江苏常州市金坛区第一中学2026-2027学年高三上学期10月阶段检测英语试题

2026年秋学期高三年级10月统一练习（英语） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 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. When will the meeting be held? A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday. 2. How does the woman sound in the end? A. Excited. B. Angry. C. Nervous. 3. How many students passed the exam? A. 5. B. 15. C. 35. 4. What is the woman probably planning to do? A. Interview a person. B. Attend a class. C. Apply for a job. 5. Why does the woman apologize to the man? A. She ran into him. B. She damaged his bag. C. She blocked his way. 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。 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 6. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Guide and tourist. B. Receptionist and guest. C. Driver and passenger. 7. What will the woman probably do tomorrow? A. Walk around the city. B. Watch a baseball game. C. Visit universities in Boston. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 8. What does the woman probably try to do? A. Fix the lock. B. Return some books. C. Open the bookcase. 9. What do we know about the head librarian? A. He’s lost the key. B. He’s on vacation. C. He’ll meet the man. 10. What will the man most likely do next? A. Contact Rachel. B. Call in a repairman. C. Phone the head librarian. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 11. What made Mr. Jason step into the herbal field? A. His professor’s impact. B. His passion for plants. C. His own health problem. 12. Why are herbs a powerful tool in Mr. Jason’s opinion? A. They benefit future generations. B. They carry ancient medical wisdom. C. They provide low-cost natural cures. 13. What should be the first step for students to study herbs? A. Mastering lab technology. B. Doing experiments on herbs. C. Knowing the functions of herbs. 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。 14. What major does Luke want to choose at GCU? A. Engineering. B. Business. C. Natural sciences. 15. What are the specialists responsible for according to the woman? A. Calculating students’ credits. B. Evaluating students’ qualifications. C. Guiding students in choosing a major. 16. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Planning a new career. B. Applying to another college. C. Improving academic performance. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17. Where did the public sale take place? A. In Britain. B. In America. C. In Switzerland. 18. Who did the humanoid robot get its name from? A. A painter. B. An art dealer. C. A computer programmer. 19. What was the expected estimate of the painting? A. $180,000 million. B. $1 million. C. $1.08 million. 20. What does the speaker think of the painting? A. Realistic. B. Overpriced. C. Meaningful. 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和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 A High school graduation requirements To earn a high school diploma (毕业文凭), students must meet the following requirements. Compulsory credits (必修学分) * 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade) * 3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12) * 3 credits for group 1,2, and 3 courses * 2 credits in science * 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10) * 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9) * 1 credit in the arts * 1 credit in health and physical education * 1 credit in French as a second language * 0.5 credit in career studies * 0.5 credit in civics and citizenship Optional credits Students must earn 12 optional credits by successfully completing courses offered in the school’s program and course calendar. Note: Beginning with students that entered Grade 9 in the 2020-2021 school year, students must earn at least two online learning credits (compulsory or optional). The literacy graduation requirement The September 2022, the literacy graduation requirement was introduced and it became effective immediately. Students graduating in the 2022-2023 school year and beyond are required to meet this requirement to earn their high school diploma. Community involvement Students are required to complete a minimum of 40 hours of community involvement activities as part of the requirements for a diploma. Students who are looking for community involvement opportunities should: * make sure they know which activities satisfy the community involvement requirement * check their school board’s website for a list of approved and prohibited activities * have a discussion with their partners to plan and select their community involvement activities (students under 18 years old only) 21. What’s the minimum number of credits required for a high school diploma? A. 30. B. 32. C. 34. D. 36. 22. When did the literacy graduation requirement take effect? A. In September 2020. B. In September 2021. C. In September 2022. D. In September 2023. 23. What should adult students do before doing community involvement activities? A. Have a clear understanding of the qualified activities. B. Set community involvement hours with teachers. C. Turn to local community centers for help. D. Ask for their parents’ permission. B My hands were shaking uncontrollably. I tried incredibly hard to focus on the words that I spent hours putting down on paper. I tried to defeat my fear of speaking in public on numerous occasions throughout my life. During college and at my first few jobs, I would get ridiculously nervous when I had to give a presentation or lead a meeting. Public speaking had been my nemesis for as long as I could remember. Then in my mid-thirties, I decided to join the public speaking group Toastmasters. At every meeting, we were rated and forced to compete with other speakers for an award. You would think that I would walk away from these experiences as a polished speaker, but nothing seemed to work. It wasn’t until recently, when science and scientific institutions were being attacked for unfair reasons during the pandemic, that I decided I must speak out. Science has made this country a place where dreams come true — this is why we all need to protect science. In addition, as a science writer, I try to get readers to understand how science is related to their daily lives. So I ended up on that frightening stage on that sunny Saturday in April — Earth Day. Despite the body shakes and fear, I persevered. That day, I looked out into the crowd of like-minded science supporters and I felt comfort. Reaching that milestone goal of getting through a speech truly changed me. At almost forty, I learned that passion can set off a flame in my heart to do things I never dreamed possible. The darkness that led to my speech is sure to lead to new opportunities and adventures. 24. Which can replace the underlined word “nemesis” in Para. 1? A. Advantage. B. Annoyance. C. Preference. D. Confusion. 25. How did the author behave towards public speaking after leaving Toastmasters? A. He remained a shy speaker. B. He became a polished speaker. C. He began to feel less worried. D. He found things getting worse. 26. What made the author want to speak out on Earth Day? A. He must rise up to defend his job. B. It was a good chance to learn science. C. It was a test organized by Toastmasters. D. He couldn’t bear people attacking science. 27. What lesson did the author draw from his successful speech? A. Frustration can be stepping stones to success. B. Science can lead us to make wonderful changes. C. Enthusiasm can motive us to achieve the unachievable. D. Any difficulty can be overcome with great efforts. C Whether you’re looking for a job, a house, or a romantic partner, there’s an app for that. But as people increasingly turn to digital platforms in search of opportunity, Daniela Saban, an associate professor of operations, information, and technology at Stanford Graduate School of Business, says it’s time to take a critical look at the role of algorithms (算法). She explores how properly designed algorithms can improve the fairness and effectiveness of matching processes. Saban has focused much of her research on what she calls “matching markets,” and she’s been particularly fascinated by online dating. In one study, she and several coauthors partnered with a major U. S. dating platform to explore how updates to the app’s algorithm could improve outcomes for romantic hopefuls looking to spark new connections. Analyzing data from the app, Saban developed a model that not only prioritized potential matches based on a user’s preferences but also took into account the likelihood that the person on the other side of the potential match would be interested. “I not only want to show you people that you will like, I also want to show you people that will like you back,” Saban notes. Factoring in users’ history, activity levels, and this two-sided approach to preference led to a substantial increase in matches during field experiments in Texas. “Our algorithm increased the number of matches by 27% in Houston and by over 37% in Austin,” Saban says. Similarly, when working with the volunteer matching platform VolunteerMatch, Saban identified an imbalance in how volunteer opportunities were being distributed. Some organizations were receiving an overwhelming number of sign-ups, sometimes even more than they needed, while others struggled to attract any volunteers at all. By adjusting the search algorithm to consider the number of volunteers an organization needs and has already received, Saban and her team were able to ensure a more reasonable distribution of volunteers across opportunities. The technical details of algorithms may be complicated, but our commitment to fairness and equity doesn’t have to be. If we want algorithms to work for good, we need to make conscious choices about how we design them. 28. How do people search for opportunities nowadays? A. By using digital tools. B. By learning algorithms. C. By developing critical thinking. D. By analyzing the matching processes. 29. What do we know about the model Saban developed for the dating app? A. It has attracted more users to the app. B. It focuses on two-sided preference matching. C. It makes a user’s preferences a top priority. D. It presents more potential matches to the users. 30. On what basis did Saban adjust the algorithm of VolunteerMatch? A. The preferences of the volunteers. B. The popularity of the organizations. C. A match between volunteer and organization types. D. A balance between the demand and supply of volunteers. 31. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text? A. The Power of Digital Matchmaking B. A New Era of Opportunity Searching C. Designing Algorithms for Better Matches D. Volunteering Better with Equal Distribution D Though researchers have long known that adults build unconscious preferences over a lifetime of making choices between things that are essentially the same, the new finding that even babies engage in this phenomenon demonstrates that this way of justifying choice is intuitive (凭直觉的) and somehow fundamental to the human experience. “The act of making a choice changes how we feel about our options,” said Alex Silver, a Johns Hopkins researcher. “Even infants who are really just at the start of making choices for themselves have this preference.” The findings are published today in the journal Psychological Science. People assume they choose things that they like. But research suggests that’s sometimes backwards: we like things because we choose them. And, we dislike things that we don’t choose. “Adults make these inferences unconsciously,” said co-author Lisa Feigenson, a Johns Hopkins scientist in child development. “We justify our choice after the fact.” This makes sense for adults in a consumer culture who must make random choices every day, between everything from toothpaste brands to styles of jeans. The question was when exactly people start doing this. So they turned to babies, who don’t get many choices so, as Feigenson puts it, are “a perfect window into the origin of this tendency.” The team brought 10-to-20-month-old babies into the lab and gave them a choice of objects to play with; two equally bright and colorful soft blocks. They set them far apart, so the babies had to crawl to one or the other — a random choice. After the baby chose one of the toys, the researchers took it away and came back with a new option. The babies could then pick from the toy they didn’t play with the first time, or a brand new toy. Their choices showed a dislike for the previously unchosen object. To continue studying the evolution of choice in babies, the lab will next look at the idea of “choice overload.” For adults, choice is good, but too many choices can be a problem, so the lab will try to determine if that is also true for babies. 32. What is people’s assumption about the act of making choices? A. They choose what they like. B. They like what they choose. C. They base choices on the fact. D. They make choices thoughtfully. 33. Why were babies selected as subjects for the study? A. To help them make better choices. B. To guide them to perceive the world. C. To track the root of making random choices. D. To deepen the understanding of a consumer culture. 34. What does the study on the babies show? A. They prefer novel objects. B. They can’t make choices for themselves. C. Their choices are mostly based on colors. D. Their random choices become preferences. 35. What will the following study focus on? A. The law of “choice overload”. B. The problem of adults’ many choices. C. Whether babies are troubled with many choices. D. Why adults can be influenced by too many choices. 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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Since humans first fell asleep, dreams have haunted (萦绕) and fascinated us. At night, images rise uninvited: loved ones long gone, gods who speak in riddles, and journeys to impossible places. 36 They were messages, and visions — a secret language whispered by the universe to the soul. In ancient China, the Rites of Zhou (Zhou Li) described dream interpretation as a means of predicting the future. Dreams were believed to reveal an imbalance of yin and yang, or to signal that harmony had been restored. A dream of flowing water, for example, might stand for the continuity of life. 37 In Chinese philosophy, the most famous passage about dreams comes from Zhuangzi. He once dreamed he was a butterfly. On waking, he asked whether he was a man who had dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly now dreaming of being a man. 38 This story captures the Chinese view of dreams as a space where reality and fantasy mix. 39 Neuroscientists link dreams to brain activity, memory, and emotion. REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, when our most vivid dreams occur, is now seen as vital for learning and emotional balance. Earlier psychologists read dreams very differently: for Freud, dreams fulfilled wishes; for Jung, they carried messages from a shared inner world. Though modernity explains dreams with science, it cannot remove their poetic charm. We are still dreamers, still seekers, still interpreters of the night’s riddles. 40 We walk with gods, with ancestors, with the timeless mysteries of existence. A. This dream has been retold for centuries. B. Today, science casts light on why we dream. C. To the ancients, dreams were never meaningless. D. The butterfly has long stood for freedom and change. E. How dreams are interpreted varies from culture to culture. F. The ancients remind us that even in sleep, we are not alone. G. Likewise, a dream of broken objects could warn of trouble. 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，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Some people were born gifted, but I wasn’t. Well into my sixties, I was 41 searching for something I did really well. When my friend advised me to join an art class, I 42 but finally decided to have a go. Now here I was staring at a 43 canvas (画布) with a photograph of a sunflower beside it, wondering what I was doing in this class. “Grid off (分格) the photo and canvas into squares,” Debbie, my teacher, walked us through the 44 of painting. As I followed the instructions, I thought back on my past 45 to make artwork. In junior high, I eagerly chose art, but my enthusiasm was 46 . The teacher’s criticism quickly made me drop the class. Then in college, I 47 a drawing class but barely kept up, leaving my confidence 48 again. After that, my creative energies were restricted only to secret 49 . This time, I wouldn’t let that happen again. I gridded off my picture and painted just one 50 at a time. My shaky hands gradually 51 and found their rhythm. Little by little, a cheerful sunflower came to life. Debbie had told us, “Don’t think of it as part of a bigger picture. And don’t guess at where it 52 with the rest.” A single sunflower had brought me more 53 than an entire field of flowers. The sunflower finally 54 and bloomed (开花) within me: I was a late bloomer, finally uncovering a truth we too often forget — take small steps and dreams have no 55 limit. 41. A. already B. still C. ever D. just 42. A. resolved B. accepted C. hesitated D. yielded 43. A. blank B. strange C. rough D. painted 44. A. trends B. chores C. tests D. basics 45. A. attempts B. excuses C. promises D. reactions 46. A. short-sighted B. short-lived C. ever-growing D. far-reaching 47. A. missed B. skipped C. designed D. braved 48. A. on alert B. on purpose C. in pieces D. in chains 49. A. hobbies B. careers C. collections D. rules 50. A. photo B. square C. sunflower D. class 51. A. steadied B. froze C. ached D. sweated 52. A. conflicts B. competes C. agrees D. fits 53. A. joy B. luck C. patience D. fame 54. A. took shape B. took root C. died out D. faded away 55. A. status B. gender C. age D. ability 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. Step into any shopping center in Singapore and you’re likely to find waiting lines 56 (snake) outside shops with catchy names and brightly coloured signs. Chinese brands like Chagee and Mixue are drawing crowds not just in Asia, but 57 (increasing) worldwide. Alongside fashion labels and toy stores, these tea chains represent a shift from being low-cost manufacturers (制造商) to becoming globally 58 (recognize) consumer brands. Built in the world’s second-largest consumer market, they already have scale (规模) and operational power. However, intense domestic 59 (compete) makes expanding overseas a necessity. China 60 (be) the world’s factory over the past decades, producing goods for Western companies. Meanwhile, local suppliers have been learning how to make and sell goods at scale. Companies like Miniso have benefited 61 such know-how. The chain store, 62 sells toys and movie products, now operates stores in over 100 63 (country) and regions and prioritizes consumer experience. Beyond consumer goods, BYD has become the world’s largest electric vehicle maker and is now developing ultra-fast charging systems in an effort to build 64 ecosystem around its vehicles. In short, Chinese companies are no longer defined by low prices. They are building brands, adapting to local markets 65 going head-to-head with established global players. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 66．学校英文报发起一个“Making friends online or offline”的讨论。请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括： 1．你的看法；2．说明理由。 注意： （1）写作词数应为100个左右； （2）请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Making friends online or offline? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 Eddie valued the old accordion (手风琴) that his grandfather had passed down to his father, and his father taught him to play it. With his best friends, he started a band -- Luis on drums and Ruben on guitar. Each day, Eddie hurried to Luis’s house to practice, carrying the heavy accordion case and worrying about Ruben. Though a gifted guitarist who picked up songs quickly and loved playing with the band, Ruben hated practicing alone. He was always late, and he made constant mistakes — a growing problem for the band. Then Luis brought an envelope from the Tejano Music Festival: they were invited to perform in just two months. The boys celebrated wildly, but Eddie’s joy was mixed with anxiety, hoping the opportunity would motivate Ruben to practice. That night, Eddie shared the news with his family. His father, a former festival winner, showed him a trophy (奖杯) with “First Place” written on it and encouraged him, “You belong there, and you will shine.” When Eddie told him about Ruben, his father advised, “Find out why he won’t practice alone and help him.” At their next practice, Ruben got the festival song wrong from the very beginning. He said his fingers hurt from building a hut (简陋的小屋), but Luis accused him of skipping practice. Ruben got annoyed, and Eddie was angry. Following his father’s advice, Eddie asked Ruben why he didn’t play at home as he should. Ruben admitted, “My guitar sounds lonely alone, and I can’t focus.” Upon learning the truth, Eddie decided to take immediate action to make practice fun for Ruben. On the way to Luis’s, Eddie came up with a plan: practice together at Ruben’s house every day. Luis agreed and they ordered Ruben’s favorite pizza as a surprise. 注意： 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。 With pizza in hand, Eddie and Luis arrived at Ruben’s door. ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Finally the big day came. _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $