2025-2026学年上海市育才中学高二（上）期末英语试卷 一、选词填空-短文：本大题共1小题，共10分。 1. A.actions B.choosing C.exercising D.grounded E.intentional F.modest G.passengers H.predictive I.separating J.thoughts K.weighing Free Will Under the Scanner One night，while lying awake，I found myself turning over different ways to begin an essay.I imagined sentence after sentence，（1）_____ how each might flow into the next.All the while，neurons（神经元） were quietly firing in my brain.That neural activity helps explain why I had those（2）_____ —but does it also mean I had no choice in the matter？ Some scientists believe so.A number of influential studies suggest that our brains launch（3）_____ before we are aware of making a decision.In the 1980s，Benjamin Libet found that electrical signals in the brain—so-called readiness potentials—appear before people report choosing to move.More recent studies have found similar results，sometimes detecting（4）_____ brain activity several seconds in advance. These findings have led some researchers to conclude that free will doesn't exist—that the brain，not the mind，determines what we do.Neuroscientist John-Dylan Haynes，for instance，has argued that our decisions are "predetermined，" and that the brain is "making the decision before the person." Philosopher and biologist Jerry Coyne goes further，claiming that none of our choices result from（5）_____ reflection at all. But do these experiments really show that we are mere（6）_____ ，watching decisions unfold from the backseat？Not quite.The tasks involved in these studies，like（7）_____ between two buttons，are simple.They do not reflect the kind of thoughtful planning we engage in every day.Moreover，the power of early brain signals is（8）_____ at best.In many cases，it's only slightly more accurate than a coin flip（抛硬币）. Other research shows that conscious thought does matter.Forming specific intentions，reflecting on goals，and（9）_____ self-control can significantly influence our actions.These processes，though（10）_____ in the brain，are central to what we understand as free will. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 二、阅读理解：本大题共11小题，共22分。 A Every April I am troubled by the same concern -- that spring might not occur this year.The landscape looks dull，with hills，sky and forest appearing gray.My spirits ebb，as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. "Just wait，" a neighbor advised. "You'll wake up one morning and spring will just be here." And look，on May 3 that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric，as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch.Hills，sky and forest revealed their purples，blues and green.Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward. Then there was the old apple tree.It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighborhood.It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone.The tree's dark twisted branches stretch ... ...
