2018年上海市高考英語試卷
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II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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, use one word that best fits each blank.
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1.A comprehensive study of 4,500 children conducted by the National Institutes of Health in 2018 shows that children who spent more than seven hours a day staring at screens showed evidence of premature thinning of their brain's cortex the outer layer that processes sensory information. "We don't know if it (1)
The problem isn't just screens (4)
Sometimes,the parents (8)組卷:152引用:1難度:0.5
Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A.committed B.compared C.contact D.delegation E.destructive
F.humble G.negotiate H.respelled I.similarity J.superiors K.witnessed
kowtow
The English word kowtow is a verb that means to agree too easily to do what someone else wants you to do,or to obey someone with power in a way that seems (1)
It is not surprising,then,that Macartney left China without negotiating the trade agreement.After that,critics used the word kowtow when anyone was too submissive to China.Today,the usage has no connection to China,nor any specific political connection.
gung-ho
Another borrowed word that came about through (5)
typhoon
In English,a typhoon is a very powerful and (8)組卷:35引用:1難度:0.4
III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
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3.When 17-year-old Quattro Musser hangs out with friends,they don't drink beer or cruise around in cars with their dates.(1)
They are in good company,according to a new study showing that teenagers are increasingly delaying activities that had long been seen as rites of passage into (2)
To be sure,more than half of teens still engage in these activities,but the (4)
According to an evolutionary psychology theory that a person's "life strategy" slows down or speeds up depending on his or her (7)
In that model a teenage boy might be thinking more (11)(1) A.Therefore B.Rather C.Moreover D.Besides (2) A.childhood B.neighborhood C.a(chǎn)dolescents D.a(chǎn)dulthood (3) A.escapes B.ends C.decreases D.changes (4) A.minorities B.majorities C.masses D.a(chǎn)mounts (5) A.taking B.a(chǎn)voiding C.sending D.missing (6) A.interested B.envied C.relieved D.realized (7) A.emotions B.surroundings C.customs D.habits (8) A.wrong B.same C.opposite D.similar (9) A.event B.issue C.case D.occasion (10) A.trouble B.questions C.benefits D.diseases (11) A.respectively B.delicately C.seriously D.considerably (12) A.slower B.better C.smaller D.faster (13) A.emphasized B.related C.organized D.educated (14) A.implement B.postponement C.a(chǎn)chievement D.payment (15) A.cause B.impact C.fact D.result 組卷:163引用:1難度:0.5
Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
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4.Bitcoin and other so-called cryptocurrenciest (加密貨幣) have been all over the news lately.Apparently,the idea of money that's not tied to a specific bank or a specific country is appealing to many.But it's worth remembering that the banking system that we now all live with is just that:A modern invention.Not so long ago,money was almost always created and used locally,and bartering was common. (In fact,it still is common among many online local networks,like the Buy Nothing Project.).
In the past,money's makeup varied from place to place,depending on what was considered valuable there.So while some of the world's first coins were made from a naturally occurring hybrid of gold and silver called electrum (金銀礦),objects other than coins have served as currency,including beads,ivory,livestock,and cowrie shells.In West Africa,bracelets of bronze or copper were used as cash,especially if the transaction was associated with the slave trade there.Throughout the colonial period,tobacco was used to replace coins or paper bills in Virginia,Maryland and North Carolina,even though it was used elsewhere in the colonies and extensively throughout Europe and the U.K.
Today,on an island in the Pacific,a specific type of shell still serves as currency and some people there are even hoarding (儲存) it,just like Bitcoin moguls,convinced that one day,it will make them wealthy beyond imagination.On Malaita,the most-populated island that's part of the Solomon Islands,shells are accepted at most places in exchange for goods.
"How much tuna (金槍魚) you can get for your shells depends on their color and shape," Mary Bruno,a shop owner from the small town of Auki,on Malaita,told Vice. "One strip of darker shells might get you about two cans of smaller tuna,but the red ones are worth more.For the red ones,one strip might get enough tuna to feed a big family for a long time."
Just like a mint that creates coins,there's only one place on the island where the shells,which are polished and strung together to form 3-foot-long ropes,are made.The strips of red,white,and black shells all come from Langa Langa Lagoon,where artificial islands were long-ago built by locals to escape from the island-dwelling cannibals.Once marooned (困?。?out on their islands,locals needed a currency to use among themselves,and so the shell currency was born.
Using shells for money was common throughout the Pacific islands as late as the early 1900s,but Malaita is unique in that they are still used today.And just like cryptocurencies,there are those who think the islanders are smart to invest in this type of money,which is reported to have risen in value over the last three decades.It might seem strange to hoard a bunch of processed,strung-together shells,but what is a pile of dollars?Just a specially printed piece of paper and hemp that we've assigned value to and probably less durable over time than those shells.
(1)According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?
A.Money was created and was widely used in the world.
B.Tobacco was used as coins or paper bills in American in the past.
C.The ingredients of world's first coins may be the combination of gold and silver.
D.Using shells for money has been out of date in the world.
(2)The word "mint" in paragraph 5 is closest in the meaning to "
A.a(chǎn) kind of money that can exchange
B.the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
C.a(chǎn) place to produce and polish shells
D.a(chǎn) factory that produces currency
(3)What's opinion of the author towards shells for money?
A.Reasonable.
B.Imaginary.
C.Convenient.
D.Inventive
(4)Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A.The History of Biteoin
B.Shells Still Money
C.The Currency Is of Great Use
D.Some Shells組卷:87引用:1難度:0.5
V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
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12.在這個村落,人們通常吃到八分飽,但這個健康的飲食習慣最初是為了應對食物短缺的困境.(until)組卷:37引用:1難度:0.5
VI.GuidedWriting
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13.Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假設你是明啟中學的高三學生盧平.學?!队⒄Z報》向高三學生進行征文,題目為my teachers.盧平也想投稿.具體要求是:
1. 請你將認識的老師進行分類;
2. 具體描述每一類老師的特征.組卷:62引用:1難度:0.5