郑州外国语学校2026-2027 学年高三上期第二次调研考试试卷英语

（120 分钟150 分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）

第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）

听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。

1. What will the speakers do next?

A. Build a nest for the bird.

B. Wait for the parent birds.

C. Treat the injured bird.

2. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Present his paper idea to Prof. Lee.

B. Choose French literature this term.

C. Sign up for Prof. Smith's class.

3. Why is Tom late.

A. He woke up late

B. The subway was delayed.

C. He missed the first bus

4. How does the woman view the man's career development?

A. It's dynamic.B. It's stable.C. It's unpredictable.

5. What benefit can the man get from doing puzzles?

A. Managing his time better.

B. Improving his eyesight.

C. Keeping his mind sharp.

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。每段录音读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至 7 小题。

6. What percentage of the woman's monthly income goes to entertainment?

A. 20%.B. 30%.C. 50%.

7. What will the man do?

A. Create his budget plan.

B. Quit buying sports shoes.

C. Open a savings account.

听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至 10 小题。

8. Who is the man?

A. A teacherB. A doctorC. A fitness coach.

9. What keeps the woman from exercising?

A. Lack of interest.B. Fear of injury.C. Lack of time.

10. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Find a workout partner in the gym.

B. Incorporate exercise into her daily routine.

C. Get some professional fitness equipment.

听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至 13 小题。

11. Why was Luisa Yu given the award?

A. She was popular on social media as a travel blogger.

B. Her travel experiences have inspired many people.

C. She has travelled to the most places in the world.

12. When did Luisa Yu finish her visits to all the UN countries?

A. In 2021.B. In 2022.C. In 2023.

13. What did Luisa Yu do in Serbia?

A. She went skydiving.

B. She learnt a local song.

C. She enjoyed a surprise party.

听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至 17 小题。

14. What did the woman see robots do in Shenzhen?

A. Run a marathon.B. Sweep the streets.C. Perform a dance.

15. What extra service does the robot 6S store offer compared to the 4S store?

A. Rental serviceB. After-sales service.C. Customer feedback service.

16. What does the man say about the World Robot Contest?

A. It has global influence and involvement.

B. It's for university students majoring in AI

C. It is held every four years in different countries.

17. Where will the woman compete next?

A. In Shenzhen.B. In Zhengzhou.C. In Sanya.

听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至 20 小题。

18. What is the main purpose of KSES?

A. To promote elephant tourism in Thailand

B. To improve the living standards of elephants.

C. To provide formal training for elephant keepers.

19. What rule must volunteers follow?

A. Feed elephants at fixed times.

B. Keep elephants in protected areas.

C. Maintain a distance from elephants.

20. What will the speaker probably talk about next?

A. Her village life with the locals.

B. Ways to register for KSES.

C. Her weekly work schedule.

第二部分阅读理解（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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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BC Place Stadium Guide

Vancouver is world-renowned for its natural beauty and mountain landscapes. The city has a bustling art,theatre and music scene, but also loves its sports--BC Place Stadium is one of the premiere (首次公演) sportsvenues in the area.

BC Place Stadium is the home venue for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League and Major LeagueSoccer's Vancouver Whitecaps FC. In recent years, the stadium has hosted some of the world's biggest sportsevents, including the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Championship Match, the 2021North American Hockey Tournaments and multiple knockout stage matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

BC Place Stadium parking options and cost

There are plenty of public parking options around BC Place Stadium. You can purchase parking passes inadvance for events at BC Place Stadium online, which helps to avoid higher parking rates on site.

Parking around BC Place Stadium can cost anywhere between 10and30 on event days, depending on the type

of parking and location.

Other important information

◆ BC Place Stadium uses mobile tickets for all events. Guests must display their passes on their mobilephones in order to enter. Screenshots and printouts of the ticket will not be scanned or accepted.

◆Re-entry is not allowed at BC Place Stadium under any circumstances. Tickets are good for one-time entryto games and events only.

◆You can't bring outside food and drinks into BC Place Stadium. The stadium will only allow one emptywater bottle per person into the venue. All guests are prohibited from smoking. And electronic cigarettes are notallowed in either. It adopts a no-pet policy.

21. Which sports event was held in BC Place Stadium?

A. The 2026 FIFA World Cup Final.

B. The 2010 Summer Olympic Games.

C. The 2021 World Hockey Tournaments.

D. The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.

22. How can you reduce your parking rate at BC Place Stadium?

A. Choose a parking location.B. Reach parking lots in advance.

C. Purchase parking passes on site.D. Display passes on the phones.

23. What can be taken into the BC Place Stadium?

A. E-cigarettes.B. Smartphones.C. A full bottle.D. A pet dog.

B

This weekend I had the pleasure of seeing the Latvian animated film Flow in the theater. I'd never heard of it,but all of the other options were sequels (续集) or Christmas movies. Flow had a great trailer (预告片), excellentreviews, and won many awards. I was told.

It is about the adventures of a black cat, a yellow dog, and several other animals that band together to survive acatastrophic flood. There are no people in the film. In fact, there is no dialogue at all in the hour and a half.

You would think that a movie without any human characters or dialogue would be boring. Well, Flow isanything BUT. On the contrary, I was often on the edge of my seat, terrified for the danger these little guys faced.They're constantly escaping enemies and rising water. Eventually, our black cat finds himself in a new land. At the

start of the movie he is alone, but by the end he is surrounded by new friends.

What, if anything, does this movie "mean"? Clearly, one of the basic themes is unity-different species thatinitially don't get along eventually learn to help each other survive. But I think the fact that humans are completelyabsent seems intentional. The animals pass through run-down, abandoned towns, implying that humanity may havebeen wiped out by a disaster. Combined with the flood, this suggests a metaphor about climate change and sea levelrise The movie's metaphors are subtle: water is an ever-present symbol in the film, and it is constantly flowingforward, pushing the action and our characters. With the title literally named Flow, temporariness seems to be the

main message: things constantly changing, the world moves on. We often can't control storms of life. What we cancontrol are our own actions. You can choose to fight the current or go with it and make the best of what you finddown river.

Or it could mean something else completely different to you! Like the best poems, this movie is open tomultiple interpretations.

24. What initially motivated the author to watch the film Flow?

A. Recommendations from strangers.B. Curiosity about an unknown movie.

C. Its unique theme concerning animals.D. Its positive reception and many awards.

25. Which of the following is a distinctive feature of Flow?

A. It involves more than human characters.

B. It contains no spoken dialogue.

C. It is a short animation within 90 minutes.

D. It is primarily a Christmas-themed story.

26 In the author's opinion, what does humans' absence from the film imply?

A. The unpredictability of life.B. The difficulty of survival.

C. The loss of humanity.D. The unity of diverse species.

27. Where is the text probably from?

A. An entertainment website.B. An eco-tour journal.

C. An editorial on global warming.D. A textbook on animation.

C

A "memory breakdown" is often said to be the major cognitive problem of our time. In a recent piece in TheChronicle Review, Daniel Mercer argued that "students can't remember even simple facts without checking theirphones", and many schools have quietly lowered expectations for memorizing dates, formulas and vocabulary.

Yet complaints about weak memory are hardly new. In the late 19th century, British educator Henry Lathamblamed that cheap printed books would destroy students' power to remember, because they no longer needed tokeep long passages in their heads. Over the decades, similar denunciations have returned each time a new tool hasentered classrooms.

Mercer suggests that rather than a simple loss of ability, we may be seeing a shift in how people choose to usetheir memory. Many students now treat their phones as an "external brain", much as earlier generations treated thefamily bookshelf. At the same time, the use of digital calendars, search engines and cloud storage continue to rise.This points to a change not in whether people can remember, but in what they believe is worth remembering."Students can still memorize," Mercer wrote. "They're just deciding to memorize different things."

This leads to a deeper question: What kind of memory do we truly need, and why? Psychologists oftendistinguish between recall-producing information with no help-and recognition, which is using clues to find whatwe once knew. In classic "change blindness" experiments, people fail to notice that a stranger they are speaking tohas been secretly replaced by another person, because their attention is on the task, not the face. It shows thatrelying on external cues (提示) and context is not always a weakness; it may reflect a different way of managinglimited mental resources.

Could today's young people be developing useful memory strategies that we have not yet learned to value?What about their skill at searching huge databases in seconds, or at linking ideas across videos, chats and onlinedocuments? These new habits of remembering challenge us to reconsider--with the history of past "memorybreakdown" in mind-how we might understand and support human memory in more flexible, forward-looking ways.

28. What does the underlined word "denunciations" in paragraph 2 mean?

A. Origins.B. Reminders.C. Indicators.D. Criticism

29. What does the growing use of digital tools suggest according to Mercer

A. People are changing the way they use their memory.

B. People no longer need to train their memory.

C. Schools are forcing students to rely on external devices.

D. Modern technology is destroying traditional learning tools.

30 Why does the author mention the "change blindness" experiments?

A. To display that people are easily fooled by visual tricks.

B. To prove that using outside cues can be a reasonable strategy.

C. To demonstrate that face recognition is more important than tasks.

D. To illustrate that most memories are formed without our awareness.

31. What will probably be discussed next?

A. Challenges facing the young generation.

B. More valuable lessons taught by history.

C. Ways to support memory in the digital age.

D. Effects of relying on external memory tools.

D

A team of psychologists from the University of Chicago conducted an experiment to compare the effects ofnatural sounds and common white noise on people's sustained attention.

In the study, 212 adult participants were randomly divided into two groups. The nature sound group completeda 40-minute attention task with recordings of forest birdsong and gentle rainfall playing in the background. Thecontrol group performed the same task with standard white noise - a steady, uniform sound widely used inworkplaces to reduce surrounding distractions. The task required participants to monitor a stream of numbers on ascreen and press a button whenever a specific rare pattern appeared. Both accuracy and reaction speed wererecorded as key measures of attention performance.

Overall, the nature sound group scored 12% higher on average in attention accuracy than the control group,with no significant difference in reaction speed between the two groups. When researchers divided participants bytheir self-reported daily distractibility, the performance gap grew much wider. Among people who often struggledto stay focused in daily life. those in the nature sound group performed over 21% better than similar participants inthe control group. For those with naturally strong concentration, the improvement was small and not statisticallymeaningful.

The researchers also tracked participants' mood states before and after the task. Both groups reported similarlevels of relaxation and positive feelings after finishing the test. This result indicated that the attentionimprovement was not driven by a better mood, but by the natural sounds themselves, which help the brain enter agentle state of focus without requiring extra mental effort.

"Many people turn on white noise when they need to concentrate, assuming it is the most reliable choice," saidDr. Lena Marlow, lead researcher of the study. "But our findings suggest natural sounds are a more effective option,especially for those who struggle with distraction. Small adjustments to our daily sound environment can bringnoticeable improvements to work and study efficiency."

32. What is a feature of the nature sound group in the experiment?

A. They finished a shorter version of the task.

B. They worked with natural sound recordings.

C. They were tested only on reaction speed.

D. They were chosen from office workers.

33. Which group showed the most obvious performance improvement?

A. The nature sound group with strong natural focus.

B. The control group with strong natural focus.

C. The nature sound group with high daily distractibility.

D. The control group with high daily distractibility.

34. Why did the researchers measure participants' mood states?

A. To rule out mood as the cause of the results.

B. To judge how relaxing different sounds are.

C. To test the influence of the task on feelings.

D. To measure the mental effort of the task.

35. What may be the best title for the passage?

A. Mood Changes Influence People's Attention Performance

B. White Noise Works Well in Reducing Surrounding Distractions

C. Natural Sounds Beat White Noise for Sustained Attention

D. Attention Tasks Test Adults' Reaction Speed

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。

Nowadays, staying positive has become a popular mindset____36____. But what happens when we takepositivity to an extreme? Could being blindly optimistic lead to disappointment? While looking on the bright side isgenerally seen as a virtue, new research suggests that "toxic positivity" might actually harm our mental health.

Toxic positivity occurs when people deny their real emotions and force themselves to stay optimistic. GitanjaliTrevorrow-Seymour, a professional coach, explains that humans are naturally meant to experience a wide range ofemotions, from joy and gratitude to sadness and disappointment.____37____. Like many things in life, mentalwellbeing is all about balance. The danger lies in labeling feelings as "good" or "bad". When we desperately avoid"negative" emotions, we end up suppressing our real feelings. This suppression places extra stress on the body,

which can eventually lead to anxiety or even physical illness.____38____If we only show our "happy" selves, our social interactions can become shallow and inauthentic.When a friend is going through hard times, responding with "Try to be positive!" may be well-intentioned, but itoften dismisses their feelings. Instead of feeling comforted, they may feel forced to put on a brave face, which ismentally exhausting. True support involves acknowledging their pain rather than attempting to fix it immediately.___39____It is OK to feel upset, frustrated or heart-broken when things go wrong. Our painful feelings carryimportant messages about what matters to us. Ignoring them means we lose chances to know ourselves better.

So, should we avoid positive affirmations entirely? Not necessarily.____40____The key is to accept the fullrange of human experience rather than bury hard feelings under false cheerfulness.

A. It also damages our connections with other people.

B. We should permit ourselves to feel bad from time to time.

C. No single feeling should occupy our mind non-stop.

D. People are often told to push away unpleasant feelings.

E. Many social media posts advocate this optimistic attitude.

F. We can still seek hope without refusing our true inner state.

G. It is harmful to share our negative feelings with our friends.

第三部分语言知识运用（共 2 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。

My grandpa kept an old wooden toolbox in his garage. Its surface was scratched, and its metal lock no longer

_41_perfectly. As a boy, I would open it and admire the shiny new tools he bought, while___42___the worn,bent ones resting in the corner. Those old pieces looked useless, and I often wondered why grandpa never_43_

them away.

"Why keep broken tools?" I asked him one afternoon. He sat down beside me and ran his fingers across the_44_marks on the box. "Every mark tells a story," he said gently. "A tool doesn't lose its value just because itgets_45_."

I did not truly grasp his words until my senior year of high school. Pressured by endless exams, I pushedmyself to be___46___in every subject. Whenever I failed to meet my own standards, I felt broken, just like thosebent tools. I___47___my weaknesses and tried hard to hide my mistakes from classmates. My chest would_48_whenever I received unsatisfying scores. I wanted only my "shiny side" to be seen by others.

One rainy weekend, I visited grandpa again. Staring at that familiar toolbox, memories___49___back. Ithought about how I treated myself: I wished to throw away my imperfect parts, as if they had no___50___at all.Grandpa noticed my long silence. "Even a bent screwdriver can still do some work," he reminded me. "It may notlook___51___, but it still serves its purpose."

His words___52___me deeply. Perfection was not the requirement for being worthwhile. My failures andflaws were not something to___53___or hide. They were marks from growth, just like the scratches on grandpa'sold box.

That evening, I sat at my desk. Instead of feeling___54___about my weaknesses, I began to accept them. Irealized I did not need to stay polished and flawless all the time. True strength comes not from being without cracks,but from___55___all parts of yourself.

41. A. workedB. openedC. lockedD. fit

42. A. valuingB. ignoringC. repairingD. testing

43. A. gaveB. tookC. threwD. cleared

44. A. freshB. brightC. faintD. scratched

45. A. oldB. heavyC. rustyD. bent

46. A. popularB. perfectC. confidentD. calm

47. A. hatedB. treasuredC. showedD. explored

48. A. relaxB. expandC. tightenD. ache

49. A. cameB. wentC. turnedD. flooded

50. A. costB. valueC. functionD. chance

51. A. expensiveB. prettyC. practicalD. powerful

52. A. amusedB. shockedC. touchedD. puzzled

53. A. admitB. avoidC. discoverD. observe

54. A. hopefulB. curiousC. guiltyD. careful

55. A. acceptingB. changingC. removingD. forgetting

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。

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a time-honored treasure of Chinese civilization, with a history ofthousands of years of medical practice. With its special overall method of medical treatment and disease prevention,it serves global public health in___56___unique way.

In recent years, TCM has won increasing international recognition worldwide. It has been spread to nearly 200countries and regions,___57___(bring) safe, cheap and effective new medical choices to local people. 2019marked a milestone year___58___TCM was officially included in the global medical system by the WHO. Up tonow, over 100 TCM-related standards___59___(introduce) worldwide to standardize clinical practice andmedical services.

To better meet global medical standards, medical workers are giving up old-fashioned treatment methods andattaching great___60___(significant) to standardized modern medical treatment. At present, many youngmedical workers devote themselves to TCM international communication and promotion, which makes them highly_61_(equip) for global medical publicity work. Experts say that professional talent training is___62___(vital)important for TCM's long-term global development. Compared with Western medicine, TCM provides much_63_(gentle) treatment for long-term illnesses with fewer side effects. TCM keeps traditional valuable theories,develops modern new techniques___64___promotes global medical communication continuously. With constant

improvement and reform, TCM continues to shine___65___the global healthcare industry.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分 40 分）

第一节（满分 15 分）

假定你是李华，学校英语报以"The Key to a Happy Family"为题针对家庭亲子关系面向学生进行征文。请你写一篇征文稿，内容包括：

1．你的理解；

2．你的建议。

注意：1．写作词数应为 80 左右；

2．请按如下格式作答。

The Key to a Happy Family

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第二节（满分 25 分）

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。

Even before I reached the tent, I knew there would be trouble. My little brother Andy was following me, with

a sleeping bag, a flashlight, and his toy bear. My friends Wade and Brad thought Andy would ruin everything. Hewould get scared in the middle of the night and have to be taken back to the house. Their complaint continued.

Andy promised that he wouldn't ruin anything. He wormed his way into the tent and settled in the far corner.Night was settling in, too, with the woods around us fading toward black. The house, with its porch light on,

seemed a long way from us.

"Time for ghost stories," Brad announced as soon as I closed the tent. He told a story about vampires, but it only made us fall over laughing. When it was Wade's turn, he told a story of three guys who were camping in a tent.He described our situation exactly-except for Andy. When he was describing a scary creature, somewhere outside,a branch broke. The hairs on my arms shot straight up. "These guys were crawling into their sleeping bags, right?"Wade continued. "Just then a terrible cry came out of the darkness." And out of the woods behind us was a cry,loud, frightening, and strange. The hairs on my head shot straight up too.

"What was that?" Brad asked as the cry came again. We all looked at each other in horror, speechless. Wadesuggested someone should go out to check, but no one dared. "What if it's something trapped or hurt?" Andy saidanxiously. We focused our flashlights on Andy, whom we'd forgotten, sitting in the corner with his arms around hisbear. Andy would adopt every lost or hurt animal in the world if Mom would let him.

注意：

（1）续写词数应为 150 个左右；

（2）请按照如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

"I'm going to see." Andy ran out of the tent and disappeared in the darkness. _________________________

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Andy said it was a baby monkey caught between the branches, and it was crying for its mother. ___________

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英语参考答案

一、听力：BACACBAAABBCCBAACBCA

二、阅读：A 篇：DABB 篇：DBCAC 篇：DABCD 篇：BCAC

七选五：ECABF

三、完形填空：ABCDDBACDBBCBCA

语法填空：

56. a57. bringing58. when59. have been introduced60. significance

61. equipped62. vitally63. gentler/moregentle64. and65. in

第一节参考范文

The Key to a Happy Family

The key to a happy family lies in mutual understanding, respect and effective communication. Family

members should listen to each other sincerely and support one another unconditionally.

To build such a family, we can set regular family time like shared dinners or weekend activities to strengthen

bonds, Besides, learning to appreciate each other and resolve conflicts with patience is vital. Parents should set a

good example to create a loving environment where everyone feels valued.

In short, a happy family is built through constant efforts and love from all members.

第二节参考范文

"I'm going to see." Andy ran out of the tent and disappeared in the darkness. A wave of panic washed over

me the moment he faded into the woods. Without hesitation, I sprinted after him, my heart stuck in my throat. Cold

night wind whistled through the woods, and the sharp, sorrowful cry floated from afar. Tracking the wavering beam

from Andy's flashlight, I found him rooted under a huge tree. I directed my flashlight upwards, only to find a

helpless little creature behind leaves, letting out piercing cries out of terror.

Andy said it was a baby monkey caught between the branches, and it was crying for its mother. Eyes filled

with pity, Andy turned to me, pleading that we should set it free. We called over Wade and Brad, who finally

gathered up courage to join our rescue. With joint efforts, we carefully brought the frightened baby monkey safely

down. Soon, its mother emerged from nowhere. The little monkey leaped excitedly into its mother's arms. As they

disappeared into the dark forest, it struck me that true bravery lies not in being fearless, but in daring to reach out

with kindness even when you tremble with fear.