2025届云南省玉溪一中高三11月期中考-英语试题（含答案）.docx

玉溪一中2024-2025学年上学期高三期中考
英语试卷
命题人：李春艳
刘慧萍
审题人：高三英语备课组
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
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。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
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每段对话仅读一遍。
. What kind of pet does the woman wish to have?
A. A dog. B. A cat.
C. Some fish.
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. What does the woman think of the game?
A. It’s a perfect choice for birthday gifts.
B. It’s too difficult for young kids.
C. It’s too scary for Lily.
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. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a park.
B. In a supermarket.
C. In the speakers’ house.
. How will the speakers have their dinner tonight?
A. By cooking at home.
B. By going to a restaurant.
C. By ordering fast food online.
. Who is the woman probably talking to?
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A. Her husband.
B. Her friend.
C. A postman.
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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题
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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。
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. Why does the man meet the woman?
A. To apply for a job.
B. To borrow money.
C. To open a bank account.
. What time is it now?
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A. 10:40 a.m.
B. 11:00 a.m.
C. 11:20 a.m.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
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. Who is David?
A. The woman’s co-worker.
B. The man’s former roommate.
C. The speakers’ college teacher.
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. What was the man interested in during college?
A. Computers. B. Sports.
0. What did the woman do at the weekend?
A. She attended a wedding.
C. The arts.
B. She bought a computer.
C. She worked overtime.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
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1. What do we know about the woman?
A. She starts eating healthy food.
B. She has no time to grow vegetables.
C. She spends more money on food than before.
2. Why did the man start planning his meals?
A. To lose weight.
B. To follow his mother’s advice.
C. To keep focused at the supermarket.
3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Eating healthily.
B. Reducing food costs. C. Dealing with food waste.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
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4. What does the woman want to watch?
A. A nature program. B. A basketball game.
5. How did the man see movies as a young boy?
A. On TV. B. On DVD.
6. What does the man think of watching movies on TV?
A. It is not very amazing. B. It has limited choices. C. It is worth the money.
7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Parent and child.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
C. A reality show.
C. In a cinema.
C. Friends.
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8. How did the speaker get to London from Paris?
A. By bus. B. By plane.
9. Which country does the speaker want to visit next?
A. The U.S. B. Australia.
0. What does the speaker mean at the end of the talk?
A. He enjoys living an easy life.
C. By train.
C. New Zealand.
B. Traveling makes his life wonderful.
C. Young people should experience new cultures.
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第二部分
阅读理解（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。
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We are seeking foster (寄养的) support for large dogs (50 pounds and up). We are not
accepting applications for cats or small animals this time. You play a key role in an
animal’s journey by providing unique care to an animal outside of the shelter environment.
Whatever the circumstances are, Animal Humane Society (AHS) is here to support you
through your foster journey.
Requirements:
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Foster volunteers must be 18 years old or older.
Applicants must live within 60 miles around AHS shelters located in Minnesota.
Foster volunteers should have a stable, comfortable, safe environment to provide for
an animal, as well as plenty of love to give!
Application process:
Step 1: Please watch this video before completing your volunteer application. It
covers important information you need to know about foster volunteer application at AHS,
and some of the topics covered in the video will be discussed during your volunteer
interview.
Step 2: Submit your application to foster.
Step 3: After you’ve completed the application, you’ll be instructed to schedule a
virtual interview with a Volunteer Services Coordinator.
Step 4: Attend your virtual interview. If you are accepted into the program, AHS
requires a $35 application fee, which contributes to the costs of administrative processing
and volunteer training.
You will also receive an AHS volunteer T-shirt as a thank-you. If you are passionate
about our program and are unable to pay the fee please reach out to volunteer @
animalhumanesociety. org to discuss options.
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1. Which of the following will result in an applicant’s disqualification?
A. Having just turned 18.
B. Expecting a dog weighing 55 pounds.
C. Wandering about with no fixed home.
D. Living about 50 miles from AHS shelters.
2. What can applicants find in the video?
A. Ways to raise large dogs properly.
B. Related information in the volunteer interview.
C. Requirements of adopting cats or small animals.
D. Conditions of AHS shelters for homeless animals.
3. Why are the applicants charged?
A. To cover the cost of the volunteer T-shirt.
B. To support the medical care of the foster animals.
C. To ensure applicants’ commitment to the program.
D. To fund management and training.
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Sylvain Saudan’s skiing was so alarmingly ambitious that people struggled to believe
his accomplishments were real. The Swiss extreme skiing pioneer became the first to
successfully rush down the Spencer Couloir’s 55-degree slope (斜坡) — with more than
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00 turns, at speeds close to free-fall on France’s Aiguille de Blaitière mountain in 1967.
Locals didn’t trust that he’d really done it until a plane flew over the mountain and took
photos of his ski tracks. Nicknamed the “skier of the impossible,” Saudan sought out
slopes from the Himalayas to the Alps, often reaching the peaks by helicopter. But in 1982,
he climbed for 25 days to reach the 26, 500-foot summit of Pakistan’s Gasherbrum I,
searching for virgin areas in its natural state. “The first to dare something are the real
adventurers,” he said in 2016. “It’s the first that counts.”
Raised on a farm in the Alps, Saudan didn’t have the resources to train as a
competitive skier, and worked as a laborer and truck driver before becoming a ski
instructor. Teaching through icy winters in Scotland helped gear him for deadly slopes.
After skiing the Spencer Couloir, he spent two decades “seeking greater challenges and
testing new methods,” said The Washington Post. He developed a new skiing style and
introduced equipment innovations for steep slopes, but ignored safety precautions as he
shot down Oregon’s Mount Hood, Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, and Nepal’s Dhaulagiri.
Saudan completed his last major expedition in 1986 by skiing down Mount Fuji on
bare rocks, walking away without a single cut. He “spent his life challenging gravity and
avalanches (雪崩),” said The New York Times. He insisted that mental preparation helped
keep fear cornered, yet death was never far from his mind. “There’s really only one way
out,” he said: “Don’t fall down.”
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4. How did people react to Saudan’s achievement on the Spencer Couloir’s 55-degree
slope?
A. They considered it as a fact at once.
B. They were ignorant of it completely.
C. They doubted it till evidence arrived.
D. They thought of him as a skiing pioneer.
5. Which of the following can best describe Saudan?
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A. Creative but timid .
B. Brave and generous.
C. Reserved but famous.
D. Adventurous and devoted.
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6. What does the underlined word in paragraph two mean?
A. Prepare. B. Punish. C. Excuse.
D. Blame.
7. What does The New York Times imply about Saudan?
A. He faced extreme dangers in his career.
B. He was cautious during his expeditions.
C. His achievements were often questioned.
D. His skiing methods were widely accepted.
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From rolling hills to mountain ranges, views make any road trip memorable, but for
blind passengers this is part of the experience they miss. Motor company Ford tries to
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change that. It teamed up with GTB Roma and AedoProject to develop a technology that
will give those unfortunate passengers a way to feel nature’s beauty through their car
windows.
The prototype (原型) of the smart car window has a device with an outside-facing
camera. With just a press of a button, the system takes a picture of the current view. The
colorful picture is then turned into an image with different shades of grey through LED
lights, which vibrates (震动) differently. As the finger passes over different regions of the
image, its shaking movements provide feedback through the sense of touch to the person
using it. The smart window also comes with a voice assistant that uses AI to identify the
scene and help the passengers get information on what they’re seeing.
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As the prototype started taking shape, we realized we were giving birth to a
completely new language that would give blind people a new chance to visualize and
experience traveling,” Federico Russo, one director of GTB Roma, said. “When the idea
was at its first stage, we looked for suppliers all around the world to make it come to life.”
He believes the technology can be employed not just in cars. “It could be introduced into
schools and institutions for blind people as a tool that could be used in multiple ways.”
The technology may show up in a Ford autonomous vehicle. It’s known that the
company is testing their technology and future business model and struggling to figure out
how an autonomous vehicle gives different passengers the details needed to get from one
destination to another. It’s unclear when this technology will be made available. However,
the idea of building something for the less advanced is indeed a kind and influential action.
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8. How does the smart car window work?
A. By sorting shaking movements.
B. By recording the view with a camera.
C. By translating scenery into vibrations.
D. By presenting different shades of colors.
9. What can we know about the technology according to Federico Russo?
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A. It will have wide application.
C. It will be used in schools first.
B. It will be tested around the world.D．It will understand different languages.
0. What difficulty is Ford facing currently?
A. How to explore their future business model.
B. How the technology is applied to everyday life.
C. How to produce autonomous cars in large numbers.
D. How an autonomous vehicle provides route information.
1. Which can be the best title for the text?
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A. AI-based Window Adds Fun to Road Trips
B. Ford Develops a System for the Blind to Drive
C. Smart Window Lets Blind Passengers Feel Views
D. Technology Makes Blind People’s Trip Enjoyable
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The rain forests are alive with the sound of animals. Besides the pleasure of the noise,
it is also useful to ecologists. If you want to measure the biodiversity of a piece of land,
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listening out for animal calls is much easier than digging about in the undergrowth looking
for tracks. But such “bio-acoustic analysis” is still time-consuming, and it requires an
expert pair of ears.
In a paper published on October 17th in Nature Communications, a group of
researchers led by Jörg Müller, an ecologist at the University of Würzburg, describe a
better way: have a computer do the job. Smartphone apps already exist that will identify
birds, bats or mammals simply by listening to the sounds they make. Their idea was to
apply the principle to conservation work.
The researchers took recordings from across 43 sites in the Ecuadorean rainforest.
Sound recordings were taken four times every hour, over two weeks. The various calls
were identified manually by an expert, and then used to construct a list of the species
present. As expected, the longer the land had been free from agricultural activity, the
greater the biodiversity it hosted.
Then it was the computer’s turn. The researchers fed their recordings to
artificial-intelligence models that had been trained, using sound samples from elsewhere in
Ecuador, to identify 75 bird species from their calls. “We found that the AI tools could
identify the sounds as well as the experts,” says Dr Müller.
Of course, not everything in a rainforest makes a noise. Dr Müller and his colleagues
used light-traps to capture night-flying insects, and DNA analysis to identify them.
Reassuringly, they found that the diversity of noisy animals was a reliable proxy (指标) for
the diversity of the quieter ones, too.
The results may have relevance outside ecology departments, too. Under pressure
from their customers, firms such as L’Oreal, a make-up company, and Shell, an oil firm,
have been spending money on forest restoration projects around the world. Dr Müller
hopes that an automated approach to checking on the results could help monitor such
efforts, and give a standardized way to measure whether they are working as well as their
sponsors say.
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2. Which of the following best describes Dr Müller’s method of bio-acoustic analysis?
A. Costly. B. Impractical. C. High-tech. D. Labor-consuming.
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3. What can we learn from the research of Dr Müller?
A. The species in the rainforests have increased.
B. Agricultural activity negatively influenced the richness in species.
C. There are more reliable sound recordings in Ecuadorean rainforest.
D. Trained AI models can identify as many kinds of sounds as experts.
4. Why did Dr Müller and his colleagues do the survey in Paragraph 5?
A. To figure out the species of quieter animals.
B. To confirm the biodiversity of the quieter animals.
C. To emphasize the biodiversity of the noisy animals.
D. To compare the noisy animals and the quieter ones.
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5．What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The investment in bio-acoustic analysis.
B. The importance of forest restoration projects.
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C. The standard to measure the automated approach.
D. The research’s impact on forest restoration projects.
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。
In the race to catch up with the changing time, we are forgetting how to live without
the support of our phones, laptops, and tablets.
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The first thing you need to do to unplug is to turn off your phone notifications. As
soon as we hear a notification drop on our phones — whether it is something of importance
or not — we are attracted to check it. When you’re not working and are not required to call,
text, or return an email, turn off your phone (or put it on silent mode).
I know it’s hard to stay away from your phone when it keeps buzzing with incoming
texts, calls, and emails. 38 Create a rule: no phone on the dinner table, no replying
to work emails after work hours, etc.
One of the best ways that I believe can help you disconnect is being in nature.
Just be in the moment. Listen to the songs of the birds, breathe in some fresh
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air, soak in the warm rays of the sun. Did you know that Vitamin D — w