2025—2026学年度高二第一学期期中学业水平质量监测
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一、阅读理解（共20小题 满分50分）
A
The Chinese animation is becoming more popular in recent years. As the new decade unfolds, the Chinese animation industry looks promising and is likely to deliver more to the world.
Here’s our list of Chinese animation movies that people should give a try and watch.
Big Fish and Begonia
This fantasy Chinese animated film was released in 2016. It succeeds in various elements
in its story such as the cycle of life, death, and what’s beyond; the natural order, unconditional love, the yin and yang, the actions and the results, and a beautiful tale of family, love, and friendship. Beyond these remarkable themes is a breathtaking animation with vivid visuals that made watching the whole film a magical and dramatic experience.
The Legend of Hei
Humanity’s greed for development and urbanization and what are the consequences of these actions are some of the main themes in this fantastic adventure film. And it even gained the praise of Japanese animators when released in Japan in 2019.
This film has a vivid style of flashy animation with great fight scenes, and lovable characters to follow. Besides, it delivers an amazing and heartwarming story of family, friendship, and coexistence that will teach the viewers so many important lessons in life.
Jiang Ziya: The Legend of Deification
Jiang Ziya or The Legend of Deification is the second installment of the Chinese mythology series after Nezha: The Demon’s Rebirth. However, this time, the story follows Jiang Ziya, a god with great sympathy. The movie is a visual feast for the viewers, and was able to deliver a satisfying experience. Nevertheless, the story touches on several important traditions and beliefs among Chinese people.
1. Which one is not suitable to describe the film The Legend of Hei?
A. Adventurous. B. Meaningful. C. Heartbreaking. D. Affecting
2. What’s the text aimed at?
A. Praising Chinese animation. B. Analyzing Chinese animation.
C. Appreciating Chinese animation. D. Recommending Chinese animation.
3. Where is the text probably taken from?
A. A guidebook to a library. B. An introduction to modern movies.
C. A course on movie making. D. An essay on the art of storytelling.
B
Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Zhen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, passed away in Beijing on October 18 due to illness at the age of 103.
Born in 1922, Yang was brought up surrounded by the Tsinghua campus, where his father was a math professor. After finishing his undergraduate degree, he obtained his master’s degree from Tsinghua. He enrolled in the University of Chicago in the United States to pursue a doctorate in 1946 and was strongly influenced by Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi, who had won the same Nobel Prize in 1938. He later became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Yang won the Nobel Prize in 1957 with Tsung-Dao Lee for their investigation of the so-called parity laws that led to “important discoveries regarding the elementary particles,” according to the Nobel Prize website. They were the first Chinese-born Nobel Prize winners in physics.
