安徽省宣城市郎溪中学等校2025-2026学年高二下学期4月期中检测英语试题（含答案）

2025-2026学年高二下学期4月期中检测英语试题一、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共16小题；每小题2分，满分32分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A2026—2027HighSchoolPracticeProgramCompany:Endress+HauserUSALocation:2350EndressPlace,Greenwood,IN46143,UnitedStatesAtEndress+Hauser,progresshappensbyworkingtogether.Asthegloballeaderinmeasurementinstrumentation,our17,000employeesshapethefutureinthefieldofprocessautomation.Whatistheroleabout?Theprogramgivesstudentstheopportunitytohaveahands-onwork-basedlearningexperience.Highschoolseniorswillexplorerolesinareasofinterestincludingengineering,controlling,training,calibration(校准),andhumanresources.Wewantyoutotrulybecomeapartofourteambyparticipatinginprojects,contributingideas,andcollaboratingwiththosearoundyouasyougrowandlearnaboutfuturecareerpath.Whatdoweexpectfromyou?Youwillhave(required)●BeenteringsenioryearofhighschoolintheFallof2026●BeconsideringacareerinBusiness/Finance/ManufacturingOREngineering/Service/RepairORSales/Manufacturing●Customerserviceskillsasevidencedthroughpreviousjobexperiences●Abilitytoread,analyzeandinterpretbusinessand/orengineeringdocuments●Abilitytowritereportsandbusinesscorrespondence●Abilitytoeffectivelypresentinformationandrespondtoquestionsofmanagers,representatives,andcustomers●MicrosoftOfficeskills●Beavailablefora2-to2.5-hourwindowperday,atleastfourdaysaweek,between8:00am—5:00pmYoumayhave(preferred)●PreviousapplicableBusiness/Financeand/orCareerandTechnicalcoursework●InterestinlearningvarioussoftwareandhardwareplatformsthatareappliedinthedepartmentWhatcanyouexpectfromus?●Paidprofessionalworkexperienceinasafeandstructuredenvironment●Practiceandimproveyourindustryskills●Improveprofessionalsoftskills●Buildaprofessionalnetworkofresources●Full-servicecafé(inGreenwood,IN)21.Whatisthepurposeoftheprogram?A．Tohelpstudentschooseauniversitymajor.B．Totrainstudentsinmeasurementtechnology.C．Toofferstudentspracticalworkexperience.D．Toteachstudentsknowledgeaboutmarketing.22.Howmanyhoursdostudentsneedtoworkatleasteachweek?A．2hours.B．2.5hours.C．8hours.D．10hours.23.Whatcanstudentsgainfromtheprogram?A．Afull-timejobofferaftertheprogram.B．AchancetotravelaroundtheUnitedStates.C．FreeaccommodationinGreenwood,IN.D．Professionalworkexperiencewithpayment.BHuaMengliwasbornin1995inZhenjiang,JiangsuProvince.In2010,Hua’sfatherrentedmorethan13.3hectaresoflandinavillage.Heusedthelandforconventionalfarming.However,lackofinnovationmadeithardforhimtorunthefarm.Inthehopeofsavingherfather’sfarm,Huain2013enrolledinJiangsuVocationalCollegeofAgricultureandForestryandmajoredinhorticultural(园艺)technology.Aftertheirgraduationin2016,Huaandfourlike-mindedfriendsjoinedherfather’sfarm.Almostimmediately,theyhadtodealwithpoorsales.Aftervisitingvariousmarkets,theyrealizedtheyhadtoinnovatetheirfarmingtechniques.Theyspentthenext11monthstransformingthefarmintoanecologicalcircularagriculturebase.Thetransformationwasaturningpoint;sincethen,thefarmhasgeneratedanoutputvalueof32millionyuanannually.Aspartofherfarmmanagement,Huahasfocusedontechnologicalinnovationandapplication.In2018,somefarmers’strawberryseedlings(苗)died,whichresultedinmassivelosses.Huadecidedtoidentifythecause.Shespentthreemonthstestinghundredsofformulas(配方),untilshefoundtherightculture-mediumformulaforstrawberryseedlings.Shehelpedthefarmersavoidfuturelosses,andsheimprovedbothstrawberryyieldandquality.Huahasnothesitatedtosharethetechnologiesshehasdevelopedwithotherfarmers.Sheorganizedateamtoprovideassistanceandtechnicalguidancetofarmers.Theteamiscomposedof49younggraduates,allofwhommajoredinagriculture.Shehasalsoprovidedtechnologicaltrainingtomorethan22,000people,supportedmorethan700farmersingrowingcropsandhelpedfarmersincreasetheirincomesbyacombined120millionyuan.Whenaskedaboutherplansforthefuture,Huasays,“Iamwillingtorootinthecountryside,andtoworkinthefields.Ruralareashavegreatpotential,andagriculturewillthrive.Iwillleadfarmersandmoreyoungpeopletoadvanceruralrevitalization(振兴).”24.WhydidHuachoosetostudyhorticulturaltechnology?A．Tobecomeanagriculturalexpert.B．Torunherownfarmindependently.C．Tohelpmanageherfather’sfarm.D．Toexpandherpersonalknowledge.25.WhatledtoHua’sfarmtransformation?A．Highfarmingcosts.B．Lowmarketdemand.C．Lackoffarmers.D．Toughnaturalconditions.26.HowdoestheauthorpresentHua’scontributioninparagraph4?A．Bylistingnumbers.B．Byfollowingtimeorder.C．Bydescribingscenes.D．Bymakingacomparison.27.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeHua?A．Easy-goingandpolite.B．Honestandconfident.C．Independentandgifted.D．Generousandcreative.CBlackwaterlakesandriversintheCongoBasincontainhighlevelsofdecayingplantdebris(残渣),whichgivesthemtheirblackcolor.TheyhavehighconcentrationsofCO2andreleaselargeamountsofCO2intotheair.However,NoneoftheCO2waspreviouslythoughttooriginatefromthebasin’sancientpeat(泥炭),astheywerebelievedtobehighlystableprotectedfromdecompositionbytheirlow-oxygenenvironment.ButanewstudyshowsalargepartoftheCO2fromtheseblackwaterbodiescomesfrompeatcarbonthatis2,170to3,500yearsold.Theresearchersdrewtheirconclusionsfrommeasurementstheytookatblackwaterlakesin2022and2024,andatblackwaterriversin2025.Theyaccessedthemwithsmallboats.Theteammeasuredsediments(沉积物),greenhousegases,organiccarbonandinorganiccarbon.Later,inthelab,theresearchersanalyzedtheirsampleswithahigh-accuracymethod—spectrometry—toseparatemoderncarbonfromplantsandoldercarbonfromsoils.Thetestsshowedthatabout40%oftheinorganiccarbonwasthousandsofyearsold.Microbes(微生物)arebreakingdownancientpeatintoCO₂andmethane,whichthenenterthewaterandarereleasedintotheair.TheCongoBasinisestimatedtoholdone-thirdofthecarbonstoredintropicalpeatlandsglobally.Thereleaseofancientpeatcarbonmaybeanaturalprocesstoreachbalance,oritmaybecausedbyclimatechange.Iftheregionsuffersfromdroughtinthefuture,theprocesscouldspeedupandturnthepeatlandsfromcarbonsinksintoseriouscarbonsources.Next,theresearcherswillanalyzewatertrappedintheCongoBasin’speattoexplorethewaymicrobesarereleasingancientcarbon.“Ultimately,weaimtoconfirmwhetherthisprocessishappeningacrosstheentirebasinandquantifyoxidationratestodetermineifthisleakageisanaturalbaselineorasignofinstability,”saidDrake,theleadauthorofthestudy.28.WhatwasthepreviousviewabouttheCongoBasin’sancientpeat?A．ItreleasedmuchCO2intotheair.B．Itcontainedhighlevelsofoxygen.C．Itabsorbedcarbonfromplants.D．Itremainedunchangedovertime.29.Whatdoesparagraph2mainlytalkabout?A．Theprocessofmeasuringcarboninblackwater.B．Thereasonforancientpeat’sformation.C．Thecomparisonbetweenlakesandriversinthebasin.D．Thedifficultyofaccessingremoteblackwaterbodies.30.Whatisthemainconcernexpressedinparagraph4?A．Thepeatlandsmaybecomemajorcarbonproducers.B．Thecarbonsinkswillgrowconstantlyinsize.C．Thecarbonstoredinthepeatlandswilldisappearforever.D．Theclimatechangewillworsenthedroughtintheregion.31.Whatistheresearchers’nextmove?A．Toconfirmthestabilityofthebasin’speatlands.B．Tofindouthowmicrobesreleaseancientcarbon.C．Toassesstheageofcarboninblackwaterbodies.D．TomeasuretheamountofCO2releasedfrompeatlands.DOpenAI’sGPTcansummarizeresearchpapersandmakepredictions—butcanitdoscience?Canitgeneratehypotheses(假设),designexperiments,interpretresultsanditerate(迭代)?Lastsummer,researchersatOpenAIandGinkgoBioworks,acompanydesigningautonomous,robot-runlabs,decidedtofindout.“ThoughAIsystemshavepostedhighscoresinmath,physicsandcomputerscience,biologyishardertomeasure,”saysJoyJiao,wholeadslifesciencesresearchatOpenAI.