上海市实验中学2021届高三下学期5月测试英语试题 含答案

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2021 上海实验中学高三英语测试卷
(满分 150 分，120 分钟完成)
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.
Millions Of Baby Olive Ridley Turtles Emerge in Orissa
Nature is full of wonders. In ____1____ is one of the most breathtaking sights in nature, millions of baby
Ridley turtles broke out of their eggshells under the sand at one of their mass nesting grounds in coastal Orissa. The
baby turtles started their journey towards the Bay of Bengal ____2____ ____3____ ____4____ they emerged
from their nest in the southern district of Ganjam, about 175 km from Bhubaneshwar.
Orissa is the home to three mass nesting sites of the Oliver turtles, a species ____5____ (threaten) with
extinction, and one of the sites, Gahirmatha, ____6____ around 70 to 80million turtles lay eggs on the beach every
year, is considered one of the world's largest nesting sites.
The female turtles drag ____7____ up the beach from the sea, dig a nest, lay at least one hundred eggs, cover
and conceal their eggs and nest, and then return to the sea. The females never visit the nest again to take care of the
eggs that ____8____ (deposit) in the warm sand.
The baby turtles emerge from the eggs after 45-60 days, then the babies grow without their mother, which is a
rare phenomenon in nature. Interestingly, it is on the same beach where they were born ____9____ the females lay
their eggs.
In recent years, sea erosion has led to many turtles’ nest _____10_____ (damage) or destroyed.
Also, some fierce animals such as dogs and birds _____11_____ (reduce) the number of nesting turtles. And
man has also had a negative impact _____12_____ using engine-powered fishing boats near the turtles' nesting
grounds.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that
there is one word more than you need.
A. feed B. crucial C. remarkable D. bond AB. novel AC. captured
AD. reinforcement BC. relate BD. deliberate CD. carved ABC. associate
Since its launch in September 2016 TikTok has taken the social media world by storm. Reaching half a billion
active users worldwide in just under 2 years, it is the fastest app ever to reach that milestone.
From the creator-first user experience to their flawlessly-executed global expansion, the Chinese video-sharing
social network's meteoric rise has been nothing short of ____13____. TikTok's secret sauce, however, could well be
found by looking into something far simpler than their algorithms(算法) and marketing tactics. Human evolution.
Over the course of human history, as our ancestors began to live in larger and more complex social structures,
the quality of our relationships became more ____14____ to our survival. As the size of our networks increased
around 10 million years ago, humans began developing a series of more advanced social behaviours that allowed us
to connect larger groups and communities together.
The first new behaviour was laughter. Laughter kicks our endorphins system into action, releasing feel-good
hormones that relieve pain and increase pleasure. In doing so, we also create pathways that support the formation,
____15____, and maintenance of social bonds with other humans.
Next came dancing and singing. Around 500,000 years ago, our social networks had dramatically increased in
size again, tripling to approximately 150. At that point, humans needed even more sophisticated ways to
____16____ with their social networks. It is then that scientists believe that music was 'invented' and that we first
learned to sing and dance.
Singing and dancing are intensely social and highly synchronised activities. They too release the same
powerful endorphins as laughter. If you've ever been to a live music event or sung along to your national anthem in
a major sporting event you will certainly be able to ____17____ to the euphoria this brings.
It is no wonder then that TikTok, a video-sharing app built entirely on people singing (or lip synching),
dancing and laughter, has so quickly ____18____ the minds of so many people. The app is in essence an infinite
____19____ of endorphin-inclucing content that triggers a strong sense of unity and belonging within us as we
consume each video.
Whether it was through ____20____ design decisions or a happy coincidence, the app's creators have
successfully ____21____ their niche(商机)in an extremely competitive vertical through more than just smart
technology or well-executed marketing. TikTok's rocket fuel has been derived from simply understanding and
leveraging the human psychology that underpins the offline social world.
In an era where questions are being asked of whether incumbent social platforms are really connecting us,
perhaps we will see _____22_____ opportunities for social apps to do much better by bringing more of our offline
social behaviours online. With COVID-19 highlighting the importance of offline social interaction and human
connection, the market is certainly more ripe than ever for further disruption.
III. Reading Comprehensions
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.
Scientists say record heat has cost reef half of corals
The Great Barrier Reef, one of the earth's most precious habitats, lost half of its coral populations in the last
quarter-century, a decline that researchers in Australia said would continue unless drastic action is taken to reduce
the effects of climate change.
Colony sizes were smaller, there were fewer “big mamas," or older large corals that produce baby corals; and
there were fewer of those babies, which are vital to the reefs future ability to____23____. "Our results show the
ability of the Great Barrier Reef to recover — its resilience (恢复力) — is weakened____24____ the past, because
there are fewer babies, and fewer large breeding adults," Dr. Andy Dietzel, the lead author of the study, said in a
statement.
____25____ a process in which corals turn white as water temperatures rise — contributed to sleep losses of
Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017. The southern part of the reef was also____26____ to record — setting temperatures
in early 2020. Researchers cited climate change as one of the major____27____ of disturbances to reef.
“There is no time to____28____ they said in a statement. "We must sharply decrease greenhouse gas
emissions as soon as possible.”
Researchers were disappointed about what they saw as a lack of attention to the study from government
leaders in Australia, the world's biggest coral exporter. The government has ____29____ calls to reduce carbon
emissions even as heat waves, drought and fires continue to reveal the country ,s situation of being hurt by climate
change.
The Great Barrier Reef, which ____30____ a vast array of marine life, has between 300 and 400 coral species
and stretches for thousands of kilometers across the Australian coast.
"You can____31____ see it from space," said Deron Burkepile. a professor at the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Coral reefs worldwide are ______32______ for billions of dollars is tourism and provide habitats for fish that
feed close to one billion people on the planet, he said.
“The situation is serious," Professor Burkepile said. But people should not feel ______33______ about the
future of coral reefs, he said, even as they wait for world leaders to take more ______34______ steps to control the
effects of climate change.
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