2025-2026学年江苏省常州市第二中学高一上学期12月月考英语试题第Ⅰ卷（选择题）
第一部分 听力（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。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。每段对话读两遍。
例：How much is the shirt
A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.
答案是C。
1. What does the woman want to do tomorrow
A. Go shopping. B. Visit her aunt. C. Attend a birthday party.
2. What did the woman do this morning
A. She went on a trip. B. She did the packing. C. She checked the windows.
3 What is mentioned in the email about the fitness center
A. It will be in use next month.
B. It will lengthen business hours.
C. It will be open to the employees.
4. How does the man feel about the news
A. Happy. B. Confused. C. Surprised.
5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers
A. Delivery man and customer. B. Baker and customer. C. Co-workers.
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。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 does the man like doing in the park
A. Hiking. B. Bird-watching. C. Picnicking.
7. What does the man ask the woman to do in the end
A. Book a tour guide. B. Show him around. C. Have something to eat together.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What sport does the man learn to do
A. Tennis. B. Football. C. Basketball.
9. What did the man do first in the lesson
A. He played a game. B. He jumped. C. He ran.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How many parts are there in the smartwatch
A. Five. B. Six. C. Eleven.
11. Where is the power button of the smartwatch
A. At the back. B. On the right side. C. At the bottom left.
12. Which function does the man care about most
A. The microphone. B. Heart rate monitor. C. The touch screen.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. How Martina chose her course.
B. What Martina’s teacher looks like.
C. Whether Martina enjoys her campus life.
14. What do we know about the art teacher
A. He is from France. B. He has a bad accent. C. He advises Martina on choices.
15 What subject does Martina like best
A. Art. B. Science. C. History.
16. Why did Martina decide to major in English
A. It was more practical for her future.
B. It is easier to learn than other subjects.
C. She liked the English teacher.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which building has a gym
A. Blake Residence. B. Brown Hall. C. Queen’s Building.
18. Why is Blake Residence peaceful
A. Only girls live there. B. No visitors can come in. C. Everyone has a private room.
19. What is the advantage of Queen’s Building
A. It has shower rooms. B. It has a computer room. C. It has its own private garden.
20. Why is the Parkway Flats expensive
A. Parking there is charged. B. There are the largest rooms. C. The fees include the cost of meals.
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，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
As the first snows of the season start to fall, mountain towns across the Alps welcome winter visitors with smart new hotels. And this year is no different. Here are the best resorts (旅游胜地) to bed down in the Alps this season.
Experimental Chalet, Val d’Isère
France’s ski resort welcomes the newest hotel offering from the Experimental cocktail group. With the rebuilding of this lodge, you’ll find two new restaurants, a spa and a cocktail bar. In a resort filled with après-ski, this looks set to stand in a class of its own. From ?423 ( 356) per night, room only.
The Brecon, Adelboden
Welsh chef Bryn Williams opened a restaurant here in the Swiss Alps a few years ago. Run in summer 2024, the Brecon rewards visitors with a 1960s style, a panoramic (全景的) living room, outdoor pool and kitchen. It also provides access to the valley’s three ski areas. From ?650 ( 580) per night, all-inclusive.
Eriro, Ehrwalder Alm
On the fringe (边缘) of the busy Austrian Tyrol resorts is hardly-heard-of Ehrwalder Alm. Accessible only by cable-car, Eriro is the resort’s only ski in, ski out hotel. Add in guided nature hikes and you’ll find it all wonderfully distinct from the traditional Austrian resort. From ?1,550 ( 1,300) per night, all-inclusive.
Der B glerhof, Alpbach
This hotel near beautiful Alpbach has a timeless devotion to health and well-being. The valley’s great place to stay has also had a makeover (翻新), with a new wellness complex, outdoor pool, yoga studio and expanded family spa. And around it all is the peaceful 70-mile Ski area. From ?340 ( 290) per night, B&B.
1. What do Experimental Chalet and The Brecon have in common
A. They are new and have been reconstructed.
B. The visitors can enjoy food in their restaurants.
C. The visitors can participate in guided nature hikes.
D. The expense of skiing is included in the room rate.
2. Which hotel best suits people who value health
A. Experimental Chalet. B. Eriro. C. Der B glerhof. D. The Brecon.
3. From which website can we find the article
A. http://www.. B. http://www..
C. http://www.. D. http://www.nationalgeographic.com.
B
In late spring and early summer each year, tens of millions of butterflies come out of their chrysalises (蚕蛹) in the butterfly valley in southwest China’s Yunnan province. For butterfly expert Yang Zhenwen, it is the busiest time of the year, but he greets it with great enthusiasm.
Before the break of dawn, Yang has already arrived at the observation point, busily tending to the needs of the awakening butterflies. “Due to warmer temperatures, the ‘butterfly explosion’ this year occurred slightly earlier than usual, and the size of the butterflies is larger than that in previous years,” said 46-year-old Yang, curator (馆长) of the butterfly valley museum. “We expect that there will be about 80 million to 100 million butterflies in the valley during this year’s ‘butterfly explosion’. That seems so crazy,” said Yang. According to Yang, in the valley, more than 320 butterfly species have been identified in specimens or photographs, including the rarest, most primitive, largest and smallest butterflies in China.
Besides Yang, many local villages have also assumed the role of butterfly guardians. However, the journey toward achieving human-butterfly harmony was far from easy. Some two decades ago, the villagers had little awareness of butterfly protection, believing wrongly that butterflies could endanger their food crops. They viewed them as pests that should be removed.
In 1998, Yang began his journey at the agricultural science station in Ma’an’di Township, the very place where the butterfly valley lies. “It was there that I got into a frequent dilemma— the local villagers, seeking to protect their crops, would often turn to pesticides to kill the butterflies,” he said. “However, my sincere love for these creatures forced me to prevent them from harming the delicate insects.”
Now, the development of ecotourism relying on butterfly resources has successfully changed the once extremely poor township. More villagers have started reproducing butterflies. He describes the butterfly valley as a “dream-making machine”, which extends the “butterfly dream” of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
4. What made Yang’s aim to reach human-butterfly harmony hard in the beginning
A. Warm temperatures in local villages. B. The number and size of the butterflies.
C. Improper location of the butterfly valley. D. Lack of awareness of butterfly protection.
5. What does the underlined word “dilemma” in paragraph 4 mean
A. A choice difficult to make. B. A fact easy to understand.
C. A duty hard to carry out. D. A situation smooth to deal with.
6. Which of the following best describe Yang Zhenwen
A. Honest and professional. B. Humorous and creative.
C. Hard-working and strong-willed. D. Generous and easy-going.
7. Which can be a suitable title for the passage
A. Changing the Poor State of a Town B. Volunteering as a Butterfly Guardian
C. Helping Butterflies Spread Their Wings D. Developing a Relationship with the Locals
C
It’s good to share, right Growing up as kids we are told to share our toys and not to be selfish. We also live in an age when discussing our feelings is encouraged. But with new crazes becoming popular all the time, such as dance challenges and wearing a pillow (枕头) as a dress, the question is: when can sharing become oversharing on social media
Oversharing has become connected with social media, but isn’t unique to it. Imagine you head to a party and meet someone. Within five minutes they have given away very detailed information about their life. While some of us may try to escape these people, according to marriage expert Carolyn Cole, this form of oversharing could come from a strong desire to get close to someone. A painful developmental story lies behind the behaviour. People share too much because they have been too lonely. But they fail to understand the risks resulting from it.
Dr Christopher Hand, a lecturer in cyberpsychology (网络心理学), says the more details people disclose, the less sympathy (同情) we express when things go wrong. This could be due to a belief that more negative experiences will be attracted if shared more. It seems that sadfishing, the idea of seeking sympathy by oversharing, is generally regarded as negative rather than the cry for help.
However, Dr Hand’s research also seems to suggest that the more we post online, the more socially attractive we become on condition that the posts we share are positive. Even back in 2015, Gwendolyn Seidman PhD, said we should avoid complaining too much and being negative online. We should also avoid showing off, especially about our love lives. It makes sense— if your love lives are going ‘that well’, would you really have time to share a photo with text
So, how can you know if you are oversharing Well, why not ask your friends in real life They would be happy to tell you if your posts about your breakfast or your complaints about your lack of money really are too much.
8. Which of the following is a kind of oversharing
A. Disclosing personal details quickly at a party. B. Discussing our feelings online.
C. Sharing our toys with kids unselfishly. D. Recording our feelings in the diary.
9. Why do people share too much according to Carolyn Cole
A. To satisfy their psychological needs. B. To overcome the sense of failure.
C. To show their feeling of sympathy. D. To develop a painful story.
10. What do you know about sadfishing
A. It is an idea of sharing positive experiences. B. It is generally thought of as a cry for help.
C. It is seen as a positive way to seek help. D. It is intended to attract sympathy.
11. What does the underlined sentence imply in Paragraph 4
A. People having good love lives are too busy to post online.
B. Sharing photos and texts about love lives makes sense.
C. People won’t have successful love if posting it online.
D Good love lives shouldn’t be shared on social media.
D
Roads with variable (可变的) speed limits, also known as smart motorways, are common in countries including the US, UK and Germany. Usually, rule-based systems monitor the number of vehicles on one of these roads and change speeds accordingly. One such road is a 27-kilometre section of the I-24 freeway near Nashville, Tennessee, which was experiencing a problem: when there are too many vehicles, traffic jams appear when drivers brake, slowing vehicles to move slowly and risking crashes as fast-moving vehicles come up behind.
To address this, Daniel Work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and his colleagues trained an AI on historical traffic data to monitor cameras and make decisions on speed limits, deploying (部署) it in the I-24 control room in February. Originally, the AI was tested with the existing software — not having control over limits, but telling operators what it would have decided — and faced problems that happened at the early stage.
After some adjustments, the team started a new system in March that has been able to operate independently ever since. The AI works 98 percent of the time, but if it sometimes calls for a change in speed limit that is larger than 10 miles per hour, it would go against federal law.
It isn’t clear how drivers have responded to the new system or whether it has improved traffic. Work says that data on the project won’t be open until later this year, as it is still being analyzed, but he is positive about the results.
“I think that we’re just scratching the surface of a whole new way to run freeways,” says Work. “It’s a complete change how these systems operate, which means there are more things remaining to be done. Anything that we can do to reduce the number of crashes and deaths happening on that roadway is worth doing. The area needs attention so much, which drove the whole project in the first place: terrible traffic jams, a lot of growth, and a corridor (走廊) that sees a lot of crashes. Sitting by and doing nothing is not good for anybody.”
12. What is the problem with the 27-kilometre section of the I-24 freeway
A. So many vehicles. B. Traffic crashes.
C. Variable speed limits. D. Vehicle breakdowns.
13. What was AI’s role during the early testing stage
A. A replacement of the previous software.
B. A helper providing advice for operators.
C. A supporter to maintain the related laws.
D. A decision maker on the existing problems.
14. What does the underlined phrase “scratching the surface of” in the last paragraph mean
A Touching on partly. B. Smoothing out definitely.
C. Thinking through clearly. D. Putting the finishing touches to.
15. What is the text mainly about
A. AI is applied to setting variable speed limits on US freeway.
B. Drivers are forced to change their driving habit owing to AI.
C Traffic jams will disappear because of speed limits set by AI.
D. The current traffic condition on US freeway needs improving.
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填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What makes great storytelling for film There are some tips for filmmakers about the art of it.
One of the most important elements of great storytelling for film is how the story is told. Great movies can throw curveballs (曲线球) that you don’t see coming. ___16___ The standard structure for any kind of storytelling is to introduce your characters, setting and genre at the start. Any problems should be encountered somewhere in the middle of the story. ___17___ If you’ve got a brilliant story, think about what would happen if you began your film with the ending. Try experimenting with the timing of events, and how the order can impact the audience’s view.
With a clear structure, you should consider how to grab the audience’s attention quickly. ___18___ Your story may be wonderful, but if it takes too long to get into, you might lose your audience before you’ve got going. With so much competition, you need to act fast. Pay particular attention to the first 10 pages of your script. Remember that when reading the script, you should want to read on and be gripped. Let somebody read your script and ask them whether they want to continue on after 10 pages. ___19___
As with any content you create, understanding your audience is an important step. Who will want to watch this movie What do they like doing and what interests them ___20___ That can make it more attractive to the target audience. See if you can gather some statistics from any films that are in any way similar to the same genre. From this, you can judge who usually enjoys the genre, and who you can tailor your screenplay to.
All in all, everything that goes into making a film, from costume choices to special effects, is there to reinforce the story. Next time, let’s talk more about the topic.
A. The end involves the issues being resolved.
B. Don’t forget to focus on character development.
C. In the modern world everything moves at a fast speed.
D. If so, that desire can be ten times stronger in your film.
E. But they have a structure that isn’t too confusing to follow.
F. Doing market research will help you revise your film’s screenplay.
G. Making choices about the timing of events can heighten their impact.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共2节，满分50分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
In the last months of his life, my brothers and I moved our Dad from a crowded hospital to a local nursing home. I spent as much time as I could visiting him there. Cancer had ____21____ his body and was now eating away at his mind. I could ____22____ he only had a few weeks left to live.
During one of those ____23____, I walked into his room only to find him in a deep sleep. I sat by his side wishing for more time with him and also ____24____ that I hadn’t made the most of all the years we did have together. I got up and started to walk out. ____25____ the kindness and loving care of the staff, there was an air of ____26____ and loneliness in this place. So many people were ____27____ the end of their lives here and many visitors had the same regrets that I did.
____28____, I reached the door and walked outside. A rain was starting to fall and it ____29____ my mood. Just then, I saw a woman in a wheelchair ____30____ to move herself out of the rain. I quickly walked over and helped push her inside. She felt ____31____ and gave me the most beautiful smile I’d seen. At that moment I felt a light shine into my soul and a(n) ____32____ return to my heart. I walked back out, let the rain wash over me, and ____33____ that even if Dad died, the love we shared would still go on.
I still think of that moment of loving-kindness often. It ____34____ me that while we might not be able to live every moment to the fullest, we can still value the moments we do. Life is ____35____ for love and kindness. And love and kindness go beyond death.
21. A. damaged B. broke C. prevented D. injured
22. A. admit B. tell C. announce D. ensure
23. A. wonders B. dreams C. occasions D. visits
24. A. stressing B. learning C. regretting D. promising
25. A. Without B. Despite C. Throughout D. Besides
26. A. sadness B. tiredness C. toughness D. neatness
27. A. revising B. challenging C. approaching D. fancying
28. A. Actually B. Eventually C. Immediately D. However
29 A. replaced B. observed C. satisfied D. matched
30. A. struggling B. preferring C. hesitating D. managing
31. A. confident B. satisfied C. grateful D. awkward
32. A. smile B. warmth C. pity D. idea
33. A. realized B. recollected C. argued D. doubted
34. A. warns B. encourages C. reminds D. shows
35. A. praised B. celebrated C. prepared D. meant
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）
第二节 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。
As the wheel of time turns, traditional practices are witnessing a comeback. Gua sha, an ancient Chinese healing technique, has been gaining ____36____ (popular) in recent years as a holistic approach to wellness and beauty, because it offers various benefits to modern wellness seekers.
On TikTok, a before-and-after video of gua sha has been viewed more than 11.8 million times. Meanwhile, influencers have started to share their gua sha routines on some other media apps, attracting ____37____ (grow) attention from global audiences. Moreover, western beauty stores and ____38____ (celebrity) have jumped at the fashion and started favoring gua sha or selling its tools.
Factually, gua sha has been practiced in China since the Ming Dynasty and is known to have muscle pain relieved ____39____ improve blood circulation. Originally, it ____40____ (use) on the body, like arms, legs, and back. However, nowadays, it’s commonly used to improve the ____41____ (face) skin health. The practice is performed using a smooth-edged tool to gently scrape (刮) areas of the body, _____42_____, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), can encourage ____43____ healthy flow of energy and blood.
Gua sha, a TCM practice, also ____44____ (serve) as a cultural practice, now has _____45_____ (incredible) found its way to the west due to its potential health benefits. Undoubtedly, promoting TCM practices could be a much-needed opportunity for others to learn more about Chinese cultures.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
46. 假定你是李华，你校电影协会准备在电影周期间展播一部电影。请你根据提示，给该协会负责人Ted写一封信，向他推荐一部电影。内容包括：推荐的电影名称，电影的剧情简介，推荐理由。
1.词数80左右
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Ted,
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I am looking forward to your consideration of this film.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
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。
It was the day of the big cross-country run. Students from seven different primary schools in and around the small town were warming up and walking the route(路线)through thick evergreen forest.
I looked around and finally spotted David, who was standing by himself off to the side by a fence. He was small for ten years old. His usual big toothy smile was absent today. I walked over and asked him why he wasn’t with the other children. He hesitated and then said he had decided not to run.
What was wrong He had worked so hard for this event!
I quickly searched the crowd for the school’s coach and asked him what had happened. “I was afraid that kids from other schools would laugh at him,” he explained uncomfortably. “I gave him the choice to run or not, and let him decide.”
I bit back my frustration(懊恼). I knew the coach meant well—he thought he was doing the right thing. After making sure that David could run if he wanted, I turned to find him coming towards me, his small body rocking from side to side as he swung his feet forward.
David had a brain disease which prevented him from walking or running like other children, but at school his classmates thought of him as a regular kid. He always participated to the best of his ability in whatever they were doing. That was why none of the children thought it unusual that David had decided to join the cross-country team. It just took him longer—that’s all. David had not missed a single practice, and although he always finished his run long after the other children, he did always finish. As a special education teacher at the school, I was familiar with the challenges David faced and was proud of his strong determination.
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.
We sat down next to each other, but David wouldn’t look at me.
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I watched as David moved up to the starting line with the other runners.
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