上海复旦大学附属中学2024-2025学年第一学期高三年级英语学科11月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷

复旦大学附属中学2024学年第一学期 高三年级英语学科11月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 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. Maximise your recycling Contrary to common belief, not all plastics can be recycled. A 2018 study from the University of Leeds found that only 16 per cent of household plastics 1          (collect) for recycling ended up being sent for processing. According to Dr Sharon George, lecturer in green technology and environmental sustainability at Keele University, many local authorities don't have the facilities 2          (recycle) all types of plastic, and so much of the waste ends up being burnt in waste-to-energy plants instead. According to George, we need to make sure that the right things are getting recycled just 3          being a little bit careful. Plastic recycling 4          easily be contaminated (污染) with the wrong type of plastic. "A lot of waste gets rejected because it's been contaminated with plastic or other materials 5          shouldn't be in there," George says. Food packaging is especially easy to contaminate. "This is a big reason the value of the waste goes down," says George. "It can be contaminated by 6          (not wash) out." Removing the contaminants from the rest of the material also 7          (cause) problems: according to an analysis of recycling contamination by analytics firm Croner-I, attempting to remove a single contaminant takes several kilograms of recyclable material along with 8         . The biggest thing you can do is be aware of 9          can and can't be recycled in your local area, says George. Don't assume that something can be recycled just 10          it's plastic. "That definitely makes it worse. That can then potentially mean that a whole collection then gets rejected, and either burnt or sent to landfill," she explains. 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. clearance B. comprehensive C. conservation D. counted E. habitat F. mixed G. respectively H. stable I. surrounded J. sustainably K. undiscovered Orangutan (猩猩) numbers recover in well-managed forests An airborne survey of endangered orangutans in Sabah, the Malaysian state in the northeast of Borneo, has found that populations have stabilised within well-managed forests but are still in decline in areas with extensive palm oil plantations (棕榈油种植园). The study was carried out by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is the biggest, most 11          survey of orangutans in Borneo to date. The large areas of lowland forest in Sabah is the best 12          for orangutans. However, over the past 50 years extensive logging and land 13          for agriculture had led to a great decline in their numbers. The researchers surveyed an area almost 5,500km wide. Based on the number of tree-borne nests 14          they estimate that there are almost 10,000 orangutans living in the area. This includes more than 1,500 previously 15          animals spread out in small groups. The majority of orangutans, around 5,550, were found living within 16          managed forests or in the central uplands away from the loggers. The numbers in this area have remained 17          since 2002, suggesting that conservation efforts are proving successful. In contrast, orangutan numbers in forests 18          by extensive areas of palm oil plantations have fallen by as much as 30 percent. "A recent survey on orangutan populations in Sabah, northeast Borneo showed a (n) 19          picture from different regions," said the World Wide Fund for Nature's Donna Simon. "However, overall the research shows that they have maintained the same numbers over the last 15 years and can remain so as long as proper 20          measures continue to be put in place." 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. It was 2011. I was in New Zealand for the first time, speaking at a literary festival about my most recent book. I was nervous. I was hungry for something 21         . Something to make being this far away feel okay. I 22          the recently launched app, Google Now, on my phone. It read my location, the weather and time. It 23          that information with what it knew I liked based on past searches, and predicted what it thought I might like, based on search results of people similar to me. When I arrived at the 24          cafe, it was exactly in my comfort zone: exposed brickwork, lots of greenery, bare wood tables, Edison bulbs. I had to wait for a table, so I dived into a 25          that I'd brought along for the ride. Immediately, I started chatting about the book with the person next to me. He and his girlfriend had read it, and wasn't it great, and where are you from... Soon, we discovered we knew the same person back in London. Small world, eh? You could enjoy the 26          of humans, or the determination of people to discover commonality. You might take another view, and think it's 27         , that there's nowhere to escape the mobile middle classes. Or, you could say that I was a pioneer in a new land, 28          by geography. Author Kyle Chayka calls it the land of AirSpace. Chayka is a Brooklyn resident who made his first attempt into AirSpace around the same time as I did, when he stayed in an apartment in the heart of Copenhagen that was advertised on Airbnb as in the 'Brooklyn-style'. He could've 29          somewhere else, but as he told me recently in an episode called Gentrification for BBC Radio 4's Digital Human, he didn't. And he thought it was 30          that he could stay in a Brooklyn-style apartment in Stockholm, and drink coffee in cafes that looked the same-complete with cookie--but he did it. I do it. Maybe you do it too. While shifts in design are a thousand years old, Kyle argues that trends are now being distributed 31          in dramatic ways, thanks to the importance we place on posting and sharing our surroundings on apps like Facebook, Pinterest, Foursquare and Instagram. The apps' algorithms (算法) 32          what we see, and so we all end up liking, desiring and sharing the same things. 33          isn't rewarded in AirSpace. While all this homogeneity (同质性) is not great if you're looking for traditional tea pagodas in Tokyo, it's 34          for those who spend much of their time on the road and just want fast internet, strong coffee and other luxuries of home. But no algorithm could've 35          that I'd make a programme about AirSpace, nine years after I first visited it... 21. A. concrete B. unusual C. serious D. familiar 22. A. loaded up B. made for C. set aside D. took in 23. A. shared B. compared C. accepted D. ended 24. A. maintained B. self-styled C. suggested D. well-managed 25. A. book B. cafe C. zone D. thought 26. A. preference B. evolution C. connectedness D. influence 27. A. important B. terrible C. impossible D. reasonable 28. A. protected B. divided C. identified D. unlimited 29. A. departed B. appeared C. worked D. chosen 30. A. natural B. ridiculous C. necessary D. straightforward 31. A. globally B. randomly C. locally D. inclusively 32. A. decide B. realize C. impress D. misinterpret 33. A. Standardization B. Uniqueness C. Determination D. Similarity 34. A. embarrassing B. progressive C. comforting D. distinctive 35. A. forgotten B. claimed C. explained D. predicted 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） I am chocolate, and have always been, a symbol of love, richness, and joy. Lucky kids wear me across their mouths and on their fingertips as a sign of ultimate childhood satisfaction. I'm the Valentine's Day gift for celebrating romance. But prepare for your chocolate-loving hearts to break just a bit, folks. My life story is not entirely sweet. I am native to the equatorial regions of the Americas and have been around for several thousand years. I come from a small evergreen tree that grows football-shaped pods--not on its branches, like most fruit trees, but on the trunk. The pods have leathery skins that cover a sweet-sour flesh and house roughly 40 seeds each. I was likely first grown 5,000 years ago in current-day Ecuador -- for something like wine. (Yes, my flesh can be made into an alcoholic drink.) But soon enough, my seeds-cacao beans-became the forever focus. The Mayans, among others, made them into cocoa flour and mixed with water to make a drink. One early European colonizer who tasted the mix said I was "more a drink for pigs than a drink for humanity." In time, he grew to enjoy the drink, eating his words as noblemen across Europe took to drinking a similar mixture made with rose water, egg yolks, or almonds. Beyond satisfying the early human sweet tooth, cacao beans have turned out to be full of compounds, like fiber, antioxidants, monounsaturated fat, and flavanols, which 21st-century humans know are important to overall health. To be perfectly honest, however, I didn't really become a treat for the masses as a result of technology. To this day, I am a product of labor and hardship. Since my pods ripen at irregular times and are attached to my tree by a delicate stem that would be damaged by a machine, all my harvesting and processing must be done by hand. Much of the mass-market chocolate you buy at the grocers is produced by the more than 2 million 12-to-18-year-old West African children who travel alone across borders to labor, often not paid at all, for cacao farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the biggest chocolate-growing countries in the world. If you've lost your sweet tooth at the thought of this background, there are ways to consume me with a freer conscience. Look for labels on chocolate that indicate ethical labor standards. 36. Which of the following statements is true of chocolate? A. The pods grew on the tree branches. B. Only the flesh was made into a drink at first. C. People loved it because of the shape of the pods. D. It was European colonizers who brought it to America. 37. What does the phrase "eating his words" (paragraph 3) most probably mean? A. admitting he was wrong B. predicting what would happen C. promising he would take action D. finding an excuse for his behaviour 38. What does the writer imply about the production of chocolate? A. Technology has raised its production efficiency. B. Cacao farmers depend on the weather for the harvest. C. Much of chocolate is still produced in an unethical way. D. New machinery has been developed to produce chocolate. 39. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Sweet, But with a Dark Side B. Exploring the Health Benefits of Cocoa C. The Art and Science of Chocolate's Production D. A Sweet Affair with Irresistible Temptation （B） A Crash Course in Commencement Speeches Why is it called a "commencement speech"? The historical answer is that students in medieval times entered universities as apprentices (学徒) and left able to "commence" their professions. The word commencement isn't the only thing passed down from graduation ceremonies of the past. We've also kept the caps, the gowns, and, yes, the speeches. The earliest commencement speakers were graduating students who delivered their speeches in Latin. At Princeton University, the senior chosen to give the opening address still does it in Latin. The graduates receive special copies of the speech with instructions--in English-on when to laugh, in the hope that the rest of the audience will be impressed with the students' Latin "fluency." Many colleges extend invitations to potential speakers a year or more in advance, but securing a speaker early doesn't make a school escape a last-minute scramble. Just a month before its 2015 ceremony, Temple University announced that ESPN anchor Kevin Negandhi would give the commencement address in place of the school's original pick- Bill Cosby. You don't have to be human to give a graduation speech. Kermit the Frog gave the commencement address at Southampton College in 1996 and received an honorary doctorate in "Amphibious Letters" from the school. In 2012 at the University of Vermont, Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke delivered their speech as a dialogue between their better-known characters, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star. One of the most celebrated commencement speakers of late was billionaire investor Robert F. Smith, who gave the address at Morehouse College in 2019. Smith offered more than just words of encouragement. He promised to pay off the student debt of all 396 graduates. Months later, Smith announced he would also foot the bill for the federal student loans their parents had taken out. 40. Where are you most likely to hear a commencement speech? A. At a university's alumni gathering. B. At a university's opening ceremony. C. At a university's graduation ceremony. D. At a university's scholar-awarding ceremony. 41. The word "scramble" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to "____" A. promise B. change C. rumor D. conclusion 42. Which of the following statements is true of "commencement speeches"? A. They are still delivered in Latin at Princeton University. B. They are usually given by graduating students. C. The speakers can be non-human characters. D. The speakers often make some promises. （C） In 2003, in Bremen, Germany, astronomer Seth Shostak gave a lecture. "I bet everybody in the audience a cup of Starbucks that we would find E.T. within two dozen years," he told a new audience in October. Shostak is senior astronomer at the Center for SETI Research based in Mountain View, Calif. SETI stands for "Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (ETI)" of course, as the millions who have loaned out their home computer time for the SETI@home project know. He mentioned the bet at a session on the current state of the search for any signs of alien intelligence at the World Conference of Science Journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area. "To have some reasonable chance of success," Shostak said, "you'd have to look at at least a million star systems." Which may be possible within the coffee challenge's timeframe, thanks to $100 million from Russian physicist and entrepreneur Yuri Milner in 2015 to establish what is called Breakthrough Listen-an effort to use multiple radio and telescopes to survey the million stars closest to us. Shostak thinks his Bremen audience comes out ahead either way. "Because either [by 2027] a signal has been found and you have something to talk about at lunch--or you get a cup of coffee. You can't lose." But what about sending out messages inviting contact with intelligent aliens rather than just listening for signals? "I think the risks outweigh the benefits," said Dan Werthimer, chief scientist at the Berkeley SETI research Center, which oversees Breakthrough Listen. "When advanced civilizations come in contact with less advanced civilizations, it hasn't been good on Earth. So I think