2017-2018上海市华二附中高三上英语期中考试

上海市华二附中高三英语期中考试

高三英语

II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)

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.

On

paper

alone

you

would

never

guess

that

I

grew

up

poor

and

hungry.

These

years

my

(21)__________(recent) annual salary was over $$ 700,000. I am a Truman National Security Fellow

and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. My publisher has just released my latest

book series on quantitative finance in worldwide distribution.

(22)__________ of it feels like enough. I feel (23)__________

__________I am wired (

极

度紧张的

)

for

a

permanent

state

of

fight

or

flight,

waiting

for

the

other

shoe

to

drop,

or

the

metaphorical

week

when

I

don’t

eat.

I’ve

chosen

not

to

have

children,

partly

because—

(24)__________ any success—I still don’t feel I have a safety net. I have a huge minimum checking

account balance in mind before I would ever consider having children. If you knew me personally,

you (25)_________

get glimpses of stress, self-doubt, anxiety, and depression.

In my childhood, I spent a lot of my time (26)__________pondering basic questions. Where

will my next meal come from? Will I have electricity tomorrow? I (27)__________( acquaint) with

the

embarrassment

of

my

mom

trying

to

hide

our

food

stamps

at

the

grocery

store

checkout.

I

remember

panic

setting

in

as

early

as

age

8,

at

the

prospect

of

a

perpetual

uncertainty

about

everything in life, from food to clothes to education. I knew that the life I was living couldn’t be

normal. I just wasn’t sure (28)__________it was that wrong with the tiny microcosm I was born

into.

As an adult I thought I’d figured that out. I’d always thought my upbringing had made me wary

and

cautious,

in

a

“lessons

learned”

kind

of

way.

Over

the

past

decades,

though,

that

narrative

(29)__________(evolve). We’ve learned that the stresses(30)__________ (associate) with poverty

have the potential to change our biology in ways we hadn’t imagined. It can reduce the surface area

of your brain, shorten your telomeres and lifespan, increase your chances of obesity, and make you

more likely to take outsized risks.

Section B

Directions:

Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be use only

once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. magnet

B. scheduled

C. ideal

D. forward

E. touring

F. envisioned

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G. architecture

H. dramatic

I. physical

J. tentatively

K. headquarters

DreamWorks Animation Bringing Broadway to Shanghai

Dream Works Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg’s quest to build what he hopes will be

China’s answer to New York’s Broadway has taken a big step ____31_____.

Construction workers have begun work on the foundation of a 13-level tower that will be

the

new

_____32____of

Oriental

Dream Works

and

linked

to

a

large,

X-shaped

IMAX

cinema

complex via a pathway ___33_____as an extended red carpet.

The waterfront development is ____34___to open in late 2017 on a choice parcel south of

Shanghai’s historic Bund district.

The Oriental DreamWorks movie studio will have room for 500-plus animators, up from the

company’s current 250 employees, and will be at the ____35____heart of the complex.

Situated on the grounds of a shuttered cement factory, the complex will have five major live-

performance venues with 8,500 seats in total, including a 3,000-seat facility houses in a dome where

cement was once mixed. In addition to hosting international touring productions of musicals and

dramas, the Dream Center is visualized as a _____36____for pop, rock and jazz concerts; sporting

events such as mixed material arts and motorbike racing; fashion shows and awards ceremonies;

and conferences , art fairs and _____37____exhibitions.

Planning is also underway for a Lego Discovery Center and an attraction ___38______called

the Kung Fu Panda Experience. The complex is designed by New York ____39_____film Kohn

Pedersen Fox. Associates, which is behind the massive

Hudson Yards redevelopment project on

Manhattan’s West Side.

The

IMAX

theater,

meanwhile,

will

have

eight

to

nine

screens

and

presumably

be

the

____40___venue to host premiers of productions from Oriental DreamWorks-----though it won’t be

ready in time for the studio’s first effort, “ Kung Fu Panda 3”, scheduled for release in January.

III. Reading Comprehension (45%)

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 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin returned from the moon, their cargo included nearly fifty

pounds of rock and soil, which were packed in an aluminum box with seals designed to maintain

the

____41_____

surface’s

low-pressure

environment.

But

back

at

Johnson

Space

Center,

in

Houston, scientists discovered that the seals had been ___42_____—by moon dust.

Lunar dust is fine, like a powder, ____43____ it cuts like glass. It’s formed when meteoroids

crash on the moon’s surface, heating rocks and dirt____44____ them to fine particles. Since there’s

no wind or water to smooth _____45___ edges, the tiny grains are sharp and jagged, and cling to

nearly everything.

“The invasive ____46____ of lunar dust represents a more challenging engineering design issue,

as well as a ____47____issue for settlers, than does radiation,” wrote Harrison (Jack) Schmitt, an

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Apollo 17 astronaut, in his 2006 book, “Return to the Moon.” The dust sullied spacesuits and ate

away

layers

of

moon

boots.

Over

the___48_____

of

six

Apollo

missions,

not

one

rock

box

___49_____ its vacuum seal. Dust followed the astronauts back into their ships, too. According to

Schmitt, it smelled like gunpowder and made breathing difficult. No one knows precisely what the

microscopic particles do to human lungs.

The dust not only ____50____ the moon’s surface, but floats up to sixty miles above it—as part

of

its

exosphere,

where

particles

are

bound

to

the

moon

by

gravity,

but

are

so

sparse

that

they

_____51___ collide. In the nineteen-sixties, Surveyor probes filmed a glowing cloud floating just

above the lunar surface during sunrise. Later, Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, while orbiting the

moon, recorded a___52_____ phenomenon at the sharp line where lunar day meets night, called the

terminator. Cernan ____53____ a series of pictures illustrating the changing dustscape; streams of

particles popped ____54____the ground and levitated, and the resulting cloud came into sharper

focus

as

the

astronauts’

orbiter

approached

daylight.

____55____

there’s

no

wind

to

form

and

sustain the clouds, their origin is something of a mystery. It’s presumed that they’re made of dust,

but no one fully understands how or why they do their thing.

41.

A. solar

B. lunar

C. dusty

D. mysterious

42.

A. destroyed

B. stained

C. changed

D. redesigned

43. A. because

B. however

C. but

D. so

44. A. adapting

B. reducing

C. tailoring

D. shaping

45. A. soft

B. hard

C. rough

D. flat

46. A. nature

B. speed

C. degree

D. troops

47.A. intelligence

B. health

C. fund

D. future

48.A. moment

B. situation

C. course

D. program

49.A. installed

B. lost

C. found

D. maintained

50. A. coats

B. affects

C. protects

D. crusts

51. A. frequently

B. violently

C. gently

D. rarely

52. A. strange

B. similar

C. common

D. different

53. A. sketched

B. described

C. received

D. copied

54.A. out

B. in

C. off

D. down

55. A. Although

B. Wherever

C. Unless

D. Since

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 read.

(A)

Conventional wisdom has it that concern for the environment is a luxury only the rich world

can afford; that only people whose basic needs for food and shelter have been met can start worrying

about

the

health

of

the

planet. This

survey

will

argue

that

developing

countries,

too,

should

be

thinking about the environment. True, in the rich countries a strong environmental movement did

not emerge until long after they had become industrialized, a stage that many developing countries

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have yet to reach. And true. many of the developed world’s environmental concerns have little to do

with immediate threats to its inhabitants’ well-being. People worry about whether carbon-dioxide

emissions might lead to a warmer climate next century, or whether genetically engineered crops

might

have

unforeseen

consequences

for

the

ecosystem.

That

is

why,

when

rich

world

environmentalists’ campaign against pollution in poor countries, they are often accused of naivety.

Such countries, the critics say, have more pressing concerns, such as getting their people out of

poverty.

But the environmental problems that developing countries should worry about are different from

those that western pundits have fashionable arguments over. They are not about potential problems

in the next century, but about indisputable harm being caused today by, above all, contaminated

water and polluted air. The survey will argue that, contrary to conventional wisdom, solving such

problems need not hurt economic growth; indeed dealing with them now will generally be cheaper

than leaving them to cause further harm.

In most developing countries pollution seems to be getting worse, not better. Most big cities in

Latin

America,

for

example,

are

suffering

rising

levels

of

air

pollution.

Populations

in

these

countries are growing so fast that improvements in water supply have failed to keep up with the

number of extra people. Worldwide, about a billion people still have no access to clean water, and

water contaminated by sewage is estimated to kill some 2 million children every year. Throughout

Latin America, Asia, Africa,

forests

are

disappearing,

causing

not

just

long- term

concern

about

climate change but also immediate economic damage. Forest fires in Indonesia in 1997 produced a

huge blanket of smog that enveloped much of South-East Asia and kept the tourists away. It could

happen again, and probably will.

Recent research suggests that pollution in developing countries is far more than a minor irritation:

it imposes a heavy economic cost. A World Bank study put the cost of air and water pollution in

China at $$54 billion a year, equivalent to an astonishing 8% of the country’s GDP. Another study

estimated the health costs of air pollution in Jakarta and Bangkok in the early 1990s at around 10%

of these cities’ income. These are no more than educated guesses, but whichever way the sums are

done, the cost is not negligible.

56. The critics of rich world environmentalists' campaign against pollution in poor countries hold

that poor countries should be more concerned about ______.

A. the potential greenhouse effect

B. the bad consequences of genetically engineered crops

C. how to get rid of poverty

D. how to develop education

57. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Developing countries should worry about the harm caused by polluted water and air

B.

Developing

countries’

economy

will

develop

more

rapidly

if

they

deal

with

environmental

problems right now

C. the conventional wisdom holds that dealing with environmental problems now will generally

cost less

D. the conventional wisdom has it that solving environmental problems may hurt economic growth.

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58. The underlined word “pundits” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. experts

B. politicians

C. institute’s

D. educators

59. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To analyze the difference between the environmental problems in rich and poor countries.

B. To explain why developing countries should handle the environmental problems immediately.

C. To demonstrate what serious damage pollution can do to a country’s economic development.

D. To explain why rich countries’ environmental concerns have little to do immediate threats.

(B)

Outdoor Recreation

Get outdoors with us this summer and experience the excitement and serenity within our unique

programs. Research suggests that being physically active within green space helps reduce stress,

anxiety, anger and improves moods and overall health and wellbeing. Our Department is integrating

experiential activities for your enjoyment.

All fitness levels are welcome; we accommodate most accessible needs. Please contact Laurie

Wright

at

lwright@

with

any

questions.

Trips

are

offered

to

registered

U

of

T

students first and then if there is space to staff, non-registered students and guests of the participants.

Register at or in person at TPASC registration desk.

Please check our website for all updated trip dates, prices , registration details and more!

Refund are only available up to 5 business days prior to the trip.

Upcoming Adventures

TBD: Treetop Trekking and Mountain Biking

Participants will travel by bus up to Horseshoe Valley Resort. You may choose between a 3-

hour Treetop Trekking adventure or 2 hours of x-country mountain biking through the forest trails.

Treetop Trekking involves zip-lining and climbing through obstacle courses in a serene forest setting.

Both adventures will be instructor lead and all equipment will be provided. No experience necessary.

Beginner to advanced courses will be available.

Tuesday, June 13

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: Outdoor Rock Climbing OR Hiking Trails

A bus will transport students to Milton to either hike the area or rock climb. The rock climbing

will take place at Rattlesnake Point and there is an opportunity for students to challenge themselves

to climb up to 80ft on some of the best rock in Southern Ontario. All instructors are fully certified

and all equipment will be provided. A custom course will be set up to meet needs of climbers. The

hike will take place through some of the Bruce Peninsula trails and Halton Parks. Participants will

have over 20kms of trails to choose from. You may hike with a group or follow the map trails with

some friends.

Friday, June 30

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(tentative date): Warsaw Caves

The Warsaw Caves Conservation Area and Campground takes its name from a series of seven

caves found in the park. Join us as we explain the multiple courses and have a picnic lunch. Com

enjoy this natural underground jungle gym.

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60. If you are a U of T teaching staff member who would like to take part in these programs,

what kind of trouble could you come across?

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