上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学高三11月第一周周考英语试题

Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

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

In short,those elf stories in Iceland might have represented a vague yet desperate attempt at control: if you did the right thing and helped out a hidden person,then at least through your response you had a tiny bit of power over your own destiny.

In a category of their own_21_(be) the tales of elves who abducted mortal children or lured away adolescents. Those may have reflected an event more grim reality: children and teenagers who routinely died or went_22_(miss). Partly this happened_23_the adults had to work constantly and could not always be on call to supervise.During the summers they often had to work some distance from the farm,and when they did they would leave their children unattended for_24_(long) periods.Any number of things could happen to those children.They might wander off somewhere,possibly falling into a river,_25_a cliff,or into a deep crevice in the landscape.Or maybe the children _26_were out working,with all the associated perils.As clearly as the age of five they were put into work watching the sheep,sometimes in a distant field.Imagine_27_a fog crept in and they tried to find their way home,only_28_ (become) hopeless lost.They could even have an accident,far from any available help.And so the_29_(bereave) parents,tormented by guilt,might conjure up a story in which their children had not,in fact,died,but had been taken away by elves who could provide a good life for them-even better than the one they_30_(provide).

To the Icelanders,stories of elves and hidden people are an integral part of the cultural and psychological fabric of our nation.They are a part of our identity,a

reflection of the struggles,hopes,resilience and endurance of our people. As such,they are very dear to us.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be use only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.

Innovation,the elixir of progress,has always cost people their jobs.In the industrial revolution hand weavers were_31_aside by the mechanical loom.Over the past 30 years the digital revolution has_32_many of the mid-skill jobs that supported 20th-century middle-class life.Typists,ticket agents,bank tellers and many production-line jobs have been dispensed with,just as the weavers were.

For those who believe that technological progress has made the world a better place,such disruption is a natural part of rising_33_.Although innovation kills some jobs,it creates new and better ones,as a more_34_society becomes richer and its wealthier inhabitants demand more goods and services.A hundred years ago one in three American workers was_35_on a farm.Today less than 2% of them produce far more food.The millions freed from the land were not rendered_36_,but found better- paid work as the economy grew more sophisticated.Today the pool of secretaries has_37_,but there are ever more computer programmers and web designers.

Optimism remains the right starting-point,but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its_38_.Even if new jobs and wonderful products emerge,in the short term income gaps will widen,causing huge social dislocation and perhaps even changing politics.Technology's_39_will feel like a tornado（旋风）,hitting the rich world first,but_40_sweeping through poorer countries too.No government is prepared for it.

III.Reading Comprehension (45%)

Section A