浙江省金丽衢十二校2026届高三下学期第二次联考英语试卷（Word版附解析）含听力音频

这是一份浙江省金丽衢十二校2026届高三下学期第二次联考英语试卷（Word版附解析）含听力音频，共13页。
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。第Ⅰ卷1至7页，第Ⅱ卷7至8页。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共95分）
注意事项：
1．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。每段对话读两遍。
1. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What des the man think f Mary?
A. She’s cmpetent.B. She’s creative.C. She’s friendly.
2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What is the tpic f the cnversatin?
A. Tips n ding exercise.B. Methds f revisin.C. Ways f reading maps.
3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
Where are prbably the speakers?
A. At a drug stre.B. In a restaurant.C. At a butcher’s.
4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
What des the wman think is the reasn fr her sre thrat?
A. Talking t much.B. Spicy fd.C. A cld.
5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
When des the cnversatin take place?
A. In March.B. In April.C. In May.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
6. What items did they pack in the car?
A. Tent snacks and maps.B. Snacks, camera and maps.C. Camera, snacks and baseball.
7. What are the speakers mainly talking abut?
A. Travel preparatins.B. A picnic plan.C. Hiking rutes.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
8. What did the man riginally rder?
A. Ten chicken nuggets and tw cheese hamburgers.
B. Twenty chicken nuggets and tw fish hamburgers.
C. Twenty chicken nuggets and tw cheese hamburgers.
9. Why did the wman give free French fries t the man?
A. T prmte their new prduct.
B. T encurage him t rder mre.
C. T aplgize fr the errr in the rder.
10. What happened t the man’s rder?
A. The man placed a wrng rder.
B. The receipt f the rder was missing.
C. The rder was mistaken fr anther ne.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
11. Where did the speakers meet last week?
A. Near the neighbrhd.B. At the meeting.C. In the wman’s ffice.
12. Why did the man feel embarrassed?
A. He frgt the wman’s name.
B. He lst the wman’s telephne number.
C. He didn’t like the cnversatin with the wman.
13. Hw des the wman sund?
A. Understanding.B. Annyed.C. Awkward.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
14. What des the wman say abut her emtinal state?
A. She is always happy and never feels tired.
B. She is smetimes tired r sad but ptimistic.
C. She seldm sees the bright side f anything.
15. When des the wman get up n Sundays?
A. At 10 am.B. At 9 am.C. At 6 am.
16. Why des the wman wake up early?
A. T avid feeling rushed.B. T prevent being late.C. T check emails.
17. What can be inferred abut the man’s breakfast habit?
A. He ften eats sandwiches at hme.
B. He enjys cking breakfast himself.
C. He almst never has breakfast at hme.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
18. What is the main purpse f this prgram?
A. T sell bks at a lwer price.
B. T help peple wh can’t affrd bks.
C. T cllect ld bks fr recycling.
19. Hw did Ms. Chen feel abut the prgram’s first week?
A. Surprised.B. Wrried.C. Grateful.
20. What can we infer abut Xia Mei?
A. She ften ges t the library t study.
B. She gt a bk withut paying fr it.
C. She dnated a picture bk t the shelf.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15个小题；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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Cntests
21. What is the main purpse f the text?
A. T intrduce famus pets and writers.B. T advertise several literary cntests.
C. T cmpare different publishing huses.D. T explain hw t write a shrt stry.
22. Which f the fllwing culd enter Kentucky Visins Shrt Stry Cntest?
A. A pem abut American histry.B. A nnfictin nvel with 10,000 wrds.
C. A shrt stry based n Kentucky.D. A full-length bk written by sme pets.
23. Which tw cntests have the same submissin deadline?
A. Orisn Prizes in Petry & Fictin & Prime Number Magazine Awards.
B. Kentucky Visins Shrt Stry Cntest & Orisn Prizes in Petry & Fictin
C. Prime Number Magazine Awards & America Media Fley Petry Cntest.
D. New Millennium Writing Awards & Kentucky Visins Shrt Stry Cntest.
B
I was brn in 2010 in the cuntryside, which may be why I always felt a little ut f step with the times. Thrughut my childhd, I had never seen tall buildings r had a smartphne. The ld cmputer we had at hme was my nly windw t the nline wrld, which I began explring at the age f 8. My parents were busy during the day, s surfing the internet was a big deal fr me. I always turned ff the cmputer befre they gt hme t let it cl dwn and hide what I had been ding all day.
I feel like the nline vibe was much mre inclusive back then. I still remember the friendly debates abut the varius adaptatins f Legends f the Cndr Heres. Everyne wuld share their thughts and reasns. Just the ther day, I saw a similar questin n Xiahngshu, but the discussin quickly turned int heated arguments. Back then, sharing resurces fr nline nvels r gaming strategies was cmmn, but nw, such requests can easily trigger nline debates.
My parents lved playing Stephen Chw mvies at hme, which turned me int a belated fan f these classic 1990s Hng Kng cmedies. At the cre f his humr lies tragedy, yet his films als taught me simple values: be brave, be resilient, stay ptimistic, and never give up n yur dreams. T me, Stephen Chw feels like an ld friend I’ve knwn fr years — a frever-yung legend. I wish I had been brn earlier, in that glden era.
I’d describe myself as a severe nstalgia (怀旧) addict, especially when it cmes t 90s architecture. Just lking at images f thse buildings r walking near them brings me a sense f cmfrt. Thugh they’ve becme relics f the past, nthing is truly frgtten.
24. What can be inferred abut the authr’s childhd frm the first paragraph?
A. He had n idea abut the nline wrld.B. His life kept pace with the times.
C. His parents were t busy t lk after him.D. He had limited access t the internet.
25. What des the authr mean by saying “the nline vibe was much mre inclusive back then”?
A. Mre peple were willing t share.B. It is easier t reach an agreement.
C. Different viewpints culd be respected.D. There were mre nline platfrms.
26. What des the authr think f Stephen Chw’s films?
A. They nly appeal t yung peple.B. They are tragedies with subtle humr.
C. They are difficult t understand tday.D. They cmbine humr with deep meaning.
27. Which f the fllwing best describes the authr’s verall tne in the passage?
A. Hpeful.B. Emtinal.C. Humrus.D. Critical.
C
When yu’re learning a new language, there are a lt f things t remember: spelling rules, grammar rules, punctuatin rules… the list is endless. But there’s smething that can help yu: mnemnics [prnunced “nemnics”].
Mnemnics are techniques t help yu remember things. There are a variety f them, including rhymes, spelling acrnyms and sentence mnemnics.
Rhymes are a great way t remember things. The sunds, unusual wrds and rhythm f them help yu recall ideas. D yu knw when Clumbus sailed t America? There’s a rhyme t help yu which ges like this, “In furteen-hundred and ninety-tw, Clumbus sailed the cean blue.” Mst peple wh’ve heard that never frget it!
Spelling acrnyms invlve creating a sentence based n the letters f a target wrd. Fr example, the fllwing sentence can help yu with the spelling f the wrd “because”, “Big elephants can always understand small elephants”. Ntice hw the first letter f each wrd in the sentence spells ut the wrd “because”. And if yu can’t remember the spelling f the wrd “mnemnics”, use this ne “Mike never eats meat r nuts in case he’s sick”!
Sentence mnemnics are als useful. The fllwing can help yu with the difference between the wrds “principal” and “principle” “A principal is yur pal at schl, and a principle is a belief r rule.” Or this ne t help yu remember the difference in spelling between “deserts” (such as the Sahara) and “desserts” (such as Tiramisu), “A dessert has tw sugars s it’s sweeter, but a desert nly has ne.” [The tw “sugars” mentined in the sentence refer t the tw s’s in the wrd “dessert”.]
Yu can learn grammar rules with sentence mnemnics t. Fr example, this ne can help yu with the psitin f adjectives, “Adjectives cme befre nuns just as ‘A’ cmes befre ‘N’.” And this ne can help yu learn abut the use f apstrphes (撇号), “Apstrphes shw pssessin.”
Mnemnics can help a lt with language learning. Why nt try inventing a few f yur wn!
28. What are mnemnics in the passage?
A. Prfessinal tl bks.B. Specific language mdel.
C. Language learning strategies.D. Different language rules.
29. Why is the rhyme abut Clumbus mentined in paragraph 3?
A. T cmpare rhymes with ther techniques.
B T shw hw rhymes make facts memrable.
C. T prve that Clumbus was a great explrer.
D. T explain the imprtance f histrical events.
30. Which f the fllwing is an example f a sentence mnemnic?
A. “In 1066, the Nrmans did fix” rhymes the year f the Nrman Cnquest.
B. “Gerge’s elderly ld grandfather rde a pig hme yesterday” helps spell “gegraphy”.
C. “My very educated mther just served us ndles” helps remember the rder f planets.
D. “A statinery stre sells paper, while a statinary car desn’t mve” differentiates wrds.
31. Which f the fllwing wuld the authr prbably agree with abut inventing mnemnics?
A. It requires special training.B. It des nt take much time r effrt.
C. It is smething readers can try themselves.D. Language teachers shuld use it in class.
D
Wdpeckers (啄木鸟) perate at an extreme level, bring thrugh slid wd with frces mre than 30 times their wn weight and drilling up t 13 times a secnd. Hw d they never miss a beat while head banging s hard?
It turns ut that the birds tense up their entire bdy t smash thrugh wd, letting ut shrt, explsive grunts with each strike, reprt Brwn University bilgist Nichlas Antnsn and his clleagues in the Jurnal f Experimental Bilgy. “Wdpeckers really are nature’s hammer in a sense,” Antnsn says.
T study hw the birds tap, the researchers first humanely captured eight wild Dwny Wdpeckers and carefully inserted electrdes int their muscles in the labratry. The electrdes fed int a tiny, fitted backpack that recrded electrical signals frm cntracting muscles as the birds pecked. They als checked whether the wdpeckers held their breath during exertin (用力) (like weight lifters tend t d) r exhaled (呼气) (like tennis players) while striking the wd by examining airflw thrugh the birds’ air sacs — small, balln-like structures that help them breathe in and ut. By matching these measurements with high-speed vides, the scientists tracked the wdpeckers’ taps dwn t every fur millisecnds.
Instead f using a single muscle t cntrl the actin, wdpeckers activated “every muscle frm the head t the tail,” Antnsn says. The birds used their pwerful hip flexrs t push frward, clenched their tail and abs (腹肌) t prepare fr the strike, and stiffened the back f their head and neck n cntact — similar t the way yu might stiffen the back f yur wrist when yu hammer a nail. They then engaged a different set f hip and neck muscles t draw back.
The birds als perfectly paired their pecks with sharp exhalatins “as anther means f stabilizing their cre muscles and pwering thrugh thse strikes,” Antnsn explains. “T be able t breathe ut 13 times per secnd and inhale n the rder f 40 millisecnds is really impressive.” Sngbirds, which aren’t clsely related t wdpeckers, are the nly ther birds knwn t s precisely time their breaths, which they d as they sing.
“Pecking is a full-bdy exercise,” says University f Alabama bilgist Nicle Ackermans, wh studies brain damage in wdpeckers and head-butting sheep. Crdinating “micr breaths” with muscle clenching and creating “this hammerlike structure in their whle bdy is such a unique apprach,” she adds.
32. What des the questin in the first paragraph mean?
A. Hw d wdpeckers avid injury while pecking?
B. Why d wdpeckers peck faster than ther birds?
C. What makes wdpeckers strnger than ther animals?
D. Hw much weight can wdpeckers carry while pecking?
33. Why did the researchers insert electrdes int the wdpeckers’ muscles?
A. T test their reactin t electrical signals.B. T recrd muscle activity during pecking.
C. T measure their heart rate while pecking.D. T examine the structure f their muscles.
34. What des the underlined wrd “clenched” in paragraph 4 mst likely mean?
A. Tightened.B. Relaxed.C. Stretched.D. Lifted.
35. Which f the fllwing is the mst suitable title fr the passage?
A. Wdpeckers: Smart Tl Users
B. Wdpeckers: Nature’s Hammers
C. Wdpeckers: Amazing Strength
D. Wdpeckers: Pwerful Muscle Cntrller
第二节（共5个小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
At the Beijing Wrld f Rbts, lcated in the rbtics industrial park in Beijing’s Yizhuang, the visin f an intelligent future is cming t reality with all kinds f rbts. With advanced AI capabilities, they are increasingly transitining frm industrial applicatins t dmestic envirnments with human-like appearances and skillful bdy and hand mvements. ____36____
Embedded AI (具身智能), which integrates AI with physical bjects such as rbts, is emerging as a game-changing technlgy with limitless ptential. ____37____ Fr instance, Unitree Rbtics, knwn fr its dancing rbts shwcased at CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala, demnstrates cutting-edge applicatins f embedded AI.
In industrial and agricultural settings, embedded AI can dramatically enhance peratinal efficiency. ____38____ Fr hmes and healthcare sectrs, it ffers persnalized and intelligent slutins, such as AI-pwered smart hme systems that have already been widely adpted. Additinally, autnmus driving technlgies, thugh still under refinement and testing, represent anther prmising avenue fr embedded AI.
____39____ This innvative slutin, jintly launched by Meituan Medicine and Galbt, represents the wrld’s first humanid rbt-pwered smart pharmacy system. It made its debut at the China Internatinal Fair fr Trade in Services in September 2024. ____40____ It autnmusly plans its rute, navigates t the required item, and uses advanced AI-pwered visin and grasping technlgy t cmplete the task. This cutting-edge technlgy shws hw AI is revlutinizing healthcare services.
A. It can als reduce csts and enable precise management.
B China has played a leading rle in the develpment f elderly care rbts.
C. Several Chinese cmpanies have already made significant strides in this area.
D. These rbts can bring intelligent assistance t varius aspects f everyday life.
E. One grundbreaking example f AI-driven rbtics is the Galbt humanid rbt.
F. Designed fr 24/7 autnmus peratin, a Galbt rbt can restck items efficiently.
G. Meanwhile, the autmtive industry is als experiencing a rapid AI-driven transfrmatin.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15个小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The ld saw abut the evil stepparent certainly didn’t apply t Rger McElry. He made a pint f being a ____41____ presence in the life f his stepdaughter, Brke Jhnsn.
At times when life threw screwballs at Jhnsn, McElry was there t pick her up. During ne ____42____ time, he left her a vicemail that said, “Everything’s gnna be fine. We’ll ____43____ it.”
In 2024, McElry ____44____ a fall that left him a quadriplegic. Three and a half weeks later, he died f thse injuries. But befre that, while being by his bedside, Jhnsn ____45____ with McElry her dream f becming the ____46____ wman t skatebard acrss the cuntry. He wanted t be part f it, and they planned that she wuld ____47____ him in his wheelchair acrss the finish line.
She wasn’t sure she culd pull it ff, but McElry had ____48____ in her.
“I was like, ‘Rger, it’s a big cuntry’. And he was like, ‘Well, yu can d it’,” Jhnsn tld Gd Mrning America.
After McElry’s ____49____ Jhnsn, then 29, chse t ____50____ him by becming the first wman t skatebard acrss the cuntry. Alng the way, she wuld raise mney fr Wings fr Life, a nn-prfit that supprts research int spinal crd injuries.
____51____ by a vide crew, and wearing a lcket arund her neck that held McElry’s ashes, she began her jurney last April at Califrnia’s Santa Mnica beach. ____52____: Virginia Beach, 3,266 miles away.
Averaging 30 t 50 miles a day, Jhnsn’s ____53____ acrss America tk her up and dwn muntains, past wheat fields and thrugh cities, in rain and blistering heat. Thrugh it all, Rger McElry was riding with her: Everything’s gnna be fine. We’ll get thrugh it.
On Aug.15, after 119 days, Jhnsn arrived at the Atlantic Ocean. N ne was mre ____54____ than Jhnsn that she had cmpleted what she’d started, while raising $50,000 fr Wings fr Life.
She tld ABC News, “Rger left me ____55____, and fr that I thank him every day.”
41. A. psitiveB. terribleC. meaninglessD. unique
42. A. interestingB. amazingC. tryingD. meeting
43. A. accunt frB. stick tC. fcus nD. get thrugh
44. A. sufferedB. gainedC. avidedD. witnessed
45. A. exchangedB. sharedC. celebratedD. checked
46. A. greatestB. firstC. luckyD. nly
47. A. helpB. seizeC. pushD. guide
48. A. faithB. dubtC. pityD. pride
49. A. encuragementB. accidentC. recveryD. death
50. A. impressB. hnrC. traceD. recgnize
51. A. AccmpaniedB. AdmittedC. WatchedD. Refused
52. A. TransprtB. DreamC. DestinatinD. Achievement
53. A. raceB. travelC. explratinD. ride
54. A. disappintedB. surprisedC. cnfidentD. regretful
55. A. frtuneB. challengeC. hpeD. purpse
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共55分）
注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第二节（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Rickshaw (人力车) Run is ne f the wrld’s mst unusual races. It lasts fr tw weeks and takes place in India. Each team ____56____ (cnsist) f ne rickshaw and ne t fur drivers. The Rickshaw is designed t transprt light lads in shrt distances ____57____ makes the event such a challenge.
The race takes place twice a year: nce in the summer ____58____ nce in the winter. The rute is different, but the ____59____ (lng) is always abut 2,500 km lng. The race is a lt f fun, but it als has a serius side fr all participants. They shuld raise at least ne thusand punds fr charity.
The first race tk place in 2006 with 34 teams. Since then, the Rickshaw Run ____60____ (becme) famus arund the wrld. A few days befre the race, ____61____ participants dn’t knw hw t drive a rickshaw, they will receive a crash curse ____62____ (make) sure they can cntrl it during the race. They can als use the pre-race time t decrate their rickshaws and ask any last-minute questins.
“The adventure really starts when things g wrng,” said ne participant. “We blew ____63____ hle in ur rickshaw, but I saw the mst beautiful twn in India!” said anther. And as the rganizers say n their website, “There’s n set rute, n back-up, n way f ____64____ (knw) if yu’re ging t make it. The nly certainty is that yu will get lst, yu will get stuck and yu will break dwn.”
Are yu ready ____65____ sme real adventure?
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）
66. 你校英文报最近开设专栏讨论在数字化时代如何看待碎片化阅读。请以My Views n Fragmented Reading为题投稿，谈谈你的理解和看法。内容包括：
1．对碎片化阅读的理解；
2．简述利弊并表明你的态度。
注意：1．词数80左右；2．请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My Views n Fragmented Reading
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第二节：读后续写（满分25分）
67. 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 bitterly cld, snw-chked Christmas Eve when Yvnne White gt a call frm an unknwn number. A strange, calm vice n the ther end f the line said, “Hi. Yu dn’t knw me, but I have yur brther.” It was Aughtry, a wman wh wuld sn becme the lifeline fr Yvnne’s brther, Jey — a gentle, mentally disabled man with a deep lve fr baseball and a lifelng rutine as a cinema caretaker.
Days earlier, as the wrst winter strm in decades bre dwn, Yvnne had repeatedly warned Jey nt t leave his grup hme. He’d prmised t stay put, but the familiar pull f his rutine prved t strng. He wandered ut int the rapidly wrsening white-ut, heading tward the cinema where he’d wrked fr ver twenty years, nly t get lst within blcks. Hurs later, he cllapsed exhausted in a snwbank, his cries f pain cutting thrugh the hwling wind.
Aughtry, a mther f three, heard his screams frm inside her hme. Withut hesitatin, she and her sn braved the blinding strm, fllwing the sund until they fund Jey, half-frzen and barely cnscius, his hands already swllen with severe frstbite. They carried him inside, carefully peeled ff his ice-caked clthes, and spent hurs warming him with a hair dryer and blankets, his bdy still trembling vilently. Jey, in his delirium (精神错乱), was surprisingly able t recite Yvnne’s phne number frm memry. When Aughtry finally reached her, Yvnne culd nly listen in terrr, trapped indrs by the impassable snw and ice utside.
Fr the fllwing tw days, Aughtry and her family prvided cntinuus care fr Jey, but it was just getting wrse and wrse. They made several urgent calls t emergency services, describing the severity f his cnditin. Each time, they were tld that all majr rads were blcked, cvered by a thick layer f ice, making it impssible fr emergency vehicles t navigate the area. Assistance was nwhere t be fund.
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