上海市虹口区2017届高三第二学期期中教学质量监控测试英语试题 - 图文

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Thanks to this technology, most residents received the severe weather reports early enough to seek __55__ before the storm hit. Paying attention to your local weather source during severe weather plays a vital role in your safety.

41.A. loss B. increase C. protection D. value 42.A. changing B. controlling C. predicting D. guiding 43.A. faced with B. exposed to C. involved in D. made up of 44.A. structure B. system C. mode D. style 45.A. figures B. data C. readings D. statistics 46. A. Most likely B. Most evidently C. Most interestingly D. Most importantly 47.A. decide B. estimate C. handle D. issue 48.A. By the way B. In that case C. To some extent D. On the contrary 49.A. vital B. reasonable C. normal D. available 50.A. expanding B. spreading C. ranging D. extending 51.A. proper B. specific C. typical D. regular 52.A. straight B. unique C. general D. circular 53.A. process B. threat C. warning D. sign 54.A. indicating B. recognizing C. revealing D. recommending 55.A. rescue B. residence C. support D. shelter Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A) In this section we consider what you can do to train your brain to improve your game playing skills. 1. Daily workout

It is very easy to find tactical puzzles and train. However, you must try to solve them. Don’t just stare at the position for 10 seconds and then turn to the solution. You won’t learn anything. Have a go at trying to solve the puzzle. If you got it right then great ---- well done. However, if you got it wrong, then have another look. Ask yourself questions such as the following:

? Why did I get it wrong?

? What was wrong with my solution?

? What was the weakness that the tactic exploited? Where can you find tactical puzzles?

It’s easy. They are everywhere. Many newspapers, including Independent, and magazines have a daily or weekly chess puzzle. Key ―chess puzzles‖ into Google and you’ll find a whole load of them. There are plenty of puzzle books. 2. Use software

Nowadays chess software is terribly cheap. World Champion Vladimir Kramnik recently lost a match 4 – 2 against a software program. This program is available for about ￡30.

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In general, people use chess software for the wrong reasons. They often play game after game against the machine and get beaten every time. Bored with this, they turn the playing level right down so that the program is almost playing random moves and then they can beat it every time and feel better.

Neither method will help you improve. However, chess software can be a fantastically useful learning tool if used in two particular ways.

The first is if you have tried to solve a puzzle but it’s a bit too difficult and you don’t really understand the solution. Never mind ---- well done for trying. Now set the position up on the program and try different moves. Chess software is faultless at tactical play. It will instantly tell you the right and wrong moves and why they do or don’t work.

Secondly you can run over games you have played to learn where you have gone wrong and where you could have improved. Get into the habit of keeping the score (i.e. writing down the moves) of games that you play. This will help you to improve and refine your understanding of tactical themes and patterns.

56. What would be the best title of this passage? A. How to Train Your Brain

B. Where to Find Tactical Puzzles C. Daily Workout and Use of Software

D. How to Improve Your Chess-Playing Skills

57. The underlined part ―tactical puzzles‖ in the second paragraph most probably means ______. A. puzzles making us better understand themes and patterns of difficult games B. puzzles showing us how to train our brains to think more effectively C. puzzles teaching us some skills to play more difficult games D. puzzles only teaching us how to play chess games well

58. Which of the following would be the right way of using chess software? A. Playing as many games against the machine as possible. B. Always trying difficult puzzles to improve your chess skills.

C. Running over games you’ve played to learn from mistakes and improve. D. Turning the playing level down to build your self confidence and feel better. 59. What does the writer think about chess software? A. Chess software will help a lot if properly used.

B. Chess software below 30 pounds is too cheap to use.

C. Chess software is a fantastically useful learning tool in daily work.

D. Chess software helps improve understanding of tactical themes and patterns.

(B)

Innovation for Everyone – Career Skills for Life

Invitation to Alumni (校友) Networking Event Organized by University of Warwick and British Council

We are delighted to invite you to an alumni networking event on Tuesday 14 March, 7-9 pm at the Le Royal Méridien Hotel, Shanghai. The event is organized by the University of Warwick and the British Council and is open to all alumni.

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Come and join us for refreshments, followed by four short presentations on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship (创业) skills in your career and the launch of new career initiatives for students and alumni, before spending time networking with friends and other UK alumni over a buffet dinner.

The place for this event is the Le Royal Méridien Hotel, No.789 Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. The Le Royal Méridien Hotel is located in People's Square in Shanghai and is easily accessed by subway, bus or taxi. DATE AND TIME

Tue 14 March 2017 19:00 – 21:00 CST LOCATION

Le Royal Méridien Hotel No.789 Nanjing East Road Huangpu District Shanghai PROGRAMME 7:00 pm 7:15 – 7:25 pm Registration and welcome refreshments ―An overview of Graduate Employability (就业能力) among UK-educated Chinese Alumni and British Council Activities to Support Alumni Career Development‖, Cathy He, Head of Education Services, British Council 7:25 – 7:35 pm 7:35 – 7:45 pm ―The Importance of Career Planning: from the SJTU Viewpoint‖, Mr Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Careers ―The Importance of Innovation Skills Throughout Your Career: An Employer Viewpoint‖, John Hung, Managing Partner, China Consumer & Industrial Products Industry and Automotive Sector, Deloitte, China ―New Resources to Enhance the Employability of Chinese Students and Graduates‖, Esther de Perlaky, International Manager, University of Warwick Networking and banquet buffet dinner 7:45 – 7:55 pm 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Free but up to 80 tickets, please register via READ MORE. 60. The main purpose of holding this alumni networking event is ______. A. to invite the alumni for refreshments

B. to spend time networking with the alumni

C. to help the alumni to launch new career initiatives

D. to share the experience of innovation and career skills for life 61. The people attending the event are most probably those ______. A. UK-educated Chinese Alumni B. only from University of Warwick C. UK-educated Alumni and their friends

D. UK-educated Chinese Alumni and from the SJTU

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62. What do the four short presentations mainly talk about? A. How to improve the employability of the alumni.

B. How to help the alumni find and improve employment. C. How to enhance the employability in career development.

D. How to make career planning and train the alumni’s innovation skills.

(C)

Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.

Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception (感知) between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal.

In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent entities (实体). When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object.

Using an experiment involving two tasks, Dr Hedden

asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line’s length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.

The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects’ brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult -- estimating the line’s size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also -- estimating the line’s length without comparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into east-west differences.

In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easterners were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.

Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize (使内化) it. But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how our brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.

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