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虹口区2016-2017学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试

高三英语　试卷2016.12

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

WeddingintheUnitedStates

WeddingsintheUnitedStatesvaryasmuchasthepeopledo.Therearechurchweddingswithagreatdealoffanfare;thereareweddingsonmountaintopswithguests（21）_____（seat）ontherocksandevenbarefooted;andtherehavebeenweddingsontheoceanfloorwithoxygentanksfortheguests.Butmanyweddings,（22）_______________orhowtheyareperformed，includecertaintraditionalcustoms.

Beforeacoupleismarried,theybecomeengaged.Andtheninvitationsaresenttothosewholivenearby,theirclosefriendsandtheirrelativeswholivefaraway.Wheneverythingisready,thencomes（23）_____（exciting）momentofall.

Theweddingitselfusuallylastsbetween20and40minutes.TheweddingpartyiswalkingthroughtheaisleofthechurchastheWeddingMarch（24）_____（play）.Thebridecarryingabouquet（花束）enterslastwithherfatherwhowill“giveheraway”.Thegroomentersthechurchfromasidedoor.Whentheweddingpartyisgatheredbythealtar（圣坛）,thebrideandgroomexchangevows.（25）_____istraditionaltousethewords“Tohaveandtoholdfromthisdayforward,forbetter,forworse,forricher,forpoorer,insicknessandinhealth,toloveandtocherish,tilldeathdouspart”.（26）_____（follow）thevows,thecoupleexchangerings.Wearingtheweddingringonthefourthfingerofthelefthandisanoldcustom.

（27）_____theceremonythereisoftenapartycalleda“reception”,whichgivestheweddingguestsanopportunitytocongratulatethenewlywed.

Thecarin（28）_____thecoupleleavesthechurchisdecoratedwithballoons,streamerandshavingcream.Thewords“JustMarried”arepaintedonthetrunkorbackwindowtotellpeople（29）_____theyaremarried.Nowcomesthelaststepoftheweddingceremony.Asatradition,thebrideandthegroom（30）_____runtothecarunderashowerofricethrownbytheweddingguests.Whenthecoupledrivesawayfromthechurch,friendsoftenchasethemincars,honking（鸣喇叭）anddrawingattentiontothem.Andthenthecouplegoontheirhoneymoon.

SectionB

Directions:

Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeusedonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.publicB.inadequateC.loweredD.releasedE.disappointment

F.castingG.possibilityH.objectiveI.desperatelyJ.balanceK.compared

WhyAren’tWomenHappier?

Whyaren’twomenhappierthesedays?

That’sthequestionraisedbyathought-provokingstudy,TheParadoxofDecliningFemaleHappiness,__31__lastmonth.Theresearchshowedthatoverthepast35yearswomen’shappinesshasdeclined,both__32__tothepastandrelativetomeneventhoughthelivesofwomenintheUShaveimprovedinrecentdecadesbymost__33__measures.

Theresearch,byUniversityofPennsylvaniaeconomistsStevensonandWolfers,andmade__34__bytheNationalBureauofEconomicResearch,foundthedeclineinhappinesstobewidespreadamongwomenacrossavarietyofdemographic（人口统计的）groups.Theresearchers,forinstance,measuredsimilardeclinesinhappinessamongwomenwhoweresingleparentsandmarriedparents,“__35__doubtonthehypothesis（假设）thattrendsinmarriageanddivorce,singleparenthoodorwork/family__36__areattherootofthehappinessdeclinesamongwomen,”theywrote.

Onetheoryforthedeclineinhappinessisthatexpectationsforworkplaceandgeneraladvancementwereraisedtoohighbythewomen’smovementandwomenmightfeel__37__fornot“havingitall,”asaLosAngelesTimescolumnistrecentlyputit.

Theresearchersacknowledgethat’sa__38__:

“Ifthewomen’smovementraisedwomen’sexpectationsfasterthansocietywasabletomeetthem,”thepapersays,“theywouldbemorelikelytoexperience__39__intheirlives.”Buttheyaddthingscouldchangeforthebetter:

“Aswomen’sexpectationsmoveintoadjustmentwiththeirexperiences,thisdeclineinhappinessmayreverse.”

Readers,whydoyouthinkwomenareunhappierthaninthepast?

Doyouthinkthatifexpectationsfor“havingitall”were__40__to“moveintoadjustmentwithexperiences,”womenmightbehappier?

III.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

ACashlessSociety

Thereisnothingworsethanfeelingaroundinyourpockettryingtofindsomesmallchangetopayforanewspaperoracoffee.S