【专项精练】2027年高考英语模拟题阅读理解精选2

湖北武汉市部分高中2026-2027学年上学期收心考高三英语试卷

C

When a Los Angeles hospital authorized handwriting courses for its doctors, it highlighted a modern contradiction: in an era of digital perfection, the simple act of writing by hand remains critically important. The chief of staff explained to Science Daily, “Many of our physicians don’t write clearly.” The consequences can be severe, as seen in an unfortunate case where a chemist’s misreading of a doctor’s prescription (处方) led to a patient’s death.

Even though many medical records are now stored on computers, physicians still spend a lot of their time writing notes on charts or writing prescriptions by hand. Clarity in handwriting isn’t merely an aid to communication. In some significant way, writing by hand primes the brain for learning to read. Psychologists Mueller and Oppenheimer found that “Laptop note takers’ tendency to write down lectures verbatim (逐字地) rather than processing information and reframing it in their own words has a negative effect on learning.” In their experiments, students typing notes processed information shallowly, while those writing by hand were forced to summarize, leading to better understanding. The slower pace of pen and paper acts as a cognitive filter, activating the brain for deeper comprehension.

Yet, the skill is fading rapidly. Researchers worry that abandoning the pen for the keyboard will lead to any number of unforeseen negative consequences. Anne Mangen, who studies how technology transforms literacy, notes that typing, being more “abstract and unconnected,” could have profound implications; this decline is similar to a form of cultural pollution, a loss of a fundamental human capacity.

A common misconception is that we have simply traded an inefficient tool for a superior one. However, like the loss of face-to-face interaction, this trade for efficiency comes at a hidden cost. We are sacrificing irrecoverable ways of learning and knowing. Ultimately, a child who masters the keyboard but cannot sign their name is not a symbol of progress.

Handwriting is not a relic; it is a vital thread in the fabric of our cognition, and its wearing demands our immediate attention.

28. Why did the hospital introduce handwriting courses?

A. To follow the latest handwriting. trend.

B. To prevent potential medical accidents.

C. To improve doctors’ handwriting skills.

D. To promote the use of handwritten records.

29. What can we learn from Mueller and Oppenheimer’s research?

A. Typing facilitates meaningful understanding.

B. Note-taking blocks verbatim comprehension.

C. Keyboarding ensures higher learning efficiency.

D. Handwriting benefits deeper cognitive engagement.

30. What is the cost of abandoning handwriting?

A. The pollution of a traditional culture.

B. The decline in communication efficiency.

C. The over-reliance on modern technologies.

D. The fading of an essential cognitive ability.

31. What does the author suggest we do?

A. Preserve handwriting as a tradition.

B. Value the crucial role of handwriting.

C. Encourage keyboard use in education.

D. Introduce handwriting courses widely.

28. B   29. D    30. D    31. B

湖北武汉市部分高中2026-2027学年上学期收心考高三英语试卷

D

Over the past few years, areas in East Asia, North America and northern Europe have been colder than normal during some periods of winter. This has left many debating whether Earth is experiencing global warming or not, but scientists have shown that Earth’s warming trends are responsible.

When people in the Northern Hemisphere hear North Pole or Arctic region, they automatically think of the hemisphere’s northernmost area, the home of extremely cold weather during late fall and winter. During this time, very little, if any, sunlight reaches the Arctic’s stratosphere, one layer of Earth’s atmosphere that exists six to 20 kilometers above Earth’s surface. To balance the temperature difference with that of the warm equatorial region, an area of low pressure called the polar vortex forms and flows in a complete circle around the pole. This occurs inside the stratosphere (平流层) about 10 kilometers above the Earth’s surface.

While this belt of strong winds is usually stable and able to keep the cold air contained, it can be destroyed by loss of sea ice, due to global warming. This results in surface temperatures changing, changes which make them less stable. If this happens, the polar vortex may shift, slipping off the North Pole and moving south, or it can separate into two or three rings that form in multiple places far south of the pole.

This stretching or distortion of the polar vortex also makes influences on the path of the polar jet stream, which is responsible for Earth’s weather. This jet stream, along with three other primary jet streams in different parts of the world, is located in the troposphere (对流层), the atmospheric layer just below the stratosphere.

The polar jet stream’s air currents blow from 177 kilometers an hour to over 400 kilometers an hour and from west to east between 50 degrees and 60 degrees latitude — think from France to Norway. The differences in cold polar air and warm mid-latitude air form the polar jet stream, and its movement prolongs periods of cold or warm weather in different regions.

Large temperature differences between the Arctic and mid-latitudes cause the polar jet stream to be strong and move straight, keeping the cold in the north. Because the Arctic is warming at a fast pace, the temperature difference between it and mid-latitudes is decreasing, making the polar jet stream slower and weaker. That, in turn, makes the stream more likely to bend north and south. When it bends far enough, the barrier between Arctic and mid-latitude air can dive down to Mexico, taking Arctic temperatures along for the ride.

Although heat and cold are considered opposites, in the case of climate, the former can cause the latter.

32. What causes the polar vortex to form?

A. Sea ice loss in the Arctic

B. The polar jet stream’s bending

C. Strong winds inside the troposphere

D. Temperature differences with the equator

33. Why do some winters get colder globally?

A. Arctic warming weakens jet stream

B. The polar vortex becomes stronger

C. Less sunlight reaches Arctic

D. The Arctic loses its cold air

34. The word “prolong” (para 5) is closest in meaning to ______.

A. Control

B. regulate

C. extend

D. shorten

35. What is the main focus of the passage?

A. The Relationship between Warming Earth and Colder Winters

B. The Potential Reasons for Earth Becoming Warmer and Warmer

C. The Strange Phenomenon of Warming Trends with Colder Weather

D. The Temperature Differences between the Arctic and Mid-latitude Areas

32. D   33. A    34. C    35. A