上海高三英语——词汇——名校十一选十精选

【十一选十】

by international environmental protection organization Greenpeace shows that against the (1)

________ of global warming, glaciers in China, by and large, have been (2) ________ at a rapid pace since the 1990s.

C ompared with the 1950s, 82.2 percent of China’s glaciers are (3) ________, and the entire area has decreased by 18 percent.

The report said small glaciers with an area smaller than 1 square kilometer are more (4)

________ to climate change impact. The lead author of the report was Shen Yong ping, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was (5) ________ in cooperation with Greenpeace and an institute under the Gansu Academy of Sciences. Shen and his team conducted a survey of five (6) ________ glaciers in China from June to September. Based on the survey and previous data, Shen concluded that the melting of glaciers had become the “new normal.”

Shen said that among the glaciers, the Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region struck him the most. It is a major water source for people in Urumqi, the regional capital, and the biggest glacier on the upper (7) ________ of the Urumqi River.

The Urumqi Glacier No. 1 has been (8) ________ shrinking since experts started observing it in 1959. In 2001, the glacier’s area (9) ________ to 1.71 square km. Seven years later, the area retreated to 1.59 square km. This year, the area is 1.51 square km. Since 2001, the glacier’s area has tumbled by 11.7 percent, the report said.

The Laohugou Glacier No. 12 in Gansu Province shared a similar (10) ________. The glacier has continued to shrink since 1990. It is the biggest valley glacier in the Qilian Mountains in northwest China, and a major water source for the Hexi Corridor, part of the ancient Silk Road. Chinese government is taking a variety of countermeasures. The China Meteorological Administration has (11) ________ efforts in observing glaciers and frozen soil. In June last year, CAS re-launched a (12) ________ survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Scientists began to conduct surveys on glaciers and lakes to achieve (13) ________ solutions on glacier protection. 【答案】1-5 FCBHE 6-10 AGDIL 11-13 KJN

My quest started when I was in the New York subway. My children were crying, four trains come screaming into the station at once and I put my hands over my ears—the noise was (1)

________. In cities, the ever-present dull background roar of planes, cars, machinery and voices is a fact of life. In an attempt to (2) ________some peace, I decided to go on a mission to find the quietest place on Earth; to discover whether absolute silence exists. The place I was most excited about visiting was the an-echoic chamber (吸波暗室) at Or-field Laboratories in Minnesota. It is the quietest place on earth—99.9 percent sound-absorbent

But (3) ________, far from being peaceful, most people find its perfect quiet upsetting. The (4) ________ of sound means things are working; it’s business as usual—when sound is absent, that signals breakdown.

1 booked a 45-minute session - no one had managed to (5) ________ in for that long before. When the heavy door shut behind me, I was plunged into darkness (lights can make a noise). For the first few seconds, being in such a quiet place fell like paradise. I tried to hear something and heard... nothing.

Then, after a minute or two. I became aware of the sound of my breathing, so I held my breath. My heartbeat became (6) ________ —nothing I could do about that. Then I stopped thinking about what bodily functions I could hear and began to enjoy it, I didn't feel afraid and cam e out only because my time was up. Everyone was impressed that I’d beaten the record, but having spent so long searching for quiet, I was comfortable with the feeling of absolute (7)

________. Afterwards I felt wonderfully rested and calm.

My (8) ________ for silence changed my life. I found that making space for moments of quiet in my day is the key to happiness—they give you a chance to think about what you want in life. If you can (9) ________ become master of your own sound environment—from turning off the TV to moving to the country, as I did—you become a lot more (10) ________ of the noises of everyday life.

【来源】2019-2020 长宁复旦中学高三上10月第一次阶段测试试卷

【答案】1-5 CHEGJ 6-10 BKDFA