洗水上海市杨浦区2017届高三第二学期4月模拟质量调研英语试题

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杨浦区
2016
学年第二学期高三模拟质量调研















英语学科试卷








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II .Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:
After reading the passages 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.




I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in __21__ 60s. When it was her turn
to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.



The woman looked down, ___22___
（
shake
）
her head and said:
“
Not so good.
”
My husband just lost his
job
and
my
son
is
up
to
his
old
tricks
again.
The
truth
is,
I
don’t
know
how
I’m
going
to
get
through

the
holidays.‖




Then she gave the cashier food stamps.



My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how.
（
23
）
______I offer to pay for her groceries or ask
for her husband’s resume?




As I walked into the parking lot, I saw the women ___
（
24
）
（
return
）
her shopping cart. I remembered
something in my purse
（
25
）
________
I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job
for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.



My heart pounded as I approached the woman.


“
Excuse me,
”
I said, my voice trembling a bit.
“
I couldn
’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It
sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.
”




I handed her the small card from my purse.



When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said
：
“
You
have no idea
（
26
）
_______ this means to me.
”




I was a little startled by her reply.
（
27
）
________
（
not do
）
anything like this before, I didn
’t know what ki
nd
of reaction I might receive. All left for me (28)_______
（
say）
was
：
“
Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?
”




（
29
）
________we embraced, I walked back to my car --and began to cry, too.
The words on the card?
“
You Matter.
”

A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card
（
30
）
____ encouragement for a project I was
working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and
ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.
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.
A.

technology


B. contemporary


C. stretched



D. hidden


E. recognized
F.

discovery



G
. updated






H. extensive



I. countless


J. estimated


K. definition




Most of us learn at primary school that there are seven continents, but the next generation of kids may be
adding one more to that list.



According
to
a
recent
paper
published
in
the
Geological
Society
of
American
Journal
by
a
group
of
researchers,
“
Zealandia
”

is a new continent that’s ___31___ beneath the ocean.




Zealandia
is
___32___
to
be
five
million
sq
km.
Most
of
this
massive
area
is
covered
by
water,
but
its

1

highest mountains already have their own name
：
New Zealand.



The small country is the only part of Zealandia that isn’t underwater, but the paper’s authors want the huge
landmass to be ___33___ worldwide as its own continent.



“
The scientific value of classifying Zealandia as a continent is much more than just an extra name on a
list,
”
the researchers wrote in their paper.
Scientists
discovered
Zealandia
all
the
way
back
in
1995,
then
started
___34___
research
on
the
area
using underwater and satellite mapping ___35___. After completing their work, they were finally able to write
a report suggesting that Zealandia be named a continent.
But who decides on what is a continent and what isn
’t? There is, in fact, no official organization that does.
Some countries’ schools teach that there
are six or even five continents. This changes depending on where in
the world school is.
Due
to
their __36__
as
a
“
continuous
expanse
of
land
”
,some
classify
Europe and Asia
as
the
same
continent -- known as Eurasia. Schools in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe teach this.
And to make things even more confusing, France and Greece, as well as other countries, classify North
America and South America as simply America.
This argument over how land is defined has even ___37___ into outer space. In 2006, the International
Astronomical Union
（
IAU
）
decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, 76 years after its ___38___ in 1930.
Experts argued that it no longer met the requirements needed to be called a planet alongside the eight others in
our solar system. It was therefore renamed a
“
dwarf planet
（矮行星）
”
，
meaning that ___39___ books, models
and museum exhibits all over the world had to be ___40___.
But
will
the
world
take
the
same
notice
of
Zealandia?
The
best
way
to
tell
is
to
keep
an
eye
on
our
textbooks.

Ⅲ
.Reading Comprehension
Section A
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.



Good
news
for
awkward
teenagers
around
the
world.
As
time
goes
by,
you
could
___41___
up
like
a
completely different person.




This comes from the longest running personality study ever ___42__ by scientist. According to researchers
from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, our personality changes so much from youth to old age that most
people’s personalities in older age are barely ___43___ compared to their younger selves.




The researchers analyzed results from a study in 1947, which gathered 1,208 teenagers in Scotland aged 14
and asked their teachers to ___44___ their personalities based on six
traits
（特征）

.



Now, more than six decades later, the University of Edinburgh team has managed to contact 635 of the
___45___ students, and 174 agreed to have their personalities tested once more.



At
an
average
age
of
76.7
years
old,
the
group
were
asked
to
___46___
themselves
on
the
same
six
personality traits, then pick a close friend or family member to do the same.



By
___47___
the
then-and-now
test
results,
the
researchers
found
that
there
is
hardly
any
relationship
between traits people had as teenagers and those in their older years.



It was
“
as if the second tests had been given to ___48___ people,
”
the
study’s researchers wrote in their
report, which was published in journal Psychology and Aging.



The results were a surprise because research in the past found personality ___49___ in people tested from
childhood to middle-age, and from middle-age to older age.



As
the
team
explained,
our
personality
appears
stable
over
short
intervals
--
___50___
so
throughout
adulthood. ___51___, the longer the interval between two tests of personality, the ___52___ the relationship
between the two tends to be.

2




It’s clear that more studies are needed to find out what’s going on here. But it could be the first __
_53___
that it’s not just our cells that are being ___54___ throughout life –
the way we think, feel and behave might no
be as ___55___ as we once thought.
41. A. hold





B. wake







C. end





D. cheer
42. A. carried out





B. applied to




C. participated in

D. made up
43. A. incredible


B. accessible




C. changeable




D. recognizable
44. A. assemble

B. assess


C. assume

D. access
45. A. alternative

B. individual

C. original



D. separate
46. A. score


B. rate


C. comment

D. remark
47. A. comparing

B. reviewing

C. presenting

D. observing
48. A. young


B. similar


C. amateur

D. different
49. A. combination
B. stability

C. transformation
D. flexibility
50. A. increasingly

B. strangely

C. subsequently
D. obviously
51. A. Therefore

B. Moreover

C. However

D. Otherwise
52. A. stronger


B. closer


C. further


D. weaker
53. A. option


B. sign


C. symptom

D. cause
54. A. replaced

B. exposed

C. divided

D. cultivated
55. A. stuck in mud
B. buried in sand
C. lost in thought
D. set in stone
Section B
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
）




One
way
people
are
responding
to
food
safety
concerns
is
by
growing
their
own
food.
However,
not
everyone lives on property with enough space for a private plot. One solution is community gardens, which
have become popular worldwide, numbering 18,000 in North America alone. In addition to providing low- cost,
delicious food, these public spaces offer cities a range of other benefits.



Community
gardens
are
located
in
a
town
or city
and
tended
by
local
residents.
Often,
the
land
is
on a
vacant lot owned by the city. The site is divided into manageable plots, which may be tended by individuals or
by the garden’s members collectively. Since the land is usually publicly owned, the cost for gardeners
to lease
it is minimal. In fact, New York City, which is home to more than 750 community gardens tended by more
than
20,000
members,
charges
people
just
$$1
a
year
to
lease
a
plot.
Other
costs
involve
soil,
tools,
seeds,
fencing , and so on. However, becaus
e they’re shared by many people, individual gardeners pay very little.




A
community
garden
can
quickly
pay
off,
in
terms
of
delicious
fruits
and
vegetables,
in
addition
to
beautiful flowers. Excess produce can be sold for a profit at farmers markets. But
a garden’s benefit don’t stop
there.
They
also
beautify
cities,
foster
strong
relationships
among
residents,
and
lower
an
area’s
crime
rate.
Award-
winning
spaces
like
London’s
Culpeper
Community
Garden
even
attract
tourists.
Beautiful
and
affordable, community gardens are often described as
oases
in crowded cities.
56. Community gardens are designed for those who ___.



A. are concerned about food safety




















B. live in a house with a private plot



C. can’t afford to buy organic food





















D. don’t have their own property

57. New York City _____.



A. is owned by 20,000 individual gardeners













B. charges residents a lot to lease tools and fencing



C. contains more than 750 community gardens



D. is tended by professional gardeners and local residents

3

58. What’s the benefit of community gardens?




A. People can enjoy safe and delicious vegetables and animal meat.



B. Residents are more familiar and related with each other.



C. The neighborhood is becoming safer but of lower taste.



D. People can make some profits from the visiting tourists.
59. The underlined word
“
oases
”
is closest in meaning to ____.



A. cultural and art centers








B. popular platforms for exchanges



C. peaceful and safe lands



D. commercial and prosperous places
（
B
）

African Safari
Essential information you need to know before booking your African Safari in Southern Africa
–
These tips
will enhance the experience that you have

Things to Consider Before Booking an African Safari
1)

Book in Advance
African
Safaris
are
now
hugely
popular
and
good
safari
camps
often
get
booked
out
more
than
a
year
in
advance, especially during the high season from July through to October.
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2)

Choosing which game park
Different
parks
have
different
topography
and
weather
patterns
–

this
greatly
affects
animal
movements
at
different times of the year. If you want to target certain species of animals, then some parks are better than
others for certain species.
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3
）
Choosing which lodge or safari camp
A typical safari camp has between 10 and 20 beds, it is an intimate safari experience and very personalized.
However, there are also hotels in some places, either inside or just outside a national park, which can sleep
anything up to 300 people. Sho
w more…

4
）
Guiding
The quality, experience and knowledge of the game at any Safari camp is almost the most important factor to
consider. Good guides can transform your experience from ordinary to exceptional.
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5
）
What
’s the Best Time of Year to go
on Safari

Understandably as the seasons change so does the safari experience. It is highly advisable to find out the best
time of year for the safari area that you are intending to visit. Prices will change dramatically between the high
and the low season, so good deals are to be had in the low season but it is important to know the difference, as
your experience will be vastly different.
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6
）
The Price
Going on safari is not cheap whichever way you do it , but the price range can be enormous. Unfortunately,
safaris in most cases are a case of
“
you pay for what you get
”
,
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7
）
Fly- in safari or not
Using small charter planes is sometimes an absolute necessity for camps in remote areas, where road transfers
are
just
not
practical
or
viable.
These
flights
can
increase
the
overall
cost
of
the
safari
substantially
but
generally they are woth it and allow you the flexibility to visit a variety of safari camps in different locations.
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8
）
Use an Agent
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