英语（北京专用03）学易金卷：2026年高考考前预测卷

2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03） 高三英语 (考试时间90分钟 满分100分) 考生务必在答题卡区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania. Coach Brian Delallo, who worked on a local high school football team, decided to ___1___ his players’ weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying: “Due to the expected severe ___2___ Monday’s weightlifting workout has been cancelled. Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (为……除雪) their driveway. Don’t accept any ___3___-that’s our Monday workout. ” The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight. They said that they removed ___4___from dozens of homes. Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him how ___5___ it was. “We all feel great about it, ” said team captain Gavin Moul. “It’s not only helping them, but it’s helping us to become a better team. ” Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn’t believe that the players wouldn’t accept any payment. Sometimes people even ___6___ their help because they wouldn’t take money for it. Actually, it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout. It was started by a coach more than two decades ago. It was one of the many ___7___ the team kept. “It’s about community. ” the coach said. “It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it ___8___. Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us. ”The team got a workout and gave ___9___ to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time. It was a _____10_____ for all. 1. A. try out B. pick up C. go over D. call off 2. A. injury B. weather C. disease D. pressure 3 A. money B. apology C. challenge D. request 4. A. dirt B. water C. snow D. waste 5. A. demanding B. rewarding C. promising D. amusing 6. A. sought B. got C. appreciated D. refused 7. A. goals B. secrets C. traditions D. jobs 8. A. matters B. cares C. works D. stays 9. A. off B. up C. in D. back 10. A. way B. win C. must D. lesson 第二节(共10小题：每小题1. 5分，共15分) A 阅读下面短文，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。 We are writing ____11____ (call) on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign. It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table. You may not know over 30% of the world’s food ____12____ (waste) every year, while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat. Reducing daily food waste by just 5% could save millions of people from starvation. Let’s start doing ____13____ we can to make the world a better place. B 阅读下面短文，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。 China’s modern science and technology museum system ____14____ (attract) over one billion offline visits since 2012, ____15____ (play) a unique role in promoting science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country. The system will continue to provide scientific education and popularization to the public, especially to key groups such as ____16____ (teenager). C 阅读下面短文，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。 More than 3. 5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones. Researchers found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were ____17____(happy) and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%. Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox (戒瘾): People who had spent one hour less per day ____18____ smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those ____19____ had put their smartphones away ____20____ (entire) for a week. 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 The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP) welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing. Students will learn and experiment with the key building blocks of fiction and be guided through the process of writing and revising their own short stories. At the end of the program, students will emerge more confident in their skills and more connected to a supportive writing community. Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College’s literary magazine, the summer course run Monday-Friday and are open to all high school students. Fiction Class Our fiction class guides students through the process of writing a short story. No previous writing experience is necessary. Through daily writing assignments and class meetings, students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course. In addition to submitting daily assignments, students will meet as a group with our instructors online. Students will also meet individually with an instructor to discuss their own short stories, and will not only receive written feedback on their first drafts and final stories, but on all daily assignments. Students should expect to spend around 3-4 hours each day on their assignments, including meeting times. Class size will be small, and we’ll break into small groups for discussions during each session. Cost & Scholarships The cost of the TCYWP two-week program is $725. We hope that no student will let financial difficulty prevent them from applying. Tuition waivers (学费减免) will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance. In the application, students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay, if any, if accepted into the program. No documentation is required. Contact us at info@thecommononline.com, if there is any question. 21. Participants of the Common Young Writers Program will ______. A. attend a virtual learning course B. meet great writers from colleges C. become passionate about writing D. gain confidence in writing reports 22. In the Fiction Class, students need to ______. A. complete a writing assignment every day B. discuss their own story in a group meeting C. prove they have previous writing experience D. spend more than 4 hours on their assignments 23. Which is a requirement for the tuition waiver? A. Recommendation from the TCYWP office. B. Certificate of the academic achievement. C. Documents to prove the need of financial help. D. Application to explain the financial difficulties. B My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard way a baby enters the world. Within minutes of coming out, I was brought into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news: I was born missing my left hand. I’m sure it was quite difficult for them. My parents took good care of me. I played sports, acted in theater, stood out in school, participated in student government and had playdates with friends. While I did get some stares and “polite” questions about my disability, I am lucky because I wasn’t made fun of for my limb (肢体) difference. As kids do, I quickly learned to adapt, working around the “missing” hand. One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes. I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn’t work for me, and I figured out a way to do it with one hand. However, that fact that I was different hit me hard my first day of high school. I was 13, an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases. I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm. The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand, so I impulsively (冲动地) slipped it into my pocket. I told myself that I’d just hide it that one day, while I was trying to make friends. But one day of hiding turned into a week, which turned into a month, which became years—25 of them to be exact. Tired of hiding and so lonely, the transformation process came to me. I started with physical care. And when I was 38 years old, I met someone special and invited them in. For the first time in my life, I allowed someone to really hold my limb, look at it, take pictures of it, touch it, love it—love me. From that point on, I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me, something that should be shown, not hidden. Hiding things, especially from loved ones, is exhausting and hurting, and it prevents us from getting help and support. Unhiding can set you free. 24. When the author was a kid, she felt her limb difference was . A. meaningful B. inconvenient C. special D. acceptable 25. Why did the author decide to hide her hand? A. She was laughed at on the bus. B. She felt afraid of scaring others. C. She became sensitive at that age. D. She got discouraged by her father. 26. The author started her transformation in her 30s because ______. A. her hand was touched and loved B. she received a useful physical care C. someone special came into her life D. she had a desire to make a change 27. What can we learn from this passage? A. Family love is important for our growth. B. Stopping hiding opens up a new world. C. Time is the best cure for a broken heart. D. Inner beauty matters more than appearance. C Drought is an increasing problem in our warming world. All continents have been experiencing more extended periods without rain, leading to forest fires and poor crop growth. Consequently, people are looking at cloud seeding to solve the problem — a method of encouraging precipitation (降水) by sending small particles of certain chemicals into clouds. Cloud-seeding expert Arlen Huggins has been studying its effectiveness. “My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (冰雹) in northeast Colorado. We didn’t have any luck with that but we had success later on in increasing snowfall in Utah. Now, the focus is shifting towards increasing rainfall from summer clouds, which is far more unpredictable.” said he. The problem is that it’s pretty hard to know whether precipitation resulted directly from cloud seeding. It might have rained or snowed anyway. Even if you cloud seed in one place and don’t in another, it’s impossible to know for sure what caused the precipitation. Also, it’s not during foggy and snowy conditions that people think of increasing the chance of rainfall. When a country is hit by drought, then cloud seeding isn’t an option due to the lack of clouds. During drought, skies tend to be clear with few clouds. The best option to prevent drought is to seed at times of the year when rainfall levels are normal or higher. That way, slightly more rain can be stored the dry season. As cloud seeding is expensive and its effectiveness tenuous, its usefulness is still a matter of opinion. University of Colorado researcher Katja Friedrich says cloud seeding can’t end a drought. However, it can be beneficial, provided it occurs alongside other water conservation strategies. Still, for that to happen, the water would need to be captured and stored effectively. There are also environmental issues regarding the impact of cloud seeding. At high levels, the chemicals sent into the clouds can harm humans and other animals, and some studies have found them slightly poisonous. Apart from that, some environmentalists are concerned about the long-term impacts, as there isn’t data on how much those chemicals accumulate (累积) in the environment over 10 years. Another fear is that cloud seeding could potentially steal water from neighbouring areas by encouraging the water in clouds that would otherwise fall somewhere else to fall in your location. If one country uses cloud seeding to create rain, a neighbouring country will also be very likely to lose out because clouds are constantly forming and reforming. 28. In Huggins’ study, at first cloud seeding was used to . A. increase annual snowfall in Utah B. send chemicals into summer clouds C. lower the amount of hail in Colorado D. put out forest fires and help crops grow 29. What does the underlined word tenuous in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A. Negative. B. Weak. C. Surprising. D. Various. 30. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Should we seed clouds to make rain? B. Should we seed clouds at a lower price? C. Can cloud seeding help end a drought? D. Can cloud seeding be more eco-friendly? D What does it mean to be intelligent? If it’s defined by having the biggest brain, then sperm whales—whose brain is 20 pounds—would be the brightest creatures on Earth. But, more likely, intelligence is what gives an organism the best chance to survive in an environment. Language may be one of the best ways to demonstrate that kind of smarts. Though all animals can communicate with others, humans are one of the few species to have a spoken language. Using speech, we could share complex ideas, pass knowledge through generations, and create communities. Whether spoken language actually helped us evolve (进化) as species into more advanced beings, however, has never really been tested. “Language allowing humans to be a more advanced species is an assumption that somebody came up with one day without really trying to prove it,” says Erich Jarvis, a professor who studies the neurobiology of vocal learning. But Jarvis and his colleagues were able to examine this assumption with the help of songbirds. Jarvis’ new study provides some of the first evidence that vocal learning—one of the crucial components for a spoken language—is associated with problem-solving. Vocal learning is the ability to produce new sounds by imitating (模仿) others, relying on experience rather than instinct. To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition (认知), the study authors turned to songbirds. The team performed seven cognitive experiments on 214 songbirds from 23 different species. Of these, 21 species were caught from the wild. Two songbirds studied are domesticated. The behavioral tests examined the birds’ problem solving, for instance by figuring out how to remove an object to access the food reward. The researchers also tested two other skills often associated with intelligence: learning by association, plus what’s called reversal (倒转的) learning, in which an animal adjusts its behavior to get a reward. They then looked at whether being vocal learners helped develop the three skills, comparing 21 bird species to two others, which were vocal non-learners. The biologists noticed a strong relationship between vocal learning and problem-solving skills. Vocal learning bird species could come up with innovative ideas, such as getting seeds, or a worm trapped under a cup by removing the obstacle or pulling it apart. All three abilities—problem solving, associative learning, and reversal learning—are typically considered “components of intelligence,” he says. Brain size was another benefit to vocal learning that may have supported these problem-solving abilities. The 21 vocal-learning species had slightly larger brains, relative to their body size, than the two who weren’t. Jarvis says it’s possible these big-headed birds packed more neurons. One question left unanswered is why there’s such a strong relationship between problem-solving abilities and vocal learning. The brain areas in charge of vocal learning are not the same ones that get activated when we need to troubleshoot an issue, says Jarvis. 31. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______. A. promote a new theory B. offer an example C. present an assumption D. make a contrast 32. Why does Jarvis carry out the study? A. To examine the problem-solving ability of songbirds. B. To prove the significance of vocal learning to humans. C. To illustrate the influence of brain size on vocal learning. D. To test the relation between vocal learning and intelligence. 33. What do we know from the study on songbirds? A. Advanced species have better problem-solving ability. B. Vocal learners have a better development of intelligence. C. Better problem-solving ability leads to bigger brain size. D. Humans and songbirds are both good at vocal learning. 34. We can infer that future study will focus on ________. A. why humans’ problem-solving abilities develop better B. how other abilities are connected to songbirds’ intelligence C. how problem-solving and vocal learning brain areas are related D. why vocal learning differences exist in various songbirds species 第二节(共5小题;每小2分，共10分) 根据短文内容，从短文题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。 Get Comfortable Giving Honest Feedback Should you cautiously tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Or would you tell someone about the piece of vegetable left in his teeth? ____35____ Recent research finds that a common cognitive error may help explain why—and that a simple approach could help overcome it. In five experiments, study participants took part in real-time interactions in which they gave or received feedback. Those who gave feedback estimated how much the other person wanted to hear a well-intentioned criticism; receivers reported their actual desire for constructive critiques. ____36____ The miscalculation was particularly obvious when the feedback was considered rather essential for the result, as well as when those offering the information predicted that doing so would be socially uncomfortable, either for themselves or for the receiver. The underestimation is likely due to a human tendency to ascribe (归因) different motives and desires to others than we do to ourselves, says Harvard doctoral student Nicole Abi-Esber, who authored the study. People tend to want feedback for themselves, but they underestimate how much others want it, too. ____37____ Skipping offering constructive criticism could have consequences. In one study, the subjects were asked to engage in a public-speaking contest. The feedback-givers, again, underestimated the speakers’ desire for constructive criticism. ____38____ Yet it was the speakers who heard more critical feedback that showed the most improvement. Is it possible to overcome this and get better at giving feedback when it’s most needed? ____39____“Take a second and imagine you are the other person,” Abi-Esber suggests. If you’d want feedback, it’s likely the other person feels the same—and might even be grateful that you took the time to speak up. A. They chose to give them praises instead. B. A quick role-exchanging exercise could move the needle. C. It can also help identify potential problems before they occur. D The reason is that they’re not putting themselves in the other person’s shoes. E. How you ask for feedback may stop you from hearing what you need to hear. F. Many people hesitate to offer such honest criticism even when the benefits seem obvious. G. Feedback-givers always underestimated how much others wanted to hear helpful criticism. 