辽宁省鞍山市2025-2026学年高一下学期期末自编英语试卷

辽宁省鞍山市2025-2026学年高一年下学期期末自编英语试卷1

 

 一.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和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

 

A

For the Love of Food

Make food your life in the CIA Associate in Culinary Arts degree program. You’ll not only build the core skills used by every chef; you’ll chart your own path toward a lifelong career doing what you love. Learn to prepare a wide variety of dishes and cuisines, manage people, and use state-of-the-art equipment — all in less than two years! Come and make our trademark hands-on learning approach and industry-proven experts work for you.

Highlights:

1st Session: Learn how to develop flavor, employ classic and contemporary culinary techniques, create menus, and prepare global cuisines.

2nd Session: Study the ways successful culinary professionals manage restaurants, high-end catering, food trucks, and other food-related businesses.

3rd Session: Gain real-world experience through a paid internship semester at one of CIA’s 2,000+ food industry partners.

4th Session: Discover how real public restaurants are operated — hands-on, in our award-winning, live-action restaurant classrooms that serve thousands of customers annually.

How to apply：

Get started by submitting your application on our official website. Choose from two online options: CIA ONLINE APP or COMMON APP.

Next, to complete your application file, we just need three additional items:

▲ Request official transcripts (成绩单).

▲ Submit an essay to indicate your goals in life.

▲ Ask for a recommendation letter written by your teachers.

That’s it! You’re on your way to enrolling at CIA．If you’ve already submitted your application, learn more about the essay and supporting materials. Get ready for applications at least 3 months in advance in case of any interviews and background checks. Applications for our program are due by December 1,2023.

1．How long at most can you get the degree?

A．One year. B．Two years. C．Three years. D．Four years.

2．When can students experience working in a food factory?

A．At the first session. B．At the second session.

C．At the third session. D．At the fourth session.

3．What should students do if they want to apply for the program?

A．They should submit applications by email.

B．They should prepare for the application ahead of schedule.

C．They should start to apply in December 2023.

D．They should write a recommendation letter themselves.

B

When Marie Benton first moved to London in 2008, joining a choir helped her settle in. To comfort and boost confidence for people in trouble, she hung posters in local hostels advertising “a choir with no name (yet)”, and it was an immediate success. Thus was officially born The Choir with No Name (TCWNN), which now has seven choirs across multiple cities to support those affected by homelessness and exclusion (排斥).

Studies have documented the close link between homelessness and poor mental health. A 2022 report revealed homeless people experience worse physical and mental health than the general population. Fortunately, research in Psychology of Music found choir participation improves positive emotions, with 88% of people seeing mental health improvements and 78% reporting reduced stress and anxiety.

Frequently ignored and often rejected, homeless people are often isolated (孤立). “Our choirs aim to do the opposite, where everyone is seen and heard,” says TCWNN’s CEO Dr. Kate Wareham.

Unlike other groups, TCWNN is free to join, welcoming people of all ages, backgrounds and musical abilities, with no pre-registration, audition (试唱) or regular commitment. Rehearsals

(彩排) start with a chat, followed by 90 minutes of group singing and a hot meal afterward. The choir directors are teaching group singing in a way that ensures everyone is supported to grow both personally and musically.

Dan, who has been in the choir since 2015, says his life has been transformed. Forced to leave his family home and living in a hostel, he had withdrawn from the world. Weekly rehearsals gave him a routine among the chaos, providing hope during darkness. “When I joined, I was at the bottom of the ladder; choir was the start of climbing up, and, slowly but surely, I got to where I am today — a confident and outgoing person.” he says. Now Dan has his own flat and rebuilds family relationships.

4．Why did Marie Benton start TCWNN?

A．To establish a choir network across the UK.

B．To help herself settle in London quickly.

C．To help with the promotion of local hostels.

D．To uplift people facing hardships.

5．What does the research in Psychology of Music show?

A．Growing popularity of singing activities.

B．The poor physical health of homeless people.

C．The link between homelessness and mental health.

D．Positive effects of choir involvement on health.

6．What does TCWNN feature?

A．Advanced registration. B．Easy access for everyone.

C．High attendance demands. D．Professional musical skills.

7．What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．TCWNN: Where Every Voice Matters B．Hope: What Science Says about Choirs

C．Singing: A Way to Beat Stress D．Music: A Cure for Poor Health

C

Have you wondered if we could save our thoughts and memories in a computer? It’s called mind uploading. There we’d live digitally, perhaps forever.

Within that simulated (模拟) environment, you could do anything you do in real life — eating, driving a car, playing sports. You could also do something impossible in the real world,