宁夏石嘴山市第一中学2026-2027学年高三上学期9月阶段检测英语试题

石嘴山市第一中学2026-2027学年高三年级上9月月考 英语试题 阅读（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 The storied, celebrated Alcatraz and Black Point Historic Gardens in Golden Gate National Recreation Area owe their charm to skilled Parks Conservancy gardeners and dedicated volunteers. Now you can apply their national park expertise to your own backyard! Top Winter Gardening & Planting Tips for the San Francisco Bay Area ● Resist working in the garden on a rainy day — air pockets are a very important part of the recipe for healthy soil and plants, and working in your garden when it’s very wet will firm your soil. ● Double check your seedling identification during weeding! Desired plants can look similar to invasive weeds during their seedling stage. ● Keep fallen leaves on the ground. They provide important shelter for butterflies and moths in the winter, and keep the soil covered and protected through the season. ● See if there’s a way to install a rainwater catchment into your garden. ● Make notes now of how your garden did this year — what plants did well, what struggled, what you’d like to try for next year. Recommended California Native Plants Plant native wildflowers and perennials (多年生植物); they’re perfectly adapted to our local climate and support our native ecosystems. If you plant them with the winter rains, they’ll be strong and need minimal care throughout the rest of the year. Some of our favorite native plants for the garden include: Clarkia “Farewell to Spring,” Baby Blue Eyes, Globe Gilia, Ceanothus “Yankee Point,” Coyote Mint, California Fuchsia, Yarrow, Heuchera maxima, Douglas Iris, and of course California Poppy. Get Involved Ready to take your newfound skills to the parks? No matter the season, Black Point Historic Gardens needs extra hands and volunteering support, or you can become a guide on Alcatraz. Trowels up, in the parks and at home! 1．What can we learn from the winter gardening tips? A．Garden growth need not be recorded. B．Fallen leaves ought to be cleared away. C．Working in wet soil helps keep soil loose. D．Weed carefully to protect desired seedlings. 2．What is the advantage of planting California native plants? A．They demand less care in later growth. B．They fit in well with the local climate. C．They needn’t match local ecosystem. D．They grow much faster than other plants. 3．Where is the text most likely taken from? A．A local gardening newsletter. B．A home decoration magazine. C．A national park research paper. D．A travel brochure of scenic spots. B Every autumn, I give my first-year college students an unusual writing task. I ask them to imagine that they are alone at an old telephone booth (电话亭) in the Mojave Desert. The night is quiet, and there is no one for miles. Suddenly, the phone rings. “Who is calling?” I ask. Students must explain not only who is calling but also why that person has chosen to call them. The idea came from a real telephone booth that once stood in the California desert. Travelers visited it because anyone, from anywhere, might call. Although the booth has disappeared, I wondered whether an unexpected call could open an unexpected conversation. So I turned the idea into a writing task. When I first used it, I expected many kinds of answers. Some students imagined conversations with historical figures; others received calls from grandparents they had never met or strangers asking for help. But one choice appeared again and again: students imagined receiving a call from an older version of themselves. At first, I thought this simply happened by chance. Then the same pattern appeared semester after semester. Curious, I reread dozens of stories, paying attention not to who was calling but to what was being said. The future selves rarely talked about wealth, fame or great success. Instead, they offered words of comfort. They told their younger selves that failure would pass, loneliness would disappear gradually and life would become larger than today’s worries. Then I understood. These imagined callers were not predicting the future. They were giving words to hopes the students already carried but had never expressed. By imagining someone who did not exist, students found a safe way to speak honestly about the lives they were living. The telephone booth, then, is not really the destination. It is a doorway. Sometimes imagination does not take us away from reality; it helps us see it more clearly. The voice we are waiting to hear may have been our own all along. 4．Why did the author use the desert booth setting? A．To honor the desert booth. B．To promote travel in the desert. C．To encourage imaginative writing. D．To analyse students’ inner thoughts. 5．What caught the author’s attention? A．The same kind of caller. B．The fear of loneliness. C．The absence of grandparents. D．The wide variety of answers. 6．Why did the author reread the students’ stories? A．To find writing mistakes. B．To understand their repeated choices. C．To select the best stories. D．To compare their emotions. 7．What does the telephone booth represent in the passage? A．A symbol of unanswered questions. B．A chance to meet unexpected people. C．A path to self-understanding. D．A doorway to escape reality. C In 2021, the Heiltsuk Nation in Canada placed special traps in the sea to catch invasive European green crabs (螃蟹). These traps were designed to help protect the local environment. However, a strange problem soon appeared: many of the traps were being damaged or destroyed, and no one knew why. The traps were made of round nets with bait (饵料) inside. They were set underwater and connected to floating buoys (浮标) by ropes, so people could find them later. Some traps were visible when the tide (潮汐) was low, but others were placed in deeper water and could not be seen at all. At first, scientists guessed that animals such as seals or otters might be responsible, but there was no clear proof. To solve the mystery, in May 2024, a student named Milene Wiebe and Richard Cody Reid from the Heiltsuk Nation set up a video camera near one of the traps. What the camera recorded surprised everyone. The video showed a female wolf swimming out to sea. She grabbed the rope tied to the buoy with her teeth and pulled it toward the shore. After reaching land, the wolf continued pulling the rope until the trap was in very shallow water. She then tore open the net, ate the bait inside, and left. The whole process took less than three minutes. Scientists Kyle Artelle and Paul Paquet later studied the video and wrote a research paper about it. They described the wolf’s actions as highly intelligent and purposeful. Even though the trap was out of sight, the wolf knew that pulling the rope would bring food closer. The scientists believe this may be the first recorded case of a wolf using a tool. In this situation, the rope helped the wolf reach the food, so it could be seen as a tool. Although some experts disagree, most agree that the wolf showed remarkable problem-solving skills. Today, people wonder whether other wolves have learned this trick as well — and whether the wolf learned it alone, from other wolves, or by watching humans. 8．What was the main purpose of setting traps in the sea? A．To catch fish for food. B．To study local sea animals. C．To train wolves to find food. D．To stop harmful crabs spreading. 9．How did the wolf reach the trap successfully? A．By pulling the rope. B．By diving very deep. C．By breaking the buoy. D．By waiting for low tide. 10．What question do people still have about the wolf? A．Where the wolf came from. B．Why the traps were damaged. C．How the wolf learned the trick. D．Whether the wolf actually ate crabs. 11．Which of the following might be the best title? A．A Wolf’s Secret Hunting Method B．First Proof of Tool Use in Wolves C．A Smart Solution to Green Crab Problem D．Scientists Surprised by Clever Fishing Wolf D While it’s widely known that chewing more improves digestion, research suggests it may also support brain health and potentially reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies suggest that chewing food more thoroughly not only improves nutrient absorption but also slows down eating and reduces overall food intake. But its benefits may extend far beyond digestion and weight control: researchers are increasingly uncovering that chewing may help maintain brain health as we age. This proposed connection is supported by findings that tooth loss, often accompanied by reduced chewing ability, is associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Supporting this connection, a survey involving more than 28,500 people older than 50 across 14 European countries found that participants with good chewing ability performed better on a series of cognitive (认知的) tests. They demonstrated significantly better word recall, verbal fluency, and numeracy skills than those with chewing problems. In another study of 273 healthy people between the ages of 55 and 80, scientists found that those who still had more of their natural teeth had better semantic memory (linked to knowledge and facts of the world) and long-term memory. But why does chewing ability have anything to do with memory? Some researchers suggest that chewing activates neural circuits (神经回路) connecting the mouth and jaw to the hippocampus — one of the first brain regions to be damaged by Alzheimer’s disease — and may therefore support learning and memory. Others suggest that chewing, especially fairly hard substances, may increase blood flow to the brain. “The theory is that chewing works like a pump, pumping blood to the brain,” explains Trulsson, a professor at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. This keeps the brain sharp and working well, he says. To determine whether poor chewing ability can actually cause cognitive decline and whether brain function can be improved, Trulsson’s team is currently replacing patients’ missing teeth with implants and studying their brain function before the procedure and for up to a year afterwards. MRI brain scans will also be used to examine whether white matter lesions (白质病变), a marker of poor brain vascular (血管的) health, become smaller after treatment. “Wouldn’t it be really exciting if we could improve brain function by restoring people’s teeth?” says Trulsson, who has included over 80 patients for the study so far. 12．How is the proposed connection supported? A．By comparing test results across countries. B．By linking better chewing to better cognition. C．By showing chewing problems increase with age. D．By proving tooth loss causes Alzheimer’s disease. 13．Why does chewing help maintain brain health? A．It turns the jaw into a blood pump. B．It protects the hippocampus from damage. C．It allows more nutrients to reach the brain. D．It stimulates nerves and boosts blood flow. 14．What is Trulsson’s ongoing study intended to find out? A．How implants affect patients’ brain function. B．What chewing level causes cognitive decline. C．Why white matter lesions develop after treatment. D．Whether improved chewing helps the brain recover. 15．What does the study encourage people to do? A．Replace missing teeth with implants. B．Avoid eating soft and processed foods. C．Chew food thoroughly for brain health. D．Participate in the research for better memory. 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 When you think of volunteering at an animal shelter, you might think of walking dogs or brushing cats. 16 . Shelters usually need volunteers for office work and special events, such as adoption programs, fostering (代养) animals, and many more important responsibilities. Before you do any volunteering, you need to prepare yourself to work hard and devote your time. * 17 . The organization may have a contact person who can help you get involved at their facility. Look online for shelters near your home or office. Consider the type of animal, and the needs of a given shelter. Find out what manners, tools and processes are used in the given shelter. * Understand the volunteer requirements. Different shelters have different requirements. 18 , if you want to directly handle animals. As a general rule, you must be able to commit to a long-term volunteer position. Some shelters require a commitment as long as a year, so that they know it’s worth their time to train you. * Learn about the available volunteer positions. Depending on the shelter, you may be assigned to a specific job, or you may perform various tasks as need arises. Laundry, dish-washing, floor-mopping, and office work are often necessary to keep a shelter running smoothly. 19 , if you have some that relate to shelter work. * Think about fostering an animal. When you foster an animal, you are promising to take it into your home and to care for it. It is your job to help it get healthy and socialized. Make sure that you have room for a temporary dog or cat in your home, and ask yourself whether you have the energy to care for this animal. 20 , but it can be deeply rewarding. A．This is a big responsibility B．Contact your local animal shelter C．Tell the shelter your special skills D．Consider which animals you want to work with E．Most shelters need people to help in the facility F．However, there are many additional jobs available G．You need to have previous experience with animals 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。 When I was 10, I had an enemy. A girl kept pointing out my 21 . Week by week, her list 22 : I was thin; I had a poor academic 23 ; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on. I tried to 24 all this as long as I could. Finally, my anger 25 . I ran to Daddy with tears in my eyes. He listened to me 26 and asked: “Are these things she said true or not? Have you 27 what you’re really like?” Dad asked me to list everything she said and 28 the points that were true, without paying attention to other 29 . I did as Daddy told me. Surprisingly, I discovered about half the things were true. It struck me that I could change a(n) 30 number of them, though some I couldn’t, like being very thin. And suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time, I got a fairly clear 31 of myself. I brought the list back to Daddy. He 32 to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said, “You know better than anyone else the 33 about yourself. But you have to learn to listen; not just 34 in anger and feel hurt. Hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” Daddy’s suggestion has 35 me at many important moments, each time making me a better person. 21．A．breakthroughs B．shortcomings C．guidelines D．masterpieces 22．A．ballooned B．updated C．ceased D．appeared 23．A．discipline B．qualification C．career D．performance 24．A．deny B．overcome C．bear D．review 25．A．exploded B．failed C．recovered D．spread 26．A．unwillingly B．hardly C．cheerfully D．quietly 27．A．suspected B．wondered C．confirmed D．witnessed 28．A．get B．reach C．mark D．discuss 29．A．listings B．challenges C．comments D．suggestions 30．A．small B．increasing C．odd D．good 31．A．picture B．sign C．example D．voice 32．A．determined B．refused C．tended D．attempted 33．A．concern B．report C．dream D．truth 34．A．cross your fingers B．shut your ears C．stamp your feet D．outstretch your arms 35．A．relied on B．sought for C．returned to D．charged at 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。 In January 2026, a short video from a documentary Return to the Wolves sparked intense debate on Chinese social media, pushing the 16-year-old story of “Green” back into the spotlight. It aroused deep emotions and fresh curiosity 36 (national) . At the heart of this phenomenon is the special bond between artist Li Weiy and the wolf Green she rescued in 2010 on the Ruo’ergai grasslands, a weak young wolf 37 mother was killed by bad men with harmful food. She brought him to Chengdu, but his wild nature conflicted 38 urban lives as he grew. So Li decided out of love to return him to the wild, a decision 39 (base) on respect rather than possession. For seven harsh months, Li lived with Green on the grasslands, teaching him skills to survive in the wild. The bond reached a bittersweet climax (高潮) when he was accepted into 40 group of wild wolves. Years later, according to 41 (account) from local herders, Green, now a pack leader, returned a red ribbon that Li used to bandage his injured foot, 42 (show) his deep love for her. This story reflects people’s desire for authentic relationships 43 China’s growing ecological consciousness. With stronger legal protection, local wolf populations 44 (recover) well at present. Green’s howl, once a cry for 45 (survive) , now calls for coexistence, reminding us true compassion lies in respecting nature’s freedom and building harmony between humanity and wilderness. 三、书信写作 46．假定你是李华，暑假期间你去研学基地体验了一段时间的农田劳动与乡村生活。请给你的外国笔友Mike写一封信，分享你的暑假经历，内容包括： (1)体验的具体活动；(2)你的收获与感悟。 注意：(1)写作词数应为80个左右；(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Dear Mike, ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua 47．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。 Tom’s train was delayed. He sat on a bench at the station, staring at the clock above the platform. The station was crowded with people — some hurrying to catch trains, some waiting anxiously, their voices mixing into a loud buzz. It was winter, and the cold air seeped through Tom’s coat, making him shiver. He pulled his scarf tighter around his neck and took out a book from his bag, but he couldn’t focus — his mind was on his sister, Lily, who was in the hospital. Suddenly, a little girl bumped into him, dropping her teddy bear. “I’m sorry!” she said, her voice small and shaky. Tom picked up the teddy bear — it was soft, with a worn red ribbon around its neck. He handed it back to her, and she smiled, revealing two missing front teeth. “Thank you,” she said. Before Tom could reply, her mother called her, and she ran off, waving goodbye. Tom watched her go, and for a moment, the noise of the station seemed to fade. 续写要求 1. 续写词数应为150左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 A few minutes later, the announcement for Tom’s train finally came. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When Tom reached the hospital, he walked into Lily’s room quietly. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 试卷第6页（共7页） 试卷第5页（共7页） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 答案第2页（共2页） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 答案 D B A C A B C D A C 题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 答案 B B D D C F B G C A 题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 答案 B A D C A D B C A D 题号 31 32 33 34 35 答案 A B D B C 36．nationally 37．whose 38．with 39．based 40．a 41．accounts 42．showing 43．and 44．are recovering 45．survival 46． Dear Mike, How is everything going? I’m writing to share my unforgettable experience at an agricultural study base this summer vacation. During my stay, I threw myself into various farm tasks: weeding the fields, picking fresh seasonal vegetables and getting to know the whole process of growing traditional crops. Tiring as the physical labor was, the sight of ripe produce made all my sweat worthwhile. This hands-on experience has greatly shaped me. Not only do I hold a deeper appreciation for farmers’ hard work and nature’s generosity, but I also got a precious chance to escape from piles of textbooks and feel the peace and beauty of simple rural life. Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua 47． A few minutes later, the announcement for Tom’s train finally came. He jumped up quickly and walked to the platform where the train was waiting. As he got on, he saw the little girl from the bench waving at him through a window. Her smile made Tom feel warm, even though the air was still cold. He waved back and found a seat by the window. He thought about Lily, who he hoped was doing better, and felt a little less worried than before. When Tom reached the hospital, he walked into Lily’s room quietly. She was lying on the bed, reading a book that their mom had brought. When she saw Tom, her face lit up. “I’ve been waiting for you,” she said softly. Tom sat next to her and told her about the little girl at the station, which made Lily laugh. He held her hand gently, knowing that being with her was the best thing he could do that day. 答案第8页（共9页） 答案第1页（共1页） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $