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2024年顺德区普通高中高三教学质量检测（一）
英语试题
2024.11
本试卷浜8页1满分120先 考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、试室
号、座位号填写法答题卡上。用2B铅笔将答超卡上的相应位置填涂■考生号。因听说
另老，试题从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题号从“21”开始。
2 .回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅簿在答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；
如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案写在试卷上无效。
3 .非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域
内相应位置上；加需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔
和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。
4 .考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 供15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Animal Care Volunteer Program in Argentina - Cordoba
Project details
Want to volunteer with animals in_ Argentina-Cdrdoba? Animal Care Volunteer Program
benefits both rescued animals and children from low-income areas of Cordoba. Volunteers help
at a small farm that works as an animal shelter and learning centre, where local children spend
the day connecting with animals outdoors and participating in activities that they would not be
able to access through their own means.
What to expect?
From horses to baby goats, rabbits to chickens, volunteers are tasked with the important
responsibility of tending to the needs of these animals, ensuring they receive the care, treatment,
and attention necessary fbr their well-being.
Volunteer tasks may vary but typically involve:
• Playing and entertaming animals
• Keeping their living spaces clean
• Maintaining the grounds, including painting and repairing as necessary
• Tending to crops and managing natural fertilizers
• Welcoming and guiding visitors
• Helping to organize iundraising events
What will you gain?
By volunteering on the Animal Care project, you'll be adding value to the local community,
while also developing personally and professionally by:
• Practicing your Spanish
• Developing your communication skills
♦ Gaining animal care and farm experience
• Fully engaging yourself in Argentine culture
• Exploring the stunning region and city of Cdrdoba
高三英语试题第1页（共8页）21. What is the main puipose of the Animal Care Program in Cdrdoba?
A. To provide training fbr volunteers.
B. To run a commercial farm for profit.
C. To improve the life of the local people.
D. To care for animals and children alike.
22. Which taskLinay volunteers do at the animal shelter?
A. Cleaning animal living spaces.
B. Conducting medical research.
C. Organizing tourist trips to different cities.
D. Painting and repairing the city of C6rdoba.
23. What will you gain from volunteering there?
A. Running a farm business.
B. Improving your Spanish.
C. Exploring Cordoba fbr free.
D. Learning to cook fbr the locals.
B
My daughter is a smart kid, but sbe'd never read an entire chapter book for pleasure. She
had never developed any habit of classic deep reading - with two eyes in front of paper, and
nothing else going on. When I faced this truth, it felt like a parenting failure. Even though we'd
read many storybooks when she was younger and we lived in a house stuffed with books, I
hadn't managed to instill （灌输）one of life5s fundamental pleasures in my kid.
As a lifelong reader, I understand how reading enhances the fabric of our experience. Yet
my daughter claimed to dislike reading. I told her reading novels was the best way to learn about
how people's insides work^She said she could learn more from the people on social media, who
were all about spilling their insides. I said books ofifered storytelling. She said, ^Smartphones?* I
said books taught history. She said, 4tThe Internet.”
I could not win our debates, because few of my daughter's arguments against reading
seemed wrong to me. Yes, reading is a way to discover new worlds — so is the entire Internet.
But thafs not why I wanted my daughter to pick up a book. It was about experiencing a certain
magic. You know when an author describes a feeling you didn't have, and a hundred lightbulbs
go off on the top of your head? I wanted her to have a chance at feeling that. A screen-based
medium can't create this kind of relationship because, by its nature, the medium must fill in all
the blanks fbr you. Books leave space fbr blanks — and for the internal invention they can
inspire.
So I decided to cut through all the reasoning with a cold, hard practicality: cash. I told my
11-year-oId I would pay her $100 to read a novel within a month. Of course, she said yes. She
finished the book in seven days. Then she even asked fbr the sequel（续集）一at no extra charge.
Will this lead to her reading "Little Women”？ Will it result in a lifelong habit of reading? I don't
know. What I do know is that I finally opened a new door for her to the printed page. That feels
like the best money I ever spent.
高三英语试题第2页（共8页）24. What does the parenting failure “ in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Failure to get along well with her daughter.
B. Failure to meet her daughter's emotional needs.
C. Failure to develop a reading habit in her daughter.
D. Failure to provide enough storybooks in the house.
25. Why does the author want her daughter to read books?
A To help her discover new worlds.
B. To help her fill in all the blanks.
C. To help her spend less time on the Internet.
D. To let her feel a moment of deep connection.
26. How does the author feel about spending $100 to encourage her daughter to read?
A. She regrets spending the money.
B, She is unsure if it will lead to a love of reading.
C. She feels disappointed with the final outcome.
D. She is confident in her daughter's iuture choices.
27. What could be a best title for the passage?
A. Creating a Reader: A Mother's Journey
B. Encouraging Reading: Tips for Children
C. The Magic of Books in a Digital Age
D. The Decline of Reading Among Children
C
People often think that scientific discoveries come from the geniuses like Charles Darwin
and Albert Einstein. Such a view overlooks the efforts of lesser-known pioneers. Also, popular
belief holds that the sudden idea is the key to making scientific breakthroughs, as if it just
appears in someone's mind.
This opinion might be partially true. It doesn't accurately represent the true nature of
scientific breakthroughs. Apart from, the great figures such as Darwin and Einstein, whose
contributions are rightly recognized - we believe innovation is largely a trial-and-error process,
where two steps forward may sometimes come with one step back or even more steps to the
right or left
Take John Nicholson, a lesser-known scientist from the J 91 Os. He was a mathematical
physicist who suggested the idea of *proto-elements, in space. By mixing different weights of
these atoms, he could recover the weights of the elements in the periodic table. Though
proto-elements don't actually exist, Nicholson's wild ideas led him to propose a new theoiy
about atomic structure. Niels Bohr, the Nobel prize-winning father of modern atomic theory,
later built on this idea to develop his famous model of the atom.
What can we learn from this story? Science is always evolving, similar to the evolution of
animal species. Just random or unexpected changes of ideas may open the door fbr advances in
science. Support fbr this idea can be seen in many areas. For example, in US horse racing, the
'acey-deucy' stirrup placement, where the rider's left foot is placed lower than the right foot,
provides a speed advantage on oval tracks. It was created by a little-known rider named Jackie
Westrope. Had Westrope done careful research to develop this technique? No. He had a leg
高三英语试题第3页（共8页）injury that prevented him from fully bending his left knee. This change just happened to improve
his left-hand turning performance. As a result, many riders quickly adopted the acey-deucy style,
which is still used in racing today.
Many other examples show science progress often comes from mistakes, accidents, or pure
luck. It*s time to abandon the naive beliefs of genius and explore the true causes of creativity.
28. What is the purpose of paragraph I?
A. To support specific ideas.
B. To describe a common belief.
C. To compare certain beliefs.
D. To challenge a popular view.
29. What does the writer imply about Darwin and Einstein in paragraph 2?
A. They set an example for others to follow.
B. Their way of working has been misunderstood.
C. They are exceptions to the usual rule.
D. Their achievements deserve greater recognition.
30. What do we know about the idea of Nicholson?
A. It made him famous as an important scientist.
B. People only fully understood it later in history.
C. Other scientists were initially doubtfill about it.
D. It paved the way for someone else's breakthrough.
31. What is most interesting about the 'acey-deucy' stimip adjustment?
A. Why it was made.
B. How quickly people used it
C. The research work behind it
D. The cleverness of its first user.
D
This has been the decade of AI, with one advancement after another. By mid-century, we
may have artificial general intelligence （AGI） — machines that can do all the things humans can.
And that's just the beginning. Machines aren't affected by the same physical limitations that
affect human intelligence. Once machines outperform humans, progress towards these limits
could speed up even more.
What does this mean for us? Can we make sure we live safely with these machines? On the
positive side, AI is already useful in many areas, and super AI could be super useful. However,
as AI grows more powerful, it becomes crucial to define its goals clearly. There are many folk
stories about people who ask for the wrong thing, with disastrous consequences. For instance,
King Midas wished everything he touched to turn to gold, but he didn't expect his breakfast to
tum to gold too.
So we need to create powerful AI machines that are 'human-friendly' — with values that
match our own. One thing that makes this task difficult is that humans aren't always kind or
reliable. We often do many terrible things to many other creatures with whom we share the
planet. If super intelligent machines don't act better than we do, we'll be in deep trouble.
For our own safety, we want the machines to be morally as well as cognitively （认知的）
高三英语试题第4页（共8页）superior to humans. We want them to aim fbr the moral high ground. However, this utopian
小ion faces two big problems. The first is 'getting started* problem - pointing the machines in
tlie right direction, which won't be easy because we are always conflicted about our own values.
The second problem is the destination' problem — what it would mean to reach this destination.
If we put ourselves m the hands of these super machines^ we might lose our own freedom ——
which is a key part of being human/
So where exactly would that leave Jiuman beings? It's more important to think about the
destination now and be careful about-what we wish fbr.
32 WJiat point does the writer make about AI in para夕aph 1?
A. AGI will definitely replace humans.
B. ATs ftiture potential seems limitless.
C： There's much to learn about super AI.
D. AI shares many features with humans.
33. Why does the author mention the story of King Midas?
A. To compare different kinds of goals.
B. To suggest that AI should reflect human values.
C. To show poorly defined goals may lead to problems.
D. To warn about the danger of becoming greedy with AL
34. What challenge does the writer mention in paragraph 3?
A. Getting humans to act more morally.
B, Building a better world for all creatures.
C. Making AI more human-friendly than humans.
D. Choosing which values AI should share with us.
35. What does the underlined phrase “this utopian vision“ refer to?
A. Humans can ensure the safety of machines.
B. Machines will help solve these two big problems.
C. Humans and machines have the same moral ground.
D. Machines get smarter and more moral than humans.
第二节 决5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。
Charisma — or rizz （人气）was crowned 2023 word of the year by the publisher of the
Oxford English Dictionary. Who could blame us fbr obsessing over charisma? It can smooth
social interactions, win us friends, and score promotions. 36
Approachable and relatable. Many executives and professionals I find confident and
chatty admit charisma wasn't something that came naturally. 37 Dave, a chief executive
of Cargill, made a point to remember the details and dates of people's lives, such as colleagues'
birthdays, He'd pen words of thanks or congratulations.
38 Treating people differently will backfire, says Carla Harris, a Morgan Stanley
executive. She chats up the woman cleaning the office, the receptionist at her doctor's, the guy
waiting alongside her fbr the elevator. "Don't be confused/1 she tells young people. Executive
assistants are often the most powerful people in the building, and you never know how someone
can help or hurt you.
高三英语蛔 第5页（共8页）Accepting your mistakes. It's not that charming people don't occasionally mispronounce a
word or spill their coffee. 39 They acknowledge the mistake instead of trying to hide it,
make a small joke, and move on. Being perfectly polished all the time is not only exhausting, it's
impossible. Appearing flawless can come off as fake.
At its heart, charisma isn't about some grand performance. 40 It's about making our
conversation partners feel they-re the charming - or interesting or funny - ones. While skills
get you hired, it's communication and trust that lead up the ladder.
A. Everyone is important.
B. They had to work on it.
C. They easily.get attention.
D. If s also possible to develop.
E. They just have a faster comeback.
F. It's a feeling we bring out in others.
G. We like people who make few mistakes.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节供15小题；驯、题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
For her 68th birthday in 2019, Rosa Saito decided to give herself an unusual gift — she
decided to become a model. Over the past years, she had been 41 by photographers on the
streets, each telling her to consider modeling. She initially 42 the idea because no one ever
had commented on her appearance. But over time, something began to change inside her. u Being
spotted made me realize I could still achieve something just fbr 43 at this stage of my life/*
she recalled, 44 、she decided to embrace the opportunity.
Her first casting didn't land her a job, but the 45 fueled her excitement. " I was used
to facing challenges my whole life. I was 46 to keep going J Saito said. At just 22, she had
learned 47 when she cared for her sick mother. Later, she raised her three children alone
after the loss of her husband. She embraced whatever life 48 her.
At 69, Saito's efforts 49 when she got her first modelling job fbr a Brazilian
cosmetics brand. uAs the oldest person there, I walked into the photography studio feeling so
50_ she recalled. tlBut soon, I relaxed. I got so much 51 from the younger models. I
realize my presence was showing them that you can grow older without 52 she says.
Now 73, Saito has posed fbr many fashion brands. She's 53 to have a new start after
her 70s. UI still have plenty of dreams fbr the future, because the real 54 of maturity is to
take a leap into the unknown/1 she says. "It's never too late to 55 yourself I gain strength,
courage and confidence from every experience where 1 face fear. M
41. A. congratulated B. examined C. appointed D. approached
42. A. put forward B. tried out C. noted down D. brushed off
43. A, my family B. myself C. my community D. my fellows
44. A. Temporarily B. Accidentally C. Eventually D. Permanently
45. A. rejection
B. prejudice C. dilemma D. trick
46. A. prepared
B, allowed C. forced D. persuaded
47—A, toughness
B. faithfulness C. tolerance D. confidence
高三英谙试Kg第6页（共8页）D. ignored
48. A. promised B. awarded C. brought
D. stood out
49. A. disappeared B. continued C. paid off
D- nervous
50. A. natural B. frightened C. delighted
D. instruction
51. A. inspiration B. envy C, admiration
52. A. fear B. pain C. doubt D. regret
53. A. hesitant R proud C. impatient D. lucky
54. A. advantage B. burden C. fear D. beauty
55. A. question B. reshape C. limit D. teach
第二节 供10小题；每小题1.5分，总分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词，或括号内单词的正确形式。
The much-loved cartoon about Bluey, a seven-year-old dog, has been a worldwide
phenomenon since it launched back in 2018. Its story is a deep reflection on change.
Besides laugh-out-loud moments, it also contains serious elements — scenes of parenting
situations that will be 56 (painful) familiar to any families, as well as inferences to major
life events like death, 57 (marry) and divorce. Ifs about exploring the adult world with the
excitement of childhood, which 58 (land) Bluey an International Emmy award in 2019.
What viewers won't have predicted will be how much this episode is influenced by Taoist
(道家)philosophy, 59 ancient Chinese belief system which is based on trying to live 60
harmony with the universe. When Bluey sadly tells her classmates she's moving away, her
teacher Calypso reads a story 61 (call) The Farmer. In the story, each time, the neighbours
ask the farmer it's "good luck5* or tcbad luck”. Every time, the fanner simply replies: 'Well see”,
and the story ends abruptly.
“Is it a happy 62 sad ending?” asks Bluey afterwards. "It's both,“ says Calypso. "I
don、understand,n says Bluey. Everything will work out the way it*s supposed to, Bluey,M she
replies. The story is actually an old tale that first originated in the Huainanzi, an ancient Chinese
text 63 (date) back to 139 BC. It reminds people that we have no control or no real way of
knowing whether events that happen to us are "good" or '*bad”, All we can be certain of is that
change is 64 (avoidable), but being open to change and 65 (trust) that things will
work out fbr the best is the best way to handle it.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假设你是李华，上周末你参加了一场你喜欢的歌手的演唱会。请你给英国朋友Peter
写一封邮件分享你的经历。
内容包括：
1 .你最喜欢的歌曲；
2 .你的感受。
注意：
1 .词数80左右；
2 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
高三英语试题第7页（共8页）第二节（满分25分）
“What? Laura's going to be home the night of my party?0 I screamed. My sister was the
last person I wanted around the night of my party, I was really looking forward to having the
house all to myself while my firiends were over. ARer all, it was my_birlhdayl Trying to get my
mother to understand, I said, uMomi can't you find someplace forXaura to go, Like cousin Ellic'a?
Having her here will ruin everytHing!,r
I had finally」alked my parents uito letting me invite a fbvof my school friends to my home
fbr my twelfth birthday. I had been waiting for this night fbr weeks. Now I had to put up with
my older sister being around. It was completely unfair.
'Row, Emily；' my mother said to me, trying to calm me down,“ Laura will stay in her own
room. Besides, I don't understand why you're so upset about her being here.”
“She'll hang out and steal all the attention. Ifs going to ruin the whole party!” I argued.
“Laura being home will only ruin it if you let it,“ my mother responded.
