专题04 阅读理解（议论文和新闻报道）（学考真题汇编，江苏专用）高中英语

专题04 阅读理解（议论文和新闻报道） 题号 难度 知识点 1 适中 日常生活 ,议论文 2 适中 方法/策略,社会问题与社会现象,议论文 3 适中 新闻报道,航空航天 4 适中 医疗 ,新闻报道 5 适中 竞技/比赛,新闻报道,生活故事 6 适中 美术与摄影,新闻报道,人工智能 7 适中 新闻报道,个人经历 8 较难 社会问题与社会现象,议论文 9 较难 社会问题与社会现象,议论文 10 较难 语言与文化 ,议论文,语言变化及发展 Passage 1 （2024年江苏省普通高中学业水平合格性考试英语试卷）Part of growing up is learning how to work things out for yourself. However. when you’ re feeling sad or lost you don’t have to struggle alone. ______ There are lots of reasons why you could need help, for example, with schoolwork; learning a new skill; or when you feel sad, anxious or angry. Feeling anxious because you’ re finding something difficult, or because it’s taking a long time to make progress, can also make you feel like you can’t do it. These are all signs that you need help. When you’ re struggling with something. asking for help will move you forward more quickly than trying on your own. What stops you asking for help Asking for help isn’t always easy. It can be difficult if you’ re not sure who to ask. You might think your friends won’t want to be troubled or they haven’t got the time. If you feel sorry that you need help, or if you think asking for a helping hand is a sign of weakness, it makes it harder to turn to another person. Asking for support is brave Letting someone in trusting them with your story and asking them to listen to you and help you come up with ideas of how to deal with a problem takes great courage. When you ask for help, it takes the pressure off trying to work out everything by yourself. There are other benefits too. By asking for help, you practise saying what you need. It also shows you how someone else might feel when they’re struggling, which means you could be more able to offer a helping hand when someone needs it. 1．Which may best fill in the blank above Paragraph 2? A．Be sure of your ability B．Seeking help is a struggle C．When you might need help D．How you can make progress 2．Which may stop you asking for help? A．Being too busy. B．Having no friends. C．Being too confidant. D．Feeling sorry. 3．How many benefits of asking for help are mentioned in the last paragraph? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five 4．What’s the main idea of the passage? A．Trust your best friends. B．Learn to reduce pressure. C．It is necessary to be independent. D．It is good to ask for help. 【答案】1．C 2．D 3．B 4．D 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了遇到困难时寻求帮助是有益的及其原因。 1．主旨大意题。根据第二段的“There are lots of reasons why you could need help, for example, with schoolwork; learning a new skill; or when you feel sad, anxious or angry.(你可能需要帮助的原因有很多，比如在功课方面；学习一项新技能的时候；又或者当你感到悲伤、焦虑或愤怒的时候)”可知，后文列举了一些可能需要帮助的情况，所以空白处应是引出 “什么时候可能需要帮助” 的内容，概括本段。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据 What stops you asking for help部分中“If you feel sorry that you need help, or if you think asking for a helping hand is a sign of weakness, it makes it harder to turn to another person.(如果你因为自己需要帮助而感到愧疚，或者你认为寻求他人的帮助是软弱的表现，那么这会让你更难以向他人求助)”可知，如果你因为需要帮助而感到愧疚，会让你更难向他人求助。因此，D选项“Feeling sorry(感到抱歉)”是阻止你寻求帮助的原因。故选D。 3．细节理解题。根据最后一段“When you ask for help, it takes the pressure off trying to work out everything by yourself. There are other benefits too. By asking for help, you practise saying what you need. It also shows you how someone else might feel when they’re struggling, which means you could be more able to offer a helping hand when someone needs it.(当你寻求帮助时，这能减轻你试图独自解决所有问题的压力。这还有其他好处。通过寻求帮助，你可以锻炼说出自己的需求。这也能让你体会到别人在努力挣扎时的感受，这意味着当有人需要帮助时，你更有能力伸出援手)”可知，寻求帮助的好处有：减轻独自解决所有问题的压力；练习说出自己的需求；能理解他人在困境中的感受，从而在他人需要时更能伸出援手。因此，最后一段提到了三个寻求帮助的好处。故选B。 4．主旨大意题。根据全文内容以及第一段的“Part of growing up is learning how to work things out for yourself. However. when you’ re feeling sad or lost you don’t have to struggle alone.(成长的一部分就是学会如何自己解决问题。然而，当你感到悲伤或迷茫时，你不必独自苦苦挣扎)”可知，文章主要讲述了寻求帮助的重要性和好处，包括减轻压力、练习表达需求、了解他人感受以及更有可能在别人需要时提供帮助。因此，D选项“It is good to ask for help.(寻求帮助是有益的)”最符合文章主旨。故选D。 Passage 2 （江苏省普通高中2022-2023学年学业水平合格性考试英语试题）Do you know how many kinds of breakfast cereal (麦片) there are in my local supermarket? 165 kinds! That’s just one product. Think about all the varieties of biscuits, yoghourt, and chocolate bars. We have so much choice these days. It’s unbelievable! So all this choice must be a good thing, right? It makes us happier, right? Well, not necessarily. People like the idea of having a choice, and many people think more choice must be a good thing. But, in fact, too much choice can cause us problems. If there are too many different things to choose from, we can’t know what to choose. If you offer me a choice of three cookies, I can decide quickly which one I want. But if you offer me a choice of 33 cookies, my brain crashes. Another problem with too much choice is that we think there must be the perfect cookie somewhere. The fact is, there isn’t — so when we have spent half an hour deciding which cookie we want, we feel dissatisfied, because it’s not as good as expected. It’s not cookie perfection. And then we begin to regret all the other cookies we didn’t choose, thinking one of them might have been better. So there can be such a thing as too much choice. We need to recognize that while some choice is good, too much can leave us at a loss. We should focus on being pleased with what we choose. I am going to remember this next time I’m offered a cookie — choose one and enjoy it! 1．What is the purpose of paragraph 1? A．To sell a product. B．To express surprise. C．To introduce the topic. D．To answer a question. 2．What problem can too much choice cause? A．Difficulty in choosing. B．Worry about health. C．A careless decision. D．A loss of memory. 3．The underlined part “It’s not cookie perfection” probably means ________. A．we can’t make good cookies B．there’s no perfect choice C．we are pleased with all cookies D．the cookie doesn’t taste delicious 4．How will the writer solve the problem of too much choice according to the last paragraph? A．Recognize the perfect. B．Make a quick choice. C．Ignore what is offered. D．Enjoy what is chosen. 【答案】1．C 2．A 3．B 4．D 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章通过提出超市商品种类繁多这一现象，引发了对选择过多可能带来的问题的讨论。作者分析了过多选择可能导致的难以决策、不满足感以及后悔等问题，并提出了应专注于对所选择的东西感到满意的观点。 1．推理判断题。由文章第一段“Do you know how many kinds of breakfast cereal (麦片) there are in my local supermarket? 165 kinds! That’s just one product. Think about all the varieties of biscuits, yoghourt, and chocolate bars. We have so much choice these days. It’s unbelievable! (你知道我们当地的超市里有多少种早餐麦片吗？165种！这只是一种产品。想想各种各样的饼干、酸奶和巧克力棒。现在我们有太多选择了。这是难以置信的！)”可知，作者对于现在有这么多的选择感到惊讶，并通过列举超市中的麦片种类来引出后文关于选择过多的讨论。因此，第一段的目的是引入话题。故正确答案为C。 2．细节理解题。由文章第二段中“If there are too many different things to choose from, we can’t know what to choose. (如果有太多不同的东西可供选择，我们就不知道该选什么。)”可知，过多的选择会造成的问题是难以选择。故正确答案为A。 3．词句猜测题。由文章第三段中“The fact is, there isn’t — so when we have spent half an hour deciding which cookie we want, we feel dissatisfied, because it’s not as good as expected. (事实并非如此——所以当我们花了半个小时来决定我们想要哪块饼干时，我们会感到不满意，因为它没有预期的那么好。)”可知，当我们花了半个小时决定想要哪种饼干时，我们会感到不满意，因为它不如预期的好。因此，“It’s not cookie perfection”的意思是没有完美的选择，而不是我们不能做好饼干、我们对所有饼干都很满意或饼干味道不好。A. we can’t make good cookies我们做不出好的饼干；B. there’s no perfect choice没有完美的选择；C. we are pleased with all cookies我们对所有的饼干都很满意；D. the cookie doesn’t taste delicious饼干味道不好。故正确答案为B。 4． 细节理解题。由文章最后一段中“We need to recognize that while some choice is good, too much can leave us at a loss. We should focus on being pleased with what we choose. I am going to remember this next time I’m offered a cookie — choose one and enjoy it! (我们需要认识到，虽然有些选择是好的，但太多的选择会让我们不知所措。我们应该专注于对我们的选择感到满意。下次有人给我饼干的时候，我一定要记住这一点——选一个，享受它！)”可知，作者认为我们应该专注于对自己所选择的东西感到满意，并在下次被提供饼干时选择一个并享受它。因此，作者解决选择过多问题的方法是享受所选择的，而不是认识到完美、快速做出选择或忽略所提供的内容。故正确答案为D。 Passage 3 （江苏省普通高中2022-2023学年学业水平合格性考试英语试题）In October, 2021, three Chinese astronauts, Wang Yaping, Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, travelled to their space station. They stayed there for six months while they got ready for two new modules (舱), Wentian and Mengtian, to join the main module, Tianhe. In December, they gave a physics lesson from space to students in Hong Kong, Beijing and three other cities. Through a livestream (网络直播), the public could also enjoy the lesson. Wang Yaping gave the Tiangong lesson, while Zhai Zhigang made videos, and Ye Guangfu helped in the process. Excited students enjoyed the lesson about the effects of weightlessness on object movement. They were quite curious about what it’s like to live in space. There was no doubt that they had lots of questions specifically for astronaut Wang, who is famous as the first Chinese woman to go on a spacewalk. She had before spent several hours outside the station with Zhai, fixing equipment and doing tests. Wang said it was a great joy to teach children about space while she was there, referring to the two live science lectures she gave in 2013 and 2021. “My family told me that many netizens (Internet users) compared photos of my two lectures and found that our ’space classroom’ is now bigger, the content of the class is more colourful and interesting, and that the livestream is smoother and pictures clearer,” she said. 1．What was Wang Yaping’s 2021 Tiangong lesson about? A．Arts. B．Physics. C．History. D．Travel. 2．How did students feel about the Tiangong lesson? A．Excited. B．Sad. C．Doubtful. D．Bored. 3．What did Wang and Zhai do outside the space station? A．Made videos. B．Gave a physics lesson. C．Compared photos of two lectures. D．Fixed equipment and did tests. 4．What is one of the features of Wang Yaping’s 2021 lecture? A．Fewer questions. B．Unclearer pictures. C．More colourful content. D．Smaller space classroom. 【答案】1．B 2．A 3．D 4．C 【导语】这是一篇新闻报道。短文报道了三名中国宇航员在中国空间站内给全国的学生上了一堂太空物理课。 1．细节理解题。根据第一段“In December, they gave a physics lesson from space to students in Hong Kong, Beijing and three other cities. Through a livestream (网络直播), the public could also enjoy the lesson.”（去年12月，他们给香港、北京和其他三个城市的学生上了一堂太空物理课。通过直播，公众也可以享受这一课。）可知，王亚平2021年的天宫课是关于物理的。故选B项。 2．细节理解题。根据第二段“Excited students enjoyed the lesson about the effects of weightlessness on object movement.”（兴奋的学生们喜欢上了关于失重对物体运动影响的课程。）可知，学生们对天宫课的感受是兴奋的。故选A项。 3．细节理解题。根据第三段“She had before spent several hours outside the station with Zhai, fixing equipment and doing tests.”（之前，她和翟在空间站外待了几个小时，修理设备，做测试。）可知，王和翟在空间站外修理设备并进行测试。故选D项。 4．细节理解题。根据最后一段“My family told me that many netizens (Internet users) compared photos of my two lectures and found that our ’space classroom’ is now bigger, the content of the class is more colourful and interesting, and that the livestream is smoother and pictures clearer,” she said.”（ 她说:“我的家人告诉我，许多网友比较了我两次讲课的照片，发现我们的‘太空教室’现在更大了，课堂内容更丰富有趣，直播更流畅，图片更清晰。”）可知，王亚平2021年演讲的特点之一是内容更丰富多彩。故选C项。 Passage 4 （江苏省扬州市2023-2024学年高二上学期学业水平模拟考试英语试题）Physical weakness, lack of energy, severe hair loss, and pain in the neck, are more common among young people recently. More people are now turning to TCM for help, which stands for traditional Chinese medicine. Wang Louda, 30, who works in the social media industry, has gained a new respect for TCM after suffering from cervical(颈椎) pain. Six months ago, while driving home from work, Wang suddenly felt weakness in his left arm. He thought it was due to the hard work he was doing and that a good rest over the weekend would relieve it. However, the situation worsened after a week. He had no choice but to go to the hospital for an examination, which showed something wrong with his cervical. A friend recommended that he try acupuncture(针灸). After over a month of treatment with TCM, his pain had gradually disappeared. “TCM is relatively gentle and suitable for treating chronic (慢性的) diseases,” Wang says. Modern people, due to the endless use of mobile phones and computers, spend up to 10 hours a day sitting to study or work. This sedentary lifestyle, lacking in enough physical activity, means that the muscles and bones cannot receive enough relaxation and exercise, gradually leading to damage. Problems such as neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, and leg pain are becoming increasingly common. Yao Jingyi, who works at a TCM clinic in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has been engaged in the clinic for over 30 years. He is skilled in treating sports injuries, cervical pain, and chronic diseases. “Acupuncture is one of the treasures of traditional Chinese medicine,” Yao explains. According to him, the ancient practice of acupuncture works well in treating “modern illnesses”, such as headache, backache and cervical pain. 1．How did Wang Louda recover from cervical pain? A．By taking enough exercise. B．By visiting clinics of TCM. C．By taking his friend’s medicine. D．By having good rests every day. 2．Which can help keep people away from common diseases? A．The lack of sleep. B．Endless use of Mobile phones. C．Long hours’ sitting. D．Enough relaxation and exercise. 3．What does the underlined word “sedentary” in the 7th paragraph probably mean? A．Inactive. B．Unusual. C．Flexible. D．Common. 4．What is the passage mainly about? A．The history of traditional Chinese medical treatment. B．An advertisement for traditional Chinese medicine. C．The modern popularity of traditional Chinese treatment. D．The future development of Chinese acupuncture. 【答案】1．B 2．D 3．A 4．C 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章通过讲述了一位30岁的年轻人在饱受颈椎病折磨后，在朋友的推荐下，尝试中医传统疗法，最终疼痛消失的故事，表明中医疗法在现代疾病中的良好效果并越来越流行的事情。 1．细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“After over a month of treatment with TCM, his pain had gradually disappeared.”（经过一个多月的中医治疗，他的疼痛逐渐消失了。）可知，Wang Louda是经过一个多月的中医治疗从颈椎疼痛中恢复过来的。故选B项。 2．推理判断题。根据第七段“Modern people, due to the endless use of mobile phones and computers, spend up to 10 hours a day sitting to study or work.”（由于无休止地使用手机和电脑，现代人每天坐着学习或工作的时间长达10个小时。）以及“This sedentary lifestyle, lacking in enough physical activity, means that the muscles and bones cannot receive enough relaxation and exercise, gradually leading to damage.”（这种久坐不动的生活方式，缺乏足够的体育活动，意味着肌肉和骨骼无法得到足够的放松和锻炼，逐渐导致损伤。）可知，青年人得常见病的原因主要包含久坐不动，缺乏足够的体力活动，和得不到足够的放松和锻炼，推断出足够的放松和锻炼可以帮助年轻人远离常见病。故选D项。 3．词义猜测题。根据第七段“lacking in enough physical activity, means that the muscles and bones cannot receive enough relaxation and exercise, gradually leading to damage”（缺乏足够的体育活动，意味着肌肉和骨骼无法得到足够的放松和锻炼，逐渐导致损伤）可知，缺乏充足锻炼的生活方式导致损伤，推断出sedentary意为“不活动的”，和inactive意思相同。故选A项。 4．主旨大意题。根据第一段“More people are now turning to TCM for help, which stands for traditional Chinese medicine.”（现在，越来越多的人向中医寻求帮助，中医代表传统中医。）及最后一段“According to him, the ancient practice of acupuncture woks well in treating “modern illnesses”, such as headache, backache and cervical pain.”（据他说，古代针灸在治疗“现代疾病”方面效果很好，如头痛、背痛和颈部疼痛。）可知，文章主要通过一位30岁的年轻人在饱受颈椎病折磨后，在朋友的推荐下，尝试中医传统疗法，最终疼痛消失的故事，说明这篇文章主要是关于传统中医疗法在现代疾病治疗中，越来越流行的事情。故选C项。 Passage 5 （江苏省连云港市赣榆区连云港市赣马高级中学2025-2026学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题）For many runners, a marathon can often be a challenge — but sometimes what gets a runner through the tough 26.2 miles is looking out into the crowd and seeing his or her loved one holding up a sign and shouting words of encouragement. For one mom, though, her loved one was a bit more hands-on. While running the REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon in Salt Lake City, Courtney Rich, a self-taught baker and mother of two, was beginning to run out of energy just yards from the end when she was suddenly joined by her 10-year-old daughter, Avery. The touching moment, caught on video and posted on social media, shows Avery running to her mother’s side to support her as she approached the end of the race. Rich’s face lit up when Avery joined her and helped her cross the finish line. Rich later said in the video’s caption that being joined by her daughter to finish the race was “a moment I hope neither of us ever forget”. Rich said that her daughter could tell she was struggling after a phone call near the end of the race. “She knew I had struggled the last few miles,” Rich said. “She saw tears in my eyes when I called on mile 24.” In the video, Rich’s facial expression changes from tiredness to a smile after seeing her daughter emerge from the crowd to join her. Then, Rich and her daughter ran hand-in-hand to the finish line. “Nothing could have prepared me for the moment my 10-year-old daughter would jump out of the crowd and run with me to the finish line,” she said. When the race was done, the two hugged each other at the finish line. The video ends with a final caption, “And then she just held me. She held me.” In the past, the REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon has had other memorable moments of mothers caring for their children, but perhaps not as hands-on as this one. 1．How did Avery react to the accident? A．She ran the rest in place of Rich. B．She tried to call for help at once. C．She helped Rich run to the finish line. D．She shouted encouraging words to Rich. 2．What happened to Rich when she was coming to the finish line? A．She felt herself struggling. B．She was far behind others. C．She fell down all of a sudden. D．She was interrupted by Avery. 3．How did Rich feel about Avery’s response? A．Doubtful. B．Content. C．Concerned. D．Expected. 4．What can be the best title for the text? A．A Mother Would Never Give Up On Her Marathon Dream B．A Mother Encouraged Her Daughter To Pursue Her Dream C．A Daughter Got Involved In Her Mother’s Race By Mistake D．A Daughter Cheered For Her Mother By Joining In Her Race 【答案】1．C 2．A 3．B 4．D 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了在盐湖城举行的REVEL Big Cottonwood马拉松比赛中，一位母亲在接近终点时体力不支，她10岁的女儿加入比赛，帮助她冲过终点线的感人故事。 1．细节理解题。根据第三段中“The touching moment, caught on video and posted on social media, shows Avery running to her mother’s side to support her as she approached the end of the race.(这一感人的时刻被拍成视频并发布在社交媒体上，视频中，Avery跑到母亲身边，在母亲接近比赛终点时支持她。)”以及第四段中“Rich later said in the video’s caption that being joined by her daughter to finish the race was “a moment I hope neither of us ever forget”.(Rich后来在视频字幕中说，和女儿一起完成比赛是“我希望我们俩都永远不会忘记的时刻”。)”可知，Avery帮助Rich跑到了终点线。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据第四段中“Rich said that her daughter could tell she was struggling after a phone call near the end of the race. “She knew I had struggled the last few miles,” Rich said. “She saw tears in my eyes when I called on mile 24.”(她提到，比赛快结束时，自己曾给女儿打电话，女儿能听出她当时很吃力。“她知道最后几英里我跑得很艰难，” Rich说，“我在24英里处给她打电话时，她看到我眼里含着泪水。”)”可知，Rich快到终点线时，她觉得自己很吃力。故选A。 3．推理判断题。根据第四段中“Rich later said in the video’s caption that being joined by her daughter to finish the race was “a moment I hope neither of us ever forget”.(Rich后来在视频字幕中说，和女儿一起完成比赛是“我希望我们俩都永远不会忘记的时刻”。)”以及第五段中““Nothing could have prepared me for the moment my 10-year-old daughter would jump out of the crowd and run with me to the finish line,” she said.(“我从没想过，我10岁的女儿会突然从人群里跑出来，陪我一起冲过终点线，”她说。)”可知，Rich对Avery的反应感到满意。故选B。 4．主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段“For many runners, a marathon can often be a challenge — but sometimes what gets a runner through the tough 26.2 miles is looking out into the crowd and seeing his or her loved one holding up a sign and shouting words of encouragement. For one mom, though, her loved one was a bit more hands-on.(对许多跑步者来说，马拉松往往是一项挑战——但有时，让跑步者跑完艰难的26.2英里的，是向人群中望去，看到他或她的爱人举着牌子，喊着鼓励的话。不过，对一位母亲来说，她所爱的人更注重实际行动。)”可知，文章主要讲述了Courtney Rich在参加马拉松比赛接近终点时体力不支，10岁的女儿Avery从人群中跑出，与她手牵手冲过终点线，这一温馨时刻被记录下来的故事。可知，D选项“A Daughter Cheered For Her Mother By Joining In Her Race(一个女儿加入她母亲的比赛为她加油)”最符合文章标题。故选D。 Passage 6 （江苏省常州市天宁区常州高级中学2025-2026学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题）One year ago, the Colorado State Fair made headlines for unknowingly awarding first place to an artwork created with help from artificial intelligence. Now, officials with the 151-year-old fair have revised the contest’s rules: Artists must claim whether they used AI to make their entries, reports the Denver Post’s John Wenzel. The saga (事件) began last August, when game designer Jason Allen won the top spot in the fair’s digital arts competition. When he shared his victory online, he mentioned that he’d used Midjourney — an AI program that turns text into images — to help create his piece, titled Théatre D’opéra Spatial. Allen maintains he was open about using AI from the beginning, though judges say they didn’t know until after the fact. Either way, a claim wasn’t necessary at the time, meaning Allen never broke any rules. His victory was controversial — and now, as a result, officials have decided to tweak the submission requirements. At this year’s fair, which took place in Pueblo between August 26 and September 4, artists needed to “tell if art or artwork was created using an Artificial Intelligence Generator,” according to the 2023 requirements. Allen wasn’t happy about the new requirement, telling the Denver Post that it was essentially a “discriminatory mark” against AI artworks. Despite the change, he decided to submit once again to the digital arts category. The fair’s leaders say they plan to continue adapting as technology advances. As Scott, Stoller, the fair’s general manager, tells the Denver Post, the digital arts category itself has only been around for a few decades. In the future, officials may even decide to add a separate AI category, depending on how popular tools like Midjourney become. “That’s the beauty of art — that it’s always evolving,” says Stoller. “Art can be anything, and anything can be made into art.” 1．What can be learnt about Jason Allen? A．He designed an AI game program. B．He opposed the use of AI program. C．He made the rules of an arts contest. D．He won the first place in an art competition. 2．What does the underlined word “tweak” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Select B．Create C．Continue D．Revise 3．What’s Stoller’s attitude towards the AI artworks? A．Unclear. B．Approving. C．Doubtful. D．Critical. 4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．AI Artworks, Rock the world. B．AI Artworks, Lead the trend. C．AI Artworks, Bring New Rules. D．AI Artworks, Face New Challenges. 【答案】1．D 2．D 3．B 4．C 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了科罗拉多州博览会因一幅借助人工智能创作的作品获奖而引发争议后，对比赛规则进行了修改。 1．细节理解题。根据第二段“The saga began last August, when game designer Jason Allen won the top spot in the fair’s digital arts competition.(这一事件始于去年8月，当时游戏设计师杰森·艾伦在该博览会的数字艺术比赛中获得了第一名)”可知，杰森·艾伦在一次艺术比赛中获得第一名。故选D。 2．词句猜测题。根据上文“His victory was controversial.(他的胜利引起了争议)”和下文“At this year’s fair, which took place in Pueblo between August 26 and September 4, artists needed to “tell if art or artwork was created using an Artificial Intelligence Generator,” according to the 2023 requirements.(据2023年的要求，在今年8月26日至9月4日在普韦布洛举行的博览会上，艺术家需要“告知艺术作品是否使用人工智能生成器创作”)”可知，艾伦的胜利引起了争议，因此作为结果，官员们决定修改提交要求，由此可知，tweak意为“修订”。故选D。 3．推理判断题。根据最后一段“That’s the beauty of art — that it’s always evolving. Art can be anything, and anything can be made into art.(这就是艺术的美妙之处——它总是在不断演变。艺术可以是任何东西，任何东西都可以变成艺术)”可知，斯托勒认为艺术是不断演变的，任何东西都可以变成艺术，因此他对人工智能艺术作品的态度是赞成的。故选B。 4．主旨大意题。根据第一段“One year ago, the Colorado State Fair made headlines for unknowingly awarding first place to an artwork created with help from artificial intelligence. Now, officials with the 151-year-old fair have revised the contest’s rules.(一年前，科罗拉多州博览会因在不知情的情况下将一等奖授予了一幅借助人工智能创作的作品而登上头条。现在，拥有151年历史的博览会官员修改了比赛规则)”和全文内容可知，文章主要讲述了科罗拉多州博览会因一幅借助人工智能创作的作品获奖而引发争议后，对比赛规则进行了修改，由此可知，这篇文章主要讲的是人工智能艺术作品带来了新规则。因此C项“人工只能艺术品，带来新规则”故选C。 Passage 7 （江苏省扬州市2024-2025学年高二下学期6月期末英语试题）On 14 December, Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell won this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. McCausland, who is 47 years old, lost his eyesight at the age of 22 because of an eye disease. He studied software engineering at university, but being blind meant he had to change jobs. He became a comedian and then worked in TV. This year, he agreed to appear on Strictly Come Dancing following encouragement from friends and family. As the first blind person to compete on the show, he said, “I honestly thought I could go out in the first week or two.” Each week, McCausland learned new dance routines with his professional dancer partner, Buswell. McCausland said dancing with Buswell felt like being the bendy Spider-Man toy he had when he was a child, because “she was putting me in whatever shape she wanted”. In the final, McCausland was up against three other celebrities. Each had to perform three dances. One of McCausland and Buswell’s dances features a short period with the light out to recreate what it is like to be blind, and the pair received top marks in one of their performances. The judges said McCausland was “the most extraordinary person”, “a role model”, and “a light that shines for all to see”. Following a public vote, McCausland and Buswell were named winners of the contest. McCausland said, “This is for everyone out there that thought or got told they couldn’t do something.” He added, “I have learned that I am more capable than I thought I was.” Steven Morris, who is deaf and blind, and works for the charity Sense, said, “Disabled people make up nearly a quarter of the population. Hopefully, Chris’s success will lead to more disabled people being included in the biggest TV shows.” 1．What does McCausland’s words mean in paragraph 2? A．He wasn’t very interested in dancing. B．He didn’t have confidence in his partner. C．He wouldn’t make it through to the end. D．He would stand out among the competitors. 2．What did McCausland imply by mentioning the “Spider-Man toy”? A．Spider-man gave him power. B．The judges admired superheroes. C．Buswell fully directed his moves. D．McCausland missed his childhood. 3．Why was the light out in McCausland’s performance? A．To cover the dancer’s error. B．To catch the judges’ attention. C．To add an artistic atmosphere. D．To show how the blind feel. 4．What message did McCausland want to convey? A．Challenge your limits. B．Pity the disabled more. C．Value victory most. D．Believe in your partner. 【答案】1．C 2．C 3．D 4．A 【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。主要讲述了47岁的盲人Chris McCausland与搭档Dianne Buswell在《舞动奇迹》节目中赢得冠军的故事，以及他的成功对残疾人的鼓舞。 1．推理判断题。根据第二段中“As the first blind person to compete on the show, he said, “I honestly thought I could go out in the first week or two.” (作为第一位参加该节目的盲人选手，他说：“老实说，我以为我会在第一周或第二周就被淘汰。”)”可知，McCausland在第二段中的话意味着他认为自己无法坚持到最后。故选C项。 2．推理判断题。根据第三段中“McCausland said dancing with Buswell felt like being the bendy Spider-Man toy he had when he was a child, because “she was putting me in whatever shape she wanted”. (McCausland说，和Buswell跳舞的感觉就像他小时候那个可以弯曲的蜘蛛侠玩具一样，因为“她把我摆成她想要的任何姿势”。)”可知，McCausland提到“蜘蛛侠玩具”是在暗示Buswell完全指导了他的动作。故选C项。 3．细节理解题。根据第四段中“One of McCausland and Buswell’s dances features a short period with the light out to recreate what it is like to be blind, and the pair received top marks in one of their performances. (McCausland和Buswell的一支舞蹈中有一小段熄灯时间，以重现失明的感觉，两人在其中一场表演中获得了最高分。)”可知，McCausland的表演中熄灯是为了展示盲人的感受。故选D项。 4．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Following a public vote, McCausland and Buswell were named winners of the contest. McCausland said, “This is for everyone out there that thought or got told they couldn’t do something.” He added, “I have learned that I am more capable than I thought I was.” (在公众投票之后，McCausland说：“这是给所有那些认为自己做不到或被告知做不到的人的。”他补充说：“我了解到自己比想象中更有能力。”)”可推知，McCausland想要传达的信息是挑战自己的极限。故选A项。 Passage 1 （江苏省南京市七校联合体联考2025-2026学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题）“Keep up with the Joneses” is a well-known English proverb, which vividly shows social comparison — people evaluating themselves by comparing with others. In today’s fast-paced world, social comparisons have become an unavoidable part of life, especially for teenagers and young adults. Coined by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954, the social comparison theory explains that people evaluate their own abilities and worth by comparing themselves with others when objective standards are lacking. For example, to match neighbors’ lifestyles, some people chase similar houses or cars, driven by the desire to fit in, which reflects this common human psychological tendency. In fact, social comparison is everywhere. It shows up in the workplace, where colleagues compare promotions or salaries, and in schools, as students measure their grades or achievements against peers. This natural tendency, however, acts like a double-edged sword with both positive and negative impacts. On the downside, inappropriate comparisons often trigger negative emotions. When students focus on classmates with higher test scores, they may sink into self-doubt and anxiety. Social media further worsens this issue: scrolling through posts of others’ “perfect” lives makes people compare their real, messy daily routines to polished appearances, fostering feelings of inadequacy. Such upward comparisons without reasonable perspective can damage self-esteem gradually. Yet social comparisons can also be a powerful driver for growth. Wise people turn upward comparisons into motivation — seeing peers’ progress inspires them to identify gaps and work harder. Meanwhile, occasional downward comparisons, when used properly, help cultivate gratitude. For instance, noticing classmates struggling more with a subject can make one appreciate their own strengths and current efforts. The key lies in changing our focus from “competing with others” to “improving ourselves”. Instead of obsessing over others’ achievements, we should track our own growth over time. It’s not the comparison itself but our attitude toward it that determines whether it becomes a poison or a tonic. By using comparisons wisely, we can turn this common psychological tendency into a tool for self-improvement. 1．What does the social comparison theory explain? A．What makes a perfect life. B．When social comparison became popular. C．Why people compare themselves with others. D．Where people can find examples of social comparison. 2．What does social media worsen? A．Students focus on classmates with higher test scores. B．Students are likely to sink into self-doubt and anxiety. C．Inappropriate comparisons foster feelings of inadequacy. D．Inappropriate comparisons often trigger negative emotions. 3．What is the key to using comparisons wisely? A．Shifting focus to self-improvement. B．Focusing on comparing with others. C．Tracking our own growth over time. D．Paying less attention to social comparisons. 4．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A．Reasonable Comparisons: A Key to Happiness B．Social Comparisons: A Double-Edged Sword C．Upward Comparisons: A Powerful Driver for Growth D．Inappropriate Comparisons: A Way to Trigger Negative Emotions 【答案】1．C 2．C 3．A 4．B 【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章围绕“攀比”展开，介绍了社会比较理论，分析了攀比的正反影响，并提出应将攀比心态转化为自我提升动力的观点。 1．细节理解题。根据第二段中“Coined by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954, the social comparison theory explains that people evaluate their own abilities and worth by comparing themselves with others when objective standards are lacking.(社会比较理论是由心理学家利昂·费斯廷格于1954年提出的，它解释说，在缺乏客观标准的情况下，人们通过与他人比较来评估自己的能力和价值)”可知，该理论解释了人们为什么会与他人比较。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据第四段中“Social media further worsens this issue: scrolling through posts of others’ ‘perfect’ lives makes people compare their real, messy daily routines to polished appearances, fostering feelings of inadequacy.(社交媒体进一步加剧了这个问题：浏览他人“完美生活的帖子，会让人们将自己真实、混乱的日常生活与经过美化的表象进行比较，从而滋生不足感)”可知，社交媒体加剧的是“不当比较滋生不足感”这一情况。故选C。 3．细节理解题。根据第六段中“The key lies in changing our focus from “competing with others” to “improving ourselves”.(关键在于将我们的关注点从“与他人竞争”转变为“提升自己”)”可知，明智运用比较的关键是将焦点转向自我提升。故选A。 4．主旨大意题。通读全文，并根据第三段“This natural tendency, however, acts like a double-edged sword with both positive and negative impacts.(然而，这种自然倾向就像一把双刃剑，既有积极影响也有消极影响)”可知，全文围绕攀比的正反影响展开。因此B项“社会攀比：一把双刃剑”最适合作为文章标题。故选B。 Passage 2 （江苏省梅村高级中学2025-2026学年高三10月月考英语试题）For most workaday purposes machine translation (MT) has got much better in the past five years or so. The biggest source of improvement has been the use of “deep learning” in training such systems, which are meant to copy the action of a brain’s neurons (神经元). And improvement in automated (自动化的) translation has also come about through an emergence of clever companies solving individual tasks. Some have created specialist dictionaries so that important terms can be translated accurately and consistently. An entire MT engine can now be trained only on data from a professional domain (such as law or medicine), improving accuracy further. This means many human translators spend most of their time checking and improving MT output, rather than doing most of the translating themselves. Being a machine’s editor may sound depressing. For some translators, indeed it is. However, this can be seen the other way round. A human repeatedly translating identical formulae is in principle little different from a machine trained to do the same. Allowing the machine to do the easy bits—the chunks that are translated the same way, over and over—frees the translator to apply specialized linguistic and subject-matter knowledge, solving more intellectually satisfying problems This is especially obvious in legal translation. For example, the proper translation of the Spanish word “dolo” into English is “willful misconduct”, but the software simply translates it as “malice”. Since the law in question considerably increases penalties when the misconduct is “willful”, the mistranslation can be potentially disastrous and could only have been caught by someone with the right combination of legal and linguistic expertise. That technology has completely changed translation is nothing new. Many translators have been silently relying on computers for years. What is newer is the willingness of translation firms, and individual translators, to be out and proud about using MT. Part of the job becomes knowing what can be automated and what cannot. Invoices (发票) and instruction books can be left to MT, but a novel legal argument needs to be almost entirely translated by hand. This is impossible for someone who merely knows Spanish and English and took a few translation classes. The bad news for some translators is that a type of repeatable, easy work is being turned off. The good news is that what remains will be brain-challenging stuff for people who have a knowledge of a language and something else. 1．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about translation companies? A．There is a fierce competition between them. B．There are many problems for them to solve. C．They are trying to improve machine translation. D．They are replacing human translators with machine translation. 2．What does the author say about humans being a machine’s editor? A．They might fail to realize their value. B．They will be amazed at the output of MT. C．They can still have a sense of satisfaction. D．They might be looked down upon by others. 3．What is the big change in the translation field? A．The way translators use technologies. B．The appearance of more translation firms. C．Translators’ confidence in their own abilities. D．People’s attitude towards machine translation. 4．What should human translators do according to the text? A．Increase their work efficiency. B．Master at least three languages. C．Learn from machine translation. D．Gain some specialized knowledge. 【答案】1．C 2．C 3．D 4．D 【导语】这是一篇议论文。文章介绍近五年机器翻译借深度学习和企业优化提升，人工译者多校对其结果，还提及行业对机器翻译态度转变，强调译者需掌握专业知识。 1．主旨大意题。根据第二段“And improvement in automated (自动化的) translation has also come about through an emergence of clever companies solving individual tasks. Some have created specialist dictionaries so that important terms can be translated accurately and consistently. An entire MT engine can now be trained only on data from a professional domain (such as law or medicine), improving accuracy further. (自动化翻译水平的提升，还得益于一些精明的公司通过解决各类具体任务实现。有些公司打造了专业词典，确保重要术语的翻译既准确又统一。如今，整个机器翻译引擎甚至可以仅通过某一专业领域（如法律或医学）的数据进行训练，从而进一步提高翻译准确性。)”可知，该段主要说明翻译公司正通过创建专业词典、用专业领域数据训练引擎等方式，努力改进机器翻译。故选C项。 2．细节理解题。根据第三段“Allowing the machine to do the easy bits—the chunks that are translated the same way, over and over—frees the translator to apply specialized linguistic and subject-matter knowledge, solving more intellectually satisfying problems(让机器处理那些简单的部分 —— 也就是那些需要反复以相同方式翻译的内容块 —— 能让译者腾出精力，运用专业的语言知识和学科知识，去解决更具智力挑战性、也更能带来满足感的问题。)”可知，作者认为人类作为机器的编辑，仍能通过解决复杂问题获得满足感。故选C项。 3．细节理解题。根据第五段“What is newer is the willingness of translation firms, and individual translators, to be out and proud about using MT. (更新的变化是，翻译公司和个体译者愿意公开且自豪地使用机器翻译。)”可知，翻译领域的重大变化是人们对机器翻译的态度转变 —— 从默默依赖变为公开认可。故选D项。 4．推理判断题。根据第四段“Since the law in question considerably increases penalties when the misconduct is “willful”, the mistranslation can be potentially disastrous and could only have been caught by someone with the right combination of legal and linguistic expertise. (由于本案所涉法律对“故意”实施不当行为的处罚大幅加重，因此该误译可能造成灾难性后果，且只有同时具备法律与语言专业知识的人才能发现这一误译。)”及最后一段“The good news is that what remains will be brain-challenging stuff for people who have a knowledge of a language and something else. (好消息是，对于那些既懂一门语言、又具备其他领域知识的人来说，剩下的工作将是极具脑力挑战的内容。)”可知，文章认为人工译者应掌握语言之外的专业知识。故选D项。 Passage 3 （江苏省如皋市2025-2026学年高三上学期第一次教学质量调研英语试题）Today, the widespread use of English as a language of science, technology, business, diplomacy, and entertainment has given many people a strong motivation to acquire the language. Millions of people are learning English. They, too, are making their own mark on its development. Speakers of world varieties of English are remaking its vocabulary to better express their identities, cultures, and everyday realities. In the Philippines, many houses have a dirty kitchen. This is not actually a kitchen that is dirty in the sense you think, but one outside the house where most of the real cooking is done. A dirty kitchen is a necessary convenience in a tropical country where it is best to avoid trapping heat and smells indoors. In Nigeria, a mama put is a street food stall. The term comes from the way its customers usually order food: They say “Mama, put...” to the woman running the stall and point to the dish they want. In Oxford University Press’s Gift of Words campaign, we asked people who speak more than one language to “gift” a word from their first to their second language, and vice versa. The responses we received highlight even more words that multilingual English speakers felt they had to borrow from their other languages for lack of a direct equivalent in English. Calling these borrowed words “gifts” is an important shift in perspective. Many value language purity over diversity and consider external influences as a threat to the integrity (完整性) of a language. However, this is in contradiction to how language works. The borrowing of words is part of the natural evolution of all living languages. English is particularly notable for its ability to absorb elements from other languages. A host of words were borrowed from Old Norse, Norman French, Latin, and Ancient Greek much earlier in its history, including core ones such as egg, fashion, universe, and economy. Contrary to popular belief, it is multilingualism rather than monolingualism that is the norm. Various reports estimate that between 60% and 75% of the global population can speak more than one language. In such a multilingual, digitally interconnected world, where more and more people are brought together by shared interests and goals rather than just geographic proximity, the interchange of words between languages and cultures has sped up. Changing our attitudes towards multilingualism and language variation is vital to fighting the linguistic prejudice that causes discrimination for not using the “right” words or for speaking in the “wrong” accent. It is only when we share ownership of English and embrace the language in all its diversity that it can truly be a gift from which everyone can benefit. 1．How does the author explain his point in Para. 2? A．By giving examples. B．By analyzing the rules. C．By making comparisons. D．By providing instructions. 2．The Gift of Words campaign showed there was _________. A．a lack of native words in other languages B．a preference for using only English word C．an over-abundance of English vocabulary D．a need to borrow words from other languages 3．Which can replace the underlined word “proximity” in Para. 5? A．Difference. B．Closeness. C．Prejudice. D．Change. 4．According to the author, what is key to reducing linguistic prejudice and discrimination? A．Viewing borrowed words as “gifts”. B．Promoting the use of standard English. C．Encouraging people to learn more foreign languages. D．Including borrowed words in authoritative dictionaries. 【答案】1．A 2．D 3．B 4．A 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了英语语言的演变及多语言环境对英语发展的影响，强调应接受语言多样性。 1．推理判断题。根据第二段中“Speakers of world varieties of English are remaking its vocabulary to better express their identities, cultures, and everyday realities. In the Philippines, many houses have a dirty kitchen. This is not actually a kitchen that is dirty in the sense you think, but one outside the house where most of the real cooking is done. A dirty kitchen is a necessary convenience in a tropical country where it is best to avoid trapping heat and smells indoors. In Nigeria, a mama put is a street food stall.(世界各地英语的使用者正在重新构建其词汇，以更好地表达他们的身份、文化和日常现实。在菲律宾，许多房子都有一个脏厨房。这实际上并不是你想象中那种脏的厨房，而是房子外面的一个厨房，大部分真正的烹饪都是在那里进行的。在热带国家，脏厨房是必要的便利设施，因为最好避免把热量和气味困在室内。在尼日利亚，mama put指的是街头食品摊。)”可知，作者通过举例菲律宾的“脏厨房”和尼日利亚的“mama put”来解释他的观点。故选A。 2．细节理解题。根据第三段“In Oxford University Press’s Gift of Words campaign, we asked people who speak more than one language to “gift” a word from their first to their second language, and vice versa. The responses we received highlight even more words that multilingual English speakers felt they had to borrow from their other languages for lack of a direct equivalent in English.(牛津大学出版社发起的“赠词”活动中，我们邀请双语使用者将母语中的词汇“馈赠”给第二语言，反之亦然。我们收到的反馈中，更多词汇被提及——会说多种语言的英语使用者表示，由于英语中没有直接对应的表达，他们不得不从其他语言中借用这些词。)”可知，“赠词”活动表明，需要从其他语言中借用词汇。故选D。 3．词句猜测题。根据第五段“Contrary to popular belief, it is multilingualism rather than monolingualism that is the norm. Various reports estimate that between 60% and 75% of the global population can speak more than one language. In such a multilingual, digitally interconnected world, where more and more people are brought together by shared interests and goals rather than just geographic proximity, the interchange of words between languages and cultures has sped up.(与普遍看法相反，多语言而非单语言才是常态。各种报告估计，全球60%到75%的人口会说一种以上的语言。在这样一个多语言、数字互联的世界里，越来越多的人因为共同的兴趣和目标而走到一起，而不仅仅是因为地理上的proximity，语言和文化之间的词汇交流已经加快。)”可知，越来越多的人因为共同的兴趣和目标而走到一起，而不仅仅是因为地理上的接近，所以proximity的意思是“接近”。A. Difference.不同；B. Closeness.接近；C. Prejudice.偏见；D. Change.改变。故选B。 4．细节理解题。根据最后一段“Changing our attitudes towards multilingualism and language variation is vital to fighting the linguistic prejudice that causes discrimination for not using the “right” words or for speaking in the “wrong” accent. It is only when we share ownership of English and embrace the language in all its diversity that it can truly be a gift from which everyone can benefit.(改变我们对多语言和语言变体的态度对于打击语言偏见至关重要，这种偏见会导致因不使用“正确”的词汇或说“错误”的口音而受到歧视。只有当我们共同拥有英语，并接受英语的所有多样性时，它才能真正成为一份人人都能受益的礼物。)”可知，作者认为，将借用的词视为“礼物”是减少语言偏见和歧视的关键。故选A。 3 / 18 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 专题04 阅读理解（议论文和新闻报道） 题号 难度 知识点 1 适中 日常生活 ,议论文 2 适中 方法/策略,社会问题与社会现象,议论文 3 适中 新闻报道,航空航天 4 适中 医疗 ,新闻报道 5 适中 竞技/比赛,新闻报道,生活故事 6 适中 美术与摄影,新闻报道,人工智能 7 适中 新闻报道,个人经历 8 较难 社会问题与社会现象,议论文 9 较难 社会问题与社会现象,议论文 10 较难 语言与文化 ,议论文,语言变化及发展 Passage 1 （2024年江苏省普通高中学业水平合格性考试英语试卷）Part of growing up is learning how to work things out for yourself. However. when you’ re feeling sad or lost you don’t have to struggle alone. ______ There are lots of reasons why you could need help, for example, with schoolwork; learning a new skill; or when you feel sad, anxious or angry. Feeling anxious because you’ re finding something difficult, or because it’s taking a long time to make progress, can also make you feel like you can’t do it. These are all signs that you need help. When you’ re struggling with something. asking for help will move you forward more quickly than trying on your own. What stops you asking for help Asking for help isn’t always easy. It can be difficult if you’ re not sure who to ask. You might think your friends won’t want to be troubled or they haven’t got the time. If you feel sorry that you need help, or if you think asking for a helping hand is a sign of weakness, it makes it harder to turn to another person. Asking for support is brave Letting someone in trusting them with your story and asking them to listen to you and help you come up with ideas of how to deal with a problem takes great courage. When you ask for help, it takes the pressure off trying to work out everything by yourself. There are other benefits too. By asking for help, you practise saying what you need. It also shows you how someone else might feel when they’re struggling, which means you could be more able to offer a helping hand when someone needs it. 1．Which may best fill in the blank above Paragraph 2? A．Be sure of your ability B．Seeking help is a struggle C．When you might need help D．How you can make progress 2．Which may stop you asking for help? A．Being too busy. B．Having no friends. C．Being too confidant. D．Feeling sorry. 3．How many benefits of asking for help are mentioned in the last paragraph? A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five 4．What’s the main idea of the passage? A．Trust your best friends. B．Learn to reduce pressure. C．It is necessary to be independent. D．It is good to ask for help. Passage 2 （江苏省普通高中2022-2023学年学业水平合格性考试英语试题）Do you know how many kinds of breakfast cereal (麦片) there are in my local supermarket? 165 kinds! That’s just one product. Think about all the varieties of biscuits, yoghourt, and chocolate bars. We have so much choice these days. It’s unbelievable! So all this choice must be a good thing, right? It makes us happier, right? Well, not necessarily. People like the idea of having a choice, and many people think more choice must be a good thing. But, in fact, too much choice can cause us problems. If there are too many different things to choose from, we can’t know what to choose. If you offer me a choice of three cookies, I can decide quickly which one I want. But if you offer me a choice of 33 cookies, my brain crashes. Another problem with too much choice is that we think there must be the perfect cookie somewhere. The fact is, there isn’t — so when we have spent half an hour deciding which cookie we want, we feel dissatisfied, because it’s not as good as expected. It’s not cookie perfection. And then we begin to regret all the other cookies we didn’t choose, thinking one of them might have been better. So there can be such a thing as too much choice. We need to recognize that while some choice is good, too much can leave us at a loss. We should focus on being pleased with what we choose. I am going to remember this next time I’m offered a cookie — choose one and enjoy it! 1．What is the purpose of paragraph 1? A．To sell a product. B．To express surprise. C．To introduce the topic. D．To answer a question. 2．What problem can too much choice cause? A．Difficulty in choosing. B．Worry about health. C．A careless decision. D．A loss of memory. 3．The underlined part “It’s not cookie perfection” probably means ________. A．we can’t make good cookies B．there’s no perfect choice C．we are pleased with all cookies D．the cookie doesn’t taste delicious 4．How will the writer solve the problem of too much choice according to the last paragraph? A．Recognize the perfect. B．Make a quick choice. C．Ignore what is offered. D．Enjoy what is chosen. Passage 3 （江苏省普通高中2022-2023学年学业水平合格性考试英语试题）In October, 2021, three Chinese astronauts, Wang Yaping, Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, travelled to their space station. They stayed there for six months while they got ready for two new modules (舱), Wentian and Mengtian, to join the main module, Tianhe. In December, they gave a physics lesson from space to students in Hong Kong, Beijing and three other cities. Through a livestream (网络直播), the public could also enjoy the lesson. Wang Yaping gave the Tiangong lesson, while Zhai Zhigang made videos, and Ye Guangfu helped in the process. Excited students enjoyed the lesson about the effects of weightlessness on object movement. They were quite curious about what it’s like to live in space. There was no doubt that they had lots of questions specifically for astronaut Wang, who is famous as the first Chinese woman to go on a spacewalk. She had before spent several hours outside the station with Zhai, fixing equipment and doing tests. Wang said it was a great joy to teach children about space while she was there, referring to the two live science lectures she gave in 2013 and 2021. “My family told me that many netizens (Internet users) compared photos of my two lectures and found that our ’space classroom’ is now bigger, the content of the class is more colourful and interesting, and that the livestream is smoother and pictures clearer,” she said. 1．What was Wang Yaping’s 2021 Tiangong lesson about? A．Arts. B．Physics. C．History. D．Travel. 2．How did students feel about the Tiangong lesson? A．Excited. B．Sad. C．Doubtful. D．Bored. 3．What did Wang and Zhai do outside the space station? A．Made videos. B．Gave a physics lesson. C．Compared photos of two lectures. D．Fixed equipment and did tests. 4．What is one of the features of Wang Yaping’s 2021 lecture? A．Fewer questions. B．Unclearer pictures. C．More colourful content. D．Smaller space classroom. Passage 4 （江苏省扬州市2023-2024学年高二上学期学业水平模拟考试英语试题）Physical weakness, lack of energy, severe hair loss, and pain in the neck, are more common among young people recently. More people are now turning to TCM for help, which stands for traditional Chinese medicine. Wang Louda, 30, who works in the social media industry, has gained a new respect for TCM after suffering from cervical(颈椎) pain. Six months ago, while driving home from work, Wang suddenly felt weakness in his left arm. He thought it was due to the hard work he was doing and that a good rest over the weekend would relieve it. However, the situation worsened after a week. He had no choice but to go to the hospital for an examination, which showed something wrong with his cervical. A friend recommended that he try acupuncture(针灸). After over a month of treatment with TCM, his pain had gradually disappeared. “TCM is relatively gentle and suitable for treating chronic (慢性的) diseases,” Wang says. Modern people, due to the endless use of mobile phones and computers, spend up to 10 hours a day sitting to study or work. This sedentary lifestyle, lacking in enough physical activity, means that the muscles and bones cannot receive enough relaxation and exercise, gradually leading to damage. Problems such as neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, and leg pain are becoming increasingly common. Yao Jingyi, who works at a TCM clinic in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has been engaged in the clinic for over 30 years. He is skilled in treating sports injuries, cervical pain, and chronic diseases. “Acupuncture is one of the treasures of traditional Chinese medicine,” Yao explains. According to him, the ancient practice of acupuncture works well in treating “modern illnesses”, such as headache, backache and cervical pain. 1．How did Wang Louda recover from cervical pain? A．By taking enough exercise. B．By visiting clinics of TCM. C．By taking his friend’s medicine. D．By having good rests every day. 2．Which can help keep people away from common diseases? A．The lack of sleep. B．Endless use of Mobile phones. C．Long hours’ sitting. D．Enough relaxation and exercise. 3．What does the underlined word “sedentary” in the 7th paragraph probably mean? A．Inactive. B．Unusual. C．Flexible. D．Common. 4．What is the passage mainly about? A．The history of traditional Chinese medical treatment. B．An advertisement for traditional Chinese medicine. C．The modern popularity of traditional Chinese treatment. D．The future development of Chinese acupuncture. Passage 5 （江苏省连云港市赣榆区连云港市赣马高级中学2025-2026学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题）For many runners, a marathon can often be a challenge — but sometimes what gets a runner through the tough 26.2 miles is looking out into the crowd and seeing his or her loved one holding up a sign and shouting words of encouragement. For one mom, though, her loved one was a bit more hands-on. While running the REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon in Salt Lake City, Courtney Rich, a self-taught baker and mother of two, was beginning to run out of energy just yards from the end when she was suddenly joined by her 10-year-old daughter, Avery. The touching moment, caught on video and posted on social media, shows Avery running to her mother’s side to support her as she approached the end of the race. Rich’s face lit up when Avery joined her and helped her cross the finish line. Rich later said in the video’s caption that being joined by her daughter to finish the race was “a moment I hope neither of us ever forget”. Rich said that her daughter could tell she was struggling after a phone call near the end of the race. “She knew I had struggled the last few miles,” Rich said. “She saw tears in my eyes when I called on mile 24.” In the video, Rich’s facial expression changes from tiredness to a smile after seeing her daughter emerge from the crowd to join her. Then, Rich and her daughter ran hand-in-hand to the finish line. “Nothing could have prepared me for the moment my 10-year-old daughter would jump out of the crowd and run with me to the finish line,” she said. When the race was done, the two hugged each other at the finish line. The video ends with a final caption, “And then she just held me. She held me.” In the past, the REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon has had other memorable moments of mothers caring for their children, but perhaps not as hands-on as this one. 1．How did Avery react to the accident? A．She ran the rest in place of Rich. B．She tried to call for help at once. C．She helped Rich run to the finish line. D．She shouted encouraging words to Rich. 2．What happened to Rich when she was coming to the finish line? A．She felt herself struggling. B．She was far behind others. C．She fell down all of a sudden. D．She was interrupted by Avery. 3．How did Rich feel about Avery’s response? A．Doubtful. B．Content. C．Concerned. D．Expected. 4．What can be the best title for the text? A．A Mother Would Never Give Up On Her Marathon Dream B．A Mother Encouraged Her Daughter To Pursue Her Dream C．A Daughter Got Involved In Her Mother’s Race By Mistake D．A Daughter Cheered For Her Mother By Joining In Her Race Passage 6 （江苏省常州市天宁区常州高级中学2025-2026学年高二上学期10月月考英语试题）One year ago, the Colorado State Fair made headlines for unknowingly awarding first place to an artwork created with help from artificial intelligence. Now, officials with the 151-year-old fair have revised the contest’s rules: Artists must claim whether they used AI to make their entries, reports the Denver Post’s John Wenzel. The saga (事件) began last August, when game designer Jason Allen won the top spot in the fair’s digital arts competition. When he shared his victory online, he mentioned that he’d used Midjourney — an AI program that turns text into images — to help create his piece, titled Théatre D’opéra Spatial. Allen maintains he was open about using AI from the beginning, though judges say they didn’t know until after the fact. Either way, a claim wasn’t necessary at the time, meaning Allen never broke any rules. His victory was controversial — and now, as a result, officials have decided to tweak the submission requirements. At this year’s fair, which took place in Pueblo between August 26 and September 4, artists needed to “tell if art or artwork was created using an Artificial Intelligence Generator,” according to the 2023 requirements. Allen wasn’t happy about the new requirement, telling the Denver Post that it was essentially a “discriminatory mark” against AI artworks. Despite the change, he decided to submit once again to the digital arts category. The fair’s leaders say they plan to continue adapting as technology advances. As Scott, Stoller, the fair’s general manager, tells the Denver Post, the digital arts category itself has only been around for a few decades. In the future, officials may even decide to add a separate AI category, depending on how popular tools like Midjourney become. “That’s the beauty of art — that it’s always evolving,” says Stoller. “Art can be anything, and anything can be made into art.” 1．What can be learnt about Jason Allen? A．He designed an AI game program. B．He opposed the use of AI program. C．He made the rules of an arts contest. D．He won the first place in an art competition. 2．What does the underlined word “tweak” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Select B．Create C．Continue D．Revise 3．What’s Stoller’s attitude towards the AI artworks? A．Unclear. B．Approving. C．Doubtful. D．Critical. 4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．AI Artworks, Rock the world. B．AI Artworks, Lead the trend. C．AI Artworks, Bring New Rules. D．AI Artworks, Face New Challenges. Passage 7 （江苏省扬州市2024-2025学年高二下学期6月期末英语试题）On 14 December, Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell won this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. McCausland, who is 47 years old, lost his eyesight at the age of 22 because of an eye disease. He studied software engineering at university, but being blind meant he had to change jobs. He became a comedian and then worked in TV. This year, he agreed to appear on Strictly Come Dancing following encouragement from friends and family. As the first blind person to compete on the show, he said, “I honestly thought I could go out in the first week or two.” Each week, McCausland learned new dance routines with his professional dancer partner, Buswell. McCausland said dancing with Buswell felt like being the bendy Spider-Man toy he had when he was a child, because “she was putting me in whatever shape she wanted”. In the final, McCausland was up against three other celebrities. Each had to perform three dances. One of McCausland and Buswell’s dances features a short period with the light out to recreate what it is like to be blind, and the pair received top marks in one of their performances. The judges said McCausland was “the most extraordinary person”, “a role model”, and “a light that shines for all to see”. Following a public vote, McCausland and Buswell were named winners of the contest. McCausland said, “This is for everyone out there that thought or got told they couldn’t do something.” He added, “I have learned that I am more capable than I thought I was.” Steven Morris, who is deaf and blind, and works for the charity Sense, said, “Disabled people make up nearly a quarter of the population. Hopefully, Chris’s success will lead to more disabled people being included in the biggest TV shows.” 1．What does McCausland’s words mean in paragraph 2? A．He wasn’t very interested in dancing. B．He didn’t have confidence in his partner. C．He wouldn’t make it through to the end. D．He would stand out among the competitors. 2．What did McCausland imply by mentioning the “Spider-Man toy”? A．Spider-man gave him power. B．The judges admired superheroes. C．Buswell fully directed his moves. D．McCausland missed his childhood. 3．Why was the light out in McCausland’s performance? A．To cover the dancer’s error. B．To catch the judges’ attention. C．To add an artistic atmosphere. D．To show how the blind feel. 4．What message did McCausland want to convey? A．Challenge your limits. B．Pity the disabled more. C．Value victory most. D．Believe in your partner. Passage 1 （江苏省南京市七校联合体联考2025-2026学年高三上学期10月月考英语试题）“Keep up with the Joneses” is a well-known English proverb, which vividly shows social comparison — people evaluating themselves by comparing with others. In today’s fast-paced world, social comparisons have become an unavoidable part of life, especially for teenagers and young adults. Coined by psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954, the social comparison theory explains that people evaluate their own abilities and worth by comparing themselves with others when objective standards are lacking. For example, to match neighbors’ lifestyles, some people chase similar houses or cars, driven by the desire to fit in, which reflects this common human psychological tendency. In fact, social comparison is everywhere. It shows up in the workplace, where colleagues compare promotions or salaries, and in schools, as students measure their grades or achievements against peers. This natural tendency, however, acts like a double-edged sword with both positive and negative impacts. On the downside, inappropriate comparisons often trigger negative emotions. When students focus on classmates with higher test scores, they may sink into self-doubt and anxiety. Social media further worsens this issue: scrolling through posts of others’ “perfect” lives makes people compare their real, messy daily routines to polished appearances, fostering feelings of inadequacy. Such upward comparisons without reasonable perspective can damage self-esteem gradually. Yet social comparisons can also be a powerful driver for growth. Wise people turn upward comparisons into motivation — seeing peers’ progress inspires them to identify gaps and work harder. Meanwhile, occasional downward comparisons, when used properly, help cultivate gratitude. For instance, noticing classmates struggling more with a subject can make one appreciate their own strengths and current efforts. The key lies in changing our focus from “competing with others” to “improving ourselves”. Instead of obsessing over others’ achievements, we should track our own growth over time. It’s not the comparison itself but our attitude toward it that determines whether it becomes a poison or a tonic. By using comparisons wisely, we can turn this common psychological tendency into a tool for self-improvement. 1．What does the social comparison theory explain? A．What makes a perfect life. B．When social comparison became popular. C．Why people compare themselves with others. D．Where people can find examples of social comparison. 2．What does social media worsen? A．Students focus on classmates with higher test scores. B．Students are likely to sink into self-doubt and anxiety. C．Inappropriate comparisons foster feelings of inadequacy. D．Inappropriate comparisons often trigger negative emotions. 3．What is the key to using comparisons wisely? A．Shifting focus to self-improvement. B．Focusing on comparing with others. C．Tracking our own growth over time. D．Paying less attention to social comparisons. 4．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A．Reasonable Comparisons: A Key to Happiness B．Social Comparisons: A Double-Edged Sword C．Upward Comparisons: A Powerful Driver for Growth D．Inappropriate Comparisons: A Way to Trigger Negative Emotions Passage 2 （江苏省梅村高级中学2025-2026学年高三10月月考英语试题）For most workaday purposes machine translation (MT) has got much better in the past five years or so. The biggest source of improvement has been the use of “deep learning” in training such systems, which are meant to copy the action of a brain’s neurons (神经元). And improvement in automated (自动化的) translation has also come about through an emergence of clever companies solving individual tasks. Some have created specialist dictionaries so that important terms can be translated accurately and consistently. An entire MT engine can now be trained only on data from a professional domain (such as law or medicine), improving accuracy further. This means many human translators spend most of their time checking and improving MT output, rather than doing most of the translating themselves. Being a machine’s editor may sound depressing. For some translators, indeed it is. However, this can be seen the other way round. A human repeatedly translating identical formulae is in principle little different from a machine trained to do the same. Allowing the machine to do the easy bits—the chunks that are translated the same way, over and over—frees the translator to apply specialized linguistic and subject-matter knowledge, solving more intellectually satisfying problems This is especially obvious in legal translation. For example, the proper translation of the Spanish word “dolo” into English is “willful misconduct”, but the software simply translates it as “malice”. Since the law in question considerably increases penalties when the misconduct is “willful”, the mistranslation can be potentially disastrous and could only have been caught by someone with the right combination of legal and linguistic expertise. That technology has completely changed translation is nothing new. Many translators have been silently relying on computers for years. What is newer is the willingness of translation firms, and individual translators, to be out and proud about using MT. Part of the job becomes knowing what can be automated and what cannot. Invoices (发票) and instruction books can be left to MT, but a novel legal argument needs to be almost entirely translated by hand. This is impossible for someone who merely knows Spanish and English and took a few translation classes. The bad news for some translators is that a type of repeatable, easy work is being turned off. The good news is that what remains will be brain-challenging stuff for people who have a knowledge of a language and something else. 1．What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about translation companies? A．There is a fierce competition between them. B．There are many problems for them to solve. C．They are trying to improve machine translation. D．They are replacing human translators with machine translation. 2．What does the author say about humans being a machine’s editor? A．They might fail to realize their value. B．They will be amazed at the output of MT. C．They can still have a sense of satisfaction. D．They might be looked down upon by others. 3．What is the big change in the translation field? A．The way translators use technologies. B．The appearance of more translation firms. C．Translators’ confidence in their own abilities. D．People’s attitude towards machine translation. 4．What should human translators do according to the text? A．Increase their work efficiency. B．Master at least three languages. C．Learn from machine translation. D．Gain some specialized knowledge. Passage 3 （江苏省如皋市2025-2026学年高三上学期第一次教学质量调研英语试题）Today, the widespread use of English as a language of science, technology, business, diplomacy, and entertainment has given many people a strong motivation to acquire the language. Millions of people are learning English. They, too, are making their own mark on its development. Speakers of world varieties of English are remaking its vocabulary to better express their identities, cultures, and everyday realities. In the Philippines, many houses have a dirty kitchen. This is not actually a kitchen that is dirty in the sense you think, but one outside the house where most of the real cooking is done. A dirty kitchen is a necessary convenience in a tropical country where it is best to avoid trapping heat and smells indoors. In Nigeria, a mama put is a street food stall. The term comes from the way its customers usually order food: They say “Mama, put...” to the woman running the stall and point to the dish they want. In Oxford University Press’s Gift of Words campaign, we asked people who speak more than one language to “gift” a word from their first to their second language, and vice versa. The responses we received highlight even more words that multilingual English speakers felt they had to borrow from their other languages for lack of a direct equivalent in English. Calling these borrowed words “gifts” is an important shift in perspective. Many value language purity over diversity and consider external influences as a threat to the integrity (完整性) of a language. However, this is in contradiction to how language works. The borrowing of words is part of the natural evolution of all living languages. English is particularly notable for its ability to absorb elements from other languages. A host of words were borrowed from Old Norse, Norman French, Latin, and Ancient Greek much earlier in its history, including core ones such as egg, fashion, universe, and economy. Contrary to popular belief, it is multilingualism rather than monolingualism that is the norm. Various reports estimate that between 60% and 75% of the global population can speak more than one language. In such a multilingual, digitally interconnected world, where more and more people are brought together by shared interests and goals rather than just geographic proximity, the interchange of words between languages and cultures has sped up. Changing our attitudes towards multilingualism and language variation is vital to fighting the linguistic prejudice that causes discrimination for not using the “right” words or for speaking in the “wrong” accent. It is only when we share ownership of English and embrace the language in all its diversity that it can truly be a gift from which everyone can benefit. 1．How does the author explain his point in Para. 2? A．By giving examples. B．By analyzing the rules. C．By making comparisons. D．By providing instructions. 2．The Gift of Words campaign showed there was _________. A．a lack of native words in other languages B．a preference for using only English word C．an over-abundance of English vocabulary D．a need to borrow words from other languages 3．Which can replace the underlined word “proximity” in Para. 5? A．Difference. B．Closeness. C．Prejudice. D．Change. 4．According to the author, what is key to reducing linguistic prejudice and discrimination? A．Viewing borrowed words as “gifts”. B．Promoting the use of standard English. C．Encouraging people to learn more foreign languages. D．Including borrowed words in authoritative dictionaries. 3 / 18 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $