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1、七宝中学 2017-2018 学年第一学期高二摸底试卷（118 分）II. Grammar and Vocabulary（30）Section ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of thegiven word; for the other
2、blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)The Greek myths are almost a myth themselves.The great dramatists Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides drew on the myths, (1)_ did theRomans after them. Since then, poets, painters, sculptors, novelists and later on, filmmakers and evencomic strip auth
3、ors (2)_(find) inspiration in them. Remember film Troy (2004) starring BradPitt? That movie remade The Iliad, Homers e t of the Trojan Wars.Greek myths came from oral stories. In the beginning, people told these tales to (3)_ _.They didnt read them in books or watch them in the theater. It seems tha
4、t (4)_ we write, paint ormake films -or simply just enjoy these products the Greek myths have a special resonance.The names and the stories (5)_ be old, but the myths continue to be relevant. We can still bemoved by beauty, like the story of Paris when he stole the gorgeous Helen away from her husba
5、nd in Troy.We feel pain in our hearts (6)_ we remember our family and friends back home. We cantherefore readily understand Odysseus”(7)_(separate) from his wife and son for a decade andhis desperation to get home.The everyday life of western culture (8)_(mark) by the Greek myths in all sorts of way
6、s. Justlook up into the night sky names of the stars and constellations you see come from Greek characters.In English, we say someone who makes money easily has the Midas touch. But often, characterfrom Greek mythology, who turns (9)_ he touches into gold. Even the products we buy insupermarkets hav
7、e names (10)_ (inspire) by the Greeks.(B)Vast deserts, magic carpets, and the legend of Aladdins lamp. For most Chinese people, Saudi Arabiais a faraway land (1)_ (exist) only in bedtime stories.However, connections between the two countries (2)_(date) back to ancient times. Theeconomic and cultural
8、 ties between the Tang Dynasty and the Arabian empire reached their height in the9th century. Paper-making workshops thrived in (3)_ is now Saudi Arabia while Arabianknowledge of math, astronomy and medicine spread to the Middle Kingdom.These exchanges, (4)_(record) by Arabian merchants sailing alon
9、g the ancient Maritime SilkRoad, became material for folk tales (5)_ _the One Thousand and One Nights stories.第 1 页 / 共 17 页Fast forward a millennium, the relationship between a modern Saudi Arabia and a progressive China(6)_(enter) a new era, thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by Chine
10、se President Xi in 2013. Saudi Arabia is one of the first countries (7)_(respond) positively to the Belt andRoad initiative. In terms of strategic location, Saudi Arabia serves as the central hub (8)_(connect)three continents Asia, Africa and Europe and has been an important part of the initiative.I
11、n fact, (9)_ they built diplomatic ties in 1990, the two countries have seen a sounddevelopment of partnerships. In 2015, China became Saudi Arabias largest trade partner, while Saudi Arabiahas been Chinas biggest crude oil supplier and largest trade partner in West Asia and Africa for years.(10)_ t
12、he economic gains, citizens in both countries also benefit from cultural and academicexchanges.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be usedonce. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. subjectB. equalC. monitoringD. fitnessAB
13、. proposesAC. motivateAD. debateBC. spreadBD. experimentingCD. pushesABC. resultsA new analysis of the running habits of over a million people showed that exercise is contagious though this depends on whos spreading it.For the study, two scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used
14、 (1)_ trackerdata to study the running habits of around 1.1 million people, who have around 3.4 million social networkconnections. Over five years, the (2)_ ran a collective 350 million kilometers, and their runs wereposted online for their friends to see.The researchers found an additional kilomete
15、r run by friends influences an individual to run anadditional 0.3 kilometers. An additional kilometer per minute run by friends (3)_ a person to run anadditional 0.3 kilometers per minute faster than usual. And if those friends run an extra 10 minutes, thatperson is likely to run about three minutes longer than they would have. The influencing effect is strongeston the same day (4)_
