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大庆实验中学 2023—2024 学年度第一学期高三期中考试
英语试题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why didn't the woman sleep well last night?
A. There was a dog barking.
B. There was some loud music.
C. There were some birds singing.
2. What is the man doing?
A. Checking a map. B. Driving a car. C. Pointing the directions.
3. What does the woman mean in the end?
A. The man made a poor excuse.
B. The train is unreliable on rainy days.
C. The man is the only one to take the subway.
4. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a car shop. B. At a car park. C. At a garage.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. An event. B. A budget C. The boss.
第二节：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中
选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5秒钟；听完后，
各 小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What are the speakers discussing?
A. When to get fully prepared.
B. When to visit a customer.
C. When to meet the accountant.
7. What will the woman do at 2:30 p.m.?
A. Meet the man. B. Talk with the accountant. C. Attend an appointment.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
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8 What's the best language study method according to the man?
A. Using an app. B. Speaking with local people. C. Listening to news.
9. What does the man value most?A. Touring the country. B. Exploring local cafes. C. Getting involved in culture.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where is Pizza Delight?
A. In the city center. B. Near the man's house. C. By the movie theatre.
11. What is the woman's opinion of the pizza in Pizza Delight?
A. It's fancy. B. It's fine. C. It's bad.
12. How soon will the speakers leave?
A. In 15 minutes. B. In 30 minutes. C. In 45 minutes.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the key factor in windsurfing?
A. High-quality equipment.
B. Personal physical condition.
C. Previous sporting experience.
14. What advice does Lily give on safety?
A. Use noticeable board and sail.
B. Prepare life-saving equipment.
C. Teal someone how you can be identified.
15. What does Lily enjoy most about windsurfing?
A. Forgetting everyday worries.
B. Learning new techniques.
C. Developing her muscles.
16. What might Lily do in the future?
A. Give up windsurfing.
B. Act as a windsurfing coach.
C. Take part in windsurfing competitions.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What can the listeners do during the opening?
A. Enter a competition. B. Meet a sportsman C. Get a signed copy.
18. What will all competitors receive?
A. Tickets for sports events. B. Sports calendars. C. Signed copies of CDs.
19. How much does the fitness test cost this month?
A. £ 15. B. £ 30. C. £ 50.
20. What does the speaker encourage listeners to do in the end?
A. To book a place via email.
B. To try out equipment at opening mornings.
C. To open an account for more offers.
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共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
Every year, TIME highlights inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun.
Here are some selected ones that will absolutely blow your kids’ mind.
Sphero Indi ($124.99)
Coding is a matter of problem-solving and pattern recognition. Sphero Indi teaches both, no screen required.
Instead, kids use different-colored cards to move a robotic car from point A to B — green cards increasing its
speed, pink cards telling it to turn left, and so on. “We really wanted to bring these abstract concepts into the
physical world,” says Jeff Wiencrot, one of the product developers.
Thames & Kosmos Mega Cyborg Hand ($39.95)
The effort to get kids interested in science just got a helping hand — a cyborg hand, to be precise. Kids build a
robotic arm that copies their hand gestures, while they learn about engineering and robotics. Once assembled (组
装) and slipped on like a glove, the device passes forces from the user’s fingers to the extended ones of the robotic
hand.
Sproutel Purrble ($49.99)
For children who are upset for some reason, Purrble comes to their rescue. An interactive toy equipped with
seven sensors that respond to touch, Purrble’s heartbeat speeds up when it senses somebody’s playing with it. Kids
can then comfort their companion with gentle petting, slowing Purrble’s rapid heartbeat to a purr (咕噜声) —
calming themselves as well in the process.
Lego recycled brick (Unpriced)
The Lego Group, intending to make all Lego bricks from sustainable resources by 2030, spent the past three
years testing different recycled PET plastic materials, and finally developed its first recycled PET brick that is
nearly identical to the usual brick. The Danish toy company hopes to integrate the recycled blocks into Lego sets in
the next 18 to 24 months.
1. What do Sphero Indi and Thames & Komos Mega Cyborg Hand have in common?
A. They train kids in programming. B. They are invented by kids.
C. They need fitting together first. D. They combine fun with learning.
2. Which invention best suits kids who need emotional comfort?
A. Sphero Indi. B. Sproutel Purrble.
C. Thames & Kosmos Mega Cyborg Hand D. Lego recycled brick.
3. What makes Lego recycled brick special?
A. It is environmentally friendly. B. It can be mass-produced..
C It looks distinct from the usual one. D. It is a solution to testing.
B
When I made the decision to quit my full-time employment, I never thought that I could get involved in an
increasing global trend. I had to leave my relatively high-profile position for an unexpected move that hurt my pride
and prevented me from getting promoted. Yet, I excused my departure by saying “I wanted to spend more time with
my family”.
Curiously, after around two and a half years, my experience in what Americans refer to as “downshifting” has
turned my excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of Linda Kelsey’s
“have it all” concept, which she has been promoting for the past seven years in the pages of She magazine, into a
woman who is content to accept a little bit of everything.
I have discovered that abandoning the idea of “juggling your life” and adopting the alternative strategy of
“downshifting” has benefits that go far beyond financial success and social status. Nothing could convince me to go
back to the lifestyle Kelsey used to promote and which I had previously enjoyed: 12-hour workdays, tight deadlines,
the terrifying pressure of office politics, and the demand of being a parent on “quality time”.
After the widespread layoffs (裁员) brought on by cost-cutting in the late 1980s, America started to move toward
a simpler, less materialistic way of life as a response to the economic downturn. In America, simplifying one’s life is
frequently done for financial reasons, but in Britain, at least among the middle class I know, we have different
motivations for doing so. For the women of my generation who were encouraged to keep juggling, downshifting is
not so much a search for a mythical (虚无的) good life—growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning
into one—as a personal recognition of your limitations.
4. What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A. The writer didn’t take pride in her original job.
B. Full-time employment is a new international trend.
C. The writer was eager to spend more time with her family.
D. The writer was forced to resign due to an external factor.
5. What do we know about downshifting according to the text?
A. The writer abandoned her high social status for downshifting.
B. Downshifting allowed the writer to make her dream come true.
C. The writer changed her way of thinking through downshifting.
D. The writer accepted the concept of She magazine because of downshifting.
6. What does the underlined phrase “juggling your life” in paragraph 3 mean?A. Settling for a bit of everything.
B. Choosing to live a simple life.
C. Adopting a busy and stressful lifestyle.
D. Staying away from a materialistic way of life.
7. What does the writer intend to tell us?
A. It is never too late to pursue your dream.
B. Downshifting results in a more satisfactory and simpler life.
C. There is a difference between the American and British cultures.
D. People should adopt downshifting to search for mythical experiences.
C
A workday filled with a string of mentally demanding tasks can leave you feeling burned out. After long hours
of mentally tracking one thought after another, you're probably more likely to choose a relaxing evening of streaming
TV shows than to tackle a tough task on your to-do list or to make time for a creative pursuit.
For some time, researchers have suspected that long periods of mental effort lead to a shortage of glucose (葡
萄糖),a key resource that supplies the energy-hungry brain. Experiments in the early 2000s supported this concept
—reporting that people experienced a reduction in blood glucose after a mentally demanding task and that consuming a
sugary drink could make good sense.
But subsequent work failed to reproduce those findings. Actually, the energy cost associated with thinking can
be negligible. One analysis suggests that overworked brains use much less than one-tenth of a small Tic Tac candy's
worth of glucose. A team of scientists led by Antonius Wiehler of Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, looked at
things from a different angle.
To produce mental tiredness, a group of participants were asked to perform over six hours of various tasks that
involved thinking. Half were assigned easy things to do and half hard ones. During the experiment, the scientists used
a technique to measure the changes of chemicals in the brain. They found that people who had taken on the harder
task had higher concentrations of glutamate (谷氨酸) in the LPFC (an area involved in mental processes such as
decision-making) than those who had performed the easier one.
Throughout the experiment, participants were asked to make decisions that could reveal their mental tiredness.
Participants who were assigned the more challenging task were more likely to choose low-cost and little-effort
options, especially towards the end of the six hours.
So, is there some way around this limitation of our brain's ability to think hard? “Not really, I'm afraid ,”said
Pessiglione, Wiehler's colleague. “I would remind you that tiredness is indeed a signal indicating you need to stopworking to preserve the effectiveness of brain functioning. There is good evidence that the balance of glutamate
is restored after a night's sleep."
8. What did researchers find through experiments in the early 2000s?
A. Blood glucose influences the brain's performance.
B. Human brains use much of the body's glucose.
C. Humans can gain enough energy from daily diets.
D. Blood glucose levels fall fast with our emotional changes.
9. What does the underlined word “negligible” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Sensitive. B. Insignificant. C. Immeasurable. D. Complicated
10. What conclusion can be drawn from the team's research?
A. Thinking hard consumes a lot of glutamate.
B. Mental tiredness leads to people's false sense of time.
C. Single-minded people are likely to make wise decisions.
D. The buildup of glutamate upsets brain functioning.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Why does thinking hard wear you out?
B. Why do people tend to make a to-do list?
C. How does your emotion affect your productivity?
D. How do varied leisure activities promote your sleep?
D
Science is a process that builds upon existing theories and knowledge by continuously revising them. Every
aspect of scientific knowledge can be questioned, including the general rules of thinking that appear to be most
certain. So why is science trustworthy if it is always changing? If tomorrow we will no longer see the world as
Newton or Einstein found it to be, why should we take seriously today’s scientific description of the world?
The answer is simpler. Because at any given moment of our history, this description of the world is the best we
have. The fact that it can be made better can’t weaken the fact that it is a useful instrument for understanding the
world.
Consider a folk healer’s medicine. Can we say this treatment is “scientific” ? Yes, if it is proven to be effective,
even if we have no idea why it works. In fact, quite a few common medications used today have their origin in folk
treatments, and we are still not sure how they work. This does not imply that folk treatments are generally effective.
To the contrary, many of them are not. What distinguishes scientific medieine is the readiness to seriously test atreatment and to be ready to change our minds if something is shown not to work. A research doctor in a modern
hospital must be ready to change his theory if a more effective way of understanding illness, or treating it, becomes
available.
What makes modern science uniquely powerful is its refusal to believe that it already possesses ultimate truth.
The reliability of science is based not on certainty but on a complete absence of certainty. As John Stuart Mill wrote
in “On Liberty” in 1859, “The beliefs which we have most warrant (依据)for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a
standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded.”
12. Why does the author raise the two questions in paragraph 1?
.
A To add some fun. B. To introduce the topic.
C. To express doubts. D. To provide background.
13. What can we learn about today’s scientific description of the world?
A. It can be timeless. B. It is of little value.
C. It can be improved D. It is the best at any moment.
14. What is the author’s attitude towards folk treatment?
A. Indifferent. B. Pessimistic. C. Objective. D. Sympathetic.
15. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
A. It is unwise to believe in science. B. Too much uncertainty lies in science.
C. The foundation of science is unfounded. D. The lack of certainty makes science reliable.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2 .5分，满分12 .5分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选
项。
In 2019, Gotham Greens opened its 9,300-square-metre Baltimore farm on the former site of Bethlehem Steel,
which was the largest steel-manufacturing plant in the world. ___16___ It aimed to repurpose unused rooftop spaces
and abandoned factories for food production.
Urban populations are projected to increase by 2. 5 billion by 2050. ___17___ But despite the rise in city-based
farms, there’s still a lot we don’t know about them, including the economic and environmental costs.
Florian Payen, an environmental scientist, and his colleagues looked at previous studies done in 53 countries
where crops were grown in different urban environments, including “grey” spaces such as rooftops, and by using
different growing methods. They found that yields(产量) of urban crops were often the same as those from conventional
farms. Just as importantly, they revealed the most commonly-grown types of crops and the most effective growing
methods. ___18___It’s known that the benefit of urban farming is a reduction in food miles. ___19___ In one study, researchers
analyzed the carbon footprint of different vegetables grown in greenhouses in Canada and that of the importing
vegetables from the USA. “They found that it was less carbon-intensive to import the crops because of the high
energy input required to grow them locally in greenhouses,” says Payen.
___20___Urban agriculture has the potential to enhance local ecosystems, attracting pollinators (传粉媒介)
such as bees and birds that boost urban biodiversity while providing more green spaces to help keep cities cool and
counter the urban heat island effect.
A. But there are other benefits.
B. Urban agriculture can help feed our growing cities.
C. It’s well worth investing in rooftop gardens or greenhouses.
D. The farm was one of the farms the company had set up in cities.
E. Urban agriculture in any given city can take lots of different forms.
F. However, urban-grown crops aren’t a more environmentally friendly option.
G. Surprisingly, they found little difference in overall yields between indoor and outdoor spaces.
第三部分 语言运用（共三节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题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。
Recently, a man who thinks himself wise complained to me about his bad luck. He interviewed an architect for
his project, but he intended her to offer a plan right away and he thought she ___21___ him too much. Afterwards,
he was totally stuck in the cost problem because he ___22___ to find another nice architect at a lower price.
Was this a poor choice or just bad luck? If we play out the same situation 100 times —where a man ___23___
the selection of an architect, and focuses on picking the cheapest and immediately ___24___ project plan —how
many times do you think it runs in a ___25___ way? Not once.
One way to visualize the man’s ___26___ is through the game of billiards (台球).We focus on making the first
shot instead of considering how we ___27___the ball for the next shot. When we go to take the next shot, the
difficulty ___28___ .
Life is full of such examples. We ___29___ the $500-an-hour lawyer with years of relevant experience and
choose the $200-an-hour lawyer. Unavoidably, we find ourselves paying for the ____30____ sooner or later. We do the
same when it comes to ____31____ .Often, we choose the “cheaper” alternatives ____32____ we realize our
mistakes. As the saying goes, buy nice or buy twice. The current cheapness ____33____ means the overall
cheapness.
The main ____34____ here is to aim at the long-term consequences. ____35____ might appear to win in theshort term, but foresight undoubtedly wins in the end.
21.
A. fooled B. changed C. charged D. benefited
22.
A. failed B. happened C. refused D. promised
23.
A. gets over B. rushes through C. relies on D. puts off
24.
A. obvious B. popular C. payable D. available
25.
A. similar B. particular C. smooth D. flexible
26.
A. rudeness B. carelessness C. greed D. short-sightedness
27.
A. position B. advertise C. kick D. trace
28.
A. drops B. increases C. continues D. disappears
29.
A. recognize B. employ C. decline D. serve
30.
A. choice B. adventure C. target D. strategy
31.
A. collection B. purchases C. donations D. garbage
32.
A. once B. unless C. though D. before
33.
A. rarely B. slightly C. equally D. merely
34.
A. requirement B. comment C. lesson D. standard
35.
A. Generosity B. Smartness C. Preservation D. Thoughtfulness第二节（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
36. To tell __________ truth, John is at __________ loss what to do currently.
A. /; a B. the;/ C. the; a D. /; the
37. On Sundays there were a lot of children playing in the park, ________ parents sat together joking.
A. their B. whose C. which D. that
38. Drop in on us whenever it is __________ for you. We are looking forward to meeting you at home.
A. free B. spare C. convenient D. available
39. More often than not, some people around us are getting even richer, whose __________ is not to put all your
eggs in one basket.
A. symbol B. recipe C. function D. suffering
40. You'd better make extra copies of this important file, __________ you need it for future reference.
A. unless B. in case C. although D. even if
41. Sunday roast __________of roast meat, roast potatoes and vegetables is a traditional Britain main meal,
__________ served on Sunday.
A. consists; incredibly B. consisted; slightly C. consisted; originally D. consisting; typically
42. The doctor __________ me to spend several days at the seaside, so that I’ll __________ soon.
A. considered; catch up B. hoped; bring up
C. suggested; take up D. recommended; pick up
43. Last summer holiday, I went back to my hometown, __________ the neighbors and the house __________ I used
to be familiar with were gone.
A. only finding; which B. only to find; that C. to find; where D. found; that
44. It can be hard for you to imagine what trouble I have had __________ the problems __________ in the meeting
__________ last week
A. to deal with; referring to; held B. dealing with; referring to; being held
C. dealing with; referred to; held D. to deal with; referred to; being held
45. It is in this very town, __________Tom was born 40 years ago, __________he will build a new school,
__________excites everyone in the town.
A. that; that; which B. that; where; that C. where; that; which D. where; when; that
第三节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。46. I was concentrating on reading a novel __________ I heard someone in the distance call my name. (用适当的
词填空)
47. It is also a virtue to forgive and forget, especially in such a __________ (compete) and stressful society. (所给
词的适当形式填空)
48. That evening, ________ I will tell you more about later, I ended up working very late. (用适当的词填空)
49. If you choose this career, you’ll meet interesting people, earn a good salary and work in pleasant __________
(surround). (所给词的适当形式填空)
50. We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $20, half of _______ it used to charge.
（用单词适当形式填空）
51. ____ （equip）with global vision and the spirit of innovation is crucial to China's young generation. （用单
词适当形式填空）
52. We all ________ some extent remember the good times and forget the bad.(用适当的词填空)
的
53. Thanks to the new technology, costs __________ (reduce) by 30% over the past year. (所给词 适当形式填
空)
54. I suddenly realized that things could have developed in a __________ (dramatic) different way. (所给词的适
当形式填空)
55. John couldn’t make out why it was __________ Lucy refused to admit there was a problem in her plan. (用适
当的词填空)
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
56. 假定你是李华，你校交换生Hans在策划“Approaching Chinese Students”栏目，用短视频介绍中学生校
园生活，为此咨询你的意见。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.推荐拍摄内容；
2.陈述理由；
3.表达祝愿。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Hans,
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Yours
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
57. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Broken seashells
It was the summer in mid-July at the Jersey shore. My four-year-old son Will and I just loved heading off to
the beach just before dinner when the rest of the vacationers seemed to be leaving for the day. The sun was still hot
then and shining brightly.
Bucket in hand, we’d hit the sand and start our adventure. Will would run so quickly to the edge of the water
and be soaked before I got there, laughing as the waves crashed and nearly knocked him down. We usually walked
along the edge of the water, looking for seashells to fill our red sandcastle-shaped bucket. Some days, the bucket
was full, and other days just a few shells made it into the bucket.
On this particular day, there didn’t seem to be too many shells washed up on the shore. Will began picking up
whatever shells he saw lying in the sand. After a while, I peered into the bucket and saw nothing but broken shells.
“Will, all of these shells are broken and no good. You need to find shells like this,” I explained, as I held up a
perfectly shaped clamshell. Will gave me a puzzled look and continued on his way, gathering whatever shells he
came across and dropping them into the bucket.
I continued my search for some time, and then stopped to watch him drop more broken shells into the bucket.
Again, I stopped, but this time I asked in a stricter voice, “Will, why do you insist on filling our bucket with shells
that are broken?” He looked up at me through his glasses with his big blue eyes and replied, “Mom, there are way
more shells on the beach that are broken than perfect ones that you are searching for. We’ll get the bucket filled
faster with the broken ones.” True, I thought, but who wants a bucketful of broken shells? Will stared at me as if he
knew what I was thinking. “Mom, these shells are broken, but they are still beautiful,” he explained.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
He began pulling the shells from the bucket and commenting on their uniqueness.____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Back home, I decided to preserve the moment of realization with Will.
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