北京市第二十中学2026-2027学年度第一学期10月阶段高二英语练习

北京市第二十中学2026-2027学年度第一学期10月阶段练习 高二英语 班级 姓名」 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，生握其大意，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。 It was an ordinary summer afternoon when I first found out about my grandpa's 1 garden. That day,after school,instead of walking straight home,I decided to visit my grandpa,who lived just a few blocks away. When I got there,I saw the front door was slightly open.I pushed it open but found nobody.Curiosity and 2 mixed within me as I ventured inside and noticed the backdoor wide open,leading to a path I'd never3 before.There it was-a breathtaking garden,filled with flowers of all shapes and colors greenery stretching out as far as my eyes could see.I walked 4,marveling at the beautiful spectacle. Suddenly,I heard a rustling sound from a nearby bush,followed by a soft and familiar voice. "I didn't 5 you to find this place,my dear,"my grandpa said,emerging from behind the green leaves with a broad smile,holding a watering can. 6 by the beauty of the garden,I just stood there,taking in the view.After what felt like forever, I asked,"Grandpa,why didn't you tell me about this place?" He shrugged and replied,"I wanted it to be a 7,something you could discover on your own. It's more special that way,don't you think?" Since that day,we would spend hours in the garden,tending to the flowers,sharing stories,and enjoying each other's 8.That garden,which I discovered 9,became our playground,a haven of peace in the midst of our bustling city lives. Looking back now,I realize that the greatest thing I found in that garden was not the beautiful scenery, but the precious memories and 10 I built with my grandpa. 1.A.tiny B.secret C.romantic D.natural 2.A.concern B.relaxation C.delight D.excitement 3.A.appreciated B.doubted C.noticed D.recognized 4.A.home B.back C.away D.further 5.A.expect B.hope C.allow D.tell 6.A.Disturbed B.Overwhelmed C.Angered D.Amused 7.A.mystery B.gift C.challenge D.wonder 8.A.garden B.company C.greeting D.memories 9.A.as usual B.in particular C.on purpose D.by chance 10.A.peace B.balance C.bond D.trust 共4 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。 I haven't seen Mr.Jenkins since I left school,yet I often think of him.Before Mr.Jenkins taught me, science 11(be)a subject full of strange words to me.I found it boring and hard.But he made it interesting.He explained things that seemed difficult with practical examples and simple language.Once we built a rocket outdoors.I poured fuel into it,and a classmate lit a match to set it off.It was amazing. Though I was unwilling to study,I learned quickly.I lacked confidence,but Mr.Jenkins helped me find my _12 (strong).He had me give a science presentation.This experience shaped my career.When _13 (prepare)a programme,I wonder how Mr.Jenkins would have done it. B Matt Dickson interviewed three students about English teachers'feedback.The first student says the negative feedback her teacher gives in front of the whole class 14(make)her lose confidence,though she understands her teacher's good intention.The second student finds face-to-face feedback more effective, although it is demanding for the teacher.She can freely ask further questions when confused.The third student only receives general comments,15 fail to tell him his real advantages and problems.He believes feedback should be 16 (specifical)designed.Teachers should highlight mistakes,such as errors in past tenses that students often ignore. I have 500 online friends and spend lots of time online,constantly posting updates and receiving messages from people I associate17.Yet I feel lonely.Social networking dominates my life. Though my friends and I chat a lot online,we have little to say in person.At a dinner,my friend left the table for 30 minutes 18 (take)a call.Others texted online,but ignoring those nearby.Last summer, my sister kept complaining her phone was low on power;when it 19 (charge),she only read about pop stars.20 really worries me is that few of us can quit social media cold turkey.Though we stay connected online,we grow more disconnected from real life. 第二部分：阅读理解（共19小题，每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Take part in our award-winning summer STEM (Science,Technology,Engineering,Math)teen academic programs.All courses are conducted online. Current course offerings include: Biotech Research:Complete an award-winning,competitive admissions program this year.You'll thank yourself when you have one more prestigious credential to add to your college applications.We 第1页 provide students with state-of-the-art lab equipment and materials to use at home-all shipped to your doorstep.The time is NOW to apply. Biomedical Surgical Research:The Biomedical and Surgical Research program brings anatomy (to life through discussion and practice of surgical procedures.From case studies and lectures to mock surgical procedures,students spend three weeks learning what it takes to be a surgeon. Polymer Chemistry:Materials Science is a new exciting field that includes polymer chemistry and plastics engineering of materials to synthesize (and to create custom or brand new materials with specific products for specific uses.Receive materials right to your home to create your own polymers! 