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II。 Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Stephen Hawking: Science's Brightest Star
His family released a statement in the early hours of Wednesday morning confirming his death at his home in Cambridge. Hawking’s children, Lucy， Robert and Tim, said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man (21)______ work and legacy will live on for many years。” For fellow scientists and loved ones， it was Hawking's intuition and wicked sense of humor （22）______ marked him out as much as the fierce intellect that， coupled with his illness， came to symbolize （23)______ unbounded possibilities of the human mind. Hawking was driven to Wagner, but not the bottle， when he (24)______ (diagnose) with motor neurone disease in 1963 at the age of 21。 Doctors expected him (25)______ (live) for only two more years. But Hawking had a form of the disease that progressed more slowly than usual。 He survived for more than half a century. Hawking once estimated he worked only 1，000 hours during his three undergraduate years at Oxford. In his finals， he came close （26)______ a first- and second-class degree。 （27)______ (convince） that he was seen as a difficult student, he told his examiners that if they gave him a first he would move to Cambridge to pursue his phD。 Award a second and he threatened to stay。 They opted for a first. Those who live in the shadow of death are often those who live most. For Hawking， the early diagnosis of his terminal disease, and （28)______ (witness) the death from leukemia of a boy he knew in hospital, aroused a fresh sense of purpose. “(29)______ there was a cloud hanging over my future, I found， to my surprise， that I was enjoying life in the present more than before. I began to make progress with my research,” he once said。 Taking up his career in earnest, he declared： “My goal is simple。 It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is (30）______ it is and why it exists at all。\"
Section B A。 analysis B. usually C. assures D。 pours E. development F。 necessary G. cloudy H。 absent I. cultivate J。 allow K. extremely He is kindly
The other evening at a dancing club a young man introduced me to Mr。 and Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald， and Scott seemed to have changed a lot from the first time I met him at Princeton, when he was an eager undergraduate trying his best to __31__ himself into a great author. He is still trying hard to be a great author. He is at work now on a novel which his wife __32__ me is far better than This Side of Paradise， but like most of our younger novelists he finds it __33__ to produce a certain number of short stories to make the wheels go around。 That The Vegetable， his play， did not receive a Manhattan presentation seems to have disappointed rather than discouraged him. He is still __34__ light—hearted. I have always considered him the most brilliant of our younger novelists. Not one of them can tough his style， nor the superb quality of his satire(讽刺). He has yet to put them in a novel with carefulness of
conception and __35__ of character。 He can become almost any kind of writer that his peculiarly restless character will __36__. Born in St。 Paul， he attended Princeton， served in the Army, wrote his first novel in a training camp, achieved fame and fortune, married a Southern girl, has a child and lives in New York. At heart, he is one of the kindliest of the younger writers. Artistry means a great deal to F。 Scott Fizgerald, and into his own best work he __37__ great efforts. He demands this in the work of others， and when he does not find it he criticizes with passionate earnestness。 I have known him, after reading a young fellow-novelist’s book， to take what must have been hours of time to write him a lengthy, careful __38__. Just what he will write in the future remains __39__. With a firmer reputation than that of the other young people， he yet seems to me to have achieved rather less than Robert Nathan and rather more than Stephen Vincent Benet， Cyril Hume. His coming novel should mean a definite prediction for future work。 It is to be hoped that from it will be __40__ the seemingly unavoidable modern girls.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Standards for Schools： Developing Organizational Accountability（绩效）
Quality teaching depends on not just teacher’s knowledge and skills but on the environment in which they work. Schools need to offer a coherent curriculum focused on higher—order thinking and performance across subject areas and grades, time for teachers to work __41__ with students to accomplish challenging goals， opportunities for teachers to plan with and learn from one another, and regular occasions to evaluate the outcomes of their __42__。 If schools are to become more responsible， they must, like other professional organizations， make evaluation and assessment part of their everyday lives。 Just as hospitals have standing committees of staff that meet regularly to look at evaluation data and discuss the __43__ of each aspect of their work – a practice reinforced by their accreditation(评定) requirements, — schools must have regular occasions to examine their practice and effectiveness。 As Richard Rothstein and colleagues describe in Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right, school-level accountability can be supported by school __44__， like those common in many other nations, in which trained experts evaluate schools by spending several days visiting classrooms， __45__ samples of student work， and interviewing students about their understanding and their experiences， __46__ looking at objective data such as test scores， graduation rates， and so on。 In some cases， principals accompany the inspectors into classrooms and are asked for their own evaluations of the lessons。 In this way， the inspectors are able to make __47__ about the instructional and supervisory competence（能力) for principals. As described earlier， inspectors may also play a role in ensuring the __48__ and comparability of school—based assessments （as in England and Australia), as well as school’s internal assessment and evaluation process （as in Hong Kong)。 In most countries’ inspection systems， schools are rated on the quality of instruction and other services and supports， as well as students' __49__ and progress on a wide range of aspects， including and going beyond academic subject areas, such as extra—curricular, personal and social __50__， the acquisition of workplace skills and the __51__ to which students are encouraged to adopt safe practices and a __52__ lifestyle. Schools are rated as to whether they pass inspection， need modest improvements, or require serious intervention(介入）， and they receive extensive feedback on what the inspectors both saw and __53__。 Reports are publicly posted。 Schools requiring intervention are then given more expert __54__ and support， and are placed on a more frequent schedule of visits. Those that persistently fail to
pass may be placed under local government control and could be __55__ if they are not improved。 41。 A。 occasionally B。 closely C. strictly D. peacefully 42. A。 challenges B。 competence C. curriculum D。 practices 43。 A. effectiveness B。 faults C. progress D。 requirements 44。 A. instruction B. protection C。 inspection D. consideration 45. A. taking B。 improving C. examining D. copying 46. A. as far as B. rather than C. other than D. as well as 47. A。 judgments B. decisions C. inquiries D. suggestions 48。 A。 quantity B。 quality C. instruction D。 support 49。 A. education B。 performance C。 attention D。 interest 50。 A。 responsibility B。 structure C. resources D. benefits 51。 A. frequency B. consistence C. satisfaction D. extent 52. A。 comparable B. healthy C。 different D。 unique 53。 A。 appreciated B。 criticized C. recommended D. rewarded 54。 A。 attention B。 programs C. evaluation D。 explanations 55. A。 set down B. put down C. closed down D。 pulled down
Section B
(A）
Eye Scan Technology Comes to Schools
ABC News： Parents who want to pick up their kids at school in one New Jersey district now can submit to iris(虹膜) scans, as the technology that helps keep our nation’s airports and hotels safe begins to make its way further into American lives。
The Freehold Borough School District launched this
When picking up a child, high—tech security system on Monday with funding from the
the adult provides a driver’s Department of Justice as part of a study on the system’s
license and then submits to an effectiveness。
eye scan. If the iris image As many as four adults can be authorized to pick up each
camera recognizes his or her child in the district, but in order to be authorized to come into school,
eyes, the door clicks open. they will be asked to register with the district’s iris recognition
security and visitor management system。 At this point, the New Jersey program is not a must. If someone tries to slip in behind an authorized person， the system causes an alarm and red flashing lights in the front office. The entire process takes just seconds。 This kind of technology is already at work in airports around the country like Orlando International Airport， where the program has been in operation since July。 It has 12，000 subscribers who pay ＄79。95 for the convenience of submitting to iris scans rather than going through lengthy security checks. An iris scan is said to be more accurate than a fingerprint because it records 240 unique details—far more than the seven to twenty-four details that are analyzed in fingerprints。 The chances of being misidentified by an iris scan are about one in 1。2 million and just one in 1.44 trillion if you scan both eyes. Phil Meara, the Freehold District official， said that although it was expensive， the program would help schools across the country move into a new frontier in child protection。 “This is all part of a larger emphasis, here in New Jersey， on school safety,” he said。 “We chose this school because we were looking for a typical slightly urban school to launch the system。\"
Meara applied for a ＄369，000 grant on behalf of the school district and had the eye scanners installed in two grammar schools and one middle school. So far， 300 of the nearly 1，500 individuals available to pick up a student from school have registered for the eye scan system. 56。 Why does the Freehold Borough School District adopt the eye scan security system？ A。 To ensure the school safety and efficiency of picking up children. B. To encourage more students to register in New Jersey urban schools. C。 To test the effectiveness of school security and management system。 D。 To collect the information of the children and their beloved parents. 57. What makes the eye san system more accurate than the fingerprint system? A. Processing the data of the authorized people faster。 B. Identifying the data of the adults to pick up children. C。 Submitting the data of the authorized people conveniently。 D. Providing far more unique details of the authorized ones. 58. How does Phil Meara help to protect the safety of children? A。 By asking people to register with the security system. B. By applying for grant to install eye scanners in schools. C. By asking the department of justice to fund this program。 D。 By turning to Orlando International Airport for help. 59. The eye scan system can be best described as ______. A. safe and cheap B。 portable and useful C. smart and accurate D。 popular and helpful
(B）
Senior Manager Major Gift Fundraising & Special Projects
Blind Veterans UK is the national charity helping blind ex—service men and women lead independent and fulfilling lives。 We offer blind veterans access to the highest quality of services to help them discover life beyond sight loss. We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and resourceful individual to join our Partnerships team based at our headquarters in London. The team focuses on securing donations from HNWIs, Trusts and Companies。 This role focuses on securing support from HNWIs。 The special projects aspect of the role relates to annual activities that offer an opportunity to develop relationships with the target audience.
We are looking for an experienced individual with a sound track record in the following areas: Identifying prospects with the capacity and tendency to support Developing and implementing cultivation and marketing strategies Managing a document of current as well as prospective major donors
Planning and driving peer to peer fundraising Organizing promotion events
Delivering against a personal target and team targets
The successful candidate will also have some people management experience and an expert in major gift fundraising processes will be considered as priority。
In return for your talent, we offer competitive conditions of service and a conducive environment. To apply, please send your up to date CV and Supporting Statement of not more than 500 words to Recruitment.Ldn@blindveterans。org.uk, outlining how your skills and experience meet the person specification.
Interview date： Week starting from 26 March 2018
Please note only applicants who submit a CV with a supporting statement will be considered。 Due to the high number of enquiries and applications we receive for our vacancies we don’t acknowledge each one – if you haven’t heard from us within a week of the closing date, please assume that we won’t be inviting you for an interview. You are， of course, welcome to try again if a suitable post comes up。 We are unable to provide feedback to candidates not shortlisted for interview。
60. The passage is mainly written to ______。 A。 invite people to join the fundraising events B. seek the right person to be Senior Manager C。 inform the blind veterans of money service D。 attract the interest of potential donors 61. According to the passage， which of the following statement is TRUE？ A。 The application fails if one isn’t informed before 26 March。 B. The application should include a lengthy personal statement. C. All the applicants will receive an invitation before interview. D。 The applicants should send his application when he is free. 62. What experience is most likely to help a candidate stand out？ A。 People management experience。 B. Annul activities experience。 C。 Peer to peer fundraising experience。 D. Large—scale fundraising experience。
（C）
As businesses and governments have struggled to understand the so—called millennials—born between roughly 1980 and 2000—one frequent conclusion has been that they have a unique love of cities. A deep-seated preference for night life and subways, the thinking goes, has driven the prosperity of urban cores across the U。S. over the last decade—plus. But there’s mounting evidence that millennials' love of cities was only a passing fling(放纵）。 Millennials don’t love cities any more than previous generations。 The latest argument comes from Dowell Myers， an urban planning professor at USC。 As they age, says Myers， millennials’ presence in cities, will “be evaporating…through our fingers， if we don't make some plans now。” That’s because millennials’ preference for cities will fade as they start families and become more established in their careers。 It’s about more than aging, though。 Demographer William Frey has been arguing for years that millennials have become ‘stuck’ in cities by the 2008 downturn and the following slow recovery， with poor job prospects and declining wages making it harder for them to afford to buy homes in suburbia。 Myers, too， says observers have confused young people’s presence in cities with a preference for cities。 Survey data shows that more millennials would like to be living in the suburbs than actually are.
But the normal career and family cycles moving young people from cities into suburban houses have become， in Myers’ words, “a plugged up drain。” But unemployment has finally returned to healthy lows （though participation rates and wages are still largely depressing）, which Myers says should finally increase mobility for millennials. Other trends among millennials， supposedly matters of lifestyle preference， have already turned out to have been driven mostly by economics. What was once considered their broad preference for public transit may have always been a now—reversing inability to afford cars。 Even decades-long trends towards marrying later have been stressed as today's young people struggle for financial stability. Investors are already taking the idea that millennials will return to old behavior patterns seriously， putting more money into auto manufacturers and developers. But urban lifestyles, up to and including trendy bars, aren’t just modern—they're a part of what powers a city's economic engines， bringing people together to explore new ideas, create companies, and build careers. From the 1960s to the 1990s， we saw that suburbanization also means an economic and social hollowing out for cities。 Now that the economic restrictions are coming off today's young city residents, cities that want to stay vibrant have to figure out how to convince them-and their growing families—to stick around.
63. Over the last decade, what is thought to have ensured the prosperity of the city？ A. Fast economic development。 B. Around-the—clock club services。 C。 Convenient public transport. D。 Well—established careers。 64。 Why are Millennials about to leave city？ A. It is too expensive for them to buy apartment in cities. B。 They find it difficult for to seek a good job in cities. C。 It is easier to get married moving to the suburban. D。 They are more confident with their economic situation.
65. What does the author mean quoting Myer's “a plugged up drain”(para 5）？ A. Millennials are reluctant to leave attractive cities。 B。 Millennials are stopped from moving to the suburbs. C. Millennials are unwilling to be cut off from the suburban. D。 Millennials are afraid of another economic decline。 66。 How does the author feel about the suburbanization？ A. sign of stable finance. B. A growth of health issues. C. A conflict of new ideas. D。 A loss of modern life.
Section C A。 Some experts think that the wealth gained from trade allowed for such leisure in sports and the arts. B。 Experts believe that a king and mostly a female priest ruled the government and controlled trade。 C。 In ancient Greek myths， Minoan society was quite prosperous and highly civilized. D。 The palace that Evans unearthed a century ago was the first proof of Minoan culture。 E. Minoan culture didn’t exist before until Arthur Evans discovered the palace under the earth。 F。 Although not yet decoded， written script on clay tablets appears to list trade accounts.
The Minoans: A Forgotten People
The first advanced culture in ancient Greece was the Minoan culture. For thousands of years，
knowledge of these people survived only in Greek myths。 In the late 19th century, archaeologists began to unearth ruins. This inspired Arthur Evans to begin digging on the island of Crete near mainland Greece。 On a dig in Kbossos， Evans found an ancient palace。 Experts think that it was the palace of King Minos， a central figure in many Greek myths。 ____67____ With his team， he uncovered a vast structure， varied works of art, and many hieroglyphic records， These finds， together with later finds, comprise all that experts know about Minoan culture。 From the evidence experts gathered， it is clear that the Minoans were ahead of their time。 The palace at Knossos was five floors high with hundreds of rooms。 Buildings throughout the ancient city had plumbing and flush toilets. Stone pavement lined the surfaces of the roads. In addition, the Minoans possessed a highly developed naval fleet for long—distance trade. ____68_____ These records confirm the central role of commerce in culture. Expert analysis of the evidence also offers insight into some aspects of Minoan society. ____69____ Ruins and artwork suggest that people of all classes enjoyed a high degree of social and gender equality. Religious icons show that Minoans worshiped bulls, the natural world, and many female gods。 An unusual feature of Minoans culture was the pursuit of leisure interests。 Sport and visual arts were central to Minoan life。 Boxing and bull jumping, a sport in which players jumped over live bulls, were popular。 Although bull jumping may have served some ritual purpose, experts believe that it was done mostly for fun。 Similarly， although some works of art showed political and religious themes， other works served only as pleasant décor(装饰品). ____70_____ The Minoans met their demise after a series of natural disasters。 Experts believe that group from the Greek mainland capitalized on these events and looked over the island。
IV。 Summary Writing
The Conflict of the Orders
The types of people who served as officials in the Roman government changed over time. These changes stemmed from the attempts of common people to more rights。 The struggles became known as the Conflict of the Orders。 In the early republic， Romans were divided into two classes of people： patricians and plebeians。 Patricians were powerful landowners who controlled the government。 As nobles， they inherited their power. Plebeians, who made up most of the population, were mainly farmers and workers. For many years， plebeians had few rights. They could vote, but they were barred from holding most public offices。 Plebeians could not even know Roman laws because laws were not written down. In court, a judge stated and applied the law, but only patricians served as judges。 Over time， plebeians increased their power through demand and strikes. They gained the right to join the army, hold government office， form their own assembly, and elect leaders. In one of their greatest victories, they forced the government to write down the laws of the Roman Republic. In about 450, B.C。 the Romans engraved their laws on tablets called the Twelve Tables. The laws were placed in the Forum， the chief public square, for all to view. The first plebeians were appointed to the government in the late 400s B.C. After 342 B。C。, a plebeian always held one of the consul positions。 By about 300 B。C. many plebeians had become so powerful and wealthy themselves that they joined with patricians to form the Roman nobility。 From that time on, the distinction between patricians and plebeians was not a important。 Membership in the nobility was still very important, however， since government officials were not paid a salary, only wealthy nobles could
afford to hold office. Thus, the nobles still controlled the republic。
V. Translation 72。 他在会议上提出的建议值得三思。 （worth)
73. 法律和政策应该适应我们不断发展的社会需求. (adapt）
74. 绝不能任由困难打倒你，因为你永远不知道你离成功有多么近. （account) 75。 父母竭力庇护孩子免受问题的困扰，甚至代替他们做重要的决定,这将不利于孩子的健康成长。 (which）
VI. Guided Writing
Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese。 学校拟举行高三告别晚会,现面向全体同学征集意见。请向学生处递交你的晚会策划方案。方案中需包括：1、晚会的主题。2、晚会的时间、地点和参加人员。3、晚会内容及其他安排等.
嘉定区2017学年第二学期
高三年级英语学科教学质量测试卷参考答案
I。 Listening comprehension
1-5 BACBD 6-10 CCBAD 11—13 CAB 14—16 BAD 17—20 ACDC II. Grammar and vocabulary
21. whose 22. that 23。 the 24. was diagnosed 25。 to live 26. between 27. Convinced 28. witnessing 29. Although / though / While 30。 what / as 31-35 ICFKE 36—40 JDAGH III. Reading comprehension
41-45 BDACC 46—50 DABBA 51—55 DBCAC
56-59 ADBC 60—62 BAD 63-66 BDBA 67—70 DFBA IV. Summary writing
Romans was made up of two classes： patricians and plebeians。 Patricians, the nobles, inherited power and controlled the government while plebeians, the common people, who used to have few rights，
gradually gained various rights through struggles. From 300 B。C。, the distinction between them was less obvious as many plebeians became nobles, and Rome was still controlled by nobles. V。 Translation
72。The suggestion he put forward at the meeting is worth giving a second though. 73.Laws and policies should adapt to the developing needs of our society.
74。On no account can you let any difficulties discourage / best you， for you can never tell how close you may be to success。
75.Parents try to shelter / protect their children from problems and even make important decisions for them， which will do harm to be harmful to / be bad for the growth of their children。 VI. Writing 略
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