上海复旦大学附属中学2025-2026学年第二学期高二年级英语学科5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷

复旦大学附属中学2025学年第二学期 高二年级英语学科5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 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 Rickshaws (黄包车) of Kolkata Human-powered rickshaws first appeared in Kolkata, India a century ago, and about 6,000 of them still roll through the streets today. Most of the men who pull the rickshaws are poor, aging migrants from the countryside. Their vehicles are not being made any more, and as the parts wear out, they cannot 1          (replace). It appears that the days of the rickshaw are nearing their end in Kolkata. Rickshaws are an important form of transportation in this city of nearly 15 million people. They are cheap and convenient. Poor and middle-class residents rely on rickshaws to move through narrow lanes in areas of the central city 2          public transportation is not available. Families often pay a rickshaw puller to take their children to and from school. Rickshaws also provide delivery service for hotels, shops and homes around the city, carrying everything from food for 500 wedding guests to live chickens. Ladies on shopping trips depend on rickshaw pullers 3          (wait) while they make several stops before returning home. Some people even use a rickshaw instead of an ambulance! 4          their usefulness, rickshaw pullers usually live in extreme poverty. Most of them are homeless. Some sleep in a rickshaw garage; others simply live in their rickshaws or on the street. They work for more than 12 hours at a time, 5          (earn) about $2.50 a day. Their top priority is paying the rent on their vehicles, and then buying food and shelter. Any extra money goes to their families. For the last ten years, the government 6          (try) to get rid of rickshaws. City authorities say they want to modernize Kolkata's image. They also want to reduce traffic congestion. "We 7          be fair to the cars and buses that are crawling because of the rickshaws," one city official said. 8          the future holds for rickshaw pullers is important. Most are 40 to 60 years old and have no other job skills. Local authorities have talked about programs to re-train the pullers. They could drive auto-rickshaws, for example, work in parking lots, or make traditional crafts. However, with nothing 9          (do) to start these programs, rickshaw pullers are understandably very worried about the future. "I'll try anything, even learning a new job, 10          it helps my family," one puller said. Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. curiosity B. foundation C. madness D. means E. multiple F. overlooks G. overstates H. possible I. push J. reduce K. special Restless Genes "No other mammal (哺乳动物) moves around like we do," says Svante Paabo, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He uses genetics to study human origins. "There's a kind of 11         to it. Sailing out into the ocean, you have no idea what's on the other side. And now we go to Mars. We never stop. Why?" If an urge to explore rises in us at birth, perhaps its 12         lies within our genome. In fact, there is a mutation (突变) that pops up frequently in such discussions: a variant of a gene called DRD4. DRD4 helps control dopamine, a chemical messenger in the brain that plays a major role in reward-motivated behavior. Researchers have repeatedly tied the variant DRD4-7R-carried by roughly 20 percent of all humans--to increased 13         and restlessness. Dozens of human studies have found that 7R makes people more likely to take risks; explore new places, ideas, foods, or relationships; and generally love movement, change, and adventure. So is 7R the explorer's gene or adventure gene, as some call it? Yale University evolutionary and population geneticist Kenneth Kidd thinks that this 14         its roles. Kidd speaks with 15         authority here, as he was part of the team that discovered the 7R variant 20 years ago. "You just can't 16         something as complex as human exploration to a single gene." It would be better, Kidd suggests, to consider how groups of genes might lay a foundation for such behavior. It is likely that different groups of genes contribute to 17         characteristics that enable us to explore. There may be other genes--7R among them--which go even further: They 18         us to explore. It helps, in short, to think not just of the urge to explore but of the ability-not just the motivation but the 19         . Before you can act on the urge, you need the tools or characteristics that make exploration 20         . II. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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. The 16th-century dramatist Ben Jonson generously called Shakespeare a writer "not of an age, but for all time." And so it has proven to be, for Shakespeare's plays are still the most translated and most 21          of any playwright's in the world. But if you ask people what accounts for Shakespeare's 22          popularity, you will get a number of different answers. Some will say that he was a great storyteller, others that the 23          lies in the beauty of his poetry. Some scholars point out that he was born in a lively period of England's history, a time of great national confidence and cultural activity, particularly in the theatre. 24         , they claim, he was able to produce an extraordinary volume of work. This last explanation seems a little 25         . A more interesting answer is put forward, although a little over-enthusiastically, by Harold Bloom in his book Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Bloom argues that Shakespeare gave us something in his writing that the world had not seen in 26          before: characters with a strong personality. These lifelike characters gave us a real insight into the human 27         : Iago, the trusted advisor of Othello, whose jealousy leads him to betray his honest master; Rosalind, the heroine in As You Like It, who remains true to her friends and family in spite of the danger to herself. Through the mouths of such characters, we learn truths about life that we can all 28         . These truths are made more moving and more memorable by the way in which they are 29         : briefly and poetically. Shakespeare has been dead almost 400 years, but the words and saying attributed (归功于) to him still 30          the English language today. So whether you are "fashionable" or "sanctimonious," thank Shakespeare, who probably 31          the terms. In fact, it is amazing just how great Shakespeare's influence on everyday language has been. Take, for example, these phrases from Michael Macrone's light-hearted book Brush Up Your Shakespeare. 表格 full circle at one fell swoop neither here nor there Macrone is more interested in the Shakespearean language that has survived than the reasons for its 32         . According to his research, some of these sayings are slightly different from their original meaning once taken out of the 33          of the plays in which they first appeared. For example, "the be all and end all" is used today to mean "the most important thing", but in Macbeth, it means "the end of the matter". Regardless of such technicalities, it is still remarkable that so many of Shakespeare's words have survived the large 34          in language between their time and the present day. The beauty of those words is certainly one reason, but as Johnson suggested, it is the humanity and lasting relevance of their 35          that brings them to life. 21. A. selected B. performed C. evaluated D. revised 22. A. unexpected B. varying C. individual D. enduring 23. A. magic B. evidence C. creativity D. count 24. A. In a word B. As a consequence C. By contrast D. To some degree 25. A. possible B. convincing C. unsatisfactory D. boring 26. A. man B. literature C. history D. focus 27. A. condition B. emotions C. factor D. resources 28. A. qualify for B. judge from C. specialize in D. identify with 29. A. proved B. phrased C. believed D. understood 30. A. color B. define C. represent D. involve 31. A. honored B. improved C. coined D. chose 32. A. significance B. variety C. livelihood D. popularity 33. A. concept B. time C. context D. outline 34. A. shifts B. conflicts C. similarities D. trends 35. A. usage B. wording C. originality D. message 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, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. （A） Adventurer Holly Budge, 29, described the experience as 'amazing, just spectacular' after making a safe landing at 3,900 metres. The Hampshire camerawoman was one of three skydivers in Nepal to make the first plunge from above the world's highest peak. We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds you could see Everest (珠穆朗玛峰) and the other high mountains popping out of the top,' she said. The group of three, described by onlookers as looking "like tiny birds flying in the blue sky', faced sub-zero temperatures and fast-changing weather when they touched down in the foothills of the mountain. The event, organised by British adventure travel company High and Wild, will see up to 30 more skydivers from around the world make the same attempt in the coming days. Each of its clients has paid about £13,500 for the experience. 'It was worth the money - it is something that has never been done before,' said Ms. Budge, who has completed 2,500 skydives and who jumped to raise money for charities in Britain and Nepal. Skydiving at altitudes (高度) just higher than the summit of Mount Everest created numerous challenges for the project. Due to the thin air, their parachutes (降落伞) were three times the size of regular ones, and the jumpers used oxygen tanks strapped to their waists. 'The organisers have brought a plane over from Switzerland, and the permits have been very expensive, as has getting everyone to the jump site,' said Budge. The oldest client due to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a bioscience company, organiser Nigel Gifford said. 'Although many are very experienced, others are making their first ever skydive and will be going with experts,' said Gifford, whose company has permission to operate in the area for another 13 days. The 'Everest Skydive' is an event that has been 15 years in the making for Mr Gifford. 'It came about because I have been a Himalayan mountaineer and took up skydiving. I love doing both and I thought it would be good to marry the two,' he said. 36. In Ms. Budge's opinion, ________. A. she would've paid more for the experience B. the jump was vastly overpriced for what it was C. the fee was reasonable for such a once-in-a-lifetime experience D. no one would consider paying thousands of pounds to skydive off Everest 37. According to the writer, Alan Walton ________. A. will not be allowed to jump as he is too old B. is on the list to jump in the next few days C. will probably be ready to skydive in a year's time D. wants to have his name added to the waiting list of skydivers 38. Mr. Gifford, the organiser of the event, ________. A. decided that all participants should be experienced in both climbing and skydiving B. has tried both climbing and skydiving but has failed to bring them together C. was not optimistic about the skydive D. has enjoyed bringing the two sports together 39. Looking at the text as a whole, what best describes the overall experience of the skydive? A. The expense of the trip ruined the experience. B. It was a complete success and everybody had a truly memorable experience. C. People generally had a positive experience, though complained of the extreme cold. D. Conditions were a lot worse than expected and people's high expectations were not met. （B） Welcome to Middletown University Preparing you for success, whatever you want to do Whether you are a national or international student, we welcome you to Middletown University. Our reputation is built on providing high-quality education in both academic and vocational subjects. As well as priding ourselves on our traditional face-to-face learning, we have recently introduced a range of distance-learning courses. Frequently Asked Questions What kind of courses do you have? Are you looking for a general academic course to increase your knowledge? Or do you need a vocational course to develop your skills for a specific profession? Or perhaps you need both. Whatever your academic and vocational needs, we are sure to have an appropriate course for you. What do they cost? Costs for our courses vary considerably. Click on each department's homepage for more information. Scholarships and bursaries (助学金) are available for certain courses, particularly for those in the sciences and education. Our Most Popular Courses Academic courses: Mathematics, English Literature and History Vocational courses: Engineering, Nursing, Accounting, Plumbing, Teaching and Catering Sample Course Overview BA in English The main purpose of this course is to develop your ability to describe, analyze and use features of the English Language, and to see how these are expressed in literature. As well as taking core modules which cover these areas, students will be able to specialize in their fields of interest. Duration: three-year course Course: Choose 12 out of 20 modules Weekly timetable: eight hours of lectures /teaching four hours of seminars (研讨会) Assessment: essays, exams and an 8,000-word dissertation (学位论文) at the end of the third year Requirement: academic experience and interest in the subject; good school-exam grades Diploma in teaching In the first term, you will learn about the theory of teaching and how to be an effective teacher. In the second term, you will also begin teaching in a school. The third term is completely practical. Duration: one-year course Course: Choose six out of ten modules (Three are compulsory). Weekly timetable: six hours of lectures / two hours of seminars / six hours of classroom observation Assessment: combination of essays and classroom observation Requirement: first degree in specific subject area LATEST NEWS Apprenticeship opportunities now available with local businesses including carpenters, electricians and plumbers New part-time job opportunities available for undergraduates/graduates 40. The passage is mainly intended to. A. promote a university B. advertise some courses C. provide answers to students' questions D. introduce a university's recent development 41. If you want to take the course of Diploma in Teaching, you must A. have some experience in teaching B. have a degree in a certain subject C. hand in an essay at the end of each term D. choose at least six courses from 20 modules 42. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Almost all departments provide scholarships and bursaries. B. Middletown university is famous for its distance-learning courses. C. Those taking BA in English must spare 12 hours for it per week. D. Students choose Middletown University mainly for its vocational courses. （C） Dear partners, colleagues and (dare I say it) close personal friends, As the new boss of Multinational United Subsidiary Holdings (MUSH), I am proud to look back on another year of success at our great company. Our performance is largely down to you and your efforts, and we hope that next year those efforts will be rewarded with the end of our long-running pay freeze. Under my tenure (任期), CEO does not stand for Chief Executive Officer but for cheerleader extraordinaire. I feel passionate about reaching out to as many of you as possible, and the door to my office is always open, especially now that we are in an open-plan building. When it comes to 360-degree feedback, I have unlimited bandwidth. 2020 has had its share of painful experiences. My predecessor's (前任的) decision to centralise all group functions did not work, resulting in some exceptional and extraordinary losses for the fifth year running. This forced us to close a few factories. On the bright side, our carbon emissions fell considerably as a result. Just doing our bit for the planet. I plan to return more power to the remaining staff by handing over control to the individual business units. Going forward, we will be moving backwards. This means that now more than ever we need your input and inspiration for 2021. Please think 24/7. We need greater granularity (精细度) and more thought leadership. Let us create a snowstorm and see what lands. If we architect successfully and become well-organized, we can blitzscale (快速扩张) MUSH and impact the market. Business is getting a bad press at the moment for prioritising shareholders above all else. As our results make clear, we have managed to avoid this. What's more, our company has a purpose, and next year we intend to find out precisely what it is. Those of us in the management have been kicking around some ideas, starting with the creation of a cross-disciplinary taskforce. Does becoming part of that winning team fit into your wheelhouse? If so, let our HR department know and someone from the staff interface community will circle back to you. Where will our corporate journey take us in 2021? Hopefully, to the sunlit uplands where a thousand flowers bloom among blue-sky thinking. For that to happen, we must join the dots and create a toolbox that will do the heavy-lifting to allow us to leverage (杠杆) our collective skillset. 43. Why does the writer say CEO stands for "cheerleader extraordinaire"? A. He prefers to work in an open-plan building. B. He will always keep the door to his office open. C. He is ready to know about the employees' thoughts. D. He is thankful to the employees for their hard work. 44. What does the writer mean by "we will be moving backwards" (in paragraph 3)? A. He will decentralize some group functions. B. He will follow his predecessor's decisions. C. He will open some new factories worldwide. D. He will increase the number of individual units. 45. According to the writer, which of the following is an achievement of MUSH's in 2020? A. It ended its long-running pay freeze. B. It recovered its loss in the last year. C. It did its bit for the environment. D. It became better-organized. 46. The writer hopes that MUSH will ______ in 2021. A. make clear what its purpose precisely is B. prioritise shareholders above all else C. find an upland where flowers bloom D. start the staff interface community Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Big Questions from Mike Brown A. To identify objects that might be planets, Brown says, "I simply look for things that move." B. Their orbits are not random. C. Pluto lost, but science won. D. To me, the search for Planet 9 is the continuation of what humans have done forever. E. "I wanted to understand what was there," Brown says, "I thought there were probably new planets still to find." F. Brown is still busy investigating the outer solar system. Mike Brown killed Pluto (冥王星). He had his reasons. But the astronomer did not set out to reclassify the solar system's ninth planet as a dwarf (矮星). Brown was interested in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy comets and asteroids (彗星和星云) beyond Neptune's orbit. 47         . Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, was correct. Analyzing images from a nearby observatory, he and his team identified a number of new Kuiper Belt Objects. Brown found these bodies by investigating a massive number of images taken by a telescope at a nearby observatory. When comparing images from different times, a planet's position will change from one exposure to the next. 48         One of the Kuiper Belt Objects he identified, Eris, is the most massive celestial body found in the solar system in more than a century. Since Eris was more massive than Pluto, astronomers soon began debating what it means to be a planet, a question that astronomers had considered long settled. 49         "The Kuiper Belt has been in a deep freeze for the past four-and-a-half-billion years," Brown says. "We are basically looking back to the earliest history of the solar system." Brown and Professors David Jewitt at University of California, Los Angeles, and Jane Luu at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, received the 2012 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for their work. Since then, Brown has discovered hundreds more Kuiper Belt Objects. "Every single time," Brown says, "there's this little charge of, 'Oh my God, this little ice ball at the edge of the solar system has never before been seen by human eyes until this very moment.' And that is always a moving experience." 50         However, he managed to tear himself away to discuss the next big mysteries in our corner of the universe, including why our solar system is such an oddball, and where we might finally find Planet 9. III. Summary Writing Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Keeping the holiday-makers happy This is the second year as a chalet girl for Sarah Sutherland-Pilch, a 24-year-old from West Sussex. Known by her nickname, Pilch, Sarah works for a company in Val d'Isère, France, cooking and cleaning for visitors who come to ski and stay in the wooden houses, known as chalets, that are characteristic of the area. Sarah graduated in French and History of Art from Oxford Brookes University last summer. Being a chalet girl isn't a career, she says, but an enjoyable way to spend a year or two before settling down. 'It's a good way to make contacts. I meet successful people every week.' Sarah does not 'live in'. She gets up at 7 a.m. to walk the mile or so to the chalet, which sleeps up to 18 guests each week. She has her own breakfast before preparing that of the guests. When the last of the guests has had breakfast, by about 9.30 a.m, Sarah clears up and either makes the afternoon tea, which is left for the guests to help themselves to, or cleans the rooms--'the worst part of the job,' she says. By about 11 a.m. she is ready to go on the slopes herself. She skis as much as possible. On a good day we can be up there until 4.30 p.m.' Sarah returns to the chalet in time to prepare dinner and takes a shower before doing so, but does not sleep. 'It's fatal if you do,' she says. Dinner, a three-course affair, is served at 8 p.m. and coffee is usually on the table by 10 p.m. Sarah clears away the dinner things and fills the dishwasher. 'There's nothing worse than coming in to a messy kitchen the next morning.' IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 过去的半年里，很多商店都重新开业了。(in the past...) 53. 这个设计使得游客失去领略公园景色的机会。(leave) 54. 是那些沉迷于手机的父母，而非他们的孩子，首先需要反思自己的行为。(It is) 55. 这种疾病在遥远的北方地区尤其常见，那里的冬天黑夜很长，白天的时间则很短。(where) V. Guided Writing Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 56. 假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，最近在一份英语杂志上读到一篇关于 "创造力" 的文章，作者认为 "大量的空闲时间有助于促进人们的创造力"。你对此话题很感兴趣，给该杂志 "读者来信" 专栏写一封信，内容须包括： 1) 你是否赞同作者的这一观点； 2) 你的理由。 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 复旦大学附属中学2025学年第二学期 高二年级英语学科5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. be replaced 2. where 3. to wait 4. Despite 5. earning 6. has been trying 7. must 8. What 9. done 10. as long as Section B 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. G 15. K 16. J 17. E 18. I 19. D 20. H II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. D Section B 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. A 41. B 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. A Section C 47. E 48. A 49. C 50. F III. Summary Writing 51. 24-year-old Sarah Sutherland-Pilch has worked in France as a chalet girl for two years since graduation. It’s enjoyable for her. Every morning, after getting up at 7, she walks to the chalet, prepares breakfast and clears up. After that, she can ski from 11 until 4:30 p.m. Then she prepares dinner and coffee, served respectively at 8 and 10. IV. Translation 52. In the past half year, many shops have reopened. 53. This design leaves visitors no chance to enjoy the view of the park. 54. It is those parents who are addicted to their phones, rather than their children, who need to reflect on their own behaviour first. 55. This disease is especially common in the far north, where winters are long and dark and the days are short. V. Guided Writing 56. Dear Editor, I am Li Ming, a senior student from Mingqi High School. Recently, I came across an article about “creativity” in your magazine where the author suggested that having ample leisure time contributes to enhancing people’s creativity. I am truly interested in this topic and would like to share my thoughts. Firstly, I wholeheartedly agree with the author’s viewpoint. In today’s fast-paced society, everyone seems to be engulfed in busyness and stress. However, it is during those precious moments of leisure that we have the opportunity to pause, reflect, and nurture our creativity. It is in these pockets of free time that we can relax our minds, break away from the routine busyness and constraints, thus igniting the spark of creativity. Secondly, having a significant amount of leisure time allows us to explore new things and develop new interests. Engaging in hobbies, reading, or pursuing artistic endeavors during leisure time broadens our perspectives and exposes us to different ideas and experiences. This exposure fuels our imagination and encourages us to think beyond the ordinary, resulting in innovative and creative thinking. In conclusion, I firmly support the author’s assertion that ample leisure time plays a vital role in fostering creativity. It provides the necessary space for relaxation, introspection, and exploration, enabling individuals to tap into their creative potential. Therefore, it is crucial for individuals and society as a whole to value and prioritize leisure time as an essential ingredient in nurturing creativity. 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $