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2017
年
1
月上海高
考
Last weekend, the latest
Disney movie, zootopia, broke records. The movie
had the largest
opening
weekend
for
a
Disney
animation.
People
across
the
U.S
bought
more
than
$$75million
worth of tickets.
Zootopia is a city of animals. The
movie starts with a rabbit police officer and a
fox criminal
21___________team
up
to
find
a
missing
otter
(
水獭
).
He
is
among
several
animals
that
have
suddenly disappeared from the
city.
Zootopia
22___________(praise)
for
its
sharp
humor
and
strong
message
since
its
release.
The film explores
racism and other issues in the description of
relations 23___________ two kinds
of
animals in the city.
Jaed
Bush
had
Phil
wrote
zootopia.
They
told
reporters
that
it
started
out
as
a
spy
movie
24___________(set) in several different
contexts. But they changed the story
25___________they
found
the
animal
world
especially
interesting.
They
said
to
26___________something
like
this,
“What’s this world
like? What’s the history of this world?” and then,
Bush said, they went to the
experts.
Not
only
27___________the
writers
speak
with
people
who
study
culture
and
group
behavior, but also they talked with
animals experts like zookeepers
The creators have noted that the
variety of animals was not easy
28___________(produce) in
drawings.
In
the
movie,
64
species
live
in
multiple
neighborhoods
29___________(represent)
different
animals’
living
environments.
Disney
says
zootopia
is
its
30___________(complex)
animation yet. The extra effort is
certainly paying off at the box office.
2017
年
6
月上海高考
In the
presence of animals
A professor of
public health at UCLA says that pet ownership
might provide a new form of
health
care.
As
far
back
as
the
1790s,
the
elderly
at
a
senior
citizens'
home
in
England
21___________ (encourage) to spend time
with farm animals. This would help patients'
mental
state more than the
cruel therapies 22__________ (use) on the mentally
ill at the time. In recent
years,
scientists
have
finally
begun
to
find
proofs
23__________
contact
with
animals
can
increase a sick person's chance of
survival and has been shown 24___________(lower)
heart rate,
calm upset children, and
get people to start a conversation.
Scientist think that animal
companionship is beneficial 25___________animals
are accepting
and attentive, and they
don't criticize or give orders. Animals have the
unique ability to be more
social. For
example, visitors to nursing homes get more social
responses from patients when they
come
with animal companions.
Not only do
people seem 26___________ (anxious) when animals
are nearby, but they may
also live
longer. Studies show that a year 27___________
heart surgery, survival rates for heart
patients
were
higher
for
those
with
pets
in
their
homes
than
those
without
pets.
Elderly
people
with
pets
make
fewer
trips
to
doctors
than
those
without
animal
companions,
possibly
because
animals
relieve
loneliness.
Staying
with
animals
is
believed
to
create
a
peaceful
state
of
mind,
28___________(result) in a favourable
environment for everyone.
Research
confirms
that
the
findings
concerning
senior
citizens
can
be
applied
to
restless
children.
They
are
more
easy-
going
when
there
are
animals
around,
with
29___________
company
they
tend
to
calm
down
more
easily.
They
involve
30___________
in
playing
with
animals and the presence of animals
comforts them greatly.
【
Keys
】
22. has been praised
23. between
25.
because
26. themselves
27. did
28. to produce
29. representing
30. most complex
【
Keys
】
21. were encouraged
22. used
23.
that
24. to lower
25. because/as/ since
26. less anxious
27. after
28. resulting
29.
whose
30. themselves
2017
年
1
月高考真题
Directions:
Read
the following passage. Summarize
the
main idea and the
main point(s) of
the
passage in no more than
60 words. Use your own words as far as
possible.
Shyness
If you
suffer shyness, you are not alone. It is not
surprising that social scientists are exploring
its environmental causes.
The
first
children
environmental
cause
of
shyness
may
be
a
child’s
home
and
family
life.
are
growing
up
Growing
up
Today’s
in
in
smaller
and
smaller
families,
with
fewer
and
fewer
relatives
living
nearby.
homes
in
which
both
parents
work
full
time,
children
may not have the socializing
experience of
frequent visits by
neighbours and friends. Because of their lack of
social skills, they may begin to
feel
shy when they start school.
A
second
environmental
cause
of
shyness
in
an
individual
may
be
one’s
culture.
In
a
large
study conducted in
Japan, 57 percent of participants rated themselves
as shy. Researchers Lynne
Henderson
and
Philip
Zimbardo
say,
“One
explanation
is
that
in
Japan,
an
individual’s
performance
success is credited externally to parents,
grandparents, teachers, coaches, and others,
while
failure
is
entirely
blamed
on
the
person.”
Therefore,
Japanese
learn
not
to
take
risks
in
public and rely instead on
group
-
shared
decisions.
Technology
may
also
play
a
role.
In
the
United
States,
the
number
of
young
people
who
report
being shy has risen from 40 percent to 50 percent
in recent years. Due to our huge advances
in
technology,
watching
television,
playing
video
games,
and
surfing
the
Web
have
replaced
recreational
activities
that
involve
social
interaction
for
many
young
people.
Adults,
too,
are
becoming
isolated as a result of technology. Face to face
interaction with bank clerks, gas station
attendants are no longer necessary
because people can use machines to do their
banking, fill their
their gas tanks,
and order goods. In short, they become
shy.
It appears that most
people have experienced shyness at some time in
their lives. Therefore, if
you are shy,
you have lots of company.
Shyness is
common and it has environmental causes, including
home and family life,
culture
and
technology.
Firstly,
with
smaller
families
and
working
parents,
children
lack
social interactions.
Secondly, blaming failure on individuals causes
people in some culture to
be
shy
in
public.
Finally,
with
the
development
of
technology,
people
have
fewer
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