上海中学东校2025-2026学年度高一第二学期期末素质评估英语试卷

上海中学东校2025学年度第二学期学期素质评估 高一英语 2026.6 (满分： 110分 时间：90分钟) I 题号 三 四 五 六 总分 得分 I.Listening Comprehension SectionA Directions:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,you will have seven 那 seconds to decide which choice is the best answer to the question you have heard.Now you have 100 seconds to read all the choices on the screen. 1.A.At a lecture hall. B.In a school library. C.At a lost and found. D.In a department store. 2.A.She is sure she can attend the concert. 请 B.She plans to open a new saving account 不 C.She needs to save more money for the future. 要 D.She wants to buy tickets for the singer's concert. 製 在 3.A.It is educational but boring. B.It lasts long but is enjoyable. 装 C.It is required and meaningless. D.It is worthwhile and necessary. 订 4.A.The good news delights her. B.She'd rather have a later deadline. 线 C.She's not satisfied with the rescheduling. D.Ten days is enough to finish her submission. 内 1 5.A.Data alone is not enough for a study. B.When to launch a project is a big issue. 答 C.It is a common question among students.D.It is better to decide on what to put in the report. 量 题！ 6.A.Take another lift to the 12th floor. B.Press the buttons of another two floors. C.Get off on the floor that the lift stops at.D.Stay in the same lift to ride down to his floor. ZA.The different subjects third-graders leam at school. B.The methods Ms.White used to teach third-graders C.The importance of public speaking skills for third-graders. D.The great time Ms.White and third-graders spent together. 8.A.A meeting has been held to talk about the deal. 1 B.They haven't reached an agreement on the deal. C.The food company failed to fulfill their demands. 荞 D.They're avoiding cooperating with the food company. 9.A.He is suffering from psychological issues. B.He is having a hard time choosing a course. C.He doesn't know what a literature review is. D.He has no idea of where to find suitable articles. 10.A.The man agreed with the woman's opinion. B.The woman thought her opinion was better. C.The woman felt sorry to hear the man's opinion. D.The man didn't have a chance to express his opinion. 第1页/共8页 Section B Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question, you will have seven seconds to decide which choice would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11.A.It was the only art form women could practice at that time. B.She was fond of creating an unusual world with watercolor. C.She determined to be a master of watercolors in her childhood. D.She was inspired by the experienced teachers in the university. 12.A.Speak out for women. B.Focus her/his attention on art. C.Stick to what she/he really loves. D.Avoid an unusual life. 13.A.An art medium. B.An inspiring book. C.A fascinating art teacher. D.An imaginative watercolor. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14.A.Guiding people to buy useful products. B.Enabling more people to closely follow fast fashion. C.Making it possible to improve factory-made products. D.Enhancing the understanding of the process of creation. 15.A.Becoming more patient. B.Becoming more creative. C.Becoming a caring person. D.Becoming a quick-learner. 16.A.Meaningful creation is found not made. B.The process matters more than the result. C.Imagination plays a vital role in creation.D.Failure can be avoided by careful planning. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17.A.To kill some time. B.To visit different places. C.To satisfy his own desire. D.To fulfill his children's wish. 18.A.Anice castle. B.The theme parks. C.Hiking in the deserts. D.Staying on the campsite. 19.A.Swimming deserves more time. B.That's what they can do at home. C.They don't have a budget for that. D.They are more interested in sunbathing. 20.A.$495. B.$525. C.$625. D.$725. II.Grammar and Vocabulary SectionA Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank. The Champion Snorer It was the Cedar Rapids sleeper(卧铺车厢.Outside,,it was as dark as the inside of an ink-bottle.. In the sleeping car people slept-or tried it. Some of them slept like angels,peacefully,sweetly and quietly,while others slept like demons( )ill-intentionally,disgustingly,cruelly,(21) it was their mission(任务)to keep 第2页/共8页 everybody else awake. Of these the man in lower number three was the worst. We had never heard anything snore like him.It was(22) _(systematic)snoring that was ever done,even on one of these tournaments of snoring,a sleeping car.He didn't begin(23) the lamps were turned down and everybody was in bed.Oh,no!There was more cold-blooded magic in his system than that.He waited until everybody had had a taste of sleep,just to see(24) nice and pleasant it was.Then he broke in on their sound sleep like a winged,breathing demon,and they never knew what peace was again that night. He started out with terriflc"Gu-r-r-rt!"that opened every eye in the car.However,we all hoped it was an accident.(25) (trust)that he would not do it again,we all forgave him.Then he ruined our hopes and spoiled the sweet sincerity of our forgiveness by a long-drawn"Gw-a-h-h- hah!"that sounded too much like business(26) (be)accidental.Then every head in that sleepless sleeper was held off the pillow for a minute,waiting in breathless suspense (27)】 (hear)a louder snore before it-hopefully-stopped.But the sleeper in"lower three"went on in regular rhythms(28) indicated good staying qualities,"Gwa-a-a-h! Gwa-a-a-h!Gahwayway!Gahway-wahl Gahwa-a-ah! Evidently it was going to last all night;and the(29) exhaust)heads drooped back on the sleepless pillows,and the scolding began.Pretty soon"lower three"gave us a little variation. He shot off a spiteful "Gwook!"which left us (30) (wonder)whether his nose had got mad at him and was going to strike. Section B Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need. A.addition B.consumed C.controllable D.present E.quote F.reported G.respected H.review I.step J.value K.worthless Another Amazing Achievement? Many science stories you read online are pretty unreliable.Some of them are put out there just to attract your eyeballs.In order to become a wiser reader,here are some simple questions you should ask yourself. Where is the proof? Never accept anything just because a reporter says so.Demand proof.If the story does not (31)any real scientist from real labs,junk(it. Who did it? Any reliable science news story has to answer some basic questions.If it does not,don't believe it.At the top of the list:Who did the original research?If the work was done by scientists working for a for-profit company,be careful.It is not that industry-motivated research is(32)but whenit comes to science,you had better look for studies done by scientists at top universities or(33) research groups.They are more likely to (34)the truths of nature. Where was the original study published? When a researcher finds something that looks like a valuable(35)to his field,he does not go to the local newspaper.Rather,he writes a research article and submits()it to a scientific journal(学术期f刊).The journal editors then(36__it and send it to a few other researchers in the field for critical feedback.This process is an mportant quality control(37).Only after the paper 第3页/共8页 passes this peer review(同行评议)can it be published.. If the news story you are reading does not mention any article published in a journal,be suspicious (持怀疑态度的).Maybe the“scientist'”whose work is being(38)_is not a scientist at all,,or the work is not worthwhile What kind of research was it? Research can be done in many different ways.The more variables (there are,the harder the research is to come to a reliable conclusion.In general,laboratory experiments are more(39) than observational studies and surveys. The next time you read about an"amazing achievement"online,ask a few more questions.Once you start looking critically at a study,you are well on your way to getting a better understanding of its (40) III,Reading Comprehension SectionA Directions:For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Why Your Online Privacy Matters Privacy is closing your bedroom curtains when getting ready for bed.Privacy is visiting with your 请 doctor behind closed doors.While in real life this type of privacy comes 41 with little thought, 不 in the digital space the idea of privacy is skewed()Mostly because people don't really 要 understand what digital privacy entails(). 在 People may 42 it is all about what they are doing,which is a small piece of the picture. 装 However,43 privacy has less to do with what you are doing,and more to do with who you 订 are AND what you are doing.On the Internet,data has high 44.It's stolen,sold,collected 线 and45. 内 Whenever you download an app,visit a website or use a social media platform,chances are that 答 company is collecting data on you.People are doing so much more online through their computers and 题 mobile devices today.We make purchases,46 medical conditions,arrange vacations,47 friends and relatives,just about anything imaginable.With these actions,people are inadvertently( creating a huge digital 48 of data about themselves. We all have things to hide.It could be how much money you make,your medical 49 or your bank account number.Hiding things is not bad.I don't think these are the types of things you'd like 50 on your social network for the entire world to see.This is why we must 51 to protect our right to privacy. Most apps offer privacy 52 for users.This gives you the freedom to know how much and what kind of information is shared.Always choose the least amount of data sharing.Always be cautious when sharing your name and location.53 location services and deny access to your camera. Bluetooth technology offers54 convenience.It alsoopens doors for security weaknesses. Make sure you tum off your Bluetooth when you are not using it.While there are options to place your Bluetooth activity in an invisible or undetectable mode,there are some malicious(apps that can change that mode and 55 your device to threats.That's one more reason to have a security system in place 41.A.typically B.naturally C.permanently D.reluctantly 42.A.acquire B.attach C.assume D.attack 第4页/共8页 43.A.online B.normal C.secure D.critical 44.A.possession B.cost C.amount D.value 45.A.argued B.analyzed C.searched D.observed 46.A.look up B.look out C.look over D.look at 47.A.focus on B.glance at C.dispose of D.interact with 48.A.shortcut B.trail C.extent D.loss 49.A.programs B.doubts C.records D.controls 50.A.broadcast B.exchanged C.informed D.convinced 51.A.compete B.strive C.complete D.rely 52.A.laws B.concerns C.invasions D.settings 53.A.Tum on B.Turn down C.Turn off D.Turn out 54.A.incredible B.decisive C.rapid D.temporary 55.A.employ B.explore C.expose D.exhibit Section B Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A and B.