2017-2018学年上海市青浦区青浦高级中学高三第二学期英语3月考试卷

青浦高级中学2017学年高三第二学期3月月考

英语试卷

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

Most of the warnings about reducing the amount of salt in our diets have to do with reducing the risks (1) ________(relate) to high blood pressure. But a new study suggests another reason that some people may want to curtail their sodium intake: Eating salty foods may make you hungrier.

This study was done on a small group of Russian cosmonauts who (2) ________(live) in a simulated space capsule as training for a long mission. During the study, the researchers changed the amount of salt in their diets, (3) ________(range) from a low sodium diet of around 2300 mg per day, to a more typical intake of 3,500 mg per day, up to a peak of 4800 mg of sodium a day. Though the salt varied, the calorie levels remained the same. And yet, (4) ________ the researchers increased the amount of salt on the food, the subjects reported being hungrier.

The other weird thing that the researchers noticed was (5) ________ as their salt intake increased, their urine (尿) output increased—despite the fact that they were drinking less water.

Increasing urine production is one way the body has (6) ________ getting extra sodium out of the body. For the last 50 years at least, we’ve been told that when people eat more salt it makes them thirsty, causing them to increase their fluid intake. That extra fluid increases urine output, which helps flush the excess sodium out of the body.

In the study, however, eating more salt didn’t make the subjects (7) ________(thirsty). So, where was all that extra fluid coming from if they weren’t drinking it?

(8)__________turns out that we humans have more in common with camels than we have thought. Like camel, we have the ability to produce water by breaking down fat and muscle tissue. And that appears (9)_________ (be) what happens when we eat a lot of salt. Levels of glucocorticoid hormone in the body go up, and this starts the breakdown of fat and muscle tissues, which releases water, (10)_________helps flush the extra sodium out of the body. All of this metabolic activity burns extra energy and calories, which makes us hungry.

【答案】1.related 2. were living 3. ranging 4. as 5. that 6. of 7.thirstier 8.it 9. to be 10. which

【解析】

1．考查非谓语动词．根据固定搭配可以知道填过去分词。

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2．考查谓语，因为对一部分研究，肯定是研究正生活于太空舱的宇航员。

3．考查非谓语动词．由于range是不及物动词，只能用主动，根据句意可以知道是后置定语，所有用现在分词。

4．考查连词．根据上文可以知道是随着研究人员增加盐，那些人更饿。

5. 考察连词，通过句子分析可以知道这是个表语从句，表陈述，不做成分，所有填that。 6．考查介词．注意the body has是定语从句，可以括起来，然后就可以看出答案。 7．考查比较级，从第二段的最后一句可以知道是比较级。

8． 考察代词，由句子分析可以知道只做主语，而且是一个固定句型，所以填it。 9．考查非谓语，appear的固定用法。

10．考查定语从句，根据句意可以知道指代前一个句子，非限制性定语从句，所以填which。

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. manned F. unfold K. expected

US President Donald Trump signed a directive on 11 December that instructs NASA to send astronauts back to the Moon.

The order comes with no (1)________time frame and, as yet, no funding. But the Trump administration had been (2)________ its interest in returning humans to the Moon's surface.

Unlike the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, NASA's new lunar (3)________ is expected to involve international collaboration. “The United States will work with other nations and private industry to return astronauts to the Moon, developing the technology and means for (4)________ exploration of Mars and other destinations in the Solar System,” the White House said in a statement.

The space agencies of 14 nations have been drawing up details on how crewed missions to the lunar surface might (5)________ . The International Space Exploration Coordination Group envisages five visits, each (6)________ four astronauts, to five different landing sites over the course of five years. On each visit the astronauts would spend up to 28 days on the lunar surface, driving a rover around to explore each region.

After the crew for a mission left, NASA mission controllers would remotely drive the rover to the next (7)__________landing site. Along the way it could collect scientific data on phenomena such as water ice in craters. According to a (8)_________published by the working group in 2015, the first landing site would be Malapert Massif, a mountain near the lunar south pole, followed by a high ridge closer to the pole. Next would come Schr?dinger crater, which shows signs of recent volcanic activity, and the Antoniadi crater. The final stop would be a site within the South Pole–Aitken basin — the biggest and oldest (9)_________crater on the Moon, which exposes the lunar interior.

“This is huge,” says David Kring, a geologist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, “In my mind, the Moon is the best place in the Solar System to answer fundamental questions about the Solar System’s origin,

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B. scheme G. impact C. involving H. signaling D. evolution I. extensive E. specific J. push

the (10)_________of planetary orbits, the accretion of our own planet Earth and arguably the origin of life on our own planet,” says Kring.

【答案】EHJAF CKBGD

【解析】

1．考查形容词．根据句子句意，后面是时间范围，没有具体的时间范围。

2．考查动词．根据前面的be动词可以知道填进行时，再根据句意，填类似表明的意思，所以填H。 3．考查名词．上下文关系可推出答案。

4．考查形容词．根据句子后面的探索可以知道，是无人探索。 5．考查动词．根据句意可以知道填动词原形，意思为展开，显露。

6．考察动词非谓语。 句子分析可以知道填非谓语，而且是现在分词的主动形式，后面有宾语，需要及物动词的ing形式。

7. 考察形容词，难度较高，下一个预定的登录地点。

8. 考查名词，而且是可数名词单数，所以填B。

9. 考查名词，难度较高，句子分析可知填定语，这是一个固定搭配，impact crater是撞击坑的意思。 10. 考查名词，跟进句意是填发展的意思， 所以选D。

III.Cloze

According to a recent Gallup Poll, one-third of all American workers are now telecommuting from the comfort of their home, or a local cafe.As more companies get smart to the benefits of keeping a (1) staff-reduced cost ,greater efficiency, access to global talent,this trend will probably increase.

Yet not everyone is happy about telecommuting. Sending the staff out into the blue yonder can strike(2) in the hearts to controlling managers. Many companies are cared of telecommuting, thinking it unmanageable and beneficial only to(3) these fears are understandable to companies (4) an office environment where they can see their employees. But, as more and more tech startups spring up on(5) budgets, managers are finding just the opposes to be true.If you're to introduce telecommuting to your company, here’s how to keep track of your team

(6) Is Everything

If you're worried about being unable to manage your(7) employees, there are already a million apps, software, progress trackers and instant chats that will let you do that. Many companies use Skype or

Hangouts as their means of speaking over the web. Also you may find it easier to(8) lengthy emails for a project management software that let you glance the status of all initiatives at an given moment. Don’t get completely dependent on using these communication methods(9) Working from home can be isolation, so it's important to meet regularly with your remote employees. Create Trust

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Creating an environment of trust might be hard when managing a remote team. After all, how do you keep an eye on everyone when they work a different(10) from you?How do you know that they aren't at a soccer game instead of a client meeting? You can never be completely sure, but you have to manage the results and have a little (11) Results speak for themselves,so instead of losing sleep over your employee (12) ,check on their success.

Hold people accountable by setting goals.Hold regular(13) meetings and discuss the best ways of reaching targets.Try to get all your workers together on(14) platform. When all team members can see what the other one is working on, they\accountable for their tasks and less likely to be lazy when they know they’re being (15) . 1. A. talented B experienced C. remote D permanent 2.A. surprise B threat C. action D panic 3. A customers B. traffic C employees D. directors 4.A.used to B keen on C.concerned about D.impatient at 5.A fixed B modest C generous D.annual 6.A Exchange B Meeting C. Efficiency D Communication 7. A. involved B. concentrated C. distance D engaged 8. A. trade B.work C. figure D. carry 9. A. therefore B.though C. furthermore D. otherwise 10. A.extend B. shift C level D. field 11. A. interest B sympathy C. faith D.passion 12.A. creativity B variety C productivity D. public 13. A. staff B progress C weekend D public 14.A one B. efficient C. online D multimedia 15. A. assessed B. examined C. tracked D. challenged 【答案】1-5:CBCAB 6-10: DCABB 11-15: CCBAC 【分析】

1.根据telecommuting，远程办公可知公司是采用了远程的方式，选C 2.后文说认为是无法管理的，所以应该是对管理经理来说是产生了威胁。选B

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