上海市南洋中学2026-2027学年高二上学期10月月考英语试卷

2026学年第一学期高二第一次阶段英语考试

（时间：90分钟 总分：100分）

Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and a question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. At a bank.  B. At a department store.

C. At a lawyer’s office.  D. At a school.

2. A. To do nothing but read a text. B. To do nothing but see a movie.

C. To see a movie and write a paragraph. D. To read a chapter in the textbook.

3. A. She ordered it through mail. B. Mike gave it to her as a birthday present.

C. It was a present from her parents. D. She got it while visiting her parents.

4. A. Go home. B. Get unhappy. C. Prepare for the party. D. Attend the party.

5. A. The hotel service is excellent. B. The hotel service is poor.

C. The hotel is very expensive. D. She doesn’t like hotels with high quality.

6. A. He wants a party invitation. B. He wants a dinner party.

C. He wants a tour of the house. D. He wants some hot drinks.

7. A. $68. B. $12. C. $8. D. $36.

8. A. No one on the bus was injured. B. More than one student on the bus was injured.

C. Everyone on the bus was injured. D. Only one student on the bus was injured.

9. A. Give him the ring in the locker. B. Take the ring to the security office.

C. Take the ring to the administration building. D. Put the ring in the locker.

10. A. Because she had to do some work. B. Because she doesn’t like to see the movie.

C. Because the movie was on too late. D. Because the lecture was about the movie.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be

spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. A foreign expert.  B. A friend of his.

C. A group of new students. D. A group of visitors.

12. A. 6. B. 5. C. 4. D. 3.

13. A. A brief introduction to the college. B. A brief history of the college.

C. The English department. D. The students’ studies.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. 18 B. 21. C. 25. D. 20.

15. A. America. B. China. C. Australia D. Canada.

16. A. By making telephone calls. B. By writing letters.

C. By using the Internet.  D. By sending photos.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. Collecting coins. B. Making decorations. C. Being idly. D. Collecting books.

18. A. Because he likes being idly. B. Because he hates hobbies.

C. Because he likes working. D. Because he has no time.

19. A. Interesting. B. Colourful. C. Busy. D. Boring.

20. A. Teacher and student.  B. Manager and secretary.

C. Friends.  D. Husband and wife.

Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Being Human in the Age of Robots

When I was a child, maybe seven years old, I took a test tube from a chemistry kit and put some water with food coloring and salts in it, and added on top of that a layer of oil — I called it “Freddie.” I was trying to create a new life form. Most people would agree that a bit of water and oil in a test tube is not a (21) ________ (live) thing, but my childish assertion (断言) that it was may not be as foolish as it appears. It’s very difficult to give a satisfactory

answer to what separates a living thing, like a single-celled organism that is little more than a bubble of water (22) ________ (surround) by a thin film of oil, from a non-living one.

People have dreamed of erasing the line between the living and the non-living at least since the ancient Greeks, (23) ________ filled their mythologies (神话) with automata — complex machines that perfectly copied birds, or fantastical metal creatures such as mechanical flying horses. This reflects the wish to go (24) ________ the limits nature has placed on us. We want stronger and smarter extensions of (25) ________: robots that can work on Mars and AI chatbots that can help us with our chemistry homework. There are many people who even dream of replicating the neural networks in their brains onto silicon chips (硅芯片) and thus staying alive (26) ________ ________ ________ electricity can be supplied to the computers hosting the copies of their minds.

Today, the boundaries between the living and the non-living, and the limitations that define us, (27) ________ (collapse) at an unbelievable rate. We have chatbots that respond intelligently. And interfaces (交互界面) between the human brain and machines now allow people to control robotic arms with their thoughts. Perhaps (28) ________ (amazing) example was a video released by Boston Dynamics of its robots dancing to “Do You Love Me?” Those robots can really dance!

Will robots take our jobs? Will they be better-looking, funnier, and more athletic than we are? Will they redefine what it means to be human? I think all of these are possibilities, but to what degree depends on us. In Europe, a law has been made (29) ________ (limit) how AI can be used. One of the most important and exciting tasks of the near future will be to decide (30) ________ we want the new lines to be.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. campaigns    B. ensure    C. concern    D. beneficial    E. sustained F. transformational    G. gap    H. players    I. conservation    J. reveal    K. founded

Voluntourism first emerged at scale in the 1990s. Since then, the industry has grown rapidly and now offers a wide variety of options. Volunteers can find themselves building houses in Honduras, teaching children in Morocco, or protecting endangered brown bears in central Italy. The sector is (31) ________ by organizations that connect communities in need with volunteers. Some are charities or non-profits, while others are traditional businesses meeting and capitalizing on a healthy demand.

Done diligently and ethically (符合道德地), voluntourism can have a(n) (32) ________ impact on both recipients and volunteers, says Alex Tarrant, co-founder of Pod Volunteer. The organization, (33) ________ in the