上海复旦大学附属中学2023-2024学年第二学期高二年级英语学科6月第一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 高二年级英语学科6月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. came 2. to be explored 3. was discovered 4. until 5. where 6. which 7. creating 8. to/toward 9. a 10. made Section B 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. G 16. K 17. E 18. J 19. F 20. H II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. B 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. C Section B 36. B 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. B 41. A 42. A 43. B 44. B 45. C 46. C Section C 47. C 48. A 49. F 50. D III. Summary Writing 51. Although letter-writing is rare now, I love communicating this way. While young, I started to write notes and thank-you letters thanks to my mother. While studying medicine in London, I kept in touch with my parents by letter. I love the letters in the cards and my penfriends abroad. My children now write letters. I hope this tradition won’t disappear. IV. Translation 52. Our company is very grateful for any feedback received. 53. Taking this new job will force Xiao Wang to get to Beijing by the end of this month. 54. People motivated by external rewards sometimes find it hard to meet goals that they set for themselves but no one else knows about. 55. The bad part of telling kids to stop feeling their true emotions is that they cannot express their emotions appropriately when they need to. V. Guided Writing 56. Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your recent article regarding interpersonal communication in the digital age. While I acknowledge the author's concerns, I partially agree with this viewpoint, believing that social networking sites are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, I concur that online communication often lacks depth and intimacy. The convenience of digital platforms sometimes leads to superficial interactions, where emojis replace genuine emotional exchanges. Constant connectivity might also create emotional detachment among individuals. On the other hand, we cannot overlook the immense benefits social media has brought. It demolishes geographical boundaries, enabling us to maintain long-distance relationships effortlessly. Moreover, these platforms allow people with niche interests to find like-minded communities. In essence, the key lies not in vilifying technology, but in how we utilize it. We should strike a healthy balance, using social media to broaden our horizons while reserving ample time for face-to-face interactions. Yours sincerely, Li Ming 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 高二年级英语学科6月第一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. Cave of Secrets A team of scientists and cave experts stand at the entrance of Hang Son Doong, the world's largest cave. Hidden deep in the dense mountain jungle of central Vietnam, the cave 1          (come) into being millions of years ago when rock under the mountain was eroded by river water. The weakened rock eventually collapsed, making up a massive underworld now waiting 2          (explore). Hang Son Doong, which means "mountain river cave", 3          (discover) in 1991. However, it wasn't 4          2009 that a group of British cavers explored it for the first time. The cavers had to stop after four kilometers because a great wall blocked their way. But now, a year later, they have returned to climb past the wall and find out 5          the cave ends. Deeper in the cave, the team members fight to keep their balance as they walk slowly through an underground river. Then they make their way through a field of huge rocks, some of 6          are about the size of houses. The team reaches an area where the cave's roof has fallen in, 7          (create) two spectacular natural skylights. An explorer says, "Watch out for dinosaurs" as his partner walks into the light. In this dreamy place, prehistoric reptiles (爬行动物) seem likely to appear at any moment. The team climbs around wet, slippery rock formations as they try to make their way 8          the second skylight. They walk carefully here because 9          wrong step can lead to a fall of over 30 meters. The second, larger hole in the ceiling has brought down some of the jungle with it. Monkeys, snakes, and birds live in this part of the cave jungle. Further inside, the team walks through a thick, muddy trench (沟). The team's final obstacle is its toughest challenge: they climb up a sticky 60-meter cliff 10          (make) of hard minerals. After a two-day climb, they literally see light at the end of the tunnel as they reach the cave's exit. Satisfied with the adventure through the world's largest cave, the team climbs out into the sunlight. They have become the first people to explore the entire length of the cave. 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. added B. caring C. collection D. combination E. design F. meant G. rare H. reach I. spread J. striking K. symbol Saving a City's Public Art Avoiding L.A.'s traffic jams may be impossible, but the city's colorful highway murals (壁画) can brighten even the worst journey. Paintings of famous people and historical scenes cover office buildings and highway walls all across the city. With a(n) 11          of more than 2,000 murals, Los Angeles is the unofficial mural capital of the world. But a(n) 12          of graffiti (涂鸦), pollution, and hot sun has left many L.A. murals in terrible condition. In the past, experts say, little attention was given to 13          for public art. Artists were even expected to maintain their own works—not an easy task with cars racing by on the highway! Now the city is beginning a huge project to restore its murals. So far, 16 walls have been selected, and more may be 14          later. Until about 1960, public murals in Los Angeles were 15         . But in the '60s and '70s, young L.A. artists began to study early 20th-century Mexican mural painting. Soon, the young artists' own murals became a(n) 16          of the city's culture. The most famous mural in the city is Judith Baca's "The Great Wall", a 13-foot-high (4-meter-high) painting that runs for half a mile (0.8 kilometers) in North Hollywood. The mural represents the history of different ethnic groups (族群) in California. It took eight years to complete, with 400 teenagers painting the 17         , and is probably the longest mural in the world. One of the murals that will be restored is Kent Twitchell's "Seventh Street Altarpiece", which he painted for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. This 18          work shows two people facing each other on opposite sides of the highway near downtown Los Angeles. "It was 19          as a kind of gateway through which the traveler to L.A. must drive," said Twitchell. "The open hands represent peace." Artists often call murals the people's art. Along a busy highway or hidden in a quiet neighborhood, murals can 20          people who might never pay money to see fine art in a museum. 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 has long been believed that there is a link between money and happiness. Many people dream of the life they could lead if they won the lottery—a world of mansions, fine restaurants, and first-class travel. But few consider the 21         . These fineries could lead to so much 22          that we would no longer be able to appreciate life's simpler pleasures. Jordi Quoidbach from the University of Liège showed that richer people aren't as good at appreciating 23          pleasures as poorer people. Even the mere thought of money can make us take joys for granted. Normal people who were reminded about wealth spent less time appreciating a bar of chocolate and obtained less enjoyment from it. Quoidbach's study helps to make sense of a trend in psychological research, where money has an unbelievably 24          effect on happiness. Once people have enough to meet basic needs and 25          out of poverty, having extra cash has little bearing on their enjoyment of life. Perhaps this is because money both gives and takes away: it opens doors to new pleasures, while making delights that were already 26          seem less appealing. To begin with, Quoidbach asked 351 university employees to complete a test that measured their ability to feel 27          emotions. Each was asked to put themselves in a detailed pleasant scenario (场景), from finishing an important task to discovering an amazing waterfall on a hike. Afterwards, they were quizzed in detail about how they would react to the scenarios, to see how strongly they enjoyed the 28         . Using other questionnaires, Quoidbach also assessed how happy they were, how much money it would take to live their dream life, and how much they desired money. And half of the questionnaires included a picture of a large pile of euros, while the other half saw the same picture but it was beyond 29         . He found that the more money the participants had, the worse they were at appreciating their positive emotions. Quoidbach found that a person's ability to appreciate was 30          to their desire for money. Instead, even suggesting the thought of money, by showing them the euro picture, had the same negative effect, dampening their reactions to the happy 31         . These studies are part of a growing body of research showing that the link between money and happiness is more 32          than we might think. Elizabeth Dunn, who worked with Quoidbach, has previously shown that money can buy happiness if it's spent on others. 33         , having money reduces the odds that people will actually spend it in this way! Dunn has also found that money is better used to buy happiness if it's spent on experiences rather than goods. In both experiments, a simple 34          of wealth weakened people's ability to appreciate life's smaller pleasures. That's a striking result and Quoidbach explains it best himself. "Simply knowing that these peak experiences are readily available may 35          one's tendency to take the small pleasures of daily life for granted." 21. A. results B. costs C. examples D. facts 22. A. enjoyment B. gratitude C. possibility D. communication 23. A. mental B. various C. urban D. everyday 24. A. instant B. weak C. lasting D. suitable 25. A. rise out of B. get stuck in C. make sense of D. keep pace with 26. A. accidental B. exhaustive C. accessible D. principal 27. A. sudden B. strong C. positive D. conflicted 28. A. experiences B. emotions C. details D. discoveries 29. A. belief B. recognition C. accounting D. control 30. A. unrelated B. contrary C. devoted D. essential 31. A. features B. endings C. effects D. imaginings 32. A. negative B. settled C. progressive D. complicated 33. A. Additionally B. However C. Consequently D. Meanwhile 34. A. pursuit B. source C. reminder D. display 35. A. reveal B. discourage C. increase D. address 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） Skateboarder Tom was 23 when he set off on an epic journey: to skateboard across the whole of Australia. The trip would cover more than 5,000 kilometres. He had no team backing him, no big sponsors, just his skateboard, his backpack and a lot of determination. Tom's idea started one evening when he was watching documentaries about long-distance adventures. "I thought, why not me?" he recalls. Most cross-Australia travellers use cars or bikes. Hardly anyone attempts the journey on a skateboard. People told him he was crazy. Friends warned about extreme heat, dangerous wildlife and long empty stretches of road. Tom did some basic training. He built up his leg muscles by skateboarding for hours each day. He also read survival guides. Still, nothing could fully prepare him for what lay ahead. The first few weeks were physically exhausting. His legs ached constantly. He suffered terrible sunburn. Water was hard to find. Sometimes he would go many hours without seeing another human being. At night he slept in his tent beside the highway. There were good moments too. Strangers would stop their cars to give him food and water. He met many interesting people. The landscape changed dramatically as he travelled. But the journey was not without setbacks. At one point, his skateboard was badly cracked. He had to wait for days in a small town while a local workshop fixed it for free. "That kindness meant everything to me," he says. After 147 days, Tom finally reached his destination. He had lost 12 kilograms but gained a new understanding of life. "I learned that you don't need to be perfectly prepared to start something. You just need to take the first step," he says. "And I learned that people are generally kind and willing to help." 36. What made Tom decide to skate across Australia? A. Pressure from his friends. B. Watching adventure documentaries. C. Wish to win sponsorship. D. Desire to set a new sports record. 37. What difficulty did Tom meet on his journey? A. He had no tent for sleeping. B. He suffered from sore legs and sunburn. C. Local people refused to offer him supplies. D. Dangerous animals attacked him several times. 38. What saved Tom's journey when his skateboard was badly cracked? A. A brand-new skateboard from a sponsor. B. Survival skills he learned from books. C. Free repair service from a local workshop. D. Help from other cross-Australia travellers. 39. What lesson did Tom learn from the journey? A. Perfect preparation guarantees success. B. Travelling alone is the best way to build confidence. C. One should dare to begin despite imperfect conditions. D. Long-distance travel requires a professional team. （B） A Chinese coin found in a Hampshire field suggests that medieval (中世纪) trade between England and the Far East was more extensive than previously thought, a historian has said. The coin of the Northern Song dynasty dates from 1008-1016, but is of a type that remained in wide use in China for several hundred years. It is the second Chinese coin found in a medieval context in England and experts said that its discovery added weight to the idea that the two coins were genuine medieval losses and not dropped by modern collectors. The coin was found by a detectorist near Petersfield and about 20 miles from the only other Chinese work of art from medieval England: a piece of blue and white porcelain (瓷器) from a small cup or bowl, which could be placed in Winchester in the 14th century. Caitlin Green, a historian at the University of Cambridge, suggested in a blog that the coin might have been brought to England at about the same time as the porcelain. She said the finds of this coin and another Northern Song dynasty coin of 1066-77, unearthed in Cheshire, suggest the Winchester porcelain may have been part of the objects from the Far East in the 14th century rather than a one-off. This was centuries before imports of Chinese goods became widespread in the 1600s, but about the same time as Chinese pottery is known to have been owned by royals in France and Italy. The history of Chinese goods in Britain goes back further, however, with rich Roman Britons known to have bought Chinese silk. Dr Green said that goods from China would have reached England over several stages by way of the Middle East and Italy. 40. What can be learned about the two Chinese coins mentioned in the passage? A. They were unearthed at the same site. B. They were believed to have arrived in England in the 1300s. C. They were found to have been owned by royals in France and Italy. D. They were dropped by modern collectors. 41. The word "one-off" (paragraph 2) most probably means________. A. something that doesn't happen regularly B. something that doesn't happen only once C. something that happens on a small scale D. something that happens unexpectedly 42. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Chinese coin hints at vast medieval trade route B. Coins and white porcelain trace back to ancient China C. Chinese silk points to a lasting England-China relationship D. History of Chinese goods in Britain has been redefined （C） Babies can cry because they are feeling ill or are in pain, but they will also often cry if they are feeling hungry or sleepy. This can make it very difficult for parents, especially first-timers, to know why their little ones are crying. Now, a group of researchers based at Northern Illinois University in the USA has employed artificial intelligence to create a method to distinguish between normal signals and abnormal ones, such as those resulting from an underlying illness. The method could be useful for parents at home as well as doctors, who could use it to identify cries among sick children, the researchers say. While each baby's cry is unique, they share some features. The team developed an algorithm, based on an existing automatic speech-recognition system, to detect and recognise the features of infant cries. The algorithm incorporated a technique called compressed sensing—a process that is able to reconstruct a signal based on a very small amount of data, especially in environments with high levels of background noise. The algorithm analyses the waveforms of the infants' cries, looking for features in their loudness, pitch and timbre common to a database of recorded baby cries previously categorised by experienced nurses and caregivers. For example, the 'neh' sound is generally related to being hungry, because when a baby is hungry, their tongue is typically pushed to the roof of the mouth, which leads to the 'neh' sound. Similarly, the 'eh' sound means that a baby needs to burp. Generally speaking, this happens after feeding. "Like a special language, there is lots of health-related information in various cry sounds. The differences between sound signals actually carry the information. These differences are represented by different features of the cry signals. To recognise and use the information, we have to figure out the features and then obtain the information in it," explained the study co-author Prof Lichuan Liu. The team hopes that the method could be widened out to assist with other areas of medicine in which decision-making relies heavily on experience. "The ultimate goals are healthier babies and less pressure on parents and caregivers," said Liu. "We are looking into cooperation with hospitals and medical research centres and hopefully we could have some products for clinical practice." 43. What is the idea behind the algorithm developed by the team? A. The cries of the children are all different. B. Babies' cries have something in common. C. Some babies cry while hungry but others don't. D. Sick babies cry more often than healthy ones. 44. It can be inferred from the passage that compressed sensing is of great help when____ A. an algorithm is not mature enough B. there is not sufficient data available C. a signal must be reconstructed in no time D. speech-recognition technology does not work 45. According to the research team, what is the final aim of the method? A. To make decision-making rely less on experience. B. To call for more medical research centres to join them. C. To help care for babies in a scientific and effective way. D. To obtain as much information as possible from babies' cries. 46. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Advancing medical practice B. Unlocking the language of human tears C. AI created to translate the cries of babies D. Healthy beginnings: promoting health for babies 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. What is the best way to give advice? A. Information supplies a piece of information that the decision-maker might not know about. B. A friend points out that a new gym nearby offers free personal trainers some afternoons. C. Are these kinds of advice effective? D. When the advice comes in the form of information, though, the decision-maker still feels like they have some autonomy. E. Which piece of advice occurs to you first? F. However, information was the most useful kind of advice across the studies. A lot of our daily conversations involve giving and getting advice. For example, you might be talking about new movies, and a friend recommends that you should go and see a particular one. Another friend wants to go to a Tex-Mex restaurant, and you recommend that they avoid one that just opened. 47          A paper by Reeshad Dalal and Silvia Bonaccio in a 2020 issue of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes looked at several different kinds of advice that people give. They distinguished between four types of advice. Advice for is a recommendation to choose a particular option. Advice against is a recommendation to avoid a particular option. 48          Decision-making techniques suggest how to go about making the choice, but do not make a specific recommendation. (For example, if you have a friend who wants to see a good movie, you might recommend a website that summarises movie reviews. You aren't recommending a particular movie, but you are suggesting a technique that allows your friend to make a decision.) In the studies, college students had to imagine making a particular decision. They were given a variety of advice and they were asked how satisfying and useful the advice was for making the decision. In general, people found all of the types of advice to be useful to some degree. 49          That is, people found it most helpful when people told them something that they might not have known about already. There are a few reasons why information is more valuable to people than other kinds of advice. First, when someone makes a recommendation for or against a particular option, a decision-maker may feel like they have lost a bit of their independence in making their choice. 50          Second, information helps people to make decisions later, in similar situations. Finally, getting information makes people feel better about decisions when they are able to give a reason for making the choice. 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. Drop me a line In our fast world of phones, emails and computers, the old-fashioned art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing altogether. Yet, to me, there is something about receiving a letter that cannot be matched by any other form of communication. There is the excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of seeing who it is from and, finally, the enjoyment of the contents. Letter writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It probably began with the little notes I would write to my mother. My mother, also, always insisted I write my own thank-you letters for Christmas and birthday presents. It didn't matter how short or untidy they were as long as they were letters. When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in London, I would write once a week, and so would my mother. Occasionally my father would write and it was always a joy to receive his long, amusing letters. Most of the letters from home contained just everyday events concerning my parents and their friends. Of course, we also made phone calls but it is the letters I remember most. I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards. And it's even nicer when it's an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps. My overseas letters arrive from Mangala in Sri Lanka, from someone I trained with over 20 years ago, and I have a penfriend in Australia and another in Vancouver. I am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition. Like my mother before me, I insist they write their own thank-you letters. My daughter writes me little letters, just as I did to my mother. She and my son have penfriends of their own in Texas, organised by my penfriend. However old-fashioned communicating by letter may appear to be, I strongly urge readers not to allow letter writing to become another 'lost art'. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 我公司非常感谢收到的任何反馈。(grateful) 53. 接受了这份新工作意味着小王必须最晚在本月底之前抵达北京。(force) 54. 受外在奖励驱动的人，有时很难达到自己制定别人却不知情的目标。(find it) 55. 要求孩子不去感知自己真正的情绪，其坏处就是他们在必要的时候无法恰当地表达情绪。(stop) 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二学生李明，最近在一份英语报纸上读到一篇关于网络时代人际交往的文章，文章作者认为社交网站虽然拓宽了人们的交友网络，但也使得人和人之间的交流不够深入。写一封邮件给该报纸的"读者来信"专栏，表达你对这一观点的看法，内容须包括: 1) 你是否赞同作者的这一观点； 2) 你的理由。 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $