学年上海市延安中学高三上学期专题复习英语试题.docx

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学年上海市延安中学高三上学期专题复习英语试题

2017-2018学年高三英语辅导

I.词汇填空

Directions:

Fillineachblankwithaproperwordchosenfromthebox.Eachwordcanbeuseonlyonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.publicB.inadequate   C.loweredD.releasedE.disappointment

F.castingG.possibilityH.objective I.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?

AstatusesB.relevantlyC.reservesD.highlightingE.population

F.estimated G.downgradedH.drivingI.criticallyJ.enforcedK.reverse

Goodnewsforgiantpandalovers:

thecuteandcuddlycreaturehasjustbeenbroughtbackfromtheedgeofextinction.

TheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature（IUCN）__31__thespeciesfrom“endangered”to“vulnerable”astheunionreleaseditsupdatedRedListonSept.4atHawaiiwiththeir__32__growingby17percentinthedecadeleadingupto2014.

Chineseconservationefforts,includingforestprotectionandreforestation,areconsideredtobethe__33__forcebehindtheanimal'sre-prosperity.Thenumberofpanda__34__inChinahasalsojumpedto67,from13in1992.Nearlytwo-thirdsofallwildpandaslivethere.Restoringthepanda’shabitathasgiventhembacktheirspacewithfoodavailabletothem.

Apartfromgiantpandas,theTibetanAntelopehasalsomovedfrom“endangered”to“nearthreatened”.AccordingtoastatementfromIUCN,theanimal'snumbershaveshrunkseverely-droppingfromaround1milliontoa（n）__35__65,000--72,500inthe1980sandearly1990s-duetocommercialpoaching（偷猎）.Rigorousprotectionhassincebeen__36__toprotectthebeastsandthepopulationisnowlikelytobebetween100,000and150,000.

Despitetheimproved__37__，wildanimalslikethegiantpandaandtheTibetanAntelopestillfacechallenges.TheIUCNwarned,forexample,thatongoingthreatsfromclimatechangecouldeliminatemorethan35percentofthepanda'sbamboohabitatinthenext80years,whichwould__38__thespeciesrecentgains.

Goodprogresshasbeenmadebutthereisstillworktodo.TheIUCNRedListofThreatenedSpeciesisdevotedto__39__speciesfromaroundtheworldandtheirstatusesinrelationtotheirriskofextinction.Thelistcurrentlyhaseightcategories,includingextinct,extinctinthewild,__40__endangered,endangered,vulnerable,nearthreatened,leastconcernanddatadeficient.Thesecategoriesarebasedoncriteriarelatingtopopulationtrends,sizeandstructure,andgeographicrange.

II.完形填空精选

Aboutfiveyearsago,whenthefirstgenerationofwearablefitnesstrackersbecamepopular,theywereannouncedasthedawnofarevolution.Healthexpertsandbusniesspeoplealikesaidthatgivingpeopleaccesstoreal-timecalorie（卡路里）-burningandstep-countdatawouldinspirethemtoloseweight,eatbetterand-mostimportant-____41____more.ButevenastheU.S.marketfor___42____deviceshits$7billionthisyear,there’sevidencethattheirpromiseisn’tquitepayingoff.

TheU.S.hasanexerciseproblem,with28%ofAmericansages50andoverconsideredwholly___43____.Thatmeans31millionadultsmovenomorethanisnecessarytoperform