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银川一中2027届高三年级第二次月考 英 语 试 卷 0注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。 2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试题卷上作答无效。 3.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。 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段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放两遍。 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a school canteen. B. In a food market. C. In the woman’s garden. 2. What does the woman find difficult? A. Making a schedule. B. Finishing her plans. C. Distributing tasks. 3. Why do the speakers change the dinner plan? A. The recipe is complex. B. They lack an ingredient. C. The stir-fry is yummier. 4. How do the speakers react to the rain? A. They wait indoors. B. They run quickly. C. They buy umbrellas. 5. What benefit does the app bring? A. It updates news. B. It enriches articles. C. It saves reading time. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，每小题都有5秒钟的作答时间。每段录音播放两遍。 听第6段录音，回答6、7题。 6. What is the trip aimed at? A. Team building. B. Sea adventure. C. Exploring Hainan. 7. What does the woman suggest? A. Arranging activities first. B. Reserving free time. C. Cooking meals together. 听第7段录音，回答8至10题。 8. What is the puppet in the show made of? A. Paper. B. Plastic. C. Leather. 9. What does the woman think of the school project? A. It is international. B. It is comprehensive. C. It is time-consuming. 10. Why do the students use modern tech? A. To advertise digital picture books. B. To reveal the history of puppets. C. To vividly present traditions. 听第8段录音，回答11至13题。 11. What are the speakers doing? A. Debating an issue. B. Negotiating a deal. C. Doing an interview. 12. What does the man think of his own career path? A. It’s smooth. B. It’s flexible. C. It’s challenging. 13. According to the man, what core ability do art students need most? A. Life-long learning. B. Planning skills. C. Business sense. 听第9段录音，回答14至17题。 14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Partners. B. Relatives. C. Couples. 15. When should the speakers submit digital copies? A. By this Sunday. B. By next Friday. C. By next Monday. 16. How many photos will probably be submitted at a minimum? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. 17. What will the woman do next? A. Book a meeting room. B. Edit her photos. C. Contact Lisa and Tom. 听下面一段独白，回答18至20题。 18. What do most people forget to recall? A. The smell of rain. B. The sound of daily life. C. The view outside a window. 19. What is the speaker’s role in the city museum exhibition? A. An expert. B. A listener. C. A journalist. 20. What is the purpose of the exhibition? A. To display the city sounds. B. To re-experience the past. C. To raise money for the city. 第二部分 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 Parcel lockers, also called smart lockers or package lockers, are secure, automated storage units in centralized locations. They are revolutionizing how goods can be delivered and received. People can pick up a package from a locker at a time that suits them, in a convenient location near their residence or workplace. Yet for all their advantages, parcel lockers are still far from being widely adopted by online shoppers. Many consumers still opt to have their online shopping parcels delivered directly to their homes instead of using parcel lockers, simply because they don’t know this delivery option when placing online orders and thus have never tried it. Even though locker usage is still low, companies and government agencies hope more shoppers will try it as they learn about the benefits. Using parcel lockers can help reduce traffic from delivery vehicles and lower our carbon footprint, which is better for the Earth. So, why not give easyLocker a try? 1. What keeps some shoppers from trying a parcel locker? A. Inconvenient locations. B. Environmental concerns. C. Inefficiency of delivery. D. Unawareness of its presence. 2. What must users of easyLockers do? A. Collect their parcels within 24 hours. B. Key in a unique access code to get parcels. C. Leave the locker door open for the next user. D. Inform the deliveryman of their home address. 3. Who are the targeted readers of the text? A. Locker producers. B. Delivery personnel. C. Online purchasers. D. Potential investors 【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。这篇文章介绍了包裹柜(如easyLocker)的便捷、环保等优势，指出部分网购者因不了解该选项而未尝试，并说明其使用步骤，呼吁网购者选用以降低碳足迹。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Many consumers still opt to have their online shopping parcels delivered directly to their homes instead of using parcel lockers, simply because they don’t know this delivery option when placing online orders and thus have never tried it.(许多消费者仍然倾向于将网购包裹直接送到自家门口，而非使用快递柜，原因在于他们在下单时并不知道有这种送货方式可选，所以也从未尝试过)”可知，一些购物者不愿使用包裹寄存柜是因为他们没有意识到它的存在。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据How to use easyLocker?部分“Enter your unique access code sent to you.(请输入你收到的专属访问代码)”可知，easyLockers的用户需要输入一个唯一的取件密码来领取包裹。故选B。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Yet for all their advantages, parcel lockers are still far from being widely adopted by online shoppers.(然而，尽管这些包裹寄存柜有诸多优点，但它们仍未得到线上购物者的广泛采用)”以及文章围绕网购包裹配送方式展开，介绍包裹柜的优势、使用方法，并呼吁 “why not give easyLocker a try?(为什么不试试easyLocker呢？)”，可知，文章针对的是网上购物者。故选C。 B For years I walked the streets of London wearing noise-canceling headphones, absorbed in playlists, podcasts or long voice notes, a million miles away from wherever I physically was. One damp January evening, I was walking home, headphones out of power in my bag, when I noticed a small figure fall down on the pavement with her eyes closed. I might not have noticed her if I had been in my own world, fixated on what was playing in my ears. I asked her name. No response. Worse, she didn’t seem to be breathing. My mind raced back to my first-aid class, but I drew a blank, afraid of getting it wrong. I dialed 999. The call handler talked me through it: lay her down, press her chest to a count, keep going. To my relief, the stranger took a breath. After the medical workers arrived, I quietly left. After that night, I resolved to be more aware of the happenings around me. Wearing headphones made me feel as if I was wrapped in sound: it could be comforting, but the world was dulled and separate. So, off they came. Suddenly, I awakened to all that had long escaped my notice. A noise in the grass turned out to be a hedgehog fighting a blackbird — I felt as if I’d entered a secret world. A thunderous crack alerted me to a woodpecker drilling holes in a tree near my local park. Plus, I’m more open to talking to strangers now. It’s easier to start a conversation when my first response isn’t “What?” as I peel off my headphones. Still, it helps to have the option to zone out. I refuse to go for a run without loud Cuban music in my ears to force my trainers to hit the ground with the beat. There’s no way I’m getting on an aeroplane without listening to an audio book. As for that January night, I’ll never know what happened to the stranger, but I’m glad I was paying attention. 4. Why was the author able to notice the woman’s unusual condition? A. He heard a sound of an ambulance. B. He had rich first-aid expertise. C. His headphones happened to be dead. D. His mind was wandering from music. 5. What does the underlined word “they” refer to in paragraph 4? A. The headphones. B. The noises. C. The happenings. D. The medical workers. 6. What is the author’s current view on using headphones? A. It is a stylish trend. B. It is a conscious choice. C. It is a regular routine. D. It is a habitual preference. 