1、山东省青岛第二中学2024-2025学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Do you want to boost your ATAR, a rank which indicates the overall achievements of all Year 12 students in Australia, and get a preview of university life? When you join the Deakin Accelerate Program, youll get a head start by completing two fi
2、rst-year university units while youre still a high school student.How Deakin Accelerate Program worksYoull study two first-year university units through the program. If you choose to study and experience university life on campus, youll attend classes and conferences during the day. Or if studying o
3、nline is more accessible for you, complete the program online in your free time at school or after hours when it suits you.No matter how you choose to study, youll benefit from our online learning platform, which allows you to access classes, workshops, resources and more. Whether youre using your d
4、esktop, tablet or mobile, youll have access to course content all year round and get answers in real time.After successfully completing your Accelerate units, youll gain credits which you can put towards a related Deakin university course. Plus, there is no charge for that.Apply to the Deakin Accele
5、rate Program if youre: a high achiever with above-average Year 11 results; looking for an extra challenge in high school;a self-starter who can work independently; keen to make a head start on your university degree.To be qualified for the program, you must: be completing Year 12 in 2024; meet the h
6、igh school subject requirement; attain a minimum average grade of 65% across your subjects.For more information about the Deakin Accelerate Program, you can read our FAQs or get in touch using our online inquiry form. Submit an inquiry.1What is available for participants on the online learning platf
7、orm?AGuidance on using devices.BReal-time response.CHigh school course content.DAn online learning schedule.2What benefit do participants gain from the Deakin Accelerate Program?AEarning credits towards a relevant university course.BReceiving a preview of their ATAR.CCompleting two years university
8、units.DExperiencing different learning styles.3Which is a requirement for the applicants?ASubmitting an inquiry form.BGraduating from university in 2024.CAchieving an average score of at least 65% in all subjects.DHaving started to study for a university degree.Beauty From Their Ashes is a group of
9、mothers and daughters who have dealt with the impact that trauma (挫折) brings. With this experience, their goal is to help others by coming to each person from a place of compassion and empathy (共情).“We have walked this walk,” said Synethia Bland, Marketing Director. “We have already learned how to m
10、anage the challenges that a trauma-impacted mother faces each day. Our goal is to communicate that youre never on this journey alone.”Everyone goes through adversity. This group hopes to communicate to mothers and daughters that they can rise from these trials to reach places of beauty. Bland says t
11、hat by providing guidance, hope, and love, women can hold their faith because empathy and compassion are restored in their lives.“Broken women help other hurting women in realizing their dream and potential,” said Liliana, a certified life coach. Liliana is praised for being a defender of the truth.
12、 “The best teachers come from life,” she said.Liliana ran through her social media, and she saw others in pain: homeless, abused, facing chronic illness. No one gave an encouraging word. No one paid attention, like illness and poverty were a choice. Liliana was overcome with such heart-broken storie
13、s. When Liliana found her faith, she said her journey became more difficult. Turning away women in need was not something she was willing to do, so she poured all her resources into this organization.“You know that in your secret closet, you still have ashes. Just because the world cant see them doe
14、snt mean they dont exist. Some of us just choose not to sit on our hands.”By showing women how they can rise like a phoenix, the ashes dont need to be the end of their stories. It can be the beginning of something new.4What is the mission of Beauty From Their Ashes?ATo help the suffering women.BTo t
15、rain women to be independent.CTo encourage women to face challenges.DTo provide useful suggestions for women.5What does the author stress in paragraph 5?AThe help from social media.BThe situation of the sufferers.CThe trouble Liliana met with.DThe reason why Liliana served the group.6What does the u
16、nderlined phrase “sit on our hands” in paragraph 6 mean?ASit well.BTake action.CTurn a blind eye.DLend a hand.7What key message does the text convey?ALadies can rise from trials.BTrue beauty comes from ashes.CBroken women deserve more concern.DMisfortune can be a new start with help.The streets, sid
17、ewalks and roofs of cities all absorb heat during the day, making some urban areas across the United States up to 6 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than rural ones during the dayand 22 degrees F hotter at night. These “urban heat islands”can also develop underground as the city heat spreads downward, bene
18、ath the surface. And basements, subway tunnels and other underground infrastructure also constantly bleed heat into the surrounding earth, creating hotspots. Now the underground heat is building up as the planet warms.According to a new study of downtown Chicago, underground hotspots may threaten th
19、e very same structures that emit the heat in the first place. Such temperature changes make the ground around them expand and contract (收缩) enough to cause potential damage. “Without anyone realizing it, the city of Chicagos downtown was deforming,” says the studys author Alessandro F. Rotta Loria,
20、a civil and environmental engineer at Northwestern University.The findings, published in Communications Engineering, expose a “silent hazard (危险)” to civil infrastructure in cities with soft er ground especially those near water Rotta Loria says. “There might have been structural issues caused by th
21、is underground climate change that happened, and we didnt even realize,” he adds. While not an immediate or direct danger to human lives, this previously unknown effect highlights the impacts of a lesser-known component of climate change.Similar to climate change above the surface, these underground
22、 changes occur over long periods of time. “These effects took decades, a century, to develop,” Rotta Loria says, adding that elevated underground temperatures would likewise take a long time to dissipate (逐渐消失) on their own.But other researchers interviewed for this story all say this wasted energy
23、could also be recycled, presenting an opportunity to both cool the subsurface and save on energy costs. Subway tunnels and basements could be updated with technologies to recapture the heat. For example, water pipes could be installed to run through underground hotspots and pick up some of the heat
24、energy.8What can we learn about the “urban heat islands”?AThey can develop underground structures.BThey are impacted by global warming.CThey can destroy the ground around.DThey only exist in the United States.9Why does Alessandro F. Rotta Loria mention “silent hazard” in paragraph 3?ATo discuss stru
25、ctural issues.BTo categorize climate change.CTo explain underground heat.DTo emphasize the neglected reality.10What will the author probably write about in the paragraph that follows?AThe future of tunnels and basements.BThe reusing approaches of heat energy.CThe cost of maintaining structures.DThe
26、evolution of underground environment.11Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AWarming Underground, Weakening SurfaceBA Silver Lining of Global WarmingCUrban Silent Islands in the MakingDA Silent Crisis in Downtown ChicagoThe psychological term, valence weighting bias, describes p
27、eoples tendency to adapt in new circumstances by drawing more strongly from either their positive or negative attitudes, or rather, whether negative or positive internal “signals” carry the most weight in guiding peoples final behavior.Studies led by Russell Fazio and Javier Granados from Ohio State
28、 University found links between a negative-leaning attitude and procrastination (拖延) and that its possible to shift the weighting bias and reverse the tendency to delay a task.In the study, 147 college students participated in a program allowing them to accumulate course credits for engaging in a re
29、search. Those who thought it was an awful thing to do procrastinated starting. The study also explored whether students measures of self-control influenced task-related behaviors: How students characterized their level of motivation about the research program, and if that affected whether students g
30、ot an early start. Results showed the combination of negative weighting bias and self-reported low motivation for self-control was linked to students putting off research program participation by getting started later in the semester.Then the students in the program who were self-reported procrastin
31、ators and who scored high for negative weighting bias were asked to join in another study. Researchers then inspired one group in a way that led participants to weigh positive and negative signals in a more balanced way. This shift caused the students to accumulate credit hours more quickly than the
32、 group whose negative weighting bias and low self-control reliably predicted their delay. “If somebody is more motivated and able to think more about it, that might bring other considerations that weaken the influence of the valence weighting bias,” researchers said.Negative weighting bias can have
33、a positive effect on behavior, though. These researchers have also found evidence that a negative weighting bias may help people be more realistic when theyre asking themselves, “Have I studied enough for this test?” “Its better to be more objectively balanced than to be at either extreme,” Fazio sa
34、id. “But the situation where a particular valence weighting bias is likely to be problematic is going to vary.”12What can we know about valence weighting bias?AIt is used in modern technology.BIt influences peoples mental health.CIt directs what people do variously.DIt leads to delays in carrying ou
35、t tasks.13Students in the first study would start participating earlier if they _.Asuffered from valence weighting biasBdrew more strongly from positivityCthought poorly of their self-disciplineDconsidered themselves lack of motivation14What does the experiment in paragraph 4 indicate?AHigh scores l
36、ead to more consideration.BNegative weighting bias can be reversed.CParticipants need professional knowledge.DMeasuring properly is of vital importance.15What message is conveyed in the last paragraph?ANegative weighting bias can be beneficial.BPeople need to strive to be positive at any time.CPosit
37、ive people tend to make random decisions.DValence weighting bias applies to different situations.Oscar Wilde once said, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Art provides a way to communicate experiences when people lack verbal skill
38、s. 16 Art therapy is founded on the assumption that everyone is creative and capable of self-expression. 17 As a restorative practice, it allows people to express themselves in non-verbal ways, such as drawing and painting. Even a 45-minute creative activity can change a persons mental state. Workin
39、g with an art therapist does even more: 18 Young children typically draw and sing and dance without worrying about their abilities. Adults, however, often have complex feelings about art and art making. They begin to evaluate the quality of their art instead of focusing on self-expression itself. 19
40、 However, art therapists can guide people in expressing themselves without concerning whether their artwork is technically brilliant, so that they can connect or reconnect with the artworks that help them deal with life challenges.What are art therapists superpower? They can channel dangerous though
41、ts into imaginative artworks. For instance, people with violent tendencies might let out their anger by hitting another human being. 20 These artistic choices satisfy the brains desire for novelty without compromising personal safety.AArt therapy is a double-edged sword.BThus, the many benefits of c
42、reative self-expression are lost.CThey develop art as an expressive skill for solving problems.DBut, obviously, releasing their anger in this way isnt a good choice.EArt therapy, in its own ways, can influence a range of human functioning.FIt can significantly enhance positive moods and boost measur
43、es of well-being.GHowever, with art therapists help, their energy could be changed into creative products.二、完形填空My son was three and a half and our only child. To address his increasingly 21 behavior at school, we gave him “be good” tablets (a kind of sweet) daily. Every morning before school, he wa
44、s 22 two tablets, which he would carefully put into his pocket, anticipating the moment he could enjoy them later. Whenever we asked him or his teacher about their effectiveness, they both 23 the tablets proved remarkably beneficial! On this particular day, I dropped him off at school. 24 with his t
45、wo “tablets”, he walked to his classroom. As it was quite early, there was only one other child, who appeared apparently 25 , staring at his feet nervously. The teacher explained it was his first day at a new school. My son, Zaen, went over to ask for his name, but the boy just 26 his head and his l
46、ip began to tremble. The teacher and I were about to 27 when Zaen took out his two tablets and 28 offered them to the boy. The boy 29 at Zaens hand, took them, and broke into a wide smile! Zaen smiled back, and my heart swelled with 30 . Zaen then pulled out a chair next to the boy, and they began t
47、o chat and 31 together, developing a bond. Upon fetching him from school that day, he expressed he 32 well without his tablets and now we realized the true benefit lying in easing 33 ! Now seven years old, my son continues to amaze me with his 34 and compassion. That day, he demonstrated the 35 kindness and thoughtfulness I had witnessed in a long time.21AshyBsillyCnaughtyDcurious22AhandedBawardedCshowedDassigned23AexplainedBconfirmedCinferredDconcluded24AFilledBImpressedCBurdenedDArmed25AenthusiasticBcontentCdesperateDuneasy26AnoddedBraisedCloweredDleaned27Astep i
