综训11：阅读理解部分 -阅读单选、阅读六选四组合练（I）（综合训练）（上海专用）2027年高考英语一轮复习讲练测

**基本信息** 聚焦阅读理解单选与六选四组合训练，通过多体裁文本考查语言理解与逻辑分析能力，强化思维品质与学习能力。 **综合设计** |模块|题量/典例|题型特征|知识逻辑| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |阅读理解单选|6篇（含记叙文、图表、议论文）|细节理解、推理判断、词义猜测|由具体信息定位到深层逻辑分析，覆盖高频考点| |六选四组合练|2篇（主题含进化与战争、科学实验）|篇章结构连贯、上下文逻辑|从段落衔接到语篇整体把握，提升语言组织能力|

综合训练11：阅读理解单选、阅读六选四组合练（I） （满分：60分，推荐用时：60分钟） 第一套 Section A Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A 【来源】上海市曹杨第二中学20254-2026学年下学期3月测评英语试题 My grandmother loved baking and was, therefore, an excellent baker. I can still see her massaging flour, sugar, eggs, yeast, butter and milk into dough and injecting the pastry with jam to make Buchteln. I can still hear her saying to her, a sustainable farmer, baking was the closest she could get to “the world of art”. I regret never telling her that even though she wasn’t graced with the life of an artist, she was nevertheless weaving something larger than her: a culture. Maybe she understood what she was doing after all. Once, she instructed me to never follow her recipes, but instead to adapt them however I saw fit. A culture, she was essentially saying, should be modified in line with the tastes and needs of the times. Well. I have altered most of my grandmother’s recipes, apart from the one—her recipe for potica, a traditional Slovenian pastry usually served at holiday, birthday and special celebrations. In essence, it is a roll made of leavened paper-thin dough, most often stuffed with walnut filling and raisins. Calling potica a “filled roll”, makes it seem easy to prepare, but it requires hours of work. The most painful part is grinding the walnuts. Before my grandmother began using a grinder, we filled a bag with walnuts and beat the bag with a hammer, until the nuts turned to paste. Ah, but why not simply buy a kilo of ground Californian walnuts? Oh! Because the secret to the best potica known to humans is walnuts from a tree that grows on my grandmother’s farm. This 15-meter-tall tree is an amusement park for crows and insects, and is also often populated by courageous children. It bears sweetest walnuts. Was, bore, I should write. In the past decade, the 30-year-old tree has changed. At first, the romantic in me wanted to believe it was mourning my grandmother’s death and just couldn’t yield sweet nuts any more. Next, I turned to common sense. Walnut harvests, I told myself, differ from season to season, so our half-empty baskets were nothing to worry about. However, after the fifth poor harvest with dry, bitter fruit, I understood that I was witnessing something better known as decay. In suitable conditions, walnut trees in our region can live up to 100 years and yield nuts until they’re middle-aged. But the circumstances for that particular potica tree have worsened. The trees endure frost and snow, heat and strong winds, storms and floods, and heavily polluted air, water, soil. Well, I spotted a sign of hope for poticas early this year. A sapling next to the dying tree. Perhaps the dying tree delivered all its remaining nutrients to this sapling, whispering: “The preservationists are already here, trust me.” 1．What was the primary reason the grandmother considered baking as close to “the world of art”? A．The use of unique ingredients. B．The precision required in baking. C．The therapeutic nature of the baking process. D．The creative and cultural significance of baking. 2．What did the grandmother advise the author regarding her recipes? A．To strictly follow the recipes as they were. B．To adapt the recipes according to personal taste. C．To share the recipes with others in their original form. D．To learn traditional recipes from other cultures instead. 3．Why were the bold words “Was, bore” underlined in the passage? A．To emphasize the tree’s historical significance on the farm. B．To showcase the author’s admiration for the tree’s longevity. C．To indicate a transition from past to present in the tree’s state. D．To highlight the author’s uncertainty about the tree’s current condition. 4．How did the author feel according to the last paragraph? A．Sad at the decay of the walnut tree. B．Hopeful about the future of the walnut tree. C．Indifferent to the changes in the walnut tree. D．Unpleased with the new sapling next to the dying tree. 【答案】1．D 2．B 3．C 4．B 【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者对祖母的回忆，特别是祖母制作的斯洛文尼亚传统甜点波提察（potica）以及祖母对烘焙的热爱。 【详解】1．推理判断题。根据第一段“I can still see her massaging flour, sugar, eggs, yeast, butter and milk into dough and injecting the pastry with jam to make buhhteljni.(我还能看到她把面粉、糖、鸡蛋、酵母、黄油和牛奶揉进面团里，在面皮上注入果酱，做成buhhteljni。)”和“I regret never telling her that even though she wasn’t graced with the life of an artist, she was nevertheless weaving something larger than her: a culture.(我后悔没有告诉她，尽管她没有被赋予艺术家的生活，但她却编织着比自己更大的东西：一种文化。)”可知，祖母认为烘焙接近“艺术世界”的主要原因是烘焙的创意和文化意义。故选D。 2．细节理解题。根据第二段“Once, she instructed me to never follow her recipes, but instead to adapt them however I saw fit.(有一次，她告诉我永远不要遵循她的食谱，而是按照我认为合适的方式进行调整。)”可知，祖母建议作者根据个人口味调整食谱。故选B。 3．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段“In the past decade, the 30-year-old tree has changed.(在过去的十年里，这棵30岁的树发生了变化。)”可知，文章中“Was, bore”这几个粗体字要下划线是为了表示树的状态从过去到现在的转变。故选C。 4．推理判断题。根据最后一段“Well, I spotted a sign of hope for poticas early this year. A sapling next to the dying tree. Perhaps the dying tree delivered all its remaining nutrients to this sapling, whispering: “The preservationists are already here, trust me.”(好吧，今年早些时候，我看到了波提察的希望之光。那棵垂死的树旁边长出了一棵树苗。也许是那棵垂死的树把剩下的所有养分都输送给了这棵树苗，轻声说：“保护者已经来了，相信我。”)”可知，作者在最后一段中对核桃树的未来充满希望。故选B。 B 【来源】上海交大附中嘉定分校2025-2026学年高三上学期11月期中英语试题 Question Items New Middle-standing Veteran 1. Shows a sense of humor in class 42 56 70 2. Explains clearly 33 58 68 3. Teaches in a relaxed manner 30 46 65 4. Writes neatly on the blackboard 9 43 56 5. Lets pupils ask questions in class 18 30 47 6. Makes checks in notebooks 22 30 43 7. Speaks loudly and clearly 45 85 54 8. Treats all pupils equally 43 58 42 9. Cares about pupils’ opinions 47 43 17 10. Spends time with pupils between classes 25 10 6 5．In contrast to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable improvement in their ability to ________. A．be fair to any pupil B．evaluate pupils’ progress C．present materials clearly D．understand and play with pupils 6．Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ________ than the veterans. A．relaxed in class B．interested in pupils’ ideas C．neat in appearance D．skillful at explaining 7．According to the table, which of the following is RIGHT? A．In the new teachers’ classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely. B．Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with the amount of time their teachers spend with them between classes. C．The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven items. D．Though veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated highly. 【答案】5．C 6．B 7．D 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章通过表格形式对比了新教师、中等资历教师和资深教师在教学各方面的表现数据，并据此设置了相关问题。 【详解】5．推理判断题。根据表格中“Explains clearly (讲解清晰)”这一项，新教师得分为33，中等资历教师得分为58，资深教师得分为68，可以看出中等资历教师和资深教师在讲解清晰度方面得分明显高于新教师，即他们在清晰呈现教学内容的能力上有显著提升。故选C项。 6．推理判断题。根据表格中“Cares about pupils’ opinions (关心学生意见)”这一项，新教师得分为47，中等资历教师得分为43，资深教师得分为17，新教师和中等资历教师得分明显高于资深教师，说明学生认为新教师和中等资历教师比资深教师更关心他们的想法。故选B项。 7．细节理解题。A选项“在新教师的课堂上，学生似乎更自由地提问”，表格中“Lets pupils ask questions in class (允许学生在课堂上提问)”一项，新教师得分为18，中等资历教师得分为30，资深教师得分为47，资深教师得分最高，说明资深教师课堂上学生提问更自由，A选项错误；B选项“学生似乎对老师课间与他们相处的时间相当满意”，表格中“Spends time with pupils between classes (课间与学生相处时间)”一项，新教师得分为25，中等资历教师得分为10，资深教师得分为6，得分普遍较低，说明学生对此不太满意，B选项错误；C选项“在七项中，中等资历教师的评价低于资深教师”，通过逐项对比表格数据，发现中等资历教师在“Shows a sense of humor in class (在课堂上表现出幽默感)”“Explains clearly(讲解清晰)”“Teaches in a relaxed manner (以轻松的方式教学)”“Writes neatly on the blackboard (黑板书写整洁)”“Lets pupils ask questions in class (允许学生在课堂上提问)”“Makes checks in notebooks (检查笔记本)”“Speaks loudly and clearly (说话大声且清晰)”“Treats all pupils equally (平等对待所有学生)”“Cares about pupils’ opinions (关心学生意见)”“Spends time with pupils between classes(课间与学生相处时间)”这十项中，只有“Speaks loudly and clearly (说话大声且清晰)”这一项得分高于资深教师，其余九项得分均低于资深教师的，C选项错误；D选项“虽然资深教师在课间不和学生玩游戏，但他们的教学受到高度评价”，表格中虽未提及课间玩游戏相关内容，但从各项教学相关数据来看，资深教师在讲解清晰、教学轻松等方面得分较高，说明其教学受到高度评价，D选项符合表格数据体现的情况。故选D项。 C 【来源】上海市南汇中学2025-2026学年高三上学期12月阶段练习英语试题 I struggle with letting go of things. Embarrassing situations that occurred decades ago still regularly pop into my mind and stress me out. I don’t seem to be able to move past them and forget them. Even small irrelevant things get me worked up. Can you suggest some techniques to move on and lead a calmer life? —A painful reader Since you said a lot of these are insignificant upon reflection, I’ll assume we’re not talking about big traumas (创伤) but the kinds of sour memories we all have. It feels unpleasant to be pulled back into the past, forced to relive those painful memories. So why do we keep going back? One possibility is that we feel not enough has changed. Time might have passed, but in the respects that matter, we still feel as though we’re right there. Still scared in the same ways those situations made us feel, still vulnerable to those same stressors, even uninsured against the same mistakes. If you feel as though a lot has changed since an indignity, the memory feels more like a postcard from somewhere distant. But if you feel the same in the ways that matter, an upsetting thing from the past can still seem threatening insofar as that version of us persists today. Or maybe we go back to these memories because there’s some unanswered question we keep trying to solve. Why did I say that? Why did they do that? If I’d done that differently, would this have changed? Maybe, more rarely, we go back because we’re bored. Sometimes if present-day life doesn’t quite feel stimulating enough we can go back to conflicts or hard choices from the past, because even though they were unpleasant, they somehow feel more real. Therapy can help figure out which it is for you. When the distressing thought comes knocking why does it seem worth opening the door? That would really help you tailor your strategies. The calm you’ll need if you’re trying to solve a question may not be the calm you need if you still feel vulnerable in those same ways. Well-meaning people might say you need closure, a way to tell a coherent (有条理的) story. Closure is great if you can get it, but I’m not convinced it’s essential. What concerns me is that trying to find narratively pleasing ways to transform painful memories ultimately makes our capacity to move on depend on whether we can make sense of those events. Coherence may be genuinely beyond our reach. Bad luck doesn’t make sense. People don’t always have a “why”. I think it’s less “I have to get closure” and more “I have to see this as past, over”. As you try to figure out what is captivating about these memories, it might help to try seeing them in past tense. Not solved, just over — not a source of new pain, not part of a pattern; an echo of hurts gone by. 8．According to the columnist, why do we keep going back to painful memories? A．(a) Becoming stronger over time; (b) Gaining closure; (c) Seeking excitement B．(a) Avoiding current problems; (b) Hoping to erase past; (c) Searching for luck C．(a) Developing new skills; (b) Rewriting the past; (c) Enjoying old conflicts D．(a) Still vulnerable as before; (b) Wondering “why”; (c) Feeling bored in present life 9．What concern does the author express about the idea of “closure”? A．Closure is unnecessary and irrelevant for individuals stuck in pain. B．Closure relies on making sense of events, which may be impossible. C．Closure can only be achieved through constructing a touching story. D．Closure is seen as more valuable than the ability to move forward. 10．Which of the following best summarizes the author’s advice? A．Painful memories must be carefully analyzed to gain wisdom. B．Forgetting the past is the only way to achieve peace eternally. C．Painful memories should be seen as finished events, not threats. D．One could resolve painful memories by rewriting his own past. 【答案】8．D 9．B 10．C 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章围绕读者提出的“难以放下痛苦回忆”的困扰，分析了人们反复回想痛苦回忆的原因，并给出了相应的建议，帮助读者以更平和的心态面对过往。 【详解】8．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Still scared in the same ways those situations made us feel, still vulnerable to those same stressors, even uninsured against the same mistakes.(我们依然会因那些场景而感到恐惧，依然易受同样压力源的影响，甚至依然无法避免犯同样的错误)”、第五段中的“Or maybe we go back to these memories because there’s some unanswered question we keep trying to solve. Why did I say that? Why did they do that?(或许我们回想这些回忆，是因为有一些未解的问题一直在试图寻找答案。我为什么会那么说？他们为什么要那样做？)”以及第六段中的“Maybe, more rarely, we go back because we’re bored. Sometimes if present-day life doesn’t quite feel stimulating enough we can go back to conflicts or hard choices from the past.(或许，更少见的情况是，我们回想过去是因为感到无聊。有时如果当下的生活不够令人兴奋，我们就会回想过去的冲突或艰难抉择)”可知，人们反复回想痛苦回忆的原因包括依然和以前一样脆弱、想弄明白“为什么”以及当下生活感到无聊。故选D项。 9．细节理解题。根据第八段中的“What concerns me is that trying to find narratively pleasing ways to transform painful memories ultimately makes our capacity to move on depend on whether we can make sense of those events. Coherence may be genuinely beyond our reach.(我担心的是，试图寻找一种叙事上令人满意的方式来转化痛苦的回忆，最终会让我们能否继续前行取决于我们是否能理解这些事件。而这种连贯性或许真的是我们无法企及的)”可知，作者对“释怀”这一概念的担忧是，释怀依赖于理解事件的来龙去脉，但这可能是不可能的。故选B项。 10．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“As you try to figure out what is captivating about these memories, it might help to try seeing them in past tense. Not solved, just over — not a source of new pain, not part of a pattern; an echo of hurts gone by.(当你试图弄明白这些回忆为何如此有吸引力时，试着用过去时来看待它们可能会有帮助。不是被解决了，只是结束了——不再是新痛苦的来源，不再是某种模式的一部分，只是过往伤痛的余响)”可推知，作者的建议是，应将痛苦的回忆视为已经结束的事情，而不是威胁。故选C项。 Section B Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 【来源】上海市上海交通大学附属中学2025-2026学年高三上学期9月摸底考试英语试卷 Evolution and War Will there ever be an end to war? The majority of the attendees on my current anthropology (人类学)course answered a definite “No”. Their response was largely predictable, given that we see so many images of the military, its machinery and weapons, war-torn cities and sad civilians. The media reminds us of the number of ongoing conflicts around the world. There seems to be a general impression that there is no hope of a peaceful life on the planet, so long as there is human life. Some anthropologists claim that conflict is natural, in so far as it is an intrinsic part of human nature to be aggressive. Primates (灵长类动物), our closest living relatives, also have a tendency towards violence. Therefore, it is easy to draw the conclusion that humans fight because it is an inevitable part of our nature. However, are we wrong to make this assumption? While primates can display exceptional levels of violence towards outsiders, they are also capable of settling conflicts and can even avoid conflict when they perceive that there is a strategic advantage in doing so. Put more simply, some primates, like apes and monkeys, will only fight if they believe they can win or escape punishment. Surely, then, humans have the capacity to avoid hostility too. There is already some evidence that the world’s major powers have realized the lose-lose scenario that would follow nuclear conflict, as many governments are currently discussing arms reduction programmes. So are there more ways to avoid conflict? The more instinctively peaceful primates are ones with access to plentiful food, and this should tell us something basic about human conflict. If human populations were more willing to distribute their food, fuel and other natural resources more equitably, there would be less reason to fight. Even if our motive simply sharing is technically self-centred, this is irrelevant because in the long term it makes sense for us to do so. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Although the media and some anthropologists view war as inevitable due to innate human aggression, primates actually avoid conflict strategically. Similarly, major powers pursue arms reduction to avoid the lose-lose outcome of nuclear war. Equitable resource distribution, even if self-serving, can reduce conflict incentives and ultimately promote peace. 【导语】本文探讨了战争是否不可避免这一话题，反驳了战争源于人类本性的观点，指出灵长类动物及人类均可战略性避免冲突，并提出了通过资源公平分配实现和平的有效途径。 【详解】1.要点摘录 ① The media reminds us of the number of ongoing conflicts around the world. There seems to be a general impression that there is no hope of a peaceful life on the planet, so long as there is human life.Some anthropologists claim that conflict is natural, in so far as it is an intrinsic part of human nature to be aggressive. ② While primates can display exceptional levels of violence towards outsiders, they are also capable of settling conflicts and can even avoid conflict when they perceive that there is a strategic advantage in doing so. ③ Surely, then, humans have the capacity to avoid hostility too. There is already some evidence that the world's major powers have realized the lose-lose scenario that would follow nuclear conflict, as many governments are currently discussing arms reduction programmes. ④ If human populations were more willing to distribute their food, fuel and other natural resources more equitably, there would be less reason to fight. 2.缜密构思 将第①点作为背景与错误观点，第②、③点整合为反驳依据与现实行动，第④点作为核心解决策略与最终结论。 3.遣词造句 Although the media and some anthropologists view war as inevitable due to innate human aggression, primates actually avoid conflict strategically. Similarly, major powers pursue arms reduction to avoid the lose‑lose outcome of nuclear war. Equitable resource distribution, even if self‑serving, can reduce conflict incentives and ultimately promote peace. 【点睛】【高分句型1】Although the media and some anthropologists view war as inevitable due to innate human aggression, primates actually avoid conflict strategically.（运用了“Although”引导让步状语从句） 【高分句型2】Similarly, major powers pursue arms reduction to avoid the lose-lose outcome of nuclear war.（运用了动词不定式短语作目的状语） 第二套 Section A Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A 【来源】上海市行知中学2025-2026学年第二学期高三英语考前质量检测英语题 Police officer Jody Thompson first met his son John in 2015. He was pulling into the car park at the Poteau Police Department in Oklahoma when he overheard a call about a case of physical child abuse. Despite being off duty, Thompson responded to the call. He arrived at the scene to find a severely underweight boy, who was covered in bruises (淤青) with his wrists tied. The eight-year-old, who weighed just over 25 kilograms at the time, had been left in a dustbin full of cold water. “He didn’t have a spot on his body that didn’t have a bruise. It was the worst thing I’d ever seen,” Thompson said. Thompson drove John to hospital and sat by his side all night as the child recovered in the intensive care unit. The following day, he contacted the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) to request he become the child’s foster parent. Within just a few days, Thompson had brought John into the safety of his own home. “When I’d seen him in that house shivering and his hands tied — just wet to the skin and confused — I knew at that moment, the only time I would be satisfied and sure that he was safe was if he was with me,” he said. Thompson already had two sons, aged 15 and 18. He didn’t tell his family about his plan at first, but said they had faith he was doing the right thing. In an extraordinary twist, just two days after bringing John into the family home, he found out his wife was pregnant with their third biological son. And seven months later, DHS called the Thompsons to ask if they wanted to foster John’s newborn sister, Paizly, who was born in prison. They picked her up the next day — when she was just a day old — and brought her straight home. Both John and Paizly were later adopted by Thompson and his wife. ‘The example of love that Thompson has shown to this young man and his sister is an example everyone should follow,” Poteau Police Chief Stephen Fruen said in a statement. “It’s men like Thompson that make me proud of our police force brothers and sisters. I am proud to serve with him.” 1．When Thompson found him, John was________. A．seriously ill B．badly injured C．unconscious D．overweight 2．The reason that Thompson decided to bring John back home was that________. A．he wanted to give John a safe home B．he thought that John was smart C．he was requested to do so by DHS D．he wanted to find a companion for his sons 3．The underlined word “twist” in the sixth paragraph most probably means________. A．a bend in a river or road B．a completely crazy situation C．something that is bent into a particular shape D．an unexpected change in the situation 4．What can we infer from what Poteau Police Chief Stephen Fruen said in the last paragraph of the article? A．It wasn’t the first time for Thompson to adopt a child. B．John was born in prison like his sister. C．Fruen showed great respect to Thompson. D．Thompson regretted bringing John home. 【答案】1．B 2．A 3．D 4．C 【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了警官乔迪·汤普森在2015年的一起虐童案件中收养了养子约翰，后来又收养了其妹妹的故事，得到了警长的表扬。 【详解】1．推理判断题。根据文章第二段第一句“He arrived at the scene to find a severely underweight boy, who was covered in bruises with his wrists tied.（当他赶到现场时，发现一名严重体重不足的男孩，手腕被绑着，浑身是淤青。）”可知，B选项“badly injured（受伤严重）”为正确选项。故选B项。 2．推理判断题。根据文章第四段最后一句“Within just a few days, Thompson had brought John into the safety of his own home.（短短几天之内，汤普森就把约翰带到了安全的家中。）”以及第五段“‘When I’d seen him in that house shivering and his hands tied —just wet to the skin and confused —I knew at that moment, the only time I would be satisfied and sure that he was safe was if he was with me,’ he said.（他说：“当我看到他在那所房子里瑟瑟发抖，双手被绑着——湿漉漉的，迷迷糊糊的——那一刻我知道，只有当他和我在一起时，我才会感到满足，并确信他是安全的。”）”可知，A选项“he wanted to give John a safe home（他想给约翰一个安全的家）”是带他回家的原因。故选A项。 3．词句猜测题。根据后文“just two days after bringing John into the family home, he found out his wife was pregnant with their third biological son.（就在约翰被带回家的两天后，他发现妻子怀了他们的第三个亲生儿子。）”可知，twist是指意想不到的变化，与D选项“an unexpected change in the situation（形势的意外变化）”相符。故选D项。 4．推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“‘It’s men like Thompson that make me proud of our police force brothers and sisters. I am proud to serve with him.’（“正是像汤普森这样的人让我为我们的警察兄弟姐妹感到骄傲。我很自豪能和他共事。”）”可知，C选项“Fruen showed great respect to Thompson.（弗鲁恩对汤普森十分尊敬。）”符合文章意思。故选C项。 B 【来源】2025届上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学高三下学期三模英语试题 Faced with multiple transformational changes-the impact of automation on job roles, remote and hybrid working conditions, and increasing labor shortages, to name a few-what can organizations do to thrive, not just survive? Crafting an upskilling strategy that prepares today’s workforce for tomorrow’s opportunities is a step in the right direction. For ideas of how to put this into practice, we can look to a few companies that have successfully developed upskilling programs, including Amazon, Salesforce, and PwC．Amazon-Upskilling 2025 Amazon’s upskilling program offers job assistance and tuition-free training that employees complete during their workday. Through Upskilling 2025, employees can participate in a variety of opportunities, including: Machine Learning University (MLU): Taught by Amazon’s own, this program is on track to train thousands of employees in machine learning skills. It requires a time commitment of four to eight hours per week, for each six-week module. A2Tech: Fulfillment center employees can complete this 90-day program to develop IT support technician skills and eventually, complete the A+ certification test. AWS Training and Certification: To address the cloud skills shortage, Amazon offers free AWS training and discounted certification exams. Classes are offered in-person and online. Amazon Technical Academy: Designed for employees in non-technical roles, this program seeks to move employees into software engineering professions through hybrid instruction, project-based activities, and real-world application. PwC - New World. New Skills. Over the next several years, PWC plans to invest $3-billion in upskilling. As part of its “New World. New Skills” initiative, the company offers in-person, digital upskilling programs where participants learn how to use tools from automation to robotics. The Virtual Digital Academy lasts from one to two days and is offered at both standard and advanced levels. To upskill their 50,000 U.S.-based employees, PwC also created the Digital Fitness app with training tools for a variety of in-demand topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality. Through the app, which is now available to the public, employees and others can earn micro-degrees and certifications.Salesforce-Trailhead Salesforce predicts it will create over four million jobs by 2026. To prepare current and prospective employees to fill these roles, the company invites its workforce and external learners to “skill up for the future” through its digital upskilling program, Trailhead. Through the online platform, learners can develop in-demand skills and earn credentials. To begin, participants select a career path (such as developer or data analyst) and then complete the “trail” for that career. Trails include eLearning modules and projects that help learners upskill for a new role. Alternatively, participants can create a custom “trailmix,” pulling learning components from various trails to form a personalized learning plan. Along their learning journeys participants earn badges and certifications to showcase on their resumes. 5．Based on the article, which of the following best defines the term “upskilling”? A．Replacing employees with automation tools to reduce labor costs B．Providing short-term training for employees to adapt to their current roles. C．Cultivating employee capabilities to meet current and future hiring needs. D．Encouraging self-directed learning without structured programs or certifications. 6．Suppose you recently left a non-technical role at a tech company but haven’t made a clear career plan. Which of the following upskilling programs would be most suitable for you? A．Amazon-A2Tech B．Amazon-Amazon Technical Academy C．PwC-Digital Fitness app D．Salesforce-Trailhead 7．What can be inferred about the practice of opening upskilling programs to external learners? A．Companies hope to cultivate a talent pool and address skill gaps. B．Training programs needn’t consider external learners’ working schedules. C．Remote and hybrid working conditions make large-scale training possible. D．Having more participants means reducing the tuition cost for every trainer. 【答案】5．C 6．B 7．A 【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍亚马逊、普华永道和Salesforce的员工技能提升计划。 【详解】5．词句猜测题。根据第二段中“Crafting an upskilling strategy that prepares today’s workforce for tomorrow’s opportunities is a step in the right direction. (制定一项upskilling战略，让今天的员工为明天的机会做好准备，这是朝着正确方向迈出的一步)”可知，upskilling指的是培养员工能力以满足当前和未来的招聘需求，选项C“Cultivating employee capabilities to meet current and future hiring needs. (培养员工能力以满足当前和未来的招聘需求)”符合题意。故选C。 6．推理判断题。根据Amazon Technical Academy:部分中“Designed for employees in non-technical roles, this program seeks to move employees into software engineering professions through hybrid instruction, project-based activities, and real-world application. (该项目专为非技术岗位的员工设计，旨在通过混合式教学、基于项目的活动和实际应用，将员工引入软件工程专业)”可知，如果你最近从一家科技公司的非技术岗位离职，但还没有明确的职业规划，Amazon Technical Academy这个项目最适合。故选B。 7．推理判断题。根据Salesforce-Trailhead部分中“Salesforce predicts it will create over four million jobs by 2026. To prepare current and prospective employees to fill these roles, the company invites its workforce and external learners to “skill up for the future” through its digital upskilling program, Trailhead. (Salesforce预测，到2026年，它将创造超过400万个就业岗位。为了让现有员工和潜在员工能够胜任这些职位，该公司邀请其员工和外部学习者通过其数字技能提升计划Trailhead“为未来提升技能”)”可推知，公司向外部学习者开放技能提升计划，是希望培养人才库并解决技能差距问题。故选A。 C 【来源】2025届上海市建平中学高三下学期三模考试英语试题 In the early 2000s, Merlin Mann, a Web designer and devoted Macintosh enthusiast, was working as a freelance (自由职业的) project manager for software companies. He had held similar roles for years, so he knew the ins and outs of the job; he was surprised, therefore, to find that he was literally buried under — not by the mentally challenging aspects of his work but by the many small administrative tasks, such as scheduling conference calls, that surfaced up from a chaotic stream of e-mail messages. Mann wasn’t alone in his frustration. Work lives that had once been orderly — two or three blocks of work, broken up by meetings and phone calls — became wildly busy, unplanned, and impossibly overloaded. “E-mail is a ball of uncertainty that represents anxiety,” Mann said, reflecting on this period. Things have not since changed much. Most of us are not our own bosses, and therefore lack the ability to dramatically rebuild the structure of our work responsibilities, but imagine if, through some combination of new management thinking and technology, we could introduce processes that minimize the time required to talk about work or fight off random tasks thrown our way by equally stressed co-workers, and instead let us organize our days around a small number of separate and specific objectives. This vision is attractive, but it cannot be realized by individual actions alone. It will require management intervention. Up until now, there has been little will to shift the responsibility for productivity from the person to the organization. Most knowledge-work companies have been more focused on keeping up with technological breakthroughs that might open up new markets, without addressing the fundamental issues that underlie workplace inefficiency. To get more done, it’s been sufficient to simply encourage employees to work harder. Laptops and smartphones helped these efforts by enabling office workers to find extra hours in the day to get things done, providing a productivity balance against the inefficiencies of overload culture. It seems likely that any successful effort to reform professional life must start by making it easier to figure out who is working on what, and how it’s going. Because so much of our effort in the office now develops in rapid exchanges of digital messages, it’s tempting to allow our in-boxes to become an informal storage place for everything we need to get done. This strategy, however, covers up many of the worst aspects of overload culture. Consider instead a system that externalizes work. Following the lead of software developers, we might use virtual task boards, where every task is represented by a card that indicates who is doing the work, and is pinned under a column indicating its status. With a quick glance, you can now determine everything going on within your team and ask meaningful questions about how much work any one person should tackle at a time. With this setup, improvement becomes possible. 8．What does the author try to illustrate with the example of Merlin Mann? A．More and more people have started to hop from one job to another. B．Creative design is very demanding mentally when done individually. C．Too many job responsibilities to perform could make people depressed. D．Small tasks could emerge at random to keep people disorganized at work. 9．What is the author’s view of email use in the workplace? A．It helps employees keep track of the work that has been piled up. B．It contributes to the difficulty and inefficiency of task management. C．It facilitates emotional support in times of uncertainty and anxiety. D．It provides an opportunity for employees to communicate informally. 10．What change does the author try to introduce in the workplace? A．Enhancing work flow with the aid of technology. B．Reducing workload and lowering the stress level. C．Setting distinct attainable goals for individuals. D．Redistributing work duties among employees. 11．What can be inferred about the system the author suggests? A．New software can help to hire workers from outside. B．Teamwork will become easier with a big picture. C．Division of labor will be negotiated within a team. D．Virtual reality can help to do on-the-job training. 