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1、上海市行知中学高二 英语试卷考试时间： 100分钟 满分： 100分II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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 bl
2、anks, use one word that best fits each blank. Singapores tradition of eating out in places called hawker centers is now recognized by the United Nations for its cultural importance. A hawker is a person who sells food or goods and (21) _ (advertise) by shouting at people walking by on the street. Ha
3、wkers are an important part of Singaporean culture. Open-air eating areas where hawkers sell their goods are very popular. Dishes such as Singapore laksa call up images of Indian and Chinese migrants (22) _ own cuisine, slowly over centuries, mixed with that of the native Malays. Famous chefs, such
4、as Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay have praised them. And they appear in popular films (23) _ Crazy Rich Asians. On December 16 2020, the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, added the citys hawker culture to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Singapore so
5、ught to have hawker culture (24) _ (add) to the list about two years ago. (25) _ _ it has been recognized recently, Singapore is to provide a report every six years as required to UNESCO to show efforts that the city-state has made to save and support its hawker culture. These centers serve as commu
6、nity dining rooms where people from diverse backgrounds gather and share the experience of dining over breakfast, lunch and dinner, UNESCO said. In the 1970s, Singapore cleaned up its streets (26) _ the city moved street hawkers to new eating centers. These areas were part of an effort (27) _ (impro
7、ve) the island. Now, the centers offer many different low-cost meals for local people and provide a pleasing social setting. But Singapores hawker culture (28) _ face difficulties. The average age of a hawker in Singapore is 60 years old,. Younger Singaporeans now want to work in offices. They are (
8、29) _ ( interested) in working in small restaurants. Besides the COVID-19 health crisis hurts sales, (30) _ (prevent) foreign visitors and local people from eating out. During the first few months of 2020, restrictions on movement and social distancing also stopped locals. Section BDirections: Fill
9、in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. associated B. adapted C. existing D. historically E. losing F. released G. individuals H. rescue I. dramatically J. adjust K. alternative The Chinese giant salama
10、nder（大鲵）, the worlds largest amphibian（两栖动物）has quietly slipped toward extinction in nature. Following a search that had lasted several years, researchers recently reported that they were unable to find wild-born (31) _. As with so many other protected species in China, poaching（偷猎）is the main threa
11、t to giant salamanders. Unlike pangolins（穿山甲）, tigers and many other animals that have fallen victim to poaching, however, salamanders were never (32) _ valued as meat or medicine. Traditional knowledge (33) _ them with bad luck and dead babies. They were animals you didnt want to go near. said Dr.
12、Turvey, lead author of the report. But that changed in the mid-20th century when famine（饥荒）forced people to turn to (34) _ food sources. By the 1990s, giant salamander meat had become a luxury food item in China. Salamander farms supported by the government began popping up around the country. As pr
13、ices for live animals rose sharply, farmed populations grew while wild ones fell (35) _. Realizing the amphibians were disappearing in nature, officials decided to restock wild populations. At least 72,000 of captive-born（圈养）salamanders have been (36) _ since then. Dr. Turveys survey, however, shows
14、 that reintroducing farmed animals is not a simple solution to saving the species in the wild. In the wild, Chinese giant salamanders were not just one species but at least five, and perhaps as many as eight. On farms, they are being mixed into, a single hybridized population (37) _ to no particular
15、 environment. The farms are driving the extinction of most of the species, said co-author Robert Murphy. Were (38) _ genetic diversity and adaptations that have been evolving for millions of years.Given that there could be populations of genuine salamanders here and there, the best strategy for preventing extinction in the wild is to (39) _ genetically pure animals from farms, and then improve the (40) _ conservation plan to rebuild each species numbers. If we wait too long, all those wild-caught individuals will be gone, Dr Turvey added. III.