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) 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 If you’ve recently taken a flight from a major UK airport, then you may have noticed that more people are protesting air travel expansion and encouraging people to fly less. This is part of a larger environmental movement sweeping across Europe. Known as Flygskam or “flight-shaming”, the movement is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. The aviation (航空) currently accounts for about 2% of global emissions (排放) and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, unlike most other sources of pollution, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. Earlier this year, the UK government promised to reduce the UK’s emissions to “net zero” by 2050. However, according to projections from some researchers, emissions from the aviation could more than double by then even if planes become substantially more fuel-efficient. So, it’s unclear whether flying will be included in the UK’s target. It’s hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming, but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 8% this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen. Clearly, Flygskam is having a measurable impact on people’s transport choices. Some people, however, have been critical of the movement because they say that it places blame or feelings of embarrassment onto the passengers when it is really the airlines and industries associated with it who should feel guilty for the impact that they are having on the planet. 40. What is Flygskam? _______________________________________________________________________ 41. How does flying influence the environment? _______________________________________________________________________ 42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted. _______________________________________________________________________ 43. Besides what is mentioned in the passage, what do you think of the movement of Flygskam? (In about 40 words) _______________________________________________________________________ 第二节(20分) 44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，近期你的英国笔友Jim得知你的学校上周举办了“长城之约 ”(A date with the Great Wall)主题文化宣传活动，来信询问你活动的详情，请给他写一封邮件介绍相关情况。 内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 活动内容。 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 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03） 参考答案 第一部分知识运用 第一节完形填空 1D 2B 3A 4C 5B 6D 7C 8A 9D 10B 第二节语法填空 11 to call 12 is wasted 13 what 14 has attracted 15 playing 16 teenagers 17 happier 18 on 19 who 20 entirely 第二部分阅读理解 第一节 21A22A23D24D25C26D27B28C29B30A31C32D33B34C 第二节七选五 35F36G37D38A39B 第三部分书面表达 第一节阅读表达 【答案】40.It is a movement that encourages people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. 41.It currently accounts for about 2%of the global emissions and is one of the fastest-growing polluters.Even worse,air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. 42.Flygskam has attracted social atention and some people have already participated in this campaign,so it is widely accepted According to the passage,it is true that Flygskam has become popular,but some people are still critical of the movement,so it is not widely accepted. 43.I think the movement may not be feasible for those individuals who have no viable alternatives to air travel.Not everyone has access to efficient and affordable alternative modes of transportation,especially for long-distance or international trips.(言之有理即可) 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了环保人士目前发起的一项“飞行羞耻”运动， 包括该运动的内涵、针对的问题、未来航空业的发展走势，以及人们对该运动的反应。 【答案】Dear Jim, How's everything?I'm delighted to share with you the details of the cultural event,"A date with The Great Wall",organized by my school. It aims to educate students about the historical significance and architectural charm of the Great Wall,which provides participants with a deeper insight.The event featured a variety of activities.There were informative exhibitions displaying the history and unique features of the Great Wall,along with artworks painted by students.Additionally,we had hands-on activities to make a model of the Great Wall,allowing participants to feel the wisdom and hard work of ancient Chinese people in person. Please let me know if you have any other questions.I'm looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua………………○………………外………………○………………装………………○………………订………………○………………线………………○……………… ………………○………………内………………○………………装………………○………………订………………○………………线………………○……………… 此卷只装订不密封 ………………○………………内………………○………………装………………○………………订………………○………………线………………○……………… ………………○………………外………………○………………装………………○………………订………………○………………线………………○……………… … 学校：______________姓名：_____________班级：_______________考号：______________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03） 高三英语 (考试时间90分钟 满分100分) 考生务必在答题卡区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania. Coach Brian Delallo, who worked on a local high school football team, decided to ___1___ his players’ weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying: “Due to the expected severe ___2___ Monday’s weightlifting workout has been cancelled. Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (为……除雪) their driveway. Don’t accept any ___3___-that’s our Monday workout. ” The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight. They said that they removed ___4___from dozens of homes. Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him how ___5___ it was. “We all feel great about it, ” said team captain Gavin Moul. “It’s not only helping them, but it’s helping us to become a better team. ” Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn’t believe that the players wouldn’t accept any payment. Sometimes people even ___6___ their help because they wouldn’t take money for it. Actually, it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout. It was started by a coach more than two decades ago. It was one of the many ___7___ the team kept. “It’s about community. ” the coach said. “It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it ___8___. Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us. ”The team got a workout and gave ___9___ to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time. It was a _____10_____ for all. 1. A. try out B. pick up C. go over D. call off 2. A. injury B. weather C. disease D. pressure 3 A. money B. apology C. challenge D. request 4. A. dirt B. water C. snow D. waste 5. A. demanding B. rewarding C. promising D. amusing 6. A. sought B. got C. appreciated D. refused 7. A. goals B. secrets C. traditions D. jobs 8. A. matters B. cares C. works D. stays 9. A. off B. up C. in D. back 10. A. way B. win C. must D. lesson 第二节(共10小题：每小题1. 5分，共15分) A 阅读下面短文，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。 We are writing ____11____ (call) on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign. It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table. You may not know over 30% of the world’s food ____12____ (waste) every year, while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat. Reducing daily food waste by just 5% could save millions of people from starvation. Let’s start doing ____13____ we can to make the world a better place. B 阅读下面短文，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。 China’s modern science and technology museum system ____14____ (attract) over one billion offline visits since 2012, ____15____ (play) a unique role in promoting science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country. The system will continue to provide scientific education and popularization to the public, especially to key groups such as ____16____ (teenager). C 阅读下面短文，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。 More than 3. 5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones. Researchers found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were ____17____(happy) and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%. Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox (戒瘾): People who had spent one hour less per day ____18____ smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those ____19____ had put their smartphones away ____20____ (entire) for a week. 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 The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP) welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing. Students will learn and experiment with the key building blocks of fiction and be guided through the process of writing and revising their own short stories. At the end of the program, students will emerge more confident in their skills and more connected to a supportive writing community. Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College’s literary magazine, the summer course run Monday-Friday and are open to all high school students. Fiction Class Our fiction class guides students through the process of writing a short story. No previous writing experience is necessary. Through daily writing assignments and class meetings, students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course. In addition to submitting daily assignments, students will meet as a group with our instructors online. Students will also meet individually with an instructor to discuss their own short stories, and will not only receive written feedback on their first drafts and final stories, but on all daily assignments. Students should expect to spend around 3-4 hours each day on their assignments, including meeting times. Class size will be small, and we’ll break into small groups for discussions during each session. Cost & Scholarships The cost of the TCYWP two-week program is $725. We hope that no student will let financial difficulty prevent them from applying. Tuition waivers (学费减免) will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance. In the application, students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay, if any, if accepted into the program. No documentation is required. Contact us at info@thecommononline.com, if there is any question. 21. Participants of the Common Young Writers Program will ______. A. attend a virtual learning course B. meet great writers from colleges C. become passionate about writing D. gain confidence in writing reports 22. In the Fiction Class, students need to ______. A. complete a writing assignment every day B. discuss their own story in a group meeting C. prove they have previous writing experience D. spend more than 4 hours on their assignments 23. Which is a requirement for the tuition waiver? A. Recommendation from the TCYWP office. B. Certificate of the academic achievement. C. Documents to prove the need of financial help. D. Application to explain the financial difficulties. B My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard way a baby enters the world. Within minutes of coming out, I was brought into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news: I was born missing my left hand. I’m sure it was quite difficult for them. My parents took good care of me. I played sports, acted in theater, stood out in school, participated in student government and had playdates with friends. While I did get some stares and “polite” questions about my disability, I am lucky because I wasn’t made fun of for my limb (肢体) difference. As kids do, I quickly learned to adapt, working around the “missing” hand. One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes. I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn’t work for me, and I figured out a way to do it with one hand. However, that fact that I was different hit me hard my first day of high school. I was 13, an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases. I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm. The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand, so I impulsively (冲动地) slipped it into my pocket. I told myself that I’d just hide it that one day, while I was trying to make friends. But one day of hiding turned into a week, which turned into a month, which became years—25 of them to be exact. Tired of hiding and so lonely, the transformation process came to me. I started with physical care. And when I was 38 years old, I met someone special and invited them in. For the first time in my life, I allowed someone to really hold my limb, look at it, take pictures of it, touch it, love it—love me. From that point on, I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me, something that should be shown, not hidden. Hiding things, especially from loved ones, is exhausting and hurting, and it prevents us from getting help and support. Unhiding can set you free. 24. When the author was a kid, she felt her limb difference was . A. meaningful B. inconvenient C. special D. acceptable 25. Why did the author decide to hide her hand? A. She was laughed at on the bus. B. She felt afraid of scaring others. C. She became sensitive at that age. D. She got discouraged by her father. 26. The author started her transformation in her 30s because ______. A. her hand was touched and loved B. she received a useful physical care C. someone special came into her life D. she had a desire to make a change 27. What can we learn from this passage? A. Family love is important for our growth. B. Stopping hiding opens up a new world. C. Time is the best cure for a broken heart. D. Inner beauty matters more than appearance. C Drought is an increasing problem in our warming world. All continents have been experiencing more extended periods without rain, leading to forest fires and poor crop growth. Consequently, people are looking at cloud seeding to solve the problem — a method of encouraging precipitation (降水) by sending small particles of certain chemicals into clouds. Cloud-seeding expert Arlen Huggins has been studying its effectiveness. “My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (冰雹) in northeast Colorado. We didn’t have any luck with that but we had success later on in increasing snowfall in Utah. Now, the focus is shifting towards increasing rainfall from summer clouds, which is far more unpredictable.” said he. The problem is that it’s pretty hard to know whether precipitation resulted directly from cloud seeding. It might have rained or snowed anyway. Even if you cloud seed in one place and don’t in another, it’s impossible to know for sure what caused the precipitation. Also, it’s not during foggy and snowy conditions that people think of increasing the chance of rainfall. When a country is hit by drought, then cloud seeding isn’t an option due to the lack of clouds. During drought, skies tend to be clear with few clouds. The best option to prevent drought is to seed at times of the year when rainfall levels are normal or higher. That way, slightly more rain can be stored the dry season. As cloud seeding is expensive and its effectiveness tenuous, its usefulness is still a matter of opinion. University of Colorado researcher Katja Friedrich says cloud seeding can’t end a drought. However, it can be beneficial, provided it occurs alongside other water conservation strategies. Still, for that to happen, the water would need to be captured and stored effectively. There are also environmental issues regarding the impact of cloud seeding. At high levels, the chemicals sent into the clouds can harm humans and other animals, and some studies have found them slightly poisonous. Apart from that, some environmentalists are concerned about the long-term impacts, as there isn’t data on how much those chemicals accumulate (累积) in the environment over 10 years. Another fear is that cloud seeding could potentially steal water from neighbouring areas by encouraging the water in clouds that would otherwise fall somewhere else to fall in your location. If one country uses cloud seeding to create rain, a neighbouring country will also be very likely to lose out because clouds are constantly forming and reforming. 28. In Huggins’ study, at first cloud seeding was used to . A. increase annual snowfall in Utah B. send chemicals into summer clouds C. lower the amount of hail in Colorado D. put out forest fires and help crops grow 29. What does the underlined word tenuous in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A. Negative. B. Weak. C. Surprising. D. Various. 30. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Should we seed clouds to make rain? B. Should we seed clouds at a lower price? C. Can cloud seeding help end a drought? D. Can cloud seeding be more eco-friendly? D What does it mean to be intelligent? If it’s defined by having the biggest brain, then sperm whales—whose brain is 20 pounds—would be the brightest creatures on Earth. But, more likely, intelligence is what gives an organism the best chance to survive in an environment. Language may be one of the best ways to demonstrate that kind of smarts. Though all animals can communicate with others, humans are one of the few species to have a spoken language. Using speech, we could share complex ideas, pass knowledge through generations, and create communities. Whether spoken language actually helped us evolve (进化) as species into more advanced beings, however, has never really been tested. “Language allowing humans to be a more advanced species is an assumption that somebody came up with one day without really trying to prove it,” says Erich Jarvis, a professor who studies the neurobiology of vocal learning. But Jarvis and his colleagues were able to examine this assumption with the help of songbirds. Jarvis’ new study provides some of the first evidence that vocal learning—one of the crucial components for a spoken language—is associated with problem-solving. Vocal learning is the ability to produce new sounds by imitating (模仿) others, relying on experience rather than instinct. To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition (认知), the study authors turned to songbirds. The team performed seven cognitive experiments on 214 songbirds from 23 different species. Of these, 21 species were caught from the wild. Two songbirds studied are domesticated. The behavioral tests examined the birds’ problem solving, for instance by figuring out how to remove an object to access the food reward. The researchers also tested two other skills often associated with intelligence: learning by association, plus what’s called reversal (倒转的) learning, in which an animal adjusts its behavior to get a reward. They then looked at whether being vocal learners helped develop the three skills, comparing 21 bird species to two others, which were vocal non-learners. The biologists noticed a strong relationship between vocal learning and problem-solving skills. Vocal learning bird species could come up with innovative ideas, such as getting seeds, or a worm trapped under a cup by removing the obstacle or pulling it apart. All three abilities—problem solving, associative learning, and reversal learning—are typically considered “components of intelligence,” he says. Brain size was another benefit to vocal learning that may have supported these problem-solving abilities. The 21 vocal-learning species had slightly larger brains, relative to their body size, than the two who weren’t. Jarvis says it’s possible these big-headed birds packed more neurons. One question left unanswered is why there’s such a strong relationship between problem-solving abilities and vocal learning. The brain areas in charge of vocal learning are not the same ones that get activated when we need to troubleshoot an issue, says Jarvis. 31. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______. A. promote a new theory B. offer an example C. present an assumption D. make a contrast 32. Why does Jarvis carry out the study? A. To examine the problem-solving ability of songbirds. B. To prove the significance of vocal learning to humans. C. To illustrate the influence of brain size on vocal learning. D. To test the relation between vocal learning and intelligence. 33. What do we know from the study on songbirds? A. Advanced species have better problem-solving ability. B. Vocal learners have a better development of intelligence. C. Better problem-solving ability leads to bigger brain size. D. Humans and songbirds are both good at vocal learning. 34. We can infer that future study will focus on ________. A. why humans’ problem-solving abilities develop better B. how other abilities are connected to songbirds’ intelligence C. how problem-solving and vocal learning brain areas are related D. why vocal learning differences exist in various songbirds species 第二节(共5小题;每小2分，共10分) 根据短文内容，从短文题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。 Get Comfortable Giving Honest Feedback Should you cautiously tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Or would you tell someone about the piece of vegetable left in his teeth? ____35____ Recent research finds that a common cognitive error may help explain why—and that a simple approach could help overcome it. In five experiments, study participants took part in real-time interactions in which they gave or received feedback. Those who gave feedback estimated how much the other person wanted to hear a well-intentioned criticism; receivers reported their actual desire for constructive critiques. ____36____ The miscalculation was particularly obvious when the feedback was considered rather essential for the result, as well as when those offering the information predicted that doing so would be socially uncomfortable, either for themselves or for the receiver. The underestimation is likely due to a human tendency to ascribe (归因) different motives and desires to others than we do to ourselves, says Harvard doctoral student Nicole Abi-Esber, who authored the study. People tend to want feedback for themselves, but they underestimate how much others want it, too. ____37____ Skipping offering constructive criticism could have consequences. In one study, the subjects were asked to engage in a public-speaking contest. The feedback-givers, again, underestimated the speakers’ desire for constructive criticism. ____38____ Yet it was the speakers who heard more critical feedback that showed the most improvement. Is it possible to overcome this and get better at giving feedback when it’s most needed? ____39____“Take a second and imagine you are the other person,” Abi-Esber suggests. If you’d want feedback, it’s likely the other person feels the same—and might even be grateful that you took the time to speak up. A. They chose to give them praises instead. B. A quick role-exchanging exercise could move the needle. C. It can also help identify potential problems before they occur. D The reason is that they’re not putting themselves in the other person’s shoes. E. How you ask for feedback may stop you from hearing what you need to hear. F. Many people hesitate to offer such honest criticism even when the benefits seem obvious. G. Feedback-givers always underestimated how much others wanted to hear helpful criticism. 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) 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 If you’ve recently taken a flight from a major UK airport, then you may have noticed that more people are protesting air travel expansion and encouraging people to fly less. This is part of a larger environmental movement sweeping across Europe. Known as Flygskam or “flight-shaming”, the movement is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. The aviation (航空) currently accounts for about 2% of global emissions (排放) and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, unlike most other sources of pollution, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. Earlier this year, the UK government promised to reduce the UK’s emissions to “net zero” by 2050. However, according to projections from some researchers, emissions from the aviation could more than double by then even if planes become substantially more fuel-efficient. So, it’s unclear whether flying will be included in the UK’s target. It’s hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming, but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 8% this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen. Clearly, Flygskam is having a measurable impact on people’s transport choices. Some people, however, have been critical of the movement because they say that it places blame or feelings of embarrassment onto the passengers when it is really the airlines and industries associated with it who should feel guilty for the impact that they are having on the planet. 40. What is Flygskam? _______________________________________________________________________ 41. How does flying influence the environment? _______________________________________________________________________ 42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted. _______________________________________________________________________ 43. Besides what is mentioned in the passage, what do you think of the movement of Flygskam? (In about 40 words) _______________________________________________________________________ 第二节(20分) 44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，近期你的英国笔友Jim得知你的学校上周举办了“长城之约 ”(A date with the Great Wall)主题文化宣传活动，来信询问你活动的详情，请给他写一封邮件介绍相关情况。 内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 活动内容。 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 试题 第11页（共12页） 试题 第12页（共12页） 试题 第9页（共12页） 试题 第10页（共12页） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司zxxk.com 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03》 高三英语 (考试时间90分钟满分100分) 考生务必在答题卡区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania.Coach Brian Delallo,who worked on a local high school football team,decided to 1 his players'weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying:"Due to the expected severe 2 Monday's weightlifting workout has been cancelled.Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (their driveway.Don't accept any 3-that's our Monday workout. The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight.They said that they removed 4from dozens of homes.Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him how5 it was."We all feel great about it,"said team captain Gavin Moul"It's not only helping them,but it's helping us to become a better team." Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn't believe that the players wouldn't accept any payment.Sometimes people even6 their help because they wouldn't take money for it. Actually,it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout.It was started by a coach more than two decades ago.It was one of the many 7 the team kept. "It's about community."the coach said."It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it 8.Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us."The team got a workout and gave9 to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.It was a 10 for all. 1.A.try out B.pick up C.go over D.call off 2.A.injury B.weather C.disease D.pressure 3 A.money B.apology C.challenge D.request 4.A.dirt B.water C.snow D.waste 第1页/共21页 5.A.demanding B.rewarding C.promising D.amusing 6.A.sought B.got C.appreciated D.refused 7.A.goals B.secrets C.traditions D.jobs 8.A.matters B.cares C.works D.stays 9.A.off B.up C.in D.back 10.A.way B.win C.must D.lesson 【答案】1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.D7.C8.A 9.D 10.B 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了由于恶劣的天气，教练带领队员为行动不便的邻居除雪的故事。 【1题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当地一所高中橄榄球队的教练布莱恩·德拉洛Brian Delallo)决定取消球员的举 重训练。A.try out参加…选拔：B.pick up捡起：C.go over复习；D.call off叫停，取消。根据下文 “Monday's weightlifting workout has been cancelled”可知，教练取消了举重训练。故选D项。 【2题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于预期的恶劣天气，周一的举重训练已经取消。A.injury受伤：B.weather 天气；C.disease疾病；D.pressure压力。根据第一句“A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania..”可知，天气是恶劣的。故选B项。 【3题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：不收钱一一这是我们周一的锻炼。A.money钱：B.apology道歉：C.challenge 挑战：D.request要求。根据下文第三段“that the players wouldn't accept any payment”可知，此处教练告 诉大家在除雪的过程中不要收钱。故选A项。 【4题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们说他们清除了数十户人家的积雪。A.dit泥土；B.water水；C.smow雪； D.waste垃圾。根据文章第一段“Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel(为…除雪)their driveway.”可知，此处的活动是为大家清理积雪。故选C项。 【5题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一些运动员后来给教练发短信，告诉他这是多么值得。A.demanding高要求 的：B.rewarding有回报的，值得的：C.promising有希望的：D.amusing有趣的。根据下文“We all feel great about it,"said team captain Gavin Moul."It's not only helping them,but it's helping us to become a better team.,”可知，运动员觉得这项活动是有价值的。故选B项。 【6题详解】 第2页/共21页 考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时人们甚至拒绝他们的帮助，因为他们不愿意为此事花钱。A.sought追寻： B.got得到：C.appreciated感激；D.refused拒绝。根据“because they wouldn't take money for it”可知，由 于不想拿钱，有些人会拒绝帮助。故选D项。 【7题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是队伍保留的众多传统之一。A.goals目标：B.secrets秘密；C.traditions传 s统；D.jobs工作。根据“Actually,it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout.It was started by a coach more than two decades ago.”可知，这项活动不是第一次，是队伍保留下来的传统。故选C项。 【8题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是一种鼓舞人心的方式，让我们与我们的社区互动，并表明它很重要。A natters要紧，重要；B.cares在意；C.works起作用；D.stays停留。根据“It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community”可知，这项活动是很重要的。故选A项。 【9题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：团队在锻炼身体的同时，也通过做这些善举来回馈社区。A.(giv©)off发出；B. (give)up放弃；C.(give)in屈服；D.(give)back归还，回馈。根据“by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.”可知，团队通过这些善举来回馈社区。故选D项。 【10题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一种共赢。A.way方法；B.win胜利，赢；C.must必须做的事：D.lesson 课，教训。根据“The team got a workout and gave__9_to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.”可知，团队不仅锻炼了身体，也回馈了社区，这是共赢。故选B项。 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，共15分） A 阅读下面短文，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。 We are writing11(call)on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign.It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table.You may not know over 30%of the world's food 12(waste)every year,while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat.Reducing daily food waste by just 5%could save millions of people from starvation.Let's start doing 13 we can to make the world a better place 【答案】11.to call 12.is wasted 13.what 第3页/共21页 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇应用文，呼吁大家参加“光盘”行动。 【11题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：我们写信呼吁每个人都参加“光盘”行动。根据句意可知，写信的目的是为了呼 吁大家参加活动，空处用不定式作目的状语。故填to call。 【12题详解】 考查动词时态和语态。句意：你可能不知道，世界上每年有30%以上的食物被浪费，而许多贫困地区的人 却吃不饱饭。分析句子可知，空处为know后面的宾语从句的谓语，food为不可数名词，根据every year 可知，句子为一般现在时，主语food和waste构成被动关系，用一般现在时的被动语态。故填is wasted。 【13题详解】 考查名词性从句。句意：让我们开始尽我们所能让世界变得更美好。分析句子可知，we can(do)为doing 的宾语从句，此处cn后面的do被省略，从句部分缺少do的宾语，表示事物，用连接代词what引导宾语 从句。故填what。 力 阅读下面短文，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。 China's modern science and technology museum system 14(attract)over one billion offline visits since 2012,15(play)a unique role in promoting science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country.The system will continue to provide scientific education and popularization to the public,especially to key groups such as 16 (teenager) 【答案】14.has attracted 15.playing 16.teenagers 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文，介绍了中国现代科技馆系统在促进全国科普和提高科学素养方面发挥了独特 的作用。 【14题详解】 考查时态语态。句意：自2012年以来，中国现代科技馆系统吸引了超过10亿人次的线下参观，在促进全 国科普和提高科学素养方面发挥了独特的作用。空处缺少句子的谓语，根据smce2012可知，句子为现在 完成时，主语system为单数，谓语动词用单数形式。故填has attracted。 【15题详解】 第4页/共21页 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。分析句子可知，空处用非谓语动词，根据句意可知，空格前的内容与ply构 成逻辑上的主动关系，用现在分词作状语。故填playing。 【16题详解】 考查名词复数。句意：该系统将继续为公众，特别是青少年等重点群体提供科学教育和普及。1chs后面 缺少名词，此处表示“青少年”，用名词复数形式表示泛指。故填teenagers。 C 阅读下面短文，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。 More than 3.5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones. Researchers found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were 17 (happy)and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 309.Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox () People who had spent one hour less per day 18 smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those 19 had put their smartphones away 20 (entire)for a week. 【答案】17.happier 18.0m 19.who 20.entirely 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。针对大部分人沉迷于智能手机的现象，研究人员发现，每天减少一小时使用 手机的人更快乐且更健康。 【17题详解】 考查形容词。句意：研究人员发现，每天减少一小时使用手机的人更快乐，焦虑症状减少了30%以上。空 处用形容词作表语，结合reduced anxiety symptoms by more than30%可知，此处表示减少使用手机让人更 快乐，happier更快乐的，为形容词比较级，符合题意。故填happier。 【18题详解】 考查介词。句意：在为期一周的干预中，每天花在智能手机上的时间少于一小时的人，比那些完全远离智 能手机一周的人更有可能成功地改变他们的长期习惯。分析句子可知，空处缺少介词，sped+时间+on sth. 为固定短语，空处用on。故填on。 【19题详解】 考查定语从句。句意同上。hos为先行词，表示人，空处缺少关系词引导定语从句，先行词作从句的主 语，关系代词用who。故填who。 第5页/共21页 【20题详解】 考查副词。句意同2小题。分析句子可知，空处用副词作状语，entire对应的副词为entirely,意思为：完 全、彻底。故填entirely.。 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 The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP)welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing.Students will learn and experiment with the key building blocks of fiction and be guided through the process of writing and revising their own short stories.At the end of the program,students will emerge more confident in their skills and more connected to a supportive writing community Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College's literary magazine,the summer course run Monday-Friday and are open to all high school students. Fiction Class Our fiction class guides students through the process of writing a short story.No previous writing experience is necessary.Through daily writing assignments and class meetings,students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course.In addition to submitting daily assignments,students will meet as a group with our instructors online.Students will also meet individually with an instructor to discuss their own short stories,and will not only receive written feedback on their first drafts and final stories,but on all daily assignments. Students should expect to spend around 3-4 hours each day on their assignments,including meeting times.Class size will be small,and we'll break into small groups for discussions during each session. Cost Scholarships The cost of the TCYWP two-week program is $725.We hope that no student will let financial difficulty prevent them from applying.Tuition waivers (will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance.In the application,students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay,if any,if accepted into the program.No documentation is required.Contact us at info@thecommononline.com,if there is any question. 21.Participants of the Common Young Writers Program will 第6页/共21页 A.attend a virtual learning course B.meet great writers from colleges C.become passionate about writing D.gain confidence in writing reports 22.In the Fiction Class,students need to A.complete a writing assignment every day B.discuss their own story in a group meeting C.prove they have previous writing experience D.spend more than 4 hours on their assignments 23.Which is a requirement for the tuition waiver? A.Recommendation from the TCYWP office. B.Certificate of the academic achievement. C.Documents to prove the need of financial help. D.Application to explain the financial difficulties. 【答案】21.A22.A23.D 【解析】 【导语】本文是应用文。介绍了共同青年作家计划的相关内容。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“The Common Young Writers Program(TCYWP)welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing. 同青年作家计划(TCYWP)欢迎对创意写作充满热情的高中生加入我们的虚拟课程，花两周时间专门从事小 说写作)”可知，共同青年作家计划的参与者将参加一个虚拟学习课程。故选A项。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Through daily writing assignments and class meetings,.students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course.(通过每天的写 作作业和课堂会议，学生将学习小说的关键组成部分，并在课程结束时完成自己的短篇小说)”可知，在小 说课上，学生需要每天完成一份写作任务。故选A项。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Tuition waivers(学费减免)will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance.In the application,students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay,if any,if accepted into 第7页/共21页 the program.(对于申请资格较好的学生，如果没有经济援助而不能参加该项目，则可以获得学费减免。在 申请中，学生将有机会简要描述他们的经济状况，并说明如果被录取，他们可以支付的费用)”可知，减免 学费的条件是需要学生申请解释财务困难。故选D项。 B My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard way a baby enters the world.Within minutes of coming out,I was brought into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news:I was born missing my left hand.I'm sure it was quite difficult for them My parents took good care of me.I played sports,acted in theater,stood out in school,participated in student government and had playdates with friends.While I did get some stares and"polite"questions about my disability,I am lucky because I wasn't made fun of for my limb (difference. As kids do,I quickly learned to adapt,working around themissing"hand.One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes.I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn't work for me,and I figured out a way to do it with one hand. However,that fact that I was different hit me hard my first day of high school.I was 13,an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases.I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm.The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand,so I impulsively ()slipped it into my pocket.I told myself that I'd just hide it that one day,while I was trying to make friends.But one day of hiding turned into a week,which turned into a month,which became years-25 of them to be exact. Tired of hiding and so lonely,the transformation process came to me.I started with physical care.And when I was 38 years old,I met someone special and invited them in.For the first time in my life,I allowed someone to really hold my limb,look at it,take pictures of it,touch it,love it-love me.From that point on,I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me,something that should be shown,not hidden. Hiding things,especially from loved ones,is exhausting and hurting,and it prevents us from getting help and support.Unhiding can set you free. 24.When the author was a kid,she felt her limb difference was A.meaningful B.inconvenient C.special D.acceptable 25.Why did the author decide to hide her hand? A.She was laughed at on the bus. B.She felt afraid of scaring others. C.She became sensitive at that age. 第8页/共21页 D.She got discouraged by her father. 26.The author started her transformation in her 30s because A.her hand was touched and loved B.she received a useful physical care C.someone special came into her life D.she had a desire to make a change 27.What can we learn from this passage? A.Family love is important for our growth. B.Stopping hiding opens up a new world. C.Time is the best cure for a broken heart. D.Inner beauty matters more than appearance. 【答案】24.D25.C26.D27.B 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。本文是记叙文。作者出生时就缺少左胳膊，在父母的照顾下，作者学会用单手做 很多事情，但是有一次，公交车上的一个孩子一直盯着作者看，这让作者感到自卑，多年来一直将自己的 手藏起来。后来作者加入幸运鳍计划，遇到了一个特别的人，作者意识到自己没必要在躲藏，于是开始学 会欣赏这个世界，学会爱自己。 【24题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“My parents took good care of me.I played sports,acted in theater,stood out in school,participated in student government and had playdates with friends.While I did get some stares and "polite questions about my disability,I am lucky because I wasn't made fun of for my limb(肢体)difference..(我的父母把 我照顾得很好。我参加体育运动，在剧院表演，在学校表现突出，参加学生会，和朋友一起玩。虽然我确 实得到了一些关于我的残疾的目光和“礼貌”的问题，但我很幸运，因为我没有因为我的肢体差异而被取 笑)”以及第三段“As kids do,.I quickly learned to adapt,working around the"missing”hand.One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes.I gently pushed him out of the way because his two- handed method wouldn't work for me,.and I figured out a way to do it with one hand.(和孩子们一样，我很快就 学会了适应，在“失去”的那只手周围工作。我最早的记忆之一是我父亲试图教我系鞋带。我轻轻地把他 推开，因为他的双手方法不适合我，我想出了一个用一只手来做的方法)”可知，作者小时候并没有因为肢 体差异而被取笑，并且很快就学会了适应，所以她觉得自己的肢体差异是可接受的。故选D项。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“I was 13,an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in 第9页/共21页 increases.I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm.The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before,and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand,soI impulsively (slipped it into my pocket.I told myself that I'd just hide it that one day,while I was trying to make friends..(我l3岁，这个年纪的孩子已经很有自我意识了，想要融入社会的需求也在增加。我记得我上 了黄色的校车，其中一个孩子盯着我的左臂看了太久。这种凝视使我感到前所未有的气馁，我突然有一种 想把手藏起来的冲动，于是我冲动地把手塞进了口袋。我告诉自己，总有一天，当我试着交朋友的时候， 我会把它藏起来)”可知，作者因为她在那个年龄变得敏感起来，不想让别人注意到自己的肢体差异，所以 决定把她的手藏起来。故选C项。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Tired of hiding and so lonely,the transformation process came to me.I started with physical care.And when I was 38 years old,I met someone special and invited them in.For the first time in my life,I allowed someone to really hold my limb,look at it,take pictures of it,touch it,love it-love me.From that point on,I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me,something that should be shown,.not hidden.(厌倦了躲藏又如此孤独，转型的过程来到了我的面前。我从身体护理开始。当我38岁 的时候，我遇到了一些特别的人，并邀请他们进来。有生以来第一次，我允许别人真正握住我的胳膊，看 着它，给它拍照，抚摸它，爱它—爱我。从那时起，我把我的肢体差异看作是我独特而美丽的东西，应 该展示出来，而不是隐藏起来)”可知，作者厌倦了隐藏，所以作者从30多岁开始转变，是因为她渴望做 出改变。故选D项。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Hiding things,especially from loved ones,is exhausting and hurting,andit prevents us from getting help and support.Unhiding can set you free.(隐瞒事情，尤其是对所爱的人隐瞒，会让 人筋疲力尽，也会让人受伤，还会让我们得不到帮助和支持。解除隐藏可以让你自由)”可知，本文让人明 白停止躲藏开启了一个新世界。故选B项。 0 Drought is an increasing problem in our warming world.All continents have been experiencing more extended periods without rain,leading to forest fires and poor crop growth.Consequently,people are looking at cloud seeding to solve the problem-a method of encouraging precipitation ()by sending small particles of certain chemicals into clouds. Cloud-seeding expert Arlen Huggins has been studying its effectiveness."My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (in northeast Colorado.We didn't have any luck with that but we 第10页/共21页2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03》 高三英语 (考试时间90分钟满分100分) 考生务必在答题卡区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania.Coach Brian Delallo,who worked on a local high school football team,decided to 1 his players'weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying:"Due to the expected severe 2 Monday's weightlifting workout has been cancelled.Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (their driveway.Don't accept any 3-that's our Monday workout. The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight.They said that they removed 4from dozens of homes.Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him how5 it was."We all feel great about it,"said team captain Gavin Moul"It's not only helping them,but it's helping us to become a better team." Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn't believe that the players wouldn't accept any payment.Sometimes people even6 their help because they wouldn't take money for it. Actually,it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout.It was started by a coach more than two decades ago.It was one of the many 7 the team kept. "It's about community."the coach said."It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it 8.Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us."The team got a workout and gave9 to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.It was a 10 for all. 1.A.try out B.pick up C.go over D.call off 2.A.injury B.weather C.disease D.pressure 3 A.money B.apology C.challenge D.request 4.A.dirt B.water C.snow D.waste 第1页/共10页 5.A.demanding B.rewarding C.promising D.amusing 6.A.sought B.got C.appreciated D.refused 7.A.goals B.secrets C.traditions D.jobs 8.A.matters B.cares C.works D.stays 9.A.off B.up C.in D.back 10.A.way B.win C.must D.lesson 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，共15分） A 阅读下面短文，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。 We are writing11(call)on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign.It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table.You may not know over 30%of the world's food 12(waste)every year,while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat.Reducing daily food waste by just 5%could save millions of people from starvation.Let's start doing13we can to make the world a better place. 心 阅读下面短文，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。 China's modern science and technology museum system14(attract)over one billion offline visits since 2012,15(play)a unique role in promoting science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country.The system will continue to provide scientific education and popularization to the public,especially to key groups such as 16(teenager). 0 阅读下面短文，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。 More than 3.5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones. Researchers found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were17(happy)and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%.Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox () People who had spent one hour less per day18smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those19had put their smartphones away 20 (entire)for a week. 第2页/共10页 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 The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP)welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing.Students will learn and experiment with the key building blocks of fiction and be guided through the process of writing and revising their own short stories.At the end of the program,students will emerge more confident in their skills and more connected to a supportive writing community Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College's literary magazine,the summer course run Monday-Friday and are open to all high school students. Fiction Class Our fiction class guides students through the process of writing a short story.No previous writing experience is necessary.Through daily writing assignments and class meetings,students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course.In addition to submitting daily assignments,students will meet as a group with our instructors online.Students will also meet individually with an instructor to discuss their own short stories,and will not only receive written feedback on their first drafts and final stories,but on all daily assignments Students should expect to spend around 3-4 hours each day on their assignments,including meeting times.Class size will be small,and we'll break into small groups for discussions during each session. Cost Scholarships The cost of the TCYWP two-week program is $725.We hope that no student will let financial difficulty prevent them from applying.Tuition waivers (will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance.In the application,students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay,if any,if accepted into the program.No documentation is required.Contact us at info@thecommononline.com,if there is any question. 21.Participants of the Common Young Writers Program will A.attend a virtual learning course B.meet great writers from colleges C.become passionate about writing 第3页/共10页 D.gain confidence in writing reports 22.In the Fiction Class,students need to A.complete a writing assignment every day B.discuss their own story in a group meeting C.prove they have previous writing experience D.spend more than 4 hours on their assignments 23.Which is a requirement for the tuition waiver? A.Recommendation from the TCYWP office. B.Certificate of the academic achievement. C.Documents to prove the need of financial help. D.Application to explain the financial difficulties. B My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard way a baby enters the world.Within minutes of coming out,I was brought into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news:I was born missing my left hand.I'm sure it was quite difficult for them My parents took good care of me.I played sports,acted in theater,stood out in school,participated in student government and had playdates with friends.While I did get some stares and "polite"questions about my disability,I am lucky because I wasn't made fun of for my limb (difference. As kids do,I quickly learned to adapt,working around the"missing"hand.One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes.I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn't work for me,and I figured out a way to do it with one hand. However,that fact that I was different hit me hard my first day of high school.I was 13,an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases.I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm.The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand,so I impulsively (slipped it into my pocket.I told myself that I'd just hide it that one day,while I was trying to make friends.But one day of hiding turned into a week,which turned into a month,which became years-25 of them to be exact. Tired of hiding and so lonely,the transformation process came to me.I started with physical care.And when I was 38 years old,I met someone special and invited them in.For the first time in my life,I allowed someone to really hold my limb,look at it,take pictures of it,touch it,love it-love me.From that point on,I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me,something that should be shown,not hidden. 第4页/共10页 Hiding things,especially from loved ones,is exhausting and hurting,and it prevents us from getting help and support.Unhiding can set you free. 24.When the author was a kid,she felt her limb difference was_ A.meaningful B.inconvenient C.special D.acceptable 25.Why did the author decide to hide her hand? A.She was laughed at on the bus. B.She felt afraid of scaring others. C.She became sensitive at that age D.She got discouraged by her father. 26.The author started her transformation in her 30s because A.her hand was touched and loved B.she received a useful physical care C.someone special came into her life D.she had a desire to make a change 27.What can we learn from this passage? A.Family love is important for our growth. B.Stopping hiding opens up a new world. C.Time is the best cure for a broken heart. D.Inner beauty matters more than appearance. 0 Drought is an increasing problem in our warming world.All continents have been experiencing more extended periods without rain,leading to forest fires and poor crop growth.Consequently,people are looking at cloud seeding to solve the problem-a method of encouraging precipitation (by sending small particles of certain chemicals into clouds. Cloud-seeding expert Arlen Huggins has been studying its effectiveness."My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (in northeast Colorado.We didn't have any luck with that but we had success later on in increasing snowfall in Utah.Now,the focus is shifting towards increasing rainfall from summer clouds,which is far more unpredictable."said he. The problem is that it's pretty hard to know whether precipitation resulted directly from cloud seeding.It might have rained or snowed anyway.Even if you cloud seed in one place and don't in another,it's impossible to know for 第5页/共10页 sure what caused the precipitation.Also,it's not during foggy and snowy conditions that people think of increasing the chance of rainfall.When a country is hit by drought,then cloud seeding isn't an option due to the lack of clouds. During drought,skies tend to be clear with few clouds.The best option to prevent drought is to seed at times of the year when rainfall levels are normal or higher.That way,slightly more rain can be stored the dry season. As cloud seeding is expensive and its effectiveness tenuous,its usefulness is still a matter of opinion.University of Colorado researcher Katja Friedrich says cloud seeding can't end a drought.However,it can be beneficial, provided it occurs alongside other water conservation strategies.Still,for that to happen,the water would need to be captured and stored effectively There are also environmental issues regarding the impact of cloud seeding.At high levels,the chemicals sent into the clouds can harm humans and other animals,and some studies have found them slightly poisonous.Apart from that,some environmentalists are concerned about the long-term impacts,as there isn't data on how much those chemicals accumulate (in the environment over 10 years. Another fear is that cloud seeding could potentially steal water from neighbouring areas by encouraging the water in clouds that would otherwise fall somewhere else to fall in your location.If one country uses cloud seeding to create rain,a neighbouring country will also be very likely to lose out because clouds are constantly forming and reforming. 28.In Huggins'study,at first cloud seeding was used to A.increase annual snowfall in Utah B.send chemicals into summer clouds C.lower the amount of hail in Colorado D.put out forest fires and help crops grow 29.What does the underlined word tenuous in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A.Negative. B.Weak. C.Surprising. D.Various. 30.What's the best title of the passage? A.Should we seed clouds to make rain? B.Should we seed clouds at a lower price? C.Can cloud seeding help end a drought? D.Can cloud seeding be more eco-friendly? D What does it mean to be intelligent?If it's defined by having the biggest brain,then sperm whales-whose brain is 20 pounds-would be the brightest creatures on Earth.But,more likely,intelligence is what gives an 第6页/共10页 organism the best chance to survive in an environment.Language may be one of the best ways to demonstrate that kind of smarts.Though all animals can communicate with others,humans are one of the few species to have a spoken language.Using speech,we could share complex ideas,pass knowledge through generations,and create communities.Whether spoken language actually helped us evolve (as species into more advanced beings, however,has never really been tested. "Language allowing humans to be a more advanced species is an assumption that somebody came up with one day without really trying to prove it,"says Erich Jarvis,a professor who studies the neurobiology of vocal learning. But Jarvis and his colleagues were able to examine this assumption with the help of songbirds.Jarvis'new study provides some of the first evidence that vocal learning-one of the crucial components for a spoken language-is associated with problem-solving.Vocal learning is the ability to produce new sounds by imitating others,relying on experience rather than instinct. To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition ()the study authors turned to songbirds.The team performed seven cognitive experiments on 214 songbirds from 23 different species.Of these,21 species were caught from the wild.Two songbirds studied are domesticated.The behavioral tests examined the birds'problem solving,for instance by figuring out how to remove an object to access the food reward.The researchers also tested two other skills often associated with intelligence:learning by association,plus what's called reversal ( learning,in which an animal adjusts its behavior to get a reward.They then looked at whether being vocal learners helped develop the three skills,comparing 21 bird species to two others,which were vocal non-learners. The biologists noticed a strong relationship between vocal learning and problem-solving skills.Vocal learning bird species could come up with innovative ideas,such as getting seeds,or a worm trapped under a cup by removing the obstacle or pulling it apart.All three abilities-problem solving,associative learning,and reversal learning-are typically considered"components of intelligence,"he says. Brain size was another benefit to vocal learning that may have supported these problem-solving abilities.The 21 vocal-learning species had slightly larger brains,relative to their body size,than the two who weren't.Jarvis says it's possible these big-headed birds packed more neurons. One question left unanswered is why there's such a strong relationship between problem-solving abilities and vocal learning.The brain areas in charge of vocal learning are not the same ones that get activated when we need to troubleshoot an issue,says Jarvis. 31.The purpose of the first paragraph is to A.promote a new theory B.offer an example C.present an assumption D.make a contrast 第7页/共10页 32.Why does Jarvis carry out the study? A.To examine the problem-solving ability of songbirds B.To prove the significance of vocal learning to humans. C.To illustrate the influence of brain size on vocal learning. D.To test the relation between vocal learning and intelligence. 33.What do we know from the study on songbirds? A.Advanced species have better problem-solving ability B.Vocal learners have a better development of intelligence C.Better problem-solving ability leads to bigger brain size. D.Humans and songbirds are both good at vocal learning. 34.We can infer that future study will focus on A.why humans'problem-solving abilities develop better B.how other abilities are connected to songbirds'intelligence C.how problem-solving and vocal learning brain areas are related D.why vocal learning differences exist in various songbirds species 第二节（共5小题；每小2分，共10分） 根据短文内容，从短文题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。 Get Comfortable Giving Honest Feedback Should you cautiously tell a coworker she's been mispronouncing a client's name?Or would you tell someone about the piece of vegetable left in his teeth?35 Recent research finds that a common cognitive error may help explain why-and that a simple approach could help overcome it. In five experiments,study participants took part in real-time interactions in which they gave or received feedback Those who gave feedback estimated how much the other person wanted to hear a well-intentioned criticism;receivers reported their actual desire for constructive critiques. 36 The miscalculation was particularly obvious when the feedback was considered rather essential for the result,as well as when those offering the information predicted that doing so would be socially uncomfortable, either for themselves or for the receiver. The underestimation is likely due to a human tendency to ascribe(different motives and desires to others than we do to ourselves,says Harvard doctoral student Nicole Abi-Esber,who authored the study.People tend to want feedback for themselves,but they underestimate how much others want it,too.37 第8页/共10页 Skipping offering constructive criticism could have consequences.In one study,the subjects were asked to engage in a public-speaking contest.The feedback-givers,again,underestimated the speakers'desire for constructive criticism.38 Yet it was the speakers who heard more critical feedback that showed the most improvement. Is it possible to overcome this and get better at giving feedback when it's most needed?39 "Take a second and imagine you are the other person,"Abi-Esber suggests.Ifyou'd want feedback,it's likely the other person feels the same-and might even be grateful that you took the time to speak up. A.They chose to give them praises instead B.A quick role-exchanging exercise could move the needle. C.It can also help identify potential problems before they occur. D The reason is that they're not putting themselves in the other person's shoes. E.How you ask for feedback may stop you from hearing what you need to hear. F.Many people hesitate to offer such honest criticism even when the benefits seem obvious. G.Feedback-givers always underestimated how much others wanted to hear helpful criticism. 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） 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 If you've recently taken a flight from a major UK airport,then you may have noticed that more people are protesting air travel expansion and encouraging people to fly less.This is part of a larger environmental movement sweeping across Europe.Known as Flygskam or "flight-shaming",the movement is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. The aviation (currently accounts for about 2%of global emissions()and is one of the fastest-growing polluters.Even worse,unlike most other sources of pollution,air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere Earlier this year,the UK government promised to reduce the UK's emissions to"net zero"by 2050.However, according to projections from some researchers,emissions from the aviation could more than double by then even if planes become substantially more fuel-efficient.So,it's unclear whether flying will be included in the UK's target. It's hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming,but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 80 this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen.Clearly,Flygskam is having a measurable impact on people's transport choices.Some people, however,have been critical of the movement because they say that it places blame or feelings of embarrassment onto 第9页/共10页 the passengers when it is really the airlines and industries associated with it who should feel guilty for the impact that they are having on the planet. 40.What is Flygskam? 41.How does flying influence the environment? 42.Please decide which part is false in the following statement,then underline it and explain why Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign,so it is widely accepted. 43.Besides what is mentioned in the passage,what do you think of the movement of Flygskam?(In about 40 words) 第二节(20分) 44.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，近期你的英国笔友Jim得知你的学校上周举办了“长城之约”(A date with the Great Wall)主题文化宣传活动，来信询问你活动的详情，请给他写一封邮件介绍相关情况。 内容包括： 1.活动目的： 2.活动内容。 注意：1.词数100左右； 2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jint Yours, LiHua 第10页/共10页2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03）答题卡 姓名： 班级： 考场/座位号： 注意事项 准考证号 1.答题前，请将姓名、班级、考场、准考证号填写清楚。 2. 客观题答题必须使用2B铅笔填涂，修改时用橡皮擦干净。 0] [0] [0] 3.主观题使用黑色笔书写。 4.必须在题号对应的答题区内作答，超出答题区书写无效。 5.保持答卷清洁、完整。 L3] 3 5 T51 61 L6 正确填涂■ 缺考标记口 8 8] [8] [9] 0 9] [9] 9 9] [9] 选择题 1[A][B][C][D] 2[A][B][C][D] 3[A][B][C][D] 4[A][B][C][D] 5[A][B][C][D] 6[A][B][C][D] 7[AJ[B][C][D] 8[AJ[B][C][D] 9[A][B][C][D] 10[A][B][C][D] 21[A][B][c][D] 22[A][B][C][D] 23[A][B][C][D] 24[A][B][C][D] 25[A][B][C][D] 26[A][B][C][D]27[A][B][c][D] 28[A][B][C][D]29[A][B][c][D] 30[A][B][C][D] 31[A][B][C][D]32[A][B][C][D]33A][B][C][D] 34[A][B][C][D] 35[A][B][C][D][E][F][G]36[A][B][C][D][E][F][G]37[A][B][C][D][E][F][G] 38[A][B][C][D][E][F][G]39[A][B][c][D][E][F][G] 填空题 11. 12. 13 14. 15. 16. 17. 18 19 20. 解答题 40 41. ☑☑■ 第1页共2页 ■ 42.Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign,so it is widely accepted. 43. 英语作文题 44. 5 10 ☑■☑ 第2页共2页。。。 2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03) 高三英语 : : :: : (考试时间90分钟满分100分) : 考生务必在答题卡区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania.Coach Brian : Delallo,who worked on a local high school football team,decided to1 his players'weightlifting practice.He : : texted his players saying:"Due to the expected severe2Monday's weightlifting workout has been : : cancelled.Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (their driveway.Don't accept any _3-that's our Monday workout. : The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight.They said that they removed 4from dozens of homes.Some players texted their coach : O afterwards to tell him how5it was."We all feel great about it,"said team captain Gavin Moul."It's not only helping them,but it's helping us to become a better team. Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn't believe that the players wouldn't accept any payment.Sometimes people even6their help because they wouldn't take money for it. Actually,it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout.It was started by a coach more than : two decades ago.It was one of the many_7the team kept. "It's about community."the coach said."It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it8.Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that : supports us."The team got a workout and gave9to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.It was a 10 for all 1.A.try out B.pick up C.go over D.call off 2.A.injury B.weather C.disease D.pressure 3 A.money B.apology C.challenge D.request : : : 4.A.dirt B.water C.snow D.waste 试题第1页（共12页） 学科网·学易金卷做既满：限家是普 5.A.demanding B.rewarding C.promising D.amusing 6.A.sought B.got C.appreciated D.refused 7.A.goals B.secrets C.traditions D.jobs 8.A.matters B.cares C.works D.stays 9.A.off B.up C.in D.back 10.A.way B.win C.must D.lesson 第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，共15分） A 阅读下面短文，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。 We are writing_11(call)on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign.It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table.You may not know over 30%of the world's food 12(waste)every year,while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat.Reducing daily food waste by just 5%could save millions of people from starvation.Let's start doing_13we can to make the world a better place. B 阅读下面短文，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。 China's modern science and technology museum system14(attract)over one billion offline visits since 2012,_15(play)a unique role in promoting science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country.The system will continue to provide scientific education and popularization to the public,especially to key groups such as_16(teenager). C 阅读下面短文，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。 More than 3.5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones. Researchers found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were17(happy)and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%.Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox () People who had spent one hour less per day_18smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those 19 had put their 试题第2页（共12页） 可学科网·学易金卷做闭慈：限家是籍 smartphones away 20 (entire)for a week. 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。 The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP)welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing.Students will learn and experiment with the key building blocks of fiction and be guided through the process of writing and revising their own short stories.At the end of the program,students will emerge more confident in their skills and more connected to a supportive writing community. Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College's literary magazine,the summer course run Monday-Friday and are open to all high school students. Fiction Class Our fiction class guides students through the process of writing a short story.No previous writing experience is necessary.Through daily writing assignments and class meetings,students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course.In addition to submitting daily assignments,students will meet as a group with our instructors online.Students will also meet individually with an instructor to discuss their own short stories,and will not only receive written feedback on their first drafts and final stories,but on all daily assignments Students should expect to spend around 3-4 hours each day on their assignments,including meeting times. Class size will be small,and we'll break into small groups for discussions during each session. Cost Scholarships The cost of the TCYWP two-week program is S725.We hope that no student will let financial difficulty prevent them from applying.Tuition waivers()will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance.In the application,students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay,if any,if accepted into the program.No documentation is required.Contact us at info@thecommononline.com,if there is any question. 21.Participants of the Common Young Writers Program will_ A.attend a virtual learning course B.meet great writers from colleges 试题第3页（共12页) C.become passionate about writing D.gain confidence in writing reports 22.In the Fiction Class,students need to A.complete a writing assignment every day B.discuss their own story in a group meeting C.prove they have previous writing experience ® D.spend more than 4 hours on their assignments 23.Which is a requirement for the tuition waiver? A.Recommendation from the TCYWP office O 张 B.Certificate of the academic achievement. C.Documents to prove the need of financial help. D.Application to explain the financial difficulties. 江 B 游 My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard way a baby enters the world.Within minutes of coming 游 out,I was brought into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news:I was born missing my left hand.I'm sure it was quite difficult for them. O My parents took good care of me.I played sports,acted in theater,stood out in school,participated in student government and had playdates with friends.While I did get some stares and "polite"questions about my disability, I am lucky because I wasn't made fun of for my limb (difference. As kids do,I quickly learned to adapt,working around the "missing"hand.One of my earliest memories is my 肉 father trying to teach me to tie my shoes.I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn't work for me,and I figured out a way to do it with one hand. 性 However,that fact that I was different hit me hard my first day of high school.I was 13,an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases.I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm.The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before,and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand,so I impulsively (slipped it into my pocket.I told myself that I'd just hide it that one day,while I was trying to make friends.But one day of hiding turned into a week,which @ turned into a month,which became years-25 of them to be exact. Tired of hiding and so lonely,the transformation process came to me.I started with physical care.And when I was 38 years old,I met someone special and invited them in.For the first time in my life,I allowed someone to really hold my limb,look at it,take pictures of it,touch it,love it-love me.From that point on,I saw my limb 试题第4页（共12页） difference as something unique and beautiful about me,something that should be shown,not hidden. Hiding things,especially from loved ones,is exhausting and hurting,and it prevents us from getting help and .: ·: 0 support.Unhiding can set you free. : 24.When the author was a kid,she felt her limb difference was : : ·: A.meaningful B.inconvenient C.special D.acceptable 25.Why did the author decide to hide her hand? A.She was laughed at on the bus. : B.She felt afraid of scaring others. : C.She became sensitive at that age. : D.She got discouraged by her father. : 26.The author started her transformation in her 30s because : A.her hand was touched and loved B.she received a useful physical care 尽 C.someone special came into her life D.she had a desire to make a change : : 27.What can we learn from this passage? A.Family love is important for our growth. O B.Stopping hiding opens up a new world. C.Time is the best cure for a broken heart. : D.Inner beauty matters more than appearance. : Drought is an increasing problem in our warming world.All continents have been experiencing more extended periods without rain,leading to forest fires and poor crop growth.Consequently,people are looking at cloud .. seeding to solve the problem-a method of encouraging precipitation()by sending small particles of certain chemicals into clouds. : Cloud-seeding expert Arlen Huggins has been studying its effectiveness."My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (in northeast Colorado.We didn't have any luck with that but : we had success later on in increasing snowfall in Utah.Now,the focus is shifting towards increasing rainfall from : summer clouds,which is far more unpredictable."said he. : The problem is that it's pretty hard to know whether precipitation resulted directly from cloud seeding.It ○ 试题第5页（共12页） : 可学科网·学易金卷筒既：要家是 might have rained or snowed anyway.Even if you cloud seed in one place and don't in another,it's impossible to know for sure what caused the precipitation.Also,it's not during foggy and snowy conditions that people think of increasing the chance of rainfall.When a country is hit by drought,then cloud seeding isn't an option due to the lack of clouds.During drought,skies tend to be clear with few clouds.The best option to prevent drought is to seed at times of the year when rainfall levels are normal or higher.That way,slightly more rain can be stored the dry season. As cloud seeding is expensive and its effectiveness tenuous,its usefulness is still a matter of opinion. University of Colorado researcher Katja Friedrich says cloud seeding can't end a drought.However,it can be beneficial,provided it occurs alongside other water conservation strategies.Still,for that to happen,the water would need to be captured and stored effectively. There are also environmental issues regarding the impact of cloud seeding.At high levels,the chemicals sent into the clouds can harm humans and other animals,and some studies have found them slightly poisonous.Apart from that,some environmentalists are concerned about the long-term impacts,as there isn't data on how much those chemicals accumulate (in the environment over 10 years. Another fear is that cloud seeding could potentially steal water from neighbouring areas by encouraging the water in clouds that would otherwise fall somewhere else to fall in your location.If one country uses cloud seeding to create rain,a neighbouring country will also be very likely to lose out because clouds are constantly forming and reforming. 28.In Huggins'study,at first cloud seeding was used to A.increase annual snowfall in Utah B.send chemicals into summer clouds C.lower the amount of hail in Colorado D.put out forest fires and help crops grow 29.What does the underlined word tenuous in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A.Negative. B.Weak. C.Surprising. D.Various. 30.What's the best title of the passage? A.Should we seed clouds to make rain? B.Should we seed clouds at a lower price? C.Can cloud seeding help end a drought? D.Can cloud seeding be more eco-friendly? 试题第6页（共12页) 可学科网·学易金卷做好慈：艺限家是藉 D What does it mean to be intelligent?If it's defined by having the biggest brain,then sperm whales-whose brain is 20 pounds-would be the brightest creatures on Earth.But,more likely,intelligence is what gives an organism the best chance to survive in an environment.Language may be one of the best ways to demonstrate that kind of smarts.Though all animals can communicate with others,humans are one of the few species to have a spoken language.Using speech,we could share complex ideas,pass knowledge through generations,and create communities.Whether spoken language actually helped us evolve()as species into more advanced beings, however,has never really been tested "Language allowing humans to be a more advanced species is an assumption that somebody came up with one day without really trying to prove it,says Erich Jarvis,a professor who studies the neurobiology of vocal learning. But Jarvis and his colleagues were able to examine this assumption with the help of songbirds.Jarvis'new study provides some of the first evidence that vocal learning-one of the crucial components for a spoken language-is associated with problem-solving.Vocal learning is the ability to produce new sounds by imitating others,relying on experience rather than instinct To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition(),the study authors turned to songbirds.The team performed seven cognitive experiments on 214 songbirds from 23 different species.Of these,21 species were caught from the wild.Two songbirds studied are domesticated.The behavioral tests examined the birds'problem solving,for instance by figuring out how to remove an object to access the food reward.The researchers also tested two other skills often associated with intelligence:learning by association,plus what's called reversal learning,in which an animal adjusts its behavior to get a reward.They then looked at whether being vocal learners helped develop the three skills,comparing 21 bird species to two others,which were vocal non-learners. The biologists noticed a strong relationship between vocal learning and problem-solving skills.Vocal learning bird species could come up with innovative ideas,such as getting seeds,or a worm trapped under a cup by removing the obstacle or pulling it apart.All three abilities-problem solving,associative learning,and reversal learning-are typically considered "components of intelligence,he says. Brain size was another benefit to vocal learning that may have supported these problem-solving abilities.The 21 vocal-learning species had slightly larger brains,relative to their body size,than the two who weren't.Jarvis says it's possible these big-headed birds packed more neurons. One question left unanswered is why there's such a strong relationship between problem-solving abilities and vocal learning.The brain areas in charge of vocal learning are not the same ones that get activated when we need 试题第7页（共12页） to troubleshoot an issue,says Jarvis. 31.The purpose of the first paragraph is to A.promote a new theory B.offer an example C.present an assumption D.make a contrast 32.Why does Jarvis carry out the study? A.To examine the problem-solving ability of songbirds. B.To prove the significance of vocal learning to humans. C.To illustrate the influence of brain size on vocal learning. D.To test the relation between vocal learning and intelligence. 张 33.What do we know from the study on songbirds? A.Advanced species have better problem-solving ability. B.Vocal learners have a better development of intelligence 江 C.Better problem-solving ability leads to bigger brain size. 数 D.Humans and songbirds are both good at vocal learning. 游 34.We can infer that future study will focus on A.why humans'problem-solving abilities develop better S B.how other abilities are connected to songbirds'intelligence C.how problem-solving and vocal learning brain areas are related D.why vocal learning differences exist in various songbirds species 第二节（共5小题；每小2分，共10分） 肉 根据短文内容，从短文题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。 性 Get Comfortable Giving Honest Feedback Should you cautiously tell a coworker she's been mispronouncing a client's name?Or would you tell someone O about the piece of vegetable left in his teeth?35 Recent research finds that a common cognitive error may help explain why-and that a simple approach could help overcome it. In five experiments,study participants took part in real-time interactions in which they gave or received feedback.Those who gave feedback estimated how much the other person wanted to hear a well-intentioned criticism;receivers reported their actual desire for constructive critiques. 36The miscalculation was particularly obvious when the feedback was considered rather essential for the result,as well as when those offering the information predicted that doing so would be socially 试题第8页（共12页） : uncomfortable,either for themselves or for the receiver. The underestimation is likely due to a human tendency to ascribe()different motives and desires to : O others than we do to ourselves,says Harvard doctoral student Nicole Abi-Esber,who authored the study.People : .: tend to want feedback for themselves,but they underestimate how much others want it,too. 37 : Skipping offering constructive criticism could have consequences.In one study,the subjects were asked to engage in a public-speaking contest.The feedback-givers,again,underestimated the speakers'desire for constructive criticism. 3 _Yet it was the speakers who heard more critical feedback that showed the most improvement : Is it possible to overcome this and get better at giving feedback when it's most needed?39"Take a : : second and imagine you are the other person,"Abi-Esber suggests.If you'd want feedback,it's likely the other : : person feels the same-and might even be grateful that you took the time to speak up. : : A.They chose to give them praises instead. B.A quick role-exchanging exercise could move the needle. 尽 C.It can also help identify potential problems before they occur. D The reason is that they're not putting themselves in the other person's shoes. E.How you ask for feedback may stop you from hearing what you need to hear. O F.Many people hesitate to offer such honest criticism even when the benefits seem obvious. G.Feedback-givers always underestimated how much others wanted to hear helpful criticism. 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） 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 If you've recently taken a flight from a major UK airport,then you may have noticed that more people are protesting air travel expansion and encouraging people to fly less.This is part of a larger environmental movement sweeping across Europe.Known as Flygskam or "flight-shaming",the movement is encouraging people to stop : taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. : The aviation(航空)currently accounts for about2%of global emissions(排放)and is one of the fastest-growing polluters.Even worse,unlike most other sources of pollution,air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. : : : Earlier this year,the UK government promised to reduce the UK's emissions to "net zero"by 2050.However, according to projections from some researchers,emissions from the aviation could more than double by then even 试题第9页（共12页） 学科网·学易金卷做既焉：限家是萧 if planes become substantially more fuel-efficient.So,it's unclear whether flying will be included in the UK's target. It's hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming,but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 8%this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen.Clearly,Flygskam is having a measurable impact on people's transport choices.Some people, however,have been critical of the movement because they say that it places blame or feelings of embarrassment onto the passengers when it is really the airlines and industries associated with it who should feel guilty for the impact that they are having on the planet 40.What is Flygskam? 41.How does flying influence the environment? 42.Please decide which part is false in the following statement,then underline it and explain why. Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign,so it is widely accepted. 43.Besides what is mentioned in the passage,what do you think of the movement of Flygskam?(In about 40 words) 第二节(20分) 44.假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，近期你的英国笔友Jim得知你的学校上周举办了“长城之约”(A date with the Great Wall)主题文化宣传活动，来信询问你活动的详情，请给他写一封邮件介绍相关情况。 内容包括： 1.活动目的： 2.活动内容。 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, 试题第10页（共12页） 列学科网·学易金卷做闭慈：限家整萧 Yours, Li Hua 试题第11页（共12页） 并健售12所（水12味） ……………………O……………[1 柒… 拜 是 和 ○…………………………○………1…… ………… ………………○…………… 2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03） 参考答案 第一部分 知识运用 第一节 完形填空 1D 2B 3A 4C 5B 6D 7C 8A 9D 10B 第二节 语法填空 11 to call 12 is wasted 13 what 14 has attracted 15 playing 16 teenagers 17 happier 18 on 19 who 20 entirely 第二部分 阅读理解 第一节 21A 22A 23D 24D 25C 26D 27B 28C 29B 30A 31C 32D 33B 34C 第二节 七选五 35F 36G 37D 38A 39B 第三部分 书面表达 第一节 阅读表达 【答案】40. It is a movement that encourages people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. 41. It currently accounts for about 2% of the global emissions and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. 42. Flygskam has attracted social atention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted. According to the passage, it is true that Flygskam has become popular, but some people are still critical of the movement, so it is not widely accepted. 43. I think the movement may not be feasible for those individuals who have no viable alternatives to air travel. Not everyone has access to efficient and affordable alternative modes of transportation, especially for long-distance or international trips. (言之有理即可) 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了环保人士目前发起的一项“飞行羞耻”运动，包括该运动的内涵、针对的问题、未来航空业的发展走势，以及人们对该运动的反应。 【答案】Dear Jim, How’s everything? I’m delighted to share with you the details of the cultural event, “A date with The Great Wall”, organized by my school. It aims to educate students about the historical significance and architectural charm of the Great Wall, which provides participants with a deeper insight. The event featured a variety of activities. There were informative exhibitions displaying the history and unique features of the Great Wall, along with artworks painted by students. Additionally, we had hands-on activities to make a model of the Great Wall, allowing participants to feel the wisdom and hard work of ancient Chinese people in person. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2026年高考考前预测卷（北京专用03） 高三英语 (考试时间90分钟 满分100分) 考生务必在答题卡区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 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。 A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania. Coach Brian Delallo, who worked on a local high school football team, decided to ___1___ his players’ weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying: “Due to the expected severe ___2___ Monday’s weightlifting workout has been cancelled. Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (为……除雪) their driveway. Don’t accept any ___3___-that’s our Monday workout. ” The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight. They said that they removed ___4___from dozens of homes. Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him how ___5___ it was. “We all feel great about it, ” said team captain Gavin Moul. “It’s not only helping them, but it’s helping us to become a better team. ” Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn’t believe that the players wouldn’t accept any payment. Sometimes people even ___6___ their help because they wouldn’t take money for it. Actually, it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout. It was started by a coach more than two decades ago. It was one of the many ___7___ the team kept. “It’s about community. ” the coach said. “It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it ___8___. Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us. ”The team got a workout and gave ___9___ to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time. It was a _____10_____ for all. 1. A. try out B. pick up C. go over D. call off 2. A. injury B. weather C. disease D. pressure 3 A. money B. apology C. challenge D. request 4. A. dirt B. water C. snow D. waste 5. A. demanding B. rewarding C. promising D. amusing 6. A. sought B. got C. appreciated D. refused 7. A. goals B. secrets C. traditions D. jobs 8. A. matters B. cares C. works D. stays 9. A. off B. up C. in D. back 10. A. way B. win C. must D. lesson 【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了由于恶劣的天气，教练带领队员为行动不便的邻居除雪的故事。 【1题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：当地一所高中橄榄球队的教练布莱恩·德拉洛(Brian Delallo)决定取消球员的举重训练。A. try out参加……选拔；B. pick up捡起；C. go over复习；D. call off叫停，取消。根据下文“Monday’s weightlifting workout has been cancelled”可知，教练取消了举重训练。故选D项。 【2题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：由于预期的恶劣天气，周一的举重训练已经取消。A. injury受伤；B. weather天气；C. disease疾病；D. pressure压力。根据第一句“A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania.”可知，天气是恶劣的。故选B项。 【3题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：不收钱——这是我们周一的锻炼。A. money钱；B. apology道歉；C. challenge挑战；D. request要求。根据下文第三段“that the players wouldn’t accept any payment”可知，此处教练告诉大家在除雪的过程中不要收钱。故选A项。 【4题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们说他们清除了数十户人家的积雪。A. dirt泥土；B. water水；C. snow雪；D. waste垃圾。根据文章第一段“Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (为……除雪) their driveway.”可知，此处的活动是为大家清理积雪。故选C项。 【5题详解】 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一些运动员后来给教练发短信，告诉他这是多么值得。A. demanding高要求的；B. rewarding有回报的，值得的；C. promising有希望的；D. amusing有趣的。根据下文““We all feel great about it, ” said team captain Gavin Moul. “It’s not only helping them, but it’s helping us to become a better team. ””可知，运动员觉得这项活动是有价值的。故选B项。 【6题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时人们甚至拒绝他们的帮助，因为他们不愿意为此事花钱。A. sought追寻；B. got得到；C. appreciated感激；D. refused拒绝。根据“because they wouldn’t take money for it”可知，由于不想拿钱，有些人会拒绝帮助。故选D项。 【7题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是队伍保留的众多传统之一。A. goals目标；B. secrets秘密；C. traditions传统；D. jobs工作。根据“Actually, it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout. It was started by a coach more than two decades ago.”可知，这项活动不是第一次，是队伍保留下来的传统。故选C项。 【8题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是一种鼓舞人心的方式，让我们与我们的社区互动，并表明它很重要。A. matters要紧，重要；B. cares在意；C. works起作用；D. stays停留。根据“It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community”可知，这项活动是很重要的。故选A项。 【9题详解】 考查动词短语辨析。句意：团队在锻炼身体的同时，也通过做这些善举来回馈社区。A. (give) off发出；B. (give) up放弃；C. (give) in屈服；D. (give) back归还，回馈。根据“by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.”可知，团队通过这些善举来回馈社区。故选D项。 【10题详解】 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一种共赢。A. way方法；B. win胜利，赢；C. must必须做的事；D. lesson课，教训。根据“The team got a workout and gave ___9___ to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time.”可知，团队不仅锻炼了身体，也回馈了社区，这是共赢。故选B项。 第二节(共10小题：每小题1. 5分，共15分) A 阅读下面短文，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。 We are writing ____11____ (call) on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign. It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table. You may not know over 30% of the world’s food ____12____ (waste) every year, while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat. Reducing daily food waste by just 5% could save millions of people from starvation. Let’s start doing ____13____ we can to make the world a better place. 【答案】11. to call 12. is wasted 13. what 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇应用文，呼吁大家参加“光盘”行动。 【11题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：我们写信呼吁每个人都参加“光盘”行动。根据句意可知，写信的目的是为了呼吁大家参加活动，空处用不定式作目的状语。故填to call。 【12题详解】 考查动词时态和语态。句意：你可能不知道，世界上每年有30%以上的食物被浪费，而许多贫困地区的人却吃不饱饭。分析句子可知，空处为know后面的宾语从句的谓语，food为不可数名词，根据every year可知，句子为一般现在时，主语food和waste构成被动关系，用一般现在时的被动语态。故填is wasted。 【13题详解】 考查名词性从句。句意：让我们开始尽我们所能让世界变得更美好。分析句子可知，we can (do)为doing的宾语从句，此处can后面的do被省略，从句部分缺少do的宾语，表示事物，用连接代词what引导宾语从句。故填what。 B 阅读下面短文，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。 China’s modern science and technology museum system ____14____ (attract) over one billion offline visits since 2012, ____15____ (play) a unique role in promoting science popularization and improving scientific literacy in the country. The system will continue to provide scientific education and popularization to the public, especially to key groups such as ____16____ (teenager). 【答案】14. has attracted 15. playing 16. teenagers 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文，介绍了中国现代科技馆系统在促进全国科普和提高科学素养方面发挥了独特的作用。 【14题详解】 考查时态语态。句意：自2012年以来，中国现代科技馆系统吸引了超过10亿人次的线下参观，在促进全国科普和提高科学素养方面发挥了独特的作用。空处缺少句子的谓语，根据since 2012可知，句子为现在完成时，主语system为单数，谓语动词用单数形式。故填has attracted。 【15题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。分析句子可知，空处用非谓语动词，根据句意可知，空格前的内容与play构成逻辑上的主动关系，用现在分词作状语。故填playing。 【16题详解】 考查名词复数。句意：该系统将继续为公众，特别是青少年等重点群体提供科学教育和普及。such as后面缺少名词，此处表示“青少年”，用名词复数形式表示泛指。故填teenagers。 C 阅读下面短文，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。 More than 3. 5 billion people worldwide spend an average of three hours a day glued to their smartphones. Researchers found that people who lowered their usage by one hour every day were ____17____(happy) and reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%. Cutting back was more effective than total digital detox (戒瘾): People who had spent one hour less per day ____18____ smartphones during the one-week intervention were more likely to successfully change their habits over the long term than those ____19____ had put their smartphones away ____20____ (entire) for a week. 【答案】17. happier 18. on 19. who 20. entirely 【解析】 【导语】本文为一篇说明文。针对大部分人沉迷于智能手机的现象，研究人员发现，每天减少一小时使用手机的人更快乐且更健康。 【17题详解】 考查形容词。句意：研究人员发现，每天减少一小时使用手机的人更快乐，焦虑症状减少了30%以上。空处用形容词作表语，结合reduced anxiety symptoms by more than 30%可知，此处表示减少使用手机让人更快乐，happier更快乐的，为形容词比较级，符合题意。故填happier。 【18题详解】 考查介词。句意：在为期一周的干预中，每天花在智能手机上的时间少于一小时的人，比那些完全远离智能手机一周的人更有可能成功地改变他们的长期习惯。分析句子可知，空处缺少介词，spend+时间+on sth.为固定短语，空处用on。故填on。 【19题详解】 考查定语从句。句意同上。those为先行词，表示人，空处缺少关系词引导定语从句，先行词作从句的主语，关系代词用who。故填who。 【20题详解】 考查副词。句意同2小题。分析句子可知，空处用副词作状语，entire对应的副词为entirely，意思为：完全、彻底。故填entirely。 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 The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP) welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing. Students will learn and experiment with the key building blocks of fiction and be guided through the process of writing and revising their own short stories. At the end of the program, students will emerge more confident in their skills and more connected to a supportive writing community. Taught by the editors and editorial assistants of Amherst College’s literary magazine, the summer course run Monday-Friday and are open to all high school students. Fiction Class Our fiction class guides students through the process of writing a short story. No previous writing experience is necessary. Through daily writing assignments and class meetings, students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course. In addition to submitting daily assignments, students will meet as a group with our instructors online. Students will also meet individually with an instructor to discuss their own short stories, and will not only receive written feedback on their first drafts and final stories, but on all daily assignments. Students should expect to spend around 3-4 hours each day on their assignments, including meeting times. Class size will be small, and we’ll break into small groups for discussions during each session. Cost & Scholarships The cost of the TCYWP two-week program is $725. We hope that no student will let financial difficulty prevent them from applying. Tuition waivers (学费减免) will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance. In the application, students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay, if any, if accepted into the program. No documentation is required. Contact us at info@thecommononline.com, if there is any question. 21. Participants of the Common Young Writers Program will ______. A. attend a virtual learning course B. meet great writers from colleges C. become passionate about writing D. gain confidence in writing reports 22. In the Fiction Class, students need to ______. A. complete a writing assignment every day B. discuss their own story in a group meeting C. prove they have previous writing experience D. spend more than 4 hours on their assignments 23. Which is a requirement for the tuition waiver? A. Recommendation from the TCYWP office. B. Certificate of the academic achievement. C. Documents to prove the need of financial help. D. Application to explain the financial difficulties. 【答案】21. A 22. A 23. D 【解析】 【导语】本文是应用文。介绍了共同青年作家计划的相关内容。 【21题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“The Common Young Writers Program (TCYWP) welcomes high school students passionate about creative writing to join our virtual classes for two inspiring weeks dedicated to fiction writing.(共同青年作家计划(TCYWP)欢迎对创意写作充满热情的高中生加入我们的虚拟课程，花两周时间专门从事小说写作)”可知，共同青年作家计划的参与者将参加一个虚拟学习课程。故选A项。 【22题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“Through daily writing assignments and class meetings, students will learn about the key building blocks of fiction and will each complete their own short story by the end of the course.(通过每天的写作作业和课堂会议，学生将学习小说的关键组成部分，并在课程结束时完成自己的短篇小说)”可知，在小说课上，学生需要每天完成一份写作任务。故选A项。 【23题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Tuition waivers (学费减免) will be awarded to students with strong applications who cannot attend the program without financial assistance. In the application, students will have the opportunity to briefly describe their financial circumstances and state the amount they could afford to pay, if any, if accepted into the program.(对于申请资格较好的学生，如果没有经济援助而不能参加该项目，则可以获得学费减免。在申请中，学生将有机会简要描述他们的经济状况，并说明如果被录取，他们可以支付的费用)”可知，减免学费的条件是需要学生申请解释财务困难。故选D项。 B My birth was a little more dramatic than the standard way a baby enters the world. Within minutes of coming out, I was brought into another room while doctors gave my parents the difficult news: I was born missing my left hand. I’m sure it was quite difficult for them. My parents took good care of me. I played sports, acted in theater, stood out in school, participated in student government and had playdates with friends. While I did get some stares and “polite” questions about my disability, I am lucky because I wasn’t made fun of for my limb (肢体) difference. As kids do, I quickly learned to adapt, working around the “missing” hand. One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes. I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn’t work for me, and I figured out a way to do it with one hand. However, that fact that I was different hit me hard my first day of high school. I was 13, an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases. I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm. The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand, so I impulsively (冲动地) slipped it into my pocket. I told myself that I’d just hide it that one day, while I was trying to make friends. But one day of hiding turned into a week, which turned into a month, which became years—25 of them to be exact. Tired of hiding and so lonely, the transformation process came to me. I started with physical care. And when I was 38 years old, I met someone special and invited them in. For the first time in my life, I allowed someone to really hold my limb, look at it, take pictures of it, touch it, love it—love me. From that point on, I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me, something that should be shown, not hidden. Hiding things, especially from loved ones, is exhausting and hurting, and it prevents us from getting help and support. Unhiding can set you free. 24. When the author was a kid, she felt her limb difference was . A. meaningful B. inconvenient C. special D. acceptable 25. Why did the author decide to hide her hand? A. She was laughed at on the bus. B. She felt afraid of scaring others. C. She became sensitive at that age. D. She got discouraged by her father. 26. The author started her transformation in her 30s because ______. A. her hand was touched and loved B. she received a useful physical care C. someone special came into her life D. she had a desire to make a change 27. What can we learn from this passage? A. Family love is important for our growth. B. Stopping hiding opens up a new world. C. Time is the best cure for a broken heart. D. Inner beauty matters more than appearance. 【答案】24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是记叙文。本文是记叙文。作者出生时就缺少左胳膊，在父母的照顾下，作者学会用单手做很多事情，但是有一次，公交车上的一个孩子一直盯着作者看，这让作者感到自卑，多年来一直将自己的手藏起来。后来作者加入幸运鳍计划，遇到了一个特别的人，作者意识到自己没必要在躲藏，于是开始学会欣赏这个世界，学会爱自己。 【24题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“My parents took good care of me. I played sports, acted in theater, stood out in school, participated in student government and had playdates with friends. While I did get some stares and “polite” questions about my disability, I am lucky because I wasn’t made fun of for my limb (肢体) difference.(我的父母把我照顾得很好。我参加体育运动，在剧院表演，在学校表现突出，参加学生会，和朋友一起玩。虽然我确实得到了一些关于我的残疾的目光和“礼貌”的问题，但我很幸运，因为我没有因为我的肢体差异而被取笑)”以及第三段“As kids do, I quickly learned to adapt, working around the “missing” hand. One of my earliest memories is my father trying to teach me to tie my shoes. I gently pushed him out of the way because his two-handed method wouldn’t work for me, and I figured out a way to do it with one hand.(和孩子们一样，我很快就学会了适应，在“失去”的那只手周围工作。我最早的记忆之一是我父亲试图教我系鞋带。我轻轻地把他推开，因为他的双手方法不适合我，我想出了一个用一只手来做的方法)”可知，作者小时候并没有因为肢体差异而被取笑，并且很快就学会了适应，所以她觉得自己的肢体差异是可接受的。故选D项。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“I was 13, an age when kids are already very self-conscious and the demand to fit in increases. I remember getting on the yellow school bus and one of the other kids stared just a little too long at my left arm. The staring discouraged me in a way it never had before, and I felt a sudden urge to hide my hand, so I impulsively (冲动地) slipped it into my pocket. I told myself that I’d just hide it that one day, while I was trying to make friends.(我13岁，这个年纪的孩子已经很有自我意识了，想要融入社会的需求也在增加。我记得我上了黄色的校车，其中一个孩子盯着我的左臂看了太久。这种凝视使我感到前所未有的气馁，我突然有一种想把手藏起来的冲动，于是我冲动地把手塞进了口袋。我告诉自己，总有一天，当我试着交朋友的时候，我会把它藏起来)”可知，作者因为她在那个年龄变得敏感起来，不想让别人注意到自己的肢体差异，所以决定把她的手藏起来。故选C项。 【26题详解】 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Tired of hiding and so lonely, the transformation process came to me. I started with physical care. And when I was 38 years old, I met someone special and invited them in. For the first time in my life, I allowed someone to really hold my limb, look at it, take pictures of it, touch it, love it—love me. From that point on, I saw my limb difference as something unique and beautiful about me, something that should be shown, not hidden.(厌倦了躲藏又如此孤独，转型的过程来到了我的面前。我从身体护理开始。当我38岁的时候，我遇到了一些特别的人，并邀请他们进来。有生以来第一次，我允许别人真正握住我的胳膊，看着它，给它拍照，抚摸它，爱它——爱我。从那时起，我把我的肢体差异看作是我独特而美丽的东西，应该展示出来，而不是隐藏起来)”可知，作者厌倦了隐藏，所以作者从30多岁开始转变，是因为她渴望做出改变。故选D项。 【27题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“Hiding things, especially from loved ones, is exhausting and hurting, and it prevents us from getting help and support. Unhiding can set you free.(隐瞒事情，尤其是对所爱的人隐瞒，会让人筋疲力尽，也会让人受伤，还会让我们得不到帮助和支持。解除隐藏可以让你自由)”可知，本文让人明白停止躲藏开启了一个新世界。故选B项。 C Drought is an increasing problem in our warming world. All continents have been experiencing more extended periods without rain, leading to forest fires and poor crop growth. Consequently, people are looking at cloud seeding to solve the problem — a method of encouraging precipitation (降水) by sending small particles of certain chemicals into clouds. Cloud-seeding expert Arlen Huggins has been studying its effectiveness. “My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (冰雹) in northeast Colorado. We didn’t have any luck with that but we had success later on in increasing snowfall in Utah. Now, the focus is shifting towards increasing rainfall from summer clouds, which is far more unpredictable.” said he. The problem is that it’s pretty hard to know whether precipitation resulted directly from cloud seeding. It might have rained or snowed anyway. Even if you cloud seed in one place and don’t in another, it’s impossible to know for sure what caused the precipitation. Also, it’s not during foggy and snowy conditions that people think of increasing the chance of rainfall. When a country is hit by drought, then cloud seeding isn’t an option due to the lack of clouds. During drought, skies tend to be clear with few clouds. The best option to prevent drought is to seed at times of the year when rainfall levels are normal or higher. That way, slightly more rain can be stored the dry season. As cloud seeding is expensive and its effectiveness tenuous, its usefulness is still a matter of opinion. University of Colorado researcher Katja Friedrich says cloud seeding can’t end a drought. However, it can be beneficial, provided it occurs alongside other water conservation strategies. Still, for that to happen, the water would need to be captured and stored effectively. There are also environmental issues regarding the impact of cloud seeding. At high levels, the chemicals sent into the clouds can harm humans and other animals, and some studies have found them slightly poisonous. Apart from that, some environmentalists are concerned about the long-term impacts, as there isn’t data on how much those chemicals accumulate (累积) in the environment over 10 years. Another fear is that cloud seeding could potentially steal water from neighbouring areas by encouraging the water in clouds that would otherwise fall somewhere else to fall in your location. If one country uses cloud seeding to create rain, a neighbouring country will also be very likely to lose out because clouds are constantly forming and reforming. 28. In Huggins’ study, at first cloud seeding was used to . A. increase annual snowfall in Utah B. send chemicals into summer clouds C. lower the amount of hail in Colorado D. put out forest fires and help crops grow 29. What does the underlined word tenuous in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A. Negative. B. Weak. C. Surprising. D. Various. 30. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Should we seed clouds to make rain? B. Should we seed clouds at a lower price? C. Can cloud seeding help end a drought? D. Can cloud seeding be more eco-friendly? 【答案】28. C 29. B 30. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要讨论了干旱成为全球变暖环境下的一个严重问题，而“人工降雨”被认为是解决干旱问题的一种方法。然而，人工降雨的效果难以确定，并且存在环境问题和水资源分配问题。因此，虽然云雾处理可能会在一些条件下对缓解干旱有一定益处，但其实用性和可行性仍有待讨论。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段中“My earliest experience was to use cloud seeding to reduce the amount of hail (冰雹) in northeast Colorado. We didn’t have any luck with that, but we had success later on in increasing snowfall in Utah. (我最早的经验是在科罗拉多东北部使用人工降雨来减少冰雹的数量。我们没有任何运气，但后来我们成功地在犹他州增加了降雪量。)”可知，Huggins的研究中，人工降雨最初是被用来减少科罗拉多冰雹的数量。故选C。 【29题详解】 词句猜测题。根据前文“As cloud seeding is expensive (因为人工降雨是昂贵的)”以及划线词后面的内容“its usefulness is still a matter of opinion. (它的用处仍然是一个意见问题。)”可知，此处强调人工降雨是昂贵的即人工降雨的缺点，划线词应该表述人工降雨效果不佳的特征，才能与前文构成并列，由此引发人们对其用处的争议。B选项“Weak(微弱的，无影响力的)”与划线词为同义词。故选B。 【30题详解】 主旨大意题。结合倒数第二段“There are also environmental issues regarding the impact of cloud seeding. At high levels, the chemicals sent into the clouds can harm humans and other animals, and some studies have found them slightly poisonous. Apart from that, some environmentalists are concerned about the long-term impacts, as there isn’t data on how much those chemicals accumulate (累积) in the environment over 10 years.(此外，人工降雨还会对环境造成影响。高浓度的化学物质会对人类和其他动物造成伤害，一些研究发现它们有轻微的毒性。除此之外，一些环保主义者担心长期影响，因为没有数据表明这些化学物质在10年内在环境中积累了多少。)”和最后一段“Another fear is that cloud seeding could potentially steal water from neighbouring areas by encouraging the water in clouds that would otherwise fall somewhere else to fall in your location. If one country uses cloud seeding to create rain, a neighbouring country will also be very likely to lose out because clouds are constantly forming and reforming.(另一个担忧是，人工降雨可能会促使原本会落在其他地方的云中的水落到你所在的位置，从而潜在地从邻近地区窃取水分。如果一个国家使用人工降雨，其邻国也很可能会损失，因为云在不断形成和变化。)”，再通读全文，本文主要讨论了干旱成为全球变暖环境下的一个严重问题，而“人工降雨”被认为是解决干旱问题的一种方法。然而，人工降雨的效果难以确定，并且存在环境问题和水资源分配问题。因此，虽然云雾处理可能会在一些条件下对缓解干旱有一定益处，但其实用性和可行性仍有待讨论。A选项“Should we seed clouds to make rain?( 我们应该使用人工降雨吗？)”概括文章主要内容，符合标题。故选A。 D What does it mean to be intelligent? If it’s defined by having the biggest brain, then sperm whales—whose brain is 20 pounds—would be the brightest creatures on Earth. But, more likely, intelligence is what gives an organism the best chance to survive in an environment. Language may be one of the best ways to demonstrate that kind of smarts. Though all animals can communicate with others, humans are one of the few species to have a spoken language. Using speech, we could share complex ideas, pass knowledge through generations, and create communities. Whether spoken language actually helped us evolve (进化) as species into more advanced beings, however, has never really been tested. “Language allowing humans to be a more advanced species is an assumption that somebody came up with one day without really trying to prove it,” says Erich Jarvis, a professor who studies the neurobiology of vocal learning. But Jarvis and his colleagues were able to examine this assumption with the help of songbirds. Jarvis’ new study provides some of the first evidence that vocal learning—one of the crucial components for a spoken language—is associated with problem-solving. Vocal learning is the ability to produce new sounds by imitating (模仿) others, relying on experience rather than instinct. To get a better grasp of vocal learning and cognition (认知), the study authors turned to songbirds. The team performed seven cognitive experiments on 214 songbirds from 23 different species. Of these, 21 species were caught from the wild. Two songbirds studied are domesticated. The behavioral tests examined the birds’ problem solving, for instance by figuring out how to remove an object to access the food reward. The researchers also tested two other skills often associated with intelligence: learning by association, plus what’s called reversal (倒转的) learning, in which an animal adjusts its behavior to get a reward. They then looked at whether being vocal learners helped develop the three skills, comparing 21 bird species to two others, which were vocal non-learners. The biologists noticed a strong relationship between vocal learning and problem-solving skills. Vocal learning bird species could come up with innovative ideas, such as getting seeds, or a worm trapped under a cup by removing the obstacle or pulling it apart. All three abilities—problem solving, associative learning, and reversal learning—are typically considered “components of intelligence,” he says. Brain size was another benefit to vocal learning that may have supported these problem-solving abilities. The 21 vocal-learning species had slightly larger brains, relative to their body size, than the two who weren’t. Jarvis says it’s possible these big-headed birds packed more neurons. One question left unanswered is why there’s such a strong relationship between problem-solving abilities and vocal learning. The brain areas in charge of vocal learning are not the same ones that get activated when we need to troubleshoot an issue, says Jarvis. 31. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______. A. promote a new theory B. offer an example C. present an assumption D. make a contrast 32. Why does Jarvis carry out the study? A. To examine the problem-solving ability of songbirds. B. To prove the significance of vocal learning to humans. C. To illustrate the influence of brain size on vocal learning. D. To test the relation between vocal learning and intelligence. 33. What do we know from the study on songbirds? A. Advanced species have better problem-solving ability. B. Vocal learners have a better development of intelligence. C. Better problem-solving ability leads to bigger brain size. D. Humans and songbirds are both good at vocal learning. 34. We can infer that future study will focus on ________. A. why humans’ problem-solving abilities develop better B. how other abilities are connected to songbirds’ intelligence C. how problem-solving and vocal learning brain areas are related D. why vocal learning differences exist in various songbirds species 【答案】31. C 32. D 33. B 34. C 【解析】 【分析】这是一篇说明文。介绍了声乐学习对于智力发展有积极的促进作用。 【31题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“What does it mean to be intelligent?(聪明意味着什么？)”以及文章第一段第三句“Language may be one of the best ways to demonstrate that kind of smarts.(语言可能是展示这种智慧的最佳方式之一。)”还有文章第一段最后一句“Whether spoken language actually helped us evolve (进化) as species into more advanced beings, however, has never really been tested.(语言是否真的帮助我们进化，然而，作为一个物种，进化成更先进的生物，从未真正经过测试。)”可知，作者提出了一个问题“聪明是什么”？之后作者认为语言最能说明聪明与否。所以作者提出了一个假设，语言是否真的帮助我们进化，是否是证明聪明的最佳方式之一，但这个假设还有待验证。故选C项。 【32题详解】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“Jarvis’ new study provides some of the first evidence that vocal learning—one of the crucial components for a spoken language—is associated with problem-solving.(贾维斯的新研究提供了一些初步证据，证明声乐学习——口语的关键组成部分之一——与解决问题有关。)”可知，贾维斯执行这项研究是因为他想验证声乐学习是否和智慧相关。故选D项。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。文章第五段“The biologists noticed a strong relationship between vocal learning and problem-solving skills. Vocal learning bird species could come up with innovative ideas, such as getting seeds, or a worm trapped under a cup by removing the obstacle or pulling it apart. All three abilities—problem solving, associative learning, and reversal learning—are typically considered “components of intelligence,” he says.(生物学家们注意到声乐学习和解决问题的能力之间有着密切的关系。声乐学习鸟类可以想出创新的想法，比如通过移除障碍物或将其拉开来获得种子，或者将蠕虫困在杯子下。他说，这三种能力——解决问题、联想学习和反向学习——通常被认为是“智力的组成部分”。 )”可知，声乐学习的鸟类相比于没有音乐学系的鸟类智力上有更好的发展。故选B项。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。文章最后一段第一句“One question left unanswered is why there’s such a strong relationship between problem-solving abilities and vocal learning. (一个未回答的问题是，为什么解决问题的能力和声乐学习之间有如此紧密的关系。)”可推断，未来的研究将集中在 解决问题和声乐学习脑区是如何关联的。故选C项。 第二节(共5小题;每小2分，共10分) 根据短文内容，从短文题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。 Get Comfortable Giving Honest Feedback Should you cautiously tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Or would you tell someone about the piece of vegetable left in his teeth? ____35____ Recent research finds that a common cognitive error may help explain why—and that a simple approach could help overcome it. In five experiments, study participants took part in real-time interactions in which they gave or received feedback. Those who gave feedback estimated how much the other person wanted to hear a well-intentioned criticism; receivers reported their actual desire for constructive critiques. ____36____ The miscalculation was particularly obvious when the feedback was considered rather essential for the result, as well as when those offering the information predicted that doing so would be socially uncomfortable, either for themselves or for the receiver. The underestimation is likely due to a human tendency to ascribe (归因) different motives and desires to others than we do to ourselves, says Harvard doctoral student Nicole Abi-Esber, who authored the study. People tend to want feedback for themselves, but they underestimate how much others want it, too. ____37____ Skipping offering constructive criticism could have consequences. In one study, the subjects were asked to engage in a public-speaking contest. The feedback-givers, again, underestimated the speakers’ desire for constructive criticism. ____38____ Yet it was the speakers who heard more critical feedback that showed the most improvement. Is it possible to overcome this and get better at giving feedback when it’s most needed? ____39____“Take a second and imagine you are the other person,” Abi-Esber suggests. If you’d want feedback, it’s likely the other person feels the same—and might even be grateful that you took the time to speak up. A. They chose to give them praises instead. B. A quick role-exchanging exercise could move the needle. C. It can also help identify potential problems before they occur. D The reason is that they’re not putting themselves in the other person’s shoes. E. How you ask for feedback may stop you from hearing what you need to hear. F. Many people hesitate to offer such honest criticism even when the benefits seem obvious. G. Feedback-givers always underestimated how much others wanted to hear helpful criticism. 【答案】35. F 36. G 37. D 38. A 39. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要讲述了如何在工作场合中更加舒适地给出诚实反馈。 【35题详解】 根据前文的“Should you cautiously tell a coworker she’s been mispronouncing a client’s name? Or would you tell someone about the piece of vegetable left in his teeth?(你是否应该谨慎地告诉同事她念错了客户的名字？或者你会告诉别人他牙齿里的那块蔬菜吗？)”和后文的“Recent research finds that a common cognitive error may help explain why—and that a simple approach could help overcome it.(最近的研究发现，一种常见的认知错误可能有助于解释其中的原因，而且有一种简单的方法可以帮助克服它。)”推知，人们在指出别人错误或有不当之处时犹豫不决。F项(很多人在提出这样诚实的批评时犹豫不决，即使这样做的好处似乎很明显。)承接上文，“honest criticism”指的便是前文的两个做法，后文指出了人们提出诚实的批评的原因在于认知的错误，但有办法可以改变它，故选F项。 【36题详解】 根据后文的“The miscalculation was particularly obvious when the feedback was considered rather essential for the result, as well as when those offering the information predicted that doing so would be socially uncomfortable, either for themselves or for the receiver.(当反馈被认为对结果至关重要时，以及当提供信息的人预测这样做会让他们自己或接受者感到社交上的不舒服时，这种误判尤其明显。)”可知，G项(给予反馈的人总是低估了别人有多想听到有益的批评。)说明了给予反馈的人的这种低估是一种误判，尤其是考虑到反馈的重要性或者让彼此不舒适时，故选G项。 【37题详解】 空处位于段末，应承接上文。根据前文的“The underestimation is likely due to a human tendency to ascribe different motives and desires to others than we do to ourselves, says Harvard doctoral student Nicole Abi-Esber, who authored the study. People tend to want feedback for themselves, but they underestimate how much others want it, too.(这项研究的作者、哈佛大学博士生 Nicole Abi-Esber说，这种低估很可能是由于人类倾向于将不同的动机和欲望归因于他人，而不是我们自己。人们往往希望自己得到反馈，但他们低估了别人对反馈的渴望程度。)”可知，人们没有给出诚实的反馈是因为没有站在别人的角度看待问题。D项(原因是他们没有设身处地地为别人着想。)承接上文，指出了低估别人对反馈的渴望程度的原因所在，即没有站在他人的角度考虑问题，故选D项。 【38题详解】 根据前文的“Skipping offering constructive criticism could have consequences. In one study, the subjects were asked to engage in a public-speaking contest. The feedback-givers, again, underestimated the speakers’ desire for constructive criticism.(不提供建设性的批评可能会产生不良后果。在一项研究中，研究对象被要求参加一场公开演讲比赛。反馈者再次低估了演讲者对建设性批评的渴望。)”和后文的“Yet it was the speakers who heard more critical feedback that showed the most improvement.(然而，听到更多批评反馈的演讲者表现出最大的进步。)”推知，空处应与下文呈转折关系，指出反馈者赞扬演讲者，而非提出建设性批评。A项(他们选择表扬他们。)说明了反馈者表扬的做法是低估了演讲者对建设性批评的渴望，使得这些演讲者没能得到有效的指导，从而没能取得更大的进步，因此产生了后文的结果“听到更多批评反馈的演讲者表现出最大的进步”，故选A项。 【39题详解】 根据前文的“Is it possible to overcome this and get better at giving feedback when it’s most needed?(是否有可能克服这一点，并在最需要的时候更好地提供反馈?)”和后文的““Take a second and imagine you are the other person,” Abi-Esber suggests. If you’d want feedback, it’s likely the other person feels the same—and might even be grateful that you took the time to speak up.(Abi-Esber 建议，“花点时间，把你想象成另一个人”。如果你想要得到反馈，对方很可能也有同样的感觉，甚至可能会感激你花时间说出来。)”可知，如果把自己想象成另一个人会有助于提出诚实的反馈。B项(一个快速的角色互换练习可以改变现状。)承接上文，提出了给予诚实有效的批评的具体建议，下文具体解释了角色互换练习的心理基础，故选B项。 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) 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。 If you’ve recently taken a flight from a major UK airport, then you may have noticed that more people are protesting air travel expansion and encouraging people to fly less. This is part of a larger environmental movement sweeping across Europe. Known as Flygskam or “flight-shaming”, the movement is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. The aviation (航空) currently accounts for about 2% of global emissions (排放) and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, unlike most other sources of pollution, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. Earlier this year, the UK government promised to reduce the UK’s emissions to “net zero” by 2050. However, according to projections from some researchers, emissions from the aviation could more than double by then even if planes become substantially more fuel-efficient. So, it’s unclear whether flying will be included in the UK’s target. It’s hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming, but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 8% this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen. Clearly, Flygskam is having a measurable impact on people’s transport choices. Some people, however, have been critical of the movement because they say that it places blame or feelings of embarrassment onto the passengers when it is really the airlines and industries associated with it who should feel guilty for the impact that they are having on the planet. 40. What is Flygskam? _______________________________________________________________________ 41. How does flying influence the environment? _______________________________________________________________________ 42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why. Flygskam has attracted social attention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted. _______________________________________________________________________ 43. Besides what is mentioned in the passage, what do you think of the movement of Flygskam? (In about 40 words) _______________________________________________________________________ 【答案】40. It is a movement that encourages people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. 41. It currently accounts for about 2% of the global emissions and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. 42. Flygskam has attracted social atention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted. According to the passage, it is true that Flygskam has become popular, but some people are still critical of the movement, so it is not widely accepted. 43. I think the movement may not be feasible for those individuals who have no viable alternatives to air travel. Not everyone has access to efficient and affordable alternative modes of transportation, especially for long-distance or international trips. (言之有理即可) 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了环保人士目前发起的一项“飞行羞耻”运动，包括该运动的内涵、针对的问题、未来航空业的发展走势，以及人们对该运动的反应。 【40题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段中“Known as Flygskam or “flight-shaming”, the movement is encouraging people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. (这项运动被称为Flygskam或“飞行羞耻”，它鼓励人们停止将飞机作为交通工具，尽可能地使用更环保的交通工具)”可知，Flygskam是一项鼓励人们停止将飞机作为交通工具，尽可能地使用更环保的交通工具的运动。故答案为：It is a movement that encourages people to stop taking flights as a means of transport and use more environmentally friendly transportation where they can. 【41题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“The aviation (航空) currently accounts for about 2% of global emissions (排放) and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, unlike most other sources of pollution, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. (航空业目前约占全球排放量2%，是增长最快的污染源之一。更糟糕的是，与大多数其他污染源不同，航空旅行导致污染物被释放到大气层的高处)”可知，飞行对于环境的影响在于它目前占全球排放量的2%左右，是增长最快的污染源之一。更糟糕的是，航空旅行导致污染物被释放到大气层的高处。故答案为：It currently accounts for about 2% of the global emissions and is one of the fastest-growing polluters. Even worse, air travel results in pollutants released high up in the atmosphere. 【42题详解】 细节理解题。根据最后一段中“It’s hard to say exactly how big the movement is becoming, but Flygskam has become popular in social media. The number of Swedes taking the train for domestic journeys has risen by 8% this year as plane journeys inside the country have fallen. (很难说这场运动到底有多大，但Flygskam已经在社交媒体上很流行。今年乘坐火车进行国内旅行的瑞典人增加了8%，而国内飞机旅行的人数则有所下降)”和“Some people, however, have been critical of the movement (然而，一些人对这一运动持批评态度)”可知，Flygskam确实很流行，有些人已经参与其中，但有些人仍然对这项运动持批评态度，所以它没有被广泛接受。故答案为：Flygskam has attracted social atention and some people have already participated in this campaign, so it is widely accepted. According to the passage, it is true that Flygskam has become popular, but some people are still critical of the movement, so it is not widely accepted. 【43题详解】 开放性试题。本题的答案不唯一，结合实际情况言之有理即可。例如，对于那些没有可行的替代航空旅行的人来说，这项运动可能不可行。不是每个人都能使用高效且负担得起的替代性交通方式，特别是长途或国际旅行。故答案可为：I think the movement may not be feasible for those individuals who have no viable alternatives to air travel. Not everyone has access to efficient and affordable alternative modes of transportation, especially for long-distance or international trips. 第二节(20分) 44. 假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，近期你的英国笔友Jim得知你的学校上周举办了“长城之约 ”(A date with the Great Wall)主题文化宣传活动，来信询问你活动的详情，请给他写一封邮件介绍相关情况。 内容包括： 1. 活动目的； 2. 活动内容。 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 【答案】Dear Jim, How’s everything? I’m delighted to share with you the details of the cultural event, “A date with The Great Wall”, organized by my school. It aims to educate students about the historical significance and architectural charm of the Great Wall, which provides participants with a deeper insight. The event featured a variety of activities. There were informative exhibitions displaying the history and unique features of the Great Wall, along with artworks painted by students. Additionally, we had hands-on activities to make a model of the Great Wall, allowing participants to feel the wisdom and hard work of ancient Chinese people in person. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I’m looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 【解析】 【分析】本篇书面表达属于应用文，要求考生向英国笔友Jim介绍“长城之约”文化主题活动，包括活动目的和活动内容。 【详解】1.词汇积累 开心的：delighted→glad 重要性：significance→importance 各种各样的：a variety of→all kinds of 此外，而且：additionally→besides 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：I’m delighted to share with you the details of the cultural event, “A date with The Great Wall”, organized by my school. 拓展句：I’m delighted to share with you the details of the cultural event, “A date with The Great Wall”, which was organized by my school. 【点睛】【高分句型1】 It aims to educate students about the historical significance and architectural charm of the Great Wall, which provides participants with a deeper insight.(运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句) 【高分句型2】Additionally, we had hands-on activities to make a model of the Great Wall, allowing participants to feel the wisdom and hard work of ancient Chinese people in person.(运用了现在分词做伴随状语) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $