2026 地方卷 英语　·　真题与答案解析

7. When will the man leave for Swansea? A. On June 15th. B. On June 17th. C. On June 18th.

听第7段录音，回答第8至10题。

7. When will the man leave for Swansea? A. On June 15th. B. On June 17th. C. On June 18th.

10. What will Alex do this afternoon? A. Take a good rest. B. Do strength training. C. Go climbing again.

听第8段录音，回答第11至13题。

10. What will Alex do this afternoon? A. Take a good rest. B. Do strength training. C. Go climbing again.

27. What can be inferred about Reisley from the last paragraph? A. He is very attached to Wright buildings.
B. He is devoted to health education. shan
C. He is an expert in home decoration.
D. He is passionate about tourism.

C

The peak of Mount Qomolangma, 8,849 meters above sea level. Chimborazo, 6,263 m; Mont Blanc, 4,806 m: Pradidali hut, at the foot of the Pala group in the Dolomites, 2,278 m. It is common practice to provide the elevation (高度) of a place. Simple readings are now readily available on our phones and wearables. But elevation is necessarily relative: only the choice of a reference point allows us to express numerically the height of an object or a location.

The idea of sea level as a reference point for elevations has by now been around for so long as to go essentially unnoticed-we mention it without even considering what it means. That the concept has a history is easily ignored. We tend to forget that sea level is a product of technically and culturally determined assumptions. In this book, I tell a story of these assumptions.

Appropriately, the book took shape during a summer spent between sea and mountains. A month after visiting the French Riviera and enjoying the sandy beaches of Nice and Menton, I went hiking with friends in the Pala group. Resting on a pass near the Pradidali hut, we began discussing the readings offered by our altimeters (测高 仪). Why did they vary ever so slightly from one instrument to the next? This sense of uncertainty led me to think about the meaning of zero. This is how I began my search for the conceptual history of sea level.

In this book I examine three crucial stages in the history of mean sea level. These stages mirror the development of human conceptions of the sea. Since I began thinking about this project in August 2011, the issue of sea-level rise and the need to place it historically have only become more urgent: between then and the end of 2022 the global sea rose by almost 5 centimeters, about half of the overall rise recorded by satellites since 1993.

27. What can be inferred about Reisley from the last paragraph?

56. ## 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。

My first time doing tai chi

For the first 15 minutes of my tai chi (太极) class, we remain56(entire) in one spot to warm up. Angela, a tai chi57 (instruct) with twenty-eight years of experience, says that a successful hour of tai chi is an hour with no negative thoughts. “Your mind58body go together. That's all that matters."

Although not a morning person, I begin my lesson with Angela and about twenty others at a Sydney community centre courtyard at 7 am. “Put your59(foot) parallel (平行), and use your dan tian to hold up your body," she says.

In tai chi, the dan tian is your qi core and qi in Chinese means life force. Now, I 60 (suppose) to feel the weight on my legs and sink my dan tian.

We move on to tai chi positions, of61there are forty-two in the style that Angela teaches. Today, we will only be doing the first nine. The movements have62 (describe) names like holding the bowl" and

grabbing the bird's tail."

During most of the class, we follow Angela and concentrate on making tiny, isolated (单独) movements. Then, Angela gets us to try the nine movements on our own. I keep my eyes 63 a woman to my right and try to copy her movements, but unfortunately I soon lose focus.

At the end of the lesson, I feel wide awake, despite it still64 (be) early at 8 am. It's time for my dan tian 65(meet) another life force: coffee.

57. ## 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。

My first time doing tai chi

For the first 15 minutes of my tai chi (太极) class, we remain56(entire) in one spot to warm up. Angela, a tai chi57 (instruct) with twenty-eight years of experience, says that a successful hour of tai chi is an hour with no negative thoughts. “Your mind58body go together. That's all that matters."

Although not a morning person, I begin my lesson with Angela and about twenty others at a Sydney community centre courtyard at 7 am. “Put your59(foot) parallel (平行), and use your dan tian to hold up your body," she says.

In tai chi, the dan tian is your qi core and qi in Chinese means life force. Now, I 60 (suppose) to feel the weight on my legs and sink my dan tian.

We move on to tai chi positions, of61there are forty-two in the style that Angela teaches. Today, we will only be doing the first nine. The movements have62 (describe) names like holding the bowl" and

grabbing the bird's tail."

During most of the class, we follow Angela and concentrate on making tiny, isolated (单独) movements. Then, Angela gets us to try the nine movements on our own. I keep my eyes 63 a woman to my right and try to copy her movements, but unfortunately I soon lose focus.

At the end of the lesson, I feel wide awake, despite it still64 (be) early at 8 am. It's time for my dan tian 65(meet) another life force: coffee.