北京市通州区高三上学期期末英语试题（原卷版）-A4

这是一份北京市通州区高三上学期期末英语试题（原卷版）-A4，共9页。试卷主要包含了5分,共15分)， A等内容，欢迎下载使用。
第一部分:知识运用(共两节,30分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
Zhang Yupeng, nce a “ trubled” yuth, wn the gld medal at the 47th Wrld Skills Cmpetitin in France.
In 2018, things ____1____ when he saw lder students crafting delicate, sparkling jewelry. The prcess f designing and crafting jewelry with precius metals grabbed his interest, ____2____ him t chse jewelry design as his path.
Hwever, because Zhang had been inattentive t his studies befre, he had t start frm the beginning. He spent ____3____ hurs building his skills, practicing everything frm drawing and cutting t welding (焊接) and plishing. “I dn’t even remember hw many sheets f paper I used, hw many pens I wre ut, r hw many failed pieces I made,” he said. His ____4____ finally wke his inbrn talent, enabling him t quickly master imprtant skills and get them dwn t a fine art. “Every time I create a piece, I feel like I’m having a cnversatin. That cnnectin with art brings me immense jy, The sense f happiness is indescribable, especially when inspiratin strikes, r when a piece is ____5____plished,” he says, His wrk began t gain recgnitin at varius events.
Zhang ___6___ his prgress t all the setbacks he encuntered, and t weaknesses he discvered during each cmpetitin. He ____7____ remembers his instructr telling him that results were secndary, and what was imprtant was t bserve the differences between himself and thers, identify any issues, and think abut hw t imprve. T him, there’s n shrtcut ____8____ hard wrk t make it int the tp arena (竞技舞台).
Zhang is nw passing n his experience t yunger students as a tutr “If my experience is any ____9____, yung peple shuld find what they are passinate abut and understand that nly with hard wrk can they realize their ____10____ in their chsen field,” he said.
1. A. ccurredB. passedC. appearedD. changed
2. A. frcingB. guidingC. inspiringD. cnvincing
3. A. happyB. limitedC. cuntlessD. precius
4. A. effrtB. cnfidenceC. ambitinD. curage
5. A. quicklyB. perfectlyC. carefullyD. immediately
6. A. matchesB. relatesC. cmparesD. wes
7. A. clearlyB. suddenlyC. prudlyD. ccasinally
8. A. in spite fB. apart frmC. due tD. in terms f
9. A. referenceB. evidenceC. influenceD. cnvenience
10. A. visinB. featureC. valueD. impact
第二节语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
A
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。
The Spring Festival was inscribed n the UNESCO Representative List f the Intangible Cultural Heritage f Humanity. China will take this pprtunity t hld varius frms f Spring Festival celebratin activities glbally. These activities,___11___are expected t be participated in by peple frm different cuntries, will make the Spring Festival a happy time fr peple all ver the wrld t enjy and share tgether. S far, nearly 20 cuntries in the wrld___12___(set) the Lunar New Year as an fficial hliday, and abut ne fifth f the glbal ppulatin celebrate it in different frms. This shws___13___ppular the Spring Festival is arund the wrld.
B
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。
At the 13th “Tali Cup” Natinal Dancing Educatin Shwcase f China, held n December 19 t 20, 2023, yung perfrmers frm Xizang ___14___ (leave) the audience in awe. Dressed in traditinal clthing, they skillfully danced ___15___ the rhythm f the dramyin, a traditinal musical instrument. Their versin f the Guzhuang and the Xianzi dances was seamlessly (无缝地) integrated with elements f mdern street dance styles. This integratin created a ___16___ (surprising) harmnius blend that appealed t the audience.
C
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。
A city walk is a frm f urban turism ____17____ (riginate) in the U.K., with a strng emphasis n digging deep int the city’s histry, culture and landscapes. The appeal f a city walk ____18____ (lie) in many aspects. Mst bviusly, the yung generatin gradually change their attitude tward life, pursuing quality leisure time while being ccupied with demanding wrklads, with ____19____ (limit) time fr explratin. City walks will becme a huge trend because they have peple abandn the tense tick-ff-spts style f travel ____20____ (pursue) a deep theme-riented tur that integrates persnal thinking and aesthetic (美学) preferences,
第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,38分)
第一节 语法填空 (共14小题;每小题2分,共 28分)
A
With the arrival f digital technlgy, digital libraries nw have a wealth f free resurces, making infrmatin easily accessible at n cst. Knwing where t search helps yu t uncver a diverse arrangement f free e-bks, audi-bks and ther nline materials.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive, pssibly the largest digital library, huses a treasure f ver 36 millin e bks, alngside 778 billin web pages and millins f vides, cncerts, audi files and sftware prgrams. Acting as a digital time machine, it preserves unique items frm the1990s and earlier, E-bks are carefully rganized by categry, cllectin, authr, tpic, r year. Users can rate and review bks and even uplad their wn media after registratin.
Open Library
Sign up fr Open Library t brrw and read millins f free e-bks. Brwse multiple genres(文体), filter results by subject r authr, and search fr specific titles. Yu can als preview and “ brrw” randm e-bks. Registered users can create custm reading lists and add new bks. The platfrm ffers bth e-bks and audi-bks, satisfying all preferences.
Smashwrds
Unlike ther digital libraries featuring timeless classics, Smashwrds stands ut by highlighting independent authrs and new releases. Yu can read e-bks nline r dwnlad them in PDF and EPUB. Persnalize yur search by selecting free bks and chsing lengths frm under 20,000 t ver 100,000 wrds.
ManyBks
Manybks hlds ver 50,000 e-bks acrss diversities f genres and categries. Yu can narrw dwn yur searches by genre, language and rating. Each e bk page indicates its availability fr free dwnlad r nline reading. Detailed descriptins, authr infrmatin and summaries help yu make sund selectins. Each e-bk cmes with an extensive descriptin f the stry and the authr, as well as a bk summary t understand the bk yu are cnsidering.
21. Which library allws readers t uplad their wn digital materials?
A. Open Library.B. Smashwrds.C. ManyBks.D. Internet Archive.
22. Bth Open Library and ManyBks ffer_______.
A. free sftware prgramsB. multiple e-bk genres
C. individualized reading listsD. detailed authrs’ infrmatin
23. Where is the passage mst likely chsen frm?
A. A guide n hw t brrw e-bks.
B. An intrductin f the benefits f digital libraries.
C. A review f varius digital platfrms fr free resurces.
D. An instructin n hw t uplad cntents t nline libraries
B
Tara grew up in a remte muntain regin f Idah, where her family led an uncnventinal lifestyle, aviding mdern sciety. Frmal educatin was frwned upn, and Tara spent her childhd wrking alngside her parents mixing herbs with her mther and helping her father in his scrapyard(废料场). Bks were rare in their hme, and Tara's learning was limited t what her parents chse t teach.
As Tara grew lder, she became aware f the wrld beynd her family's islated hme. Her curisity abut educatin deepened. At the age f 16, she decided t change her life and pursue frmal learning, a decisin that created tensin within her family. With n frmal schling, Tara taught herself basic subjects, ften studying late int the night. When she finally gained admissin t cllege, she faced enrmus challenges: she struggled t keep up with classmates and ften dubted her ability t succeed.
Cllege life was nt easy. With n frmal schling backgrund, she had t teach herself everything frm basic math t histry, it was a jurney filled with bstacles and mments f self-dubt, The idea f sitting in a cllege classrm seemed almst impssible. Yet, she persevered, driven by a desire t understand and grw.
Entering cllege, Tara faced nt nly academic challenges but deep-seated fears frm her upbringing. Every classrm discussin seemed verwhelming, every histrical fact she hadn’t learned made her feel ut f place. But Tara fund teachers wh believed in her ptential. They guided her, and she started t see herself as mre than her past. Over time, Tara's endurance paid ff. She earned a dctrate at Cambridge, transfrming her life and redefining what was pssible.
Lking back, Tara realized her jurney was nt just abut gaining knwledge it was abut facing challenges bravely and having the curage t redefine wh she really was.
24. What prevented Tara frm frmal educatin during her childhd?
A. Her yung age.B. Her lack f interest.C. Her parents’ attitude.D. Her heavy wrklad.
25. What mtivated Tara t seek an educatin?
A. Pressure frm her life.B. Desire fr knwledge.
C. Tensin within her family.D. Encuragement frm her parents.
26. What challenge did Tara face when she started cllege?
A She struggled with making friends.
B. She had never attended schl befre.
C. She had difficulty adjusting t the urban envirnment.
D She faced financial difficulties in paying fr cllege tuitin.
27. What can be learned frm Tara's stry?
A. Family supprt guarantees success.
B. Pursuing educatin is easy fr everyne
C. Islatin helps individuals achieve their gals.
D. Overcming difficulties leads t persnal grwth.
C
Generative Al Is Likely t Wrsen the E-Waste Crisis
Every time generative artificial intelligence drafts an e-mail r creates an image, the planet pays fr it. Making tw images can cnsume as much energy as charging a smartphne, a single exchange with ChatGPT can heat up a server s much that it requires a bttle's wrth f water t cl. By 2027, the glbal AI sectr culd annually cnsume as much electricity as the Netherlands. A study in Nature Cmputatinal Science identifies anther cncern? AI's cntributin t the munting heap f electrnic waste. Generative Al applicatins alne culd add 1.2 millin t 5 millin metric tns f e-waste by 2030.
This wuld add t the millins f tns f electrnic prducts: the glbe gets rid f annually. Cell phnes, cmputers, and ther digital prducts ften cntain mercury (汞) lead, r ther txins. If thrwn away imprperly, they can cntaminate air, water, and sil. In 2022, the UN fund that abut 78% f the wrld's e-waste ended up in landfills r unfficial recycling sites, where labrers risk their health t cllect rare metals.
AI rapidly cnsumes physical data strage devices and high-perfrmance cmpnents which last nly tw t five years but are replaced quickly as newer versins emerge. Asaf Tzachr, a researcher at Reichman University, emphasizes the imprtance f mnitring
and reducing AI's envirnmental impacts.
Tzachr's study examined the vlume f hardware used fr large language mdels and its lifespan. It predicts that the adptin f generative Al culd increase e-waste, althugh hardware innvatins might help reduce this. Meanwhile, technlgical advances culd make Al system mre accessible, increasing their use.
This study's main cntributin is highlighting AI's envirnmental cnsequences. Researchers like Shalei Ren frm UC Riverside suggest that Al cmpanies shuld slw their pace t minimize these effects.
Currently, few cuntries have strict e-waste dispsal laws. In the U.S., there's n federal requirement fr recycling electrnics, althugh sme states have plicies. A new bill, the Artificial Intelligence Envirnmental Impacts Act f 2024, aims t address AI's envirnmental impact but lacks cmpulsry reprting frm cmpanies. Micrsft and Ggle, hwever, have cmmitted t reaching net-zer waste and emissins by 2030.
T limit e-waste, cmpanies can extend the life f their servers thrugh" regular maintenance r repurpse ld hardware, which can reduce waste by 42%. Mre efficient design culd cut the demand fr hardware and energy, ptentially reducing e-waste by 86%.
28. The phrase “the munting heap” underlined in Paragraph 1 prbably means_______？
A. grwing amunt.B. effective recycling.C. fast cnsumptin.D. practical applicatin.
29. Accrding t Asaf Tzachr, _______is likely t cntribute t the grwth f AI-related e-waste.
A. the use f the rare metals.
B. the imprvement in language mdels.
C. the increasing accessibility f Al technlgy.
D the reductin in the number f hardware cmpnents.
30. What is implied abut the U.S federal law n e-waste management?
A. It is inadequate due t the lack f enfrcement.
B It is effective in ensuring prper dispsal f e-waste.
C. It has recently been updated t include Al regulatins.
D. It frces cmpanies t reprt their e-waste dispsal practices.
31. What is the authr's purpse in writing this article?
A. T shwcase AI's ptential fr reducing e-waste.
B. T explain the mechanisms behind Al technlgy.
C. T highlight the urgency f reducing AI's envirnmental impact.
D. T analyze the pssibilities f lessening AI's envirnmental ftprint.
D
We humans have a natural tendency t exaggerate ur psitive qualities, and cmpare urselves favrably with thers, which is called “self-enhancement effect”. Famusly, back in the 1980s, researchers shwed that up t 80 percent f mtrists cnsidered themselves t have abve-average driving skills. If yu’re a regular driver, yu have t knw that this cannt be true even if yu persist in believing it abut yurself.
One reasn fr this tendency is that it acts as prtectin against the mental pain that cmes frm negative cmparisns with thers. Neurscientists writing in the Prceedings f the Natinal Academy f Sciences in 2013 used fMRI and PET scans t shw that feeling superir t thers bsts dpamine (多巴胺) release, which in turn suppresses (抑制) activity in parts f the brain assciated with psychlgical discmfrt.
Hwever, althugh self-enhancement feels gd in the shrt term, it is nt a lng-term slutin t life’s prblems, Sner r later, yu’re bund t be cnfrnted with a painful adjustment t the truth. Fr instance, researchers writing in the Jurnal f Persnality and Scial Psychlgy shwed that when cllege, students held an verestimated view f their wn academic ability, it enhanced their md and psitive effect — that is, they enjyed happier feelings. But the illusin ( 幻觉) f superirity did nt translate int better academic perfrmance. In fact, the students tended t fail at their academic expectatins, and that in part led t lwer self-esteem ver the lng term.
One suggestin: Reframe yur imperfectins, nt as failings but as interesting puzzles t slve. If yu like puzzles, yu may have nticed that yu initially enjy the nes that are simple t crack, but quickly get bred and lk fr trickier alternatives. But if they’re t hard, yu simply grw frustrated. The zne f enjyment mves up as yu increase in skill and can tackle mre difficulty. Life’s challenges are like puzzles: A great deal f the present-day increase in unhappiness cmes frm the fact that when we use self-enhancement t avid the discmfrt f struggle, we unintentinally get stuck belw the zne f enjyment in the fascinating game f self-imprvement.
Yu dn’t need t make any imprvements, because yu’re perfect already? Hw bring!
32. What des the “self-enhancement effect” refer t?
A. The ability t ignre negative traits.B. The tendency t cmpare with thers.
C. The belief in ne’s superirity ver thers.D. The mtivatin t enhance inner qualities.
33. The ptential cnsequence f hlding a self-enhancement view is______.
A. temprary satisfactinB. bjective self-assessment
C. imprved scial cnnectinsD. lng-lasting academic success
34. What can we learn frm the last tw paragraphs?
A. Playing games leads t lng term enjyment.
B. Pursuing simple slutins always keeps peple happy.
C. Regarding weaknesses as challenges can prmte persnal imprvement.
D. Cmparing neself favrably with thers bsts self-esteem permanently,
第二节 七选五 (共5小题;每小题2分,共10分)
Fr cllege applicants, the essay is the place t shwcase their writing skills and let their unique vice shine thrugh. And it is a student’s chance t really speak directly t the admissins ffice, t make a gd impressin and t bst their chances f being accepted. ____35____ This can feel like a lt f pressure.
____36____ They tend t be brad, pen-ended questins, giving students the freedm t write abut a wide range f tpics. In fact, it’s challenging t think f putting yur whle life in ne essay.
Students shuld narrw their fcus and write abut a specific experience r hbby that reveals smething persnal, like hw they think, what they value r what their strengths are. ____37____ There are certain types f essays that typically stand ut t admissins fficers.
What’s mst imprtant is that a cllege essay is thughtful. ____38____ Think f the cllege essay as a meaningful glimpse f wh yu are beynd yur ther applicatin materials. After reading yur essay, the reader wn’t fully knw yu — at least nt entirely. Yur bjective is t excite the reader’s curisity and make them eager t get t knw yu. But yu shuld avid hyperble (夸张), which can lse the readers’ trust. ____39____
If students are having truble brainstrming ptential tpics, they can ask friends r family members fr help. Students can ask peers r family members questins such as, “What are the things yu think I d well?” Or, “What are my ddities?”
A. It’s als wise t avid using irrelevant adverbs and adjectives.
B. But they have nly several hundred wrds t make that happen.
C. It tells a stry that ffers insight int wh a student is as a persn.
D. Hwever, cllege applicants usually encunter ptentials in the essay.
E. Students can als write abut what illustrates an aspect f their backgrund.
F. S students need t utline their essay befre jumping int the actual writing.
G. There are usually several essay tpics t chse frm fr a cllege applicatin.
第三部分:书面表达(共两节，32分)
第一节 阅读表达(共4小题;第40、41题各2分,第42题3分,第43题5分,共12分)
1+1=MORE (r LESS)
Why des ne plus ne equal tw? One pssible answer is simply “It just des!” r“ Because I said s!”— an answer that frustrates children fr generatins. But rather than asking why ne plus ne is tw, let's questin if it's always true.
Smetimes, ne plus ne equals mre than tw, Fr example, if tw pairs f tennis players get tgether, there are mre than tw pairs because they can play in different cmbinatins. If the first pair is A and B, and the secnd is C and D, the pssible pains are AB, AC, AD, BC, and CD — making six. Smetimes, ne plus ne equals just ne, like when yu cmbine tw piles f sand r mix tw clrs there's nly ne pile r ne clr,
Math isn’t just abut finding the right answer, it's abut building slid reasning. This is why children need t learn different "strategies" fr the same prblem. Thugh parents ften wnder if they can d smething ne way, why they need t knw all these ther ways? But different ways f thinking lead t deeper understanding and prvide mre ways t check if what yu're ding is secure. Cnsider designing a jungle gym. We'd want t test it in every way t ensure it's safe — by jumping, swinging, r puling it apart — rather than simply trusting that it's well-built. The strength f math cmes frm questining its framewrk s deeply.
I hpe that mathematics shuld be seen as a place t pse questins and explre answers, rather than a place where the answers are fixed. We shuld encurage curisity and value thse wh pursue it, even when the jurney is slw r uncertain.
40. Accrding t the passage, when des ne plus ne equal just ne?
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41. What des the example f designing the jungle gym try t tell us?
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42. Decide which part f the fllwing statement is wrng. Underline it and explain why.
>The strength f math lies in questining its framewrk, s the math shuld be a place t explre fixed answers.
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43. When explring answers r slutins, what quality/qualities d we need and why?(In abut 40 wrds)
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第二节 写作 (20分)
44. 假设你是红星中学高三1班学生李华，得知你校交换生Jim对中国文化非常感兴趣，请你写一封邮件，邀请他参加即将举办的研学之旅。内容包括: 1.介绍研学的安排； 2.说明安排的理由。
注意:1.词数120左右； 2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yurs,
Li Hua