2019-2020学年上海市黄浦区格致中学高三上英语一次月考

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上海市2020届高三上第一次月考英语试题

上海市2020届高三上第一次月考英语试题

上海市2020届高三上第一次月考英语试题2020学年第一学期10月月考高一英语考试试卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary 30%Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.For the last 26 years, Anthony Cymerys, known as Joe the Barber, ____ 25_____ (offer) homeless people in Hartford haircuts in exchange for hugs. He started offering his barber services to homeless people in 1998 _____26______ he retired from a career in business. He had cut hair for his family but decided to work for the less fortune after ______27______ (inspire) by the encouraging words in church about the homeless. He wanted the homeless not _____28______ (look) homeless.Each Wednesday the wooden chairs are filled with homeless people ______29_____(waiting) for a haircut from the 82-year-old Joe. They line up on park benches, some of whom also turn out for free meals provided on Wednesday by a local church. One by ______30_____ they take a seat in a folding lawn chair.The great old man gives homeless people haircuts for free, and all he asks for in exchange is a nice big hug. _____31______ (give) haircuts may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people, but actually it’s very important. Homeless people have difficulty _____32______ (find) jobs _____33_____ __________ the look, so Joe is really helping them out of a hairy situation in ______34____ (many) ways than one.Section B Directions: Complete the following sentences or 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.35.The school strives to help catch each pupil to achieve their full ________.36.People who lead busy lives have no time to stop and _________.37.She need time to __________ to college life.38.It’s hard to find the right word to __________ how he felt about the desert.39.Keep a _________ attitude and good things will happen.40.Different students may ___________ the poem in different ways.41.The book clearly falls into the __________ of autobiography (自传).42.The high quality __________ water has passed the state-level test.43.Colors like red _________ a sense of energy and strength.44.The president made a decision of major political ___________.Job interviews are a lot like first dates in the sense that you’re trying to _____45_____ another person, whom you don’t know, to like you. The key difference is that on a date you’re both meeting on equal ground. When you go into a job interview, however, the _____46_____ has most of the power and you have, essentially, none at all. This creates an environment whereyou’re going to likely be considerably more uncomfortable than the interviewer. You’ll display poor body language as a result, and that’s not good. When interviewing for a job, you want to get rid of any non-verbal _____47______ that makes you seem closed off.A charming beginning can make all the difference, as first _____48_____ are hugely important in hiring decisions. A smile, pleasant handshake, warm ____49_____, and positive body language will set the stage for a comfortable interview. You don’t know what sort of (potentially negative) expectations your interviewer is bringing to the table, so it’s never a bad thing to override them by demonstrating you’re a pleasant and charismatic individual.While natural comfort is going to be your most valuable tool, there are a few tips that can help you out. Assuming American _____50_____ standards, eye contact is more important in a job interview than most other situations. If you have trouble meeting someone’s eyes, just look at their mouth.You’ll also want to ______51_____ blocking your own eyes in any way, as doing so can convey discomfort (among other negative feelings). You can also convey that you’re in a “listening mode” by occasionally placing part of your hand over your mouth. This helps _____52_____ to others that you’re not going to talk and therefore paying attention.All of this said, every interviewer is going to understand that you’ll be a little nervous. If you’re a little bit tense, don’t worry about it. That much is _____53_____. In fact, too much comfort might convey to some that you’re overconfident and not taking the interview _____54_____. In the end, your fate rests in the hands of another human being so there’s only so muchyou can do. They may not like your shoes or hire someone younger or older. You never know what you’re going to run into, but you can at least try to tip the scales in your favor with the help of some positive body language.III. Reading Comprehension 49%Section A Cloze 15%Directions: For each blank in the following passage there four words or phrases marked A, B, C or D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in modern urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the _____55_____. So customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for marriage which is _____56_____: It is called a “love match”.On my first trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the process of “getting them married’. In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet each other before the marriage. __57__ they might meet for a brief conversation, and this meeting would take place only after their parents had decided that the match was __58__. Parents do not force their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds unacceptable. But only after one match is refused will another be sought.As a young American woman in India for the first time, I found this custom of arranged marriage __59__. How could any intelligent young person __60__ to such a marriage without great reluctance? It was __61__ to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as the only basis of a happy marriage. It was also in conflict with my strongly held beliefs thatthe choice of such a close and permanent relationship could be made only by individuals __62__. If anyone had tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been __63__!Sita, one of my young friends, was a college graduate with a degree in political science. She had been __64__ for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. Ifound it difficult to accept the obedient(顺从的)manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would __65__ her spending the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew, a total stranger, __66__ by her parents.In frustration and distress, I asked her, “Don’t you care who you __67__?”“Of course I care,”she answered.“This is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such a(n) __68__ person as myself. In such matters, it is better to have my parents’ __69__”.55. A. classes B. individuals C. society D. country56. A. matched B. Decided C. Concerned D. Arranged57. A. After all B. In addition C. At most D. On average58. A. comfortable B. imperfect C. suitable D. dissatisfying59. A. Acceptable B. Amazing C. Depressing D. strange60. A. Agree B. Turn C. Exchange D. devote61. A. Customary B. Remarkable C. Similar D. contrary62. A. Involved B. Present C. Informed D. available63. A. Ambitious B. Proud C. Rebellious D. puzzled64. A. Fighting B. Protesting C. Waiting D. dreaming65. A. Profit from B. Hold back C. Act out D. Result in66. A. Picked out B. Picked up C. Taken up D. Taken out67. A. Encounter B. Favor C. Marry D. join68. A. Intelligent B. Unfortunate C. Inexperienced D. careless69. A. Blessing B. Guidance C. Fortune D. promiseSection B 24%Directions: Read the following two passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Thailand uses the phrase “land of smiles”to describe itself in tourist brochures and advertising campaigns and rightly so. Visitors to Thailand can expect to be greeted with asmile when they leave the airport, get into a taxi or rental car and again when they enter a hotel. What makes it so easy for Thai people to smile at their visitors? The head of Thailand’s tourist bureau says that it is “in the nature of the people”. The Thai are naturally happy, he says with a smile, and they are glad to share that happiness with others.This attitude seems to be very much appreciated by the more than five million tourists who visit Thailand each year. The country ranks high on the list of places to which visitors want to return. The reason most often stated is that the people are friendly and courteous (有礼貌的). Some other Asian destinations are not as well received. Hong Kong ranks low, with shopkeepers particularly rated as unfriendly, unhelpful and sometimes rude. Bali in Indonesia ranks high on the list, with Japan somewhere in the middle.These reports raise the question of whether certain nationalities are naturally more courteous than others. While people may experience more friendliness in Thailand than in Hong Kong, that may have more to do with the place than the people. Travel writers point out that cities are always stressful,hurried, impersonal places, with little to offer in the ways of smiles and welcome. Bangkok is not as friendly as other places in the surrounding Thai countryside. Remote towns and villages in China, for example, offer visitors a warm welcome, with smiles and giggles from children. Perhaps it should also be pointed out that visitors themselves make a difference to the courtesy with which they are received. Polite, patient, smiling visitors will most be greeted similarly, no matter which country they are in.70.The phrase “land of smiles” means ___________.A. Thailand is a funny country.B. the tourists must smile all the time in Thailand.C. there is a piece of land which can smile in Thailand.D. the people in Thailand are kind and friendly.71.When you visit Thailand, you will find ___________.A. If you go into the country, you can’t leave it.B. you can see smiles everywhereC. you must smile to rent a carD. everybody in the street will smile at you72.According to the passage, those who have been in Thailand _________.A. are willing to visit it againB. are eager to leave itC. will never visit it againD. are allowed to visit it some tome later73.In Asia, ____________.A. Hong Kong is not an ideal destination for most unhelpfulB. Hong Kong shopkeepers are the most unhelpfulC. Japanese shopkeepers are the most courteousD. shopkeepers in Indonesia are the most beautiful(B)Some American parents might think their children need better education to compete with China and other countries’ children. But how much do the parents themselves need to change?A new book called “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”by Amy Chua has caused a debate about cultural differences in parenting. Ms. Chua is a professor at the Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, and a mother of two daughters. She was raised in American Midwest by immigrant Chinese parents.In the Chinese culture, the tiger represents strength and power. In her book, Ms Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters. Ms Chua told NBC television that she had a clear list of what her daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were not permitted to do.Many people criticized Amy Chua. She also admits that her husband, who is not Chinese, sometimes disagreed with her parenting style. But she says that is the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.Ms. Chua makes fun of her own style of parenting. She says she eased some of the pressure after her younger daughter reb elled and shouted “I hate my life! I hate you!” But she also says American parents often have low expectations of their children’s abilitie s. One of the biggest differences I see between Western and Chinese parents is that Chinese parents assume strength rather than fragility.”Stacy DeBroff, who has written four books on parenting, says: “The stirring of this intense debate has to do with what it means to be a successful parent and what does it mean to be a successful child?” Ms DeBroff says Amy Chua’s pa renting style is not limited to Chinese families. She says it represents atraditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking a better future for their children. But she also sees a risk. When children have no time to besocial or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. Stacey DeBroff advises parents to develop their own style of parenting and not just repeat the way they were raised.74. Which of the following might be on the list of what Amy Chua’s daughters are not permitted to do ?A.Taking an extra course.B. Getting A’s in exams.C. Getting up on schedule.D. Having a play date.75.Stacy DeBroff believes parents should __________.A. Raise their children as they were raised.B. find their own ways to raise their childrenC. be as strict as possible with their childrenD. Follow successful people’s parenting style76.The word “fragility” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “__________”.A. weaknessB. consciousnessC. independenceD. Perseverance77. According to the passage, Amy Chua’s parenting style is ________.A. uniqueB. questionedC. reasonableD. creative(C)You're sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns (打哈欠). Suddenly, you're yawning with him, though you're not tired.This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who were unable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagions (有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate regularly without words.Hogo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critchley, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we're feeling. "Emotions are closely linked with states of internal (内部的) responses, "he explained. "There are also more visible changes in our gesture and facial expressions. When we're in a group, these signals can spread to another person. For example, there's the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at andthere are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure. "Hugo Critchley further explained, "Our bodies synchronize and when we like the other person, we even copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you're sitting-it's pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists believe it's our way of telling each other that we're partners. Through body language, humans give each other very subtle (微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions. "So, what lessons can we learn from this? "Spend time withhappy people-otherwise your health could suffer, " said Critchley. "When we're sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we're happy, our body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us. "78. According to Hogo Critchley, _________.A. emotions are as visible as facial expressionsB. we yawn more frequently when we have a coldC. emotions are connected with states of internal responsesD. the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions79. The underlined word "synchronize" in paragraph 4 means "_________".A. move slowlyB. change rapidlyC. relax temporarilyD. respond accordingly80. From the passage we can learn ______.A. sadness is as contagious as happinessB. anger is less contagious than friendlinessC. surprise is more contagious than smileD. surprise is the most contagious among emotions81. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.B. Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans.C. Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning.D. People tend to communicate more with body language.Section C 10%Directions: 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年上海市上海中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年上海市上海中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年上海市上海中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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A“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?” “Why does the sun rise in the east?” I knew the day would come when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably (不可避免地) start askingthose questions. The questions themselves weren’t worrying me. I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.What was bothering (烦恼) me was whether or not I would know the answers. In the age of the smartphone, this may seem like a silly worry. The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.Still, I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother. Then one day, it struck me: I didn’t need to have all the answers. What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I, too, was still learning. And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child. My little girl’s mind is a beginner’s mind--- curious, open to new ideas, eager to learn, and not based on knowledge that already exists. I decided that I would deal with her questions with a beginner’s mind, too.Once I decided to become more curious, I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the workplace, too. It seems that leaders don't need to have all the answers, but they do need to be curious.Curious about curiosity, I searched for answers and found Albert Einstein’s famous words, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately (热情地) curious.” We mightquibble overthe view that Einstein had no special talent, but there is one thing for certain---he wouldn't have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate curiosity. Then I came across another Einstein quote, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason or existence.”1. The advantage of having a beginner’s mind is that ________.A. people can learn much faster.B. people won't be afraid to make mistakes.C. people are willing to receive new things.D. people won't be expected to answer all questions.2. What does the example of Einstein’s words show?A. Einstein was passionate about curiosity.B. Einstein’s quotes are very famous.C. Curiosity is of great significance.D. Curiosity is more necessary than talent.3. What does the underlined phrase “quibble over” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Fight against.B. Argue about.C. Work out.D. Agree withBAs a rider, Anna Kiesenhofe’s Olympics victory might be a surprise. The winner of the road race at the Tokyo Olympics left the sport at the end of 2017 when she found herself out of contract (合同). She came into Tokyo without a professional team and left as an Olympic champion.The 30-year old began her cycling career in 2014 after running injuries that prevented her from continuing her pursuits of triathlon (铁人三项). She later joined a Catalan team and won the Spanish National Cup in 2016.The then-26 year old signedher first professional contract with Lotto Soudal Ladies for the following season. However, she ended her 2017 campaign in April and did not sign a contract for 2018, eventually taking a year off the bike. In 2019, Kiesenhofer came back to the sport as a rider, winning the Austrian national road race. Despite her results, Kiesenhofer sill had no professional contract while going into the Tokyo Olympics.Kiesenhofer was the first rider to attack in the Olympic road race, eventually forming a breakaway along with Carl Oberholzer, Omer Shapira, Vera Looser and Anna Plichta, which went on to reach a gap of 11 minutes. After Looser and Oberholzer were dropped, Kiesnhofer ataced her two remaining breakaway companions.After Shapira and Plichta were caught by the peloton (主车群), the rest of the riders seemed to believe that they were racing among themselves for Gold, not knowing that Remehofere was still in front. While it might be a misjudgment from the rest of the peloton that allowed Kiesenhofer to keep her lead of more than two minutes, other riders’ mistakes should not detract from the Austrian’s efforts.Off the bike the new Olympic Champion has a PhD in mathematics after studying at the Technical University of Vienne as well as at Cambridge University. She currently works at the University of Lausanne.4. Why did Anna give up triathlon?A. She got injured.B. She lost interest in it.C. She had to attend university.D. She never won a medal.5. Which is the right order of the following events?①She ended her campaign.②She took a year off the bike.③She began her cycling career.④She won the Austrian national road race.⑤She won the Spanish National Cup.A. ③④①②⑤.B. ②③④①⑤.C. ③⑤①②④.D. ④②③①⑤.6. What were the riders of the peloton unaware of at the Tokyo Olympics?A. The road race was so difficult.B. Anna was a new rider.C. They had caught up with Anna.D. Anna took the lead of them.7. What is Anna’s present job?A. A cycling coach.B. A university teacher.C A professional rider. D. A college student.CIn Australia, plenty of wild things can bite or sting(刺伤) you. Strangely enough, one of them is a tree. Now scientists have figured out what makes the tree’s sting so bad.The rainforests of eastern Australia are home to a stinging tree known as Dendrocnide. Many people callit the gympie-gympie tree—a name given to the tree by native Australians. It’s covered with sharp, needle-like hairs that carry poison. If you touch a gympie-gympie tree, you won’t forget it anytime soon. The pain can stay with you for hours, days or weeks. In some cases, it’s been reported to stay for months.Scientists have long looked for the source of this powerful sting. Now researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered what makes this stinging plant so painful. After carefully studying different kinds of gympie-gympie trees, the scientists were able to separate out different chemicals that the trees produce. This allowed them to identify a group of chemicals that they believed was responsible for the pain.The researchers created artificial versions of these chemicals, which they call “gympietides”. Sure enough, when the scientists injected mice with gympietides, the mice licked(舔) at the places where they’d been injected, indicating that they hurt in those places. When the scientists studied the way gympietides were built, they found that they formed a knot-like shape. The shape makes the chemicals very stable, which helps explain why the pain stays so long.The knot-like shape of the gympietides was similar to the shape of poisons produced by poisonous spiders and cone snails. The scientists were surprised to see three very different kinds of life all using similar poisons.Spiders and cone snails carry poisons because they catch food by stinging other creatures. It’s not clear how stinging helps the gympie-gympie tree.Though the tree’s sting may stop some animals from eating it, it doesn’t stop all animals. Beetles and pademelons (small s of the kangaroo) are able to eat the plant without trouble.8. Why is a touch on the stinging tree unforgettable?A. Because it has so unusual an appearance.B. Because it is extremely rare in existence.C. Because touching it creates a quite strange feeling.D. Because the pain caused by it doesn’t go away quickly.9. What do scientists fail to find out about the stinging tree?A. How it produces poisons.B. What poisons it produces.C. How it benefits from the sting.D. The consequences of its sting.10. What does the text imply about the stinging tree?A. It produces the same poisons as spiders.B. Poisonous as it is, it also has natural enemies.C. Animals are wise enough to stay away from it.D. Only one chemical in it causes pain to the toucher.11. What’s the best title for the text?A. Scientists Discover Stinging Tree's SecretB. Caution: Stinging Tree Can Bite and Poison YouC. Scientists Discover a Strange Species in AustraliaD. Effective Ways to Avoid Being Hurt by Stinging TreeDA 10-year-old swimmer with sky-high dreams and a name to match them has broken a record previously held by Olympian Michael Phelps.Clark Kent Apuada, whose friends call him“Superman", swam the 100-meter butterfly in 1:09.38 at the Far Western Long Course Championships in his home state of California this Sunday. That's a second faster than the record Phelps set at the same event in 1995 with a time of 1: 10. 48 in the same category of boys under 10.Clark, a rising fifth-grader who is Filipino-American, told HuffPost he's been dreaming about breaking Phelps' record ever since he started swimming competitively at age 7."I was so motivated,"Clarksaid about his win."I was so happy that I was able to beat that record.”Phelps competed in his first Olympics at age 15. He went on to become the mostdecoratedOlympian in history, with 28 medals overall. “Everyone in the crowd was excited when they realized what a special swim theyhad just seen when we announced the long-standing record had been broken,"Cindy Rowland,Pacific Swimming's director, wrote in an email.Clarkwon first place for all the swimming events he competed in at this year's Far Western Championships. Pacific Swimming or PacSwim, a regional association that is part of USA Swimming, organizes the Far Western Long Course Championships. Cynthia Apuada,Clark' s mother,said that her child seems to be “living by his name at this point”。

2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语月考试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语月考试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语月考试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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ATry one of these amazing destinations on your next vacation.MallorcaOn the popular Spanish island of Mallorca, farmhouse inns focus more on providing isolation and quietness than offering hands-on farming experiences. With millions of visitors staying on the beaches of Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands each summer, a little bit of isolation is a good thing for aloneness-seeking travelers. Mainly located in the hills of inland Mallorca, these inns range from rustic century-old farmhouses to luxury(奢侈的) villas with spas and swimming pools.HawaiiPeople who don't want to dig out their passport but still want their farm adventure can head to the island of Hawaii. The 50th state talks much about the well-developed farm tourism industry that can hold people with different interests. Agritourism choices range from visiting coffee plantations(种植园) in the Big Island's Kona region to exploring the plantations on Maui to staying on farms on the easily reachable island of Oahu. CaliforniaCalifornia is one ofthe best places in the U. S. to enjoy a farm-stay, thanks to the diversity of crops and farms. Small family farms and large farms offer a more hands-on approach to agritourism. Many of them teach small-scale farming techniques and even offer strategies for organic growing. The University of California system, one of the largest state-run higher education systems in the U.S., has a small-farm program that helps growers create agritourism businesses.Philippine IslandsWith diverse conditions on different islands, the Philippine Islands are ideal places for visiting multiple agritourism sites or focusing on one product. Tourists can visit a huge pineapple plantation for a taste of large-scale agriculture, or they could focus on smaller operations such as bee farms, and even small plantations that specialize in growing tropical produce such as dragon fruit.1. What kind of people will choose to go to Mallorca?A. Those who prefer peace of mind.B. Those who like lying on the beach.C. Those who enjoy the luxury of tourism.D. Those who want to experience farming.2. What can people do on the Philippine Islands?A. Live in farmhouses.B. Visit plantations.C. Learn farming techniques.D Take part in a farm program.3. What are the four places in the text famous for?A. Locations.B. Environments.C. Local products.D. Tourism features.BI was at my parent’s dinner table. Before me was a worn journal of thin and discolor1 ed pages. It was my grandfather’s journal and now belonged to my father. My grandfather had passed away in the months leading up to my birth. I never got to visit the places he had frequented and the people who had been a part of his life’s journey.I was now about to enter his world, through the words he had left behind. Within minutes, I wascaptivatedby the power of the written words. In the magical script (笔迹) before me, I was transported to another age when food was an everyday art, planned, prepared and enjoyed in the company of others, and a time when people had the heart to pause their own lives to embrace (拥抱) each other’s struggles. All this was conveyed to me in the beauty of the words that flowed together to connect with the writer’s mind and understand the world they lived in.That kind of writing seems to be lost on us today. We have gotten used to writing in bite-sized pieces for a public looking for entertainment, and hungry for information. No wonder, there are nearly 200 million bloggers on the Internet and a new blog is created somewhere in the world every half a second. Instead of adding to our collective wisdom, most of these writings reflectthe superficiality (肤浅) and impatience of our day and age.This not only robs us of the skill of writing impressive essays, it also prevents us from exploring what is indeed important. Writing humbles (使谦卑) us in a way that is vital for our character growth, by reminding us about thelimits of the self and our appropriate place in the vast flow of life. Writing frees us by helping us explore the unknown so that we really open up to magic of the world around us. I saw all of this in the writing of my grandfather. And I’ve seen it again and again in the writings of the greatest thinkers of humanity. Their writing reflect deep thought on issues of human importance.4. The underlined word “captivated” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “________”.A. puzzledB. frightenedC. attractedD. defeated5. In the author’s grandfather’s age, people ________.A. lived a hard lifeB. cared about each otherC. were fond of writingD. treated food as an art6. The author begins the text with her grandfather’s journal in order to ________.A. show her respect to her grandfatherB. present the importance of good writingC. express her interest in reading as well as writingD. raise the problems with today’s writing7. In the last paragraph, the author is trying to _________.A. discuss what good writing is likeB. express her strong desire to learn writing skillsC. stress the effects of her grandfather’s journal on herD. show her admiration for her grandfather’s writingCMost kids can walk into a library or bookstore and find hundreds of books to read. But it’s not that simple for kids who are blind. They read in a different way. Jenny Lee and other braille (盲文) transcribers take the printed words of a book and change them into a code of raised dots. Blind people can read these dots with their fingers. To know what braille feels like, take a ballpoint pen and press hard onto a piece of paper. Now turn the paper over and touch the raised dot made by the pen point.When Lee first saw the dots of the braille alphabet, she wondered if she’d ever be able to read and write them easily. She took a class and practised hard for about six months before she passed the final exam: she had to convert 35 pages of a book into braille. Today, Lee works for a publisher. One of her jobs is to change children’s books into braille.To do this, Lee first types the story into a computer and then uses a computer program to translate it into the braille code. Next, she looks over the translation several times to make sure it’s mistake-free. After that, a copy of the braille story is printed with a special printer. Then Lee and a proofreader work together to find and correct any mistakes. When a book is ready, many copies of it are printed. Afterwards, some are sold through websites and others are sent to libraries.Sometimes, going over a story again and again gets tiring. That’s when Lee takes a break. Several of Jenny Lee’s co-workers, who are blind, use guide dogs. When the animals aren’t working, Lee likes spending a few minutes with them. To her, playing with dogs “is always apick-me-upin the middle of the day”.“I love this mission,” Lee says. “Through my brain power and my fingers, I am putting the dots into some kid’s hands.”8. How does the writer explain what braille feels like?A. By explaining what braille words look like.B. By describing how blind people read books.C. By asking readers to experience it themselves.D. By giving examples of different braille words.9. What was Lee’s first reaction to braille?A. She was excited to get a new skill.B. She was amazed at the clever idea.C. She realized she could teach it herself.D. She believed it would be difficult to learn.10. What does the underlined word “pick-me-up” in paragraph 4 most probably mean?A A discussion to release work stress.B. Something to improve one’s appetite.C. Something to help restore one’s spirit.D. A free ride accompanied with a guide dog.11. What does Lee think of her job?A. Profitable and hopeful.B. Tiring but meaningful.C. Relaxing and helpful.D. Boring but challenging.DZaki was small for his twelve years, and he was angry being treated as a child. Farid, his older brother, hadbeen looked upon as a man long before he was Zaki’s age. Every day Farid and the other young Bahraini men went out in their wooden boats to dive for oysters (牡蛎). Many times Zaki begged to go along, but Faridalways refused to let him.So every day Zaki would go to the shallow water to practice. His grandfather, a former diver, would watch him and advise him. All morning, Zaki would practice diving beneath the waves. Every afternoon, again and again he would go underwater and hold his breath. With each day’s practice, his diving improved and he could hold his breath a little while longer. Soon Zaki felt as much at home in the water as he did out of it.Zaki rose early one day. He wanted to compete with his brother. They dived beneath the waves. Zaki opened his eyes and found himself looking into his brother’s face. Farid was smiling with confidence. Slowly, the smile was disappearing from Farid’s face. As more seconds passed, a worried look appeared on Farid’s face. Farid was realizing that Zaki could possibly beat him. Looking into Farid’s eyes, Zaki suddenly understood what losing could mean to his brother. Never would the villagers allow him to live it down. He would be laughed at by losing to a little child. Almost without thinking, Zaki kicked his feet and rose to the surface of the water a second before Farid’s head appeared beside him.The men around them cheered and patted Farid on the back. Farid, however, put his arm around Zaki’s shoulders. “Today,” Farid announced, “we shall have a new diver among us.” Then quietly, for Zaki’s ears alone, he said “Thank you, my brother.” And Zaki knew that they both had learned that it takes more than strength to makea man.12. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. Zaki’s grandfather was a good diver.B. Zaki liked staying at home every day.C. Zaki practised hard in the water daily.D. Zaki’s grandfather encouraged him to dive.13. Which of the following best describes Zaki according to paragraph 3?A. Considerate.B. Ambitious.C. Confident.D. Adventurous.14. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?A. Farid beat his little brother easily.B. Zaki was as strong as his brother.C. Zaki regretted losing the competition.D. Both Farid and Zaki had grown up.15. What is the best title for the text?A. Farid’s PrideB. Zaki’s ChallengeC. Brothers’ CompetitionD. Grandfather’s Advice第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10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。

