上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二上学期摸底考试英语试题

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2022-2023学年上海市交大附中高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷含解析

2022-2023学年上海市交大附中高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷含解析

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第一部分(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)1.Some people create jobs, foster excitement and basically make the system work. They see possibilities ________ others see only problems.A.that B.what C.which D.where2.---Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy action comedy film. Wants to come with me?---I’d love to, but my best friend is getting married, and I won’t _______ it for anything.A.overlook B.trade C.miss D.forget3.When Paul ________ for the final game of the basketball season, his fans let out shouts of cry.A.made up B.showed upC.caught up D.held up4.The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the ________ to achieve it.A.acquisition B.comprehensionC.determination D.satisfaction5.The debate here will be limited in two main respects,________ the time available.A.in view of B.in return forC.in addition to D.in comparison with6.-You know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project.-We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _______.A.so B.otherwiseC.else D.rather7.---I cannot _____ what I have done to annoy Jessica.---No worries. She is kind of sensitive.A.turn out B.make out C.put out D.leave out8.This is the first time that we ________a film in the cinema together as a family .A.see B.had seenC.saw D.have seen9.English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, _________ uses it differently.A.all of which B.each of which C.all of them D.each of them10.---Excuse me, could you tell me the time, please?---Sorry, I don’t have a watch with me.--- ___________A.Thanks a lot. B.What a pity.C.I’m sorry to hear that D.Thanks all the same11.--- It’s raining hard and we can’t go picnicking today.---If only the weather _____ fine!A.is B.were C.had been D.would be12.It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _____ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise. A.served B.had servedC.is serving D.would serve13.The split between humans and living apes is thought by some scholars ____ 15 to 20 million years ago.A.to occur B.occurring C.to have occurred D.having occurred14.—Flight MU257 _______________ . I must be off now.—Have a nice trip.A.is being announced B.has announcedC.was announcing D.had been announced15.Never in my life ________ such a beautiful sunrise!A.have I seen B.I have seenC.did I see D.I saw16..When he goes out, he often wears sunglasses _______nobody can recognize him.A.so that B.now that C.in case D.as though17.So far, only one man has ________ a theory that seems to fit all the facts.A.come up with B.put up withC.lined up with D.caught up with18.During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _____ not to touch an unattended bag.A.had always been warned B.were always being warnedC.are always warning D.always warned19.—Why can’t John land a__________job in years?—Anyone with criminal records will be laid off first when it comes time to let staff go.A.rewarding B.demanding C.worthwhile D.stable20.Mr. Green was very famous when he lived there. There is ______ to be someone in this district who remembers him. A.content B.opposedC.bound D.restricted第二部分阅读理解(满分40分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

2022-2023学年上海交大附属中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

2022-2023学年上海交大附属中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析

2022-2023学年上海交大附属中学高二英语上学期期末试题含解析一、选择题1. —When could you have a meal with me ?—I'd like to go whenever it is______ to you.A. fitB. niceC. convenientD. suit参考答案:C略2. It still remains a question ______ human beings can exist on Mars since there’s no oxygen there.A. thatB. whyC. whatD. whether参考答案:D3. —I think the Voice of China really sound nice.—You said it. _____.A. I couldn’t agree moreB. I disagreeC. All rightD. That’s a good idea参考答案:A4._____ any change about the date, please tell me immediately.A. Will there beB. Should there beC. There will beD. There should be参考答案:B5. ______ in the regulations that you should not tell others the password of your e-mail account.A. It is requiredB. What requiresC. What is requiredD. It requires参考答案:A6. The number of people invited_______ fifty, but a number of them_______ absent for different reasons.A. were, wasB. was, wereC. was, wasD. were, were参考答案:B7. _________ always succeed.A. Honest and clever studentsB. Students who honest and cleverC. Honest students and cleverD. Students are honest and clever参考答案:A8. What surprised me was not what he said but _________ he said it.A.the way B.in the way that C.in the way D.the way which参考答案:A9. today, he would get there by Friday.A.Is he leavingB.If he is leavingC.If he were to leaveD.If he leaves参考答案:C10. --- So you missed my lecture.--- _____________. I got there five minutes before you dismissed.A. Not at allB. Not exactlyC. Not especiallyD. Not seriously参考答案:A略11. —Do you think Jack is to blame?—Yes,it was very rude ________ facial paper to the guests at table.A.of him to throw B.for him to throwC.that he threw D.enough to throw参考答案:A12. Nowadays, the re is a ______ increase in children’s creativity, for they are greatly encouraged to develop their talents.A. sharpB. smallC. naturalD. much参考答案:A13. The Medical Research Council said it could not _____ use of the new drug without further tests.A.assistB.acquireC.accuseD.approve参考答案:D14. Bob would have come to the airport to see us off, but he .A. is willB. had beenill C. was ill D. will be ill 参考答案:C15. within A.theory B.truth C.bathe D.strength参考答案:C16. --Where did you ______ our English teacher?--It was in the supermarket ______ I bought moon cakes.A. come to, whereB. come across, that阶段C. come across, whereD. come to, that参考答案:C17. ---Would you like some more soup?---______. It is delicious,but I’ve had enough.A.Yes, please. B.No, thank you. C.Nothing more.D. I’d like some.参考答案:B略18. You'd better take account ________ your ability before attempting to do such a business.A. ofB. intoC. forD. on参考答案:A【详解】考查固定搭配。

上海交通大学附中2023-2024学年高二上学期摸底考试英语试题

上海交通大学附中2023-2024学年高二上学期摸底考试英语试题

上海交通大学附中2023-2024学年高二上学期摸底考试英语试题学校:___________姓名:___________班级:___________考号:___________一、单项选择1.The globe features thousands of languages. But when did humans first lay out a structured system to communicate, one that was distinct to a(n) ______ area?A.especial B.particular C.peculiar D.special 2.Adults are often embarrassed about asking for aid. The moment you ask for directions,______ you reveal that you are vulnerable.A.above all B.worst of all C.after all D.at all3.Until relatively recently, psychologists assumed that children did not start to care about their reputation and peers’ ______ until around age nine.A.perceptions B.prescriptions C.receptions D.descriptions 4.When ecologist Kasun handled feathers from the Regent Whistler and the Rufous-naped Bellbird, two toxic birds, his eyes itched like he was chopping onions. Whatever the ______, storing the toxin in feathers may help protect the birds against parasites.A.reason B.source C.origin D.resource 5.It’s midafternoon. You’re full from lunch. The day is warm. You’re starting to feel sleepy. Should you ______ to the comfort of a nap?A.give up B.give away C.give off D.give in 6.Study after study has shown that spending a night without sleep produces mood benefits for about half of the people with depression. The effects of this ______, dubbed “wake therapy”, offer the bonus of being immediate, unlike most antidepressants, which require a few weeks to work.A.approach B.shift C.term D.application 7.The structure of benzene (苯), Google and Frankenstein: What do these icons of science, technology and literature all share? They are among the numerous discoveries and inventions that are said to have been ______ through the act of dreaming.A.stimulated B.motivated C.inspired D.activated8.A study has shown that the current version of ChatGPT is comparable, or even superior, to students in nearly 30 percent of courses. The findings are far from the first to suggest thatgenerative AI models can excel at assessments that are typically ______ for humans.A.resolved B.reserved C.preserved D.conserved 9.The sun is white — kind of. It depends on your ______ of color, the way colors work, the way our eyes see and, just as importantly, the air we see through.A.illumination B.interpretation C.reflection D.illustration 10.Dark energy permeates the empty part of the universe — the vacuum. Whatever “it” is, it ______ a repulsive force that pushes everything apart and pulls against gravity.A.stretches B.exerts C.substitutes D.facilitates二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word canMake a Wish List Most of us know of New Year’s Resolutions, where one setswill no longer eat biscuits left at my desk”— and then feel unhappy. In the cold month ofway to start the year. What you need instead are things to look forward to.So instead, try a wish list. This involves writing down 100 things you would like to do in the year ahead. The items can be enormous or tiny, ranging from “Climb Everest” to “buy a new pencil sharper”. The main thing is that at some point it has 14 to you as something that you would like to do.The key here is — write it down.Do you feel any resistance to the ideas? If so, ask yourself why. What is wrong with 15 what you would like to do? Try not to say to yourself: “I can’t I don’t have the money/time/energy/skills.” Just write it down.It helps to be 16 , so rather than “Get outdoors”, 17 a place you would like to visit. And take your time when creating it — a wish list is not built in a day. ThinkThis past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. It’s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. In the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes andrapidly becoming a health necessity.Yet standard air-conditioning systems have 22 us in a vicious cycle: the hotter it is, the more people use the AC—and the more energy is used as a result. Nicole Miranda, an engineer researching sustainable cooling at the University of Oxford says: “it’s not only a vicious cycle, but it’s a(n) 23 one.” According to 2018 data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the worldwide annual energy demand from cooling is 24 to more than triple by 2050.It’s becoming increasingly clear that humans cannot outrun climate change with the same air-conditioning technology we’ve been using. One well-known problem with current AC systems is their reliance on refrigerant 25 , many of which are potential greenhouse gases. About 80 percent of a standard AC unit’s climate-warming emissions currently come from the energy used to 26 it, says Nihar Shah, director of the Global Cooling Efficiency Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Standard air-conditioning systems 27 cool and dehumidify through a relatively inefficient mechanism: in order to condense water out of the air, they overcool that air pastthe point of comfort. Many new designs therefore separate the dehumidification and cooling processes, which avoids the need to overcool.Even with some of the best technologies available, the gains in 28 alone might not be enough to offset the widely expected increase in air-conditioning use. It will not work to simply replace every 29 air conditioner with a better model and call it a day. Instead, a truly cooler future will have to 30 other strategies that rely on urban planning and building design to minimize the need for cooling in the first place.三、完形填空Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. However, anxiety disorders,and self-murder.They are some of the most common mental health conditions around the world, 32 around four out of every 100 people and costing the health care system and job employers over US $42 billion each year.People with anxiety are more likely to miss days from work and are less 33 . Young people with anxiety are also less likely to enter school and complete it, leading to fewer life 34 . Even though this evidence points to anxiety disorders as being important mental health issues, insufficient 35 is being given to them by researchers, clinicians, and policy makers.My team and I at the University of Cambridge wanted to find out who is most affected by anxiety disorders. To do this, we conducted a systematic 36 of studies that reported on the proportion of people with anxiety in a variety of contexts around the world, and used accurate methods to keep the highest quality studies.Our results showed women are almost twice as likely to 37 anxiety as men, and people living in Europe and North America are disproportionately affected.So why are women more 38 ? It could be because of differences in brain chemistry and hormone (荷尔蒙) variations. Reproductive events across a woman’s life are 39 with hormonal changes, which have been linked to anxiety. The rise in oestrogen (雌激素) that occurs during pregnancy can 40 the risk for uncontrollable disorder.This is 41 by disturbing and repetitive thoughts, impulses and addictions that areupsetting and less effective. But in addition to biological mechanisms, women and men seem to experience and react to events in their life 42 . Women tend to be more likely to stress, which can increase their anxiety. Also, when faced with stressful situations, women and men tend to use different coping 43 . Women faced with life stressors are more likely to think about them seriously, which can increase their anxiety, 44 men engage more in active problem-focused coping.Other studies suggest that women are more likely to 45 physical and mental mistreatment than men, and this behavior has been linked to the development of anxiety disorders.31.A.symptom B.depression C.misery D.frightening 32.A.infecting B.stimulating C.capturing D.affecting 33.A.productive B.progressive C.positive D.passive 34.A.adventures B.insurances C.chances D.programs 35.A.conclusion B.attention C.solution D.contribution 36.A.ignorance B.outlook C.discovery D.review 37.A.suffer from B.deal with C.fight against D.result from 38.A.superior B.inferior C.vulnerable D.enormous 39.A.interacted B.associated C.disconnected D.inherited 40.A.challenge B.decline C.eliminate D.increase 41.A.characterized B.confused C.performed D.offended 42.A.equally B.similarly C.differently D.terribly 43.A.shortcuts B.strategies C.standards D.samples 44.A.because B.unless C.if D.while 45.A.experience B.accept C.ignore D.persistIn 1968 a grave dating from about 1100 was uncovered near Hattula, in Finland, Little remained of the occupant’s skeleton, but the inhumation included two swords and a knife. Such grave goods would normally suggest said occupant was a man. The skeleton was, 46 also decorated with brooches (胸针) and woollen clothing of types more usually worn at the time by women. This 47 guess that the burial was actually of a powerful woman, possibly a local ruler in her own right rather than just the wife of a male king.This would be noteworthy enough. But a re-examination of the remains, just publishedin the European Journal of Archaeology by Ulla Moilanen of the University of Turku and Elina Salmela of the University of Helsinki, suggests the truth may be yet more 48 . Ms. Moilanen and Dr Salmela suspect that the individual 49 may have had outward characteristics of both a man and a woman.In 1968 working out the 50 of a skeleton in an ancient grave was tricky. After years of deterioration, the bones of men and women look pretty much 51 . But that was before the use of DNA became possible. So Ms. Moilanen and Dr Salmela thought it worth trying again.Most people have two sex chromosomes (染色体): XX in women and XY in men. Find DNA from a Y-chromosome in a skeleton and the chances are the body was 52 . And, looking at a fragment of femur brought to her by Ms. Moilanen, who is the archaeologist in the 53 , Dr. Salmela, who is the geneticist, did indeed find such DNA.But not much of it. That led her to wonder about contamination (污染), but also to consider whether the individual in the grave had had a(n) 54 X-chromosome that was swamping the signal from the Y.Having an abnormal number of sex chromosomes is rare, but not vanishingly so. The particular 55 XXY leads to what is known as Klinefelter’s syndrome. To determine the occupant’s karyotype (染色体组型) from the tiny amount of DNA available, Dr. Salmela drew 56 with living people. The grave delivered 8,329 pieces, so she used a computer to draw samples of similar size from the genomes of living people with various karyotypes, including XXY, and also from mixtures of both sexes, to 57 contamination. She then compared these with the DNA from the grave and 58 it was 99.75% probable the individual concerned had indeed had Klinefelter’s syndrome.While Dr Salmela was working all this out, Ms. Moilanen and her team had another look at the grave. They confirmed that it was a 59 burial. For instance, they found evidence of fine furs, probably from foxes. Clearly, this was a well-respected human being, but what led to that 60 in a world then dominated by male values is a matter of puzzle. Perhaps the person came from a family powerful enough for such things not to matter. 46.A.therefore B.what’s more C.nevertheless D.for instance 47.A.intensified B.confirmed C.dismissed D.encouraged 48.A.complicated B.engaging C.unpleasant D.frightening 49.A.in question B.at large C.by comparison D.with doubt50.A.composition B.age C.sex D.origin 51.A.distinct B.unidentified C.alike D.broken 52.A.female B.old C.young D.male 53.A.cooperation B.authority C.institute D.adventure 54.A.restored B.extra C.missing D.dominant 55.A.requirement B.interest C.combination D.emphasis 56.A.inspirations B.lessons C.inferences D.comparisons 57.A.eliminate B.monitor C.imitate D.generate 58.A.rejected B.concluded C.recalled D.confessed 59.A.high-status B.secret C.religious D.peaceful 60.A.conclusion B.evidence C.respect D.solution四、阅读理解Earlier this year I took a trip to England and France to go see some friends. It was a wonderful trip; I really loved it. But one thing that struck me was how different these cultures are from our own. I guess this would strike any traveler because that is the first thing you notice and it is what makes travel so exciting. Of course, these cultures are also similar to ours in many respects, but it’s the differences that really stand out.One of the things that struck me in particular was the different attitudes towards smoking. As you know, there’s a growing anti-smoking sentiment in Europe. However, when I went to England and France, I got a new perspective on this issue. People seem to smoke anywhere and everywhere, even though anti-smoking signs are all over public places. On the radio, I heard about a member of the World Cup soccer team who smoked. And people were actually saying, “Well, he should not be on the team because he’s a bad example for our children.” I think, if they want to look at bad examples for their children, they should just go out on the street, or go into the subways, or look in the mirror, even, because so many of them are smoking in very inappropriate places. I visited a restaurant buffet in London and saw an English woman scooping up the food with a lit cigarette in her hand. Smoke rising into the air. Actually, when I talked to English people later, they were pretty shocked too, and they said that smoking in a restaurant is rude even by British standards.This did not give me a bad impression of English people. It gave me, on the contrary, apositive feeling toward American smokers. There are a lot of American smokers who will proclaim their right to smoke whenever they want, but they will follow the rules, generally, because they have consideration for nonsmokers. So this experience in Europe gave me more of a respect for this kind of smoker.61.What surprised the writer during his trip to England and France?A.The wonderful trip to England and France.B.Cultural differences that he noticed during his trip.C.Similarity between cultures stands out more than differences.D.Growing anti-smoking views in Europe.62.What did the speaker find in England and France about the smoking issue?A.People discuss the smoking issue on the radio.B.Smokers are allowed to smoke anywhere and anytime.C.People are encouraged to smoke in inappropriate places.D.Many smokers pay no attention to the “No Smoking” signs.63.The word “sentiment” in the second paragraph means ______.A.feeling B.movement C.offense D.regulation 64.What kind of smokers does the speaker respect?A.Those who are from America and Europe.B.Those who respect others’ feelings.C.Those who defend the right to smoke.D.Those who set rules of smoking in public places.One of the most well-known figures of American history, Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence. His life was an inspiring one and at the same time a little bit contradictory to his statements and way ofAmerican Sphinx65.If one wants to know Thomas Jefferson’s experience in his whole life, ______ is most highly recommended.A.“Jefferson and His Time”B.“American Sphinx”C.“The Art of Power”D.None of the above66.Having read “American Sphinx”, you may ______.A.learn how Thomas got through his childhood in detailsB.understand why Thomas’ words and deeds were not always matchedC.know how ordinary people criticize or idolize himD.learn how Jefferson formed the world around him and addressed situations 67.One problem about “The Art of Power” is that readers ______.A.may feel bored while they are reading itB.cannot get a complete description of Thomas’ lifeC.learn Thomas’ political life mainly from historians’ perspectiveD.cannot get an objective point of view about Thomas’ giftWhat will the development of quantum computers (量子计算机) mean for our civilizations? Oh sure, better cryptography (密码方式), “more powerful” processing, but bottom line, we just don’t know...yet.This phenomenon isn’t unique to quantum computing, of course. It’s something we see time and again with all new world-changing technology. In some ways, it’s how we can define a technology as world-changing: everyone agrees it’s going to be hugely important, but nobody can predict exactly what impact it will have.The internet remains the classic example. Although invented in the 1960s, even by the late 1990s, the internet was still being dismissed as something that is fashionable but unlikely to last. Most commentators thought it nothing more than a curiosity.There’s a famous 1999 interview between David Bowie and BBC journalist Jeremy Paxman. In it, Bowie predicts that the internet will change the nature of music, and remove the “barriers between creator and audience”. The longer he spoke, the more Paxman said in anger that Bowie could possibly believe this about the internet.To be fair to Paxman, in 1999, internet at home meant accessing it over a modem. Concepts like WeChat and Netflix and more simply could not work over such limited bandwidth. But there were still some people who assumed that bandwidth would increase and that streaming music and video would be possible soon enough. They were laughed at.Oddly enough, as the dot-com boom intensified, many turned from doubters to hopeless optimists, and lost serious money building websites to deliver content that simply couldn’t “fit” down the inter-tubes of the day.Then in the second decade of the 21st century: critical mass. Bandwidth increased massively. Forget showing a nice little video in your browser, today Netflix can serve you a TV show in 4K, as long as you have 25Mbps connection.Quantum computing isn’t a consumer technology, of course. It’s a much bigger deal than that. Quantum computing is more like the invention of the transistor (电子晶体). Sure, most people have heard of it, but few understand it. Actually, we don’t even really understand it. But we’re reasonably comfortable that when a lab has that many scanning electron microscopes, it must be doing something important, right?Quantum computing is still at the stage of “hit it with a hammer until it works”. Sure the hammer is microscopic, and also a laser or magnetic field of some kind, but the point is we’re going through the process of turning the idea into reality.Sooner than you think, though, qubit-based computers are going to get applied to stuff. What stuff? Like always, it will be super secret stuff first. Then it will reach the rest of us.This is how the world begins. Not with a bang, but with a lot of extremely hard work behind the scenes.68.What attitude did most people take towards the internet in the 1990s?A.Optimistic.B.Unconcerned.C.Doubtful.D.Defensive. 69.The example of the internet is intended to illustrate that ______.A.it is hard to define what is world-changing technologyB.the internet was universally acknowledged as importantC.the influence of new technology is usually unpredictableD.the internet inspired many debates in the following years70.By “hit it with a hammer until it works”, the writer means that quantum computing______.A.has been questioned B.has been fully understoodC.hasn’t been heard of before D.hasn’t been applied to practice 71.What can be concluded about new technology from the passage?A.Its development is a gradual process.B.Most is the brainchild of a scientist.C.Not all is accessible to the public.D.Its future is often a top secret.五、六选四Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given behind. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Living off gridWhen you need electricity, you just plug in the machine and switch it on. If you need water, you turn on the tap. 72 For many people, these facilities are the basics of civilized society and the idea of living without them seems risky. Yet for a growing number of people, the idea of living off grid — without electricity, water or sewage — is an increasingly attractive lifestyle.Off-gridders do not have to give up electricity or a modern lifestyle — some choose to, but most use small hydroelectric power systems, solar panels or windmills to generate enough power for their needs. Heating and cooking needs are met by solar energy or wood burning systems, and toilet facilities range from non-water toilets to outside compost toilets. 73 It ranges from traditional yurts (a type of tent) to luxury house with high-speed internet and central heating. Whether they live in simple homes or luxury houses, what they all have in common is that their lifestyles do not create any pollution or carbon emissions — the ultimate goal for off-gridders.Around 100,000 people are thought to be living off grid in the UK now. 74 They grow their own food, home-school their children and provide their own medical care. They are people who have been priced out of the housing market or who have grown disillusioned with what modern society can offer and who decides that an alternative lifestyle isn’t a pipe dream, but a viable option.A part from living an alternative lifestyle, cost is a big factor in choosing to live off-grid. Off-grid houses are far cheaper to build than ordinary homes since they don’t need to be connected to the electricity or water supplies and even road access is not necessary. Materials tend to be cheaper, too. Popular options include straw or old tyres and cement.Surprisingly, the biggest problem off-gridders face is not building their homes or becoming self-sufficient but getting permission to build. Rural areas away from town are the perfect choice but these are often protected by law from construction of any kind or have building restrictions. There are now several websites dedicated to land-sharing so that the costs of buying land and getting permission can be shared, and there are increasing numbers of off-grid communities. 75 Off-gridding could soon be common all over Europe and America.A.Many are self-sufficient, not just providing their own electricity, water and sewage systems, but in all aspects.B.After you use the toilet, you flush it and the waste disappears.C.This shift from individual to group off-gridding reflects the fact that the trend is growing noticeably.D.They live in a huge variety of types of accommodation.E.Living off-grid still has a long way to go before it becomes a mainstream way of living.F.Rather than building permanent homes, vans or mobile homes or even old shipping containers are other options.六、用单词的适当形式完成短文Directions: Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given verbs.Robot Chef Learns to Twirl (旋转) Pizza Like a ProPizza has a proud history of fueling late-night lab work, and scientists in Naples—an Italian city famous for its pizza—have easy access to some of the world’s tastiest take-out. But what inspires engineer Bruno Siciliano is not that first bite 76 much as how the dish is made.“Preparing a pizza involves an extraordinary level of agility and dexterity (敏捷和灵巧),” says Siciliano, who directs a robotics research group at the University of Naples Federico Ⅱ.Stretching a deformable object like a lump of dough (面团) requires an accurate and gentle touch. It is one of the few things humans can handle, but robots cannot—yet.Siciliano’s team 77 (develop) a robot able to make a pizza pie. RoDyMan (short for Robotic Dynamic Manipulation) is a five-year project 78 (support) by a €2.5-million grant from the European Research Council. Like a human chef, RoDyMan must throw the dough into the air to stretch it, 79 (follow) it as it spins and anticipating how it will change shape.RoDyMan has been working this spring toward a milestone: stretching the dough 80 tearing it. To guide the robot, Siciliano’s team asked master pizza chef Enzo Coccia to wear a suit of movement-tracking sensors. “We learn [Coccia’s] motions, and we copy them with RoDyMan,” Sciliano says.RoDyMan uses visual sensors in its head to track the dough in real time. Using software, it can train 81 to handle the pizza like a chef would. The robot 82 (map) the dough’s position and tracks how it moves. Through practice, the robot 83 get better—much like humans develop “muscle memory.” Researchers hope RoDyMan’s technology can lead to a new generation of robots that will perform tasks in ways 84 are accurate and responsive, if not more lifelike.Yet Siciliano admits that 85 compares with a traditional chef. “I would never eat a pizza made by a robot,” he says. “It would not have the taste a real pizzaiolo, with his soul, would put in it.”Directions: Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given verbs.Talking to your therapist over Zoom is as helpful for anxiety and depression as going to in-person therapy. The virtual session, moreover, can be delivered at lower costs, according to a new study conducted in the U.K.Online therapy has become more and more prevalent since the COVID pandemic, 86 lockdowns forced lots of therapists online. The new study suggests that one of the biggest benefits of virtual therapy 87 be that it can allow people to get treatment faster, which increases their quality of life and reduces the amount of additional medical care they require.“The actual cost of mental health care doesn’t come from treating these conditions 88 from not treating them,” says co-author Ana Catarino.Questions emerge about 89 to deliver mental health interventions online best. Catarino and her team compared ieso’s Internet-delivered CBT, which featured a therapist working one-on-one with patients through a text chat, 90 the other services for anxiety and depression offered by the NHS, which covered a variety of therapies.The findings showed that online therapy was 91 (effective) than the other forms of care. What was most interesting was why. The researchers found that patients who were offered the therapist-guided CBT program got treatment faster. As a result, their quality of life improved more quickly, and they used fewer other medical services.The paper is likely to “make a big splash” because the authors showed that the success of the virtual CBT program was linked to the fact that it provided patients with a therapist’s guidance every step of the way.It’s not surprising that virtual therapy works well, says Haim Weinberg, a licensed psychologist. Studies outside the U.K. have found the same, he says. But there is still some bias 92 virtual therapy as somehow second-best, and there are not yet many 93 (establish) training programs to get mental health professionals comfortable with providing care online.Virtual care won’t be right for every person, but the new study’s results suggest the need to expand access 94 patients aren’t left waiting for help. These findings stress the importance of developing clinical interventions that 95 (prove) to be effective and that can be used at scale to match the demand we know.七、汉译英(整句)96.这家餐馆规定,每季度更换一次菜单,以吸引更多顾客。

上海交通大学附属中学2021-2022学年高二上学期英语月考试卷及答案

上海交通大学附属中学2021-2022学年高二上学期英语月考试卷及答案
A.sensationalB.sensitiveC.sensibleD.sensory
【答案】A
13.During the pandemic, all patients and their families, without ________, must carry their ID card and show their health QR code before entering the hospital.
A.HowB.HoweverC.WhetherD.Wherever
【答பைடு நூலகம்】C
3.The documentaryNo Poverty Land, ________ focuses on poverty alleviation efforts in six provinces that were once among China’s most impoverished regions, has been airing on TVB since August 21.
上海交通大学附属中学2021—2022学年度第一学期
高二英语月考(二)试卷
(满分120分,90分钟内完成)
I. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (1 *15)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
A.permissionB.effortC.exceptionD.access

上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二上期末考试英语试卷

上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二上期末考试英语试卷

上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二上期末考试英语试卷一、单项选择1. The boss in company Miss Anna worked called at the hospital.A.his B.which C.whose D.this2. Anyone trying to take knives on flights would be caught by the police.A.finds B.found C.being found D.is found3. It is our teacher’s recommendation that one one book every two weeks. A.reads B.reading C.will read D.read4. The silence of the library was sometimes broken by an occasional cough or by the sound of pages _______.A.turned B.having turnedC.to be turned D.being turned5. Hardly at the terminal station when the bus .A.did we arrive; had left B.would we arrive; had leftC.had we arrived; left D.have we arrived; left6. —Why am I so slow at doing the cloze test?—I guess you didn’t realize the use the contexts.A.you should have made of B.you must have made from C.from which you could have made D.out of which you need make7. He must have done what his boss asked him to finish yesterday, ?A.mustn’t he B.didn’t he C.doesn’t he D.hasn’t he8. People are outraged by the fact that George Floyd is not the first black man inMinneapolis police custody.A.dying B.died C.having died D.to die9. —That lecture was a boring and confusing one.—Then it Dr. Kevin’s because he is so interesting and fascinating. It Dr. Jaco’s, he is just that type of person.A.couldn’t have been…must be B.couldn’t be…can beC.mustn’t be…can’t be D.can’t have been…must have been10. The war and the suffering caused affected him greatly.A.that B.which C.it D.what11. Susie stood there with her eyes on the headmaster, not any questions. A.fixing … dare ask B.fixing … daring askC.fixed … dare to ask D.fixed … daring to ask12. —He speaks French because he lived in France.—Really? How long there?A.had he lived B.is he living C.has he lived D.did he live 13. Some African-Americans living in inner city Atlanta said while Obama is a role model, his life appeared so far removed from their own struggles it was difficult tosee how they could use it to spur their own success.A.because B.if C.that D.until14. which way to take, the little boy behaved like a real gentleman who comforted his sister from time to time.A.Being left to wonder B.Leaving to wonderC.Left to wonder D.Left wondering15. You should always remember that, in the years to come, you have somepeople company, the parents who have sacrificed to raise you and provide you with the best education possible.A.keep B.keeping C.being kept D.to keep16. attended the premiere(首映) of this new play is sure to tell the show isworthy twice.A.Whoever has…to be watched B.Whoever has…watching C.Those who have…to be watched D.Those who have…watching17. Our team the game, but our main player got injured in the first half of the match. A.can have won B.should have won C.may win D.could have won18. Taking a hot shower after a long day will help your muscles, calm your nerves and reduce stress.A.loosen up B.fend for C.put up D.stress out19. On 13 November 1956, the Supreme Court finally segregation on buses in Alabama was illegal.A.ruled that B.ruled it that C.made it a rule that D.ruled with20. I nervously threw a stick at the animal and it didn’t move. A deer . This thing just kept staring.A.should be running away B.would have run awayC.could run away D.might well run away21. My neck was very stiff and my feet after sitting in front of my work desk for a long time.A.hurt B.was hurt C.injured D.was injured22. the problem you have encountered in life, if you are scared off by the trouble or just fate, you will amount to less than nothing.A.Whatever big...give in to B.However big...give in to C.Whatever big...give up to D.However big...give up to23. After collecting ideas from a large crowd, they have found 85% have a opinionafter using this anti-aging capsule.A.favorite B.favored C.favorable D.favor24. We must be consistent implementing the rules that are consistent the national interest.A.in...in B.in...with C.with...with D.with...in25. Perhaps his parents are so uptight about his learning to read that theyconstantly him.A.pick up B.pick on C.pick off D.pick over26. Of course you should never your principles or over promise anything, but a little flexibility now could translate into many more options later.A.sympathize B.exaggerate C.compromise D.humiliate 27. Once again, you have shown yourself to be a champion of employees’ interests,and thus you deserve all the praise from your fellow colleagues.A.worthy B.worth C.worthwhile D.worthless28. Highly respectable as Martin Luther King was, some residents were to naming the high school after him.A.objected B.objective C.opposite D.opposed29. A recent study offers some new insight into why cancer increases with age. A.incident B.incidence C.coincidence D.accident30. When these slave owners descendants finally realized that slavery time has departed America, they began to awaken and see how they were to keep America in the olden days.A.desperate B.delicate C.despair D.diligent31. While reading the play, every so often, you a seemingly random line written in ALL CAPS—so you have to go back and find why that line was capitalized in order to inform the moments before and after.A.enter upon B.come through C.run into D.log in 32. Facing competition in the society, we must carefully analyze the situationand the challenge. Which one does NOT fit in the sentence?A.intense...rise to B.harsh...meet C.keen...face up to D.fierce...encounter 二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each wordYunnan Province, covering an area of 394,000 square kilometers, combines unique ethnic cultures, magnificent mountain scenery, rainforest, tea plantations, ancient towns and delicious food. Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La are always on the bucket list to those who haven’t been to Yunnan before.In the courtyard of her restaurant in Xishuangbanna, Su Ying is preparing to give me a cooking lesson. But she has no pots and pans. Instead, she is going to cook the food in banana leaves and tubes of fresh bamboo on a small fire under an iron tripod in a corner of the yard.Su 33 a mixture of wild vegetables with lemongrass and chili and wraps them up in banana leaves. She seasons sliced beef with chili herbs and spices and puts it into a tube of freshly cut bamboo. Another tube is filled with a more exotic delicacy: live bamboo worms, which she mixes with herbs and spices. Su then thrusts the tubes into the fire.Even to many Chinese, Yunnan seems exotic. Its remoteness 34 it much of the overdevelopment and pollution. The province is a global hotspot of biodiversity and boasts a 35 wide range of local ingredients. Most famously, the summer mushroom season 36 some 300 varieties of edible(可食用的) fungi, including delicacies such as savory matsutake(松茸). There are countless wild plants and plenty of bugs and grubs.On my trips to the province over the years I have dined on toasted barley flourand 37 cups of yak butter tea (酥油茶) in a town now known as Shangri-la. In thenorth-east of the province I gorged on (狼吞虎咽) spicy hotpots. Even farther north I visited the center of ham production in Xuanwei, where I tasted delicate soups and stews. Here in Xishuangbanna. I was tasting the sour and hot 38 and fresh herbs of the tropical south.No one restaurant or chef could represent Yunnan. There is no single overarching Yunnan cuisine, but a selection of overlapping ones. And more than anywhere else in China, delicacies 39 on table in Yunnan use a large proportion of the ingredients that are 40 local and unavailable elsewhere. In an age when people can sample delicacies from 41 anywhere in the world without even having to leave home,Yunnan 42 us that for a real taste of local culinary culture, sometimes you just have to go to the source.Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each wordModern media is awash in advertising clutter(杂乱), and who’s to blame? Modern audiences that hate conventional full-length and full-size ads.Today’s consumers don’t like to pay for content, which ought to create a rich environment for advertisers. Yet these same consumers are prone to click or turn away when a conventional ad appears. The result is ad clutter.YouTube 43 a combination of full-length ads, skippable ads, lower-screen banners and display ads on the page alongside each video. Newspapers that once considered the front page important now 44 run ads there.Advertisers integrate plugs(推销) into content to frustrate digital video recorders, which allow viewers to watch programs on a delay and skip regular commercials. If you watch regional telecasts of baseball games, the commercial clutter is so 45 . Ads are visible on the stadium wall behind the home-plate umpire(裁判). On-screen graphics include sponsor logos. And everything is a paid plug--“This call to the coach’s zone is brought to you by Verizon.”According to the showbiz paper Variety, several streaming services are about to introduce a new twist: commercials that start running whenever a viewer pauses a program. Hulu intends to launch such ads this year. AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse units will 46 use similar technology to trigger full-motion commercials whenever a viewer tries to take a break.There’s a lot at stake. According to Variety, Nati onal Football League(NFL) TV broadcasts generate an estimated $4.35 billion in ad revenue during the 17-week regularseason. NFL 47 are now loaded with mini commercials that pop up when there is a brief pause in the action, often in “double boxes” t hat show a view of the field in one frame and a(n) 48 in the other.Interestingly, with no “screen” to work with, radio is one medium that has tried for some time to buck the trend. Many commercial stations trade clutter for clusters--that is, a solid block of commercials running five minutes or more, followed by lengthy commercial-free 49 of time.But wherever a screen is involved, or a printed page, ad clutter is 50 everywhere. Programmers and advertisers can’t really be expected to limit this; it’s a fact of business. Consumers, on the other hand, can opt for commercial-free content--if they’re willing to pay for it.But getting limitless content without paying while also being 51 heavy advertising intrusions is impossible. As media environment is permanently cluttered, audiences should be 52 with what they wish for.三、完形填空Will we get into the school of our choice? What will we be doing in ten years’ time? Can we become the person we really want to be? In the face of such questions, how should we 53 the future? Can we take action to shape it, or should we just accept whatever comes our way? As many of us already know, having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality. In this 54 , some people are more fortunate than others, as can be illustrated by comparing the lives of two famous authors, born 40 years 55 . Although they shared the same energetic attitude to life, their careers unfolded in 56 ways.The American author, Ernest Hemingway, born in 1899, was from early boyhood single-minded in his ambition to write. On leaving high school, he joined a local Kansas newspaper as a trainee 57 . He went on to become foreign reporter for the Toronto Star and used his extraordinary experiences in Europe and later Cuba to 58 his writing. In his words, “I decided that I would write one story about each thing that I knew about.” Having set himself this goal, he wrote novels and short stories based on his personal experiences of the First World War, bullfighting and deep-sea fishing, amongst others. His novel The Old Man and the Sea, centering on an aging fishermanwho 59 an epic battle to catch a giant marlin, was 60 the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953.61 , the young Arthur Conan Doyle, born in Scotland in 1859, had originally worked as a doctor. But Doyle’s main ambition was to become a writer of historicalnovels. Although some of his historical novels were published, theirsuccess 62 compared to the stories of his fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, which he is still best known for to this day.Interestingly, Doyle wrote some of his early Holmes stories while he was waiting for patients in his medical 63 in London. After Sherlock Holmes made him a household name, Doyle gave up medicine and devoted himself entirely to writing. In fact, he longed for fame as a historical novelist. The public, however, couldn’t 64 Sherlock Holmes. In desperation, Doyle 65 the famous detective in a novel published in 1893 so that he could focus on his “serious” writing. 66 , fans of Holmes were so angry that Doyle, under immense pressure, was forced to bring Holmes back from the dead. Doyle’s many historical novels, plays, poems and academic papers have remained largely forgotten, but Sherlock Holmes has been 67 readers for well over a century.53.A.draw B.approach C.receive D.reverse54.A.respect B.prospect C.perception D.effect55.A.ahead B.across C.ago D.apart56.A.contrasting B.mechanical C.miserable D.similar 57.A.correspondent B.secretary C.researcher D.editor 58.A.modify B.affect C.inform D.notify59.A.runs away from B.enrolls in C.loosens up D.engages in 60.A.comprised B.awarded C.represented D.rewarded61.A.In addition B.By contrast C.Either way D.In a nutshell 62.A.went beyond itself B.was on thedeclineC.amounted tonothingD.drew fame andfortune63.A.practice B.drill C.care D.business64.A.put up with B.be in favor of C.leave behind D.get enough of 65.A.held back B.killed off C.closed off with D.beat back66.A.Therefore B.Likewise C.However D.Instead67.A.addressing B.annoying C.enlightening D.entertaining四、阅读理解Artificial intelligence will be either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity.——Stephen HawkingMillenniumbutterflyThanks to AI, I’ve got my own super-smart personal assistant built into my phone. She always has an immediate answer for any question I put to her, and even uses my answers to learn more about my preferences.And speaking of hanging out, I’m hoping that s elf-driving cars are available soon. Self-driving cars can learn to drive in the same way that we do, and can make informed judgments. And as they won’t be susceptible to human error, they’ll be a lot safer. I do think that developments in AI will on the whole make doing day-to-day things a lot easier. PopkidThe technology you’re using and enjoying today is a basic form of AI which can’t think independently without programming. Of course, it could be very useful to have a more advanced form of AI — a truly independent form of artificial intelligence, capableof exercising its own judgement, could help us solve many of the world’s problems. But have you ever thought about the risks? After all, why would an independent form of AI need to consider the opinio ns and desires of humans? We could be seen as a “small” inconvenience that’s in the way of a solution to a bigger problem. If we’re lucky, AI might think we’re valuable enough to keep around. What if they don’t?Even if that doesn’t happen, there are othe r risks. Millenniumbutterfly, self-driving cars are seemingly great, but what about all the taxi drivers who would lose their jobs? They would just be among the first victims of AI. Nearly every job is potentially at risk in the long run. Even journalists are now being replaced with technology that can write basic news reports.The truth is that none of us is prepared for the challenges of AI.Pink_hazeMachine learning is something we have come to accept as a part of our modern world. I believe most of the value of AI lies in its capacity to analyse and interpret vast amounts of data, which means it can even solve problems that are too challenging for human experts.But while super-intelligent AI could be the biggest leap forward in human history, if it goes wrong or falls into the wrong hands, it could also be the most baneful. However, AI is not going to go away. We have no choice but to accept it and regulate it. One thing I think we all agree on, though, is that saying “My AI did it!” won’t be any ex cuse for illegal or immoral behaviour!68. If a traveller always has a hard time looking for a proper restaurant to dine in, whose opinion is he likely to agree with?A.Millenniumbutterfly B.Popkid C.Pink_haze D.None of them 69. What does baneful (in the last paragraph) probably mean?A.exaggerated B.intensive C.dangerous D.desperate70. Whose idea could be reinforced by the evidence that almost 50 per cent of US jobs are at risk from automation in the next 20 years?A.Millenniumbutterfly B.Popkid C.Pink_haze D.None of them 71. Which of them might embrace the following statement: “Helpful as advanced AI could be in tackling the world’s problems, a high level of risk is involved.”A.Millenniumbutterfly & Popkid B.Popkid & Pink_haze C.Pink_haze & Millenniumbutterfly D.All of themHot Air Balloon Sydney For 2, Weekend FlightINCLUDES FULL GOURMET BREAKFASTItem: HO12955TA·Hot Air Balloon Flight for 2 (there will be others in the balloon basket with you) ·NOTHING MORE TO PAY ON THE DAY! YOUR FULL GOURMET BREAKFAST IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE·Travel with the Tourism Award winners with over 20 years of experience·Float over beautiful Hawkesbury Valley·Colour flight certificateExperience the wonder of a Hot Air Balloon Flight for 2 people. Rising before dawn, you can join the crew in unpacking and preparing the balloon for flight — which is a spectacle in itself! After an exciting launch, you’ll drift with the wind silently over the parklands, homes and hills of the Hawkesbury region of Sydney.Hot Air Ballooning begins in the cool, still hours of the early morning, when the air is more stable. The launch site, determined by the weather of the morning, will be in or around the beautiful Hawkesbury Valley. The adventure begins by inflating the balloon using a giant portable fan. Once the balloon starts to take shape, the burner is lit, heating the air inside. The hot air inside is lighter than the cool air outside and this is what creates the lift and why it is called a Hot Air Balloon. Passengers are welcome to assist the pilot and crew with inflating the hot air balloon at the launch site, which only takes about 20 minutes.The Hot Air Balloon Flight for 2 is both picturesque and peaceful. You hear very little sound from the awakening world below. The silence is only broken with blasts from the propane burner heating the air in your balloon to keep you cruising across the skies. Watch as the sun bursts from the horizon and paints the sky pink in a spectacular morning sunrise.To top off the morning you’ll celebrate with a full gourmet breakfast. This adventure is for 2 people. There will be other people in the balloon basket with you.Hot Air Balloon flights take place at sunrise. The exact time of your Hot Air Balloon flight experience will vary based upon the time of year and will be sent to you upon booking.72. Why does Hot Air Ballooning begin before dawn?A.Tourists needn’t queue for the flight.B.The air at that time is warmer and more stable.C.Tourists can see the spectacular sunrise in the sky.D.Travelers have to start the adventure with their stomach empty.73. Which of the following is the correct order of the Hot Air Balloon Flight?① Inflate the balloon ② Heat the air inside ③ Drift over the Hawkesbury region④ The balloon rises into the sky ⑤ Light the burnerA.⑤②④①③B.②⑤①④③C.①④⑤②③D.①⑤②④③74. Which of the following statement is TRUE?A.Hot Air Ballooning takes place at a fixed time early in the morning, but the launch site may vary.B.Passengers of the Hot Air Ballooning shouldn’t do anything except enjoy the spectacular view.C.The price for two is $299, including delicious breakfast offered after the completion of the flight.D.A person who has experienced the Hot Air Balloon Flight can get a color certificate.Gender, brain function, and STEM performance[1] Scientists have debunked the idea that women are underrepresented in the science technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) industries because of biologicaldifferences which affect their maths skills. Girls and boys have similar brains and are equally able when it comes to understanding maths, according to the study published in the journal Science of Learning.[2] The research involved 104 children aged between 3 and 10 years old, 55 of whom were girls. The kids watched an educational video featuring maths concepts such as counting and addition, while the scientists charted their brain activity using an MRI scanner. The team then compared all the scan results, with which the researchers could compare the brain activity of the children to adults. The team asked 38 men and 25 women to watch the same videos in the scanner. According to the data, there was no difference between the children’s brain functions or development. And the boys and girls appeared to be equally tuned into the videos.[3] The authors wrote the figures suggest “girls and boys showed statistically equivalent levels of neural maturity throughout the brain, suggesting that the neural processing of mathematics develops at similar rates in boys and girls,” they wrote.[4] “Limited e vidence for intrinsic, biological gender differences in mathematics ability has fueled debate about the underrepresentation of girls and women in STEM fields” the authors said.[5] Jessica Cantlon, professor of developmental neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University and senior author of the paper, commented in a statement: “Science doesn’t align with folk beliefs. We see that children’s brains function similarly regardless of their gender so hopefully we can adjust expectations of what children can achieve in mathematics.”[6] “However, typical socialization can exacerbate small differences between boys and girls that can snowball into how we treat them in science and maths. We need to be cognizant of these origins to ensure we aren’t the ones causing the gender inequities.”[7] Alyssa Kersey, the first author, said: “It’s not just that boys and girls are using the maths network in the same ways but that similarities were evident across the entire brain. This is an important reminder that humans are more similar to each other than we are different. Earlier this year, a separate team of researchers concluded girls would score better in maths and science tests if exams were made longer. The scientists found female students are better at sustaining their performance over a long period and argue this should be regarded as a skill.”[8] Co-author Oosterveen said: “Our study also documents a female strength in test-taking that has largely been ignored and that deserves recognition. Gender differences in test performance in maths and science have generally been perceived as a female weakness. The findings in this study could serve as a counterbalance to the gender stereotypes shaped by this perception.75. Which of the following can be a replacement word for the underlined word “debunked” in paragraph 1?A.supported B.disproved C.delighted D.distinguished76. What is the author’s main purpose by making the statement in Para. 4?A.To illustrate a generally accepted scientific findings from their recent study.B.To explain why girls and women are underrepresented in many STEM fields.C.To emphasize the widely held gender difference isn’t scientifically grounded.D.To argue for more favorable policy to support women and girls in STEM fields77. What do these “origins” (Para. 6) refer to?A.The snowball effect that can worsen the situation.B.Small differences between boys and girls.C.Gender inequities that are common in STEM field.D.How we treat the gender distinctions in science.78. Which one of the following is NOT true about the study conducted by Alyssa’s team? A.Girls are likely to make a better performance in longer maths and science tests. B.Girls and boys showed similar brain functions while watching an educational video about maths.C.The findings could be used to argue against the commonly believed gender stereotypes.D.MRI scanner was used so the researchers were able to record information about their brain activity.五、六选四Dieting? How Colors Impact Food Appeal and Appetite Have you ever suddenly developed an appetite from a passing glance at a freeway billboard featuring a brightly colored cheeseburger, or decided to step into a candy or ice cream store displaying a window full of vibrant shades and hues (颜色) of sweet treats?If so, you are in good company. 79Beverages are showcased in the same fashion. As evidenced by the neon, tropical blue mixture prominently featured on the cover of the cocktail menu, bright colors are appealing and appetizing. Dull hues are not. When was the last time you got excited about a food that was grey? You probably eat oatmeal because you know it is good for you; not because you find it visually appealing.80 Devina Wadhera and Elizabeth D. Capaldi-Phillips in “A Review of Visual Cues Asso ciated with Food” (2014) demonstrate how visual cues impacts eating behavior.In addition to taste, cues include odor, texture, flavor, and appearance—which is the initial food cue because our eyes provide our first contact with potential edibles.Wadhera and Capaldi-Phillips cite prior research in providing some interesting examples of the visual impact of different color schemes on taste and food enjoyment. 81 And hot chocolate in a red cup was rated as more enjoyable than when it was served in a white cup. Consider this the next time you are served a piece of birthday cake, or over the holidays when you are enjoying warm beverages served in holiday-themed mugs.What about when you are thirsty? Wadhera and Capaldi-Phillips note that beverages served in blue glasses have been rated as more thirst quenching (解渴的) than when served in yellow, red, or green glasses. 82So given the rainbow of colors swirling around us when faced with so many inviting food choices, is there any way to control our inclination to indulge?Oliver Genschow et al. (2012) demonstrated that when it comes to eating less, colors impact consumption. They specifically researched the effect of the color red, which they note has been shown to prompt avoidance motivation in other contexts. Within the context of eating, they found that people ate fewer pretzels (脆饼干) when using a red plate, as opposed to white or blue, and drank less from a red cup than a blue cup. They suggest that the color red reduces food and beverage intake by functioning as a subconscious stop signal.A.Apparently, we consume with more of our senses than we consciously realize. B.They recognize the impact of sensory cues on promoting good eating behavior in both children and adults.C.Unless we are medically restricted or diligently dieting, we are not likely to give up appetizing food simply because we recognize the lack of nutritional value.D.They note that pink food on a white plate was perceived as sweeter and more flavorful than the same food on a black plate.E.Healthy eating involves intentional choices, not mindless responses to sensory stimuli.F.Research confirms the fact that when it comes to taste and sensation, colors matter.六、用单词的适当形式完成短文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。

上海市上海交大附中高二上学期摸底考试(英语).doc

上海市上海交大附中高二上学期摸底考试(英语).doc

上海市上海交大附中高二上学期摸底考试英语(满分100分,100分钟完成,答案一律写在答题卡、答题纸上)I. Listening Comprehension (24’)Part A Short Conversations (1’*10 = 10’)Directions:In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. He isn’t very thorough. B. He isn’t easy to approach.C. He creates problems for himself.D. He’s very creative.2. A. He was sure of himself. B. He’d played the piano himself.C. He hadn’t heard Rita play the piano.D. He wasn’ta good pianist.3. A. Fred is likely to miss the plane. B. Fred’s flight has been delayed.C. Fred has made another plane.D. Fred is never on time.4. A. A typewriter. B. A piece of paper. C. A bicycle. D. A chair.5. A. In a library. B. In Denver, Colorado. C. In a classroom. D. In a post office.6. A. On the step. B. By the window. C. At a store. D. In a bank.7. A. Sam returned it. B. It turns in the lock. C. It’s in the lock. D. He got it from Sam.8. A. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon. B. At 12 o’clock atnoon.C. At 8 o’clock in the morning.D. At 8 o’clock in the evening.9. A. She made it herself. B. She asked a carpenter to make it.C. She remade the old furniture.D. She bought it.10. A. She found the last question difficult to answer.B. She thought the English exam easy.C. She fell on the ground on the way to having English exam.D. The exam is too difficult for the woman.Part B Passages (1’ * 6 = 6’)Directions: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, a nd you will be asked three questions on each of thepassages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. In the jeweler’s.B. In the country club.C. At home.D. In the parking lot.12. A. 10,000 dollars. B. 5,000 dollars. C. 4,000 dollars. D. 1,000 dollars.13. A. He was happy knowing no child was dead.B. He was very angry at the news.C. He was too shocked to say anything.D. He was sorry for the money.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To inform parents and schools. B. To pick out good students.C. To compare teachers.D. To expose poor schools.15. A. They have no trust in doctors. B. They cannot afford the medical fee.C. They fear things like injections.D. They doubt the medical treatment.16. A. Teacher’s difficult life. B. Harm of divorce to families.-seeking behavior.C. Ways to become lovable kids.D. Kid’s attentionPart C Longer Conversations (1’*8 = 8’)Directions: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After youhear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through re based on the following conversation.Some of them are little bit 17 about the final examination.They can make a choice between taking part in the final examination or writing a 18paper instead.The man wonders whether the woman is 19 taking the examination.In the end, they think a would be better.Complete the form. Write ONLY ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Why did the man watch American Biography? It was an 21 for his history class.When did the story take place? Before or during 22 .What did Harriet Tubman use to be? She used to be 23 .24 .How many times did she go back to Marylandto lead the other slaves to freedom?Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Ⅱ. Grammar and vocabulary (19’)Section A (0.5’* 10’)Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25.His bedroom 8 meters across.A. is measured inB. measures inC. measuresD. is measured26.What she says and does nothing to do with me.A. isB. areC. hasD. have27.Tom has promised anyone sets him free, he give him all the treasures of theworld.A. that as long as; shallB. if that; willC. that if; mustD. that now that; should28.They shouldn’t spend their money testing so many people, many of are healthy.A. whichB. whatC. thatD. whom29.Is this hotel offered him a job he stayed when he arrived here?A. which; whereB. where; thatC. the one; whereD. the one; in which30.H e’ll buy the watch it may take.A. whateverB. how muchC. asD. no matter31.These days, the main uses for home computers are still word processing, surfing the web andwriting e-mail, require much in the way of hardware.A. of which neitherB. none of themC. which of noneD. none of which32.Keep the fire, or you will get .A. off; burnB. off; burntC. up; burningD. away; burning33.On the other side of the street .A. the car was brokenB. was the broken carC. was the car brokenD. the broken car was34.What worried this boy most was to play the computer games.A. his being not allowedB. his not being allowedC. having not been allowedD. his not allowing35.When I passed by Jim’s house, I noticed him by his father.A. beatenB. beatingC. being beatenD. of beaten36.I’m busy now. I can’t help his car. Choose the wrong answer:A. to repairB. repairingC. him withD. his repairing37.the yard, we found it with a lot of leaves.A. Entered; covering; fallenB. Entering; covered; fallenC. Having entered; covered; fallingD. Entering; covering; falling38.Not the students but the class teacher the results of the exam.A. is looking forward to knowB. are anxious to knowC, are looking forward to knowing D. is anxious to know39.These new tomatoes which were developed a technique GM are bigger andhealthier and can grow danger from diseases.A. using; known as; withoutB. use; known for; withC. as; known to; withoutD. using; known as; with40.Mike was student at this school from to , during which time heworked very hard and was made Chairman of the Students’ Union.A. a; theB. /; aC. /; theD. a; /41.-Do you mind if I turn off the TV?- . The good news will be on in a few minutes.A. Of course notB. I’m afraid I doC. Why notD. Yes, just go ahead42.all over the mountain and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.A. To growB. GrowingC. GrownD. Grow43.Why don’t you put the fish in the fridge? It will fresh for several days.A. be stayedB. stayC. be stayingD. have stayed44.-What would you like for dinner, rice or noodles?- . I don’t mind, either.A. It doesn’t matterB. AnythingC. It makes no difference to meD. That’s all rightSection B (1’ * 9 = 9’)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.A. added toB. avoidC. depending onD. developedE. deathAB. footprints AC. reserves AD. serious AE. survivedIn 1970, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, only about 4,500 tigers 45 throughout the world –half of them in India. Mr. Foresters, who followed and counted tiger 46 , estimated that in May 1972 only about 1,800 tigers existed in India. Project Tiger supported by W.W.F. was immediately launched. Nine tiger reserves were created, with armed guards protecting them.The project provided opportunities for researchers from India and abroad to study tigers in the 47and gather previously unavailable information about their habits. Studies show that a male tiger may control a hunting territory of between 10 and q. kms, 48 its age, size and strength. The territory of male includes the smaller territories of three or four tigresses. A tiger marks the boundaries of its territories by spraying urine andother bodily liquids on bushes. But it tries to 49 territorial fights, being guided by the distinctive body smell of other tigers.Tigers fight to 50 only when a tigress is defending her young, or when a tiger is guarding a tigressfrom the attentions of other males.The popular image of the tiger is that of a merciless and unconquerable hunter. But studies show that it catches only one of ictims it tries to attack.Fears have recently 51 that Project Tiger has been too successful. It has enabled the tiger populationly it is 750 millionto double (by mid-80s), but India’s human population has also grown out of control. Currentand likely to be 900 million by the end of the century. Land problem is becoming 52 and many rural people feel bitter about the fact that some rich forests are reserved for tigers. A growing number of attacks by tigers onman have 53 the hostility.III. Reading Comprehension (42’)Section A (1’ *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.Tomorrow would be Christmas and this time was afternoon, but I had to stay to tidy the office. The only thing that 54 my day was the beautifully decorated 55 in our waiting room and a 56 sent to me by a fellow I was dating – a dozen long-stemmed red roses.Suddenly, our receptionist came and said there was a lady outside that urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young 57 woman with a baby in her arms standing there. 58 , she explained that59 to visit her her husband – a prisoner in a nearby prison –was my next patient. She told me she wasn’thusband in prison and 60 he had never seen his son. So she 61 me to let her wait here ahead of time.I agreed. 62 , it was Christmas Eve.A short time later, her husband arrived – with chains on his feet, cuffs on his hands, and two armed guards63 him. The woman’s tired face 64 when her husband took a seat beside her. I watched them laugh, cry, and share their 65 . He seemed like a gentle and honest man.At the end of the 66 , the man had to go back and I 67 him a Merry Christmas. He smiled and thanked me and said he felt saddened by the 68 that he hadn’t been able to get his wife 69 for Christmas. On hearing this, I was 70 with a wonderful idea.I’ll never forget the 71 on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed72 the most joy –the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in red roses. I’m not sure whohaving the opportunity to share in this 73 moment.54. A. enjoyed B. relaxed C. brightened D. presented55. A. office B. Christmas tree C. furniture D. Christmas Father56. A. gift B. regards C. message D. package57. A. tired-looking B. ordinary-looking C. good-looking D. frightened-looking58. A. Happily B. Quietly C. Excitedly D. Nervously59. A. going B. allowed C. determined D. expected60. A. why B. how C. that D. when61. A. persuaded B. begged C. demanded D. pleased62. A. After all B. In all C. All in all D. Above all63. A. near B. around C. behind D. before64. A. turned pale B. went red C. lit up D. turned away65. A. child B. tears C. joy D. sorrows66. A. meeting B. appointment C. discussion D. conversation67. A. said B. showed C. wished D. hoped68. A. words B. fact C. idea D. scene69. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything70. A. encouraged B. struck C. provided D. inspired71. A. sadness B. happiness C. look D. smiles72. A. received B. experienced C. gave D. accepted73. A. special B. sad C. happy D. unforgettableSection B (1’ *17 = 17’)Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statement. 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 small number of newborn babies, which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women, is one of the most serious problems in Asia. When people talk about it, you can hear a word invented in Japan, which means Double Income No Kids.In many major Asian cities like Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo, the cost of a house is extremely high. A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about $3,000,000 (though prices have fallen). For a flat with one bedroom, one dining room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, the couple will pay about $900 a month. Whateducation is very expensive. For example, most kindergarten more, if they want to have a child, the child’scharges are at least $5,000 a year. In such a situation, it’s difficult to afford children.The number of married women who want to continue working increases because they enjoy their jobs. However, if they want to have children, they immediately have serious problems. Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for a short time to have a baby, they expect women with babies to give up their jobs. In short, if they want to bring up children properly, both parents have to work, but it is hard for mothers to work. Indeed, women who want to continue working have to choose between having children and keeping their jobs. Ina word, Asian governments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon as possible.74. What is the main problem being discussed in the passage?A.The small number of newborn babies.B.The changing social situation of women.C.The high prices of houses and education.D.The necessary steps of Asian government.75. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. It is easy for a couple to afford a child in Asia.B. The prices of houses in Asia are quite low now.C. Fewer and fewer married women want to have a job.n country.D. The word “DINKS” appeared in an Asia76. To buy a flat and send a child to kindergarten, how much will a couple pay each year?A. $5,000B. $5,900C. $10,800D. $15,80077. It seems to be believed that Asian governments should .A. let women stay at home and have a babyB. allow one of the parents to go out to workC. care for the growing needs of women for jobsD. punish the companies that permit women to leave(B)The Diet Zone: A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet…We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products thatwe have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.Diet products weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie,unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale instead. Allwe have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink,we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physicalharm they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorieonly because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buyingthem. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will bemuch better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.78. From Paragraph 1, we learn that .A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potentialB. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsC. diet products are misleading peopleD. people are fed up with diet products79. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to .A. try out a variety of diet foodsB. hesitate before they enjoy diet foodsC. pay attention to their own eating habitsD. watch their weight rather than their diet.80. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably meansA. losing weight is effortlessB. it costs a lot to lose weightC. diet products bring no painD. diet products are free from calories81. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products .A. are over-consumedB. lack basic nutrientsC. are short of chemicalsD. provide too much energy(C)When it comes to health, the poor are doubly cursed. Not only are they more prone to deadly infectiousdiseases than the rich, but they have far less access to the means of improvement. Twenty years ago, Paul Farmer,an American doctor and anthropologist, set out to do something about this. Amid the political turmoil and povertyof rural Haiti, he created a community-based health care system called Zanmi Lasante, or Partners in Health. It notonly delivers appropriate, affordable medical treatment to thousands of poor people, but goes beyond the clinic toaddress the social causes making them sick and keeping them from getting better.As Dr. Farmer argues, improving the health of the poor is not just a medical challenge, but a question ofoppresshuman rights. Dealing with the inequality, racism, sexism and other forms of “structural violencethe poor is as critical as extending the drugs. Or as his Haiti patients put it, medicine without food is like washingone’s hands and drying them in the dirt.Unfortunately, Dr. Farmer’s powerful message is often weakened by his book’s academic tone. It does,however, scream out in passages describing the human face of “structural violence”. It is these pers that make Dr. Farmer’s anger at such “stupid deaths” so compelling.motives and methods are better described in Mountains Beyond Mountains. This The good doctor’sbiography by Tracy Kidder traces Dr. Farmer from his unusual upbringing and education, shuttling between theshacks of central Haiti and the halls of Harvard Medical School, to his later work around the world. Though wellbook also makes for uncomfortable reading. The author is clearly close to his subject,written, Mr. Kidder’shaving traveled with Dr. Farmer from the green poverty of Haiti to the tubercular whiteness of Russia. Too close,perhaps. The biographer seems to be seeking his subject’s approval, rather than the other way round. Mr. Kidder writes, rather disturbingly, about his fear of disappointing Dr. Farmer, his own pain at wounding him with acritical remark and his relief at the doctor’s forgiveness.health falls, this dependence becomes more intense. But rather than compromise the When Mr. Kidder’sbook’s equity, this intimacy serves to highlight Dr. Farmer’s admirable, yet ultimately irritating, character.to make anyone feel comfortable, except those lucky enough to beKidder observes, “Farmer wasn’t put on earthhis patients or those unlucky enough to need him.”82. What makes the “Partners in Health” system different from traditional hospital?A.It makes attempts to help the poor on a social level.B.It is aimed at treating poor people for free.C.It is designed to help the poor rise from poverty.D.It offers community help to those who are poor.83. What can be inferred from the last sentence of the second paragraph?A.Hands should not be dried in the dirt after washing.B.Medicine is also needed for cleaning hands.C.Medicine is not a long term cure to their poor health.D.Food can cure their disease better than any medicine.84. The disadvantage of Dr. Farmer’s book seems to be that .A.the plots in the book are not attractive enoughB.the way he tells the stories is not compelling enoughC.the anger he expresses at “stupid deaths” is too strongD.the tone is not strong enough to arouse people’s attention?85. Why does Mr. Kidder’s book also make for uncomfortable readingA.Mr. Kidder himself has never been involved in Dr. Farmer’s life.B.Mr. Kidder is afraid of making true comments on Dr. Farmer.C.Mr. Kidder’s emotions prevent him from independent writing.D.Mr. Kidder is always waiting for Dr. Farmer’s forgiveness.86. According to the last paragraph we can infer that .A.Dr. Farmer only helped those who are lucky enoughB.Dr. Farmer may have severely criticized the societyC.Dr. Farmer was not actually making his patients comfortableableD.Dr. Farmer’s job is not to make people comfort(D)When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance. In some regions, temperatures rose severaldegrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing peopleto migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europeand Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to give up theirold way of life for a radically new survival strategy that caused widespread starvation and disease. The adaptationwas farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.As environments convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earthscientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past – and how thosechanges have changed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of thepowerful geological and astrono mical forces that have combined to change the planet’s environment from hot cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.Most importantly, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major effect on theevolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate changes have played a key role in nearlyevery significant turning point in human evolution: from the dawn of primates some 65 million years ago tohuman ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed, the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change, some scientistsargue, it has in some instances been driven by it.The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in Rio. Among other things, thefindings demonstrate that dramatic climate change is nothing new for planet Earth. The good global environmentthat has existed over the past 10,000 years – during which agriculture, writing, cities and most other features ofcivilization appeared – is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. Infact, the pattern of climate change in the past shows that Eart h’s climate will almost certainly go through dramaticchanges in the future – even without the influence of human activity.87. Farming came out as a survival strategy because man had been required .A.to give up his former way of lifeB.to leave the coastal areasC.to follow the ever-shifting vegetationD.to give up his original settlement88. Earth scientists have come to understand that climate .A.is going through a fundamental changeB.has been getting warmer for 10,000 yearsC.will eventually change from hot to coldD.has gone through periodical changes89. Scientists believe that human evolution .A.has seldom been accompanied by climatic changesB.has exerted little influence on climatic changesC.has largely been affected by climatic changesD.has had a major effect on climatic changes90. Evidence of past climatic changes indicates that .A.human activities have accelerated changes of Earth’s environmentB.Earth’s environment will remain mild despite human interferenceC.Earth’s climate is bound to change significantly i n the futureD.Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo substantial changes in the futureSection C (1’ * 5 = 5’)Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list for each paragraph. Thereis one extra heading which you do not need.A. A general sleep ruleB.The importance of sleepC. A funny sleeping exampleD.Different levels of sleepE.The time we need for sleepAB. Different states of sleep91.Sleep, as we know, is important to us because it helps restore tired organs and tissues in our body. But how much sleep do we actually need?92.For most of us, eight hours seems to be about the right amount. Yet we know that there are a great manypeople who get along perfectly with less sleep and some who may even need more. A great deal depends on theway we live. But a good general rule to follow is to sleep as long as we have to in order to feel happy and be ableto work at our best when we are awake.93.There are actually different levels of sleep. There is a deep sleep and a shallow sleep. In a shallow sleep ourbody does not get the same kind of rest as it gets in a deep sleep, so that after eight hours of a shallow sleep wemay still feel tired. But a short deep sleep can be very restful.94.Alexander the Great was able to get a deep sleep whenever he needed it. Once, during the night before animportant battle, he remained awake longer than anyone else. Then he wrapped himself in a cloak and lay downon the earth. He slept so deeply that his generals had to wake him three times to give command to attack!95.Normally when we go to sleep, our “sleep center” blocks off nerves so that both our brain and our body go t sleep. One prevents us from wanting to do anything and the other makes our internal organs and limbs go to sleep.But someone will fall asleep (brain sleep) and keep on marching, because his body is not asleep!第Ⅱ卷IV. Translation (3’ * 5 = 15’)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.96. 每当我听到这首歌曲,就会想起家乡的一草一木。

上海交大附属中学高二英语期末试卷含解析

上海交大附属中学高二英语期末试卷含解析

上海交大附属中学高二英语期末试卷含解析一、选择题1. --- Has Sarah left her office? She said she would attend my birthday party?--- She ____, for she is a woman always keeping her word.A. might have leftB. must have leftC. should have leftD. must leave参考答案:B2. I forget where I saw the skirt, otherwise I _______ you the shop now. ( )A. will tellB. would tellC. am going to tellD. am telling参考答案:A3. One day, when I was walking in the street, someone dropped a pie from a window above, and it _______ missed landing on my head.A. narrowlyB. sharplyC. nearlyD. vividly参考答案:A4. Some high officers were punished by law only because they were _______ what didn’t belong to them.A. possessingB. possessedC. in possession ofD. in the possession of参考答案:C5. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I __________your adviceA. followB. would followC. had followedD. have followed参考答案:C6. _____of their bad habits, the boys changed from being dependent on their parents to ____for others.A. Having rid; sacrificingB. To rid; sacrificeC. Rid; sacrificingD. Having been rid; sacrifice参考答案:A考点:考查非谓语动词7. I just choose a simpler lifestyle, ________ where I can ride my bike all over and do not have to make a great living to survive.A. itB. thatC. the oneD. one参考答案:D略8. Growing up ______ Micheal Jordan was in his prime, Beijing native Wu You knew what he wanted to do .A. sinceB. whenC. untilD. before参考答案:B略9. She won a Nobel Prize for her scientific ______.A. interestsB. achievementsC. behaviorD. observation参考答案:B10. —Why don't you have any________for her?—I think she's brought her troubles on herself.A.sympathy B.pity C.mercy D.attention参考答案:A11. California ranks next to the last this year in the US for its public higher education system. According to the report’s findings, the governor (州长) of California is___________ for its drop in rank of education.A. blameB. should be blamedC. to blameD. to be blamed 参考答案:C12. It can’t be a(n) _____ that four jewelry stores were robbed in one night.A. accidentB. coincidenceC. incidentD. chance参考答案:B13. There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _____ gave up.A. eventuallyB. unfortunatelyC. generouslyD. purposefully参考答案:A略14. — Could I use the phone in your office ,please?— ______.We are not using it right now.A. Sure, go ahead.B. Oh,take it easy.C. Sorry,busy lineD. Of course ,you could.参考答案:A略15. Studies show that newspaper editors are more to suffer from back problems.A.likelyB.possibleC.probableD.sure参考答案:A16. -–Michael was late for Mr. Smith’s oral class this morning.-- ______ ? As far as I know, he never came late for class.A. How comeB. So whatC. Why notD. What for参考答案:A17. If you began to learn painting now, you by an art college in two years.A. will acceptB.were acceptedC.will be acceptedD.would be accepted.参考答案:D18. I thought the girl nice,pretty and honest ________ I met her.A.first time B.for the first time C.the first time D.by the time参考答案:C二、短文改错19. 假设定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

2022~2023年高二上册期中英语考试完整版(上海交通大学附属中学)

2022~2023年高二上册期中英语考试完整版(上海交通大学附属中学)

单项选择__________he saw it, he knew that he had found the actual place where the treasures were buried.A.The instantB.Every timeC.As long asD.Before long【答案】A【解析】考查时间状语从句。

句意:他一看到它,就知道他找到了宝藏埋藏的地方。

A. The instant一……就……;B. Every time每次;C. As long as只要;D. Before long不久以后。

分析可知,“__________he saw it”应是时间状语从句,结合后文“he knew that he had found the actual place(他知道他找到了真正的地方)”可知,应用“一……就……”,表达两个动作在时间上的衔接较紧。

故选A项。

单项选择His prediction ________ the stock market would experience major changes came true.A.whatB.thatC.whichD.in which【答案】B【解析】考查同位语从句。

句意:他对于股票市场将发生重大变化的预言实现了。

分析可知,“__________the stock market would experience major changes”应是之前名词“his prediction”的同位语从句,对其进行解释说明。

从句句式结构完整,应用只起连接作用、无实意的that引导。

故选B项。

单项选择A modern city has been set up in ______ was a wasteland ten years ago. A.what B.whichC.that D.where【答案】A【解析】试题分析:句意:一座现代化的城市在十年前是一片废墟的地方建立起来。

2023上海交通大学附属中学英语高考第一次模拟真题

2023上海交通大学附属中学英语高考第一次模拟真题

2023上海交通大学附属中学英语高考第一次模拟真题第一部分:听力在这一部分中,你将听到一些短对话和长对话,从每个对话后面的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。

1. A: Can you please pass me the salt?B: Sure, here you go.C: No problem, take it.2. A: Did you hear about the new movie that just came out?B: No, I haven't. What's it called?C: Yes, I've seen it. It's really good.3. A: Excuse me, could you help me find the nearest bus stop?B: Of course. Just go straight ahead and you'll see it on the right.C: I'm sorry, I don't know. Maybe you can ask someone else.4. A: Are you going to the party tonight?B: No, I have to work late. I can't make it.C: Yes, I'm looking forward to it.5. A: What did you think of the concert last night?B: It was amazing. The music was fantastic.C: I didn't really enjoy it. The sound quality was poor.第二部分:阅读理解阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文后面的问题从每个问题后面的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

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上海交通大学附属中学2022-2023学年高二上学期摸底考试英语试题学校:___________姓名:___________班级:___________考号:___________一、单项选择1.By the time you visit me at 2pm tomorrow, the seminar ________ for a whole day, but I doubt it will be over.A.will progress B.will have progressedC.has been progressing D.will have been progressing 2.Examinees ________ the testing room during exam unless ________.A.won’t leave; permitted B.aren’t leaving; being permittedC.are not to leave; permitted D.shall not leave; being permitted 3.The research team ________ survey work last week, but the extreme heatwaves hampered the operation.A.had started B.would startC.was to have started D.was to start4.A special high-level dialogue on environment and climate convened in July, with the official statement ________ that China would stand ready to work with EU to further strengthen the policy coordination.A.read B.reading C.to read D.to be read 5.—Does the way you thought of ________ traffic volume during rush hours make any sense?—It certainly does; in fact, it is a mature initiative ________ many times in several metropolises.A.to reduce; adopted B.to reduce; having been adoptedC.reducing; adopted D.reducing; having been adopted 6.Until ________, the money won’t go to another ambitious investment plan, ________ is run by high-achieving stockbrokers.A.recovering; which B.recovered, oneC.having been recovered; which D.having been recovered, that7.If you are stranded on a deserted island with hardly any food and water, what should your priorities be? Should you postpone worrying about food and water ________ you havemanaged to find a shelter?A.until B.after C.lest D.provided 8.Of these candidates ________ you opt for, you will have a right assistant.A.who B.that C.whichever D.whoever 9.When we arrived in ________ is now called the Centre for Prodigies, we got to meet a most gifted teenager ________ experts thought might make great achievements in astronomy.A.where; who B.where; that C.what; whom D.what; who 10.Public health experts kept telling citizens it was of utmost importance that social distancing and hygiene habits ________ amid the pandemic.A.were to be kept B.had to be keptC.must be kept D.should be kept11.Alberg opened his mouth, as if ________, but he gave up the intention.A.protested B.protestingC.having protested D.to protest12.Constant efforts have been poured into the protection of such traditional local languages ________ are only spoken by a tiny portion of people, in the presence of ________ world cultures are sure to be diverse and colourful.A.that; which B.as; which C.that; whose D.as; whose 13.His head soon appeared out of one of the second storey windows, ________ he could watch what was going on with the special operations mission.A.from which B.where C.from where D.from there 14.Just as I was hurrying to class, there ________ come Tom with a long story to tell you.A.could B.must C.might D.would 15.His appearance has changed so much that you ________ not recognize him.A.may well B.may as well C.maybe D.should 16.Little wonder ________ up their hands in dismay.A.have some thrown B.some have thrownC.thrown some have D.have thrown some17.He is the very man in ________ pocket I found my lost money.A.that B.who C.whom D.whose 18.There are many traditional tribes in Asia, of which the Kayan tribe may be the only one ________ women have their necks stretched to incredible lengths using brass coils.A.that B.which C.where D.whose 19.What difficulty ________ the program of economic reform?A.do you think the new mayor has to initiateB.you think does the new mayor have to initiateC.does the critic think the new mayor have initiatingD.does the critic think the new mayor has initiating20.________ to be manufactured locally, the National Medical Products Administration issued a guidance to encourage various new partnerships and collaborations with pharma giants.A.There were some imported medical devices of this kind remainedB.There was some imported medical devices of this kind remainingC.There being some imported medical devices of this kind remainingD.Some imported medical devices of this kind remained二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word canPeople across the UK are set to sizzle on what could be the hottest day of the year so far.could be hundreds of heat related deaths in the UK.A Met Office amber weather warning for extreme heat comes into 22 today for almost all of England south of Manchester and parts of eastern Wales. It is expected to last until Sunday with temperatures 23 to climb to 36℃.Temperatures are not expected to drop below the low 20℃ in some areas, even at night. Older people, young children and those with 24 health conditions are more likely to experience adverse health effects, the Met Office said.“Compared to the July record-breaking heat, this event will be less 25 , but last longer, which could actually have a greater impact on people’s health,” Hannah Cloke, a professor of hydrology at the University of Reading, said.For centuries, two of the most intriguing question about Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” were “Who?” and “When?” A discovery made at Heidelberg University in 2005 pretty muchVinci’s first biographer, Giorgio Vasari: that the sitter was a merchant’s wife, Lisa Gherardini. The note also helped 32 the masterpiece to between 1503 and 1506.A third mystery—“Where?”—is still in dispute, But on June 3rd a French engineer, Pascal Cotte, declared that he and a collaborator had identified the landscape in the background of the painting. Arguments had once been made for 33 of countryside in the Marche region and between Milan and Genoa. During a presentation in Vinci, near Florence, Mr. Cotte argued that the artist was more 34 depicting a part of his native Tuscany-one that much interested him at the time. According to this theory, da Vinci 35 the area not as it was, but as, in an unrealized scheme, he intended it to be.Mr. Cotte, who was asked by the Louvre (where the “Mona Lisa” hangs) to create adigital image of the painting, is the inventor of the multispectral (多光谱的) camera: a device that can detect not only the drawing below the surface of an oil painting, but also, where they exist, intermediate layers of work. It was among these, under what appears to be a 36 rock, that he found a preparatory sketch showing that da Vinci intended it to represent a castellated(城堡形的) tower.The landscape of the “Mona Lisa” also includes a huge steep cliff. That is similar to one that da Vinci included in a sketch of a fortress(堡垒) 37 by Pisa and Florence in the war that broke out between them in 1503 (around the time he was painting Gherardini). The fortress with the nearby cliff—and a tower, known as the Caprona tower—all overlook the river Arno as it snakes from Florence to Pisa. All three also 38 in drawings made by da Vinci to illustrate a plan about which, says Mr. Cotte, he became “obsessive”.Mr. Cotte argues that a channel that 39 through desolate countryside at the right of the “Mona Lisa” is too wide to be a road, as some have speculated, and is instead the dried-up bed of the Armo as da Vinci pictured it once his plan had been adopted.It never was. But if Mr. Cotte’s theory is right, it might just explain why Gherardini, a Florentine, wears such a 40 , if mysterious, smile.三、完形填空People who listen to indie bands are miserable shaggy-haired layabouts (懒惰的人) while fans of rap music are brave and full of self-confidence.41 mere narrow-minded opinions, these are the results of an extensive psychological survey of more than 36,000 music lovers, which confirms, once and for all, that our musical tastes really do affect our personality. But the study’s most remarkable discovery is that lovers of classical music 42 a high number of personality traits with those who prefer rocking out to a heavy metal.The research asked people worldwide to describe their personality and then to list their favourite styles of music. The results show a 43 relationship between people’s personality traits and the style of music they enjoy.Fans of indie music, for instance, were found to have low self-esteem and little 44 but described themselves as creative. Rap enthusiasts, 45 , tend to feel good about themselves and are extremely outgoing. Those who love dance music are 46 outgoingbut are more likely to be unfriendly and slightly self-centred.Professor Adrian North, who led the study, suggested that the results explain why so many people bond over music and also why some of us are very 47 about the music we listen to, since it is likely to be closely linked to the person we are.According to Professor North, both heavy metal and classical fans are 48 by a shared ‘love of the grandiose’, which means that a Metallica fan is far more likely to listen to Mahler than an indie kid is to give reggae a try.‘Aside from their age difference, they’re 49 the same kind of person,’ he said. ‘Lots of heavy metal fans will tell you that they also 50 Wagner, because it’s big and loud. There’s also a sense of theatre in both heavy rock and classical music, and I 51 that this is what they’re really looking to experience when they listen.’John Gregson, 23, a classically-trained musician with a passion for heavy metal, 52 . ‘As an instrumentalist out of all of the main styles of music, heavy metal and classical are the ones which require the most 53 to play — they’re technically very difficult and involve playing at inhumanly fast speeds.’ he said. ‘You feel like you’re in on a secret — you54 it personally. It also feels like you know something that other people don’t because you55 a style of music which is often underestimated.’41.A.Regardless of B.Rather than C.As for D.Apart from 42.A.illustrate B.acquire C.share D.sustain 43.A.distinct B.subtle C.vague D.varied 44.A.misery B.prejudice C.motivation D.tendency 45.A.out of proportion B.in addition C.on the other hand D.in principle46.A.equally B.individually C.scarcely D.occasionally 47.A.curious B.concerned C.protective D.cross 48.A.annoyed B.blinded C.united D.overtaken 49.A.questionably B.basically C.respectively D.originally 50.A.go at B.go into C.go in for D.go about 51.A.remember B.predict C.forget D.suspect 52.A.agrees B.doubts C.persists D.regrets 53.A.creativity B.sympathy C.discipline D.assistance 54.A.identify with B.compare with C.coordinate with D.comply with55.A.create B.appreciate C.detect D.collect四、阅读理解You may think that an underground town with 3,500 residents is something out of a science fiction film. You may not believe that such a town has shops, car parks, hotels, restaurants, cafes, swimming pools, churches, galleries, museums, cinemas, a golf course and much more. We Coober Pedy in Australia’s Outback is just such a place. Although film makers sometimes use the town as a spot for science-fiction films, it is a real community full of people who enjoy living underground.The name Coober Pedy comes from the Aboriginal (土著的) phrase kupa piti which means ‘white man in a hole’. Miners and their families choose to live like this, hoping to get rich looking for the precious stones that Australia is famous for — opals. Living underground is the only way to shelter from the sandstorms and the high temperatures above ground, where it can be up to 50 degrees C (122F). Deep down in the town far below the desert surface, the temperature is between 19 and 20 degrees C and life is cool.Mary Deane believes that it’s the possibility of being poor one day and rich the next that makes Coober Pedy so addictive. She and her husband Jim are among the lucky ones. They live in a luxurious home, built with money from the opals Jim has found. “Whenever people hear we live underground, they always imagine a dusty cave,” says Mary, “but they are amazed when they sit in my spotless clean kitchen eating home-made apple pie. Everyone loves our pine furniture and I have every electrical appliance money can buy in here. Whatever I need I can have and whenever I·need more space we just dig out a few more rooms! I love my home.”However, not everything is perfect in Coober Pedy. Mary has a tiny garden that she is very proud of, but the grass is not real. Plant life is rare. Water is also five times more expensive than overground residents pay. Recycling is a way of life, so Jim usually washes his car with bath water and they have a special system to re-use the water from the dishwasher and washing machine. “We must be very careful about how we use water,” he says, “it’s not quite as precious as the opals, but it’s still very scarce!”56.What can be learned from the passage about Coobor Pody?A.It was originally built for science-fiction films.B.It provides residents with recreational facilities.C.It is losing its appeal to young people in Australia.D.It was designed by Aboriginals who used to live there.57.Why do miners and their families choose to live in Coober Pedy?A.To save money and get rich one day.B.To make it possible to produce opals.C.To keep away from the modern way of life.D.To escape from the terrible weather conditions.A.they have to be economical with waterB.they have to spend more money on foodC.they cannot use some electrical appliancesD.they cannot grow plants in the garden59.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A.Coober Pedy: Based on RecyclingB.An Unimaginable FilmC.Underground MiningD.Life Down UnderHandling RisksBackground___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________Oat of the frying panRecently, there has been growing concern in Europe about the problem of obesity, especially among children. Newspapers, magazines, and TV have all taken up the call for a healthier diet. In order to remain successful McCain needs to be aware of such trends and the potential risks the company might face. It has always seen itself as careful to listen to and respond to public demand — and has a successful track record in introducing new products to meet the changing environment. Back in 1979 the company was the first to introduce a chip that could be cooked in the oven rather than the deep fryer and this is now widely seen as a healthier and easier-to-prepare alternative to the fried chip. The more recently launchedMcCain Home Fries TM oven chip is a huge seller. The challenge for McCain now is to ensure that they are able to market their products in increasingly hostile conditions.PEST analysis for McCain___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________PoliticalThe growing pressure to make foods healthier has led to widespread discussion of the possibility of higher taxes on unhealthy food, restrictions on advertising (e. g. during children’s TV), regulations limiting what may be sold in schools, requirements to label fat, sugar, and salt content more clearly and even the suggestion of health warnings on packets. EconomicBecause all adults work in more and more households, the market for quality prepared food seems likely to continue growing. People generally have more money but less time, and seek products that allow them to prepare good food quickly. People have been prepared to spend more on higher-quality prepared products, but a downturn in the economy could see a choice of more basic items.Social & CulturalRecent health advice given to the public has led to a change in consumer demand. There have been many warnings about eating too much salt and saturated fat(饱和脂肪). The media regularly include chips within the category of unhealthy or junk food. TechnologicalNew technology has led to new kinds of ‘functional food’ items to appear on the shelves, claiming to offer positive health benefits. Potatoes are naturally high in vitamin C and natural carbohydrates (碳水化合物) —but the technological challenge is maintaining nutritional value and flavour while making the product easier to use, usable in new ways.60.What is the “hostile” (paragraph 1) most probably mean in this passage?A.necessary B.physicalC.ideal D.disadvantageous61.Which of the following will be a political challenge that McCain might have?A.It is not allowed to advertise its products on TV.B.It needs to pay a higher tax imposed on its products.C.It must create new products containing less salt.D.It can no longer be sold to schoolchildren.62.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A.McCain’s products are categorized as unhealthy food according to the media.B.McCain has developed a new way to maintain potatoes’ nutritional value.C.McCain will soon give health advice regularly to its consumers.D.McCain’s products used to cost people much time to cook.The colours of beautiful feathers are often borrowed. Flamingos, for example, owe their pinkness to chemicals called carotenoids that are made by bacteria known (confusingly) as blue-green algae. The birds, when feeding, both ingest these bacteria directly and consume small crustaceans (甲壳纲动物) that themselves live on such bacteria、Blue-footed boobies obtain their eponymous colour similarly, via the fish they eat.Carotenoids, though, are dual-use molecules. Besides giving these birds colours, they also help to stimulate the immune system. If a bird has some health issues, its immune system will thus use up some of its carotenoid stock defending against these interlopers, and its colour will suffer. If it is in good shape, by contrast, most of the carotenoids it consumes will be used to create colour. This is a difference that potential mates notice and act on, as dozens of experiments have proved. But a study just published in Naturwissenschaften has gone beyond these observations and shown that bright feather is also an indicator of a healthy digestive system.Wild animals live in a world of constant food scarcity. Squeezing every last calorie and nutrient molecule from what they eat is crucial to their survival. Since carotenoids are obtained as part of this digestive process. Tuul Sepp of Arizona State University and her colleagues wondered if feather brilliance might therefore be a reliable signal of the efficiency with which a bird draws goodness from its food.To assess that she turned to a test called the “acid steatocrit”. This involves collecting an animal’s faeces(排泄物) mixing them with perchloric acid to liberate the fat molecules within, centrifuging(使离心) the mixture and then measuring the thickness of the fatty layer which has accumulated at the top. The thinner this layer, the more efficiently the animal in question has been digesting any fats it has eaten. Since most carotenoids are bound to fatty molecules called lipoproteins, Dr Sepp reasoned that those birds which the test suggests are collecting fats efficiently from their food will also be brightly coloured.To investigate this idea, she and her colleagues collected 36 male house finches—birds known for having brilliant red breasts. They photographed their captives and held them in cages for a short time, in order to collect some faeces from each. They then ran the images of the birds ‘breasts through a computer to analyse how red they were, and studied a sample of each bird’s faeces using the acid stratocrat test.The result was that there is indeed a correlation between the brilliance of a bird’s breast and the efficiency of its fat digestion. If Dr Sepp’s computer can see this, it seems likely female house finches can, too—and will thus have yet another reason to pick the mates with the prettiest feathers.63.By “The colours of beautiful feathers are often borrowed” the writer means that________.A.the colour of birds’ feathers fades with ageB.birds prefer to eat food that look colourfulC.birds’ feathers get colour after they are bornD.the colours of birds’ feathers are a sign of disease64.Healthy birds have bright feathers because ________.A.more carotenoid is consumed to create colourB.their immune system produces more carotenoidC.they are more likely to defend against certain diseaseD.their potential mates are more likely to see bright colours65.We can infer from Dr Sepp’s experiment that the male house finches that are redder________.A.have a less strong digestive systemB.appeal less to female house finchesC.are more able to separate fatty moleculesD.digest fat collected from food more efficiently66.What can be concluded from the passage?A.Female birds choose mates based on their act.B.Birds with poor digestion are literally off colour.C.Faeces are a useful indicator of birds’ immune system.D.How efficiently birds process food remains to be studied.五、六选四If having much chocolate makes your trousers too tight, blame the genes Chocoholics no longer need to feel guilty about their craving. They are simply the victims of their genes, scientists have found.67 . It also raises the possibility of designing a drug which could “switch off” the gene and help people resist sugary foods. Children, in particular, risk their heath by eating too many sweets and chocolates.To identify the gene, the research teams-based at Harvard medical School in Boston and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York—conducted experiments using mice which have differences in their ability to taste sweet foods. They compared the DNA of the two types of mice and noticed differences in the gene called TIR3.Dr Gopi Shanker, of the Mount Sinai team, said: “It contains information which produces a protein called the sweet taste receptor. This recognizes the sweet content of food and initiates a series of events which signal to the brain that a sweet food has been eaten.” Dr Shanker added: “Exactly the same gene exists in humans. 68 .” Research by the Harvard team has come to the same conclusion.But Aubrey Sheiham, professor of dental public health at University College, London, said the results did not provide chocoholics with an excuse to give up dieting. He said, “We have always known that some people have a sweeter tooth than others. 69 . They will be satisfied with a lower level of sweetness.”Mr. Sheiham warned against any form of gene therapy which sought to deactivate the sweet tooth gene. “ 70 . We all need to have some sugar in our diet”.The U. S researchers are using their discovery to develop artificial sweeteners without an aftertaste.A.But it has also been proved that if you gradually expose people to less sugar, then the body becomes accustomed to less.B.We never know what would happen to our body without this gene.C.The “sweet tooth gene”, identified by separate teams of researchers, helps explain why some find it harder to resist chocolate bars and cream cakes.D.We have produced this gene through evolution because sweet foods in nature are not poisonous and also give us energy.E.It means that if your parents have a sweet tooth then you probably will as wellF.Eating too much sugar has long been thought to increase the risk of some diseases.六、用单词的适当形式完成短文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 best fits each blank.Universities should not be “airbrushing” history by removing books from reading lists to protect students from challenging content, the education secretary has said.James Cleverly told of his concern after The Times found that academics have started dropping books from reading lists 71 they harm students.Ten universities, including three from the Russell Group, were discovered 72 (take) books off reading lists, or made 73 optional, because of concerns about their content.“University is about challenging ideas, it is about learning about circumstances beyond your own experience and that includes 74 (difficult) circumstances of all time,” Cleverly told Talk TV.“I am really concerned about difficult bits of global history 75 (airbrush) out. We can’t just turn life into a Disneyland 76 (purify) version of reality.”The Times sent freedom of information requests about reading lists to all 140 UK universities. The University of Essex said that the 2017 Pulitzer prize winning novel The Underground Railroad, 77 Colson Whitehead, had been removed from a student reading list because of its “graphic description of violence and abuse of slavery”.Robert Halfon, the Tory MP for Harlow and chairman of the Commons education committee, said: “We should be encouraging people to read books, even if the subject matter is difficult because that is 78 we learn.”Sir Anthony Seldon. the former vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham, told LBC Radio: “We should be very concerned because universities are all about the discovery of truth. We discover truth by not shutting texts down 79 by examining them.”Essex said The Underground Railroad remained available in the university library and is 80 option for future reading lists. Sussex said Miss Julie was removed from a literaturemodule following student suicides, but staff expected the text to be reinstated. Aberdeen said its content warnings policy enabled staff “to explore controversial topics in an inclusive environment”.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 best fits each blank.The shimmering torus-shaped museum of the future in Dubai is covered in Arabic calligraphy and is supported by a steel diagrid(构架), with a facade(建筑物正面) of 1,024 steel panels. The aviation industry provided inspiration for the technology needed to create the exterior that was developed using learning algorithms.“All the parameters(参数) 81 (put) into a program structurally, and eventually it learned to create this shape,” says architect Shaun Killa.82 (open) in February 2022, the building is an iconic addition to Dubai’s already dramatic skyline, which includes the sail-shaped Burj Al Arab and the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. These modern, globally recognizable structures have made a name for Dubai’s architecture, but the story of Dubai’s urban views 83 (go) back to the 2000s. “Often the story is that since the 2000s it’s been a place of gleaming skyscrapers,” says architect and writer Todd Reisz, author of Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai. But the creative fusion seen in the architecture of structures like Killa’s Museum of the Future goes deeper.“I think what 84 (have) the most influence on the city up to the present is the fact that it’s an entrepot, a port city,” says Reisz. “I’s a place of exchange and in-betweenness, where not only things and people come in and out, but so do ideas.” That exchange of ideas has led to some of the world’s most ambitious architectural projects— 85 Killa has played an outsize role.Killa first arrived in Dubai from South Africa in 1998, 86 (join) architecture firm Atkins, where he worked on the Burj AI Arab—one of Dubai’s most famous buildings, which sits on an artificial island and is shaped like the sail of a yacht. “For an architect coming from Cape Town, the scale of the buildings was so much 87 (big),” Killa says of Dubai. “If you’re used to smaller projects, it’s quite a challenge to overcome that scale.” Killa went on 88 (work) on other major projects in Dubai such as the Dubai。

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