上海复旦大学附属中学2024-2025学年第一学期高二年级英语学科11月第一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 高二年级英语学科11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. Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in historic areas? To answer this question, we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an area. Not all historic buildings are attractive. However, there may be other, perhaps economic, reasons for 1          (preserve) them. So, let us assume that the historical buildings are both attractive and important. What should we do, then, if a new building 2          (need)? In my view, new architectural styles 3          exist perfectly well alongside an older style. In fact, there are many examples in my own hometown of Boston, with modern designs 4          (place) very successfully next to old buildings. 5          ________ the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate its surroundings too much, it often enhances the attractiveness of the area. Admittedly, there are examples of new buildings 6          have spoiled the area they are in. But the same can be said of some old buildings, too. Yet people still object to new buildings in historic areas. I think this is simply 7          people are naturally conservative and do not like change. Although we have to respect people’s feelings as fellow users and viewers of the buildings, I believe that it is the duty of the architect and planner 8          (move) things forward. If we constantly reproduced what was there before, we would still be living in caves. Therefore, I would argue 9          building imitations and 10          (choose) something fresh and different, even though that might be the riskier option. 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. abuse B. assist C. current D. fearful E. oral F. presence G. prospect H. receptive I. recommending J. recovering K. response Storytime Is for "Everyone" In a 2010 survey in the United Kingdom, elderly adults who joined weekly read-aloud groups reported better concentration and an improved ability to socialize. The second-century Greek doctor Antyllus even prescribed (开药方) daily recitation to his patients, 11          it as a kind of health-giving medicine. Humans aren't the only ones who can benefit from this 12          medicine. Dogs do, too, which is why, since 2014, volunteers at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have read to the animals under the group's care. "Ten or fifteen years ago, I was essentially the only person who worked with the neglect and 13          cases," says Victoria Wells, the organization's senior manager for behavior and training. "I used to sit with them, and play guitar and sing. I used to play the Beatles. I noticed that the dogs who were very 14          would slowly move forward to the front. They would appear to be listening, and they would become very relaxed." The dogs' 15          to music led in a natural way to the idea of reading aloud. It was a practical means of allowing a larger number of volunteers to minister to 16          animals. Some volunteers keep the animals informed of 17          events by reading the newspaper, some choose children's books, and others prefer fiction. On the day I stopped by, a retired opera singer was reading the sci-fi novel Logan's Run to half a dozen dogs. "The dogs really enjoy the reading," Wells says. "We noticed that it really does 18          in the standard behavior treatment. The dogs are much more 19          to us, and they seem more comfortable in general... I think it's that comforting tone of voice and the 20          of somebody to keep them company that really, really benefits them." 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. When you are stuck on a problem, sometimes it is best to stop thinking about it—consciously, anyway. Research has shown that taking a break or a nap can help the brain create 21          to a solution. Now a new study 22          on the effect of this so-called incubation (潜伏期) by using sound cues to focus the sleeping mind on a targeted problem. When humans sleep, parts of the brain replay certain memories, strengthening and transforming them. About a decade ago researchers developed a technique, called targeted memory reactivation (TMR), aimed at further enhancing 23          memories: when a sound becomes associated with a memory and is later played during sleep, that memory gets 24         . In a study published last November in Psychological Science, scientists tested whether 25          the memory of a puzzle during sleep might also improve problem-solving. About 60 participants visited the laboratory before and after a night of 26         . First they 27          spatial, verbal and conceptual puzzles, with a distinct music clip repeating in the background for each, until they had worked on six puzzles they could not solve. Overnight they wore electrodes (电极) to detect slow-wave sleep, which may be important for memory enhancement—and a device played the sounds 28          to three of the six unsolved puzzles. The next day, back at the lab, the participants attempted the six puzzles again. (Each repeated the experiment with a different set of puzzles the following night.) All told, the subjects solved 32 percent of the sound-stimulated puzzles compared with 21 percent of the 29          puzzles. The researchers "very bravely went for quite complex tasks that involved a lot of complex processing, and remarkably they found these really strong effects in all of their 30         ," says Penny Lewis, a psychologist at Cardiff University, who was not involved in the research. "These are supercool results. Now we need to go out and try to understand them by firstly replicating (复制) them and secondly trying to 31          the component processes that are actually being influenced." Beyond providing new evidence that humans restructure memories while sleeping, the research may have 32          implications. "In a futuristic world, maybe TMR could help us use sleep to work on our problems," says lead author Kristin Sanders, who was a graduate student at Northwestern University during the study. Sleep-monitoring technology is increasingly accessible—and even without devices, prospective solvers can focus on important problems before 33         . Still, sleep is not 34         : people need to do their homework and load their heads with the puzzle pieces involved. "I'm not going to solve cancer with this technique," Sanders says, "because I am totally 35          cancer research." 21. A. applications B. commitment C. attention D. pathways 22. A. counts B. expands C. insists D. passes 23. A. treasured B. selected C. devoted D. shortened 24. A. dimmed B. stored C. reactivated D. researched 25. A. neglecting B. examining C. erasing D. revisiting 26. A. sleep B. experiment C. training D. relaxation 27. A. created B. solved C. attempted D. classified 28. A. assigned B. transformed C. explained D. introduced 29. A. unsettled B. untargeted C. unstated D. untested 30. A. puzzles B. brains C. processes D. tasks 31. A. work out B. turn to C. take on D. bring about 32. A. individual B. conceptual C. practical D. collective 33. A. dinner B. dawn C. bed D. schooling 34. A. significant B. magic C. fixed D. possible 35. A. dependent on B. curious about C. interested in D. ignorant of 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） This week, the Summer Boat Show in London is filled with fine boats, shining with new technology. By contrast, my own lies quietly on a tidal creek (小溪) off the south coast. She was designed last year but, seeing her, you might imagine her to be 100 years old and think that her owner must be some kind of lost-soul romantic. For me a boat should always be a boat and not a cottage on the water. When I bought an earlier boat, Hirta, in which I sailed around Britain for a TV race series, the previous owner observed that she had every comfort, but no luxury. During my long relationship with her, Hirta taught me how wise she was. Her sails were heavy, and she had no pumped water, no electricity to speak of, no fridge, no central heating, and absolutely no electronics, yet she was the kindest, easiest boat that I have ever sailed at sea. Back on land, however, it is a sad fact that the very oldness of classic boats means that they need a lot of looking after. When I had a bad injury to my back, I realised that my 15-year love affair with her had to end. Searching for a younger replacement produced no satisfaction, so I decided to build a new boat from scratch. The Westman has never disappointed me. Although Nigel Irens, the designer, and Ed Burnett, his right-hand man, are good at computer-assisted design programs, Irens initially drew this boat on a paper napkin, and only later transferred his ideas to the computer. Then, he carved a model, just as boatyards did in the days of sail. Together we considered the primary embryonic vessel (船的雏形), then fed the design back into the electronic box for modification. The next version was nearly right and by the time the final one appeared, the form was perfect. The completed boat has now crossed the North Atlantic and has won four out of her first six racing starts. Her appearance is ageless, her motion at sea is a pleasure and her accommodation provides an atmosphere of deep peace. Maybe this is because she was drawn purely as a sailing craft, without reference to any furniture we might put into her. That is the well-tried method of the sea. In her timeless calmness, she is the living proof that it works: that there is no need to follow current fashions to find satisfaction, and that sometimes it pays to listen to the lessons of history. 36. By "For me a boat should always be a boat and not a cottage on the water", the writer means that ______. A. he always keeps his boat in good condition B. he never thinks of a boat as his living space C. he doesn't like the idea of building a home on the water D. he doesn't mind whether to live on a boat or in a cottage 37. What is the writer's opinion of Hirta? A. It was a perfect sailboat. B. It was a little bit luxurious. C. It was not modern enough. D. It was not very comfortable. 38. According to the writer, The Westman was designed in a ______ way. A. creative B. disappointing C. traditional D. repetitive 39. What does the writer want to prove with his boat? A. The lessons of history are not easy to follow though they are useful. B. A boat can work very well even if it involves no modern technology. C. There is no need to find evidence that boats are still a timeless treasure. D. It is impossible to find satisfaction on a boat by following current fashions. （B） Lily Studying abroad is an area that is becoming increasingly interesting for researchers, as more students are choosing to do a semester, a year or even a degree in another country. In my research, I set out to establish whether young people attending a course abroad acquire more global awareness than students enrolled on similar courses in their home country. Using a comparative study of 50 Canadian undergraduates, half of whom studied abroad for varying lengths of time, there were shown to be considerable gains in global awareness and these were not only noted by the students themselves but also their tutors. Thomas My research project asked ten students starting a year of study abroad to keep a daily record of their experiences. Having begun the diary a month before leaving home, they continued it for a month after they returned. The primary reason for studying abroad in all cases was to polish their language skills. The students were allowed to write as freely as they wished but were asked to include comments on their language learning experience as well as on the strategies they used to cope with living in a new culture. Analysing the diaries, we found remarkably similar patterns. All the participants demonstrate a gradual recognition and acceptance of difference in other cultures and a new objectivity about their own culture as a result of their experience. Jasmine This paper reports on some research carried out last year into why students choose a period of study abroad, their reasons for selecting a specific destination, their behaviour when abroad and the extent to which the experience matches their expectations. Having administered a questionnaire to 1,000 international students studying at a number of universities in Australia, we got 696 responses. An initial analysis of the responses has revealed some interesting data suggesting that the key factor affecting all the areas we were investigating was the individual's personality and study interests. Country of origin and gender proved less significant than expected. Jimmy This research looked at the career paths of 35 young business people who had spent part of their university course at a foreign educational institution in order to ascertain whether those people had acquired greater cross-cultural perspectives through their experience of study abroad. Concerned about the lack of cultural awareness of their staff, a group of US business corporations proposed the research. The results are less conclusive than expected, but they do suggest that a period of study in a foreign country may help students to develop the cross-cultural awareness that US employers currently seek. 40. The passage is mainly about four researchers' findings on ______ A. the reasons for young students to study abroad B. the impact and effects of studying in another country C. the trend of more students furthering their study abroad D. the interest of students who once studied in another country 41. ______ used the subjects' personal account as the research material. A. Lily B. Thomas C. Jasmine D. Jimmy 42. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A. Most of the researchers found the students' global awareness increased. B. All of the researchers took a reserved attitude towards studying abroad. C. None of the researchers thought gender played a role in students' choice. D. Only one of the researchers did research on the subjects' career development. （C） Draw a line across a page, and write on it what you had for dinner yesterday and what you plan to eat tomorrow. If you come from pretty much any European country, you no doubt wrote last night's meal to the left of tomorrow night's because we construct mental timelines to represent and reason about time, and most people in the West think of the past as on the left, and the future as on the right. Arnaud Saj at the University of Geneva and his colleagues wondered whether the ability to create a mental timeline is a necessary part of reasoning about events in time. They found seven Europeans with left hemispatial neglect, which means they have damage to parts of the right side of their brain, limiting their ability to detect, identify and interact with objects in the lefthand side of space. They may eat from only the right side of a plate or shave just the right side of their face. The team also found seven volunteers who had damage to the right side of their brain but didn't have hemispatial neglect, and seven people with undamaged brains. All the volunteers took part in memory tests. First they learned about a fictional man called David. They were shown pictures of what David liked to eat 10 years ago, and what he might like to eat in 10 years' time. Participants were then shown drawings of 10 of David's favourite foods, plus four food items they hadn't seen before. Participants had to say whether it was a food that David liked in the past or might like in the future. The tests were repeated with items in David's apartment. People with hemispatial neglect could remember just as many items as the other two groups of volunteers. However, of these items, significantly fewer were from David's past than his future. They were also more likely to make mistakes about items when they were from the past. In other words, people with hemispatial neglect have trouble imagining the left side of their timeline, and consequently assign past events to the future. It would be interesting to see whether people with neglect of the right space have trouble with events that are supposed to happen in the future, says a researcher, but these kinds of symptoms are rare since the brain areas that represent space are predominantly in the right side. Together these results suggest that the ability to represent space in the mind's eye is vital to our ability to remember and reason about events that occur along that timeline. "It gives us an understanding of the representation of time in humans," says Saj. His team will now investigate how people with spatial neglect represent their own understanding of space and time. "They get bored less than others in hospital because the time seems to pass more quickly to them," he says. Saj's team will test whether these people experience a compression of "personal time". 43. People with left hemispatial neglect are most likely to A. use their left hands more often than right hands B. start reading from the right side of the page C. ignore numbers on the left side of a clock D. shave just the left side of the face 44. What does Arnaud Saj imply about people with right hemisphere neglect? A. Their understanding of time is different from others. B. They are likely to assign the future events to the past. C. They have little trouble reasoning about events in time. D. Their ability to represent space has been greatly affected. 45. The word "compression" (in the last paragraph) is closest in meaning to A. saving B. dividing C. forgetting D. shortening 46. What can be concluded from the passage? A. Past may well be very vague if your right side of the brain is faulty. B. Right hemisphere neglect is a rare condition among people from the West. C. The brain areas that help understand space and time are close to each other. D. The ability to remember time has something to do with where you are from. 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. 'The Cube has his own voice' A. But the content of the Cube is so wide that it can be a symbol of logical thinking, a way of life. B. Eventually he came up with a six-sided structure with nine interlocking cubes on each side. C. His moment of inspiration came in the spring of 1974. D. I am forced to admit that I haven't solved it yet. E. Rubik was born towards the end of the Second World War to an aircraft engineer father and a poet mother. F. The following year he was offered the chance to take his invention to a toy fair in New York. I arrive at the Szepilona Bisztro, on a leafy road on the "Buda" side of Budapest, holding a Rubik's Cube and searching for the man who had created it almost 50 years ago. I feel unworthy to have lunch with Erno Rubik, not the least reason of which is because the Cube I am holding has never been solved. Rubik arrives punctually. He's been coming to this restaurant since the late 1960s, when he was a graduate student, before he had invented one of the world's most successful puzzles—a cube with 43 quintillion combinations, only one of which is correct. 47          At that time, Rubik was living in his family's apartment on a grand avenue on the "Pest" side of the city. He was a professor of architecture, but his room was "like a child's pocket, full of marbles and treasures". In an attempt to help students understand three-dimensional problems, he tried to build a set of cubes that stayed together but could also move independently. 48          He painted each side a different colour. But after he had twisted it, he realised that he could not easily return it to its original state. "It was a more difficult task to find a system to solve it than it had been to create the thing itself," he says. In the end, it took him a month. And solving it gave him a "happy feeling of freedom", he said at the time. The Rubik's Cube was born, and to date more than 450 million have been sold, the craze reaching its peak in the early 1980s. Rubik was 29 when he "discovered" the Cube in 1974. By 1979, Rubik had sold 300,000. 49          From there, it spread across the world, with some 100 million Rubik's Cubes being sold in only three years. "I can't imagine there being a higher tide for it than there had been in the 80s," he says. He motions to my Cube. 50          Rubik comforts me with a Japanese slogan from the 1980s, coined for a game: "a minute to learn and a lifetime to master". 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. The Power of First Impressions When people meet for the first time, they make first impressions of one another in a few seconds. Research shows that first impressions are very important because they have a strong impact on forming relationships. Studies show that the primacy effect is an important part of first impressions. The primacy effect is the idea that the first impression is very difficult to change. After the first meeting, two people may interact again and learn more about each other, but the early impressions they formed will influence their feelings about each other in the future. For example, if a person has a good first impression of someone, he or she probably will not notice bad things about the person later. However, if that person has a bad first impression, he or she will probably notice mostly bad things in the future. Another interesting part of first impressions is that people act how others expect them to act. This is called a self-fulfilling prophecy. Research by Snyder and Swann supports this idea. In that study, partners played a game together. The partners did not know one another, so the researchers told each player about his partner. Sometimes they said positive things about a partner. Sometimes they said negative things. The result of the study showed that players acted friendly when they expected their partners to be friendly, but they acted unfriendly when they expected their partners to be unfriendly. The players' expectations influenced how they acted toward one another. A related study by Michael Sunnafrank (2004) showed that when people first meet, they quickly make predictions about what kind of relationship they will have. Sunnafrank found that these predictions had a strong impact on future relationships. In his study of 164 first-year college students, Sunnafrank found that when students predicted they could be friends, they sat closer together in class and interacted more. As a result, they actually became friends. In other words, they made their predictions come true. Clearly, first impressions are very important in forming relationships, because they influence the expectations people have of one another and how they behave toward one another. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 闲聊有助于打破陌生人之间的僵局。(break the ice) 53. 正是那些不经意的善意，构建起人与人之间宝贵的纽带。(It is…that…) 54. 不要轻易假设线上友谊能够完全取代现实交往。(assume) 55. 虽然善意的小谎言可以保护他人的情感，但我们必须分清何时应当坚持实话实说。(while) 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，你校将于下个月举办一次慈善义卖，计划招募部分学生作为志愿者参与本次义卖的组织工作。作为学校宣传部的成员，你需要为志愿者招募写一份说明，内容须包括： 1)对这次义卖的简单介绍（如主题、时间、目的等）； 2)计划招募多少名志愿者以及他们的责任。 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 高二年级英语学科11月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. preserving 2. is needed 3. can 4. placed 5. If 6. which 7. because 8. to move 9. against 10. choose Section B 11. I 12. E 13. A 14. D 15. K 16. J 17. C 18. B 19. H 20. F II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. A 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. D Section B 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. B 41. B 42. D 43. C 44. B 45. D 46. A Section C 47. C 48. B 49. F 50. D III. Summary Writing 51. First impressions are important in terms of how the future relationship might be. Firstly, it is difficult to change the first impression. Secondly, people will do what they think others expect them to do at the first meeting. Lastly, people will predict what their relationships will be like in the future when they meet for the first time. IV. Translation 52. Small talk helps break the ice between strangers. 53. It is those casual acts of kindness that build up precious bonds between people. 54. Do not easily assume that online friendships can completely replace real-life interactions. 55. While a white lie of good intentions can protect others' feelings, we must distinguish when to stick to telling the truth. V. Guided Writing 56. Volunteer Recruitment Notice To raise funds for underprivileged children and promote social responsibility, our school is scheduled to hold a charity bazaar next Friday. We are recruiting dedicated volunteers to help organize this meaningful event. The theme of the bazaar is "Passing on Love," and all the proceeds will be donated to rural schools. We aim to provide essential learning materials and improve the educational conditions for children in need. To ensure the smooth operation of the event, we plan to recruit 30 volunteers with various responsibilities. Their primary duties include setting up the stalls, organizing the donated items, maintaining order during the event, and distributing promotional leaflets to participants. We warmly welcome compassionate and highly motivated students to join our team. By volunteering, you will not only contribute to a noble cause but also enhance your organizational and interpersonal skills. Please sign up at the Student Union office before next Wednesday. 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $