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上海高考英语备考训练


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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.
Unit 1,


This article is for all of the teenagers out there. Even though ___41___ you
are years from being fully grown, society regularly expects you to adult. Yes, you are
___42___ in many ways; many of you drive and do so quite safely, and you handle
schedules that would ___43___ many adults. But you probably cannot process
caffeine(
咖啡因
) as constantly as your parents can because of your still-growing
bodies and brains.



I understand it feels grown-up to be drinking a cup of Starbucks. But all of this
caffeine may worsen your anxiety, affect tonight’s sleep and tomorrow’s school
performance, ___44___ nutrient absorption and even cause real trouble when mixed
with alcohol. The following four aspects may well __45____ the theme of this article.
The power of caffeine



Caffeine is widely considered a drug that is socially acceptable, universally used,
even cool, but it still causes ___46___ symptoms such as headaches, fatigue and a
lack of attention when removed from coffee-
addicts’ diets.

How much is healthy?



Caffeine is by no means a nutrient; you do not need it to be healthy. ___47___, it
is a substance that can leave you lacking nutrients because it has been shown to
reduce calcium(
钙
). Caffeine probably causes the body to release water. And the
more caffeinated drinks you consume, the less likely you are to drink water. So
experts say that adolescents should consume ___48___ amounts of caffeine a day
(≤100mg).

Caffeine’s ___49___




According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 65 percent of
middle and higher schoolers are ___50___ to

Unit 2,

Keeping The Taps Running in Thirsty Cities
Water covers 71% of Earth’s surface yet only 2% of it is accessible as a source of
fresh water. ___41___ on this limited resources is rising, a trend likely to continue.
It is important to recognize that it is not just city residents who ___42___ water.
Agriculture, industry and tourism often require more water than the municipal water
supply. Globally, 70% of fresh water is ___43___ for agriculture, but locally in heavily
irrigated
（灌溉）
areas this can increate to 90%. A healthy environment also requires
fresh water, and the quality of available water is as important as its ___44___.
Water stress is not always caused by physical shortages in dry areas. ___45___ for
water resources between different users within river catchments or basins can also
be a cause.
Every thirsty city operates within its own context, ___46___ to the challenge of
providing adequate water supplies. Cape Town, ___47___, has faced three years of
drought during which winter rains failed to materialize. At the end of the 2017 rainy
season the city faced the ___48___ of its dams running dry during 2018. The dams
were only 37% full
—
in the same week four years before they were full to the top. In
January 2018, it was ___49___ that Cape Town would reach Day Zero, when it would
be forced to turn off the taps, in April. This was despite the city reducing its water use

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by more than half, from 1.2 billion litres a day in 2015 to fewer than 600 million litres,
and working ___50___ with industry and agriculture to reduce demand.
On February 1, the authorities put in place a strict limit of 50 litres of water per
person per day. ___51___, in Britain this is considered enough for a five- minute
shower of half a washing machine cycle on full load.
In addition, a ban was placed on using ___52___ water for gardens, water
management devices were installed at household with a high water use and the
water pressure was reduced to cut demand and leaks. At the same, the city launched
a media ___53___ to change habits and introduced higher duties. This is not without
its costs; agriculture and tourism, both significant areas of employment, have
___54___. It is a classic example of the problem of water economics-the cost of
water is low but the cost of a lack of water is very high.
Crises such as the Cape Town drought are in danger of becoming the new norm.
The ___55__ of Day Zero must serve as a wake-up call for cities across the world to
develop cost- effective water management strategies to cope with an uncertain
future.
41. A. Impact

B. Pressure




C. Impression

D. Observation




42. A. recycle
B. waste



C. consume


D. apply
43. A. restored
B. abstracted


C. separated

D. preserved
44. A. change
B. source



C. origin


D. volume
45. A. Competition
B. Protection

C. Construction

D. Regulation
46. A. contributing

B. regarding

C. responding


D. referring
47. A. in addition
B. for example

C. on the contrary

D. as a result
48. A. prospect



B. illustration


C. symptom


D. security
49. A. reported


B. presented

C. predicted


D. explained
50. A. respectively

B. increasingly

C. restrictively

D. extensively
51. A. By comparison B. In other words

C. To our surprise

D. What’s more

52. A. feasible

B. drinkable


C. inevitable

D. influential
53. A. campaign


B. statement


C. presentation

D. advertisement
54. A. invaded


B. liberated


C. suffered


D. proceeded
55. A. change

B. theory



C. record




D. threat
41-55:

BCBDA


CBACD

ABACD
Unit 2,



Early decision
—
you apply to one school, and admission is binding (
有法律约束力
的
)
—
seems like a great choice for nervous applicants. Schools ___41___ a higher
percentage of early-decision applicants, which arguably means that you have a better
chance of being enrolled. And if you do, you’re done with the whole painful process
by December. But most students and parents don’t realize that schools have hidden
___42___ for offering early decision.




Early decision, since it’s binding, allows
schools to fill their classes with qualified
students; it allows ___43___ committees to select the students that are in particular
demand for their college and know those students will come. It also gives schools a
higher yield rate(
优秀学生率
), which is often used as one of the ways to ___44___
college selectivity and popularity.




The problem is that this process effectively ___45___ the window of time
students have to make one of the most important decisions of their lives up to that
point. Under ___46___ admissions, seniors have to choose which school to attend

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until May 1; early decision effectively steals six months from them, months that
could be used to visit more schools, do more research, speak to current students and
alumni(
校友
) and make a more ___47___ decision.
For any given student in America, whatever their levels are, there are a number
of schools that are a great ___48___. When students become too fixed on a
particular school early in the admissions process, that fixation can lead to ___49___
severe disappointment if they don’t get in or, if they do, it is likely that they are now
bound to go to a school that, given time for further ___50___, may not actually be
right for them.
Early decision offers a genuine admissions edge. That advantage goes largely to
students who already have ___51___ advantages. The students who use early
decision tend to be those who have received higher-quality college guidance, usually
a result of coming from a more advantaged background. ___52___, there’s an
argument against early decision, as students from lower-income families are far less
likely to have the admissions know-how(
招生诀窍
) to___53___ figure out the often
confusing early deadlines. Students who have done their research and are confident
that there’s one school they would be thrilled to get into should, under the current
system, probably ___54___ under early decision. Fo
r students who haven’t yet done
enough research, or who are still constantly changing their minds on favorite schools,
the early-decision system needlessly and prematurely ___55___ the field of
possibility just at a time when students should be opening themselves to a whole
range of thrilling options.
41.

A. let in
B. turn down
C. make up
D. give away
42.

A. dangers
B. costs
C. assumptions
D. purposes
43.

A. admissions
B. joint
C. inquiry
D. Investigative

44.

A. detail
B. measure
C. achieve
D. represent
45.

A. neglects
B. provides
C. shortens
D. marks
46.

A. future
B. regular
C. random
D. compulsory
47.

A. informed
B. honoured
C. imposed
D. complicated
48.

A. fit
B. aid
C. hit
D. net
49.

A. therefore
B. otherwise
C. however
D. furthermore
50.

A. comment
B. enhancement
C. implication
D. reflection
51.

A. mutual
B. favorite
C. numerous
D. temporary
52.

A. In other words
B. In this regard
C. In particular
D. In brief
53.

A. hesitantly
B. relatively
C. deliberately
D. efficiently
54.

A. consult
B. volunteer
C. adjust
D. apply
55.

A. occupies
B. encloses
C. narrows
D. explores
41-55:

ADABC


BAABD

CBDDC
Unit 3,

After my public lectures on evolution, someone in the audience asks, “Are
we still evolving?” People want to know if humans are getting ta
ller, smarter, better
looking or more athletic. My answer is truthful but___41


: We’re almost certainly
evolving, but we don’t know in what


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or how fast.
We’ve seen some evolution in our species over the past few millennia, but it was
detected by reconstructing history from DNA sequences. For example, we know that
during the past 10,000 years, several populations of humans
—
those keeping sheep,
cows or goats for milk
—
gained the ability to digest dairy products. This quality was


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in our earlier ancestors who, after babyhood, never encountered milk. And in

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