7. What message does the text try to convey? A. Music speaks. B. Alertness counts. C. Kindness never fades. D. Zone out for inner peace. 【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. B 【解析】 【导语】文章讲述了作者过去长期戴耳机屏蔽外界，因一次意外事件主动摘下耳机、感知生活；同时懂得适度使用耳机，明白适度屏蔽外界，才能更好地感受生活。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“One damp January evening, I was walking home, headphones out of power in my bag, when I noticed a small figure fall down on the pavement with her eyes closed.(一个潮湿的1月夜晚，我正走在回家的路上，包里耳机没电了，这时我注意到一个小小的身影闭着眼睛倒在了人行道上)”可知，作者之所以能注意到那个女人的异常情况，是因为他的耳机碰巧没电了。 【5题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第三段内容“After that night, I resolved to be more aware of the happenings around me.(那晚之后，我下定决心要更加留意身边发生的事情)”，作者意识到戴耳机会让自己与周围的世界隔绝，因此决定要更多地关注周围发生的事情。紧接着第四段说“So, off they came.(所以，把它们摘了下来)”，结合语境可知，这里的“they”指代的是上文提到的“headphones”（耳机）。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Still, it helps to have the option to zone out.(不过，拥有放空自己的选项还是有帮助的)”以及作者提到自己在跑步和坐飞机时依然会选择戴耳机可知，这说明作者现在不再是随时随地习惯性地戴耳机，而是根据具体场合有意识地选择（conscious choice）是否使用耳机。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。文章讲述了作者因为没戴耳机而及时发现并救助了一名倒地的路人，随后作者决定摘下耳机去感受和关注周围真实的世界，并在文章最后一句总结道“I’m glad I was paying attention.(我很高兴我当时在留心)”。因此，文章旨在传达关注周围世界、保持留心和警觉的重要性，即“Alertness counts(留心很重要)”。 C Today, Mars is a cold and dry desert. But there is evidence that billions of years ago, it had a thick atmosphere and liquid water, making it a promising place to look for signs of past life. The mudstones, found in a dusty riverbed by NASA’s Perseverance Rover, are dotted with interesting markings named leopard spots and poppy seeds. Scientists believe these features contain minerals produced by chemical reactions that could be associated with ancient Martian microbes (微生物). The Perseverance Rover, which touched down on the Martian surface in 2021, was sent to search for signs of biology. It has spent the last four years exploring a region called the Jezero Crater, which was once an ancient lake with a river flowing into it. The rover found the leopard print rocks last year. They are about 3.5 billion years old and are a type of rock called mudstone, which is fine-grained rock formed from clays. The rover used several instruments in its onboard lab to analyze the minerals in the rocks. This data was then sent back to Earth for scientists to study. In similar conditions on Earth, chemical reactions that produce these minerals are typically driven by microbes. At a press conference, NASA said the features could be the clearest signs of past life yet found on Mars. However, the minerals could also have formed through geological processes without the involvement of microbes. The only way to fully confirm if the minerals were made by microbes would be to bring the rocks back to Earth for analysis. A Mars sample return mission has been proposed by NASA but its future looks highly uncertain. The US Space Agency’s science budget is facing huge cuts that have been put forward in President Trump’s 2026 budget and a sample return mission is one of those facing cancellation. NASA’s plans for such an effort hang in the balance because of the threatened budget cuts, but China is also pursuing a sample return mission that could launch in 2028. While the decision is debated, scientists are desperate to get their gloved hands on the rocks. 8. How does the author introduce the topic in the first paragraph? A. By drawing a contrast. B. By using an example. C. By asking a question. D. By citing an opinion. 9. What is the role of the Perseverance Rover according to the passage? A. It sent back the rock samples. B. It performed the entire analysis. C. It confirms the biological origin. D. It serves as a mobile laboratory. 10. What does paragraph 3 suggest about the minerals? A. They prove that microbes still live on Mars. B. Their formation has only one possible explanation. C. Their biological origin remains unconfirmed. D. They cannot form through geological processes. 11. What puts NASA’s Mars sample return mission at risk? A. The loss of contact with the rover. B. Proposed cuts to its science budget. C. A shortage of suitable rock samples. D. The failure of the onboard instruments. 【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. B 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍了美国国家航天局毅力号火星车发现疑似关联古微生物的特殊泥岩矿物，其生物存疑，美国取样返回计划因预算削减悬而未决，中国也在推进相关任务。 【8题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段中“Today, Mars is a cold and dry desert. But there is evidence that billions of years ago, it had a thick atmosphere and liquid water, making it a promising place to look for signs of past life.(如今，火星是一片寒冷干燥的沙漠。但有证据表明，数十亿年前这里曾拥有浓厚的大气层和液态水，因此是寻找过去生命迹象的理想地点)”可知，先介绍如今火星是寒冷干燥的荒漠，又对比指出数十亿年前火星可能有很厚的大气层和液态水，是通过今昔对比的方式引出话题。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“The rover used several instruments in its onboard lab to analyze the minerals in the rocks. This data was then sent back to Earth for scientists to study.(该探测器利用其机载实验室中的多种仪器分析了这些岩石中的矿物质，随后将数据传回地球供科学家研究)”可知，毅力号火星车搭载多台机载实验室仪器分析岩石矿物，之后把数据传回地球供科学家研究，它相当于移动实验室。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“At a press conference, NASA said the features could be the clearest signs of past life yet found on Mars. However, the minerals could also have formed through geological processes without the involvement of microbes.(在一次新闻发布会上，美国国家航空航天局表示，这些特征可能是迄今为止在火星上发现的最清晰的过去生命迹象。然而，这些矿物也可能通过地质过程形成，而无需微生物参与)”可知，这些矿物既可能由微生物活动产生，也可能通过无微生物参与的地质过程形成，因此它们的生物起源还没有被完全证实。 【11题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“The US Space Agency’s science budget is facing huge cuts that have been put forward in President Trump’s 2026 budget and a sample return mission is one of those facing cancellation.(美国航天局的科学预算正面临大幅削减，这一情况已在特朗普总统2026年预算中被提出，其中一次样本返回任务也面临取消)”及最后一段“NASA’s plans for such an effort hang in the balance because of the threatened budget cuts, but China is also pursuing a sample return mission that could launch in 2028.(由于面临预算削减的威胁，美航天局此类计划目前处于悬而未决的状态，但中国也在推进一项可能于2028年发射的样本返回任务)”可知，特朗普2026年预算提案中提出的NASA科学预算大幅削减，是火星样本返回任务面临取消的风险原因。 D David Uttal a scientist at Northwestern University, has always been poor at finding his way. At 13, he got lost on a Boy Scout hike for two and a half days. The world is full of people like Uttal and their opposites, the folks who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go. These differences are clear, but explaining them has proved challenging. Now, research using virtual (虚拟) reality suggests that to some degree, navigational (导航的) skills are shaped by upbringing. A 2020 study stressed this. The researchers compared the performance of more than 2,600 twins as they navigated through a virtual environment to test whether navigational ability runs in families. It does, they found — but only slightly. Instead, the biggest contributor to people’s performance was what geneticists (基因学家) call “nonshared environmental factors” — the unique experiences each person acquires as he grows. Good navigators, it appears, are mostly made, not born. Another larger experiment provided further proof. Researchers developed a smartphone game, “Sea Hero Quest” in which players navigate through a virtual environment to locate checkpoints. Based on data from nearly four million players worldwide, they discovered that cultural factors were linked to wayfinding skills. People from Nordic countries, where the navigation sport of orienteering is popular, performed slightly better. Results like these suggest that life experience may be one of the biggest factors of navigational ability. Indeed, experience may even act as one of the most common findings in navigation: that men tend to perform better than women. Turns out this gender (性别) difference is more a question of culture and experience than of born ability. Nordic countries, for example, where gender equality is greatest, show almost no gender difference in navigation. However, men far outperform women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment. To Uttal, these findings carry an optimistic meaning. “The good news is that navigation is trainable” he notes, “It’s never too late to become a better navigator. You just need to give yourself opportunities to explore and pay attention to your environment.” 