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. 请 (A) 不 Many people believe that working to the maximum is the secret to success,but research has found 如 要 that moderation also gets results on the job. 在 In a study led by Ellen Langer of Harvard University,researchers asked people to translate 装 sentences into a new made-up language.Subjects who practiced the language moderately beforehand 订 made fewer errors than those who practiced extensively or not at all.High levels of knowledge can 线 make people too attached to traditional ways of viewing problems across fields of arts,sciences,and 内 politics.High conscientiousness is related to lower job performance,especially in simple jobs where 答 it doesn't pay to be a perfectionist. 题 How long we stay on the clock and how we spend that time are under careful examination in many workplaces.The young banker who eats lunch at his desk is probably seen as a go-getter,while his colleagues who chat over a relaxed conference-room meal get dirty looks from the corner offiee. "People from cultures that value relationships more than ours does are shocked by the thought of eating alone in front of a computer",says Art Markman,a professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Austin.Social interaction has been shown to lift mood and get people thinking in new directions and in ways that could help improve any post-lunch effort. Markman also promotes off-task time."Part of being a good thinker is experiencing things that are seemingly unrelated to what you are working on at the moment but give you fresh ideas about your work,"he says."Also,there is a lot of research showing that a positive mood leads to higher levels of productivity and creativity.So,when people do things to increase their life satisfaction,they also make themselves more effective at work." 56.What does Ellen Langer's study show? A.It is worthwhile to be a perfectionist B.Translation makes people knowledgeable. C.Simpler jobs require greater caution. D.Moderate effort produces the best result. 57.The underlined word "go-getter"in paragraph 3 refers to someone who A.is good at handling pressure B.works hard to become successful 第5页/共8页 C.has a natural talent for his job D.gets on well with his co-workers 58.What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.A good thinker is able to inspire other people. B.Experience unrelated to your job is useless. C.A cheerful mood helps make a creative mind. D.Focusing on what you do raises productivity. 59.What does the text seem to support? A.Middle-of-the-road work habits. B.Balance between work and family. C.Long-standing cultural traditions. D.Harmony in the work environment. (B) Nearly 2,000 years ago,as the Romans began to pull out of Scotland,they left behind a curious treasure::l0 tons of nails((钉子)，nearly a million of the things..The nail hoard(贮藏)was discovered in 1960 in a four-metre-deep pit()covered by two metres of small stones. Why had the Romans buried a million nails?The likely explanation is that the withdrawal was rushed,and they didn't want the local Caledonians getting their hands on 10 tons of weapon-grade iron.The Romans buried the nails so deep that they would not be discovered for almost two millennia. Later civilisations would value the skilled blacksmith's labour in a nail even more than the raw material.As Roma Agrawal explains in her new delightful book Nuts and Bolts,early 17th-century Virginians would sometimes burn down their homes if they were planning to relocate.This was an attempt to recover the valuable nails,which could be reused after sifting()the ashes.The idea that one might burn down an entire house just to reclaim the nails underlines how scarce,costly and valuable the simple-seeming technology was. The price of nails fell by 90%between the late 1700s and mid-1900s,as economist Daniel Sichel points out in a research paper.According to Sichel,although the falling price of nails was driven partly by cheaper iron and cheaper energy,most of the credit goes to nail manufacturers who simply found more efficient ways to turn steel into nails. Nails themselves have ehanged over the years,but Sichel studied them because they haven't changed much.Roman lamps and Roman chariots()are very different from LED strips and sports cars,but Roman nails are still clearly nails.It would be absurd to try to track the changing price of sports cars since 1695,but to ask the same question of nails makes perfect sense. I make no apology for being obsessed by a particular feature of everyday objects:their price.I am an economist,after all.After writing two books about the history of inventions,one thing I've learnt is that while it is the enchantingly sophisticated technologies that get all the hype(宣传炒作)， it's the cheap technologies that change the world. The Gutenberg printing press transformed civilisation not by changing the nature of writing but by changing its cost-and it would have achieved little without a parallel collapse in the price of surfaces to write on,thanks to an often-overlooked technology called paper.Solar panels had a few niche()uses until they became cheap;now they are transforming the global energy system. 60.The Romans buried the nails probably for the purpose of. A.saving them for future use B.keeping them from rusting C.letting them grow in value D.hiding them from the locals 61.The example of early 17th-century Virginians is used to A.highlight the thriftiness(of early American colonists B.illustrate the high status of blacksmiths in that period 第6页/共8页 C.contrast the attitudes of different civilisations towards nails D.show the preciousness of nail-making technology at that time 62.What played the major role in lowering the price of nails after the late 1700s? A.Increased productivity. B.Wider use of new energies. C.Stronger market competition. D.Reduced cost of raw materials. 63.Which of the following best summarises the last two paragraphs? A.Cheap technologies bring about revolutionary change. B.Technological innovation is vital to economic success. C.Technology defines people's understanding of the world. D.Complicated technologies develop from small inventions. Section C Directions:Read the following passages.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need. A.Nevertheless,by the Romantic period,masculine tears were reserved for poets. B.So it's time for men to give up being stone-faced and open the floodgates. C.If men cried,they did so with people who would empathize() D.Nor did their companions make fun of this public crying. E.Yet human beings weren't designed to swallow their emotions. F.This isn't just a social expectation;it's a scientific fact. What happened to the noble art of the manly cry? One of our most firmly established ideas of masculinity(男子汉气概)is that men don'tcy. Although he might shed bitter tears at a funeral,a real man is expected to quickly regain control. Crying openly is for girls. (64)One study found woman report crying five times more often than men do.So it's perhaps surprising to learn that the gender gap in crying seems to be a recent development.Historically, men routinely wept.In documents of the Middle Ages,we find ambassadors bursting into tears when addressing the king;in medieval romances,knights cried because they missed their girlfriends.There's no mention of men trying to hold back their tears. So where did all the male tears go?There was no anti-crying movement.No leaders of church or state introduced measures to discourage them.(65)From there,it was a short leap to the poker-faced heroes of Ernest Hemingway,who couldn't express their grief by any means but drinking and shooting buffalo(野牛). The most obvious possibility is that this shift is the result of changes that took place as we moved from an agricultural society to one that was urban and industrial.In the Middle Ages,a typical village had only a small number of inhabitants related by blood or marriage.(66)But from the 18th century,the population became increasingly urbanized,and people were living amid thousands of strangers.Furthermore,changes in the economy required men to work together in factories and offices where emotional expression was discouraged as time-wasting. (67) There's reason to believe that holding back tears can be harmful to your well- being.Research has suggested a link between stress-related illness and inadequate(crying. So it might be better to return to the free-flowing tears of the past.When misfortune strikes,feel free to cry until our sleeves are soaked.As the Old Testament has it:"They that sow in tears shall reap in joy” 第7页/共8页 IV.Grammar Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank. 68. doesn't matter what you wear,as long as you look neat and tidy. 69. We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $20,half of it used to charge. 70.Located the Belt meets the Road,Jiangsu will contribute more to the Belt and Road construction 71.The young couple,who returned my lost wallet,left I could ask for their names 72.The boss of the company is trying to create an easy atmosphere his employees enjoy their work 73. is often the case with the elderly,they like to talk about the old days. 74. (absorb)m painting,John didn't notice evedling approaching. 75. More than 20 people were reported (ki)in the accident. 76.If elected,he promised he would do all he could (promote)public welfare 77.You may imagine what great difficulty I had (express)complicated ideas in simple 1 English. 请 不 V.Translation Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets. 要 78.当今，我们被各种该吃什么的建议狂轰滥炸。bombard) 装 79.这部新上映的电影是否会受到好评，让我们拭目以待。(remain) 订 80.人工智能在未来的许多年里会继续吸引我们，变得越来越流行。(appeal) 让我觉得奇怪的是，一个如此有远见的人，居然没能意识到事态的严重性。(sik) 线 81. 答 VI.Guided Writing 题 Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given 1 below in Chinese. 82.假设你是明启中学高三学生李明。你校英文报正举行主题为"To change or not to change?” 的征文比赛，你决定参赛。请你撰写一篇参赛稿，内容包括： 1)你的观点； 2)你的理由。 第8页/共8页