学年上海市普陀区曹杨二中下学期高三英语开学考.docx

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学年上海市普陀区曹杨二中下学期高三英语开学考

上海曹杨二中2017-2018学年度第二学期

高三英语开学考试卷

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheother

Thehalf-termholidayisalmostoverand,formanystudentsintheirfinalyearofschool,universityapplicationsarehighontheagenda.So,youhavechosenyour

（1）_______（prefer）coursesanduniversitiesandstartedtofillinyourpersonaldetails,education,qualificationsanddetailsofanypaidjobs.

Sofar,sostraightforward——butherecomestheawkwardbit:

Thepersonalstatement,requiredfromeveryoneapplyingtouniversity

（2）_______theUCASadmissionsservice,isamajorsourceofanxiety.Personalstatementsarewritten,rewritten,scrutinizedbyparentsandteachersandrewrittenagain,takingupatleastasmuchtimeandeffort（3）______anyotherpieceofworkthisterm.“Itisyourchance（4）_______（describe）yourambitions,skillsandexperience,”saysUCASonitswebsite.“Trytostandout（5）______becarefulwithhumor,quotesoranythingunusual——just（6）_____________theadmissionstutordoesnothavethesamesenseofhumorasyou.

“Proofreadaloudandgetyourteachers,advisers,andfamilytocheck——thenredraft（7）_______youarehappywith（8）______andthegrammar,spellingandpunctuationarecorrect.”

UseplainEnglishandavoidhackneyedphrases,UCASadvises:

“Beauthentic,befocused,beenthusiastic.”

AlexHayman,whomanagesabusinessthathelpswould-beundergraduatespentheirpersonalstatements,says,“Anapplicant’spersonalstatementcouldmakethedifferencewhenitcomesto（9）______（receive）anofferfromauniversity,anditisakeyopportunityforyoutoshowcaseyourindividuality,knowledgeandexperience.”

AlexHaymansaysitiscrucialforstatementstobe“reflectiveand,importantly,personal”andhehashighlightedsevenwaystoconvincetheadmissionstutortoofferyouaplace.

1.Showingyouareserious

2.Youneedmorethanjusttopgrades.

3.Whatinterestinthesubject（10）_____youshowoutsidetheclassroom?

4.Explainwhyyouchosethissubjectandcourse——andhowwillyoucope?

5.Showthatyouareacriticalthinker.

6.Whatifsomeofyourgradesaredisappointing?

7.Explainhowthecoursewillhelptowardsyourlong-termplans.

1【答案】preferred

【分析】考查非谓语的过去分词做形容词

2【答案】through

【分析】考查介词，通过意思是通过这个服务来申请大学

3【答案】todescribe

【分析】考查不定式，chance后面接定语用不定式

4【答案】as

【分析】考查as…as…结构

5【答案】but

【分析】考查连词，根据意识是前后意思相反

6【答案】incase

【分析】考查状语从句，incase以免

7【答案】until

【分析】考查状语从句，根据意思重写直到你满意

8【答案】it

【分析】考查代词，it指代你的personalstatement

9【答案】receiving

【分析】考查whenitcomestosth

10【答案】can

【分析】考查情态动词，根据意思是你能在课外对这个学科能有多少兴趣

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.significantlyB.distractionsC.strengthenD.evaluationE.productive

F.interruptionG.underestimatedH.heightenI.biologicalJ.charmsK.distant

Today’schildrenareexhausted,andnotjustbecauseoneinthreekidsisnotgettingsufficientsleep.Sleepdeprivationinkids（whorequireatleastninehoursanight,dependingonage）hasbeenfoundto

（1）____decreaseacademicachievement,lowerintelligencetestscores,slowphysicalgrowth,and

（2）_______moodinessandirritability.Whiletheargumentforprotectingourchildren’ssleeptimeiscompelling,thereisanotherkindofrestthatisequally（3______andequallybeneficialtothechildren’sacademic,emotional,andcreativelives:

daydreaming.

Notallmentaldowntime（停工休息期）isalike,ofcourse.Downtimespentplayingavideogameorwatchingatelevisionshowmayhaveits（4）___,butthekindofdowntimeIamtalkingaboutisdifferent.Iamtalkingaboutthekindofmind-wanderingthathappenswhenthebrainisfreeof（5______andallowedtogetridoftheworriesoftheday.Television,videogames,andotherelectronic（6____preventthiskindofmentalwanderingbecausetheyinterrupttheflowofthoughtsandmemoriesthat（7）______thefoundationofpositive,productivedaydreaming.

Thereis,however,anotherwayoflookingatmindwandering.Fortheindividual,mindwanderingoffersthepossibilityofveryreal,personalreward,someimmediate,somemore（8）____.Theserewardsincludeself-awareness,（9）_____,memoryconsolidation,futureplanning,simulatingtheperspectiveofanotherperson,evaluatingtheimplicationsofselfandothers,emotionalreactions,moralreasoning.

Inotherwords,daydreamingonlyappearslazyfromtheoutside,butviewedfromtheinside——orfromtheperspectiveofapsychologist,suchasKaufman,oraneuroscientist,suchasMaryHelenImmordinoYang—acomplicatedandextremely（10）_____neurologicalprocessistakingpl