上海市格致中学2021-2022学年高一下学期阶段性练习英语试题

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II. Grammar and Vocabulary (13'

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. (1'*6=6')

The Pain of Losing Your First Language is an essay which outlines the suffering Wong ____1____(endure)

since she abandoned her native language as a child for the sake of assimilating(融入，同化)into America. Wong

does a job of incorporating linguistic research in her analysis, giving academic weight to her regrets. The balance of

personal narrative and analysis of English language adoption and native attrition (消耗 n.) flows through the essay

as studies confirm Wong’s feelings, yet don’t free her from ____2____(long) for her first language. “I wonder what

Cantonese words my brain pushed out when I started speaking mostly English at age six. And is attrition limited to

words? What else did I lose to assimilate?” During her pregnancy, Wong commits to relearn her native Cantonese

so she can pass it on to her child. However, ____3____her efforts, she feels the impossibility of her task.

“Like learning how to spell only, the more I look at Jyutping, the more the words start to make sense. But part

of me knows better. I’ll never speak Cantonese the same way I would have ____4____I’d never stopped speaking it

to begin with. Like a phantom limb(幻肢), the memory of my first language stays with me even with it

____5____(go), but that’s all it is: a memory. ____6____occurs to me that trying to relearn this language is the

embodiment of my bicultural identity. The American in me is determined to reclaim the Chinese part of myself. ”

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. (1’*7=7’)

A. executive B. substantially C. borders D. minority E. fiercely F. unrest G. efficient H. move

Ukraine

a nation whose history has experienced long periods of occupation from other countries, today

wrestles(摔跤，全力应付)between war and peace, as well as between corruption and reform. The nation

____7____the Black and Azov seas to the south and lies next to several Eastern European nations, including

Russia.

Ukraine declared independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Its president is directly elected by

voters. The prime minister is the head of the central government, which is separated along ____8____, legislative

and judicial branches.

The country’s post-Soviet political life has been controversial, disturbed by persistent charges of government

corruption and fraud. Large-scale protests at the end of 2013 turned violent in 2014, leading to the ouster(罢免)of

the government and ____9____in the heavily ethnic Russian eastern regions of Ukraine. Russia annexed(抢占)the

Crimea region of Ukraine in early 2014, a ____10____by Moscow that has been widely criticized by the

international community.

Ukraine joined into a free trade area at the beginning of 2016, and the World Bank noted that the country’s

economy did begin to show signs of a weak recovery. A broader recovery has been held back, the World Bank says,

by continuing conflict in the east and the need for reforms.

Ukraine entered a long-awaited agreement with the European Union in September 2017, a move that brings

the country a step closer to the goal of joining the European Union and NATO.

Services, industry and agriculture are Ukraine’s three largest economic sectors. The nation ____11____relies

on natural gas imports from Russia to meet its energy needs. Agricultural production and energy consumption can

be made more ____12____, and in doing so Ukraine could play an important role in global food security, according

to the World Bank. Culturally, Ukraine is influenced by Western and Central Europe, Russia to the east and by

religion— the predominant faith in the country is Eastern Orthodoxy. The country has a rich history in literature,

music, architecture and folk art, including “pysanky”, Ukrainian Easter eggs. Ethnic Ukrainians form the

overwhelming majority of the country’s population, with ethnic Russians serving as the largest ____13____group.

Ukraine is a member of major international and regional organizations, including the United Nations, the

World Trade Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Commonwealth of

Independent States.

III. Reading Comprehension （35.5'） 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 or phrase that best fits the context. （1,*15=15,）

After staying at home one afternoon for a delivery of discounted sink that never came, Valentin Romanov, a

Stockholm IT manager, installed a special lock on his flat’s entrance. When no one is in, deliverymen unlock the

door and slip packages inside. Four months on, Mr. Romanov has ____14____ his spending online and says he

cannot imagine life without in-home deliveries. These are sweet words for delivery firms and online retailers (零售

商), Amazon included, that are setting up ____15____ with lock manufacturers to overcome a big obstacle for e-

commerce.

Traditional deliveries fail so ____16____ that a parcel is driven to a home an average of l.5 times in the

Nordic region, says Kenneth Verlage, head of business development at PostNord, a logistics (物流) giant operating

in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is an expensive ____17____ made worse, he says, by the fact that

recipients have still often had to wait for a failed delivery. Some deliverers leave packages on doorsteps, but this

____18____ theft. Of 1,000 Americans surveyed this year by Shorr, a packaging firm, nearly a third had been

victims of “porch piracy”, as this is known. Two-fifths ____19____ certain online purchases for fear of it.

A number of firms now sell wirelessly connected locks which a delivery person can open using a passcode or

smartphone app after the ____20____ has issued a temporary authorization before leaving home or remotely.

Deliveries are filmed with an indoor security camera paired with the lock. The short videos are sent to parcel

addressees and typically ____21____, comically in Mr. Romanov’s view, with a jiggle (抖动) of the door handle

from outside to show that the departing delivery person has locked up.

Amazon began offering in-home deliveries in 37 American cities in November. Shoppers who have had a

special ____22____ and camera installed can select in-home delivery at checkout. Like most firms _____23_____

the service, Amazon is tight-lipped about user numbers. The boss of August Home, a San Francisco maker of in-

home delivery locks, says that already hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers, dog-walkers, cleaners and Airbnb

guests use its app _____24_____ to enter others’ homes.

Offerings are _____25_____. In 2018 August Home will go to Australia and Britain, and PostNord will launch

in-home delivery in four Nordic countries. Walmart and Sears have tried it: Sears even tested unattended appliance

repairs. Five logistics firms and two Swedish supermarket chains are trying or using locks from Glue, a firm based

in Stockholm, for in-home deliveries.

_____26_____ suspect these efforts will not amount to much. Plenty of _____27_____ will be fearful about

theft.

Rhino Security Labs, a Seattle computer-security firm, claims it hacked into and shut off the video in one

Amazon lock-and-camera system. In-home deliveries are incompatible (不兼容的) with theft alarms. And what if

an improperly fenced-off dog or cat slips outside? Or a valuable item on display gets knocked over? These are

_____28_____ questions. But e-commerce firms have unlocked harder ones.

14. A. deleted B. doubled C. checked D. decreased

15. A. branches B. partnerships C. funds D. conferences

16. A. occasionally B. unexpectedly C. frequently D. miserably

17. A. development B. purchase C. inefficiency D. tradition

18. A. records B. reduces C. invites D. commits

19. A. make B. avoid C. control D. assess

20. A. driver B. manager C. resident D. deliverer

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