2015年上海市大同中学开学考试 高三英语试卷

大同中学2015年高三英语摸底测试试卷

（时间90分钟，满分100分，共12页）

I．Vocabulary (21%)

Directions: Choose the best answer to fill in the blank. Note that there is one word / phrase more than you need.

(A)

A. deal

B. advocate

C. enduring

D. experimentation

AB. separate AC. budget AD. fake BC. interpret

1. ________ accommodations start at around US $17, and can go all the way to US $ 300 per person at prime resorts like Discovery Shores.

2. With more than a century of ________, Chinese water colour painting has flourish and gradually formed its own characteristics.

3. Consider setting a ________, personal email account to use with social media sites, rather than using your work, or even your main personal email.

4. Eventually Walt Disney Picture signed a ________ with Studio Ghibli in order to introduce Miyazaki’s film to Western audiences.

5. Here are some of the more common and ________ superstitions among those in the theatrical profession.

6. It appears white and gold to some people due to a phenomenon called color constancy and the way that our brains ________ colors.

7. That same year, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and helped launch the UN Women’s campaign HE For She, which calls for men to ________ gender equality.

(B)

A. marvel

B. significantly

C. fortune

D. founders

AB. register AC. motivate AD. encounters BC. delicate

8. His animation style is extremely ________ and realistic, as he makes sure to highlight details like the sparkling reflection of sun on water.

9. This is the third year in a row the rivals had met in Melbourne, with the previous two ________ needing five sets to decide a winner.

10. Even people born with a silver spoon in their mouth still think twice before risking only

part of their ________ on business investments.

11. When you are filling in forms online, for example to ________ with a website or sign up for a newsletter, always provide the minimum information possible.

12. Researchers at Rush University in Chicago, have developed the MIND diet, which their recent study suggests could ________ reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

13. Besides, he was one of the ________ of an organization, which was inspired by his “gangster attitude” towards gardening.

14. Thousands of tourists from across Italy and the world crowd the city’s canals, bridges, and squares every year to ________ at the colourful display of masks and costumes.

(C)

A. keep to

B. regardless of

C. make sense

D. result from

AB. live up to AC. turn out AD. in honour of BC. set aside.

15.Environmental campaigners are also pleased, but fear that it could ________ to be an empty promise.

16. First, ________ a percentage of resources (both people and dollars) for innovation, and ring a fence around these resource.

17. So long as you ________ the principle of equality and mutual benefit, trade between the two countries will further develop.

18. The Foreign Minster then hosted a lunch ________ the Secretary- General, where the discussion continued.

19. This tells your partner, ________ how upset you are with him or with her, you still want to be in relationship.

20. Nuland said the Syrian government has failed to ________ its obligations, including its previous offers.

21. The experiment shows that women’s choice of partner may ________ what characteristics they think faces show.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary(26%)

Section A （16%）

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 best fits each blank.

A

Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely eleven act of stealing or