2022-2023学年上海市复旦附中高三上学期10月阶段评估英语试卷
I. Listening comprehension
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II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage 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, u one word that best fits each blank.
Venice—The Risk of the Disappearance of an Entire City
Venice is a stunning oddity. It is a city built atop around 120 islands, crisscrosd by 177 ca
nals, and is best explored via the u of its 391 bridges. But the city is not well recently. Indeed, (21) _________ drastic measures are taken, the city's days could be numbered.
This is far from hyperbole（夸张）: Venice is at very real risk of (22) _________ (consume) by the a. In worst-ca scenario, the city could disappear beneath the waves by 2100. Meanwhile, many of its building are sinking (23) _________ being damaged by the wakes of boats. It is also routinely overwhelmed by tourists, while its local population is in continual decline.
Globally, a lot of cities (24) _________ (hit) by similar problems of sinking land and rising a levels in Venice. Low-lying Jakarta（雅加达）, for example, is in such a terrible situation that it is being replaced (25) _________ the capital city of Indonesia by Nusantara, a city not yet even built.
In November 2019, Venice suffered its cond-worst flooding. It created headlines around the world, with onlookers (26) _________ (astonish) by the incredible images of Saint Mark's Square, one of the city's lowest lying areas, covered in feet of water.
The tide reached a peak height of 187cm above a level, (27) _________ (result) in more than 80% of the city being under water. A state of emergency was declared, and there was an estimated €1bn euros worth of damage.
The worst ever flooding event, which happened in 1966, (28) _________ (e) water levels ri to 194cm above a level, and is thought (29) _________ (damage) at least three quarters of the city's shops, business and studios.
(30) _________ a gap of over 50 years parated the events, recent trends suggest that we won't have to wait half a century to e another disastrous flood. Since water levels started being officially recorded in 1923, they have reached 150cm or more on only 10 occasions, but five of tho have been in the last three years.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chon from the box. Each word can only be ud once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. smarts B. strategies C. signal D. guideline E. normal F. automatic G. challenged H. deceives I. target J. suspended K. disturbance |
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Spiders are Smarter than We Think
People tend to associate intelligence with brain size. As a general __31__, this makes n: the more brain cells, the more mental capabilities. Humans, and many of the other animals we have come to think of as intelligent, such as chimpanzees and dolphins, all have large brains. And it's long been assumed that the smallest brains simply don't have the capacity to support complex mental process. But what if we are wrong and they actually do?
Spiders are one ca where this general idea is __32__, said Dimitar Dimitrove of the University Muum of Bergen in Norway. "Behaviors that can be described as 'cognitive', as oppod to __33__ respons, are fairly common among spiders." Jumping spiders are the undisputed champions of cognition among spiders. The jumping spiders shown to have the most impressive __34__ belong to the genus（属）Portia, found in Africa, Asia and Australia. The spiders prefer to hunt other spiders and have __35__ tailored to each species they prey on.
When hunting another group of jumping spiders called Euryattus, Portia employs a clever trick. Euryattus females build nests in curled-up dead leaves __36__ in air by silk attached to rocks or vegetation. Courting males crawl down the silk ropes, stand on top of the nest, and shake it in a specific way. The __37__ draws the female out of the nest.
To pursue a spider that also cats Jumping spiders, Portia __38__ it into moving clor by plucking（拔）some of the silk strands of its web. If the __39__ spider is relatively small, Portia plucks the web to imitate a trapped inct, prompting the spider to rush over, thinking it is about to have a meal -- only to become one itlf. But if the spider is bigger and potentially more dangerous, Portia may copy a gentle __40__ similar to a fruit fly contacting a single strand at the edge of the web that the spider will slowly wander over to inspect. As soon as the target is clo enough, Portia pounces and strikes with its poisonous long sharp teeth.
III. Reading Comprehensions
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words or phras marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phra that best fits the context.
