上海市浦东新区2014届高考预测（二模）英语试题
英语试卷
（本卷满分150分；完卷时间120分钟）
（2014.04.15）
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages 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.
(A) One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. As she
_______25_______ (ask) me to play chess with here, I suggested a game and she eagerly accepted. It was a school
night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I _______26_______ hurry my moves, because she needed
to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I knew she had strict sleeping habits, _______27_______ I
thought she ought to be able to give up some of this strictness. I said to her, “What fun it is! Why not stay up late for
once.” We played on for _______28_______ fifteen minutes, during which time she looked anxious. Finally she said,
“Please, Daddy, do it quickly/” “No,” I replied, “_______29_______ you want to play it well, you’re going to play it
slowly.” And so we continued until suddenly my daughter burst into tears, and admitted _______30_______(beat).
Clearly, I had made a mistake. I had started the evening wanting to have a happy time with my daughter but had
allowed my intention to win to become more important than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child,
my desire _______31_______(win) served me well. As a parent, I realized that it got in my way. So I had to change.
(B)
While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents
may face. Of all the reasons _______32_______ explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between
parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “ Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症).
In order to seek _______33_______ chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad,
_______34_______ their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend
countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back
to stay with them. The fact _______35_______ most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or
Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty _______36_______ they
would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not
necessarily match _______37_______ they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the
grown-up children from providing response_______38_______ the needs of their aged parents.
The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents _______39_______(describe)
as “distant parent phenomenon”, _______40_______ is common both in developed countries and in developing
countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “ Empty Nest Syndrome”.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Since its appearance in 2007, researchers at San Diego-based Organovo have experimented with printing a wide
variety of tissues, including bits of lung, kidney and heart muscle. Now the world’s first publicly traded 3D
bio-printing company is getting ____41____ for production. In January slices of human liver tissue were
____42____ to an outside laboratory for testing. These ____43____ take about 30 minutes to produce, says Keith
Murphy, the firm’s chief executive Later this year Organovo aims to begin commercial sales.
The invention of 3D printing provided a technology now ____44____ to manufacture everything from aircraft
parts to body parts. But the ____45____ of 3D bio-printing is even brighter:to create human tissues for research,
drug development and testing, and ____46____ as replacement organs, such as a kidney, for patients desperately in
need of ____47____. Bio-printed organs could be made from patients’ own cells and thus would not be ____48____
by their immune systems. They could also be manufactured on demand.
At present only a few of companies are trying to ____49____ the production of bio-printed tissues. But Thomas
Boland, an early pioneer in the field, says that plenty of others are interested. He also estimates that about 80 teams
at research institutions around the world are now trying to print ____50____ small pieces of tissues such as
skin,blood vessels, liver, lung and heart. “It’s a wonderful technology to build three-dimensional biological
structures,” says Gabor Forgacs, who co-founded Organovo in 2007.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.
It is officially known as The Swiss Re Tower, or 3 St. Mary Axe. As a typical example of green architecture in
London, what is most remarkable about the building is tis energy-efficiency. ___51___ its artful design and some
fancy technology, it is expected to consume up to 05% less energy than a conventional office building. Green
architecture is ___52___ the way buildings are designed, built and run.
Supporters of green architecture argue that the approach has many ___53___. In the case of large office, for
example, the ___54___ of green design techniques and clever technology can not only reduce energy consumption
and environmental impact, but also reduce running costs, create a more ___55___ working environment, improve A. rejected B. eventually C. various D. ready E. commercialize
F. prospect G. delivered H. employed I. samples J. transplants K. inevitably
