上海市七宝中学2018届高三上学期周测卷英语试题2含答案

上海市七宝中学2018届高三上学期周测卷英语试题2含答案
Test for 21st Teens, Issue 647
A 10’
Many of you may want to study abroad after graduating from high school because we tend to think overseas universities are better than domestic ones. But at the same time, more and more international students are coming to study in China.
A record-breaking 397,635 international students came to China in 2018, and China is now the third 1____ (popular) destination for overseas students behind the US and the UK, according to a report 2____ (release) by the website on Sept 12. The site provides accommodation 3____ international students.
More and more international students are coming to China 4____ (get) master’s and doctorate degrees. According to the report, of the international students 5____ (seek) a degree in China, 71 percent are undergraduates. However, the strongest growth in the number of students can be seen in master’s and doctorate degrees. This suggests that China 6____ (become) more attractive for research.
In addition, the international standing of Chinese universities 7____ (improve) a lot. 8____ number of Chinese universities included in major global university rankings has risen by a large amount.
The Chinese government has also given a large amount of support to encourage international students to come to China. According to the report, the Chinese government granted 40,600 scholarships to international students in 2018, 9____ (mean) that international students get nearly five times the amount of
scholarships they would have received 10 years ago.
“10____ its government continues to invest in improving the quality of the education system and its universities keep rising in the global rankings, we expect China to attract students in greater numbers and diversity,” the report commen ted.
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B 10’
If you have spent any time living in or visiting a big city in China, you have most likely used
the service that Didi provides.
The convenient ride-sharing company, now 11____ (know) as Didi Chuxing, was praised last month by Fortune magazine. According to the magazine, it is changing the world with its environmentally friendly solution to 12 ____ (get) around in major cities.
13____ the magazine reported, “Didi estimated that last year its car-pooling services helped reduce total car trips in the country 14____ 1 million a day, which saved 500 million liters of gas, which cut 13.5 million tons of carbon emissions per day.”
The transport service was the only Chinese company to make the important magazine’s list, and its impact 15____ be felt in many parts of Chinese society.
Didi is just one example of 16____ is being called the “sharing economy”. The sharing economy is one 17____ ____ regular people exchange goods and services, usually 18____ (use) an online marketplace. 19____ similar companies include companies 20____ allow people to rent out their homes to strangers like Airbnb and Couchsurfing, and similar ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft.
11. ________ 12. ________ 13. ________ 14. ________ 15. ________
16. ________ 17. ________ 18. ________ 19. ________ 20. ________
C 10’
【1】Autumn Phillips had had enough.
【2】On Aug 19, the executive editor of the Quad-City Times in Iowa, and Illinois, US visited her website, , and saw a story about a man who had been stabbed to death the night before in a local park. When she got to the re aders’ comments section at the end, she was shocked by what she saw.
【3】“Below the LeClaire Park story was a growing string of comm ents – a racist 21____ about Democratic voters, a 22____ comment about police, then something about Hillary Clinton taking
o ur guns away,” the editor wrote.
【4】And so Phillips decided to do something she had been thinking about for a long time: She shut d own the comments section, which she described as “a sea of ridiculousness, hate speech and online bullying”.
【5】Phillips was not alone in making such a 23____. Last week, NPR announced it too was closing its online comments section.
【6】The decisions don’t mean that the news outlets are no longer interested in what their 24___ are thinking. Both 25____ their eagerness to hear from readers and listeners on social networks.
【7】But both agreed that comments had run their course. And so they have.
【8】In the early days of digital journalism, comments were seen as a 26____ part of this new media, a terrific opportunity for 27____ the dialogue between news creators and their audiences.
A welcome change, as for over the years many news organizations were far too walled off from their readers. More engagement and much more back and forth conversation seemed like a healthy and welcome evolution.
【9】Sadly, that’s not the way things turned out. Comments sections too often were taken over by a small, unkind part of the audience. Rather than a place for 28____ ideas, they became the home of ugly name-calling, intimidation, racism and anti-women language.
【10】The website gave its opinion in 2018, saying, “Comments can be bad for science.” Others follo wing suit included CNN, Reuters (except for opinion pieces) and the Chicago Sun-Times.
【11】Besides their poisonous 29____, comments seem out of place today, overtaken by events. They are a 30____ designed for desktop computers in a world dominated by mobile, a world in
which social media offers far better venues for conversation.
D 12’
Maddie Camargo and her mother, Stephanie Dufour, thought the screams for help were just Boy Scouts messing around.
31____ then they saw the scene: scouts surrounding a hiker who had taken a scary six-meter drop in an area near the Hoover Dam, a fall that left his right arm 32____ a bone sticking out.
The mother and daughter 33____ be having a fun-filled weekend to celebrate Camargo’s
17th birthday. But the kayaking trip turned into an emergency life-saving adventure.
They were nearly a kilometer into their 18-kilometer river trip in Black Canyon when they pulled onto some sand. The boy scouts, 34____ had called 911, had tied a loose bandage around the hiker’s brok en arm to stop the bleeding.
Camargo knew 35____ bandage was needed and thought back to her 36____ training. She asked 37____ anyone had a pen or a stick, and someone picked up a branch. She turned the bandage, careful not to hit the bone, 38____ it stopped most of the bleeding.
The girl grew up doing junior guards and had recently taken a CPR and first-aid class as part of her training to become a lifeguard with California State Parks at Crystal Cove.
“I’m happy they made sure I remembered it,”she said. “Without them, this guy probably would have died.”
“This is something she will never forget,” said her mom, Stephanie Dufour. “She 39____ her college and future career choices and now really feels like the emergency medical field is 40____ t hat she would enjoy.”
It’s not the first time Camargo 41____ into action quickly when 42____. In 2018, during the Surf City Marathon, she was near a man who dropped at mile 26, Dufour said. She pulled him out of the road and treated him for shock until paramedics arrived. She was just 15.
“I felt accomplished, like I actually did something to help someone, and my studies weren’t just going to waste,” she said.
31.A. Until B. But C. Although D. So
32.A. despite B. with C. as D. for。