2021-2022学年上海市黄浦区大同中学高三（上）期中英语试卷

Grammar and VocabularySection 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 blanks， use one word that best fits each blank.

• 1．Black Mamba a Legend That Will Never Die It's hard to believe Kobe is gone.
      The NBA superstar， （1）

  great talent and win-at-all-costs spirit made him one of the most distinguished athletes in history，was the rare celebrity who didn't need a last name.
      Still youthful at 41，Bryant -- who died in a helicopter crash on January 26 in California -- looked （2）

  he could suit up any minute and drop 30 points on a rival（竞争对手）NBA team.It doesn't seem that long ago that he was scoring 60 points in his final NBA game.
      With a highly decorated career spanning 20 years -- all with the Lakers -- Bryant is all but （3）

  （assure） of being a first-ballot inductee（第一候选人）into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame，alongside Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett，later this year.
      Bryant， （4）

  18-time All-Star，was famous for his astonishing scoring ability and his championship pedigree（总冠军血统）.He teamed up with fellow All-Star Shaquille O'Neal （5）

  （win） three consecutive NBA titles from 2000 to 2002，and later won two more rings，in 2009 and 2010.
      Known as the "Black Mamba"，Bryant finished his career with 33，643 points in the regular season，which put him at No.3 among NBA's scoring leaders，behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar （38，387）and Karl Malone （36，928）（6）

  LeBron James surpassed him just one day before Bryant's untimely death.
      "Kobe was so much more than an athlete.He was a family man，which was （7）

  we had most in common.Whenever we got together，I would hug his kids and he would embrace （8）

  ." O'Neal wrote on Twitter.
      "Kobe was one of the most extraordinary players in the history of our game with accomplishments that are truly legendary（传奇般的），" NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "But he （9）

  （remember） most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete （10）

  the very best of their ability."
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Section BDirections： Fill 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.

• 2．

  A.valuable B.unrecognizable C.unconsciously D.reserved E.heavily F.encounters G.disrupted H.confused I.closeness J.jye.ai K.recomposed

  Relationship in the Digital Age People from our past whom we no longer directly communicate with but who are active on social networks can "occupy （1）

  space in your mind，and you think about them instead of about your close friends，" said Carlin Flora，the author of "Friend-fluence：The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We are."
     "If my high school friend posts frequently about her life，it's almost like it's celebrity gossip，or it seems as if I am watching a reality show about her，" Ms.Flora said. "Our brains get（2）

  about whether we know celebrities；if we see someone a lot，our brain thinks we know them."
     Ms.Schiller，the Iowa graduate，goes out often with friends at night but also lives on a digital diet of texting （3）

  enough that she recently hurt her thumb），Google chat and social media.As with many young people，talking on the phone was never a big part of her routine and is now（4）

  for the rarest of occasions.
     There are physiological benefits to face-to-face（5）

  however，that doesn't belong to digital interactions or the phone. "Your blood pressure goes down，and you imitate your friends gesture （6）

  ." Ms.Flora said. "It's a kind of harmony humans have developed over thousands of years，and you don't get that when you only follow someone on social media."
     But now it's common for the synchrony（同步性）to be（7）

  in person，thanks to smartphones.Imagine Edward Hopper's 1942 painting "Nighthawks" （below） （8）

  today，with the three late-night diners and counterman all gazing at screens. "If there's a（n）（9）

  of guys at a bar together and they're all on their phones，" Ms.Flora said， "they're not doing much to stimulate the body system to create the sense of（10）

  ."
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Reading ComprehensionsSection 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.

• 3．Transjye.aiion.It's a pleasant word and a calming concept.It means going surely and sweetly from somewhere present to somewhere future.Unless，that is，it is newspapers' 'transition' to the（1）

  world，an uncertain and highly uncomfortable process.
     Just look at the latest print circulation figures.The Daily Telegraph，The Guardian and many of the rest are down overall between 8% and 10% year-on-year，but their websites go ever higher.
     All of that may well be true，depending on timing，geography and more.（2）

  ，everyone --- from web academics to print analysis -- says so.Yet pause for a while and count a few little thing that don't（3）

  .
     One is the magazine world，both in the UK and in the US.It ought to be（4）

  ，wrecked by the move to the tablets which fit existing magazine page sizes so perfectly.But，in fact，the rate of decline in magazine purchasing is relatively small，with subscriptions holding up strongly and advertising remarkable（5）

  .
     As for news and current affairs magazines --- which you'd expect to find in the eye of the digital storm -- they had a 8.4% increase to report.In short，on both sides of the Atlantic，although some magazine areas went down，many showed rapid growth.
     You can discover a（6）

  phenomenon when it comes to books，Kindle and similar e-readers are booming，with sales up massively this year.The apparent first step of transition couldn't be（7）

  .Yet，when booksellers examined the value of the physical books they sold over the last six months，they found it just 0.4% down.Screen or paper，then？It wasn't one or the other：it was（8）

  .
     So if sales in that area have fallen so little，perhaps the（9）

  mostly affects newspapers？Yet again，though，the messages are oddly（10）

  .The latest survey of trends by the World Association of Newspapers shows that global circulation rose 1.1% last year （to 812 million copies a day）.Sales in the West dropped back but Asia more than（11）

  the difference.
     Already 360 US papers -- including most of the biggest and best -- have built paywalls around their products.However，the best way of attracting a paying readership appears to be a deal that offers the print copy and digital access as some kind of（12）

  package.
  （13）

  ，print is also a crucial tool in selling internet subscriptions.And its advertising rates raise between nine and ten times more money than online.
     Of course this huge difference isn't（14）

  news for newspaper companies，as maintaining both an active website and an active print edition is difficult，complex and expensive.But newspaper brands still have much of their high profile in print：adrift on the web，the job of just being（15）

  becomes far harder.
  
