宁夏回族自治区石嘴山市平罗中学2025-2026学年高一下学期5月期中英语试题

平罗中学 2025-2026学年度第二学期期中考试试卷 高一英语 满分：150分 考试时长：120 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段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放两遍。 1. What did the woman eat this morning? A. A sandwich. B. An egg. C. A slice of bread. 2. What did the boy do last night? A. He went to bed early. B. He did his homework. C. He watched a film. 3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a park. B. In the street. C. At a hairdresser’s. 4. Why doesn’t the girl help return the books this weekend? A. She will be busy. B. She wants to read these books. C. The library will be closed then. 5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Co-workers. B. Husband and wife. C. Father and daughter. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。 听第6段录音，回答第6、7题。 6. When was Oak Street widened? A. Two years ago. B. One year ago. C. Half a year ago. 7. What does the man do for the woman? A. Take her to Abbey Street. B. Tell her the way. C. Wait for the traffic lights with her. 听第7段录音，回答第8、9题。 8. Why does the woman speak to the man? A. To hold a meeting. B. To ask for help. C. To invite him for a coffee. 9. How will the woman go back home? A. By car. B. By subway. C. By bus. 听第8段录音，回答第10至12题。 10. What does Jenny plan to do tomorrow morning? A. Go to work. B. See a doctor. C. Look after her mother. 11. Who probably is Jenny? A. A saleswoman. B. A bank clerk. C. A pilot. 12. What will Jenny do next? A. Talk to her sister. B. Print a report out. C. Have a meeting. 听第9段录音，回答第13至16题。 13. In which country are the speakers now? A. Canada. B. The U.S.A. C. The U.K. 14. When will Esther’s lecture start? A. On September 13th. B. On September 14th. C. On September 20th. 15. What do we know about Esther? A. She’s Jacob’s cousin. B. She won’t live in a college dormitory. C. She’s going to college with William. 16. What does William offer to do for Esther? A. Move house. B. Drive her to the college. C. Get in contact with Jacob. 听第10段录音，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the area of Zhong Liu’s balcony? A. Five square meters. B. Seven square meters. C. Nineteen square meters. 18. What can be found on Zhong Liu’s mini-farm? A. Strawberries. B. Eggplants. C. Potatoes. 19. Why did Zhong Liu grow garlic at first? A. He liked to eat it. B. He needed to enrich his life. C. He didn’t want to waste it. 20. Which cities have the most buyers in China according to the speaker? A. Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. B. Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hangzhou. C. Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. 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） 阅读短文，从 A、B、C、D 中选出最佳选项。 A New Zealand’s amazing scenic beauty plays host to some amazing music, food, and cultural festivals throughout the year. Below are some best festivals in New Zealand to add to your wishlist. Wellington on a Plate When: 20th-21st November, 2026 Where: Wellington Entry Fee: Free of charge Wellington on a Plate is an impressive food festival in New Zealand which is not limited to just one place. Wellington’s restaurants, venues, and even car parks become hosts to this wild celebration. Hamburgers are a popular food choice in Wellington. Besides them, creative cocktails, wines, and over 100 exciting events also wait for you. Rhythm & Alps When: 29th December, 2026 Where: Robrosa Station, Wanaka, South Island Entry Fee: INR 5,000 — 34,000 Are you crazy about mountains and music? Rhythm & Alps is a festival that you can plan a road trip to. It is one of the camping festivals in New Zealand that could bring together world-class bands, DJs and festival-goers to welcome the coming year. Rhythm and Vines When: 28th-31st December, 2026 Where: Waiohika Estate, Gisborne Entry Fee: INR 20,500 — 34,000 Gisborne is the first city in the world to see the New Year, as it is on New Zealand’s East Cape. A 3-day-long international music festival, Rhythm and Vines, is held there to welcome the first sunrise of the New Year. Victorian Fete When: 21st November, 2026 Where: Victorian Precinct, Oamaru Entry Fee: INR 700 Victorian Fete is a good occasion during which festival-goers take a step back in time to the Victorian era. Festival-goers show up in Victorian full dress during the celebration. Have your spare time enjoying tasty food, wine, beer, and world-class whisky at one of the exciting New Zealand traditional festivals. 21. What is special about Wellington on a Plate? A. It’s known for its road trips. B. It’s held at various places. C. It’s an excellent music festival. D. It’s free to members only. 22. What do Rhythm & Alps and Rhythm and Vines have in common? A. They require the same fee for admission. B. They come in the first few days of the year. C. They’re good choices for camping enthusiasts. D. They offer amazing ways to celebrate the New Year. 23. Where is the text most likely from? A. A travel guide. B. A textbook. C. A science fiction. D. A research paper. B Lila Marquez gently places a tiny wild goose(大雁) with an injured wing into a soft cotton box. “Take it easy, little Dewdrop,” she whispers, adjusting the warm lamp above the box. For the past eight years, the retired biology teacher has saved many injured or abandoned wild geese. With her careful care, more than 200 geese have regained strength and returned to the nearby wetlands. Lila’s journey with wild geese began in 2015, two years after her husband passed away. She felt lost and lonely until one rainy afternoon, when she found a weak gosling trembling under a tree — its wing broken by a stray cat. “I couldn’t leave it there,” Lila recalls. She named the gosling Dewdrop and spent weeks nursing it back to health: feeding it nutrient-rich goose feed, cleaning its wound daily, and teaching it to swim in a small basin. As Dewdrop grew stronger, Lila found joy she hadn’t felt in years. “That little goose gave me a reason to get up every morning,” she says. Soon, neighbors and passersby started bringing her injured wild geese — some with broken legs, others weakened by pollution or hunger. Lila dug into her old biology textbooks and searched online for goose care tips. Last year, a student posted a video of Lila feeding the geese on Instagram, and it quickly went viral with over 800,000 views. People from nearby areas began donating goose feed and medical supplies. Yet the wild geese still face great plight in the city. The wetlands they depend on are shrinking due to urban construction; stray animals and water pollution pose constant risks. But Lila never loses hope. She has started a small community group to plant native water plants and advocate for wetland protection. “Caring for these geese isn’t just about saving them,” she says. “It’s about reminding people that we share this city with all living things.” Every time a healed goose flies off to the wetlands, Lila stands there, watching proudly. For her, these geese are more than just rescued creatures — they are symbols of comfort, hope, and the power of small acts of kindness. 24. What can we learn about Dewdrop from the text? A. It stayed with Lila for eight years. B. It was the reason Lila retired from teaching. C. It helped Lila regain happiness. D. It became famous on social media for its story. 25. What does the underlined word “plight” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. difficulty. B. noise. C. competition. D. change. 26. Which words best describe Lila according to the text? A. Honest and outgoing. B. Humorous and creative. C. Brave and ambitious. D. Kind-hearted and determined. 27. What is the best title for the text? A. Lila and Wild Geese: Protection and Research B. Lila and Wild Geese: Rescue and Comfort C. Lila and Wild Geese: Friendship and Adventure D. Lila and Wild Geese: Survival and Success C Parents may worry that their children aren’t getting enough quality sleep. However, now there’s a smart bed to provide adults with sleep data through a smart app. The SleepIQ bed can send a signal of attention to parents when their children are asleep, as well as if they are risking out of bed. If a child is tossing and turning (辗转反侧), it can also be adjusted to make it more comfortable. The bed was first introduced at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It claims to be the only one in the world, which adjusts with children as they grow. Children don’t need to wear a smart-band or alternative wearable device in bed. Instead, the quality of their sleep is measured by sensors in the bed, which monitor their present, average breathing rate, heart rate and movement. Then it assesses quality of sleep. They are given a SleepIQ score for each night’s sleep. Using an accompanying app, parents can see it clearly. It also allows parents to monitor routines that affect sleep, such as exercise, caffeine and screen time, helping children to develop a routine that helps develop a good night’s shut-eye. The bed sends a signal to the app when it senses a child is out of bed or restless, such as if he is having a nightmare (噩梦). Its firmness can be adjusted to change the level of comfort and support to suit children as they grow. A “head tilt (倾斜)” feature for reading is built in, and parents can remotely turn a light out after reading time using the app. There are also fun features such as a “monster scanner”, which uses a mobile phone to check for and fight “monsters” under the bed. What’s more, an automatic light will guide children if they need to get up in the middle of the night. The bed is available online and at Sleep Number stores in the US from around $499, almost the same as the beds we are sleeping on. 28. How does the SleepIQ bed measure children’s sleep quality? A. By checking children’s wearable smart watches. B. By recording children’s screen time every night. C. By collecting parents’ daily sleeping information. D. By monitoring children’s breathing rate, heart rate and movement. 29. What can be inferred from having the SleepIQ bed? A. It can completely stop children from suffering from bad dreams forever. B. It greatly reduces parents’ worries about their kids’ sleeping problems. C. It prevents children from doing any reading activities before bedtime. D. It makes parents no longer need to look after their kids at night at all. 30. What can be learned from the text? A. The SleepIQ bed is the best bed around the world. B. Children will never fall out of the SleepIQ bed. C. The smart bed is as cheap as an ordinary one. D. Another smart bed is needed with children growing older. 