2026届广州市天河区普通高中毕业班综合测试（一）
英语
满分120分，考试时间120分钟。
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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Originally constructed as a jeep road between the gun batteries, the Batteries Loop Trail (小路) now provides access to and allows for exploration of Battery Smith-Guthric, Battery O’Rorke and Battery Alexander. The loop can be completed in either direction from Battery Alexander. Along the trail one can expect to see views of the Pacific, waves crashing upon Rodeo Beach and if the weather is particularly clear, one can even make out the Farallon Islands, some 30 miles in the distance.
The Battery Alexander Trailhead provides access to the Batteries Loop Trail and additional parking for the Point Bonita Lighthouse.
BEFORE YOU GO
Bathrooms
An accessible toilet can be found at the Battery Alexander parking area. Additional restrooms can be found at the Field Rd. parking lot.
Water
Drinking water is not available along the trail. Avoid becoming dehydrated or experiencing heat exhaustion. Drink plenty and drink often, pace yourself, take breaks in the shade, and eat salty snacks.
Dogs and Trail Etiquette
Leashed (拴住的) dogs are permitted on the Batteries Loop Trail. Please remain on the established trail. Off-trail travel harms plants and causes erosion. Always keep your food within arm’s reach and do not feed the wildlife. Carry out all trash and food waste (fruit peels, shells, etc.).
SAFETY TIPS
See up-to-date warning s on current park and trail conditions.
Stay on the established trail. Keep an eye out for poison oak. Read our four-season guide to poison oak.
Observe warning signs and railings — these exist for your safety.
Dress in layers and be prepared for varying weather conditions. Sunny days along the coast can turn windy, foggy, and cold very fast. View our Golden Gate Bridge webcams to see current conditions.
Do not climb on the constant bluffs or edges — the sand and rocks are loose and eroding and dangerous!
People have fallen from these cliffs.
1. What does the Batteries Loop Trail serve as?
A. A jeep road. B. A road to the Farallon Islands.
C. A challenging hiking route. D. A swimming spot near Rodeo Beach.
2. What is suggested as a safety tip?
A. Dressing warm. B. Climbing on the coastal edges.
C. Exploring off the trail. D. Checking current information.
3. What is the main purpose of this text?
A. To advertise a new tourist attraction. B. To compare different hiking trails.
C. To warn against dangerous wildlife. D. To provide essential visitor information.
B
Lynn’s world fell apart in 2018. Her son, James, a navy flight surgeon, was fatally injured in a mission and passed away. It was time for Lynn to honour the spirit of a man who had switched from studying commerce engineering to medicine because he wanted to help people. Lynn instructed the hospital to begin the organ donation process. These few words, as hard as they were to say, would soon ripple outward, allowing a man to return to work, a veteran to regain his health, and a cyclist to get back on his bike.
Mike was diagnosed with leukemia in 2004. Six years of treatment and exercise paid off. To celebrate his sixth year without cancer, Mike decided to ride his bike to New York. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated and one evening in 2017, he started having chest pains.
That was when a mother’s very worst day became a stranger’s best. James’ heart was beating in the cancer survivor’s chest now. The morning he woke up from the transplant, Mike found himself recharged.
Of the four letters Lynn had sent to the recipients, one reached Mike. Lynn described her son’s devotion to his country, the fact that he considered everyone a friend, and his love for scuba diving, snowboarding, and motorcycling. These pages painted a picture of just how special his new heart was. Mike carefully composed a response, accurately expressing his gratitude and communicating his desire to stay in touch with James’ family. It was a balm (药膏) for a wound that Lynn felt would never heal. And so began the emails and texts. She even began following Mike’s Instagram posts. “Knowing he was doing well really helped,” she says.
During his recovery, Mike had hatched a plan to cycle cross-country again, from the hospital that treated him to James’ grave. When he began the 1,430-mile journey in 2019, Lynn followed anxiously on his Instagram. Despite setbacks — steep climbs, wrong turns, flat tires — Mike pressed on. On November 20, he arrived at James’ grave, where Lynn waited. They hugged. Then came the tears — not of sorrow, but relief. A part of James lived on, and two strangers connected by loss and hope became family.
4. What does the underlined word “deteriorated” mean in paragraph 2?
A. declined. B. Improved. C. Recovered. D. Stabilized.
5. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
A. Mother’s love for her son. B. James’ amazing personalities.
C. Mike’s thoughtful response. D. Interaction between Lynn and Mike.
6. Why did Mike cycle cross-country in 2019?
A. To test his physical strength B. To show his great gratitude.
C. To raise fund for organ donation. D. To pick up his former hobby.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Organ donation matters. B. A great heart beats on.
C. A cross-country cyclist survives. D. Social media connects people.
C
Over millions of years, humans have responded to certain situations without thinking too hard. If our ancestors spotted movement in the nearby forest, they would run first and question later. The ability to analyze and plan is part of what separates us from other animals. The question of when to trust your instinct (直觉) matters in the office as much as in the forest.
Slow thinking is the feature of a well-managed workplace. Yet instinct also has its place. Some decisions are more connected to emotional responses and less to analysis. In demanding customer-service or public-facing situations, instinct is often a better guide to how to behave.
Instinct can also be improved. Plenty of research has shown that instinct becomes more accurate with experience. In one well-known experiment, volunteers judged whether designer handbags were real or fake. Some were told to rely on instinct, others to deliberate. Instinct worked better for those who owned at least three designer handbags. The more expert you become, the better your instinct tends to be.
However, the real reason to embrace fast thinking is that it is, well, fast. It is often the only way to get through the day. When your inbox floods with new emails at the start of the day, there is no way to read them all carefully. Instinct helps you decide which to answer and which to delete. Fast thinking can also help the entire organization. The value of many managerial decisions lies in the simple fact that they have been made. Yet as data-explodes, the temptation to ask for one more bit of analysis is harder to resist. Managers often overthink, turning a simple problem into a complex one.
When to use instinct in the workplace rests on its own form of pattern recognition. Does the decision maker have real expertise? Is this a field in which emotion matters more than reasoning? Above all, is it worth delaying the decision to slow thinking is needed to get the big calls right. But fast thinking is the way to stop deliberation turning into a waste of time.
8. Why does the author mention our ancestors in the forest?
A. They managed to live there for long. B. They survived in such a dangerous place.
C. They differed from animals in thinking. D. They left us a valuable skill.
9. What can be inferred about instinct in paragraph 3?
A. Even experts rely on instinct. B. Experience contributes to instinct.
C. Instinct works better than analysis. D. Instinct matters in decision-making.
10. How does instinct help people in the workplace, according to paragraph 4?
A. To answer massive emails. B. To analyze exploding data.
C. To make quick decisions. D. To solve complex problems.
11. How does the author convey his/ her ideas in the text?
A. By contrasting. B. By giving definitions.
C. By listing data. D. By using cause-effect.
D
Modern lives often make people overeat. This usually happens during holidays, or when they’re stressed, like while preparing for exams. A study by Dr. Stephanic Kullmann’s team at the University of Tübingen, Germany, shows that even five days of overeating can cause big and lasting changes in brains of healthy young men.
The experiment had 29 male volunteers aged 19-27 with normal body weight. Volunteers were divided into two groups. The experimental group added 1,500 extra calories every day like chocolate bars and potato chips for five days, while the control group kept their normal diet. Researchers used whole-brain MRI to examine the brain insulin (胰岛素) activity. They also did blood tests and measured liver fat to check metabolic (代谢的) changes.
The results showed after only five days of over eating, volunteers developed more liver fat and showed changed insulin sensitivity in brain regions related to reward processing. In psychological tests, they became less sensitive to reward and more sensitive to punishment. Surprisingly, these changes happened without any big weight gain. This means that the brain reacts to what we eat before we see any physical changes. Dr. Kullmann said, “The speed of these neurological (神经系统的) changes surprised us — they are detectable before any visible weight changes.”
Perhaps the more worrying was the long-term effects. One week after volunteers returned to their normal diets, memory-related areas of the brain showed lower insulin sensitivity. The brain’s white matter, which helps the nerves talk to each other well, also showed changes. It appeared like those in fat people; raising important questions about how short-term overeating could lead to long-term health problems.
The study’s findings go against what we usually think about occasional overeating. It brought no big changes in weight but in brain, which might make it harder for people to eat healthily in the future. The reward system might create a vicious cycle where unhealthy foods become more attractive while healthy choices seem less rewarding. As Dr. Kullmann concludes, “Our brains are more sensitive to dietary changes than we realized — what we eat today may influence how we think and choose tomorrow.”
12. What did the researchers do in the experiment?
A. Grouping the volunteers by the body weight.
B. Increasing the participants’ daily caloric intake.
C. Examining the participants’ physical changes.
D. Recording the frequency of the brain activity.
13. What happened to the volunteers after five days of overeating?
A. They had an increase in fat. B. They were more interested in reward.
C. They gained significant weight. D. They showed changed reward processing.
14. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
A. The brain’s white matter controls neural communication.
B. Short-term overeating has harmful long-term health effects.
C. Memory-related areas of the brain are less sensitive.
D. Fat people have similar brain changes.
15. What does the study suggest about occasional overeating?
A. It determines our future eating habits. B. It may cause a bad cycle of food choice.
C. It is harmless as there is no weight gain. D. It affects the brain temporarily.
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。
Thirst is one of the fundamental urges an organism can have. After all, water is the substance that we rely on to transport essential molecules (分子) and other particles around our bodies to keep us alive. 16 Shouldn’t we have developed a taste for this essential substance?
17 Several new studies seem to show not only that water does, in fact, have a taste, but that we might have taste buds (味蕾) that respond directly to it.
We now know that there are at least five basic tastes: salty, sour, sweet, bitter and umami. 18 Researchers have sought to solve the issue once and for all. They’ve figured out an experiment that seeks to identify any water-sensing taste receptor cells (TRCs) on the tongues of lab mice.
The team first used a technique known as genetic knockout to silence different types of TRCs, in order to remove the possibility that those cells might accidentally discover some other taste within the water besides the water itself. 19 It turned out that the acid-sensing sour TRCs were still firing actively, indicating these cells might have a double purpose, capable of distinguishing water or acidic fluids.
So if you’re on the side of the debate that argues that water is flavorless, you might still be correct. 20 The study also opens up the possibility that our tongues and taste buds might be doing more than merely providing us with a sense of taste. If this study doesn’t prove that water is the sixth flavor, it might still be the first evidence of a whole other sense entirely: a water sense.
A. Well, perhaps we have.
B. Actually, we have a sixth taste for water.
C. Our taste buds are tied to a flavor of water.
D. So it’s perhaps a bit doubtful that water doesn’t seem to have any flavor.
E. But water isn’t senseless, at least it doesn’t appear that way according to this research.
F. They then washed their mouths with water to see if any cells were still responding.
G. If there is a sixth taste for water exists, then there should be evidence somewhere in the mouth or tongue.
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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was offered a “great” professional opportunity appealing to everyone in my field. There was one problem: I didn’t want it. Despite this, I 21 said “yes”— it seemed like a no-brainer.
While preparing for the new role, I experienced a 22 feeling in my chest and found myself weeping for no reason. Concerned, I 23 the program director and explained my situation. She enthusiastically listed the job’s incredible 24 like the flexible schedule, and the reasons why countless teachers would desire it. She also made the case for why this 25 would provide exactly the recharge and restoration I needed. Her infectious 26 pulled me back into the “should” mode, convincing me declining was 27 . The familiar internal dialogue of “I should; I should...” resounded, leaving me feeling 28 .
Then, I made a change. 29 focusing on why the opportunity seemed perfect for others, I asked: Is it right for me? This simple 30 brought me freedom and clarity. By acknowledging my own feelings over external expectations, I 31 with my true self. I realized I wished I wanted it; life would be easier. And yet, it was not what in reality I wanted at this moment.
We’re often conditioned to 32 what we’re taught to want, prioritizing external guidelines for happiness. However, these external constructs of fulfillment often 33 to match what you do want and what actually makes you happy. 34 your own desires is an internal process that only you have access to. Trusting your own wanting is the path back to your true self, and your power, which ultimately leads to genuine 35 .
21. A. immediately B. regularly C. shyly D. suddenly
22. A. funny B. familiar C. weighty D. strange
23. A. referred to B. reached out to C. depended on D. responded to
24. A. benefits B. effects C. requirements D. opportunities
25. A. dream B. moment C. experience D. schedule
26. A. enthusiasm B. devotion C. kindness D. patience
27. A. mean B. selfish C. rude D. foolish
28. A. trapped B. hurt C. concerned D. disappointed
29. A. In addition to B. Instead of C. In spite of D. By means of
30. A. troth B. method C. question D. opinion
31. A. reconnected B. discussed C. worked D. competed
32. A. learn B. miss C. practice D. seek
33. A. have B. continue C. happen D. appear
34. A. Discovering B. Expressing C. Balancing D. Questioning
35. A. wisdom B. admiration C. happiness D. success
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。
Mount Tai, a towering peak in Shandong province, China, is famous for its steep terrain with over 7,000 steps. Climbing this mountain is challenging. especially for the elderly and those with mobility issues.
Fortunately, AI-powered exoskeletons (外骨骼机器人) are making the journey simpler. These robotic legs, 36 (weigh) only 1.8 kilograms, are designed to wrap around users’ waists and legs, offering assistance 37 (ease) the burden on legs. Users reported feeling like someone was pulling them uphill, making the climb much easier. However, some mentioned 38 (convenience) in using the device for activities like tying shoelaces or using the bathroom. 39 these issues, the exoskeletons are seen as a “true blessing” for senior citizens and the mobility-impaired visitors. This innovation not only aids mountain climbing 40 highlights potential applications in elderly care, 41 growing market in China, in 42 the population of seniors is rapidly increasing.
The smart elderly care market 43 (estimate) at 6.8 trillion yuan last year. Kenqing Technology, the co-developer, is eyeing this vast market now and has launched an exoskeleton 44 (specific) designed for elderly users.
To fully unlock the potential of elderly care robots, industry insiders told Xinhua News Agency that stronger policy support is needed to promote the large-scale application while keeping prices 45 (afford) for all.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假如你是李华。为了提升同学们的英语口语，外教Mr. Smith打算组织一次英语戏剧表演比赛，现征集同学们的意见。请你给他写封邮件，表达你的看法和建议。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mr. Smith,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面科目，根据其内容和所给段落开自语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Melody stood at the edge of the half-pipe, heart beating fast. The steep ramp (坡) challenged her to drop in. She bent her knees and spread her arms a little to keep her balance. When she reached the other side, she went up high. Then she dived back down and up again, enjoying the thrill of the ride.
Patrick, another skater, cheered, He was a year ahead of Melody in school, but they’d become friends at the skate park. “I got it on video.” Mom said, waving her phone as Melody rode away from the half-pipe. Melody smiled. She wanted to be able to show her faraway cousins her favorite activity.
When it was her turn again, she set up and — her skateboard suddenly shot out from under her! Her arms moved around wildly, and then she was on the ground. “Ow! My wrist!” she whimpered.
Patrick rushed over. “You OK?” Mom was there a split second later. “Hope you didn’t get that on video, Mrs. B.” Patrick joked. Melody sniffed. “Ha.” She tried to move her hand and winced (痛得呲牙). “Let’s get you to the doctor, sweetie,” Mom said. Two hours later in the Medi-Center. Dr. Das finished up the cast (石膏) and said, “Six weeks, and you’ll be as good as new.”
On the way home, Melody and her mom passed the skate park. Melody read the big sign painted on the wall: NO FEAR. “Six weeks, and you’ll be as good as new.” No fear. Melody thought about these words a lot over the next six weeks. But every time she replayed the crash in her mind, her stomach flip-flopped.
Still, by the time the cast came off, Melody’s board was calling her name. She and her mom returned to the skate park. “Just take it slow,” Mom called from the bench. Melody skated around for a while. She concentrated on the board under her feet and popped a kickflip.
It felt good, but she missed the half-pipe more than anything. “Hey, Mel, welcome back!” Patrick called. Melody smiled back.
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。
Looking up at the top edge of the half-pipe, she hesitated.
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She wiped her sweaty forehead, and climbed to the top.
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2026届广州市天河区普通高中毕业班综合测试（一）
英语参考答案
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）
1. A 2. D 3. D
4. A 5. D 6. B 7. B
8. D 9. B 10. C 11. A
12. C 13. D 14. B 15. B
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
16. D 17. A 18. G 19. F 20. E
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）
21. A 22. D 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C
31. A 32. D 33. D 34. A 35. C
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
36. weighing 37. to ease 38. inconvenience 39. Despite 40. but
41. a 42. which 43. was estimated 44. specifically 45. affordable
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
Dear Mr. Smith,
Thank you for organizing the drama competition to improve our spoken English. I think it’s a great idea!
To make it more effective, I suggest offering a variety of short scripts at different difficulty levels. This way, everyone can participate comfortably. Secondly, allowing us to perform in small groups might reduce nervousness and encourage more students to join. Lastly, small prizes for creativity or teamwork could motivate us.
I believe these steps will make the event fun and beneficial.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
Looking up at the top edge of the half-pipe, she hesitated. Memories of the crash rushed back—the terrifying lurch, the slam onto concrete, the sharp pain in her wrist. Her palms felt clammy inside her gloves. Six weeks, the doctor had said, but the fear felt much heavier now. Patrick’s encouraging shout broke through her thoughts. “You got this, Mel! Just like before!” Taking a deep, shaky breath, she pushed the fear aside. No fear, the sign said. It was time to trust herself again. She needed to show her cousins, and more importantly, herself, that she could conquer this.
She wiped her sweaty forehead, and climbed to the top. The familiar view sent another wave of nerves through her, but determination hardened her resolve. No fear. She bent her knees, spread her arms slightly, and focused only on the board beneath her feet. With a final push of courage, she dropped in. The wind whipped past her face, the familiar rumble vibrated through the board. Up the other side, then down again—smoothly, powerfully. A wide, triumphant grin spread across her face as she carved through the pipe. She was back. This time, Mom definitely got the perfect video to share.