北京昌平区2025-2026学年高三上学期期末英语试题

2026北京昌平高三（上）期末 英 语 2026.1 本试卷共11页，共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Eight-year-old Liam Parker raced down the grocery store parking lot, backpack bouncing against his shoulders. He was late for school. Mrs. Grant had 1______ him the day before: another late appearance, and she would call his parents. Halfway across the lot, Liam froze. The sun beat down on a silver car. Inside, a baby sat belted in the car seat. Its tiny fists waved 2______ face red, cheeks wet with tears. The car glass was rolled up tight. Liam's stomach turned. Heat could kill faster than anyone imagined. He 3______ his backpack, ran to the car and tested every handle. Locked. Without hesitation, he lifted a heavy stone and swung. By the third strike, pieces of glass rained onto the street. Being 4______he reached inside and lifted the baby out. A woman ran toward him, eyes wide with 5______. She hugged the child desperately. "Thank you. Thank you." Liam arrived in class minutes later. Mrs. Grant's eyes 6______. "Liam Parker, you're late. Again." Liam stood rooted to the spot. How could he explain? Who would believe he had broken a stranger's car window to save a baby? "Sorry, Mrs. Grant," he whispered. "We'll call your parents," she said. He sank into his seat, his heart 7______. That afternoon, the classroom door opened. The woman from the street entered. "This little boy saved my child's life today," she said, voice 8______ "I left him in the car, thinking I'd be quick. Liam broke the window and pulled him out. If not for him... " Mrs. Grant patted Liam on the shoulder and said, "You didn't just save a baby. You reminded us what real 9______ looks like." The class erupted in applause. That evening, his parents got the call. Not about breaking rules, but about praise. They hugged him tight, telling him how 10______ they were. For Liam Parker, a boy who thought he was always late, he had been exactly on time when it mattered most. 1. A. warned B. excused C. comforted D. persuaded 2. A. angrily B. playfully C. weakly D. excitedly 3. A. checked B. grabbed C. emptied D. dropped 4. A. annoyed B. hesitant C. careful D. shocked 5. A. panic B. curiosity C. interest D. hurt 6. A. closed B. narrowed C. softened D. shone 7. A. calm B. content C. easy D. heavy 8. A. sharpening B. shaking C. quickening D. lowering 9. A. courage B. honesty C. justice D. modesty 10. A. anxious B. puzzled C. guilty D. proud 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 A A dream gives direction. It invites you to look beyond today and imagine 11 ______ you could be in the future. Setting goals 12______(match), that dream moves you toward it.Each goal is a small light directing you forward when the path feels unclear. Each dream begins as a seed of possibility. By planting it, you give tomorrow a chance to grow, and you remind 13______ (you) that your story is still unfolding. B Do you know how much water was used to grow your food and to produce your clothes and make the things you buy? It is a 14______ (surprise) amount. Our use of water is not limited to kitchens, bathrooms and gardens. We contribute to the consumption of large quantities of water when buying various products, 15_______ food, paper and cotton to bio-fuel. This way, we 16_______ (direct) affect water resources throughout the world. C Luyen Chou is an early pioneer in using technology to support learning in the classroom. He has been leading technology innovation in education for more than 30 years. He 17_______ (start) his career as a high school history teacher in the 1980s, using computer simulations (模拟) and digital images 18_______ (teach) ancient history. Since then Chou 19_______ (found) several nonprofit schools. He 20_______ (explore) more possibilities for a changing world in the coming years. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分） 第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Need extra capacity? Tap into the power of Online Volunteering of United Nations Volunteers (UNV). It has provided Online Volunteering services on the AI-powered and cloud-based Unified Volunteering Platform. In just a few clicks, you can connect with thousands of skilled volunteers worldwide. How does Online Volunteering work? - Non-profit organizations working for peace and development register their details for UNV to review. - Approved organizations complete an online form explaining what they need from online volunteers. Then UNV reviews and publishes the descriptions of assignments if they meet the criteria. - Volunteers find assignments of their interest and apply. - Organizations select the volunteers they want to engage. - Volunteers and organizations cooperate online. Why engage Online Volunteers? Through Online Volunteering, you can work with volunteers with specialized backgrounds and skills on diverse tasks, ranging from data analysis and mapping, teaching and training, to emergency and crisis response. You can benefit from straightforward and flexible processes to get high-quality support from around the world within hours. You can also get first-hand practical experience with organizations working in the development sector and extend your network among different organizations. Requirements and service rules - To sign up, you must be at least 18. - Anyone interested in contributing their time and skills to the global sustainable human development efforts can be an Online Volunteer, regardless of your location or background. - Each assignment in an online Description of Assignment represents one task that is to be performed by one Online Volunteer with a pre-defined deliverable. - Online Volunteers can only work up to 20 hours per week for a maximum of 12 weeks for each assignment. - Online Volunteers are not under any contract with the UNV program or the engaging organization. 21. What do volunteers need to know about UNV? A. It assesses the applied organizations. B. It assigns volunteers to various tasks. C. It selects volunteers for organizations. D. It designs assignments for organizations. 22. What can you get as an Online Volunteer? A. Training in specialized skills. B. Direct worldwide connections. C. Chances of running for elections. D. Job opportunities in organizations. 23. Which is a requirement for Online Volunteers? A. Signing an agreement with UNV. B. Working at least 20 hours a week. C. Having professional backgrounds. D. Finishing individual tasks on time. B My neighbor Mr. Taylor kept a large and white horse named Jasper. He had never panicked, never bitten, never kicked. There was a steady calmness in him that naturally inspired trust. The first time my daughter, Lila, saw Jasper, she stopped mid-step, pointed her tiny finger, and whispered, "Horsey." Mr. Taylor waved us over. Jasper lowered his great head and Lila pressed her cheek against his nose and giggled (咯咯地笑). From that day forward, Lila wanted to see Jasper every chance she got. Their bond grew deeper. That's why the knock on my door one evening surprised me so much. It was Mr. Taylor. His face carried a tightness I'd never seen before. "I think," he began carefully, "that you should take Lila to see a doctor. I know this will sound strange, but Jasper's been behaving differently around her. He sniffs (嗅) at her constantly. Jasper is a therapy-trained horse. He's been trained to sense things... changes in people's health, emotions, sometimes even illnesses." He paused. "I've seen him do this before, with people who were later diagnosed (诊断) with serious conditions." I stared at him. Part of me wanted to laugh it off. Horses didn't diagnose illnesses—doctors did. Maybe Mr. Taylor was overreacting. I thanked him and closed the door. For the next two days, a persistent voice reminded me of Jasper's strange behavior. Finally, I took Lila to the doctor. The appointment began routinely, but then came extra tests. When the doctor came back, his expression told everything before he spoke. "I'm sorry," he said gently. "The tests show signs of cancer." The months that followed were the hardest of our lives. And through it all, there was Jasper. He seemed to know just how to behave. He'd lower his great head so she could stroke him without much effort. He stood guard while Lila rested in the straw. It was as if he carried some of her burden for her. There were moments when I truly believed she fought harder because Jasper was waiting for her. He gave her comfort that no doctor, no parent, could provide. After months of treatment, the doctors finally gave us the news we had been desperate to hear: She was getting better. Lila was weak, but she was winning. And I knew that without Jasper—and without Mr. Taylor's warning—we might never have caught it early enough. 24. Why did Mr. Taylor visit the author one night? A. To check on Lila's health condition. B. To voice his concerns about Lila's health. C. To discuss whether to keep Lila off Jasper. D. To ask for help with Jasper's strange behavior. 25. How did the author initially react to Mr. Taylor's warning? A. She did not care. B. She argued with him. C. She asked him for proof. D. She relied on his judgment. 26. How did Jasper support Lila during her treatment? A. He acted funny to ease her pain. B. He stood guard to keep visitors away. C. He signaled her change to her mother. D. He offered unusual emotional comfort. 27. What can we learn from the passage? A. Wisdom begins where prejudice ends. B. Loyalty often grows in the soil of trust. C. Wonders can arrive in unexpected forms. D. Courage grows when faced with hardships. C Today's digital world brings a challenge: distinguishing between human-made and AI-generated content. For example, AI can create fake images or spread false information, which causes serious concerns. To address this, researchers are exploring a new technique called AI watermarking. AI watermarking is the process of embedding (嵌入) a recognizable, unique signal into the output of an AI model, such as text or an image, to identify that content as AI-generated. Ideally, an AI watermark should be invisible to the human eye, but easily found by specialized software or computer algorithms (算法). A generative AI model that uses watermarking can be employed like any other one, but model output will clearly indicate that it was created using AI. Effective AI watermarking should avoid reducing model performance, resist efforts to forge (伪造), remove or change it, and work well with various model architectures. For example, the system might be more likely to choose certain rare words or sequences that a human writer would be unlikely to produce. To an end user, the text generated by the model would still look completely random. This technique is created during model training by teaching the model to embed a specific signal or identifier in generated content, such as a textual watermark hidden in a sentence generated by a large language model or a visual watermark hidden in the output of an image generator. This process usually involves making small changes to the model during the training stage. After model training and use, specialized algorithms detect the presence of the watermark embedded earlier, thereby checking whether a piece of media was generated by AI. For example, an algorithm might analyze an image's pixels (像素) to detect hidden patterns. Similar to a physical watermark on paper currency, AI watermarks serve as digital signatures that can demonstrate the origin of a piece of media. Social media networks, news organizations and other online platforms could use them to indicate to readers that a piece of content was created using AI. Adding a disclaimer label to a post that contains an AI-generated image could help stop attempts to spread disinformation, for example. Unfortunately, current AI watermarking techniques are unreliable and relatively easy to bypass. Developing long-lasting AI watermarks that not even determined attackers can remove remains an open research problem. One significant issue is that watermarks are often easy to remove, particularly in text. There's also the problem of "false positives", where human-made content is wrongly identified as AI-generated. Finding the right balance is key: a watermark that's too obvious might make the content unnatural, while one that's too light could be easily missed or removed. As AI technology advances, improving watermarking techniques remains an important task. 28. Which of the following models uses effective AI watermarking? A. A file with a retyped watermark. B. A high-definition photo labeled "AI". C. A video with a removable "AI sticker". D. A text with certain patterns every few lines. 29. What is the purpose of Paragraph 3? A. To provide a technical guide. B. To compare the AI techniques. C. To explain the technical principle. D. To describe the evolution of techniques. 30. What can we learn about AI watermarks from the passage? A. They are helpful in making texts read naturally. B. They push people to use more disclaimer labels. C. Developing durable and unremovable ones is still a goal. D. False positives appear when they are too obvious or light. D "If I wouldn't invite someone into my house, I shouldn't let them into my head." But that's easier said than done. Social media has opened up our heads so that just about any trespasser can wander in. The real problem isn't technology—it's human nature. We are wired to care about what others think of us. As the ancient Roman Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius observed, "We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own," whether they are friends, strangers, or enemies. This tendency may be natural, but if we were perfectly logical beings, we would understand that our fears about what other people think are overblown. Other people's influence on our opinions about the world pales in comparison to their influence on our opinion of ourselves. Evolution neatly explains why: Before the modern structures of civilization, being cast out from our group meant certain death from cold or starvation. This can easily explain why our sense of well-being includes others' approval, as well as why the human brain has evolved to activate the same feelings when we experience physical pain and when we face social rejection. Unfortunately, the instinct to seek the approval of others is extremely out of step with modern life and can drive us round the bend if we let it. Today you might suffer severe anxiety that strangers online will "cancel" you for an ill-considered remark, or passersby will take a photo of a poor outfit choice and laugh at it on social media for all to see. One reason we fear others' opinions is because negative assessments can lead to shame, which is the feeling of being considered worthless, incompetent or dishonorable. People will go to a lot of effort to avoid shame, which can explain behaviors such as virtue signaling on social media. Just because our overconcern for others' opinions of us is natural doesn't mean it's unavoidable. The right goal is not a complete disregard for the opinions of others. That would be abnormal and dangerous; this tendency could be evidence of antisocial personality disorder. Many of us could become better off if we learned to care a good deal less than we do. The amusing thing about feeling bad about ourselves because of what people might think of us is that others actually have much fewer opinions about us—positive or negative—than we imagine. Next time you feel ill at ease in social situations, you can safely assume that everyone around you is doing more or less the same. As is said, "Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner." As the years have passed, I have come to interpret it as more of a promise and an opportunity. I have learned that the prison of others' approval is actually one built by me and guarded by me. Therefore, if you are stuck in the prison of shame and judgment, remember that you hold the key. 31. Why does the author mention Marcus Aurelius in Paragraph 2? A. To tell logic usually goes with human nature. B. To show we often prioritize others' needs over ours. C. To propose one is overconcerned with others' views. D. To imply social media can deepen our inner conflict. 32. What does "drive us round the bend" underlined in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Make us feel very annoyed. B. Leave us rather confused. C. Lead us to a wrong path. D. Motivate us to improve. 33. What can we learn from the passage? A. Ignoring others' views makes us better. B. Shame originates from human evolution. C. Outside voices impact our world outlook more. D. Knowing others feel the same can ease bad emotions. 34. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. No One Cares B. Approval Matters C. The Prison of Shame D. The Nature of Judgment 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Have you ever seen a duck gracefully floating on a pond? While it appears peaceful above the water, its feet are paddling fast to stay afloat underneath. This contrast illustrates "floating duck syndrome", a term that describes the tendency for people to mask their internal stress and struggles behind an appearance of outward success and calm. 35_______ Just like ducks, they attempt to present an image of accomplishment while struggling with internal stress. Underneath the calm appearance, there is anxiety, self-doubt, and the persistent pursuit of achievement. This is a struggle hidden from casual observation but keenly felt by those who experience it firsthand. Modern life demands a constant handling of responsibilities across school, work, family, and leisure. Therefore, individuals try to be outstanding in multiple areas while covering up their struggles, leading to their hard work and sufferings going unnoticed. 36_______ Through this disconnection between perception and reality, the pressure to appear effortlessly successful becomes obvious. When we underestimate the challenges of success, we find ourselves stretched thin across a large number of tasks. 37_______ Although this strategy might have apparent victories, it ultimately leaves us with many unmet expectations. Floating duck syndrome can have concerning impacts on our well-being and connectedness. 38_______ This internalization of struggle not only adds weight to our burdens but also separates us from potential sources of support. We may cheat ourselves into believing that we must deal with our challenges alone, without needing help from others. This only makes it harder to cope effectively and denies us the opportunity to connect genuinely with others. The idea of easy success hides a deeper truth. 39_______ By accepting our weakness and acknowledging these efforts, we promote a culture of openness and care—one where seeking help is not viewed as a sign of weakness, but rather as a courageous step forward. A. It is like jokers trying to keep several balls in the air at once. B. To keep a capable appearance, we may lock the stress away from public view C. So we usually mistakenly believe that achievements come easily to others D. These findings highlight our tendency to cover up visible signs of struggle. E. Floating duck syndrome is particularly common among high-achieving people. F. True achievements often require us to accept the hard work behind them. G. We may feel pressured to present an outward image of competence and strength. 第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分） 第一节（共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分） Harry and his brother Walter were called to the lawyer's office after their grandmother passed away. When their grandfather died five years ago, all of his wealth went to his beloved wife. So Walter was expecting everything to go to them now. Harry and Walter were very different. Harry chose to strike out on his own. Meanwhile, Walter always had his eyes on the prize. When their parents died, Walter knew staying close to his grandparents would one day get him the inheritance. Before their grandmother's death, she asked them for one thing: "My dear grandsons, all I ask is for you to rebuild this house in your grandfather's memory. I promised him that this house would be passed on from generation to generation." she said from her deathbed. Harry and Walter nodded. That day in the lawyer's office, it was clear who had their grandmother's interest at heart. "Your grandmother leaves to both of you her house. That is all that is in her will," the lawyer told them. "That can't be! What about all her money?" Walter shouted. "She had already closed her bank account before she died. This is all she had left," the lawyer explained. Walter stormed outside. "We need to fulfill grandma's wish," Harry told his brother. "I don't want anything to do with that house," Walter screamed. Harry decided to use his savings and borrow additional funding to rebuild the house. While fixing the sewage system in the front lawn, he noticed a wooden hatch. It led to an underground room where he discovered a letter from his grandfather. It read: "To my grandson, You reading this means you've fulfilled it. Now, take this letter and show it to my lawyer. There, you will find what you deserve." After reading the letter multiple times in disbelief, Harry went to the lawyer. "I'm transferring ownership of a bank account under your grandfather's name to you. It has about $300,000. He said that if you didn't decide to rebuild the house, I should transfer all of this to charity," the lawyer explained. Upon learning this, Harry donated $100,000 to charities working with the elderly and kept the rest to himself. With the money, he completely rebuilt the house, and started a business for himself. 40. What was the main difference between the brothers? 41. What was the grandmother's final request? 42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. Committed to his family values, Harry obtained immediate funding from the lawyer, enabling him to undertake the restoration of the house. 43. Recall a moment when you made a right decision as Harry did. (In about 40 words) 第二节（20分） 假定你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的外国好友Jim正在做一份题为"Tradition Meets Technology"的校内报告，想寻找最具代表性的中国案例，为此发来邮件，询问你的建议。请你用英文给他回复，内容包括： 1. 提出的建议； 2. 建议的理由。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jim, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua (请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $