2024-2025-2 长沙实验中学高三下第七次调研考试
英 语
时量：120 分钟 满分：150 分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）略
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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What happens to old Olympics stadiums after the medals have all been awarded Here are four host cities
taking a different approach, repurposing their Olympics structures for less sporty uses.
Los Angeles, California
The Grand Olympic Auditorium was constructed in 1924, and after the Games it continued to host boxing and wrestling matches. The building even served as the film set for parts of Rocky. The venue was so well known
around Hollywood — hosting greats like Cassius Clay, Rage Against the Machine, Andre the Giant and Little Richard.
Lake Placid, New York
Most people entering the now remodeled 1980 Olympic Village in Lake Placid are in a lot of trouble. It’s not
much of a surprise, though; this Olympic Village was built with a prison in mind, because the only way Lake Placid
could get funding from the government for the Olympics was that they had a secondary purpose for any new
buildings. Only the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBP) offered to be the second use for the Village complex.
Beijing, China
After the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the National Aquatics Center was restored. And half of it is now Asia’s
largest water park, called Happy Magic Water Cube. There are 13 waterslides, a lazy river, a wave pool and a spa.
The second floor of the building has an auditorium with17,000 seats.
Helsinki, Finland
Originally constructed in 1937, the Tennispalatsi was never meant to last as a permanent structure. It first
housed a car dealership and was restored one year later to add four tennis courts as the city began opening various
sports venues around town. Then the venue hosted basketball when the Games finally came to Helsinki in 1952.
Now, the Tennispalatsi holds the Helsinki City Art Museum and several restaurants.
21. Which Olympic stadium may appeal to movie star-chasers
A. The Tennispalatsi. B. The Olympic Village.
C. The National Aquatics Center. D. The Grand Olympic Auditorium.
22. What was essential for the government to fund the 1980 Olympic Village
A. Lake Placid promised to host a second Olympics.
B. Lake Placid could convince FBP to build a new prison.
C. The Olympic Village could be used as a prison afterwards.
D. The Olympic Village managed to solve all the troubles.
23. Why was the Tennispalatsi in Helsinki restored in 1938
A. To prepare for the 1952 Olympics. B. To meet the demand for sports space.
C. To provide venues for basketball training. D. To expand the business of a car dealership.
B
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“Promise me you won’t marry a farmer,” says a character in The Love of a Good Woman. Instantly, the reader
is in Alice Munro territory. Ms. Munro, the daughter of a silver-fox farmer, was brought up in rural Ontario. As a
girl, she was told that the worst thing you could do was to “think you were smart”. She enrolled at the University of
Western Ontario to study journalism but dropped out when her scholarship dried up. Then Ms. Munro married
young and moved to Vancouver.
It was not the housework that dragged her down; it was the assumption that women who tried to do something as challenging as writing were inappropriate. She wrote when her daughters were taking a nap. Deep in domesticity
in suburban Vancouver, she dreamed up plots. She was as consumed by the routine of daily life — cooking,
cleaning, taking care of her children — as by the stories she was writing in her head in the deadness of early afternoon. Each story has layers, ranging from the ordinary to the excellent. Her characters do anything to avoid confronting their pain.
In 1977, her first story, Royal Beatings, was published in the New Yorker; it was followed by many more. Her
first book, Dance of the Happy Shades, won the Governor General’s Award — one of Canada’s highest literary
awards — yet still she was dismissed by many as a shy housewife. In 2013, she became the first Canadian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, but was too unwell to travel to Stockholm for the ceremony. Instead, the Nobel Foundation visited her at her daughter’s home in Victoria, British Columbia, and recorded an interview. In it, she said she wanted her stories to move people. She wanted readers to feel they were different when they finished reading.
24. Why did Alice Munro quit school
A. She held no liking for journalism. B. She got married and had to leave.
C. She was short of tuition fees. D. She was subject to traditional views.
25. What is mainly talked about in paragraph 2
A. Her commitment to writing. B. Her longing for freedom.
C. Her will to escape housework. D. Her desire to earn money.
26. Which of the following can best describe Alice Munro as a writer
A. Persistent and shy. B. Devoted and productive.
C. Diligent and caring. D. Open-minded and modest.
27. What made Alice Munro absent from the Nobel Prize ceremony
A. Her poor health condition. B. Her unwillingness to travel.
C. Her dislike for public events. D. Her attendance at an interview.
C
For millions of years, bees, moths and other pollinators have used scents(香气) to locate flowers and transfer
pollen(花粉) to any flowers they later visit. But something is changing today. When the scents of flowers interact
with certain air pollutants at night, key scents are destroyed. Moths and other nighttime pollinators may find it hard
to recognize the flowers they were seeking, researchers show.
The Seattle team conducted field and lab tests with a plant — the pale evening primrose. Ecologist Jeremy
Chan put bags over pale evening primroses to trap the flowers’ scent. Then he took the scent back to the lab, along
with some moths. They released the primrose scent and moths into a wind tunnel that could mimic conditions in an
outdoor field. At once, they watched the moths easily flying straight upwind and tracking the scent. But it was different when pollutants, like ozone and nitrogen dioxide, were added to the mix. Now, the moths flew in a “Z”
line. They seemed to be seeking the scent — often without success.
The team then decided to test its findings in nature at night, The result was the same. When this scent was
mixed with the pollutants, moths’ visits dropped. Some moths even never found a single flower during the tests,
Besides, the same reactions could hurt flowers’ scents by day. But because sunlight can break down ozone, the
problem is likely more serious for night pollinators.
As Earth’s climate warms, it’s likely that a mix of pollutants will continue to climb. Such conditions could
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worsen the pollution threat to flowers’ scents and plant pollination. “As we know, pollination is important to food
growers”, noted Joel Thornton. He’s an atmospheric scientist in the team. He said pollution could pose a new type
of threat to farming.
28. Why do moths have trouble finding out flowers today
A. Flowers’ scents interrupt moth. B. Pollutants affect flowers’ scents.
C. Flowers are not available at night. D. Flowers are changing their scents.
29. How did the researchers get the findings
A. By analyzing the types of pollutants. B. By monitoring moths’ behaviors.
C. By detecting the primrose scent. D. By comparing scents with pollutants.
30. What did Joel Thornton think of the findings
A. Amusing. B. Promising. C. Satisfying. D. Worrying.
31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Pollinators: Lost in Pollutants B. Scents: Gone with the Wind
C. Pollinators: Master of a Garden D. Scents: Nature’s Secret Language
D
In the last few decades, scientists have made enormous breakthroughs in understanding how our brains work
by monitoring them in real time with fMRI and PET scanners. When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks,
such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activities can be
observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Some areas of their
brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound, took it apart to understand elements like melody and
rhythm, and then put it all back together into combined musical experience.
Yet when scientists turned from observing the brains of music listeners to those of musicians, the little
backyard fireworks became a massive celebration. It turns out that playing music is similar to a full-body workout.
Playing a musical instrument engages practically every area of the brain at once, especially the visual, auditory, and
motor cortices(大脑皮层).
The most obvious difference between listening to music and playing it is that the latter requires fine motor skills, which are controlled in both hemispheres(半 球 ) of the brain. It also combines the linguistic and
mathematical accuracy, in which the left hemisphere is more involved, with the novel and creative content that the
right excels in.
Because making music also involves crafting and understanding its emotional content and message, musicians
often have higher levels of executive function. And, indeed, musicians exhibit enhanced memory functions,
creating, storing, and retrieving memories more quickly and efficiently. Studies have found that’s because
musicians use their highly connected brains to attach each memory to multiple labels, such as a conceptual label, an
emotional label, an audio label, and a contextual label, like a good Internet search engine.
The recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental
function, revealing the inner rhythms and complex interplay that make up the amazing orchestra of our brain.
32. What does “fireworks” underlined in paragraph 1 refer to
A. A grand celebration of sound. B. An act of playing instruments.
C. A burst of activities in the brain. D. A visual effect in performances.
33. In what way is playing music different from listening to music
A. It rarely depends on motor skills. B. It awakens most of the brain areas.
C. It connects novel and creative content. D. It uses both hemispheres of the brain.
34. Why do musicians perform better memory functions
A. They label memories as different types.
B. They practise instruments frequently.
C. They connect the key information efficiently.
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D. They focus on the emotional content of music.
35. What is the main idea of the text
A. Listening to music has various mental benefits.
B. Art activities have positive impacts on the brain.
C. Playing music activates the brain more than listening.
D. Those who play instruments are born more intelligent.
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。
No matter how friendly your tone is or how honey sweet you are in a conversation, when you use one of these
two words (or both) in your sentences, the message to your conversation companion is “You are wrong”.
36 They are “no” and ‘but”.
These words don’t say, “Let’s discuss this” or “I’d love to hear what you think about this” to people. They say,
“You are wrong and I am right.” If your conversation companion is also eager to win at any cost, you will haye a
potential battle on your hands. The result 37
Are you interested in a little test to see how competitive your co-workers are Try this. For one week keep a
scorecard of how many times each person uses “no” or “but”. 38 And, if you explore a little
deeper, you’ll see patterns emerge. For instance, some people use these words to gain power, You’ll see how much people hate it, consciously or not, and how it stifles(抑制) rather than opens up discussions.
39 Practically without even thinking, I keep count of their use of these two little words.
It’s such an important indicator! If the numbers pile up in an initial meeting with a client, I’ll interrupt him or her
and say, “We’ve been talking for almost an hour now, and do you realize that you have responded 17 times with
either ‘no’ or “but” ” This is the moment when a serious talk about changing behavior begins.
If this is your interpersonal challenge, you can do this little test for yourself just as easily as you can to judge
your co-workers. Stop trying to defend your position and start monitoring how many times you begin remarks with
“no” or “but”. 40 For example, “That’s true, but...”. Another expression is “Yes, but...”
A. I use this technique with my clients.
B. Why do people like to say these two words
C. What are these conversation stopping words
D. Nothing more can happen that will be productive.
E. It’s human nature to like being accepted and recognized.
F. You will be shocked at how frequently these words are used.
G. Pay close attention to when you use these words in sentences.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Sarah Stewart’s favourite saying is “It’s never too late to pursue a dream”. At an age when many are settling
into retirement, Sarah decided to 41 her life. After decades as a midwife(助产士), wife and mother,
the 62-year-old has 42 from delivering babies to delivering jokes by taking to the 43 as
a comedian.
As Sarah got older, she started to 44 all the things she had desired to do but never 45 .
When she turned 60, Sarah began to explore the 46 of becoming a comedian. Having 47
a couple of comedy courses and taken part in a few talk shows, she discovered she has the 48 to make
people laugh.
But her journey to comedy hasn’t been without its 49 . Sarah has had to 50 between
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her ambition and devotion. “Over the last couple of years, I’d been building to my first show “Midwife Crisis”. But
in May, my husband Mark was diagnosed with cancer. 51 , my priority was to support my husband but
at the same time I was 52 at the prospect of 53 this opportunity to attain a goal that I had
worked so hard for.”
Fortunately, Mark had a successful surgery and was being looked after by their daughter at home. With the
54 of their son and Mark’s friends, Sarah’s show was a hit.
Sarah has woven a thread of inspiration: Age is merely a 55 when it comes to pursuing one’s
dreams.
41. A. face B. enjoy C. rewrite D. summarize
42. A. volunteered B. gone C. repeated D. measured
43. A. post B. step C. stage D. top
44. A. reflect on B. take over C. put aside D. make up
45. A. achieved B. avoided C. prepared D. changed
46. A. evidence B. satisfaction C. possibility D. consequence
47. A. guided B. assessed C. compared D. completed
48. A. interest B. ability C. duty D. chance
49. A. laughter B. challenges C. goals D. enthusiasm
50. A. balance B. suspect C. differ D. swing
51. A. However B. Unexpectedly C. Hesitantly D. Obviously
52. A. proud B. upset C. calm D. joyful
53. A. presenting B. seizing C. missing D. creating
54. A. assistance B. direction C. donation D. pressure
55. A. bond B. strength C. limit D. number
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Running from February 7 to 14, the Harbin Games represents another major international winter sports event
hosted by China, following the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
With the theme “Dream of Winter, Love Among Asia,” the Games has so far received 1,275 athlete
registrations from 34 countries and regions across Asia. To ensure a high-quality event, organizers have assembled
numerous ice and snow professionals both 56 (domestic) and internationally. The Olympic
Council of Asia has appointed 151 international technical officials, many of 57 have
extensive experience from the Beijing Winter Olympics and other major events.
On the evening of February 7th, amid roaring cheers from the audience, star speed skater Ning Zhongyan and
skier Liu Mengting carried the Chinese national flag during the athletes’ parade. The Chinese delegation
58 (compose) of 257 members, including 170 athletes. The opening ceremony reached its climax
59 four Chinese torchbearers lit the lilac-shaped cauldron at the opening ceremony’s sub-venue, Harbin
Ice and Snow World, 60 world’s largest ice and snow theme park.
Framed by children’s dreams of inspiration, 61 (pursue) and fulfillment, the gala
performance, featuring 62 (chapter) titled “Blazing Ice and Snow,” “Passion in Motion” and
“Everlasting Friendship,” vividly 63 (present) hope and resilience. The performance opened
with ice harvesters and ballet dancers symbolizing harmony with nature, while the Games’ emblem “Breakthrough”
was illuminated. It then showcased the thrill of winter sports and a joyful ice carnival(狂欢), 64
(conclude) with colorful Asian dances and a unifying “Asian balcony concert”. Each masterpiece of art symbolized
unity and friendship, transforming the venue 65 an honour to the Asian Winter Games’
glory and success.
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第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
你校上学期开展了一系列劳动实践课程，包括蔬菜种植、手工制作、家电维修等等。请你写一篇短文
向校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1. 你喜爱的课程；
2. 你的心得体会；
3. 你对课程的建议。
注意：写作词数应为 80 个左右。
My Favorite Hands-on Course
第二节（满分 25 分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
On Christmas Eve, seventy-three-year-old George selected his food carefully. Skim milk was $2.99, white
bread, 89 cents with a 10-cent discount. Leaving the cashier, he calculated that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the wind reminded him of his gloves. In the grocery bag, either. He was sure he was wearing them.
“Where are they ” he thought. Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag, either. He was sure he was wearing
them when he entered the store. He clearly remembered putting them into the pocket of this coat. George made a
second thorough search of all his pockets, again including the grocery bag. Now he was sure they must have been
dropped somewhere inside the store.
Old George had bought the black leather gloves at a 25% discount, for just $35.00, ten years ago. They were
soft and warm and very durable. He had taken care not to let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so
they looked like new. Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child to him.
George, calm on the outside but nervous inside, reentered the store. He followed the same route he had walked
before, starting at the bread counter, to the milk section, the corner where salt and sugar were placed, then the rest
of the store. Several minutes of anxious searching turned out to be in vain. He asked the customers whether they
saw a pair of black leather gloves, but they said no. Then he went over to the cashier without hesitation to ask if she
had received any lost gloves, but only received the same answer. His heart grew heavier.
“Society has changed; people have changed,” he murmured to himself, “Years ago, if somebody picked up
something lost, they would give it back. Now a good action is lost.”
Yet he did not give up hope. He started to stare at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his.
The first two persons he saw did wear gloves, but one was women’s and the other not black. 注意：续写词数应为 150 个左右。
Paragraph 1:
Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing black leather gloves.
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Paragraph 2:
During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair.
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2024-2025-2 长沙实验中学高三下第七次调研考试
（参考答案）
第一部分 听力 略
第二部分 阅读
第一节 短文理解
21—23 DCB 24—27 CABA
28—31 BBDA 32—35 CDAC
第二节 七选五
36—40 CDFAG
第三部分 语言运用
第一节 完形填空
41—45 CBCAA 46—50 CDBBA
51—55 DBCAD
第二节 语法填空
56. domestically 57. whom
58. is composed 59. when
60. the 61. pursuit
62. chapters 63. presented
64. concluding 65. into
第四部分 写作
第一节
My Favorite Hands-on Course
In response to the call of nationwide labor education, a series of hands-on courses are launched this term in
our school, ranging from planting vegetables to making traditional handicrafts.
Sewing is one of my favorite courses, where I obtained a fundamental knowledge of essential life skills such
as sewing a button, knitting a scarf, and making a cushion by operating the sewing machine. It was surely a
rewarding and fulfilling experience, which not only enriched our extracurricular life but also helped us acquire
practical basic working capabilities for livelihood and form the good habit of laboring.
The hands-on courses have won wide popularity among students and exerted a positive effect on the personal
growth of everyone involved. If possible, an exhibition could be held to demonstrate students’ well-designed works
and display their creativity.
第二节
Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing black leather gloves. Abrupt as it might seem,
George came up without hesitation and asked if they were his, but there came a disappointing answer. On second
thought, he realized nobody would be so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. He had no other alternative
but to ask the cashier to keep them in case the lost gloves were found. Then he dragged his legs towards the exit.
During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair. After all, in deep winter, he
could not do without gloves. Finally poor George decided to buy another pair of leather gloves. With the last ray of
hope, he stepped into the store again. No sooner had he opened the door than the cashier told him there was indeed
one such pair as he lost. After examining them carefully, he was wild with joy, expressing sincere gratitude and
saying to himself that a good action was never lost.
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