黑龙江省九师联盟2026届高三上学期10月月考英语试卷（Word版附答案）

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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5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例:Hw much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是C。
1. What des Esther mst prbably d?
A. A directr. B. An athlete. C. A singer.
2. What did Sarah emphasize just nw?
A. Team effrts. B. Shared respnsibility. C. Creative thinking.
3. Hw is the weather?
A. Ht. B. Warm. C. Cld.
4. What is the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Cwrkers. B. Dctr and patient. C. Interviewer and interviewee.
5. What are the speakers ging t d?
A. Clse the sup kitchen. B. Vlunteer in their cmmunity. C. Hire mre vlunteers.
第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. When will the man prbably meet Ms. Carey tmrrw?
A. At 10:00 am. B. At 12:00 pm. C. At 3:00 pm.
7. What will the man d tmrrw afternn?
A. Pick up internatinal partners.
B. Attend a budget review meeting.
C. Talk abut marketing strategies.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. On a plane. B. In a library. C. At a market.
9. Why des the wman g t France?
A. T start a business. B. T lk after her friends. C. T g traveling.
10. Where des the man cme frm?
A. The Netherlands. B. Thailand. C. Britain.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What can be learned abut the car?
A. A serius accident happened t it.
B. Its air cnditining system is new.
C. It has run mre than 40,000 miles.
12. What is the wman dissatisfied with abut the car?
A. The engine. B. The suspensins. C. The brakes.
13. Hw much des the wman want t pay fr the car at last?
A. $5,500. B. $6,000. C. $6,500.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14 Which f the fllwing is the wman’s favrite?
A. Wing Chun. B. Tai chi. C. Shalin kung fu.
15. What des the man like abut drunken bxing?
A. Its funny elements. B. Its health benefits. C. Its predictable mvements.
16. What d the speakers mainly talk abut in the end?
A. The techniques f effective self-defense.
B. The significance f Chinese martial arts.
C. The new cncept f Chinese philsphy.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. Which class des Rsenthal teach?
A. Envirnmental Literature. B. Organic Chemistry. C. Climate Change.
18. What was Djukic’s initial attitude tward Rsenthal’s bard game idea?
A. Uncncerned. B. Dubtful. C. Intlerant.
19. What are the players f the bard game “Slutins” expected t d?
A. Cmpete against each ther.
B. Cpy the idea f “Mnply”.
C. Cperate fr a cmmn gal.
20. What did Djukic say abut the bard game “Slutins” at last?
A. It required students t be determined.
B It invlved excellent strytelling skills.
C. It culd make a serius subject enjyable.
听力答案：1-10 ACCAB BBACC 11-20 CABBA BABCC
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
Meet Trailblazer: A New Language Prgram fr Yung Learners
Jin us fr an verview f Trailblazer, Natinal Gegraphic Learning’s new prgram fr yung learners f English! With Kristen Keating and Susannah Reed as yur guides, yu’ll learn hw this prgram prepares yur yung learners with the language supprt and literacy (读写) skills they need in a multicultural, media-rich wrld. We’ll review the exciting features f this prgram, including a three-inquiry apprach in each unit, real-life stries f Natinal Gegraphic Explrers and a multi-literacy framewrk (框架) fr each lessn.
Whether yu’re ready t teach with Trailblazer r interested in learning what this prgram can bring t yur classrms, we hpe yu’ll jin us t help yur yung learners start learning English!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Kristen Keating is a Senir Develpment Editr at Natinal Gegraphic Learning and lives in Vermnt. She has taught bth English and Spanish at the primary schl level, and she has develped materials fr bilingual (双语的) educatin in the US. At Natinal Gegraphic Learning, Kristen has cntributed t the develpment f several primary and preprimary English language learning prgrams, including Welcme t Our Wrld 2nd Editin and, mst recently, Trailblazer.
Susannah Reed is an authr and educatinal cnsultant, specializing in ELT materials fr yung learners f English. After teaching in Spain and the United Kingdm, Susannah has wrked in educatinal publishing fr ver 25 years as a publisher as well as a writer f ELT curse bks and readers fr children arund the wrld. Cmmitted t exciting, caring and multi-disciplinary materials which inspire children’s natural curisity and creativity, Susannah has develped learning materials with many f the tp ELT publishers, including Lk and See fr Natinal Gegraphic Learning. She is nw prud t be an authr n the innvative series Trailblazer.
1. What is special abut the prgram?
A. It includes real-life stries.B. It fcuses n scial media.
C. It desn’t have framewrks.D. It ffers ne-n-ne lessns.
2. Wh des “yu” in the text mst prbably refer t?
A. Writers.B. Teachers.C. Travelers.D. Publishers.
3. What can be knwn abut Susannah Reed?
A. Her bks are intended fr adult readers.
B. Her career in the UK was a little disappinting.
C. She launched Welcme t Our Wrld 2nd Editin.
D. She is experienced in develping learning materials.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. D
B
After years spent running and dieting, Casey Jhnstn came acrss a pst abut weightlifting.
“I dn’t lift t be attractive. I lift t be strng,” Jhnstn recalls ne devted pwerlifter psting.
“Liar,” Jhnstn thught t herself. “After all, isn’t attractiveness the reasn why mst peple wrk ut?”
Jhnstn wanted t lk attractive in cllege. She tried, at first, just dieting. That didn’t get her all the way t where she thught she shuld be — weight-wise. Then she started running. She was running mre and mre and eating less and less, but srt f staying in the same place. She just had the impressin that she shuld always be lsing weight.
Then she learned that what had happened thrugh all f this weight-lss pursuit was that she had dieted and exercised away all f her lean bdy mass (去脂体重). She thught her muscles were just there waiting t be uncvered if she lst enugh weight. It turned ut that, actually, if yu aren’t prtecting yur muscles actively, they can g away.
While running, Jhnstn fund it punishing, but it was a way t achieve ne gal that cnsumed her: nt being fat. She had absrbed the cultural message that the purpse f exercise was t make her as small as pssible.
Jhnstn admits that she was first drawn t weightlifting fr the same reasn. But gradually, she discvered strength training culd ffer mre.
She says lifting weights helped repair her disrdered eating and allwed her t enjy fd. “When I gave it a chance, with these basic elements, I fund it transfrmative. That wrk f lking clser and listening t myself is wrth the time,” she shares. “Mst imprtantly, it changed my attitude abut my wn bdy, frm ne centered n denial f pleasure t a relatinship that nw embraces mvement, rest and eating equally. My bdy culd feel gd, even pwerful.”
4. Hw did Jhnstn find the pst at first?
A. Inspiring.B. Ordinary.C. Innvative.D. Uncnvincing.
5. What was the utcme f Jhnstn’s dieting and running in cllege?
A. She became t weak t study.B. She gained mre lean bdy mass.
C. She didn’t lk the way she had expected.D. She lst mre weight than planned.
6. Why did Jhnstn start t learn t lift weights?
A. Fr weight lss.B. Fr educatin.
C. Fr entertainment.D. Fr cultural exchange.
7. What is the fcus f the last paragraph?
A. Hw Jhnstn became mre attractive.B. Hw weightlifting benefited Jhnstn.
C. Hw Jhnstn trained fr weightlifting.D. Hw exercise pressure affected Jhnstn.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B
C
Intellectually humble peple are able t recgnize and admit t the limitatins f their knwledge. They tend t be mre pen-minded, discerning, and respectful f thers. This suggests that intellectual humility (谦卑) culd be a virtue wrth develping, especially in children. In fact, a new study discvered that they already d, frm quite a yung age.
In this study, a diverse grup f ver 100 fur-t-eleven-year-ld children were asked hw they felt abut a humble versus an ver-cnfident adult figure. The children were presented with an ambiguus (模棱两可的) bject r wrd. Then, the children heard tw adults answer questins regarding the bject r wrd, including what it was, hw sure they were abut their identificatin, and if they were pen t it pssibly being smething else. Each adult initially identified the bject r wrd in the same way. But the humble persn said they were “pretty sure” they were right but that the wrd r bject culd be smething else, while the ver-cnfident persn said they were “definitely sure” they were right and it culdn’t be therwise.
After viewing these interviews, the children rated whm they liked mre and wuld rather learn frm. By analyzing their respnses, the researchers fund that children aged five and a half years and lder preferred humble peple t ver-cnfident peple.
“This suggests that children as yung as five and a half recgnize the value f intellectual humility,” says researcher Shauna Bwes f Vanderbilt University.
Bwes’s finding suggests that children culd benefit frm adults mdeling intellectual humility at yunger ages. Fr example, elementary schl teachers culd express uncertainty in situatins where the answer isn’t clear, nudging kids tward staying pen and digging deeper int ambiguus tpics. Similarly, parents culd mdel humility with their yung children, encuraging them t tackle cmplex prblems.
Bwes hpes that when adults mdel intellectual humility, children learn that n ne has all f the answers. “There is pwer in saying ‘I’m nt entirely sure and my knwledge is fallible, and s is yurs. But we can cme tgether and talk’,” says Bwes. “I think the earlier kids learn t d this, the better.”
8. What is a difference between the tw adult figures?
A. The kids viewing their interviews.B. The bject r wrd they identified.
C. Their initial way t identify an bject.D. Their attitude t their identificatin.
9. What might be cncluded accrding t the new study?
A. Over-cnfidence gives rise t misunderstandings.
B. Yung children prefer peple acting with humility.
C. Humble peple are bund t learn mre frm thers.
D. Children are fairly insensitive t intellectual humility.
10. What des the wrd “nudging” underlined in paragraph 5 mst prbably mean?
A. Cntrlling.B. Fllwing.C. Mtivating.D. Judging.
11. What message des Bwes deliver in the last paragraph?
A. Discussin desn’t always lead t certainty.
B. Hiding ne’s ignrance helps maintain authrity.
C. Knwledgeable peple are eager t share resurces.
D. It’s necessary t admit t ne’s knwledge limitatins.
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. C 11. D
D
In recent years, the sharp increase in glbal rcket launches has transfrmed the sky, fueled by the rapid grwth f the space industry. This creates majr pprtunities but als raises envirnmental challenges. Pllutants released during rcket launches and re-entry are left in the middle atmsphere, where they can damage the zne layer (臭氧层) which prtects Earth against harmful ultravilet radiatin.
Investigatins int hw rcket emissins (排放) affect zne began mre than three decades ag, but fr many years the impact was cnsidered minimal. As the frequency f launches cntinues t rise, this view is shifting. In 2019, nly 97 rbital launches were recrded wrldwide, but by 2024, the figure had climbed t 258, with prjectins pinting t cntinued rapid grwth.
Unlike grund-level pllutants, emissins frm rckets and re-entering satellites can stay in the middle and upper atmsphere up t 100 times lnger, since remval prcesses such as precipitatin d nt ccur at thse heights. While mst launches take place in the Nrthern Hemisphere, the atmspheric flw eventually distributes the pllutants glbally.
Recently, researchers frm ETH Zurich and the Physical Meterlgical Observatry in Davs, in cperatin with Laura Revell’s internatinal team at the University f Canterbury, used a chemistry-climate mdel t see hw future emissins might impact the zne layer by 2030.
With 2,040 annual launches by 2030 — rughly eight times the 2024 ttal — the mdel predicts that glbal average zne thickness wuld decrease by nearly 0.3%. Seasnal lsses culd reach as much as 4% ver Antarctica, where the zne hle cntinues t reappear each spring.
While these reductins may appear small, the cntext is critical. The zne layer is still recvering frm the earlier lss caused by lng-lived chlrflurcarbns (CFCs), which were banned under the 1989 Mntreal Prtcl. Even tday, glbal zne thickness remains abut 2% belw pre-industrial levels, and the full recvery is nt expected until arund 2066.
But we believe a launch industry that avids zne-damaging effects is entirely pssible: Mnitring rcket emissins and carrying ut necessary and apprpriate regulatins are all key t ensuring that the zne layer cntinues its recvery. This requires scientists, plicymakers, and industry t wrk tgether.
12. What is the current view n rcket emissins?
A. Their impact will becme severe.B. Their distributin is lcatin-limited.
C. They will decrease at a faster speed.D. They can be remved by precipitatin.
13. Why was the recent research n rcket emissins cnducted?
A. T seek ptential slutins.B. T lk int their future effect.
C. T address climate change challenges.D. T figure ut the leading cntributrs.
14. What is the functin f paragraph 6?
A. T shw prtecting the zne layer is pssible.
B. T indicate the dark future f the space industry.
C. T argue that the mdel predictins are wrrying.
D. T set standards fr glbal average zne thickness.
15. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Glbal Rcket Launches Are Rcketing
B. Can the Ozne Layer Still Prtect Earth?
C. Rckets Culd Eat Away at the Ozne Layer
D. Can Ozne-damaging Effects Be Avided?
【答案】12. A 13. B 14. C 15. C
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。
Years ag, I visited a trade schl and was s inspired by the intrductin t the plumbing (管道) curses that I enrlled then and there. I cmpleted a plumbing prgram, earning a certificatin f cmpetency and was determined t take up an apprenticeship (学徒期)。
Hwever, securing my first apprenticeship seemed impssible in New Yrk City. ____16____ The nly respnse I received was that I didn’t have enugh hands-n experience. I fund myself asking, “Hw can I get experience if I need experience befre being cnsidered fr my first jb?”
Then I spent six mnths n the Hurricane Harvey Relief Prgram in Rckprt, Texas. During that time, as a vlunteer, I was invlved in setting up plumbing systems while fitting kitchens and bathrms. I was able t learn frm qualified cntractrs wrking n mre technical issues. I als learned much abut cnstructing hmes, frm hanging drywall t fitting drs, windws and flring. ____17____ That was because vlunteers needed t deal with varius unusual prblems.
When I returned hme and updated my resume (简历), I was impressed by the list f skills I’d gathered in that shrt space f time. ____18____ It was encuraging t be ffered many interviews. Eventually, I was hired as an apprentice plumber by the first cmpany I interviewed with.
____19____ I wuldn’t have gt the jb if it hadn’t been fr what I had learned n the prgram. If yu are currently being tld yu need hands-n experience befre yu’ll be cnsidered fr an entry-level psitin, cnsider vlunteering n prgrams. ____20____ My stry is prf.
A. Many peple are eager t be vlunteers.
B. I really feel I we that all t my vlunteering experience.
C. With my newfund passin, I chse t get a different psitin.
D. Yu’ll learn a variety f skills that can be translated t suit many jbs.
E. I started applying fr jbs again and I nticed a shift in respnses frm emplyers.
F. S many candidates were cmpeting fr the same rle and I culdn’t land an interview.
G. There were als plenty f pprtunities fr me t pick up creative prblem-slving skills.
【答案】16. F 17. G 18. E 19. B 20. D
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My sn brught Kaya hme ne evening. Her beautiful eyes wn him ver, but I wasn’t easy t ____21____. I made a few ____22____. The dg needed t have a bath and had better nt sleep n ur sfa.
Unfrtunately, I hadn’t ____23____ “n barking”. Fr the first few nights, Kaya kept barking and n ne gt any ____24____. Thankfully, after abut a week, Kaya ____25____ and stpped barking thrughut the night.
Kaya had been living with us fr nearly three mnths when, ne day at 4:00 am, she ____26____ barking like crazy. I lked utside and saw her running up and dwn alng the fence we ____27____ with ur neighbrs.
It was ____28____ enugh t wake up the neighbrs. After abut a minute, the neighbrs’ lights were turned n. Then came a shut, fllwed by the ____29____ f glass breaking and a dr slamming (砰地关上). ____30____, mre shuts and banging fllwed, all against the ____31____ backgrund nise f ur dg.
My sn went utside t ____32____ and I attempted t quiet dwn the dg. It turned ut that Kaya had heard unusual nises frm the neighbrs’ ____33____. She began barking and wuldn’t ____34____ until the neighbrs wke up just in time t catch a burglar (窃贼) trying t break in thrugh their back dr and send him t the plice! The nly ____35____ they culd reprt was a brken pane f glass.
21. A. pleaseB. defeatC. awardD. replace
22. A. prmisesB. demandsC. adjustmentsD. impressins
23. A. understdB. trackedC. mentinedD. permitted
24. A. strengthB. respnseC. assignmentD. sleep
25. A. pulled verB. settled inC. brke dwnD. wke up
26. A. startedB. practicedC. pstpnedD. finished
27. A. threwB. avidedC. hidD. shared
28. A. shinyB. trendyC. nisyD. heavy
29. A. pltB. sundC. demnstratinD. cause
30. A. SubsequentlyB. RegretfullyC. FrtunatelyD. Ultimately
31. A. unheardB. dangerusC. cnstantD. illegal
32. A. withdrawB. fightC. bunceD. investigate
33. A. huseB. fficeC. streD. cmmunity
34. A. emergeB. stpC. interveneD. mve
35. A. bnusB. clueC. cnflictD. lss
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. D
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。
Agriculture ministers frm Shanghai Cperatin Organizatin(SCO) member states gathered n Wednesday in Kunming, Yunnan Prvince, fr the 10th Meeting f Agriculture Ministers, ____36____ (desire) t deepen agricultural cperatin and plicy crdinatin acrss the regin.
“China remains ____37____ (cmmit) t high-level agricultural pening up and will wrk with SCO partners t ____38____ (jint) expand trade and investment, strengthen scientific cllabratin and deepen exchanges in agricultural talent,” said Chinese Minister f Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
China prpsed ____39____ (pririty) fr future SCO agricultural cperatin, including advancing agricultural technlgy cperatin thrugh shared platfrms and talent exchanges, and enhancing trade channels t ease the flw f agricultural prducts acrss brders.
The meeting, ____40____ almst all participants highlighted pprtunities in areas such as agricultural machinery, prcessing, disaster preventin and crp breeding, cncluded with the ____41____ (adpt) f a jint statement, emphasizing the need fr greater cperatin and timely actin in addressing reginal agricultural challenges.
Iranian Agriculture Minister Ghlamreza Nuri Ghezeljeh regarded the meeting as a vital step tward unlcking the regin’s vast agricultural ptential. “We have strng partnerships with mst SCO members, particularly China. Our agricultural trade with China ____42____ (reach) $1 billin s far, and we hpe ____43____ (duble) that figure in the cming years,” said Ghezeljeh.
A spkespersn f Yunnan’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department nted ____44____prvince’s exprts f flwers, fruits, vegetables, tea, cffee and traditinal Chinese medicine ____45____ ver 40 cuntries and regins, including many SCO member states. “There is huge ptential fr further cperatin,” the spkespersn added.
【答案】36. desiring
37. cmmitted
38. jintly
39. pririties
40. where 41. adptin
42. has reached
43. t duble
44. the 45. t
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 校英语报新增设的 Music and Me 专栏正在征文，请你以 Hw I Fell in Lve with “______”为题写一篇短文。内容包括：
1. 简介你喜欢的一首歌;
2. 讲述你是如何爱上这首歌的。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右;
2. 请将题目补充完整后，按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Hw I Fell in Lve with “______”
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】 Hw I Fell in Lve with “Yesterday Once Mre”
The sng “Yesterday Once Mre” by the Carpenters has always been my favrite. Its sthing meldy and nstalgic lyrics remind me f beautiful memries frm the past.
I first heard this sng during a rainy afternn when I was feeling a bit lnely. The gentle vice f Karen Carpenter and the heartfelt lyrics instantly tuched my heart. Since then, whenever I listen t it, I feel cmfrted and transprted back t cherished mments. This sng taught me the beauty f nstalgia and the pwer f music t heal.
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。
As my husband Bill and I drve t what was suppsed t be ur rmantic anniversary (周年纪念日) getaway — an early autumn vernighter at a peaceful shre destinatin, an unexpected strm hit.
The Maple with its Olympic-size pl and award-winning restaurant was a perfect destinatin. Lcated atp a hill verlking an cean, it was within walking distance f a nearby twn. At the ther end f the rad was a lighthuse where sightseers culd climb the winding staircase t the bservatin spt.
This trip prmised t be fantastic — until the rain pured dwn. The mre I prayed, the harder it rained. We had t find a shelter t wait fr the rain t stp. When we managed t get t The Maple, it was late at night.
The dr f the indr pl was lcked. And it wuldn’t be pen the next day, fr it needed upgrading that day. I felt tears in my eyes.
Bill cmfrted, “We can have dinner in the restaurant yu like.” S, we walked t the htel restaurant, but were greeted by a sign: Clsed n Mndays.
“Oh, I just studied the intrductin t its delicius fd! I thught it was pen all the time,” I said t Bill. “I’m s srry.”
“Relax, hney,” Bill said, “There must be smething pen in the nearby twn.”
Sn, Bill and I fund an ld-fashined restaurant in the twn. There, we enjyed ur dinner while recalling ur happy memries. When we cnsidered having sme dessert, the flash f a sign caught my attentin. “Hmemade ice cream,” it read. “Thirty flavrs.” We ran t the crner shp, rdered several flavrs and ate the whle thing. We felt like carefree teenagers!
When we returned t The Maple, Bill said, “Well, things didn’t g as expected. But tmrrw mrning we can still climb t the tp f the lighthuse befre we drive back hme. I knw hw much yu want t d that.”
The fllwing mrning, as we apprached the lighthuse, we saw anther sign: CLOSED FOR REPAIRS. The strm must have damaged the lighthuse!
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“Lk! The beach ahead is still pen. We can g there,” I said t Bill cheerfully.
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As we drve hme, Bill said t me, “This trip certainly didn’t g as planned, did it?”
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【答案】
“Lk! The beach ahead is still pen. We can g there,” I said t Bill cheerfully. Bill’s eyes lit up, and he quickly parked the car. We rushed ut, kicking ff ur shes t feel the cl sand under ur feet. I laughed as a small wave tuched my tes, and Bill grabbed my hand t spin me arund. We walked alng the shre, picking up smth shells nw and then. The rain had stpped, leaving a bright rainbw in the sky. I felt my disappintment fade away, replaced by pure jy — this unplanned mment was mre special than any fancy pl r restaurant.