“Forsomethinglike‘designingthebestexperiment’,there’snorightanswer.It’swhatwecallahard-hardproblem:it’shardtogenerateasolution,andit’salsoreallyhardtoverify.”ThatledtheteamtohaveAIdesignexperiments.Theteamfocuseditsexperimentoncell-freeproteinsynthesis(CFPS),atechniqueforproducingproteinswithoutlivingcells.Traditionalbiomanufacturing(生物制造)reliesongeneticallyengineeringlivingcellstoproducemedicineslikeinsulin.CFPSmakesproteinsoutsideofcellsbyrunningthecell’sownprotein-makingmachineryinacontrolledmixture.“Itisoneofthefastestwaystomakeproteins,”saysJoyJiao.FromOpenAI’sheadquarters,GPT-5designedexperimentsandsentthemacrossthecountrytoGinkgoBioworks’roboticsystemsinBoston.Asititerated,GPT-5analyzedincomingdataandproposednewexperiments,whichtookaboutanhourpercycle.Inthetimeitwouldtakeforahumantogettheircoffee,sitdownattheircomputer,loginandgetallsetuptowork,themodelcouldtakeinthedata,analyzeitandproposenewexperiments.Aftertwomonthsandover36,000testsofuniquereactioncompositions,theAI-drivensystemreducedthecostofproducingtheproteinbyabout40percentcomparedwithapreviouslyreportedfigurefrombioengineerMichaelJewett’slabatStanfordUniversity.“Honestly,it’saprettybigdeal,”saysJewett,directoroftheresearch.“Howdowedevelopmedicinesfastertoprovidelifesavingtherapeutics(疗法)topatientssooner?IthinktheintegrationofAIandautonomouslabsisonewaytodothat.”32.WhatwastheprimarygoalofOpenAIandGinkgoBioworks’experiment?A．TotestGPT-5’ssummarizingability.B．ToexploreifAIcandoscientifictasks.C．TocompareAIwithhumanscientists.D．ToseehowwellcanAIworkwithman.33.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“verify”inparagraph2probablymean?A．Create.B．Change.C．Confirm.D．Simplify.34.WhatisakeycharacteristicofCFPSaccordingtothetext?A．Itproducesproteinsoutsidecells.B．Itrequiresengineeringlivingcells.C．Itisatraditionalbiomanufacturingmethod.D．Itcutsdownthetimeneededfordatainterpretation.35.WhatdoesMichaelJewettimplyabouttheAI-drivensystem?A．Itworksthesamewayasahumanresearcher.B．Itcanincreasethecostofresearchsignificantly.C．Itwillreplacehumanscientistssoon.D．Itcanspeedupdrugdevelopment.第二节七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Summeriswellontheway.Andwhatisabetterwaytowelcomethewarmerweatherthantostartcleaningupyourgarden?Keengardenerswillmaketheirwayoutsidetoplantsomeflowers.36Thatisstarjasmine(茉莉).Itwillkeepgardenssmellingamazingallsummerlongandbeaprettyadditiontoanyone’soutdoorspace.Inadditiontoarichscent,starjasminewillprovidealovely,delicatelook.It’sperfectforclimbingovertrellises(棚架)andfencesasaclassicclimberplant,whichmeansitwillgrowupwards.37Anotheradvantageisthatit’sareliablewinterplanttoo.Itsevergreenleavesprovideinterestandfreshnessinthecolderseasons.38Inthisway,youcanmovethemaroundandbringthemwithyouifneeded.Remembertore-poteverytwoyearsandrefreshthesoilasiteventuallystartstolacknutrients.Andre-pottingintosomethingalittlebiggerwillalsomeanitwillcarryongrowingandproducingmoreflowers.Ifyouwanttoplantsomestarjasmine,springisthebesttimeasitwillflowerlaterintheseason.It’simportanttoconsidersunlightandtemperatureastheylikebeingindirectlightandwarmth.Makingsuretoprune(修剪)inlatespringorearlysummer.Thiswillhelptheplantregrowquickly.39Toolittlewaterwillleadtoleavesturningredandfallingoffyourplants.Onceyourstarjasmineisestablished,youcanmakeyouroutdoorspaceevenmoreappealingbyattractingbirdswithasimplefoodtheylove.Thekeytodrawingrobins(知更鸟)intoyourgardenissimplyleavingoutsomesmall,freshappleslices.Robinsnaturallyfeedonberriesandfruitsfromtreesandbushes.40A．Itcanalsobeplantedinapot.B．Soit’sidealforsmallergardens.C．Itisnoteasytorunabeautifulgarden.D．Actually,there’soneplanteveryoneshouldgrow.E．Allkindsofflowersaren’tsuitabletogrowinspring.F．Gettingthewateringrightisthekeytoahealthyplant.G．They’reespeciallyfondofthemthroughoutthespringperiod.二、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。MissBeverlyisa90-year-oldteacherfromDetroit.Ifanyonedeservescareerrecognition,itmustbeher.Recently,she41theGuinnessWorldRecordforthelongestfemalelanguage-teachingcareerandhercommunitycouldn’tbe42.Theteacherwas43atanassembly(集会)thismonth.There,shesawmanyvideosfromformerstudentswhosharedhowsheinfluencedtheirlives.Oneofher44studentsisformerCEOofMicrosoft,SteveBallmer.Beyondthewell-knownnames,itwasthepersonalconnectionsthattrulydefinedher45.“She’shadmanystudents,andshe46me.Shebefriendedme,”saidoneofherformerstudents.“Whenmyfatherdied,shecameandsatwithmymother.Andthat’swhenIrealizedthisismorethanjustastudent-teacherrelationshipbutalife-long47.”GuinnessWorldRecordssaid“Beverly48toteachwiththesameenthusiasmandenergythatdefinedthebeginningofhercareer.Thisrecordhonorsherlife-long49toherstudents,herschoolcommunities,andtheteachingprofessionasawhole.”“Ihave50wantedtodoanythingelsewithmylifebutteachchildren,”Beverlysaid.“Ilovethisschool.I’mnotthinkingof51.”She’sanactivememberoftheschool,notonlyinthe52.Sheenjoysvisitingschooleventslikegamesanddances.She53beingthereforthekids.Beverlyhasalwaystoldherstudents:“Inlife,youmusttrytobethebest54ofyourselfbecausetherewillneverbeanotheryou.”Shewillleavethatschoolawonderfullegacyandmanyofherstudentswill55her.41.A．refusedB．expectedC．lostD．set42.A．busierB．prouderC．calmerD．stronger43.A．interviewedB．replacedC．congratulatedD．trained44.A．famousB．patientC．intelligentD．brave45.A．futureB．impactC．courageD．ability46.A．paidnoattentiontoB．madefunofC．keptintouchwithD．lookedforwardto47.A．friendshipB．leadershipC．membershipD．scholarship48.A．demandsB．failsC．agreesD．continues49.A．recommendationB．commitmentC．respectD．preference50.A．neverB．justC．nearlyD．always51.A．joiningB．tryingC．retiringD．returning52.A．libraryB．playgroundC．gardenD．classroom53.A．avoidsB．lovesC．practicesD．stops54.A．versionB．shapeC．modelD．lesson55.A．encourageB．approachC．meetD．remember三、语法填空（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。TheseventheditionofChinesespellingbeecompetitiontookplaceonFriday,56(draw)morethan100learnersfromprimary,secondaryandhigherinstitutionstoshowtheirproficiency(熟练)inChinese.HostedbytheUnitedStatesInternationalUniversity-Africa(USIU-A),aprivateuniversity57(locate)ontheoutskirtsofNairobi,theKenyancapital,theeventfeaturedspeeches,groupdiscussionsandwriting.“Sinceitslaunchin2020,theChinesespellingbeecompetition58(develop)itselftobecomeaplatformforpromotingthestudyofMandarinamonglocalyouth,whileincreasingtheiradmiration59Chineseculture,”saidWanjikuMbugua,aMandarinteacheratUSIU-A.“Today’sspellingbeecompetitionwas60improvementfromthelastone.WehaveseenmoreuptakeinChineselanguagewhichhasbecomeapathwayforlearnersacrossall61(level),”Mbuguasaid.“Wehadaround150participantsand62ismostimpressiveisthatourspokenChineseisgettingbetter.Wehaveseenteachersandstudentsimprovingin63(pronounce),”sheadded.AccordingtoMworia,thechairpersonofChineseLanguageTeachersAssociationinKenya,theChineselanguageremainsthemost64(effect)buildingblockforenhancingChina-Kenyatiesacrossfieldsofculture,economicsanddiplomacy.“ThefutureofChineselanguageteachinginKenyaispromising,”Mworiasaid,“asitunlocksahostofopportunitiesforlocalyouth65(secure)scholarshipsandjobs.”四、书面表达（共两节，满分30分）第一节邮件写作（满分15分）66.假定你是李华，你班交换生Chris想了解你即将到来的三天春假的计划，请给他写封邮件，内容包括：1.你的春假计划；2.你对春假的看法。注意：1.写作词数应为80个左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。DearChris,________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,LiHua第二节读后续写（满分15分）67.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。续写词数应为150左右。Itwasacolddaywithanunusuallyheavysnowfall.Publictransportationwasshutdownbecauseoftheheavysnow.Iworkinacompanythatrentsoutsocialhousing.Becauseofthebadweather,mostofuswereforcedtoworkfromhome.Onlyafewtechnicianswereonemergencyrepairduty.Iftherewasarealemer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