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1、武昌区武昌区 2024 届高三年级上学期期末质量检测届高三年级上学期期末质量检测英语英语本试卷共 150 分，考试用时 120 分钟。祝考试顺利祝考试顺利注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡指定位置，认真核对与准考证号条形码上的信息是否一致，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题的作答：选出答案后，用 2B 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，再选涂其他答案标号。答在试题卷上无效。3.非选择题的作答：用黑色墨水的签字笔直接答在答题卡上的每题所对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷上或答题卡指定区域外无效。4.考试结束，监
2、考人员将答题卡收回，考生自己保管好试题卷，评讲时带来。第一部分第一部分 听力听力(共两节，满分共两节，满分 30 分分)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卡上。第一节第一节(共共 5 小题：每小题小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 7.5 分分)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。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 does the man mean?A.The shopkeeper can help.B.He is
3、not interested in art.C.He knows the area very well.2.Which part of the speech should the man improve?A.The vocabulary.B.The pronunciation.C.The logic.3.How does the woman sound?A.Annoyed.B.Concerned.C.Confused.4.Where are the speakers?A.In a hospital.B.In a grocery store.C.In a restaurant5.What is
4、the woman worried about?A.Her ring.B.The glass.C.The table.第二节第二节(共共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 22.5 分分)听下面 5 段对话或读白，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。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.What does the man want to do?A.Make a reservation.B.Chan
5、ge his flight.C.Cancel his order.7.When does the conversation take place?A.On January 13th.B.On January 14th.C.On January 15th.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8.What does the woman want to change?A.The time of the meeting.B.The subject of the meeting.C.The location of the meeting.9.What is the probable relatio
6、nship between the speakers?A.Classmates.B.Boss and employee.C.Teacher and student.听第 8 段材料，.回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Why does the man call the woman?A.To confirm the bill.B.To provide room service.C.To remind her of checkout.11.When is the woman supposed to leaveA.Before 11:30 a.m B.Before noon.C.Before 2:0
7、0 p.m.12.Which word can best describe the man?A.Energetic.B.Experienced.C.Understanding.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What keeps the womans brother from swimming more often?A.Great interest in hanging out.B.High cost of swimming suits.C.Long distance from the beach.14.Which of the following is true abou
8、t the womans brother?A.He hates swimming.B.He likes skateboarding.C.He is practising surfing.15.Which item will the woman pay for at last?A.A surfboard.B.A skateboard.C.A swimming suit.16.What is the conversation mainly about?A.Doing sports.B.Having a race.C.Buying a gift.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.
9、What is one benefit of selling online?A.It improves income.B.It helps those in need.C.It broadens the market.18.What can we know about the big platforms?A.They offer no insurance to the seller.B.They charge the seller for advertising.C.They arent readily accessible to sellers.19.What should be avoid
10、ed?A.Using a separate E-mail address.B.Selling items of great value online.C.Meeting the buyer at a private place.20.How will the seller be banned from the website?A.By presenting personal information.B.By providing false accounts of products.C.By selling products at an unreasonable price.第二部分：阅读第二部
11、分：阅读(共两节，满分共两节，满分 50 分分)第一节第一节(共共 15 小题：每小题小题：每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Self-Portrait ChallengeHave you ever done a self-portrait in an art lesson at school?Today,were challenging you to write self-portrait poems.Its not uncommon to feel like the
12、way people see you on the outside doesnt quite match up with how you feel on the inside.So creating a self-portrait can be a good opportunity to address those differences and present the realest,truest version of yourself.Your challenge is to create a self-portrait in lines,using words instead of pa
13、int.Read on for some more inspiration.Writing TipsHave a go at writing a list of metaphors exploring your physical appearance,starting from your head and working your way down towards your feet.Instead of representing yourself directly,take on another character,such as a fictional character,a histor
14、ical figure,or even a different version of yourself.Play around with personification,by taking on the voice of a physical object in your poem.Think about what a self-portrait from the point of view of a mirror,or a bowl of your favourite food would look like?How to enterThis challenge is for writers
15、 aged up to 25 based anywhere in the world.The deadline is 23:59 GMT,17 March 2024.You can send a poem,or poems,written down,or as video or audio files.We are using Submittable to accept submissions to this challenge.You will need to make a free Submittable account to submit in this way.Using Submit
16、table helps our team to administrate and process entries more quickly.Selected poets will be published on Young Poets Network.21.What does the Self-portrait Challenge encourage participants to do?A.Explore true selves.B.Convey positive emotions.C.Illustrate personal profiles D.Compare different pers
17、onalities.22.What is suggested to better handle the challenge?A.Using simple language.B.Presenting yourself directly.C.Taking a different point of view.D.Focusing on physical appearance23.What is“Submittable”likely to be?A.A writing tool.B.A search engine.C.An email account.D.An online platform.BGro
18、wing up,Maitri Wadher,a left-hander,has struggled to cope in a world made for right-handed people.From school desks to spiral notebooks that stop the natural flow of writing,Maitri has faced tough challenges from a young age.“My mother used to tie my left hand and make me eat with my right until a d
19、octor warned that this could significantly affect my growth and confidence,”Maitri says.This childhood experience had gnawed(折腾)at the back of her mind,pushing her to do something to ease the lives of fellow left-handers.In September 2018,she started The Left Out Store,which makes everyday products
20、ranging from left-handed writing tools and scissors to kitchen tools for left-handed people.Starting The Left Out Store wasnt in the cards for Maitri for a very long time.The idea for The Left Out Store came to Maitri in just 20 minutes during a festival at St.Josephs Institute of Management,where s
21、he was a post-graduate student.She presented the rough idea to judges who later became sponsors,and they enthusiastically supported it.This encouragement gave her the push to make it a market research project to test the waters and explore the potential market.Initially,Maitri faced a few hiccups.It
22、 took her quite some time to find vendors(小贩)and make them understand how to make the products.With everything in place,Maitri went through a tough time reaching customers.The first time she made a proper sale was at an exhibition at Lalit Ashok.“People were surprised at first,but gradually more lef
23、t-handed people began approaching me,and said they relate to my struggles.”Since then,she has been regularly marketing her products at exhibitions,and keeps The Left Out Store active on social media.24.What challenge did Maitri face as a left-hander while growing up?A.Unfair judgement.B.Lack of pare
24、nts love.C.Limited access to education.D.Struggle with school tools.25.How did Maitri turn her idea into a reality?A.By seeking student sponsors.B.By conducting market research.C.By expanding the potential market.D.By carrying out her long-thought plan.26.What does the underlined word“hiccups”probab
25、ly mean?A.Barriers.B.Threats C.Complaints.D.Oppositions.27.What might be a suitable title for the passage?A.A Left-Handers StrugglesB.Maitris Marketing StrategiesC.Maitri:A Social Media CelebrityD.The Left Out Store:Maitris JourneyCWeve all done it before-dropped a box of unwanted household belongin
26、gs at a flea market and driven off with a sense of accomplishment.But have you ever stopped to think about where those items actually go?Business journalist Adam Minter began considering this while cleaning out his late mothers home.Seeking reassurance that his mothers donated items would be put to
27、good use rather than destroyed,he started a journey worldwide that resulted in his latest book,“Secondhand:Travels in the New Global Garage Sale”.He found the industry significantly in the dark,with a disturbing lack of data on secondhand goods,despite their crucial role in clothing,furnishing and e
28、ducating people worldwide.In this book,Minter fully reveals himself as an investigative journalist.He doesnt shy away from the commonly-accepted assumptions about the global trade in used goods.First,Minter questions the idea that shipments of secondhand clothes from developed countries to Africa ha
29、ve destroyed local textile industries(纺织业).Thats overly simplistic,he says.He further explains that multiple factors,such as declining cotton production in local areas and economic liberation,have influenced the situation.Minter then explores the topic of car seats,making a statement that recycling
30、car seats,instead of selling them secondhand,is wasteful and might compromise(危害)safety for children in developing countries.It is disturbing to say so in a society that prioritizes child safety and highlights zero risk,but when you consider the excessive caution that might endanger childrens lives
31、elsewhere,the situation starts to look different.Minter calls it“waste colonialism,”this idea that developed countries can apply their own safety standards onto the markets of developing countries-and its deeply wrong.Why label a used car seat or an old TV as unsafe if someone else,with different sk
32、ills,is perfectly capable of repairing it and willing to use it,especially if they lack access to new products and other options?The book explores the huge problems of handling surplus(剩余的)items and how producers discourage repairs and promote the sales of new products.Minter calls for initiatives t
33、o enhance product repairability and increase product lifetime.28.Why does Minter set out on a journey worldwide?A.To remember his late mother.B.To explore where used items end up.C.To collect data for fashion industries.D.To advocate recycling of used goods.29.In Minters opinion,the common idea abou
34、t secondhand clothes trade in Africa is _.A.groundless B.one-sidedC.conventional D.self-contradictory30.Which action taken by developed countries might Minter describe as“waste colonialism”?A.Selling old TV sets to developing countries.B.Denying access to used car seats domestically.C.Banning used g
35、oods export to developing countries.D.Prioritizing safety in new goods for developing countries.31.What does Minter encourage producers to do in his book?A.Handle used items efficientlyB.Promote sales of new products.C.Make more sustainable products.D.Take the initiative to boost production.DIt seem
36、s like just another group of non-player characters(NPCs)in a video game.But unlike traditional NPCs,these characters behavior isnt programmed by a coder(程序员).Instead,they generate their behavior according to a short biography given to them consisting of a name,age,job,family,interests,and a few habi
37、ts.What is surprising?They behave in ways that are believably humanlike.In the experiment,a team of Stanford researchers led by Joon Sung Park placed 25 generative agents within a virtual world.Each agent was assigned a unique background and participated in a two-day simulation(模拟).Various remarkabl
38、e behaviors were.then observed.For example,one agent planned a party and informed friends and relatives,many of whom showed up at the correct time and place;another agent who decided to run for president set off heated discussions among the community,with different agents holding varying opinions on
39、 this candidate.The researchers used a control group of human participants,each role-playing one of the 25 agents,and were astonished by the result:actual humans generated responses that an evaluation group of 100 individuals rated as less human-like than the generative agents.The study has inspired
40、 interest among game designers who hope generative agents will make game play more engaging.But Park is most interested in other downstream applications,including generative agents potential usefulness for social science studies.“For example,researchers could explore how people in an online forum ar
41、e likely to respond to a particular measure aimed at countering false information,“Park envisions.However,Park acknowledges that generative agents also raise some potential ethical(伦理的)problems.One highlighted risk is that people will develop one-sided“fake friendships”with humanlike generative agen
42、ts at the expense of relationships in real life.The researchers described the ethical concerns with some proposed solutions.“Its always better to over-worry about ethical problems at the beginning rather than underestimate their significance and regret it later,”Park says.32.How do the generative ag
43、ents in the study differ from traditional NPCs in video games?A.They can write biographies.B.They are controlled by coders.C.They behave in humanlike ways.D.They have unique cultural backgrounds33.Which of the following steps is taken in the experiment?A.Having people rate the generated behavior.B.M
44、anaging the human role-players responseC.Evaluating the 100 individuals generated response.D.Making the characters imitate the human participants.34.According to Park,what could be a potential use of generative agents?A.Enhancing online forum engagement.B.Making technological breakthroughsC.Designin
45、g more absorbing video games.D.Predicting human actions in a social context.35.What is Parks recommended approach to the ethical issues raised by generative agents?A.Discount their significance.B.Address concerns instantly.C.Be deeply worried throughout.D.Postpone solutions to a later time.第二节第二节(共共
46、 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 25 分，满分分，满分 12.5 分分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Standing on a hill at Cliveden Gardens on a sunny winter day,its dark-green lake surrounded by centuries-old trees took my breath away.36 Its just a local park near London that Id never heard of during my eight years living
47、 in the UK.As I admired the serene garden,it taught me a lesson about the British culture of understatement.“The English landscape is more beautiful because its beauty is understated,“my friend Will said to me later as we walked through an exhibition at Tate Britain.He pointed to a painting of a pea
48、ceful countryside.“This is the landscape I grew up with”,he said.Unlike grand waterfalls or wild forests,this scenery doesnt shout about its beauty.37 I wonder if Chinese tourists will explore beyond London.38 Indeed,Oxford and Cambridge and the beloved Lake District National Park are some iconic sy
49、mbols of Britain.But it would be a pity if they miss out on the lesser-known parts of the English landscape.39 I remember a straight-A classmate once telling me he“survived exams”and another friend from Oxford introducing himself as“studying in the countryside”.This modesty also has its mirror in Ch
50、inese culture.I remember my parents telling me to work hard but not to brag about my achievements.Chinese culture is full of proverbs such as“real gold will shine sooner or later”,to encourage long-term dedication to ones chosen area of expertise.Experiencing both cultures,Ive realized that the Engl