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Click here to see session dates and costs. 21.Which courses offer to ship materials? A.Polymer Chemistry and Forensics. B.Intro to Robotics and Biotech Research. C.Biotech Research and Polymer Chemistry. D.Forensics and Biomedical Surgical Research 22.Students who choose Forensics can A.watch TV series with VR equipment B.study criminal minds on the scene C.draft the principles of forensic science D.experience crime investigation virtually 23.What is the main purpose of the passage? A.To promote summer academic programs. B.To compare different online programs. C.To introduce the content of the programs. D.To explain the benefits of the programs. B It was a week after my mom had passed away,and I didn't know how to go on with life.So when I received an email from a friend about a race benefiting cancer research,I ignored it.It seemed too close to the heart,as cancer was the disease that had taken my mother away from me. But something about my friend's words-"I can help organize the whole thing"-stuck with me.I felf obliged(有义务的)to agree.In the weeks to come,,I managed to re-.enter the world of the living.【checked our team's website daily,feeling proud each time a donation ticked up our total.I knew my mom would have wanted it that way.She was the type who never got defeated.It was this very spirit that helped me get 共4 by. When the race ended,I noticed the runners all had one thing in common:There were big smiles on their faces.They made it look so rewarding and effortless.I wanted in. So I enrolled in another race two months later.Considering I could barely run a mile,it was ambitious. But my friend and I made a training plan so I wouldn't come in last.I followed it religiously and didn't let anything get in my way. Running up and down the city's hills,I was flooded with memories.I had lived there after college and my mother had visited often.I passed Bloomingdale's,recalling the time she and I had gotten into a screaming argument there. I was about to beat myself up when I remembered what Mom had said after her diagnosis of cancer."I don't want you to feel guilty about anything."Her paper-thin hands had held me tightly.A weight lifted from my shoulders. When the race day arrived,I gave it my all for my mom and for all she had taught me and continued to teach me.As I ran,whenever I felt like slowing down,I pictured her cheering me on. Crossing the finish line,I was filled with her love and a sense of peace. 24.Why did the author ignore the email in the beginning? A.She felt it hard to finish the race. B.She had no time to join in the event. C.She thought the research meaningless. D.She was reminded of her mother's death. 25.Which of the words can best describe the author's mom? A.Considerate and polite. B.Brave and humorous. C.Strong-willed and caring. D.Outgoing and patient. 26.What might be the best title for the passage? A.How I Got Healed in Running. B.The Loss of Sweet Memories. C.What Matters Most in Running. D.The Rewards of Great Friendship. C A new study has found human feelings can accurately be expressed numerically and have more predictive power for how we behave than formal studies of socioeconomic factors like household income and employment status. The study co-author Andrew Oswald,a professor of economics and behavioral science gathered information from nearly 700,000 people,who were asked annually over a three-decade period how they felt on a numerical scale about their job,spouse,health and home.Using the data collected,researchers constructed statistical models to show how people felt and the actions they took as a result of their reported feelings.The study found that ratings of life satisfaction had a direct linear()relationship to actions i第2页 people subsequently take.Participants who rated their job satisfaction as a 2 out of 7 had a 25%probability of quitting their job.Those who rated a 6 out of 7 had only a 10 percent probability of quitting.The same was true across other measures like marriage,health and housing. Previous research has also shown data about feelings predict human outcomes,but not in such a linear fashion;the degree of satisfaction served as a good predictor of future actions.Additionally,economists have previously been critical of feelings data because they considered them unscientific and unreliable.But this study shows socioeconomic factors have a lesser probability of predicting human behavior than data on feelings. Though the study shows numbers can quantify feelings,researchers are still a bit confused as to why estimates of seemingly subjective feelings can be such good predictors of future actions.According to Oswald,a number of factors could be at play.Humans are very experienced in comparative thinking and are able to scale their own life satisfaction against that of their neighbors.We're also accustomed to using measuring devices for other aspects of life like temperature,distance and weight,so it shouldn't be too surprising that we're able to measure our feelings in a similarly accurate way.Another study co-author Caspar Kaiser says that it may also be because we communicate our feelings and do it in a scaled fashion every day.This could be why it comes out in the data more accurately than in objective markers. Ori Heffetz,an economics professor who was not involved in the study,says that this research shows feelings data shouldn't be underestimated even if they're more difficult to study."Scientists who ignore this do so at their own risk,"he says. Looking ahead,Kaiser hopes this same data can be studied in lower-income countries so that it can be applied universally to places with varied levels of economic development.But more than anything else he's interested in studying why feelings work so well. 27.Paragraph 2 is mainly about A.research process and findings B.research topic and significance C.research subjects and purpose D.research data collection and analysis 28.What can we know about the study? A.It also applies to people from lower-income countries. B.It challenges the opinion that feelings data are unreliable. C.It explains why ratings of feelings can foresee future actions D.It first shows data about feelings can predict human behavior. 29.What is Ori's attitude towards the study? A.Neutral. B.Skeptical. C.Supportive. D.Cautious. 30.Which would be the best title for the passage? A.How You Rate Your Life Predicts Your Future Behavior. B.Feelings Forecast Actions Better than Economic Factors C.Why Your Feelings Affect Your Future Actions. D.Ranking Every Aspect of Your Life Counts. D Scientists are poor forecasters of the future.But two trends can be confidently predicted.First,the world will get more crowded.There will be more than 9 billion people by 2050.Second,the world will get warmer and some governments won't prioritise the long-term measures needed to deal with climate change, 共4 even though science offers us a roadmap to a low-carbon future. That's why we should be promoters of new technology-without it the world can't provide the food and sustainable energy needed for an expanding population.But we should also be cautious,as new technologies,such as AI,may be hard to control. AI will undoubtedly become more intrusive in the future.Records of our movements,health and financial transactions will be stored in the cloud.The data may be used for justifiable reasons,such as protein folding and drug development,or to warn us of initial health risks,but its availability to Internet companies is already shifting the balance of power from governments to global-scale corporations. Actually,it's beyond Earth that Al has the most enormous potential.Humans may have established bases beyond Earth by the year 2100.But don't ever expect mass emigration (from Earth.It's a false belief that space offers an escape from our problems.Dealing with climate change on Earth is a piece of cake compared to terraforming Mars. Nevertheless,we should cheer on these brave human space adventurers.They'll be ill-adapted to a Martian habitat,so they'll have a super motive to redesign themselves.It's they,not those of us adapted to life on Earth,who will pioneer the post-human era() If post-humans make the shift from flesh and blood to fully artificial intelligences,they won't need an atmosphere or even gravity,so it's in deep space-not even on Mars-that non-biological "brains"may develop powers that we can't imagine.)They may end up being mentally different from us.Al could jump-start a huge emigration and thus ever more complex intelligence spreads through the universe. But let's refocus from the science fiction of the far future,closer to the here and now.This century is special.It's the first,in Earth's 4.5-billion-year history where one species-ours-holds the planet's future in its hands.Our intelligence could initiate billions of years of post-human evolution ()even more amazing than that which led to us.On the other hand,humans could cause biological,environmental or cyber catastrophes that foreclose all this potential. If science is to save us,we need to think globally,sensibly and long-term-empowered by science,but guided by values that science alone can't provide 31.Why does the author mention the two trends in the first paragraph? A.To reply to governments'decisions. B.To show scientists'prediction ability C.To present a call for scientific advances. D.To highlight the challenges to scientists. 32.According to this passage,Al can A.put an end to climate change B.make mass human emigration possible C.speed up the competition in medical fields D.bring about potential threats from big companies 33.As for the future,what does the author agree with? A.Post-humans will repeat the history of humans. B.Complex intelligence will dominate the universe. C.Fully artificial intelligences may inhabit outer space. D.Non-biological brains may invite unforeseen disasters. 第3页 34.Which would be the best title for the passage? A.Could Al Save Us? B.Will Science Lead Evolution? C.Are Space Adventurers Pioneers? D.Is Complex Intelligence Coming? 第二节（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。 A Way Out of Social Anxiety:Volunteering and Acts of Kindness As a socially anxious introvert,I can attest()to the benefits of serving others through volunteering in my community. A volunteer job doesn't need to require stepping into a busy room full of 100 people at a school or hospital.35 This kind of work is much more suitable and agreeable for introverts. 36 When I help elders or people with disabilities who are more isolated and lonelier than I am, I feel my nervousness and self-consciousness disappear.My social awkwardness loses its grip on me when I'm focused on helping someone else rather than myself or my social performance.Unlike showing up at a job interview,business meeting,or speaking engagement,working as a volunteer with people in need takes the spotlight away from being measured or judged.37 Social scientists have an apt name for stressful social situations where we need to perform and would likely be judged or evaluated.The "social-evaluative threat"is particularly threatening for people with social anxiety as stress hormones rapidly increase.Any time we are in evaluative situations where we are judged by others,we face this social-evaluative threat and endure a sudden rush of stress hormones that increase anxiety.38 Yet when we are in situations where we are offering casual acts of kindness or nurturing others we tend to feel less threatened or judged by others.Helping others and sharing simple acts of kindness does not pose such a social-evaluative threat,but instead,calms and soothes us.Neuroscientists have studied the warm glow of doing good that makes us feel good. "Kindness may help socially anxious people,"says Dr.Lynn Alden,a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia.39 She found that acts of kindness may help to counter the socially anxious person's fear of negative evaluation by promoting more positive perceptions and expectations of how other people will respond. A.Some people are naturally reserved while others are rather outgoing. B.In social anxiety disorder,fear and anxiety lead to avoidance which can disrupt our life. C.Indeed,my own act of kindness has always been a sure bet to bring me out of my shell. D.Instead,my volunteer service consists of quiet one-on-one visits with isolated older adults. E.When I am giving my free time to help others,I feel truly liberated in my mission to serve. F.High-performance events such as public speaking or job interviews can be really unbearable. G.She and her colleagues conducted a study with 115 undergraduate students who had reported high levels of social anxiety. 第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32分) 第一节阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答(12分)。 Last year,I baked biscuits for complete strangers to say "thank you".I'd had to call 999 because I 共4页 found my husband unconscious on the floor.Within minutes,a police car arrived and soon my husband received medical care in hospital. A week later,when I dropped off still-warm biscuits and presented a thank-you note at the police station,the policemen thanked me for delivering gifts. I drove away feeling light and happy.Later,I realized that my natural high might have been more than it seemed.Research has shown that sharing gratitude has positive effects on health.People who express gratitude will increase their happiness levels,lower their blood pressure and get better sleep. What about people who receive gratitude?Research has confirmed that when people receive thanks, they experience positive emotions."Those are happy surprises,"says Jo-Ann Tsang,a professor of psychology.When someone is thanked,he's more likely to return the favor or pass kindness on,and his chances of being helpful again doubles,probably because he enjoys feeling socially valued. The give-and-take of gratitude also deepens relationships.Studies show that when your loved ones regularly express gratitude,making you feel appreciated,you're more likely to return appreciative feelings, which leads to more satisfactory in your relationships. Nowadays,however,many people don't express gratitude.Our modern lifestyle may be to blame.With commercial and social media,everything is speeding the younger generation to feel they're the center of the world.If it's all about them,why thank others? Why not thank others?Just take a look at how many positive effects can saying "thank you"have on personal health-and the well-being of others. If you aren't particularly grateful,I strongly suggest you learn to be.People who are instructed to keep gratitude journals,in which they write down positive things that happen to them,cultivate gratitude over time. 40.What health benefits can people gain from expressing gratitude? 41.How do people probably respond when they receive gratitude and feel socially valued? 42.Please decide which part is false in the following statement,then underline it and explain why. Saying "thank-you"improves relationships,but nowadays some young people don't want to do it because everything is making them feel blamed by the whole society. 43.If possible who would you like to express gratitude to most?Why?(In about 40 words) 第二节写作(20分) 假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你们年级要举行英语配音大赛(English Dubbing Competition),请 你用英文给你的外教Jim写一封邮件，邀请他做评委，内容包括： 1.活动简介 2.评委职责 Dear Jim, Yours, LiHua 第4页