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1、2017届上海市英语十校联考试卷听力（略）II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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 w
2、ord that best fits each blank.Lightning BoltUsain Bolt is the worlds fastest man. He first came to the publics attention at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, where he won three gold medals. During that race, he reached a top speed of 43.9 kmph. So, we ask, how does the man (21)_ nickname is “Lightning B
3、olt” run so fast?Usain Bolt was born in Jamaica on 21 August 1986. He was running around at primary school, when a teacher noticed (22)_ talent for sprinting（短跑）. He became one of the best sprinters at his high school even though he didnt train very hard. At the age of fifteen, Bolt was 196 cm tall
4、and he dominated the 2002 World Junior Championships, becoming the youngest person ever (23)_ (win) the 200 metres. He turned professional when he left high school, (24)_ (age) seventeen. During the first couple of years of Bolts professional life, he got a few injuries, but his health soon improved
5、 and he began to win all the major championships. He went from strength to strength, (25)_ (amaze) the world with his speed.So, how does he do it? Bolt says that he is naturally fastjust something he was born (26)_. Hes also got a number of people looking after him and one of the main reasons for hi
6、s success is Norman Peart, his manager. Peart (27)_(look) after Bolt since he was fifteen, working hard to keep him focused.(28)_ you explain it, Bolts performances in Beijing were truly marvellous. Whats more marvellous is (29)_, since then, he has continued to get even faster. In August 2009, he b
7、roke his own record by running the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds. At the (30)_ (fast) point in this race, he ran at an astonishing 44.9 kmph.Section BDirections: 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
8、.A. attended B. belief C. classic D. commonly E. crewF. evidence G. further H. origins I. purposes J. rebelledK. relatively Columbus: Myth and RealityEveryone knows the name of Christopher Columbus, and, as with any historical icon, there are as many myths as truths about the man. Take, for example,
9、 the disagreement about his _31_. The Spanish say he was from Spain, and the Italians claim he was from Italy. There is, in fact, some _32_ that he was born in 1451 in Genoa, which is now part of Italy.Columbus became a sailor at an early age and had made journeys as far as Iceland and Guinea before
10、 he made his famous voyage in 1482. Contrary to popular _33_. Columbus didnt sail to the Americas in order to find out whether the Earth was round: at the end of the 15th century almost everyone knew it was round. We do know that he sailed in part to fulfill a religious quest: he saw journeys as a f
11、ulfillment of a divine（神圣的） plan for his life.Of course, the other _34_ known reason for this voyage was that Columbus was looking for a new route to the Spice Islands (now part of Indonesia), and he believed he could reach them by sailing west rather than east. The discovery of the New World was th
12、erefore a(n) _35_ case of “serendipity”（机缘凑巧）. In 1492, when he unexpectedly discovered the Americas, he had been traveling for five weeks and has sailed for 3,000 miles. He thought he had arrived in the East Indies.Columbus left on the voyage of discovery from the south of Spain, with a(n) _36_ mad
13、e up mainly of experienced sailors from the area. He made two _37_ voyages before the end of the century, taking Europeans across to the new lands. On his third voyage in 1498, he also took women to the New World.This third voyage was not a happy one for Columbus. The settlers _38_ against him, and
14、he was unable to send a lot of gold back, so he was arrested and returned to Spain in chains. However, the King and Queen soon apologized, saying there had been a mistake, and Columbus was freed. By this time, 1500, Columbus was not a well man and he died quietly at the age of 55 in Valladolid, Spai
15、n, on May 20, 1506, in his own apartment _39_ by family and friends. He was a(n) _40_ rich man at the time of his death.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Agree to DisagreeIn a world of 6.5 million opinionated people, arguments are sure to happen. Many people see arguments as an inevitable and negative part of life. Inevitable, yes; _41_, maybe not. Arguments can often lead to positive changeif you argue
