河南驻马店市新蔡县新蔡县第一高级中学2025-2026学年下学期5月月考高二英语试题

新蔡一高2025—2026学年下学期5月月考 高二英语试题 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 is the weather like now? A. Rainy. B. Snowy. C. Sunny. 2. How long have the speakers been waiting? A. 10 minutes. B.30 minutes. C.40 minutes. 3. What surprised the girl about the school bus? A. Its comfortable chairs. B. Its minimal noise. C. Its beautiful shape. 4. Where will the speakers probably go tonight? A. A restaurant. B. A theater. C. A bar. 5. What is the woman curious about? A. The source of oil. B. The production of oil. C. The prospect of oil. 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. What is the woman doing? A. Sharing causes of sleeplessness. B. Explaining the significance of sleep. C. Giving tips on improving sleep quality. 7. What happens to the brain during sleep? A. It grows bigger. B. It removes waste. C. It works slowly. 听第7段录音，回答第8至10题。 8. What kind of products does the new market sell? A. Foreign food. B. Overseas clothes. C. Electronic products. 9. What is the man’s attitude toward new things? A. Positive. B. Worried. C. Uninterested. 10. What do the speakers agree on? A. New things are more attractive. B. Traditions are disappearing quickly. C. Both new things and traditions are important. 听第8段录音，回答第11至13题。 11. Where are the speakers probably? A. At a store. B. At a concert. C. At a music studio. 12. What does the man think people should do? A. Collect old-fashioned CDs. B. Listen to more online music. C. Pay for physical music and concerts. 13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The sound quality of online music. B. The changes in the music industry. C. The popularity of different music forms. 听第9段录音，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Co-workers. B. Zookeeper and visitor. C. TV host and guest. 15. What do the keepers do after feeding the pandas breakfast? A. Guide pandas to exercise. B. Practice giving talks to visitors. C. Learn the living habits of pandas. 16. What is special about Ling Ling? A. She is a social girl. B. She gets up pretty early. C. She enjoys her own company. 17. Why do the pandas currently live apart? A. They don’t get along well. B. That’s their natural lifestyle. C. There’s no space to live together. 听第10段录音，回答第18至20题。 18. What is said to make the well magical? A. Its location inside a dark cave. B. Its ability to turn objects into stone. C. Its long history as a tourist attraction. 19. What do we know about Grandma Willow? A. She founded a museum. B. She built the famous well. C. She was believed to know future events. 20. Why do families enjoy visiting the area? A. For the famous museum. B. For the touching stories behind. C. For the beautiful natural environment. 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 Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) changes the course of the individual’s development and causes learning disabilities. But this doesn’t mean people with Down syndrome are not capable of being successful in life. Karen Gaffney She is the first person with Down syndrome to complete a relay swim of the English Channel. She is also a noteworthy (显著的) individual for being the first person with Down syndrome to be awarded an honorary doctor’s degree. Karen serves as the president of the Karen Gaffney Foundation of Portland. The organization is dedicated to helping those who have Down syndrome. Madeline Stuart She is an Australian model with this disorder. She is responsible for changing the face of the modeling industry. She’s walked in New York Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, despite having Down syndrome. Madeline is credited as being the world’s first supermodel with Down syndrome. Tommy Jessop He is noteworthy for being one of the first Down syndrome actors to star in a prime-time (黄金时段) BBC drama, On top of acting in movies, Tommy has played many parts in theater, such as the role of Hamlet. He has won several Best Actor Awards and received an honourable mention for his acting talent from the 17th European Film Festival Koszalin, Poland. Collette Divitto She is responsible for founding Collettey’s Cookies, a cookie company based in Boston. After failing to find a job for 2 years, Collette was inspired by her friends to open her own business, which is still doing well. Collettey’s Cookies employs around 20 people and about half of them are people with disabilities. She hopes to help create more jobs for people with disabilities. 21. Who went the furthest academically? A. Karen Gaffney. B. Tommy Jessop. C. Madeline Stuart. D. Collette Divitto. 22. What do we know about Madeline Stuart? A. She set up Collettey’s Cookies. B. She won several Best Actor Awards. C. She is the world’s first supermodel with Down syndrome. D. She completed a relay swim of the English Channel. 23. Where is the text most likely from? A. A review on Hollywood films. B. A fashion magazine. C. A textbook on mathematics. D. A book of inspirational stories. B For me, nothing is more satisfying than discovering hidden precious stones in secondhand shops. After all, one person’s garbage may be another person’s treasure, I can spend hours sorting through boxes of old photography. Two years ago, I came across a collection of loose, dusty photos. I looked to see if there were any names on the backs, I thought that if these were mine or my family’s, I’d want someone to return them to me. So I made it my goal to do so for others. Since then, I’ve visited secondhand shops weekly, and have collected more than 50,000 of these items. I organize them in big boxes all over my house in New York. I’ve also set up a social media account to help reunite items with their owners or other family members. The first item I posted was a video tape of a family holiday and I digitized (数字化) it. It was a video of two parents and a son of university age on a trip in the 1990s-the son was wearing a T-shirt with the words “Wesleyan swimming” on it. My fans on social media contacted the sports departments in universities across the US and asked swimming coaches from the 1990s if they recognized the student, At last, the family was found. They couldn’t believe it and was overjoyed to be reunited with the tape. Then, the family revisited some of the memories together. People are often quite emotional when seeing the items again — most of these items are lost after a house move or a family death, because they thought they would never see these items again. I have some rules, including not sharing sensitive photographs and removing posts if the family does not want their memories online. I want to encourage people to protect their own family history so that they don’t get lost. 24. Why did the author return old photos two years ago? A. To discover more stories behind them. B. To exchange them for more valuable items. C. To do what he thought was worth doing. D. To avoid more rubbish around in community. 25. How did the family reunite with the video tape? A. With the help of the author and his fans. B. By seeing the digitized tape on a poster. C. By recalling the past. D. Through a T-shirt with the family names. 26. What’s the probable reaction of people seeing the lost items again? A. They feel a loss. B. They clean them again. C. They tend to remove them. D. They’ re filled with strong feelings. 27. What is a rule observed by the author? A. Throwing the items into the rubbish. B. Deleting the online posts if not permitted. C. Returning lost items to social organizations. D. Giving up social media as much as possible. C Over the past 50 years, it turns out that high-speed trains are not just reducing journey times, but most importantly, it’s driving economic growth, creating job opportunities and bringing communities closer together. Although Japan started the trend with its Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” in 1964, it was the coming of France’s TGV in the early 1980s that really promoted a global high-speed train revolution that continued to speed up. China has built around 42, 000 kilometers of high-speed railways since 2008 and plans to top 70, 000 kilometers by 2035. But the United States detoured the revolution. For the rich and economically successful nation on the planet, with an increasingly urbanized population of more than 300 million, it is increasingly difficult to give a good reason. Cars and airplanes have dominated long-distance travel in the United States since the 1950s. Now Americans still almost entirely depend on crowded highways or airline networks that are easy to collapse. “Many Americans have no concept of high-speed rail and fail to see its value,” says William C. Vantuono, editor-in-chief of Railway Age, North America’s oldest railroad industry publication. “It’s logical that the United States hasn’t yet developed a nationwide high-speed network,” says Scott Sherin, chief commercial officer of train builder Alstom’s US division. “For decades, traveling by car wasn’t a hardship, but as highway congestion (堵塞) gets worse, we’ve reached a stage where we should start looking more seriously for the alternatives.” “The magic numbers are centers of population with around three million people that are 200 to 500 miles apart, giving a trip time of less than three hours — preferably two hours, where those conditions apply in Europe and Asia, high-speed rail reduces air’s share of the market from 100% to near zero. The model would work just as well in the USA as it does globally.” adds Scott Sherin. 28. What is paragraph 1 mainly about? A. The value of high-speed trains. B. The growth of high-speed trains. C. The hardship of high-speed trains. D. The revolution of high-speed trains. 29. What is the purpose of paragraph 2? A. To introduce a new topic. B. To give a possible explanation. C. To define a meaning. D. To draw a comparison. 30. What does the underlined word “detoured” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Didn’t get involved in. B. Didn’t change. C. Didn’t give up. D. Didn’t protest. 31. What does Scott Sherin think of the United States developing high-speed trains? A. It is developing high-speed rail. B. It should be cautious. C. It is losing its market share. D. It should be flexible. D Sleep is widely recognized as one of life’s necessary processes. But do you know that sleepless nights can also lead to selfish behavior? Insufficient sleep affects how likely a person is to help someone, according to new research published in the journal PLOS Biology. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, conducted three studies looking at this “selfish” effect, analyzing changes in neural (神经系统的) activity and behavior that benefit others, and found it was common even after a small loss of sleep. Research scientists Eti Ben Simon and Matthew Walker told that this finding was most surprising. “Even if we only sleep one hour less, it is enough to influence the choice to help another and hit our natural human kindness and our motivation to help other people in need,” said Ben Simon. In the first study, by looking at a database of 3 million charitable donations between 2001 and 2016, Eti Ben Simon, Matthew Walker and their colleagues saw a 10% drop in donations following Daylight Saving Time (夏令时). This drop was not seen in states that don’t follow the one-hour forward, In the second study, the researchers looked at the brain activity of 24 people after eight hours of sleep and after a night of no sleep. The areas of the brain associated with theory of mind were less active after sleep loss, this study found. In the third study, which measured the sleep of more than 100 people across three to four nights, researchers unexpectedly found that sleep quantity and quality both typically influenced emotional and social behavior. “These findings could suggest that once sleep time rises above some basic amount, sleep quality is the most critical factor that influences desire to help other people,” Dr. Ivana Rosenzweig, a sleep physician said. Ben Simon and Walker hope their research will allow people to regain a full night of sleep if necessary. “Sleep loss fundamentally changes the way we are social and emotional creatures,” Walker said. 32. What will happen if people lack sleep according to new research? A. It makes them kind and motivated. B. It will cause damage to their health. C. It will increase the possibility of helping others. D. It may discourage them from doing good deeds. 33. What can we know about the first study from the text? A. It was based on a database from advertisers. B. It discovered the brain less active after sleep loss. C. It saw a 10% drop in donations in all states. D. It focused on the donation behavior of people. 34. How is the text organized? A. Hypothetical — Real. B. Cause — Effect C. Phenomenon — Analysis. D. General — Particular. 35. What can be the best title of the text? A. Three Important Studies B. The Less Sleep, the More Selfish? C. A Delightful Finding about Sleep Loss D. Sleep Quality or Sleep Quantity Matters More? 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。 How to create an indoor garden If you’re looking for a way to brighten up your home, consider creating an indoor garden. 36 We will share some basic tips on how to make yours look its best. Know the type of plants you want Deciding is probably the hardest part when it comes to creating an indoor garden because there are just so many plants to choose from. Start by thinking about what type of plants you want. 37 Or maybe something that doesn’t need much attention or effort? Once you have an idea of the type of plant you want, you can start narrowing down your options. Get the right potting soil and containers Now that you know what type of plants you want, it’s time to get the right potting soil and containers. Make sure to get a potting mix that is specifically designed for indoor plants. 38 As for containers, you can really use anything as long as it has drainage holes. Choose a bright location Once you have your plants and pots, it’s time to choose a location for your indoor garden. 39 This will help your plants grow and stay healthy. If you don’t have a spot that gets a lot of light, you can always use artificial lighting like grow lights. 40 In addition to watering, you’ll also need to add substance to your plants about once a month. This will help them grow and stay healthy. Just be sure to follow the instructions on the package. Don’t overdo it. A. Give fertiliser monthly. B. How exactly can we make one? C. Follow the instruction correctly. D. But don’t worry, we’re here to help. E. This will help your plants grow strong. F. Do you want something that will blossom? G. Look for a spot in your home that gets a lot of natural light. 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题） 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四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Tina often discussed with her parents whether they should get a pet dog. However, they always 41 that training a dog would be too distracting for Tina, and they couldn’t 42 the vet (兽医) and food bills with their low income. One day, when they were walking along a narrow path to look for mushroom, a painfilled howl (嗥叫) rang through the trees. Tina and her parents got 43 . “That’s a dog.” Tina headed off in the 44 of the wolf. “Wait, Tina!” Her dad reached for her arm but 45 . “It could be a wolf.” “Even if it is, it’s still hurt,” Tina said as she headed deep, into the forest. “We’ve got to help it.” Tina’s parents 46 her, but Tina was soon out of 47 . When they caught up with her, she was kneeing down beside a hunting dog. It was obvious that he was 48 in a trap. Tina’s dad bent forward to 49 the dog and found the trap closed over the dog’s paw (爪). Later, Tina’s dad took out his knife to 50 the trap. 51 the trap didn’t break any bones. Tina’s mother had grown up in a family of hunters and was well 52 that the dog was well-trained. They took the dog home, and Tina’s dad treated his 53 . Although Tina’s parents initially intended to send the dog to a 54 where there would be kind people taking care of him, the family quickly grew to love him, so they 55 their idea. Tina named the dog Rocky and he became a family member. 41. A. dreamed B. concluded C. guaranteed D. regretted 42. A. anticipate B. investigate C. distribute D. afford 43. A. disappointed B. energetic C. defensive D. delighted 44. A. core B. direction C. means D. schedule 45. A. missed B. ignored C. forgot D. dropped 46. A. conflicted with B. interacted with C. went after D. called on 47. A. balance B. sight C. danger D. condition 48. A. blamed B. purchased C. separated D. caught 49. A. examine B. protect C. emphasize D. applaud 50. A. explore B. polish C. connect D. free 51. A. Suddenly B. Fortunately C. Gradually D. Secretly 52. A. afraid B. proud C. aware D. anxious 53. A. wound B. head C. illness D. tail 54. A. shelter B. forest C. market D. kitchen 55. A. assessed B. challenged C. changed D. invested 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。 Tang suit often refers to a type of Chinese jackets. The word of Tang suit was created by the overseas Chinese people. Tang suit has two 56 (vary) in Chinese culture, which are 57 (striking) different from each other in style. One refers to the real Tang-era clothes developing from Hanfu, 58 (give) a free and easy and elegant impression; 59 other refers to the Manchu male’s jacket developing from magua of the Qing Dynasty, and it is made by absorbing a Western-style suit cutting method. A typical design of a Tang suit employs the Chinese characters, such as Fu and Shou 60 (express) good fortune and best wishes, 61 is extremely popular among the Chinese people. Tang suit 62 (have) a great influence on the clothing styles of other countries up till now. The Japanese kimono (和服) is made 63 the basis of pao of the Tang Dynasty, and it has become the national clothing of Japan. As an essential part of 64 (tradition) Chinese culture, Tang suits 65 (wear) by overseas Chinese people during the Spring Festival each year, appealing to many foreigners to wear then, More and more young Chinese people are inclined to wear Tang suits instead of Western-style suits and dresses on their big days. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （满分15分） 假设你是李华，你的新西兰笔友Sam给你发来邮件说对中国文化很感兴趣，尤其喜欢唐诗（Tang poetry）。请你给他回复一封邮件，分享你对唐诗的了解，提出学习建议并表达祝愿。具体内容包括： 1．唐诗地位及影响； 2．列举著名诗人； 3．欢迎来中国交流文化。 注意： 1．词数80左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Sam, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 第二节 （满分25分） 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 “Hey, Adam, I’m sorry I’m not there with you right now. Happy birthday.” “Thanks, Dad. Are you coming home later for the party?” “Um, well, something’s come up, darling. I might not be able to make it, but I’ll have Rose get you the best cake. Just tell her what you need, OK? Sorry, I really want to be there, but you know how busy my work is right now... I’m really busy.” The call went silent. “Hey, Adam, You there? I’ll try to make time, OK? Hello?...” Jaden removed the phone from his ear and realized the call was disconnected. Adam had hung up. Jaden let out a sigh. “I’m sorry, this is something I’m doing for you.” Jaden owned a million-dollar farm business, and he was planning on expanding it. For that very reason, he was several miles away from his son, traveling to a village. He pulled the car near the roadside and dialed his son immediately. But clearly, the call didn’t go well, Like several other times, Adam was disappointed that Jaden wasn’t there for him. When Adam was a child, Jaden could easily ask him for forgiveness by getting him toys, chocolates and anything the boy loved. But as an 11-year-old boy, Adam had started comprehending things. He was becoming curious and knew his dad was putting work before him. That hurt the youngster in many ways, and since Jaden’s wife passed away and he wasn’t always there for Adam, the boy was being looked after by his aunt, Rose. As Jaden was driving along the rough road, suddenly he found a car stopped there and the driver was waving to him. Jaden stepped out of his car and approached the driver, “What’s up, sir?” “I’m Paul, sorry to interrupt you. I’m driving a long way here to meet a client, but the battery of my smartphone runs out and my GPS doesn’t work, so I can’t figure out the route. I regret not bringing my driver for his wife was ill and I think he needs more time to accompany his wife,” the man said anxiously, After guiding Paul to his client, Jaden was lost in thought. 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。 Jaden changed his idea, thinking it was the most important to celebrate his son’s birthday. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ After running for fifteen minutes, Jaden was out of breath when he reached home. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $