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学年上海市交大附中高二下学期期末考试英语试题

2017-2018学年

交大附中高二下期末试卷

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

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

（A）

ToKillAMockingbird（ExcerptI）ByHarperLee

IwasfairlysureBooRadleywasinsidethathouse,butIcouldn’tproveit,andfeltitbesttokeepmymouthshutorIwouldbeaccused（21）________believinginHotSteams,phenomenaIwasimmunetointhedaytime.

Jemparceledoutourroles:

IwasMrs.Radley,and（22）________Ihadtodowascomeoutandsweeptheporch.DillwasoldMr.Radley:

hewalkedupanddownthesidewalkandcoughedwhenJemspoketohim.Jem,naturally,wasBoo:

hewentunderthefrontstepsandscreamedfromtimetotime.

（23）________thesummerprogressed,sodidourgame.Wepolishedandperfectedit,andaddeddialogueandplotuntilwehadmanufacturedasmallplayuponwhichwerangchangeseveryday.

Dillwasavillain’svillain:

hecouldgetintoanycharacterpart（24）________（assign）him,andappeartallifheightwaspartofthecrueltyrequired.Hewasasgoodashisworstperformance;hisworstperformancewasGothic.Ireluctantlyplayedvariousladieswhoenteredthescript.IneverthoughtitasmuchfunasTarzan,andIplayedthatsummerwithmorethanvagueanxiety（25）________Jem’sassurancesthatBooRadleywasdeadandnothingwouldgetme,withhimandCalpurniathereinthedaytimeandAtticushomeatnight.

Jemwasabornhero.

Itwasabluelittledrama,（26）________（weave）frombitsandpiecesofgossipandneighborhoodlegend:

Mrs.RadleyhadbeenbeautifuluntilshemarriedMrRadleyandlostallhermoney.Shealsolostmostofherteeth,herhair,andherrightforefinger;shesatinthelivingroomandcriedmostthetime,（27）________.Booslowlywhittled（消减）awayallthefurnitureinthehouse.

Thethreeofusweretheboys（28）________gotintotrouble;Iwasthejudge,forachange;DillledJemawayandcrammedhimbeneaththesteps,pokinghimwiththebrushbroom.Jemwouldreappearasneededintheshapesofthesheriff,varioustownsfolk,andMissStephanieCrawford,whohadmoretosayabouttheRadleysthananybodyinMaycomb.

WhenitwastimetoplayBoo’sbigscene,Jemwouldsneakintothehouse,stealthescissorsfromthesewing-machinedrawerwhenCalpurnia’sback（29）________（turn）,thensitintheswingandcupupnewspapers.Dillwouldwalkby,coughatJem,andJemwouldpretendaplungeintoDill’sthing.From（30）________.Istooditlookedreal.

（B）

WhattheBibleSaysAboutMoney

MostpeopleknowSeanHymanformhisregularappearancesonFoxBusiness,CNBC,andBloombergTelevision,butwhattheydon’tknowisthatSeanisaformerminister,andthathissecretto（31）________（invest）ishiddenwithintheBible.Perhaps（32）________canexplainwhy,despitehismysteriousabilitytopredictaccuatemovesinthestockmarket,Seanisoftenlaughedatforhisuniquestrategyforinvesting.

Forexample,afewmonthsagoSeanappearedonBloombergTelevision.Atthattime,BestBuy（33）________（drop）toall-timelowsof$16ashare.Seanpredictedthestock（34）________godownto$11ashare,andwouldthenquicklyreboundto$25pershare,andafterthatwouldrestoreto40pershareoverthenextyear.AnothercommentatorontheshowactuallychallengedSeanforhisprediction,saying“$40onBestBusy?

Ifthat’sthecaseAppleisgoingto$1500.That’sthemostridiculousthingIhaveeverheard!

（Editor’sNote:

Atthetime,Applewastradingat$650pershare.）Withinafewweeks,Seanwouldreceivethelastlaugh.BestBuydroppeddownto$11.20ashareandhassincereboundedto$30ashare,（35）________（continue）itspathto$40….exactlyasSeanpredicted.（Ironically,Applehasdroppeddowntoabout$400pershare.）

DuringarecentprivatedinnerwithSean,oncehe（36）________（bless）thefood,Iwastednotime（37）________（ask）himwhathissecretisforinvestingsosuccessfully.IexpectedSeantosaythatitwashisyearsofexperienceatCharlesSchwaborperhapsoneofthecomplicatedalgorithms（算法）heusesfortimingthestockmarket.（38）________whenSeanrespondedthathissecretwastheBible,Iwasthoroughlyshocked.

Yes,IknewSwanwasaChristian.However,peopleusuallykeeptheirfaithseparatefromthingslike…investing.ButnotSwan.ForSean,theBibleishisfoundationforinvesting.

Heexplainedtome（39）________thereisactuallya“BibleMoneyCode”hiddenintoScripture.CertaininvestmentGiants,Seansays,suchasWarrenBuffettandJohnTempleton,（40）_____________（alreadyuse）thiscodetostoreupbillions.Finally,SeanusedtheteachingsofKingSolomonandJesusofNazarethtoshowhowanyonecangetoutofdebt…makesoundinvestments…andmorallybuildsubstantialwealth.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.aspectsB.astonishinglyC.realizationD.adaptedE.inevitablyF.peers

G.collectionsH.pauseI.feastJ.instinctsK.exposed

Hereisalessonthatwe’regoingtobetaughtagainandagaininthecomingyears:

Mostanimalsarenotjustanimals.They’realso41ofmicrobes（微生物）.Ifyoureallywanttounderstandtheanimal,youalsohavetounderstandtheworldofmicrobesinsidethem.Inotherwords,zoologyisecology.

Considerthewesterncornrootworm----abeetlethat’saseriouspestofcornintheUS.Theadultshavestrongpreferencesforlayingeggsincornfields,sothattheirundergroundlarvae（幼虫）hatchintoa42ofcornroots.Thislifecycledependsonacontinuousyear-on-yearsupplyofcorn.Farmerscanusethisdependencyagainsttherootworm,byplantingsoybeanandcorninalternateyears.Theserotations（轮流）meanthatrootwormslayeggsintocornfieldsbuttheirlarvaehatchamongsoybean,anddie.

Buttherootwormshave43tothisstrategybyreducingtheirstrong44forlayingeggsincorn.These“rotation-resistant”femalesmightlayamongsoybeanfields,sotheirlarvaehatchintoacropofcorn.

Therearealmostcertainlygeneticdifferencesthatseparatetherotation-resistantrootwormsfromtheirnormal45.ResearchersattheUniversityofIllinoisbegantostudythegenesofthebacteriainitsgut（肠）andfoundsomeanswers,afterfocusingontherootworm’sowngenesandfoundthattheresultsweremostlyinconclusive.

“Thebadguyinthestory----thewesterncornrootworm---wasactuallypartofamulti-speciesplot,”saysJoeSpencer,whowaspartofthestudy.“Nowonderitwashardtofigureoutwhatwashappening.Wewereonlylookingatthemostobvious46ofthestory.”

Ifyoureallywanttounderstandtheanimal,youalsohavetounderstandthemicrobes.Therootworm’sgutbacteriaareeffectivelyanotheroneofitsorgans,butan47flexibleonthatcanchangedramaticallywhen48toanewfoodsource.Thisallowstheinsectstoadaptveryquicklytoenvironmentalchallenges,farmorequicklythaniftheycouldonlyrelyonmutations（突变）intheirowngenes.

Spencersays,“Modernagriculturehasalwaysunderestimatedtheabilityofpeststoavoidpestcontrol,andIthinkthe49thatpestinsectsarenotaloneintheireffortsshouldgiveussome50.Thereisabrandnewtinyworldoutthereinsideeverycreature,andweneedtostartthinkingseriouslyaboutit.”

III.ReadingComprehension（15’+30’）

SectionA

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

Inadevelopmentthatwouldhaveseemedhardlypossiblejustoveradecadeago,manyofushavegainedconstantaccesstoinformation.Ifweneedtofindoutthescoreofaballgame,learnhowtoperformacomplicatedmathematicaltask,orsimplyrememberthenameoftheactressinthemovieweareviewing,weneedonlyturntoour51orsmartphonesandwecanfindtheanswersimmediately.Ithasbecomesuchanordinary52tolookuptheanswertoanyquestionthemomentitoccurs.Itcanfeellikegoingthroughwithdrawalwhenwecan’tfindoutsomethingimmediately.WeareseldomofflineunlessbychoiceandtheInternet,withitssearchengineslikeBaiduandGoogleandtheinformationstoredthere,hasbecomean53memorysourcethatwecanaccessatanytime.

Storinginformationexternallyisnothingparticularly54,evenbeforetheinventionofcomputers.Inanygrouprelationship,peopletypicallydevelopatransactive（交换式）memory,whichisacombinationofmemorystoreshelddirectlybyindividualsandthememorystorestheycan55becausetheyareintouchwithsomeonewhoknowsthatinformation.Like56computersthatcanaddresseachother’smemories,peopleingroupsformtransactivememorysystems.

InarecarchledbyBestySparrowofColumbiaUniversity,researchershave57whetherhavingonlineaccesstosearchengineshasbecomeaprimarytransactivcmemorysourceinitself.Ifaskedthequestionwhetherthereareanycountrieswithonlyonecolorintheirflag,forexample,dowethinkaboutflags—orimmediatelythinktogoonlinetofindouttheanswer?

Inoneexperiment,theparticipantswereaskedtoread40memorableunimportantstatementsofthetypethattheycould58online（e.g.,anostrich’seyeisbiggerthanitsbrain）.Thentheywereaskedtotypethestatementsintocomputertoassurememory.Halftheparticipantsbelievedthecomputerwouldsavewhatwastypedandtheotherhalfbelievedtheitemwouldbe59.Afterthereadingandtyp