四川省眉山第一中学2024-2025学年高三上学期英语周练1

2025届第五期英语周练一 第一节 （共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 （A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Participating in art competitions is essential for students to gain formal recognition and impress college admission officers. Today, we have a list of art competitions on regional, national, and international scales. EarthX Eco-Art Competition It invites young artists aged 5-22 to create 2-D or 3-D art that illustrates the theme: Protectors for the Planet. The theme can be interpreted in various ways, including individuals taking action towards a more sustainable planet, or highlighting the efforts of environmental leaders working to sustain ecosystems. Deadline: March 8, 2024 The Children’s Drawing Contest Sponsored by International Certification Organization Network, the contest, whose theme this year is “Passing on Our Precious Earth to The Future”, invites children aged 7-15 worldwide to draw the kind of natural environment they would like to live in. 48 winners will receive special memorabilia. All entrants will receive a participation prize. Medium: Drawings with any type of paint, pastel, etc. Deadline: May 31, 2024 Science without Borders Challenge The competition is open to children and young people under the age of 16. We welcome entries from both groups and individuals to create art to promote public awareness of the need to preserve, protect, and restore nature. The theme is “The Sixth Extinction” and you can focus on the protection of endangered species. Acceptable media include paint, pencil, marker, crayon, ink, felt, and oil pastel. Deadline: March 4, 2024 The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the longest-running literary and art competition in the US, provides opportunities and academic awards for creative young people to express their talent. The theme this year is “Tell Your Climate Story”. Students in the 9th to 12th grades can submit poetry, fiction and nonfiction to show their understanding of environmental issues. Deadline: June 10, 2024 1. On which date can participants send their entries to EarthX Eco-Art Competition? A. May 6, 2024. B. March 15, 2024. C. April 28, 2024. D. February 9, 2024. 2. Which competition best suits teenagers good at writing poems? A. EarthX Eco-Art Competition. B. The Children’s Drawing Contest. C. Science without Borders Challenge. D. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. 3. What do the four competitions have in common? A. They target students under the age of 20. B. They are about environmental protection. C. They require participants to write a story. D. They only accept entries from individuals. B Ms. McIntyre, 38, worked as a publisher. She suffered brain cancer and her health got worse despite some medical treatment. But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care. But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay. Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. The group can pay off medical bills for about 100 times less money than they cost. In other words, for every 100 donated, the group can pay off 10,000 in unpaid medical bills. Unfortunately, Ms. McIntyre passed away before long. Mr. Gregory posted a message for Ms. McIntyre on her social media accounts. “If you’re reading this, I have passed away,” the post began. Then the post explained, “To celebrate my life, I’ve arranged to buy up others’ medical debts and then destroy the debts.” The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts. Mr. Gregory planned a special event in December to celebrate Ms. McIntyre’s life and to announce how many millions of dollars of medical debts her efforts had paid for. 4. Why did Ms. McIntyre feel luckier than some other people? A. The doctors eventually cured her. B. Her disease didn’t become worse. C. She had a decent job before being ill. D. She had security about medical care. 5. How did Ms. McIntyre and her husband help others? A. By paying for their daily debts. B. By giving away money to them. C. By ridding them of debts from treatments. D. By purchasing medical insurance for them. 6. What is paragraph 4 mainly about? A. The public involvement. B. The couple’s commitment. C. The operation of a website. D. The increase of medical debts. 7. Which of the following words can best describe Ms. McIntyre? A. Humorous and elegant. B. Influential and understanding. C. Cautious and promising. D. Enthusiastic and adaptable. C One by one, prejudices are disappearing in the West. People may hold private suspicions that other people’s race or sex makes them inferior — but to say so openly is totally taboo (禁忌). One old prejudice remains undisturbed, though. Just ask a childless person. They are not charged to special taxes, as they were in Soviet Russia; nor are they driven from their homes, as they still are in some poor countries. The childless nonetheless come in for a lot of criticism. Some point out that non-parents are failing to produce the future workers who will pay for their pensions. Childless politicians are charged with not having a proper stake in society. “He talks to us about the future, but he doesn’t have children!” complained Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of the National Front party, of Emmanuel Macron, who went on to win the French presidency. Similar attacks on Theresa May and Angela Merkel also failed but researchers find that many voters quietly agree. If non-breeders are selfish, they have a strange way of showing it. They are more likely to set up charitable foundations than people with children, and much more likely to donate money to good causes. According to one American estimate, the mere fact of not having children raises the amount a person leaves to charity by a little over $10,000. The childless are thus a small but useful counterweight to the world’s parents, who stop social stability by passing on their social and economic advantages to their children. The charge that childless people fail to pull their weight in population is correct, but is less serious than it appears. Those who do not have children do put pressure on public pension systems. Governments have to do unpopular things like making pensions less generous, as Japan has done, or accepting more immigrants, as some Western countries have done. But to sustain public pensions in the long term, countries do not actually need more parents. What they need instead is more babies. It is possible to combine a high rate of childlessness with a high birth rate, provided people who become parents have more than one or two children. That was the pattern in many Western countries a century ago. Ireland, yet another country with a childless leader, still manages it today. The childless also do everyone else a favor by creating wonderful works of art. British novelists have been especially likely to have no offspring: think of Hilary Mantel, P.G Wodehouse and the Bronte sisters. In September last year Britain put Jane Austen on its ten-pound note. That decision was controversial, though it was hard to see why. Few people have written as shrewdly about money or about families even though Austen did not marry, and had no children. 8. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. The childless often come under sharp criticism. B. Childlessness is to future workers’ disadvantage. C. Many highly successful people have no children D. The childless politicians get attacked in society. 9. The childless are prejudiced because people think the childless ______. A. have a strange way to show selfishness B. set a bad example for young people C. are not as generous as those with children D. are the government’s financial burden 10. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Accepting more immigrants. B. Reducing the pensions for the aged. C. Encouraging parents to have more children. D. Supporting the political leaders with no children. 11. What is the best title for the passage? A. In defense of the childless. B. Prejudice against non-breeders. C. Why don’t they have children? D. Measures to address childlessness. D Minimizing the environmental damage that new roads cause is generally regarded as a good thing. But to do that, it helps to understand just how new roads cause the damage of which they are accused. Recently, a group of researchers led by Dr. Gonzalez conducted an experiment and proved that immigration is good for the health of animal populations. A road destroys only a small part of the habitat, thus destroying just a few local populations of creatures. So the argument that road-building itself is bad for biodiversity is not self-evidently correct. Those who nevertheless hold this view say that apparently separate local populations of animals are, in fact, parts of much larger populations connected via migration. According to this theory, when a local population struggles to move about — because of an epidemic, for example — individuals from neighboring communities can fill the gaps. The implications of the theory are straightforward. Cut local populations off from each other and each is more likely to disappear. And roads are good at doing just that. Testing the theory with experimental roads, however, would be expensive. Dr. Gonzalez’s brainwave was to do the whole thing on a much smaller scale. The team studied moss-covered rocks. On some rocks the researchers left the moss untouched; on others they made “roadways” across to leave the moss isolated. After waiting six months, they found that in the disturbed habitats nearly all the bug population had declined compared with undisturbed moss, and 40% of the species had become extinct. The real test came in the second part of the experiment. In this, the researchers removed moss much as before, but they left narrow moss paths to bridge the no-bug’s-land between islands. The islands with bridges did far better than isolated islands — a result that supports the notion that population exchange is necessary to keep an ecosystem healthy. Whether these results can be translated to large-scale ecosystems remains uncertain. But if they can, they would cause more, not less, concern about the ecological effects of road-building. On the other hand, they also suggest a way out. In Britain, tunnels are often built under roads for animals of regular habits, such as badgers (獾), to be able to travel their traditional routes without having to fight with traffic. Extending that principle, perhaps special bridges might be a cheap way of letting man and nature rub along a bit better. 12 What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Calling on us to stop building roads for a healthy ecosystem. B. Warning us of potential dangers of animal immigration. C. Informing us of the environmental damage caused by new roads. D. Suggesting a new way to avoid the damage caused by new roads. 13. Dr. Gonzalez’s experiment found that __________. A. building roads is expensive B. immigration is good for animals C. roads cut off animal immigration D. tunnels should be built under roads 14. How does the author present his point? A. By analyzing facts. ​​ B. By giving examples. C. By providing scientific findings.​​ D. By comparing possible effects. 15. According to the passage, which of the following statements will the writer agree with? A The impact of road-building is not as serious as we thought. B. Road-building is beneficial to animal immigration. C. Environmental damage caused by road-building is still uncertain. D. Environmental damage caused by road-building might be lessened. 第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共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。 Chinese Food Culture China has a food culture that has been evolving for thousands of years, ____36____ each dish carrying its own unique story. Chinese gastronomy (烹饪学) is an art form that goes beyond just ____37____ (satisfy) your taste buds (味蕾). It’s about indulging all your senses, a ____38____ (harmonious) of color, aromas, tastes, and shapes in every dish. ____39____ (historical), Chinese cultures intertwined agricultural preferences with patterns in the stars, guiding food consumption ____40____ (base) on the 24 Solar Terms. Do you prefer the subtle savory elegance of Beijing hotpot ____41____ the fiery intensity of Sichuan’s version? With its vast territory, each area in ____42____ total of thirty-four Chinese provinces and districts has its own culinary history, customs and dishes. From the fiery flavors of Sichuan to the delicate dim sum of Guangdong, each region has something unique ____43____ (offer). But it’s not just about the flavors. It’s also about the favors. For example, regional breakfasts ____44____ (shape) by geography, climate and cultural practices, _____45_____other dishes have become beloved staples (主食) across the country, blurring regional lines from north to south, east to west. 【答案】1. D 2. D 3. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了四个艺术比赛的情况。 【1题详解】 细节理解题。根据EarthX Eco-Art Competition部分中“Deadline: March 8, 2024(截止日期：2024年3月8日)”并结合选项可知，参赛者可于2024年2月9日递交参赛作品予EarthX生态艺术比赛。故选D。 【2题详解】 细节理解题。根据The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards部分中“Students in the 9th to 12th grades can submit poetry, fiction and nonfiction to show their understanding of environmental issues.(9至12年级的学生可以提交诗歌、小说和非小说类作品，以展示他们对环境问题的理解)”可知，The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards最适合擅长写诗的青少年。故选D。 【3题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段部分“The theme can be interpreted in various ways, including individuals taking action towards a more sustainable planet, or highlighting the efforts of environmental leaders working to sustain ecosystems.(这一主题可以有多种解释，包括个人为实现更可持续的地球而采取的行动，或强调致力于维持生态系统的环境领导者的努力)”；第二部分“Sponsored by International Certification Organization Network, the contest, whose theme this year is “Passing on Our Precious Earth to The Future”, invites children aged 7-15 worldwide to draw the kind of natural environment they would like to live in.(该比赛由国际认证组织网络主办，今年的主题是“把我们珍贵的地球留给未来”，邀请世界各地7-15岁的儿童画出他们想要生活的自然环境)”；第三部分“We welcome entries from both groups and individuals to create art to promote public awareness of the need to preserve, protect, and restore nature.(我们欢迎团体或个人参赛，创作艺术作品，以提高公众对保存、保护和恢复自然的意识)”以及第四部分“Students in the 9th to 12th grades can submit poetry, fiction and nonfiction to show their understanding of environmental issues.(9至12年级的学生可以提交诗歌、小说和非小说类作品，以展示他们对环境问题的理解)”可知，这四项比赛的共同之处在于都是关于环境保护的。故选B。 【答案】4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了38岁的麦金太尔和丈夫建立了名为RIP医疗债务的组织，来帮助那些无力支付医疗债务的人。 【4题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“But she realized that in a way, she was luckier than some other people. She had insurance to help pay for her medical care.(但她意识到，在某种程度上，她比其他一些人幸运。她有保险来支付医疗费用)”可知，麦金太尔觉得自己比其他人幸运因为她有医疗保障。故选D。 【5题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Though her health was failing, Ms. McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could. The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt, which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others. (尽管她的健康状况每况愈下，麦金太尔还是决定帮助尽可能多的人还清医疗债务。这对夫妇开始向一个名为RIP医疗债务的组织捐款，该组织致力于为他人偿还未付的医疗债务)”可知，麦金太尔女士和她的丈夫通过偿还他人的治疗债务帮助别人。故选C。 【6题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第四段“The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose. They had hoped to raise about $20,000. Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts.(这对夫妇在一个网站上建立了一个页面，为这个目的筹集资金。他们原本希望筹集到大约2万美元。尽管如此，麦金太尔的最后一条帖子还是引起了很多关注。她的网页上的捐款很快就超过了总目标。在不到一周的时间里，该网站筹集的资金是预期的10倍，捐款仍在不断增加。到2023年11月22日，麦金太尔的网页已经筹集了超过62.7万美元，足以偿还约6000万美元的医疗债务)”可知，第四段的主要内容是公众参与。故选A。 【7题详解】 推理判断题。根据第一段“But Ms. McIntyre and her husband, Mr. Gregory, knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay.(但麦金太尔和她的丈夫格雷戈里知道，许多癌症患者因为医疗费用而面临艰难的决定，最终欠下的钱远远超过了他们的支付能力)”可知，麦金太尔女士能够理解他人的处境，结合第四段“Nevertheless, Ms. McIntyre’s last post attracted a lot of attention. The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal. In less than a week, the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in. By November 22, 2023, Ms. McIntyre’s web page had raised over $627,000, or enough money to pay off about $60 million in medical debts.(尽管如此，麦金太尔的最后一条帖子还是引起了很多关注。她的网页上的捐款很快就超过了总目标。在不到一周的时间里，该网站筹集的资金是预期的10倍，捐款仍在不断增加。到2023年11月22日，麦金太尔的网页已经筹集了超过62.7万美元，足以偿还约6000万美元的医疗债务)”可知，麦金太尔女士很有影响力。故可推知，麦金太尔女士有影响力和理解他人。故选B。 【答案】8. A 9. D 10. C 11. A 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇议论文，主要讲述了当今社会对不生孩子的偏见，并认为对无子女者的指控应当驳回，他们的存在为社会产生很多好处。 【8题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第二段第二句“The childless nonetheless come in for a lot of criticism. (尽管如此，没有孩子的人还是受到了很多批评。)”并结合下文可知，本段主要讲述了无子女者常常遭受尖锐批判。故选A。 【9题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Some point out that non-parents are failing to produce the future workers who will pay for their pensions. (一些人指出，非父母者无法培养出未来的工人来支付养老金。)”和倒数第二段中的“Those who do not have children do put pressure on public pension systems. Governments have to do unpopular things like making pensions less generous, as Japan has done, or accepting more immigrants, as some Western countries have done. (那些没有孩子的人确实给公共养老金系统带来了压力。政府不得不做一些不受欢迎的事情，比如像日本那样降低养老金的慷慨程度，或者像一些西方国家那样接受更多的移民。)”可知，由于无子女者没有生孩子来为养老金系统作贡献，这会给公共养老金系统带来压力，政府不得不做一些不受欢迎的事情。由此可推测出，无子女者遭受人们的偏见是因为人们认为他们成为政府的经济负担。故选D。 【10题详解】 词句猜测题。根据画线词it所在句的前文“It is possible to combine a high rate of childlessness with a high birth rate, provided people who become parents have more than one or two children. That was the pattern in many Western countries a century ago. (如果成为父母的人有一个或两个以上的孩子，就有可能把高无子女率和高出生率结合起来。这是一个世纪前许多西方国家的模式。)”可知，画线词it指代前文的内容，即一个世纪前许多国家采取的模式是鼓励成为父母的人生孩子，从而兼顾高无子女率与高出生率。故选C。 【11题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，第一段最后一句“One old prejudice remains undisturbed, though. Just ask a childless person. (然而，一种古老偏见仍然受人尊敬。问问一个没有孩子的人就知道了。)”引出话题：无子女者遭受偏见；第二段具体讲述了无子女者面对的批判；接下来几段作者分别从慈善、政治能力、人口增长、艺术文学贡献等方面讲述无子女者的贡献。由此可推测出，本文主要指出人们对无子女者的偏见，并为无子女者辩护，由此可推测出，A项“为无子女者辩护”最适合作本文标题。故选A。 【答案】12. C 13. B 14. C 15. D 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文，主要讲述了新建道路对环境的破坏以及如何通过实验找到避免这种破坏的新方法。 【12题详解】 主旨大意题。根据第一段“Minimizing the environmental damage that new roads cause is generally regarded as a good thing. But to do that, it helps to understand just how new roads cause the damage of which they are accused.”（把新建道路对环境造成的破坏降到最低通常被认为是一件好事。但要做到这一点，它有助于理解新道路是如何造成被指责的破坏的。）可知，短文主要告诉我们新路对环境造成的破坏。故选C项。 【13题详解】 细节理解题。根据第二段“Recently, a group of researchers led by Dr. Gonzalez conducted an experiment and proved that immigration is good for the health of animal populations.”（最近，冈萨雷斯博士领导的一组研究人员进行了一项实验，证明了移民对动物种群的健康有益。）可知，移民对动物有益。故选B项。 【14题详解】 推理判断题。根据第二段“Recently, a group of researchers led by Dr. Gonzalez conducted an experiment and proved that immigration is good for the health of animal populations.”（最近，冈萨雷斯博士领导的一组研究人员进行了一项实验，证明了移民对动物种群的健康有益），第三段“According to this theory, when a local population struggles to move about — because of an epidemic, for example — individuals from neighboring communities can fill the gaps.”（根据这一理论，当当地人口难以移动时，例如由于流行病，来自邻近社区的个人可以填补空白。）和第五段“After waiting six months, they found that in the disturbed habitats nearly all the bug population had declined compared with undisturbed moss, and 40% of the species had become extinct.”（ 等了六个月后，他们发现，与未受干扰的苔藓相比，在受干扰的栖息地，几乎所有的虫子数量都减少了，40%的物种已经灭绝。）可知，短文是通过提供科学发现来呈现观点的。故选C。 【15题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“In Britain, tunnels are often built under roads for animals of regular habits, such as badgers (獾), to be able to travel their traditional routes without having to fight with traffic. Extending that principle, perhaps special bridges might be a cheap way of letting man and nature rub along a bit better.”（在英国，人们经常在道路下方建造隧道，让像獾这样的有规律习性的动物能够沿着它们的传统路线行走，而不必与交通争抢。扩展这一原则，也许特殊的桥梁可能是让人类和自然更好地相处的一种便宜的方式。）可推知，通过合理建设道路，作者认为道路造成的环境破坏可能会被减轻，故选D。 【答案】36. with 37. satisfying 38. harmony 39. Historically 40. based 41. or 42. a 43. to offer 44. are shaped & have been shaped 45. while 【解析】 【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国的饮食文化。 【36题详解】 考查介词。句意：中国的饮食文化已经发展了数千年，每一道菜都有自己独特的故事。根据空后的句子结构可知，此处为“with+名词+现在分词”，即with的复合结构。故填with。 【37题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：中餐烹饪是一门艺术，不仅仅是满足你的味蕾。介词beyond后面接动名词satisfying，作宾语。故填satisfying。 【38题详解】 考查名词。句意：而是让你的感官尽享愉悦，每一道菜都是颜色、气味、味道和形状的和谐统一。不定冠词a修饰单数可数名词，空处需填名词harmony。故填harmony。 【39题详解】 考查副词。句意：历史上，中国文化将农业偏好与星象模式交织在一起，根据二十四节气指导食物消费。修饰后面整个句子，需用副词historically，作状语，位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Historically。 【40题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意同上。空处需填非谓语动词作后置定语，修饰food consumption，base和food consumption为逻辑动宾关系，需用过去分词形式。故填based。 【41题详解】 考查连词。句意：你更喜欢北京火锅的微妙醇厚，还是四川火锅的麻辣刺激？空格前后是两个完整的句子，结合句意“你喜欢北京火锅的微妙醇厚，还是四川火锅的麻辣刺激？”可知，此处表达的是选择关系，需用连词or连接。故填or。 【42题详解】 考查冠词。句意：中国地域辽阔，总共三十四个省市自治区，每个地方都有自己的烹饪历史、习俗和菜肴。a total of为固定搭配，意为“总共，总计”。故填a。 43题详解】 考查非谓语动词。句意：从浓烈的四川风味到精致的广东点心，每个地区都有其独特之处。修饰不定代词something，需用动词不定式to offer，作后置定语。故填to offer。 【44题详解】 考查动词时态语态。句意：例如，地区性早餐受地理、气候和文化习俗的影响，而其他的菜肴则成为全国人民喜爱的主食，模糊了从南到北、从东到西的地域界限。此处陈述客观事实，使用一般现在时，主语regional breakfasts和shape为被动关系，主语为复数名词，be动词用are，也可以表示过去发生的事情对现在产生影响，使用现在完成时的被动语态，助动词用have。故填are shaped/have been shaped。 【45题详解】 考查连词。句意同上。空格前后是两个完整的句子，结合句意“而其他菜肴已成为全国喜爱的主食，模糊了从北到南、从东到西的地域界限”可知，此处表达的是对比关系，需用连词while连接。故填while。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$