上海复旦大学附属中学2026-2027学年第一学期高三年级英语学科10月阶段性教学质量评估试卷

复旦大学附属中学2026学年第一学期 高三年级英语学科10月阶段性教学质量评估试卷 （完卷时间：105分钟 满分：115分） 2026年10月 I. Grammar and vocabulary 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. How Scientists Uncovered the Cause of a Devastating Flood On 26 August, a devastating flood swept along the Lhende Khola River on the Nepal-Tibet border. Scientists around the world began to investigate its cause. Early information released by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicated the event was a magnitude 4.4 earthquake, which might have shaken rock and ice loose in a landslide that sparked the flood. A dam break was also considered a possibility. But Kristen Cook, who has been conducting research on the Lhende Khola, downloaded publicly available seismic (地震的) data from a Nepali station (1) _______ (locate) north of Kathmandu to see for herself. (2) _______ _______ the quick, intense seismic jolt (震动) typical of an earthquake, the data showed low-frequency, long-period waves characteristic of continuous shaking: a giant landslide, which (3) _______ generated the seismic signal. On the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean, Göran Ekström was using data from the Global Seismographic Network to come to the same conclusion. He found that a (4) _______ (accurate) magnitude was 5.7 — equal to a significant earthquake. Satellite imagery later provided the next useful observations. But there was a problem: In the few available images of the mountains (5) _______ the seismic signal originated, clouds blocked the view. (6) _______ could be clearly seen was a sharp edge where a glacier that blanketed the mountain had snapped off. The imagery soon led to reports that the explanation was a glacial collapse. But Ekström was not convinced. He ran calculations of how much falling mass was needed (7) _______ (create) the magnitude 5-plus seismic signal. The answer was hundreds of millions of tons — far more than contained in the glacier alone. At the same time, cryosphere (冰冻圈) scientists calculated the energy that should have been released when the glacier collapsed. The energy was only enough to melt a small fraction of the ice. The mystery could not be fully resolved (8) _______ cloud-free satellite imagery arrived. The new images made the underlying mountain visible and revealed that a huge rock landslide (9) _______ (indeed occur). The evidence showed that the flood was caused not by an earthquake or the glacier alone, but by a massive rock landslide (10) _______ (carry) the glacier into the valley below. Section B 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. gains B. excess C. mounted D. distinction E. continual F. correspondingly G. pooling H. stretches I. downsides J. likening K. respectively Prolonged sitting rightly has a bad reputation. A review in 2012 concluded that the most sedentary were more than twice as likely as the least to have diabetes, and also faced a much higher risk of premature death. Another, in 2015, found that sitting for long 11 was associated with “harmful health outcomes regardless of physical activity”. Three years after that, an analysis of news articles in a British journal found hundreds of pieces which referred to claims 12 sitting to smoking, though that is considered overblown. Hence the appeal of standing desks and, more recently, “active seats”: chairs and stools that tilt, wobble or rock to force 13 postural adjustments. Is either actually healthier? An analysis in 2018 found standing at a desk burned just nine more calories per hour than sitting. Nor are the cardiovascular (心血管的) 14 impressive. A review in 2020 mentioned nine trials involving 877 people. Participants stood about 1.3 hours more a day and were followed for roughly four months. Body fat and blood-sugar control improved slightly, but blood pressure, insulin, and cholesterol did not. Furthermore, standing is not without its 15 . Those who stood for more than two hours a day had a higher risk of varicose veins (静脉曲张), perhaps because of 16 of blood in the legs. What matters far more is movement. A study of nearly 482,000 adults in 2024 found that just 15-30 minutes of extra daily exercise could erase most of the 17 mortality (死亡) risk associated with sitting at work. Desk-bound workers may therefore wonder if active seating can make a difference. Some findings are encouraging. In a trial at Georgia Southern University, 20 adults performed reading and typing tasks on an ordinary chair, an exercise ball and a seat 18 on top of an inflatable bladder (充气囊). Energy expenditure on the ball was similar to normal sitting. But on the bladder, participants’ heart rates and calorie burn rose by 6-13% and 19-40% 19 . In the end, there does seem to be a lesson here: the real 20 is not between sitting and standing, but between remaining still and moving. 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. The prioritization problem Work is a series of decisions about what to prioritize. Occasionally, events set the agenda. But (21) _________, managers must weigh up for themselves how to allocate capital, decide which initiatives to (22) _________ and work out which numbers matter most. And day by day, hour by hour, individuals have to work out how to spend their next chunk of time. It’s a shame, then, that people often fail at setting priorities. Individuals seem to be so motivated by achieving goals of any kind that they find it hard to (23) _________ them. In one lab experiment, Timothy Ballard of the University of Queensland and his co-authors asked participants to pursue two competing goals, and (24) _________ the monetary rewards on offer. Even when the reward for achieving one goal was equal to that for achieving both, participants still tried to get both done. When people have to make a choice about what to do next, they often pick the thing that seems (25) _________, even if that is not in their interests. A paper by Moty Amar of the Ono Academic College and his co-authors found that indebted consumers (26) _________ paying off small debts over larger debts with higher interest rates. A tangible sense of progress was more important to them than the (27) _________ choice. Organizations, or rather the people who run them, are (28) _________ much better. Many firms accumulate so many priorities that they suffer the “peanut-butter problem” of attention and resources being spread too (29) _________ across all of them. When Niels Christiansen, chief executive of Lego, took charge of the toy-maker, he found lots of examples of this. “We had 100 key enterprise risks. If you try to manage 100 distinct risks at once, none will get (30) _________ attention.” All sorts of (31) _________ exist to enable better prioritization. The Eisenhower matrix is a classic time-management technique for individuals, which involves (32) _________ tasks into quadrants. An urgent and important task belongs at the top of the queue. An important and non-urgent task is the sort that you need to (33) _________. If you are doing non-urgent and unimportant tasks, you need to take a long hard look in the mirror. Product teams often use a scoring model called RICE (reach, impact, confidence and effort). MoSCoW is a framework for teams to distinguish between (34) _________, should-have, could-have and won’t-have features. In essence, the widespread failure of prioritization lies not in lacking tools, but in people’s universal cognitive (35) _________. 21. A. frequently B. normally C. necessarily D. accidentally 22. A. concentrate on B. count on C. carry on D. capitalize on 23. A. fulfill B. reset C. resist D. abandon 24. A. viewed B. removed C. varied D. raised 25. A. achievable B. manageable C. accessible D. flexible 26. A. favored B. selected C. prioritized D. advanced 27. A. conventional B. ideal C. realistic D. rational 28. A. not necessarily B. not merely C. not exactly D. not simply 29. A. randomly B. thinly C. evenly D. broadly 30. A. fair B. due C. full D. close 31. A. criteria B. principles C. frameworks D. conceptions 32. A. categorizing B. transforming C. integrating D. dividing 33. A. make allowance for B. make room for C. make way for D. make time for 34. A. must-have B. might-have C. would-have D. will-have 35. A. disorder B. shift C. bias D. pattern Section B 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) To millions of museum visitors today, Yayoi Kusama is the “Polka-Dot Queen” — the Japanese artist whose mirror-lined rooms transform simple repeating patterns into breathtaking universes. Yet behind her colorful installations lies a deeply dramatic struggle. For Kusama, painting polka dots was never a mere stylistic choice, but a lifelong search for “self-obliteration” — a way to silence her inner fears by dissolving her identity into something much larger than herself. The story began in 1930 on her family’s seed farm in Matsumoto. As a young girl, Kusama suffered terrifying visual hallucinations. She would stare at a patterned tablecloth, only to watch in horror as the red flowers multiplied, spreading across the floor, climbing the walls, and threatening to swallow her whole. Kusama realized that drawing the overwhelming dots was her only survival mechanism: by capturing the terrifying visions on paper, she regained control over her world. But her conservative mother disapproved of her artistic dreams and repeatedly tore up her sketches. In 1958, Kusama took a leap into the unknown, moving to New York City with little money and virtually no English. In a cold, unheated studio, she channeled her obsessive visions into giant canvases (帆布) covered in millions of tiny repeated brushstrokes — a series she called Infinity Nets. She painted frantically for days without sleep, attempting to lose her fragile ego within the rhythmic repetition. Later, she expanded this vision beyond the canvas, covering furniture, objects, and human bodies with bright polka dots. She explained that when an individual is covered in dots, they cease to be a separate entity and return to the natural order of the universe. Although personal struggles led her to move voluntarily into a Tokyo psychiatric (精神科的) facility in 1977, her artistic obsession only deepened. Walking to her nearby studio every morning, she continued to construct her world-famous Infinity Mirror Rooms. In these darkened, mirrored spaces, visitors stand surrounded by endless points of light, experiencing the exact sensation Kusama felt decades ago: the boundary between the individual self and the universe fading away. Through her lifelong dedication, Kusama proved that even the deepest psychological shadows can be transformed into lasting art. 36. How did Kusama understand the concept of “self-obliteration”? A. A way to capture terror by dotting daily objects and human bodies. B. A strategy to regain control over her fears through artistic expression. C. A desire to calm inner fears through erasing one’s ego in artistic ways. D. An attempt to dissolve identity into a larger whole with dotted patterns. 37. What did Kusama realize as a young girl? A. Her artistic dreams could help her gain her mother’s support and approval. B. Drawing her disturbing visual experiences could serve as a coping mechanism. C. Her hallucinations were caused by the patterns she saw on her family’s farm. D. Creating repeating patterns could make her forget about her unhappy family life. 38. Which of the following works of art was most likely created by Kusama? A. A giant pumpkin sculpture covered with bright polka dots. B. A bright canvas covered with wild flowers in fading sunlight. C. A wooden carving showing a terrified person trapped in a net. D. A large painting depicting Japanese-style furniture and objects. 39. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Art achieves its highest value when it helps artists face their inner fear. B. Mental health challenges naturally inspire artists to achieve greatness in life. C. Personal struggles and inner fears can be transformed into profound art. D. Early artistic dreams are essential for gaining recognition in modern art. (B) Amaze Yourself, Amaze the World A job at Apple is unlike any other you’ve had. You’ll be challenged. You’ll be inspired. And you’ll be proud. Because whatever your job is here, you’ll be part of something big. Every detail matters. Every piece of packaging. Every swipe of the finger. Every “How can I help you?” Everything. And it doesn’t matter just some of the time. It matters all of the time. That’s how we do things at Apple. The result is some of the best-loved products in the world. Simplicity isn’t simple. Ask anyone here. It’s hard work. It means forever asking, “Why is it this way?” and “How can it be better?” It means rethinking every customer experience until the clutter has fallen away — until all that remains is what’s essential, useful and beautiful. That might be a new product feature that delights even die-hard fans. It might be a customer support call, or even a display in an Apple store, arranged and lit exactly so. Creativity from every corner. When you imagine the creative process at Apple, at first you may not picture someone in HR, or operations, or finance. But we expect creative thinking and solutions from everyone here, no matter what their responsibilities are. Innovation takes many forms, and our people seem to find new ones every day. 40. According to the passage, employees are expected to pay attention to the following EXCEPT ______. A. the wrapping of apple’s new products B. a customer support call C. the accomplishments of Apple D. the lighting of an Apple store 41. The word “clutter” probably means ______. A. customers’ complaint B. simple question C. unnecessary part D. old feature 42. Who is this passage primarily intended for? A. Consumers whom Apple aims to convince of its superior craftsmanship. B. Job applicants whom Apple wants to impress with its distinct culture. C. New employees whom Apple intends to inform of its corporate culture. D. Business partners whom Apple wants to work with on future projects. (C) Financial regulations in Britain have imposed a rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks. Starting next year, any guaranteed bonus of top executives could be delayed 10 years if their banks are under investigation for wrongdoing. The main purpose of this “clawback” rule is to hold bankers accountable for harmful risk-taking and to restore public trust in financial institution. Yet officials also hope for a much larger benefit: more long-term decision-making not only by banks but also by all corporations, to build a stronger economy for future generations. “Short-termism” or the desire for quick profits, has worsened in publicly traded companies, says the Bank of England’s top economist, Andrew Haldane. He quotes a giant of classical economies, Alfred Marshall, in describing this financial impatience as acting like “Children who pick the strawberries out of their pudding to eat them at once” rather than “putting them aside to be eaten last”. The average time for holding a stock in both the United States and Britain, he notes, has dropped from seven years to seven months in recent decades. Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hold back a firm’s efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty. This has been called “quarterly capitalism”. In addition, new digital technologies have allowed more rapid trading of equities (股票), quicker use of information, and thus shortens attention spans in financial markets. “There seems to be an advantage of short-term thinking at the expense of long-term investing,” said Commissioner Daniel Gallagher of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in speech this week. In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to delay performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce “short-termism.” In its latest survey of CEO pay, The Wall Street Journal finds that “a substantial part” of executive pay is now tied to performance. Much more could be done to encourage “long-termism,” such as changes in the tax code and quicker disclosure of stock acquisitions. In France, shareholders who hold onto a company investment for at least two years can sometimes earn more voting rights in a company. Within companies, the right compensation design can provide motivation for executives to think beyond their own time at the company and on behalf of all shareholders. Britain’s new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance, not just for the short term but for the long term. 43. According to Paragraph 1, the goal of imposing the new rule is to ________. A. make bankers take responsibility for risky behaviors B. help financial institutions achieve long-term profits C. build a new and equal system of financial regulation D. guarantee the bonuses of top executives without delay 44. It is argued that the influence of transient investment on public companies can be ________. A. indirect B. negative C. favorable D. temporary 45. The US and France examples in paragraphs 5 and 6 are used to illustrate ________. A. the obstacles to preventing “short-termism” B. the significance of long-term thinking C. the approaches to promoting “long-termism” D. the popularity of short-term thinking 46. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Failure of Quarterly Capitalism B. Patience as a Corporate Virtue C. Decisiveness Required of Top Executives D. Frustration of Risk-taking Bankers Section C Directions: Read the passage carefully. 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. A. The inspiration struck not in a lab, but in a dying wheat field on her grandfather’s farm. B. Riding this wave of entrepreneurship, more students are launching campus ventures. C. As a result, many promising ventures collapse before ever reaching the open market. D. This joint effort lowers early market risks and shortens development cycles. E. Meanwhile, many student founders sacrifice their studies to focus on market practice. F. Navigating this psychological minefield requires guidance from those who have it. How Campus Startup Ecosystems Fuel the Entrepreneurial (创业的) Spirit A decade ago, launching a firm meant chasing investors for years. Today, a laptop and a daring idea can kick-start a business almost overnight. (47) ________ Many university campuses now run maker spaces, mentorship programmes and seed-funding contests, directly removing the two historic barriers — lack of capital and professional guidance — for student entrepreneurs. Take Lina Chen, a recent computer-science graduate, as a typical example. (48) ________ She later channeled this rural crisis into an AI-powered app that predicts crop diseases from a single leaf photo. With backing from a local innovation hub, her rough dorm-room prototype (雏形) reached over 3,000 farmers within a year, cutting unnecessary pesticide use by nearly 30 percent. Such wins are no longer isolated exceptions. Across the country, government-backed incubators (孵化器) and private funds have established a unified pipeline for student creators. (49) ________ Besides, young teams receive specialized guidance in legal compliance, marketing strategies, and industry networking — advantages that first-time founders could hardly secure alone. Official figures even suggest that university-linked startups now survive at twice the rate of a decade ago. Yet the entrepreneurial road remains anything but smooth. Market uncertainty and the constant demand to scale at lightning speed often leave young founders emotionally drained. (50) ________ Accordingly, many incubators now pair these students with industry veterans. These seasoned professionals teach young founders to measure success in years, not in overnight gains. Industry observers note that maintaining a healthy mindset, rather than blindly chasing rapid profit, is what truly sustains long-term innovation. Despite all the pressure, the youthful startup wave shows no sign of slowing — and society is finally reframing failure not as a shameful full stop, but as a valuable draft for the next brave attempt. III. Summary Writing 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. Super Size Me Fast food, otherwise known as junk food, is a huge passion for a large number of people across the Western world. But what would happen if you ate lots of junk food, every day? Would it seriously damage your health? These were the questions which led Morgan Spurlock, an independent film-maker, to do an experiment, and he made the experiment into a documentary film entitled Super Size Me. The main basis of his experiment was that Spurlock promised to eat three McDonald’s meals a day, every day, for a month. He could only eat food from McDonald’s and every time an employee asked if he would like to “super size” the meal, he had to agree. “Super sizing” refers to the fact that with this type of meal you get a considerable larger portion of everything. Spurlock knew that by eating three McDonald’s meals a day, he would consume a lot of fat and a great deal of salt and sugar in each meal —— much more than he needed. Before he started, three doctors certified that Spurlock weighed about 84 kg and was in good health. Although both Spurlock and his doctors knew he would put on a bit of weight, and that this diet was unhealthy, none of them were quite prepared for just how unhealthy it turned out to be. The changes in his body were horrifying in the first week, he put on 4.5 kilos and by the end of the thirty days he had gained nearly 14 kilos, bringing his total weight to a massive 98 kg. Spurlock says that he hopes that the film encourages people to take better care of themselves. He says “I’d love people to walk out of the movie and say, ‘Next time I’m not going to “super size”. Maybe I’m not going to have any junk food at all. I’m going to sit down and eat dinner with my kids, with the TV off, so that we can eat healthy food, talk about what we’re eating and have a relationship with each other.’” Food for thought indeed. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52．这本科幻小说设定在遥远的未来，那时人类与人工智能和谐共处。（set） 53．这是该队在过去十年里第一次赢得全国冠军，不是吗？（It） 54．在社交媒体上，各种博人眼球的言论铺天盖地，却很难开启一次真正有意义、有建设性的对话。（shortage） 55．做研究之前不先阅读其他学者已有的发现和成果，是毫无意义的，你需要站在巨人的肩膀上，才能看得更远、想得更深。（sense） V. Guided Writing Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 56．假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，收到学弟王方的邮件，告诉你下学期学校将开设两门选修课供同学们选择（课程信息如下表所示），但他对课程选择有些茫然，想听取你的建议。请给王方回复一封邮件，在邮件中你必须： 1．推荐其中一门课程； 2．通过比较两门课程的信息，说明你推荐该课程的理由。 课程名称 公共演讲 创意写作 课程内容 演讲表达 文学创作 授课安排 每周一、四下午，共8周 每周五下午，共16周 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $