山西省太原市2026届高三年级模拟考试(二模) 英语试题及答案(含听力音频+解析+听力原文)
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山西省太原市2026届高三年级模拟考试（二模）
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。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At the baggage claim.B. At the check-in counter.C. At the boarding gate.
2. Why does the man need to provide his phone number?
A. To create an account.B. To pay the bill.C. To receive confirmation.
3. What does the woman think of the smart watch?
A. It’s expensive.B. It’s handy.C. It’s complicated.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A return policy.B. A repair service.C. A delayed delivery.
5. What does the man suggest?
A. Updating the system.
B. Restarting the computer.
C. Checking Bluetooth settings.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，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。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. Why does the woman make the call?
A. To greet a friend.B. To cancel a training.C. To ask for a favor.
7. What does the man originally plan to do tomorrow?
A. Do the cleaning.B. Walk the dog.C. See the doctor.
听下面一段长对话，回答以下小题。
8. What does Ben say about his son?
A. He has few friends.B. He struggles with studies.C. He lacks life skill practice.
9. How are the students assessed in labor courses?
A. By submitting reports.B. By earning credits.C. By taking exams.
听下面一段长对话，回答以下小题。
10. Who is the man going to visit?
A. His neighbor.B. His friend.C. His colleague.
11. Why did the woman move to the city?
A. For job hunting.B. For sightseeing.C. For schooling.
12. What will the speakers probably do this Saturday?
A. Unpack the boxes.B. Do the shopping.C. Cook food together.
听下面一段长对话，回答以下小题。
13. What is the project about?
A. Selling potted flowers.B. Writing research papers.C. Teaching plant care.
14. What will the winning class receive?
A. Gift cards.B. A garden party.C. Game time.
15. What will the woman do to help?
A. Water daily.B. Check the soil.C. Talk to plants.
16. What should the woman bring to the activity?
A. A watering can.B. Lab equipment.C. A logbook.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. Who will sign up for Community Fitness Challenge?
A. Professional athletes.B. Local residents.C. Visiting tourists.
18. Which activity is meant for beginners?
A. Morning yoga session.B. Weekend cycling tour.C. Evening running club.
19. What is a must for the weekend cyclists?
A. Personal equipment.B. A membership card.C. Previous experience.
20. What will the speaker do next?
A. Prepare bottles.B. Show a video.C. Write a newsletter.
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
Gardening for Children: Joys They Love and Futures We Build
Gardening has become increasingly popular among children in the UK. A survey conducted by You Gov and the RHS gathered responses from 1,200 children, 80% of whom had gardening experience and harvested joy from it for multiple reasons, as is shown in the chart.
Gardens contribute to children’s growth as a powerful way to connect with grandparents, parents and carers, who pass on knowledge, stories and a love of growing. Gardens are also living classrooms. From understanding how plants thrive to discovering the insets and wildlife that share our spaces, gardening offers hands-on learning that supports both well-being and environmental awareness. In the follow-up interview with the children surveyed about their dream gardens, many frequently listed hideouts like treehouses, secret corners and blanket tents. These are among the top desirable garden components for young minds. Such a feature turns a simple space into a magical world where kids can play, explore, and enjoy their own time.
Gardens, however, face severe challenges: biodiversity is threatened, public biosecurity awareness is insufficient, and many households have no equal access to gardens. Fortunately, community and school gardens are developing well. Gardeners are adopting sustainable methods, while cross-sector cooperation and technology are promoting environmental horticulture (园艺学). To fully realize gardens’ value, four key priorities must be emphasized in the future.
Recognition Gardens should be integrated into policies concerning health, education, climate and biodiversity, with environmental horticulture valued as an essential green skill. | Collaboration Partnerships across government, industry, communities and individuals help build lasting garden programs, expand successful models, and make gardens shared assets. |
GARDENS’FUTURE
Investment More investment in training, infrastructure (基础设施) and research is required to make sure of the garden sector’s long-term and future development. | Access Gardening should be guaranteed for all people in various private and public spaces, from homes and schools to hospitals and community settings. |
21. How many surveyed children enjoy gardening for its environmental benefit?
A. 288.B. 384.C. 480.D. 960.
22. What is the feature of children’s dream garden?
A. Family connections.B. Private play areas.
C. Wildlife protection.D. Botanical knowledge.
23. What does the author suggest regarding gardens’ future?
A. Relying on government’s support.B. Raising funds to expand private gardens.
C. Making laws about climate change.D. Ensuring convenient access for the public.
B
When I was a little girl, my mom often put me in front of the TV while she did housework. Watching Julia Child from Julia & Company, whom I thought of as a babysitter, I absorbed the idea that the kitchen was a creative lab. By six, mom trusted me with chopping boiled eggs and mixing up cookie dough. Over the years, The French Chef and Good Eats filled my young brain with practical cooking skills and mom helped me put them into action.