there's a lot of risk." But Shostak thinks we already might have attracted somebody's attention: "The kind of equipment that we have today is within four orders of magnitude of being able to detect radars on nearby worlds, within a few tens of light-years. Now this speed of increase in the collecting area of radio telescopes on Earth is roughly two orders of magnitude per century... That means that any society that's at least 200 years more advanced than we are has equipment that can pick up SFO, alright? That's the local airport for those of you from out of town. So... if you really think there's a potential of killing seven billion people because the aliens get ticked off by hearing I Love Lucy and send their interstellar battlewagons here to wipe us out…, you better turn them off forever. And to me, that doesn't sound like a good idea." 43. According to Seth Shostak, what conditions would be required for a reasonable chance of success in finding ETI? A. We survey at least a million star systems. B. We communicate more actively with aliens. C. We understand the coffee challenge's timeframe. D. We search far more star systems than we can see. 44. What does Seth Shostak suggest about the technological capabilities of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations? A. They are unlikely to have technology to get our signals. B. Their technology could easily detect our signals. C. Their technology is far inferior to ours. D. They show no interest in our signals. 45. What can be learned about Seth Shostak and Dan Werthimer from the passage? A. They disagree on whether to send out messages inviting contact with ETI. B. They disagree on whether enough has been done to look for intelligent aliens. C. They both think that we may have caught the attention of advanced civilizations. D. They both think that we should wait for ETI to find us instead of searching for them. 46. What is the passage mainly about? A. The creation of the Breakthrough Listen project. B. A bet made decades ago about whether ETI can be located. C. The ongoing efforts and debates surrounding the search for ETI. D. The capabilities of current equipment to detect signals from nearby worlds. 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. Other cards never quite stuck. B. I've found families are struggling to reset. C. Together, we spend 20 absorbed minutes sorting them by colour and dividing them into piles, time when neither of us is distracted by a screen. D. I was setting out to do one task but being sidetracked into something totally different. E. But what really matters day to day for you is how you feel that extra hour in your morning is best spent. F. The goal, says Gamet, is not to force yourself to change, but to try to build a new healthy habit, like less caffeine. Need a digital diet? Here's what worked for me I was having a desirable weekday lie-in when my four-year-old bounded in to inform me it was time to get dressed. Shocked to find I had wasted nearly two hours scrolling mindlessly through my phone instead of resting, I got out of bed feeling more mentally exhausted than on mornings when I get up at dawn. Thinking about what sort of digital diet to put myself on, I came across Mind Over Tech, founded by web developer Jonathan Gammer. About five years ago, Gammer noticed that part of his mental disquiet came from having limited control over his attention when he used his phone. 47          The product that grew out of Gamer's wake-up call is a physical deck (堆) of 50 cards, each bearing bite-sized experiments to help users approach technology more mindfully. Over a 24-hour period I tried a few out, including: "Avoid early morning," which asked me to try to delay the first moment when I engage with my phone each morning, and "Post-It note on my phone screen," to help me notice when and why I pick it up. 48          The first two cards-plus "Avoid your inbox until afternoon"-worked well for me. Over two weeks, I practiced them each day and found myself feeling more positive about my relationship with technology, more able to exercise self-control when it came to my phone and more productive overall. I think these are habits I will return to regularly. 49          The "Delay the urge to search" card was a spectacular fail, as I spent most an entirely day of searching hotel reviews for an upcoming trip to the US. My favourite part of this experience has been using pen and paper to plan and take notes. Every time I sit down with the deck and my notebook, my two-year-old comes over, attracted by the bright colours on the cards. 50          That's the habit I hope to keep. 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. Can we improve our memory? We've all been there-staring at a pile of books, desperately hoping that what we study will stick in our mind. Many of us have probably asked if there's any way that we can get better at remembering things. So, why don't we look at what memory experts say about this? Every student who has made flashcards knows that it can be helpful to go back over what they've studied before. According to The Learning Scientists-a group of cognitive scientists-we can learn things better if we wait for some time before trying to study them again. They say that trying to get something back from your memory after you have had some time to forget it will make it easier to remember in future. Similarly, David Robson, a columnist, highlights studies that show taking some time to just do nothing after studying might mean that you can remember things better afterwards. We don't know exactly why this happens, but it has been suggested that it's to do with the relationship between long-term and short-term memory. Another study tip from The Learning Scientists is to change between different topics as you study. They say this can help you build links between different ideas. Now linking ideas and relating them to each other or to images are often suggested as good ways to memorize something. Former world memory champion Jonathan Hancock highlights how picturing pieces of information in different physical locations or linking them to memorable images makes them easier to remember. Linking new information to things that are easier to remember is a technique that many people use -it could be making letter patterns into words called memories, or by sorting things into categories. So, the good news to take from this is that while it may be hard, improving our memory is something we can control. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 两位年轻人在户外活动的偏好上有所不同。(differ) 53. 我们需要补上前一周因为病假错过的课业。(make) 54. 只要不对生态功能造成破坏，我们允许有限的人为活动。(damage) 55. 研究人员应该谨慎对待数据分析，以确保结果有效可靠，而不是依赖任何可获得的信息。(whatever) 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，你校计划设定每周三为高三年级的无作业日，并就这一做法听取高三学生意见。写一篇文章表达你的观点，内容包括： 1) 你是否赞同这一措施 (如是否需要无作业日，每周一天是否合适等)； 2) 你的理由。 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 复旦大学附属中学2024学年第一学期 高三年级英语学科11月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. collected 2. to recycle 3. by 4. can 5. that 6. not being washed 7. causes 8. it 9. what 10. because Section B 11. B 12. E 13. A 14. D 15. K 16. J 17. H 18. I 19. F 20. C II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. D Section B 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. A 40. C 41. B 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. C Section C 47. D 48. F 49. A 50. C III. Summary Writing 51. Memory experts suggest several ways to improve memory. Waiting some time before re- studying material, taking breaks after studying, and changing between different topics during study sessions can help retain information. Linking ideas and using memorable images or locations for new information also enhance memory. Improving memory is within our control, making it possible to retain more effectively. IV. Translation 52. The two friends differ in their preferences for outdoor activities. 53. We need to make up for the schoolwork we missed last week due to sick leave. 54. As long as there is no damage to ecological functions, we allow limited human activities. 55. Researchers should be careful with their data analysis to ensure valid and reliable results, rather than relying on whatever information is available. V. Guided Writing 56. As a senior student at Mingqi High School, I wholeheartedly support the proposal to introduce a “No Homework Day” for the high school seniors every Wednesday. This measure aims to alleviate the immense pressure we face as we prepare for our final examinations, and I believe it is not only necessary but also highly suitable. Firstly, the burden of academic workload has become overwhelming for many of us. As high school seniors, we are grappling with a myriad of responsibilities—from coursework and assignments to exam preparations. A designated “No Homework Day” will grant us a much-needed breather, allowing us to recharge and approach our studies with a fresh perspective. Secondly, a mid-week break can be strategically placed to enhance overall productivity. With this dedicated day off, we can use the time wisely to engage in extracurricular activities, sports, or hobbies that foster personal growth and relaxation. This, in turn, will boost our motivation and focus during the rest of the week. Moreover, a “No Homework Day” also reflects the school’s concern for our well-being. It sends a positive message that our mental health and overall development are valued. A balanced approach to education will ultimately produce well-rounded individuals, better equipped to face the challenges of the future. In conclusion, implementing a weekly “No Homework Day” for high school seniors is a much- needed measure. It will promote a healthier and more productive learning environment by reducing stress and fostering personal growth. I urge the school administration to consider the positive impact this can have on our academic journey and overall well-being. 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $