上海市卢湾高级中学2025-2026学年高三上学期期中英语试卷

卢湾高级中学2025学年弟一字期期中亏风 高三年级 英语试卷 考试时间： 105分钟 I.Grammar and Vocabulary (20') Section A 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. Why are girls putting off science? We surveyed around 100 readers of Girl Talk,a magazine with a readership of girls aged 7 to 11,to find out(1)they think about their science lessons.We also sent out surveys to over 1,000 11-to 14-year-olds to find out about their most and least favorite school subjects. The results were revealing.When we asked the 11-to 14-year-olds to pick their favorite three subjects,we found a marked difference between the genders:for the girls,art came out on top,with English and drama joint second.For the boys,information and communication technology (ICT)/computing came first,with PE and Maths(2)(come)in close behind.When we asked the interviewees(3)these subjects were their favorites,38 per cent of girls (compared to 28 per cent of boys)responded with'I like the teacher'.Previous research which(4)(conduct) by the Institute of Physics has shown the enormous importance of teachers for girls'motivation. "Girls are more sensitive,"says Beth Bramley,gender balance manager at the Institute of Physics "Girls respond better to(5)(inspire)by others,teachers having belief in them and showing enthusiasm for the subject-more so than the gender of their teacher." Yet at a younger age,the girls (6)(survey)really enjoyed science,especially the experiments.So there's something happening around the time girls are entering secondary school (7) is turning them off the subject.According to Bramley,they could be getting sidelined when it comes to doing the fun stuff."With science experiments,if you let young people take charge, then the boys get to do the hands-on experiment,and the girls take a step back and write stuff up," she says.But she says there are quick ways to fix this problem.In group work,teachers(8) assign the students particular roles,for example one student might be a scribe()and another one might be in charge of a particular device.These roles can then be played in turn,so that everyone has an opportunity to do(9).There is evidence that(10)a girl has had a hands-on, leadership role a couple of times,she becomes more confident in carrying out the tasks. Section B Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need. A.discussion B.mature alert D.solution E.everyday E.power G.visions H.play I.recharged J.termed K.variation In Smart Cities of the Future,Posters and Street Signs Can Talk One day,in the smart cities,signs may be able to talk to us through our phones and our car radios.FM radio waves can be used to transmit data and audio from posters,clothing,and other (11)objects. Vikram lyer is part of an engineering team at the University of Washington that just published a study showing that it is possible for a smart phone or a car radio to(12)4 message sent from a"smart"poster via FM radio signals,instead of relying on WiFi or Bluetooth to transmit it. This involves a technique(13)as"backscattering",where audio and data are transmitted on top of existing FM broadcast signals.The result is that backscattering requires much,much less energy,meaning an outdoor poster or sign could share a message for years while using next to no (14).To test their technology,the engineering team created a"singing poster"for a musical group named Simply Three,and put it up near a bus stop.To make the poster"sing",it needed an antenna with some electronics. The scientists came up with a simple(15)to this problem."We put very thin copper tape on the back of the(16)such as posters and signs,"explains Anran Wang,a doctoral engineering student and one of the study's co-authors That essentially enabled them to act like a mini-FM radio station.The team also did a/an(17)of the experiment using a T-shirt.Using FM radio waves,the shirt,with conductive thread woven into it,was able to act as an antenna and transmit data to a smartphone.That showed that clothing could be used with sensors to monitor a person's vital signs and didn't need to be constantly(18) The scientists were primarily focused on proof of concept,and they appear to be the first research team to prove this method of tapping into existing radio signals can work.Iyer thinks the technology is still not(19) How it might ultimately be used is open to(20),but he believes there are plenty of possibilities beyond promoting music groups. Ⅱ.Reading(45) Section A 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. Although competition is a fact of life,it makes business difficult,contributing to an ever- downward pressure on prices,ever-rising costs(such as the funding of new product development and marketing),and an urgent need to outsmart competitors.21,the benefits of finding a market gap-a small part of a market that is free of competition-are obvious:greater control over prices, lower costs,and improved profits. The identification of a market gap is often all that is needed to 22 a new business.In 2006,Twitter founder Jack Dorsey combined short-form communication with social media, providing a service that no one else had 23.Free to most users,revenue (comes from companies who 24 promotional tweets and profiles:Twitter earned advertising revenues of $582 million in 2013.Not all gaps are profitable,25.The Amphicar,for instance,was a car 2/10 produced in the 1960s for US consumers who wanted to drive on roads and rivers.It was a totally new idea,but the market was too small to be profitable.This was also true for bottled water for pets-launched in the US in 1994,Thirsty Cat!And Thirsty Dog!failed to 26 pet owners. Snapple,the manufacturer of healthy tea and juice drinks,is a company that has27 found a sustainable and profitable market gap.A glance at the beverage (counter of any supermarket reveals that dozens of brands 28 for sales.Many companies have failed in this highly competitive market:for example,Pepsi tried to capture a(n)29 market for morning cola with its short-lived,high-caffeine drink,AM. Success for Snapple came from positioning the product as a unique brand-Snapple was one of the first companies to manufacture juices and drinks made completely from natural ingredients. Its founders ran a health store in Manhattan,and the company used the slogan:"100%Natural." Snapple_30_students,commuters(通勤者)，and lunch--time office workers with a new healthy "snack"drink.Distribution was through small,inner-city stores where customers could"grab-and- go."These 31 helped to secure a profitable and sustainable market gap,distinguishing Snapple from its competitors in the 1980s and 1990s.In 1994 sales peaked at $674 million. Unoccupied market territory can present major opportunities for companies but the challenge lies in identifying which gaps are profitable and which are 32.During the 1990s,many companies became 33 about the potential of the "green"market,across a whole range of goods.But this market has failed to materialize in any profitable way.This marks one of the potential problems in identifying market gaps based on market research:sometimes consumers have strong attitudes or opinions on trends or issues-such as ecology-that they are 34 to consider when purchasing products,especially if they affect cost.Many market gaps,it seems,are 35,but unrealistic. 21.A.On the whole B.What's more C.【n contrast D.As a matter of fact 22.A.launch B.purchase C.investigate D.defeat 23.A.helped B.enjoyed C.spotted D.permitted 24.A.care about B.rely on C.look after D.pay for 25.A.otherwise B.consequently C.however D.instead 26.A.think about B.appeal to C.point at D.learn from 27.A.successfully B.instantly C.unfortunately D.insecurely 28.A.wait B.compete C.search D.exchange 29.A.nou-existent B.non-productive C.non-profit D.non-random 30.A.equipped B.charged C.bothered D.targeted 31.A.analyses B.strategies C.prospects D.perspectives 32.A.directions B.traps C.objections D.events 33.A.guilty B.particular C.concerned D.excited 34.A.pleased B.disappointed C.unwilling D.grateful 35.A.tempting B.tremendous C.revealable D.different Section B Directions:Reading 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. 3/10 (A) There are still many things that Peter Cooke would like to try his hand at--paper-making and feather-work are on his list.For the moment though,he will stick to the skill that he has been delighted to perfect over the past ten years:making delicate and unusual objects out of shells "Tell me if I am boring you,'he says,as he leads me round his apartment showing me his work. There is a fine line between being a bore and being an enthusiast,but Cooke need no worry:he fits into the latter category,helped both by his charm and by the beauty of the things he makes. He points to a pair of shell-covered ornaments(above a fireplace.I shan't be at all bothered if people don't buy them because I have got so used to them,and to me they're adorable.I never meant to sell my work commercially.Some friends came to see me about five years ago and said,"You must have an exhibition--people ought to see these.We'll talk to a man who owns an art gallery".'The result was an exhibition in London,at which 70 percent of the objects were sold. His second exhibition opened at the gallery yesterday.Considering the enormous prices the pieces command--around f2,000 for the ornament--an empty space above the fireplace would seem a. small sacrifice for Cooke to make. There are 86 pieces in the exhibition,with prices starting at f 225 for a shell-flower in a crystal vase.Cooke insists that he has nothing to do with the prices and is cheerily open about their level: he claims there is nobody else in the world who produces work like his,and,as the gallery-owner told him,"Well,you're going to stop one day and everybody will want your pieces because there won't be any more.” Cooke has created his own method and uses materials as and when he finds them.He uses the cardboard sent back with laundered shirts for his flower bases,a nameless glue bought from a sail- maker('If it runs out,I don't know what I will do!)and washing-up liquid to wash the shells.'I have an idea of what I want to do,and it just does itself,'he says of his working method,yet the attention to detail,color gradations and symmetry()he achieves look far from accidental. 36.What can be learned about Peter Cooke from the First Paragraph? A.He has produced objects with different materials B.He was praised for his shell objects many years ago. C.He hopes to work with other materials in the future. D.He has written about his love for shell objects. 37.When looking round his apartment,the writer. A.is attracted by Cooke's personality B.realizes he finds Cooke's work boring C.feels uncertain about giving Cooke his opinion D.senses that Cooke wants his products to be admired 4/10 38.The "small sacrifice"in paragraph 3 refers to A.the loss of Cooke's ornaments B.the display of Cooke's ornaments C.the cost of keeping Cooke's ornaments D.the space required to store Cooke's ornaments 39.When talking about the artist's working method,the writer implies that Cooke A.is unaware of the unique quality his work has B.accepts that he sometimes makes mistakes C.undervalues the materials that he uses D.underrates his creative contribution (B) museums Glasgow Museums Display Guidelines A Practical Guide for Exhibitions This document sets out the display standards for Glasgow Museums.This guide will help exhibition planners provide access to exhibitions in our museums.Glasgow Museums'aim is to improve access to collections by having as many items as possible on display and without physical barriers.We also try out best to protect these objects without limiting access to them. >Object Placement Don't place objects in such a way that they could present a danger to visitors. All object displays,cased or otherwise,must be viewable by all,including people who are small in figure or in wheelchairs. >Open Display All objects on open display must be secure from theft and damage. All objects identified for potential open display must be viewed and agreed on an object- to-object basis by the Security Manager of the museum. Recommendations Distance Recommended distance to place objects out of"casual arm's 700mm length"(taken from the edge of the object to the edge of any proposed form of barrier) *In some cases,600mm may be acceptable,provided the plinth height is above 350mm. >Cased Objects All cased displays should fall within the general optimum()viewing band of 750- 2000mm.Ensure everything is visually accessible from a wheelchair. 5/10 Position small objects or those with fine detail in the front part of a case,with larger items behind. Position small items or those with fine detail no higher than 1015mm from floor level. Objects placed above this height are only seen from below by people in wheelchairs or people who are small in figure. plinth Open Display Cased Objects 40.From this passage,we can leam that Glasgow Museums A.value the experiences of all visitors B.are most famous for its large collection C.make generous donations to the disabled D.limit access to exhibitions on a daily basis 41.According to the guide,objects to be placed on open display must A.be equipped with anti-theft system B.be viewed from a distance of 700mm C.fall within arms'reach of a standing man D.receive approval from the museum first 42.A mother and her 10-year-old son are likely to both feel comfortable in front of a diamond placed in a glass case at the height of A.1250mm B.650mm C.950mm D.450mm (C) Scientists have discovered what they believe to be a massive underground reservoir of ancient water ice buried beneath the equator of Mars. Layers of frozen water,some more than two miles thick,are thought to lie within the 3,100-mile long Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF),one of Mars's most geologically intriguing features. Studies of the area first hinted at the presence of mysterious underground deposits in 2007 but their composition was unclear.Now,more than 15 years later,data gathered by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter appears to confirm that it is frozen water-the largest deposit yet found at the Martian equator. "We've explored the MFF again using newer data from Mars Express's Marsis [Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding]instrument,and we found the deposits to be even thicker than we thought,"said Thomas Watters,a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's Centre."Excitingly,the radar signals match what we expect to see from layered ice and are similar 6/10 to signals we see from Mars's polar caps,which we know to be very ice-rich." Were it liquid,the water would be enough to cover all of Mars in an ocean some 9ft deep.The finding is significant to research into how and why,over billions of years,the planet changed from a once warm,lush waterworld into a frigid desert.Understanding the history of water on Mars will also help to guide studies into the possibility of whether microbial life existed in the once abundant lakes and oceans. It was unclear,until now,whether the vast deposits detected below the surface of the MFF- a once volcanically active region----may simply have been ash and dust.However,the new observations by Marsis found the density was too low for that to be the case."Given how deep it is, if the MFF was simply a giant pile of dust we'd expect it to become compacted under its own weight. This would create something far denser than what we actually see with Marsis,"Andrea Cicchetti, of Italy's National Institute for Astrophysics,said. The latest finding has implications for the future exploration of Mars.Human missions will be reliant on having water sources in situ both for life support and,once the molecules'hydrogen and oxygen atoms are separated,for manufacturing rocket fuel. Putting MFF's water to use is not likely in the short term,however."Unfortunately these MFF deposits are covered by hundreds of meters of dust,making them inaccessible for at least the next few decades,"Wilson said. 43.What did the 2007 studies find according to the passage? A.Two-mile-thick frozen water was supposed to exist within Mars's polar caps. B.Scientists recognized Medusae Fossae Formation as one of Mars's most mysterious features C.A massive underground reservoir of ancient water ice buried beneath the equator of Mars. D.There were unclear underground deposits at the Martian equator. 44.What can we learn from Thomas Watters'comment in Paragraph Three? A.Radar signals from Mars Express's Marsis are strong enough to see through the deposits. B.The deposits below the surface of the MFF were thicker than those from Mars's polar caps. C.The radar signals from the MFF and those from Mars's polar caps looked alike. D.Layered ice are common to detect in Mars's polar cap. 45.What does Paragraph Five mainly talk about? A.the advanced instruments applied in research. B.the future plan about the.Mars exploration. C.the further implication about the research. D.another assumption about the huge deposits under the MFF. 46.What's the best title of the passage? A.The future exploration of Mars is undermined with resource deprivation. B.Abundant water exists beneath the equator of Mars. C.Human missions on Mars should be delayed at present. D.How to make water available on Mars? 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. A.Their plan is in its early stages. B.Back then four out of five lots used to end up abroad;now the same proportion is drunk locally. C.Small-time growers have emerged,which further affects quality. D.Despite that,few workers make more than $2 a day on top of their housing cost and other benefits. E.Many would like to use their tea land for other purposes. F.Pickers complain about working conditions. Tea in India If Indian tea delights those who get to drink the country's finest tea,it frustrates all those who plant,pick and sell it.Government regulations have in recent years pushed up production costs to around 175 rupees($2.70)per kilogram,well above average prices of 140 rupees,which makes large growers complain.7Marketers worry about whether young people around the world thirst for tea as their parents do. For now,tea remains the most popular drink in the world after water.Around 40%of global production of black tea comes from India.Many of the firms in the business can trace themselves to well before the 1940s. 48 That is due as much to declining exports as to rising domestic demand.Tea drinking in India has grown by less than 3%a year since 2012,and foreign sales have barely risen in 70 years.On the world scene India is behind Sri Lanka and Kenya,both relative newcomers. Governmental regulation,in the form of outdated rules,is mostly to blame for the industry's worsening fortunes.Regulations from the 1950s have laid obligations onto owners of large tea plantations.They must provide their workers'families with schools,health care,food,electricity and so on.Labor now accounts for around half of production costs,a figure which has grown by 12%a year over the past three years.49 Over time,new processing techruques have raised output to 1.25m tons last year,but at the expense of quality.Tea leaves are now shredded (into tiny bits,which generate lots of flavor but less of the subtlety(微妙之处)for which Indian tea has been prized abroad._50With much lower costs,given they carry none of the social obligations of large plantations,these small producers now make up nearly half the market,from barely nothing at the turn of the century. III.Summary Writing(10') 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. Tracking Customers? Fluido,a Texas-based analytics company,recently released its new product,called FluidoPlus for free.It connects retailers to a cloud-based analytics service using Wi-Fi.They then collect information about customer behavior by monitoring the media access code(MAC)in every smart phone that enters the stores.This means that stores will be able to implement an analytics package to receive information that could help guide their marketing.With the information,store managers can measure the number of people who walk past the store and the number who come through the front door.Also,this information includes whether or not these people come in immediately or are convinced to do so by the shop front. FluidoPlus has received a lot of criticism from consumers concerned about their privacy being invaded.But Fluido assures that the MAC data is scrambled ()which means that no personally identifiabie information is collected.The company also points to the fact that Fluido is a part of the group that initiated the Mobile Location Analytics code of conduct.These sets of rules require companies to receive customers'agreement before they can collect any personal information. Emily Carrless,a senior director at No Watching Please Co.,believes that this technology ignores customers'privacy."This is a clear example of profit outweighing privacy,"she said."The use of tracking technology by shops in order to provide a better or more personalized service seems totally disproportionate."Carrless also stressed the importance of consumer awareness.She said that while the tracking technology was still developing,there was an obvious goal in mind to identify individuals.Companies like Fluido won't stop at general information like the number of customers who walk into stores.The long game is about identifying individuals,and this technology is very close to enabling Fluido to do that. IV.Translation(15') Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets. 52.你是否意识到每座古城都有其独特的文化？(aware) 53.人生如行舟。唯有张弛有度，方能行稳致远。(balance) 54.中国历史上从来不缺少为了社会进步而牺牲自我的英雄人物。(shortage) 55.尽管外界众说纷纭，这位羽毛球明星坚持参赛，用一次次的突破证明了自己的实力。 (despite) 9/10 V.Guided Writing(25) 56.Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 假设你是明启中学高学生李华，学过编程。你的外国笔友Kevin在选修编程课程时犹 豫不决，两位教师授课内容相同但课程各有特点（如下表所示），他想听取你的意见，给Kevin 写一封电子邮件，在邮件中你必须： 1.推荐一门课程： 2.通过比较，说明理由。 课程A 课程B 教学方法 围绕具体问题组织教学活动 由易到难接受知识、技能 授课方式 线下 线上+线下 评价方式 期末考试 课堂表现+作业+期末考试 试题到此结束