上海市虹口区华一2016-2017学年高三（上）10月月考英语试卷

2016学年第一学期月考高三英语试卷（10月）

II. Grammar and Vocabulary 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.

Learning Quickly from Mistakes

Mercy Cherono is one of many very successful young athletes from Kenya. She was bom in 1991 in the village of Kipajit. Sheris the (21)__________(old) of six children, and some of the other children in her family are also athletes. Her father, John Koech, runs a training camp in the village. During the school holidays, the camp (22)__________attract over 50 trainees. Cherono started running in primary school and continued when she went to secondary school in the nearby town of Sotik. At the age of 16, she participated in the 2007 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships,

(23)__________(hold) in Mombasa, Kenya. It was her first international event. Despite the fact (24)__________she finished 23rd in the junior race, she had launched herself into

international athletics. In the same year, at the World Youth Championships at Ostrava in the Czech Republic, she won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race, (25)__________she ran in the championship record time of 8:53:94.

In the coming years, she continued to win gold medals at famous international championships. She is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 3,000-meter race,

(26)__________(win) in Poland in 2008, and again in Canada in 2010. She also came in first in the 3,000-meter race at the 2009 Africa Junior Championships. However, Cherono is not just a middle-distance runner. At the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Jordan, she won a silver medal in the junior race. She lost to the Ethiopian long-distance runner Genzebe Dibaba (27)__________she tried to jurrkp too early to the finishing line. After the race, Cherono claimed, “I will not repeat that mistake again.”

The following year, at the same cross country race, Cherono proved herself when she won a gold medal. Incredibly, (28)__________of the three runners-up were from Kenya, too. She and the Kenyan team came home to a hero's welcome. Her coach was excited and owed the success of the Kenyan team (29)__________hard training and determination.”And her father said, “our child is a disciplined girl who has always taken instructions.” Perhaps one day Mercy Cherono (30)__________(instruct) future champions.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. flavoured B. maintain C. medicine D. mill I. unsweetened J. wam G. release H. solid E. popularity F. process K. wonderful Scientists make sweet discovery

Good news for chocoholics: the treat preferred by millions all over the world is good for you, according to American researchers at the University ofvCalifornia. Chocolate contains substances called flavonoids that can help 31__________ a healthy heart and good

circulation(循环).The researchers have discovered that cocoa acts like aspirin and that eating a bar of chocolate once in a while may contribute to a healthy diet. Chocolate has also been shown to 32 __________endorphins in the body: these chemicals help to reduce pain and stress and make you feel happy.

But who first discovered this 33__________ way of keeping healthy? The Olmec Indians of Mexico and Central America were the first to grow cocoa beans, in about 1500 BC, and the Mayas were drinking 34__________ cocoa hundreds of years before it became fashionable in Europe. The word chocolate comes from the Nahuati word xocolati, which means \water”.

In 1544, a delegation of Mayan nobles visited Philip of Spain and gave him jars of cocoa as a gift. Cocoa soon became fashionable in Spain and Portugal. The Spanish were the first to add sugar to their cocoa drink. In the 17th century, chocolate was becoming fashionable with the niddle-classes, not only as a drink but also as a(n)35__________.

By the middle of the century, 36 __________chocolate was becoming familiar. In 1753, a Swedish scientist renamed cocoa theobroma or \”. In 1765, James Baker and Jolin Hanan opened the first chocolate 37__________ in the United States, introducing chocolate to the average citizen. In l 876, in Switzerland, Daniel Peter had the idea of adding milk in the chocolate-making 38__________ and produced the first milk chocolate.

Since then, chocolate has grown enormously in 39__________. One of the biggest

chocolate-eating nations is Britain where average man, woman, and child eats nine kilos of chocolate a year! In fact, chocolate is the number one comfort food and there are more “chocoholics” in Britain than anywhere else in the world. Researchers 40 __________ that although chocolate is good for you, it should be eaten in small quantities-and with no added milk.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

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

Young People Leading the Way on Fair Trade

“Fair Trade”is a movement to ensure that producers in developing countries receive a ninimum price for their goods which covers that cost of production and an extra amount to invest into the local community. This means that when a company sells a Fair Trade product, it must give between a quarter and a third of the selling price back to the 41__________. Fair Trade labelling was created in the Netherlands in the late 1980s as a way of trying to fight

42__________ in developing countries. Mow there are 19 organisations involved in the runniag and controlling of Fair Trade, and there are more than five hundred producers from over 49 countries operating in the Fair Trade system. Sales of Fair Trade products have really

43__________ in Britain where consumers spend more money on them than in any other country. More importantly, it is a philosophy that is proving extremely popular with the young, which means the 44__________ is looking good for the Fair Trade movement.

A recent study, which looked into British peopled 45__________ toward “Fair

Trade”，found that school and university students in the UK are particularly enthusiastic about the subject. 46__________ ,nine out of ten students said they wanted to see their schools and universities offer Fair Trade products, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and bananas, in their shops and canteens. Moreover, seven out of ten young people said they would be 47__________ to buy a Fair Trade product even if the price was slightly higher. Although the 48__________ is there, however, educational establishments are proving slow to accommodate their students' wishes. In fact, the survey suggests that only 8 percent of schools and universities 49 __________Fair Trade products.

It seems that it is the desire to 50 __________to the lives of the poor that is driving young people's consumer choices. About 80 percent said the main 51__________ they buy Fair Trade goods is to help out the poor. They think it is 52__________ that the people who produce the food they eat are paid a fair wage. And it is not just the issue of Fair Trade that 53__________ the young: more than 90 percent of them said that they wanted to find out what else they could do to change their life style and benefit the poor. Fair Trade products often 54__________ more than non-Fair Trade items, but a lot of people are prepared to put up with slightly higher prices if it 55 __________the lives of workers in developing countries, many of whom find it difficult to get by.

41. A. customer B. salesperson C. producer D. transporter 42. A. poverty B. diseases C. disasters D. conflict 43. A. got away B. taken off C, broken up D. come out 44. A. demand B. review C. origin D. future 45. A. attitudes B. tendencies C. advances D. policies 46. A. However B. Indeed C. Besides D. Otherwise