内蒙古包头市2025-2026学年度第一学期高一年级期末教学质量检测英语试题
第一部分 听力(略)
第二部分 阅读(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Some of the world’s national parks are really worth a visit.
Mount Rushmore National Park
This park is in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is famous for the four giant faces of American presidents carved into the rock. Visitors can walk the short President Trail (路线) to see the sculpture up close, or drive the Iron Mountain Road for lovely views of the hills and the faces.
Grand Canyon National Park
The park is in northern Arizona. The big hole made by the Colorado River is about one mile deep. Bright Angel Trail leads hikers down into the canyon, and Desert View Drive gives great looks at the colorful rock walls. At night the sky is full of stars.
Yellowstone National Park
This protected land in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho is America’s first national park, and it is still very beautiful. Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful still surprise visitors every year. The park boasts over 1,100 miles of hiking trails catering to all skill levels. Quieter places like Hayden Valley, good for seeing wild animals, and Yellowstone Lake, great for boating, are also worth a visit.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park lies about 170 miles east of San Francisco. It has many wonderful natural sights. Famous spots include Tunnel View, Valley View, Half Dome and El Capitan. The park also has many waterfalls and over 750 miles of trails for hiking.
1. What does Grand Canyon National Park feature
A. Rock faces and starry skies. B. Old towns and gift shops.
C. Wild animals and long rivers. D. Deep canyon and colorful views.
2. What do Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone have in common
A. They both have trails for hiking. B. They both have colorful rock walls.
C. They both let you boat on big lakes. D. They both show four rock presidents.
3. Which of the following appeals most to waterfall lovers
A. Mount Rushmore. B. Grand Canyon. C. Yellowstone. D. Yosemite.
B
I volunteer with WildAid Rescue, a small wildlife-care group at Pine Ridge Arboretum inBrookhaven. Saving injured, lost, or starving animals can be heartbreaking — it is never certain they will survive. Yet when everything goes right, the result is simply amazing.
My phone buzzed with a rescue call from a couple in Stonecrest. A tiny grey robin (知更鸟) lay still beneath their tree. When I arrived, the four-week-old baby — eyes still closed — was already placed inside a shoebox for safety.
A quick check showed no broken bones. I searched overhead for the nest, hoping to reunite the baby robin with its mother, but the high branches were empty. Plan B: crafted an artificial (人造的) nest and fixed it firmly ten feet up.
The homeowners were eager to help. We lined a plastic basket with dry grass and soft paper, then attached it to a branch. I placed the baby inside; feeling the warm bedding, it stopped shaking and soon fell asleep.
The last thing was to call the parents back. I left the homeowners with a short recording of baby robin calls from my phone — high sounds that travel through the trees and tell the adults, “Your baby is here.” I told them the instructions, then drove home and waited for morning.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the baby robin in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — worms (蠕虫)! What a relief! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
4. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1
A. Efforts that may fail. B. Getting bitten by animals.
C. Worrying about low pay. D. Chasing animals too far.
5. Why did the couple in Stonecrest phone WildAid
A. To make a recording of robin calls. B. To remove a robin from the house.
C. To examine a fallen baby robin. D. To get instructions on feeding a robin.
6. What made the frightened robin quiet
A. The nest lined with grass. B. A big worm beside it.
C. Hearing its parents’ recordings. D. Seeing the rescuer’s face.
7. How did the author feel when he saw the worm in the basket
A. Shocked and uneasy. B. Relieved and delighted.
C. Amused and confused. D. Worried and disappointed.
C
It is often said that if we dream in a foreign language, it’s a sign that we are making progress in learning that language. But is it true
Before we can look at multilingual (多语言的) dreams, first we need to look at sleep, The link between sleep and language can be applied to how we learn any language, including our mother tongue. Even adults still learn about one new word every two days in their first language, but if we are going to have a firm grasp of that new word, we need to link it to our existing knowledge. “In order to do that, we need to have some sleep”, says Gareth Gaskell, a psychology professor at the University of York.
It’s during sleep that the connection of old and new knowledge happens. At night, one part of our brain—the hippocampus (海马体)—takes whatever new information it got in the day, and passes it on to other parts of the brain to be stored. The role that dreams play in this night-time learning process is still being studied, but it’s entirely possible that during multilingual dreams, the brain is trying to connect two languages, according to Marc Zuist, researcher at the University Hospital of Psychiatry in Switzerland.
So having multilingual dreams could mean that our brain is trying to master a new word or phrase, but it could also have an emotional significance. Danuta Barker, a professor of psycholinguistics (心理语言学) at the University of Silesia in Poland, suggests that multilingual dreams can express fears and desires around learning a foreign language, including the wish to be a native-like speaker or to be accepted within a certain community.
We clearly still have a lot to learn about multilingual dreams, but one thing seems certain: if you’re trying to learn a new language, you should definitely sleep on it.
8. Which of the following does Gareth agree with
A. Adults are better at learning.
B. We can learn words while sleeping.
C. Our existing knowledge is from dreams.
D. Multilingual dreams have nothing to do with progress.
9. What is the function of the hippocampus
A. Studying the role of the dream.
B. Analyzing the learning process.
C. Developing the new area of the brain.
D. Absorbing and delivering information.
10. What does Danuta Barker study
A. Emotion and dreams.
B. Languages and communities
C. Universities and courses
D. Words and expressions.
11. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. Why we learn a foreign language in the dream.
B. Learning languages is completely from sleeping.
C. Sleeping plays an important part in the development of brains.
D. How multilingual dreams are connected to language learning.
D
With their long necks and spotted coats, giraffes are among Africa’s most breathtaking animals. For decades, scientists believed that all giraffes belonged to a single species. A 2025 report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) now overturns that idea, recognizing four separate species: Northern, reticulated, Masai and Southern. Each group is considered distinct because its members share unique genes and can produce healthy offspring (后代) only within the group.
The change is the fruit of a giant data project led by IUCN researcher Michael Brown. Over the past decade, teams collected more than 2,000 DNA samples across Africa and compared skull (头骨) measurements. Genes showed clear molecular (分子的) gaps among the four groups, while bumps on the skull differed in shape: Northern giraffes have tall bumps; Southern giraffes have low, wide ones. Rivers and valleys acted as natural barriers, keeping populations apart long enough for these differences to develop.
Separating giraffes is not just academic. Northern giraffes, living in parts of Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, suffer heavy poaching — the illegal hunting and killing of wild animals. Masai giraffes in Kenya and Tanzania lose their savanna (热带草原) habitat to cattle grassland and farmland. Reticulated and Southern giraffes face smaller but still worrying pressures. “Each species has different population sizes, threats and conservation needs,” Mr Brown notes, so separating them is essential if we want to protect them effectively.
The latest numbers make that need urgent (紧急的). About 7,000 Northern giraffes remain, making them one of the most threatened large mammals on Earth. Roughly 21,000 reticulated and 44,000 Masai giraffes are left, while Southern giraffes total around 69,000. “If not all giraffes are the same, we have to protect them individually,” says Stephanie Fennessy of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Recognizing four species is the first step toward ensuring that each group — and its unique evolutionary (进化的) heritage — survives for future generations.
To help the public understand these findings, the IUCN plans to launch educational programs in schools and museums. By teaching children why each giraffe species matters, researchers hope to build support for conservation efforts. After all, saving giraffes means saving the African savanna itself.
12. What old idea did the 2025 IUCN report change
A. Africa has only one giraffe species.
B. Skull size is more useful than genes.
C. Spot shapes decide the whole classification.
D. Giraffe diversity has no impact on their future.
13. How did the researchers set the four species apart
A. By height and neck length.
B. By spots and colours alone.
C. By their food and water sources.
D. By genes, skull shape, and location.
14. Which of these situations does the underlined word “poaching” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. A guard shoots a giraffe to protect village crops.
B. A tourist photographs a giraffe with a long-lens camera.
C. A hunter kills a giraffe at night to sell its tail as a souvenir.
D. A scientist takes a small blood sample of a giraffe for DNA study.
15. Why does the writer list the data of each giraffe species in paragraph 4
A. To describe the different spot patterns of each species.
B. To argue that counting total giraffes is enough for setting standards.
C. To prove that separating the four species is necessary for protection.
D. To show that Southern giraffes can make up for the other three groups.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
Handling School Worries
Some worries are real, but most are just pictures in our heads. Most school “dangers” are like that — only imagined. ____16____. So many students have learned to worry about teachers, classrooms, textbooks and even tests. Let's first find out what the worries are, and then deal with them in a smart way.
Worry about failing
Most students have enough ability to do what school asks. Most tasks and courses are reasonable, and they are not difficult. ____17____. Once you have had a few successes, this worry will begin to go away.
Worry about teachers
This worry is clearly not real. Look around — some of your classmates will be teachers one day. You can see there is nothing special about them. Don't give them power they don't really have. Try to know the teachers better after class. ____18____.
Worry of performance in class
Anyone can make a mistake, but an hour later most people will not even remember it. ____19____. Also remember that your performance in class is almost never the biggest part of your grade.
____20____
This worry can help you watch for real danger. The future can be unsafe, but if you let it stop you from trying new things, you stop living. Your own life shows that most of the time things turn out fine. The more you try, the more at home you will feel.
A. Worry of starting out
B. Worry about potential danger
C. Visit them and chat with them
D. It's wise of us to understand and respect each other
E. Students fail to do them not because they lack ability
F. However, school has made most people think otherwise
G. This is because almost everyone cares much more about themselves
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(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。
Lying on the couch in her small Kyoto flat one evening, Emma Nakamura felt really bored. With nothing to do, she opened the photo-sharing app FotoCircle and typed her own name into the search bar, curious to see how many strangers out there ____21____ it. A moment later the screen was filled with small photos of other Emma Nakamuras. Excited, she chose to ____22____ a follow-request to every one of them.
Most simply ignored the strange message, yet a few were too ____23____ to press “delete”. As short self-introductions were exchanged, Emma ____24____ that four of these namesakes (同名的人) loved taking street photos. Half-joking, she asked whether they might ____25____ a single online exhibition. The reply was an immediate “Let’s do it.”
Working together across nine time zones turned out to be ____26____; different work hours meant the team seldom managed to edit their photos ____27____ at the same speed. To ____28____ the problem, Kyoto Emma and Nairobi Emma prepared a basic set of pictures, uploaded them to the shared cloud, and waited for Toronto Emma to adjust the colors before sending the package back.
Next, Auckland Emma added the final light fixes. The ____29____ went until, at last, the online gallery “Namesake” went live — a photo story on faraway friendship, mirroring their own.
____30____, months later, Kyoto Emma had to step away for eye surgery. The others refused to ____31____ the friendship; daily video calls and shared folders kept her spirits high. Almost a year passed before she felt ____32____ enough to lift a camera again. In 2024 they released a small photo-book that collected more than 20,000 ____33____ inside two weeks. These days their greatest joy is finally meeting up to watch the same sunrise together.
“What are the odds,” Kyoto Emma laughs, “that a random ____34____ could spark not only new pictures but tasting ____35____ ” Some things, it seems, are simply meant to be.
21. A. knew B. shared C. signed D. remembered
22. A. decline B. expose C. send D. accept
23. A. curious B. cheerful C. strange D. annoyed
24. A. doubted B. mentioned C. expected D. noticed
25. A. hold B. inform C. control D. contact
26. A. challenging B. exceptional C. awesome D. astonishing
27. A. carefully B. secretly C. independently D. exactly
28. A. prove B. resist C. fix D. skip
29. A. beat B. story C. track D. band
30. A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides
31. A. get involved in B. take advantage of C. think highly of D. press pause on
32. A. sick B. well C. confident D. weak
33. A. donations B. fights C. views D. doubts
34. A. construction B. advice C. request D. comment
35. A. reputation B. friendship C. changes D. impressions
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Seven chefs celebrated Northern Song scholar with flavors. The ____36____ (five) edition of the Star Chef’s Discovery Journey started in November. The journey, ____37____ theme was “MeetDongpo Again”, hopes to share Chinese cuisine and tell people about the great writer Su Dongpo from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
The trip ____38____ (plan) by MGM and Green Bazaar and went to three places: Meizhou in Sichuan, Hangzhou in Zhejiang, and Danzhou in Hainan. Special dinners were held at Bellagio by MGM Shanghai and MGM Reserve Zhuhai in Guangdong.
Zhou Feng, the president of China Hospitality at MGM Resorts International, said, “Food is more ____39____ taste. It shows culture, thinking, ____40____ warmth. Through food, art and history flow ____41____(natural).”
The chefs worked together ____42____ (make) a special menu. Li Tao, the head chef of Chinese food at Bellagio by MGM Shanghai, cooked Three-Flavored Dongpo Pork. It uses many strong ____43____ (spice) from Meizhou, soft bamboo shoots from Hangzhou, and slightly sour oranges from Danzhou.
Li Lisheng, the head chef at MGM Reserve Zhuhai, made a dish with Danzhou oysters and beef. The fresh oysters are wrapped in beef, ____44____(give) both fresh and rich tastes. It shows SuDongpo’s fine style.
The menu tells us that Chinese food can be _____45_____ bridge between old culture and new art. Every dish lets diners taste history and philosophy.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 单词拼写(根据汉语和首字母提示，用单词的适当形式填空)(每空1分，满分15分)
46. Do they o________ (庆祝) Christmas (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
47. The o________ (组织者) did a great job in the event. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
48. They might help reduce e________ (能源) consumption.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
49. Mrs. White, I’m afraid we have to put you on a strict d________ (日常饮食). (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
50. Thankfully, Jeff stayed c________ (沉着的) and turned off the gas quickly. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
51. Please add a comment at the bottom of this page or b________ (博客) in our forum. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
52. Her contribution had great importance, impacting the project s________ (重大地). (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
53. In my opinion, students can b________ (受益) a lot from doing some housework. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
54. When the stock market c________ (暴跌), they assumed the deal would be cancelled.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
55. The country h________ (向……表示敬意) those who make extraordinary contributions.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
56. Some people seem willing to work around the clock in their n________ (狭窄的) specialty.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
57. During that time, the author d________ (使与……保持距离) himself from some of the comments in his book.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
58. The Internet enables us to exchange ideas with many others to check our claims, and to j________ (判断) our actions. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
59. Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two e________ (出口) nearest your room.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
60. The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is b________ (以……为基础) on our current language style. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
61. 假定你是学生会主席李华，你校英文报正在开展“留住年味·守护蓝天”倡议活动。请你写一封倡议书，呼吁同学们：
1. 尊重春节燃放烟花爆竹的传统意义；
2. 关注空气与健康问题；
3. 提出兼顾文化与环保的可行建议。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为100个左右；
2. 题目已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Save the Festival, Save the Sky
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________内蒙古包头市2025-2026学年度第一学期高一年级期末教学质量检测英语试题
第一部分 听力(略)
第二部分 阅读(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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Some of the world’s national parks are really worth a visit.
Mount Rushmore National Park
This park is in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is famous for the four giant faces of American presidents carved into the rock. Visitors can walk the short President Trail (路线) to see the sculpture up close, or drive the Iron Mountain Road for lovely views of the hills and the faces.
Grand Canyon National Park
The park is in northern Arizona. The big hole made by the Colorado River is about one mile deep. Bright Angel Trail leads hikers down into the canyon, and Desert View Drive gives great looks at the colorful rock walls. At night the sky is full of stars.
Yellowstone National Park
This protected land in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho is America’s first national park, and it is still very beautiful. Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful still surprise visitors every year. The park boasts over 1,100 miles of hiking trails catering to all skill levels. Quieter places like Hayden Valley, good for seeing wild animals, and Yellowstone Lake, great for boating, are also worth a visit.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park lies about 170 miles east of San Francisco. It has many wonderful natural sights. Famous spots include Tunnel View, Valley View, Half Dome and El Capitan. The park also has many waterfalls and over 750 miles of trails for hiking.
1. What does Grand Canyon National Park feature
A. Rock faces and starry skies. B. Old towns and gift shops.
C. Wild animals and long rivers. D. Deep canyon and colorful views.
2. What do Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone have in common
A. They both have trails for hiking. B. They both have colorful rock walls.
C. They both let you boat on big lakes. D. They both show four rock presidents.
3. Which of the following appeals most to waterfall lovers
A. Mount Rushmore. B. Grand Canyon. C. Yellowstone. D. Yosemite.
答案：1. D 2. A 3. D
B
I volunteer with WildAid Rescue, a small wildlife-care group at Pine Ridge Arboretum inBrookhaven. Saving injured, lost, or starving animals can be heartbreaking — it is never certain they will survive. Yet when everything goes right, the result is simply amazing.
My phone buzzed with a rescue call from a couple in Stonecrest. A tiny grey robin (知更鸟) lay still beneath their tree. When I arrived, the four-week-old baby — eyes still closed — was already placed inside a shoebox for safety.
A quick check showed no broken bones. I searched overhead for the nest, hoping to reunite the baby robin with its mother, but the high branches were empty. Plan B: crafted an artificial (人造的) nest and fixed it firmly ten feet up.
The homeowners were eager to help. We lined a plastic basket with dry grass and soft paper, then attached it to a branch. I placed the baby inside; feeling the warm bedding, it stopped shaking and soon fell asleep.
The last thing was to call the parents back. I left the homeowners with a short recording of baby robin calls from my phone — high sounds that travel through the trees and tell the adults, “Your baby is here.” I told them the instructions, then drove home and waited for morning.
A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the baby robin in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — worms (蠕虫)! What a relief! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.
4. What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1
A. Efforts that may fail. B. Getting bitten by animals.
C. Worrying about low pay. D. Chasing animals too far.
5. Why did the couple in Stonecrest phone WildAid
A. To make a recording of robin calls. B. To remove a robin from the house.
C. To examine a fallen baby robin. D. To get instructions on feeding a robin.
6. What made the frightened robin quiet
A. The nest lined with grass. B. A big worm beside it.
C. Hearing its parents’ recordings. D. Seeing the rescuer’s face.
7. How did the author feel when he saw the worm in the basket
A. Shocked and uneasy. B. Relieved and delighted.
C. Amused and confused. D. Worried and disappointed.
答案：4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B
C
It is often said that if we dream in a foreign language, it’s a sign that we are making progress in learning that language. But is it true
Before we can look at multilingual (多语言的) dreams, first we need to look at sleep, The link between sleep and language can be applied to how we learn any language, including our mother tongue. Even adults still learn about one new word every two days in their first language, but if we are going to have a firm grasp of that new word, we need to link it to our existing knowledge. “In order to do that, we need to have some sleep”, says Gareth Gaskell, a psychology professor at the University of York.
It’s during sleep that the connection of old and new knowledge happens. At night, one part of our brain—the hippocampus (海马体)—takes whatever new information it got in the day, and passes it on to other parts of the brain to be stored. The role that dreams play in this night-time learning process is still being studied, but it’s entirely possible that during multilingual dreams, the brain is trying to connect two languages, according to Marc Zuist, researcher at the University Hospital of Psychiatry in Switzerland.
So having multilingual dreams could mean that our brain is trying to master a new word or phrase, but it could also have an emotional significance. Danuta Barker, a professor of psycholinguistics (心理语言学) at the University of Silesia in Poland, suggests that multilingual dreams can express fears and desires around learning a foreign language, including the wish to be a native-like speaker or to be accepted within a certain community.
We clearly still have a lot to learn about multilingual dreams, but one thing seems certain: if you’re trying to learn a new language, you should definitely sleep on it.
8. Which of the following does Gareth agree with
A. Adults are better at learning.
B. We can learn words while sleeping.
C. Our existing knowledge is from dreams.
D. Multilingual dreams have nothing to do with progress.
9. What is the function of the hippocampus
A. Studying the role of the dream.
B. Analyzing the learning process.
C. Developing the new area of the brain.
D. Absorbing and delivering information.
10. What does Danuta Barker study
A. Emotion and dreams.
B. Languages and communities
C. Universities and courses
D. Words and expressions.
11. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. Why we learn a foreign language in the dream.
B. Learning languages is completely from sleeping.
C. Sleeping plays an important part in the development of brains.
D. How multilingual dreams are connected to language learning.
答案：8. B 9. D 10. A 11. D
D
With their long necks and spotted coats, giraffes are among Africa’s most breathtaking animals. For decades, scientists believed that all giraffes belonged to a single species. A 2025 report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) now overturns that idea, recognizing four separate species: Northern, reticulated, Masai and Southern. Each group is considered distinct because its members share unique genes and can produce healthy offspring (后代) only within the group.
The change is the fruit of a giant data project led by IUCN researcher Michael Brown. Over the past decade, teams collected more than 2,000 DNA samples across Africa and compared skull (头骨) measurements. Genes showed clear molecular (分子的) gaps among the four groups, while bumps on the skull differed in shape: Northern giraffes have tall bumps; Southern giraffes have low, wide ones. Rivers and valleys acted as natural barriers, keeping populations apart long enough for these differences to develop.
Separating giraffes is not just academic. Northern giraffes, living in parts of Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, suffer heavy poaching — the illegal hunting and killing of wild animals. Masai giraffes in Kenya and Tanzania lose their savanna (热带草原) habitat to cattle grassland and farmland. Reticulated and Southern giraffes face smaller but still worrying pressures. “Each species has different population sizes, threats and conservation needs,” Mr Brown notes, so separating them is essential if we want to protect them effectively.
The latest numbers make that need urgent (紧急的). About 7,000 Northern giraffes remain, making them one of the most threatened large mammals on Earth. Roughly 21,000 reticulated and 44,000 Masai giraffes are left, while Southern giraffes total around 69,000. “If not all giraffes are the same, we have to protect them individually,” says Stephanie Fennessy of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. Recognizing four species is the first step toward ensuring that each group — and its unique evolutionary (进化的) heritage — survives for future generations.
To help the public understand these findings, the IUCN plans to launch educational programs in schools and museums. By teaching children why each giraffe species matters, researchers hope to build support for conservation efforts. After all, saving giraffes means saving the African savanna itself.
12. What old idea did the 2025 IUCN report change
A. Africa has only one giraffe species.
B. Skull size is more useful than genes.
C. Spot shapes decide the whole classification.
D. Giraffe diversity has no impact on their future.
13. How did the researchers set the four species apart
A. By height and neck length.
B. By spots and colours alone.
C. By their food and water sources.
D. By genes, skull shape, and location.
14. Which of these situations does the underlined word “poaching” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. A guard shoots a giraffe to protect village crops.
B. A tourist photographs a giraffe with a long-lens camera.
C. A hunter kills a giraffe at night to sell its tail as a souvenir.
D. A scientist takes a small blood sample of a giraffe for DNA study.
15. Why does the writer list the data of each giraffe species in paragraph 4
A. To describe the different spot patterns of each species.
B. To argue that counting total giraffes is enough for setting standards.
C. To prove that separating the four species is necessary for protection.
D. To show that Southern giraffes can make up for the other three groups.
答案：12. A 13. D 14. C 15. C
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
Handling School Worries
Some worries are real, but most are just pictures in our heads. Most school “dangers” are like that — only imagined. ____16____. So many students have learned to worry about teachers, classrooms, textbooks and even tests. Let's first find out what the worries are, and then deal with them in a smart way.
Worry about failing
Most students have enough ability to do what school asks. Most tasks and courses are reasonable, and they are not difficult. ____17____. Once you have had a few successes, this worry will begin to go away.
Worry about teachers
This worry is clearly not real. Look around — some of your classmates will be teachers one day. You can see there is nothing special about them. Don't give them power they don't really have. Try to know the teachers better after class. ____18____.
Worry of performance in class
Anyone can make a mistake, but an hour later most people will not even remember it. ____19____. Also remember that your performance in class is almost never the biggest part of your grade.
____20____
This worry can help you watch for real danger. The future can be unsafe, but if you let it stop you from trying new things, you stop living. Your own life shows that most of the time things turn out fine. The more you try, the more at home you will feel.
A. Worry of starting out
B. Worry about potential danger
C. Visit them and chat with them
D. It's wise of us to understand and respect each other
E. Students fail to do them not because they lack ability
F. However, school has made most people think otherwise
G. This is because almost everyone cares much more about themselves
答案：16. F 17. E 18. C 19. G 20. B
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(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。
Lying on the couch in her small Kyoto flat one evening, Emma Nakamura felt really bored. With nothing to do, she opened the photo-sharing app FotoCircle and typed her own name into the search bar, curious to see how many strangers out there ____21____ it. A moment later the screen was filled with small photos of other Emma Nakamuras. Excited, she chose to ____22____ a follow-request to every one of them.
Most simply ignored the strange message, yet a few were too ____23____ to press “delete”. As short self-introductions were exchanged, Emma ____24____ that four of these namesakes (同名的人) loved taking street photos. Half-joking, she asked whether they might ____25____ a single online exhibition. The reply was an immediate “Let’s do it.”
Working together across nine time zones turned out to be ____26____; different work hours meant the team seldom managed to edit their photos ____27____ at the same speed. To ____28____ the problem, Kyoto Emma and Nairobi Emma prepared a basic set of pictures, uploaded them to the shared cloud, and waited for Toronto Emma to adjust the colors before sending the package back.
Next, Auckland Emma added the final light fixes. The ____29____ went until, at last, the online gallery “Namesake” went live — a photo story on faraway friendship, mirroring their own.
____30____, months later, Kyoto Emma had to step away for eye surgery. The others refused to ____31____ the friendship; daily video calls and shared folders kept her spirits high. Almost a year passed before she felt ____32____ enough to lift a camera again. In 2024 they released a small photo-book that collected more than 20,000 ____33____ inside two weeks. These days their greatest joy is finally meeting up to watch the same sunrise together.
“What are the odds,” Kyoto Emma laughs, “that a random ____34____ could spark not only new pictures but tasting ____35____ ” Some things, it seems, are simply meant to be.
21. A. knew B. shared C. signed D. remembered
22. A. decline B. expose C. send D. accept
23. A. curious B. cheerful C. strange D. annoyed
24. A. doubted B. mentioned C. expected D. noticed
25. A. hold B. inform C. control D. contact
26. A. challenging B. exceptional C. awesome D. astonishing
27. A. carefully B. secretly C. independently D. exactly
28. A. prove B. resist C. fix D. skip
29. A. beat B. story C. track D. band
30. A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Besides
31. A. get involved in B. take advantage of C. think highly of D. press pause on
32. A. sick B. well C. confident D. weak
33. A. donations B. fights C. views D. doubts
34. A. construction B. advice C. request D. comment
35. A. reputation B. friendship C. changes D. impressions
答案：21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. C 35. B
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Seven chefs celebrated Northern Song scholar with flavors. The ____36____ (five) edition of the Star Chef’s Discovery Journey started in November. The journey, ____37____ theme was “MeetDongpo Again”, hopes to share Chinese cuisine and tell people about the great writer Su Dongpo from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
The trip ____38____ (plan) by MGM and Green Bazaar and went to three places: Meizhou in Sichuan, Hangzhou in Zhejiang, and Danzhou in Hainan. Special dinners were held at Bellagio by MGM Shanghai and MGM Reserve Zhuhai in Guangdong.
Zhou Feng, the president of China Hospitality at MGM Resorts International, said, “Food is more ____39____ taste. It shows culture, thinking, ____40____ warmth. Through food, art and history flow ____41____(natural).”
The chefs worked together ____42____ (make) a special menu. Li Tao, the head chef of Chinese food at Bellagio by MGM Shanghai, cooked Three-Flavored Dongpo Pork. It uses many strong ____43____ (spice) from Meizhou, soft bamboo shoots from Hangzhou, and slightly sour oranges from Danzhou.
Li Lisheng, the head chef at MGM Reserve Zhuhai, made a dish with Danzhou oysters and beef. The fresh oysters are wrapped in beef, ____44____(give) both fresh and rich tastes. It shows SuDongpo’s fine style.
The menu tells us that Chinese food can be _____45_____ bridge between old culture and new art. Every dish lets diners taste history and philosophy.
答案：36. fifth 37. whose 38. was planned 39. than 40. and 41. naturally
42. to make 43. spices 44. giving 45. a
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 单词拼写(根据汉语和首字母提示，用单词的适当形式填空)(每空1分，满分15分)
46. Do they o________ (庆祝) Christmas (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：observe##bserve
47. The o________ (组织者) did a great job in the event. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：organisers##organiser##organizer##organizers##rganisers##rganiser##rganizer##organizers
48. They might help reduce e________ (能源) consumption.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
答案：energy##nergy
49. Mrs. White, I’m afraid we have to put you on a strict d________ (日常饮食). (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：diet##iet
50. Thankfully, Jeff stayed c________ (沉着的) and turned off the gas quickly. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：calm##alm
51. Please add a comment at the bottom of this page or b________ (博客) in our forum. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：blog##log
52. Her contribution had great importance, impacting the project s________ (重大地). (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：significantly##ignificantly
53. In my opinion, students can b________ (受益) a lot from doing some housework. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：benefit##enefit
54. When the stock market c________ (暴跌), they assumed the deal would be cancelled.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
答案：crashed##rashed##collapsed##ollapsed
55. The country h________ (向……表示敬意) those who make extraordinary contributions.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
答案：honours##honors##onours##onors
56. Some people seem willing to work around the clock in their n________ (狭窄的) specialty.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
答案：narrow##arrow
57. During that time, the author d________ (使与……保持距离) himself from some of the comments in his book.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
答案：distanced##istanced
58. The Internet enables us to exchange ideas with many others to check our claims, and to j________ (判断) our actions. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：judge##udge
59. Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two e________ (出口) nearest your room.（根据中英文提示单词拼写）
答案：exits##xits
60. The beauty of rereading lies in the idea that our bond with the work is b________ (以……为基础) on our current language style. (根据中英文提示单词拼写)
答案：based##ased
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
61. 假定你是学生会主席李华，你校英文报正在开展“留住年味·守护蓝天”倡议活动。请你写一封倡议书，呼吁同学们：
1. 尊重春节燃放烟花爆竹的传统意义；
2. 关注空气与健康问题；
3. 提出兼顾文化与环保的可行建议。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为100个左右；
2. 题目已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Save the Festival, Save the Sky
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答案：【参考范文】
Save the Festival, Save the Sky
The crackle of fireworks is the sound of our childhood, yet the grey haze that follows pours poisonous gas into the air and stains our red lanterns grey. Tradition teaches us to celebrate; science reminds us to protect. This Spring Festival, let’s make one small promise: welcome eco-friendly electronic fireworks in our city, or, if real sparks are truly needed, gather on the officially suggested areas, enjoy the colour, and then collect every fallen paper. In this way we cut harmful smoke, keep customs alive, and give the next generation clear skies as well as bright memories. Culture and care can shine together — light the night, not the planet!
