2012学年第二学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷

高三年级英语学科

（考试时间120分钟，满分150分） 2013.4

第一卷

?听力（略）

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25.???? Your generous donation can make a huge difference ______ the life of those living below the poverty line.

A.???? from B. on C. to D. of

26.???? I thought the journey would be simple, but ______ could be further from the truth.

A.???? anything B. something C. nothing D. any thing

27.???? Well known for their amazing strength, ants can lift ______.

A. heavier than 50 times their own weight

B. 50 times heavy as their own weight

C. 50 times heavy than their own weight

D. 50 times their own weight

28.???? Though he ______ many times, he still had no idea of this complicated concept.

A. had told B. have been told

C. had been told D. has told

29.???? The Guinness World Records recognized 30-year-old Jessica Cox the first person without arms ______ an airplane.

A.???? flying B. flew C. having flown D. to fly

30.???? During my journey, I started thinking about how difficult it ______ to travel before cars, trains and planes made our lives so much easier.

A. needn’t have been B. shouldn’t have been

C. must have been D. should have been

31.???? Such great progress ______ in English so far that his friends can hardly believe that.

A. has Jack made B. Jack has made

C. does Jack make D. Jack makes

32.???? Lost in Thailand made people laugh and ______ them without big, expensive effects.

A. entertains B. entertained C. was entertaining D. had entertained

33.???? ______ there is nothing wrong with fast food, our health is more important than our desire to finish eating as quickly as possible.

A.???? Once B. While C. As D. Since

34.???? ______ of the current news, whether it is domestic or overseas, is his daily routine.

A.???? Being informed B. Informed

C. Informing D. Having been informed

35.???? The sight or even thought of snakes may give you a horrible feeling, but there are a few exceptions ______ prove snakes are not always associated with horror.

A.???? which B. where C. to which D. what

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36.???? Quantities of precious jewelry, ______ buried deep in the earth, amazed all the people present.

A.???? was found B. were found C. to be found D. found

37.???? Around 2000 years ago, many merchants travelled along ______ became known as the Silk Road.

A.???? where B. what C. that D. which

38.???? It was while Chaplin was travelling with a group of other performers in the USA ______ he was given a chance to be in a film.

A.???? where B. when C. that D. which

39.???? There were only ten minutes ______ when they hurried to the departure gate at the airport.

A.???? remained B. remaining C. to remain D. being remained

40.???? Beijing and Shanghai have released their plans to gradually allow students to take college entrance exams ______ their parents work as migrant workers.

A.???? where B. when C. in which D. that

Section B

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. revolutionized

B. tricky

C. available

D. destinations

E. competitive



F. territory

G. standard

H. processed

I. appealing

J. delivery



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Everyone who knows Olivia Griffiths is impressed by her unique sense of style. Whenever she walks into a room, heads turn. Her friends wonder how she managed to get the new Mulberry handbag that no one had thought was 41 in Australia yet.

The truth is that Olivia has never left Australia. But with a few clicks of her computer mouse, she can travel to shopping 42 around the world. Online shopping has 43 the consumer experience. With the help of an increasing number of online shops overseas, shoppers can now pick up interesting goods from all over the world.

The biggest advantage of shopping on foreign websites is the wide range of choices available. For example, Chinese shoppers are often disappointed when Gap products are not available locally. But now it’s possible to order these products straight from the US with a credit card and a small 44 fee. Other benefits of online shopping include 45 prices. When items are bought online from other countries, they’re often tax-free.

However, when you buy things from a foreign website, things can get 46 too. So make sure you pay extra attention to protecting your rights.

Sometimes it can be difficult to handle foreign websites because of the unfamiliar language. For example, the term “shipped in 1-5 working days” can be confusing for Chinese shoppers, as it doesn’t clarify whether this is the time in which the product will arrive or the time it takes for it to be 47 .

The method of shipping can also determine whether you get your product at all. Unless you choose express or priority shipping, which only takes a few days to deliver but is more expensive, most 48 international shipping doesn’t offer a tracking option ― which means once your products are shipped outside of the country there’s no way of finding out where they are.

The best consumers are the most sensible ones. If you’re interested in expanding your shopping 49 to foreign websites, make sure you do your research beforehand to avoid your money and products being lost on the way.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

?Starting around 1348, the plague(瘟疫) hit the continents of Europe and Asia. As a result, it killed an 50 forty million people. This disease has come to be known as the Black Death. Its victims suffered a horribly painful death 51 by fever and dying, blackened flesh.

Although they are not certain, many historians agree that the Black Death probably originated in China and spread through trade 52 , carried by fleas (跳蚤)found on rats. Rats are very common in cities, so these areas were hit the hardest. The disease passed to humans when the fleas would jump from the rats to a human host.

Every social group suffered from the Black Death---it was not a discriminating (有识别力的)disease. But those who lived in rural settings were sometimes 53 , as were the wealthy, who had less 54 with outsiders and could afford to move to more remote areas in an 55 to spare themselves.

The Black Death had many long-term 56 . Certain areas of Europe were nearly 57 after it, including some of its prosperous cities. For example, Bremen, Germany, lost almost 7,000 of its 12,000 inhabitants; Florence, Italy, lost 40,000 of its nearly 90,000; and Paris lost more than 50,000 of its 180,000. Major cities had to create mass graveyards where the dead could be buried. European population only began to 58 again in the last decades of the 15th century.

The Black Death also brought about 59 changes. As large numbers of peasants died, there was a shortage of labor. Peasants had 60 spent generations working for the same family, but after the plague hit, they began to take advantage of the labor 61 . Workers 62 many times their usual pay for work and would sometimes move to a new lord or noble who offered 63 incentives (刺激;鼓励) and working conditions. In this way, the Black Death caused the landowning aristocracy (贵族) to lose much of their power and social 64 .

50.???? A. enormous B. evaluated C. estimated D. expected

51.???? A. characterized B. reported C. specialized D. caused

52.???? A. stations B. goods C. routine D. route

53.???? A. infected B. spread C. spared D. included

54.???? A. contact B. similarities C. exchange D. trade

55.???? A. attraction B. attempt C. effect D. advantage

56.???? A. consequences B. harms C. effect D. correction

57.???? A. bare B. populated C. deserted D. developed

58.???? A. decline B. recover C. motivate D. grow

59.???? A. economic B. racial C. global D. political

60.???? A. barely B. usually C. stubbornly D. previously

61.???? A. boom B. growth C. shortages D. drain

62.???? A. won B. charged C. offered D. sped

63.???? A. higher B. better C. similar D. changing

64.???? A. post B. dream C. system D. position

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Section B

Directions: 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 just read.

(A)

The butterfly, which is competitive swimming’s newest stroke(划水), was developed in the mid-1930s, but it wasn’t allowed in the Olympics until 1956. The story of the butterfly is a good illustration of how coaches and swimmers are constantly searching for ways to improve stroke efficiency.

During the 1920s, the Japanese Olympic coaches used underwater photography to research stroke mechanics, and their efforts paid off when Japanese competitors won five of the six men’s swimming gold medals at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles.

It was a wake-up call to the rest of the swimming world, and one of the top US coaches – David Armbruster at the University of Iowa – began doing his own filming.

Armbruster was seeking to make the breaststroke faster. He knew that the action of bringing their arms forward underwater slowed breaststrokes down, so he came up with a method of bringing the arms forward over the water. The revised stroke (he kept the breaststroke kick) brought great improvement