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杨浦区2024学年度第一学期高三模拟质量调研
高三年级英语学科试卷 2024.12
考生注意：
1 .考试时间105分钟，试卷满分115分。
2 .本次考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择
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I. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage
coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each
blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that
best fits each blank.
Silent Book Club
Two dozen people gathered in a cozy cafe-bookstore in Minnesota, chatting and
laughing with those seated beside them. After ten minutes, the room (I)
(fall) quiet. Then people opened their books and began to read.
(2) most book clubs, the Silent Book Club's Minneapolis ch叩ter
doesn't require members to read a specific book. The setup is simple: Bring whatever
book you happen (3)(read) cun-ently. Quietly read that book fbr 45 minutes.
Then share a bit about the book with others.
The clubs attract introverts, bookworms and rebels who resist the idea of
spending precious reading lime on a book (4)else selected Ibr them. t4i
hated assigned reading in school,said Kortney Webster, (5)member of
this club since it started in 2019, shaking her head. <4Whenever I see the books (6)
(recommend) on the reading list, I can't help but turn away from them.^^
Across the table fi-om her was Matt Streit, who launched the Minneapolis chapter of
(7)has become a global phenomenon.
Streit had heard a radio story about the founder of the first silent book club, with
(8)contact was immediately established. Inspired by the founder's vision,
Streit decided to initiate his own chapter of the club. Fortunately, his club, though (9)
(found) only a year ago, has now over 100 regulars. It has grown
organically, attracting media attention and generating buzz on social media without
any paid advertising.
As Streit has emphasized, the club is fbr everyone and now it is organized
regularly (10)those who are shy can seek a balance of
privacy and socialization.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word
can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. energy B. choking C. conditional D. sandwiching E. primitively
F. episode G. mean H. disproportionately I. spot J. intensified K. assured
Tackle Christmas Conflicts
Many of us experience pressure to look after others' desires during Christmas to
maintain peace. This pressure increases (11) when we strive to make
everyone happy, a behavior recognized as “people pleasing"，which often comes from
childhood experiences where a parent's love was (12) or emotionally
inconsistent. People pleasing becomes noticeable during the festive season when
spending more time with family.
Helen Snape, a healthy relationship coach says that there are signs to help easily
(13) people pleasing. Some common signs include over-committing,
avoiding conflict, and taking blame. Most people pleasers are deeply caring people.
“They often make great team players, can read the (14)of a room, and are
excellent at putting other people at ease,“ explains Snape. However, the tendency to
please can lead to unbalanced and draining relationships, over-work, and being taken
advantage of. And these stresses only gel (15)over the festive season.
In order to avoid getting sucked into a(n) (16)that you'll later hate,
you must identify and communicate your boundaries in advance, advises Snape. For
people pleasers, this is hard to do, because they worry it could make the family
atmosphere feel oppressive or (17). Snape advises you remember that, by
setting boundaries, you aren't being (18); you are actually helping the other
person understand what you need, which in the long run will allow that relationship to
continue in a healthy way.
“It's going to feel uncomfortable setting those limits, but you can be well (19)
that the discomfort is temporary and you will live through it,“ Snape says.
She recommends managing that emotional discomfort by (20)it between
two regulating activities like nature walks, calming music, or talking with friends.
Remember, prioritizing your needs enables healthier, happier holidays.
II. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases
marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the
context.
Don't Kick the Robot
Over the next decade, our relationships to our devices will become a lot more
interesting. Advanced robot companions are extremely well-suited to tap into our
social (21)and make us behave as though we're interacting with something
alive. What does it mean to be (22)or physically violent toward an artificial
agent
People have already started to (23). For example, during the mass (24)
of virtual voice assistants, parents expressed concern that the little
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speakers in their living rooms were teaching their kids to be rude. Major companies
responded by releasing special features that encouraged the use of languages like '(25)
'to prevent children from barking commands at the devices.
One 2015 research showed that there's a link between people's tendencies for
sympathy and how they feel toward a robot. But that doesn't answer the question of
whether beating up robots makes people more (26) . Society has asked
similar questions about video games, with some (27)results. Just because
I play Grand Theft Auto Game doesn't mean T try to run people over in the car park.
Studies show that we behave differently toward embodied robots than characters
on a screen, in part because we're biologically hardwired to (28)physical
motion. People will (29)treat any agent that moves like ifs alive. As robot
design gets better, the line between alive and lifelike may continue to (30)
in our subconscious minds.
If so, maybe it would be great for people to take out their aggression and
frustration on human- and animal-like robots that mimic pain. (31), they
aren't harming a living being. On the other hand, it could be bad if it makes people
insensitive to violence in other contexts. Would a child who grows up kicking a robot
dog find it (32)to kick a real dog Unfortunately, desensitization (脱敏)
remains a difficult thing to study.
For now, it seems pretty reasonable to keep robot (33)away from little
children. But even for the rest of us, maybe ifs just not cool to treat an artificial agent
poorly. Yes, it's much better than (34)a living, breathing being, but why do
it at all As philosopher Vallor argues, it might be worth (35)kindness,
instead.
21. A. media B. nature C. attitude D. change
22. A. orally B. mentally C. emotionally D. physiologically
23. A. suffer B. assume C. wonder D. inspect
24. A. adjustment B. absence C. awareness D. adoption
25. A. please B. sorry C. nasty D. perfect
26. A. tolerant B. violent C. mature D. inconsistent
27. A. definite B. positive C. inconclusive D. inaccurate
28. A. take in B. originate fi,om C. react to D. associate with
29. A. readily B. coldly C. eventually D. obviously
30. A. emerge B. fade C. cross D. move
31. A. In addition B. After all C. In a way D. On the contrary
32. A. harder B. funnier C. easier D. worse
33. A. exposure B. company C. fancy D.abuse
34. A. mistreating B. mismanaging C. misleading D. misunderstanding
35. A. suspecting B. replacing C. spreading D. practising
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,
B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the
passage you have just read.
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(A)
Dave McNee met Claudia Mandekic 14 years ago. When she told McNee how
hard it could be to get students excited about math, her favourite discipline, he made a
surprising suggestion: "Why not throw in something they enjoy, like sports ^^ The idea
of mixing basketball and mathematics got its first shot in 2011, when the now
colleagues — who had launched a tutoring non-profit — were invited to run a
summer-school program fbr kids who'd failed Grade 9 math at Georges Secondary
School.
When the students showed up fbr their first day, they weren't exactly excited.
Over the next few hours, Mandekic and McNee gave the kids techniques to improve
their shooting while also helping them calculate their field-goal percentage — which,
in turn, taught them about fractions 劭 d 加cim。/ (分数和小数)points. At the end of the
game, the winning team was determined based on which group had the highest total
percentage and had done the most efficient math. "When the bell rang, they were so
fixated on collecting their data and figuring out which team won that they didn't
leave,“ says Mandekic. "I realized we might be onto something.,,
The classes, later named BallMatics, soon spread to other schools. was terrible
at math,^^ says Douglas, who enrolled in a fast-track summer program. t4But once I
started BallMatics and realized the sport 1 loved was directly tied to math, it made me
a lot better at it. Every time I played basketball, I was thinking about malh.”
Almost any math problem, McNee and Mandekic realized, can be taught on the
court. Kids can learn how to navigate an X-Y grid to find their next shooting spot or
absorb the basic principles of trigonometry based on the angle at which they release
the ball. In 2019, McNee and Mandekic established a private high school called
Uchenna Academy. At the school, kids with top basketball skills can study all subjects,
train at their sport and work part-time helping out with the BallMatics afterschool
programs.
Douglas, now 20 and earning a degree in education believes the school's
commitment to academics is the key reason it's been a winner. "If we didn't do our
work, we weren't playing at the game,“ he says, adding that coaches would bench
kids who didn't keep up in class. "At Uchenna, we were student athletes, not athlete
students.”
36. The first two paragraphs are intended to tell the readers.
A. the origin of BallMatics B. the challenges facing BallMatics
C. the start of a lifelong friendship D. the dedication of the young teachers
37. What made Mandekic and McNee realize that they “might be onto something”？
A. The students' progress in their mathematic skills.
B. The students, changed attitude towards math.
C. The data collected about the students' goal percentage.
D. The efficiency in determining the winning team.
38. What will happen to the kids who don't do well in class according to Douglas
A. They will be forbidden to leave any training session.
B. They will be obliged to earn a training degree first.
C. They will have to attend classes at a private school.
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D. They will be banned from playing in the game.
39. The best title for the article is.
A. The Basics of Math B. The Road to Success
C. A Sports Principle D. A Numbers Game
(B)
SHAPING JUNK GEMSTONES
From waste glass to soi^ht-after stones
SEA GLASS WWWW1 WASTESea glass starts its journey as glassware that's been thrown
away into the ocean.
IS MADE 2 BROKEN APART Under the power of the ocean, glass rolls
through water; crashes
This ocean process with rocks and is broken apart.
turns household trash
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into sea treasures The angular pieces of glass are dragged along
the seafloor along with
their sharp edges in the
process.
II glass starts its journey as silicon-rich
sand. Through chemical processes and
heating, sand is transformed into melted 4 FROSTING
Over time, the salt
glass and i$ shaped into different products. Some concentration of the
thrown-away glass finds new life in a recycling ocean water and the friction the glass
center. Some end up in landfills, where it may experiences cause the
eventually leak into waterways and oceans. surface to frost over.
When it passes into the ocean, crashes with rocks
and other hard objects break up the glass into small 5 WASHED UP
pieces before decades or even hundreds of years of Sea glass eventually
water erosion (腐蚀)create small, smooth glass washes up on the shoreline.
stones. Although glass possesses hardy qualities, it
remains subject to the chemical degradation
caused by salt water. The frosty look of sea glass 6 ARTWORKS
comes not just from water erosion, but also from Jewellers and artists often collect sea ass
saltwater's altering effects, creating a distinctive to incorporate it into
surface. their work.
Since the 1970s, with the rise of single-use
plastic, less glass is reaching oceans, reducing the
number of sea glass pieces found on shores.
BEAUTIFUL BEACH DEBRIS
Fort Bragg Beaches in California were As decades passed, continual impact
once used as a dump site for locals to by ocean waves smoothed and
throw away their rubbish, including glass rounded the edges of the glass
waste. By 1967, the locals sought new creating a frosted sea glass beach.
dumping grounds, leaving the trash The Fort Bragg Glass Beach is now
behind. Over time, the piles of rubbish under the protection of
began to decrease as metal waste was MacKerricher State Park, and
repurposed and biodegradable materials removing any of the glass is
rotted away, leaving only glass. prohibited.
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40. Which step describes how glass waste becomes rounded and smoothed
A. Step 2. B. Step 3. C. Step 4. D. Step 6.
41. What happens to thrown-away glassware that does not enter the recycling
process
A. It is used as building materials.
B. It rots away due to exposure to sea water.
C. It is melted and shaped into new items.
D. It usually finds its way into the ocean.
42. A group of students are researching the history of the Fort Bragg Glass Beach.
They have arranged the major events in time order. Which of the following best
reflects this order
① It became a deserted place.
② It was declared a protected zone.
③ It was covered with only glass.
④ It served as a glass jewelry workshop.
⑤ It was used as a natural dump site.
A.⑤②①④ B.①⑤③④ C.⑤①③② D.①②⑤③
（C）
Ncurodivcrsity is a term that refers to the natural range of differences in people's
brains. The neurodiversily movement says that the brains that wander from the
average within that range shouldn't be dismissed as insufficient automatically. The
term dates back to the autism （自 闭症）community in the 1990s, though it's now
applied to all sorts of mental differences. In the past, “autism was widely seen as an
individual medical tragedy,says Robert Chapman, a neurodivergent （脑功能异于常
人的）philosopher with autism, uThe only hope fbr autistic people and our families, it
was thought, was that we would one day be fixed through behavioral or biomedical
intervention.”
Neurodiversity challenges that notion. Rather than assuming, fbr instance, that an
autistic person's struggles to find a job are the result of some internal shortcoming,
neurodiversity research considers the existence of external explanations. The barriers
to autistic employment emerge from the environment, not only the individual.
Studies from 2022 and 2023 have shown that many autistic people are prosocial
and skilled al seeing others, perspectives, while neurodiversity advocates stress it
takes two to communicate. Though autistic people may struggle to understand a
neurotypical perspective, neurotypical people may struggle to understand an autistic
perspective, making it a ''double empathy （共'惜）problem”.
This thread of research is already having an impact, helping autism interventions
like the “social stories,, technique take off. This intervention, which introduces autistic
children to common social situations, works by facilitating communication between
neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals, with a fbcus on supporting children,
rather than “fxing" them.
The technique is consistent with what autistic individuals advocate fbr themselves.
An assessment of the funding of recent autism research revealed the majority was
directed toward the biological causes of autism, while the minority was directed
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toward services, support and education. However, members of the autistic community
felt the funding failed to reflect their priorities and wouldn't have any effect on
everyday lives.
Crucially, the neurodiversity movement allows neurodivergent people to
transform their thinking about themselves. "The dominant medicalized narrative
suggested that being autistic made me somehow tragic, broken, and in need of f^xing^^
Chapman writes in his 2023 book. 'This was why I found discovering neurodiversity
movement, which offered a different analysis, so liberating.”
43. According to neurodiversity movement, the main cause of autistic people's
struggle to function in society is.
A. an imbalance between research funding and public awareness
B. a mismatch between their abilities and their surroundings
C. the internal shortcomings autistic people are born with
D. the barriers from behavioral or biomedical interventions
44. Which of the following statements about the "social stories” technique is TRUE
A. It is aimed at fixing the autistic children's behavioral problems.
B. It focuses on teaching neurotypical individuals about autistic people.
C. It is based on the theory that neurodivergent people can be prosocial.
D. It works by putting neurodivergent people into common social situations.
45. What can be inferred about Robert Chapman
A. He believes being autistic is a life-long tragedy.
B. He has been fixed through bio-medical intervention.
C. He is bothered by the negative narrative surrounding autism.
D. He thinks autistic people can be liberated from the movement.
46. The main puipose of the article is to.
A. introduce the effective treatment methods fbr autism
B. explain the history and significance of the neurodiversity movement
C. argue fbr the necessity of promoting the neurodiversity movement
D. criticize the wrong focus of research in understanding autism
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence
given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more
sentences than you need.
A. A previous study found that children between the ages of four and six years old
were more likely to eat broccoli if they'd seen video clips of adults enjoying it.
B. However, a positive facial expression didn't make them like broccoli more.
C. In fact, the impact of observing others eat extends beyond simply dining
manners.
D. This is known as social modelling, and it is a strong influence on people's eating
habits.
E. A new study has found that other people's likes and dislikes could play a part.
F. This phenomenon, often referred to as social influence, highlights how our eating
behaviors are not shaped by the behaviors of those we dine with._______________
Disliking Vegetables Can Rub off on Others
Scientists have long been interested in why some people like vegetables and why
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others don't, when eating greens is good for you. (47)
Apparently, watching someone eating vegetables and visibly disliking them could put
you off them a bit too.
A research team set about investigating how the facial expressions that people
make as they eat affect a person watching them. They asked more than 200 women to
watch videos of other adults eating raw broccoli. The people in the videos would have
different expressions while eating. They would smile, look neutral or look sickened
by what they were tasting. The study found that watching people react with strong
dislike to the broccoli reduced how much the women liked it. (48)
Humans learn which behaviours will benefit them, including eating, by watching
the reactions of others. (49)Scientists think that people might
avoid food that appears sickening because it could help to protect them from eating
something that tastes bad or could be dangerous.
Although the research only focused on adults, experts think the results could also
apply to children. This means that if children saw their parents, brothers or sisters not
enjoying certain foods, including vegetables, they might not want to eat them either.
(50) -
Understanding more about how adults' behaviour influences children's enjoyment
of food could help to find ways to encourage young people to cat more of the foods
that are good lor them.
III. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main
point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as
possible.
Smart Paint to Heat or Cool
Scientists in the US have developed a special paint that offers a simple and
colorful way to prevent houses from overheating. Normally, the exterior of a house
absorbs heat from the sun, which raises the indoor temperature. The new paint,
however, is engineered to reflect the sun's heat off the outside of the house, which
means the interior doesn't heat up as much in the first place.
There are other types of reflective paint, but the new one is the first to focus on
mid-infrared light, which is a type of light that the human eye cannot see but that
people feel as warmth. The special paint works by reflecting up to 80% of the sun's
mid-infrared light. Thafs 10 times more than regular paint. The base layer of the paint
contains metal flakes that function like a mirror to reflect mid-infrared light. The top
layer contains color particles, which make the paint blue, green, orange, purple, red,
or yellow. The paint is waterproof and works well in different weather conditions.
Nearly 90% of all US households use air-conditioning, which requires a lot of
electricity. In fact, cooling residences accounts fbr 6% of all electricity use in the US
and costs Americans about $29 billion a year. Preventing homes from heating up as
much will reduce the need fbr air-conditioning to pump cool air into the building. In
addition to cooling a house in hot summer months, the paint can also keep a home
warm in the winter. When it is used on the walls indoors, it reflects the mid-infrared
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light back into the room, keeping the warmth in.
According to the painfs creators, using it can reduce the amount of energy it
takes to cool a house by nearly 21%. In cold conditions, it can cut the energy needed
to warm a room by 36%. All is good news not only for people who care about the
environment but also fbr those worrying about their electricity or heating bills.
IV. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in
the brackets.
52 .面对不公，他毫不犹豫地挺身而出，捍卫正义。(hesitate)
53 .她极有绘画天赋，不知接下来会有何等佳作面世。(no telling)
54 .设计师将可持续理念融入历史建筑的修缮，既确保了该建筑符合环保要求，
又保留其文化底蕴。(integrate)
55 .在90年代，这种疾病因其复杂性，曾被误诊为流感类疾病，如今人们已经
认识到它是一种罕见的精神障碍。(whose)
V. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the
instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是明启中学的学生李华，最近参加了一个研究性学习项目，在全体高
三学生中开展了题为“高中生对未来职业规划的认知与准备”的调查。根据下表
调查结果，撰写调查报告，内容需包括：
1 .简要描述数据；
2 .分析原因；
3 .提出建议。
高中生对未来职业规划的认知与准备
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答案：
Grammar:
1. fell 2. Unlike 3. to be reading 4. someone 5. a 6.recommended
7. what 8. whom 9. founded 10. in order that
Vocabulary:
11-15HCIAJ 16-20FBGKD
Cloze
21-25BACDA 26-30BCCAB 31-35 BCDAD
Reading
A. 36-39 A B D D
B. 40-42 B DC
C. 43-46 B D C B
D. 47-50 E B D A
Summary
51. For reference
A smart paint, developed by scientists can help keep homes cool by reflecting
sunlight off the exteriors and keep homes warm when used on indoor walls. It is more
ellective than regular paints, focusing on mid-infi-ared light. Besides being waterproof,
the paint comes in different colors. Using the paint is beneficial to the environment
and can lower energy expenses. (60)
Scientists have developed a smart paint that reflects sunlight off the exteriors of
houses to keep them cool. It is more effective than regular paints, as it focuses on
mid-infrared light. The paint is waterproof comes in different colors, and when used
on indoor walls, it keeps homes warm. Using this paint is beneficial for the
environment and can lower energy expenses.
Translation
52. Faced with injustice, he didn't hesitate to step up/fbrward/come forward and defend
what is right.
In face of injustice, he didn't hesitate to stand up and defend justice.
53. She has such a talent/gift fbr painting that there is no telling what masterpiece she
might create/producc next.
54. The designer has integrated sustainable concepts into the restoration/renovation of
the historical building, ensuring that the building (it) not only meets (the)
environmental standards but also retains its cultural essence/cultural and historical
significance.
By integrating sustainable ideas into the designer has ensured that the structure/it
complies with the environmental requirements while preserving its cultural heritage.
55 . The disease, whose complex nature/complexities led to it being diagnosed
mistakenly as a flu-like illness in the 90s, is now recognized as a rare mental disorder.

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