1、海淀区 20232024学年第二学期期末练习2024.05高三英语本试卷共10页，100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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。Movement is our first language; I believe were born to dance. Ive always had a special liking for dance, an
2、d my job.I got great 1 working in the therapeutic （治疗的） world; it felt more like a calling. I enjoyed every moment; my purpose and mission 2 me. My highlights are when Ive witnessed once dull and hopeless eyes light up when the person felt seen, heard, and accepted.Then, ill health struck. As my hea
3、lth declined progressively, I had to stop doing what I loved. 3 , all I had was being able to facilitate the occasional workshop when opportunity and energyaligned（一致）. Chronic fatigue syndrome（慢性疲劳综合症） is a merciless beast.In 2020, the unimaginable happened. In addition to soul-destroying feeling o
4、f being 4 , I began experiencing frequent vocal challenges of varying degrees. I could no longer accept facilitation invitations because my 5 was now unreliable. I grieved, feeling like I was being swallowed by a damp, dark fog.After an extended period of being in self-pity, I 6 my thinking. I have
5、internal value. My value or identity is not 7 by what I can or cannot do. Regarding my health journey, in time, I 8 this: it is what it is. For this season, this is my path.So, I started dancing again. Life is full of surprises, pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral, yet what matters is how we 9 to thos
6、e surprises. Despite ongoing voice loss and health challenges, I found new ways to make a difference.You and I may not be able to choose the 10 life plays for us; however, we do get to choose how we will dance to it. May we dance with strength, courage, and grace.1. A. fame B. surprise C. pleasure D
7、. inspiration2. A. fuelled B. attracted C. instructed D. calmed3. A. Simply B. Particularly C. Eventually D. Apparently4. A. tired B. annoyed C. disappointed D. injured5. A. mind B. sight C. sense D. voice6. A. discovered B. adjusted C. abandoned D. controlled7. A. ignored B. selected C. defined D.
8、assisted8. A. accepted B. recalled C. questioned D. expected9. A. refer B. appeal C. turn D. respond10. A. role B. music C. joke D. game第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。请在答题卡指定区域作答。ANathen 11 (cycle) along a remote road when he came across an aban
9、doned kitten. Moved by her sad eyes and pitiful meowing, Nathen decided to adopt her and named her Milo. Together, they experienced kindness, 12 (visit) charities, and rescued animals, forming an unbreakable bond. Milo, especially liked going to the railway station near their home during rush hour,
10、13 commuting（通勤） was challenging for most people. Often 14 (find) sitting on a ticket gate, Milo greeted commuters and brought smiles to all she encountered, making the spring morning a little brighter.BResearch suggests a connection between deforestation, 15 (result) in poorer air quality, and incr
11、eased rates of depression and anxiety . It has been revealed that countries with more forested land tend to see 16 (few) cases of mental health disorders. In the 1980s, forest bathing was introduced as a therapeutic practice centered around trees to enhance the psychological benefits of outdoor expe
12、riences. Up till now, this practice 17 (use) for treating patients.CMany of our actions are initiated by emotion. Challenging situations will arise in our lives and _18_ we handle these situations is a mark of how mature and independent we are. Keeping our emotions _19_ dominating our lives is essen
13、tial because stable emotion brings a sense of contentment and calm. Luckily, there are many _20_ (help) techniques to control our emotions, such as meditation, yoga, and breathing exercises.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，38分）第一节 （共14小题；每小题2分，共28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。AUN FAO World Food Day Po
14、ster Contest applications are now being accepted. Try to picture a future where everyone has access to food and water. What comes to mind? You may help create a sustainable future by taking appropriate action. Create a poster showing your water action for food as part of the World Food Day Poster Co
15、ntest to showcase your artistic talent.Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency that leads international efforts to end hunger, promote nutrition, and ensure food security.Procedure and BenefitsFill out the form on our
16、 website, take a picture of or scan your submission, and submit it on line. The screening committee will choose 15 posters from each category for the first round (a total of 60 posters from 4 age categories), and those chosen will be notified in December 2024. A certificate for this accomplishment w
17、ill be given to the shortlisted individuals. Winners will be highlighted on the FAO social media channels and by regional FAO offices.Our judges will choose three winners in each age group, and they will be revealed in December. The winners will also get a diploma and a surprise gift package, as wel
18、l as promotion from FAO offices throughout the world.Entry RequirementsThe entry period will open on June 1,2024, and end on November 3,2024.Per individual, only one entry may be submitted.Poster entries may be painted, sketched, or drawn using oil or watercolor paint as well as mixed media, pens, p
19、encils, crayons, or charcoal. Artwork produced digitally is also acceptable. No photos are permitted.Text may or may not be included in poster entries. Use of text is limited to no more than 25 words.Never mention private information such as names, schools, ages, etc.Please do not send in physical p
20、osters; only digital files saved as JPEGs will be allowed.21. By taking part in the contest, participants can _.A. show their cooking talent B. contribute to food sustainabilityC. raise their nutritional awareness D. have more access to food and water22. The final winners of the contest will be _.A.
21、 be promoted globally B. informed before DecemberC. invited to regional FAO offices D. decided by FAO after three rounds23. Which of the following posters meets the entry requirements?A. B. C. D. BWhen I was named CEO of a global company in 2006, I was determined to run the company so that it would
22、both deliver good short-term performance and thrive in the long term, years after I was gone. It was already in good shape, but I dreamed of creating a defining corporation of the 21st century, proud of its root, yet global and responsible in the shifting times.For months, I quietly read all I could
23、 about the big societal trends influencing business. I walked the market, and examined employees feedback. I also dug deep into the obligations of public corporations. From all of this emerged a vision for the company that guided us for the next dozen years or so. I called it Performance with Purpos
24、e. The goal was to deliver great financial returns, as we always had, with three additional clear objects: to nourish humanity and the communities, to protect our environment and to cherish our people.My motivation was wholly to future proof, or de-risk. And it worked. In my 12 years as CEO, total s
25、hareholder return was 149%, and net profit jumped 80%. We cut the salt, fat, and sugar in soda and chips, added more healthful brands and products, and lowered the amount of water needed. We kept innovation going and our design studios won many awards. Our talent academy was so brilliant that nine s
26、enior managers left to take CEO jobs elsewhere.I believe that leaders must think from the future back, even when things are going fine. And we now have a framework to help: the evolving templates（模板） for environmental, social, and governance metrics(ESG衡量标准） that, in essence, serve to de-risk compan
27、ies and markets. These criteria force discussion of hard truths for anyone with the ambition to stay relevant in the long term. If the metrics are carefully selected, ESG is not contrary to investors interests. Importantly, de-risking the company actually creates shareholder value.Performance with P
28、urpose presented tough moments for me, including when one investor questioned, Who do you think you are? A philanthropist（慈善家）? But skepticism faded when a collective mission took hold that included both the bottom line and much beyond. This was my hope from the start.24. The authors new vision for
29、the company came from _.A. its unique cultural root B. her thorough researchC. customers fundamental needs D. shareholdersstrong requirements25. According to Performance with Purpose, an ideal company should _A. shift its strategies properly B. value employees feedbackC. shoulder social responsibili
30、ty D. prioritize financial returns26. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The risks a company may face. B. The authors ambition to create value.C. The interests investors seek after. D. The authors recipe for successful business.27. As CEO, the author can be best described as _.A. inspiring and warm
31、-hearted B. determined and far-sightedC. ambitious and generous D. modest and strategicCThe idea that aging reduces adults ability to imagine, a common theme in childrens literature, is contradicted by psychological research. While children are often portrayed as more imaginative, research indicates
32、 that adults not only keep this ability but sometimes surpass children in imaginative thinking.Children are frequently celebrated for boundless imagination. Yet, research reveals that their make-believe games often center around realistic scenarios, such as cooking and cleaning, as demonstrated in a
33、 2020 study published in Journal of Cognition and Development. Another study, lasting for four decades, also suggests that children are not naturally more imaginative than adults; their limitations result from a lack of knowledge and expertise to effectively use their imaginative capacity as adults.
34、Imagination may have evolved for considering alternatives to reality, but we use it most naturally to explore close alternatives, like preparing a different meal, rather than far alternatives, like riding on clouds. When we use imagination to envision far alternativesto innovate or inventwere not di
35、gging into an inborn appreciation of the extraordinary; were using a tool designed to explore the ordinary. When considering alternatives to reality, we fix our attention on possibilities that are physically reasonable, statistically probable, socially conventional and morally permissible. When told
36、 about possibilities that violate such regularities, we usually deny they could happen. Generally speaking, our ideas about what could happen are firmly rooted in what we expect to happen.This mindset is also particularly apparent in young children. In a 2018 study I co-designed with psychologist Jo
37、nathan Phillips, 4-year-olds were asked to help a distressed girl who disliked going to school due to missing her mother. Among all the solutions given, they perceived the only possible solution was for her mother to do something special after school to ease her concerns. Unexpected alternatives, su
38、ch as snapping fingers and making it Saturday, wearing pajamas to school or lying about school being closed, were all regarded impossible. From this, we can conclude that childrens earliest intuitions（直觉力） about possibility confuse what could happen with what should happen.Historically, the improbab
39、le event of traveling faster than a horse was considered impossible, as was traveling by air or traveling into space. Before the arrival of trains and planes, there were good reasons to think that people could travel only so far and only so fast. But these reasons were empirical（经验主义的）, not logical.
40、 Imagination, on its own, lumps the improbable with the impossible, but we can combine imagination with other abilitiesnamely, knowledge and reflectionto separate the two. While imagination in children often subjects to expectation, adults can control their imaginative capacity for innovation by int
41、egrating it with accumulated knowledge and reflective thinking.28. According to the first two paragraphs, we know that _.A. children develop imagination through gamesB. children face limitations in acquiring knowledgeC. adults are as good as children in imaginative thinkingD. adults imaginative abil
42、ity is likely to stay constant with age29. We can infer from the passage that _.A. expectation results from imaginative capacityB. certain practical concerns can limit imaginationC. breaking regularities may lead to close alternativesD. far alternatives are more important than close alternatives30.
43、The 2018 study shows that children _.A. came up with a wide range of alternatives B. were quicker to figure out solutionsC. took what should happen as possibilities D. used imagination in a reasonable way31. The underlined word lump in the last paragraph probably means _.A. mix B. match C. compare D
44、. replaceDWe are a social animal. Indeed, it is our socialitysuch as the ability to make sense of each other, to communicate, to work cooperatively and, finally, to create culturethat marks us off from other animal species.But then why are we everywhere striving to increase our isolation and limit o
45、ur contact with others? As musician David Byrne argues in an essay published last month, it is a striking fact about the new technologies that have so come to shape our lives, that they have precisely this effect: they limit our need for human contact. Online shopping? Check. Automated checkout? Che
46、ck. Ride hail apps? Check.Efficiency is the key. We purchase efficiency by limiting the human aspect, known as autonomous operation. This is perhaps even more pronounced with new technologies on the horizon. Take the MOOC, the teacher-less virtual classroom. As Byrne notes, this is meant to deliver
47、the values of a learning environment without, well, without the environmentyou get to stay at homeno teacher, but also, no fellow students.Byrne isnt claiming we are consciously choosing to isolate ourselves. We shop online because it is convenient. The absence of contact with others is a side-effec
48、t. Maybe even an unavoidable one, as one of the things that makes online shopping so easy is precisely the absence of contact with other people.But Brynes thought is that whatever our intention, the tendency of our tech to isolate us may be a feature, not a bug. His hypothesis is that we actually, at some level, crave（渴望） the increased isolationand we are actually making technologies to satisfy impulses that, in
