闸北区2016高三英语二模试卷及问题详解

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2016年高三-上海四区-二模-英语

上海市四区联考（静杨青宝）2016届高三4月高考模拟高三英语第I卷（共105分）II. Grammar and VocabularySection Awas Black music that broke through to white culture when whites played the Blacks’ songs_____ 25. Rock’n’rollthe same style.A. withB. onC. inD. by26. The information he gave us was quite different from _____ we got ourselves.A. oneB. thoseC. thatD. itm sorry I insulted you, Jimmy.27. –I’–That’s _____ like it.A. moreB. mostC. lessD. least28. There _____ be any difficulty in passing the road test since you have practised a lot in the driving school.A. mustn’tB. shan’tC. shouldn’tD. needn’t29. He damaged his leg so badly in the accident that the bone _____.A. exposedB. has exposedC. is exposedD. was exposed30. If you “look the other way” while something bad is happening, that means you choose _____ that thing.A. ignoringB. to ignoreC. ignoredD. to be ignored31. At present, a few American companies _____ deals with Chinese companies to license Chinese technology.A. are even makingB. even makeC. even madeD. have even made32. It’s a shame to say it again, but I did tell a lie when _____ last time in my teacher’s office.A. having questionedB. to questionC. questionedD. to be questioned33. We haven’t settled the question _____ it is necessary for him to study abroad.A. ifB. whereC. whetherD. that34. My grandfather runs in the park nearby every morning _____ it rains.A. except thatB. except whenC. exceptD. except for35. None of us think it any good _____ a contract with such a dishonest boss.A. signingB. to signC. signedD. sign36. A reward of 50 thousand yuan will be offered by the local police to _____ can provide any clues leading tothe arrest of the bank robbers.A. whoeverB. whomeverC. whoD. whom37. Many a time _____ her answers in the test paper because she is not confident enough of herself especiallywhen it comes to a critical moment.A. the girl has changedB. has changed the girlC. did the girl changeD. has the girl changed38. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying message among people _____well satisfies human needs.A. whatB. whoC. thatD. how39. My uncle hesitated for a long time _____ he decided to buy a flat, as he was not quite sure whether the priceof the house would go up or not.A. unlessB. beforeC. ifD. until40. _____ by the host three times, the contestant had to turn to the audience present for help.A. Having deniedB. DenyingC. Being deniedD. Having been deniedSection 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.Watching a child struggle to breathe during an asthma(哮喘) attack is frightening for any parent. So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anything —including spending a lot of money—to keep anattack at __41__. Trouble is, more than half of parents are tryingstrategies that simply don’t work and wastinghundreds of dollars in the__42__.According to Dr. Michael Cabana, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan ’s C.S. Mott Children ’s Hospital, who led the study, one of the most__43__ mistakes was to buy a mattress cover to protect against dust mites(尘螨)for a child whose asthma instead was made even worse by plant pollen. Many of those parents then __44__ to do what would have helped a lot more: shut the windows to keep pollen out. Another was using a humidifier for a child who was allergic（过敏）to dust mites; a humidifier__45__ to be a place where dust miteslike to __46__. With those allergies, a dehumidifier works better.Worst of all was the number of smokers with asthmatic children who didn ’ｔ even try to quit or at least__47__ themselves to smoking outdoors rather than just moving to another room or the garage. Many smokingparents__48__ expensive air filters that have what Cabana called“questionable utility.”Part of the problem, Dr. Cabana and his colleagues believe, is that parents are bombarded by television ads that encourage them to buy products such as air and carpet fresheners, ionizers and other remedies that are often expensive but medically __49__. And doctors may not always take the time, or have the time, to explain to parents what will and won’t work in their child’s particular case.III. Reading Comprehension Section AAesthetic （审美的）thought of a distinctively modern art emerged during the 18thcentury. The westernphilosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters as natural beauty, the sublime, and representation —a trend __50__ the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature. __51__ that time, however, the philosophy of art has become ever more famous and has begun to__52__ the philosophy of nature. Various issues__53__to the philosophy of nature have had a(n) __54__ impact on the orientation of 20th-centuryaesthetics. Foremost among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and__55__ the distinction between representation and expression. Still another far-reaching question has to do with the value of art. Two __56__ theoretical positions have taken on this issue: one holds that art and its appreciation are a means to some recognized moral good, __57__ the other maintains that art is intrinsically(固有的) valuable and is an end in itself.Underlying this whole issue is the concept of taste, one of the basic concerns of aesthetics. In recent years there has also been an increasing preoccupation with art as the prime object of critical judgment. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, __58__have followed either of the two approaches. In one, criticism is __59__ to the analysis and interpretation of the work of art. __60__, it is devoted to expressing the response to the aesthetic object and to justifying a particular way of perceiving it.Over the years, aesthetics has developed into a broad __61__ of knowledge and inquiry. The __62__ of contemporary aesthetics include such problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance; the relation of aesthetic judgment to __63__; the viability(可行性) of a history of art; the significance of Freudian psychologyand other forms of psychological study to criticism; and the place of aesthetic judgment in __64__ reasoning inA. breedB. commonC. limitD. spendsE. processF. purchasedG. tendsH. bayI. unnecessaryJ. neglected。

上海闸北区2016年中考英语二模试题及答案（word版）

上海闸北区2016年中考英语二模试题及答案（word版）上海闸北区2016年中考英语二模试题及答案（word版）内容预览：闸北区2016年九年级第二次质量调研考试英语试卷第一部分听力（略） Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分词汇与语法） V. Choose the best anser 31. It's________pleasure for me to be invited to play the piano at the concert. A) a B)an C)the D)/ 32. ________ the help of the dog, people lost in sno found their ay home. A) In B) Under C) With D) By 33. I'm sorry that I can't pass you any salt because there is_________ in the bottle. A) little B)fe C) a little D) a fe 34. Mum couldn't find any help and had to do thehouseork_________. A) she B) her C) hers D) herself 35. The tins are so much alike that it is difficult to tell one from________.A) other B) the other C) others D) another 36. I enjoy the popular dance "hip-hop", but ________of my parents likes it.A) either B) both C) none D) neither 37.I apologized to my parents _________not finishing the exercises in time. A) to B)for C)as D) except 38. Do you kno nearly ________of our body is ater? A) three-quarter B) three quarters C) three fourth D) three fourths 39. I ________do e-shopping at home than go to the department store. A) ould rather B) ould like C) had better D) prefer 40.I’11________photo taking after I retire. I think it is a good hobby. A) take aay B) take off C) take out D) take up 41. Stanford University is the second ________university in the orld. A) large B) larger C) largest D) the largest 42. Linda doesn't sim as ________as Ken. A) quick B) quicker C) quickly D) more quickly 43. Water is much more precious than electricity, for the ater for drinking is__________. A) disappointed B) limited C) terrible D) various 44. Because of the nuclear radiation stopped to eat B) began to eat C) stopped eating D) began eating 45. Our class teacher often tells us________dishonest men. A) don't be B) not being C) not to be D) not be 46. By the end of 2016, all of China's public art gallerieshave been B) had been C) ill be D) ould be 47. The riter told us that he________ a great number of short stories in the last fe years. A) rote B) as ritten C) has ritten D) had ritten 48. Oliver still bought some goldfish ________he found it difficult to raise them. A) because B) since C) though D) until 49. - Shall I tell Shirley the good nes? -No, you________. I've told her already. A) can't B) shouldn't C) mustn't D) needn't50. My father seldom has sports in the early morning,________?A) has he B) hasn't he C) does he D) doesn't he 51. What's your attitude to this idea? The underlined part means "________".A) advice B) opinion C) suggestion D) saying 52. Dorothy folloed the example of her father and ent to the university. The underlined part means "________". A) moved behind B) ent after C) listened carefully D) copied 53. I onder _________Eddie has gone to Singapore. A) ho long B) ho often C) hen D) if 54. Could you please tell me ________from your home? A) ho far is your school B) ho far your school is C) ho far as your school D) ho far your school as 55. - Speak louder, please. - _________ A) No, I can't. B) O.K. I ill. C) That's all right. D) No, thank you. 56. -It sounds interesting. Can I join you? A) It's very kind of you. B) The same to you. C) That's a good idea. D) You're ele.。

(完整版)2016年高考全国2卷英语试题(解析版上课版)

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节(共15题：每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWhat’s On?Electric Underground7.30pm－1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce you music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simon’s Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Jules Skye.B. Gee Whizz.C. Charlotte Stone.D. James Pickering.2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. The Cyclops TheatreB. KaleidoscopeC. Victoria StageD. Pizza World3. What do we know about Simon’s Workshop?A. It requires membership status.B. It lasts three hours each time.C. It is run by a comedy club.D. It is held every Wednesday.4. When will Charlotte Stone perform her songs?A. 5.00pm-7.30pm.B. 7.30pm－1.00am.C. 8.00pm-11.00pm.D. 8.30pm-10.30pm.【答案】1.A 2. B 3. D 4. C【解析】2.B 细节理解题。

2016上海高中英语二模汇编—选词填空教师版 -

2016年高三英语二模——选词填空1宝山嘉定长宁青浦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.A. alternativeB. appealC. benefitD. differE. energizingF. fascinatedG. marineH. naturalistI. preserveJ. specializingK. unspoiledEcotours are unique adventures that join nature and sightseeing into one exciting package. Learning about the environment and the world around us is the 41 of an ecotour because you get to experience the natural world firsthand. A great way for students studying biology and environmental sciences to experience 42 life and nature is to take your own ecotour! Orlando airboat rides can give you an experience to remember and can be a fun and 43 way to learn more about the Florida environment.Ecotours involve travelling to a natural environment where you are guided by a(n) 44 helping you learn about the surrounding environment and extend your environmental education. This can include learning how the plants and animals on your Orlando airboat rides 45 from each other, or you can be simply becoming more aware of preservation efforts towards the Everglades, the largest wetland in North America.Orlando airboat rides can help you learn about Florida history, observe alligators (短吻鳄) and other wildlife, and experience the 46 nature of the muddy wilderness. Taking an ecotour can help you become more aware of your environment and further instruct you on the impact we have on the environment. Our goal is to help you understand the Everglades and how important it is to 47 the wetland.Wild Florida provides the perfect opportunity for a school trip that satisfies those 48 with learning more about environmental sciences, or to those just curious about the Everglades. Hands-on and active learning on an airboat ride is often a more exciting and adventurous 49 to sitting in a classroom, so why not plan your ecotrip with Wild Florida?Wild Florida is reputable for 50 in creating an exciting and unique ecotour that‘s fun for everyone in your family! You will be flying through the muddy Everglades in our airboat rides while observing and learning about alligators, bald birds, the history of the Everglades, and so much more. Book your Orlando airboat rides today by calling us at 407-901-2563 to experience a one-of-a-kind ecoto ur that you won‘t soon forget.BGEHC KIFAJ2崇明区Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only beused once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. standardB. experiencedC. potentiallyD.orderlyE. extremelyF. termsG. powerH. benefitI. comparedJ. noticeableK. scannedPaying more for a ticket to see a film in 3D is the cause of annoyanceof many a cinema-goer‘s life. But there may be a(n) 41 to doing so, as a study has claimed that 3D films exercise the brain and improve short-term functioning in a similar way to brain-training tests.The research was led by neuroscientist(神经科学家)Dr Patrick Fagan from Goldsmiths University in London. More than 100 people took part in the experiment, where participants watched Disney film Big Hero6in either 42 type or RealD 3D. They also carried out a brain-training-style test before and after seeing a part from the film. The test covered memory, reaction time and cognitive (认知的) function, and the results were later 43 .According to the research, participants 44 a 23 per cent increase in cognitive processing, as well as an 11 percent increase in reaction time.Dr Fagan said that the results showed enough of an improvement in brain function to suggest that 3D could play a part in improving brain 45 in the future. ―These findings are more significant than you might think,‖ he said. ―It i s a fact that people are living longer and there is a(n) 46 decline in cognitive brain function in old age which can damage future quality of life. There has never been a better time to look at ways to improve brain function. The initial results of this study indicate that 3D films may 47 play a role in slowing this decline.‖A second part of the experiment involved those watching the film being fitted with headsets(耳机)that 48 brain activity and this too showed heightened activity when watching 3D. According to the results, participants were seven percent more engaged with what they were watching, adding to the argument that 3D movies are more like watching real-life-something. ―A seven percent rise in emotional engagementis 49 remarkable. Watching in 3D gives the viewer such an enriched and quality experience, as these results show,‖ he said. ―In evolutionary50 , the results of both parts of the test certainly make sense. 3D films are more likely to heighten the senses and cause emotional arousal—this, in turn, makes the brain run at quicker speeds,‖ Dr Fagan added41. H 42. A 43. I 44. B 45. G 46. J 47. C 48. K 49. E 50. F3奉贤区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.A. lovedB. causeC. honoredD. spreadingE. partiallyF. cheerG. properlyH. reflectI. symbolJ. gatheringK. touching（Since 1952, the Queen's Christmas message has been televised in some form. The following is the one given by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on December 25th, 2015. ）At this time of year, few sights arouse more feelings of __41____ and goodwill than the twinkling lights of a Christmas tree.The popularity of a tree at Christmas is __42______ due to my great-great grandparents,Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. After this __43_____ picture was published, many families wanted a Christmas tree of their own, and the custom soon spread.In 1949, I spent Christmas in Malta as a newly-married naval wife. We have returned to that island over the years, including last month for a meeting of Commonwealth（英联邦）leaders; and this year I met another group of leaders: The Queen‘s Young Leaders, an inspirational group, each of them a __44_____ of hope in their own Commonwealth communities.Actually, ___45____ round the tree gives us a chance to think about the year ahead. It also allows us to ___46____ on the year that has passed, as we think of those who are far away or no longer with us. Many people say the first Christmas after losing a(an) __47______ one is particularly hard. But it‘s also a time to remember all that we have to be thankful for. We should be thankful for the people who bring love and happiness into our own lives, and look for ways of __48_____ that love to others, whenever and wherever we can.One __49______ for thankfulness this summer was marking seventy years since the end of the Second World War. On VJ Day, we __50_____ the remaining veterans(老兵) of that terrible conflict in the Far East, as well as remembered the thousands who never returned.…I wish you a very happy Christmas.41-45 FEKIJ 46-50 HADBC4虹口区Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words i n the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. venturingB. quotedC. interviewD. sponsor E historical.F. launchG. relativelyH. professionalI. tracedJ. facilitiesK. regularlyJiading ---- Centuries of History, Decades of ChangeA book entitled ―Jiading –Centuries of History, Decades of Change‖ by American writer Kate Baker has recently been published in Shanghai. New book launch was held last week at the Old China Hand Style, a major __41__ of a series of walking guide books called ―Beyond the Concession: Six Walks in Shanghai‘s Other Districts.‖ And Baker‘s ―Jiading‖ runs the fourth among the six.From a foreign point of view, the book has __42__ the history of Jiading District back between the year Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Song Dynasty (960-1279), when Jiading had been ―a leading economic and intellectual influence in the region long before Shanghai became a major trading port,‖ as Bake r is __43__ in her book.Baker first landed in Shanghai in 2011 with her husband, an engineer with Ford, who was sent to work in Shanghai to prepare for the __44__ of the Lincoln brand in China. ―I and my husband have been traveling around the world in the past 20 years,‖ Baker said at a(n) __45__ with Shanghai Daily. ―Wherever I go, I would jump into the local history and culture quickly and deeply.‖Having taken a 15-month online course of Chinese with Harvard‘s ―China X‖, Baker started __46__ out on her own. An occasional excursion into the northwest of Shanghai, she ―discovered‖ and fell in love with Jiading. Since then, she has visited Jiading __47__, bringing family, friends, and tour groups. At the end of 2013, the Jiading Tourism Bureau officially invited Baker to write abook on Jiading.With up-to-date facts, useful information and __48__ pictures, Baker's ―Jiading‖ is a well researched guide about interesting areas less than one hour from Shanghai. There are chapters on celebrating the seasonal and agricultural festivals that are unique to the region; stories of __49__ figures living in Jiading; changes to the Nanxiang Old Town; tours to numerous gardens, museums and temples; and the development of outdoor recreational activities in Jiading‘s Anting Town, such as the F1 car racing, horse riding and golf.With good public __50__ and enough green space, Baker sees Jiading a high growth district of Shanghai, which offers a quality of lifestyle and tourism. ―I see a better-planned and forward-thinking of the district government. And I sincerely thank the people of Jiading who welcomed me to their community and trusted me with their narrative,‖ Baker says.41. D 42. I 43. B 44. F 45. C 46. A 47. K 48. H 49. E 50. J5黄浦区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.A. loweringB. conditionsC. warningD. seeminglyE. inconclusiveF. frequentlyG. reactionsH. alternativeI. interestinglyJ. propertiesK. mixingNot so far in the distant past a study on water pollution found that common, everyday makeup products being washed down the drain was ending up in well and drinking water. Now a study has found that people pollute themselves. Many of the pollutants are linked to cancer and other serious health __41__. What‘s the key cause of this pollution? Common household items, __42__, appear to be used more by women than men. These include makeup, hair spray and commercial, chemically-made perfumes. These are the perfumes that are __43__ advertised as having some sort of beneficial effect on the body and are even suggested as a replacement for natural essential oils. Studies on the effectiveness of fragrance oils and health benefits have been __44__, something neglected to be mentioned. If the chemical scent has cancer-causing properties, it may not make sense to try and use it for helping you sleep or __45__your blood pressure. Manufacturers argue that the risk is non-existent as the levels of chemicals found in the tests were so small. However, with over 60 chemicals being found, many of which were non-existent before the turn of the century, researchers make note that these chemicals may be enough to cause problems.Since the products mentioned are often used by women, it leaves one to wonder if conditions, __46__ unheard of before the turn of the century, are linked to man-made chemicals? Perfumes in particular, when chemical, have been linked to asthma（哮喘）and other sensitive __47__.Some groups are asking the government to order manufacturers to place __48__ labels on each bottle.Essential oils and real fragrance oils provide a wonderful __49__ to commercial fragrances. They also have other properties and effects on the body which have been scientifically proven. In addition, you can actually formulate your own scent quite easily! There are many books on perfume __50__ and the use of essential oils, some quite in-depth and others rather fun. Nowadays there are also many companies making perfumes from pure essential oils.41-45 BIFEA 46-50 DGCHK6静安区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.A. immeasurablyB. replacedC. priorityD. failingE. frustratinglyF. potentialG. minorH. trickI. unrepairedJ. prospectK. wiringScientific breakthroughs mean that life expectancy continues to rise every year. But the medical advances which now make it possible to think about living to a very great age --- if not forever --- also raise profound practical and ethical issues.Is immortality (永生) a realistic __41__?Not for the foreseeable future. In last year‘s Reith lectures, the gerontologist (老年病学家) Professor Tom Kirkwood firmly quashed (打消) the idea that genetic engineering might result in so me kind of ―fountain of youth‖. Considering how __42__slow the battles against cancer, heart disease and strokes have been, he said, it is fanciful to imagine that we could conquer death. On the other hand, scientists do now understand more about why we age, and what can be done to slow down the process. ―Our ancestral genes placed limited __43__on long-term maintenance and repair,‖ says Kirkwood. ―Ageing comes about through the gradual build-up of __44__ faults in the cells and tissues of our bodies, not as the result of some active mechanism for death and destruction.