上海市十校2017届高三上学期第一次联考英语试卷

2017届上海市英语十校联考试卷听力（略）II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.LightningBoltUsainBoltistheworld’sfastestman.Hefirstcametothepublic’sattentionattheBeijingOlympicsin2008,wherehewonthreegoldmedals.Duringthatrace,hereachedatopspeedof43.9kmph.So,weask,howdoestheman(21)______nicknameis“LightningBolt”runsofast?UsainBoltwasborninJamaicaon21August1986.Hewasrunningaroundatprimaryschool,whenateachernoticed(22)______talentforsprinting（短跑）.Hebecameoneofthebestsprintersathishighschooleventhoughhedidn’ttrainveryhard.Attheageoffifteen,Boltwas196cmtallandhedominatedthe2002WorldJuniorChampionships,becomingtheyoungestpersonever(23)______(win)the200metres.Heturnedprofessionalwhenhelefthighschool,(24)______(age)seventeen.DuringthefirstcoupleofyearsofBolt’sprofessionallife,hegotafewinjuries,buthishealthsoonimprovedandhebegantowinallthemajorchampionships.Hewentfromstrengthtostrength,(25)______(amaze)theworldwithhisspeed.So,howdoeshedoit?Boltsaysthatheisnaturallyfast—justsomethinghewasborn(26)______.He’salsogotanumberofpeoplelookingafterhimandoneofthemainreasonsforhissuccessisNormanPeart,hismanager.Peart(27)______(look)afterBoltsincehewasfifteen,workinghardtokeephimfocused.(28)______youexplainit,Bolt’sperformancesinBeijingweretrulymarvellous.What’smoremarvellousis(29)______,sincethen,hehascontinuedtogetevenfaster.InAugust2009,hebrokehisownrecordbyrunningthe100metresin9.58seconds.Atthe(30)______(fast)pointinthisrace,heranatanastonishing44.9kmph.SectionBDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.A.attendedB.beliefC.classicD.commonlyE.crewF.evidenceG.furtherH.originsI.purposesJ.rebelledK.relativelyColumbus:MythandRealityEveryoneknowsthenameofChristopherColumbus,and,aswithanyhistoricalicon,thereareasmanymythsastruthsabouttheman.Take,forexample,thedisagreementabouthis___31___.TheSpanishsayhewasfromSpain,andtheItaliansclaimhewasfromItaly.Thereis,infact,some___32___thathewasbornin1451inGenoa,whichisnowpartofItaly.ColumbusbecameasailoratanearlyageandhadmadejourneysasfarasIcelandandGuineabeforehemadehisfamousvoyagein1482.Contrarytopopular___33___.Columbusdidn’tsailtotheAmericasinordertofindoutwhethertheEarthwasround:attheendofthe15thcenturyalmosteveryoneknewitwasround.Wedoknowthathesailedinparttofulfillareligiousquest:hesawjourneysasafulfillmentofadivine（神圣的）planforhislife.Ofcourse,theother___34___knownreasonforthisvoyagewasthatColumbuswaslookingforanewroutetotheSpiceIslands(nowpartofIndonesia),andhebelievedhecouldreachthembysailingwestratherthaneast.ThediscoveryoftheNewWorldwasthereforea(n)___35___caseof“serendipity”（机缘凑巧）.In1492,whenheunexpectedlydiscoveredtheAmericas,hehadbeentravelingforfiveweeksandhassailedfor3,000miles.HethoughthehadarrivedintheEastIndies.ColumbusleftonthevoyageofdiscoveryfromthesouthofSpain,witha(n)___36___madeupmainlyofexperiencedsailorsfromthearea.Hemadetwo___37___voyagesbeforetheendofthecentury,takingEuropeansacrosstothenewlands.Onhisthirdvoyagein1498,healsotookwomentotheNewWorld.ThisthirdvoyagewasnotahappyoneforColumbus.Thesettlers___38___againsthim,andhewasunabletosendalotofgoldback,sohewasarrestedandreturnedtoSpaininchains.However,theKingandQueensoonapologized,sayingtherehadbeenamistake,andColumbuswasfreed.Bythistime,1500,Columbuswasnotawellmanandhediedquietlyattheageof55inValladolid,Spain,onMay20,1506,inhisownapartment___39___byfamilyandfriends.Hewasa(n)___40___richmanatthetimeofhisdeath.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.AgreetoDisagreeInaworldof6.5millionopinionatedpeople,argumentsaresuretohappen.Manypeopleseeargumentsasaninevitableandnegativepartoflife.Inevitable,yes;___41___,maybenot.Argumentscanoftenleadtopositivechange—ifyouargue___42___.Arguing“well”“There___43___issuchathingasa‘healthyargument’,”saysMarianDonahue,ahumanrelationsprofessional,SanDiego.“Inahealthyargument,one’sowngoalshouldbetoexplaintheissuesindetail,tocommunicatetheupsetbehindtheissues,andtoreallyseektomoveforwardtowarda___44___,”shesays.“Theminimumgoalshouldbetopreservetherelationshipwellenoughtokeep___45___alive.”WhatnottodoNothing___46___ahealthyargumentlikeapersonalattack,andpersonalattacksareabigno-noifyouwantanargumenttoendpositively.DinaConnolly,agraduatestudentatNorthwesternUniversity,Illinois,saysthatwhenprofessionalrelationshipsstartamassing（积累）personalbaggage,___47___argumentsarejustaroundthecorner.“Thestructureorwallofprofessionalismcollapses,”Connollysays,“takingdownanyfiltersaswell.___48___,afteranindividualinterruptedandthencorrectedmewhilemakingapublicspeech,IlaterendedupinanargumentwhereIcompletelylostmytemperandraisedmyvoice.Iwasembarrassed,andbecausemyrelationshipwiththatpersonwasalreadys