北京汇文中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中英语试题

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When mst teenagers his age are preparing fr cmpetitive exams r training t be athletes, Henry Burner, struggling with dyslexia (阅读障碍), decides t chart his wn rute fr success.
At the age f 10, his class 1________ a trading pst, where students wuld sell and buy gds with heads. His mm suggested making cupcakes, but Burner refused. “Mm, the baked gds market is ging t be ttally versaturated (过度饱和的). Few students make things that last lng. We need t make smething ________2.” S he pulled ut his mm’s ld buttn machine and made buttns. When Burner ended up with the mst bends at the trading pst, he felt fr the first time that he was really successful. Arriving hme, Burner asked his mm. “Can I make it a real business?” That was the ________3 f Buttnsmith, a retail cmpany which nw has ver 10,000 prducts available.
Alng with his regular schling, Burner played a large rle in the cmpany’s strategic decisin making and ________4 his breaks and weekends wrking n the cmpany. Buttnsmith started frm the farmer’s market befre ging nline and________5, develping its wn website. After ging nline, Buttnsmith’s sales shwed a significant upward graph and reached millins f peple, and that was a (n) ________6 pint. Since then he has greatly ________7 prduct lines int many affrdable high quality prducts that allw peple t express wh they are t the wrld.
Starting with buttns, the cmpany has diversified its prduct ________8 and currently prvides dg cllars, leashes, business cards, banners, etc. T stay ahead f cmpetitrs, Burner has ptimized Buttnsmith t have custm prducts made within minutes f the rder being ________9 and makes sure the prducts are in the custmers’ hands within tw days.
After creating an impressive retail cmpany at hme, Buttnsmith is strategizing t spread its ________10 t ther cuntries. “I lve being an entrepreneur.” cncluded Burner.
1. A. ranB. spttedC. decrateD. swept
2. A. prtableB. durableC. stableD. flexible
3. A. missinB. advantageC. initiatinD. perfrmance
4. A. killedB. investedC. balancedD. delayed
5. A. hesitantlyB. frequentlyC. eventuallyD. accidentally
6. A. crucialB. tempraryC. regularD. urgent
7. A. slidB. puredC. packedD. expanded
8. A. cstsB. sizesC. fferingsD. supplies
9. A. placedB. deletedC. trackedD. shipped
10. A. researchB. wishesC. tasteD. rts
二、语法填空
A
A white telephne bth, knwn as the Phne f the Wind, ________11 (sit) ina garden n tp f a hill. Thugh ________12 (discnnect), the phne serves a surprising purpse: helping peple speak ut what they feel embarrassed t say in frnt f thers.
Having thught abut the idea fr a lng time, Sasaki finally built the bth, “My thughts can’t be relayed ________13 regular phne line, 50 I want them t be carried n the wind. I hpe thers can als express their feelings in the same way.”
B
Everyne has a sense f humr, ________14 nt everybdy has a gd sense f it. Psychlgists ________15 (divide) n whether humr is inbrn r learnable. Hwever, there is ne thing that is accepted widely s far the sense f humr is uniquely human. It is assciated with happiness and curage. These are qualities________16 can be shared with ther frms f life. But if happiness is ne f the gals chased in life, then it is the sense f humr that prvides the key.
C
Zhabi, r screen walls, have a lng and stried histry. Zhabi can be fund utside the ________17 (enter) f buildings, and in their earliest frm, they were built fr nly the highest members f sciety ________18 (shw) their scial status and prtect privacy. It was believed that wuld als act as the spiritual prtectin. Then they became an imprtant frm f artistic expressin, representing gd frtunate appearing n the walls. Nwadays, zhabi are still ________19 they lked in the distant past. By evlving their functin, these walls ________20 (witness) China’s develpment, giving us a snapsht f life at a particular time in histry.
第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，共38分)
第一节 (共14小题：每小题2分，共28分)
阅读下列短文，从每路所给的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
In ur hyper-cnnected wrld, infrmatin is being cllected and shared every nansecnd. The prblem is that yur persnal infrmatin might be used against yu in the future in ways yu can’t imagine tday. S what d yu have t wrry abut, and what can yu d t prtect yurself?
If yu’re wrried abut yur persnal infrmatin getting lifted...
Dn’t hand ver yur name, address, phne number, r email address unless the receiver really needs it. If pressed, yu can always make smething up. Opt a paper receipt r n receipt rather than getting ne via text r email, which requires sharing yur infrmatin and expses yu t pssible data lss.
If yu prefer that yur Internet searches stay private...
Brwse (浏览) with Firefx. Its privacy cntrls are strnger than ther big-name brwsers. Or use DuckDuckG, and alternate service yu can easily set as yur default (默认) search partner at duckduckg.cm
If yu’re wrried abut yur phne acting as a tracker...
Turn ff Lcatin Services fr all apps except maps and thers that need t knw where yu are, Yu can d this in Settings, under Privacy and Lcatin.
and Lcatin.
If yu want cmpanies t stp trying t sell yu things...
Stp ads frm tracking yu by pting ut f infrmatin cllecting. The website simpleptut. cm is a gd place t start. Yu can als add yur phne number ttheNatinalDNtCallRegistryat1-888-382-1222rdntcall. gv.
If yu’re wrried abut being tagged (标记) in phts n scial media...
Tell friends yu dn’t want t be tagged, and pt ut f being autmatically tagged in ther peple’s Facebk phts by ging t Settings, then Face Recgnitin.
Always keep in mind that Internet is nt a private place and yur privacy is nt just abut freedm frm embarrassment. Althugh yu can’t prevent all Internet Spying, yu can minimize sme unwanted spying by taking these steps.
21. Which f the fllwing will mst pssibly reveal yur persnal infrmatin?
A. Lking fr infrmatin with Firefx.
B. Receiving a receipt thrugh text messages.
C. Switching ff Lcatin Services in Settings.
D. Giving yur address t the receiver wh needs it.
22. If yu dn’t want t be disturbed by ads, yu can ________.
A. avid using simpleptut.cm.
B. refuse a call frm DuckDuckG.
C. delete yur phne number at dntcall.gv
D. register yur phne number at dntcall.gv
23. The passage is intended t ________.
A. give adviceB. intrduce websitesC. shw wrriesD. explain scial media
B
As a clueless freshman, I waltzed int my first creative writing curse by accident, thinking it was a literature class n hw t read stries, nt hw t write them.
When the teacher intrduced the curse, I realized my mistake. The credits I earned frm the curse wuldn’t cunt tward my majr. By the end f the sessin, hwever, I decided that I had t be a part f the curse. Perhaps, as a lifelng reader, I was eager t understand hw stries wrked their magic.
But taking the class wuld be impssible: I wasn’t even n the waitlist. That’s when the teacher asked fr a vlunteer t submit the first wrkshp stry.
Silence blanketed the rm. N ne risked eye cntact. Whever vlunteered wuld have t write a whle stry in a week. Perhaps they, like me, had never written ne befre.
Seizing my chance, I raised my hand and asked, “If I g first, will yu give me a spt in the class?” He said he wuld.
S, instead f keeping my head dwn and aviding eye cntact, I did the ppsite.
Years later, I’d cmpleted a degree in creative writing and was wrking n a nvel when a literary agent asked t read the first 50 pages f my draft. But I wasn’t cmfrtable shwing her anything; the nvel was far frm dne.
Thrughut graduate schl, I’d been advised many times nt t cntact agents until I have a cmplete draft. In the meanwhile, I knew the beginning f my stry was attractive and that the agent might nt remember me after a year.
S, nce again, instead f keeping my head dwn and aviding eye cntact, I did the ppsite. I sent her the first three chapters. A mnth later, she signed me n the strength f thse chapters alne. She has since seen me thrugh the publicatin f three nvels.
Determinatin, fcus, perseverance-the qualities that I cnsider crucial in getting me int Stanfrd n dubt helped me becme the nvelist I am tday. And yet if I’d trained my gaze nly n the path ahead, I wuld have missed s many happy accidents, s many beautiful pprtunities t lk up, raise my hand, and say yes.
24. What made the authr finally decide t take the curse?
A. The ppularity f the curse. B. Her cnfidence in her writing skills.
C. Her curisity abut stry writing. D. The need t get credits fr her degree.
25. The authr vlunteered t write the first wrkshp stry t ________.
A. challenge herselfB. win a place in the class
C. display her talentD. impress the teacher
26. The authr sent her first three chapters t the agent because ________.
A. she wanted t get the chance f publicatin
B. her stry was attractive t readers
C. the agent asked her t turn in the wrk
D. her friends advised her t d s
27. What des the passage mainly tell us?
A. Actin speaks luder than wrds.
B. Cnfidence leads t grwth and fulfillment.
C. Success cmes t thse wh dare.
D. Chance favrs nly the prepared mind.
C
Enlightening, challenging, stimulating, fun. These were sme f the wrds that Nature readers used t describe their experiences f art-science cllabratins in a series f articles n partnerships between artists and researchers. Nearly 40% f the rughly 350 peple wh respnded t an accmpanying pll, said they had cllabrated with artists; and almst all said they wuld cnsider ding s in future.
Such an encuraging result is nt surprising. Scientists are increasingly seeking ut visual artists t help them cmmunicate their wrk t new audiences. “Artists help scientists reach a brader audience and make emtinal cnnectins that enhance learning,” ne respndent said.
One example f hw artists and scientists have tgether rcked the scenes came last mnth when the Sydney Symphny Orchestra perfrmed a rewrked versin f Antni Vivaldi’s The Fur Seasns. They reimagined the 300-year-ld scre by injecting the latest climate predictin data fr each seasn-prvided by Mnash University’s Climate Change Cmmunicatin Research Hub. The perfrmance was a creative call t actin ahead f Nvember’s United Natins Climate Change Cnference in Glasgw, UK.
But a genuine partnership must be a tw-way street. Fewer artists than scientists respnded t the Nature pll; hwever, several respndents nted that artists d nt simply assist scientists with their cmmunicatin requirements. Nr shuld their wrk be cnsidered nly as an bject f study. The alliances are mst valuable when scientists and artists have a shared interest in a prject, are able t jintly design it and can critique each ther’s wrk. Such an apprach can bth prmpt new research as well as result in pwerful art.
Mre than half a century ag, the Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy pened its Center fr Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) t explre the rle f technlgy in culture. The funders deliberately fcused their prjects arund light—hence the"visual studies"in the name. Light was smething that bth artists and scientists had an interest in, and therefre culd frm the basis f cllabratin. As science and technlgy prgressed, and divided int mre sub-disciplines, the centre was simultaneusly (同时地) lking t a time when leading researchers culd als be artists, writers and pets, and vice versa.
Nature’s pll findings suggest that this trend is as strng as ever, but, t make a cllabratin wrk, bth sides need t invest time, and embrace surprise and challenge. The reach f art-science tie-ups needs t g beynd the necessary purpse f research cmmunicatin, and participant must nt fall int the trap f steretyping (对…产生成见) each ther. Artists and scientists alike are immersed in discvery and inventin, and challenge and critique are cre t bth, t.
28. Accrding t Paragraph 1, art-science cllabratins have ________.
A. caught the attentin f criticsB. received favrable respnses
C. prmted academic publishingD. sparked heated public cntrversy
29. The rewrked versin f The Fur Seasns is mentined t shw that ________.
A. art can ffer audiences easy access t science
B. science can help with the expressin f emtins
C. public participatin in science has a prmising future
D. art is effective in facilitating scientific innvatins
30. What des the underlined wrld “alliances” in Paragraph 4 prbably mean?
A. assciatinsB. attachmentsC. disputesD. invlvements
31. Accrding t the authr, art-science cllabratins
A. are likely t g beynd public expectatins
B. will intensify interdisciplinary cmpetitin
C. shuld d mre than cmmunicating science
D. are becming mre ppular than befre
D
The weather in Texas may have cled since the recent extreme heat, but the temperature will be high at the State Bard f Educatin meeting in Austin this mnth as fficials debate hw climate change is taught in Texas schls.
Pat Hardy, wh sympathizes with the views f the energy sectr, is resisting prpsed changes t science standards fr pre-teen pupils. “There are as many scientists wrking against all the panic f glbal climate change as there are thse wh are pushing it,” she claims. “Texas is an energy state and we need t recgnize that. Yu need t remember where yur bread is buttered.”
Mst scientists and experts sharply dispute Hardy’s views. Bard members like her “casually dismiss the career wrk f schlars and scientists as just anther misguided pinin,” says Dan Quinn, senir cmmunicatins strategist at the Texas Freedm Netwrk, a nn-prfit grup that mnitrs public educatin.
Such debates reflect fierce discussins acrss the US, as researchers, plicymakers, teachers and students step up demands fr a greater fcus n teaching abut the facts f climate change in schls.
A study last year by the Natinal Center fr Science Educatin, a nn-prfit grup f scientists and teachers, lking at hw state public schls acrss the cuntry address climate change in science classes, gave barely half f US states a grade B+ r higher. Amng the 10 wrst perfrmers were sme f the mst ppulus states, including Texas, which was given the lwest grade (F) and has a disprprtinate influence because its textbks are widely sld elsewhere.
Glenn Branch, the centre’s deputy directr, cautins that setting state-level science standards is nly ne limited benchmark in a cuntry that decentralizes decisins t lcal schl bards. Even if a state is cnsidered a high perfrmer in its science standards, “that des nt mean it will be taught”, he says. Anther issue is that, while climate change is well integrated int sme subjects and at sme ages-such as earth and space sciences in high schls—it is nt as well represented in curricula (教学大纲) fr yunger children and in subjects that are mre widely taught, such as bilgy and chemistry. It is als less prminent in many scial studies curses.
