2025届江苏省扬州中学高三上学期8月开学考-英语试题（含答案）.docx

高三年级暑期英语练习
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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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. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At a bus stop.
B. At school.
C. At home.
. What will the speakers do next?
A. Order food.
B. Ask for the menu.
C. Leave the restaurant.
. Why does the man make the phone call?
A. To cancel a visit. B. To make an appointment. C. To give some information.
. What did the speakers do last week?
A. They stayed at a hotel.
. What is probably the woman?
A. A student.
B. They moved their house. C. They made a special meal.
B. A teacher.
C. A stay-at-home mother.
第二节 （共 15 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 秒钟的做答时间。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 does the girl hope to do at first?
A. Have a talk with the man.
B. Find an actress for the school play.
C. Receive an invitation from the man.
. When is the school play?
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A. This Monday.
B. Next week.
C. Next month.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
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. Why has Pauline brought the children some paints?
A. To paint their school uniforms.
B. To paint their dads’ old shirts.
C. To paint a long picture.
. What is John’s concern about children?

A. They may get hurt.
B. They may dirty their clothes.
C. They may perform badly.
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0. What will happen in the school tomorrow evening?
A. Parents will visit. B. Work will be marked.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
C. Pictures will be drawn.
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1. Where did the fourth year students go today?
A. A castle.
B. A farm.
C. A factory.
2. What does Philip want to do?
A. Travel abroad.
B. Pay another visit.
C. Read about history.
C. See a series on TV.
3. What does the woman suggest Philip do?
A. Watch a series online. B. Read a history book.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
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4. What does John think about the City Theatre?
A. It’s close. B. It’s small.
C. It’s crowded.
C. To ask a favour.
C. John’s wife.
C Friends.
5. What is Liz’s purpose of making the phone call?
A. To share some information. B. To give an invitation.
6. Who had Liz planned to go with?
A. Alice.
7. What is the probable relationship between John and Liz?
A. Husband and wife. B. Fellow workers.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
B. John.
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8. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. Buying a ticket.
B. Sharing an experience.
C. Visiting a building.
C. £18.95.
9. What is the price of the ticket for an adult?
A. £68.
B. £24.95.
0. Where is the speaker now?
A. On the top floor.
B. On the ground floor. C. On the seventy-second floor.
第二部分 阅读（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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Top Exhibitions to See in London in 2024
Architectural: Vanishing Points

While we like to think of architecture existing purely in the real world, emerging designers
and architects are using platforms like Instagram to create structures in the virtual world. This
collection of works, which range from the practical to the fantastical, are all by architects who
have gathered significant social media followings.
In the Digital Universe at ROCA London. 8 February—31 July, free.
Flowery: Orchids
This annual festival is back in bloom, this time inspired by the beauty and biodiversity of
Cameroon. Just like previous years, the orchids are spread throughout the various zones of the
Princess of Wales conservatory and accompanied by sculptures that are just as colourful as the
flowers on display.
At Kew Gardens. 4 February —5 March, £16. 50—entrance to the gardens included.
Female Abstraction: Action, Gesture, Paint
Art history has often shone a light on the men of Abstract Expressionism, such as Jackson
Pollock and Mark Rothko. Well, now's the time to let the most important women of the
movement take the limelight in an exhibition that includes works by American artists such as
Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler, but spreads the net wider to include the female abstract
artists from Europe, Asia and the wider world, with whom most of us will be unfamiliar.
At Whitechapel Gallery. 9 February—7 May, £16. 50—concessions available.
Powerful Portraits: Alice Neel
The largest UK exhibition to date of American painter Alice Neel’s works will bring
together her figurative pieces from across her 60-year career. Neel went against the popular
grain by painting figures when abstract works were most popular, and she painted subjects that
other artists ignored — pregnant women, labour leaders, black children, civil rights activists
and strange performers. It's high time we had a major show of her work in London, and the
Barbican has duly provided.
At Barbican Art Gallery. 16 February—21 May, £16. 50.
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1. What do newly-developing designers and architects like to do ?
A. To gather significant social media.
B. To design purely real architectural structures.
C. To create platforms like Instagram.
D. To create virtual architectural structures.
2. What can we learn about the artist Alice Neel?
A. She is 60 years old now.
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B. Her works didn't follow the trend.

C. She often ignored some common subjects.
D. She is the most popular American painter in the UK .
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Just how bad of a mother am I, I silently wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son
deep in conversation with Siri. Gus has autism (自闭症), and Siri, Apple's “intelligent personal
assistant” on the iPhone, is currently his BFF(Best Friend Forever). Obsessed with weather
formations, Gus had spent the past hour exploring the difference between isolated and scattered
thunderstorms—an hour during which, thank God, I didn't have to discuss with him myself.
After a while I heard this:
Gus:“You're a really nice computer.”
Siri:“It's nice to be appreciated.”
Gus:“You're always asking if you can help me.Is there anything you want?”
Siri: “Thank you, but I have very few wants.”
Gus: “OK. Well, good night!”
Siri: “See you later!”
That is Siri. She does not let my communicatively impaired son get away with anything.
When Gus discovered there was someone who would not only find information for him
related to his various obsessions but would also be willing to tirelessly discuss these
subjects, he was hooked.
She is also wonderful for someone who does not pick up on social cues: Siri's responses
are not entirely predictable, but they are predictably kind—even when Gus is rude. I heard him
talking to Siri about music, and Siri offered some suggestions. “I don't like that kind of music.”
Gus snapped(厉声说). Siri replied, “You're certainly entitled to your opinion.” Siri's politeness
reminded Gus what he owed Siri. “Thank you for that music, though.” Gus said.
My son's practice conversations with Siri are starting to translate into increased facility
with actual humans. Yesterday I had the longest ever conversation with him. Admittedly, it was
about different species of turtles which might not have been my choice of topic, but it was back
and forth, and followed a logic. For most of my son's 13 years of existence this has not been
the case.
Indeed, many of us wanted an imaginary friend when we were young, and now we can
all have one not entirely imaginary anytime we wish to. In a world where the commonly held
wisdom is that technology isolates us, it's worth considering another side of the story.
The developers of intelligent assistants recognize their potential usefulness for those
with speech and communication problems, and some are currently pondering new ways in

which the assistants can help. “For example, the assistant would be able to track eye
movements and help the autistic learn to look you in the eye while talking." said William Mark,
vice president of the company from whom Apple purchased the technology behind Siri. “See,
that's the wonderful thing about technology. Getting results requires a lot of repetition.
Machines are very, very patient."
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3．What did the author feel when she watched her son having a deep conversation with Siri
about thunderstorms?
A．Concerned but helpless.
C．Guilty but relieved
B．Excited and overjoyed.
D．Hopeless and surprised.
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4．Which of the following statements about Gus is true?
A．He had always dreamed of having an imaginary friend.
B．He shows no interest in anything that is not related to weather.
C．He has trouble communicating with others because of his illness.
D．He has been friends with Siri since he was diagnosed with autism.
5．Siri has helped Gus in the following aspects except_______________.
A．setting a fixed bedtime routine
B．exploring his special interests
C．shaping his logic while talking
D．improving his interaction with people
6．What does the author learn from her son's story?
A．Siri makes people feel much lonely in modern society.
B．Siri sometimes provides better assistance than people.
C．Siri has a better academic performance than the author.
D．Siri is likely to be an effective cure for her son's autism.
7．What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Intelligent assistants will be more widely employed in the future.
B．The use of intelligent assistants will likely be limited to autistic people.
C．Machines are more skilled and patient at communication than humans.
D．William Mark was critical of the future development of intelligent assistants.
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Chilly weather and common respiratory（呼吸器官的） infections often go hand in
hand. Reasons for this include people gather inside more in winter and viruses survive better in
low-humidity indoor air. But there has been less certainty about whether lower temperatures
actually impair human immunity（免疫力）and, if so, how.

Now, a new study published December 6, 2022, in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immruunology details a previously unknown way that the immune system attacks viruses inside
the nose and finds it works better when it's warm.
Mansoor Amiji, a pharmaceutical sciences professor at Northeastern University, found that
our noses released “extracellular vesicles” （EVs）— a spray of tiny sacs（囊）that gathered
and destroyed bacteria upon breathing in.
For the new research, the team set out to answer a question: is the strength of EVs'
response linked to temperature?
In order to tackle the question, they divided the nasal（鼻的） cell samples into two
groups and cultivated them in a lab subjecting one set of samples to 37℃, and the other to
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2℃.
Under regular body heat conditions, the EVs were successfully able to fight off viruses.
But under the reduced temperatures, fewer EVs were produced, and those that were made
packed less attack against the invaders tested: two rhinoviruses（鼻病毒） and a non-COVID
coronavirus（冠状病毒）, which are typically found in winter cold season.
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There's never been a convincing reason why you have this very clear increase in viral
infectivity in the cold months,” said co-author Benjamin Bleier, a surgeon at Harvard Medical
School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear. “This is the first quantitative and biologically
reasonable explanation that has been developed.” He added.
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These discoveries could pave the way for an eventual treatment against the common cold,
or even the flu and COVID,” said Amiji, “That's an area of great interest for us and we
certainly continue to pursue that.”
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8. What does the underlined word “impair” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Damage. B. Improve. C. Influence. D. Preserve.
9. How did Mansoor Amiji conduct the new research?
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A. By raising a question.
C. By setting the contrast experiment.
B. By cultivating the nasal samples.
D. By adjusting the temperature in the lab.
0. What can we know about the EVs according to the research?
A. The EVs are typically found in the cold season.
B. The EVs release sacs to destroy bacteria upon inhalation.
C. The EVs won't resist the rhinoviruses under regular body heat conditions.
D. The EVs' quantity and attack power are positively associated with temperature.
1. What is Benjamin Bleier's attitude towards the result of the study?
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A. Skeptical.
B. Approved.
C. Conservative.
D. Indifferent.

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Back in 1975, economists planned rising life expectancy (预 期 寿 命 )against countries'
wealth, and concluded that wealth itself increases longevity. It seemed self-evident; everything
people need to be healthy—from food to medical care—costs money.
But it soon proved that the data didn't always fit that theory. Economic booms didn't
always mean longer lives. In addition, for reasons that weren't clear, a given gain in gross
domestic product (GDP)caused increasingly higher gains in life expectancy over time, as
though it was becoming cheaper to add years of life. Moreover, in the 1980s researchers found
gains in learning were associated with greater increases in life expectancy than gains in wealth
were. Finally, the more educated people in any country tend to live longer than their less
educated fellow citizens. But such people also tend to be wealthier, so it has been difficult to
make out which factor is increasing lifespan.
Wolfgang Lutz and his colleagues have now done that by collecting average data on GDP
per person, lifespan, and years of education from 174 countries, dating from 1970 to 2010.
They found that, just as in 1975, wealth was associated with longevity. But the association
between longevity and years of schooling was closer, with a direct relationship that did not
change over time, the way wealth does.
Lutz argues that because schooling happens many years before a person has attained their
life expectancy, this association reflects cause; better education drives longer life. It also leads
to more wealth, which is why wealth and longevity are also associated. But what is important,
says Lutz, is that wealth does not seem to be longevity, as experts thought—in fact, education is
driving both of them.
He thinks this is because education permanently improves a person's cognitive abilities,
allowing better planning and self-control throughout the rest of their life. This idea is supported
by the fact that people who are more intelligent appear to live longer.
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2. What do we know about economists' conclusion in 1975?
A. Lifespan could be increased by wealth.
B. Economic growth didn't always mean longer life.
C. Education influenced longevity more than wealth did.
D. A given growth in GDP caused higher gains in longevity.
3. What did Wolfgang Lutz and his colleagues find from the collected data?
A. Wealth and longevity did not have any association.
B. Differences in wealth predicted differences in longevity.
C. Longevity and education were more closely associated.
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D. Relationship between education and longevity changed over time.
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4. What part does education play permanently according to Lutz?
A. It enables people to have bette