2018届松江区高考英语二模试卷

第1页/共8页松江区2017学年度第二学期期中质量监控试卷高三英语II.GrammarandVocabularySectionAAuntJaneisnowwelloverseventy,butsheisstillagreatcinema-goer.Thecinemainourtowncloseddownyearsagoandsometimesshehastotraveltwentymilesormoretoseeagoodfilm.AndonceamonthatleastshegoesuptoLondontosee(21)______(late)foreignfilms.Ofcourseshecouldseemostofthesefilmsontelevision,buttheideadoesnotattracther.“Itisn’tthesame,”shesays.“Foronething,thescreen’stoosmall.Besides,Ilikegoingtothecinema!”However,onethingwhichhasalwayspuzzledusisthat(22)______AuntJanehaslotsoffriendsandenjoyscompany,shealwaysgoestothecinemaalone.Wediscoveredthereasonforthisonlyrecently—fromMother.“ItmaysurpriseyoutolearnthatAuntJanewantedtobeanactresswhenshewasyoung,”shetoldus.“Sheusedtowaitoutsidefilmstudiosallday,just(23)_______(appear)incrowdscenes.Youraunthasprobablyappearedindozensoffilms.Sometimesshedidnotevenknowthenameofthefilmthey(24)______(make).Therefore,shecouldn’tgotosee(25)______inthefilmatthecinema!”“Allthetime,ofcourse,shewaslookingforasmallpartinafilm.Herbigchancecame(26)______theystartedtomakeafilminourtown.Janemanagedtomeetthedirectoratapartyandheofferedher(27)______roleasashopkeeper.Itreallywasaverysmallpart,butitwasanimportantmomentforJane.Beforethegreatevent,sherehearsedfordays.Infact,sheturnedthesitting-roomintoashop!Weallhadtohelp,goingtoandoutoftheshop(28)______shecouldrememberherwordsperfectly.And(29)______theactualdayshewasmarvelous.Janethoughtthatthiswasthebeginningofherfilmcareer!”“Unfortunately,intheend,theydidnotincludetheshopsceneinthefilm.ButnobodytoldJane!WhenthefilmfirstappearedinLondon,shetookallherfriendstoseeit.Andofcourseshewasn’tinit!Itwasaterribleblow!Shestopped(30)______(go)tofilmstudiosandgaveuptheideaofbecominganactress.Shestilllovesthecinema,asyouallknow,butfromthatdayshehasalwaysgonealone!”SectionBA.parallelB.curvesC.dutifullyD.guardE.transformingF.proceedingG.studiesH.perfectI.intenselyJ.moveK.randomizesWhetheryou’retryingtobegoodatPhotoshop,orstepupyourtennisgame,ormasterabanjo(班卓琴)song,you’reprobably__31__followingtheage-oldadvicethatpracticemakesperfect.However,contrarytopopularbelief,doingthesamethingoverandoveragainmightnotbethemostefficientwaytolearnforeignconcepts.Traditionally,we’retaughtusingthe“blocking”strategy.Thisinstructsustogooverasingleideaagainandagainuntilwe’vemasteredit,before__32__tothenextconcept.Butseveralnewneurological(神经学的)__33__showthatanupandcominglearningmethodcalled“interleaving”improvesourabilitytokeepandperformnewskillsoveranytraditionalmeansbyleapsandbounds.Whatinterleavingdoesistospaceoutlearningoveralongerperiodoftime,andit__34__theinformationweencounterwhenlearninganewskill.So,forexample,insteadoflearningonebanjochordatatimeuntilyou__35__it,youtraininseveralatonceandinshorterbursts.第2页/共8页Oneofthepracticalwaysyoucanuseinterleavingtotrainyourbraintopickupnewskillsquicklyandeffectivelyistopracticemultiple__36__skillsatonce.Whetheryou’retryingtoimproveyourmotorskillsorcognitive(认知的)learningabilities,thekeyto__37__howyourbrainprocessesnewinformationistobreakoutofthehabitoflearningonepartofaskillatatime.Theadvantageofthismethodisthatyourbraindoesn’tgetcomfortableorstoreinformationinyourshort-termmemory.Instead,interleavingcausesyourbrainto__38__focusandproblem-solveeverystepoftheway,resultingininformationgettingstoredinyourlong-termmemoryinstead.Interleavingdoesn’tcutanycorners,soyourbrainisalwayson__39__.Thinkofthedifferencebetweenblockingandinterleavinglikeaboxerwhopracticesone__40__overandoveragainversusaboxerwhopracticesbysparringinthering.Inthering,youhavetobereadyforanything.Itmakesyoufasterandsharper.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionASince1960,considerablescientificresearcheshavebeendoneonchimpsintheirnaturalhabitats.Astonishingly,scientistshavefoundoutthatthesocial__41__ofChimpsareverysimilartohumans.Chimpswill__42__incertainways,likegatheringinwarpartiestoprotecttheirterritory.Butbeyondtheminimumrequirementsassocialbeings,theyhavelittleinstinctto__43__oneanother.Chimpsinthewildseekfoodforthemselves.Evenchimpmothersregularly__44__tosharefoodwiththeirchildren.Whoareablefromayoungagetogathertheirownfood?Inthelaboratory,chimpsdon’t__45__sharefoodeither.Ifachimpisputinacagewherehecanpullinoneplateoffoodforhimselfor,withnogreatereffort,aplatethatalsoprovidesfoodforaneighbortothenextcage,hewillpull__46__--hejustdoesn’tcarewhetherhisneighborgetsfedornot.Chimpsaretrulyselfish.Humanchildren,__47__,areextremelycooperative.Fromtheearliestages,theydecidetohelpothers,toshareinformationandtoparticipateinachievingcommongoals.ThepsychologistMichaelTomasellohasstudiedthis__48__inaseriesofexperimentswithveryyoungchildren.Hefindsthatifbabiesaged18monthsseeaworriedadultwithhandsfulltryingtoopenadoor,almostallwillimmediatelytrytohelp.Thereareseveralreasonstobelievethattheurgestohelp,informandsharearenottaught,butnaturally__49__inyoungchildren.Oneisthatthese__50__appearataveryyoungagebeforemostparentshavestartedtotraintheirchildrentobehave__51__.Anotheristhatthehelpingbehaviorsarenotimprovedifthechildrenarerewarded.Athi