to try it, and tech giants are rushing to offer setup services. However, these powerful digital assistants are turning on their owners, raising urgent concerns about AI safety. The core problem of “OpenClaw” lies in a dangerous capability mismatch. According to researchers from Harvard and Stanford, today’s AI agents possess Level 4 autonomy (自主能力), meaning they can independently complete complex, multi-step tasks. Yet their security judgment remains at basic Level 2, roughly equal to a young kid’s understanding of consequences. Security experts call this the “judgment-action gap,” which results in three deadly consequences: agents have system access, process untrusted inputs, and steal or leak data — all without proper boundaries. To investigate these risks, researchers conducted controlled experiments with six OpenClaw instances, each given email access and maximum system permissions. The results were alarming. In one experiment, an agent asked to delete a single email instead reset the entire account. In another, a simple display name change tricked an agent into deleting its own core files. Perhaps the most disturbing was a “constitution attack,” where hidden instructions which were secretly placed into a behavior guide caused the agent to disable other systems without question. These are not hypothetical (假定的) — real-world incidents have already occurred. The implications are obvious and pressing. As cybersecurity experts warn, OpenClaw’s “blurred trust boundaries” and autonomous system access create unacceptable risks for average users. The technology itself is neither good nor bad — it can reduce stress and spark creativity when used properly. And experts recommend strict safety measures: limit permissions, run agents in separate environments, require human confirmation for destructive actions, and maintain inaccessible backups (备份). Ultimately, with balanced usage and fundamental safety redesign, the “lobster-raising” trend can become a safe and meaningful part of modern life. 12. What does the underlined phrase “turning on” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? A. Relying on. B. Going against. C. Appealing to. D. Caring for. 13. What mismatch does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about? A. High requirement and low capability. B. Massive data and limited storage space. C. Strong autonomy and low safety assessment. D. Full system function and poor human supervision. 14. What is the most worrying finding about OpenClaw? A. Storing hidden instructions secretly. B. Resetting the whole account by mistake. C. Deleting its own core files on purpose. D. Breaking down other systems unquestioningly. 15. Which of the following is recommended as a safety measure? A. Storing backups beyond AI’s reach. B. Running agents in shared digital spaces. C. Preventing AI from dangerous operations. D. Granting AI agents unrestricted system access. 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。 I was eleven years old when I spotted my neighbour, Julie, working in her garden. She asked me if I would help her cut back the hedge (树篱) overgrown over the pathway. I agreed and my brother Josh also came along to help us. We wheeled Julie’s garden bin (垃圾桶) down to the hedge. ___16___ We posted photos of our handiwork on “Our Malmesbury”, our local Facebook Group. The community reaction was amazing. A wheelchair user was so grateful that he didn’t have to go onto the road anymore to pass the hedge. ___17___ Many people raised their hands to volunteer and do more to keep our town tidy. ___18___ Before, it looked a bit run down, but now, the place looks cleaner and tidier. Residents comment how amazing the roses look when they flower and make the place brighter. To keep the projects going, I managed to sort funding through local businesses and associations. I used a website online that lists available grants (补助). ___19___So Julie applied on our behalf. The funding has helped us obtain trees, plants and gardening equipment. When we first started, everything was done out of my parent’s garage. I started with nothing, just borrowing equipment we already had. But as time went on, donations came in from the local community. ___20___It got so big that we had to move this all to Julie’s. Our Facebook Page currently sits at 669 members. I’m so pleased that six years later, the campaign is still in full swing. Our mission won’t stop. A. The whole town was inspired to follow our lead. B. When I first tried to apply, I wasn’t of legal age. C. All three of us tackled away at it until we reduced it. D. With many willing hands, our town has transformed. E. I even won a grant to fund the planting of Queen apple trees. F. This was the beginning of many community projects completed by volunteers. G. Our garage got filled up so quickly with brushes, gardening tools and leaf blowers. 第二部分 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四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Just two months into my Ph.D., I was on the verge (边缘) of quitting as I struggled with the language barrier. My ____21____ English left me struggling to keep up with my colleagues. At lab meetings, the conversation ____22____ so quickly that by the time I understood a question, the discussion had already moved on. My difficulty in following my supervisor’s instructions ____23____ my using the wrong volume (量) of water in a sample, ____24____ an experiment. In a presentation, I talked about “gene dilution (稀释)” instead of “gene deletion,” the silence that followed making me blush with ____25____. I didn’t know how I was going to make it through my studies. But during my ____26____, a caring colleague said something that would forever ____27____ my approach to science. After the presentation that left me red in the face, just as I was ____28____ leaving science, he pulled me aside. “You are not here because of your English,” he reminded me, “You came here because you can think.” His simple words gave me the courage to continue. I started to carry a tape recorder with me to every class, ____29____ presentations late at night to fill in the gaps in my notes. My English progress was slow but ____30____. By the time I defended my Ph.D., I could ____31____ express my ideas, and I had come to see my poor oral English not as a weakness, but as a part of my ____32____ that I was proud of. My confidence had built up. After training abroad, I eventually returned to run my own lab. When I saw my students struggling, I shared the same encouragement I had received. Today, what I value most is the ____33____ I see in students who arrive timid and uncertain but leave with enough confidence to ____34____ me, their professor. Every time I walk into the classroom, I see a younger version of myself and remember the bridge I had to cross. Seeing others, with my help, cross that bridge is the true ____35____ of scientific life. 21. A. standard B. broken C. academic D. written 22. A. progressed B. paused C. returned D. repeated 23. A. resulted from B. objected to C. differed from D. led to 24. A. performing B. ruining C. monitoring D. documenting 25. A. embarrassment B. excitement C. fear D. surprise 26. A. vacations B. instructions C. struggles D. regrets 27. A. test B. describe C. abandon D. shape 28. A. considering B. imagining C. avoiding D. denying 29. A. recording B. replaying C. watching D. attending 30. A. slight B. temporary C. steady D. invisible 31. A. barely B. awkwardly C. nervously D. clearly 32. A. destination B. routine C. training D. identity 33. A. uncertainty B. bravery C. transformation D. stereotype 34. A. challenge B. overlook C. distance D. replace 35. A. rule B. reward C. plan D. fact 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。 A large graveyard from the early Shang Dynasty, ____36____ (lie) at the foot of a hill in Hebei Province, has been unearthed recently by a team of archaeologists, offering new insights ____37____ the region’s ancient history. The scientists discovered the remains of a wall and animal ____38____ (sacrifice), something they had not anticipated at the start, which are extremely rare for this period in the region. So far, they ____39____ (dig) out 58 tombs arranged in neat rows and columns, which far exceeded their expectations. Among the most notable grave items ____40____ (be) a bronze earring, shaped like a spring, commonly seen in Bronze Age burial sites in the northern section of the Great Wall area. ____41____ (compare) with other graves of the same period in Beijing and Tianjin, this grave shows a much stronger Shang culture influence, creating ____42____ unique blend. “This site provides the most comprehensive and crucial evidence of ____43____ the Shang Dynasty managed the northern region.” he says. It is reported that ____44____ (far) research has begun to reveal aspects of daily life in the settlement. More than 40 researchers and technicians from various scientific fields took part. Preliminary studies indicate that the settlement relied on millet-focused dryland farming, with no traces of wheat or rice planting detected. “The entire excavation (挖掘) process of the site brought many pleasant surprises, but also confirmed much of ____45____ we thought we knew. Perhaps this is the charm of archaeology”, said Chang Ning, leader of the excavation team. 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，外教 James拟开设职业指导课程，为确定课程内容，委托你调查本班同学的职业规划现状。请你根据调查结果，给外教写一封邮件，内容包括： 1.简要描述数据； 2.提出建议并说明理由。 注意： 1.词数80左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear James, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节（满分25分） 47. 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。 David and Jane looked forward to this trip from the very first day of summer vacation. Their parents had booked a small cabin at the edge of a forest, a place their father described as “a hidden world full of wonders.” When they arrived, the siblings were immediately drawn to the quiet charm of the wooden cabin. It stood peacefully among tall pines, with sunlight flickering across its roof like dancing gold. Every morning, their father would take them into the woods, teaching them how to look at the forest the way a ranger would. He told them that trees facing the south usually grew thicker leaves because they got more sunlight. He showed them how to read little animal footprints, how to listen for streams and how to find safe berries when they felt hungry. When the weather turned cloudy or rainy, the whole family would sit by the fireplace in the cabin, taking turns telling stories. The flames crackled cheerfully while shadows danced against the walls, creating a warm world of their own. One afternoon, however, their parents had to go out for a short errand. Before leaving, they reminded the siblings firmly not to go outside. David and Jane promised, but the promise didn’t last long. The gentle sound of the stream outside the cabin windows was simply too tempting. David looked at his sister and whispered, “Why don’t we go for a little adventure? We’ll take the flashlights — if it gets dark, we’ll still be okay.” “I’ll wear my beautiful scarf.” Jane said cheerfully. The two slipped out and headed into the woods. The forest welcomed them with dappled sunlight spilling across the ground. Dry leaves crackled crisply under their feet, and a plump, unfamiliar bird hopped from branch to branch, chirping as if greeting them. When they spotted the same berries their father had shown them days earlier, they were so excited that they hurried over to pick them. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1: Suddenly, Jane found her leg scratched and bleeding. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Then David recalled their father’s tips. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 深圳高级中学（集团）2025-2026学年第二学期期中考试 高二英语 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生应在答题卡上填写姓名、学号、班级、试室号和座位号，并将条形码粘贴在指定位置。 2.回答选择题时，选定每小题的答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需更改答案，请用橡皮擦干净后再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，请将答案写在答题卡上指定的区域，写在试卷上的答案无效。 3.考试结束后，答题卡将被收回。考试时间120分钟，满分120分。 第一部分 阅读理解（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 【1~3题答案】 【答案】1. A 2. B 3. B B 【4~7题答案】 【答案】4. C 5. D 6. C 7. B C 【8~11题答案】 【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. D D 【12~15题答案】 【答案】12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A 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。 【16~20题答案】 【答案】16. C 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. G 第二部分 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四个选项中选出最佳选项。 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. D 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 【36~45题答案】 【答案】36. lying 37. into 38. sacrifices 39. have dug 40. is 41. Compared 42. a 43. how 44. further 45. what 第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 【46题答案】 【答案】参考范文 Dear James, I’m writing to inform you of the result of the survey on our class’s career plans. As is illustrated in the chart, the students who lack definite career goals account for 60% while 70% of the students have no access to professional career guidance. Meanwhile, 80% of students have no off-campus career experience activities. To tackle these issues effectively, I suggest inviting professionals from diverse fields to share their career journeys and daily work. In addition, organizing workplace visits will allow us to gain first-hand insight into real working life. We are extremely eager and excited to attend your career guidance course, which will benefit us greatly! 第二节（满分25分） 【47题答案】 【答案】 Paragraph 1: Suddenly, Jane found her leg scratched and bleeding. She let out a cry of pain, and David froze, his heart pounding. The gentle stream now seemed like a distant memory as panic set in. The forest, once welcoming, now felt threatening. As the sky darkened, the forest seemed to grow more mysterious, with strange noises echoing through the trees, making them both tremble with fear. David tried to calm Jane, but his own hands shook as he looked around for help. Paragraph 2: Then David recalled their father’s tips. He took a deep breath and said, “Don’t worry, Jane. Dad taught us what to do.” David quickly took off Jane’s scarf and tied it tightly around the wound to stop the bleeding, just as their father had taught them. Then, he helped Jane stand up and supported her as they slowly made their way back, using the flashlight to guide them. They followed the stream, which they remembered led back to the cabin. When they finally reached home, their parents were waiting anxiously, but they were safe, thanks to David’s quick thinking and their father’s wise lessons. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $