上海市复兴中学2020届高三下学期六月周练英语试题

高三下学期6月份周练2

I. Grammar

    Mahjong tournaments and championships in Europe 1 ________ (draw) participation from 500 players as more and more people in that region find enjoyment in the ancient Chinese game.

    Tina Christensen, president of the European Mahjong Association, said, “Players travel to different places in Europe for the game. It’s very interesting to hear players of different  nationalities suddenly 2_______              (speak) Chinese—‘chow,’ ‘pung,’ ‘kong’ and ‘hu.’”

    She said the 500 players’ names appear on the ranking lists of four European tournaments  and of the national championships the organization 3 ________              (hold) every year. The events  include two competitions 4 ________              which Japanese rules are observed and two at which Chinese rules, or international competition rules, are observed.

    European countries also hold national games, such as the Danish Open and Danish Championships, Christensen said. She said some people dislike mahjong because of its complicated rules 5________ because they do not enjoy sitting at a table for hours. Many others, though, find the game exciting and interesting.

    Martin Faartoft, a software engineer and amateur player from Denmark, said the charm of mahjong lies in its variety.“It’s about combination and probability—getting your mind 6 ________(optimize) the use of your hands,” he said.

    “It’s  not a simple game 7 ________ easily gets boring. It’s unlike playing in a formula (固定模式). You have to try new things all the time. 8 ________              you got one bad hand, you can have a new one very soon. It’s nice to have four people to make it more social than two players.”

    Henrik Leth, a Denmark mahjong player, said playing Mahjong requires a person to think analytically. At some point in a game, a player has to adopt a certain strategy and yet be willing later on to change it in response to opponents’ moves. Leth said tournament  organizers  believe  competitions help 9 ________(make) people better mahjong players.

    The European Mahjong Association has been using marketing in its attempts at drawing more interest to the game. Its mission is to bring healthy, friendly and scientific mahjong to 10 ________many people as possible.

    Most of you are familiar with the tale of the princess and the frog. One day a beautiful princess found a frog sitting by a pond. The frog said he was really a handsome prince and 11 ________(turn) into a frog by an evil witch. He said that if the princess kissed him, it would break the witch’s spell and he would once again be a handsome prince. The beautiful princess was desperate to marry a handsome prince so she puckered up (撅起嘴), wished for the best, and kissed the frog. Luckily, the frog wasn’t lying and he was instantly transformed into a handsome prince.

    12 ________ ________ Zhao Lingmin, a media commentator, there are a lot of frogs in China. She says many young Chinese men dress badly, never comb their hair and have 13 ________(disgust) personal hygiene. And when they reach middle age, Zhao says, men care even less about their appearance. They are fat, have oily hair and dress like slobs ( 邋遢的人). And yet, these frogs end up attracting beautiful, fashionable and intelligent young women. What gives here?

Well, according to a study from Hudie, an online fashion forum, Chinese women don’t care if a man is ugly or a bit of a slob. The important thing for a husband is 14 ________he has a good job and that he is a faithful and reliable partner. So what if he is a frog? In a woman’s mind, he is still her handsome prince.

Zhao’s observation, 15 ________ true to an extent, misses the point 16 ________women and men view fashion differently. Very few men, apart from those 17________ read GQ magazine, care much about their appearance. They are more interested in their jobs and making a good living. Think of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. He always had a week’s worth of stubble (胡渣) on his chin and the only clothes he seemed to own 18 ________(be) a black turtleneck sweater and a pair of blue jeans. He would definitely fit the description of a frog, 19 ________ women found him attractive because of his genius and his wealth.

    So, my advice to all you frogs out there, don’t despair. Get a job, work hard, have a good heart and, someday, you too 20________be lucky enough to marry a beautiful princess.

II.Vocabulary

    When retailers want to tempt customers to buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing, they are missing something.

    A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management looked at consumers' attitudes to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are useless at 21________               .

    Consumers often struggle to realize, for example, that a 50% increase in quantity is the  same as a 33% discount in price. They overwhelmingly 22________               the former is better value. In an experiment the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a bonus pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.

    This numerical blind spot remains even when the 23 ________clearly favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two options of loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% off the price. The discount is by far the better proposition but the 24________clever students viewed them as equivalent.

    Studies have shown other ways in which retailers can 25 ________consumers’ innumeracy. One is to confuse them with 26 ________discounting. People are more likely to see a bargain in a product that has been reduced by 20%, and then by an additional 25%, than one which has been 27 ________to an equivalent, one-off, 40% reduction.

    Marketing types can 28 ________ lessons beyond just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car's efficiency, for example, it is more convincing to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel consumption.

    There may be lessons for regulators, too. Even well-educated shoppers are easy to 29 ________. Sending everyone back to school for maths refresher-courses seems out of the  question. But more30________displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great help.

III.Cloze

    History has not yet 31________ what we will definitively call the postmillennial cohort (2000年后出生的人) that now 32 ________ more than 60 million people in the US. These kids and 33 ________ with no concept of life 34________ the Internet have so far been called the App Generation and Generation Z. They've been referred to as Homelanders, having grown up under the ghost of terrorism. They've also been 35 ________the plurals, for their historic diversity, as well as the Founders, at least by MTV.

    Whatever we 36________ naming them, marketers and academics are turning their attention to this group, which has billions in 37________ and is already shaping the culture. This generation is growing up “totally and utterly connected," says California State University psychologist Larry Rosen. Experts like Rosen have concerns about these kids' Google-inspired expectations that everything be 38________ . They worry about their inability to 39 ________ even five seconds of boredom. And they worry about the demands that come with 40 ________several identities online, from Facebook to twitter to Snapchat. "There's so much pressure on young people, who are still  41________ their identities, to present this crystallized, idealized identity online," says the University of  Washington's Katie Davis.

    Historian Neil Howe sees 42________ with the Silent Generation, the spoilt,  risk-avoiding, "nice" generation of kids who grew up during the Great Depression and World War II, although some marked differences are found. Today's youths are also coming of age among geopolitical trouble and fears about the economy, he says, 43________ schools emphasize an intense   far-reaching sensitivity to other kids. He suspects this 44 ________will be known for being well behaved and perhaps boring the culture by playing it safe. "There are typical examples that occur repeatedly," Howe says, "even if they go by different 45 ________."

31. A. remarked        B. convinced        C. guaranteed        D. revealed

32. A. numbers        B. houses            C. accommodates     D. contains

33. A. adults            B. adolescents        C. folks            D. guys

34. A. over            B. without            C. besides           D. beyond

35. A. diagnosed        B. dismissed        C. labeled            D. coined

36. A. end up            B. consider about    C. appeal for        D. approve of

37. A. distribution force    B. purchasing power     C. global view        D. unique outlooks

38. A. vivid            B. instructive         C. instant             D. profitable

39. A. feed up with        B. put up with        C. make up for         D. identify with

40. A. faking            B. revising            C. illustrating         D. maintaining

41. A. supervising        B. forming            C. representing         D. promoting

42. A. parallels        B. contrasts        C. comparisons       D. reservations

43. A. because          B. although        C. while             D. when

44. A. emphasis        B. generation        C. intensity         D. cultivation

45. A. routes            B. schemes       C. names            D. definitions

IV.Translation

1.实现梦想需要极大的努力和耐心，否则将一事无成。(require)

2.他对交通规则置若罔闻，所以这起事故无法避免。(ignore)

3.做任何事情都必须循序渐进，因为欲速则不达。(Whatever)

参考答案

have drawn, speaking, holds, at, or, to optimize, that/which, If, (to) make, as

had been turned/ was turned, According to, disgusting, that, though/although, that, who, were, but, may/can

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1. 实现梦想需要极大的努力和耐心，否则将一事无成。(require)

Achieving dreams requires great patience and effort, or you’ll achieve nothing.

2. 他对交通规则置若罔闻，所以这起事故无法避免。(ignore)

He ignored the traffic regulations, so the accident couldn’t be avoided.

3. 做任何事情都必须循序渐进，因为欲速则不达。(Whatever)

Whatever we do ,we must go on / do it step by step because haste makes waste.