上海市徐汇区上海市上海中学2025-2026学年高三上学期练习七英语试卷

上海市上海中学2025-2026学年高三上学期练习七 英语试卷 2025.10.28 Ⅰ. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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. Bear Lake Monster If you travel to Bear Lake in Utah on a quiet day, you just might catch a glimpse of the Bear Lake Monster. The monster looks like a huge brown snake and is nearly 90 feet long. It has ears that stick out from the side of its skinny head and a mouth big enough to eat a man. According to some, it has small legs and it crawls (1)______ it ventures out on land. But in the water - watch out! It can swim faster than a horse can gallop, (2)______(make) a mile a minute on a good day. Sometimes the monster likes to sneak up on unsuspecting swimmers and blow water (3)______ them. I mean, the ones it doesn't carry off to eat, that is. A guy I heard about (4)______(spot) the monster early one evening as he was walking along the lake. He tried (5)______(shoot) it with his rifle. The man was a crack shot, but not one of his bullets touched that monster. It scared him so much that he high tailed it home faster than you can say Jack Robinson, leaving his rifle behind in panic, which he later said (6)______(eat) by the monster. Sometimes, when the monster has been quiet for a while, people start saying it is gone for good. Some people even drag out that old tale about (7)______ Pecos Bill (a legendary cowboy hero) heard about the Bear Lake monster and bet some cowboys that he could wrestle that monster until it said uncle. According to them, the fight lasted for days and created a hurricane around Bear Lake. Finally, Bill tossed that monster over his shoulder and it flew so far that it went clear around the world before splashing down in Loch Ness, (8)______ it's said to live to this very day. Of course, we know better than that. The Bear Lake Monster is just taking a long nap, (9)______(hide), you might say. Keep your eyes open at dusk and maybe you'll see it come out to feed. Just be careful when swimming in the lake, (10) you might be its next meal! Section B(请按照序号涂卡) 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.The documentary took the ______ off the hidden dangers of fast fashion. A. lid B. marker C. mat D. land 2.The teacher ______ the stack of essays, looking for one particular student's work. A. marked up B. made out C. let off D. leafed through 3.A car suddenly ______ the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction. A. missed B. mounted C. lifted D. launched 4.They have done a fantastic job ______ the garden with fountains, bird feeders, and ponds. A. levelling B. lighting C. landscaping D. labelling 5.The ______ of nature toppling trees and flooding streets. A. machinery B. luxury C. might D. mass 6.He promised the ______ to his parents, saying he would get straight A's, but barely passed. A. mountain B. moon C. land D. lighthouse 7.The city sent teams to ______ leftover hazards after the parade, such as broken glass and spilled drinks. A. look after B. lock in C. make for D. mop up 8.The apartment is spacious and modern, but the location is a ______ because it's far from the city center. A. minus B. margin C. measure D. mystery 9.She was impatient in the ______ that time was limited, and that every moment lost could not be recovered. A. longing B. knowledge C. misgiving D. mood 10.They spent days sending emails to confirm attendance, ______ volunteers to help with the charity event, making phone calls and ______. A. making up B. messing around C. looking into D. lining up Section C Directions: Complete the following passages 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. energized B. evolutionary C. game D. lasting E. seeking AB. out-survived AC. seeking AD. translates AE. trap BC. turning BD. yields Why Being Sensitive is a Strength There are plenty of traits we take pride in but being 'sensitive' is usually perceived as a weakness. It's used to mean you're fragile, thin-skinned, or just overreacting. The message sensitive people get is that they should "overcome" their sensitivity and "toughen up." However, sensitivity is largely (11)______. Sensitive people are wired at a brain level to process information more deeply than others do, enabling them to notice what others miss, feel intensely, and have a vivid inner life. Such depth (12)______ gifts. The most well-known sensitive gift is creativity. Many-perhaps most-artists, musicians, and actors are themselves sensitive people. But creativity doesn't end with the arts. The same ability (13)______ to innovation. Many of our greatest thinkers and scientists throughout history have been sensitive people. They tend to be deep thinkers who spend more time and energy (14)______ problems over in their heads-and end up seeing more possibilities and solutions. A second strength sensitive people have is their decision making ability. Such an ability may give them a(n) (15)______ advantage. In a 2008 computer simulation of natural selection, creatures who spent more resources considering their options and comparing them to past results, as sensitive people do, came out ahead long-term compared to less-sensitive creatures. They amassed more resources over time and (16)______ others. In the wilderness, that might mean tracking down (17)______ when everyone is hungry. In the boardroom, it means steering companies to the top of their industry. But perhaps the greatest advantage of sensitive people is what we call the "Boost Effect." The "Boost Effect" means that sensitive people get more of a boost from the same things that help anyone. They are (18)______ by any form of training or support. If you're a sensitive person, you can activate this ability by cultivating a supportive environment around yourself and by (19)______ out resources such as mentoring, training, therapy, or coaching. If any of this sounds like you, you might be more sensitive than you realize. If so, you have probably felt the pressure to hide it. But that's a(n) (20)______. Trying to do so only cuts you off from your gifts. So stop hiding. Embrace it, and show it to the world. Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension 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. Asked for a definition of intellectual property and ChatGPT answered: 'IP refers to creations of the mind that are legally recognized and protected from unauthorized use by others.' The bot's summary helpfully ended: 'Intellectual property laws exist to encourage innovation and creativity by granting creators (21)______ rights over their work.' (22)______ the tech giants behind such artificial intelligence (AI) tools have chosen to play fast and loose with the rules. British artists are therefore calling for new rules to prevent tech companies from riding roughshod over the traditional copyright laws that protect artists (23)______. A campaign against the (24)______ use of creative works for training generative AI now has more than 40,000 signatories. It is a battle that has united artists of every kind. They are also outraged at UK government plans to weaken copyright laws, and are urging greater openness, control and financial payment to (25)______ the challenge of AI. The UK has a 'gold standard' copyright system and the oldest in the world. The Statute of Anne, passed in 1710, gave authors the right to (26)______ their work. Now the government is seeking to turn this law on its head by proposing (27)______ where the responsibility would be on the rights holders to opt out of their content being taken free of charge, and for them to trace how it is being used. Kate Mosse, the bestselling author and co-founder of the Women's prize for fiction, compares the AI model to a thief stealing all the chocolate bars from a shop on the grounds that no one told them they weren't (28)______ to do so. The peer, film-maker and digital rights campaigner Beeban Kidron has said we should not "(29)______ the notion of theft." In the UK, adapting a novel for TV or film needs permission and payment. Covering a song? No permission needed, but royalties(版税) apply. Even reproducing lyrics requires both permission and a fee, unless fair dealing applies. The (30)______ is simple. If we want to enjoy the work that someone does, we should pay for it. Both industries are in a(31)______. Tech insists that enforcing copyright laws on AI is unfeasible and a step backward, while creatives argue that opting out is unworkable and (32)______. It is up to the (33)______ to facilitate a fair agreement in which both flourish. This is a defining moment for our (34)______ future. The artistic community has spoken. Now ministers must listen, take their concerns seriously and respond. We must protect our (35)______ at all costs. 21.A. moral B. equal C. personal D. exclusive 22.A. Therefore B. Instead C. However D. Moreover 23.A. livelihoods B. freedom C. safety D. union 24.A. commercial B. unlicensed C. intelligent D. preventive 25.A. counter B. represent C. dismiss D. encounter 26.A. create B. trace C. control D. prize 27.A. exceptions B. solutions C. improvements D. arguments 28.A. paid B. trained C. forbidden D. allowed 29.A. question B. redefine C. analyze D. discuss 30.A. adaptation B. coverage C. principle D. application 31.A. boom B. deadlock C. race D. evolution 32.A. unjust B. unsafe C. unnecessary D. unmanageable 33.A. celebrities B. society C. campaigners D. government 34.A. technological B. sustainable C. cultural D. global 35.A. laws B. community C. creators D. tradition Section B Directions: Read the following 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) Ladies and gentlemen, I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work - a life's work in the agony (痛苦)and sweat of the human spirit. But I would like to use this moment as a climax from which I might be listened to by the young men and women already dedicated to the same agony and sweat, among whom is already that one who will someday stand here where I am standing. Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat. He, the writer, must learn them again. He must teach himself that the worst of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old truths of the heart-the old universal truths lacking which any story is short-lived and doomed - love and honor and pity and pride and sympathy and sacrifice. Until he does so, he labors under a curse. He writes not of love but of desire, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and, worst of all, without pity or sympathy. His griefs move on no universal bones, leaving no scars. He writes not of the heart but of the glands (腺体). Until he relearns these things, he will write as though he stood among and watched the end of man. I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a spirit capable of sympathy and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and sympathy and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man; it can be one of the pillars to help him endure and prevail. 36.What does the word that in Paragraph 2 mean? A. The agony and sweat of the human spirit. B. The general and universal physical fear. C. The long-term sustenance of our tragedy. D. The human heart in conflict with itself. 37.Why are the old truths of the heart so important? A. Because they are love, honor, pity, pride, sympathy and sacrifice. B. Because they prolong a writer's life and protect him from curses. C. Because they are the soul of a real and powerful piece of writing. D. Because they effectively stop the trend towards the end of man. 38.How can poets / writers help man endure and prevail? A. By using words to inspire man with his past glories. B. By watching immortal man endure endless voices. C. By observing man's sympathy, sacrifice and endurance. D. By turning their privilege into artistic representations. 39.What does the speaker probably agree? A. The award was not fair because his life was too painful. B. Young writers are too afraid to feel pain and work hard. C. Good writing is about the struggles of the human heart. D. Writing about man's soul illustrates his final prevalence. (B) 40.Where can the information above probably be found? A. On the back of a tourist map of an attraction B. On a website that rates the local restaurants. C. In a local magazine promoting hiking routes D. In a newspaper column on mountain lodges 41.Which station is the valley station of section 3? A. Middle station Schonbergalm. B. The mountain station. C. The station Gjaid. D. Valley station Krippenstein. 42.Alex is hiking the Dachstein Nature Trail. He left Wiesberghaus lodge this morning, reached Simonyhutte at noon, and is now halfway to Gjaid Alm. He has a dinner reservation at the mountain station with a friend but expects to be late and wants to change it. Which number should he dial now? A. +43 131 596 B. +43 664 121 13 C. +43 60 1637 D. +43 0 140 12611 (C) In the six decades since the release of The Times They Are a-Changin', Bob Dylan's success has turned out to be one thing that doesn't change much. Each generation has rediscovered and loved his work. The 21st-century musician has to carve out a profile in the digital realm, where they must compete with today's megastars and the back catalogues of yesterday. The next Dylan has to win audiences over from the original Dylan. That should be possible. Young audiences are always looking for a scene that is exclusive to them and is distasteful to their elders. But streaming services are not neutral players in that quest. They steer the process with hidden algorithms(算法). That keeps a majority of listeners paddling in the shallow pool of already successful artists, rarely venturing deeper. The top 1% of artists account for up to 90% of music streams. The platforms pay only a fraction of a penny per play, making it practically impossible for an up-and-coming musician to make a living, even with an emerging fanbase that would once have made the foundation of a career. Meanwhile, a financial crisis among small venues, struggling to make ends meet, has deprived artists of ways to turn a modest following into a big one. Adding to that pressure is the prospect of streaming services being flooded with music that has little or no new human input at all. Already there are commercial incentives for platforms to promote work that is out of copyright. But there are growing concerns in the sector about the rise of tracks by ghost artists - sugar-coated treats put together by anonymous producers who sign away their rights or, increasingly, AI compositions. A recent book, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist alleges that the leading streaming service has seeded low-budget stock-music into its editorial feeds. The company denies that this is its policy. Technology has always disrupted the arts. Photography changed the nature of portraiture, but didn't kill painting. Recorded music changed the way people listened to music, but live performance survived. Human creativity is endlessly resilient, and the desire for authentic connection between artist and audience is one of the most powerful drivers of civilisation. It will not be extinguished by computers churning out synthetic audio filler. But the systems that cultivate that connection still need nurturing. Grassroots venues need protection. Artists need proper payment. And audiences need to resist the algorithmic passivity that traps us in musical comfort zones where we are unlikely to encounter complete unknowns and where tastes, if not times, stop a-changin'. 43.Why is it difficult for the 21st-century musician to reach young audiences? A. Because Bob Dylan is too talented and successful. B. Because young audiences hope for unique songs. C. Because streaming services do not buy new tracks. D. Because algorithms favor established musicians. 44.What does the author mean by using "sugar-coated treats" in Paragraph 5? A. He pities those artists struggling with all the pressures from the music industry. B. He appreciates ghost artists' artistic expression in their musical compositions. C. He criticizes platforms for promoting cheaply made music lacking creativity. D. He exposes the platforms' policy of secretly serving low-budget stock music. 45.Why do listeners need to explore completely unknown music? A. To show human creativity endures technological change B. To fulfill our longing for a genuine connection with art C. To help up-and-coming musicians gain more exposure D. To ensure that grassroots artists earn enough income 46.Which is the best possible title of this passage? A. Streaming services should offer better songs B. Beware the algorithmic comfort zone in music C. Human art will ultimately survive the age of AI D. Grassroots artists surely deserve more chances Section C A. However, Oxford University Press has often reflected global events. B. Global news often creates buzzwords that go viral online. C. Slang, after all, is often the spark for vocabulary innovation. D. The invention of the telephone is often credited with the usage of "hello" and "hi". E. All five candidates on the shortlist have one thing in common - the internet. AB. lang reflects how technology influences literature Vocabulary snapshots of a moment in time It started with "chav" and has included "carbon footprint", "omnishambles" and "selfie". The Oxford word of the year campaign celebrates 20 years of selecting the word - or sometimes two words - that in some way sums up the moment. This year's winner, decided by public vote, will be announced soon. (47)______The words are either slang terms referring to anxieties about online phenomena or behaviour (slop, meaning AI-generated content and "brain rot" caused by consuming too much slop and other material) or they have been repurposed or popularised by social media (old-fashioned words such as demure and lore, and romantasy - a blend of romance and fantasy). The list overlooks how eventful the year was in real life with UK and US cultural happenings providing plenty of notable words this year.(48)______ Climate emergency was chosen in 2019, and 'vax', short for vaccine and vaccination, took the spotlight in 2021 during the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which dominated headlines and everyday conversation. From Shakespeare to Rowling, writers have been coining new words for centuries. It is no surprise that the internet is taking over; new technology requires new words and new ways of talking about how we interact with it.(49)______ The words of the last 20 years that have fared best are nouns such as "podcast" (a compound of iPod and "broadcast") and "selfie" as opposed to those words describing social trends. The 2022 winner, "goblin mode", is a slang term that originated online to describe a person rejecting social norms and indulging in messy or lazy behaviour. The term evokes goblins, who live a chaotic, unapologetically self-absorbed life. It led to accusations that Oxford Dictionaries had "put on a back-to-front baseball hat and skateboarded across the news" - as if the usually buttoned-up publisher were trying a little too hard to look cool and in touch with online culture. That was sort of unfair, given that the term was chosen by public vote.(50)______ While the wordsmiths at Oxford University Press try to look beyond the worrying news cycle, the vocabulary snapshots of the last 20 years have rarely been cheery - the 2015 'face with tears of joy' emoji felt desperate. This year doesn't look like going against the trend. Ⅲ. Summary Writing 51. Modifying your memory It has always been thought that memory is a recording device, its purpose being to file away and later allow us to recall everything that happens in our lives, rather like a library. When we recall a memory, we go into the brain library, take out a file, look at it and then put it back in the same place. These files may get a little dusty over the years, but they are always there and never change. However, new research shows this understanding of memory is not that accurate. What memory is has been redefined. To start with, there is no central memory bank; elements of memories are stored separately from each other so that things related to a particular meaning-the smells, sounds, emotions, physical touch, pictures, etc.-are held in different areas of the brain, and it's only in the act of recalling that they are all brought together. It now appears that every time we recall a memory, aspects of that memory can change slightly. Memories are flexible. The parallel would be more like bringing up a file on the computer, modifying it slightly and then saving it again. This understanding has been crucial in enabling scientists to erase and replace memories in quite innovative ways. On a positive note, this is paving the way for new treatments of disorders, like depression and alcohol addiction. In a recent study, a mouse is put into a totally new, empty environment when it is depressed and refuses to move. A switch on a laser machine introduces a previous happy memory to the mouse and it runs around, satisfied, showing relaxed, normal behavior. Science fiction? No, not at all. It's happening here and now. The impossible is fast becoming possible. Ⅳ. Translation Happy Halloween! 52.万圣节，这个历史悠久、充满惊喜的西方传统节日，再过三天就要到来了。(fill) 53.孩子们的奇思妙想让他们的节日装扮更具吸引力，成为顺利获得糖果的关键。(key) 54.夜幕降临，成群结队的孩子们挨家挨户讨要糖果，在这欢乐的氛围里，连大人也忍不住加入这场奇趣盎然的狂欢。(can't help) 55.她对着那个布满灰尘的水晶球轻轻吹了口气，没过多久，球体内便涌起灰色的迷雾，浮现出窗外街道百年前的模样。(it be...before) Ⅴ. Guided Writing 假设你是中华中学学生姚平，最近参加了一项研究性学习调研，课题为父母是否以子女为荣。通过调研你校学生及其父母，结果发现双方对此问题的看法有差异(数据如图所示)。根据图表写一份报告，在报告中，你必须： 1.描述调研数据； 2.分析可能导致这一结果的原因。 参考答案 Ⅰ. Grammar and Vocabulary 1.when 2. making 3. at 4. spotted 5. to shoot 6. had been eaten 7. how 8. where 9. hidden 10. or 1-10 ADBCB CDABD 11-20 D BD AD BC B AB C A AC AE Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension 21-35 DCABA CADBC BADCC 36-39 DCAC 40-42 ACD 43-46 DCBB 47-50 EADC Ⅲ. Summary Writing In a traditional view, memory works like a library, where everything recorded remains permanent and fixed. Now it is found that different memory elements are saved in separate brain areas and can be modified upon recall. This perception makes it possible for scientists to modify memories in creative ways, which may help treat some disorders. Ⅳ. Translation 52.Halloween, the long-established / time-honored Western traditional festival filled with wonder, will arrive in three days. 53.Children's creativity makes their festival costumes more appealing and is key to successfully getting candy. 54.As night fell, groups of kids went (from) door to door trick-or-treating / collecting candy, and even adults couldn't help joining in this charming and fun celebration in this delightful atmosphere. 55.She blew lightly on the dusty crystal ball, and it was not long before a gray mist rose within, revealing the street outside the window from a hundred years ago. 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $