上海市七宝中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题

这是一份上海市七宝中学2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题，共16页。
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passages cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
(A)
Yu knw what they say, marriage is like a bx f chclates and yu never knw what yu are gnna get. My wife and I had a "fercius" argument the ther night (21) _________ we were watching ne episde f the latest seasn f a reality shw called. See Yu Again. Basically, the shw was abut three cuples [22] _________ (embark) n an 18-day vacatin t try t wrk ut their marital issues in the hpe f saving their marriages. Fr them, it was really a make-it-r-break-it vacatin.
[23] _________ we bth agreed n mst men's incmpetence in expressing their true feelings in any intimate relatinship, my still belved wife and I failed miserably t see eye t eye n reasns fr that. She blamed it n men's upbringing while I thught it had mre t d with the influence f utdated scial nrms and steretypes n men.
Our sciety [24] _________ (discurage) emtinal expressin in men fr ages, telling them they can't shed a tear r shw any vulnerability. These utdated ideas abut what it means t be a man have messed them up big time. T me, it is n wnder that in the marriage market, the mst cmmn type available [25] _________ wmen is the silent but dminant type f men with the whle breadwinner and hmemaker rles still [26] _________ (stick) in their heads. S when things dn't g that way, f curse, they will feel lst.
"Intimidated" by my rigrus lgic, my wife purpsefully shifted the fcus f her argument t [27] _________ we tw shuld raise ur sn and what I culd have dne better if I had taken her advice seriusly.
Hwever, things started t get much [28] _________ (persnal) when bth f us seemed t run ut f witty arguments. Realizing this disagreement wuld lead us nwhere, I wasted n time aplgizing t her fr my ill-cnsidered wrds with dignity and ffered t clean the plates piling up in the sink ([29] _________ _________ I cked dinner that night!) Faced with an ffer she culdn't refuse, my wife kindly reminded me [30] _________ (nt frget) t dry the twel when I was dne. Aplgy accepted, hence case clsed.
At the end f the day, I exhibited my vulnerability as requested and she shwed her mercy as expected. We just agreed t disagree and lived happily ever after.
(B)
Back then, I was a very nervus new father. I didn't knw [31] _________ _________ t feed my sn, hw hard t pat his back t burp him, r whether it was kay t let him sleep as lng as be wants. I bught myself lts f bks abut parenting, nly [32] _________ (find) that there were s many new things t learn that I inevitably begun t feel verwhelmed.
My friend May, a sn-t-be mther herself, [33] _________ (sense) my anxiety and, t calm me dwn, texted me ne night saying, "N bk can be a substitute fr yur wn sensitive cntemplatin and careful bservatin. Bks can be [34] _________ small additinal value, but n mre. Just listen t yur sn and he'll teach yu hw t be a father."
That struck me a lt because I grew up in a time when mst f the parents, including my wn, believed that children [35] _________ be seen and nt heard. Naturally, I thught he was nthing and nly grwnups were wrth smething. The idea [36] _________ children d nt knw anything but will d s, and are nt capable f ding anything but will learn, made me live in a permanent state f expectatin. Fr the sake f tmrrw, I failed t respect [37] _________ might amuse, sadden, amaze, anger, and interest him tday. Fr the sake f tmrrw, I stle years f his life.
Things changed fr me when I gt dwn n my knees, waiting fr my sn t pen up. Once I came dwn t his level, I fund I didn't even [38] _________ _________ ask questins. I just listened. He granted me permissin t gaze int his pckets t see all his cherished cllectins: bird's feathers, clred stnes and ddly-shaped leaves. He als discussed with me abut his grand plan t travel t the Suth Ple with the girl in his class [39] _________ happened t want t marry him. We bth knew ur relatinship was built n mutual respect and trust.
Nw, seven years later after my sn's birth, I still marvel at May's simple wisdm. Being there listening t my sn has nt nly rescued [40] _________ frm "thse best parenting bks ne cannt affrd t miss" but als frm ver-evaluating and ver-bsessing abut him. Simply put, my sn has taught me t be a father. I have affectin fr what he is tday and respect fr what he can becme in the future. All I need t d is t listen.
III. Vcabulary
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. D nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need in each passage.
(A)
Eating a calrie-rich diet brught us humans a great advantage: time. We spent less f the day btaining fd. We saved cuntless hurs f needless chewing. Instead, we invested time in ding the things that make us human: we started t [41] _________ tls, erect structures, share stries, create myths and play games.
Calries made humanity pssible. Calries are what [42] _________ ur big brains. Our calrie-rich diet didn't reinfrce the cmpulsin t eat, it released us frm a fd-gripped existence. Just because we require calries des nt mean ur basic [43] _________ cmpels us t ver-cnsume them, fr the same reasn that requiring xygen des nt cmpel us t perpetually hyperventilate. Yes, it may be [44] _________ t carry extra calries in time f famine, but this assumes an verly simplistic view f ur evlutinary past.
Out there in nature, carrying extra bdy weight brings serius, even deadly, disadvantages. T the evlving primate, greater bdy mess means slwer acceleratin and a(n) [45] _________ in the ability t change speed and directin quickly. Back when we were prey - when ur ancestrs were [46] _________ eaten by big cats, pythns and even eagles - ur ability t nimbly start, stp and turn was crucial fr survival. T a predatr, a fat human was nt nly easier t spt and easier t catch, it made fr a bigger, better meal. T the prey we hunted, a fat human was easier t evade and utrun. Carrying t much fat als increases the [47] _________ f injury and death due t the frces and lads invlved in maintaining a larger bdy. T put it in the simple arithmetic f evlutinary fitness, being [48] _________ fat didn't increases an individual's chances f passing n their genes. It actually reduced them.
As we became mre [49] _________ there were even mre reasns t refrain frm verindulgence. Fd had t be shared with ther members f the tribe, then the village, then the twn, especially with children, whse dependence n adults fr resurces lasts an eternity cmpared with ther species. Otherwise, the human species wuld have died ff lng ag, if we really were slaves t a never-ceasing [50] _________ fr calries.
All f these have left us with the fllwing paradx: Why were humans generally able t resist vastly ver-cnsuming calries up until abut fifty years ag?
Quted frm Mark Schatzker's The End f Craving
(B)
The gd news is that tday's teenagers are greedy readers and prductive writers. The bad news is that what they are reading and writing are text messages.
It's an unmissable trend. Even if yu dn't have teenage kids, yu'll still see ther peple's ffspring wandering arund, their eyes averted, tapping away, ttally [51] _________ f their surrundings. Take a grup f teenagers t see the eight wnders f the wrld. Chances are that they'll [52] _________ be texting all the way, even if it means missing all thse awe-inspiring mments. Shw a teenager Jan Vermeer's The Girl with a Pearl Earring. Yu might get a quick glance befre a buzz [53] _________ the arrival f the latest SMS.
Nw befre I am [54] _________ f thrwing stnes in a glass huse, let me cnfess. I prbably send abut 50 texts a day, and I receive what seem like 200. But there is difference, I als read bks. It's a quaint ld habit I picked up as a kid, in the days befre cellphnes began [55] _________ in the palms f the yung.
Accrding t a survey carried abut in 2019, half f tday's teenagers dn't read bks except when they're made t. What is mre [56] _________ t me as a high schl teacher is the fact that almst tw-thirds f high schl freshmen read fr pleasure fr less than an hur per week. Nearly half f senirs dn't read fr pleasure at all.
Why des this matter? Because, t sme extent, this texting craze can and will prduce a large number f cultural [57] _________ wh are cut ff frm the civilizatin f their ancestrs if we dn't take sme necessary measures.
S hw can we encurage ur teenagers t read bks? Whether in the classrm r at hme, ne f the best ways t prmte reading is by reading tgether. Anther way t encurage reading is t help teenagers set a gal t read a certain number f bks r read bks frm a certain genre. This will help them stay fcused and [58] _________ t read. Fr instance, if yur child lves playing ftball, read the strybk related t ftball. Or if yur child lves ging n walks, take alng sme picture bks t read alng the way. By making reading mre [59] _________ and fun, we can fster a lve f reading in them.
But dn't expect children t fall in lve with reading [60] _________. When it cmes t reading, trust the prcess.
IV. Clze
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage, there are fur wrds r phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext.
(A)
Facing AI extinctin
In a recent White Huse press cnference, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre culdn't suppress her laughter at the questin: Is it "crazy" t wrry that "literally everyne n Earth will die" due t artificial intelligence? [61] _________, the answer is n.
While AI pineer such as Alan Turing cautined that we shuld expect "machines t take cntrl", many cntemprary researchers [62] _________ this cncern. In an area f unprecedented grwth in AI abilities, why aren't mre expects weighing in?
Befre the deep-learning revlutin in 2012, I didn't think human-level AI wuld emerge in my lifetime. I was familiar with arguments that AI systems wuld insatiably seek pwer and resist shutdwn -- and bvius [63] _________ t humanity if it were t ccur. But I als figured researchers must have gd reasns nt t be wrried abut human [64] _________ risk (x-risk) frm AI.
Yet after 10 years in the field, I believe the main reasns are actually cultural and histrical. By 2012, after several hype cycles that didn't pan ut, mst AI researchers had stpped asking 'what if we succeed at replicating human intelligence", [65] _________ their ambitins t specific tasks like autnmus driving.
When cncerns resurfaced utside their cmmunity, researchers were t quick t dismiss utsiders as [66] _________ and their wrries as science fictin. But in my experience, AI researchers are themselves ften ignrant f arguments fr AI x-risk.
One basic argument is by analgy: humans' [67] _________ abilities allwed us t ut-cmpete ther species fr resurces, leading t many extinctins. AI systems culd likewise deprive us f the resurces we need fr ur survival. Less [68] _________, AI culd displace humans ecnmically and, thrugh its pwers f manipulatin, plitically.
But wuldn't it be humans wielding AIs as tls wh end up in cntrl? Nt necessarily. Many peple might chse t deply a system with a 99 per cent chance f making them phenmenally rich and pwerful, even if it had a 1 per cent chance f [69] _________ their cntrl and killing everyne.
Because n safe experiment can definitively tell us whether an AI system will actually kill everyne, such cncerns are ften dismissed as unscientific. But this isn't an excuse fr ignring the risk. It just means sciety needs t reasn abut it in the same way as ther cmplex scial issues. Researchers als emphasize the difficulty f predicting when AI might [70] _________ human intelligence, but this is an argument fr cautin, nt cmplacency.
Attitudes are changing, but nt quickly enugh. AI x-risk is admittedly mre [71] _________ than imprtant scial issues with present-day AI, like bias and misinfrmatin, but the basic slutin is the same: regulatin. A rbust public discussin is lng verdue. By refusing t engage, sme AI researchers are neglecting [72] _________ respnsibilities and betraying public trust.
Big tech spnsrs AI ethics research when it desn't hurt the bttm line. But it is als lbbying t exclude general-purpse AI frm E. U. regulatin. Cncerned researchers recently called fr a(n) [73] _________ in develping bigger AI mdels t allw sciety t catch up. Critics say this isn't plitically realistic, but prblems like AI x-risk wn't [74] _________ just because they are plitically incnvenient.
This brings us t the ugliest reasn researchers may dismiss AI x-risk: funding. Essentially every researcher (myself included) has received funding frm big tech. At sme pint, sciety may stp believing reassurances frm peple with such strng cnflicts f [75] _________ and cnclude, as I have, that their dismissal betrays wishful thinking rather than gd cunterarguments.
61. A. Cmfrtingly B. Unfrtunately C. Accidentally D. Luckily
62. A. express B. feel C. dwnplay D. highlight
63. A. threat B. bst C. disgrace D. cntributin
64. A. extinctin B. health C. resurce D. expsure
65. A. abandning B. cherishing C. frustrating D. narrwing
66. A. arrgant B. irrespnsible C. ignrant D. biased
67. A. cgnitive B. physical C. linguistic D. emtinal
68. A. deliberately B. abstractly C. frequently D. fundamentally
69. A. tightening B. exercising C. maintaining D. escaping
70. A. assist B. surpass C. cllect D. evaluate
71. A. bvius B. urgent C. questinable D. private
72. A. legal B. financial C. prfessinal D. ethical
73. A. investment B. pause C. research D. initiative
74. A. take place B. grw up C. sink in D. g away
75. A. interest B. religin C. taste D. law
(B)
One f the first things that happens when yu publicly declare yurself a feminist is that yu start getting asked a lt f questins. If yu're anything like me, these prbes int yur [76] _________ beliefs will leave yu a mumbling mess. I have read enugh bks and academic essays n feminism t [77] _________ a fairly substantial library, and yet as sn as I'm asked t sum it up I started sweating and string tgether a few [78] _________ sentences befre ludly shuting 'because Beynce' and running t get anther drink.
