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金山区
2017
学年高三第一学期质量监控
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7
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12
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II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: 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.
At
first
glance,
these
impressive
images
look
like
moment
captured
by
a
talented
photographer.
But
you
cannot
always
believe
what
you
see.
These
pictures,
with
their
incredible
photographic
details,
are
in
fact
the
creations
____21___ (draw) by Scottish hyper-
realist Paul Cadden.
With often nothing
more than a pencil in hand, the 47-year-old artist
produces elaborate drawings that could easily
___22___ (mistake) for the work of any
modern digital camera. From the wrinkles on a
woman
’
s face and beads of
water,
to a breath of smoke from a
cigarette, Cadeen is able to capture ___23___
(complicated) features of his subjects in such
painstaking detail that the images look
astonishingly real.
Cadden said he
began drawing at a very young age and has always
been interested in art. With some experience in
animation and graphic design, he moves
into hyper-realism ___24___ he has a special gift
for capturing details.
His creations
reflect his love for details, with a single image
__25_____ (take) up to six weeks to produce.
Working
with
pencil,
graphite
and
white
chalk, Cadden
is
able
to
create
seven poster-size
pieces
a
year,
___26__
sell
for
up
to
$$5,000
each.
The artist explained that he does
not want people to focus completely on the
techniques involved in his pieces.
“I
want them to
think about the work and ___27____
I’
m actually
drawing,
”
he said,
“I
prefer to study the
internal aspect of
the subject ___28___
_______ focus solely on the external
part.
”
Now,
Cadden is planning to take his pieces to more
foreign countries, and to hold exhibitions in
China, Cuba and
Brazil.
He
hopes
to
get
established
enough
__29____
(make)
a
living
from
his
work.
“
I
want
to
be
doing
lots
of
exhibitions in five
years
’
time. To have a
successful solo show is a long-cherished dream of
mine,
”
he said.
“
It
’
s
such a
fantastic
feeling
___30___
somebody
buys
your
paintings
and
you
know
the
paintings
are
sitting
somewhere
in
their
houses.
”
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. established
B.
cultural
C. freely
D. introduce
E. official
F.
release
G
. extremely
H. attraction
I. drew
J. unexpectedly
K. mystery
A
large-scale cultural exploration program National
Treasure
《国家宝藏》
made its first show on CCTV on Sunday
night . In the first episode, the
Palace Museum in Beijing showcased three
treasures.
As a ___31___ variety show,
the National Treasure aims to showcase the
background stories of national treasures and
___32___ various art forms. In the
show,
treasures, telling their stories
with the collections and interpreting the
historical ___33___. The show aims to inspire the
ancient Chinese civilization and make
the national treasures
This is not the
first time for the Palace Museum in Beijing to be
___34___ welcomed online in China, thanks to its
efforts in cultural products and self-
promotion in recent years.
Last
year,
the
museum
___35___
so
much
attention
because
of
the
huge
success of
the
three-episode
TV
documentary, Masters in the Forbidden
City and a movie with the same name. Over the last
few years, the museum has
___36___
495
signposts
and
1,400
new
chairs
have
been
provided.
In
addition,
the
Palace
Museum
opened
a
(an)
___37___
online
store
on
e-commerce
platform
Taobao,
selling
related
products.
It
also
started
their
self-promotion
through
new
media,
publishing
articles
to
promote
the
culture
of
the
museum.
It
___38___
swept
the
Internet
by
its
humorous style and
interesting content. At the same time, the Palace
Museum has published several mobile apps, one of
1
which
saw
over
200,000
downloads
just
two
weeks
after
its
___39___
in
2013.
Its
self-
promotion
has
achieved
great
results. In 2012, the
museum saw 15 million visitors. And it received 16
million visitors last year.
The museum
is also a popular ___40___ among foreign leaders.
For example, US President Donald Trump and his
wife visited the Palace Museum on Nov
8.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
AlphaGo has s
truck again,
defeating Ke Jie, the world’s number one Go
player,
3-0. After his defeat, the
young
Chinese
prodigy
said
AlphaGo
sees
the
___41___
of
Go
while
he
could
only
see
a
small
area
around
him.
This
win,
coupled with last
year’s victory over Lee Se
-dol, shines
a light on the awe-inspiring ___42___ of
technology and places
AlphaGo among the
greatest Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems
created to date.
The AI industry is
certainly making great advancements, constantly
surprising the public with new and interesting
tools and making life ___43___. Twenty
years ago, just connecting to the Internet was a
___44___. Now, we can do just
about
anything on our phones, from online banking to
___45___ shows. The shifting sands of technology
have placed so
many paths in front of
humanity that it is hard to ___46___ even the
immediate future.
We
may
talk
about
how
AI
can
make
our
lives
better,
but
we
also
consider
the
risks.
Many
stories
and
films
___47___ around the theme of AI vs.
human. One that comes to my mind now is The
Terminator. The film is about an AI
system
called
Skynet,
which
was
___48___
to
protect humans.
What
the
programmers
did
not
expect
was
that
Skynet
began to think. It came to the
conclusion that humans were a danger to its
existence, so it started a global nuclear war and
tried to
“___
4
9___”
humanity.
AlphaGo’s recent
achievements highlight the ___
50___
that technology and AI can bring about. They also
serve to
remind
us
of
the
___51___
and
risks
we
may
not
have
had
time
to
think
about.
Some
of
us
used
to
___52___
the
possibility
of
creating
an
actual
“thinking”
AI
system,
or
believe
that
humans
will
always
be
able
to
___
53___
an
AI
system,
but
certain
facts
have
now
been
placed
in
front
of
us.
All
that’s
left
to
be
done
is
to
___
54___
the
actual
“thinking”
part
of
advanced
AI
systems
like
AlphaGo
to
more
fields.
Once
that
happens,
human
beings
will
be
pretty
much
___5
5___. If we do not fully understand
the risks of AI systems, we might be flying too
close to the “sun”, and like
Icarus in
Greek mythology, we will fall.
41. A.
fun
B. secret
C.
universe
D.
potential
42. A. intelligence
B. advancements
C. risks
D. threats
43.
A. easier
B.
slower
C.
harder
D.
faster
44. A. mess
B. headache
C. loss
D. leisure
45. A. live
B. instant
C. immediate
D. direct
46. A. tell
B. frame
C.
predict
D. encounter
47. A. reveal
B. reverse
C. resolve
D. revolve
48. A. processed
B. modified
C. introduced
D. developed
49. A. help
B. isolate
C. terminate
D. investigate
50. A. benefits
B. possibilities
C. signals
D. incident
51. A. questions
B. tragedies
C. treasures
D. disasters
52. A. analyze
B. develop
C. doubt
D. preview
53. A. outsmart
B. overhead
C. outnumber
D. overtake
54. A. adopt
B. shrink
C. adapt
D.
control
55. A. intelligent
B. powerful
C. patriotic
D. outdated
Section B
(A)
In many
countries of the world, people can confidently
tell you the meaning of their town or city, but
most people
who live in Manchester,
Oxford or Birmingham would not be able to explain
what the name of their city means. The name
of every British town and city,
however, has a long history.
Two
thousand
years
ago,
most
people
living
in
Britain
were
Celts.
Even
the
word
“
Britain
”
is
Celtic.
Then
the
2
Romans
arrived
and
built
camps
which
became
cities
called
“
castra
”
.
This
is
why
there
are
so
many
place
names
in
England which end in
“
-chester
”
or
“
-caster
”
–
Manchester, for example.
The Romans never reached Wales or
Scotland, and many place names there are Celtic.
For example, Welsh place
names that begin with
“
Llan
”
come from the Celtic word for church.
After the Romans left Britain, it was
attacked by tribes called the Anglo-Saxons who
were from the area of Europe
that is
now Germany and Holland. Without the Roman army,
it was impossible to protect the country from
these people.
The
names
of
their
villages
often
ended
in
“
-ham
”
or
“
-ton
”
.
Some
got
their
name
from
the
leader
of
the
village,
so
Birmingham, for example, means
< br>“
Beormund
’
s
village
”
.
The
Anglo-Saxons were farmers and the landscape was
very important to them, so we have villages called
Upton
(
“
village
on a hill
”
–
a good place to build a
village) and Moreton
(
“
village by
lake
”
, where floods could
make life tough).
Place names that end
in
“
-ford
”
(a place where you could cross a river) also
describe the location of Anglo-Saxon villages.
Twelve hundred years ago, the Vikings
came to England from Scandinavia. They traded with
the Anglo-Saxons but lived
in their own
villages. These often ended in
“
-by
”
or
“
-thorpe
”
. The name
“
Kirkby
”
means
“
a
village with a church
”
and
Scunthorpe was the village of a man
called Skuma.
Finally, in 1066, England
became Norman
–
the Normans
gave us the place name
“
gran
ge
”
, which means farm.
And how about London? Experts cannot
agree. The Romans called the city Londinium, but
they were not the first
inhabitants.
People once believed that the United
Kingdom
’
s capital city got
its name from the castle of a King called Lud,
but this is very unlikely. Our best
guess today is that the name comes from a Celtic
word meaning a fastflowing river. Like
a number of British place names, its
history is lost in time.
56. The origin
of British place names are unfamiliar to many
local people because of _______.
A. the
death of the country
’
s
ancient languages.
B. the long lost history of the names.
C. their lack of interest in the names.
D. the frequent
changes to the names.
57. According to
the article, Stratford-upon-Avon is most likely a
town _______.
A. on a hill
B.
near a castle
C. built beside a river
D. with a church
58. Which of the following shows the
correct order of the arrival of inhabitants in
Britain?
A. The Celts
–
The Romans
–
The Vikings
–
The Normans
–
The Anglo Saxons
B. The Romans
–
The Celts
–
The Vikings
–
The Anglo
Saxons
–
The Normans
C. The Celts
–
The
Romans
–
The Anglo
Saxons
–
The Vikings
–
The Normans
D.
The Romans
–
The Anglo
Saxons
–
The Celts
–
The Normans
–
The Vikings
59.
According to the text, where did the name for
London come from?
A. It is puzzling and
hard to confirm for sure.
B. It comes from the term for a fast-
flowing river.
C. The name is short for
Londinium.
D. The name is
from the castle of a King.
(B)
Metropolitan North
Georgia Water Planning District
2016
High School Video Contest
Here’s the
Scoop on Pet Waste!
Submission Deadline July 27, 2016.
3
Eligibility
Ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grade students that
attend
schools
located
in
Bartow,
Cherokee,
Clayton,
Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette,
Fulton, Forsyth,
Gwinnett,
Hall,
Henry,
Paulding
and
Rockdale
counties
are invited to participate in the video
contest. Entries can
be a team or
individual effort.
Judging
Submissions will be judged based on the
following criteria:
?
Incorporation
of the “Here’s the Scoop
on Pet Waste’’
message.
Use
the
the Scoop on Pet Waste’’
messaging fact
sheet
for
background
information
on
the
issue.
?
Composition
（
length,
technical
Guidelines
?
Each video must
be uploaded to YouTube. The video’s
construction, audio
quality
）
.
YouTube
link must be included in the entry/release form.
?
Entertainment value.
?
Team members must be from
the same school.
?
Accuracy
of information.
?
The video
must be between 30-60 seconds in length.
?
Creativity.
?
No professional assistance
or use of copyright material
is allowed, including background music.
Prizes
?
Each
student participating in the contest or appearing
in
?
1st Place
$$1500
the
video
must
fill
out
a
form.
For
teams,
submit
an
?
2nd Place
$$1000
entry/release form for each team
member.
?
3rd Place
$$500
?
One video
per team or individual.
50%
of
the
prize
money
will
go
to
the
?
All entry/release forms
must be postmarked or received
individual or team who submits the
video
by Friday, July 27, 2016.
and
50%
to
the
high
school
they
attend.
Email: kvaIlianos@
Winners
will be notified directly.
OR
Mail: 2015 Water Video
Contest
Metro Water District
40 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
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60
.
What does the underlined word “Eligibility”
probably mean?
A. Age.
B.
Qualification.
C. Location.
D. Grade.
61.
When entering the contest, ______.
A.
one must ask his or her teacher to sign the entry
form.
B. winners can earn at least $$750
as a prize.
C. one can invite friends
from other schools to act in the video.
D. participants had better add some
humor and fun to the video.
62. Where
should the participants upload their videos?
A. participants
’
school websites.
B. .
C. YouTube.
D. kvaIlianos@.
(C)
For many years, humans have tried to
find the secret to staying young. Although it has
yet to be discovered, we may
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