高三英语4月教学质量检测（二模）试题

“讲忠诚、严纪律、立政德”三者相互贯通、相互联系。忠诚是共产党人的底色，纪律是不能触碰的底线，政德是必须修炼的素养。永葆底色、不碰底线上海市浦东新区2017届高三英语4月教学质量检测（二模）试题2017.4II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section AOver the past sixteen years of my life, I have grown to be a very independent person. This can be both good and bad in the sense that I am able to do things (21)_ my own, yet at times struggle with taking advice from others. Sometimes, hearing what other people have to say can be one of the hardest things to do. However, getting advice from (22)_ cares about you can impact your life in great ways. Because of this, I began realizing that my moms guidance throughout my life has never steered me wrong. This is why I believe you (23)_ always listen to your mother.This belief has not been easy (24)_ (realize). It has taken endless amounts of time in which I decided to go against what my mom had to say, and later discovered that she was right. I think we can all agree that (25)_ (admit) your mom was right is always a hard thing to do. But what else are you supposed to say (26)_ you are standing outside in the freezing cold, shaking because you did not wear that extra jacket you (27)_ (tell) to wear?When I was twelve years old, I had the experience of a lifetime. However, I would have missed out if it hadnt been for my mom. She had been planning a trip to Turkey for work, (28)_ (offer) to bring my sister and me along with her. When I first heard about this opportunity, I was terrified. Never had I been out of the country before. I thought to (29)_, “Is she crazy?” My mom then began to say, “(30)_ is known to all, one needs to step out of his comfort zone and try something new in order to encounter larger-than-life ideas.” After going back and forth with my own thoughts, I decided to go on the trip. And boy, she was right. Going to Turkey will forever be one of my greatest memories and I am thankful I got to visit that amazing country.A. flexibilityB. shiftC. hungryD. improvementE. dominatedF. releasedG. secureH. adaptingI. familiarJ. buryingK. distinguishSection BThe New York Times has changed a lot in the past 10 years, embracing digital subscriptions and growing into online video and specialty areas like cooking. It has not been enough to prepare the company for the future, according to the papers own 2020 report _31_ on Tuesday.“While the past two years have been a time of significant innovation, the pace must speed up,” the authors wrote in the opening of the report. “Too often, digital progress has been accomplished through workarounds; now we must tear apart the barriers. We must _32_ between mission and tradition: what we do because its essential to our values and what we do because weve always done it.”The report indicates how far the paper has come in _33_ itself to the digital age while also pointing out what needs to be done.The areas that need _34_ are focused on the newsroom, particularly in the tools and internal structures that journalists must deal with to produce their work.Many of the reports recommendations are _35_ to anyone who closely follows the Times or newspapers in general: A(n) _36_ away from prints outsized importance on the newsrooms operations, better ways to include multimedia in stories and a renewed effort at creating a more diverse newsroom with a variety of skills.The paper has an ongoing goal that started in 2016 of doubling digital revenue to $800 million by 2020. “To _37_ our future, we need to expand considerably our number of subscribers by 2020.”The report also calls into question the formats on which the Timesand most other newspapersrely, namely a mix of news stories and features that are text heavy. “Too much of our daily report remains _38_ by long texts.” the report states.The report stresses that the Times should do more to educate readers. “Our readers are _39_ for advice from The Times. Too often, we dont offer it, or offer it only in print-centric forms.” the report states. Perhaps the most interesting part of the report comes at the very bottom in the form of comments from the papers own journalists. Reporters said they would like to see _40_ in choice of how to tell certain stories, and some disagreement about what kind of tone the Times should embrace going forward.III. Reading Comprehension (45%)Section AHave We Reached Peak Trade?Globalization is usually defined as the free movement of people, goods and capital. Its been the most important _41_ force of modernity. Until the financial crisis of 2008, global trade grew twice as fast as the global economy itself. _42_, thanks to both economics and politics, globalization as we have known it is developing fast.The question is: Have we reached peak trade? If you think of it in terms of the flow of digital data and ideas, noits actually _43_. Indeed, the cross-border flow of digital datae-commerce, web searches, online video, machine-to-machine interactionshas grown 45 times larger since 2005 and is _44_ to grow much faster than the global economy over the next few years.Theres no doubt globalization has increased wealth at both global and national levels. But free trade can also widen the _45_ gap within countries, in part by creating concentrated groups of economic losers. Free trade has made goods and services cheaper for Americansthink of all the inexpensive Chinese-made goods at Walmartbut it hasnt always _46_ their job prospects. From 1990 to 2008, the areas most _47_ to foreign competition saw almost no net new jobs created. Thats one reason the new generation of Americans is on track to be _-48_ than their parents.The gains of free trade do not always _49_ the losses. This realization that the tide of _50_ doesnt raise all boats has fed into the anti-free trade movement. And companies themselves are _51_ globalization.Nevertheless, there is one reason to be _52_ about the future of globalizationat least, the new information-based kind. McKinsey data estimate that the companies responsible for the jump in flows of digital goods, services and information will include a much higher proportion of small businesses than in the past. An estimated 86% of tech-based startups surveyed by McKinsey now do some cross-border business- _53_ before the arrival of the Internet, when globalization was dominated by super powers. That means that more of the wealth generated by globalization could flow down to the 80% of the population that hasnt _54_ as much as it should have.If those individuals feel they are being empowered by open borders and freer trade, it could help swing the political pendulum（钟摆）back toward globalization in some form. Despite its laws, it has been an economic force that has lifted more people out of _55_ than anything else the world has ever known.41.A. politicalB. culturalC. economicD. natural42.A. OtherwiseB. HenceC. MoreoverD. Yet43.A. depressingB. increasingC. approvingD. operating44.A. projectedB. trackedC. signaledD. needed45.A. priceB. welfareC. pensionD. wealth46.A. ruinedB. helpedC. foreseenD. reversed47.A. resistantB. suitedC. exposedD. inaccessible48.A. happierB. healthierC. wealthierD. poorer49.A. outweighB. balanceC. sufferD. substitute50.A. materialismB. modernizationC. globalizationD. consumption51.A. withdrawing fromB. counting onC. profiting fromD. insisting on52.A. confusedB. concernedC. optimisticD. curious53.A. adaptableB. accessibleC. affordableD. impossible54.A. strivenB. consumedC. benefitedD. digested55.A. fearB. povertyC. frustrationD. embarrassmentSection B(A)Dear Cutie-Pie,Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Half way through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was “How to keep him interested.”It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.And I got angry.Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to “keep him interested.”Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soulin that unshakeable place that isnt upset by rejection and lossthat you are worthy of interest.If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesnt need to be kept interested, because he knows you are interesting.I dont care if he cant play a bit of golf with meas long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I dont care if he doesnt follow his walletas long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I dont care if he is strongas long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldnt care less how he votesas long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I dont care about the color of his skin. I dont care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religion.Little One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You.Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to “keep him interested” is to be you.Your eternally interested guy,Daddy56.What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?A. Girls knowing nothing about trusting themselves.B. Girls giving priority to finding ways to please boys.C. Girls bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time.D. Girls being upset by being rejected constantly.57.Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to _.A. keep the boy interestedB. know she deserves a boys interestC. attract a boy willing to invest all in herD. find a boy who can please her58.According to the passage, what does the underlined word “revel” mean?A. feel depressedB. become puzzledC. look aroundD. enjoy himself59.Whats the main purpose of this letter?A. To advise his daughter to trust her worth.B. To inform his daughter how to keep others interested.C. To show his daughter how to find her true love.D. To help his daughter find someone with common interests.(B)Self-driving CapabilitiesSensor and camera-equipped models from Audi and Volkswagen, among others, dont just automatically brake to prevent minor accidents; they can actually navigate（行驶）around highway traffic and into garages without a human at the wheel.Attractive DashboardsIn addition to Fords new Sync system, which better understands voice commands, Apple and Google have partnered with automakers to create interfaces（界面）as user-friendly as the ones on your smartphone.Smarter HeadlightsAudis and BMWs ultra-bright laser headlights can detect oncoming cars and dim slightly to avoid disturbing their drivers. One problem: theyre not yet legal in the U.S.Self-parking SkillsThe new model of BMWs all-electric can find its own spot in a parking lot, then send signals via a smart-watch app to contact its drivers.60.In terms of Self-driving Capabilities, what makes Audi and Volkswagen stand out?A. Braking when sensing red lightsB. Going into garages without a driverC. Stopping other cars on highwayD. Taking photos with a camera61.Which of the cars can adjust the headlights in order not to upset drivers in oncoming cars?A. Ford and VolkswagenB. Audi and BMWC. Audi and VolkswagenD. BMW and Ford62.In which section of a car magazine does the article most probably appear?A. First DriveB. Cars For RentC. Instrumental TestsD. Smart Tech(C)On the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark forest with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified organism（转基因生物）; deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouths added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. Miraculously, this did not result in the great global famine（饥荒）one might have predicted.How do scientists modify a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only plants bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed scientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for repressing stem growth, leading to shorter, stronger stalks that could bear more seedthe high-yield crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Plant geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular scissors. We can minimize a plants weaknesses while adding to its strengths, and we dont have to wait for seasons to pass to test the result.It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly supply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification. We must continue as before, nourishing the future as we feed ourselves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.63.Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st paragraph?A. To advise people to keep wolves as petsB. To persuade readers to welcome the new technologyC. To change peoples attitude towards wolvesD. To introduce a technology used to humans advantage64.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. GMO technology will help weatherproof future crops.B. With GMO technology, famine has been eliminated.C. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations.65.What can be learned about modifying a plant?A. It takes scientists seasons to know whether their selection is correct.B. One way for ancestors to change a plant was to clone some genes.C. Modern techniques help speed up the artificial selection by altering DNA.D. The general public show strong faith in GMO plants.66.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. GMO TechnologyTurning Wolves into the Best PetsB. Engineered FoodFeeding Future GenerationsC. Engineered FoodTo Be or Not To BeD. GMO TechnologyA Driving Force in World PeaceSection CA. What accounts for this culture of generosity?B. This belief is central to the national character.C. How can a sense of generosity be cultivated?D. Americans generosity is rooted in selfless behavior.E. Americas philanthropic nature is not restricted to the rich.F. The formal practice of philanthropy traces its origin to a Founding Father.CharityHumanitys most kind and generous desireis a timeless and borderless virtue, dating at least to the dawn of religious teaching. Philanthropy（慈善行为）as we understand it today, however, is a distinctly American phenomenon, inseparable from the nation that shaped it. From colonial leaders to modern billionaires like Buffett, Gates and Zuckerberg, the tradition of giving is woven into the national DNA.67. _ Benjamin Franklin, an icon of individual industry and frugality（节俭）even in his own day, understood that with the privilege of doing well came the price of doing good. When he died in 1790, Franklin thought to future generations, leaving in trust two gifts of 1,000 Ib. of sterling silverone to the city of Boston, the other to Philadelphia. According to his instruction, a portion of the money could not be used for 200 years.While Franklins gifts lay in wait, the tradition he established evolved alongside the young nation. 68. _ Often far less famed men and women have played a critical role in philanthropys evolution. One of my personal heroes is Julius Rosenwald, who helped construct more than 5,300 schools across the segregated（种族隔离）South and opened classroom doors to a generation of African-American students.69. _ The answer is not just to benefit others. Tax reduction, for one, encourages the rich people to give. And philanthropy has long helped improve the public image of everyone from immoral capitalists to the new tech elite. More troubling, however, are the foundational problems that make philanthropy so necessary. Just before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Philanthrop