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1、杨浦区2019学年第一学期高三模拟质量调研英语学科试卷 2019.12. Grammar and Vocabulary Section 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 blan
2、ks, use one word that best fits each blank. Killer Rabbits Youd never think of rabbits as dreadful, destructive creatures, would you? Rabbits are cute and love-able. However, Australians discovered (21) _ harm these cute creatures can do the hard way. Rabbits were introduced to Australia in 1788 as
3、food animals. By 1827, they were running around large estates, and in 1859, disaster struck. A man released 12 wild rabbits onto his property for hunting and he (22) _ have thought that was harmless fun. But Australia has no predators（捕食者）(23) _ (adapt) to killing rabbits and none of the diseases th
4、at kept their populations (24) _ control in Europe. The loose rabbits bred like, well, rabbits, and began to take over the countryside. Within a few decades, there were millions. By 1950, there were 600 million rabbits in Australia. Six hundred million hungry rabbits could do real harm. They caused
5、more damage than any other species introduced to the continent. They ate native plant species (25) _ they disappeared. They competed for food and shelter with native animals. they caused the extinction or endangerment of numerous plant and animal species. And they were a nightmare for cattle and she
6、ep farmers, (26)_ animals couldnt get enough grass to eat and starved.The rabbits did some good, of course. They provided food for poor families. They supported fur industries. But their impact on the environment and major livestock economy was too negative (27)_(ignore). People tried trapping them.
7、 They even built a huge wall against them. But (28)_(effective) weapon was a virus.(29)_(test) multiple times, the deadly myxoma virus was released on Australias rabbits in 1950. The virus had been developed very carefully to affect only rabbits. Nearly 100 percent of the rabbits who caught the dise
8、ase (30) _(die).Populations fell. It was a huge success. Cattle and sheep farming recovered gradually, and threatened plants were better protected. Eventually, rabbits became resistant to the virus.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used
9、only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. string B. contained C. representing D. detailing E. scientific F. currents G. recovered H. encountered I. estimated J. instructions K. decoration Bottle Found at Sea Used for Scientific PurposeCombing the beach for shells, sea glass, or co
10、lorful rocks is a leisure activity enjoyed by many. Some even use metal detectors to find buried treasure or other objects. Only the lucky few have _31_ a message in a bottle that was dropped off by the tide. The tradition of putting a letter to an unknown recipient into a bottle and throwing it int
11、o the ocean has an interesting past. An early _32_ use for the practice was revealed when the oldest recorded message in a bottle was found by Tonya on a beach near Wedge Island, Australia.Tonya was on a family outing when she noticed the antique glass bottle in the sand and thought it would make a
12、nice_33_. While she was cleaning the sandy gin bottle, a rolled up paper tied with a _34_ fell out. The damp page was a message written in German and dated June 12, 1886. According to official documents from the German sailing vessels, Paula, a crew member tossed the bottle overboard a(n) _35_ 950 k
13、m off the coast of Western Australia. Further research authenticated(验证）the letter, which had been sent afloat 132 years ago and is the oldest message in a bottle ever _36_.Historians confirm that thousands of similar bottles were cast overboard by German ships between 1864 and 1933. And_37_ inside
14、were official documents written by the captain of the ship, _38_ routes, coordinates, and other information. These early messages in a bottle were an attempt by the German Naval Observatory to map ocean_39_ around the world.On the back of the notes were _40_ to write the time and place the bottles w
15、ere found and return them to the German Naval Observatory in Hamburg or the nearest German authorities. Using this information for reference was an early system of studying patterns in nature and the vast ocean in particular.III.Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: 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.A star athlete stopped by my office and she was eaten up by self-criticism after committing a few errors during a weekend match. “Im at peak
