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 Saturday evening?
A. Collect his father.
B. Attend a party.
C. Catch a flight.
2. What does the man think of Professor Wang?
A. Strict.
B. Interesting.
C. Easy-going.
3. Who could the woman probably be?
A. Robert’s friend.
B. Robert’s boss.
C. Robert’s mother.
4. What problem did the man have?
A. He failed to place an order.
B. He forgot the woman’s name.
C. He went to the wrong address.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A restaurant.
B. A bakery.
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 train run?
A. Every 15 minutes.
B. Every half an hour.
C. Every hour.
7. What will the speakers do next?
A. Buy bus tickets.
B. Wait for the train.
C. Check the schedule.
听第7段录音，回答第8、9题。
8. Why is the man talking to Jennifer?
A. To seek her advice.
B. To give her a task.
C. To thank her.
9. What is the man going to do?
A. Review the report.
B. Revise the slides.
C. Remove the images.
听第8段录音，回答第10至12题。
10. What can we learn about the soccer match?
A. It ended in a draw.
B. It was a regional final.
C. The Portville Lions lost.
11. Why was the game challenging?
A. The opponents were strong.
B. The goalkeeper lost several balls.
C. The playing conditions were difficult.
12. What will be broadcast next?
A. An advertisement.
B. A weather report.
C. A piece of news.
听第9段录音，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Travel agent and customer.
B. Driver and passenger.
C. Fellow travelers.
14. Where will the woman spend her first day?
A. In a grassland.
B. At a beach.
C. On an island.
15. What does the man say about Fraser Island?
A. It has sand everywhere.
B. It covers seventy-five square miles.
C. It has the most beaches in the world.
16. What can the woman do in the grassland?
A. Walk in the forests.
B. Feed some animals.
C. Camp outdoors.
听第10段录音，回答第17至20题。
17. What is at the northern end of the park?
A. A river.
B. A wall.
C. A pond.
18. Where is the statue of Diane Gosforth now?
A. On the riverbank.
B. Close to the south gate.
C. Near the heart of the park.
19. How is the children’s playground different?
A. It has been relocated.
B. It has been expanded.
C. It includes sculptures now.
20. How many tennis courts are there in the park now?
A. Two.
B. Four.
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 what’s 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 and Environment
- Global Health
- Information and Artificial Intelligence
- Education and Opportunity
Entry Guidelines:
- 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:
- First place winners: $300 to support global community engagement in your classroom
- 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 aimed at?
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 the contest?
A. The history of a city’s central park.
B. Basic theories of artificial intelligence.
C. A town’s efforts to reduce plastic waste.
D. Tips for better sleep during exam week.
23. What is a must for contestants?
A. Selecting the latest topic.
B. Inventing a novel solution.
C. Posting the entry before June.
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 quietly left.
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 be a hedgehog fighting a blackbird—I felt as if I’d entered a secret world. A thunderous crack alerted 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 off my 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, I’ll 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 unusual condition?
A. He heard a sound of an ambulance.
B. He had rich first-aid expertise.
C. His headphones happened to be dead.
D. His mind was wandering from music.
25. What does the underlined word “they” refer to in paragraph 4?
A. The headphones.
B. The noises.
C. The happenings.
D. The medical workers.
26. What is the author’s current view on using headphones?
A. It is a stylish trend.
B. It is a conscious choice.
C. It is a regular routine.
D. It is a habitual preference.
27. What message does the text try to convey?
A. Music speaks.
B. Alertness counts.
C. Kindness never fades.
D. To tune out is to tune in.
C
The evolutionary path that led to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and the latest surprise is that our species likely evolved from two ancestral populations.
Scientists have long thought that modern humans emerged from a single hominin 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 use of modern human DNA from the 1,000 Genomes Project. By adding that dataset to a computational algorithm, they produced a structured model that displayed two ancestral populations breaking apart and getting back together in ancient times. “The fact that we can reconstruct events from hundreds of thousands or millions of years ago just by looking at DNA today is astonishing,” said Durbin.
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—suggesting it declined to a very small size before slowly growing over a period of one million years,” 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 new study?
A. It rewrites human origin.
B. It compares two populations.
C. It maps the human genome.
D. It confirms the evolution timeline.
29. Which best describes the method of the study?
A. Practice-focused.
B. Culture-based.
C. Theory-guided.
D. Data-driven.
30. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A. Species evolve in a clear and straight line.
B. Genetic exchange may exist in other species.
C. The status of the two groups has been identified.
D. The two populations contributed equally in genes.
31. What is the best title of the text?
A. Our Closest Ancient Cousins
B. An Ancestral Get-Together
C. The Art of Encoding Human DNA
D. The Out-of-Africa Human Journey
D
When you were little, did you fight with your brother or sister about who would get the last gummy bear? Or who got to sit in the front of the ride? Behind these cases lies a hidden mindset—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 game theory.
Drawing on ideas of evolutionary psychology, some have argued that zero-sum thinking arose as a cognitive 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 detrimental, such 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 personal relationships.
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-sum mindset?
A. Every coin has two sides.
B. The other’s gain is your loss.
C. Many hands make light work.
D. United we stand, divided we fall.
33. What does paragraph 2 try to stress concerning zero-sum thinking?
A. It is unique to humans.
B. It tends to be short-lived.
C. It helped ancestors survive.
D. It is hardwired into humans.
34. What does the underlined word “detrimental” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Dynamic.
B. Complex.
C. Harmful.
D. Consistent.
35. Which of the following does the author probably agree with?
A. Trust is a two-way street.
B. A true win-win is attainable.
C. Opportunity knocks but once.
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 with others better. 36 Sugarcoating your words—whatever your reasons are—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 that controls the other person’s experience, instead of allowing them to have their own real reaction.
37 “For many, this pattern began in childhood,” says psychologist Carolyn Hextall. “Love may have felt conditional, and an unconscious decision was made that being pleasing, agreeable, or undemanding was the safest route to acceptance and connection.” 38 You might 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 the opposite direction. 39 But 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”. 40 Instead, be specific in your feedback, and use “I” 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 is preferred.
B. Often, sugarcoating is deeply rooted in people.
C. It can be presented as being straight and direct.
D. These tend to cause defensiveness very quickly.
E. But a nice wrapper does not necessarily make a gift better.
F. In adulthood, this early adaptation can continue to play out.
G. These two approaches are two extremes that are better off avoided.
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。
It’s a very strange time to be a writer. The flood of AI “art” shows a proportion of society is willing to 41 writers more than ever before.
I sometimes 42 talk with my STEM major friends about how my major (creative writing) means I will live on the street after college. Certainly I don’t 43 becoming a “starving writer”—I’m lucky to be financially blessed. That said, I do feel 44 about what lies ahead. I love to write music criticism. But is this writing 45? Does my writing contribute value to society? Would its 46 be felt were I to turn away from writing and focus on coding or engineering? I can’t ask my loved ones about these 47, because of course they will encourage me 48 the reality of the situation.
These thoughts 49 heavily on my mind until I recently read The Friend by Sigrid Nunez. The book powerfully explores friendship, but also 50 the values of writing. As stated in the novel, they can’t 51 with those of farmers or construction workers, which provide direct, tangible aid to people. The potential values of writing are 52.
It’s human 53 to create, whether tangible or intangible. Creativity is what has 54 humans across our existence. It’s what drives an author to tell a story—something AI lacks. So I will keep 55, wherever it ends up taking me.
41. A. instruct
B. contact
C. offend
D. devalue
42. A. casually
B. hesitantly
C. jokingly
D. embarrassedly
43. A. risk
B. fear
C. picture
D. mind
44. A. uncertain
B. curious
C. enthusiastic
D. particular
45. A. essential
B. possible
C. wrong
D. temporary
46. A. meaning
B. creation
C. absence
D. charm
47. A. changes
B. solutions
C. signs
D. concerns
48. A. due to
B. regardless of
C. apart from
D. but for
49. A. mattered
B. conflicted
C. weighed
D. struck
50. A. dives into
B. calls for
C. sets aside
D. makes up
51. A. combine
B. interact
C. deal
D. compare
52. A. unpredictable
B. invisible
C. accessible
D. believable
53. A. attempt
B. dream
C. nature
D. pressure
54. A. liberated
B. challenged
C. limited
D. defined
55. A. writing
B. reading
C. waiting
D. trying
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 H₂O 56.(find) on moons, planets, comets, and asteroids. It is critical for space exploration. Once split into hydrogen and oxygen, it could transform the Moon 57. a refueling station for deep-space missions, potentially reducing costs by up to 90 percent.
Actually, celestial 58.(body) in space offer valuable riches far beyond water ice: asteroids provide precious metals and carbon, the Moon helium-3 for clean energy and building materials, 59. the Mars hundreds of minerals.
60.(mine) these space resources, Chinese scientists have engineered a six-legged robot which can adapt to the extreme gravitational conditions. Three of its legs 61.(fit) with wheels for smooth surfaces, the other three designed to be claw-like grippers to ensure 62.(stable) across diverse landscapes. The unusual design solves a longstanding engineering challenge: the gravity on the Moon is 63.(incredible) weak, so a drill’s 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 water ice, literally 64.____(tap) local resources to sustain long-duration missions.
With the plan rolled out in phases, China is unveiling “space+” ambitions to explore 65.____ whole solar system.
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，请你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。
注意：
(1)写作词数应为80左右；
(2)请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Dear Tom,
Yours,
Li Hua
（附图说明：运动数据统计
姓名：李华
班级：高三-6班
运动距离：5公里
运动时间：00:50:08
平均速度：5.96公里/小时
运动步数：8679步
总消耗量：441千卡
温馨建议：适当增加运动）
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。
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,” and he recently learned to meow. Oh, and he whistles 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—flying over the treetops.
Panicked, I whistled his favorite tunes, hoping he’d answer and lead me to him. No such luck. I headed down the street, wolf-whistling 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 fences and 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, falling 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。
With hope, I entered Joy’s backyard.
After thanking Joy, I headed home with Pawley in my hands.
济宁市2026年高考第二次模拟考试
英语参考答案
第一部分 听力
1-5 AABCB
6-10 CBABC
11-15 CAABA
16-20 CACBC
第二部分 阅读
21-23 CCD
24-27 CABD
28-31 ADBB
32-35 BDCB
36-40 EBFCD
第三部分 语言运用
完形填空
41-45 DCBAA
46-50 CDBCA
51-55 DBCDA
语法填空
56. found
57. into
58. bodies
59. and
60. To mine
61. are fitted
62. stability
63. incredibly
64. tapping
65. the
第四部分 写作
第一节 One possible version:
Dear Tom,
I’m absolutely overjoyed to share my incredible experience on our school’s smart playground with you! This smart playground boasts cutting-edge technology, enabling real-time, automatic sports data collection—no extra apps or sensors, just seamless, high-precision data capture.
To see how it works in practice, let me share what happened yesterday. I finished a 5-kilometer run, during which the system captured every detail of my sports data accurately, including my running time (50:08 minutes), average speed (5.96 km/h), total steps (8,679), and calories burned (441 kcal). It even provided a professional suggestion to enhance my exercise intensity appropriately.
I’m utterly fascinated by its intelligence and convenience! It makes workouts far more systematic and enjoyable, and I’m dying to hear your thoughts on this amazing technology!
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 One possible version:
With hope, I entered Joy’s backyard. I let out a wolf-whistle, and to my delight, a familiar wolf-whistle echoed from above. There he was, high in a tall tree, his bright blue feathers glowing in the sunshine. I waved the banana in the air, meowing, and repeating, “Hey baby, I have a banana for you!” He turned his head away, ignoring both me and his favorite treat. Refusing to give up, I held the banana closer and called softly again. Finally, he spread his wings, fluttered down little by little and landed safely on my outstretched finger.
After thanking Joy, I headed home with Pawley in my hands. His tiny claws clung softly to my palm and as if sensing my regret, he let out a soft chirp—no wolf-whistle, no silly meow, just a quiet comfort. I walked slowly, eyes locked on his blue feathers, feeling his warm body and tiny heartbeat against my palms. Upon reaching my yard, I opened his cage gently, and he hopped in willingly, then chirped, “You’re a good boy!” I got stunned for a second, then chuckled, “You are a good boy, too.” Relief and resolve wrapped around me—a silent promise to never be so careless again.
答案解析
A篇主题语境：人与社会——社会服务与公益事业
【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了“Local Letters for Global Change”写作比赛的目的、参赛资格、四大焦点议题、参赛指南及奖项设置，鼓励学生就全球性议题向本地决策者写信。
第21题.C 推理判断题。解析：根据开篇“make your voice heard by writing a letter…explains the global issue you want them to prioritize, shows how it connects to your local community…”以及奖项说明“to support global community engagement in your classroom”可知，比赛的核心是让学生关注全球问题，联结本地社区并提出解决方案，从而培养其全球公民意识，故选C。
第22题.C 细节理解题。解析：比赛要求选题必须属于四大焦点领域（气候与环境、全球健康、信息与人工智能、教育与机会）。C项“城镇减少塑料垃圾的努力”属于“气候与环境”，且紧密联系本地社区，符合要求。故选C。
第23题.D 细节理解题。解析：依据参赛指南中的明确要求“You must cite at least one Pulitzer Center news story”可知，必须引用至少一篇普利策中心的新闻报道，这是硬性规定。故选D。
B篇主题语境：人与自我——生活态度与个人成长
【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者因一次耳机没电时救助陌生人的经历，改变了他对使用降噪耳机的看法，从过去无意识地沉浸于自我世界，转变为有意识地选择何时“隔绝”以专注自我，何时“融入”以连接世界，并从中发现了曾被忽略的美好。
第24题.C 细节理解题。解析：根据第一段中“…headphones out of power in my bag, when I noticed a small figure fall down…”可知，作者能注意到那位女士跌倒，是因为当时耳机恰好没电了，无法像往常一样沉浸在自己的世界里。选项C“His headphones happened to be dead.”与原文信息一致。故选C。
第25题.A 词义猜测（代词指代）。解析：代词通常指代上文刚提到的内容。第三段详细描述了戴耳机让作者感到与世界“隔绝”(the world was dulled and separate)，因此他决心要多留意周围发生的事。紧接着第四段开头“So, off they came.”(“于是，它们被摘掉了”)，这里的“they”指代的就是前文讨论的核心物件，即“the headphones”。故选A。
第26题.B 观点态度题。解析：根据最后两段，作者虽然大部分时间摘下耳机，但他也认为“it helps to have the option to zone out”，并在跑步或坐飞机时仍会戴上。这表明作者对耳机的使用，已经从一种无意识的习惯，转变为基于不同情境的、有明确目的的选择。选项B“a conscious choice”精准概括了这种态度。故选B。
第27题.D 主旨大意题。解析：此题需把握文章的深层寓意。作者的经历让他认识到，生活需要在“隔绝”(tune out)与“融入”(tune in)之间有意识地切换：他用降噪耳机为自己创造一个专注或放松的空间（如跑步、坐飞机），同时也有意识地摘下耳机，去接收和感知周围世界的信号（如救人、感受自然）。选项D“To tune out is to tune in.”巧妙地捕捉了这种辩证的智慧——有时主动“隔绝”恰恰是为了能更好地“融入”自我的目标或周围的环境。故选D。
C篇主题语境：人与自然——人类进化与科学研究
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲的是最新研究通过分析现代人类DNA发现，现代人类可能由两个远古人类种群在分离约150万年后重新融合、基因混合进化而来。
第28题.A 细节理解。解析：文章第一段明确指出，最新的惊喜是“我们的物种很可能由两个祖先种群进化而来”，这与之前认为现代人类起源于单一非洲种群的传统观点不同，因此该研究改写了人类起源的说法。故选A。
第29题.D 推理判断。解析：第三段提到，研究者没有依赖古人类遗骸，而是利用“千人基因组计划”的现代人类DNA数据，并结合计算算法生成结构模型，这种基于大量数据分析的方式最能体现“数据驱动”的特点。故选D。
第30题.B 推理判断。解析：最后一段末句“And that’s probably not limited to humans.”表明，这种遗传交换很可能不仅限于人类，可推断其他物种也可能存在类似的基因混合现象。故选B。
第31题.B 主旨大意。解析：全文围绕“两个祖先种群分离后又重聚并发生基因混合，从而促成现代人类诞生”这一核心事件展开，“An Ancestral Get-Together”(祖先的重聚) 既形象又准确。故选B。
D篇主题语境：人与自我——认识自我与思维模式
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍零和思维的概念，从进化心理学角度解释其作为一种认知适应已深植于人性，并指出这种思维对个人情绪、生活满意度和人际关系的负面影响，最后倡导通过寻求非零和互动来建立信任和实现双赢。
第32题.B 细节理解。解析：根据第一段对零和游戏的解释“the total of gains and losses among the players always adds up to zero”(玩家间的得失总和永远为零) 可知，一方所得必然意味着另一方所失，核心即“他人的获得就是你的损失”，故选B。
第33题.D 段落主旨。解析：第二段指出零和思维是人类祖先在资源竞争中产生的认知适应，这种倾向曾是一种优势策略，并强调在现代环境中，这种信念在相似压力下仍会被激发，且“can be overridden only with thoughtful reflection”(只有通过深思熟虑才能克服)。全段重在说明零和思维是人类进化遗留的、根深蒂固的认知模式，难以轻易摆脱，因此本段强调的是它“hardwired into humans”(深植于人性)，故选D。
第34题.C 词义猜测。解析：第三段划线词所在句“Zero-sum beliefs can also be interpersonally detrimental”，后文举例说明持零和思维的人会错失互利交易的机会，并感到更孤独，这些都是人际间的负面后果。由此可推断detrimental意为“有害的”，与harmful同义，故选C。
第35题.B 推理判断。解析：最后一段作者提出，要记得人与人之间存在大量非零和互动的机会，比如交换剩余或互相帮助，这能培育信任和互惠，让经济顺畅运转。由此可推知，作者相信真正的双赢是可以实现的，故选B。
