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2024-2025學(xué)年第二學(xué)期
高三考前模擬考試卷
第I卷 （共65分）
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.
The victory of the book
The printed book is back. Recent studies have shown that students remember more information when they read a hard-copy book compared to (1) _________(read) on a digital device.
One school near where I live responded to these findings by getting rid of its e-readers. The students found, according to a teacher, the e-readers were costly and (2) _________ “the ease of navigation” was superior when using a traditional book. E-books have its “navigational tools,” but it turns out that the best navigational devices (3) _________(be) your forefinger and thumb. You can use (4) _________ to turn the pages forward and backward. (5) _________ (think), all this time, those devices have just been sitting there at the end of your arm.
Fans of digital books (6) _________ point out that e-readers have a handy “search” tool. Old-fashioned books also have a search function, in which you turn back to the opening chapter to remind yourself of the hero’s surname. They even have a “bookmark system,” (7) _________ uses a device called a “bookmark.”
Can a traditional book offer all the features of an e-book Alas, no. It lacks a “progress bar” indicating what per centage of the book (8) _________(read). Luckily, a “hack” is available: Turn your book so that it can be viewed (9) _________ the side or top. It will naturally form two halves joined in the middle (“the spine”). (10) _________ the left-hand half is thicker than the right-hand one, you are more than halfway through.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. decompose B. identifiable C. objective D. plentiful E. practice F. previously
G. primitive H. sculpt I. signal J. slice K. systematically
Bone tools invented much earlier than previously thought
The Stone Age was the original Industrial Revolution, which began possibly as early as 3 million years ago. During the period, our human ancestors and their close cousins learned to 11 a wide range of tools from rocks. But despite the era’s name, at least some Stone Age toolmakers also made frequent use of bone. How early they did so and when the 12 became common, has been unclear.
Now, a collection of bone tools from Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge suggests early humans 13 worked on that art by 1.5 million years ago, fashioning heavy cutting tools from bones of hippos, elephants, and other large animals. The finding may 14 that these ancient craftsmen possessed the capability to transfer technological innovations from one material to another.
“The most exciting aspect is that these bone tools were produced long before it was 15 thought,” says Lucinda Backwell, an archaeologist (考古學(xué)家) not involved in the study.
For ancient toolmakers, bones offered an attractive raw material. They could be 16 in places lacking rocks typically used for tools. In addition, the leg bones of large animals were well-shaped for making cutting tools and far lighter than rocks of equal size.
Deciding when exactly bone toolmaking became commonplace has remained difficult. Unlike stones, bones often 17 . It can be hard to distinguish 18 bony tools from the broken fossils (化石) typically found at archaeological sites.
In 2015, a team from the Olduvai Gorge Archaeology Project, a site hosting a 2-million-year record of fossils, uncovered an elephant leg bone with clear signs of having been shaped and sharpened by human hands. Eventually, the team recovered 27 bone tools, mostly from giant animals such as elephants and hippos. Many were 19 as tools because toolmakers chipped off small pieces to shape the edges. Researchers believe the bones—along with stone tools also found around—were used as heavy cutting tools to 20 meat and smash open bones.
“They were not only interested in animals just for foodstuff,” de la Torre says. “They were interested in animals as raw material sources.”
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.
Every year, the world loses some of its 7,000 languages. Parents stop speaking them to their children, words are forgotten and communities lose the ability to read their own 21 .
The UN’s culture agency, UNESCO, said predictions that half of the world’s languages will have died out by the end of the century are 22 . Some are disappearing with their last 23 . Thousands are 24 because they are not being spoken widely enough or used in formal settings such as schools or workplaces. The rate of loss is 25 , from one every three months a decade ago to one every 40 days in 2019—meaning nine languages die a year.
A quiet 26 is under way in communities that feel their traditions are drowned out. Tochi Precious, a Nigerian living in Abuja, said: “It pains my heart every day to see that a language is 27 , because it’s not just about the language, it’s also about the people, the history associated with it and the culture. When it is gone, everything linked to it is gone too.”
Precious said it was this 28 that made her join efforts to save Igbo, a west African language that was predicted to disappear in 2024. Ensuring there is a(n) 29 of words and meanings, how it is written and how it is used is key, according to campaigners, who help others protect their languages through the organisation Wikitongues.
Online encyclopaedia (百科全書) is favoured by language activists as an effective and 30 way to upload media and build dictionaries. Wikitongues, in particular, focuses on 31 languages using collective resources free of charge, such as Wikipedia entries. Many language activists also create books, videos and recordings that can be widely 32 .
But after 33 , activists then have the challenge of persuading people to use a language. Precious said that even though Igbo is one of Nigeria’s largest languages, many parents believe only English is useful for a child’s future. But she said it gave her pleasure to see the language doing better. “I have realised that, yes, a language can be endangered but then the people who speak the language can also fight for its 34 . Because 2025 is already here, and definitely Igbo is not 35 ,” she said.
21. A. truth B. mind C. thoughts D. scripts
22. A. confident B. optimistic C. correct D. accurate
23. A. speakers B. courses C. barriers D. studies
24. A. endangered B. different C. informal D. unofficial
25. A. cut B. changed C. quickening D. dropping
26. A. backfire B. outbreak C. offset D. fightback
27. A. cutting off B. dying off C. levelling off D. falling off
28. A. loss B. deal C. identity D. network
29. A. need B. combination C. record D. outcome
30. A. conventional B. permanent C. precise D. affordable
31. A. analysing B. documenting C. developing D. translating
32. A. admired B. expected C. respected D. shared
33. A. innovation B. reservation C. preservation D. motivation
34. A. survival B. right C. country D. independence
35. A. universal B. dominant C. restored D. extinct
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)
I used to believe a packed calendar means a full life. My days were booked up, well ahead of time, for dinners out, exercise classes, trips to the cinema—activities that I knew to be beneficial or rewarding.
I had been determined to make work less central to my life: I couldn’t burn out when I had so much else going on, I reasoned. But when the time came to follow through on my plans, I tended to find that I had been overly optimistic—not only about how much it was possible, but also about my enthusiasm to do so.
As my mood and energy levels continued to worsen, social occasions increasingly felt like another obligation—something I had to do, rather than something I wanted to do. Arriving to have dinner with friends became similar to a work meeting; they registered the same in my calendar.
It eventually dawned on me that the act of scheduling far in advance was robbing me of the opportunity to enjoy myself. I had made these plans from a theoretical standpoint, without allowing for the very real possibility that I would be tired, stressed or just not in the mood.
Moving to Norwich helped me break this habit. In Norwich, nearly everyone I know lives within a half-hour walk of me, with plenty of wonderful cafes, pubs and restaurants in between.
Within months of moving, I rediscovered the joy of free-flowing. My days were necessarily emptier, because I had fewer local friends. In the peace and quiet, I came to better understand how I truly liked to spend my time.
I was surprised by how much I benefited from spending more time alone. I found myself having bright ideas and interesting thoughts that I suspect would have failed me had I carried on at breakneck pace.
My newly cleared schedule also meant that, if I finished work for the day and I felt like seeing a film, I could. I started to understand what all those self-help books meant about being your “true self”.
36. Why did the author plan her activities well ahead of time
A. To ensure she can balance life and work.
B. To reflect her time management skills.
C. To make sure her schedule is always full.
D. To avoid missing out on social events.
37. Why did the author compare dinner with friends to a work meeting
A. She found social events a break from work responsibilities.
B. She believed the work meetings could also be enjoyable.
C. She saw the work meetings as a special form of social events.
D. She felt socializing as stressful as dealing with work tasks.
38. How did the move to Norwich affect the author
A. She felt lonely with fewer friends and social events.
B. She appreciated a more flexible approach to life.
C. She lifted her productivity and finished work sooner.
D. She became busier with more ideas and thoughts.
39. What does the author mean by being your “true self” (last paragraph)
A. Realizing the joy of slowing down the pace of life.
B. Discovering that a lonely life can also be a full life.
C. Finding happiness in following a packed schedule.
D. Making a detailed plan for personal development.
(B)
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Artist Pam McGrath expresses her lifetime concern for wildlife conservation through these acrylic paintings of Australian birds. While celebrating their beauty and diversity, the birds are presented in abstract design with straight lines, rather than the delicate natural form, to suggest the challenges of their adaption to environmental change.
1 2 3 4 5
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40. According to the passage, which of the following is true about Australian birds
A. Australia has the most recorded bird species around the world.
B. A large number of bird species could only be found in Australia.
C. By 2010, more birds will be visitors rather than local endemics.
D. Almost one-tenth local bird species went extinct in recent years.
41. What does Pam McGrath want to express through her paintings of birds
A. Her love for the beauty of Australian birds.
B. The delicate skills of creating abstract art.
C. Her appreciation of the work of a local charity.
D. The importance of protecting the wildlife.
42. How much goes towards your local charity if you purchase painting number 4
A. $40. B. $80. C. $105. D. $130.
(C)
You might think that mathematics is the most trustworthy thing humans have ever come up with. It is the basis of science and the bedrock of much of our other knowledge too. And you might be right. But be careful: maths isn’t all it seems. “The trustworthiness of mathematics is limited,” says Penelope Maddy, a philosopher of mathematics at the University of California, Irvine. All mathematicians know her statement to be true because their subject is built on “axioms”—and try as they might, they can never prove these axioms to be true.
An axiom is essentially an assumption based on observations of how things are. Scientists observe a phenomenon, formalise it and write down a law of nature. In a similar way, mathematicians use their observations to create an axiom. One example is the observation that there always seems to be a unique straight line that can be drawn between two points. Assume this to be universally true and you can build up the rules of Euclidean geometry (幾何學(xué)). Another is that1+2 is the same as 2+1, an assumption that allows us to do calculation.
These axioms might seem self-evident, but maths goes a lot further than calculation. Mathematicians aim to uncover things like the properties of numbers, the ways in which they are all related to one another and how they can be used to model the real world. These more complex tasks are still worked out through theories and proofs built on axioms, but the relevant axioms might have to change. Lines between points have different properties on bent surfaces than flat ones, for example, which means the underlying axioms have to be different in different shapes. We always have to be careful that our axioms are reliable and reflect the world we are trying to illustrate with maths.
In the end, then, mathematicians might be providing the bedrock on which much scientific knowledge is built, but they can’t offer cast-iron guarantees that it won’t ever shift or change. A limit to reliable knowledge is therefore inescapable. In general, they don’t worry about it: they shrug their shoulders and turn up to work like everybody else. “The possibility of development, of getting better, is exactly what makes mathematics an absolutely fascinating subject,” says Maddy.
43. Which of the following is true about mathematics according to the author
A. Mathematics reveals unquestionable universal truths.
B. Mathematics is based on unchanging principles.
C. Mathematics is less trustworthy than other sciences.
D. Mathematics offers a starting point for our knowledge.
44. Which of the following most probably counts as an axiom according to the passage
A. The same numbers always add up to the same value.
B. Different mathematical systems can never coexist.
C. All shapes have equal properties.
D. Every mathematical statement can be proven through experiments.
45. According to the passage, why do axioms need to change
A. Because old axioms are more relevant to basic mathematics concepts.
B. Because advances in technology changes how we view mathematics.
C. Because different situation may invite different assumptions.
D. Because mathematicians make errors in their daily work.
46. According to Penelope Maddy, mathematics is fascinating because of __________.
A. its simple methods and absolute certainty
B. its chance for new discoveries and growth
C. its being independent from the real world
D. its giving straightforward answers to questions
Section C
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 number of reports and surveys have been published about these youngsters. It is still hard to say whether Mr McCrindle’ preference of the Greek term will receive enough support. Predicting how these children will turn out as adults has no real value at the moment. Some surveys about Gen Alphas are filled out by parents, who interpret their children’s habits. There are disagreements about whether Alphas should include those born between 2010 and 2012. Research is largely driven by commercial interests.
Meet Generation Alpha
What comes after Z Lots of names have been proposed for the world’s youngest generation, born roughly since 2010. Some are predictable, such as “iPad kids” and “Generation AI”. Others are confusing, as with “Polars”, which refers to both growing polarization and shrinking ice caps. One name has caught on in the English-speaking West: “Generation Alpha”. It symbolizes a fresh chapter, says Mark McCrindle, the Australian social scientist behind it.
“Alpha” has recently become a popular word. (47) Most have come to reveal things Alphas are interested in (video games, sports) and not (recycling, the news). Some have even predicted the future: Alphas, they say, will be the most innovative group yet.
Such insights make for good headlines. But social scientists agree that it is too soon to identify the distinctive characteristics of a group that includes very young kids. (48) According to Bobby Duffy, a professor at King’s College London, plenty of judgments made now will be proved wrong in the future.
(49) Alpha is projected to be the world’s largest generation, with more than 2bn members. By 2029 nearly $5.5trn will be spent on Alphas a year, predicts Mr McCrindle’s research firm. That presents an opportunity for businesses, and for the marketing firms that advice “how to prepare for Gen Alpha”.
Restrictions around marketing to youngsters prevent many insights. Governments regulate advertisements aided at minors, and stop their personal data from being collected without their parents’ agreement. (50)
But no one can deny that Alphas are in their formative years. Attitudes and values change as people grow up and settle as they come of age. It will be at least five years before Alphas are old enough for real differences to be seen between them and others, according to Mr Duffy. Until then, we will know.
第II卷 （共50分）
III. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage. Use your own words as far as possible.
51.
It looked like a typical fish-and-chip shop. Chefs tended to frying baskets and wrapped orders in newspaper. But the catch of the day came with a catch of its own: at Selfridges, a department store in London, customers were buying toys rather than meals. Plushy (長(zhǎng)毛絨的) fried fish was decorated with lemon and served with peas. Jellycat, the British brand behind the pop-up shop, invited everyone to play with their food.
The world has gone soft for soft toys. On social media, videos tagged #Plushies, featuring various stuffed creatures and objects, have been viewed around 8bn times. The Jellycat pop-up required visitors to book in advance to get in. Here, the cheapest item cost $25, twice the cost of an actual meal. But collectors are not put off by such prices: if anything, they only add to the attraction. Like obtaining a concert ticket or a sports trading card, getting your hands on a rare plushie gives you rights to show off.
Melissa Symonds of Circana, a consumer-insights firm, says that soft toys are the second-largest category in the British toy market; sales have increased by around 58% since 2021. The global market was worth almost $12bn in 2023. And it is expected to grow at an annual rate of 8% until 2030. So profitable are these playthings that Warren Buffett bought the parent company of an American provider of stuffed animals, in 2022, calling it a money-making “gem”.
It is not young kids driving the demand but “kidults” aged 12 and above. Kidults now account for over a quarter of sales and, in 2023, surpassed preschoolers for the first time as the biggest age group for toys overall.
Some will argue that the plushie craze is another sign of an “infantilised” generation. But Lucy Dray, the owner of an online soft-toy shop, says that plushies “bring people happiness and comfort”—two states that “can be quite hard to find in the world we live in”. Pop psychologists on social media have also talked about the benefits of reconnecting with your younger self. One influencer suggested that collecting luxury teddy bears was “healing her inner child”.
IV. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
越是在快要成功的緊要關(guān)頭，越是不能夠掉以輕心。(afford)
小妹領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的小狗一到家就俘獲了全家人的心。(Upon)
54. 這位新上任的村官今年最重要的工作就是提倡婚喪從簡(jiǎn)，推進(jìn)移風(fēng)易俗。(advocate)
55. 在最近舉行的一個(gè)烘焙節(jié)上，好多人愿意花天價(jià)購(gòu)買兩三口就能吃完的面包，真是讓人看不懂啊！(puzzle)
V. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假設(shè)你是明啟中學(xué)學(xué)生李華，近期調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，許多同學(xué)對(duì)校園傳統(tǒng)活動(dòng)（如詩(shī)詞朗誦、手工藝市集、校史劇演出等）參與熱情下降，更傾向于短視頻、電競(jìng)等新興娛樂(lè)。你對(duì)此現(xiàn)象頗有感觸，給校園文化節(jié)組委會(huì)寫信，表達(dá)自己的看法，內(nèi)容包括：
（1）你的態(tài)度和理由；
（2）你的建議。
參考答案
I. Grammar and Vocabulary
1 reading 2 that 3 are 4 them
5 To think 6 may/might 7 which 8 has been read
9 from 10 If
11-20 HEKIF DAGBJ
II. Reading Comprehension
21-35 DBAAC DBACD BDCAD
36-39 CDBA 40-42 BDA
43-46 DACB 47-50 ACFD
III. Summary Writing
51 A growing demand for soft toys designed like food and daily objects, especially among kidults who are over 12, is seen worldwide, with sales increasing significantly since 2021. Such toys can be expensive, but are said to bring people joy and comfort. The plush toy market is booming, and is expected to grow steadily in the coming years. (W/C: 58)
3 ’
- Soft toys, stuffed toys, plush toys, designed like food and daily objects/fish and chips etc.
- The toys are expensive/costly, but people still love them
- The sales of soft toys increased significantly since 2021, and is expected to grow, this market is booming 4 ’
- Kidults, those over 12, are more interested in buying toys 5 ’
- Soft toys bring people inner peace/comfort people
IV. Translation
52 The closer (0.5’) you are to success (0.5’), the less (0.5’) you can afford (1’) to be careless (0.5’). / … , the more (0.5’) you can’t afford (1’) to be careless (0.5’).
53 Upon arriving home (1’), the dog/puppy adopted by (0.5’) my little sister/youngest sister (0.5’) has captured the heart (0.5’) of the whole family (0.5’).
54 This newly-appointed village official’s (1’) most important task of this year (0.5’) is to advocate (1’) a new custom (0.5’) of simplifying weddings and funerals (1’). / This year, the most important task (0.5) of this newly-elected
village official (1’) is to advocate (1’) the return to frugal weddings and funerals (1’) as a new custom (0.5’).
55 At a recent baking festival (1’), many people were willing to (1’) pay extremely high prices (1’) for bread that
could be eaten in two or three bites (1’), which was so puzzling (1’)! / … it was puzzling (1’) how many people were willing to … / why so many people were willing to … was still a puzzle (1’).
V. Guided Writing
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