2020届上海市建平中学高三下学期英语3月月考试卷( Word版 )

上海建 平中学高三下

3

月月考

2020.3

Ⅱ

. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions:

Read

the

following

passage.

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.

Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There

was only one way to find out.

So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured

（冒险）

onto the frozen pond near their homes

in Frankfort, Illinois, ___21___

（

get

）

a better look. First they cast a rock onto the ice to test it, then they stepped on

it. ___22___

（

conv ince

）

the ice would hold their

weight, Anthony took a few steps, then… FOOMP. He crashed

through the seemingly frozen surface. There was no sound, he just fell instantly.

Cruz rushed to help his terrified friend. FOOMP

—

the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to lift ___23___

out of the frozen water and onto a more solid section. He then cautiously worked his way toward Anthony. But the

ice ___24___

（

not hold

）

，

a

nd he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out. The boys were up to their necks in

icy

water

and

quickly

losing

feeling

in

their

limbs.

There

was

not

much

chance

___25___

they

could

free

themselves from the trouble. Cruz was sure he was going to die.

Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys ___26___

（

fall

）

into the pond and started screaming for help. John

Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the

boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy

（浮标）

，

kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water, ___27___

（

chop

）

his way

through the ice with free fist. Lavin made his way ___28___ Cruz and Anthony and pull them back to land. They

were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water ___29___

（

lower

）

their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered, ___30___ they are still a little awestruck

（惊叹的）

by their fearless

neighbor.

“

Just to think,

”

says Cruz,

“

I

f he hadn’t been there, I would have died.

”

Section B

Directions

< br>：

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. prized

B. answerable

C. limit

D. accessible

E. projected

F. justify

G. pirated

H. insightful

I. chiefly

J. purchase

K. genuinely

We live today indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated

American

fashion

from

the

___31___

of

Parisian

design.

Independence

came

in

tying,

wrapping,

storing,

and

rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modem dress code, letting playsuits and other active

outfits suit casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and utility in dress, in

contradiction to dressing for an occasion. Fashion in America was logical and ___32___ to the will of the women

who wore it. American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive

and imposed on women, willing or not.

In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris, or even ___33___ specific French

designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as “modem art” would later be; it was ___34___

invented

and

developed

in

America.

Its

designers

were

not

high-end

with

supplementary

lines.

The

design

objective

and

the

business

commitment

were

targeted

to

sportswear,

and

the

distinctive

traits

were

problem-solving ingenuity

（独创性）

and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important: summer

dresses and outfits, in particular, were ___35___ cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home.

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Closings were simple, practical, and ___36___, as the modem woman depended on no personal maid to dress her.

American designers ___37___ the freedom of women who wore the clothing.

Many have argued that the women designers of that time ___38___ their own clothing values into a new style.

Of

course,

much

of

this

argument

in

the

1930s-40s

was

advanced

because

there

was

little

or

no

experience

in

designing clothes on the basis of utility. But could utility alone ___39___ the new ideas of the American designers?

Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cheris

hed fashion’s relationship to the fine arts. What

the designers of the American sportswear proved was that fashion is a design art, answering to the demanding

needs

of

service.

Of

course

these

practical,

___40___

designers

have

determined

the

course

of

late

twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was

both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.

Ⅲ

. Reading comprehension

Section A

Directions

：

For each blank in the following passages 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.

Face shape lets AI spot rare disorders

People with genetic syndromes

（综合症）

sometimes have revealing facial features, but using them to make a

quick and cheap diagnosis an be ___41___ given there are hundreds of possible conditions they may have. A new

neural network that analyses photographs of faces can help doctors ___42___ the possibilities.

Yaron

Gurovich

at

biotechnology

firm

FDNA

in

Boston

and

his

team

built

a

neural

network

to

look

at

the

overall impression of faces and ___43___ a list of the 10 genetic syndromes a person is most likely to have.

They

___44___

the

neural

network,

called

DeepGestalt,

on

17,000

images

correctly

labelled

to

match

more

than 200 genetic syndromes. The team then asked the AI to ___45___ potential genetic disorders from a further

502 photos of people with such conditions. It included the correct answer among its list of 10 responses 91 per

cent of the time.

Gurovich and his team also ___46___ the neural network’s ability to distinguish between the different genetic

mutations

（变异）

that can lead to the same syndrome. They used photographs of people with Noonan syndrome,

which can result from mutations in any one of five genes. DeepGestalt correctly identified the genetic source of

the physical appearance 64 per cent of the time. It’s clearly not ___47___, but it’s still much better than humans

are at trying to do this.

As

the

system

makes

its

assessments,

the

facial

regions

that

were

most

helpful

in

the

determination

are

___48___ and made available for doctors to view. This helps them to understand the relationships between genetic

make-up and physical appearance.

The fact that the diagnosis is based on a simple photograph raises questions about ___49___. If faces can reveal

details about genetics, then employers and insurance providers could, in principle, ___50___ use such techniques

to ___51___ against people who have a high probability of having certain disorders. ___52___, Gurovich says the

tool will only be ___53___ for use by clinicians.

This technique could bring significant ___54___ for those who have genetic syndromes. The real value here is

that

for

some

of

these

ultra-rare

diseases,

the

process

of

diagnosis

can

be

many,

many

years.

This

kind

of

technology can help narrow down the search space and then be confirmed through checking genetic markers. For

some

diseases,

it

will

cut

down

the

time

to

diagnosis

dramatically.

For

others,

it

could

perhaps

add

means

of

finding other people with the disease and, ___55___, help find new treatments or cures.

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41. A. convincing

B. tricky

C. reliable

D. feasible

42. A. bring about

B. result from

C. narrow down

D. rule out

43. A. return

B. input

C. top

D. feed

44. A. based

B. imposed

C. focused

D. trained

45. A. identify

B. distinguish

C. shift

D. cure

46. A. tested

B. demonstrated

C. recognized

D. acquired

47. A. acceptable

B. perfect

C. reliable

D. workable

48. A. covered

B. excluded

C. highlighted

D. supervised

49. A. objectivity

B. accuracy

C. credibility

D. privacy

50. A. legally

B. habitually

C. efficiently

D. secretly

51. A. discriminate

B. fight

C. argue

D. vote

52. A. Furthermore

B. Therefore

C. Otherwise

D. However

53. A. impossible

B. available

C. ready

D. rare

54. A. challenges

B. benefits

C. damages

D. concerns

55. A. by contrast

B. in turn

C. in addition

D. on the contrary

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

）

The two roads

It was New Year’s night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep

blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. When he cast them on

the earth, where a few more hopeless people besides himself now moved towards their certain goal

—

the tomb. He

had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and

regret. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.

The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father

placed him at the entrance of the two roads

—

one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits

and resounding with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison

flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.

He looked towards the sky and cried painfully,

place me once more at the

entrance to life, and I'll choose the better way!

He saw the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall from

the

sky

and

disappeared,

and

this

was

the

symbol

of

himself.

His

regret,

which

was

like

a

sharp

arrow,

struck

deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him. But

they had made their way to success and were now honored and happy on this New Year's night.

The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents' early love for him.

They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared

no

longer

look

towards

that

heaven

where

his

father

lived.

His

darkened

eyes

were

full

of

tears,

and

with

a

despairing effort, he burst out a cry:

And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream, which he had on New Year's Night. He was still young

though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road

which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.

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Those who still linger on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years

are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain.

give me back my early days!

56. In the 3

rd

paragraph, the man cried painfully because ___.

A. all the hopeless people were moving towards death

B. he had lost forever the chance to take the right road

C. His parents and the happy days of his youth were gone

D. he refused to take the toad leading to a deep dark cave

57. What happened to the man before his sudden realization?

A. He was at his father’s funeral farewell.

B. He was enjoying the New

Year’s eve.

C. He was wandering at the entrance to life.

D. He was having a dream of his life in old age.

58. We can infer from the story that ___.

A. the man’s childhood friends led a joyful life like him

B. the man still had the opportunity to chose the right way

C. both the man’s parents passed away when he was young

D. the man’s father was quite strict with his son before death

59. The passage is mainly written for ____.

A. a new driver getting lost on a detour

B. a concerned mother with two children to raise

C. an experienced teacher with a good reputation

D. a hesitating young adult facing a tough life choice

（

B

）

“

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

”

is a real sentence.

How?

Let’s break it down, starting with a simple

phrase:

Monkeys from Pisa bully deer from London.

OK, admittedly it’s an implausible scenario, but it’s a grammatically fine sentence. In English we can use place

names as adjectives, so let’s shorten the sentence a little.

Pisa monkeys bully London deer.

Now we’ll throw in some giraffes from Paris to even the score with those mean monkeys.

Pisa monkeys, whom Paris giraffes intimidate, bully London deer.

English is peculiar in that you can omit relative pronouns, e.g.,

“

the person whom I love

”

can be expressed as

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