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月第三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月第三次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. where 2. was found 3. after 4. a 5. being destroyed 6. to drive 7. built 8. What 9. broke 10. Though/Although/While Section B 11. I 12. A 13. G 14. C 15. B 16. J 17. D 18. H 19. F 20. E II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. B Section B 36. C 37. A 38. A 39. C 40. A 41. B 42. C 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. A Section C 47. E 48. D 49. B 50. A III. Summary Writing 51. To solve the world’s water shortage, people turn sea water into drinkable fresh water. Desalination is one of the methods, which helps remove salt and contaminants from sea water. The UAE and Saudi Arabia have provided people enough water in this way. But this process is both time- and energy-consuming so people are combining different methods to solve the problem. IV. Translation 52. No other season is more beautiful than summer for this tree-lined road. 53. It’s better not to do any outdoor sports today as the air quality is not good. 54. What is worth noticing is that this violinist hasn’t participated in any commercial performance since three years ago. 55. The last result I want to see is that all my students care only about their scores rather than their learning process. V. Guided Writing 56. Dear editor, Whenever I pack for a journey, there is one electronic device that I absolutely cannot leave behind: my smartphone. This technological marvel has completely revolutionized the way we travel. First and foremost, a smartphone serves as an indispensable navigational tool. With integrated GPS and various map applications, it eliminates the anxiety of getting lost in unfamiliar territories. It enables travelers to locate transportation hubs, discover local restaurants, and navigate through complex city streets effortlessly. Secondly, the smartphone ensures our safety and seamless communication. In case of emergencies, we can contact our families or local authorities instantly. Moreover, translation apps bridge linguistic barriers, allowing us to communicate with locals in foreign countries without much hassle. Finally, it acts as a portable entertainment and recording center. We can capture breathtaking landscapes with its high-resolution camera, or listen to music to alleviate the fatigue of a long journey. Truly, a smartphone is an indispensable companion for modern travelers. 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月第三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. Adventure Abroad Four students from National University have recently returned from Africa, 1 ______ they participated in development projects with local residents in rural areas. For 10 weeks, these young people worked in Zimbabwe and Botswana as members of a program called Raleigh International. Raleigh International, which 2 ______ (found) in 1984, gives young people a chance to do volunteer work while experiencing other countries and their cultures. The program, named 3 ______ the explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, encourages young people to help others and work in difficult settings. More than 30,000 students from a variety of cultures and backgrounds have volunteered in 4 ______ total of 40 countries. Marisa Silvestri, 20, a business major, traveled to Zimbabwe to work with a group in the Mavuradonha Wilderness Area. Their first project was helping farmers build electric fences to protect their crops from 5 ______ (destroy) by elephants. When elephants entered the village one night, the students joined with farmers 6 ______ (drive) them away and preserve the fields. Silvestri's group also constructed small cottages for tourists to stay in, 7 ______ (build) in the local style. Saeed Mohammed, also 20 and an engineering major, joined another group in Zimbabwe. His group carried out a survey of health problems in several villages and taught children about good health habits. 8 ______ impressed Saeed was that the kids were so curious about the Raleigh International students that after the health lessons, they asked them questions about "everything else under the sun". Saeed's group also worked to build foot trails (小径) through the forest. While they were out working in the bush, a fire 9 ______ (break) out, destroying eight kilometers of forest. The students fought to bring the fire under control, sleeping only 45 minutes during the two days. In Botswana, two 19-year-old students, Lakeishia Young and David Min, helped to build a clinic and a meeting hall in a small village. 10 ______ they didn't face angry elephants, they said the building work was much harder than they expected. "It was a great learning experience," Young said. 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. digitally B. disconnection C. extension D. inaccuracies E. inappropriate F. misled G. needed H. parental I. shared J. successfully K. symptoms The Impact of Social Media on Children and Adolescents Engaging in social media is a routine activity that has been shown to benefit young people by enhancing communication and social skills. Social media sites offer multiple opportunities for connecting with friends and people with (11) ______ interests. Many parents today use technology well and feel comfortable with the programs that their children are using. Nevertheless, some may find it is difficult to relate to their (12) ______ smart youngsters. Such parents may lack a basic understanding of these forms of socialisation, which are part of children's lives. Frequently, they do not have the technical abilities (13) ______ to keep pace with their children in their ever-changing internet habits. In addition, these parents often lack a basic understanding that children's online lives are a(n) (14) ______ of their offline lives. The result can be a knowledge and skill gap, which creates a(n) (15) ______ in how these parents and their children relate. Social media sites allow young people to accomplish online many of the tasks that are important to them offline: staying connected with friends and family, making new friends, and exchanging ideas. Older students also use social media to connect with one another on school work. For example, some schools (16) ______ use blogs (博客) as teaching tools, which has the benefit of reinforcing skills in written expression and creativity. Adolescents are also finding that they can access online information about their health concerns easily and anonymously (匿名地). Excellent health resources are increasingly available to youth on topics such as stress reduction. However, because of their young age, adolescents can encounter (17) ______ during these searches. So they may require (18) ______ involvement to be sure they are using reliable online resources, interpreting the information correctly, and not becoming (19) ______ by what they are reading. When people go onto websites, they can leave evidence of their visits. Young people who lack an awareness of privacy issues often post (20) ______ material without understanding that "what goes online stays online". As a result, future jobs and college acceptance may be put in danger by inexperienced clicks of the mouse. 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. At 3.45 a.m. on a rainy morning in May two years ago, I got up, and headed down to a street market in London to meet Phil, my school friend and business partner. On arriving there, I found him setting up the stall with our meal kits: boxes with all the fresh ingredients already chopped, washed and weighed. That was it. After months of painstaking planning, our task was simple: (21) ______ the books and theory, make up our products and get them into the kitchens of paying customers. Neither of us had had any previous business experience. We had, (22) ______, followed the advice of countless start-up guides and new business courses for those just starting out: we had written a business plan, identified market trends and developed a (23) ______. Phil and I had also organised focus groups to try out early products and set up an online questionnaire. While this sort of research was (24) ______, we were faced with a slight problem. On the basis of our research findings, we'd have 95 per cent of adults buying our products at a cost of £6 per go, at least four nights a week. This gave us confidence that our (25) ______ was a good one. However, it also highlighted that maybe we'd missed something, that there were clearly some fundamental questions that hadn't been answered and couldn't be (26) ______ in this way: Was our product right? Would people (27) ______ buy it? This (28) ______ that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, led us to the 3.45 a.m. wake-up calls and a real drive to test our products on the (29) ______ public. (30) ______ we landed on our feet, selling 100 meals on our first day of trading. And despite a few nail-biting initial hours after the market opened, our rather (31) ______ promotional activity (literally grabbing customers off the street) finally paid off. To our great delight, we sold out by the end of the day. Above and beyond the (32) ______ sales figures, the insights gained from the first day were so useful that we kept our stall at Whitecross Street Market for three months. Looking back, we would not (33) ______ any other approach to businesses that are launching products for the first time. The most valuable aspect of our experience in the street market was that it allowed us to communicate with our customers on a daily basis and respond to their feedback on our products, marketing and pricing (34) ______. Over the three months, we were able to take many small-scale risks and experiment with many different recipes (配方), points of sale and kinds of messaging, allowing us to develop those that worked and give up those that proved (35) ______. 21. A. hand out B. take over C. put away D. get across 22. A. though B. besides C. rather D. otherwise 23. A. proposal B. product C. reputation D. tendency 24. A. impersonal B. impractical C. innovative D. invaluable 25. A. research B. plan C. basis D. group 26. A. tested B. raised C. missed D. covered 27. A. terribly B. scarcely C. actually D. gratefully 28. A. limitation B. assumption C. progression D. realisation 29. A. paying B. satisfying C. telling D. knowing 30. A. Humbly B. Additionally C. Fortunately D. Virtually 31. A. direct B. seasonal C. passive D. forceless 32. A. insulting B. puzzling C. pleasing D. remaining 33. A. evaluate B. recommend C. compare D. commit 34. A. to a small degree B. for financial purposes C. on common ground D. in real time 35. A. expensive B. unpopular C. artificial D. dangerous 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） The way I came to miss the end of the world was just accident. I was in hospital. Chance played it not only that I should be there at that particular time, but that my eyes should be enclosed in bandages (绷带). This morning I was feeling annoyed because someone should begin to wash and tidy me up at exactly three minutes after 7 a.m. That was one of the best reasons I had for appreciating a private room. In a public ward the proceeding would have taken place a whole unnecessary hour earlier. But here, today, clocks of varying reliability were continuing to strike eight in all directions—and still nobody had shown up. Much as I disliked the washing process, its failure to occur was very worrying. Besides, it was normally a close forerunner of breakfast, and I was feeling hungry. The day outside, I realised now, was sounding even more wrong than I had thought. Why the founders of St Merryn's Hospital chose to build their institution at a main-road crossing upon a valuable office site, I never properly understood. The traffic had to be heard. I had to fight down the same feeling of fear that I had had when I was a kid crying in the dark and when I had been too scared to put even a foot out of bed. The temptation to lift the bandages—just enough to get some idea of what on earth could be happening—was huge. But I controlled it. For one thing, it was a far less simple matter than it sounded. It wasn't just a case of lifting a blindfold: there were a lot of pads and bandages. Some little while must have passed, but after a bit I found myself looking once more for a possible explanation for the silence. I became absolutely convinced that it was Wednesday. For the previous day had been notable. You'll find it in the records that on Tuesday, May 7, the Earth's orbit passed through a cloud of comet debris (彗星碎片). I was in no state to see what happened myself. All that I actually know is that I had to listen to eyewitness accounts of what was considered to be the greatest free fireworks display ever. And yet, until the thing actually began, nobody had ever heard a word about this comet. It was reported in the news bulletins during the day that mysterious bright green flashes had been seen in the Californian skies the previous night. 36. What can we learn about the writer from the first paragraph? A. He was keen to have his bandages changed. B. He was regretful he had not been put in a ward. C. He liked the sense of routine he found in the hospital. D. He felt he no longer needed to be in hospital. 37. What does the writer say about the location of the hospital? A. It was at a busy place where roads met. B. It was next to a large office block. C. It was at the top of a steep hill. D. It was beside a motorway. 38. What does the writer mean by "I controlled it" in paragraph 3? A. He managed to resist his wish to take a look. B. He tried to fight against his feeling of fear. C. He held back his need to get out of bed. D. He checked his desire to cry out. 39. What does the writer say about Tuesday, May 7? A. A comet made its expected appearance. B. The hospital had held a fireworks display. C. What happened on that day is well documented. D. He had no memory of the unusual happenings on that day. （B） Ancient Greek pottery is one of our most important windows into ancient Greek life. Thousands of vases survive, painted with scenes from daily life, myths and sports. These vases were not made as museum pieces. They were ordinary objects used for drinking wine, storing oil or mixing water. Yet their paintings tell us far more than written texts about how ordinary people lived 2,500 years ago. In ancient Greece, pottery-making was a major craft. Workshops were usually small family businesses. Men shaped the clay on the potter's wheel. Women sometimes painted the vases, though most painters were men. Some painters signed their work. Most did not. Many beautiful pots were produced for everyday use. Others were made as grave gifts, prizes for sports competitions or wedding presents. There are two main styles of painted Greek pottery: black-figure and red-figure. In black-figure style, figures are painted in black slip on the red clay surface. Details are cut into the black paint with a sharp tool. In red-figure style, the background is painted black, and the figures are left showing the natural red colour of the clay. Artists could draw much finer details with red-figure technique, so this style gradually became more popular. For modern researchers, these pots are precious evidence. Writers in ancient Greece mostly came from wealthy, educated male backgrounds. Their books often focus on upper-class men's politics and wars. Pottery, by contrast, shows women, children, slaves and working-class people going about their daily activities. We can see weaving, cooking, farming, sports and religious ceremonies. Of course, we must be careful. Pottery painters were artists, not documentary photographers. They might exaggerate or omit details. But even with these limitations, ancient Greek pottery remains an invaluable source for understanding the past. 40. What was the original purpose of most ancient Greek pottery vases? A. To serve as practical daily-use objects. B. To be exhibited in public museums. C. To record important historical events. D. To win competitions for painters. 41. Compared with black-figure style, red-figure pottery ______. A. was mostly painted by women artists B. allowed artists to paint more detailed pictures C. used black clay as the main material D. was mainly used as grave gifts 42. Why are ancient Greek pots so valuable for modern researchers? A. Most of them have clear painter signatures. B. They only record the life of upper-class males. C. They show the lives of various groups of ancient Greeks. D. They are completely reliable documentary records of real life. （C） The most distractingly unrealistic feature of most science fiction—by some margin—is how the great flying cities of the future never seem to struggle with traffic. Futurists seem confident we can sort out congestion. If hope that technology will fix traffic springs eternal, history suggests something different. Transport innovation, from railways to cars, reshaped cities and drove economic advance. But it also brought crowded traffic. Now, as tech firms and carmakers aim to roll out driverless cars, it is worth asking: might this time be different? Alas, artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely to succeed where railways and cars failed. Of course, new transport technologies are not useless. Railways and highways allowed big cities to get bigger. When the New York subway extended into northern Manhattan, it became practical to live far from the dirty, expensive, crowded downtown area, while still enjoying access to the city's social and economic benefits. So the city's population rose—a lot—leaving New Yorkers once more crowded. A post-war highway-building boom in America led to explosive growth in city suburbs. Cities once again found their balance, however, as the suburban land rush led to road congestion, raising the cost of living far from employment centres. In a paper published in 2011, Gilles Duranton, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Matthew Turner, of Brown University, identified a "fundamental law of road congestion": namely, that building more highways does not reduce congestion. Rather, it attracts more residents, leads to more driving by existing residents and boosts transport-intensive economic activity, until roads are once again crowded. Driverless cars should cut traffic, other things being equal. Lower accident rates will mean fewer crash-related hold-ups, while AIs that can pilot cars more closely together will boost road capacity. But reductions in traffic will make living in currently congested areas more attractive and hence more densely populated. Miles travelled per person might also rise, since self-driving technology frees passengers to use travel time for work or sleep. And just as new highways help increase transport-intensive business, driverless vehicles could give rise to lots of new road-using activity. Where now a worker might pop into the coffee shop before going to work, for example, a coffee might soon be delivered in a driverless vehicle. The technology of driverless cars may make us safer and more productive, but not necessarily help reduce traffic. 43. The phrase "springs eternal" in paragraph 1 most probably means ______. A. gets fulfilled B. varies with the season C. becomes heated D. lasts forever 44. What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A. Living far from the downtown area means being away from the city's social benefits. B. Expanding a city proves to be an unwise way to reduce people's cost of living. C. The congestion-easing benefits of new transport technology are temporary. D. Building more highways doesn't always help a city's economy to develop. 45. According to the writer, what will happen thanks to driverless cars? A. Fewer accidents will happen. B. More people will choose to drive. C. There will be more road capacity. D. More people will live in the suburbs. 46. Which of the following statements best summarizes the writer's opinion of driverless cars? A. They can't fundamentally solve the current traffic problem. B. They will help promote the development of artificial intelligence. C. They can increase productivity by reducing people's time on the road. D. They won't increase transport-intensive business as much as highways do. 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. It would entitle people to make free decisions regarding the use of technology that can affect their thoughts. B. But given our mental privacy, we might not be so willing to accept this intrusion. C. If brain-scanning tools become common, new possibilities for misuse will arise. D. Attempts to decode mental information through imaging are also occurring in court cases, sometimes in a scientifically questionable way. E. Today, however, this assumption might no longer hold. F. This new understanding would not only protect people from being denied access to treatment for mental illness. The Right to Cognitive Freedom The idea of the human mind being protected from external intrusion has persisted for centuries. (47) ______ Neuroimaging (神经影像) machines and brain-computer interfaces detect the electrical activity of neurons, enabling us to decode and even alter the nervous system signals that accompany mental processes. While these advances have a great potential for research and medicine, they pose a fundamental ethical, legal and social challenge: determining whether or under what conditions it is all right to gain access to another person's mental activity. This question has special social relevance because many neuro-technologies have moved away from a medical setting and into the commercial area. (48) ______ For example, in 2008 a woman in India was accused of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment on the basis of a brain scan showing, according to the judge, "experiential knowledge" about the crime. In spite of experts' doubt, commercial companies are marketing the use of functional MRI and electroencephalography-based technology to ascertain truth and falsehood. Brain-reading technology can be seen as just another unavoidable trend that erodes a bit more of our personal space in the digital world. (49) ______ People could, in fact, look at this technology as something that requires the reconceptualization of basic human rights and even the creation of neuro-specific rights. Lawyers are already talking about a right to cognitive liberty. (50) ______ A right to mental privacy would protect individuals against unpermitted intrusion by third parties into their brain data, as well as against the unauthorized collection of those data. Neurotechnology brings benefits, but to minimize unintended risks, we need an open debate involving neuroscientists, legal experts, ethicists and general citizens. 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. A World of Water Water is essential to life and we depend on it, yet many people take water for granted. As the population of the world increases, and with it the demand for water, there is growing concern that our water supplies will not prove adequate. In areas near the coast, an obvious solution to this problem is to find ways of using the abundant supply of water from the sea. Water covers 70% of the surface of the earth, but 98% of this is undrinkable salt water. However, for centuries man has experimented with different methods of converting salt water into fresh water in a process called desalination, whereby salt and contaminants (污染物) are removed from the water. The challenge, nowadays, is to do this on a much larger scale. One place which has used desalination for many years is the United Arab Emirates (the UAE). It installed the first desalination plants in 1972, and nowadays most of the drinking water in the country is supplied by the process. New filtration systems have been developed to replace the traditional methods, which used a heating process. Another example is Saudi Arabia, whose desalination plants produce almost 25% of the world's desalinated water. One of the largest plants in the world has been constructed there, producing 300 billion litres annually. Unfortunately, desalination is an expensive process using large amounts of energy, but research is currently being carried out into the development of more efficient technology using a combination of different methods. To supply water to 25% of the world's population living within 25 kilometres of the sea, more desalination plants are expected to be built in the future. The hope is that the technology currently being developed will lower the costs and help solve the problem of water shortages in many parts of the world. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 夏天是这条绿树成荫的马路最美的时节。(than) 53. 今天空气质量不好，最好不要进行任何户外运动。(better) 54. 值得大家关注的是，这位小提琴家从三年前起已不参加任何商演。(since) 55. 我最不希望看到的结果是我的学生都只关注学习成绩而不在乎学习过程。(the last) 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，最近你校英语报正在开展"The electronic device that I must take while travelling"的征文活动。你对此话题很感兴趣，写一篇文章，内容须包括： 1)你在旅游途中一定携带的电子设备； 2)你的理由。 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $