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 sense 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. Because 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 else are you supposed to say (26)________ you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because 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 missed 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 comfort 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 A. flexibility F. released B. shift G. secure C. hungry H. adapting D. improvement I. familiar J. burying E. dominated K. distinguish The New York 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 tradition: what we do because it’s essential to our values and what we do because we’ve always done it.‖ The report indicates how far the paper has come in __33__ itself to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done. The areas that need __34__ are focused 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 closely follows the Times or newspapers in general: A(n) __36__ away from print’s outsized importance on the newsroom’s operations,

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better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse 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 mix 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 stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. ―Our readers are __39__ for advice from The Times. Too 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 see __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 itself. __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 searches, 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 increased 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 losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americans—think of all the inexpensive Chinese-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 losses. This realization that the tide of __50__ doesn’t raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are __51__ globalization. Nevertheless, there is one reason to be __52__ about the future of globalization—at least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey 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 those 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 else the world has ever known.

41. A. political B. cultural C. economic D. natural 42. A. Otherwise B. Hence C. Moreover D. Yet

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43. A. depressing 44. A. projected 45. A. price 46. A. ruined 47. A. resistant 48. A. happier 49. A. outweigh 50. A. materialism 51. A. withdrawing from 52. A. confused 53. A. adaptable 54. A. striven 55. A. fear Section B

B. increasing B. tracked B. welfare B. helped B. suited B. healthier B. balance B. modernization B. counting on B. concerned B. accessible B. consumed B. poverty

C. approving C. signaled C. pension C. foreseen C. exposed C. wealthier C. suffer C. globalization C. profiting from C. optimistic C. affordable C. benefited C. frustration (A)

D. operating D. needed D. wealth D. reversed D. inaccessible D. poorer D. substitute D. consumption D. insisting on D. curious D. impossible D. digested

D. embarrassment

Dear Cutie-Pie, Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Half way through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was ―How to keep him interested.‖ It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, 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 upset 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 sense 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, because 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 exercise 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 raised 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 else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You. Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to ―keep him interested‖ is to be you.

Your eternally interested guy,

Daddy

56. What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet? A. Girls’ knowing nothing about trusting themselves. B. Girls’ giving priority to finding ways to please boys.

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C. Girls’ bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time. D. Girls’ being upset by being rejected constantly.

Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to _____________________. A. keep the boy interested

B. know she deserves a boy’s interest C. attract a boy willing to invest all in her D. find a boy who can please her

According to the passage, what does the underlined word ―revel‖ mean? A. feel depressed B. become puzzled C. look around D. enjoy himself What’s the main purpose of this letter?

A. To advise 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 Volkswagen, 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 user-friendly as the ones on your smartphone. Smarter Headlights Audi’s and BMW’s ultra-bright laser 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 send signals via a smart-watch app to contact its drivers. 60. In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and Volkswagen stand out? A. Braking when sensing red lights

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