‖ The __45__ , then, is to help the body repair the damage done by wear and tear.How can that be done?In many different ways, some of which are already pretty common. Organ transplants from pigs and monkeys are now old news --- the American politician Jesse Helms has just had a ten-year-old pig valve (瓣膜) in his heart __46__. Doctors have succeeded in __47__computerized implants directly to nerve fibres, allowing the deaf to hear, and there is hope that electrodes (电极) planted in the brain may soon offer hope for the blind to see. But the real __48__at the moment lies in the field of stem cells ---special cells that allow lizards (蜥蜴) to grow new tails and humans to grow new skin over __49__cuts. If scientists can learn how to control these cells, they could be used to reproduce parts of the body that are __50__.41-50 JECIH BKFGD7闵行区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.A. sufferedB. abandoningC. conclusionD. claimE. chargingF. modelG. acknowledgedH. boastingI. closeJ. elsewhereK. balanceIt is usually a common practice that journal websites offer readers their free online editions of articles and other information. However, America‘s most popular newspaper website announced that the era of free online journalism is drawing to a 41 . The New York Times has become the biggest publisher yet to set out plans for a pay wall around its digital offering, 42 the accepted practice that Internet users will not pay for news.Struggling with a decline of advertising and a downward tendency in street corner sales, The New York Times intend s to introduce a ―metered‖ 43 at the beginning of 2011. Readers will be required to pay when they have exceeded (超过) a set number of its online articles per month.The decision puts the 159-year-old newspaper on the 44 side of an increasingly wide chasm (鸿沟) in the media industry. But others, including the Guardian, have said they will not charge Internet readers.The New York Time‘s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, 45 that the idea was a gamble.46 a print circulation of 995,000 on weekdays and 1.4 million on Sundays, The New York Times is the third bestselling American newspaper, behind the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. While most US papers focus on a single city, The New York Times is among the few that can 47 national scope—as well as 16 bureaus(办事处) in the New York area, it has 11 offices around the US and maintains 26 bureaus 48 in the world.But like many in the publishing industry, the paper is in the grip of a serious financial crisis. Its parent company, the New York Times Company, has 15 papers, but 49 a loss of $70 million in the nine months to September and recently accepted a $250 million loan from a Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim, to strengthen its 50 sheet.41 I 42. B 43. F 44. E 45. G 46. H 47. D 48. J 49. A 50. K8浦东新区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.A. unreasonableB. practicallyC. frequentlyD. conductedE. maintainF. evaluateG. activateH. increasedI. connectionJ. outstandingK. descriptionDeveloping an original and creative idea requires that two completely different networks in the brain work at the same time: the associative network alongside the more ―conservative(保守的)‖ network, according to new research ___41___ at the University of Haifa.The researchers ___42___ that ―creative thinking apparently requires ‗checks and balances‘.‖According to the researchers, creativity is our ability to think in new ways to solve problems. But not every original solution is considered a creative one. If the idea is not fully applicable,it is not considered creative, but simply one which is ___43___.The researchers assumed that for a creative idea to be produced, the brain must ___44___ a number of different and perhaps even contradictory(矛盾的) networks. In the first part of the research, respondents were given half a minute to come up with a new, original and unexpected idea for the use of different objects. Answers provided with low frequency received a high score for originality, while those given ___45___ received a low score. In the second part, respondents were asked to give, within half a minute, their best characteristic ___46___ of the objects. During the tests, all subjects were scanned using an FMRI device to examine their brain activity while providing the answer.The researchers found ___47___brain activity in an ―associative‖ region a mong participants whose originality was high. This region, which includes the medial brain areas, mainly works in the background when a person is not concentrating, similar to daydreaming.But the researchers found that this region did not operate alone when an original answer was given. For the answer to be original, an additional region worked in cooperation with the associative region—the administrative control region, a more ―conservative‖ region related to social norms and rules. The researchers also found that the stronger the ___48___, the better these regions work together in parallel, the greater the level of originality of the answer.―On the one hand, there is surely a need for a region that produces innovative ideas, but on the other hand there is also the need for one that will know to ___49___ how applicable and reasonable these ideas are. The ability of the brain to operate these two regions in parallel is what results in creativity. It is possible that the most ___50___ creations of humanity were produced by people who had an especially strong connection between the two regions,‖ the researchers concluded.41—45. DEAGC 46—50. KHIFJ9普陀区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.A.predictsB. operationC. employD. limitedE. majorityF. environmentallyG. deposit H. similar I. dreams J. necessary K. estimateWe‘re waiting to take trip s to outer space. When will it happen? According to individuals in the growing field of space tourism, it may be in five or fifty years.Space Adventures is taking reservations for the flights, __41__ to the first manned spaceflights. The trip will cost $90,000, with a $6,000 __42__ required. More than 200 people have made reservations, said Sarah, Dalton, the company spokeswoman.John Spencer of the Space Tourism Society says that a more realistic __43__ for regular space travel is 50 years. Issues of expense, difficulty, and danger must still be resolved. Oh yes – a reusable vehicle must also be invented. He adds, however, that ten years from now, a __44__ number of people may be able to visit a space station. He says he expects a fleet of private space vehicles or ―space yachts‖ (游艇) to be in __45__ in 20 to 25 years. They will do what he calls ―orbital super yachting.‖ After that, there will be cruise lines, like those that travel the Earth‘s oceans, as well as space hotels and resorts.There have bee n only a few studies to determine the public‘s interest in space tourism, but they all conclude that a __46__ of people would like to visit space and would be willing to pay good money for it.According to expert Patrick Collins, between 5 million and 20 million people will head for space by 2030. He also __47__ 100 flights a day leaving Earth. It would be __48__ to have more than 100 hotels in Earth‘s orbit（轨道）, a few more orbiting the moon, and a few on the moon's surface. These hotels would __49__ more than 100,000 people, who would work month-long shifts. Each hotel would have a service station. Such service stations would provide oxygen, water, and hydrogen. They might also ship __50__ safe electric power back to Earth.If all the issues can be resolved, Collins says that space tourism could one day become a $1 trillion.41. H 42. G 43. K 44. D 45. B46.E 47. A 48. J 49. C 50. F10松江徐汇金山区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.A.academicB.accompaniedC.conductD. contributedE. diagnosisF. dominanceG. emergenceH. evolvedI. focusedJ. impactK. relevantPsychology is both an applied and academic field that studies the human mind and behavior. Research in psychology seeks to understand and explain how we think, act and feel. As most people already realize, a large part of psychology is devoted to the 41 and treatment of mental health issues, but that‘s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to applications for psychology. In addition to mental health, psychology can be applied to a variety of issues that 42 health and daily life including performance enhancement, self-help, motivation, productivity, and much more.Psychology 43 out of both philosophy and biology. Discussions of these two subjects date as far back as the early Greek thinkers including Aristotle and Socrates. The word psyc hology comes from the Greek word psyche, literally meaning ―life‖ or ―breath.‖ The 44 of psychology as a separate and independent field of study truly came about when Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1879. Wundt‘s work was 45on describing the structures that compose the mind. Wundt believed that properly trained individuals would be able to identify accurately the mental processes that 46feelings, sensations and thoughts.Throughout psychology‘s history, some different schools of thought have formed to explain human thought and behavior. These schools of thought often rise to 47 for a period. While these schools of thought are sometimes considered as competing forces, each viewpoint has 48 to our understanding of psychology.Today, psychologists prefer to use more objective scientific methods to understand, explain, and predict human behavior. The discipline has two major areas of focus: 49 psychologyand applied psychology. Educational psychology focuses on the study of different sub-topics within psychology including personality, social behavior, and human development. These psychologists 50 basic research that seeks to expand our theoretical knowledge while other researchers do applied research that attempts to solve everyday problems.41. E 42. J 43. H 44. G 45. I 46. B 47. F 48. D 49. A 50. C11杨浦区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.A. maximumB. cureC. suspectedD. targetE. containF. alarmingG. fertile H. carry I. breeding J. tricky K. supportedWorld Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan said on Tuesday Brazil is doing a good job tackling the Zika virus and ensuring that the Olympic games it will host in August will be safe for athletes and visitors.Chan said Brazil's government is doing all it can to mobilize Brazilian society in fighting the Aedes mosquitoes that __41__ the virus that has spread rapidly through the Americas since last year."I want to reassure you that the government is working very closely with the international Olympic movement, with the local organizing committee, __42__ by the WHO, to make sure we have a very good work plan to __43__ the mosquito, and to make sure that people who will come here either as visitors or athletes will get the __44__ protection they need," Chan said.The virus has been linked in Brazil to a(n) __45__ increase in the birth of babies with abnormally small heads, a condition known as microcephaly. Brazil's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the number of confirmed and __46__ cases of microcephaly has risen to 4,690 from 4,443 a week earlier.Brazilian authorities are taking action to __47__ the outbreak which threatens to keep visitors from attending the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro five months from now. With no __48__ or vaccine (疫苗）for Zika, the only way to deal with the virus at present is to reduce the population of the Aedes mosquito.She praised Rousseff's leadership in organizing the whole of Brazilian society in a campaign to destroy the mosquito's __49__ places in urban areas and in cooperating with other countries in the research and development of diagnostic tools and a vaccine."The Zika virus is very __50__. We should expect this to be a long journey," she said. "Based on what I have seen here, I can tell you: the mosquito is difficult, but it cannot beat Brazil," Chan said.41-50 H K D A F C E B I J12闸北区Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. justB. gapC. irrelevantD. companyE. evidentF. victimG. typicalH. identifyI. addressJ. alternativeK. owedMost men and women feel that a dinner bill should be split down the middle, but how fair is this really?A new app aims to answer this question, and for others who fall___41___ to income inequality, by dividing the check up according to each person's race and gender.Equipay uses Bureau of Labor Statistics and math to calculate how much is ___42___ from each person and if the diner protests, it will give you statistics about the wage ___43___.'Equipay helps you avoid the firm discrimination that exists in our society. It doesn't work out an equal split of the bill but a ___44___one. ' the company's site says.'You pay what you should to balance out the wage diversity.'The app is the brain child of Luna Malbroux, a diversity educator, who wanted to 'make the touchy subject' of racial and gender inequalities more ___45___. The problem is expected to catch people‘s eyeeasily.'I hope that this, more than anything, starts a discussion and helps people to start thinking a little bit differently about how we can use technology and innovation to ___46___gender discrimination and wage inequality,' Malbroux said.The app has a built in 'diversity tool' that allows you to ___47___ how diverse your friends really are and the app also displays the level of income for each person.Type in the amount of the entire bill at the top, tip included, and the software will begin calculating the split based on who your ___48___ is.Finally it will show you the list again, but now with how much each person has to pay.Before paying your share, there is the ___49_____ to protest, in which the app will ask 'what's your excuse' and lists reasons for you to choose from.You can say 'I was a middle child' or 'I'm unaware of my privilege'.Equipay will find the best reply possible, whether it is facts regarding income differences or something seemingly___50___but also makes you think twice before keep disagreeing with what you have to pay.41-45 FKBAE 46-50 IHDJC。

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2016 年上海高考英语二模完形填空汇编Researchers recently find w omen likely face work environments that push against the “having it all” mentality, leading to feelings of guilt and depression.Trying to have it all could be bad for your mental health, according to a new study that finds that “supermoms” have higher rates of depression compared with working moms who let things 51 .The research, presented Aug. 20 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Las Vegas, finds that working is 52 for mothers’ mental health. But among working mothers, the least depressed are those who don’t expect to 53 work and family life perfectly, said study researcher Katrina Leupp, a graduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle. “The ideal that women can do it all actually 54 the level of depressive symptoms compared to women who were more doubtful about whether or not work and family can be balanced,” Leupp told LiveScience.Leupp analyzed survey 55 from 1,600 married women who participated in a large survey called the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. In 1987, the women answered questions to judge their support of women’s 56 , including whether they agreed with statements such as “Women are much happier if they stay at home and take care of their children.” In 1992 and 1994, the now 40-year-old women answered questions about their symptoms of depression. Like earlier studies, the survey data indicated that women who worked outside the home had fewer symptoms of depression, perhaps because outside work gives women more 57 interaction, more varied activities and a larger income, Leupp said. Among the employed women, though, the cheeriest were those who had indicated in their younger years the least 58 for women balancing career and family. The results held even after controlling for earlier levels of depression. “Somewhat 59 , women who don’t expect to be able to balance work and family have better mental health than those who do,” Leupp said.The study didn’t explain why optimistic (乐观的) views of balancing work and motherhood would60 later depression. “The reason may come down to 61 and real-world work environments,” Leupp said. “Women who expect to have it all probably come up against 62 that aren’t designed with work-life balance in mind. When they can’t balance everything perfectly, these supermoms are more likely to feel 63 .”“I think this research really speaks to a 64 between women’s expectations and the actual structure of the workplace,” Leupp said.“The takeaway for working moms is to temper their optimism about balancing 65 and employment and not to blame themselves if they struggle. Recognize that if it feels difficult, it’s because it is difficult.”51. A. happen B. continue C. slide D. end52. A. good B. ready C. hard D. possible53. A. protect B. share C. illustrate D. combine54. A. increased B. assessed C. reached D. influenced55. A. questions B. responses C. solutions D. instruments56. A. pregnancy B. marriage C. employment D. education57. A. cultural B. social C. positive D. verbal58. A. support B. tolerance C. concern D. respect59. A. deliberately B. aggressively C. ironically D. similarly60. A. result from B. relate to C. hold back D. call for61. A. families B. expectations C. surroundings D. requirements62. A. clubs B. hospitals C. governments D. workplaces63. A. excited B. embarrassed C. thrilled D. frustrated64. A. mismatch B. mistreat C. misunderstanding D. misinterpretation65. A. aging B. training C. schooling D. parentingTwo Newcastle scientists are setting themselves to open our eyes to the medical truth by claiming that natural sunlight may help prevent skin cancer.Dr. Ron Laura, professor of health education at Newcastle University, and senior chemist Mr. John Ashton said their research points to a complete __51______ of the accepted scientific theory. They said that sunscreen creams may help cause skin cancer, the artificial indoor light could be __52_____ and that a range of drugs in common use could also ___53____ melanoma--a type of cancer that appears as a dark spot on the skin.The research is likely to be unwelcome in some traditional medical research circles. It is based on a new __54_____ that our bodies are protected from skin cancer by the regulation of a group of complex vitamins (Vitamin D) and immune process.The sunscreens, artificial light and drugs could all unfavorably affect the production of these vitamins and increase the skin’s __55_____ to the sun. But Dr. Laura said natural sunlight passing through the eyes helped __56_____ the production of cancer protection Vitamin D.He said recent statistics from the United States indicated that people who worked indoors all day in artificial light were more __57_____ melanomas than those who worked outdoors. Indoor workers should try to have at least one hour of __58_____ to direct sunlight every day, ___59_____ in the early morning and late afternoon when ultraviolet intensively was lower, Dr. Laura said.Sunscreens, long __60_____ as essential for beach lovers, could also __61______ the production of Vitamin D. Laura and Ashton said sunscreens give people a __62_____ sense of security in thinking they are __63______ from the sun’s rays.Dr. Laura said more statistics ___64_____ their claim had come to light since the first article was published. He believes his research findings are too important to be __65______ to the scientific world.51. A. contribution B. reversal C. combination D. recognition52. A. beneficial B. comfortable C. harmful D. favorable53. A. promote B. reduce C. remove D. eliminate54. A. assumption B. law C. concept D. theory55. A. sensitivity B. resistance C. adaptation D. response56. A. monitor B. measure C. slow D. stimulate57. A. subject to B. unrelated to C. free of D. dependent on58. A. exercise B. reveal C. exposure D. experience59. A. occasionally B. preferably C. enjoyably D. extremely60. A. received B. popular C. accepted D. identified61. A .balance B. adjust C. prevent D. enhance62. A. false B. strong C. true D. sharp63. A. separated B. protected C. guarded D. prohibited64. A. presenting B. doubting C. backing D. providing65. A. limited B. emphasized C. acknowledged D. explainedHarvard LibraryIf we compare professors and students to the host of a university, then the library of a university can be compared to the hallway. The quality of a university, __51__, is in direct proportion to that of its library. At Harvard, the library is an essential part of everybody’s life. Both the quantity and the __52__ of the library make study a pleasant process.Harvard Library is not only the most ancient library in the United States, but the largest university library with the largest scale. In 1638 John Harvard __53__ his whole library to the then Harvard College. After 300 years of development, the library now holds 10 million books and __54__ more than 100 branch libraries. In addition to the libraries owned by each school, there are some branch libraries that are __55__ in some aspects. While most of the branch libraries are on Harvard campus, some are as far as in Washington, D.C., or even in Florence of Italy. Yenching Library is famous for its __56__ of East Asian literature. Lamont Library is thefirst library in the world that is __57__ for undergraduates. Widener Library is the largest library in Harvard, only second to Library of Congress.What __58__ to be mentioned is the system or rather the service of the libraries. Usually the libraries are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. The main libraries are open until 10 p.m.. The libraries for undergraduates will even be open all night during the __59__ period. The libraries also provide with students the service of __60__ reading materials for all courses. At the beginning of a semester, each teacher will give a list of books to the librarians. The librarians are __61__ to find out these books and put them at the places where students can easily find them.There is no limitation for the number of books that students can borrow. As the space for the library is limited, many books are __62__ in suburban library. Despite this, students can go to fetch the book at the __63__ library within 24 hours after they submit request for that book. Even if there is only one book to be fetched from the suburban library, the libraries on campus will send someone to do the job. This kind of __64__ which put readers in the first place is rare even in Ivy League. Therefore, study at Harvard will be a(n) __65__ experience.51.A.as a result B. to some extent C. on the contrary D. at all timesB. disciplineC. qualityD. prospect53.A. donated B. assigned C. adapted D. distributedB. composesC. involvesD. includesB. differentC. secureD. peculiar56.A.collections B. documents C. phenomena D. exhibitionsB. formallyC. speciallyD. especiallyB. happensC. appearsD. deserves59.A.examination B. experiment C. vacation D. graduation60.A.confirming B. preparing C. selecting D. designingB. willingC. reluctantD. responsibleB. reservedC. storedD. classified63.A.appointed B. accepted C. expected D. restrictedB. serviceC. activityD. responseB. creativeC. positiveD. enjoyableEducation plays an extremely important role in our life and deeply impacts the society. However, how does society influence education?Before understanding the influence of society on education, we must __51__ society. Society is an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. It is characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals. It is a group of individuals who __52__ a common system of customs, values and laws. From the definition of society, it is clear that we human beings are its building __53__. As we interact with people, try to understand their thinking styles and __54__ patterns, we soon realize that there is so much to learn from them. Society is the greatest __55__ of education. Don’t you think so?We cannot __56__ the impact of society on the education system alone. We need to understand the role of society in the __57__ development of an individual. Even before we become a part of the education system, we start learning from our surroundings. And during the process of formal education, we __58__ take ‘non-formal education’ from society. Yes, our interactions with our fellow-beings, our observations about their social behavior and our understanding of social norms __59__ us to face life. True, educational __60__, like schools, colleges and universities play a very important role in our education. But, we cannot ignore the fact that we learn some of the important lessons of life from society. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the __61__process of learning begins at a point, which marks the end of institutional education. Learning, as an individual, from your interaction with society, is a vital part of education.Society plays an important role in education and influences it, both positively and negatively. Social inequalities and unhealthy educational practices are some of the __62__ influences of society on our lives. Customs and traditions __63__ certain sections of society from exercising their fundamental rights and block the well-being of society, shatter the basic ideas of education and social awareness. Some social groups deny women’s right to education, while others force children to work, depriving(剥夺) them from a healthy environment, conducive to their growth and development. Education is one of the basic human rights. If social norms deprive certain strata(阶层) of society from progressing in life and come in the way of social welfare, it __64__ the purpose of education.Society is an entity that cannot be separated from us. It is we who __65__ the society. It is entirely in our hands whether to add value to our education or devalue it.51. A. know B. define C. recognize D. analyze52. A. share B. invent C. operate D. practice53. A. extents B. blocks C. designs D. expenses54. A. cultural B. traditional C. educational D. behavioral55. A. performer B. supervisor C. facilitator D. opponent56. A. resist B. resolve C. reserve D. restrict57. A. steady B. future C. lasting D. overall58. A. successfully B. desperately C. constantly D. surprisingly59. A. encourage B. impact C. prepare D. impose60. A. circumstances B. contributions C. environments D. organizations61. A. actual B. external C. universal D. available62. A. realistic B. opposing C. practical D. invisible63. A. confirm B. cultivate C. maintain D. prevent64. A. fulfills B. highlights C. defeats D. describes65. A. depend on B. make up C. strive for D. deal withSince Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默病)and Parkinson’s disease(帕金森病) are common and many notable people have developed them, they have received more public attention.Alzheimer’s DiseaseMany people imagine that Alzheimer’s disease, the degenerative (退化的)disorder that eventually leaves sufferers with total memory loss, is an inevitable result of aging. This is not so. While the risks of contracting the disease increase with age, there are many elderly people whose memories are perfect. Most of us are so ill-__51__ about all forms of memory loss that we label everything as “Alzheimer’s ”. Alzheimer’s disease itself can affect people as young as 30 and can progress either quickly or slowly. It can also __52__ the blame for other non-degenerative conditions such as deep depression. __53__, only an examination of the brain tissue during an autopsy (解剖) can produce an accurate __54__ of the disease.The causes of Alzheimer’s are unknown. They may be either __55__ or environmental. A study in 1996 of 13,000 people whose parents or siblings had the disease showed they had five times __56__ chance of passing away by the age of 80 than those with no family history of the problem.__57__, there are other factors. In a study of identical twins, it was found that only about half of the twin pairs developed Alzheimer’s and, when both twins __58__ it, they did so as much as 15 years apart. The possibility that environment plays a part was boosted by another 1996 study, this time of two groups of elderly Japanese men. One group lived in Hawaii, the other group in Japan. The Hawaiian group had a much higher incidence of the disease.Aluminum (铝) has been blamed for the development of Alzheimer’s. This is because a high level aluminum has been found in the brains of sufferers. The disease was first diagnosed at the beginning of the 20th century. It was at this time that aluminum was becoming widely __59__ for use in cooking pots.Memory loss, __60__ in performing familiar tasks, and problems with abstract thinking are all indicators of the beginning of the disease. One unusual feature is its impact on language. It attacks nouns first, then verbs. Grammar is one of the last things to go.Parkinson’s DiseaseParkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system w hich __61__ more than one million Americans. Individuals with PD lack the substance dopamine (多巴胺), which is __62__ for the central nervous system’s control of muscle activity. Parkinson’s Disease is often characterized by shake, inflexibility in limbs and joints, speech disability and difficulty in __63__ physical movement. Late in the course of the disease, some patients develop dementia (痴呆症) and eventually Alzheimer’s disease. __64__, some Alzheimer patients develop symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Medi cations such as levodopa (左多巴), which changes itself into dopamine once inside the brain, which prevents degeneration of dopamine-containing neurons (神经细胞), are used to improve diminished or __65__ motor symptoms in PD patients, but do not correct the mental changes that occur.51. A. judged B. equipped C. informed D. advised52. A. take B. put C. lay D. hold53. A. On the other hand B. For example C. After all D. In the end54. A. description B. demonstration C. diagnosis D. illustration55. A. natural B. instinctual C. genetic D. internal56. A. slighter B. fainter C. less D. more57. A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Finally58. A. came up with B. did away with C. went down with D. put up with59. A. available B. valuable C. memorable D. inaccessible60. A. complaint B. difficulty C. ease D. complexity61. A. touch B. influence C. concern D. affect62. A. important B. unimportant C. priceless D. worthless63. A. stopping B. changing C. initiating D. controlling64. A. Additionally B. Contrarily C. Consequently D. Particularly65. A. treated B. showed C. released D. reducedAccording to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In the family, traditional cultural patterns award 51 on one or both of the parents. In other 52 , such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of53 . In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent 54 that the re is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have 55 ; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has 56 that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, r esearch suggests that there are typically two different leadership 57 that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the 58 of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership t hat emphasizes the 59 wellb eing of a social group’s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing 60 support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them.Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They give orders and may 61 group members who prevent accomplishment of the group’s goals. Express ive leaders cultivate a more 62 or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer 63 when someone experiences difficulties. And they try to 64 issues that threaten to divide the group. As the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal 65 from group members; instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.51. A. burden B. leadership C. housework D. right52. A. families B. societies C. cases D. researches53. A. selection B. struggle C. recommendation D. register54. A. evidence B. support C. approach D. pattern55. A. in advance B. in brief C. in general D. in common56. A. partners B. achievements C. skills D. qualities57. A. selections B. roles C. challenges D. structures58. A. assignment B. introduction C. completion D. division59. A. joint B. financial C. social D. individual60. A. political B. administrative C. emotional D. technical61. A. discipline B. praise C. ignore D. identify62. A. casual B. temporary C. personal D. stable63. A. criticism B. sympathy C. estimate D. information64. A. omit B. confuse C. raise D. resolve65. A. imitation B. affection C. objection D. revengeThe survey about childhood in the Third World shows that the struggle for survival is long and hard. But in the rich world, children can suffer from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. 51 , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀) every year by children under 15, and one child 52 five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.There are many good things about 53 in the Third World. Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between 54 and children. But in most Third World villages mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. 55 , the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working 56 and often shares in that work.A child 57 in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's work : helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies --- rather than through playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets 58 playing with dolls.These children may grow up with a less oppressive sense of space and time than the westernchildren. Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions ofthe sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, 59 , are provided with a watch as one of the 60 signs of growing up, so that they can 61 along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows.Third World children do not usually 62 to stay indoors, still less in highrise apartments(公寓) . Instead of dangerous roads, "keep off the grass" signs and "don't speak to strangers", there is often a sense of 63 to study and play. Parents can see their children outside rather than observe them 64 from ten floors up.65 , twelve million children under five still die every year through hunger and disease. But childhood in the Third World is not all bad.51. A. As usual B. For instance C. In fact D. In other words52. A. by B. in C. to D. under53. A. childhood B. poverty C. spirit D. survival54. A. adults B. fathers C. neighbours D. relatives55. A. Anyhow B. However C. Instead D. Still56. A. away B. alone C. along D. nearby57. A. growing up B. living through C. playing D. working58. A. and B. but C. or D. so59. A. at any moment B. at the same time C. on the other hand D. on the whole60. A. easiest B. earliest C. happiest D. quickest61. A. care B. fear C. hurry D. worry62. A. dare B. expect C. have D. require63. A. control B. danger C. disappointment D. freedom64. A. anxiously B. eagerly C. impatiently D. proudly65. A. Above all B. In the end C. Of course D. What'sFeeling good about our actions — not guilt or pity— motivates giving, according to the latest research.51 seeing or hearing about suffering children makes most people uncomfortable, that grief is not what drives them to dig into their pockets and donate. The reasons people decide to be selfless, it turns out,may be slightly more 52 .In the study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers found that people are more likely to give when they think it will make them feel better. They donate, 53 , when they feel hope about putting smiles on those expectant and suffering faces. And that hope, or similar feel-good sensations, are driven by the brain’s reward systems.Researchers — and charities — have long known that putting a(n) 54 face on an abstract problem opens hearts and wallets. Josef Stalin once said that while one death is a(n) 55 , a million is merely a number. Studies have since found that quantifying the size of a disaster or particular need actually 56 giving, while presenting a single story is more likely to cause a desire to help.But it wasn’t clear whether this “identifiable victim” effect resulted from people’s 57 over their own privilege and resources — or from a sense of connection with the 58 and an urge to feel good about making a difference.To find out, researchers led by Alexander Genevsky, a graduate student in psychology at Stanford, imaged the brains of 22 young adults. In the scanner, they saw either a silhouette (剪影) or a head shot of a young African child. As in previous studies, participants were far more likely to give if they saw a face than a blank silhouette—donating almost twice as much in photo trials than in the others. However, this decision was related strongly to their 59 . If they showed little activity in their nucleus accumbens—a brain region linked to every type of pleasurable experience— they were actually less likely to give. But if there is a sharp 60 of activity in this reward area, they felt good and gave more. And the photos of the children were more likely to 61 this reward center. Activity in the accumbens, in fact, completely 62 the difference in giving seen between the silhouette-based requests and the photo-based ones.While the findings point to the feel-good 63 behind giving, other research will have to address the question of why givers get that positive emotional boost. Do people feel rewarded when they give because they think about the happiness of the recipient — or do they feel good because they see themselves as 64 and that self-esteem boost (自信心增强) is mood-enhancing? Such information could help charities 65 their messages to maximize their effectiveness.51. A. Since B. Although C. If D. As52. A. passive B. earnest C. impersonal D. selfish53. A. for example B. on the contrary C. as a result D. on the other hand54. A. plain B. ugly C. specific D. frightened55. A. accident B. threat C. solution D. tragedy56. A. ruins B. stimulates C. lowers D. skips57. A. anger B. guilt C. regret D. joy58. A. desire B. mind C. victim D. stuff59. A. actions B. beliefs C. images D. emotions60. A. edge B. rise C. turn D. division61. A. monitor B. target C. activate D. interrupt62. A. resulted from B. counted on C. accounted for D. subjected to63. A. motivations B. compliment s C. ambitions D. requests64. A. executive B. justified C. innocent D. generous65. A. conceal B. tailor C. obtain D. deleteThere are many things parents can do to help children with autism (自闭症) overcome their challenges. Learning all you can about autism and getting __51__ in treatment will go a long way toward helping your child. Additionally, the following tips will make daily home life easier for both you and your autistic child:•Be consistent（一致的）.Children with autism have a hard time __52__ what they’ve learned if there is a change of setting. For example, your child may use sign language at school to communicate, but never think to do so at home. Creating __53__ in your child’s environment is the best way to reinforce learning. Find out what your child’s therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the __54__ of having therapy take place in morethan one place in order to encourage your child to __55__ what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It’s also important to be consistent in the way you __56__ with your child and deal with challenging behaviors.•__57__ a schedule. Children with autism tend to do best when they have a highly-structured schedule or routine. Again, this goes back to the consistency they both need and crave. Set up a schedule for your child, with __58__ times for meals, therapy, school, and bedtime. Try to keep disturbance to this routine to a __59__. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare your child for it __60__.•__61__ good behavior. Positive reinforcement can go a long way with children with autism, so make an effort to “catch them doing something good.” Praise them when they act appropria tely or learn a new skill, being very __62__ about what behavior they’re being praised for.•Pay attention to your child’s sensory sensitivities. Many children with autism are hypersensitive to light, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Other children with autism are “under-sensitive” to sensory stimuli. __63__ what sights, sounds, smells and movements cause your kid’s “bad” or disruptive behaviors and what brings about a(n) __64__ response.If you understand what affects your child, you’ll be better at solving problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating __65__ experiences.51. A. encouraged B. balanced C. absorbed D. involved52. A. applying B. devoting C. communicating D. appealing53. A. attraction B. comfort C. steadiness D. attention54. A. possibility B. goal C. process D. solution55. A. transplant B. transfer C. transport D. transform56. A. meet B. interact C. negotiate D. associate57. A. Draw up B. Arrange for C. Work out D. Stick to58. A. regular B. flexible C. appropriate D. normal59. A. decrease B. mystery C. minimum D. secret60. A. without doubt B. in private C. without notice D. in advance61. A. Control B. Perform C. Reward D. Maintain62. A. curious B. specific C. particular D. anxious63. A. Figure out B. Account for C. Put up D. Take on64. A. automatic B. immediate C. positive D. quick65. A. frustrating B. successful C. professional D. unpleasantA driving goal for most websites is for that site to be easily found by people looking for the products or services. One of the ways people may find these sites is via a search engine. With this in mind, companies obviously want their websites to ___51___ search engines as well.First of all, website content should be unique and timely. Only quality content ensures that customers will ___52___ your website and also recommend it to friends via links or through social channels. This act of sharing not only gives your site more chances of public ___53___ but it also helps to push up your search engine rankings, which extends huge psychological implication to other engine users as people tend to ___54___Now famous search engines such as Google use mobile friendliness as a ranking signal in their ranking algorithm(算法). Therefore, if your site is not ___55___for mobile devices, you are offering a less than ideal experience to some users and in result search engines will take the ___56___ into account.Another key ranking signal that Google and other search engines ___57___heavily is page speed and overall site performance. If your site is loaded with too many high-resolution images and videos or other elements, muchviewing time will be caused. These will makesluggish, slow loading that frustrate and often drive away visitors. It’s time to ___58___ thepage size as all the visitors appreciatefaster download. Some are。

2016闸北区英语二模答案初三

2016闸北区英语二模答案初三Part 1 Listening1.Listeaing comprehension（听力理解）A.Listen and choose the right pictare（根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片）1.Simon is fond of all kinds of sports such as swimming and playing basketball.（B）2.The Americans celebrateod their National Day by holding flags excitedly.（F）3.Some people were chatting with each other happily under the tree.（C）4.Tom took off his shoes as soon as he entered his Japanese friend's house.（G）5.The boss said that he saw a man walk out of theoffice yesterday.（D）6.Tourists can take a double-decker bus to go sightseeing around the city.（E）B.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best aaswer to the question you hear（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最愉当的答案）7.W:What's your favourite fruit，Harry？M:Apples.What about you，Jane？W:I like pears best.I don't like lemons or peaches.Q:Which fruit does Jane like besr？（B）8.M:Tell me about the house you've recently bought.W:Well，it has a living room，three bedrooms and a dining room.Q:How many bedrooms are there in the woman's house？（B）9.W:I willnever go with Bill again.He could never remember where he parked his car.M:That certainly sounds like Bill Q:What does the man think of Bil？（C）10.M:It's already 7：30.Shall we go now？Or we'll be late.W:Oh，I just had my brealkfast about 20 minutes ago，But we will try to get to the airport within 2 hours.Q:When did the woman have breakfast？（A）11.M:This place is so crowded and noisy！How long on earth shall I have to wai？W:I'm sorry，sir.Just a minute，there will be a table available.You can order the dishes first Q:Where does this conversation probably take place？（B）12.W:Shall I come back again？M:Well，you should feel beter in a couple of e back and sce me if you still cougha lot.Q:What's the posibie relationship between the two speakers？（D）13.W:Where have you been，David？You're late for class again.M:Sorry，but I couldn't help it.My bus got caught in a traffic jam.Q:Why was David late again？（A）14.M:Everyone seems to have a cold now for the sudden change of the weather，one day bot but the next day cold.W:And windy，too.See，I'm wearing a scarf.Q:What does the woman mean？（C）C.Listen to the dialogue and tell whether the following statements are trse or false（判断下列句子是否符合你听到的对话内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）Son:Mum.I'm back.Mum:How was the play.Tony？Son:Well，I was pleased to see it，but three hours is a long time to stay still.Mum:Was it in English？Son:Yes，it was acted by the Beijing English TheatreCompany.Mum:What was the best？Son:The fight between the two families and their servants！And it's sad in the end，because Juliet loved Romeo，but her father decided she must marry someoneelse.So they both decided to kill themselves.Mum:"A pair of star-crosed lovers take their life."Son:OK，OK.I'm impresed.Can you recite any more lines？Mum:No，that's all I can remember.Did you have a good seat？Son:Well，it was hard to see the play at the back.The best place to sit is in the front row.Mun:Could you hear the dialogue？Son:I gesed what they were sayingbut their voices weren't very loud.Connie and Jack found their way of speaking really difficult to understand.Mum:The best way is to read the play before you see it.Son:We tried to do that，but there wasn't time.Mum:Did you have anything to eat before you went to the theatre？Son:No such luck！Now I'm terribly hungryt15.T 16.T 17.F 18.F 19.F 20.T D.Listen to the dialogueand complcte the followiag scateaces（听对话，完成下列内容。

英语_2016年上海市闸北区中考英语二模试卷(含答案)

2016年上海市闸北区中考英语二模试卷一、Choose the best answer（每小题1分）1. Which of the following words matches the sound /taip/ ？（）A tapB topC tapeD type2. Sam's learning a second ________ language， Which of the following is correct for the underlined word？（）A /'fɔ：rin/B /fɔ'rein/C /ˈfɒrən/D /fɔ：'ri：n/3. It was careless of _____ to have made so many spelling mistakes in the article．（）A IB meC myD mine4. The impression you make at _____ beginning of an interview is very important．（）A aB anC theD /5. I saw the whole accident _____ my own eyes when I was on my way to school．（）A inB onC underD with6. One who loves their parents and cares _____ them deservers to be praised．（）A ofB forC withD after7. I don't understand what you said． Would you please give me ____ example？（）A anotherB otherC othersD the other8. Jimmy can't pronounce the words as _____ as the announcer．（）A properlyB more properlyC most properlyD the most properly9. The sooner you start， the _____ you'll finish doing your work．（）A quickB quickerC quicklyD more quickly10. I quite agree that even an experienced teacher _____ make mistakes sometimes．（）A canB mustC shouldD need11. I don't like apples _____ I know it's a good for my health．（）A becauseB sinceC whenD although12. Keep a dream in your heart， _____ you'll achieve what you want．（）A andB orC soD but13. _____ enjoyable music programme I've watched!（）A WhatB What aC What anD How14. The doctor tried everything he could to save the sick and the injured，_____？（）A doesn't heB can't heC didn't heD couldn't15. The restaurant _____ many complaints because of the terrible service since last month．（）A receivedB has receivedC had receivedD would receive16. Keep reading English every day，you reading skills _____ quickly．（）A improveB will improveC are improvingD will be improved17. Doctors warned people _____ stay outdoors for a long time in foggy weather．（）A notB don'tC to notD not to18. ﹣ ___ do you think this fine weather will last？﹣Hard to say．（）A How farB How fastC How longD How often19. ﹣Could you lend me a hand to lift this heavy case， Tomas？﹣_____（）A Yes， pleaseB SureC No， thanksD Never mind20. ﹣ I'm afraid French is too difficult for me．﹣_____ You can do it．（）A Don't give up．B I'm sorry to hear thatC It's too awful．D So am I二、填空题（4分）21.Many students suffer from stress in their daily lives． They are under stress because their lives are not balanced． They （1）_______too much on studying， dealing with pressure and worrying about what others think， and not enough on other things． You may wonder whether stress is a （2）_______ matter． The answer is "Yes"． You should be aware that stress is a danger to your health． If you want to live a long life， you need to begin to fight （3）_______ stress from a young age．Here are some ways to deal with stress and bring balance to your life：Be positive． One way to （4）_______ your stress is through positive thinking． You should always look on the right side of life， and imagine that you will have a happy and successful future．22.Learn to relax． Make yourself take a breath from your studies and worries about exams． You can do this by taking a walk， reading a book， going to a （1）_______ or seeing film， or just sitting in a （2）_______ place and being silent for moment．Always （3）_______ a hobby． Learn to paint or skate， or start playing a musical instrument． When you are busy with a hobby， you leave all your worries behind．Take care of your body． Stress is your body's enemy． Taking （4）_______ exercise，eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are all the things that can help you．Laugh． Sometimes laughter is the best medicine for stress． Seeing a funny film or telling jokes with friends will often cheer you up when you are low．三、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）：（8分）23. 用括号里所给单词的适当形式填空．Ann travelled around Europe for a few________．（month）24. 用括号里所给单词的适当形式填空．He would rather be poor than get money in such a（n）________．（honesty）25. 用括号里所给单词的适当形式填空．Keep the rules for the public． Be a polite________．（visit）26. Michael has a________ and soft character．（gently）27. We must find out the________ to the problem．（solve）28. 根据句意用括号内所给词的适当形式填空．It's important for every one of us to protect the________ world．（nature）29. I really can't________ answer that question you just asked．（possible）30. All these interesting experiments can________ our knowledge．（wide）四、Complete the following sentences as required（每小题2分）31. The exciting news spread far and widely．（改为一般疑问句）________ the exciting news________ far and widely？32. ________ is a volunteer for our community．（对划线部分提问）________ is a volunteer for our community？33. I can't afford the time as well as the money for a trip．（保持句意基本不变）I can afford________ the time________ the money for a trip．34. My parent began to use Wechat when they were over fifty．（保持句意基本不变）My parents began to use Wechat________ their________．35. Could you tell me？Why are you late for such an important conference？Could you tell me why________ late for such an important conference？36. held，to，last，year，we，raise money，for the blind children，several charity shows （连词成句）________．五、Choose the best answer （根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）（12分）37. The Big FeastAn international celebration of foodAsia's biggest food fair is coming to the International Exhibition Centre． The Big Feast offers you a taste of the world with more than 750 food stands from 28 countries．Experience the sights, smells and taste of various mouth﹣watering dishes from the European Delights Zone, the Tastes of Asia Zone and the All﹣American Zone． Meet award ﹣winning local and international chefs, watch cooking demonstrations（示范）and join competitions． There isn't any zoo sweeter than the Sensational Sweets Zone． You can taste some world﹣famous desserts．Garden City Middle SchoolNoteTo: Cooking class studentsFrom: Miss Lam, cooky teacherDate: 20 th April 2016Re: Class tripRegular class will be cancelled next Thursday as we will go to The Big Feast at the International Exhibition Centre（IEC）．Buses will leave school at 8: 30 a．m． Some students who live near the IEC may choose to meet us there． If you are one of them and wish to do so, you MUST ________ me before 5 p．m． on 27 th April． You must collect anentry coupon from me beforehand（提前） to receive the special group price for students, that is 35.0therwise, you will have to pay the full admission price, 50.0ur meeting time at IEC is 10 a．m． AT Hall 5, Door C．（1）According to the announcement（布告），The Big Feast________．A is held in Shanghai every dearB is the biggest food fair in the worldC will have food from every country in the worldD will have hundreds of food stands．（2）Visitors who want to meet a German chef should probably visit the________ ZoneA All﹣AmericanB European DelightsC Sensational SweetsD Tastes of Asia．（3）The best place to taste chocolate cake with strawberry cream is probably the________ ZoneA All﹣AmericanB European DelightsC Sensational SweetsD Tastes of Asia．（4）According to the Note， which of the following is NOT true？ Entry Coupons________．A can be collected at Hall 5，Door C B can be got from Miss Lam C cost less than $50 D must be collected before 28th April．（5）The underline word "notify" probably means________．A attendB explainC noticeD tell．（6）The main purpose of Miss Lam's note is to________．A change the class planB tell her student about a class tripC introduce The Big FeastD remind students where to meet．六、Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）（12分）38. Dear Frank,Hawaii is a wonderful place! I'm here with my parents for two weeks． We have a hotel that is right on the ocean, so I've been spending all of my days on the beach．I've have to wear shoes （1）_______I've been here!Oh, before I forgot to mention it, I've been learning how to ride a surfboard! You can rent （租）surfboards from a hut on the beach． You can also take surfing lessons． I've found that so far the most（2）_______part about surfing is balancing on the surfboard． You have to lie down on the board first． I thought it would be very easy, but for me the board keeps （3）_______in the water． It's harder to control than it looks． After you lie on the board, you use it to swim further out to sea． About twenty metres from the shore, you turn the surfboard around and wait for a wave． When a wave comes, you have to move with it on your surfboard and catch it． At first, I wasn't swimming quickly enough and I couldn't （4）_______any waves． After many attempts, I finally managed to catch a wave and I rode it all the way back to the beach． It was great! Of course, I was still lying on the （5）_______the whole day．Even though I've been trying for a few days now, I still can't stand on the board． I guess I need more practice． Still , to be honest, （6）_______lying down, surfing is great fun．Well, Mum is calling, so I've to go． I wish you were here surfing with me． Take care． Yours,Steve（1）A for the first timeB ） at the same timeC ） for the time beingD ） the whole time（2）A interestingB ）difficultC ） excitingD ）boring（3）A turning overB ）turning outC ）turning downD ）tuning up（4）A compete withB ）complain aboutC ）keep up withD ） depend on（5）A stomachB ）backC ） bedD ） beach（6）A onlyB ）even ifC ） byD ） from七、Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺．没空限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）39. As the second biggest city in the UK（just behind London），Birmingham is the fourth most visited city in the world by travelers． Located b（1）________ two of England's big places﹣London and Liverpool， Birmingham has often been overlooked． Recently， it has also been n （2）________one of the top cities in the world by a travel book company．According to the company ， Birmingham was"the b （3）________ place to travel in 2015．" The city is famous for its cultural variety， excellent shopping centres and beautiful scenery． As for its cultural variety， the youngest﹣ever Nobel P （4）________ Prizewinner in 2014，Malala Yousafzai， who spent most of her energy on children's education，goes to school in Birmingham． She is known m （5）________ for women's rights． The writer of The Lord of the Rings， J．R．R． Tolkein also spent his childhood in thecity． What's more， the BBC TV drama Peaky Blinders（《浴血黑帮》） is set in Birmingham ，too．It's a （6）________ that more than 30places in the world take Birmingham as their cities' name． Even a hole on the moon is called Birmingham． Moreover， not long age，Chinese automaker Chang' an Automobiles bought several buildings at the Birmingham Park to do business in England's second biggest city．The most important invention in B （7）________ history， the industrial steam engine， was invented in Birmingham． Today the city is a major international commercial centre．八、Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（12分）40. Extreme JourneysLazy ChairI got the idea to build a motorized armchair when Mum and Dad bought new furniture forthe living room． Dad got really bad﹣tempered when he was moving the heavy， old furniture． He said，"Armchairs should have wheels， then they could drive away by themselves．"So I suggested that we give it some wheels．This is what we came up with：1．We got the wheels from an old wheelchair．2．We used the engne from my brother's old bicycle．3．Dad said we had to think about safety， too． So we fitted two headlights﹣one on each arm﹣and a sea belt from an old car．4．I said we also had to think about fun： so we added a stereo system and a cup holder for cups of soda， like you see in movie theatres．5．The armchair is made of boring black leather， so I decided to decorated it． I painted the logo of my favorite band on one side． And a picture of sloths（懒猴） on the other side，because they're really lazy and this is the laziest armchair ever!Dad tested the chair in our backyard． It's quite fast． I can travel at up to 25kilometres an hour! I can't wait to take it on an extreme journey． But Dad says I have to wait until I'm old enough to get a driver's license． Oh， well，not long now……（1）What kind of article is it？________（2）What did Maddy make the special armchair for？________（3）Why could the armchair run fast？________（4）How fast could it travel？________（5）Maddy can't take it on a journey now， can she？________（6）According to the passage， what did Maddy and her father consider when making the motorized armchair？________九、Writing（作文）（共22分）41. Write at least 60words on the topic"The Spring of 2016"．（注意：短文中不得出现任何人名‘校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分）________2016年上海市闸北区中考英语二模试卷答案1. D3. B4. C5. D6. B7. A8. A9. D10. A11. D12. A13. C14. C15. B16. D17. D18. C19. B20. A21. E,A,C,D22. concert,private,take up,regular23. months24. dishonesty25. visitor26. gentle27. solution28. natural29. possibly30. widen31. Did,spread32. The girl beside me,Who33. neither,nor34. in,fifties35. you are36. We held several charity shows to raise money for the blind children last year．37. DBCADB38. DBAAB39. etween,amed,est,eace,ainly,mazing,ritish40. It is a blog．,She made it to move the heavy things．,Becasueithadwheelswithengine,It could travel at up to 25 kilometers an hour．,No， she can't．,Materials， functions，safety， fun and appearance，etc．41. The spring of 2016The spring of 2016 is coming， it brings green to the trees and grass， pink and yellow to the flowers， hopes to the human beings． The birds start to sing， and the farmers begin to plant crops in the fields． In spring， everything is full of hope．（所见）People usually say that a good beginning is half done， while spring is the beginning of a year．（所闻）So we should appreciate it and make the most use of it． Try the best to spread seeds in spring and you will get a good harvest in autumn．【高分句型一】Then you will see how important spring is and how lovely it is．【高分句型二】（所感）。

2015届闸北区高三英语二模试卷及答案(官方版)

闸北区2015年第二次高考模拟考试试卷高三英语I. Listening Comprehension（30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 conversation and the question 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. She should watch on her weight. B. She can sometimes eat at will.C. She is already overweight.D. She should avoid sweet food.2. A. At the Emergency Room. B. At the grocery store.C. At the dentist’s.D. At a decade-old toast shop.3. A. 20. B. 30. C. 35. D. 45.4. A. On the phone. B. By text. C. Online. D. Face to face.5. A. Furniture shop assistant. B. House agent.C. Insurance agent.D. Carpenter.6. A. Tickets bought online are cheaper.B. It’s hard to buy the tickets at the box office.C. Free pamphlets provide discounts for the Ballet.D. The Ballet show could be watched online.7. A. There are all together three sections for the exam.B. She failed to finish the exam within time.C. She was poor at multiple choices.D. She performed well in the physics exam.8. A. It is too expensive a trip.B. It’s a pity he can’t take his family with him on the trip.C. The trip takes too much time.D. He doesn’t enjoy going to New Zealand for a trip.9. A. Stay up late for exams.B. Don’t pay too much attention to exams.C. Study hard throughout the term.D. Give up on the math test.10. A. Relaxed B. Calm. C. Excited. D. Nervous.Section BDirections: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on eachof 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. Relationship problems. B. Low working productivity.C. Poor income.D. Depression.12. A. 6%. B. 10%. C. 15%. D. 26%.13. A. The poor treatment received from National Health Service.B. Patients’ inability to go to bed with a teddy bear.C. The bad quality of the mattress patients use.D. The tension they suffer from in lives.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because they were in need of clothes and food.B. Because they wanted to find honey.C. Because they wanted to take revenge.D. Because they intended to occupy the village.15. A. Because they migrated from Africa.B. Because they are a rare group surviving on the Andamans.C. Because they store precious honey.D. Because their DNA is valuable for scientific study.16. A. They want to learn local language. B. They come to see the outside world.C. They are chasing away outsiders.D. They need drinks and cigarettes.Section CDirections:In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you hear.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation:Complete the report form. WRITE ONE WORD for each answer.House let MemoSecurity measures: Gate ___17___ & security company.Kitchen facilities: Stove, fridge, toaster, NO ___18___.Garden maintenance : Watering & removing ___19___.Rent: 1000 per month with ___20___ excluded.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation:Complete the form. WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.Long distances from ___21___.What was the shortage of the four existing presidentiallibraries in Kennedy’s time?What did Kennedy Library primarily hold? ___22___of Kennedy government.What was the Library intended to become? ___23___Where did the construction fees come from? ___24___.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)Being skinny is not beautiful but being healthy is. Most young people, unfortunately, (25)______(convince) that being thin, and therefore being stylish is a major way of maintaining self-worth. To make the matter worse, they might take this so far that they are likely to end up (26)______ eating disorders.Eating disorders are psychological illnesses defined by abnormal eating habits, (27)______ may involve either insufficient or too much food intake to the damage of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa(暴食症) and anorexia nervosa（食欲匮乏）are the (28)______(common) forms of eating disorders.(29)______ diagnosed with anorexia nervosa are well under a healthy bodyweight. But patients with bulimia nervosa may have a body weight that falls within the range from normal to overweight.(30)_____ primarily thought of as affecting females, eating disorders influence males as well.The precise cause of eating disorders is not entirely understood, but (31)______ is agreed that the disease is linked to other medical conditions and situations. Besides, cultural idealization of thinness and youthfulness also contributes to (32)______(reduce) weight forcefully. The problem has affected a large population worldwide.(B)A new report said middle class workers could still be working (33)______ ______ they are at the age of 70, to help out their grown up children.Middle class workers (34)______(age) 50 and above are being forced to delay their retirement, with many blaming their children, a report revealed yesterday.To many middle class workers, (35)______ bothered them from work couldn't compare with the possibility that they might postpone their retirement date by around five years.It is not just the rising cost of living that is causing the delay. Many pointed to the fact that they are constantly having to provide for their grown-up children at an age (36)______ they assumed they should be financially independent.Actually, one in five middle class workers (37)______ keep working in order to support their children.Many workers struggled all along to the retirement date, only (38)______(realize) that they had to switch to a part-time working pattern, also called semi-retirement. Rarely (39)______ people hear of the concept of semi-retirement in the past but now semi-retirement has become the routine among wealthier people in their 50s and 60s, regarded as (40)______ sign of the country’s on-going worsening economy.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A peak B. prospect C. intense D. indicating E. mildF. uncertaintyG. unusuallyH. complicatedI. appliedJ. prepareK. modelA drop in the sun's radiation can cause cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries ___41___ for storms.Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation from the sun reaches a(n) ___42___ then falls. But detecting a clear link of the cycle to the weather has proved much ___43___ ."Our research notices a link between solar activities and regional winter climate," lead author Sarah Ineson of the UK Met Office told the reporters in an email.Her team focused on the data from the recent minimum solar radiation period during 2008-10, which was a(n) ___44___ calm period for the sun but at the same time, ___45___ winters in the U.S and Europe were recorded which brought troubles to many businesses and made people’s lives difficult.The researchers found that a reduction in radiation from the sun can affect wind patterns , ___46___ cold winters."While radiation levels won't tell us what the day-to-day weather will be, they provide the exciting ___47___of improved prediction for winter conditions for months and even years ahead. These predictions play an important role in long-term weather planning," Ineson said.Ineson's team used the data in a complex computer to ___48___ long-term weather patterns. It successfully reproduced what scientists had observed happening in the upper atmosphere during changes in solar radiation. More study was needed, though. The key ___49___ in the experiment lay in the satellite data used, because it spans(跨度) only a few years. "So there are still questions concerning whether the current research results are accurate and whether they can be ___50___ to other solar cycles," she said.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Recently, Pew Research Center announced that over a quarter of Americans have shared a selfie online. Unsurprisingly, the practice of photographing oneself and sharing that image via social media has ___51___ among all age groups. Evidence of its mainstream nature is seen in other aspects of our culture too. Last year, "selfie" was not only added to the Oxford English Dictionary, but also named Word of the Year.Yet, despite the huge number of people practicing it, ___52___ is also surrounding selfie. An assumption that sharing selfies is embarrassing runs throughout the journalistic and scholarly coverage on the topic. Negative words like "self-centered" and "___53___" have inevitably become a part of any conversation about selfies among scholars.But, over a quarter of all Americans are relying on it. Why? The usual reasons given by scholars—self-center and fame-seeking—seem too ___54___ to explain such a crowd acting. There is always more to a social cultural practice than what ___55___.Simply put, physical and digital technology make it possible. The idea that technology ___56___ the social world and our lives has been recognized by people. To some extent, world is shaped by technological revolutions. The selfie is not a(n) ___57___ form of expression. Artists have created self-portraits for centuries, from cave to oil paintings, to early photography and modern art. People are ___58___ their feelings and thoughts through certain media. What's original about today's selfie is its public popularity. Technological advancement ___59___ the self-portrait used to be restricted to the art world and gave it to the masses. Those digital front-facing cameras, social media platforms, and wireless communications conveniently available make selfie a job ___60___ any time anywhere.Besides, We are not ___61___ beings living by ourselves. We are social beings who live in social communities, and as such, our lives are fundamentally formed by social relations with other people. As photos meant to be ___62___, selfies are not individual acts; they are social gestures. Selfies, as well as our presence on social media generally, are a part of “identity work"--the work that we do on a daily basis to ___63___ that we are seen by others as we wish to be seen. In fact, the crafting and display of identity has long been understood as a social process. The selfies we take and show are to present a ___64___ image of us so as to become a part of our identity formation and ___65___.51. A. flowered B. returned C. imposed D. functioned52. A. negotiation B. criticism C. regret D. punishment53. A. self-contained B. self-evident C. self-absorbed D. self-financed54. A. necessary B. smart C. certain D. shallow55. A. meets the eye B. takes the lead C. raises the alarm D. makes the point56. A. operates B. produces C. structures D. ruins57. A. advanced B. new C. intelligent D. available58. A. offering B. revising C. inspiring D. conveying59. A. liberated B. tagged C. honoured D. maintained60. A. at length B. with ease C. at large D. with regards61. A. isolated B. courageous C. traditional D. civilized62. A. saved B. shared C. updated D. deleted63. A. claim B. suppose C. ensure D. signal64. A. fashionable B. skillful C. mysterious D. particular65. A. summary B. evaluation C. monitoring D. exhibitionSection BDirections: Read the following three 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 bestaccording to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Jack looked up and saw in the distance red and green navigation lights coming towards them and knew it must be a naval patrol(巡逻) boat because of its speed. As the humming of the boat’s powerful engines drew closer, Jack bent down.Jack then let out a frightened cry as the brilliant beam of a searchlight broke the darkness and swept the fishing boat from head to tail. By its reflected light, Jack could clearly see the similar looks on the faces of other bent ones.Jack knew that if the patrol boat came close enough, its men would surely see the people hidden in the fishing boat. To collect himself, he leaned his head a little so that he could see Derek standing in the head of the boat, holding the tiller(舵柄). Derek managed to wave back at the patrol boat as if he had not a care in the world. How imperturbable he was!Someone on board the patrol boat switched on a loud speaker and a voice, made harsh and thin by its horn, demanded,” Where are you bound?”Derek shrugged and shouted back, “Tell me where the fish run and I’ll tell you where I am bound.”The noise of idling engines drowned his voice.“Say again!” barked the speaker.“Anywhere where there’s fish!” Derek shouted back. There was a pause. The boats drifted closer to each other.“Why aren’t you showing navigation lights?”Jack watched as Derek pretended to look puzzled and leant out over the side as if to see what they said were true. “They must have blown out,” he apologized with a shrug. “I’ll light them again as soon as you stop rocking me about like this.”Aboard the patrol boat, the captain was wondering if it would be worthwhile searching this old fishing boat for stowaways as how many breathing souls could such a shabby boat hide? The radio suddenly cackled. Abruptly, without another word being exchanged, the light went out and the patrol boat started its engines, speeding off into the dark, leaving the fishing boat floating about in the water.66. Jack let out a scared cry because he ______.A. saw something in the seaB. was afraid of being discoveredC. was blinded by the bright lightsD. was scared by the faces of companions.67. The patrol boat captain did not search the fishing boat as he ______.A. didn’t find it worthwhileB. looked down upon the shabby old fishing boatC. trusted Derek very much.D. was called to another place via the radio68. The underlined word “imperturbable” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.A. anxiousB. nervousC. calmD. sociable69. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Derek didn’t realize that Jack and others hid in the fishing boat.B. The captain was suspicious of what Derek told him.C. The patrol boat approached the fishing boat to inspect illegal goods.D. Derek succeeded in covering up for the Jack and others on the boat.(B)You may read the questions first：Our booklet is bringing to you the world’s top sceneries:GrenadaKnown as the Island of Spice for its abundance of spicy plants and leaves,Grenada is one of the southernmost Windward Islands in the Caribbean Sea.Many of its spices have been destroyed by hurricanes in the last decade,though its spicy relics(遗迹) are still the inspirations of many master chefsworldwide. The central mountainous land’s cooler air and waterfalls producea near-constant cloud cover of freeze.Tucson, ArizonaA seeming paradise that claims to have 350 sunny days a year, Tucson boastsgeological beauty and hiking so fantastic that visitors can be tempted into afalse sense of security. Be warned: Get prepared for the heat as it isn’t unusualfor temperatures to rise higher than 110ºF (43ºC) in summer months, whenthe rocks can hold that heat well into the evening hours. Even your huntingdog will get sunburnedSouthern BelizeWith flash rainstorms that instantly fill the dirt roads and the wet that makes itone of the greenest places on Earth, this Maya wonderland is home to thelongest barrier reef(堡礁) in the Western globe, the unique uropygialis birdsand the deepest diving—the Blue Hole. Nonetheless it is the back roads of theToledo district, where rain forest meets the jungle, that truly inspire awe andjoy.Newfoundland, CanadaThis Canadian province, which sits at the eastern edge of North America,plays the home for 22 whale species and dozens of seabirds that play ingroups. While the capital city of St. John’s can be quite gentle, the actualisland of Newfoundland has more extreme and unpredictable weather moods.Don’t forget to bring your windbreakers and thick sweaters.GrimseyThis island across the Arctic Circle is the northernmost point of inhabitablespace in Iceland. It is a small, rocky island with little vegetation, only a fewhundred permanent residents, and cliffs teeming with arctic birds known aspuffins, which seem insensitive to the local extreme chill as they dive-bombfrom high on the rocks into the Arctic Ocean for food.Cuenca, SpainUniquely known as the walled city because of its “hanging houses” atop (oractually part of) walls carved out of a rocky hillside in the 15th century,Cuenca’s castle-like front sits above the Jucar River Valley, attracting visitorsworldwide. The houses, which bake in the high summer temperatures, arenow home to an abstract art museum reached by crossing a woodenpedestrian swinging bridge.70. The two places of interest that enjoy high temperatures are ______.A. Tucson and NewfoundlandB. Grenada and GrimseyC. Newfoudnland and CuencaD. Tucson and Cuenca71. The creature(s) mentioned in the booklet that is not afraid of cold weather is ______.A. uropygialis birdsB. whales and seabirdsC. puffin birds.D. hunting dog72. Cuenca’s major tourist attraction is ______.A. the hanging rocky face of an art museumB. a naturally formed castleC. the famous bakery in the summer timeD. a wooden pedestrian swinging bridge73. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the booklets?A. There are no people living in Grimsay due to the extreme whether.B. Grenada would especially appeal to the cooking fans.C. The most impressive focus of attraction in Southern Belize is the Blue Hole.D. People’s safety in Tucson can’t be guaranteed by the local government.(C)Trade has a pretty bad name in some quarters. Trade robs poor people of a proper living, and keeps them trapped in poverty. There is a widely held popular view that trade is unfair.Though many claim that a freer trade would change the current indecent reputation of world market, the cure-all free trade is the dream of most textbook economists. In fact, "Free trade" has been usedsuccessfully by powerful countries to land their mass-produced goods on fresh overseas dumping grounds and squeeze out local household businesses and craftsmanship.At home the story is different. Large firms have little appetite for free trade and competition in their own backyard. They prefer to enjoy the advantages and protections for which they have carefully earned. Free thus fierce competition has little appeal for those who understand that they will make more profit if they can corner the market, whether at home or abroad.By contrast, making trade fairer is about addressing both outcomes and processes of trade. Fairness is not just moral request. It affects behaviour. Actually the concept of fairness increases steadily as societies achieve greater market uprightness: Businessmen from upright societies are willing to punish those who do not play fair, even if this is costly to themselves.Fairer trade rather than freer trade could partly mend mal-administering of resources in certain areas. Though thought of as evil economic policies in the west world, carefully planned special preferences and protectionism could be used intelligently to help to block the economic robbery of the rich class in African countries, and to improve the lives of the bottom billion.Fairness is also important in the control of trade. The current International trade negotiations have resulted in rules favouring the powerful. The rules are made in negotiations in which the countries in control call the shots, and do not always do so in good faith. Industrialized countries were often found to have obtained definite and far-reaching commitments from developing countries, in exchange for vague promises, such as to liberalise agriculture, which they have not kept. On the other hand, the essence of the fair trade lies in the promise that every party benefit from the business, rich or poor, powerful or weak.Making trade fairer is important to avoid a further public hate against trade. It is also important so as better to balance trade goals with other important national goals such as environmental and social protection. Finally, the so-called free trade system needs to be made fairer so that it does not block competition, and crush innovation and business spirit. It needs to offer a more level playing field to commercial newcomers and competitors in rich and poor countries alike.74. Free trade is a concept at rich countries’ service to ______.A. open up new markets abroadB. define trade in the economic textbooksC. dump pollutants in poor countriesD. learn the skills from local household businesses.75. The key mechanism of fair trade is ______.A. punishing the rich countries when they cheat the poor countriesB. making sure that rich countries provide more chances for poor countriesC. promoting special preferences and protectionism in poor areasD. guaranteeing the common interests of all the dealers76. The underlined word “mal-administering” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.A. macro-managementB. overall collectionC. uneven distributionD. negative mining77. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Large firms earn huge profits from free trade on domestic markets.B. Honest dealers would sacrifice their own interest to discipline the dishonest.C. Special preferences and protectionism are occasionally adopted in western countries.D. A fairer trade helps to ease competition between the rich and the poor.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Few would argue that there has not been significant technological progress in the field of self-driving cars in recent years. Aside from the technology question, the legislative issue gives the world a worse headache. The content of the trouble centres on the question of who is to blame in a crash. The legal field tends to have the owners take responsibility for the messes their cold lifeless machine makes, for which case an explosion of lawsuits are well expected.Today, many of the car manufacturers and their suppliers are researching self-driving technology, but it is unclear why they would want to roll it out quickly. A consumer in America, for example, uses his or her car for approximately one hour per day. There is, therefore, a large amount of "free capacity" in the personal vehicle use market. Imagine a world where you can be driven to work, and where your car can then turn around and drive home so that your partner or anybody else can use it during the day. This shared use pattern could certainly stop the need to own a second car. Taken to its logical conclusion, it could even be the biggest reason to eliminate the need to own a car at all. The effects on car sales volumes could be destructive.The possible violation of privacy is also a big issue on the map. We all know that consumer data is big business. A self-driving car would easily log where you visited, the time of the day you went, and much more. Though your purchase preferences might escape secret peeping, the leakage of your whereabouts seems inevitable as it’s hard to do what you are always doing to your smartphone toward the sole tool of transportation. Power off the big steel fellow and you are stuck on the road. The now excitedly expecting public are sure to be annoyed soon.Much discussed, the poor application of the technology outweighs the previous factors. In car industry, new vehicle features take a long time to get to broad market mass. Features are typically launched first on high-end vehicles, and then trickle down once there is sufficient space in the market to generate the scale affordable for the volume vehicles. With a car model's life cycle being between five and seven years, it is hard to see self-driving technology being fitted as standards of the mass-market brands.We still have a long way off from a world of completely self-driving cars.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. The likelihood to take the car owners as the guilty party in traffic accidents will give rise to _________.79. What feature of the self-driving car would mainly affect car sales?80. How can we prevent our personal data from being monitored by the self-driving car?81. The most serious problem facing the self-driving car is ____________.II卷（共47分）I. Translation（22分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．语言运用需要足够的词汇量为基础。

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闸北区2016年二模英语质量抽查试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)Have you noticed that your friends are like your mother’s friends? Study has found that the manner (25)______ ______ a mother interacts with her friends makes a role model for an adolescent child when building (26)______ his/her own peer friendships.Unfortunately, teens often pick up on the negative elements in a relationship, such as conflict and opposition, and then copy these attitudes into their own relationships。

The new study investigated a previously understudied association —how a parent’s friendships influence the emotional well-being of their adolescent children.For the study, researchers studied the development of friendships and (27)______ peer relationships during adolescence and their impact on psychological adjustment.They found that adolescents (28)______imitate the negative characteristics of their mothers’ relationships in their own peer-to-peer friendships. The finding shows that mothers (29)______(serve) as role models for their adolescents during formative years.Additional findings suggest that adolescents internalize their reactions to their mothers’ conflict with adult friends and (30)______they have learned might lead them to anxietyand depression.Actually, conflict is a normal part of any relationship —be it a relationship between a parent and a child, or a mother and her friends. But (31)______(expose) to high levels of such conflict generally isn’t going to be good for children. Parents should consider whether they are good role models for their children. Parents should behave well especially where their friends are concerned. (32)______ things go wrong, parents should talk with their children about how to act with their friends, but more specifically, how not to act.(B)Today, women are beating men in education and in the workplace, creating a new generation of stay-at-home fathers.It (33)______ (predict) that relationships and traditional householdstructures will be transformed aswomen are earning more than their male partners.Successful women will have to ‘marry down’by choosing partners (34)______(qualified) and they may increasingly select men based on how supportive they might be to their wives’careers, rather than (35)_____ they can be the breadwinner for the family.Educator Mr Willetts said there was clear evidence from schools that boys are ‘lagging behind’, and (36)______(overtake) , to some people’s surprise, by female students at university.He said: ‘I am not against women having those advantages but there is now a rather striking distance. If you look at the statistics, approximately 50 percent of women (37)______(graduate) from university by the time they’re 30 compared with only 40 percent of men. It looks(38)______ ______ women have beaten men academically.’Many educated British women think that finding a financially capable husband is so difficult that many of them even give up having (39)______ try.And they are taught all along (40)______(rely) on themselves for everything.Section BDirections:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. justB. gapC. irrelevantD. companyE. evidentF. victimG. typicalH. identifyI. addressJ. alternativeK.owedMost men and women feel that a dinner bill should be split down the middle, but how fair is this really?A new app aims to answer this question, and for others who fall___41___ to income inequality, by dividing the check up according to each person's race and gender.Equipay uses Bureau of Labor Statistics and math to calculate how much is ___42___ from each person and if the diner protests, it will give you statistics about the wage ___43___.'Equipay helps you avoid the firm discrimination that exists in our society. It doesn't work out an equal split of the bill but a ___44___one. ' the company's site says.'You pay what you should to balance out the wage diversity.'The app is the brain child of Luna Malbroux, a diversity educator, who wanted to 'make the touchy subject' of racial and gender inequalities more ___45___. The problem is expected to catch people’s eyeeasily.'I hope that this, more than anything, starts a discussion and helps people to start thinking a little bit differently about how we can use technology and innovation to ___46___gender discrimination and wage inequality,' Malbroux said.The app has a built in 'diversity tool' that allows you to ___47___ how diverse your friends really are and the app also displays the level of income for each person.Type in the amount of the entire bill at the top, tip included, and the software will begin calculating the split based on who your ___48___ is.Finally it will show you the list again, but now with how much each person has to pay.Before paying your share, there is the ___49_____ to protest, in which the app will ask 'what's your excuse' and lists reasons for you to choose from.You can say 'I was a middle child' or 'I'm unaware of my privilege'.Equipay will find the best reply possible, whether it is facts regarding income differences or something seemingly___50___but also makes you think twice before keep disagreeing with what you have to pay.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.A driving goal for most websites is for that site to be easily found by people looking for the products or services. One of the ways people may find these sitesis via a search engine. With this in mind, companies obviously want their websites to ___51___ search engines as well.First of all, website content should be unique and timely. Only quality content ensures that customers will ___52___ your website and also recommend it to friends via links or through social channels. This act of sharing not only gives your site more chances of public ___53___ but it also helps to push up your search engine rankings, which extends huge psychological implication to other engine users as people tend to ___54___Now famous search engines such as Google use mobile friendliness as a ranking signal in their ranking algorithm(算法). Therefore, if your site is not ___55___for mobile devices, you are offering a less than ideal experience to some users and in result search engines will take the ___56___ into account.Another key ranking signal that Google and other search engines ___57___heavily is page speed and overall site performance. If your site is loaded with too many high-resolution images and videos or other elements, muchviewing time will be caused. These will makesluggish, slow loading that frustrate and often drive away visitors. It’s time to ___58___ thepage size as all the visitors appreciatefaster download. Some are even willing to___59___better visual experiences for high viewing speed. As user preference stands on top of any search engine’s list of priority, search engines will look very ___60___upon the speed improvements of the websites.In addition, for a hot website, appropriate update frequency is also vital. Although the content is current and up to date when it is first launched, it will soon lose its ___61___with the explosion of other various online resources. If the content on your websites has appeared on other sites before, your website is sooner or later to be deserted because of humans’nature of having a low ___62___threshold(门槛). In turn, your website’s search ___63___ will drop drastically.Finally, don’t look down on customer experience. Too often people ignore the benefits of creating a viewing experience that is enjoyable.When assessingyour website’s user friendliness, understand that ___64___ of use comes first, but do not discount the benefits of adding a bit of ___65___ into that experience as well.51. A. appeal to B. agree with C. remind of D. connect with52. A. establish B. frequent C. adjust D. evaluate53. A. specialization B. comment C. exposure D. strengthening54. A. calm down B. make progress C. watch out D. follow suit55. A. applicable B. superior C. temperate D. realistic56. A. emergency B. disadvantage C. guidance D. obligation57. A. weigh B. reserve C. represent D. revise58. A. decorate B. reduce C. acknowledge D. undertake59, A. enjoy B. eliminate C. trade D. prepare60. A. favourably B. intelligently C. necessarily D. fortunately61. A. sense B. wisdom C. freshness D. feature62. A. identity B. access C. value D. boredom63. A. vision B. ranking C. decision D. settlement64. A. ease B. direction C. opportunity D. recovery65. A. humour B. satisfaction C. delight D. sympathySection BDirections:Read the following three 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)It seems to me that all writers, including those brilliant ones, need encouragement particularly in their early years. I always knew I could write, but that just meant I wrote a little better than my peers. I hope that I might one day write well enough to derive income from my efforts. Oddly enough, this never occurred to me until I met a special teacher in life.There was a kind teacher at Hyde Park High School in Chicago, who simply by concentrating her attention on me, made me believe that I might be able to master the knack of writing well enough to consider the craft as a profession. Miss Marguerite Byme taught English, which of course, involved writing skills. Whatever instruction she shared with me was exactly the same as all her other students enjoyed, but the only difference was she encouraged me to begin the process of submittingthings I was writing, in those days, chiefly poems.To my surprise the Chicago Tribune not only thought enough of several of my verses to publish them, but also paid me-inadvertently-the highest compliment a fledgling author can receive. The editor wrote a confidential letter to Miss Byme, asking her to see, if by any chance, one of her students-a certain Stephen Allen-might be guilty of copying. The editor’s suspicions had been aroused because, he was kind enough to say, he found it hard to believe that a seventeen-year –old could create material on such a professional level. When Miss Byme shared the letter with me, I was overjoyed! It was wonderfully heartening.Miss Byme made me realize that I should not hide my light. This made me collect my courage to enter a writing contest. The assignment was to write an essay titled “rediscovering America.” I was literally astonished when I received a letter saying thatI was the winner of the contest. The prize was a thousand dollars. My mother, at the time, was not even aware that I was interested in writing, or if she had somehow found out about it, she took little notice. When I arrived home that evening with the letter, she was indifferent and did not ask how the evening had gone.Without encouragement, even talented students will continue to perform below expectations. For example, at the same high school, there was a teacher whose Spanish language classes I attended but from whom I, unfortunately learned very little simply because of the woman’s cold sarcastically critical attitude. She seemed to know nothing about nurturing students. Soon, I withdrew from her classroom literacy instruction.Years later, I was able to repay my debt to Marguerite Byme by dedicating one of my books, Wry on the Rocks-A collection of Poems, to her. I have enjoyed a lifetime writing books and television scripts because of her urge.66. Miss Byme treated me differently from other students in that ______.A. she encouraged the author to try to earn money from writingB. she gave the author private instructions on writing skillsC. she advised the author to contribute his writing worksD. she taught the author the knack of writing as a profession67. The editor wrote a letter to Miss Byme because ______.A. he regretted overpaying the authorB. he had doubts about the author’s writing abilitiesC. he wanted to inform her of the author’s talentD. he wanted to befriend a future star writer68. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The author had set the goal of writing professionally since childhood.B. The share of the editor’s letter made the author ashamed of his behavior.C. The author won the writing contest which made his mother proud of himD. The author quitted Spanish course because of the teacher’s negative attitude.69. The author is writing the passage mainly to tell readers that ______.A. writing skills should be cultivated since high school yearsB. it’s easy for a writer like him to make a living by writingC. parents should take kid’s interests and talents seriouslyD. development of skills and abilities require adequate encouragement(B)Care for a zoom-in observation of animals with no bars between you and the observed opposed to ordinary zoos? Where to have close-up encounters with some of the world’s most rare animals.? We are revealing for you:1. Right whales, Bay of Fundy, CanadaNorthern right whales are on the brink of extinction, but survivors arrive in the Bay of Fundy each summer (May through October) to feed east of Grand Manan Island. They are recognized by a broad back and no dorsal fin, which distinguish them from other whales entering the bay.Planning: Whale-watching tours operate out of Digby Neck peninsula on Nova Scotia and nearby islands, such as Brier Island, St. Andrews, Grand Manan Island, and Deer Island.2. Grizzly bears, AlaskaGrizzlies like salmon. In mid-July and again in mid-August, grizzlies make for Alaskan rivers to hook out the fish with their formidable claws. The bears gather in large numbers at rapids and pools, sometimes fighting for the best sites. Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, and Fish Creek, near Hyder, have viewing platforms.Planning: Most fishing sites are accessed by chartered light aircraft and a hike. Hyder is off the Stewart-Cassiar Highway.3. Monarch butterflies, Sierra Chincua, MexicoEach fall, millions of North American monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles to the oyamel fir forests of the Transvolcanic Mountain Range, in the state of Michoacán. They flock intimately on tree trunks, bushes, and on the ground, fully showing their gregarious nature and occupy Sierra Chincua and four neighboring hills that make up the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.Planning: Chincua is one of two hills in the reserve open to the public from November through March.4. Komodo dragons, Komodo Island, IndonesiaLanding on Komodo, you would feel like stepping back to a time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, as park maps reported, “Here be dragons!”This mountainous volcanic island is home to the world’s largest living lizard—the Komodo dragon. Weighing79 to 91 kg, the Komodo dragon has a tail as long as its body. You can hike toa viewpoint at Banugulung and watch as park rangers feed food to the lizards, some of which are more than 10 ft (3 m) long.Planning: Komodo is reached solely by boat from Bima (on eastern Sumbawa) or Labuan Bajo (on western Flores).5. Wildebeest migration, Serengeti, TanzaniaUndoubtedly the world’s most spectacular wildlife sight is the annual wildebeest migration, when 1.4 million wildebeest and 200,000 zebras and gazelles are on the move across the Serengeti plains. The animals are trekking to chase the clean water and fresh grass. Along the way, lions and hyenas stalk them, and crocodiles lie in wait.Planning: The herds migrate across Tanzania from December through July, and then pass through the Masai Mara in Kenya in August and September.70. In which place can a variety of types of animals be viewed?A. Alaska.B. Sierra ChincuaC. Komodo IslandD. Serengeti71. The underlined word gregarious i s closest in meaning to ______.A. being able to climb.B. preferring group livingC. migrating in huge numbersD. moderate in temper72. Which of thefollowing statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. Right whales are distinguished from other whales by unique appearance features.B. Viewing spots for grizzly bears can be reached through air and on foot.C. Komodo dragons are similar to dinosaurs in living period.D. Wildebeest herds travel to pursue favourable food conditions.73. The target readers of the passage are probably ______.A. adventurous visitors longing for closer look at animalsB. mountain hikers who seek unique hiking trailsC. experienced hunters who are aimed at rare animalsD. average zoo visitors looking for animal contact at safe distance(C)Genetic testing offers people insight into the types of diseases they are mostlikely to develop — but a new study suggests most people do not alter their lifestyles based on this information. These tests — known as genome sequencing —analyze a person's DNA, telling patients about their known risk for diseases like cancer or diabetes. But being told you’re at a higher risk for lung cancer doesn’t seem to motivate anyone to quit smoking or alcohol, this study suggests. Because of this, the scholars argue that genetic testing should be banned as a tool for improving people's health.Today’s finding came from pulling data from 18 other studies that followed people after they received the results of genetic tests. Receiving information about genetic risks didn’t inspire people to eat differently, exercise more, or stop smoking, "Expectations have been high that giving people information about their genetic risk will empower them to change their behavior, but we have found no evidence that this is the case," study author Theresa Marteau, director of behavior and health research said in a press release.Genetic testing, which the National Institutes of Health says costs anywhere from $100 to $2,000, has become much more accessible as commercial testing companies such as 23andMe and Sure Genomics have sprung up. These companies are not allowed to share disease risk estimates with consumers thanks to the Food and Drug Administration. However, today’s study didn’t specify whether the genetic testing were purely from academic sequencing, or if any of these companies had had a role in supplying the data.Genetic testing doesn’t get people to change their behavior for the better, but it doesn't have any known negative effects either. Knowing the results of these tests didn't change people's depression or anxiety levels. And there's no indication that testing inspires people to pick up risky or dangerous health habits either, the study found.Actually a genetic predisposition to a certain disease is common among people. Some people are born weak in heart. Some are innately vulnerable in digestive system. But these most common risk factors usually don't raise a person's chances of getting the disease by a significant amount. It's possible that some of the patients in the study had substantially high disease risks based on their DNA profile, but those patients tend to be rather rare. "It’s still likely that communicating this type of information is very valuable to some people, but it’s just that there aren’t that many of those people," Zikmund-Fisher from the University of Michigan said. "The idea that providing genetic risk information is going to be transformative to everyone seems unlikely."74. Why did some experts suggest stopping genetic testing?A. Genome sequencing aren’t accurate in detecting certain disease risks.B. Genetic testing results fail to encouragepeople to remove bad habits.C. Genetic testing does neither good nor harm to people’s behaviorial improvement.D. Genetic testing results are offered by commercial testing companies.75. The underlined word predisposition to in the passage is closest in meaning to_____.A. testing onB. prediction aboutC. sensitivity toD. insight into76. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Theresa Marteau believes genetic testing helps to change people’s behaviors.B. Sure Genomics is forbidden to deliver illness risk expectations to patients.C. Genetic testing results are totally coming from academic sequencing.D. Genetic testing results in a way worsen the patients’ moods and emotions.77. It’s said that people’s unconcerned response to genetic testing doesn’t cause much harm because ______.A. getting rid of bad life habits doesn’t do much good to people’s healthB. almost all people have certain disease risks based on genetic testingC. providing genetic risk information interferes with the medical treatmentD. genetic testing shows few people are at a high risk of getting certain diseasesSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.When California lawmakers voted this month to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21, they joined Hawaii and other areas in seeking a way in age change to prevent vulnerable teenagers from getting hooked. And now other avenuesof unlawful teen cigarettes obtaining are also drying up: vending machines are vanishing, and online sales to minors are decreasing.The respected Institute of Medicine projected that if the legal age were raisedto 21, by the time today’s teenagers became adults smoking prevalence would be cutby 12%. The greatest impact, the IOM found, would likely be among teens 15 to 17.Given the current fruits the campaign against teen-smoking has yielded, campaigners still have more reasons to try to cut further years into youth smoking, though in vain for now. Adolescents are more prone to addiction than adults because parts of the brain most responsible for decision-making, impulse control and susceptibility to peer pressure are still developing. As for the health effects, the rise for smoking-related illness though in part with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, is mainly associated with the number of years a person smokes.The most persistent argument against raising the age is that at 18, people havethe right to marry, to vote and to serve in the military, which means the age is normally considered the threshold for maturity. Therefore, they are able to decide for their own whether to smoke. But society does set 21 as the age for another dangerous activity, drinking alcohol — a change that has prevented about 900 drunken driving deaths per year. Smoking is the public's business, too.In Finland, daily smoking dropped significantly among 14- to 16-year-olds after the legal age was raised from 16 to 18 and enforcement was bolstered. There's no comparable research in the United States, which is precisely the point. Given the tobacco industry's success in getting young people hooked, teenagers deserve to find out whether the U.S. has been missing a powerful tool to save their lives.Some people warn that parents and public health advocates shouldn’t get their hopes too high. Teenage behavior is unpredictable and resourceful; many teens use fake IDs to buy alcohol and it’s likely they would do the same for tobacco. But unless more states follow the suit of California and Hawaii, the ultimate value of the age raise can't be obvious, can it? So take action now.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. Underage teenagers can get cigarettes illegally from ______.79. What primarily causes the increase of cigarette-related diseases?80. The reason given by people to keep the age of 18 as legal smoking age is that ______.81. According to the author, what would show clearly the benefits of raising smoking age?II卷（共47分）I. Translation（22分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．没有清洁水源，几年后这个地区将会是什么样子？（clean）2．为了不与社会脱节，许多退休老人参与了社区组织的活动（arrange）3．因缺少建筑资金，公众直到最近才得以进入这个商业中心。