上海复旦大学附属中学2025-2026学年第一学期高二年级英语学科12月第三次阶段性教学质量评估试卷

复旦大学附属中学2025学年第一学期 高二年级英语学科12月第三次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Maximise your recycling Contrary to common belief, not all plastics can be recycled. A 2018 study from the University of Leeds found that only 16 per cent of household plastics 1          (collect) for recycling ended up being sent for processing. According to Dr Sharon George, lecturer in green technology and environmental sustainability at Keele University, many local authorities don't have the facilities 2          (recycle) all types of plastic, and so much of the waste ends up being burnt in waste-to-energy plants instead. According to George, we need to make sure that the right things are getting recycled just 3         being a little bit careful. Plastic recycling 4         easily be contaminated (污染) with the wrong type of plastic. "A lot of waste gets rejected because it's been contaminated with plastic or other materials 5         shouldn't be in there," George says. Food packaging is especially easy to contaminate. "This is a big reason the value of the waste goes down," says George. "It can be contaminated by 6          (not wash) out." Removing the contaminants from the rest of the material also 7          (cause) problems: according to an analysis of recycling contamination by analytics firm Croner-I, attempting to remove a single contaminant takes several kilograms of recyclable material along with 8         . The biggest thing you can do is be aware of 9         can and can't be recycled in your local area, says George. Don't assume that something can be recycled just 10         it's plastic. "That definitely makes it worse. That can then potentially mean that a whole collection then gets rejected, and either burnt or sent to landfill," she explains. 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. debate B. obviously C. minimized D. digits E. feasible F. initially G. sales H. applied I. criticized J. inevitable K. basis Criticisms of Space Tourism Space tourism is actually not a new or even a 21st-century concept. NASA imagined the possibility of space tourism back in the 1970s. Space tourism was 11          a hopeful concept, one focused on increasing access for ordinary citizens to visit space. However, the modern space tourism industry looks different as early ticket 12          by Virgin Galactic ranged from $200,000-$250,000; Blue Origin has not announced ticket prices, but it recently sold one seat for $28 million as part of a charity sale. This 13          prices access to space well outside the range of all but the extremely wealthy; it's one of the primary criticisms of space tourism today. Part of the reason spaceflight is so expensive is that just a few people are carried at a time. "If you want to get the price from $250,000 down to four 14         , like an airline, you have to spread it over far more bodies," says Ron Epstein, an aerospace analyst. But it might be decades before companies get to that point. The costs for fuel and energy currently don't make it 15          to offer space travel to large numbers of people. Another complaint is that the funds spent on spaceflight might be better spent elsewhere such as solving problems here on Earth. Alan Ladwig, a writer, says this commentary is not without 16          – or historical precedent (先例) as people said the same thing about NASA. "There has been criticism that money spent in space would be better 17          to other societal needs. This has been a matter of 18          for a range of space activities for the past 60 years and is not likely to change regardless of what happens with space tourism," he says. And several items we take for granted like memory foam and scratch-resistant eyeglass lenses, came from NASA inventions. Finally, space tourism is 19          for its environmental impact. "The most often talked about 'harm' involves pollution caused by black carbon from some spacecraft engines," Ladwig explains. "Virgin Galactic has 20          this problem, saying its impact on climate change is minor and that it also plans to invest in sustainable fuels for the future. Blue Origin's engines rely on liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that burn as water vapor. However, critics note that it still takes electricity to manufacture the fuels." 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. The Thai government intends to further deepen its digital cooperation with Chinese technology company Huawei, senior Thai officials said at a cloud event held in Bangkok this week. During the Powering Digital Thailand 2022 on Nov 17-19, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said digital infrastructure (基础设施), such as 5G, is crucial to Thailand's 21          and social development, especially for the country's post-pandemic economic 22         . Badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism-reliant nation registered an economic reduction of 6.1 percent last year, the worst in more than 20 years. However, the pandemic has significantly speeded the 23          of digital technologies in Thailand, where Chinese tech companies have 24          advantages. During the pandemic, Huawei used its technology to help local hospitals implement systems for automated medical supply, AI-backed 25          and remote treatment, which greatly improved the 26          of hospitals and made healthcare more 27         . Fueled by Thailand's digital roadmap, Huawei has focused on helping the country build 20,000 5G stations in the past two years. 28         , Thailand has more than 4.2 million 5G subscribers, leading in 5G adoption among ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. Another strength of Huawei has been its cloud capabilities. Deng Feng, general manager of Huawei Thailand, said Huawei Cloud is the only cloud service 29          with local data centers in Thailand, considering that data localization is a key trend of global enterprises due to government regulations as well as security concerns. He emphasized that Huawei will support Thailand's low-carbon and digital development in the future in four areas, including expanding 5G coverage and usage, providing cloud services, creating low-carbon development with digital energy, and 30          industry talents. Thai Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn expressed his hopes for 31          cooperation between the Thai government and Huawei to 32          the country's digital economy, which is targeted to 33          30 percent of the GDP by 2030. According to a joint report released by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company earlier this month, Thailand's digital economy is expected to 34          $30 billion this year, up 51 percent, making it the second-largest market in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Huawei's Rotating Chairman Guo Ping said the company will continue 35          and building a tech ecosystem to facilitate faster digitalization in Asia-Pacific, and invest $100 million over the next three years to build a startup ecosystem in the region. 21. A. economic B. educational C. national D. industrial 22. A. crisis B. concerns C. tendency D. recovery 23. A. appreciation B. adoption C. industrialization D. significance 24. A. negative B. instructive C. competitive D. conclusive 25. A. discovery B. interview C. regulation D. diagnosis 26. A. efficiency B. localization C. construction D. symbolization 27. A. sensible B. accessible C. feasible D. remarkable 28. A. Irrelevantly B. Currently C. Respectively D. Fundamentally 29. A. instructor B. indicator C. provider D. adopter 30. A. discovering B. investing C. cultivating D. distinguishing 31. A. routine B. revolutionary C. reasonable D. comprehensive 32. A. facilitate B. propose C. integrate D. emphasize 33. A. appeal to B. account for C. add up D. strive to 34. A. sacrifice B. invest C. receive D. exceed 35. A. innovating B. qualifying C. purchasing D. postponing 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） Frida Kahlo was one of the most influential Latin American figures of the 20th century. As the daughter of a German father and a Mexican mother, she was born on July 6, 1907. She grew up in Coyoacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City. When she was seven, a viral disease called polio made her very sick, weakening the muscles in her right leg. While in school, Kahlo witnessed a number of bloody struggles between armed groups in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. It was essentially a fight for better living conditions for the disadvantaged. Because of her experiences in Mexico City, Kahlo became a strong supporter of peasants' rights. Later, in 1925, she was in a bus accident that broke her backbone, dislocated her shoulder, and caused other terrible injuries. To relieve the boredom of recovery and to help deal with the pain and sadness of the accident, she began to paint. In her paintings, Kahlo really explored her identity. Her work deals with her status as a woman, her mixed ancestry, her turbulent marriage to Mexican communist painter Diego Rivera, the pain of her injuries, and her commitment to revolutionary politics. Many people consider her paintings examples of surrealism, since much of what she painted was fantastical, but Kahlo never considered herself a surrealist. Kahlo's work is unique because she took the bright colors and dramatic symbolism of Mexican culture and combined them with traditions from European art. In the most famous painting called "Two Fridas," she paints two versions of herself, one in traditional Mexican clothes and another in European clothes of an earlier century. A vein (静脉) connects the hearts of the two women, and blood is dripping out from one end. This was painted just after she and Rivera got divorced. If you look closely, you can see that the Mexican Kahlo holds a portrait of Rivera. Symbols such as the exposed hearts and stormy sky suggest the pain that Kahlo felt. Check out how one of the hearts is broken, and the other one's whole. She seems to be suggesting that Rivera only loved the Mexican part of hers. In a lot of ways, Kahlo had an unhappy life. She died when she was only 47 years old. Her art is filled with sadness, but it also expresses pride in her Mexican heritage and the joy of being a woman. 36. What led Kahlo to support the rights of poor laborers? A. The fact that her father was a German migrant laborer. B. The time she spent working as a laborer during the 1920s. C. Her marriage to the Mexican nationalist painter Diego Rivera. D. Her experiences in Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution. 37. Place the following events in time order: ① Kahlo was hurt in a bus accident; ② Kahlo witnessed the Mexican Revolution; ③ Kahlo began painting. A. ① ② ③ B. ② ① ③ C. ② ③ ① D. ③ ① ② 38. The underlined word "turbulent" in Paragraph 3 most probably means _____. A. artistically well-matched B. fantastic and extremely loving C. filled with dramatic ups and downs D. very politically conscious 39. How were Frida Kahlo's paintings similar to those of the surrealists? A. They both focused on gender identity. B. They both promoted socialist politics. C. They both contained dreamlike imagery. D. They both combined Mexican and European art. （B） With Bookswap, you can give away the books you no longer need and exchange them for new ones that you want to read. The system was created by a team of book-lovers who want to spread the joy of reading throughout the community. Taking part in Bookswap is easy. If you would like to swap a book with someone living in the same neighborhood, simply leave the book on their doorstep after you have agreed on the exchange. The other person will do the same, leaving the book they have promised on yours. In this way, both of you get a new read without spending a penny. At the bookswap.co.uk website, visitors can list the books they would like to swap and look through the titles offered by other members. Once you find a book you fancy, you can contact its owner and arrange when and where to make the exchange. Joining the website is free of charge, and all the swapping activities are organized and run on a voluntary basis. Bookswapping is open to readers of all ages, and no experience is required. Apart from printed books, members also swap magazines, CDs and DVDs, so there is something for everyone. Why not join in and enjoy the fun of swapping? 40. What should Linda do if she would like to swap（交换）a Harry Potter book with her classmate Jenny who lives in the same neighborhood? A. Leave the book on Jenny's doorstep. B. Call the delivery service for help. C. Go to the post office to mail the book. D. Leave a note for Jenny to pick the book up. 41. At the bookswap.co.uk website, visitors can ________. A. share ideas on the titles they fancy reading B. check out the new books on sale C. list the books they would like to swap D. advertise their favorite books 42. Which of the following statements about swapping is TRUE? A. Swapping is restricted to books and related items. B. Swapping is organized and run on a voluntary basis. C. Swapping is open to school-aged children only. D. Swapping sets a great challenge for the participants. （C） From Smells to Soundtracks When a young sawfly, a bee-like insect, is threatened by its attackers like ants, it emits a mixture of unpleasant smells to defend itself. These emissions can seriously annoy a potential enemy. Scientists wanting to study these smelly compounds – to understand which aspects of them discourage attackers and why – face great challenges. Meetups between sawflies and ants in a lab are difficult to carry out. There is also a very limited quantity of the insects' emissions. On the side, Jean-Luc Boevé, a zoologist who studies insects, from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, is an amateur musician and composer. He decided to try a different way – the sound approach. "To be honest, I considered this project so unpractical myself that I set it aside," he said. It was months before Boevé and his partner, Rudi Giot, finally made a resolution to get started on it. They chose 16 sawfly species' emissions to translate into sounds. First, they figured out which molecules (分子) were present in each smelly compound and in what amounts. Then they assigned various characteristics of those molecules to matching properties of sound. For example, smaller molecules like a kind of acid found in vinegar, a sour-tasting liquid, evaporate (挥发) quickly, so Boevé and Giot assigned them sounds with higher pitch (音高). Larger molecules were given lower-pitched sounds. In all, the scientists created individual audio descriptions for 20 molecules. Then they combined the sounds of each molecule present in a sawfly's smell to construct the insect's soundtrack. If a molecule was of higher proportion in an emission, they assigned it a higher volume. In such a case, the smaller a molecule is, the higher its pitch will be; and the higher the proportion of a molecule is, the higher its volume will be. To test out the audio descriptions they created, Boevé and Giot examined people's reactions to the soundtracks and compared them to ants' reactions to the original smells. They played the 16 emission soundtracks and the 20 molecule sounds through speakers to about 50 study participants. Then the scientists measured how far people backed up to get to a "comfortable position" away from the noise. Most of the study volunteers told the researchers that the high pitch, as well as the high volume, was what made them withdraw. "Ants and volunteers moved away from a chemical and its matching soundtrack respectively," the researchers wrote. Boevé said he hoped the process would give other zoologists a new way to compare sawflies' chemical defenses with those from other insects. It may also offer researchers clues about which molecules fight off enemies most. 43. What do we know about Boevé from paragraph 2? A. He was devoted to the research for several months. B. He started a new approach after months' hesitation. C. He came up with a creative idea thanks to a composer. D. He was faced with difficulties in studying rare sawflies. 44. What can be concluded in terms of the sound approach? A. The volume of sounds is based on the proportion of molecules. B. Smaller molecules and lower pitch share similar characteristics. C. Audio descriptions of the molecules can be divided into 16 kinds. D. Participants were required to compare the sounds with the smells. 45. From paragraphs 4 and 5, we can learn that ____. A. the soundtracks are more than what humans are likely to bear B. the ants dislike the sounds as much as humans hate the smells C. humans' reactions to the sounds resemble ants' responses to the smells D. other zoologists are looking for innovative ways of studying molecules 46. This passage is mainly intended to ____. A. explain ways to transfer smells into soundtracks B. introduce research on sawfly's effect on humans C. demonstrate a scientific study on insects' smells D. test out people's reaction to various soundtracks 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. Gout(痛风): The Disease of Kings A. If you are a gout sufferer, you are not alone. B. No one knows what's behind the phenomenon. C. Nor is it any longer exclusive to rich white men. D. The foot is red and swollen, pounding like a heart. E. We might dismiss gout as a ghost from a fable, which it was. F. The tubercular's hollow cheeks were considered desirable look for women. Gout, once the disease of geniuses, conquerors and kings, now is affecting the masses. It comes at night, first as a fevered dream, then pain in darkness, the body turned rude animal. 47          So strong is the sensitivity of this swollen big toe that the faintest footstep of a sympathetic visitor is a gunshot straight to the nerve. It will not help, at such a moment, to recall that Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton reportedly suffered. 48          In the works of the 17th-century French poet, Gout falls onto a poor man and then, horrified by her host's ceaseless labor, moves on to a richer one. Surely it was a less enlightened, more hierarchical (等级制的) age. We can laugh at it from the safe distance of the present day. But the American critic Susan Sontag warned us against illness as myth. Gout is not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment, and it is highly curable if good treatment is followed. And the disease has not been limited to the past. 49          From the 1960s to the 1990s, the number of sufferers doubled in the United States, and that's continued to rise. It is tempting to see gout as an annoying angel come to punish greed. Mentioning the romantic aspect of tuberculosis(肺结核) in the 19th century, Sontag argued that gout was contrary to tuberculosis. The gout-ridden were guilty of eating too much, while those dying of tuberculosis were themselves consumed from the inside. During that period, turning thinner from tuberculosis was taken as a sign of elegance, with poets considered unreliable if they weighed more than a hundred pounds, and so "it became rude to eat heartily". Sontag also highlighted a strange social phenomenon. 50          Great men "grew fat, wrote novels and conquered continents." 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. Roughly 45 million Americans currently hold $1.6 trillion in student debt, with the average student-loan receiver owing between $20,000 and $25,000, according to the Federal Reserve. Among those actively making payments on their debt, the average monthly installment is between $200 and $300. And with 5.3 million more people unemployed than in February, right before the U.S. fell into the economic depression caused by the pandemic (流行病), some people say that student-debt forgiveness could be beneficial to the economy. "Student-debt cancellation feels like one of the most accessible executive actions to stimulate the economy at the moment," says Suzanne Kahn, director of education policy. Kahn says the move would also help close the wealth gap between white Americans and people of color. Some 90% of Black students and 72% of Latino students take out loans for college versus just 66% of white students, according to an analysis from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But others argue that sweeping student-loan forgiveness doesn't help the people who need aid most. Americans with college degrees, as a whole, have been less influenced by the economic effects of COVID-19 than their non-college-educated counterparts. Besides, they raise concerns that if the government wipes out current student loans, future college students may have a motivator to take on debts, hoping they will also be forgiven. Colleges may in turn tend to raise their prices further. What's clear, according to both sides of the aisle (过道), is that economic crises worsen the problem of student debt. The last time the U.S. dipped into a recession, state governments cut their investments in colleges and universities – which, in turn, raised their tuition prices and forced students to take on ever larger loans. In recent weeks, the government has walked a fine line on the issue, offering support for a bill calling for $10,000 worth of student-loan forgiveness but turning down anything close to a plan to issue $50,000 per borrower through executive action. That's not sustainable in the long run. It remains to be seen if the government can arrive at a political solution that is. IV. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 52. 我们有必要测量进入小区的每位来访者的体温。(It) 53. 简而言之，阅读鼓励读者不仅仅只是读印刷出来的文本。(encourage) 54. 坐落于金山区的上海乐高乐园(Shanghai Legoland)，已于11月17日动工，它将以8 个 主题片区和1 座主题酒店为特色。(feature) 55. 在交友时最好要牢记：第一印象未必总是可靠的，所以不要以貌取人。(keep...in mind) 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，你校计划组织一次周末社会实践活动，现给出两个方案听取意见： 方案A：去社区图书馆做志愿者（整理书籍、辅导儿童阅读，强调服务与耐心）； 方案B：去郊外湿地公园进行环保考察与清理（实地调研、垃圾分类，强调环保意识与自然探索）。 写一封邮件给学生会，内容须包括：1）你的选择；2）你的理由。 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2025学年第一学期 高二年级英语学科12月第三次阶段性教学质量评估试卷　答案 I. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 1. collected 2. to recycle 3. by 4. can 5. that 6. not being washed 7. causes 8. it 9. what 10. because Section B 11. F 12. G 13. B 14. D 15. E 16. K 17. H 18. A 19. I 20. C II. Reading Comprehension Section A 21. A 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C 31. D 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. A Section B 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. C 40. A 41. C 42. B 43. B 44. A 45. C 46. C Section C 47. D 48. E 49. C 50. F III. Summary Writing 51. America's huge student debt has led to calls for loan forgiveness, which supporters say would stimulate the economy and narrow the racial wealth gap. Critics argue that it is costly and unfair to those who repaid their loans. A balanced policy is needed to help borrowers without creating new inequities. IV. Translation 52. It is necessary to take the temperature of every visitor who comes into the community. 53. In short, reading encourages readers not just to read printed text. 54. Shanghai Legoland, located in Jinshan District and beginning construction on Nov. 17, will feature eight themed zones and a theme hotel. 55. When making friends, you'd better keep in mind that first impressions are not always reliable, so never judge a person by his appearance. V. Guided Writing 56. Dear Student Union, I am writing to share my thoughts on the upcoming weekend social practice. Were I to cast my vote, I would unhesitatingly opt for the environmental survey and cleanup at the suburban wetland park. Above all, hands-on environmental protection is far more indispensable than indoor volunteering for teenagers today. Not only does exploring the wetland immerse us in nature, but it also translates abstract ecological concepts into tangible actions. Should we participate in the cleanup, our environmental awareness would be significantly deepened. Beyond its educational value, this outdoor activity can substantially alleviate our academic stress. Rather than being confined to a quiet library, engaging in physical labor in a vibrant natural setting offers a refreshing escape. Such an immersive experience is undeniably more rewarding than merely sorting books indoors. Taking all these factors into account, while library service has its merits, fostering ecological responsibility should never be underestimated. Only by stepping outside our comfort zones can we truly make a meaningful difference. Yours sincerely, Li Ming 第 1 页 / 共 1 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $