机密启用前 【考试时间：2024年2月 28日 15:00—16:40】
英语试题卷
（本试卷共分三部分 47 小题；考试用时 100 分钟，满分 120分）
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第一部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D） 中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
Boston Attractions Guide
Boston’s Freedom Trail
Starting at the Boston Common, but easily picked up at any point along the way, the Freedom Trail offers
historical insight into the city and its surroundings. With 16 official stops along the way, you can check out one, some
or all of the sites on this route where a red trail painted on the sidewalks takes you throughout Boston.
ADMISSIONS: Free
Fenway Park
Boston fans are crazy about baseball. Ask many and they will claim it as their religion, and offer Fenway as their
place of worship. Even if baseball is not your thing, be sure to catch a game at Fenway Park, home of the legendary
Green Monster. Tickets can be hard to come by, so seek them out well in advance.
ADMISSIONS: Adult $26; Child $13
New England Aquarium
The adventure begins before you step foot through the door. Watch the Harbor Seals swirl around in the outdoor
tank while you wait for your tickets. Catch a show in the glass enclosed classroom overlooking Boston Harbor, and
plunge your hands into the touch tank where rays and sharks are circling and awaiting your touch.
ADMISSIONS: Adult $32; Child $21
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the most respected orchestras in the world. Playing host to a variety of
concerts throughout the year, including the Holiday Pops, The Boston Symphony Orchestra wows crowds. History has
been made within these walls where songs like the popular Sleigh Ride have been composed.
ADMISSIONS: Adult $17; Child& Senior $12
1．What can visitors do on Boston’s Freedom Trail?
A．Take red trains. B．Touch ocean life.
C．Explore historical sites. D．Enjoy baseball games.
2．What can we know about Fenway Park?
A．It charges no fees. B．It needs advance booking.
C．It offers picnic place. D．It overlooks Boston Harbor.
3．Which one should you choose if you are a music lover?
A．Fenway Park. B．Boston’s Freedom Trail.
C．New England Aquarium. D．Boston Symphony Orchestra.
B
Rain or shine, Tsering Chopa treks for long hours to deliver mail. For 18 years, the Tibetan mailman has been a
vital link between the remote town and the rest of the world.
At 5,373 meters above sea level, Pumachangthang in Nakarze county of the Tibet autonomous region is China’s
highest township. The oxygen level is less than 40 percent, the annual average temperature -7C and the average life
expectancy only 49.5 years. The area of the township is about 1,500 square kilometers. The distance from the county
town is some 70 km and a single trip to all the six villages can be as long as 160 km.
In 2005, Tsering Chopa became the first mailman of his hometown. In nearly two decades since his first mission,
he has delivered over a million newspapers, more than 20,000 letters and 10,000-plus parcels in Pumachangthang, and
has never been accused of failing or mixing up mail.
One night, a local resident Nyima Tsering’s daughter had fainted and desperately needed help. Knowing that, the
mailman arranged for a car right away and sent her to the county hospital. He also gave some cash to the family for
the girl’s treatment. Nyima Tsering’s daughter recovered soon, and Tsering Chopa became an idol in the village.
The busiest time for Tsering Chopa is between July and August each year, when students are waiting for their
admission letters from various universities. He recalls once he had to deliver mail to one student whose family had
already moved away. He had to ask neighbors several times to find the new address. It was summer and the usual road
to the village was blocked because of rain. He trekked for more than 20 km and struggled with shortness of breath all
the way to finally deliver the letter.
In 2019, Tsering Chopa received the China Youth May Fourth Medal. “It is an acknowledgment of what I do and
a token of encouragement as well,” he says. “And I want to help more people living in remote areas. I want to bring
the world closer to them and take them closer to the world.”
4．What does the data in paragraph 2 imply?
A．The achievements Tsering Chopa has gotten as a postman.
B．The disasters Tsering Chopa experienced in his childhood.
C．The contributions Tsering Chopa has made for his hometown.
D．The challenges for Tsering Chopa to deliver mail in Pumachangthang.
5．How did Tsering Chopa help Nyima Tsering’s daughter?
A．By donating a car to her family. B．By making her hospitalized in time.
C．By lending money to her family. D．By performing an operation for her.
6．Which of the following words can best describe Tsering Chopa?
A．Selfless and determined. B．Brave and confident.
C．Optimistic and humorous. D．Creative and generous.
7．Why did Tsering Chopa devote himself to delivering mail?
A．To win respect and admiration form the villagers.
B．To improve the living conditions of his hometown.
C．To further link his hometown to the rest of the world.
D．To encourage more poor students to go to universities.
C
Using CRISPR genome（基因组） editing on a few common crops, a team of plant and soil scientists seeks to
greatly increase and speed up carbon storage to help fight climate change.
To prevent dangerous levels of global warming, scientists say it won’t be enough to just stop burning fossil fuels
that release carbon into the air. Because it’s nearly impossible for humanity to do that as fast as is now required, we
will also need to pull carbon out of the air and secure it.
Plants are among the best tools we have to do this, since these living solar collectors already capture billions of
tons of carbon dioxide each year from the atmosphere through photosynthesis（光合作用）. About half of that
carbon winds up in roots and eventually the soil, where it can stay for hundreds to thousands of years.
But what if we could create plants and soils that are better at capturing carbon? With CRISPR genome editing—a
new molecular（分子的） biology tool that allows scientists to make edits to the DNA code that underpins all
life—that might be possible.
Last month, the Innovative Genomics Institute （IGI）, a research team founded by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer
Doudna, began to explore the idea. With an $11-million donation from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a team of
researchers made a three-year effort using CRISPR to create new crop varieties that photosynthesi ze more efficiently
and transport more carbon into the soil. Eventually, the researchers hope to create gene-edited rice and sorghum seeds
that could—if planted around the globe---pull more than a billion extra tons of carbon out of the air annually.
It’s an ambitious goal, and the team is likely to face numerous challenges in the lab before its CO2-cleaning
plants can be put in the ground. Additional social, policy, and ethical considerations will determine whether those
crops are widely accepted by farmers. But the researchers believe their ambitious project is beneficial to cope with
climate crisis.
8．What is the purpose of using CRISPR genome editing on crops?
A．To improve soil structure. B．To increase carbon storage.
C．To create new crop varieties. D．To help fight climate change.
9．What does the underlined word “capture” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Mix. B．Release. C．Absorb. D．Grab.
10．What can be inferred from this text?
A．CO2-cleaning plants can be put in the ground now.
B．It is still unknown whether gene-edited crops will be accepted.
C．Researchers have successfully created gene-edited rice and sorghum seeds.
D．CRISPR genome editing will face so many challenges that it has no future.
11．What is the researchers’ attitude to the gene-edited crops?
A．Hopeful. B．Doubtful. C．Indifferent. D．Negative.
D
Forgetting names, faces, or events is a universal human experience; even those who see their minds sharp
struggle with memory loss from time to time. Most consider these mental mistakes to be annoyed, and they’re seen as
a potentially worrisome sign of cognitive（认知的）decline. But neurologist Scott Small, who studies and treats
Alzheimer’s disease（老年痴呆） at Columbia University, thinks this view of forgetting is all wrong. In fact, some
amount of forgetfulness is critical for our minds and relationships to function at their best.
We’re developing drugs to protect against memory loss. But many psychologists have joked that what they want
is a forgetfulness drug. Too much memory poses a challenge in any long-term relationship. Anger, hatred—they all
come from not being able to let go of emotional memories. People who repeatedly think of anger or fear suffer, often
in loneliness.
Living in a noisy, ever-changing world, forgetting details is actually a perfect adaptation. Creativity isn’t making
something out of nothing. It’s making connections between already-known elements—ideas, words, visuals, or
expressions—to create something new. But to make new connections, the existing connections in your mind have to
be loose. If the connections between those elements are too tightly bound in our memory, there’s no room for
creativity.
What can we do to help our brains forget what we need to forget? One of the best ways to make sure that you
don’t have a brain that’s burning too. hot with bad memories is to stay socially engaged. Another thing to do is to
sleep, and sleep well. Many experts have concluded that we sleep in order to forget, so it makes sense that sleep has
been shown to improve creativity. If you’re short of sleep, your brain is on fire with too many memories. The brain is
like a lawn of grass—you need to keep it trimmed（修剪） to make way for new memories, new connections, and
new growth.
12．What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A．The damage of cognitive decline. B．The importance of forgetting things.
C．The reasons of getting mental disease. D．The methods of preventing memory loss.
13．Why is the forgetfulness drug needed?
A．Because various pressure makes us sleepless.
B．Because some patients forget important things.
C．Because too much memory disturbs and bothers us.
D．Because many seniors suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
14．What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A．Too much memory blocks our creativity. B．Our brain can adapt to ever-changing world.
C．Sleeping well contributes to improved attention. D．Bad memory has terrible impact on our social life.
15．Where is the text probably from?
A．A book review. B．An advertisement. C．A science fiction. D．A news report.
第二节（共5 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。
The Spotlight Effect
Have you ever felt as if the entire world was watching while you made a mistake? Well, here’s some good news:
it’s likely that no one even noticed.
16 We have this experience not only when we make mistakes but also when we perform well. Every time
we do something that is a little different from what we usually do, we may assume that everyone around us will notice.
The spotlight effect might happen when we make a mistake in a game, have a bad hair day, or give a terrible answer in
class. 17 In these moments, it feels like everyone is watching.
The spotlight effect exists because we all get used to seeing things through our own eyes. Every person is the
main character in his or her story, and the events of our lives seem to have great importance. 18
The spotlight effect is a very common part of the human experience. However, in some cases, it can lead to
extreme social anxiety and nervousness around other people. Everyone suffers some degree of social anxiety. We all
care about what others think, and we all want to be liked. It’s normal to wonder about what effect we have on other
people. 19 If someone is so nervous that they can’t make good decisions, then it’s time to take action and
improve the situation.
Learning about the spotlight effect is important because it can help us reduce our anxiety. Next time you feel like
everyone is staring at you, remind yourself that it’s just your mind playing tricks on you. 20 If you fill your
mind with thoughts of your friends and family, it will help you be less self-conscious.
A．However, this can be a problem when the anxiety is too much to handle.
B．That’s why fewer people notice the embarrassing circumstances they encounter.
C．Another good exercise is to make an effort to notice the people around you, rather than focusing on yourself.
D．The spotlight effect is a trick of the mind that makes us believe that people notice us more often than they really
do.
E．What you can do at this moment is to ignore them.
F．We are so busy examining ourselves that we actually observe very little about everyone around us.
G．It can also appear when we score a big goal, ask someone on a date, or do a good deed.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 30分）
第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题；每题1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Never do I realize it has been so long since my father left us. I have often thought what a 21 world it would
be without children; and what a cruel world without the 22 .
My father was a very warm and 23 man, quick to lend a hand to anyone who needed it. I always 24
my father and deeply admired his way with people.
He was in a care center for years after suffering a series of diseases that impacted his ability to walk and caused
his 25 to be slow and not clear. It 26 me very much to see him there, and we tried to visit him several
times a month. My toddler daughter, Kelsey, read stories to him, and he lay listening as her 27 ra n wild,
pretending to read words from the books she held in her tiny hands. They loved each other dearly, and he was her
“Papa.” Kelsey was only four years old when Dad died. I was 28 for weeks, and Kelsey tried to comfort me.
Oftentimes she cried with me or tried in some way to make me feel better. Nothing helped.
I needed my 29 on this Earth, and sometimes my heart 30 so badly that I thought it might be broken
because of sadness.
While we were preparing for Thanksgiving, I heard Kelsey talking to her daddy. They were chatting about Papa
and how he had gone to 31 and was now watching over us. She said in the sweetest voice, “Daddy, since Mama
doesn’t have a daddy anymore, do you think you could just 32 yours with her?”
I sighed in relief, bursting into tears. From that day on, my sadness 33 . I knew my father had given Kelsey
gifts of care, kindness and 34 for others.
He would 35 forever, in her.
21．A．curious B．disastrous C．addictive D．specific
22．A．experienced B．teenaged C．aged D．young
23．A．caring B．attractive C．optimistic D．outgoing
24．A．looked back on B．looked down on C．looked up to D．looked out for
25．A．tongue B．breath C．strength D．speech
26．A．pained B．struck C．frightened D．cracked
27．A．words B．stories C．contents D．imagination
28．A．heartbroken B．frightened C．annoyed D．calm
29．A．grandfather B．father C．daughter D．husband
30．A．hit B．beat C．pounded D．ached
31．A．heaven B．hospital C．home D．center
32．A．compare B．impress C．share D．exchange
33．A．revived B．eased C．advanced D．quit
34．A．admiration B．concern C．appreciation D．behavior
35．A．rely on B．reflect on C．focus on D．live on
第二节（共 10 题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3 个单词）。
From London’s Trafalgar Square to major cities across Britain, tens of thousands of British people have joined
Chinese communities 36 （welcome） the arrival of the Chinese New Year.
In Manchester there was a Dragon Parade, 37 （lead） by a very breathtaking 54-meter long dragon, ending
in Chinatown 38 people could enjoy a wide range of Chinese food and enjoy a spectacular fireworks show.
39 （celebrate） also took place in Liverpool, Birmingham, Lake District, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds and
Newcastle.
Academic Dr. Wu Kegang said, “The Chinese New Year event in Britain is now 40 （impress） than ever
and it is growing every year”.
On arrival in Britain 26 years ago from Guangdong, south China, 41 first thing Wu noticed was that
Chinese New Year was celebrated 42 （main） in towns and cities with big Chinese communities. “You would
go to London Chinatown and join your countrymen to celebrate, 43 to Chinatowns in places like Liverpool and
Manchester for events almost only held for Chinese people,” Wu recalled.
“ 44 is different now, is that we are seeing local communities all over the country taking part alongside their
own Chinese populations,” he said. “It is clear to me that the event will continue to grow in Britain where Chinese
New Year 45 （earn） its place in the calendar of events so far.”
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分 40分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
46．近年来，我国旅游业发展日新月异，但是许多景区的环境却被严重污染，触目惊心。假如你是李华，寒假
期间你目睹了许多游客的不文明行为，为了改善你家乡的景区环境，请你以“How to Be a Civilized Tourist”
为题写一篇短文。注意：
1．写作词数应为 80 左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
How to Be a Civilized Tourist
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第二节（满分 25 分）
47．阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
What does it mean to be a hero? I think a hero is someone who goes out of his way to make others happy. My
hero is Mr. Wright, my chorus（合唱队） teacher.
When I was 12 years old, my grandparents passed away. I was really close to them, and losing them was the
hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through. I couldn’t eat, sleep, or think; I felt like I couldn’t even breathe. It was as if
my whole world had fallen down from under me, and I fell into this huge hole of depression（抑郁）.
Although I was battling depression, I was determined to make my high school years the best of my life. It was
difficult to be happy, but I had to try. I joined Women’s Choir. Mr. Wright was the choral director and he was so
funny that the first day, I just knew I had made the best decision of my life.
As the year progressed, I loved chorus more and more. I began to smile again and really enjoy life.
Then one day that all changed. My friends —or those that I thought were my friends —started talking about me
behind my back. I was hurt, and I sat by myself. Mr. Wright came over and asked what was wrong. The look in his
eyes told me that I could trust him. Trying hard to fight back tears, I told him the whole story. When I finished, he
nodded and told me, “If you never learn anything from me, learn this: No one is worth stealing your joy.”
Paragraph 1: What Mr. Wright said really struck a chord（心弦） in my heart.
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Paragraph 2: Mr. Wright is a hero to everyone he meets.
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西山区 2024 届第三次高三教学质量检测
英语参考答案
第一部分 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）
A篇 1-3：CBD B篇 4-7：BAC
C篇 8-11：DCBA D篇 12-15：BCAD
第二节（共5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
16-20：DGFAC
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 30分）
第一节 完形填空（共 15 小题，每题1 分，满分 15 分）
21-25：BCACD 26-30：ADABD 31-35：ACBBD
第二节 语篇填空（共 10 题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
36．to welcome 37．led 38．where 39．Celebrations 40．more impressive
41．the 42．mainly 43．or 44．What 45．has earned
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分 40分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
【参考范文】
How to Be a Civilized Tourist
With the winter holiday coming, thousands of people pour into the tourist sites. But some tourists have some bad
behaviors and habits while visiting some places of interest. So it’s important to know how to be a civilized tourist.
First, we should protect the natural environment. Don’t throw rubbish away or draw anywhere. Besides, when we
cross roads, we must obey the traffic rules. Also in public places, we are supposed to wait in line and mustn’t talk
loudly. Finally, wherever we go, we should respect local customs and traditions. Just keep it in mind that whenever
we travel at home or abroad, we are representing the country to the rest of the world.
To be a civilized tourist will help build a better society. Let’s become civilized tourists!
第二节（满分 25 分）略