2025-2026学年江苏省镇江市实验高级中学、茅以升中学等高三上学期第二次模拟预测英语试题2026.1
第一部分 听力（共两节）
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。每段对话读两遍。
1.
What sport did Louis do last weekend
A. Running. B. Volleyball. C. Rope skipping.
2.
When did Betty plan to start her vacation at first
A. This Thursday. B. This Friday. C. This Saturday.
3.
How did the speakers come to Sydney
A. By car. B. By plane. C. By train.
4.
What are the speakers talking about
A. A competition. B. The students’ union. C. A schoolmate.
5.
What does the man tell Ava to do
A. Cook dinner. B. Fetch the clothes. C. Pick up the groceries.
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。
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. Where are the speakers
A. At home. B. In a hospital. C. In the office.
7. What is the man likely to do next
A. Go for a check-up. B. Hold a meeting. C. Take a walk.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
8. What does the man think the amount of speaking largely depends on
A. The work content. B. The family atmosphere. C. The personal characters.
9. What are most-talked topics by men according to the study
A. People and relationships. B. Numbers and sports. C. Small tools and people.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
10. Why does the man refuse to go out with Lucky
A. He doesn’t have a big carrier to put Lucky in.
B. He thinks it will be inconvenient on the way.
C. He has arranged for Lucky to stay with Grandma.
11. What is the woman’s attitude towards leaving Lucky at the pet shop
A. Understanding. B. Ambiguous. C. Disapproving.
12. What does the man ask the woman to do
A. Pack the luggage. B. Call her grandmother. C. Feed Lucky.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
13. Where is the sport event The Super Bowl held
A. In Australia. B. In Brazil. C. In the US.
14. Which sport is mentioned as being almost a religion in India
A. Cricket. B. Soccer. C. Tennis.
15. What does the man say about table tennis
A. It’s an interesting sport.
B. It’s incredibly popular internationally.
C. It’s a representative sport in China.
16. What does the man mean in the end
A. Not all sports are for everyone.
B. Sports are a reflection of the spirit.
C. Sports are not just for entertainment value.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What is the speaker doing
A. Conducting a seminar. B. Hosting a program. C. Preparing a lecture.
18. Why should the activity “What’s in Your Schoolbag ” be held
A. To help students get to know each other.
B. To assign homework to students on the first day.
C. To let the group guess the significance of each object.
19. What is the purpose of a needs analysis on the first day
A. To understand what students expect.
B. To evaluate students’ previous knowledge.
C. To break the ice among students.
20. How does debating class rules benefit students
A. It makes them more successful in the future.
B. It improves their debating skills.
C. It makes them more likely to follow the rules.
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
Also called the Garden Island, Kauai is the oldest island in the Hawaiian region. As its name implies, it prides itself in being covered with the color green, thanks to well-kept preserves of forests. But the island and its locals aren’t shy of providing events to residents and visitors alike.
Koloa Plantation Days
Held for 10 days every July, Koloa Plantation Days in Old Koloa Town focuses on the history of the area as a former sugar plantation. You can look through local art while listening to Hawaiian music, or pick up some local food specialties and check out an exhibit about the town’s history.
Waimea Town Celebration
The west side of Kauai comes alive during Waimea Town Celebration, a nine-day festival held every February in the historic town of Waimea. Films and performances celebrating the culture of Hawaii occur throughout the event, so you can sit in an air-conditioned theater to relax while experiencing some local culture.
Lei Day
On the first of May each year, Hawaiians celebrate Lei Day on the day traditionally known as May Day. The Kauai Museum celebrates this yearly event with lei-making lessons, food stands, live entertainment and a lei contest. If you’re not into making your own lei, there are leis available for you to buy at the museum, so you can join even if your flower-necklace skills aren’t good enough.
Prince Kuhio Celebration
March 26 is Prince Kuhio Day, a statewide holiday honoring the Hawaiian prince who helped preserve local cultural practices and protect the rights of native Hawaiians. Kauai residents celebrate it for up to two weeks. Events in some towns include historical tours, cultural displays, canoe races and drumming performances.
21 What is probably the island Kauai proud of
A. Its events. B. Its culture. C. Its history. D. Its environment.
22. Which event is celebrated for the longest time
A. Lei Day. B. Koloa Plantation Days.
C. Prince Kuhio Celebration D. Waimea Town Celebration.
23. What can people do during Lei Day
A. Listening to Hawaiian music. B. Learning culture through movies.
C. Watching drumming performances. D. Making their own flower necklaces.
B
It’s terrible and strange,but I don’t really remember much about the hurricane itself.It all happened so suddenly. I was sitting in my room with my cat, Smartie, on my lap,when the roof just flew off. I was so frightened that I just froze.
Mom cried to get out quickly, but it was already too late by then. The rain was coming down so hard and so fast. Our street turned into a river in seconds. We were going nowhere.
At first,I was pleased we could stay at home, but soon it got really tough. Without a roof,staying inside was too dangerous. We just had drinking water that was sent to us by helicopter, but it was never enough.It was August,so it was really,really hot and it smelled so bad everywhere! 1 just spent the days watching the boats going up and down the street and looking out for Smartie.He had disappeared the moment the storm hit.
Living in the open air,we became breakfast,lunch and dinner for the mosquitoes___24___But Mom said that whatever happens,we should always try to see the good side of things. It was difficult to stay positive,though.All we had left were the clothes on our backs. But as Mom kept on reminding us,we were all together and safe. Mom’s words made us feel better.I remember us all lying under the midnight sky and looking up at the stars. Because there were no lights,we could see the Big Dipper,and the Milky Way. It was amazing! Despite the disaster, moments like those gave us hope for the future.
Although it was only a few days before we were rescued, it felt like months. We were taken to another town in a faraway county. Thankfully, Smartie came home just in time.None of us knew that we wouldn’t be back for quite a while then.
Now,one year has passed and I’m back home in New Orleans. Some families have yet to return, but many others have come back.Although we are surrounded by reminders of the disaster. we are working together to rebuild our homes and our lives. Now we have another chance to look up at the stars of New Orleans,their beauty inspiring us and giving us confidence to move on.
24. When did this hurricane hit the author’s hometown
A. In September. B. In August. C. In July. D. In Summer.
25. What does the underlined sentence “we became breakfast, lunch and dinner for the mosquitoes”mean
A. We ate mosquitoes as our meals.
B. There were too many mosquitoes.
C. We were tired of those mosquitoes.
D. We were bitten by mosquitoes constantly.
26. What can we learn about those families in that area
A. Some families still didn’t return home.
B. Most families came back home.
C. Few families returned home.
D. Only we came back home.
27. Who played the most important role in surviving this disaster
A. The author himself. B. The author’s mum.
C. Smartie. D. All the people stuck in the disaster
C
Paper is one of our oldest, simplest and most important inventions. But it also presents a danger to the world in two significant ways. First, the making of paper requires the loss of millions of trees each year. Between 2001 and 2019, the world lost 386 million hectares of forest. Of the trees that were cut down, 42% went to paper production. And worldwide use of paper is expected to double in the next 40 years. Clearly, the planet cannot sustain such a high rate of forest loss.
The second great problem with paper is what happens once it is no longer useful. A huge quantity of wastepaper ends up in dumps and landfills (垃圾填埋场), where it can produce harmful gases. Paper in landfills leads to the release (释放) of methane, a gas that is a significant contributor in global warming.
One simple solution can greatly reduce both of these problems: paper recycling. Paper is mainly made from cellulose (纤维素), which makes up the cell walls of trees and many other plants. Because of its structure, cellulose can be used repeatedly in papermaking. So far, trees are the only source of cellulose that can fill the massive demand for paper products. Therefore, recycling paper is simply one of the best ways to save trees.
Thanks to advances in processing, recycled paper isn’t the dull-colored stuff many of us are familiar with any more. It now can offer the same print performance as non-recycled paper.
Effective recycling requires a consistent effort. The way to begin is with education and understanding. Once enough people realize the need for recycling, more effective recycling systems can be carried out. The massive loss of trees affects everybody on earth. Everyone should do their part to recycle paper and encourage government and industries to do the same.
28. What does the author want to express in paragraph 1
A. Consequences resulting from forest loss.
B. The significance of paper in daily life.
C. The disadvantages of current paper production.
D. The severe situation caused by papermaking.
29. Why is paper in landfills harmful
A. It releases smelly gases. B. It results in global climate change.
C. It pollutes the nearby land. D. It may lead to fire accidents.
30. What can we know about paper-recycling
A. It produces cellulose to make more paper. B. The structure of cellulose makes it possible.
C. The color of recycled paper is different. D. It produces cellulose without using trees.
31 What’s the purpose of this text
A. To introduce paper recycling technology. B. To stress the threat of global warming.
C. To appeal to people to recycle paper. D. To describe the considerable need for paper.
D
Music is an important part of life today. It is a source of entertainment, and it is a way to express emotions(情感). But music is not only all this, it is also something that can be used to create a strong focus while people are working and is generally beneficial to the human brain and specifically the adolescents' (青少年) brain.
Music can reduce anxiety and depression, as well as improving mood and memory. Adolescents represent a stage in development when stress levels are unsteady. An analysis shows that listening to music lowers the stress hormone in the brain. Ashford University also states that music has also proven to be effective across a variety of treatment ways for conditions ranging from premature birth to depression to Parkinson's disease.
Music is also a way to stimulate the brain and help increase productivity. In Elena Mannes' study “The Power of Music” through National Public Radio (NPR), she declares the fact that music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function. Tests have also shown that listening to background music can increase productivity. “In majors we listen to music as we do our work,” says visual artist, Tova Engel, “It is super helpful because it allows us all to do our own thing to create more art.”
Research done by Dr. Jonathan Burdette, a professor at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, further proves the benefit of music on the brain. Dr. Burdette conducted a study where he and his fellow investigators used a technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI), to find changes in blood flow in the brain. To summarize, Dr. Burdette's research shows that listening to music that you like will improve brain connectivity, especially when doing independent work that requires a lot of internal thought and reflection. As adolescents spend a lot of time working on computers or even just doing work on paper alone, music can help teens concentrate on their thinking.
32. What's the main idea of paragraph 2
A. Music is mind medicine. B. Music is good for the brain's growth.
C. Music helps adolescents free from stress. D. Music helps patients recover from cancer.
33. Why does Tova Engel like listening to music according to the text
A. It stimulates his body. B. It helps her remove stress.
C. It gives her more strength. D. It can improve her creativity.
34. What's Dr. Burdette's attitude to listening to music that people like
A. Worried. B. Supportive. C. Uncaring. D. Doubtful.
35. What is the best title for the text
A. Music Helps Students Get Rid of Stress B. Music Makes Adolescents Fond of Art
C. Music's Benefit to the Adolescents' Brain D. Music's Function on the Brain Development
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。
It is not always easy to keep a conversation going in English You might not be sure about what to say. Or maybe you are afraid that your pronunciation is not good. So how can we continue a conversation in English ___36___
Listen and follow up
First, remember the importance of listening. Listen to the other person attentively, so that you can ask a follow-up question. For example, let’s say the other person tells you, “I just got back from a trip to Canada.” ___37___ Where did you go in Canada What was your favorite place there
How was the food there
Avold simple “yes” or “no” questions
If you want to keep a conversation going, it’s a good idea to ask questions that cannot be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”. If the other person asks you a “yes” or “no” question, try to give a longer answer to help keep the conversation going.
For example, a friend might ask, “Hey, have you seen the new Star Wars movie ” You could just answer, “No, I haven’t.” ___38___ You could answer: “No, but I plan to see it soon. How about you ”
___39___
Do not worry about your pronunciation. If your pronunciation is a little different, the other person will still understand your message if you try speaking slowly and clearly. When you are traveling in an English-speaking country and have some free time, be brave and speak in English with someone who does not look too busy. ___40___
A. Or, you could say more.
B. Be brave and practice often.
C. You can try the following ways.
D. Why did you choose the destination
E. Then you may make a new friend.
F. Correct your pronunciation if possible.
G. You can continue with a question using where, what, why, or how.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when government assistance (帮助) was unheard of. The family of five struggled hard to ___41___, which caused my father to be extremely mean with his money.
When we children—two older brothers and myself—asked him for some money, his face turned cold, saying “If you are old enough to ask, you are old enough to ___42___”. So when the need ___43___, we tried to seek jobs in the neighborhood or sell produce from the garden.
His attitude didn’t soften as we grew into adulthood and went to jobs or college. Since none of us had a car, we had to ride the bus whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, father never ___44___ us, even in ___45___ weather. If someone ___46___, he would say, "That’s what your legs are for!” For me, the walk didn’t bother me as much as the ___47___ of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt that my father didn’t seem concerned about my safety. That feeling disappeared one spring evening.
It had been an extremely ___48___ week at college. Tests and long hours in labs had left me ___49___. I longed for home and a soft bed. As other students were met at their stops, I gazed ___50___ out of the window. Finally, the bus stopped at my destination. I stepped off and walked home with my luggage.
A row of hedge (树篱笆) edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I turned off (走下) the highway and saw the hedge, I was always ___51___ because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into ___52___ when I saw a(an) ___53___ moving toward the house along the top of the hedge. Upon closer ___54___, I realized it was my father. Then I knew each time I came home, he stood ___55___ the hedge, watching until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the tears. He did care, after all.
41. A. process B. transform C. survive D. exist
42. A. worry B. spend C. earn D. print
43. A. happened B. arose C. passed D. counted
44. A. met B. hugged C. welcomed D. greeted
45. A. pleasant B. bad C. mild D. agreeable
46. A. questioned B. complained C. hesitated D. suspected
47. A. boredom B. delight C. warmth D. fear
48. A. colorful B. stressful C. wonderful D. sorrowful
49. A. awkward B. embarrassed C. ashamed D. exhausted
50. A. eagerly B. happily C. curiously D. crazily
51. A. frightened B. inspired C. relieved D. astonished
52. A. effect B. life C. being D. view
53. A. figure B. statue C. sculpture D. character
54. A. examination B. observation C. inspection D. experience
55. A. before B. above C. behind D. off
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。
Science is not just about making discoveries; it’s ____56____ long and tough journey filled with challenges and teamwork. It’s a race for the survival of our ____57____ (curious) and the pursuit of knowledge.
Thomas Edison serves ____58____ a great example. He was determined to find a material for the light bulb. He conducted thousands of experiments ____59____ (ignore) the failures and criticisms along the way. His trials were far from easy, but he refused ____60____ (postpone) his efforts. ____61____ (eventual), his hard work paid off when he found the right material, bringing light to the world. His story illustrates that in science, perseverance is key.
Science also ____62____ (involve) cooperation. The discovery of the structure of DNA is a prime instance. Watson and Crick put forward their famous double-helix model. Their success indicated the importance of combined efforts, ____63____ shouldn’t be taken for granted. Scientists should take responsibility for recognizing each other’s work and not let their ____64____ (peer) down.
In modern science, we ____65____ (allow) by new technologies to explore further. But with this freedom of research comes great responsibility — we must apply scientific knowledge for the benefit of humanity.
第四部分 写作（两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 假如你是李华，“世界环境日”即将到来，你将以学生代表的身份在学校周一的升旗仪式中发表主题为“一个地球，一份责任”的英语演讲。演讲内容包括：
1. 保护环境的重要性；
2. 行动建议；
3. 发出号召。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为100词左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Good morning, dear teachers and fellow students,
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Thank you!
第二节（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。
On Sunday,Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing with his father at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. They had a wonderful day and decided to drive home to Massachusetts after a final run. They took a chairlift to the top of the mountain, where they split up to go down in different trails. When the father finished his run, he headed to the parking lot to wait for his son. However, Nicholas never showed up.
It turned out that a fierce snowstorm had swept into the area as Nicholas was on his way down. Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off the path and ventured down the west side of the mountain. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost and all alone. His way back to the ski trails was blocked. What's worse, he didn't have any food or water with him, let alone his cell phone or other supplies. The sun began to sink and he was getting colder by the minute.
Nicholas had no idea where he was. He tried not to panic. He thought about Bear Grylls' survival show Man vs. Wild that he used to watch on TV. In the show, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to help himself out. It was time to put the tips he had learned to use.
He decided to stop moving around. He needed the energy, and the winds weren't as strong in the valley where he stood as they were up on the mountain. Plus, there was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put. The first thing he did was to seek shelter from the freezing wind and snow. Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave. He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could.
When evening came, Nicholas was really hungry. He ate some snow and drank some water from nearby stream so that he wouldn't dehydrate (脱水）。 Then he returned to his cave and slept.
Paragraph 1:
When Nicholas didn't show up, his father realized there must be something wrong.
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Paragraph 2:
The next dayNicholas heard the sound of a snowmobile.
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