上海市青浦区2017学年高三年级第二次学业质量调研英语测试

1青浦区2017学年高三年级第二次学业质量调研测试2018.04（时间120分钟，满分140)II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.ThekindnessofKiwiLotto(乐透彩票)winnersWe’vealldreamedofwinningtheLottobutwhatactuallyhappenswhenournumberscomeup?Theanswerisratherheart-warming.NewresearchouttodayfromLottoNewZealandrevealsthree-quartersofPowerballwinnersthinkofsharing(21)______spending.OneluckyPowerballwinnerfromTaurangawaseventhinkingofothersbeforehisnumberscameup.“AweekbeforeIwonLotto,Isawanambulance(22)______sideborethenameofthedonor,andIthought,‘ifIeverwinLotto,that’swhatIwilldo’andthen10days’laterIwon,”hesaid.Havingwon$5.5milliondollars,he’snowspendingapartofthemoneyontwoambulancesforhislocalhospital.“They’regoingtosay‘(23)______(donate)byaLottowinner’ontheside.Ihopethatitwillinspireotherstopayitforwardiftheyeverfind(24)______inafortunatepositionlikeIhave.”“Mylife(25)______(save)manyyearsagobyaStJohnambulanceandit’samarvellousfeelingrepayingbackthatkindness.”Itwasthiskindofbehaviour(26)______ledtoLottoNZ’sinspiringtruestoryofaKiwimanwhowon$15millionand,honouringapromisemadelongago,wenthalveswithhismate.2017wasthe(27)______(lucky)yearonrecordforPowerballwinners.“Lastyear,therewere19differentPowerballwinners—(28)______mostofthemhadincommonwasthedesiretosharetheirgoodfortune.”saidEmiliaMazur,GeneralManagerCorporateCommunications.“AnotherTaurangamanwon$10millionwithPowerballinJulyandoncehegotovertheshockofwinning,hisfirstthoughtwashiscommunityandhehassincesharedsomeofhiswinningstoupgradeitsfacilities.”Groupplayersarenaturalsharers—notonly(29)______theysharethewinningsamongthemselvesbuttheyalsothenwanttohelpoutothers.“Everyoneisjustsohappy,it’screatedanamazingsenseoffreedom.”saidoneofthegroupleadersTina.“Formepersonally,(30)______(know)howmuchofasignificantdifferenceyouhavemadetoyourfamilyandyourcircleoffriends,IhaveafeelingthatIhaveneverexperienced.It’sanunquantifiablefeeling—it’smagic.”SectionBDirections:Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.A.spareB.removedC.remindingD.addressedE.postingF.viralG.approvedH.schemeI.permitJ.implementK.promotionalSwissvillagebanstouristsfromtakingphotosbecauseit’stoobeautifulLocatedintheSwissAlps,nearthefamousresortofSt.Moritz,thecommuneofBergünisoneofthemostbeautifulmountainvillagesinEurope.Sobeautiful,infact,thatphotosofitsharedonsocialmediamaymakepeoplefeeldepressedthattheycan’tvisit,solocalauthoritiesbannedtouristsfromtakingphotos.Itmaysoundlikeajoke,butit’sactuallyanewlawadoptedbytheBergünvillagecounciland__31__byitsmayor.TodiscouragevisitorsfromtakingphotosinBergün,theyplanto__32__asymbolic€5fineforthosecaughtbreakingthenewrules.AccordingtoastatementbytheBergüntourismauthority,“Itisscientificallyproventhatbeautifulholidayphotosonsocialmediamaketheviewersunhappybecausetheycannotbetherethemselves.”However,itseemsunlikelythatBergün’snewlawwasreallythoughtofasawayto__33__Facebookor2Instagramusersofthedepressingexperienceofseeingthebeautyofthevillage.Asthenewswent__34__online,manyassumedthatitwasactuallyaclevermarketing__35__,atheorythatwasatleastpartiallyconfirmedbythevillage’sdirectoroftourism,Marc-AndreaBarandun.“InthebackgroundofcoursetheideaisthateveryoneistalkingaboutBergün,”hetoldTheLocal.“Soit’sacombinationofboth—wemadethelawandalsothere’ssomemarketingaimbehindit.”Toshowthattheywereseriousaboutthelaw,Bergünauthorities__36__photosofthevillagefromitsFacebookandTwitteraccounts,anddeclaredtheirintentiontodeletethemfromtheBergünwebsitetoo.Ifthenewlawwasjusta__37__strategy,itactuallyworkedwonders,aspeoplestarted__38__morephotosofthebeautifulmountainvillagesoonafternewsofthephotobanstartedmakingnewsheadlines.Afewdaysago,MayorNicolay__39__thedebatablephotobaninavideo,whereheofferedpeoplevisitingBergünaspecial__40__totakephotos.Heremindedthemtothinktwicebeforesharingthepicturesonline,though,astheycouldbemakingtheirfriendsdepressed.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionAAclichéisaphrasethathasbeenusedsomanytimesthatitcomesoutofthemouthorthecomputerwithoutstirringupawaveinthemindofthespeaker,thetypist,thelistenerorthereader.ThewordwaspartofthetechnicaltermoftheFrenchprintingtradeinthe19thcentury,thenameforaplateusedintheprintingprocess,anditisstillusedwiththatmeaninginEnglishandotherlanguages.Bythemiddleofthesamecentury,thewordwasbeingusedinFrench,shortlyfollowedbyEnglish,asasimile(比喻)for__41__usedexpressions.Clichéscanbe__42__accordingtowhethertheywereoriginallyidioms,similesandproverbs,expressionsfromtradesor__43__phrases.Manyidiomshavebeensouniversallyoverusedthattheyhavebeen__44__—phraseslikefarandwide,byleapsandboundsorsafeandsound.Oursecondcategorycouldbesimilesandproverbsthatnowfalloffthe__45__withlittlemeaning,simileslikeascoolasacucumber,which__46__around400years.Alargecategoryis__47__fromthetermsoftradesandprofessions,sportsandgames,andoth