北京市海淀区2024-2025学年度高三10月考英语试卷（PDF版，无答案）

2024-2025学年度高三英语统练三
2024.10.6
1．本卷共 8页，包括三个部分，满分为 100分。练习时间 90分钟。
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第一部分：知识运用（共两节，30分）
第一节 （共 10小题；每小题 1.5分，共 15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答
题卡上将该项涂黑。
On a sunny afternoon, Anthony Perry stepped off the train at Chicago’s 69th Street station. The
20-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to see his 1 .
On the platform, something unthinkable happened: a man fell over the edge and onto the electrified
train tracks! As Perry and other horrified passengers watched, he shook uncontrollably as the 2 moved
through his body.
“Help him!” someone cried. “Please, someone!”
Perry couldn’t just stand there and 3 . He sat at the edge of the platform and eased himself
down. 4 all rails between the man and him were electrified, he quickly leaped towards the victim, using a
high-knee technique from his high school football days.
Perry soon reached down and grasped the victim’s wrist. 5 , he felt a powerful electric shock shoot
through his body. Perry jumped back. He reached down a second time, and was shocked again. But the third
time he seized the man's wrist and forearm, and managed to move the guy’s body away from the 6 .
“Give him chest compressions!” yelled an old lady on the platform.
Perry was no expert, but for a few moments he worked on the man’s heart until the victim regained 7 .
Then, first-aiders arrived. Perry let the professionals 8 . Heart still racing from the electric shocks, he
climbed back up onto the platform, grabbed his things and continued on to his grandfather's.
The evening news reported the incident, 9 an unnamed hero with saving the victim’s life. To many,
Perry’s 10 deeds demonstrated the power of choosing compassion over personal safety.
1.A. manager B. client C. grandfather D. aunt
2.A. current B. oxygen C. wave D. blood
3.A. imagine B. watch C. shout D. record
4.A. Hoping B. Assuming C. Complaining D. Recalling
5.A. Instantly B. Slightly C. Normally D. Periodically
6.A. train B. crowds C. platform D. rails
7.A. strength B. balance C. consciousness D. control
8.A. look ahead B. take over C. get around D. keep away
9.A. providing B. engaging C. assisting D. crediting
10.A. generous B. grateful C. courageous D. faithful
第二节（共 10小题，每小题 1.5分，共 15分）
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A
I was not originally attracted to nature. For me, nature was associated with the few minutes playing
soccer in the 11 (nice) cut grass. But in Michigan, nature presents itself in many forms such as sledding as
fast as you can down the hill or swimming in one of the five great lakes. These experiences encouraged
me 12 (explore) one of the raw forms of connecting with nature: camping. Although I 13 (spend) a lot
of time outside, I had never camped or experienced all of what nature offers.
B
In Ming Dynasty, a clever craftsman named Zhang Sijia revolutionized scissors.
He 14 (combine) the strength of iron for the handles with a unique sword-making
technique. 15 heating and hammering the edges with steel, he created blades that
were exceptionally strong and sharp, 16 (make) daily tasks easier. These scissors
became a kitchen essential, especially for cutting through tough items like chicken or fish.
In 1628, his son, Zhang Xiaoquan, established his namesake company.
C
Five Belgian firms plan to send a 3D 17 (print) artificial heart to the International Space Station by
2025 to better understand the effects of ageing and heart diseases in space. The device, which is only a few
square millimetres in size, 18 (use) ink made up of stem cells and biomaterials that can develop into any
cell in the body. These cells organize themselves into a developing cardiac organoid( 心 脏 类 器
官 ), 19 will work with the artificial circulatory system. The innovative technique would
facilitate 20 (investigate) into heart diseases and trials of some potential medicines.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）
第一节（共 11小题；每小题 2分，共 22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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Dear Teachers and Parents,
This June, during Financial Literacy Month, we have some to share.
In 2015, a free online financial education course named FutureSmart was introduced to middle school
students, specifically targeting this group at a time in their lives when financial habits take hold and grow.
Fast forward to today, FutureSmart, available in English and Spanish, has reached over 13,000 schools
across all 50 states. More than two million students have completed the course, with almost half coming
from low-to-moderate income families.
But we aren’t stopping there. We promise to reach four million more students by the end of 2025.
Why Because this moment calls for brave action. Never before have money management and
investment decisions been so easy to conduct at any time or place through the use of a smartphone. It is time
to offer students more critical financial literacy education to encourage them to make good financial
decisions on a daily basis as they make their way through a complex world.
From weighing opportunity costs to delaying instant satisfaction for long-term financial gain,
FutureSmart educates our youth using hands-on simulations (模拟) to introduce concepts like daily financial
decisions and the rewards of long-term planning. Teaching young learners how to build solid financial
foundations is an important step in building financially healthy communities.
Although our work is far from complete, we know that FutureSmart works. And it works exceptionally
well.
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In the largest study of its kind, supported by the MassMutual Foundation and EVERFI, the University
of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMDI) recently concluded that 90% of students saw a statistically
significant and educationally meaningful increase in knowledge after taking the FutureSmart course.
What’s more, these results were consistent across all student demographics including race, age, gender,
school year, and socioeconomic status.
We have a long way to go to reach every single middle school student, but we welcome the challenge.
Together, our teams have started a movement to provide equal access to financial education, and we invite
others to join us.
Visit to learn more and see how you can bring FutureSmart to the young people in
your life.
MICHAEL FANNING RAYMARTINEZ
Head of MassMutual US President and Co-Founder of EVERFI
21. The course FutureSmart _________.
A. is offered in two different languages
B. requires skillful smartphone operation
C. has been bought by a large number of schools
D. targets students from low-to-moderate income families
22. How does FutureSmart introduce financial concepts
A. By establishing financially healthy communities.
B. By managing opportunities and rewards.
C. By simulating real-life situations.
D. By delaying financial gain.
23. After taking the course, the students should be able to _________.
A. improve their academic performance
B. accept financial challenges at any time
C. understand people from various backgrounds
D. build a stable financial foundation for the future
B
A few days ago, my husband, Russ, and I lost our house of 28 years to a California wild
fire.
On that night, we had to leave our house and sleep in the back seat of our Ford. The next
morning, we had to drive three and a half hours to find a hotel that had an available room. nickel
Only later, in the local newspaper, did we see photographs of the destruction. Our house had been consumed
by the fire along with most of our neighborhood.
How are we going to rebuild after this I thought, rounding a corner in the sidewalk on my walk back
to the hotel. Is it even possible
I noticed something up ahead—a pair of nickels, shining like precious jewels. They were just nickels,
but they somehow felt special. I bent down and picked them up. If these were lucky coins, I could use all the
luck I could get.
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A few days later, I made a trip to the store to buy essentials. The enormous task of replacing everything
we’d lost put a heavy weight on me. I was about to leave when I felt the urge to stop and turn my head to the
right. I could hardly believe it—there on a shelf, was a nickel! Okay, maybe this is more than luck, I thought
and put the nickel in my pocket.
I told myself that I had found the nickels just by chance. Then I found one next to my plate at a
restaurant—on Thanksgiving, no less, when I was missing our house more than ever. It seemed that a nickel
appeared whenever my spirits plummeted.
Whenever I reached my breaking point, I’d find another nickel. In the grass at the park, or near the tire
of my car in a parking lot. Once, my change for a quick lunch was given entirely in nickels. “I’m sorry,” the
cashier said. “It’s all we have.”
It’s all I needed!
One day, I was sitting at the desk when my phone rang. It was a real-estate agent I’d been working
with.
“I have a new listing,” she said.
“When can we see it ”
A few hours later, Russ and I were following the agent down the driveway toward the house.
I didn’t think long. Because there, in the driveway, …
24. After the wild fire, the couple ________.
A. lived in their car for one night
B. took some photos of the destruction
C. could hardly afford their Thanksgiving dinner
D. saved precious items from the burned down house
25. What did the found nickels mean to the author
A. Luck for the foreseeable future.
B. Hope during challenging times.
C. Signs of a huge fortune to come.
D. Reminders of what had happened.
26. Which would be the best ending for the passage
A. I spotted a flash of silver in the sun, two nickels, both heads up.
B. I found an old nickel, which seemed to tell a story from the past.
C. I saw a mysterious locked box, and thought perhaps it was full of nickels.
D. I looked up and imagined something on a cloud, a giant nickel, just for me.
C
The streets and roofs of cities all absorb heat, making some urban areas hotter than rural ones. These
“urban heat islands” can also develop underground as city heat spreads downward, and subway tracks and
other subsurface infrastructure also constantly radiate warmth into the surrounding earth.
A new study of downtown Chicago shows underground hotspots may threaten the very same structures
that give off the heat in the first place. “Without anyone realizing it, the city of Chicago’s downtown was
deforming,” says study author Rotta Loria, an environmental engineer.
Humans aren’t the only potentially affected. “For a lot of things in the subsurface, it’s kind of ‘out of
sight, out of mind,”’ says Grant Ferguson, a geologist. But the underground world is full of creatures that
have adapted to subsurface existence such as insects and snails. As the temperature rises because of climate
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change and underground urban development, scientists are keeping eyes on the potential implications for
underground ecosystems.
But the question of how underground hotspots could affect infrastructure has gone largely unstudied.
Because materials expand and contract with temperature change, Rotta suspected that heat coming from
underground could be contributing to wear and tear on various structures. To understand how underground
temperature difference has affected the ground s physical properties, he used a computer model to simulate
the underground environment from the 1950s to now—and then to 2050. He found that by the middle of this
century, some areas may lift upward by as much as 0.50 inch or settle by as much as 0.32 inch, depending on
the soil makeup of the area involved. Though these may sound like small displacements, Rotta says they
could cause cracks in the foundations of some buildings, causing buildings to fall.
Kathrin Menberg, a geoscientist in Germany, says these displacement predictions are far beyond her
guesses and could be linked to the soft, clay-heavy soils. “Clay material is particularly sensitive,” she says,
“It would be a big issue in all cities worldwide that are built on such material.”
Like climate change above the surface, underground changes occur gradually. “These effects took
decades to develop,” Ferguson says, adding that increased underground temperatures would likewise take a
long time to dissipate on their own. “We could basically turn everything off, and it’s going to remain there,
the temperature signal, for quite a while.”
But Ferguson says this wasted heat energy could also be reused, presenting an opportunity to both cool
the subsurface and save on energy costs. Still, this assumption could fail as aboveground climate change
continues to boost underground warming. However slowly, this heat will gather beneath our feet. “It s like
climate change,” Rotta Loria says. “Maybe we don’t see it always, but it’s happening.”
27.The author quotes Rotta Loria in Paragraph 2 mainly to _______.
A. make a prediction B. highlight a finding
C. draw a conclusion D. raise an assumption
28.What can we learn from this passage
A. “Urban heat islands” extend underground to spare ecosystems.
B. Surface climate change contributes to the reuse of underground heat.
C. Underground temperatures mirror the ground’s physical characteristics.
D. Buildings may collapse as a potential consequence of underground heat.
29.What does the underlined word “dissipate” in Paragraph 6 probably mean
A. Show. B. Stay. C. Develop. D. Disappear.
30.What does the author intend to tell us
A. Underground climate change is a silent danger.
B. Humans fail to notice the dramatic climate change.
C. Cooling the subsurface helps control urban heat rises.
D. Researching underground heat helps save on energy costs.
D
Climate experts are having a debate: they are asking whether the UK should focus more on adapting to
climate change or trying to prevent it.
David Frost holds that preventing climate change is no longer an option, given the extent to which the
Earth now appears certain to heat up. Despite the many policies which attempt to stop climate change, it
now seems unavoidable that the world will pass the 1.5℃ or 2℃ increases in average global temperature
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that are likely to induce large changes in the climate.
David Frost is right in that our economies are growing so much slower than we had anticipated. Our
emissions can drop if we reduce emissions per unit of GDP we create—but they can also drop if the GDP is
lower. Lower growth means it is more feasible (可行的) for us to achieve targets such as Net Zero, but it
also makes it less environmentally urgent to achieve those targets so soon, because we are and have been
emitting a lot less carbon than we had anticipated.
The UK authority finds the debate about adaptation difficult. Partly, it is because some activists claim
that adaptation is not feasible. They say that climate change will end human civilization, potentially leading
to the entire extinction of the human race.
However, the mainstream view of many scientists and economists, who work on climate change, is that
global warming could lead to large changes in our environment. Significant parts of the world currently
heavily populated could become effectively uninhabitable while other parts currently unsuitable for
high-density human habitation would become more habitable. Meanwhile, at higher temperatures both
climate and weather are likely to become more volatile—including increased frequency of storms, flooding
and other weather events.
These would be significant changes, but it would be perfectly feasible for humans to adapt to them. The
issue is not whether adapting would be technically feasible, but whether it would be desirable either in
ethical or practical terms. Are we willing to accept a materially warmer world, with humans living in
different parts of it Are we willing to accept the possible extinctions of certain species and the greater
flourishing of those currently less successful and of new species yet to evolve Are we willing to accept the
consequences of a large shift in the patterns of human habitation across the world
It is by no means clear on what basis we ought to ethnically privilege the plants and animals that flourish
under today's climate over those that would flourish under a warmer, more volatile climate. However,
adaptation will be feasible and is a necessity given the extent to which warming is now unavoidable. Slower
GDP growth and thus slower climate change ought to make greater efforts at adaptation more attractive.
31.According to the passage, who hesitate(s) to adapt to the climate change
A. The government.
B. Climate experts.
C. David Frost.
D. The activists.
32.The underlined word "volatile" in Paragraph 5 probably means ________.
A. changeable B. predictable C. bearable D. noticeable
33.The questions in Paragraph 6 are mainly aimed at __________.
A. expressing doubts about people's adaptability
B. presenting examples of future climate patterns
C. highlighting the consequences of human activities
D. helping people decide on their openness to adaptation
34.Which of the following might the author agree with
A. Slowing climate change deserves great efforts.
B. Global warming is preventable to some extent.
C. Adaptation to climate change is beyond question.
D. Protection of the current species should be prioritized.
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第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2分，共 10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
选项中有两项为多余选项。
Adults are often embarrassed about asking for aid. It’s an act that can make people feel emotionally
unsafe. 35 Seeking assistance can feel like you are broadcasting your incompetence.
New research suggests young children don’t seek help in school, even when they need it, for the same
reason. Until recently, psychologists assumed that children did not start to care about their reputation and
their friends’ thoughts about them until around age nine.
But our research suggests that as early as age seven, children begin to connect asking for help with
looking incompetent in front of others. At some point, every child struggles in the classroom. 36
To learn more about how children think about reputation, we created simple stories and then asked
children questions about these situations to allow kids to showcase their thinking.
Across several studies, we asked 576 children, ages four to nine, to predict the behavior of two kids in a
story. One of the characters genuinely wanted to be smart, and the other merely wanted to seem smart to
others. In one study, we told children that both kids did poorly on a test. 37 The four-year-olds were
equally likely to choose either of the two kids as the one who would seek help. But by age seven or eight,
children thought that the kid who wanted to seem smart would be less likely to ask for assistance. And
children’s expectations were truly “reputational” in nature—they were specifically thinking about how the
characters would act in front of others. When assistance could be sought privately (on a computer rather than
in person), children thought both characters were equally likely to ask for it.
38 Teachers could give children more opportunities to seek assistance privately. They should
also help students realize asking questions in front of others as normal, positive behavior. 39
Parents could point out how a child’s question kicked off a valuable conversation in which the entire family
got to talk and learn together. Adults could praise kids for seeking assistance. These responses send a strong
signal that other people value a willingness to ask for aid and that seeking help is part of a path to success.
A. Kids could be afraid to ask their parents for help.
B. Seeking help could even be taught as socially desirable.
C. In another study we told them that only one kid did poorly.
D. Such reputational barriers likely require reputation-based solutions.
E. The moment you ask for directions, after all, you reveal that you are lost.
F. But if they are afraid to ask for help because their classmates are watching, learning will suffer.
G. We then asked which of these characters would be more likely to raise their hand in front of their class to
ask the teacher for help.
第三部分：书面表达（共两节，32 分）
第一节（共 4 小题；第 40、41 题各 2 分，第 42 题 3 分，第 43 题 5 分,共 12 分）
阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答。
The other day I was having coffee and catching up with Brian, a friend I hadn’t seen in over a year,
when he asked me this question: “Do you regret leaving Google ” “Of course, I don’t regret it,” I answered.
But when I reflected more deeply on his question, I arrived at this realization: We cannot regret something
that has taught us valuable lessons in life.
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Truth is, not every decision we make will be the right choice for us. I learned later that quitting my one
and only source of income to start an e-commerce business from nothing was a recipe for financial disaster.
No, that decision was not the right one at the time. Perhaps I should’ve followed the advice I give today:
Build your business while working a full-time job so that you can work from a place of stability. But then
again, I wouldn’t have learned such a valuable lesson had I not acted upon what was truly important to me at
the time—the freedom of pursuing my own dream, on my own terms.
We regret what’s in the past and can’t be changed. We compare the choices we made yesterday to an
ideal path that we think we should have taken—we simply imagine it to be a better path. What is worse is
when stuck in regret, we lose our control over what matters most: What we do with our time, today.
There’s a much better way to look at regret—a more mindful way—and it can be seen at a place where
action, reflection, and gratitude meet.
So whenever you find yourself caught in regret, stop and ask yourself these two questions: “What have
I learned from this And how have I grown because of it ” Perhaps you might just shift your viewpoint from
that of being upset and regretful to being appreciative and grateful.
40. What did Brian’s question make the writer realize
41. List the two words the author uses to describe the viewpoint people should take when facing regret.
42. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
When people get stuck in regret, what makes the situation worse is that past choices can’t be
changed.
43. What has been your biggest regret during your high school life What have you learned from this (In
about 40 words)
第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2分，共 10分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国朋友 Jim 在给你的邮件中提到中国运动员闪耀巴黎
奥运会，并请你介绍此届奥运会上你最喜欢的一名运动员。请你给 Jim回信，内容包括：
1. 简要介绍该运动员；
2. 该运动员对你的影响。
注意：（1）词数 100左右；（2）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Yours，
Li Hua
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