高考英语二轮复习-阅读理解必刷：练解题速度，提答题准确率（题型专练）（全国通用）（学生版）

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Passage A
(2026届江西省高三上学期高考仿真模拟考试三)
It’s nice t have yur research cvered by the natinal media, but recent bilgy graduate Jewel Garcia at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) adds it’s better t cnduct the research with “an awesme team f prfessrs and peers (同辈).”
Garcia’s yearlng research study, “Dishnest salmn (三文鱼) business in Seattle’s sushi restaurants and grcery stres”, was led by SPU Bilgy Prfessr Tracie Delgad and cnducted with three fellw students. The grup acquired salmn samples frm 67 grcery stres and 52 sushi restaurants. DNA frm each sample was tested in the lab t identify the fish. The study revealed that 11% grcery stres and 33% Seattle-area sushi restaurants with wild salmn n the menu were actually farmed salmn.
Cnducting this type f student research is usually dne in graduate schl, but prfessr Delgad says undergraduate research is a unique feature f the SPU Bilgy Department. “By prviding students with research pprtunities in the classrm, they nt nly grw as a scientist, but they als develp the self-cnfidence t becme leaders in their future careers,” says Delgad.
Garcia, wh did a similar study f salmn in her genetics class, was grateful t get this pprtunity. “Yu can get awesme supprt at SPU because the prcess was cllabrative. Every aspect had s many hands n it and yu were in clse cntact with s many prfessrs,” says Garcia.
SPU’s lcatin als prved imprtance fr the study. Washingtn state is a glbal supplier f several Pacific Ocean salmn species, and a 2013 law requires salmn t be identified as wild-caught Pacific r farm-raised Atlantic. “Failure t prperly label wild salmn is a serius prblem because it prevents accurate tracking f supply chains and makes it mre difficult t sustain wild salmn,” says Delgad. “It’s imprtant t cntinue t develp and enfrce law that requires accurate seafd labeling, frm fisher t plate, and educate the public n hw cmmercial salmn cheating impacts wild salmn cnservatin. This is the realistic meaning f the research.”
1．What did the study reveal abut the salmn business in Seattle?
A．One-third f wild salmn in Seattle were nt fresh.
B．Sme wild salmn were replaced with farmed nes.
C．Salmn in the restaurants actually was anther species.
D．Bth wild and farmed salmn were available in the market.
2．What des the underlined wrd “cllabrative” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Cperative.B．Independent.C．Cmplicated.D．Flexible.
3．What is the significance f accurately labeling wild salmn accrding t the text?
A．It makes salmn easier t identify.
B．It limits the supply f farmed salmn.
C．It facilitates salmn cnservatin effrts.
D．It reduces the impact f cmmercial cheating.
4．Which can be a suitable title fr the text?
A．Are yu really eating wild salmn?
B．SPU research n fishing industry
C．Hw can seafd business restre credit?
D．A nvel way f labeling wild salmn
Passage B
(25-26高三上·湖南长沙岳麓区湖南师范大学附属中学·月考)
Mst air cnditiners use refrigerant gases called HFCs (氢氟碳化合物)，which are hundreds f times mre effective at trapping heat in the atmsphere than CO₂. Researchers have lng sught ways t prduce cling systems that d withut these trublesme gases. Nw Exergyn, a Dublin-based cmpany, claims t have develped a new type f air cnditining which avids using HFCs.
Exergyn’s system uses nitinl, a shape-memry ally (合金) f nickel and titanium. All shape-memry allys release heat when cmpressed (压缩), and then absrb it when the pressure is released and they return t their riginal shape. But Exergyn’s versin f nitinl displays this quality t a remarkable degree. Fr its experimental mdel, the cmpany prduced 4 cm² plates f the ally, each with hles t permit the passage f a heat-carrying liquid r gas. A range f ec-friendly substances such as water, salty water and air can-be emplyed in that rle, thus aviding the use f HFCs.
Kevin O’ Tle, Exergyn’s managing directr, explains, “T build a refrigeratr invlves fitting these plates tgether int stacks f 50 r mre. Fur stacks make a unit. The stacks are cmpressed in turn. At any given mment, ne stack is being cmpressed, ne released, ne pre-heated and ne pre- cled. T cl a rm invlves passing ne ht circuit and ne cld circuit f the heat-carrying fluid r gas thrugh this fur-stack unit.”
This methd f cling is nt nly mre envirnmentally friendly than an HFC set-up, but will als be less expensive t buy and 30%–40% cheaper t run. It will be lighter and smaller, t. As fr reliability, the prttype’s perfrmance suggests the unit culd perate fr mre than 40 years withut a prblem.
Develpment is still cntinuing, but prducts may be nly a few years away. Exergyn has als begun talks with carmakers and aerspace cmpanies abut setting up jint-develpment prjects. With cars and sme small aircraft ging electric, it is nt just cling the cabin that manufacturers have t think abut, but als cling the batteries.
1． What are the hles in the plates f ally intended fr?
A．Aviding the use f thse trublesme gases such as HFCs.
B．Testing a range f substances such as water, salty water and air.
C．Passing the heat-carrying fluid r gas thrugh the fur-stack unit.
D．Helping cmpress, release, pre-heat and pre-cl the fur stacks.
2． What des the furth paragraph mainly talk abut cncerning the new type f cling?
A．Its ptential.B．Its strengths.
C．Its functins.D．Its affrdability.
3． What can we infer abut Exergyn frm the last paragraph?
A．It is likely t expand its business.
B．It will set up an aerspace cmpany.
C．It has brught the technlgy t market.
D．It will lead the market f air cnditining.
4． Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the text?
A．Mdel: a fur-stack unitB．HFCs: a ptential crisis
C．Exergyn: a future winnerD．Nitinl: a cler alternative
Passage C
(25-26高三上·湖南衡阳第八中学·适应性考试)
This might sund impssibly ld-fashined, but I still like the idea that educatin is abut learning: facts, skills, culture, analysis, inspiratin. It’s suppsed t make us better citizens. But ver the last decade, the gal f learning has given way t grades and degrees. The unfrtunate result has been inflatin (膨胀) f bth. They rise ever higher; learning desn’t.
T avid discuraging students, sme schl districts did away with D and F grades.
Grade-pint averages have cnsistently risen even thugh scres n natinwide standardized exams such as the SAT have nt. It’s nt that I think standardized tests are the final wrd in measuring excellence. But when the gaps between grades and test scres are this wide and cnsistent, parents and the public shuld nt be fled.
That’s true nt just f lw-achieving students. In a 2023 survey, educatrs said that clse t half f students argue fr higher grades than they earn, and 8 ut f 10 teachers give in. It’s hard t blame them: A third r mre f students and parents disturb them when they dn’t.
Unearned grades are damaging in many ways. Sme students, armed with gd grades, march ff t cllege t find themselves in remedial (补习的) classes because they haven’t learned enugh t take cllege-level curses. Emplyers cmplain that high schl and even cllege graduates lack basic skills needed in the wrkfrce. There are als cmplaints frm cllege prfessrs that the students aren’t even gd at reading bks.
Grade inflatin has fllwed students int cllege. Sme prfessrs hesitate t grade accurately because f student evaluatins, which are ften mre negative fr tugh graders. Remember that abut 70% f cllege instructrs are adjunct (兼职) prfessrs wh have few jb prtectins. Many Ivy League students have learned t cherry-pick easy-grading prfessrs. Yet a Brwn University study fund that students taking curses frm prfessrs with stricter grading standards learned mre. We have t ask urselves as a sciety: D we want cllege t be a place f intellectual grwth — r a perfrmative exercise in grade fishing?
1． What are parents fled int thinking?
A．SAT is the best measure f their children's abilities.
B．The purpse f educatin is t make better citizens.
C．Grade-pint averages are vital fr cllege applicatin.
D．Children’s high grades reflect their exceptinal abilities.
2． What is a cnsequence f grade inflatin?
A．Emplyers favr students with higher degrees.
B．Graduates fall shrt f emplyers’ expectatins.
C．Remedial classes becme required curses in cllege.
D．Lw-achieving students find it harder t enter cllege.
3． What can be inferred frm the last paragraph?
A．Tugh graders desire jb security.
B．Strict grading prmtes real learning.
C．Student evaluatins fuel intellectual grwth.
D．Easy-grading prfessrs start grade inflatin.
4． What is the best title f the text?
A．The game f scresB．Tday, Grade A is fr average
C．The frce behind grade inflatinD．Nw, learning takes the frnt seat
Passage D
(25-26高三上·江苏南通区、通州区、启东如东县·期中)
The age f pre-srting mixed plastic waste may sn be ver. The secret weapn is a cheap catalyst (催化剂) targeting the mst prblematic plastic. The findings are detailed in a study published in the jurnal Nature Chemistry.
Even after decades f wrldwide effrts, recycling plastic remains much easier said than dne. The frustrating reality is largely thanks t plylefins (聚烯烃). Humans make abut 220 millin tns f plylefin-based prducts every year, mst f which are single-use items like milk bttles, trash bags, and juice bxes.
Hwever, less than 10 percent f plylefin prducts are recycled annually, resulting in muntains f waste destined fr landfills r being burnt. That’s because while ther plastics are typically brken dwn with catalysts, breaking dwn plylefin is difficult due t its tugh carbn-carbn mlecular bnds (分子键). “Plylefins dn’t have any weak links. Every bnd is incredibly strng and chemically unreactive,” said Ysi Kratish, a chemist at Nrthwestern University.
Meanwhile, burning plylefins requires temperatures as high as 700℃. “Everything can be burned, f curse,” said Kratish. “But we wanted t find an elegant way t add the minimum amunt f energy t btain the maximum value prduct.” A ptential slutin cmbining hydrgen gas and a catalyst can decnstruct plylefin plastic int useful hydrcarbns, but the prcess als invlves high temperatures and expensive catalysts. But Kratish’s team fund a wrkarund.
Unlike rare metals, engineers discvered that an alternative called catinic nickel (阳离子镍) is cheap and easy t cllect. Other nickel-based catalysts include multiple reactin sites. Catinic nickel’s single-site variant allws it t functin mre like a precise sharp knife. Instead f breaking dwn all f a plastic’s structure, this ptin specifically targets thse carbn-carbn bnds at a much lwer temperature and with half the hydrgen gas pressure.
“That is amazing. It’s definitely nt smething anybdy expected” Kratish said. If prven t be scalable (可规模化) and efficient, the new catalyst culd largely cut dwn the need fr plastic pre-srting while als reducing the amunt f micrplastics released int the envirnment every day.
1． Recycling plylefin remains difficult due t its ________.
A．industrial valueB．practical applicatin
C．chemical structureD．envirnmental impact
2． What des “an elegant way” in paragraph 4 refer t?
A．Cmbining hydrgen gas with catinic nickel.
B．Decnstructing plylefins int hydrcarbns.
C．Burning plylefins at a high temperature.
D．Breaking dwn all f a plastic’s structure.
3． What is the advantage f catinic nickel ver ther catalysts?
A．It avids many steps f prcessing.B．It perates effectively at a lwer cst.
C．It breaks dwn all types f plastic.D．It prduces higher quality end prducts.
4． What is the passage mainly abut?
A．The challenge f recycling plylefins.
B．The prcess f breaking carbn bnds.
C．A basic thery f applying catalysts.
D．A new methd f recycling plylefins.
Passage E
(25-26高三上·江苏南京外国语学校·月考)
The educatin technlgy (edtech) industry has grwn rapidly in recent years, with investment (投资) in this field increasing mre than frty times ver the last decade. As a result, the market is being flded with new tls and new edtech cmpanies, making it hard fr schl leaders and teachers t figure ut which tls will actually wrk best in the classrm.
“Only 11% f educatin decisin makers were lking at any type f evidence t make a purchasing decisin n an edtech tl,” said Isabelle Hau, executive directr f the Stanfrd Acceleratr fr Learning, an rganizatin that helps imprve hw well children and adults learn. “And nly 7% f edtech tls arund the wrld have any kind f strict, dependable evidence that they wrk.”
Besides the lack f research n which tls help students get better grades in this fast-grwing edtech field, making sure everyne can get these tls fairly is als challenging. “Many f these tls aren’t shared fairly. This has t d with wh pays the mney fr them and hw the mney is prvided,” Ms. Hau explained. “Arund the wrld, there’s still a huge divide in hw easy it is fr peple in different places t use digital tls (like cmputers and tablets).”
Hau jins GSE Dean Dan Schwartz and Senir Lecturer Denise Ppe as they discuss edtech’s rcketing grwth, what’s driving that grwth, and hw schl leaders, the gvernment, and ther rganizatins can help teachers get the tls that will best serve their students.
“A lt f peple are wrking n it, including us, f curse, because we have a big rle t play in imprving learning utcmes fr children and educatrs,” Hau said. She als shared tips and resurces fr businessmen lking t get int the edtech space. “Yu need t start small, and yu need t start with a handful f partners that lve yur slutin. And then frm there yu can expect t grw in size.”
1． What might be the schl leaders’ cncern abut edtech tls?
A．Originality.B．Effectiveness.C．Safety.D．Cnvenience.
2． What des the underlined part “a huge divide” in paragraph 3 prbably refer t?
A．The inequality in access t digital tls.
B．The difference in the quality f edtech prducts.
C．The gap in digital skills between teachers and students.
D．The imbalance in educatinal develpment acrss regins.
3． What is Hau’s suggestin fr businessmen interested in edtech?
A．Dream big.B．Seek investment.
C．Be practical.D．Be independent.
4． What’s the authr’s purpse in writing the text?
A．T recmmend edtech prducts and services.
B．T cmplain abut the pr quality f edtech tls.
C．T prvide detailed guidance n chsing edtech tls.
D．T expse the challenges in the fast-grwing edtech field.
Passage F
Fled by Randmness is a famus bk in Nassim Nichlas Taleb’s landmark Incert series, an investigatin f luck, uncertainty, prbability, human errr, risk, and decisin-making in a wrld we dn’t understand.
Nw in a striking new hardcver editin, Fled by Randmness is the wrd-f-muth sensatin that will change the way yu think abut business and the wrld. Nassim Nichlas Taleb — seasned trader, renwned risk expert, knwledgeable schlar, and New Yrk Times bestselling authr f The Black Swan — has written a mdern classic that turns n its head what we believe abut luck and skill.
This bk is abut luck — r mre precisely, abut hw we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. Set against the backdrp f the mst ntable frum in which luck is mistaken fr skill — the wrld f trading — Fled by Randmness prvides captivating insight int ne f the least understd factrs in all ur lives. Writing in an entertaining narrative style, the authr tackles majr intellectual issues related t the underestimatin f the influence f happenstance n ur lives.
The bk is ppulated with a number f characters, sme f whm have grasped, in their wn way, the significance f chance: the baseball legend Ygi Berra; the philspher f knwledge Karl Ppper; the mdern financier Gerge Srs; and the Greek vyager Odysseus. We als meet the fictinal Ner, wh seems t understand the rle f randmness in his prfessinal life but falls victim t his wn irratinal flishness.
Hwever, the mst recgnizable character f all remains unnamed — the lucky fl wh happens t be in the right place at the right time — he embdies the “survival f the least fit.” Such individuals attract devted fllwers wh believe in their mentr’s (导师) insights and methds. But n ne can cpy what is btained by chance.
Are we capable f distinguishing the frtunate charlatan (冒充内行的人) frm the genuine innvatr? Must we always try t uncver nnexistent messages in randm events? It may be impssible t guard urselves against the unpredictability f the gddess Frtuna, but after reading Fled by Randmness we can be a little better prepared.
1． What is Fled by Randmness mainly abut?
A．The success f mdern traders.
B．The imprtance f skill in trading.
C．The rle f luck in life and business.
D．The impact f human errrs n decisin-making.
2． What’s the purpse f mentining the characters in paragraph 4?
A．T highlight the significance f their achievements.
B．T emphasize their success in the trading wrld.
C．T illustrate hw flishness always leads t failure.
D．T shw examples f thse wh understd randmness.
3． What des “lucky fl” in paragraph 5 really refer t?
A．A trader knwn fr their skill and achievements.
B．A schlar famus fr their insights and methds.
C．Smene wh wes their success t skill, ignring luck.
D．A persn wh flishly undervalues hard wrk and devtin.
4． Accrding t the passage, what mistake d peple ften make?
A．They verestimate their persnal abilities.
B．They fail t see hw chance affects their success.
C．They depend heavily n guidance frm mentrs.
D．They verlk significant events in daily life.
Passage G
(2025届广东省华南师范大学附属中学高三下学期综合测试三)
We have a prblem，and the strange thing is that we nt nly knw abut it, but als celebrate it. Just tday, smene basted (自夸) t me that she was s busy she’s averaged fur hurs f sleep a night fr the last tw weeks. She wasn’t cmplaining; she was prud f the fact. She is nt alne.
Why are ratinal (理性的) peple s irratinal in their behavir? The answer is that we’re in the midst f a bubble (泡沫). I call it “The Mre Bubble”.
The nature f bubbles is that smething is vervalued until—eventually—the bubble bursts, and we’re left wndering why we were s irratinal in the first place. The thing we’re vervaluing nw is the pinin f ding it all, having it all, achieving it all.
This bubble is being enabled by a cmbinatin f three pwerful trends: smart phnes, scial media, and extreme cnsumerism (消费主义). The result is nt just infrmatin verlad, but pinin verlad. We are mre aware than at any time in histry f what everyne else is ding and, therefre, what we shuld be ding. In the prcess, we have been sld a bill f gds: that success means being supermen and superwmen wh can get it all dne. Of curse, we basted abut being busy—it’s cde fr being successful and imprtant.
And ur answer t the prblem f mre is always mre. We need mre technlgy t help us create mre technlgies. We need t mve ur wrklad t free up ur wn time t d yet even mre.
Luckily, there is a slutin t asking fr mre: asking fr less, but better. A grwing number f peple are making this change. I call these peple Essentialists.
These peple are designing their lives arund what is essential and remving everything else. These peple arrange t have actual weekends (during which they are nt wrking). They create technlgy-free znes in their hmes. They trade time n Facebk with calling thse few friends wh really matter t them. Instead f running t different meetings, they put space n their plans t get imprtant wrk dne.
S we have tw chices: We can be amng the last peple caught up in “The Mre Bubble,” r we can jin the grwing cmmunity f Essentialists and get mre f what matters in ur ne precius life.
1．When the wman said she nly slept fr fur hurs a night fr tw weeks, she ________.
A．was unsatisfied with her lifestyle
B．was asking fr suggestins
C．tk pride in ding s
D．knew few peple were like her
2．What is Paragraph 4 mainly abut?
A．The cause and result f “The Mre Bubble”.
B．The advantages f “The Mre Bubble”.
C．The slutins t “The Mre Bubble”.
D．The value f “The Mre Bubble”.
3．Accrding t the article, Essentialists are thse wh ________.
A．give up certain things fr what matters in life
B．prefer t change frequently
C．are tired f infrmatin and pinins
D．are eager t becme successful and imprtant
4．What’s the authr’s attitude twards “The Mre Bubble”？
A．Supprtive.B．Undecided.
C．Disapprval.D．Dubt.
Passage H
(25-26高三上·重庆南开中学校·月考)
Fr parents, dealing with schl schedules can be a nightmare: half-days, days ff, and vacatin. It impses (强加) a burden s great that they simply cannt be the caretakers r wrkers they want t be. It’s hard t imagine any wrking parent wh wuld be able t handle regular 3 p.m. schl dismissals, alng with frequent half-days and full days ff. After all, hw many parents get mre than 10 weeks f vacatin each year? Hw many struggle t affrd camps?
Hwever, even if we shuld be mving in the directin f mre time spent at schls, dn’t hld yur breath. Increasingly, public schl systems are embracing fur-day weeks. Of curse, many f the cuts are brn f financial necessity. But we’ve failed t recgnize hw smething as basic as schl schedules dramatically disadvantages wrking parents, alng with thse wh can’t affrd the muntain f ut-f-schl csts these schedules impse. It has always been surprising t Ulrich Bser, an expert n learning, that pliticians dn’t even raise the tpic f schl schedules. Wrking 9 t 5 really resnates with individuals, he says. And yet, “It’s nt like we’ve seen any presidential candidates run n schl being nine t five.”
The change we want is difficult t carry ut. Sme parents — particularly, affluent parents — strngly resist changes t schl calendars, especially if they want t sign their children up fr certain after-schl activities r camps, r if they’ve gt vacatin plans. And then there’s the business cmmunity. Restaurants, ice cream parlrs, and htels all depend n high schl students as emplyees. All f this makes it mre challenging t increase the amunt f time students spend in schls.
Thugh few pliticians care abut it, there are enrmus advantages t adpting a schl schedule that lks a little mre like a wrk schedule. Change culd cme gradually. In a city,yu culd imagine creating just ne year-rund elementary schl. Being a student there wuld be purely vluntary. Teachers wh pt in wuld get paid mre fr their additinal wrk. We wuld start small, and see if children and adults embraced the advantages.
1．What is the rt cause f the prblem parents face?
A．The financial burden f after-schl camps.
B．An ver-packed schedule f schl activities.
C．A lack f vacatin time prvided by emplyers.
D．The cnflict between wrk and schl schedules.
2． What are public schls ding nw?
A．Increasing tuitin fees.B．Shrtening schl time.
C．Drawing plitical attentin.D．Extending schl schedules.
3． What des the underlined wrd “affluent” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Wealthy.B．Wrried.
C．Uneducated.D．Overprtective.
4． What is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?
A．Benefits f the slutin.B．Challenges t the refrm.
C．Cnsequences f the issue.D．Suggestins fr the change.
Passage I
(25-26高三上·重庆南开中学·期中)
Adding legs t rbts that have minimal awareness f the envirnment arund them can help the rbts perate mre effectively in difficult envirnment, my clleagues and I fund.
We were inspired by Claude Shannn’s cmmunicatin thery, which shwed that repeated infrmatin can ensure reliability when sending messages thrugh nisy cmmunicatin channels. We wndered if the same principle culd help mve gds via rbt. That is, if we want t transprt gds ver “nisy” envirnment, say fallen trees and large rcks, in a reasnable amunt f time, culd we d it by just adding legs t the rbt and d s withut expensive sensrs and cameras?
Our idea was t frget abut sensing altgether and replace it with the simple act f taking repeated steps. Our analysis suggested this culd prvide reliable and predictable mvement. T test ur hypthesis, we built rbts inspired by centipedes (蜈蚣) and gradually increased their legs frm six t sixteen. The mre legs we added, the better the rbts mved ver uneven surfaces. We then tried utdr tests n real grund. Even withut sensrs, the many-legged rbts shwed impressive flexibility. This gives them ptential uses in agriculture, space explratin, and search-and-rescue wrk.
Transprting gds is essential t mdern sciety. Other researchers are building increasingly intelligent humanid rbts. But such machines depend heavily n accurate sensrs t knw where they are and what lies ahead, limiting them in unpredictable envirnments. In search-and-rescue peratins, fr example, sensrs can be damaged and surrundings can change suddenly.
We have already applied ur findings t the field f crp farming by funding a cmpany that uses these rbts t efficiently weed farmland. As we cntinue t advance this technlgy, we are fcused n refining the rbt’s design and functinality. The team’s next step is t determine the ideal number f legs t balance the perfrmance and cst. S far, we knw that twelve legs are the minimum fr effective mvement withut sensing, but we are still explring the perfect number.
Our wrk shws that dealing with difficult envirnment can be as simple as taking it ne step at a time — prvided yu have enugh legs. By fcusing n mtin rather than high-tech sensing, we may pen the dr t rbts that can g where thers cannt.
1． What led the team t their rbt design?
A．Mre-is-better cmmunicatin thery.B．Repetitin in humanid rbts tests.
C．Rads and tracks fr easier transprt.D．Strnger mtrs fr rugh surface.
2． What advantage d many-legged rbts have ver humanid rbts?
A．They can carry heavier lads.B．They take less time t prduce.
C．They are reliable even withut sensrs.D．They mve stably n uneven surfaces.
3． What is the next gal f the authr and his team?
A．Reduce the rbt’s legs fr better perfrmance.
B．Test the rbt with mre farming cmpanies.
C．Adapt the rbt fr space explratin.
D．Imprve the rbt’s design t bst efficiency.
4． What idea des the authr suggest in the last paragraph?
A．Rbts with legs can handle all situatins.
B．Bilgical inspiratin is key t rbt design.
C．Prgress relies n rethinking basic principles.
D．Simplicity can tackle cmplex prblems.
Passage J
(2026届湖北省湖北省部分市州高三上学期一模调研)
In the digital era, where scial media flds with ceaseless sharing, 26-year-ld illustratr Lina frm Hangzhu stands as a striking example. She regularly psts artwrks and travel snapshts n Instagram but seldm replies t cmments r engages in private cnversatins. “I lve sharing fragments (碎片) f my life, yet building deep cnnectins with strangers feels emtinally exhausting”, she admits. Lina’s attitude represents a grwing trend amng tday’s yuth: light scializing, a pattern that priritizes self-expressin ver intensive emtinal bnds in the virtual wrld.
Scilgist Min Li bserves that scial media, nce a hub (中心) fr develping relatinships, has changed int a “self-shwcase” platfrm fr the yunger generatin. Instead f seeking active interactins, they share cntent like scenic phts r daily rutines, with little expectatin f feedback. Actins such as casually unfllwing, blcking strangers r using 24-hur disappearing psts shw their wish t avid burdensme “emtinal labr” frm shallw virtual ties. This shift cmes frm their desire t escape verwhelming pressure frm empty digital interactins.
While critics dismiss light scializing as a sign f “emtinal cldness”, it actually reflects a thughtful adaptatin. Psychlgist Lu Chen argues that by embracing this apprach, yung peple regain cntrl ver their nline space — sharing freely withut the anxiety f meeting thers’ expectatins. Even scial platfrms have evlved t meet this need: many nw ffer “silent mdes”, such as hidden interactin recrds and ne-way psting features, acknwledging the widespread acceptance f light scializing.
In a wrld tightly bund by digital cnnectins, light scializing strikes a delicate balance between self-expressin and privacy prtectin. It is nt a refusal f scial bnds but a wise pursuit f healthier, mre autnmus nline engagement. This trend shws the yunger generatin’s maturity in safeguarding their mental well-being, representing a frward-lking and thughtful apprach t mdern scial interactins.
1．What des Lina d n scial media?
A．She nly psts artwrks.
B．She shares life but skips deep chats.
C．She never replies t cmments.
D．She fcuses n building deep nline bnds.
2．Accrding t Min Li, what has scial media becme fr yung peple nw?
A．A center fr deep relatinships.
B．A platfrm fr persnal display.
C．A tl t seek frequent interactins.
D．A space t reduce pressure by virtual ties.
3．What can we infer abut “light scializing”?
A．It encurages safe nline engagement.
B．It makes yung peple emtinally cld.
C．It relies mainly n platfrms’ silent mdes.
D．It abandns scial bnds t prtect mental health.
4．What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A．Keep Silent Mde On
B．Keep the Digital Distance
C．Scial Media: “Self-shwcase” Platfrm
D．Emtinal Cldness: Online Life’s Secret
主题02 人与自我——教育理念；语言交际；健康生活；文学赏析；个人发展；科学精神；文化认同；心理成长
Passage A
(25-26高三·广东广州增城区·月考)
D yu remember the name f yur kindergarten teacher? I d—mine was Mrs. White. I always thught she must be sme distant relative f Walt Disney’s Snw White, with her bright blue eyes, shrt dark hair, red lips and fair skin.
I dn’t remember much abut what we learned in her class, but my mther nce tld me that we used t write a lt. Every time I brught my writings hme, mm wuld ntice many mistakes. Bu n red crrectins and always a star. Smtimes-even a Gd! It made my heart sar with happiness, but it wrried my mm. One day when she met Mrs. White, she asked her why she never crrected my mistakes—why she never red-penciled in the right spellings r pinted ut grammatical errrs.
Mm said Mrs. White replied, “The children are just beginning t get excited abut using wrds, abut frming sentences. I-dn’t want t dampen that nthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait. The wnder f wrds wn’t.” Maybe thse weren’t her exact wrds—this was lng ag, and mm culd nly recall the gist. The rest I added in. I grew up learning t use wrds with lving cnfidence like that.
Nw it ccurs t me that if Mrs. White had used her red pen mre precisely, I prbably wuldn’t be telling yu abut this nw. I lk back and think she must have been a rather extrardinary teacher—fr exercising such red-pen restraint, t allw the pleasure, wnder, and excitement f expressin t flwer—hwever faultily—like that.
I used t misspell “beautiful” a lt—even after I entered high schl. I’d ften put the “a” befre the “e”—a mistake that always fiustrated my teacher. But I’m glad I never stpped using it. “Pretty” is easier t spell, but it desn’t hld as much meaning as yu want t cnvey smetimes. Thanks t Mrs. White, I never hesitate t write what I mean—even with imperfect spelling. Because life isn’t “pretty”—it’s “baeutiful”: flawed yet truly wnderful.
1． What des the underlined wrd “it” in paragraph 2 refer t?
A．The authr’s attitude t schlwrk.
B．The teacher’s respnse t the writings.
C．The authr’s academic perfrmance.
D．The teacher’s disservice t the students.
2． What can we knw frm Mrs. White’s reply?
A．She was t busy t mark every paper.
B．She believed spelling was unimprtant.
C．She culdn’t crrect all the students’ mistakes.
D．She was careful nt t ruin the jy f expressin.
3． What des the authr think f Mrs. White’s way f teaching?
A．Far-reaching.B．Cntradictry.C．Cnventinal.D．Practical.
4． What is the authr’s purpse in writing the text?
A．T hnr a respected kindergarten teacher.
B．T share an unfrgettable learning experience.
C．T tell hw early encuragement fuels lifelng cnfidence.
D．T prve technical accuracy is less imprtant than creativity.
Passage B
(2025届广东省广州大学附属中学高三下学期毕业班综合测试（三）)
It’s a classic cmplaint in relatinships, especially rmantic nes: “She said she was kay with me frgetting her birthday! Then why is she thrwing dishes in the kitchen? Are the tw things related? ”
The answer is YES. Cmmunicatin is mre than wrds. It’s hw thse wrds are said, the tne, the rder, even the chice f a particular wrd. It’s multi-dimensinal, as explred by Deirdre Wilsn and Dan Sperber in Meaning and Relevance. Cnsider the fllwing example: Peter gt angry and Mary left; Mary left and Peter gt angry. Thugh identical in wrds, their meanings differ cmpletely. The first ne may have us thinking: Ww, Peter must get angry ften if Mary leaves. The secnd sentence suggests that Peter wants mre frm Mary. Same wrds — a ttally different cntext.
Human language is nt a cde (编码). True cdes have a ne-t-ne relatinship with meaning. One sund, ne definitin. This is what we see with animals. Wilsn and Sperber explain that “cded cmmunicatin wrks best when emitter (发出者) and receiver share exactly the same cde. ” Nt s fr humans. We cmmunicate mre than the definitins f ur wrds wuld suggest. This is inferential cmmunicatin, and it means that we understand nt nly the wrds spken, but the cntext in which they are spken. .
Irny (反语) is a great example f hw pwerfully we can cmmunicate cntext with a few simple wrds. It is mre than just stating the ppsite. Fr example, when Mary says, after a bring party, “That was fun”, she is neither saying literally that the party was fun nr saying “irnically” that the party was bring. Rather, she is expressing an emtin. Three wrds replace paragraphs, shwcasing language’s efficiency.
Wilsn and Sperber cncluded that human language develped and became s pwerful because f tw unique abilities f humans: language and the pwer t try t interpret mental states f thers. We lk fr cntext fr the wrds we hear. And we shuld be very gd at absrbing this cntext t infer meaning.
1．What des the cmplaint in Paragraph 1 mainly indicate?
A．The incnsistence between wrds and meaning.
B．The imprtance f remembering vital mments.
C．The necessity f straightfrward cmmunicatin.
D．The unavidability f argument in a cuple's life.
2．What may make human language different frm true cdes?
A．The cntext included in understanding meanings.
B．The definitins made by wrds in cmmunicatin.
C．The cded cmmunicatin between emitter and receiver.
D．The ne-t-ne relatinship between wrd and meaning.
3．Hw des Mary’s statement “That was fun” illustrate abut irny?
A．It simplifies language t save time.B．It cvers the true feelings f peple.
C．It needs wrdy explanatins t make sense.D．It uses fewer wrds fr cmplex meanings.
4．What des the authr suggest in cmmunicatin?
A．Fcusing n the ppsite.B．Taking language literally.
C．Reading beynd the wrds.D．Aviding using irnic tnes.
Passage C
(2026届重庆名校联盟高三第一次联考)
If yur day starts with a harsh alarm sund, yu might want t rethink yur wake-up rutine. New research frm the University f Virginia’s Schl f Nursing suggests that the way yu’re waking up culd be putting unnecessary stress n yur heart.
Nursing dctral student Yensu Kim studied 32 participants and fund that being frced awake — like by a lud phne alarm — can lead t a significant mrning bld pressure surge. This happens when yur bdy is suddenly shifted frm sleep t wakefulness. And it was fund t be 74% higher in participants wh were awakened by an alarm after five hurs f sleep cmpared t thse wh wke up naturally. And that’s n small cncern — mrning bld pressure surges have been linked t serius cardivascular (心血管的) risks, including strke and heart attack.
The increase in bld pressure activates yur sympathetic nervus system — the same system that sets ff the “fight r flight” respnse. That can lead t a rapid heartbeat, anxiety, exhaustin, and even physical symptms like headaches and nsebleeds.
The gd news? There are better, healthier ways t greet the day. Instead f relying n harsh alarms, many peple are turning t gentler methds — and research backs them up. One ppular ptin is a gradual light alarm, als knwn as a sunrise alarm clck. These devices imitate the rising sun by slwly increasing in brightness ver a set perid f time. The gentle light helps signal yur bdy t reduce melatnin (褪黑激素) prductin and transitin int wakefulness mre naturally, reducing dizziness and mrning stress.
There are als alarm apps that use sft music r nature sunds that gradually get luder, helping yu wake withut shcking yur system. A 2020 study even fund that meldic sunds — like a sng yu can sing alng with — help reduce sleep inertia, a sleepy, heavy feeling that can linger fr hurs after waking up.
Small changes can make a big difference in hw yur bdy starts the day and yur heart will thank yu fr it!
1．What physical symptms can be caused by activating the sympathetic nervus system?
A．Nervusness and tiredness.B．Slwer heartbeat.
C．Imprved sleep quality.D．Reduced melatnin levels.
2．What is the main idea f the furth paragraph?
A．The dangers f using traditinal alarm clcks.
B．The imprtance f getting enugh sleep every night.
C．The intrductin and benefits f gradual light alarms.
D．Hw melatnin affects ur sleep quality.
3．What can be inferred frm the research findings mentined in the passage?
A．Peple wh wake up naturally never experience mrning bld pressure surges.
B．Gradual waking methds may lwer the risk f heart-related diseases.
C．Reducing melatnin prductin immediately imprves cardivascular health.
D．Lud alarms are the primary cause f strkes and heart attacks wrldwide.
4．What is the main purpse f the passage?
A．T persuade us t stp using alarms.
B．T criticize mdern sleep habits.
C．T cmpare different types f alarm sunds.
D．T explain the dangers f sudden wake-up methds
Passage D
(2026届广西壮族自治区柳州市高三第一次模拟)
Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, set in the Gulf Stream ff the cast f Havana, is a pwerful and simple stry abut an ld fisherman’s battle with a giant marlin (马林鱼). This shrt nvel directly led t him winning the Nbel Prize fr Literature. It presents the human struggle against the pwerful frces f nature. The plt centers n Santiag, an aging Cuban fisherman. His struggle t catch the marlin represents Hemingway’s favrite themes: facing physical and mral challenges with dignity. Unlike the vilent manliness in sme f Hemingway’s ther wrks, Santiag’s herism is defined by his patience, skill, and remarkable perseverance. Thrugh this character, Hemingway explres the cncept f grace (优雅) under pressure, demnstrating hw ne can maintain hnr even in the face f extreme misfrtune.
Hemingway’s writing style is clear and vivid. He uses precise, descriptive language t bring the sea and the struggle t life. Fr example, as a strm appraches, he writes that “the rising wind rughened the surface f the sea and the waves were talking t each ther.” Such imagery allws readers t fully imagine the scene and appreciate the authr’s masterful cmmand f language, transfrming an rdinary fishing trip int a deep universal experience.
The stry’s ending is deeply meaningful. After Santiag finally defeats the marlin, his prize is eaten by sharks n his way hme. He returns t prt with nly the skeletn (骨骼) f the fish. This is nt a stry f pure victry, but ne f dignified lss that cnveys a significant message abut life. The final line — “the ld man was dreaming abut the lins” — suggests that true hnr lies nt in the reward.but in the spirit f the struggle itself.
This masterpiece remains the last great achievement f Hemingway’s brilliant career, cntinuing t inspire readers wrldwide with its deep insight. Fr any student seeking t understand curage and dignity, this bk is essential reading.
1．Hw is Santiag’s herism different frm that in Hemingway’s ther wrks?
A．It avids struggles.B．It leads t material rewards.
C．It emphasizes spiritual strength.D．It fcuses n vilent manliness.
2．Why des the authr qute the sentence abut the waves in paragraph 2?
A．T demnstrate the ld man’s sailing skills.
B．T illustrate Hemingway’s descriptive pwer.
C．T analyze the symblic meaning f strms.
D．T prve the accuracy f weather descriptins.
3．What central theme des the bk cnvey?
A．The jy f fighting against sharks.B．The value f practical survival skills.
C．The imprtance f cean cnservatin.D．The dignity f struggling against hardship.
4．What kind f passage is the text?
A．A bk review.B．A shrt stry.
C．A news reprt.D．A bigraphy.
Passage E
(2026届福建省泉州市高中毕业班质量检测一)
Have yu ever made a reslutin t “study harder”, nly t fall back int ld habits within a week? Jhn Whitmre's Caching fr Perfrmance prvides the slutin — the GROW mdel. This simple yet pwerful framewrk (框架) stands fr Gal, Reality, Optins, and Will. It transfrms fuzzy gals int cncrete results by guiding yu thrugh each step f the prcess with clearer wishes.
Imagine a student transfrming “I need better grades” int “I'll raise my algebra scre frm 72 t 85 by ding three extra practice prblems daily.” This Gal-setting step creates measurable targets, just like an athlete aiming t cut tw secnds ff their time. The pwer f GROW emerges when we hnestly face Reality — that same student might admit wasting 90 minutes n scial media, while the athlete recgnizes pr pacing. These self-assessments, achieved thrugh guided reflectin rather than criticism, reveal the true radblcks t prgress.
The Optins phase shines as peple create their wn slutins. A nervus speaker might recrd speeches r jin drama club — self-chsen strategies wrk best, far mre effective than impsed advice. This leads naturally t the Will stage, where cmmitment turns plans int actin. Our algebra student might schedule Sunday study sessins, while the runner cmmits t daily training. Such persnalized plans generate real results-15% grade imprvements r persnal bests-because the drive cmes frm within, nt frm external pressure.
Whitmre's revlutinary insight redefines effective caching: it's nt abut prviding answers, but abut asking the right questins. This principle frms the fundatin f the GROW mdel, which succeeds because it agrees with hw human mtivatin actually wrks.
What makes Caching fr Perfrmance s valuable is that it ffers a structured yet flexible system. The GROW framewrk prvides clear guidance while allwing fr persnal adaptatin — a balance that explains its effectiveness. At its cre, Whitmre's message is empwering: every individual already pssesses the capacity fr change. The GROW mdel simply prvides the tls — strategic questining, hnest self-reflectin, and actinable steps — t help peple realize this ptential.
1．What des the underlined wrd “fuzzy” mean in paragraph 1?
A．Unclear.B．Impractical.C．Irrelevant.D．Overall.
2．What prblem des the student recgnize in the "Reality" stage?
A．He lacks supprt frm teachers.B．His study materials are ineffective.
C．He wastes time n scial media.D．His self-assessments are unrealistic.
3．Why des the authr mentin the nervus speaker in paragraph 3?
A．T emphasize the rle f external pressure.
B．T criticize traditinal public speaking training.
C．T illustrate the significance f prfessinal advice.
D．T shw hw self-chsen strategies bst cmmitment.
4．What des the authr think f Whitmre's bk?
A．It is a reflectin f students' characters.B．It is a reminder f trusting humanity.
C．It is applicable t varius challenges.D．It is instrumental t chsing careers.
Passage F
These days it’s quite easy t strike up a cnversatin with artificial intelligence (AI). Ask sme chatbts a questin, and they’ll even prvide an engaging respnse verbally. Yu can chat with them acrss multiple languages and request a reply in a particular dialect r accent.
It is nw even pssible t use AI-pwered speech clning tls t imitate the vices f real humans. It raises an interesting questin: Is there anything unique abut the human vice t help us distinguish it frm rb-speech?
Jnathan Harringtn, a prfessr f phnetics (语音学) and digital speech prcessing at the University f Munich, Germany, has spent decades studying the cmplexity f hw humans talk and prduce the sunds f wrds and accents. Even he is impressed by the capabilities f AI-pwered vice tls. But he believes there are still sme imprtant cues that can help us t tell if we are talking t a human r an Al. “T sme extent, cmputer-generated speech has been quite pr and nt very human-like”, says Harringtn.
He further gives the fllwing reasns. Listening fr the emphasis wrds given in a sentence can be a gd trick fr sptting cmputer-generated speech. This is because humans use emphasis t give a sentence mre meaning. Intnatin — the rise and fall f the vice in speaking acrss a sentence — can als change the same wrds frm being a statement int a questin. Phrasing is als an imprtant factr. The way a sentence is brken up can als change its meaning. Tgether these elements are famus as sentence-level prsdy (韵律学).
There are als mves t make deepfake detectin sftware mre readily available t cnsumers. But in the unavidable race between AI generatin and AI detectin, we may find new value in smething we have lst in ur increasingly virtually cnnected wrld — physical interactin. Perhaps in the search t find ut if yu are speaking t a human, the slutin is simple — spending mre time meeting in persn.
1．What des the underlined wrd “imitate” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Distinguish.B．Adjust.C．Raise.D．Cpy.
2．What des Harringtn think f human speech?
A．It is pr.B．It is expressive.
C．It is very cmputer-like.D．It is made up f tw elements
3．Hw can peple tell AI-pwered speech frm human vice accrding t Harringtn?
A．By asking questins.B．By analyzing speech cntents.
C．By identifying rhythm patterns.D．By changing sentence structures.
4．What des the authr prpse ding in the last paragraph?
A．Aviding physical interactin.B．Interacting in the virtual wrld.
C．Having a face-t-face cnversatin.D．Making deepfake detectin sftware.
Passage G
(2026届河北省衡水市高三上学期三模英语试题)
A lngtime University f Iwa prfessr’s life-changing cystic fibrsis (囊性纤维化) research was hnred with ne f bimedicine’s mst famus awards — ften referred t as the “American Nbel.” Dr. Michael J. Welsh, alng with tw ther scientists, wn the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award fr their wrk n treatments that have lengthened and bettered the lives f patients with cystic fibrsis. A genetic disrder that causes thick mucus (黏液) t blck rgan functins, cystic fibrsis mst ften affects the lungs where infectins lead t prgressive destructin.
When Welsh started his medical career nearly 50 years ag, cystic fibrsis was a serius disease, with patients rarely seeing their 30th birthday. Facing numerus failures, he never gave up, believing that answers wuld be fund. Using Welsh’s results, the tw ther hnred scientists wrked fr decades t develp Trikafta, a drug that made cystic cystic fibrsis pssible t cntrl fr abut 90% f thse diagnsed. Tday, cystic fibrsis patients’ life expectancy can be well int the 80s.
Specifically, Welsh’s research changed the fundamental understanding f a critical prtein, knwn as CFTR, and hw it is transfrmed by a gene mutatin (突变) in cystic fibrsis patients, resulting in a breakdwn f the bdy’s usual prtective systems. With that knwledge, Welsh’s team prved that if cled dwn, the mutated CFTR prtein culd be “crrected” in a sense, a key discvery that allwed scientists t explre the pssibility f a mre permanent fix t the prtein’s damage.
“Mike Welsh’s wrk illustrates hw fundamental science—driven by curisity, cperatin, and purpse—can lead t transfrmative innvatins and treatments,” Dr. Denise Jamiesn, the university’s vice president, says in a news release.
While Welsh said that he is “incredibly hnred t receive this award,” he pints t the cperative science and the many unnamed researchers wh made the grundbreaking wrk pssible. “Fr me, it is truly a celebratin f ur entire scientific enterprise,” Welsh said in the release. By sharing credit with all cntributrs, he shwed his dedicatin t the scientific cause.
1．Why is “American Nbel” mentined in paragraph 1?
A．T shw why this award is highly respected.
B．T stress the challenges f fibrsis treatment.
C．T prve the research deserves the Nbel Prize.
D．T explain why the research gained wrld fame.
2．What is the primary significance f Dr. Welsh’s research?
A．Discvering the genetic cause f cystic fibrsis.
B．Develping the final drug cmbinatin fr patients.
C．Transfrming a deadly disease int a manageable ne.
D．Serving as a new diagnsis basis fr cystic fibrsis.
3．What des paragraph 3 mainly talk abut?
A．The main difficulties in prtein research.
B．The prcess f develping a new fibrsis treatment.
C．A full explanatin f hw gene changes affect health.
D．A breakthrugh discvery abut fixing a faulty prtein.
4．Which f the fllwing can best describe Dr. Welsh?
A．Determined and humble.B．Strict and respnsible.
C．Independent and creative.D．Curageus and cnfident.
Passage H
(25-26高三上·江苏扬州大学附属中学·阶段检测四)
When I was grwing up, my mm ften said that n matter what grades I gt in schl as lng as I did my best, she’d be prud f me. Then she added, “But if yu didn’t get an A, I’ll knw yu didn’t d yur best.” She said it with a smile, but I tk it seriusly. I shuldn’t settle fr anything less than perfect. My greatest weakness is that I’m t much f a perfectinist.
Perfectinism is the desire t be 100% perfect. The gal is zer faults and n failures. In an increasingly cmpetitive wrld, kids face grwing pressure frm parents t be perfect and severe criticism when they fall shrt. Every fault is a blw t their self-esteem (自尊). I’ve lived it myself.
When I wn the fifth-grade quiz bwl n wrld explrers, I beat myself up afterward fr missing ne questin. Hw culd I frget that the sea rute t India was discvered by da Gama, but nt Magellan? When I made the finals f a Mrtal Kmbat turnament and wn a lifetime pass t a lcal mvie theater, I didn’t celebrate. Third place is the secnd lser. When I wn the first prize in a math test, I was disappinted. Only a 98? Nt gd enugh. There was always a vice in the back f my mind whispering that it wasn’t enugh and that I culd have dne better.
It was during my cllege years that I started t questin the value f this perfectinism. I met peple wh didn’t seem t be weighed dwn by the same expectatins, wh accepted their mistakes and saw them as pprtunities fr grwth rather than failures. They taught me that it was kay t be imperfect, that it was human t make mistakes, and that smetimes, the mst imprtant lessns cme frm ur failures.
1． What is paragraph 1 mainly abut?
A．The disadvantage f being a perfectinist.
B．Why the authr became a perfectinist.
C．Hw the authr gt the gd grades in schl.
D．The feeling f being grateful t the authr’s mther.
2． What made the authr unsatisfied with what had been achieved?
A．Blame frm parents.B．Eagerness t be perfect.
C．Desire t get first prize.D．Pressure f cmpetitins.
3． What made the authr change the attitude twards perfectinism?
A．Lsing expectatin t succeed.
B．Realizing the harm f being perfect.
C．Learning lessns frm ther peple’s failure.
D．Encuntering thse accepting imperfectin.
4． Which clumn f a magazine may the text be taken frm?
A．Cming-f-Age Stries.B．Parenting Styles.
C．Peple f Achievement.D．Challenges Facing Yuth.
Passage I
(25-26高三上·陕西西安高新第一中学·三模)
Have yu ever paid clse attentin t a clud and nticed its ever-changing frms? If nt, yu culd be missing ut n smething quite wndrus.
Clud sptting desn’t require much. Smetimes, it can be an invitatin t be marveled by smething s cmmn that we’ve becme blind t it. Or yu can g deeper, trying t make sense f the sky by learning the different clud types.
A pp science blgger surnamed Zheng, 25, knwn as the “Clud Cllectr” n the lifestyle platfrm Xiahngshu, initially started her accunt t share clud phts in 2022.
Zheng, wh enjys finding delight in recrding the beauty f daily life, cnsidered it a way t spread lvely mments t mre peple. “Cluds have always served as a surce f cmfrt fr me,” said Zheng based in Fujian.
Fr Zheng, ne f her mst unfrgettable clud-sptting experiences ccurred during a flight. It was the first time that she saw a special natural phenmenn called a “glry”, prduced by water drps in the air. It appeared as a hazy light pint in the middle f a circular rainbw hal (光环). “It was such a surprise,” Zheng recalled.
As a grwing number f nline users began t shw interest and raise questins, Zheng realized that she culd ffer mre science cntent abut clud sptting. S she started t learn mre by referring t specialized bks and cnsulting individuals with expertise in meterlgy (气象学).
Zheng has nw shared nearly 2000 pieces f ppular science cntent, including clud identificatin, frmatin, cmparisns f different clud types and weather-related knwledge. Her accunt nw has ver 210,000 fllwers n Xiahngshu, and there are five grup chats n the platfrm where thusands f users share their daily clud-watching experiences.
Lking ahead, Zheng has plans t hld several gallery exhibitins. “The first rund f exhibitins will be in Xiamen in Fujian and in Chengdu in Sichuan,” Zheng said, adding that she’s gathering mre clud phts and the unique stries behind them. By ding this, she hpes t inspire mre peple t appreciate the beauty f the “gentle white giants” in the sky.
1． Why was Mrs. Zheng called “clud cllectr”?
A．She discvered hw cluds changed.
B．She is an enthusiast f clud-sptting.
C．She was very bred and wanted t find happiness.
D．She created a scial media accunt t share clud phts.
2． Accrding t the text, hw is a “glry” frmed?
A．It is merely an ptical illusin.
B．It is created by human-made surces.
C．It is generated by water drplets in the air.
D．It is caused by the reflectin f airplane lights.
3． What kind f persn is Mrs. Zheng?
A．Creative and straightfrwardB．Curius and life-lving
C．Observant and knwledgeableD．Patient and far-sighted
4． What can we learn frm the text?
A．Clud sptting is a difficult hbby t start.
B．Zheng had funded exhibitins in multiple cities.
C．Zheng systematically shared clud science cntent.
D．Many users actively shared clud-watching experiences.
Passage J
(2026届湖北省八校联考高三上学期一模英语试题)
At the start f my first lessn in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher tld me t write my name. After I put it dwn, he said, plainly: “Nw I will teach yu hw t make it beautiful.” I felt my breath catch.
Grwing up in Singapre, I had an uneasy relatinship with my Chinese name. My parents are ethnically Chinese but they didn’t speak Mandarin. Unfamiliar with Chinese characters, they used frtune tellers t decide my name based n the ideal number f strkes (笔画) fr each character, which was calculated fr the best frtune. Chinese names can be truly petic. Nt mine. Embarrassingly, the characters fr my Chinese name mean, rughly, “ld,” “barley” and “warm.” My persnal and cultural histries were messy knts.
When I arrived in America fr cllege at 18, I embraced critical analysis and creative expressin. It felt like a way t abandn the strict frmalities that defined my early years in Singapre’s high-pressure educatin system, and with it, perhaps, parts f my identity. Suddenly, I felt the need t present myself in a way that Americans wuld accept. I put n an American accent and set aside my Chinese name. Ultimately, after 14 years in the States, I decided t learn calligraphy. Why nt get back in tuch with my heritage? I thught.
In calligraphy, the idea is t replicate (复制) the ld masters’ techniques, thereby enhancing yur wn. Every week, my teacher wuld evaluate my writing. “Yu need t be braver,” he nce bserved. “Yur challenge is in prducing a bld strke.” Fr years, I had prided myself n develping an image f integratin and cnfidence despite deep insecurities, but my writing betrayed me.
I had been learning calligraphy t try t get in tuch with my cultural rts, but what I was really seeking was a return t myself. That first lessn came with the terrific prmise that what had been shameful in myself culd be made beautiful—and that I culd be the ne t d that wrk. I knw nw that what calligraphy teaches me is nt the value f replicatin but the pssibility that I culd knw myself mre fully.
1．What criterin guided the selectin f the authr’s Chinese name?
A．Petic sund patterns.B．Ideal symblic images.
C．Favrable strke cunts.D．Psitive literal meanings.
2．Why did the authr adpt an American accent?
A．T break with traditin.B．T fit int the cmmunity.
C．T achieve academic success.D．T facilitate language learning.
3．What have we learned abut the authr’s experience with calligraphy?
A．It revealed her inner self.B．It imprved her public image.
C．It presented n challenge t her.D．It enhanced her replicatin skills.
4．What has the authr learned frm calligraphy?
A．Frtune favrs the bld.B．Embrace wh yu truly are.
C．Our rts define ur identity.D．Planning is gd, but ding is better.
主题03 人与自然——生态保护；动物行为；生态互动；物种保护
Passage A
(2026届安徽省合肥一六八中学高三一模考试英语试题)
Zhang Peidng, a prfessr frm the Ocean University f China, has been diving fr 16 years, explring the underwater ‌“grasslands” cvered with seagrass. These seagrass beds are essential habitats fr sea life. Hwever, human activities and changes in the envirnment have caused a big drp in seagrass beds arund the wrld. In 2008, Zhang and his clleague Li Wenta fund a wrrying situatin in Rngcheng Bay, a key area fr seagrass beds in China. The number f verwintering swans had drpped sharply because f the lss f seagrass, a main fd surce.
Faced with this eclgical crisis, Zhang and Li changed their research fcus frm aquaculture (水产养殖) t seagrass bed restratin, an area that had received little attentin at the time. Their effrts were supprted by a Weihai-based cmpany, which prvided free wrkshps, ffice space, husing, and wrkers fr the research team. The cmpany’s general manager nted that many emplyees, being children f fishermen, were eager t cntribute t the restratin effrts.
After years f hard wrk, the research team develped a way t grw eelgrass seedlings artificially. By understanding the grwth patterns and the best seed cllectin times, they managed t reduce the grwing perid frm nearly three mnths t just 10 days. The team als created several sets f equipment with independent intellectual prperty rights t imprve planting efficiency.
Over the past 16 years, the research team has taken part in mre than 10 seagrass bed restratin prjects in China, cvering ver 1,333 hectares in the Yellw and Bhai Seas. Their effrts have led t the recvery f mre than 40% f the seagrass beds in Swan Lake, attracting mre swans t the area. The restratin technlgy has als been used in ther prvinces, such as Hebei and Lianing, significantly imprving lcal water quality and bidiversity.
The team’s cmmitment t seagrass bed restratin has brught new life t underwater ecsystems and set a psitive example fr eclgical cnservatin effrts glbally. Their wrk highlights the imprtance f prtecting marine habitats and the ptential fr jint effrts between academia and industry t address envirnmental challenges.
1．What led t the decline f the verwintering swans?
A．Lss f fd surces like seagrass.
B．habitat lss due t human activities.
C．Increased hunting and lead pisning.
D．Climate change and warmer winters.
2．Hw did the team help restre the underwater grassland?
A．By prtecting existing seagrass beds.
B．By creating new equipment fr planting.
C．By shrtening the grwth perid f eelgrass.
D．By develping artificial cultivatin technlgy.
3．Why are the statistics used in Paragraph 4?
A．T shw the effectiveness f the restratin effrts.
B．T stress the imprtance f prtecting seagrass beds.
C．T highlight the challenges faced by the researchers.
D．T cmpare the success f different restratin prjects.
4．What des the last paragraph imply?
A．Seagrass restratin is the nly slutin.
B．The team’s effrts are glbally recgnized.
C．Cperatin aids envirnmental prtectin.
D．Underwater ecsystem remains vital t humans.
Passage B
Everyne knws that dgs are suppsed t be ur best friends . Culd it be that they knw what we are thinking? Whether it’s getting excited at the prspect f a walk r knwing that tasty fd is cming sn, are ur dgs reading ur minds?
Nw, by mind-reading we’ re nt talking abut knwing ur deepest thughts in detail, but varius psychlgists have suggested that dgs might have a thery f mind. What this means is that they are aware that ther creatures, like humans, are able t see and understand things in different ways. In varius experiments, it appears that dgs are able t identify wh is paying them attentin. They are mre likely t ask fr fd frm smene if there is a reasn that the human wuld knw where the dg treats are . If dgs have been frbidden fd by smene, they are mre likely t try and get it quietly.
As well as these behaviural studies, there are ther things that shw hw dgs are able t relate clsely t humans. Brain imaging studies have shwn nt nly that canine brains react t human vices, but that they als shw an emtinal respnse t thse human sunds which demnstrate strng feelings, such as laughing r crying. Brain scan studies have als shwn that human faces als prvke an emtinal respnse in dgs. Other studies have shwn that sweat frm peple feeling scared culd make dgs feel mre stressed than sweat frm happy peple.
There is sme debate abut whether dgs have evlved t respnd t human emtins as they have becme dmesticated r whether this behaviur is a learned reactin t stimuli. Experiments like thse described abve have als been carried ut n wlves that have been raised by humans/wh may have learned t respnd t their carer’s behaviur, but d nt have the genes f a dmesticated species/Wlves did shw sme abilities t respnd t human emtins, but were less able t pick up mre subtle clues.
Whether it’s learned r innate, dgs’ ability t read human emtins and intentins is ne reasn that we have included them in ur lives fr centuries. It’s als why they have been successful as assistance dgs, helping their wners t get thrugh everyday life.
1． Why d dgs usually ask sme specific humans fr fd?
A．Thse humans ften ffer mre dg treats.
B．Thse humans are aware f where the dg treats are kept.
C．Thse humans are mre kind t dgs.
D．Thse humans have mre spare time.
2． What d brain imaging studies shw abut dgs?
A．Dgs’ brains nly react t human vices with strng feelings.
B．Scared peple’s sweat stresses dgs mre than ther sunds.
C．Human faces affect dgs’ emtins mre than vices.
D．Dgs have emtinal respnses t human vices and faces.
3． What can the wlf experiment shw?
A．Learned reactins have little t n effect n hw animals respnd t humans.
B．Dmesticatin has made dgs mre dependent n humans than wlves are.
C．Wlves are less intelligent than dgs when it cmes t interacting with humans.
D．Genes may play a rle in animals’ ability t understand human emtinal clues.
4． What can be inferred abut the relatinship between dgs and humans frm the text?
A．Dgs’ emtin-reading helps them stay with humans.
B．Only assistance dgs help humans.
C．Humans keep dgs fr their lks.
D．Dgs’ ability t read human emtins is cmpletely innate rather than learned.
Passage C
(25-26高三上·湖南长沙市第一中学·月考)
When a plant is stressed, it desn’t keep quiet abut it. Yu wn’t hear the plant’s cry because it’s in the ultrasnic (超声的) range — t high-pitched fr human ears — but, fr decades, scientists have been using special devices t listen in.
Fr the first time, a team f researchers in Israel has dcumented that insects can hear and interpret plants’ distress sunds. The research team recrded sunds frm tmat and tbacc plants that were dehydrated (使脱水). The nise created was a result f changes in the plant’s water balance. During perids when the plants lack water, air bubbles frm, expand and cllapse in xylem tissues (木质部组织), which are respnsible fr distributing water frm the rts, creating shaking and click-like sunds.
In the study published in eLife, scientists tested Egyptian cttn leafwrm mths (飞蛾). The researchers cnducted a series f experiments where they bserved Egyptian cttn leafwrm mths detecting ultrasnic signals emitted by drught-stressed tmat plants. These subtle sunds help female mths chse where t lay their eggs.
In ne experiment, when there were n plants present, the female mths preferred the side where the sunds f stressed plants were played, indicating that the mths may have assciated the sund with the presence f vegetatin. Hwever, when healthy plants were placed n tw sides, where nly ne played the sund f distressed plant clicks, the mths chse t lay their eggs n the silent side. As part f the research, when the mths’ sense f hearing was remved, they n lnger shwed a preference fr where t lay their eggs. This suggests that sund plays a key rle when it cmes t mths chsing the best envirnment fr their eggs.
The new discvery sheds light n the pssibility f this invisible ecsystem. Prfessr Yssi Yvel called this “the first prf f animals respnding t plant sunds”. Anther expert Rya Seltzer added, “This is just the tip f the iceberg. Cuntless rganisms hear these frequencies, and mre plant sunds await discvery.” These “secret lives” f plants and mths aren’t just fascinating — they may als have real-wrld uses as scientists learn mre. As scientists cntinue t tune in, much may still be waiting t be discvered, just beynd ur perceptin.
1． What is the main finding f the Israeli research?
A．Insects react t sunds frm stressed plants.
B．Mths lay their eggs based n plant sunds.
C．Dehydrated plants have mre xylem tissues.
D．Plants prduce sunds human beings can’t hear.
2． Why did mths chse the silent side t lay their eggs?
A．The mths preferred silence t nise.
B．There were a larger number f healthy plants.
C．The mths adjusted t the quiet envirnment.
D．The silent side meant better survival chances.
3． What can be inferred abut the significance f the new discvery?
A．It cnfirms many stressed plants prduce ultrasnic signals.
B．It challenges the traditinal view f plant and insect interactins.
C．It prves plant sunds are the key factr in ecsystem balance.
D．It explains why mths are mre sensitive t sunds than ther insects.
4． Which f the fllwing is the best title fr the passage?
A．The “Secret Sunds” Between Plants and Insects
B．Hw Mths Chse Places t Lay Their Eggs
C．Why Drught Makes Tmat Plants “Click”
D．Frests: The Quietest Ecsystem n Earth
Passage D
(2026届河南省名校联盟一模英语试题)
Plymita tree snails (蜗牛), the mst striking clrful snails in the wrld, are highly prized in eastern Cuba. Belved fr their patterned clrs, the six species f snails have becme increasingly rare t find. Their decay is partly due t lss f trees and climate change, but it’s largely driven by humans. Mre and mre snails are harvested fr jewelry.
“One f the reasns why I’m interested in these snails is that they’re s beautiful,” said Angus Davisn, a prfessr frm the University f Nttingham. “Their beauty attracts peple wh cllect and trade shells. But the very thing that makes them interesting t me is, unfrtunately, what’s endangering them as well.”
Recently, Davisn fund a British listing ffering seven Plymita snail shells fr £160. “Yu can easily imagine hw cllecting shells wuld drive a ppulatin int lcal extinctin,” Davisn said. That’s why Davisn reached ut t scientists at the Universidad de Oriente in Santiag, Cuba, t give a helping hand where it’s needed mst.
Tgether with cnservatin bilgist Bernard Reyes-Tur, Davisn is trying t save the six knwn species f Plymita befre it’s t late, f which P. sulphursa is listed as extremely endangered. As Davisn runs genetic testing in England t understand the species, Reyes-Tur is actively raising the endangered snails in captivity (圈养). Due t Cuba’s ht climate and undependable pwer, Reyes-Tur’s wrk has been challenging. “They haven’t bred (繁殖) yet, but they’re ding well,” he said.
Like all snails, the Plymita tree snails act as nature’s “clean-up crews” by eating bark and mss and bringing nutrients int the sil. They’re als imprtant fd surces fr ther endangered animals native t the cuntry, like the Cuban kite.
When running their respective prjects frm half a wrld away, Davisn and Reyes-Tur hpe that their internatinal effrts can lead t heightened cnservatin awareness. “Eastern Cuba is the nly place in the wrld where these snails are fund,” Davisn said. “We hpe we can use the genetic infrmatin we can bring t cntribute t their cnservatin.”
1．What des the underlined wrd “decay” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Activity.B．Death.C．Chice.D．Decline.
2．What inspired Davisn t d smething fr Plymita snails?
A．His lve fr cllecting shells.
B．His kindness t ther scientists.
C．His cncerns abut them.
D．His interest in Plymita snail shell trade.
3．What is Reyes-Tur mainly ding t prtect Plymita snails?
A．Breeding them in a cntrlled envirnment
B．Analyzing Cuba’s climate patterns.
C．Studying their genetic infrmatin.
D．Creating prtected areas in the wild.
4．What d we knw abut plymita snails accrding t the text?
A．They help t increase animal ppulatin.
B．They’re valuable t their native envirnment.
C．They have drawn clse attentin wrldwide.
D．They are spreading fast arund the wrld.