青浦高级中学2015学年第一学期期中考试

青浦高级中学2015学年第一学期期中考试II. Grammar and Vocabulary （26%）Section ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)The good effects of an economic crisisWhile an economic crisis results in untold misery for countries and their people, a new study of health in Cuba has suggested there could be a silver lining during hard times.Researchers imply that people(25)_______lose weight during an economic crisis due to a reduction in eating and increasing physical activity.Their dramatic findings were based on a study in Cuba, where the population suffered food and fuel shortages(26)_________(follow) the economic crisis of the early 1990s.(27)_______resulted in an average decrease of 4to 5 kg(8 to 11ibs) in weight and subsequent rapid declines in deaths from heart disease by a third. Whole population trends in food consumption and transport policies (29)__________(link) to physical activity could reduce the burden of two major illnesses, said the researchers.―during the deepest period of the economic crisis in Cuba, from 1991 to 1995, food was scarce and access to gas was greatly reduced, virtually(30)_______(eliminate) motorized transport. This caused the industrial and agricultural sectors to shift to manual intensive labor,‖ said Prof Manuel Franco, (31)_____led the international team of researchers from Spain, Cuba and the United states.―so far, no country or regional population(32)______(reduce) the occurrence of fatness through public health campaigns or targeted treatment programmes successfully.‖(B)The answer is blowing in the windBritain is in the middle of a serious energy crisis! At the moment, more than 90%of Britain ‗s energy needs are met by burning fossil fuels or produced in nuclear power stations. Unfortunately, these are not renewable sources of energy. More importantly, these methods of electricity generation are harmful to the environment. What can we use as an alternative form of energy? (33)__________answer is all around us. Wind power!Wind power is an alternative energy source (34)__________has been used for many years in countries like Holland and Denmark. Strangely enough, even though it is one of power. All we need to do now is to set up some wind farms.Wind farms are actually groups of electricity-generating wind turbines. Wind turbines make hardly any noise and they are not unpleasant(36)___________(look) at. Now, there is still one thing you may worry. Because wind farms are so big and occupy a lot of space, do they influence us ? Actually, they are often located on unoccupied sites. Building wind farms at sea is also possible. Offshore wind farms also mean that much larger turbines can be built, (38)_______ objections from the public.A typical wind farm with several wind turbines will produce enough energy(39)________(meet) the annual electricity needs of about 1500 homes. At the moment, there are only around sixty wind farms in Britain . As this number increases, we may well see wind power (40)________(supply) as much as 20% of B ritain‘s electricity demands.So , why delay? Isn‘t it about time we stared building more wind farms in Britain and protecting our environment for future generations?Section BDirections:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. (** 友情提示：本题共十个空，请A tragic photo has made ___41___ around the world and awoken people to the Syrian refugee crisis.The photo shows the lifeless body of a baby boy lying ___42_____on the beach, his face sunken into the wet sand, his name was Aylan Kurdi. He had climbed aboard a smuggler‘s boat to escape war-torn Syria, in hopes of ___43_____with his aunt in Canada. But violent waves __44____ Aylan and his family into the Mediterranean sea. The shocking photo become refugee. But why do these Syrians____45_____ everything to run away from their country?After World War 1, France took control of part of the territory, today known as Syria and Lebanon . French colonialists formed a border around different ethnic and religious groups. Not all of these groups got along. Anti-government protests began in March 2011, and increased in extent after government decided to ______46____down. The protests had become a civil war by early 2012.Civilians have____47____ tremendously in syria‘s cruel conflict. Fighting and bombing have destroyed _____48__neighborhoods and towns. More than 250000 people have been killed. Half of the country‘s 22million citizens have been hom eless, with 4 million ____49____as refugees.Most Syrian refugees end up in camps in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. But those places have been overcrowded and ___50___.many of these refugees hope to resettle in europe. But often, as in the case of little Aylan Kurdi, their voyages ends only in tragedy.III. Reading Comprehension（47%）Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.It‘s a basic commodity on menus, from fine teahouse to Starbucks: green tea. But the drink, which is experiencing a resurgence(再起，复活) of ____51_____, once fell out favor in the west.Green tea is believed to have___52_____-in China one thousand years ago, where it was recognized for its health benefits. And scientists continue to discover to discover new uses for the drink. Some studies suggest it can help ___53____cholesterol(胆固醇)，protect against cancer and perhaps even fight tooth decay.Supported by the health food craze, green tea sales are ___54_____rising rapidly. The tea association of the USA reports that green tea sales jumped more than 60percent in the last decade. And in Canada, government data shows that _____55___-for green tea imports increased more than four times. Nowadays, green tea seems to be everywhere. In shops, you can buy green tea leaves prepared in a variety of ways: fried, aged, powdered or steamed.The funny things, _56___green t ea‘s healthy reputation, the drink was once considered as dangerous. Where did this nonsense come from? _____57____ the Victorian, of course. The Victorians lived in a period of English history around Queen Victoria‘s ruling period, in the 19th century. That‘s when some of the silliest theories about green tea arouse. One 1882 book described weird experiment to illustrate the risks of green tea. ____58_____a dose of green tea below a frog‘s abdomen(腹部)，and you could cause loss of the abilities to move a body part in its back legs, the book claimed. And injecting the drink into a dog would cause it to lose control of its legs and tail. The book went so far as to report that green tea could kill someone, if it were applied to the certain kind of nerve. At the time, a green tea __59______ was sweeping England. Even Charlotte Bronte, an English literary master, refused to touch the drink, ____60___its bad effects it would have on her nerves.Some of the fear was well founded, though. English consumers___61____ brighter leaves over dull olive---colored ones. As a result, tea sellers would __62____dye their products, using anything they can get –including poisons like ―Prussian blue‖ cyanide(氰化物)。