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上海市七宝中学2018-2019年高二上期中试卷英语试题
2018-2019学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高二第一学期期中卷Ⅱ. Grammar (10)Directions:Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given words: for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.As a man who has already stepped into the tomb of love, I always have a feeling that it is my obligation to warn those guys who (21) ________ (not; marry) so far or are about to do that of the danger involved in marriage. Those simple-minded men can easily get (22) ________ “killed”, if they don’t know that comes with marriage.Since I am a quick learner, it didn’t take me long to find out (23) ________ a man needs to do to survive a marriage. Here are the 7 golden principles, which I would like to call “Marriage Survival Tips for Man”. Ready to take notes?No.1: Anything (24) ________ (request) by your wife should be doubtless taken as your priority in your to-do list. Whether it is to mop the floor or babysit your son, do it immediately and do it for life, idiot! Because the more times she has to ask you to do that, the (25) ________ (patient) she will be.No.2: Caution! Do not argue with your wife! (26) ________ reasonable you think you are, you will always end up saying sorry to her Trust me. As a man, the last thing you want to do is to get into an argument with a woman. Women are not supposed (27) ________ (reason) with. They are not designed that way. (Pardon me for being such a male chauvinist (直男炎). Deep down, I totally support feminism.) So unless you want to start a full-scale war you can never win, otherwise apologize to her the moment you two make eye contact.No.3: Always give positive feedbacks (28) ________ ________ any questions raised by her. For example, if she wants to buy a pair of high-heels or a fancy coat, say yes! Of course, always saying yes will cost you a fortune but at least it can save your life! And (29) ________ ________ ________ you are alive, money does grow on trees! But when the questions are related to her weight, stay with a simple life-saving rule: for God’s sake, she is not even a little bit fat! Calling her fat would be viewed as a horrible crime which deserves a death sentence!No 4: Sorry man! I can’t make this up anymore. Her Majesty (30) ________ (call) me again. I have to go now! Pray for me!Ⅲ. Vocabulary (20)Directions:Complete the following passages by using the words in the box… Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need.What’s the point of reading if we all forget what we read sooner or later? Being a liberal arts (文科) teacher, more often than not, I will find myself confronted with this sort of question. And knowing that I am not in a good position to (31) ________ this question which can be simple and hard at the same time, I always quote what William Johnson Cory has written in a letter in which he articulates (清晰表达) the purpose of education. From my perspective, his words can also be taken as a (32) ________ argument for reading. The full quotation goes: “At school you are (33) ________ not so much in acquiring knowledge as in making mental efforts under criticism. A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain; nor need you (34) ________ the hours you spent on much that is forgotten, for the (35) ________ of lost knowledge at least protects you from many illusions. But you go to a great school not so much for knowledge as for arts and habits: for the habit of attention, for the art of entering (36) ________ into another person’s thoughts, for the habit of submitting to censure (批判) and refutation (反驳), for the art if indicating assent (附议) or dissent (异议) in gradated terms, for the habit of regarding minute points of accuracy, for the art of working out what is possible in a given time, for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage, and for mental soberness (清醒).”Besides, even though we eventually forget most of what we read, there can still be (37) ________ in the moments of reading a particular book in a particular place. What I remember most about Hemingway’s short-story (38) ________ Men Without Women is the persistent cough I had due to a heavy cold, which at that time did give me a strong feeling that I would also like to die for my beloved.So the purpose of reading is not to memorize (39) ________ everything we read but to keep reading. After all, if there are no (40) ________ opinions on the idea that we are what we eat then we are also what we read.(B)You are my Solskjaer,My Ole SolskjaerYou make me happy when skies are grey.You’ll never know dear.How much I love you.Please don’t take my Solskjaer away.You are my SolskjaerMy only SolskjaerYou make my happy when skies are greyCoz when it’s pouring you just keep scoringPlease don’t take our Solskjaer awayThe above song is (41) ________ from Jimmie Davis’ You Are My Sunshine by Manchester United (曼联) fans to express their overwhelming love towards Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (索尔斯克亚), their favourite striker—Babyface Killer. Although the fans never want to bid (42) ________ to their beloved Ole, every journey always has an end, no matter how wonderful it is.Finally, the story of Ole as a United player ended. On 28 August 2007 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (43) ________ called time on his united playing career-eleven years and three days after it began with a goalscoring debut.On the field, the Norwegian became a perfect (44) ________ of United’s never-say-die spirit in their most successful decade, often scoring late goals when points or trophies looked to have been lost. But off the field, he finally had to admit one defeat—in his battle with his (45) ________ knee injury.On retiring, ole said, “I would like to thank the manager, the coaching and medical staff and most of all the supporters. The supporters have been fantastic ad were a real (46) ________ to me when I was out injuried. And their tremendous support will always be in my heart. I feel proud to have (47) ________ United for 11 years and have some very special memories.”Ole’s many career (48) ________ include his four goals in 12 minutes as a substitute at Nottingham forest in United’s recrod away win (8-1). But surely the most special memory of all would be the Champions League final in 1999 when he best (49) ________ his ability to seize the whisker of a chance. His injury-time-toe-poke past Bayern Munich keeper Oliver Kahn (卡恩) completed United’s Treble (三冠王) and (50) ________ himself an irreplaceable place in Reds history.Ⅳ. Cloze (15)Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.It did take me quite a while to start noticing Dr. Yuval Noah Harari’s well-received book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (人类简史). I bought the book after I heard Dou Wentao (a renowned TV hose) mention it on his podcast, and to be frank, I read the first chapter with little (51) ________. But it turned out to be the best book I read in 2017.While I was immediately (52) ________ the book kept evolving as I read it. The book began with a brief introduction of the lives and activities of the earliest proto-humans (原始人)---Neanderthals (尼安德特人), Homoerectus (直立人) and early Homo Sapiens (智人)---and then (53) ________ an examination of why it was theHomo sapiens, after hundreds of thousands of years of surviving but pretty much existing in the middle of the food chain, (54) ________ rocketed to the top of it without ant significant genetic changes, conquered multiple climates, and eventually domesticated the world around them from farm animals to crops. And Harari includes an interesting but fairly (55) ________ argument about the true nature of our relationship to our most necessary crop---wheat.Think for a moment about the (56) ________ Revolution from the viewpoint of wheat. Ten thousand years ago wheat was just a wild grass, one of many, confined to a small range in the Middle East. All of a sudden, within just a few short millennia, it was growing everywhere.So how did this grass turn from insignificant to ubiquitous (到处存在的)? Wheat did it by manipulating (操纵) Homo sapiens to its advantage. This ape had been living a fairly comfortable life (57) ________ and gathering until about 10,000 years ago, but then began to (58) ________ more and more effort in cultivating wheat. Then, humans in many parts of the world were doing little from dawn to dusk (59) ________ taking care of wheat plants.However, the body of Homo sapiens had not evolved for cultivating wheat. Therefore human spines, knees, necks and arches paid the price. Moreover, the new agricultural tasks demanded so much time that people were forced to settle (60) ________ next to their wheat fields. This completely changed their way of life. We did not (61) ________ wheat. It’s the other way around. One of the most important and sustained ideas running through the book is that what ultimately (62) ________ Homo sapiens from all other creatures---other mammals, other apes, and even other “humans”like Neanderthals---was not our opposable thumbs or some other (63) ________ standards, but instead it was our ability to generate (生成), believe in and act upon what Yuval Noah Narari calls “myths” or “(64) ________” (essentially ideas and cultural institutions), particularly on a large scale and collective basis, which eventually transformed us from creatures that lived in small, loosely-organized groups (the typical feature of most apes) to our modern status.Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind is a fascinating ambitious and difficult-to-summarize book that is also just highly (65) ________. So as senior high school students, you won’t experience too much difficulty following the author’s train of thoughts. And I strongly recommend you to indulge (纵情于) yourself in this well-written book.Inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s mind-blowing book:Sapiens: A brief history of Humankind51. A. attention B. evaluation C. illustration D. expectation52. A. fascinated B. confused C. distracted D. uninterested53. A. turned to B. gave away C. prepared for D. went after54. A. naturally B. randomly C. suddenly D. hardly55. A. annoying B. touching C. embarrassing D. depressing56. A. Industrial B. Agricultural C. Cultural D. Political57. A. planting B. hunting C. trading D. wondering58. A. spare B. resist C. invest D. demand59. A. regardless of B. contrary to C. together with D. other than60. A. permanently B. delightfully C. temporarily D. instantly61. A. consume B. grow C. domesticate D. harvest62. A. distinguished B. disqualified C. discouraged D. dissatisfied63. A. intellectual B. physical C. psychological D. moral64. A. poems B. reports C. documents D. fictions65. A. complex B. overrated C. readable D. appreciatedⅤ. Reading comprehension (32)Section A (24)Directions: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)Are you the peace-loving type or the ambitious go-getter? Take a look at your fingers. Would you believe me if I told you that the length of your fingers in relation to one another can predict your personality? I know that it sounds like one of those silly tests you see on Wechat, but I have to admit that it is exactly co rrect for me. Here’s how it works.Look at your three middle fingers of your hand. Is your index finger longer than your ring finger? Is your ring finger longer than your index finger? Or are the two of the same length? Find the situation that best matches your hand and see if what follows is an accurate description of your personality.●Longer ring finger: The Sweet TalkerIf your ring finger is longer than your index finger, research shows that you’re likely a charming type, and you can probably talk yourself out of any situation. Others often find this personality type irresistible and will go to great lengths to help you. You’re more likely to take risks, and you’re good at problem-solving. People in this category make great engineers, soldiers and crossword-puzzle solvers.●Longer index finger: The (Over) Confident OneIf your index finger is longer than your ring finger, chances are you are full of confidence—possibly even tothe point of being over-confident and proud. You are not necessarily introverted (内向的), but you do enjoy time to yourself, especially when you’re trying to complete a project. You are a dream pursuer who can make things happen, but you may be shy when it comes to taking the first step in a relationship. You are also probably happy with what you have, but you’re always wishing for more.●Index and ring finger are of the same length: The PeacemakerIf your index finger and ring finger are roughly of the same length, you are likely to avoid conflict at all costs and seek to keep the peace in your relationships. You are well-organized, faithful and sympathetic. But deep down under all of that caring and peace-loving, you also have a hot-tempered side that can appear unexpectedly when you’re pushed too far. You will try your hardest to avoid a fight.How well do these descriptions match your personality? I was surprised at the accuracy in my case, but I’m not going to tell you which one it was!66. Which of the following hand could be an engineer’s hand?67. We can learn from the passage that the author ________.A. is very charming and helpfulB. always tries hard to avoid a fightC. often takes silly tests on FacebookD. thinks the descriptions suit him well68. What does the passage intend to tell us?A. How accurate the description of the test is.B. The length of fingers can reveal personality.C. Why your fingers are not of the same length.D. Personality is determined by your finger length.69. Where can you probably find the text?A. A popular magazine.B. An official report.C. A public advertisement.D. A biology textbook.(B)In a time when too much emphasis has been attached to utilitarianism (功力主义), it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that we people no longer believe in poetry. Utility is now often the standard of what one should devote his or her time and energy to and what he or she shouldn’t, but don’t get me wrong. I am not saying or stating that one should not consider utility at all when making crucial decisions. On the contrary, everyone should take it into account. Medicine, law, business and engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance and love, these are what we stay alive for.My dad once told me that “life is suffering,”, which now I think is probably a unanimous (无异议的) opinion among most people. With a tough life inevitably comes a tough language---and that is what poetry is and why poetry is needed. It offers people a way to talk about the difficult-to-describe things in life, like death, suffering, profound joy and transformation. So whenever I hear someone say that poetry is not a must, or it’s an option, or it’s only for the educated middle classed, I suspect that he or she must have had things pretty easy.But how can people live without poetry when poetry is nothing but a ceaseless flow of genuine human emotions? /unlike what the academics may tell you, my suggestion about bring poetry into your lives is that don’t analyze it and don’t ask others to analyze it. Don’t deconstruct it or try to make meaning of it. Just find the poems that wake you up, that make you feel as if you’ve submerged (沉浸) yourself in a mineral hot spring or an ice bath. Find the poems that make you feel almost irrational joy or sadness. Find the poems that make you want to roll around in them or paint their colors all over your bedroom ceiling. Those are the poems you want to play with. Find the poems that communicate with the deepest parts your being and welcome them in.If finding others’ poems no longer satisfies you, compose your own! You don’t have yo be a poet to compose poetry. After all, poetry is not a luxury only for members desire or genuine willingness to vent feelings. It’s about searching for the real meaning of life and also about giving meaning to life. Just like Walt Whitman’s “O Me! O Life!”, a poem that ends by speaking directly to its readers: “the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse,” poetry is about everyone. And now I want to ask you the mother of all inspirational questions; “What will your verse be?”Inspired by Jeanette Winterson’s book:Why Be Happy When You Could be normal?70. The author thinks that poetry is very important for human beings because it ________.A. has nothing to do with the shared belief in utilityB. symbolizes a status as an educated middle classC. offers a medium for describing hard experiencesD. reveals a fundamental truth that life isn’t all roses71. To appreciate poetry by academic standards, one should first ________.A. deconstruct and making meaning of itB. enjoy a mineral hot spring or an ice bathC. paint it over his or her bedroom ceilingD. get consumed by irrational joy or sadness72. The author quoted Walt Whitman’s poem “O Me! O Life!” to emphasize that ________.A. only a true poet can write poemsB. no poem can appeal to everyoneC. life feels just like a powerful playD. every human is entitled to poetry73. The best title for the text may be ________.A. Composing PoetryB. Poetry for LifeC. The Art of poetryD. Analyzing poetry(C)A scene from China’s biggest soap opera last year, Ode to Joy Season 2, has triggered much discussion on whether virginity is still a prized asset for women in “modern” China. In the scene, Qiu Yingying, a young but naive character, holds a dinner party to introduce her boyfriend to her friends, but the evening turns dramatic after her neighbour accidentally exposes her past relationship. Her boyfriend, Ying Qin, storms off, furious, expressing his thought that having sex before marriage is a moral spot for a woman.However controversial the show is, it does reveal a universal phenomenon that sex education in China is often relatively backward and of minor significance. Parents very rarely share information about sex with children. What almost all parents do, however, is to warn their children, especially daughters not to have any dates before they graduate from university, fearing that they get hurt or become pregnant. There are stories of biology teachers skipping details of the reproductive system in class and ask students to learn it by themselves. Chinese communities also traditionally expect virginity before marriage.Ren Yi, a student from East China Normal University, said it was perfectly reasonable for a boyfriend who was a virgin himself to require his girlfriend to be so. The only problem, she said, was if it was a double standard and the man expected virginity from a woman but not himself.The issue was also being discussed by her university classmates in WeChat. Someone questioned why there wasn’t gender equality when it came to virginity, but another said she couldn’t accept Ying Qin’s comment on women who had sex before marriage.While some still concentrate on virginity itself, others have shifted the focus of this debate.Zhu Pingping, a Shanghai-based English teacher, commented that even debating the topic was old-fashioned in the 21st Century. She thought it was “disgusting” for the show to make an issue of it in modern cities, women are more independent and liberated, she said.Her husband, Shen Peng, also a teacher, added that not everyone will and can advance with the times as he or she ages and some even want to restore the so-called traditional Chinese virtues of being a woman (女德), which from his perspective has long been used as a means to oppress women both physically and mentally throughout the history.“Teaching students knowledge about sex doesn’t mean we encourage them to eat the forbidden fruit. Actually, it is just the opposite, because only when sex---like other aspects of lives---is dealt with frankly and appropriately in the educational process can the healthy growth of children raised in it be truly encouraged,” he said.74. Which one of the following might be Wrong according to the first two paragraphs?A. The TV series Ode to Joy Season 2 has brought female virginity to attention.B. Qiu Yingying’s relationship has been buried with her previous romance revealed.C. Parents and teachers tend to avoid answering questions about sex from children.D. Sex education in China has weighed strongly in the current educational system.75. It can be learned from the three interviewees’ opinions that ________.A. a double standard encouraged in attitudes towards virginity is allowedB. the topic on virginity is still worth public discussion in the present dayC. keeping pace with the times is not necessarily a natural outcome of ageD. teaching students sex is likely to lead them to have sex at an early age76. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. Measures to advocate sex educationB. Historical evidence of female oppressionC. Professional comments on the showD. Examples to illustrate the virginity issue77. The author’s purpose for writing this article is to ________.A. introduce a popular TV dramaB. explain a universal phenomenonC. criticize the current educationD. arouse people’s food for thoughtSection B (8)Directions:In the article, 4 sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable ones from the list A-AC to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are TWO which do not fit in any of the gaps.(D)The Museum of InnocenceLove and Madness in IstanbulIt’ s all an elaborate (详尽的) and precisely constructed lie: a museum built to tell the story of a self-referential book created around the contents of the soon-to-finish museum. A tale of love and loss, but mainly madness, which is entirely fictional but in which the very real author plays a central narrative role. It is the Museum of Innocence.The story focuses on the character of Kemal (凯末尔) and his love for a beautiful shop girl and distant cousin Fusun (芙颂). Kemal’s story is one of lust, obsession and eventual ruin. Were the character real. I expect that most of us would distance ourselves from him in the same way that Istanbul’s high society do in the novel. (78) ________. And this is especially the case when one reads through Kemal’s story of madness and presents himself or herself in the collection of objects that represent Kemal’s love and loss.The museum follows the narrative of the book precisely presenting 83 displays that each reflects one of the book’s 83 chapters to accompany the storyline (79) ________. In this case, as in many, the items that we accumulate in our lives are the reminders to help us recall those memories.(80) ________. Mounted on the ground floor is a display of 4,213 cigarette stubs, each noted with a time or date or comments speaking to the very moment it touched her hands, her lips, and so became a part of her story.Though it’s hard to match the visual appeal of that first display, representing chapter 68 of the book, thecombination of sights and sounds throughout the three-story museum evokes (换起) the story in a way that reading alone couldn’t hope to do. (81) ________. You could surely visit the museum without having read the book or give it a read with no intention to visit the museum but, frankly, you shouldn’t pick up a copy a month or two before a trip to Istanbul, and give yourself the pleasure of experiencing the story twice in different forms.If, like Kemal, you find yourself longing for some tangible physical reminder of the experience? Not to worry, there’s a well-stocked gift shop full of small souvenirs and Orhan Pamuk’s other works.Ⅵ. Translation (18分)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.82. 您什么时间方面来取一下您的体检报告? (convenient)83. 一个合格的大学生应当有着良好的英语运用能力。
