上复旦大学附属中学2023-2024学年第二学期高三年级英语学科5月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷

复旦大学附属中学2023学年第二学期 高三年级英语学科5月第二次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. what 2. Now that 3. competing 4. enjoyed 5. to work 6. which 7. is 8. both 9. on 10. keeping Section B 11. E 12. K 13. J 14. D 15. F 16. A 17. C 18. H 19. B 20. G II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. B Section B 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B 41. D 42. B 43. B 44. C 45. C 46. A Section C 47. D 48. B 49. F 50. C III. Summary Writing 51. Parents appeal for the limited use of smartphones and social media, criticising them for making children unhappy. However, surveys of children find there is a weak correlation, not causation, between addiction to such technology and unhappiness. Instead, parents should encourage their children to go out more with friends, which children do less often because of over-protective parents and social pressure. IV. Translation 52. No cure has been found for this disease so far. 53. Have a good breakfast every day, and you won’t think of eating snacks later. 54. Last weekend, my mobile phone fell into the water, which might be why there was something wrong with its microphone. 55. In the past two days, numerous consumers have called to complain that this coat wasn’t waterproof, which was what its advertisement promoted. V. Guided Writing 56. The Value of Small Talk Small talk, often dismissed as superficial or meaningless, actually plays a vital and irreplaceable role in our social interactions. First and foremost, small talk serves as an effective icebreaker that bridges the gap between strangers. By discussing neutral topics like the weather or sports, individuals can quickly establish a friendly atmosphere and melt the initial awkwardness. Secondly, engaging in casual conversation builds trust and fosters a sense of belonging. It signals approachability and mutual interest, which are essential foundations for developing deeper personal or professional relationships. In my own experience, a casual chat with a classmate about a shared hobby instantly transformed us from acquaintances into close friends. Consequently, we should never underestimate the power of small talk, as it is the cornerstone of a harmonious and connected community. 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2023学年第二学期 高三年级英语学科5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. We're in this together During lockdown, Joe Wicks's online fitness classes were a huge hit. In fact, they have been viewed more than 70 million times. For many young people and adults, the fitness instructor's videos filled a gap when it was not possible to do organised team sports because of 1          is called lockdown. 2          it's possible to take part in team sports again, it's a good time to understand how they can improve wellbeing. What is a team sport? A team sport is an activity that requires individuals to play as a team, 3          (compete) against another team. Well-known team sports include basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and rugby. There are others too, like ultimate frisbee and even quidditch. Research by Sport England has found that team sports are the most popular organised activity 4          (enjoy) by under-16s. What are the benefits of playing a team sport? Playing a team sport can help you to develop self-confidence, as well as teaching you how 5          (work) alongside others. Emma Barnes is Football Development Manager at the Surrey Football Association (SFA), 6          organises junior football in the county of Surrey, in England. She said, "The teamwork skills you develop help a young person to interact with different people and also celebrate the achievements of teammates." Barnes also says losing a match can be good for you, "Learning to lose gracefully 7          (be) an important lesson." Another benefit of team sports is the relationships you build with teammates and coaches. You might develop a social circle outside of school, or form stronger friendships with schoolmates, 8          of which can be really positive. What if I prefer activities 9          my own? Some people prefer individual sports, such as cycling, swimming and dancing. If that's you, don't worry. Individual sports are a great form of exercise and are good for you. It helps you to be active, reduces the risk of major illnesses and releases feel-good chemicals. However, it's worth 10          (keep) an open mind because you might want to try a team activity alongside your individual sport. 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. achingly B. coverage C. detect D. disturbing E. fascinating F. immediate G. interact H. mend I. subsequently J. surrounding K. thinking Science Large and Small Every year on the website Edge, scientists and other thinkers reply to one question. This year it's "What do you consider the most interesting recent news" in science? The answers are 11         . We're used to thinking of news as the events that happen in a city or country within a few weeks or months. But scientists expand our 12          to the unimaginably large and small. Here is just a bit of the scientific news. Our old familiar solar system has turned out to be full of surprises. Unmanned spacecraft have discovered that the planets 13          us are more puzzling, peculiar and dynamic than we would ever have thought. On our own planet, the big 14          news is that the effects of carbon on climate change are ever more evident and 15         . The ice sheets are melting, sea levels are rising, and last year was almost certainly the warmest on record. Our human response is 16          slow in contrast. The news about our particular human bodies and their ills is especially interesting. The idea that tiny invisible organisms make us sick was one of the great achievements of the scientific expansion of scale. But new machines that 17          the genetic signature of bacteria have shown that those invisible germs--the "microbiome"--aren't really the enemy. In fact, they're essential to keeping us well, and the great lifesaving advance of antibiotics (抗生素) comes with a cost. If new technology is helping us to understand and 18          the human body, it is also expanding the scope of the human mind. We've seen lots of media 19          about artificial intelligence over the past year, but the basic algorithms (算法) are not really new. The news is the amount of data and computational power that is available. Still, even if those advances are just about increases in data and computing power, they could deeply change how we 20          with 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. Could you eat your pet guinea pig? In recent years, that question has become a classic example in cultural anthropology (人类学) classes that relate to the 21          nature of our attitudes towards food. Think about it. On one side of the great Guinea Pig Divide stand Andean cultures, who have long treated the furry creature as a nutritious source of food. On the other side are European and US cultures, where the animal is 22          considered a beloved pet. While western children would doubtlessly react with 23          to the idea of eating these little creatures, to some cultures in Ecuador and Peru it seems equally strange to cherish them as pets, 24         , how we treat guinea pigs is one of the many small ways in which we define our sense of what exactly is considered "exotic (异国风味的)". As any anthropology class will also teach you, 25          others as "exotic" or "weird", because of food or anything else, also makes it easier to demonise (妖魔化) them. However, there is another side to this. Culture can often be more 26          than we realise, particularly in a globalised age. Gideon Lasco, an anthropologist from the Philippines, has been studying the issue of how and why Andean cultures eat guinea pigs. His research starts by 27          that this food is a social divider not just between Andean cultures and the West, but also inside of countries such as Peru. Some Andean cultures have eaten guinea pigs, known as cuy, for centuries. But in recent decades, urban Peruvians have 28         , knowing that westerners view the practice in a negative light. More recently, however, notes Lasco, two striking 29          have emerged. First, some western tourists have started to view eating guinea-pig dishes as 30         . While globalisation has already brought dishes from around the world into western supermarkets, chopped guinea pig is not yet 31          in Walmart, hence its value as an "experience". Second, some educated Peruvians have also become more interested in defining and championing what makes them 32          in a globalized world by creating a new form of cuy cuisine in Lima. "As eating 'local' becomes more fashionable around the world, wealthier people have been 33          time-honored foods," Lasco writes. Those furry creatures are no longer just a sign of global 34          but of cultural flexibility. This may not, however, make western kids feel any better about the idea of their pets being cooked. But the issue should help them (and adults) to 35          that our assumptions need not be set in stone, or cages. 21. A. physical B. interactive C. local D. subjective 22. A. generally B. accordingly C. inadequately D. previously 23. A. delight B. relief C. horror D. understanding 24. A. In other words B. What's more C. Even so D. On the contrary 25. A. striking B. deleting C. helping D. labelling 26. A. difficult B. flexible C. relevant D. restricted 27. A. noting B. doubting C. demanding D. complaining 28. A. appeared B. stopped C. succeeded D. fainted 29. A. contrasts B. designs C. options D. trends 30. A. memorable B. stable C. reliable D. fashionable 31. A. out of stock B. on sale C. in need D. without delay 32. A. similar B. useful C. unique D. definite 33. A. reprocessing B. excluding C. rediscovering D. replacing 34. A. differences B. tendencies C. responsibilities D. competitions 35. A. pretend B. recognise C. imagine D. object 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） Even though some people believe that money makes the world go around, many people would choose health over wealth. For someone like violinist Robert Gupta, who was on his way to becoming a physician before joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 19, music, health, and wealth are all part of the same package. In addition to music, Gupta is deeply interested in neurobiology (神经生物学). Because of his interests, he has had the chance to work with Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a talented musician whose career was sidelined by schizophrenia. Although Ayers studied music at the Juilliard School in New York City, his mental illness got in the way of professional success. After dropping out of Juilliard and having unsuccessful medical treatment for his schizophrenia, Ayers moved to Los Angeles where he ended up homeless. In 2005, a journalist for the Los Angeles Times named Steve Lopez heard Ayers playing music in the streets. Lopez wrote a book about Ayers and became his friend. Their friendship became the subject of a movie, and because of the book and the movie, Ayers has had a chance to perform his music in some of the most famous concert halls in the world. It seemed like Ayers had found his happy ending. However, he refuses to take medication to treat his schizophrenia. He says it keeps him from "hearing the music". Because of this, Ayers is still subject to schizophrenia and sometimes leaves his home to go back to the streets. Gupta was introduced to Ayers after Lopez took his friend to a performance of Beethoven's First and Fourth symphonies, and Ayers asked Gupta for a violin lesson. When they first met, Ayers was on edge. Gupta was afraid that if he taught the lesson in his usual way, Ayers would react violently. Finally, he just began playing. A change came over Ayers. Gupta said, "And in a miracle, he lifted his own violin and he started playing." The two musicians played many violin pieces together that day. A bond was formed. Music, Gupta realized, is a way to deal with our emotions, even our most unpleasant ones. "This was the very reason why we made music: through our creativity, we're able to shape those emotions into reality," he says. Now, Gupta says, "I will always make music with Nathaniel, whether we're at Walt Disney Concert Hall or on Skid Row, because he reminds me why I became a musician." 36. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that Robert Gupta ________ A. became a physician at the age of 19 B. was interested in the treatment of schizophrenia C. was lucky to be wealthy, healthy and talented in music D. had long dreamed to join the Los Angeles Philharmonic 37. Ayers got the chance to perform in some famous concert halls thanks to A. Steve Lopez's book and a movie about their friendship B. his great efforts to fight against his mental illness C. Robert Gupta's original way of teaching music D. his talent in composing and playing music 38. By "on edge" (in paragraph 4), the author means that Ayers was A. excited but uncertain B. eager for a violin lesson C. nervous and bad-tempered D. anxious about his own career 39. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Two Musicians B. Teaching Music C. Why Study Music D. Music Is Medicine （B） Turkish Treats Hello London foodies! I'm kicking off this week's blog by talking about a fantastic new Turkish restaurant in Soho called Moda. I can't remember ever eating better dolma or hummus--it was so delicious! In fact, this is one of the things which the restaurant prides itself on--the freshness and authenticity of the ingredients. Apparently, the chef insists that the fruit and vegetables are brought over every day from his home region in Turkey--and from nowhere else. He may be a perfectionist, but it was so delicious that I can't complain. Moda isn't cheap, but it's definitely worth every penny. And I've got great news for you. When I told him that I write a food blog, he said he'd give all my readers a 10% discount! Just mention this blog when you book. A very different restaurant, where I had lunch last Monday, is Chez Fitz. Situated near Leicester Square, its main selling point is that its food is all locally sourced (within 30 kilometres of the restaurant). My friends and I were completely amazed--we had no idea that so much could be grown so close to central London. But it turns out that there are pockets of green all over the city--you just need to know where to look. One final point: I couldn't believe how pricey my weekly shop was this week. Normally it's about £40, but this week it was more than £55 for more or less the same amount of food. Any ideas why? More in a couple of weeks as I'm going away on my holidays tomorrow! Comments SouthLondonMum 10 October Hi--regarding your last point, I've found the same thing recently. I read somewhere that the average 'shopping basket' has already increased by 20% this year. The prices have gone up so much, because of the awful weather we've been having, and they may go up even more. How are we meant to feed our families? Ecovore 10 October I'm not sure we should be supporting restaurants like Moda. They are very bad for the environment. What about all the extra carbon emissions from the 'food miles' created by bringing over those ingredients from Turkey? Anonymous 11 October I know what you're saying, Ecovore, but don't have a go at restaurants like Moda. If we grow exotic vegetables in the UK, then we have to use heated greenhouses and that probably uses even more energy. 40. Why does the blogger like Moda? A. It offers its customers a discount. B. It provides typical Turkish food. C. It hires a chef who comes from Turkey. D. It transports ingredients from all over the world. 41. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Chez Fitz is located 30 kilometers from Leicester Square. B. The blogger is angry that he spends so much on food this week. C. SouthLondonMum is worried about the ever worsening weather. D. Ecovore doesn't think of Moda in the same way as the blogger does. 42. The word "exotic" (in Anonymous's comment) is closest in meaning to A. local B. foreign C. fruitful D. fruitless （C） Anti-poaching technology is becoming more advanced to protect Africa's elephants. Elephants are illegally hunted for their valuable ivory tusks. Thousands are killed every year. Now new tools such as GPS trackers, thermal cameras and AI image analysis are helping park rangers fight poachers. One important tool is the GPS collar. Some wild elephants are fitted with these collars. The collars send location data to researchers' computers. If an elephant group moves into high-risk areas where poachers are active, rangers receive an alarm and can rush to the spot. This allows rangers to take action before poachers strike. Thermal imaging cameras are another powerful weapon. They detect heat given off by human bodies, even in total darkness. These cameras are fixed on trees or towers across nature reserves. They can spot intruders moving around at night. The system automatically sends alerts to rangers' mobile phones. Artificial intelligence adds another layer of protection. Camera traps take millions of photos in the wild. Sorting through all these photos used to take rangers hundreds of hours. Now AI programs can quickly separate pictures of animals from pictures of humans. They flag human-related images for human rangers to check. This saves huge amounts of time. However, technology is not a magic solution. It costs a lot of money. Equipment can break down in difficult field conditions. Poachers also keep improving their own methods. Technology works best when it is paired with local community support. Local people who understand the forest and elephant behaviour can provide vital on-the-ground information. Without community help, even the cleverest machines will have limits. 43. What function do GPS collars serve in elephant protection? A. They drive poachers away from nature reserves. B. They send warnings when elephants enter dangerous zones. C. They cure elephants injured by poachers. D. They store ivory tusks collected from poachers. 44. What advantage does AI bring to camera trap work? A. It can repair broken camera traps in the wild. B. It takes clearer photos of poachers at night. C. It speeds up the classification of massive photos. D. It can directly catch and arrest poachers. 45. What is the author's attitude towards anti-poaching technology? A. It can solve the poaching problem completely. B. It is useless because poachers are getting smarter. C. It works best combined with local community support. D. It is cheap and easy to operate in wild conditions. 46. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. New Tech Fights to Protect African Elephants B. Why African Elephants Are Facing Extinction C. GPS: Best Tool for Wild Animal Research D. Local Communities: Heroes of Elephant Protection 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. AI's Challenge: Ask the Right Questions A. Going after a question like this doesn't contribute one answer, but many, opening up entire new fields of inquiry. B. Given the scale of data generated by science, it's impossible for any individual person to deal with it all. C. A crucial point, then, is finding the right problems for these systems to explore. D. Even then, he could see that the rate of scientific discovery was so great that the need to store, process and understand information already went beyond people's natural ability. E. AI systems stand to deepen our scientific understanding and speed up new technological breakthroughs. F. However, this classical approach is limited by its reliance on human programmers who must first find rules from theories and observations, then use these rules to program. In his visionary essay "As We May Think" published in 1945, the American engineer and science advocate Vannevar Bush predicted that people would soon need to rely on external devices to enhance their minds. 47          His more recent observation rings truer than ever: one of the challenges of modern science is to make sense of the vast amount of information we've gathered about the world. 48          AI stands to help us turn this great amount of information into understanding--enabling us to ask questions that would be almost impossible for individuals to solve. Scientists have long used computing to advance science, employing computer programs to model and imitate natural systems to explain and understand scientific phenomena. This approach has been incredibly fruitful for science. 49          Our hope is to use AI systems to find such rules directly from data or experience, and potentially go beyond what individual researchers might be able to do. These self-learning systems can explore potential solutions and strategies by discovering hidden properties of the underlying structure of datasets, and may therefore enhance, rather than be limited to, human understanding. 50          Though a great deal of work is being done applying AI to the sciences, it's not necessary that a direct application of these technologies would (or should) result in a breakthrough in every scientific problem. The most impactful advances will come from applying AI techniques to questions that really matter to society, and for which complicated reasoning and analysis abilities are required. Much of the art of solving a problem lies in picking the right question in the first place. 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. 51. Teens and Screens Two large investors in Apple demanded that the technology company must help parents limit their children's smart phone use, referring to research into the links between adolescent social-media habits and risk factors for suicide, such as depression. Old and new media abound with reports about phones' addictiveness. On the school run, parents compare strategies for limiting screen time. Before going for the off switch, parents and others should ask two questions. First, are smart phones, social media and so on actually to blame for adolescents' problems? Second, will cutting down on their use do much good? On the available evidence, the answers are, respectively, maybe and no. Some studies of Britain and America, which conduct large surveys of young people, have found correlations (相关性) between heavy technology use and unhappiness. Correlation is not causation, however: it could be that unhappy people seek refuge online. And the correlations are very weak. Only about 1% of the variability in young people's mental wellbeing can be explained by social-media or smartphone use. One British study suggests that eating breakfast regularly is more than three times as important. Parents who worry about their teenage kids can do something, however. Drive them out of the house, and worry a bit less about what they get up to. There is plenty of evidence for the cheering effects of hanging out with friends. Yet youngsters are doing less of this. Over-protective parents are probably one reason. Social pressure is another. It is revealing of broader attitudes that, in Britain, "teenagers hanging out on the streets" is a standard measure of anti-social behaviour. The authoritative Crime Survey of England and Wales asks people whether it is a problem where they live, alongside things such as drug dealing and burnt-out cars. That the rate of adolescent hanging-out has dropped from 33% to 16% in ten years may please criminologists, but it is unlikely to signal happier teenagers. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 目前还没有找到治愈这种疾病的方法。(cure) 53. 每天好好吃早餐，这样你就不会在晚些时候想吃零食了。(...,and...) 54. 上周末，我的手机掉进了水里，这也许就是导致手机话筒出故障的原因。(why) 55. 近两天，大量消费者打电话来投诉，声称这件衣服并没有广告中所宣传的防水功能。(complain) 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，学校英语报开展征文活动，主题为 The Value of Small Talk。请投稿，内容包括： 简述闲聊的价值； 结合自身经历说明你的看法。 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $