2024-2025学年宁夏石嘴山市第三中学高三上学期9月月考英语试题（含答案，无听力音频无听力原文）

石嘴山三中2025学年高三年级第一学期英语第一次月考
(试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟)
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What does Linda love most about Chongqing
A. The food. B. The people. C. The landscape.
2. Where does Jason’s mother come from
A. Spain. B. Mexico. C. America.
3. What makes the woman choose the zoo
A. Its size. B. Its location. C. Its design.
4. What does the woman think of the man’s deed
A. Stupid. B. Great. C. Confusing.
5. How would the woman like to watch movies
A. At the cinema. B. On the computer. C. On the smartphone.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5 分，满分22.5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 is Karen’s favorite leisure time activity
A. Gardening. B. Reading books. C. Collecting stamps.
7. How many stamps has the man collected
A. 100. B. 150. C. 200.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How old should a child be to go to the camp
A. At least 3 years old. B. At least 9 years old. C. At least 19 years old.
9 What do older children mainly learn in the class
A. Basic dance skills.
B. Different styles of dance.
C. Challenging ballet movements.
10. What will the speakers do next
A. Book a class online. B. Find out the camp’s price. C. Tell Amy about the camp.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did Guy Parker-Rees do for the book
A. He wrote the story. B. He financed it. C. He drew its paintings.
12. What did John decide to do after reading the book
A. Learn to admire others.
B. Keep learning new things.
C. Appreciate his own strengths.
13. Where did John get the book
A. From a bookstore. B. From a library. C. From a friend.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14 What record does Zuriel Oduwole hold
A. The filmmaker of making the most films.
B. The most famous filmmaker at the moment.
C The youngest filmmaker in the film industry ever.
15. Why did Zuriel Oduwole make films
A. To make some money.
B. To draw attention to African lives.
C. To promote education for African girls.
16. What does the woman say about Zuriel Oduwole
A. She is brave. B. She is inspiring. C. She is confident.
17. Who is most probably the woman
A. An athlete. B. A coach. C. An actress.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the speaker’s opinion on learning after leaving school
A. It’s popular. B. It’s important. C. It’s challenging.
19. What does the speaker love doing most
A. Reading books. B. Joining peer groups. C. Traveling to new places.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. How to get a better tutor.
B. How to develop new hobbies.
C. How to become a lifelong learner.
第二部分 阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Everything we buy results in a chain reaction in the world. With that in mind, we find inspiring organizations or companies creating meaningful products and making a positive impact on our world. Here is a collection of our favorites.
United By Blue
Instead of writing checks or accepting donations, United By Blue promised to remove a pound of trash from the earth’s oceans for every product it sells through company-organized cleanups.
★Our favorites: Mug Candle, $38/ Enamel Mug, $20/ Wool Gloves, $42
MiiR
For every product sold, a portion of the proceeds go towards empowerment projects. And with your unique Give Code, you’ll have the chance to track and learn more about the project your purchase supported.
★Our favorites: Camp Cup, $24.95/ Food Canister, $34.95/ Vacuum Insulated Bottle, $29.95
Global Goods Partners (GGP)
In partnership with women-led, community-based organizations, all proceeds from product sales are invested in providing training and funding to enable women to prosper and thrive.
★Our favorites: Stripe and Falseria Cosmetic Case, $34/ Woodland Friends Kids Puppet Bag, $26
Bears for Humanity
With every purchase, Bears for Humanity donates a bear to a child in need. Whether it’s to children with a life-threatening illness or an underprivileged home, these bears deliver love and a smile to kids who need it most.
★Our favorites: White Baby Sherpa Bear, $25/ Cream Sherpa Bear, $45/Stuffed Giraffe, $25
1. What can you contribute to by buying wool gloves
A. Cleaning oceans. B. Empowering women.
C. Funding trainings. D. Inspiring children.
2. Which company provides information of the project you support
A. United By Blue. B. MiiR.
C. Global Goods Partners. D. Bears for Humanity.
3. What’s the purpose of the passage
A. To initiate projects. B. To introduce products.
C. To advocate donation. D. To promote buying.
B
Bartek Ostalowski lost both his arms in a terrible accident in 2006, but that wasn’t enough to kill his dream of one day becoming a professional racecar driver. Finding himself armless at just 20 years old and faced with the difficult task of learning to drive a car on a race circuit must have been quite the shock for Bartek, but he mustered the courage and the drive to push on. In three years, he became a master of driving a racecar with his feet. Today, Bartek Ostalowski is the world’s only professional sport driver who drives using his feet.
