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复旦大学附属中学 2025学年第二学期
高三年级英语学科 5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷 答案
I. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A 1. gained 2. to understand 3. an 4. dancing 5. called 6. whenever 7. can 8. which 9. on
10. if/whether
Section B 11. A 12. H 13. B 14. E 15. C 16. D 17. K 18. J 19. I 20. F
II. Reading Comprehension
Section A 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. C
34. B 35. C
Section B 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. B
40. C 41. A 42. B
43. D 44. C 45. B 46. A
Section C 47. C 48. A 49. E 50. F
III. Summary Writing
51. Four tech giants control what we see and experience daily through secret algorithms. Their dominance is
heavily protected by the "network effect." For instance, users stay on Facebook because everyone they know is
there. Consequently, even if better products emerge, it is extremely difficult to replace or contain these powerful
companies.
IV. Translation
52. No other season is more beautiful than summer for this tree-lined road.
53. It’s better not to do any outdoor sports today as the air quality is not good.
54. What is worth noticing is that this violinist hasn’t participated in any commercial performance since three years
ago.
55. The last result I want to see is that all my students care only about their scores rather than their learning process.
V. Guided Writing
56. Dear Editor,
I am writing to share my reflections on your recent article concerning "classics". I found the topic profoundly
intriguing.
From my perspective, what distinguishes a true classic from fleeting entertainment is its remarkable ability to
withstand the test of time and resonate deeply with audiences across generations. Moreover, classics frequently
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encapsulate universal values and timeless truths about human nature. A compelling case in point is Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince. Although superficially presented as a children's fairy tale, it
actually offers profound philosophical insights into love, responsibility, and solitude. Whenever I revisit it at
different stages of my life, I invariably uncover new layers of meaning, which perfectly exemplifies its enduring
charm.
In conclusion, classics are not merely relics of the past, but timeless treasures that continually enrich our souls.
I sincerely hope your magazine will continue to introduce more such remarkable works to us.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
第 2页 /共 2页复旦大学附属中学 2025学年第二学期
高三年级英语学科 5月第一次阶段性教学质量评估试卷
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.
It takes cockatoo to tango
Birds just want to have fun! Snowball the cockatoo, who first 1 (gain) internet fame in 2007 dancing to
the Backstreet Boys' Everybody (Backstreet's Back), has been shaking a tail feather for science. The researchers,
from Tufts University and Harvard University in the US, were trying 2 (understand) why he can move to the
beat when primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees, humans' closest relatives, can't. Snowball displayed 3
impressive range of 14 different dance moves, plus two combined moves.
While 4 (dance) to 80s classics Another One Bites The Dust and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the
cockatoo bounced, lifted his foot, posed with his crest raised, did some headbanging and even showed off a move 5
(call) 'voguing' by the researchers. "What interests us most is the diversity of his movements to music," said
Prof Aniruddh Patel, who took part in the research. The team says that Snowball's ability to come up with new
moves, as well as his ability to perform a different dance 6 he hears a song, shows flexibility and creativity.
So why 7 humans and cockatoos dance, while gorillas and chimps can't even tap their feet to the beat It
comes down to the fact that we share a number of features with the birds, such as the ability to learn and copy
voices, imitate movement, and form long-term relationships, all of 8 add up to a fondness for moving to the
music, the team say. For us, dancing is a social activity, and we're more likely to dance in a group than 9 our
own. The researchers now want to find out 10 the same is true for Snowball.
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.
A. abandoned B. approached C. association D. exceptionally E. overthrew F. principles G. qualified H.
responsible I. sensible J. single-handedly K. unpleasant
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Waists of Time
Resolutions and Jan. 1 have an attraction for one another. The resolution most often cited, "to go on a diet,"
also happens to be one most quickly 11 . According to a 2013 British study, two out of five dieters don't make
it beyond the first week. The problem isn't that people are lazy or spoiled. It's that the purpose of a diet has become
isolated from its original intentions.
The ancient Greeks were largely 12 for the concept. "Diaita" means "way of life". How a person 13
the business of eating was as important as what entered his stomach. Balance, self-control and proper order were
thought to be three key aspects to living the good life.
Some early Christians 14 the classical concept of the good diet. Their eagerness for purity and fasting
turned the body into another battleground in the war between good and evil.
By the 18th century the 15 of goodness with thinness had become a fact of life. As Jane Austen (1775–
1817) admitted in the novel Persuasion, it was difficult to take a fat person seriously. Perhaps that is why Lord
Byron (1788–1824), who took himself 16 seriously, became so crazy about being skinny. His gift to
culture--apart from his writing--was an extremely 17 diet of flattened potatoes stored in vinegar (醋). He 18
made the pale and skinny look so popular among devotees of romanticism.
19 writers like William Banting (1797–1878) recognized the dangers of rich and sugary food. But it was
the charlatans (庸医) and their snake-oil medicine that grew rapidly in the 20th century.
Yet it's never too late to return to the first 20 behind diaita. As Hesiod, the 8th-century B.C. poet, said:
"Moderation is best in all things."
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.
Almost all animals sleep, but do they dream We certainly can't ask animals if they dream, but we can at least
21 the evidence that they might. There are two ways in which scientists have gone about this seemingly 22
task. One is to look at their physical behaviour during the various stages of the sleep cycle. The second is to
see whether their sleeping brains work similarly to our own sleeping brains. The story of how we 23 how to
look into the minds of sleeping animals begins in the 1960s. Back then, reports began to appear in medical journals
describing people acting out 24 in their dreams.
This was curious, because during so-called REM sleep (rapid eye movement), our muscles are usually
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paralysed (麻痹的). Researchers realised that causing a similar state in 25 could allow them to explore how
they dream. In 1965, French scientists Michel Jouvet and J F Delorme found that removing a part of the brainstem,
called the pons, from a cat's brain 26 it becoming paralysed when in REM. The researchers called the
condition "REM without atonia" or REM-A. Instead of lying still, the cats walked around and behaved aggressively.
This hinted they were dreaming of 27 from their waking hours. 28 movement is not the only way of
looking into dreams, though.
Researchers can now 29 look into the electrical and chemical activities of brain cells in animals while
they sleep. In 2007, MIT scientists Kenway Louie and Matthew Wilson recorded the activity of neurons in a part of
the rat brain called the hippocampus, a structure known to be involved in the formation and encoding of memories.
They first recorded the activity of those brain cells while the rats ran in their mazes (迷宫). Then they looked at the
activity of the very same neurons while they slept. Louie and Wilson discovered similar patterns of firing during 30
and during REM. 31 , it was as if the rats were running the maze in their minds while they were sleeping.
The results were so clear that the researchers could infer the rats' precise 32 within their mental dream
mazes and map them to actual spots within the actual maze. Does the behaviour of cats in science experiments
actually 33 dreaming Do rats have any subjective awareness that they're running their mazes in their minds
while they nap We can say with a reasonable amount of 34 that the physiological and behavioural features of
dreaming in humans have now been seen in cats, rats, and other animals. Yet what it's actually like to 35 a
dream if you're not human remains a mystery.
21. A. foresee B. cover C. strengthen D. observe
22. A. disconnected B. endless C. uncomfortable D. impossible
23. A. made for B. took over C. worked out D. turned down
24. A. dialogues B. ideals C. movements D. meanings
25. A. animals B. dreams C. humans D. changes
26. A. imagined B. prevented C. appreciated D. witnessed
27. A. disasters B. activities C. successes D. failures
28. A. Physical B. Accidental C. Harmonious D. Independent
29. A. randomly B. reluctantly C. unconsciously D. directly
30. A. sleeping B. running C. recording D. studying
31. A. To sum up B. By comparison C. For example D. In other words
32. A. location B. prediction C. moment D. nature
33. A. account for B. rely on C. qualify as D. differ from
34. A. doubt B. certainty C. specification D. memory
35. A. explain B. explore C. experience D. experiment
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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.
（A）
Adventurer Holly Budge, 29, described the experience as 'amazing, just spectacular' after making a safe
landing at 3,900 metres. The Hampshire camerawoman was one of three skydivers in Nepal to make the first
plunge from above the world's highest peak. 'We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds
you could see Everest (珠穆朗玛峰) and the other high mountains popping out of the top,' she said. The group of
three, described by onlookers as looking "like tiny birds flying in the blue sky', faced sub-zero temperatures and
fast-changing weather when they touched down in the foothills of the mountain.
The event, organised by British adventure travel company High and Wild, will see up to 30 more skydivers
from around the world make the same attempt in the coming days. Each of its clients has paid about 13,500 for the
experience. 'It was worth the money--it is something that has never been done before,' said Ms. Budge, who has
completed 2,500 skydives and who jumped to raise money for charities in Britain and Nepal.
Skydiving at altitudes (高度) just higher than the summit of Mount Everest created numerous challenges for
the project. Due to the thin air, their parachutes (降落伞) were three times the size of regular ones, and the jumpers
used oxygen tanks strapped to their waists. 'The organisers have brought a plane over from Switzerland, and the
permits have been very expensive, as has getting everyone to the jump site,' said Budge.
The oldest client due to make the jump in the coming days is Alan Walton, a 72-year-old British partner in a
bioscience company, organiser Nigel Gifford said. 'Although many are very experienced, others are making their
first ever skydive and will be going with experts,' said Gifford, whose company has permission to operate in the
area for another 13 days. The 'Everest Skydive' is an event that has been 15 years in the making for Mr Gifford. 'It
came about because I have been a Himalayan mountaineer and took up skydiving. I love doing both and I thought it
would be good to marry the two,' he said.
36. In Ms. Budge's opinion, ________.
A. she would've paid more for the experience
B. the jump was vastly overpriced for what it was
C. the fee was reasonable for such a once-in-a-lifetime experience
D. no one would consider paying thousands of pounds to skydive off Everest
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37. According to the writer, Alan Walton ________.
A. will not be allowed to jump as he is too old
B. is on the list to jump in the next few days
C. will probably be ready to skydive in a year's time
D. wants to have his name added to the waiting list of skydivers
38. Mr. Gifford, the organiser of the event, ________.
A. decided that all participants should be experienced in both climbing and skydiving
B. has tried both climbing and skydiving but has failed to bring them together
C. was not optimistic about the skydive
D. has enjoyed bringing the two sports together
39. Looking at the text as a whole, what best describes the overall experience of the skydive
A. The expense of the trip ruined the experience.
B. It was a complete success and everybody had a truly memorable experience.
C. People generally had a positive experience, though complained of the extreme cold.
D. Conditions were a lot worse than expected and people's high expectations were not met.
（B）
This week's problem
If I do not get into a university like Oxbridge, what can I do to level up my career playing field --Mary, 20s
Jonathan's answer
There is a traditional view that a degree from top universities can in itself place you on the highest career path. If
your career playing field is assessed purely by salary, then the data support this view: figures for 2016-17 from the
UK's education department reveal that Oxford and Cambridge graduates have the highest median incomes of all
employed graduates, five years after leaving university. In any event, it is not just university choice that affects
your career outcome.
In Lauren Rivera's 2015 book, Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs, she reported on Wall Street firms'
recruiting practices and showed that unspoken biases apply to select people with a similar cultural fit. One of
Professor Rivera's findings was that on Wall Street, male applicants from upper-middle-class backgrounds with an
interest in team sports did particularly well. Some employers are levelling the playing field, actively seeking
graduates from other well-known institutions, to increase diversity and perhaps because the undergraduate courses
at these institutions offer candidates advantages, including vocational elements. Other recruiters are trying out
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"background blind" admissions, removing from applications references to schools or universities.
While there may be peer or family pressure to study at certain institutions, your long-term career success
depends on more than the brand name, including what you can demonstrate in terms of technical and employability
skills. Research all leading universities to decide which course would suit you best, including the content, style and
intensity of teaching, and examination methods. You may also consider which institution would provide the best
extracurricular opportunities. Even if Oxbridge doors close for you, other doors will open: employers will be
impressed by what you do with the opportunities you actually had, not what might have been.
40. The word "biases" (in paragraph 2 in Jonathan's Answer) most probably means ______.
A. common recruiting practices
B. unexpected career outcomes
C. tendencies to prefer someone
D. emphases on culture awareness
41. Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 in Jonathan's Answer are intended to illustrate that ______.
A. one's career outcome is affected by more factors than his university choice
B. it is better to apply to the companies that care less about educational backgrounds
C. well-known institutions prefer university graduates with proper vocational training
D. job applicants must provide potential employers with references to universities
42. What advice does Jonathan give Mary
A. Don't take salary too seriously.
B. Find a university that fits you best.
C. Choose a vocation-oriented college.
D. Don't think too much about the future.
（C）
The human sense of smell is weaker than sight. And the relative weakness of smell extends to language, too.
Humans have no difficulty putting names to colours but are bad at putting names to odours (气味). Some people
suggest it is very likely a consequence of the tendency of languages to contain words useful to their speakers. A
study by Asifa Majid at Radboud University in the Netherlands supports this.
Dr Majid knew from previous work she had done that the Jahai, a group of hunter-gatherers who live in
western Malaysia, are remarkably good at naming odours. For example, when she asked some Jahai, and also a
comparable group of American volunteers, to name colours and odours they were presented with, the Americans
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generally agreed with one another when it came to naming colours but agreed much less when putting names to
odours. Jahai answers, in contrast, were in equal agreement about both odours and colours. Dr Majid suggested that
it might, in part, be because the Jahai have a dozen words dedicated to describing different sorts of smells in the
abstract.
To test how important someone's way of life is to his or her use of abstract words for smells, Dr Majid looked
at how two other groups of people used terms for colours and odours. These were the Semaq Beri, who also hunt
and gather for a living, and the Semelai, who cultivate rice. Crucially, although these two peoples make their
livings in different ways, their languages are closely related and they both live in the rainforest.
Dr Majid asked 20 Semaq Beri and 21 Semelai to name odours and colours presented to them at random. The
colours were on 80 differently coloured cards; the odours on 16 variously scented (有香味的) sticks.
The researcher found that the Semaq Beri used abstract terms for odours 85% of the time--about as often as
they did for colours, which was 80%. The Semelai also used abstract colour descriptions at a similar rate, namely
78% of the time. But when it came to describing odours they relied on abstraction on only 44% of occasions, while
resorting to analogies, such as "banana-like" and "chocolate-like", 56% of the time. Moreover, as with Dr Majid's
earlier study with the Jahai, the Semaq Beri more frequently agreed with one another about naming odours than did
the Semelai.
Given these findings, Dr Majid argues that it is the hunting-and-gathering way of life, rather than the use of a
particular language, that is crucial to applying abstract names to odours. The business of surviving by eating what
the forest has to offer requires more use of the nose than is needed for farming.
43. What does the pronoun "this" (in the last sentence of paragraph 1) refer to
A. More words should be coined to name odours.
B. Human beings have a weaker sense of smell than sight.
C. Languages tend to contain fewer words unrelated to culture.
D. As smells matter little, most languages have few words for them.
44. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that the Americans agreed less on the names of odours partly because
A. they had not been given proper training before the test
B. colours are in most cases easier to tell apart than odours
C. there are not many English words distinctively for odours
D. they were too sensitive to odours to name them correctly
45. What can be learned about the Semaq Beri and the Semelai concerning their performance in the study
A. The former used fewer terms for odours than for colours.
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B. The latter often turned to other items to describe odours precisely.
C. The former seldom agreed with each other about naming odours.
D. The latter revealed a less advanced language system.
46. What is the conclusion that Dr Majid drew from her research involving the Semaq Beri and the Semelai
A. The use of abstract terms for odours is related to people's lifestyle.
B. Living in the forest requires more use of the nose than living on the farm.
C. The business of surviving varies greatly from one tribe to another.
D. It is people's way of life that decide what language they speak.
Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only
once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A. Almost nothing could be more different from British corned beef.
B. Those with more morals than greed, perhaps, have developed patterns of exclusion.
C. But then things get complicated.
D. We're going to have to question a lot of attitudes towards buying and eating food.
E. I love English corned beef with a passion entirely equal to the "original".
F. What was originally designed as a technical solution to starvation has been tested by the world's largest focus
group: ordinary shoppers.
"Corn" is supposed to refer to large crystals of salt and thus "corned" beef is salt beef. 47 In the US,
corned beef is a brisket--a big piece of strongly flavoured cow muscle. There is probably no experience as exciting
to the food lover as standing in the queue of a Manhattan restaurant and watching a counterman cut wafer-thin
slices off a huge chunk of corned beef. 48 In 1847, German scientist Baron Justus von Liebig invented a way
of processing cheap beef with which he hoped to feed the masses of the industrial revolution.
It was made by salting beef, boiling it and breaking it up into small chips, then setting it in its own fat. A
group of businesspeople began making the stuff in Fray Bentos, in Uruguay, where the beef was cheap, and began
supplying it as military rations. The French called it boeuf bouilli or "boiled beef", which the British army named
Bully Beef. It was "corned beef" all right, just like the American stuff, but only in the way that diamonds and
charcoal (木炭) are both carbon.
Yet here's the odd truth. 49 Of course, it's the very role model of processed food and yet there's
something engaging about it, from the way it stands there on a plate, waiting to be sliced, to the way it breaks under
the fork as you push it hard into hot potatoes. Above all, it's still there, on the shelves, like it has been through
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every national disaster since its invention. This isn't simply some rosy nonsense. 50 They have tasted it and
found it good. So good indeed that it continues to outlive any food craze.
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.
51.
Can Big Tech Be Contained
From the moment Alexa wakes us up in the morning, through to Google recording our every search query, to
Facebook feeding us a diet of what our friends are up to, our lives are increasingly in the hands of just four
companies: Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple. Every day, they get to decide what we see, hear and experience
in a way that no other companies in history have before.
For example, on the average Facebook feed, there are reportedly up to 1500 things that Facebook could show
us at any one time: baby photos posted by your cousin, news articles, your friends arguing about politics and so on.
So to make this manageable, Facebook uses an algorithm to choose what it thinks we most want to see.
We don't know in any detail how such algorithms work. In fact we can't know, as these are the "secret sauce"
that has made the platforms, like Facebook, so successful, and so powerful.
Okay, so these four companies are powerful now. So what Inevitably in the cut-throat world of business, it's
only a matter of time until another company invents a better product, and shakes up the tech industry again, right
Not necessarily. What makes these four companies slightly different to what has come before them, even
when compared to enormous oil companies or banks, is that the tech firms are able to take advantage of the power
of "network" effects, which well protects their position.
Facebook is once again a particularly good example of this. What makes Facebook useful is that all of your
friends are there. If another company created something better than Facebook, it would be hard for it to gain a
foothold because, ultimately, everyone you know is already on Facebook.
Sadly, there are no easy ways to make Big Tech less, well, big.
IV. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
52.夏天是这条绿树成荫的马路最美的时节。(than)
53.今天空气质量不好，最好不要进行任何户外运动。(better)
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54.值得大家关注的是，这位小提琴家从三年前起已不参加任何商演。(since)
55.我最不希望看到的结果是我的学生都只关注学习成绩而不在乎学习过程。(the last)
V. Guided Writing
Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
56.假设你是明启中学高三学生李明，最近在一份英语杂志上读到一篇关于“经典”的文章，你对此话题很感
兴趣，给该杂志“读者来信”专栏写一封信，内容须包括： 1)你认为“经典作品（如音乐、文学、电影等）”
有哪些特点； 2)用一个具体例子说明你的观点。
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