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2016
年第一学期南汇一中期中试卷
高三年级
英语学科
（考试时间
120
分钟，总分
150
分）
Ⅱ
.
Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)
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.
A
drug has stopped brain deterioration in Alzheimer’
s
（
早老性痴呆病）
,
patients
for the first time, scientists
announced yesterday.
Mental decline
was stopped for 18 months in some patients, in
results described
as
(21)_____________(strong) sign yet that an
effective treatment for the disease is
near. Researchers said that the drug
—
(22)____________(take) as
a tablet twice a
day
—
could soon
become the first medicine given to Alzheimer’s
patients to keep the
disease at bay for
as long as possible.
The final-stage trial had at first
appeared (23)____________(be) a failure as the
drug did not work in patients who were
taking other
dementia
（痴呆，精神错乱）
medicines.
(24)_____________, among the 15 percent of 891
patients not taking
other medicines,
the drug appeared to have remarkable effects.
These patients say no drop-off in their
reasoning and memory skills over 18
months, nor in their ability to carry
out everyday tasks.
(25)____________key areas
of their brain shrank a third less than other
patients in
the trial, researchers told
the Alzheimer
’
s Association
International Conference in
Toronto.
“
There is a pattern of
disease modification here,
”
Serge Gauthier, of McGill
University,
(26)___________presented the results, said.
“
This is the first time
it(27)_____________(happen) in our
field that a drug reduces the rate of brain
atrophy(
萎缩）
.
”
At present patients are prescribed
drugs such as donepezil, which help to control
symptoms for a time but do not stop
worsening damage to the brain.
Doctor Gauthier
said it was a surprise (28) _____________other
dementia drugs
appeared to cancel out
the effects of the new drug, called LMTX or LMTM,
but
(29)_____________(add) that just as
cancer patients were given some medicine
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initially
and then switched (30)__________
___________ those stopped working,
so Alzheimer
’
s
patients could be given LMTX as a first-choice
drug.
“
I
’
m
excited about the promise of
LMTX.
”
he said.
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.
investment
B.
curriculum
C.
gains
D.
involved
E. scale
F. matters
G. push
H. positive
I. weigh
J. copied
K. attention
Preschool
is
getting
a
lot
of
attention
these
days.
President
Obama
and
mayors
across
the
country
are <
/p>
touting
（标榜）
prescho
ol
as
an
important
investment
in
the
economy.
As policymakers
___31____ the costs and benefits of
“
preschool for
all,
”
they
’
re
trying to
figure out what actually works in the classroom.
School
officials say the system of intensive coaching is
a key to classroom success.
Boston uses
coaches for teachers as part of its larger
___32___ for preschool quality.
The
district
has
installed
a
strict
___33____and
requires
teachers
to
get
masters
degrees.
Academics
have
known
for
some
time
that
quality
___34____,
but
much
of
the
research has focused on small-scale
programs. The Boston program is different.
Last
year,
a
Harvard
University
study
found
big
___35____
in
math
and
vocabulary in Boston
after the program, where the preschool system
spans 68 schools.
“
That
you
can
develop
high
quality
across
68
schools
was
not
obvious,
”
says
Harvard
economist
and
education
professor
Richard
Murnane,
who
was
not___36____in the study.
“
We can do better in
preparing poor children for school,
and it can be done at
considerable___37____.
”
But
not
everyone
is
sold.
Some
preschool
research
shows
academic
gains
disappearing
by
third
grade.
Critics
say
a
program
without
staying
power
is
hardly
worth a big public
___38____.
“
So
we
just
don
’
t
know
about
Boston,
whether
the
___39____effects
that
are
talked
about at the end of the pre-K year are going to be
there at the end of first grade,
second
grade
or
third
grade,
”
Whitehurst
says.
“
Without
knowing
that,
it
’
s
hard
to
make a
decision about whether this is a great program
that ought to be ___40___in
other
places.
”
But policymakers around the
country aren
’
t waiting for a
long-term study. They
’
re
coming to Boston to see the preschool
program up close.
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III. Reading
Comprehension (45%)
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.
We have been
putting smart women on the couch for 40 years
without making
full
use
of
their
talent.
Today
the
portion
of
top
jobs
that
go
to
women
is
still
__41__low. Why
aren
’
t more women running
things in America? It isn
’
t
for lack of
ambition
or
qualifications.
The
real__42__to
getting
more
women
to
the
top
is
the
difficult issue of time
commitment: Today
’
s top jobs
in major organizations.__43__
60 plus
hours of work a week. Isn
’
t
it too much?
But
for
businesses
and
reformers
are
serious
about
making
their
companies__44__for
the
large
number
of
American
talented
women,
here
are
three
ways to handle it.
Re-think time. We can break away from
the belief that high-level work can be
done only by
people
who work extra time. Maybe working time
can be __45__ by
setting the right
amount of work that needs to get done. Senior
roles should actually
be easier to
adapt in this way because highly paid people have
the desire to give up
some __46__ in
order to work less.
Availability
matters.
It
’
s
important
to
differ
between
availability
and
absolute
time
commitment.
Many
professional
women
would
__47__
agree
to
check
e-mail
seven days
a week and come to office.__48__, for
intense project
—
so long as
over
the course of a year, the time
devoted to work is more__49__.Managers need to
know
that 24/7 availability is not the
same thing as a 24/7 workload.
Quality
is
the
goal,
not
quantity.
Leaders
need
to
create
a
__50__in
which
talented people are
judged not by the quantity of their work, but by
the quality of their
__51__. One who
works 20 hours a week and who delivers exceptional
results on a
pro
rata
（摊派）
basis should be
qualified for __52__ and viewed as a top
performer.
“
Devotion
< br>”
may help
talented women
who can live with
the way that top
jobs
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require
today
—
and if
that
’
s their __53__, give
more power to them. But only a small
percentage
of
women
will
choose
this
route.
Until
the
rest
of
us
get
serious
about
__54__the present
way that
work gets
done in
American
corporations, we can only
complain
about the __55__of it all while changing almost
nothing.
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vely
uently
22.
r
nge
on
23.
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t
24.
us
l
s
l
25.
ned
ed
ened
ged
26.
m
ion
27.
y
antly
ntly
y
28.
necessary
possible
convenient
likely
29.
ed
d
ed
30.
ion
zation
e
31.
butions
ons
ments
32.
rs
isors
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ments
33.
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age
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34.
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35.
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Section B
Directions:
Read
the
following
four
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
）
Even
as
a
child,
the
best-
known
North
American
woman
painter,
Frida
Kahlo
exhibited an independent, rebellious
spirit and lack of
restraint
（克制）
that often got
her into trouble.
At the age
of six, however, Frida
’
s
life changed dramatically. She got polio and
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was confined
to her bed for nine months. The disease left
Frida
’
s right leg shorter
and
thinner
than
her
left,
and
when
she
had
recovered
enough
to
return
to
school,
she
walked with
a limp.
She was
often teased by
her playmates,
and
although
that was
emotionally
painful
for
her.
She
compensated
by
being
outgoing
and
gained
a
reputation as a
“
character
”
.
A
turning point occurred in
Frida
’
s life in September,
when she was involved in a
near-fatal
accident. The bus in which she was riding home
after school crashed into a
trolley
car. The impact caused a metal rail to break
loose, piercing Frida
’
s
entire body
with
the
steel
rod.
The
Red
Cross
doctors
who
arrived
and
examined
the
victims
separated the
injured from the dying, giving the injured first
priority. They took one
look at Frida
and put her with the hopeless cases.
The
doctors
eventually
treated
Frida,
and
miraculously
she
survived.
She
suffered a broken spine and two broken
ribs. Her right leg was broken in 11 places,
and her right foot was smashed. Her
left shoulder was dislocated. From that point on,
Frida Kahlo would never live a day
without pain.
Although Frida recovered
enough to lead a fairly normal life, the accident
had
severe
psychological
and
physical
consequences.
She
had
to
abandon
her
plan
to
become
a
doctor.
Her
slowly
healing
body
kept
her
in
bed
for
months,
and
it
was
during
this time that Frida began to paint. Some artists
look to nature or society for
their
inspiration, but Frida looked inward. After her
accident, Frida described her pain
in
haunting, dream-like self portraits. Most of her
200 paintings explore her vision of
herself.
The Broken
Column
(1944), a small deer with
Frida
’
s head and a body
pierced
with arrows run through the
woods.
When she was in her forties, her
health seriously declined, but Frida always kept
her
lively
spirit.
By
then
she
was
internationally
known.
When
a
Mexican
gallery
wanted to have a
major exhibition of her work, she arranged to have
her elaborately
decorated, four-poster
bed carried into the gallery so that she could
receive people.
36.
Polio left Kahlo with a limp, and as a
result she became_______.
and
withdrawn
and graceful
ly and unconventional
and straightforward
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began to
paint____________.
she was still a
child
she suffered from polio
a serious traffic accident happened
she was already in her forties
of the
following doesn
’
t describe
Kahlo
’
s artwork?
painted many beautiful landscapes
painted pictures showing pain and suffering
often used herself as a subject for
her work.
painted even when she was
very ill.
the time of her death, Kahlo
was__________.
an unknown artist
she had taken up art
accepted as an accomplished
D.a famous North American woman artist.
（
B
）
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