广东省广州市真光中学2026-2027学年高二上学期期中英语试题

广州市真光中学2026学年第一学期期中测试

高二  英  语 试 题          2026.10

 本试卷共9页，满分130分。考试用时120分钟。

第一部分阅读(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

Uber Boats:River  Bus  Services  of  Thames

Exploring London by boat along the River Thames is a fantastic experience.While you can take tourist cruises(游轮),a more local and integrated option is the River Bus service which is operated by Thames Clippers and branded as Uber Boats.

As part of London's public transport network,these boats offer a practical way to travel between points along the river,much like a bus or the subway. By going on a river bus,you'll see London from a unique angle as it passes through the centre of the city.You will get to see most of the famous buildings and landmarks of London.The only downside is that there is no tour guide and no outdoor seating.

To board a River Bus，you can either book your ticket online in advance or purchase(购买)one at the ticket office.If the ticket office is closed,you can buy a ticket on board.You can also use your Oyster card to pay for the tickets.

◆Using the Oyster card

When you use an Oyster card,you will automatically get a discount on the price of a single journey ticket bought at the ticket office.All you need to do is tap your Oyster card on the yellow card reader when boarding and stepping off the boat.

◆Price for kids

Children aged 5—15 receive a 50%discount on the price of a ticket and children under 5 travel for free.

◆Price comparison

 

	River Bus Adult (single)	River Bus Adult (return)	Child 5—15
Ticket Office	£10.00	£17.00	£5.00
With the Oyster Card	£7.00	£12.60	£3.50

 

21.What can River Bus Service provide for tourists?

A.A faster travel option on the Thames.

B.A    way to see landmarks with guides.

C.A    practical vehicle with a special view.

D.A chance to experience the local life.

22.What can we learn about buying tickets?

A.The  need  to  book  tickets  weeks  ahead.

B.The convenience of purchasing methods.

C.The higher price of buying a ticket on board.

D.The unavailability of cash payments anywhere

23.What is the lowest cost for one-way ticket  for a couple with their  10-year-old?

A.£41.00.                 B.£25.00.                          C.   £17.50.                          D.£14.00.

 

B

In medical school and throughout his career as a neonatologist,William Cashore was often  asked to read and correct others' work.Little did they know that he was a spelling champion,with a trophy(奖品)at home to prove it. Cashore won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1954 at age 14. Now 84,he's the oldest living champion of the contest,which dates back to 1925.As contestants from this year's competition headed home,he reflected on his experience and the effect it had on him.

Cashore credits his parents for helping him prepare for his trip to Washington,D.C.,for the spelling bee.His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father was a lab technician with a talent for taking words apart and putting them back together.

When the field narrowed to two competitors,the other boy misspelled "uncinate",which means bent like a hook.Cashore spelled it correctly,then clinched the title with the word "transept".an  architectural term for the transverse part of a cross-shaped church.

Cashore,who was given $500 and an encyclopedia set, enjoyed a brief turn as a celebrity.He didn't brag about his accomplishment after returning to Pennsylvania,but the experience quietly  shaped him in multiple ways."It gave me much more self-confidence and also gave me a sense that  it's very important to try to get things as correct as possible,he said."I've always been that way,and  I  still feel that way.If people are careless about spelling and writing,you wonder if they're careless about their thinking."

"Preparing for a spelling bee today requires more concentration and technique than it did decades ago,"Cashore  said."The vocabulary of the words arc far.far more technical.The English  language,in the meantime, has imported a great many words from foreign languages which were not part of the English language when I was in eighth grade,"he added.

 

24.What can we learn about Cashore from the first two paragraphs?

A.He is the best ever spelling champion.

B.He prepared alone for the spelling bee.

C.  He preferred to show off his spelling talent.

D.He used his spelling ability to help others.

25.What does the word "clinched"underlined in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.  Declined.              B.Won.               C.Removed.        D.   Gave.

26.How did the spelling bee competition affect Cashore?

A.It  enhanced  his  confidence.                       B.It helped him start his career.

C. It limited his way of thinking.                   D.It  brought him lasting popularity.

27. What should we do to prepare for today's spelling bee according to Cashore?

A.Learn multiple languages.                           B. Go abroad for language study.

C.Try to improve relevant skills.                  D.Be  a  remarkable  technician.

 

C

AI fakery ( 伪造)is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures,videos and audio are increasing as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools.

With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day,it's getting harder to tell what's real from what's not.Video and image generators like DALL-E,make it easy for people without any technical skills to create deepfakes—just type a request and the system spits it out.

These fake images might seem harmless.But they can be used to carry out fraud and identity theft.Here is how to avoid being cheated by deepfakes.

Face-swapping is one of the most common deepfake methods.Experts advise looking closely at the edges of the face.Does the facial skin tone match the rest of the head or the body?Are the edges of the face sharp enough?If you suspect video of a person speaking has been doctored,look at their mouth.Do their lip movements match the audio perfectly?

Sometimes  the  context  matters.Take  a  beat  to  consider  whether  what  you're  seeing  is reasonable.The Poynter journalism website advises that if you see a public figure doing something that seems "exaggerated,unrealistic or not in character",it could be a deepfake.

Another approach is to use AI to fight AI.Microsoft has developed an authenticator tool that  can analyze photos or videos to give a confidence score on  whether it's been manipulated ( 操控). Chipmaker lntel's Fake Catcher uses algorithms ( 算法)to  analyze an image's pixels( 像素)to  determine if it's real or fake.

All this being said,artificial intelligence has been advancing with breakneck speed and Al models are being trained on Internet data to produce increasingly higher-quality content with fewer flaws.That means there's no guarantee that this advice will still be valid even a year from now.

Experts say it might even be dangerous to put the burden on ordinary people to become digital Sherlocks because it could give them a false sense of confidence as it becomes increasingly difficult, even for trained eyes, to spot deepfakes.

 

28.What  is  the  concern  regarding  AI  fakery?

A.The  difficulty  in  identifying  truth.

B.   The decline in artistic creativity.

C.  The case of technical skill acquisition.

D.The  rise  in  Al-generated  entertainment.

29.   Which image is likely generated by Al deepfake technology?

A. An  image  with  consistent  skin  tones.

B. An image with unclear edges around the face.

C. An image with proper public figure action.

D.An image with perfect lip movement with audio.