【答案】8．D 9．B 10．A 11．B 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。主要探讨现代职场中琐碎任务导致的工作低效问题，并提出借助技术优化工作流程的设想。 【详解】8．推理判断题。根据第一段中的“He had held similar roles for years, so he knew the ins and outs of the job; he was surprised, therefore, to find that he was literally buried under — not by the mentally challenging aspects of his work but by the many small administrative tasks, such as scheduling conference calls, that surfaced up from a chaotic stream of e-mail messages. (他担任类似职位已有多年，因此对这份工作的细节了如指掌；然而令他惊讶的是，自己简直被压得喘不过气来——并非被工作中需要耗费脑力的部分所累，而是被大量琐碎的行政任务所淹没，比如安排电话会议，这些任务都源自杂乱无章的电子邮件信息流。)”可知，作者通过Merlin Mann的例子说明，随机涌现的小任务会让人在工作中变得杂乱无章。故选D项。 9．推理判断题。根据第二段中的““E-mail is a ball of uncertainty that represents anxiety,” Mann said, reflecting on this period. (曼在回顾这段时期时说：“电子邮件是一团代表着焦虑的不确定性之球。”)”及第五段中的“Because so much of our effort in the office now develops in rapid exchanges of digital messages, it’s tempting to allow our in-boxes to become an informal storage place for everything we need to get done. This strategy, however, covers up many of the worst aspects of overload culture. (由于我们如今在办公室的大量工作都以数字信息的快速交换形式展开，我们很容易想当然地将收件箱当作存放所有待办事项的非正式存储库。然而，这种策略掩盖了过载文化中许多最糟糕的方面。)”可知，作者认为职场中使用电子邮件加剧了任务管理的困难和低效。故选B项。 10．细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Consider instead a system that externalizes work. Following the lead of software developers, we might use virtual task boards, where every task is represented by a card that indicates who is doing the work, and is pinned under a column indicating its status. (不妨考虑一种将工作外化的系统。我们可以效仿软件开发人员的做法，使用虚拟任务板：每个任务都用一张卡片来表示，卡片上标明负责该任务的人员，并且这些卡片会被固定在相应的列下，这些列标明了任务的状态。)”可知，作者主张借助技术（如虚拟任务板）优化工作流程。故选A项。 11．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“With a quick glance, you can now determine everything going on within your team and ask meaningful questions about how much work any one person should tackle at a time. With this setup, improvement becomes possible.(快速浏览一下，你就能了解团队内正在进行的所有事情，并就每个人一次应该处理多少工作提出有意义的问题。有了这个设置，改进就成为可能。)”可知，作者建议的系统通过可视化任务板让团队成员对工作全局一目了然，从而使团队协作更轻松。故选B项。 Section B Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 【来源】上海市浦东新区2025-2026学年高三英语考前综合练习 Testing chocolate ‘geometry’ to make it tastier Trick or treat! With Halloween around the corner, kids across the country are about to collect bags full of candy — including heaps of chocolate. Meanwhile, a group of researchers in the Netherlands has been experimenting with a method to make chocolate more of a “treat” than ever. 12 “An aspect that I particularly like is its brittleness (脆性), and what it does when it breaks,” says researcher Corentin Raine, who teaches physics at the University of Amsterdam. To optimize how it feels in the mouth, “we gave geometry to chocolate,” he says, “that would then change the way it breaks.” Giving it “geometry” involved using a 3D printer to layer 72 percent dark chocolate in various ways. Rather than creating a flat, solid chunk, the machine printed it into a simple S-shape, or zigzagged super thin layers back-and-forth several times, or swirled it into increasingly complicated spirals. 13 The researchers asked: “How crunchy was it?” “How easy was it to bite?” “How would you rate the overall experience?” The crunchiest — while remaining easy to bite — was the chocolate swirled into fairly complicated spirals. It was also the top tasting experience. “More crunchiness meant that people tended to like it more,” Raine says. The researchers also used a machine to crack the various shapes and see which was the most brittle. Plus, they recorded the sounds of the cracking. 14 The general winner remained that spiral. Whether chocolate will soon be made differently thanks to this research, “it’s too early to say,” Raine says. He is working with a couple of organizations to see how it might be applied. He’s also involved in putting together a team to look at the physics of how things crack in materials other than chocolate — ones that might be used in vehicles, for example, to make them less dangerous when they crash. 15 It could also make those Halloween treats even more tasty. A．Chocolate is a beloved treat worldwide for its delicious taste and geometrical designs. B．That’s because a pleasurable eating experience doesn’t only take place in the mouth, but can be affected by the noises in your skull. C．The resulting pieces were fed to 10 eager volunteers. D．Understanding fractures could make life safer — in cars or airplanes or when wearing helmets. E．When you get an impact of some form, you know something is going to break. F．While chocolate is delicious for many reasons, this study focused on how it cracks when it is bitten. 【答案】12．F 13．C 14．B 15．D 【导语】本文主要介绍荷兰研究人员通过改变巧克力的几何形状，研究其碎裂口感与味道的关系，并探讨该研究在其他领域的应用前景。 【详解】12．由下文“An aspect that I particularly like is its brittleness (脆性), and what it does when it breaks(我特别喜欢的一点是它的脆性以及碎裂时的状态)”可知，后文围绕巧克力被咬碎、碎裂的特性展开研究。F选项“While chocolate is delicious for many reasons, this study focused on how it cracks when it is bitten(巧克力美味的原因有很多，但这项研究聚焦于它被咬时的碎裂方式)”引出下文研究主题，衔接自然。 13．上文“Rather than creating a flat, solid chunk, the machine printed it into a simple S-shape, or zigzagged super thin layers back-and-forth several times, or swirled it into increasingly complicated spirals.(这台机器并未打印出扁平实心的块状结构，而是将其打印成简易 S 形、锯齿形、螺旋形。)”指出机器打印出S形、锯齿形、螺旋形等不同造型的巧克力，并且根据后文“The researchers asked: ‘How crunchy was it?’ ‘How easy was it to bite?’(研究人员询问：‘它有多脆？’‘咬起来多容易？’‘您如何评价整体体验？’)”可知，设空处应说明将成品交由人员品尝测评。C选项“The resulting pieces were fed to 10 eager volunteers(成品巧克力被分给10名热心志愿者品尝)”承接造型制作，引出后续口感评价，符合语境。 14．由上文“The researchers also used a machine to crack the various shapes and see which was the most brittle. Plus, they recorded the sounds of the cracking.(研究人员还用机器压裂各种形状，看哪种最脆。此外，他们还记录了压裂的声音。)”和下文“The general winner remained that spiral(螺旋造型依旧综合效果最佳)”可知，设空处需解释记录碎裂声音的原因。B选项“That’s because a pleasurable eating experience doesn’t only take place in the mouth, but can be affected by the noises in your skull(这是因为愉悦的食用体验不仅来自口中触感，还会受颅内声响影响)”解释了录制碎裂声音的缘由，逻辑通顺。 15．由上文“He is working with a couple of organizations to see how it might be applied. He’s also involved in putting together a team to look at the physics of how things crack in materials other than chocolate — ones that might be used in vehicles, for example, to make them less dangerous when they crash.(他正与几家机构合作，研究这项技术的应用可行性。同时，他还牵头组建团队，研究巧克力以外各类材料的断裂物理原理，比如可用于交通工具的材料，借此降低车辆发生碰撞时的危险程度。)”以及后文“It could also make those Halloween treats even more tasty(也能让万圣节糖果更美味)”可知，设空处应承接材料碎裂研究在交通领域的安全应用。D选项“Understanding fractures could make life safer — in cars or airplanes or when wearing helmets(了解碎裂原理能提升汽车、飞机、头盔等方面的安全系数)”衔接前文交通领域应用，与后文并列递进。 17 / 17 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 综合训练11：阅读理解单选、阅读六选四组合练（I） （满分：60分，推荐用时：60分钟） 第一套 Section A Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A 【来源】上海市曹杨第二中学20254-2026学年下学期3月测评英语试题 My grandmother loved baking and was, therefore, an excellent baker. I can still see her massaging flour, sugar, eggs, yeast, butter and milk into dough and injecting the pastry with jam to make Buchteln. I can still hear her saying to her, a sustainable farmer, baking was the closest she could get to “the world of art”. I regret never telling her that even though she wasn’t graced with the life of an artist, she was nevertheless weaving something larger than her: a culture. Maybe she understood what she was doing after all. Once, she instructed me to never follow her recipes, but instead to adapt them however I saw fit. A culture, she was essentially saying, should be modified in line with the tastes and needs of the times. Well. I have altered most of my grandmother’s recipes, apart from the one—her recipe for potica, a traditional Slovenian pastry usually served at holiday, birthday and special celebrations. In essence, it is a roll made of leavened paper-thin dough, most often stuffed with walnut filling and raisins. Calling potica a “filled roll”, makes it seem easy to prepare, but it requires hours of work. The most painful part is grinding the walnuts. Before my grandmother began using a grinder, we filled a bag with walnuts and beat the bag with a hammer, until the nuts turned to paste. Ah, but why not simply buy a kilo of ground Californian walnuts? Oh! Because the secret to the best potica known to humans is walnuts from a tree that grows on my grandmother’s farm. This 15-meter-tall tree is an amusement park for crows and insects, and is also often populated by courageous children. It bears sweetest walnuts. Was, bore, I should write. In the past decade, the 30-year-old tree has changed. At first, the romantic in me wanted to believe it was mourning my grandmother’s death and just couldn’t yield sweet nuts any more. Next, I turned to common sense. Walnut harvests, I told myself, differ from season to season, so our half-empty baskets were nothing to worry about. However, after the fifth poor harvest with dry, bitter fruit, I understood that I was witnessing something better known as decay. In suitable conditions, walnut trees in our region can live up to 100 years and yield nuts until they’re middle-aged. But the circumstances for that particular potica tree have worsened. The trees endure frost and snow, heat and strong winds, storms and floods, and heavily polluted air, water, soil. Well, I spotted a sign of hope for poticas early this year. A sapling next to the dying tree. Perhaps the dying tree delivered all its remaining nutrients to this sapling, whispering: “The preservationists are already here, trust me.” 1．What was the primary reason the grandmother considered baking as close to “the world of art”? A．The use of unique ingredients. B．The precision required in baking. C．The therapeutic nature of the baking process. D．The creative and cultural significance of baking. 2．What did the grandmother advise the author regarding her recipes? A．To strictly follow the recipes as they were. B．To adapt the recipes according to personal taste. C．To share the recipes with others in their original form. D．To learn traditional recipes from other cultures instead. 3．Why were the bold words “Was, bore” underlined in the passage? A．To emphasize the tree’s historical significance on the farm. B．To showcase the author’s admiration for the tree’s longevity. C．To indicate a transition from past to present in the tree’s state. D．To highlight the author’s uncertainty about the tree’s current condition. 4．How did the author feel according to the last paragraph? A．Sad at the decay of the walnut tree. B．Hopeful about the future of the walnut tree. C．Indifferent to the changes in the walnut tree. D．Unpleased with the new sapling next to the dying tree. B 【来源】上海交大附中嘉定分校2025-2026学年高三上学期11月期中英语试题 Question Items New Middle-standing Veteran 1. Shows a sense of humor in class 42 56 70 2. Explains clearly 33 58 68 3. Teaches in a relaxed manner 30 46 65 4. Writes neatly on the blackboard 9 43 56 5. Lets pupils ask questions in class 18 30 47 6. Makes checks in notebooks 22 30 43 7. Speaks loudly and clearly 45 85 54 8. Treats all pupils equally 43 58 42 9. Cares about pupils’ opinions 47 43 17 10. Spends time with pupils between classes 25 10 6 5．In contrast to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable improvement in their ability to ________. A．be fair to any pupil B．evaluate pupils’ progress C．present materials clearly D．understand and play with pupils 6．Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ________ than the veterans. A．relaxed in class B．interested in pupils’ ideas C．neat in appearance D．skillful at explaining 7．According to the table, which of the following is RIGHT? A．In the new teachers’ classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely. B．Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with the amount of time their teachers spend with them between classes. C．The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven items. D．Though veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated highly. C 【来源】上海市南汇中学2025-2026学年高三上学期12月阶段练习英语试题 I struggle with letting go of things. Embarrassing situations that occurred decades ago still regularly pop into my mind and stress me out. I don’t seem to be able to move past them and forget them. Even small irrelevant things get me worked up. Can you suggest some techniques to move on and lead a calmer life? —A painful reader Since you said a lot of these are insignificant upon reflection, I’ll assume we’re not talking about big traumas (创伤) but the kinds of sour memories we all have. It feels unpleasant to be pulled back into the past, forced to relive those painful memories. So why do we keep going back? One possibility is that we feel not enough has changed. Time might have passed, but in the respects that matter, we still feel as though we’re right there. Still scared in the same ways those situations made us feel, still vulnerable to those same stressors, even uninsured against the same mistakes. If you feel as though a lot has changed since an indignity, the memory feels more like a postcard from somewhere distant. But if you feel the same in the ways that matter, an upsetting thing from the past can still seem threatening insofar as that version of us persists today. Or maybe we go back to these memories because there’s some unanswered question we keep trying to solve. Why did I say that? Why did they do that? If I’d done that differently, would this have changed? Maybe, more rarely, we go back because we’re bored. Sometimes if present-day life doesn’t quite feel stimulating enough we can go back to conflicts or hard choices from the past, because even though they were unpleasant, they somehow feel more real. Therapy can help figure out which it is for you. When the distressing thought comes knocking why does it seem worth opening the door? That would really help you tailor your strategies. The calm you’ll need if you’re trying to solve a question may not be the calm you need if you still feel vulnerable in those same ways. Well-meaning people might say you need closure, a way to tell a coherent (有条理的) story. Closure is great if you can get it, but I’m not convinced it’s essential. What concerns me is that trying to find narratively pleasing ways to transform painful memories ultimately makes our capacity to move on depend on whether we can make sense of those events. Coherence may be genuinely beyond our reach. Bad luck doesn’t make sense. People don’t always have a “why”. I think it’s less “I have to get closure” and more “I have to see this as past, over”. As you try to figure out what is captivating about these memories, it might help to try seeing them in past tense. Not solved, just over — not a source of new pain, not part of a pattern; an echo of hurts gone by. 8．According to the columnist, why do we keep going back to painful memories? A．(a) Becoming stronger over time; (b) Gaining closure; (c) Seeking excitement B．(a) Avoiding current problems; (b) Hoping to erase past; (c) Searching for luck C．(a) Developing new skills; (b) Rewriting the past; (c) Enjoying old conflicts D．(a) Still vulnerable as before; (b) Wondering “why”; (c) Feeling bored in present life 9．What concern does the author express about the idea of “closure”? A．Closure is unnecessary and irrelevant for individuals stuck in pain. B．Closure relies on making sense of events, which may be impossible. C．Closure can only be achieved through constructing a touching story. D．Closure is seen as more valuable than the ability to move forward. 10．Which of the following best summarizes the author’s advice? A．Painful memories must be carefully analyzed to gain wisdom. B．Forgetting the past is the only way to achieve peace eternally. C．Painful memories should be seen as finished events, not threats. D．One could resolve painful memories by rewriting his own past. Section B Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 【来源】上海市上海交通大学附属中学2025-2026学年高三上学期9月摸底考试英语试卷 Evolution and War Will there ever be an end to war? The majority of the attendees on my current anthropology (人类学)course answered a definite “No”. Their response was largely predictable, given that we see so many images of the military, its machinery and weapons, war-torn cities and sad civilians. The media reminds us of the number of ongoing conflicts around the world. There seems to be a general impression that there is no hope of a peaceful life on the planet, so long as there is human life. Some anthropologists claim that conflict is natural, in so far as it is an intrinsic part of human nature to be aggressive. Primates (灵长类动物), our closest living relatives, also have a tendency towards violence. Therefore, it is easy to draw the conclusion that humans fight because it is an inevitable part of our nature. However, are we wrong to make this assumption? While primates can display exceptional levels of violence towards outsiders, they are also capable of settling conflicts and can even avoid conflict when they perceive that there is a strategic advantage in doing so. Put more simply, some primates, like apes and monkeys, will only fight if they believe they can win or escape punishment. Surely, then, humans have the capacity to avoid hostility too. There is already some evidence that the world’s major powers have realized the lose-lose scenario that would follow nuclear conflict, as many governments are currently discussing arms reduction programmes. So are there more ways to avoid conflict? The more instinctively peaceful primates are ones with access to plentiful food, and this should tell us something basic about human conflict. If human populations were more willing to distribute their food, fuel and other natural resources more equitably, there would be less reason to fight. Even if our motive simply sharing is technically self-centred, this is irrelevant because in the long term it makes sense for us to do so. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二套 Section A Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. A 【来源】上海市行知中学2025-2026学年第二学期高三英语考前质量检测英语题 Police officer Jody Thompson first met his son John in 2015. He was pulling into the car park at the Poteau Police Department in Oklahoma when he overheard a call about a case of physical child abuse. Despite being off duty, Thompson responded to the call. He arrived at the scene to find a severely underweight boy, who was covered in bruises (淤青) with his wrists tied. The eight-year-old, who weighed just over 25 kilograms at the time, had been left in a dustbin full of cold water. “He didn’t have a spot on his body that didn’t have a bruise. It was the worst thing I’d ever seen,” Thompson said. Thompson drove John to hospital and sat by his side all night as the child recovered in the intensive care unit. The following day, he contacted the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) to request he become the child’s foster parent. Within just a few days, Thompson had brought John into the safety of his own home. “When I’d seen him in that house shivering and his hands tied — just wet to the skin and confused — I knew at that moment, the only time I would be satisfied and sure that he was safe was if he was with me,” he said. Thompson already had two sons, aged 15 and 18. He didn’t tell his family about his plan at first, but said they had faith he was doing the right thing. In an extraordinary twist, just two days after bringing John into the family home, he found out his wife was pregnant with their third biological son. And seven months later, DHS called the Thompsons to ask if they wanted to foster John’s newborn sister, Paizly, who was born in prison. They picked her up the next day — when she was just a day old — and brought her straight home. Both John and Paizly were later adopted by Thompson and his wife. ‘The example of love that Thompson has shown to this young man and his sister is an example everyone should follow,” Poteau Police Chief Stephen Fruen said in a statement. “It’s men like Thompson that make me proud of our police force brothers and sisters. I am proud to serve with him.” 1．When Thompson found him, John was________. A．seriously ill B．badly injured C．unconscious D．overweight 2．The reason that Thompson decided to bring John back home was that________. A．he wanted to give John a safe home B．he thought that John was smart C．he was requested to do so by DHS D．he wanted to find a companion for his sons 3．The underlined word “twist” in the sixth paragraph most probably means________. A．a bend in a river or road B．a completely crazy situation C．something that is bent into a particular shape D．an unexpected change in the situation 4．What can we infer from what Poteau Police Chief Stephen Fruen said in the last paragraph of the article? A．It wasn’t the first time for Thompson to adopt a child. B．John was born in prison like his sister. C．Fruen showed great respect to Thompson. D．Thompson regretted bringing John home. B 【来源】2025届上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学高三下学期三模英语试题 Faced with multiple transformational changes-the impact of automation on job roles, remote and hybrid working conditions, and increasing labor shortages, to name a few-what can organizations do to thrive, not just survive? Crafting an upskilling strategy that prepares today’s workforce for tomorrow’s opportunities is a step in the right direction. For ideas of how to put this into practice, we can look to a few companies that have successfully developed upskilling programs, including Amazon, Salesforce, and PwC．Amazon-Upskilling 2025 Amazon’s upskilling program offers job assistance and tuition-free training that employees complete during their workday. Through Upskilling 2025, employees can participate in a variety of opportunities, including: Machine Learning University (MLU): Taught by Amazon’s own, this program is on track to train thousands of employees in machine learning skills. It requires a time commitment of four to eight hours per week, for each six-week module. A2Tech: Fulfillment center employees can complete this 90-day program to develop IT support technician skills and eventually, complete the A+ certification test. AWS Training and Certification: To address the cloud skills shortage, Amazon offers free AWS training and discounted certification exams. Classes are offered in-person and online. Amazon Technical Academy: Designed for employees in non-technical roles, this program seeks to move employees into software engineering professions through hybrid instruction, project-based activities, and real-world application. PwC - New World. New Skills. Over the next several years, PWC plans to invest $3-billion in upskilling. As part of its “New World. New Skills” initiative, the company offers in-person, digital upskilling programs where participants learn how to use tools from automation to robotics. The Virtual Digital Academy lasts from one to two days and is offered at both standard and advanced levels. To upskill their 50,000 U.S.-based employees, PwC also created the Digital Fitness app with training tools for a variety of in-demand topics such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality. Through the app, which is now available to the public, employees and others can earn micro-degrees and certifications.Salesforce-Trailhead Salesforce predicts it will create over four million jobs by 2026. To prepare current and prospective employees to fill these roles, the company invites its workforce and external learners to “skill up for the future” through its digital upskilling program, Trailhead. Through the online platform, learners can develop in-demand skills and earn credentials. To begin, participants select a career path (such as developer or data analyst) and then complete the “trail” for that career. Trails include eLearning modules and projects that help learners upskill for a new role. Alternatively, participants can create a custom “trailmix,” pulling learning components from various trails to form a personalized learning plan. Along their learning journeys participants earn badges and certifications to showcase on their resumes. 5．Based on the article, which of the following best defines the term “upskilling”? A．Replacing employees with automation tools to reduce labor costs B．Providing short-term training for employees to adapt to their current roles. C．Cultivating employee capabilities to meet current and future hiring needs. D．Encouraging self-directed learning without structured programs or certifications. 6．Suppose you recently left a non-technical role at a tech company but haven’t made a clear career plan. Which of the following upskilling programs would be most suitable for you? A．Amazon-A2Tech B．Amazon-Amazon Technical Academy C．PwC-Digital Fitness app D．Salesforce-Trailhead 7．What can be inferred about the practice of opening upskilling programs to external learners? A．Companies hope to cultivate a talent pool and address skill gaps. B．Training programs needn’t consider external learners’ working schedules. C．Remote and hybrid working conditions make large-scale training possible. D．Having more participants means reducing the tuition cost for every trainer. C 【来源】2025届上海市建平中学高三下学期三模考试英语试题 In the early 2000s, Merlin Mann, a Web designer and devoted Macintosh enthusiast, was working as a freelance (自由职业的) project manager for software companies. He had held similar roles for years, so he knew the ins and outs of the job; he was surprised, therefore, to find that he was literally buried under — not by the mentally challenging aspects of his work but by the many small administrative tasks, such as scheduling conference calls, that surfaced up from a chaotic stream of e-mail messages. Mann wasn’t alone in his frustration. Work lives that had once been orderly — two or three blocks of work, broken up by meetings and phone calls — became wildly busy, unplanned, and impossibly overloaded. “E-mail is a ball of uncertainty that represents anxiety,” Mann said, reflecting on this period. Things have not since changed much. Most of us are not our own bosses, and therefore lack the ability to dramatically rebuild the structure of our work responsibilities, but imagine if, through some combination of new management thinking and technology, we could introduce processes that minimize the time required to talk about work or fight off random tasks thrown our way by equally stressed co-workers, and instead let us organize our days around a small number of separate and specific objectives. This vision is attractive, but it cannot be realized by individual actions alone. It will require management intervention. Up until now, there has been little will to shift the responsibility for productivity from the person to the organization. Most knowledge-work companies have been more focused on keeping up with technological breakthroughs that might open up new markets, without addressing the fundamental issues that underlie workplace inefficiency. To get more done, it’s been sufficient to simply encourage employees to work harder. Laptops and smartphones helped these efforts by enabling office workers to find extra hours in the day to get things done, providing a productivity balance against the inefficiencies of overload culture. It seems likely that any successful effort to reform professional life must start by making it easier to figure out who is working on what, and how it’s going. Because so much of our effort in the office now develops in rapid exchanges of digital messages, it’s tempting to allow our in-boxes to become an informal storage place for everything we need to get done. This strategy, however, covers up many of the worst aspects of overload culture. Consider instead a system that externalizes work. Following the lead of software developers, we might use virtual task boards, where every task is represented by a card that indicates who is doing the work, and is pinned under a column indicating its status. With a quick glance, you can now determine everything going on within your team and ask meaningful questions about how much work any one person should tackle at a time. With this setup, improvement becomes possible. 8．What does the author try to illustrate with the example of Merlin Mann? A．More and more people have started to hop from one job to another. B．Creative design is very demanding mentally when done individually. C．Too many job responsibilities to perform could make people depressed. D．Small tasks could emerge at random to keep people disorganized at work. 9．What is the author’s view of email use in the workplace? A．It helps employees keep track of the work that has been piled up. B．It contributes to the difficulty and inefficiency of task management. C．It facilitates emotional support in times of uncertainty and anxiety. D．It provides an opportunity for employees to communicate informally. 10．What change does the author try to introduce in the workplace? A．Enhancing work flow with the aid of technology. B．Reducing workload and lowering the stress level. C．Setting distinct attainable goals for individuals. D．Redistributing work duties among employees. 11．What can be inferred about the system the author suggests? A．New software can help to hire workers from outside. B．Teamwork will become easier with a big picture. C．Division of labor will be negotiated within a team. D．Virtual reality can help to do on-the-job training. Section B Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 【来源】上海市浦东新区2025-2026学年高三英语考前综合练习 Testing chocolate ‘geometry’ to make it tastier Trick or treat! With Halloween around the corner, kids across the country are about to collect bags full of candy — including heaps of chocolate. Meanwhile, a group of researchers in the Netherlands has been experimenting with a method to make chocolate more of a “treat” than ever. 12 “An aspect that I particularly like is its brittleness (脆性), and what it does when it breaks,” says researcher Corentin Raine, who teaches physics at the University of Amsterdam. To optimize how it feels in the mouth, “we gave geometry to chocolate,” he says, “that would then change the way it breaks.” Giving it “geometry” involved using a 3D printer to layer 72 percent dark chocolate in various ways. Rather than creating a flat, solid chunk, the machine printed it into a simple S-shape, or zigzagged super thin layers back-and-forth several times, or swirled it into increasingly complicated spirals. 13 The researchers asked: “How crunchy was it?” “How easy was it to bite?” “How would you rate the overall experience?” The crunchiest — while remaining easy to bite — was the chocolate swirled into fairly complicated spirals. It was also the top tasting experience. “More crunchiness meant that people tended to like it more,” Raine says. The researchers also used a machine to crack the various shapes and see which was the most brittle. Plus, they recorded the sounds of the cracking. 14 The general winner remained that spiral. Whether chocolate will soon be made differently thanks to this research, “it’s too early to say,” Raine says. He is working with a couple of organizations to see how it might be applied. He’s also involved in putting together a team to look at the physics of how things crack in materials other than chocolate — ones that might be used in vehicles, for example, to make them less dangerous when they crash. 15 It could also make those Halloween treats even more tasty. A．Chocolate is a beloved treat worldwide for its delicious taste and geometrical designs. B．That’s because a pleasurable eating experience doesn’t only take place in the mouth, but can be affected by the noises in your skull. C．The resulting pieces were fed to 10 eager volunteers. D．Understanding fractures could make life safer — in cars or airplanes or when wearing helmets. E．When you get an impact of some form, you know something is going to break. F．While chocolate is delicious for many reasons, this study focused on how it cracks when it is bitten. 17 / 17 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $