2025-2026学年天津市第二南开学校高二上学期第一次月考英语试卷
第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. — Can I give you a cup of coffee
— ________.
A. With pleasure B. Thank you for the coffee
C. You can, please D. That’s very kind of you
2. While rock-climbing, you need to remain very ________ so that you won’t make any dangerous errors.
A. amused B. delighted C. concentrated D. impressed
3. Endurance, perseverance, industry and talent are the means ________ men can achieve great ends
A. in which B. by which C. of which D. on which
4. Some experts and educators agree that difficulties and hardships can ________ the best in teenagers.
A. bring in B. bring out C. bring about D. bring up
5. I knew there was a party happening that evening, but without to social media I couldn’t remember where it was!
A. access B. difficulty C. spot D. doubt
6. Visiting the Forbidden City, I was amazed by ______ ancient Chinese architects accomplished such impressive design and construction.
A. that B. what C. which D. how
7. The author revised the second edition of her book ______ reader feedback, enriching the description with deeper character development.
A. in response to B. in memory of C. in touch with D. in possession of
8. I have been so with work that I haven’t had time for social activities.
A. considerate B. motivated C. equipped D. occupied
9. He pretended_________ when I came into the room.
A. to read B. to be reading C. to have read D. reading
10. Our teacher is a man of great experience, _______ much can be learned.
A. who B. which C. from whom D. from him
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A couple of weeks ago, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression, “Nothing is ever easy.” The following day, as I tried to complete my clay’s work, I happened to ___11___a bumblebee (大黄蜂) on the skylight (天窗). The skylight was particularly high up, but I thought ___12___ the bee would take no more than five minutes. An hour later, the bee still remained. All that had ___13___was that the living room was a mess and that I was dizzy from ___14___ into the sunlight. I did not expect to waste an hour on an insect so ___15___but by doing so, I understood what my grandfather meant.
It is not only time that we tend to underestimate…we don’t account for unexpected costs. We often imagine what can work in our ___16___ but we seldom think of all the ___17___ things that could affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year might not go as ___18___ and that is completely normal. It is ___19___ acceptable to feel challenged — even at a _______20_______ that you thought was simple — because that is part of life.
If you can _______21_______ that nothing will ever be easy, then _______22_______ might seem slightly more manageable. In middle school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the classes I wanted to _______23_______. In high school, I thought _______24_______ might be easier because I could have a schedule best suited for myself. Yet each time, I was both wrong and disappointed. After accepting that school wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be _______25_______, I found myself with a more positive attitude and _______26_______ results.
Of course, there should be _______27_______ made to account for expenses or time. Doing so can only help you _______28_______ your goals in a better way. However, there is no need to beat ourselves up (过分自责) when something stands in our _______29_______. Maybe we cannot see a _______30_______ coming our way, but we can always give ourselves the extra time to catch it.
11. A. arrest B. notice C. fly D. attract
12. A. describing B. exploring C. removing D. warning
13. A. changed B. failed C. cleared D. ended
14. A. cleaning up B. turning up C. looking up D. making up
15. A. awful B. worrying C. tiny D. big
16. A. favor B. dream C. trip D. reason
17. A. successful B. helpful C. positive D. negative
18. A. observed B. promised C. unexpected D. planned
19. A. seriously B. perfectly C. obviously D. partly
20. A. task B. result C. fact D. belief
21. A. find B. know C. refuse D. accept
22. A. story B. relief C. life D. chance
23. A. take B. count C. bring D. keep
24. A. course B. college C. grade D. role
25. A. difficult B. easy C. complicated D. annoying
26. A. improved B. fallen C. recorded D. organized
27. A. agreements B. decisions C. experiments D. preparations
28 A. acknowledge B. accomplish C. predict D. remember
29. A. age B. face C. path D. view
30. A. friend B. helper C. bird D. bee
第三节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Choosing a major, which is the specialized area of your college study, can be overwhelming. But have no fear! Your choice of major will not lock you into a specific career for the rest of your life. And the major you choose will neither predict nor guarantee your future. Consider these factors when picking your major.
Career Prep
Choose a major because it will prepare you for a specific career path or advanced study. Maybe you already know that you want to be a nurse, a day trader, or a web developer. Before you declare, take a class or two in the relevant discipline, check out the syllabus for an advanced seminar, and talk to students in the department of your choice. Make sure you’ re ready for the coursework required for the career of your dreams.
Earning Potential
Future earning potential is worth considering — college is a big investment, and while college can pay you back in many ways beyond salary, this can be a major factor for students who are paying their own way or taking out loans. According to , the majors that lead to the highest salaries include just about any type of engineering, actuarial mathematics, computer science, physics, government, and economics. Keep your quality of life in mind, too — that six figure salary may not be worth it if you’re not happy at the office.
