上海市八校高三年级联考英语试题.docx

1、上海市八校高三年级联考英语试题2017届高三年级 八校联合调研英语试卷2016年11月(满分140分，考试时间120分钟) 第I卷 （共90分） II. Grammar and VocabularySection A(101=10分)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. F

2、or the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. Have you ever seen an old movie called Three Coins in the Fountain? It is about three young American women (21) _(search) for permanent romance in Rome and they all find it. Far-fetch

3、ed Hollywood? Well, from the world history point of view, romance did, in fact, set down its roots in Rome. The word romance evolved in Latin from Roma to Romanicus of the Roman language, to the Old French romanz escrive, (22) _ means “to write in a Romance language,” and on to the English romance.

4、The Romance languages (23) _(compose) of seven groups of languages that all have Latin (24) _ their basis. These languages include French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. The common people in ancient Rome spoke (25)_ is referred to as Vulgar Latin, an informal speech, as opposed to the classical La

5、tin of the more educated. Most language experts agree that Vulgar Latin is the chief source of the Romance languages. Medieval Romances were tales (26) _(write) primary in French verse about brave heroes. The notion of having a romance with another person is thought (27) _(develop) sometime during t

6、he Middle Ages. In the late 18th century and on through the 19th, a romance was not a love story (28) _ a work of prose fiction that contained far-fetched, mysterious events. Romances of this period (29) _(include) English Gothic novels like The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.What exactly is a

7、twentieth-century romance ? Does it have any relationship with the lively, popular novels written today, with their fantastic plots of love affairs? Or did the playwright Oscar Wilde have it right in The Picture of Dorian Gray: “ When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving (30) _, and one al

8、ways ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.” Section B（101=10分）Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. astonishingly B. surrounding C. collapse D. unnotice

9、d E. interrupted F. previously G. congratulate H. predictions I. potential J. producing K. properties In the wake of the historic announcement of the discovery of gravitational waves on February 11, 2016 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), British physicist and black h

10、ole theorist Stephen Hawking was quick to _31_ the US-led collaboration, sharing his excitement for the historic news. According to Hawking, these results confirm several very important _32_ of Einsteins theory of general relativity and it also confirms the existence of gravitational waves directly.

11、 As is becoming clear, the direct detection of these ripples in space time not only confirms Einsteins famous theory of general theory but it also opens our eyes to a(n) _33_ “dark” universe. Astronomers employ the electromagnetic spectrum（电磁光谱） to study the universe, but objects that do not radiate

12、 in the electromagnetic spectrum will go _34_. But now we know how to detect gravitational waves, which can help us detect and study some of the most energetic cosmic phenomena. “Gravitational waves provide a completely new way of looking at the universe and the ability to detect them has the _35_ t

13、o revolutionize astronomy” said Hawking. “The discovery is the first observation of black holes merging. The observed _36_ of this system are consistent with predictions about black holes that I made in 1970 in Cambridge.” However, this discovery also presents a puzzle for astrophysicists. The mass

14、of each of the black holes are larger than expected for those formed by the gravitational _37_ of a star-so how did both of these black holes become so massive? This question touches on one of the biggest mysteries _38_ black hole evolution. Currently, astronomers are having a hard time understandin

15、g how black holes grow to be so massive. On the one end of the scale, there are “stellar mass（恒星质量）” black holes that form immediately after a massive star explodes, _39_ an extremely bright light. And we also have an abundance of evidence for the existence of the super-massive that live in the cent

16、ers of most galaxies. There is a disconnect, however. If black holes grow by merging and consuming stellar matter, there should be evidence of black holes of all sizes, but “intermediate mass” black holes and black holes of a few dozen solar masses are _40_ rare, throwing some black holes evolution

17、theories into doubt. One thing is clear, however. This is the first time that weve acquired direct evidence of a black hole merger. So its good to know were on the right track. III. Reading ComprehensionSection A（151=15分）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phr

18、ases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Cowboy or spaceman ? A dilemma for a childrens party, perhaps. But also a question for economists, argued Kenneth Boulding, in an essay published in 1966. We have run our 41 , he warned, like cowboys on

19、the open grassland: taking and using the worlds resources, 42 _ that more lies over the horizon. But the Earth is 43 a grassland than a spaceship-a closed system, alone in space, carrying exhaustible supplies. We need, said Boulding, an economics that takes seriously the idea of environmental 44 . I

20、n the half century since his essay, a new movement has responded to his challenge. “Ecological economists,” as they call themselves, want to 45 _ its aims and assumptions. What do they say - and will their ideas take off?To its 46 , ecological economics is neither ecology nor economics, but a mix of

21、 both. Their starting point is to recognize that the human economy is part of the natural world. Our environment, they note, is both a source of resources and a sink for wastes. But it is 47 in traditional textbooks, where neat diagrams trace the flows between firms, households and the government as

22、 though nature did not exist. That is a huge mistake.There are two ways our economies can grow, ecological economists point out: through technological change, or through maximum use of resources. Only the 48 , they say, is worth having. They are suspicious of GDP (gross domestic product), a simple 4

23、9 which does not take into account resource exhaustion, unpaid work and countless other factors. 50 , they advocate more holistic approaches, such as GPI (genuine progress indicator)，a composite（复合的）index that include things like the cost of pollution, deforestation and car accidents. While GDP has

24、kept growing, global GPI per person 51 in 1978: by destroying our environment, we are making ourselves poorer, not richer. The solution, according to experts, lies in a “steady-state” economy, where the use of materials and energy is held 52 .Mainstream economists are not 53 . GPI, they point out, i

25、s a subjective standard. And talk of limits to growth has had a bad press since the days of Thomas Malthus, who predicted in the 18th century, wrongly, that overpopulation would lead to famine. Human beings find solutions to some of the most annoying problems. But ecological economists 54 self-satis

26、faction. In 2009, a paper in Nature argued that human activity is already 55 safe planetary boundaries on issues such as biodiversity and climate change. That suggests ecologist economists are at least asking some important questions, even if their answers turn out to be wrong.41. A. grassland B. na

27、tion C. economy D. spaceship42. A. ignorant B. confident C. astonished D. anxious43. A. less B. smaller C. more D. larger44. A. movements B. influences C. limits D. threats45. A. reject B. realize C. resemble D. revolutionize46. A. challengers B. learners C. advocates D. professors47. A. addressed B

28、. ignored C. opposed D. reflected48. A. advanced B. former C. latter D. scientific49. A. number B. product C. idea D. measure50. A. In addition B. For example C. In other words D. In its place51. A. peaked B. plunged C. persisted D. paused52. A. sufficient B. efficient C. constant D. adequate53. A.

29、impressed B. involved C. concerned D. appointed54. A. call for B. contribute to C. warn against D. refer to55. A. setting B. overstepping C. extending D. redrawingSection B（112=22分）Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.

30、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 just read.(A)Every April I am troubled by the same concern - that spring might not occur this year. The landscape looks dull, with hills, sky and for

31、est appearing gray. My spirits ebb, as they did during an April snowfall when I first came to Maine 15 years ago. Just wait, a neighbor advised. Youll wake up one morning and spring will just be here. And look, on May 3 that year I awoke to a green so amazing as to be almost electric, as if spring w

32、ere simply a matter of flipping a switch. Hills, sky and forest revealed their purples, blues and green. Leaves had unfolded and daffodils were fighting their way heavenward. Then there was the old apple tree. It sits on an undeveloped lot in my neighborhood. It belongs to no one and therefore to everyone. The trees dark twisted branches str