12. What did the 2020 study on twins reveal about navigational ability? A. It is largely decided by genes. B. It is learned through experience. C. It varies little among individuals. D. It remains unchanged in a person’s life. 13. How was the “Sea Hero Quest” experiment carried out? A. By testing brain activity during play B. By observing how players navigate. C. By comparing the Nordics with others. D. By studying smartphone game data. 14. Why do men often outperform women in navigation? A. Men benefit from practicing sports. B. Women lack interest in doing so. C. Men have stronger space memory. D. Women have fewer chances to explore. 15. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. What Can “Sea Hero Quest” Teach Us? B. Why Do Some People Always Get Lost? C. How Does VR Improve Navigational Skills? D. Who Are Better Navigators: Men or Women? 【答案】12. B 13. D 14. D 15. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章以科学家David Uttal方向感差的经历引入，通过两项相关研究，探讨了导航能力的影响因素，指出导航能力并非主要由基因决定，而是在很大程度上受成长环境、文化因素和个人经历的影响，且这种能力可以通过训练提升。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据第3段中“The researchers compared the performance of more than 2,600 twins as they navigated through a virtual environment to test whether navigational ability runs in families. It does, they found — but only slightly. Instead, the biggest contributor to people’s performance was what geneticists call ‘nonshared environmental factors’ — the unique experiences each person acquires as he grows.(研究人员比较了2600名双胞胎在虚拟环境中导航的表现，以测试导航能力是否会在家族中遗传。他们发现，确实如此，但只是轻微的。相反，决定人们表现的最大因素是遗传学家所说的‘非共享环境因素’——即每个人在成长过程中获得的独特经历。)”可知，2020年针对双胞胎的研究表明导航能力主要是通过后天经历习得的。故选B。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第4段中“Researchers developed a smartphone game, ‘Sea Hero Quest’ in which players navigate through a virtual environment to locate checkpoints. Based on data from nearly four million players worldwide, they discovered that cultural factors were linked to wayfinding skills.(研究人员开发了一款名为‘海上英雄任务’的智能手机游戏，玩家可以在虚拟环境中导航，找到检查站。基于全球近400万名玩家的数据，他们发现文化因素与认路能力有关联。)”可知，“海洋英雄任务”这个实验是通过研究智能手机游戏的数据开展的。故选D。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据第5段中“Turns out this gender difference is more a question of culture and experience than of born ability.(事实证明，这种性别差异更多的是文化和经历的问题，而不是天生的能力。)”和“men far outperform women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment.(在那些女性探索环境会面临文化限制的地区，男性的导航能力远超女性。)”可知，男性导航能力优于女性是因为女性拥有的探索机会更少。故选D。 【15题详解】 主旨大意题。根据全文的核心论述，尤其是第1段“The world is full of people like Uttal and their opposites, the folks who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go.(世界上到处都是像Uttal这样方向感差的人，也有与之相反的人——那些似乎总是清楚自己所处位置以及如何到达目的地的人。)”，第2段中“research using virtual reality suggests that to some degree, navigational skills are shaped by upbringing(使用虚拟现实的研究表明，导航技能在某种程度上是由成长环境塑造的)”，以及第5段中“Turns out this gender difference is more a question of culture and experience than of born ability.(事实证明，这种性别差异更多的是文化和经历的问题，而不是天生的能力。)”和第6段的总结“The good news is that navigation is trainable.(好消息是，导航能力是可以训练的。)”可知，全文旨在探究造成人们导航能力差异(如有人擅长导航、有人易迷路)的根本原因，并论证了环境和经验的关键作用。 选项B “Why Do Some People Always Get Lost?(为什么有些人总是迷路？)” 准确概括了这一主旨。故选B。 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。 Have you ever walked away from a conversation with the sinking feeling that you said too much? Not because you were impolite or inconsiderate — but because you tried to explain yourself to someone who didn’t really want to understand? ____16____ Over-explaining happens often in our daily lives. This behavior originated in early survival strategies. For those raised in emotionally unpredictable households, clarity may be a form of self-protection to prevent punishment or emotional fallout. ____17____ People who have ever undergone trauma tend to explain a lot to avoid conflict or rejection. Regardless of origin, the pattern is the same: We spend unnecessary energy trying to justify our right to take up space, to say no, or to make choices others might not like. ____18____ Clear language like “I’ve made my decision,” and “Let’s shift the conversation,” can actually do the trick. These direct statements prioritize emotional honesty without over-disclosure. And they don’t leave space for negotiation where none is guaranteed. ____19____ You spend less of it in practicing, defending, or recovering, and you needn’t always react to others’ discomfort. You also start attracting a different kind of relationship. It is based not on performance or submission, but on mutual respect. ____20____ You begin healing the part of you that believed love had to be earned through explanation. The version of you who felt unsafe being misunderstood learns a new truth: Your worth was never conditional or dependent on being agreeable or persuasive. A. If so, you are not alone. B. But maybe the biggest shift is internal. C. Like any behavioral change, this takes practice. D. But it’s not impossible to rid ourselves of the trouble. E. When you stop over-explaining, you reclaim emotional energy. F. Have you ever explained to show your politeness and consideration? G. Over-explaining can also come from the way our brain is wired by past experiences. 【答案】16. A 17. G 18. D 19. E 20. B 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文。文章以生活中“对话后因过度解释而不安”的常见场景引入，深入分析了过度解释的起源，随后提出改变过度解释的方法，最后阐述停止过度解释带来的积极影响。 【16题详解】 根据前文“Have you ever walked away from a conversation with the sinking feeling that you said too much? Not because you were impolite or inconsiderate — but because you tried to explain yourself to someone who didn’t really want to understand? (你是否曾在一场对话后离开时，带着一种自己说得太多的不安感？不是因为你无礼或考虑不周——而是因为你试图向一个根本不想理解你的人解释自己？)”引出“过度解释”的话题，可知，此空需回应这种经历是否普遍。A选项“If so, you are not alone. (如果是这样，你并不孤单。)”中“if so”直接承接前文的设问场景，又自然过渡到下文“Over-explaining happens often in our daily life. (过度解释在日常生活中很常见。)”的论述，符合语境。故选A项。 【17题详解】 根据前文“Over-explaining happens often in our daily lives. This behavior originated in early survival strategies. For those raised in emotionally unpredictable households, clarity may be a form of self-protection to prevent punishment or emotional fallout. (过度解释在日常生活中很常见。这种行为源于早期的生存策略。对于在情绪不稳定的家庭中长大的人来说，清晰的解释可能是一种自我保护方式，以防止惩罚或情绪波动。)”可知，前文已提及过度解释的一个起源（早期生存策略与家庭环境），此空需补充其他起源。G选项“Over-explaining can also come from the way our brain is wired by past experiences. (过度解释也可能源于过去经历塑造的我们的大脑思维模式。)”中“also”体现递进关系，补充了“过往经历”这一起源，符合语境。故选G项。 【18题详解】 根据前文“Regardless of origin, the pattern is the same: We spend unnecessary energy trying to justify our right to take up space, to say no, or to make choices others might not like. (无论起源如何，这种模式都是相同的：我们花费不必要的精力，试图证明自己有权利占据空间、说“不”或做出别人可能不喜欢的选择。)”可知，前文指出了过度解释的问题与负面影响，此空需转折并引出解决方法。D选项“But it’s not impossible to rid ourselves of the trouble. (但要摆脱这个困扰并非不可能。)”中“but”形成转折，打破前文“过度解释带来困扰”的负面氛围，“not impossible”传递出“可改变”的积极信号，自然引出后文“Clear language like “I’ve made my decision,” and “Let’s shift the conversation,” can actually do the trick. (像‘我已经做了决定’和‘我们换个话题吧’这样简洁的表达其实能解决问题。)”的具体方法，符合语境。故选D项。 【19题详解】 根据后文“You spend less of it in practicing, defending, or recovering, and you needn’t always react to others’ discomfort. (你会少花精力去练习、辩解或恢复，也不必总是对别人的不适做出反应。)”可知，后文描述的是“停止过度解释”后节省精力的好处，此空需总领该内容。E选项“When you stop over-explaining, you reclaim emotional energy. (当你停止过度解释时，你会重新获得情感能量。)”中“reclaim emotional energy”直接概括了后文“少花精力在辩解、恢复”的核心好处，符合语境。故选E项。 【20题详解】 根据前文“You also start attracting a different kind of relationship. It is based not on performance or submission, but on mutual respect. (你还会开始吸引一种不同类型的关系。这种关系不基于表现或顺从，而是基于相互尊重。)”及后文“You begin healing the part of you that believed love had to be earned through explanation. (你开始疗愈内心那个认为“爱需要通过解释来争取”的部分。)”可知，前文阐述的是停止过度解释带来的“外在关系”变化，后文说明内在变化，故此空需转折并深入到“内在”层面。B选项“But maybe the biggest shift is internal. (但或许最大的改变在于内在。)”符合语境，引起下文。故选B项。 第三部分 语言知识运用 ( 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Every morning, Kofi woke up with a quiet sigh. He reached for his phone out of habit, and as he scrolled, his chest ____21____ slightly. His classmates were posting acceptance letters and photos from campus visits, their futures already beginning to ____22____. He told himself he was happy for them. Sometimes that was true, but other times, it was a ____23____ he repeated until it sounded polite. He began to ____24____ himself quietly. His grades felt unimpressive and his clothes too ordinary. Even his smile looked ____25____, worn only for others. The mirror in the house caught him on bad mornings, with ____26____ eyes, shoulders bent forward. Some days he turned his face away from it. Other days, he stared too long, hoping it might show him a(n) ____27____of himself that had already “arrived”. One evening, his grandma ____28____ into the chair beside him and said softly, “Mirrors can lie.” He laughed ____29____. “They only show the truth, Grandma.” She shook her head. “They show what you’re ____30____ to see.” She told him of two seeds that were planted. One seed sprouted early and took away all the ____31____. The other stayed hidden, growing roots underground where no one clapped. “But when its day came, the hidden sprout ____32____ its way upward.” Her words didn’t ____33____ anything right away. But something shifted. That night, Kofi stood in front of the mirror again. For the first time, he noticed ____34____ in his weary eyes — his life was not late or behind. It was simply unfolding in a way that wasn’t meant to be filtered (加滤镜), posted, or ____35____. 21. A. widened B. softened C. lightened D. tightened 22. A. back down B. slip away C. take shape D. make sense 23. A. lie B. trick C. motive D. defect 24. A. drown B. adjust C. measure D. challenge 25. A. compassionate B. borrowed C. heartfelt D. tender 26. A. guilty B. weary C. misty D. faraway 27. A. version B. stereotype C. peer D. celebrity 28. A. rushed B. flapped C. crashed D. eased 29. A. coldly B. wildly C. bitterly D. intently 30. A. proud B. ready C. unable D. thrilled 31. A. melody B. strength C. nutrition D. attention 32. A. blocked B. spun C. forced D. wound 33. A. fix B. preserve C. depict D. polish 34. A. glory B. tenderness C. gratitude D. hope 35. A. exaggerated B. compared C. dominated D. acknowledged 【答案】21. D 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. B 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了高中生Kofi因同学晒录取而自卑，经奶奶用种子比喻开导后，他明白自己正扎根成长，不必与他人比较。 【21题详解】 考查动词。句意：他习惯性地伸手去拿手机，当他滑动屏幕时，他的胸口微微发紧。A. widened变宽；B. softened变软；C. lightened变亮；D. tightened收紧。根据前文“Kofi woke up with a quiet sigh”以及后文同学晒录取信让他感到压力可知，Kofi看到这些时胸口应是收紧了。 【22题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：他的同学们正在发布录取通知书和校园参观的照片，他们的未来已经开始成型。A. back down退缩；B. slip away溜走；C. take shape成形；D. make sense有意义。根据前文“His classmates were posting acceptance letters and photos from campus visits”可知，同学们的未来已经有了着落，开始成型。 【23题详解】 考查名词。句意：有些时候确实如此，但另一些时候，这只是一句我反复诉说、只为显得得体的谎言。A. lie谎言；B. trick诡计；C. motive动机；D. defect缺陷。根据前文“He told himself he was happy for them.”以及后文“repeated until it sounded polite”可知，Kofi告诉自己为他们高兴，有时并非真心，而是一种自我安慰的谎言。 【24题详解】 考查动词。句意：他开始默默地衡量自己。A. drown淹没；B. adjust调整；C. measure衡量；D. challenge挑战。根据后文“His grades felt unimpressive and his clothes too ordinary”可知，Kofi拿自己的成绩和穿着与别人比较，所以此处指Kofi开始衡量自己。 【25题详解】 考查形容词。句意：甚至他的微笑看起来也是借来的，只是为了别人而勉强挤出来的。A. compassionate有同情心的；B. borrowed借来的；C. heartfelt衷心的；D. tender温柔的。根据后文“worn only for others”可知，Kofi的微笑不是发自内心的，只是应付他人的伪装，像借来的一样不真实。 【26题详解】 考查形容词。句意：屋子里的镜子在糟糕的早晨捕捉到了他，眼神疲惫，肩膀向前弯曲。A. guilty内疚的；B. weary疲惫的；C. misty有雾的；D. faraway遥远的。根据前文“bad mornings”以及后文“shoulders bent forward”可知，Kofi此时状态不好，眼神应是疲惫的。 【27题详解】 考查名词。句意：其他日子，他盯着镜子太久，希望能看见一个已经“抵达目标”的自己的版本。A. version版本；B. stereotype刻板印象；C. peer同龄人；D. celebrity名人。根据后文“of himself that had already “arrived””可知，Kofi希望看到的是已经成功的“自己（的版本）”。 【28题详解】 考查动词。句意：一天晚上，他的奶奶缓缓坐到他旁边的椅子上，轻声说：“镜子会说谎。”A. rushed冲；B. flapped拍打；C. crashed碰撞；D. eased缓慢移动。根据后文“said softly”可知，奶奶的动作是轻柔的，因此是缓缓坐进椅子里。 【29题详解】 考查副词。句意：他苦涩地笑了。A. coldly冷淡地；B. wildly疯狂地；C. bitterly苦涩地；D. intently专心地。根据前文Kofi的自卑以及他说“They only show the truth”可知，Kofi对奶奶的话并不认同，带着一种“苦涩”的笑。 【30题详解】 考查形容词。句意：它们展示了你准备好看到的东西。A. proud骄傲的；B. ready准备好的；C. unable不能的；D. thrilled非常兴奋的。根据前文奶奶的话“Mirrors can lie”可知，镜子展示的是你心里准备好去看的东西，而非全部真相。 【31题详解】 考查名词。句意：一颗种子早早发芽，带走了所有的注意力。A. melody旋律；B. strength力量；C. nutrition营养；D. attention注意力。根据后文“where no one clapped”可知，早发芽的种子吸引了人们的目光，带走了所有的注意力。 【32题详解】 考查动词。句意：但当属于它的时机到来时，这颗默默蛰伏的嫩芽奋力破土、向上生长。A. blocked阻挡；B. spun旋转；C. forced奋力推进；D. wound缠绕。根据后文“its way upward”可知，嫩芽破土而出，强行向上生长。 【33题详解】 考查动词。句意：她的话并没有立刻修复任何事情。A. fix修复；B. preserve保护；C. depict描绘；D. polish抛光。根据后文“anything right away”以及“But something shifted.”可知，奶奶的话没有立刻修复他的情绪，但带来了转变。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：他第一次在他疲惫的眼睛里注意到了希望——他的生活并不晚，也不落后。A. glory荣耀；B. tenderness温柔；C. gratitude感激；D. hope希望。根据后文“his life was not late or behind”可知，Kofi意识到自己的生活正在展开，眼中有了希望。 【35题详解】 考查动词。句意：人生的成长本就不该被滤镜修饰、公开展示，或是拿来相互比较。A. exaggerated夸大；B. compared比较；C. dominated支配；D. acknowledged承认。根据上文“that wasn’t meant to be filtered (加滤镜), posted”结合全文主人公始终与同学攀比、自我内耗的经历可知，作者点明人生无需攀比的核心主旨。 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。 In the boundless expanse of Inner Mongolia thrives a unique musical tradition. At its heart is the morin khuur, or horse-headed fiddle, a two-stringed instrument ____36____ (name) after the carved horse head atop its neck. The sound of the morin khuur is one of a kind. It can be as soft as a gentle whisper or as grand as a rolling thunderstorm. Legend has ____37____ that the instrument was crafted by a herder who grieved deeply for his beloved horse and made the fiddle in its memory. Since then, the morin khuur has remained a ____38____ (faith) companion to the Mongolian people. What makes the morin khuur truly special, however, is its ____39____ (present) in everyday life. It blesses newlyweds at wedding ceremonies and fuels the passion of dancers and wrestlers at traditional festivals. On quiet evenings, herders play the fiddle by campfires, ____40____ (tell) tales of heroic ancestors through every single note. ____41____ urbanization and technological change, the morin khuur has never faded in charm. In 2017, the instrument ____42____ (introduce) to classrooms across Inner Mongolia, enabling urban children to stay connected with their cultural roots. Today, it is not ____43____ (common) to see the morin khuur performed in symphony halls alongside Western orchestras, which forms ____44____ cultural dialogue between East and West. The morin khuur is far more than a musical instrument. It is the voice of a people, bringing to life____45____they cherish most — the wind, the horses, and the vast grassland. To listen to its melody is to feel the enduring heartbeat of a centuries-old grassland culture. 【答案】36. named 37. it 38. faithful 39. presence 40. telling 41. Despite 42. was introduced 43. uncommon 44. a 45. what 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了内蒙古马头琴的起源传说、在日常生活中的重要作用、面对城市化挑战时的传承与创新，以及它作为草原文化象征的深远意义。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：其核心是马头琴，一种以其琴颈顶部雕刻的马头命名的双弦乐器。空处需用非谓语动词作定语；instrument与name之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，表示“被命名为”，故用过去分词形式作后置定语。 【37题详解】 考查代词。句意：传说这种乐器是由一位牧民制作的，他为自己心爱的马深感悲痛，并制作了这把马头琴以纪念它。根据固定句型“Legend has it that...”意为“传说……”，其中it作形式宾语，真正宾语为that引导的从句。 【38题详解】 考查形容词。句意：从那时起，马头琴一直是蒙古人民忠实的伴侣。根据空后名词companion可知，空处需用形容词形式作定语；faith的形容词为faithful，意为“忠实的，忠诚的”。 【39题详解】 考查名词。句意：然而，让马头琴真正特别的是它在日常生活中的存在。根据空前its为形容词性物主代词可知，空处需用名词形式；present的名词为presence，意为“存在，出席”。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：在安静的夜晚，牧民们围坐在篝火旁拉琴，用每一个音符讲述英雄祖先的故事。空处需用非谓语动词作状语；逻辑主语herders与tell之间为主动关系，故用现在分词形式作伴随状语。 【41题详解】 考查介词。句意：尽管城市化和技术变革，马头琴的魅力从未消退。根据空后“urbanization and technological change”与“the morin khuur has never faded in charm”之间的让步关系可知，此处表示“尽管，虽然”；despite为介词，意为“尽管”，符合句意，注意首字母大写。 【42题详解】 考查动词时态和语态。句意：2017年，这种乐器被引入内蒙古各地的课堂，使城市儿童能够与他们的文化根源保持联系。根据时间状语In 2017 可知，本句陈述过去发生的事实，应用一般过去时；主语the instrument与introduce之间为被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，其结构为was/were done，主语为单数，be动词用was 。 【43题详解】 考查形容词否定形式。句意：如今，在交响音乐厅里看到马头琴与西方管弦乐队同台演出已经很常见了。根据后文“cultural dialogue between East and West”可知，马头琴和西方管弦乐队同台演出已经很常见了，所以此处用固定结构“It is not uncommon to do sth.”，意为“做某事很常见”。 【44题详解】 考查冠词。句意：今天，看到马头琴与西方管弦乐队在交响音乐厅同台演出并不罕见，这形成了东西方之间的文化对话。根据空后cultural dialogue为可数名词单数，此处表示“一种文化对话”，表泛指；cultural是以辅音音素开头的单词，应用不定冠词a。 【45题详解】 考查名词性从句。句意：它是一个民族的声音，使他们珍视的东西——风、马和广阔的草原——栩栩如生。空处引导宾语从句，作bringing的宾语；宾语从句中缺少cherish的宾语，指物，意为“……的东西”，应用连接代词what引导。 第四部分：写作 (满分40分) 第一节：应用文写作(满分15分) 46. 你校英文报开辟专栏，围绕“Should We Judge People by First Impression?”展开讨论，同学们对此看法不一。请你向该英文报投稿，写一篇英语短文。要点如下： 1. 阐述双方观点； 2. 表达个人见解。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 可适当补充细节，保证行文连贯。 Should We Judge People by First Impression? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】范文1： Should We Judge People by First Impression? Recently, the column on “Should We Judge People by First Impression?” has sparked a heated discussion in our school. Supporters argue that first impression serves as a useful reference in social interactions and helps us respond quickly to strangers. However, others strongly disagree, holding that people’s temporary behaviour may be affected by circumstances, making first impressions misleading; only time reveals one’s true character. In my opinion, we should never rely solely on first impressions, since genuine understanding comes from long-term observation rather than snap judgements. 范文2： Should We Judge People by First Impression? Recently, the column on whether we should judge people by first impressions has aroused a heated discussion in our school. Views vary considerably. Supporters hold that initial encounters serve as an efficient guide: one’s dress and speech reflect self-discipline, helping us quickly assess strangers in teamwork. However, opponents contend that such cues are often misleading — an individual may act reserved simply due to unfamiliar surroundings, concealing true competence and kindness. From my perspective, staying open-minded is vital, for genuine character unfolds gradually, requiring patience to see beneath the surface. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生写一篇英语短文，向校英文报投稿，介绍同学们围绕“Should We Judge People by First Impression?”讨论时的看法。（解析参考范文1） 【详解】1.词汇积累 引发：spark → stir up/set off 认为，主张：argue → hold the view that/claim 起……作用：serve as → function as 在我看来：in my opinion→ from my perspective 2.句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Recently, the column on “Should We Judge People by First Impression?” has sparked a heated discussion in our school. 拓展句：Recently, the column, which focuses on the topic “Should We Judge People by First Impression?”, has sparked a heated discussion in our school. 【点睛】【高分句型1】However, others strongly disagree, holding that people’s temporary behaviour may be affected by circumstances, making first impressions misleading; only time reveals one’s true character. (运用了现在分词作状语及that引导的宾语从句) 【高分句型2】In my opinion, we should never rely solely on first impressions, since genuine understanding comes from long-term observation rather than snap judgements. (运用了since引导的原因状语从句) 第二节：读后续写(满分25分) 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。 “Alex, are you up yet?” The sudden knocking on Alex’s bedroom door grew louder. It was 6 a.m. on Saturday. His older brother Ben was already dressed and eager to go fishing. Alex complained quietly. He didn’t even get up this early for school. For as long as Alex could remember, Ben had been the golden child — taller, more athletic, more popular. Though only one grade ahead, Ben carried himself with the confidence Alex envied. Their father always seemed to favor Ben, praising his achievements while barely noticing Alex’s efforts. Yet sometimes Alex caught sight of exhaustion in Ben’s eyes when their father went on about his achievements. Alex wanted to prove himself to Ben, to show he was just as capable. So when their father suggested a fishing trip together, Alex agreed. He had fished often with his dad and was a strong swimmer — this was his chance to shine. But then Ben announced they would be fly fishing, something completely new to Alex. When they reached the stream, Ben began setting up his fly fishing equipment, his hands moving expertly. Feeling incompetent, Alex scanned the ground for rocks to skip. When Ben asked him to tie the fishing knots, Alex finally admitted, “I don’t know how. I’ve never done this before.” “You said you went fishing all the time,” Ben said, and then proceeded to explain everything slowly. “Got it? Is that simple enough for you?” Alex turned away. Ben could be really mean sometimes. Ben climbed onto a large rock and began demonstrating how to cast. Suddenly, something pulled hard on Ben’s line. The rod (鱼竿) bent sharply. “Hey! I think I’ve got something!” A split second later, Ben lost his balance and slipped. Before Alex knew what was happening, Ben fell into the stream with a cry and got pulled downstream by the current. For the first time, Ben looked scared. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150词左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Alex carefully moved around the large rock, his heart pounding. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lying on the ground in the sunshine, they finally regained their breath. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】One possible version: Alex carefully moved around the large rock, his heart pounding. He saw Ben soaking wet and shaking, holding tight to a small rock downstream. “I can’t swim!” Ben shouted, his voice trembling with fear. Alex didn’t hesitate — he jumped into the cold water right away. He was a strong swimmer, so he fought against the current with steady strokes, getting closer to Ben quickly. When reaching his brother, he put a firm arm around his chest, using all his strength to pull him back to the bank. Lying on the ground in the sunshine, they finally regained their breath. Once Ben stopped shaking, he turned to Alex, his usual confident look gone. “Thank you,” he said quietly, his eyes showing how grateful he was. Alex nodded and smiled, realizing Ben wasn’t the “perfect” brother — he was just a kid who got scared sometimes. In that quiet moment, the awkward distance between them melted away, and they both felt something warm and new started to grow between them. 