2017年晋元高中高三第一次月考试卷

上海市晋元高级中学2017学年第一学期

高三英语阶段练习

考生注意：

1，考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。

2，本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分，所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3，答题前，务必在答题纸上填涂8为学号和姓名。

I. Listening Comprehension （略）

II. Grammar and vocabulary

Section A

Directions:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

_____21______amazes the public in construction is that skyscrapers has been springing up around China in recent years on an unprecedented scale with more in the making, and the country is expected to host six of the world’s 10 tallest buildings by 2020, reports Wu Yiyao in Shanghai. With the 632-meter Shanghai Tower _____22_____(become) China's tallest building, it is also the world's second-tallest after the 828-meter Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai. _____23_____(Locat) in Lujiazui, Shanghai's financial zone, the skyscraper, to be completed in 2015, will not hold the title for long. Zhongnan Center, in Suzhou in Jiangsu province, ____24______( plan) to be more than 700 meters high, according to the city's urban planning department.

In Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province in Central China, a 1,000-meter-tall twin tower has been designed and, _____25___ approved by the government, will be erected in 2018. "_____26____there is no end to the competition for the tallest building has not been known. For many developers and investors, it is a game of the taller _____27____(good)," said Zhang Yuanzhi, project agent in Shanghai." A tall building embodies power - both architectural and financial."

By 2020, China should have six of the world's top 10 skyscrapers, according to the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a nonprofit organization____28_____ focuses on the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings. China_____29___ (dominate) global super-tall building development in the next five years. Its number of such buildings - more than 200 meters high and with more than 40 stories - will account ____30______ 70 percent of world's total, according to a report by realty service provider CBRE Inc.

Section B

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.

There are few ________31________of pure American culture more powerful than the Disney theme parks. To walk down Main Streets, US. is to walk through a particular vision of America’s collective memory. It’s small-town values. It’s optimism. It’s energy. It’s innovation. It’s a certain kind of innocence. It is by design, the story of the “American Way” ------and one that has played a ____32______role in shaping the collective memory of American history. That is, Disney theme parks have made great ______33_______to American culture.

Though Disney Parks today are well-______34____cultural-icons. The Walt Disney Company’s start as an interpreter of American history and ideals began long before it opened the gates of Disney land. It is ________35_____process. From its creation in 1923, the Disney operation was was producing films that echoed Americans’ ideal version of themselves.

Often _______36______in a glorified 19the century rural American heartland, these animations featured a hero—usually the indomitable(不屈不挠的) Mickey Mouse—whose strong work ethic (勤于工作的态度) and bravery in the face of risk always found the “ little guy” and “ common man” triumphant over this for（敌人）. Such optimistic sentiment held great appeal in the country’s great Depression years(大萧条时期), and most certainly led Mickey and company to become household names.

This narrative of upholding American values continued at the brand’s theme parks, where Walt Disney translated it into a physical experience using American folk history. “Disneyland,”he said at the park’s grand opening, “is_______37_____ to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America.”

Visitors are made to feel as if they are stepping into moments of history, ones chosen to fit a tidy narrative that highlights the nation’s past and future commitment to life, _____38_____, and the pursuit of happiness.

By World War II, the company was cementing(巩固) its association with the “American Way” by producing propaganda films and war-related goods that served the U.S. cause. Disney characters appeared on war bonds, posters and on more than a thousand military unit insignia. They also appeared in short patriotic cartoons:

To be sure, Disney’s unique ability to _____39_____appropriate and transform American history in its own nostalgia-tinged(带有怀旧气息的) image—what has come to be called “Disneyfication”— has drawn significant criticism. But when it is _______40________to collective memory, it must be noted that the past can be remembered one way and exist factually in another , and that many different versions can have their place in the American mind. Even as characters change and Tomorrowland becomes an artifact (人工制品) of yesterday, Disneyland continues to be a touchstone of American collective memory.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A