2019-2020学年格致中学高三上英语一次月考

2019-2020学年格致中学高三上英语一次月考

格致中学二〇一九学年度第一学期第一次测验高三年级英语试卷(共10页)(测试120分钟内完成,总分140分,试后交答题卷)第I 卷I. Listening Comprehension (共25分) Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. He knows who is knocking.B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn’t want to open the door.D. He is ready to open the door. 2. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By taxi. D. By train. 3. A. $100.B. $200.C. $300.D. $400.4. A. She went to cinema.B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with her classmates. 5. A. In a doctor’s office.B. In a professor’s office.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.6. A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics.B. The man got a lot of money for his hard work.C. His hard work was not rewarding at all.D. His work before the test led to a good result. 7. A. A furnished house.B. A recent book.C. A further study.D. A new record.8. A. They will go swimming.B. They will climb mountains.班级____________姓名________________学号____________准考证号______________C. They will buy some clothes.D. They will forecast the weather conditions.9. A. He has another lecture to attend.B. He has no interest in the lecture.C. He’s attended the same lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’t remind him.10.A. She fully agrees with the man. B. They are uncertain about the weather.C. She disagrees with the man.D. She thought the man was always late.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. People are encouraged to be a craftsman.B. Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think.C. Learning woodworking will help you know more people.D. Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.12. A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others.B. Because I am interested in it and want to show it to others.C. Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well.D. Because it’s a good way to know more people interested in it.13. A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B. Doing woodworking means being alone for long.C. You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking.D. Taking a class in woodworking costs a lot of money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card.B. To encourage people to borrow money from banks.C. To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card.D. To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.15. A. The development of computers.B. People’s greediness for more money.C. People’s needs for less paper money.D. People’s learning to be more responsible.16. A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards.B. To stop using credit cards and borrow money from friends or relatives.C. To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards.D. To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A newspaper. B. An advertisement company. C. A cleanup company. D. A market.18. A. She wants to spare more room for something new.B. She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a low cost.C. She knows that the sales consultant before the man does.D. She just wants to clean up their house.19. A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff. B. Rudy will come and take their stuff away.C. Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.D. Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.20. A. His old guitar.B. Their appliances, jewelry, furniture and exercise equipment.C. The spring cleanup sale.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (共20分, 每题1分)Section ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with given words, fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given; for the other blanks, use one word for each blank that best fits the context.Dating is a normal part of adolescence-and a formative one at that. Decades of research21 (suggest) a link between romantic relationships and identity development 22 teen- teenagers mature into young adults.However, a recent study published in the Journal of School Health reveals that adolescents who choose not to date fare 23 , or better than, their 24 (couple) counterparts in social and leadership skills.They are also less depressed."We know that romantic relationships are very common among adolescents-in fact, a majority 25 (involve) in some type of romantic activity by 15 to 17 years of age," says Brooke Douglas, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia 26 conducted the study with Dr. Pamela Orpinas."It's also known that romantic relationships are important for teenagers' individual development and wellbeing. So that made us ask: What does this say about teenagers who are not dating? Are they social misfits?"27 turns out, they are not. Through a combination of self-reported student surveys and teacher feedback, data was gathered on the dating habits of 6th through 12th graders, 28with key emotional and behavioral information. The data was originally published in a 2013 study conducted by Orpinas, which revealed a number of dating patterns among the students—some dated more frequently with age, others took breaks from relationships at various times. But Douglas was most interested in the "low" dating group comprised of students who dated, on average, once throughout middle and high school, with some 29 (report) no romantic relationships at all. To follow the 2013 study, Douglas and Orpinas compared the social and emotional data of 10th graders and found that a lack of romantic relationships had not hindered the development of the "low" daters. On the contrary, the students in this group were overall rated higher in social and leadership skills, and lower in depression than those in other dating groups. The results stand counter 30 the notion that to be a well-adjusted and socially competent adolescent, you must experience a romantic relationship. Students who don't date are doing just fine.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.31 musical instruments from trade restrictions on rosewood.The restrictions under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — commonly referred to as CITES — went into 32 in 2017, after strong demand for high-end rosewood furniture in China led to conservation worries and violence in areas that produce the wood. But as reported in 2017, there were some unintended consequences.Instrument makers and musicians 33 for the exemption, writing in a convention34 that without it, "the world of music and culture will lose 35 instruments that produce the highest quality tones, with no 36 conservation benefit."They got their wish Monday as a key CITES committee approved it. If finalized as expected this week, the exemption will allow finished musical instruments as well as parts and accessories containing rosewood to be transported freely around the world without permits.Trade in raw-material rosewood would remain regulated and 37 to permits granted by individual countries.Representatives of two top U.S. makers of acoustic guitars, Pennsylvania-based C.F. Martin & Co. and California's Taylor Guitars, said they support the convention's efforts to control rosewood trafficking, but they 38 that the musical instruments industry was never the problem.Other authorities expressed their concern nevertheless. Lisa Handy, director of forest campaigns at the Environmental Investigation Agency, an advocacy group, called the exemption"a reluctant 39 for many rosewood source countries.""We remain concerned this could set a bad precedent," Handy wrote. "It will be even more imperative that the sourcing and manufacturing processes are well-controlled to ensure that rosewood-producing countries, which are struggling to control illegal loggers and trafficking ... receive the international support they need to 40 the convention."III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分)Directions: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.On Toronto's Eastern waterfront, a new digital city is being built by Sidewalk Labs-a firm owned by Google's parent Alphabet.It hopes the project will become a model for 21st-Century 41 . However, the deal has been controversial, 42 one of the biggest ever tie-ups between a city and a large corporation. And that, 43 with the fact that the corporation 44 is one of the largest tech firms in the world, is causing some 45 .Sidewalk Labs promises to transform the disused waterfront area into a bustling mini46 , one built "from the internet up," although there is no timetable for when the city will actually be built. The firm has some pretty 47 ideas for the city, including self-driving cars, reimagining of buildings and weather control. Dan Doctoroff, the company's head and former deputy mayor of New York, claimed the project was "about creating healthier, safer, more convenient and more fun lives." "We want this to be a model for what urban life can be in the 21st Century," he said.The area will have plenty of sensors collecting data-from traffic, noise and air quality-and48 the performance of the electric grid and waste collection. And that has 49 some in the city, including Toronto's deputy mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, to question exactly what Sidewalk hopes to achieve. "What data will be gathered and what is it going to be used for? These are real and prescient issues for the city of Toronto," he remarked. Sidewalk Labs responded that the sensors will not be used to monitor and collect information on citizens, 50 it will be used to allow governments to be flexible about how neighborhoods are used.Mr. Minnan-Wong is also concerned that the firm has not been very open with its own data. "Sidewalk talks about open data, but from the very start the one thing that they are not making51 is their agreement with Waterfront Toronto." Waterfront Toronto is the organization52 revitalizing the area around the city's harbor. 53 Sidewalk's deal with the organization will 54 a 12-acre site, but it is believed it wishes to expand this to the whole area, which at 325 acres will represent a huge land-grab. "Even the idea of what land we are talking about, even something as 55 as that is unclear," said Mr. Minnan-Wong. "Is this a real-estate play or is it a technology project? We just don't know."41. A. productivism B. industrialism C. internationalism D. urbanism42. A. portraying B. representing C. concealing D. regulating43. A. constricted B. competing C. coupled D. comparing44. A. in return B. in question C. under construction D. under investigation45. A. unease B. aggression C. delight D. disturbance46. A. grid B. metropolis C. community D. territory47. A. capable B. sensible C. radical D. rational48. A. demonstrating B. evaluating C. manipulating D. monitoring49. A. affected B. enlightened C. discouraged D. led50. A. nevertheless B. as C. rather D. yet51. A. public B. sense C. believe D. up52. A. charged with B. distributed to C. brought about D. reasoned with53. A. Additionally B. Comparatively C. Initially D. Consequently54. A. build B. cover C. maintain D. possess55. A. visual B. elusive C. fundamental D. theoreticalSection B (22分)Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. Every questions are provided with four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Mime opens up a new world to the beholder, but it does so insidiously (隐匿地), not bypurposely injecting points of interest in the manner of a tour guide. Audiences are not unlike visitors to a foreign land who discover that the modes, manners, and thoughts of its inhabitants are not meaningless oddities, but are sensible in context.I remember once when an audience seemed perplexed at what I was doing. At first, I tried to gain a more immediate response by using slight exaggerations. I soon realized that these actions had nothing to do with the audience’s understanding of the character. What I had believed to be a failure of the audience to respond in the manner I expected was, in fact, only their concentration on what I was doing; they were enjoying a gradual awakening—a slow transference of their understanding from their own time and place to one that appeared so unexpectedly before their eyes. This was evidenced by their growing response to succeeding numbers.Mime is an elusive art, as its expression is entirely dependent on the ability of the performer to imagine a character and to re-create that character for each performance. As a mime, I am a physical medium, the instrument upon which the figures of my imagination play their dance of life. The individuals in my audience also have responsibilities—they must be alert collaborators. They cannot sit back, mindlessly complacent, and wait to have their emotions titillated by mesmeric musical sounds or visual rhythms or acrobatic feats, or by words that tell them what to think. Mime is an art that, paradoxically, appeals both to those who respond instinctively to entertainment and to those whose appreciation is more analytical and complex.Between these extremes lie those audiences conditioned to resist any collaboration with what is played before them, and these the mime must seduce despite themselves. There is only one way to attack those reluctant minds—take them unaware! They will be delighted at an unexpected pleasure.56.The author most likely considers the contrast of mime artist and tour guide appropriatebecause both ________.A. bring others to strange places.B. explore new means of self-expression.C. employ artistic methods to communicate.D. shape the way others perceive a new situation.57. The author most likely includes the incident described in paragraph 2 in order to ______.A. indicate the adjustments an audience must make in watching mime.B. show how challenging the career of a mime can be.C. portray the intensity required to see the audience's point of view.D. dispel some misconceptions about what a mime is like.58.The underlined word “elusive” in paragraph 3 most nearly means ______.A. active and conclusiveB. difficult to describe or graspC. passive but vividD. inherently successful59. According to the passage, which of the following is important to the artistic success of mime?A. Effective fusion of disparate dramatic elements.B. Incorporation of realistic details.C. Audience involvement.D. Large audiences.(B)Good tool design is important in the prevention of overuse injuries. Well-designed tools and devices will require less force to operate them and prevent awkward hand positions. They will allow the worker to keep the elbows next to the body to prevent damage to the shoulder and arm. Overuse injuries can therefore be prevented or reduced if the employer provides, and workers use:●power tools rather than having to use muscle power.●tools with specially designed handles that allow the wrist to keep straight (See Figure 1).This means that hands and wrists are kept in the same position as they would be if theywere hanging relaxed at a person’s side.●tools with handles that can be held comfortably by the whole hand. This means having aselection of sizes—remember that tools that provide a comfortable firm hold for aperson with a very large hand may be awkward for someone with a very small hand.This is a particularly important consideration for women who may use tools originallydesigned for men.●tools that do not press fingers (or flesh) between the handles, and whose handles do nothave sharp edges or a small surface area.60. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Good Tool Design for WomenB. Tool Design and Prevention of InjuriesC. Examples of Good Tool DesignD. Overuse of Tools and Worker Protection61.Which of the following describes a well-designed tool?A. It’s kept close to the body.B. It fully uses muscle power.C. It makes users feel relaxed.D. It’s operated with less force.62.What is Figure 1 used to show?A. The effective use of the tool.B. The way of operating the tool.C. The proper design of the handle.D. The purpose of bending the wrist.(C)The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photograph’s fidelity (保真度) to appearances and dependence on a machine allowed it to be a fine art as distinct from merely a practical art. Throughout the nineteenth century, the defense of photography was identical with the struggle to establish it as a fine art. Against the charge that photography was a soulless, mechanical copying of reality, photographers asserted that it was instead a privileged way of seeing, a revolt against commonplace vision, and no less worthy an art than painting.Ironically, now that photography is securely established as a fine art, many photographers find it pretentious or irrelevant to label it as such. Serious photographers variously claim to be finding, recording, impartially observing, witnessing events, exploring themselves—anything but making works of art. They are no longer willing to debate whether photography is or is not a fine art, except to proclaim that their own work is not involved with art. It shows the extent to which they simply take for granted the concept of art imposed by the triumph of Modernism: the better the art, the more subversive (颠覆的) it is of the traditional aims of art.Photographers’ disclaimers of any interest in making art tell us more about the harried status of the contemporary notion of art than about whether photography is or is not art. For example, those photographers who suppose that, by taking pictures, they are getting away from the pretensions of art as exemplified by painting remind us of those Abstract Expressionist painters who imagined they were getting away from the intellectual austerity of classical Modernist painting by concentrating on the physical act of painting. Much of photography’s prestige today derives from the convergence (汇聚) of its aims with those of recent art, particularly with the dismissal of abstract art implicit in the phenomenon of Pop painting during the1960’s. Appreciating photographs is a relief to sensibilities tired of the mental exertions demanded by abstract art. Classical Modernist painting—that is, abstract art as developed in different ways by Picasso, Kandinsky, and Matisse—presupposes highly developed skills of looking and a familiarity with other paintings and the history of art. Photography, like Pop painting, reassures viewers that art is not hard; photography seems to be more about its subjects than about art.Photography, however, has developed all the anxieties and self-consciousness of a classicModernist art. Many professionals privately have begun to worry that the promotion of photography as an activity subversive of the traditional pretensions of art has gone so far that the public will forget that photography is a distinctive and exalted activity—in short, an art.63. What is the author mainly concerned with?A. Defining the Modernist attitude toward art.B. Explaining how photography emerged as a fine art.C. Explaining the attitude of serious contemporary photographers toward photography as artand placing those attitudes in their historical context.D. Defining the various approaches that serious contemporary photographers take toward theirart and assessing the value of each of those approaches.64. Which of the following adjectives best describes “the concept of art imposed by the triumph ofModernism” as the author represents it in line 13?A. ObjectiveB. Mechanical.C. Superficial.D. Paradoxical.65. Why does the author introduce Abstract Expressionist painter?A. He wants to provide an example of artists who, like serious contemporary photographers,disavowed traditionally accepted aims of modern art.B. He wants to set forth an analogy between the Abstract Expressionist painters and classicalModernist painters.C. He wants to provide a contrast to Pop artist and others.D. He wants to provide an explanation of why serious photography, like other contemporaryvisual forms, is not and should not pretend to be an art.66. How did the nineteenth-century defenders of photography stress the photography?A. They stressed photography was a means of making people happy.B. It was art for recording the world.C. It was a device for observing the world impartially.D. It was an art comparable to painting.Section C (8分)Directions:Read the following passage and fill in each blank with the sentence that best fits the context. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.When I was four, I lost my sight by falling off a box car and landing on my head. Now I'm thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It'd be wonderful to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people._____67_____. The loss of my eyes made me appreciate more what I had left.It took me years to discover and strengthen this belief. It had to start with the most trivial things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. "I can't use this," I was hurt, thinking he was teasing me. "Take it with you," he insisted, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. By rolling the ball I could feel where it went. _____68 : playing baseball. Later, at Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind, I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.69 —I believe it! The more readily you are able to make them, the more peaceful your private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was once puzzled and afraid, knowing nowhere to go. But I was lucky, for I have my parents, teachers and others who saw in me a potential to live.The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. Had I not done that, I'd have broken down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. And the path to the belief is never smooth. 70 .Section D71. Summary Writing (10分)Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as much as possible.If the package looks pretty, people will buy just about anything. So says an advertising executive in New York, and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine.Justin Gignac, 26, has sold almost 900 carefully presented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of Big Apple at between $50 and $100 each. Buyers from 19 countries have paid for the souvenirs. The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world.It all began when Mr. Gignac was at a summer workshop. “We had a discussion about the importance of packaging,” he recalls. "Someone said packaging was unimportant. I disagreed. The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want.”He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical contents including broken glass, subway tickets, Starbucks cups and used plastic forks. “Special editions” are offered at a high price. He charged $100 for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees’ stadium.Mr. Gignac denies taking his customers for fools: “They know what they’re getting. They appreciate the fact that they’re taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it.” Some typical customers include people who used to live in the city and want a down-to-earth souvenir. He claims he has even sold to art collectors.Realizing that the concept appears to be a real money-maker, Mr. Gignac has registered a company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president. He declined to discuss his profit margins: “It’s actually quite a lot of effort putting them together, but yes, garbage is free.”Mr. Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs. He maintains that he has signed contracts with people interested in similar projects from as far as Berlin and London.第II卷IV. Translation (3+3+4+5, 共15分)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.除非采取紧急措施,否则我们的计划将泡汤。