Branch pints ut that, even if a grwing number f fficial guidelines and textbks reflect scientific cnsensus n climate change, unfficial educatinal materials that cnvey mre biased perspectives are being distributed t teachers. They include materials spnsred by energy industry assciatins.
32. What des Quinn think f Hardy?
A. She exaggerates the existing panic. B. She shws n cncern fr pre-teens.
C. She expresses self-cntradictry views. D. She denies the value f scientific wrk.
33. The study mentined in Paragraph 5 shws that ________.
A. Texas is reluctant t rewrite its science textbks
B. plicymakers have little drive fr science educatin
C. climate educatin is insufficient at state public schls
D. envirnmental teaching in sme states lacks supervisin
34. Accrding t Branch, state-level science standards in the US________.
A. call fr regular revisinB. have limited influence
C. require urgent applicatinD. priritize lcal needs
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。
Our Amazing Hands
The hand is where the mind meets the wrld. We use ur hands t build fires, t fly airplanes, and t write. The human brain, with its pen-ended creativity, may be the thing that makes the human race unique. But withut hands, all the ideas we think up wuld cme t nthing.
35________ Study it carefully, yu will find smething interesting. The thumb alne is cntrlled by nine separate muscles. The wrist is a grup f bnes and muscles cnnected with nerves. The nerves send branches int each fingertip, which makes the fingers extremely flexible. ________36
Early hands seemed mre unusual and interesting than any hand tday. Sme animals had seven fingers. Others had eight. But by the time vertebrates (脊椎动物) appeared 340 millin years ag, the hand had develped t nly five fingers. ________37
After years f research, scientists are beginning t understand the mlecular (分子的) changes in hands. ________38 This makes the hands f different animals very similar. There is a netwrk f many genes that builds a hand, and all hands are built n that netwrk.
The discvery has given scientists a deeper understanding f the develpment f hands. A bird’s wing and a lin’s pa w may appear t have nthing in cmmn. ________39 It may just be a little mre f ne prtein here, a little less f anther there. In the past, scientists culd recgnize nly the utward signs that hands had develped frm a cmmn ancestr. Tday scientists are uncvering the inward signs as well.
A. Hands can ften be used fr a number f different purpses.
B. But the difference between them may cme dwn t a tiny change in frm.
C. It has kept that number fr reasns scientists dn’t yet knw.
D. N ne wuld dubt that the five fingers are different with each ther.
E. They als see that all hands start ut in much the same way.
F. S yu can see a skilled watchmaker use his hands t set springs in place under a micrscpe.
G. The reasn we can use ur hands fr s many things is their special structure.
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)
The ther day I was having cffee and catching up with Brian, a friend! hadn’t seen in ver a year, when he asked me this questin. “D yu regret leaving Ggle?” “Of curse, I dn’t regret it,” I answered. But when I reflected mre deeply n his questin, arrived at this realizatin: We cannt regret smething that has taught us valuable lessns in life.
Truth is, nt every decisin we make will be the right chice fr us. I learned later that quitting my ne and nly surce f incme t start an c-cmmerce business frm nthing was a recipe fr financial disaster. N, that decisin was nt the right ne at the time. Perhaps I shuld’ve fllwed the advice I give tday:
Build yur business while wrking a full-time jb s that yu can wrk frm a place f stability. But then again, I wuldn’t have learned such a valuable lessn had I nt acted upn what was truly imprtant t me at the time-the freedm f pursuing my wn dream, n my wn terms.
We regret what’s in the past and can’t be changed. We cmpare the chices we made yesterday t an ideal path that we think we shuld have taken—we simply imagine it t be a better path. What is wrse is when stuck in regret, we lse ur cntrl ver what matters mst: What we d with ur time, tday.
There’s a much better way t lk at regret—a mre mindful way—and it can be seen at a place where actin, reflectin, and gratitude meet.
S whenever yu find yurself caught in regret, stp and ask yurself these tw questins: “What have I learned frm this? And hw have I grwn because f it?” Perhaps yu might just shift yur viewpint frm that f being upset and regretful t being appreciative and grateful.
40. What did Brian’s questin make the writer realize?
41. List the tw wrds the authr uses t describe the viewpint peple shuld take when facing regret.
42. Please decide which part f the fllwing statement is false, then underline it and explain why.
When peple get stuck in regret, what makes the situatin wrse is that past chices can’t be changed.
43. What has been yur biggest regret during yur high schl life? What have yu learned frm this? (In abut 40 wrds)
第二节 (共20分)
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你校正在为“校园劳动周”征集活动方案，你有意参加，并对活动设计形成了一些想法，请你给英国好友Jim 写一封邮件询问他的建议。内容包括：
1. 介绍设计想法；
2. 说明设计理由。
注意:1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数