湖南长沙市望城区第二中学2025-2026学年高一下学期7月期末英语试题（含答案）

湖南长沙市望城区第二中学2025-2026学年高一下学期7月期末英语试题一、阅读理解ABritain’sseasidetowns,oncebadlyhurt,arenowcomingbacktolife!Oldbuildingsstillstand,butnewartcentres,funactivities,andpopularplacesarebringingbacktheirpastglory.Herearefourtownstovisitthissummer.Scarborough,YorkshireScarboroughmaybeBritain’sfirstseasidespotforvacation.Inthe1600s,peoplecameforitshealth-givingsprings.Afteryearsofdownturn,it’snowimprovingthankstonewplans:hostingeverythingfrompoetryreadingstorockmusicfestivals,whilestillwelcomingvisitorstoitstop-ratedbeaches.Margate,KentEverycoastaltownwantstoattractvisitorsallyear,andMargatedoesthisbest.Whenbadweatherkeepspeoplefromthebeach,there’slotsofindoorfun-likeold-fashionedgamesandtheTurnerContemporaryartcentre.ButwhatreallyhelpsMargategrowisthestrongcommunityspirit,everyoneworkingtogether.Barmouth,WalesOnthewaytofamousNorthWalesspotslikeSnowdonia,don’tmissBarmouth!Thishiddentownsitswherearivermeetsthesea,withmountainsbehinditsbeaches.Itsslogan(口号)is“mountain,sand&sea”—justlookatthesunsetoverthewaterwithmountainsinthedistance.Manyvisitorsloveitsomuchthattheydecidetomovehereandbecomeresidents!Penzance,CornwallPenzancehasrecoveredslowly,notsuddenly.Overthelast10years,manynewprojectshavehelpedthetown.Themaineventsarethe10-dayGolowanfestival,whichfeaturesparadesandshows,andtheMontolwintercelebration.Visitorscantakeasleepertrain(atrainwithbeds)fromLondon,orflybyhelicoptertonearbyScillyIsles.Thelocalfoodisalsoverypopular!1.WhatattractedpeopletoScarboroughinthe1600s?A．Poetryreadings.B．Musicfestivals.C．Seasideattractions.D．Healthfulsprings.2.WhatisthemainfactorforMargate’sgrowth?A．Warmweather.B．Indooractivities.C．Localteamwork.D．Modernfacilities.3.Whichtownhasliveablenaturalconditions?A．Margate,Kent.B．Barmouth,Wales.C．Penzance,Cornwall.D．Scarborough,Yorkshire.BWhatwillmanbelikeinthefuture—in5,000oreven50000yearsfromnow?Wecanonlymakeguesses,ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbedifferentfromwhatheistoday,formanisslowlychangingallthetime.Letustakeanobviousexample.Man,evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorterthanheistoday.Now,onaverage,menareaboutthreeinchestaller.Fivehundredyearsisrelativelyashortperiodoftime,sowemayassumethatmanwillcontinuetogrowtaller.Again,inthemodernworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal.Evenso,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20%ofthebrain’scapacity.Astimegoeson,however,weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andeventuallyweshallneedlargerones!Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetothehead,inparticular,theforeheadwillgrowlarger.Nowadaysoureyesareinuseconstantly.Infact,weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecomeweakerandwehavetowearglasses.Butoveraverylongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman’seyeswillgrowstronger.Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These,asaresult,arelikelytogrowweaker.Atthesametime,however,ourfingerswillgrowmoresensitivebecausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlife.Butwhatabouthair?Thiswillprobablydisappearfromthebodyaltogetherinthecourseoftimebecauseitdoesnotserveausefulpurposeanylonger.Perhapsallthesegivetheimpressionthatinthefuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat!Thismaywellbetrue.Allthesame,inspiteofallthesechanges,futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.Hewillstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotionssimilartoourown.4.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?A．Man’slifewillbedifferentinthefuture.B．Futuremanwilllookquitedifferentfromus.C．Manisgrowingtalleranduglierastimepasses.D．Man’sorgans,functionswillbeuselessinthefuture.5.Whatservesastheevidencethatmanischanging?A．Manhasgotstrongereyesnowthanheeverhad.B．Man’shairisgettingthinnerandthinner.C．Man’sarmsandlegshavebecomelighterandweaker.D．Manhasbeengrowingtalleroverthepast500years.6.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutahumanbeinginthefuture?A．Heishairlessbecausehairisnolongeruseful.B．Hehassmallereyesandwearsbetterglasses.C．Hethinksandfeelsinquitedifferentwaysfromus.D．Hisfingersgrowweakerbecausehedoesn’thavetousethem.7.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?A．Humanbeingswillbecomelessattractiveinthefuture.B．Lessuseofabodilyorganmayleadtoitsdegeneration(退化).C．Humanbeingsallhopeforachangeinthefuturelife.D．Wearecertainaboutourfuturelifeandappearance.CTheAIprojectintendstouseartificialintelligencetocreateaninnovative(创新的)theatricalperformance,whichisexpectedtopremiere(首演)earlynextyear.HeadoftheresearchteamRudolfRosasaid:“ThemainideabehindourstudycamefromTomášStudeník,aninnovatorwhonoticedthecentenaryoftheplay‘RUR’isapproaching.“Thiswasakeymomentforrobotics,astheideaofarobot,includingtheword‘robot’itself,wasinventedbyKarelCapekandhisbrotherJosefwrotethisplay.“Tomášbelievedthisshouldbeproperlycelebratedandformulatedtheideaofturningthestoryaround:100yearsago,amanwroteaplayaboutrobots;whatiftoday,robotswroteatheatreplayaboutmen?”Whiletherearenownumerouspapersfocusingonmachine-producedart,includingsomewherecomputationaltechniqueswereusedtoproducedialoguesorstoryideasforplays,theautomaticgenerationofanentiretheatricalperformanceisanextremelycomplextasknever-beforeattempted.Rosa’steamdecidedtosplittheproductionoftheirplayintoseveralsub-parts.Althoughotherresearchteamshaveusedthisapproachtogeneratedialogues,fewhaveattemptedtoproduceanentireplay.DrRosasaid:“Thankstotheapproachinganniversary,ourmaintargetisclearandfixed:byJanuary2021,weneedtohaveaplayreadyforpremiere.Asitwillbeperformedbyaprofessionaltheatregroup,weneedtohavethescriptreadyinSeptember,sothatthereisenoughtimeforrehearsals(彩排).”Theresearchersstartedexperimentingwithpre-trainedlanguagemodelcalledGPT-2.Onceadequatelytrained,GPT-2isabletocompleteunfinishedtextsusingsimilarlanguageandcoveringrelatedthemes.Forexample,ifGPT-2isfedthefirstparagraphofanewsarticle,themodelwilltrytocontinuetowriteafewadditionalparagraphsonthesametopic,usingtheexistingtextforinspiration,whilegeneratingsentencesaboutnewconcepts.8.HowdidRosa’steamplantodotheproject?A．Bycooperatingwithotherresearchteams.B．Bydividingtheirworkintofewsmallsections.C．ByexploringthepossibilityofcreatingdialoguesusingAItechniques.D．Bystaginganentireplaydirectlyperformedbyprofessionaltheatregroup.9.Whatcanbelearnedfromthetext?A．TheplaywillbeonshowinSeptember.B．GPT-2canperformanentireplaywithease.C．Machinesarestillnotsmartenoughtocreateart.D．AItechniqueshavebeenappliedtocreatedialoguesforplays.10.Whatdoesthetexttellus?A．GPT-2canpracticecontinuationwriting.B．TheplayRURwaswrittenbyKarelCapek.C．Theideaofarobotwasbornhalfacenturyago.D．Theword“robot”wascoinedbyTomášStudeník.11.Whatmaybethebesttitleforthetext?A．“Robotre”StagedSuccessfullyB．“Mechatre”TrainedInadequatelyC．“Mantre”StoryCompletedbyHumansD．“AItre”PlayWrittenEntirelybyMachinesDInthedesertinPeru,over300newancientdrawingswerediscoveredbyusingArtificialIntelligence(AI)anddrones(无人机).TheNazcapeople,wholivedintheareaover2,000yearsago,madethedrawingsbyremovingthereddishtoplayer(层)ofrocksinthedesert.Thedrawingsarecalled“geoglyphs(地画)”.TheNazcaLines,whichareafamousgroupofhugeancientdrawings,includemanydifferentkindsofgeoglyphs,fromsimpleshapestopicturesofanimalsandplants,usuallydrawnwithasinglelong,windingline.Thefirstgeoglyphwasdiscoveredin1927.Sincethen,scientistshavefoundaround430geoglyphsinthearea.Now,usingAIanddrones,scientistshavefound303newgeoglyphs.Thediscoveryofonegeoglyphusedtotakethreeorfouryears,butnowmaybedoneintwoorthreemonths.However,theAIprogramalsomadelotsofmistakes—forevery36possiblegeoglyphstheprogramfound,thescientistsdiscoveredonlyoneactualgeoglyph.Evenso,thenewmethodofturningupgeoglyphswasmuchfasterthanthescientistscouldhavemanagedwithoutdronesandAI.Tofindthenewgeoglyphs,thescientiststrainedaspecialAIprogramtoanalyzesatelliteimagesforpotentialgeoglyphs.Theyspentover2,600hourslookingatplacestheAIhadadvised.TheytooklotsofpictureswithdronesandworkedonthegroundinPerutocheckoutthelocations.Mostofthenew-foundgeoglyphsaresmallerthantheonesalreadydiscovered,andareaboutninemetersinlength.Manyofthemseemtoshowhumansaswellasanimals.Thescientistsarestilltryingtofigureoutwhatthegeoglyphsmean.Foronething,thescientistsdiscoveredpathsintheNazcaDesert.ThescientistsbelievethesepathsweremadebytheNazcapeoplewalkingthroughthedesert,andthatthesmallergeoglyphsweremeanttobeseenbythesetravellers.Thescientistsalsobelievethelargergeoglyphsaredifferentandmayhavebeenusedforcelebrationsorotherspecialevents.12.HowweretheNazcageoglyphscreated?A．Byaddingredrocks.B．Bycarvinginthesoil.C．Bycopyingwindinglines.D．Byclearingrocksurfacelayers.13.Whydoestheauthorlistthefiguresinparagraph2?A．Tostresstheefficiencyofthenewmethod.B．Toshowthedrones’imperfection.C．Toargueformorefunding.D．ToproveAI’saccuracy.14.Whatcanbeinferredabouttheprocessofdiscoveringnewgeoglyphs?A．Droneswereusedforinitialchecks.B．FieldworkconfirmedAIsuggestions.C．AIidentifiedallgeoglyphsprecisely.D．Satellitesignoredsomenewgeoglyphs.15.Whatdothescientiststhinkthelargergeoglyphswerelikelytobeusedfor?A．Wildlifeadoration.B．Desertdecoration.C．Specialoccasions.D．Roadsigns.七选五PersonalForgivenessTakingresponsibilityformistakesisapositivestep,butdon’tbeatyourselfupaboutthem.Toerr(犯错)ishuman.____16____Youcanusethefollowingwritingexercisetohelpyoudothis.Inajournaloronapieceofpaper,puttheheading“Personalstrengths.”____17____Areyoucaring?Creative?Generous?Agoodlistener?Funtobearound?Theydon’thavetobeworld-changing,justaspectsofyourpersonalitythatyou’reproudof.Atthetopofasecondpage,puttheheading“Actsofkindness.”Onthisone,listallthepositivethingsyou’vedoneforothers.Itmightbethetimewhenyouhelpedafriendwiththeirhomework,whenyoudidtheironingwithoutbeingasked,orwhenyoubakedcookiesafterthefamilyhadhadatiringday.____18____Youcouldaskafriendorfamilymembertohelpaddtoyourlist.____19____Thatway,youcouldexchangethoughtsonwhatmakeseachofyouspecialandtheaspectsofyourpersonalitythatshinethrough.Infact,don’twaituntilyou’vemadeamistaketotrythis—it’sagreatwaytoboostself-confidenceatanytime.It’ssomethingofacliché(陈词滥调)thatmostpeoplelearnnotfromtheirsuccessesbuttheirmistakes.Thethingis,it’strue.____20____We’reallchangingandlearningallthetimeandmistakesareapositivewaytodevelopandgrow.A．Alittleself-forgivenessalsogoesalongway.B．Nowlistallthecharacteristicsyoulikeaboutyourself.C．Theymightevenliketohaveagoatdoingtheexercise.D．It’sjustasimportanttoshowyourselfsomeforgiveness.E．Itdoesn’tmeanyouhavetoignorewhat’shappenedorforgetit.F．Whateveritis,nomatterhowsmallitmightseem,writeitdown.G．Whateverthemistake,rememberitisn’tafixedaspectofyourpersonality.二、完形填空Fourteenyearsago,FrenchbusinessmanPhilLecomtetookatripinChinanearHuangshanMountain.That____21____hislife.Afterwalkingalongway,he____22____alovelyvillage.Thisspecial____23____inthevillagemadehimfallinlovewithChinarightaway.PhilhasbeengoingtoChinasince1999.He____24____China’smountains,rivers,andoldvillages.Henever____25____thesesights.In2009,hewenttoHuangshaninAnhuiprovince,andthatsethimatotallynew____26____.Heisdeeplyattractedbythisamazing____27____ofnatureandculture.HelivedatthebottomofHuangshanforthreemonthsandlearnedabout____28____Chineselife.Hisshortvisitturnedintoabig____29____.Heclimbed,walked,andcampedinthemountains.Later,in2012,hebecameaguideand____30____people,mostlyfromothercountries,aroundHuangshan’sattractiveplaces.Philtookmany____31____photoswhilecampingandhiking.HeputhisphotosonaChinesewebsite.Oneofhisfavoritephotosisa____32____girlwithanumbrellainanoldstreet.ApersonfromChinawrotea____33____excitedly,“ThatgirllookslikemewhenIwasyoung!”ThismadePhilfeelamazedathowthepastandpresentcan____34____.Philsays,“WhenIwasyoung,Ilikedsleepingintheforestlookingatthestars.Now,whenIcamponHuangshan,Ican____35____thestarsagainjustlikeintheolddays.”21.A．openedB．changedC．wastedD．ruled22.A．foundB．establishedC．preservedD．searched23.A．entranceB．processC．experienceD．tradition24.A．tracksB．admiresC．recognisesD．describes25.A．remindsB．destroysC．imaginesD．forgets26.A．typeB．pointC．pathD．site27.A．combinationB．impressionC．arrangementD．application28.A．creativeB．digitalC．unusualD．traditional29.A．benefitB．adventureC．contributionD．attempt30.A．showedB．carriedC．followedD．pulled31.A．professionalB．classicC．suitableD．amazing32.A．littleB．strongC．positiveD．clever33.A．bookB．journalC．diaryD．comment34.A．affectB．surviveC．connectD．improve35.A．dreamB．seeC．recordD．draw三、语法填空GarbageClassificationWiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,ourlifeisbecomingmuchbetterandmoreconvenient.However,morerubbishandpollution____36____(produce)atthesametime,which____37____(lay)aheavyburdenonourenvironment.____38____isknowntoall,environmentplaysavitalroleinourdailylife.Inresponsetotheseveresituation,weshouldtakeeffective____39____(measure)toprotecttheplanetwherewecoexist.Itissuggestedthatweshouldsortwaste____40____(relieve)thesituation.Garbageclassification,whichisagoodwaytoprotectourenvironment,can’tbeoveremphasized.Itcanhelpseparaterecyclablewaste,whichcanbe____41____(full)utilizedtohelpsavetheresources____42____alargeextent.Notonlycanwemakeourenvironmentcleanandbeautiful,butalsorecyclablewastecanbemadegooduseoftobenefitusinreturn.Asgarbageclassificationissignificant,weshouldtake____43____activepartinputtingitintopractice.It’samustfor____44____(we)tolearntosortwaste.Itisthelittlethingswedotodaythathaveaprofoundinfluenceontheplanet.Onlyifallofusmakejointeffortscanwemakeabig____45____(different)andhaveagoodenvironment.四、书信写作46.假定你是李华，外教Kate计划将你们班的英语作文汇编成册。请给Kate写封邮件，内容包括：(1)建议配图。(2)自荐承担画图工作。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。DearKate,It’sagreatideatomakeacollectionofourEnglishessays.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,LiHua五、读后续写47.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。Atthelibrary,NateJaspernoticedasignforthe“FirstAnnualHighlandDrawingContest.”Itaskedforartworkshowingtheuniquebeautyoftheirtown.Noticinghisinterest,thelibrarian,Ms.Kim,handedhimaflyer.“Thewinningdrawingswillbedisplayedrighthereinthelibrary,”sheadded.Sittingonthelibrarystepsoutside,Natewaslostinthought.Hehadalwayslovedart.Hecouldneverhavetoomanysketchpads(素描本)andcrayons.“Ihavetoenterthiscontest!”hesaidtohimself.Butsomethingtroubledhim.Yearsoflivinginthesmalltownhadconvincedhimthatitwasadullplace.“There’snothingspecialaboutit—onlyordinaryfarms,animals,andtrees!”hefrowned.“WhatwillIdraw?”Justthen,BrianaWilliams,anewgirlinhisclasswhohadjustmovedfromHouston,alargemoderncityinTexas,walkedout.SpottingNate,shesatdownbesidehimandnoticedtheflyer.“Adrawingcontest?Thatsoundsfun!”“Notreally,”Natesighed.“Trustme,thistownisabigbore.”Brianalookedsurprised.“Well,everythingheremayseemboringtoyou,buttome,it’sallnew!I’dlovetoseemoreofit.Showmearoundsometime.Andbringyoursketchpad—youmightfindsomethingworthdrawing.”ThenextSaturday,theywandereddownaquietlanetogether.Brianastoppedbeneathalargemapleandgazedupinawe.Natepausedbesideher.Atfirst,itfeltstrangetoadmireatreehe’dpassedahundredtimes.Butashefollowedhergaze,thesunwasshiningthroughthebranches,turningtheredandyellowleave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