17学年高一英语周练卷1(无答案)

上海市七宝中学16—17学年高一英语周练卷1

I. Grammar

Please mind the silence

Despite being used by 1.34 billion people each year, traveling on the Tube in London can actually be quite lonely. An unwritten rule encouraging silence, mixed with classic British reserve, means that [1]________ ________ you’re packed into an enclosed space with hundreds of other people, the morning commute (上下班) can leave you feeling somewhat isolated.

One London resident, however, is trying to change this.

“You get on the Tube here and ifs comp letely silent and ifs weird," says Jonathan Dunne, 42, an American living in London, who has, ironically, started [2]_________ worldwide dialogue after giving out badges(徽章) with the slogan “Tube chat?” last month, encouraging commuters in London to get t alking to one another. “I handed out 500 badges during rush hour in a city of 8 million, expecting many refusals and most of them [3]_________ (throw) away, but after about 24 hours it completely snowballed,” he says.

Dunne and his “Tube chat” campaign [4]________(feature) in media across the world ever since, seeing TV interviews in Sweden, Brazil and the UK, as well as countless website, newspaper and magazine appearances.

Although Dunne says he’s received mostly positive feedback, not everyone agrees with his sentiment. Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of [5]________ own, handing out 500 badges with the words ‘‘Don’t even think about it” on them.

“I [6]________ hardly stand the idea of having to talk to strangers on the Tube on my way to work,” he told the BBC. Michael Robinson, 24, a student from London, agrees. “Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and [7]________work. It doesn’t need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to you,” he says. While London has its seemingly antisocial set of regulations to follow, not everywhere lacks a sense of community.

Does Dunne hope that some of this community spirit [8]______ ____(mirror) in the UK following his campaign? “People assume that I j ust walk up and talk to strangers, [9]________ I don’t, but it’s been a great way to meet people you would never have normally spoken to,” he says.“On Monday, Oct 10, the curator (馆长) of the London Transport Museum had me over for tea.”

So if you ever end up [10]________ (use) public transport in the West, why not say hello to the person next to you? Just make sure to check for a badge first.

II. V ocabulary

The rise in stories describing events that never happened, often involving fake people in fake places, has led to Facebook and Google’s [11]_______ to deal with them. But are we really so easy to fool? According to several studies, the answer is yes: even the most obvious fake news starts to become believable if it’s [12]_______ enough times.

In the months running up to the US election there was a surge(大浪) in fake news. According to an analysis by Craig Silverman, a journalist, during this time the top 20 fake stories in circulation [13]________ the top 20 stories from 19 mainstream publishers.

Paul Horner, a creative publisher of fake news, has said he believes Donald Trump was elected because of him. “My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time… His followers don’t fact-check anything –they’ll post everything, believe anything,” he told the Washington Post.

Silverman previously [14]________ rumours circulating online in 2014 and found that shares and social interactions around fake news articles dwarfed (使...相形见绌) those of the articles that exposed them. According to Silverman, fake news stories are engineered to appeal to people’s hopes and fears, and aren’t [15]________ by reality, which gives them the edge in creating shareable content.

You might think you’re immune to falling for these lies, but a wealth of research disagrees. Back in the 1940s, researchers found that “the more a rumour is told, the more [16]________ it sounds”. They su ggested this means that a rumour born out of mild suspicion can, by gaining currency, shift public thinking and opinion.

This false impression of truth was [17]________ practically in 1977 when researchers in the US quizzed college students on the actuality of statements that they were told may be true or false. The researchers found that simply repeating the statements at a later date was enough to increase the [18]________ of the students believing them.