2017届上海市杨浦区高三英语二模卷(含答案)

1杨浦区2016学年第二学期高三模拟质量调研英语学科试卷2017.4II.GrammarandVocabularySectionAIwasstandinginthecheckoutlinebehindawomanwholookedtobein__21__60s.Whenitwasherturntopay,thecashiergreetedherbynameandaskedherhowshewasdoing.Thewomanlookeddown,___22___（shake）herheadandsaid:“Notsogood.”Myhusbandjustlosthisjobandmysonisuptohisoldtricksagain.Thetruthis,Idon’tknowhowI’mgoingtogetthroughtheholidays.”Thenshegavethecashierfoodstamps.Myheartached.Iwantedtohelpbutdidn’tknowhow.（23）______Ioffertopayforhergroceriesoraskforherhusband’sresume?AsIwalkedintotheparkinglot,Isawthewomen___（24）（return）hershoppingcart.Irememberedsomethinginmypurse（25）________Ithoughtcouldhelpher.Itwasn’tahandfulofcashoranofferofajobforherhusband,butmaybeitwouldmakeherlifebetter.MyheartpoundedasIapproachedthewoman.“Excuseme,”Isaid,myvoicetremblingabit.“Icouldn’thelpoverhearingwhatyousaidtothecashier.Itsoundslikeyou’regoingthroughareallyhardtimerightnow.I’msosorry.I’dliketogiveyousomething.”Ihandedherthesmallcardfrommypurse.Whenthewomanreadthecard’sonlytwowords,shebegantocry.Andthroughhertears,shesaid：“Youhavenoidea（26）_______thismeanstome.”Iwasalittlestartledbyherreply.（27）________（notdo）anythinglikethisbefore,Ididn’tknowwhatkindofreactionImightreceive.Allleftforme(28)_______（say）was：“Oh.WoulditbeOKtogiveyouahug?”（29）________weembraced,Iwalkedbacktomycar--andbegantocry,too.Thewordsonthecard?“YouMatter.”Afewweeksearlier,acolleaguegavemeasimilarcard（30）____encouragementforaprojectIwasworkingon.WhenIreadthecard,Ifeltawarmglowspreadinsideofme.Deeplytouched,IcamehomeandorderedmyownboxofYouMattercardandstartedsharingthem.SectionBA.technologyB.contemporaryC.stretchedD.hiddenE.recognizedF.discoveryG.updatedH.extensiveI.countlessJ.estimatedK.definitionMostofuslearnatprimaryschoolthattherearesevencontinents,butthenextgenerationofkidsmaybeaddingonemoretothatlist.AccordingtoarecentpaperpublishedintheGeologicalSocietyofAmericanJournalbyagroupofresearchers,“Zealandia”isanewcontinentthat’s___31___beneaththeocean.Zealandiais___32___tobefivemillionsqkm.Mostofthismassiveareaiscoveredbywater,butitshighestmountainsalreadyhavetheirownname：NewZealand.ThesmallcountryistheonlypartofZealandiathatisn’tunderwater,butthepaper’sauthorswantthehugelandmasstobe___33___worldwideasitsowncontinent.“ThescientificvalueofclassifyingZealandiaasacontinentismuchmorethanjustanextranameonalist,”theresearcherswroteintheirpaper.ScientistsdiscoveredZealandiaallthewaybackin1995,thenstarted___34___researchontheareausingunderwaterandsatellitemapping___35___.Aftercompletingtheirwork,theywerefinallyabletowriteareport2suggestingthatZealandiabenamedacontinent.Butwhodecidesonwhatisacontinentandwhatisn’t?Thereis,infact,noofficialorganizationthatdoes.Somecountries’schoolsteachthattherearesixorevenfivecontinents.Thischangesdependingonwhereintheworldschoolis.Duetotheir__36__asa“continuousexpanseofland”,someclassifyEuropeandAsiaasthesamecontinent--knownasEurasia.SchoolsinRussiaandpartsofEasternEuropeteachthis.Andtomakethingsevenmoreconfusing,FranceandGreece,aswellasothercountries,classifyNorthAmericaandSouthAmericaassimplyAmerica.Thisargumentoverhowlandisdefinedhaseven___37___intoouterspace.In2006,theInternationalAstronomicalUnion（IAU）decidedthatPlutowasnolongeraplanet,76yearsafterits___38___in1930.Expertsarguedthatitnolongermettherequirementsneededtobecalledaplanetalongsidetheeightothersinoursolarsystem.Itwasthereforerenameda“dwarfplanet（矮行星）”，meaningthat___39___books,modelsandmuseumexhibitsallovertheworldhadtobe___40___.ButwilltheworldtakethesamenoticeofZealandia?Thebestwaytotellistokeepaneyeonourtextbooks.Ⅲ.ReadingComprehensionSectionAGoodnewsforawkwardteenagersaroundtheworld.Astimegoesby,youcould___41___uplikeacompletelydifferentperson.Thiscomesfromthelongestrunningpersonalitystudyever___42__byscientist.AccordingtoresearchersfromtheUniversityofEdinburghintheUK,ourpersonalitychangessomuchfromyouthtooldagethatmostpeople’spersonalitiesinolderagearebarely___43___comparedtotheiryoungerselves.Theresearchersanalyzedresultsfromastudyin1947,whichgathered1,208teenagersinScotlandaged14andaskedtheirteachersto___44___theirpersonalitiesbasedonsixtraits（特征）.Now,morethansixdecadeslater,theUniversityofEdinburghteamhasmanagedtocontact635ofthe___45___students,and174agreedtohavetheirpersonalitiestestedoncemore.Atanaverageageof76.7yearsold,thegroupwereaskedto___46___themselvesonthesamesixpersonalitytraits,thenpickaclosefriendorfamilymembertodothesame.By___47___thethen-and-nowtestresults,theresearchersfoundthatthereishardlyanyrelationshipbetweentraitspeoplehadasteenagersandthoseintheirolderyears.Itwas“asifthesecondtestshadbeengivento___48___people,”thestudy’sresearcherswroteintheirreport,whichwaspublishedinjournalPsychologyandAging.Theresultswereasurprisebecauseresearchinthepastfoundpersonality___49___inpeopletestedfromchildhoodtomiddle-age,andfrommiddle-agetoolderage.Astheteamexplained,ourpersonalityappearsstableovershortintervals--___50___sothroughoutadulthood.___51___,thelongertheintervalbetweentwotestsofpersonality,the___52___therelati