2015上海市高考压轴卷 英语Word版含解析

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(A)

Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered __1__ difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy __2__ (please) as her mother，who was always delighted with perfume.

Besides，shopping at this time of the year was not a pleasant experience: people stepped on your feet or __3__ (push) you with their elbows（肘部），hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter __4__ some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk，” the assistant tried to attract her. “They are worth double the price.”__5__ Jane knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes on sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while，she knew that this was a present __6__ was certain to please him.

When Jane got home，with her small but carefully __7__ (choose) present in her bag，her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane __8___ (inform).

(B)

About 18 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering __9__ a major lung operation. My mother had recently passed away, and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years and had lost interest in life.

__10__(try) to get him to eat each day was quite a chore as he didn’t want anything. The one thing, however, that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream.

One evening, to our surprise, he refused ___11___(eat ) the ice-cream, so I placed __12__ in a staffroom freezer. A little while later, my son decided he wanted it, so I fetched it for him.

As I passed another ward, a woman asked, ‘Are there more ice-cream?” .__13__ I had explained the situation, she apologized. She then said the she had cancer and could eat very little, other than the occasional ice-cream.

The next morning, I decided to buy two ice-creams. On the way to Dad’s room, I stopped in at the sick woman’s room and offered her the ice-cream I’d bought for her. She was totally surprised at what I __14__ (think) for her, and accepted the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes, explaining__15_ was happening in my family and listened to her similar story of pain and suffering. It was clear that she didn’t have many visitors, and the ice-cream and our short chat meant a great deal to her.

I repeated the gesture a few days later, and this time, I __16__(reward) with a big hug.

I never even thought to ask her name, never saw her again, but it made me realize that an act of kindness can be more rewarding when you give it, rather than receive it.

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 peak B. prospect C. intense D. indicating E. mild

F. uncertainty G. unusually H. complicated I. applied J. prepare K. model





A drop in the sun's radiation can cause cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries ___1___ for storms.

Scientists have known for a long time that the sun has an 11-year cycle during which radiation from the sun reaches a(n) ___2___ then falls. But detecting a clear link of the cycle to the weather has proved much ___4___ .

"Our research notices a link between solar activities and regional winter climate," lead author Sarah Ineson of the UK Met Office told the reporters in an email.

Her team focused on the data from the recent minimum solar radiation period during 2008-10, which was a(n) ___4___ calm period for the sun but at the same time, ___5___ winters in the U.S and Europe were recorded which brought troubles to many businesses and made people’s lives difficult.

The researchers found that a reduction in radiation from the sun can affect wind patterns , ___4___ cold winters.

"While radiation levels won't tell us what the day-to-day weather will be, they provide the exciting ___7___ of improved prediction for winter conditions for months and even years ahead. These predictions play an important role in long-term weather planning," Ineson said.

Ineson's team used the data in a complex computer to ___8___ long-term weather patterns. It successfully reproduced what scientists had observed happening in the upper atmosphere during changes in solar radiation. More study was needed, though. The key ___9___ in the experiment lay in the satellite data used, because it spans(跨度) only a few years. "So there are still questions concerning whether the current research results are accurate and whether they can be ___10___ to other solar cycles," she said.

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.

A civilized society has the virtues of beauty, culture, comfort and peace. However, the motor-car is ? 1? these virtues.

A visitor from outer space viewing our cities would conclude that the human race is made up of shiny metallic “beetles” creeping along vast networks. He is not far ? 2? . The motor-car, far from being ? 3? a vehicle for man, is determining the design of whole cities. The single largest consumer of valuable city ? 4? is its roads and car parks. If there were fewer roads, we could have more natural parks in which to ? 5? , more cultural centres and more public squares. Cars rob our cities of these civilized ? 6? .

Not only do cars occupy space, they also create ? 7? . Psychologists have confirmed that noise causes stress, and cities are indeed very noisy places. Cars are also the single largest ? 8? of air pollution. How can we say we are ? 9? when we live in an atmosphere full of stress and health dangers?

Our economy depends on ? 10? . These days it is becoming rare and ? 11? , yet cars continue consuming large amounts of petrol. Energy, which could be used to run factories and houses, is being ? 12? on roads.

Finally, cars have created a new type of monster, the motorist. Necessity has made man forget his gentle ? 13? and has transformed him into a selfish, dangerous monster, frightening innocent pedestrians, killing dogs, swearing at other motorists. The car is an outlet for his aggression.

To sum up, the motor-car has been ? 14? for destroying our cities, damaging our health, increasing economic problems and ? 15? humankind of their gentle nature.

1.? A. representing?????????? B. promoting????? ??????? C. destroying??????? ????? D. replacing

2.? A. removed?????? ???? B. better ???????? ? C. different????????????? ???? D. wrong

3.? A. generally??????? ??? B. merely????????? ??? C. finally????????????? ?????? D. hardly

4.? A. space???? ???? B. time? ??????? ??? C. material ?????????? ? D. light

5.? A. share????????? B. relax????? ???? C. hide????????? ?? ??? D. work

6.? A. pleasures??? ???? B. manners????? ?? C. individuals??????????? ??? D. histories

7.? A. conflicts ???? B. chances???? ?????? C. noise????????? ???? D. growth

8.? A. problem?? ? B. source??? ??????? C. effect??????????? ????????? D. provider

9.? A. polite????????? ? B. awake??? ???? C. innocent??????? ??? D. civilized

10.? A. energy? ?????? B. wealth??? ?????? C. transportation????? ????? D. industry

11.? A. wasteful ??? B. available??? ??? C. expensive?? ??????? D. cheap

12.? A. left???? ??? B. burnt???????????? C. arranged ?????? ???? D. produced

13.? A. action???????????? ?? B. appearance ????? C. idea???? ??????? D. nature

14.? A. suitable?????? B. possible?????? C. punished??? ???????? D. responsible

15.? A. warning?????????? B. reminding???? ? C. robbing????? ??? D. convincing

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 Thunderbird is one of the most readily recognized creatures of American Indian mythology．While the vast majority of biologists believe the Thunderbird myth to be nothing more than a spiritual symbol, some zoologists believe that the hard may actually exist．??

I still vividly recall seeing an impossibly large raptor（猛禽）when I was five years old, which a few people have said might be the Thunderbird．Standing in my grandmother’s back yard in Alabama, I recall watching an enormous black bird with a swallow - like tail flying directly over me from an oak tree． Its wingspan seemed to be at least three times my height, which would have made it at least fourteen feet across．

While the early childhood memory is often unreliable, I clearly remember the details of the "Thunderbird"．To this very day, I sometimes stand on my grandmother' s yard, eyeballing the old oak tree, but I have not yet seen another bird that resembles the giant bird．I have seen eagles, and hawks - but never another Thunderbird．

Other modern sightings of what may have been thunderbirds have also occurred．In 1977, three boys were playing in a neighborhood in Illinois．They reported that two large birds chased after them．One of the boys was attacked and suffered somewhat serious injuries, He was carried a few feet off the ground, before the bird dropped him and disappeared into