2021-2022学年上海新高三入学摸底英语测试卷七
（模拟七宝中学入学摸底卷）
第I卷（选择题）
一、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）
We’re told that writing is dying. Typing on keyboards and screens 1 written communication today. Learning cursive (草书的), joined-up handwriting was once 2 in schools. But now, not so much. Countries such as Finland have dropped joined-up handwriting lessons in school 3 typing cours. And in the US, the requirement to learn cursive has been left out of core standards since 2013. A few US states still place value on formative cursive education, such as Arizona, but they’re not the 4 .
Some experts point out that writing lessons can have indirect benefits. Anne Trubek author of The history and Uncertain Future of Handwriting, argues that such lessons can 5 a skill called auto-maticity. That’s when you’ve perfected a task, and can do it almost without thinki
ng, granting you 6 养不死的金鱼 mental bandwidth to think about or do other things while you’re doing the task. In this n, Trubek compares handwriting to driving.
“Once you have driven for a while, you don’t 7 think ‘Step on gas now’ or ‘Turn the steering wheel a bit,’” he explains. “You just do it. That’s what we want children to 8 when learning to write. You and I don’t think ‘now make a loop going up for the ‘I”-or “now look for the letter ‘r’ on the keyboard’. Trubek has written many essays and books on handwriting, and she doesn’t believe it will die out for a very long time. 9 , she believes students are learning auto-maticity faster with keyboards than with handwriting: students are learning how to type without looking at the keys at earlier ages, and to type faster than they could write, granting them extra time to think about word choice or ntence 10 . In an essay for the New York Times last year, Trubek argued that due to the 11 automaticity of keyboards, today’s children may well become better communicators in text as handwriting takes up less of their education. This is a view that has attracted both criticism and support.
She explains that two of the most common arguments she hears from 12 regarding the decline of handwriting is that not protecting it will result in a “loss of history” and a “loss of 13 touch.”
On the former she 14 that 95% of handwritten manuscripts can’t be read by the average person anyway-“that’s why we have paleographers (古文字学家),” she explains, paleography being the study of ancient styles of writing-while the 15 refers to the warm associations we give to handwritten personal notes, such as thank-you cards. Some educators em to agree, at least to an extent.
1．A．defines B．dominates C．initiate D．benefits
2．A．compulsory B．satisfactory C．分外眼红optional小白兔和小灰兔 D．lective
3．A．in honor of B．for sake of C．in favor of D．on behalf of直溜溜
4．A．majority B．necessity C．standard D．advocate
5．A．generate B．reveal C．measure D．strengthen
6．A．extra B．max C．important D．frequent
7．A．riously B．occasionally C．formatively D．consciously
8．A．consider B．acquire C．forget D．associate
9．A．Therefore B．Otherwi C．Fortunately D．However
10．A．做手术英语structure B．interpretation C．order D．lection
11．A．renewed B．accepted C．invented D．improved
12．A．students B．schools C．critics D．experts
13．A．intensive B．personal C．clo D．constant
14．A．agrees B．persuade C．counter D．confirms
15．A．writing B．latter C．manuscript D．criticism
第II卷（非选择题）
二、用单词的适当形式完成短文（每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
According to the “Big Bang” theory, after ttling into a solid globe, the earth exploded so 16．(violence) that it was not clear 17．the shape would last. Meanwhile, the explosion produced many gas, which were in time 18．(make) the earth's atmosphere. The continued prence of water appeared as the earth cooled down, making possible the 19．(develop) of life on the earth. Many millions of years later, with tiny plants 20．西游记感悟(multiply) on the surface of the water, green plants began to grow on land, 21．(follow) by incts, amphibians, reptiles and dinosaurs. After the age of the dinosaurs ended, all mankind, in 22．最傻的狗(it) turn, became the most important animals 23．the planet. Unfortunately, however, human beings put too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As 24．result, the increasing heat from the sun was prevented from escaping into space. So whether life will continue on the earth 25．什么是速写(remain) unknown.
三、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文（每小题1.5分，共15分）
Direction: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be ud once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Red grouper(石斑鱼) are known for a few key characteristics — their color, which can 26．from pink to bright orange; their tastiness, whether they’re grilled or fried; and their predation (掠夺行为) method, in which they 27． a creatures and swallow them whole.
But their least-known characteristic might be the most valuable of all: They operate as underwater architects, 28． the ascape for numerous other forms of underwater life. That surprising discovery is 29． scientists and policymakers to readjust their approach to prerving the ocean’s natural order — and heightening tensions with tho who fish for a living or as a hobby.
