2018-2019学年上海市浦东新区建平中学高二上学期英语12月月考卷

2018-2019学年上海省上海市浦东新区建平中学

高二上学期英语12月月考试卷

I. Listening Comprehension(略) II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分)

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Every weekend, after hiking in the Saneum Healing Forest east of Seoul, the firefighters sip

tea and enjoy an arm massage. The aim of the program is (21)_______(offer)\have certain types of stress disorder.

Saneum is one of three official healing forests in South Korea, which offer a range of programs from meditation to woodcraft to camping. Soon there will be 34 more. South Koreans, many of whom suffer from work stress, digital addiction, and intense academic pressures, (22)______(welcome)the medication of nature with great enthusiasm. In fact,the government is investing a hundred million dollars (23).______a healing complex next to Sobaeksan National park.

There is increasing evidence (24)______ being outside in a pleasant natural environment is good for us. But what is frustrating is that fewer and fewer of us actually enjoy nature regularly.

According to Lisa Nisbet, a psychology professor at Canada’s Trent University, evidence for the benefits of nature is pouring at a time(25)______ we are most disconnected from it. The pressures of modern life lead to long hours spent working indoors. Digital addiction and strong academic pressure add to the problem. In America, visits to parks have been declining since the dawn of email, and so(26)______ visits to the backyard. Research indicates that only about 10 percent of American teens spend time outside every day.

So what are some of the benefits of nature that Nisbet refers to? (27)______(sound) by nature has one obvious effect: the more time we spend in nature, the(28)______(stressful) we become. This has been shown to lower blood pressure, heart rates, and levels of the stress hormone, as well as reduce feelings of fear or anger. But studies also indicate that spending time in nature can do more than provide an (29)______(improve) sense of well-being; it can lower rates of heart disease and diabetes. That is probably (30)______we evolved in nature and have been adapted to the natural environment.

【答案】 21. to offer 【解析】

21. 考查目的状语从句。动词不定式表目的。

22. 考句子成分。缺谓语，主语是韩国人，时态一般现在时态，所以welcome 23. 考查介词。固定搭配invest in 在某方面进行投资。

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22. welcome/have welcomed 23. in 24. that

28. less stressful

25. when 26.have

27. Being surrounded 29. improved 30. because

24. 考查名词性从句。that只起到连接的作用不做成分。. 25. 考查定语从句。先行词time，又是做状语的用when引导。

26. 考查助动词。前文已经有have been declining since....可知拜访者都后花园的时间也是一样的，用have。 27. 考查时态语态。动名词做主语又是被动，being sounded..

28. 考查比较级。有文章可知，与大自然在一起，我们的压力会更少。 29. 考查过去分词做定语。被提高的幸福感。 30. 考查连词。前后是因果关系，故用because。

Section B (10分)

Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. achievement B. employ C. fresh D. milder E. objective F. neglect G. photocopied H. powerless I. recognize J. relief K. reported

Dealing with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Less than a year ago marketing director David Smith, 33, was acting like a secret agent. He used to secretly tape all his conversations, he refused to sign his name, and he would ask his secretary to check all his emails. Anything he wrote was (31)_____ and kept as\\David isn’t crazy. He suffers from\OCD’’, one of the more common forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (强迫症), or OCD, as it is usually known.

OCD is now recognized as the spend most common mental-health problem, after depression-and the number of (32)______ cases is rising. Experts estimate that 2-3 percent of the population suffer from the full-blown syndroms(综合症)，with as many as one in five suffering from a(n)(33)____ form.

OCD sufferers are troubled by obsessive thoughts, such as worrying that their hands are dirty with germs. The terrible anxiety is only relieved by performed a particular set of behaviors. Unfortunately, any sense of (34) ______ is short lived, which is why the behavior must be repeated again and again. OCD sufferers know the behavior is unreasonable, yet feel (35) ______to stop it

Common treatments are either anti-depressants or behavioral therapy with a therapist, but only60 percent of patients show some improvement. However, a new treatment from the US is bring (36) _______hope to suffers.

OCD guru（专家）and neuropsychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz has designed the Four Steps program, which will (37)______mediation（冥想） techniques with the aim of teaching sufferers to manage their symptoms on their own. “The goal is to learn to (38)______false brain message,’’ explains Schwartz.

There are different theories about what cases the disorder. Most experts (39) ______ a genetic element that can

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be activated by a stressful event. Schwartz believes that the OCD worry is a direct result of faulty brain chemistry. “When someone experiences an OCD thought, one part of the brain knows very clearly that the hands are not dirty,’’explains Schwartz. \of it all. The (40)______is to control this impartial spectator so that patients can use this healthy part of their brain to resist the drive.’’

【答案】31-35 GKDJH 36-40 CBFIE 【解析】

31. 考察形容词。他写的任何东西都是(31)_____，并作为“证据”保存下来 。选择G影印的。 32. 考察形容词。而且(32)______病例的数量正在上升，所以是形容词reported 修饰cases.选择项K。 33. 考察形容词。多达五分之一的人患有 ____型的病。缺形容词，更浅的。选择项D。

34. 考察名词。 J项是名词。任何情况的缓解都是短暂的，这也是为什么我们的行为需要一遍一遍的重复，J项意思符合。

35. 考察形容词。强迫症患者知道这种行为是不合理的，但却觉得有必要阻止它 选项H符合题意。 36. 考察形容词。然而，来自美国的一种新疗法给病人带来了希望。.

37. 考察动词。强迫症大师(专家)和神经精神病学家杰弗里·施瓦茨设计了四个步骤程序,将(37)______mediation(冥想)技术与教学目标的患者自行管理自己的症状。 38.考察动词。“目的是学习(38)____识别错误的大脑信息，”施瓦兹解释道。 所以 F项合适。

39.考察动词。大多数专家认为基因因素可以在压力事件中被激活。所以I项合适。 40.考察名词。 这个成绩是可以控制的，缺名词做主语。

III. Reading Comprehension (45 分） Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word of phrase that best fits the context.

Miriam Glassman, one of New York's top image consultants, is standing in front of some Jackets in a designer clothes shop. Can you give me an idea of what you are looking for? she asks Lucy, her client. ‘Something cool’, says nine-year-old Lucy. Glassman gets some jackets and marches off to the changing room with Lucy. It is a growing trend and the (41) _______ are obvious: we continually encourage our youth to be successful and success, as everyone knows, is partly down to having the right (42)______. But when nine-year-olds hire image consultants, you have to wonder could things have finally gone too far?

Some of those caring most about image are(43)______. They know that everything about you

---clothes, posture, voice and smile-influences what people think of you and (44)______ has to be carefully managed. In the 1960 US presidential debate between Nixon and Kennedy, those listening on the radio believed that Nixon won, while those watching on TV believed Kennedy was the (45) ______. The difference was that Kennedy was wearing make-up but Nixon wasn’t, and the viewers were (46)___________by his appearance.

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Of course, you need more than a Photo-shop expert to ensure a good public image. Some celebrities seek help from wardrobe and hair stylists, make-up artists, colour consultants and more

just to manage their profile, and these professionals don't come (47) ______. Maria Moriati, stylist to some of Hollywoods A-listers, is said to be paid s10,000-20,000 a time to choose the clothes for

celebrity on a press tour. She will pack each outfit label it and include detailed (48) ______（roll up the sleeves twice and undo the top button of the shirt）

Its not just celebrities who need an image(49) ______ every now and then Whole cities, too, try to give themselves the marketing equivalent of a style makeover. They know that most of us don’t have the time to think in detail about where we want to go on holiday and instead (50) ______ a few simple preconceptions (臆断)of what a place is Like. Those preconceptions are easy to (51)________ on people with an advertising campaign, a celebrity endorsement or a catchy slogan.

So, perhaps we should step back for a moment from our belief in image and focus on what is important? Ignore the gossip, ignore the websites telling us to manage our online reputation and build our personal brand and instead depend on (52) ______rather than image to reach decisions. All very sensible, but is it (53) ______ How much research are we really going to do before deciding which celebrity we like or where to go on our next holiday? And going back to our image consultant surely Glassman must have (54) ______about taking on clients as young as Lucy? Apparently not. ‘I get so many calls from teens,’ she says, ‘School is a(n)(55)______place and image is important. Lucy is just taking control of hers. 41. A. challenges 42. A. consultant 43. A. professors 44. A. hence 45. A. guide 47. A. true

B. results B. goal

C. advantages C. attitude

C. managers C. nevertheless C. lecturer C. misled C. cheap C. outlet

D. reasons D. image D. designer D. besides D. officer D. puzzled D. plain D. plans D. boost D. work on D. feed D. policies D. appealing D. enthusiasm D. recreational

B. politicians B. otherwise B. victor B. worried B. easy B. budgets B. rival B. impose B. facts B. popular B. peaceful

46. A. recognized 48. A. instructions 49. A. contest 50. A. rely on 51. A. blame 52. A. opinions 53. A. suitable 54. A. remarks

C. comparisons C. complain of C. congratulate C. realistic C. inspiring

B. approve of

C. advertisement C. reservations

B. responsibilities

55. A. competitive

【答案】41-45 DDBAB 46-50 CCADA 51-55 BBCCA 【分析】

41.考查名词。A. challenges 挑战B. results 结果C. advantages 优势D. reasons 原因。只有明显的原因，故

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