2019-2020学年上海市黄浦学校高三英语第一次联考试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年上海市黄浦学校高三英语第一次联考试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年上海市黄浦学校高三英语第一次联考试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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ALOI English—English Conversation ClassesTake English conversation classes with native English -speaking teachers from theUnited States,IrelandandAustralia, live, 1 - on - 1.This is by far the best way to improve your real spoken English and listening abilities and get to a level where you can use it in real - life situations. Our teachers mainly carry on conversations about work in different fields, such as business, finance, politics and travel. However, if you like, you can have normal day - to - day conversations about events, weather, etc. If you would like to learn some grammar during conversation, we can do that too!Our English Conversation classes:• Your conversations will always be with a native English speaker.• You can choose the time, day and teacher for each class.• The classes are made for each student individually. They will be at your level, studying what you need and what interests you.Packages10 Classes Package $ 229.90Interested in taking 10, 55 - minute conversation English classes?Schedule a first free class with LOI English and talk to the teacher about it. After that, you can arrange to take our 10 - class conversation English course.20 Classes Package $ 439,80Interested in taking 20, 55 - minute conversation English classes?Schedule a first free class with LOI English and talk to the teacher about it. After that, you can arrange to take our 20 - class conversation English course.1. What do the classes mainly focus on?A. Daily conversations.B. Work - related topics.C. Grammar rules.D. Area - based accents.2. Which is NOT offered to the students?A. Native English - speaking teachers.B. Personalized courses.C. Choice of class time and teacher.D. Offline learning materials.3. What should a student do first if he decides on either of the packages?A. Arrange a free class with LOI English.B. Bargain with LOI English for lower fees.C. Choose an experienced LOI English teacher.D. Make a promise to sit through each class.BGray wolves have lived inNorth Americafor at least half a million years. Their living areas once included most of the continentalUnited States. But during the 1800s and early 1900s, wolves were hunted to near extinction(灭绝).By the 1960s, theU. S.wolf population was limited to a handful of creatures in small comers of the northernMidwest.Then, in 1973, a law, the ESA, was passed to protect animals from becoming extinct. Gray wolves were one of the first animals placed on the endangered-species(濒危物种)list. Killing them wasillicit. And theU. ernment worked to promote their protection. In a famous example of this effort, starting in 1995, 31 wolves were moved fromCanadatoYellowstoneNational Park. By 2015, more than 500 gray wolves were living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem(生态系统).Today, the continentalU. S.is home to more than 6,000 gray wolves. On January 4, 2021, theU. ernment removed gray wolves from the endangered-species list.Usually, an animal's removal would be cause for celebration. But some environmental protectors say the wolves still need protection. In some parts of the country, wolves are increasing in numbers. More than a thousand of them can be found just inMichiganandWisconsin. But overall, their range is still a small part of what it was. Wolves used to live across most of the U. S. Now they , are found in fewer than a dozen states. Others argue that as long as a species is not in danger of extinction, it doesn't belong on the endangered-species list. And farmers with land near wolf living areas say that if the wolf's population continues to grow, more of their farm animals will be killed by wolves.But some protection groups worry that without protection, the wolf population will crash again. They hope that no matter what, people and wolves can get along peacefully with each other. They are promoting ways to make that happen.4. What caused gray wolves to be almost extinct?A. Losing their living areas.B. Too many natural enemies.C. The extreme climate changes.D. Being hunted in great numbers.5. What does the underlined word "illicit" in paragraph 2 mean?A. Rather difficult.B. Against the law.C. Totally normal.D. Conditionally allowable.6. Why was the gray wolf removed from the endangered-species list?A. They have a much larger population already.B. They have all been put into the safe natural parks.C. They have been feeding on farmers, farm animals.D. They have grown too strong to be protected by humans.7. What do farmers living near gray wolves' living areas think of the animals?A. The wolves are trouble for them.B. The wolves must be better protected.C. The wolves get along peacefully with them.D. The wolves should live where they belong.CMany of us in China enjoy adding chilies (辣椒) toour food, but did you know that this spicy vegetable could also be dangerous? A 34-year-oldUSman recently ended up in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper—the spiciest chili in the world. After taking just a single bite of one, the man suffered from serious headaches in the following few days, reported BBC News.In fact, reports of stomachache and headache caused by eating spicy food are not something unusual. But if chilies are harmful, why is it that human beings are the only animals to eat this vegetable? According to the website Huanqiu, about 600 million Chinese people—almost half of the national population—are chili eaters. So what makes people love chilies so much? The human body reacts to the burning feeling that comes from eating chilies by releasing natural chemicals that “produce a sense of happiness” , noted BBC News.And the benefits go even further than just personal enjoyment. A survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The number decreased to 14 percent for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. And another study done by theUniversityofVermontcame to a similar conclusion. “The data encourages people to eat more spicy food to improve health and reduce death risk at an early age,” Liu Qi, a nutritionist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told BBC News.Chilies have anti-cancer quality and the ability to increase our metabolism (新陈代谢). So, don't worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are actually good for us—except for the Carolina Reaper, perhaps.8. The example of a 34-year-old American is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to prove ________.A. chiliescan be beneficialB. chilies are popular inAmericaC. chilies can be dangerousD. serious headaches can be dangerous9. Eating chilies gives people a sense of happiness by_______.A. decreasing death rateB. releasing natural chemicalsC. curing serious headachesD. providing enough nutrition10. Which of the following statement is TRUE?A. Human are the only animals to eat chilies.B. Stomachache and headaches caused by chilies is something unusual.C. The more chilies you eat, the healthier you are.D. Chilies have anti-cancer quality but it can't increase our metabolism.11. The writer wrote the passage to ________.A. warn people of the dangers of chiliesB. ask people to eat Carolina ReaperC. encourage people to eat more chiliesD. tell people the benefits of chiliesDTo Rehan Staton, his childhood was a life of privilege — loving parents, a supportive big brother and a pleasant, private school education. Everything changed when his mother left the country and his father lost his job.He had to sleep with a heavy jacket on when it was cold. He was always hungry. He said he couldn't concentrate at school and would sleep during class. He went from straight. As to near the bottom of his class. A teacher told him he needed special education, which made him hate school.Staton spent his high school years as an excellent athlete, raining to become a professional boxer. He had won a lot of martial arts competitions.But a tragedy struck him in his senior year when Staton suffered serious tendonitis (肌腱炎), in both shoulders. He couldn’t lift either arm for months. His dream of becoming a professional player failed. He struggled to apply to colleges but was refused byall of them.Staton’s body slowly recovered from martial arts and he got a job as a rubbish collector. Many co-workers couldn't help but ask him a simple question, “What are you doing here? You’re smart. You are too young to be here. Go to college.” It was the first time someone outside his family had spoken highly of his intelligence. It wasthe co-workers thatem enedhim to return to school.Several co-workers put Staton in touch with a professor atBowieStateUniversity. The professor was impressed with their conversation and persuaded the admissions board to change its former decision.Going to college forced Staton’s older brother, Reggie, to drop out. They both knew someone had to be working full time along with their dad. It was a decision Reggie made on his own.After receiving a 4.0, Staton succeeded in becoming a student at theUniversityofMaryland. But he still had a long way to go to attend Harvard Law eventually...12. What finally changed Rehan Staton’s happy childhood?A. His brother’s losing the job.B. His serious health problem.C. His father’s sudden death.D. His mother’s leaving the country.13. What does the underlined word “em ened” in the fourth paragraph mean?A. Force.B. Direct.C. Encourage.D. Accompany.14. Why did Staton’s elder brother have to drop out of school?A. He wanted his brother to study further.B. His father asked him to leave school.C. He had lost interest in most lessons.D. He had to go out to find his mother.15. What will the writer mainly talk about next?A. What Rehan Staton planned to do after entering Harvard.B. How Rehan Staton managed to be admitted to Harvard.C. Why Rehan Staton decided to choose to go to Harvard.D. When Rehan Staton would be successful in Harvard Law.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10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。

上海市2020届高三上第一次月考英语试题

上海市2020届高三上第一次月考英语试题

2020学年第一学期10月月考高一英语考试试卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary 30%Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill ineach blank with proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word thatbest fits each blank.For the last 26 years, Anthony Cymerys, known as Joe the Barber, ____ 25_____ (offer) homeless people in Hartford haircuts in exchange for hugs. He started offering his barber services to homeless people in 1998 _____26______ he retired from a career in business. He had cut hair for his family but decided to work for the less fortune after ______27______ (inspire) by the encouraging words in church about the homeless. He wanted the homeless not _____28______ (look) homeless.Each Wednesday the wooden chairs are filled with homeless people ______29_____(waiting) for a haircut from the 82-year-old Joe. They line up on park benches, some of whom also turn out for free meals provided on Wednesday by a local church. One by ______30_____ they take a seat in a folding lawn chair.The great old man gives homeless people haircuts for free, and all he asks for in exchange is a nice big hug. _____31______ (give) haircuts may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people, but actually it’s very important. Homeless people have difficulty _____32______ (find) jobs _____33_____ __________ the look, so Joe is really helping them out of a hairy situation in ______34____ (many) ways than one.Section B Directions: Complete the following sentences or 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.A.interpretB. defensiveC. describeD. positiveE. conveyF. categoryG. adjust H. reflect I. mineral J. significance K. potential35.The school strives to help catch each pupil to achieve their full ________.36.People who lead busy lives have no time to stop and _________.37.She need time to __________ to college life.38.It’s hard to find the right word to __________ how he felt about the desert.39.Keep a _________ attitude and good things will happen.40.Different students may ___________ the poem in different ways.41.The book clearly falls into the __________ of autobiography (自传).42.The high quality __________ water has passed the state-level test.43.Colors like red _________ a sense of energy and strength.44.The president made a decision of major political ___________.A. interviewerB. avoidC. communicationD. culturalE. seriouslyF. gettingG. convince H. signal I. expected J. impressions K. maintainJob interviews are a lot like first dates in the sense that you’re trying to _____45_____ another person, whom you don’t know, to like you. The key difference is that on a date you’re both meeting on equal ground. When you go into a job interview, however, the _____46_____ has most of the power and you have, essentially, none at all. This creates an environment where you’re going to likely be considerably more uncomfortable than the interviewer. You’ll display poor body language as a result, and that’s not good. When interviewing for a job, you want to get rid of any non-verbal _____47______ that makes you seem closed off.A charming beginning can make all the difference, as first _____48_____ are hugely important in hiring decisions. A smile, pleasant handshake, warm ____49_____, and positive body language will set the stage for a comfortable interview. You don’t know what sort of (potentially negative) expectations your interviewer is bringing to the table, so it’s never a bad thing to override them by demonstrating you’re a pleasant and charismatic individual.While natural comfort is going to be your most valuable tool, there are a few tips thatcan help you out. Assuming American _____50_____ standards, eye contact is more important in a job interview than most other situations. If you have trouble meeting someone’s eyes, just look at their mouth. You’ll also want to ______51_____ blocking your own eyes in any way, as doing so can convey discomfort (among other negative feelings). You can also convey that you’re in a “listening mode” by occasionally placing part of your hand over your mouth. This helps _____52_____ to others that you’re not going to talk andtherefore paying attention.All of this said, every interviewer is going to understand that you’ll be a little nervous. If you’re a little bit tense, don’t worry about it. That much is _____53_____. In fact, too much comfort might convey to some that you’re overconfident and not taking the interview _____54_____. In the end, your fate rests in the hands of another human being so there’s only so much you can do. They may not like your shoes or hire someone younger or older. You never know what you’re going to run into, but you can at least try to tip the scales in your favor with the help of some positive body language.III. Reading Comprehension 49%Section A Cloze 15%Directions: For each blank in the following passage there four words or phrases marked A, B, C or D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in modern urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the _____55_____. So customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for marriage which is _____56_____: It is called a “love match”.On my first trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the process of “getting them married’. In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet each other before the marriage. __57__ they might meet for a brief conversation, and this meeting would take place only after their parents had decided that the match was __58__. Parents do not force their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds unacceptable. But only after one match is refused will another be sought.As a young American woman in India for the first time, I found this custom of arranged marriage __59__. How could any intelligent young person __60__ to such a marriage without great reluctance? It was __61__ to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as the only basis of a happy marriage. It was also in conflict with my strongly held beliefs that the choice of such a close and permanent relationship could be made only by individuals __62__. If anyone had tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been __63__!Sita, one of my young friends, was a college graduate with a degree in political science. She had been __64__ for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. Ifound it difficult to accept the obedient(顺从的)manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would __65__ her spending the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew, a total stranger, __66__ by her parents.In frustration and distress, I asked her, “Don’t you care who you __67__?”“Of course I care,”she answered. “This is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such a(n) __68__ person as myself. In such matters, it is better to have my parents’ __69__”.55. A. classes B. individuals C. society D. country56. A. matched B. Decided C. Concerned D. Arranged57. A. After all B. In addition C. At most D. On average58. A. comfortable B. imperfect C. suitable D. dissatisfying59. A. Acceptable B. Amazing C. Depressing D. strange60. A. Agree B. Turn C. Exchange D. devote61. A. Customary B. Remarkable C. Similar D. contrary62. A. Involved B. Present C. Informed D. available63. A. Ambitious B. Proud C. Rebellious D. puzzled64. A. Fighting B. Protesting C. Waiting D. dreaming65. A. Profit from B. Hold back C. Act out D. Result in66. A. Picked out B. Picked up C. Taken up D. Taken out67. A. Encounter B. Favor C. Marry D. join68. A. Intelligent B. Unfortunate C. Inexperienced D. careless69. A. Blessing B. Guidance C. Fortune D. promiseSection B 24%Directions: Read the following two passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Thailand uses the phrase “land of smiles”to describe itself in tourist brochures and advertising campaigns and rightly so. Visitors to Thailand can expect to be greeted with asmile when they leave the airport, get into a taxi or rental car and again when they enter a hotel. What makes it so easy for Thai people to smile at their visitors? The head of Thailand’s tourist bureau says that it is “in the nature of the people”. The Thai are naturally happy, he says with a smile, and they are glad to share that happiness with others.This attitude seems to be very much appreciated by the more than five million tourists who visit Thailand each year. The country ranks high on the list of places to which visitors want to return. The reason most often stated is that the people are friendly and courteous (有礼貌的). Some other Asian destinations are not as well received. Hong Kong ranks low, with shopkeepers particularly rated as unfriendly, unhelpful and sometimes rude. Bali in Indonesia ranks high on the list, with Japan somewhere in the middle.These reports raise the question of whether certain nationalities are naturally more courteous than others. While people may experience more friendliness in Thailand than in Hong Kong, that may have more to do with the place than the people. Travel writers point out that cities are always stressful, hurried, impersonal places, with little to offer in the ways of smiles and welcome. Bangkok is not as friendly as other places in the surrounding Thai countryside. Remote towns and villages in China, for example, offer visitors a warm welcome, with smiles and giggles from children. Perhaps it should also be pointed out that visitors themselves make a difference to the courtesy with which they are received. Polite, patient, smiling visitors will most be greeted similarly, no matter which country they are in.70.The phrase “land of smiles” means ___________.A. Thailand is a funny country.B. the tourists must smile all the time in Thailand.C. there is a piece of land which can smile in Thailand.D. the people in Thailand are kind and friendly.71.When you visit Thailand, you will find ___________.A. If you go into the country, you can’t leave it.B. you can see smiles everywhereC. you must smile to rent a carD. everybody in the street will smile at you72.According to the passage, those who have been in Thailand _________.A. are willing to visit it againB. are eager to leave itC. will never visit it againD. are allowed to visit it some tome later73.In Asia, ____________.A. Hong Kong is not an ideal destination for most unhelpfulB. Hong Kong shopkeepers are the most unhelpfulC. Japanese shopkeepers are the most courteousD. shopkeepers in Indonesia are the most beautiful(B)Some American parents might think their children need better education to compete with. But how much do the parents themselves need to change?China and other countries’ childrenA new book called “Battle H ymn of the Tiger Mother”by Amy Chua has caused adebate about cultural differences in parenting. Ms. Chua is a professor at the Yale Law Schoolin New Haven, Connecticut, and a mother of two daughters. She was raised in AmericanMidwest by immigrant Chinese parents.In the Chinese culture, the tiger represents strength and power. In her book, Ms Chuawrites about how she demanded excellence from her daughters. Ms Chua told NBC televisionthat she had a clear list of what her daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were not permitted to do.Many people criticized Amy Chua. She also admits that her husband, who is not Chinese,sometimes disagreed with her parenting style. But she says that is the way her parents raisedher and her three sisters.Ms. Chua makes fun of her own style of parenting. She says she eased some of thepressure after her younger daughter rebelled a nd shouted “I hate my life! I hate you!” But shes. One ofalso says American parents often have low expectations of their children’s abilitie the biggest differences I see between Western and Chinese parents is that Chinese parentsassume strength rather than f ragility.”Stacy DeBroff, who has written four books on parenting, says: “The stirring of thisintense debate has to do with what it means to be a successful parent and what does it mean tobe a successful child?” Ms DeBroff says Amy Chua’s parenting style is not limited to Chinese families. She says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking abetter future for their children. But she also sees a risk. When children have no time to besocial or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. Stacey DeBroff advises parents to develop their own style of parenting andnot just repeat the way they were raised.74. Which of the following might be on the list of what Amy Chua’s daughters are not permitted to do ?A.Taking an extra course.B. Getting A’s in exams.C. Getting up on schedule.D. Having a play date.75.Stacy DeBroff believes parents should __________.A. Raise their children as they were raised.B. find their own ways to raise their childrenC. be as strict as possible with their childrenD. Follow successful people’s parenting style76.The word “fragility” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “__________”.A. weaknessB. consciousnessC. independenceD. Perseverance77. According to the passage, Amy Chua’s parenting style is ________.A. uniqueB. questionedC. reasonableD. creative(C)You're sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns (打哈欠). Suddenly, you're yawning with him, though you're not tired.This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who were unable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagions (有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate regularly without words.Hogo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critchley, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we're feeling. "Emotions are closely linked with states of internal (内部的) responses, "he explained. "There are also more visible changes in our gesture and facial expressions. When we're in a group, these signals can spread to another person. For example, there's the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at andthere are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure. "Hugo Critchley further explained, "Our bodies synchronize and when we like the other person, we even copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you're sitting-it's pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists believe it's our way of telling each other that we're partners. Through body language, humans give each other very subtle (微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions. "So, what lessons can we learn from this? "Spend time with happy people-otherwise your health could suffer, " said Critchley. "When we're sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we're happy, our body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us. "78. According to Hogo Critchley, _________.A. emotions are as visible as facial expressionsB. we yawn more frequently when we have a coldC. emotions are connected with states of internal responsesD. the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions79. The underlined word "synchronize" in paragraph 4 means "_________".A. move slowlyB. change rapidlyC. relax temporarilyD. respond accordingly80. From the passage we can learn ______.A. sadness is as contagious as happinessB. anger is less contagious than friendlinessC. surprise is more contagious than smileD. surprise is the most contagious among emotions81. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.B. Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans.C. Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning.D. People tend to communicate more with body language.Section C 10%Directions: 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2019-2020学年格致高级中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年格致高级中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析

2019-2020学年格致高级中学高三英语月考试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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AIn his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer. But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays,poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeare'sEngland, Tang's works became hugely popular inChinatoo. During Tang'sChina, his plays were enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southernChinato the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.1. Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?A. To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.B. To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.C. To explain the importance of Shakespeare.D. To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.2. What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works?A. Social reality.B. Female dreams.C. Human emotions.D. Political environment.3. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?A. The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.B. Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.C. The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.D. Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.BRemember when your mom told you not to eat too many candy bars or sweets because they can cause tooth decay (蛀牙)? However, it turns out that chocolate can be moresalutaryto your teeth than you might expect. Recent studies show that chocolate can effectively fight against tooth decay, as if we need another excuse to eat chocolate.Chocolate offers protection like fluoride, a main ingredient in most household toothpastes. Not only does chocolate protect our teeth, but it can do so very effectively. Studies show that chocolate has compounds that provide strong protection for teeth. One of the compounds in chocolate, CBH, is shown to protect even more effectively than fluoride.Tooth decay happens when bacteria work to turn sugar into acids in our mouth. This is why eating foods with high sugar content can lead to more tooth decay. The compounds in chocolate, however, are anti-bacteria and can fight against bacteria in your mouth. The CBH compound in particular also works to strengthen tooth enamel (牙釉质), andprotects against tooth decay.Does this mean you can cat as much chocolate as you want without worrying about your teeth? It depends on the types of chocolate that you like. The protective effect of chocolate is most effective when you chew on cocoa beans. Of course, this option is not very appealing to; most people. A more tasty option is to choose dark chocolate with little sugar content, ideally no more than 6 to 8 grams per serving. For other types of chocolate with higher sugar content, the effect will be lessened. However, because of the protective compounds, it is still better for your teeth than other sweets and desserts containing the same amount of sugar.4. The word “salutary” in paragraph 1 means?A. Beneficial.B. Harmful.C. Familiar.D. Useless.5. What can we know about the compound CBH in chocolate?A. It can help chocolate cure tooth decay.B. It can effectively stop teeth from decaying.C. It may protect teeth better than toothpastes do.D. It may soon replace most household toothpastes.6. How does chocolate fight tooth decay?A. By breaking down acids.B. By building up compounds.C. By fixing up tooth enamel.D. By fighting against bacteria.7. What's the main idea of the text?A. Chocolate plays the role of toothpaste.B. Chocolate protects against tooth decay.C. Chocolate is the best choice for teeth protection.D. Chocolate is healthier to teeth than other sweets.COne billion people in the world are short of water. How can this problem be solved. Some suggestions have been to desalinate ocean water or to build enormous water pipelines from areas where water is abundant. (Suggestions such as these prove extremely expensive when they are actually used.) One possibility that scientists are considering is pulling icebergs from either the North Pole or the South Pole to parts of the world with a water shortage. Although many questions must be answered before such a project could be tried, moving icebergs seems a reasonable possibility in the future.Engineers, mathematicians, and glaciologists from a dozen countries have been considering the iceberg as a future source of water. Saudi Arabia is particularly interested in this project because it has a great water shortage. Scientists estimate that it would take 128 days to transport a large iceberg (about 1/2 square mile) to Saudi Arabia. Yet the iceberg would be completely melted by the 104th day. Therefore, insulation would be essential, but how to insulate the iceberg remains an unsolved problem.The problems in transporting an iceberg are numerous. The first problem is choosing the iceberg to pull. The icebergs that form in the North Pole are quite difficult to handle because of their shape. Only a small portion extends above the water — most of the iceberg is below the surface, which would make it difficult to pull. South Pole icebergs, on the other hand, are flat and float like table tops. Thus they would be much easier to move.How can a 200-million-ton iceberg be moved. No ship is strong enough to pull such enormous weight through the water. Perhaps several ships could be used. Attaching ropes to an iceberg this size is also an enormous problem. Engineers think that large nails or long metal rods could be driven into the ice. What would happen if theiceberg splits into several pieces during the pulling. Even if an iceberg with very few cracks were chosen, how could it be pulled through stormy waters. Furthermore, once the iceberg reached its destination, very few ports would be deep enough to store it.All of these problems must be solved before icebergs can become a reasonable source of water. Yet scientists estimate that it will be possible to transport them in the near future. Each year, enough icebergs form to supply the whole world with fresh water for a full year. In addition, icebergs are free and nonpolluting. As a solution to the world’s water problems, icebergs may be a workable possibility.8. What is a problem in transporting iceberg?A. The size of the iceberg.B. The colour of the iceberg.C. The salt in the iceberg.D. The movement of air and water.9. What is the author’ attitude towards transporting iceberg?A. Pessimistic.B. Objective.C. Optimistic.D. Unconcerned.10. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?A. It is hard to use iceberg.B. Iceberg are a good choice.C. There are problems with iceberg.D. Man finds no other ways to solve water shortage.11. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Shortage of water.B. Icebergs for water.C. Scientists and icebergs.D. Iceberg—scientists headache.DHow much do consumers care about the carbon footprint of the products they buy? Would they care more if the goods were labeled with emissions(排放物)data?Does it matter at which stage in the lifecycle of a product the carbon is emitted? Research published in the International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making offers a way to find out.Study participants view a carbon footprint label as similar to labels that have appeared on some existing products.The label shows the carbon dioxide emissions connected with their production, transportation, usage and disposal(清理), thus showing the buyer the likely effect on climate change of buying a particular product.In the first group of studies, the research team proved that carbon emissions and a carbon emissions labelwould indeed play a role in consumer product decisions, although not as great a role as price.In a second set of studies, the team found that emissions connected with usage were most important to consumers followed by the transportation and disposal stages.The carbon footprint of the producing process was considered less important to consumers than the other stages in the product's lifecycle because it is outside the consumer's control.That is, the participants felt they were less responsible for carbon emitted during producing process.Consumers value recycling a product, but the researchers found that, overall, the consumers would preferproducers to offset(补偿)carbon emissions rather than having toaddressthe problem directly themselves.Consumers are increasingly concerned with climate change problems, and already carbon labeling is appearing on some products."We find that participantsnot only take the carbon label into account when making product decisions, but they want detailed information on the label," the researchers explain.They suggest that companies should prepare for how carbon emissions labels might affect future consumer choice.12. Which of the following most affects consumer's choice?A. Labels.B. Price.C Packaging. D. Carbon footprint.13. About the carbon dioxide emissions in the product's lifecycle, which stage do consumers care most?A. Usage stage.B. Transportation stage.C. Disposal stage.D. Producing stage.14. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word "address"?A. Look into.B. Point out.C. Deal with.D. Run into.15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Companies should take carbonemissions more seriously.B. All products have been labeled with carbon emissions data.C. Producers will attach less importance to carbon emissions labels.D. Products labeled with carbon emissions data will have poor sales.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10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。

2019-2020学年上海中学高三英语月考试题及答案

2019-2020学年上海中学高三英语月考试题及答案

2019-2020学年上海中学高三英语月考试题及答案第一部分阅读(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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APlan Your Visit to the British MuseumWe've made a few changes to ensure you can safely enjoy your visit:How to book tickets·Tickets for the permanent collection can only be hooked online in advance.·To book tickets for exhibitions, visit our exhibition pages. If you want to guarantee your visit to the permanent collection as well as the exhibition on your visit, you will need to book a separate ticket.·We are limiting numbers of people in the museum to ensure there is room for you to safely enjoy your visit. Everyone, including members and volunteers, will therefore need to book a free, timed ticket in advance.Important information about your ticket booking·You can book up to six tickets for people who live in the same family.·We will email yourticket to you, and you will need to show it either printed out or on your device (设备) when you arrive.·Please arrive at the time stated on your ticket-we cannot guarantee admission before or after it.Following the routeWe have created a new one-way route through the museum which will allow you to safely explore world cultures from the Mediterranean to the Middle East and from the Americas to Africa.·View a map of the route (Open in a new window).·Our audio guides (音频指南) are not available. However, youcan pay to download the audio introductions from iTunes (Open in a new window) or Google Play (Open in a new window) to each of the galleries and listen on your own device. Please remember to bring along your own headphones.1.Why does the museum offer timed tickets?A.To earn more money.B.To hire more volunteers.C.To save room for collections.D.To control the number of visitors.2.How can a visitor learn about the new route in advance?A.View an online map.B.Buy a new headphone.C.Buy audio guides from the museum.D.Download video introductions from iTunes.3.Where can you probably find the text?A.In a newspaper.B.In a magazine.C.On a website.D.In a report.BIs renting clothes greener than buying them? Sustainable (可持续的) fashion expert Elizabeth Cline isn’t sure. Clothing renting is a hot new industry and businessmen are trying to attract shoppers who care about the environment. Last summer alone,Urban Outfitters, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s American EagleandBanana Republicall announced renting services – a sure sign of changing times.But is renting fashion actually more environmentally-friendly than buying it? And if so, how much more? Journalist and author Elizabeth Cline researched this question in a feature article for Elle, and she concluded that it’s not as sustainable as it seems.Take shipping for example, which has to go two ways if an item is rented – receiving and returning. Cline writes that consumer transportation has the second largest carbon footprint of our collective fashion habit after manufacturing.Then there’s the burden of washing, which has to happen for every item when it’s returned, regardless of whether or not it was worn. For most renting services, this usually means dry-cleaning, which is a polluting process. All the renting services that Cline looked into have replaced perchloroethylene, a carcinogenic (致癌的) air pollutants that’s still used by 70 percent of US dry cleaners, with hydrocarbon (碳氢化合物) alternatives, although these aren’t great either. They can produce harmful waste and air pollution if not handled correctly.Lastly, Cline fears that renting services will increase our appetite for fast fashion, simply because it’s so easily accessible. There’s something called “share-washing” that makes people have more wasteful behaviors because a product or service is shared and thus is considered more eco-friendly. Uber is one example of this: advertised as a way to share rides and reduce car ownership, and yet it has been proven to discourage walking, bicycling and public transportation use.Renting clothes is still preferable to buying them cheap and throwing them into the bin after wearing them a few times, but we shouldn’t let the availability of these services make us self-satisfied. There’s an even better step – and that’s wearing what we already have.4. What do we know about Elizabeth Cline from the passage?A. She is trying to attract shoppers.B. She is an expert and journalist.C. She has created “share-washing”.D. She never rents clothes.5. Why does renting services increase people’s appetite for fast fashion?A. Because it is handled correctly.B. Because it is transported easily.C. Because it is fairly eco-friendly.D. Because it is easily accessible.6. What can we infer from the passage?A. Clothing renting became popular ten years ago.B. Consumer transportation has the largest carbon footprint.C. Renting clothes deserves further consideration.D. Uber is a good example of sharing rides.7. Which section of a newspaper does the text probably come from?A. Environment.B. Technology.C. Travel.D. Medicine.CI come to theUnited Statesten year ago. I would always say that I was trying to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not allow me to start.Now I realized that those were only excuses. What stopped me was that I was afraid to start studying again. I always believed I would learn by myself.One day, however, my son told me that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didn’t understand them because I didn’t speak English. He was also sad because I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I told myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can make it.”The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner (横幅) in front of the school which said that they offered classes for adults. I came in to see if I could join, but the classes were closed already. That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the way back, I told them we would take a new route. I ended up getting lost. That’s the way I foundChaffeyCollege. The following Monday, I went to ask for information. They told me that summer school was starting that week.That’s how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great rewards. My daughter had to write a story for school. It was about the female they most admired and why . She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to College. I will never forget this.8. According to the passage, the author probably is a .A. teacherB. doctorC. fatherD. mother9. What made the author make up her mind to study English?A. What her son said.B. What her daughter said.C. Thinking about herself.D. Thinking about her daughter.10. How did they findChaffeyCollege?A. On the way to the movies.B. They took a new route and got lost.C. Ask a stranger for information.D. According to the banner.11. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The author came to theUnited Statesfrom another country.B. The author had two children at least including one daughter.C. What really changed the author’s life was she believed in herself.D. The author wrote that she was the person her son most admired.DFlying someone one-way fromLondontoNew Yorkproduces nearly a ton ofcarbon dioxide or CO2. That's alot of this climate-warming greenhouse gas. But there are ways to cut the climate impact of flying, one of which is to ask planes to surf high-altitude winds every chance they get.It's not something they've been allowed to do. But that may change—and soon.Most jets crossing the Atlantic Ocean follow one of several fixed paths that are widely spaced because radar (雷达) had not been able to track aircraft everywhere above the Atlantic. But a new network of satellites could soon change that.Wells was part of a team inEnglandthat calculated the fastest possible routes for passenger planes. According to them , traveltime a plane takes when flying across theAtlanticvaries with the winds that a plane meets. For instance, eastbound (向东的) flights can get a powerful push. Westbound routes miss that benefit. Faster flights burn less fuel. And less burning gives off fewergreenhouse gases.The airline industry knows it has a high " carbon footprint." But it takes decades and many billions of dollars to design, test and fly new planes. Changing a flight path, in contrast, can cut costs and energy right away.The new study doesn't show how well such wind surfing would work for all planes, in all skies and the world over. Bui it does suggest that making flight routes more flexible could cut both fuel use and CO2in some places.However, if flight times vary depending on the wind, scheduling connecting flights and managing runways and gates would become more complicated. The researchers would have to work out the best flight paths that take such scheduling issues into consideration. They may also want to see if flying at different altitudes gives a wider choice of flexible routes at the times most people want to fly.National Air Traffic Services (NATS) which provides air-traffic control for theUnited Kingdomsaid it would temporarily disband its flight-paths system and work to allow airlines to choose flexible routes that would best limit their fuel use.12. What happens to east bound flights when crossing theAtlantic?A. They consume more fuel.B. They use less time and energy.C. They produce more greenhouse gases.D. They are against a stronger wind.13. What should be done to make adopting flexible flight routes possible?A. Calculating the flight time.B. Finding the best flight paths.C. Adjusting the size of jets.D. Adding more runways and gates.14. Which word can best replace the underlined word "disband” in the last paragraph?A. Stop.B. Copy.C. Handle.D. Restore.15. What can we infer from the text?A. Planes are producing the most carbon dioxide.B. New fuel is benefiting airline industries greatly.C. Carbon footprint is a serious problem in theUK.D. Surfing the winds can make air travel greener.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10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。

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格致中学二〇一九学年度第一学期第一次测验高三年级英语试卷(共10页)(测试120分钟内完成,总分140分,试后交答题卷)第I 卷I. Listening Comprehension (共25分) Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. He knows who is knocking.B. He is eager to know who it is.C. He doesn’t want to open the door.D. He is ready to open the door. 2. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By taxi. D. By train. 3. A. $100.B. $200.C. $300.D. $400.4. A. She went to cinema.B. She went to an exhibition.C. She stayed at home.D. She stayed with her classmates. 5. A. In a doctor’s office.B. In a professor’s office.C. In an operating room.D. In an emergency ward.6. A. The man paid the tuition for learning physics.B. The man got a lot of money for his hard work.C. His hard work was not rewarding at all.D. His work before the test led to a good result. 7. A. A furnished house.B. A recent book.C. A further study.D. A new record.8. A. They will go swimming.B. They will climb mountains.班级____________姓名________________学号____________准考证号______________C. They will buy some clothes.D. They will forecast the weather conditions.9. A. He has another lecture to attend.B. He has no interest in the lecture.C. He’s attended the same lecture given by Professor Wilson before.D. He might miss the lecture, if the woman didn’t remind him.10.A. She fully agrees with the man. B. They are uncertain about the weather.C. She disagrees with the man.D. She thought the man was always late.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. People are encouraged to be a craftsman.B. Learning woodworking is not as hard as you think.C. Learning woodworking will help you know more people.D. Taking a class in woodworking will be very helpful.12. A. Because I am a talent in this art and want to share it with others.B. Because I am interested in it and want to show it to others.C. Because I wonder how to pick materials and how to do it well.D. Because it’s a good way to know more people interested in it.13. A. You can expect to do woodworking perfectly the very first time.B. Doing woodworking means being alone for long.C. You can also learn from other people interested in woodworking.D. Taking a class in woodworking costs a lot of money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To analyze causes and effects of using a credit card.B. To encourage people to borrow money from banks.C. To let people know the responsibility in using a credit card.D. To present the effect of computers in popularizing the use of credit cards.15. A. The development of computers.B. People’s greediness for more money.C. People’s needs for less paper money.D. People’s learning to be more responsible.16. A. To learn to be responsible by using credit cards.B. To stop using credit cards and borrow money from friends or relatives.C. To pay money back as fast as possible after using credit cards.D. To stop borrowing money and use your own funds for shopping.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A newspaper. B. An advertisement company. C. A cleanup company. D. A market.18. A. She wants to spare more room for something new.B. She wants to turn their old stuff into cash at a low cost.C. She knows that the sales consultant before the man does.D. She just wants to clean up their house.19. A. Rudy is likely to buy their stuff. B. Rudy will come and take their stuff away.C. Rudy plays guitar as well as the man.D. Rudy will help them with the ad and the sale.20. A. His old guitar.B. Their appliances, jewelry, furniture and exercise equipment.C. The spring cleanup sale.D. The low cost of ad and friendly service.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (共20分, 每题1分)Section ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with given words, fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given; for the other blanks, use one word for each blank that best fits the context.Dating is a normal part of adolescence-and a formative one at that. Decades of research21 (suggest) a link between romantic relationships and identity development 22 teen- teenagers mature into young adults.However, a recent study published in the Journal of School Health reveals that adolescents who choose not to date fare 23 , or better than, their 24 (couple) counterparts in social and leadership skills.They are also less depressed."We know that romantic relationships are very common among adolescents-in fact, a majority 25 (involve) in some type of romantic activity by 15 to 17 years of age," says Brooke Douglas, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia 26 conducted the study with Dr. Pamela Orpinas."It's also known that romantic relationships are important for teenagers' individual development and wellbeing. So that made us ask: What does this say about teenagers who are not dating? Are they social misfits?"27 turns out, they are not. Through a combination of self-reported student surveys and teacher feedback, data was gathered on the dating habits of 6th through 12th graders, 28with key emotional and behavioral information. The data was originally published in a 2013 study conducted by Orpinas, which revealed a number of dating patterns among the students—some dated more frequently with age, others took breaks from relationships at various times. But Douglas was most interested in the "low" dating group comprised of students who dated, on average, once throughout middle and high school, with some 29 (report) no romantic relationships at all. To follow the 2013 study, Douglas and Orpinas compared the social and emotional data of 10th graders and found that a lack of romantic relationships had not hindered the development of the "low" daters. On the contrary, the students in this group were overall rated higher in social and leadership skills, and lower in depression than those in other dating groups. The results stand counter 30 the notion that to be a well-adjusted and socially competent adolescent, you must experience a romantic relationship. Students who don't date are doing just fine.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.31musical instruments from trade restrictions on rosewood.The restrictions under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — commonly referred to as CITES — went into 32 in 2017, after strong demand for high-end rosewood furniture in China led to conservation worries and violence in areas that produce the wood. But as reported in 2017, there were some unintended consequences.Instrument makers and musicians 33 for the exemption, writing in a convention34 that without it, "the world of music and culture will lose 35 instruments that produce the highest quality tones, with no 36 conservation benefit."They got their wish Monday as a key CITES committee approved it. If finalized as expected this week, the exemption will allow finished musical instruments as well as parts and accessories containing rosewood to be transported freely around the world without permits.Trade in raw-material rosewood would remain regulated and 37 to permits granted by individual countries.Representatives of two top U.S. makers of acoustic guitars, Pennsylvania-based C.F. Martin & Co. and California's Taylor Guitars, said they support the convention's efforts to control rosewood trafficking, but they 38 that the musical instruments industry was never the problem.Other authorities expressed their concern nevertheless. Lisa Handy, director of forest campaigns at the Environmental Investigation Agency, an advocacy group, called the exemption"a reluctant 39 for many rosewood source countries.""We remain concerned this could set a bad precedent," Handy wrote. "It will be even more imperative that the sourcing and manufacturing processes are well-controlled to ensure that rosewood-producing countries, which are struggling to control illegal loggers and trafficking ... receive the international support they need to 40 the convention."III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分)Directions: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.On Toronto's Eastern waterfront, a new digital city is being built by Sidewalk Labs-a firm owned by Google's parent Alphabet.It hopes the project will become a model for 21st-Century 41 . However, the deal has been controversial, 42 one of the biggest ever tie-ups between a city and a large corporation. And that, 43 with the fact that the corporation 44 is one of the largest tech firms in the world, is causing some 45 .Sidewalk Labs promises to transform the disused waterfront area into a bustling mini46 , one built "from the internet up," although there is no timetable for when the city will actually be built. The firm has some pretty 47 ideas for the city, including self-driving cars, reimagining of buildings and weather control. Dan Doctoroff, the company's head and former deputy mayor of New York, claimed the project was "about creating healthier, safer, more convenient and more fun lives." "We want this to be a model for what urban life can be in the 21st Century," he said.The area will have plenty of sensors collecting data-from traffic, noise and air quality-and48 the performance of the electric grid and waste collection. And that has 49 some in the city, including Toronto's deputy mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, to question exactly what Sidewalk hopes to achieve. "What data will be gathered and what is it going to be used for? These are real and prescient issues for the city of Toronto," he remarked. Sidewalk Labs responded that the sensors will not be used to monitor and collect information on citizens, 50 it will be used to allow governments to be flexible about how neighborhoods are used.Mr. Minnan-Wong is also concerned that the firm has not been very open with its own data. "Sidewalk talks about open data, but from the very start the one thing that they are not making51 is their agreement with Waterfront Toronto." Waterfront Toronto is the organization52 revitalizing the area around the city's harbor. 53 Sidewalk's deal with the organization will 54 a 12-acre site, but it is believed it wishes to expand this to the whole area, which at 325 acres will represent a huge land-grab. "Even the idea of what land we are talking about, even something as 55 as that is unclear," said Mr. Minnan-Wong. "Is this a real-estate play or is it a technology project? We just don't know."41. A. productivism B. industrialism C. internationalism D. urbanism42. A. portraying B. representing C. concealing D. regulating43. A. constricted B. competing C. coupled D. comparing44. A. in return B. in question C. under construction D. under investigation45. A. unease B. aggression C. delight D. disturbance46. A. grid B. metropolis C. community D. territory47. A. capable B. sensible C. radical D. rational48. A. demonstrating B. evaluating C. manipulating D. monitoring49. A. affected B. enlightened C. discouraged D. led50. A. nevertheless B. as C. rather D. yet51. A. public B. sense C. believe D. up52. A. charged with B. distributed to C. brought about D. reasoned with53. A. Additionally B. Comparatively C. Initially D. Consequently54. A. build B. cover C. maintain D. possess55. A. visual B. elusive C. fundamental D. theoreticalSection B (22分)Directions:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. Every questions are provided with four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Mime opens up a new world to the beholder, but it does so insidiously (隐匿地), not bypurposely injecting points of interest in the manner of a tour guide. Audiences are not unlike visitors to a foreign land who discover that the modes, manners, and thoughts of its inhabitants are not meaningless oddities, but are sensible in context.I remember once when an audience seemed perplexed at what I was doing. At first, I tried to gain a more immediate response by using slight exaggerations. I soon realized that these actions had nothing to do with the audience’s underst anding of the character. What I had believed to be a failure of the audience to respond in the manner I expected was, in fact, only their concentration on what I was doing; they were enjoying a gradual awakening—a slow transference of their understanding from their own time and place to one that appeared so unexpectedly before their eyes. This was evidenced by their growing response to succeeding numbers.Mime is an elusive art, as its expression is entirely dependent on the ability of the performer to imagine a character and to re-create that character for each performance. As a mime, I am a physical medium, the instrument upon which the figures of my imagination play their dance of life. The individuals in my audience also have responsibilities—they must be alert collaborators. They cannot sit back, mindlessly complacent, and wait to have their emotions titillated by mesmeric musical sounds or visual rhythms or acrobatic feats, or by words that tell them what to think. Mime is an art that, paradoxically, appeals both to those who respond instinctively to entertainment and to those whose appreciation is more analytical and complex.Between these extremes lie those audiences conditioned to resist any collaboration with what is played before them, and these the mime must seduce despite themselves. There is only one way to attack those reluctant minds—take them unaware! They will be delighted at an unexpected pleasure.56. The author most likely considers the contrast of mime artist and tour guide appropriatebecause both ________.A. bring others to strange places.B. explore new means of self-expression.C. employ artistic methods to communicate.D. shape the way others perceive a new situation.57. The author most likely includes the incident described in paragraph 2 in order to ______.A. indicate the adjustments an audience must make in watching mime.B. show how challenging the career of a mime can be.C. portray the intensity required to see the audience's point of view.D. dispel some misconceptions about what a mime is like.58. The underlined word “elusive” in paragraph 3 most nearly means ______.A. active and conclusiveB. difficult to describe or graspC. passive but vividD. inherently successful59. According to the passage, which of the following is important to the artistic success of mime?A. Effective fusion of disparate dramatic elements.B. Incorporation of realistic details.C. Audience involvement.D. Large audiences.(B)Good tool design is important in the prevention of overuse injuries. Well-designed tools and devices will require less force to operate them and prevent awkward hand positions. They will allow the worker to keep the elbows next to the body to prevent damage to the shoulder and arm. Overuse injuries can therefore be prevented or reduced if the employer provides, and workers use:●power tools rather than having to use muscle power.●tools with specially designed handles that allow the wrist to keep straight (See Figure 1).This means that hands and wrists are kept in the same position as they would be if theywere hanging relaxed at a person’s side.●tools with handles that can be held comfortably by the whole hand. This means having aselection of sizes—remember that tools that provide a comfortable firm hold for aperson with a very large hand may be awkward for someone with a very small hand.This is a particularly important consideration for women who may use tools originallydesigned for men.●tools that do not press fingers (or flesh) between the handles, and whose handles do nothave sharp edges or a small surface area.60. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Good Tool Design for WomenB. Tool Design and Prevention of InjuriesC. Examples of Good Tool DesignD. Overuse of Tools and Worker Protection61. Which of the following describes a well-designed tool?A. It’s kept close to the body.B. It fully uses muscle power.C. It makes users feel relaxed.D. It’s operated with less force.62. What is Figure 1 used to show?A. The effective use of the tool.B. The way of operating the tool.C. The proper design of the handle.D. The purpose of bending the wrist.(C)The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photograph’s fidelity (保真度) to appearances and dependence on a machine allowed it to be a fine art as distinct from merely a practical art. Throughout the nineteenth century, the defense of photography was identical with the struggle to establish it as a fine art. Against the charge that photography was a soulless, mechanical copying of reality, photographers asserted that it was instead a privileged way of seeing, a revolt against commonplace vision, and no less worthy an art than painting.Ironically, now that photography is securely established as a fine art, many photographers find it pretentious or irrelevant to label it as such. Serious photographers variously claim to be finding, recording, impartially observing, witnessing events, exploring themselves—anything but making works of art. They are no longer willing to debate whether photography is or is not a fine art, except to proclaim that their own work is not involved with art. It shows the extent to which they simply take for granted the concept of art imposed by the triumph of Modernism: the better the art, the more subversive (颠覆的) it is of the traditional aims of art.Photographers’ disclaimers of any interest in making art tell us more about the harried statu s of the contemporary notion of art than about whether photography is or is not art. For example, those photographers who suppose that, by taking pictures, they are getting away from the pretensions of art as exemplified by painting remind us of those Abstract Expressionist painters who imagined they were getting away from the intellectual austerity of classical Modernist painting by concentrating on the physical act of painting. Much of photography’s prestige today derives from the convergence (汇聚) of its aims with those of recent art, particularly with the dismissal of abstract art implicit in the phenomenon of Pop painting during the1960’s. Appreciating photographs is a relief to sensibilities tired of the mental exertions demanded by abstract art. Classical Modernist painting—that is, abstract art as developed in different ways by Picasso, Kandinsky, and Matisse—presupposes highly developed skills of looking and a familiarity with other paintings and the history of art. Photography, like Pop painting, reassures viewers that art is not hard; photography seems to be more about its subjects than about art.Photography, however, has developed all the anxieties and self-consciousness of a classicModernist art. Many professionals privately have begun to worry that the promotion of photography as an activity subversive of the traditional pretensions of art has gone so far that the public will forget that photography is a distinctive and exalted activity—in short, an art.63. What is the author mainly concerned with?A. Defining the Modernist attitude toward art.B. Explaining how photography emerged as a fine art.C. Explaining the attitude of serious contemporary photographers toward photography as artand placing those attitudes in their historical context.D. Defining the various approaches that serious contemporary photographers take toward theirart and assessing the value of each of those approaches.64. Which of the following adjectives best describes “the concept of art imposed by the triumph ofModernism” as the author represents it in line 13?A. ObjectiveB. Mechanical.C. Superficial.D. Paradoxical.65. Why does the author introduce Abstract Expressionist painter?A. He wants to provide an example of artists who, like serious contemporary photographers,disavowed traditionally accepted aims of modern art.B. He wants to set forth an analogy between the Abstract Expressionist painters and classicalModernist painters.C. He wants to provide a contrast to Pop artist and others.D. He wants to provide an explanation of why serious photography, like other contemporaryvisual forms, is not and should not pretend to be an art.66. How did the nineteenth-century defenders of photography stress the photography?A. They stressed photography was a means of making people happy.B. It was art for recording the world.C. It was a device for observing the world impartially.D. It was an art comparable to painting.Section C (8分)Directions:Read the following passage and fill in each blank with the sentence that best fits the context. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.When I was four, I lost my sight by falling off a box car and landing on my head. Now I'm thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It'd be wonderful to see again, but a disaster can do strange things to people._____67_____. The loss of my eyes made me appreciate more what I had left.It took me years to discover and strengthen this belief. It had to start with the most trivial things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. "I can't use this," I was hurt, thinking he was teasing me. "Take it with you," he insisted, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. By rolling the ball I could feel where it went. _____68 : playing baseball. Later, at Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind, I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.69 —I believe it! The more readily you are able to make them, the more peaceful your private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was once puzzled and afraid, knowing nowhere to go. But I was lucky, for I have my parents, teachers and others who saw in me a potential to live.The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. Had I not done that, I'd have broken down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. And the path to the belief is never smooth. 70 .Section D71. Summary Writing (10分)Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as much as possible.If the package looks pretty, people will buy just about anything. So says an advertising executive in New York, and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine.Justin Gignac, 26, has sold almost 900 carefully presented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of Big Apple at between $50 and $100 each. Buyers from 19 countries have paid for the souvenirs. The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world.It all began when Mr. Gignac was at a summer workshop. “We had a discussion about the importance of packaging,” he recalls. "Someone said packaging was unimportant. I disagreed. The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want.”He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical contents including broken glass, subway tickets, Starbucks cups and used plastic forks. “Special editions” are offered at a high price. He charged $100 for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees’ stadium.Mr. Gignac denies taking his customers for fools: “They know what they’re getting. They appreciate the fact that they’re taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it.”Some typical customers include people who used to live in the city and want a down-to-earth souvenir. He claims he has even sold to art collectors.Realizing that the concept appears to be a real money-maker, Mr. Gignac has registered a company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president. He declined to discuss his profit margins: “It’s actually quite a lot of effort putting them together, but yes, garbage is free.”Mr. Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs. He maintains that he has signed contracts with people interested in similar projects from as far as Berlin and London.第II卷IV. Translation (3+3+4+5, 共15分)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.除非采取紧急措施,否则我们的计划将泡汤。

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