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届杨浦区高考英语二模
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.
My head was so
full of digital noise (21) _______ it felt like my
brain was about to explode. I had
no
greater power of concentration than a goldfish and
the lifeless stare of a goldfish as well. As a
writer, I
was ashamed to admit that my
love of books had been weakened by a brain that
simply could not sit still.
So,
at the start of this year I committed to restoring
books to the place that they held in my life
before
the Internet broke my brain.
My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an
impossible task. A 400-page book will take the
average
person around eight hours to
read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but
here’s how I did it. Firstly,
I decided
to treat my
mind
like a
child (22) _______ (behave) badly and lay down
some ground rules.
Then I decided that
I (23) _______ (read) for an hour or two at a time
(24) _______ distraction each day.
It
was something I hadn’t done in years and it was
scary (25) _______ difficu
lt it was.
In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry
Rosen says that the more we practice spending time
away
from
our
electronic
devices,
the(26)
_______
(calm)
and
more
focused
we
become.
And
this
is
what
I
found.
Again
and
again,
I
would
gently
bring
myself
back
to
the
page,
resisting
the
urge(27)
_______
(reach ) for that screen. I took
inspiration from Nikki Gemmell, who describes in
On Quiet, how investing
in a safe to
lock away her family’s devices for long periods
had opened up a space for deep
ref
lection.
For me, finding
that quiet time meant finding time in my day just
to read. It was a date between me
and
my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at
times (28) _______ I ordinarily would reach for
my phone.
I read on the
tram, at the park, in red at night and on lunch
breaks.
(29) _______ (renew) my love affair
with books, I created a sacred space where I
pressed pause and
found inspiration,
knowledge and reflection. In our modern world,
reading for the sake of reading is not
selfish. It is a powerful and
beneficial way to slow down and be(30) _______.
III.
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. intentions
B. feature
C. inviting
D. conservation
E. entertaining
F.
matched
G
. confused
H. fascination
I. survive
J. defining
K. evaluate
The odds are high that
you’ve seen a beauty
pageant
（
选美比赛）
or
two in your life. They are among
the
most attended and viewed events in the world.
Despite numerous different opinions, beauty
pageants
continue to not only
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but also become more
popular.
Miss
World, Miss
Universe,
Miss
International
and
Miss
Earth
are
known as the
Big
Four
beauty
pageants,
and
all
of
them
continue
to
this
day.
These
competitions
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young
women
on
their
physical
attractiveness, of course, but they also are
judged on their personality,
intelligence, talent, and
responses to
interview-based questions. The eventual winners
receive prizes including cash, scholarships,
clothes, beauty queen crowns, and of
course, the title of the event for one year.
All these awards do not come cheap for
the young ladies. They have duties to fulfill
while holding
their
titles.
Beauty
queens
often
appear
at
functions
to
raise
social
awareness
about
environmental
and
social
issues
such
as
nature
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,
racial
or
gender
discrimination,
and
disease
prevention.
By
projecting
the
image
of
a
well-educated,
respectable
character
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with
a
successful
personality,
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every beauty pageant winner is seen as
a role model, and not just for young girls alone.
Some beauty contests
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men rather than women. Similar to their
feminine counterparts, men
enter
Mister
Global,
Mister
International,
and
Mister
World
for
their
looks,
style,
and
talent.
These
contests
should
not
be
36
with
the
Mister
Universe
contest,
which
is
an
annual
bodybuilding
competition.
There are other
strange and
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pageants all over the world
that celebrate everything from being
old to being pregnant.
Beauty contests, whether organized with
noble
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or just for
fun, have attracted criticism since
they were first held. Some critics
object to the focus on physical beauty, especially
emphasis on a certain
stature
and
body
shape.
Further,
they
point
out
that
some
participants
will
actually
have
themselves
through dieting or plastic surgery to
achieve the perfect appearance. Despite these
complaints, beauty may
be
only
skin
deep,
but
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it
and
competing
for
the
glory
of
being
the
fairest
of
them
all
holds
a
timeless and universal
40____.
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.
China and India Dominate the Greening
of Earth
Over
the
last
two
decades,
the
Earth
has
seen
an
increase
in
foliage
（植物）
around
the
planet,
measured in average leaf area per year
on plants and trees. Data from NASA satellites
shows that China
and India
–
two ___41___
economies with the world’s biggest populations
–
are ___42___ the increase in
greening on land. The effect comes
mostly from ___43___ tree-planting programs in
China and intensive
agriculture in both
countries.
Researchers
from Boston University found that global green
leaf area has increased by five percent
since the early 2000s, an area ___44___
to the entire Amazon rainforest. The study was
also published in
the journal Nature
Sustainability on February 11. It revealed that at
least 25 percent of the global foliage
___45___ this century came in China.
“China and India ___46___
one
-
third of the greening,
but contain only nice percent of the planet’s
land area covered in
vegetatio
n,” said lead author Chi Chen
of Boston University. “That is a surprising
finding, considering the general idea
of land degradation
（退化）
in
populous countries from ___47____.”
China’s ____48____ contribution to the
global greening trend came in large
par
t from programs to
conserve and expand forest, accounting
for about 42 percent of the greening contribution.
These programs
were developed in an
effort to ____49____ the effects of air pollution,
soil erosion and climate change.
Another 32
percent of the greening change in China, and 82
percent in India, resulted from intensive
___50___ of food crops. The land area
used to grow crops in China and India has not
changed much since
the early 2000s. Yet
both countries have greatly increased annual total
green leaf area and food production
in
order to ___51___ large populations.
Rama Nemani, a research scientist at
NASA’s Ames Research Center, saw a(n) ___52___
message in
the new findings. “ One
people realize there is a problem, they tend to
fix it,” he said.” In the 1970s and
80s
in India and China, the situation around
vegetation loss was not good. In the 1990s, people
realized it,
and today things have
improved. Humans are ___53___
resilient
（复原快的，适应力强的）
.
That’s what
we see in the satellite
data.”
___54___, the researchers rang bells as
well. They pointed out that the gain in global
greenness did not
___55___ make up for
the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions
like Brazil and Indonesia.
41. A.
emerging
B. declining
C. stimulating
D. intruding
42.
A. imposing
B. contributing
C.
leading
D. creating
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43. A. fertile
B. extreme
C. harmonious
D. ambitious
44. A. distant
B. equivalent
C.
relevant
D. resistant
45. A. expansion
B. substitution
C. innovation
D. correction
46. A. account for
B. take in
C.
stand for
D. consist of
47. A. over-reaction
B. over-exploitation
C.
over- generation
D. over-explanation
48.
erate
B. tremendous
C. magnificent
lar
49. A. forbid
B. investigate
C.
boost
D. reduce
50. A.
cultivation
B. demand
C. destruction
D. supply
51. A. cut
B.
employ
C. feed
D.
treat
52. A. secret
B. brief
C. urgent
D. positive
53. A. continuously
B. incredibly
C.
initially
D. obviously
54. A. Moreover
B.
Meanwhile
C. However
D. Therefore
55. A.
necessarily
B.
generally
C.
fortunately
D. thoroughly
Section B
Directions:
Read
the
following
three
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)
The Life-changing Antique Navajo
Blanket
A California man and his family
went from rags to riches after discovering that
the blanket given to
him by his
grandmother was worth a small fortune. Loren
Krylzer was living in a small hut and barely
getting by on his disability payments.
One day, he happened to be watching Antiques
Roadshow on TV
when
he
learned
that
the
forgotten
old
blanket
in
his
closet
might
be
valuable.
The
Krytzer
family
heirloom
（传家宝）
turned out to be an
antique
（古老的）
Novajo weaving
from the 19
th
century that
fetched US $$1.5 million at
auction
（拍卖会）
。
Krytzer’s blanket was prized for much
more than its antiquity. Among Native American
tribes, The
Navajo
are
recognized
as
the
most
skillful
weavers
of
blankets
and
rugs.
The
weaving
style
is
characterized
by
vivid,
varied
patterns
and
exceptional
durability.
From
shearing
the
sheep,
spinning,
preparing,
and
dyeing
the
wool
to
the
actual
weaving
process,
it
takes
around
345
hours
to
create
one
blanket.
Women
traditionally wove Navajo blankets while men built
the weaving devices. To this day, Navajo
people still make high quality blankets
and rugs to sell. They believe that, since only
God is perfect, their
creations
should
have
some
imperfection.
Another Navajo
belief
is
that
their
souls
are
sewn
into
every
weaving, so they intentionally include
a hidden loose thread into each piece. This
ensures that is isn’t too
perfect, and
their souls can still escape into the afterlife.
The Krylzers also had a loose thread on
their road to riches that allowed them to escape
the trap of
financial ruin. In an
unfortunate twist, the family’s
life
-changing
windfall
（意外之财）
came with a huge
tax bill
from the government and a lot of imploring
relatives. After taking a family vacation in
Mexico,
buying a new sports car and a
couple of real estate purchases, Krytzer lost his
disability payments and now
get big
bills for property taxes and insurance instead.
Ironically, the family decided to relocate to a
less
expensive state to save money.
56. How did the Krytzer family go from
rage to riches?
A. A family member
purchased a winning lottery ticket.
B. Loren was
invited to have an interview on a TV show.
C.
Loren’s disability payments were unexpectedly
increased.
D. Loren auctioned off a
blanket his grandmother gave him.
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57. A loose thread woven in a Navajo
blanket indicates that _______.
A.
God’s creation is also imperfect
B. people can exit from horrible
situations
C. its owner is sure to have
an everlasting life
D. the blanket is
really made by hand
58. Why did the
family finally decide to move to another state?
A. To reduce the cost of living.
B. To be hidden from their relatives.
C. To change for a better environment.
D. To apply for disability
payments again.
59. According to the
article, which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Navajo blankets have nice patterns
but don’t last long.
B.
Loren Krytzer made millions of dollars from
disability.
C. Weaving a blanket
involves many processes and skills.
D.
Loren’s
life went from bad to worse
because of the windfall.
（
B
）
Recyclable items are waste
materials that can be processed to make new
products. The recycled materials
go
through an intense process of separating the
materials and converting into reusable products.
At Waste
Control, we offer a suite of
on-site and off-site recycling services to meet
the needs of our residential and
business customers.
ON-SITE RECYCLING SERVICES
At the Waste Control facility, we have
Drop-off Recycling and Buy-back Recycling Centers.
The drop-off
recycling
center
is
a
free
service
and
is
located
next
to
the
Transfer
Station
Building
entrance.
The
Buy-Back Recycling Center is located on
the north end of the facility and is for customers
wishing to be
reimbursed
（报销，
偿还）
for their recyclable materials at
current market rates.
OFF-SITE
RECYCLING SERVICES
We also offer many
off-site recycling services to meet
your needs. We maintain free drop-off
recycling
sites throughout the
community for common recyclable materials and
residential waste oil and antifreeze.
We also offer off-site residential
roadside recycling and business recycling
services.
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