湖南省长沙市长郡中学2024届高三下学期6月保温测试英语试题 Word版含解析

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一、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。

New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka came of age alongside the internet. As a teen, he published his own blog and

joined forums（论坛） for the Dave Matthews Band. He discovered one of his favorite jazz songs — John

Coltrane's full version of "My Favorite Things" — driving around at night, listening to the local radio station.

Chayka misses this time — and the ways, then, that personal discoveries like these were made. In his new

book, Filter World: How Algorithms （算法） Flattened Culture, Chayka says he never would have fallen in love

with Coltrane's song if he'd heard it on Spotify, an online music streaming service. He says he doubts Spotify's

algorithm would even suggest it, because the song is so long. And that, even if it did, he wouldn't have learned

anything about Coltrane as an artist, because the Spotify interface doesn't provide the same context that a radio DJ

does, sharing details between songs. The person behind the song choice, he argues, made his emerging interest in

Coltrane possible in a way modern recommendation systems cannot.

This is one of many "back in my day" stories Chayka uses to illustrate his argument that algorithms have

"flattened culture". Thanks to recommendation, generators like Netflix's top picks and Spotify's autoplay

suggestions, "the least troublesome and perhaps least meaningful pieces of culture are promoted," Chayka argues.

He admits that quality is subjective when judging these things, and instead argues that recommendation systems

undermine personal taste. Taste, he writes, was once a combination of personal choices and popular influence— but

now algorithms rely more on choices of the masses. Developing taste requires effort and active engagement, but

what we see now are algorithms turning taste into consumerism.

A central point of the book, in fact, is that people today are not only well aware of the power of algorithms,

they can't escape them. He interviews a young woman who wonders if "what I like is what I actually like," worried

that her taste is so shaped by algorithms that she can't trust herself. The book may be most useful in these sections,

where Chayka and his interviewees attempt to make sense of how internet algorithms have shaped their own lives

and work.

1. Why does Chayka tell his own experience in his book?

A. To promote his new book. B. To attract readers' attention.

C. To explain the background. D. To support his opinion.

2. What is the book Filter World mainly about?

A. How early internet shapes our culture.

B. How technology influences our personal taste.

C. How social media changes our view of reality.

D. How digital platform redefines mass consumption.

3. What is Chayka's attitude towards modern recommendation systems?

A. Ambiguous. B. Favorable. C. Tolerant. D. Critical.

4. What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?

A. Show the highlights of the book. B. Comment on the structure of the book.

C. Summarize the main arguments. D. Praise Chayka's writing styles.

Independent will is what really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions

and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon.

The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has won against unbelievable difficulties. The Helen

Kellers of this world give dramatic evidence to the value, the power of the independent will. But as we examine it

in the context of effective self-management, we realize it's usually not the dramatic, the visible, the once-in-a-

lifetime effort that brings enduring success. Empowerment comes from learning how to use independent will in the

decisions we make every day.

The degree to which we have developed our independent will in our everyday lives is measured by our

personal integrity. Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It's our ability to make and keep

commitments to ourselves — to "walk our talk." It's honor with self, a fundamental part of the character ethic, the

essence of active growth.

Effective management is putting first things first. While leadership decides what "first things" are, it is

management that puts them first, day-by-day, moment-by-moment. Management is discipline, carrying it out.

Discipline stems from disciple（追随者）—disciple to a philosophy, disciple to a set of principles, disciple to

a set of values, and disciple to an ultimate purpose. In other words, if you are an effective manager of yourself, your

discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. You are a disciple, a follower, of your own

deep values and their source. And you have the will, the integrity, to place your feelings, your urges, your moods

after those values.

That placement requires a purpose, a mission. It also requires independent will, the power to do something

when you don't want to do it, to be a function of your values rather than a function of the urge or desire of any

given moment. It's the power to act with integrity to your first creation.

5. What is the author's purpose in mentioning "the Helen Kellers" in paragraph 2?

A. To explain a reason. B. To highlight a point.

C. To make a prediction. D. To give a definition.

6. What do the underlined words "walk our talk" in paragraph 3 mean?

A. Put words into deeds. B. Display confidence.

C. Stop talking big. D. Strike a balance.

7. To achieve effective self-management, what will the author probably recommend?

A. Seeking external support. B. Undertaking more missions.

C. Sticking to one's own values. D. Following one's desires.

8. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. The Secret Behind Self-discipline B. The Magic of Personal Integrity

C. The Power of Independent Will D. The Road to Effective Management

二、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。

Do you feel like there are too many things to do in a day, but not enough time to do them? If so, you're

experiencing what researchers call time poverty.

9 . The standard reply to "How are you?" is often "I'm so busy!" Many people find it increasingly difficult

to spare time to see friends, pursue a hobby, or take a vacation. Some people even take great pride in how busy they

are because it's become a status symbol. 10 . Fortunately, here are specific steps we can take to feel more time

affluent（富足的） and more socially connected.

If you want a satisfying social life, buy time for it. You might pay to have a disliked housework done by

others, get a direct flight instead of a cheaper one with a stopover, or pay extra to drive the fastest route home. 11

, like calling a friend or hanging out with your kids.

Another way to get more time is to give it away. In one study, researchers asked people to devote part of their

Saturday morning to doing something for themselves that they weren't already planning to do or doing something

for someone else. The people who gave away their time later felt like they had more of it. 12 .

If you have too many things to do and not enough time to do them, try to cut back on some things. 13 . You

can probably choose to slow down a little and make more time for casual chats with co-workers and unplanned get-

togethers with friends.

A. Time poverty is a sign of the times

B. Helping others expands our sense of time

C. Buying time is a good way to free you from the boredom of repeated tasks

D. The choices we make with our time greatly affect our happiness and social lives

E. Then invest your free time in something socially engaging

F. You don't have to keep up with the pace of the modern world

G. Yet, feeling short on time is associated with lower level of happiness and connection

三、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处

的最佳选项。

Seven years after a terrible fall left me paralyzed. Here I was, with my two teammates, on the way to

becoming the first all-disabled team to cross Europe's largest ice cap, the Vatnajokull glacier（冰川）, unsupported

and unassisted.

A year before, when McCann first suggested making the 100-mile trip, I was excited by the 14 of reaching

this lost world of mountains and ice, yet 15 about whether I'd struggle. But I was eager for 16 and signed on

to do the trip with MeCann and Jackson, both of whom had spinal cord（脊髓） injuries.

From our start point, we would need to 17 through storm-force winds and overcome the 18 of our

injuries. This was going to be the toughest challenge of my life. Roped together, we started toward the frozen

horizon, 19 two sledges（雪橇） loaded with equipment behind us. Just 10 minutes into our journey, I was

already beginning to feel the 20 on my shoulders and arms. The weight of our equipment was a constant 21

as it dragged stubbornly through the snow behind us. And yet, with each drive of my poles into the snow, I pushed

myself further from civilization—and 22 to the man I'd once been.

After 11 tough days, and countless 23 and slips, we approached the eastern edge of the Vatnajokull glacier.

We had beaten the odds, 24 our physical limitations and emerged victorious.

That moment at the 25 affected every aspect of my life and the way I 26 my disability. No longer did I

consider myself 27 , because, if I could reach the summit of a remote ice cap, I could overcome the frustrations

and setbacks of day-to-day life with flexibility and 28 .

14. A. prospect B. condition C. schedule D. observation

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