建平中学--高三月考试题

 Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary


Section A


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.


Honesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. When it comes to medicine, I had assumed it was important to always be honest ___21___ my patient. After all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential or so I thought.


I had just started working in geriatrics(老年科). Mr. McMahon was brought in when his belly was found very swollen(肿的). I took a medical history from his daughter who’d accompanied him in the ambulance. She’d been his main career for years. I stood ___22___lookat him as she gave a detailed history. “Has he lost any weight recently?” I asked, “Well, it’s funny you ___23___  mention that, but yes.” She said slowly. Obviously she ___24___involvevery much in his care and it was only fair ___25___ I told her the truth. “Well, we need to prove it’s not cancer.” I said and talked briefly about some of the tests ___26___ I was going to order.

    Half an hour later, a nurse called me: “Mr. McMahon’s daughter broke downshe said you told her he had cancer.” My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant(高级顾问医师)was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that ___27___ was by no means confirmed that he had cancer. I stood silently at the end of the bed. My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon, she turned to me. “Why on earch did you do that?” she asked. I looked at her and bit my lip. “She asked me what I was worried about and I told her.” I said, hanging my head. “And give her more to worry about?” replied my consultant. “You don’t say the word‘cancer’until it’s confirmed. ___28___ ______ you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people.”

    As it turned out, it wasn’t cancer. But I did learn that when someone is stressed and worried about their loved one they’re sometimes selective in ___29___ they hearand as a doctor it’s important to be mindful of this. In being truthful, I’d made the situation ___30___bad.


Section B


DirectionsComplete 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. recording      B. sign        C. disqualified    D. underestimated    E. spilling


F. pursuit        G. squeezed    H. associated   I. component   J. standards   K. requires



   CNNAs a scientific breakthroughs go, it may not rank alongside splitting the atom or discovering penicillin, but the work of Christopher St. Cavish shouldn’t be ___31___.


The former chef, Christopher St. Cavish has expanded the horizons of his knowledge, and his own belt size, by completing the world’s only scientific study of the Shanghai soup dumpling.


Soup dumplings, also called xiaolongbao, are tiny, steamed buns filled with meatballs and broth(肉汤). The traditional filling is pork, but some restaurants branch out with seafood, truffle(松露)and more. Eating these ___32___ special attention—if you are careless, you risk breaking the skin and ___33___ the soup.


Soup dumplings are ___34___ with southern China, but cities like Shanghai are filled with restaurants that specialize in making xiaolongbao. St. Cavish ate are nearly 16 pounds of soup dumplings at 52 Shanghai restaurants over the course of a year—all in a ___35___ to find the city’s best.


St. Cavish’s survey analyzes the ratio(比例)of soup and meat filling to the thickness of the dumpling skin, by measuring main ___36___ of a soup dumpling. These include the dumpling skinthe thinner the better, the amount of souppreferably lots, the pork meatball sizehopefully bigand the quality of meat in the fillingfresh is good.


“I weighed the whole dumpling..,. and then I titled it by about 45 degrees and cut off the top, so the soup wouldn’t spill out,”he said.“Then I measured the weight of the soup, ___37___ out the meatball and measured the weight of the meatball, and then I took out my calipers(卡尺)and measured the skin.”


St. Cavish did this for six dumplings at every restaurant—the standard size for a basket serving---___38___ measurements and plugging the numbers into a self-made formula(方程式)to arrive at a final store for each restaurant.


Restaurants were ___39___ if St. Cavish caught a whiff of MSG(味精), or if two out of six soup dumplings broke—a ___40___ that a poorly made xiaolongbao can’t carry the weight of its meat and soup filling.


Ⅲ. Reading comprehension


Section A


DirectionsFor each blank in the following passages 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.


    Flight simulator(飞行模拟器)refers to any electronic or mechanical system for training airplane and spacecraft pilots and crew member by simulating flight conditions. The purpose of simulation is not to completely ___41___ for actual flight training but to thoroughly familiarize students with the vehicle concerned before they ___42___ extensive and possibly dangerous actual flight training. Simulation also is useful for review and for familiarizing pilots with new modifications to ___43___ craft.


       Two early flight simulators appeared in England within a decade after the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. They were designed to ___44___ pilots to stimulate simple aircraft movements in three dimensions: nose up or down; left wing high and right ___45___, or vice versa; and yawing(偏航)to left or right. It took until 1929, however, for a truly effective simulator, the Link Trainer, to appeared, ___46___ by Edwin A. Link, a self-educated aviator and inventor from Binghamton, New York. By then, airplane instrumentation(仪器)had been developed sufficiently to permit“blind”flying on instruments alone, but training pilots to do so involved ___47___ risk. Link built a model of an airplane cockpit(驾驶舱)equipped with instrument panel and controls that could realistically simulate all the ___48___ of an airplane. Pilots could use the device for instrument training, manipulating the controls on the basis of instrument readings so as to maintain straight and level flight or controlled ___49___ or descent with no visual reference to any horizon except for the ___50___ one on the instrument panel. The trainer was modified as aircraft technology advanced. Commercial airlines began to use the Link Trainer for pilot training, and the US government began purchasing them in 1934, acquiring thousands more as World War Ⅱ ___51___.


       Technological advances during the war, particularly in electronics, helped to make the flight simulator increasingly ___52___. The use of efficient analog computers(模拟计算机)in the early 1950s led to further improvements. Airplane cockpits. controls, and instrument displays had by then become so individualized that it was no longer feasible to use a ___53___ trainer to prepare pilots to fly anything but the simplest light planes. By the 1950s, the US Air Force was using simulators that precisely replicated the cockpits of its planes. During the early 1960s electronic digital that precisely replicated the cockpits of its planes. During the early 1960s electronic digital and hybrid computers were adopted, and their speed and flexibility ___54___ simulation systems. Further advances in computer and programming technology, notably the development of virtual-reality simulation, have made it possible to ___55___ highly complex real-life conditions.


41. A. stand      B. substitute       C. seek      D. strive


42. A. undermine     B. undergo       C. underlie      D. undertake


43. A. existing     B. developing       C. flying      D. learning


44. A. encourage     B. inspire       C. enable      D. urge


45. A. high    B. low       C. higher      D. lower


46. A. introduced     B. promoted       C. devised      D. imagined


47. A. considerable    B. long-term       C. reduced      D. additional


48. A. parts     B. programs       C. movements   D. passengers


49. A. flight    B. take-off       C. landing      D. climb


50. A. designed    B. advanced       C. controlled     D. artificial


51. A. ended     B. approached       C. boomed      D. declared


52. A. realistic     B. popular       C. valued      D. expensive


53. A. conventional    B. modern       C. generalized   D. accurate


54. A. created    B. replaced      C. joined     D. revolutionized


55. A. reproduce     B. resolve      C. restore     D. revise


Section B


DirectionsRead 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


    Nessie hunters have been left scratching their heads after a dog walker found what appears to be the remains of the legendary‘monster’washed up on a beach. These remains were found on the shore of Loch Ness(尼斯湖)in Scotland, blocked off by police tape(警戒线).


The scene appears to be a highly elaborate practical joke by someone who has managed to create a lifelike skeleton frame and organs of the legendary beast, complete with sharp-toothed skull. The images were posted on Facebook by animal charity Help2Rehome Scotland—who asked the public whether they believed the remains were the real deal. Responses were split between the serious Nessie fans and those who saw it as a bit of fun. But the charity eventually revealed the heavily detailed remains were actually put together for a television show.


Sightings of the Loch Ness Monster were at their highest in more than a decade last year with five eye witnesses’ accounts of the mythical creature registered. Gary Campbell, keeper of the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, said 2015 was a 'vintage' year for Nessie reports in Scotland. It has now accepted five sightings for the year - the most in 13 years. He stressed that the majority of claimed sightings do not get included on the register –as most can be explained in one way or another.  


Among the most famous claimed sightings is a photograph taken in 1934 by Colonel Robert Wilson. It was later exposed as a lie by one of the participants, Chris Spurling, who, on his deathbed(临终), revealed that the pictures were staged. The first reported sighting of the monster is said to have been made in 565AD by the Irish missionary St Columba when he came across a giant beast in the River Ness. However, no one has ever come up with a satisfactory explanation for the sightings—although last year“Nessie expert”Steve Feltham, who has spent 24 years watching the Loch, said he thought it was actually a giant Wels Catfish, native to waters near the Baltic and Caspian seas in Europe.


But recently it was claimed that the Loch Ness monster may have been invented by a cunning(狡猾的)British public relations consultant, who dreamed up the idea of the creature in a London pub. The claims were made in a new book which suggests the story of the monster was started to encourage people to visit the Scottish Highland following the difficult years of the Great Depression.


56. What is the scene of a lifelike skeleton frame and organs used for ?


A. Attracting Nessie hunters.      B. Playing a practical joke


C. Producing a TV show     D. Entertaining Nessie fans


57. What does“a vintage year”mean in Para. 3?


A. A year when an event is registered


B. A year when something unusual happens


C. A year when a mythical creature is witnessed


D. A year when the best result is achieved


58. Who claimed the most famous sighting of the monster?


A. St Columba     B. Robert Wilson


C. Steve Feltham    D. A public relations consultant


59. What can we know from the article?


A. A reasonable explanation for these sightings has been proved true.


B. The mythical creature is often mistaken for some kind of fish.


C. The monster might not exist at all despite so many sightings of it.


D. People are obsessed with the‘monster’though it is a practical joke  


B


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