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襄阳四中2027届高三年级8月质量检测英语试题
一、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
Global Youth Volunteer Programme 2026 – Join Us!
Looking for a meaningful way to spend your summer The Global Youth Volunteer Programme offers four unique opportunities to make a difference while experiencing new cultures. Check out the options below and find the one that suits you best.
PROGRAMME LOCATION ACTIVITY DURATION REQUIREMENT FEE
Hutong Guardian Beijing,China Help protect traditional Hutongs 4 weeks (July 19Aug 15) Interest in Chinese history $900
Elder Companion Marseille,France Organise daily activities for elderly residents 3 weeks (July 26Aug 15) Patience and basic French needed $750
Green Schools Nairobi,Kenya Build ecofriendly gardens 5 weeks (July 19Aug 22) Basic gardening knowledge $1,000
Marine Animal Rescue Bali,Indonesia Assist in rescuing injured sea turtles 4 weeks (July 26Aug 22) Love for nature and animals $850
NOTE: All meals and accommodation included.
Application Deadline
All programmes share the same application deadline: July 15, 2026.
How to Apply
Complete the online form at www.globalyouth.org/apply by 11:59 p.m. on the deadline date. For group applications (3+ people), email us at group@globalyouth.org for a 10% discount on the programme fee.
Last Year’s Volunteers’ Voices
“Spending time with the elderly and listening to their stories brought me warm and precious memories.”— Linda
“Creating gardens with Kenyan students showed community power, transforming deserted spaces and developing lasting friendship.”— David
“Rescuing sea turtles and protecting coastal environments let me understand the importance of marine conservation.”— Alex
“Guiding visitors through ancient hutongs helped me deeply experience the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture.”— Sarah
1. Which programme requires language skills
A. Hutong Guardian.
B. Elder Companion.
C. Green Schools.
D. Marine Animal Rescue.
2. How much should a group of 4 pay to volunteer in ecofriendly gardening
A. $3,600. B. $3,700. C. $4,000. D. $4,400.
3. What can we learn about previous volunteers
A. Linda guided visitors.
B. David worked independently.
C. Alex saved sea turtles.
D. Sarah accompanied the elderly.
B
Florida State University art students recently designed interactive toys for animals at Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Their goal was to help the zoo animals stay happy and healthy, just like they would be in the wild.
This project came from a special course led by Professor Rob Duarte. Students worked in groups, each focusing on a different species: giraffes, Komodo dragons, or birds. They studied animal behaviour, researched safe materials, and made early models at the university’s Innovation Hub. After receiving expert feedback from the zoo staff, they continued to improve their designs.
Senior student Kate Casey designed a feeding toy for giraffes. She made a large container with many holes arranged in a giraffe pattern. The container has two levels, which forces the giraffes to stretch their tongues and exercise their mouth muscles for a longer time. This mimics their natural search for leaves on thorny (多刺的) trees, turning feeding into a fun and healthy challenge. Another student, Audrey Lendvay, created enrichment toys for birds that made them more active and playful.
When the students brought their toys to the zoo, they watched the animals interact under staff supervision (监督). The staff were deeply impressed by the students’ work. Senior bird keeper Danielle Minkus said the creativity and quality went far beyond her expectations. Animal wellbeing officer Alexis Hart added that helping animals live their best life is everyone’s goal.
“Projects like this show how creative thinking and handson learning can connect people and institutions in ways that make a real difference,” Duarte said. “It’s about building bridges — between art and science, students and professionals, and the university and the broader community.” The project also opened students’ eyes to new career paths they had never considered before. Kate Casey said she never knew such jobs existed in animal enrichment and interdisciplinary(跨学科的) design.
4. What was the goal of the students’ project
A. Staff training. B. Material testing.
C. Animal welfare. D. Career exploration.
5. How did Kate Casey’s toy benefit the giraffes
A. It increased their food intake.
B. It sped up their feeding.
C. It protected them from thorns.
D. It stretched their tongues.
6. What does the underlined word “mimics” in paragraph 3 mean
A. Replaces. B. Copies. C. Improves. D. Discovers.
7. What is the main message of the last paragraph
A. The value of connecting different fields.
B. The difficulty of designing toys for animals.
C. The importance of handson student projects.
D. The need for more zoobased art programmes.
C
Whether you prefer WeChat, Twitter, or Facebook, your social media profile is sending a silent message about who you are. While these platforms are great for connecting, it is easy to accidentally come across as conceited (自负的), angry, or shallow. Psychologists suggest that our online behaviour reveals our true values and personality to the digital world.
Take selfies (自拍) for example. It is perfectly appropriate to have a picture of yourself as your profile photo. However, if almost every picture you post is just of you looking pretty, you are likely to leave the impression that you are full of yourself. Psychologist Sarah Schewitz points out that there is much more to a person than just a pretty face, and users should show other meaningful aspects of their lives.
Furthermore, your online tone matters. Some people use social media to complain about their daily struggles or engage in angry debates. Constantly posting negative thoughts tells the world that you are not a happy person. Instead of adding negativity to the internet, it is highly recommended to focus on the positive sides of life. On the other hand, painting an unrealistically perfect picture of your life can also be problematic. Many people only post their amazing achievements, making their lives seem perfect. This often makes friends feel stressed. Psychologists remind us that everyone faces challenges, and sharing the reality of life, rather than just the highlights, makes you more relatable.
If you want to make sure your posts reflect who you are, a good guideline, according to Schewitz, is to take a breath before clicking. “Before posting something, ask yourself: Is this going to add positivity to the world or take away from it If the answer is the latter, don’t post it. There’s enough negativity out there without you sharing about how terrible your day was. If you need support, call a friend, don’t subject the whole world to your complaints,” Schewitz suggests.
8. What does the author point out in paragraph 1
A. Social content is shallow.
B. Users hide their true characters.
C. Chats bring misunderstanding.
D. Online acts reflect inner qualities.
9. What can be inferred about the perfect selfies on platforms
A. They build your confidence.
B. They create a selfcentered image.
C. They make you better understood.
D. They illustrate your meaningful sides.
10. What does the author suggest about posting on social media
A. Express your emotions freely.
B. Show positivity along with real life.
C. Keep your personal life private.
D. Avoid sharing achievements with friends.
11. What is the best title of the text
A. What You Post Says About You
B. The Secret of Taking Perfect Selfies
C. How to Hide Your True Self Online
D. Mind Your Manners on Social Media
D
Rain sounds melt our stress and put us to sleep, but for rice plants, the pitterpatter of raindrops is more like a morning alarm. As water falls onto soil or water, the vibrations (震动) are far stronger underground than on the surface. New research suggests plants take advantage of this wakeup call.
Published in Scientific Reports, the latest research proves rain sounds can make rice seeds germinate (萌芽) faster than usual. This provides the first direct confirmation that plants can sense surrounding sound signals and make active responses.
Previous studies have suggested plants may possess the ability to think, see and hear. However, there’s no factbased evidence for the direct causeandeffect link between environmental changes and plants’ realtime responses. This new study successfully fills the gap. “The seeds can sense sound in ways that can help them survive,” said Nicholas Makris, author of the study.
In their experiment, the researchers wanted to make sure the seeds were responding to the sound of rain and not to its water. Given that rice is usually grown in water, they chose to focus on rice seeds. They put 8,000 rice seeds in shallow water. One group was kept in total quietness, while the other was exposed to light, moderate and heavy raindrops to copy natural rainfall. The results showed that the latter group germinated 30 to 40 percent faster than those in silence.
In plants, cellular structures called statoliths are responsible for external sensing. They shift and settle at the bottom of plant cells, helping the organisms detect changes in their position and stability and tell germinating seeds in which direction to grow their roots. Makris and his team theorized rain sounds underwater might produce large enough vibrations to move the statoliths and possibly stimulate germination in rice seeds.
The team hopes to further investigate whether other environmental cues, such as wind, could be sensed by plants in similar ways.
12. How does the author introduce the topic in paragraph 1
A. By defining a concept.
B. By describing two daily scenes.
C. By presenting two effects.
D. By interpreting a phenomenon.
13. What do the underlined words “the gap” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. Shortage of key research steps.
B. Indefinite outer signals.
C. Unproven plant survival ability.
D. Absence of solid proof.
14. Why did researchers use rice seeds kept in water
A. To monitor water quality.
B. To suit their growing habits.
C. To rule out water’s impact.
D. To observe them conveniently.
15. What does paragraph 5 focus on
A. How raindrops awake seeds.
B. What controls plant root systems.
C. How plants adjust cell structures.
D. Why plants adapt to surroundings.
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。
The Children Who Taught Me How to Grow
When I began my research, I believed that people were born either smart or not. Failure, in my mind, was a clear sign of one’s limits. To understand how students dealt with setbacks, I invited children to solve puzzles in a quiet room at their school. The early puzzles were simple. ___16___ I expected frustration (挫败), perhaps even tears. Instead, something extraordinary happened.
One tenyearold boy, faced with an especially difficult problem, pulled his chair closer to the table, eyes widened, and announced brightly, “I love a challenge!” Another child, sweating from hard work, looked up calmly and said, “___17___”
I was shocked. To me, failure was something to fear or avoid. Yet here were children who seemed to welcome it. Were they different from everyone else — or did they possess a secret I had never learned
Those children became my unexpected teachers. ___18___ They believed that abilities could be grown through effort and that each struggle was not a mark of failure, but a step toward getting smarter. For them, there was no such thing as failure — only learning.
___19___ I thought talent was carved in stone, and that mistakes revealed your limits. But these young students showed me a different truth that our greatest growth often comes from our hardest challenges.
That day changed everything. I began studying the “growth mindset” — the belief that abilities can be developed through effort and resilience. ___20___ Those children showed me that true education builds character, and that persistence through difficulty is the real foundation of a meaningful life.
A. This is difficult, but informative.
B. I guess I was never meant to be good at this.
C. In their eyes, I saw not defeat, but discovery.
D. They solved each puzzle without any difficulty.
E. I, on the other hand, had lived with a fixed mindset.
F. But soon I gave them challenges far beyond their age.
G. Failures do not define us; how we rise from them does.
二、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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
We had long dreamed of going to the Caribbean, but couldn’t afford it. ___21___, a friend mentioned “pet sitting”. This could provide us the chance to ___22___ the destination while looking after pets whose owners are away from home. We quickly created an account, sent a request and ___23___ a threemonth sit in the Virgin Islands. Having thoroughly toured the whole area, we secured another sit in Grenada.
Later, inspired by a popular influencer couple, we ___24___ our own travel blog, writing about the Virgin Islands, centering around beautiful beaches. But ___25___ would come into view in every beautiful shot of the beach. It was hard to ___26___ the plastic pollution issue, especially on such pure and remote beaches. The severity of the global plastic crisis ___27___ us. From that point, we used our ___28___ to raise public awareness of saying no to plastic products.
We also ___29___ ourselves to live a plasticfree life. We adjusted our diets, seldom ordering takeaways and avoiding plastic packaging. We carried reusable bags and tableware when travelling. On our daily dog ___30___, we picked up rubbish and ___31___ those photos online. We connected with likeminded people and worked with ecoconscious brands. Eventually, the ___32___ led us to organize a countrywide beach cleanup campaign in Grenada.
Over these years, our platform has ___33___ people from all walks of life and seen brands shifting towards more ___34___ products. Looking back, we realize that even a small step — like picking up rubbish while walking a pet — can grow into a ___35___ change.
21. A. Awkwardly B. Accidentally C. Gratefully D. Desperately
22. A. cover B. inspect C. explore D. consider
23. A. reached B. noticed C. landed D. refused
24. A. checked B. started C. cancelled D. visited
25. A. tourists B. sand C. pets D. litter
26. A. ignore B. address C. discover D. emphasize
27. A. confused B. alarmed C. bored D. embarrassed
28. A. fame B. curiosity C. platform D. occupation
29. A. disciplined B. persuaded C. comforted D. assigned
30. A. training B. adoption C. shows D. walks
31. A. shot B. posted C. collected D. viewed
32. A. cooperation B. competition C. affection D. expectation
33. A. relaxed B. delighted C. motivated D. challenged
34. A. sustainable B. appealing C. convenient D. familiar
35. A. doubleedged B. peoplecentered C. shortterm D. farreaching
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。
Since 2015, Professor Hou Xiaolei ___36___ (lead) a microgarden project to build tiny gardens in hutongs.
The project ___37___ (launch) as Beijing’s urban renewal entered a stage where massive demolition (拆除) and ___38___ (reconstruct) gave way to smallscale “regeneration” projects.
“We hope to upgrade the public spaces of Beijing’s old city, increase residents’ participation in community management ___39___ contribute to the improvement of the city’s environment and culture,” Hou said. Along one section of Chongyang Street, a ___40___ (historic) significant street in central Beijing, Hou and her team have built 35 microgardens consisting of more than 6,000 plants.
Apart from plants, the gardens also have art works ___41___ (feature) elements of Beijing’s local culture such as kites and tanghulu, a traditional candied fruit snack.
Hou’s team has set up gardening organizations in some residential communities to teach local residents how ___42___ (garden). Hou said the project is ___43___ innovative way to restore the old hutongs with creative horticulture (园艺) and will contribute to the overall protection of Beijing’s old city, ___44___ has one of the world’s most remarkable collections of palaces, temples, squares, markets, streets, city walls and towers, built over the course of China’s last three imperial dynasties. This project reflects the increasing importance ___45___ (attach) to cultural heritage protection in recent years.
三、写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你校交换生David准备熬夜观看世界杯足球赛(World Cup)，你认为这样做不合适，请你给David写一封邮件，内容包括：
（1）说明理由；
（2）提出建议。
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。
Dear David,
I hope this email finds you well.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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。
I needed to do something in my community in order to complete the community service hours required to graduate from high school. Some of my friends had signed up to spend time at a soup kitchen, so I did, too. It seemed like a good thing to do.
I thought that we would just be passing out dinners to those in need, but I found out we would be doing everything from preparing to serving the dinner. We began preparing the food, from mixing salad dressing to separating frozen meat. Much still needed to be done before dinner was served, but already outside the building many homeless people were gathering. It wasn’t until a couple of hours later that we opened the doors and began serving dinner.
As the line of people came toward me, I got a little scared. I’d come face to face with the homeless: How should I act How would they treat me Would they hate me for having more than they did While some of the people looked very friendly, some of them looked so dangerous. I didn’t have too much time to worry about it. I was assigned to serve the salad with the lady next to me. She smiled at me and said if I needed help, she’d be right there, which I found quite comforting.
I had never seen so many people wanting food. They were of all ages and nationalities. Most of them wore clothes that were torn and dirty. Some looked like they had totally given up on life, while others seemed to be making the best of the situation, smiling and joking. Some were better off than others, but they all needed a good meal and a warm place to eat. It saddened me to think of how many people there were who didn’t have a place to call home and the only food they got came from a soup kitchen.
注意：
（1）续写词数应为150个左右；
（2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
As they came in my direction, I put on my brightest and happiest smile.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I was so happy that I had earned my service hours in this way.
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参考答案
一、阅读
13 BAC 47 CDBA 811 DBBA 1215 BDCA 1620 FACEG
二、语言运用
第一节 2125 CCCBD 2630 ABCAD 3135 BACAD
第二节
36. has led
37. was launched
38. reconstruction
39. and
40. historically
41. featuring
42. to garden
43. an
44. which
45. attached
三、写作
第一节范文
Dear David,
I hope this email finds you well.
I hear you plan to stay up late to watch the World Cup match. I’m afraid it is not a good idea. Staying up will make you sleepy in class the next day, which does harm to your health and study. Besides, lack of sleep will also weaken your immunity.
I suggest you watch the recorded match in your spare time. If you really want to follow it, you can catch the highlights during breaks. Hope you can take my advice.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节范文
As they came in my direction, I put on my brightest and happiest smile. I handed each of them salad warmly. Most people returned my smile and thanked me sincerely. Some talked with me briefly about their day. Gradually my nervousness disappeared. I realized they were just ordinary people in need of care rather than frightening strangers. When seeing them enjoy their food, a sense of warmth rose inside me.
I was so happy that I had earned my service hours in this way. This experience taught me to value my own life and treat the homeless with respect. It was not merely a task for graduation. I truly understood the meaning of community service. I made up my mind that I would take part in more voluntary activities to give warmth to people in need in the future.

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