1、2019 届上海市各大名校高三英语试卷题型分类汇编珍藏版:阅读理解A 篇One【2019 届上海市上海复旦大学附属中学高三英语上学期期中考试题】III. Reading Comprehension Section BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the o
2、ne that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.AIve become increasingly concerned about the linguistic sloppiness of the average worker, and not those who have learned English as a second language but native English speakers, regardless of income level, school
3、ing or other determining factors.The number of people who read seems to be decreasing. The digital world has become the preferred baby sitter for children and the most effective way for adults to comfort themselves after a days work. Teachers, overworked and underpaid, seem to be fighting a losing b
4、attle or are some prolonging it?These days I see glaring grammatical errors on rsums and cover letters, websites, signs, emails regardless of management skills or income level. Job hunters write asking me for “advise”. People who are in the job market, hoping to be invited in for an interview, write
5、 some of these, and the paperwork is full of punctuation and grammatical mistakes. Were they careless? Or do they not know? Maybe it doesnt matter. Maybe the hiring authority doesnt kno w the difference either.The other day I saw the back of a company shirt that said: “providing quality service sinc
6、e 10 years.” A company shirt? How many were printed and are worn by employees who walk around advertising that their company has someone in an upper-level management position who didnt catch the error or, worse yet, didnt know the difference?Last week a senior level manager emailed me. He confused “
7、its” and “its” in three different places. Heres another example: I do product testing for aresearch panel. The product came with a slip of paper that said: “This commitment covers not discussing this product or its usage with others outside your home.”Heres what really bugs me: a rule that seems to
8、have come into effect if in doubt, add an apostrophe. So what has happened is that people all over America have lost the understanding of the difference between plural and possessive.18Your rsums and your cover letter are not just a summary of your background. They are not just an introduction of yo
9、u when you hope to be considered for an interview. First and foremost, it is a brochure, and it is selling a product, and the product is you. If you wouldnt go to an interview in blue jeans, dont send your cover letter and rsums with mistakes to a rpospective employer.Dont rely on Microsoft Words AB
10、C/grammar checker. It isnt able to detect if a word is spelled correctly but used out of context. The grammar checker wont help you unless you have a fundamental understanding of grammar to begin with. In fact, if you defer to the grammar checkers advice, youll probably increase your number of mista
11、kes.An excellent reference book to keep on hand is The Elements of Grammar by Margaret Shertzer. In “Words Often Confused”, it clarifies the differences between pairs of words such as “well/good” and “less/fewer”.Dont tell yourself it doesnt matter. Above all, dont tell yourself that everyone speaks
12、 poorly these days, and the hiring authority wont know or care. The ability to communicate, written and spoken, is of utmost importance certainly in business. And it only becomes more valuable as fewer people are able to demonstrate it.56. The examples cited in paragraphs 4 and 5 are intended to ill
13、ustrate .A. the employees are proud of their companyB. to err is humanC. holding senior positions doesnt guarantee correct usage of languageD. managers are so busy as to be careless with their language57. According to the author, when American people are not sure whether to use “its” or “its”, they
14、are likely to .A. use the formerB. use the latterC. ask the author for adviceD. turn to Microsoft Word58. The underlined word “defer” can be best replaced by .A. consultB. followC. objectD. yield59. Which of the following statements will the author probably agree with?A. Going to a job interview in
15、smartjeans is better than sending r sums with mistakes to a prospective employer.B. Microsoft Words spelling checker cannot always spot a mistake because it has a limitedvocabulary.C. Some teachers are themselves using language incorrectly.D. The hiring authorities care about linguistic correctness
16、and act as role models.Two【2019 届上海市上海建平中学高三英语上学期期中考试题】III. Reading Comprehension Section BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have
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