福建省福州第十八中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中英语试卷

福州第十八中学2024-2025学年第一学期期中考试 高三年级 英语试卷 满分150分 考试时间120分钟 命卷人：郑凌 审卷人1：陈永枫 审卷人2：朱炎楠 第一部分听力（共两节，20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选 出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。 1.When will the meeting start? A.At9:10. B.At9:20. C.At9:25. 2.Why does the man make the call? A.To leam about a policy. B.To cancel an appointment. C.To ask about a medical bill. 3.What are the speakers talking about? A.A web page. B.A computer problem. C.A downloaded file. 4.Where does the conversation take place? A.At an airport. B.In a delivery company. C.At a hotel. 5.What do the speakers think of Joel? A.He is organized. B.He is unreliable. C.He is silent. 第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟：听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6.How docs the man respond to the woman's request? A.Confusedly. B.Impolitely. C.Patiently. 7.What will the man do next? A.Pay for the parking. B.Come back home. C.Deliver a package. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8.What field do the speakers work in? A.Publishing B.Education. C.Information technology. 9.What is the main reason for choosing Reiko's story? A.It's well structured.B.It can attract more people.C.It has an educational theme. 高三年级英语试卷第】页共1】西 听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。 10.What do we know about the woman? A.She has taken Spanish classes. B.She has been to Spain many times. C.She has leamned Spain for work. 11.How long will the course last? A.About one month. B.About two months C.About three months. 12.Why does the man advise the woman to register carly? A.The number of places is decreased. B.The registering timc is limited. C.The classes are very popular. 13.What docs the woman request in the end? A.A list of the textbooks. B.A thin book on the courses. C.A way to contact the center. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14.What is probably the woman? A.An architect. B.A teacher. C.An editor. 15.What inspired Andy to pursue his career? A.His desire to develop attractive spaces. B.His aim of promoting greener lifestyles. C.His family tradition in this ficld. 16.What is mentioned as a highlight of Andy's career? A.Completing a project ahead of schedule. B.Working on a landmark building. C.Starting his own business. 17.What does Andy value most about working in construction? A.Staying updated on technology. B.Keeping curious and creative. C.Promoting team work. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18.What is the speaker doing? A.Recommending an organization. B.Introducing a profession. C.Presenting a guest. 高三年级英语试卷 第2页共11页 19.What does Daniel Carlin's current job involve? A.Studying advanced medical technology. B.Establishing some new clinics. C.Offering remote consultations. 20.What is the long-term goal of Carlin's clinic? A.To aid medical staff in developing nations. B.To give medical treatment to Americans abroad. C.To provide free medical treatment for needy areas. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 A This brochure offers a short introduction to St John's College as you follow the tourist route through the College.A full guide about the College,its buildings and its history,may also be purchased from the Porters'Lodge. We welcome visitors,but please remember that the Collegc is a place where researchers and students live and work Please keep to the route marked on the attached map,follow instructions from our staff,and do not go anywhere marked "private". First Court Much of the College is made up of quadrangles(四方院)or“courts”.There are three running west to east from the Great Gate to the river,known simply as First,Second and Third.First Court was built in 1511 to the south of the old hospital and contained living quarters,the original chapel(小教堂)，library,hall and kitchens.. The Chapel The 19th century chapel was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott,apart from the tower which was an afterthought made possible by a former member of St John's College called Henry Hoare,who unfortunately died before he could pay for it all! Chapel Court The style of Chapel Court in the south range is Tudor,the west range Victorian and the remainder built by Sir Edward Maufe in 1938-40.Part of the west range was transformed into a new College library in 1994.The arms above the archway in the centre of the north range are those of John Fisher,carved by the famous sculptor,Eric Gill,who favors Catholic methods. 高三年级英语试卷第3页共11页 21.When touring in the St John's College,what should visitors remember? A.Private places are not accessible to tourists. B.Tourists can choose specific routes randomly. C.A full guide of the College is provided for free. D.Researchers and students can be tourists'guides. 22.What can be inferred about Chapel Court? A.It is primarily a modern structure. B.It integrates the artistic elements from the east. C.It features a mix of different architectural styles. D.It is a single-style building with minor alterations. 23.Where is this text probably taken from? A.A history book. B.A visitor guide. C.An academic paper. D.An architecture magazine. B In 2013,two years into her doctoral studics on forensic jewelry,Maria Maclennan found herself in a hospital in Namibia,helping identify the victims of a planc crash that had killed everyone on board.It was the first time she had put her theoretical skills into practice,examining pieces of jewelry found in the ruins and using her knowledge of designs,materials and the industry to provide investigators with Icads. "Being a forensic jeweler is not really a job that actually exists,"Dr.Maclennan,35,said during a recent interview at her office in Edinburgh."In some ways,it's something I've made up and am still making up as I go."Since then she has helped identify the victims of many catastrophes,including building collapses,natural disasters and a terrorist attack.And while the situations can be miserable-sometimes,she said,the jewelry was all but fuscd ( into human remains-she has approached the job as a professional:"You're wearing your forensic gloves and it's all very methodical and detached(不带感情的)from the person,hc human being.” But there is a part of the process that she finds emotionally difficult."It's at the end,the retumning,when you give the belongings back to the family,which really strikes me,"she said. "You look at the piece as a sort of a representation of the individual.Especially,I think,in the absence of the human body." Dr.Maclennan now is a member of a disaster victim identification tcam for Blake Emergency Services,based in Cheshire,England."Maria is the only one who does what she does,"said Carole Davenport,the archaeology manager at Blake."She's at the forefront of a field that she invented.She took the skills she leamed as a jeweler and she applied this to the 高三年级英语试卷第4页共11页 forensics world.Jewelry can be particular to areas,and there are certain unique things about jewelry that can help you almost read the life of a person.That's what Maria does." 24.What did Maclennan apply her jewelry knowledge to? A.Furthering her doctoral studies. B.Designing custom-made jewelry. C.Recognizing the identities of victims.D.Reforming forensic jewelry industry. 25.What is paragraph 2 mainly about? A.What Maclennan does as a forensic jeweler. B.When forensic jewelry came into existence. C.Why Maclennan chose to be a forensic jeweler. D.How forensic jcwelers are viewed by the public. 26.How does Maclennan feel while returning victims'belongings? A.She is hardly affected as it is a routinc for her. B.She feels sorry for what she has done to the victims. C.She is relieved that the process brings comfort to the familics. D.She feels sad as she has deep empathy for the victims'families. 27.How docs Davenport describe Maclennan in the last paragraph? A.Firm and ambitious. B.Innovative and competent. C.Intelligent and generous. D.Sensitive and responsible. Engaging your brain actively at work can benefit you in more ways than just advancing your career一it may also safeguard your cognitive(认知的)abilities and help prevent dementia(痴呆症)as you get older,a new study found. The study,published in Neurology,analyzed health and occupational data on 7,000 Norwegians who were followed from their 30s until they retired in their 60s."Many other studies on this topic have looked at the most recent jobs that people have,"said lead author Dr. Trine Edwin,a researcher at University of Oslo,"but due to the national database we have in Norway,we were able to follow people over much of their lifetimes." To do the analysis,Edwin categorized the cognitive demands of 305 occupations in Norway.More cognitively demanding jobs were not based on routine tasks,even though repetition was required at times."There were lawyers,doctors,accountants,and people in public service in this group,but the most common occupation was teaching,"Edwin said,"as effective communication outside of the classroom and school matters.It always depends on teachers'understandings of students'different situations and teachers'empathy." Having a routine job with little mental stimulation during your 30s,40s,50s and 60s is linked to a 66%higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (and a 37%greater risk of 高三年级英语试卷第5页共11页 dementia after the age of 70,when compared with having an occupation-that requires more complex thinking."The occupational environment is paramount in promoting cognitive well-being."said Edwin."Similarly,just like we can usc physical exercise to grow and maintain our muscles,exercising our brain through more challenging work assignments seems to help fight dementia." "While I'd guess that people at risk for dementia would be well served by taking advantage of professional advancement opportunities,learning new job tasks,and refining their skills at work over a period of time,further studies will need to clarify which specific activities have the most brain healthy benefits,"Edwin added. 28.Why is Edwin's research remarkable? A.Because it focused on emerging industries. B.Because it tracked a long-term occupation impact. C.Because it only studied Norwegians of a certain age. D.Because it drew much inspiration from past studies. 29.What makes teaching a cognitively demanding job? A.The complete lack of repetitive tasks. B.The number of students and parents. C.The harmonious relationship it creates. D.The emotional labor it involves. 30.What does "paramount"underlined in paragraph 4 mean? A.Vital. B.Urgent. C.Realistic. D.Sufficient. 31.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A.activities that can refine people's skills at work. B.A recommendation for future research directions. C.Tips for people who want professional advancement. D Disadvantages of routine jobs that need further proof. D In recent decades,experiments have begun to catch up with what people who work closely with animals have always known-that animals have an inner life,and consciousness isn't uniquely human. Consciousness is a concept that is extremely difficult to define.There have been many attempts:is it awareness,or awareness of that awareness,or self-awareness instead?But a useful working definition might be that it is any kind of subjective experience,ranging from how we perceive the external world to our inner thoughts and emotions.Because you can never be inside another living being's head,questions of consciousness are both hard to answer and open to bias(偏见) Findings of experiments inspired a group of scicntists in April to write The New York 高三年级英语试卷第6页共11页 Declaration on Animal Consciousness,which now has over 300 supporters.It states that there is"strong scientific support for conscious experience"in mammals and birds and"at least a realistic possibility of conscious experience"in fish and other spccics. That animals have some form of inner life must surely be self-evident to many people who live or work with them,just as I would guess that most carers of newborn babics don't see these infants as senseless automatic machines.The experiences of people with thorough knowledge of either have,historically,been viewed as subjective and biased,as emotional connection tends to influence logical reasoning.Our consciousness leads us to over-empathize with others we cannot truly know,the argument goes. But,as the biologist Marc Bekoff wrote,if we humans have something,then other animals are likely to have it too.I personally feel that attempts to divorce emotion,feeling and experience from how we see animals can be as unscientific.For too long,we assumed that humans are unique and animals don't feel pain or emotions the way that we do,a convenient but cruel null hypothesis(无效假设，when we could have started from the position that perhaps they do instead. 32.Which is a key characteristic of consciousness according to the passage? A.It means any emnotional experience of humans. B.It refers to individual's subjective experience. C.It is all about how we perceive the external world. D.It refers to a common quality shared by all animals. 33.Why are the carers of newbomn babies mentioned? A.To show that animals are just as conscious as human babies. B.To help readers understand why animals possess consciousness. C.To argue against the view of people living or working with animals. D.To explain why animal carers would assume animals have an inner life. 34.What might be the author's attitude towards Marc Bekoff's assumption about animal emotions? A.Doubtful. B.Objective. C.Supportive. D.Uncertain. 35.Which can be the best title of the passage? A.Consciousness Improved Through Practice B.Questions of Human Consciousness Answered C.Factors Affecting Animal Consciousness Discovered D.Conscious Experience Found in Certain Animal Species 些沈物彻种中发祝 汉裤骏 高三年级爽语试卷第7页共11页 第二节（共5小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。 How to Teach Confidence While it might seem like some people are just born confident,confidence is largely an acquired skill.36 Start by building up their self-esteem,independent thought,and positive selftalk.Show them how to achieve goals,and how to deal with failure when it happens.With lessons like these,you can teach the people around you to become more confident. Model confident behavior far people. If you're trying to improve somcone's confidence,be a model for how they should behave in a confident way.37Show them confident interpersonal relations like eye contact,handshakes,and making small talk.This lets them practice in a safe environment. Praise small accomplishments to raise a person's self-worth. If you're trying to build someone's confidence,start small.Each accomplishment they complete is a cause for celebration,even if it seems small.Be happy for your friends,kids,or students.38 Give specific praise so people know what they did well. A specific praise is better than a simple "You did well".19.This makes your praise more genuine and boosts the person self-esteem more by showing them their strengths. Start with a positive statement before correcting something. 40 This is especially important if you're a parent,teacher,or coach.If you do have to make criticisms or corrections,always start by saying something positive first.This raises the person's spirits and makes it easier for them to take the critical feedback that's coming up. A.Instead,tell the person exactly what they did well. B.It's something you can model and teach other people. C.You may have to point out where someone needs to improve. D.Instead of feeling criticized,the person will know you're sincere. E.Act confident around them and in your interpersonal interactions. F.Your positive energy will teach them to celebrate their achievements. G.You might show someone's strengths to help them see the bright side 第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节完形填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分） 高三年级英语试卷第8页共11页 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入 空白处的最住选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 My mother has always been one of those rare people that sees the good in everyone and does good things.She's had her ups and downs but has always41a positive,sunny outlook on life and been very42to people One day,my little sister fell and hurt her ankle,desperately needing a 43 to the hospital emergency room.My mother immediately 44 into crisis mode,packed my sister into the car,and drove to our local hospital.In such a 45,my mother didn't call to tell my father.When she got to the hospital,she realized she needed to 46 with my father immediately. While waiting for my sister to be examined,my mother 47 her way to the pay phone to place her call.She put her coin in,called my father and told him everything.After she hung up,the phone48several additional coins that Mom wasn't owed. Realizing that the phone was 49,my mother decided to leave the 50 coins by the phone.She told us that in a crisis,people might not remember to bring 5.with them to make that emergency call. I've often thought about her 52 from an adult's perspective.I realize that someone seeing the money by the phone may have53taken it because not everyone was as 54 as my mother.But I like to believe that my mother's faith was _55and that someone who needed them found the coins waiting there 41.A.tolerated B.anticipated C.maintained D.expressed 42.A.patient B.helpful C.honest D.polite 43.A.rest B.stay C.lift D.visit 44.A.cut B.shifted C.looked D.stuck 45.A.rush B.way C.relief D.process 46.A.come along B.keep in line C.make up D.get in touch 47.A.made B.felt C.picked D.gave 48.A.found B.returned C.collected D.charged 49.A.smart B.ready C.convenient D.broken 50.A.different B.ancient C.extra D.rare 51.A.luck B.phones C.change D.chances 52.A.opportunity B.decision C.appointment D.encounter 53.A.simply B.suddenly C.obviously D.gradually 54.A.thoughtful B.grateful C.hopeful D.successful 55.A.hard-won B.newly-built C.well-placed D.deeply-rooted 高三年级英语试卷 第9页共11页 第二节共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Being the main river of Paris,the Seine River,over the centuries,has functioned as a 56(protect)barrier,a water source,and a place for washing clothes,National Geographic reported. Many of the city's iconic landmarks and structures,such as the Eiffel Tower,the Louvre Museum,and Place de la Concorde,57(situate)along its banks. However,Paris has faced many challenges in its efforts to clean up the Seine 58 time for the 2024 Olympics.The river will be the venue for swimming marathon events.In the 17th century,swimming in the Scine was very popular.But for the last hundred years,it59(prohibit)due to health and safety concerns. Over the past decade,Paris has investigated about I.4 billion euros 60(restore)the river's ecosystem.61,test results in April still showed high levels of bacteria in the collected samples from the river. The city built a giant storage basin capable of holding 46,000 cubic meters of wastewater.The basin is 30 meters decp and 62 size of a dozen Olympic swimming pools.Once the rain is collected,it will be moved through a tunnel to a63(treat) plant.When the water in the basin meets the 64(require)health criteria it will then be poured into the Seine. "It's feasible to clean up a river because the water's flowing,"Ted Steiner,professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia,told Global News."Especially if you've got the appropriate volume of water running through the river,things get diluted(to a point 65 there's not a whole lot of risk." 第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（满分15分） 你是英语课代表，以词汇记忆难度为主题，对全班进行了调查（如图所示）。请 你在英语课堂上进行一次口头汇报，内容包括： 1.调查结果；2.你的建议。 注意：1.词数应为80左右；2 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。 Good morning,everyone! May I have your attention please? 高三年级英语试卷第10页共11页