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浦东新区2016学年度第二学期教学质量检测
高三英语试卷
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II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%) Section A
Over the past sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person. This can be both good and bad in the n that I am able to do things (21)________ my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others. Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from (22)________ cares about you can impact your life in great ways. Becau of this, I began realizing that my mom’s guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong. This is why I believe you (23)________ always listen to your mother. This belief has not been easy (24)________ (realize). It has taken endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that (25)________ (admit) your mom was right is always a hard thing to do. But what el are you supp
od to say (26)________ you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking becau you did not wear that extra jacket you (27)________ (tell) to wear?
When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime. However, I would have misd out if it hadn’t been for my mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, (28)________ (offer) to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to (29)________, ―Is she crazy?‖ My mom then began to say, ―(30)________ is known to all, one needs to step out of his c omfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.‖ After going back and forth with my own thoughts, I decided to go on the trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country. Section B The New Y ork Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital subscriptions and growing into online video and specialty areas like cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the paper’s own 2020 report __31__ on Tuesday.
―While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up,‖ the authors wrote in the opening of the report. ―Too often, digital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must __32__ between mission and t
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radition: what we do becau it’s esntial to our values and what we do becau we’ve always done it.‖
The report indicates how far the paper has come in __33__ itlf to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.
The areas that need __34__ are focud on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.
Many of the report’s recommendations are __35__ to anyone who cloly follows the Times or newspapers in general: A
(n) __36__ away from print’s outsized importance on the newsroom’s operations,
better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diver newsroom with a variety of skills.
The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016 of doubling digital revenue to $800 million by 2020. ―To __37__ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.‖The report also calls into question the formats on which the Times—and most other newspapers—rely, namely a m ix of news stories and features that are text heavy. ―Too much of our daily report remains __38__ by long texts.‖ the report states.
The report stress that the Times should do more to educate readers. ―Our readers are __39__ for advice from The Times. T oo often, we don’t offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.‖ the report states. Perhaps the most interesting part of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the paper’s own journalists. Reporters said they would like to s ee __40__ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.
III. Reading Comprehension (45%)
Section A
Have We Reached Peak Trade?
Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. It’s been the most important __41__ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itlf. __42__, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.
The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, no—it’s actually __43__. Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital data—e-commerce, web arches, online video, machine-to-machine interactions—has grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is __44__ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.
There’s no doubt globalization has incread wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the __45__ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic lors. Free trade has made goods and rvices cheaper for Americans—think of all the inexpensive Chine-made goods at Walmart—but it hasn’t always __46__ their job prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most __47__ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. That’s one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be _-48__ than their parents.
The gains of free trade do not always __49__ the loss. This realization that the tide of __50__ doe
sn’t rai all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themlves are __51__ globalization.
Nevertheless, there is one reason to be __52__ about the future of globalization—at least, the new information-bad kind. Mc Kiny data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, rvices and information will include a much higher proportion of small business than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-bad startups surveyed by McKiny now do some cross-border business-- __53__ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasn’t __54__ as much as it should have.
If tho individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum（钟摆）back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out of __55__ than anything el the world has ever known.
41. A. political B. cultural C. economic D. natural
42. A. Otherwi B. Hence C. Moreover D. Y et
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43. A. depressing B. increasing C. approving D. operating
44. A. projected B. tracked C. signaled D. needed
45. A. price B. welfare C. pension D. wealth
46. A. ruined B. helped C. foreen D. reverd
47. A. resistant B. suited C. expod D. inaccessible
48. A. happier B. healthier C. wealthier D. poorer
49. A. outweigh B. balance C. suffer D. substitute
50. A. materialism B. modernization C. globalization D. consumption
51. A. withdrawing from B. counting on C. profiting from D. insisting on台风的命名
52. A. confud B. concerned C. optimistic D. curious
53. A. adaptable B. accessible C. affordable D. impossible
54. A. striven B. consumed C. benefited D. digested
55. A. fear B. poverty C. frustration D. embarrassment Section B
(A)
Dear Cutie-Pie,
Recently, your mother and I were arching for an answer on Google. Half way through entering the question, Google returned a list of the mos t popular arches in the world. At the top of the list was ―How to keep him interested.‖
It surprid me a lot. I scanned veral of the countless articles about how to be xy and xual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.
And I got angry.
Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to ―keep him interested.‖
Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul—in that unshakeable place that isn’t upt by rejection and loss—that you are worthy of interest.
If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important n of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.
Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t need to be kept interested, becau he knows you are interesting.
I don’t care if he can’t play a bit of golf with me—as long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I don’t care if he doesn’t follow his wallet—as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don’t care if he is strong—as long as he gives you the space to exerc i the strength that is in your heart. I couldn’t care less how he votes—as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I don’t care about the color of his skin. I don’t care if he was raid in this religion or that religion or no religion.
Little One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing el in common, we will hav
e the most important thing in common: Y ou.
Becau in the end, Little One, the only th ing you should have to do to ―keep him interested‖ is to be you.
后仰跳投Y our eternally interested guy,
Daddy
56. What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?
A. Girls’ knowing nothing about trusting themlves.
B. Girls’ giving priority to finding ways to plea boys.
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C. Girls’ bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time.
D. Girls’ being upt by being rejected constantly.
57. Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to _____________________.
A. keep the boy interested
B. know she derves a boy’s interest
C. attract a boy willing to invest all in her
D. find a boy who can plea her
58. According to the passage, what does the underlined word ―revel‖ mean?
A. feel depresd
B. become puzzled
C. look around
D. enjoy himlf
59. What’s the main purpo of this letter?
A. To advi his daughter to trust her worth.
B. To inform his daughter how to keep others interested.
C. To show his daughter how to find her true love.
D. To help his daughter find someone with common interests.
(B)
Self-driving Capabilities
Sensor and camera-equipped models from Audi and V olkswagen, among others, don’t just automatically brake to prevent minor accidents; they can actually navigate（行驶）around highway traffic and into garages without a human at the wheel. Attractive Dashboards
In addition to Ford’s new Sync system, which better understands voice commands, Apple and Google have partnered with automakers to create interfaces （界面）as ur-friendly as the ones on your smartphone.
Smarter Headlights
Audi’s and BMW’s ultra-bright lar headlights can detect oncoming cars and dim slightly to avoid disturbing their drivers. One problem: they’re not yet legal in the U.S. Self-parking Skills
The new model of BMW’s all-electric can find its own spot in a parking lot, then nd signals via a smart-watch app to contact its drivers.
60. In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and V olkswagen stand out?
静音鼠标A. Braking when nsing red lights
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C. Stopping other cars on highway
D. Taking photos with a camera
61. Which of the cars can adjust the headlights in order not to upt drivers in oncoming cars?
A. Ford and V olkswagen
B. Audi and BMW
C. Audi and V olkswagen
D. BMW and Ford
62. In which ction of a car magazine does the article most probably appear?
A. First Drive
B. Cars For Rent
C. Instrumental Tests
D. Smart Tech
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On the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Y es, my best friend is a genetically modified organism（转基因生物）; deliberate lection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.
Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has incread by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine（饥荒）one might have predicted.
How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and lect only plants bearing the fattest, richest eds for the next ason. This was the method our ancestors ud to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grass they encountered.
During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressing stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more ed—the high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new t of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial lection. Plant geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in ction s of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimize a plant’s weakness while adding to its strengths, and we don’t have to wait for asons to pass to test the result.
It is the transformative potential of the techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO rearch to feed the world that we are creating.
I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification. We must continue as before, nourishing the future as we feed ourlves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.
63. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st paragraph?
A. To advi people to keep wolves as pets
B. To persuade readers to welcome the new technology
C. To change people’s attit ude towards wolves
D. To introduce a technology ud to humans’ advantage
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