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2026-2027学年普通高中高三第一次教学质量检测 英语 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。 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。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） 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. What will the woman do first? A. Move the boxes. B. Water the plants. C. See a doctor. 2. What does the woman ask the man to take? A. A coat. B. Some money. C. An umbrella. 3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a bookstore. B. In a library. C. In a post office. 4. What time will the meeting start? A. At 2:00. B. At 3:15. C. At 3:30. 5. What will the man probably do? A. Choose another item. B. Get his money back. C. Repair the jacket. 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，回答第6至7题。 6. Why does the man want to give up the course? A. He finds it too difficult. B. He needs more time for work. C. He doesn’t like the teacher. 7. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Talk to his parents. B. Drop the course. C. Cut down his working hours: 听第7段录音，回答第8至10题。 8. How many people will eat at the restaurant? A. Four. B. Six. C. Eight. 9. What does the woman offer to do? A. Reserve a window table. B. Give them a discount. C. Provide a free cake. 10. What time will the man and his family arrive? A. At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:00. 听第8段录音，回答第11至13题。 11. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. An AI study tool. B. A history essay. C. A new teacher. 12. What does the man think of the tool? A. It is difficult to use. B. It is useful. C. It is expensive. 13. What does the teacher want the students to do? A. Stop using the tool. B. Share the tool with others. C. Use it for ideas only. 听第9段录音，回答第14至16题。 14. What surprised Sofia most about Canada? A. The closing time of shops. B. The cold weather. C. The strict school rules. 15. How did Sofia make friends? A. By working part-time. B. By joining a club. C. By sharing a flat. 16. What advice does Sofia give? A. Learn to cook. B. Save more money. C. Travel with friends. 听第10段录音,回答第17至20题。 17. How often is the garden open to the public? A. Every day. B. Once a month. C. Once a week. 18. Where will Mr Brown give his talk? A. In the greenhouse. B. In the vegetable plots. C. In the café. 19. What can visitors take home for free? A. Some vegetables. B. Some seeds. C. Some flowers. 20. What time does the café close? A. At 3:30. B. At 4:00. C. At 11:00. 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 Making the Most of Your Visit to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Ready to explore your wild side? The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, one of the oldest zoos in the United States, welcomes about 1.5 million visitors a year. A little planning will help you get the most out of your day. Before you go Check the “Zoo Today” page on the zoo’s website, where opening hours, keeper talks and show times are updated every morning. Download the free mobile app, whose GPS-enabled map helps you locate animals, plants and food stands in real time. Buy tickets online: prices are always lower than at the gate — on certain days you can save up to $10 — and there is no queue. What to see Don’t miss the Botanical Garden, home to more than 3,000 plant species and named the second-best botanical garden in the country by USA Today readers in 2025. When your feet need a rest, hop on the Safari Train, which passes flamingos, wolves and penguins, or take a spin on the Conservation Carousel (旋转木马). Both are free for Gold and Platinum members. Going behind the scenes Booking a Behind-the-Scenes tour brings you closer to hippos, sloths, penguins and even insects. What you pay supports conservation projects such as the Sloth Institute and the Red Panda Network, so your visit helps protect endangered species worldwide. If you cannot travel Members can watch the zoo’s live cameras. Non-members can become a Virtual Member for $25 a year, which gives access to four cameras — elephants, hippos, lions and giraffes. The zoo also rents out venues for meetings, picnics and birthday parties. With its 150th anniversary under way, there has never been a better time to visit. 1. What can visitors do with the zoo’s free mobile app? A. Learn about the zoo’s 150-year history. B. Watch live videos of elephants and giraffes. C. Find their way around the zoo as they walk. D. Book a Behind-the-Scenes tour at a lower price. 2. What do we know about the Safari Train and the Conservation Carousel? A. They run only during keeper talks. B. They cost nothing for certain zoo members. C. They are designed mainly for young children. D. They carry visitors through the Botanical Garden. 3. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To report the results of a survey of zoo visitors. B. To advise people on how to plan a visit to the zoo. C. To explain how a modern zoo protects endangered species. D. To compare the Cincinnati Zoo with other zoos in the country. 【答案】1. C 2. B 3. B 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了如何充分规划辛辛那提动物园及植物园的游玩行程，分别介绍出行前准备、推荐游览项目、幕后参观项目以及线上虚拟参观等相关信息。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Download the free mobile app, whose GPS-enabled map helps you locate animals, plants and food stands in real time.(下载免费的手机应用程序，它带GPS功能的地图可以帮你实时找到动物、植物和小吃摊。)”可知，游客可以借助这款免费手机应用在园内认路。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据第三段“When your feet need a rest, hop on the Safari Train, which passes flamingos, wolves and penguins, or take a spin on the Conservation Carousel (旋转木马). Both are free for Gold and Platinum members.(当你走累的时候，可以搭乘野生观光列车，途经火烈鸟、狼和企鹅展区，或是坐保护主题旋转木马。黄金会员和铂金会员可免费体验这两项项目。)”可知，对于特定的动物园会员来说，这两个项目免费。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“A little planning will help you get the most out of your day.(做好一点规划，能让你这一趟游玩收获满满。)”以及全文围绕游玩前准备、游玩看点等游玩建议展开可知，文章主要目的是给人们提供参观动物园的规划建议。 B As a child I was a straight-A student who followed every rule. College was never in doubt: neither my parents nor I imagined skipping it. My choices were wide, yet I applied to only two universities — Marquette, to please a family of Marquette alumni (校友), and the University of Montana, which was a pure inner feeling. I wanted mountains where bears lived. I had spent my whole life in the Midwest and longed for something new. The summer before I left, I visited Glacier National Park. A cold wind tore across the lake while lightning struck the peaks. I stood still, fascinated by a wild world I simply had to know. When my high school guidance counsellor — I will call him Mr. D — heard about my plans, he shook his head. “Try Boston,” he said. “Boston is full of opportunity. If you go to Montana, you will never get anything out of it. “ I left his office annoyed. In ten minutes he had brushed aside everything I knew about myself at seventeen. I did not want the safe, bookish (书呆子气的) life he pictured; I wanted a little grit and uncertainty. It was the boldness (唐突) of his advice that pushed me the other way. I went west, and I found opportunity. Mr. D died several years ago. I think of him now and then, no longer with anger but with something close to gratitude. He made me see that I could choose the life I wanted, and that people in authority do not always know better. Sometimes I wonder who I would be if I had taken his advice. Would I have met my Montana-born husband? Would I have worked for a newspaper and would writing have become a career at all? I cannot know. But this evening I am watching light colours spread across the sky in New Mexico as the sun sets behind the mountains. And I know that I was meant to choose the mountains. 4. Why did the author apply to the University of Montana? A. She followed her heart. B. It promised her a scholarship. C. Her parents had both studied there. D. It was the only college near mountains. 5. How did the author feel right after talking with Mr. D? A. Grateful for his honest advice. B. Sorry that she had asked for his opinion. C. Uncertain about which university to choose. D. Angry that her own judgement had been rejected. 6. What does the underlined word “grit” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Courage to meet challenges. B. A chance to travel widely. C. Freedom from daily routines. D. A strong desire for success. 7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. A Teacher Who Knew Best B. A City Full of Opportunity C. The Choice I Would Make Again D. The Advice I Should Have Taken 【答案】4. A 5. D 6. A 7. C 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述作者年少时不顾升学顾问的劝阻，遵从内心选择蒙大拿的大学、奔赴山野，多年回望，依旧认定这是属于自己的正确选择。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“My choices were wide, yet I applied to only two universities — Marquette, to please a family of Marquette alumni (校友), and the University of Montana, which was a pure inner feeling.(我的选择很多，但我只申请了两所大学——马凯特大学，为了满足家里一众马凯特校友的心愿；还有蒙大拿大学，这纯粹是出于内心的感受。)”可知，作者申请蒙大拿大学是遵从自己的内心。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“I left his office annoyed. In ten minutes he had brushed aside everything I knew about myself at seventeen.(我恼怒地离开了他的办公室。短短十分钟，他就否定了十七岁的我对自己全部的认知。)”可知，刚和D先生交谈完，作者因为自己的判断被否定而感到生气。 【6题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第四段“I did not want the safe, bookish (书呆子气的) life he pictured; I wanted a little grit and uncertainty.(我不想要他设想的那种安稳、书呆子气的生活；我想要一点grit和不确定性。)”可知， grit和安稳平淡的生活相反，结合后文作者勇敢奔赴陌生的西部，可推断这个词表示迎接挑战的勇气。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，结合最后一段中“ But this evening I am watching light colours spread across the sky in New Mexico as the sun sets behind the mountains. And I know that I was meant to choose the mountains.(但今晚，我正看着夕阳西下，山峦背后洒落的金色余晖，映照在新墨西哥的天空上。我知道，我注定要选择这些山)”可知，作者坚持自己的选择奔赴山野，多年之后心怀庆幸，不后悔当初的决定。最合适的标题是C“我会再次做出的选择”。 C Look closely at the ground beneath America’s largest cities, and you will find it is slowly giving way. A recent study in the journal Nature Cities examined the 28 most densely populated cities in the United States. Every one of them, the researchers report, is sinking to some degree. The scale is striking. In 25 of the 28 cities, land is sinking across more than two-thirds of the urban area. Roughly 34 million people live in the affected zones, where sinking ground can crack roads, damage buildings and raise the risk of flooding. Houston is sinking fastest. In more than 40 per cent of the city, the ground drops by over five millimetres a year; in places the land falls as much as five centimetres annually. The biggest cause is the pumping (抽取) of groundwater, which accounts for about 80 per cent of the sinking. When water is removed from underground layers, the spaces it once filled collapse and the surface above settles. Oil and gas extraction (提取), especially in Texas, adds to the problem. Not all of the movement is our doing. Parts of New York, Chicago and Denver are still adjusting to the disappearance of ice sheets some 20,000 years ago; the land beneath the ice has been rising again ever since. The weight of the buildings themselves plays a smaller part. Lead author Leonard Ohenhen of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory notes that sinking is often invisible from the street, yet its effects are not: sinking land shortens the life of roads, railways and pipelines, and leaves cities more exposed when storms arrive. The good news is that the main cause can be managed. Cities that have regulated groundwater use have slowed their sinking measurably. What is needed now, the authors argue, is better monitoring — and the political will to act on what the measurements reveal. 8. What did the study find about the 28 cities? A. All of them are sinking to varying degrees. B. Only the largest ones are at risk of flooding. C. Their populations are falling as the land sinks. D. Most of them are sinking faster than expected. 9. What is the leading factor of the sinking? A. The weight of tall buildings. B. The removal of groundwater. C. The extraction of oil and gas. D. The melting of ancient ice sheets. 10. What can be inferred about the sinking of America’s big cities? A. It is limited to a few coastal cities. B. It is caused by the weight of tall buildings. C. It has been going on for thousands of years. D. It affects far more than the buildings above it. 11. What is the authors’ attitude towards the future of big cities? A. Openly doubtful. B. Deeply pessimistic. C. Cautiously optimistic. D. Completely indifferent. 【答案】8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了美国28座主要城市均有不同程度的地面下沉的情况，并分析了原因和危害性，提到了已采取的有效的管控措施和未来的方向。 【8题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“A recent study in the journal Nature Cities examined the 28 most densely populated cities in the United States. Every one of them, the researchers report, is sinking to some degree.(最近发表在《自然城市》杂志上的一项研究调查了美国人口最密集的28个城市。研究人员报告称，这些城市中的每一个都在不同程度上发生下沉。)”可知，研究发现这28个城市都在不同程度地下沉。 【9题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“The biggest cause is the pumping (抽取) of groundwater, which accounts for about 80 per cent of the sinking.(最大的原因是抽取地下水，约占下沉原因的80%。)”可知，抽取地下水是导致城市下沉的首要因素。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段提到的“sinking ground can crack roads, damage buildings and raise the risk of flooding.(地面下沉会使道路开裂、破坏建筑物并增加洪水风险。)”以及第六段提到的“sinking land shortens the life of roads, railways and pipelines, and leaves cities more exposed when storms arrive.(地面下沉缩短了道路、铁路和管道的使用寿命，并在暴风雨来临时使城市更容易暴露在外。)”可知，地面下沉的影响非常广泛，远远不止影响地面的建筑物。 【11题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“The good news is that the main cause can be managed. Cities that have regulated groundwater use have slowed their sinking measurably.(好消息是主要原因是可以控制的。地下水使用得到监管的城市，其下沉速度明显放缓。)”可知，作者对未来抱有希望，是乐观的；但随后作者又强调“What is needed now, the authors argue, is better monitoring — and the political will to act on what the measurements reveal.(作者认为，现在需要的是更好的监测，以及根据测量结果采取行动的政治意愿。)”，说明作者认为问题的解决仍需满足一定条件，可以看出他谨慎的态度。综合来看，作者的态度是“谨慎乐观的”。 D Cities are noisy, grey and increasingly stressful. Could a small patch of restored forest change that? Researchers at North Carolina State University set out to test whether nature’s sights and sounds improve mental health and whether one matters more than the other. The researchers gathered 106 participants together. Each sat for ten minutes in one of two places: a restored riverside forest, planted between 2002 and 2006, or a nearby built-up area (建筑密集区) with little greenery. While they sat, they wore noise-canceling headphones playing either birdsong or traffic noise. Location and sound were assigned at random, so the team could separate the effect of the place from that of the sound. Before and after each session, participants reported how stressed they felt, how positive and negative their emotions were, and how “restored” they felt, a measure psychologists call perceived restorativeness (感知恢复性). The results were clear. Both the setting and the soundtrack (背景音) influenced every measure, and the two worked together. The forest-plus-birdsong combination produced the best outcome on all counts: the lowest stress, the strongest positive emotions and the greatest sense of being restored. Sitting in the grey urban area listening to traffic produced the worst results, while the two mismatched combinations fell in between. “Positive emotions went up, negative emotions went down, stress went down, and perceptions of feeling restored went up more than in any other combination,” said Nils Peterson, a professor at NC State and the study’s lead author. The findings support two long-standing ideas in psychology: that nature helps people recover from mental tiredness, and that it softens the body’s response to stress. Birdsong, in particular, may be among the most accessible forms of nature — hearing it requires no equipment and no effort. Perhaps most importantly, the forest was not ancient woodland but land restored only two decades ago, which, the authors argue, provides evidence that a modest green space supporting birds can improve the health of people living nearby. 12. How were the participants tested in the experiment? A. They walked through the forest while listening to music. B. They chose their own setting and soundtrack before reporting. C. They sat in one of two settings while hearing one of two sounds. D. They compared the forest with the city over two separate weeks. 13. Why did the team assign location and sound at random? A. To make the experiment easier to carry out. B. To make sure every participant felt equally relaxed. C. To check whether the headphones worked properly. D. To distinguish the effect of the place from that of the sound. 14. Which combination produced the greatest sense of being restored? A. The forest with birdsong. B. The forest with traffic noise. C. The built-up area with birdsong. D. The built-up area with traffic noise. 15. What does the study suggest for city planning? A. People should move away from busy city centres. B. Traffic noise should be banned around all green spaces. C. Large areas of ancient woodland can improve physical health. D. A small green space for birds can benefit nearby residents’ health. 【答案】12. C 13. D 14. A 15. D 【解析】 【导语】文章主要介绍北卡罗来纳州立大学的研究者开展实验，探究自然景象与自然声音是否能够改善心理健康以及二者哪个作用更大，实验结果表明二者共同作用，适宜的环境搭配鸟鸣的效果最好，同时说明小型修复绿地也有益于附近居民的健康。 【12题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第二段“Each sat for ten minutes in one of two places: a restored riverside forest, planted between 2002 and 2006, or a nearby built-up area (建筑密集区) with little greenery. While they sat, they wore noise-canceling headphones playing either birdsong or traffic noise.(每个人在两个地点中的一处静坐十分钟：一处是2002至2006年间种植而成的修复河畔森林，另一处是附近绿植稀少的建筑密集区。静坐时，他们戴着降噪耳机，耳机里播放鸟鸣声或者交通噪音。)”可知，参与者在两种环境之一静坐，同时聆听两种声音之一。 【13题详解】 推理判断题。根据原文第二段“Location and sound were assigned at random, so the team could separate the effect of the place from that of the sound.(地点和声音是随机分配的，这样研究团队就可以把环境带来的影响和声音带来的影响区分开来。)”可知，团队随机分配地点和声音，目的是区分环境和声音各自产生的影响。 【14题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文第四段“The forest-plus-birdsong combination produced the best outcome on all counts: the lowest stress, the strongest positive emotions and the greatest sense of being restored.(森林搭配鸟鸣这一组合在所有指标上效果最佳：压力最低、积极情绪最强，感知恢复感最强。)”可知，森林搭配鸟鸣能够带来最强的感知恢复感。 【15题详解】 细节理解题。根据原文最后一段“Perhaps most importantly, the forest was not ancient woodland but land restored only two decades ago, which, the authors argue, provides evidence that a modest green space supporting birds can improve the health of people living nearby.(或许最重要的是，这片森林并不是古老林地，而只是二十年前修复的土地。研究者提出，这证明一处可供鸟类栖息的小型绿地就能够改善附近居民的健康状况。)”可知，这项研究给城市规划的启示是，可供鸟类栖息的小型绿地可以惠及周边居民的健康。 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。 Artificial intelligence (AI) enables machines to perform human-like tasks, learning and adapting while processing large amounts of data. ____16____ Few technologies have entered classrooms so quickly, with no sign of slowing. These systems, recognizing speech, translating languages and making decisions, are changing how students learn and teachers work. The benefits are already visible. Administrators use AI to organize timetables and paperwork, freeing teachers to spend more time with students. They can also find patterns that humans might miss. By studying patterns in test results and attendance, schools can identify learners who are falling behind before it is too late. ____17____ AI tools work in different ways. Reporting tools describe what has happened — the results of a term’s assessments, for instance. Reactive tools respond to a student’s actions in real time, such as a language app that corrects pronunciation as you speak. ____18____ Tools of this third kind can warn a school that a student is likely to struggle next term. ____19____ Privacy is one concern, since AI systems depend on large amounts of personal data. There is also a risk that programmes trained on past records will repeat past unfairness, giving some students fewer opportunities than others. Teachers, meanwhile, may fear that technology is replacing their judgement rather than supporting it. Whatever problems remain, AI seems certain to play a larger part in education. ____20____ Schools that introduce AI thoughtfully now are preparing students for the workplaces of tomorrow — and teaching them to ask what such tools should, and should not, be allowed to do. A. Using AI well, however, is not without difficulty. B. Schools are learning about AI’s influence on education. C. AI can then provide personalized learning help for those students. D. Some students, of course, still prefer to learn from a human teacher. E. Predicting what may happen next is a third and more ambitious use. F. Teachers should therefore check every answer that the software produces. G. Employers increasingly expect workers who can cooperate with intelligent machines. 【答案】16. B 17. C 18. E 19. A 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文介绍AI在教育领域的快速普及、应用优势与三类工具，点明其落地伴随隐私等问题，仍将在教育中发挥更大作用。 【16题详解】 空后“Few technologies have entered classrooms so quickly, with no sign of slowing.(很少有技术能如此迅速地进入课堂，且势头丝毫没有减缓)”提到几乎没有技术能这么快进入课堂且没有放缓迹象，B项“学校正在了解AI对教育的影响”引出AI在教育领域的普及背景，衔接自然。 【17题详解】 空前“By studying patterns in test results and attendance, schools can identify learners who are falling behind before it is too late.(通过分析测试成绩和出勤情况的规律，学校可以趁还来得及及时发现学习进度落后的学生)”说明学校能通过考试和出勤数据识别落后学生，C项“AI随后可以为这些学生提供个性化学习帮助”承接前文的识别动作，说明后续作用，逻辑通顺。 【18题详解】 前文“Reporting tools describe what has happened — the results of a term’s assessments, for instance. Reactive tools respond to a student’s actions in real time, such as a language app that corrects pronunciation as you speak.(报告工具用于描述已发生的情况，例如一学期的评估结果。而反应工具则能实时响应学生的行为，比如语言学习应用在你说话时即时纠正发音)”介绍了两类AI工具：报告类、反应类，空后“Tools of this third kind can warn a school that a student is likely to struggle next term.(这类工具可以提醒学校，某位学生可能在下学期面临困难)”提到第三种工具能预警学生后续学习困难，E项“预测接下来可能发生的事是第三种更有挑战性的用途”对应第三种工具的属性，承上启下。 【19题详解】 空后“Privacy is one concern, since AI systems depend on large amounts of personal data. There is also a risk that programmes trained on past records will repeat past unfairness, giving some students fewer opportunities than others. Teachers, meanwhile, may fear that technology is replacing their judgement rather than supporting it. (隐私是一个重要问题，因为人工智能系统依赖大量个人数据。此外，基于过往记录训练的程序可能会重演过去的不公，导致某些学生获得的机会少于其他学生。与此同时，教师们可能担心技术会取代他们的判断力，而非加以支持)”列举了隐私、公平、教师判断被替代等AI应用的问题，A项“然而，好好利用AI并非没有困难”总领本段的问题阐述。 【20题详解】 空后“Schools that introduce AI thoughtfully now are preparing students for the workplaces of tomorrow — and teaching them to ask what such tools should, and should not, be allowed to do.(现在审慎引入人工智能的学校，正在为学生未来的工作岗位做准备——并教导他们思考这些工具应该被允许做什么，以及哪些行为不应被允许)”提到学校合理引入AI是为学生未来职场做准备，G项“雇主越来越期望员工能够和智能机器协作”对应职场需求的铺垫，衔接后文的职场准备内容。 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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 I spent the first forty years of my life staying away from water. My parents were ____21____ people; I learned early to avoid anything risky. At the beach I would ____22____ my father swim while I kept my feet on the sand. Then I moved to New Zealand, where water sports are everywhere. I told myself this did not ____23____; there was plenty to enjoy on land. But my workmates loved their boats, and every invitation filled me with ____24____ for days beforehand. In 2009 I volunteered at an Ironman (铁人三项) race. I watched ordinary people swim, cycle and run, and saw the ____25____ on their faces as they crossed the finish line. That night I made a ____26____ that frightened me: before long I would ____27____ the race myself. There was one problem — I could not swim. So I hired a coach, and my friends came at dawn to ____28____ me. They never doubted me, even when my ____29____ was limited. Eighteen months passed before I felt at ease in deep water, and three years went by before I could ____30____ two kilometres. In 2012, aged 45, I stood at the start of the Ironman swim. The lake was rough, and the waves looked like my worst ____31____. I counted the markers and ____32____ on my breathing. As I climbed out, the fear was ____33____. Looking back, what carried me through was a strong ____34____ to change, people who believed in me, and patience. Fear cost me forty years, but ____35____ it has given me far more than a medal. 21. A. quiet B. busy C. careful D. generous 22. A. watch B. help C. let D. hear 23. A. change B. work C. happen D. matter 24. A. pride B. fear C. happiness D. doubt 25. A. joy B. hope C. anger D. regret 26. A. promise B. bet C. decision D. mistake 27. A. enter B. support C. organize D. abandon 28. A. judge B. encourage C. warn D. interview 29. A. health B. energy C. balance D. progress 30. A. run B. cycle C. cover D. float 31. A. dream B. nightmare C. punishment D. lesson 32. A. focused B. depended C. insisted D. called 33. A. growing B. natural C. unusual D. gone 34. A. excuse B. desire C. habit D. skill 35. A. hiding B. forgetting C. facing D. explaining 【答案】21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述曾避水四十年的作者受铁人三项触动，克服恐惧学游泳完赛，直面过往恐惧收获远超奖牌的成长馈赠。 【21题详解】 考查形容词。句意：我的父母很谨慎，我从小就学会了避免任何危险的事情。A. quiet安静的；B. busy忙碌的；C. careful小心的；D. generous慷慨的。根据下文“I learned early to avoid anything risky”可知，作者从小就学会规避所有有风险的事，对应父母是“谨慎小心的”人。 【22题详解】 考查动词。句意：在海滩上，我站在沙滩上，看着父亲游泳。A. watch观看；B. help帮助；C. let让；D. hear听见。根据上文“I spent the first forty years of my life staying away from water.”和下文“while I kept my feet on the sand”可知，作者一直远离水域，后文提到自己双脚踩在沙滩上，说明作者没下水，只是在岸边看父亲游泳。 【23题详解】 考查动词。句意：我告诉自己，这并不重要；陆地上还有许多值得享受的东西。A. change改变；B. work工作；C. happen发生；D. matter重要。根据上文“Then I moved to New Zealand, where water sports are everywhere.”和下文“there was plenty to enjoy on land”可知， 作者搬到随处是水上运动的新西兰，自我安慰说“这没关系，陆地上也有很多可以享受的事”。 【24题详解】 考查名词。句意：但我的同事们非常喜爱他们的船，而每次邀请都会让我在几天前就感到恐惧。A. pride自豪；B. fear恐惧；C. happiness快乐；D. doubt怀疑。根据上文“staying away from water”和下文“I could not swim”可知，作者一直怕水，同事的乘船邀请自然会让他提前好几天满心恐惧。 【25题详解】 考查名词。句意：我看着普通人游泳、骑车和跑步，看到他们冲过终点线时脸上洋溢着喜悦。A. joy喜悦；B. hope希望；C. anger愤怒；D. regret遗憾。根据下文“as they crossed the finish line”可知，选手冲过铁人三项终点线时，脸上露出的是完成挑战的喜悦。 【26题详解】 考查名词。句意：那天晚上，我做了一个让我感到恐惧的决定：很快我就要亲自参加比赛了。A. promise承诺；B. bet打赌；C. decision决定；D. mistake错误。根据下文“before long I would ________ the race myself”可知，作者当晚做了一个令自己都害怕的决定：要亲自参加这个比赛。 【27题详解】 考查动词。句意：同上。A. enter进入，参加；B. support支持；C. organize组织；D. abandon遗弃。根据下文“In 2012, aged 45, I stood at the start of the Ironman swim.”可知，作者站在了铁人三项游泳比赛的起点，说明作者决定参加比赛。 【28题详解】 考查动词。句意：所以我请了一位教练，我的朋友们在黎明时分赶来鼓励我。A. judge评价；B. encourage鼓励；C. warn警告；D. interview采访。根据下文“They never doubted me”可知，朋友们都鼓励作者。 【29题详解】 考查名词。句意：即使我的进步有限，他们也从未怀疑过我。A. health健康；B. energy精力；C. balance平衡；D. progress进步。根据下文“Eighteen months passed before I felt at ease in deep water, and three years went by before I could ________ two kilometres.”可知，作者零基础学游泳，进步非常有限。 【30题详解】 考查动词。句意：我花了十八个月才在深水中感到自在，又过了三年，我才终于能游过两公里。A. run跑步 ；B. cycle骑自行车；C. cover行走（一段路程）；D. float浮动。根据空后“two kilometres”可知，三年过去，作者终于可以游完2公里的距离。cover表示“走完/游完（一段路程）”。 【31题详解】 考查名词。句意：湖面波涛汹涌，浪花仿佛我的最坏噩梦。A. dream梦想；B. nightmare噩梦；C. punishment惩罚；D. lesson功课。根据上文“The lake was rough”和语境可知，作者本来极度怕水，湖面浪很大，这些浪就像他最可怕的噩梦。 【32题详解】 考查动词。句意：我数着标记，专注于自己的呼吸。A. focused集中精力于；B. depended依靠；C. insisted坚持；D. called打电话。根据上文“I counted the markers”可知，作者数着浮标，把注意力集中在自己的呼吸上调整状态。 【33题详解】 考查形容词。句意：当我爬出来时，恐惧已经消失了。A. growing增长的；B. natural自然的；C. unusual不同寻常的；D. gone不在。上文提到作者专注于自己的呼吸，结合下文“As I climbed out”可知，当作者从水里爬上岸完成游泳赛段时，之前的恐惧全部消失了。 【34题详解】 考查名词。句意：回顾过去，让我坚持下来的是强烈的改变愿望、相信我的人，以及耐心。A. excuse借口；B. desire愿望，欲望；C. habit习惯；D. skill技巧。根据空后“to change”可知，支撑作者走下来的是想要改变的强烈愿望、信任自己的人还有耐心。 【35题详解】 考查动词。句意：恐惧让我损失了四十年，但直面它却给了我远不止一枚奖章的收获。A. hiding躲藏；B. forgetting忘记；C. facing面对；D. explaining解释。根据上文内容可知，作者克服对水的恐惧、完成自我突破，故此处指“直面恐惧”。 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。 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。 For farmers, the harvest means far more than a date on the calendar. The Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival, the first national festival ____36____ (establish) for farmers, falls on the Autumn Equinox (秋分) each year. As one of the 24 solar terms, it comes between 22 and 24 September, the ____37____ (busy) period of the farming year, when every hand is needed in the fields. The festival ____38____ (hold) annually as a symbol of China’s agriculture and rural life since 2018. This year’s celebration, the ____39____ (nine), featured 47 key events across the country, ____40____ (attract) large crowds. The main event took place in Dongjiao, Hubei, with folk songs and local food. The local government cooperated ____41____ platforms in an effort to boost sales. Campaigns were launched ____42____ (help) farmers sell produce online. A highlight of the festival is the “golden autumn consumption season”, ____43____ aim is to bring farm produce from the countryside to the cities. It has generated over 160 billion yuan since 2020. Platforms also offered subsidies (补贴) and free training on farming. The real harvest is not only what they grow but what they earn. Over eight years, the festival has become ____44____ vivid symbol of rural revitalization (乡村振兴) in China. Once a poor village, the area now grows rice and _____45_____ (peach) — showing how a celebration can turn into lasting development. 【答案】36. established 37. busiest 38. has been held 39. ninth 40. attracting 41. with 42. to help 43. whose 44. a 45. peaches 【解析】 【导语】文章介绍了中国农民丰收节的设立时间、意义及今年活动概况。通过举办特色活动、电商助农及金秋消费季，该节日不仅庆祝丰收，更成为乡村振兴的生动象征，切实带动了农民增收与乡村发展。 【36题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：中国农民丰收节是第一个在国家层面为农民设立的节日。句中谓语动词为falls，establish在句中应用非谓语动词形式，与逻辑主语festival构成被动关系，且动作已完成，故用过去分词established作后置定语。 【37题详解】 考查形容词。句意：作为二十四节气之一，它位于9月22日至24日之间，是农事年中最繁忙的时期，田间劳作需要人人尽职。根据空前的定冠词the及语境“农事一年中”可知，此处表示三者或三者以上比较，应用形容词busy的最高级形式busiest。 【38题详解】 考查动词时态和语态。句意：自2018年以来，该节日每年举行一次，作为中国农业和乡村生活的象征。根据时间状语since 2018可知，此处应用现在完成时；主语The festival与hold之间为被动关系，故用现在完成时的被动语态has been held。 【39题详解】 考查序数词。句意：今年的第九届庆典在全国范围内举办了47场重要活动，吸引了大量人群。根据句意及空前的定冠词the可知，此处表示“第九届”，应用nine的序数词形式ninth。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。句中谓语动词为featured，attract在句中应用非谓语动词形式，与逻辑主语celebration构成主动关系，表示自然而然的结果，故用现在分词attracting作结果状语。 【41题详解】 考查介词。句意：当地政府与各大平台合作，努力促进销售。cooperate with为固定搭配，意为“与……合作”，故用with。 【42题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：发起活动是为了帮助农民在线销售农产品。句中谓语动词为were launched，help在句中应用非谓语动词形式，表示发起活动的目的，故用动词不定式to help作目的状语。 【43题详解】 考查定语从句。句意：丰收节的一大亮点是“金秋消费季”，其目的是将农产品从农村带到城市。空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为“golden autumn consumption season”，在从句中作aim的定语，表示“……的目的”，故用关系代词whose。 【44题详解】 考查冠词。句意：八年来，该节日已成为中国乡村振兴的生动象征。symbol为可数名词，此处表示泛指“一个生动的象征”，且vivid以辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词a。 【45题详解】 考查名词。句意：这个曾经贫穷的村庄现在种植水稻和桃子——展示了一场庆祝活动如何转化为持久的发展。peach为可数名词，根据前面的rice（不可数名词）及语境可知，此处表示泛指多种桃子，应用复数形式peaches。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校英文报“Campus Life”栏目正在征集校园活动报道。上周五，你校举办了“非遗进校园”文化体验日（Intangible Cultural Heritage Day）。请你用英文写一篇活动报道投稿，内容包括： 1．活动时间、地点与主要内容； 2．活动中令你印象最深的一幕； 3．活动的反响及意义。 注意： 1．写作词数应为80个左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】A Day with Our Living Heritage Last Friday, our school held an Intangible Cultural Heritage Day on the central square. Local artists demonstrated paper-cutting, tie-dyeing and shadow puppetry, and over 600 students joined in. At the paper-cutting table, an old artist turned a plain red square into a lively rabbit in under a minute, winning loud applause. Nearby, students watched blue patterns slowly appear on white cloth. What impressed me most was my deskmate holding up her paper butterfly, her hands still shaking but her smile bright. The event brought traditional crafts to life and planted cultural pride in us. Many are already asking for it again next spring. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生给校英文报“Campus Life”栏目写一篇报道投稿，介绍学校举办的“非遗进校园”文化体验日活动。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 展示：demonstrate → showcase / display 加入：join in →participate in/take part in 印象最深：impress → strike/leave a deep impression on 颤抖：shake → quiver/shiver 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：Last Friday, our school held an Intangible Cultural Heritage Day on the central square. 拓展句：Last Friday, our school held an Intangible Cultural Heritage Day on the central square, which was a great success. 【点睛】[高分句型1] At the paper-cutting table, an old artist turned a plain red square into a lively rabbit in under a minute, winning loud applause. （运用了现在分词winning作状语的结构） [高分句型2] What impressed me most was my deskmate holding up her paper butterfly, her hands still shaking but her smile bright.（运用了what引导的主语从句，且后半部分使用了独立主格结构 her hands still shaking but her smile bright） 第二节（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。 Tash Villeneuve had been delivering mail in Perth, Ontario, for more than ten years. She knew every bend of Route 3, a country route of over 800 homes, and she liked to think that she knew the people behind the mailboxes, too. “A country route,” she often said, “is really a long street of neighbours who simply live far apart.” One hot afternoon in July, a small envelope turned up among the usual piles. It was addressed in the round, careful letters of a child: “To Grandma from Abby.” There was no street name, no house number and no return address, only the postal code shared by every family on Route 3. Tash turned the envelope over twice. Abby, she guessed, was away at summer camp, writing home the way children do. Her grandmother, then, was somewhere among those 800 families. But which one? “If I guess wrong,” Tash thought, “a stranger opens a letter that isn’t theirs, and Abby’s grandma never learns it was written to her.” Back at the post office, a colleague shrugged. “No name, no address — it goes to the shredder (碎纸机).” Tash said nothing. The rules, she knew, were made for letters that nobody was waiting for. This one was different. She thought of the girl far from home, waiting for an answer that might never come, and of the grandmother who might wonder why Abby had forgotten her. Throwing the letter away felt wrong; keeping it in her bag helped no one. Then an idea came to her. She laid the envelope on the counter, took a photo of it, and then typed a short message: “This letter is on my route today. Can anyone help me find Abby’s grandma?” Before she could change her mind, she posted the photo and message online. “Let’s just see what happens,” she said to herself. 注意： 1．续写词数应为150个左右； 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Within hours, Tash’s post had been shared hundreds of times. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Saturday morning, Tash pulled up in front of a small white house on Route 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 Within hours, Tash’s post had been shared hundreds of times. Strangers left suggestions, and a few offered to drive the letter to Perth themselves. Then a woman living down the road from a certain Dawn Kierans wrote, “I’ve spoken with Dawn — we’re pretty sure it’s for her.” Tash called at once and reached Dawn, who confirmed everything with a laugh of relief. Since Tash had a full mail route during the week, she decided to deliver the letter in person on her day off. That evening, she carefully placed the envelope in her bag, keeping it safe for the weekend. On Saturday morning, Tash pulled up in front of a small white house on Route 3. Dawn opened the door, and the moment she saw the childish handwriting, her hand flew to her mouth. She read the letter twice before she could speak. Then she laughed and shared the story of a Mother’s Day card years earlier, which had been sent by Abby’s mother and addressed only “To Mom at RR3 Perth.” Seeing this, Tash smiled, knowing this was exactly why she loved her job. She got to be out in the community every day. She still hopes to meet Abby when camp is over. 【解析】 【导语】文章以人物为线索展开，讲述了邮递员塔什遇到一封只写有“给艾比的奶奶”、无详细地址的信件，不愿按规销毁，便拍图上网求助，最终在热心网友的帮助下找到了收信人的故事。 【详解】1. 段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容可知，本段可描写网友的帮助让塔什确定了收信人，并决定周末去送信。 ②由第二段首句内容可知，本段可描写艾比的奶奶收到信后的表现，以及塔什的感受。 2. 续写线索：帖子被分享→陌生人的帮助→确定了收信人→决定周末送信→到达收信人地址→艾比的奶奶读信后的反应→塔什的感受和做法 3. 词汇激活： 行为类： 主动提出做某事：offer to do/volunteer to do 证实、确认：confirm/verify 情绪类： 宽慰、慰藉：relief/comfort 小心地、仔细地：carefully/cautiously 【点睛】【高分句型1】Since Tash had a full mail route during the week, she decided to deliver the letter in person on her day off. (运用了连词since引导的原因状语从句。) 【高分句型2】Then she laughed and shared the story of a Mother’s Day card years earlier, which had been sent by Abby’s mother and addressed only “To Mom at RR3 Perth.” (运用了关系代词which引导的非限制性定语从句。) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 2026-2027学年普通高中高三第一次教学质量检测 英语 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。 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。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） 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. What will the woman do first? A. Move the boxes. B. Water the plants. C. See a doctor. 2. What does the woman ask the man to take? A. A coat. B. Some money. C. An umbrella. 3. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a bookstore. B. In a library. C. In a post office. 4. What time will the meeting start? A. At 2:00. B. At 3:15. C. At 3:30. 5. What will the man probably do? A. Choose another item. B. Get his money back. C. Repair the jacket. 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，回答第6至7题。 6. Why does the man want to give up the course? A. He finds it too difficult. B. He needs more time for work. C. He doesn’t like the teacher. 7. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Talk to his parents. B. Drop the course. C. Cut down his working hours: 听第7段录音，回答第8至10题。 8. How many people will eat at the restaurant? A. Four. B. Six. C. Eight. 9. What does the woman offer to do? A. Reserve a window table. B. Give them a discount. C. Provide a free cake. 10. What time will the man and his family arrive? A. At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:00. 听第8段录音，回答第11至13题。 11. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. An AI study tool. B. A history essay. C. A new teacher. 12. What does the man think of the tool? A. It is difficult to use. B. It is useful. C. It is expensive. 13. What does the teacher want the students to do? A. Stop using the tool. B. Share the tool with others. C. Use it for ideas only. 听第9段录音，回答第14至16题。 14. What surprised Sofia most about Canada? A. The closing time of shops. B. The cold weather. C. The strict school rules. 15. How did Sofia make friends? A. By working part-time. B. By joining a club. C. By sharing a flat. 16. What advice does Sofia give? A. Learn to cook. B. Save more money. C. Travel with friends. 听第10段录音,回答第17至20题。 17. How often is the garden open to the public? A. Every day. B. Once a month. C. Once a week. 18. Where will Mr Brown give his talk? A. In the greenhouse. B. In the vegetable plots. C. In the café. 19. What can visitors take home for free? A. Some vegetables. B. Some seeds. C. Some flowers. 20. What time does the café close? A. At 3:30. B. At 4:00. C. At 11:00. 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 Making the Most of Your Visit to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Ready to explore your wild side? The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, one of the oldest zoos in the United States, welcomes about 1.5 million visitors a year. A little planning will help you get the most out of your day. Before you go Check the “Zoo Today” page on the zoo’s website, where opening hours, keeper talks and show times are updated every morning. Download the free mobile app, whose GPS-enabled map helps you locate animals, plants and food stands in real time. Buy tickets online: prices are always lower than at the gate — on certain days you can save up to $10 — and there is no queue. What to see Don’t miss the Botanical Garden, home to more than 3,000 plant species and named the second-best botanical garden in the country by USA Today readers in 2025. When your feet need a rest, hop on the Safari Train, which passes flamingos, wolves and penguins, or take a spin on the Conservation Carousel (旋转木马). Both are free for Gold and Platinum members. Going behind the scenes Booking a Behind-the-Scenes tour brings you closer to hippos, sloths, penguins and even insects. What you pay supports conservation projects such as the Sloth Institute and the Red Panda Network, so your visit helps protect endangered species worldwide. If you cannot travel Members can watch the zoo’s live cameras. Non-members can become a Virtual Member for $25 a year, which gives access to four cameras — elephants, hippos, lions and giraffes. The zoo also rents out venues for meetings, picnics and birthday parties. With its 150th anniversary under way, there has never been a better time to visit. 1. What can visitors do with the zoo’s free mobile app? A. Learn about the zoo’s 150-year history. B. Watch live videos of elephants and giraffes. C. Find their way around the zoo as they walk. D. Book a Behind-the-Scenes tour at a lower price. 2. What do we know about the Safari Train and the Conservation Carousel? A. They run only during keeper talks. B. They cost nothing for certain zoo members. C. They are designed mainly for young children. D. They carry visitors through the Botanical Garden. 3. What is the main purpose of the text? A. To report the results of a survey of zoo visitors. B. To advise people on how to plan a visit to the zoo. C. To explain how a modern zoo protects endangered species. D. To compare the Cincinnati Zoo with other zoos in the country. B As a child I was a straight-A student who followed every rule. College was never in doubt: neither my parents nor I imagined skipping it. My choices were wide, yet I applied to only two universities — Marquette, to please a family of Marquette alumni (校友), and the University of Montana, which was a pure inner feeling. I wanted mountains where bears lived. I had spent my whole life in the Midwest and longed for something new. The summer before I left, I visited Glacier National Park. A cold wind tore across the lake while lightning struck the peaks. I stood still, fascinated by a wild world I simply had to know. When my high school guidance counsellor — I will call him Mr. D — heard about my plans, he shook his head. “Try Boston,” he said. “Boston is full of opportunity. If you go to Montana, you will never get anything out of it. “ I left his office annoyed. In ten minutes he had brushed aside everything I knew about myself at seventeen. I did not want the safe, bookish (书呆子气的) life he pictured; I wanted a little grit and uncertainty. It was the boldness (唐突) of his advice that pushed me the other way. I went west, and I found opportunity. Mr. D died several years ago. I think of him now and then, no longer with anger but with something close to gratitude. He made me see that I could choose the life I wanted, and that people in authority do not always know better. Sometimes I wonder who I would be if I had taken his advice. Would I have met my Montana-born husband? Would I have worked for a newspaper and would writing have become a career at all? I cannot know. But this evening I am watching light colours spread across the sky in New Mexico as the sun sets behind the mountains. And I know that I was meant to choose the mountains. 4. Why did the author apply to the University of Montana? A. She followed her heart. B. It promised her a scholarship. C. Her parents had both studied there. D. It was the only college near mountains. 5. How did the author feel right after talking with Mr. D? A. Grateful for his honest advice. B. Sorry that she had asked for his opinion. C. Uncertain about which university to choose. D. Angry that her own judgement had been rejected. 6. What does the underlined word “grit” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Courage to meet challenges. B. A chance to travel widely. C. Freedom from daily routines. D. A strong desire for success. 7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. A Teacher Who Knew Best B. A City Full of Opportunity C. The Choice I Would Make Again D. The Advice I Should Have Taken C Look closely at the ground beneath America’s largest cities, and you will find it is slowly giving way. A recent study in the journal Nature Cities examined the 28 most densely populated cities in the United States. Every one of them, the researchers report, is sinking to some degree. The scale is striking. In 25 of the 28 cities, land is sinking across more than two-thirds of the urban area. Roughly 34 million people live in the affected zones, where sinking ground can crack roads, damage buildings and raise the risk of flooding. Houston is sinking fastest. In more than 40 per cent of the city, the ground drops by over five millimetres a year; in places the land falls as much as five centimetres annually. The biggest cause is the pumping (抽取) of groundwater, which accounts for about 80 per cent of the sinking. When water is removed from underground layers, the spaces it once filled collapse and the surface above settles. Oil and gas extraction (提取), especially in Texas, adds to the problem. Not all of the movement is our doing. Parts of New York, Chicago and Denver are still adjusting to the disappearance of ice sheets some 20,000 years ago; the land beneath the ice has been rising again ever since. The weight of the buildings themselves plays a smaller part. Lead author Leonard Ohenhen of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory notes that sinking is often invisible from the street, yet its effects are not: sinking land shortens the life of roads, railways and pipelines, and leaves cities more exposed when storms arrive. The good news is that the main cause can be managed. Cities that have regulated groundwater use have slowed their sinking measurably. What is needed now, the authors argue, is better monitoring — and the political will to act on what the measurements reveal. 8. What did the study find about the 28 cities? A. All of them are sinking to varying degrees. B. Only the largest ones are at risk of flooding. C. Their populations are falling as the land sinks. D. Most of them are sinking faster than expected. 9. What is the leading factor of the sinking? A. The weight of tall buildings. B. The removal of groundwater. C. The extraction of oil and gas. D. The melting of ancient ice sheets. 10. What can be inferred about the sinking of America’s big cities? A. It is limited to a few coastal cities. B. It is caused by the weight of tall buildings. C. It has been going on for thousands of years. D. It affects far more than the buildings above it. 11. What is the authors’ attitude towards the future of big cities? A. Openly doubtful. B. Deeply pessimistic. C. Cautiously optimistic. D. Completely indifferent. D Cities are noisy, grey and increasingly stressful. Could a small patch of restored forest change that? Researchers at North Carolina State University set out to test whether nature’s sights and sounds improve mental health and whether one matters more than the other. The researchers gathered 106 participants together. Each sat for ten minutes in one of two places: a restored riverside forest, planted between 2002 and 2006, or a nearby built-up area (建筑密集区) with little greenery. While they sat, they wore noise-canceling headphones playing either birdsong or traffic noise. Location and sound were assigned at random, so the team could separate the effect of the place from that of the sound. Before and after each session, participants reported how stressed they felt, how positive and negative their emotions were, and how “restored” they felt, a measure psychologists call perceived restorativeness (感知恢复性). The results were clear. Both the setting and the soundtrack (背景音) influenced every measure, and the two worked together. The forest-plus-birdsong combination produced the best outcome on all counts: the lowest stress, the strongest positive emotions and the greatest sense of being restored. Sitting in the grey urban area listening to traffic produced the worst results, while the two mismatched combinations fell in between. “Positive emotions went up, negative emotions went down, stress went down, and perceptions of feeling restored went up more than in any other combination,” said Nils Peterson, a professor at NC State and the study’s lead author. The findings support two long-standing ideas in psychology: that nature helps people recover from mental tiredness, and that it softens the body’s response to stress. Birdsong, in particular, may be among the most accessible forms of nature — hearing it requires no equipment and no effort. Perhaps most importantly, the forest was not ancient woodland but land restored only two decades ago, which, the authors argue, provides evidence that a modest green space supporting birds can improve the health of people living nearby. 12. How were the participants tested in the experiment? A. They walked through the forest while listening to music. B. They chose their own setting and soundtrack before reporting. C. They sat in one of two settings while hearing one of two sounds. D. They compared the forest with the city over two separate weeks. 13. Why did the team assign location and sound at random? A. To make the experiment easier to carry out. B. To make sure every participant felt equally relaxed. C. To check whether the headphones worked properly. D. To distinguish the effect of the place from that of the sound. 14. Which combination produced the greatest sense of being restored? A. The forest with birdsong. B. The forest with traffic noise. C. The built-up area with birdsong. D. The built-up area with traffic noise. 15. What does the study suggest for city planning? A. People should move away from busy city centres. B. Traffic noise should be banned around all green spaces. C. Large areas of ancient woodland can improve physical health. D. A small green space for birds can benefit nearby residents’ health. 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。 Artificial intelligence (AI) enables machines to perform human-like tasks, learning and adapting while processing large amounts of data. ____16____ Few technologies have entered classrooms so quickly, with no sign of slowing. These systems, recognizing speech, translating languages and making decisions, are changing how students learn and teachers work. The benefits are already visible. Administrators use AI to organize timetables and paperwork, freeing teachers to spend more time with students. They can also find patterns that humans might miss. By studying patterns in test results and attendance, schools can identify learners who are falling behind before it is too late. ____17____ AI tools work in different ways. Reporting tools describe what has happened — the results of a term’s assessments, for instance. Reactive tools respond to a student’s actions in real time, such as a language app that corrects pronunciation as you speak. ____18____ Tools of this third kind can warn a school that a student is likely to struggle next term. ____19____ Privacy is one concern, since AI systems depend on large amounts of personal data. There is also a risk that programmes trained on past records will repeat past unfairness, giving some students fewer opportunities than others. Teachers, meanwhile, may fear that technology is replacing their judgement rather than supporting it. Whatever problems remain, AI seems certain to play a larger part in education. ____20____ Schools that introduce AI thoughtfully now are preparing students for the workplaces of tomorrow — and teaching them to ask what such tools should, and should not, be allowed to do. A. Using AI well, however, is not without difficulty. B. Schools are learning about AI’s influence on education. C. AI can then provide personalized learning help for those students. D. Some students, of course, still prefer to learn from a human teacher. E. Predicting what may happen next is a third and more ambitious use. F. Teachers should therefore check every answer that the software produces. G. Employers increasingly expect workers who can cooperate with intelligent machines. 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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 I spent the first forty years of my life staying away from water. My parents were ____21____ people; I learned early to avoid anything risky. At the beach I would ____22____ my father swim while I kept my feet on the sand. Then I moved to New Zealand, where water sports are everywhere. I told myself this did not ____23____; there was plenty to enjoy on land. But my workmates loved their boats, and every invitation filled me with ____24____ for days beforehand. In 2009 I volunteered at an Ironman (铁人三项) race. I watched ordinary people swim, cycle and run, and saw the ____25____ on their faces as they crossed the finish line. That night I made a ____26____ that frightened me: before long I would ____27____ the race myself. There was one problem — I could not swim. So I hired a coach, and my friends came at dawn to ____28____ me. They never doubted me, even when my ____29____ was limited. Eighteen months passed before I felt at ease in deep water, and three years went by before I could ____30____ two kilometres. In 2012, aged 45, I stood at the start of the Ironman swim. The lake was rough, and the waves looked like my worst ____31____. I counted the markers and ____32____ on my breathing. As I climbed out, the fear was ____33____. Looking back, what carried me through was a strong ____34____ to change, people who believed in me, and patience. Fear cost me forty years, but ____35____ it has given me far more than a medal. 21. A. quiet B. busy C. careful D. generous 22. A. watch B. help C. let D. hear 23. A. change B. work C. happen D. matter 24. A. pride B. fear C. happiness D. doubt 25. A. joy B. hope C. anger D. regret 26. A. promise B. bet C. decision D. mistake 27. A. enter B. support C. organize D. abandon 28. A. judge B. encourage C. warn D. interview 29. A. health B. energy C. balance D. progress 30. A. run B. cycle C. cover D. float 31. A. dream B. nightmare C. punishment D. lesson 32. A. focused B. depended C. insisted D. called 33. A. growing B. natural C. unusual D. gone 34. A. excuse B. desire C. habit D. skill 35. A. hiding B. forgetting C. facing D. explaining 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。 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。 For farmers, the harvest means far more than a date on the calendar. The Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival, the first national festival ____36____ (establish) for farmers, falls on the Autumn Equinox (秋分) each year. As one of the 24 solar terms, it comes between 22 and 24 September, the ____37____ (busy) period of the farming year, when every hand is needed in the fields. The festival ____38____ (hold) annually as a symbol of China’s agriculture and rural life since 2018. This year’s celebration, the ____39____ (nine), featured 47 key events across the country, ____40____ (attract) large crowds. The main event took place in Dongjiao, Hubei, with folk songs and local food. The local government cooperated ____41____ platforms in an effort to boost sales. Campaigns were launched ____42____ (help) farmers sell produce online. A highlight of the festival is the “golden autumn consumption season”, ____43____ aim is to bring farm produce from the countryside to the cities. It has generated over 160 billion yuan since 2020. Platforms also offered subsidies (补贴) and free training on farming. The real harvest is not only what they grow but what they earn. Over eight years, the festival has become ____44____ vivid symbol of rural revitalization (乡村振兴) in China. Once a poor village, the area now grows rice and _____45_____ (peach) — showing how a celebration can turn into lasting development. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假定你是李华，你校英文报“Campus Life”栏目正在征集校园活动报道。上周五，你校举办了“非遗进校园”文化体验日（Intangible Cultural Heritage Day）。请你用英文写一篇活动报道投稿，内容包括： 1．活动时间、地点与主要内容； 2．活动中令你印象最深的一幕； 3．活动的反响及意义。 注意： 1．写作词数应为80个左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第二节（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。 Tash Villeneuve had been delivering mail in Perth, Ontario, for more than ten years. She knew every bend of Route 3, a country route of over 800 homes, and she liked to think that she knew the people behind the mailboxes, too. “A country route,” she often said, “is really a long street of neighbours who simply live far apart.” One hot afternoon in July, a small envelope turned up among the usual piles. It was addressed in the round, careful letters of a child: “To Grandma from Abby.” There was no street name, no house number and no return address, only the postal code shared by every family on Route 3. Tash turned the envelope over twice. Abby, she guessed, was away at summer camp, writing home the way children do. Her grandmother, then, was somewhere among those 800 families. But which one? “If I guess wrong,” Tash thought, “a stranger opens a letter that isn’t theirs, and Abby’s grandma never learns it was written to her.” Back at the post office, a colleague shrugged. “No name, no address — it goes to the shredder (碎纸机).” Tash said nothing. The rules, she knew, were made for letters that nobody was waiting for. This one was different. She thought of the girl far from home, waiting for an answer that might never come, and of the grandmother who might wonder why Abby had forgotten her. Throwing the letter away felt wrong; keeping it in her bag helped no one. Then an idea came to her. She laid the envelope on the counter, took a photo of it, and then typed a short message: “This letter is on my route today. Can anyone help me find Abby’s grandma?” Before she could change her mind, she posted the photo and message online. “Let’s just see what happens,” she said to herself. 注意： 1．续写词数应为150个左右； 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Within hours, Tash’s post had been shared hundreds of times. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Saturday morning, Tash pulled up in front of a small white house on Route 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $