江苏省常州市金坛区第一中学2026-2027学年高二上学期11月期中英语试题

2026年秋学期高二年级期中考试 英语 2026.11 注意： 本试卷分四个部分，答案全部做在答题纸上。总分为150分。考试时间120分钟。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 听下面5段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放两遍。 1.What does the woman plan to buy for the man? A.Snacks. B.An umbrella C.A phone charger. 2.What does the woman suggest the man do? A.Contact his mother.B.Go back to his class. C.Take some painkillers. 3.What does the woman mean? A.She likes taking English classes B.Her English teacher is a native speaker. C.Watching English TV series is helpful. 4.Why is the man writing poems? A.For pleasure. B.For his history class. C.For publishing a book. 5.What can we learn about John? A.He missed the meeting this morning. B.He had his phone fixed this morning. C.He asked William to go to the meeting. 第二节 听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题都有5秒钟的作答时 间。每段录音播放两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题 6.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.How to treat kids properly. B.How to teach kids to swim C.How to help kids gain confidence. 7.What does the man's daughter probably like? A.Ice creams. B.Cakes. C.Chocolate. 高二英语第1页（共10页) 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8.What does the man decide to do? A.Stop working at night.B.Help cook family dinners.C.Order more takeout food. 9.What is the man going to do next? A.Go shopping. B.Do sports practices. C.Clean the house. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10.How does the woman help other companies? A.By changing the materials they use. B.By offering nice designs for them. C.By lending money to them. 11.What does the woman think of the man's company? A.It is too young to work with. B.It has developed very quickly. C.It has a long history. 12.What does the man's company sell? A.Bags. B.Formal clothing. C.Sports shoes. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13.What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Father and daughter.B.Classmates. C.Waiter and customer. 14.What did Light help Lian do? A.Pass the piano exam.B.Get a stronger body. C.Make her feel less stressed. 15.Why doesn't the man get a pet? A.Pets are not allowed in his apartment B.He doesn't want to do any extra work. C.His parents don't allow him to get one 16.What will the speakers do next? A.Take a walk with Light. B.Study for the coming exam. C.Have coffee and relax with cats. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17.Who is the speaker? A.A boxing coach. B.A history teacher. C.A program host. 18.When did the speaker first hear about Muhammad Ali? A.In1942. B.In1964. C.n1981. 19.How did Muhammad Ali's coach describe him? A.He was very confident.B.He was very talented. C.He was very hard-working. 20.What did Muhammad Ali do after retiring from boxing? A.He tried to promote peace in the world. B.He traveled to different countries. C.He became a boxing coach. 高二英语第2页（共10页） 第二部分阅读理解（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） A Digital Media Summer Program This four-week summer program allows high-school students to experience college-level study at the University of Southern California and earn official college credits. Nowadays,large amounts of information spread rapidly online.Some materials are helpful,while others are false or misleading.This course helps students develop media literacy()the ability to think critically when facing various online information. In this program,participants will learn to examine and produce digital content.They will practise critical thinking while studying different media forms,including news reports,films and short online videos.Through hands-on workshops,students will create their own works,balancing creative ideas with data analysis.Besides,they will master practical skills to tell true information apart from false content on the Internet. Weekly Arrangements Week Theme Main Activity 1 Media Literacy Learn to use open-source tools to fact-check social media stories. 2 Photos and Videos Shoot and edit short-form videos for TikTok and Instagram. 3 Audio(音频)Creation Record and edit a complete podcast()episode. Final Project Present a project showing how different media forms work 4 together. Basic Information Requirements:Each participant must bring a personal laptop for course tasks. Time:June 23-July 17,2026. Credit:Three college elective credits for students who finish the program successfully. International applicants:TOEFL iBT 100(20 in each section),IELTS 7,or Duolingo 120. *International applicants should submit applications before March 13,2026 and local applicants before May 8,2026. 21.What is the key focus of this summer program? A.Comparing news reports with films. B.Acquiring journalism experience. C.Building up digital media literacy. D.Studying how information spreads. 22.In which week will students make video works for online viewing? A.Week 1. B.Week 2. C.Week 3. D.Week 4. 23.What is a special requirement for international applicants? A.A language test score. B.A personal laptop. C.Experience with open-source tools. D.Proof of college credits. 