In order to deal with his physical limitations, Bartek transformed his racecar according to his needs, adding a new engine, and stronger transmission (变速器). The ambitious Polish driver uses his right foot to control the pedals, while moving on with his left one. The racecar is controlled with the shoulder.
“After my accident, I was looking for a solution. I asked myself if I wanted to race again what would I need to do ” Bartek told the reporter of Business Insider. “I heard about someone in Poland who, like me, had no arms, but he drove a car on a daily basis with no problem. After meeting him, my dream and passion for motorsports were alive and strong, and I made the decision to return to racing one day.”
In 2019, Ostalowski finished in ninth place out of 50 drivers in the Polish Drift Championship, one of the most competitive championship series in all of Europe, and the year before that, he won the international Czech Drift Series, beating dozens of other professional sports drivers.
“Of course I encourage other people with disabilities to get involved in motorsports. It’s a beautiful passion and I think a great form of recovery too. So make your dreams come true,” the Polish driver said.
4. What is special about Bartek Ostalowski
A. He lost his arms. B. He is a racecar driver.
C. He drives the racecar with feet. D. He becomes a master of driving a racecar.
5. Who encouraged Bartek Ostalowski most according to the text
A. A driving master. B. A disabled driver.
C. A great champion. D. A newspaper reporter.
6. How does the author think of Bartek Ostalowski according to paragraph 4
A. Admiring. B. Frightening. C. Interesting. D. Embarrassing.
7. What is the best title for the text
A. A story about a dream coming true
B. A great celebrity rising from a terrible accident
C. The man with courage and drive on a race circuit
D. The only armless professional sports driver in the world
C
In Mediterranean waters, off the coast of France, a diver recently visited the shipwreck La Lune, which lay untouched and unexplored on the ocean bottom since it sank in 1664. But the wreck’s first visitor in centuries wasn’t human. It was a robot.
Called OceanOne, the bright orange diving robot measures about 1.5 meters in length and has a torso (躯干), a head with stereoscopic vision (立体视觉) and arms. Its lower section holds its computer “brain”, a power supply, and an array of eight multidirectional thrusters (推进器).
Guided by a computer scientist from a boat, OceanOne combined artificial intelligence, sensory feedback and flexible mechanical construction to perform delicate tasks underwater, such as retrieving a delicate cultural relic from the ruins. It can place the cultural relic in a box so the thing can be brought to the surface.
OceanOne can not only investigate parts of the ocean that are less accessible to people, but can do so with the flexibility of a human diver. The engineers also created an interface (接口) that allows a person to not only control the robot, but to actually “feel” what the robot is touching. “The intention here is to have a human diving virtually,” said Oussama Khatib, who piloted OceanOne on its La Lune visit. Khatib, a professor of computer science at Stanford University in California, explained that the experience of guiding the robot is almost like being the diver. “You can feel exactly what the robot is doing,” said Khatib.
OceanOne is also capable of interpreting and responding to its environment autonomously, detecting whether its hands-on work requires a lighter touch and when it needs to make adjustments to stay in place or change direction.
The team behind OceanOne viewed the robot as a means for studying Red Sea’s coral reefs at depths that were inaccessible to a human diver. OceanOne would conduct underwater research—operated by a scientist on the surface—without damaging the reef or its inhabitants.
8. What do we know about OceanOne
A. It has replaced a diver’s job. B. It functions as a human.
C. It is a fish living in the ocean. D. It can conduct demanding tasks.
9. What does the underlined word “retrieving” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. Carving. B. Recovering.
C. Guiding. D. Crashing.
10. What is the engineers’ purpose of creating an interface
A. To make a diver operate it conveniently.
B. To connect the robot to other computers.
C. To satisfy an operator’s virtual experience.
D. To learn well how the robot performs tasks.
11. Which word can best describe OceanOne
A. Tiny. B. Traditional.
C. Human-like. D. Multifunctional.
D
In America, the “Big Dig”, a highway project that resulted in a mess of traffic in the centre of Boston for years, came in five times over its initial budget. Even the Germans get huge projects wrong. Conception to operation of Berlin Brandenburg Airport has taken 30 years, with seven missed opening dates. The airport ended up costing $8.2 billion. However, the original estimate was about $2.7 billion.
Huge projects like Berlin Brandenburg Airport are the subject of an amusing new book called How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. Mr. Flyvbjerg sets up a database of over 16, 000 projects and data analysis reveals that only 8.5% of the projects meet their initial estimates on cost and time, and 0.5% of them achieve what they set out to do on cost, time and benefits.
Over-optimistic time and cost estimates originate from both psychological and political perceptions: the reliance on intuition (直觉) rather than data, and a problem that Mr. Flyvbjerg calls “strategic misrepresentation”. This is when budgets are intentionally reduced in order to get things going. And once the projects are under way, they will not be stopped, because money spent on them will thus be wasted.
Mr. Flyvbjerg speaks highly of Pixar’s methodical approach to developing and testing films in great detail before they go into production. He also tells the story of how Frank Gehry’s well-developed architectural models helped ensure the success of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Narrowing down the producing window of a project before it is actually carried out reduces the probability of unexpected events.
Big customized projects are particularly likely to run into trouble. However, the more a project can be divided into standardized processes, the better its prospects are. Projects run into problems for specific reasons as well as general ones: Britain’s trouble is not something that China has to worry about, for instance. But the iron law is that if you plan strictly and standardize where possible, you are less likely to dig yourself into a hole.
12. How does the author introduce the topic of the passage
A. By making a contrast. B. By giving an explanation.
C. By presenting examples. D. By showing an experience.
13. What message does Bent Flyvbjerg’s data analysis convey
A. Projects’ success rates can be estimated.
B. Projects’ desired outcome can’t be achieved.
C. Most projects suffer overspending and delays.
D. Most projects lack comprehensive data analysis.
14. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A Failures in decision-making. B. Methods of reducing massive costs.
C. Strategies for getting work done. D. Reasons behind inaccurate estimates.
15. What is the key to preventing projects getting into trouble
A. Planning thoroughly in advance.
B. Analyzing specific and general reasons.
C. Focusing on efficiency of projects.
D. Drawing lessons from former experiences.
第二节(共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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
No matter what profession or occupation you hold you will need to work with others to meet your goals. Group work is a great way to showcase your own skills while getting help from your teammates in areas where you might not be as strong. _____16_____
Clarify the team expectations so everyone is on the same page. _____17_____ It’s likely that each teammate has a different idea about what’s expected of them, as well as what everyone else needs to be doing. It’s essential that the team discuss these expectations and agree on one universal list of expectations that everyone will follow.
_____18_____ No one likes a teammate who barely contributes to the project. Take on an equal part of the work, and speak up if you realize you aren’t doing your fair share. Not only will your group mates appreciate your work ethic, it will show your supervisor or instructor that you’re a good team player.
Direct your concern toward the problem, not your teammates. Don’t accuse or blame anyone on your team for causing the conflict, even if you believe they did. _____19_____ Have your team work through conflict, using it to their benefit.
Focus on the success of the group, not your personal success. When you’re on a team, everyone’s success depends on each member working toward a common goal. _____20_____ Keep your focus on your team’s success, and your own success will follow.
A. Make sure you do an equal share of the work.
B. Volunteer to take on extra work when necessary.
C. Treat the team’s accomplishments as a group success.
D. Our guide will show you how to boost your teamwork skills.
E. State the issue you’re having, then listen to what everyone has to say.
F. Instead, keep all of your comments focused on the issue and how your team can solve it.
G. This can include explaining the expectations or asking questions if you find them unclear.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15)
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。
Dr. Smith of New York works at a center for children who can’t learn well. One day a father brought his son to him for____21____ at his office.
The father told Dr. Smith about his son. “My son has ____22____ in learning and can’t even play baseball. He isn’t doing well because he doesn’t try. I have done everything for him. I have even shouted at him. But nothing ____23____. ”
After Dr. Smith tested the boy, he ____24____ his father. He asked the father to sit in front of a ____25____ and then gave him a pencil and a piece of paper. There was a ____26____ on the paper. He asked the father to look only in the mirror and ____27____ the lines of the star with the pencil. The father made the same ____28____ anyone makes. Every time he ____29____ the pencil, it went the wrong way. The father’s face became red.
At this ____30____ the doctor shouted at him, “Hurry up! Why are you ____31____ so long You can’t do such an ____32____ thing! You don’t know left from right!” These ____33____ made the father very angry.
