2025-2026年江苏泰州高二下册期末英语试卷及答案

1、The middle and high school period is a special one for children, a transition from children to adult, ______ children tend to be rebellious (反抗的).

A.when B.where C.that D.of which

2、This newspaper has a daily ______ of more than one million in this city and if s common to see passengers read a copy in the subway.

A.circulation B.association C.contribution D.accumulation

3、Though the twin brothers _______ each other in appearance, they are quite different in characters.

A.evaluate B.distinguish C.appreciate D.resemble

4、________ a full discussion of the problem, the committee spent a whole hour exchanging their ideas at the meeting.

A．Have

B．Having

C．Had

D．To have

5、— What do you suggest he do to get rid of the financial trouble?

— As is often the case in the business world, he should ______ the dangerous situation he is in now.

A. look up to   B. wake up to   C. live up to   D. stand up to

6、Word comes ________ free books will be given to anyone who comes first in this book fair.

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．where

7、We won’t forget the heroes ________ lost their lives while fighting against a forest fire.

A.who B.whose C.when D.why

8、After the Shenzhou XII capsule was launched into orbit, three astronauts successfully went into its space core module Tianhe and accomplished a three-month mission, thus again ________ China is a global space power.

A．proved

B．to prove

C．to have proved

D．proving

9、Her membership will not be renewed ________ she pays the dues.

A. as B. unless   C. because   D. if

10、I’m not sure a thank-you letter is really necessary. ________, I can’t be bothered to write one.

A．Anyway

B．However

C．Obviously

D．Besides

11、All his attention________ on what the teacher was saying, so he even didn't notice what was happening outside the classroom.

A．fixed

B．was fixed

C．was fixing

D．has been fixed

12、 Don’t become addicted to online games, ______about what is more important.

A. forgot B. to forget C. forgetting  D. having forgotten

13、As late as the middle of the 19th century women voting was _____ common. But women in Europe and North America believed that they should have a____ in their government’s leaders.

A．less than, word

B．far from, say

C．rather than, words

D．other than, saying

14、—Why did you come by shared bicycle this morning?

—My car broke down last week and I sill ______ it repaired.

A.haven't had B.hadn't had C.won't have D.didn't have

15、An interviewee should be good at grasping every opportunity _____he is supposed to show his best self to others.

A.when B.where C.that D.which

16、She’s added a few characters and changed some names but ________ this is a true story.

A. completely   B. necessarily   C. gradually   D. essentially

17、It is the bus driver who should ______ the safety of the passengers.

A. answer for   B. search for   C. stand for   D. go for

18、______ more about our university courses, write to this address.

A. To find out B. Finding out

C. Found out   D. To be found out

19、If she ________ generous as she makes out, she would have donated more money in the catastrophe.

A. had been B. were

C. would be D. was

20、Women are so accustomed to decades of ______ and to ______ histories of women whose contributions went unnoticed that they assume these conditions still exist today.

A. being ignored,be heard   B. ignoring,be heard

C. ignored,hearing   D. being ignored,hearing

21、   Every superhero, no matter how small, needs a cape (披风). That was Robyn Rosenberger’s motivation when she started sewing superhero capes for kids with cancer, heart defects, and other serious diseases.

It all began when she was making a cape as a birthday present for her nephew. Rosenberger heard of a girl named Brenna who was battling a potentially deadly skin condition called harlequin ichthyosis (丑角样鱼鳞病). Anyone going through what she was going through had to be tough. “I had an aha moment,” Rosenberger says. “Brenna was a superhero! She needed a cape.”

So Rosenberger sent her one, and Brenna’s mother was delighted. Rosenberger found ten more kids online and sent out ten more capes. Before long, she quit her job at a software company to dedicate herself full-time to tinysuperheroes.com, a website where people can buy handmade capes for brave kids facing illness and disability.

Since 2013, Rosenberger and her small paid staff have sent more than 12, 000 handmade capes to kids in all 50 states and 15 other countries. The capes come in pink, blue, purple, or red and can be decorated with the child’s initials or specialized patches, including a heart, a rocket, or a lightning bolt. One recipient was eight-month-old Gabe, who was born with imperfection, which causes distinct facial features. Rosenberger sent him a red cape with a bright yellow G in the center. It was a hit. Gabe is now a fixture on the company’s social media posts. “The Tiny Superhero community has been a wonderful connection to have,” says Gabe’s mom, Kate Glocke. In fact, two years later, “we still bring Gabe’s cape with us to every hospital appointment.”

【1】Why did Rosenberger start sewing superhero capes for kids?

A．Because she was good at sewing superhero capes.

B．Because she wanted to show bravery of the kids.

C．Because she planned to give kids superhero capes as gifts.

D．Because she thought their parents couldn’t afford capes.

【2】What do we know about Rosenberger and her small paid staff?

A．They made over 12, 000 handmade capes each year.

B．They met kids from 50 states and 15 other countries.

C．They provided capes in different colors and styles.

D．They had made a lot of money by selling capes.

【3】What words can be used to describe Rosenberger?

A．Hardworking and wealthy.

B．Warm-hearted and loving.

C．Strong-willed and ambitious.

D．Talkative and athletic.

【4】What is the purpose of this text?

A．To advertise a website selling handmade capes

B．To call on more people to help the sick kids.

C．To describe different superhero capes.

D．To introduce a kind woman helping sick kids.

22、My mother never talked about her Chinese childhood when my siblings and I were growing up, and we never asked. From her we learned that family history was not of interest, and in our ignorance we turned our backs on what had gone before. We lived on a plateau in a land of canyons, separated from our past by chasms(断裂) of time, language, and culture. My mother was a native guide who could have led us along the sheer cliff walls and dangerous riverbeds of the old days, but she never did.

For her, the past was divided into parts, each occupying a separate memory bank, some of which she tried never to visit. For me, her past was just a hopeless jumble(混乱), like a creaky, junk-ridden attic to which I was not allowed entry. China, America, and somewhere, vaguely, in between, Taiwan: I could not comprehend how the three came together to form the person who had formed me.

My mother never told stories; she only mentioned facts and casual references to her past. She described the most thrilling events as casually as she would trip to a local supermarket. “When we left China, I had to wear gold bars sewn into my belt. They were so heavy.” She might as well have been talking about a bag of groceries for all the emotions she displayed. When she happened to mention the fact that her grandmother had bound feet, I accepted the news with equal equanimity(泰然). Her delivery was so matter-of-fact I assumed everyone’s grandmother wore shoes that measured a mere three-and-a-half inches.

Now I begin to understand. To reflect on the past means to reexperience it. A onetime high-school quarterback remembers the touchdown that won the state finals in vivid detail. Doting(溺爱的) parents tirelessly and tiresomely recount the same dull anecdotes from their children’s lives. But the process works in the negative as well, and the terror that wakes my mother up at night gasping and pressing hand to heart, is very real. She did not want to share it with me. Perhaps she wished to protect me. Her secrecy was a gift, I in turn, did not want to receive.

My physical features marked me as a stranger in my own country, but I knew nothing of the land of my ancestors. I could not even converse(交谈) with the various relatives and old family friends who crowded around the dinner table at holiday times. Their jokes and discussions swirled meaninglessly about my head. Among aliens, I myself was an alien. I grew up, self-contained, and removed from the world around me, unable to explain anything to anyone because nothing had ever been explained to me. At the same time I longed to—a bird beating its head against glass, wanting to be let inside. If I could somehow capture my mother’s essence(实质), the glass would disappear. The path forward would be clear.

I was an adult and a writer in search of a subject when I finally asked my mother to talk about her life. That first conversation, she spoke practically in monosyllables(单调). “Yes” and “No” were the only response I could induce out of her. If a question demanded a more detailed answer, she responded by saying, “I don’t know.” I was the customer at an information store; she was its surly clerk. Eventually I ended up inventing my own time frame for the worthless trickle of memories she reluctantly let drip forth. She did not care if the dates were accurate or not. The conversation took on a surrealistic tinge(色彩). She would mention that she had moved to a certain city in 1943. “Oh, no.” I would respond. “It had to be 1945.” She would shrug. Together, we were reinventing her past, not exploring as I had wished. The process left me so frustrated that when she got up to go to sleep, I badgered(缠着) her all the way to her bedroom. She lay on one side while I hovered(蜷缩) in a chair over her.

“Tell me more.” I begged. “What do you remember?”

“Ai-you” she was finally annoyed, her eyes blinking open. “I just don’t want to remember.”

I think my mother was sorry she could not help me more. She gave me something before I left. At the time I doubted that it would do me any good. It was a list of names of some of the eager voices who used to call asking for her in Chinese when I was a young girl. Much later, I would realize it was a map to my mother’s heart. At the time, I simply had no other direction to follow. I began returning the phone calls from my mother’s past.

【1】The primary purpose of the passage is to _______.

A. celebrate a discovery   B. explain a difficult undertaking

C. criticize an attitude   D. imagine a person’s history

【2】The mother gave the impression that “family history was not of interest” probably because _______

A. she thought that history entirely commonplace

B. she had been too young to understand political events

C. she had lost touch with anyone who shared that history

D. much of it was painful for her to recollect.

【3】The author’s “equanimity” arose from the _______.

A. mother’s manner of speaking

B. mother’s ambiguous language

C. author’s assumptions about earlier generation

D. author’s knowledge of long-gone era

【4】“Now I begin to understand.” conveys the author’s new appreciation of _______.

A. how ambitious her mother’s expectations were for her children

B. how the mother could be genuinely indifferent to the past

C. the mother’s motivation for being reluctant to respond

D. the family’s reason for leaving China

【5】About which of the following does the reference to “map” help make “the list of names”?

A. It included people the mother had cared most about when she was growing up.

B. It was the guide that would allow the author to come to some understanding of her mother’s essence.

C. It included information that her mother had not previously revealed to anyone.

D. It contained the information that the author had sought but that her mother did not know.

【6】From the end of the passage, the author is returning the phone calls by _______.

A. answering questions put by her mother’s friends

B. contacting people her mother knew in the past

C. greeting strangers as warmly as family members

D. contacting relatives involved in similar research

23、   Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s easy to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, and the store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. “If anything,” he looked more pitiable, “Charge it to me,” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft, safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed, either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

【1】The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits________.

A．promised to obey the store rules

B．forgot to take any money with him

C．hoped to have the food first and pay later

D．could not afford anything more expensive

【2】Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky

B．poor and lonely

C．friendly and helpful

D．wise and disappointed

【3】The writer followed the store rules because________.

A．he wanted to keep his present job

B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman

C．he considered the old gentleman dishonest

D．he expected someone else to pay for the old gentleman

【4】What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else.

B．Helping others is easier said than done.

C．Experience is better gained through practice.

D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion.

24、   When it comes to making healthy lifestyle changes, which should come first-changing your diet or becoming more physically active?

Previous studies suggested that providing people with too much information about nutrition and physical activity at once tends（趋向）to be discouraging. That has led to the popularity of advising people to make changes gradually, and set smaller goals.

So the scientists divided 200 inactive participants who were 45 or older into four groups. One group was instructed in making diet and fitness changes at the same time; the second group was taught about diet changes first, and then fitness changes four months later; the third group changed their exercise habits first and made changes in their eating habits four months later; and the final, control group was not instructed in either diet or fitness changes but in how to manage their stress.

The researchers followed the groups for a full year. Compared to the control group, the three intervention（干预）groups made healthy changes in their diet. Those who changed their fitness habits first significantly increased the amount of exercise they received daily compared to the other groups after four months. However, at the end of the year, the group that changed both diet and exercise at the same time was the only one that met the nationally recommended targets for both exercise and nutrition levels, while those who worked on improving their nutrition first were unable to meet the recommended levels of fitness after a year. The researchers suspect that changes to diet are easier to make than changes to physical activity.

The findings show, however, that pairing diet and exercise changes may help to overcome some of the barriers people face in adding more physical activity into their lives. If folks change diet and exercise orderly, the scientists say, they may end up placing more importance on the first set of behavior changes and feel less pressured to address the second set.

【1】How is Paragraph 3 developed?

A.By giving examples. B.By making comparisons.

C.By analyzing causes. D.By making classifications.

【2】Which group was the most physically active after four months?

A.The first group. B.The second group.

C.The third group. D.The control group.

【3】What might the scientists approve of?

A.Changing eating habits first may be reasonable.

B.Diet and exercise changes should be made orderly.

C.Diet and exercise changes are equally hard to make.

D.Diet and exercise should be processed at the same time.

【4】Which of the following is probably the title of the passage?

A.Changing your habits for better health

B.Ways to lead a healthy and balanced life

C.Making healthy lifestyle changes really counts

D.Timing matters in making diet and exercise changes

25、   Su Min, a 56-ycar-old retiree, has never been happier. _______ fulfilling her family expectations of dutiful Chinese womanhood, Su is welcoming a new identity: fearless road-tripper and internet _______ . For six months, she has been on a drive across China alone, _______ her journey for more than 1.35 million followers online.

Su had rarely traveled before. But she had been _______ driving. Growing up in Tibet, she sometimes _______ the school bus home and had to walk. Each time a truck passed by, she imagined sitting behind the _______ safe and comfortable. But cars were rare, and having one seemed _______ .

Then, in late 2019, she _______ a video online of someone introducing their solo road trip. She remembered her childhood dream of driving — the _______ and comfort it had represented.

Over the following months, she searched and watched every video she could find about road trips and took __________notes. Eventually, She bought a small car with her __________ and monthly pension (养老金).

In her videos, she expressed her __________ in her newfound freedom. She could drive as fast as she wanted, __________ as abruptly as she liked.

When asked about her new__________ as a feminist (女性主义者), she says, "It's overpraising! It took me many years to realize that I had to live for __________ first.”

A．While

B．After

C．Before

D．Until

A．host

B．manager

C．fan

D．celebrity

A．dominating

B．enjoying

C．documenting

D．planning

A．longing for

B．struggling for

C．caring for

D．going for

A．saw

B．rented

C．sold

D．missed

A．wheel

B．sign

C．driver

D．desk

A．strange

B．impossible

C．awkward

D．fantastic

A．came across

B．turned to

C．put away

D．brought out

A．thrill

B．relaxation

C．freedom

D．distinction

A．detailed

B．neat

C．original

D．correct

A．fund

B．donation

C．savings

D．bonus

A．concern

B．success

C．expert

D．favor

A．escape

B．charge

C．stop

D．march

A．decision

B．fame

C．lifestyle

D．goal

A．myself

B．honor

C．all

D．pleasure

26、假定你是李华，你的美国外教邀请你去他家吃饭。请你给你的美国网友Alice写一封电子邮件，内容包括：

1.询问美国餐桌礼仪；

2.表示感谢。

注意：1.词数 100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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