31.What does the text mainly talk about? A. How to get a good sleep. B. How parents take care of children. C. The smart bed helping sleep better. D. Risks that children face when sleeping. D We are what we eat. From high-calorie meals to low-fat lunches, much of our health depends on what we eat. We know about the benefits of eating properly for our physical well-being, but cooking food is turning out to be good for our mental well-being as well. Some people are now thinking highly of the treatment value of cooking food. It’s not just about the end result but the experience someone goes through. Dr. Mark Salter, a famous doctor, said, “Baking and cooking are good therapies (疗法) that help patients develop planning skills, short-term memory and social skills-all of which suffer in mental illness.” TV chef and author Nadiya Hussain agrees that cooking is great for helping our mind. She loves to bake and became the champion of the TV show, The Great British Bake Off. She says that “Baking’s always been about therapy. It produces something tangible. Unlike something abstract (抽象的), you can touch and enjoy it! Besides, your creations taste delicious and make you feel good. It is a process that really increase your level of life satisfaction. Certainly, creating some delicious food has helped some of us get through the recent lockdown (禁闭); it’s helped take our mind off things and given us something to do. People have said that kneading dough (面团) to make bread, for example, has given them a sense of calm and control. Research has shown that doing creative tasks, like cooking, makes us feel happier. Nicole Farmer, who studies how food influences our biology, behavior and mental health, said that baking is an important tool for our socialization and mental health. She thinks that cooking gives you the opportunity to cook for others, in turn, providing the opportunity to improve and build relationships. It is a rewarding experience. Hopefully, as we start to mix with friends and family again, we can enjoy the benefits once more and put us all in the right state of mind. 32. Why does the author mention Salter’s words in the second paragraph? A. To support his idea. B. To explain a medical term. C. To give us suggestions. D. To show his admiration for Salter. 33. Why did people feel calm and in control when kneading dough? A. It helped them forget their worries. B. It required careful planning skills. C. It produced delicious food to enjoy . D. It gave them a sense of pride. 34. What is Farmer’s opinion of cooking? A. It is a useful survival skill. B. It is a vital tool for a balanced diet. C. It strengthens connections with others. D. It provides equal chances for all cooks. 35. What is the best title for the text? A. We Are What We Eat B. Health Lies in Cooking Foods C. Cooking Helps Physical Health D. Cooking Promotes Mental Health 第二节（共5小题, 每小题2. 5分, 共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。 Having a healthy level of self-confidence can help you become more successful in your personal and professional life. But maintaining confidence isn’t easy and it’s an easy thing to lose when you feel like you’ve failed or made a mistake. 36 . Stop comparing yourself to others Do you compare how you look to people around you? Or maybe you compare your income to what your friend earns. Social comparison theory explains that making comparisons is natural. 37 . It may even have the opposite effect. So when you notice you are drawing comparisons, remind yourself that doing so isn’t helpful. Surround yourself with positive people 38 . Do they lift you up, or do they bring you down? Are they constantly judging you, or do they accept you for who you are? If you feel bad about yourself after hanging out with a particular person, it may be time to say goodbye. Instead, surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you. Do things you’re good at What happens when you do things that you are good at? Your self-confidence starts to rise rapidly. If you’re good at a certain sport, for instance, make it a point to train or play at least once a week. 39 , try to do that task more often. Set realistic goals Setting high-reaching goals and failing to achieve them has been found to damage confidence levels. On the contrary, realistic goals are achievable. And the more you achieve your goals, the greater your confidence in yourself and your abilities will be. To set realistic goals, first, write down what you want to achieve. 40 . Be honest! If the answer is small, the goal may be a bit too high. Dial(调整)it back so it is more realistic and more achievable. A．If you have a goal to lose weight B．If you’re good at a particular task at work C．But it isn’t likely to help improve your self-confidence D．Next, ask yourself what chance you have of reaching it E．This makes you wonder if you have what it takes to succeed F．Fortunately, there are several ways to increase your self-confidence G．Take a moment and think about how people around you make you feel 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。 A dark ocean at night hides hidden dangers. A lonely swimmer is suddenly pulled down into the water. Such scary scenes from a famous movie have strengthened people’s long-held ___41___ of sharks as a dangerous animal. The film Jaws, produced in 1975, describes a fierce white shark that repeatedly hurts and harms ordinary swimmers. The movie achieved huge success overnight, ___42___ millions of viewers worldwide. It also deepened the public’s fixed view that sharks are dangerous and ___43___ natural killers. In fact, humans have always felt ___44___ of large sea creatures. However, this popular film made public worries much ____45____. Many viewers believed sharks actively ____46____ human beings on purpose. Some local people gave up ___47___ in coastal waters, while others began to hunt sharks crazily. At that time, few people ___48___ the possible result of killing large numbers of sharks. As time went by, shark populations dropped sharply across the globe. The sharp decline was partly ____49___ to public fear, and mainly to a cruel business called finning. Fishermen catch sharks, cut off their fins and throw the injured animals back to the ocean. Without fins, sharks will die slowly and ____50___ in the water. These fins are widely used in expensive dishes, causing the ___51____ death of countless sharks every year. ____52___, the situation is slowly changing because more and more people begin to realize that sharks only attack people____53____. Nowadays, more wildlife lovers are devoting themselves to ____54____ the real living conditions of sharks. As key members of marine ecosystems, sharks play an irreplaceable role. It is high time that we learned to respect and ____55___ these misunderstood creatures. 41.A. idea B. rule C. plan D. request 42.A. saving B. controlling C.attracting D. protecting 43.A. friendly B. cruel C. quiet D. annoyed 44.A. proud B. tired C. scared D. careful 45.A. safer B. simpler C. better D. worse 46.A. attack B. greet C. guard D. guide 47.A. sailing B. surfing C. fishing D. swimming 48.A. ignored B. judged C. considered D. doubted 49.A. close B. due C. similar D. equal 50.A. painfully B. naturally C. bravely D. secretly 51.A. unnecessary B. quick C. peaceful D. unexpected 52.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Meanwhile 53.A. by design B. by mistake C.in turn D. for fun 54.A. hiding B. changing C. understanding D. preventing 55.A. prevent B. replace C. punish D. preserve 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个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 We all know honesty is 56 important value and lying is wrong, but who can honestly say they’ve never told a lie? Most lies we tell are “white lies” — little lies 57 we tell to protect others from the truth. We’ve all hidden our true feelings, like 58 (say) a disliked meal is “delicious” or praising a bad haircut. But to what extent can we justify telling such lies? One main reason is to make others feel better. 59 (actual), we often lie to protect ourselves from the disappointment and anger of others. Another reason is to give 60 (encourage): if a friend asks about their singing, you may praise it, despite thinking it’s terrible. Finally, we may lie to shield others from bad news, like hiding a bad day 61 parents. Even white lies have unknown results. The “delicious” meal may 62 (serve) every time you visit. 63 your friend finds out you lied, will they trust your opinion again? How would you feel if those 64 (close) to you hid the truth? White lies are not always harmless. Before deciding 65 (tell) one, consider if honesty might be kinder in the long run. Weigh the consequences carefully, because even small lies can build tangled webs we can’t escape from. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分15分） 假定你是学生会主席李华，你校即将举行主题为 “Green campus” 的一项环保活动, 请你向全校同学写一封英文倡议书，内容包括： （1） 活动目的； （2） 你的建议； （3）发出呼吁。 注意： （1）写作词数应为80左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 格式已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear fellow students, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Students' Union 第二节 读后续写 (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。 Last summer, I joined a two-week long art camp. At first, I was nervous as I didn’t know anyone there. Among the students, there was a girl named Maya. She was always surrounded by a group of friends, chatting and laughing loudly. I was too shy to approach her. One day during a painting class, I was struggling with my brushwork. Maya happened to pass by and noticed my trouble. She pulled up a chair beside me and patiently showed me some painting techniques. Her kind smile and warm words made me feel at ease immediately. From then on, we became good friends. We spent every day at the camp together, sharing our dreams and secrets. As the end of the art camp approached, everyone was busy preparing for the final exhibition. Maya and I decided to create a joint painting that combined our different styles. However, just two days before the exhibition, a huge argument（争论） broke out between us. We had different ideas about how to complete the painting and neither of us was willing to compromise(折中). We ended up storming off in anger, leaving the half-finished painting on the painting stand. That night, I lay in bed, tossing and turning（辗转反侧）. I kept thinking about our friendship and how stupid our argument was. I realized that friendship was more important than winning an argument. 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。 Paragraph 1: The next morning, I decided to apologize to Maya. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Tears filled Maya’s eyes as she rushed towards me and gave me a big hug. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $