学年上海市普陀区曹杨二中下学期高三英语开学考.docx

1、学年上海市普陀区曹杨二中下学期高三英语开学考上海曹杨二中2017-2018学年度第二学期高三英语开学考试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;

2、 for the other The half-term holiday is almost over and, for many students in their final year of school, university applications are high on the agenda. So, you have chosen your (1) _(prefer) courses and universities and started to fill in your personal details, education, qualifications and detail

3、s of any paid jobs.So far, so straightforwardbut here comes the awkward bit: The personal statement, required from everyone applying to university (2) _ the UCAS admissions service, is a major source of anxiety. Personal statements are written, rewritten, scrutinized by parents and teachers and rewr

4、itten again, taking up at least as much time and effort (3) _ any other piece of work this term. “It is your chance (4) _(describe) your ambitions, skills and experience,” says UCAS on its website. “Try to stand out (5)_ be careful with humor, quotes or anything unusualjust (6)_ _ the admissions tut

5、or does not have the same sense of humor as you.“Proofread aloud and get your teachers, advisers, and family to check then redraft (7)_ you are happy with (8) _ and the grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct.”Use plain English and avoid hackneyed phrases, UCAS advises: “Be authentic, be focus

6、ed, be enthusiastic.”Alex Hayman, who manages a business that helps would-be undergraduates pen their personal statements, says, “An applicants personal statement could make the difference when it comes to (9) _(receive) an offer from a university, and it is a key opportunity for you to showcase you

7、r individuality, knowledge and experience.”Alex Hayman says it is crucial for statements to be “reflective and, importantly, personal” and he has highlighted seven ways to convince the admissions tutor to offer you a place.1. Showing you are serious2. You need more than just top grades.3. What inter

8、est in the subject (10) _ you show outside the classroom?4. Explain why you chose this subject and courseand how will you cope?5. Show that you are a critical thinker.6. What if some of your grades are disappointing?7. Explain how the course will help towards your long-term plans.1【答案】preferred【分析】考

9、查非谓语的过去分词做形容词2【答案】through【分析】考查介词，通过意思是通过这个服务来申请大学3【答案】to describe【分析】考查不定式，chance后面接定语用不定式4【答案】as【分析】考查asas结构5【答案】but【分析】考查连词，根据意识是前后意思相反6【答案】in case【分析】考查状语从句，in case以免7【答案】until【分析】考查状语从句，根据意思重写直到你满意8【答案】it【分析】考查代词，it指代你的personal statement9【答案】receiving【分析】考查when it comes to sth10【答案】can【分析】考查情态动

10、词，根据意思是你能在课外对这个学科能有多少兴趣Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. significantly B. distractions C. strengthen D. evaluation E. productiveF. interruption G. underestimated H. heighten I.

11、biological J. charms K. distantTodays children are exhausted, and not just because one in three kids is not getting sufficient sleep. Sleep deprivation in kids (who require at least nine hours a night, depending on age) has been found to (1) _ decrease academic achievement, lower intelligence test s

12、cores, slow physical growth, and (2)_ moodiness and irritability. While the argument for protecting our childrens sleep time is compelling, there is another kind of rest that is equally (3_ and equally beneficial to the childrens academic, emotional, and creative lives: daydreaming.Not all mental do

13、wntime(停工休息期) is alike, of course. Downtime spent playing a video game or watching a television show may have its (4) _, but the kind of downtime I am talking about is different. I am talking about the kind of mind-wandering that happens when the brain is free of (5_ and allowed to get rid of the wo

14、rries of the day. Television, videogames, and other electronic (6_ prevent this kind of mental wandering because they interrupt the flow of thoughts and memories that (7) _ the foundation of positive, productive daydreaming.There is, however, another way of looking at mind wandering. For the individ

15、ual, mind wandering offers the possibility of very real, personal reward, some immediate, some more (8) _. These rewards include self-awareness, (9) _, memory consolidation, future planning, simulating the perspective of another person, evaluating the implications of self and others, emotional reactions, moral reasoning.In other words, daydreaming only appears lazy from the outside, but viewed from the insideor from the perspective of a psychologist, such as Kaufman, or a neuroscientist, such as Mary Helen Immordino Yanga complicated and extremely (10)_ neurological process is taking pl