上海同济大学第二附属中学2026-2027学年高三第一学期期中英语试卷

同济大学第二附属中学2026学年第一学期期中考试 高三年级英语学科试卷 (本试卷满分140分，考试时间120分钟) I.Listening Comprehonslon Section A Directions:In Seotion A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of oach conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversalions and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. A.He prefers to play in the gym. B They should play another time. C.It is not supposed to rain tomorrow. D.They will probably have to play indoors 2.AA gallery guide. B.A famous painter. C.A visitor. D.A teacher. 、 A.Have lunch alone. B.Find a job in a new company. C.Eat with somebody else. D.Go with the woman. 4.A.To a computer shop. B.To the library. C.To the classroom. D.To a charging station. A.It isn't worth a try. B.It serves good food. C.He hasn't been to it. D.He has just heard about it. 6.A.Tell Mary about the movie. B.Join him and Mary at the movie. C.Ask Mary what she is doing tonight. D.Invite a group of friends to go to the movie 7.A.Professor Campbell changed the conference time. B.Professor Campbell will not attend the concert. C.He will stay until the conference is finished. D.He will wait for the woman. A.The laundry is around the corner. B.She recently purchased liquid soap. C.She will buy some soap for the man. D.The man can buy liquid soap at the store. 9.A.It is very expensive. B.It is next to the Holiday Motel. C.It is nicer than the Holiday Motel D.It is a little farther than the Holiday Motel. 10.A.Snow in October is unusual, B.Winter is her favorite season. C.She does not believe it will snow. D.Canadian winters are rather long. Section B Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and) 第1页共1山页 扫描全能王创建 可接 will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. A.Kids shouldn't go to public pools until 6 months old. B.Parents should teach kids to swim as soon as possible. C Parents should take courses about how to be lifeguards. D.Kids shouldn't be left alone in the pool until 16 years old. 12.A.They can find more ways to enjoy their life. B.They may be able to tell what is dangerous in a pool. (C.They have more chances to be saved if there is any danger. D.They will learn to swim sooner than those who don't like water. 13.A.Teachers. B.Lifeguards C.Kids. D Parents. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14 A.38%of girls are heavy social media users B.14%of boys are heavy social media users. C.25%of girls never use social media. D.10%of boys never use social media. 15.A.There is no actual relationship between them. B.Depression leads people to use social media more. C.Heavy use of social media results in people's depression. D.It is difficult to decide which is cause and which is effect 16.A.The change in the use of social media across time. B.The harm of spending too much time on social media. C.The growing body of evidence about the cause of depression. D.The difference between girls and boys in the symptoms of depression. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. A.A new source of fuel oil. B.An alternative use of fuel oil. C.A way to make fuel oil less polluting. D.A new method for locating underground oil. 18.A.She heard about it in class B.She read a newspaper artiole about it. C.She was told about it by her roommate. D.She was doing research for a paper on it. 19.A.To heat the reactors. B.To remove impurities. C.To prevent dangerous gases from forming D.To produce a gas containing carbon and hydrogen. 20.A.It's quite expensive. B.It uses up rare minerals. C.It hasn't been fully tested. D.It produces harmful gas. II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 第2页共11页 扫描全能王创建 可接只 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. New Label Helps Consumers Better D termine Food Quality Determining whether food has spoiled can be a tricky sask.The confusion over"use by"and "best bofore"labels often results in safe and consumable food(21)(throw)out.This issue contributes significantly to the global food crisis,as roughly one-third of the food produced for the world (22) (waste)and miilion.of people in dozens of countries are facing severe hunger. However,a groundbreaking ivention called "Mimica Touch"aims to help tackle this crisis by providing a(n)(23)(accurate)method of evaluating the safety of food purchased. Consisting of a label that transforms in texture when food spoils,Mimica Touch features a plastic sheet with raised lines (24)signal spoilt food.The plastic bumps (are covered with a thin layer of natural substance that rdts at the saune tate(25)the food. When the substance turns from a solid state to a liquid state,the label transforms from firm and smooth to soft and bumpy,indicating that the food(26)(go)bad.In this way,the label can clearly inform people(27)the iood should be discarded or not. It was(28)she was a student at Brunel University in London that Solveiga Pakstaite came up with the concept for Mimica Touch.The goal of the original project was to help people with vision problems check the use-by date on(29)(package)food.Pakstaite said she was inspired by banana skins,which change texture as they ripen.Although Mimica Touch began as a university project,the invention has the potential (30)(reduce)the huge quantity of food that goes to waste every year.Moreover,it could help consumers enjoy the food they purchase more safely and for longer periods. 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 appealing B.attainable C.basically D.dramatically R freedom F.kicks G.minimum H.prioritizes submits J.underlying K.withdrawal FTRE Movement:Financial Independence,Retire Early Many Americans are taking early retirement into their own hands by joining the FIRE movement,but it's not for everyone. "Financial Independence,Retire Early"(FJRE)is a lifestyle movement that31 extreme saving and investing to be able to retire earlier than traditional methods might allow.The goal of FIRE is to achieve financial.32 so investors can choose how to spend their time. "The concept of the movement is33.having the financial flexibility.to have the ultimate life flexibility,"says Rachael Burns,a financial planner at True Worth Financial Planning, based in Folsom,California. A NerdWallet survey found that of Americans who aren't retired yet but plan to retire,25% want to retire before age 50 and 18%want to retire in their 50s.The average age was 57,10 years earlier than the full retirement age to get Social Security. People who use FIRE to retire early do so by 34 reducing their expenses,looking for ways to increase their income,and investing the money they save in a mix of tax-advantaged accounts as well as regular brokerage (accounts. 第3页共山页 扫描全能王创建 可只 Retiring early might sound35,but there are risks,and it's not for everyone.For instance,if you stop werking,you'll have to be responsible for your own medical expenses until Medicare36 in around age 65,and your investments may not perform as well as you thought.Either one of those situations could have consequences such as having to raise your37 rate or needing to re-enter the workforce.FIRE also requires cutting down expenses_to the bare 38 so you have more income to invest,which not everyone can afford. "FIRE is a long-term strategy,and you can't be too reactive to short-term economic events," Burns said."You may need to adjust spending or saving in certain years based on market events,but the 39 strategy should stay the same." If you don't earn enough to cover your basic needs and save greatly for early retirement at the same time,FIRE may not be for you,Burns says.Lacking an emergency fund or owing high-interest debt may be other reasons that FIRE may not be40. III.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. A recent study published by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich suggests that planting at least one trillion trees around the world could capture two-thirds of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere due to human activity.But can planting so many trees help 41 climate change? Why are trees so vital for the earth's atmosphere? They're vital because trees,like all plants,absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and produce oxygen.So,given that the problem that we have is the 42 in the concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,trees are a vital part of it. The 43 of trees that we've experienced over the past few decades and centuries has been a major contributor to creating the problem we have.So planting new vegetation and new trees is an essential part of the 44 and we certainly have to stop destroying forest areas.The main message is that planting forests is an important contribution to effort against global warming- but we have to be 45 about what we can do.We will still have to stop emitting carbon dioxide. We car.'t just continue as we are and plant lots of trees to 46it-that's not going to work. In order to calculate the areas of land masses that could be used to plant trees,the Zurich study makes an estimate of how much carbon dioxide a given 47 can absorb,and multiplies them. That seems a bit simplistic? Yes,they've over-simplified the calculation and ended up with a(n)48estimate.That's because they've 49 that if you started planting more trees,then that would simply remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But we know that carbon dioxide is also 50 by seawater and soils,and that the concentrations are in eguilibrium()with each other.So when we omit carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels,some of it goes into the atmosphere,some goes into the ocean,and some goes into the land.51,if you start drawing it from the atmosphere,you will get a flow of some carbon dioxide coming out of the oceans and the land into the atmosphere.Not all of the carbon dioxide you remove from the atmosphere will 52a straightforward reduction of concentrations. 第4页共11页 扫描全能王创建 可接 So according to researchers'53,you could compensate for (two-thirds of the carbon dioxide that has already been emitted.But they only counted the carbon dioxide that had gone into the atmosphere-they cither forgot or 54 the carbon dioxide that's been emitted and gone into the oceans and the land,and that would go back into the atmosphere if you started removing it. However,none of these flaws means tree-planting should be dismissed.We absolutely should be planting more trees right now and more im-ortantly,we must place strict limits on 55 carbon emissions. 41.A.predict B.investigate C.quicken 、D tackle 42.A.differenco B.message C.cease D.growth 3.A.survival B.loss C.size D.state 44.A.solution B.course C system D.problem 45.A.optimistic B.cautious C.anxious D.curious 46.A.look forward to B.keep up with C.hang on to D.make up for 47.A.tree B.area C.forest D.activity 48.A.hopeful B.internal C.specific D.inaccurate 4).A.proved B.assumed C.forgotten D.doubted 5A.emitted B.degraded C.absorbed D.purified 51.A.Equally B.Luckily C.Strangely D.Initially 52.A.deal with B.return to C.result in D.depend on 53.A.release B.estimate C.knowledge D.reduction 54.A.overestimated B.stressed C.overlooked D.fixed 55.A.human-caused B.nature-made C.hand-made D.tree-produced 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 read. (A) Every summer,as a child,I spent the annual family holiday with my parents,flying away from our home in the West Midlands to their birthplace in Ireland. I enjoyed it,but once,I behaved differently and left home.Package tours and long-distance flights became my idea of a holiday.I then went and ran into an Englishman who also came of Irish stock,and we both felt the urge to renew our knowledge of Ireland. It was important for us to discover something different from our childhood visits.So that's how we came to drive along the winding St John's Point Peninsula(圣约翰角半岛)in Donegal, part of Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way,to visit a unique part of the 20th-century history-the Donegal Corridor. When anyone drives to the point where the land runs out,he sees giant white stones fixed firmly in green grass spelling out“ERE”and“7o”,while the Atlantic wind fiercely blows across the headland and the ice-white waves smash into the rocks beiow.The meaning behind the stones? They date back to the Second World War when St John's Point was number 70 in a total of 83 Look Out Points (LOPs),observation stations set up and maintained by Ireland all around its coast. 第5页共11页 扫描全能王创建 可在只 There lies a bit of curious UK-Ireland history.Although Ireland was officially ncutral during the war,the Battle of the Atlantic was being fought close to Irish shores,and these LOPs,staffed by local volunteers known as Coastwatchers,passed on information on activities connected with the sea and weather fronts to London. At St John's Point,we were standing right under the Donegal Corridor,a long narrow area of airspace in which Ireland ensured safe passage during World War II to planes in the RAF (Royal Air Force)from bases in the UK-governed North of Ireland.The stone markinoe acted as reference points to.aircrews. Standing on this rough area of land surrounded by the wild and windy c.prought home to us the conditions in which the Coastwatchers and aircrews in the RAF cooperated in a shared history. I revolted against my family tradition that summer,and I fulfilled my aim of discovering something new and absorbed all Donegal has to offer:empty golden beaches,mysterious ancient stone circles,folk music and crafts,and tasty food.I had fallen in love with Ireland all over again. 56.What can we learn about the author from paragraphs 1 to 3? A.She met a childhood friend from Ireland that year. B.She and that Englishman both had Irish ancestors. C.She took package tours and long-distance flights every year. D.She explored the Wild Atlantic Way with her family members. 57.The giant white stones were important during WWII because A.the Battle of the Atlantic took place right close to them B.weather information from the UK was sent through them C.they functioned as reference points to aircrews in the RAF D.they ranked at the top in the 83 LOPs around the Irish coast 58.The expression "revolted against"in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to A.worried about B.passed on C.celebrated D.disobeyed 59.Which might be the best title of the passage? A.A Global Journey B.Discovering Undiscovered Donegal C.Happy Holidays D.Escaping from the West Midlands (B) Fact or Myth? Popular beliefs about sleep and the brain have circulated for generations.Let's examine three common claims and discover what science really tells us WAKING A SLEEPWALKER IS BAD FOR THEIR HEALTH ① Sleepwalking typically occurs during the non-rapid eye movement stage of sleep.Several factors can lead to walking while sleeping,including alcohol use,stress and even brain injury. However,there is a genetic explanation for sleepwalking.Studies have shown that children with one or both sleepwalking parents are 40 to 60 per cent more likely to sleepwalk themselves.As for the consequences of waking a sleepwalker,there is no evidence that it will hurt or harm him,but will likely cause disorientation and confusion. 第6页共11页 扫描全能王创建 可接只 LYING ON YOUR BACK MAKES YOU SNORE MORE ② Snoring,mamely breathing noisily,is caused by airflow being restricted through the body's airways-during sleep.When you lie on your back,gravity pulls tissues that surround your airways downwards,narrowing them.As.air passes through the passage through the nose,ft causes tissue to vibrate (with every breath and can create a snoring sound.When you sleep on your side this tissue doesn't move downwards,opcning up the airways and reducing the volume of snoring. YOU ONLY USE TEN PERCENT OF YOUR BRAIN ⑧ This common theory in question dates back to the early 1900s,when the philosopher and founder of American psychology William James suggested that we only use a small portion of our potential.In a 1907 paper titled The Energies of Men,James wrote:"We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources."It's sustained by a book How to Win Friends and Influence People,where American writer Lowell Thomas wrote that the "professor William James of Harvard used to say-that the average person develops only ten per cent of his potential mental ability".However,the truth is that your brain is firing on all cylinders()and not limited to just ten percent of its power. 60.Which section of a magazine does this passage probably belong to? A.Educational features. B.Medical science. C.Psychology forum. D.Classified ads. 61.Which of the following pictures best illustrates SNORING SCIENCE? A. B Sneeze hard palate (硬罔) 1.Your heart stops. 2.Your face explodes Tongue pushes up against the hard 3.Disease sprays out of your mouth. palate to move the food into the The result-You get germs on other people oropharynx(口咽). and they respond with "Bless you". C. D. Air fow Soft palate Tongue blocks nas airway Opened Upper Airway 第7页共11页 扫描全能王创建 62.Which of the following best fits into the numbered blanks①_②-③？ A.MYTH-FACT-FACT B.FACT-MYTH-FACT C.MYTH-FACT-MYTH D.FACT-MYTH-MYTH (C) New research shows that the Chumash,a Native American group in modern-day California, may have invented the earliest known form of moncy in the Amoricas around 2000 years ago, using shell beads ()This predates previous evidencc of money in the region,challenging traditional views about the origins of curtency,The Chumash crafted these beads from the shells of purple dwarfolive sea snail沾（紫矮星撒榄海螺），and whilo it was believed that their monetary use began about 800 years ago,Lynn Gamble of the University of California,Santa Barbara, suggests a much earlier start. Gamble outlines four characteristics to identify ancient money:it must be labor-intensive to produce,not necessarily decorative,standardized in physical dimensions,and widely distributed. Upon analysis,Gamble found that both the saucer-shaped beads from 2000 years ago and the cup- shaped beads from 800 years ago met these criteria.The saucer-shaped beads,in particular, showed a higher degree of standardization and were found throughout Califomia,suggesting an advanced system of trade and currency predating that of known civilizations like the Mayans,who used cotton textiles and cacao beans as currency 1400 years ago. The research stimulates debate among scholars about the definition and origins of money. Critics,such as Robert Rosenswig,argue that without evidence of a systemic function within a taxation system,the presence of currency-like objects does not confirm the existence of money He believes Gamble's findings convincingly show Chumash money dates back 800 years,but remains doubtful about the 2000-year claim due to the lack of understanding of the societal structures at that time. However,this _perspective is challenged by those who advocate for a broader definition of money,one that involves non-state societies and does not only focus on Eurasian history as the benchmark for economic systems.The discovery implies that the Chumash,operating as a complex hunter-gatherer society,could have developed a form of money without the structured levels of authority traditionally associated with its creation and use. This new analysis not only highlights the Chumash's innovative use of shell beads as currency but also broadens the scope of inquiry into the development of economic systems across different societies.The debate over the definition and origins of money continues,but Gamble's research offers a strong argument for reconsidering how and where money first emerged. 63.What can be learned about the shel!beads used by the Chumash? A.They were expensive to produce. B.They served decorative purposes as well. C.They had unrform physical characteristics. D They were exclusively used by the authority. 64.What does "this perspective"in paragraph 4 refer to? A.Gamble ignored other currency-like objects that existed in the Chumash society. B.Gamble's findings proved that the Chumash used beads as money 800 years ago. 第8页共页 扫描全能王创建 可只 C.The Chumash beads from 2000 years ago shouldn't be considered a form of money. D.The Chumash society had no fixed socictal structures like other tribes at that time. 65.It can be inferred from the passage that traditionally,money. A.first emerged in Europe B.is associated with state-like societies C.also exists in a hunter-gatherer society D.is not a part of formal systems of taxation 66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A.So,What Is Money? B.The Original Money C.How Money Evolved D.Using Money Innovatively Section C Directions:Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need. A.But what if a loud noise occurs someplace an animal really needs to be? B.Animals face the same challenges when humans add noise to their environments. C.But the sounds we create,particularly with our ships,add to the underwater noise. D.Underwater noise can be deadly in some cases. E.We know very little about how these animals live and how they respond to noise. P.As large ships carry goods to ports around the world,their motors are noisy just like trucks on a highway. Noise at Sea Imagine that you're standing in a noisy gym.Other kids are playing and cheering.It's so loud that even if your friend tried to warn you about a basketball headed toward the back of your head, you wouldn't hear her.67 "The biggest problem is not that sound will harm fish and whales physically,but that they won't be able to hear important messages,"says Arthur Popper,a professor in the University of Maryland."The extra noise can change how these animals relate to their environment,"he says. "It affects their ability to get the world around them." Humans add a variety of sounds to the oceans.68 Human military and fishing ships use sonar,a tool that bounces sound waves off of objects in the ocean to find out what's nearby.Seismic air guns are tools that use compressed(被压缩的)air to create loud noises, sending waves like earthquakes through the ocean floor. 69Scientists became particularly interested in the problem of noise in the ocean after several events in which whales washed up on beaches and became stranded ()These strandings happened when naval ships had been using sonar nearby.Some of the whales died,but scientists still don't understand exactly what happened to them.The sound might have been like nails on a chalkboard to the whales,Ketten says,leading them to flee the ocean. Whale strandings related to sound are rare,though.In the vast ocean,animals can often escape from loud noises safely,by simply swimming away.70 If it's too noisy where humpback whales feed,or if loud noises steer sea turtles off course,we could change how they live -and whether they survive. Many marine mammals and sea turtles,and some species of fish,are endangered.We can't stop all our drilling,construction,and sonar just to protect them.But an agency,the National 第9页共11页 只▣ 扫描全能王创建 可只 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,has written guidelines so that human activities have as little impact as possible on these animals. IV.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. 7l. Shyness If you suffer shyness,you are not alone.It is not surprising that social scientists are exploring its environmental causes. The first environmental cause of shyness may be a child's home and family life.Today's children are growing up smaller and smaller families,with fewer and fewer relatives living nearby. Growing up in homes in which both parents work full time,children may not have the socializing experience of frequent visits by neighbours and friends.Because of their lack of social skills,they may begin to feel shy when they start school. A second environmental cause of shyness in an individual may be one's culture.In a large study conducted in Japan,57 percent of participants rated themselves as shy.Researchers Lynne Henderson and Philip Zimbardo say,"One explanation is that in Japan,an individual's performance success is credited externally to parents,grandparents,teachers,coaches,and others, while failure is entirely blamed on the person."Therefore,Japanese learn not to take risks in public and rely instead on group-shared decisions. Technology may also play a role.In the United States,the number of young people who report being shy has risen from 40 percent to 50 percent in recent years.Due to our huge advances in technology,watching television,playing video games,and surfing the Web have replaced recreational activities that involve social interaction for many young people.Adults,too,are becoming isolated as a result of technology.Face-to-face interactions with bank clerks or gas station attendants are no longer necessary because people can use machines to do their banking, fill their their gas tanks,and order goods.In short,they become shy. It appears that most people have experienced shyness at some time in their lives.Therefore,if you are shy,you have lots of company. V.Translation Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets. 72.上网时，请务必注意保护好个人隐私。(sure) 73.不会熟练使用手机的花牛人不在少数，所以要对他们多一点耐心。(patient) 74.山水画描绘自然之美，京剧讲述世间故事，二者都象征着灿烂的中华传统文化。(which) 75.正是无数战士的牺牲铸就了永不褪色的长征(the Long March)精神，激励着一代又一代中 国青年攻坚克难，走好自已的长征路。) 第10页共11页 餐 扫描全能王创建 VI.Guided Writing Directioas:HrieamBnglchconmposiicninI20.-/50wodaccordingotieimstnctiosge below in Chinese. 76.假设你是明启中学高三学生李华，你校即将举行主题为An Ordinary but Special Gi的展 览，达请每位同学提供一件物品参展，并捷写展品介绍供参观者阅览。请用英语操写一篇属 品介绍，内容须包括 (I)对该物品的简要描述： (②)你选择该物品参展的原因。 扫描全能王创建