上海市南洋模范中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版）-A4

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本次考试时间120分钟，满分140分
Ⅰ. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1. A. 13 punds. B. 15 punds. C. 30 punds. D. 60 punds.
2. A. 6:45. B. 8:30. C. 9:30. D. 10:00.
3. A. He didn’t mean t get invlved. B. He ran fast enugh t catch the rbber.
C. He was determined t fight evil. D. He failed t stp the rbber frm running.
4. A. Cash. B. Credit card. C. Cheque. D. Mbile app.
5. A. On a ship. B. On a plane. C. In a barding schl. D. At the barding gate.
6. A. She regarded it as unfrgivable. B. She thught the man was t blame.
C. She was tlerant f the man. D. She wanted t sue fr damages.
7. A. He shuldn’t be in such a hurry t spend the mney.
B. The man shuld insure his mtrcycle against fire.
C. It is desirable t share his pcket mney with her.
D. It is immral t win mney frm thers’ pckets.
8. A. Audrey Hepburn is a great actress.
B. He is a fan f Audrey Hepburn’s.
C. He wnders why girls admire Audrey.
D. Audrey Hepburn deserves her fans’ gifts.
9. A. They’ll sn finish preparing the presentatin.
B. They need t recnstruct the presentatin.
C. They have handed it in t the cmpany.
D. They have tuched upn a new tpic.
10. A. The wman’s jb interview. B. Smething that wrries the wman.
C. Fix a prfessinal prblem. D. The man’s attitude twards his jb.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the cnversatin and the passages. The cnversatin and the passages will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11. A. Mineral water. B. Cca plant leaves.
C. Cffee beans. D. Brwn sauce.
12. A. T establish a chemical cmpany. B. T cmpete with ther drugstres.
C. T invent a nvel sft drink. D. T treat headaches and tiredness.
13. A. The evlutin f Cca-Cla. B. The success f a drink cmpany.
C. Jhn S. Pembertn, a great dctr. D. A cure fr cmmn disease.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. A well-received film. B. A ppular prduct.
C. A frm f advertising. D. A brilliant TV shw.
15. A. Gds in the films are branded with fancy patterns.
B. Prducts placed in a mvie are expected t be unnticeable.
C. Passengers n the street scene is the target audience.
D. Sme film prducers place a lt f prducts in their films.
16. A. Cnverse shes. B. An Apple MacBk.
C. Sny mbile phnes. D. A Rlex watch.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. She has recently dne her hair and lks fantastic.
B. She’s ccupied in issuing awards t the prize winners.
C. She was recmmended as a candidate fr an award.
D. She was prud f her recent change in her public image.
18. A. Because he didn’t receive favrable reviews.
B. Because he knew the wman was being plite.
C. Because his previus nvel was much better.
D. Because his wrk was mre humrus than great.
19. A. Jhn was gd at catching thieves.
B. Jhn was an attractive man.
C. Jhn enjyed sharing his wedding phts.
D. Jhn was devted t his business.
20. A. The rbber was armed with a knife.
B. The rbbery ccurred at the hairdresser’s.
C. The man put up the right defence.
D The man caught the rbber by cincidence.
Ⅱ. Grammar and vcabulary
Sectin A
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.
RVing (房车旅行) has lng been ppular amng’ retirees, with this demgraphic (群体) cmprising ____1____ third f wners, accrding t the RV Industry Assciatin. Yet nly a tiny fractin f all RV wners, retirees included, ____2____ (embrace) the nmadic life. But thanks t technlgical advances and the increase f nline cmmunity grups ____3____ (ffer) inspiratin and advice, this lifestyle is attracting mre peple.
Thanks t satellite internet and slar pwer systems, travelers nw have ____4____ (reliable) cnnectivity and electric charging even when ff the grid. Advanced, navigatin tls let them cruise alng scenic rutes ____5____ aviding lw bridges r sharp turns. And with a few taps n an app, RVers can find restaurants, banks, gas statins, grcery stres and vernight parking ptins.
Online retailers like Amazn enable these travelers t rder ____6____ frm shamp t warmer clthes and have it delivered directly t their RV. “If we’re ging t be smeplace fr a week, we can usually rely n getting a delivery ____7____ we are,” says Steve Parish.
Yet, nt everything abut RV life is extremely pleasant. It als brings its share f cmplicatins and csts. Of curse, sme challenges g well ____8____ mney. There’s n lcal barber, dentist, dctr, electrician, plumber r mechanic t rely n. These explrers need t be able t make basic RV repairs, keep track f water and manage the sewer tank (汗水箱). Full-timers must als plan fr vting, paying taxes and receiving mail.
Sme businesses and supprt grups prvide RVers with a physical street address they ____9____ use, such as ne linked t a physical building with mail facilities. Often, the addresses are in states withut incme tax, such as Texas, Flrida, and Suth Dakta. Rules vary by state, ______10______ full-timers can typically vte in persn if they’re in their dmicile (所在地) r vte absentee r by mail.
Sectin B
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.
While sme parts f Eurpe have been under the ____11____ f turism, ther areas are pen fr business and are happily welcming travellers. Secnd cities, third cities and lesser-visited destinatins are getting mre attentin — and it’s all gd news fr travelers.
This year, instead f sending ut a list f hyped (被大肆宣传) destinatins where peple shuld g, thereby ____12____ verturism, tur peratr Intrepid instituted (制定) a “Nt Ht” List, ____13____ less-ppular destinatins that deserve a sptlight. Their aim is t ____14____ the psitive benefits f turism t places that need it. It’s a gd signpst fr anyne planning their travel next year: instead f Argentina, Suth America’s mst-visited cuntry, they suggest the natural ____15____ and cultural experiences f Guyana, its least-visited cuntry; rather than better-knwn Stckhlm, it champins Osl as ne f the underdgs f the Scandinavian travel scene.
The questin is, d peple want t ditch their travel dreams — the classic travel destinatins — t g smewhere new? Place develpment and destinatin marketing specialist Samira Hlma wrks with destinatins frm Brazil t Spain, with a particular ____16____ n sustainable turism, and cnsiders this a cmplicated issue. “Fr nw, mre peple wh’ve already been and are well-travelled will start t explre beynd, but many first-time visitrs cntinue t g t the htspts,” she says. “As slw travel becmes mre cmmn, peple will add ther stps t the itinerary that may be lesser knwn. But I still think it will take time until we see many first-time visitrs ___17___ the mst icnic places.”
She als ntes that different cultures have different travel habits and patterns. While Eurpean travelers shw mre penness t explre ____18____ places, she cites reprts shwing that travelers frm markets like China and the UAE tend t be drawn t the classic bucket list experiences.
S, what shuld yu d when planning yur next hliday? Jeremy Sampsn, CEO f the Travel Fundatin, a nnprfit dedicated t ensuring that turism has a psitive impact n destinatins, has ne piece f advice fr individuals wh want t be part f the ____19____, nt the prblem. “I wuld encurage peple t d sme research and dig beneath the surface,” he says. “Gen-Z has a values-based decisin-making prcess that is a gd apprach t cpy. And think abut it: if a place is _____20_____ with peple, is it ging t be a gd experience fr lcals? Is it ging t be a gd experience fr yu?”
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
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.
One steretype ____21____ that Gen-Zs are addicted t their phnes, keen t live their lives ____22____ thrugh a screen. But is this the whle picture? A survey cmmissined by the Bksellers Assciatin has fund that Gen-Zs are mre likely t buy a bk based n a bkseller’s recmmendatin - in persn, in a bkshp - than lder age grups.
The internet des have a rle t play in bkshps’ ____23____ with yung peple, hwever. BkTk, the crner f TikTk devted t all things ____24____, is where many peple said they gt bth bk and bkshp recmmendatins.
There is a flipside t this - what Jrdan Taylr-Jnes, the funder f The West Kirby Bkshp, describes as “the ____25____ f reading and the ‘accessrisatin’ f bks” we’ve seen in the last few years. “I have nticed ver the last year Gen-Z readers visiting the bkshp and using it almst as a studi t take staged phts,” he says. “They’ll ften get their friend r partner t take psed phtgraphs f them brwsing the ____26____.”
He emphasises that this des nt ____27____ all yung custmers - and that scial media has helped t amplify (加强) the bkshp t yunger readers wh ____28____ frm neighburing twns and cities t visit - but says it’s nt uncmmn t have the bkshp being treated as a backdrp (背景) fr scial media psts by peple wh have n ____29____ f actually buying a bk.
What really draws yung readers int bkshps, thugh, is smething mre _____30_____. Bksellers tell me readers cme ut in drves (人群) t buy signed bks, and that authr talks are a big draw, especially fr yunger readers wanting t _____31_____ with their favurite writers.
“Pst Cvid, peple dn’t g ut drinking r clubbing as much - we’ve fund students are chsing t spend their mney n a special _____32_____ f a new bk,” Adele Wrightsn, the manager at a bkshp in Whitly Bay says.
“I think it’s kind f a miscnceptin that yunger peple want t d everything nline r nly _____33_____ hw things lk n scial media,” Grace Gda, the manager at Mrcc Bund in Bermndsey tells me. “In ur experience it creates a relatinship where they trust ur recmmendatins and might take hme smething they wuldn’t have seen advertised elsewhere.”
This deeper cnnectin is what really makes physical bkshps appeal t many yunger readers. “Bkshps aren’t just places t buy bks, they’re places f cmmunity, f _____34_____ and this is smething that’s actively fstered by s many bkshps,” Ash, 29, frm Yrkshire, says. “Speaking t staff t get bk recmmendatins is ften a _____35_____ int hearing mre abut the cmmunity aspects f bkshps, t - it’s ften mre than just a bk recmmendatin.”
21. A. frecastsB. remindsC. persistsD. implies
22. A. primarilyB. rapidlyC. sincerelyD. bviusly
23. A. establishmentB. ppularityC. familiarityD. dimensin
24. A. literaryB. artificialC. cmpleteD. genuine
25. A. gamificatinB. harmnyC. bservatinD. innvatin
26. A. platfrmsB. surcesC. scenesD. shelves
27. A. weigh dwnB. apply tC. turn againstD. level up
28. A. travelB. mveC. paceD. leave
29. A. reslutinB. intentinC. patienceD. regret
30. A. rmanticB. necessaryC. persnalD. fundamental
31. A. cnnectB. battleC. cnductD. declare
32. A. distributinB. editinC. frictinD. highlight
33. A. care abutB. cast nC. keep upD. gather arund
34. A. cheeringB. gatheringC. discveringD. facilitating
35. A. freedmB. episdeC. leadD. path
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have read.
(A)
It was bad enugh having an invalid brther. Hwever, ne afternn as I watched him, my head pked between the irn psts f the ft f the bed, he lked straight at me and grinned. I skipped thrugh the rms, shuting, “Mama, he smiled. He’s all there!”. As lng as he lay all the time in bed, we called him William Armstrng, even thugh it was frmal and sunded as if we were referring t ne f ur ancestrs, but with his creeping arund n the deerskin rug and beginning t talk, smething had t be dne abut his name.
It was I wh renamed him. . When he crawled, he crawled backwards, as if he were in reverse and culdn’t change gears. If yu called him, he’d turn arund as if he were ging in the ther directin, then he’d back right up t yu t be picked up. Crawling backward made him lk like a ddlebug, s I began t call him Ddle. Renaming my brther was perhaps the kindest thing I ever did fr him, because nbdy expects much f smene called Ddle. Althugh Ddle learned t crawl, he shwed n signs f walking, but he wasn’t idle. He talked s much that we all quit listening t what he said.
It was abut this time that Daddy built him a g-cart and I had t pull him arund. The mment I picked up my cap, he started crying t g with me and Mama wuld call frm wherever she was, “Take Ddle with yu”. He was a burden in many ways. The dctr had said that he mustn’t get t excited, t ht, t cld, r t tired and that he must always be treated gently—a lng list f dn’ts went with him. His skin was very sensitive, and he had t wear a big straw hat whenever he went ut. When the ging gt rugh and he had t climb t the sides f the g-cart, the hat slipped all the way dwn ver his ears. He was a sight. Suddenly, I culd see I was licked. Ddle was my brther and he was ging t cling t me frever, n matter what I did. I dragged him acrss the burning cttn field t share with him the nly beauty I knew, Old Wman Swamp. His eyes were rund with wnder as he gazed, and his little hands began t strke the rubber grass. Then he began t cry.
“Fr heaven’s sake, what’s the matter?” I asked, annyed.
“It’s s pretty” he said. “S pretty, pretty, pretty.”
36. Why did the narratr rename their brther “Ddle”?
A. Because his name sunds t much like that f an ancestr’s.
B. Because his mvement resembled a ddlebug.
C. Because he was always lst and culdn’t change gears.
D. Because he liked t play with ddlebugs.
37. What is a key reasn the narratr feels burdened by Ddle?
A. Ddle is unable t walk.B. Ddle is t talkative.
C. Ddle requires cnstant care.D. Ddle is afraid f the utdrs.
38. By “I culd see I was licked (paragraph 3)”, the narratr implies that ________?
A. He was aware that he was licked by Ddle.
B. He was excited that he culd see Ddle’s prgress.
C. He wanted t change Ddle’s name again.
D. He realized Ddle wuld always be a part f his life.
39. What can yu infer frm the passage abut the narratr’s feelings twards Ddle?
A. He deeply disliked Ddle fr the attentin he receives.
B. He felt a mix f annyance and affectin fr Ddle.
C. He was cmpletely indifferent t what Ddle was ding.
D. He was surprised at Ddle’s ability t crawl.
(B)
A skyscraper is a statement f ambitin. N surprise that Saudi Arabia wants t build the wrld’s tallest. Cnstructin n the Jeddah Twer stpped in 2018 but will restart sn; when cmpleted, it will be the first building ever t rise t an amazing 1000 metres.
In China
Asia has a great lve f heights, t, having built mre than tw-thirds f all supertalls in the past decade. China, which had barely any skyscrapers befre 1980, nw has five f the ten tallest. The cuntry is hme t mre skyscrapers per persn than America. China’s upward trend has practical causes. Until recently, the cuntry’s ppulatin was surging, and thse seeking wrk are still mving frm the cuntryside t the cities. Height als helps with urban density, making cmmuting distances shrter.
In America
Only 10% f supertalls built in the past decade have sprung up in America, the ancestral hme f the skyscraper. New Yrk, a city knwn fr its massive buildings, has gained a few. There are still many ecnmic mtives t g high, particularly in New Yrk: land is expensive, and its ppulatin is amng the mst cncentrated f any American city. But gaining apprval fr new buildings is a cmplex prcess, thanks t 3300 pages f zning regulatins.
In Eurpe
The number f streys may be saring, but sme cuntries nevertheless prefer t stay clser t the grund. In the Eurpean Unin nly Pland has a supertall building. Skyscrapers are ften regarded as tasteless n the cntinent, and in Lndn and Rme new buildings are nt allwed t blck views f certain landmarks, making it hard t build upwards. Paris has banned cnstructin f new tall buildings in respnse t “ugly” skyscrapers.
The sky is nt the nly limit.
Enterprising cuntries all want spectacular buildings, but China’s fficials are clamping dwn n “weird” buildings. Skyscrapers that lk like “giant trusers” — the nick name given t a building in Beijing — are nw frbidden. In 2021 the gvernment impsed a height cap f 500 metres and banned sme cities frm building abve 250 metres. It is thught that safety prblems, an versupply f cmmercial ffices and lts f vacant residential buildings mtivated this plicy.
40. Which f the fllwing statements abut the current status f skyscrapers is TRUE?
A. Eurpean cuntries are building new supertalls t match their landmarks.
B. America’s grwth rate f skyscrapers is still faster than that in Eurpe.
C. The Middle East has been densely building skyscrapers since the 80s.
D. China has built supertalls t meet the needs f scietal develpment.
41. What factrs may cntribute t America’s lwer per capita (人均的) skyscraper cunt cmpared t China’s?
A. The buildings must stick t certain guidelines.
B. There are lengthy plicies t g thrugh.
C. There are t many skyscrapers already.
D. The ppulatin is t dense t supprt new nes.
42. What des “clamp dwn n” imply in the cntext f the passage?
A. T encurage the cnstructin f mre buildings.
B. T impse restrictins n certain types f buildings.
C. T supprt the design f innvative architectural styles.
D. T increase funding fr skyscraper prjects.
(C)
Australia and the rest f Oceania are the last regins free f bird flu that has caused mass mrtality in birds acrss the wrld and a massive utbreak in dairy cattle in the United States. Why animals in the suthern regin have s far escaped infectin is a mystery, but scientists have several theries.
Fr ne, Australia is gegraphically islated and desn’t imprt live pultry, says Frank Wng, a virlgist at the Australian Centre fr Disease Preparedness. Many f the cuntries’ birds are endemic (地方性的)and d nt migrate t regins where the virus is spreading.
But the virus’s arrival in Australia is “a matter f when, nt if”, says Michelle Wille at the University f Melbume, Australia. She thinks that lng-distance migratry shrebirds and seabirds that cme frm Siberia and Alaska thrugh sutheast Asia t Australia are mst likely t carry the virus int the cuntry.
Anther pssible rute fr the virus is thrugh ducks. Scientists think migrating ducks and geese in ther parts f the wrld can spread the disease withut dying frm it. That’s because ducks have a bilgical sensr, knwn as RIG-I, that detects an invading flu virus and triggers an immune respnse that usually fights it ff. Kirsty Shrt says ducks might have evlved such defences in Asia frm repeated infectins with many weaker frms f the virus, giving them pre-existing immunity. Althugh they dn’t get sick frm H5N1, they can still pass it n, and ducks gather in lakes and pnds with ther birds, increasing the chances f disease spread.
Oceania has islated ecsystems. This islatin is partly explained by a bigegraphical divisin called the Wallace Line. Many animal species tend t stay n ne side f the line r the ther, and because f this islatin, the species n each side are distinct.
The sharp divisin might als mean that the virus is nt adapted t animals east f the Wallace Line, says Wng. “Bird flu viruses are particularly well-adapted t certain species,” he says. Birds in Australia culd have a genetic make-up that bypasses the usual infectin rute fr the virus, but n ne has yet tested this assumptin.
Althugh many duck species are shrt-distance migratry birds and tend nt t crss the Wallace Line, sme species—including Pacific black duck and sptted whistling duck—d, and Wille thinks they culd intrduce H5N1 t the regin.
If the virus is detected, gvernment vets will immediately mve in t kill the affected ppulatin, which happened when H7N3 and H7N9 strains f the flu were detected in Victria in May.
Shrt says that, when it happens, the impact n Australia’s birds, mammals and ecsystems is unknwn, but many species culd prbably be affected. “It’s a big research gap.” she says.
43. Which viewpint des Michelle Wille mst agree with?
A. The virus is unlikely t spread t Australia sn.
B. It is ducks that will bring the virus int Australia.
C. Migratin patterns will keep Australia safe frm infectin.
D. The arrival f the virus in Australia is highly pssible.
44. What is suggested abut birds in Australia regarding the virus?
A. They have been tested and fund resistant.
B. They migrate t areas where the virus spreads.
C. They may have genetic traits that prevent infectin.
D. They are mre susceptible t infectin than ther birds.
45. Which f the fllwing statements is crrect accrding t the passage?
A. There is a lack f research n the virus’ impact.
B. Gvernment measures will prevent utbreaks in Australia.
C. Birds in Australia have becme immune due t past expsure.
D. The Wallace Line guarantees that the virus will nt reach Australia.
46. What culd be the best title f the passage?
A. The Spread f Bird Flu in Australia
B. Is Australia Immune frm Bird Flu?
C. Why Are Ducks Respnsible fr Bird Flu?
D. Bird Flu: A Glbal Cncern
Sectin C
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.
Peruvian agriculture: Blue gld
Peru’s blueberry harvest is just beginning, and Ivan Jauregui, an agrnmist, lks excited. Staff in a newly built packing-plant lad the best berries int refrigerated shipping cntainers, then pack them ff t the prt f Calla. Mr Jauregui says he nce squeezed 35 tnnes f blueberries frm a single hectare f land; he is always hping t beat this recrd. “Every year we have t grw and imprve,” he says.
____47____Farmers nticed that their cunterparts in Chile were making a lt f mney selling the fruit during the ff-seasn in the United States, when prices are high. They sught t d the same and things have wrked ut better than anyne dared hpe. Back in 2013 Peruvians earned abut $17m exprting blueberries; by last year receipts had sared t $1.7bn.
____48____Histrically the fruit has grwn well nly in places with chilly winters. Peru’s blue revlutin relies n innvative “lw chill” varieties, develped in the United States, which thrive n Peru’s cast. The Internatinal Blueberry Organisatin, an industry grup, says that in 2022 the yield f a typical Peruvian blueberry farm was nearly duble the glbal average.
Blueberry farmers have als gained frm trends that have bsted all manner f Peruvian prduce. ____49____ Between 2000 and 2023, ttal annual Peruvian farm exprts grew 16-fld t $10.5bn. “It’s mind-bending,” said Rafael Zacnich f Cmex, Peru’s internatinal trade assciatin.
Yet in future grwers will als have t avid a handful f risks. ____50____ It was nt the nly cuntry t suffer, but the sticky experience has accelerated effrts t identify and spread varieties that might cpe better with climate change. And farmers in lts f ther places fancy a slice f Peru’s blueberry pie, ntes Mr Jauregui. “Clmbia, Mrcc: everyne is grwing blueberries nw.”
A. Peru caught blueberry fever a little ver a decade ag.
B. It takes ther places fur years t start turning a prfit.
C. Last year extreme weather stle a big chunk f Peru’s prductin.
D. The cuntry wes much f its success t nvel kinds f blueberry bush.
E. These include tax breaks and irrigatin megaprjects that have pened up land alng Peru’s desert castline.
F. Yet blueberries remain by far the mst prfitable crp.
Ⅳ. Summary Writing
51. Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pint(s) f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
Restaurants: Star eursed (受诅咒的)
The twelve new restaurants added t the New Yrk Michelin Guide this mnth, serving up cuisine ranging frm “haute French” t “ec-chic”, will be tasting their success. Being featured in the handbk f the tyre-maker-turned-restaurant-critic is the first step twards receiving a Michelin star, the mst ppular award in fine dining. Yet accrding t research recently published in the Strategic Management Jurnal, restaurants might be better ff remaining starless.
Daniel Sands f University Cllege Lndn’s schl f management tracked the restaurants that pened in New Yrk in 2000 and received a starred review in the New Yrk Times. He fund that, f this prmising grup, restaurants which went n t get a Michelin star were mre likely t clse dwn in the years that fllwed than thse which did nt. The relatinship remained even when factrs such as lcatin, price and type f cuisine were taken int accunt. All tld, 40% f restaurants awarded Michelin stars in 2005 had clsed by the end f 2019.
A Michelin star bsts publicity: the study fund that Ggle search intensity rse by ver a third fr newly starred restaurants. But that fame cmes at a price. First Mr Sands argues, the restaurants’ custmers change. Being in the sptlight raises diners’ expectatins and brings in turists frm farther away. Meeting guests’ greater demands piles n new csts. Secnd, the award puts a star-shaped target n the restaurants’ back. Businesses they deal with, such as ingredient suppliers and landlrds, use the pprtunity t charge mre. Chefs, t, want their salaries t reflect the award and are mre likely t be pached (挖墙脚) by cmpetitrs.
Fr restaurateurs wh are in it fr the glry, Michelin’s tp award will prbably remain t tempting nt t pursue. But fr thse wh simply want t stay in business, It may be safer nt t reach the required standard.
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V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
52. 我从他拒绝见我推断，他还没有做出决定。(infer)（汉译英）
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53. 诺贝尔奖委员会赞扬她的作品直面了历史的创伤和人性的脆弱。(cnfrnt) （汉译英）
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54. 从这首古诗我们可以了解到，尽管诗人身处逆境，却始终保持积极乐观的人生态度。(glimpse n.) （汉译英）
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55. 人工智能可以通过学习大量的文学作品和语言规则来创作小说、诗歌等作品，但学不会真情实感，也没有创作灵魂，所以绝不能与人类作家相提并论。(in n case) (汉译英)
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Ⅵ. Guided Writing
56. Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120-150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
76. 假如你是明启中学的李华，学校计划下月举办十八岁成人礼（Cming-f-age Ceremny），因此组织同学们排练集体节目在成人礼上表演。但是有同学反映，高三课业紧张，无法抽出时间排练。现校方委托学生会向同学们征集意见，请你给学生会写封邮件。要求：
1. 你认为成人礼活动安排中存在的问题；
2. 提出改进建议和理由。
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A. skip B. highlighting C fcus D. trial E. slutin
F. straight G. shift H. fueling I. wnders J. underrated
K chked