2024年朝阳区高三上学期期末英语试卷及答案（教师版）

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2024.1
(考试时间90分钟 满分100分)
本试卷共 10 页。考生务必在答题卡指定区域作答，在试卷上作答无效。
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Gardening changed hw I see myself as a disabled wman. When I started gardening in 2018, I didn’t knw anything abut plants, let alne hw t grw things we can eat. I thught gardening required a lt f 1 tasks. As I have a genetic (遗传的) cnditin that causes my bnes t 2 easily, I didn’t believe I culd cmplete them. The thught f taking care f plants in a wheelchair every day made me feel 3 . But just like hw I gradually learnt everything else as a disabled persn, I had t 4 hw t garden my way.
That first seasn, I visited my garden as much as I culd. Nticing my interest in gardening, my neighbrs in the cmmunity 5 ffered me advice and supprt. Under their careful 6 , I managed t pull up the weeds and watered my plants n my wn. Finally, I was s prud t eat the tmates I grew and even shared sme with neighbrs. They tasted like summertime.
Gardening has 7 hw I see ther parts f my life. As a disabled wman, I fear being seen as a 8 and struggle t ask fr the things I need. Gardening helped me nrmalize the fact that I have needs. I dn’t think my plant is a heavy lad because it needs mre nutritin. I dn’t 9 it fr getting insects and nt being able t fight against them. Gardening als helped me expand my scial circle and grw clse t peple in ur cmmunity.
Over the years, gardening has made me feel mre cnfident in every aspect f my life. I’m planting what I want t grw, and I have gained a lt f 10 frm that.
1. A. simpleB. physicalC. pleasantD. urgent
2. A. changeB. rest C. breakD. mve
3. A. anxiusB. expectantC. mtivatedD. bred
4. A. lk verB. shw ffC. bring backD. figure ut
5. A. suddenlyB. readilyC. hesitantlyD. casually
6. A. bservatinB. checkC. discussinD. guidance
7. A. impactedB. ruinedC. cntrlledD. recrded
8. A. supprtB. cmfrtC. burdenD. threat
9. A. appreciateB. faultC. challengeD. frgive
10. A. justiceB. accessC. weightD. pwer
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
A
I was brn with a prnunced facial prblem. Because f that, I have undergne many cruel cmments. One day, while 11 (shp), I was apprached by a wman I didn’t knw. Standing still, I was ready fr a rude remark. But the lady smiled and said, “This gift card is fr yu, beautiful girl, s yu can buy smething special fr ` (yu) .” I am s thankful t that wman fr reminding me beauty 13 (cme) in all frms.
B
China has a large number f glbal cultural heritage (遗产) sites 14 (recgnize) by UNESCO. Over the past decades, great effrts 15 (make) by the cuntry t preserve them. These cultural heritage sites enrich ur daily lives in cuntless ways, 16 we experience them directly r thrugh the medium f a cnnected device. We believe that China 17 (apply) mdern technlgies t the restratin and preservatin f mre cultural heritage sites in the years t cme.
C
Psychlgical prcesses and mental wellbeing are vital t cnsistently high degrees f sprting perfrmance fr athletes at all levels. Sprts psychlgy is the study f 18 psychlgical factrs influence athletic perfrmance. Althugh it is a 19 (relative) new discipline, sprts psychlgy is nw widely accepted as ffering an imprtant advantage 20 ppnents. T prvide athletes with the mental supprt they need, a sprts psychlgist needs t cnsider their feelings, behavir and lives beynd.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共 14 小题；每小题2 分，共 28 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Wrld Learning (WL) Yuth Prgrams bring internatinal high schl age yuth t the US fr shrt-term leadership prgrams and exchanges t develp their meaningful and memrable learning experiences. We have mre than 1,000 yuth participants n ver 20 prgrams each year.
WL Yuth Prgrams seek leaders wh are respnsible fr wrking with yung peple and leading high schl exchange prgrams. Leaders deliver educatinal cntent and are knwledgeable in the design and delivery f active wrkshps. Leaders als represent WL in US dmestic hst cmmunities, and at times verseas, and manage partner relatinships with integrity and prfessinalism.
Qualificatins fr the Applicants
 Yu are flexible, energetic, and pr-active team players.
 Yu enjy spending time with high schl students.
 Yu are willing t put the participants’ learning and develpment ahead f yur wn
experience.
 Yu are ready fr an intense, challenging, and rewarding prgramming experience.
 Yu have a high level f scial and emtinal intelligence.
 Yu demnstrate crss-cultural sensitivity and skills in cmmunicatin.
 Yu bring a wide variety f backgrunds and scial identities.
 Yu are an educatr.
Apply t becme a WL Yuth Prgram Leader
If interested, yu can cntact grupleaders@wrldlearning.rg fr questins abut ur 2024 applicatin prcess.
21. What is the aim f WL Yuth Prgrams?
A. T develp the leadership f high schl students.
B. T ffer yung peple an pprtunity t wrk in US.
C. T train participants t be WL Yuth Prgrams leaders.
D. T seek individuals t cntribute t WL Yuth Prgrams.
22. If selected as a WL Yuth Prgrams leader, ne will ______.
A. hst cmmunity events representing WL
B. be devted t the field f yuth develpment
C. help participants learn knwledge abut designing wrkshps
D. manage WL Yuth Prgrams with integrity and prfessinalism
23. Accrding t the passage, applicants are required t ______.
A. have verseas wrk experience
B. value the develpment f participants
C. majr in crss-cultural cmmunicatin
D. tell the participants’ different scial identities
B
Wrking at a bank in New Yrk City in the mid-2010s, Anna Sacks was living the life—just nt the life she wanted. Sure, she was happy. But she wanted t d smething that felt imprtant.
Sme peple seeking meaning might read a self-help bk r perhaps vlunteer a few hurs a week. Sacks packed up her life and mved t Cnnecticut t participate in Adamah, a farming prgram that fcuses n sustainable living and grwing sustainable fd. When she returned t New Yrk, her life was with a new purpse and a variety f new skills t make her dreams a reality.
“One f the things that really stuck with me frm Adamah was hw little waste they prduced and hw they handled the waste they did have, primarily thrugh cmpsting (堆肥),” she says. “And I just thught, ‘Why aren’t we ding that here?’” The Adamah prgram pened Sacks’ eyes t the damage cnsumer culture is ding n a lcal, natinal, and glbal level, and the need t find slutins. S in 2017, she began what she calls “trash walking”.
During turs arund her cmmunity, Sacks picks thrugh garbage t lk fr reusable items. Sn, her “trash walking” expanded t include crprate trash alng with residential trash. Surprisingly, she discvered a wide range f really great stuff—like clthing, decratins, and fd—all f which she dcuments n TikTk.
Under the name The Trash Walker, Sacks quickly gained ppularity fr her vides that highlight the prblems with cnsumerism. “The rt issue is verprductin, which leads t vercnsumptin, which leads t a large amunt f waste,” she says.
The fact is, cmpanies ften chse t trash items rather than give them away t peple wh might need them. A big reasn fr this waste is the way ur current tax laws are structured, Sacks says. Sellers wh destry gds can claim the cst as a lss n their taxes and be refunded. If they give away gds, they can claim nly a small amunt as a charitable reductin n their taxes.
Sacks’ main fcus is simply getting peple t pay attentin t hw many unnecessary things they buy and then thrw away. “Once yu becme aware f the way yu cnsume, yu can see ways yu imprve,” she says.
24. Anna Sacks packed up her life and left New Yrk t ______.
A. lead a healthy lifestyle B. bserve hw t grw fd
C. pursue a meaningful life D. vlunteer t wrk in a bank
25. What impressed Anna Sacks mst abut the Adamah prgram?
A. The imprtance f trash walking.
B. The sustainable fd peple prduced.
C. The hard truth abut cnsumer culture.
D. The way peple there dealt with the waste.
26. What makes cmpanies prefer t thrw ut gds as trash?
A. The tax reductin. B. The quality f gds.
C. The tax refund. D. The verprductin.
27．What can we learn frm Anna Sacks’ stry?
A. Cnsumer culture accunts fr wasting.
B. Crprate trash utweighs residential trash.
C. Trash walking is the key t becming wealthy.
D. Turning t farming leads t sustainable living.
C
We ften think f fingerprints as the tiny arched patterns n the tip f each finger. They are regarded as special markers f human identity, even mre individualized than DNA. But new research suggests ur brains have “fingerprints” that are equally unchanging and unique t each persn.
With mdern neurimaging (神经影像) techniques, scientists can track yur brain’s distinct signature cmpsed f tens f thusands f electrical signals that cmmunicate acrss the brain. The final prduct is a picture f brain’s electrical activity that is detailed, distinct and difficult t change. Accrding t Zack Y. Shan, head f the neurimaging platfrm at the Thmpsn Institute, “The brain is a symphny rchestra (交响乐团).” Each regin plays a unique instrument and adapts t wrk with nearby tunes at the same time. This cperatin leads t ur thughts and actins. “And n tw symphnies sund exactly alike,” Shan adds.
A recent study published in Sleep maps the extent f this neurdiversity thrugh EEG snapshts (脑电图快照), which describe the sleeping brain’s electrical activity as wavy lines. Led by Michael Prerau, a prfessr f medicine at Harvard Medical Schl, the researchers analyzed brainwave data f sleep spindles, ne t tw secnds evident neural activity assciated with ur ability t turn shrt-term memries int lng-term memries.
Fr Dara S. Manach, a c-authr f the Sleep study and prfessr f psychlgy at Harvard Medical Schl, the sleeping brain is a “new frntier” fr studying the treatment f memry prblems in neurlgical disrders. She ntes that lack f sleep spindle activities has been linked t different mental diseases like epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. S, the researchers cmpared tw nights f sleep recrdings frm healthy participants t thse with Alzheimer’s disease. Their analysis revealed that their bradened apprach t analyzing sleep spindles als culd unearth new bilgical indicatrs fr Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s a first step t better understanding hw the disrder perates and develping targeted treatments,” Manach says.
Mrever, brain fingerprints may ffer inspiratins that traditinal therapeutic (治疗性的) bservatin can’t. Patients with different diseases can have similar symptms. “That’s where neurimaging cmes int play. Brain fingerprints are windws int distinguishing between tw patients wh seem identical,” explains Dan Hermens, a prfessr f neurbilgy at the Thmpsn Institute.
In the wake f increasing reprts f mental disrders, there is therapeutic prmise. Brain fingerprinting culd ffer a ptential way ut f the dark chapter and prvide new pssibilities fr the mental health crisis using best evidence-based practices t vercme it.
28. What can we learn abut the brain’s “fingerprint”?
A. It can track electrical signals in the brain.
B. It refers t the pattern f the surface f the brain.
C. It cnstructs an individualized map f brain structure.
D. It shws the unique image f the brain’s electrical activity.
29. Accrding t the passage, the sleeping brain is a “new frntier” because ______.
A. recrding brain fingerprints enhances memry
B. brainwave data can identify specific mental illnesses
C. EEG can frm bilgical indicatrs fr human identity
D. neurimaging prevents the develpment f mental disrders
30. Which wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. Sleep Fingerprints Predict Disease Occurrence
B. Sleeping Brains: Ideas and Actins Cntrlled
C. Sleep Fingerprints: Brain Identity Revealed
D. Sleeping Brains Uncver Memry Cdes
D
The Age f Infrmatin is mushrming, perhaps even bulging. If yu tried t dwnlad all the data available tday, yu’d need mre than 180 millin years t d s. But yu are wrng t assume that all this infrmatin wuld stimulate a bst f innvatin t match the utput f data. Indeed, the last time we fund urselves in a perid f significant innvatin, pursuing the ideas with the biggest spark, was mre than 120 years ag, in a perid called the Age f Insight.
Innvatins, bth big and small, start with a new idea. Often, these ideas ccur as a mment f insight—the result f a nvel cnnectin in ur brains made between existing and new infrmatin. Studies shw insights invlve quiet signals deep in the brain, just under the surface f awareness. Anything that helps us ntice quiet signals, such as taking breaks between meetings, nly adpting necessary learning appraches r aviding distractins like scial media, can increase the chance f insights. Hwever, it’s becming mre challenging t find thse quiet signals with the increasing use f technlgy, filling every mment with emergencies and an endless supply f cntent.
Besides, we als want t increase the quality f them—t be able t srt thrugh big new ideas and find the nes that have real value, which can be hard t measure. Launched in 2015, the Eureka Scale (尤里卡量表) allws us t assess the strength f ur insight experiences n a five-pint scale, which is marked by intense emtins, mtivatin, memry advantage, aftershcks, and fllwing ideas. The Scale cmbines these five variables int a single value and allws us t define the imprtance f a new idea. The level-5 insight, invlving the richest emtin, mtivatin, and lasting impact, hlds the greatest significance.
Because insights are ne f the best ways t drive engagement, innvatin, and behavir change, the Eureka Scale has brad applicatins fr measuring and imprving individual and rganizatinal perfrmance. Mre imprtantly, it can be used t measure the impact f different kinds f wrk envirnments and learning appraches n participants’ grwth—bth in the mment r afterward.
In rder fr rganizatins t benefit frm anther age f insight, it’s nt enugh t try t access mre data r increase the number f insights we generate. Instead, it’s abut making space fr the biggest ideas t emerge frm all the infrmatin. Using the shared language f the Eureka Scale as a way t measure hw imprtant ideas are, relative t each ther, will enable better decisin-making tward practical and cmpetitive utcmes. And if we’re t enter a new age f insight, we must design ur envirnments t allw fr the best insight pssible t surface.
31. What des the underlined wrd “bulging” in Paragraph 1 prbably mean?
A. Stabilizing. B. Explding. C. Shifting. D. Cllapsing.
32. Accrding t the passage, hw can the pssibility f insights be increased?
A. By engaging in nging scial media interactins.
B. By relying n technlgy t receive regular ntices.
C. By stepping away frm cmputers between meetings.
D. By participating in additinal training and caching sessins.
33. What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. The Eureka Scale cntrls the influence f ur insights.
B. Pssessing minimal emtinal respnses is a level-5 insight.
C. Bth the quantity and quality f insights are essential t innvatin.
D. A breakthrugh has been made in innvatin due t a wealth f infrmatin.
34. What is the authr’s attitude twards the current envirnment fr innvatins?
A. Uncertain. B. Optimistic. C. Uncncerned. D. Dissatisfied.
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题2 分，共 10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
When yu g t cncerts, yu expect yur favrite musician t perfrm amazingly n stage. But yu may have nticed smething curius that mst musicians dn’t just play with their fingers. They als invlve bdy mvements that fit the sng’s beat r dance fllwing the music. 35 The facial expressins musicians shw when playing may seem strange r crazy t an utsider, but all that pulling faces might actually serve a purpse.
Firstly, playing a musical instrument usually requires intense fcus and cncentratin. 36 Their facial expressins can be a demnstratin f the intense emtins and physical effrt that g hand-in-hand with musical perfrmance. They’re ften subcnscius—in fact, many f us will pull strange faces when we’re deeply invlved in an activity we care abut.
37 Musicians have a strng emtinal cnnectin with the music they perfrm. They ften use their facial expressins t express the md and interpretatin f the music, which creates a mre engaging musical experience. While facial expressins may nt directly make smene a better musician, they might cntribute t the verall artistry f the music.
Perfrming live music is a rather stressful experience, s it culd be that the perfrmer is expressing thse nerves thrugh their face—biting the bttm lip, fr example. Luckily, nerves will ften g away sn after a musician starts perfrming. 38
The facial expressins bviusly t sme extent express the perfrmer’s inner wrld. Anther interesting thing is that making facial expressins can have a physilgical impact n the musician’s perfrmance. Sme research suggests that certain facial mvements can activate specific muscles and imprve muscle harmnizatin. 39 Hwever, it’s imprtant t nte that this relatinship is still nt well understd, and the extent t which facial expressins directly impact musical cmpetence is a subject f nging investigatin.
A. When yu’re really fcused, yu dn’t care abut the utside wrld.
B. Amng them the part f the bdy that best exhibits this is bviusly the face.
C. They likely wn’t be the main cause fr thse strange faces thrughut a perfrmance.
D. Such effects are particularly helpful in cntrlling muscles when playing an instrument.
E. Facial expressins can als help musicians cmmunicate emtins and artistic expressin.
F. Musicians are ften vercme with emtin frm the music itself r the reactin f the crwd.
G. Musicians ften enter a state f “flw”, where they becme cmpletely absrbed in the music
they’re creating.
第三部分 书面表达（共两节，32分）
第一节（共 4 小题；第 40、41 题各2 分，第 42 题3 分，第 43 题5 分，共 12 分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
Jkes and humr are ften cnsidered unimprtant. This is understandable: they are, by definitin, nt serius. Yet jkes and humr are beneficial fr health thrugh their stress-relieving prperties. Fr example, they can stimulate bld circulatin and aid muscle relaxatin, bth f which can help reduce stress.
But why d we respnd, in pwerful and rewarding ways, t things that are bjectively meaningless? Scientists have spent years studying hw humr wrks in the brain and n the varius types f jkes that prduce it.
Puns, the mst familiar type f jkes, are where specific elements f language cnvey different meanings at nce. Fr example, “Why did the glfer wear tw pairs f trusers? In case he gt a hle in ne.” Here “hle in ne” has tw pssible interpretatins: ne pair is damaged r smene’s ball ges int the hle the first time he hit it. We may nt actually laugh at them, but their simplicity and familiarity make mst peple recgnize the humr in puns. Therefre, the brain’s humr prcesses are still engaged.
Hw des humr arise frm the brain? Our brains have develped a system t recgnize when things dn’t match expectatins. If nrmality is verturned, it means we dn’t knw what’s ging t happen, which creates tensin. Hwever, the system that recgnizes incngruity (不一致) als reslves it, by prviding an explanatin, r at least a cnfirmatin that the incngruity has n negative cnsequences. This remves the uncertainty, easing the tensin. After that, we learn smething new and expand ur mental mdel, experiencing a rewarding feeling.
Basically, thanks t these cmplex systems in ur brains, humr cmes frm smething being surprising, unexpected r wrng in sme way, as lng as the incngruity is reslved withut negative cnsequences. If the incngruity is nt reslved, humr is absent. If the answer t “Why did the glfer wear tw pairs f trusers?” is “in case the metal eagle that lives in his gld bag attacks him”, that’s nt funny. This wuld explain why unreal humr is ften hard t get right.
40. What is the benefit f jkes and humr?
41. Why can peple recgnize the humr in puns?
42. Please decide which part is false in the fllwing statement, then underline it and explain why.
➢ Peple can wrk ut humr frm smething being surprising, unexpected r wrng in sme way, as lng as the incngruity remains unslved.
43. Apart frm the benefit mentined in the passage, what ther benefit(s) can yu get frm humr?
(In abut 40 wrds)
第二节（20分）
假如你是红星中学高三学生李华。你班将在寒假组织一次以“北京城里看中国”为主题的文化研学活动，为期一天。请你用英文写一封信邀请你校国际部交换生 Jim 来参加，
内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动安排。
注意：1．词数 100 左右；
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Yurs,
Li Hua
(请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内)
参考答案
第一部分 知识运用（共两节，30 分）
第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B
6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. D
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
11. shpping 12. yurself 13. cmes 14. recgnized 15. have been made 16. whether 17. will apply 18. hw 19. relatively 20. ver
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38 分）
第一节（共14小题；每小题2分，共28分）
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. D
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
35. B 36. G 37. E 38. C 39. D
第三部分（共两节，32 分）
第一节 （共4小题；第40、41题各2分，第42题3分，第43题5分，共12分）
40. Jkes and humr are beneficial fr health thrugh their stress-relieving prperties.
41. Because f puns’ simplicity and familiarity.
42. Peple can wrk ut humr frm smething being surprising, unexpected r wrng in sme
way, as lng as the incngruity remains unslved.
Peple can wrk ut humr frm smething being surprising, unexpected r wrng in sme way, as lng as the incngruity is reslved withut negative cnsequences.
43.
1) Having a gd sense f humr can imprve my cmmunicatin skills. It can help me express
myself mre effectively and cnnect with thers. Besides, using humr requires me t take sudden shifts in perspective r thinking patterns, which helps bst my creativity.
2) Humr can make me mre likable. It can help me break the ice in scial ccasins, ease tense mments and have psitive interactins with thers, thus making me a mre enjyable persn t be arund.
第二节（20分） Pssible versin : Dear Jim,
Hw is everything ging recently? Our class is ging t rganize a ne-day cultural tur themed “Reading China in Beijing” during this winter vacatin in rder t explre the traditinal Chinese culture, s I am very excited t invite yu in.
Our first stp will be the Chinese Traditinal Culture Museum. Rebuilt in 2022, the museum prvides rare chances fr visitrs t appreciate highly skilled traditinal arts and crafts up clse, such as delicate wdcarvings and prcelain. After that, we will have a city walk arund the Beijing Hutngs, where we can be immersed int the real traditin f Chinese culture.
I am sure this cultural tur will nt let yu dwn. If yu have any questins, dn’t hesitate t ask me.
Yurs,
Li Hua