上海市同济中学2025年英语高三上期末考试模拟试题.doc

上海市同济中学2025年英语高三上期末考试模拟试题
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1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。
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第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
1．If you want to lead a happy life, you’d better learn to accept life ______ it is.
A．as B．that
C．which D．where
2．The best method to _____ the goal of helping the patients with AIDS is to unite as many sympathetic people as possible.
A．complete B．command C．accomplish D．accompany
3．You ________ be Carol. You haven’t changed a bit after all these years.
A．must B．can C．will D．shall
4．________ has greater potential than flammable ice being mined from underneath the South China Sea when it comes to a global energy revolution.
A．nothing B．neither
C．no one D．none
5．— ________ It’s only an interview!
— Only an interview? Only an interview? What if I panic? What if I say a silly word by accident?
A．Well done! B．Come on!
C．How come? D．No doubt!
6．–Let’s take a coffee break, shall we?
–I wish I ________, but I have a really tight schedule.
A．can B．shall C．could D．should
7．—Would you mind moving over a little? I have to pass here.
—________ I’d like to help.
A．Not in the slightest. B．Don’t mention it.
C．Never mind. D．At your service.
8．________ the opportunity to speak at the graduation ceremony made me overjoyed.
A．Offering B．Offered
C．To offer D．Being offered
9．_____ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time
A．To face B．Faced C．Face D．facing
10．Personally speaking, ________the grand blueprint into reality is a long process.
A．turning B．turn
C．turned D．having turned
11．––You seem to be familiar with this city.
—I ______ here for three years. It’s so great to be back.
A．lived B．had lived
C．have lived D．live
12．The conference aims to develop business and let people think about _______ they can have a positive influence on the planet.
A．why B．that
C．what D．how
13．The deal， next week，will allow Charney to make a great fortune in the stock market.
A．completed B．being completed
C．to be completed D．having been completed
14．The palace is heavily guarded, because inside its walls ________.
A．where sit the European leaders B．the European leaders there sit
C．sit the European leaders D．that the European leaders sit
15．Most of us try to discover we think is the most moving love story in our company.
A．which B．that C．what D．who
16．Have you got these jeans in ________ larger size? This pair is a bit too small around ________ waist.
A．a; the B．/; the
C．the; / D．a; a
17．— What’s the recent progress in Xiong’an New Area, first announced two years ago?
—It _____ increasing attention from foreign companies given its huge development potential.
A．has been attracting B．had attracted C．would be attracting D．was attracting
18．Why does she always drive to work ____ she could easily take the train?
A．unless B．until
C．before D．when
19． we go there by train or by ship makes no difference．The time and the fees are the same．
A．Which B．How C．Whether D．Why
20．Had Mary not been hurt in the car accident, ________ the next week’s marathon.
A．she would run B．she would have run
C．she will run D．she must have run
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40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。
21．（6分）This is my son Matthew's last night at home before college.I know that this is good news.I feel proud that Matthew will go to a great school.I know that this is finest hour.But looking at the suitcases on his bed sends me out of the room to a hidden corner where I can't stop crying.
Through the sorrow,I feel a rising embarrassment.”Pull yourself together!” I tell myself.There are parents sending their kids off to battle zones.How dare I feel so shocked and upset?
One of the great gifts of my life has been having my boys, Matthew and Johnowen.Through them,I have explored the mysterious,complicated bond between fathers and sons. As My wife and I raised them,I have discovered the love and loss between my father and me.After my parents' divorce，I spent weekends with my dad in Ohio.By the time Sunday came around,I was unable to enjoy the day's activities because I was already afraid of the goodbye of the evening.
Now，standing among Matthew’s accumulation of possessions,I realize it's me who has become a boy again.All my sadness and longing to hold on to things are back,sweeping over me as they did when I was a child.
His bed is tidy and spare.It already has the feel of aa guest bed.In my mind I replay wrapping him in his favorite blanket.That was our nightly routine until one evening he said,”Daddy，I don't think I need a blanket tonight.”I think of all the times we lay among the covers reading.I look at the bed and think of all the recent times I was annoyed at how late he was sleeping.I'll never have to worry about that again,I realize.
For his part,Matthew has been a rock.He is treating his leaving as just another day at the office.And I'm glad.After all,someone's got to be strong.I'm proud that he is charging into the first chapter of his adult life with such confidence.
1、What does the writer mean by “Pull yourself together!”?
A．Get up. B．Cheer up.
C．Pull up. D．Wake up.
2、We can infer from the passage that___________.
A．the writer is accustomed to sleeping early
B．Matthew doesn't get on well with his father
C．Matthew is ready for his new life
D．the writer wasn't brave enough to face his parents' divorce
3、How does the writer feel about his son's leaving for college?
A．Worried. B．Grateful.
C．Relieved. D．Bittersweet.
4、Which of the following could be the best title of the text?
A．Unavoidable Goodbye B．Sweet Memories
C．Glorious Moment D．Unconditional Love
22．（8分）An image is worth a thousand kilos? Okay, so maybe not a thousand kilos, exactly, but a study shows how a photo diary can keep dieters motivated, making them more likely to achieve their target weight.
Elias Kuzmar Daza, a medical professional from Colombia, studied the motivation levels of patients on weight loss programs at a nutrition clinic.
Different measurements were taken of the patients each week, including body mass index (指标) food and exercise diaries, etc. to record their progress. In addition, full-body photographs were taken each week, which proved to be very motivating and a key factor in patients completing the full program.
Over the course of the sixteen-week program, a full ninety percent of patients, aged between 16 and 72, saw the treatment through to the end, with seventy percent successfully meeting their weight loss aims. Among those monitored, one measurement proved particularly motivating: waistline.
This finding indicates that the majority of the patients who attended the clinic did so motivated by image, rather than any underlying condition. It should be pointed out that eighty percent of them were female.
Another useful finding of this study was that patients did not necessarily need to attend the clinic in person for the program to be effective. A support line was set up, which patients could call to submit their measurements. They also took and sent their own full-body photographs to the researcher. Fifty percent of patients completed the program in this way.
Summarizing the findings, Kuzmar says: “What patients want is a photo, rather than cold numbers.” These photos serve as visual confirmation that all their hard work is paying off, encouraging them on to further weight loss.
1、What is the purpose of the study?
A．To show losing weight is very easy.
B．To compare several ways to lose weight.
C．To prove the effect of images in weight losing.
D．To see how many people can lose weight successfully.
2、How many patients in the clinic reached their weight-loss goals?
A．50%. B．70%.
C．80%. D．90%.
3、What can give people most motivation when they are trying to lose weight?
A．Friends’ encouragement. B．Others’ strong muscles.
C．Their slimmer waistline. D．Their standard blood pressure.
4、What must the patients do to complete the weight-loss program?
A．Go to the clinic every week.
B．Call to submit their measurements.
C．Report to the professional every day.
D．Take full-body photographs each week.
23．（8分）Castle Dale is a small town in central Utah. My grandpa’s farm is a few miles to the north. I grew up there. Milking a cow, feeding the chickens and cutting firewood were daily routines. Grandpa had me carrying a broom to do snow cleaning when it was actually taller than I was. This was the work kids like me learned to do at a young age.
I was tall, very tall at a really young age. My unusual height caused people to look, ask questions, laugh, tease, and sometimes even challenge me to fight. I was teased cruelly as a kid. It wasn’t fair, I knew, but that was just the way it was. Luckily, I was taught at a very young age a very important lesson. I am different and that’s Okay—I’m unique and I matter. No one could ever take that away from me. I knew this then, and I know this now. That alone helped me through the frustrations and heartaches of normal life.
When I was in junior high school, I realized something else that helped me cope. Most teasing came from one of two places—people who were either jealous or ignorant (愚昧). I couldn’t change the way they were, but I could change the way I felt. I was not going to feel bad because of their ignorance or jealousy. It wasn’t worth it. Realizing this didn’t stop them, or change the fact that these comments hurt. It did, however, give me a way to understand these people and deal with their treatment in a way that was okay for me.
These things still happen today. It will probably happen the rest of my life. I will always be 7 feet, 6 inches (2.29 meters) tall. I wouldn’t change that for anything. People will always look because it is not every day that you see someone that tall. I learned that at a young age and I now try to teach my own children that they are unique and they matter. That is the message I give to you. Regardless of your race, religion, background, or circumstances ... Being different is okay.
1、The author mentioned his hometown to show us _______
A．he is from an ordinary family B．his grandpa is strict with him
C．he loves this lovely small town D．he had to do a lot of labor work
2、The author was often teased because _______
A．he grew up in a small town B．he was much taller than others
C．he fought with people easily D．he didn’t want people to watch him
3、What was the author’s attitude towards being teased?
A．He accepted the fact of being different and let it go.
B．He felt angry failing to change others’ opinions.
C．He felt hurt hearing people’s negative comments
D．He hated people’s ignorance and jealousy.
4、Which of the following may best describe the theme of the passage?
A．Everything comes to the man who waits.
B．It is the first step that is troublesome.
C．Speech is silver, silence is gold.
D．Keep your head up.
24．（8分）Samanta Schweblin, one of the best young Spanish language novelists nominated (提名) by British literary magazine Granta, has visited Beijing to promote the first Chinese edition of a collection of her short stories. The collection, Birds in the Mouth, has been translated and published by Shanghai-based publisher Reader.
“Sometimes I hold the Chinese edition and choose a story at random and try to guess which one it is. But it is almost impossible for me; even the length is different.” says Schweblin. “When a book is translated into a Western language, I can at least understand some parts of my stories, and therefore suffer some doubt about the quality of the translation. But my Chinese edition is more like an act of faith.”
Born in Argentina in 1978, Schweblin says she is influenced by the literary traditions of the La Plata area, home to many famous Latin-American novelists.
Interested in writing stories of ordinary lives where suddenly something extraordinary happens, something new, strange or unknown, she thinks, “The stranger and the unknown are not always related to ghosts or aliens, but can be something related to the known world, something that actually could happen.”
Birds in the Mouth tells of a divorced father who worries about his 13-year-old daughter and her mysterious appetites. It turns out that his daughter eats live birds.
The idea for this story came to Schweblin when she was browsing the Internet, “Click, click, click, a picture of a little girl who looks frightened with her hands covering her mouth came to my eyes. Little by little, I developed the story in my mind, and then wrote it down” recalls Schweblin.
Although there are elements of violence and bloodiness in Schweblin’s stories, she skillfully hides them, thinking the trick to writing a thrilling story is to stop the monster from appearing, while maintaining a frightening and mysterious atmosphere.
1、Samanta Schweblin came to China to ________.
A．pay a visit to Beijing
B．translate her stories into Chinese
C．help to make her book more popular
D．publish her collection
2、When mentioning her Chinese edition, Schweblin thinks ________.
A．she suffers some doubt about the quality of the translation
B．her Chinese edition is slightly different from the original one
C．she can understand some parts of her Chinese edition
D．she has a strong belief in her Chinese edition
3、From the passage we can tell, the author ________.
A．has an appetite for writing something extraordinary
B．got the idea of her story Birds in the Mouth by design
C．tried to quit describing violent and bloody scenes in her story
D．thinks her writing style is mainly affected by some famous native novelists
4、We can probably read the passage in ________.
A．a textbook
B．a newspaper
C．a report
D．a science fiction
25．（10分） When the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (巴黎圣母院) was on fire, it seemed as if the nation had lost a piece of its soul. A similar tragedy took place in 19th century Russia. And the rebuilding effort of the Russians might offer some inspiration for the French.
Standing in the heart of the Russian capital, with 60,000 square meters of floor space and 1,500 rooms, the Winter Palace was among the world’s grandest building. On Dec. 17, 1837, a fire broke out at the Winter Palace. By the morning of Dec.19, only the structure’s framework remained.
For the czar (沙皇) , the fire presented a political challenge. Fearing that Russia's enemies would cast the fire as a blow to the czarist orders, the czar’s supporters quickly worked together to shape the description of the fire in Russia and abroad. They wanted the country to appear united. And they certainly didn't want despair to become the story.
The first full account of the fire was written in French by the poet Petr Viazemskii. A Russian translation appeared two months later. That text and others painted a highly idealized picture of the response to the tragedy. The accounts noted that the czar forcefull