高二英语第3页（共10页） B When Betsy first stepped onto a skateboard()at an Urban Foxes camp two years ago,she had no idea how much it would change her.What started as a shy try at a new sport has turned into a story of courage and self-growth-a perfect example of Leicester City in the Community's goal:changing lives through sport. Urban Foxes is a charity programme run by Leicester City in the Community.It aims to break down barriers so girls can take part in urban sports that might otherwise feel out of reach.Many girls miss out on such activities because of high costs,low confidence,limited opportunity or social expectations.The programme offers girls chances to try skateboarding,skiing and rock-climbing. For Betsy,the change was immediate.She took every chance the programme provided.Since her first session at Skate Parlour in Leicester,she has taken part in every Urban Foxes opportunity.Through partnerships with Snow Camp,Skate Parlour and Social Climbing,the programme offers a wide range of experiences.On the skateboard,she has welcomed each challenge with excitement.She practises new tricks bravely,never fearing falls.Besides skateboarding,she also throws herself into skiing and rock-climbing.The habit of getting up and trying again has become part of her character. Her growth has gone far beyond sports skills.Her self-confidence has risen greatly,and she has gradually become a role model for younger girls in the camp.Now she offers encouragement and practical advice to less-experienced participants.Where she once built up her own confidence,she helps build it in others.Her leadership and kindness are easy to see. Urban Foxes creates safe,supportive spaces where girls can try,fail,learn and succeed.The confidence gained from sports flows into school life,friendships and daily situations.It teaches young girls that challenges can be dealt with through continuous effort.For Betsy and many other girls,sport helps them realize their full potential. 24.What can we learn about Betsy? A.She founded the skate camp. B.She was confident at first. C.She is a role model for other girls. D.She aimed to change others'lives. 25.What stops some girls from joining urban sports? A.Poor safety rules.B.High costs. C.Low interest. D.Over-confidence. 26.What is the main idea of Paragraphs 3-4? A.Betsy's growth from the programme. B.Sports.activities in the programme C.Requirements for camp members. D.Advice on school performance. 27.What is the author's purpose in writing the text? A.To advertise a skate camp for teenagers. B.To share tips for overcoming difficulties. C.To encourage girls to take up skateboarding. D.To show the power of a sports programme. 高二英语第4页（共10页） C Visual art has long been credited with the power to cure,yet exactly how it works inside the human brain has stayed largely unexplained.A key question stands out:does creating art with your own hands produce different brain effects from simply viewing and judging artworks?A research team used fMRI technology to explore this problem,focusing on the brain's Default Mode Network (DMN),which is closely linked to self-reflection and stress handling. The study invited 28 retired adults with an average age of 64 as volunteers.They were divided into two groups of 14 people each,matched for age and gender.Over ten weeks,both groups took part in weckly art-related activities.One group attended art classes,where they actively drew and painted-they produced visual art themselves.The other group visited museums,where they only observed,discussed and judged finished works of art,without creating anything themselves. Researchers scanned their brain activity with fMRI both before and after the ten-week project. According to the fMRI results,the group that created art showed obvious improvement in functional connectivity within the DMN.Connections between key brain regions became much stronger. However,the art-viewing group recorded no major change in this brain network.More importantly,the improved brain connectivity among creators was connected to psychological resilience,meaning their ability to deal with stress grew better as their brain connections got stronger. This research offers fresh evidence that active art-making matters more than passive appreciation for brain development.Simply enjoying great art in museums is surely rewarding,but when you pick up brushes and create something original,your brain may gain unique neural(benefits that watching art cannot provide.Still,scientists note that the experiment was carried out on retired adults. Whether the same brain changes will happen for young pcople calls for further research. 28.What docs the fMRI research intend to explore? A.What new functions fMRI technology has. B.Whether DMN is linked to stress handling. C.Why viewing art matters more than creating art. D.How making and viewing art affects the brain differently. 29.In what way did the two groups differ in the experiment? A.The form of art participation. B.The age structure of participants. C.The length of participation time. D.The type of artworks they focused on. 30.What change took place among art creators in the study? A.They lost interest in museum visits. B.They could finish paintings in less time. C.Their feeling of stress disappeared completely. D.The connections inside their DMN got stronger. 31.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.Museum-going brings no benefits. B.More research should be conducted. C.The findings have been widely applied. D.Passive art appreciation should be avoided. 高二英语第5页（共10页) D Psychiatrist(i神病学家)Ahmed Hankir once said that a few lines of poetry helped him hold on when hope felt lost,and these poems still bring him relief today.Yet he warns that poetry alone cannot treat severe mental illness and should never replace evidence-based psychiatric care.It can,however, support the healing(洽疗)process. Poetry supports mental health in several ways.Reading or listening to poetry can remind us of shared human experiences such as sorrow,despair or hope,offering comfort and easing the sense of loneliness.Writing poetry provides a safe outlet for overwhelming feelings-cmotions that are hard to put into words-without requiring detailed explanations.Sharing poems can also start meaningful conversations and help people connect with one another. Research on poetry-based interventions()remains limited,but the evidence we have so far is encouraging.A systematic review found that poetry interventions can greatly ease PTSD symptoms( 伤后应隙碍症状)and bring clear improvements in depression,anxiety and stress.Brain studies show that reading or writing poetry activates()brain areas responsible for language processing, emotional control and personal memories.One hospital study of children and young people aged 8 to 17 discovered that poetry activities helped cut down their fear,sadness,anger,worry and tiredness and encouraged more family interaction. When used formally,poetry can be part of treatment.Poetry therapy()uses language,symbol and story to promote personal growth,healing and self-awareness.For a sad person,a therapist might offer a poem about loss.Reading it may reduce loneliness and encourage the person to talk or write about their pain.For trauma()survivors,writing and reading aloud experiences that had been unspeakable can be terrifying but healing.When they take this difficult step and are heard with kindness and non-judgment,they may gradually regain a sense of self-worth. Even so,poetry is only one helpful tool among many.It can support mental health treatment,not replace it. 32.What can we infer from Dr.Hankir's words in paragraph 1? A.He treats patients with poems. B.Most mental patients recover due to poetry. C.Poetry has long supported him. D.Poetry works better than psychiatric care. 33.What does the underlined word "outlet"in Paragraph 2 mean? A.A way to release feelings. B.A source of pressure. C.An explanation of emotions D.A place to hide sadness. 34.What is a finding of the hospital study on poetry activities? A.They strengthened language-related brain areas. B.They greatly relieved PTSD symptoms. C.They made professional care unnecessary. D.They eased young patients'negative emotions. 35.Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A.Poctry:A Ficld For Further Research. B.How Poems Reshape Brain Structures. C.Poetry for Health:The Healing Power of Poems. D.New Medical Treatment for Severe Depression. 高二英语第6页（共10页） 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中逃出可以填入竿白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。 More than five billion people worldwide see content recommended by social media platforms every day.Actually,it is not the platforms but algorithms()that decide what we see and interact with.36 Facebook's engineers give different point values to various user actions,including liking, commenting and sharing.Because sharing shows stronger interest than a like,different actions carry different weights.For each post,the algorithm then combines these values with the possibility that you will take such actions.37 Posts are ranked by the final score to form your feed.That is why a photo of a puppy may appear above a serious post about a new job-not because it is better,but because it is more likely to catch your attention. 38 The point values are fixed,but your behaviour is not.If you often interact with certain posts,the algorithm will serve you more similar content.If a video makes you angry,do not keep re-watching it or leaving comments:such actions only bring you more of the same. This may create a harmful cycle.The more low-quality content you open,the more of it you will get.Instead of controlling us like a puppet master,the algorithm acts like a mirror.39 Through cold,precise calculations(),it quietly collects our small signals of attention. Surprisingly,algorithms strengthen our interests rather than create them.They enlarge whatever we choose to focus on,on purpose or without awareness.Our scattered attention,added together,reshapes the digital world.40 A.It figures out the final score for that post. B.It does not judge whether the content is good or bad. C.You may wonder how these hidden algorithms operate. D.Users are free to change the ranking order of their feeds E.So we are co-creating our online world with every click. F.Algorithms can remove low-quality content automatically. G.Your online choices can influence what the system presents to you. 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 On the edge of an English town stands a little house with a large garden,where an elderly man lives alone.He is always busy in his garden,41 his flowers,cutting back dry branches or pulling up weeds().The garden is so 42 that every passer-by cannot help stopping to take a look. One day a young painter passed by and was 43 by the lovely garden and the pretty cottage, totally lost in admiration.He 44 how joyful he would be to live there,only to find that the gardener was 45.Curious,he asked,"Why are you busy tending these flowers every day since you can never see them?" 高二英语第7页（共10页） The blind man smiled,"I have four 46.First,I was a gardener when I was young,and I really like this 47.Second,although I cannot see the flowers,I can 48 them.Third,I can smell their sweetness.As for the last one,that's you." "Me?But you don't even know me,"the painter responded,still 49. "True.But flowers are nature's gifts that nobody will 50.Passers-by will pause and the garden's beauty helps to 51 their pressure and puts them in a good mood.It also offers chances for interaction between52" The painter was deeply moved.The blind man is alone but not lonely.All flower-lovers are his friends.He cannot see the beauty he has created,yet it 53 the eyes of others,which in turn enriches his own life.Like Beethoven,who composed great music though deaf,the old man grows flowers not only in his garden but in his 54.When beauty fills his heart,he seems to 55 everything. 41.A.selling B.watering C.digging D.painting 42.A.sun-burnt B.newly-planted C.weather-beaten D.well-tended 43.A.struck B.hit C.beaten D.knocked 44.A.pictured B.regretted C.admitted D.doubted 45.A.deaf B.poor C.blind D.weak 46.A.ways B.reasons C.rules D.plans 47.A.job B.life C.hobby D.town 48.A.taste B.smell C.hear D.touch 49.A.relaxed B.puzzled C.satisfied D.amused 50.A.take up B.look into C.turn down D.deal with 51.A.increase B.relieve C.sense D.cause 52.A.neighbors B.friends C.strangers D.co-workers 53.A.hurts B.closes C.tests D.pleases 54.A.heart B.mind C.memory D.dream 55.A.remember B.change C.see D.create 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The poetic dance The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting(《只此i绿》)was performed on the 2022 Spring Festival Gala and soon spread across social media,bringing an ancient painting back to iife.It is a briiiiant 56 (combine)of painting,poetry and dance.57 (inspire)by the scroll,the dancers designed every movement with care,attracting millions of fans within days.The dance has encouraged many young people 58(appreciate)traditional art and visit museums to see the original work 高二英语第8页（共10页） Dancers in the show train like athletes,running and stretching every day.Some movements even come from traditional martial arts.Their costumes,59 (color)blue and green like the painting, flow with every movement.The show often opens with Tang poems about landscapes,60(create)a dreamlike atmosphere for the performance.It expresses 61 we Chinese see nature:mountains rise like breathing bodies,and rivers flow like music. Few viewers,however,know the story behind the show.The dancers'inspiration comes from 4 Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》)，_62blue-and-green landscape scroll painted more than 900 years ago.Created by 18-year-old Wang Ximeng in the Song Dynasty,the masterpiece offers an important insight63 the inner spirit of ancient Chinese painting.The scroll was rarely shown after the Song Dynasty.By the time it was finally displayed in Beijing in 2017,it 64 (keep) away from public view for centuries. Perhaps this is the secret of the show:traditional culture lives not in museums 65 on today's stage. 第四部分书面表达（共两节，满分40分） 第一节应用文写作（满分15分） 假定你是李华。你的外国笔友Tom对中国古代诗人非常感兴趣，来信请你推荐一位唐代诗 人，请你回复邮件，内容包括： 1.推荐诗人： 2.推荐理由（至少两条）。 注意： 词数80左右： 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。 Dear Tom, Yours, Li Hua 高二英语第9页（共10页） 第二节读后续写（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 People say stepfathers()are hard to love,but Roger was different.In the life of his stepdaughter,Jane,he was always a warm and steady presence.Whenever life knocked her down, Roger was the one who helped her up.Years ago,when Jane failed an important exam and locked herself in her room,Roger left her a small card with his words written on it:"Everything's gonna be fine.We'll get through it."Jane kept it close and read it whenever she felt lost. In 2024,Roger fell and seriously injured his spinal cord().He had to stay in hospital for a long time,and he could no longer move or run like before.But he never lost his smile.While sitting by his bed one afternoon,Jane shared a dream with him that she had kept secret for years:to run across the whole country,from the Pacific to the Atlantic.Roger's eyes lit up at once."That's my girl,"he said. "When you get to the finish line,I'll be right beside you."They even made a deal-Roger would sit in his wheelchair,and Jane would push him over the last few metres. Jane,then 27,decided to make the dream come true.She also wanted to raise money for Wings for Life,a nonprofit that supports research on spinal cord injuries-the very problem that had changed Roger's life.She promised herself that every mile she ran would be for him. Last April,with an RV carrying her food and clothes and a small camera crew following her,Jane set off from Santa Monica Beach in California.Her destination was Virginia Beach,about 3,200 miles away.She planned to run 20 to 30 miles a day.Back at home,Roger was slowly getting better.He still could not walk,but well enough to travel.For Jane,some days were wonderful:golden wheat fields, friendly strangers and the wind at her back.Some days were terrible:steep mountain roads,heavy rain and burning heat.When her legs ached and her spirits dropped,she would touch the card in her pocket. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右： 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1:One hot afternoon,tired and thirsty,Jane nearly gave up. Paragraph 2:When the finish line was in sight,Jane caught sight of someone in a wheelchair. 高二英语第10页（共10页）