Today when you turn on the TV, you will see that Food Network, once the flagship of cooking instructions, has filled programs with competitions like Chopped with celebrity judges, presenting restaurant dishes as luxury experiences that create a forbidding barrier to the kitchen — a far cry from early TV chefs’ pursuit of accessibility. Product placements are built into the shows, turning cooking into a tool to chase ratings and make profits. Internet influencers have filled that gap with their creations, though not all pass our taste tests. With AI advancing, some influencers aren’t even humans. Their contents are just eye candy for shrinking attention spans.
Yet hands-on practices that build life satisfaction, and any deeper link formed through them, are typically passed from one person to another. What I learned from The French Chef led me to the kitchen, but it was my mom who welcomed me to stand beside her at the counter, guiding me to chop vegetables and internalize many of her recipes to the degree that I can make them taste exactly as she did. It keeps her present in my life nearly a decade after she passed away.
The TV and Internet offer countless resources for mastering a skill, but my own experience is a vivid illustration that real skills take root only through personal instruction — when someone, be it real or on the TV, guides us patiently through small steps from an early age. Now, decades later, when friends ask why my sauces never break, I know it’s those approachable, patient lessons from childhood living on in my hands.
24. What can be inferred about the author’s early life?
A. She learned to cook from a young age.B. She valued her babysitter Julia’s help.
C. She was addicted to watching TV shows.D. She was burdened with heavy housework.
25. How does the author find the current shows on Food Network?
A. Unprofessional.B. Commercialized.C. Instructive.D. Innovative.
26. What does “my sauces never break” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. I never mess up a dish.B. I never try new ingredients.
C. I never give up cooking.D. I never use mom’s recipes.
27. What message does the author want to convey?
A. Childhood memories shape career choices.
B. Hands-on guidance helps pass down skills.
C. Self-education is an essential part of learning.
D. Social media facilitate knowledge acquisition.
C
We generally believe that wisdom grows naturally with experience. As time passes, we make mistakes, learn lessons, and gradually improve our judgment. This common belief is comforting because it suggests that simply living longer will improve our understanding of the world. However, research from psychology and behavioral science now challenges this idea, indicating that experience alone is not always a reliable teacher.
In many cases, repeated exposure does not sharpen judgment — rather, it dulls it. People who make the same decisions over and over often grow more confident without becoming more accurate. Consider an investor who continues to pour money into a declining stock because it once made him a fortune. Likewise, a doctor with years of experience in flu diagnosis might ignore an unusual symptom, only to realize later it was the first sign of a rare disease. Experience, it turns out, can solidify errors just as easily as it corrects them.
In complex environments like financial markets, relationships or parenting, the consequences of decisions are rarely clear. Success is easily credited to skill when it could just have easily been luck, while failure is excused anyway. How can we trust such biased interpretations? This is why experience so often misleads us. The key is that experience leads to genuine learning only under very specific conditions. As Soyer and Hogarth note in the book The Myth of Experience, “Experience does not automatically lead to learning. What matters is not how much experience someone has, but whether the environment provides clear, timely, and reliable feedback.” When feedback is delayed or unclear, experience acts not as a teacher but as a cheater.
Ancient philosophers were cautious of this long before modern psychology started to explore it. Socrates distrusted the authority of experience when unaccompanied by reflection, insisting that unexamined beliefs grow more dangerous with time. Wisdom, on this view, does not emerge from repetition, but from the capacity to question what experience appears to have taught us.
28. What does the author mainly state in paragraph 1?
A. Age makes people smart.B. Experience is no guarantee of wisdom.
C. Accumulation makes no sense.D. Mistakes and lessons improve judgment.
29. Which of the following examples can best fit in the second paragraph?
A. A student avoids mistakes by reflecting on failures.
B. A worker improves efficiency with repeated practice.
C. A driver underestimates a curve after a hundred safe passes.
D. A teacher gains experience by continuously changing methods.
30. Why is the book quoted in paragraph 3?
A. To clarify a doubt.B. To question a belief.
C. To define a concept.D. To support a claim.
31. Which is the best title for the text?
A. The Past Experience: A Teacher or a Cheater?
B. To Grow Old or Grow Wise: That’s a Choice!
C. Repetitive Practice: The True Path to Wisdom
D. Ancient Philosophers: Guides for Modern Psychology
D
Speaking of fungi, most tend to picture mushrooms typically growing in soil. Actually our planet hosts an estimated 3.8 million species of fungi, acting as primary decomposers and nutrient recyclers. Some underground fungi can form the “wood wide web” to facilitate communication between trees. Beyond these common types, there exists a distinctive group known as pyrophilous fungi, also called fire-loving fungi, that thrive abundantly in fire-stricken areas. They can form structures to tolerate high temperatures that would kill most living organisms, surviving in soil over 200°F, then emerge when the forest has been ruined, growing into an ecosystem with far fewer competitors.
Pyrophilous fungi have long fascinated researchers, for they can break down burnt remains, mainly charcoal and ash, and this power lies at the heart of forest recovery. Yet the exact mechanisms behind it remained a mystery. Glassman, an ecologist at the University of California, cultivated fungi found in post-wildfire landscapes in the lab over five years. By exposing samples to charcoal, Glassman’s team monitored and analyzed the fungal genes active in breaking down carbon compounds in charcoal. They found these genes have evolved in three main ways. The most exciting one is cross-species transfer where one kind of organism passes useful traits directly to another. The team’s findings indicate that the charcoal-metabolizing genes originally came from bacteria and were transferred to pyrophilous fungi during their evolutionary history.
“Fungi have to eat but they can’t make their own food, so the charcoal is a resource, and fungi have evolved to take advantage of it,” says Glassman. By degrading charcoal and releasing carbon, these pyrophilous fungi help restart nutrient cycles. Some species can even digest chemical pollutants. They also form dense fungal networks that hold the soil together, and upon dying, contribute a nutritious material to enrich the soil for future life.
Glassman highlights the prospect of using these organisms to help restore polluted landscapes and make the environment more hospitable for returning plants. As wildfires intensify, these delicate organisms possibly become the most important players in post-fire forest recovery.
32. What advantage do the pyrophilous fungi have?
A. Their structures to resist heat.B. Their competitive nature in the wild.
C. Their ability to communicate with trees.D. Their vital roles in creating nutrients.
33. Why was the research on the fungi conducted according to paragraph 2?
A. To cultivate them in a lab.B. To compare them with bacteria.
C. To classify their species.D. To uncover their genetic secret.
34. How does charcoal contribute to pyrophilous fungi’s growth?
A. By serving as a food supply.B. By holding soil together.
C. By forming a dense network.D. By releasing chemical pollutants.
35. What is Glassman’s expectation about?
A. Possible methods for new research.B. Medical value of fungi species.
C. Potential application of the finding.D. Strategic plan for plant selection.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，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。
Tips on Connecting With Your Family in the Car
In our fast-paced world, quality time with family members is often the first thing we sacrifice. Due to last-minute work calls or running-late classes, Friday movie nights are canceled and Saturday outings are frequently postponed. 36Both short school drives and long road trips can be transformed into valuable bonding experiences by being intentional.
·Remove digital distractions. Often, phones and tablets make every member stay in their own world. This creates a disconnected environment. 37Use this time in the car to chat, observe the scenery, or simply enjoy shared silence, fostering an atmosphere where everyone can get fully involved.
·Start gentle and interesting conversations. 38As a result, communication breaks down. Choosing light and positive topics like favorite things, funny stories or simple wishes is the key to keeping conversations flowing. Use open-ended questions like “Where would you choose if you could go anywhere?”. This encourages everyone to share more about their inner worlds.
39Car rides need not be just about getting from A to B. They’re also a chance to share practical knowledge. When passing a gas station, talk to teens about budgeting. Upon spotting a road sign, explain to younger kids its meaning. Small exchanges spark curiosity and build practical wisdom for everyone.
·Create musical experiences. Road trips can be a painfully long stretch in the car. That’s where the magic of music — a powerful emotional connector — comes in. Allow each member to add a few of their favorite songs and create a family playlist together. During the trip, sing along to familiar tunes, or have silly family karaoke sessions. 40Follow these tips and turn our next car trip into a lasting warm memory.
A. Make good use of road signs.
B. Turn long transportation into mini education.
C. But what if we fully share the moments inside the car?
D. Why not encourage everyone to put away all screens?
E. These shared melodies help track your family’s highlights.
F. Even Sunday trips are turned into family bonding occasions.
G. Exchanges often fade or turn tense with grades and criticism.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节完形填空（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。
Reading bedtime stories is a precious tradition to spark my child’s imagination and deepen the parent-child connection. However, as my son Harvey reached seven, this routine gradually turned into a 41.
He had 42simple picture books and was hungry for chapter books, but classics like Dickens and Kipling were far too complex and dull for him. We had to try the children’s literature series The Jungle Book, but it still filled him with 43. In his eyes, most stories for ages five to eight full of dinosaurs, aliens, and jokes were 44. Keeping up with his requests burned up all my energy. What used to be a quick 10-minute bedtime routine stretched into a long 45, eating into my evenings and leaving me little time to 46after a busy day.
Then his eighth birthday arrived. We gave him a birthday gift: a kid-friendly Amazon Echo Dot Kids, a smart speaker powered by Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant. I 47thought he would only use it as a clock and music player, but he himself quickly 48its story-telling function.
Unlike a father like me, Alexa never gets 49. It would tell playful jokes non-stop and upgrade stories to a higher 50. At first, though, I found myself stuck in an inner conflict: watching him hang on every word from a machine, I felt a quiet 51set in, as if I was replacing our warm time together with a machine. But soon I 52the fact that both of us were actually far better off. Harvey lost himself in countless stories, and now he only asks me to read for him once or twice a week.
This smart device has become Harvey’s “digital dad”, which 53me from the tiring task of storytelling without 54our ties. It turns our stressful nights into relaxing and happy moments, which proves that technology can be a good 55in family life.
41. A. habitB. pleasureC. burdenD. reality
42. A. come up withB. grown out ofC. looked forward toD. got down to
43. A. comfortB. curiosityC. anxietyD. boredom
44. A. difficultB. humorousC. creativeD. childish
45. A. choreB. chatC. breakD. expectation
46. A. complainB. rechargeC. communicateD. respond
47. A. graduallyB. exactlyC. initiallyD. regularly
48. A. unlockedB. inventedC. restoredD. missed
49. A. awkwardB. surprisedC. exhaustedD. cautious
50. A. characterB. levelC. backgroundD. ability
51. A. guiltB. fearC. angerD. relief
52. A. doubtedB. acceptedC. reflectedD. denied
53. A. shapesB. avoidsC. freesD. protects
54. A. weakeningB. buildingC. holdingD. updating
55. A. symbolB. missionC. foundationD. addition
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。
A new trend of ColorWalk has swept across social media recently, bringing color to the already popular CityWalk. ColorWalk requires no special equipment 56fixed destination. 57(seize) the tiny, wonderful moments in daily life, you just need to first select a specific color theme for the day — blue, for example, and then wander through neighborhoods or commute to spot any item 58(bear) the same color. This mindful walk can lead you to capture blue things, ranging from a blue trash can, which you may never notice in a daily setting, 59a blue taxi that carries you around, matching the color you have 60(previous) chosen. The aim of ColorWalk is simple — to pay attention to 61you usually ignore in busy life. Just pause and look, and you will find joy lies in unplanned moments. The charm lies in its effortless creativity, helping you rediscover the delicate details 62(hide) in everyday surroundings. ColorWalk helps set small, 63(achieve) goals, relieve daily anxieties and regulate emotions. Besides, colors themselves carry physical 64(effect): cool colors slow heart rate and relax the body, whereas warm colors raise energy. As a low-cost activity with no strict demands, ColorWalk brings fulfillment and 65(signal) a positive lifestyle shift, encouraging you to seek pleasure and a sense of control in ordinary life.
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，你校邀请英语教育专家Wilson教授进行了一场专题讲座。你负责本次活动公众号的推送，拟发布讲座现场视频片段，请你给他写一封电子邮件沟通相关事宜，内容包括：
(1)代表学校致谢;
(2)说明发布视频的用意并征求许可。
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 Professor Wilson,
I’m Li Hua, in charge of covering today’s event on the school WeChat Official Account.
Best wishes,
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。
For as long as I could remember, my mom had been a helicopter parent, hovering over me all the time. Her days were consumed by monitoring my apps, my calls, and even the weather before I stepped outside. The world, in her eyes, was full of unpredictable dangers.
This anxiety was partly due to an accident in my childhood that, I believed, still haunted her. When I was seven, she accompanied me to ride the bike in the park. Accidentally, I lost balance and injured my knee badly. The sight of my blood sent her into a panic; she didn’t sleep for nights. From that day on, I had no chance to ride the bike any more. Even now at 17, bike, to me, was just a word in the dictionary and a faint scar on my knee.
However, my dad held a different opinion. He always said falls and small troubles were unavoidable gifts of growth, believing proper risks and independent experiences were necessary for me to become tougher and more responsible. He often persuaded my mom to loosen her control, but she could never put her worries aside.
So, when today our school announced a three-day camping trip, my classmates erupted in excitement while I froze. I understood their joy — three days, no parents, just campfires and stargazing. But inside, my mind was racing. How was I supposed to ask? The word “no” sat on my tongue like a stone.
Back home, I went to my dad with the permission slip, a formal note that required parent’s signature, without which I was not allowed to join the camp. I hoped he’d sign it secretly to save me from mom’s concern. But he shook his head softly, telling me this was my chance to show my mom I was ready to help her untie the tight worry in her heart. He said he trusted me and suggested I make a clear safety plan to ease her worry, adding “If you make it, I have a surprise for you.” I stood there, listening to mom’s familiar humming in the kitchen — cooking was the only thing that could move her focus away from me. My heart pounded.
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。
Holding the wrinkled permission slip tight, I pushed open the kitchen door.
Back from the camp, I spotted no mom at the pick-up site, but a bike with my name card attached to it.
山西省太原市2026届高三年级模拟考试（二模）
英语试题答案
听力
1-5 ACBAC6-10 CACBB11-15 ABCBB16-20 CBAAB
阅读理解
21-23 BBD 24-27 ABAB 28-31 BCDA32-35 ADAC
七选五阅读
36-40 CDGBE
完形填空
41-45 CBDDA 46-50 BCACB 51-55 ABCAD
语法填空
56. or57. To seize58. bearing59. to60. previously
61. what62. hidden63. achievable64. effects65. signals
应用文写作（官方范文）
Dear Professor Wilson,
I’m Li Hua, in charge of covering today’s event on the school WeChat Official Account. On behalf of our school, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for your brilliant and insightful lecture, which has greatly inspired both students and teachers.
Given the value of your philosophy and guidance, we believe the lecture should reach a wider audience beyond our campus. We are, therefore, planning to post edited video clips on our official account. We would be deeply grateful if you could grant us permission to do so. Please rest assured that all materials will be used strictly for non-profit educational purposes.
I’m looking forward to your favorable reply at your earliest convenience.
Best wishes,
Li Hua
读后续写（官方范文）
Holding the wrinkled permission slip tight, I pushed open the kitchen door. Mom’s humming stopped immediately when she noticed the slip. She scanned it, her brows knitting together as if she could have imagined another fall during my camping. I guaranteed her that I had mapped out a detailed safety plan and that I was old enough to take care of myself. Finally, she started signing instead of sighing. A victory for me and my dad! Later, my mom’s concern turned out to be groundless, thanks to the effective safety plan and my frequent reassuring calls from the campsite.
Back from the camp, I spotted no mom at the pick-up site, but a bike with my name card attached to it. What a surprise! Mounting the bike, I raced hard, passing my friends and the usual school bus route, as if to catch up with that seven-year-old boy in my memory. I am coming home! There stood mom and dad, their smiles so healing. This time, mom gave me a steady nod. At that moment, I realized the bike was more than a gift; it was a key she had finally returned to me, unlocking not just the road ahead, but the boundless trust that I could find my own way.
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