2017届浦东区高三英语二模试卷(含答案)

1浦东新区2016学年度第二学期教学质量检测高三英语试卷2017.4II.GrammarandVocabulary(20%)SectionAOverthepastsixteenyearsofmylife,Ihavegrowntobeaveryindependentperson.ThiscanbebothgoodandbadinthesensethatIamabletodothings(21)________myown,yetattimesstrugglewithtakingadvicefromothers.Sometimes,hearingwhatotherpeoplehavetosaycanbeoneofthehardestthingstodo.However,gettingadvicefrom(22)________caresaboutyoucanimpactyourlifeingreatways.Becauseofthis,Ibeganrealizingthatmymom’sguidancethroughoutmylifehasneversteeredmewrong.ThisiswhyIbelieveyou(23)________alwayslistentoyourmother.Thisbeliefhasnotbeeneasy(24)________(realize).IthastakenendlessamountsoftimeinwhichIdecidedtogoagainstwhatmymomhadtosay,andlaterdiscoveredthatshewasright.Ithinkwecanallagreethat(25)________(admit)yourmomwasrightisalwaysahardthingtodo.Butwhatelseareyousupposedtosay(26)________youarestandingoutsideinthefreezingcold,shakingbecauseyoudidnotwearthatextrajacketyou(27)________(tell)towear?WhenIwastwelveyearsold,Ihadtheexperienceofalifetime.However,Iwouldhavemissedoutifithadn’tbeenformymom.ShehadbeenplanningatriptoTurkeyforwork,(28)________(offer)tobringmysisterandmealongwithher.WhenIfirstheardaboutthisopportunity,Iwasterrified.NeverhadIbeenoutofthecountrybefore.Ithoughtto(29)________,“Isshecrazy?”Mymomthenbegantosay,“(30)________isknowntoall,oneneedstostepoutofhiscomfortzoneandtrysomethingnewinordertoencounterlarger-than-lifeideas.”Aftergoingbackandforthwithmyownthoughts,Idecidedtogoonthetrip.Andboy,shewasright.GoingtoTurkeywillforeverbeoneofmygreatestmemoriesandIamthankfulIgottovisitthatamazingcountry.SectionBTheNewYorkTimeshaschangedalotinthepast10years,embracingdigitalsubscriptionsandgrowingintoonlinevideoandspecialtyareaslikecooking.Ithasnotbeenenoughtopreparethecompanyforthefuture,accordingtothepaper’sown2020report__31__onTuesday.“Whilethepasttwoyearshavebeenatimeofsignificantinnovation,thepacemustspeedup,”theauthorswroteintheopeningofthereport.“Toooften,digitalprogresshasbeenaccomplishedthroughworkarounds;nowwemusttearapartthebarriers.Wemust__32__betweenmissionandtradition:whatwedobecauseit’sessentialtoourvaluesandwhatwedobecausewe’vealwaysdoneit.”Thereportindicateshowfarthepaperhascomein__33__itselftothedigitalagewhilealsopointingoutwhatneedstobedone.Theareasthatneed__34__arefocusedonthenewsroom,particularlyinthetoolsandinternalstructuresthatjournalistsmustdealwithtoproducetheirwork.Manyofthereport’srecommendationsare__35__toanyonewhocloselyfollowstheTimesornewspapersingeneral:A(n)__36__awayfromprint’soutsizedimportanceonthenewsroom’soperations,A.flexibilityB.shiftC.hungryD.improvementE.dominatedF.releasedG.secureH.adaptingI.familiarJ.buryingK.distinguish2betterwaystoincludemultimediainstoriesandarenewedeffortatcreatingamorediversenewsroomwithavarietyofskills.Thepaperhasanongoinggoalthatstartedin2016ofdoublingdigitalrevenueto$800millionby2020.“To__37__ourfuture,weneedtoexpandconsiderablyournumberofsubscribersby2020.”ThereportalsocallsintoquestiontheformatsonwhichtheTimes—andmostothernewspapers—rely,namelyamixofnewsstoriesandfeaturesthataretextheavy.“Toomuchofourdailyreportremains__38__bylongtexts.”thereportstates.ThereportstressesthattheTimesshoulddomoretoeducatereaders.“Ourreadersare__39__foradvicefromTheTimes.Toooften,wedon’tofferit,orofferitonlyinprint-centricforms.”thereportstates.Perhapsthemostinterestingpartofthereportcomesattheverybottomintheformofcommentsfromthepaper’sownjournalists.Reporterssaidtheywouldliketosee__40__inchoiceofhowtotellcertainstories,andsomedisagreementaboutwhatkindoftonetheTimesshouldembracegoingforward.III.ReadingComprehension(45%)SectionAHaveWeReachedPeakTrade?Globalizationisusuallydefinedasthefreemovementofpeople,goodsandcapital.It’sbeenthemostimportant__41__forceofmodernity.Untilthefinancialcrisisof2008,globaltradegrewtwiceasfastastheglobaleconomyitself.__42__,thankstobotheconomicsandpolitics,globalizationaswehaveknownitisdevelopingfast.Thequestionis:Havewereachedpeaktrade?Ifyouthinkofitintermsoftheflowofdigitaldataandideas,no—it’sactually__43__.Indeed,thecross-borderflowofdigitaldata—e-commerce,websearches,onlinevideo,machine-to-machineinteractions—hasgrown45timeslargersince2005andis__44__togrowmuchfasterthantheglobaleconomyoverthenextfewyears.There’snodoubtglobalizationhasincreasedwealthatbothglobalandnationallevels.Butfreetradecanalsowidenthe__45__gapwithincountries,inpartbycreatingconcentratedgroupsofeconomiclosers.FreetradehasmadegoodsandservicescheaperforAmericans—thinkofalltheinexpensiveChinese-madegoodsatWalmart—butithasn’talways__46__theirjobprospects.From1990to2008,theareasmost__47__toforeigncompetitionsawalmostnonetnewjobscreated.That’sonereasonthenewgenerationofAmericansisontracktobe_-48__thantheirparents.Thegainsoffreetradedonotalways__49__thelosses.Thisrealizationthatthetideof__50__doesn’traiseallboatshasfedintotheanti-freetrademovement.Andcompaniesthemselvesare__51__globalization.Nevertheless,thereisonereasontobe__52__aboutthefutureofglobalization—atleast,thenewinformation-basedkind.McKinseydataestimatethatthecompaniesre