2024-2025学年江苏省泰州市靖江市高三上学期11月期中英语试题（含答案）

2024~2025学年度第一学期调研测试
高三英语
(考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分)
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。
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 will the woman do for the man
A. Teach him cleaning skills.
B. Find him a new apartment.
C. Help him clean his apartment.
2. Why does the woman want the man to sign the form
A. To join a club.
B. To organize a charity event.
C. To go on a trip to the theater.
3. When was the show due to start
A. At 8:00 p. m. B. At 9:00 p. m. C. At 11:00 p. m.
4. How many courses did Helen take last term
A. Two. B. Four. C. Six.
5. What makes the man in good shape
A. Regular exercise. B. A healthy eating habit.
C. A strict plan for running.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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至7题。
6. How does the man like the workers
A. They’re helpful. B. They are easy to please.
C. They are romantic.
7. Where will the candle-lit dinner be held
A. On a boat. B. At the riverside. C. On a bus.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. Outside a cinema. B. At home. C. In a cinema.
9. What is the film adapted from
A. A magazine. B. A book. C. A report.
10. What does the woman think of the director
A. He is good at directing a film.
B. He is good at improving a story.
C. He should have tried to follow the story.
听第8段材料，回答第11 至 13题。
11. Who is answering the call
A. Anne. B. Jean. C. Mary.
12. What is the telephone call about
A. Attending a discussion meeting.
B. Finishing an experiment report.
C. Getting a job in the chemistry department.
13. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Classmates. B. Strangers. C. Good friends.
听第9段材料，回答第14至 17题。
14. What effect did the flood cause
A. Many buildings fell down.
B. The loss was a million dollars.
C. Mass lands were destroyed.
15. Which floor did the man live on
A. The fifteenth floor. B. The nineteenth floor.
C. The twentieth floor.
16. How did the man feel about the earthquake
A. Disappointed. B. Annoyed. C. Frightened.
17. Who gave the man a beautiful painting
A. His Chinese secretary. B. His Chinese friend.
C. His Thailand friend.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the man talking about
A. How to read fast.
B. How to reduce noise.
C. How to create a good reading environment.
19. What is the most important when you are reading
A. The light and quietness. B. The table.
C. The chair.
20. What should you do before you start reading at home
A. Turn down the television.
B. Listen to the radio or watch TV.
C. Tell other people in the house not to disturb.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Call for Papers: SSIT Student Essay Contest
Contest Overview
Are you an undergraduate student who is interested in the social implications (可能的影响) of technology Would you like to share your ideas with a broader audience and win cash prizes Then the IEEE Society on Social Implications Technology (SSIT) Student Essay Contest is for you!
The contest is a global initiative launched by the SSIT Student Activities Committees and run as a part of the Society’ s flagship (旗舰) conference, the International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS).
Essay Topics
The 2022 SSIT Student Essay Contest invites submissions on the following THREE topics. One winner and one runner-up (亚军) will be selected from submissions to EACH category. You may write on ONE topic:
Topic 1: Public Health, Digital Surveillance (监控), and Privacy
Topic 2: (Mis) Information, and Social Media
Topic 3: YOUR Taking on “Technological Management and Responsible Innovation”
Submission Guidelines.
●Essays must be 1,000~1,500 words.
●Essays must be submitted through the Easy Chair portal (门户网站) as PDFs.
●Please note that although the Easy Chair portal provides the option for multiple authors, the Student Essay Contest will only accept single-author submissions.
●As of August 312022, the submission deadline has been extended to September 14.
Awards
●Awardees will be announced on October 15,2022.
●For each of the three categories mentioned above:
※ The winning entry will receive a prize of $120.
※ The runner-up will receive a prize of $80
●Both winners and runners-up will receive the following additional benefits:
※ Publication of their essays on the SSIT, ISTAS, and ETHICS-2022 websites;
※ Free attendance at the ISTAS conference.
1. What should the entry focus on
A. Campus culture. B. Social science.
C. Technology. D. Economy.
2. What is required of the entry
A. It should be no more than 1,000 words.
B. It must be submitted before August 31.
C. It should be written by one person.
D. It must be submitted in person.
3. How much money has been prepared for the awardees in total
A. $200. B. $240. C. $360. D. $600.
B
When I was nine, my best friend nearly choked to death on a gobstopper, a type of hard candy. After several attempts, she coughed up the candy. I haven’t had a gobstopper since and I have carried with me a fear of seeing that scene again. Sadly, as I discovered this week, lightning can strike twice.
I was getting off a tube train in London when I noticed a woman coughing. I slowed down, watching her carefully. I had learned that coughing is rarely a sign that something is terribly wrong. Suddenly, the woman stopped coughing, her eyes widened and she bent over.
When I went over to ask if she was OK, she looked up at me, panicked, and pointed to her back. I started hitting her back and screaming for help. Despite having watched a few videos, I was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to correctly perform the Heimlich, a first-aid method, and that I would have to walk away with guilt for her death. But it was just the two of us, alone at an underground station; if I didn’t try to help, no one would. Thankfully, much like with my friend, after a few sharp hits, whatever had been stuck in her throat came loose. She thanked me, almost embarrassed, and walked up to the lift. I followed behind her, shaking, with tears in my eyes.
By the time we reached the lift, we had both calmed down. She took my hands and thanked me again, before disappearing. She might have been fine without my hurried hits on her back—I may not have actually saved her life—but at least she knew that someone, a virtual stranger whom she would never see again, cared.
This experience also taught me about the bystander effect, where people assume that others will help, leading to inaction. I get it: the fear of making things worse, especially if you have no medical training, is real. Research suggests that when a “medically competent” person is assumed to be available during an emergency, direct help from others is far less likely to occur. Sometimes, though, regardless of who else could be nearby, it may be useful to get involved. So it was with the coughing woman on the tube.
4. How did the friend’s choking incident affect the author
A. She lived with a sense of guilt.
B. She realized the importance of first aid.
C. She deepened her understanding of the bystander effect.
D. She developed a fear of witnessing similar events.
5. What did the author do to help the woman on the tube
A. She relieved the woman’s coughing.
B. She walked the woman up to the lift.
C. She performed first aid by hitting the woman’s back.
D. She found a “medically competent” person for her.
6. Which situation can be described as the bystander effect
A. You volunteered to help an old man carrying a heavy bag.
B. You asked your brother who is a doctor to save a dying woman.
C. You walked away after the rescue men asked you to leave the scene .
D. You avoided involvement when seeing an injured lady on the road.
7. What can we learn from this passage
A. A good turn deserves another. B. Every cloud has a silver lining.
C. Action speaks louder than inaction. D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C
You might text your friend a white lie to get out of going to dinner, exaggerate your height on a CV online to appear more attractive or invent an excuse for your boss over email to save face.
Social psychologists have long wondered where people tend to lie the most — that is, in person or through some other communication medium. A 2004 study was among the first to investigate the connection between deception (欺骗) rates and technology. Jeff Hancock’s team had 28 students report the number of social interactions they had through face-to-face communication, the phone, instant messaging and email over seven days. Students also reported the number of times they lied in each social interaction.
The results suggested people told the most lies on the phone and the fewest through email, which is broadly in line with a “feature-based model”. According to the model, specific aspects of a technology — whether people can communicate back and forth smoothly, whether the messages are fleeting and whether communicators are distant — predict where people tend to lie the most.
When Hancock conducted his study, few students had a Facebook account. The iPhone was in its early stage. What would his results look like nearly 20 years later
In a new study, I recruited (招募) 250 people and studied interactions from more forms of technology. The participants recorded their social interactions and number of interactions with a lie over seven days, across face-to-face communication, social media, the phone, texting, video chat and email. The results show people seem to lie according to the “feature-based model”.
There are several possible explanations for these results. Phone and video chat for example, might make deception less costly to a social relationship if caught. Deception rates might also differ across technology because people use some forms of technology for certain social relationships. For example, people might only email their colleagues (同事), while video chat might be a better fit for more personal relationships.
People often believe just because we use technology to interact, honesty is harder to come by. Not only is this perception (看法) misguided, but it is also unsupported by enough evidence. The belief that lying is common in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.
8. What does the author intend to do in the first paragraph
A. Reveal the tendency of people to tell lies on social media.
B. Introduce the topic of technology’s role in people’s telling lies.
C. Demonstrate the increasing popularity of social media.
D. Illustrate people’s ways of social interactions.
9. What do the studies by Hancock and the author have in common
A. Their participants were all students.
B. They both aimed to reduce deception rates.
C Their results were both consistent with a certain model.
D. They analyzed the same kind of social relationships.
10. What can be inferred from paragraph 6
A. Social media users tend to lie more.
B. Close people are more likely to lie to each other.
C. Lying can greatly influence friendships.
D. Deception rates can be reduced by using technology.
11. What does the author think of people lying in social interactions
A. It is unacceptable among friends.
B. It worsens interpersonal relationships.
C. It doesn’t happen as frequently as expected.
D. It is in line with advances in technology
D
After tracking flowers on a prairie (草原) in Minnesota for 21 years, scientists reported that the plants reproduce more successfully in the year following a carefully controlled burn. Understanding the relationship between prairie plants and fire is important for preserving this ecosystem which is becoming rapidly smaller, says Stuart Wagenius, a conservation scientist.
Fire provides an additional advantage for the narrow-leaved purple coneflower (紫锥花), as Wagenius and his colleagues say. To really bloom (开花), they need a little help: Enter the fire. Between 1996 and 2016, Wagenius says his team tracked nearly 8,000 purple coneflowers on the Staffanson Prairie Preserve. In 9 of those years, they conducted controlled burns over 400 times. “In the summer after a burn, many more plants flower,” Wagenius says. “It is just a huge flowering festival.”
Purple coneflowers and many other prairie plants were previously known to bloom energetically after fires. However, the researchers said that fire also stimulated purple coneflowers to bloom at the same time in the summer after a burn. This meant that instead of being unconnected, the purple coneflowers were surrounded by potential mates and went on to produce nearly double the number of seeds compared with other years. Wagenius says it’s not yet clear exactly how fires signal the flowers to get busy.
The new findings may help the people who manage prairies to better understand the different ways that fire affects the plants growing in these habitats, said Kathryn Yurkonis, a grassland ecologist who was not involved in the research. However, Yurkonis added, it remains to be shown how the fires influence the purple coneflower population. “This paper implies that making more seeds would mean more seeds would land on the soil and enter the population of plants — but they don’t actually examine that step,” she said. “I’d be curious to see whether this actually translates to more purple coneflowers.”
12. What is the basis for the research
A. Prairies are easy to disappear. B. Plants on a prairie are diverse.
C. Fire relates positively to prairie plants. D. Without fire, flowers won’t bloom.
13. What does the author intend to convey with figures cited in paragraph two
A. Wagenius’s team was committed indeed.
B. Samples of flowers were rich in number.
C. Time spent on the research was long.
D. The findings were relatively convincing.
14. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. The result of plants being unconnected.
B. The influence of fires on prairie plants.
C. The process of prairie plants’ growing after fires.
D. The reason for plants’ blooming at the same time.
15. What is Kathryn Yurkonis’s attitude to the research finding
A. Uninterested. B. Prejudiced. C. Objective. D. Opposed.
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。
We humans are comparison creatures. ____16____ This quality may have evolved as a means of helping us fit into the social hierarchy (等级) of the cultures we inhabited. Regardless of the reasons, social comparison plays a significant role in how we view and evaluate ourselves, and how we interact with our world.
It used to be that our primary reference of comparison was our local communities, primarily neighbors and co-workers. Because we tend to gather around those similar to ourselves in terms of educational level, work income, and shared interests, the range of differences when we compared ourselves to others was fairly small. Unfortunately, with the emergence of the Internet, we can now compare ourselves to literally anyone in the world. ____17____ What had in previous generations been a small gap in our comparisons has now become so large and unattainable.
____18____ When so many people that are easily discoverable on the Internet seem to be so successful. famous, influential and beautiful, given our preference to compare, it is difficult not to have it influence how we view ourselves. Sadly, these comparisons usually result in our feeling inadequate and “less than”.
These harmful comparisons also damage our emotional lives. When we feel lacking, we experience a variety of unpleasant and unhealthy emotions. We feel jealousy and envy for what others have and what we lack. ____19____
It’s one thing to realize that you compare yourself to others. It’s another thing to recognize that social comparison is often corrosive (逐步侵蚀的) to you in so many ways psychologically and emotionally. It’s an entirely other thing to stop yourself from comparing yourself to others. ____20____
A. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people.
B. Yet it is possible, and it is worth the effort for your mental health.
C. Thus, we are now exposed to groups that are quite different from us.
D. We believe that there is something wrong with us compared to others.
E. We can even feel bitterness and anger at others for the unfairness of it all.
F. Comparing ourselves to others has the potential to increase our life experience.
G. This new level of comparison has huge implications for our psychological lives.
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I lived at home while I went to college, and I appreciated the extra time with my family. I ____21____ my mom’s wisdom and I actually took her advice! One day particularly ____22____ for me, a day when a simple piece of advice became a (n) ____23____ lesson.
I don’t remember what I was upset about, but I remember ____24____ that I was talking on the kitchen phone to someone. Mom was busy as usual with household tasks and she wasn’t one to interfere. But for some reason she ____25____ as the call went on that my mood was not ____26____. Suddenly she stood before me with a tiny piece of paper. She handed it to me with a smile and then ____27____.
I ____28____ the tiny paper. It read: “Be Nice” and had a smiley face drawing.
I ____29____ my mother’s advice. From that point I took a _____30_____ tone. By the conclusion of the conversation the tension I had felt was _____31_____. All was at peace.
For many years that piece of paper has been serving as a constant _____32_____. Today, whenever I feel stressed or impatient in the presence of a(n) _____33_____ person, I visualize my mom handing me that piece of paper and I act _____34_____. Who would have ever guessed the timeless _____35_____ of two little words and a smiley face on a simple little piece of paper
21. A. envied B. shared C. questioned D. respected
22. A. came out B. stood out C. turned out D. broke out
23. A. painful B. basic C. lifelong D. interesting
24. A. vividly B. actually C. hardly D. especially
25. A. agreed B. wondered C. knew D. admitted
26. A. mentioned B. improved C. reflected D. discovered
27. A. left B. returned C. escaped D. wandered
28. A. turned up B. folded up C. picked up D. looked at
29. A. followed B. ignored C. supported D. wanted
30. A. serious B. higher C. natural D. friendlier
31. A. eased B. changed C. figured D. expressed
32. A. pressure B. reminder C. force D. presence
33 A. encouraging B. warm-hearted C. challenging D. open-minded
34. A. accordingly B. gradually C. bravely D. causally
35. A. memory B. value C. fun D. art
第二节 (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。
Enjoying the beauty of the full moon on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival has been a long-standing tradition Chinese custom for centuries. The West Lake “Three Pools Mirroring the Moon” in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, is a tourist hot spot ____36____ the dazzling beauty of a full moon is appreciated to your heart’s content.
There are three hollow stone towers ____37____ the center of the West Lake. On the night, the lights in the tower reflect 15 “moons” across the surface of the water around the towers. The true moon and its ____38____ (reflect) counterparts (对应物) are difficult to distinguish, ____39____ (give) rise to the name “Three Pools Mirroring the Moon”. The Chinese loved the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival so much ____40____ even printed the picture of the “Three Pools Mirroring the Moon” on the back of one yuan note.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is associated with fascinating stories that have been passed down through generations. Legend has ____41____ that, in ancient times, hanging high in the sky ____42____ (be) ten suns at the same time. The hot temperature and the strong ____43____ (expose) made people’s lives a misery. A hero named Houyi shot down nine suns and saved the world. ____44____ (reward) his bravery, the Queen Mother gave him an elixir (长生不老药). Chang’e, Houyi’ s wife, drank the elixir by accident and became immortal (永生的). ______45______ immortals cannot remain in a man’s world, she had to leave the earth, flew to the moon and could only watch the human world from afar. Each year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people gather under the full moon to celebrate her everlasting beauty and grace.
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 10月16日是世界粮食日(World Food Day), 你校为了提高学生珍惜粮食的意识举办了一系列活动。假定你是校英语报的记者，请你为校英语报写一篇活动报道。内容要点包括：
1. 活动过程;
2. 活动反响。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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第二节 (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。
“Not again!” Aliya shouted angrily, looking at the marks she had attained in her maths test.
It seemed as if failing in the math test had become a part and parcel of her life. Despite her efforts, she had been unable to perform well. Tears in her eyes, she quickly shoved (乱塞) the paper into her bag before any classmate could make a rude comment on her.
Effortlessly, using the back of her palm, she was wiping the tears when her teacher Mrs Leena noticed her. She came to Aliya’s desk and, in a soft voice, asked her to see her during the break time.
Wondering what it could be, Aliya waited impatiently for lunchtime. Finally, when the bell rang, she made her way to Mrs Leena. As soon as she saw Aliya, she gestured for her to sit on the empty chair beside her.
She carefully studied her face, cleared her throat with a bright smile and said, “You seem to be anxious. I think I know what’s bothering you. If you allow me I think together we may come up with a good solution.”
With a puzzled look, she said, “Well ma’am, you know I have been struggling in maths since the beginning of the term. It seems as if no matter how hard I work, I am unable to get the desired result. I feel so upset,” she said sadly.
“You need not be so gloomy,” encouraged Mrs Leena. “With these three key ingredients: hard work, determination and resilience (韧性), you will move ahead and succeed. It’s always the first step that’s difficult, but once you decide not to look back and not give up, you will be successful, my e on, gather yourself and let’s work on it together.”
From that day onwards, Aliya worked hard, religiously following her teacher’s advice. By the time the final exams drew close, she had thoroughly revised her math book and well-prepared.
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。
On the exam day, a fear of failure upset her stomach.
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She passed her math exam with an unbelievable A grade on her report card.
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答案
(考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分)
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。
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 will the woman do for the man
A. Teach him cleaning skills.
B. Find him a new apartment.
C. Help him clean his apartment.
2. Why does the woman want the man to sign the form
A. To join a club.
B. To organize a charity event.
C. To go on a trip to the theater.
3. When was the show due to start
A. At 8:00 p. m. B. At 9:00 p. m. C. At 11:00 p. m.
4. How many courses did Helen take last term
A. Two. B. Four. C. Six.
5. What makes the man in good shape
A. Regular exercise. B. A healthy eating habit.
C. A strict plan for running.
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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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至7题。
6. How does the man like the workers
A. They’re helpful. B. They are easy to please.
C. They are romantic.
7. Where will the candle-lit dinner be held
A. On a boat. B. At the riverside. C. On a bus.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. Outside a cinema. B. At home. C. In a cinema.
9. What is the film adapted from
A. A magazine. B. A book. C. A report.
10. What does the woman think of the director
A. He is good at directing a film.
B. He is good at improving a story.
C. He should have tried to follow the story.
听第8段材料，回答第11 至 13题。
11. Who is answering the call
A. Anne. B. Jean. C. Mary.
12. What is the telephone call about
A. Attending a discussion meeting.
B. Finishing an experiment report.
C. Getting a job in the chemistry department.
13. What is the relationship between the speakers
A. Classmates. B. Strangers. C. Good friends.
听第9段材料，回答第14至 17题。
14. What effect did the flood cause
A. Many buildings fell down.
B. The loss was a million dollars.
C. Mass lands were destroyed.
15. Which floor did the man live on
A. The fifteenth floor. B. The nineteenth floor.
C. The twentieth floor.
16. How did the man feel about the earthquake
A. Disappointed. B. Annoyed. C. Frightened.
17. Who gave the man a beautiful painting
A. His Chinese secretary. B. His Chinese friend.
C. His Thailand friend.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the man talking about
A. How to read fast.
B. How to reduce noise.
C. How to create a good reading environment.
19. What is the most important when you are reading
A. The light and quietness. B. The table.
C. The chair.
20. What should you do before you start reading at home
A. Turn down the television.
B. Listen to the radio or watch TV.
C. Tell other people in the house not to disturb.
听力答案 略
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Call for Papers: SSIT Student Essay Contest
Contest Overview
Are you an undergraduate student who is interested in the social implications (可能的影响) of technology Would you like to share your ideas with a broader audience and win cash prizes Then the IEEE Society on Social Implications Technology (SSIT) Student Essay Contest is for you!
The contest is a global initiative launched by the SSIT Student Activities Committees and run as a part of the Society’ s flagship (旗舰) conference, the International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS).
Essay Topics
The 2022 SSIT Student Essay Contest invites submissions on the following THREE topics. One winner and one runner-up (亚军) will be selected from submissions to EACH category. You may write on ONE topic:
Topic 1: Public Health, Digital Surveillance (监控), and Privacy
Topic 2: (Mis) Information, and Social Media
Topic 3: YOUR Taking on “Technological Management and Responsible Innovation”
Submission Guidelines.
●Essays must be 1,000~1,500 words.
●Essays must be submitted through the Easy Chair portal (门户网站) as PDFs.
●Please note that although the Easy Chair portal provides the option for multiple authors, the Student Essay Contest will only accept single-author submissions.
●As of August 31,2022, the submission deadline has been extended to September 14.
Awards
●Awardees will be announced on October 15,2022.
●For each of the three categories mentioned above:
※ The winning entry will receive a prize of $120.
※ The runner-up will receive a prize of $80.
●Both winners and runners-up will receive the following additional benefits:
※ Publication of their essays on the SSIT, ISTAS, and ETHICS-2022 websites;
※ Free attendance at the ISTAS conference.
1. What should the entry focus on
A. Campus culture. B. Social science.
C. Technology. D. Economy.
2. What is required of the entry
A. It should be no more than 1,000 words.
B. It must be submitted before August 31.
C. It should be written by one person.
D. It must be submitted in person.
3. How much money has been prepared for the awardees in total
A. $200. B. $240. C. $360. D. $600.
【答案】1. C 2. C 3. D
B
When I was nine, my best friend nearly choked to death on a gobstopper, a type of hard candy. After several attempts, she coughed up the candy. I haven’t had a gobstopper since and I have carried with me a fear of seeing that scene again. Sadly, as I discovered this week, lightning can strike twice.
I was getting off a tube train in London when I noticed a woman coughing. I slowed down, watching her carefully. I had learned that coughing is rarely a sign that something is terribly wrong. Suddenly, the woman stopped coughing, her eyes widened and she bent over.
When I went over to ask if she was OK, she looked up at me, panicked, and pointed to her back. I started hitting her back and screaming for help. Despite having watched a few videos, I was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to correctly perform the Heimlich, a first-aid method, and that I would have to walk away with guilt for her death. But it was just the two of us, alone at an underground station; if I didn’t try to help, no one would. Thankfully, much like with my friend, after a few sharp hits, whatever had been stuck in her throat came loose. She thanked me, almost embarrassed, and walked up to the lift. I followed behind her, shaking, with tears in my eyes.
By the time we reached the lift, we had both calmed down. She took my hands and thanked me again, before disappearing. She might have been fine without my hurried hits on her back—I may not have actually saved her life—but at least she knew that someone, a virtual stranger whom she would never see again, cared.
This experience also taught me about the bystander effect, where people assume that others will help, leading to inaction. I get it: the fear of making things worse, especially if you have no medical training, is real. Research suggests that when a “medically competent” person is assumed to be available during an emergency, direct help from others is far less likely to occur. Sometimes, though, regardless of who else could be nearby, it may be useful to get involved. So it was with the coughing woman on the tube.
4. How did the friend’s choking incident affect the author
A. She lived with a sense of guilt.
B. She realized the importance of first aid.
C. She deepened her understanding of the bystander effect.
D. She developed a fear of witnessing similar events.
5. What did the author do to help the woman on the tube
A. She relieved the woman’s coughing.
B. She walked the woman up to the lift.
C. She performed first aid by hitting the woman’s back.
D. She found a “medically competent” person for her.
6. Which situation can be described as the bystander effect
A. You volunteered to help an old man carrying a heavy bag.
B. You asked your brother who is a doctor to save a dying woman.
C. You walked away after the rescue men asked you to leave the scene .
D You avoided involvement when seeing an injured lady on the road.
7. What can we learn from this passage
A. A good turn deserves another. B. Every cloud has a silver lining.
C. Action speaks louder than inaction. D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
【答案】4. D 5. C 6. D 7. C
C
You might text your friend a white lie to get out of going to dinner, exaggerate your height on a CV online to appear more attractive or invent an excuse for your boss over email to save face.
Social psychologists have long wondered where people tend to lie the most — that is, in person or through some other communication medium. A 2004 study was among the first to investigate the connection between deception (欺骗) rates and technology. Jeff Hancock’s team had 28 students report the number of social interactions they had through face-to-face communication, the phone, instant messaging and email over seven days. Students also reported the number of times they lied in each social interaction.
The results suggested people told the most lies on the phone and the fewest through email, which is broadly in line with a “feature-based model”. According to the model, specific aspects of a technology — whether people can communicate back and forth smoothly, whether the messages are fleeting and whether communicators are distant — predict where people tend to lie the most.
When Hancock conducted his study, few students had a Facebook account. The iPhone was in its early stage. What would his results look like nearly 20 years later
In a new study, I recruited (招募) 250 people and studied interactions from more forms of technology. The participants recorded their social interactions and number of interactions with a lie over seven days, across face-to-face communication, social media, the phone, texting, video chat and email. The results show people seem to lie according to the “feature-based model”.
There are several possible explanations for these results. Phone and video chat, for example, might make deception less costly to a social relationship if caught. Deception rates might also differ across technology because people use some forms of technology for certain social relationships. For example, people might only email their colleagues (同事), while video chat might be a better fit for more personal relationships.
People often believe just because we use technology to interact, honesty is harder to come by. Not only is this perception (看法) misguided, but it is also unsupported by enough evidence. The belief that lying is common in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.
8. What does the author intend to do in the first paragraph
A. Reveal the tendency of people to tell lies on social media.
B. Introduce the topic of technology’s role in people’s telling lies.
C. Demonstrate the increasing popularity of social media.
D. Illustrate people’s ways of social interactions.
9. What do the studies by Hancock and the author have in common
A. Their participants were all students.
B. They both aimed to reduce deception rates.
C. Their results were both consistent with a certain model.
D. They analyzed the same kind of social relationships.
10. What can be inferred from paragraph 6
A. Social media users tend to lie more.
B. Close people are more likely to lie to each other.
C. Lying can greatly influence friendships.
D. Deception rates can be reduced by using technology.
11. What does the author think of people lying in social interactions
A. It is unacceptable among friends.
B. It worsens interpersonal relationships.
C. It doesn’t happen as frequently as expected.
D. It is in line with advances in technology
【答案】8 B 9. C 10. B 11. C
D
After tracking flowers on a prairie (草原) in Minnesota for 21 years, scientists reported that the plants reproduce more successfully in the year following a carefully controlled burn. Understanding the relationship between prairie plants and fire is important for preserving this ecosystem which is becoming rapidly smaller, says Stuart Wagenius, a conservation scientist.
Fire provides an additional advantage for the narrow-leaved purple coneflower (紫锥花), as Wagenius and his colleagues say. To really bloom (开花), they need a little help: Enter the fire. Between 1996 and 2016, Wagenius says his team tracked nearly 8,000 purple coneflowers on the Staffanson Prairie Preserve. In 9 of those years, they conducted controlled burns over 400 times. “In the summer after a burn, many more plants flower,” Wagenius says. “It is just a huge flowering festival.”
Purple coneflowers and many other prairie plants were previously known to bloom energetically after fires. However, the researchers said that fire also stimulated purple coneflowers to bloom at the same time in the summer after a burn. This meant that instead of being unconnected, the purple coneflowers were surrounded by potential mates and went on to produce nearly double the number of seeds compared with other years. Wagenius says it’s not yet clear exactly how fires signal the flowers to get busy.
The new findings may help the people who manage prairies to better understand the different ways that fire affects the plants growing in these habitats, said Kathryn Yurkonis, a grassland ecologist who was not involved in the research. However, Yurkonis added, it remains to be shown how the fires influence the purple coneflower population. “This paper implies that making more seeds would mean more seeds would land on the soil and enter the population of plants — but they don’t actually examine that step,” she said. “I’d be curious to see whether this actually translates to more purple coneflowers.”
12. What is the basis for the research
A. Prairies are easy to disappear. B. Plants on a prairie are diverse.
C. Fire relates positively to prairie plants. D. Without fire, flowers won’t bloom.
13. What does the author intend to convey with figures cited in paragraph two
A. Wagenius’s team was committed indeed.
B. Samples of flowers were rich in number.
C. Time spent on the research was long.
D. The findings were relatively convincing.
14. What is paragraph 3 mainly about
A. The result of plants being unconnected.
B. The influence of fires on prairie plants.
C. The process of prairie plants’ growing after fires.
D. The reason for plants’ blooming at the same time.
15. What is Kathryn Yurkonis’s attitude to the research finding
A. Uninterested. B. Prejudiced. C. Objective. D. Opposed.
【答案】12. C 13. D 14. B 15. C
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。
We humans are comparison creatures. ____16____ This quality may have evolved as a means of helping us fit into the social hierarchy (等级) of the cultures we inhabited. Regardless of the reasons, social comparison plays a significant role in how we view and evaluate ourselves, and how we interact with our world.
It used to be that our primary reference of comparison was our local communities, primarily neighbors and co-workers. Because we tend to gather around those similar to ourselves in terms of educational level, work income, and shared interests, the range of differences when we compared ourselves to others was fairly small. Unfortunately, with the emergence of the Internet, we can now compare ourselves to literally anyone in the world. ____17____ What had in previous generations been a small gap in our comparisons has now become so large and unattainable.
____18____ When so many people that are easily discoverable on the Internet seem to be so successful. famous, influential and beautiful, given our preference to compare, it is difficult not to have it influence how we view ourselves. Sadly, these comparisons usually result in our feeling inadequate and “less than”.
These harmful comparisons also damage our emotional lives. When we feel lacking, we experience a variety of unpleasant and unhealthy emotions. We feel jealousy and envy for what others have and what we lack. ____19____
It’s one thing to realize that you compare yourself to others. It’s another thing to recognize that social comparison is often corrosive (逐步侵蚀的) to you in so many ways psychologically and emotionally. It’s an entirely other thing to stop yourself from comparing yourself to others. ____20____
A. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people.
B. Yet it is possible, and it is worth the effort for your mental health.
C. Thus, we are now exposed to groups that are quite different from us.
D. We believe that there is something wrong with us compared to others.
E. We can even feel bitterness and anger at others for the unfairness of it all.
F. Comparing ourselves to others has the potential to increase our life experience.
G. This new level of comparison has huge implications for our psychological lives.
【答案】16. A 17. C 18. G 19. E 20. B
第三部分 语言运用 (共两节，满分30分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I lived at home while I went to college, and I appreciated the extra time with my family. I ____21____ my mom’s wisdom and I actually took her advice! One day particularly ____22____ for me, a day when a simple piece of advice became a (n) ____23____ lesson.
I don’t remember what I was upset about, but I remember ____24____ that I was talking on the kitchen phone to someone. Mom was busy as usual with household tasks and she wasn’t one to interfere. But for some reason she ____25____ as the call went on that my mood was not ____26____. Suddenly she stood before me with a tiny piece of paper. She handed it to me with a smile and then ____27____.
I ____28____ the tiny paper. It read: “Be Nice” and had a smiley face drawing.
I ____29____ my mother’s advice. From that point I took a _____30_____ tone. By the conclusion of the conversation the tension I had felt was _____31_____. All was at peace.
For many years that piece of paper has been serving as a constant _____32_____. Today, whenever I feel stressed or impatient in the presence of a(n) _____33_____ person, I visualize my mom handing me that piece of paper and I act _____34_____. Who would have ever guessed the timeless _____35_____ of two little words and a smiley face on a simple little piece of paper
21. A. envied B. shared C. questioned D. respected
22. A. came out B. stood out C. turned out D. broke out
23. A. painful B. basic C. lifelong D. interesting
24. A. vividly B. actually C. hardly D. especially
25. A. agreed B. wondered C. knew D. admitted
26. A. mentioned B. improved C. reflected D. discovered
27. A. left B. returned C. escaped D. wandered
28. A. turned up B. folded up C. picked up D. looked at
29. A. followed B. ignored C. supported D. wanted
30. A. serious B. higher C. natural D. friendlier
31. A. eased B. changed C. figured D. expressed
32. A. pressure B. reminder C. force D. presence
33. A. encouraging B. warm-hearted C. challenging D. open-minded
34. A. accordingly B. gradually C. bravely D. causally
35. A. memory B. value C. fun D. art
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. D 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. B
第二节 (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。
Enjoying the beauty of the full moon on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival has been a long-standing tradition Chinese custom for centuries. The West Lake “Three Pools Mirroring the Moon” in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, is a tourist hot spot ____36____ the dazzling beauty of a full moon is appreciated to your heart’s content.
There are three hollow stone towers ____37____ the center of the West Lake. On the night, the lights in the tower reflect 15 “moons” across the surface of the water around the towers. The true moon and its ____38____ (reflect) counterparts (对应物) are difficult to distinguish, ____39____ (give) rise to the name “Three Pools Mirroring the Moon”. The Chinese loved the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival so much ____40____ even printed the picture of the “Three Pools Mirroring the Moon” on the back of one yuan note.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is associated with fascinating stories that have been passed down through generations. Legend has ____41____ that, in ancient times, hanging high in the sky ____42____ (be) ten suns at the same time. The hot temperature and the strong ____43____ (expose) made people’s lives a misery. A hero named Houyi shot down nine suns and saved the world. ____44____ (reward) his bravery, the Queen Mother gave him an elixir (长生不老药). Chang’e, Houyi’ s wife, drank the elixir by accident and became immortal (永生的). ______45______ immortals cannot remain in a man’s world, she had to leave the earth, flew to the moon and could only watch the human world from afar. Each year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people gather under the full moon to celebrate her everlasting beauty and grace.
【答案】36. where
37 in 38. reflected
39. giving 40. and
41. it 42. were
43. exposure
44. To reward
45. Since
第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (满分15分)
46. 10月16日是世界粮食日(World Food Day), 你校为了提高学生珍惜粮食的意识举办了一系列活动。假定你是校英语报的记者，请你为校英语报写一篇活动报道。内容要点包括：
1. 活动过程;
2. 活动反响。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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【答案】Possible version 1:
Recently, in honor of World Food Day, our school organized an impactful event to arouse the public’s awareness of food crisis.
To emphasize the global food security issues, the event began with insightful speeches from some distinguished guests. At the same time, a captivating exhibition vividly illustrated global food challenges. Everyone present was spurred by the powerful visualizations. The highlight of the event was a fundraising ceremony to support a local charity.
Needless to say, the activity was significant. It served as a powerful reminder of the collective duty we bear in addressing global food challenges, fostering a sense of commitment among participants.
Possible version 2:
In celebration of World Food Day on October 16th, our school organized a series of activities to promote awareness about the importance of cherishing food resources.
The day kicked off with an assembly where students learned about global food challenges and the need to reduce food waste. Following this, engaging workshops encouraged discussion son sustainable eating habits and how individual choices impact the environment. In the cafeteria, a campaign focused on food waste awareness was launched. Students were urged to take only what they could eat, and leftovers were collected for donation to local charities.
The response to the activities was overwhelmingly positive. They effectively raised awareness about the importance of cherishing our food resources. The hope is that these lessons will drive lasting changes in behavior and a sense of responsibility to ward global food security.
第二节 (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。
“Not again!” Aliya shouted angrily, looking at the marks she had attained in her maths test.
It seemed as if failing in the math test had become a part and parcel of her life. Despite her efforts, she had been unable to perform well. Tears in her eyes, she quickly shoved (乱塞) the paper into her bag before any classmate could make a rude comment on her.
Effortlessly, using the back of her palm, she was wiping the tears when her teacher Mrs Leena noticed her. She came to Aliya’s desk and, in a soft voice, asked her to see her during the break time.
Wondering what it could be, Aliya waited impatiently for lunchtime. Finally, when the bell rang, she made her way to Mrs Leena. As soon as she saw Aliya, she gestured for her to sit on the empty chair beside her.
She carefully studied her face, cleared her throat with a bright smile and said, “You seem to be anxious. I think I know what’s bothering you. If you allow me I think together we may come up with a good solution.”
With a puzzled look, she said, “Well ma’am, you know I have been struggling in maths since the beginning of the term. It seems as if no matter how hard I work, I am unable to get the desired result. I feel so upset,” she said sadly.
“You need not be so gloomy,” encouraged Mrs Leena. “With these three key ingredients: hard work, determination and resilience (韧性), you will move ahead and succeed. It’s always the first step that’s difficult, but once you decide not to look back and not give up, you will be successful, my e on, gather yourself and let’s work on it together.”
From that day onwards, Aliya worked hard, religiously following her teacher’s advice. By the time the final exams drew close, she had thoroughly revised her math book and well-prepared.
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。
On the exam day, a fear of failure upset her stomach.
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She passed her math exam with an unbelievable A grade on her report card.
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【答案】On the exam day, a fear of failure upset her stomach. Aliya's heart raced as she sat down in front of the desk. She took a deep breath, trying to recall the encouragement from Mrs. Leena. As she began the test, the questions seemed difficult at first, but she pushed through, step by step, using the strategies she had learned. With each question she completed, her confidence grew. By the end of the exam, Aliya felt a sense of accomplishment, not because she was sure she had aced it, but because she had faced her fears and given it her all.
She passed her math exam with an unbelievable A grade on her report card. The moment she saw the grade, tears of joy welled up in her eyes. It wasn't just a grade. It was a testament to her hard work, her teacher's unwavering support, and the resilience she had found within herself. Aliya left the room with her head held high, no longer the student who dreaded math, but a young woman who had conquered her fears and believed in her abilities.