上海市华东师范大学第二附属中学2022-2023学年高二
下学期5月月考英语试卷
国庆去哪玩啊1. Directions: 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; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
English spelling is ridiculous. Sew and new don’t rhyme. Kernel and colonel 1 . The English spelling system, if you can even call it a system, is full of this kind of thing. Most people 2 (raise) with whatever language learn to read and write it to a very high level of accuracy.
Admittedly, for a non-native speaker, precise mastery usually involves a great deal of confusion and frustration. Part of the problem is that English spelling looks deceptively similar to other languages that use the same alphabet but in a much 3 (consistent) way.
English began its return as a written language in the 14th century. Over generations, it had crept back in among the nobility, as well as the clergy, 4 French and Latin were still the languages of educated
and official pursuits.
Some spellings got entrenched this way, by 5 (print) over and over again in widely distributed texts, very early on. The word ghost, which had been spelled and pronounced in Old English, took on the ‘gh’ spelling 6 the influence of Flemish-trained compositors. It was such a commonly encountered word in English text, particularly in the phrase holy ghost and other translations of Latin, 7 it just began to look more common.
Other spellings 8 (arise), and were then cemented through the power exerted by the visual shape of similar words. The existence of ‘would’ and ‘should’, for example, brought about the spelling of ‘could’. There was no explicit intention 9 (make) them look the same, but the frequency of their appearance nudged (推动) them toward ending up that way.
Had the Norman invasion not interrupted the literary tradition of Old English, we might have ended up with a similar situation — old English would have continued to be the basis of the writing tradition that would have later been set into type. Instead, we
had 10 number of parts moving and changing independently from each other.
二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文
2. Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word
Military and sports opponents commonly consider a rival leader’s personality when weighing a competitive move, such as an attack. In business strategy, however, this element is 1 studied; firms assume that they should make strategic moves on the basis of competitive dynamics or microeconomic 2 .
New research looked for 3 between the personal manner of CEOs and the incidence of competitive attacks against their firms. Drawing on the theory that victims in general tend to be either submissive (屈从的) and unlikely to fight back or so provocative (挑衅的) that rivals strike preemptively(先发制人地) (think of schoolyard and barroom fights), the researchers 4 publicly available videos of 102 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies from 2010 to 2016, rating on a multi-dimension scale each leader on submissive and provocative 5 . Then using news articles, they identified which of the executives’ firms had come under pricing, product, marketing, or expansion attacks. They controlled for 6 including the CEOs’ media prominence and pay; their firms’ size an
d financial performance; industry complexity; and whether the CEO was also chairman. The analysis showed that firms with CEOs rated as highly submissive or provocative were indeed more likely to be 7 by their counterparts, with perceived submissiveness making them especially vulnerable (gender did not appear to make a significant difference).
Subsequent interviews with CEOs 8 those findings. For example, one leader described a rival CEO as so lazy and change-averse (逃避改变的) that his team focused on “picking off customers one by one.” Just as 9 initiatives take typical victim attributes into account training programs could use this work to help executives avoid drawing fire, the researchers say. “CEOs who are ‘too nice’ can be counseled to
be 10 of this element,” they write, while “those with can be trained to manage this quality.”
三、完形填空
3. Historically, seeing a child with type 2 diabetes would have been almost unheard of for a pediatrician(儿科医生) like me. Data now shows that is no longer the case, with the number of children being _________ at pediatric diabetes units in England and Wales jumping by more than 50
% in the last five years.
As is too often the case. children living in the most _________ areas are most affected. It’s no coincidence that these areas also have the highest rates of food insecurity and childhood _________. The number of such children and young adults across the UK has _________ an increase in type 2 diabetes cases among those aged 18 to 39.
_________ is re gularly central in doctors’ minds. It is the foundation of good health in children and is something we regularly speak to parents about in the clinic. Traditionally these _________ were quite straightforward. We would discuss the importance of balanced meals, nutrient-dense ingredients, and accessible healthy
_________. Eating a healthy diet is difficult without access to nutritious food, and being overweight can be prevented by following the basic principles of balanced meals.
_________, in the last few years, I have been forced to look at the broader economic picture. I regularly find myself having to deliberately _________ some of the advice I would have giver before, with the families I see often unable to afford green leafy vegetables or meat. At the end of the day, it is cheaper to put chicken and chips on a plate than it is to buy fruit and vegetables. Families on low
__________ face impossible decisions when feeding their children.
Food insecurity is a regular occurrence: food banks are __________ with the level of demand and teachers regularly tell us that they see children coming into school hungry. These are __________ signs of poor nutrition and deprivation and, in a rich nation such as ours, should be unthinkable.
I believe we have a moral obligation to __________ child poverty and the health inequalities that come with it. And there’s a compelling economic argument for action.
Let’s start by expanding free school meals to all children, introducing __________ guidelines on the amount of sugar and salt in baby foods and putting child poverty back on the political agenda. Education and __________ individuals to make better choices are important, but will ultimately fall short if we do not have adequate government legislation, industry-level regulation and economic assistance.
1.
A．admitted B．caged C．traced D．witnessed
2.
个人房屋出租协议A．extended B．deprived C．exploited D．subjected
3.
A．prosecution B．misconduct C．crime D．obesity
A．resulted from B．given rise to C．given off D．drawn in
5.
A．Food B．Well-being C．Nutrition D．Health
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A．diseases B．parents C．doctors D．conversations
7.
A．outlook B．harmony C．recipes D．combinations
8.
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A．Whereas B．However C．Fortunately D．Presumably
9.
A．hold back B．get away with C．let out D．add on
二宫和也女友10.
A．expectations B．incomes C．perspectives D．agendas 11.
A．overwhelmed B．loaded C．overflowed D．blamed
12.
A．cut-rate B．leak-secret C．tell-tale D．break-neck
13.
A．level out B．make out C．give away D．root out
北京奥运会是哪一年几月几日14.
A．intensive B．compulsory C．miraculous D．vulnerable
15.
A．gripping B．monitoring C．persuading D．empowering
四、阅读理解
4. Literature opens up a new world for the reader. Whenever I feel upset by anything or stressed out about the little or big things in life, going back to my books gives me an escape from the harsh reality I am surrounded with.
For me, English Literature isn’t just reading extensively or collecting knowledge from various sources and assembling them, it is so much more. Since my childhood, I have been fascinated by how the authors, poets, and, more importantly, playwrights convey passion and sentiments. I personally find it so difficult to convey my feelings and emotions in a set of words, but it continues to fascinate me as to how they accomplish to cede their sentiments almost perfectly in a string of words. For example: “Lines a long my
face, they dull my eyes, yet keep on dying, because I love to live.” She says that by facing the challe
nges and pain presented by life to her, there are now lines of resignation and sadness on her face. The sufferings given by life are such that her eyes have lost their light and have become dull. Yet the wonders of life give her the power to continue.
What I like the most about literature is that we are shaken out from our comfort zone when we read literary masterpieces. A lot of books may not glorify the protagonists but give an insight into why a particular character behaved in a certain manner.
Being an ardent lover of history, I have always been intrigued by the evolution of English literature over the ages. Take the books by Charles Dickens or Jane Austen for example, you can clearly see they have always shown the other side of the world, the sufferings experienced by the working class. Even their comedies do not feel like comedies at all. However, after the Victorian era ended and Modernism started, the modern literature’s influence (I believe) was WW1 and WW2. When you read “Gone with the Wind” and read about people like Ashley Wilkes, you begin to question the purpose of fighting wars. They have always written of times which transcend their own. They have shown rebellions of their ardors averse to the understandings of the society. These rebellions against the society’s established dogmas have been one of the main themes of the literature of those times. But there is a clear contrast between the Victorian literature and the modern literature. All of the writers a
lways took on the moral code, character and conscience. The evolution of literature is totally unique in its own way.
English Literature has opened my mind towards intellectual activities and has helped to define my feelings and emotions with beautifully weaved words.
1. The underlined word “resignation” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________. A．dismission B．retirement C．happiness D．obedience
2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding the satisfaction that English literature brought to the author?
A．Adaptability to the status quo. B．Reflections on the characters’ behaviors. C．Relief from the actualities. D．Knowledge about the times.
3. According to the passage, it can be inferred that ________.
A．The leading character in the literary works outweighs the minor roles in inspiring readers
B．In the context of a set era, almost all writers have identical literary genre
C．The end of the Victorian era marked the beginning of questioning the purpose of the battlefield
D．I find it hard to convey emotions while I was absorbed in the expressiveness of the literature
4. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?
A．How English literature speaks my heart? B．How literary giants help me advance ahead?
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