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1、长宁区2018学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷高三英语（满分140分，完卷时间120分钟） 2018.12考生注意：1本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分，试卷包括试题与答题要求，所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。2答题前，务必在答题纸上填写考试号和姓名。3答题纸与试卷在试题编号上是一一对应的，答题时应特别注意，不能错位。I. Listening Comprehension II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the bla
2、nks 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 on word that best fits each blank.Planting Patriotism Young boys arent easily shocked, but 12-year-old Preston Sharp sure
3、 knows the feeling. “Yeah, I was surprised and even disappointed,” Preston said. Prestons mom, April Sharp, said: “it is the first time I (21)_(see) him like this angry and passionate.” What upset her son so much was visiting his grandpas grave in Redding, California, and realizing that not every ve
4、teran(老兵) in the cemetery had a flag. So April told him, “Son, (22)_youre going to complain about something , you have to do something about it or let it go.” Next things April knew, Preston was talking on odd jobs and asking for donations (23)_(buy) flag and flowers for every veteran in his grandpa
5、s cemetery. And when that cemetery (24) _(cover), he moved on to another , and then another. Here we are, nearly three years and about 65,000 graves later. He does it every week (25)_the weather is like, rain or shine -especially rain. “They were out there in the rain doing their job, (26) _(protect
6、) us,” Preston said. His devotion is infectious. When word gets out (27)_ Preston will be at a cemetery-he has a Facebook page, Preston Sharp/ Vet flags and Flowers-people, like Vietnam veteran Fred Loveland, feel (28)_(oblige) to join in. “Its amazing,” Loveland said. “What hes doing brings (29)_ou
7、t because we cant believe we cant believe a young in this country is doing what he does.” It is a movement of young and old, of those who served and those who are so grateful for what they did, all led by a proud grandson (30)_ saw an injustice and decided to do something about it.Section BDirection
8、s: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. astonishing B. bordered C. blackouts D. consequences E. constant F. estimated G. exploded H. fascinated I. process J. stretched K. upsettingAurora (极光): w
9、onders or disturbances Canada, February 2017: I stood in the snow on a frozen lake, watching as the sky twisted in front of me. Green bands of light_31_ out in the darkness. Slowly the colors twisted and broke and reappeared elsewhere until, suddenly, a whole band flowed and pulsed across the sky,_3
10、2_ with delicate yellow, pinks and purples. It was as dramatic as thunderstorm, yet calm. Gentle, yet _33_. Most of all, it was a gift. This was my fifth aurora trip and the first time I had seen fast movement and bright colours. The calm, green auroral displays that many people see are driven by a(
11、n)_34_stream of particles(微粒) from the sun, called the solar wind. But when the sun throws us extra hot, fat particles, this process goes into overdrivewe get much more movement and colour. It is glorious! Aurora-spotters long for it. But for some, the wild movements of the heavens can have serious
12、_35_. Satellites electronics are affected or damaged by incoming fast particles, _36_ industries that rely on them. Flights may need to change course to avoid radio_37_ around the poles, or to protect aircrew from enhanced radiation exposure. During a solar storm, aircrew may receive their annual ra
13、diation limit over a single flight. Stormy space weather affects us on the ground, too. A large solar storm in 1989 caused a 10-hour electrical blackout over Canadas Quebec Province, costing the economy a(n)_38_C$10 billion. Disturbance of the atmosphere causes problems with radio broadcast and GPS.
14、 In September 2017, a huge solar flame _39_ just as Hurricane Iran hit the Caribbean. The resultant HF radio blackout help up the emergency response. Meanwhile, beautiful aurora displays were seen in England. Place its beauty aside, then, and the auroral _40_ is nothing other than a giant planetary
15、disturbance, more of a worry than a wonder for some people. Yet seldom do such disturbances have such fascinating side effects as that of the aurora dancing across our Arctic skies.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分)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. Marmoset monkeys exist on a branch of the evolutionary three that is distinct from the
