上海市吴淞中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题

吴淞中学2024-2025学年第一学期 高三英语学科期中质量检测(试卷) 完卷时间120分钟 满分140分 I. Listening Comprehensfon SectfonA Directions: In Section A. wou will hear ten short conversations belween two speakers. A! the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was sald. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once, After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. B. To a travel agency. C. To a drugstore. 1. A. Toabank. D. To Spain. 2. A. He forgot to submit his paper. B. He misremembered the deadline. C. He didn't finish his paper on time D. He couldn't focus his mind on the paper 3. A. She is a movie enthusiast D- She prefers thrillers to romances. C. She doesn't like thrillers D. She is not in the mood for any movie 4. A. Because she is not good at calculating B. Because she hurried to finish the report C. Because she is quite a careless person D. Because she cited unconfirmed figures A. Lily forgot to deliver discs to the man B. The man failed to renew the address. C.Lily planned to yisit the new dormitory. D.The discs might have been mailed to the former place 6. A. The woman doesn't enjoy the leftovers. B. The man is an excellent cook in the army. C. The man bas invited many people for lunch D. The man intentionally prepared much food 7. A. The man should be more diligent. B. Cramming is effective for an exam C. Biology is indeed difficult to learn D. The man shouldn't have stayed up that late 8. A. Arrange to apply.tor another room B. Make a complaint about her roommate C. Ask her roommate to move out of the room D. Change rooms with someone in the housing office 9. A. Helen's hard work is rewarding B. Helen is an accomplished job hunter. C. Helen always complains about her job D. Helen is viewed as a model by the speakers 10. A. Every student should value Chinese culture B. Chinese students are humble and reserved C. He is deeply tnpressed by Chinese culture. D. Chinese stutlents lack the courage to share ideas. 1 表进 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用韵扫描A SectionB Dlrections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the longer conversatlon. The passoges and the longer conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once, When you hear a questlon, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the qwestion you have heard. Questions 11 throngh 13 are based on the following passage 14. A. To relocate to safer gromdy. B. To mlgrate with the seasons. C. To seek more hunting grounds. D. To gather more food for survival 12. A. 1t once belonged to the North sea B. It was drowned by the meltwater C. It was an island abundant in wldlife D. It was unveiled by the modern fishermen 13. A. Polar ice cape will continue to melt at a rapid rate. B. The sea floor witnessed the rise and fall of the Europe C. Doggerland is the birthplace of English civilization D. Coastal residents are vrnerable to the climate change Ouestions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14. A. Scientists in Britain are going to collect rocks on Mars B. The discovery of boron is a milestone in Mars exploration C. Evidence indicates there exist plants and animals on Mars D. The microscope is mainly used to identify differemt rocks 15. A. Basic molecules for life. B. More essential chemicals. C. Holes caused by microbes D. Ancient material from Mars 16. A. The development of life on Mars. B. The search tor signs of life on Mars C. The importance of research on rocks D. The discovery of surface water on Mars Ouestions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversatlon. 17. A. To practise skatcboarding B To encourage teenagers in trouble. C. To support a non-profit organization D. To fulfil his dream of touring Europe 18. A. They served as tour guides for Joe. B. They kept a record of Joe's journey. C. They transported equipment for Joe D. They took care of Joe's accommodation .9. A. He covered a rather long distance. B. He tried to follow his friends' van C: Ile fell down and broke the trainers D. He climbed over the rugged mountains 20. A. Prepare for another trip. B. Resigu from his current job C. Write a book about his journey D. Renew a contract with the organization II. Grammar and Vocabulary SectionA Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. An excerpt from A Walk in the Woods 2 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用韵扫描A Now here's a thing to consider. Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked (21) __(fa:> than the average American valks in a week. For 93 percent of all trips outside the home Americans now get in a car. On average the total walking of an American these days (22)_(add) up to 1.4 miles a week, barely 35o yards a day. That's ridiculous When my family and I moved to the States, one of the things we wanted was to live in a traditional small town 一 the sort of place (23) fmmy Stewart would be the mayor, the Hardy Boys would deliver your groceries, and Deanna Durbin would sing at an open window. Perfect little towns are not easy (24)_(find), of course, but Hanover, where we settled, comes close. It is a small typical New England college town, pleasant and calm, full of old trees. It has a broad green, an old-fashioned Mair Street, a handsome campus and leafy residential streets. Nearly everyone in town is (25)_ an easy walk of the post office, library, and stores. But things are different here: hardly (26)_, as far as I can tell, walks anywhere for anything. I know a man who drives 6oo yards to work. I know a woman who gets in her car to go a quarter of a mile to a college gymnasitum.to walk on a treadmill (跑步机), and then complains passionately about the difficulty she has (27) (srot) a parking space. When I asked her once (28) _ she didn't walk to the gym and do five munutes leas on the treadmill, she looked at me as if I were being deliberately provocative (排 蚌的). "Because I have a program for the treadmill." she explained. "It records my distance and speed, and I (29)_ adjust it for degree of difficulry." It hadn't occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard. At least in Hanover she could walk if she wanted to. In many places in America now it is not actually possible to be a pedestrian, (30) _ _ you want to be. Section B Dlreetlons: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there Is one word more th:t yci hxea The Mega-City Envlronment . D. exceeded E.emergung A. established B. dot C. infection P. exposed G. drainage 1.st I. snking H. overlook .K accces Mega-cities suffer from a catalog of environmental ills. A World Health Organization(WHO)/United Nations Environment Program(UNEP)study found that seven of the cities-Mexico City, Beijing, Cairo. Jakarta. Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and Moscow-had three or more polhutants that !1the WHC health protection guidelines. All 20 of the cities studied by WHO/UNEP had at least one major pollutan that went beyond _3zhealth limits According to the World Resources Institute, "Millions of children iving in the world's largest cities particularly in developing countries, are 33 to life-threatening air pollution two to eight times above the maximum based on WHo guidelines. Indeed, more than 80 percent of all deaths in developing countries attributable to the air pollution-induced lung 34 are among children under five." In the big Asian mega-cities such as New Delhi. Beijing and Jakarta, approximately 20 to 30 percent of all respiratory diseases _35__ from air pollution. Almost all of the mega cities face major fresh water challenges. Johannesburg, South Africa, is forced , CS扫描全能王 亿人在用鹤扫描A to draw water from highlands 370 miles away. In Bangkok, saltwater is invading aquifers (地下蓄水层) Mexico City has a serious 3.. problem because of exceasive groundwater withdrawal. More than a billion people, 20 percent of the world's population, live without regular 3 to clean running water. While poor people are forced to pay hlgh fees for private water, many cities squander (挥霍) their resources through leakages and illegal 5. "With the population of cities expected to increase to five billion by 2025." says Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the UNEP, "the urban dernand for water is set to increase rapidly. This means that any solution to the water crlsls ls closoly linked to the governance of cities." Mega-city residents, crowded into unsanitary slums, are also subject to serious disease outbreaks Lima. Peru(with population estimated at 9.4 million by 2015)suffered a cholera outbreak in the late 1990 partly because, as the New York Times reported, "rural people mew to Lima..live in houses without running water and use the outhouses(屋外厕所)that 39 . the hillsides above." It's worth looking at some of these 40_mega-cities in detail, because daily life there is likely to be the pattern for a majority of the world's population. Most are already experiencing severe environmental problems that will only be worsened by rapid population increases III. Reading Comprehenslon SectionA Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B, C and D Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context How Do You Know You're Not in the Matrix? At the heart of the philosophy of Aristotle and St Thomas Aguinas is the idea that we come intc contact with reality through the senses. But what if our senses are not a(n) 41 source? Perhaps our senses are deceiving us, and everything we perceive isn't real but is an illusion like in the movie The Marir This _42_ of sense knowledge was part of Rene Descartes's methodic doubt, which many radical(激进的) skeptics have adopted. Descartes argued: whatever I have up till now accepted as mos true I have acquired either from the senses or through the senses. But I have found that the senses may deceive me _43_, and it is sensible never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once. And one example Descartes gives as evidence is the fact that objects at a distance look smaller than what they are. But this is not deception. The sense of sight is reporting 44what it perceives. As D. O Mclnerny says, "This is the sense of sight functioning just as it should, in order to give me a proper knowledge of 45 ". Only when one made the judgement that 'the man is small and then become big" woulo _46_ come in. Truth and falsity do not 47__ sensory perception but the fact of judging that perception Another 48with Descartes's reason for doubting sensory perception is that he relies on only one sensory power. It's often the case that in order to test whether one sense is deceiving us, we must _49___ another sense. To use an example that many radical skeptics do to justify their doubt of sense knowledge. I may CS扫描全能王 亿人在用的扫描A perceive the stick 50_ immersed in water as crooked (弯曲). How do I determine whether what I perceive is actually the case? I pick up the stick. When I do so, I judge the stick is actually 51__. But in order to make a correct judgment about the stick, I use another sensory power - namely, 52 - that I must trust in order to make the proper judgment. With regard to Descartes's example, in order to make a sound judgment about the 53___ of the man walking up the street, Descartes would have to make contact with him through the sense of touch and measure him, which requires trust in sense knowledge Furthermore, Descartes's recogn:tion of the man's smallstatre(身高) as _54_ presupposes his trust in his previous sensory experience of the man's tall stature. As Ralph Mclnerny notes, "Descarte must trust his senses in order to challenge them." So, if it's reasonable to trust sense knowledge, and the senses put us into contact with the _55__ world, then we can have greater certainty that what we perceive is objectively real. B. primary C. reliable 41. A. external D. alternative C. branch B. application 42. A. disbelief D. command B. out of nowhere C. by all means 43. A. in no case D. now and then B. independently C. accidentally 44. A. accurately D. randomly C. mture B. distance 45. A. philosophy D. lif C. change B. error 46.A. analysis D. reflection 47.A. leadto C. identify with B. serve as D. lie in C. advantage B. consideration 48. A. problem D. perspective C. sharpen B. regain 49. A. abandon D. employ C. partially B. wrongly 50. A. barely D. completely 51.A. hollow C. thick B. straight D. bent C. touch 52.A. smell B. sight D. taste C. age B. status 53.A. size D. weight B. unusual C. reasonable 54. A. scientific D. horifying 55. A. imaginary B. private C. contemporary D. outside Section B Directions: Read the following three passages, Each passage is followed by several qwestions or wnfinished statements, For each of them there are four choices marked A. B. C and D. Choose the one that fits bes according to the information given in the passage you have just read (A) About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies like Australia, and Ireland. But Thailand. lndonesia and Japan have also developed this habit This strange quirk(奇事) puzzles the rest of the world: however, there is a perfectly good reason. U to the late 17oos, everybody travelled on the left side of the road because it's the sensible option for violent feudal (封建的) societies of mostly right-handed people. Soldiers with their swords under their right arms naturally passed on each other's right. and if you passed a stranger on the road you walked on the left tc ensure that your protective sword arm was between you and him 5 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用鹤扫描A Revolutionary France, however, overturned this practice as part of its sweeping social rethink and thanks to Napoleon this change was carried out all over continental Europe. Because he was left handed h's armies had to march on the right so he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent. From then on, any country colonised by the French took to driving on the right After the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the US became independent and decided to make traffic drive on the right in order to cut all remaining links to ts British colonial past. Once America became the centre of the car industry, if you wanted a good reliable vehicle, you bought American right-hand-drive. From then on many countries changed out of necessity. Today, the EU would like Britain to faH into line with the rest of Europe, but this is no longer possible It would cost billions of pounds to change everything round. The last European country to eonvert to driving on ths right was Sweden in 1967. This ironically caused a reduction in car accidents, because everyone drove carefully, while getting used to the new system 56. Why did people travel on the left before the late 18th century? A. They were required to do so. B. They were mostly left-handed C. It was easier to cross the street D. They could feel safer from attacks 57. What was Napoleon's attitude about walking on the leff? C. Doubt. A.Support. B. Disapproval. D. Sympathy. 58. For Amerlcrns, drivipg on the right was a way to show A. the connection with Frmce was broken B. the US was no longer ruled by the UK C. the American Revohution War had eaded D. America was the centre of the car industry 59. What is the main reason why UK will not adopt the European system? A. It wonld cost too much to change B. Its increasing traffie accidents C. Its influencs on colonies D. Its fast-developing car industry. (B) Welcome to Lake Toba! Lake Toba is an extraordinary natural wonder of the world. This enormous lake consists of an island almost the size of Singapors In its center. It is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and one of the deepest lakes in the world. A Comforting Escapade Toba is a place to sit back, relax and absorb some beautiful scenery. As you sit and take in the view of tht picturesque mountains that set against the cool clear lake, you will feel the worries of the world mel away. How to Get There ,。 ByAir Medan is an international gateway. A number of airlines fly daily between the Kualanamu Airport Medan and all major cities in Indonesia and international flights also go from Medan to Malaysia Singapore, and Thailand ·ByLand Parapat, the town by Lake Toba, is I76 km away from Medan and can be reached in under 6 hours by 。_ 表 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用韵扫描A public buses. Travel agents in. Medan can also organize a rental car plus a chauffeur (司机) for you. If you ar coming from the south via Bukittinggi and Tarutung, there is a public bus available ByWater Once you arrive in Parapat. you can catch the ferry to Samosir Island. The two landing points on Samosir are the traditional village of Tomok, or Tuk Tuk, where the island's hotels and restaurants are concentrated. Attractton There are many ways for you to enjoy Lake Toba's breathtaking natural wonders. Many people said that kayaking in Lake Toba is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Commonly, there are three routes that you can explore by paddling the kayak, which is Tongging-Silalahi (Easy), Tongging-Samosir (Medium), and Northern Cirole (Demanding). You can also savor the cool breeze.from. around the lake by glamping (glamorous camping) on The Kaldera Nomadic Escape, burying yourself in nature without having to.bother with the common hassles (麻烦) of conventional camping. Moreover, you can also be pampered (精心护理 with its facilities such as Bohemian-style tents Lake Toba is also home to two ethnic groups of Tomok and Simanindo. Located on the island of Samosir, the traditional village is protected by surrounding barriers of earthen ramparts (城 增) with bamboo fencing and trees. The village is also home to many unique and authentic traditional-houses especially from Tomok, which consists of a row of massive wooden houses with impressive saddle-shaped straw roofs. Those of you who are looking for souvenirs might want to take a look at Ulos, a handmade textil which not only serves as-clothing, but also is a significant status symbol 60. You can get to Parapat by. fromMedan. A. catching a ferry B. renting a car C. taking the sabwny D. taking a plane 61. Peter is an athiete who enjoys chalfenging himself. Which paddling route would you recommend him to take? A. Northern Circle B. Tongging-Samosir C. Tcmgging-Silalahi D. Tomok-Tongging 62. Which of the following statements is true? A. Lake Toba, abaut the size of Singapore, is the largest Itke in Souttast Asia B. Ulos Is the place you.should go to if you want to buy souvenirs C Camping on the Kaldera Nomadic Escape, you will find some Bohemian-style tents D. There are many unique and traditional houses with bamboo roofs on Samosir (C) Most managers can identify the major trends of the day. But in the course of conducting research in a number of industries and worklng direstly with companies, we have discovered that managers often fail to recognize the less obvious but. pro:onnd ways these trends are influencing consumers' aspirations, atttudes and behavlors. This is especially true of trends that managers view as peripheral to thetr core markets 1 表进 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用韵扫描A Experts from Harvard Business School give some advice to managers One strategy, known as 'infuse and augmcnt', is to design a product or service that keeps most of the attributes and functions of existing products in the category but adds others that address the needs and desires unleashed by a major trend. A case in point is the Poppy range of handbags, which the firm Coach created in response to the economic downturn of 2oo8. Tlte Coach brand had becn a symbol of wealth and uxury for nearly 70 years, and the most obvious reaction to tho downturn would have been to lower prices However, that would have risked cheapening the brand's umage. Instoad, they Initinted a consumer-research project which revealed that customers were eager to lift themsclves and the country out of tough times Using these insights, Coach launched the lowerpriced Poppy handbags, which were in bright colors, and looked more youthfl and playful than-conventional Coach products. Creating the sub-brand allowed Coach to avoid an across-the-board price.out. In contrast to the many companles that responded to the recession by cuttng prices, Coach saw the new consumer mlndset as an opportunity for innovation and renewal. A more radical strategy is 'combine and transcend', This involves combining aspects of the product' existing value proposition with attributes addressing changes arising from a trend, to create a novel experience - one that may land the company in an entirely new market spaoe. At first glance, spending resources to incorporate elements of a seemingly irrelevant trend into one's core offerings sounds like it's hardly worthwhile But consider Nike's move to integrate the digital revolution into its reputation for hgh-performance athletic footwear. In 20o6, they teamed up with technology company Apple to launch Nike+, a digital sports kit comprising a sensor that attaches to the running shoe and a wireless receiver that connects to the user's iPod. By combining Nike's original value proposition for amateur athletes with one for digital consumers, the Nike+ sports kit and web interface-moved the.company from, a focus on athletic apparel to a new plane of engagement with its customers, Once you have gained perspective on how trend-related changes in consumer opinions and behaviors impact on your category, you can determine which of our innovation strategies to pursue Trends- technological, economic, environmental, social, or political - that affect how people perceive the world around them and shape. what they expect from products and services piesent firms with unique opportunities for growth 63. The underlined word 'peripheral" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to A. important B. rmarginal C. subject D. relevant 64. According to the second paragraph, Coacir was anxious to ___ A. follow what some of its competitore were doing B. maintain its prices throughout its range C. sateguard its reputation as a manufacturer of luxury goods D. modify the entire look of its brand to suit the economic climate 65. What does the writer suggest about Nike's strategy? A. It was an extremely risky strategy at the time B. it was a strategy that only a major company could afford to follow C. It was the type of strategy that would not have been possible in the past D. It was the kind of strategy that might appear to have few obvious benefrts CS扫描全能王 亿人在用韵扫描A *66. The best title for the passage is probably ___. A. Knowing more about your customers B. Making the most of trends C. Eyes on stategics D. Following the advice Secton C Directions: Read the following passage. Fil in each blank wlth a proper sentence glven in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Nore that there are two more sentences than you need. M. There is another, surprising reason: increusing human opposition to ocean-based flsh forms D. As well as peak fish, "peak aquaculture" might be just around the corner C. It has been in slow decline the past few years D. But overfishing, particularly bottom netting, whlch destroys corals and other habitat, is a mag. s Properly managed, the oceans could provide far more wild fish than today r. Vartually all of the oceans are overfished, or at their maximum capacily Have We Reached Peak Flsh? Seafood is a vital source of protein for more than 3.3 billion people. The UN Pood and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects the need for a 15% increase in global fish consumption by 203o: its director-general, QU Dongyu, calls the growth of fisheries and aquaculture (水产养殖)"vital in our efforts to end global hunger and malnutrition". There's one big problem: the growth rate of the global wild-fish catch peaked in 1963 and stabilized in the 1990s.(67)_ When it comes to the wild-fish catch, we are most likely past "peak fish". (68)_ _ An assessment of 1. 439 wild-fish populations found that 10% are on the brink of collapse. Another 45% are overfished and there isn't enough information about the rest to know if the current fishing levels are sustainable, Over the past 5o years, the world has witnessed a massive decline in the health of its fisheries. Ouite simply, we are removing fish from the ocean at a far greater rate than they can naturally replenish(补充). There are several reasons why ocean life faces such a serious health crisis, including marine polhution especially hundreds of millions of tons of plastics; global heating affecting water temperature: and emissions of CO2 making the oceans 26% more acidic. (69) So is aquaculture the solution to the potential seafood shortage? As it turns out, ths answer is no Aquaculture's growth rate has been in decline since 19o6, While the industry did experience rapid growth decades ago, its five-year moving average annual growth rate peaked at 14.1% in 1996 and is now at about 2%, according to a new study in Frontiers in Marine Science (70)__ There are constraints (限制) on good places to site fish farms, a lack of high-quality water, struggles with cost and availability of food for the farmed species, disease and pest pressure, and the impact of the climate crisis and resulting weather variability. IV. Summary Writing Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible 71. 2 表进 CS扫描全能王 亿人在用韵扫描A Helghten Your Appreclntlon of Muslc Music is such a fundamental part of human culturo that it likoly pro-dates literacy, thc invention of the wheel, and even the musical note itsult. While peoplo generally know what kind of music they like -and what they don't-it's possible to cxpand your appreciation by learning now ways to listen. Here are some tips for cultivating sertstive awarenoss of musical elements. You might feel frightened picking up a guitar or sitting down at a piano -but learning an inatrument can help you better understand how a song comes togcther and what role a specifie type of sound plavs in the composition. Moreovet. the movement and effurt ofa live periormanap can often fotus youz attention on parts of a song you may have otherwise missed. So, the next tirte you hear a song - particularly a classical arrangement - try to imagine it bcing pertouned. Or: ry to pichire a scene (a thunderstorm, race) that best fits the mood and tempo of the piece. It's certainly not necessary to grab your favorite musician's biography in order to appreciate a good simple song, but it may help you better understand the contexHn whtoh he or she wrote the lyrics or recorded a track. Resetrching backgrounds can also lead you to drscover social and political influences at the time the music was created n could be hard to appreciate a warm day unless you've spent a winter freezing. Likewise, listening to music requires a contrast that helps you better understand how organized and harmonious it can be. Lister to -don't just hear - common, everyday noises. While some may be iritating, others may have a melody all their own. Either way, you'll return to a piece of music with a new respect for a focused, deliberate bit ofsound. V. Translation Directions: Zranslate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets 72. 我习惯睡前一边听点轻音乐一边写日记。(accustomed) 73. 导演强调说,这台晚会的成功集结了所有表演者的辛勤付出,(underlie) 74. 为农村人口创造了更多的工作岗位无异于打赢了脱贫攻坚战,在此过程中,电商起到了关键作 用. (nothing short of) 75. 这家医院的医生医术精湛,护士无微不至地照顾病人,许多入院的人多年的疾病得以康复也就 不足为奇了。(It) VI. Guided Writing Dlreetions: Write an English composition in l20-I50 words according to the instructions given below ir Chinese. 76. 假如你是浦汇中学的学生会主席李华,下周德国Bayern中学的师生将在来护访问的期间,造 访学校半天,学校打算安排一次文化交流活动。现在拟从三个备选方案中选一个 (1)剪纸教学 (2)舞龙(Dragon Dance)表演 ) (3)足球友谊赛 请写一封信给校长,信的内容包括:①你推荐的方案:②你推荐的理由 命题人:张静 审题人:赵凌云 蓝蓓 n CS扫描全能王 亿人在用的扫描A