上海市建平中学2019届高三英语4月质量检测试题含解析

上海市建平中学2019届高三英语4月质量检测试题（含解析）

I. Listening Comprehension(略)

II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分)

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 form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Does City Living Hurt Mental Health?

People often move to cities ___1___ better jobs and more cultural activities. But are they putting ___2___ at risk? Maybe.

Experts at the American Psychiatry Association say that “natural environments or green spaces” do much for good our mental health and ___3___ (experience) nature helps people recover from the mental tiredness that comes from day-to-day work.

On the other hand, ___4___ they cannot say exactly why, mental health experts say some research suggests that city living might hurt our mental health.

Andrea Mechelli is a doctor with the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College, London. “Ther e have been studies ___5___ people were taken out of an urban environment into a rural environment, and their symptoms would improve. And we also see that the greater the city the greater the risk.”

Kings College researchers, along with city planners and land and building designers hoped ___6___ (learn) more about city living and mental illness. So, they created a smartphone app called Urban Mind. They say they wanted to understand ___7___ different parts of the urban environment affect mental wellbeing.

The Urban Mind app ___8___ your experience of city living in the moment. Researchers collected real time information from 108 people, who answered just over 3,000 questions during a one-week period.

The researchers found that being outdoors, seeing trees, hearing birdsong, seeing the sky, and feeling in contact with nature ___9___(associate) with higher levels

of mental well-being.They also found that these seeming effects of nature were especially strong in those individuals at greater risk of mental health problems.

The Urban Mind Project team says it hopes “the results will inform future urban planning and social policy ___10___(intend) to improve design and health.”

【答案】1. for 2. themselves

3. experiencing

4. though/although

5. where

6. to learn

7. how 8. measures

9. were associated

10. intended

【解析】

【分析】

这是一篇议论文。本文通过围绕在城市生活会影响人的精神吗这个话题展开，研究人员还使用了“城市思维”这个应用程序可以测量人们当下的城市生活体验。研究人员发现了自然环境对精神健康水平有影响。

【1题详解】

考查介词。句意：人们经常为了更好的工作和更多的文化活动而搬到城市。根据句子意思，人们经常搬到城市，是为了更好的工作和文化活动，这里表示一种目的，故填for。

【2题详解】

考查反身代词。句意：但他们是在把自己置于危险之中吗？也许吧。短语put oneself at risk，表示使某人自己处于危险之中。根据主语是they，故填themselves。

【3题详解】

考查非谓语动词。句意：美国精神病学协会的专家表示，“自然环境或绿色空间”对我们的精神健康大有裨益，体验自然有助于人们从日常工作带来的精神疲劳中恢复过来。因为空格前有and作并列连词，所以后面是一个句子，句中有谓语动词helps，缺少主语，所以experiencing在这里要充当主语，故填experiencing。

【4题详解】

考查连词。句意：另一方面，虽然他们不能确切地说出原因，但心理健康专家说，一些研究表明，城市生活可能会损害我们的心理健康。根据they cannot say判断是表示让步的句子，