“Now you can ____34____, can’t you ” The doctor said to him. “Your son has felt just like that all the time. You scolded (训斥) him too often, so he didn't try any more. He was afraid of making mistakes. ”
____35____ the father understood everything. He put his face down. Now he felt so sorry.
21. A. testing B. acting C. teaching D. playing
22. A. confidence B. interest C. experience D. difficulty
23. A. returns B. helps C. appears D. remains
24. A. waited for B. searched for C. believed in D. called in
25. A. mirror B. television C. painting D. desk
26. A. face B. line C. number D. star
27. A. remove B. follow C. cross D. cut
28. A. decisions B. choices C. mistakes D. patterns
29. A. touched B. dropped C. moved D. sharpened
30. A. speed B. corner C. end D. point
31. A. staying B. taking C. preparing D. writing
32. A. easy B. important C. obvious D. exciting
33. A. ideas B. words C. questions D. instructions
34. A. relax B. leave C. understand D. promise
35. A. Interestingly B. Absolutely C. Suddenly D. Unfortunately
第II卷 非选择题
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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。
Woodcut New Year picture, a historic art form of woodcut painting, is for the occasion of Chinese Spring Festival. It features beautiful art designs with bright, delightful colors ____36____ fits the mood of the people longing for a happy life.
Popular ____37____ (theme) of Woodcut New Year picture include house safeguard, family wishes, and prosperity. Customarily, hanging on the door ____38____ (keep) the dangerous spirits away are door gods (门神) while on the screen wall facing the door is a character “Fu” ____39____ indicates good fortune.
Folk New Year picture emerged in pre-historical time and ____40____ (use) as the door god. The ____41____ (grow) of product economy and handicraft (手工艺) industry along with the advancement in printing during the Song Dynasty ____42____ (change) the manufacture of Chinese New Year picture from mainly hand-painting to woodcut painting, making it richer both ____43____ category and content.
After being listed as National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006, woodcut New Year picture has enjoyed ____44____ (great) popularity, significantly influencing the artistic styles of other nations as well. The making of the picture, a package process from drafting, woodcut, painting, to hand painting touch-up, keeps millions of its lovers ____45____ (lose) in its striking beauty.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，在新西兰的一所高中做交换生。你们小组为世界海洋日(World Oceans Day)设计的海报获一等奖，请代表你们组做经验分享，内容包括：
1．海报主题及制作过程；
2．活动感受。
注意：1．写作词数应为80个左右：
2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you!
第二节 读后续写 (满分25分)
47. 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。
Looking back on my childhood, I am constantly disturbed by a broken blue and white porcelain (青花瓷) bowl, which was from China and handed down from my grandfather’s parents. It was placed high on a wood shelf in the living room and appreciated by all the guests visiting my home. At that time, I rushed to do everything: I was looking forward to growing up, graduating, and showing off everything I knew with all my friends. But my dear grandfather always reminded me: “Garrett, do not show off. You’ll need plenty of patience and modesty, and that is the way to growth.”
Knowing I loved the bowl very much, my grandpa decided to give it to me. But my mother, a lady who worked as a nurse, caring for patients at night, protested. She was afraid I would break it if I showed off. So finally it was still kept on the high shelf, out of my reach.
Soon, it was time for me to enter the new school. Refusing to be sent to school, I rode my new bike to school every day on the winding and tough road. Once I fell over at the bend of the road, but I was happy when my new bike became the envy of my classmates. However, Crawley, one of my classmates, a well-to-do fellow, whose way of impressing others was to parade his possessions before us. His bike was newer; his boots were of the best hide. Actually, what he had was better than ours. until one day he brought a beautiful glass bowl. He said the bowl was from London, absolutely the finest one we had seen.
“I have a blue and white porcelain bowl from China, which is definitely the oldest and finest one that you have ever seen!” I announced. “Yeah ” said the boy. “Well, show it to us.”
“I will bring it tomorrow morning! And then you will see how beautiful it is!” After school, I rushed home as quickly as possible and waited for Mother to go to work.
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。
Paragraph 1: Immediately Mother left home, I wondered how I could take the bowl down.
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Paragraph 2: 1 eagerly awaited the arrival of my classmates ready to show off the precious bowl.
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2024-2025学年宁夏石嘴山市第三中学高三上学期9月月考英语试题
、答案版
(试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟)
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What does Linda love most about Chongqing
A. The food. B. The people. C. The landscape.
2. Where does Jason’s mother come from
A. Spain. B. Mexico. C. America.
3. What makes the woman choose the zoo
A. Its size. B. Its location. C. Its design.
4. What does the woman think of the man’s deed
A. Stupid. B. Great. C. Confusing.
5. How would the woman like to watch movies
A. At the cinema. B. On the computer. C. On the smartphone.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5 分，满分22.5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 is Karen’s favorite leisure time activity
A. Gardening. B. Reading books. C. Collecting stamps.
7. How many stamps has the man collected
A. 100. B. 150. C. 200.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How old should a child be to go to the camp
A. At least 3 years old. B. At least 9 years old. C. At least 19 years old.
9. What do older children mainly learn in the class
A Basic dance skills.
B. Different styles of dance.
C. Challenging ballet movements.
10. What will the speakers do next
A. Book a class online. B. Find out the camp’s price. C. Tell Amy about the camp.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What did Guy Parker-Rees do for the book
A. He wrote the story. B. He financed it. C. He drew its paintings.
12. What did John decide to do after reading the book
A. Learn to admire others.
B. Keep learning new things.
C. Appreciate his own strengths.
13. Where did John get the book
A. From a bookstore. B. From a library. C. From a friend.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What record does Zuriel Oduwole hold
A. The filmmaker of making the most films.
B. The most famous filmmaker at the moment.
C. The youngest filmmaker in the film industry ever.
15. Why did Zuriel Oduwole make films
A. To make some money.
B To draw attention to African lives.
C. To promote education for African girls.
16. What does the woman say about Zuriel Oduwole
A. She is brave. B. She is inspiring. C. She is confident.
17. Who is most probably the woman
A. An athlete. B. A coach. C. An actress.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the speaker’s opinion on learning after leaving school
A. It’s popular. B. It’s important. C. It’s challenging.
19. What does the speaker love doing most
A. Reading books. B. Joining peer groups. C. Traveling to new places.
20. What is the speaker mainly talking about
A. How to get a better tutor.
B. How to develop new hobbies.
C. How to become a lifelong learner.
听力答案：1-5 ABCBA 6-10 ACACB 11-15 CCBCC 16-20 BABCC
第二部分 阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Everything we buy results in a chain reaction in the world. With that in mind, we find inspiring organizations or companies creating meaningful products and making a positive impact on our world. Here is a collection of our favorites.
United By Blue
Instead of writing checks or accepting donations, United By Blue promised to remove a pound of trash from the earth’s oceans for every product it sells through company-organized cleanups.
★Our favorites: Mug Candle, $38/ Enamel Mug, $20/ Wool Gloves, $42
MiiR
For every product sold, a portion of the proceeds go towards empowerment projects. And with your unique Give Code, you’ll have the chance to track and learn more about the project your purchase supported.
★Our favorites: Camp Cup, $24.95/ Food Canister, $34.95/ Vacuum Insulated Bottle, $29.95
Global Goods Partners (GGP)
In partnership with women-led, community-based organizations, all proceeds from product sales are invested in providing training and funding to enable women to prosper and thrive.
★Our favorites: Stripe and Falseria Cosmetic Case, $34/ Woodland Friends Kids Puppet Bag, $26
Bears for Humanity
With every purchase, Bears for Humanity donates a bear to a child in need. Whether it’s to children with a life-threatening illness or an underprivileged home, these bears deliver love and a smile to kids who need it most.
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1. What can you contribute to by buying wool gloves
A. Cleaning oceans. B. Empowering women.
C. Funding trainings. D. Inspiring children.
2. Which company provides information of the project you support
A. United By Blue. B. MiiR.
C. Global Goods Partners. D. Bears for Humanity.
3. What’s the purpose of the passage
A. To initiate projects. B. To introduce products.
C. To advocate donation. D. To promote buying.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. D
B
Bartek Ostalowski lost both his arms in a terrible accident in 2006, but that wasn’t enough to kill his dream of one day becoming a professional racecar driver. Finding himself armless at just 20 years old and faced with the difficult task of learning to drive a car on a race circuit must have been quite the shock for Bartek, but he mustered the courage and the drive to push on. In three years, he became a master of driving a racecar with his feet. Today, Bartek Ostalowski is the world’s only professional sport driver who drives using his feet.
In order to deal with his physical limitations, Bartek transformed his racecar according to his needs, adding a new engine, and stronger transmission (变速器). The ambitious Polish driver uses his right foot to control the pedals, while moving on with his left one. The racecar is controlled with the shoulder.
“After my accident, I was looking for a solution. I asked myself if I wanted to race again what would I need to do ” Bartek told the reporter of Business Insider. “I heard about someone in Poland who, like me, had no arms, but he drove a car on a daily basis with no problem. After meeting him, my dream and passion for motorsports were alive and strong, and I made the decision to return to racing one day.”
In 2019, Ostalowski finished in ninth place out of 50 drivers in the Polish Drift Championship, one of the most competitive championship series in all of Europe, and the year before that, he won the international Czech Drift Series, beating dozens of other professional sports drivers.
“Of course I encourage other people with disabilities to get involved in motorsports. It’s a beautiful passion and I think a great form of recovery too. So make your dreams come true,” the Polish driver said.
4. What is special about Bartek Ostalowski
A. He lost his arms. B. He is a racecar driver.
C. He drives the racecar with feet. D. He becomes a master of driving a racecar.
5. Who encouraged Bartek Ostalowski most according to the text
A. A driving master. B. A disabled driver.
C. A great champion. D. A newspaper reporter.
6. How does the author think of Bartek Ostalowski according to paragraph 4
A. Admiring. B. Frightening. C. Interesting. D. Embarrassing.
7. What is the best title for the text
A. A story about a dream coming true
B. A great celebrity rising from a terrible accident
C. The man with courage and drive on a race circuit
D. The only armless professional sports driver in the world
【答案】4. C 5. B 6. A 7. D
C
In Mediterranean waters, off the coast of France, a diver recently visited the shipwreck La Lune, which lay untouched and unexplored on the ocean bottom since it sank in 1664. But the wreck’s first visitor in centuries wasn’t human. It was a robot.
Called OceanOne, the bright orange diving robot measures about 1.5 meters in length and has a torso (躯干), a head with stereoscopic vision (立体视觉) and arms. Its lower section holds its computer “brain”, a power supply, and an array of eight multidirectional thrusters (推进器).
Guided by a computer scientist from a boat, OceanOne combined artificial intelligence, sensory feedback and flexible mechanical construction to perform delicate tasks underwater, such as retrieving a delicate cultural relic from the ruins. It can place the cultural relic in a box so the thing can be brought to the surface.
OceanOne can not only investigate parts of the ocean that are less accessible to people, but can do so with the flexibility of a human diver. The engineers also created an interface (接口) that allows a person to not only control the robot, but to actually “feel” what the robot is touching. “The intention here is to have a human diving virtually,” said Oussama Khatib, who piloted OceanOne on its La Lune visit. Khatib, a professor of computer science at Stanford University in California, explained that the experience of guiding the robot is almost like being the diver. “You can feel exactly what the robot is doing,” said Khatib.
OceanOne is also capable of interpreting and responding to its environment autonomously, detecting whether its hands-on work requires a lighter touch and when it needs to make adjustments to stay in place or change direction.
The team behind OceanOne viewed the robot as a means for studying Red Sea’s coral reefs at depths that were inaccessible to a human diver. OceanOne would conduct underwater research—operated by a scientist on the surface—without damaging the reef or its inhabitants.
8. What do we know about OceanOne
A. It has replaced a diver’s job. B. It functions as a human.
C. It is a fish living in the ocean. D. It can conduct demanding tasks.
9. What does the underlined word “retrieving” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. Carving. B. Recovering.
C. Guiding. D. Crashing.
10. What is the engineers’ purpose of creating an interface
A. To make a diver operate it conveniently.
B. To connect the robot to other computers.
C. To satisfy an operator’s virtual experience.
D. To learn well how the robot performs tasks.
11. Which word can best describe OceanOne
A. Tiny. B. Traditional.
C. Human-like. D. Multifunctional.
【答案】8. D 9. B 10. C 11. D
D
In America, the “Big Dig”, a highway project that resulted in a mess of traffic in the centre of Boston for years, came in five times over its initial budget. Even the Germans get huge projects wrong. Conception to operation of Berlin Brandenburg Airport has taken 30 years, with seven missed opening dates. The airport ended up costing $8.2 billion. However, the original estimate was about $2.7 billion.
Huge projects like Berlin Brandenburg Airport are the subject of an amusing new book called How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. Mr. Flyvbjerg sets up a database of over 16, 000 projects and data analysis reveals that only 8.5% of the projects meet their initial estimates on cost and time, and 0.5% of them achieve what they set out to do on cost, time and benefits.
Over-optimistic time and cost estimates originate from both psychological and political perceptions: the reliance on intuition (直觉) rather than data, and a problem that Mr. Flyvbjerg calls “strategic misrepresentation”. This is when budgets are intentionally reduced in order to get things going. And once the projects are under way, they will not be stopped, because money spent on them will thus be wasted.
Mr. Flyvbjerg speaks highly of Pixar’s methodical approach to developing and testing films in great detail before they go into production. He also tells the story of how Frank Gehry’s well-developed architectural models helped ensure the success of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Narrowing down the producing window of a project before it is actually carried out reduces the probability of unexpected events.
Big customized projects are particularly likely to run into trouble. However, the more a project can be divided into standardized processes, the better its prospects are. Projects run into problems for specific reasons as well as general ones: Britain’s trouble is not something that China has to worry about, for instance. But the iron law is that if you plan strictly and standardize where possible, you are less likely to dig yourself into a hole.
12. How does the author introduce the topic of the passage
A. By making a contrast. B. By giving an explanation.
C. By presenting examples. D. By showing an experience.
13. What message does Bent Flyvbjerg’s data analysis convey
A. Projects’ success rates can be estimated.
B. Projects’ desired outcome can’t be achieved.
C. Most projects suffer overspending and delays.
D. Most projects lack comprehensive data analysis.
14. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. Failures in decision-making. B. Methods of reducing massive costs.
C. Strategies for getting work done. D. Reasons behind inaccurate estimates.
15. What is the key to preventing projects getting into trouble
A. Planning thoroughly in advance.
B. Analyzing specific and general reasons.
C. Focusing on efficiency of projects.
D. Drawing lessons from former experiences.
【答案】12. C 13. C 14. D 15. A
第二节(共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可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
No matter what profession or occupation you hold you will need to work with others to meet your goals. Group work is a great way to showcase your own skills while getting help from your teammates in areas where you might not be as strong. _____16_____
Clarify the team expectations so everyone is on the same page. _____17_____ It’s likely that each teammate has a different idea about what’s expected of them, as well as what everyone else needs to be doing. It’s essential that the team discuss these expectations and agree on one universal list of expectations that everyone will follow.
_____18_____ No one likes a teammate who barely contributes to the project. Take on an equal part of the work, and speak up if you realize you aren’t doing your fair share. Not only will your group mates appreciate your work ethic, it will show your supervisor or instructor that you’re a good team player.
Direct your concern toward the problem, not your teammates. Don’t accuse or blame anyone on your team for causing the conflict, even if you believe they did. _____19_____ Have your team work through conflict, using it to their benefit.
Focus on the success of the group not your personal success. When you’re on a team, everyone’s success depends on each member working toward a common goal. _____20_____ Keep your focus on your team’s success, and your own success will follow.
A. Make sure you do an equal share of the work.
B. Volunteer to take on extra work when necessary.
C. Treat the team’s accomplishments as a group success.
D. Our guide will show you how to boost your teamwork skills.
E. State the issue you’re having, then listen to what everyone has to say.
F. Instead, keep all of your comments focused on the issue and how your team can solve it.
G. This can include explaining the expectations or asking questions if you find them unclear.
【答案】16. D 17. G 18. A 19. F 20. C
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15)
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。
Dr. Smith of New York works at a center for children who can’t learn well. One day a father brought his son to him for____21____ at his office.
The father told Dr. Smith about his son. “My son has ____22____ in learning and can’t even play baseball. He isn’t doing well because he doesn’t try. I have done everything for him. I have even shouted at him. But nothing ____23____. ”
After Dr. Smith tested the boy, he ____24____ his father. He asked the father to sit in front of a ____25____ and then gave him a pencil and a piece of paper. There was a ____26____ on the paper. He asked the father to look only in the mirror and ____27____ the lines of the star with the pencil. The father made the same ____28____ anyone makes. Every time he ____29____ the pencil, it went the wrong way. The father’s face became red.
At this ____30____ the doctor shouted at him, “Hurry up! Why are you ____31____ so long You can’t do such an ____32____ thing! You don’t know left from right!” These ____33____ made the father very angry.
“Now you can ____34____, can’t you ” The doctor said to him. “Your son has felt just like that all the time. You scolded (训斥) him too often, so he didn't try any more. He was afraid of making mistakes. ”
____35____ the father understood everything. He put his face down. Now he felt so sorry.
21. A. testing B. acting C. teaching D. playing
22. A. confidence B. interest C. experience D. difficulty
23. A. returns B. helps C. appears D. remains
24. A. waited for B. searched for C. believed in D. called in
25. A. mirror B. television C. painting D. desk
26. A. face B. line C. number D. star
27. A. remove B. follow C. cross D. cut
28. A. decisions B. choices C. mistakes D. patterns
29. A. touched B. dropped C. moved D. sharpened
30. A. speed B. corner C. end D. point
31. A. staying B. taking C. preparing D. writing
32. A. easy B. important C. obvious D. exciting
33. A. ideas B. words C. questions D. instructions
34. A. relax B. leave C. understand D. promise
35. A. Interestingly B. Absolutely C. Suddenly D. Unfortunately
【答案】21. A 22. D 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. C
第II卷 非选择题
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分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。
Woodcut New Year picture, a historic art form of woodcut painting, is for the occasion of Chinese Spring Festival. It features beautiful art designs with bright, delightful colors ____36____ fits the mood of the people longing for a happy life.
Popular ____37____ (theme) of Woodcut New Year picture include house safeguard, family wishes, and prosperity. Customarily, hanging on the door ____38____ (keep) the dangerous spirits away are door gods (门神) while on the screen wall facing the door is a character “Fu” ____39____ indicates good fortune.
Folk New Year picture emerged in pre-historical time and ____40____ (use) as the door god. The ____41____ (grow) of product economy and handicraft (手工艺) industry along with the advancement in printing during the Song Dynasty ____42____ (change) the manufacture of Chinese New Year picture from mainly hand-painting to woodcut painting, making it richer both ____43____ category and content.
After being listed as National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006, woodcut New Year picture has enjoyed ____44____ (great) popularity, significantly influencing the artistic styles of other nations as well. The making of the picture, a package process from drafting, woodcut, painting, to hand painting touch-up, keeps millions of its lovers ____45____ (lose) in its striking beauty.
【答案】36. and
37. themes 38. to keep
39. which##that
40. was used
41. growth 42. changed 43. in
44. greater
45. lost
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，在新西兰的一所高中做交换生。你们小组为世界海洋日(World Oceans Day)设计的海报获一等奖，请代表你们组做经验分享，内容包括：
1．海报主题及制作过程；
2．活动感受。
注意：1．写作词数应为80个左右：
2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you!
【答案】Dear fellow students,
It’s my honour to share our experience, as our group's poster designed for World Oceans Day won the first prize.
Aimed at cultivating awareness of ocean conservation, our poster was titled “Protecting the Ocean, Our Responsibility”, whose theme was to protect marine diversity. First of all, we had a heated discussion, making a clear division of tasks. Additionally, despite all the difficulties, we cooperated to overcome them. Finally, we appealed to everyone to spare no effort to protect the ocean.
In conclusion, this activity fostered our awareness of marine protection, which was greatly beneficial to our environment. Thank you!
第二节 读后续写 (满分25分)
47. 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。
Looking back on my childhood, I am constantly disturbed by a broken blue and white porcelain (青花瓷) bowl, which was from China and handed down from my grandfather’s parents. It was placed high on a wood shelf in the living room and appreciated by all the guests visiting my home. At that time, I rushed to do everything: I was looking forward to growing up, graduating, and showing off everything I knew with all my friends. But my dear grandfather always reminded me: “Garrett, do not show off. You’ll need plenty of patience and modesty, and that is the way to growth.”
Knowing I loved the bowl very much, my grandpa decided to give it to me. But my mother, a lady who worked as a nurse, caring for patients at night, protested. She was afraid I would break it if I showed off. So finally it was still kept on the high shelf, out of my reach.
Soon, it was time for me to enter the new school. Refusing to be sent to school, I rode my new bike to school every day on the winding and tough road. Once I fell over at the bend of the road, but I was happy when my new bike became the envy of my classmates. However, Crawley, one of my classmates, a well-to-do fellow, whose way of impressing others was to parade his possessions before us. His bike was newer; his boots were of the best hide. Actually, what he had was better than ours. until one day he brought a beautiful glass bowl. He said the bowl was from London, absolutely the finest one we had seen.
“I have a blue and white porcelain bowl from China, which is definitely the oldest and finest one that you have ever seen!” I announced. “Yeah ” said the boy. “Well, show it to us.”
“I will bring it tomorrow morning! And then you will see how beautiful it is!” After school, I rushed home as quickly as possible and waited for Mother to go to work.
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。
Paragraph 1: Immediately Mother left home, I wondered how I could take the bowl down.
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Paragraph 2: 1 eagerly awaited the arrival of my classmates, ready to show off the precious bowl.
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【答案】
Immediately Mother left home, I wondered how I could take the bowl down. The shelf was too high for me. Looking around, I hoped I could find a ladder. Actually, I knew we had never had a ladder in our home. Then, I decided that I could stand on a bench to reach the bowl. Standing on the bench, my heart began to thump with fear. Fortunately, I reached it. When it was taken down, my throat tightened and my knees felt weak. I put it carefully in my bag, a ripple of excitement running through my heart! The next morning, before Mum came back, I rushed to school with the bowl.
I eagerly awaited the arrival of my classmates, ready to show off the precious bowl. When they saw it, their eyes widened in amazement. Just as I was bathed in their admiration, disaster struck. In my excitement, I accidentally knocked the bowl off the desk, and it shattered into pieces on the floor. My heart sank as I realized the bowl was beyond repair. I had not only lost the bowl but also the connection to my family’s past. Later I was severely criticized by Mother. From that day on, I learned the value of patience and humility, just as my grandfather had always advised.