北京市某重点校2025-2026学年高二年级下学期期中考试英语试题

2025-2026学年度第二学期高二英语期中试卷答案 2026.4 完形： 1． D 2．C 3．A 4．D 5．B 6．A 7．C 8．B 9．D 10．C 语填： 11. have sought 12. how 13. analysis 14. where 15. had been turned 16. understood 17. capturing 18. to protect 19. populations 20. at 阅读： A： 21-23.BDD B: 24-27.DACD C: 28-20.CAA D: 31-34.CBDA 75：35-39.FCEAD 阅表 40. Empathy is our ability to share, understand and care about others’ emotions. (语法拼写错误三处以内扣0.5, 核心谓语错误扣1) 41. 41.Live theater enabled audience to express more empathy for the characters onstage and change their behavior. (语法拼写错误三处以内扣0.5, 核心谓语错误扣1) 42.Theater can build empathy because it offers us encounters that remind us of our past experiences. Theater can build empathy because it offers us encounters that help us see different experiences. (划线1分, 内容2分, 二者都单独记分. 划线错误扣1, 语法拼写错误三处以内扣0.5, 核心谓语错误扣1) 43. Being on the stage can built empathy as well. For instance, taking acting classed can improve students’ empathy. The same is true for experiencing more solitary art forms, such as reading. Even reading “Harry Potter” had been shown to reduce prejudice toward stigmatized groups in children. Or you can expand your empathy at home by picking up a novel. 内容言之有理即可。 4分及以上: 内容切题, 语言基本正确, 逻辑清晰完整 2-3分: 内容基本切题, 语言有一些错误, 逻辑欠清晰完整 1分: 语法错误较多, 内容逻辑有重大欠缺 Dear Jim, I am Li Hua, a student from Grade Two. I am writing to apply for the host of the upcoming Poetry Recitation Contest themed “From Past to Future”. In my opinion, this contest is of great significance in two aspects. On one hand, it provides a platform for us to appreciate the beauty of English poetry, helping us deepen our understanding of foreign cultures. On the other hand, it links the past with the future, enabling us to learn from ancient wisdom and inspire our passion for creating a better future. I am well-qualified for this role for two distinct reasons. Firstly, I have previous experience in hosting English events, having presided over the grade’s English Speech Contest last term. This experience has equipped me with the ability to control the on-site rhythm flexibly and handle unexpected situations calmly. Secondly, I possess a solid command of spoken English and a profound insight into poetry, as I regularly read English poetry collections and participate in the school’s poetry salon, which enables me to host the contest in a fluent and expressive way. I am confident to do this well. I would be grateful if you could give me the opportunity. Looking forward to your reply. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 1. 第五档（17-20分）：完全覆盖所有内容要点；语言准确无误，无语法、词汇错误；行文流畅，逻辑连贯，衔接自然；能灵活运用高级词汇和复杂句式，表达丰富多样；格式正确，书写规范。 2. 第四档（13-16分）：覆盖所有核心内容要点，无明显遗漏；语言基本准确，仅有个别轻微语法、词汇错误（不影响理解）；行文较流畅，逻辑较清晰，衔接较合理；能使用一定的高级词汇和复杂句式；格式正确，书写较规范。 3. 第三档（9-12分）：覆盖大部分核心内容要点，可能遗漏次要要点；语言有一定错误（语法、词汇），但不影响整体理解；行文基本连贯，逻辑基本清晰；以基础词汇和简单句式为主，偶尔使用复杂句式；格式基本正确，书写基本规范。 4. 第二档（5-8分）：遗漏核心内容要点，内容不完整；语言错误较多（语法、词汇），部分错误影响句意理解；行文不连贯，逻辑混乱；仅使用基础词汇和简单句式，表达单一；格式有明显错误，书写较潦草。 5. 第一档（1-4分）：仅写出个别句子，未覆盖任何核心要点；语言错误严重，无法理解句意；无逻辑可言，书写混乱；格式错误严重，甚至未完成写作任务。 6. 0分：未作答，或作答内容与题目无关，或仅抄写题干内容。 第 1 页 共 8 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $试题标签设置 试卷题号 题型 题目类型 知识点 学科能力 1 单选题 完形填空 动词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 2 单选题 完形填空 副词短语辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 3 单选题 完形填空 名词词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 4 单选题 完形填空 形容词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 5 单选题 完形填空 名词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 6 单选题 完形填空 动词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 7 单选题 完形填空 动词短语词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 8 单选题 完形填空 形容词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 9 单选题 完形填空 动词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 10 单选题 完形填空 名词词义辨析 考察学生单词掌握程度及结合上下文进行逻辑推理的能力 11 填空题 语法填空 谓语一般过去时 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 12 填空题 语法填空 名词性从句 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 13 填空题 语法填空 词形变化 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 14 填空题 语法填空 定从 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 15 填空题 语法填空 过去完成时被动 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 16 填空题 语法填空 非谓-done 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 17 填空题 语法填空 非谓-动名词 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 18 填空题 语法填空 非谓-to do 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 19 填空题 语法填空 名词复数 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 20 填空题 语法填空 介词 考察学生语法能力及阅读能力 21 单选题 阅读理解 细节理解题 考察学生对文章细节内容准确理解的能力 22 单选题 阅读理解 细节理解题 考察学生对文章细节内容准确理解的能力 23 单选题 阅读理解 主旨大意题 考察学生总结文章主旨大意的能力 24 单选题 阅读理解 推断理解题 考察学生对文章细节内容准确理解的能力 25 单选题 阅读理解 推理判断题 考察学生根据文章内容进行推理判断的能力 26 单选题 阅读理解 推理判断题 考察学生根据文章内容进行推理判断的能力 27 单选题 阅读理解 推理判断题 考察学生根据文章内容进行推理判断的能力 28 单选题 阅读理解 细节理解题 考察学生根据文章内容进行推理判断的能力 29 单选题 阅读理解 主旨归纳题 考察学生总结文章主旨大意的能力 30 单选题 阅读理解 细节理解题 考察学生对文章细节内容准确理解的能力 31 单选题 阅读理解 细节理解题 考察学生对文章细节内容准确理解的能力 32 单选题 阅读理解 推理判断题 考察学生根据文章内容进行推理判断的能力 33 单选题 阅读理解 细节理解题 考察学生对文章细节内容准确理解的能力 34 单选题 阅读理解 主旨归纳题 考察学生总结文章主旨大意的能力 35 单选题 七选五 上下文逻辑衔接 理解语篇结构和逻辑关系 36 单选题 七选五 段落主旨 把握段落核心观点 37 单选题 七选五 细节支持 理解语篇结构和逻辑关系 38 单选题 七选五 段中与承上启下 把握段落核心观点 39 单选题 七选五 总结归纳 综合理解与归纳能力 40 解答题 阅读表达 细节理解与信息提取 定位并转述关键信息 41 解答题 阅读表达 细节理解与信息提取 定位并转述关键信息 42 解答题 阅读表达 推理判断与细节辨识 批判性思维与逻辑判断 43 解答题 阅读表达 个人观点表达与理由阐述 综合概括与逻辑表达 44 英语作文 书面表达 本题旨在考查学生在真实语境下，综合运用英语进行书面表达、沟通和解决实际问题的能力。它不仅仅是对语言知识的测试，更是对思维逻辑、创造力和语用能力的综合评估。提升学生的环保意识和锻炼学生活动设计的能力 语言运用能力；信息整合与筛选能力；跨文化交际意识 $ 2025-2026学年度第二学期高二英语期中试卷 2026.04 本场考试笔试部分共90分钟，满分100分。请将选择题的答案按照题号填涂在答题卡上，请将非选择题的答案填写在答题纸指定位置。 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节 完形填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 Sometimes the world gives us a small sign of encouragement, right when we need it the most. Murphy lost her parents in her early 20s. Two years ago, she was 1 with finding happiness in her career. During walks on the beach she would talk to her parents in her head, seeking guidance about her career choices. “Since they weren’t with me 2 , I would ask for little signs in the form of heart-shaped rocks. When I would find one, I would feel connected to something outside of myself.” These small 3 made her feel like she wasn’t alone. Once, during a trip, Murphy was moved by the way tiny courtesies like a smile made her feel more 4 in an unfamiliar country. She came back with—the understanding that small acts of kindness could have a big 5 . One day, while walking on the beach, she suddenly came up with an idea of writing some encouraging messages on rocks. So she did it. She soon learned her small action was already making ripples (涟漪). That night a friend texted her a picture of a rock and said, “Was this you?” She had 6 Murphy because she knew Murphy walked along that same beach. Murphy was 7 by the way her friend said finding that rock had made her day. Murphy became hooked on the idea that she could spread happiness through something as 8 as a rock with a message on it. She started leaving rocks in other places. With these rocks, she left a small sign encouraging others to leave a kindness rock somewhere else—“One rock, one person.” Murphy explains. “If a message 9 a person at the right time, or they join, it’s like a huge 10 . It’ what our world needs right now.” 1． A．meeting B. engaging C．living D．struggling 2．A．mentally B．regularly C．physically D．temporarily 3．A．treasures B．incidents C．products D．tasks 4．A．awkward B．interested C．sensitive D．comfortable 5．A．success B．impact C．ambition D．purpose 6．A．suspected B．spotted C．favoured D．supported 7．A．reminded B．puzzled C．touched D．honored 8．A．rough B．simple C．hard D．basic 9．A．holds B．surprises C．warns D．hits 10. A．variety B．challenge C．connection D．satisfaction 第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。 A For centuries, humans ____11____(seek) to understand the world around them. This journey of discovery has accelerated in modern times, especially after we realized ____12_____interconnected and complex global systems are. Geography now relies not just on maps, but on detailed data __13___(analyze). Researchers often focus on specific locations ____14____ human activity and the natural environment interact most intensely. B The process of adapting a novel into a film is an art. Many classic books ____15____( turn) into movies long before today‘s directors were born. A faithful adaptation requires the director to have the original story’s essence___16___ ( understand) and respected. Success lies in____17____ (capture) the spirit, not just the plot, of the source material. C The primary goal of wildlife conservation is___18___(protect) not only endangered species but also their rapidly shrinking natural habitats. Through dedicated monitoring programs, researchers have recently observed promising growth in several key animal___19___( population). However, it is widely argued that short-term economic development should never be pursued___20___ the expense of long-term ecological balance, upon which our collective future depends. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节,38分） 第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Mysterious. Brilliant. Powerful. These words describe the Inca. Every year, visitors rush to the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu (meaning “the ancient peak”) in search of the lost civilization. But getting to this UNESCO World Heritage site isn’t cheap and easy. Here’s how to expertly navigate your way to Peru’s most famous destination. Hiking to Machu Picchu * The most famous way to hike to Machu Picchu is along a section of one of the Incan roads built as the empire expanded. Dozens of tour operators offer Inca Trail hikes with varying durations and levels of comfort (though all require camping). * For those who would like a less crowded experience, there are a number of diverse hiking alternatives, one of which is around Salkantay Mountain, one of the most imposing peaks in the Peruvian Andes. Several tour companies offer the treks, but Apus Peru offers an express Salkantay trek, which shaves a day off the normal itinerary for those eager to push their physical limits on their way to Machu Picchu. * Travelers interested in archaeology should consider the Choquequirao trek with a Machu Picchu extension. This itinerary includes spectacular hiking in the less-traveled steep Apurimac Canyon and exploration of the Choquequirao archaeological site before heading for Machu Picchu. Note that the trail is closed in December every year for regular maintenance. Tips for Visiting * Getting acclimated: Where you’re coming from is probably much lower than Machu Picchu. We highly recommend you go to Aguas Calientes first, and spend a night getting used to it before exploring Machu Picchu. Meanwhile, avoid alcohol and physical exertion to help your body slowly adjust to the thinner air. * Entrance tickets: If you’re traveling independently, you can buy individual entrance tickets, though you should note that you’ll be required to hire a local guide before entering the site. If you book a tour package through a travel agency, all services should be included. Moreover, all entry tickets are timed, allowing entrance on the hour, and you’re allowed to stay at the site for up to four hours. * Bring: Water and a rain jacket, even if it looks like a beautiful sunny day. And speaking of sun, remember that the ozone layer over Peru is compromised. That, combined with the elevation, makes the sun extremely strong, so wear a hat and use high SPF sunscreen. * Don't bring: Drones, walking sticks, trekking poles or umbrellas since they’re all prohibited at Machu Picchu. Travelers who require sticks for mobility can bring them in but only with protective rubber tips over the ends. 21．Which of the following hiking options is recommended for those who want to avoid crowds? A．Hiking along the Inca Trail. B．Trekking around Salkantay Mountain. C．The express Salkantay trek offered by UNESCO. D．The Choquequirao trek with a Machu Picchu extension. 22．What can be inferred from the passage about the Choquequirao trek? A．It is closed throughout the year for maintenance. B．It is more popular than the Salkantay Mountain trek. C．It is the most challenging hiking route to Machu Picchu. D．Travelers on this trek can explore an archaeological site. 23．What is the main purpose of the passage? A．To compare different ways of traveling to Machu Picchu. B．To emphasize the importance of protecting Machu Picchu. C．To introduce the history and culture of the Inca civilization. D．To provide a comprehensive guide on how to travel to Machu Picchu. B My father loved lists. Over 25 years, he recorded 539 books he read and 322 episodes of Booknotes on C-SPAN, which he watched every Sunday night. He also kept grocery lists for his mini-fridge — Pepsi, coffee, heavy cream — and daily tasks. These notes filled small notebooks, always near his reading chair. He wrote them until December 31, 2004, when cancer stopped him. After his death, I gathered the notebooks into a box. For years, I couldn’t bear to open them. Born in 1927 in Lowell, Massachusetts, my father was the son of a leather factory worker and grandson of an Irish immigrant who cleaned horse manure from the streets. Despite his humble beginnings, he was brilliant. After a summer in the leather factory, he graduated high school at 16 and went on to Boston College. He served in World War II and later earned degrees in physics. Then he worked at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, moved his family from Lowell to Boston, and sent his kids to private colleges. It seemed he had left Lowell behind — but not so. Deep down, he saw himself simply as a working-class Lowell kid who had just read a lot of books. He didn’t travel much, and didn’t feel the need. When I asked if he regretted not seeing the world, he defended himself: “I’ve sailed the Atlantic in stormy winds, climbed the Himalayas, and stared down wild animals.” Then he added, “I read.” Books were his world. From them, he learned to survive landslides, shark attacks, and even gorilla attacks. He had what he called “a rich inner life” — and it was true. Shortly before his death, he opened a small purple notebook and began one last list. It described details from 1930s Lowell — things lost in time. Twenty years later, I found it. In his flowing handwriting, Dad reached back to Lowell — a time long gone, now captured only in memory. Lost and only in memory — that was how I was experiencing Dad now. Squinting my eyes, I saw not just the city he loved, but the quiet, extraordinary man I called Dad. 24．Why are the details of the father’s lists mentioned in Paragraph 1? A．To imply his fear of forgetting. B．To show his love for literature and cuisine. C．To reveal his reliance on control.D．To reflect his ordered and thoughtful life. 25．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean? A．He stayed humble and rooted. B．He struggled with his identity. C．His success originated from his roots. D．He felt torn about his background. 26．What does the father’s quote in Paragraph 3 mainly reveal? A．His dream of global travel. B．His desire for real adventure. C．His pride in inner journeys. D．His escape from physical world. 27．What is the main theme of the passage? A．Pursuit and action. B．Loss and regret. C．Ambition and escape. D．Memory and identity. C “The dangerous thing about lying is people don’t understand how the act changes us.” says Dan Ariely, behavioral psychologist at Duke University. Psychologists have documented children lying as early as the age of two. Some experts even consider lying a developmental milestone, like crawling and walking, because it requires sophisticated planning, attention and ability to see a situation from someone else’s perspective to manipulate them. But, for most people, lying gets limited as we develop a sense of morality and the ability to self-regulate. Harvard cognitive neuroscientist Joshua Greene says, for most of us, lying takes work. In studies, he gave subjects a chance to deceive for monetary gain while examining their brains in a functional MRI machine, which maps blood flow to active parts of the brain. Some people told the truth instantly and instinctively. But others opted to lie, and they showed increased activity in their frontal parietal control network, which is involved in difficult or complex thinking. This suggests that they were deciding between truth and dishonesty— and ultimately opting for the latter. For a follow-up analysis, he found that people whose neural rewards centers were more active when they won money were also more likely to be among the group of liars— suggesting that lying may have to do with the inability to resist temptation. External conditions also matter in terms of when and how often we lie. We are more likely to lie, research shows, when we are able to rationalize it, when we are stressed and fatigued or see others being dishonest. And we are less likely to lie when we have moral reminders or when we think others are watching. “We as a society need to understand that, when we don’t punish lying, we increase the probability it will happen again,” Ariely says. In a 2016 study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience Ariely and colleagues showed how dishonesty alters people’s brains, making it easier to tell lies in the future. When people uttered a falsehood, the scientists noticed a burst of activity in their amygdala. The amygdala is a crucial part of the brain that produces fear, anxiety and emotional response— including that sinking, guilty feeling you get when you lie. But when scientists had their subjects play a game in which they won many by deceiving their partner, they noticed the negative signals from the amygdala began to decrease. Not only that, but when people faced no consequences for dishonesty, their falsehoods tended to get even more sensational. 28．Why does the Harvard neuroscientist say that lying takes work? A．It is hard to choose from several options. B．It is difficult to sound natural or convincing. C．It involves lots of complex mental activity. D．It requires speedy blood flow into one’s brain. 29．What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us? A．Which external factors will result in lying. B．What consequences lying may bring. C．Why lying deserves to be punished. D．When people tend to be dishonest. 30．What does they author say will happen when a liar does not get punished? A．They will tell bigger lies. B．They may feel justified. C．They will become satisfied with themselves. D．They will confuse lies and truths. D For several decades, there has been an extensive and organized campaign intended to generate distrust in science, funded by those whose interests and ideologies are threatened by the findings of modern science. In response, scientists have tended to stress the success of science. After all, scientists have been right about most things. Stressing successes isn’t wrong, but for many people it’s not persuasive. An alternative answer to the question “Why trust science?” is that scientists use the so-called scientific method. If you’ve got a high school science textbook lying around, you’ll probably find that answer in it. But what is typically thought to be the scientific method — develop a hypothesis, then design an experiment to test it — isn’t what scientists actually do. Science is dynamic: new methods get invented; old ones get abandoned; and sometimes, scientists can be found doing many different things. If there is no identifiable scientific method, then what is the reason for trust in science? The answer is how those claims are evaluated. The common element in modern science, regardless of the specific field or the particular methods being used, is the strict scrutiny of claims. It’s this tough, sustained process that works to make sure faulty claims are rejected. A scientific claim is never accepted as true until it has gone through a lengthy “peer review” because the reviewers are experts in the same field who have both the right and the obligation to find faults. A key aspect of scientific judgment is that it is done collectively. No claim gets accepted until it has been vetted by dozens, if not hundreds, of heads. In areas that have been contested, like climate science and vaccine safety, it’s thousands. This is why we are generally justified in not worrying too much if a single scientist, even a very famous one, disagrees with the claim. And this is why diversity in science — the more people looking at a claim from different angles — is important. Does this process ever go wrong? Of course. Scientists are humans. There is always the possibility of revising a claim on the basis of new evidence. Some people argue that we should not trust science because scientists are “always changing their minds.” While examples of truly settled science being overturned are far fewer than is sometimes claimed, they do exist. But the beauty of this scientific process is that it explains what might otherwise appear paradoxical: that science produces both novelty and stability. Scientists do change their minds in the face of new evidence, but this is a strength of science, not a weakness. 31．How does the author think of the scientific method? A．Stable. B．Persuasive. C．Unreliable. D．Unrealistic. 32．What does the underlined word “vetted” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A．Explained. B．Examined. C．Repeated. D．Released. 33．According to the passage, the author may agree that ______. A．it is not persuasive to reject those faulty claims B．settled science tends to be collectively overturned C．diversity in knowledge is the common element in science D．a leading expert cannot play a decisive role in a scrutiny 34．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A．Put Your Faith in Science B．Defend the Truth in Science C．Apply Your Mind to Science D．Explore A Dynamic Way to Science 第二节 七选五（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Sustainability over Style From the 1950s onwards, as companies increasingly switched to using plastic, competition accelerated and packaging became the best way to signal a distinct identity. 35 Just 10 percent of plastic packaging is recycled globally. There is a simple yet powerful way to improve both plastics recycling and reuse — make brands use similar packaging for products in the same category. Let’s take recycling first. Even with decades of consumer education and investment in infrastructure, it is too expensive to sort much plastic packaging into individual subtypes. Pigments (色素)can’t be eliminated and sorting by colour is expensive, so much coloured plastic gets downcycled into grey pipes or building material. 36 If product categories followed uniform guidelines for plastic type, colour, labels and adhesives, recyclers could cheaply recover far more material. This could finally make recycling economically viable and help achieve the dream of “circularity”, in which a new bottle is made from an old one. The case for standardised reuse systems is as compelling. Reuse systems based on standardised packaging and shared infrastructure could capture 40 percent of the market, versus 2 percent under a fragmented approach, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Standardised packaging may sound like an attack on capitalism to some, but brands already produce similar packaging for milk jugs in the UK and for toothpaste tubes in many countries. 37 Brands could still use labels, washable inks, embossing and other techniques to differentiate themselves. Admittedly, it is hard to imagine rivals like Procter & Gamble and Unilever voluntarily agreeing to put their shampoo in the same-coloured bottles. But as data amounts about the billions of dollars lost each year from single-use plastics that are burned or landfilled — and research sheds more light on the health risks linked to thousands of poorly studied chemicals in plastics — brands may find their corner is harder to defend. 38 In Europe and other parts of the world, policy is already requiring reuse targets and the use of more recycled content. Standardised packaging offers brands a path to meet such goals while avoiding a jump in complexity and costs. Similar shampoo bottles won’t solve everything, of course. But such changes increasingly look like good business sense. 39 A．Increasingly, brands may not have a choice. B．Meanwhile, reusable packaging remains rare. C．Standardisation could dramatically improve things. D．Without them, truly circular packaging remains a distant dream. E．And standardised packaging wouldn’t mean that all products have to be identical. F．But as brands added complexities, the already fragile economics of plastics recycling collapsed. G．They could also still use their own shapes and sizes of packaging, so long as these don’t make sorting difficult. 第三节 阅读表达（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分， 共12分）。阅读下面短文，根据题目要求回答问题。 For many, theater is more than entertainment; it is a vital way to build psychological skills-especially empathy, or our ability to share, understand and care about others’ emotions. Research found that after watching theater, audience expressed more empathy for the characters onstage. The plays also changed behavior. Researchers gave audience members the option to donate some of their payment to charity. After seeing the plays, audience members donated more money to charity-whether or not the charity was related to the topics in the plays. Why does live theater have these effects? Sitting in the dark watching a play can make us forget our own worries and transport us into the life and mind of a different person. We found that the more people reported feeling “immersed” or “lost” in the play, the more their beliefs and behaviors were changed by it. A classic finding in social psychology is that repeated, positive encounters with people unlike ourselves can build empathy. Many of us have too few experiences-or too little interest-in creating such encounters. Theaters provide the chance to see the experiences of people who differ from us in environments unlike our own. The arts are essential to human flourishing(繁荣).As we move beyond the pandemic, we will need to focus on healing collectively and connecting better. Providing greater access to the arts-and using them to share stories across cultural and social difference-will be an important part of this path to recovery. 40． What is empathy? 41．According to the research, what effects did live theater have on audience? 42．Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. Theater can build empathy because it offers us encounters that remind us of our past experiences. 43．Besides watching live theater, what other way(s) can help to build empathy? (In about 40 words) 第2节 应用文写作（共20分。） 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你校高二年级即将举办以“以古未鉴，开创 未来”（From Past to Future）主题的“英文诗词朗诵大赛”Poetry Recitation Contest，现招募英语主持人。请你给活动负责人Jim写一封英文申请信。 内容包括： 1.表达对活动的看法； 2.自身优势。 注意：1. 词数不少于100； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jim， ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第 1 页 8页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $