上海复旦大学附属中学2025-2026学年第一学期高二年级英语学科10月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷

复旦大学附属中学2025学年第一学期 高二年级英语学科10月第二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. Do Animals Dream? You can't see your sleeping pet's brain waves, but its behavior can tell you when Fido or Fluffy might be dreaming. If you watch closely, you'll see that as your cat falls asleep, her breathing becomes slow and regular and her body still. She has entered the first stage of sleep, 1          (call) slow-wave sleep. After about 15 minutes you'll notice a change 2          her eyes move under her closed lids. Fluffy has entered the REM (Rapid Eye Movement), or dreaming, stage of sleep. Although she moves and makes little grunting noises, messages from her brain to the large muscles in her legs 3          (block), so she can't run about. Back in 1963, Michel Jouvet, a French scientist who was studying sleep in cats, 4          (interrupt) their sleep paralysis, the state of being unable to act or function properly. 5          ______ they were completely asleep, the dreaming cats began to chase balls that Jouvet couldn't see and bent their backs at invisible enemies. He figures he was watching them act out their dreams! What were they dreaming about? Mostly, the dreaming cats seemed 6          (practise) important cat skills: stalking, pouncing, and fighting. In 7          study, Matt Wilson, a neuroscientist, recorded rats' brain waves while they learned mazes (迷宫). One day, he left the brain-wave-recording machine on while the rats fell asleep. The pattern of brain waves in the sleeping rats matched the pattern from the maze so closely that Wilson could locate exactly which part of the maze each rat was dreaming about! Many researchers now think that in both people and animals, one purpose of dreams is to practise important skills and nail down recent learning. This may explain why so many people dream about fighting and escaping, skills 8          were probably vitally important to our ancestors, and why dreaming affects our ability to learn. Do all animals dream? From looking at the brain waves of sleeping animals, scientists think that all mammals dream, such as humans, dogs, lions, and whales, but fish 9          not. (They're not sure about birds.) How often animals dream seems to be tied to body size. Cats dream about every 15 minutes, mice every 9 minutes, and elephants every 2 hours. And though cows and horses usually sleep standing up, they only dream when 10          (lie) down. 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. adequate B. continentally C. dominated D. enforcement E. historically F. home G. location H. performing I. reuniting J. sought K. status Locally Extinct Rhino Is Back in Chad Pigs don't fly yet, but rhinos do. Six black rhinoceroses were flown from South Africa to Zakouma National Park in Chad last week, 11         the threatened animal with a land it has not walked on in nearly five decades. Chad is one of several African countries that have recently 12         to start their own small black rhino populations in an attempt to protect the species from extinction. It is a participant in the African Rhino Conservation Plan, which hopes to significantly grow the number of rhinos in Africa over the next five years. Up until the mid-20th century, black rhinos 13         the landscape of Chad, grazing (吃草) and attracting tourists. But they also attracted poachers, who hunted them for their horns, which are displayed as 14         symbols. The population of black rhinos is down 97.6 percent since 1960. Some estimate that as few as 5,500 are left on the continent, according to the African Wildlife Foundation. Cathy Dean, chief executive officer of Save the Rhino, an advocacy group, said six black rhinos were not significant in the context of the 5,000 or so that exist 15         . But it's a good sign that Chad has a safe place to house rhinos now. According to the African Wildlife Foundation, 98 percent of the current black rhino population exists in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia. South Africa, which is 16         to 20 percent of the rhinos, has already moved some of them to other countries, like Botswana. Zakouma National Park will be responsible for protecting the rhinos from poachers and providing them with a(n) 17         environment to live in. Transporting the animals to create a new population is a plan that can prove effective, Ms. Dean said. "Some subspecies are 18         really well, with an annual growth rate at 9 percent or even higher," she said in an email. But moving the rhinos to a place where they once were and no longer are isn't enough. The population must be managed and protected, and law 19         must play a role, Ms. Dean said. There should also be biological management, guided by effective monitoring. The rhinos cannot be dropped into a(n) 20         and expected to mate. 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. Transition. It's a pleasant word and a calming concept. It means going surely and sweetly from somewhere present to somewhere future. Unless, that is, it is newspapers' transition to the 21         world, an uncertain and highly uncomfortable process. Just look at the latest print circulation figures. The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and many of the rest are down overall between 8% and 10% year-on-year, but their websites go ever higher. All of that may well be true, depending on timing, geography and more. 22         everyone – from web academics to print analysts – says so. Yet pause for a while and count a few little things that don't 23         . One is the magazine world, both in the UK and in the US. It ought to be 24         , wrecked by the move to the tablets which fit existing magazine page sizes so perfectly. But, in fact, the rate of decline in magazine purchasing is relatively small, with subscriptions holding up strongly and advertising remarkably 25         . As for news and current affairs magazines – which you'd expect to find in the eye of the digital storm – they had an 8.4% increase to report. In short, on both sides of the Atlantic, although some magazine areas went down, many showed rapid growth. You can discover a 26         phenomenon when it comes to books. Kindle and similar e-readers are booming, with sales up massively this year. The apparent first step of transition couldn't be 27         . Yet, when booksellers examined the value of the physical books they sold over the last six months, they found it just 0.4% down. Screen or paper, then? It wasn't one or the other. It was 28         . So if sales in that area have fallen so little, perhaps the 29         mostly affects newspapers? Yet again, though, the messages are oddly 30         . The latest survey of trends by the World Association of Newspapers shows that global circulation rose 1.1% last year (to 812 million copies a day). Sales in the West dropped back but Asia more than 31         the difference. Already 360 US papers – including most of the biggest and best – have built paywalls around their products. However, the best way of attracting a paying readership appears to be a deal that offers the print copy and digital access as some kind of 32         package. 33         print is also a crucial tool in selling internet subscriptions. And its advertising rates raise between nine and ten times more money than online. Of course this huge difference isn't 34         news for newspaper companies, as maintaining both an active website and an active print edition is difficult, complex and expensive. But newspaper brands still have much of their high profile in print. Adrift on the web, the job of just being 35         becomes far harder. 21. A. publishing B. online C. ideal D. unknown 22. A. For instance B. To begin with C. After all D. On the other hand 23. A. fit B. emerge C. exist D. stop 24. A. regulated B. advancing C. collapsing D. minimised 25. A. changeable B. creative C. simple D. solid 26. A. similar B. scientific C. common D. cultural 27. A. later B. harder C. clearer D. slower 28. A. either B. both C. neither D. all 29. A. figure B. crisis C. system D. service 30. A. right B. vague C. designed D. mixed 31. A. made up B. told apart C. took over D. held on 32. A. complex B. modern C. mysterious D. joint 33. A. Even so B. What's more C. On the contrary D. In other words 34. A. good B. big C. sad D. new 35. A. edited B. noticed C. updated D. spared 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） Sometimes a stranger can significantly improve our day. A pleasant encounter with someone we don't know, even a nonverbal exchange, can comfort us when no one else is around. It may get us out of our own heads – a proven mood booster – and help broaden our perspective. "People feel more connected when they talk to strangers, like they are part of something bigger," says Gillian Sandstrom, a psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Essex who studies interactions between strangers. In research studies, Sandstrom has found that people's moods improve after they have a conversation with a stranger – say, a Starbucks barista, a volunteer at a museum, or the person next to them in line. Overall, people report that they are happier on days when they have more interactions with acquaintances (泛泛之交) they don't know well. And yet most of us resist talking to people we don't know or barely know. We feel upset about the mechanics of the conversation – how to start, maintain, or stop it. We think we will blather on and disclose too much, or not talk enough. We worry we will bore the other person. We're typically wrong. Sandstrom's research shows that people underestimate how much another person will like them when they talk for the first time. In a study in which she asked participants to talk to at least one stranger a day for five days, 99 percent said they had found at least one of the exchanges pleasantly surprising, 82 percent said they'd learned something from one of the strangers, 43 percent had exchanged contact information, and 40 percent had communicated with one of the strangers again. Scientists believe there may be an ancient reason why humans are able to enjoy interacting with strangers. To survive as a species, we need to mate outside our own gene pool, so we may have evolved to have both the social skills and the motivation to be with people who are not in our tribe. You don't even have to talk to complete strangers to reap the benefits. Multiple studies show that people who interact regularly with passing acquaintances or who engage with others through community groups, religious gatherings, or volunteer opportunities have better emotional and physical health and live longer than those who do not. 36. According to the passage, most people are____ to talk with strangers. A. disappointed B. eager C. relieved D. unwilling 37. The figures in paragraph 5 are meant to illustrate that____ A. people feel better than expected after talking with strangers B. people may disclose too much if they communicate with strangers C. people should leave a good impression while talking with strangers D. people underestimate their ability to start a conversation with strangers 38. According to the passage, which statement are scientists most likely to agree with? A. Our social skills are declining with evolution. B. We enjoy interacting with strangers by nature. C. We prefer to communicate with strangers non-verbally. D. Our motivation to interact with strangers varies across cultures. 39. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage? A. Strangers are kinder than we think. B. Random interactions can be meaningful. C. We should be careful when talking with strangers. D. Interactions with acquaintances may not benefit us. （B） Ancient Greek pottery is one of our most important windows into ancient Greek life. Thousands of vases survive, painted with scenes from daily life, myths and sports. These vases were not made as museum pieces. They were ordinary objects used for drinking wine, storing oil or mixing water. Yet their paintings tell us far more than written texts about how ordinary people lived 2,500 years ago. In ancient Greece, pottery-making was a major craft. Workshops were usually small family businesses. Men shaped the clay on the potter's wheel. Women sometimes painted the vases, though most painters were men. Some painters signed their work. Most did not. Many beautiful pots were produced for everyday use. Others were made as grave gifts, prizes for sports competitions or wedding presents. There are two main styles of painted Greek pottery: black-figure and red-figure. In black-figure style, figures are painted in black slip on the red clay surface. Details are cut into the black paint with a sharp tool. In red-figure style, the background is painted black, and the figures are left showing the natural red colour of the clay. Artists could draw much finer details with red-figure technique, so this style gradually became more popular. For modern researchers, these pots are precious evidence. Writers in ancient Greece mostly came from wealthy, educated male backgrounds. Their books often focus on upper-class men's politics and wars. Pottery, by contrast, shows women, children, slaves and working-class people going about their daily activities. We can see weaving, cooking, farming, sports and religious ceremonies. Of course, we must be careful. Pottery painters were artists, not documentary photographers. They might exaggerate or omit details. But even with these limitations, ancient Greek pottery remains an invaluable source for understanding the past. 40. What was the original purpose of most ancient Greek pottery vases? A. To serve as practical daily-use objects. B. To be exhibited in public museums. C. To record important historical events. D. To win competitions for painters. 41. Compared with black-figure style, red-figure pottery ______. A. was mostly painted by women artists B. allowed artists to paint more detailed pictures C. used black clay as the main material D. was mainly used as grave gifts 42. Why are ancient Greek pots so valuable for modern researchers? A. Most of them have clear painter signatures. B. They only record the life of upper-class males. C. They show the lives of various groups of ancient Greeks. D. They are completely reliable documentary records of real life. （C） "Moby-Dick" was, for me, one of those books classified as "things you should have read a long time ago". Plus, I am a mathematician. And despite my interest in literature, my intellectual priorities did not include a 400-page novel about whales. That all changed one day when I overheard a mathematician friend mention that "Moby-Dick" contains a reference to cycloids. Cycloids are among the most beautiful mathematical curves (曲线) in existence – the French mathematician Blaise Pascal found them so distractingly fascinating that he claimed merely thinking about them could relieve the pain of a bad toothache – but applications to whaling are not usually listed on their resume. Curious, I finally read "Moby-Dick", and was delighted to find that it is full of mathematical metaphors. I realized further it's not just Herman Melville; Leo Tolstoy writes about calculus (微积分), James Joyce about geometry (几何). Regretfully, the connections between mathematics and literature have not received the attention they deserve. In fact, they are often considered to be against each other. I recall that at the end of my very last English class at school, in 1991, the teacher gave me a lovely handwritten note with a long list of books she thought I might like, saying, "Sorry to lose you to the lab." The idea that one would have to choose between mathematics and literature is, I think, something of a tragedy – not only because the two fields are fundamentally linked, but also because understanding these links can enhance your enjoyment of both. The perceived boundary between math and literature is actually a very recent idea. For most of recorded history, mathematics was part of every educated person's cultural awareness. The 11th-century Persian scholar Omar Khayyam, to whom the poetry collection known as the Rubaiyat is credited, was also a mathematician, and created beautiful geometric solutions to mathematical problems. In the 14th century, Chaucer wrote both "The Canterbury Tales" and a paper on the astrolabe (星盘，用于测量天体的距离). There are innumerable such examples, not least that of Lewis Carroll, who, of course, was a mathematician first and an author second. There is a deeper reason we find mathematics at the heart of literature. The universe is full of underlying structure, pattern and regularity, and mathematics is the best tool we have for understanding it – that's why mathematics is often called the language of the universe, and why it is so vital to science. Since we humans are part of the universe, it is only natural that our forms of creative expression, literature among them, will also reveal a tendency for pattern and structure. 43. What inspired the writer to read "Moby-Dick"? A. The topic of the book. B. His friend's recommendation. C. His long-time interest in literature. D. There being some maths in the book. 44. The writer's English teacher's words are mentioned in paragraph 4 in order to A. form a sharp contrast with the attainment he later made B. show that maths and literature are regarded as distinctive subjects C. protest against the unfair treatment he once received while young D. imply that mathematics and literature haven't received proper attention 45. What do Omar Khayyám, Chaucer and Lewis Carroll have in common? A. All of them were famous novelists. B. All of them were in favour of reading widely. C. All of them were masters in both maths and literature. D. All of them were aware of the boundary between maths and literature. 46. Which of the following statements is the writer most likely to agree with? A. Both maths and literature are part of the pursuit to understand the universe. B. There is enough research on the connections between maths and literature. C. Taking on maths and giving up literature was not a wise choice for him. D. Mathematicians may find it hard to understand ideas embedded in literature. 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. Living in the Valley A. We can thus enjoy, rather than fear, the huge clouds that hang over the valley. B. Deep in our valley we felt only sudden fits of wind; trees swayed but the branches held firm. C. It was the year when the storms came early, before the calendar even hinted at winter. D. They twisted and turned, rising eastwards and upwards, warning of what was to come. E. It was the river, the Ryburn, which normally flowed so gently, that threatened us most. F. The river seemed maddened as the waters poured almost horizontally down to its lower stretches. We had been living in our valley for sixteen months when we first realised the dangers that could exist in the surrounding hills and threaten our very survival. Until that time, we had felt safe and sheltered in our valley below the protecting hills. Soon snow began to fall. Within a day it lay some 15 centimetres deep. It almost completely blocked out the lane and made the streamside path slippery and dangerous. But on the neighbouring heights the snow was much deeper and stayed for longer. Up there the wind was fierce. 47         And yet we knew that there was reason for us to worry. The snow and wind were certainly inconvenient but they did not really trouble us greatly. 48         It reminded us of what could have occurred if circumstances had been different, if the flow of water from the hills had not, many years before, been controlled, held back by a series of dams. In a short time the snow started to melt. Day after day, we watched clouds pile up high over the hills to the west. Grey clouds extended over the valleys. 49         We had seen enough of the sky; now we began to watch the river, which every day was becoming fuller and wilder. The snow was gradually washed away as more and more rain streamed from the clouds, but high up in the hills the reservoir (水库) was filling and was fast approaching danger level. And then it happened – for the first time in years the reservoir overflowed. There in the heights it was like the Niagara Falls, as the water flowed over the edge of the dam and poured into the stream below. 50         Just a couple of metres from our hut, the stream seemed wild beneath the bridge. It was far deeper than we'd ever seen it so near our home, angrily striking its banks. For three days we prayed that it would stay below its wall. Fortunately, our prayers were answered as the dam held and the waters began to withdraw. 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. 51. The Internet of (Bad) Things Don't be fooled by its boring-sounding name: the Internet of Things (IoT). Actually, the IoT is a revolution in the making. It is a global network of devices that have been connected and able to exchange data with each other. Everything from TVs to lights to cars to... well, you name it. So soon your car will drive you to your destination, find the best parking spot, tell your house when you're returning home, get the heating and dinner on, while your wristband monitor tells your TV what mood you're in and fixes the night's entertainment. Can't wait for the arrival of this day – or left cold by it? It makes no difference: it's coming your way. Frankly, I'd rather put the central heating on myself than have that IoT knowing more about me. But that's not my biggest concern about the IoT. Relatively speaking, they're the good guys. What bothers me is that in the race to roll out this tech, too little is being done to keep out the bad guys. Most of the underlying technology is scarily primitive (原始的). And with time, the IoT will no doubt become the target of choice among hackers and terrorists. Security experts are warning that the IoT already links together hundreds of millions of devices that are easy to attack. The resulting threat isn't theoretical, either: one tech company recently exposed this by using the IoT to hijack baby monitors, spy remotely and take control of home computers. Meanwhile, the IoT grows ever larger: industry estimates suggest that within five years it will have connected up 10 times more devices than there are humans on Earth. So what can we do? I believe that our best hope lies in the good old-fashioned internet. We can use this to detect and alert each other to all the devices that threaten our safety and privacy. In short, we need to flip the threat from the IoT around, and make sure big businesses know we are keeping tabs on them. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 排队时，务必与他人保持安全距离。(sure) 53. 家中要常备手电筒等应急物品，以备不时之需。(in case) 54. 正是民间艺术家们的大胆尝试、不断创新，才使传统技艺得到了保护和发展。(It) 55. 昨天发布的报告称，目前还缺乏足够的数据来确定不明飞行物究竟是何物。(determine) 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，最近收到英国笔友Mike的邮件。 在邮件中，他提到自己因为刚来上海读大学，生活（如饮食和同学交流）和学习（如中文授课）上都不太习惯。回复一封邮件，内容须包括： 1）你的建议； 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学年第一学期 高二年级英语学科10月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. called 2. that 3. are blocked 4. interrupted 5. Even though/Even if 6. to be practising 7. another 8. that/which 9. do 10. lying Section B 11. I 12. J 13. C 14. K 15. B 16. F 17. A 18. H 19. D 20. G II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. D 34. A 35. B Section B 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. A 41. B 42. C 43. D 44. B 45. C 46. A Section C 47. B 48. E 49. D 50. F III. Summary Writing 51. The IoT is a global network of interconnected devices, sharing data with each other. Although still at its early stage, it may well be used by bad guys. To provide against it, we can use the internet to warn each other of any invasion, thus letting the companies know we know what they are doing. IV. Translation 52. Be sure to keep a safe distance from others when you are queuing. 53. Emergency items such as flashlights should be kept at home in case of need. 54. It is the folk artists' bold attempts and continuous innovation that have preserved and developed traditional skills. 55. The report released yesterday said that there is still not enough data to determine what the UFO actually is. V. Guided Writing 56. Dear Mike, Your situation is understandable, and I'd like to offer some suggestions to help you adapt to life and study in Shanghai. First, adjust to local food gradually. Try a small portion of Shanghai cuisine each day and combine it with familiar dishes. Exploring food with classmates may also help you feel more at home. Second, communicate actively with your classmates and join campus activities. Regular interaction with local students can not only improve your Chinese but also build a supportive network. Third, prepare carefully for Chinese-taught courses. Preview the materials before class, take notes, and ask for clarification when necessary. Extra preparation will reduce your anxiety and help you follow the lectures confidently. Finally, remain patient and stay positive. Adjustment takes time, but as long as you take small steps, you will soon enjoy your university life here. Yours, Li Ming 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $