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沈阳二中2026-2027学年度上学期10月月考 高三（2027届）英语试题 说明：1．测试时间：120分钟 总分：150分 2．客观题涂在答题纸上，主观题在答题纸的相应位置上 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面几段录音。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. How long will the girl stay with her parents? A. For one week. B. For two weeks. C. For three weeks. 2. How is the woman feeling now? A. Pleased. B. Confused. C. Disappointed. 3. What is the woman doing? A. Spending her holiday. B. Making a travel plan. C. Preparing for an exam. 4. Who is the man? A. A business client. B. A job applicant. C. A new staff member. 5. What does Karen think of doing community work? A. Relaxing. B. Meaningful. C. Challenging. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面几段录音。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。 听下面的录音，回答6-7小题。 6. Why does Jenny want to seek a job change? A. To earn a higher salary. B. To find a low-stress job. C. To have a regular work schedule. 7. What do we know about Jenny? A. She used to be a waitress. B. She has poor communication skills. C. She is unwilling to accept the salary. 听下面的录音，回答8-9小题。 8. Who is the woman probably? A. A reporter. B. A secretary. C. A manager. 9. Why will the man go to the Mexican restaurant? A. To try new coffee. B. To have an interview. C. To meet an Indian client. 听下面的录音，回答10-12小题。 10. What is the difficulty that the man is facing? A. Remembering things. B. Keeping a healthy diet. C. Managing tasks at the same time. 11. What improves blood supply to the brain according to the woman? A. Enough sleep. B. Regular exercise. C. Different kinds of fish. 12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Doctor and patient. C. Fitness coach and athlete. 听下面的录音，回答13-16小题。 13. When was the speaker born? A. In 2006. B. In 2013. C. In 2019. 14. What did the speaker like doing on Facebook at first? A. Knowing about others’ lives. B. Sharing her dance videos. C. Talking about her hobbies. 15. What did some of the speaker’s classmates do to her? A. They were unkind to her in school. B. They sent mean private messages to her. C. They left hurtful comments on her post. 16. What does the speaker plan to do next? A. Focus on her real-life friendships. B. Start using social media again. C. Be stricter with others. 听下面的录音，回答17-20小题。 17. What is the talk mainly about? A. A lecture on success. B. A graduation ceremony. C. A school award ceremony. 18. What kind of school is it? A. A girls’ school. B. A boys’ school. C. A mixed school. 19. Who is quoted in the talk? A. A sportsman. B. A teacher. C. A singer. 20. What does the speaker say is the most important? A. Confidence. B. Success. C. Trying. 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） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Three of the Best New Novels to Read “THESE ARE all my politics: I enjoy music and painting; a good book is an event in my life.” A character in The Red and the Black by Stendhal, a French writer, proclaimed those words in 1830, but plenty of people today will recognise the sentiment. “If you want to experience diverse lives through literary works, you can choose one of the recommended novels below. Perhaps it will even become an event in your life. The Calamity Club By Kathryn Stockett. Spiegel & Grau; 656 pages; $35. A cheerful work of historical fiction set in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1933. Meg endures misery in an orphanage. Birdie comes to town to borrow money from her married sister. Inevitably the characters’ paths cross; soon they find themselves joining forces with other downtrodden women intent on improving their lives. This novel has intricately woven storylines and a vibrant cast. The Things We Never Say By Elizabeth Strout. Random House; 224 pages; $29.00 Artie Dam is a happily married man and a popular history teacher. But deep down he feels trapped in a “state of depression”. A shocking revelation, however, makes him appreciate all he holds dear. This bittersweet novel about the effects of trauma, anxiety and loneliness examines how well people really know each other. Whistler By Ann Patchett. Harper; 304 pages; $30. Daphne hasn’t seen her stepfather, Eddie, since they were involved in a near-fatal car accident 44 years ago. A chance meeting in New York allows the pair to reconnect. It also gives Daphne the chance to finally learn the truth about why Eddie’s marriage to her mother fell apart. This is a tale of secrets and lasting love, enriched by sharply drawn characters. 1. What can we learn about The Calamity Club from the text? A. It is a non-fiction work set in the 19th century. B. It mainly focuses on the political struggles in Mississippi. C. It tells the story of women joining forces to improve their lives. D. It is written by a French author named Stendhal. 2. What do The Things We Never Say and Whistler have in common? A. Both involve the theme of seeking truth from past events. B. Both are set in New York city. C. Both deal with the impact of an accident. D. Both are short novels with fewer than 200 pages. 3. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To compare differences between several famous novels. B. To recommend several newly published novels to reader. C. To analyse the social meaning of modern fiction. D. To introduce Stendhal’s work The Red and the Black. 【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B 【解析】 【导语】本文推荐三本新小说，简要介绍每本书的作者、内容与特色等信息，供读者阅读选择。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据The Calamity Club中的“Inevitably the characters’ paths cross; soon they find themselves joining forces with other downtrodden women intent on improving their lives.(不可避免地，这些人物的轨迹交汇在一起；不久她们发现自己和其他受压迫的女性联合起来，决心改善她们的生活)”可知，《The Calamity Club》讲述女性联合起来改善生活的故事。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据The Things We Never Say中的“This bittersweet novel about the effects of trauma, anxiety and loneliness examines how well people really know each other.(这本关于创伤、焦虑和孤独带来的影响的苦乐参半的小说探究人们究竟有多了解彼此)”以及Whistler中的“It also gives Daphne the chance to finally learn the truth about why Eddie’s marriage to her mother fell apart.(这也给了达芙妮机会，最终查明埃迪和她母亲的婚姻破裂的真相)”可知，两本书都包含从过往事件中探寻真相的主题。 【3题详解】 推理判断题。根据标题“Three of the Best New Novels to Read (三本值得阅读的优秀最佳新小说)”以及第一段中的“If you want to experience diverse lives through literary works, you can choose one of the recommended novels below.(如果你想要通过文学作品感受多样人生，可选择以下推荐小说中的一本)”可知，文章的写作目的是向读者推荐几本新出版的小说。 B Since losing my sister, my father, and my grandmother to deaths linked to mental diseases, I should have had potentially much to be unhappy about. Yet while these losses have affected me profoundly, in general, I find it hard not to start each day with the feeling that life is good, and the future is bright. That some individuals may biologically tend to be optimistic is supported by a report of a Scottish woman called Jo Cameron. She is free from pain. Interestingly, suggesting that responses to physical and emotional pain may be linked, Cameron scored zero on tests assessing levels of anxiety and depression, saying that she always feels happy. What happened to Jo Cameron that made her behave like that? It is the mutations (突变) in two genes. One of the genes mutated in her genome (基因组) is FAAH. It is involved in the breakdown of anandamide, a chemical central to pain sensation, mood, and memory. The other is a gene that boosts FAAH’s action called FAAH-OUT. The two mutations combined dramatically boost levels of anandamide in the body. Should we all desire to have our genomes engineered like Jo Cameron? Indeed, Cameron had accumulated injuries, which only came to the attention of doctors when Cameron became unable to walk or handle items, not because she reported any pain. While it might be better not to imitate Cameron’s imperviousness to pain, how about finding a way to provide the rest of us with her sunny mindset? In fact, here too there are some negative features. One contributing factor to Cameron’s positive outlook is that she quickly forgets negative incidents. However, she is also more generally highly forgetful. This provides another reason why it would not be a good idea to genetically engineer everyone to be more like Cameron. Still, studying how Cameron’s two gene mutations result in her resistance to both physical and emotional pain might help the development of new types of painkillers and therapies for the treatment of depression. More generally, while Cameron is clearly a highly unusual person, the existence of such an individual suggests that there may be many other people who have a less extreme tendency to be resistant to pain and have a more positive outlook on life, but who nevertheless have a genetic basis for this tendency. 4. What’s the author curious about sometimes? A. What leads to her being a positive person. B. How to deal with the loss of her family. C. How to start a day with an optimistic attitude. D. Why her family suffered from mental diseases. 5. What do we know about Jo Cameron? A. She is good at doing tests. B. She used to be a Scottish gene researcher. C. She has a biological tendency to be optimistic. D. She found the link between physical pain and emotional pain. 6. What’s the function of Paragraph 3? A. To show Cameron’s daily life. B. To explain the cause of Cameron’s symptoms. C. To introduce two important genes in our body. D. To demonstrate the mutation progress of genes. 7. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. The significance of studying Cameron’s condition. B. Ways to reduce physical pain and emotional pain. C. The necessity of developing new painkillers. D. Benefits of being positive about the future. 【答案】4. A 5. C 6. B 7. A 【解析】 【导语】文章主要说明了作者历经亲人离世却依旧乐观，借乔的基因突变案例，说明乐观有基因基础，同时指出改造基因乐观有弊端，但相关研究仍具备医学价值。 【4题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“Since losing my sister, my father, and my grandmother to deaths linked to mental diseases, I should have had potentially much to be unhappy about. Yet while these losses have affected me profoundly, in general, I find it hard not to start each day with the feeling that life is good, and the future is bright.(自从姐姐、父亲和祖母因与精神疾病相关的病症离世后，我本应有很多理由闷闷不乐。然而尽管这些失去至亲的经历对我影响很深，总的来说，我每天很难不带着生活美好、未来光明的感受开启新的一天)”及第二段“That some individuals may biologically tend to be optimistic is supported by a report of a Scottish woman called Jo Cameron.(有一份关于一位名叫乔·卡梅伦的苏格兰女性的报道，佐证了一部分人在生理层面上天生倾向于乐观)”可知，作者好奇是什么让自己成为一个乐观的人。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“That some individuals may biologically tend to be optimistic is supported by a report of a Scottish woman called Jo Cameron. She is free from pain. Interestingly, suggesting that responses to physical and emotional pain may be linked, Cameron scored zero on tests assessing levels of anxiety and depression, saying that she always feels happy.(有一份关于一位名叫乔·卡梅伦的苏格兰女性的报道，佐证了一部分人在生理层面上天生倾向于乐观。她感受不到疼痛。有意思的是，这暗示着人体对身体疼痛和情绪痛苦的反应或许存在关联，卡梅伦在焦虑和抑郁水平测试中得分是零，她说自己总是很开心)”可知，乔·卡梅伦在生理上有乐观的倾向。 【6题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段“What happened to Jo Cameron that made her behave like that? It is the mutations (突变) in two genes.(是什么让乔·卡梅伦有这样的表现？原因在于两种基因发生了突变)”以及下文的详细阐述可知，本段用来解释卡梅伦出现这种状态的成因。 【7题详解】 主旨大意题。根据最后一段“Still, studying how Cameron’s two gene mutations result in her resistance to both physical and emotional pain might help the development of new types of painkillers and therapies for the treatment of depression.(尽管如此，研究卡梅伦的这两处基因突变如何让她同时耐受身体疼痛与情绪痛苦，或许有助于研发新型止痛药以及抑郁症治疗方案)”可知，本段主要讲述研究卡梅伦这种特殊状况的意义。 C In the animal kingdom, killer whales are social stars: they travel in varied family groups, care for grandchildren, and even imitate human speech. Now, scientists are adding one more behavior to the list: forming friendships. A new study shows killer whales can rival animals such as chimpanzees and macaques (a kind of monkey), and even humans when it comes to the kind of “social touch” that indicates strong bonds. Some ocean animals maintain social structures — including male dolphins that learn the “names” of their close allies (盟友). But there is little data about wild killer whales. That’s where drone technology came in. Michael Weiss, a behavioral ecologist, teamed up with his colleagues to launch unmanned drones, flying them 30 to 120 meters above a group of killer whales. That was high enough not to bother the whales, marking the first time drones have been used to study friendly physical contact in whales. The researchers recorded over 800 instances of physical contact between individuals. Those included slippery hugs, back-to-back and nose-to-nose touches between pairs of whales. Other whales playfully threw young whales into the air, letting them fall into the water. Besides, the drone images revealed clear preferences among individuals, usually for one “best friend” of the same sex and age. Take J49 and J51 — two distantly related young males aged 9 and 6 — for instance. “Every time you see a group of whales, those two are right there interacting with each other,” Weiss says. The young led most of these interactions, rather than the older females or males. Older males in particular were less important. “The young individuals really seem to be the glue holding the groups together,” Weiss says. As individuals age, this gradual loss of “centrality” is known in many social mammals, including humans. That finding is “especially appealing” to biological anthropologist Stacey Tecot, who wasn’t involved in the study. “Scientists have long observed this social aging trend in animals, but there are still many unanswered questions,” she says. That’s certainly on the researchers’ radar. “We’re already gathering new data, with more advanced equipment,” says Weiss. 8. What does the underlined word “rival” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Benefit from.  B. Cooperate with.  C. Be fond of.  D. Be comparable to. 9. What did Weiss find about J49 and J51? A. They prefer playing with young female whales. B. Their communicating ways change frequently. C. Their interactions are more complicated. D. They have a stable friendship. 10. What conclusion did the researchers arrive at after the new study? A. Older whales tend to be more experienced. B. Younger male whales learn more quickly. C. Older female whales prefer to be alone. D. Young whales are more socially active. 11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. How Technology Helps Study Ocean Animals. B. Young Killer Whales Play a Key Role in Groups. C. Drones Reveal Killer Whales’ Close Friendships. D. Physical Contact: A Way for Killer Whales to Show Bonds. 【答案】8. D 9. D 10. D 11. C 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述科学家利用无人机技术研究发现虎鲸之间存在稳定而亲密的友谊，且年轻虎鲸是维系群体社交的核心。 【8题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第一段中“In the animal kingdom, killer whales are social stars: they travel in varied family groups, care for grandchildren, and even imitate human speech. Now, scientists are adding one more behavior to the list: forming friendships. A new study shows killer whales can rival animals such as chimpanzees and macaques (a kind of monkey), and even humans when it comes to the kind of “social touch” that indicates strong bonds.(在动物王国里，虎鲸是社交明星：它们以多样的家族群体为单位活动，会照料孙辈，甚至模仿人类的语言。现在，科学家们又在它们的行为清单上增加了一种行为：建立友谊。一项新研究表明，在能体现牢固社交纽带的那种“社交接触”方面，虎鲸可以rival黑猩猩、猕猴（一种猴子），甚至人类)”可知，前文提到虎鲸本身已经有很多复杂的社交行为，新研究又发现它们会建立友谊。所以虎鲸在能体现牢固社交纽带的那种“社交接触”方面，和黑猩猩、猕猴乃至人类在该方面的表现不相上下，rival在此处意为“可与……相比/相媲美”。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第三段中“Besides, the drone images revealed clear preferences among individuals, usually for one “best friend” of the same sex and age. Take J49 and J51 — two distantly related young males aged 9 and 6 — for instance. “Every time you see a group of whales, those two are right there interacting with each other,” Weiss says.(此外，无人机图像显示出个体间有明确的偏好，通常是选择同性别同年龄的一个‘最好的朋友’。以J49和J51为例——两只远缘关系的年轻雄性，分别9岁和6岁。“每次你看到一群鲸鱼，这两只总在一起互动，”Weiss说)”可知，J49和J51是两个年龄相仿的年轻雄性虎鲸，每次出现都在一起互动，说明它们有着稳定持久的友谊。 【10题详解】 推理判断题。根据第四段中“The young led most of these interactions, rather than the older females or males. Older males in particular were less important. “The young individuals really seem to be the glue holding the groups together,” Weiss says.(年轻虎鲸主导了大部分这类互动，而非年长的雌性或雄性。尤其是年长雄性更不重要。“年轻个体似乎真的是把群体凝聚在一起的粘合剂，”Weiss说)”可知，年轻虎鲸在社交互动中更活跃、起核心作用。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。综合全文，尤其是第一段的“A new study shows killer whales can rival animals such as chimpanzees and macaques (a kind of monkey), and even humans when it comes to the kind of “social touch” that indicates strong bonds.(一项新研究表明，在能体现牢固社交纽带的那种“社交接触”方面，虎鲸可以媲美黑猩猩、猕猴（一种猴子），甚至人类)”以及第二段“That’s where drone technology came in. Michael Weiss, a behavioral ecologist, teamed up with his colleagues to launch unmanned drones, flying them 30 to 120 meters above a group of killer whales.(这就是无人机技术发挥作用的地方。行为生态学家Michael Weiss与他的同事合作发射了无人机，使其在一群虎鲸上方30至120米处飞行)”可知，科学家用无人机作为研究工具，首次发现野生虎鲸也会建立亲密的友谊关系。C项“Drones Reveal Killer Whales’ Close Friendships(无人机揭示虎鲸的亲密友谊)”最贴切。 D When you were little, did you fight with your brother or sister about who would get the last gummy bear? Or who got to sit in the front of the ride? Behind these cases lies a hidden mindset — zero-sum thinking, a term that comes from math. In a zero-sum game, the total of gains and losses among the players always adds up to zero. Oskar Morgenstern first formally described this concept in the 1944 book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Since then it has been widely used in economic theories and game theory. Drawing on ideas of evolutionary psychology, some have argued that zero-sum thinking arose as a cognitive (认知的) adaptation within early-human ancestors who were forced to compete over limited resources. As such, the tendency to subjectively view resource distribution as zero-sum might have been the dominant strategy in our evolutionary past, giving individuals with higher zero-sum beliefs a relative advantage over others. Thus, in modern environments, zero-sum beliefs are adopted under similar conditions of threat and resource-shortage and can be overridden only with thoughtful reflection. Zero-sum beliefs have important intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences. At the intrapersonal level, greater approval of zero-sum beliefs is associated with more negative (and less positive) effects, more greed and lower life satisfaction. Zero-sum beliefs can also be interpersonally detrimental, such as when negotiators who believe that their counterparts gain at their expense overlook opportunities for mutually beneficial deals. More broadly, people who adopt zero-sum beliefs often feel lonelier. Thus, zero-sum beliefs are associated with both the quality and the quantity of close personal relationships. To fight these effects, we can remember to remain mindful that there are numerous opportunities for non-zero-sum interactions with others, such as finding opportunities to exchange surpluses or favors with others. Doing so provides the necessary ingredients for trust and mutual benefit to form, which are both necessary for any business or economy to function optimally, in good times and in bad. 12. Which is the core of zero-sum mindset? A. Every coin has two sides. B. The other’s gain is your loss. C. Many hands make light work. D. United we stand, divided we fall. 13. What does paragraph 2 try to stress concerning zero-sum thinking? A. It is unique to humans. B. It tends to be short-lived. C. It helped ancestors survive. D. It is hardwired into humans. 14. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Dynamic. B. Complex. C. Harmful. D. Consistent. 15. Which of the following does the author probably agree with? A. Trust is a two-way street. B. A true win-win is attainable. C. Opportunity knocks but once. D. Economy undergoes thick and thin. 【答案】12. B 13. D 14. C 15. B 【解析】 【导语】文章主要探讨了零和思维的概念、起源、影响以及应对方法。 【12题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“ In a zero-sum game, the total of gains and losses among the players always adds up to zero. (在零和博弈中，所有参与者的收益与损失之和恒为零。)”可知，零和博弈中所有人得失相加为 0，意味着一方获利，另一方必然受损。A. 凡事有利有弊；B. 他人之得，即为你之失；C. 人多力量大；D. 团结则存，分裂则亡。 【13题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第二段“Drawing on ideas of evolutionary psychology, some have argued that zero-sum thinking arose as a cognitive (认知的) adaptation within early-human ancestors who were forced to compete over limited resources. As such, the tendency to subjectively view resource distribution as zero-sum might have been the dominant strategy in our evolutionary past, giving individuals with higher zero-sum beliefs a relative advantage over others. ( 部分学者借鉴进化心理学的观点提出：零和思维是早期人类祖先为适应环境而形成的一种认知本能，彼时人类不得不围绕有限的资源展开竞争。因此，在人类进化历程中，主观上将资源分配视作零和博弈的思维倾向，曾是主流生存策略，那些零和观念更强的个体，相较他人会拥有一定生存优势。)”可知，零和思维是人类进化形成的认知本能，是进化遗留的固有思维，很难主动摆脱，属于人类与生俱来的思维模式。由此可知，第二段侧重说明零和思维是人类进化形成的固有本能。 【14题详解】 词句猜测题。根据下文“such as when negotiators who believe that their counterparts gain at their expense overlook opportunities for mutually beneficial deals. (例如，有些谈判 者认为对手的获益必然建立在自己的损失之上，因而会错失达成互利共赢协议的机会。)”可知，零和思维对人际关系产生了有害的影响，由此可知，detrimental意为“有害的”。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“To fight these effects, we can remember to remain mindful that there are numerous opportunities for non-zero-sum interactions with others, such as finding opportunities to exchange surpluses or favors with others. (为了对抗这些影响，我们可以记住，与他人进行非零和互动的机会有很多，比如寻找与他人交换剩余或恩惠的机会。)”可知，作者认为存在许多非零和互动的机会，即真正的双赢是可以实现的。 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。 Suffering Is Not a Down Payment on Happiness We have always loved sentences that make suffering sound temporary. “This will all be worth it.” “After bitterness comes sweetness.” These phrases give pain a direction.____16____ ____17____When life becomes difficult, believing that hardship has an ending can help us continue. Sometimes we genuinely need a story that carries us through a season we cannot immediately change. The problem begins when comfort quietly becomes a rule: if I suffer enough, happiness will eventually be owed to me. The future becomes responsible for paying it back. Reality makes no such contract. Some difficult years are followed by beautiful ones. Others are followed by ordinary ones.____18____ This matters because people can remain too long in damaging situations when suffering itself feels meaningful. Endurance can be admirable. But endurance without direction can become a trap.____19____ Sometimes hardship does teach us something. But the lesson is not contained automatically inside the pain. It comes from what we do afterward: how we reflect and what we change. Pain can become material for growth, but material is not the finished work. There is another cost to believing too strongly in “suffer now, enjoy later.” It can make happiness feel like something that must always be postponed. Rest becomes guilty. A peaceful afternoon feels undeserved because you have not yet achieved enough. This is how a person can spend decades preparing to live. First finish school. Then establish a career. Then earn enough. Eventually, happiness becomes a destination that keeps moving whenever you get close. None of this means avoiding difficult things. A meaningful life requires effort, discipline, grief and sacrifice. Growth often includes discomfort. The difference is whether the difficulty serves something you have chosen.____20____ The question is not simply, “Does this hurt?” It is, “What is this pain helping me protect, build, or become?” “After bitterness comes sweetness” can remain a blessing, but it does not need to become a law. The beautiful parts of life are not interest paid on suffering. Sometimes they are simply here - and you are allowed to taste them before all the bitterness is gone. A. There is comfort in this idea. B. There is no universal system converting pain into reward at a fixed rate. C. The ability to survive something does not automatically mean that staying is wise. D. Reduce unnecessary pain where you can and leave what repeatedly diminishes you. E. They reassure us that what hurts now is somehow purchasing something better later. F. Perhaps maturity means giving up the demand that every wound receive an equal reward. G. Necessary difficulty and meaningless suffering can feel equally unpleasant in the moment. 【答案】16. E 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. G 【解析】 【导语】本文反驳了“吃苦换甜”的固化认知，指出苦难并非幸福的预付金，成长源于主动反思而非痛苦本身，倡导主动选择有意义的付出，不必推迟当下的美好。 【16题详解】 根据上文“‘This will all be worth it.’ ‘After bitterness comes sweetness.’ These phrases give pain a direction.(‘这一切都值得’‘苦涩之后，是甜蜜’这些话语为痛苦赋予了一个方向)”可知，上文提到这些说法给痛苦赋予了方向，让我们容易接受暂时的苦难，由此可知，E项They reassure us that what hurts now is somehow purchasing something better later.(它们让我们确信此刻的伤痛，终将换来日后更好的东西)承接前文，逻辑连贯。 【17题详解】 该空为段首句。根据下文“When life becomes difficult, believing that hardship has an ending can help us continue. Sometimes we genuinely need a story that carries us through a season we cannot immediately change. (当生活变得艰难时，相信苦难终有终结，能帮助我们继续前行。有时，我们确实需要一个故事，来支撑我们度过无法立刻改变的时期)”可知，下文讲述困境中相信苦难是暂时的能支撑人走下去。由此可知，A项There is comfort in this idea.(这个想法能带来慰藉)契合语境。 【18题详解】 该空位于段末。根据上文“The problem begins when comfort quietly becomes a rule: if I suffer enough, happiness will eventually be owed to me. The future becomes responsible for paying it back. Reality makes no such contract. Some difficult years are followed by beautiful ones. Others are followed by ordinary ones.(但问题在于，当这种安慰悄然变成常态：只要我受够了痛苦，幸福终将属于我；未来必须为此偿还。现实从不承诺这样的契约。有些艰难的年月后，迎来的是美好的时光；有些则被平凡所取代)”可知，上文指出现实中苦难之后不一定是成功或美好。由此可知，B项 There is no universal system converting pain into reward at a fixed rate.(世上并不存在一种固定比例的机制，将痛苦转化为回报)呼应“现实没有这种契约”的表述。 【19题详解】 根据上文“Endurance can be admirable. But endurance without direction can become a trap.(忍耐固然值得钦佩，但若缺乏方向，忍耐反而可能成为陷阱)”及下文“Sometimes hardship does teach us something. But the lesson is not contained automatically inside the pain. It comes from what we do afterward: how we reflect and what we change. Pain can become material for growth, but material is not the finished work.(有时候，苦难确实会教会我们一些东西。但痛苦本身并不自动包含着教训。它源于我们之后的行动：我们的反思以及我们所做的改变。痛苦可以成为成长的原料，但原料并非最终成果)”可知，上文提到无方向的忍耐会变成陷阱，下文对痛苦本身不会自动带来成长的论述。由此可知，C项The ability to survive something does not automatically mean that staying is wise.(熬过某件事的能力并不自动意味着坚持留下是明智的)承接陷阱的内涵，引出后文。 【20题详解】 根据上文“None of this means avoiding difficult things. A meaningful life requires effort, discipline, grief and sacrifice. Growth often includes discomfort. The difference is whether the difficulty serves something you have chosen.(这一切并不意味着要回避困难。有意义的人生需要努力、自律、悲伤与牺牲。成长常常伴随着不适。区别在于，这种困难是否服务于你主动选择的目标)”及下文“The question is not simply, ‘Does this hurt?’ It is, ‘What is this pain helping me protect, build, or become?’(问题不在于“这痛吗”，而在于“这种痛苦究竟在帮助我保护什么、构建什么或成为什么)”可知，上文指出区别在于苦难是否服务于你自主选择的目标，下文是判断痛苦价值的两个问题。G项Necessary difficulty and meaningless suffering can feel equally unpleasant in the moment.(必要的困难和无意义的痛苦，在当下都可能同样令人不快)符合语境。 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Bali’s economy is highly reliant on foreign travelers. As COVID-19 led to the sudden suspension of international ____21____, many people in Bali were out of work. Adi and Frances, the founders of a cooking school, decided to start a project called “Feed Bali” to ____22____ free food packages for local families ____23____. The project aimed to make the villagers eat nutritiously while staying at home during the pandemic without any ____24____. Their initial ____25____ was quite modest — just to help 20 households around their school. They ____26____ their friends for donations of food packages. The response from donors was quite satisfying. Many people donated daily necessities ____27____. Meanwhile, they received numerous calls seeking help. Although they tried to help every family, it was just too difficult to ____28____ the need of different families, let alone ____29____through jungles in the mountains on foot to transport the food and necessities. So they turned to a(n) ____30____ team for help. The team members sourced foods ____31____ from local farmers, instead of buying imported foods, so that local farmers could ____32____ during the challenging times. They also taught the families how to grow crops and raise goats, creating a long-term, ____33____ plan to improve their livelihoods. By May 2021, Feed Bali had helped 3,540 households. What Adi and Frances have done greatly ____34____ the members of the project. “Working with Feed Bali,” one of the members says, “has taught me the meaning of sharing. Though I don’t have much, I can lend a hand to make a ____35____ to others.” 21. A. tourism  B. competition  C. research  D. communication 22. A. exchange  B. reserve  C. wrap  D. provide 23. A. with ease  B. in common  C. in need  D. by chance 24. A. awareness  B. income  C. loss  D. investment 25. A. choice  B. achievement  C. objective  D. change 26. A. appealed to  B. objected to  C. responded to  D. applied to 27. A. sensitively  B. doubtfully  C. conveniently  D. enthusiastically 28. A. exchange  B. restrict  C. balance  D. reflect 29. A. struggle  B. see  C. construct  D. talk 30. A. experienced  B. experimental  C. amateur  D. legal 31. A. hardly  B. directly  C. independently  D. carelessly 32. A. celebrate  B. compromise  C. benefit  D. understand 33. A. impossible  B. imaginable  C. unusual  D. sustainable 34. A. amuses  B. inspires  C. challenges  D. authorizes 35. A. living  B. fortune  C. promise  D. difference 【答案】21. A 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. D 【解析】 【导语】文章主要讲述了巴厘岛疫情导致旅游业停滞、民众失业，Adi和Frances发起“Feed Bali”项目为困难家庭提供免费食物，并从当地农民直接采购、教授种植养殖，形成可持续帮扶计划，最终帮助数千家庭并传递分享精神的故事。 【21题详解】 考查名词。句意：由于COVID-19导致国际旅游业突然中断，巴厘岛的许多人失业了。A. tourism旅游业；B. competition竞争；C. research研究；D. communication交流。根据句子“As COVID-19”以及“many people in Bali were out of work”可知，疫情导致的是国际旅游业突然中断。 【22题详解】 考查动词。句意：一所烹饪学校的创始人Adi和Frances决定启动一个名为“Feed Bali”的项目，为有需要的当地家庭提供免费食品包。A. exchange交换；B. reserve预留；C. wrap包裹；D. provide提供。根据后文“The project aimed to make the villagers eat nutritiously while staying at home during the pandemic without any ________ .”可知，项目的核心目标是向有困难的家庭输送免费食物。 【23题详解】 考查介词短语。句意：同上。A. with ease轻松地；B. in common共同的；C. in need在困境中/需要帮助的；D. by chance偶然。根据前文“many people in Bali were out of work”可知，疫情期间失业、生活陷入困境的家庭才是这个帮扶项目的服务对象。 【24题详解】 考查名词。句意：该项目旨在帮助村民在疫情期间居家、没有任何收入的情况下，吃上富有营养的食物。A. awareness意识；B. income收入；C. loss损失；D. investment投资。根据前文“many people in Bali were out of work”可知，大量民众失业，没有稳定收入，项目的初衷就是在他们失去收入来源时提供食物保障。 【25题详解】 考查名词。句意：他们最初的目标非常朴素——仅仅是帮助学校周边的20户家庭。A. choice选择；B. achievement成就；C. objective目标；D. change改变。根据后文“just to help 20 households around their school”可知，帮助20户家庭是他们的最初目标。 【26题详解】 考查动词短语。句意：他们呼吁朋友们捐赠食品包。A. appealed to呼吁；B. objected to反对；C. responded to回应；D. applied to申请/适用。根据后文“their friends for donations of food packages”可知，二人向身边的朋友发出求助，呼吁大家参与捐赠。 【27题详解】 考查副词。句意：许多人热情地捐赠了日常必需品。A. sensitively敏感地；B. doubtfully怀疑地；C. conveniently方便地；D. enthusiastically热情地。根据前文“The response from donors was quite satisfying”可知，捐赠者的反响十分令人满意，说明大家参与捐赠的态度都很热情。 【28题详解】 考查动词。句意：尽管他们努力帮助每个家庭，但要平衡不同家庭的需求实在太难了，更不用说徒步艰难穿越山中丛林去运送食物和物资了。A. exchange交换；B. restrict限制；C. balance平衡；D. reflect反映。根据空后“the need of different families”可知，不同家庭需求各异，难以兼顾平衡。 【29题详解】 考查动词。句意：同上。A. struggle艰难前行/挣扎；B. see看见；C. construct建造；D. talk交谈。根据空后“through jungles in the mountains on foot to transport the food and necessities”可知，在山地丛林中徒步运送物资本身就是十分费力、需要艰难前行。struggle through精准体现了这种艰难状态。 【30题详解】 考查形容词。句意：于是他们向一支有经验的团队求助。A. experienced有经验的；B. experimental实验性的；C. amateur业余的；D. legal合法的。根据后文“The team members sourced foods ________ from local farmers, instead of buying imported foods, so that local farmers could ________ during the challenging times.”可知，该团队能采购、运输并教种植养殖，说明是专业有经验的团队。 【31题详解】 考查副词。句意：团队成员直接从当地农民那里采购食物，而不是购买进口食品，以便当地农民在艰难时期也能受益。A. hardly几乎不；B. directly直接地；C. independently独立地；D. carelessly粗心地。根据后文“instead of buying imported foods, so that local farmers could ____”可知，跳过购买进口食物环节，直接对接本地农户采购，才能最大程度让本地生产者获益。 【32题详解】 考查动词。句意：同上。A. celebrate庆祝；B. compromise妥协；C. benefit受益；D. understand理解。根据前文“instead of buying imported foods”可知，直接向当地农民采购，农民因此得到收入而受益。 【33题详解】 考查形容词。句意：他们还教这些家庭如何种庄稼、养山羊，制定一个长期的、可持续的计划来改善生计。A. impossible不可能的；B. imaginable可想象的；C. unusual不寻常的；D. sustainable可持续的。根据空前“They also taught the families how to grow crops and raise goats”可知，空处与long-term（长期）并列，说明教种植养殖是可持续的帮扶。 【34题详解】 考查动词。句意：Adi和Frances所做的极大地鼓舞了项目成员。A. amuses使娱乐；B. inspires鼓舞/激励；C. challenges挑战；D. authorizes授权。根据后文“has taught me the meaning of sharing. Though I don’t have much, I can lend a hand to make a ________ to others”可知，成员说“教会了分享的意义”，说明是受到了鼓舞。 【35题详解】 考查名词。句意：虽然我拥有的不多，但我可以伸出援手，对他人产生影响。A. living生计；B. fortune财富；C. promise承诺；D. difference不同/影响。根据前文“I can lend a hand”可知，向别人伸出援手，说明会对别人产生影响。固定搭配make a difference意为“产生影响、起作用”。 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。 The Power of Listening Listening is the missing half of communication, absolutely necessary ____36____ often overlooked. We live in an age we call the Age of Communication and there is a lot of talking ____37____(go) on. But how much listening can there really be with so much ____38____(interrupt) and distraction? We think of communication ____39____ being about talking. But in fact, it’s really about listening. If you study the behavior of successful communicators, you will find that they listen far more than they talk. After all, we ____40____(give) two ears and one mouth for a reason. There are important reasons why it’s important to listen. One reason is that it helps us build a ____41____(harmony) relationship. It shows we care. After all, everybody wants ____42____ (hear). Another reason is that it makes it more likely ____43____ the other person is going to listen to us. It helps get to “yes.” So how do we listen? In ordinary listening, we’re hearing the words. And we are often thinking, “Where do I agree? What am I going to say in response?” In other words, the focus is on us. In genuine listening, ____44____, the spotlight moves to the other person. We listen from their perspective, not just _____45_____(we). In genuine listening, we listen not just to the words, but to what’s behind the words. 【答案】36. but 37. going 38. interruption 39. as 40. are given 41. harmonious 42. to be heard 43. that 44. however 45. ours 【解析】 【导语】本文主要论述了倾听在沟通中的重要作用，对比了普通倾听和真诚倾听的差异，点明了倾听的核心价值。 【36题详解】 考查连词。句意：倾听是沟通中缺失的一半，是绝对必要但却经常被忽视的部分。前后两个形容词necessary和overlooked并列却存在转折逻辑，应填转折连词but。 【37题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：我们生活在一个称之为沟通时代的时期，有大量的交谈正在进行。动词短语go on在句中作后置定语，修饰名词talking，与所修饰名词是主动关系，使用现在分词形式going。 【38题详解】 考查名词。句意：但在如此多的干扰和分心因素之下，真正能有多少倾听呢？该空需要一个名词与distraction并列作介词with的宾语，interrupt是动词，其名词形式拼写为interruption。 【39题详解】 考查介词。句意：我们认为沟通就是说话。固定搭配think of sth. as sth.意为“把……看作……”，符合句意，应填as。 【40题详解】 考查一般现在时的被动语态。句意：毕竟，我们被赋予两只耳朵和一张嘴是有原因的。动词give在句中作谓语，主语we和动词give是被动关系，应使用被动语态be given；陈述客观事实用一般现在时，主语we是表复数的代词，助动词be使用复数形式are。 【41题详解】 考查形容词。句意：其中之一是它帮助我们建立和谐的关系。此处需要形容词作定语修饰名词relationship，harmony是名词，其形容词形式拼写为harmonious。 【42题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：毕竟，每个人都想要被倾听。固定搭配want to do sth.意为“想要做某事”，该空需要使用动词不定式形式作宾语；逻辑主语everybody和hear是被动关系，因此用不定式的被动结构to be heard。 【43题详解】 考查名词性从句。句意：另一个原因是，这会让对方更有可能倾听我们。makes后面的it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的从句，从句结构完整不缺句子成分，用that引导宾语从句。 【44题详解】 考查副词。句意：然而，在真诚的倾听中，焦点转移到了对方身上。上一句说普通倾听的焦点在自己，本句说真诚倾听的焦点在他人，前后是转折逻辑，空后有逗号隔开，用转折副词however衔接。 【45题详解】 考查代词。句意：我们从他们的角度倾听，而不只是从我们的角度。we是人称代词，此处应填our perspective，对应their perspective，避免重复省略了名词perspective，our应变为名词性物主代词。 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假如你是李华，你将代表学校参加国际中学生交流活动，交流主题为“我的理想职业”。请你准备一份英文演讲稿，内容包括： 1. 如何选择职业； 2. 你的职业选择。 注意： 1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Good afternoon, everyone! I feel honored to stand here and deliver a speech entitled “My Ideal Career”. Every student faces the problem of choosing an occupation after graduating from university. To make a sensible choice, a graduate is strongly advised to take two aspects into consideration, namely the personal interest and the demand of our society. As for my choice, I want to work as an interpreter. I’m keen on learning foreign languages, English in particular. Therefore, I’m determined to be a qualified interpreter. Thank you for listening. 【解析】 【导语】本篇书面表达要求考生以李华身份写英文演讲稿，主题为 “我的理想职业”。 【详解】1. 词汇积累 职业：occupation → profession 明智的：sensible → reasonable 考虑：consideration → account 热衷于：be keen on → be enthusiastic about 2. 句式拓展 简单句变复合句 原句：I’m keen on learning foreign languages, English in particular. 拓展句：I’m keen on learning foreign languages, among which English is my favourite. 【点睛】【高分句型 1】I feel honored to stand here and deliver a speech entitled “My Ideal Career”.(运用了动词不定式作状语以及过去分词作后置定语) 【高分句型 2】To make a sensible choice, a graduate is strongly advised to take two aspects into consideration, namely the personal interest and the demand of our society. (运用了不定式作目的状语) 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。 It was a rainy, damp December day, the cold drizzle pattering against my car window as I headed to the store to pick up another week’s worth of food. The gray sky hung low, and the air was filled with the chill of winter, making the whole day feel gloomy. I had put off shopping for Christmas presents until later in the month, fearing the chaotic crowds of holiday shoppers — they always made the store feel tight and overwhelming. As I drove, I kept the CD player on, turning up the soft music to drown out the radio news, which always seemed to be filled with stories of division and conflict, leaving me feeling helpless and discouraged. Still, I gave my young son a dollar, telling him to put it in the charity worker’s red container by the store door — a small act of kindness to ease the world’s divisions.We went in, and the warm air inside hit us, a welcome relief from the cold rain outside. We quickly filled our cart with groceries — fresh vegetables, bread, and some treats for the upcoming holiday. Then we walked towards the self-checkout machines. I hated using them; I much preferred chatting with the friendly cashiers, who always had a smile and a kind word. But the line at the regular registers was five deep, and I just didn’t have the time to wait. As I pulled my cart up to a self-checkout machine, I heard the man next to me complaining quietly, his face lined with frustration. He only had a few items — a loaf of bread, a carton of milk, and a jar of jam — but every time he put his wrinkled, well-worn twenty-dollar bill into the machine, it was rejected. He sighed heavily, running a hand through his gray hair, clearly trying his hardest not to curse. I could tell he was growing more and more upset, his hands shaking slightly as he tried again and again to feed the bill into the machine. 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。 I quickly grabbed a newer twenty out of my purse. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The old man waved goodbye, leaving us there with that torn twenty in hand. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】【参考范文】 I quickly grabbed a newer twenty out of my purse. It was crisp and clean, having just come from the bank that morning. I tapped the old man gently on the shoulder and handed him the bill with a warm smile. “Excuse me,” I said softly. “Try this one.” He looked up, his tired eyes meeting mine with a mixture of surprise and hesitation. Then he took the bill and fed it into the machine carefully. This time, the green light flashed, and a soft whir announced its acceptance. He let out a long, quiet breath. “Thank you, ma’am,” he murmured repeatedly before pressing his wrinkled twenty-dollar note into my hand. The old man waved goodbye, leaving us there with that torn twenty in hand. My son tugged my sleeve. “Mama, can we still put that in the kettle?” he asked. I smiled and nodded. As we walked out into the cold drizzle, he dropped the old twenty into the kettle as he usually did, hoping it could bring a little joy to someone in need. That torn, rejected bill had found its place — just like a small kindness on a gloomy December day. As we drove home, we heard a quote from Mother Teresa on the radio: “Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” 【解析】 【导语】本文以人物为线索，讲述了阴冷冬日作者带儿子购物，看到老人纸币被自助机拒收，作者用新钱帮他解围，最后将破损纸币投入慈善箱，体会微小善意力量的故事。 【详解】1.段落续写： ①由第一段首句内容可知，本段可描写作者拿出新纸币主动帮助老人付款，老人成功结账并向作者真诚道谢、归还旧钞的过程。 ②由第二段首句内容可知，本段可描写老人离开后，作者和儿子将破旧纸币投入慈善箱，二人收获温暖，领悟微小善意的美好意义。 2.续写线索：换钞相助——顺利结账——连声致谢——归还旧钞——投捐善款——体悟善意 3.词汇激活 行为类 ①轻拍：tap/pat ②低声说：murmur/whisper 情绪类 ①疲惫的：tired/weary/exhausted ②惊讶：surprise/astonishment/amazement 【点睛】【高分句型1】It was crisp and clean, having just come from the bank that morning. (使用了现在分词完成式having come作原因状语) 【高分句型2】As we walked out into the cold drizzle, he dropped the old twenty into the kettle as he usually did, hoping it could bring a little joy to someone in need. (使用了as引导的时间状语从句和方式状语从句及现在分词hoping作伴随状语) 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 沈阳二中2026-2027学年度上学期10月月考 高三（2027届）英语试题 说明：1．测试时间：120分钟 总分：150分 2．客观题涂在答题纸上，主观题在答题纸的相应位置上 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面几段录音。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. How long will the girl stay with her parents? A. For one week. B. For two weeks. C. For three weeks. 2. How is the woman feeling now? A. Pleased. B. Confused. C. Disappointed. 3. What is the woman doing? A. Spending her holiday. B. Making a travel plan. C. Preparing for an exam. 4. Who is the man? A. A business client. B. A job applicant. C. A new staff member. 5. What does Karen think of doing community work? A. Relaxing. B. Meaningful. C. Challenging. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面几段录音。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。 听下面的录音，回答6-7小题。 6. Why does Jenny want to seek a job change? A. To earn a higher salary. B. To find a low-stress job. C. To have a regular work schedule. 7. What do we know about Jenny? A. She used to be a waitress. B. She has poor communication skills. C. She is unwilling to accept the salary. 听下面的录音，回答8-9小题。 8. Who is the woman probably? A. A reporter. B. A secretary. C. A manager. 9. Why will the man go to the Mexican restaurant? A. To try new coffee. B. To have an interview. C. To meet an Indian client. 听下面的录音，回答10-12小题。 10. What is the difficulty that the man is facing? A. Remembering things. B. Keeping a healthy diet. C. Managing tasks at the same time. 11. What improves blood supply to the brain according to the woman? A. Enough sleep. B. Regular exercise. C. Different kinds of fish. 12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Doctor and patient. C. Fitness coach and athlete. 听下面的录音，回答13-16小题。 13. When was the speaker born? A. In 2006. B. In 2013. C. In 2019. 14. What did the speaker like doing on Facebook at first? A. Knowing about others’ lives. B. Sharing her dance videos. C. Talking about her hobbies. 15. What did some of the speaker’s classmates do to her? A. They were unkind to her in school. B. They sent mean private messages to her. C. They left hurtful comments on her post. 16. What does the speaker plan to do next? A. Focus on her real-life friendships. B. Start using social media again. C. Be stricter with others. 听下面的录音，回答17-20小题。 17. What is the talk mainly about? A. A lecture on success. B. A graduation ceremony. C. A school award ceremony. 18. What kind of school is it? A. A girls’ school. B. A boys’ school. C. A mixed school. 19. Who is quoted in the talk? A. A sportsman. B. A teacher. C. A singer. 20. What does the speaker say is the most important? A. Confidence. B. Success. C. Trying. 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） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Three of the Best New Novels to Read “THESE ARE all my politics: I enjoy music and painting; a good book is an event in my life.” A character in The Red and the Black by Stendhal, a French writer, proclaimed those words in 1830, but plenty of people today will recognise the sentiment. “If you want to experience diverse lives through literary works, you can choose one of the recommended novels below. Perhaps it will even become an event in your life. The Calamity Club By Kathryn Stockett. Spiegel & Grau; 656 pages; $35. A cheerful work of historical fiction set in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1933. Meg endures misery in an orphanage. Birdie comes to town to borrow money from her married sister. Inevitably the characters’ paths cross; soon they find themselves joining forces with other downtrodden women intent on improving their lives. This novel has intricately woven storylines and a vibrant cast. The Things We Never Say By Elizabeth Strout. Random House; 224 pages; $29.00 Artie Dam is a happily married man and a popular history teacher. But deep down he feels trapped in a “state of depression”. A shocking revelation, however, makes him appreciate all he holds dear. This bittersweet novel about the effects of trauma, anxiety and loneliness examines how well people really know each other. Whistler By Ann Patchett. Harper; 304 pages; $30. Daphne hasn’t seen her stepfather, Eddie, since they were involved in a near-fatal car accident 44 years ago. A chance meeting in New York allows the pair to reconnect. It also gives Daphne the chance to finally learn the truth about why Eddie’s marriage to her mother fell apart. This is a tale of secrets and lasting love, enriched by sharply drawn characters. 1. What can we learn about The Calamity Club from the text? A. It is a non-fiction work set in the 19th century. B. It mainly focuses on the political struggles in Mississippi. C. It tells the story of women joining forces to improve their lives. D. It is written by a French author named Stendhal. 2. What do The Things We Never Say and Whistler have in common? A. Both involve the theme of seeking truth from past events. B. Both are set in New York city. C. Both deal with the impact of an accident. D. Both are short novels with fewer than 200 pages. 3. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To compare differences between several famous novels. B. To recommend several newly published novels to reader. C. To analyse the social meaning of modern fiction. D. To introduce Stendhal’s work The Red and the Black. B Since losing my sister, my father, and my grandmother to deaths linked to mental diseases, I should have had potentially much to be unhappy about. Yet while these losses have affected me profoundly, in general, I find it hard not to start each day with the feeling that life is good, and the future is bright. That some individuals may biologically tend to be optimistic is supported by a report of a Scottish woman called Jo Cameron. She is free from pain. Interestingly, suggesting that responses to physical and emotional pain may be linked, Cameron scored zero on tests assessing levels of anxiety and depression, saying that she always feels happy. What happened to Jo Cameron that made her behave like that? It is the mutations (突变) in two genes. One of the genes mutated in her genome (基因组) is FAAH. It is involved in the breakdown of anandamide, a chemical central to pain sensation, mood, and memory. The other is a gene that boosts FAAH’s action called FAAH-OUT. The two mutations combined dramatically boost levels of anandamide in the body. Should we all desire to have our genomes engineered like Jo Cameron? Indeed, Cameron had accumulated injuries, which only came to the attention of doctors when Cameron became unable to walk or handle items, not because she reported any pain. While it might be better not to imitate Cameron’s imperviousness to pain, how about finding a way to provide the rest of us with her sunny mindset? In fact, here too there are some negative features. One contributing factor to Cameron’s positive outlook is that she quickly forgets negative incidents. However, she is also more generally highly forgetful. This provides another reason why it would not be a good idea to genetically engineer everyone to be more like Cameron. Still, studying how Cameron’s two gene mutations result in her resistance to both physical and emotional pain might help the development of new types of painkillers and therapies for the treatment of depression. More generally, while Cameron is clearly a highly unusual person, the existence of such an individual suggests that there may be many other people who have a less extreme tendency to be resistant to pain and have a more positive outlook on life, but who nevertheless have a genetic basis for this tendency. 4. What’s the author curious about sometimes? A. What leads to her being a positive person. B. How to deal with the loss of her family. C. How to start a day with an optimistic attitude. D. Why her family suffered from mental diseases. 5. What do we know about Jo Cameron? A. She is good at doing tests. B. She used to be a Scottish gene researcher. C. She has a biological tendency to be optimistic. D. She found the link between physical pain and emotional pain. 6. What’s the function of Paragraph 3? A. To show Cameron’s daily life. B. To explain the cause of Cameron’s symptoms. C. To introduce two important genes in our body. D. To demonstrate the mutation progress of genes. 7. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. The significance of studying Cameron’s condition. B. Ways to reduce physical pain and emotional pain. C. The necessity of developing new painkillers. D. Benefits of being positive about the future. C In the animal kingdom, killer whales are social stars: they travel in varied family groups, care for grandchildren, and even imitate human speech. Now, scientists are adding one more behavior to the list: forming friendships. A new study shows killer whales can rival animals such as chimpanzees and macaques (a kind of monkey), and even humans when it comes to the kind of “social touch” that indicates strong bonds. Some ocean animals maintain social structures — including male dolphins that learn the “names” of their close allies (盟友). But there is little data about wild killer whales. That’s where drone technology came in. Michael Weiss, a behavioral ecologist, teamed up with his colleagues to launch unmanned drones, flying them 30 to 120 meters above a group of killer whales. That was high enough not to bother the whales, marking the first time drones have been used to study friendly physical contact in whales. The researchers recorded over 800 instances of physical contact between individuals. Those included slippery hugs, back-to-back and nose-to-nose touches between pairs of whales. Other whales playfully threw young whales into the air, letting them fall into the water. Besides, the drone images revealed clear preferences among individuals, usually for one “best friend” of the same sex and age. Take J49 and J51 — two distantly related young males aged 9 and 6 — for instance. “Every time you see a group of whales, those two are right there interacting with each other,” Weiss says. The young led most of these interactions, rather than the older females or males. Older males in particular were less important. “The young individuals really seem to be the glue holding the groups together,” Weiss says. As individuals age, this gradual loss of “centrality” is known in many social mammals, including humans. That finding is “especially appealing” to biological anthropologist Stacey Tecot, who wasn’t involved in the study. “Scientists have long observed this social aging trend in animals, but there are still many unanswered questions,” she says. That’s certainly on the researchers’ radar. “We’re already gathering new data, with more advanced equipment,” says Weiss. 8. What does the underlined word “rival” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Benefit from.  B. Cooperate with.  C. Be fond of.  D. Be comparable to. 9. What did Weiss find about J49 and J51? A. They prefer playing with young female whales. B. Their communicating ways change frequently. C. Their interactions are more complicated. D. They have a stable friendship. 10. What conclusion did the researchers arrive at after the new study? A. Older whales tend to be more experienced. B. Younger male whales learn more quickly. C. Older female whales prefer to be alone. D. Young whales are more socially active. 11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. How Technology Helps Study Ocean Animals. B. Young Killer Whales Play a Key Role in Groups. C. Drones Reveal Killer Whales’ Close Friendships. D. Physical Contact: A Way for Killer Whales to Show Bonds. D When you were little, did you fight with your brother or sister about who would get the last gummy bear? Or who got to sit in the front of the ride? Behind these cases lies a hidden mindset — zero-sum thinking, a term that comes from math. In a zero-sum game, the total of gains and losses among the players always adds up to zero. Oskar Morgenstern first formally described this concept in the 1944 book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Since then it has been widely used in economic theories and game theory. Drawing on ideas of evolutionary psychology, some have argued that zero-sum thinking arose as a cognitive (认知的) adaptation within early-human ancestors who were forced to compete over limited resources. As such, the tendency to subjectively view resource distribution as zero-sum might have been the dominant strategy in our evolutionary past, giving individuals with higher zero-sum beliefs a relative advantage over others. Thus, in modern environments, zero-sum beliefs are adopted under similar conditions of threat and resource-shortage and can be overridden only with thoughtful reflection. Zero-sum beliefs have important intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences. At the intrapersonal level, greater approval of zero-sum beliefs is associated with more negative (and less positive) effects, more greed and lower life satisfaction. Zero-sum beliefs can also be interpersonally detrimental, such as when negotiators who believe that their counterparts gain at their expense overlook opportunities for mutually beneficial deals. More broadly, people who adopt zero-sum beliefs often feel lonelier. Thus, zero-sum beliefs are associated with both the quality and the quantity of close personal relationships. To fight these effects, we can remember to remain mindful that there are numerous opportunities for non-zero-sum interactions with others, such as finding opportunities to exchange surpluses or favors with others. Doing so provides the necessary ingredients for trust and mutual benefit to form, which are both necessary for any business or economy to function optimally, in good times and in bad. 12. Which is the core of zero-sum mindset? A. Every coin has two sides. B. The other’s gain is your loss. C. Many hands make light work. D. United we stand, divided we fall. 13. What does paragraph 2 try to stress concerning zero-sum thinking? A. It is unique to humans. B. It tends to be short-lived. C. It helped ancestors survive. D. It is hardwired into humans. 14. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Dynamic. B. Complex. C. Harmful. D. Consistent. 15. Which of the following does the author probably agree with? A. Trust is a two-way street. B. A true win-win is attainable. C. Opportunity knocks but once. D. Economy undergoes thick and thin. 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。 Suffering Is Not a Down Payment on Happiness We have always loved sentences that make suffering sound temporary. “This will all be worth it.” “After bitterness comes sweetness.” These phrases give pain a direction.____16____ ____17____When life becomes difficult, believing that hardship has an ending can help us continue. Sometimes we genuinely need a story that carries us through a season we cannot immediately change. The problem begins when comfort quietly becomes a rule: if I suffer enough, happiness will eventually be owed to me. The future becomes responsible for paying it back. Reality makes no such contract. Some difficult years are followed by beautiful ones. Others are followed by ordinary ones.____18____ This matters because people can remain too long in damaging situations when suffering itself feels meaningful. Endurance can be admirable. But endurance without direction can become a trap.____19____ Sometimes hardship does teach us something. But the lesson is not contained automatically inside the pain. It comes from what we do afterward: how we reflect and what we change. Pain can become material for growth, but material is not the finished work. There is another cost to believing too strongly in “suffer now, enjoy later.” It can make happiness feel like something that must always be postponed. Rest becomes guilty. A peaceful afternoon feels undeserved because you have not yet achieved enough. This is how a person can spend decades preparing to live. First finish school. Then establish a career. Then earn enough. Eventually, happiness becomes a destination that keeps moving whenever you get close. None of this means avoiding difficult things. A meaningful life requires effort, discipline, grief and sacrifice. Growth often includes discomfort. The difference is whether the difficulty serves something you have chosen.____20____ The question is not simply, “Does this hurt?” It is, “What is this pain helping me protect, build, or become?” “After bitterness comes sweetness” can remain a blessing, but it does not need to become a law. The beautiful parts of life are not interest paid on suffering. Sometimes they are simply here - and you are allowed to taste them before all the bitterness is gone. A. There is comfort in this idea. B. There is no universal system converting pain into reward at a fixed rate. C. The ability to survive something does not automatically mean that staying is wise. D. Reduce unnecessary pain where you can and leave what repeatedly diminishes you. E. They reassure us that what hurts now is somehow purchasing something better later. F. Perhaps maturity means giving up the demand that every wound receive an equal reward. G. Necessary difficulty and meaningless suffering can feel equally unpleasant in the moment. 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Bali’s economy is highly reliant on foreign travelers. As COVID-19 led to the sudden suspension of international ____21____, many people in Bali were out of work. Adi and Frances, the founders of a cooking school, decided to start a project called “Feed Bali” to ____22____ free food packages for local families ____23____. The project aimed to make the villagers eat nutritiously while staying at home during the pandemic without any ____24____. Their initial ____25____ was quite modest — just to help 20 households around their school. They ____26____ their friends for donations of food packages. The response from donors was quite satisfying. Many people donated daily necessities ____27____. Meanwhile, they received numerous calls seeking help. Although they tried to help every family, it was just too difficult to ____28____ the need of different families, let alone ____29____through jungles in the mountains on foot to transport the food and necessities. So they turned to a(n) ____30____ team for help. The team members sourced foods ____31____ from local farmers, instead of buying imported foods, so that local farmers could ____32____ during the challenging times. They also taught the families how to grow crops and raise goats, creating a long-term, ____33____ plan to improve their livelihoods. By May 2021, Feed Bali had helped 3,540 households. What Adi and Frances have done greatly ____34____ the members of the project. “Working with Feed Bali,” one of the members says, “has taught me the meaning of sharing. Though I don’t have much, I can lend a hand to make a ____35____ to others.” 21. A. tourism  B. competition  C. research  D. communication 22. A. exchange  B. reserve  C. wrap  D. provide 23. A. with ease  B. in common  C. in need  D. by chance 24. A. awareness  B. income  C. loss  D. investment 25. A. choice  B. achievement  C. objective  D. change 26. A. appealed to  B. objected to  C. responded to  D. applied to 27. A. sensitively  B. doubtfully  C. conveniently  D. enthusiastically 28. A. exchange  B. restrict  C. balance  D. reflect 29. A. struggle  B. see  C. construct  D. talk 30. A. experienced  B. experimental  C. amateur  D. legal 31. A. hardly  B. directly  C. independently  D. carelessly 32. A. celebrate  B. compromise  C. benefit  D. understand 33. A. impossible  B. imaginable  C. unusual  D. sustainable 34. A. amuses  B. inspires  C. challenges  D. authorizes 35. A. living  B. fortune  C. promise  D. difference 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。 The Power of Listening Listening is the missing half of communication, absolutely necessary ____36____ often overlooked. We live in an age we call the Age of Communication and there is a lot of talking ____37____(go) on. But how much listening can there really be with so much ____38____(interrupt) and distraction? We think of communication ____39____ being about talking. But in fact, it’s really about listening. If you study the behavior of successful communicators, you will find that they listen far more than they talk. After all, we ____40____(give) two ears and one mouth for a reason. There are important reasons why it’s important to listen. One reason is that it helps us build a ____41____(harmony) relationship. It shows we care. After all, everybody wants ____42____ (hear). Another reason is that it makes it more likely ____43____ the other person is going to listen to us. It helps get to “yes.” So how do we listen? In ordinary listening, we’re hearing the words. And we are often thinking, “Where do I agree? What am I going to say in response?” In other words, the focus is on us. In genuine listening, ____44____, the spotlight moves to the other person. We listen from their perspective, not just _____45_____(we). In genuine listening, we listen not just to the words, but to what’s behind the words. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 46. 假如你是李华，你将代表学校参加国际中学生交流活动，交流主题为“我的理想职业”。请你准备一份英文演讲稿，内容包括： 1. 如何选择职业； 2. 你的职业选择。 注意： 1. 词数80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。 It was a rainy, damp December day, the cold drizzle pattering against my car window as I headed to the store to pick up another week’s worth of food. The gray sky hung low, and the air was filled with the chill of winter, making the whole day feel gloomy. I had put off shopping for Christmas presents until later in the month, fearing the chaotic crowds of holiday shoppers — they always made the store feel tight and overwhelming. As I drove, I kept the CD player on, turning up the soft music to drown out the radio news, which always seemed to be filled with stories of division and conflict, leaving me feeling helpless and discouraged. Still, I gave my young son a dollar, telling him to put it in the charity worker’s red container by the store door — a small act of kindness to ease the world’s divisions.We went in, and the warm air inside hit us, a welcome relief from the cold rain outside. We quickly filled our cart with groceries — fresh vegetables, bread, and some treats for the upcoming holiday. Then we walked towards the self-checkout machines. I hated using them; I much preferred chatting with the friendly cashiers, who always had a smile and a kind word. But the line at the regular registers was five deep, and I just didn’t have the time to wait. As I pulled my cart up to a self-checkout machine, I heard the man next to me complaining quietly, his face lined with frustration. He only had a few items — a loaf of bread, a carton of milk, and a jar of jam — but every time he put his wrinkled, well-worn twenty-dollar bill into the machine, it was rejected. He sighed heavily, running a hand through his gray hair, clearly trying his hardest not to curse. I could tell he was growing more and more upset, his hands shaking slightly as he tried again and again to feed the bill into the machine. 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。 I quickly grabbed a newer twenty out of my purse. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The old man waved goodbye, leaving us there with that torn twenty in hand. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $