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上海市进才中学 2025 学年第一学期期中考试
(时间 105 分钟，满分 115 分)
高三英语试卷
(2025 年 11 月)
I. Grammar and Vocabulary (每题 1 分，共 20 分)
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.
The Brands (品牌) Lost in Translation
Chinese brands are moving into foreign markets as never before. The way they (1)______ (perceive) when they arrive depends not just on the quality of their product but also on their name. A few companies are already mastering foreign branding. Haidilao, a restaurant chain (2)______ (specialize) in spicy soups, has started using the word Hi as a simplified name at its overseas shops. Pop Mart, the toy company which makes the sensational Labubu dolls, looks right at home in America or Europe.
These are the few (3)______ . ______ are getting it right. Many others struggle. Take Mixue (蜜雪冰城) as an example. The company’s name translates to “honey snow”, but instead of making use of that overseas, it has employed the phonetic (音译的) version of its Chinese name, which is not easy (4)______ (pronounce). The name will limit the brand’s growth abroad, predicts Chris Pereira of iMpact, a consulting firm, (5)______ people will not know how to say it when recommending it to friends.
Many Chinese companies chose ill-advised foreign names decades ago and (6)______ (stick) with them. For example, an electronics maker chose an English name that faintly reflects (7)______ Chinese one but sounds closer to “chintzy”, an American word for cheaply made. Many firms try to turn their Chinese name into one that sounds Western, but end up with nonsense: Youngor, a fashion brand, is one example.
And yet this is often preferable to experimenting with symbolism in a foreign tongue, as demonstrated by the Chinese sunglasses brand that named itself (8)______ the world’s most famous blind person, Helen Keller. Foreign-sounding names that provide international appeal at home can be (9)______ (helpful) in overseas markets. Having created the impression among some Chinese consumers (10)______ it is German, Adolph, a Chinese shampoo-maker, now faces the possibility that this very strategy could backfire in the German market. So the takeaway is quite clear: the true art of branding lies in finding a name that travels well.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
collective B. consistently C. emerging D. entitled E. exchanges F. intervention G. leap H. shift I. specifically J. straight K. viral
“Chicken Cutlet Brother” (鸡排哥) turns small city into instant hit
A chicken cutlet vendor in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, became a sensation on Chinese social media during the National Day holidays.
Li Junyong, a Jingdezhen native who has been selling chicken cutlets for five years, has said that he would take a day off on Thursday due to several ______ days of intense work during the holidays. At peak times, visitors were waiting up to four hours to try his 6-yuan chicken cutlet that some have joked is “worth 60 or even 600 yuan in emotional value.” Data from travel platform Qunar showed that hotels near Li’s stall saw a(n) ______ in prices during the holidays, with some raising their rates by two to three times. Some tourists said they came ______ for Li, who has earned the nickname “Chicken Cutlet Brother.”
Bu Xiting, an associate researcher with the School of Cultural Industries Management at the Communication University of China, said that the phenomenon essentially reflects a(n) ______ in cultural and tourism consumption from mere sightseeing to seeking “emotional connection.” In fact, the rise of “Chicken Cutlet Brother” is no coincidence. In recent years, there have been many cases of “one person making an entire city go ______ 15______,” such as the barber Li Xiaohua in Huaihua, Central China’s Hunan Province, Bu said. In this context, individual charm or internet fame is increasingly going beyond traditional attractions to become a new form of “cultural tourism magnet.” This trend reveals deeper social and psychological needs ______ 16______ under the new dynamics of cultural tourism. Evidently, Li’s sincere remarks such as “Give me a chance to serve you.” “You can say no to me, but please don’t refuse something delicious.” satisfy people’s longing for warm, human ______ 17______ amid the rush of modern life.
Li was soon ______ 18______ a “Cultural Tourism Promotion Ambassador” of Jingdezhen by local authorities. A small team was assigned to maintain order around the stall as crowds continued to grow. This rapid, measured response reflects the government’s efforts to turn a personal story into ______ 19______ value. Bu pointed out that the government has played the role of an “invisible facilitator,” providing baseline protection for public order and citizens’ safety through minimal necessary ______ 20______. This kind of moderate support and gentle guidance can transform individual popularity into public goodwill, creating a virtuous cycle in governance and turning the short-lived traffic into sustainable tourism growth.
II. Reading Comprehension (45 分)
Section A (每题 1 分，共 15 分)
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.
A critical life skill is fading out—and especially fast among young adults. What are the key characteristics that shape the length and quality of our careers, __21____ and lives more broadly The socio-economic environment we grow up in certainly has a substantial influence. Cognitive (认知的) abilities are another ___22___ one: they enable better decision making in all aspects of life. But another factor often gets less ___23___ despite being just as important: personality. In fact, studies consistently find that traits such as conscientiousness (the quality of being dependable and disciplined), emotional stability or agreeableness have a stronger link with __24____ success, relationship durability and longevity than the links between those outcomes and someone’s intelligence or socio-economic background. Intuitively, this makes sense. Life isn’t just about knowing what you should do, or having the resources to do it, it’s about __25____. Being motivated and persistent is a huge help.
It’s easy to imagine why the advantage of conscientiousness is growing over time. When contemporary daily life is full of ___26___ from always-on mobile internet to irresistible foods, the ability to put long-term wellbeing ahead of short-term kicks becomes a superpower. Generative artificial intelligence could supercharge this __27____. An industrious student might use a large language model as a personal tutor to strengthen their knowledge of a concept; their less conscientious counterpart might ___28___ the same LLM with writing their essay, losing knowledge acquisition altogether.
All this makes it frustrating that levels of conscientiousness in the population appear to be in decline, with a sustained fall especially pronounced among young adults. People in their twenties and thirties, ___29___ report feeling increasingly easily distracted and careless, and less likely to make and deliver on commitments. While a full explanation of these shifts requires ___30___ investigation, smartphones and streaming services seem likely contributors.
The sheer convenience of the online world makes real-life commitments feel chaotic and ___31___, a mental burden the online world spares people. And the rise of time spent online and the attendant decline in face-to-face interactions enable behaviours such as “ghosting”. Collapsing conscientiousness is not the only visible personality shift. Neuroticism — a function of the much-discussed increase in anxiety — has __32____ almost as much.
While the classification of personality can feel unclear, the science is solid. Life is full of challenges. Less committed, less connected and more easily distressed people will ___33___ them less well. ___34___ while the trends are undoubtedly troubling, we shouldn’t be fatalistic, because damaged personality can be rebuilt. Conscientiousness will separate those who just survive from those who thrive in the 21st century. We can each decide which half of that ___35___ we fall on — but ironically (讽刺地) that will take some dedication.
21. A. domains B. possessions C. relationships D. settings
22. A. obvious B. authoritative C. controversial D. trending
23. A. correspondence B. preference C. credit D. status
24. A. permanent B. financial C. corporate D. professional
25. A. thinking big B. following through C. starting out D. acting fast
26. A. technologies B. cuisines C. conveniences D. temptations
27. A. dynamic B. motive C. superpower D. resistance
28. A. task B. integrate C. switch D. stuff
29. A. by contrast B. as a result C. in particular D. above all
30. A. official B. thorough C. internal D. pilot
31. A. businesslike B. pointless C. autonomous D. effortful
32. A. advanced B. worsened C. risen D. persisted
33. A. navigate B. classify C. clarify D. investigate
34. A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Nevertheless D. Instead
35. A. divide B. survival C. personality D. trend
Section B (每题 2 分，共 22 分)
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 read.
(A)
On the way to vacation, you’re jazzed and distracted: “Did I pack enough clothes ” “Did we turn off the heater ” The travel day goes by in a rush. Going home is another story. The same three-hour journey seems to drag on between layovers (中途停留), traffic and rest-stop food. How can one way feel so different from the other
Yonason Goldson, an author and ethicist, explains that when we travel to a new place, we tend to be in a more positive mindset. “There’s the expectation that something more exciting, interesting, new and fun is waiting for us,” he says. “That makes the trip part of the experience. By contrast, the trip home feels anticlimactic.”
Another explanation is the oncoming weight of the post-vacation blues. As the saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” Perhaps time crawls when you’re depressed.
However, the return trip doesn’t always feel longer. In fact, some people find the way to the destination even more exhausting. Psychiatrist Gary Small relates it to the “return trip effect,” which argues that the first leg of a trip (outward journey) can feel longer because we tend to underestimate how long it will take. We may guess the way there will go by quicker than it does, which leads to a sudden reality check. By the return trip, as we’ve gotten to know the route, it feels less challenging. However, this effect usually occurs when we’re traveling somewhere for the first time. If we travel a familiar route, the return trip may instead feel longer.
Small recommends introducing some novelty into the trip home to help pass the time. This can include doing puzzles, engaging in conversations or taking different routes to challenge your mind. In addition, you can change how you travel altogether. Susan Sherren, founder of a travel agency, encourages clients to plan trips with a “bell curve” itinerary (行程): easing into the vacation, building up to the exciting, action-packed days, then slowing down before it’s over. In this way, you’re not left feeling exhausted. You can also plan enjoyable activities to look forward to when you get home to soften a crash landing back into your normal routine.
36. What does the underlined word “anticlimactic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A. Exciting and predictable.
B. Routine yet comforting.
C. Adventurous but exhausting.
D. Disappointing and less dramatic.
37. What can be learned from Paragraph 4
A. A sudden reality check results in a longer return journey.
B. The outward journey appears shorter due to predictable time.
C. The return journey from a first-time destination feels shorter.
D. Route familiarity makes the outward journey seemingly shorter.
38. Susan Sherren’s “bell curve” itinerary helps clients to ______.
A. come back home on schedule
B. readjust to the rhythms of daily life
C. have chances for thrilling experiences
D. extend the vacation without extra costs
39. Which is the best title for the passage
A. Does the Return Trip Lack Novelty
B. What Causes Exhaustion in Return Trip
C. How Can We Improve Travel Experience
D. Does Travel Feel Longer on the Way Home
(B)
The information, sentences, or questions that you enter into a Generative AI (Gen AI) tool (“prompts”) are a big influence on the quality of outputs you receive. After you enter a prompt, the AI model analyzes your input and generates a response based on the patterns it has learned through its training. More descriptive prompts can improve the quality of the outputs.
It’s very important to keep in mind that AI-generated content can be inaccurate, misleading, entirely made up, or disrespectful, so be sure to carefully review any work containing AI content before you use or publish it. Abuse of Gen AI is a serious form of academic misconduct and can be punished by expulsion (开除) from the University.
Generic prompts like “Write a story” will produce generic results. What kind of story do you want
What genre Is it for adults or children Adding this type of context and being specific, clear, and to the point will help generate more useful outputs. More specificity can also limit the chances of inaccurate responses.
Asking the AI to behave as if it were a type of person, process, or object can be an easy way to start generating better prompts. The AI will attempt to imitate that role and tailor its answers accordingly.
For example, imagine you wanted to help create a recipe based on the ingredients you have in your kitchen. If you added “act as if you are my personal trainer” first, the AI will consider this context in its response, suggesting a healthy recipe or a meal designed to refuel after a workout.
Generative AI can produce many different types of outputs, including code, stories, reports, summaries, dialogue, business communications, and much more. Being specific about the type of output you want will produce better results. After describing what you want, try adding “Present this in the form of…” and your preferred output. Or start your prompt with, “Create a [format of output] about/that contains…” etc.
40. This passage is found in a university’s guideline webpage. What may NOT be found there
A. Restrictions on the usage of Gen AI.
B. Guidelines for writing essays with Gen AI.
C. Various samples of well-structured prompts.
D. Core principles for responsible Gen AI use.
41. Which of the following subtitles can be filled in blank
A. Consider tone and audience
B. Correct mistakes and give feedback
C. Tell it how you want your output to be presented
D. Ask it to create your prompts or what else it needs from you
42. Suppose you’re the leader of the school basketball team. You are going to deliver a speech about the importance of sports through sharing your personal experience. Which of the following prompts is the most proper when using Gen AI
A. Write an article about the essence of basketball, citing several stories of famous stars.
B. Discuss advantages of doing sports, specifically basketball, with reference to literature.
C. Make up a story about one’s experience in basketball, showing the importance of sports.
D. Compose a motivational basketball team speech sharing personal journey and advocating exercise.
(C)
Children who don’t read proficiently (熟练地) by the end of the third grade are far more likely to be left behind in many ways.
The first thing to know about early literacy is that it is critically important; the next is that it connects to a whole lot of other conditions and challenges. But the best thing to know is that there are solutions to the problem of poor reading skills and some smart people working toward them. They could use your help.
“It’s more than an education issue, more than a reading issue,” says Arianne Weldon, director of the Get Georgia Reading Campaign, a nonprofit organization founded in 2013. “Getting more kids to read takes more than good schools, more than great teachers, more than loving families. It really does take all of us working together.”
Only 42 percent of Georgia public school children are now reading proficiently by the end of the third grade, according to 2019 Georgia Department of Education (DOE) figures—not a great number, but an improvement over the 37 percent recorded in 2015 and lower scores prior to that.
Weldon says children not in that proficiency group are four times more likely to drop out of high school and, further, that every student who doesn’t finish represents an estimated $260,000 in lost earnings and productivity.
“By the end of the third grade,” says Mindy Binderman, executive director of Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, a nonprofit organization concerned with early learning, “if children are not reading at grade level, they are less likely to be successful in school, less likely to graduate on time, and more likely to engage in risky behavior. The third-grade reading marker is such an important indicator of all that comes later and, frankly, all that came before.”
A key national study released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2010 highlighted the reading problem, especially among students from low-income families; the following research has strengthened the relationship between poverty and both reading ability and failure to graduate from high school. Clearly, poverty plays a key role in children’s reading proficiency, influencing the schools they attend and the community resources they can make use of.
Parents’ education level, especially mothers’, is a factor as well. “Maternal education and maternal literacy are a huge predictor of child literacy and educational outcomes,” says Dana Rickman, vice president of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, established to promote and support education. “We’ve got a pretty high adult illiteracy rate in Georgia that a lot of people don’t like talking about.” Improving adult literacy eventually impacts children’s reading ability.
43. According to the passage, early literacy is important mainly because it ______.
A. indicates how well a child’s brain has been developing
B. explains the reasons why a child drops out of high school
C. tells whether a child may become successful as an adult
D. reports the average educational level of a certain region
44. According to Arianne Weldon, what is the most possible consequence of poor reading skills
A. Entering schools with fewer resources.
B. Suffering from serious mental disorders.
C. Earning less than they otherwise would.
D. Causing more risks in future life.
45. From what Dana Rickman says, we can infer that ______.
A. parents can predict their children’s early literacy based on their resources
B. exposing children to reading tasks at an earlier age is part of family support
C. illiteracy rate can be greatly reduced by upgrading children’s communities
D. improving mothers’ education is useful for bettering children’s reading ability
46. If this passage has several remaining paragraphs, which of the following is the most probable topic they will cover
A. Why third grade is seen by experts as a critical period.
B. How the government may improve parents’ education level.
C. Why adult illiteracy rate is higher in Georgia than in other places.
D. How poverty may influence a child’s future academic development.
Section C (每题 2 分，共 8 分)
Directions: Read the following passage. 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. They consistently lose more matches across various sports than the right-handed athletes. B. He theorises this difference may be why lefties dominate in the first three sports but not the others. C. But they are overrepresented in one field: one-to-one sports such as fencing and tennis. D. This finding challenges the long-held belief that left-handers are at a disadvantage in most activities. E. It’s surprising that in foil and épée fencing, and table tennis, there was indeed an increase in left-handedness at the top. F. If, however, some inborn factor associated with left handedness were a cause, then the difference might actually increase.
In some sports, left-handed athletes seem to have an inborn advantage
The left-handed have long struggled in a right-handed world. ______ 47 ______
The conventional explanation for this is that the rarity of lefties, means right-handed athletes lack familiarity with them as opponents. But this may be only part of the story.
Tim Simon at the University of Trento, in Italy, suspected the left-handed enjoy some inborn advantage in these sports, over and above their unfamiliarity. To test his idea, Dr. Simon reasoned that were unfamiliarity the sole explanation for left-hander advantage, then the difference should decrease at the highest levels of a sport, where players would be wise to leftists’ tricks. ______ 48 ______ He therefore analysed the performances over more than a decade of the world’s top athletes in badminton, table tennis, tennis and three types of fencing. ______ 49 ______ For example, 18% of the top 200 male épée fencers and 23% of the top male foil fencers were lefties, but that went up to 28% and 31% respectively when only the top 100 were considered. The other three sports, however, did not show this effect.
The difference, Dr. Simon suspects, is that foil and épée involve stabbing (刺、戳) with small and rapid movements. Table tennis requires similar quickness. Sabre fencing, by contrast, involves larger swinging movements similar to those employed in tennis and badminton.
______ 50 ______
He assumes that the explanation may stem from left-handed people’s greater reliance than right- handers on their brains’ right hemispheres, which are more important than the left for processing visual and spatial inputs and generating motor responses. Though the benefits thus granted are probably tiny, they matter at the top—where being a split second faster than an opponent separates victory from defeat.
III. Summary Writing (10 分)
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.
51. Mindfulness
Mindfulness typically refers to a state of in-the-moment awareness in which one avoids judging the thoughts and emotions of himself and others. It is often practiced in meditation (冥想) and some forms of therapy.
Numerous findings from psychological research suggest practicing mindfulness can lead to many benefits, including stress reduction and increased psychological well-being. For example, in a study of cancer patients, cultivating mindfulness through meditation or other mindfulness based training enabled people to be more selective about their emotional experiences, enabling them to reduce their stress and anxiety while increasing positive emotions. Similarly, studies show that mindfulness can also enhance information processing speed while reducing effort and negative thoughts and the meditators significantly outperformed the non-meditators on all measures of attention, suggesting that mindfulness improves one’s ability to focus.
It is apparent that mindfulness has many noteworthy benefits, which include everything from psychological to physical improvements. However, research has also shown that in some cases mindfulness can also lead to negative outcomes. For example, one study found that following mindfulness meditation, participants were more likely to form false memories, demonstrating a potential unintended downside to mindfulness. In addition, another study suggested mindfulness researchers needed to be careful that they did harm participants by bringing about unpleasant mental, physical, or spiritual reactions through mindfulness. For example, mindfulness meditation may result in severe anxiety for those diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (创伤后应激障碍). Those with PTSD tend to avoid thoughts and feelings related to their trauma. However, mindfulness meditation encourages emotional openness, which could lead individuals with PTSD to experience the stressors that they previously avoided, potentially leading to re-traumatization.
It can’t be denied that mindfulness is an important tool in the managerial toolbox, but it is not a cure-all and it must be applied thoughtfully to be effective.
IV. Translation (3+3+4+5, 共 15 分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
52. 这位享有世界盛誉的物理学家毕生致力于解决物理学难题。(who)
53. 值得一提的是，本次演唱会不负众望，赢得满堂彩。(What)
54. 在市长和相关各方的共同努力下，这个历史悠久的街区将在明年焕然一新。(take)
55. 作为一种源于中国传统哲学的锻炼和自卫形式，太极拳（Tai Chi）易于各个年龄段的人学习，这使其在全世界广受欢迎。(accessible)
V. Guided Writing (25 分)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
56. 假如你是明启中学高三学生李明，在学校近期举办的“信息时代的‘免费’陷阱”主题论坛中，主持人展示了下图，引发了热议。请你作为学生代表，根据图片内容，与一篇短文发言稿，你的发言稿包括：
1. 简要描述图片内容；
2. 分析导致图中现象的原因；
3. 结合自身实际，阐述你对该现象的看法。

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