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上海高考压轴卷英语

KS5U2016上海市高考压轴卷

英语

（考试时间120分钟试卷满分150分）

第I卷（共103分）

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

（A）

Thisreportisabouthowtobepolite.It（25）（examine）howwecanmakeourlanguagemorepoliteandhowwecanmakesurewedonotupsetsomeonefromanotherculture.TheinformationcanbeaccessedontheInternet.

Ithasbeenfoundthatwordssuchas“would”and“could”canbeusedtohelpustobepolite.Forexample,itismuch（26）（good）tosay“Wouldyoudothis?

”ratherthan“Dothis!

”.Itisalsosuggested（27）itisusefultosay“Please”and“Thankyou”.PeoplefromtheWestliketousethesewordsincaseswheresomepeopleinAsiamaynotthinkitnecessary.（28）（Say）“sorry”ifweinterruptordisagree（29）someonealsohelpsustobepolite.Forexample,whenwedisagree,weshouldsay“I’msorry,butIthinkyouare（30）_（mistake）”ratherthan“You’rewrong!

” 

Inconclusion,weneedtoknowthecustomofacountrysothatwedonotmakeothersembarrassed.Itseemsthatifpeoplelearnsomethingaboutother（31）_（culture）beforetheyvisitnewcountries,they（32）（be）lesslikelytoupsetothers.

（B）

Anoldfriendshiphadgrowncold.Whereoncetherehadbeencloseness,therewasonlystrain.Nowpridekeptmefrompickingupthephone.

ThenonedayIdroppedinonanotheroldfriend,who’shadalongcareerasaministerandcounselor.Wewereseatedinhisstudy----surroundedbymaybeathousandbooksandfellintodeepconversationabouteverythingfromsmallcomputerstothetormentedlifeofBeethoven.

Thesubjectfinallyturnedtofriendshipand（33）______perishableitseemstobethesedays.Imentionedmyownexperienceasanexample.“Relationshipsaremysteries,”myfriendsaid.“Someendure.（34）______fallapart.”

GazingouthiswindowtothewoodedVermonthills,hepointedtowardaneighboringfarm,“Usedtobealargebarnoverthere.”Nexttoared-framehousewerethefootingsof（35）_______hadbeenasizablestructure.

“Itwassolidlybuilt,probablyinthe1870s.Butlikesomanyoftheplacesaroundhere,itwentdownbecausepeopleleftforricherlandsintheMidwest.Noonetookcareofthebarn.Itsroofneeded（36）_______（patch）;rainwatergotundertheeavesanddrippeddowninsidethepostsandbeams.”

Onedayahighwindcamealong,andthewholebarnbegantotremble.“Youcouldhearthiscreaking,first,likeoldsailing-shiptimbers,andthenasharpseriesofcracksandatremendousroaringsound.Suddenlyitwasaheapofscraplumber.”

“Afterthestormblewover,Iwentdownandsawthesebeautiful,oldoaktimbers,solidascouldbe.Iaskedthefellowwhoownstheplacewhathadhappened.Hesaidhefiguredtherainwater（37）_______（settle）inthepinholes,wherewoodendowelsheldthejointstogether.Oncethosepinswererotted,therewasnothingtolinkthegiantbeamstogether.”

Webothgazeddownthehill.Nowallthatwasleftofthebarnwasitscellaranditsborderoflilacshrubs.

Myfriendsaidhehadturnedtheincidentoverandoverinhismind,andfinallycametorecognizesomeparallelsbetweenbuildingafriendship:

（38）____________________strongyouare,hownotableyourattainments,youhaveenduringsignificanceonlyinyourrelationshiptoothers.

“Tomakeyourlifeasoundstructurethatwillserveothersandfulfillyourownpotential,”hesaid,“youhavetorememberthatstrength,howevermassive,can’tendure（39）______ithastheinterlockingsupportofothers.Goitaloneandyou’llinevitablytumble.”

“Relationshipshavetobecaredfor,”headded,“liketheroofofabarn.Lettersunwritten,thanksunsaid,confidencesviolated,quarrelsunsettled-----allthisactslikerainwaterseepingintothepegs,weakeningthelinkbetweenthebeams.”

Myfriendshookhishead.“Itwas（40）_______goodbarn.Anditwouldhavetakenlittletokeepitingoodrepair.Nowitwillprobablyneverberebuilt.”

LaterthatafternoonIgotreadytoleave.“Youwouldn’tliketoborrowmyphonetomakeacall,Idon’tsuppose?

”heasked.

“Yes.”Isaid,“IthinkIwould.Verymuch.”

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.instinctB.confidenceC.outlinedD.slogansE.spinF.lists

G.illustratedH.convictionI.contrastJ.practiceK.demonstrate

Thesuccessofaspeechisoftenattributedtotheskillofthespeaker,withmeritbeinggiventospeakerswhoareconfident,articulate,knowledgeableandabletodeliveraspeechwith（41）______.

Butoftenitisnotthespeakerswhowritethesemovingspeeches,itisaspeechwriter.Andoneindustryinwhichthis（42）________iscommonisthatofpolitics.Sowhatdoesittaketobeapoliticalspeechwriter?

WellaccordingtoarecentjobadvertisementfromtheUSEmbassyinBritain,apoliticalspeechwriterneedstohaveexceptionalinterpersonalskills,bedetailorientedandableto（43）________adeepknowledgeoftheirsubject.Theymustalsoworkcloselywithspeakersandbeabletorelatetotheirstyle.

Somebelievethatthebestspeechwritershaveaninherenttalent,anaturalcreative（44）________,andthatspeechwritingisanartform.

Sowhataboutthoseofuswhodonotpossesssuchgenius?

Canwestillproducesuccessfulspeeches?

InaninterviewwiththeBBC,DrMaxAtkinson（acommunicationsspecialist）（45）_________anumberofspeechwritingtechniques.Healso（46）________howthesetechniqueshavebeenusedinhistoricspeeches.

Onesuchtechniqueisintroducing（47）________.Thisisextremelyusefulwhenpresentingapositive（48）________onanegativeissue.OneofthemostfamousexamplesofthiscanbeseeninaspeechgivenbyformerAmericanPresidentJohnFKennedy:

"Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyoubutwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.”

Anothertechniqueistheuseofthree-part（49）________.DrAtkinsonexplainsthatthiscanbeanexcellentwayofaddingfinalityorconfirmingastatement.FormerBritishPrimeMinisterTonyBlairwasafanofthistechnique.Oneofhismostfamouscampaign（50）_______was"education,education,education.”

Sonexttimeyouhavetoprepareaspeechorpresentation,tryapplyingoneormoreofthesetechniquesandseeifyouhavewhatittakestobeawinningspeechwriter.

III.ReadingComprehension

SectionADirections:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

　Ifyouwanttolearnanewlanguage,theveryfirstthingtothinkaboutiswhy．Doyouneeditfora（51）_______   reason,suchasyourjoboryourstudies?

（52）_______  perhapsyouareinterestedinthe（53）_______,filmsorthemusicofadifferentcountryandyouknowhowmuchitwillhelptohavea（54）_______ ofthelanguage．

　　Mostpeoplelearnbestusingavarietyof（55）_______  ,buttraditionalclassesareanidealstartformanypeople．They（56）_______ anenvironmentwhereyoucanpracticeundertheguidance  ofsomeonewho’sgoodatthelanguage．Wealllead（57）_______ livesandlearninglanguagetakes time．Youwillhavemoresuccessifyoustudyregularly,sotrytodevelopa （58）_______．Itdoesn’tmatterifyouhaven’tgotlong．Becoming（59）_______  inalanguagewilltakeyears,butlearningtogetbytakesalotless．

　　Manypeoplestartlearningalanguageandsoongivenup．“I’mtoo（60）_______ ,”theysay．Yes,childrendolearnlanguagesmorequickly thanadults,butresearchhasshownthatyoucanlearnalanguageatanyage．Andlearningisgoodforthehealthofyourbrain,too．I’vealsoheardpeople（61）_______aboutthemistakestheymakewhen（62）_______ ．Well,relaxandlaughaboutyour（63）_______  andyou’remuchlesslikelytomakethemagain．

　　Learninganewlanguageisnever（64）_______ ．Butwithsomeworkanddevotion,you’llmakeprogress．Andyou’llbe（65）_______  bythepositivereactionofsomepeoplewhenyousayjustafewwordsin their  wonlanguage．Goodluck!

51．A．technical   B．political  C．practical  D．physical

52．A．After    B．So     C．Though   D．Or

53．A．literature  B．transport  C．agriculture  D．medicine

54．A．view    B．knowledge  C．form     D．database

55．A．paintings  B．regulations C．methods     D．computers

56．A．protect   B．change   C．respect   D．provide

57．A．busy        B．happy      C．simple         D．normal

58．A．theory     B．business   C．routine        D．project

59．A．bored      B．fluent     C．interested     D．devoted

60．A．old        B．nervous    C．weak           D．tired

61．A．worry      B．hesitate   C．think          D．quarrel

62．A．singing    B．working    C．bargaining     D．learning

63．A．progress   B．mistakes   C．cleverness     D．clumsiness

64．A．tiresome   B．hard       C．interesting    D．easy

65．A．blamed     B．amazed     C．interrupted    D．informed

SectionB

Directions:

Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.

（A）

TensofthousandsofancientpicturescarvedintotherocksatoneofFrance’smostimportanttouristsitesarebeinggraduallydestroyed.Scientistsandresearchersfearthatthe36,000drawingsonrocksinMontBegointheFrenchAlpsarebeing