江西省吉安市第一中学2025-2026学年高三上学期第一次周考英语试卷

吉安一中2025—2026学年度上学期周考（一）

高三英语试卷

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第二部分 阅读 (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)

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Are you looking for a ski or snowboarding music festival? There are many world-class events, from dance festivals to comedy shows. Here are our best ski festivals.

Tomorrowland Winter

Alpe d’Huez, France

19 — 26 March 2022

Tomorrowland Winter is the winter edition of the legendary dance festival, bringing Tomorrowland’s set design and epic lineups (阵容) to the town of Alpe d’Huez tor a whole week.

The spot lies in a sunny highland, giving a breathtaking sparkle to its variety of slopes that are suitable for beginners, experts and everyone in between.

Snowboxx

Avoriaz, France

19 — 26 March 2022

Snowboxx is a week-long music festival and snowsports holiday rolled into one in the French mountain spot of Avoirazx. Previous artists who have performed the festival’s various stages around the slopes have included the likes of Craig David's TS5, Fatboy Slim and more.

But it’s not just the lineup that makes Snowboxx one of the most popular winter music festivals. The skiing meets the demands of beginners and experts alike, with plenty of easy slopes and more challenging ones to discover.

Altitude Comedy Festival

Mayrhofen, Austria

28 March 2022 — 2 April 2022

Altitude Comedy Festival is the world’s No.1 alpine (高山的) comedy festival, created in 2007 by comedians Andrew Maxwell and Marcus Brigstocke.

Taking place at one of Europe’s most beautiful and best-loved ski spots, the organizers welcome comedy fans and lovers of winter sports to join them and “ski all day, laugh all night”.

Snowdaze

Candanchu, Spain

18 — 19 March 2022

After the first impressive performance, Spanish snowsports and electronic music festival Snowdaze returns to the Pyrenees for a second edition in Candanchu.

Across the weekend, music lovers will once again take to the slopes by day, exploring the best that the Aragonese Pyrenees have to offer, before going downhill as night falls and partying to the sound of a lineup of DJs.

1. Which festival is suitable for tourists interested in dancing?

A. Tomorrowland Winter. 

B. Snowboxx.

C. Altitude Comedy Festival. 

D. Snowdaze.

2. What do Tomorrowland Winter and Snowboxx have in common?

A. Both feature comedy shows. 

B. Both are held at the same town.

C. Both have slopes right for all skiers. 

D. Both invite J ax Jones to perform pop music.

3 What do we know about Snowdaze?

A. It takes place in France. 

B. It will last for a week.

C. It appeals to electronic music lovers. 

D. It starts with the performance of DJs.

B

After writing 50 books, Pakistani American kids’ book author Saadia Faruqi is covering an issue she’s never explored before in her newest title, The Strongest Heart.

“This is the first time I’ve written a book that mainly talks about mental illness and the impacts it has on family life, especially on kids,” says Faruqi. “It’s a topic that’s very close to my heart and the theme is personal to me.”

Published in March, The Strongest Heart follows Mo, a Pakistani American eighth grader, as he struggles to understand his Abbu — “father” in Urdu — who has a very serious mental illness. The book is based on Faruqi’s own rocky relationship with her father, who she believes also had this

condition.

Growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, Faruqi says she was afraid of her father’s episodes and often felt confused. The adults never “sat me down and explained anything. Nobody said,’ Hey, don’ t be scared.’” She hopes The Strongest Heart, intended for middle schoolers, can offer comfort and strength to young people who live with someone with mental illness at home.

When asked about what she hoped readers would take away from this book, Faruqi said,“I think the title says it all: The Strongest Heart. When things get really bad, somebody tells Mo, ‘The strongest heart is the one that’ s still beating.’ I hope that readers take away a message of courage and resilience (坚持不懈). This book is for anybody who faces hardships, who’s not in control of their own life, who’s scared or worried or anxious.”

So far, the book has earned four starred reviews. Kirkus Reviews writes: “The story is engaging, populated with appealing, well-rounded main and supporting characters. The account of serious mental illness and the complex emotions of a child whose parent suffers from it are realistic, eye-opening and moving.”

4. What makes The Strongest Heart different from Faruqi’s previous books?

A. It covers family issues in Pakistan.

B. It talks about her personal life in Urdu.

C. It describes her childhood life in Karachi.

D. It addresses mental illness’s family impact.

5. How might Mo feel about his father’s illness?

A. Puzzled and scared.

B. Angry and doubtful.

C. Worried and impatient.

D. Anxious and ashamed.

6. What does Faruqi hope readers learn from The Strongest Heart?

A. There is strength even in a struggle.

B. Parents must always appear strong.

C. Mental illness should be kept private.

D. People should take control of their own life.

7. What comment did The Strongest Heart receive?

A. Appreciation for its delicate structure.

B. Disapproval of its characterization.

C. Criticism for its complex account.

D. Praise for its emotional realism.

C

A large body of research has been developed in recent years to explain many aspects of willpower. Most of the researchers exploring self-control do so with an obvious goal in mind: How can willpower be strengthened? If willpower is truly a limited resource, as the research suggests, what can be done to make it stay strong?

Avoiding temptation (诱惑) is an effective method for maintaining self-control, which is called the “out of sight, out of mind” principle. One recent study, for instance, found office workers less attracted to candy in the desk drawer than that on top of their desks, in plain sight.

The research suggesting that we possess a limited reservoir of self-control raises a troubling question. When we face too many temptations, are we to fail? Not necessarily. Researchers don’t believe that one’s willpower is ever completely exhausted. Rather, people appear to hold some willpower in reserve, saved for future demands. The right motivation allows us to tap into those reserves, allowing us to carry on even when our self-control strength has been run down. High motivation might help overcome weakened willpower — at least to a point.

Willpower may also be made less vulnerable (脆弱) to being exhausted in the first place. Researchers who study self-control often describe it as being like a muscle that gets tired with heavy use. But there is another aspect to the muscle comparison, they say. While muscles become exhausted by exercise in the short term, they are strengthened by regular exercise in the long term. Similarly, regular practices of self-control may improve willpower strength.

The evidence from willpower-exhaustion studies also suggests that making a list of resolutions on New Year’s Eve is the worst possible approach. Being exhausted in one area can reduce willpower in other areas, so it makes more sense to focus on a single goal at a time. In other words, don’t try to quit smoking, adopt a healthy diet and start a new exercise plan at the same time. Taking goals one by one is a better approach. Once a good habit is in place, Baumeister says, you’ll no longer need to draw on your willpower to maintain the behavior. Eventually healthy habits will become routine, and won’t require making decisions at all.

8. From the studies in the passage we learn that ________.

A. people have unlimited self-control 

B. high motivation ensures one’s success

C. people tend to keep some willpower in store 

D. temptations help to reserve willpower

9. The underlined phrase “tap into” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________.

A. make use of 

B. run out of 

C. get rid of 

D. take charge of

10. The author compares self-control to muscles ________.

A. to prove the long-term effect of willpower

B. to show the significance of regular exercise

C. to argue that self-control can be easily used up

D. to explain the benefits of practicing self-control

11. To develop a good habit, which of the following does the author prefer?

A. “I will give up dessert and do exercise.” 

B. “I will set three goals this new semester.”

C. “I will read an English novel every month.” 

D. “I will keep myself from any temptation.”

D

Midway through The Matrix, Cypher feasts on an enormous steak, well aware that his reality is not real, part of a digital program telling his brain that the steak is a construction and that it is “juicy and delicious.” Two decades after the movie made its first appearance, something unexpected arises: The future of reality will not only be virtual but also synthetic (合成的). Cypher’s future meal will be a physical one, synthesized from animal cells.

And the synthesis goes beyond dinner. Starting with components from the natural world, scientists are learning to engineer microorganisms and build biocomputing systems. However, biology has a tendency to evolve in unexpected ways.

Synthesized meat is one case in point. The driving forces behind the meat movement are practical. It has been estimated that cultured (培育的) meat would require 7 to 45 percent less energy and produce 78 to 96 percent less greenhouse gas than conventional animals farmed for consumption. But once we’re able to synthesize meat, theoretically, we’ll have the capability to culture meat from any animal, even those we’d never consider eating today, like dolphins or chimpanzees, which will pose a new regulatory challenge for us.

Using synthetic biology, we can even edit and rewrite life, the technology of which are already in use. In 2021, scientists in some countries announced they had grown monkey embryos injected with human stem cells. Here comes the situation worth considering: such a monkey-human hybrid will demonstrate qualities that are somewhere between humans, on which experimentation isn’t allowed, and animals, which are often raised specifically for research. How will we decide when an animal becomes too human?

Depending on where you stand, the synthetic realities land somewhere between “really exciting” and “critically concerning.” As individuals, we undertake a shared responsibility to make good choices about this coming synthetic technology.

12. What do we know about Cypher’s steak in the movie?

A. It is anything but appetizing.

B. It is enjoyed in a virtual world.

C. It is synthesized from animal cell.

D. It is a construction made by himself.

13. What’s the advantage of synthesized meat?

A. It is more nutritious.

B. It is more energy-consuming.

C. It is more environment-friendly.

D. It is more controllable in regulation.

14. What is the author’s attitude to the experiment in Paragraph 4?

A. Cautious. 

B. Favorable.

C. Pessimistic. 

D. Indifferent.

15. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To popularize synthetic technology.

B. To indicate challenges of synthetic technology.

C. To stress the importance of synthetic technology.