杨浦区 2016 学年第二学期高三模拟质量调研英语学科试卷

杨浦区

2016

学年第二学期高三模拟质量调研英语学科试卷

2017.4

II .Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in __21__ 60s. When it was her turn to

pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.

The woman looked down, ___22___

（

shake

）

her head and said:

“

Not so good.

”

My husband just lost his job

and my son is up to his old tricks again.

The truth is, I don

Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn

her husband

’

s resume?

As

I

walked

into

the

parking

lot,

I

saw

the

women

___

（

24

）

（

return

）

her

shopping

cart.

I

remembered

something in my p urse

（

25

）

_

_______

I

thought could help her. It wasn

her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.

My heart pounded as I approached the woman.

“

Excuse me,

”

I said, my voice trembling a bit.

“

I couldn

’

t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It

sounds like you

’

re going through a really hard time right now. I

’

m so sorry. I

I handed her the small card from my purse.

When the woman read

the card

’

s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said

：

“

Y

ou have

no idea< /p>

（

26

）

_______

t

his means to me.

”

I was a little startled by her reply.

（

27

）

_______

（

not do

）

anything like this before, I didn

’

t know what kind

of reaction I might receive. All left for me (28)

______

（

say

）

was< /p>

：

“

Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?

”

（

29

）

_

______

we embraced, I walked back to my car --and began to cry, too.

The words on the card?

“

You Matter.

”

A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card< /p>

（

30

）

___ _ encouragement for a project I was working

on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my

own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.

’

t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for

’

（

2

t

3

k

now

）

_

_

h

_

o

_

w

_.

_

I offer to pay for her groceries or ask for

’

t know how I

’

m going to get through the holidays.

”

’

d like to give you s

Section B

A.

technology

B. contemporary

C. stretched

D. hidden

E. recognized

K. definition

F.

discovery

G. updated

adding one more to that list.

According

to

a

recent

paper

published

in

the

Geological

Society

of

American

Journal

by

a

group

of

research ers,

“

Zealandia

”

is a new continent that

mountains already have their own name

：

New Zealand.

The small country is the only part of Zealandia that isn

landmass to be ___33___ worldwide as its own continent.

“

The scientific value of classifying Zealandia as a continent is much more than just an extra name on a list,

”

the researchers wrote in their paper.

Scientists discovered Zealandia all the way back in 1995, then started ___34___ research on the area using

underwater and satellite mapping ___35___. After completing their work, they were finally able to write a report

1

H. extensive

I. countless

J. estimated

Most

of

us learn

at primary

school

that

there are seven continents,

but

the next

generation

of

kids

may

be

’

s ___31___ beneath the ocean.

Zealandia is ___32___ to be five million sq km. Most of this massive area is covered by water, but its highest

’

t underwater, but the paper

’

s autho

suggesting that Zealandia be named a continent.

But who decides on what is a continent and what isn

Some countries

world school is.

Due to their __36__ as a

“

continuous expanse of land

”

,some classify Europe and Asia as the same continent

-- known as Eurasia. Schools in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe teach this.

And

to

make

things

even

more

confusing,

France and

Greece, as well

as

other

countries,

classify

North

America and South America as simply America.

This

argument over

how

land

is

defined

has even

___37___

into

outer

space. In

2006,

the

International

Astronomical Union

（

IAU

）

decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, 76 years after its ___38___ in 1930. Experts

argued that it no longer met the requirements needed to be called a planet alongside the eight others in our solar

（

矮行星）”

system. It was therefore renamed a

“

dwarf planet

，

meaning that ___39___ books, models and museum

exhibits all over the world had to be ___40___.

But will the world take the same notice of Zealandia? The best way to tell is to keep an eye on our textbooks.

’

t? There is, in fact, no official organization that does.

’

schools teach that there are six or ev

f

ie< /p>

v

n

e

continents. This changes depending on where in the

Ⅲ

.Reading Comprehension

Section A

Good

news

for

awkward

teenagers around

the

world.

As

time

goes

by,

you

could

___41___

up

like

a

completely different person.

This comes from the longest running personality study ever ___42__ by scientist. According to researchers

from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, our personality changes so much from youth to old age that most

people

’

s personalities in older age are barely ___43___ compared to their younger selves.

The researchers analyzed results from a study in 1947, which gathered 1,208 teenagers in Scotland aged 14

and asked their teachers to ___44___ their personalities based on six

traits

（特征）

.

Now,

more

than

six

decades

later,

the

University

of

Edinburgh

team

has managed

to

contact

635

of

the

___45___ students, and 174 agreed to have their personalities tested once more.

At an average age of 76.7 years old, the group were asked to ___46___ themselves on the same six personality

traits, then pick a close friend or family member to do the same.

By ___47___ the then-and-now test results, the researchers found that there is hardly any relationship between

traits people had as teenagers and those in their older years.

It was

“

as if the second tests had been given to ___48___ people,

”

the study

’

s researchers wrote in the< /p>

r

e

ir

por t,

which was published in journal Psychology and Aging.

The

results were

a surprise

because research in

the

past found

personality

___49___

in

people

tested from

childhood to middle-age, and from middle-age to older age.

As

the

team

explained,

our

personality

appears

stable

over

short

intervals

--

___50___

so

throughout

adulthood.

___51___,

the

longer

the

interval

between

two

tests

of

personality,

the

___52___

the

relationship

between the two tends to be.

It

’

s clear that more studies are needed to find out what

___55___ as we once thought.

41. A. hold

42. A. carried out

43. A. incredible

44. A. assemble

45. A. alternative

46. A. score

B. wake

B. applied to

B. accessible

B. assess

B. individual

B. rate

C. end

C. participated in

C. changeable

C. assume

C. original

C. comment

2

’

s going on here. But it could be the first ___53

it

’

s not just our cells that are being ___54___ throughout life

the way we think, feel an

–

d behave might no be as

D. cheer

D. made up

D. recognizable

D. access

D. separate

D. remark

47. A. comparing

48. A. young

49. A. combination

50. A. increasingly

51. A. Therefore

52. A. stronger

53. A. option

54. A. replaced

55. A. stuck in mud

B. reviewing

B. similar

B. stability

B. strangely

B. Moreover

B. closer

B. sign

B. exposed

B. buried in sand

C. presenting

C. amateur

C. transformation

C. subsequently

C. However

C. further

C. symptom

C. divided

C. lost in thought

D. observing

D. different

D. flexibility

D. obviously

D. Otherwise

D. weaker

D. cause

D. cultivated

D. set in stone

Section B

（

A

）

One way people are responding to food safety concerns is by growing their own food. However, not everyone

lives on property with enough space for a private plot. One solution is community gardens, which have become

popular worldwide, numbering 18,000 in North America alone. In addition to providing low- cost, delicious food,

these public spaces offer cities a range of other benefits.

Community gardens are located in a town or city and tended by local residents. Often, the land is on a vacant

lot owned by the city. The site is divided into manageable plots, which may be tended by individuals or by the

garden

’

m

< br>s

embers

collectively.

Since

the

land

is

usually

publicly

owned,

the

cost

for

gardeners to

lease it

is

minimal. In fact, New York City, which is home to more than 750 community gardens tended by more than 20,000

members, charges people just $$1 a year to lease a plot. Other costs involve soil, tools, seeds, fencing , and so on.

However, because they

’

re shared by many people, individual gardeners pay very little.

’

s benefit don

A community garden can quickly pay off, in terms of delicious fruits and vegetables, in addition to beautiful

flowers. Excess produce can be s old for a profit at farmers markets. But a garden

also beautify cities, foster strong relationships among residents, and lower an area

gardens are often described as

oases

in crowded cities.

56. Community gardens are designed for those who ___.

A. are concerned about food safety

B. live in a house with a private plot

C. can

’

t affo

tr

o

dbuy organic food

D. don

’

t have their own property

57. New York City

____ .

A. is owned by 20,000 individual gardeners

B. charges residents a lot to lease tools and fencing

C. contains more than 750 community gardens

D. is tended by professional gardeners and local residents

58. What

’

s the benefit of community gardens?

A. People can enjoy safe and delicious vegetables and animal meat.

B. Residents are more familiar and related with each other.

C. The neighborhood is becoming safer but of lower taste.

D. People can make some profits from the visiting tourists.

’

t stop

-winning

’

s crime rate.

spaces like

Lond on

’

C

s

ulpeper

Community

Garden

even attract

tourists.

Beautiful

and

affordable,

community

59. The underlined word

“

oases

”