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上海市上海中学学年高三上学期英语周练试题1Word版含答案
上海中学2018-2019学年高三英语周练
II.GrammarandVocabulary
SectionA
Directions:
Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks, useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.
(A)
Weknowthefamousones-theThomasEdisonsandtheAlexanderGrahamBells-butwhataboutthe__26__________(famous)inventors?
Whataboutthepeoplewhoinventedthetrafficlightandthewindshieldwiper?
Shouldn'tweknowwhotheyare?
JoanMcLeanthinksso.Infact,McLean,aprofessorofphysicsatMountainUniversityinRange,feelssostronglyaboutthismatter_27_________she'sdevelopedacourseonthetopic.Inadditiontolearning"who"invented"what",however,McLeanalsolikesherstudentstolearntheanswerstothe"why"and"how"questions.AccordingtoMcLean,Whenstudentslearntheanswerstothesequestions,theyarebetterpreparedtorecognizeopportunitiesforinventingandmoremotivatedtogive_28______________atry.
So,justwhatisthestorybehindthewindshieldwiper?
Well,MaryAndersoncameupwiththeideain1902afteravisittoNewYorkCity.Thedaywascoldandstormy,butAndersonstillwantedtoseethesights,soshejumpedaboardastreetcar.Noticingthatthedriverwasstrugglingtosee_29___________thesnowcoveringthewindshield,shefoundherself_30__________whytherecouldn'tbeabuiltindeviceforcleaningthewindow.StillwonderingaboutthiswhenshereturnedhometoBirmingham,Alabama,Andersonstarteddraftingoutsolutions.Oneofherideas,alever(操作杆)ontheinsideofavehiclethatwouldcontrol31__________armontheoutside,becamethefirstwindshieldwiper.
Todaywebenefitfromcountlessinventionsandinnovations.It'shardtoimaginedrivingwithoutGarrettA.Morgan'strafficlight.It'sequallyimpossibletopictureaworldwithoutKatherineJ.Blodgett'sinnovationthatmakesglassinvisible._32_____________youpicturelifewithoutclearwindowsandeyeglasses?
(B)
Thereareafewthingsinlifemoreirritating:
youaremidconversationwithafriend,andsuddenlysheburstsoutlaughing,33_________(make)youthinkyou’vemadeabrilliantjoke.Butthenshesays,“Sorry,Iwasn’tlaughingatyou.Ijustsawsomethingreallyfunonamicroblog.”Nowthewholeworldisbeginningtolosepatiencewiththisphenomenonknownasphubbing:
snubbingothersinasocialsetting__34___________checkingyourphone.
Infact,phubbingisjustonesymptomofourincreasingdependenceonmobilephonesandtheInternetwhichisreplacingnormalsocialinteraction.AccordingtoarecentpollcarriedoutbyaSundaynewspaperinBritain,athirdofBritons__35_______(survey)admittedtobeingphubbersandmorethanaquartersaidtheywouldanswertheirphonesinthemiddleofafacetofaceconversation.
36_____________pointingorpickingyournose,phubbingisalsowidelyconsideredrudebehaviorinpublicplaces.Lately,aStopPhubbingcampaigngrouphasstartedinAustraliaandatleastfive__37___________havesprungupinitswake__38___________angeranddiscontentatthelackofmannersgrow.
Thecampaign’screator,AlexHaigh,23,fromMelbourne,said:
“AgroupoffriendsandI__39__________(chat)theotherdaywhensomeoneraisedhoannoyingbeingignoredbypeopleonmobileswas.”Hehascreatedawebsite__40_________companiescandownloadposterstodiscouragephubbingandevenplacardsforweddings.
SectionB
Directions:
Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.
A.purposeful
B.rolled
C.issued
D.majority
E.industrial
AB.unity
AC.source
AD.fresh
AE.shaped
BC.risen
BD.admitted
RecentlytheDepartmentofPlanningofNewYork_41________areportwhichlaidbareafullscaleofthecity.In1970,18percentofthecity'spopulationwasforeign-born.By1995,thefigurehad42______to33percent,andanother20percentweretheUS-bornoffspringofimmigrants.Soimmigrantsandtheirchildrennowform.a(n)_43_____ofthecity'spopulation.
WhoaretheseNewYorkers?
Whydotheycomehere?
Wherearetheyfrom?
OK,timetodropthe"they".I'moneofthethem.Thelastquestionatleastiseasytoanswer:
wecomefromeverywhere.Inthelistofthetop2044________nationsofthosesendingimmigrantstoNewYorkbetween1990and1994aresixcountriesinAsia,fiveintheCaribbean,four'inLatinAmerica,threeinEurope,plusIsraelandformerSovietUnion.Andwhenweimmigrantsgotherewe45_______upoursleeves.“IfyouarenotreadytoworkwhenyougettoNewYork,”saysafriendofmine,“you’dbetterhittheroad.”
ThemayorofNewYorkoncesaid,"Immigrationhas__46_________theuniquech