1、2024届高三年级暑期质量调研英语试卷命题人 审题人 第一部分：听力第一节 (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5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 man do next? A. Finish his drink.B. Prepare for the party. C. Talk with the woman. 2. Where is Mr. Davies now? A. At home.B
2、. In his office. C. On his way to office. 3. Why does the girl feel worried? A. She failed the exam. B. She didnt achieve her goal. C. Her mother will punish her. 4. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a library.B. In a classroom. C. In a bookstore. 5. What are the speakers m
3、ainly talking about? A. High labor costs in America. B. A way of life in America. C. Living conditions in America. 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、7 题。 6. What are t
4、he speakers talking about? A. Whether to have lunch. B. What to have for lunch. C. Where to have lunch. 7. What do we know about the man? A. He prefers expensive restaurants. B. He wants to eat fast food today. C. His neighborhood is a bit far from the market. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. Why does the man
5、 like traveling by train? A. He thinks it is safe. B. He can meet different people. C. He can enjoy the scene outside. 9. What does the woman dislike about traveling by train? A. The noise.B. The speed.C. The platform. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Bos
6、s and secretary.B. Husband and wife.C. Guide and tourist. 11. How long is the speakers trip? A. Two days.B. Five days.C. Seven days. 12. What will the speakers visit tomorrow? A. A museum.B. A church.C. A tower. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the man probably? A. A host.B. A pianist.C. A report
7、er. 14. How much does the ticket for the jazz performance cost on Thursday night? A. 8.B. 10.C. 12. 15. When will the heavy metal kings Megablitz perform? A. On Thursday.B. On Friday.C. On Saturday. 16. Where will the new seventies soul night be held? A. At the Jazz Cafe.B. At the Sound Club. C. At
8、the Queens Hall. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. When did the consultants do the survey? A. Several months ago. B. Several weeks ago. C. Several days ago. 18. What was the companys score for friendliness as a whole? A. 8 out of 10. B. 7 out of 10. C. 6 out of 10. 19. How did the consultants suggest the
9、 company improve their friendliness? A. By using classic music. B. By answering the calls cheerfully.C. By using some good phrases on the phone. 20. What did the company staff do well in? A. How quickly they answered the calls. B. How efficiently they dealt with inquiries. C. How exactly they rememb
10、ered the callers names. 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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 ASearching the OEDHow to use the quick searchThe quick search bar can be found on the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) homepage and at the top of every entry page, and finds main dictionary en
11、tries, such as alphabet, break, xylophone. It also finds phrases and compounds listed within main entries, such as to look up an alphabet book, and different forms of spellings such as dictionaries.Wildcard searchesA wildcard is a symbol which stands for any character. The question mark ? represents
12、 the occurrence of any one single character, and the asterisk * represents the occurrence of any number of characters (or no character at all) . Wildcards are useful if you do not know how to spell a word, or if you want to find several terms beginning with the same root.How to use the advanced sear
13、chAn advanced search is a full search of the entire dictionary text which is for readers who have logged in or subscribed to the dictionary. Advanced search can be especially useful for very specific searches. You can use the search area functionality to search by each section of an entry. You can a
14、lso use filters to narrow your search to match certain criteria.Browsing by categoriesCategories allow you to explore the dictionary through groupings of words in, for instance, a subject or from a particular origin. If you want to find all the Carribbean borrowings in English, or find the first wor
15、d related to espionage to enter the dictionary, this is the function for you.Further explore your search by using the options that appear on the right-hand side of the results page.21. What will you use if you are not sure of the spelling of a word?A. The quick search.B. Browsing by categories.C. Th
16、e advanced search.D. Wildcard searches.22. Whats the requirement of using the advanced search?A. Registering for the dictionary.B. Matching certain criteria.C. Searching with specific words.D. Searching with purpose.23. Where is this text probably taken from?A. A dictionary.B. A website.C. A brochur
17、e. D. A textbook.B Paul OSullivan lounged around his Baltimore apartment one evening in 2014, feeling bored. So, like many others, he logged on to Facebook to find out just how many others on the social network shared his name. Moments later, dozens of name twins from around the world filled his scr
18、een. On a whim, he decided to send friend requests to them all. Many of his fellow Paul OSullivans ignored him, but a few felt too curious to pass up his invitation. As Baltimore Paul scrolled through the other Paul OSullivans profiles, he noticed something four of them had in common: They were all
19、musicians. Like Baltimore Paul, Rotterdam Paul sang and played guitar. Another Paul in Manchester, England, played bass. And Paul from Pennsylvania was a drummer. Baltimore Paul had an idea. Wouldnt it be funny, he asked the other musical Pauls, if they formed a band called The Paul OSullivans? Yes,
20、 they all agreed. Starting a band across multiple time zones proved to be tricky. Shaky Wi-Fi and other technical difficulties meant they were often out of sync. And being even half a second off from one another wrecked their sound. To fix this, they created a sort of musical assembly line. Baltimor
21、e Paul and Rotterdam Paul wrote and recorded a basic track, then e-mailed it to Manchester Paul. “I listen to the song over a few days,” says Manchester Paul, “to get a feel for what bass arrangement seems most appropriate.” Once he recorded a bass track, he e-mailed it back to Baltimore Paul, who t
22、hen built it into the main song. Later, Pennsylvania Paul added the drumbeat. Round and round the track went, with each member adding on his own layer until they achieved the sound they want. The Paul OSullivan Band released its first original song, “Namesake”, in March 2016, which was about long-di
23、stance relationships. And when COVID-19 slowly shut down the world, the Pauls didnt miss a beat. After all, the band had already got the hang of remote work. They used their time during the pandemic to record their first EP. Titled Internet Famous: A Retrospective, it was released last April. “What
24、are the odds,” says Baltimore Paul, “that a random Facebook request would lead not only to new music but to lasting friendships as well?” “Some things are just meant to be.” 24. How can the four Paul OSullivans be distinguished? A. By the place they come from. B. By their e-mail addresses. C. By the
25、 musical styles they like. D. By the musical instruments they play.25. What does “this” refer to in paragraph three? A. The inaccessibility of Wi-Fi. B. Their lack of experience. C. Their being in different time zones. D. The existence of technical barriers. 26.What can we infer from the underlined
26、sentence in paragraph five? A. The band had to pause because of the pandemic. B. They got inspired and composed original songs. C. The band continued to work in spite of the pandemic. D. The whole world was badly destroyed by COVID-19. 27. What can be the best title for the article? A. A Pure Coinci
27、dence B. A Random Facebook Request C. Long-distance FriendshipsD. Banding TogetherCWhen some people hear self-discipline, they think that its boring. They equate a disciplined life to feelings of entrapment. Allow me to tell you a story. On a hot sunny day, Bertha is buzzing by her hive with some ot
28、her bees, just relaxing and having a good time. Suddenly a bear starts to approach her hive for some honey and bee eggs. To save her hive, Bertha stings the bear. But its skin is so thick that once she tries to pull her sting out she dismembers(肢解) herself and dies. The sad part is that Bertha has n
29、o choice. Through years of evolution she has developed a biological reaction to dangersto sting threats. If she had known she would die, she might have flown away and saved her own life. Bees are prisoners of their own biology, but humans can override their biology. Through self-discipline，most peop
30、le have long-term desires for lasting relationships, meaningful careers or healthy bodies but are constantly tempted by short term pleasures, such as junk food or video games. Deep down they really want the life that comes in the long term. Yet they keep giving in to short-term pleasures. The only d
31、ifference is self-discipline. Luckily, humans have the ability to practice self-discipline. It gives us the freedom to achieve what we truly want in life and allow us to break free of the biological or societal cages around us. But its not that simple. Companies are aware of our natural, biological
32、reactions and use this against us by using supernormal stimuli. An example is junk food. Our ancestors were wired to seek out and enjoy fat and salty food because it was so rare at the time. But now companies have genetically engineered food to include more fats and salts than ever before in order t
33、o make us desire it even more. Social media and the Internet as a whole is another form of supernormal stimuli. Humans are biologically wired to seek out novelty. For our ancestors novelty could lead to more knowledge about the world, which could lead to more wisdom that helped us thrive as a specie
34、s. It has its usefulness. However, the Internet has been designed to take advantage of this desire for novelty by showing you more novelty than you can ever dream of. Every page links out more pages. And every video to a video with even more novelty. Video games do the same thing. On the plus side,
35、however, you and I are not like the bee, because we are not caused by our own biology. With self-discipline, we can live the life we truly want. We have the choice to be free. 28. Why is the story of Bertha mentioned in paragraph two? A. To illustrate what evolution is. B. To draw readers attention
36、to self-discipline. C. To arouse readers sympathy for Bertha. D. To offer a perfect example of self-discipline. 29. What does the underlined word “stimuli” in paragraph six most probably mean? A. Something that encourages certain reactions. B. Something that is unhealthy for people to eat. C. Someth
37、ing that does good to our mental health. D. Something that discourages people from taking action. 30. What is the authors attitude towards social media and the Internet? A. Approving. B. Critical. C. Objective. D. Cautious. 31. What makes the author think humans are lucky compared with bees?A. Human
38、s blessing of an advanced biological system. B. Humans desires to live an ideal life. C. Humans eagerness to overcome inborn disadvantages. D. Humans ability to practice self-discipline. DYou dont have to look hard to see that the world is in crisis. The terrible floods in Pakistan have made 33 mill
39、ion people the latest victims of the climate crisis. Meanwhile, in Europe, the skyrocketing cost of gas is causing some in the UK to panic buy wood to heat their homes.These crises, though very different, have a common cause: our reliance on burning fossil fuels. Clearly, we need to make the transit
40、ion to renewable sources of energy and fast. We all know the challenges. If we are to get most of our power from renewables, we must find a way to manage the uncertainty of wind and solar. To popularize green transport, we need more people to buy electric vehicles. In both cases, better batteries ar
41、e crucial.Todays best batteries are made with lithium ions. But supplies of lithium are limited and the mining process can damage the environment. That is why battery researchers are looking beyond lithium towards all manner of alternatives.Quantum batteries are one of the most unusual of these. Lik
42、e quantum computers, these would be made up of qubits that would offer an advantage. The key point is that the more qubits you have, the faster your battery will charge. In theory, a quantum battery made up of 100 qubits could charge 100 times faster than a classical battery of the same capacity.It
43、sounds too good to be true. But earlier this year, researchers showed for the first time that quantum batteries have this advantage in practice. That is a huge step, even if there is no guarantee that the technology can be promoted. Some still argue that practical quantum batteries are a pipe dream.
44、 But batteries that charge in an instant would be transformative, not least in terms of boosting the transition to electric vehicles, which is limited by charging times that can be painfully slow. Given the promise of instant power, quantum batteries should be taken seriously.32. What might be the s
45、hared cause of these crises?A. Our expenses on fossil fuels.B. The terrible natural disasters.C. Our dependence of fossil energy.D. The extreme climate emergency.33. In what aspect do quantum batteries outperform lithium ones?A. Faster charging speed.B. Longer life span.C. Larger capacity.D. Lower p
46、roduction cost.34. What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. A practical idea. B. A brilliant plan. C. A selfish desire. D. A vain hope.35. What is the text mainly about?A. Quantum batteries are worth further research.B. Quantum batteries are bound to be m
47、ade.C. Renewable batteries are greatly in demand.D. Lithium batteries tend to be out of date.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。Fake news spreads faster and more easily today through the internet, social media and instant messaging. 36 , which can harm the p
48、ublic health and add to social disorder and division. Some fake news also contains a mixture of correct information, which makes it difficult to spot what is true and accurate. 37 . They might not have read the full story before sharing or just glanced over it. Before you decide to share, make sure to read stories properly and foll
