2025-2026学年福建省厦门市双十中学高二上学期第二次月考英语试题
第一部分 听力理解(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man advise the woman to do
A. Cook a big meal for Dave.
B. Book tickets for another day.
C. Put her name on the waiting list.
2. What is the man probably doing
A. Trying on a coat. B. Working at a restaurant.
C. Hosting a dinner party.
3. How is the weather now
A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Windy.
4. What is the woman’s hair like
A. Short. B. Thin. C. Curly.
5. What is the main topic of the conversation
A. Relocating a workplace. B. Rescheduling a meeting.
C. Reviewing a marketing plan.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What is the woman probably trying to do
A. Paint a wall. B. Hang a picture. C. Change a battery.
7 How much did the woman pay her neighbor
A.$1. B.$4. C.$5.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the probable cause of the man’s illness
A. Low iron levels. B. Intense anxiety. C. A weak heart.
9. What will the man probably do first
A. Take some medicine. B. Work less hard.
C. Adjust his diet.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10. Where does the conversation probably take place
A. On the phone. B. At a bookstore. C. At Alice’s home.
11. What has recently happened in Alice’s life
A. She got married. B. She moved house. C. She started a new job.
12. How does Jake probably prefer to organize his books
A. By theme. B. By author. C. By color.
13. How does the woman feel in the end
A. Annoyed. B. Grateful. C. Amused.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. School friends. B. Family members. C. Teacher and student.
15. What did the woman do yesterday
A. She attended a meeting.
B. She visited an ancient village.
C. She took photos in the flower fields.
16. During which season will the speakers probably visit Huangling
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn.
17. Where will the speakers set out from
A. Wuyuan. B. Shangrao. C. Nanchang.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What happens to the majority of used Wimbledon tennis balls
A. They are recycled to make new ones.
B. They are purchased by tennis fans.
C. They are donated to good causes.
19. Which of the following puts the harvest mice at risk
A. The loss of habitat.
B. The growing number of enemies.
C. The increase in extreme weather events.
20. What is one advantage of tennis ball nests over grass ones
A. They are movable. B. They are waterproof. C. They are underground.
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)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
WALK FOR GREEN
How often do you walk around the campus instead of getting straight onto the shuttle bus The beauties of our campus deserve to be better explored and can best be explored on foot. Walking is also a greener and healthier alternative to using vehicles. To encourage more students and staff members to walk around the campus, our school has launched a new “Walk for Green” initiative.
Programme
Setting out from the MTR Station, “Walk for Green” recommends various walking routes on campus, one of which covers the YIA Building, LSK Building and LWS Building. Card readers for different walking routes have been installed (安装) to record the number of points completed by “Walk for Green” participants. Participants who collect 60 points within 30 days will be awarded the title “Green Walker”.
Participation
To participate, students and staff members would choose a marked route and tap their school cards at the card readers installed at both the start and end points (and also at an intermediate card reader). Name, student/staff ID, department/unit, date, time, and card readers tapped will be recorded.
Walking Journey Points
Important Notes:
1. Walkers must complete one trip (either upwards or downwards) within one hour to score points.
2. A maximum of six points will be awarded each day.
Every time you take a walk on campus, you are helping to preserve our environment and also keeping yourself healthy. Let’s start from today!
1. Where does “Walk for Green” start
A. YIA Building. B. LSK Building.
C. LWS Building. D. MTR Station.
2. What are participants required to do
A Collect at least 6 points.
B. Complete a round trip.
C. Maintain a fixed speed.
D. Choose a pre-set route.
3. How many points do you get by walking from YIA Building to LWS Building
A. 1. B. 2.
C. 3. D. 6.
B
My undergraduate student needed advice after yet another failed experiment. Sitting across from me, she looked exhausted — frustrated even. I heard myself say, “This is part of research. You just have to push through.” But even as the words left my mouth, I felt uneasy. She nodded silently and shifted her posture. Afterward, she began showing up less frequently and eventually stopped coming altogether. I tried to explain it away: undergraduates sometimes get busy with coursework, lose interest or change direction, but deep down, I wondered what I could have done differently.
I became a mentor (导师) during my second year of Ph.D. but didn’t get much guidance on how to do it. I learned only by doing. There were moments I felt proud of. One student started out quiet and unsure, but over time grew into a most independent and confident young researcher. Before graduating, she told me, “You are the reason I stuck with this.” That moment stayed with me. But so did the other one — the silence, the absences, the slow fade-out. Had I failed her
It wasn’t until the final year of my Ph.D. that I came across a leaflet for a mentorship training workshop. Suspicious at first, I decided to try it. The program, called Entering Mentoring, brought together graduate students for weekly discussions. For the first time, I had the space to explore the invisible labor and emotional complexity of mentoring. One session asked us to reflect on our own practices. I began to realize what might have been missing in my relationship with the student who had drifted away. I had never invited her to share her goals or concerns. I could have been more attentive to her unspoken struggles.
After the workshop, I began changing how I interacted with students. I now start by asking how they’re doing, not just experimental details. This shift has led to more honest conversations. I’ve learned that good mentors are built through reflection and training. I wish I’d attended that workshop earlier, but I’m grateful I did at all.
4. What primarily caused the disengagement of the student mentioned in paragraph 1
A. Heavy academic workload. B. Decreasing interest in research.
C. Unaddressed inner struggles. D. Demanding challenges in experiment.
5. Why did the author mention the transformation of another student
A. To illustrate his lack of proper guidance
B. To showcase his pride in her achievement.
C. To explain his own research breakthrough.
D. To highlight the contrast in mentoring outcomes.
6. What did the workshop mainly focus on
A. Developing academic research skills.
B. Exploring the interpersonal aspects of mentoring.
C. Encouraging discussions among graduate students.
D. Demonstrating diverse personal mentoring approaches.
7. Which of the following can best describe the author
A. Strict and intelligent. B. Responsible and reflective.
C. Thoughtful but self-doubting. D. Disciplined but inexperienced.
C
The ability to detect a nearby presence without seeing or touching it may sound fantastical — but it’s a real ability that some creatures have. A family of African fish known as Mormyrids are weakly electric and have special organs that can locate a nearby target, even when it’s hiding in the mud. Scientists have now developed an artificial sensor system modelled on the ability of these fish.
“We developed a new strategy for 3D motion positioning by electronic skin, bio-inspired by ‘electric fish’,” says Dr. Xinge Yu, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. The team described their e-skin sensor in a paper published on November 14 in Nature.
The artificial sensor is multi-layered. One layer acts as a transmitter (发射器), which will generate an electric field once activated, and another layer acts as a receiver to detect both the direction and the distance to an object. A separate controller creates the driving signal to activate the transmitter. When an object comes within range, the electric field around the sensor is disrupted (扰乱), which in turn can be detected by the receiver. This data is then processed by a microcontroller unit, which computes the position of the target object and sends that information to a smartphone or other devices.
A special biogel (生物凝胶) is used in the sensor, which has the ability to transmit and receive electric signals from a pattern of microchannels on the surface. The end result is a sensor that is thin, soft and flexible, making it cosy to adapt to irregular surfaces, such as the human body. In contrast to the traditional sensor system that needs a large number of sensors to achieve spatial positioning, the new system can locate an object precisely in 3D space using just a few sensors. This significantly reduces the power consumption of data collection, transmission, and processing.
The researchers hope that this sensor could one day open up a new range of wearable technologies, including sensors for human-machine interaction and thin, flexible e-skin.
8. The first paragraph aims to show __________.
A. the special ability of African fish
B. the inspiration for a new invention
C. the big challenge of locating objects
D. the reason for developing a sensor
9. What is the correct order of the system’s working procedures
a. The transmitter creates an electric field.
b. A unit computes the position of the target.
c. The controller sends the activating signal.
d. The receiver detects the change of electric signals.
e. The electric field is disrupted by an approaching object.
A. c-a-e-d-b. B. c-a-d-e-b.
C. a-c-e-d-b. D. a-e-c-d-b.
10. What is an advantage of the new sensor system
A. Its sensitivity to different stimulations.
B. Its adaptation to environmental changes.
C. Its efficiency in achieving 3D positioning.
D. Its speed in data collection and processing.
11. What is the best title for the text
A. Machine Detective “Wears” Flexible E-skin
B. Bio-inspired Sensor “Feels” Without Touching
C. E-Skin Sensor: The Future of Machine Learning
D. Electric Fields: The Frontier of Object Detection
D
The common fear that a friend secretly dislikes us often reflects internal insecurities rather than actual ill will. People frequently interpret neutral or unclear behaviors — such as brief text replies or delayed responses — as signs of rejection. Even well-meaning words of comfort like “no worries” may be perceived as mocking or insincere.
This tendency can be explained through what is known as the fawn response, a behavioral pattern less recognized than the “fight or flight” reaction. The fawn response involves attempts to please others in order to feel safe, a strategy often developed in childhood when facing critical or emotionally neglectful parents, or an unstable home environment. While this strategy may ease conflict temporarily, it can also lead to a habitual cycle of approval-seeking. We might intellectually understand that a friend isn’t upset with us — but those “old ways of being” bite hard. Something was learned early on: “I need to try harder and do more to be loved.”
This pattern has several consequences. On the personal level, it fuels anxiety, as individuals repeatedly question whether they have hurt the feelings of their peers. On the interpersonal level, it can put pressure on relationships, since constant demands for reassurance may frustrate friends and even create the very rejection that was worried about. In this way, assuming everyone is annoyed with you can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The key is understanding that it is not the end of the world — or a friendship. Conflict is not only unavoidable; it can even be healing, demonstrating that intimacy can survive difference. Learning to tolerate discomfort, rather than avoiding it at all costs, can foster both toughness and closeness.
Social media, unfortunately, worsens social anxiety. The absence of nonverbal cues makes it easy to misinterpret tone, while the constant visibility of online interactions can intensify feelings of exclusion or neglect. Managing these anxieties requires consistent effort. Instead of seeking immediate reassurance, individuals can pause to ask: Am I truly being rejected, or am I just anxious Developing tolerance for uncertainty can interrupt the cycle and reduce dependence on others’ approval. Trust also plays a role. When friends say they are just busy or distracted, accept their words at face value. After all, no question or magic phrase can control another person’s perception. Even if it could, you might be robbing yourself of opportunities to grow, learn or deepen a bond.
12. What can we learn about the fawn response
A. It is a reaction aimed at avoiding danger. B. It is a cycle of seeking constant approval.
C. It always prevents conflict from occurring. D. It reflects the belief that approval requires effort.
13. What does “a self-fulfilling prophecy” in paragraph 3 mean
A. A prediction that is certain to fail. B. An outcome that happens as feared.
C. A cycle that brings about the worry. D. A belief that love requires perfection.
14. What is the author’s view on conflict in a relationship
A It can help to strengthen the bond. B. It mainly serves to test toughness.
C. It signals the end of a friendship. D. It should be avoided at all costs.
15. What is the last paragraph mainly about
A. Where friendship problems lie.
B. Why magic words fail to do wonders.
C. How to handle anxiety caused by social media.
D. What leads people to seek constant reassurance.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you could develop any of a cat’s sensory abilities, which would you choose Perhaps hearing, so you can identify each cockroach (蟑螂) in your building. ____16____ While big cats have perfect vision for spotting animals they hunt far across the grasslands, house cats don’t actually have great eyes.
In 2013, artist Nickolay Lamm painted how the world looks through a cat’s eyes. Among other key differences, like their improved night vision, is their color perception. In these images, wide views of everything around look unclear. ____17____ Thus, Bruce Kornreich, an animal expert specializing in heart problems, explains what’s happening inside their eyes.
“They do well with blues and yellow,” Kornreich adds. ____18____ It’s not because cats can only see these two colors, but they’re better at detecting these colors’ slight differences than others’. Blue is at one end of that spectrum (光谱) with a shorter wavelength at around 380 nanometers, while red is at the other end with long wavelengths at around 700 nm.
____19____ Instead, they don’t see them with the same richness of shade. Certain colors in Lamm’s cat-eye pictures look washed out and not as bright. Red, for example, looks “just kind of like a dark color,” Kornreich describes. Cats can better detect brightness on the blue-yellow end of the spectrum than the green-red end.
Still, there aren’t necessarily any advantages that come with treating your cats with blue and yellow toys. If you’re disappointed that your cats can’t enjoy the Christmas season or, say, learn to read traffic lights, don’t wear an upset look. ____20____
A. After all, they can clearly see your facial expressions.
B. That doesn’t mean that cats fail to see reds and greens.
C. Many wonder what range of colors they can actually see.
D. However, they have trouble distinguishing greens and reds.
E. Cats are sensitive to colors in the same spectrum as humans.
F. This sense helps world perception, yet sight won’t be your pick.
G. But without good vision, you can’t precisely place cockroach poison.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共5节，满分35分)
第一节 完形填空(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四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I’m pretty good at sticking with things even when they get hard. Bad relationships, unpleasant workplaces, ____21____ sports — I’ve hung on in there for months and even years longer than I should have, convinced the situation would ____22____ if I refused to give up.
After all, isn’t every success story covering ____23____ Didn’t Ernest Hemingway shrink from writing during the First World War, and didn’t Oprah get fired from her first TV job Quitting is a sign that you lack ____24____, and strong will, or at least I was raised to believe.
____25____, if I look back on all the things I eventually quit, my only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. I’ve wasted too much time and energy, anticipating that I could ____26____ everyone if I just kept going.
People are more likely to ____27____ something if they’ve invested a lot of money or effort into it, even when it’s clear that they should ____28____ their losses and jump ship. This practice is normal and understandable but it’s also ____29____.
If you don’t get energy out of doing something, it can be a (n) ____30____ that this is not for you or that there’s something better you could be doing. Or it could be a sign that you should ____31____ your goals. In fact, dogged perseverance in the face of energy-consuming disappointment can ____32____ depression, and then make you suffer from diseases in the long run.
But the good news is that people can learn to pay better attention to these moments when they’re happening and make ____33____. The art of quitting isn’t about just letting go whenever there’s a ____34____. It’s about being able to ____35____ when there’s no access to success anymore.
21. A. appealing B. conventional C. challenging D. leisure
22 A. worsen B. improve C. occur D. develop
23. A. passion B. determination C. frustration D. inspiration
24. A. support B. patience C. money D. skill
25. A. However B. Furthermore C. Otherwise D. Therefore
26. A. annoy B. bother C. amuse D. amaze
27. A. benefit from B. stick to C. break down D. pass up
28. A. evaluate B. cut C. analyse D. balance
29. A. irrelevant B. illegal C. complicated D. unwise
30. A. occasion B. clue C. indication D. recognition
31. A. adjust B. attain C. maintain D. set
32. A. set out B. hold back C. set off D. take up
33. A. researches B. choices C. resolutions D. changes
34. A. shortcut B. guarantee C. barrier D. advance
35. A. challenge B. abandon C. attempt D. continue
第二节 单项选择(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)
36. The two experts offered ________ advice on diet, leaving the audience confused about what to eat.
A. constructive B. concrete C. contradictory D. identical
37. Having lived in coastal regions all her life, she cannot ________ the rich, heavy cuisine of the inland provinces, which places a heavy burden on her digestive system.
A. flavour B. handle C. attain D. blame
38. The 12-hour night ________ at the chemical plant, while financially rewarding, demands great physical strength and the ability to stay focused due to the constant monitoring of complex processes.
A. shift B. vision C. consumption D. leisure
39. Her high-pressure job not only claimed most of her personal hours but also, ________, left her family and friends feeling consistently neglected and distant.
A. alternatively B. in return C. theoretically D. in turn
40. Despite numerous setbacks in her research, she refused to ________ despair, believing that perseverance would eventually lead to a breakthrough.
A. yield to B. subscribe to C. expand on D. rely on
第三节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
A
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。
Cholera, a severe infection that broke out in London in 1854, was controlled after ____41____ (trace) back to a single polluted public water pump by John Snow. Initially, the “bad air” was suspected to be the cause, but Snow, using spatial analysis and case statistics, proved that germs in the water were primarily ____42____ (blame). His innovative investigation not only led to a substantial decrease in cases ____43____ nearly zero but also established the ____44____ (essence) framework for modern epidemiology and public health intervention.
B
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。
Farmers in dry regions frequently voice a ____45____ (complain): conventional irrigation wastes the core resource of agriculture — water. They ____46____ (convince) that drip systems, which deliver water directly to root zones with minimal loss, represent the most sustainable solution. ____47____ it significantly boosts crop yields and reduces water consumption ensures more stable harvests and turns sustainable cultivation into a reality.
C
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。
Developing new products is never an easy task. ____48____ a demanding process is it that success requires not only innovative vision but also close cooperation among team members. This is particularly evident in high-tech industries such as aerospace, where mechanical failures must be addressed through continuous trial and error. True progress, ____49____ (simple) put, relies far more on collective dedication and effective problem-solving than on ____50____ single, dramatic breakthrough.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节(满分15分)
51. 假设你是李华，你校将举办“科技兴农”（Technology Empowers Agriculture）主题展览，你作为学生策展人，需为校英文网站撰写一篇宣传稿，内容包括：
1. 展览介绍；
2. 呼吁参加。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节(满分20分)
52. 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。
They called him “Donnie the Dung Beetle”. Donald didn’t mind the comparison, as he knew that African dung beetles(粪金龟)were known for moving things a thousand times their own body weight. However, his classmates in Mrs. Beecher’s third-grade class probably didn’t know this fact. Nobody knew insects like Donald did, and he figured that being compared to a dung beetle was not a praise.
One day, Richie made fun of Donald, pointing towards a container under the window where a small brown ball hung from a branch. Donald tried to explain that it was an egg case of a praying mantis(螳螂), and the exciting part would be when the eggs hatched. But Richie didn’t understand, and neither did most of the other kids. Donald had brought the egg case from his backyard and was excited when Mrs. Beecher agreed to make it their class project. He thought having an insect as a class pet might finally give him something to talk about with the other kids. But after two months of staring at a lifeless brown ball, Donald began to lose hope.
During science class one day, Mrs. Beecher announced they would start by writing in their journals. As Donald opened his journal, a left over particle from his lunch rolled across the page. When he went to brush it off, he realized it wasn’t a particle at all —it was a tiny praying mantis, barely the size of a grain of rice! Donald bounced out of his seat, crying out that the eggs were hatching.
Suddenly, chaos erupted in the classroom as more baby mantises started appearing everywhere. Kids were jumping out of their seats, screaming and waving their arms. Mrs. Beecher quickly took charge, asking why the lid of the container was off. Richie, who was supposed to check on the container that day, had forgotten to put the lid back on.
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。
Donald took charge of the situation, directing Richie to get paintbrushes and white paper.
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After the successful rescue, Mrs. Beecher asked the class to write about this special experience.
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