上海市进才中学2020届高三下学期3月月考英语试题含答案

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II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Universities Show “ Red Card” to English Majors

An increasing number of Chinese universities are showing English the “red card” and

sending it off the academic playing field. Just last month, five more universities announced that

they would no longer offer English as a major, ____21____ CET-4 (大学英语四级考试) will still

be required for graduation.

At first sight, it may appear that these universities are downgrading the importance of

learning English. In actual fact, they are responding to the economic reality ___22_____English

majors do not have good job prospects after graduation. And the same holds true for graduates in

other Arts majors.

According to MyCOS, the Beijing-based education research group, English graduates, along

with those in history, literature and law, have ____23____(low) starting salaries and lowest

employment rate. Engineering, economics and science graduates have better job prospects and

make twice as much money, with IT graduates ___24____ (make) the most.

In _____25___ 1980s, the Chinese government made the study of English a priority as part of

its reform and opening-up policy. English majors were in high demand in business and in

government because people with good English-language skills were so rare. Today, about 350

million Chinese have studied, or are studying, English. Ten million of them ___26_____

(consider) functionally bilingual. So, when an employer looks at a graduate’s résumé , it is

assumed that he or she has good English skills.

However, for those of you who truly love English, you should not be discouraged. The

demand for English teachers is still high at all levels of education, ____27_____in public schools

and in private institutions.

Zhang Lu is probably familiar to most of you as the elegant young woman ____28____

(see) standing or sitting slightly behind top government officials when they meet leaders from

English-speaking countries. Zhang is a translator. In 2015, she made 54 overseas trips

accompanying various leaders such as Li Keqiang. Over the years, she has been the official

Chinese/English translator _____29____major international conferences.

Zhang studied English and law at university. She _____30_____(plan) to be a teacher, but her

skills attracted the attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . They offered her a job in the

diplomatic service . It is not the career she had planned, but her abilities enabled her to grasp the

opportunity.

So, if English is really your passion, let Zhang be your model and just choose a university

that has not shown it the “red card.”

Section B

Bathroom Reveals Your Repayment Ability

A. modest B. creative C. supplements D. swelled E. gradually

F. emerging G. scoring H. caps I. potential J. access K. ruined

Banks and other lenders typically look at borrowers’ credit histories, tax forms and other

financial information to determine whether they will get paid back. In China, ____31____lenders

also look at their bathrooms.

As the economy slows, the government wants to nurture a credit culture to get Chinese

families spending instead of saving. While the country’s wealth has ____32____, the financial

system has not kept pace. Some people have had no____33____ to credit card or mortgage, so

lenders often have little reliable information about potential borrowers.

To fill the gaps, one upstart lender, China Rapid Finance, ____34____ data analysis with on-

the-ground spade work. The company’s investigators, in more than 90 cities, check for the number

of toothbrushes or towels to determine how many people are living in a house. They look for dirty

dishes in the kitchen. They take photos of a potential borrower at work to confirm employment

status.

A growing number of companies are trying to crack the credit code in China. The internet

giants Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu are developing credit ___35_____ systems based on users’

online transactions and search histories.

The World Bank estimated that 79 percent of China’s population above the age of 15 have bank

accounts, while only 10 percent have ever borrowed from the formal financial system. China’s

banks have a(n) _____36___ consumers lending business. Contrarily, online lenders are

___37_____ as the pioneers, satisfying China’ s rising consumer class. Alibaba’s financial

affiliate(隶属机构), Huabei, makes small loans to online shoppers and vendors on its e-commerce

platforms.

Peer- to-peer platforms have proved hugely popular in China, but the industry’s reputation has

been ____38____ by scandal, like the collapse of Ezubao.

After that, regulators have stepped up their oversight of online lenders, including

setting____39____ on the amounts that can be borrowed. The regulators’ tightening grip is

“something like a shepherd ____40____herding his sheep into an increasingly narrowing pen or

chute,” said Mark Natkin, the founder and managing director at Marbridge Consulting, based in

Beijing.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

President Coolidge’s statement, “The business of America is business,” still points to an

important truth today—that business institutions have more prestige（威望）in American society

than any other kind of organization, including the government. Why do business

institutions____41____ this great prestige?

One reason is that Americans ____42____ business as being more firmly based on the ideal

of ____43____ than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major

____44____ of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are

___45____. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American

____46____ such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.

Competition ____47____ the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no

monopoly （垄断）of power. In contrast to one all-powerful government, many businesses

compete against each other for ____48___. Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair

advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business which treats its customers more

fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers’ dollars, they cannot afford to

___49_____ them like inferiors or slaves.

A ____50___is often made between business, which is competitive, and ____51____, which

is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it is more

supportive of freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the

people and business leaders are not. Many Americans believe, then, that competition is as

important, or even more important, than democracy in preserving _____52___.

Competition in business is also believed to ___53____ the ideal of equality of opportunity.

Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest person

___54_____his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the

American ___55_____ to social rank based on family background. Business is therefore viewed as

an expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic（贵族的）idea of

inherited privilege.

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