福建省厦门第二中学2026-2027学年高三上学期9月阶段检测英语试题

厦门二中 2026-2027 学年第一学期高三年段 9 月月考英语学科试卷 命卷教师： 洪玉馨 吴惠云 审卷教师： 裴觉先 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. What does the woman occupy herself in doing? A. Taking dance classes. B. Finishing reports. C. Preparing for a long race. 2. What does the man think of his job? A. It's enjoyable. B. It's boring. C. It's worrying. 3. What is the woman mainly doing? A. Sharing experience in checking price labels. B. Giving tips on washing clothes properly. C. Praising the man's laundry service. 4. Who might Sarah be? A. An HR director. B. A saleswoman. C. An accountant. 5. How did the man go to work today? A. On foot. B. By subway. C. By car. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. Why is the woman unwilling to get an electronic lock? A. It is too expensive. B. She might forget the password. C. It may have some technical problems. 7. What does the man suggest doing? A. Picking a well-recognized brand. B. Carrying a spare traditional key. C. Downloading a special mobile app. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What has impressed Lisa most about her dormitory life? A. Having discussions on courses. B. Watching late-night movies. C. Taking part in DIY projects. 9. What has Lisa learned from her dormitory life? A. Calmness. B. Independence. C. Responsibility. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What subject does the man teach? A. World history. B. Literature. C. Science. 11. What does the man think can foster help students engage in preservation? A. Holding some competitions. B. Organizing field trips to museums. C. Encouraging them to do volunteer work. 12. What is the point of preserving cultural heritage according to the woman? A. It teaches people about diversity. B. It connects people to their roots. C. It positively influences the future. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the man's first piece of advice for the woman? A. Setting off at her own speed. B. Wearing a helmet at all times. C. Exploring different routes. 14. Where does the man normally go cycling? A. Along the coast. B. In the nearby park. C. In the mountains. 15. What is the longest distance the man has cycled? A. 50 kilometers. B. 100 kilometers. C. 150 kilometers. 16. Why does the man enjoy group rides? A. They help break his cycling record. B. They give him a sense of belonging. C. They usually involve intense competition. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What was mentioned in the open letter? A. The concern about AI affecting human creativity in writing. B. The impact of the development of AI on science fiction films. C. The potential benefits of AI in the field of writing. 18. What is the main topic of the book HUM? A. A fact-checking program with the power to change facts. B. A poet who agrees to work with an AI poetry company. C. A wife and mother who is out of work due to AI. 19. Who is Ryan Doherty? A. A government worker. B. A doctor. C. A director. 20. Which work was created with the help of AI? A. Sike. B. Death of an Author. C. In Our Likeness. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 A Are You Controlled by Advertisements? With advertisements all around us, from advertisements on the television to social media apps, the fear arises about how they can influence our behaviour. Often, the desire to buy something emerges only because it has affected our minds through advertisements and may not be a real need of ours. Here are three things we can do to resist the urge to make an unnecessary purchase. Avoid Emotional Buys Educate Ourselves When we come across an advertisement for something attractive, we may feel forced to buy it immediately, especially if it is an online purchase that involves a quick click and a cashless deal. However, it's crucial to resist the urge to act without thinking carefully. Firstly, we have to be aware of commonly used emotional and psychological strategies. For example, some advertisements may feature friends having an enjoyable time at a cafeteria, making us think that going there is a good way to have fun with friends. It appeals to our need for happiness and fun. Question the Message The next step is to assess whether the advertisement's core message is reasonable. In the cafeteria example, we would need to question the message that eating at a particular cafeteria with friends is equal to happiness. What is it about the place that makes us happy? Is having fun with friends there the only way to gain happiness? We will then be forced to distinguish between facts and opinions. It would be best to give ourselves some time to consider if we really need the item or experience and if it is wise to spend our money in this way. Let us remember that advertisers are well aware of the way our minds work, and they can easily make us purchase what we may later regret buying. Always strive to see through the smokescreen by following these three steps. 21. What strategy is mainly adopted in advertisements? A. Offering a lot of testers. B. Appealing to consumers' feelings. C. Providing product introductions. D. Focusing on the quality of products. 22. How can consumers assess the advertisement's core message? A. By interviewing other consumers. B. By distinguishing reasons and results. C. By comparing different advertisements. D. By questioning it based on personal needs. 23. What does the author suggest to prevent emotional buys? A. Purchasing more online. B. Using cashless payment. C. Thinking longer before a deal. D. Enquiring about advertisers' minds. B What does it mean to travel somewhere new and not be able to see it? That question led me on a 10-day journey through northern India with Traveleyes, a British tour company that pairs visually impaired (受损的) travelers and sighted travelers. I was paired with Candie, a blind woman from Seattle. "The whole sights thing doesn't excite me," she said. "Tell me what people are doing even if it's just someone sleeping on the sidewalk — that is more interesting to me than, 'There's a tree over here with yellow leaves.'" I looked out of the bus window. Along the roadside were hairdressers who'd hung mirrors on trees, shaving customers on low chairs. I told Candie how cars here drive on the left, and how clearly marked road lines were almost universally ignored. I was beginning to notice how speaking these details aloud made me more observant. Things I might have otherwise overlooked or skimmed past became more visible to me when I put them into words. In naming them, I also saved them into memory. We eventually arrived in Ranthambore, one of the best places in India to spot wild tigers. Touring the park in an open-topped bus, we spotted tiger tracks — but no tiger. Admittedly, I was disappointed. Candie wasn't. Just moving through the wilderness in the open air, she said, holding tight the handrail, had been exciting enough. These words reminded me of the difference between how blind and sighted people experience travel: For sighted travelers, it's more like watching a film as they tend to rely on immediate visual cues to form quick and vivid impressions. For blind ones, the world reveals itself more slowly, through layers of sound, touch and smell. It's a more immersive, interpretive process — just like reading a novel, where the story unfolds through detail and imagination. And the book is often better than the film. 24. Why did the author start his journey? A. To satisfy his curiosity. B. To spend his vacation. C. To help disabled people. D. To heighten his senses. 25. What appealed to Candie most during the journey? A. Traffic rules. B. Local customs. C. Beautiful scenery. D. People's activities. 26. How did describing details affect the author? A. It refreshed his memory. B. It boosted his social skills. C. It sharpened his perception. D. It encouraged him to speak up. 27. What message is conveyed in the text? A. Don't judge a book by its cover. B. Every cloud has a silver lining. C. Actions speak louder than words. D. Slow tasting reveals true flavor. C According to YouGov, 88% of Americans have positive feelings about French fries. In short: People love the However, this delicious side dish is also clearly not-so-great for you. But hold on, fry lovers — researchers may have found a potential solution. Instead of asking people to give up fries altogether, some scientists are exploring whether the way they're cooked could make a meaningful difference. In 2025, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published their findings on creating a better-for-you French fry, using a technique called "microwave frying". It helps to first understand what happens to fries when they're prepared the traditional way. As the potato heats up water inside it begins to evaporate (蒸发). This, however, leaves behind tiny pockets, which then create a force pulling oil inside. Think about a straw in a drink. If you suck on the straw, the liquid moves upward. Now, imagine food has lots of tiny straws. When there is positive pressure, the oil stays out. But if there is negative pressure, the oil moves in. As much as 90% of the frying process occurs under this negative pressure. But microwaving may be able to this particular part of the process. When we heat something in a conventional oven, the heat moves from outside to inside. But a microwave oven heats from the inside out. The higher pressure in microwaves helps reduce oil penetration. But microwaving alone won't cook the fries the way we know and love. "If you just use microwave frying, your food turns out too soft," Takhar said. "To obtain crispiness (松脆), you need conventional heating. Therefore, we propose combining the two approaches in the same unit. Conventional heating maintains the crispiness, while microwave heating can be upgraded with affordable, widely available microwave generators. Existing large commercial fryers can be upgraded with affordable, widely available microwave generators. 28. What are scientists trying to improve about fries? A. Their taste. B. Their kitchen popularity. C. Their health effects. D. Their cooking equipment. 29. Which is the correct order of the traditional frying process? ① Oil entry. ② Water loss. ③ Negative pressure. ④ Pocket formation. A. ①→③→②→④ B. ②→④→③→① C. ②→①→③→④ D. ③→④→②→① 30. How do microwaves reduce oil intake? A. By increasing pressure. B. By drying water faster. C. By creating holes within. D. By heating from outside in. 31. What can be inferred about the new method? A. It is a two-in-one method. B. It remains hard to test. C. It needs costly equipment. D. It has been widely used. D For decades, urban planners have held a widely shared belief that neatness and order make cities suitable for living. Governments worldwide try their best to remove visual chaos: clearing temporary roadside stalls, repainting old street walls and pulling down run-down narrow streets, holding the idea that tidy city looks can foster residents' well-being. However, a growing number of urban sociologists are challenging this fixed opinion, arguing that moderate urban disorder is necessary for a mentally healthy and lively city. Controlled urban disorder refers to minor, harmless imperfect scenes in public areas, including common street sellers, slightly worn public facilities and unregulated green areas. Contrary to public thoughts, such subtle imperfections generate hidden psychological benefits. A decade-long follow-up study conducted by an Australian research group tracked people's mood changes. It turned out that neighborhoods living in areas with mild disorder felt 27% more satisfied than those living in completely tidy and orderly areas. Researchers attributed the difference to the following: overly tidy city looks convey an unspoken sense of being watched, making residents passive and mentally restricted. The seemingly counter-intuitive conclusion sparks heated debate. Critics maintain that supporting proper city mess may justify careless and lazy city management. They say that totally uncontrolled mess will surely cause safety problems and lower land use efficiency, adding that small messy scenes are just the precursor of serious city decline. Even some neutral scholars admit that it is a tough task for city authorities to draw a clear boundary between creative disorder and destructive mess remains. Rather than advocating blind abandonment of urban management, the research aims to revise people's biased perception of urban chaos. Modern cities should not follow extreme tidiness at the price of their own vitality. In an increasingly similar urban world, proper imperfection is not a flaw, but an unnoticed valuable advantage that nourishes citizens' mental resilience. 32. Why do mildly disordered neighborhoods bring people more satisfaction? A. They guarantee higher land utilization efficiency. B. They offer abundant public recreational facilities. C. They eliminate residents' passive living habits thoroughly. D. They provide a sense of freedom from invisible monitoring. 33. The underlined word "precursor" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______. A. symbol B. sign C. barrier D. recipe 34. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. City management should give up strict rules. B. Extreme city tidiness does harm to city vitality. C. Messy city scenes are hard for the public to accept. D. Traditional city planning needs no improvement at all. 35. Which of the following best summarizes the text? A. Traditional planning ignores citizens' well-being. B. Limits should be set to avoid harmful urban mess. C. Appropriate urban mess is an overlooked treasure. D. Strict city management causes people's mental stress. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 It used to be simple: if you were stuck on homework, you went to a tutor or looked through a textbook. Today, many students admit their first instinct is to open short-video apps. 36 And there's the catch: while short-form video makes information accessible, are students actually learning or just scrolling (滚屏)? Students aren't choosing short videos to study by accident; it fits the way their brains are wired in today's world. Studies suggest the average attention span has dropped to around 8-12 seconds. Quick videos match that rhythm. Instead of sitting through a 45-minute lecture, students can learn one concept or definition in a minute. Short videos also turn idle time, like waiting for the bus, into learning opportunities. 37 However, for every upside, there's a hidden drawback that students often feel but don't always recognize. Short videos sometimes oversimplify — students may remember a "fun fact" but struggle to apply it in problem-solving. Constant exposure to fast content trains the brain to expect stimulation, making complex reading or full lectures hard to sit through. 38 Students can end up overwhelmed, recalling bits of many topics but mastering none. Here's where it gets tricky. Short-video platforms aren't built for studying, they're built for endless scrolling. 39 This means students who go in looking for a "quick explainer" often end up an hour deep into unrelated content. Students describe feeling "busy" while scrolling through study content, but later realize they didn't remember much. 40 The reality is, it's both. Short-form content is a tool, not a replacement. Students who use short videos as a supplement to traditional learning gain the best of both worlds: quick tips and deeper practice. Those who depend on it often face burnout, divided attention, or surface-level understanding. So, is short-form video helping or hurting? A. This makes learning fit easily into daily life. B. Many creators make money by posting educational short videos. C. To them, such videos don't just entertain but feel like learning. D. Short videos make students unable to finish homework within fixed time. E. Besides, too many short videos, brief as they are, can cause information overload. F. This unclear line between entertainment and education makes it harder to manage time. G. Short videos are a helpful tool for quick learning, but they should not replace deep study. --- 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 I've grown used to the pause. That moment when someone hears my 41 — Goodluck — and looks at me with 42 or hesitation. "Wait, is that really your name?" "How do you spell it?" It's something I didn't think would require a lot of explanation. Back in Nigeria, it didn't. Names like Precious, Beauty or Grace were common. I didn't realize how 43 my name was until I travelled to the United States. That was the first time "Goodluck" 44 blending in. I thought it would be easy for people to hear and remember. But instead of recognition, it was 45 repetition and disbelief. I had to 46 it out. Repeat it, countless times. I couldn't understand why something normal back home needed so much 47 in the U.S. But I also felt a quiet sense of gratitude. I never had to change my name to 48. I've met people who 49 the names their families gave them just to make things easier. I understood their reasons, yet I was all the more proud that I didn't have to compromise my name. In Nigerian culture, names are more than words — they're 50. Some reflect the circumstances of birth, while others are blessings for the child's future. Mine remains a 51. I don't know why my parents chose it. I've never asked. To some, it means I carry good 52 with me. To others, it means I bring it. But what started as just a name has become a part of me I now lead with. It's one of the few things I've carried 53 in a new country, surrounded by new people, cultures, and places, my name has become a thread that 54 me to where I'm from. It's a 55 that home isn't something I left behind — it's something I carry with me. 41. A. name B. wish C. blessing D. response 42. A. confusion B. sorrow C. embarrassment D. concern 43. A. complicated B. ordinary C. different D. ridiculous 44. A. started B. kept C. continued D. stopped 45. A. dealt with B. met with C. connected with D. filled with 46. A. make B. spill C. point D. spell 47. A. commitment B. explanation C. guidance D. discipline 48. A. fit in B. give in C. settle in D. step in 49. A. carried B. dropped C. examined D. forgot 50. A. signals B. gifts C. labels D. messages 51. A. mystery B. miracle C. problem D. secret 52. A. fate B. fortune C. chance D. meaning 53. A. unnoticed B. unknown C. unchanged D. unexpected 54. A. leads B. follows C. connects D. restricts 55. A. warning B. story C. symbol D. reminder 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The lion dance, brought to the US Chinatowns in the mid-1800s by Chinese immigrants from the south, has become 56 iconic part of Chinese New Year celebrations around the country. As a longtime cultural tradition, the lion dance 57 (perform) during Spring Festival, which begins from Feb 17 this year, 58 (bring) good luck, prosperity and fortune and drive off evil spirits for the new year. It's a 59 (symbol) ceremony rooted in ancient legends, 60 the lion's fierceness and loud music scare away monsters, signifying triumph over hardship and welcoming a fresh start. There 61 (be) no official statistics indicating how many lion-dance teams exist in the Us, 62 it's undeniable that the lion dance is everywhere in cities with a large Chinese community. A well-equipped lion-dance team usually does 30 to 50 performances every year. They get 63 (book) for various organizations and businesses to celebrate Spring Festival. The lion dance has reached full maturity and gained wider 64 (popular), making it a must-have for public celebrations. For many US cities, the Spring Festival celebration is not complete 65 lion dances. 第四部分 书面表达（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 假定你是李华，在下周英语课上，你要做一个 Daily Report，请结合自身经历，以“Let's Do Our Share at Home”为主题写一篇发言稿。内容包括： (1) 家务劳动的意义； (2) 你的具体倡议。 注意：词数应为80个左右；请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Good morning, everyone! That's all. Thank you. 第二节（满分25分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 I grew up before there were cellphones. I look on in wonder as seemingly everyone is focused on their devices. I know I can't change what the world has become. But as a college teacher, I can shape my classroom. When it comes to cellphones, I've learned that one cannot be tough on students using them in class. I once had a colleague who tried this, threatening punishment for violators. The rest of her semester was, in a word, unhappy. But neither do I think it productive to take a hands-off (放手不管的) attitude toward students who are texting friends while the poor teacher labors, ignored, at the blackboard. I knew a math professor who tried this approach. One day, I asked some of his students who their math teacher was. Their response: "Some guy." Both examples suggested that there must be a middle way. So I came up with one. On the first day of class, I struck a friendly but purposeful tone, telling my students, "If I catch you looking at your phone during the class discussion, you must call your parents right then and there on speakerphone (免提) and tell them that you love them." I delivered this with a twinkle in my eye, and my students chuckled good-naturedly. Then I followed up with my end of the bargain: "This means whenever you speak to me, I promise to give you my full attention." When delivered in a caring but serious way, my students are on board. Well, mostly. There's always an exception. His name was Paul Davis. He liked to test the waters of classroom norms (准则), like coming to class in his pajama bottoms and slippers. One day, during a lively class discussion, I caught Paul typing on his phone. "Excuse me," I interrupted. "Are you texting?" 注意：续写词数应为150个左右；请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Paragraph 1: Paul looked up from his phone. -- Paragraph 2: Mr. Davis's voice came through on speakerphone, sounding quite surprised. --- 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $