上海市上海外国语大学附属外国语学校松江云间中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题

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I. Listening 略
II. Grammar and Vcabulary (25分)
Sectin A(共10分,每小题1分.)
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
Stephen Hawking: A superher scientist
"We are just an advanced breed f mnkeys n a minr planet f a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us smething very special." That’s (21)______ the wrld-famus physicist Stephen Hawking nce described humans.
The British scientist was best knwn fr his grundbreaking wrk in physics. Hawking’s ideas helped us understand the way the universe(22)______ (wrk), and made him famus arund the wrld. In 1985, he said, "My gal is simple. It is cmplete understanding f the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."
Brn in Oxfrd n 8 January 1942, Hawking was the ldest f fur children. As a student, he (23)______ (draw) t the wrld f physics and maths because he believed they ffered the best insights int the universe.
Aged21, when he was studying at university, Hawking was diagnsed with ALS, a frm f mtr neurne disease. When his illness left him unable t write, Hawking trained himself (24)______ (visualize) cmplex prblems in his mind instead. Scientists wh wrked with Hawking suggested that this way f thinking(25)______ (help) him cme up with his mst brilliant theries.
He wrte a number f best-selling bks, including A Brief Histry f Time, in(26)______ Hawking explains the science f csmlgy (the study f hw the universe began and then evlved) including hw black hles wrk. These cmplicated tpics were explained in a way that made (27)______ easier fr everyne t understand them.
Hawking’s illness didn’t stp him (28) ______ (try) new things. Fr his 65th birthday, Hawking experienced weightlessness n bard a specially mdified Being727jet. The plane drps frm a significant height and allws passengers t flat(29)______ they were in space.(30)______ (restrict) t a wheelchair fr mst f his life, Hawking said in flating he felt true freedm. "I was Superman fr thse few minutes," he said.
Sectin B(共15分,每小题1.5分.)
Physicists cncern themselves with prblems that are prfund. The rigins f the universe, the nature f time, the cmpsitin f matter. And then, there’s spaghetti (意面). A spaghetti prblem has puzzled physicists as famus as Richard Feynman, and has even been awarded an Ig Nbel Prize. At issue: "Why spaghetti desn’t break int tw pieces. Why it breaks int three pieces r 31 ."
Rnald Heisser, nw a graduate student at Crnell, decided t explre the misbebavir f spaghetti fra(n) 32 math curse he tk at MIT.
Nw, yu may never have nticed it, but it’s nearly impssible t break a single, dry piece f spaghetti in half. It is claimed that Feynman ndled with the puzzle. And Heisser became similarly 33 with it.
"I’m a little bit f a persn wh 34 . behaves in a way that is different frm ther peple. S I thught it wuld be fun t try and break it int tw. N ne said yu culdn’t d that. They just said why it desn’t break int tw."
In fact, the French researchers wh were awarded the Ig Nbel prize in 2006 fund that when spaghetti is bent 35 frm bth ends, it will crack near the center, where the stick is mst curved. But this 36 break sets up a vibratinal wave(震动波) that quickly breaks the stick further. S yu get multiple fragments.
What Heisser wndered was whether he culd smehw get arund this vibratinal "snapback"(迅速弹回) 37 . And he fund yu have t d the twist. Heisser built a device fr trqueing(向...施以扭动力) his spaghetti with precisin and he bserved the 38 prcess f breaking int small parts with a high-speed camera. He discvered that intrducing a twist f arund 360 degrees t the lng strand allwed him t prduce the 39 single pair f spaghetti pieces.
"Althugh the prject was a bit f fun, I think it’s quite nice when yu can find interesting physics and math 40 behind every day, srt f bring bjects," said Rnald Heisser.
III. Reading Cmprehensin(45分)
Sectin A(共15分,每小题1分.)
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage there are fur wrds r phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext.
Yu’ve been painting fr a few years, and maybe yu have even sld a painting r tw. Are yu ready t 41 the title f an amateur artist?
Distinguishing green hand frm prfessinal artists is a 42 task. It is nt just a matter f yur ability t create nice paintings. It’s nt nly abut painting techniques. And fr mst cases, it desn’t happen 43 . Very few artists becme vernight success withut years f struggle and suffering. T turn prfessinal, peple find it critical t develp a persnal style. What makes yur paintings 44 amng ther paintings ut there? Are yur paintings standing ut unmistakably directed t yu as the creatr? A persnal style cmes alng with technique, painting medium, and subject and it tends t develp gradually ver time. Yu 45 it thrugh uncnscius and cnstant explring and self-shaping. Style des nt mean that yu arc painting the same subject r using the same painting medium. Salvadr Dali used t use many artistic media, but they all have a 46 Dali style. Style refers t the emtins and thughts delivered by yur paintings, which peple can identify with. Their 47 . f the painter is then a sure thing.
Artists talk abut their 48 all f the time. What gets yu ut f bed every mrning t paint? Hw d yu find the energy t have all yur time devted t painting? 49 , we all lve t d what we d and we get a satisfactin ut f creating. Fr the prfessinal artist, it ges beynd that. Sme artists wish t cnvey a deep message cncerning life, sciety r even plitics. Others simply seck 50 returns t cver kids’ tuitin fees r pay family bills. Yet, all prfessinal artists knw that they have t keep wrking t achieve the gals.
Many amateur artists passively wait fr 51 t cme. If they are nt in the md, they d nt bther wasting the time. They smetimes allw themselves t be ccupied by events like parties. Prfessinals are never easily 52 r trn away frm their art wrk in prgress. Fcused n their wrk s much, sme even regard spending time utside their 53 as crime. 54 is their secret t high prductivity.
Besides, prfessinal artists are cnstantly prepared t grab new ideas fr the next painting, which they believe is sure t be better than the previus ne. The belief that there is always rm fr 55 keeps driving them frward in the art wrld where many masters have cme alng.
41. A. step beyndB. turn ffC. see thrughD. make up
42. A. rewardingB. trickyC. frmalD. temprary
43. A. individuallyB. thrughlyC. instantlyD. sincerely
44. A. uniqueB. superirC. practicalD. reliable
45. A. acquireB. transferC. imitateD. analyze
46. A. recentB. distinctC. mdestD. lgical
47. A. preservatinB. emplymentC. adaptinD. recgnitin
48. A. backgrundB. significanceC. mtivatinD. rutine
49. A. T sum upB. In cntrastC. In additinD. In general
50. A. academicB. glbalC. financialD. riginal
51. A. inspiratinB. fameC. guidanceD. slutin
52. A. ffendedB. dminatedC. distractedD. rewarded
53. A. studiB. bedrmC. garageD. garden
54. A. ReflectinB. DevtinC. CreativityD. Illustratin
55. A. negtiatinB. prfitC. criticismD. imprvement
Sectin B(共22分, 每小题2分.)
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
The prfessinal life f 22-year-ld David Blmfield takes many shapes. Yu might see him as a bad-
tempered businessman, a mney-hungry nephew, a suspicius neighbur r a jealus husband. Smetimes he may be a murder victim - r he may be a cld-hearted killer. David is a member f an acting cmpany called Nightshade, wh creates and perfrms’ interactive murder mysteries’.
Althugh these events can be held in smene’s hme, they usually take place in a htel, where guests cme fr an evening r a weekend. Having planned ut a stry in which at least ne character will be killed, the actrs play the main parts themselves. There is n stage - the audience is part f the scene as the actin unflds. Members f the audience share meals and cnversatins with the characters, they can ask questins and they listen fr clues. At the end, like Pirt r Miss Marple, they have t slve the mystery and wrk ut wh the killer is.
David has been wrking with Nightshade fr tw years. At schl he studied drama and he had learned rles in schl theatre prductins. But he might never have thught f this particular jb if he hadn’t had a strke f luck. He explains, "I was wrking at weekends as a waiter at the Grange Htel where the cmpany perfrms regularly. I’d watched their perfrmances and I knew hw the event wrked. S when ne f the actrs became ill, I vlunteered t take his part. It was a lastminute decisin and they were taking a big risk with me, but I must have dne quite well, because they invited me t stay with them fr the rest f the seasn. And I’m still with them nw."
David is enthusiastic abut his wrk. "Mixing with the audience makes it a real challenge," he says. "Every event is different. Yu can’t just rely n a script like mst actrs and yu never knw quite what t expect. Yu have t be creative and quick-thinking t create a cnvincing character while keeping the mystery alive. I lve all that. It must be great t wrk in films r n a TV mystery series like Pirt, but I knw I’d miss what yu get frm interacting with a live audience."
56. Which f the fllwing statements is true f interactive murder mysteries?
A. Audience prefer t be given rles t play.
B. Actrs dn’t knw the endings befre the perfrmance.
C. It is usually the audience wh find ut wh the murderer is.
D. What actrs can d includes changing the stryline.
57. What did David say abut his jining Nightshade?
A. It happened by chance.B. It was what he dreamed f.
C. He prepared fr it fr a lng time.D. He needed a part-time jb then.
58. David must have given a gd perfrmance when he first acted in a Nightshade perfrmance because ______ .
A. he was invited t keep acting with Nightshade
B. he vlunteered t replace smene wh was ill
C. Nightshade made a risky decisin when they emplyed him
D. Nightshade waited until the last minute t decide t have him n the stage.
59. Accrding t David, hw is his wrk different frm ther acting jbs?
A. The audience are enthusiastic.B. The mysteries are hard t crack.
C. The scripts themselves are unusual.D. The interactive events are unpredictable.
(B)
Camberwell Cllege Swimming Pls
Camberwell Cllege has ne 50m (Olympic sized) pl with a cnstant depth f2m thrughut, and ne25m pl with a 1m shallw end and a 4m deep end. Bth pls may be used by the general public at certain times.
50m Pl
The pl is ften used fr classes, but the general public may use tw lanes fr lane swimming at the fllwing times.
Mnday:0630-1130 and 1900-2100
Tuesday:0630-1130 and 1800-2100
Wednesday:0630-1130 and 1730-2130
Thursday:0630-1330
Friday:0630-1330
Weekends:0900-1700
Children under the age f 14 must be accmpanied by an adult.
Please nte that during Cllege hlidays, these times will vary. Cntact the swimming pl n 04837393560 fr up-t-date infrmatin.
25m Pl
The 25 metre pl is available fr recreatinal (nn-lane) swimming frm 0700-0900 and 1230-1330 n weekdays, and 1000-1600n Saturdays.
Children aged 12 and under must be accmpanied.
We regret that the 25m pl will be clsed fr restratin between 21st July and18th August. The men’s changing rms will be clsed fr the week beginning 18th August, and the wmen’s changing rms will be clsed the fllwing week. Alternative changing facilities will be made available. We aplgize fr any disruptin this may cause.
60. If yu want t use the 50m pl, yu are suppsed t ______
A. call the swimming pl fr pening hurs in advance.
B. g swimming during the lunch break n wrkdays.
C. use the 50m pl as usual during the Cllege hlidays.
D. be infrmed f the pening hurs during Cllege hlidays upn yur inquiry.
61. If yu are a girl f 13, yu ______.
A. have n changing rms frm 21st July t 18th August
B. can have swimming classes in the 50m pl
C. shuld g t the 25m pl with an adult
D. have n access t the 25m pl frm 21st July t 18th August
62. Which f the fllwing statement is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. The general public cannt use the 50m pl n Sundays.
B. Men will be able t use the 25m pl n the 18th August.
C. The general public can nly use the 50m pl fr lane swimming.
D. The 25m pl is always available t the public fr recreatin.
(C)
One f the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute fr a day-lng leadership wrkshp using the wrks f Shakespeare was discussing the rle f Brutus in the death f Julius Caesar. "Brutus was nt an hnrable man," he said. "He was a traitr(叛徒). And he murdered smene in cld bld." The agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when ther ptins were available t him. He made a bad decisin, they said-at least as it was presented by Shakespeare - t take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar. And thugh ne f the executives acknwledged that Brutus had the gd f the republic in mind, Caesar was nevertheless his superir. "Yu have t endeavr," the executives said, "ur plicy is t bey the chain f cmmand." During the last few years, business executives and bk writers lking fr a new way t advise crprate America have been expliting Shakespeare’s wisdm fr prfitable ends. Nne mre s than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carl Adelman, well-knwn advisers t the White Huse, wh started up a training cmpany called "Mvers and Shakespeares". They are amateur Shakespeare schlars and Shakespeare lvers, and they have cmbined their passin and their high level cntacts int a management training business. They cnduct between 30 and 40 wrkshps annually, fcusing n half a dzen different plays, mstly fr crpratins, but als fr gvernment agencies.
The wrkshps all take the same frm, fcusing n a single play as a kind f case study, and using individual scenes as specific lessns. In Julius Caesar, fr example, sly prvcatin(狡诈的挑唆) f Brutus t take up arms against Caesar was a basis fr a discussin f methds f team building and grass rts rganism.
Althugh neither f the Adelmans is academically trained in literature, the prgrammes cntain plenty f Shakespeare traditin and backgrund. Their wrkshp n Henry V, fr example, includes a helpful explanatin f Henry’s winning strategy at the Battle f Agincurt. But they d cme t the text with a few biases: their reading f Henry V minimizes his misuse f pwer. Instead, they emphasize the stry f the yuth wh seizes pprtunity and becmes a masterful leader. And at the wrkshp n Caesar, Mr. Adelmans had little gd t say abut Brutus, saying "the nblest Rman f them all" culdn’t make his mind up abut things.
Many f the participants pinted t very specific elements in the play that they felt related. Caesar’s pride, which led t his murder, and Brutus’s mistakes in leading the traitrs after the murder, they said, raise vital questins fr anyne serving as a businessman when and hw d yu resist the bss?
63. Accrding t the passage, the Adelmans set up "Mvers and Shakespeares" t ______
A. help executives t understand Shakespeare’s plays better
B. give advice n leadership by analyzing Shakespeare’s plays
C. prvide case studies f Shakespeare’s plays in literature wrkshps
D. guide gvernment agencies t fllw the characters in Shakespcare’s plays.
64. Why d the Adelmans cnduct a wrkshp n Henry V?
A. T highlight the imprtance f catching pprtunities.
B. T encurage masterful leaders t plan strategies t win.
C. T illustrate the harm f prejudices in management.
D. T warn executives against pwer misuse.
65. It can be inferred frm the passage that ______.
A. the Adelmans’ prgramme prves biased as the rles f characters are maximized
B. executives feel bred with t many specific elements f Shakespeare’s plays
C. the Adelmans will make mre prfits if they are prfessinal schlars
D. Shakespeare has played an imprtant rle in the management field
66. The best title fr the passage is ______.
A. Shakespeare’s plays: Executives recnsider crprate culture
B. Shakespeare’s plays: An essential key t business success
C. Shakespeare’s plays: A lessn fr business mtivatin
D. Shakespeare’s plays: Dramatic training brings dramatic results
Sectin C(共8分,每小题2分.)
Five-Star luxury meets up-t-date technlgy
The five-star Merrin Htel, which has just pened, is the result f cnsiderable research int custmer requirements and nearly tw years’ wrk n fur large eighteenth-century huses in Dublin. Creating a new htel in this way has allwed the latest technlgy t be installed. This has been dne fr the benefit f staff and guests alike.
At the Merrin, General Manager Peter MacCann expects his staff t knw the guests by name. Hwever, fr details f his guests’ preference, he relies n the htel’s cmputer system. It can deal with return guests in the extra-special way that is apprpriate t a five-star htel.
Thugh the system cst£250,000 t install, it will pay fr itself ver time, accrding t Fr example, a guest wh requests certain music CDs during a first stay will find thse same CDs ready fr him n a return visit. This is thanks t the guest-histry facility which allws staff t key in any number f preferences.
Htel guests all ver the wrld frequently cmplain abut rm temperature.68. ______ Guests have the pprtunity t change the temperature themselves within three degrees either side f the nrmal 18℃ but, in additin, each individual rm can be adjusted by any amunt between 14℃ and 25℃ at the frnt desk.
69. ______ Extra cables have been laid t handle whatever scientific advances may ccur. The televisins are rented rather than bught, s that they can be replaced with mre up-t-date mdels at any time.
Despite the presence f all this very up-t-the-minute equipment in the rms, MacCann says they have
tried hard nt t make guests feel threatened by the technlgy.70. ______ There are, f curse, a swimming pl and gym, six cnference rms, tw bars and tw restaurants, and a beautiful garden at the heart f it all.
Aided by technlgy, the Merrin lks likely t succeed.
IV. Summary Writing(10分)
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize in n mre than 60 wrds the main idea f the passage and hw it is illustrated. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
Des Mther Nature Knw Best?
Clning - using genetic engineering t make exact cpies f living plants and animals - has been in science fictin fr years. Since 1997, with the clning f a sheep, Dlly, it has becme part f real life and the subject f public debate.
Fr sme peple, human clning is acceptable in medicine despite the criticism that it is unnatural. Fr example human tissue can be clned fr use in rgan replacement r gene therapy. Als, rgans culd be prvided by human clnes. When a child is suffering frm a fatal disease and needs an rgan dnr, its parents culd have a yunger clned brther r sister-effectively an identical twin. This wuld prvide 100% dnr cmpatibility while an rgan dnated frm anther brther r sister wuld nly stand a 25% chance f being successful. Mrever, cuples wh can’t have children may wish t clne a child frm themselves. Finally, endangered animals culd be clned t increase their numbers.
Hwever, there are many arguments against clning. Althugh many peple saw the clning f Dlly as a majr breakthrugh, it is just anther step twards’ playing with nature’. Firstly, in spite f what they say, scientists have n idea f the lng-term effect f genetic engineering. Mre and mre genetically altered plants are being prduced, and clned farm animals are next. On the ther hand, creating 'perfect’ plants and animals culd eliminate the great variety f species n ur planet. Furthermre, sme scientists say we culd transplant rgans frm clned animals int humans, even thugh the risks t health are enrmus.
All things cnsidered, I am against clning. It is clear that we need t regulate genetic engineering and stp experiments nw, befre it is t late!
V. Translatin (15分)
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
72.你是否认同"锻炼越多，身体就越好"这个观点呢？ （the mre）3 分
73.他之所以一事无成，是因为他经常错失良机。 （achieve）3分
74.注意到学生在课堂上昏昏欲睡的样子，老师竭尽所能来激发他们的兴趣。（aruse）4分
75.为了促进经济增长，这个小镇自从二十世纪末就采取了一系列措施来吸引尽可能多的游客。 （since）5分
VI. Guided Writing（25分）
Directins： Write an English cmpsitin in 120—150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese。
假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，最近你校英语报正在开展关于网络社交媒体对日常面对面沟通的影响是利大于弊， 还是弊大于利这个问题展开讨论。你对此话题很感兴趣， 请撰稿一篇， 内容包括：
1）你认为网络社交媒体对日常面对面沟通的影响是利大于弊，还是弊大于利；
2）你的理由。
2024学年第一学期期中考试
高三英语试卷答案
II. Grammar and Vcabulary
21. hw 22. wrks 23. was drawn 24. t visualize 25. helped
26. which 27. it 28. trying 29. as if 30. Being restricted
Sectin B
31-40 DJAGB CEIHF
III. Reading Cmprehensin
41-45ABCAA 46-50BDCDC 51-55ACABD
Sectin B
A:CAAD B. DDC C. BADD D. DFAC
Summary:略
Translatin:
72. D yu agree with the view that "the mre yu exercise, the better yur health will be"?
73. The reasn he has achieved nthing is because he ften misses glden pprtunities.
74. Nticing the students dzing ff in class, the teacher did his best t aruse their interest.
75. T bst ecnmic grwth, the twn has implemented a series f measures since the end f the 20th century t attract as many turists as pssible.
Directins: Fill in each blank with a prper wrd chsen frm the bx, Each wrd can be used nly nce.
Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
A. bsessed B. evenly C. initial D. mre E. effect F. hiding
G. deliberately H. desired I resulting J. undergraduate K. familiar
Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Fill in each blank with a prper sentence given in the bx. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
A. Technlgy changes s quickly these days that the htel has had t try t frecast pssible imprvements.
B. Being part f the htel site has huge benefits, bth fr him and the htel itself.
C. The ne hundred and frty-five bedrms, large and well-furnished, are bth cmfrtable and welcme.
D. He praises its efficiency and talks enthusiastically f the facilities it ffers.
E. DVD recrders can als be upgraded when necessary.
F. Anther hi-tech system cntrls this essential area f cmfrt.
t.