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2024学年第一学期质量监控 高三英语试卷 (时间105分钟，分值115分) 2024年12月 I. Grammar and vocabylary (20分) Section A (10分) 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. Frybread In one version of his 1996 song “Frybread”, rock artist Keith Secola sang: “You can’t do much with sugar, flour, lard and salt. But you can add one fundamental ingredient: love.” Since its creation in the 1800s, the subject of Secola’s song, frybread, ___1___ (become) a culturally significant comfort food within local communities across Canada and America. The taste, colour and size of these fried dough (生面团) discs differ across the continent, with each family and community adding their own touch. One online comment says, “Your mom’s or your aunt’s frybread ___2___ never be made by anyone else in the world.” ___3___ the variety, most versions have a few things in common. The basic ingredients are flour, baking powder or soda, and salt, ___4___ are mixed together into a dough ball using water, milk or buttermilk. After letting it rise, the ball ___5___ (divide) into pieces, rolled into discs and then fried until bubbly, golden and crispy. Even though widely loved, there is no denying that the treat is heavily loaded with calories — one piece of 500 calories and 20 grams of fat. Besides, it is also a painful symbol of survival. One origin story says the bread was first made by the Diné. In 1864, the Diné were forced to leave their traditional homeland in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico and walk the nearly 500-kilometre journey, ___6___ (know) as the Long Walk. Hundreds of them died of starvation along the way. ___7___ among the cheap ingredients, was given to them by the U.S. government as daily rations was wheat flour previously unknown to them. As the legend goes, the Diné fried the often spoiled flour to kill off parasites (寄生虫). Today, a food-valuing movement, ___8___ (aim) to bring back traditional diets, is booming. However, the diets don’t include frybread. “There is no oral tradition ___9___ (teach) about frybread,” wrote Devon A. Mihesuah, a historian as well as a professor at the University of Kansas. ____10____ the future holds for frybread, it will always stand as proof to the adaptability of those native communities. As an enduring food, frybread has demonstrated its lasting significance. Section B (10分) 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．access B．firmly C．grounded D．identity E．insistence F．locally G．luxurious H．place I．reduced J．resistant K．scale Change of heart It was October 2005. The destructive earthquake, killing some 79,000 people in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan a week earlier, had ___11___ the valley to mud and broken stones. Lari, Pakistan’s first female architect, was there to help lead the reconstruction of settlements. Lari was once famous for designing towers of glass and concrete. Over the decades, she has been known as the “starchitect” by taking part in many commercial projects, attracted by their creative freedom, large budgets and ___12___ materials. According to her, “it was a very exciting feeling.” Yet she found ways to stay ___13___. “I realized I was just working with rich people,” she says. She could no longer justify fashioning buildings out of unsustainable materials like mirrored glass when millions had limited ___14___ to housing and even water. That’s why she decided to move on. And here, in this disaster-stricken area, she’d be drawing plans to make homes ___15___ to earthquakes, using stone and timber debris (木材碎片). Pakistan’s location and environment ___16___ it within the top ten countries most impacted by climate change even though the country itself emits (散发) less than 1% of global greenhouse gases. Ironically, rebuilding projects funded by governments tend to use concrete and many other expensive, non-local building supplies. In contrast, Lari’s shelters, inspired by traditional designs and made with sustainable materials which can be sourced ___17___, such as bamboo, stand up to disasters better. Lari’s ___18___ on low-cost, zero-waste and zero-carbon buildings reflects her commitment to the planet. She says about 60,000 zero-carbon houses have been built since 2010. Next, she wants to ___19___ up and restore one million households. At age 83, Lari still often recalls of those early days. On one visit, villagers pulled out their best chairs and table. “They had lost everything,” she says, “but they covered this damaged table with a beautiful cloth. And then they served us with theirbest-known specialties: biscuits, tea and eggs.” She says she is still re-engineering her ____20____-from “starchitect” to humanitarian. And doing disaster-relief work feels deeply right. II. Reading Comprehension (45分) Section A (15分) 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. July 19th was a day for IT heroes. A routine software update caused computer outages in offices, hospitals and airports worldwide. Most white-collar workers looked sadly at their screens and realized just how useless they are if they cannot ___21___. People in IT came to the rescue of helpless colleagues and ___22___ passengers. Their work that day was full of stress— but also full of meaning. If machines can add purpose to some jobs when they fail, what about when they work ___23___? This is not an idle question, but a serious one. Discussions about A in particular easily get lost in aypotherical (假设的) debates about wholesale job losses or, worse, the nature of consciousness. But technologies tend to spread in less ___24___ ways, task by task rather than role by role. Before machines replace individuals, they change the nature of the work they do. That transformation is likely to affect job satisfaction. Many employees give ___25___ to non-monetary rewards, such as job interest and engagement. A recent discussion paper surveyed American workers who had ___26___ jobs to find out whether and why they thought their new positions were better; they found that interest in the work mattered more to people than pay and benefits. However, a study revealed a concerning ___27___: Robots in industrial settings reduced the perceived meaningfulness of jobs across the board, ___28___ age, gender, skills and the type of work. While machines can theoretically free up time for more interesting tasks, ___29___, they seem to have had the opposite effect. Why might this be? They find that industrial robots make jobs less physically demanding. But the number of tasks that remain open to humans ____30____, hurting both the variety of work and people’s understanding of the production process. Work becomes more routine, not less. However machines don’t always have a (n) ____31____ impact. For example, in service industries like health care, less time spent on boring work might indeed mean more time with patients. Consumer reactions to automation can also ____32____. In an experiment to test how customers reacted to different descriptions of a cooking set, people who ____33____ being skilled chefs really didn’t like products that promised to do everything at the touch of a button. A technology that cuts down on boring tasks is fine; one that ____34____ your sense of identity is not. While it is still too early to know how AI will affect the quality of work, one thing is clear: machines can make employees feel ____35____ about their work. Introducing new technologies in cooperation with employees, rather than imposing (勉强) them, and enhancing their sense of competence are crucial. Bosses who ignore these issues are missing something meaningful. 21. A. log in B. opt out C. show off D. hurry up 22. A. stranded B. responsible C. hesitant D. embarrassed 23. A. properly B. purposelessly C. continuously D. unwillingly 24. A. accessible B. casual C. dramatic D. dynamic 25. A. rise B. way C. priority D. insight 26. A. created B. switched C. completed D. evaluated 27. A. cause B. concept C. secret D. trend 28. A. rather than B. in case of C. according to D. regardless of 29 A. in practice B. as a result C. in short D. in addition 30. A. exists B. continues C. decreases D. emerges 31. A. negative B. powerful C. immediate D. significant 32. A. cease B. occur C. impress D. vary 33. A. occupied themselves with B. prided themselves on C. concentrated themselves on D. freed themselves of 34 A. lacks B. heightens C. threatens D. maintains 35. A. anxiously B. differently C. strongly D. oddly Section B (22分) 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) I was walking home when a well-dressed man politely stopped me. “Could you tell me which way to Bloor and…” He struggled to get the next word out with a pained look, but I knew better than to finish his sentence for him. “… Bathurst?” he said after several seconds of trying. When I answered, he told me that he didn’t actually need to know. He was practising stuttering (口吃) openly, he explained, hoping to become more confident doing so around strangers. “Are you doing that because it’s National Stuttering Awareness Day?” I asked with excitement, eager to connect with other stutterers. When he asked how I knew that, I said I grew up with a stutter. He nodded, asking hopefully: “So your stutter has magically disappeared?” I paused. I understood why he assumed this — I sounded quite fluent. But even as we spoke, my stutter had influenced my speech, and that’s why I’d misnamed International as National to avoid the tricky front sound that I continue to struggle with. Data shows four percent of all children stutter, while only one percent of them stutter into adulthood-a 75 percent drop. But are the supposed ex-stutters completely free of their stuttering past? Actually, though the severity of my stutter has decreased with age, it has shaped my identity and affected my life tremendously, informing the way that I speak, interact and move around in the world. Some define stutter as a disability because it is as constant and out of control as blindness or other disabilities. There’s no pill, no surgery, no way to get rid of it, no “recovering” from it. But there is recovering from the shame and self-hatred that result from it. Some researchers have begun to argue that treatment for stutter shouldn’t be centered around removing a person’s stutter, but rather on reducing one’s negative thoughts and behaviors surrounding it. As for me, I’d say that my stutter has not “magically disappeared” because I’ve simply found ways to conceal (隐藏) it. But I have a better therapy now-I will grow alongside it, an identity inseparable from the way that I speak. Thinking about this, I decided to tell the man, who was still looking at me hopefully: “______.” 36. The decent man stopped the author because he ______. A. lost his way and asked about the direction B. was very eager to connect with other stutterers C. wanted to be braver when talking to unfamiliar people D. was practising giving speeches fluently in open occasions 37. Why did the author misname the International as National in paragraph 2? A. Because he misremembered the name of this day. B. Because the National version is more familiar to people. C. Because it is quite difficult for him to make the sound “inter”. D. Because as a stutter, he can’t pronounce the word “international”. 38. What might be the author’s answer in the last paragraph? A. Yes. I have got rid of stutter by developing a more positive attitude towards life. B. No. There is no recovering from stutter and I have simply found ways to conceal it. C. Yes. As I grow older, I rarely stutter now and people around me don’t know I stuttered. D. No. I will always live with stutter because it is also apart of me and I gladly accept that. 39. What’s the best title for this passage? A. My stutter, myself B. New definitions for stutter C. Stutter, a life-changing disability D. A special encounter with stutterers B Home About YES Programs News Events Study Guide Partnership Contact Us Home> Programs> International Summer Winte) School 2025 SISU Global Winter Camp Shanghai International Studies University Request Info Quick Facts Admission Fees Financial Aids Programs Contact School Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) Degree Requirement Doctorate, Master, Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Vocational College, Senior High School, Junior High School Enrollment Number 300 Description The 2025 SISU Global Winter Camp offers a platform for international students across the world to learn more about Chinese language and China’s culture. The program aims at helping international students get an objective and comprehensive understanding of Shanghai, to understand the status of economic and social development in contemporary China. The curriculum of the program is carefully developed to make it possible for each learner to make progress. In addition, a variety of extra-curricular programs ensure that everybody takes part in a wide range of activities, which enrich their experience in China and enable them to feel the joy of learning Chinese. Credit NO Time Start from Jan 13, 2025— End on Jan 25, 2025 Length 2 weeks Online Application Login apply.shisu.edu.cn/c.asp?action=student_sign Application Deadline Dec 31, 2024 Website http://www.oisa.shisu.edu.cn/index.php/en/index/index.html 40. Who are the most probable target readers? A. Students pursuing Master degrees. B. Students fighting for credits. C. International students studying in SISU. D. International students loving Chinese culture. 41. If Alice is qualified for this program, how many days left to submit the application from now on? A. About 20 days. B. About 2 weeks. C. About 1 month. D. About 45 days. 42. What is the purpose of the program? A. To help each learner improve his/ her fluency in Chinese little by little. B. To enrich their lives by providing a wide range of after-class activities. C. To promote a better understanding of present China, especially Shanghai. D. To provide a platform for student from different countries to know each other. (C) Jennifer Blackburn is a 49-year-old who has followed decades of trying different diets and medications and finding little success. In late 2022 she started taking Ozempic, the diabetes (糖尿病) drug that has become synonymous with celebrity weight loss. The effect is life-changing. It’s been reported that in the US, healthcare providers wrote more than nine million prescriptions (处方) for Ozempic and similar drugs during the last few months of 2022. Widespread as it is, there’s still mass confusion around who should take them, whether the potential side effects are worth it, and whether people truly needing them can access and afford the limited supply. According to WHO, more than 890 million adults were living with diagnosed obesity in 2022. Their metabolic hormones can be dysregulated, which means even if they diet and exercise, their bodies won’t respond. That’s where medication has been a game-changer. Ozempic was approved by the US FDA in 2017 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Once the manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, tapped into the drug’s added benefit of triggering substantial weight loss, it soon produced several similar drugs. For most people, the doses need to continue indefinitely. Once someone stops taking the drug, his hunger signals can return to their baseline and the weight comes back. Apart from this downside, other side effects include a range of digestive issues and a possible risk of thoughts of self-harm or even suicide. Besides, no one can tell how this use may play out over decades, or what side effects of rapid weight loss will mean in the long run. Despite all these since loads of influencers have cheered their slimming successes on these drugs, it seems everybody wants to try them. The heavy demand has led to shortages. Throughout 2023, people with type 2 diabetes struggled to access Ozempic. Periodic shortages are expected to continue in 2024, while those who can access these drugs face a significant financial cost. The cost is much too high to the vast majority of Americans-a monthly supply will set one back more than $1000. Jennifer Blackburn has lost 16 kilograms (and kept it off). “I feel happier, more confident.” says Black burn, “It’s about much more than size-it’s like the weight is lifted off my shoulders.” With such supportive voices, the future of Ozempic remains unpredictable so far. 43. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined phrase in paragraph 1? A. be keen on B. be equivalent to C. be suitable for D. be familiar with 44. Why do people without diabetes still take Ozempic after knowing all its downsides? A. Because they want to take it as a preventive measure against diabetes. B. Because they are not afraid of these yet unclear and uncertain side effects. C. Because they are desperate to lose weight or they will develop other health problems. D. Because they are tempted by the celebrities’ achieving such good results after the use. 45. What can we infer from Jennifer Blackburn’s words? A. Besides losing weight, she has also taken off a huge mental burden. B. She strongly recommends Ozempic to others due to her own experiences. C. Although supporting Ozempic herself, she is not sure of this medicine’s future. D. She is among the celebrities who have successfully lost weight by taking Ozempic. 46. This passage is written to ______. A. explain Ozempic’s functions, potential downsides and current supply situations B. suggest how serious and common the issue of obesity is and how to deal with it C. persuade people without diabetes not to further purchase the expensive Ozempic D. illustrate Ozempic’s effectiveness with examples of celebrities and common users Section C (8分) Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Reveal truths about our chaotic galaxy (银河系) Astronomer Bob Benjamin has spent the past 20 years trying to figure out what the Milky Way looks like. The work isn’t easy, because we’re inside the galaxy and can’t see it from the outside, but astronomers have genius approaches, and Benjamin thinks “it’s a knowable thing”. ___47___ During interviews, Benjamin and other astronomers repeatedly cited the story of the blind men and the elephant: they each touch a different part of the elephant’s body, but miss the whole elephant entirely. When Benjamin began his career, he figured that the galaxy was stable since birth, orderly and elegant. ___48___ The sea of data comes from a pack of new surveys, most remarkably one by the ESA observatory Gaia, that are collecting shockingly amounts of information. By 2023, Gaia had mapped around 1.8 billion stars. It released its first data in 2016 and has been cooperating with a bunch of other telescopes. Collectively these projects have gathered images and spectra (光谱) for millions of stars. ___49___ Locations of stars in three dimensions, plus a record of their motions made by repeatedly imaging them over time. The result is a movie of a few billion circling stars that reveals not only the galaxy’s structure but also its surprisingly confusing and violent history. ___50___ As Benjamin comments, “Oh, my god, it’s real, and it’s a huge mess, indeed different from our original guess.” With the new surveys’ maps, we have revealed some truths about this chaotic galaxy, which is still far from enough. The astronomers will continue to explore the unlimited scale and secrets of this galaxy with their unlimited passion. A. With all these data, astronomers are making the first exact maps of the Milky Way. B. After careful research, they already knew stars in different parts of the galaxy were different ages. C. This picture itself makes sense, but confirming it is complicated and will need huge amounts of data. D. In short, the maps show not the Milky Way in a stable balance, but rather the galaxy’s departure from it. E. Even with all the genius work, piecing together this much of a Milky Way map has been extremely difficult. F. But that picture has gradually changed in recent years as scientists have begun systematically mapping stars wholesale. III. Summary writing (10分) 51. 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. Find Your New Favourite Hobby “Challenging, fun and engaging hobbies have the power to make us happier and healthier,” says Kate Hanselman with a laugh, and that’s why her home is a grand hobby exhibition — fencing equipment, multiple pairs of rock-climbing shoes, yarn everywhere for knitting… Research has proved that hobbies help people in creative, physical, and intellectual ways. The only questions is: how can we find our new favorite hobby? Matthew J. Zawazki, a professor of health psychology advises that we ask ourselves how we want an activity to make us feel. “Mentally engaged? Distracted? Relaxed? Socially connected? It’s helpful to consider what your life is missing and recognizing these needs matters,” says Matthew. Hobbies present an escape as they help us calm down, so figuring out the answers to the above questions can be vital. Rebecca Weiler, a mental health adviser warns us not to invest a ton of time and money in a new hobby immediately. “Always ease in to figure out if it’s right for you,” she says, “You can always do more later.” So, if you’re taking an interest in pottery, sign up to do a one-time class rather than a set of eight. Besides, she adds that it’s smart to resist the pressure to overcommit. “You spend enough of your day pushing yourself, but hobbies are supposed to be fun. So you can stop anytime as long as you don’t like a certain part in your hobby.” Katina Bajaj, a clinic psychology researcher, wants to remind us of our childhood. “When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? The answer could point you towards an appealing hobby,” according to Katina. Revisiting activities we loved when young is really helpful to start with because it allows you to feel comfortable. Childhood joys can easily develop into adult hobbies. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Translation (15分) Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 国产品牌正在不遗余力地争取更大的市场份额。(share)(汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 53. 越来越多的人在购物时考虑环保因素，包括产品的可持续性。（factor）（汉译英） ______________________________________________________________ 54. 针对出游高峰期交通堵塞中司机可能半路上打瞌睡的问题，现已推出无人机唤醒服务。(introduce) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ 55. 火箭不断成功发射与更新换代，这些都是我国国力日益强盛、科技实力日新月异的象征。(which) (汉译英) ______________________________________________________________ V. Guided writing (25分) 56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 如下为央广网8月6日的一则消息。请你向校报投一篇稿子，简要描述“买谷子”现象，分析现象背后可能的原因，并提出相应的措施或建议。 On August 6, Beijing news from CNR (China National Radio) (reported by Guo Jiali) “WeChat payment received 411 yuan,” “Payment received 59 yuan”. During the summer vacation, the sound of payment notifications kept ringing in a “goods shop” (a shop selling anime-related products, translated as “gu zi” in Chinese) in Beijing. A group of middle school students, dressed in their school uniforms and carrying schoolbags, skillfully took out their phones to settle the bill at the cashier’s desk and then tore open the packaging. Very quickly, a box of blind-boxed badge featuring a certain anime sold out in the shop. 注：“谷子”是英语goods的音译，涵盖种类广泛，包括“吧唧”(badges)、钥匙扣(keychains)、挂件(pendants)、卡片、拍立得(instant cameras)、玩偶等制品，可以广义地理解为漫画、动漫(anime)、游戏等版权作品衍生出的周边产品。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2024学年第一学期质量监控 高三英语试卷 (时间105分钟，分值115分) 2024年12月 I. Grammar and vocabylary (20分) Section A (10分) 【1~10题答案】 【答案】1. has become 2. can 3. Despite 4. which 5. is divided 6. known 7. What 8. aiming 9. to be taught 10. No matter what Section B (10分) 【11~20题答案】 【答案】11. I 12. G 13. C 14. A 15. J 16. H 17. F 18. E 19. K 20. D II. Reading Comprehension (45分) Section A (15分) 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. 【21~35题答案】 【答案】21. A 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. B Section B (22分) 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) 【36~39题答案】 【答案】36. C 37. C 38. D 39. A B 【40~42题答案】 【答案】40. D 41. A 42. C (C) 【43~46题答案】 【答案】43. B 44. D 45. A 46. C Section C (8分) Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 【47~50题答案】 【答案】47. E 48. F 49. A 50. D III. Summary writing (10分) 【51题答案】 【答案】Possible version 1: Hobbies benefit people in multiple ways so professionals in related fields give tips on how to find new hobbies. One way is to identify the feelings we want from the activity by finding out our missing needs. Another is to start small and invest more later. Meanwhile, avoid pushing yourself to overcommitment. Finally, revisiting the favourite childhood activities also helps. Possible version 2: Studies show that hobbies bring creative, physical, and intellectual benefits. To find a new favourite hobby professor Matthew suggests that we can consider what we miss and need in life. Adviser Rebecca wants us to slow down and not to overcommit because hobbies should be fun. Researcher Katina advises that childhood joys can be potential answers for adult hobbies. IV. Translation (15分) Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 【52题答案】 【答案】Domestic brands are sparing no efforts to gain a larger market share. 【53题答案】 【答案】More and more people are considering environmental factors when shopping, including the sustainability of products. 【54题答案】 【答案】To deal with the problem that drivers may fall asleep halfway in traffic jams during peak travel hours, wake-up call services from drones have been introduced. 【55题答案】 【答案】Rockets are successfully launched and updated constantly, which symbolizes the increasingly strong national strength and rapid technological advancement of our country. V. Guided writing (25分) 【56题答案】 【答案】 In a recent report from CNR, a phenomenon known as “buying gu zi” has been highlighted, where middle school students in Beijing are frequently purchasing anime-related products during their summer vacation. These students are seen making payments via mobile platforms like WeChat and eagerly opening their purchases on the spot. The craze for blind-boxed badges featuring anime characters has led to quick sell-outs in stores. The “buying gu zi” trend may stem from the growing popularity of anime culture and the desire for collectibles among young people. It also reflects the ease of mobile payments, which allows for convenient transactions. However, this phenomenon raises concerns about the financial literacy of young consumers and the potential for impulsive spending. To address these issues, it is suggested that schools and parents work together to educate students about responsible consumption. Additionally, implementing measures to limit in-store purchases during school hours could help curb impulsive buying. By fostering a balanced approach to consumer culture, we can ensure that students enjoy their hobbies without compromising their financial well-being. 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$