2025-2026学年浙江湖州高二(上)期末试卷英语

1、Different cultures have different ways of __________ their children.

A.disciplining B.marking C.understanding D.creating

2、Everyone had an application form in his hand, but no one had an idea which office room ____.

A. to send it    B. to have it sent

C. to send to   D. to send it to

3、The electronic red-packet has been so ______ that AliPay and Tencent Wechat compete against each other openly and secretly since the beginning of this year.

A. popular    B. convenient

C. favorable   D. arbitrary

4、An anonymous donor donated a large sum of money to _____ the campaign “saving our planet”.

A.launch B.organize C.sponsor D.plan

5、Deep reading is a process in which people critically think______ trying to catch the words on the page．

A.in addition to  B．in favor of

C．in reply to   D．in search of

6、— It is so crowded and the pollution is so serious here!

— You see, ______. I’m going to quit my job and move to the country.

A. I’ve had enough B. I like it here

C. That will be OK  D. It’s not so bad

7、More and more people tend to go to E-libraries in that they have access to books when they are unable to 　　　　get to a library.

A. accidentally   B. physically

C. voluntarily   D. appropriately

8、 Obviously he had set up a situation _____ he didn’t have to blame, or even recognize, his own shyness.

A. where   B. which C. that D. Whom

9、I am considering changing my job or trying for a/an ________.

A. occasion   B. recommendation

C. promotion   D. population

10、Not until he retired from teaching two years ago _______ having a holiday abroad.

A. he had considered   B. had he considered

C. did he consider   D. he considered

11、By the end of last year, another new hospital __________ in our city.

A.would complete B.would be completed

C.was completed D.had been completed

12、—All the citizens should work together to make our city more beautiful.

—That’s it. ________.

A．Practice makes perfect

B．A friend in need is a friend indeed

C．When in Rome, do as the Romans do

D．Many hands make light work

13、There has been a reduction in crime in our city this year; ________ last year, far fewer crimes were committed.

A. in return for   B. in terms of

C. in addition to   D. in comparison with

14、It's one thing to send a short message but   to hove the person receiving the message actually do something．

A．another B．other C．the other D．others

15、In China, a middle school’s success was _____ in terms of the number of students who got into university.

A. measured   B. conquered

C. negotiated   D. implied

16、Jerry pretended___________ the moment his father stepped in, which made the man extremely angry because he couldn't stand being cheated.

A．to read

B．to have read

C．to be reading

D．reading

17、Owing to heavy traffic jams, many people would like to choose the train ______ driving.

A. in preference to   B. in addition to

C. in answer to D. in relation to

18、He realized that ____there was a time for action, this was it.

A.if ever B.if possible C.if any D.if necessary

19、He manages a business. He is a ________ from a company.

A．student

B．doctor

C．teacher

D．manager

20、Ten minutes earlier________, we could have avoided missing the early bus.

A. or   B. but   C. and   D. so

21、   What makes a person become an Olympic champion? In reality, a combination of biological environmental, and psychological factors as well as training and practice, all go into making a super athlete.

Perhaps the most important factor involved in becoming a super athlete is genetics. Most Olympic competitors are equipped with certain unique physical characteristics. Take a super athlete's muscles, for example. In most human skeletal muscles, there are fast-twitch fibers and slow-twitch fibers. Fast-twitch fibers help us move quickly. They allow weightlifters to lift hundreds of kilos from the ground and over their heads in seconds. The legs of a super marathon runner, on the other hand, might contain up to 90 percent slow-twitch muscle fibers, which generate energy efficiently and enable people to control tiredness and keep moving for a longer period of time when they exercise long or hard.

Some athletes' abilities are naturally enhanced by their environment. Those raised at high altitudes have blood that is rich in hemoglobin, which enables these athletes to run better, Cultural factors also help Tegla Loroupe, a young woman from northern Kenya, won several marathons. She attributes some of her success to her country's high altitude and her cultural background. As a child, she had to run ten kilometers to school every day.

Although genetics, environment, and even culture play a part in becoming a super athlete, training and practice are needed to succeed. Weightlifters and gymnasts perfect their skills by repeating the same motions again and again until they are automatic. Training this way requires an athlete to be not only physically fit but psychologically healthy as well.

How do athletes adjust to such intense pressure? Louganis explains how he learned to control his anxiety during a competition: "Most divers think too much…," he says. "They're too much in their heads. What worked for me was humor. I remember thinking about what my mother would say if she saw me do a bad dive. She'd probably just compliment me on the beautiful splash."

【1】Having a lot of slow-twitch muscle fibers is particularly important for .

A.Weightlifters. B.Divers. C.Cyclists. D.Table tennis players.

【2】What does the underlined word “attribute” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.Devotes. B.Compares. C.Exposes. D.Owes.

【3】How does Louganis deal with his anxiety according to the passage?

A.By thinking too much. B.By training hard.

C.By laughing at the amusing things D.By speaking out.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A.Healthy Olympic Champions.

B.Olympic Champions in the Making.

C.Factors in Becoming Physically and Psychologically Healthy.

D.Difference between an Athlete and an Average Person.

22、Many countries have passed safety laws that require seat belts in vehicles. A modern three-point seat belt, also called a safety belt, is a harness to prevent the driver or a passenger from flying forward and hitting hard against the interior of a vehicle during a collision. A modern seat belt will help to position you properly to gain maximum benefit from your car’s airbags that will inflate（使充气）during a collision. Using a seat belt also prevents you from being ejected (弹出) from a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Research shows that when you wear a modern seat belt, you reduce the risk of death or serious injury by 70% or more during an auto accident.

Seat belts have existed in different forms since the early days of automobiles, and they have changed from a single lap belt to the three-point seat belt we use today. In 1911 the first airplane seat belt was installed. Then, in the 1920’s they were used in racecars. By the 1930s, a group of American physicians created lap belts for their own vehicles and urged vehicle manufacturers to provide seat belts on all vehicles.

Dr. C. Hunter Shelden made a major contribution to our safety with his article in the November 5, 1955 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He strongly encouraged the manufacture and use of door locks, airbags, and retractable(伸缩式的) seat belts, like the ones we use today. The modern three-point seat belt, including a lap belt and a shoulder belt, was introduced as standard equipment on Volvo cars in 1959.

In 1970, the state of Victoria in Australia made the wearing of a seat belt compulsory for every car driver and front-seat passenger. Today many countries have also mandated(授权) the use of five-point safety harnesses for carefully designed child safety seats that can protect a child during a serious car accident.

An airbag is a Supplemental Restraint System, or SRS, and consists of a rapidly inflatable restraint cushion that works together with a seat belt to protect you during a collision. Modern cars often contain several airbags in various locations. Since airbags can only inflate once and will quickly deflate after the initial impact, they will not provide any protection for you during a secondary collision.

The inflation of airbag can protect or hurt you. The risk zone for a driver’s airbag is the first 8 centimeters from its pre-inflation location. While driving, you should remain about 25 centimeters from the airbag in the center of the wheel. As a driver, wear your seat belt and make sure children correctly use their seat belts. Failure to wear a seat belt properly means the airbags in your car might injure or even kill you during an accident.

An essential part of your safe driving skills is the habit of making sure that you and each of your passengers are always properly positioned and wearing a seat belt. There are many wonderful benefits of being able to drive a car, but there are also severe consequences during an accident for anyone who chooses not to wear a seat belt.

【1】This article mostly deals with   .

A. how to drive safely on the road

B. different forms of seat belts

C. the history of seat belt development

D. the importance of seat belt use

【2】We can learn from this article that _____.

A. to reduce your risk of death or serious injury by 70%, you must wear a five-point seat belt while you are driving

B. American physicians created lap belts for their own vehicles because they had seen many injuries caused by car accidents

C. if two or more collisions occur during a serious car accident, your airbags can help reduce the risk of death by 70%

D. the U.S. was the first country to require by law that car drivers and front-seat passengers wear their seat belts

【3】The author treats the subject of this article with   .

A. good humor   B. admiration

C. seriousness  D. disapproval

【4】Which of the following statements is true?

A. Seat belts were first used in airplanes and then applied to vehicles.

B. Airbags, door locks, and seat belts were all designed at the same time.

C. The lap belt is more modern than the 3-point safety belt.

D. Buying the latest seat belts is an essential driving skill.

23、The Spring Festival is supposed to be a period of time entirely for family reunion. However, as people’s enthusiasm for digital hongbao increased, the amount of the time they spend with family members during the holiday decreases. There has been widespread criticism(批评) over digital hongbao that it has alienated family reunion.

“I used to discuss programs in the Spring Festival Gala(春晚) with my family members, but this year, I hardly had the time to watch the gala because I was staring at my cellphone all the time,” said Kang, a 30–year old radio station editor. “I went to Karaoke with my cousins during the holiday, and I was grasping digital hongbao the whole time, even when I was singing Karaoke.”

“On the last day of the holiday, I started to regret spending too much time on these digital hongbao. Therefore, instead of fighting for hongbao, I watched TV with my mom that night. I left home feeling sorry! I should have spent more time with my parents.”

But Kang said regret came with a sense of achievement when he managed to bring classmates together.

“Next year, I will still play the game, but with less money and for a smaller amount of time,” Kang said.

Dong Chenyu, a teacher from Beijing Foreign Studies University, said it unfair to blame hongbao for destroying family reunion.

“When television was invented, people accused it of standing in the way of face-to-face human communication. The same accusation came up on telephone and text message services when they were first invented. The same goes with digital hongbao,” Dong said.

“It does nothing but offers a new way of human communication. The rest is people’s choice. As long as no one expects to earn money from this and takes this as a means of gambling(赌博), it’s a good way to improve human connections,” Dong said.

【1】The underlined word “alienated” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ________.

A. separated   B. reserved   C. encouraged     D. improved

【2】How did Mr.Kang feel about digital hongbao according to Paragraph 2?

A. He felt regretted in spending too much money.

B. He had a strong preference for it.

C. He was happy to spend too much of his time.

D. He felt a sense of guilty in getting it.

【3】What can we infer from what Mr. Dong said about digital hongbao ________.

A. it will bring us trouble in holiday reunion

B. it will be out of fashion soon in future

C. Mr. Dong is in favor of the digital hongbao

D. lots of people will use it to earn money

【4】What’s mainly described in the passage?

A. The Spring Festival is the best time for family reunion.

B. Digital Hongbao is a double-edged sword.

C. People’s holiday enthusiasm has decreased.

D. Digital hongbao has become a popular way to make money.

24、The commonly held view is that people arrived in North America from Asia via a land bridge once connecting the two continents. But recent discoveries have suggested humans might have been there earlier. Researchers studying fossilized human footprints in New Mexico say that humans were there at least 23,000 years ago.

Matthew Bennett, a specialist in ancient footprints and author of a study on the new findings published in Science, and his colleagues studied 61 footprints by radiocarbon dating layers of aquatic (水生的) plant seeds preserved above and below the footprints and accurately dated they were made 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. The people who made the footprints were living there in the last Ice Age when two massive ice sheets covering the continent and cold temperatures would have made a journey between Asia and Alaska impossible, indicating humans must have been there much earlier than previously thought.

According to their analysis of the footprints, they were likely made in soft ground at the edge of a wetland by children who were sent to do the work like fetching and catching by adults. Wind probably blew dust over the surface, accumulating in the prints, thus, leaving footprints that previously recorded.

Their finding also makes it possible to explore the older and more controversial sites with a different light. One such site is Chiquihuite Cave in central Mexico, where stone tools dating back to 30,000 years ago have been found.

David Rachal, an uninvolved but experienced geoarchaeologist (地质考古学家) thought the footprint dates provided by Bennett and his team looked “solid”，with seeds providing very reliable and precise ages through radiocarbon dating. “You could not ask for a better setup,” said Rachal. However, he was puzzled that no artifacts, such as stone tools, had been found in the area. He thought it was just a theme that was gaining some serious traction in the literature.

【1】What is the most essential evidence dating the time in the passage?

A．The aquatic plant seeds.

B．The fossilized human footprints.

C．The unearthed tools.

D．The massive ice sheets.

【2】Why does the author mention Chiquihuite Cave in central Mexico?

A．To introduce a historical site.

B．To show the significance of the footprints.

C．To compare geoarchaeological discoveries.

D．To explain the course of making a discovery.

【3】What’s David Rachal’s attitude towards the new discovery?

A．Optimistic and trustful.

B．Conservative and cautious.

C．Negative but curious.

D．Favorable but confused.

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The discovery of human footprints.

B．Scientific methods of dating footprints.

C．The earlier arrival of people in North America.

D．A discussion on human history among researchers.

25、When I was a young Dad, my family was struggling just to get by. I was getting a few days' work here and there as a substitute（代课的）teacher. I was teaching every _________ and every grade. Then near the end of the school year I got _________ at the last second to teach at a local grade school.

I got there late _________ the summer to come and the _________ of work it would bring. The class I got had a bad case of summer break _________ too. There was no surprising that they were _________, bouncing off their seats and talking excitedly.

Finally, it was time for a short _________ and I was as happy as they were to get outside the _________ classroom. I watched them play and hoped it would _________ them out so the afternoon wouldn't be as __________ as the morning had been on me. A little girl ran up to me. She had a handful of freshly __________ wild flowers. "This is for you, Mr. Mazzella." she said. In that second I felt a __________ I hadn't felt all day. I smiled and thanked her as she skipped __________ away.

Every single thing we do is a part of our purpose here and our mission. It is a lifelong __________ too, so stop worrying about your mission and your purpose. You are __________ them each and every day.

【1】

A．day

B．subject

C．school

D．time

【2】

A．called in

B．turned down

C．picked up

D．watched out

【3】

A．waiting for

B．dreaming of

C．worrying about

D．concentrating on

【4】

A．lack

B．reward

C．change

D．influence

【5】

A．boredom

B．arrangement

C．depression

D．fever

【6】

A．curious

B．noisy

C．calm

D．active

【7】

A．lunch

B．break

C．lesson

D．game

【8】

A．quiet

B．big

C．hot

D．dirty

【9】

A．wear

B．knock

C．keep

D．leave

【10】

A．long

B．quick

C．dull

D．tough

【11】

A．planted

B．picked

C．pressed

D．decorated

【12】

A．surprise

B．regret

C．joy

D．praise

【13】

A．happily

B．carefully

C．hesitantly

D．anxiously

【14】

A．idea

B．challenge

C．adventure

D．process

【15】

A．discussing

B．living

C．considering

D．offering

26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请给你的外教Jim 写一封邮件，告诉他你打算参加 “彩色跑”，希望他一起参加。邮件的内容包括：

1.介绍“彩色跑”的相关内容（例如：时间、地点、参加者等）；

2.说明你打算参加的原因；

3.询问对方的意向。

注意：1.词数不少于50；

2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：彩色跑 The Color Run

Dear Jim,

Yours,

Li Hua