2016年第一学期南汇一中期中试卷
高三年级 英语学科
〔考试时间120分钟,总分150分〕
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary <20%>
Section A
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, u one word that best fits each blank.
A drug has stopped brain deterioration in Alzheimer’s〔早老性痴呆病〕, patients for the first time, scientists announced yesterday.
Mental decline was stopped for 18 months in some patients, in results described as <21>__
___________<strong> sign yet that an effective treatment for the dia is near. Rearchers said that the drug — <22>____________<take> as a tablet twice a day — could soon become the first medicine given to Alzheimer’s patients to keep the dia at bay for as long as possible.
obfuscateThe final-stage trial had at first appeared <23>____________<be> a failure as the drug did not work in patients who were taking other dementia〔痴呆,精神错乱〕medicines. <24>_____________, among the 15 percent of 891 patients not taking other medicines, the drug appeared to have remarkable effects.
The patients say no drop-off in their reasoning and memory skills over 18 months, nor in their ability to carry out everyday tasks.
<25>____________key areas of their brain shrank a third less than other patients in the trial, rearchers told the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto.
"There is a pattern of dia modification here,〞 Serge Gauthier, of McGill University, <
audience复数26>___________prented the results, said. "This is the first time it<27>_____________<happen> in our field that a drug reduces the rate of brain atrophy<萎缩〕.〞
At prent patients are prescribed drugs such as donepezil, which help to control symptoms for a time but do not stop worning damage to the brain.
ivory Doctor Gauthier said it was a surpri <28> _____________other dementia drugs appeared to cancel out the effects of the new drug, called LMTX or LMTM, but <29>_____________<add> that just as cancer patients were given some medicine initially and then switched <30>__________ ___________ tho stopped working, so Alzheimer’s patients could be given LMTX as a first-choice drug.
"手绘衣服 I’m excited about the promi of LMTX.〞 he said.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word ca
n only be ud once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. investment B. curriculum C. gains D. involved E. scale F. matters G. push H. positive I. weigh J. copied K. anatomyattention |
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Preschool is getting a lot of attention the days. President Obama and mayors across the country are touting〔标榜〕preschool as an important investment in the economy.
As policymakers ___31____ the costs and benefits of "preschool for all,〞 they’re trying to figure out what actually works in the classroom.
School officials say the system of intensive coaching is a key to classroom success. Boston us coaches for teachers as part of its larger ___32___ for preschool quality. The district has installed a strict ___33____and requires teachers to get masters degrees.
Academics have known for some time that quality ___34____, but much of the rearch has focud on small-scale programs. The Boston program is different.
eks Last year, a Harvard University study found big ___35____ in math and vocabulary in Boston after the program, where the preschool system spans 68 schools.
"That you can develop high quality across 68 schools was not obvious,〞 says Harvard economist and education professor Richard Murnane, who was not___36____in the study. "We can do better in preparing poor children for school, and it can be done at considerable___37____.〞
But not everyone is sold. Some preschool rearch shows academic gains disappearing by third grade. Critics say a program without staying power is hardly worth a big public ___38____.
"So we just don’t know about Boston, whether the ___39____effects that are talked about at the end of the pre-K year are going to be there at the end of first grade, cond grade
or third grade,〞 Whitehurst says. "Without knowing that, itstrawberry什么意思’s hard to make a decision about whether this is a great program that ought to be ___40___in other places.〞
But policymakers around the country arenmergeintomony’t waiting for a long-term study. They’re coming to Boston to e the preschool program up clo.
III. Reading Comprehension <45%>高分
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.
