上海英文报暑假作业高中进阶版第二套(语法填空+词汇+完形)适合高二升高三基础中等的学生(金山中心)

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语法&词汇&完形填空第二套

Grammar

Direction s: 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)

'Password' is no longer the worst password on the internet, researchers have discovered. However, they warn the new 'worst password', 123456, is just as insecure.

A team at SplashData (1)_____security firm, analysed millions of stolen passwords posted online in 2013 to compile their annual list of the worst. 'For the first time (2)_____ SplashData began compiling its annual list, 'password' has lost its title as the most common and therefore Worst Password, and two-time runner-up "123456" took the dubious honor,' the security firm said. However, 'password' only (3)_____(fall) to number two on the list. Other passwords in the Top Ten include 'qwerty,' 'abc123,' '111111,' and 'iloveyou.'

'Another interesting aspect of this year's list is that more short numerical passwords showed up even though websites are starting to enforce(4)_____(strong) password policies,' Slain said.

For example, new to this year's list are simple and easily guessable passwords like The firm said it publishes the list annually to try and get people (5)_______(change) their passwords to more secure phrases.

'As always, we hope that with more publicity about (6)_______ risky it is to use weak passwords, more people will start taking simple steps to protect (7)________ by using stronger passwords and using different passwords for different websites,' the firm said.

The company advises consumers or businesses (8)________(use) any of the passwords on the list to change them immediately.

(B)

People living in Finland commonly speak three to five languages, and nearly every Finn can speak English without any problems. But why are Finns so good at learning foreign languages?

Researchers have recently found that Finland’ s peculiar custom of early music training(9)____ even babies and toddlers(学步儿童) learn core music skills through songs and games(10)_____ influence Finns’ strong language capacity because music training boosts all the language-related networks in the brain.

(11)_____ ______ their studies, just one hour a week of learning music is enough for children to exhibit a higher ability to learn both the grammar and the pronunciation of foreign languages, compared to their classmates(12)______had learned a different extracurricular activity.

When children start studying music before the age of seven, they develop bigger vocabularies, a better sense of grammar and a higher IQ. (13)____advantages benegit both the development of their mother tongue and the learning of foreign languages.Music training(14)______(start)during this period also boosts the brain’s ability to subtle differences between sounds and assist

(15)_____ the pronunciation of languages. And this gift lasts for life, as it(16)_____(find) that adults who had musical training in childhood still retain this ability to learn foreign languages quicker and more efficiently than adults who did not have early childhood music training.

Vocabulary

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. immediate

B. control

C. contributing

D. balance

E. similar

F. original

G. protective

H. physically

I. ancestor

J. driving

K. evolved

Frightening situation can cause a reaction that energizes the system and train people to beware of actual threats, according to research.

People think being afraid is a bad thing, but the reason we__1___ to be afraid is that the world is so dangerous that we have formed very powerful systems that automatically force us to do our natural__2___behavior,” says Michael Fanselow, a UCLA behavioral neuroscientist(行为神经学家)。