2015年上海杨浦区控江中学高三月考试卷（含答案）

2015年上海市杨浦区控江中学高三月考考试卷

II. Grammar and Vocabulary (26’) Section A

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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 fits each blank. (16’) (A)

It is a particularly useful time for America to reflect on those who 25_____ (sacrifice) so much for our freedom. When I first 26____ (speak) at West Point in 2009, we still had more than 100,000 troops in Iraq. We ____27___(prepare)to surge in Afghanistan. Our counterterrorism efforts 28____ (focus) on al-Qaida’s core leadership -- those who had carried out the 9/11 attacks. And our nation was just beginning a long climb out of the worst economic crisis.

Four and a half years later, as you graduate, the landscape has changed. We 29____(remove)our troops from Iraq. We are winding down our war in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida’s leadership on the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been decimated, and Osama bin Laden is no more.

Meanwhile, our economy30_____( remain) the most dynamic on Earth, our businesses the most innovative. Each year, we grow more energy independent. But the world 31____(change)with accelerating speed. This presents opportunity, but also new dangers.

It will be your generation’s task to respond to this new world. The question we face, the question each of you will face, is not whether America__32___ (lead) but how we will lead, not just to secure our peace and prosperity but also extend peace and prosperity around the globe. (B)

Many kinds of music can stir the imagination and produce strong feeling. For some people, romantic composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky enhance feelings of love and sympathy. Religious and spiritual music ___33___ help some people feel peace or lessen their pain. But one musician seems to have a unique ability of healing(治愈) the human body – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Scientists have found Mozart’s music to be remarkable in its ability 34____ (calm) its listeners. It can also increase their perceptions, and help them express themselves more clearly. Many amazing cases have been documented using Mozart 35____ a healing aid. For example, a tiny premature baby 36______ (name) Kissy, who weighed just 1.5 pounds at birth, was on total life support. Doctors thought she had little chance of survival. Her mother insisted on playing Mozart for Krissy, and thought 37_____ saved her daughter’s life. Krissy lived, __38___ she was very small for her age and slower than the average child. At the age of four, she showed an interest in music and her parents gave her violin lessons.

39_____ their astonishment, Krissy was able to play musical pieces from memory that were far beyond the ability of an average four-year-old. __40___ (play) music helped her improve in all areas of her life.

Section B

Directions: complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.(10’)

A. procedure B. original C. occasions D. inherited E. characteristics

F. rooted G. single H. involves I. occurring J. identifying K. separate

Genes are found in every plant or animal cell. They are the basic units of life that are capable of passing specific 72_______from one generation to another. For example, whether you are tall or short depends upon the genes that you 73______from your parents. Cloning plants or animals is a process that 74_______ the production of a new organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which cells were taken. Although this 75_____ has aroused great interest around the world over the last ten years or so, cloning is not something new in nature. Most mothers give birth to just one child at a time; however, on rare 76_______a mother may give birth to a set of twins. If these two children are identical twins, then they are in fact naturally 77________clones of each other, although not of the parents. The reason for them being clones is that the two children originated from one 78______egg and consequently they are genetically identical. Twins that develop from two79________eggs are not clones of each other.

Cloning also occurs naturally in plants. Strawberry plants reproduce themselves by sending out runners, or modified stems, and these runners take root a short distance from the 80_____ plant and start to grow, and to produce fruit. In time, this plant sends out runners of its own that also take root. This is known as asexual reproduction; in other words, reproduction that does not involve the fusion (融合) of male and female cells. The newly 81____ plants are clones of the original. In addition to strawberry plants, certain types of flowers and grasses reproduce themselves in the same way. Throughout history, people have also facilitated cloning by taking small cuttings from plants and then growing them into new plants. This form of cloning is called vegetative propagation.

III. Reading Comprehension (47’) 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.(15’)

Robert Frank, an economist at Cornell, believes that his profession is restricting cooperation and generosity. In the U.S., economics professors give __51__ money to charity than professors in other fields. Economics students in Germany are more likely than those from other majors to recommend an overpriced plumber (水管工) when they are __52__ to do it. Economics majors tend to rate __53_ as “generally good,” “correct,” and “moral” more than their peers. Does studying economics change people? Maybe not. It could be self-selection: students who already believe in self-interest are __54__ to economics. But this doesn't exclude the possibility that studying economics pushes people further toward the selfish extreme. By spending time with like-minded people, economics students may become __55__ that selfishness is widespread and reasonable -- or at least that giving is rare and foolish.“As a business school professor, these effects worry me, as economics, __56__ every aspect of our lives, is taught widely in business

schools, providing a __57__ for courses in management, finance, and accounting.” says Frank.If economics can __58_ pro-social behavior, which is central to the well-being of people or society, what should we do about it? A change in economics and business __59__ is suggested. Courses in behavioral economics, which considers the role of “social preferences” like __60__, fairness and cooperation, are required for students of economics major. In fact, economics courses not involving some behavioral economics are considered both an inadequate education and a poor preparation to be a practicing economist. Also, __61_ width, economics majors are required to take courses in social sciences like sociology and psychology, which place considerable emphasis on how people are __62__ about others, not only themselves. __63__, within economics courses, we should do a better job __64__ the principle of self-interest, which involves anything a person values -- including helping others. Not until then may the prophecy (预言) by Nobel Prize-winning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen be __65__. Calling economists “rational fools,” he observed: “The purely economic man is indeed close to being a social fool.”

51. A. fewer B. less C. smaller D. more 52. A. encouraged B. requested C. assigned D. paid

53. A. teamwork B. greed C. desire D. economics 54. A. opposed B. entitled C. drawn D. attached 55. A. convinced B. depressed C. relaxed D. doubtful 56. A. depending on B. adapting to C. differing from D. doubtful 57. A. potential B. judgment C. foundation D. doubtful 58. A. assess B. research C. discourage D. reason 59. A. education B. standard C. approach D. cause

60. A. competition B. evaluation C. community D. application 61. A. in case of B. in terms of C. in relation to D. generosity 62. A. concerned B. anxious C. curious D. in need of 63. A. However B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. enthusiastic 64. A. claiming B. defining C. overlooking D. recalling 65. A. broken B. predicted C. challenged D. fulfilled

Section B

Directions: Read the following four 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)

I used to think of myself as a fairly cosmopolitan（全球的）sort of person, but my bookshelves told a different story as my literature collection mainly consisted of British and American titles. Worse still, I hardly ever read anything in translation. My reading was limited to stories by English-speaking authors.

So, at the start of 2012, I set myself the challenge of trying to read a book from every country in a year to find out what I was missing.

With no idea how to go about this, thinking that I was unlikely to find books from nearly 200 nations from my local bookshop, I decided to ask the planet’s readers for help. I created a blog called A Year of Reading the World, appealing for suggestions of titles that I could read in English.

The response was amazing. Before I knew it, people all over the world were getting in touch with ideas and offers of help. Some posted me books from their home countries. Others did hours of research on my behalf. In addition, several writers sent me unpublished translations of their novels, giving me a rare opportunity to read works otherwise unavailable to the 62% of British people who only speak English. Even with such support, however, sourcing books was no easy task.

Tracking down stories in some unfamiliar places even took as much time as the reading and blogging. It was hard to fit it all in around work and many were the nights when I sat bleary-eyed (睡眼惺忪的) into the small hours to make sure I stuck to my target of reading one book every 1.87 days.

Still，one by one, the country names on the list made at the start of the year transformed into vital, exciting places filled with laughter, love, anger, hope and fear. Lands that had once seemed exotic became familiar to me – places I could identify with. At its best, I learned, fiction makes the world real.

66. What help did the writer receive to achieve his goal? A. Some writers sent him their original works.

B. The local bookstore provided books from 200 nations even if it was unlikely. C. Some writers did research work on what books are popular. D. Some people mailed books from their own countries.

67. In order to accomplish his goal, the writer did the following except ______. A. asking for help from all over the world

B. making full use of his leisure time after work C. reading until early next morning

D. appealing to writers to send him new books

68. What does the word \

A. Unrealistic. B. Uncivilized. C. Strange. D. Unimaginable. 69. Which of the following best describe the writer’s experience in the year? A. Original but tiring B. Hard but relaxing C. Busy but fruitful D. Helpful but challenging (B)

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