  

  （1）	A．publishing	B．online	C．ideal	D．unknown
  （2）	A．On the other hand	B．After all	C．To begin with	D．For instance
  （3）	A．stop	B．exist	C．emerge	D．fit
  （4）	A．regulated	B．advancing	C．collapsing	D．minimized
  （5）	A．solid	B．simple	C．creative	D．changeable
  （6）	A．cultural	B．common	C．scientific	D．similar
  （7）	A．later	B．harder	C．clearer	D．slower
  （8）	A．all	B．neither	C．both	D．either
  （9）	A．service	B．system	C．crisis	D．figure
  （10）	A．right	B．vague	C．designed	D．mixed
  （11）	A．made up	B．told apart	C．took over	D．held on
  （12）	A．joint	B．mysterious	C．modern	D．complex
  （13）	A．In other words	B．On the contrary	C．What's more	D．Even so
  （14）	A．new	B．sad	C．big	D．good
  （15）	A．spared	B．updated	C．noticed	D．edited
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Section BDirections： Read the following two passage. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

• 4．There have been many great violinists but none could hold a candle to Kuznetsov，a miraculous young Russian.On his emergence while still in his teens，his playing was filled with timeless wisdom beyond his years；he now holds the stage with immense authority.So it comes no surprise that he is about to add a new string to his bow.When he performs with the English Chamber Orchestra，it will be as both soloist（独奏者）and conductor. "It's something I've often thought about，" he says.
     Other musicians who have traded the bow or piano for the baton（指挥棒）have failed；the transition is not easy，of which he is aware. "The most crucial thing is the human chemistry between conductor and players.You must avoid at all costs being an outsider，as though saying to the orchestra， 'You make your music while I imagine mine.'"
     He is quite relaxed about not yet having his own hand-language --- every conductor is different.Kuznetsov believes the connection between notes is not just physical，but also spiritual.Spiritually is，for Kuznetsov，the conductor's key characteristic. "And it should ideally be expressed through beauty of movement，" he says.Some conductors threw themselves about，others hardly move a muscle.Where will Kuznetsov fit on that scale？ "We must wait and see，" he says.
     Kuznetsov himself moved straight as an arrow toward his goal.His father was an oboist（双簧管演奏者）and his mother conducted a choir，but at the age of four，young Leonid settled on the violin. "The violin is located at the front of the orchestra.It seemed very desirable to sit there and show off." He gave his first concert at the age of five. "When I went on stage，I bowed so deeply and so long that he audience laughed -- but I knew that this was what great artists always did.I felt it was an honour for the audience to listen to me." His programme that day included Paganini variations， "which were very easy for me."
     What is his view now of the recordings he made at that age？ "I didn't have the technique I have now but across the years the intuition has not changed.I still feel every time I go on stage as though I'm newborn."
     Kuznetsov cautiously paces his own development.He didn't give his first performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto until he felt ready for it，and he'll let Bach's works stay in his mind for some years.
     One of Kuznetsov's admirers wonders whether he is in danger of not hanging onto "the fearlessness of youth." On the evidence of Kuznetsov's bravely assured new interpretation of the Brahms Concerto，which he plays on a new CD release，I'd say that his fearlessness is in no danger yet.
  
  （1）Kuznetsov think

  is most important in conducting.
  A．the conductor's and the orchestra's knowledge of the composition
  B．whether the conductor has cooperated with the players before
  C．the understanding between the conductor and the orchestra
  D．the players' recognition of the conductor
  （2）What can be learned about Kuznetsov from the passage？

  
  A．He didn't start to play the violin until five.
  B．He plans so give Bach's works a try first.
  C．He isn't as enthusiastic as before about the violin.
  D．He was confident while giving his first concert.
  （3）What can be inferred from the passage？

  
  A．Violin players are usually those who like to show off in an orchestra.
  B．It's easy for piano or violin players to become conductors.
  C．Kuznetsov hasn't decided which conductor's hand-language to follow.
  D．The writer thinks highly of Kuznetsov's performance as a conductor.
  （4）What is the passage mainly about？

  
  A．A violinist's understanding of music.
  B．Kuznetsov's efforts that have led to his success.
  C．A violinist's new attempts in his musical ambitions.
  D．Kuznetsov's insight into how techniques matter in performance.
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TranslationDirections： Translate the following sentences into English， using the words given in the brackets.

• 12．谈判双方只关心各自利益，且对各自应承担的责任意见相左，至今未在该问题上达成共识。（result）
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Guided Writing

• 13．Directions：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
  在我们的日常生活中，我们常常会因为某些事情与家长发生冲突，请你具体描述一次你与家长间所发生的的冲突，并谈谈感想。
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