闸北区高三年级英语学科期末练习卷(附答案)
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40. Now, the world's focus is all on Shanghai ______ the 2010 world Expo is to be held.
A. whentB. whosetC. wheretD. that
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. exchange B. constant C. involve D. spend E. traditional F. offer G. strength H. familiar I. engage J. element We，in the world of fast growth, are now witnessing the appearance of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical ___41___, raw materials, and money are no longer the key factors in the creation of wealth. Now, the vital ___42___ in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow's wealth depends on the development and ___43___ of knowledge. And individuals entering the workforce ___44___ their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers ___45___ in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, figures, and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be communicating information. Currently, many jobs ___46___ some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future.
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in ___47___ training to get new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine-to-five jobs, lifetime security, easy promotions, and even the ___48___ workplace, which you are ___49___ with now. Don't expect the companies will provide you with a clear career path. And don't wait for someone to "encourage" you. You have to encourage yourself.
III, Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.
The universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.
The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life. It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way. The university passes on information, but it ___53___ the information imaginatively. Imagination is the driving force for the society's future development. Students' imagination is the very ___54___ every university should protect and encourage. A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence. With imagination, knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities. It's no longer a ___56___ on students' memory. It's food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.
Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge. Instead, it is a way
leading to more knowledge. It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge. In the exploration, new knowledge ___59___. Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are restless all along.
Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth, the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world. Besides, it should also be made clear that imagination won't be most effective without necessary experience. The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations. The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.
50. A. problemtB. developmenttC. lifetD. inquiry
51. A. connectiontB. attractiontC. differencetD. tradition
52. A. technicaltB. difficulttC. creativetD. basic
53. A. supposestB. conveystC. expectstD. weighs
54. A. spirittB. goodstC. messagetD. theory
55. A. triestB. pretendstC. failstD. means
56. A. burdentB. treasuretC. scheduletD. science
. resulttB. materialtC. costtD. figure
58. A. superior totB. familiar withtC. separate fromtD. strict with
59. A. takes shapetB. steps intC. sets offtD. speeds up
60. A. prooftB. excitementtC. greedtD. seed
61. A. temporarilytB. carefullytC. reluctantlytD. finally
62. A. becausetB. unlesstC. whiletD. until
63. A. sympathytB. solutiontC. conditiontD. purpose
64. A. requiretB. fixtC. imaginetD. achieve
Section B
Directions: 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.
(A)
Penelope Leach, a famous British psychologist once said: "Loving a child is a round business. The more you give, the more you get, the more you want to give." Her clever remark about parent-child relationship proves to be true of my blooded family. Born in 1928 and as the youngest of 5 children, I learned to share everything with my brothers and sisters including my parents' love. Raising 5 children during the difficult times of the Great Depression took its toll on my parents' relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years old. Daddy never had very close relationships with his children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorce.
After some years, an amazing woman entered into his life, and they were married. She had two sons, one of them still at home. Under her influence, we became a "fixed family" and a good relationship developed between the two families. She has always treated us as if we were her own children. Father and our stepmother shared life over tw
enty-five years together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, a question came up. It's about my mother, Daddy's first wife, attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my stepmother when I asked her if she would object to Mother attending Daddy's funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, "Of course not, Honey. She's the mother of my children."
65. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents' divorce?
A. The wrong doings of the children.
B. The difficulties from keeping a big family in a hard period of time.
C. Her father's disloyalty to the family.
D. The poor relationship between her father and the children.
66. According to the passage, her father became closer to his own children later because of ______.
A. his improved financial condition
B. his increased age
C. the good effect of his second wife
D. his own children's continuous efforts
67. What message does the speaker want to convey in this story?
A. Happiness is easy to find in fixed families
B. Love is blind.
C. Love gives birth to love.
D．Divorces are very harmful to young children.
(B)
68. What do you think is the main aim of this advertisement?
A. To tell people how to win products.
B. To invite people to sign up for the Jurong Privilege Card.
C. To encourage children to participate in its Karaoke Contest.
D. To announce that Teen Titans are taking part in the Karaoke Contest
69. What can you expect to get in the Creative Colouring Challenge Contest?
A. 50 dollars . 2000 dollars cash.
C. Teen Titan . 50 dollars worth of products.
70. Which one of the statements is NOT TRUE?
A. There are four leading sponsors.
B. Only children aged 7 to 12 have a chance to be a superstar.
C. You can buy Teen Titan toys at Toys "R" Us.
D. The second place of the Children's Karaoke Competition can win 1000 dollars and a BMB microphone system.
71. Which one of the following ways can NOT enable you to sign up for the Karaoke contest?
A. Call the hotline at 62939765.
B. Download the form from
C. Collect the form from the Jurong Point's Information Counter.
D. Register one hour before the contest on the day of the competition.
(C )
Much of the American anxiety about old age is a purposeful distance from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. On the contrary, in the novels of many famous American writers-from Hawthorne to Faulkner and Hemingway-one finds a tragic depth that is under the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the artistic imagination, the great writers faced death topic which the general public are reluctant to face-the fact of death, its mystery, and its place in life.
Scenes about death, such as the conflicts death brings in Greek times and the religious celebration of death in the rich farming cultures of some parts of Europe, are vividly described and discussed in their novels, although these scenes are difficult to find in the real American life.
Out of fear of the emotional sufferings, the American ordinary people avoid topics about death. They surround death with word avoidance. Americans never "die." They "pass away." A "funeral hall" is decorated to look like a bank. Everything in a funeral ceremony is done in low tones, as if it were something secret, to be hidden from the world. There is so much emphasis on being dignified that the ceremony often loses its quality of dignity.
In some parts of the world, there's difficulty in understanding the causes of death. It's difficult to explain death in these cultures. Living in a modern society, Americans have a ready enough explanation of how death comes, yet they show little ability to accept the fact of death itself and the emotional pain it brings. "To my disappointment, we, American people, sing over birth and dance at weddings," says Margaret Mead, a famous American anthropologist（人类学家），"but more and more push the death off the scene without ceremony, without an opportunity for young and old to know that death is as much a fact of life as is birth."
72. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the emotional sufferings from death
B. different cultures' attitudes toward death
C. Americans' attitudes toward death
D. methods to avoid death
73. In the novels of many famous writers, one will find ______.
A. ordinary American death attitudes
B. a willingness to accept death as a fact of life
C. the relationship between lovers
D. the reason for ordinary Americans' beliefs about death
74. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Unwillingness to face death is a quality of the American character.
B. Ordinary Americans avoid saying the word "die" directly.
C. Americans are afraid of the death topics because of the possible emotional pains it causes.
D. Most Americans can't explain the causes of death scientifically.
75. Margaret Mead suggests that ______.
A. we should not be joyful at a birth
B. we should avoid funeral as it is connected with death
C. a wedding should be quiet and peaceful.
D. death should be accepted in the same spirit as marriage and birth
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.(本题请涂在答题卡上)
(D)
A. The reasons for the problematic food situation in Britain.
B. The effect of the situation on farmers.
C. The variety of British food.
D. The surface richness of food and questions it brings.
E. The different situations at home and abroad.
F. The recent reason for the huge supply of