钞票的英文2018-2019学年七宝中学高三上英语11月周练卷

2021年1月7日发(作者：崔峰)

2018-2019学年七宝中学高三上英语11月周练卷
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Last year, a report by a committee of education experts said that a lot of American students cannot write well.
The report noted the concerns of business leaders and teachers. The experts said that more students should have to
pass a writing test (21)_______ they can finish high school. They pointed out major college entrance tests are
changing now (22)_______ (include) a writing part.
Educators know that teaching students to write well is not easy. One problem is the amount of time needed to
read through large amounts of work. So some companies (23)_______ (develop) computer programs that can grade
student writing much more quickly than a person can. Writing tests can also cost (24)_______ (little) to carry out by
computer than paper-and-pencil. These computer systems, known as e-readers, use artificial intelligence to think in
a way (25)_______ teachers. For two years, both a computer and humans graded the student writing. Officials say
there was almost no difference between the computer grades and (26)_______ given by the human readers.
The entrance test commonly (27)_______ (use) by business schools, the GMAT, already uses e-readers. The
GRE and TOEFL tests might start; officials are deciding.
Systems (28)_______ (use) to grade writing in college classes as well. The computers read a few hundred
examples of student writing already graded by humans. Then the systems compare new writings against those already
examined.
Some teachers say machines can never do the job as well as people can. A computer can find spelling and
grammar mistakes, but it can never really understand (29)_______ a writer is trying to say. Critics say a program
cannot follow a thought or judge humor or understand a beautifully expressed idea.
But inventors of the programs say computer grading guarantees that each piece of writing is graded in the same
way. They also say the systems (30)_______ (mean) to judge knowledge more than creativity.

Section B

Botany, the study of plants, occupies a(n) __31__ position in the history of human knowledge. We don’t know
what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still
exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is __32__. Plants are the basis
of the food __33__ for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the
welfare of peoples, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and many other
purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many
__34__ of each. To them botany has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of “knowledge”
at all.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become, the farther away we move from direct contact with plants,
and the less __35__ our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes __36__ on an amazing amount of botanical
knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living
in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted
for richer __37__ the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains
were discovered and from them __38__ the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would
increasingly take their living from the __39__ production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little

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there from many varieties that grew wild and the __40__ knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and
intimacy with plants in the wild would begin to fade away.

III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Scientists in Norway have more good news for coffee drinkers. Researchers have already found evidence that
the drink – or the beans can help with weight loss, (41)________ one’s risk of developing some diseases,
(42)_________ muscle growth, protect against certain types of cancers and can even reduce one’s risk of
(43)________ death. Now comes word that a cup of coffee reduces physical pain.
The surprising finding is based on a study (44)_________ 48 volunteers who agreed to spend 90
minutes performing fake computer tasks meant to mimic office work. The tasks were known to
(45)_________ pain in the shoulders, neck, forearms and wrists and the researchers wanted to
(46)________ how people with pain and those who were pain-free tolerated the pain of such tasks. As a
matter of convenience, the scientists allowed people to drink coffee before taking the test, “to avoid
(47)________ effects of caffeine lack, e.g. decreased vigor and alertness, sleepiness, and fatigue.” they
reported.
But when it came time to analyze the data, the researchers from Norway’s National Institute of
Occupational Health and Oslo University Hospital noticed that the 19 people who drank coffee reported a
lower (48)________ of pain than the 29 people who didn’t. In the shoulders and neck, (49)_________,
the average pain intensity was rated 41 (on a 100-point scale) among the coffee drinkers and 55 for the
non-coffee drinkers. Similar gaps were found for all pain sites measured, and coffee’s apparent pain-
reduction effect (50)________.
However, the authors of the study, which was published this week in the journal BMC Research
Notes, cautioned that since the study wasn’t designed to test coffee’s influence on pain, the results came with
many (51)________. For starters, the researchers don’t know how much coffee the coffee drinkers
consumed before taking the computer tasks. (52)________ they doubt whether the coffee drinkers and
non-coffee drinkers were (53)________ in all respects except for their coffee consumption. Problems like
these tend to (54)________ the importance of the findings. But those doubts are (55)________ to trouble
the coffee drinkers looking for any reason not to cut back on their daily caffeine habit.

41. A. rise B. reduce C. release D. suffer
42. A. shape B. establish C. boost D. preserve
43. A. mutual B. subtle C. premature D. prepared
44. A. involving B. researching C. interviewing D. qualifying
45. A. cause B. endure C. ease D. cure
46. A. warn B. compare C. relieve D. treat
47. A. unpleasant B. modest C. significant D. positive
48. A. tendency B. intention C. intensity D. extension
49. A. on the contrary B. as a result C. for instance D. in one word
50. A. turned up B. broke out C. pointed out D. took up
51. A. satisfactions B. uncertainties C. consequences D. qualifications
52. A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Nevertheless
53. A. contemporary B. similar C. temporary D. initial
54. A. realize B. attach C. demonstrate D. weaken

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55. A. unlikely

Section B
B. sensible C. influential D. definite
(A)
Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The little
headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE.
Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty o f the murder of Albert Cumming, aged 32,
laborer, last July. The jury reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment
the court. It was, said the Judge, a simple case. Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel
on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming. When arrested Cleary was
drunk but clear thinking.
Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered,
“Just don’t tell my mother.”
“It happened over three years ago,” Paddy said helplessly. No one answered him or moved, for no one knew
what to do. “Just don’t tell my mother,” said Fee numbly. “And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”
Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said. “Fee dear, pack your things. We’ll go to see him.”
She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “I can’t go,” she said
without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there “It would kill him to see me. I know him so
well-- his pride, his ambition. Let him bear the shame alone, “it’s what he wants. We’ve got to help him keep his
secret. What good will it do him to see us?”
Paddy was still weeping, not for Frank, but for the life which had gone from Fee’s face, for the dying in her
eyes. Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself. He was the cause
of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children. Every time it looked as if there might be happiness
for Fee, Frank took it away. But Paddy’s love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.
So he said, “Well, Fee, we won’t go. But we must make sure he is taken care of. How about if I write to Father
Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?”
There was no excitement in the eyes, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make
sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out. Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don’t know.”

56. Paddy cried because he thought _________.
A. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment
B. Frank should have told Fee what had happened
C. what had happened to Frank was killing Fee
D. Frank had always been a man of bad moral character
57. The underlined sentence “She half-rose before sinking back…” in Paragraph 6 shows That __________.
A. Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand up
B. Fee didn’t want to upset Paddy by visiting Frank
C. Fee couldn’t leave her family to go to see Frank
D. Fee struggled between wanting to see Frank and respecting his wish
58. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The jury and the judge agreed on the Boxer’s Sentence of Life Imprisonment.
B. The police found Gumming unconscious, heavily struck by Frank.
C. The family didn’t find out what had happened to Frank until 3 years later
D. Frank didn’t want his family to know the sentence to him, most probably out of his pride.

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What is Frank and Paddy’s probable relationship with Fee?
A. Frank is Fee’s son and Paddy is Fee’s brother.
B. Frank is Fee’s son and Paddy is Fee’s husband.
C. Frank is Fee’s brother and Paddy is Fee’s lover.
D. Frank is Fee’s lover and Paddy is Fee’s husband.
(B)
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