上海市七宝中学2020届高三英语上学期摸底考试试题
B. The woman misunderstood what he said.
C. He doesn’t know what’s wrong with the cellphone.
D. The problem is different from what he thought it was.
2. A. The library closes at five o’clock.B. She’ll get the things the man needs.
C. Mary wants to go to the classroom too.D. There isn’t enough time to go to the classroom.
1. A. She’s too sick to have any visitor. B. Her sister’s flight was canceled.
C. Her sister has changed her plans. D. She picked up her sister last night.
6. A. She wished she had gone to sleep earlier.
B. She missed the beginning of the program.
C. She fell asleep before the program ended.
D. She was awakened in time to see the program.
上海市七宝中学2020届高三英语上学期摸底考试试题（含解析）
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2019-2020年上海市上宝中学七年级（上）第一次月考英语试卷（删除听力）（Word版无解析）2019-2020学年上海市上宝中学七年级（上）第一次月考英语试卷（删除听力）A. Choose the best answer26. Someone in the restaurant looked out of the window and noticed the accident. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence?A. [ˈsʌm wʌn] B . [ˈsʌm w ɔ n] C . [ˈsɔ mwʌn] D. [ˈs æ mwʌn]27. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?A. national B . nation C. international D. nationality28. Which of the following is correct?A. United NationsB. the Yu GardenC. the Huangpu RiverD. Oriental Pearl TV Tower29. Canada is the north of the USA and it is the north of America.A.on , inB. on , toC. to, onD. to , in30. I need a piece of paper .A. wiritingB. to writeC. to write onD. to be written31. Rather than everything to the last minute, he always prefers to start early.A. to leaveB. leavignC. leaveD. havign left32. They watched the dog the shoe and it up.A. rushing, pickingB. rush, pickingC. rushing , pickD. rush, pick33. Some beautiful birds spend their whole lives in the cage for people to enjoy.A. risingB. raisingC. risenD. raised34. The brave firefighters saved the people in the building one after .A. anotherB. othersC. othersD. the other35. In the old days the poor worker worked long hours every day he could support his whole family.A. becauseB. thoughC. unlessD. so that36. –Could you tell me ?--Sorry. I don’t know. I was not at the meeting.A. what does he say at the meetingB. what did he say at the meetingC. what he says at the meetingD. what he said at the meeting37. He is not a fool .A. such , as he is lookedB. such, as he looksC. as, as he is lookedD. so, as he looks38. –Is the room large enough for the whole class to ?-- Yes. The classroom can at least 70 students.A. seat, seatB. seat in , be seated inC. be seated, be seatedD. be seated in , seat39. important news is in our everyday life!A. What anB. What aC. WhatD. How40. We should believe that our government will the country a nuclear missile attack.A.prevent, fromB. keep , safe fromC. stop , fromD. keep , from41. – My teacher says she will cancel the class play. I just can’t understand.-- . You were looking forward to it.A. It doesn’t matterB. It is very unwise of herC. Don’t worry about itD. You must be disappointedB. Complete the sentences with the given words in their appopriate forms.42. It is reported that the average living of college students are￥1500 every month. ( expensive )43. He is writing a novel about the royal marriage of the UK. (history )44. Economic has becoem the trend of world economic development. ( globe)45. The students kept if there would be an English test the next week. (wonderful)46. The teachers in Grade Seven found themselves out off from the wireless world last Monday. (cruelty)47.She wasso keenly for the scholarship in the university than in the middle school.( thirst)C. Complete the sentences as required.48. Aunt Margaret asked me to take care of her little son while hse was out.（保持句意不变）I was asked to Aunt Margaret’s little son while she was out.49. Betty liked taking a bus to work. She liked taking an underground to work better. （合并为一句）Betty taking an underground a bus to work.50. Mr. and Mrs. Xia go to the cinema four times a month to enjoy their dating. (划线部分提问)times do Mr. and Mrs Xia go to the cinema to enjoy their dating.51. Mr. Zhang saw Mark copying othe rs’ homwork when hs passed the classroom.(被动语态) Mark othe rs’ homework, by Mr. Zhang when he passed the classroom.52. Simon chose to visit Tian’anmen Square after he had arrived in Beijig .(划线部分提问)Simon choose to visit after he had arrived in Beijing?53. important, say , what, more, is , In my opinion, way , you , something, the , say , far, than , youD. Fill in the blanks with verbs in their proper forms54. I like these English songs and they many times on the radio. (teach)55. The classroom is so dirty. It needs before we start our new term.( clean)56. The blind good care of by the volunteers from Shangbao Middle School last year.( take)57. Has Jack decided when he our school gate? ( guard)their minds on math 58.Students with math anxiety usually have difficultyproblems.(focus)59. Unfortunately, when I got to her flat, she , so we had only tiem for a few words. （leave ）E. Translation.60. 你知道SPCA 是什么吗？它是爱护动物协会61. 作为监护人，这对夫妻应该为他们失踪的孩子负责。
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2023-2024学年上海交通大学附属中学高二上学期10月考试英语试题1. Despite the challenging market conditions, ABC Company was able to ______ its competitors by achieving a remarkable 25% increase in sales revenue last quarter.A．outlive B．outweigh C．outnumber D．outperform2. His rude behavior at the dinner party, such as chewing with his mouth open and speaking loudly over others, clearly demonstrates that he is ______.A．ill- informed B．ill-bred C．ill-grounded D．ill-intentioned 3. The allocation of funds for education in underprivileged communities is ______ low, compared to more affluent areas, perpetuating inequality in opportunities for academic success.A．incredibly B．necessarily C．disproportionately D．typically4. In response to the devastating earthquake, humanitarian organizations immediately mobilized and sent ______ supplies such as food, water, and medical aid to the affected regions.A．maintenance B．consumption C．necessity D．relief5. The Japa nese’s government’s decision to ______ nuclear waste water into the ocean has sparked widespread controversy and concern among environmental activists and local communities. Which of the following is not appropriate here?A．dump B．remove C．release D．discharge6. Working as a translator for an international company served as my ______ to the professional world of English communication and challenged me to further improve my language proficiency.A．contribution B．affection C．introduction D．dedication7. The director brought together individuals from different backgrounds to encourage the ______ of groundbreaking ideas for technological advancements.A．generation B．implication C．interpretation D．association8. The company implemented ______ measures to improve workplace safety, such as installing protective equipment and conducting regular safety training.A．prosperous B．tangible C．promotional D．fashionable9. The skilled ______ seamlessly guided the group through a series of activities and exercises, skillfully adapting their approach based on the needs and dynamics of the group.A．contributor B．conductor C．facilitator D．creator10. The amount of food distributed in the refugee camp was divided among the families in ______ to the number of members in each household.A．population B．popularity C．portion D．proportion Directions: 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. brushB. drawC. stateD. cautionaryE. reportF. runG. packed H. shot I. introduced J. phenomenon K. exceptionalRongjiang county, tucked away in the rainy hills of south-west China, has little going for it at first glance. The grey tiles covering houses in the county sea give it a rather drab feel. Locals often have to find work elsewhere, travelling to distant factories and construction sites.Yet this summer it was Chinese from far-off cities who flocked to Rongjiang. They came to watch an amateur football league involving 20 of the county’s villages. It started in May and quickly became a 11 . Weekend matches between teams made up of butchers and farmers drew crowds of nearly 50, 000, straining the local stadium. Millions more watched on Weibo, a Twitter-like platform, and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.There are many reasons behind the popularity of the Rongjiang league, which is men only. Start with the 12 of professional football. Despite decades of investment, the country’s players are not ve ry good. The men’s national team, made up of players from China’s top league, ranks 78th in the world (the women rank 14th). It has only qualified for the World Cup once, in 2002, when it failed to score a single goal.The Rongjiang league, by contrast, has an authentic, even wholesome feel. Football in the county dates back to the 1940s, when it was 13 by university students who were fleeing China’s cities during the invasion by Japan. Today the games are free to watch and feel enjoyably low pressure. Players 14 off their missed shots with smiles. After a penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals, fans swarmed the pitch waving China’s national flag. The winners of this year’s tournament, from a village in Chejiang township, walked away with a cow. The two runners-up won three pigs and three goats, respectively.The league’s cultural diversity is another 15 . The players come from several minority ethnic groups, of which the biggest are the Dong and the Miao. During breaks in the matches, villagers in traditional silver headdresses often dance for the crowd.To the delight of officials at all levels, the league appears to have stimulated the local economy. During the Dragon Boat festival in June tourism spending 16 up, much of it coming from football fans. Vendors at the hundreds of stalls set up by the local government outside the stadium 17 a brisk trade. A man hawking barbecue skewers says he has doubled his income.But there are concerns that the success of Rongjiang may be fleeting. Attracting crowds to this part of China is not easy. The city of Zibo, in the northern province of Shandong, provides a 18 tale. It became a social-media phenomenon when word of its delicious kebabs began making the rounds earlier this year. Tourists flocked to the city, where officials turned arenas into makeshift dining halls. But after a few months of this barbecue craze, interest in Zibo slumped.Still, officials think they have found a winning strategy for the countryside. A new football league began this month and will 19 until October. It involves nearly 300 amateur teams from all around China. Each is named after a food. On August 13th a team called the Sour Soups from the nearby city of Kaili beat the Bamboo Shoots from the southern province of Guangdong. The stadium in Rongjiang was still 20 .Directions: 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.later, in 1985, New Coke was introduced to replace the original recipe of Coke in order to rebrand the product amidst falling sales——Coke was losing customers to Pepsi, whose sweeter taste was finding 21 . Unfortunately, the Coca-Cola Company saw a significant drop in sales soon after the release of New Coke. Some customers just preferred the “classic” recipe. The old adage(格言), “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” s eems to apply here.Something similar is happening with A Bite of China, a 22 food documentary focusing on the stories, traditions and culture surrounding interesting regional dishes from around China. The first two seasons of the show saw great success. However, when the third season began last month, the reviewers were not so “sweet”. With an entirely new production team, Season Three steers away from(偏离) the show’s core focus on 23 dishes and towards intimate life stories, non-food-related subject matter and even product placement(植入广告).In the first episode of Season Two, a teenager in the countryside collects honey high up in a tree. The scene is stunningly filmed, telling a moving story about the dangerous 24 to which people go to gather food for their families. In the third season, however, the focus is taken almost completely away from the food. In one of its most infamous episodes, DIY lipstick using questionable ingredients bought online is 25 . Viewer response has been swift and severe, with several commentators wondering whether it is still suitable to call the show a food documentary. The production crew have 26 the changes, claiming that the innovation is meant to keep the show fresh and interesting to an expanding audience. While this may 27 in part, to explain the show’s creative differences from previous seasons, it doesn’t 28 the show’s declining professionalism, which has led to some silly mistakes such as mixing up ingredients or confusing the correct names of regional dishes.Innovation is generally 29 in industries big and small, but a winning formula that has popular 30 is not necessarily something that requires changes. Innovation is a tool often best used when a new direction is called for. By trying to reinvent the whe el, one might just end up with a flat tire. It’s time that A Bite of China took a page out of Coca-Cola’s playbook and returned to the classic recipe, where success has never tasted so sweet.Probably the number one complaint about reading Shakespeare is that it doesn’t always read like “normal” English. It’s a natural and reasonable ______. Shakespeare wrote for an audience over 400 years ago. Think about how word meanings and expressions change over a relatively short time; four centuries bring with them a lot of______. The Renaissance and England’s emerging status as a sea power ______ the language to an ever-increasing range of cultures and languages. At the same time, there was no real standardization in English. Formal dictionaries and grammar textbooks ______ did not exit, and “proper education focused much more on classical Latin than on colloquial English. Despite this neglect- or perhaps because of it-English by the reign of Elizabeth had a certain flexibility to it, of which Shakespeare ______.So how can a reader today______ that gap between then and now? There are two critical areasto______: word usage and grammar. Once you understand there fundamental concepts, Shakespeare becomes a lot more ______. First and foremost, there have been numerous vocabulary changes inEnglish since Shakespeare was writing. While many words are still recognizable today, others have shifted in their meaning or dropped altogether from usage. ______, when was the last time you heard anyone use words such as bodkin (a piercing tool), contumely (verbal abuse), or fardel (a bundle)? Often the context in which a word is used will help you determine its meaning. A good______ with detailed footnotes will help you, as well as a good dictionary. The main thing is to be aware that even a familiar word from today may be used within a different meaning in Shakespeare’s works. Grammar is where the ______ of Shakespeare English is often most apparent. Parts of speech are frequently ______, such as nouns or adjectives becoming verbs. Verbs and subjects don’t always ______. Even sentence construction can be ______, with inversions of the basic subject-verb-object order. ______ we would say, “John caught the ball”, Shakespeare might treat the same statement with the same meaning as “John the ball caught” or “The ball John caught.”31.A．oppression B．accusation C．direction D．appreciation 32.A．specifics B．alternations C．improvements D．incidents33.A．exposed B．led C．contacted D．linked34.A．roughly B．arguably C．simply D．essentially35.A．took pride B．kept track C．took advantage D．gave way36.A．widen B．avoid C．embrace D．bridge37.A．address B．deal C．learn D．undertake38.A．unchanged B．easy C．accessible D．qualified39.A．In other words B．For example C．Above all D．By contrast 40.A．edition B．medium C．recollection D．download41.A．confusion B．mixture C．achievement D．flexibility42.A．switched B．substituted C．excluded D．commanded 43.A．connect B．guarantee C．agree D．neglect44.A．pitiful B．independent C．unique D．trick45.A．Before B．While C．Providing D．Since"A woman's life isn't complete until she has________ ."says Lao Bai as he toasts his friends at the dinner table. The line is produced at the dinner party，a________ scene from the latest romantic comedy B for Busy（爱情神话），which is starred by attractive actresses such as Ma Yili, Ni Hongjie and Wu Yue.With the audience merrily immersed in the carefully designed plots and lines of the film, the________ of feminist consciousness is distinctly perceived. Indeed, the film featuring the local culture of Shanghai took only a few days to become the highest-rated Chinese movie of 2021 on Douban because the film, as opposed to a wealth of other conventional films, ________ the traditional male gaze, pushing the boundaries of female empowerment even further. As the line at the beginning implies, more and more Chinese women are going all out to ________ themselves from the traditional restrictions set by men and to erase huge sexist bias with great achievements. Have those women pioneers achieved a huge success in the male's world? Not nearly.With the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, a grieving ________ unkindly unfolded online before all the Chinese people. One is Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old skier winning two gold medals for China; the other is a chained mother of eight locked in a doorless hut.The huge gap between them serves as a ________ reminder that the poverty gap remains hard to bridge in China. The extent of a person's ________ determines how cozy his/her life turns out to be.A simple but underlying principle is that the wealthier you are, the wider access you will have to novelties, which will further your ________ on the world. Accordingly, in relatively wealthy areas, the prominent Eileen Gu stands a chance to pursue her dream and secure perfect skiing abilities, thus greeting herself with spiritual gratification in self-fulfillment. ________ in comparatively destitute areas, women are denied the access to self-refinement, subjected to men's incurable obsession with having ________ and thus they reluctantly perform the mission of carrying on the family line-forhusbands. The fundamental cause of it comes down to poverty, resulting in the poor's limited horizons, which invariably contribute to ________ misconduct.On a whole scale, China still has a long way to go because it has just ________ the relief of absolute poverty, not relative poverty. Even if relative poverty is tackled, a lag period awaits before the________ of deep-rooted concept resulting from it, requiring women's continuous fight.Thereby, as we take a close look at our country, attention should not be ________ paid to those glorious sportswomen; spotlight also needs to be cast upon those unfortunate women trapped in deep darkness. Be it Eileen Gu or the chained woman in Xuzhou, each one of them, as Lao Bai introduces himself in B for Busy, represents a different and real part of China.46.A．married B．rebelled C．sacrificed D．paid47.A．tragic B．historic C．pitiful D．splendid48.A．skepticism B．awakening C．threat D．dedication49.C．casts light on D．steers away from A．stands the test of B．keeps in linewith50.A．celebrate B．contain C．unleash D．abandon51.A．issue B．pair C．contrast D．report52.A．sore B．timely C．merciful D．constant53.A．knowledge B．horizon C．status D．richness54.A．impact B．outlook C．opponent D．inability55.A．prediction B．interaction C．suspicion D．reflection56.A．marriage B．wealth C．offspring D．career57.A．sensible B．subjective C．demanding D．absurd58.A．realized B．converted C．reversed D．triggered59.A．understanding B．preservation C．elimination D．acknowledge60.A．repeatedly B．fundamentally C．constructively D．exclusivelyTVs are entering a new phase. Just when we were getting used to Ultra HD 4K televisions, the industry is gearing up to start pushing (still extremely pricey) upgrades to 8K sets. And talk about weird: Samsung and Apple became official frenemies by including an app for iTunes on Samsung’s newest TVs.Walking the show floor this year, I picked these products — some practical, some downright strange—that captured the spirit of where things are headed … or at least the creativity that makes CES (消费电子展) so much fun.This is 2019’s must-have television for billionaires and wannabe James Bonds. With the tap of a button, LG’s 65-inch TV dramatically rises from a long box where it is rolled up inside. How did they do that? The screen uses plastic and OLED tech, which in addition to having fantastic image quality is also capabl e of bending. (Coming this year, we’ll also be getting smartphones with foldable OLED screens.) The idea is you can place your TV in front of a window without having it block the view all the time. But with a TV like this, who wants to be inconspicuous? Go ahead and show off: LG says it can withstand being rolled up for at least 50, 000 cycles.Samsung TVs will now support an app for Apple’s iTunes movies and TV shows. That means you can buy video from Apple without plugging in Apple’s own streaming box, th e Apple TV. And new sets from a variety of makers including Samsung and LG will also support AirPlay 2, Apple’s tech for beaming music, pictures and video from iPhones and Macs to the big screen. Why is Apple suddenly playing nice with other hardware brand s? It’s part of a bigger push by the tech giant into making money through services, including subscriptions for music and (perhaps soon) streaming video.61. According to the passage, what’s the author’s identity?A．Samsung TVs’ salesperson.B．LG’s salespe rson.C．A field staff of CES. D．An journalist covering CES.62. The underlined word “inconspicuous” in the passage can be replaced by ______.A．modest B．luxurious C．timid D．exaggerated63. According to the passage, which of the following descriptions of the newest TV is wrong?A．It has been gearing up to start pushing upgrades to 8K sets.B．It is still very pricey for its high-tech and fascinating quality.C．Its screen uses plastic and OLED tech so that it can bend.D．It is portable and supports AirPlay 2 now.64. According to the passage, which of the following words can be used to describe the author’s attitude towards these new TV sets?A．Neutral. B．Pessimistic. C．Compromising. D．Positive.Weekend deals: Items to make tax prep easierTax season is in full gear, and the April 15th deadline will be here before you know it. Few people like the process of filing taxes, but it’s an annual task that must be done. Now is the perfect time to stop procrastinating, get organized, and purchase the tools you need so you can complete your taxes. 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Today, we want empathy, not inspiration.From the earliest days of the Renaissance, the writing of history meant recounting the exemplary lives of great men. In 1337, Petrarch began work on his rambling writing De Viris Illustribus (On Famous Men), highlighting the virtus (or virtue) of classical heroes. Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolo Machiavelli turned on its head. In The Prince, he championed cunning, ruthlessness, and boldness, rather than virtue, mercy and justice, as the skills of successful leaders.Over time, the attributes of greatness shifted. The Romantics commemorated the leading painters and authors of their day, stressing the un iqueness of the artist’s personal experience rather than public glory. By contrast, the Victorian author Samual Smiles wrote Self-Help as a catalogue of the worthy lives of engineers, industrialists and explores. “The valuable examples which they furnish o f the power of self-help, if patient purpose, resolute working and steadfast integrity, issuing in the formulation of truly noble and many character, exhibit,” wrote Smiles. “what it is in the power of each to accomplish for himself.” His biographies of Ja mes Walt, Richard Arkwright and Josiah Wedgwood were held up as beacons to guide the working man through his difficult life.This was all a bit bourgeois (庸俗的) for Thomas Carlyle, who focused his biographies on the truly heroic lives of Martin Luther, Oliver Cromwell and Napoleon Bonaparte. These epochal figures represented lives hard to imitate, but to be acknowledged as possessing higher authority than mere mortals.Not everyone was convinced by such bombast (浮夸的描写): “The history of all existing society i s the history of class struggle” wrote Marx and Engels in The Communist Manifesto. “It is man, real living man, who does all that.” And history should be the story of the masses and their record of struggle.This was the tradition which revolutionized our appreciation of the past. It transformed the public history: downstairs became just as fascinating as upstairs. In place of Thomas Carlyle, Britain nurtured Christopher Hill, EP Thompson and Eric Hobsbawm. Whole new realms of understanding—from gender to race to cultural studies—were opened up as scholars unpicked the diversity of lost societies.68. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A．History is no more than a pressing literary craze.B．History should be the story of some epochal heroes.C．History is a guide through a tough life for working men.D．History should be inspirational rather than empathetic.69. According to the article, ______ dismissed virtues as unnecessary for successful rulers.A．Petrarch B．Samuel SmilesC．Thomas Carlyle D．Niccolo Machiavelli70. According to the article, Marx and Engels ______.A．emphasized the virtues of real living menB．stressed the uniqueness of personal experiencesC．focused on the worthy lives of truly heroic peopleD．held that it is the people who make their own history71. What can we infer from the article?A．How people appreciate the past has never changed.B．History from below stood alongside biographies of great men.C．New realms of understanding great men in history were opened up.D．Christopher Hill, EP Thompson, and Eric Hobsbaw m were Victorian sages.How Much Exercise Your Dog Really NeedsIs a walk around the block or playing fetch in the backyard enough for your pooch? If your dog could talk this is what she would tell you.You’re barking up the wrong treeFamily tree that is. Hundreds of years of breed-specific genetics run through your dog’s veins, and it’s best to cater to their genetics for optimal mental and physical health. 72 . On the other hand, some toy breeds, such as the Shih Tzu and Pekinese, prefer snuggle time over leash time—these breeds were bred to be lap dogs for royalty. Here’s your official guide for picking the best dog for your family.I gotta move!Sorry, a quick game of fetch while you sit on the sofa or letting your dog out in the backyard to do her business doesn’t hit the mark. And if your fur baby isn’t getting enough exercise, you’ll notice it in weight gain. 73 Sore joints lead to decreased mobility so that it can be a vicious cycle. Also, a lack of exercise can cause a ho-hum attitude towards toys and training, and serious health conditions like and diabetes. Does your pooch need to lose a few pounds? Start with these proven weight loss tips for your chunky fur baby.But keep an eye on my states74 “You need to monitor and listen to your pet during walks and runs to make sure they’re not having trouble, ”says Jennifer Freeman, DVM, PetSmart resident veterinarian, and pet care expert. If you notice your furbaby seems totally exhausted, is panting heavily, has an altered gait, or his tongue is limp and dangling, it’s time to dial it back. And if he seems really out of it after a walk or playtime, pull back on the amount of exercise for next time. Find out the signs your “healthy” pup is sick.Could we stop and smell the roses today?No doubt, walking is a tried and true way to exercise your dog (and great for you too), but the same ole walk is nothing to howl over. Walking can serve a dual-purpose when mental stimulation is。
2020届上海市七宝中学高三上学期摸底考试英语试题(含答案)
2019年七宝中学高三第一学期暑假作业检测I. Listening Comprehension 25%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. Theconversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aconversation 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’s too sick to have any visitor. B. Her sister’s flight was canceled.C. Her sister has changed her plans.D. She picked up her sister lastnight.2. A. The library closes at five o’clock. B. She’ll get the thingsthe man needs.C. Mary wants to go to the classroom too.D. There isn’t enough time togo to the classroom.3. A. Take less medicine each day. B. Visit him as often as possible.C. Have more stretching exercises.D. Try a new kind of headachemedicine.4. A. The next bus leaves in 15 minutes.B. The man can go to the exhibition by bus.C. The man missed the subway train to the exhibition.D. The subway will arrive at the exhibition before 11:30.5. A. The cellphone cannot be repaired.B. The woman misunderstood what he said.C. He doesn’t know what’s wrong with the cellphone.D. The problem is different from what he thought it was.6. A. She wished she had gone to sleep earlier.B. She missed the beginning of the program.C. She fell asleep before the program ended.D. She was awakened in time to see the program.7. A. More copies of the letter are needed.B. It’s too late to apply for the university.C. The man should get a more recent reference letter.D. The principal is the best person to write the letter of reference.8. A. He wants to talk to Sally and Mark.B. The woman should not let out others’ secret.C. He will explain to the woman what happened.D. The woman shouldn’t get involved in the situation.9. A. He wants the woman to postpone the lecture.B. He h asn’t finished preparing for his lecture.C. He can’t explain the simple concepts of economics.D. He regularly gives lectures to high school students.10. A. Hire a tutor before the mid-term exam. B. Avoid making any mistake in the exam.C. Turning to the same tutor that she had.D. Work hard to catch up withothers.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the question will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paperand decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following lecture.11. A. Most canals were not wide enough for the boats.B. Other means of transportation became accessible.C. The boats were no longer considered fashionable.D. They learned the boats were bad for the environment.12. A. Some people get frustrated with their speed.B. They are mainly used for transportation.C. People can have easy access to them.D. A license is needed to operate them.13. A. The changing role of narrow boats.B. The uniqueness of the design of narrow boats.C. The importance of narrow boats in the 18th century.D. The reason why British people say hello to strangers.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To get new design ideas.B. To make furniture used in space.C. To take part in scientific training.D. To create an environment similar to Mars.15. A. It is operated by NASA.B. It offers people a taste of isolated life on Mars.C. It is used to train people for an educational purpose.D. It helps people to get used to living with limited resources.16. A. How to store things.B. How to think creatively.C. How to live in space.D. How to cut down the cost.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Profession. B. Manners. C. News reports. D. Psychology tests.18. A. By travelling worldwide. B. By testing the door holder.C. By dropping a pile of papers.D. By putting cups of coffee on a tray.19. A. 35. B. 55. C. 70. D. 90.20. A. She impressed the reporter with what she held in her hands.B. She helped the reporter even though her hands were full.C. She was looking for what she could do for others.D. She told the reporter a warm enough story.II. Grammar (1*10=10)Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.A new study shows that ___1___(good) your short-term memory, the faster you feel fed up and decide you’ve had enough. The findings appear in the Journal of Consumer Research.Noelle Nelson, assistant professor of marketing and consumer behavior at theUniversity of Kansas School of Business. She and her colleague Joseph Redden at the University of Minnesota tried to think outside the lunch box. “Something that was interesting to me is that some people get tired of things ___2___ very differentrates. When y ou think about pop songs on the radio, some people must still be enjoying them and requesting them even after hearing them a lot. But a lot of other peopleare really sick of those same songs.” The difference, the researchers su pposed, might have to do with memories of past consumption.The researchers tested the memory capacity of undergraduates. The students then viewed a repeating series of three classic paintings…like The Starry Night,American Gothic, and The Scream…or liste ned and re-listened to a series of threepop songs…or three pieces of classical music. Throughout the test, the participants were asked to rate their experience on a scale of zero to ten. “We f ound that people with larger capacities remembered more about the music or art, which led to them___3___(get) tired of the music or art more quickly. So remembering more detailsactually made the participants feel like they’d experienced the music or art more often.” The findings suggest that marketers ___4___ cope with our desire for their products by figuring out ways to distract us and keep us from fully remembering our experiences. We c ould also trick ____5____ into eating less junk food by recalling the experience of a previous snack. As for kids easily bored, just tell them to forget about it—it might help them have more fun.Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we mustcommunicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on aperson-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buythings in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations ___6___ we give information or opinions, receive news or comment and very likely have ourviews ___7___(challenge) by other members of society.Face-to face contact is by no means the only form of communication and duringthe last two hundred years the art of mass communication ___8___(become) one of the dominating factors of current society. Two things, above others, have caused theenormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led toadvances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television.Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception ofcommunications___9___ local news often takes a back seat to national news, whichitself is often almost eclipsed (失去优势) by international news.No longer is the possession of information restricted to a wealthy minority.In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, buttoday there are public libraries. Forty years ago, people used to go to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that___10___(channel) into millions of homes…..【答案】1. the better2. at3. getting4. could /can5. ourselves6. where7. challenged8. has become9. so that 10. is being channeled【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文。
上海大学附属中学2024-2025学年高二上学期9月月考英语试卷
上海大学附属中学2024-2025学年高二上学期9月月考英语试卷一、语法填空Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Idol culture fans flamesAs the excitement of the Olympics fades with the close of summer, the celebration of China’s Paris heroes seems to be heating up among sports fans across the country.1 winning gold medals puts athletes in the spotlight, not all of that attention is welcomed. Some fans, treating them like celebrities, have become overly disturbing , inquiring about the athletes’ private lives and attacking opponent athletes online, some of2 are teammates.On Saturday, the Chinese Table Tennis Association 3 (issue) a statement expressing strong support for cybersecurity efforts to prevent illegal activity within online fan communities, in cooperation with relevant authorities. Since the start of the Olympics, Chinese table tennis players 4 (be) the subject of constant discussion on social media. There has been a wave of untrue and unfriendly remarks, with some even 5 (cross) legal boundaries. The Ministry of Public Security emphasized that the internet is not beyond the reach of the law, urging users 6 (stop) spreading misinformation or engaging in personal attacks online. It’s not just online, either. In the arena (竞技场), at final between Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha in Parts, 7 should have been a showcase (展示) of athletic excellence was spoiled by unruly spectator behavior.The Paris Olympics have brought athletes into the public eye like never before. Yet, Olympic champions are pushing back against the feverish idol culture surrounding them. Pan Zhanle, who won gold in the men’s 100- meter freestyle, dismissed his sole online fan group, in an attempt to distance himself 8 the craze. In an interview with CCTV, Pan commented on his sudden fame: “I prefer to stay low- profile (低调) and quiet. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind if myperformance had been 9 （outstanding）, if it meant I could return to training in peace.”Athletes are different from media celebrities; they let their achievements on the field speak for 10 . For fans, the most meaningful interactions with athletes happen only at the competition venue (地点).二、选词填空Directions: 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.Economics survive by continually responding to the world around them. This means employing new technologies or exploiting new international markets when 11 growth. Today, these global shifts — dramatic shocks to economies — occur more frequently, are more 12 and, in knowledge-based economies are more dependent on talent than ever. In countries where a workforce lacks the skills that are suddenly in 13 , we see a skills gap emerge. This leads to higher unemployment rates while vacancies increase and productivity and growth decline.So how can economies 14 ? By adapting. However, unlike the macro-strategies of the last century, people — not just policy — must drive today’s adaptability. Employers and policymakers have long 15 the importance of a flexible workforce, but until now it has been difficult to isolate the human element — the willingness and ability of employees to seek out and find opportunities across multiple employers, locations and industries. Our new ability to measure it and analyse talent adaptability — and to start to understand what drives it — are crucial steps forward.The 16 of a market to match supply and demand efficiently depends on the ability and willingness of employers and employees to adapt to changing circumstances and align (使一致) skills with available opportunities. If this alignment is less than perfect, a mismatch 17 and optimum productivity can’t be reached.Adapt to Survive for the first time brings together the two most comprehensive sources of talent data in the world: the real-time behaviours drawn from LinkedIn’s 277 million members and employer information from PwC’s Saratoga database of people and performance metrics (指标) which covers more than 2,600 employers across the globe. This report sets a new benchmark for 18 a country’s ability to match talent with opportunity and the movement of people between industries — the Talent Adaptability Score. This score is given to 11 countries. For each country, we evaluate how the Score 19 economic performance. Our recommendations are organised around four groups:● Individuals — Prove your adaptability.● Employers — Seek out, nurture and reward talents who can adapt.● Educators — Offer courses and job training that produce 20 people.● Governments — Create a climate of adaptability.三、完形填空If you are experiencing physical symptoms that could indicate burnout, consider seeing your primary care doctor or a mental health professional to determine whether they are driven by stress or rooted in other physical condition, Dr. Dyrbye said. Don’t just take no notice of the symptoms and assume they are 21 .“It’s really easy to 22 your own symptom, especially in our culture, where we are taught to work hard,” Dr. Gold said.If it is burnout, then the best solution is to 23 the root of the problem. Burnout is typically recognised when it is job-driven, but chronic stress can have a variety of 24 — financial problems, relationship difficulties, and caregiving burdens, among other things. “Think about the pebbles in your shoe all the time that you have to 25 ,” Dr. Maslach said, “and brainstorm ways to 26 some of them, at least some of the time. Perhaps you can ask your partner to help more with your toddler’s bedtime routine, or get takeout when you’re especially busy so you don’t have to plan dinner, too.”Despite popular culture coverage of the issue, burnout can’t be “fixed” with better self-care, Dr. Maslach said — in fact, this 27 only worsens the problem, because it lays the blameand responsibility on those with burnout and implies that they should do more to feel better, which is not the case, she said. However, some lifestyle 28 can make burnout less likely. Social support, for instance, can help, Dr. Gold said. This could include talking to a therapist or meeting with friends (even if over Zoom). It may also help to 29 mental health or exercise benefits offered by your employer. Sleeping more can help too — so if you’re 30 from a lack of sleep, talk to a doctor about possible treatments, Dr. Bennett suggested.When burnout 31 job-related difficulties, it may help to request better working conditions. Dr. Maslach suggested brainstorming with co-workers and presenting your 32 with ideas that would help — like providing quiet areas for breaks and personal phone calls, creating “no meeting” days so that employees can have more time to 33 , or ensuring that there’s always coffee in the break room. Even small changes like these can reduce the risk for burnout if they fix a problem people 34 at work every day. “It’s the lasting job stressors that make people really 35 after a while. They don’t have the right equipment, they don’t have the things they need, they don’t have enough people to do the work,” Dr. Maslach said. 21．A．beneficial B．insignificant C．straightforward D．overwhelming 22．A．stress B．ignore C．observe D．recognize 23．A．address B．discount C．conceal D．stretch 24．A．subjects B．signs C．causes D．impacts 25．A．pass on B．write down C．rely on D．deal with 26．A．relieve B．remove C．recover D．remark 27．A．implication B．innovation C．indication D．intention 28．A．audiences B．choices C．performances D．sentences 29．A．take charge of B．have interest in C．take notice of D．make use of 30．A．suffering B．shocking C．spreading D．motivating 31．A．accounts for B．depends on C．results from D．contributes to 32．A．employer B．librarian C．customer D．participant 33．A．ensure B．focus C．revise D．check 34．A．neglect B．witness C．encounter D．emphasize 35．A．amazed B．delighted C．surprised D．frustrated四、阅读理解At the end of 2019, I learned that Here After Al, whose goal is to let the living communicate with the dead, was looking for applicants of its new AI project. Interested in what it was promising, I applied to experiment the software on my very- much- alive parents.At first, I thought it would be just a fun project to see what was technologically possible. Then their health condition added some urgency to the experiment. I was frightened that my parents might die since my father had been diagnosed with cancer and my mother was recently developing symptoms of early Alzheimer’s disease, and that with the distance between us, I might never have the chance to say goodbye.The first step was an interview. My parents were asked questions by a technician for hours— about everything from their earliest memories to what they believe will happen after they die. Whether through illness-generated concerns or a willingness to humor their daughter, my parents put up zero resistance. The company then took their responses and started to create the voice assistants. A few months later, my virtual parents arrived via email attachment.When I communicated with them through the app on my phone, my hands were shaking. I hadn’t seen my actual, real parents for six months. They told me personal stories I’d never heard. They gave me life advice and told me things about their childhoods, as well as my own. It was mesmerizing.Personally, I have mixed feelings about my experiment. I’m glad to have my virtual（虚拟的）parents. They’ve enabled me to learn new things about my parents, and it’s comforting to think that those bots will be there even when my parents aren’t. On the other hand, I can’t help but find it sad that it took a stranger interviewing my parents for me to properly appreciate the complex people they are. But I feel lucky to have had the chance to grasp that — and to still have the precious opportunity to spend more time with them and learn more about them, face to face, no technology involved.36．Why did the author initially join the AI project?A．To preserve her parents’ voice.B．To test out the new technology.C．To learn more about her parents’ life.D．To remove the worry about her parents’health.37．What can we learn about the author’s parents?A．They liked talking a lot.B．They died from the illnesses.C．They provided data for the project.D．They opposed joining the project at first. 38．What does the underlined word “mesmerizing” mean in paragraph 4?A．Fascinating.B．Alarming.C．Inspiring.D．Entertaining. 39．What does the author realize at last?A．AI means never saying goodbye to our parents.B．The real connection with our parents matters most.C．The advances in AI technology have pro s and cons.D．AI allows us to learn more about our virtual parents.How Young Americans Spend Their MoneyYoung people have always puzzled their elders. Today’s youngsters are no different; indeed, they are confusing. They have thin wallets and expensive tastes. They prize convenience and a social conscience. They want shopping to be personal. 40 As they start spending in earnest, brands are trying to understand what these walking paradoxes with conflicting features want and how they shop. The answers will define the next era of consumerism.Their absolute numbers are impressive. The European Union is home to nearly 125m people between the ages of ten (the youngest will become consumers in the next few years) and 34. America has another 110m of these Gen-Zs and millennials, a third of the population. The annual spending of households headed by American Gen-Zs and millennials hit $2.7trn in 2021, around 30% of the total.41 Forrester, a market-research firm, found that most users of “buy now, pay later” apps are around 20. Megan Scott, a 20-year-old student from London, speaks for many of her peers by admitting that, when shopping, she has no self-control—until the bill arrives.The light-speed online world also appears to have lowered tolerances for long delivery times. A study by Salesforce, a business-software giant, found that Gen-Z Americans, who prefer to use their phones to pay for shopping, are the likeliest of all age groups to want their groceries delivered within an hour. 42The Internet has also changed how the young discover brands. Print, billboard or TVadvertising has given way to social media. Instagram, part of Meta’s empire, and TikTok, a Chinese-owned app, are where the young look for inspiration, particularly for goods where looks matter such as fashion, beauty and sportswear. 43 Such apps are increasingly adding features that allow users to shop without ever leaving the platform. According to McKinsey, six in ten Americans under the age of 25 had completed a purchase on a social-media site.A．They desire genuineness while constantly immersed in a digital world.B．TikTok’s user-generated videos can lead even tiny brands to speedy viral fame.C．The lifestyle of the “moonlight clan” has made many young people feel overwhelmed. D．Easy access to means of spreading payments may encourage spending money like water.E．A heightened expectation of convenience comes with being raised in the age of Amazon. F．These “always-on purchasers” often shift from a weekly shop to quicker fixes of everything from fashion to furniture.五、翻译44．家委会是由一些负责任的家长组成的。
2019-2020学年上海市七宝中学高二上学期10月月考数学试题(解析版)
2019-2020学年上海市七宝中学高二上学期10月月考数学试题一、单选题1．若从平行四边形ABCD的四个顶点中任取两个作为向量的端点，得到的向量中有∈个是两两不相等的，则n的最大值是（）n n N*()A.6B.8C.10D.12【答案】B【解析】画出图形,根据相等向量的定义找到符合条件的向量即可【详解】如图,两两互不相等的有：AB、BA、AC、CA、DB、BD、AD、DA,共8个故选：B【点睛】本题考查相等向量的定义,方向大小均相同的向量为相等向量,与位置无关2．任意四边形ABCD内有一点O满足0+++=，则O点的位置是OA OB OC OD（）A.对角线的交点B.对边中点连线的交点C.BD的点D.AC的中点【答案】B【解析】任意画出一个四边形,将式子中0OA OB OC OD+++=的四个向量分为两组,可得0+=,即可得到结果OE OF【详解】如图,点E、F分别为AB、CD的中点,2OA OB OE∴+=,2OC OD OF+=OA OB OC OD+++=OE OF∴+=,易得E、F共线,故选：B【点睛】本题考查平行四边形法则求加法,考查数形结合能力3．已知向量(2,0)OB=，向量(2,2)OC=，向量(2)CA a a=，则向量OA与向量OB的夹角的取值范围是（）．A.π0,4⎡⎤⎢⎥⎣⎦B.π5π,412⎡⎤⎢⎥⎣⎦C.5ππ,122⎡⎤⎢⎥⎣⎦D.π5π,1212⎡⎤⎢⎥⎣⎦【答案】D【解析】不妨设(0,0)O∵(2,2)OC=，(2)CA a a=．∴(2,2)C、(2,2)Aαα++．∴点A在以(2,2)的圆上．∴OA与OB的夹角为直线OA的倾斜角．设:OAl y kx=∴d r=≤=即2410kk-+≤，则[22k∈-+．又∵π2tan12-=，52tanπ12=．∴OA、OB夹角[22θ∈+．故选D ．4．三角形ABC 中，BC 边上的中垂线分别交BC ，AC 于D ，M ，若6AM BC ⋅=，AB=2，则AC=（ ）A.3B.4C.5D.6【答案】B【解析】先令AM AB BD DM =++,代入6AM BC ⋅=中,可得22cos 12BC AB BC B -⋅⋅=,由余弦定理即可求解【详解】由题,AM AB BD DM =++()AM BC AB BD DM BC AB BC BD BC DM BC ∴⋅=++⋅=⋅+⋅+⋅()21cos 062AB BC B BC =⋅⋅-++= 22cos 12BC AB BC B ∴-⋅⋅=,即22cos 12BC AB BC B -⋅⋅=由余弦定理得,22222cos 21216AC AB BC AB BC B =+-⋅⋅=+=4AC ∴=故选：B 【点睛】本题考查平面向量基本定理的应用,考查数量积的应用,考查余弦定理解三角形,考查整体思想二、填空题5．三阶行列式147258369中，元素4的代数余子式的值为________. 【答案】6【解析】利用代数余子式的定义直接求解. 【详解】三阶行列式147258369中，元素4的代数余子式的值为： 328(1)(1824)639-=--=.故答案为：6. 【点睛】本题主要考查了三阶行列式中元素的代数余子式的求法，属于中档题.6．计算10140223⎛⎫⎛⎫⨯= ⎪ ⎪-⎝⎭⎝⎭__________.【答案】1446⎛⎫⎪-⎝⎭【解析】根据二阶矩阵乘法法则进行计算,即可得到结论 【详解】10140223⎛⎫⎛⎫⨯= ⎪ ⎪-⎝⎭⎝⎭()()11+021403140122042346⨯⨯-⨯+⨯⎛⎫⎛⎫= ⎪ ⎪⨯+⨯-⨯+⨯-⎝⎭⎝⎭故答案为：1446⎛⎫⎪-⎝⎭【点睛】本题考查二阶矩阵的乘法,考查运算能力7．已知向量a =(-2，2)，b =(5，k )，若5a b +≤，则实数k 的取值范围是___________. 【答案】[-6，2]【解析】先得到()3,2a b k +=+,根据模的定义代入不等式,解出k 即可 【详解】由题,()3,2a b k +=+, (235a b +=+≤,62k ∴-≤≤,即[]6,2k ∈-故答案为：[]6,2- 【点睛】本题考查向量加法的坐标运算,考查模的定义,考查运算能力8．若1,2,a b c a b ===+，且c a ⊥，则向量a 与b 的夹角为 【答案】120【解析】依题意()212cos 0a c a a b a a b θ⋅=⋅+=+⋅=+=，故1c o s ,1202θ=-=.9．已知43a i j =+，2b mi j =-，3c i j =-+，若a ，b ，c 可构成三角形，则m =____________. 【答案】-7【解析】若a ，b ，c 可构成三角形,则可得0a b c +-=,代入求解即可 【详解】若a 、b 、c 可构成三角形,则0a b c +-=,即()()()43230i j mi j i j ++---+=()()433210m i j ∴+++--=430m ∴++=7m ∴=-故答案为：7- 【点睛】本题考查向量法判断三角形,考查向量的加减法,考查运算能力,考查平面向量基本定理的应用10．己知行列式123456789n n n n n n n n n a a a a a a a a a +++++++++中的元素n i a +(j =1，2，3，...，9)是等比数列{}n a 的第n +j 项，则此行列式的值是___________. 【答案】0【解析】由题意,得到每两行元素成比例,进一步得到结果 【详解】由题可知元素n i a +(j =1，2，3，...，9)是等比数列{}n a 的第n +j 项,则该行列式的两行元素成比例,故行列式为0 故答案为：0 【点睛】本题考查行列式的运算,考查行列式的性质,考查等比数列的定义11．已知向量a =(1，2)，b =(2，3)，则“4λ-＜”是“向量m a b λ=+与向量n =(3，-1)的夹角为钝角”成立的___________条件. 【答案】充分非必要【解析】根据“向量m a b λ=+与向量n =(3，-1)的夹角为钝角”求出λ的范围,进而判断是何种条件 【详解】由题, ()2,23m a b λλλ=+=++,若m 与()3,1n =-的夹角为钝角,则0m n ⋅<且m 与n 不是共线且反向的向量,即()()322330λλλ+-+=+<且22331λλ++≠-,即3λ<-∴“4λ-＜”是“向量m a b λ=+与向量n =(3，-1)的夹角为钝角”的充分非必要条件.故答案为：充分非必要 【点睛】本题考查向量法求夹角,考查充分非必要条件,考查数量积的应用,考查运算能力 12．若平面向量i a 满足 1(1,2,3,4)i a i ==且10(1,2,3)i i a a i +⋅==,则1234a a a a +++可能的值有____________个.【答案】3【解析】试题分析：因为1223340,0,0a a a a a a ⋅=⋅=⋅=，所以122334,,a a a a a a ⊥⊥⊥，所以1324//,//a a a a ，设3142,a xa a ya ==，因为1i a =1,1x y =±=±，123412(1)(1)a a a a x a y a +++=+++，所以22221234(1)2(1)(1)(1)(1a a a a x a x y a a y a +++=++++⋅++=+，因为1,1x y =±=±，所以当1,1x y ==时，1234(1a a a a +++===当1,1x y =-=-，时1234(10a a a a +++===，当1,1x y ==-，时1234(12a a a a +++===，当1,1x y =-=，时1234(12a a a a +++===，综上1234a a a a +++可能的值有3个。
2020-2021学年七宝中学高二上英语期中考试
七宝中学2020-2021学年第一学期高二年级英语期中试卷I.Listening Comprehension (30 points)Part A Short ConversationsDirections: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. In the library. B.In the teaching building.C.Under a big tree.D.Between the teacher’s office.2. A. On Thursday night . B.On Monday afternoon.C.On Friday morning .D.On Wednesday afternoon.3. A. Lost her time. B.Made up a story about time.C.Worked an extra shift.D.Changed her working conditions.4. A. She may fail the exam. B.She shouldn’t have worried.C.She should work harder.D.She needn’t take any more courses.5. A. He has already seen the exhibit. B.He already knew the exhibit was closed.C.He is pleased the exhibit is closed.D.He is disappointed the exhibit is closed.6. A. Stand where he was. B.Stand beside the woman.C.Stand at the end of the queue.D.Stand in front of the woman.7. A. Colleagues. B.Doctor and patient.C.Neighbors.D.Shop assistant and customer.8. A. He enjoyed reading the novel .B.He hasn’t started reading the novel yet.C.He doubts the woman will like the novel.1 / 23D.He’ll lend the woman the novel after he has read it.9. A. Still he doesn’t like living on campus.B.School has changed little since last year.C.He has made many new friends.D.He enjoys campus life all the same.10. A. The man regrets being absent-minded.B.The woman saved the man some trouble.C.The man placed the reading list on a desk.D.The woman emptied the waste paper basket.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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. To make correction in spelling and grammar.B.To make the main idea clear to the reader.C.To add more specific details and examples.D.To improve its overall effectiveness.12.A. By the end of the term.B.Before the paper becomes clear to the reader.C.Two weeks before the final due date.2 / 23D.After you finish the course.13.A. To review material covered in an earlier lecture.B.To change students’ approach to writing.C.To point out an example of good writing.D.To give an assignment for the next class.Questions 14 through 17 are based on the following passage.14. A. 100 B.200 C.300 D.50015. A. To lengthen the limit of working hours of the pilots.B.To strictly punish the pilots who fall asleep when flying.C.To shorten the pilots’ night flying time.D.To find new ways to fix mechanical problems.16. A. Poor cooperation between the pilot and the co-pilot.B. Automatic flight adopted by most planes.C.Pilot exhaustion during the flight.D.Natural threats including storms and fogs.Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation17. A. Their assignments B.Their academic researchC.Their summer holiday planD.Their final exam18. A. Because it will cost her less moneyB.Because it will be more interesting.C.Because it will provide part-time jobs here.D.Because it is much safer.3 / 2319. A. Because she does not have too much money.B.Because it’s cool during the summer holiday in the U.S.C.Because there are different sceneries and places in the U.S.D.Because she’s been dreaming to go to Disney World.20. A. Ask her parents to pay for the trip.B.Discuss the plan with her parents.C.Do some part-time jobs during the vacation.D.Stay in the university without going anywhere.II.Grammar and Vocabulary (15points + 30points)Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)I t’s far from ideal to travel during a pandemic. Doctors aren’t going to give you the green light to do it, and 21________ is the U.S. State Department or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.B ut if you’ve really got to go somewhere now —— to check in on distant family or to attend an important event, there are ways to decrease your risks 22________ taking a trip. So whether you’re setting off by plane or car, here’s what you should focus on, and a few things you don’t need to worry about as much.I f your trip is essential and if you’re committed to social distancing and mask-wearing, it’s possible to reduce (but not eliminate) COVID-19 risks. One of the easiest ways to keep your distance from fellow, potentially 23________ (infect) humans is to avoid public transportation. 24________ (drive) directly to your destination, with minimal stops.If you must fly, do it safely. Flying, as with any activity that brings you close to other people, does carry more risk than driving in a car. While everyone aboard a plane should wear a mask, your4 / 23energies are better spent 25________ (stay) six feet apart from others when queueing in airport lines than stressing out because you are stuck in the middle seat.“Choose a window seat as far from the restroom as possible,” says Dr. Farley Cleghorn, the global health practice head at Palladium, an international impact consultancy firm. “Keep the overhead vent open and toward your face ——continuous airflow creates a small, invisible ‘wall’ that 26________ block out (at least slightly) the exhaled air from other passengers,” he says. Clean your hands after you’ve settled into your seat, and again before and after you touch your face, such as when you remove your mask to eat.27________ airlines’ promise to enhance c leaning these days, recent investigations suggest that cleaners are still rushed and undersupplied. So you’d better treat every surface you touch 28________ ________ it were radioactive, and wipe it with a disinfecting wipe before plopping down.(B)Bigge r isn’t always better. People who are doubtful about this argument just need to look at smartphones and personal computers, which have served as the technological driving force 29________ the social development of the past century. It is the continual shrinkage of components that have caused the explosion of computing power and enabled these gadgets to be accessible to people across the world.Inspired by this, researchers and scientists have been working on areas 30________ making things small may mean big results. And this year, the Nobel Prize has broken the tradition of celebrating big by presenting the biggest prizes to discoveries on the smallest scales.The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to a cellular-level experiment. The committee gave the award to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for his research on “autophagy”, 31________ “self-eating” process seen in cells.What’s more, in recognition of their working on the strange properties of matter in extreme states and 32________ (take) their research all the way down to an atomic scale, the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three British-born scientists who currently work in the U.S.Another exceptional new field is 33________ of nano-technology. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to a scientist who managed to build the world’s tiniest machines out of molecules. Small 34________ the subjects are, the benefits of the scientists’ research are set to be huge. More importantly, their invention may even eventually be turned into products that benefit mankind.5 / 23The ground-breaking discoveries in physics, “have started a firestorm of research, and it will only be less than a generation 35________ their research leads to advances as unimaginable to us now as lasers an d computer chips were a hundred years ago, ” Laura H. Greene, president-elect of the American Physical Society told The New York Times.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)Putting up her hair in a bun adorned with an elaborate hairpin and wearing a long gown with embroidery and loose sleeves, 19-year-old Chen Xi might be 36________ for a time traveler from centuries ago if not for her face mask and cellphone."I was 37________ by the beauty of hanfu in costume dramas at the very beginning. They looked fairy-like, and I really liked it," she said. "Fascinated by this special garment, many young Chinese like me become more interested in traditional Chinese culture, customs and music."In 2018, the number of hanfu fans reached 2.04 million, up 72.9 percent year on year, according to a report on China's hanfu industry released by iiMedia Research, a Chinese consulting agency. A few years earlier, whenever Chen put on hanfu and walked on the street, passers-by gave her weird looks. Now things are different. Hanfu has seen a growing and more visible 38________ in the daily life of China.If you walk through the streets and parks in cities such as Hangzhou or Kunming, you may 39________ upon an individual dressed in the sweeping ropes, crossed collars and wide sleeves of hanfu. Dressed in this way, they aim to keep the apparel and the rich culture behind it 40________.Liu Dan, 43, put on his first hanfu suit and stepped out onto the street in 2006 when he returned from overseas to Kunming, the capital city of Southwest China's Yunnan province. He said the hanfu 41________ started in the early 2000s on online forums and websites, but now the fashion has jumped out of the screen and onto the streets.In 2007, Liu, with an educational background in software engineering, 42________ the Yunnan Hanfu Association. The number of hanfu 43________ in the association has grown from fewer than6 / 2310 to more than 10,000. Each weekend, they meet up for themed activities. Amid the COVID-19 epidemic, Liu has moved these cultural activities online.Many companies have cashed in on the upsurge in hanfu popularity. E-commerce giant Alibaba and livestreaming platform Huya both have launched apps to 44________ hanfu fans and thereby nurture online shopping sales.Experts believe the resurgence of hanfu, like traditional songs and poems, is part of a larger trend to prize tradition, as the increasingly wealthy and 45________ Chinese society sets off to reconnect with its cultural roots.(B)Management books have a 46________ poor reputation. Too often they are written by people who confuse insight with technical terms, the types who love to call a spade a "manual horticultural utensil". At the other end of the 47________ are thick books containing a wealth of conventional wisdom and clichés(陈词滥调).So it was a joy to read "It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work", by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, who run a software company in Chicago called Basecamp. The authors argue that it is perfectly possible to run a business with consistently growing profits (as they do) without requiring employees to work madly long hours. Sleep-48________managers are likely to be counter-productively impatient.Basecamp employees have a 40-hour week, except in the summer when the company runs a four-day, 32-hour week. They also get three weeks' holiday every year and a monthly massage at a spa.Meetings are avoided, especially those 49________ lots of people. The firm encourages JOMO, the "joy of missing out", so employees can concentrate on their own work projects. Another way to reduce stress is to avoid turning deadlines into "dreadlines"—unrealistic targets for project 50________ accompanied by ever-changing requirements."Goals are 51________," the authors write. In their telling, made-up numbers function as a source of unnecessary stress until they are either achieved or abandoned. Nor should workers 52________ that their colleagues deal with a problem straight away. In almost every situation, the7 / 23expectation of an immediate response is unrealistic. Allowing workers more time means they can come up with a more 53________ and helpful decision.The overall aim of the firm should be stated in 54________ terms. Too many businesses talk about "changing the world" and becoming a "disrupter". Such aims are far too grand and put everyone under too much pressure.A relaxed working philosophy in the office might work better in the long run than the hard-charging 55________ that, at the moment, is all too common.III.Reading Comprehension (15 points+40 points)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Students in Caldwell, Idaho, can attend class in their pajamas! At Vallivue Virtual Academy, courses are taught online. Students work at home with parents, who serve as learning coaches. A certified teacher 56________the students’ progress.The cyber school was 57________ as a free option for students in kindergarten through grade 8 who have trouble succeeding in the district’s 58________public school. Supporters of the program say that virtual schools help students avoid the social pressures that can 59________ with learning. In addition, supporters argue, online courses provide kids with more focused 60________ and course options than they can get in a typical school.Not everyone gives cyber schools a passing grade, however. Some educators argue that online learning makes it hard for students to make friends. Many parents also feel that cyber schools put 61________ time demands on the m because they have to oversee their kids’ daily work.Technology can benefit education, but it shouldn’t 62________ education. Students who go to virtual schools will miss many of the benefits of being in a real school.If kids attend school online, they will miss out on important social 63________. Payton Mcdonough, 13, a seventh grader from Glencoe, Ill., agrees. “I don’t know how I could sit at a computer all day without 64________interacting with my peers and teachers,” he says.In addition, virtual schools don’t have enough structure. Students who take online courses can set their own schedules, which will cause problems for students who have trouble staying 65________.8 / 23Furthermore, online schooling puts stress on parents because they have to 66________ what their kids do at home. Many parents have full–time jobs. How are they going to run their children’s education, 67________ in their jobs, and take care of their other responsibilities at home?Virtual schools will make it harder for students to learn and will put too much pressure on parents.Virtual learning does not need to replace classroom learning 68________, but it can help students work at their own pace. If students struggle with subjects, they can take those courses online and spend more time on them. Virtual schools can also offer students much more 69________ schedules. Students often handle extracurricular activities, sports, and schoolwork, and cyber schools could help them manage everything.Finally, attending virtual school can prepare students for college and for work after 70________. “We need to be responsible for working on our own,” says Angela Goscilo, a senior from Pound Ridge, N.Y. “We need to develop technology skills that will help us in whatever we do. Getting an early start is a good idea.”56. A. oversees B.suspected C.admitted D.predicted57. A. tolerated unched C.undergone D.transformed58. A. virtual B.superior C.traditional D.specialized59. A. agree B.put up C.go D.interfere60. A. attention B.definition C.foundation D.instruction61. A. unlimited B.uncivilized C.unrealistic D.unaffected62. A. turn to B.take over C.take in D.make up63. A. interactions cation C.occupation D.identification64. A. actually B.presently C.naturally D.logically65. A. examined B.motivated C.exhausted D.represented66. A. compliment B.award C.supervise D.tempt67. A. negotiate B.innovate C.control D.excel68. A. entirely B.partially C.regularly D.purposely69. A. sustainable B.flexible C.relevant D.optimistic70. A. school B.study C.graduation cation9 / 23Section 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)The January fashion show, called Future Fashion, exemplified how far green design has come. Organized by the New York-based nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show inspired many top designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time. Several have since made pledges to include organic fabrics in their lines.The designers who undertake green fashion still face many challenges. Scott Hahn, a cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate, which uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality sustainable materials c an still be tough to find. “Most designers with existing labels are finding there aren’t comparable materials that can just replace what you’re doing and what your customers are used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton and non-organic cotton are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a dress. But some popular synthetics, like stretch nylon, still have few eco-friendly equivalents.Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the influential trade show Designers & Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green entrepreneurs who attend its two springtime shows in Los Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers whose collections are at least 25% sustainable. It now counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer than a dozen two years ago. This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key susta inable material. “Main-stream is about to occur,” says Hahn.Some analysts are less sure. Among consumers, only 18% are even aware that eco-fashion exists, up from 6% four years ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, is an example of the unconverted cons umer. When asked if she owned any sustainable clothes, she replied, “Not that I’m aware of.” Like most consumers, she finds little time to shop, and when she does, she’s on the hunt for “cute stuff that isn’t too expensive.” By her own admission, green just isn’t yet on her mind. But thanks to the combined efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers—one day it will be.10 / 2371.What is said about Future Fashion?A．It inspired leading designers to start going green.B．It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go far.C．It served as an example of how fashion shows should be organized.D．It convinced the public that fashionable clothes should be made durable.72.According to Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who will go organic is that ________.A．much more time is needed to finish a dress using sustainable materialsB．they have to create new brands for clothes made of organic materialsC．customers have difficulty telling organic from non-organic materialsD．quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily available73.We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green fashion ________.A．can attend various trade shows for freeB．are readily recognized by the fashion worldC．can buy organic cotton at favorable pricesD．are gaining more and more support74.What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude toward eco-fashion?A．She doesn’t seem to care about it.B．She doesn’t think it is sustainable.C．She is doubtful of its practical value.D．She is opposed to the idea very much.(B)What limits you from hiking more often? Many complain that they don’t have a suitable partner to go with. If not having a suitable hiking partner is keeping you out of the woods, why not take a look at the great hiking clubs across Canada?●Yukon Outdoors Club11 / 23Website: yukonoutdoorsclub.caMembership cost: $10 for a single membership; $25 for a family membership.The club coordinates day hikes, backpacking trips, canoe trips, mountain biking, cross-country skiing trips, snowshoeing trips and various workshops for members to gain new skills and valuable information. The trips are open to everyone and range from easy to moderate to difficult.●UBC Varsity Outdoor ClubWebsite: Membership cost: Students $40; non-UBC students $60Description: The UBC Varsity Outdoor Club is a social group that hikes, mountaineers, kayaks (皮划艇), rock climbs and ice climbs. Travel and outdoor-minded UBC students and non-students are welcome to join. Members lead trips, run skills workshops, host presentations and tune gear. For a refundable deposit, members can borrow equipment from the clubroom’s gear cache (器材存放点). The UBC VOC has also constructed a few backcountry huts in the Coast Mountains.●Pender Harbor Hiking GroupWebsite: Membership cost: Free for students; $60 for non-studentsDescription: Now in its fourth year and boasting about 100 members, the Pender Harbour Hiking Group offers a way for members to meet like-minded individuals and get fit. Hikes are scheduled two months in advance, so get on the mailing list or check the website regularly to find a hike that’s right for you! Show up at the designated meeting point, and get hiking. Hikes are usually one and a half to two hours long every Monday and Wednesday morning, but some full-day hikes are scheduled, depending on member interest.●Vernon Outdoors ClubWebsite: Membership cost: A single membership is $25, and students pay $10. Children are free when they come with a family member.Description: Boasting a membership of close to 200 people, the Vernon Outdoors Club is an active group that enjoys hiking and cycling. Since the membership is comprised of outdoor lovers in general, they are encouraged to plan their own trip according to thier interests. The group12 / 23organizes a Tuesday Rambles event each week and also hosts multi-day trips.75.Which club suits a student on a tight budget most?A.The Yukon Outdoors Club.B.The UBC Varsity Outdoor Club.C.The Pender Harbor Hiking Group.D.The Vernon Outdoors Club.76.What do Yukon Outdoors Club and UBC Varsity Outdoor Club have in common according tothe text?A.Both organize workshops for their members.B.Both lend hiking equipment to their members.C.Both rate their members based on their hiking skills.D.Both have built backcountry huts for their members.77.What do we know about hikes organized by the Pender Harbor Hiking Group?A.They are mostly held on weekends.B.They schedule can be checked in advance.C.Their schedule can only be seen on the club’s website.D.More full-day hikes are offered than half-day hikes.78.Which website will a hiking enthusiast who is looking for a tailored trip with his child mostprobably visit?A.yukonoutdoorsclub.ca(C)13 / 23By now you’ve probably heard about the “you’re not special” speech, when English teacher David McCullough told graduating seniors at Wellesley High School: “Do not get the idea you’re anything special, because you’re not.” Mothers and fathers present at the ceremony — and a whole lot of other parents across the Internet —took issue with McCullough’s ego-puncturing words. But lost in the uproar was something we really should be taking to heart: our young people actually have no idea whether they’re particularly talented or accomplished or not. In our eagerness to elevate their self-esteem, we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abilities, a crucial requirement for getting better at anything from math to music to sports. In fact, it’s not just privileged high-school students: we all tend to view ourselves as above average.Such inflated self-judgments have been found in study after study, and it’s often exactly when we’re least competent at a given task that we rate our performance most generously. In a 2006 study published in the journal Medical Education, for example, medical students who scored the lowest on an essay test were the most charitable in their self-evaluations, while high-scoring students judged themselves much more strictly. Poor students, the authors note, “lack insight” into their own inadequacy. Why should this be? Another study, led by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning, offers an enlightening explanation. People who are incompetent, he writes with coauthor Justin Kruger, suffer from a “dual burden”: they’re not good at what they do, and their very incapability prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.In Dunning and Kruger’s study, subjects scoring at the bottom of the heap on tests of logic, grammar and humor “extremely overestimated” their talents. What these individuals lacked (in addition to clear logic, proper grammar and a sense of humor) was “metacognitive skill”: the capacity to monitor how well they’re performing. In the absence of that capacity, the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful view of their own abilities. There’s a paradox here, the authors note: “The skills that lead to competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that domain.” In other words, to get better at judging how well we’re doing at an activity, we have to get better at the activity itself.There are a couple of ways out of this double bind. First, we can learn to make honest comparisons with others. Train yourself to recognize excellence, even when you yourself don’t possess it, and compare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are able to accomplish. Second, seek out feedback that is frequent, accurate and specific. Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you’re doing, but just what it is that you’re doing wrong. As Dunning and Kruger note, success indicates to us that everything went right, but failure is more ambiguous: any number of things could have gone wrong. Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up.If we adopt these strategies —and most importantly, teach them to our children —they won’14 / 23t need parents, or a commencement (毕业典礼) speaker, to tell them that they’re special. They’ll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.79.Which can be the best title of this passage?A.Special or Not? Teach Kids To Figure It OutB.Let’s Admit That We Are Not That SpecialC.Tips On Making Ourselves More SpecialD.Tell The Truth: Kids Overestimate their Talents80.The author thinks the real problem is that ______.A.we don't know whether our young people are talented or notB.young people don't know how to assess their abilities realisticallyC.no requirement is set up for young people to get betterD.we always tend to consider ourselves to be privileged81.Which is NOT mentioned about poor students according to the passage?A.They usually give themselves high scores in self-evaluations.B.They tend to be unable to know exactly how bad they are.C.They are intelligently inadequate in tests and exams.D.They lack the capacity to monitor how well they are performing.82.We can infer from the passage that those high-scoring students ______.A.know how to cultivate clear logic and proper grammarB.tend to underestimate their performance because they know their limitsC.tend to regard themselves as competent due to their strict self-judgementD.tend to be very competent in judging their performance in their high-scoring fields.(D)It’s possible to admire Oprah Winfrey and still wish Harvard hadn’t awarded her an honorary15 / 23。
上海市七宝中学高三英语月考试卷(英语)
七宝中学高三英语月考试卷（附答案）Monthly Mock Test for QiBao Senior 3 (3)I. Listening: ( 30 %)Part A: Short ConversationsDirections: In part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, 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 would be the best answer to the question you have read.1. A. In the afternoon B. In the evening C. In the morning D. At night2. A. 35 B. 37 C. 38 D. 403. A. Teachers are not rich. B. Teachers can afford the trip.C. Teachers make a lot of money.D. The man and his wife are not teachers.4. A. His classmates. B. His friends C. His neighbors D. His parents5. A. A car race B. A field event C. A radio program D. A TV game show6. A. At home B. At school C. In the classroom D. In the office7. A. Pay bills B. Pay with cash C. Stop buying things D. Use credit cards8. A. $30 B. $40 C. $50 D. $809. A. His wife B. His successC. The meaning of his songsD. The rhythm of his music10. A. She didn’t like her daughter.B. She liked the new school.C. The teacher liked her daughter.D. The teacher was a man.Part B PassageDirections: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Man’s hands. B. Our brainC. People’s sightD. The education12. A. Abstract things B. CalculationsC. Practical thingsD. Speaking and reading13. A. To do all kinds of practical things.B. To keep time and make sums.C. To shift from the left side to the right side.D. To enjoy colours and nature with the left side.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A citizen of Hong Kong B. A guide from a travel agencyC. Staff members of Peninsula HotelD. Tourists to Hong Kong15. A. Across the street from the hotel B. Close to the Brand Tower HotelC. In Kowloon ParkD. Next to the space museum16. A. At Temple Street Night MarketB. In the Hong Kong Cultural CenterC. In the Hong Kong Museum of HistoryD. In Tin Hua TemplePart C Longer ConversationsDirections:In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Bl a nks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the message. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Monthly Mock Test for QiBao Senior 3II. Grammar and V ocabulary: ( 20% )25.His daughter is always shy in ______ and she never dares to make a speech to ______.A. the public…the publicB. public…the publicC. the public…publicD. public…public26. This is where ______ of the Amazon flow out into the sea.A. waterB. the waterC. watersD. the waters27. I can’t concentrate ______ my lessons unless I’m free ______ noise.A. on …withB. at…fromC. on…ofD. with… of28. –You realize that you were driving at 80 miles per hour, don’t you ?--No, officer, I ______ . This car can’t do more than 70.A. don’t need to beB. must not have beenC. couldn’t have beenD. needn’t have been29. He little realized that he had offended the new colleague, ______?A. had heB. didn’t heC. hadn’t heD. did he30. So hardworking was he that nothing ______ him from his study remained in the room.A. distractingB. distractC. distractedD. to distract31. As Jackson was seriously ill, I substituted ______ on the list.A. his name for mineB. his name as mineC. my name for hisD. my name with his32. ---- Why don’t we take a little break ?---- Did n’t we just have ______ ?A. itB. thatC. oneD. this33. ____,Internet writers do make impressive progress.A.Encouraging and praisingB.To be encouraged and praisedC.Encouraged and praisedD.To encourage and praised34. It is the people____are devoted to making the country clean and tidy____Singapore should be proud of.A.who,whichB.which,thatC.which,whoD.who,that35. ____ in history when remarkable progress was made in relatively short period of time.A.MomentsB.Throughout momentsC.Moments have beenD.There have been moments36. When we human beings are excitedly celebrating the millennium, the history is sneering,“One thousand years____nothing to me.”A.isB.areC.have beenD.was37. You d on’t feel the weight of air ____ against your body because the pressure it produces on one side of you is balanced by the pressure on the opposite side.A. having pressedB. being pressedC. pressingD. having been pressed38. Will _____ to start work tomorrow?A. it be convenient of youB. it be convenient for youC. you be convenientD. you be of convenience39. _____ different life today is from _____it was ten years ago!A. What a, whatB. How, whatC. What, whichD. What a, that40. “Were the examinations difficult?”“Not at all. In fact, I found ______ .”A. it easy to doB. very easy to do themC. them easy to doD. them easy doing41. Fresh air, enough exercise and nutritious food _______ to sound health.A. appealB. contributeC. addD. distribute42. They can’t____ the charms of “Internet literature”, which others may look down upon as fast food culture.A.advocateB.resistC.standD.react43. Each year 1 million smokers quit, but only 3 to 5 per cent ____ stay off cigarettes for a year or more.A. succeed inB. manage toC. stick toD. keep on44. There was an explosion in London but up to now nobody has ______ responsibility for it.A. declaredB. announcedC. claimedD. requiredIII. Cloze: (20%)( A )Flying like a bird has been the dream of humans since ancient times. Last week a group of modern birdmen put their courage on their wings and __45___ gravity (地球引力) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.“Yes, you can buy a ticket and fly to another city. But running with your own wings and feeling your feet ready to _46___ is totally different,” Dong Fang said in an excited voice. He is one of 41 students from Hangzhou No. 14 Middle School to test their home-made aircrafts in the playground.__47___ by the International Bognor Birdman Competition in the UK. Ni Wangyue, a teacher in the high school is holding a similar event. The Bognor Birdman competition started in 1971 in the England costal city Bognor. People run off the end of a pier (码头) with their own aircraft in a(n) ___48___ to “fly” the furthest distance.“From the very beginning, I didn't expect my students to create a real plane or break any records. I told them the __49___ is more for seeing how far your imagination can stret ch, ” said Ni. He was surprised to see his students create 10 different aircrafts with all kinds of material __ 50____ in the past month. Many students said that they learnt much more in the process of creating their plane than in ordinary classes.“We’d rather call ourselves dreamers __51___ pilots because no matter whether our wings really take off from the ground, our dream really flies,” said Dong Fang.Jing Yuchen and his team named their plane “Weiming E”, which __52__an unknown goose. The 17-year-old boy deeply believes their goose of steel pipe and sailcloth(帆布) will honour its name by successfully taking off.“Our work is much more imaginative than others. With several colourful balloons on its backand a pair of light plastic wings it is _53___ the most eye-catching work, if not the best,” said Yu Liang, another student.“__54___most of those home-made aircrafts cannot really take the boys flying, the boy’s braveness and creativity in this project will encourage every one of them to fly high in the future,”Ni said.45. A. challenged B. struggled C. abandoned D. observed46. A. take on B. take up C. take off D. take in47. A. Promoted B. Inspired C. Advocated D. Blamed48. A. range B. group C. attempt D. excursion49. A. change B. competition C. situation D. destination50. A. available B. unique C. visible D. responsible51. A. as well as B. other than C. but for D. instead of52. A. declares B. means C. reflects D. causes53. A. accidentally B. surely C. barely D. simply54. A. As long as B. Thus C. Although D. Moreover(B)Out of water, out of food, many people in New Orleans, US were in big trouble, crouching(蜷缩) on roofs of houses, waiting for ___55___. Floodwater were beating the walls a few metres below.In early September, New Orleans was badly hit by Hurricane Katrina. The whole city was left in ___56___. Thousands of citizens lost their lives. Deaths figures are the biggest in the US since the San Francisco earthquake in 1993.People feel very sad about the natural disaster. But we should also consider about the role human beings have played in ___57___ our natural environment.Scientists point out that the flooding from Hurricane Katrina may have been caused by ___58___ activity. They believe the greenhouse effect has caused icebergs at both poles of the earth to ___59___, resulting in sea level rise. As most of the land in New Orleans lies below sea level, it is possible that sea level ___60___ could have had an effect.Along the seafront, forests have been cut down to make ___61___ for hotels and restaurants. By losing this shield(盾牌)，the city seemed too weak to fight against Hurricane Katrina.We have all learnt that nature is like a ___62___ net, where humans are just a very small part, together with animals, plants air and more. When we destroy some parts, the balance is broken and disasters arrive. Perhaps this is why more natural disasters are happening.America produces the most greenhouse gas of all the countries. But it ___63___ to sign the “ Kyoto Protocol”(京都议定书)，which aims to limit its waste gas. Perhaps Hurricane Katrina will act as a(n) ___64___ to the US Government. It should also remind us that we should try our best to protect the earth before we regret it.55. A. reply B. release C. rescue D. recognition56. A. return B. case C. fear D. ruins57. A. changing B. destroying C. reversing D. reserving58. A. human B. natural C. industrial D. political59. A. move B. decrease C. melt D. retire60. A. fall B. rise C. arise D. raise61. A. profit B. effort C. promise D. space62. A. completed B. selected C. balanced D. designed63. A. agreed B. refused C. advocated D. appealed64. A. sign B. symbol C. remainder D. alarmIV. Reading Comprehension (35%)(A)Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive—but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than any where else in England. He “saw” a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different color; they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient people who had melted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known.65. In the first sentence of this passage, “his waking life” means _______.A. the time when he is waking upB. all the time he is awakeC. all the time he is aliveD. all the time he is breathing66. For the writer “seeing” means ______.A.noticing things which need explainingB. doing something naturalC. looking at thingsD. doing something without noticing it67. The man found a place where ______.A. men are starting to work metalB. men built walls of metalC. men had melted metals tens of centuries beforeD. men first learned to make fire with stones68. The man found out that _______.A.metal was melted in the Forest of Dean longer than at any other place in EnglandB.metal was used in England before any other part of the worldC.in England men made things of metal before they learnt how to make them of stoneD.people in the Forest of Dean have always worked harder than people in any other part ofEngland(B)Here is a poster on a middle school web site. Read the web-site poster.Going, Going, Gone!The Haynes Middle School Parent-Teacher organizationInvites you to attend our latest fund-raiser,The Fourth Annual Haynes School Auction(拍卖)!Saturday, May 106:00 p.m.-11: p.m.in the school hall6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. :All items for auction are previewed.6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. : Silent auction begins.7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. : Highest bidders(出价人)from silent auction are determined.7:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. : Main auction begins.Items up for bid in the silent auction range in value from $ 5.00 to $ 30.00.Items up for bid in the main auction include the following:●Airline tickets to a place of your choice●Weekend getaways at first-class hotels●Season tickets to the Chicago Bears football game●$ 50 gift tickets to local gift shops, restaurants, and salonsDon’t miss the boat! Book your tickets today.Last year, tickets sold out in five days!Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.$ 15.00 per personAll the money from the auction will be given to the Haynes School computer lab.69. Which of the following is not mentioned as being up for bid at the auction?A. A movie pass to the local cinema.B. A weekend stay at a hotel.C. A ticket to a restaurant.D. Airline tickets.70.The more items that are given or bought for auction, __________.A. the less money that will be charged for the tickets to the auctionB. the more money that can be raised to support the computer labC. the faster the ticket will be sold to the auctionD. the higher the value that will be placed on the items in the silent auction71.Which of the following is most likely to happen at the year’s auction?A. The airline tickets will receive higher bids than any other item.B. All items up for bid will be sold for at least twice their value.C. More money will be raised this year than in any other year before.D. Tickets for the event will be sold out in less than one week.72.The phrase “first-come, first-served” tells you that __________.A. people can buy the tickets on the first day onlyB. the person who is first to arrive will receive a ticket at no chargeC. food and drinks will be served at the auctionD. tickets are sold in the order of who arrives first to buy them(C)In 1789 the U.S. government passed a law which said that the land of the American Indians could never be taken from them without their agreement. One hundred years later, however, the Indians only had a very small part of the land that originally belonged to them. How did this great injustice (不公正) occur?After 1812 white settlers began to move west across North America. At first, the settlers andthe Indians lived in peace. However, the number of settlers increased greatly every year, and slowly the Indians began to see the white settlers as a danger to their survival. To feed themselves, the settlers killed more and more wild animals. The Indians, who depended on these animals for food, had to struggle against starvation. The settlers also brought with them many diseases which were common in white society, but which were new for the Indians. Great numbers of Indians became sick and died. Between 1843 and 1854 the Indian population in one area of the country went down from 100,000 to 30,000.More land was needed for the increasing number of white settlers. In Washington, the old respect for the rights of the Indians disappeared. The old promises to the Indians were broken; the government began to move groups of Indians from their original homelands to other poorer parts of the country. Some Indians reacted angrily and violently to this treatment. They began to attack white settlers, and the Indian war began. For 30 years, until the late 1880s, different groups of Indians fought against the injustices of the white man. They had a few famous successes, but the result of the struggle was never in doubt. There were too many white soldiers, and they were too powerful. Many Indians were killed; the survivors were moved from their homelands to different areas of the country. It was a terrible chapter in the history of a country that promised freedom and equality to everyone.73. It can be inferred form the passage that ____.A.in the U.S. there were many laws that provided the rights of American IndiansB.the law which was passed in 1789 by the U.S. government was not successfully carriedoutC.in the 19th century no injustices were done against the Indians by the U.S. governmentD.the majority of white settlers were openly opposed to the law passed in 178974. According to the passage which of the following is TRUE?A.The Indians believed that killing too many wild animals had disturbed the balance ofnature.B.The government began to have a better understanding of the Indians in the fifties of thenineteenth century.C.Between 1843 and 1854 about 70,000 Indians were killed in the battle.D.The whites carried serious diseases into where the Indians lived.75. It is implied in the passage that _________.A.the Indians had many great successes in the Indians warsB.the Indians had no doubt that they would win the warsC.after the war the Indians stayed where they were beforeD.the Indians were too weak to win the struggle76. What is the writer’s opinion about the treatment that the Indians received from the U.S. government?A.He believed that the government always respected the rights of the Indians.B.He believed that the government can’t be criticized for its treatment to theIndians.C.He believed that the government treated the Indians unjustly.D.He believed that the government’s unfair treatment against the Indians was not onpurpose.(D)Do you want to watch a hot movie while chatting with your friend on the phone, or shop with your mobile while on a train? The ongoing construction of a new telecommunication service will make these things reality, very soon.It is reported that China is to issue its first licence for the commercial use of third generation telecommunication technology early next year.The so-called 3G technology will enable mobile phone users to enjoy high-speed Internet-based services. It will help increase mobility in many areas of our life.Nowadays, many mobile phones also allow you to send e-mails or read the latest stories on the Internet, but their services are limited by their transporting speed, which is only 10 kilobytes per second. But 3G will enable you to connect to the Internet with a speed of up to 2 megabytes per second, a thousand times faster than what you use now.If recent mobile technology is like riding a bike on a country road, then 3G will make you fly on the information highway. For example, a mobile phone with 3G technology will enable you to download a three minutes’ MP3 song within two minutes. But at the moment, it will take you up to an hour to do this with your mobile phone.In the near future, we’ll expect high-speed access to the Internet, entertainment, information and electronic commerce services wherever we are – not just at our computers or television sets.In the UK and many other European countries where 3G services have been around since 2003, 3G has already become a part of modern business life. Nowadays, employees are able to spend some of their working hours at home. The new technology allows the emergency services to provide a video link with a hospital or doctor for patients who need special care.77. What are the strength of the so-called 3G technology?A. It enables mobile phone users to enjoy Internet-based servicesB. It can enable you to download MP3songs.C. A 3G mobile phone can transport information much faster than what we use now.D. 3G technology will offer you high-speed access to the Internet wherever there is a computer.78. Which is NOT true according to the passage?A. It is impossible for us to listen to MP3 music with our current mobile phone.B. Thanks to 3G phones, European employees needn’t always travel to work .C. 3G mobile phone enables you to watch a hot movie while chatting.D. The new technology allows a doctor to examine a patient through a video link.79. Which sentence can best describe the picture?A. 3G will make you fly on the information highway.B. 3G will help increase mobility in many areas of our lives.C. 3G has already become a part of modern business.D. 3G will enable you connect to the internet with a speed of 2 megabytes per second.(E)Directions:Read the text and then choose the most suitable heading from this list for each paragraph of the text. Note that there is one extra heading.for international shipping. The annual cargo throughput(吞吐量) of the port hit another record high of 176 million tons in 1993. The volume of International containers has reached the historical highest point.81. ____________________________________By now the Port of Shanghai has established maritime trade relations with more than 400 ports in over 160 countries and regions in the world, with 21 international regular lines starting from the port on over 100 voyages per month directly to North America, Europe, Australia, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean as well as Southeast and Northeast Asia and so on.82. ____________________________________Following the continuous and steady new growth in China’s national economy, the Port of Shanghai has, over the six years from 1988 to 1993, made an investment of RMB￥2.3 billion in capital construction and renovation(革新), and updated a large number of handling machines. Both cargo throughput(吞吐量) capacity and handling efficiency of the port have increased remarkably.83. ____________________________________Today, the port has become one of the hot spots that attract both attention and investment from other parts of China and the whole world. During his visit in Shanghai in the spring of 1992,Deng Xiaoping expressed his hope that Shanghai would show some changes every year. Taking this as its objective, the Port of Shanghai has been quickening the steps in its operational and commercial activities as well as construction of deep-water port areas.84. ____________________________________The four marginal berths of Waigaoqiao New Port Area have been largely completed and put into operation. Construction of the Luojing Coal Terminal was started at the end of 1993. Grain Silos with a capacity of 80,000 tons and a modern communication building for water traffic are both showing signs of completion. Construction of coastal, domestic and international passenger terminals has substantially entered its initial stage. The deep water port area at Jinshanzui shall open a new chapter in the history of the Port of Shanghai.PART TWO:I.Translation: (20%)1.字典应该放在容易取阅的地方。
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II.Grammar and VocabularySection BDirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.In collaboration with Kweichow Moutai,the country's top liquor maker,domestic coffee chain Luckin Coffee intorduced a Moutai-flavored latter on Monday,and it quickly became a hit.The latte,packaged with an iconic Moutai label and(31)_________(contain)less than0.5 percent alcohol by volume of53degrees Moutai,soon became one of the most discussed topics on Chinese social media,(32)_________many people curious about the combination of the traditional Chinese white liquor and coffee.Before midday,some Luckin branches in Beijing quickly sold out of their Moutai-flavored latte,and many of the shops(33)__________________close their online ordering systems as orders for the drink surged.As employee surnamed Zhang.(34)_________works at a Luckin branch near Huixingdong Bridge in Beijing,said the special latte made up most of the orders at her shop on Monday morning."It seems that people prefer iced latte,so we quickly used up the ice at the branch.The number of orders was scary,"she said.She had no choice but to temporarily close the branch's online ordering system at around1:30pm because more than200orders remained(35)_________(complete),nearly all of them being the Moutai-flavored lattes.People then started to share(36)_________reactions after trying the latte on social media. Most people agreed that the aroma of the white liquor is very strong.(37)_________some people said they can taste the flavor of the liquor but not the actual alcohol,others said that they clearly felt dizzy after drinking the coffee.Meanwhile,people also raised the question(38)_________they are allowed to drive after drinking Moutai-flavored latte.Luckin stated that underage people,pregnant women,drivers and those who are allergic to alcohol are advised not to order the drink.On Monday,an officer with the Beijing Traffic Administration Bureau also asked people not to drive no matter how much alcohol is actually in the latte.Moutai(39)_________(look)for ways to be more accessible and pull in a new generation of users."By working with Luckin Coffee,Moutai has made its brand(40)_________(young)andhas generated more opportunities to develop its extended product portfolio in the youth market," said Zhu,a food and drink analyst.Moutai has been engaged in an array of marketing campaigns recently.The coming move of Moutai is to launch the Moutai-flavored chocolate after its successful tie-up with Mengniu Diary for liquor-flavored ice cream last year.III.VocabularyDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can only be used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A.brandedB.emotionalC.exposureD.meantE.imposesF.objectsG.purchase H.rated I.reinforcement J.secondary K.shrinksWhich is the most widely watched sporing event in U.S.history?In recent years the Super Bowl has regularly been the highest(41)_________event on TV in America.That's why the network that runs it can charge tremendous amount of money for Super Bowl ads.This year,a new record price for a30-second commercial is set,$5,600,000.Why a company like Coca-Cola that everybody already knows spend millions of dollars to remind you that they still exist?Why does Coca-Cola want to buy a Supper Bowl ad?Apart from(42)_________,it is buying access to conversation and a memorable experience, triggering emotion.For some big purchases like a car,you might research it and give it a lot of thought.But for most of everyday(43)_________,you don't really think about why you're buying them.It's that brief moment before you grab a product off the shelf that those countless ads you've seen over and over and over again take effect.According to a test,facing the cheaper brand never heard of and the more expensive brand seen on TV,people preferred the exact same item(44) _________by24percent.Four years later,that brand slashed their ad budget.The same test was done and the brands perceived quality was cut in half.One of the reasons for this is that not only does not advertising make your product seem less desirable,it also raises the perceived quality of your cheaper,generic competitions.Your perception of the difference between the product you know and the product you've never heard of (45)_________.Advertising is not just(46)_________to make you go out and buy something, but it also works to make people happier with what they already bought.People in the ad world call this(47)_________.You want to know that the thing you bought is good and seeing an admakes you enjoy the product that you already have more.Also,you feel better about the(48) _________,believing in the worth of the item.Let's go back to that Coca Cola ad.There's family,friends and not a lot of Coke.The soda is kind of(49)_________here.What it's really doing is stirring up your emotions,making you feel something,family and patriotism.Coca-Cola knows that(50)_________connection is what's going to make your hand want to reach for the red bottle.IV.Reading ComprehensionsSection 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.How to sell to the youngDear boss-You have always tried to attract young and youngish consumers,and our consultants have always come up with new ways to label them.I don't need to remind you that "millennials"and,increasingly,"Gen Z"are our most important markets.Together they(51)_________a majority of the world's population and a third of America's.The trouble is that coming up with rules to define humanity is more art than science.It is likely to become an exercise in applying stereotypes:not every youngster is sipping Starbucks coffee on the way to work.Luckily you have me,and I'm here to tell you that much of what is written about(52)_________to today's most prized consumers is a myth.Start with the idea that,glued to smartphones,Gen Z(53)_________notices the physical world and crazily follows the latest commercial from Instagram or TikTok.It's true that the days of marketing chiefly through television,newspapers and magazines are long gone.Yet social media has not just changed the ways in which people discover brands;it has(54)_________the power of marketing as a whole.Such is the ease with which digital natives can fact-check our marketing claims and ignore our ads that it is getting(55)_________to build brand loyalty. Online,talk is cheap and prices are readily Googled.Surveys suggest that young Americans are among the most price-(56)_________food shoppers.It doesn't help that they have accumulated less wealth than earlier generations had by the same age.There is a similar temptation to think that physical shops no longer matter.Young consumerslove their Amazon deliveries.It makes sense for our company to make sales via social media and (57)_________directly to customers'homes.But what(58)_________best is the seamless（无缝的）combination of the digital and physical worlds.Remember those online-only influencer-(59) _________beauty brands like Glossier,which took the world by storm during the pandemic?It turns out that they struggle to get repeat business and have had to pair up with physical retailed lumbered with bricks and mortar.Remember that most Americans still buy their(60)_________ at Walmart.If we want to succeed,we need to offer the best of both physical and virtual worlds.And don't assume that all young customers are DiAngelo-reading social justic warriors. Four-fifths of America's Gen Z consider a brand's sustainability and social impact before checkout, according to one survey.But considering something is not the same as(61)_________it.Gen Z cares less for consumer boycotts（抵制）than its virtue-signalling parents.It is(62)_________ youngsters who buy cheap"fast-fashion"outfits to wear once and then send to landfill.And plenty of chains do well among young people without being woke.Just look at Chick-fil-A,which is America's most popular restaurant among teenagers,according to another survey,(63)_________ its chairman's past opposition to gay marriage and its donations to socially conservative causes.What really matters is avoiding hypocrisy（伪装）.(64)_________is easily exposed online, where everyone loves a takedown.Remember the opposition to Boohoo,a fast-fashion firm,when it appointed Kourtney Kardashian,a wealthy celebrity leading a luxurious life,as a"(65)_________ambassador"?Don't post pictures from your private plane,obviously,but don't pretend you're Greta Thunberg,an extreme environmentalist from Sweden,either.Avoid platitudes, commit only to causes you can tangibly support and be frank when you are putting profits first. Nobody is perfect.To pretend otherwise is so2013.We are people just as our customers are and people contain multitudes.Isn't the story of your life that yesterday's hippies are tomorrow's suits?51.A.make for B.make of C.make off D.make up52.A.consumption B.marketing C.purchase D.transaction53.A.barely B.frequently C.predictably D.stably54.A.enhanced B.regulated C.twisted D.weakened55.A.better B.easier C.harder D.worsepetitive B.sensible C.sensitive D.stable57.A.ship B.steer C.traffic D.transfer58.A.applies B.counts C.matters D.works59.A.backed B.consuming C.grasped D.tailoring60.A.appliances B.books C.cosmetics D.food61.A.applying to B.contributing to C.referring to D.surrendering to62.A.briefly B.chiefly C.griefly D.hastily63.A.as B.despite C.for D.without64.A.initiation B.ingenuity C.insincerity D.integrity65.A.accessibility B.availability C.hospitality D.sustainabilitySection BDirections:Read the following two passage.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.AOn holiday,many will find themselves in places where they do not speak the language.Once upon a time,they might have carried a phrasebook.The rise of English has made that less necessary.But most people--at least seven of the world's eight billion--still do not speak English. That leaves options like pantomime,a willingness to be surprised by what arrives at dinner-or, increasingly,technology.More and more people are using simple,free tools,not only to decode text but also to speak. With these apps'conversation mode,you talk into a phone and a spoken translation is heard moments later,the app can also listen for another language and produce a translation in yours.You may still ge a surprise or two.Google Translate may be the best-known name in machine translation,but it often blunders.Take"my wife is gluten-free,"the kind of thing you might say at a restaurant abroad.In French or Italian,Google Translate renders this as"my wife is without gluten"--true to the words rather than the meaning.DeepL,a rival,does better,offering various options,most of them along the correct lines.The best tool may not be a translation app at all.Though not marketed for the purpose, Chatgpt,a generative AI system that produces prose according to users'prompts,is multilingual. Rather than entering an exact text to translate,users can tell Chatgpt to"write a message inSpanish to a waiter that my wife and I would like the tasting menu,but that she is gluten-free,so we would like substitutions for anything that has gluten."And out pops a perfect paragraph, including the way Spanish-speakers actually say"my wife is gluten-free":mi esposa es celiaca.It is a paraphrase rather than a translation,more like having a native-speaking dinner companion than an automated interpreter.Travel has long been a motivator for study--unless people start to feel AI tools offer a good enough service.Some are concerned that apps are turning language acquisition into a dwindling pursuit.Douglas Hofstadter,a polyglot and polymath（博学之士）writer,has argued that something profound will vanish when people talk through machines.He describes giving a halting, difficult speech in Mandarin,which required a lot of work but offered a sense of accomplishment at the end.Who would boast of taking a helicopter to the top of Mount Everest?66.Once upon a time,they might have carried a phrasebook to_________.A.accumulate English phrases they came acrossB.make it unnecessary to learn English as a second languageC.help communicate with local people when travelling to a foreign landD.better understand the surprises with arrived at dinner67.What does"blunders"in paragraph3mean?A.makes an errorB.speaks in a clumsy mannerC.offers only one optionD.disobeys an order68.In what way is Chatgpt superior to translation apps?A.It can translate many languages correctly.B.It can accompany people on all social occasions.C.It can provide a tasting menu according to specific needs.D.It can help convey user's meaning in a native-speaking way.69.Which statement best represent Douglas Hofstadter's opinion?A.AI applied in translation should be applauded for it can make it less necessary to learn foreign languages.B.With the application of AI,language acquisition will become a pursuit for people easy to be engaged in.C.Since a focus on the learner alone misses the fundamentally social nature of language,AI is thewrong target to take the blame.D.AI will cost people the fulfillment experienced after expressing themselves successfully in a foreign language.BItaly has produced many brilliant minds who have made their mark on art history.All along the way,there were standout personalities who lit up the concerns of their time.Check out some of the most interesting figures in Italian art.Leonardo da VinciMuch has been said about this true Renaissance man,who was not only a painter but a mathematician,scientist,engineer,inventor,architect and much,much more.His endless curiosity and imagination led him to dream up machines that were far ahead of his time,study anatomy（解剖学）in brand-new ways and,of course,create painting and drawing that would impress people for many centuries.In his paintings,there is an overwhelming sense of the mystery of existence--the mystery that he sought to chase and understand.Michelangelo BuonarottiIn many ways,Michelangelo defined what it means to be an artist.Though he's known for his paintings,he considered himself first and foremost a sculptor.Born and raised in a little town,he grew up to be a master of anatomy（解剖）.He used the straining and twisting muscles of the human body to express his powerful vision of the world.His design of the Laurentian Library pioneered Mannerist architecture.Glovanni BelliniBellini was the Venetian of the Renaissance who took the medium of oil painting to a new expressive capacity.He was the pioneer of a technique where the colors were gradually built up in thin,translucent（半透明）layers.The end result is glossy,rich and shinning like no other.In his paintings,you'll find a kind of peaceful silence,lighted by gorgeous colors that seem to be lit from within.Artemisia GentileschiArtemisia is one of the great boundary-breaking painters of the Baroque era.Female artists of her time were confined to still life paintings and portraits,because it was considered improper forwomen to paint from the nude figure.But Artemisia wouldn't let that stop her.At just17,she broke taboos（禁忌）with her painting of Susanna and the Elders,in which she proudly displays a full-frontal nude in the center of the frame.She was attacked two years later by another painter and experienced physical sufferings during the investigation of the trail,but her struggles only fueled her artistic production as she turned out painting after painting of strong,defiant women.70.Which of the following group is the common point of the works of the artists mentioned above?A.Pioneer and originalB.Conservative but pioneerC.Powerful and beautifulD.Mysterious but direct71.What does"defiant"probably mean in the last paragraph?A.conventionalB.challengingC.disrespectfulD.obedient72.Which one of the following statement is FALSE according to the passage?A.Giovanni was expect at making use of colors and was also a leader in artistic expression.B.As a master of anatomy,Michelangelo handled human bodies very well in his works.C.Despite many limitations,Artemisia was the only female painter who broke taboos.D.Leonardo da Vinci was curious and imaginative enough to stand ahead of his times.CTwitter's unending fight against spam accounts（垃圾账号）is now a problem for new owner Elon Musk,who promised in April to defeat the fake profiles.He later cited fake accounts as a reason to back out of buying the social platform.Now that the billionaire has completed the deal,he's faced with the task of delivering on his promise to clean up the fake profiles.The challenge carries high stakes.The spam accounts matters because advertisers--Twitter's chief revenue source--want to know roughly how much real humans they are reaching when they buy ads.It's also important in the effort to stop bad actors from accumulating an army of accounts to multiply misinformation or harass（骚扰）political opponents."The bigger picture in my mind is:How do we make Twitter a better place for everybody," said expert Emilio Ferrara,who worked over the summer to investigate the problem for Mr.Musk. He cited the"value of the platform as a societal experience,as a collective place to have civilizedcommunication and talk freely without interference from nefarious accounts,"or scams（诈骗）, spam and harassment.To find out just how bad the spam accounts are,Mr.Musk hired Mr.Ferrara and other data scientists to investigate.At the time,he sought to prove that Twitter was misleading the public when it said fewer than5%of its daily active users are fake or spam accounts.If Twitter lied or withheld crucial information about the fake accounts.Mr.Musk could argue that he was justified in terminating the$44billion agreement.Mr.Ferrara said he had no real interest in whether Mr.Musk ultimately ended up owning the platform.Instead,he hoped that"any findings would be able to help improve the platform."The questions now is what Mr.Mush will do with that information.Mr.Ferrara'presentation --some350pages of analysis and supporting documents--is locked up in confidential（机密的）files,and he said he can't disclose his conclusions.Twitter's former leaders and its lawyers said Mr.Mush wildly exaggerated the problem. However,precise counts are"almost impossible"because any estimate is based on assumptions that can lead to bias,said Filippo Menczer,a researcher who has been studying spam accounts for more than a decade."Nobody knows exactly how bad the problem is,but I would guess it's not as bad as Musk said and not as good as Twitter claimed."said Mr.Menczer.Many experts also doubt Mr.Musk's ability to easily make improvements,which he's suggested would rely on using algorithms（算法）to track and remove fake accounts and implementing new measures to"authenticate"real people.73.Which of the following is NOT the reason why it is important to clean up spam accounts?A.It will help Twitter attract more advertisers to earn more revenue.B.It will keep Musk from buying the social platformC.It will prevent the spread of misinformation.D.It will stop collecting piles of accounts to bother political rivals74.The underlined word"nefarious"can be replaced by_________.A.immoralB.serialC.disabledD.artificial75.Which statement is correct about Emilio Ferrara's investigation?A.He drew the same conclusion as Filippo Menczer did.B.Mr.Ferrara's presentation hasn't been revealed yet.C.His findings enable to get Twitter improvedD.It proves that Twitter was misleading the public76.What are many experts'attitude towards Twitter's fight against spam accounts?A.Supportive.B.SatisfiedC.Carefree.D.SkepticalSection CDirections:Read the passage carefully.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A.We need reassurance that protective regulation of these products will be implemented.B.But experts said this was an outdated understanding of how younger people valued in-game items.C.But the specialist London clinic has been treating30people a month since the end of March this year.D.A series of recent studies that had added to the weight of evidence showed a connection between loot boxes and problem gambling.E.It is important to ensure players,particularly children,can enjoy video games safely.F.She said that it was not clear whether the link between loot boxes and gambling addiction was causative.A new clinic for gaming addicts has seen an unexpected surge in demand,as experts warn the UK is not doing enough to tackle gambling-style features in games on mobile phones and consoles.The National Centre for Gaming Disorders(NCGD),which treated its first patient in2020, was originally given NHS funding based on the expectation that it would see just50people a year.(77)_________Patients and their relatives have reported the total breakdown of family relationships,the use of violence and refusal by children to go to school.About a third of gamers receiving treatment said they had spent money on gambling-style features such as"loot boxes",which offer randomized rewards,including weapons or outfits for characters.Experts say these features have proved highly lucrative for video game firms.They are normalising gambling behaviours in young people by offering the rush of rewards that can entrench addiction.Last year,the then culture secretary,Nadine Dorries,rejected calls for loot boxes to be regulated as gambling products,as they are in some other countries,insisting the gaming industry could regulate itself.(78)_________.However,experts told the Guardian that Britain was lagging behind other countries,warning that a preference for self-regulation was looking increasingly misguided.One reason that randomized rewards in games are not regulated as gambling is that,in theory, the returns are only digital and cannot be exchanged for currency.(79)_________.The Gambling Commission has also previously taken action against third-party firms that allow gamers either to sell digital items for cash,or even to use them as currency to bet.After the decision not to regulate loot boxes,the Department for Culture,Media and Sport,as it was then known,set up a video games industry working group to examine loot boxes,which is expected to report on its progress within weeks.A government spokesperson said:"(80)_________We are working with industry to strengthen protections for players and will publish an update on this shortly."V.SpellingDirections:Write the words you have learnt according to the meaning given.The first letter is given.81.d_________n.sweet food eaten at the end of a meal82.m_________adj.having or showing no kindness or pity83.f_________n.the way that words and ideas are linked together in speech or writing84.e_________v.to experience something,especially something unpleasant or difficult85.c_________n.a statement that someone makes saying that they are not satisfied86.p_________v.to become aware of soemthing87.r_________adj.fully grown and ready to be eaten88.s_________n.the pleasant smell that something has89.e_________adj.(of a course or subject)that a student can choose90.e_________ed to emphasize how strong or unusual a quality is91.r_________n.a mysterious situation that you cannot explain92.d_________v.to recognize or understand the difference between two or more things orpeople参考答案31.containing.32.with.33.had to.34.who.35.to be completed 36.their.37.While.38.whether39.has been looking40.younger 41.H42.C43.F44A45.K46.D47.I48.G49.J50.B 51-55DBADC56-60CADAC61-65DBBCD66.C67.A68.D69.D70.A71.B72.C73.B74.A75.B76.D77.C78.F79.B80.E。