T save yu frm this [79] _________ fate I have put tgether a cllectin f the feminist cmebacks I wish I'd thught f in the mment. Rip ut this page, keep it in yur pcket and whip it ut next time yu're stuck with a drunk man at a party. Because it will cme int [80] _________.
WHAT EVEN IS 'FEMINISM?'
Great questin! It's actually smething I'm really passinate abut. Feminism is a centuries-ld scial mvement fighting fr the [81] _________ f the sexes. Inter-sectinal feminists believe that all peple are [82] _________ t the same rights, and they fight t end all discriminatin based n gender, sexual rientatin, skin clur, ethnicity, religin r lifestyle.
THIS FEMINISM IS POLITICAL [83] _________ GOND MAD! CAN'T YOU TAKE A JOKE?
Great questin! Thanks fr checking! Yu're mistaken. I lve jkes. I've gt ne fr yu ...
Knck, knck!
Wh's there?
Annie.
Annie wh?
Annie thing yu can d I can d fr 18.4% less pay!
Ha, ha, ha. But, jkes aside, plitical crrectness gets a bad rap（恶评）, but all it really [84] _________ is minrity grups asking that they nt feel marginalized and hurt by everyday cnversatin r the media. I lve cmedy - in fact it is ne f my favurite things. But I'm afraid that jkes that ffend wmen, peple f clur, disabled peple, trans peple r thers in the LGBTQ cmmunity just aren't [85] _________ t me at all. Let's chat when yu cme up with sme better material, preferably smething that desn't ffend my friends!
I'M A MAN AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE ALL THIS FEMINISM IS MAN-HATING. CAN MEN BE FEMINISTS?
Great questins! I'm srry that a(n) [86] _________ f the feminist mvement in the mainstream media has led yu t feel this way. Of curse men can be feminists.
The sad fact is that we've all been scialized frm birth t accept sexism as a part f life and, as a result, wmen can actually be just as [87] _________ as men. Institutinalized sexism hurts men as well as wmen. It tells men that they aren't allwed t shw [88] _________, that they have t be successful and pwerful in rder t succeed, and that they aren't allwed t like the clur pink!
Feminism is the fight t [89] _________ all these things and als t ensure that wmen are given fundamental human rights like educatin and reprductive freedm. Feminists truly believe that if we lived in a wrld withut gender-based ppressin, we'd all be s much happier. S even if yu're nly jining fr purely [90] _________ reasns, we'd lve t have yu as a part f the gang!
Quted frm Scarlett Curtis' Feminists Dn't Wear Pink and Other Lies
76. A. irratinal B. cultural C. spiritual D. plitical
77. A. fill B. manage C. access D. cnstruct
78. A. cmplicated B. reassuring C. unintelligible D. cnsistent
79. A. unknwn B. embarrassing C. ultimate D. cruel
80. A. handy B. shape C. view D. frce
81. A. equality B. battle C. develpment D. definitin
82. A. attached B. entitled C. restricted D. used
83. A. LIBERTY B. PERFORMANCE C. CORRECTNESS D. SENSITIVITY
84. A. bils dwn t B. steers away frm C. takes advantage f D. puts up with
85. A. ffensive B. silly C. flat D. funny
86. A. update B. miscnceptin C. interpretatin D. milestne
87. A. tugh B. realistic C. lgical D. sexist
88. A. emtins B. ambitins C. curage D. aggressiveness
89. A. prmte B. embrace C. vercme D. cultivate
90. A. nble B. understandable C. bvius D. selfish
V. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: Read the fllwing tw passage. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
(A)
Harry wke at five 'clck the next mrning and was t excited and nervus t g back t sleep. He gt up and pulled n his jeans because he didn't want t walk int the statin in his wizard's rbes - he'd change n the train. He checked his Hgwarts list again t make sure he had everything he needed, saw that Hedwig was safely shut in her cage and paced the rm, waiting fr the Dursleys t get up. Tw hurs later, Harry's huge, heavy truck had been laded int the Dursley's car, Aunt Petunia had talked Dudley int sitting next t Harry and they had set ff.
They reached Kind's Crss at half past ten. Uncle Vernn dumped Harry's trunk n t a trlley and wheeling it int the statin fr him. Harry thught this was strangely kind until Uncle Vernn stpped dead, facing the platfrms with a nasty grin n his face.
'Well, there yu are, by. Platfrm nine -- platfrm ten. Yur platfrm shuld be smewhere in the middle, but they dn't seem t have built it yet, d they?'
He was quite right, f curse. There was a big plastic number nine ver ne platfrm and a big plastic number ten ver the ne next t it, and in the middle, nthing at all.
'Have a gd term,' said Uncle Vernn with an even nastier smile. He left withut anther wrd. Harry turned and saw the Dursleys drive away. All three f them were laughing. Harry's muth went rather dry. What n earth was he ging t d? He was starting t attract a lt f funny lks, because f Hedwig. He'd have t ask smene.
He stpped a passing guard, but didn't dare mentin platfrm nine and three-quarters. The guard had never heard f Hgwarts and when Harry culdn't even tell him what part f the cuntry it was in, he started t get annyed, as thugh Harry was being stupid n purpse. Getting desperate, Harry asked fr the train that left at eleven 'clck, but the guard said there wasn't ne. In the end the guard strde away, muttering abut time-wasters. Harry was nw trying hard nt t panic. Accrding t the large clck ver the arrival bards, he had ten minutes left t get n the train t Hgwarts and he had n idea hw t d it; he was stranded in the middle f a statin with a trunk he culd hardly lift, a pcket full f wizard mney and a large wl.
Hagrid must have frgtten t tell him smething yu had t d, liking tapping the third brick n the left t get int Diagn Alley. He wndered if he shuld get ut his wand and start tapping the ticket bx between platfrms nine and ten.
Quted frm JK. Rwling's Harry Ptter and the Philspher's Stne
91. Harry wke up s early in the mrning prbably because he _________.
A. wanted t try n his new jeans B. needed t put Hedwig back in her cage
C. was asked t get prepared befrehand D. lked frward t his new life f Hgwarts
92. The wrd "panic" in the last but ne paragraph might mean "_________".
A. rage B. fear C. regret D. cmplain
93. What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. Uncle Vernn had always treated Harry kindly and cared very much fr him.
B. Harry arrived at the train statin an hur befre the scheduled departure time.
C. The Dursleys were happy t get rid f Harry and see him stuck in embarrassment.
D. Harry cmpletely frgt hw t find the way t Platfrm nine and three-quarters.
(B)
Have yu ever heard smene describe themselves an an INTJ r an ESTP and wndered what thse cryptic-sunding letters culd mean? What these peple are referring t is their persnality type based n the Myers-Briggs Type Indicatr (MBTI).
The Myers-Briggs Persnality Type Indicatr is a self-reprt inventry designed t identify a persn's persnality type, strengths, and preferences. The questinnaire was develped by Isabel Myers and her mther Katherine Briggs based n their wrk with Carl Jung's thery f persnality types. Tday, the MBTI inventry is ne f the mst widely used psychlgical instruments in the wrld.
Based n the answers t the questins, peple are identified as having ne f 16 persnality types. N ne persnality type is "best" r "better" than anther. It isn't a tl designed t lk fr dysfunctin r abnrmality. Instead, its gal is t allw peple t further explre and understand their wn persnalities including their strengths, weaknesses, pssible career preferences, and cmpatibility with ther peple. The questinnaire itself is made up f fur different scales.
1. Are yu utwardly r inwardly fcused? Extraversin / Intrversin
Extrverts are energized by peple, enjy a variety f masks, a quick pace, and gd at multitasking while intrverts ften like wrking alne r in small grups, prefer a mre deliberate pace, and like t fcus n ne task at a time.
2. Hw d yu prefer t take in infrmatin? Sensing / Intuitin
Sensrs are realistic peple wh like t fcus n the facts and details, and apply cmmn sense and past experience t figure ut practical slutins t prblems while intuitives prefer t fcus n pssibilities and the big picture, easily see patterns and dseek creative slutins t prblem.
3. Hw d yu prefer t make decisin? Thinking / Feeling
Thinkers tend t make decisins using lgical analysis, bjectively weigh prs and cns, and value hnesty, cnsistency, and fairness while feelers tend t be sensitive and cperative, and decide based n their wn persnal values and hw thers will be affected by their actins.
4. Hw d yu prefer t live yur uter life? Judging / Perceiving
Judgers tend t be rganized prepared, like t make and stick t plans, and are cmfrtable fllwing mst rules while perceivers prefer t keep their ptins pen, like t be able t act spntaneusly, and like t be flexible with making plans.
94. The purpse f MBTI is t help peple _________ .
A. better understand their unique features B. find a tpic t scialize with thers
C. easily put themselves in a fixed categry D. self-diagnse mental health issues
95. Accrding t the passage, we can infer that _________.
A. Carl Jung is the c-funder f MBTI test B. MBTI can be used in career planning
C. Sme persnality types are better than thers D. intrverts may feel bsted at a party
96. Suppse Eric is an ISFP, his ideal ccupatin might be a(n) _________.
A. entrepreneur B. accuntant C. prgrammer D. writer
97. This passage might be taken frm a _________.
A. psychlgy textbk B. ppular magazine C. news release D. business reprt
(C)
We all knw the imprtance f educatin. Everyne aspires t have a gd ne, but its quality and availability is nt the same fr all. This situatin changes as scial, ecnmic and plitical cnditins change and technlgical develpment prvides new benefits and threats.
The Organizatin fr Ecnmic C-peratin and Develpment (OECD), which prmtes plicies that will imprve the ecnmic and scial well-being f peple arund the wrld, has been lking at the future f glbal educatin. Its head f educatin, Andreas Schleicher, has been talking abut sme majr internatinal trends affecting educatin systems arund the wrld.
One threat is the widening wealth gap, with mre intense pckets f extreme privilege and deprivatin. In OECD cuntries, the richest 10% have incmes 10 times greater than the prest 10%. This inequality is a challenge fr schls aimed t ffer everyne equal access t educatin.
Anther trend is the rising affluence in Asia. It's suggested that a large rise in the middle-classes in China and India will increase demand fr university places. Andreas Schleicher asks the questin "What values will these newly wealthy cnsumers want frm their schls?"
Increasing migratin will als have an impact n educatin systems. Mbility results in mre culturally diverse students eager t learn and develp a gd life fr themselves. But that can be a challenge, t, as Andreas Schleicher asks: "Hw shuld schls supprt pupils arriving frm arund the wrld? Will schls have a bigger rle in teaching abut shared values?"
Funding pressure is anther issue: as ur demand and expectatin fr educatin rises and mre peple g t university, wh's ging t pay fr it all? The rise in dependency n technlgy is anther cncern. What shuld students learn when many f their talents can be replicated by machines? And hw reliant shuld we be n learning frm the internet?
These are just sme f the issues the OECD is highlighting. But they remain irrelevant fr hundreds f millins f the wrld's prest children wh dn't even have access t schl places r receive such lw-quality educatin that they leave withut the mst basic literacy r numeracy.
98. The OECD aims t _________.
A. ffer access t educatin fr pr children in develping states
B. strike the imbalance between educatin equality and ecnmic develpment
C. prmte the ecnmic and scial welfare f peple wrldwide
D. eliminate the threat f the widening gap between rich and pr
99. Which statement is INCORRECT in accrdance with the passage?
A. The richest 10% earn much mre than the prest 10%
B. The technlgical develpment cntributes t the trends in educatin.
C. There is grwing demand fr better educatin in China and India.
D. With effrts f OECD, mre benefits are given t the privileged.
100. _________ will increase the rise in culturally diverse students in a schl classrm.
A. Adequate funding B. Grwing migratin
C. Scial changes D. Plitical supprt
101. The passage is entitled _________.
A. OECD's Threats t Educatin Systems B. Challenges t Prmte Glbal Educatin
C. Megatrends in Glbal Educatin D. The Rising Demand fr Elite Educatin
Sectin C
Directins: In the article, 4 sentences have been remved. Chse the mst suitable nes frm the list A-AC t fit int each f the numbered gaps. There are TWO which d nt fit in any f the gaps.
(D)
Man's Existential Dilemma
We always knew that there was smething peculiar abut man, smething deep dwn that characterized him and set him apart frm the ther animals. [102] _________ Fr ages, when philsphers talked abut the the cre f man they referred t it as his "essence," smething fixed in his nature, deep dwn, sme special quality r substance. But nthing like it was ever fund and man's peculiarity still remained a dilemma. The reasn it was never fund, as Erich Frmm（艾瑞克·弗洛姆，精神分析心理学家和人本主义哲学家）put it in an excellent discussin, was that there was n essence, that the essence f man is really his paradxical（悖论的）nature, the fact that he is half animal and half symblic.
We might call this existential paradx the cnditin f individuality within finitude（有限性）. Man has a symblic identity that brings him sharply ut f nature. He is a symblic self, a creature with a name, a life histry. [103] _________ He can place himself imaginatively at a pint in space and cntemplate bemusedly his wn planet. This immerse expansin, this cmpetence, this self-cnsciusness gives t man almst the status a small gd in nature.
[104] _________ This is the paradx: he is ut f nature and hpelessly in it: he is dual, up in the stars' and yet hused in a heart-pumping, breath-gasping bdy that nce belnged t a fish and still carries the gill-marks t prve it. His bdy is a material fleshy casing that is alien t him in many ways -- the strangest and mst unpleasant way being that is aches and bleeds and will decay and die. Man is literally split in tw: he has an awareness f his wn splendid uniqueness in that he sticks ut f nature with a twering majesty, and yet he ges back int the grund a few feet in rder blindly and dumbly t rt and disappear frever.
The lwer animals are, f curse, spared this painful cntradictin, as they lack a symblic identity and the self-cnsciusness that ges with it. They merely act and mve reflexively as they are driven by their instincts. They live in a wrld withut time, pulsating, as it were, in a state f dumb beings. This is what has made it s simple t sht dwn whle herds f buffal r elephants. The animals dn't knw that death is happening and cntinue gazing while thers drp alngside them. The knwledge f death is reflective and cnceptual, and animals are spared it. They live and they disappear with the same thughtlessness: a few minutes f fear, a few secnds f anguish, and it is ver. [105] _________
Quted frm Ernest Becker's The Denial f Death
VI. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
1. 在一个快乐往往与消费紧密结合的世界里，人们很难不对物件产生过度的依恋。(integrate; attachment)
2. 尽管成千上万双眼睛盯着她，她仍然不看笔记就发表了一篇关于保护濒危物种免遭灭绝的精彩演讲。(fix; refer)
3. 直到大学毕业，找到第一份工作，我才发现自己对上海周一早高峰时段的高架路过敏。(Nt until)
4. 为了写出有价值的影评，一个合格的影评人除了要对电影有不朽的热情外，还应该对表演有大致的了解。(knwledge)
参考答案
21. when 22. embarking 23. Althugh 24. was discuraged 25. t
26. stuck 27. hw 28. mre persnal 29. even if 30. n t frget
31. hw ften 32. t find 33. sensed 34. f 35. shuld
36. that 37. what 38. have t 39. wh 40. us
41. C 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. AC 46. BC 47. CD 48. ABC 49. AB 50. BD
51. BC 52. AD 53. B 54. CD 55. A 56. ABC 57. AC 58. BD 59. C 60. D
61-65BCAAD 66-70 CABDB 71-75CDBDA
76-80DACBA 81-85ABCAD 86-90BDDCD
91. D 92. B 93.C
94. A 95. B 96. D 97. B
98. C 99. D 100. B 101. B
102. AC 103. B 104. D 105. A
A. advantageus B. prgramming C. fashin D. fueled AB. advanced
AC. sacrifice AD. capped BC. habitually BD. appetite CD. likelihd
ABC. unnecessarily
A. nesting B. signals C. accessible D. vernight AB. decisively AC. illiterates
AD. literally BC. unaware BD. mtivated CD. accused ABC. terrifying
A. But t live a life with the fate f death haunting ne's dreams makes a huge difference.
B. He is a creatr with a mind that sars ut the speculate abut atms and infinity.
C. Man's bdy was a curse f fate and culture was built upn repressin nt because he was a seeker f pleasure, but because he was primarily an avider f death.
D. Yet at the same time, man is a wrm and fd fr wrms.
AB. Man is brn free, and everywhere he is in chains.
AC. It was smething that had t g right t his cre, smething that made him suffer his peculiar fate, that made it impssible t escape.