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1 2 20 01 12 2 學(xué)學(xué)年年第第二二學(xué)學(xué)期期徐徐匯匯區(qū)區(qū)學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)能能力力診診斷斷卷卷 高三年級(jí)英語(yǔ)學(xué)科 考試時(shí)間 120 分鐘 滿分 150 分 2013 42013 4 II Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 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 2 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 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 3 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 revolutionizedB trickyC availableD destinationsE competitive F territoryG standardH processedI appealingJ delivery 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 4 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 有識(shí)別力的 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 鼓勵(lì) and working conditions In this way the Black Death caused the landowning aristocracy 貴族 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 Section B 5 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 劃水 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 improvements in speed The following year Jack Sieg an Iowa swimmer developed a technique involving swimming on his side and beating his legs in unison 一致 similar to a fish tail As Armbruster later explained in the book Weissmuller to Spitz The History and Background of the Olympic Games Sieg tried the same action while swimming face down Sieg synchronized his leg action with the butterfly arm action using two leg beats to each arm pull But the kick was ruled illegal because the legs moved in the vertical 垂直的 plane Within a few years nearly every breaststroker was using this overarm butterfly action without the kick The pure butterfly wasn t legalized for some two decades but at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne the fly became an official event 65 The best title of the article is A Why did the coaches and swimmers improve stroke efficiency B How did the butterfly come into being C How did the Japanese wake up the swimming world D When did the fly become an official event 66 The Japanese coaches use underwater photography in order to A wake up the swimming world B be paid more money C know how to be a mechanic D improve stroke efficiency 6 67 Before the pure butterfly was officially recognized years or so had passed A 15 B 20 C 30 D 35 68 According to the passage which statement is NOT true A The Japanese coaches improved butterfly stroke B David Armbruster used filming to study stroke mechanics C Sieg came up with the idea of beating legs like a fish tail D The butterfly was added to the Olympics in 1956 B Singapore National Eye Centre I could have lost my vision SNEC restored my sight A macular hole a hole at the most crucial part of the retina brought Bonny Huang who is from Hong Kong to the Singapore National Eye Centre for treatment The retina is the light sensing nerve tissue at the back of the eye In no time the potentially blinding condition was treated and his vision is now restored In April 2008 I noticed straight lines started to become distorted and white patch appeared in the centre of my vision I went to the Singapore National Eye Centre immediately The ophthalmologist a medical doctor who specializes in eye care and surgery found a central macular hole in my left eye The treatment of this condition involves delicate judgment dependent on the experience of the doctor The success of the recovery however relies largely on the face down posture by the patient The Ophthalmologist explained to me the operational procedures and taught me how to comply with the post surgery face down posture The best part is that when I forgot some of the key points he told me he showed no sign of resentment but instead comforted me not to worry before he went through the points again I underwent an operation which lasted for only one hour and maintained a face down posture for three weeks The result was very successful I once consulted my Ophthalmologist during his lunch time and he attended to me without finishing his lunch His understanding and concern shown towards his patients can be scarcely found in other medical centres I am very pleased to have received timely treatment in Singapore National Eye Centre where the doctors care about their patients Singapore National Eye Centre 7 50 senior and experienced eye surgeons total staff strength of 460 Ultra modern facility with state of the art technology and equipment Quality assurance programme backed by 100 clinical audit of outcomes High impact research teams leading to latest treatment strategies Multi expert approach to treatment of complex eye conditions 250 000 outpatient visits 14 000 major eye surgeries 13 000 laser procedures annually Singapore National Eye Centre 11 Third Hospital Avenue Singapore 168751 International Patient Service 24 hour Hotline 65 6100 9393 E mail ips sg or visit sg 69 According to this passage the Eye Centre is A a charity organization helping people solve their eye problems B an institute focusing on eye treatment research C a hospital specializing in eye problem treatment and research D an international institute treating people s diseases 70 Mr Huang s case in the advertisement is intended to A give people advice on how to find good doctors to treat eye diseases B assure people of high quality of SNEC C explain the consequences of neglecting eye problems D tell foreigners they are welcome to SNEC 71 Which of the following statements is TRUE of SNEC A Patients outside Singapore should call SNEC on work days 8 B Latest treatment strategies result from multi expert approach to treatment of eye diseases C High impact research teams are invited to deal with complex conditions D Nearly 11precent of the staff of SNEC are senior and experienced ophthalmologists C For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers it was self evident that there is something called human nature something that constitutes the essence of man There were various views about what constitutes it but there was agreement that such an essence exists that is to say that there is something by virtue of which man is man Thus man was defined as a rational 理性的 being as a social animal an animal that can make tools or a symbol making animal More recently this traditional view has begun to be questioned One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our time is so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume that men in every age have had in common something that can be called human nature The historical approach was strengthened particularly in the United States by studies in the field of cultural anthropology 人類學(xué) The study of primitive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs values feelings and thoughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield 盾牌 behind which the most inhuman acts are committed In the name of human nature for example Aristotle and most thinkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness competitiveness and selfishness as natural human characters Popularly one refers cynically 憤世嫉俗地 to human nature in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed murder cheating and lying Another reason for disbelief about the concept of human nature probably lies in the influence of evolutionary thinking Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed untenable Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary standpoint that we can expect new insight into the problem of the nature of man 72 Most philosophers believed that human nature A is the quality distinguishing man from other animals B consists of competitiveness and selfishness C is something partly innate and partly acquired D consists of rationality and undesirable behavior 9 73 The traditional view of human nature was strongly challenged by A the emergence of the evolutionary theory B the historical approach to man C new insight into human behavior D the philosophical analysis of slavery 74 According to the passage anthropologists believe that human beings A have some characters in common B are born with diverse cultures C are born without a fixed nature D change their characters as they grow up 75 The author mentioned Aristotle a great ancient thinker in order to A emphasize that he contributed a lot to defining the concept of human nature B show that the concept of human nature was used to justify social evils C prove that he had a profound influence on the concept of human nature D support the idea that some human characters are inherited Section C Directions Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A F for each paragraph There is one extra heading which you do not need A Try to know more about your child B Being a daddy is your top priority C Value your child for what he is D Let your child teach you E Time is of the essence F Look for the good and praise it 10 Seven Simple Rules for Dad My main object in life is to make sure I do the best possible job raising Tommy now aged ten That means I have to be the best possible father I can be I am no psychologist but I do see what succeeds with my son and me I also observe other fathers Here is what I have found works best in the dad department 1 76 The key to a happy child is having a dad who is there with him consistently day in and day out It is far better to spend evening after evening just sitting near him while he reads a book or plays on the computer than to spend a couple of hours every Saturday buying him toys or taking in a movie 2 Share your strengths and fears You are your child s ally not his adversary The child who knows that his father was once afraid of the dark and is still afraid of needles gets to know that his own weaknesses are part of mankind not a unique shame 3 77 Encouragement is the pr