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济宁市2026年高考第二次模拟考试英语试题

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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。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。每段录音读两遍。

1.What will the man do on Saturdayevening?

A.Collecthis father.B. Attend aparty.

2.What does the man think of ProfessorWang?

A.Strict.B.Interesting.

3.Who could the woman probablybe?

A.Robert'sfriend.B. Robert's boss.

4.What problem did the manhave?

A.He failed to place anorder.

B.He forgot the woman's name.

C.He went to the wrong address.

5.What are the speakers mainly talkingabout?

A.Arestaurant.B. A bakery.

C. Catch a flight.

C. Easy-going.

C. Robert's mother.

C. Sandwiches.

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。

听第6段录音，回答第6、7题。

6.How often does the trainrun?

A.Every15 minutes.B. Every half anhour.

7.What will the speakers donext?

A.Buybus tickets.B. Wait for thetrain.

C. Every hour.

C. Check the schedule.

听第7段录音，回答第8、9题。

8.Why is the man talking toJennifer?

A.To seekher advice.B. To give her atask.

9.What is the man going todo?

A.Reviewthe report.B. Revise the slides.

听第8段录音，回答第10至12题。

10.What can we learn about the soccermatch?

A.It ended ina draw.B. It was a regionalfinal.

11.Why was the gamechallenging?

A.The opponents werestrong.

B.The goalkeeper lost severalballs.

C.The playing conditions weredifficult.

12.What will be broadcastnext?

A.Anadvertisement.B. A weather report.

听第9段录音，回答第13至16题。

13.What is the relationship between thespeakers?

A.Travel agent and customer. B. Driver andpassenger.

14.Where will the woman spend her firstday?

A.Ina grassland.B. At a beach.

15.What does the man say about FraserIsland?

A.It has sandeverywhere.

B.It covers seventy-five squaremiles.

C.It has the most beaches in theworld.

16.What can the woman do in thegrassland?

A.Walk inthe forests.B. Feed someanimals.

听第10段录音，回答第17至20题。

17.What is at the northern end of thepark?

A.Ariver.B. A wall.

18.Where is the statue of Diane Gosforthnow?

A.Onthe riverbank.B. Close to the southgate.

19.How is the children's playgrounddifferent?

A.It has been relocated. B. It has been expanded.

20.How many tennis courts are there in the parknow?

A.Two.B. Four.

C. To thank her.

C. Remove the images.

C. The Portville Lions lost.

C. A piece ofnews.

C. Fellowtravelers.

C. On an island.

C. Camp outdoors.

C. A pond.

C. Near the heart of the park.

C. It includes sculptures now.

C. Eight.

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，选出最佳答案。

A

2026 Local Letters for Global Change Contest Is Open!

The Pulitzer Center invites you to make your voice heard by writing a letter to a local decision-maker that explains the global issue you want them to prioritize, shows how it connects to your local community, and proposes a solution. We want to read and share your letters: tell us, and the world whafs most important to you.

Eligibility:

We welcome entries from all current K-12 students across the globe. Letters should be written in English and address a topic within one of the Pulitzer Center's four focus issues:

❖Climate andEnvironment

❖GlobalHealth

❖Information and ArtificialIntelligence

❖Education and Opportunity

Entry Guidelines:

0 Choose an issue that is important to your local community and your selected decision-maker would like to address.

Your proposed solution should be workable. But you don't have to reinvent the wheel! Consider advocating for a solution that has been effective elsewhere or is already in progress.

The evidence you provide to support your claims should be reliable. You must cite at least one Pulitzer Center news story, but you can also cite evidence from other news sources, academic articles, or reports by organizations and governments.

Submit your entry between May 14 and June 16,2026 to www.pulitzercenter.org/stories.using the contest form. It will request some basic personal and contact information: you can copy your letter directly into the form.

Prizes:

O First place winners: $ 300 to support global community engagement in your classroom

O Finalists: $ 75 to support global community engagement in your classroom

P. S. All entrants will be invited to participate in a Pulitzer Center town hall event, held virtually in August, to share solutions with other students from around the world.

21.What is the contest mainly aimedat?

A.Improving students'writing skills.B. Building bonds among communities.

C. Developing students' global citizenship. D. Publicizing Pulitzer Center's focus issues.

22.Which theme is most likely to be accepted for thecontest?

A.The history of a city's centralpark.

C. A town's efforts to reduce plastic waste.

23.What is a must forcontestants?

A.Selecting the latesttopic.

C. Posting the entry before June.

B.Basic theories of artificialintelligence.

D. Tips for better sleep during exam week.

B. Inventing a novel solution.

D. Citing a Pulitzer Center story.

B

For years, I walked the streets of London wearing noise-canceling headphones, absorbed in playlists, podcasts, or long voice notes, a million miles away from wherever I physically was.

One damp January evening, I was walking home, headphones out of power in my bag, when I noticed a small figure fall down on the pavement with her eyes closed. I might not have noticed her if I had been in my own world, fixated on what was playing in my ears. I asked her name. No response. Worse, she didn't seem to be breathing. My mind raced back to my first-aid class, but I drew a blank, afraid of getting it wrong. I dialed 999. The call handler talked me through it: lie her down, press her chest to a count, keep going. To my relief, the stranger took a breath. After the medical workers arrived, I quietlyleft.

After that night, I resolved to be more aware of the happenings around me. Wearing headphones made me feel as if I was wrapped in sound: it could be comforting, but the world was dulled and separate.

So, off they came.

Suddenly, I awakened to all that had long escaped my notice. A noise in the grass turned out to bea hedgehogfighting ablackbird一I feltas if Tdentereda secretworld.A thunderous crackalerted me to a woodpecker drilling holes in a tree near my local park. Plus, I'm more open to talking to strangers now. It's easier to start a conversation when my first response isn't "What?” as I peel offmy headphones.

Still, it helps to have the option to zone out. I refuse to go for a run without loud Cuban music in my ears to force my trainers to hit the ground with the beat. There's no way I'm getting on an aeroplane without listening to an audio book.

As for that January night, Uli never know what happened to the stranger, but I'm glad I was paying attention.

24.Why was the author able to notice the woman's unusualcondition?

A.He heard a sound ofan ambulance.B. He had rich first-aid expertise.

C. His headphones happened tobe dead.D. His mind was wandering from music.

25.What does the underlined word "they" refer to in paragraph4?

A.Theheadphones.B.Thenoises.C.Thehappenings.D.Themedicalworkers.

26.What is the author's current view on usingheadphones?

A.It is astylishtrend.B. It is a conscious choice.

C. It is aregular routine.D. It is a habitual preference.

27.What message does the text tryto convey?

A.Musicspeaks.B. Alertness counts.

C. Kindnessnever fades.D. To tune out is to tunein.

c

The evolutionary path that led to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and thelatest surprise is that our species likely evolved from two ancestral populations.

Scientists have long thought that modern humans emerged from a single hominin （古人类）

population in Africa between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. However, a new study led by Richard Durbin, a geneticist at the University of Cambridge revealed that two groups of hominins split apart around 1.5 million years ago, only to reunite about 1.2 million years later, initiating a genetic mixing event that resulted in the birth of modern humanity.

Instead of relying on ancient remains, researchers made useof modern humanDNA from the 1,000Genomes Project. Byadding that dataset toa computational algorithm （算法）,they produced a structured model that displayed two ancestral populations breaking apart and getting back together in ancienttimes. ccThe fact that we can reconstruct events from hundreds of thousands or millions ofyears ago just by looking at DNA today is astonishing/5 saidDurbin.

The model shows that in the years after the split, one of the two groups contracted temporarily. ""Immediately after the two ancestral populations split, we see a severe bottleneck in one of them 一suggesting it declined to a very small size before slowly growing over a period of one million years/5 Durbin said. "This population would later contribute about 80% of the genetic material of modern humans. The second group, meanwhile, contributed around 20% of the genes, many of which are located far away from the functional regions of the genome.

As for the identity of these ancestral populations, an element of mystery still remains. The researchers point to Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis as possible candidates, but further research is needed. Still, the genetic exchange shaping the modern human genome demonstrates that human evolution has involved splits and reunions. And that's probably not limited to humans.

28.What is the highlight of the newstudy?

A.It rewriteshumanorigin.B. It compares two populations.

C. It maps thehuman genome.D. It confirms the evolution timeline.

29.Which best describes the method of thestudy?

A.Practice-focused. B. Culture-based. C. Theory-guided. D.Data-driven.

30.What can be inferred from the last twoparagraphs?

A.Species evolve in a clear and straightline.

B.Genetic exchange may exist in otherspecies.

C.The status of the two groups has beenidentified.

D.The two populations contributed equally ingenes.

31.What is the best title ofthe text?

A.Our ClosestAncient CousinsB. An Ancestral Get-Together

C. The Art of EncodingHuman DNAD. The Out-of-Africa Human Journey

When you were little, did you fight with your brother or sister about who would get the last gummybear?Orwhogottositinthefrontoftheride?Behindthesecasesliesahiddenmindset一zero-sum thinking, a term that comes from math. In a zero-sum game, the total of gains and losses among the players always adds up to zero. Oskar Morgenstern first formally described this concept in the 1944 book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Since then it has been widely used in economic theories and gametheory.

Drawing on ideas of evolutionary psychology, some have argued that zero-sum thinking arose as a cognitive ( 认 知 的 )adaptation within early-human ancestors who were forced to compete over limited resources. As such, the tendency to subjectively view resource distribution as zero-sum might have been the dominant strategy in our evolutionary past, giving individuals with higher zero-sum beliefs a relative advantage over others. Thus, in modern environments, zero-sum beliefs are adopted under similar conditions of threat and resource shortage and can be overridden only with thoughtful reflection.

Zero-sum beliefs have important intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences. At the intrapersonal level, greater approval of zero-sum beliefs is associated with more negative (and less positive) effects, more greed and lower life satisfaction. Zero-sum beliefs can also be interpersonally detrimentaLsuch as when negotiators who believe that their counterparts gain at their expense overlook opportunities for mutually beneficial deals. More broadly, people who adopt zero-sum beliefs often feel lonelier. Thus, zero-sum beliefs are associated with both the quality and the quantity of close personalrelationships.

To fight these effects, we can remember to remain mindful that there are numerous opportunities for non-zero-sum interactions with others, such as finding opportunities to exchange surpluses or favors with others. Doing so provides the necessary ingredients for trust and mutual benefit to form, which are both necessary for any business or economy to function optimally, in good times and in bad.

32.Which is the core of the zero-summindset?

A.Every coin hastwosides.B. The other's gain is your loss.

C. Many hands makelight work.D. United we stand, divided wefell.

33.What does paragraph 2 try to stress concerning zero-sumthinking?

A.It is uniqueto humans.B. It tends to beshort-lived.

C. It helpedancestors survive.D. It is hardwired into humans.

34.What does the underlined word “detrimental'' in paragraph 3 probablymean?

A.Dynamic.B.Complex.

C.Harmful.D. Consistent.

35.Which of the following does the author probably agreewith?

A.Trust is atwo-way street.B. A true win-win is attainable.

C. Opportunity knocksbutonce.D. Economy undergoes thick and thin.

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能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There may be times when you may feel that enveloping your message in a generous coat of “nice" will make communication withothersbetter.36Sugarcoatingyourwords—whateveryour reasons are 一 not only does not push meaningful relationships forward but may actually endanger otherwise healthy interactions. While, at best, sugarcoating can be an attempt at kindness, at worst, it could be viewed as a form of manipulation - trying to communicate in a way thatcontrols the other person's experience, instead of allowing them to have their own realreaction.

37_ "For many, this pattern began in childhood,“sayspsychologistCarolynHextall.“Lovemayhavefeltconditional,andanunconsciousdecisionwasmadethatbeing pleasing,

agreeable, or undemanding was the safest route to acceptanceand connection?538Youmight

notice that you would rather validate others, stay quiet, or soften your truth because you fear the consequence of voicing your own thoughts.

Opposed to sugarcoating, saltcoating goes in theopposite direction.39But often, it crosses the line from being honest to being rude. People who use saltcoating often ignore others' feelings, speaking their minds without any consideration, which easily leads to misunderstandings and conflicts.

To avoid these, Carolyn suggests stopping using global, absolute statements such as “you always” or“you never"40Instead, be specific in your feedback, and use statements, which

clearly communicate your experience without assigning any blame. For example, you might say: “When you said you'd meet me and then canceled, I felt upset and hurt." This centers your emotional experience, and helps the other person understand the impact of their behavior.

A.Yet in fact, the opposite ispreferred.

B.Often, sugarcoating is deeply rooted inpeople.

C.It can be presented as being straight anddirect.

D.These tend to cause defensiveness veryquickly.

E.But a nice wrapper does not necessarily make a giftbetter.

F.In adulthood, this early adaptation can continue to playout.

G.These two approaches are two extremes that are better offavoided.

第三部分语言知识运用（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。

Ifsa very strange time to be a writer. The floodof AI "art" shows a proportionof society is willingto41writers more than ever before.

Isometimes42talk with my STEM major friends about how my major （creative writing） means I will live on the street after college. CertainlyI don't43becoming a ""starving writer” 一 I'm lucky to be financially blessed. That said, Ido feel44about what lies ahead. I love to write music criticism. But isthis writing45? Does my writing contribute value tosociety?

Wouldits46be felt were I to turn away from writing and focus on coding or engineering? I can't ask my loved onesabout these47, because of course they willencourage me48the reality of thesituation.

Thesethoughts49heavily on my mind until I recently read The Friendly Sigrid Nunez. The book powerfully explores friendship,but also50the values of writing. As stated in the novel,they can't51with those of farmers or construction workers, which provide direct, tangible（有形的）aid to people. The potential values of writing are 52 .

It's human53to create, whether tangible or intangible. Creativity is what has54 humans across our existence. It's what drives an author to tell a story - something AI lacks. So Iwill keep55 , wherever it ends up takingme.

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。

Tiangong Kaiwu, a Chinese space mining project named after a 17th century Ming Dynasty Encyclopedia, is focused on mining water ice from resources in space. Water ice is frozen H2 O

56(find) on moons, planets, comets, and asteroids. It is critical for space exploration. Oncesplit into hydrogen and oxygen, it could transformthe Moon57a refueling station for deep-space missions, potentially reducing costs by up to 90percent.

Actually,celestial (天体的)58(body) in space offer valuable riches far beyond waterice:

asteroids provide precious metals and carbon, the Moon helium-3 for clean energy and building materials,59the Mars hundreds ofminerals.

60_(mine)these space resources, Chinese scientists have engineeredasix-leggedrobot which can adapt to the extreme gravitational conditions. Three ofits legs61(fit) with wheels forsmooth surfaces, theother threedesigned tobe claw-like grippers(夹子)toensure62(stable)across diverse landscapes. The unusual design solves a longstanding engineering challenge: the gravity on theMoonis63(incredible) weak, so a drilPs force would push a robot away rather than let it dig in. The grippers can lock onto rock with 600 newtons of force to fix this problem. Moreover, the robot runs on power directly harvested from lunar waterice?literally64(tap)

local resources to sustain long-duration missions.

With the plan rolled out in phases, China is unveiling “space+“ ambitionstoexplore65whole solarsystem.

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，你的英国朋友Tom对你校智能操场的“无感数据采集功能”很感兴趣，请结合附图给他写一封邮件，内容包括： (1)你的体验； (2)你的感想。 

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。

My Friday morning did not go as planned. On the agenda was cleaning Pawley the parrot?s cage. Pawley, a beautiful bright-blue Indian ringneck, has been a source of entertainment for years. His repeated words include "You're a good boy!” "Hey, baby!" and '"Kentucky Fried Parrot J and he recently learned to meow. Oh, and he whistles (吹口哨)a number of tunes - his wolf-whistle is spot-on.

He usually shakes and drops feathers everywhere when he bathes, so an outdoor shower is always best. I rolled his cage outside. As usual, I opened the cage door, assuming he would hang upside down and just watch me, like always. He‘d never flown away before. This time, he did 一flying over the treetops.

Panicked, I whistled his favorite tunes, hoping he‘d answer me and lead me to him. No such luck. I headed down the street, wolSwhistling and yelling, “Hey, baby! You're a good boy!” I quickly realized this might sound a bit odd to my neighbors. I searched nearby yards, peeking over fencesand calling his name, but there was no sign of him. Now terrified for Pawley, I felt my heart race. Fear took over. I imagined Pawley starving, felling from a tall tree, or being eaten by a hungry squirrel - each image worse than the last. How could I have been so careless?

Having no other choice, I decided to turn to the Internet. I immediately returned home, fired up my computer, and posted on social media: "Please be on the lookout for our bright blue parrot.I attached photos and a list of his words, expecting good news.

Just as I was sitting on pins and needles, my phone rang. It was my neighbor Joy. "Hey, Sue! I saw a big blue bird fly across our backyard and land in a tree. I saw your post - could this be your bird?” A bit of relief came over me. I grabbed a banana ——Pawley‘s favorite ——and rushed to Joy's backyard.

注意：

(1)续写词数应为150左右；

(2)请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1: With hope, I entered Joy's backyard.

Paragraph 2: After thanking Joy, I headed home with Pawley in my hands.