2025届黑龙江省哈尔滨九中高三10月期中考-英语试题（含答案）.docx

哈尔滨市第九中学校 2024-2025 学年度
高三上学期期中考试英语试卷
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考试时间：120 分钟 满分 150 分 共 5 页）
第Ⅰ卷 （满分 95 分）
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。每段对话仅读一遍。
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. Why will the speakers sleep outside?
A. To enjoy fresh air. B. To view the night sky. C. To keep cool.
. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a shop. B. In the man’s house. C. In a restaurant.
. Why doesn’t the woman send Jim to Grammar School?
A. It’s too far away. B. Jim doesn’t like it. C. Jim isn’t old enough.
. How will the speakers go to Abuto Island?
A. By car. B. By boat. C. By plane.
. What does the woman mean?
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A. She hasn’t seen the man for a long time.
B. She dislikes the man’s hairstyle.
C. The man has become fat.
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 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、7 题。
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. What is probably the time now?
A. 8:00. B. 8:30. C. 9:00.
. What do we know about the woman?
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A. She will take a vacation.
B. She does yoga once a week.

C. She handles phone calls first in the morning.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
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. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. Whether students like school.
B. Whether students are stressed.
C. Whether students need more freedom.
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. What is the woman’s attitude toward pressure on students?
A. Supportive. B. Worried. C. Uninterested.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
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0. Where does the man probably come from?
A. The U. S. A. B. Italy. C. The U. K.
1. How long does a school year last in the man’s country?
A. 10 months. B. 9 months. C. 8 months.
2. What may the man do before class if he has time?
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A. Read books. B. Surf the Internet. C. Drink coffee.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
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3. Who advised the man to be an instructor?
A. His brother. B. His schoolmate. C. His workmate.
4. How did the man get to know his course?
A. From the Internet. B. From an instructor. C. From a trainee.
5. What especially surprised the man on the course?
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A. There were various kinds of people.
B. The training made him nervous.
C. The trainees were eager to learn.
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6. What does the man think of his job?
A. Competitive. B. Serious. C. Enjoyable.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
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7. How many months’ rent should be usually paid for security deposit?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.
8. What influences the price of an apartment according to the speaker?
A. The construction time. B. The environment. C. The size.
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9. How do many young people who want to live in the city save money?
A. By living in an insecure area.
B. By sharing an apartment with other people.
C. By renting an apartment with little furniture.
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0. What does the speaker say about many young people?
A. They tend to take public transport.
B. They prefer to live far away from the city center.
C. They contribute to the development of poorer parts of cities.
第二部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每题 2.5 分，满分 50 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题，每题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，在 A、B、C 和 D 中选出最佳选项。
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7th iPhone Photography AWARDS Call for Entries
●Categories
Abstract, Animals, Architecture, Children, City life/ Cityscape, Landscape, Lifestyle, Nature, People, Portrait,
Series (3 images), Still Life, Travel, Other.
●Requirements
Entries are open worldwide to photographers using an iPhone or iPad. Photos should not be published previously
anywhere. The posts on personal accounts (Facebook, Instagram etc.) are suitable. The photos should not be changed
in any desktop image processing program such as Photoshop. It is OK to use any IOS apps.
The submissions must be in the original size or not smaller than 1000 pixels in either height or width.
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Prizes
All photographers compete for the 4 IPPAWARDS Photographers of the Year. Grand Prize, 1st, 2nd and 3rd
place.
Grand Prizes: All entries compete for the famous IPPA Photographer of the Year Award title.
4 Gold Bars: The 1st place winner of the 14 categories will win a Gold Bar from the most recognizable private
gold mint in the world.
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4 Platinum (白金) Bars: The 2nd and 3rd place winners of the 14 categories will win a Platinum Bar from the
most recognizable private gold mint in the world.
Certificates in all Categories: All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from each categories will receive a
IPPAWARDS certificate.

Honorable Mentions: IPPAWARDS judges will award several Honorable Mention to entries to acknowledge
talent as they consider fit.
●How to Enter:
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. Select how many images you want to enter.
Follow the check-out process to pay the entry fee.
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. Select your images and upload; click here to start. If possible, please name each image with your name and
the category you are submitting like this: “FirstName-LastName-Category. jpg”
Deadline: October 30, 2024
. What makes a qualified entry for the competition as an iPhone user?
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A. An unused original photo.
C. A two-image Series.
B. An 800-pixel photo.
D. A published photo.
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. What prize will you get if you win the second place in Architecture?
A. Gold Bar.
B. Platinum Bar.
D. Grand prize.
C. Honorable Mention.
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. Where can you see this text probably?
A. In a photography magazine.
C. On a photography website.
B. In a photography guidebook
D. In an iPhone manual book
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Orion Jean is a kid on a mission. His goal is to spread kindness and inspire others to do the same.
It all started last year when Orion’s elementary school teacher suggested that the then 9-year-old enter the
National Kindness Speech Contest. “I decided that I was just going to give it a shot and see how it would go,” Orion
tells us. He gave a speech about how kindness could “change a nation,” and won the competition, receiving a $500
cash prize.
He quickly realized he wasn’t going to use all of that money. “I’m a kid,” he says, “I have everything that I
could ever want. But there are people who don’t.”
Orion, who says his parents always taught him that “kindness is a virtue that we should all try to possess,” came
up with the idea of the Race to Kindness campaign - a series of events to help others. Orion describes the campaign
as “just an idea where I would spread kindness and people would be able to join the race by spreading kindness in
their own communities.” He decided to start by helping children with health problems in the hospital, saying, “What
better way to amuse a kid than a toy?” So, he used his winnings to buy as many toys as possible and launched a toy

fair to gather more. He collected over 600 toys, which were donated to the Children’s Health Hospital in Dallas in
021.
But Orion was just getting started. After the toy fair, he launched an ambitious “Race to 100, 000 meals” to help
food-insecure people in his community. Race to Kindness partnered with a local nonprofit organization to help get
00, 000 meals donated and to feed people who might not have had a meal for Thanksgiving. The result? “We were
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able to not only reach but also surpass our goal of 100, 000 meals,” he says.
In May 2022, the kindness activist decided to launch “Race to 500, 000 Books” to help families who couldn’t
afford books or live in “book deserts”. When asked why he thinks of books, “I’m a huge book fan,” Orion shares,
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and studies show that children who have books in their homes do better academically.”
. What does the underlined words “give it a shot” mean in Paragraph 2?
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A. Have a try.
B. Give a hand.
C. Get a big head.
D. Have second thoughts.
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What helps Orion bring about the idea of the Race to Kindness campaign?
A. His great passion for racing.
B. His unused toys all over the place.
C. Family education from his childhood.
D. Heartbreaking scenes in the hospital.
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. Which of the following can best describe the young boy Orion?
A. Creative and childish.
B. Kind and straightforward.
D. Generous and enterprising.
C. Easy-going and sympathetic.
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What is most likely to be discussed in the following paragraph of the passage?
A. How the studies affect academic performance.
B. The final outcome of Orion’s toy-gathering event.
C. Orion’s future career planning after his graduation.
D. The achievement of the Race to 500, 000 Books campaign.
C
When adult humans meet a baby, many can’t help speaking in a higher-pitched (更高音的), sing-song y voice.
This shift, known as parentese, is not unique to humans — it has also been observed in animals like monkeys and
gorillas. Now, scientists are adding one more species to that list: bottlenose dolphins.
Dolphins are intelligent animals that live and hunt in groups. They communicate in a unique way: every

individual produces its own signature sound that acts much like an ID card, usually by its first birthday. But how
does each come up with its distinctive whistle? For babies, it might have something to do with listening to Mum.
To solve this mystery, researchers examined the sounds mother dolphins, make.
Scientists studied 34 years’ worth of recordings of sounds made by 19 female bottlenose dolphins. When the
mother dolphins were near their young, they continued to make their signature sound, but at a higher frequency.
They also used a wider range of frequencies than they did when their babies were not nearby.
This discovery suggests that using these modifications mother dolphins assist their young in learning how to
produce these calls themselves. Since dolphin babies often spend some years with their mothers before living on
their own, it makes sense that this adaptation would help them learn to communicate. At the very least, the higher-
pitched whistle likely gets the babies’ attention. “It’s important for a baby to know,’ Oh, Mum’s talking to me
now,’” says marine biologist June Mann.
This kind of research could help us understand how language developed in humans. “It is absolutely essential
to have basic knowledge about other species and how they communicate,” says Mann. “I would be really interested
to see whether dolphins also change their sounds when interacting with babies of others, which is what happens in
humans.”
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. What do the underlined words “this mystery ”refer to in paragraph 2?
A. Why dolphins live and play in groups.
B. How dolphins develop their unique sounds.
C. What aspects of intelligence dolphins possess.
D. Whether dolphins can use parentese like humans.
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. How did the researchers carry out their study of dolphins?
A. By analyzing mother dolphins’ sound features.
B. By recording parent-child interaction frequency.
C. By measuring the distance between parent and child.
D. By examining the speech organs of mother dolphins.
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0. What is a suggested reason why dolphin mothers use parentese with their young?
A. To help them learn to talk.
C. To express worry and care.
B. To teach them hunting skills.
D. To distract their attention.
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1. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To compare the parentese of humans and dolphins.
B. To illustrate the development of dolphin intelligence.

C. To share new findings about dolphin communication.
D. To highlight the value of studying dolphins’ language.
D
If a stranger offered you a free cookie, you might well eat it. But what if they offered to also give you $2? You
might politely decline and walk away thinking. “Something smells fishy.”
In a study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers found that people tend to turn
down offers of “free money,” as well as unusually cheap services, because they seem “too good to be true.”
In the initial experiment, nearly 40 percent of participants ate a cookie offered freely— compared with about 20
percent of those offered $2 as well. “People typically imagine things like someone did something disgusting to the
cookie,” says study lead author Andrew J. Vonasch, a psychological scientist at the University of Canterbury in
NewZealand.
Nine further experiments used online questionnaires to present other cases. These included being offered money
to accept a ride home and surprisingly cheap flights. In each case, past a certain threshold (门槛), higher potential
money gain reduced participants’ likelihood of accepting the offer.
Vonasch says the study illustrates that contrary to the “standard economic model,” which supposes humans
always seek to maximize gains, transactions (交易) need to also be understood as social interactions between people
trying to understand each other’s minds.
If someone seems to violate accepted norms, such as self- interest, without any explanation, we assume they
have hidden motives and infer there will be “phantom (幻影) costs”, imagined consequences that reduce what
Vonasch calls an offer’s “psychological value”. Factors beyond the present moment may come into play.

Understanding that others’ perceived overgenerosity may put us in their debt could also help explain people’s
reluctance,” says Vonasch.
The researchers also showed how to make the effect less severe: simply provide a reason for the deal. The “cheap
flights” experiment included a condition where the seats were revealed to be very uncomfortable. “Uncomfortable
seats aren’t typically a selling point,” Vonasch says. “But telling people the seats were uncomfortable made them
more willing to take them because it was sufficient explanation.”
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2. Why might people reject an offer of $2 along with a free cookie?
A. They dislike a money- related offer.
B. They distrust the true value of the offer.
C. They think the offer is not good enough.
D. They suspect the offer only lasts a short time.
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3. What aspect of the nine further experiments is introduced in Paragraph 4?
A. The moral concerns.
B. The research method.

C. The experiments’ duration.
4. Why does the author mention the “cheap flights” experiment in the last paragraph?
A. To stress the unpredictability of human choices.
D. The participants’ background.
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B. To illustrate how hidden motives affect people’s choices.
C. To emphasize the importance of providing clear examples.
D. To show giving sensible reasons can increase acceptance of offers.
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5. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Are you worried about “phantom costs”?
C. Why do you accept other’s generosity?
B. Are you fearful of violating social norms?
D. What is an offer’s “psychological value”?
第二节 （共 5 小题，每题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项，选项中的两项为多余选项.
Many people do not read the classics. Their reasons begin with the language being too difficult and end with the
storyline too distant to the present context. ___16___. It is a gradual affair. We begin as acquaintances (泛泛之交)
and eventually become close friends with private jokes between us. So how does one approach a classic?
Don’t be afraid to be confused.
We get it: it’s hard to power through confusion. It doesn’t feel great when a book makes yo