上海市闵行区七宝中学2025-2026学年高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）

上海市七宝中学2025-2026学年高三上学期期中考试英语试卷 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Hoverflies: Small Insects with a Big Job When people think about insects that help flowers reproduce, bees are usually the first ones they remember. This is understandable, as bees play a leading role in carrying pollen (花粉) from flower to flower. But they are not the only hard workers in nature. Hoverflies, small insects that look a bit like bees, are also important. Studies have shown that they help many of the world's crops and wild plants grow (1) _____ moving pollen between flowers. Even (2) _____ (interesting) is that some hoverflies travel great distances. Scientists in Britain once found that billions of them cross the English Channel every year. (3) _____ they fly so far, they may help mix plant genes between different areas and make ecosystems stronger. To find out (4) _____ far their influence could reach, researchers decided to collect hoverflies from a place without any plants nearby——— an oil platform in the North Sea, between Scotland and Norway. During four research trips between 2021 and 2023, 112 hoverflies (5) _____ (catch) on the platform as they stopped for a short rest. On nearly all of them, they found pollen, sometimes from as many as 14 kinds of plants. In total, the scientists discovered pollen from more than 100 species. The most common came from wild plants such as nettles and black elder, but some also came from crops grown (6) _____ (produce) vegetables, cereals, nuts, and fruits. By examining air movements, the researchers learned that these insects probably came from the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, and that they might (7) _____ (continue) their journey to Scotland or Norway. The places (8) _____ they were heading also had the same plant types as the pollen they carried. This suggests that hoverflies quietly connect faraway regions, (9) _____ (help) plants hundreds of kilometres apart to reproduce. Though often (10) _____ (ignore), they play a key role in keeping our world both productive and beautifully balanced. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. incredible B. interruption C. mapped D. optimistic E. presented F. process G. recreated H. seeking I. slicing J. systematically K. theoretically Would you upload your mind into a computer As far as science can tell, the brain creates your sense of self. Cells called neurons (神经元) fire in patterns that form your memories, likes, dislikes, and more. If, (11) _____, some instrument could gather enough information about the neurons in your brain, then that information could b ... ...