上海六校届高三月联考英语试题

2017

届高三第二次六校联考

调研试卷

英语

Ⅱ

.

Grammar and V

ocabulary (

第二大题每小题

1

分，

共

20

分

)

Section

A

Direction

:

After reading the passage below, 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.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, computer sales manager Michael Hingson , who is blind , went early to his

th

floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center to prepare for a meeting . As Michael worked , office on the

78his guide dog , a Labrador retriever _______(name) Roselle, dozed by his feet.

At 8:46 a.m,

a tremendous boom rocked the building , eliciting

screams throughout the floor . Michael

grabbed Roselle , trusting that the dog _______(lead) out of the danger, and they navigated their way to a stairwell.

“

Forward,

”

Machael instructed , and they descended the first of 1,463 steps to the lobby._______ about ten

floors , the stairwell grew crowded and hot ,and the fumes from jet fuel had made it hard to breathe. When a

woman

became crazy , yelling that they wouldn't make it. Roselle accompanied the woman ________she finally petted the

dog , calmed herself , and kept walking down the stairs.

th

floor, firefighters started passing Michael on their way up .

Around the 30Each one stopped to offer him

assistance. He declined but let Roselle be petted, _____ (provide) many of the firefighters with _______ would be

their last experience of unconditional love.

After about 45 minutes ,Michael and Roselle reached _____ booby ,and 15 minutes later ,they emerged outside

to a scene of chaos . Suddenly the police yelled for everyone to run as the South Tower began to collapse.

Michael kept a tight grip on Roselle's harness , using voice and hand commands, as they ran to a street opposite

the

crumbling tower . The street bounced like a trampoline , and

“

a deafening roar

”

like a hellish freight train filled

the air.

Hours later , Michael andRoselle made it home safely . At that moment , they thought they were _______(lucky )

in

the world.

In 2004,

Roselle developed a blood disorder , ______

prevented her from guiding and touring . She died in

2011.

“

I

‘

ve had many other dogs ,

”

Mechael wrote ,

“

but there is only one Roselle.

”

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that

there is one word more than you need.

A. catalog

B. barely

C. free

D. self

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consciousness

E. prospects

F. compulsory

G. dropped

H. assigned

I. certified

J. totally

K. transfer

For thousands of commuting students, Chabot was our Columbia, Annapolis, even our Sorbonne, offering

courses in physics, stenography, auto mechanics, ___31___ public accounting, foreign languages, journalism

—

name

the art or science, the subject or trade, and it was probably in the ___32___. The college had a nursing program

that

churned out graduates, sports teams that funneled athletes to big

-

time programs, and parking for a few thousand

cars

—

all ___33___, but for the effort and the cost of used textbooks.

“

By some fluke of the punch

-

card computer era, I made Chabot's dean's list taking classes I loved (oral

interpretation), classes I hesitated (health, a requirement), classes I aced, and classes I ___37___ after the first hour

(astronomy, because it was all math). I nearly failed zoology, killing my fruit flies by neglect, but got lucky in an

English course,

“

The College Reading Experience.

”

The books of Carlos Castaneda were incomprehensible to

me (and

still are), but my___38___ presentation on the analytic process called structural dynamics was hailed as clear and

concise, though I did nothing more than embellish the definition I had looked up in the dictionary.

A public

-

speaking class was unforgettable for a couple of reasons. First, the assignments forced us to get over

our ___39___. Second, another student was a stewardess, as flight attendants called themselves in the 70's. She

was

studying communications and was gorgeous. She lived not far from me, and when my VW threw a rod and was in

the

shop for a week, she offered me a lift to class. I rode shotgun that Mo nday

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Wednesday

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Friday, ___40___

tongue

-

tied.

Communicating with her one< /p>

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on

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one was the antithesis of public speaking.

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.

When buying a smart phone, I keep my criteria simple. If the device can handle WeChat, phone calls and

___41___ the Internet, I purchase it.

If it's over 1,000 yuan, I ___42___ it.

This approach to acquiring

smartphones ___43___for me as I keep my needs basic. Aside from saving myself money, I may have also saved

myself from some wounds or burns had I chosen a flawed phone. In recent news, things have been ___44___ for

Samsung

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literally.

Samsung's most recent innovation is called the Note7. Sadly, it was discontinued only 38 days after being made

___45___ for consumption. At first, a few customers complained that their phones caught fire while being

___46___.

Samsung, being responsible, launched an investigation to ___47___ the cases. They issued a global recall on

September 1, but it was taken merely as a suggestion and not seen as ___48___. Yet, earlier this month, the tech

giant

gave a stronger message to worldwide customers, saying all owners must stop using their Note 7s immediately.

Commercial forces encourage tech companies to push the envelope and produce new products every few months.

Sometimes, a conflict of interests can occur. The greed for innovation has a funny way of causing ___49___ for

the

basics

-

like safety

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and the Note7's situation is just one example of this. The device ___50___ all kinds of cool

features,

including a super

-

high

-

resolution camera, an iris scanner and an especially powerful ___51___. Ideally,

manufacturers

should consider all relevant aspects when creating new commodities. Samsung has both the money and technical

know

-

how to prevent such negligence. The Note7's ___52___ was most likely rushed in order to make more profit,

which ___53___ having the opposite effect. Time will tell how much this oversight will cost with respect to

Samsung'

fame and future.

___54___, it' s safe to assume that Samsung could eventually come back over the horizon and restore its

reputation as a manufacturer of excellent smartphones if its new models have no major flaw. In an industry largely

run

by Apple and Samsung, intense competitions will only bring more benefit to consumers. If Apple were to become

the

only ___55___ company, we would be left with few options for top

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of

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the

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line phones.

1.

A. surf

B. access

C. launch

D. process

C. recommend D. abandon

B. desire

A. buy

2.

3.

A. works

B. checks

C. helps

D. adapts

4.

A. growing up

B. bringing up

C. blowing up

D. digging up

B. responsible

A. accessible

D. available

C. affordable

5.

A. locked 6.

B. broadcast

D. carried

C. charged

A. look over

D. look into

B. look through C. look up

7.8.

A. aggressive

D. urgent

C. anxious

B. desperate

B. need

C. demand

9.A. neglect

D. application

D. forbids B. boasts

C. defines

10.

A. causes

C. chip

B. screen

D. frame

11.A. battery

12.

B. promotion

D. release

C. invention A. campaign

C. acted out D. turned over

A. ended up 13.

B. served for

14.

A. Consequently

B. Therefore

C. Furthermore

D. Nevertheless

C. dominant

D. feasible

A. flexible

B. ambitious

15.

B

Section

Directions :

Read the following three passage , 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)

For the first time in its history the International Olympic Committee has allowed a team of refugee to compete at

the Games. All of the team's members were forced to leave their home countries .Now they've come together to

compete under the Olympic flag instead.

Making it to the Olympics is something eighteen

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