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1、2020西城诊断性考试1西城区高三年级英语诊断性考试试卷C第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45 分）第一节语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分）阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。AMia rushed home and threw open the front door. Her mother turned around, surprised that Mia was home from school so early. “I won first place in the art c
2、ontest!” she said (1) pride and raised her head, expecting praise. Though Mia (2) (work) eagerly on her art submission for weeks, her mother wasnt sure (3) the project involved. “Thats wonderful, Mia! What was the subject of your art project?” her mother asked. Smiling from ear to ear, Mia handed ov
3、er her artwork. It was a portrait of her mother.BA study found that adults aged 18 to 33 checked their smartphones 85 times a day, or once every 10 minutes. As I learned during my experiment, (4) (place) some distance between myself and my device helped me devote myself to my work more (5) (easy). B
4、y not having my smartphone, my distraction(消遣) time went down and thus my work time (6) (spend) more efficientlyand effectively. On numerous occasions, I found (7) (I) wondering what to do with the afternoon since I had already completed my high-impact tasks for the day. With the extra time, I can f
5、inally enjoy the pleasures of life.In June 2012, China s first manned deep-sea submersible(潜水器), Jiaolong,set a world diving record for submersibles of its kind by reaching a (8) (deep) of 7,062 meters in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. In 2017, China successfully tested a submersible (9) (
6、call) Shenhai Yongshi, capable of diving 4,500 meters. (10) much of Jiaolongs equipment was imported, about 95 percent of Shenhai Yongshi and its core components were produced domestically, said Xu Qinan, the chief designer of Jiaolong.2第二节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）“Expert advisers often make su
7、rprisingly inaccurate predictions about the future, yet people (27) their suggestions nevertheless,” concludedOne morning in July 2011, a taxi sat wandering outside Petco Park stadium in San Diego. And Wade LeBlanc, a (an) (11) pitcher (棒球投手) for the Padres, climbed in.” To the airport, please,” he
8、told the driver. LeBlanc was headed to Tucson, Arizona, home of the clubs A-level branch organization at the time. Hed been sent down to the minors. Again. For the eighth time in three years.“Youre Wade LeBlanc,” the taxi driver said. “Right.”“You got some good stuff.”Stanford University psychologis
9、ts in a study published last year.Now, not everyone took experts advice. The more (28) people become, the smaller the pool of advisers they (29). Participants in positions of power ignored almost two thirds of the advice they received, according to one Harvard University study. Other participantsthe
10、 control and low power groupsignored advice about half as often. So it required a massive increase of modesty (谦虚) to do what Wade LeBlanc did: hear what the taxi driver was offering him and accept it as a(an) (30).This performance.(12) the pitcher, after the previous nights disastrous11. A. excelle
11、ntB. strugglingC. ambitiousD. awkward12. A. surprisedB. concernedC. disturbedD. angered“I think there are some things you should think about (13),” the driver continued.” I don t know; I m not a (14). Maybe something like going over your head in your windup (摆臂动作)”Wait, what? This guy was offering (
12、15)? Earlier in his career,13. A. avoidingB. makingC. tryingD. crossing14. A. playerB. directorC. jokerD. loser15. A. serviceB. adviceC. chancesD. courses16. A. acceptedB. worriedC. smiledD. laughedLeBlanc might have (16). Or been angry. But today, he just17. A. explainedB. interruptedC. listenedD.
13、guessed (17). He couldnt afford to dismiss anything. His career was on the line.The next day, in Tucson, LeBlanc met his (18). He said he was thinking about making (19) to his windup. His coach agreed. Instead of keeping his hands tight to his chest at the beginning of his delivery, LeBlanc raised t
14、hem briefly over his head, as the taxi driver had (20).LeBlanc included the new (21) into his next start. And he was (22), allowing only one hit over seven innings ( 回 合 ). It was the turning point in his career. Eight years later, LeBlanc is a pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. He signed the first c
15、ontract extension of his Major League Baseball careerat age 33.The funny thing about advice: We so often take it from the (23) people. That is, we (24) the advice of experts, while undervaluing the input of regular folk. Wade LeBlanc (25) that trend, and he obtained the (26).18. A. parentsB. coachC. driverD. fans19. A. changesB. contributionsC. additionsD. objectives20. A. includedB. announcedC. suggestedD. resisted21. A. aimB. effectC. hobbyD. move22. A. patientB. optimisticC. brilliantD
