上海市控江中学2014届高三月考考试卷(含答案)

控江中学2014届高三月考考试卷

II. Grammar and Vocabulary(26’)

Section A

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that fits each blank.(16’)

（A）

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

Four and a half years later, as you graduate, the landscape has changed. We

29____(remove)our troops from Iraq. We are winding down our war in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida’s leadership on the border region between Pakistan and Afg hanistan has been decimated, and Osama bin Laden is no more.

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

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

（B）

Many kinds of music can stir the imagination and produce strong feeling. For some people, romantic composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky enhance feelings of love and sympathy. Religious and spiritual music ___33___ help some people feel peace or lessen their pain. But one musician seems to have a unique ability of healing(治愈) the human body – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Scientists have found Mozart’s music to be remarkable i n its ability 34____ (calm) its listeners. It can also increase their perceptions, and help them express themselves more clearly.

Many amazing cases have been documented using Mozart 35____ a healing aid. For example, a tiny premature baby 36______ (name) Krissy, who weighed just 1.5 pounds at birth, was on total life support. Doctors thought she had little chance of survival. Her mother insisted on playing Mozart for Krissy, and

thought 37_____ saved her daughter’s life. Krissy lived, __38___ she was very small for her age and slower than the average child. At the age of four, she showed an interest in music and her parents gave her violin lessons.

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

Section B

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

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

79___ eggs are not clones of each other.

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

III. Reading Comprehension(47’)