上海市控江中学2021-2022学年高一下学期3月月考测试英语试卷

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上海市控江中学 2024 届高一第二学期 3月月考

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II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A (10’)

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

A Changing City

For centuries, Beijing has been the promised land of China. Originally a walled bastion for emperors and

officials, it remains a majestic political and architectural marvel. Today, people from the countryside still flock to

the city in search of the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The lure of the capital proves too enticing.

Meanwhile, down the road by the Friendship Store, smartly ____1____(dress) customers clutching mobile phones

head for the nearest banquet or disco.

Perhaps nowhere else in China more than in Beijing is the generation gap____2____(visible). Appalled by the

current drive to 'modernize'

many older people still wax euphoric(兴高采烈地谈论) about the years of

sacrifice for the socialist revolution. But many youngsters are more interested --like youngsters everywhere-- in

money, motorbikes, fashion, video games and rock music(though not necessarily in that order)

Foreigners seem to enjoy Beijing since the city offers so much to see and do. Things____3____(change)

drastically in the last ten years or so. The Beijing of today is a forest of construction cranes, bulldozers and 24-hour

work crews____4____(scramble) to build the new China. Plush shopping malls and five-star hotels rise

____5____the rubble.____6____ number of the road signs and advertising billboards are now in

English.____7____one says about Beijing today, it probably won’t be true tomorrow. The city is changing so

rapidly that it makes you dizzy.

Whatever impression you come away with, Beijing is one of the most fascinating places in China. It

____8____ be something of a showcase ,but what capital city isn’t? Within its environs you will find some of

China's most stunning sights -the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Great Wall, to name just a few .The

city ____9____ offers so much of interest that the main complaint of most visitors is ____10____they simply run

out of time before seeing it all.

Section B (10’)

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. crucial B. scandal C. prioritize D. invest

E. phase F. persist G. reverse H. property

I. potential J. outnumber K. vulnerable

Getting girlhood right

For much of human history and in many places, girls were considered ___11___. Or, at best, subordinate (从

属的) people, required to obey their fathers until the day they had to start obeying their husbands. Few people

thought it worthwhile to educate them. Even fewer imagined that a girl could grow up to govern Germany, run the

IMF or invent a vaccine.

In most of the world that vision of girlhood now seems not merely old-fashioned but unimaginably remote. In

much of the rich world parents now treat their daughters as well as they do their sons, and ___12___ as much in

their future. In field after field girls have caught up with boys. Globally, young women now ___13___ young men

at university.

Because the benefits of nurturing girls are so large, it is a(n) ___14___ that some countries have still failed to

grasp them. And the covid-19 pandemic could slow progress for girls in poor countries, or even ___15___ it.

During previous disasters, they have often suffered most. When Ebola forced west African schools to close in 2014,

many girls dropped out, never went back and ended up pregnant or as child laborers. UNICEF warns that

something similar could happen with covid-19 – but on a larger scale.

The risk of regression (退化) is real. So it is crucial that, even if governments of poor countries have to tighten

their belts, they ___16___ spending on education and girls. Donors should help, too. And policies should be joined

up. Adolescence is a(n) ___17___ point for girls. It is when many health problems emerge or are prevented; and

many social ones, too. Only recently has this ___18___ been recognized as the most important for brain

development after infancy. Get it right and billions of girls will have a better shot at fulfilling their ___19___. Get it

wrong and they will live poorer, shorter lives, less able to stand up for themselves, more ___20___ to coercion (强

迫，胁迫), and more likely to pass these disadvantages on to the next generation. So, get girlhood right.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A (15’)

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 or phrase that best fits the context.

How many people can speak English? Some experts estimate that 1

5 billion people—around one-quarter

of the world’s population—can communicate reasonably well in English.

Never in recorded history has a language been as _____21_____ spoken as English is today. The reason why

millions are learning it is simple: it is the language of international business and _____22_____, the key to

prosperity. It is not just that multinational companies conduct their business in English; it is the language in which

Germans speak to Indonesians.

David Gtaddol, the author of English Next, says it is tempting to view the story of English simply as a victory

for its native speakers in North America, Britain and Ireland, and Australia— but that would be a _____23_____ .

Global English has entered a more complex stage, changing in ways that the English-speaking countries cannot

control and might _____24_____ .

An important question one might ask is: whose English will it be in the future? Non-nativespeakers now

_____25_____ native English speakers by three to one. The majority of _____26_____ in English today take place

between non-native speakers. According to David Graddol, many business meetings held in English appear to run

more _____27_____ when there are no native English speakerspresent. This is because native speakers are often

_____28_____ at ensuring that they are understood in international discussions. They tend to think they need to

avoid longer Latin-based words, but in fact _____29_____ problems are more often caused by their use of idioms,

metaphors, and phrasal verbs. On one occasion, at an international student conference in Amsterdam, conducted in

English, the only British representative was asked to be “less _____30_____” so that the others could understand

her.

Professor Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor of English at the University of Vienna, records spoken English

_____31_____ between speakers of the language around the world. She says her team has noticed that non-native

speakers are _____32_____ standard English grammar in several ways. Even the most fluent speakers sometimes

omit the "s" in the third person singular. Many omit definite and indefinite articles where they are _____33_____ in

standard English, or put them in where standard English does not use them. Nouns that are not plural in native-

speaker English are used as plurals by non-native speakers (eg, “informations”, “knowledges”, advices”). Other

variations include “make a discussion”, “discuss about something”, or “phone to somebody”.

Many native English speakers will insist that these are not variations

they are mistakes.

“Knowledges”and “phone to somebody” are simply _____34_____. Many non-native speakers who teach English

around the world would agree. But language changes, and so do ideas of grammatical _____35_____ .

21. A. well B. widely C. fully D. regularly

22. A. besides B. therefore C. otherwise D. however

23. A. mistake B. success C. challenge D. competition

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