【解析】 【导语】本文以兄弟关系为线索展开，讲述了Alex为证明自己不输“完美哥哥”Ben，一同去飞钓。Ben不慎落水被急流冲走，慌乱中喊出“我不会游泳”。一直活在哥哥阴影下的Alex，凭借游泳健将的身手勇敢跳入水中，救起了Ben。这次意外让兄弟俩卸下心防，Ben真诚道谢，Alex也看到哥哥的脆弱。隔阂消散，手足之情悄然生长。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容“Alex小心翼翼地绕着那块大石头走动着，他的心怦怦直跳。”可知，第一段可描写Alex发现Ben在水中挣扎，Ben慌张求救，Alex毫不犹豫地跳入冰冷溪水，成功将Ben救上岸。 ②由第二段首句内容“在阳光下躺在地上，他们终于恢复了呼吸。”可知，第二段可描写Ben真诚而感激地向Alex道谢，Alex也意识到Ben也会害怕，两人的隔阂在共患难后冰释，兄弟情谊开始萌芽。 2. 续写线索：Alex紧张查看——Ben挣扎求救——Alex奋力救Ben——两人恢复呼吸——Ben道谢——Alex的感悟和两人关系改变 3. 词汇激活 行为类 ①大喊：shout/yell/exclaim ②颤抖：tremble/shake/quiver ③意识到：realize/recognize ④逐渐消失：melt away/fade/wane 情绪类 ①恐惧：fear/fright ②感激的：grateful/thankful 【点睛】[高分句型1] “I can’t swim!” Ben shouted, his voice trembling with fear. (独立主格结构his voice trembling with fear作状语) [高分句型2] Alex nodded and smiled, realizing Ben wasn’t the “perfect” brother — he was just a kid who got scared sometimes. (现在分词realizing作状语、that引导宾语从句并被省略、who引导限制性定语从句) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 银川一中2027届高三年级第二次月考 英 语 试 卷 0注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚。 2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试题卷上作答无效。 3.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。 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段录音。每段录音后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段录音后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段录音播放两遍。 1. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a school canteen. B. In a food market. C. In the woman’s garden. 2. What does the woman find difficult? A. Making a schedule. B. Finishing her plans. C. Distributing tasks. 3. Why do the speakers change the dinner plan? A. The recipe is complex. B. They lack an ingredient. C. The stir-fry is yummier. 4. How do the speakers react to the rain? A. They wait indoors. B. They run quickly. C. They buy umbrellas. 5. What benefit does the app bring? A. It updates news. B. It enriches articles. C. It saves reading time. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面5段录音。每段录音后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段录音前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，每小题都有5秒钟的作答时间。每段录音播放两遍。 听第6段录音，回答6、7题。 6. What is the trip aimed at? A. Team building. B. Sea adventure. C. Exploring Hainan. 7. What does the woman suggest? A. Arranging activities first. B. Reserving free time. C. Cooking meals together. 听第7段录音，回答8至10题。 8. What is the puppet in the show made of? A. Paper. B. Plastic. C. Leather. 9. What does the woman think of the school project? A. It is international. B. It is comprehensive. C. It is time-consuming. 10. Why do the students use modern tech? A. To advertise digital picture books. B. To reveal the history of puppets. C. To vividly present traditions. 听第8段录音，回答11至13题。 11. What are the speakers doing? A. Debating an issue. B. Negotiating a deal. C. Doing an interview. 12. What does the man think of his own career path? A. It’s smooth. B. It’s flexible. C. It’s challenging. 13. According to the man, what core ability do art students need most? A. Life-long learning. B. Planning skills. C. Business sense. 听第9段录音，回答14至17题。 14. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Partners. B. Relatives. C. Couples. 15. When should the speakers submit digital copies? A. By this Sunday. B. By next Friday. C. By next Monday. 16. How many photos will probably be submitted at a minimum? A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. 17. What will the woman do next? A. Book a meeting room. B. Edit her photos. C. Contact Lisa and Tom. 听下面一段独白，回答18至20题。 18. What do most people forget to recall? A. The smell of rain. B. The sound of daily life. C. The view outside a window. 19. What is the speaker’s role in the city museum exhibition? A. An expert. B. A listener. C. A journalist. 20. What is the purpose of the exhibition? A. To display the city sounds. B. To re-experience the past. C. To raise money for the city. 第二部分 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 Parcel lockers, also called smart lockers or package lockers, are secure, automated storage units in centralized locations. They are revolutionizing how goods can be delivered and received. People can pick up a package from a locker at a time that suits them, in a convenient location near their residence or workplace. Yet for all their advantages, parcel lockers are still far from being widely adopted by online shoppers. Many consumers still opt to have their online shopping parcels delivered directly to their homes instead of using parcel lockers, simply because they don’t know this delivery option when placing online orders and thus have never tried it. Even though locker usage is still low, companies and government agencies hope more shoppers will try it as they learn about the benefits. Using parcel lockers can help reduce traffic from delivery vehicles and lower our carbon footprint, which is better for the Earth. So, why not give easyLocker a try? 1. What keeps some shoppers from trying a parcel locker? A. Inconvenient locations. B. Environmental concerns. C. Inefficiency of delivery. D. Unawareness of its presence. 2. What must users of easyLockers do? A. Collect their parcels within 24 hours. B. Key in a unique access code to get parcels. C. Leave the locker door open for the next user. D. Inform the deliveryman of their home address. 3. Who are the targeted readers of the text? A. Locker producers. B. Delivery personnel. C. Online purchasers. D. Potential investors B For years I walked the streets of London wearing noise-canceling headphones, absorbed in playlists, podcasts or long voice notes, a million miles away from wherever I physically was. One damp January evening, I was walking home, headphones out of power in my bag, when I noticed a small figure fall down on the pavement with her eyes closed. I might not have noticed her if I had been in my own world, fixated on what was playing in my ears. I asked her name. No response. Worse, she didn’t seem to be breathing. My mind raced back to my first-aid class, but I drew a blank, afraid of getting it wrong. I dialed 999. The call handler talked me through it: lay her down, press her chest to a count, keep going. To my relief, the stranger took a breath. After the medical workers arrived, I quietly left. After that night, I resolved to be more aware of the happenings around me. Wearing headphones made me feel as if I was wrapped in sound: it could be comforting, but the world was dulled and separate. So, off they came. Suddenly, I awakened to all that had long escaped my notice. A noise in the grass turned out to be a hedgehog fighting a blackbird — I felt as if I’d entered a secret world. A thunderous crack alerted me to a woodpecker drilling holes in a tree near my local park. Plus, I’m more open to talking to strangers now. It’s easier to start a conversation when my first response isn’t “What?” as I peel off my headphones. Still, it helps to have the option to zone out. I refuse to go for a run without loud Cuban music in my ears to force my trainers to hit the ground with the beat. There’s no way I’m getting on an aeroplane without listening to an audio book. As for that January night, I’ll never know what happened to the stranger, but I’m glad I was paying attention. 4. Why was the author able to notice the woman’s unusual condition? A. He heard a sound of an ambulance. B. He had rich first-aid expertise. C. His headphones happened to be dead. D. His mind was wandering from music. 5. What does the underlined word “they” refer to in paragraph 4? A. The headphones. B. The noises. C. The happenings. D. The medical workers. 6. What is the author’s current view on using headphones? A. It is a stylish trend. B. It is a conscious choice. C. It is a regular routine. D. It is a habitual preference. 7. What message does the text try to convey? A. Music speaks. B. Alertness counts. C. Kindness never fades. D. Zone out for inner peace. C Today, Mars is a cold and dry desert. But there is evidence that billions of years ago, it had a thick atmosphere and liquid water, making it a promising place to look for signs of past life. The mudstones, found in a dusty riverbed by NASA’s Perseverance Rover, are dotted with interesting markings named leopard spots and poppy seeds. Scientists believe these features contain minerals produced by chemical reactions that could be associated with ancient Martian microbes (微生物). The Perseverance Rover, which touched down on the Martian surface in 2021, was sent to search for signs of biology. It has spent the last four years exploring a region called the Jezero Crater, which was once an ancient lake with a river flowing into it. The rover found the leopard print rocks last year. They are about 3.5 billion years old and are a type of rock called mudstone, which is fine-grained rock formed from clays. The rover used several instruments in its onboard lab to analyze the minerals in the rocks. This data was then sent back to Earth for scientists to study. In similar conditions on Earth, chemical reactions that produce these minerals are typically driven by microbes. At a press conference, NASA said the features could be the clearest signs of past life yet found on Mars. However, the minerals could also have formed through geological processes without the involvement of microbes. The only way to fully confirm if the minerals were made by microbes would be to bring the rocks back to Earth for analysis. A Mars sample return mission has been proposed by NASA but its future looks highly uncertain. The US Space Agency’s science budget is facing huge cuts that have been put forward in President Trump’s 2026 budget and a sample return mission is one of those facing cancellation. NASA’s plans for such an effort hang in the balance because of the threatened budget cuts, but China is also pursuing a sample return mission that could launch in 2028. While the decision is debated, scientists are desperate to get their gloved hands on the rocks. 8. How does the author introduce the topic in the first paragraph? A. By drawing a contrast. B. By using an example. C. By asking a question. D. By citing an opinion. 9. What is the role of the Perseverance Rover according to the passage? A. It sent back the rock samples. B. It performed the entire analysis. C. It confirms the biological origin. D. It serves as a mobile laboratory. 10. What does paragraph 3 suggest about the minerals? A. They prove that microbes still live on Mars. B. Their formation has only one possible explanation. C. Their biological origin remains unconfirmed. D. They cannot form through geological processes. 11. What puts NASA’s Mars sample return mission at risk? A. The loss of contact with the rover. B. Proposed cuts to its science budget. C. A shortage of suitable rock samples. D. The failure of the onboard instruments. D David Uttal a scientist at Northwestern University, has always been poor at finding his way. At 13, he got lost on a Boy Scout hike for two and a half days. The world is full of people like Uttal and their opposites, the folks who always seem to know exactly where they are and how to get where they want to go. These differences are clear, but explaining them has proved challenging. Now, research using virtual (虚拟) reality suggests that to some degree, navigational (导航的) skills are shaped by upbringing. A 2020 study stressed this. The researchers compared the performance of more than 2,600 twins as they navigated through a virtual environment to test whether navigational ability runs in families. It does, they found — but only slightly. Instead, the biggest contributor to people’s performance was what geneticists (基因学家) call “nonshared environmental factors” — the unique experiences each person acquires as he grows. Good navigators, it appears, are mostly made, not born. Another larger experiment provided further proof. Researchers developed a smartphone game, “Sea Hero Quest” in which players navigate through a virtual environment to locate checkpoints. Based on data from nearly four million players worldwide, they discovered that cultural factors were linked to wayfinding skills. People from Nordic countries, where the navigation sport of orienteering is popular, performed slightly better. Results like these suggest that life experience may be one of the biggest factors of navigational ability. Indeed, experience may even act as one of the most common findings in navigation: that men tend to perform better than women. Turns out this gender (性别) difference is more a question of culture and experience than of born ability. Nordic countries, for example, where gender equality is greatest, show almost no gender difference in navigation. However, men far outperform women in places where women face cultural limits on exploring their environment. To Uttal, these findings carry an optimistic meaning. “The good news is that navigation is trainable” he notes, “It’s never too late to become a better navigator. You just need to give yourself opportunities to explore and pay attention to your environment.” 12. What did the 2020 study on twins reveal about navigational ability? A. It is largely decided by genes. B. It is learned through experience. C. It varies little among individuals. D. It remains unchanged in a person’s life. 13. How was the “Sea Hero Quest” experiment carried out? A. By testing brain activity during play B. By observing how players navigate. C. By comparing the Nordics with others. D. By studying smartphone game data. 14. Why do men often outperform women in navigation? A. Men benefit from practicing sports. B. Women lack interest in doing so. C. Men have stronger space memory. D. Women have fewer chances to explore. 15. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. What Can “Sea Hero Quest” Teach Us? B. Why Do Some People Always Get Lost? C. How Does VR Improve Navigational Skills? D. Who Are Better Navigators: Men or Women? 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。 Have you ever walked away from a conversation with the sinking feeling that you said too much? Not because you were impolite or inconsiderate — but because you tried to explain yourself to someone who didn’t really want to understand? ____16____ Over-explaining happens often in our daily lives. This behavior originated in early survival strategies. For those raised in emotionally unpredictable households, clarity may be a form of self-protection to prevent punishment or emotional fallout. ____17____ People who have ever undergone trauma tend to explain a lot to avoid conflict or rejection. Regardless of origin, the pattern is the same: We spend unnecessary energy trying to justify our right to take up space, to say no, or to make choices others might not like. ____18____ Clear language like “I’ve made my decision,” and “Let’s shift the conversation,” can actually do the trick. These direct statements prioritize emotional honesty without over-disclosure. And they don’t leave space for negotiation where none is guaranteed. ____19____ You spend less of it in practicing, defending, or recovering, and you needn’t always react to others’ discomfort. You also start attracting a different kind of relationship. It is based not on performance or submission, but on mutual respect. ____20____ You begin healing the part of you that believed love had to be earned through explanation. The version of you who felt unsafe being misunderstood learns a new truth: Your worth was never conditional or dependent on being agreeable or persuasive. A. If so, you are not alone. B. But maybe the biggest shift is internal. C. Like any behavioral change, this takes practice. D. But it’s not impossible to rid ourselves of the trouble. E. When you stop over-explaining, you reclaim emotional energy. F. Have you ever explained to show your politeness and consideration? G. Over-explaining can also come from the way our brain is wired by past experiences. 