Subjects You Love
Some students choose a major simply because they love the subject matter. If you love what you’re studying, you’re more likely to fully engage with your classes and college experience, and that can mean better grades and great relationships with others in your field. If your calling is philosophy, don’t write it off just because you’ re not sure about graduate school, or what the job market holds for philosophers. Many liberal arts majors provide students with critical thinking skills and writing abilities that are highly valued by employers.
Undecided Explore your interests.
If you truly have no idea what you want to study, that’s okay — many schools don’t require students to declare a major until you are a second-year student. That gives you four semesters to play the field. Exploring your interests will help you find your best fit major — and maybe even your ideal career.
31. You don’t need to feel fearful when choosing your major because _______________.
A. your major has completely nothing to do with your future
B. you are not limited to only one particular career for your whole life
C. changing career fields is unavoidable in your life
D. you only spend a little time on whatever subject you choose
32. What do we learn about from Para.3
A. Your college investment will be all given back to you in the form of high salary.
B. Future career earning is viewed as the top concern for most college students.
C. High salary will not be worthwhile at the cost of your unhappy office work.
D. If you choose engineering-related majors you are sure to earn high salary.
33 What can we infer from the passage
A. You are advised to choose liberal arts majors for what are provided.
B. Worse grades result from poor relationships with others in college.
C. Employers like liberal arts majors more than science majors in job market.
D. Some students don’t necessarily need to decide their choices of majors upon entering college.
B
Decades ago, my friend Caetlin received a special assignment from the poet Robert L. Hass, who instructed each student to memorize three poems of their choosing from The Norton Anthology of American Literature—not for any urgent exam reason, he claimed, but instead to prepare them for their unavoidable future occasions when you’re going to be alone, and poetry is going to be all you have.
If the task was as a strange one, it’s because the act of memorizing a poem feels curiously old-fashioned in an era when few of us encounter poetry at all. When I was in graduate school, working toward a degree in English literature, I mostly limited myself to essays. It was only in my 40s that I began to change my ways. It happened in a flight to Seattle. For hours, I read nothing else but a poem. Sometimes I spoke its lines aloud, my voice masked by the airplane’s thrum. Sometimes I went through the whole poem at once, and sometimes I repeated a single stanza (诗节) over and over, and by the time my plane landed on the West Coast, I had the whole thing, all 40 lines of it, in my head. Because the process is as simple as it is very boring, memorizing a great poem always begins as a crime. The boredom of repetition reduces the great charm it has. But as you run your hands through the rock, the lines at last come together again, and the scattered text transforms back into a treasure.
In other words, poetry survives continuously by becoming a part of those who read it. It can do so only because it is so specific, so entirely different from us, that taking it in expands our own sense of what we are.
Some of the poems I’ve memorized are already fading, and that’s fine. I know that if I spend a little time with them, they’ll sing in me again. Others keep beating in me like a new pulse. I won’t promise you that memorizing poetry will make your life better, but it will make you more: more in touch with language, with other minds, maybe with what you might yet become.
34. Why did Robert L. Hass advise students to read poems
A. To become literature professors. B. To prepare for the coming exams.
C. To compose more original poems. D. To relieve their future loneliness.
35. Why does the author say that memorizing a poem begins as a crime
A. It’s out of date to recite poems. B. Repetition wastes a lot of time.
C. Repetition ruins the poem’s beauty. D. It’s a shame to read poems on plane.
36. How does understanding poetry influence us
A. By broadening self-understanding. B. By refreshing our good memories.
C. By helping us survive the hard life. D. By reminding us to forget the past.
37. What is the author’s attitude towards memorizing poetry in the last paragraph
A. Doubtful. B. Reserved. C. Appreciative. D. Critical.
C
Who is a genius This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.
Let’s state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us And who are they
In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps this is not a surprise. It’s said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.
A study recently published by Science found that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up It doesn’t take a genius to know the answer: absolutely not.
Here’s the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we’re all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”
38. What does the author think of victors’ standards for joining the genius club
A. They’re unfair. B. They’re conservative.
C. They’re objective. D. They’re strict.
39. What can we infer about girls from the study in Science
A. They think themselves smart.
B. They look up to great thinkers.
C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.
D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs
40. Why are more geniuses known to the public
A. Improved global communication.
B. Less discrimination against women.
C. Acceptance of victors’ concepts.
D. Changes in people’s social positions.
41. What is the best title for the text
A. Geniuses Think Alike B. Genius Takes Many Forms
C. Genius and Intelligence D. Genius and Luck
D
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity, ” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.
Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.
A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s most about going to a temple to burn some incense in hopes that the gods will give you good fortune, but practical advice you can follow each day.
Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups: those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.
It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.
In a word, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.
42. Which of the followings most agrees with the writer’s point
A. Success is for those who are prepared. B. Rome was not built in a day.
C. All is not gold that shines. D. A good heart defeats ill fortune.
43. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey
A. She became famous through her family background.
B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered difficulties in her life.
C. She is a British talk show host.
D. She became successful by her own effort.
44. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show ________.
A. man can defeat mature B. luck is your own hand
C. bad luck can turn into good D. never waiting for the chance to come
45. From the experiment Wiseman drew the conclusion that ________
A. lucky people are quick-minded B. unlucky people are slow to read
C. lucky people often have an open mind D. unlucky people are more creative
46. The underlined word “spot” is the closest in meaning to “________”.
A. Discover B. Mark C. Make D. Receive
第四节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读表达
Wang Yi, who can’t walk or even communicate normally, has written eight books with one movable finger. Wang was born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫) in Jiangsu Province in 1989. Restricted to a wheelchair as she began to grow up, she even has difficulty eating and bathing.
However, Wang and her parents have stayed roseate throughout. Since childhood, Wang’s parents have been telling her to regard herself as a normal person even if she is physically disabled. She practiced performing daily activities repeatedly. With her parents’ help, she learned to live with her physical disability and aimed to be an out-standing writer. Before the age of 17, Wang completed nine years of compulsory education and acquired much literary knowledge. With the encouragement of her teacher, she became more determined to pursue her dream of writing.
Literature has become a medium for her to communicate with the world. Sitting in a wheelchair, Wang pursues her dream in her own way. Though she only has one movable finger on her right hand, she has managed to write eight books with a total of more than a million words. “For me, writing is not a tool to make a living, but my necessary life mode. Only when I am involved in writing can I feel complete.” she stressed.
Wang hopes that every disabled person can live without discrimination. “The sense of value and dignity comes from the efforts of the disabled themselves, as well as from social recognition, acceptance and equal treatment.” She also hopes that readers can experience the strength of life, the warmth of family and the beauty of the times when they are reading her works.
Jidi Majia, Vice Chairman of the China Writers Association commented, “Although Wang Yi has a disability, the spirit shown in her works is positive. Besides, Wang’s lyrics (抒情诗) show a unique understanding about the value of life.”
47. What does Wang Yi suffer with cerebral palsy (no more than 12 words)
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48. What does the underlined word “roseate” most probably mean (1 word)
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49. Why does Wang Yi consider writing a necessary life mode (no more than 15 words)
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50. According to Wang Yi, what matters most for the disabled (no more than 10 words)
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51. What do you think of Wang Yi Give your reasons.(no more than 20 words)
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第五节 书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）
52. 上海合作组织峰会（SCO Summit）在天津成功举行，你作为一名天津的高中生，有幸成为一名志愿者。请你写一篇短文（120词左右），向来津的朋友介绍天津的特色，内容包括：
1. 天津的历史与现代交融的特色（如海河Haihe River、古文化街Ancient Culture Street、天津之眼Tianjin Eye等）。
2. 推荐一种特色美食或一种文化体验。
3. 表达你作为东道主的自豪与欢迎之情。
Charming Tianjin, Friendly Ambassador: My City, My Introduction
Dear friends
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Thank you.
听力（两分15分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
52. How will the woman go to the cinema
A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By motorbike.
53. What is the date for the play
A. The 15th. B. The 16th. C. The 17th.
54. Which petrol station will the woman go to
A. The one near the crossroads.
B. The one opposite the cinema.
C. The one beside the bridge.
55. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a shop. B. In a computer room. C. In the man’s house.
56. What are the speakers talking about
A. Weekend plans. B. Favorite sports. C. Free-time activities.
第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
听下面一段对话，回答6至 8小题
57. Where are the speakers
A. At home. B. In a park. C. In the office.
58. What does the man think of the weather in England in April
A. Enjoyable. B. Changeable. C. Comfortable.
59. What was the weather like at noon
A. Windy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.
听下面一段对话，回答第 9 至第 11 三个小题。
60. What is the purpose of the man’s leaving
A. To go sightseeing. B. To visit his classmate. C. To have a meeting.
61. What did the man forget to take last time
A. His computer. B. His passport. C. His credit card.
62. When will the man phone
A. As soon as he arrives. B. Later when he is free. C. Just before he meets his friends.
听下面一段独白，回答第 12 至第 15 四个小题。
63. How many boys are there in the first photo
A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.
64. What is children’s attitude towards the score of the football game
A. They feel upset. B. They don’t mind. C. They are puzzled.
65. What are the girls in the second photo doing
A. Talking together. B. Doing sports. C. Drinking tea.
66. What benefit does the activity in the second photo provide
A. It offers a chance to communicate more.
B. It gives a sense of winning.
C It helps the children to improve physical health.
