湖北武汉市第二中学2026-2027学年高二年级上学期10月阶段性检测英语试卷

武汉二中高二年级上学期10月阶段性检测英语试卷 考试时间：2026年10月10日 14：00-16：00。 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 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。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What is the man doing? A. Reading an instruction. B. Selecting wood materials. C. Piecing together a piece of furniture. 2. What will the man do next? A. Go back home. B. Print out his ticket again. C. Ask for a new email link. 3. Why is the man calling? A. To place an order. B. To schedule a delivery. C. To ask about a wrong package. 4. What will the girl be tested on today? A. The ability to spell. B. The ability to write. C. The ability to understand. 5. How does the woman sound? A. Patient. B. Worried. C. Angry. 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What does the man worry about? A. Getting wrong advice from AI. B. High costs of getting an advisor. C. Being unable to collect enough data. 7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Colleagues. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What did the man do before last September? A. He was a restaurant owner. B. He was a tour guide. C. He was a cook. 9. Where did the man go after visiting Indonesia? A. China. B. India. C. The Philippines. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Where to go for a family dinner. B. What gift to buy for their kids. C. How to celebrate a birthday. 11. Who will the man talk to next? A. A restaurant owner. B. Jessica. C. A baker. 12. Where are the speakers probably? A. At a school hall. B. In a stadium. C. At home. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Why does the man speak to the woman? A. To invite her to a school reunion. B. To remind her of her belongings. C. To promote a new product. 14. What is different about the man? A. He wears short hair. B. He becomes thinner. C. He grows taller. 15. Why did the man move into a new place? A. His company moved. B. His son went to a new school. C. His previous apartment was expensive. 16. What will the man do before next Sunday? A. Throw a party for the woman. B. Watch a film with the woman. C. Send his address to the woman. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. How can Emperor Penguin be best described in its environment? A. Perfectly adapted. B. Wonderfully beautiful. C. Incredibly powerful. 18. What is an ordinary diving depth for an Emperor Penguin? A. 115 meters. B. 200 meters. C. 500 meters. 19. What is the greatest risk to the Emperor Penguin species? A. Killer whales. B. Disappearing sea ice. C. Freezing temperatures. 20. Where can the listeners get more information probably? A. From a magazine. B. From a book. C. From a website. 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 Growing Faster and Better As farming technology grows increasingly smarter, robots are emerging to advance smart agriculture worldwide. Apart from GEAIR, a domestically-made model, many other innovative robots are under development globally. They operate continuously at a low cost, ensuring full and consistent area coverage. GEAIR GEAIR is the world’s first robot capable of completing the entire crop breeding (培植) process. It significantly accelerates and boosts the efficiency of hybrid breeding. Successful hybrid breeding relies on performing repeated cross-pollination (授粉) within a short window before flowers bloom. The team addressed key challenges like navigating foliage and detecting stigmas by training a model with 12, 800 images. GEAIR achieves 85. 1% accuracy in identifying target structures and completes pollination in just 15 seconds per flower. Vulcan This weeding robot adopts bright lights and a fast camera to capture clear images, making sure it spots and removes weeds accurately. It targets weeds without harming crops, using powerful, high-speed actuators for reliable results. Farmers can operate it easily from inside the cab (驾驶室) and make quick changes. TerraSentia TerraSentia is a fully automated robot that keeps track of crops during growth. It helps improve farmers’ understanding of plant health and productivity throughout the season and enables farmers to breed crops with better drought resistance and stable production. Virgo Virgo is a tomato-harvesting robot. With sensors cameras as its eyes, and an AI “brain”, it can operate in large commercial greenhouses at any hour, detecting which tomatoes are ripe for picking. Its gentle arm picks tomatoes without injuring plants and poses no safety risk to nearby workers. The robot’s “fingers” are made from food-safe, easy-to-clean plastic. 21. Why are speed and accuracy especially important for GEAIR? A. To lower overall costs. B. To ensure high-quality blooming. C. To achieve full coverage. D. To meet the pollination requirement. 22. Which robot is specifically described as self-operating? A. GEAIR. B. Vulcan. C. TerraSentia. D. Virgo 23. What shared feature do Virgo and Vulcan have? A. Gentle handling. B. Reliable navigation. C. Smart appearance. D. Consistent performance. B The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When I stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom. I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during “club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher. A tough woman with salt-and-pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazybones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-torn homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, In the twenty-five years that followed, I worked as a professional journalist. Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire. Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn’t have become a reporter. She was the catalyst that sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after. 24. Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently? A. Stepping on the American soil for the first time. B. His mother’s miserable death. C. Being exposed to Greek literary works. D. Following the prettiest girl in his class. 25. Which words best describe Miss Hurd as a teacher? A. Strict but inspiring. B. Tough but indifferent. C. Impatient but caring. D. Serious but approachable. 26. What can be inferred from paragraph 4? A. The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally fired. B. Miss Hurd’s contribution was recognized across the nation. C. Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students. D. Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd’s teaching style. 27. Why does the author call Miss Hurd a “catalyst”? A. To stress her role in starting his writing career. B. To suggest she changed his personality completely. C. To indicate she was the only person who helped him. D. To show she was as powerful as a chemical substance. C Insects are disappearing. The world has 25 percent fewer terrestrial insects now than in 1990. This includes those we rely on to pollinate our crops. If we don’t solve this problem very soon, some species will disappear. There are many causes for the insect decline, but insecticides are a major part of the problem. Those used today are longer lasting and up to 10, 000 times more toxic than some that were banned in the 1970s. Adding to the problem is that these pesticides are now applied to crops as a precaution and used whether pests are present or not. Overall, the amount of pesticide applied to the land is decreasing, but this is a grossly misleading statistic. A recent paper found that, between 2005 and 2015, there was a 40 percent reduction in the amount of pesticide applied to crops measured by weight. But because modern insecticides are so much more toxic, the global toxicity of treated land to pollinating insects has more than doubled in the same period. To the public, one often-touted approach is to use pesticide-free pest control methods. These varied techniques are gathered under the name of integrated pest management (IPM) and have been around for decades. They offer effective crop protection and include methods such as crop rotation and the use of natural predators. But their adoption has been incredibly slow, because spraying pesticides is viewed as an easier option. As a result, IPM methods are unfortunately seldom used today. Without a quick fix, we argue instead that we need a subtle change in focus, away from killing pests and towards protecting crops. By using the minimal dose we need to protect crops, we could reduce the amount of insecticide to a fraction of what is used today. Farmers would benefit from these changes. They would spend less money on pesticides and improve crop production by keeping healthy pollinator insects about. Reducing insecticide doses won’t solve the insect decline problem, but it is a move that could win us time to make food production more sustainable and cultivate farmlands in a greener way. And that will allow insects to recover. 28. According to the passage, which of the statements is TRUE? A. The toxicity in insecticides used before persists longer. B. Toxic-free insecticides are now used to keep pests away. C. The amount of toxicity used per acre is less than before. D. Currently-used pesticides are much more toxic than before 29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “often-touted” in paragraph 5? A. Broadly-publicized. B. Generally-proved. C. Recently-created. D. Frequently-criticized. 30. What is the best way to treat the insect decline? A. To research and develop new pesticides. B. To protect crops rather than killing out insects. C. To raise large-scale natural predators of insects. D. To shift to the IPM pesticide-controlling method. 31. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To propose a practical shift of agricultural practice. B. To present conflicting evidence about insect decline. C. To criticize farmers for their over-reliance on spraying. D. To alert readers to the hidden danger of modern pesticides. D I’ve previously written that artificial intelligence operates differently from the human mind. My idea of anti-intelligence is an attempt to describe that difference more precisely. When people hear the prefix “anti”, they tend to assume opposition or inferiority. However, what we’re encountering in large language models (LLM) is not a weaker form of thinking but a fundamentally different architecture operating behind the same medium. A recent paper in Nature Machine Intelligence notes that LLMs often behave in ways that are strikingly realistic yet remain fundamentally “unhuman” in their underlying structure. The word “unhuman” highlights the strange condition where language similar to human expression comes from a system that has none of those human experiences, while human mind is a system in which meaning arises from our lived experience. When we speak or write, our words carry marks of that experience. The “anti” part of “anti-intelligence” is that LLMs operate without that continuity, but generate sentences through statistical relationships within vast collections of information. Current discussion around AI assumes that humans and machines occupy the same range of intelligence. And then, the debate quickly turns to whether machines will outperform us or when artificial systems might eventually out think humans. Those questions feel natural because we imagine a single line where intelligence progresses — and where humans and AI sit along points on that single line. But that may be wrong If AI operates in a different way altogether, the comparison itself becomes misleading. Human cognition brings experience, consequences and judgment into every thought. Artificial systems bring pattern recognition. When these two interact, the results can be productive and even transformative. Scientific progress often begins with what looks like a mistake. The imaginary number “i” once appeared to be a mathematical curiosity before it became essential to modern imaging technologies. In such cases, the discovery did not deny what scientists already understood. It expanded the conceptual space in which that knowledge made sense. Anti-intelligence may represent a similar expansion. What LLMs reveal isn’t that machines have become intelligent in the human sense, but that language itself can now operate within a system that has no mind behind it. 32. What does the author indicate by coining the term “anti-intelligence”? A. It is a weaker version of human thinking. B. It will eventually outperform human intelligence. C. It detects statistical patterns from lived experience. D. It operates without inner processing of the experience. 33. Which of the following best describes the author’s view on the interaction between human cognition and AI? A. Concerned. B. Dismissive. C. Optimistic. D. Reserved. 34. Why does the author mention the imaginary number i in the last paragraph? A. To prove that LLMs are a mathematical curiosity. B. To show that new concepts can expand our understanding. C. To argue that AI will become as essential as modern imaging. D. To illustrate that scientific progress often comes from mistakes. 35. Which would be the best title for this passage? A. Anti-intelligence: How LLMs Use Statistics to Generate Feelings B. Anti-intelligence: When Language Operates Independently of Mind C. Anti-intelligence: How Statistical Patterns Replace Lived Experience D. Anti-intelligence The Risk of Machines Imitating Human Expression 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。 Globalization has connected the world in ways our grandparents could scarcely have imagined. Products, ideas, and cultural expressions now flow across borders with unprecedented (前所未有的) speed. 36 On one hand, this exchange enriches societies with new foods, music, art forms, and perspectives, on the other, it raises concerns about cultural homogenization — the fear that local traditions and identities will be swallowed by a global monoculture. Critics of globalization often point to the spread of American fast-food chains, Hollywood movies, and English-language pop music as evidence of cultural imperialism. 37 In Japan, for example, baseball — an American import — has been thoroughly Japanized over more than a century, becoming intertwined with local values of discipline, teamwork, and respect. Moreover, globalization can actually revitalize (复兴) local cultures rather than destroy them. When a traditional craft or performance gains international recognition, it often experiences a revival at home. 38 The global popularity of yoga is another example. It has funded the preservation of classical yoga traditions in India that might otherwise have declined. The key to maintaining cultural diversity in a globalized world may lie in what sociologists call “glocalization” — the adaptation of global influences to local contexts. 39 When communities feel secure in their cultural identity, they are more likely to engage with outside influences creatively rather than defensively. 40 What is different today is the speed and scale of the exchange, not the fundamental process. The challenge for the twenty-first century is not to stop cultural cross-pollination — an impossible task — but to ensure that the benefits of cultural exchange are shared equitably and that no culture is forced to sacrifice its identity in the process. A. But history shows that cultures rarely adopt foreign influences on a large scale without adapting them to local sensibilities. B. The international interest in traditional Chinese embroidery (刺绣) has led to a surge of young people in China learning it. C. This phenomenon recognizes that cultural exchange is never a one-way street but a process of innovative adaptation. D. It has also prompted many governments to restrict foreign cultural imports to protect local industries. E. This has sparked an intense debate about whether cultural diversity is under threat. F. This is true when local traditions are too weak to resist external pressures. G. Ultimately, cultures have always borrowed from one another. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I had always prided myself on my sharp tongue and witty retorts (反驳), so when I was selected to represent the school in the national debate competition. I was 41 confident. Little did I know this would be one of the most important lessons of my life. The run-up to the finals was a 42 for my team. We were all good speakers who had the benefit of an experienced teacher who trained us well. I was seen as the most outstanding speaker, my confidence 43 as the finals approached. 43 , I began to put on airs, mocking my teammates and 45 practices. On the finals day, I felt 46 about showcasing my skills, but the reality was different. My 47 from practices had created tension within the team, and our cooperation was poor, 48 even our supporters. My speech lacked coherence, and the judges’ 49 looks brought me close to tears, and I realized the stupidity of my arrogance (傲慢). Overwhelmed by the possibility of losing, never before had I felt so 50 . Then, a 51 hand touched mine — my teammate whom I had insulted. She 52 to me that it was okay, making me feel worse. My other teammates comforted me, despite my deserving punishment for 53 us the title. I kept apologizing, feeling worse as they 54 my irresponsibility. To this day, I remember the defeat I 55 and the joy of having support of my teammates in my lowest moment, serving as a reminder that no man is an island by himself. 41. A. slightly B. barely C. supremely D. casually 42. A. breeze B. goal C. plan D. task 43. A. strengthening B. soaring C. processing D. declining 44. A. Fortunately B. Naturally C. Unexpectedly D. Consequently 45. A. delaying B. applying C. performing D. skipping 46. A. nervous B. uneasy C. thrilled D. optimistic 47. A. emergence B. absence C. excuse D. benefit 48. A. amazing B. touching C. silencing D. cheering 49. A. puzzled B. satisfied C. amused D. frightened 50. A. desperate B. alone C. hopeless D. painful 51. A. comforting B. alarming C. disappointing D. motivating 52. A. sighed B. gestured C. revealed D. screamed 53. A. winning B. owing C. costing D. bringing 54. A. forgave B. shouldered C. blamed D. punished 55. A. witnessed B. tailored C. avoided D. suffered 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。 Little remains of the original edition of Yongle Dadian, an encyclopedia completed in 1408 after 56 (authorize) by Emperor Yongle during the Ming Dynasty. From 57 is left of the handwritten tome (著作), it is not difficult to imagine just how impressive it was. It not only charts the emperor’s ambitions, but acts as a 58 (refer) work for culture and knowledge in China. Though generally referred to as 59 . “encyclopedia” in the English-speaking world, Yongle Dadian is distinct from modern encyclopedias that provide summarized introductions. It is known as leishu (“category book”), 60 lengthy citations or entire works, rather than excerpts, are categorized based on themes and the pronunciation of key words. More than 600 leishu works 61 (write) in ancient China, the oldest of them dating to the 3rd century. In imperial times, Yongle Dadian was meant 62 (read) only by emperors. In 1403, 63 (win) a civil war and seized the throne from his nephew, Zhu Di appointed Xie Jin, chief of the cabinet, to compile the encyclopedia 64 an attempt to calm intellectuals and academics. Xie handed in a draft, but the emperor was not satisfied because he thought it mainly focused on ancient classics and was not 65 (include) enough. Yao Guangxiao, a monk and a political adviser to Zhu Di, took over the job as editor-in-chief For the Chinese, it embodies the brilliance and cultural resilience of Chinese civilization. 第四部分 写作（共两节；满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 假定你是李华，你校英文广播站正在举办以“A Craftsman Around Us”为题的征文活动，请你写一篇短文投稿，内容包括： 1．介绍你身边的一位工匠（姓名、主要成就等）； 2．说明该工匠触动你的精神品质。 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。 A Craftsman Around Us ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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。 Two winters ago, my college roommate Paul was gradually losing the ability to do almost everything else. He could still walk, but only with a cane. He couid eat solid foods, though with trouble, and could drink the medication powder he mixed into water — but he began coughing more and more as he labored to swallow anything. Though his body was failing him, Paul was determined to keep our bond free of sorrow. Through messages, he sent us texts encouraging Evan and me to spare him no humor during the time we had left. So jokes, GIFs and memes became the rule. Then he began showing us the “art” he was making. He used his fingers, technically, but not in the way an artist holds a brush; Paul merely typed the words of what he wanted to see into Midjourney, an AI image generator. Seconds later, Midjourney produced four images onto his screen. To us, they looked like real paintings and that no painter would create this way made it all the more humorous. Pretty quickly, Evan and I started making AI pictures with our own prompts too. We made thousands. Any random thought that crossed our minds, Midjourney absorbed and spat out. Later, beginning that January with an image called “Tension at the Golden Corral buffet.”, we started talking about putting together a 2024 calendar of our AI artwork. It was full of strange creatures and scenes. The calendar was a piece of physical media that the three of us could share throughout the year. We also planned to make a new calendar for 2025 and compile our favorite works into a memory book. I could probably never argue in favor of what the technology of artificial intelligence might ultimately bring, or its future effect on artists, writers and culture. It does scare me a little. But one thing I am absolutely sure of: AI brought precious warmth and laughter to my friend Paul struggling with ALS (渐冻症). 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。 As Paul’s health slowly worsened, our AI creation became our closest bond. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We spread our printed-out calendars over the desk, with those magic-filled pictures. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $