上海市上海中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题

2024学年第一学期期中考试 英语试题 Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. 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. 1. A. She will run after the man. B. She can’t run faster. C. She will beat the man in running. D. She doesn’t like running. 2. A. She doesn’t know when the train leaves. B. It doesn’t matter where the man goes for holiday. C. She wants the man to make up his mind himself. D. It’s not necessary for the man to worry. 3. A. To visit some local companies. B. To help the companies recruit students. C. To know more about the companies. D. To apply for a job. 4. A. At the airport. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bank. D. At the hotel reception. 5. A. Read some instruction books. B. Search for professional help. C. Study a computer program. D. Set up a computer themselves. 6. A. She wants to get some rest. B. She needs time to write a paper. C. She has a literature class to attend. D. She has trouble going to sleep at night. 7. A. She will have chocolate cake. B. She will try apple pie with ice cream. C. She won’t have any dessert. D. She won’t suggest what to order. 8. A. Her brother can help the man rent an apartment. B. The man can stay in her brother’s apartment. C. Her brother can find the man a cheaper hotel. D. The man can rent her brother’s apartment. 9. A. She doesn’t know whether Prof. Brown will return. B. The man shouldn’t be late for his afternoon class. C. She can help the man get to Prof. Brown later. D. The man should go to Prof. Brown’s classroom. 10. A. Alice didn’t seem to be nervous during her performance. B. The man didn’t enjoy Alice’s performance very much. C. Alice needs more training before playing for people. D. The man admired Alice for her wonderful skills. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage and conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. She didn’t prepare well for it. B. She didn’t like the topic of history. C. She thought she looked foolish. D. She forgot to do it on that day. 12. A. She was nervous in front of people. B. She felt the weather was too hot for her. C. She was in an overcrowded classroom. D. She wanted to answer questions in class. 13. A. Stop raising her hand in class. B. Forget about the people around. C. Avoid staring at the window or the exit sign. D. Make more eye contact with the professor. 14. A. He is very likely to show up late for his next class. B. He has a problem controlling his learned behavior. C. He doesn’t like his high school life nor high school friends. D. He turns red whenever he talks to a girl. Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage. 15. A. British solo stars. B. American pop singers. C. Four Liverpool boys. D. The young of the 1960s. 16. A. Representing the young. B. Audience participation. C. Praising love and truth. D. International popularity. 17. A. They were looked down upon by serious musicians. B. They started from selling words and music to stars. C. They represented the painful struggle for freedom. D. The wrote about a variety of things in their songs. Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage. 18. A. About one third. B. 40 percent. C. Around 130 billion tons. D. Nearly 15 percent. 19. A. Farms grow smaller portions of food products every year. B. Grocery stores get rid of food products that no one buys. C. Restaurants send buffet leftovers to homeless people around. D. Ordinary families throw food away because they are not nutritious. 20. A. To feed 25 million Americans a year. B. To cut down food wasted by 50 percent by 2030. C. To make abundant food supply a reality on Earth. D To provide Americans with affordable and nutritious food. Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A: Multiple Choices（请涂在答题卡相应位置） Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 1. Learning that I couldn’t afford the rent, my boss ______ me a month’s salary. A. committed B. chopped C. charged D. advanced 2. The court decided to ______ the charge against the suspect as no solid evidence was found against him. A. file B. answer C. drop D. assume 3. Businesses are pushing the government to pass new laws to ______ late payments of debts, a problem that has been threatening their financial stability. A. encounter B. counter C. expose D. facilitate 4. It was the love and support of his family and friends that ______ him during his time in prison. A. sustained B. boosted C. accompanied D. emerged 5. The world of advertising is obviously less ______ by convention than the world of banking allowing for more innovation and experimentation. A. bound B. bordered C. boomed D. grasped 6. Believe it or not, newborns are able to ______ between a man’s and a woman’s voice. A. forecast B. discriminate C. integrate D. accommodate 7. To this day, Michael Jordan is regarded as one of the best basketball players ever to have ______ the game, whose unmatched skill and exceptional sportsmanship inspire players and fans alike. A. drawn B. graced C. explored D. commanded 8. According to the analyst, ______ pricing allows greater pricing flexibility by taking into account real-time changes in consumer demand. A. domestic B. dynamic C. initial D. earnest 9. The man arrived for the ceremony with old jackets and ______ jeans that the average person would save for mowing the lawn in his garden at the weekend. A. faded B. humble C. equivalent D. fine 10. There is no quicker way to ______ a word to a respectable principle, system and movement than to stick to the end of it the suffix “-ism”. A. coin B. exchange C. elevate D. confuse Section B:（请写在答题纸相应位置） 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. Try New Fruit. The Weirder, the Better. As a kid, I often had nosebleeds. My parents blamed all the fruits I ate that gave me “excessive heat” — especially the lychees, my favorite. It didn’t stop me from wolfing them down ____11____ the dozen, however. After we settled in a suburb of Quebec City, lychees became harder to find, and thus an infrequent treat. ____12____ I’ve grown older, my obsession with exotic fruit has intensified — the weirder, the better. ____13____ natural or genetically modified, beautiful or misshapen, every new fruit expands my understanding of the world and enriches my experience within it. Just when I think I have encountered every natural smell, a fruit named lulo appears at my favorite store. Part pineapple juice and part rhubarb-flavored gummy, it’s a scent so rare that I’d rather believe it was picked from a food scientist’s imagination ____14____ accept that it just happens to grow in some people’s backyards. There’s a line in a Jack Gilbert poem that has inhabited a corner in my brain since I was a teenager. “What lasted is what the soul ate; the way a child knows the world is by putting it part by part into his mouth.” I think of the line ____15____ I prepare to eat a new fruit. Each tasting is a chance to be reunited with my inner child, to be left wide-eyed as I get to know it, part by part. For me, the experience is no less expansive than seeing the ocean for the first time. You catch yourself ____16____(wonder) what else this world has been hiding and what beauty it’s capable of. ____17____ tasked with naming these fruits appear to be equally under a spell, producing simple yet charming names like ice cream bean and dragon fruit. Most fruits I try only a couple of times, but there’s one to ____18____ I keep returning: the soursop (刺果番荔枝). At ripeness, it tastes like a wonderful combination of banana, strawberry and papaya. ____19____(wait) just one more day, though, and it starts to brown, emitting a smell that registers more like feet than fruit. This rapid decaying actually comforts me. An approaching expiration date is only encouragement ____20____(taste) these joys as they come. We, too, will soon wake up and find our bodies softened and bruised. Will we have let our sweetest days go to waste? Section C Directions: 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 than you need. A. constituent B. ultimately C. fancied D. functioning E. game F. grave G. promising H. parallel I. cash J. entitled K. distinctly A basic weakness in a conservation system based wholly on economic motives is that most members of the land community have no economic value. Yet, these creatures are members of the biotic(生物的) community and, if its stability depends on its integrity, they are ____21____ to existence. When one of these noneconomic categories is in ____22____ danger and, if we happen to love it, we invent excuses to give it economic importance. During the early 1900s, songbirds were supposed to be disappearing. Scientists jumped to the rescue with ____23____ shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them. The evidence had to be economic to be valid. A ____24____ situation exists in respect of predatory mammals. Time was when biologists somewhat overworked the evidence that these creatures preserve the health of ____25____ by killing the physically weak, or that they prey only on “worthless” species. It is only in recent years that we hear the more honest argument that predators are members of the community, and that no special interest has the right to kill them for the sake of a benefit, real or ____26____, to itself. Some species of trees have been “excluded from the party” by economics-minded foresters because they grow too slowly or have too low a sale value to pay as ____27____ crops. In Europe, where forestry is ecologically more advanced, the noncommercial tree species are recognized as members of native forest community, to be preserved as such, within reason. Moreover, some have been found to have a valuable role in building up soil fertility. The interdependence of the forest and its ____28____ species and ground plants and animals is taken for granted. To sum up, a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly unjust. It tends to ignore, and thus ____29____ to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value. It assumes, falsely, that the economic parts of the biotic community will work without the uneconomic parts, which are nevertheless essential to its healthy ______30______. Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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. In praise of anxiety Nobody likes to feel anxious. An entire industry has sprung up to aid us in eliminating it, from self-help books to cognitive behavioral therapy. Yet with rates of anxiety disorders rising sharply worldwide, it seems that our efforts to ____31____ anxiety aren’t working. But feeling anxious isn’t the problem. The problem is that we don’t understand how to respond ____32____ to anxiety. This “bad” feeling isn’t a failure of mental health. It’s a victory of human ____33____, a response emerging with our ability to cope with the uncertain future. It was Charles Darwin who saw that ____34____ emotions like anxiety offers a profound evolutionary advantage. Fear, ____35____, signals that you may be in danger — from a predator or a bully — and readies your body and mind to fight or take flight. Anxiety, by contrast, has nothing to do with ____36____ threats. ____37____, it turns you into a mental time traveler, drawing your attention to what lies ahead. Will you succeed or fail in a big job interview? Anxiety prompts your mind and body into ____38____. Your worries force you to prepare thoroughly for the interview, while your heart races and pumps blood to your brain so that you stay sharp, prepared to pursue your goals. Over the years, research has also shown higher levels of dopamine when we’re anxious. We have long known dopamine increases when an experience is pleasurable and also in anticipation of ____39____. The fact that anxiety also boosts dopamine levels points to its role in making positive possibilities into reality. Sadly, many of us feel overwhelmed by lasting anxiety and don’t see any _____40_____ from it. We have come to believe that the best way to cope is to get rid of it. But treating anxiety as a disease prevents us from telling ordinary anxiety from anxiety disorders, and creates huge _____41_____ costs when it comes to using anxiety to our benefit. Here’s the difference between anxiety and an anxiety disorder: a disorder is only diagnosed when our ways of coping with anxiety disturb our ability to function normally in life. These problematic ways usually involve _____42_____, like never leaving a house because we fear a negative evaluation, or taking drugs to dull our emotional pain. They also involve the belief that we can’t cope with anxiety. Countless research shows when we instead are curious about our negative emotions, and learn to name them and _____43_____ them, they become more manageable. Therefore, we need to develop a new mindset about this misunderstood emotion. Reframing anxiety as a(n)_____44_____ and a valued part of being human isn’t easy. It takes practice and it doesn’t mean anxiety becomes enjoyable. Anxiety can’t do its job unless it makes us _____45_____, forcing us to sit up and pay attention. We don’t need to like anxiety — just to use it in the right way. 31. A. contain B. understand C. express D. appreciate 32. A. rapidly B. naturally C. constructively D. cautiously 33. A. behavior B. experience C. intelligence D. evolution 34. A. intense B. unpleasant C. conflicting D. real 35. A. in general B. on the other hand C. for example D. in other words 36. A. immediate B. constant C. potential D. deadly 37. A. Consequently B. However C. Moreover D. Rather 38. A. reality B. decision C. wonder D. action 39. A. requirements B. changes C. rewards D. threats 40. A. solution B. benefit C. difference D. lesson 41. A. opportunity B. labor C. unexpected D. extra 42. A. panic B. avoidance C. addiction D. absence 43. A. make sense of B. do away with C. take refuge in D. make up for 44. A. cure B. praise C. edge D. emotion 45. A. fascinated B. patient C. calm D. uncomfortable Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. （A） Not long ago I joined in a forum on the role of the American press. The purpose of the forum, as I understood it, was to examine the responsibilities of the media and to suggest the best ways to meet those responsibilities. During the open-discussion period, a gentleman addressed a question to a distinguished anchorman. Why, he asked, are the newspapers and television news programs so disaster-prone? The anchorman reacted as if he had been blamed for the existence of bad news. Newsmen, he said, are only responsible for reporting the news, not for creating or modifying it. It didn’t seem to me that he had answered the question. The gentleman was just wondering why distortions are most reported. The news media seem to operate on the philosophy that all news is bad news. Why? Could it be that the emphasis on downside news is largely the result of tradition — the way newsmen and newswomen are accustomed to responding to daily events? Perhaps it would be useful here to examine the way we define the word news for this is where the problem begins. News is supposed to deal with happenings of the past 12 hours — 24 hours at most. Anything that happens so suddenly, however, is likely to be eruptive: a sniper kills a presidential candidate; a plane crashed into a mountain… Focusing only on these details, however, produces a misshapen picture. Civilization is a lot more than the sum total of its disasters. The most important ingredient in any civilization is progress. But progress is not eruptive. Generally, it comes in bits and pieces, very little of it clearly visible at any given moment, but all of it involved in the making of historical change for the better. It is this aspect of living history that most news reporting reflects inadequately. The result is that we are under-informed about positive developments and over-informed about disasters. This, in turn, leads to a public mood of defeatism, which in themselves tend to prevent progress. A persistent diet of eruptive news drains the essential human energies a free society needs. I am not suggesting “positive” news be designed as a countermeasure to the disasters on page one. What I am trying to get across is the notion that the responsibility of the news media is to search out and report on important events whether or not they come under the heading of conflicts or disasters. The world is a splendid combination of heaven and hell, and both call for attention and examination. The anchorman was right in saying newsmen were not responsible for shaping the world, but they are responsible for affecting our attitude. News people provide us with the only picture of ourselves and the world. It had better be a true portrait-and not a caricature (漫画)— for it’s this picture on which we will base our decisions and around which we will plan our future. 46. The author learned from the forum that ______. A. the public tended to blame newsmen for reporting only bad news B. there were concerns about the media’s too much focus on bad news C. the American press failed to deliver on its promise to reform the media D. the public expected factual and unmodified news reports from newsmen 47. What does the author suggest is the primary reason for the dominance of negative news coverage? A. The news media works on the principle that all news is bad news. B. News reporters are professionally trained to report daily disasters. C. News traditionally refers to events that occur suddenly within a day. D. Reporting only tragic events may blind the public to social progress. 48. Which of the following statements might the author agree with? A. News reporters should give their attention to a wider range of important issues. B. The conflicts and disasters cause public despair and rob society of human energy. C. Newsmen are duty-bound to create more positive news to fight against disasters. D. Newsmen can strive to find a balanced portrayal of events to shape the world. 49. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Why is all news bad news? B. Where is the news leading us? C. Why is it time to create more positive news? D. How can the news media thrive against all odds? （B） Below are three sports documentaries that make perfect viewing for fans of sporting drama. No 1. Formula 1: Drive to survive The world’s hottest sport was barely on the radar of most Americans — and then Drive to Survive arrived. Since its first release, the series has been credited for the surprising rise in popularity of the European racing association, Formula 1. Over six seasons, it has taken fans inside every team and shown the lives and preparation of the owners, managers, and drivers, including superstars Lewis Hamilton, whose headline-making race for the 2021 title was at the center of Season 4. The series’ success has also inspired similar shows for other sports looking to grab a bigger share of the global market. No 2. Race to the Summit This climbing documentary records the race between two great climbers to secure the fastest time to conquer the Alps’ great north faces. As with all climbing documentaries, non-climbers will struggle to understand what drives a person to risk his life like this, but the film’s stunning scenery and the athletes’ dedication to their sport needs no explanation. Viewers with fears of heights may want to steer clear, however: these shots are guaranteed to raise your heart rate and take your breath away. No 3. Slaying The Badger The 1986 Tour de France had a battle at its heart, one between the two fastest riders in the game. As defending champion, Bernard ‘The Badger’ was the home hero, a serious Frenchman who was no stranger to challenges. The competitor was his opposite in personality: the sunny American rider LeMond, whose openness couldn’t conceal a strong determination to become the first non-European to win the race. The only trouble was that the pair were members of the same team. This documentary is a fascinating study of the two impulses of professional road cycling — individual glory versus team duty. And LeMond, who had played the role of dutiful assistant the previous year, believed it was his turn to try the winner’s yellow jersey for size. 50. What can we learn about the documentary Formula 1: Drive to survive? A. It improves Formula 1’s global viewership, particularly in Europe. B. It offers fans chances to go behind the scenes of Formula 1 racing. C It leads to the rise of Lewis Hamilton as a world-famous sports star. D. It helps other similar sports enjoy a larger slice of the global market. 51. Which of the following information about Race to the Summit might be CORRECT? A. The film is intended for non-climbers who want to learn about climbing. B. The race between the climbers overshadows the scenic beauty of the Alps. C. The film features splendid mountain views and thrilling scenes of climbing. D. The film details the reasons behind climbers’ pursuit of extreme climbing. 52. What major theme does Slaying The Badger explore? A. The success story of a young cyclist defeating the defending champion. B. The dominance of Europeans in road cycling and the challenges they face. C. The challenge of balancing personal attainments with collective responsibilities. D. The fierce battle between top riders of different personalities from different teams. （C） The recent trust crisis has led many scientists to take up arms to defend their enterprise, but in their attempt to fight back against various forms of science denial, some scientists say things that just aren’t true - and you can’t build trust if the things you are saying are not trustworthy. One popular move is to insist that science is right - full stop - and that once we discover the truth about the world, we are done. Anyone who denies such truths is ignorant. Or, as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg said, “Even though a scientific theory is in a sense a social consensus (共识), it is unlike any other sort of consensus in that it is culture-free and permanent.” Well, no. Science is a process of learning and discovery, and sometimes we learn that what we thought was right is wrong. Even a modest familiarity with the history of science offers many examples of matters that scientists thought they had resolved, only to discover that they needed to be reconsidered. Another popular move is to say scientific findings are true because scientists use “the scientific method”. But we can never actually agree on what that method is. Some will say it is empiricism: observation and description of the world. Others will say it is the experimental method: the use of experiment to test hypotheses (假设). Recently some prominent scientists claimed the scientific method was to avoid fooling oneself into thinking something is true that is not, and vice versa. Each of these commonly-held views has its merits, but if the claim is that any one of these is the scientific method, then they all fail. History and philosophy have shown that the idea of a singular scientific method is, well, unscientific. In fact, the methods of science have varied between disciplines and across time. Many scientific practices, particularly statistical tests of significance, have been developed with the idea of avoiding wishful thinking and self-deception, but that hardly constitutes “the scientific method”. Scientists have bitterly argued about which methods are the best, and, as we all know, bitter arguments rarely get resolved. In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is to claim that this is all somehow simple and therefore to imply that anyone who doesn’t get it is dumb. Science is not simple, and neither is the natural world; therein lies the challenge of science communication. What we do is both hard and, often, hard to explain. Our efforts to understand and portray the natural world are just that: efforts. Because we’re human, we often fall flat. The good news is that when that happens, we pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off, and get back to work. Understanding the beautiful, complex world we live in, and using that knowledge to do useful things, is both its own reward and why taxpayers should be happy to fund research. Scientific theories are not perfect copies of reality, but we have good reason to believe that they capture significant elements of it. And experience reminds us that when we ignore reality, it sooner or later comes back to bite us. 53. The quote from Steven Weinberg is intended to ______. A. illustrate that scientific theories are free from cultural influences B. stress what was believed to be true may turn out to be false theories C. show even great scientists may be unfamiliar with the history of science D. serve as an example of the belief that science produces permanent truths 54. What can be learned from all the popular opinions on “the scientific method” mentioned in the passage? A. One way to make scientific discovery is doing experiments to observe and describe the world. B. Some hold the scientific method focuses on proving hypotheses correct through experiments. C. Some suggest employing the scientific method to avoid self-deception in scientific inquiry. D. The scientific method has evolved over time and varied across scientific disciplines. 55. The underlined phrase “fall flat” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______. A. fail to achieve a goal B. lie on one’s back C. fall behind the times D. rise to challenges 56. Which of the following statements does the author probably agree with? A. It’s pointless to agree on a single scientific method as science is right in itself. B. Science can’t supply absolute truths about the real world, but it brings us closer. C. Reflection on the history of science may help scientists restore public trust in science. D. Making scientific theories easily understandable is the biggest challenge for scientists. Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. What happened to the noble art of the manly cry? One of our most firmly established ideas of masculinity (男子汉气概) is that men don’t cry. Although he might shed bitter tears at a funeral, a real man is expected to quickly regain control. Crying openly is for girls. ____57____ One study found woman report crying five times more often than men do. So it’s perhaps surprising to learn that the gender gap in crying seems to be a recent development. Historically, men routinely wept. In documents of the Middle Ages, we find ambassadors bursting into tears when addressing the king; in medieval romances, knights cried because they missed their girlfriends. There’s no mention of men trying to hold back their tears. So where did all the male tears go? There was no anti-crying movement. No leaders of church or state introduced measures to discourage them. ____58____ From there, it was a short leap to the poker-faced heroes of Ernest Hemingway, who couldn’t express their grief by any means but drinking and shooting buffalo. The most obvious possibility is that this shift is the result of changes that took place as we moved from an agricultural society to one that was urban and industrial. In the Middle Ages, a typical village had only a small number of inhabitants related by blood or marriage. ____59____ But from the 18th century, the population became increasingly urbanized, and people were living amid thousands of strangers. Furthermore, changes in the economy required men to work together in factories and offices where emotional expression was discouraged as time-wasting. ____60____ There’s reason to believe that holding back tears can be harmful to your well-being. Research has suggested a link between stress-related illness and inadequate crying. So it might be better to return to the free-flowing tears of the past. When misfortune strikes, feel free to cry until our sleeves are soaked. As the Old Testament has it: “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” A. Nevertheless, by the Romantic period, masculine tears were reserved for poets. B. So it’s time for men to give up being stone-faced and open the floodgates. C. If men cried, they did so with people who would empathize. D. Nor did their companions make fun of this public crying. E. Yet human beings weren’t designed to swallow their emotions. F. This isn’t just a social expectation; it’s a scientific fact. Ⅳ. Summary 61. 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. The long and winding career Across the developed world, the workforce now comes in various shades of grey. Since2008, the average labor-force participation rate of 55-to 64-year-olds in developed countries has risen by eight percentage points. Many people will be more than happy to work longer. A recent survey of 1, 000 British retired people found that a quarter thought they had stopped too early. It doesn’t mean retirement loses its appeal. Retirement gives you the chance to sleep late and avoid the morning commute. On a hot summer’s day, you can enjoy the sunshine; on a winter’s day, you can avoid the cold and rain. No longer do you have to sit through endless meetings or check email obsessively. But work has many benefits. As the survey reveals, it gives people a purpose in life. The first month of retirement may seem pleasant, but boredom is bound to follow. Grand plans to learn languages and travel the world can quickly fall through. Furthermore, the friendship of colleagues provides a social network; spending all week at home can lead to loneliness. Of course, many people are working longer not because they enjoy what they do, but because they cannot afford to quit. Companies have been phasing out pensions linked to final salaries and workers end up with a pot of savings at retirement that needs to be reinvested. The income from such pots has been reduced by very low interest rates. Therefore, they need to keep working. However, employers may be held back. One in three 55-to 65-year-olds in developed countries either lacks computer experience or cannot pass technology tests. Such deficits can be tackled with proper training, organized by the government or by companies themselves so that the over-55s can become silver surfers as their livelihood may depend on that. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ⅴ. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 62. 我刚刚冲出教室，这时脚下一滑，重重地摔了一跤。（hardly）(汉译英) _________________________________________________________________________________ 63. 在阳光明媚的午后，没有什么比呆在寝室里打个盹更惬意的事情了。（than）(汉译英) _________________________________________________________________________________ 64. 尽管本季度金价一路飙升，但丝毫没有打消消费者对黄金饰品的购买热情。（discourage）(汉译英) _________________________________________________________________________________ 65. 这款角色扮演类游戏视觉效果逼真，互动体验绝佳，自发布以来便赢得了业内人士和玩家们的高度赞扬。（characterize）(汉译英) _________________________________________________________________________________ Ⅵ. Guided Writing 66. Directions: Write an English composition in no less than 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是志越中学的学生胡一静，你校正在考虑推出数字化校园应用方案以提升学生的学习和生活体验。现有三个方案可供选择，分别是“电子图书馆”、“虚拟实验室探索”和“智能校园管理系统”。请你根据自己的兴趣和理念选择其中一个方案，并写一封建议信给冯校长，说明你的选择和理由。信件内容应包括以下方面： 1. 你选择的方案以及该方案的主要功能和特点； 2. 你选择该方案的具体理由。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024学年第一学期期中考试 英语试题 Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. 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. 1. A. She will run after the man. B. She can’t run faster. C. She will beat the man in running. D. She doesn’t like running. 2. A. She doesn’t know when the train leaves. B. It doesn’t matter where the man goes for holiday. C. She wants the man to make up his mind himself. D. It’s not necessary for the man to worry. 3. A. To visit some local companies. B. To help the companies recruit students. C. To know more about the companies. D. To apply for a job. 4. A. At the airport. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bank. D. At the hotel reception. 5. A. Read some instruction books. B. Search for professional help. C. Study a computer program. D. Set up a computer themselves. 6. A. She wants to get some rest. B. She needs time to write a paper. C. She has a literature class to attend. D. She has trouble going to sleep at night. 7. A. She will have chocolate cake. B. She will try apple pie with ice cream. C. She won’t have any dessert. D. She won’t suggest what to order. 8. A. Her brother can help the man rent an apartment. B. The man can stay in her brother’s apartment. C. Her brother can find the man a cheaper hotel. D. The man can rent her brother’s apartment. 9. A. She doesn’t know whether Prof. Brown will return. B. The man shouldn’t be late for his afternoon class. C. She can help the man get to Prof. Brown later. D. The man should go to Prof. Brown’s classroom. 10. A. Alice didn’t seem to be nervous during her performance. B. The man didn’t enjoy Alice’s performance very much. C. Alice needs more training before playing for people. D. The man admired Alice for her wonderful skills. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage and conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. She didn’t prepare well for it. B. She didn’t like the topic of history. C. She thought she looked foolish. D. She forgot to do it on that day. 12. A. She was nervous in front of people. B. She felt the weather was too hot for her. C. She was in an overcrowded classroom. D. She wanted to answer questions in class. 13. A. Stop raising her hand in class. B. Forget about the people around. C. Avoid staring at the window or the exit sign. D. Make more eye contact with the professor. 14. A. He is very likely to show up late for his next class. B. He has a problem controlling his learned behavior. C. He doesn’t like his high school life nor high school friends. D. He turns red whenever he talks to a girl. Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage. 15. A. British solo stars. B. American pop singers. C. Four Liverpool boys. D. The young of the 1960s. 16. A. Representing the young. B. Audience participation. C Praising love and truth. D. International popularity. 17. A. They were looked down upon by serious musicians. B. They started from selling words and music to stars. C. They represented the painful struggle for freedom. D. The wrote about a variety of things in their songs. Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage. 18. A. About one third. B. 40 percent. C. Around 130 billion tons. D. Nearly 15 percent. 19. A. Farms grow smaller portions of food products every year. B. Grocery stores get rid of food products that no one buys. C. Restaurants send buffet leftovers to homeless people around. D. Ordinary families throw food away because they are not nutritious. 20. A. To feed 25 million Americans a year. B. To cut down food wasted by 50 percent by 2030. C. To make abundant food supply a reality on Earth. D. To provide Americans with affordable and nutritious food. Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A: Multiple Choices（请涂在答题卡相应位置） Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 【1题答案】 【答案】D 【2题答案】 【答案】C 【3题答案】 【答案】B 【4题答案】 【答案】A 【5题答案】 【答案】A 【6题答案】 【答案】B 【7题答案】 【答案】B 【8题答案】 【答案】B 【9题答案】 【答案】A 【10题答案】 【答案】C Section B:（请写在答题纸相应位置） 【11~20题答案】 【答案】11. by 12. As 13. Whether 14. than 15. when 16. wondering 17. Those 18. which 19. Wait 20. to taste Section C 【21~30题答案】 【答案】21. J 22. F 23. K 24. H 25. E 26. C 27. I 28. A 29. B 30. D Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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. 【31~45题答案】 【答案】31. A 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. B 41. A 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. D Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. （A） 【46~49题答案】 【答案】46 B 47. C 48. A 49. B （B） 【50~52题答案】 【答案】50. B 51. C 52. C （C） 【53~56题答案】 【答案】53. D 54. D 55. A 56. B Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 【57~60题答案】 【答案】57. F 58. A 59. C 60. E Ⅳ. Summary 【61题答案】 【答案】The workforce in developed countries is aging, with more 55-64-year-olds joining. Many enjoy working longer despite retirement’s appeal. Work provides a purpose and social network, while financial needs also drive this trend. However, lack of computer skills may hinder older workers, requiring proper training. Ⅴ. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 【62题答案】 【答案】Hardly had I rushed out of the classroom when I slipped and fell heavily. 【63题答案】 【答案】There’s nothing better than taking a nap in your dorm on a sunny afternoon. 【64题答案】 【答案】Despite the fact that the price of gold has soared this quarter, it has not discouraged consumers’ enthusiasm for purchasing gold jewelry. 【65题答案】 【答案】This role-playing game characterizes realistic visual effects and excellent interactive experience, and has won high praise from industry insiders and players since its release. Ⅵ. Guided Writing 【66题答案】 【答案】One possible version: Dear Headmaster Feng, I am Hu Yijing, a student from Zhiyue Middle School. I am writing to recommend the “Virtual Lab Exploration” among the three proposed digital campus applications. The Virtual Lab Exploration offers interactive simulations, creating realistic lab environments. It is highly accessible, allowing students to perform experiments anytime and anywhere. It also ensures safety by eliminating risks associated with dangerous chemicals and equipment, and it is cost-effective. I choose this application because it enhances the learning experience by enabling complex experiments, deepening understanding of scientific principles. The interactive nature increases student engagement and motivation, making learning more enjoyable. Additionally, it prepares students for future academic and professional challenges by familiarizing them with modern technology. Thank you for considering my proposal. I look forward to seeing the positive changes it will bring to our school. Sincerely, Hu Yijing 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$