北京市西城区2025-2026学年度第二学期北京育才学校高一英语期中考试试卷

2025-2026学年度第二学期高一英语期中考试答案 I．听力理解（共三节，22.5分） 第一、二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 11. safe 12. injury 13. 351 14. worldwide 15. Heated Ⅱ．完形填空 16. A 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D 21. B 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. A Ⅲ．阅读理解： A: A C B B: D B C D C: A A C B D: D C B A Ⅳ.阅读表达（34-36题，每题2分；37题4分。共10分） 【答案】34. Because of climate change and the loss of nature. 35. To help people understand the natural environment and what we can do to protect it. 36. Helping young people know about, care about, and do things to protect the environment. 37. I can design a tree-planting activity. It can help young people understand the importance of trees, care more about nature, and take actions to protect the environment.（开放性试题，回答合理即可。） 第Ⅱ卷 Ⅰ．选词填空 1. impressive 2. recognition 3. promising 4. passionate 5. depressed 6. fighting for 7. came across 8. broke down 9. is regarded as 10. benefit from Ⅱ．语法填空 1. to promote 2. whose 3. which 4. Landing 5. Which 6. where 7. thinking 8. will be completed 9. waited 10. is being painted Ⅲ．书面表达 【答案】Dear Jim, Knowing you want to see an exhibition about Chinese culture, I’d like to recommend one to you. Our school will organize students to watch an exhibition about Chinese culture whose them is “The exhibition of Chinese folk arts and crafts”. It will be held on 5th at the National Museum. Artists from all over the country bring their masterpieces: Nianhua paintings from Tianjin, kites from Weifang, paper-cuts from Shanxi, and so on. I strongly invite you visit this exhibition, for it will totally immerse you in Chinese culture. You will have a great chance to watch the artists create their works up close. Moreover, there is even a hands-on area for you to make your own art. Yours, Li Hua 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2025-2026学年度第二学期 北京育才学校高一英语 期中考试试卷 （考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分） 第Ⅰ卷（共100分） I．听力理解（共三节，30分） 第一节：（共4小题；每小题2分，共8分） 听下面四段对话，每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听一遍。 1. What will the man do on Saturday morning? A. Go swimming. B. Work extra hours. C Take Grandma to hospital. 2. What does the woman like about the movie? A. The storyline. B. The music. C. The characters. 3. When should the speakers arrive at the airport? A. Before 4:00. B. Before 3:30. C. Before 3:15. 4. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Stay focused on the class B. Do more difficult math questions. C. Turn to her math teacher for help. 第二节：（共6小题；每小题2分，共12分） 听下面三段对话，每段对话后有两道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话你将听两遍。 听第5段材料，回答第5至第6小题。 5. Where are the man’s keys? A. On the sofa. B. In his father’s bag. C. On the table. 6. What will the woman do in the afternoon? A. Stay at home. B. Play badminton. C. Repair the keys. 听第6段材料，回答第7至第8小题。 7 What was the main reason the man quit his job? A. He felt stressed B. His salary was low. C. The job was boring. 8. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers? A. Couple. B. Cousins. C. Friends. 听第7段材料，回答第9至第10小题。 9. How did the man practice English pronunciation? A. By speaking to foreign teachers. B. By repeating after a recording. C. By using an app on his phone. 10. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Learning English with educational apps. B. Improving English pronunciation. C. Choosing apps carefully. 第三节：（共5小题：每小题2分，共10分） 听下面一段独白，根据题目要求在相应的横线上写下第11题至第15题的关键信息。每小题仅填写一个词。这段独白你将听两遍。 The Model Z A new product to change people’s minds about electric cars Features ◇Focus on how 11 a vehicle is. The Model Z has industry-leading body and battery technology to reduce 12 during accidents. ◇Charging options have been upgraded. Travel up to 13 miles on a single charge. The number of charging stations has been increased by 50% 14 . ◇Provide the best interior experience. It can seat up to 7 adults. It has an expansive 20-inch touchscreen TV, 15 seats with soft touch materials and a system that keeps inside air fresh and clean. II．完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I never understood my grandmother’s deep love for her old wooden box until the day she handed it to me. The box, carved with delicate patterns, had accompanied her through sixty years of life. “Some things take time to reveal their true 16 ,” she said softly. When I first opened the box, I felt 17 . It contained nothing but broken clay pieces, faded photographs, and some yellowed letters. 18 my disappointment, Grandma simply smiled and said, “Patience, my child.” Over the following weeks, I 19 studied each item. The clay pieces, when 20 fitted together, formed a beautiful vase her mother had made. The photographs told stories of our family’s history, while the letters 21 my grandfather’s love during the war. One rainy afternoon, as I was carefully 22 the last piece of the vase, I suddenly understood. This wasn’t just a collection of 23 objects, it was the story of a life, patiently waiting to be 24 . The process taught me more than just family history. It taught me about the 25 of patience and attention. In our fast-paced world, we often 26 the beauty that requires time to discover. We expect instant results and immediate understanding, 27 some treasures only reveal themselves to those willing to wait. Now, when I feel 28 or frustrated by life’s challenges, I remember that wooden box. I remember that some understanding cannot be 29 , it must be earned through patient exploration. And like my grandmother’s wisdom, the most valuable lessons often come 30 , wrapped in simplicity and waiting for the right moment to be discovered. 16. A. value B. purpose C. secret D. origin 17. A. excited B. disappointed C. curious D. amazed 18. A. Noticing B. Showing C. Hiding D. Expressing 19. A. carelessly B. nervously C. patiently D. potentially 20. A. constantly B. perfectly C. finally D. properly 21. A. studied B. revealed C. created D. discussed 22. A. cleaning B. painting C. placing D. holding 23. A. expensive B. ancient C. ordinary D. rare 24. A. discovered B. created C. changed D. analyzed 25. A. lesson B. cost C. power D. result 26. A. forget B. miss C. see D. destroy 27. A. while B. because C. unless D. though 28. A. pleased B. lost C. hurt D. afraid 29. A. taught B. rushed C. bought D. explained 30. A. quietly B. obviously C. directly D. frequently III．阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30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 What is PayQuick? PayQuick is a fast payment service for shopping in the biggest supermarket in the UK-Tesco. It allows you to add your credit or debit card details to the app so you can use your smartphone to pay for your shopping with just one scan, which means you can go wallet-free in all UK Tesco stores. What are the benefits? ●Collect your Tesco points automatically ●Pay for your weekly shopping up to £250 ●Use PayQuick offline, even with no signal ●Track your spending in Tesco However, only one qualifying deal per week will collect the extra Tesco points. Additional payments in the same week won’t receive extra points. Tesco points will be added to your future Tesco points statement. How to get your PayQuick? Available to new customers who sign up by 3rd May 2024, the PayQuick app can be downloaded from the App Store or our official website. Once you have the app on your phone, register your personal details on the app to get an account. Note that for each customer, only one account is allowed and a family shared account will not be acknowledged. Finally, with all the preparation work done, you’ll be ready to shop using just your phone. Plus, there’s no need to worry about your bank details being stored on your phone — they’re all securely protected in our data centers. So not only is it quicker and easier, it’s safer than going shopping with your wallet as well. 31. If customers use PayQuick in UK Tesco stores, they can ________. A. get their Tesco points automatically B. purchase things only offline C. keep track of their daily spending D. pay for their shopping without limit 32. PayQuick users are NOT allowed to ________. A. register by 3rd May 2024 B. download the PayQuick app C. share the account with their family D. bring their phones with them 33. What is the author’s intention in writing this passage? A. To ensure the safety of PayQuick. B. To popularize the use of PayQuick. C. To stress the importance of PayQuick. D. To introduce the application of PayQuick. B “Are you all right?” the student asked as she passed me in the hallway. I was in the final stretch of last work before writing my essay. The student, who was 4 years behind me in the same Ph. D. program, went on to say, “I see people from your group working so much, putting in extra hours, even at night.” It set me thinking a lot. As a first-year Ph. D. student, I was lucky to have kind and understanding advisers. But I felt overwhelming pressure to become a perfect student. I kept finding a million reasons why I was coming into graduate school at a disadvantage compared with my peers. As a student from Colombia, I had been educated at institutions my professors and colleagues had never heard of. I spoke with an accent that was hard to understand, and I was older than most of the people in my cohort. I noticed that most of the people around me seemed to be working all the time. I began to spend many weekday nights and weekends in the lab. But my strategy didn’t work. I crashed from burnout. The tiredness took a toll on my productivity and motivation. During one of many mindless Sundays in the office, I realized I’d fallen into the trap of assuming my colleagues’ work habits were the standard for belonging and being worthy of respect — and it wasn’t sustainable. From then on, I stopped counting the number of work hours I was putting in, leaving space every day for exercising and doing activities that I enjoyed. Finally, I realized nobody was keeping track of the amount of time I spent in the lab anyway and it wasn’t something I needed to worry about. I noticed that having more time for myself made me more rested and motivated when I went back to work. I continued quietly along this path for years, until that conversation in the hallway. So, when I ran into her again, weeks later. I told her that even though I was feeling a lot of pressure in the final year of my Ph. D., I was putting my mental and physical health first and wasn’t working overtime. I also began to talk with other students about how quality sleep, physical activity, healthy eating, and reasonable work hours were a daily part of my routine. 34. What can we learn about the student who talked to the author in the hallway? A. She spent much time on lab work. B. She had finished the Ph. D. program. C. She was putting in extra hours at night. D. She was concerned about the author. 35. How does the author feel about his work at first? A. Ambitious. B. Anxious. C. Disappointed. D. Enthusiastic. 36. Which can replace the underlined phrase “took a toll on” in Para. 3? A. added fuel to B. cast new light on C. had a negative impact on D. depended too much on 37. What does the author intend to tell us? A. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. B. Every dog has his day. C. Fitting in doesn’t mean working overtime. D. A healthy work-life balance counts. C Living in a city is a well-known risk factor for developing a mental disorder, while living close to nature is largely beneficial for mental health and the brain. A central brain region, the amygdala (杏仁核) involved in stress processing, has been shown to be less activated during stress in people living in rural areas, compared to those who live in cities, hinting at the potential benefits of nature. “But so far the hen-and-egg problem could not be resolved, namely whether nature actually caused the effects in the brain or whether the particular individuals chose to live in rural or urban regions,” says Sonja Sudimac. To achieve causal evidence, the researchers from the group examined brain activity in regions involved in stress processing in 63 healthy volunteers before and after a one-hour walk in Grunewald forest or a shopping street with traffic in Berlin. The results revealed that activity in the amygdala decreased after the walk in nature, suggesting that nature elicits beneficial effects on brain regions related to stress. “The results support the previously assumed positive relationship between nature and brain health, but this is the first study to prove the causal link. Interestingly, the brain activity after the urban walk in these regions remained stable and showed no increases, which argues against a commonly held view that urban exposure causes additional stress.” explains Simone Kühn, head of the group. The authors show that nature has a positive impact on brain regions involved in stress processing and that it can already be observed after a one-hour walk. This contributes to the understanding of how our physical living environment affects brain and mental health. Even a short exposure to nature decreases amygdala activity, suggesting that a walk in nature could serve as a preventive measure against developing mental health problems and reducing the potentially disadvantageous impact of the city on the brain. In order to investigate beneficial effects of nature in different populations and age groups, the researchers are currently working on a study examining how a one-hour walk in natural versus urban environments impacts stress in mothers and their babies. 38. What does the hen-and-egg problem mean by Sonja Sudimac? A. It’s hard to clarify the impact of living environment on mental health. B. People in cities tend to have a higher risk of mental problems. C. It’s unnecessary to work out the complex issue of stress and health. D. Living in rural areas actually affects brain activity. 39. How did researchers collect evidence for the study? A. By comparing volunteers’ amygdala activities. B. By interviewing healthy volunteers. C. By researching on a previous theory. D. By quoting authoritative experts. 40. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. Benefits of a regular walk in nature. B. An appeal for living in urban regions. C. The focus of the follow-up research. D. Nature’s positive effects on women and children. 41. Which of the following best serves as the title of the passage? A. Urban-Rural Living: Mental Impact Debates B. Nature Exposure: Benefits for Brain Stress C. Amygdala Activity: Key to Stress Relief D. Urban Environment: Brain Health Risks D You spend a third of your life asleep, a certain part of which involves dreaming. But most often, you don’t remember any of your dreams. While the exact reason of why we can hardly recall our dreams is not fully known, scientists have gotten some insight into memory processes during sleep, leading to several ideas that may explain our forgetfulness. You are awake, but is your hippocampus (海马体) awake? When we fall asleep, not all the brain’s regions go offline at the same time. Researchers have found one of the last regions to go to sleep is the hippocampus, a structure in brain that is important for moving information from short-term memory into long-term memory “If the hippocampus is the last to go to sleep, it could very well be the last to wake up.” said Thomas Andrillon, a neuroscientist at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. “So, you could have this window where you wake up with a dream in your short-term memory, but since the hippocampus is not fully awake yet, your brain is not able to keep that memory,” Andrillon told Live Science. While this might explain why dream memories are so fleeting, it doesn’t mean that your hippocampus has been inactive throughout the night. In fact, this region is quite active during sleep, and appears to be storing and caring for existing memories to strengthen them, instead of listening for incoming new experiences. Sometimes your dreams are just not memorable? Do you remember what you were thinking about this morning when brushing your teeth? Our minds wander all the time, but we get rid of most of those thoughts as unimportant information. Dreams, especially ordinary ones, may be just like daydreaming thoughts and believed by the brain to be too useless to remember. But dreams that are more vivid, emotional and coherent (连贯的) seem to be better remembered-perhaps because they cause more awakening, and their organized story makes them easier to store. If you are interested in improving your dream recall, there are a few tricks to try. One is drinking water before bed, because it will make you wake up at night to use the bathroom. These middle-of-the-night awakenings are frequently accompanied by dream recall. Repeatedly reminding yourself that you want to remember your dreams may increase your chances, and so does keeping a dream journal, some studies have suggested. Upon waking up, hang on to that fragile (脆弱的) dream memory: keep your eyes closed, stay still and replay the dream memory, until your hippocampus catches up and properly stores the memory. 42. What can we learn about dreams from the passage? A. Dreaming means processing memory during sleeping. B. Dreams come from your hippocampus. C We need special trainings to recall our dreams. D. Dreams are sometimes useless for us to remember. 43. You can’t remember your dreams when you wake up probably because ________. A. you are forgetful and poor in remembering things B. your dreams are vivid, emotional and coherent C. your brain needs to start up to move dreams into long-term memory D. your hippocampus is active in receiving new information 44. Which of the following CANNOT help you to recall a dream? A. Keep reminding yourself of the need to remember your dreams. B. Improve the ability of your hippocampus to catch up information. C. Record what you can remember in your dreams upon awakening. D. Think back on the things in your dreams directly after you wake up. 45. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To explain our forgetfulness in dreams. B. To tell the importance of dreams. C. To present some methods to recall dreams. D. To analyze how our brain deal with information. IV．阅读表达（46—48题，每题2分；49题4分。共10分） 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 The world is becoming less livable because of climate change and the loss of nature. What do you think would help you and your friends change your lifestyles and do something to make a healthier planet? How can we empower young people to help protect the Earth? Education might help. For years, experts have developed environmental education programs with the goal of helping people understand the natural environment and what we can do to protect it. Many environmental education programs are developed for young people like you. You have more power to make a difference than you might think. Why? You have a long future ahead of you. This means that how you choose to live now will make a big difference over the course of your life. Your lifestyle choices can even inspire (激励) your parents and grandparents’ generations. Environmental education programs seem like a very good thing. But do they really work? The short answer is yes. By searching large online databases (数据库) of scientific studies, we found that environmental education programs deeply influence people’s knowledge: Young people who take part in environmental education learn a lot about nature, the climate, and what they can do to protect the environment. We also found that environmental education has meaningful effects on attitudes: Young people feel positive about the environment and motivated (有动力的) to protect it. Finally, environmental education encourages environmental behavior: Young people who have taken part in environmental education are more likely to do things to protect the environment, such as recycling waste or taking shorter showers to save water, carrying a reusable water bottle, or turning off the lights when leaving a room. Overall, we found the benefits of environmental education programs can be very broad (广泛的). They help young people know about, care about, and do things to protect the environment. Environmental education can be a powerful way to prepare young people for the future. It does not only help young people understand what environmental problems we face — it also encourages them to act. But still, some important questions remain. For example, what is the best way for teachers to teach environmental education? Which activities (for example, learning in class or going to a camp) work best for children of different age groups? There is no right answer — the most important thing is to learn from each other’s perspectives. 46. Why is the world becoming less livable? ____________________________________________________ 47. What is the goal of environmental education programs? ____________________________________________________ 48. What are the benefits of environmental education programs? ____________________________________________________ 49. According to the passage, what activity can you design for an environmental education program to influence young people? What are the influences? ____________________________________________________ 第Ⅱ卷（共50分） Ⅰ．选词填空（共10小题；每小题2分，共20分） 用方框中所给的词或词组的适当形式填空 promise recognize passion impress depress come across break dawn; be regarded as... benefit from... fight for 1. She delivered a(n) ________ speech at the conference, clearly presenting her innovative ideas. 2. After years of hard work, she finally received the ________ she deserved for her research in the medical field. 3. She is a ________ actress who has already caught the attention of several major directors. 4. My teacher’s ________ teaching style inspires his students to take a greater interest in the subject. 5. He felt ________ when hearing the disappointing result of the exam. 6. At present, some people around the world are still ________ equality and justice. 7. I ________ an interesting article about climate change while reading online yesterday. 8. After days of hard work, she ____________ and cried at the meeting. 9. This painting ___________ a masterpiece of modern art. 10: We can ___________ regular exercise and a balanced diet. II．语法填空（共10小题：每小题1分，共10分） 1. More expressways will be built soon ________ (promote) the local economy. 2. Tu Youyou is the scientist ________ discovery has led to the development of new drugs which have saved millions of lives. 3. We all know that there are various types of pollution around us. ________ may cause different kinds of environmental problems. 4.________ (land) on the moon’s far side is extremely challenging. 5. Luckily, we took a map, with ________ we found a way out. 6. The restaurant is a perfect place ________ we can hold a birthday party for him. 7. Jack stood there, ________ (think) about when to join his classmates in the game. 8. It is reported that the project conducted by his research team ________ (complete) next month. 9. Because the flight was delayed, I ________ (wait) for two hours for my grandparents at the arrival hall yesterday. 10. The house ________ (paint) at the moment. III．书面表达（共20分） 假设你是红星中学高一学生李华，近期你校将要组织学生观看一个关于中国文化的展览。请你写一封邮件，邀请你的外国好友Jim参加。邮件内容包括： 1．介绍该展览的相关信息（时间、地点、内容等）； 2．说明你邀请他的原因。 注意：1．词数100左右。 2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jim, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $