北京汇文中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中英语试题 Word版

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第一节完形填空

When most teenagers his age are preparing for competitive exams or training to be athletes, Henry Burner,

struggling with dyslexia (阅读障碍), decides to chart his own route for success.

At the age of 10, his class ____1____ a trading post, where students would sell and buy goods with heads. His

mom suggested making cupcakes, but Burner refused. “Mom, the baked goods market is going to be totally

oversaturated (过度饱和的). Few students make things that last long. We need to make something ____2____.”

So he pulled out his mom’s old button machine and made buttons. When Burner ended up with the most bends at

the trading post, he felt for the first time that he was really successful. Arriving home, Burner asked his mom.

“Can I make it a real business?” That was the ____3____ of Buttonsmith, a retail company which now has over

10,000 products available.

Along with his regular schooling Burner played a large role in the company’s strategic decision making

and ____4____ his breaks and weekends working on the company. Buttonsmith started from the farmer’s market

before going online and____5____, developing its own website. After going online, Buttonsmith’s sales showed a

significant upward graph and reached millions of people, and that was a (n) ____6____ point. Since then he has

greatly ____7____ product lines into many affordable high quality products that allow people to express who they

are to the world.

Starting with buttons, the company has diversified its product ____8____ and currently provides dog collars,

leashes, business cards, banners, etc. To stay ahead of competitors, Burner has optimized Buttonsmith to have

custom products made within minutes of the order being ____9____ and makes sure the products are in the

customers’ hands within two days.

After creating an impressive retail company at home, Buttonsmith is strategizing to spread its

_____10_____to other countries. “I love being an entrepreneur.” concluded Burner.

1. A. ran B. spotted C. decorate D. swept

2. A. portable B. durable C. stable D. flexible

3. A. mission B. advantage C. initiation D. performance

4. A. killed B. invested C. balanced D. delayed

5. A. hesitantly B. frequently C. eventually D. accidentally

6. A. crucial B. temporary C. regular D. urgent

7. A. slid B. poured C. packed D. expanded

8. A. costs B. sizes C. offerings D. supplies

9. A. placed B. deleted C. tracked D. shipped

10. A. research B. wishes C. taste D. roots

二、语法填空

语法填空

A white telephone booth, known as the Phone of the Wind, ____11____ (sit) in a garden on top of a hill.

Though ____12____ (disconnect), the phone serves a surprising purpose: helping people speak out what they feel

embarrassed to say in front of others.

Having thought about the idea for a long time, Sasaki finally built the booth, “My thoughts can’t be relayed

____13____ regular phone line, so I want them to be carried on the wind. I hope others can also express their

feelings in the same way.”

语法填空

Everyone has a sense of humor, ____14____ not everybody has a good sense of it. Psychologists ____15____

(divide) on whether humor is inborn or learnable. However, there is one thing that is accepted widely so far the

sense of humor is uniquely human. It is associated with happiness and courage. These are qualities ____16____

can be shared with other forms of life. But if happiness is one of the goals chased in life, then it is the sense of

humor that provides the key.

语法填空

Zhaobi, or screen walls, have a long and storied history. Zhaobi can be found outside the ____17____ (enter)

of buildings, and in their earliest form, they were built for only the highest members of society ____18____ (show)

their social status and protect privacy. It was believed that would also act as the spiritual protection. Then they

became an important form of artistic expression, representing good fortunate appearing on the walls. Nowadays,

zhaobi are still ____19____ they looked in the distant past. By evolving their function, these walls ____20____

(witness) China’s development, giving us a snapshot of life at a particular time in history.

第二部分阅读理解 (共两节，共 38 分)

第一节 (共14 小题：每小题 2分，共 28 分)

阅读下列短文，从每路所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该

项涂黑。

In our hyper-connected world, information is being collected and shared every nanosecond. The problem is

that your personal information might be used against you in the future in ways you can’t imagine today. So what

do you have to worry about, and what can you do to protect yourself?

If you’re worried about your personal information getting lifted...

Don’t hand over your name, address, phone number, or email address unless the receiver really needs it. If

pressed, you can always make something up. Opt a paper receipt or no receipt rather than getting one via text or

email, which requires sharing your information and exposes you to possible data loss.

If you prefer that your Internet searches stay private...

Browse ( 浏览 ) with Firefox. Its privacy controls are stronger than other big-name browsers. Or use

DuckDuckGo, and alternate service you can easily set as your default (默认) search partner at duckduckgo.com.

If you’re worried about your phone acting as a tracker...

Turn off Location Services for all apps except maps and others that need to know where you are, You can do

this in Settings, under Privacy and Location.

and Location.

If you want companies to stop trying to sell you things...

Stop ads from tracking you by opting out of information collecting. The website simpleoptout.com is a good

place to start. You can also add your phone number to the National Do Not Call Registry at 1-888-382-1222 or

donotcall.gov.

If you’re worried about being tagged (标记) in photos on social media...

Tell friends you don’t want to be tagged, and opt out of being automatically tagged in other people’s

Facebook photos by going to Settings, then Face Recognition.

Always keep in mind that Internet is not a private place and your privacy is not just about freedom from

embarrassment. Although you can’t prevent all Internet Spying, you can minimize some unwanted spying by

taking these steps.

21. Which of the following will most possibly reveal your personal information?

A. Looking for information with Firefox.

B Receiving a receipt through text messages.

C. Switching off Location Services in Settings.

D. Giving your address to the receiver who needs it.

22. If you don’t want to be disturbed by ads, you can ________.

A. avoid using simpleoptout.com.

B. refuse a call from DuckDuckGo.

C. delete your phone number at donotcall.gov.

D. register your phone number at donotcall.gov.

23. The passage is intended to ________.

A. give advice B. introduce websites

C. show worries D. explain social media

As a clueless freshman, I waltzed into my first creative writing course by accident, thinking it was a literature

class on how to read stories, not how to write them.

When the teacher introduced the course, I realized my mistake. The credits I earned from the course wouldn’t

count toward my major. By the end of the session, however, I decided that I had to be a part of the course. Perhaps,

as a lifelong reader, I was eager to understand how stories worked their magic.

But taking the class would be impossible: I wasn’t even on the waitlist. That’s when the teacher asked for a

volunteer to submit the first workshop story.

Silence blanketed the room. No one risked eye contact. Whoever volunteered would have to write a whole

story in a week. Perhaps they, like me, had never written one before.

Seizing my chance, I raised my hand and asked, “If I go first, will you give me a spot in the class?” He said

he would.

So, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite.

Years later, I’d completed a degree in creative writing and was working on a novel when a literary agent

asked to read the first 50 pages of my draft. But I wasn’t comfortable showing her anything; the novel was far

from done.

Throughout graduate school, I’d been advised many times not to contact agents until I have a complete draft.

In the meanwhile, I knew the beginning of my story was attractive and that the agent might not remember me after

a year.

So, once again, instead of keeping my head down and avoiding eye contact, I did the opposite. I sent her the

first three chapters. A month later, she signed me on the strength of those chapters alone. She has since seen me

through the publication of three novels.

Determination, focus, perseverance-the qualities that I consider crucial in getting me into Stanford no doubt

helped me become the novelist I am today. And yet if I’d trained my gaze only on the path ahead, I would have

missed so many happy accidents, so many beautiful opportunities to look up, raise my hand, and say yes.

24. What made the author finally decide to take the course?

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