第三部分 语言知识运用 ( 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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Every morning, Kofi woke up with a quiet sigh. He reached for his phone out of habit, and as he scrolled, his chest ____21____ slightly. His classmates were posting acceptance letters and photos from campus visits, their futures already beginning to ____22____. He told himself he was happy for them. Sometimes that was true, but other times, it was a ____23____ he repeated until it sounded polite. He began to ____24____ himself quietly. His grades felt unimpressive and his clothes too ordinary. Even his smile looked ____25____, worn only for others. The mirror in the house caught him on bad mornings, with ____26____ eyes, shoulders bent forward. Some days he turned his face away from it. Other days, he stared too long, hoping it might show him a(n) ____27____of himself that had already “arrived”. One evening, his grandma ____28____ into the chair beside him and said softly, “Mirrors can lie.” He laughed ____29____. “They only show the truth, Grandma.” She shook her head. “They show what you’re ____30____ to see.” She told him of two seeds that were planted. One seed sprouted early and took away all the ____31____. The other stayed hidden, growing roots underground where no one clapped. “But when its day came, the hidden sprout ____32____ its way upward.” Her words didn’t ____33____ anything right away. But something shifted. That night, Kofi stood in front of the mirror again. For the first time, he noticed ____34____ in his weary eyes — his life was not late or behind. It was simply unfolding in a way that wasn’t meant to be filtered (加滤镜), posted, or ____35____. 21. A. widened B. softened C. lightened D. tightened 22. A. back down B. slip away C. take shape D. make sense 23. A. lie B. trick C. motive D. defect 24. A. drown B. adjust C. measure D. challenge 25. A. compassionate B. borrowed C. heartfelt D. tender 26. A. guilty B. weary C. misty D. faraway 27. A. version B. stereotype C. peer D. celebrity 28. A. rushed B. flapped C. crashed D. eased 29. A. coldly B. wildly C. bitterly D. intently 30. A. proud B. ready C. unable D. thrilled 31. A. melody B. strength C. nutrition D. attention 32. A. blocked B. spun C. forced D. wound 33. A. fix B. preserve C. depict D. polish 34. A. glory B. tenderness C. gratitude D. hope 35. A. exaggerated B. compared C. dominated D. acknowledged 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。 In the boundless expanse of Inner Mongolia thrives a unique musical tradition. At its heart is the morin khuur, or horse-headed fiddle, a two-stringed instrument ____36____ (name) after the carved horse head atop its neck. The sound of the morin khuur is one of a kind. It can be as soft as a gentle whisper or as grand as a rolling thunderstorm. Legend has ____37____ that the instrument was crafted by a herder who grieved deeply for his beloved horse and made the fiddle in its memory. Since then, the morin khuur has remained a ____38____ (faith) companion to the Mongolian people. What makes the morin khuur truly special, however, is its ____39____ (present) in everyday life. It blesses newlyweds at wedding ceremonies and fuels the passion of dancers and wrestlers at traditional festivals. On quiet evenings, herders play the fiddle by campfires, ____40____ (tell) tales of heroic ancestors through every single note. ____41____ urbanization and technological change, the morin khuur has never faded in charm. In 2017, the instrument ____42____ (introduce) to classrooms across Inner Mongolia, enabling urban children to stay connected with their cultural roots. Today, it is not ____43____ (common) to see the morin khuur performed in symphony halls alongside Western orchestras, which forms ____44____ cultural dialogue between East and West. The morin khuur is far more than a musical instrument. It is the voice of a people, bringing to life____45____they cherish most — the wind, the horses, and the vast grassland. To listen to its melody is to feel the enduring heartbeat of a centuries-old grassland culture. 第四部分：写作 (满分40分) 第一节：应用文写作(满分15分) 46. 你校英文报开辟专栏，围绕“Should We Judge People by First Impression?”展开讨论，同学们对此看法不一。请你向该英文报投稿，写一篇英语短文。要点如下： 1. 阐述双方观点； 2. 表达个人见解。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 可适当补充细节，保证行文连贯。 Should We Judge People by First Impression? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节：读后续写(满分25分) 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。 “Alex, are you up yet?” The sudden knocking on Alex’s bedroom door grew louder. It was 6 a.m. on Saturday. His older brother Ben was already dressed and eager to go fishing. Alex complained quietly. He didn’t even get up this early for school. For as long as Alex could remember, Ben had been the golden child — taller, more athletic, more popular. Though only one grade ahead, Ben carried himself with the confidence Alex envied. Their father always seemed to favor Ben, praising his achievements while barely noticing Alex’s efforts. Yet sometimes Alex caught sight of exhaustion in Ben’s eyes when their father went on about his achievements. Alex wanted to prove himself to Ben, to show he was just as capable. So when their father suggested a fishing trip together, Alex agreed. He had fished often with his dad and was a strong swimmer — this was his chance to shine. But then Ben announced they would be fly fishing, something completely new to Alex. When they reached the stream, Ben began setting up his fly fishing equipment, his hands moving expertly. Feeling incompetent, Alex scanned the ground for rocks to skip. When Ben asked him to tie the fishing knots, Alex finally admitted, “I don’t know how. I’ve never done this before.” “You said you went fishing all the time,” Ben said, and then proceeded to explain everything slowly. “Got it? Is that simple enough for you?” Alex turned away. Ben could be really mean sometimes. Ben climbed onto a large rock and began demonstrating how to cast. Suddenly, something pulled hard on Ben’s line. The rod (鱼竿) bent sharply. “Hey! I think I’ve got something!” A split second later, Ben lost his balance and slipped. Before Alex knew what was happening, Ben fell into the stream with a cry and got pulled downstream by the current. For the first time, Ben looked scared. 注意： 1. 续写词数应为150词左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Alex carefully moved around the large rock, his heart pounding. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lying on the ground in the sunshine, they finally regained their breath. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $