上海市上海中学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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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. She will run after the man. B. She can’t run faster.
C. She will beat the man in running. D. She desn’t like running.
2. A. She desn’t knw when the train leaves. B. It desn’t matter where the man ges fr hliday.
C. She wants the man t make up his mind himself. D. It’s nt necessary fr the man t wrry.
3. A. T visit sme lcal cmpanies. B. T help the cmpanies recruit students.
C. T knw mre abut the cmpanies. D. T apply fr a jb.
4. A. At the airprt. B. In a restaurant. C. In a bank. D. At the htel receptin.
5. A. Read sme instructin bks. B. Search fr prfessinal help.
C. Study a cmputer prgram. D. Set up a cmputer themselves.
6. A. She wants t get sme rest. B. She needs time t write a paper.
C. She has a literature class t attend. D. She has truble ging t sleep at night.
7. A. She will have chclate cake. B. She will try apple pie with ice cream.
C. She wn’t have any dessert. D. She wn’t suggest what t rder.
8. A. Her brther can help the man rent an apartment.
B. The man can stay in her brther’s apartment.
C. Her brther can find the man a cheaper htel.
D. The man can rent her brther’s apartment.
9. A. She desn’t knw whether Prf. Brwn will return.
B. The man shuldn’t be late fr his afternn class.
C. She can help the man get t Prf. Brwn later.
D. The man shuld g t Prf. Brwn’s classrm.
10. A. Alice didn’t seem t be nervus during her perfrmance.
B. The man didn’t enjy Alice’s perfrmance very much.
C. Alice needs mre training befre playing fr peple.
D. The man admired Alice fr her wnderful skills.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw passages and ne lnger cnversatin. After each passage and cnversatin, yu will be asked several questins. The passages and the cnversatin 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 is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11 A. She didn’t prepare well fr it. B. She didn’t like the tpic f histry.
C. She thught she lked flish. D. She frgt t d it n that day.
12. A. She was nervus in frnt f peple. B. She felt the weather was t ht fr her.
C. She was in an vercrwded classrm. D. She wanted t answer questins in class.
13. A. Stp raising her hand in class. B. Frget abut the peple arund.
C. Avid staring at the windw r the exit sign. D. Make mre eye cntact with the prfessr.
14. A. He is very likely t shw up late fr his next class.
B. He has a prblem cntrlling his learned behavir.
C. He desn’t like his high schl life nr high schl friends.
D. He turns red whenever he talks t a girl.
Questins 15 thrugh 17 are based n the fllwing passage.
15. A. British sl stars. B. American pp singers.
C. Fur Liverpl bys. D. The yung f the 1960s.
16. A. Representing the yung. B. Audience participatin.
C. Praising lve and truth. D. Internatinal ppularity.
17. A. They were lked dwn upn by serius musicians.
B. They started frm selling wrds and music t stars.
C. They represented the painful struggle fr freedm.
D. The wrte abut a variety f things in their sngs.
Questins 18 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing passage.
18. A. Abut ne third. B. 40 percent.
C. Arund 130 billin tns. D. Nearly 15 percent.
19 A. Farms grw smaller prtins f fd prducts every year.
B. Grcery stres get rid f fd prducts that n ne buys.
C. Restaurants send buffet leftvers t hmeless peple arund.
D. Ordinary families thrw fd away because they are nt nutritius.
20. A. T feed 25 millin Americans a year.
B. T cut dwn fd wasted by 50 percent by 2030.
C. T make abundant fd supply a reality n Earth.
D. T prvide Americans with affrdable and nutritius fd.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vcabulary
Sectin A: Multiple Chices（请涂在答题卡相应位置）
Directins: Beneath each f the fllwing sentences there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne answer that best cmpletes the sentence.
1. Learning that I culdn’t affrd the rent, my bss ______ me a mnth’s salary.
A. cmmittedB. chppedC. chargedD. advanced
2. The curt decided t ______ the charge against the suspect as n slid evidence was fund against him.
A. fileB. answerC. drpD. assume
3. Businesses are pushing the gvernment t pass new laws t ______ late payments f debts, a prblem that has been threatening their financial stability.
A. encunterB. cunterC. expseD. facilitate
4. It was the lve and supprt f his family and friends that ______ him during his time in prisn.
A. sustainedB. bstedC. accmpaniedD. emerged
5. The wrld f advertising is bviusly less ______ by cnventin than the wrld f banking, allwing fr mre innvatin and experimentatin.
A. bundB. brderedC. bmedD. grasped
6. Believe it r nt, newbrns are able t ______ between a man’s and a wman’s vice.
A. frecastB. discriminateC. integrateD. accmmdate
7. T this day, Michael Jrdan is regarded as ne f the best basketball players ever t have ______ the game, whse unmatched skill and exceptinal sprtsmanship inspire players and fans alike.
A. drawnB. gracedC. explredD. cmmanded
8. Accrding t the analyst ______ pricing allws greater pricing flexibility by taking int accunt real-time changes in cnsumer demand.
A. dmesticB. dynamicC. initialD. earnest
9. The man arrived fr the ceremny with ld jackets and ______ jeans that the average persn wuld save fr mwing the lawn in his garden at the weekend.
A. fadedB. humbleC. equivalentD. fine
10. There is n quicker way t ______ a wrd t a respectable principle, system and mvement than t stick t the end f it the suffix “-ism”.
A. cinB. exchangeC. elevateD. cnfuse
Sectin B:（请写在答题纸相应位置）
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.
Try New Fruit. The Weirder, the Better.
As a kid, I ften had nsebleeds. My parents blamed all the fruits I ate that gave me “excessive heat” — especially the lychees, my favrite. It didn’t stp me frm wlfing them dwn ____11____ the dzen, hwever. After we settled in a suburb f Quebec City, lychees became harder t find, and thus an infrequent treat.
____12____ I’ve grwn lder, my bsessin with extic fruit has intensified — the weirder, the better. ____13____ natural r genetically mdified, beautiful r misshapen, every new fruit expands my understanding f the wrld and enriches my experience within it. Just when I think I have encuntered every natural smell, a fruit named lul appears at my favrite stre. Part pineapple juice and part rhubarb-flavred gummy, it’s a scent s rare that I’d rather believe it was picked frm a fd scientist’s imaginatin ____14____ accept that it just happens t grw in sme peple’s backyards.
There’s a line in a Jack Gilbert pem that has inhabited a crner in my brain since I was a teenager. “What lasted is what the sul ate; the way a child knws the wrld is by putting it part by part int his muth.” I think f the line ____15____ I prepare t eat a new fruit. Each tasting is a chance t be reunited with my inner child, t be left wide-eyed as I get t knw it, part by part. Fr me, the experience is n less expansive than seeing the cean fr the first time. Yu catch yurself ____16____(wnder) what else this wrld has been hiding and what beauty it’s capable f. ____17____ tasked with naming these fruits appear t be equally under a spell, prducing simple yet charming names like ice cream bean and dragn fruit.
Mst fruits I try nly a cuple f times, but there’s ne t ____18____ I keep returning: the sursp (刺果番荔枝). At ripeness, it tastes like a wnderful cmbinatin f banana, strawberry and papaya. ____19____(wait) just ne mre day, thugh, and it starts t brwn, emitting a smell that registers mre like feet than fruit.
This rapid decaying actually cmfrts me. An appraching expiratin date is nly encuragement ____20____(taste) these jys as they cme. We, t, will sn wake up and find ur bdies sftened and bruised. Will we have let ur sweetest days g t waste?
Sectin C
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
A basic weakness in a cnservatin system based whlly n ecnmic mtives is that mst members f the land cmmunity have n ecnmic value. Yet, these creatures are members f the bitic(生物的) cmmunity and, if its stability depends n its integrity, they are ____21____ t existence.
When ne f these nnecnmic categries is in ____22____ danger and, if we happen t lve it, we invent excuses t give it ecnmic imprtance. During the early 1900s, sngbirds were suppsed t be disappearing. Scientists jumped t the rescue with ____23____ shaky evidence t the effect that insects wuld eat us up if birds failed t cntrl them. The evidence had t be ecnmic t be valid.
A ____24____ situatin exists in respect f predatry mammals. Time was when bilgists smewhat verwrked the evidence that these creatures preserve the health f ____25____ by killing the physically weak, r that they prey nly n “wrthless” species. It is nly in recent years that we hear the mre hnest argument that predatrs are members f the cmmunity, and that n special interest has the right t kill them fr the sake f a benefit, real r ____26____, t itself.
Sme species f trees have been “excluded frm the party” by ecnmics-minded fresters because they grw t slwly r have t lw a sale value t pay as ____27____ crps. In Eurpe, where frestry is eclgically mre advanced, the nncmmercial tree species are recgnized as members f native frest cmmunity, t be preserved as such, within reasn. Mrever, sme have been fund t have a valuable rle in building up sil fertility. The interdependence f the frest and its ____28____ species and grund plants and animals is taken fr granted.
T sum up, a system f cnservatin based slely n ecnmic self-interest is hpelessly unjust. It tends t ignre, and thus ____29____ t eliminate, many elements in the land cmmunity that lack cmmercial value. It assumes, falsely, that the ecnmic parts f the bitic cmmunity will wrk withut the unecnmic parts, which are nevertheless essential t its healthy ______30______.
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passages 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.
In praise f anxiety
Nbdy likes t feel anxius. An entire industry has sprung up t aid us in eliminating it, frm self-help bks t cgnitive behaviral therapy. Yet with rates f anxiety disrders rising sharply wrldwide, it seems that ur effrts t ____31____ anxiety aren’t wrking.
But feeling anxius isn’t the prblem. The prblem is that we dn’t understand hw t respnd ____32____ t anxiety. This “bad” feeling isn’t a failure f mental health. It’s a victry f human ____33____, a respnse emerging with ur ability t cpe with the uncertain future. It was Charles Darwin wh saw that ____34____ emtins like anxiety ffers a prfund evlutinary advantage. Fear, ____35____, signals that yu may be in danger — frm a predatr r a bully — and readies yur bdy and mind t fight r take flight.
Anxiety, by cntrast, has nthing t d with ____36____ threats. ____37____, it turns yu int a mental time traveler, drawing yur attentin t what lies ahead. Will yu succeed r fail in a big jb interview? Anxiety prmpts yur mind and bdy int ____38____. Yur wrries frce yu t prepare thrughly fr the interview, while yur heart races and pumps bld t yur brain s that yu stay sharp, prepared t pursue yur gals.
Over the years, research has als shwn higher levels f dpamine when we’re anxius. We have lng knwn dpamine increases when an experience is pleasurable and als in anticipatin f ____39____. The fact that anxiety als bsts dpamine levels pints t its rle in making psitive pssibilities int reality.
Sadly, many f us feel verwhelmed by lasting anxiety and dn’t see any _____40_____ frm it. We have cme t believe that the best way t cpe is t get rid f it. But treating anxiety as a disease prevents us frm telling rdinary anxiety frm anxiety disrders, and creates huge _____41_____ csts when it cmes t using anxiety t ur benefit.
Here’s the difference between anxiety and an anxiety disrder: a disrder is nly diagnsed when ur ways f cping with anxiety disturb ur ability t functin nrmally in life. These prblematic ways usually invlve _____42_____, like never leaving a huse because we fear a negative evaluatin, r taking drugs t dull ur emtinal pain. They als invlve the belief that we can’t cpe with anxiety. Cuntless research shws when we instead are curius abut ur negative emtins, and learn t name them and _____43_____ them, they becme mre manageable.
Therefre, we need t develp a new mindset abut this misunderstd emtin. Reframing anxiety as a(n)_____44_____ and a valued part f being human isn’t easy. It takes practice and it desn’t mean anxiety becmes enjyable. Anxiety can’t d its jb unless it makes us _____45_____, frcing us t sit up and pay attentin. We dn’t need t like anxiety — just t use it in the right way.
31. A. cntainB. understandC. expressD. appreciate
32. A. rapidlyB. naturallyC. cnstructivelyD. cautiusly
33. A. behavirB. experienceC. intelligenceD. evlutin
34. A. intenseB. unpleasantC. cnflictingD. real
35. A. in generalB. n the ther handC. fr exampleD. in ther wrds
36. A. immediateB. cnstantC. ptentialD. deadly
37. A. CnsequentlyB. HweverC. MreverD. Rather
38. A. realityB. decisinC. wnderD. actin
39. A. requirementsB. changesC. rewardsD. threats
40. A. slutinB. benefitC. differenceD. lessn
41. A. pprtunityB. labrC. unexpectedD. extra
42. A. panicB. avidanceC. addictinD. absence
43. A. make sense fB. d away withC. take refuge inD. make up fr
44. A. cureB. praiseC. edgeD. emtin
45. A. fascinatedB. patientC. calmD. uncmfrtable
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 just read.
（A）
Nt lng ag I jined in a frum n the rle f the American press. The purpse f the frum, as I understd it, was t examine the respnsibilities f the media and t suggest the best ways t meet thse respnsibilities.
During the pen-discussin perid, a gentleman addressed a questin t a distinguished anchrman. Why, he asked, are the newspapers and televisin news prgrams s disaster-prne? The anchrman reacted as if he had been blamed fr the existence f bad news. Newsmen, he said, are nly respnsible fr reprting the news, nt fr creating r mdifying it.
It didn’t seem t me that he had answered the questin. The gentleman was just wndering why distrtins are mst reprted. The news media seem t perate n the philsphy that all news is bad news. Why? Culd it be that the emphasis n dwnside news is largely the result f traditin — the way newsmen and newswmen are accustmed t respnding t daily events?
Perhaps it wuld be useful here t examine the way we define the wrd news fr this is where the prblem begins. News is suppsed t deal with happenings f the past 12 hurs — 24 hurs at mst. Anything that happens s suddenly, hwever, is likely t be eruptive: a sniper kills a presidential candidate; a plane crashed int a muntain…
Fcusing nly n these details, hwever, prduces a misshapen picture. Civilizatin is a lt mre than the sum ttal f its disasters. The mst imprtant ingredient in any civilizatin is prgress. But prgress is nt eruptive. Generally, it cmes in bits and pieces, very little f it clearly visible at any given mment, but all f it invlved in the making f histrical change fr the better.
It is this aspect f living histry that mst news reprting reflects inadequately. The result is that we are under-infrmed abut psitive develpments and ver-infrmed abut disasters. This, in turn, leads t a public md f defeatism, which in themselves tend t prevent prgress. A persistent diet f eruptive news drains the essential human energies a free sciety needs.
I am nt suggesting “psitive” news be designed as a cuntermeasure t the disasters n page ne. What I am trying t get acrss is the ntin that the respnsibility f the news media is t search ut and reprt n imprtant events whether r nt they cme under the heading f cnflicts r disasters. The wrld is a splendid cmbinatin f heaven and hell, and bth call fr attentin and examinatin.
The anchrman was right in saying newsmen were nt respnsible fr shaping the wrld, but they are respnsible fr affecting ur attitude. News peple prvide us with the nly picture f urselves and the wrld. It had better be a true prtrait-and nt a caricature (漫画)— fr it’s this picture n which we will base ur decisins and arund which we will plan ur future.
46. The authr learned frm the frum that ______.
A. the public tended t blame newsmen fr reprting nly bad news
B. there were cncerns abut the media’s t much fcus n bad news
C. the American press failed t deliver n its prmise t refrm the media
D. the public expected factual and unmdified news reprts frm newsmen
47. What des the authr suggest is the primary reasn fr the dminance f negative news cverage?
A. The news media wrks n the principle that all news is bad news.
B. News reprters are prfessinally trained t reprt daily disasters.
C. News traditinally refers t events that ccur suddenly within a day.
D. Reprting nly tragic events may blind the public t scial prgress.
48 Which f the fllwing statements might the authr agree with?
A. News reprters shuld give their attentin t a wider range f imprtant issues.
B. The cnflicts and disasters cause public despair and rb sciety f human energy.
C. Newsmen are duty-bund t create mre psitive news t fight against disasters.
D. Newsmen can strive t find a balanced prtrayal f events t shape the wrld.
49. Which f the fllwing might be the best title f the passage?
A. Why is all news bad news?B. Where is the news leading us?
C. Why is it time t create mre psitive news?D. Hw can the news media thrive against all dds?
（B）
Belw are three sprts dcumentaries that make perfect viewing fr fans f sprting drama.
N 1. Frmula 1: Drive t survive
The wrld’s httest sprt was barely n the radar f mst Americans — and then Drive t Survive arrived. Since its first release, the series has been credited fr the surprising rise in ppularity f the Eurpean racing assciatin, Frmula 1.
Over six seasns, it has taken fans inside every team and shwn the lives and preparatin f the wners, managers, and drivers, including superstars Lewis Hamiltn, whse headline-making race fr the 2021 title was at the center f Seasn 4. The series’ success has als inspired similar shws fr ther sprts lking t grab a bigger share f the glbal market.
N 2. Race t the Summit
This climbing dcumentary recrds the race between tw great climbers t secure the fastest time t cnquer the Alps’ great nrth faces. As with all climbing dcumentaries, nn-climbers will struggle t understand what drives a persn t risk his life like this, but the film’s stunning scenery and the athletes’ dedicatin t their sprt needs n explanatin. Viewers with fears f heights may want t steer clear, hwever: these shts are guaranteed t raise yur heart rate and take yur breath away.
N 3. Slaying The Badger
The 1986 Tur de France had a battle at its heart, ne between the tw fastest riders in the game. As defending champin, Bernard ‘The Badger’ was the hme her, a serius Frenchman wh was n stranger t challenges. The cmpetitr was his ppsite in persnality: the sunny American rider LeMnd, whse penness culdn’t cnceal a strng determinatin t becme the first nn-Eurpean t win the race. The nly truble was that the pair were members f the same team. This dcumentary is a fascinating study f the tw impulses f prfessinal rad cycling — individual glry versus team duty. And LeMnd, wh had played the rle f dutiful assistant the previus year, believed it was his turn t try the winner’s yellw jersey fr size.
50. What can we learn abut the dcumentary Frmula 1: Drive t survive?
A. It imprves Frmula 1’s glbal viewership, particularly in Eurpe.
B. It ffers fans chances t g behind the scenes f Frmula 1 racing.
C. It leads t the rise f Lewis Hamiltn as a wrld-famus sprts star.
D. It helps ther similar sprts enjy a larger slice f the glbal market.
51. Which f the fllwing infrmatin abut Race t the Summit might be CORRECT?
A. The film is intended fr nn-climbers wh want t learn abut climbing.
B. The race between the climbers vershadws the scenic beauty f the Alps.
C. The film features splendid muntain views and thrilling scenes f climbing.
D. The film details the reasns behind climbers’ pursuit f extreme climbing.
52. What majr theme des Slaying The Badger explre?
A. The success stry f a yung cyclist defeating the defending champin.
B. The dminance f Eurpeans in rad cycling and the challenges they face.
C. The challenge f balancing persnal attainments with cllective respnsibilities.
D. The fierce battle between tp riders f different persnalities frm different teams.
（C）
The recent trust crisis has led many scientists t take up arms t defend their enterprise but in their attempt t fight back against varius frms f science denial, sme scientists say things that just aren’t true - and yu can’t build trust if the things yu are saying are nt trustwrthy.
One ppular mve is t insist that science is right - full stp - and that nce we discver the truth abut the wrld, we are dne. Anyne wh denies such truths is ignrant. Or, as Nbel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg said, “Even thugh a scientific thery is in a sense a scial cnsensus (共识), it is unlike any ther srt f cnsensus in that it is culture-free and permanent.” Well, n. Science is a prcess f learning and discvery, and smetimes we learn that what we thught was right is wrng. Even a mdest familiarity with the histry f science ffers many examples f matters that scientists thught they had reslved, nly t discver that they needed t be recnsidered.
Anther ppular mve is t say scientific findings are true because scientists use “the scientific methd”. But we can never actually agree n what that methd is. Sme will say it is empiricism: bservatin and descriptin f the wrld. Others will say it is the experimental methd: the use f experiment t test hyptheses (假设). Recently sme prminent scientists claimed the scientific methd was t avid fling neself int thinking smething is true that is nt, and vice versa.
Each f these cmmnly-held views has its merits, but if the claim is that any ne f these is the scientific methd, then they all fail. Histry and philsphy have shwn that the idea f a singular scientific methd is, well, unscientific. In fact, the methds f science have varied between disciplines and acrss time. Many scientific practices, particularly statistical tests f significance, have been develped with the idea f aviding wishful thinking and self-deceptin, but that hardly cnstitutes “the scientific methd”. Scientists have bitterly argued abut which methds are the best, and, as we all knw, bitter arguments rarely get reslved.
In my view, the biggest mistake scientists make is t claim that this is all smehw simple and therefre t imply that anyne wh desn’t get it is dumb. Science is nt simple, and neither is the natural wrld; therein lies the challenge f science cmmunicatin. What we d is bth hard and, ften, hard t explain. Our effrts t understand and prtray the natural wrld are just that: effrts. Because we’re human, we ften fall flat. The gd news is that when that happens, we pick urselves up, brush urselves ff, and get back t wrk. Understanding the beautiful, cmplex wrld we live in, and using that knwledge t d useful things, is bth its wn reward and why taxpayers shuld be happy t fund research.
Scientific theries are nt perfect cpies f reality, but we have gd reasn t believe that they capture significant elements f it. And experience reminds us that when we ignre reality, it sner r later cmes back t bite us.
53. The qute frm Steven Weinberg is intended t ______.
A. illustrate that scientific theries are free frm cultural influences
B. stress what was believed t be true may turn ut t be false theries
C. shw even great scientists may be unfamiliar with the histry f science
D. serve as an example f the belief that science prduces permanent truths
54. What can be learned frm all the ppular pinins n “the scientific methd” mentined in the passage?
A. One way t make scientific discvery is ding experiments t bserve and describe the wrld.
B. Sme hld the scientific methd fcuses n prving hyptheses crrect thrugh experiments.
C. Sme suggest emplying the scientific methd t avid self-deceptin in scientific inquiry.
D. The scientific methd has evlved ver time and varied acrss scientific disciplines.
55. The underlined phrase “fall flat” in Paragraph 5 is clsest in meaning t ______.
A. fail t achieve a galB. lie n ne’s back
C. fall behind the timesD. rise t challenges
56. Which f the fllwing statements des the authr prbably agree with?
A. It’s pintless t agree n a single scientific methd as science is right in itself.
B. Science can’t supply abslute truths abut the real wrld, but it brings us clser.
C. Reflectin n the histry f science may help scientists restre public trust in science.
D. Making scientific theries easily understandable is the biggest challenge fr scientists.
Sectin C
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the sentences given belw. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
What happened t the nble art f the manly cry?
One f ur mst firmly established ideas f masculinity (男子汉气概) is that men dn’t cry. Althugh he might shed bitter tears at a funeral, a real man is expected t quickly regain cntrl. Crying penly is fr girls.
____57____ One study fund wman reprt crying five times mre ften than men d. S it’s perhaps surprising t learn that the gender gap in crying seems t be a recent develpment. Histrically, men rutinely wept. In dcuments f the Middle Ages, we find ambassadrs bursting int tears when addressing the king; in medieval rmances, knights cried because they missed their girlfriends. There’s n mentin f men trying t hld back their tears.
S where did all the male tears g? There was n anti-crying mvement. N leaders f church r state intrduced measures t discurage them. ____58____ Frm there, it was a shrt leap t the pker-faced heres f Ernest Hemingway, wh culdn’t express their grief by any means but drinking and shting buffal.
The mst bvius pssibility is that this shift is the result f changes that tk place as we mved frm an agricultural sciety t ne that was urban and industrial. In the Middle Ages, a typical village had nly a small number f inhabitants related by bld r marriage. ____59____ But frm the 18th century, the ppulatin became increasingly urbanized, and peple were living amid thusands f strangers. Furthermre, changes in the ecnmy required men t wrk tgether in factries and ffices where emtinal expressin was discuraged as time-wasting.
____60____ There’s reasn t believe that hlding back tears can be harmful t yur well-being. Research has suggested a link between stress-related illness and inadequate crying. S it might be better t return t the free-flwing tears f the past. When misfrtune strikes, feel free t cry until ur sleeves are saked. As the Old Testament has it: “They that sw in tears shall reap in jy.”
A. Nevertheless, by the Rmantic perid, masculine tears were reserved fr pets.
B. S it’s time fr men t give up being stne-faced and pen the fldgates.
C. If men cried, they did s with peple wh wuld empathize.
D. Nr did their cmpanins make fun f this public crying.
E. Yet human beings weren’t designed t swallw their emtins.
F. This isn’t just a scial expectatin; it’s a scientific fact.
Ⅳ. Summary
61. 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.
The lng and winding career
Acrss the develped wrld, the wrkfrce nw cmes in varius shades f grey. Since2008, the average labr-frce participatin rate f 55-t 64-year-lds in develped cuntries has risen by eight percentage pints.
Many peple will be mre than happy t wrk lnger. A recent survey f 1, 000 British retired peple fund that a quarter thught they had stpped t early. It desn’t mean retirement lses its appeal. Retirement gives yu the chance t sleep late and avid the mrning cmmute. On a ht summer’s day, yu can enjy the sunshine; n a winter’s day, yu can avid the cld and rain. N lnger d yu have t sit thrugh endless meetings r check email bsessively.
But wrk has many benefits. As the survey reveals, it gives peple a purpse in life. The first mnth f retirement may seem pleasant, but bredm is bund t fllw. Grand plans t learn languages and travel the wrld can quickly fall thrugh. Furthermre, the friendship f clleagues prvides a scial netwrk; spending all week at hme can lead t lneliness.
Of curse, many peple are wrking lnger nt because they enjy what they d, but because they cannt affrd t quit. Cmpanies have been phasing ut pensins linked t final salaries and wrkers end up with a pt f savings at retirement that needs t be reinvested. The incme frm such pts has been reduced by very lw interest rates. Therefre, they need t keep wrking.
Hwever, emplyers may be held back. One in three 55-t 65-year-lds in develped cuntries either lacks cmputer experience r cannt pass technlgy tests. Such deficits can be tackled with prper training, rganized by the gvernment r by cmpanies themselves s that the ver-55s can becme silver surfers as their livelihd may depend n that.
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Ⅴ. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
62. 我刚刚冲出教室，这时脚下一滑，重重地摔了一跤。（hardly）(汉译英)
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63. 在阳光明媚的午后，没有什么比呆在寝室里打个盹更惬意的事情了。（than）(汉译英)
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64. 尽管本季度金价一路飙升，但丝毫没有打消消费者对黄金饰品的购买热情。（discurage）(汉译英)
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65. 这款角色扮演类游戏视觉效果逼真，互动体验绝佳，自发布以来便赢得了业内人士和玩家们的高度赞扬。（characterize）(汉译英)
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Ⅵ. Guided Writing
66. Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in n less than 150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese.
假设你是志越中学的学生胡一静，你校正在考虑推出数字化校园应用方案以提升学生的学习和生活体验。现有三个方案可供选择，分别是“电子图书馆”、“虚拟实验室探索”和“智能校园管理系统”。请你根据自己的兴趣和理念选择其中一个方案，并写一封建议信给冯校长，说明你的选择和理由。信件内容应包括以下方面：
1. 你选择的方案以及该方案的主要功能和特点；
2. 你选择该方案的具体理由。
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A. cnstituent B. ultimately C. fancied D. functining E. game F. grave
G. prmising H. parallel I. cash J. entitled K. distinctly