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2025-2026学年安徽马鞍山市第二中学高三下学期英语4月第二次周测英语试题
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，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。
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 is the weather like now
A. Windy. B. Cold. C. Warm.
2.
What will the speakers do next
A. Explore the city. B. Eat out. C. Go to the library.
3.
Where does the conversation probably take place
A. At a store. B. At a bank. C. At a hotel.
4.
What is probably the man
A. A house owner. B. A repairman. C. A house agent.
5.
What are the speakers mainly talking about
A. The school website.
B. The environmental project.
C. The roof repair plan.
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. What is people’s attitude toward the man’s team
A. Critical. B. Confident. C. Uncertain.
7. What does the man see as the main challenge
A. His team’s unstable performances.
B. The opponents’ unpredictable strength.
C. Pressure from increased fan expectations.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
8. What percentage of the woman’s sleep is deep sleep
A. 88%. B. 70%. C. 12%.
9. What is the woman’s main concern about the sleep tracker
A. Causing anxiety.
B. Showing complex data.
C. Being inaccurate.
10. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Check data weekly.
B. Ignore the statistics.
C. Stop using the tracker.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
11. What is the benefit of involving kids in chores according to the study
A. It can improve kids’ concentration.
B. It allows a better parent-child relationship.
C. It helps with kids’ long-term development.
12. How should parents assign chores to kids
A. Let kids choose tasks.
B. Set rules with kids.
C. Assign age-appropriate tasks.
13. What do parents often pay little attention to
A. Making chores fun.
B. Being a role model.
C. Praising their kids.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
14. What does Eli value most
A. Creating original designs.
B. Increasing brand awareness.
C Getting good academic grades.
15. How did Eli and his brother initially start their business
A. By cooperating with relatives.
B. By conducting online surveys.
C. By selling to people around them.
16. What was the biggest challenge for Eli
A. Choosing attractive logos.
B. Placing large orders of materials.
C. Dealing with customers’ complaints.
17. What helps Habits365 grow significantly
A. Celebrities’ promotion.
B. Low prices of products.
C. Followers’ good reviews.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
18. What is said about the book Time for What Matters
A. It will be published soon.
B. It shows how to master attention.
C. It has different language versions.
19. What is the primary function of Dr. Martin’s methods
A. Reducing stress.
B. Increasing efficiency.
C. Discovering meaningful activities.
20. What will Dr. Martin do after her presentation
A. Answer questions.
B. Meet some readers.
C. Take a short break.
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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Many countries are considering reducing speed limits on motorways and in urban areas. Fuel savings and reductions in CO2 emissions are just two of the reasons for doing so.
Fuel consumption decreases the slower you drive, because the moving car has to overcome fewer physical forces such as air resistance and rolling friction (摩擦) between tyres and road. Air resistance increases with the square of the speed. This means that a car experiences 28% more air resistance at a speed of 130km/h than at 110km/h.
Slower speed is not the only way to reduce the CO2 emissions from your car. There are three automotive tips to help the climate else.
STREAMLINE THE CAR
1. Unevenness (不均匀) increases the air resistance of your car, and so its CO2 emissions. Four open windows increase fuel consumption by up to 27%.
GET UP THE GEARS (齿轮) QUICKLY
2. Petrol and diesel (柴油) cars should always be driven in the highest possible gear: the engine then has as few revolutions as possible. Fuel consumption between two gears can vary by up to 20%.
MAINTAIN TYRE PRESSURE
3. Car tyres at the recommended pressure ensure ideal driving. If the tyre pressure drops to 75% pressure, fuel consumption increases by 2%. If it drops by half, the increase is as much as 10%.
Here’s the breakdown of fuel consumption impact of driving habits and vehicle adjustments from the Federation of Danish Motorists (FDM).
21. Why does driving at a lower speed help cut fuel use
A. It weakens the physical forces the car must fight against.
B. It changes the way air resistance affects the car.
C It lightens the weight of the moving vehicle.
D. It makes the engine work at a higher speed.
22. What will happen if a car’s windows are wide open while driving
A. It’ll lower the car’s air resistance.
B. It’ll reduce the car’s CO emissions.
C. It’ll lead to a sharp rise in fuel use.
D. It’ll make the car run more smoothly.
23. What is the fuel-saving effect of reducing speed from 130km/h to 110km/h according to FDM data
A. 10%. B. 16%. C. Up to 20%. D. Nearly 28%.
B
About a year ago, my mother turned on the dishwasher and went to the airport to drop off my father who was headed overseas on a work trip. By the time she got back, there was water all over the kitchen floor. We called a repairman, only to be told the dishwasher would have to be replaced. A new one was ordered but it would not arrive for more than a month. As my mother had a tight schedule, I had no choice but to take on the task of washing dishes by hand after dinner.
I soon found myself faced with a pile of thankless dishes in the sink, urging me to get on with it and deliver on my duty. At the beginning, I was annoyed when doing the dishes. I was in a rush to be done with them since I had an endless list of things to finish as a high school student taking a tough course load. Gradually, I realized that, for about 15 minutes every day, I could slow down time and forget everything in the world as my mind, eyes and hands focused on a simple task that would always result in success.
We did finally get the new dishwasher placed. However, I continued to wash dishes by hand after dinner, perplexing my mother immensely.
Washing dishes by hand has been more educational than I could have ever imagined. I’m running around stressed most of the day. There are homework assignments, projects, quizzes and tests competing for my attention and time. I’ve caged myself in a prison of my ambitions and expectations, cut off from many aspects of the world.
However, standing at the same spot every day in front of the kitchen window washing dishes has allowed me to recover some of it. My mind has taken snap-shots of the changing view over the yard outside the kitchen window and meditated on the passage of time in this sliver of the universe in front of me.
24. Why did the author start washing dishes by hand
A. The old dishwasher broke down. B. His mother requested him to do so.
C. He attempted to please his father. D. The new dishwasher was over budget.
25. What did the author think of dish-washing initially
A. It was a stress-reliever. B. It was complicated.
C. It was a money-saver. D. It was burdensome.
26. What does the underlined word “perplexing” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A Offending. B. Puzzling. C. Discouraging. D. Inspiring.
27. What can we learn about the author from the last two paragraphs
A. He grew more sensitive to the beauty of nature.
B. He regretted devoting too much time to study.
C. He decided to abandon some of his ambitions.
D. He desired to move to a house with a larger yard.
C
For decades, beluga whales, known for their white skin and gentle nature, have been beloved symbols of Canada’s marine life. Unfortunately, a heartbreaking crisis in Ontario has exposed the broken bond between humans and animals: 30 captive (被囚禁的) belugas at Marineland, once famous but now ruined by bankruptcy, have been abandoned and are struggling to survive.
Marineland located by Niagara Falls, shut down in 2024 due to rising debts. Without income for whale care, the park could no longer provide proper care for its 30 belugas. Most were born in captivity; consequently, they lack essential survival skills, making their release into the wild a death sentence.
In 2025, in a desperate attempt to save the belugas, the park begged the Canadian government to allow their transfer to a foreign marine facility — a last hope for their safety. Unexpectedly, however, federal officials turned down the request flatly. They cited laws that ban the use of cetaceans for entertainment, arguing that relocating the whales would only keep them confined (受限) in tanks, which went against the spirit of the law.
This refusal put the park in a cruel dilemma: without support or relocation approval, it might have to euthanize the whales. Once kept for human amusement, these belugas now face being forgotten — a tragic “selective abandonment,” unlike well-known species that draw public concern.
Above all, their suffering reveals a painful truth: humans often use animals for pleasure and profit, only to cast them aside when they are no longer useful. In fact, protecting animals means keeping our promise to care for those we have taken in, especially when they are at their most vulnerable. These belugas did not choose to be confined to tanks; they were brought into captivity by humans. Thus, we owe them a chance to live a decent life, not a lonely and unnecessary death.
28. Why are the belugas at Marineland unable to survive in the wild
A. They are physically too weak for the wild. B. They are afraid of human activities.
C. The wild ocean is badly polluted. D. They lack basic survival skills.
29. Why did the Canadian government turn down the relocation request
A. It conflicted with the spirit of related laws. B. The cost of relocation was too high.
C. The foreign facilities were not safe. D. The whales might face a death sentence.
30. What does the underlined phrase “selective abandonment” most probably mean
A. Giving up animals for economic reasons.
B. Deserting animals in a careful way.
C Ignoring some animals while caring for others.
D. Abandoning animals without official permission.
31. What message does the author mainly want to convey
A. Animals should never be kept in captivity.
B. Humans must take responsibility for the animals they use.
C. Governments should pass stricter animal protection laws.
D. Marine parks should be closed for ecological reasons.
D
Digital reading appears to be destroying habits of “deep reading”. Astonishing numbers of people with years of schooling are in effect illiterate. This month’s Ljubljana Manifesto (宣言) explains: “The digital field may promote more reading than ever in history, but it also offers many temptations to read in a superficial and scattered (零散的) manner — or even not to read at all. This increasingly endangers higher-level reading.”
That’s frightening, because “higher-level reading” has been essential to civilization. It enabled the enlightenment and an international increase in empathy. Without it, we would suffer a lot. As the Ljubljana Manifesto notes, “as much as one-third of Europeans struggle even with lower-level reading skills.” More than one-fifth of adults in the US “fall into the illiterate/functionally illiterate category”. Separately, post-pandemic reading scores for American 13-year-olds are the lowest in decades. And the Washington-based Center for Global Development recently estimated that literacy in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa among those with five years of schooling has decreased by 10% this past half century.
Experts in the Ljubljana Manifesto record the demerits of digital reading: “Recent studies of various kinds indicate a decline of critical and conscious reading, slow reading, non-strategic reading and long-form reading.” When you read a book on paper, you can be entirely inside the experience, absorb hundreds of pages of details thoroughly and begin to capture the world’s complexity. Online, says Maryanne Wolf of UCLA, we are “skimming, scanning, scrolling”. The medium is the message: doing deep reading on your phone is as hard as playing tennis with your phone. Recently, a bright 11-year-old told me I was wasting time on books: he absorbed more information faster from Wikipedia. He had a point. But digital readers also absorb more misinformation and seldom absorb fine perspectives.
In short, as professors from Northwestern University foresaw in 2005, we are returning to the days when only an elite (精英) “reading class” consumes long texts, which is worrying.
32. What can we learn about digital reading from paragraph 1
A. Digital reading has solved the problem of illiteracy.
B. Digital reading has lessened the practice of deep reading.
C. Digital reading has made deep reading accessible to wider readers.
D. Digital reading has aroused a greater appreciation for deep reading.
33. What is the purpose of the figures used in paragraph 2
A. To display the popularity of digital reading.
B. To highlight the advantages of deep reading.
C. To present the unfavorable situation of literacy.
D. To stress the illiterate’s lower-level reading skills.
34. What does the underlined word “demerits” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Effects. B. Depths. C. Features. D. Drawbacks.
35. What might be talked about in the following paragraph
A. Advantages of digital reading. B. Benefits of higher-level reading.
C. Ways to encourage digital reading. D. Measures to practice deep reading.
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。
The time of day and length of time you nap (打盹儿) can provide benefits or create problems. Knowing when to nap and providing yourself with a suitable napping environment will produce the greatest benefits. ____36____ Take a nap if you’re experiencing new tiredness, if you’re about to experience sleep loss, such as a long travel day or workday or if you want to make naps a part of your daily routine. Here are four tips to make your naps more effective:
Set aside a certain amount of time. If you wake up feeling groggy (昏沉) after a nap, you’re sleeping too long. ____37____
Plan to take naps in the afternoon. ____38____ This is because you’re likely to experience a lower level of sleepiness following lunch. You’re also more likely to avoid interference (打扰) with nighttime sleep if you nap around this time. However, some people may adjust their napping time to fit their work or school schedules.
Create a quiet environment. Some people struggle to sleep during the day, but there are measures you can take to help become more relaxed. Turning off any screens, such as your phone, will make you avoid interference. ____39____ Adjusting the room temperature to what is comfortable for you also can make your space more comfortable.
____40____ Allowing yourself enough time to wake up before continuing activities after your nap is important, as you may feel groggy.
A. Give yourself time to wake up.
B. The best time to nap is around 2 p.m. or 3 p.m.
C. A physical exam or sleep study may be necessary.
D. Talk with your health care team if you nap too much.
E. The proper nap length is between 15 and 30 minutes.
F. Find a quiet space with little light to improve your naps.
G. There are certain times when a nap may be more beneficial to your health.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
Every dream lost in the dark longs for a ray of light — and for Lily, that light came from a stranger.
Months earlier, Lily stared at her glowing laptop, ___41___ deeply. Her novel centered on Kate had remained ___42___ at 10,000 words for a month; not a single new word came to her. In a moment of overwhelming ___43___, she closed the laptop sharply. She murmured, “I’m fooling myself. I’ll never be a ___44___.”
Writing was her lifelong passion, but to support her family and pursue a steady livelihood, she ___45___ her writing ambition and took up teaching. For thirty years, she fostered students’ imagination, while her own literary passion slowly ___46___. Yet when she finally embarked on writing the novel, the complete absence of ___47___ crushed her last hope.
One day, after hours of another ___48___ writing, she walked outside to refresh her mind. Her mind still clouded and her phone now dead, she found herself ___49___ — just then Patrick Kincaid kindly offered her a ride. Sensing her low mood, he encouraged her to share her ____50____. Lily confessed she was struggling to ____51____ Kate’s story, unable to find her creative rhythm. He smiled gently, “Stop forcing Kate’s plot — let your heart guide your words.”
His words stirred something deep within her. That night, she wrote ____52____, weaving threads of her own life into Kate’s journey. Six weeks later, she completed the first ____53____. With Patrick’s encouragement, she perfected the manuscript, found a literary agent, and had the book ____54____. On its title page, she wrote, “For dreamers in the dark — and the ones who brought them ____55____.”
Dreams never fade away; they just wait for a spark to bloom, and now, she was the spark.
41. A. sighing B. complaining C. yawning D. regretting
42. A. completed B. set C. stuck D. aimed
43. A. panic B. defeat C. resolution D. embarrassment
44. A. teacher B. agent C. novelist D. guide
45. A. went after B. set aside C. held onto D. lived out
46. A. rose B. awoke C. erupted D. faded
47. A. inspiration B. support C. courage D. patience
48. A. productive B. effortless C. continuous D. fruitless
49. A. at a distance B. on the go C. at a loss D. in a rush
50. A. troubles B. opinions C. fear D. novel
51. A. polish B. shape C. revise D. adapt
52. A. freely B. anxiously C. restlessly D. cautiously
53. A. scene B. outline C. chapter D. draft
54. A. translated B. promoted C. released D. delivered
55. A. peace B. honor C. dignity D. light
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。
When Jessica Watkins was seven years old, she told her parents she wanted to become an astronaut. They smiled, ___56___ (encourage) by her determination, but thought it was just a child’s dream. Twenty years later, Watkins proved them wrong.
Growing up in a small town, she had limited access ___57___ science museums or space camps. Yet she never gave up. Every night, she would study under the dim light, ___58___ (complete) her homework before helping her younger siblings.
Her hard work paid off. She earned a scholarship to a top university, ___59___ she studied geology. After graduation, she applied to NASA’s astronaut program — twice. The first time, she was turned ___60___. But she didn’t let failure define her. She gained more experience, earned a doctorate, and applied again.
In 2026, Watkins finally received ___61___ call she had been waiting for. She was selected as one of twelve ___62___ (candidate) for the Mars mission training program. When asked about her journey, she said, “Success is not about never ___63___ (fall). It’s about getting up one more time than you fall.”
Her story ___64___ (share) widely on social media, inspiring millions of young people. Today, she serves as a powerful reminder that with persistence, even the ____65____ (far) dreams can become reality.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
66. 你校将组织全校师生参加“见义勇为事迹报告会(Heroes’ Lecture)”，请你代表学生会写一则通知，刊登在校英文报上。内容包括：
1. 报告时间及地点；
2. 注意事项。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Notice
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The Students’ Union
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。
In my free time, I like hiking challenges. It’s how I feed myself, physically, mentally, spiritually.
I looked over at my husband, Mike, and friends Emily and Jean, who’d joined me on this climb to the top of Nippletop Mountains. They were all fit, experienced hikers, though not as enthusiastic about it as me, Mike especially. He’s more of a tech guy.
We’d set off in the morning, dressed in layers against coldness. It took us just less than five hours to cover the five miles to the peak of Nippletop, with more snow and ice on the rocky trail the closer we got to the top. It was almost 1:30 pm now. We started to head down soon before it got dark.
A friendly young hiker waved to us. “Hey, want me to take your picture ”
“Absolutely!”
Mike gave the hiker his phone. That hiker snapped a few pictures for us.
We continued. I said, “I want to take a different trail so as to save time. It’s steeper (陡峭) but shorter.”
I led the way. They followed me with some distance apart. Carefully I sidestepped down the slope. A quarter mile down, I stopped and looked up the trail for the others. I couldn’t see them. Then a scream broke the quietness. Mike! He sprawled (瘫坐) on a steep, narrow, wooded part of the trail, about 100 feet ahead of me. Ice everywhere. His hands were holding his right leg tightly.
I shouted, “What happened ”
“I slipped on the ice,” he said. “Then I heard this crack. It hurts badly!”
Moments later, we got to Mike. “What should we do ” I asked. Jean checked Mike’s ankle. “We need to splint (夹板) it,” she said.
We fixed a hiking pole to Mike’s leg. What now There was no way the three of us women could carry him down this mountain.
I pulled out my cell phone and called 911. Nothing. No signal. It was the same with the other three phones.
”Can I help ” It was the guy who’d taken our picture at the mountain top.
注意：1.续写词数应为150词左右；
2.请按下面格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
My words came out in a rush.
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An hour went by, then another, and there was nothing we could do except wait for rescue in the coldness.
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